ORS Moosbrunn, Austria site to close?

[Mediafrog+]

Report circulating that the ORS shortwave transmitter site at Moosbrunn, Austria will close at the end of 2024. There had been recent reports that some of the antenna towers had already been demolished. The facility’s 300kw transmitters were retired in 2023, leaving a couple of 100kw units.

Austria’s ORF has a brief daily broadcast on the Moosbrunn facility, but most of the airtime is brokered to other broadcasters.

Nothing on the ORS website about this yet.

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[radiofan2023]

Why don't you contact them and ask, instead of posting a rumor?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Report circulating that the ORS shortwave transmitter site at Moosbrunn, Austria will close at the end of 2024. There had been recent reports that some of the antenna towers had already been demolished. The facility’s 300kw transmitters were retired in 2023, leaving a couple of 100kw units.

Austria’s ORF has a brief daily broadcast on the Moosbrunn facility, but most of the airtime is brokered to other broadcasters.

Nothing on the ORS website about this yet.

Shortwave radio - radio broadcasting around the world

Shortwave radio programme content is broadcast around the world by ORS.

www.ors.at

Why don't you contact them and ask, instead of posting a rumor?

Radiofan has a point, to which I agree.. but they probably wouldnt answer

Some listings sitll show Moosbruun using 300kw.

The broadcast by "Osterreich Radio International" was twice a day 7 days a week for 95 minutes up until about 2 years ago, and now i think its 6 days a week for 35 minutes once a day

 

[Mediafrog+]

Why don't you contact them and ask, instead of posting a rumor?

With shortwave these days the rumors are usually true.😜🤪

And if we eliminated speculation on these forums, we’d probably have very little to talk about😵‍💫🫣😏

Radiofan has a point, to which I agree.. but they probably wouldnt answer

I agree that Radiofan has a point. Just wanted to pass info along for awareness purposes. Some things are worth keeping a eye on. You are right that ORS would likely ignore any inquiries.

Some listings sitll show Moosbruun using 300kw.

Those would be outdated. Current HFCC registrations for Moosbrunn all appear to be for 100kw units.

The broadcast by "Osterreich Radio International" was twice a day 7 days a week for 95 minutes up until about 2 years ago, and now i think its 6 days a week for 35 minutes once a day

It has been a single transmission for a number of years now, with a later start time on Sundays, rebroadcasting the domestic ORF network. You are correct about the current 35 minute length. Reception on 6155 at 0500 (winters 0600) is usually fair to poor here in Houston.

Austria used to have a more extensive international shortwave service in multiple languages. Long gone.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

With shortwave these days the rumors are usually true.😜🤪

And if we eliminated speculation on these forums, we’d probably have very little to talk about😵‍💫🫣😏

I agree that Radiofan has a point. Just wanted to pass info along for awareness purposes. Some things are worth keeping a eye on. You are right that ORS would likely ignore any inquiries.

Those would be outdated. Current HFCC registrations for Moosbrunn all appear to be for 100kw units.

It has been a single transmission for a number of years now, with a later start time on Sundays, rebroadcasting the domestic ORF network. You are correct about the current 35 minute length. Reception on 6155 at 0500 (winters 0600) is usually fair to poor here in Houston.

Austria used to have a more extensive international shortwave service in multiple languages. Long gone.

That would explain why 6155 hadnt been great here. When CX is good, the ORI signal could be very good here with 300kw non directional.. that is no longer the case

@tomservo

 

[Mediafrog+]

That would explain why 6155 hadnt been great here. When CX is good, the ORI signal could be very good here with 300kw non directional.. that is no longer the case

Adventist World Radio currently has a bunch of transmissions from Moosbrunn. Wonder where those will go? Spaceline Bulgaria might benefit with more bookings; I notice they have many frequency and time blocks registered with the HFCC “For New Organization”.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Adventist World Radio currently has a bunch of transmissions from Moosbrunn. Wonder where those will go? Spaceline Bulgaria might benefit with more bookings; I notice they have many frequency and time blocks registered with the HFCC “For New Organization”.

Spaceline does have room and is a little less expensive then the other big ones.. and has capability up to 250kw.

and... i think has some of the better processing on SW, especially for music

 

[Mediafrog+]

A little more information is trickling out: It appears Adventist World Radio itself may be reducing or ending its shortwave broadcasts at the end of 2024. As they are the major client for the ORS shortwave facility, that decision might have prompted ORS to pull the plug on what’s left of the Moosbrunn site.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

A little more information is trickling out: It appears Adventist World Radio itself may be reducing or ending its shortwave broadcasts at the end of 2024. As they are the major client for the ORS shortwave facility, that decision might have prompted ORS to pull the plug on what’s left of the Moosbrunn site.

From Radio Joystick on FB:
We just received a frightening message from Austria: AWR has spontaneously decided to completely abandon its shortwave activities in 2025. Of course, Moosbrunn will be affected by the end of the year 2024 and will also no longer offer services. We started to look for alternatives. At least 7330 frequency is properly coordinated...

