[HCDX] Re: Logs

Some recent logs

Bob Montgomery

Levittown, PA USA

UNID location 15530, 1534-1600, BRITISH FORCES BS Mar 26 S9 signal level. In EE, female with mx program. 1633 family messages being read to the soldiers in Iraq. Excellent signal level at S7 level. Then to a pop tune at 1634. Frequent deep fades but totally audible and always above the noise floor. ID hrd at 1638 as BFBS by male announcer. A complete mix of varous programs and mx. Advert for Allistor Cook's 'Letter from America' was hrd at 1639 then to a tune by Tracy Chapman. A very enjoyable program to listen to. (Montgomery, PA)

AUSTRALIA 15480, 1518-1530, HCJB AUSTRALIA Mar 26 Very weak and partially audible. ID hrd at 1518 by male announcer then a short mx piece, 'Send in the Clowns' Male annoucner with talks in EE but difficult to get clear copy. S meter reads 0. Interludes of 'Send in the Clowns' is played after each short talk. Reading excerts from the Bible hrd. AZ is 307 degrees and not beamed toward N. America. ID hrd again at 1527 by male announcer. Then female singing the 'Lords Prayer'. Id again at 1529 and then to news items. by male announcer. (Montgomery, PA)

MADAGASCAR 3215, 0255-0310, ADVENTIST WORLD R. Mar 27 Local African tune hrd at tune in. Then to female announcer in Malagasy language with talks. S 3 signal level but difficult copy. ID is presumed as I recognize the announcer's voice. Signal became weaker and almost not readible by 0310. (Montgomery, PA)

SAO TOME 4960, 0343-0350, VOICE OF AMERICA Mar 27 ID hrd in EE, VOA News now in progress. News items about the war in Iraq. S 4 signal level. Some interference from static crashes. Talks about home land security and other related items. Fairly nice copy. (Montgomery, PA)

THAILAND 15460, 1505-1515, VOICE OF AMERICA Mar 26 News items about the war in Iraq. ID at 1506, This is VOA news. S1 signal level. Xtmr located in Thailand. Special EE or EE lesson program at 1507, Signal audible but difficult copy as very weak. (Montgomery, PA)

TUNISIA 15450, 1452-1515, R.TUNIS Mar 26 Arabic music at tune in. Weak but audible signal with fades. S1 signal level with peaks to S-3. Male announcer in Arabic at 1455. Quran heard at 1456. Female announcer at 1459 with ID in EE, Welcome to R. Tunisia. Very pleasant voice. Then to news items in Arabic with echo. Female announcer very fast talker. Echo so bad at times, even if I knew some Arabic not discernable. Did hear Iraq mentioned several times. Male announcer at 1502. Interludes of very soft mx. (Montgomery, PA)

UGANDA 4976, 0322-0345, R.Uganda Mar 27 Nice African tune in progress at tune in and then to male announcer in EE with program features. Nice copy at S 2 signal level. Then to a Loria Branigan tune, 'Lucky One' at 0325. Signal dropped way down and finally recovered at 0331 with a nice African tune. Id hrd at 0334 by male announcer. Very up beat program. Id again at 0340 as Radio Uganda. Brittany Spears pop tune next. Static crashes starting to cover most of the signal level at this time. (Montgomery, PA)