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Monday, March 24, 2008

Blog Logs - Clandestines


All times UTC *sign-on sign-off*

1550 MW, Polisario Front, Rabouni, near Tindouf, Algeria, *1701-2327, Feb 21, Arabic, program started immediately with prayer, music,..., Spanish programme 2302, 35443, then improving to 55544 as typical, even up here in Lisboa - and even better when observed from the SW coast. Also heard 0705, Feb 22, Arabic talks, music, 55444. (Gonçalves)

4557, Korean National Democratic Front, Haeju, 0920-0931, Feb 27, Korean, nationalistic music by female choir. SINPO 23332. (Bobrowiec)

4880, SW Radio Africa, Meyerton, 1739-1835, Feb 22 and 23, interview mentioning: We are part of Africa, Democratic Zimbabwe, people of Zimbabwe, national community, we do not want violence, stop the violence, leadership, political party, diplomatic community, election and political formation, NPZ, Robert Mugabe, democracy challenge, opposition, people of Zimbabwe know what they wanted, UNICEF, Jonathan, a man we can trust, President Mbeki, techno-fundamental sector, tension with political party; 32322 up to 1830 and 34422 afterwards. (Ashar and Bernardini)

5815, Belaruskaje Radyjo Racyja, via Sitkunai, Lithuania, *1530, Feb 16, Belarusian. Heavy splash sometimes, but also sometimes really good reception. (Björn Fransson). Cf. 7565 below. (Ed)

5955, Democratic Voice of Burma, via Wertachtal, *0030-0040, Feb 25, Burmese talk, report from a meeting, SINPO 44444. (Petersen)

6003, Echo of Hope, Gimpo, South Korea, 1420-1440, Mar 02, pop music, ann in Korean. Good signal sandwiched between 6000 and 6005 QRM; // to 3985 (good but QRM) and 6348 (good but heavily jammed). (Wilkins in DXplorer)

6100, Radio República, via Sackville, 0347-0357, Feb 22, political talk in Spanish, sound of rooster crowing, IDs, garbled audio due to jamming. (Howard)

6135, Radio República, via Rampisham, 2358-2400*, Feb 23, talks and ID. (Bernardini)

6300, National Radio of Sahara Arab Democratic Rep., Rabouni, 0711-0738, Feb 23, Arabic reciting, mentioning Allah and shariya, Arab hauntingly beautiful music, talks. 23232. (Bobrowiec and Hauser). Also heard 1955-2205, Feb 24, 25 and Mar 02, Arabic talks and songs, news bulletin, folkmusic, ID, 45444. (Bernardini and Romero)

7105, Sound of Hope, via Tanshui, Taiwan, 2231, Feb 14, Chinese talks, Mentioned "Tibet", SINPO 45544. (Grimm)

7390, Little Saigon Radio, Tainan, Taiwan, 1507-1530, Feb 22, talk on Pakistan, Aung San Suu-kyi and New York Times ended with jingle. After a song by male singer, OM talk on Cuba "Good bye": El Comandante, Mao, Stalin, Ho Chi-minh, Salvador Alende, Gorbachov – Perestroika and Castro. I heard one time pip before off, 34433. (Ashar)

7510, Radio Free North Korea. Look at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/cho.dissidentradio/index.html . (CNN via Herkimer in DXplorer, Feb 27)

7565, Radio Racja, via Sitkunai, Lithuania (100, 040 degrees), *1530-1600, Feb 27 and 28, Belarusian news about Belarus and Minsk, ID's, songs, ex 5815, 55555. Scheduled until 1728. (Ivanov via Bueschel, Petersen)

9820, Voice of Democratic Eritrea International, via Wertachtal, *1700-1735, Th Feb 28, Tigrinya ann, news, talk, music from Horn of Africa, 1730 Arabic programme, not on 9620 as stated in one reference, 33333, QRM Voice of Russia in Arabic. (Petersen)

10250, Sound of Hope Radio International, via Taiwan, 1850-1908, Feb 27, Chinese, new frequency being jammed by "Fire Drake music" until 1900* and again from *1908. (Romero)

11530, Dengue Mezopotamya, via Moldova, 0930-0935, Feb 24, Kurdish talk, 45444. (Romero)

15675, Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instructions, via Meyerton, 1420-1430*, Sa Mar 01, English language lesson: "12 divided by 4 equals 3", 55545. (Petersen)
(DX Window #345 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)