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Heard something on 1521 on NC coast on 9/10 evening

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ddsparxx

Last Monday about 8 pm EST on the Outer Banks of NC, I heard a loud het on 1521 mixing in with WKBW Buffalo. As I turn the radio to reduce the het but to position it in the west/east direction, an audio came out, it was perhaps Middle-East like music, sounded like a guy singing. I am positive it's (not sure the name of this station) in Saudia Arabia considering it's a 2 million watt station. The radio is a new Sangean ATS-909X and I used only its internal ferrite antenna. Heard few hets on some other 9 kHz channels --531, 1359 and 1341. This was in a motel room.
 
ddsparxx said:
Last Monday about 8 pm EST on the Outer Banks of NC, I heard a loud het on 1521 mixing in with WKBW Buffalo. As I turn the radio to reduce the het but to position it in the west/east direction, an audio came out, it was perhaps Middle-East like music, sounded like a guy singing. I am positive it's (not sure the name of this station) in Saudia Arabia considering it's a 2 million watt station. The radio is a new Sangean ATS-909X and I used only its internal ferrite antenna. Heard few hets on some other 9 kHz channels --531, 1359 and 1341. This was in a motel room.
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Good snag! I've bagged Saudi 1521 once on the D5, but (oddly enough) not on my DX-440. I've had to put up with many hours of Buffalo's 'progressive talk', trying to catch it again.

~BG
 
Thanks, guys. I returned home in VA and just a few minutes ago, I heard Absolute 1215...extremely super-weak signal. Oh, BTW, when I said "WKBW Buffalo" in the first post, I meant WWKB, though WKBW was the old call letters.
 
What surprises me is that you actually picked it up from a hotel room. Most of the time the AM reception is impossiblein a hotel because of all the television creating buzz. In most hotels you have to put the radio in the window to get anything unless there is tower nearby.
 
flytrap said:
What surprises me is that you actually picked it up from a hotel room. Most of the time the AM reception is impossiblein a hotel because of all the television creating buzz. In most hotels you have to put the radio in the window to get anything unless there is tower nearby.
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There was little interference in this motel at that time, and later, it got a bit noisy when nearby guests have their TVs or anything else on.
 
Very nice catch!

I keep meaning to drag some gear along and head for the Outer Banks for some DX'ing. Maybe load the Jeep and camp on the beach before it gets too cold.......
 
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