3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1245, 10/26/08. Noted off the air at this time (Strawman-IA).

3986.98 INDONESIA. RRI Manokwari, 1226, 10/26/08. Pop mx pgm was weak with
heavy HRO interference. Recheck @ 1245 yielded much stronger signal, with low-pitched OM in extended comment (Strawman-IA).

3995 INDONESIA. RRI Kendari, 1247, 10/26/08. Weaker than Manokwari. OM in extended tlk. Poor overall (Stawman-IA).

4412.55 LAOS. R. Houa Phan (p), 1250, 10/26/08. Het stronger than Son La. Wouldn’t take much more signal to get audio on a good morning. CODAR interference (Strawman-IA).

4739.54 VIETNAM. Son La, 1250, 10/26/08. Weak het from presumed regional station was competing with CODAR (Strawman-IA).

4749.96 INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 1228, 10/26/08. Pop mx w/ seemingly ads and Indo comment. Pop mx through 1300 TOH. Best in LSB (Strawman-IA).

4869.92 INDONESIA. RRI Wamena, 1302, 10/26/08. Pop mx pgm was weaker than other 60M Indos (Strawman-IA).

11585 INDIA. AIR, Delhi, 1320, 10/26/08. Listed Sindhi pgm. Non-stop vocals w/ tabla and sitar, featuring YLs and OMs. S9 signal down to S5 by 1407 tune-out (Strawman-IA).

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3235 PNG. R. West New Britain, Kimbe, 1230, 10/18/08. Pop mx
pgm was poor (Strawman-IA).

3335 PNG. R. East Sepik, Wewak, 1215, 10/18/08. Fair signal had
pop mx w/ occasional Pidgin announcements (Strawman-IA).

7225 THAILAND. VOA via Udon Thani, 1225, 10/18/08. Korean service
listed. Poor signal. OM & YL in nx format with a few English sound bites
(Strawman-IA).

9526 INDONESIA. VOI, 1359, 10/19/08. Good carrier but very low
modulation. Announcements and theme mx at TOH into listed Malaysian
(Strawman-IA).

9705 NIGER. Voix du Sahel, 2120, 10/14/08. DJ taking phone calls.
Signal up and down but poor to fair on average (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, JRC NRD-545, Alpha Delta SWL Sloper,
Wellrook 330S 1.1 Meter Loop

4920 INDONESIA. RRI Biak (p), 1236, 10/12/08. Muffled audio of OM
in extended tlk mixing with Hindi mx underneath. Presumed AIR Chennai.
Overall jumble poor to fair (Strawman-IA).

5010 INDIA. AIR Thiruvananthapuram (p), 1232, 10/12/08. Poor
signal. OM in extended tlk (Strawman-IA).

6507U AUSTRALIA. VMC, Charleville, Queensland, 1310, 10/12/08. OM
presenting marine weather forecast. “End of transmission from VMC”
at 1316:24. S6-S7 signal. Still good by 1340. 1 KW per scanaustralia
(Strawman-IA).

8176U AUSTRALIA. VMC, 1330, 10/12/06. Identical format to 6507.
Weaker than 6507, but still fair to good (Strawman-IA).

9510 THAILAND. VOA via Udon Thani, 1253, 10/12/08. English nx
suffered fading. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9760 CHINA. CRI via Kunming, 1256, 12/10/08. CRI noted instead of usual
VOA. English service had closing announcements and email address. Into
English nx @ TOH. Fair to good (Strawman-IA).

9870 INDIA. AIR, Bangalore, 1302, 10/12/08. Fair signal w/ usual Hindi vocals (Strawman-IA).

11735 TANZANIA. R. Zanzibar, 2102, 10/9/08. Back in good form w/ Arabic
influenced vocals. Steady S6 signal (Strawman-IA).

12362U AUSTRALIA. VMW, Wiluna, Western Australia, 1335 10/12/08. Much
weaker than VMC and marine forecasts bothered by close het on high side.
Poor overall (Strawman-IA).

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2325 AUSTRALIA. ABC Northewrn Territory, 1232, 10/3/08. Best of three 120 M outlets. OM & YL presenting nx feature. Poor signal (Strawman-IA).

3335 PNG. R. East Sepik, Wewak, 1230, 10/3/08. Poor signal w/ “island” mx (Strawman-IA).

3385 PNG. R. East New Britain, Rabaul, 1217, 10/3/08. S5 signal on peaks. YL announcer in Pidgin w/ pop mx (Strawman-IA).

4840 INDIA. AIR, Mumbai, 1243, 10/3/08. Poor signal had Hindi vocals just above the noise level (Strawman-IA).

4905 BRAZIL. R. Anhanguera (p), 0235, 9/30/08. Rushing white noise spoiled signal. Pop mx was poor overall (Strawman-IA).

4920 INDIA. AIR, Chennai, 1221, 10/3/08. Poor to fair Hindi vocals peaked at S6 (Strawman-IA).

5030 CHINA. CNR1, 1224, 10/3/08. Fast-paced chatter between OM & YL was poor to fair on peaks (Strawman-IA).

5050 INDIA. AIR, Gauhati, 1248, 10/3/08. Threshold Hindi-style instrumental and vocal mx was poor overall (Strawman-IA).

5910 COLOMBIA. Marfil Estereo, 0240, 9/30/08. Fair signal of usual romantic ballads. Announcements and ads between songs. Spoiled by RTTY ute intruder (Strawman-IA).

6160 CANADA. CKZU, Vancouver (p), 0228 9/30/08. OM & YL presenting nx feature. Poor w/ fading. Fair on peaks. Bits of presumed R. Rossii underneath (Strawman-IA).

6165 INDIA. AIR, Delhi/ Khampur, 1236, 10/3/08. Continuous Sindhi vocals were poor to fair. Hint of CNR or VOV underneath (Strawman-IA).

6195 SINGAPORE. BBC via Kranji, 1240, 10/3/08. Fair signal w/ YL presenter on US economy (Strawman-IA).

9685 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 1232, 10/4/08. Russian service poor despite listed 500KW. YL & OM presenting NX (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Alpha Delta SWL Sloper