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Audio clip of RBU Moscow Time Signal station
66.66 KHz
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/6071005.html
(Francesco/playdx2003)

Indonesia on 4750
4750, RRI Makassar, 1010-1046, Starting out the signal was very poor. Noted a female in brief Indonesian language comments followed by the reciting of the Qu'ran by a male. This lasted until 1018 when the female returned. Music and talk continued until 1045 when female went into steady comments. Signal improved slightly during the period to a very poor to a poor level
CODAR. (Chuck Bolland, December 16, 2008)

Logs from Kenai, Alaska
North Korea, 12/17, 0037, 13760. Korean vocal music. SINPO 24332.

South Africa, 12/15/08 at 0257 UTC Channel Africa 6120, SINPO 34343. Voice announcement in several languages and time interval at 0258 (Jerry Brookman)

BBC WS 12/17, 0030, 15360 Summary of world news. SINPO 35544.

Update on Poland's DRM service
Polish Radio DRM External Service. Schedule from 15 December at 1800-1900 , 6015.0 WER 040 kW / 300 deg to Europe in English DRM. (ex 6015) WER 100 kW / 300 deg in AM
2030-2100 new freq 3975.0 WER 040 kW / non-dir to WeEu in German DRM. ( ex 5970 JUL 100 kW / non-directional. (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria via Frank Hillton)

Voice of Malaysia internatet radio services
Here is the listing of the internet radio services from the Voice of Malaysia after goting to their site http:// rtm.gov.my and registering :
http://bkj-station1.jaring.my/vom1
http://bkj-station1.jaring.my/vom2

These are the external services from Malaysia . Full schedule is listed in the page:
http://202.190.233.9/vom/schedule.htm (from the VoM `s site )

From little observations I have found in the previous month :

ON the VoM1 channel, English service can be heard in the 07-0830 time followed by the Malay and the Indonesian program passing the 1230 time

ON VoM2 I found the Chinese program ending on 1230 instead of the scheduled 1200 on 1600-1700 carries the Arabic sce and the Malaysian service on 1700- 1800 being in contrast to what is shown in the schedule page (1530-1700 for Arab service and 1700-1900 for Malay ) This also is verified to my older SW observation.(Zicharias Liangas, Greece/Cumbre DX)

New additional unregistered frequency of BBC WS in English:
1500-1600 on 9855 UNID tx. Very good reception here in BUL
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 15/DX Mix News # 551)

Peruvian logs
4775, Radio Tarma, 1048-1100 Intially noted a male in Spanish language comments followed immediately with music. Signal was poor and CODAR made it practically impossible for a better signal. At 1051, canned promos heard. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 16, 2008)

Peru, 4857.45, Radio La Hora, 1052-1100 At tune in, noted Spanish ballads. Time mentioned during music by a female. Noted a pattern with the music when the machine would get stuck on a track and keep repeating. I've had this experience with my CD player in my truck whenever the CD is slightly damaged and gets stuck and keeps repeating. At 1058 a couple of ADs noted.
At 1100 ID given as, "...Radio La Hora ..." canned followed by a second canned ID with a different person. Live comments from a male at 1101 then more canned stuff. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL December 16, 2008)