Brownsville TX
(2 miles from Boca Chica Beach,GULF of MEXICO)
Radio Shack DX-399, Grundig G-8
150' center fed LW
times in UTC (z)
24 DEC 2009
5955 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1545 W in Vietnamese with English lesson, translating phrases from English to Vietnamese. Fair-Good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
6195 SINGAPORE BBC relay, Kranji; 1527 Christmas church service, M in EG with sermon "Thank You to god", songs by the choir included "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", //9740 stronger. Fair-good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
7520 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1540 M iN EG ending news in Special English, then "Voice of America Special English Education Report", Good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9325 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1444 W in Burmese interviewing another M&W. Good! (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9425 INDIA AIR-Bengaluru; 1535 subcontinental vocal music, M w/anmts in Hindi. fair-good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9520 PHILIPPINES R. Veritas, Palauig-Zambales; M in Tamil w/anmts, brief instrumental music. Good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9525.98 INDONESIA Voi-Jakarta; 1410 news read by W in Malaysian, 1441 flute solo and then prayers ??????? al qur'an. fair-good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9555 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1442 W in EG with phrases about the Seattle Space needle translated by a M in Korean. very good (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9680 INDONESIA RRI-Jakarta; 1418 discussion by 2 M in Indonesian, Indonesian vocal music, anmts by M in Indonesian with background music of seashell chimes which sound a bit like a xylophone. strong! (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9690 INDIA AIR-Bengaluru; 1407 Hindi vocal music, M in EG "You have been listening to Film Songs on Listeners Choice" , subcontinental vocal music, then M in EG "This is the Overseas service of All India radio" . Very Good! (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9704.2 ETHIOPIA R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa-Gedja; 1435 East African vocal music, then talk by M in presumed Amharic. fair with severe het (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9740 SINGAPORE BBC relay, Kranji; 1432 M in EG with world news, 1536 church service with preacher & choir, //6195. VG (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9760 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1430 ID "Voice of America" W in EG with world news, "Voice of America Special English Education Report" at 1540. VG (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9825 PHILIPPINES VoA-relay, Tinang; 1445 discussion by two M in CH. VG (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
9870 INDIA AIR, Bengaluru "Vividh Bharati" program; 1495 traditional Hindi vocal music, Film Songs (Wiseblood-TEXAS 12/24/2009)
Merry Christmas and best of DX to one and all... 73´s de Steve/AB5GP
