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1367  SENEGAL, RTS, Saint Louis (20 kW) - 10 OCT, 2331 - Man singing 
 in Arabic.  Heard many times this week, but never an ID.  Senegal 
 heard lower than Angola, which was heard best on 1367.4   
 + 13 OCT, 2037 - AA female chant. <R> + 14 OCT, 2253 - Timely ascent 
 to good peak over Angola with definite ID by woman as "Radiodiffusion
 du Senegal".  Apparent phone-in music selections with man announcer 
 hosting, mixing o/u music from the Angolan.
					 
1367  ANGOLA, R. Nacional, Mulenvas (Luanda) (100 kW per comments by 
 Vashek Korinek, South Africa, from Comments on African Stations (as 
 listed in 1995 WRTH)) - 12 OCT, 2137 - Pop music pgm hosted by woman 
 and man in PP, different male voice at 2138:30 w/ "Radio Nacional" 
 ID.  Over presumed Senegal w/ man talking in AA-like language, 
 SIO 433-2 <R> + 13 OCT, 2054 - Primitive native vocals / drum 
 accompaniment at very strong level; didn't detect co-channel Senegal 
 during short stay on the frequency. <R> + 14 OCT, 2244 - Highlife 
 music with very good signal but Senegal apparently under and later 
 peaking unexpectedly on top.

1368  ISLE OF MAN, Manx Radio, Douglas (20 kW) - 12 OCT, 2045 - 
 Fair, Manx Radio ID, ad for commercial radio. + 13 OCT, 0630 - 
 News report mentions Douglas.  
      
1368  unID's - 13 OCT, 2036 - opera / classical music (Poland ?),
 o/u PP-sounding radio drama, third signal under. <R>
 
1377  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Lille (300 kW), 13 OCT, 0632 - 
 FF // 1206, 1404. + 14 OCT, 0545 - FF folk vocal // 1494.

1386  KALININGRAD, Bolshakovo (1200 kW) - 11 OCT, 2130 - Good, 
 news from Radio Nederland in English. <R> + 11 OCT, 2138 - 
 EE news w/ announcement of the Nobel Prizes in chemistry - 
 well, maybe next year...  SIO 455. + 13 OCT, 2032 - Dutch 
 talk (R. Nederland relay); good, atop 2 others. <R> + 13 OCT, 
 2203 - EE program w/ talk about the effect of western culture 
 on India. <R> + 13 OCT, 2222 - Strong in EE, with "A Good Life".  
 + 14 OCT, 1932 - Voice of Russia Foreign Service (as listed) 
 with repetitious slogan by man in RR, then rock music.  Already 
 very good at this time, as was Luxembourg overriding Saudi 
 Arabia on 1440.
   
1386  unID - 10 OCT, 0121 - Russian private station here?  
 
1386  KENYA, KBC General Service, Maralal - 10 OCT, 0157 - 
 Interval signal of flutes and drums, man with opening 
 announcements, then anthem, // 4935.  Man speaking in Russian
 at same time. + 15 OCT, 0158-0210 - "K.B.C.", then drum IS, 
 choral anthem at 0200, "Good morning" and frequency announcement 
 at 0201:30, religious song, EE talk, // 4935. SIO 322. + 15 OCT, 
 0157 - Strong open carrier at 0155 tune-in; man suddenly on with 
 "This is KBC" at 0157. IS of drums / flutes to 0200 with 3+1 pips, 
 choral anthem and full opening by man with frequencies, then pgm 
 of pop selections.  Fair-good signal, way over presumed Kaliningrad 
 and // 4935 which was strong but slightly distorted.  Subsequently 
 found much weaker // MW outlets through QRM on 1044, 1233, 747 
 and tentative 954.  Still fair peaks on 1386 at 0312 with 0317 
 transmitter sunrise approaching.  
		 
1394.2  TOGO, RT, Lome (20/1 kW) - 13 OCT, 2043 - man talking in FF, 
 // 5047.  Fair until severely QRM'ed by Albania-1395 at *2045. <R> 
 + 13 OCT, 2109 - FF talk & music; clear parallel with 5047.  
 
