[A-DX] 15540 Kuwait in English.

["Wolfgang Bueschel" <BueschelW@xxxxxx>]

Immer noch S=7-8 in der Schweiz. 73 wb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 9-10, 2011

> KUWAIT   Similar happened on 15540 kHz channel today Sun Apr 10th.
> TX switched on at 17.58:15 UT.
>
> Heard a S=9+15dB signal on TF4X's remote Perseus rx on Iceland.
>
> 17.59 NA played. Time pips at 18.00 UT. Frequency annmt on local
> mediumwave
> 963 kHz to Kuwait and Arabian Peninsula, local FM 93.7 MHz, and - sic -
> 11990 kHz in the 25 meterband shortwave.
>
> Program content about religious orientation from christianity to islam
> world.
>
> S=5-6 signal in Finland and Ukraine. S8 in Spain, Switzerland and 
> Germany, S9 in Netherlands.
>
> But signal will improve in coming summer, I guess.
> 73 wb
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011
> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 9-10, 2011
>
> > KUWAIT. 15540, April 9 at 1756, tuning in early for R. Kuwait, I hear
> > something non-English, 1758 announcement starting with ``Yeh ---``,
> > mentioning ``mediumwave`` ``and meter band``, so it`s Urdu --- some 
> > other
> > station just before RK in English? No, Urdu is indeed scheduled on their
> > domestic service until 1800, but not on SW, so the transmitter was 
> > turned on early.
> >
> > 1759 military band plays NA, 1800 accurate 5+1 timesignal, anthem plays
> > again! And sign-on in English still claiming to be on 11990; by 1802 
> > into
> > ``Umbrella of Islam`` religious propaganda. 15540 held up well at least
> > until 1850 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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