2850 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1154, 10/17/09. Usual patriotic, operatic-style vocals. Very weak signal but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

3335 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. East Sepik, 1250, 10/13/09. Reggae-style mx, w/ chatter between selections. Announcements by YL @ 1256 through TOH; into presumed nx @ 1300+. Signal fading down from good peak (Strawman-IA).

3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1158, 10/17/09. Two YLs w/ high-pitched voices in continuous laughing and chatter. Was // to equal strength 6055. Single tone precisely @ 1200 followed by announcements and jazz (Strawman-IA).

6160 CANADA. CKZN St. Johns/ CKZU Vancouver, 1202, 10/17/09. Weak signal of presumed nx. Many mentions of Canada. Unable to tell which station I had as weak signal started to fade (Strawman-IA).

8743U THAILAND. Bangkok Meteorological Station, 1252, 10/18/09. Very weak signal, but in the clear. Mixture of English/ Thai tlk and semi-classical mx. Mx theme loop 1257 to TOH. Signal held up well past 1300 (Strawman-IA).

9390 THAILAND. R. Deewa via Udon Thani, Udorn Province, 1339, 10/18/09. Weak signal. Pashto service. Suffered splatter from adjacent signals (Strawman-IA).

9430 PHILIPPINES. FEBC, 1335, 10/18/09. Weak extended Mandarin chatter was in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9455 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1342, 10/18/09. Thai service listed. Fair signal w/ YL announcements/ nx (Strawman-IA).

9525 GERMANY. Polskie radio, via Wertachtal, 1240, 10/17/09. English service. Good signal. Nx & NX features to 1258 closing announcements. Pulled plug @ 1259 (Strawman-IA).

9565 SRI LANKA. DW via Trincomalee, 1238, 10/18/09. Fair signal had sideband splatter. German service. YL with ongoing nx, etc (Strawman-IA).

9585 TAIWAN. Furusato no Kaze, 1345, 10/18/09. Fair signal. OM & YL alternating Japanese comments w/ musical interludes (Strawman-IA).

9685 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 1246, 10/18/09. Listed Russian service. Apparent Chinese language lessons. Unusual hearing a Chinese try to speak Russian. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9745 TAIWAN. Han Sheng V. of Kuanghua, 1350, 10/18/09. Listed Mandarin service was weak but in the clear ( Strawman-IA).

9770 SOUTH KOREA. KBS, 1249, 10/18/09. Pop mx. Listed mandarin service. Apparent low modulation. Fair to good service (Strawman-IA).

9780 SRI LANKA. VOA via Irana Wila, 0104, 10/13/09. English service. World News Now. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

14207U SVALBARD ISL. JW/G4ATA, 1450, 10/12/09. Operator John talking to US hams. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45′ Random Wire

3320 SOUTH AFRICA. R. Sonder Grense, 0348, 10/11/09. Fair to
good signal noted w/ classical mx pgm (Strawman-IA).

3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1211, 10/9/09. Classical mx pgm was fair;
also heard 10/10/09, 1210 UTC with jazz mx pg peaking at S8.
Big het on 3945, and lesser hets on 3976 & 3995 heard at the same
time. No het from 3987 heard (Strawman-IA).

4790 PERU. R. Vision, 0345, 10/11/09. Weak religious talk beneath
strong CODAR pulser (Strawman-IA).

5019.95 SOLOMAN ISLANDS. SIBC, 1215, 10/9/09. Presumed the very
weak station with extended tlk by YL. Just too weak for details (Strawman-IA).

6090 ETHIOPIA. Amhara Regional, 0350, 10/11/09. Weak but easily heard w/localmx through Caribbean Beacon (Strawman-IA).

6110 ETHIOPIA. R. Fana, 0341, 10/11/09. Good signal w/ pulsing mx reaching S6 on peaks (Strawman-IA).

7110 ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, 0343, 10/11/09. Weak signal w/ local music. Weaker than Fana at the same time (Strawman-IA).

15275 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 0005, 10/11/09. OM & YL presenting English nx; Signal was S7 w/ fading. Headlines ended @ 0012. Local time and ID @ 0015. Into longer nx stories. Signal peaked around 0015 and completely faded away by 0029 (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop,
Par SWL Random Wire

4775 SWAZILAND. TWR, 0412, 10/4/09. German service featured several choral mx selections. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

5910 COLOMBIA. Marfil Estereo, 0420, 10/4/09. Usual program of romantic and pop-style ballads. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

7110 ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, 0415, 10/4/09. Continuous HOA mx w/ pop beat and heavy bass. Amharic  listed. Fair to good on peaks (Strawman-IA).

9430 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 2150, 10/3/09. French service. Vocal mx pgm to 2157, followed by closing announcements. Into presumed nx at TOH. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

9780 SRI LANKA. VOA via Irana Wila, 1307, 9/29/09. Deewa Radio pgm in Pashto. Presumed nx presented by OM & YL. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330s 1.1 M loop, Par SWL End Fed