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Author Topic: Voice of Indonesia 4750 AM 1800 UTC 20 Mar 2022  (Read 331 times)

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Voice of Indonesia 4750 AM 1800 UTC 20 Mar 2022
« on: March 20, 2022, 1821 UTC »
This a a frequency this station added recently. I sometimes listen to them with kiwiSDR radios because here in North America reception is very difficult (I have never heard this station from here). In November (I think, it may have been October) 2021 I noticed this station with low audio and lots of hum (but a strong signal) and then they seem to have left the air. I early January 2022 (they may have been on earlier) I heard them again on their regular frequency of 3325 kHz and on a new frequency of 4750 kHz, both with good audio. Both frequencies carry different language programming. Currently 4750 kHz is in English and 3325 kHz is in German. Also, does anyone know what happened to their 250 kw transmitters? They currently use the 10 Kw Palangkaraya Transmitter for 3325 kHz that was originally used for regional broadcasting, so it seems odd to try to use it for international broadcasting. The 4750 kHz broadcast is of equal strength so I think it is using a similar transmitter and antenna, and is likely from the same site, or at least a nearby one. It is slightly off frequency on 4749.95 kHz, so it is unlikely that it is a new transmitter, more likely another old regional stations transmitter. The 3325 kHz transmitter is right on frequency. Both have a strong signal into the Bandung Indonesia KiwiSDR. Some slight interference from another station (can be heard clearly on another kiwiSDR, the interfering station is voice of Islam in English from Iran) on 4750 kHz.
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