1395  ALBANIA, TWR, Fllake (Lushnje) (1000kW) - 11 OCT, 1945 - 
 TWR ID in EE, interval signal, program in unID language.  
 + 13 OCT, 2031 - TWR relay excellent w/ religious music, 
 then unID language talk. <R> + 13 OCT, 2201 - EE preaching 
 (southern US accent); excellent. <R>
 
1395  NIGERIA (t), Abak - 11 OCT, 2254 - rhythmic African music. <R>

1404  IRAN (t), Rasht - 13 OCT, 2101 - Islamic vocal rose atop 
 Ukraine (?) & possible PP station. <R>
 
1404  FRANCE R. Bleue synchros (20/1 kW) - 13 OCT, 0632 - 
 FF // 1206, 1404. + 14 OCT, 0605 - FF music // 1377.
 
1404  unID - 13 OCT, 2200 - pips, SS talk, news mentioning 
 Bosnia-Hercegovina; o/ others. <R>
 
1404  UKRAINE, Ukrainian R. 2, Kotovsk / others (50/30/25 kW) - 
 14 OCT, 2040 - Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", // 1242. SIO 243.
 
1404  MOROCCO, site? - 14 OCT, 2103 - AA // 909.   
 
1413  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10/5/5 kW) - 11 OCT, 2100 - 
 SS // 1152. + 13 OCT, 2026 - strong multiple-station mess 
 w/ at least 3 different SS programs audible o/ a bad growl. <R>
 
1413  OMAN, BBC, Masirah Island (750 kW) - 10 OCT, 0110 - Program in 
 Hindi. 
 
1422  ALGERIA, Algiers - 13 OCT, 2025 - man in AA at low modulation
 level on huge carrier; way atop Germany (which was playing 
 Cranberries song). <R>
 
1422  GERMANY, Heusweiler - 13 OCT, 2056 - // 1269 w/ pop-C&W vocal;
 u/ Algeria. <R>
 
1431  PORTUGAL, Caramulo - 13 OCT, 2023 - C&W music, PP talk; poor. <R>
 
1440  LUXEMBOURG, Marnach (1200 kW) - 11 OCT, 2150 - Good, religion 
 from TWR in EE. <R> + 14 OCT, 1910 - Excellent, "Der oldies sender" 
 jingle ID and oldies music. + 14 OCT, 0458 - GG religious program;
 o/ WWTM, WLPZ.
      
1440  SAUDI ARABIA, Dammam (1600 kW) - 10 OCT, 2205 - 
 AA // 900, 1521. + 13 OCT, 2022 - AA talk by man; o/ possible 
 II talk (Luxembourg ?). <R>
 
1449  ITALY, RAI, Squinzano et al. - 12 OCT, 2120 - Good, "radio 
 notturno musica italiana". + 13 OCT, 2021 - II rock music, // 846. <R>
 
1458  ENGLAND, Fortune 14-58 Radio, Manchester - 10 OCT, 0100 - 
 Mess of Brits w/ pips and ID's, this one dominant, news read by 
 woman. SIO 322 + 13 OCT, 0229 - Good, "The best variety of soft 
 rock, soul, and love songs, this is Fortune 1458" ID, over BBC 
 synchros.
 
1458  ENGLAND, unID but possibly Fortune 1458, Manchester (5 kW) -
 12 OCT, 0616 - chatty English-accented announcer noted through
 others.

