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Today's Topics:
1. SW QSL LOG (JG3GCI)
2. Escutas (Antonio L. Garcia)
3. Sat morn ([email protected])
4. Radio Kuwait, B2008 (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
5. 12110 M?sica Carrill?n no identificada. Audio.
(JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
6. 11786 Voice of Indonesia. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
7. 5815 Radio Al Aqsa (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
8. EMR This Sunday with Radio Jackie Part 5 (Tom Taylor)
9. logs (L?cio Ot?vio)
10. Escuchas en banda tropical. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
11. Jan 17 Logs ([email protected])
12. MAGNA/PARS UPDATED ([email protected])
13. Log ([email protected])
14. Latest LW-MW logs (aurel chiochiu)
15. Logs for Al Muick - 18 January (initial) (Albert Muick)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:28:00 +0900
From: "JG3GCI" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] SW QSL LOG
Message-ID: <004fcda8c2ca4490b9a95d8c09ae1...@fm58f9752dce36>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp"
Station Name:Radio Taiwan INTL
Date:20 Dec,08 Type of QSL:Card
Days for reply:29days Return Postage:0
Language usen in reception report:Japanese
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
J G 3 G C I Yasuhiro Kubo
Suma-ku Kobe-city,JAPAN
JCC#270105
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:47:37 -0300
From: "Antonio L. Garcia" <[email protected]>
To: "Radioescutas" <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, DX Clube do Paran?
<[email protected]>, "Atividades DX"
<[email protected]>, Associa??o DX do Brasil
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escutas
Message-ID: <998662a352e5451781075e8e1d31d...@pessoal54fb06a>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Escutas realizadas em Jo?o Pessoa-PB HI22nu
Radio: IC-R1500 - Antena: 3DX3
11.735,0 1015-1021 17/1 Radio Nova Visao, Curitiba, BRAZIL, (PP) musica; falas
breve de YL; falando sobre casamento 25222
11.765,0 1022-1025 17/1 Radio Tupi, Curitiba, BRAZIL, (PP) falas de OM;
sectarismo religioso. 25222
11.780,0 1026-1033 17/1 Radio Nacional da Amazonia (Brazil), Bras?lia, BRAZIL,
(PP) falas de YL, fala sobre responsabilidade com a floresta amaz?nica; atende
ouvinte ao telefone opinando sobre o tema. 25121
11.815,0 1033-1040 17/1 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, BRAZIL, (PP) falas de
OM, narrando uma hist?ria sobre o pai e noivo; "Essa ? a m?sica da Ninha Vida",
segue com m?sica (Roberto Carlos). 25333
Antonio Laurentino Garcia
PR7BCP
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:38:21 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Sat morn
Message-ID: <003c01c97898$1c021370$a0cee...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Indonesia, 9525.93, Voice of Indonesia, 1035-1045, Noted a program of
English
language comments by both a male and female with music interspersed. Signal
was
very good compared to previous mornings. Noted a number of ID's as, "...
Voice
of Indonesia ... " However, the female had trouble with the English and was
difficult
to understand at times. (Chuck Bolland, January 17, 2009)
Russia, 6075, Radio Rossii, 1059-1115, At tune in, noted time ticks
followed with
ID's as "Radio Rossii". On the hour news in Russian followed by comments.
Signal
was poor with noise, but I was glad to hear this anyway. (Chuck Bolland,
January
17, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:41:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Kuwait, B2008
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales, acabo de recibir por correo el siguiente esquema de
Radio Kuwait.
Radio Kuwait
0200-0930 15495 ?rabe. Norte y Centro de ?frica
0200-1305 6055 ?rabe Golfo P?rsico.
0315-0700 11675 ?rabe. Norte Am?rica. DRM.
0500-0800 15110 Ingl?s. Sur u Sureste de Asia
0800-1000 7250 Persa. Golfo P?rsico.
0915-1310 13620 ?rabe. Europa y Norte de Am?rica. DRM
1000-1200 17885 Filipino. Asia
1000-1740 11630 Holy Quran Norte, Centro y Oeste de ?frica.
1205-1500 17885 Holy Quran. Rusia y Mongolia.
1315-2110 9880 ?rabe. Norte y Centro de ?frica. DRM
1505-1800 13620 ?rabe. Europa y Norte de Am?rica.
1800-2100 11990 Ingl?s. Europa y Norte Am?rica.
1800-0000 13600 ?rabe. Norte, Centro y Oeste de ?frica.
1815-0000 9855 ?rabe. Centro Am?rica.
