2485, AUSTRALIA, VL8K, 1137-1147, Feb.3, English, "Nightlife(?)" music program featuring folk/country music. ID as "105.7 ABC Darwin" and "ABC Radio" at 1145. Poor. // 2310 VL8A-fair. (Barbour-NH)
3240, SWAZILAND, TWR, 0311-0331, Jan.31, Vernacular, OM w/ religous talks, mx at 0328 with Harare, Zimbabwe POB, ID at 0330. Fair. (Barbour-NH) 4409.2, BOLIVIA, (P)R.Eco, 2241-2300, Feb.3, Spanish, SP music , OM and YL at 2243 then continuous music until abruptly off at 2300. Poor but gradually improving. 23223 re-check revealed very weak music. (Barbour-NH) 4760, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, Air Port Blair, 1150-1203, Feb.3, Vernacular, OM and YL w/ banter, Hindi music at 1152, more talks and ballads thru t/out w/ (P)ID at 1200. Poor. (Barbour-NH) 4770, NIGERIA, RN-Kaduna, 2216-2232*, Feb.3, English, OM w/ ID, SW and MW freqs and local TC at t/in. Diff. OM w/ "National Service of Radio Nigeria-Kaduna" in passing, rap music. S/off announcmentat 2230, NA at 2232 s/off. Poor/fair. (Barbour-NH) 5010, INDIA, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 0130-0150, Feb.3, Vernacular, Presumed ad string at t/in, Hindi music at 0135, 2 OM; one brief the other with lengthy prayer-like talk. Various announcers/music bits at 0148. Poor. (Barbour-NH) 5010, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, (P)R.Cristal, 2306-2319, Feb.3, Spanish, Lite SP music w/ brief announcer at 2313. Weak/poor w/ summer-like static crashes. No ID noted. (Barbour-NH) 9430, PHILIPPINES, FEBC-Bocaue, 1314-1332, Jan.31, Mandarin, 2 YLs w/ banter over lite instrumental music. Ballads. Fair/good. (Barbour-NH), 9520, GERMANY, IBRA Radio via Juelich, 1829-1845*, Jan.31, English, 2 YLs w/ "Spotlight" prg. re Peace maze in northern Ireland. Prg. credits, URLs and ID at s/off. Fair at best, battling w/ co-channel VOA-Russian service. (Barbour-NH) 9765, GERMANY, CVC via Juelich, 1816-1829, Jan.31, English, "Recharge" prg. w/ pop music and celebrity news. Countless CVC promos and IDs. Fair w/ mild 9760-RAI splatter. (Barbour-NH) 9290, LATVIA, R.Casablanca relay, 1106-1150, Feb.4, German-?, Lite pop music w/ occasional OM in presumed GM. Lengthy ID announcement at 1132. Weak but clear, improving. (Barbour-NH) 9800, MONACO, TWR, 0911-0920*, Feb.2, English, "Thru the Bible" prg w/ U.K. POB. TWR ID and IS at s/off. Good. (Barbour-NH) 11570, PAKISTAN, R.Pakistan, 1502-1531*, Jan.31, Urud(listed), OM and YL w/ news re Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan. Various announcers from 1522 b/w music bits. S/off announcments w/ clear ID at 1530. NA at s/off. Fair. (Barbour-NH) 11850, FRANCE, RTI relay, 1733-1757*, Jan.31, English, 2 YLs w/ banter and programs, "We've got Mail", "Global Exchange" and Your Questions, Our Answers" mostly regarding Taiwan life and culture. Poor/fair. (Barbour-NH) 12035, UAE, TWR, 1801-1814*, Jan.31, OM and YL w/ religous talks and brief music bits. Asmara, Eritrea POB at 1813, music until cut-off at 1814. Good! (Barbour-NH) 12070, UZBEKISTAN, RNW relay, 1554-1557*, Jan.31, Dutch, OM w/ URL and ID, filler music. Pop ballad cut off at 1557. Fair. (Barbour-NH) QSL: COSTA RICA, 5054.6, TIFC- Faro del Caribe, 2-sided, p/d (date and time) "TIFC-Lighthouse of the Carribean" card, window decal and personal letter stating that I can listen to 1080AM by internet at www.farodelcaribe.org which is what I heard via SW. V/S, Lic.Ronald Ortiz R.,Admistrative Mgr. This in 42 days for $1 and an EG rpt. (Barbour-NH) Scott R. Barbour Jr-Intervale,NH-USA R75, 200' Beverages, MLB-1 antenna, DTS-4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.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
