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[?] on her hair"; and another after he had left the supermarket; another
disappeared "from the golfing house in Kawasaki City". Not the blockbuster
signal that was heard in August, due to later sunrise (around 1300 UTC
here) and later band-opening time. Starts out fair/poor and builds rapidly
to S-9 or better by 1330 closedown.
Noted next day (28 Sep) in Japanese.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Sept 28)
TAJIKISTAN 17560 Voice of Tibet Clandestine fair at 1110 in steady
jamming with talk by man in Tibetan (listed). The jamming consisted of
constantly repeated tones, not mx. The location as per logs by UK DXers in
WDXC Contact Magazine.
(Jim Ronda-UK, DXplorer Sept 14)
[v17560 Dushanbe-Orzu-TJK also in B06, formerly via Tashkent-UZB. 17560
continous Firedrake at 1100-1530 UT against VoTibet via Tashkent-UZB with
some program time breaks in between. 1100-1145, 1215-1345, 1430-1515 UT.
wb. Sept 24]
THAILAND [c.f. BC-DX #774] From WoR #1330
or
After a day of confusion after the coup, it was business as usual at R.
Thailand.
Foreign media blocked in Thailand; BBC had prematurely canceled its SW
service in Thai, and VOA plans to, but for now VOA expanded it.
Over 300 community radio stations in Thailand suspended.
(WoR Sept 29)
TURKMENISTAN Google imagery entry LW 279 kHz 150 kW
ACH Achkabad TKM 37N57 058E23
located exact at 37N51.27 058E22.03
LW mast of 230 meters height.
MW mast of 50 m, some SW towers of 2 x 2 mast - 30 meters tall.
folded 7 towers row of SW dipols on image center.
[from below 30, 60, 4x80m, 30 m tall], in total 35 towers on this area.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
UNID 5939.3 Unid, at 1024 UT Sept 18, a Latin here with mostly talk, a
few brief mx breaks. Very weak and not heard subsequent mornings. Is
Melodia active?
(John Herkimer-NY-USA, DXplorer Sept 24)
Re: 6577 kHz. No doubt it's Coalition Maritime Forces. The words are just
same as heard earlier on various frequencies. Earlier the langs were
English and Somali (also now?).
Marlo tel. in Bahrain is +973-17-85-3925
Web
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, dxld Sept 26)
USA 9840 QSL - Truth for the World via WHRI Angel two Transmitter. A
very nice full data verification letter, which included the tx site /
power outputs. In the letter, the V/S apologized for the delay 'due to a
change in the staff' He also confirmed my report and stated that the
Broadcast via Taiwan (7220) ended in August of 2005. A outdated (which
still listed the BCB via Taiwan) schedule was sent along with a
information pamphlet. Reply in 10 months and 7 days ( without a follow-
up). V/S; Don Blackwell. DIR. of BCB'ing.
(Edward Kusalik-Alb-CAN, DXplorer Sept 23)