noted on remote SDR installation at Doha Qatar, Arab peninsula:
PAKISTAN The item of Radio Pakistan in page 483 on WRTH 2017 issue is correct. 7265 even frequency of Islamabad heard in 0500-0630 UT time slot, but also heard further more later in 0630-0650 time slot. Program stopped, and Islamabad TX switched off at 06.49:10 UTC today Dec 10. Girls Childrens hour noted at 0610 to 0630 UT, Saturday Dec 10. S=9+10dB or -62dBm, later on daytime path - after 0640 UT - signal did fade down in strength. Political interview on Afghanistan matter at 0630-0634 UT. Followed by male singer - solo, without music instruments. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) KOREA D.P.R. Noted some heavy oddity by Voice of Korea's outlets in 19 mb this morning; in 0530 to 0627 UT time section heard in Qatar, India and Tokyo Japan: 7220.000 Chinese, powerhouse in Japan. 9445.000 Chinese, powerhouse in Japan. 9730.000 Chinese, powerhouse in Japan. 11735.002 Spanish, S=9+15dB in Tokyo and Nagoya Japan remotes. 0623 UT 13650.004 English, only S=7 in Doha Qatar. 13759.998 Spanish, poor S=5 in Doha Qatar, at 0620 UT. 15104.973 English, alignement quarz is frosty?, Chorus px, S=7 in Doha Qatar 15179.983 Spanish, tiny poor S=5 noted in Doha Qatar. 0614 UT. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) OMAN 13600.500 very odd 500 Hertz exact fq, maybe a finger glitch on the keyboard ? Radio Oman in Arabic, S=9+35dB powerhouse observed in Qatar. Radio magazine talk by male and female at 0612 UT on Dec 10. 20 kHz wide excellent audio signal. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) SAUDI ARABIA 15284.970 The usual odd fq service of Riyadh in Swahili language to East Africa, S=7 signal at 0609 UT in dead - or rather lower nearby skip zone at Doha Qatar location. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) TAIWAN 15160 Most probabaly another SOH Taiwan Chinese channel, observed also in past months. Weak S=4-5 signal at 0606 UT, talk on Mao Tse Dung. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) INDIA AIR domestic sces heard in Doha Qatar in 0520-0600 UT time slot 7430.001 AIR Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. S=9+10dB in Hindi language. Bhopal has excellent signals in 41 and 60 mb these days. 7420.005 AIR Hyderabad, Telingana. Much very low modulation, though S=7-8 signal at 0532 UT Dec 10. 7380.006 AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Only S=5 at 0538 UT Dec 10. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) TAJIKISTAN another fault noted this morning on Tajik radio transmissions. 7245.000 Ovozi Tojik, Voice of Tajik in Persian satellite feed from Dushanbe to Orzu transmitter site in the south of the country failed, and had very short audio interrupts and appearances by half second in between, terrible to listen to. Persian sce 04-06 UT, heard at 0544 UT. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) SUDAN 7205 Omdurman with powerful S=9+20dB signal in remote SDR Doha Qatar unit, but very low, I guess 5% only modulation level this morning. btw. nothing on air of Asmara Eritrea on 7146v neither on 7175 kHz at this hour. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) ALBANIA 7474.975 The usual Radio Tirana Albanian service signal check at 0006 UT on Dec 10 tonight: S=9+20dB in Europe and Qatar, usual 14 x 100 Hertz distance apart BUZZ signal peaks, plus/minus also 50, 150, and 250 Hertz buzz strings visible. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) USA 9505.004 WHRI English sermon, slowly spoken by different speaker, at 23.54 UT Dec 9. S=9+5dB signal heard in Germany. B u t 'TOM Brother Stair roarer' back at 23.56 UT Dec 9. web site and e-mail address given, switch to 5920 kHz channel announcement, and TX cut - switch off at 23.59:15 UT. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 9) _ 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
