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Today's Topics:
1. Kiwi Radio Books SALE + FREE Book Offer! ([email protected])
2. QSL from Asena (bjorn fransson)
3. Few Tues Morn'g ([email protected])
4. QSL LOG (JG3GCI)
5. Glenn Hauser logs February 17, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia: 6027
(Glenn Hauser)
7. Ultimas escuchas (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
8. Re: Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia: 6027
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
9. The Shortwave Report 02/13/09 Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
10. Shortwave radio still packs an audible thrill (Zacharias Liangas )
11. Re: Shortwave radio still packs an audible thrill (Paul)
12. On the trail of Radio Solh (Albert Muick)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:37:52 +1300
From: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Kiwi Radio Books SALE + FREE Book Offer!
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:11:05 +0000
From: bjorn fransson <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL from Asena
To: Hard-Core Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>, Glenn
Hauser <[email protected]>, Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>,
Anker Petersen <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear Friends,
I am happy to announce that I got a very nice, personal letter in English,
confirming my reception of Voice of Asena on 9610 kHz on the 16th of February.
The director and founder, Amanuel Eyasu, says that I was the first to send them
feedback trough a detailed report. When you say "Asena" to a person it means
"that you are happy about something", so I say "Asena" to you all.
Website: www.assenna.com .
Email to the station: [email protected]
73 from Bj?rn Fransson, DX-ing on the island of Gotland, Sweden
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:03:51 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Few Tues Morn'g
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <003301c990f7$cf76a1b0$74c8e...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Bolivia, 6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 0935-1101, Monitored this off and on
during the
period specified. Noted plenty of Spanish language comments between a male
and
female with canned ID's here and there. "...Radio Santa Cruz..." Signal
varied between
a poor and fair quality. (Chuck Bolland, February 17, 2009)
Bolivia, 6155.21, Radio Fides, 0950-1058, Stayed on this freq during the
period for
a considerable time. Noted a male and female in Spanish Language comments.
Didn't
catch a good ID, but heard TC's and many mentions of "Santa Cruz" during the
comments.
I have this station listed in La Paz which may be wrong for all I know?
Anyway, this
signal was fair to poor. (Chuck Bolland, February 17, 2009)
Russia, 9720, Voice of Russia, 1015-1035, Kaliningrad, Noted a program of
news and
comments in the German language with ID's here and there in German. The
signal stayed
on top of the noise until about 1034 when it began to fade to nil. (Chuck
Bolland, February
17, 2009)
Peru, 6195.80, Radio Cusco, 1110-1115, Thought I'd check this out even
though Bolivia's
stations had faded. Sure enough, I could hear a weak program of Huaynos
music here.
The music didn't remain audible for much longer however. It began to fade
almost immediately into the noise. At 1116 noted a few Spanish language
comments from a
person. At this point I gave up on this logging. (Chuck Bolland, February
17, 2009)
Ethiopia, 9704.20, Radio Ethiopia, (TENT), 1135-1205, Noted a female hosting
the
program with persons telephoning in with comments. Some bridge type music
between
calls. Language is indistinguishable; sounds like Middle Eastern however.
Later she
talks with a gentleman for a period of time. Signal was poor. (Chuck
Bolland, February
17, 2009)
Malaysia, 9750, Voice of Malaysia, 1158-1210, Prior to the hour, noted an
Interval Signal
consisting of 14 or 15 notes repeating over and over. A quick time tone on
the hour with
a male in comments following. This followed with NA. At 1201 the male
returns. Can't
distinguish any of his comments. His voice is too basey. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland
February 17, 2009)
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
Updated with EIBI and AOKI datafiles = MAGNA at the above link
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:36:50 +0900
From: JG3GCI <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL LOG
To: HCDX <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:33:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 17, 2009
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
** CHINA. 7245, Feb 17 at 1357 W&M in English discussing relationships, the
word ``cherish``; religious? Hardly, soon switched to Chinese, so this is CNR-2
as scheduled, 150 kW, non-direxional from Beijing 491 site, per Aoki; ham QRM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR VBS, 9870, Feb 17 at 1414 running produced ads mixing Hindi and
English, including ``the best performance, the best your vehicle can get``
followed by march tune. Usual polar flutter but good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9520, S Asian singing, but modulation breaking up badly, Feb 17
at 1437. This is RVA Telugu service, 250 kW, 280 degrees from Palauig-Zambales,
following two other semihours in Sinhala, Tamil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9900, Feb 17 at 1405, SW Asian singing reminding me of R. Solh;
alternated music and talk segments, Pashto? Several mentions of Afghanistan,
but too much talk to be R. Solh. Also had very heavy polar flutter, worse than
AIR 9870. Weakened gradually but still audible at 1447.
