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From: soomre@mred.DEC
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: VOA on 40 Meters
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 09:06:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 09:06:35 1985
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As I understand the basic rules of international broadcasting, the
world is divided into to three broadcasting regions. Region I covers
Europe, Region 2 the Americas, and Region 3 the Pacific and Far East.

The transmissions from the VOA on 40 meters are broadcast from VOA
relay stations in Regions 1 and 3. Broadcasting on 40 meters in
Region 2 is not allowed (although I wonder why WRNO uses 7355 khz
for some of their transmissions). 

Region 1 VOA relay stations (which includes Africa too) are located
at Munich West Germany, Kavala Greece, Rhodes Greece, Wooferton UK,
Ascension Island, Monrovia Liberia, and Tangier Morocco. Most of these
stations (other than Ascension Island) use 40 meters for VOA broadcasts
(English and other languages).

Region 3 includes VOA relay stations at Poro and Tinang Philippines,
and Colombo Sri Lanka. All of these use 40 meters. 

VOA Spanish programs are relayed through transmitters at Radio Bras
in Brazil (located in Region 2). The 40 meter band is not used there
(as well as VOA tranmsmitter sites in the USA). 

There is talk of VOA relay stations being bulit in Turkey and Israel
to beam programs to the USSR (avoiding the jammers). It should be
interesting.

73's

Ed Soomre
N1BFF
Digital Equipment Corporation
1 Iron Way
Marlboro, MA 01752