3985 CROATIA. Croatian Radio, 0445, 11/22/09. Pop mx until presumed
Croatian nx @0500. Fair signal w/ some HRO slop (Strawman-IA).

4895 INDIA. AIR Kolkata, 1305, 11/15/09. Fair signal was stronger than CODAR sweeper. Song of India theme @ 1311:11. Signal peaking good by 1324 (Strawman-IA).

4780 DJIBOUTI. R. Djibouti, 0330, 11/22/09. Continuous Arabic tlk by OM. Good on peaks (Strawman-IA).

5020 SOLOMON ISLANDS. SIBC, 1337, 11/15/09. English nx from BBC. Fair
signal (Strawman-IA).

7505 PHILIPPINES. FEBC via Iba, 1404, 11/22/09. Mandarin service. OM & YL presenting presumed nx. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

7575 NORTHERN MARIANAS. VOA via Tinian, 1355, 11/22/09. Full S9 signal. Audio & TX cut without announcement @ 1358. Weak carrier back @ 1359:44. 1400 transmission listed via Udon Thani. This signal was threshold. If 1 degree difference in bearing, why extreme difference in strength (Strawman-IA)?

9839.9 VIETNAM. VOV, 2329, 11/17/09. Theme song & ID into English nx by YL @ 2330. Also very good @ 2330 on 11/21/09. Becoming a regular here (Strawman-IA).

12095 THAILAND. V. of Thailand, 0050, 11/22/09. Fair to good signal. English nx by YL, including several minutes of sports. ID @ 0054. Best in LSB due to local het (Strawman-IA).

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

7200 RUSSIA. R. Rossii, 0425, 11/12/09. Poor-fair signal.
OM & YL alternating comments. Listed via Yakutsk (Strawman-IA).

9525.9 INDONESIA. VOI, 1458, 11/14/09. Two English IDs. YL
gave upcoming pgm details. Decent voice modulation for once.
Nx began @ 1502:30. Presumed CRI, via Kashi was mixing w/ VOI,
and at times was of equal strength (Strawman-IA).

9580 SINGAPORE. BBC via Kranji, 1402, 11/14/09. R. Australia sign
off revealed a fair BBC. Listed Burmese service. Presumed nx by OM
& YL. Fair and fading but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9580 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia, 1757, 11/12/09. Unusually good
reception for this hour. Waltzing Matilda theme and announcements
@ 1758. ID @ 1800 into nx. Fair on peaks (Strawman-IA).

9725 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1401, 11/14/09. Fair signal. English
nx by YL. In the clear w/ no splatter from nearby stations (Strawman-IA).

9875 JAPAN. R. Japan via Yamata, 1315, 11/14/09. Pop mx pgm.
Interspersed w/ Japanese nx by OM & YL. Fair-good signal (Strawman-IA).

11092.5U ST. HELENA ISLAND. R. St. Helena, 2211-0030, 11/14-11/15/09.
S3 signal w/ peaks to S4 at 2211 tune-in. Figured with this good start,
signal would be strong by North American beam. However, as with everyone
else, the first hour was the best. Each subsequent beam heading was worse.
Signal completely lost sometime before 0030. Signal peaked in midwest @2244 when “The Entertainer” ragtime mx heard. Pirate singing heard wel@ 2254. Pirate covered R. St. Helena. Didn’t even bother to record this year (Strawman-IA).

15265 N. MARIANAS. RFA via Agignon Point, 2340, 11/13/09. Listed Chinese
service. Fair signal w/ YL & OM presenting presumed nx headlines
(Strawman-IA).

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