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Default Vacation Logs, Week 2

15285 - 1530* - Firedrake Jammer, China - (--) - sio:242 - More crash-
bang Chinese-style opera mx. Though BBC-Mandarin not heard, signed off
at 1530 same time listed for end of BBC broadcast. Weak. - (Grundig
Satellit 800 - KY, USA - Jun 21)


6290 - 0030 - ERTU, Abis, Egypt - (AA) - sio:444 - Mideastern vocals,
probably recitations. Good, but targeted to NAm. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA
- Jun 21)


17765 - 0006 - Firedrake Jammer, China - (--) - sio:242 - Regular
crash-bang opera jammer breaking above noise floor. Weak, but no trace
of VOA-Mandarin scheduled at this time. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 21)


17715 - 0003 - R. Australia, Shepparton, Australia - (EE) - sio:353 -
M & YL w/ nx, items abt Aborigine children program, monument to
Vietnamese boat people dedicated in Victoria, Mars lander finds ice,
etc. Good. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 21)


15785 - 0000 - Galei Zahal, Lod, Israel - (HB) - sio:353 - Slickly-
produced advertising up to TOH, one single time pip, M w/ ID, same man
into news. OK signal, much better than //6973 (sio-322) which seemed
to be getting CODAR interference, - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 21)


15720 - 2356 - Radio New Zealand Int'l, Rangitaiki, New Zealand - (EE)
- sio:353 - Two YL with a discussion about production of a movie on
family dynamics. Fair, all alone. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 20)


9700 - 2350 - R. Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - (EE) - sio:454+ - M w/
ID, end of DX prgm, last tip abt a new Pakistan broadcast in English,
address, email, and URL, ID, into Bulgarian folk mx. Very good. -
(Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 20)


15343.9 - 2324 - R. Nacional, General Pacheco, Argentina - (SS) - sio:
344 - Light Latin vocals w/ lots of gaucho yelping. Better than usual,
all alone. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 20)


7430 - 2135 - Family Radio (WYFR), via Grigoriopol, Moldavia - (EE) -
sio:242 - Sermon in English breaking through the noise floor. Several
mentions of "Family Radio." EiBi lists target area as Europe. Weak,
but propagation so bad, that it's coming in stronger than WBCQ on
7415. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 20)


15345 - 1825 - RTV Marocaine, Nador, Morocco - (AA) - sio:433 -
Mideastern vocal mx. Pretty good signal, best in narrow upper sync to
cut back on het from RAE-Argentina whose carrier was on about 15443.8,
no audio making it through. - (Eton E1 - KY, USA - Jun 20)


7245 - 0412 - Deutsche Welle, via Kigali, Rwanda - (EE) - sio:444 -
End of nx, last item abt prosecution of Islamic recruiter, into Short
business news highlights, ID. Target area = West Africa. Better
than // 7225 (via Rampisham, target: East Africa). - (Eton E1 - KY,
USA - Jun 20)


9415 - 2237 - R. Prague, Litomysl, Czech Republic - (EE) - sio:444 - W
w/ end of Letterbox prgm, answering letter about wine production in
Czech Rep. Address, ID. Slight interference from V of Greece, up on
9420. - (Sony SW77 & AN-LP1 - KY, USA - Jun15)