QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e Ant: 100m longwire Acc: Palstar MW-550P Preselector for mediumwave
Well, I finally got a power supply for the Palstar MW-550P and am very pleased with its performance. Now if I could just get a Wellbrook loop phased array on the roof here, I'd have it made for mediumwave! 531 IRAN, R. Iran with female DJ in Farsi and pop music heard at 23.05 on 23 Oct. Excellent signal strength. Not sure if Azarshahr at 500kW or regional station at Iranshahr with 600kW because the regionals supposedly relay R. Iran from Tehran overnight. 540 IRAN, R. Iran // 531 kHz with female DJ and pop music at 23.14 on 23 Oct. An even better signal with only 200 kW from Mashhad. 684 IRAN, IRIB Regional relaying Tehran program // 531/540, heard at 23.23 on 23 Oct. Good sigs and 200kW. 702 OMAN, BBC relay heard in AR at 18:12 with YL talk on 23 Oct. Fair signal in spite of a combative Chinese station on freq. 800 kW. 873 SRI LANKA, SLBC with Tamil Commercial Service playing subcontinental music at 23.32 on 23 Oct. Fair signal, but with fluttery deep fades. 954 INDIA, AIR Najibabad, heard 16.49 on 23 Oct. in Hindi with both arabic and subcontinental music with short announcements in between. Never did catch an ID, until 17;30 when they broke into English news as AIR. Only 100 kW but consistently on top of the frequency pile. No evidence of Qatar with 1500 kW on the same freq! 972 TAJIKISTAN, VoA R. Aap Ki Dunyaa in Urdu with interview between female announcer and male who kepts breaking into English at 16.05 on 23 Oct.. Lots of talk about Pakistan, the economy, World Bank, and inflation. Pounding signal at S5 with an occasional deep fade. 1134 CHINA, CNR1, Golmud heard in a massive pile-up starting at 15.00 on 23 Oct. Standard light music, PSAs and jingles. Listed as 1200kW, but fighting with AIR External service and a couple of others. Fair reception but very deep fades and occasisonal surfacing as is wont with these channels. 1143 INDIA, AIR Ratnagiri and AIR Rohtak in severe graveyard pile-up with two distinct programs fading in and out with two pieces of subcontinental music going on. One is in the western district and one in the southern district. Heard at 14.40 on 23 Oct. Signals were about equal in strength, i.e. fair with a fluttery fade. Unfortunately, impossible to distinguish between the two without a loop, so I will check again later or maybe build a loop! ;-) 1152 PAKISTAN, PBC Rawalpindi, Urdu with current affairs network at 14.20 on 23 Oct w/many mentions of Pakistan with female newscaster. Good signals with 100kW. No sign of co-channel Iran R. Farhang, also with 100kW. 1161 IRAN, VOIRI, External Service in unid lang at 14.00 on 23 Oct. Good sigs and news/talks with many mentions of Iran. Supposedly 600kW! 1251 TAJIKISTAN, VoR relay in RU at 13.32 with usual news/commentary between man and woman announcer on 23 Oct. Signal fair with an occasional deep fade 5010 INDIA, AIR Thiruvanathapuram (say *that* five times fast!), heard at 14:10 on 22 Oct. with talk in Hindi, subcontinental music and announcements and PSAs. Excellent signal 5040 INDIA, AIR Jeypore heard at 14.50 on 22 Oct. with subcontinetal music and IDs. Good signal into Kabul. 73s de Al "The People are the masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!" - Abraham Lincoln ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.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://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html