1458  ALBANIA, R. Tirana, Fllake (Lushnje) (500 kW) - 12 OCT, 
 2048 - Mention of Tirana. <R> + 13 OCT, 2019 - presumed this 
 w/ SS talk by man & woman; o/ unID C&W station (UK?). <R>
	       
1458.2  GIBRALTAR, BBC / Gibraltar BC (0.5/2 kW) -  
 12 OCT, 2043-2049, 2057-2102, 2119 - BBC WS pgms, including 
 WS ID, pips and news at 2100; established // 6195 at 2119.  
 Splatter from Tirana and others on 1458.0, SIO 322. <R>  
 Information: Translated from a letter (18 February, 1993) 
 from NRCer Mauricio Molano, who is both an announcer and a 
 sound technician with the RNE in Salamanca:  "The station 
 that you have been hearing on 1458.2 with BBC WS is Radio 
 Gibraltar (normally 1458.27 kHz), which I can hear in the 
 early mornings with local programming."
 
1467  FRANCE, TWR Roumoules (1000 kW) - 11 OCT, 2218 - Very strong 
 with AA program. + (date, time ?) Woman w/ religious talk in 
 Standard Chinese !  SIO 444 <R> + 13 OCT, 2018 - upbeat SS 
 religious song, then man in SS; huge. <R> + 14 OCT, 0459 - 
 GG talk; excellent.
 
1475.1  BENIN, ORT du Benin, Cotonou (50/20 kW) - 9 OCT, 2106 - 
 African music, FF talk and fanfare; good. + 10 OCT, 2040 - Good, 
 talk in FF // 4870. <R> + 12 OCT, 2056 - Highlife music // 4870, 
 drums, then news in FF at 2115. <R> + 12 OCT, 2054 - Cuban music, 
 FF talk including ID as "Radio Benin", then highlife music. 
 SIO 344 <R> + 13 OCT, 1957 - ID by man in FF, drums, then music.  
 Strong signal, as on // 4870 which had rather distorted audio. <R> 
 + 13 OCT, 2016 - Afro-accented FF talk; strongly hetting 1476. <R>
				     
1476  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UAE Radio, Dubai (1500 kW) - 
 13 OCT, 0220 - Good, alone on the frequency with string 
 music interval signal. + 13 OCT, 2015 - AA talk; dominant. <R> 
 + 14 OCT, 0259 - Sign-on with a choral flourish, woman speaking 
 AA. + 14 OCT, 0303 - AA talk by man; o/ Spain & UK. + 
 14 OCT, 2005 - AA vocal with strong signal, // 13675.  
 
1476  ENGLAND,  Guildford (1 kW) - 14 OCT, 0540 - British-accented 
 man with TC at 0540 as "twenty-to-seven", station promo as "every 
 night from midnight 'til dawn" and jingle ad.  Surprisingly good 
 signal.  Main QRM was a 1 kHz intermittent tone. SIO 242.  Recent 
 Medium Wave News says that slogan is being changed from "Mercury" 
 to "The New County Sound".

1485  ASCENSION ISLAND, BBC Atlantic Relay (0.5 kW), English Bay, 
 11 OCT, 2230 - Good, BBC World Service. + 14 OCT, 0012 - BBC 
 program // 5975. + 14 OCT, 0008 - World Service at nice peak level, 
 then into deep fade at 0013.  Again same day at 2220 with news report 
 on situation in Mogadishu.  Great level for 500 watts and clear 
 channel on SE (Brazil) Beverage.
 
1485  SPAIN, SER synchros (2 kW) - 11 OCT, 0243 - echoey SS 
 // 1026. + 13 OCT, 0057 - Talk in SS, fair and tending to 
 dominate BBC Ascension. UnID station with AA chants way below 
 - Syria? + 13 OCT, 2014 - stations w/ 3 different SS programs; 
 evenly mixing. <R>
	  
1492.7  MOROCCO, Agadir - 11 OCT, 2245 - Good, AA music // 909 & 1044.
 + 13 OCT, 2012 - drum banging, AA talk. <R> + 14 OCT, 2009 - 
 Someone said that 1044 and 1492.7 were parallel from Morocco 
 and they were.  Didn't get an ID!   
 
1494  MOLDOVA, Cahul/Edinet - 9 OCT, 0420 - Good, many Moldova 
 mentions in what was believed to be Romanian language discussion.
 
