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21U K [and non] - Some VT Communications changes:Radio Prague in Spanish:0000-0027 NF 7410 ASC 250 kW / 235 deg to SAm, ex 9445BBC in French0600-0630 NF 11865 Ram 500 kW / 168 deg to NAf, ex 13820KBS World Radio in Arabic:2000-2100 on 9620 SIN 250 kW / 120 deg to NAf1900-2000 on 15365 Ram 500 kW / 168 deg to NAf, deleted from July 1Additional txion of WYFR Family Radio in English:2000-2100 on 5975 UAE 250 kW / 225 deg to SAf, really till 22002000-2100 on 9450 UAE 250 kW / 210 deg to SAf, really till 22002000-2100 on 9740 UAE 250 kW / 210 deg to SAf, really till 2200Additional txion of Radio Huryaal in Somali:1730-1800 on 9840 MEY 100 kW / 030 deg to EAf Fr, new from June 251730-1800 on 9840 UAE 250 kW / 215 deg to EAf Sa-Thu, still on air(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 7 July)U.S.A. - 15550 1910-, WJHR Milton-FL July 7. Fair to good reception on an otherwise pretty dead SW band with oldcanned preaching. (Walt Salmaniw, Masset-B.C.-CAN, DXplorer July 10)12133.5usb AFN, Saddlebunch Keys FL, 2149-2207, 07 Jul'10, NPR prgr All Things Considered, ephemerides, newsat 2200; 25443. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9)WTWW Test Transmission, 27 June 2010 from 1734 to 1840 UT on 9480 kHz. Male ID at 1800 mentioned this was atest transmission, but gave no address for reception reports. The entire program was Pastor Pete Peters going off onall different tangents, at one point playing the Beatles "Revolution" and Engelbert Humperdink singing "Delilah," bothin relation to the demonic 1960's. Also played a clip of Tom Brokaw mentioning that in 1968 "powerful forces wereunleashed in America."Be that as it may, the FCC lists this transmitter location as 131 Hiwassee Road, Lebanon, TN. Coordinates 36 16 35N Latitude, 086 05 58 W Longitude. Transmitter listed as Continental Electronics 418E, 2 x 100 kW. (per FCC website).Good signal, despite fading and signal absorption which may be due to the unsettled geomagnetic field (Ed Insinger,Summit, NJ, DXLD)I logged WTWW on 9480 kHz, but I was using the up-down tuning switch on my R8A, which means that I landed on 9480.They were coming in clearly enough for me not to fine tune, so I just listened here and heard the announcement thatthis was a test transmission. (Ed Insinger, From Cape May, NJ)New Address for WTWW --- Glenn: I just visited the WTWW homepage and instead of the 611 Ormond Drive, Nashvilleaddress, they give the one referenced here: (Noble West, TN, June 25, DXLD)CONTACT MAILING ADDRESS:WTWW, 1784 West Northfield Blvd. # 305, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129, USA (gh)15550 USB, WJHR, Milton, FL, 1735-1750, June 26, usual fire and brimstone preacher. Weak but readable (BrianAlexander, PA, DXLD)15550, 1524-, WJHR, Jun 29. Poor to fair reception with old religious preaching. Should improve over the next hour ortwo. The Perseus' new noise reduction (called NBV) is quite remarkable at pulling out audio from the noise!(Walt Salmaniw, from my cottage near Masset, on Haida Gwaii, northern British Columbia, dxldyg via DXLD)7506.20, WRNO, 0255, June 20 (Sunday). End of program in English; says to stay tuned for Johnny in Arabic; 0256Christian program in Arabic. I first heard Arabic here on a Thursday (June 10) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, EtónE1, dxldyg via WOR 1518, DXLD)U.S.A. [non] - New schedule Voice of America Georgian from June 28:1600-1700 on 9435 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg,13745 WER 250 kW / 090 deg, retimed1700-1800 on 7425 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg,11940 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg,unchange1530-1600 on 11945 IRA 250 kW / 324 deg,15460 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg, deleted1600-1630 on 9850 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg,15460 WER 250 kW / 090 deg, deleted(DX Mix News, Bulgaria 30 June)