BHUTAN 6034.953v At 0210 UT on Dec 10 noted still BTN Bhutan Thimphu program in Dzongkha - scheduled approx. 0000-0300 UT varying. Tonight (in Europe), some 1-2 Hertz vary hopping, on odd frequency 6034.953 ... x.954 kHz, the only program on that channel. S=7 -85dBm signal strength in southern Germany. String instrument and accompanied typical Himalaya type singer at 0226 UT. String instrument play also at sudden TX switch off at 0258:20 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) UAE/BRAZIL 5940.092 IBRA Radio (Radyo Sadaye Zindagi) via Babcock brokery Al Dhabbaya site in UAE, 0230-0300 UT in Dari, heard at 0237 UT on Dec 10, S=9+5dB in southern Germany. One of the odd frequency units at UAE site. But heavy 176 Hertz BUZZ tone underneath originate from weaker signal difference of RĂ¡dio Voz Missionaria on lowerside channel of odd 5939.916 kHz at 0245 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) AUSTRIA 5970 S=9+15dB surprisingly strong signal in night skip zone in southern Germany. Heard ORS Moosbrunn Austria outlet of AWR Punjabi program, female voices chorus, and Indian string instrument accompanied at 0254 UT on Dec 10. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) ETHIOPIA/INDIA 5950 VoTigre REvolution in Tigre, acc Aoki Nagoya list, S=7 or -86dBm signal. 6110.015 Odd frequency hopping 4-5 Hertz up and down, unstable signal of AIR Srinagar, mixture programme, mostly in Hindi radioplay scheduled, but also interspersed in between by Indian subcontinent accented English segment reading. - Underneath weaker signal of Radio Fana Ethiopia in Amharic on even 6110.0 kHz channel. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) IRAN 6145.004 IRIB Sirjan 500 kW powerhouse in Armenian language segment, 0250-0320:05 UT scheduled noted as broadband frequency signal on 18.6 kHz wide ! S=9+15dB clean audio signal at 0316 UT on Dec 10. TX cut off midst on IS at 03.20:05 UT. Underneath co-channel very tiny signal of AIR Urdu on odd 6145.021 kHz, two ladies talk at 0322 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) SOMALIA 7120.0 Radio Hargeysa, Somaliland ID heard at 0332 UT, before the carrier was already on air at 0327 UT, S=7 at -90dBm signal strength. Sudden crash start of program with trumpet hymn at 03.31:43 UTC. Holy Quran prayer at 0334 UT. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) MADAGASCAR 7395.0 NHK World Radio Japan via Talata-Volonondry MDG, in Swahili language, at 0341 UT S=7-8 sidelobe signal into southern Germany. At 0315-0400 UT scheduled. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) EGYPT 9745.042 ODD frequency of Radio Cairo's Arabic service from Abis scheduled 02-07 UT, noted with terrible audio format at 0349 UT on Dec 10. S=9+10dB signal in southern Germany. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) IRAN Thanks to a tip from Ivo in Bulgaria, Zahedan tx outlets are much odd frequencies these days. 9897.212 kHz odd, S=9+15dB signal observed here at 0356 UT, scheduled 0230-0530 UT on nominal 9895 kHz, requested from IRIB Zahedan site 500 kW at 289deg, as Arabic-West program. IRIB issues two Arabic services these days, one directed towards Arabic Peninsula, towards ARS, UAE, QAT, OMA, YEM, SOM, ERI; the other beamed westwards at KWT, JOR, LBN, SYR, TUR, Palestine/ISR, EGY, SDN, LBY, TUN, ALG, MRC. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 10) wb df5sx _ 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