[HCDX] Psyops in Afghanistan on 8700 kHZ USB

[David Hochfelder <hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Commando Solo" broadcasting presumably over Afghanistan heard in New 
Jersey on 18OCT01 between 0030-0130 UTC.  Format followed a pattern of 
three to five minutes of a male announcer speaking, followed by an Afghani 
song featuring one or two instruments with male vocal accompaniment. The 
male announcer made frequent references to "Taliban," "bin Laden," 
"Afghanistan," "America," and "Pakistan." I found the audio to be muddy at 
times, but that may have been a product of the extreme distance that the 
signal travelled to reach me here in New Jersey.  The signal was quite 
strong at times but faded deeply every ten minutes or so. There was some 
interference from a Morse-code utility station on a nearby frequency. 
Atmospheric noise increased during the hour I listened, probably because 
the signal was fading due to more of the propagation path entering 
daylight.  I'd give it  SINPO 34323.  The signal was gone by 0300 UTC.

Dave Hochfelder
New Brunswick, NJ
Sony ICF2010 with stock whip antenna


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