QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
4930 BOTSWANA, VoA relay heard at 1621 on 18 Jan w/EG pgm w/nx and current affairs. Talk about warlords and the crisis in Sudan. Poor reception, but an unusually early opening to Africa. Rated at 100kW and beamed to SAf. 5815 CLAN, Al Aqsa R., heard at 1706 on 18 Jan with rapid-fire AR talk and several IDs. Fair signal, but squashed by R. Liberty on 5820. Does anyone speak enough AR to understand if they are giving a snail mail or email address, or any kind of contact information? Well, my office windows have been replaced and finally blast-proofed. It's funny how, in a place where the smallest task takes days and involves repeated discussions and re-iteration of orders, that this got done in a matter of hours. The previous windows were not blast-proofed. Probably why they gave me the office! ;-) Other people seem to be hearing Al Aqsa R. a lot better than I do, indicating perhaps some sort of directional antenna, or a tx site not in the Middle East. Also, I caught a brief glimpse of Damascus on 9330, with barely any modulation, but it was quickly swallowed up by the noise and was not even worth touching until VoA Radio Ashna signed off. Is 3406 USB still being heard? I haven't seen reports of that in a few days. Hope you and yours are in good health and spirits and may the good DX be with you! 73s de Al Muick "Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words." - Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786, died March 6, 1836 at the Alamo.) ---[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
