** ARGENTINA. 13363.5 LSB, Radio Continental, 2330-2355, Spanish play-by-play futbol coverage. ID. Weak but readable. Feb 25. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0335, sign on with National Anthem. Arabic talk at 0301. Qur`an at 0303. Arabic talk at 0312. Indigenous music. Poor. Weak. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ERITREA. 7204.98, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 1, *0255-0315, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0301. Local Horn of Africa music. Weak. Poor with adjacent channel splatter and HAM QRM. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ERITREA. 7175, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 2, *0255-0315, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0301. Horn of Africa music. Poor to fair with HAM QRM. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** EUROPE. PIRATE. 6306.08v. Double Kilo Radio, 0120-0209*, Weak but fair on peaks. Pop music. Ballads. DJ chatter. ID. Contact information. Think they gave a Netherland’s address. Varying between 6306.09-6306.07. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** LIBYA. 11600, Radio Télévision Libye - Radio Libye, *1756-1803*, Tentative. Sign on with instrumental music. French talk. Short breaks of instrumental music. No ID heard. Fair. Feb 25. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 1710, Undercover Radio, 0314-0337*, Dr Benway radio-drama about aliens and ghosts. Sound effects. Lite music. IDs. Email address. Merlin, Ontario mail drop. Weak but readable. “Broadcasting from the middle of nowhere“. Shoutout to the Michigan DXpedition team. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Undercover Radio, 0404- 0430+, lite music. IDs. Contact information. Shoutout to MARE DX- pedition group. Talk by Dr Benway. Said this was their First Anniversary Show featuring highlights of 2003 season. Good signal. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Radio Ga Ga, *0022-0050, sign on with 4 Non-Blondes mx. ID. Pop music by Beatles, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and others. Fair. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Wolverine Radio, 0114-0120, oldies music. ID. Really booming in. Feb 26. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SYRIA. 9330, Radio Damascus, 1906-1934*, tune-in to French talk. Local pop music. Abrupt sign off. In the past their French service has signed off around 1930-1945. Mixing with WBCQ. Must use ECSS- LSB to avoid WBCQ as much as possible. Slight hum in audio. Fair to good levels on occasional peaks but an overall poor to fair signal. Feb 25. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SYRIA. 9330, Radio Damascus, *2103-2204, sign on with a weak threshold signal but improved with weak to fair modulation by 2130. English talk. Instrumental music. Local music. Into Spanish at 2201. Slight hum in audio. Mixing with WBCQ. Must use ECSS-LSB to avoid WBCQ. An overall poor signal. Feb 25. (Brian Alexander, PA) Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires ---[Start Commercial]---------------------
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