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Somalia - Found for only a few days on 11204.16 (upper sideband), Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the People was hrd briefly in the 0400-0430 time slot back on Feb 9, 1999.   Note the musical prgmng featuring horns as is common in this part of Africa, all anmts are in Arabic by a male ancr.  This station is typically found in the afternoons on variable frequencies in the 49 meter band.

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Lao National Radio - Sharing 6.130 Mhz with the powerful Canadian Broadcaster CHNX, reception of this station is during rare occasions in the fall/winter months.  The identifier are the 7 "Big Bell" hits on the hour, plainly identifiable in this recording.  CHNX broadcasts on carrier + USB making the key to snagging LNR using LSB ECSS techniques.  Sometimes the persistent DX'er can find CHNX off for maintainence on a good Asian morning.

R. St. Helena - Located on the island that once served as Nepoleans prision, Radio St. Helena makes a once a year broadcast to the world.  Using the 1.5KW Cable & Wireless PTP transmitter, the broadcast takes place on 11092.5 Mhz USB.  This years broadcast was reportedly the last but,.....  you never know.

Voice of Azerbaijan - From Asiatic Russia, this station has appeared on 9164.91 signing on at 0215 UTC.

RRI Ujung-Pandang - Broadcasts on 4753.26 from the Sulawesi region of Indonesia. This audio clip is one that was recorded during a long path opening at 2200 UTC.  At the beginning of the recording, you will hear the signature tune, "Song of the Coconut Isles" which is played at the top of the hour on all RRI SWBC broadcast outlets.

RTV Senegal -  Trans-Atlantic medium wave reaches the coastal areas of the United States on a regular basis.  This power-house signal from Radio TV Senegal on 765 Khz was heard in mid-October, 1998 with modest equipment. 

Xinjiang PBS - Located in Western China, this station was heard long path on September 24, 1998 on 4734.95 at 0000UTC and is an excellent DX catch.

VL8A- Broadcasting to the Australian Outback, this station on 2.310 mHz can be found with its sister stations, VL8T in Tennant Creek on 2.325 and VL8K in Katherine on 2.485. Best reception is between 1030 and 1200 UTC,  ECNA.  The astute DX'er can also hear the much more difficult 60MB outlets long path in the afternoons, ECNA time, on 4835, 4910 and 5025.

Radio Ancash -Peru offers a diverse buffet of DX targets.  Hundreds of regional, low power stations abound and the lineup seems to change almost daily.  Radio Ancash broadcasts on the slightly variable frequency  of 4990.91 mHz with about 300 watts.  Its programming is rich with Peruvian "Huyanos," a very unique style of local music.  It is also one of the DX stations I use to test the performance of a completed R390A.