Re: [HCDX] Sun morn logs 7250

[Bruce Barker <brbarker@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glenn, 

 I sure hope I didn't report something wrongly; I try to be as certain as possible before reporting. That said, however, it definitely was Arabic.ÂAs a former monk, I am certain it was not Latin. I probably should have put 'presumed' because I too pondered the issue. However, after consulting the schedules and pondering some more and with no one else to query at that time of day except the heavens, I just assumed that Iran chaged its broadcast time for summer,without bothering to notify anyone. Not something unheard of happening in the world of shortwave radio. In checking Eibi, I went there first looking up the freqquency because I only knew I had someone in Arabic, and there was 7250 with Iran on from 3:30-4:30.ÂI also considered the possibility that someone was throwing wrong switches and playing tapes at wrong times in Tehran. If I'm wrong then my ears are going as well as my eyes because it was most certainly Arabic. This signal, by the way, was far less than the beauty that Vatican Radio puts in here every night. I didn't get up in time to check again this morning but at 06:30 Vatican was on as usual with news in English to Europe. Maybe it was a one-off anomoly. ÂBruce. 






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "NASWA" <NASWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, topnews@xxxxxxxx, hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, cumbredx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: brbarker@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:20:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: Sun morn logs 7250 


-- On Sun, 5/24/09, Bruce Barker <brbarker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
 
> 7250ÂÂ IRANÂÂ Voice of the Islamic 
> Republic May 24, 0520-0600 According 
> to PWBR this program is called "Voice of 
> Palestine."ÂÂÂ At tune-in there was a 
> pleasantly-voiced Muezzin chanting passages from the 
> Qur'an. Very artfully done. This continued 
> until 0530 when a man began talking briefly in Arabic, 
> mentioning Palestine twice, and then there was more 
> Qur'an chanting. At 0555 prayers were recited with 
> responses from the congregation. OM was talking at 
> 0600 tune out. Passport says this program airs from 
> 0345-0415. Eibi saysÂ0330-0430. 
> (Barker-PA) 

> Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA.ÂÂ Equipment:Â 
> NRD535D and an Alpha Delta dx sloper 
> antenna. 

Bruce, 

I`m scratching my head over this one. PWBR `2009` on 7250 looks like 0330-0430 to me, and it says W, which means in the B-season, not the current A-season. 

I am wondering if some of the numbers in this item are wrong? Assuming they are not, then I`d be surprised if you were hearing anything but Vatican`s daily Latin Mass, which is what I hear on 7250 at 0530-0600 just about any night. Not much like the Qur`an. 

Eibi does show 0330-0430 for the Palestine service in Arabic from Iran, but the current summer frequencies for that are 9610 and 11875, and WRTH A-09 update agrees. 

I don`t understand why you would think something two hours later on a different frequency, or the winter frequency, is the same program? 

I can`t find anything in current online schedules on 7250 during that hour except Vatican in English, then Latin. 

73, Glenn Hauser 



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