9490 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 2159, 11/27/08. VOA IS into English nx.
Signal mixing w/ presumed CRI Spanish via Beijing. F-G (Strawman-IA).

9705 NORTHERN MARIANAS. VOA via Agignan Point, 1451, 11/30/08.
Cantonese listed. fast paced delivery of presumed nx by OM & YL. Poor
to fair w/ fading (Strawman-IA).

9780 SAO TOME. VOA via Pinheira, 2025, 11/23/08. Good signal had jazz mx
pgm. Marred by significant fading (Strawman-IA).

9795 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 1447, 11/30/08. English nx by OM & YL. Anemic
signal for listed 500 KW (Strawman-IA).

11660 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia, 1405, 11/30/08. Chinese service had OM & YL
in presumed nx pgm. Changed to English at 1430 w/ nx features. F-G signal,
but significant white noise and fading (Strawman-IA).

12080 MADAGASCAR. VOA via Tolata-Volondry, 1741, 11/23/08. Listed Ndebele
service. OM & YL in presumed nx. F-G signal (Strawman-IA).

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2323 AUSTRALIA. ABC Northern Territory, 1317, 11/23/08. Story about Tasmania. Good signal on peaks. 2310 // and much weaker. 2485 // and somewhat weaker (Strawman-IA).

3200 SWAZILAND. TWR, 0305, 11/21/08. Local mx and dialect. Listed Ndebele. Fading by 0323 (Strawman-IA).

3240 SWAZILAND. TWR, 0325, 3/21/08. Organ mx and possible sermon in listed Shona. Fair signal w/ fading (Strawman-IA).

3384.97 PNG. R. East New Britain, 1332, 11/23/08. Pop mx pgm. Weak studio audio, but S9 carrier (Strawman-IA).

4749.97 INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 1335, 11/23/08. Best signal on the band.  Pop mx pgm was S9 on peaks (Strawman-IA).

4754.93 BRAZIL. R. Imaculada Conceicao, 0308, 11/20/08. Spanish ballads under CODAR. Poor signal which is better than usual (Strawman-IA).

4780.03 DJIBOUTI. R. Djibouti, 0345, 11/23/08. Best reception ever reaching good signal level. Despite CODAR, local dialect heard. Music very much like that heard on R. Zanzibar. Announcements @ 0400:12 by low-pitched OM. Studio audio low compared to mx. Faded down by 0415 (Strawman-IA).

4790.0 INDONESIA. RRI Fak Fak, 1332, 11/23/08. Fair to good pop mx pgm mixing w/ moderate CODAR (Strawman-IA).

4980 CHINA. PBS Xinjiang  via Urumqui (p), 0102, 11/17/08. Listed Uighur service. Too weak for details. Unusual reception here. Band clear (Strawman-IA).

6035 UNID. 1255, 11/22/08. Way to weak to tell if Bhutan. Lots of slop from 6040, VOA Chinese via Udon thani. Faded down before TOH. Heard accurate time pips to TOH, but may have been from adjacent frequency. (Strawman-IA).

6035 COLOMBIA. Voz del Guaviare (p), 0115, 11/21/08. Looking for Bhutan. This station was dominating the frequency. Several “RN” slogans. Pop ballad pgm (Strawman-IA).

6134.9 BRAZIL. R. Aparaceida (p), 0045, 11/18/08. Mixing with presumed Santa Cruz. Local announcements/ ads/ romatic ballads. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

7215 SOUTH AFRICA. TWR, via Meyerton, 0328, 11/21/08. English ID/ IS loop. Into listed Sidamo pgm @ 0330. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

9680 PHILIPPINES. VOA, via Tinang, 1359, 11/23/08. Atop usual jumble w/ F-G signal. Singing VOA ID @ TOH, into Chinese nx by OM & YL. At least two stations heard under VOA (Strawman-IA).

9870 INDIA. AIR, 1342, 11/23/08. Logged due to sheer strength of signal at this hour. Armchair copy of Hindi vocals reached 15/S9 (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, AOR 7030+, JRC NRD-545, Wellbrook 330S 1.1 Meter Loop, Alpha Delta Sloper

3987 INDONESIA. RRI Manokwari, 1350, 11/9/08. Poor signal of pop ballads w/ HRO splatter and CW tones (Strawman-IA).

7165 RUSSIA. Family Radio via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 1400, 11/9/08. English service featuring the same droning OM imparting his wisdom. Boy is he inspiring! Fair signal fading some by 1420 w/ HRO splatter (Strawman-IA).

7235 NORTHERN MARIANAS. VOA via Tinian, 1422, 11/9/08. Korean service suffered splatter from 7240 R. Australia who was 10/S9. Fair overall (Strawman-IA).

7295 RUSSIA. VOA via Novosibirsk, 1427, 11/9/08. Chinese service. Poor to fair signal of OM & YL in extended comments (Strawman-IA).

9705 NORTHERN MARIANAS. VOA via Agignan Point, 1441, 11/9/08. Cantonese listed. OM in extended tlk was fair (Strawman-IA).

9880 CHINA. CRI, 1443, 11/9/08. Japanese service via Kunming. YL w/ extended comment. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

9915 CYPRUS. BBC via Limassol, 1445, 11/9/08. Arabic service was fair and was OM in extended comments (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, NRD-545, Alpha Delta Sloper