Took along my HF-150 and sat next to the beach before and at sunrise a 
few mornings and this is what I came up with....

73
John

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Loggings from Lido Beach (Sarasota) FL
John Figliozzi  (normally from Halfmoon, NY; but this week from sunny 
Florida)
Rcvr:  Lowe HF-150 on battery with whip antenna

4760  ANDAMAN IS., AIR Port Blair at 1158 w/man singing a 
subcontinental pop tune.  Poor to fair. (2/22)

4780  GUATEMALA, R. Cultural Coatan at 1104 w/man and woman speaking in 
unid language interspersed w/trumpet fanfares. Good, came in like a 
local in FL. (2/22)

4799.8  GUATEMALA, R. Buenas Nuevas w/man talking in Spanish at 1220. 
Good. (2/22)

4810  MEXICO, R. Transcontinental, Mexico City at 1138 w/religious 
program, woman singing a hymn and man speaking in Spanish. Poor. (2/21)

4890  PNG, NBC Port Moresby with pop music ("Back in the High Life 
Again"), male DJ in English at 1225.  Fair. (2/22)

4990  INDIA, AIR Itanagar at 1209 w/subcontinental vocals by woman, 
flute music, then a man speaking in Hindi. Weak. (2/22)

6080  SINGAPORE, RSI at 1228 w/man discussing business techniques 
w/woman interviewer; ID in English 1230.  Fair to poor.  //6150 Poor.  
(2/22)

6110  PHILIPPINES, VOA Tinang in English w/ID and news at 1200.  Fair 
(2/21)

6160  PHILIPPINES, VOA Tinang in Chinese w/man and woman reading news.  
Fair (2/21)

6165  INDIA, AIR Delhi at 1252 w/program in Sindhi for Pakistan; 
subcontinental  music w/flute at faster cadence than most such music. 
Poor.  //9620.  (2/23)

6185  MEXICO, R. Educacion, Mexico City at 1203 w/ballad sung by woman 
in Spanish.  Fair.  (2/21)

7180  CHINA?, CRI from unknown transmitter in unid. language that uses 
some English words and phrases, but is not Pidgin. Hrd 2/21 at 1153 
w/Chinese lesson and brief Chinese traditional music riffs used as 
bridges; s/off 1155 w/freq. ann. using the word "mHz." and English 
numbers; fair. Also hrd 2/22 at 1146 w/man giving e-mail address using 
some English words and phrases, but predominately in an unid lang. that 
is not Pidgin; good. (2/21, 2/22)

7185  BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar w/English program and subcontinental 
vocal music at 1242.  Fair to good.  (2/22)

7270  INDIA, AIR Chennai w/subcontinental mx. at 1238. Poor (2/22).  
Subcontinental vocal by male at 1150.  Poor //9470. (2/23)

7295  MALAYSIA, Radio 4 w/western pop music at 1233. Very weak (2/22). 
US pops w/male DJ in English at 1140. Poor w/ham qrm (2/23).

7345  CHINA, CNR1 Beijing w/man and woman in alternating conversation 
(interview?) in Chinese at 1246.  Fair.  //7110, 9500

7620  CHINA, CNR6 Beijing (as listed in WRTH '05) but w/program 
different from 9170, but //CNR5 on 9380 at same time (1250); man 
speaking very quickly in Chinese w/ads.  //9380.  Fair.  (2/23)

9170  CHINA, CNR6 Beijing w/Chinese opera at 1240.  Fair (2/23).

9380  CHINA, CNR5 Beijing w/man speaking very quickly in Chinese at 
1250 w/ads.  //7620.  Poor.  (2/23)

9395  UNID, man in Spanish at 1215.  Poor. (2/21)

9470  INDIA, AIR Aligarh at 1217 relaying FM Gold domestic network 
w/subcontinental pop mx. Very weak. (2/21) Subcontinental vocal by male 
at 1150.  Fair //7270. (2/23)

9500  CHINA, CPBS Shijiazhuang at 1219 w/man and woman in Chinese. Poor 
on 2/21, but good on 2/23. (2/21). Apparently relaying CNR1 w/man and 
woman in alternating conversation (interview?) in Chinese at 1246. 
Fair. //7110, 7345.  (2/23)

9520  PHILIPPINES, R. Veritas Asia at 1131 w/man preaching in Chinese 
and then breaking briefly into a-capella song. Fair.  (2/22)

9524.9  INDONESIA, VOI Jakarta at 1134 w/talk in vy woman in unid 
language.  Fair (2/22).  Again at 1158 on 2/23; appeared to be having 
some transmission problem. Heard ID in English by man at 1158 giving 
e-mail address, followed by local pop music, then same ID at 1228 
followed by same music loop; by 1258 normal operations apparently 
resumed as program was in Indonesian. Fair to good (2/23).

9595  JAPAN, R. Nikkei w/man in Japanese at 1235; //6055.  Fair (2/23).

9620  INDIA, AIR Aligarh at 1237 w/program in Sindhi for Pakistan; 
subcontinental  music w/flute at faster cadence than most such music. 
Poor.  //6165.  (2/23)

10330  INDIA, AIR Bangalore at 1155 w/subcontinental music; not // 
other outlets heard this morning.  Fair.  (2/23)

11710  INDIA, AIR Delhi at 1255 w/subcontinental female vocal mx. in 
Burmese program to Burma.  Fair.  (2/23)

13685  AUSTRALIA, Voice International, Darwin w/DJ in English, 
Christian pop music and religious message at 1250.  Fair.  (2/22)

15405  AUSTRALIA, HCJB Kununurra at 1250 w/religious program in unid. 
lang.; program mentioned "Peru" several times in its address and had a 
very lively hymn-like song by male singer; ID 1300 "Voice of the Great 
Southland".  Fair.  (2/22)

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