QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire ACC: Palstar MW-550P mediumwave preselector
990 CYPRUS, R. Sawa via Monte Carlo relay station, heard at 00.02 on 09 Nov. in AR with pop AR mx and OM DJ w/talkovers. Very US-sounding production and good signal with a little help from the MW-550P, 6155 AUSTRIA, R. Ö1 Intl., heard at 16:32 on 08 Nov. in GM w/easy pop mx in EG and male/female announcers. Always nice to just sit and listen to this station (yes, this is where my DX evening got lost to on this date, LOL). Good clear signals, but prior to 16.00 they were getting clobbered by Iran in English on 6160, who have no respect for occupied bandwidth. The fact that they're just next door doesn't help either. In fact, it becomes quickly obvious that both Iran and China are singlehandedly responsible for the lack of good DX opportunities on both mediumwave and shortwave. Both countries run high power 24/7, mostly non-directional, and China's presence on shortwave is one of mythic proportions. Makes me want to ask Brother Scare to pray for transmitter failures! 73 de Al "I have unwittingly ruined my country. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." - President, Woodrow Wilson ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] 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
