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with the US in 1951. Earlier this year, the US decided unilaterally to
withdraw the bulk of its forces from the military base at Keflavek in a
move that has been characterized as a "unilateral cancellation" of the US-
Icelandic Defense Agreement.
(Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX June 3)
189 RUV, Gufuskalar, obs'ed 1443-..., 4 Jun, mx; 14351, so extremely poor
this time; adjt. QRM de D 183 kHz.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
INDONESIA 3995.04 Radio Republik INS Kendari. May 28 at 1045-1120.
SINPO34433. INSn pops till 1100, then ID in INSn and chime. Local news
follwed. Talk program from 1115.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium, June 2)
4871 RRI (site unknown) May 26 0958-1215 32222 Talk, news and mx in
INSn.ID at 1101 as Radio Republik Indonesia Warta Berita.
4871 RRI Sorong May 31 1050-1120 33232 Music and Talk in INSn. ID at 1101
as Radio Republik INS Sorong.
(Kyoshiro Ishizaki-JPN, JPNpremium June 2)
3987.04 RRI Manokwari (pres) 1159 Jun 1. Noted in passing with SCI and
Jak program, // 4749.96, 3976.06. Decent signal but bothered by Ham QRM.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer June 3)
11860, RRI Jakarta in BI til 1605 UT, excellent signal Sinpo 45444.
v15149.8 kHz VoINS Jakarta in German language, news on INS-AZE relations
conference. 43333.
(wb df5sx, on whitsuntide holiday on Mallorca Isl Spain, wwdxc BC-DX June
7/8)
9525, VOI, June 12, 0821-0900, in EG; prgm "Getting to Know Indonesia",
canned ID, pop Indo. songs, business nx (gives capital expenditures for
oil and gas production, new economic zone proposed, Customs and Excise to
generate more revenue, etc.), 0855 "News in brief" (national nx: status of
foreign aid for the Indo. earthquake, etc.), ends EG segment with V.O.I.
ID and freqs (9525, 15150 and 11785), but I only heard 9525, fair. Enjoyed
hearing this EG portion of their broadcast.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer June 12)
IRAQ/IRAN New 7540 IRIB German and French to Europe.
Since today IRIB uses for German 1730-1830 new 7540 in addition to 11855
and 15085, asking for reports on the performance of this freq.
New 7540 produced an excellent signal on Sunday evening (June 11) as so
did // 11855 and 15085 but, as Kai remarked, audio quality was better on
7540.
Today (June 12) I heard another new freq - 11555 in Italian until close
down at 0728. This was at excellent strength and with good audio quality
too. Parallel 13770 was weak but 15085 good.
So now we have Iran 11555 til 0728; KWHR 11565 from 0700; Pakistan 11570
until 0700, and WYFR 11580 all audible in this part of the band.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld June 12)
IRIB English 1930-2030 on new 7540, "Ex-what?": I guess the same applies
here than for German 1730-1830, i.e. this is an additional tx, no freq
change. The message from the German sce editors about this new freq
suggests that IRIB engineering is trying out something here to improve
reception in Europe, and so far it works quite good, at least here in
Germany. Hence I wonder about the site of 7540 (which also carries French