KUWAIT Similar happened on 15540 kHz channel today Sun Apr 10th. TX switched on at 19.58:15 UT. Heard a S=9+15dB signal on TF4X's remote Perseus rx on Iceland. 19.59 NA played. Time pips at 18.00 UT. Frequency annmt on local mediumwave 963 kHz to Kuwait and Arabian Peninsula, local FM 93.7 MHz, and - sic - 11990 kHz in the 25 meterband shortwave. Program content about religious orientation from christianity to islam world.S=5-6 signal in Finland and Ukraine. S8 in Spain, Switzerland and Germany, S9 in Netherlands.
But signal will improve in coming summer, I guess. 73 wb----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 9-10, 2011
KUWAIT. 15540, April 9 at 1756, tuning in early for R. Kuwait, I hear something non-English, 1758 announcement starting with ``Yeh ---``, mentioning ``mediumwave`` ``and meter band``, so it`s Urdu --- some other station just before RK in English? No, Urdu is indeed scheduled on their domestic service until 1800, but not on SW, so the transmitter was turned on early. 1759 military band plays NA, 1800 accurate 5+1 timesignal, anthem plays again! And sign-on in English still claiming to be on 11990; by 1802 into ``Umbrella of Islam`` religious propaganda. 15540 held up well at least until 1850 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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