[IRCA] Oman on 1278

[Sylvain Naud <sylvainnaud62@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I had the great surprise to hear last night, Radio Sultanate of Oman on 
1278 KHz likely during a transmitter dawn enhancement as it faded out 
rapidly near the end of the gray zone. RSO transmit with a "modest" 
power for Middle-East standards, of 100 kW.

Tarek Zeidan of Egypt just confirmed to me that both accent and style of 
the program aired don't belong to Egypt, so Oman is the only Arabic 
candidate left on this channel. Furthermore, according to many lists, 
Egypt starts at 3:00 UTC while my recording was at 2:31 UTC. 
Unfortunately, Tarek didn't find any ID within this clip.

BBC WS on 1413 also showed up along with a few Saudis, notably on 1449 
which is a new log for me.

The type of program drew my attention as it sounded different from what 
I'm used to hear from the Middle-East. One of my farthest so far, with 
10700 Km / 6650 miles:

http://www.quebecdx.com/oman_1278.mp3  (As the clip progress, it gains 
in strength)

Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC

Perseus + 950ft Beverage @ 55 degrees
MFJ-1026 with Connelly's LF mods + 100ft longwire



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