Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia Receiver: Sangean 909 Antenna: 15 metres long wire
15420 1927-1937 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 13/07, English, "Global Spirit Proclamation" daily program with YL monotone scriptural talk – fair, then poor-weak in some minutes due to the propagation
15140 1950-2005 OMA R. Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 13/07, Arabic, OM news reports with short musical pauses, 1957'32, 2000'18, 2002'02, 2002'24 and 2002'30 IDs as "Izaatul Jumhuriyati Oman", 1959'52 chimes, choral national anthem, etc. - fair with fading and local noise
5990 2105-2140 B R. Senado, Brasilia, 13/07, Portuguese, OM senate debates with mentions of "Brazil", "Brasileiro", “Congresso Nacional”, “Santa Catarina”, etc. – fair-good
5925 2202-2220 VTN Voice of Vietnam 2nd program, Hanoi, 13/07, Vietnamese, mostly YL/OM talks with musical fragments – fair with local noise, // http://vovnews.vn/?lang=2 (almost without any delay)
15295 0830-0855 MLA Voice of Malaysia, Kajang, 14/07, English, YL talks including about woman and education with many mentions of "Voice of Islam", Malay pop song and folk male singing – fair with splashes from both sides (NHK and RFI)
15670 *1059'31-1155 UAE R. Free Asia, Dhabbaya, 14/07, Tibetan, orchestral mx, opening ann, then news and long dialogues between YL at studio and OM by phone – fair during first 10 minutes, then poor with fading, local noise and QRM from CNR1 starting from 1101'49, // 13830 almost good and 17750 weak
11905 *1529'15-1605 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Trincomalee, 14/07, Hindi including English news at the beginning and at 1549, YL talks with many IDs, folk songs – good with weak KSDA signal in the background, blocked by RDP at 1559'58
11750 1705-1735 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 14/07, Sinhala, many OM talks with listeners by phone, fragments of folk songs, advertising, news bulletin at 1733'10 – good with slight fading only
5940 0120-0205 B Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, 16/07, Portuguese, mostly OM/YL religious talks with musical pauses, ID at 0156 – almost good-fair
7506.4 0253-0315 USA WRNO, New Orleans, 16/07, English, pop songs (George Michael, Suzanne Vega) and hits of the 60s and 70s, OM ann with ID and frequency – fair at the beginning, then poor due to downward propagation with deep fading and local noise
15745 0316-0333'04* CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 16/07, English, OM short talks, western oldies and orchestral music, usual IDs as "This is the All Asia service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation", 0330 time pips, final ann ant national anthem – fair-almost good with fading and local noise
9330U 0214-0230 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 17/07, English, Good Friends Church's program with OM religious talks, music and announcing two addresses including P.O. Box 150 in Pennsylvania and P.O. Box 456 in Ontario - poor-fair with local noise and fading
11710.8 0250-0305 ARG Radiofusion Argentina al Exterior, General Pacheco (tentative), 17/07, talks in unidentified languages including French-like after 0300, Argentine-like music - weak under local noise and IRN till 0257'07*
4965 0120-0150 ZMB Christian Voice, Lusaka, 18/07, English, OM/YL short talks with mention of CVC, slow songs – fair with strong utility DRM-like tx on 4967
5040 0200-0230 CUB R. Habana, Cuba, 18/07, Spanish, OM/YL news bulletin, talk on Esperantist congress, history of Panama canal, etc. – fair at the beginning, then poor due to downward propagation
6170U 0745-0810 FNL R. Hami, location?, 18/07, Finnish, OM talks with tentative ID and news at 0800'05, Finnish pop songs – poor-fair with fading and local noise
9745 0025-0040 BHR R. Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 19/07, non-stop Arabic pop songs and music - fair-almost good with slight fading
7811U 0045-0053, 0101- USA AFRTS, Key West, 19/07, English, OM/YL talks, news reports at 0101 - poor, //12133.5 weak, no any signals at this time on 4319 or 12759 via Diego Garcia
9955 0320-0330 USA WRMI, Miami, 19/07, Spanish, OM/YL talks with mention of Cuba and tentative ID at 0327 as Radio Republica, Latin American songs - poor under local noise and Cuban noise jamming (first heard here in St.Petersburg for many years)
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