Prangins Switzerland site contains a lot of Swiss UTE broadcasting
facilities too {probably tx site for Berne Maritime Radio too?}, since 1945
when United Nations founded, and did broadcast refugee transmissions from
UNO Geneve after WW II, as well as UN Radio news in Russian in the
50ties {latter see old WRTH's under UN Radio/Switzerland}.
Next to the two longwave masts, some antenna installation is visible around
the TX house. To count
G.C. 46 24 24.60 N 06 15 04.20 E
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=46+24+24.60+N+06+15+04.20+E&hl=de&ll=46.406824,6.251135&spn=0.005164,0.013894&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.240201,113.818359&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=17>
LW masts
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<http://v2.cache1.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55060748.jpg?ir=1&redirect_counter=1>
<http://v6.cache2.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55060978.jpg?redirect_counter=1>
log-periodic antennas
http://v5.cache1.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1427326.jpg?redirect_counter=1
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 5)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Muick" Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:07 PM
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending
SWITZERLAND, HBG Prangins, 75 kHz, Heard on a recent business trip to
Zurich, Switzerland. Date/frequency antenna masts card in 12 days for
German report and 1 IRC via airmail. V/s Christian Schlunegger.
For those who are not yet aware, HBG will be shut down at the end of
December 31 2011, and it is expected that DCF77 will pick up the slack for
time and frequency purposes. I received a full data sheet from HBG in
German concerning the shutdown. Reading between the lines, it would
appear that the operating costs are just too expensive and the range is
not as great as DCF77. If you have the opportunity to hear this station
before it's time is up, you should get their QSL. It is a very nice
design, and soon another Grande Dame behemoth of VLF will leave us
forever. There is no indication what will become of the transmission
site.
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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