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On 25 January I heard Bhutan with one of the biggest signals in recent 

memory -- this was a Friday night EST, Saturday morning Thimpu time.Â 

From about 0145 well past 0215 -- however, there were at least two 

strange breaks in programming, almost as if they're having either 

transmitter problems and/or studio issues....there was a sudden shutdown 

or pause around 0151 without warning, but then back at about 0157, then 

off again...Low modulation male in talk heard again around 0202 sounded 

like news. Signal held up well after 0200....according to their Saturday 

schedule on the website, they have news from 8:00 AM Thimpu time so 

that's probably what this was...superb signal at Twente, but then I 

shifted to one of two SDRs run by Victor G in Colombo, and signal there 

was better, though still bit noisy on that Kiwi site.Â Checking again on 

26 January, Sunday Thimphu time, BBS was there again at similar 

excellent level -- sign on time seems to be about 0140 UTC.ÂÂ Bhutan 

signal is good enough to withstand problems from 6,030 khz -- and a 

larger signal on 6,020 which I presume is CRI.Â Listening in AM mode is 

quite possible at this 0140 or so sign on, though USB/LSB need to be 

employed a bit later to maintain clarity.Â I was able to make an 

excellent recording of BBS sign on on 1/26, again this is all via Twente 

SDR which as far as I know still operates with a PA0RDT mini-whip, which 

speaks well of the capabilities of the Twente site.Â Distance from 

Netherlands to Thimphu is 7257 km.

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