Weekend DXing

Saturday 21.11.09

9760 V. OF AMERICA (via Philippines) at 1514 Special English, OM and
YL ancrs. "Teaching English" prgm. // 6140 (via Thailand) F signals.
7260 V. OF RUSSIA at 1519 English, YL ancr speaking of US President
John F. Kennedy's assassination. F signal w/ QRM.
7305 V. OF RUSSIA at 1538 Hindi, OM ancr. F signal.
5965 CHINA RADIO INT at 1545 Russian, OM and YL ancrs with language
lesson. F signal.
9665 V. OF TURKEY at 1548 Arabic, Hrd continuous music. P-F signal.
9605 BBC (via Singapore) at 1550 Tamil, OM ancr. P signal w/ QRN.
9335 V. OF KOREA (DPR) at 1553-1557* English, Hrd music followed by OM
ancr giving sta ID, times and freqs. F signal. // 11710 P-F signal.
9535 R. JAPAN at 1644 Japanese, OM and YL ancrs. Hrd music and variety
programming. G signal.
9710 R. AUSTRALIA at 1651 English, YL ancr speaking to male guest. Bc
was difficult to copy. P signal.

Kaito KA1103, 32' longwire antenna, indoor.

Balcony Listening Post

Sunday 22.11.09

15580 V. OF AMERICA at 2146 English, Mary Morningstar hosting "Country
Hits USA." Hrd Toby Keith's "Crying For Me." G signal w/ QRN.
11690 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Rwanda) at 2150 English, YL and OM
ancrs. Talk of European Union. F-G signal with CW in bg.
15515 R. AUSTRALIA at 2154 English, OM ancr with soccer scores. P
signal w/ QRN.
12075 R. FREE ASIA at 2157-2200* Korean, OM ancr giving sta web
address. Music, then s/off. F signal.
13640 R. JAPAN at 2201 English, YL ancr. "World Interactive" prgm.
Read listeners' letters. Hrd song "Perfect Day" written by Lou Reed.
G signal.
11940 R. EXTERIOR DE ESPANA at 2205 Spanish, OM and YL ancrs over
Queen's "We Will Rock You" in bg. G signal.
9895 R. NETHERLANDS (via Rwanda) at 2212 Arabic, OM ancr. Hrd pop
music. G-VG signal.
9980 WWCR (USA) at 2220 English, OM ancr (Kurt Wilson) with the
"Armchair Survivor" prgm. G-VG signal.
15315 R. NETHERLANDS (via Neth. Antilles) at 2223-2227* Dutch, OM
ancr. F-G signal.
12040 R. PORTUGAL INT at 2234 Portuguese, OM ancr. G signal.
12025 DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY (via Rwanda) at 2237 German, OM ancr. F-G
signal.
11550 R. AUSTRALIA at 2242 Indonesian, OM and YL ancrs. Hrd language
lesson. F signal w/ QRN.

Richard Bianchino, Las Vegas, NV USA. Kaito KA1103, 20' wind-up
antenna.

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