QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
5005 UNID/(NEPAL?), This freq was dead this morning at 0140 on 18 Jan. The last few days there has been a carrier there at the same level of the regional Indian stations, and once I thought I heard a little modulation. This morning propagation seems to be poor w/even the regional Indians coming in at a bad level. An email from my old friend Ram Karki, the Technical Director for Radio Nepal, states that they are indeed using 5005. I will have to press him further to see if they are testing or actually active. Ram and I worked together for the UN in Sudan in 2005/06. 6035 BHUTAN, BBS, heard at 0150 on 18 Jan with exceptionally strong sigs with some chanting and traditional mx. If you can ever catch the opeing of transmissions with the monks chanting, it is a real treat for the ears - truly haunting. 6190 CHINA, PBS Xinjiang, heard at 0203 on 18 Jan in CH w/CH hard rock mx and telephone talk show. The mx was interesting, but to a westerner, the CH lang just doesn't "fit" to hard rock mx. Good sigs, but weaker than normal here in Kabul. Yesterday, we had another suicide bomber (read: coward) who detonated himself right next to a fuel tanker being escorted by US Soldiers from Camp Eggers, about 3 blocks away from my office. The blast shattered my office windows and I was the recipient of a few cuts and abrasions, but still managed to get out on the balcony and shout that they missed me. As I understand it, one soldier is dead and about 8 wounded, several guards in front of the German embassy were killed as were several children playing in the area and a number of other civilians. My intel sources say that more such attacks are expected, so I guess I have to batten down the hatches for a little while and am essentially confined to my office and the guest house. Guess I'll have time to do some antenna maintenance and DX. I hope everyone else is doing alright and enjoying the DX. Best 73 de Al "Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused." - Richard Perle ---[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