 

[Mediafrog+]

Latest chatter is that AWR is dropping all its leased shortwave airtime after October 26 (end of A-24 season) but will retain its broadcasts from O&O KSDA in Guam.

Not good news for the operators of the brokered transmitter sites, as AWR had a rather extensive broadcast schedule.

 

[boombox4]

AWR is one of the religious broadcasters that is interesting to hear, even if I don't understand the language. The music is usually pretty cool. If they're shutting down in Austria, I wonder how they intend to reach Africa? Not sure Guam would reach Africa as well as Austria does. Maybe they don't have the money to fund all the broadcasts anymore.

 

[crainbebo]

Probably via numerous FM transmitters and/or Starlink/satellite internet communication. You'd think with all the missionaries in Africa, including Seventh-Day missionaries, that they would benefit from the message of God's Word to the remote areas, but shortwave is dead even over there it seems.

 

[radiofan2023]

Probably via numerous FM transmitters and/or Starlink/satellite internet communication. You'd think with all the missionaries in Africa, including Seventh-Day missionaries, that they would benefit from the message of God's Word to the remote areas, but shortwave is dead even over there it seems.

And unlike Jesus, it won’t be resurrected

 

[Mediafrog+]

AWR is one of the religious broadcasters that is interesting to hear, even if I don't understand the language. The music is usually pretty cool. If they're shutting down in Austria, I wonder how they intend to reach Africa? Not sure Guam would reach Africa as well as Austria does. Maybe they don't have the money to fund all the broadcasts anymore.

AWR also uses transmitter sites in Germany and Madagascar to reach Africa. As these are also leased facilities, broadcasts from those locations will presumably be dropped.

There are several transmitter facilities that are currently leased by AWR. Loss of those transmissions will be a significant hit for the operators of those sites.

The B-24 schedules will be revealed around October 13, so we will know more specifics then.

 

[boombox4]

Probably via numerous FM transmitters and/or Starlink/satellite internet communication. You'd think with all the missionaries in Africa, including Seventh-Day missionaries, that they would benefit from the message of God's Word to the remote areas, but shortwave is dead even over there it seems.

It may not be so much that SW is dead in Africa, but that donations to AWR are 'dead' compared to previous years. Economic issues are hitting everyone, probably including AWR supporters.

 

[Mediafrog+]

AWR also uses transmitter sites in Germany and Madagascar to reach Africa. As these are also leased facilities, broadcasts from those locations will presumably be dropped.

There are several transmitter facilities that are currently leased by AWR. Loss of those transmissions will be a significant hit for the operators of those sites.

The B-24 schedules will be revealed around October 13, so we will know more specifics then.

Updating my own post: Looking over the B-24 schedules as well as numerous reports in SWDX forums, it appears all AWR leased transmissions have been dropped, while KSDA in Guam will continue operating. Significant loss for the owners of the leased sites previously used by AWR.

One such leased site is the SLBC facility in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, which is reported off the air the past several weeks. One report had AWR as the only remaining outside client for the station, with a twice-a-week SLBC transmission as the only other use of the facility. It is possible the site may be done. Longtime shortwave listeners will remember it as the former Deutsche Welle relay station, which went on the air in the mid-1980s.

 

[Mediafrog+]

A further Moosbrunn update: The daily 35 minute ORF broadcast on 6155 kHz at 0500 has been cancelled. Final day was October 19.

Appears once the AWR lease ends on October 26 there will be nothing more from Moosbrunn.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

A further Moosbrunn update: The daily 35 minute ORF broadcast on 6155 kHz at 0500 has been cancelled. Final day was October 19.

Appears once the AWR lease ends on October 26 there will be nothing more from Moosbrunn.

ORF's 7330 broadcast is in HFCC data for B24... but 6155 is not. So they've obviously planned this, but maybe something will still survive at Moosbruun

 

[Mediafrog+]

ORF's 7330 broadcast is in HFCC data for B24... but 6155 is not. So they've obviously planned this, but maybe something will still survive at Moosbruun

That would be the Sunday only broadcast of ORF between 11 and 12 UTC. Note that it has a December 31, 2024 end date, which lines up with the previously announced closure of the ORS facility.

And as always with the HFCC listings, beware of wooden registrations.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

That would be the Sunday only broadcast of ORF between 11 and 12 UTC. Note that it has a December 31, 2024 end date, which lines up with the previously announced closure of the ORS facility.

And as always with the HFCC listings, beware of wooden registrations.

Ah i hadnt caught that... was in a mornign rush to get to work.

Yeah, i know about the wooden reg's.... TDA's been guilty of that this season, for a most recent case.. and RRS? The last time Russia was on SW was 2016 with a relay of a domestic network due to some weather emergency or big news, i forget