Re: [HCDX] 4790 Saudi Arabia?

["Jouko Huuskonen" <jouko.huuskonen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it´s BSKSA Jiddah. Heard them closing down  with positive ID at 2200
UTC June 21.

73´s
Jouko Huuskonen
Turku FINLAND

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From: "Jari Savolainen" <jari.savolainen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [HCDX] 4790 Saudi Arabia?


> On 30 June at 1845 noted a station with Arabic phone-ins
> on 4790. Weak under local static/man-made noise. Time
> pips at 1900, then news. Random rechecks showed sports
> news around 2020 and time pips and news again at 2030.
> At that time signal had improved and several mentions of
> Riad and Saudi Arabia was heard. I guess this is the Saudi
> transmitter which used to carry clandestine programs such
> as Voive of the Iraqi People. These various 60 meterband
> transmissions were believed to be sub-harmonics from a 31
> meterband transmitter. I checked the "fundamental"
> 9580 but no parallel program heard (same thing noted often
> here during the clandestine era, only a weak signal on fundamental
> or then nothing). I guess the program was BSKSA 2nd Arabic
> Program, based on the newscast times and also the 1st program
> channels on MW were not in parallel.
> Jari Savolainen
> Kuusankoski
> Finland
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