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[HCDX] Logs for Al Muick - 18 January
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
4930 BOTSWANA, VoA relay heard at 1621 on 18 Jan w/EG pgm w/nx and
current affairs. Talk about warlords and the crisis in Sudan. Poor
reception, but an unusually early opening to Africa. Rated at 100kW and
beamed to SAf.
5815 CLAN, Al Aqsa R., heard at 1706 on 18 Jan with rapid-fire AR talk
and several IDs. Fair signal, but squashed by R. Liberty on 5820. Does
anyone speak enough AR to understand if they are giving a snail mail or
email address, or any kind of contact information?
Well, my office windows have been replaced and finally blast-proofed. It's
funny how, in a place where the smallest task takes days and involves
repeated discussions and re-iteration of orders, that this got done in a
matter of hours. The previous windows were not blast-proofed. Probably why
they gave me the office! ;-)
Other people seem to be hearing Al Aqsa R. a lot better than I do,
indicating perhaps some sort of directional antenna, or a tx site not in the
Middle East. Also, I caught a brief glimpse of Damascus on 9330, with
barely any modulation, but it was quickly swallowed up by the noise and was
not even worth touching until VoA Radio Ashna signed off. Is 3406 USB still
being heard? I haven't seen reports of that in a few days.
Hope you and yours are in good health and spirits and may the good DX be
with you!
73s de Al Muick
"Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live
free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however
they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those
words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man
gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and
makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling
that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words."
- Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786, died March 6, 1836
at the Alamo.)
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