ARLA/CLUSTER: Uma nova Broadcasting na Onda Curta.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

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WJHR testing for months before regular shortwave broadcasts

A new Christian shortwave station has begun test transmissions in Milton, Florida. WJHR started test broadcasts in mid-November, and will continue testing daily on 15550 kilohertz on the 19 meter band. Tests are conducted at different times between the timeframe of 1500-2300 UTC (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time), says station owner Scott Mock in an interview with DXing.info. Mock hopes to be able to begin regular broadcasts in March or April 2010, when frequency may be changed to somewhere around 13.8 MHz.

Even during regular operation, WJHR will continue to broadcast only during local daytime hours.

     WJHR is a Christian radio station and plans to air programming by fundamentalist Baptist churches. "Right now I am financing it myself, but eventually churches will be donating money to keep it on the air," Mock explains. Unused airtime will be available for others as well. "If people want to buy airtime, we'll certainly sell it," Mock says.

     A 50-kilowatt transmitter and an antenna directed north are located in Milton, close to Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. Mock says he has had some antenna problems, and is currently in the process of getting the antenna replaced. Transmitter power is now around 10 kW, but will increase to the maximum 50 kW by the time regular broadcasts begin. There is no studio, and all programming is pre-recorded. "It's not a fancy operation, but it gets the job done", Mock describes to DXing.info.

      Unlike nearly all other shortwave broadcast stations, WJHR plans to transmit only on SSB. Current tests can be heard on the upper side band (USB). SSB is used because "it is far more economical and almost everyone can receive SSB", Mock explains.
     Mock says he really wants to hear from DXers how well the signal is getting out, and he will be printing QSL cards next year. Reception reports are welcome by email to wjhr  usa.com or by writing to Radio Station WJHR, 5920 Oak Manor Drive, Milton, FL 32570, USA.

DXer Glenn Hauser in the U.S. was the first to report hearing WJHR on December 8.

Fonte: DXing.info.
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