7235 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 1443, 12/26/08. OM & YL presenting presumed nx. Good 10/S9 signal (Strawman-IA).

9465 THAILAND. BBC via Nakhon Sawan, 2324, 12/25/08. Chinese service had OM & YL alternating in comment. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9490 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 2320, 12/25/08. World News Now into Jim Stevenson and sports re: Notre Dame football. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

11975 MALI. CRI via Bamako, 2340, 12/26/08. Chinese service was fair to good reaching S8 on peaks. Non-stop chatter (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, JRC NRD-545, AOR AR7030 Plus, Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop

5010 MADAGASCAR. RTV Malagasy (p), 2242, 12/20/08. Very weak. Seemingly Afro-pop vocals w/ comment by low-pitched OM. Not much above noise (Strawman-IA).

7165 RUSSIA. Family Radio via Pertopavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 1435, 12/21/08. “Hallelujah Chorus” and other similar vocal mx. Good declining to fair by 1455. English service beamed west (Strawman-IA).

9335 NORTH KOREA. Voice of Korea, 1502, 12/21/08. Tune-in to IS followed by English ID by OM followed by ID and nx by YL from their point of view. Good signal suffered bad splatter from over-modulated WBCQ, Maine (Strawman-IA).

9710 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia, 1617, 12/20/08. English via Shepparton started good but slipped to fair by 1650. Two YLs with variety pgm of Australian stories and mx (Strawman-IA).

9820 INDIA. AIR Panaji, 1458, 12/21/08. Listed Sinhalese service had chanting/ recitation to 1459:45. Comment by low-pitched OM @ 1500 followed by YL and audio out to open carrier (Strawman-IA).

12010 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia via Darwin, 2240, 12/16/08. Listed English & beamed toward SE Asia. YL announcer w/ mx bumpers. Fair at best, but difficult to understand the talking (Strawman-IA).

12090 NORTHERN MARIANAS. KFBS via Marpi, Saipan, 2237, 12/16/08. Listed Vietnamese service had back-of-beam audio echo, but signal in the clear. Pop-style mx and OM announcer. Fair (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, AOR AR7030 Plus, Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop

2325 AUSTRALIA. ABC, Tennant Creek, 1404, 12/14/08. Weak signal was slightly better than // 2310. No signal heard on 2485, not even het. Pop mx pgm (Strawman-IA).

2849.95 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1407, 12/14/08. Very weak signal. Patriotic vocals in operatic style. Just above noise level (Strawman-IA)

4746.98 PERU. R. Huanta 2000, 0008, 12/9/09. Mx and Spanish comment just above noise. CODAR sweeps reached S9 (Strawman-IA).

4790.05 INDONESIA. RRI Fak Fak, 1358, 12/14/08. Pop mx to 1359: 40 when announcement by low-pitched OM. Presumed ID @ 1400:05, followed by Jak nx by YL. Decent signal but CODAR interference (Strawman-IA).

4965 ZAMBIA. CVC International, 0348, 12/14/08. English sermon. Lots of band noise/ fading. Fair signal on peaks (Strawman-IA).

5910.03 COLOMBIA. Marfil Estereo, 0345, 12/14/08. Ranchero-style vocals reached S9 level. Signal suffered from fading (Strawman).

6134.96 BRAZIL. R. Aparaceida, 2325, 12/13/08. S9 signal w/ fading. OM & YL doing announcements and ads. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

6300 ALGERIA. RASD, 2337, 12/13/08. Spanish service featuring indigenous mx on stringed instrument. Signal suffered fading and was poor-fair overall (Strawman-IA).

7110 ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, 0353, 12/14/08. Usual Amharic/ Oromo/ Tigrigna pgm w extended tlk by OM. Poor to fair overall (Strawman-IA).

9465 THAILAND. BBC via Nakhom Sawan, 2323, 12/8/08. Listed Chinese service. OM & YL reading apparent nx. S9 on peaks, but faded down by 2348 (Strawman-IA).

9490 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 2320, 12/8/08. English service. Nx read by OM. 10/S9 on peaks w/ minimal fading (Strawman-IA).

9840 RUSSIA. VOR via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 0359, 12/14/08. Pictures At An Exhibition theme to English ID @ 0400. Followed by English nx headlines then details by YL. Fair on peaks (Strawman-IA).

9865 IRAN. IRIB, 0404, 12/14/08. Listed Azeri service featured Koranic-style chanting. Fair signal w/fading (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, JRC NRD-545, AOR AR7030 Plus, Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop