[R-390] West Coast Targets

[chuck.rippel at cox.net]

15505 BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar presumed, 1538 Sept 15, Urdu 
(listed), woman announcer, Bengali pop songs, 1544 minute of dead air, 
1545:10 closing announcement, tone for 5 seconds and carrier cut at 
1545:50. Poor. (Sellers-BC)

17745 ENGLAND, Sudan Radio Service, 1457 Sept 15, loud hum/buzz on 
frequency, 1500 broke into audio for Saturday English broadcast, man 
gave website, address, studio line and satellite phone number, ID “Sudan 
Radio Service is a project of Education Development Centre...”, 1501:30 
“You are tuned to Sudan Radio Service.”, into news headlines, strong 
noise continued. Poor-fair. And then at check, 1551 African hi-life and 
Western easy-listening songs, 1559:30 Arabic, man giving contact 
information and a Sudan Radio Service ID, no hum/buzz as noted at 1500. 
Good. (Sellers-BC)

15190 EQUATORIAL GUINEA, Radio Africa presumed, 1432 Sept 15, preacher 
in English, very weak and didn’t get any better, by 1520 barely audible. 
(Sellers-BC)

15205 GERMANY, Pan American Broadcasting, via Wertachtal, 1424 Sept 15, 
English, preacher, closing at 1427 IDing the program as “The People’s 
Gospel Hour” and giving Halifax and Boston addresses, 1429 carrier off. 
Fair-good. (Sellers-BC)

11945 IRAN, V.O.I.R.I., 1528 Sept 15, instrumental music began, 1530 
English s/on, “This is the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”, 
chorus, ID again, schedule, website for streaming audio and satellite 
channel, 1532:30 Islamic devotional. Fair, // 13780 fair-good. 
(Sellers-BC)

6055 JAPAN, Radio Nikkei, 1401 Sept 15, Japanese, interviewing a Western 
jazz singer on her visit to Japan, she in English, interviewer in 
Japanese, also playing some of her songs. Good, // 3925 good, 9595 fair. 
(Sellers-BC)

7295 MALAYSIA, Traxx FM, 1506 Sept 15, English, man with news and 
sports, pause for a minute at 1510 then into pop music. Poor. 
(Sellers-BC)

15120 NIGERIA, Voice of Nigeria, 1547 Sept 15, English, “You are 
listening to Africa Hour, on Voice of Nigeria, Lagos.”, into a piece on 
African economics. Poor. (Sellers-BC)

9715 NORTH MARIANAS ISLANDS, Radio Free Asia, Tinian, 1447 Sept 15, 
Vietnamese, interview, 1453 woman with contact information, song, 
1456:30 fanfare music broke in over song and then at 1457 English 
announcement, “You have been listening to Radio Free Asia.”, warbling 
siren type of jamming. Fair. (Sellers-BC)

15310 OMAN, BBC, 1437 Sept 15, English, sports news. Fair-good. 
(Sellers-BC)

11685 RUSSIA, TWR India, via Samara, 1523 Sept 15, man preaching in 
English about Jesus Christ, interpreter translating into Urdu (listed). 
Fair, RTTY QRM. (Sellers-BC)

9655 USA (Alaska), KNLS, 1502 Sept 15, English, man and woman with 
program lineup, then “Circle in the Sand” pop song. Fair. (Sellers-BC)

11725 UZBEKISTAN, TWR India, via Tashkent, 1526 Sept 15, man preaching 
in English about the Apostle Paul and interpreter translating into 
Punjabi (listed). Fair. (Sellers-BC)