What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing at this time except 1400-1430 mid-year FEBC
Bocaue, Philippines in unID language to C Asia. That doesn`t fit either, as no
such polar flutter on Tinang 9760. Aoki and HFCC have the answer, I would not
have guessed: VOR Pashto/Dari service at 13-15 via Samara, 250 kW, 140 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15435, Feb 17 at 1502 again with BB, AA, i.e. big buzz
and Arabic at about equal levels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 14202-USB, Feb 17 at 1454, frequent calls by AB9KT stroke mobile.
Never heard who he was calling but he then complained he had been trying two
hours for a contact. He was atop pileup on frequency, so probably K5D Desecheo
was the target. Tuning around, never found where K5D was transmitting, but not
14190 where I logged it previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. One the way from Fak Fak to Makassar I was waylaid by some SSB on
4769, Feb 17 at 1334. This turned out to be a good ole boy in a monolog about
his messy divorce, replete with expletives. The guy could not get 5 words out
without cussing. Sounds like an escapee from CB. Stopped suddenly at 1342.
Never heard any ID, nor the other station he was presumably talking to. Truly a
frequency to remember.
Searching the 19,794 posts so far on the UDXF yg, got only one relevant hit:
``4769.0 lsb unIDed fishermens in English, Milton and friends talking about his
Mackerel catch. 0236:01 UT (2008-09-21) (Jon-FL in Florida, USA on
StarChat#monitor)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulsing during my morning bandscan Feb 17:
at 1349, 5110-5150, and 5260-5300. I think they often come in pairs like this.
At this hour on this band, cannot be Cyprus, but E Asia if not closer. At 1353,
another stronger pair at 6765-6805 and 6960-7000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6074, good clear copy of 8GAL V/CQ marker, Feb 17 at 1400
starting promptly after few-seconds-late 6075 R. Rossii timesignal; its carrier
stayed on until a little past 1401, so I didn`t really need the BFO (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:47:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia:
6027
To: [email protected], Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
> Receiver: Sangean 909
> Antennas: 15 meters outdoor long wire
> All time are in UTC
> Frequencies in kHz
>
> 6027.0v 1255- MLA RTM Kuala Lumpur (very tent.), 15/02,
> Malay-like YL talk - weak under local noise and strong
> splashes from 6030 (CNR), it seems their transmitter was off
> at 1300 or 1301
>
> 73!
>
> Mikhail Timofeyev
>
Surely Ron Howard would have heard this if it were Malaysia; searching the DXLD
archive we find some logs last summer, topped by this in 8-074:
6035, PBS Yunnan, 1243, June 28, in Vietnamese, fair, both spurs also
heard: 6027 (poor) and 6043 (fair), all clearly parallel. Thanks to
Mauno Ritola of Finland for his help identifying these spurious
signals (DXLD 8-072) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Et?n E1, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
But Malay is certainly nothing like Vietnamese (gh)
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:39:35 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ultimas escuchas
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
ARMENIA 4810 Voice of Armenia, Yerevan-Gavar, 18:02-18:05, escuchada el 17 de
febrero en armenio a locutor con comentarios en conversaci?n con invitado,
SINPO 25432
7550 Open Radio North Korea, Yerevan-Gavar, 21:20-21:30, escuchada el 16 de
febrero en Coreano a locutora en una especie de recitaci?n acompa?ada de m?sica
de piano y canto de p?jaros, segmento de m?sica mel?dica, SINPO 35433
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:15:48 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia:
6027
To: "W. Glenn Hauser_actual" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "Mikhail Timofeyev"
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <5c0686eb80e1448783442d4be9204...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Aoki: 6025 RTM Kuala Lumpur 0400-1300 Malay 75 ND Kajang
sign-off time fits ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia: 6027
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Mikhail Timofeyev wrote:
> Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
> Receiver: Sangean 909
>
> 6027.0v 1255- MLA RTM Kuala Lumpur (very tent.), 15/02,
> Malay-like YL talk - weak under local noise and strong
> splashes from 6030 (CNR), it seems their transmitter was off
> at 1300 or 1301
> 73!