2200-0300 11675 ?rabe. Norte Am?rica. DRM
Jos? Miguel Romero
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:11:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 12110 M?sica Carrill?n no identificada. Audio.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
ARMENIA 7530 Radio Free North Korea, Yerevan-Gavar, 19:32-19:36, escuchada el
16 de enero en coreano a locutor con comentarios, SINPO 23342
CANADA 7850 CHU Ottawa, Ottawa, 19:37, escuchada el 16 de enero a locutor dando
la hora y se?al de tonos en CW, se?al muy d?bil, apenas audible, SINPO 24442.
8400 Firedrake Jamming, 19:41, captada el 16 de enero con emisi?n musical,
sorprendente se?al, sin emisi?n en los 9000 kHz, SINPO 45544
12110 NO ID, 11:52-12:02, escuchada el 17 de enero una m?sica de carill?n,
apenas unas siete notas que se repiten una y otra vez, para esta frecuencia
est? listada el servicio en filipino de CRI, v?a Kunming, de 1130 a 1157 y de
1200 a 1227, supongo alg?n problema en la emisi?n de este servicio, la se?al
muy fuerte, SINPO 55444.
Audio: http://valenciadx2007.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2009-01-17T04_09_16-08_00
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:10:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 11786 Voice of Indonesia.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Saludos cordiales.
11786 Voice de Indonesia, Jakarta, 15:51-16:03, escuchada el 17 de enero en
ingl?s a locutora con comentarios presentando temas musicales, m?sica pop
mel?dica, m?sica de sinton?a, locutora con ID ?Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta?,
SINPO 45444
11786 Voice de Indonesia, Jakarta, 16:03-16:08, escuchada el 17 de enero en
idioma sin identificar, probablemente en malayp o indonesio, locutor con
presentaci?n, sinton?a, ID, locutora con noticias, referencias a Am?rica,
terrorismo, Indonesia, Israel, SINPO 45444
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:28:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 5815 Radio Al Aqsa
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
5815 Radio Al Aqsa, 16:20-16:25, escuchada el 17 de enero con emisi?n musical,
se?al muy d?bil en paralelo por 5835, nivel de audio muy bajo, escucho
instrumento de percusi?n y c?nticos, en 5835 predomina VOA en Pasto, sin
embargo se aprecia se?al interferida, al pasar a LSB se escucha un poco mejor
la m?sica, SINPO 44322
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:50:21 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR This Sunday with Radio Jackie Part 5
Message-ID: <001201c978c3$af6d46e0$34d96...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
EMR This Sunday with Radio Jackie Part 5
Time Channel Date
1300 to 1330 utc 6140 khz 18th of January 2009
Tom Taylor + The Radio Jackie History Part 5 with Colin King
EMR/ Internet repeat times
All programmes are also repeated via the EMR internet stream at:
www.emr.org.uk and click on the ?EMR internet radio? button
which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on left).
Today?s programmes will be repeated at the following time: 1700 - 2000 utc.
The Radio Jackie book can be bought from www.jackiebooks.com
The price in the UK is ?10 + postage & packing.
A Happy New Year and Good Listening 73s Tom
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:51:50 -0200
From: L?cio Ot?vio <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs
Message-ID: <000301c978c4$f8b64df0$ccf86...@home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
7455, France, R. Algerienne, Issoudun. January-16 AA 1942-2002 male non-stop
talks, 1952 male reciting, 1954 female talks with reverbed voice between male
reciting, 1955 maybe native style music, 1957 male talks. Co-channel QRM 43333
(lob-B).
7220, Central African Republic, R. Bangui(pres.). January-17 0745-0825 male and
female French/Vern. talks between African music (prevailing slow beat style).
Seems that around time mentioned above, they s/on only in week-ends, at tune-in
14322 but around 0800, 24322. Deterioring from 0820 (lob-B).
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry. January-17 0832-0843 heard only one music wich was an
African style (repetitive theme) all this listening, with a voice alternating
sing and reciting. Low modulation, 24432 (lob-B).
11945, R. Australia, Shepparton. January-17 EE 0915-1001 two or three persons
in a discussion about music, with few tunes like at 0923 a Sinatra style, 0942
Stills & Nash composition peformed by a similar group and Rock music at 0956.
At 1000 finally a ID as "R. Australia" but i alredy heard 11945 relaying ABC
Radio. Slight deterioring from 0930. 44444 (lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m.