1494  FRANCE, Clermont-Ferrand et al. - 14 OCT, 0545 - FF folk
 vocal // 1377.
 
1494.2  unID - 13 OCT, 2013 - classical music, possible SS talk
 by woman. <R>
 
1502  ANGOLA, EP de Benguela (10 kW) - 11 OCT, 2135+ - Pop & easy-
 listening vocals; man at 2202 w/ possible news in PP.  Fair-good 
 on peaks; // weaker 5043. + 13 OCT, 2050 - highlife rhythms and 
 very strong but muddy modulation on voice announcement by woman
 at 2053. <R>

1502.4v  TOGO, Radio Kara (10 kW) - 13 OCT, 2015+ - Talk by man in FF, 
 // 3222.1 but both rather weak.  Transmitter wandered between 1502.35
  and 1502.45 within a matter of minutes.  More-or-less stable on 
  1502.43 but still weak at 2049 recheck. <R> + on 1502.6v - 14 OCT, 
  2107 - Slow Afro rhythms / vocals at fair level, //3222.06.  Varying 
  moderately to 1502.58.

1503  AZORES, AFRTS Lajes (0.1 kW) - 11 OCT, 1930 - Good, Swap 
 Shop program, 96.1 FM and 1503 ID. <R> + 14 OCT, 0050 - Weak 
 but steady, with National League playoff game. + 13 OCT, 2007 - 
 US EE slogan "one great country song after another", then C&W 
 music; o/u Spain. <R>
 
1503  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros - 13 OCT, 2007 - SS talk mixed w/ Azores. <R>
 
1503  unID - 12 OCT, 2357 -  AA music, Iran?   
 
1512  BELGIUM, RVI / Belgische Radio, Wolvertem (300 kW) - 
 10 OCT, 2308 - Foreign Service program. + 12 OCT, 2225 - Excellent, 
 end of EE program Brussels Calling, then FF with Radio Vlaanderen
 International ID. + 14 OCT, 0600 - Flemish talk; good through
 WNRB slop. + 14 OCT, 2026 - Flemish talk by 2 men; excellent.
 
1512  SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah (1000 kW) - 10 OCT, 0115 - Koranic program 
 (comes on 0100). + 13 OCT, 2005 - AA talk by man, atop possible 
 British station.  Signal good, though 10 dB weaker than 1521. <R> 
 
1521  SAUDI ARABIA  Duba (2000 kW) - 10 OCT, 0212 - Koranic program, 
 always strong. + 11 OCT, 1925 - Excellent, AA music // 9555. <R> 
 + 13 OCT, 2003 - AA news by man w/ mentions of Iraq, Palestinians; 
 excellent. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - AA talk; o/ others.
 
1528  CLANDESTINE - 10 OCT, 0139 - Heard previously by Jean on other 
 nearby frequencies, an Anti-Iraq clandestine operation?  Medium
 Wave News says that this is possibly from Egypt.
 
1530  SAO TOME E PRINCIPE, VOA Pinheira (600 kW) - 9 OCT, 0500 - 
 Good, "This program has come to you from VOA Washington", 
 interval signal, then "Welcome to the Voice of America". 
 + 10 OCT, 0308 - VOA in EE, // 7405. + 12 OCT, 0359 - Ending 
 pgm in Special EE.  Good, // 7405. + 13 OCT, 2002 - Interview 
 concerning genocide in Zaire. Strong. + 14 OCT, 0320 - Powerhouse 
 signal noted in passing, as // 7405.
 
1530  VATICAN, Vatican R. (600/300 kW) - 11 OCT, 0010 - ID in four 
 languages. + 13 OCT, 0138 - Excellent, ID in three languages 
 including EE at end of "With You Through The Night" music 
 program. + 13 OCT, 2002 - R. Vaticana ID, II talk; good, 
 atop VOA Sao Tome EE news. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - R. Vaticana in
 PP (don't confuse w/ Madeira or WDJZ). + 14 OCT, 2058 - EE ID.
 
