[SOC] Radio Tikrit

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For those of you who chase SWL DX in addition to (or instead of) Ham DX,
there is an interesting article in today's WSJ about a Swedish SWL who
"discovered" a clandestine radio station operating at 1584 kHz. Calling
itself "Radio Tikrit" (Tikrit being Saddam's home town in Iraq), the
Swede first heard its broadcasts in early February. The article speculates --
but lacks any confirming evidence -- that the broadcasts are a CIA-operated
attempt at disrupting/discrediting/demoralizing the people of Iraq.

References to "radio amateurs", "DX-ers", QSL "cards", the espionage
efforts of the world's superpowers, and the eavesdropping/interpretation by the
BBC monitoring office are sprinkled throughout the report.

For the Swedish SWL, the article summarizes, the biggest problem is not
knowing who to contact for the coveted QSL card! ;-)
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Mr Google gives a lot abt this radio.

http://www.dxing.info/news/
http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/iraq.htm

Have not found any free copy of the WSJ (online edition to subscribers only).

72!
Claude