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:38:15 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escuchas en banda tropical.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
INDIA 4895 AIR Kolkata, Kurseong, 16:50-17:01, escuchada el 17 de enero en
hind? a locutor con comentarios y emisi?n de t?pica m?sica hind?, cu?a de la
emisora con ni?os, locutor con noticias, SINPO 34333
TAYIKIST?N 4330 PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui, 17:25-17:30, escuchada el 17 de enero en
tayico a locutor con comentarios y emisi?n de m?sica folkl?rica local, se
aprecia fuerte interferencia de se?al en Morse, pieza de m?sica mel?dica, SINPO
22342
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:10:34 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Jan 17 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** CHINA. 7375, CNR-2/China Business Radio, 1157-1225, Jan 17,
Chinese talk. Quick ?China Business Radio? ID at 1200 & back to
Chinese talk. Local music. Fair to good. Weak on // 6065, 6090,
6155, 7130, 7140, 7335, 7350, 9810. Fair on // 7315. Thanks to
Ron Howard tip. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** HONDURAS. 3250.04, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis, 0350-0400*,
Jan 17, contemporary Spanish religious music. Closing Spanish
ID announcements at 0357. Sign off with anthem at 0358. Poor.
Weak in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** JAPAN. 3925, Radio Nikei, 1235-1250, Jan 17, some local music.
Japanese talk. Weak with HAM QRM. Weak but in the clear on
// 6055. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Sines, Portugal, 17745, Sudan Radio Service,
*1500-1531, Jan 17, English IDs. ?Let?s Talk? program about local
developments in Sudan. Talk about government programs in Sudan.
Short breaks of local music. Into Arabic at 1530. Poor to fair.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Equipment: TenTec RX-340, two 100 foot longwires
**************Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's
capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000027)
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:19:01 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] MAGNA/PARS UPDATED
Message-ID: <000501c9790a$ce587fb0$e0f8e...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Hi all,
I just uploaded an updated MAGNA.ZIP file with a few format corrections and
updated
datafiles of EIBI and AOKI. Go to
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
Chuck
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:21:57 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Log
Message-ID: <000901c9790b$2ac05a20$e0f8e...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
India, 4920, AIR, 0113-0130 At tune in, signal was at a fair level with a
female
in comments briefly. She was followed with a male talking with possibly
news.
Heard the name Obama mentioned often. Signal finally ended up as a poor.
(Chuck Bolland, January 18, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
update today
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:26:58 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], christophe genaudeau
<[email protected]>, SOAD BENKIRANE
<[email protected]>, [email protected], "Philippe ..."
<[email protected]>, [email protected], Sylvain
Naud
<[email protected]>, moy thierry <[email protected]>, Tomas
Quinones <[email protected]>, [email protected], "olivier.tequi"
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], Perez Ricardo <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Latest LW-MW logs
Message-ID: <003e01c9790b$db9e5e00$6900a...@b>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Warm greetings to all of you !
LW TAs were gradually improving, though the past night the trans-atlantic skip
on LW was only half-decent and tonight LW signals seems unreadables yet. MW TAs
still are inexistent, as reveal both Spain-585 and Morocco-595, but I think we
are running fast from solar minimal and I'd rather expect good auroral southern
enhacement than a feeding-frenzy high-latitude east-west opening ! What are
your thoughts about this ?
Trans-Atlantic DX
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis JAN 17 0251 - Fair-good with minimal
computer-like hash playing slow music on guitar. SIO 453 ! (Chiochiu-QC)
171 MOROCCO Medi Un, Nador JAN 16 0345 - continous plantive Arabic vocals
which were perphaps religion-related. Generally fair ! The best North African
LW in the Montreal area ! (Chiochiu-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1 JAN 16 0310 - Booming in as I tuned it with a French
talkshow regarding the sexuality of the older persons ! This and Iceland-189
are usually the strongest longwave broadcasters to reach my QTH in the Montreal
area ! (Chiochiu-QC)
189 ICELAND Rikisutvarpid, Gufaskalar JAN 17 0125 - with a mixture of
Icelandic and English-language pops and short IDs as "Ruv (Fier?)..." between
almost each song. (Chiochiu-QC)
207 unID JAN 14 0320 - bits of unredable audio getting through several beacons
including perphaps QI on 206 kHz in Nova Scotia. SIO 111, nothing usable.