1530  ENGLAND - 14 OCT, 0550 - British EE adverts; o/ others. 
 
1530  unID jammer - 14 OCT, 2027.  

1536.7 / 1537.1  unID jammer - 10 OCT, 0303-0308 - Jammer w/ 
 descending notes.  Iraq ?
 
1538.9  unID, possibly CLANDESTINE (or UAE ?) - 14 OCT, 2318 - AA talk.  
 
1539  SPAIN (or MELILLA) - 13 OCT, 2002 - SS talk by man & woman, 
 then pop music; fair to good. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - weak SS talk.
 
1539  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (t), Sadiyat - 14 OCT, 2315 - AA talk,
 mentioned "min Dubai".  AA had been heard here from Billerica, MA 
 monitoring station on 17 SEP at 0235.
 
1544  CLANDESTINE (probably ALGERIA) - 10 OCT, 2140 - AA.
 + 13 OCT, 2001 - man in AA talking over musical interludes; 
 excellent. <R> + 13 OCT, 2358 - huge w/ screaming / singing 
 woman, drum, picked string instrument. + 14 OCT, 0600 - man 
 in AA; excellent.  This should be audible on the West Coast 
 at this time. + 14 OCT, 2028 - screaming, banjo-plucking.
 
1548  ENGLAND, R.City Gold, Liverpool - 13 OCT, 0118 - Fair, oldies 
 music, promo for 21 year anniversary party, giving Stanley St./
 Box 1548 address for tickets. + 13 OCT, 1959 - Gloria Gaynor 
 song, "R. City Gold" ID, Blackpool mentions; mixed w/ others. <R>
 + 13 OCT, 2335 - Mixing mainly w/ BBC local station, Johnny Cash 
 song, ID, ad. SIO 222.
 
1548  ENGLAND, Capital City Gold, London (97.5 kW) - 13/14 OCT, 2335 - 
 This station (per Jean) with talk by English-accented woman, then
 interview with man.  Briefly on top and mixing with at least one
 other UK Local Radio outlet before subsequent fade-up of VOA-Kuwait
 at 2345.  Also readable at 0002 with news by woman, through VOA news
 being read by man. 
 
1548  SCOTLAND, Max AM, Edinburgh - 13 OCT, 0100 - In briefly with 
 "1548 __ Max AM" through VOA-Kuwait and R.City Gold-England.
 
1548  KUWAIT, VOA Kuwait City (100 kW) - 10 OCT, 0104 - News in 
 EE. + 12 OCT, 2305 - Good, "You're listening to the Voice of 
 America broadcasting from Washington", over England.
 + 13 OCT, 2338 - Briefly up over the Brits w/ VOA program 
 about the history of disease; the speaker said that in the 
 American Civil War, more soldiers died of disease or infection 
 than died from bullets.  SIO 322. + 13 OCT, 2345 - Rising on 
 top of Capital City Gold with woman at VOA pgm break, then talks 
 concerning American theatre and farming subsidies.  VOA news at 
 0000. <R> + 14 OCT, 2050 - AA political talk // 7205.     

1557  MALTA, Deutsche Welle, Cyclops (600 kW) - 12 OCT, 2211 - 
 // 6100 in GG. <R> + 12 OCT, 2315 - Good, talk in GG // 6075.
 + 13 OCT, 1959 - man & woman in AA; excellent, o/ others. <R>
 
1565.8  unID jammer - 10 OCT, 0111 - "Tick-tock" sounds.  

1566  AZORES, Clube Asas do Atlantico, CSB81, Vila do Porto (10 kW) - 
 9 OCT, 2059 - PP talk, 1 pip at 20 secs to top of hour, then pips 
 at 2100, "Boa Noite", jingle, and transmitter off without anthem. 
 This earlier s/off time explains why they have not been heard 
 recently in North America ! SIO 444 + 12 OCT, 2006 - With sports, 
 mention of "Radio Boa Vista" during sports report. <R> + 
 13 OCT, 2000 - Good, RDP news and jingles, then "deportes" (sports). 
 + 14 OCT, 0813 - Pop song during short fade-up to fair peak; woman
 announcer in PP at 0814. + 14 OCT, 1936 - talk in PP by man; good.
	 