> Mikhail Timofeyev
Surely Ron Howard would have heard this if it were Malaysia; searching the
DXLD archive we find some logs last summer, topped by this in 8-074:
6035, PBS Yunnan, 1243, June 28, in Vietnamese, fair, both spurs also
heard: 6027 (poor) and 6043 (fair), all clearly parallel. Thanks to
Mauno Ritola of Finland for his help identifying these spurious
signals (DXLD 8-072) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Et?n E1, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
But Malay is certainly nothing like Vietnamese (gh)
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:32:27 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 02/13/09 Listen Globally!
To: <>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
The Shortwave Report 02/13/09 Listen Globally!
Posted February 13th, 2009 by outfarpress
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (February 13) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both
broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB)
(28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version
posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-
info&uid=904&nav=&)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
From CHINA- Chinese President Hu Jintao is on a "Journey of Friendship
and Cooperation" to Saudi Arabia and four African nations. The Chinese
Vice-President is touring Mexico, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
China is working to combat their worst drought in half a century. Terrible
bush fires have raged through southern Australia while the north is flooding.
UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon spoke out against protectionism as a
response to the global financial crisis. The US and Iran have expressed a
willingness to improve bilateral relations. The top UN official in Afghanistan
says that the answers to Afghanistan's problems are political not military.
From NETHERLANDS- Radio Netherlands has eliminated shortwave
broadcasts to North America. The decision is based on their surveys that
find very few listeners in N America. If you ever listen to RN on shortwave,
please let them know- by email to [email protected] or send them a letter to
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, PO Box 222, 1200JG, Hilversum, The
Netherlands.
President Obama has sent an envoy, Richard Holbrooke, to Pakistan and
Afghanistan to develop strategies for decreasing terrorism in the region. The
protection of whales by groups like the Sea Shepherd have resulted in
dangerous confrontations this year- many think that a global approach to
species preservation is becoming more critical in light of climate change.
From CUBA- At the annual World Social Justice Day, the President of the
UN general Assembly praised Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo
Morales. Ecuador expelled a US diplomat for interference in internal affairs
including seizing government computers and vehicles.
From RUSSIA- A commentary on protectionism and nationalism in light of
the global financial crisis, a topic covered extensively on international news
this week. Russia is happy that the White House is open to restoring good
relations with the Kremlin.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at-http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available
at http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the
last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just
want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower
sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-
speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- <
http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this
program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=outFar
press+presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at < http://www.radicalradio.org >
And Radio For Peace International at < http://www.rfpi.org >
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into
this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting
this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so
through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt!
(maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_02_13_09.mp3
Playerhttp://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_01_18_08.mp3
>(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--"As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the
infinite evidence and change and requirements and possibilities of language;
every human use of words that is joyful, or honest or new, because
experience is new... But as a Black poet and writer, I hate words that cancel
my name and my history and the freedom of my future: I hate the words that
condemn and refuse the language of my people in America."
--June Jordan (1936-2002)
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
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greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:03:54 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave radio still packs an audible thrill
To: <>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Shortwave radio still packs an audible thrill
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50D6JF20090114
By ReutersJanuary 16, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somewhere on a lonely mountaintop on a starry
night, or maybe in an apartment on a bustling city block, someone is
channeling the whole world onto a mobile device. It's not a phone; it's a
shortwave radio.
A staple form of broadcasting in many parts of the world since the 1920s
and 1930s -- shortwave in North America has been mostly a hobby for
decades.
Now that the Internet is a fixture in many homes in the United States and
Canada, there are few practical reasons to buy a shortwave radio.
Thousands of stations that once were available only on the shortwave band
are online.
Shortwave also is distinctly old fashioned, cast against the shadow of the
annual Consumer Electronics Show, which was held in Las Vegas earlier
this month. The mother of gargantuan gadget fests featured shortwave radio
makers, but the action these days revolves around digital audio devices.
The contrast is stark: iPods and satellite radios are slim and pocket-sized,
while shortwaves are throwbacks, typically as square as a textbook and just
as serious looking.
So why bother with shortwave?
It's easy and cheap -- and fun. You can hear and learn things that you would
never find even if you work your search engine like a mule. From Swaziland
to Paris to Havana, shortwave broadcasters can surprise an adventurous
listener more than any MP3 playlist.