(Chiochiu-QC)
216 FRANCE RMC, Roumoules JAN 16 0420 - French news, poor-fair in the absence
of the usual groundwave and/or short-skip beacon that dominates this TA
channel. (Chiochiu-QC)
225 POLAND unID JAN 15 2231 - weak man talk, pretty much a threshold signal.
Probably Poland, as this is the only broadcaster heard on this channel by our
dearly Sylvain Naud ! (Chiochiu-QC)
234 LUXEMBOURG RTL, Beidweler JAN 14 0549 - with a joke regarding the Barak
Obama's rise in status "il casse la baraque" which roughly translates to break
the shadow between him and his futur status as the president of the USA. Very
good, way over NDB QRM, had armchair copy for a couple of minutes, but then
faded under the beacons ! Best ever reception of this 2 MW powerhouse ! SINPO
43522 (Chiochiu-QC)
Pan-American DX
570 CUBA CMDC, Radio Reloj, Pil?n JAN 17 0342 - Woman with nx and RR code IDs
at the end of one news item. Couldn't copy much, as the reception wasn't as
good as the last Sunday morning, but obviously you don't need armchair copy to
get the RR code IDs past WSYR Syracruse... I wonder when is WSYR nest
maintenance period ? (Chiochiu-QC)
600 CUBA CMKV, Radio Rebelde, Urbano Norris JAN 15 0210 - "...el primero,
segundo..." baseball play-by-play. Good under domestics. SIO 422 (Chiochiu-QC)
640 CUBA CMBC, Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa and / or CMBD, Radio Progreso, Las
Tunas JAN 17 0339 - Presumed with Spanish programming in heavy QRM from WNNZ
and other weaker visitors. This one is NOT as strong as it once had, giving
real hope of hearing the Jos? Elias Diaz Gomez's DX tests during the Sinton?a
DX program over Uni?n Radio (YVQO, Puerto-La Cruz, Anzo?tegui) during, at
least, a decent semi-auroral opening, if not a heavy auroral one. (Chiochiu-QC)
730 unID JAN 17 0450 - In local CKAC null: romantic Spanish male vocal getting
through strong residual CKAC, followed by Spanish announcements way under
residual CKAC. SIO 412. I had some fadings in null of their groundwave, as if
skywave already start to blen with groundwave at such a short distance
(probably 12 km from downtown Montreal as the crow flies) ! HJCU Melod?a AM in
Santaf? de Bogot? is suspected, as XEX is now "Sports Ya". Also, didn't seem //
640... (Chiochiu-QC)
750 VENEZUELA YVKS, Radio Caracas Radio, Caracas, Distrito Federal JAN 17
0350 - Woman announcer with several repporters concerning a lost video and
their attempts at trying to locate that lost video which seemed fairly suspect
(weird, to say the least). SINPO 33322, as the signal wasn't too stable and
almost completly faded away with WSB fading-up. Overall, pretty fair reception
! (Chiochiu-QC)
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla JAN 17 0350 - Man in
studio chatting with someone outdoors, very threshold and unreadable. Condx
need to be at least SLIGHTLY below average to South America for this one to be,
at least, listenable ! (Chiochiu-QC)
770 CUBA CMKB, Radio Rebelde, QTH ? JAN 17 0449 - Cuban "beisbol" event way
under WABC, noted in passing. (Chiochiu-QC)
780 VENEZUELA YVNM, Radio Coro, Coro, estado Falc?n JAN 17 0445 - one hour
later, after an unsuccesful attempt to listen to a definite signal out of
HJAJ-760, got to hear an upbeat cumbia using major chords with lots of
accordeon at a fair level. Quite surprised to get this, as this one is well
heard when conditions are at least AVERAGE toward South America and the past
night they were well subpar. A couple of dozens of seconds later, I was
chassing possible Colombia-730 ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Additionnal comments: In addition (another use of that "famous" word) to
joining the NRC, I was gladly invitied to ABDS a wonderful Yahoo! Group where I
could all, but boore myself. The moderator of that group knows me quite well
and found suspect that despite my young age, being passionated by radio and by
history, I tried desesperatly to locate information on the web about how well
and how regularly the CX Radio Imparcial out of Montevideo could be heard on
1090 kHz back in the late 60's durign WBAL's Monday Morning Silent Period... He
though I wasn't a teenager, but an adult and did think I could pay the NRC dues
by myself.... Well, there is a magic word for this: Asperger's Syndrome which
also explain why I'm so obsessed with the history of oldschool DXing and
oldschool radio stations, especially the French one Aventure FM and to a
somewhat lesser extent, other ones as well...
This will be probably the last of the regular repports, as the comeback to
school is imminent.
I have a special meeting with a girl tonight, so I have to keep the additionnal
comments shorter than usually !
This repport is brougt to you by Bogdan Chiochiu, DXing from Pierrefonds
(Montreal's West Island), PQ - QC using the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot and the
Sangean CST-818 along with the PK's Shielded Magnetic LW loop !
May the good DX suddenly comeback in a brutal way !
Bogdan Chiochiu
------------------------------
Message: 15
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:44:35 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick - 18 January (initial)
Message-ID: <003501c97912$8887e770$9997b6...@com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 73, Issue 21
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