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17630 R AFNO not heard at 0700 UT, only R Oman with S=4 level loud and
clear. R AFNO in French many phone-in calls 1100-1216 UT, lost at about
1217 UT. Accompanied whistle tone on 17632.39 kHz, 1100-1200 UT. co-
channel DW Nauen 500 kW at 80 degr which ID signal started at 1157 UT.
Gabon tx maybe moved to 17680 today, heard with WestAfri-Cuban mx started
around 1225 UT.
17660 Libyan tx signed on at 11.40:50 til 11.44 UT, buzz 60 Hz tone audio.
Opening procedure with pips like 1000 Hertz CIS procedure, starts around
11.55-11.59:39 UT. Arabic, sign-on hymn program at 1202 UT, as usual.
[usual Idhaat al Jamaheriya al Ozma with non stop Arabic/Libyan Music]
17670 Noted a poor signal with French lang progr fragments. Started at
12.03:07 UT til about 1209 UT, tx switched on and out over an over again.
French n o t in // to AFNO 17630. Maybe AWR French from their AWR
satellite distribution feed? Seemingly Madagascar technician switched the
tx on and off, due of scheduled AWR which due start at 1259 UT in
Vietnamese.
17680 at 1146 UT tx signed on, buzzy tone quality. Strongest txion of all
txs in 17660 to 17680 range. Most likely Libyan station from Benghazi /
Sabrata / Sabhah. From 11.49:14 continued 800-1000 Hz tone til 11.50:05
UT. From 11.53:50 many short klaxon horn tones of 1 second duration each,
200? Hertz, til 11.54:45 UT. 11.56:20 UT tx off.
At 1200 UT three txions on 17680 kHz, poor Sawt al Amel ??, strong Libyan
station again, and from 12.01:10 UT bubble oscillation jamming type txion
also.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 20)
It's a bit new move here to avoid the jamming and that Afro pop station,
starting the second hour of the txion starting 1300 UT I noticed that they
moved to 17675 kHz to avoid the jamming mainly.
The audio quality is much better than the first hour S 4 this time ... and
of course still no jammer or anyother QRM.
(Tarek Zeidan-EGY SU1TZ, dxld Feb 19)
Checking Saut Al Amal today Feb 20 around 1201 UT, I noticed that they
moved to 17680 kHz sign on with mx, followed by Qur'an recitation , then a
different program content than the ones I used to hear for almost all the
last week; several IDs by OM around 1225 with a lot of talking about the
current situation in Libya and criticizing the Libyan regime, poem reading
as well. A jammer in the background; the signal strength is a bit low
today, S 2.
On the same freq I could trace the Afropop station with non stop mx. but
in my location Saut Alamal is beating it.
17660 kHz still having as usual Idhaat al Jamaheriya al Ozma with non stop
Arabic/Libyan Music.
[Later:] Saut AlAmal moves to 17675 kHz at 1300 UT! Hello Again DXers,
well, it's a bit new move here to avoid the jamming and that Afro pop
station, starting the second hour of the txion at 1300 UT I noticed that
they moved to 17675 kHz to avoid the jamming mainly. The audio quality is
much better than the first hour S 4 this time, and of course still no
jammer or any other QRM. More to come.
(Tarek Zeidan-EGY SU1TZ, dxld Feb 20)
Checking Saut AlAmal today Feb 20 around 1201 UTC, I noticed that they
moved to 17680 kHz sign in with a mx, followed by Quran recitation, then
adifferent program content than the ones I used to hear for almost all the