6925 PIRATE. Strong 10/S9 signal at 0337, 5/24/09. Pop and funk mx. No
break between songs. Never heard ID. With this kind of signal, has to be high power or Midwest area (Strawman-IA).

7110 ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, 0330, 5/24/09. Good signal. OM tlk in listed Amharic. Lots of local HOA music (Strawman-IA).

7200 SUDAN. RTVC, 0335, 5/24/09. Weaker than Ethiopia. Audio thinner with less high freq content. Result was somewhat muddy studio audio. Extended Arabic talk by OM (Strawman-IA).

9740 SINGAPORE. BBC via Kranji, 1228, 5/23/09. English World Service news. Poor signal but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9760 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 1234, 5/23/09. English news story about war in Iraq. Into Jazz America after 1300 nx (Strawman-IA).

11709.9 NORTH KOREA. Voice of Korea, 1240, 5/16/09. Korean service mixing with Chinese language station. Chinese signal per various lists could be CNR or one of their jammers, as Taiwan listed at this time on the frequency. Operatic vocals heard to 1300. Tuned back at 1314 for English service. Pgm featured OM & YL alternating reading news. Mentions of South Korea and Great Leader. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

11880 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia via Shepparton, 2041, 5/19/09. Good signal on peaks. Pop mx to 2057, when audio/ tx closed down (Strawman-IA).

11940 ROMANIA. R. Romania International, 2035, 5/19/09. English news stories by YL w/ actualities. Good signal on peals (Strawman-IA).

12060 RUSSIA. WYFR via Armavir/ Krasnodar, 2031, 5/19/09. Poor to fair signal. French service with OM & YL reading possible nx (Strawman-IA).

12085 SYRIA. R. Damascus, 2000, 5/19/09. Audio popped out of the mud at the TOH. English service listed. Few English words were recognizable mixed with Arabic. Possible nx by YL. Various comments mixed with music bumpers. Reached fair on peaks but fading by 2014 (Strawman-IA).

14170 THAILAND. HS0ZFD, 1518, 5/19/09. Ham operator Bob in Bangkok talking to W6CCP in California. Weak but easily readable (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Icom R71A, Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, 60 M Dipole