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[DX] Radio Khara, Georgia
Allaoleva on 'saksittu' Glenn Hauserin DX-Listening Digestin nrosta 1-013.
Mainitun Georgian-Abkhazian Relations Instituten osoite on 52 Rustaveli
Avenue, 2nd Floor, Rooms 211-212, Tbilisi. Instituutin johtaja (Head of
Institute) on Mr. Zurab Shengelia ja hänen eMail -osoitteensa on
zourab.shengelia@xxxxxxx Sieltä voisi joku uskalikko yrittää vastausta ...
(Tiedot löytyivät Assistance Georgia -järjestön saitilta
http://www.assistancegeorgia.org.ge/)
73 de PUL
" ... ** GEORGIA. Radio Khara: Following up on Alm`s report of the demise
of the Georgian state radio [on SW], Passmann reported that Radio
Khara is still active here on shortwave. I realized how little is
known about Radio Khara. It was time to find out more and here what I
came up by searching old Cumbres, the Internet, and asking folks for
help:
First reported in March 1999 [Pankov], Radio Khara grew out of
a conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia. At times, Abkhazia has been
independent, most recently they were 'part' of Georgia. When they
tried to break away once again as the Soviet Union collapsed, Georgia
challenged them. Fighting broke out with Abkhazia gaining defacto
autonomy and a cease fire with Georgia by the early 1990's. Since
that time, UN observers and Russian troops have kept an eye on the
things [various news sources via Johnson.]
Radio Khara plays Western music such as Joe Cocker in a pattern of
one song and what sounds like news items read by a man and woman.
DXers have not been able to ID the language the station is
broadcasting in, but it transmits in Abkhazian [Pataridze]. They do
announce what sounds like an address and phone number at the end of
the broadcasts [Pankov], but I can find no record of anyone able to
translate this contact information, let alone receiving a QSL
[Johnson.]
Although mostly heard in Europe, the station has been heard as
far away as Singapore [Lam]. The station has used both 4540 and
4875, but has settled on 4875 for the moment [Pankov]. The
transmitter site is at Dusheti, which is in bad shape [Ludwig] with
Khara on 4540 sounding like about 5 kW [Alm].
Radio Khara is on 4875 from 1700-1730 on Monday and Thursdays
with a repeat of the previous day's broadcasts from 0500-0530 on
Tuesdays and Fridays.
Radio Khara is sponsored by the Georgian-Abkhazian Relations
Institute in Tbilisi. "Khara" means "We" in Abkhazian. The accent of
Radio Khara is on Georgian-Abkhaz reconciliation, and the history of
these two people who have lived together for centuries. The Institute
does not have a website [Goulnara Pataridze, CZECH REPUBLIC] (Hans
Johnson, Cumbre DX Special Feb 1, via DXLD)
..."
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