1566  BELARUS, Voice of Russia, Mayak synchros (10/7/5 kW) - 
 10 OCT, 2300 and 13 OCT, 0000 - with Radio Moscow interval 
 signal and pips.  Not sure if this is the correct transmitter 
 site. + Station Mayak, only low powered synchros listed in 
 WRTH - 10 OCT, 2259 - IS, pips at 2300, ID, woman w/ news in 
 Russian. SIO 233 + 12/13 OCT, 2359 - Briefly fading up and 
 mixed with Iran which was on top during deep AIR fade with 
 Midnight in Moscow IS to 0000 pips.
 
1566  INDIA, AIR, Nagpur-Buttibori (1000 kW) - 11 OCT, 2348-0001 - 
 Indian film music, briefly heard woman in Hindi just before 0000, 
 then back to music.  Mixing w/ Iran, SIO 322.  A real thrill 
 when we first got this, and just as thrilling to hear it night 
 after night.  Music from 2345 fade-in, 5+1 time pips at 0030 
 (India like Newfoundland has top of the hour at xx:30 UTC), 
 Hindi news 0030, EE News 0035, fading at 0040 (Indian daylight).  
 Heard a single long transmitter tone preceding carrier off at 
 0041. The program is briefly // 5010 (0035-0040).  Not as distant 
 as Lesotho, but less water path to work with. + 12/13 OCT, 2339+ - 
 Initially noted with "obvious" film music under Iran, then rising 
 to first great peak at 2348; continuing very strong at times to 
 0015+, save for occasional fade-down periods, as 2359 when mixed 
 with Iran and lower level Belarus synchros.  Pgm of mostly film 
 music until usual AIR 5+1 pips at 0030 and into National Channel 
 Hindi news, //4840 but not 5010.  Then EE news at 0035, // 5010 
 but not 4840.  5010 does not carry the National Channel Hindi news 
 at 0030, but does relay the EE news at 0035.  Still fair at 0035, 
 but faded down fast at 0038, just ahead of listed 0040* which also 
 corresponded to transmitter sunrise.  Interesting that Boulder 'A' 
 index for 12 OCT was = 24 and 13 OCT 0000 'K' index = 4 due to 
 coronal hole effects.  Signal clearly superior on Euro Beverage, 
 less of a skewed path than might have been expected. + 13 OCT, 
 0035 - Good, woman with news bulletin in EE // 5010 until 0040 
 + 14 OCT, 0030-0036 - 1566 much weaker behind Iran but same 
 pattern of // channels for news relays on shortwave observed 
 and many 60/90mb AIR outlets noted at dramatically enhanced 
 levels during 0040-0100 bandscan with much quieter geomagnetic 
 field. + 14/15 OCT, 2325 - Already showing o/u Iran with film 
 music; to very good peaks thereafter and ID at 0035 bridging 
 Hindi and EE news segments read by woman and man respectively: 
 "This is All India Radio. The news, read by...". Gone at 0040. 
 + 14 OCT, 2324 - good to EXCELLENT (!) w/ Indian film music, 
 pips at 2330, mention of India, then news in Hindi, then woman 
 with news in EE "that's the end of this news bulletin", then man 
 in Hindi mentioning "kilohertz", then music.   
 
1566  IRAN, IRIB, Bandar-Abbas (100 kW) - 10 OCT, 0111 - Koranic 
 program. + 12 OCT, 0001 - Faded up over AIR w/ man in Farsi, 
 probably news. SIO 322 + 12/13 OCT, - Dominating channel at 
 2339 tune-in, but soon in a fight with and then mostly under 
 AIR.  Briefly on top at 2359, mixing with AIR and Belarus and 
 at 0000+ with talk by man, possibly news in Farsi. + 14 OCT, 
 2310 - Koranic vocal.    
		    