"You tune carefully, twist the radio from side to side, and there's still a bit
of
a 'Hey, I made this happen!' sort of thing," said Harold Cones, retired
chairman of the biology and chemistry department at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, Virginia.
It's also magic. Shortwave radio enthusiasts acknowledge the thrill -- the
romance, in a way -- of going out at night and snaring news, music, odd
bleeps, religious zealots and other broadcasts from the wild sea of
frequencies in the sky.
In aural terms, the Internet wins. Shortwave by nature sounds dirty: Its
signals whoosh from clouds of static and are subject to the whims of
sunspots and atmospheric disturbances.
But when you hear voices over the noise and squeal, and realize you are
hearing Mongolia, live, there is a warmth and a human connection that are
hard to find on the Web.
Shortwave also can deliver news faster than you might find it online, and in
places where your other devices don't work, said Ian McFarland, a former
host and writer at Radio Canada International.
"It's more portable than a computer, especially if you ... don't have a laptop
and you don't happen to have a hot spot on your favorite beach," he said.
Batteries also keep them going a long time when the power goes out.
On a serious note, shortwave stations often resist many government
attempts to jam them.
"Shortwave is unfettered by intermediaries so it's pretty much always there,"
said Lawrence Magne, publisher of the Passport to World Band Radio
(http://www.passband.com).
GETTING STARTED
You can find shortwave radios at a variety of Web retail and auction shops
like Amazon, Universal Radio, The Shortwave Store, Grove Enterprises or
even National Public Radio.
Bob Grove, at Grove Enterprises in Brasstown, North Carolina, also offers a
handy beginner's guide (http://tinyurl.com/8rq3bt).
You could drop thousands of dollars on a radio, but units such as the Eton
E100 (http://tinyurl.com/8x5q9o) generally range from $50 to $250. A
perfectly serviceable radio sells for as little as $30, but more expensive
models are better at pulling in fainter signals.
Listening is best an hour before and after sunrise and sunset -- and away
from urban areas -- because of atmospheric conditions and because many
broadcasters in distant lands are gearing up their broadcasts.
Try searching for distant shortwave signals, identify the station, write to
them
and get a "QSL Card," the broadcaster's acknowledgment that you made
contact.
For die hards, listening to shortwave can make hours go by in a dream. For
others, its an acquired taste -- Bob Grove said his wife is "partially
tolerant."
"I've had radio equipment in my car in the past, and I have learned not to
turn it all on when we were going on a date somewhere."
(To find a partial English-language list of what's on shortwave, try
RadioShack (http://tinyurl.com/6texnw) or C.Crane (http://tinyurl.com/yjfcrq)).
(Reporting by Robert MacMillan; editing by Richard Chang)
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:45:13 +1300
From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
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One distinct advantage over the internet ..... ZERO bandwidth costs!
Paul
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:50:14 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] On the trail of Radio Solh
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Greetings from Kandahar Air Field!
Arrived here four days ago and have been extremely busy erecting two 3.7m
sat dishes for a satellite hub. My project is slightly delayed due to the
cheapness of some people in my organization who insist on shipping
everything via FedEx Economy rather than getting it here promptly via DHL
Express.... But that's another story.
For those who don't know, this military facility is h-u-g-e! In my travels
thus far, I have not identified any sort of permanent transmission antenna
which might have served for the 6700 kHz Radio Solh. The only ones I have
seen thus far are a dipole over the Dutch Battalion (used for comms per
their XO) and a TV transmission antenna by the British unit used for
transmitting BFBS TV.
I have passed some mobile units with high power whip antennas of interesting
length which I shall investigate further, and continue looking around as
time permits me.
On a side note, I am amazed at the quality and variety of military mess
halls here. These are run by KBR UK and they do an excellent job with
variety and taste. This is certainly a helluva lot different from the
military food when I was in. There is no alcohol on base (it is dry - but
nothing is checked so you bring it in and consume at your own risk), and
there are entertainment evenings (big open-air concert coming up) and
several fast-food places like Burger King and Subway and even a Tim Horton's
for you Canadian donut freaks. :-) And, so far, none of the ubiquitous
rocket attacks!
Will report more when and as I can.
Best 73
Al Muick
Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan
"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out
of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than we believed."
- Romans 13:11
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