A bit tardy with these. "Leaf-peeper" season is finally winding down though.
3365.1, BRAZIL, presumed R. Cultura Araraquara, 0106-0132, Oct 13, Portuguese. Ballad at t/in; announcer w/ lengthy talk; mx bridge at 0127 w/ brief announcer; ballad thru BoH; presumed ID at 0132; poor. (Barbour-NH) 4949.85, ANGOLA, R. Nacional de Angola Mulenvos, 0050-0112, Oct 10, Portuguese. W announcer w/ talk & mx at t/in; 4 pips at ToH & canned ID; presumed nx & soundbites; zinger ID at 0104; W announcer w/ up-tempo mx selections; poor-fair in ECCS-LSB, tho best reception in quite some time. (Barbour-NH) 5019.7, SOLOMON ISLANDS, presumed SIBC Honiara, 1046, Oct 13. Announcer w/ talk & mx bridge; audible when not blown out by 5025 R. Rebelde-Cuba, tho still too weak for details & language ID; poor; Ever since Rebelde either upgraded or repaired their transmitters a few years ago, SIBC, when active, has become a tough catch at my location. Not so prior. (Barbour-NH) 9740, SINGAPORE, BBC Kranji, 1325-1333, Oct 13, English. "Global Business" prg; URL & BBC promos; nx headlines at 1330 into "[Technical?] Planet" prg re cyber-attacks; fair-good. (Barbour-NH) 9760, PHILLIPPINES, VOA Tinang, 1401-1430, Oct 13, English. News re China/Russia meetings; Far East & Pacific Rim nx; "Daybreak Africa" promo; puff-piece interview w/ foreign students take on living in the USA; sounded almost propoganda-ish; fair. (Barbour-NH) 9950, KAZAKHSTAN, presumed V. of Orthodoxy Almaty, *1430-1500*, Oct 13, Russian. Choral mx at s/on; alternating talk w/ M & W announcer; occasional choral mx; s/off ancment & mx bit (IS?) at 1459; off at 1500 sharp; poor-weak but audible. (Barbour-NH) Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole ---[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