1566  no TUNISIA, ERTT, Sfax - This 1200 kW outlet was OFF during 
 the time of this DXpedition.

1567  UKRAINE, unID site - 10 OCT, 0207-0231, 0257-0303 - At 0207, 
 woman in Slavic language, possibly Ukrainian, w/ news to 0210, then 
 man talks, some short music...at 0257 man and woman talk, either a 
 big fade or long period of silence before 5 pips at 0300 and an 
 anthem; woman resumed speaking at 0301. Deep fades, hets notched, 
 peaks to SIO 232. + 12 OCT, 0005 - Weird, wailing vocal by woman 
 in unID language.  Fair-good on Euro Beverage through 0020 tune-
 out.  Was initially thought to be a Middle Eastern clandestine. 
 + 13 OCT, 2356 - het against Belarus - 1566.  + Information from 
 Thomas Adam in Germany: "Now I can confirm 1567 kHz definitely as 
 being Radio Ukraine. I heard them last night (11 NOV) at 0215 UTC 
 with well-known interval-signal and ID."
			
1575  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 1955 - dominant Spaniard had a program that
 was different from that on a weaker SS station that was isolated
 successfully by phasing. <R> + SER synchros (5 kW) - 14 OCT, 0046 - 
 SS // 1485, 1584.  
 
1584  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 1953 - fast SS teletalk, atop station which
 had SS vocal.  A third station (possibly AA music) was way under. <R>
 + SER synchros (2 kW) - 14 OCT, 0046 - SS // 1485, 1575.   
 
1593  GERMANY, Holzkirchen - 14 OCT, 2045 - Slavic talk to good peaks.
 
1593  EGYPT, Matruh (10 kW) - 15 OCT, 0309 - AA. Everyone said this was 
 Egypt before I tuned this in - I'll have to take their word for it!  
 
1593  EGYPT / unID - 13 OCT, 1952 - AA vocal, atop station playing
 oldie "Black Betty" by Ram Jam (1977). <R>
							     
1593.35  unID - 13 OCT, 1951 - het against 1593.  Ideas ? <R> 
							     
1602  SPAIN (2 stations) - 13 OCT, 1951 - strong SS talk station 
 NOT // 1584 was atop (Jean says it's the usually-dominant Euskadi 
 Vitoria station); when it was phased out, a weaker SS station that 
 was // 1584 was heard. <R>
							     
1602  SPAIN, R. Vitoria, Vitoria (10 kW), 12 OCT, 1923 - Ad for 
 Banco de Vitoria, sports report. <R> + 12 OCT, 1955 - Presumed this
 one with talk by man in SS, over another SER synchro outlet (5/2 kW)
 + 14 OCT, 1959 - heard with R. Vitoria ID, pop song. 
					    
1611  VATICAN, Vatican Radio (100 kW) - 14 OCT, 1919 - Interval 
 signal, // 5882. + 13 OCT, 1945 - rosary, seemed to be in Latin 
 (spoken Latin sounds somewhat like SS / II blend). <R>
							     
1611  NORWAY, Rogaland - 14 OCT, 2344 - "LGB TLX" in Morse code.  

1615.82  NETHERLANDS, unID Pirate - 14 OCT, 2116-2124 - Hoaky Dutch 
 tunes (usual programming for these stations).  Frequency drifting 
 up, was 1615.90 by 2120.  Deep fades, utility QRM, SIO 232-1.

1616  ENGLAND, Cullercoats - 14 OCT, 2116 - "GCCI" in Morse code.  

1620  NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen - 14 OCT, 2130 - "PCH" in Morse code.  
 + 15 OCT, 0050 - CW beacon with "PCH" in slow Morse Code. Strong signal.

1685  unID - 15 OCT, 0510 - "9W135" in Morse code.  

1698  unID (SPAIN ?) - 13 OCT, 1947 - utility station here w/ SS
 weather report on upper sideband. <R>
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