Hi, after some discussion on the German a-dx group, the conclusion seems to be that the Tabriz regional station of Iran's IRIB is broadcasting a special Ramadan programme on shortwave and mediumwave. Check next night; this is all somewhat still presumed status. Ramadan runs until around 9 or 10 September this year.
Presumably the schedule is: 2330-0130 UT 702, 1323, 3985 kHz 0130-0430 UT 702, 1323 kHz Programme "Avbashdanlyq" (Voice of East Azerbaijan - IRIB Tabriz) in AZERI language Plus FM outlets 90.4, 100.9, 105.5 MHz and Intel 902 satellite. The website http://tabriz.irib.ir/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1646&Itemid=247 announces this broadcast for the 2009 Ramadan, and the current observations indicate that the same is true in 2010. They say that the programme runs from 4 to 9 a.m. (=UTC+4.5h), and "120 minutes" on the "overseas" service (that would be 3985). Thanks to Google Translate for improving my Farsi. 3985 has about the strength as the Voice of Croatia on the same frequency. Reception on 702 is good here in Leipzig, // 3985, but Patrick Robic in Austria reports a different Iranian programme which might stem from the Bushehr transmitter near the Persian Gulf, so beware which one it is you are getting. Yours truly observed 3985 to disappear at 0130, though hard to tell for sure with the Croatian powerhouse interfering. 702 is via the Kiashar transmitter on the Caspian Sea, usually in use for the external service for the Caucasus region. 37°24'36.33"N 50°00'44.51"E (thanks wb) 3985 is registered for the scrapped Mashhad site - wb says in fact it's been via Kamalabad for 3 years; AOKI lists Sirjan. Streams on the station website: http://tabriz.irib.ir/ mms://77.36.254.170:1756 (Radio) mms://77.36.254.170:1755 (TV) Thanks to Patrick for bringing this up initially, and to Dirk, Wolfgang, and Mauno for greatly helping to solve this. There is another Iranian 75m channel on 3945 (until 0100 UT). Regular Pashto service as registered?? 73! Eike Bierwirth Leipzig, Germany JRC NRD525, PA0RDT MiniWhip -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com 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
