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[HCDX] Logs for Al Muick - 18 January (initial)
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
5005 UNID/(NEPAL?), This freq was dead this morning at 0140 on 18 Jan.
The last few days there has been a carrier there at the same level of the
regional Indian stations, and once I thought I heard a little modulation.
This morning propagation seems to be poor w/even the regional Indians coming
in at a bad level. An email from my old friend Ram Karki, the Technical
Director for Radio Nepal, states that they are indeed using 5005. I will
have to press him further to see if they are testing or actually active.
Ram and I worked together for the UN in Sudan in 2005/06.
6035 BHUTAN, BBS, heard at 0150 on 18 Jan with exceptionally strong sigs
with some chanting and traditional mx. If you can ever catch the opeing of
transmissions with the monks chanting, it is a real treat for the ears -
truly haunting.
6190 CHINA, PBS Xinjiang, heard at 0203 on 18 Jan in CH w/CH hard rock mx
and telephone talk show. The mx was interesting, but to a westerner, the CH
lang just doesn't "fit" to hard rock mx. Good sigs, but weaker than normal
here in Kabul.
Yesterday, we had another suicide bomber (read: coward) who detonated
himself right next to a fuel tanker being escorted by US Soldiers from Camp
Eggers, about 3 blocks away from my office. The blast shattered my office
windows and I was the recipient of a few cuts and abrasions, but still
managed to get out on the balcony and shout that they missed me. As I
understand it, one soldier is dead and about 8 wounded, several guards in
front of the German embassy were killed as were several children playing in
the area and a number of other civilians. My intel sources say that more
such attacks are expected, so I guess I have to batten down the hatches for
a little while and am essentially confined to my office and the guest house.
Guess I'll have time to do some antenna maintenance and DX.
I hope everyone else is doing alright and enjoying the DX.
Best 73 de Al
"Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility.
The two are not the same, and they should not be confused."
- Richard Perle
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