Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Blogs Logs from MARE


Thanks to the MARE gang for their latest newsletter.
Gayle VH

ALGERIA:
6300 Radio Nacional Arabe Sahauri Democratica; 2344-2400*,
9-July; AR chanting w/stringed instrument. M ancr @2359--hrd Arabe,
then short anthem & off. SIO=342+, QRN & one brief ute rumble, a bit
cleaner in USB. (Frodge-MI)

ANGUILLA
6090 University Network; 0444, 7-Jul; Rev. Barbi sez she's
in crisis--needs money--don't they always. SIO=533, ute buzz (Frodge-MI)

AUSTRALIA:
17785 Radio Australia (Shepperton). 2313-2325. 5 July.
English. Contact Asia program with YL speaking about crimes against
humanity in Timor followed by mentions of Aussie troops in Iraq.
Several IDs as Radio Australia and local FM IDs. Fair (Wood, TN)

COSTA RICA:
9725 University Network: 2231...2249+, 6-July; Dr. Gene pontificating.
Rev. Barbi took a brief break as hrd her @2249. SIO=554; //6090
via Anguilla, SIO=4+54-; //13845 via WWCR, SIO=353+. (Frodge-MI)
13749.86 University Network; 2338-2342+, 9-July; Rev. Barbi pontifica-
ting. SIO=3+54-, muted; //13845 via WWCR, SIO=4+54; //9725 via
Costa Rica, SIO=533+; //6090 via Anguilla, SIO=4+44. I guess the
money is still rolling in. (Frodge-MI)

EGYPT:
9460 Radio Cairo; *2300-2309+, 6-July; On w/ID & into stringed
instrument tune; 2306 The Holy Koran and It's Rules; all in EE. S/on
was preceeded by a continuous tone. SIO=533+ w/trill QRM that both
SSBs take out. (Frodge-MI)

PORTUGAL:
13700 RDP Int'l; 2332-2337+, 9-July; EE & PP pop/rap tunes;
"Aray Day Pay Internacional" after each tune. SIO=4+53+ (Frodge-MI)
RUSSIA,: 9880 Voice of Russia WS (Armavir) 0403-0441. 14 July. Englsih.
This is Russia program. A very nicely done program about Czar Ivan
followed by the program Fine Lines concerning trade unions in Russia.
VG (Wood, TN)

ZAMBIA:
4965 The Voice (p); 0425-0432+, 7-Jul; Afro & EE Gospel tunes;
M ancr in EE; EE rlgs pgm @0430. Copiable but covered by the Abominable
Swiper. (Frodge-MI)

UTILITY:
4078.9/CW Mojave Desert temperature beacon, sending TEMP96; 0400,
7-Jul; very messy. Presumed to be in AZ. Per an FRN posting;
when the temp goes to 3 digits, it sends TMPxxx. (Frodge-MI)
4426/U NMN Chesapeake VA; 0408-0409:50*, 11-July; Syn-voice ID as,
November-Mike-November U.S. Coast Guard Master Station
Atlantic. Good (Frodge-MI)
4622/U UNID 2-way, boat tfc?; 0414, 11-July; Discussing how to
listen to bearings. (Frodge-MI)
6754/U Trenton Military, Canada; 0433-0438+, 11-July; North Euro A/P
volmet. ID @0437:38. VGood (Frodge-MI)
11253/U RAF Volmet, Great Britain; 0014-0019+, 10-July; W/EE w/South
Atlantic marine wx; IDs @0017:30 & 0019. Good (Frodge-MI)
11330/U USA, New York Radio. 2253-2307. 5 July. ATC in English.
New York Oceanic Area Control Center. The station repeated
New York in its ID. Calls from/to several US airlines.
Relayed messages to several flights. Volmet for North
Atlantic. Thanks to Evan Murray for ID help. Good (Wood, TN)
(Source: MARE Tip Sheet #451)