3315, INDIA, AIR Bhopal, 0034-0047, March 22, Hindi music and talks, weak but improving under noise floor. (Barbour-NH)
3385, NEW BRITAIN, R. East New Britain, 1040-1114, March 23, Surprisingly decent reception of local and tribal-like music w/ Vernacular talks by male announcer, presumed IDs over pounding drums at 1048 and 1103. YL w/ news at 1103 followed by OM w/ choral music selections until f/out by 1114. Weak but steady signal, fair at best around 1100. (Barbour-NH) 4840, INDIA, AIR Mumbia, 0048-0102, March 22, Brief Hindi music and talks, music from 0052-0100 w/ talk between mx selections, Presumed ID at 0100 folowed by YL w/ news. Fair/poor w/ "splatter" via 4845 Maurataine. (Barbour-NH) 4860, INDIA, AIR Delhi, 0103-0114, March 22, Continuos Ko'ran like chanting and Hindi music. Poor. (Barbour-NH) 7105, BELARUS, R.Minsk, 2142-2159*, March 23, English, Folk music at t/in followed by OM at 2145 w/ "..and now more news from Belarus" re enviromental agreements, US Embassy in Belarus and art director in Ankara, Turkey. "You are listening to Radio Minsk" IDs between items. Local music at 2151 followed by ID, production credits, "Thank you for listening" and music at s/off. Fair signal, tho audio quality a bit "muffled". My first usable, interference free reception of Radio Minsk in quite some time! (Barbour-NH) 9740, CLANDESTINE/IRAN, Radio Pedar, *1830-1910, March 23, Farsi, Abrupt s/on over music, "animated" OM, followed by diff. OM and YL w/ passing mention "Radio Pedar", presumed NA at 1832, techno/dance instrumental into long talk by OM from 1835-1855, followed by continous vocal and instrumental music bits w/ talks until tune-out. Fair at best w/ the occasional static burst and fades. (Barbour-NH) 11655, MADAGASCAR, R. Netherlands relay, 2017-2039, March 23, English, "Euroquest" prg. re 1912 Irish bathhouse and revival of paganism in Denmark. Full ID and contact info at 2030, "Newsline" w/ international nx re Hamas, 9/11 Commission, Madrid bombing, etc. Weak but clear, best in LSB. (Barbour-NH) QSLs: LIBYA, VO Africa/R.Jamahiriya, 15435, n/d letter on "VO Africa" stationary from the Researches and Studies Section, Listeners Affairs in 853 days, thanking me for following up on VO Africa programmes, w/ ornate, green glossy report form mailed in a hyrogliphic/fresco embossed (front & back) envelope from the Tripoli address. (Barbour-NH) USA(PIRATE), WMPR, 6925, f/d "Dance Party Robot" QSL sheet in 160 days for a report posted at either the FRN or FRW. My QSL was one of several found in a stack left for George Zeller at the front desk of the SWLFest in Kulpsville, who was kind enough to forward mine too me after posting the names on-line w/ contact info for those wishing to receive their QSLs. Thank you George! (Barbour-NH) VATICAN CITY STATE, R. Vaticana, 7365, 9660, 11625, Large envelope stuffed w/ QSL cards; one for each frequency; stickers, "Radio Vaticana: Past, Present and Future" booklet, Africa Service poster and program guide along with a frienldy, personal letter from Festus Tarawalie on behalf of the English-Africa Team in 55 days for 1 IRC. (Barbour-NH) Scott R. Barbour Jr-Intervale, NH-USA R75, MLB-1, RS longwire w/ RBA balun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
