7135 BELARUS *2100-2200 11/12/08 S/on ID and into News. Strong signal but fighting a lot of band noise. 2115 YL gives web site and postal address, which was slightly different from that posted on the web site. Lots of music and ID's with telephone number: 315-17-284-6910. (Barker-Broomall, PA) 7250 VATICAN Vatican Radio 0605-0628 11/12/08 EG to Europe. Tuned in to hear bible verses followed by a program of Vatican news, including report on Pope's post-election letter to Obama. Said full contents of letter would not be revealed. (Why the hell not?) Checked //'s 4005, 5965 which were okay but not as good as 7350. Closed program as usual. (Basrker-Broomall, PA) 7360 VATICAN Vatican Radio *0630-0643 11/12/08 EG S/on with "This is the Africa service of Vatican Radio." News items about Catholic Church in Africa and lengthy report about Pope's March 2009 visit to Cameroon and Angola. Signal was barreling in. (Barker-Broomall, PA) 9660 AUSTRALIA R. Australia 0740-0758 11/12/08 EG to Pacific. Passport says 10kw from Brandon. YL presenter discussing several topics including world financial crisis. Abruptly gone at 0758 without announcement or even a 'g-day.' (Barker-Broomall, PA) 9955 USA WRMI *0700-0715 11/12/08 WRMII station ID in EG and SP then "This is Radio Prague." News heads and details, followed by 'Mailbox' until 0714 and then 'Czech Books.' Superb 5/5 signal. (Barker-Broomall, PA) Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA Equipment: NRD-535-D and Alpha Delta DX Sloper ---[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
