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mx, ID at 1008, etc.
15150 V.of INS May 01 0755-0804 43443-45444 English, Repetition of IS and
ID, 0800 opening mx, Opening announce, News.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium May 12)
9525 kHz, on 31 March at 1300 UT, Voice of INS, in INSn. Good signal, but
a bit spoiled with local industrial noise.
(open_dx - Vladimir Kovalenko-RUS, RUSdxsignal May 9)
9680, RRI Jakarta, on May 14 at 0958-1025 UT, full ID for R.R.I. Jakarta
and FM Jakarta, no KGRE Sunday program, pre-empted by program of nice pop
Indonesian songs, fair-good. (Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer May 14)
11860 RRI Jakarta, Cimanggis, May 6, 1520-1613, program of on-air phone
calls, segment with sports coverage, crowd in background chanting "We Will
Rock You", ToH SCI, R.R.I. ID, news, pop songs (Queen, "We Are The
Champions", etc.), fair-good.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld May 7)
15149.84, Voice of INS; at 2000-2016+ UT on 2 May; Nx of INS to 2012 VoI
ID, then feature on National Education Day. All in English. SIO=232+, QRM
de WYFR in Spanish on 15155; LSB helps; best heard in quite a while. 9525
buried if there.
(Harold Frodge-MI-USA, MARE Tipsheet via dxld May 13)
15150, on 12 May at *0800 UT, VOI English. IS heard 0758 UT. ID around
0800, start of program, clear English ID. Weak and noisy. This
transmission starts about 2 hours after Hawaii sunset. Not regularly
heard.
(David Norcross, Kahalu'u Hawaii, dxld May 13)
IRELAND [Pirate] Reflections Europe sendet nur sonntags (abends) auf
3910 (0,5kW), 6295 (2 kW) und 12255 (0,2 kW). Die Programme bestehen fast
ausschliesslich aus religioesen Relais, ID kommt jeweils zum Anfang bzw.
Ende der Sendebloecke. s.a.
QSL (Radio Fax) kommt zuverlaessig binnen
weniger Tage. Die Geschichte der Station ist unter
nachzulesen, bei der Gelegenheit koennen auch "Fan-Artikel" geordert
werden.
3915 BBC SNG (gegen 2100) stoert nicht, 6295 wird gelegentlich von
Piraten[Pirate von Pirate, hi, wb.] belaestigt, beide auch von Utility
beeintraechtigt. 12255 habe ich noch nie gehoert.
(Walter Eibl-D, A-DX May 14)
ITALY 7260 No ID in Arabic.
Re this from Jose ... 7260 is a new freq [x7145] used by RAI Rome for
Arabic at 2135-2155 UT. The listed // freq is 6000 kHz.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld May 13)
KENYA 4914.96, KBC, Nairobi, at 1903-1916* UT on Apr 28, Indigenous mx.
At 1909 female speaker in vernacular, followed by another short piece of
mx and male talk with mention of Kenia and Nairobi. No formal ID heard,
but Kenyan National Anthem (choral version) was played at 1915 UTC. QRM
from Ghana on 4915.0 kHz. 33333.
(Mark Veldhuis-HOL, dswci DXW May 3)
KOREA D.P.R. of [RUSSIA/JAPAN] North Korea said jamming messages for
abductees.
Shortwave radio broadcasts directed toward North Korea by a private group
investigating suspected North Korean abductions of missing Japanese are