QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
9725 29 AUG, 1642 UTC, TUNISIA, RTV Tunisienne, Sfax with long Arabic talk by man, mentioning "Iftar," which is the first meal after sundown, I believe, and also a mention of Pakistan and Tunis. Good signals, minimal adjacent channel QRM from Voice of Vietnam on 9730. 11297 USB 29 AUG, 1558 UTC, RUSSIA, Saint Petersburg VOLMET, Female in Russian with ground weather. Good signals without QRM. 11905 29 AUG, 1529 UTC, SRI LANKA, SLBC, start of Hindi program to India. Many IDs in English (!) by male and female announcers as: "This is Radio Ceylon calling to India." Male announcer gave local FM rundown and seemed to get a little lost as to where the tx'ers were located. Program went into Local music and Hindi. Powerhouse signals with very little interference way underneath and slight fading. Four years and I am *still* trying to get a QSL out of these guys. It's just complete non-response. :-( So we've installed a couple of 20 kVA voltage regulators in the household over the past few days. The voltage was varying between 170 and 203 volts and we all decided enough was enough. While Afghanistan has come a long way with the power utility, it is being sent down from Pakistan at 220,000 VAC and the sags get very bad. An Ozzie friend of mine who works mentoring the power utility has said they are installing reactors and capacitors along the lines for equalization, but it isn't helping many of the areas of Kabul. The difference is amazing with the regulators! I can actually sit and read without feeling like I am doing so by candlelight. Everything is much more stable. Just a few more days until my Thailand DXpedition! 73s from Kabul, Al "There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action." - Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) ---[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
