QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
1152 11 AUG, 2212 UTC, PAKISTAN, PBC Rawalpindi, on outside of normal hours (per WRTH) with many IDs in English by man and woman announcers into a call-in show in Urdu, with many mentions of broadcasting. Possibly on outside of normal hours because of Ramadan or the disastrous flooding. They are only about 230 miles away from me. Signals were very strong with an occasional fade and no interference. 4319 USB 11 AUG, 2049 UTC, BIOT Diego Garcia, AFRTS with PSA's and money advice show into NPR's All Things Considered and news. If I ever get lonely for US-style talk radio, this is the station I would tune into. Good signals with some RTTY QRM from 2.5kHz higher. 5050 11 AUG, 2300 UTC CHINA, Beibu Bay Radio, time pips into announcements in Vietnamese (according to sked) by woman and man. Fair signal level with moderate fading. 6297 11 AUG, 2024 UTC, CLAN (ALGERIA), Radio Nacional de la RASD, heard in Arabic and dramatic music. Supposedly only 20kW on their shortwave frequency, so not so bad with only fair reception. No QRM and only summer static. 7465 11 AUG, 1906 UTC, ALBANIA, Radio Tirana in French with news items and commentary. Transmission is aimed at Western Europe but heard here in Kabul with S4 signals and no QRM but moderate fading. Modulation did appear to be a little low, however. 7530 11 AUG, 1859 UTC, CLAN (ARMENIA), Radio Free North Korea, early sign on with military march and then news points read by a man in Korean with brief music bed interludes between items. Very good signals, with jammer (North Korean?) barely heard underneath. Has anyone ever received a QSL from these fellows? 73 Al "By heeding the artist, man can arouse himself from his present waking sleep and anticipate the inevitable changes which destiny brings and so pass consciously, confidently and relatively unscathed into the future." - D.J. Richards (Literary critic) 1962. ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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
