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[HCDX] Log for 10 March
Brief session today, not too much of interest.
Conditions didn't seem to good on 16m, even with the inverted vee.
The 20m (14MHz) ham band was open to Japan for quite a time and to
West Coast USA since the early afternoon.
JAPAN
Radio Japan/NHK World 17735 via Issoudun, in Japanese,
1540 10 Mar. 2 males talking, one laughing at comments.
Mellow classical piano music. (s5) - (S.Gilbert, UK)
LIBYA
Voice of Africa 17725 Sabrata, in English, 1545 10 Mar. OM
talking about dictatorships, then full ID "Voice of Africa
from the Great Jamahiriyah". Audio bassy, needs more treble.
Brief music break and then ID again. Next speaker is YL
talking about the 'great leader' Gaddafi ("You are the
greatest man the world has ever seen", quoted in a letter from
a Slovak listener supposedly!). ID once more. (s9+35dB) - (S.Gilbert, UK)
SOUTH AFRICA
Channel Africa 17860 via Meyerton, in Swahili,
1524 10 Mar. OM talk then drumming music. Heard mentions of
Africa and Somalia in particular and brief ID. (s8) -
(S.Gilbert, UK)
SUDAN
Sudan Radio Service 17745 via Sines, in Sudanese,
1532 10 Mar. OM with rapid talk in Sudanese. Filler music
of instrumental drum and then fleeting ID as "Sudan Radio
Service" caught on mp3 recording. Talk continued in
Sudanese. (s4 at best) - (S.Gilbert, UK)
UK
BBC World Service 17640 Ascension Isl, in English,
1554 10 Mar. // 17830 but few ms between them giving a very
slight echo. 640 is stronger than 830. BBC Africa News
followed after 1600 time pips. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK)
BBC World Service 17830 via Ascension Isl, in English,
1529 10 Mar. Gareth (missed surname) mentioned BBC.Com and
their Facebook page then into News at 1530. (s5 QSB) -
(S.Gilbert, UK)
USA
Voice of America 17715 via Botswana, in English,
1551 10 Mar. // 17895 but much stronger. "Border Crossings"
program, playing listeners pop music requests. (s9) -
(S.Gilbert, UK)
Voice of America 17895 via Pinheira, in English,
1518 10 Mar. Pop music, Simply Red song and background
information on Mick Hucknell. (s7 with QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK)
Voice of America 15580 via Pinheira, in English,
1601 10 Mar. "Africa News Tonight" and sports news. (s6) -
(S.Gilbert, UK)
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73, Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK.
http://www.hfradio.org.uk
Icom IC756pro, Racal RA1972
Inverted Vee @ 10m; Wellbrook ALA1530 @ 3m
MFJ1026, SEM Multifilter, 'Dream' DRM Software
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