MIDDLE-EAST AUDIO FILES

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EGYPT, General Program at 819 KHz with ID "Idha atu jumhuriya misr al'arabbiya min al'quahira".

EGYPT, Middle East Radio at 774 KHz. Thanks to my friends from RealDX in helping ID.

EGYPT, ERTU (Mid-Delta Radio) on 1161 KHz, at quite a fair signal. A rare guest here (11/2020).

EGYPT, ERTU Al-Quran Al-Karim, Santah on 864 KHz, here with pips and ID “Idha'atu-l-Koran al-Karim min al-Qahira” at sec 11 (Nov 2018) - Here’s another shot with pips and full ID 01/2020.

EGYPT, ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim on 1503 KHz. Now that Iran left the frequency for 558, it allows EGY to show up nicely. Here at sec 26 goes the ID “Idha'atu-l-Koran al-Karim min al-Qahira”. Tnx Mauno Ritola on RealDX for pointing this out (Sept 2018).

IRAN, IRIB Radio Farhang on 585 KHz. Not a frequent guest here I’d say but there it was on 01/2020.

IRAN, IRIB Radio Esfahan on 837 Khz, another casual visitor, but here with nice signal on 01/2020.

IRAN, at 1503 KHz IRIB 1. I was stunned to hear it with such great signal. The S-AM of the Perseus also did a good job recovering audio quality. There was a steady fluttering on both AM and SSB mode. Thanks to the guys from RealDX for helping in ID. Great piano music followed by a low pitch man voice in Farsi - Here's another clip of the same station with Farsi talk - Now some woman talk with a quite good strength.

IRAN, IRIB at 1071 KHz with man in Farsi. UPDATED.

IRAN, Radio Payam on 1188 KHz with talk - In this next one, listen to the Radio Payam tune from Feb 2024. UPDATED - Here’s another great reception of that same station.

IRAN, VOIRI. at 1161 KHz. This is from the external service in Arabic language. ID at sec.33 "...al Jumhuriya al Ilamiya fi Iran" (Thanks to Dmitri Mezin and Karel Honzik fo their help) - Here's another segment in Arabic.

IRAN, Radio Tehran at 1332 KHz with Farsi talk - Heard again here on Feb 2024. NEW.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 531 KHz. Thanks to Alessandro Groppazzi at RealDX for helping ID.

IRAN, Radio Farhang at 558.044 KHz offset. Farsi talk between man and woman.

IRAN, IRIB - Reg program at 963 KHz with Persian talk (17 Hz bellow nominal. Nov 2018).

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 1278 KHz with surprising strength. A rare station on 1278 - Now, have another listen to this following clip. They give the ID right from the beginning " In ja Kermanshah-ast, Sedaye Djomhuri-ye Islami-ye Iran". Besides detailing the ID, DXer Dmitry Mezin wrote that it was a regional program from Kermanshah.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 1062 KHz with soft music and Farsi talk. Thanks to Mauno Ritola for helping here. This station is listed at 50 Kw. Kerman is located close to both Pakistani and Afghan borders.

IRAN, IRIB 1, Radio Markaze Azerbaijaneh Gharbat on 936 KHz. Among Iranians, this one is quite regular. Have a listen to the following (12/2011)- Again, listen to this recording with chimes and full ID (01/2012). The least to say is that this frequency has certainly become some kind of beacon for Iran. Furthermore, the channel is extremely quiet here at my QTH - There, I couldn’t resist adding another sample from late September of 2013 and this one from 12/2020.

IRAN, IRIB - Radio Tabriz on 1026 Khz, with FM and AM frequencies given (12/2020). - Here’s more of it from Dec 2019 with chimes and ID - There again with Farsi talk from Feb 2024. NEW.

IRAN, VOIRI on 1080 KHz in Arabic mixed with a weakened semi-local powerhouse WTIC, thanks to the phaser - There, another great appearance against WTIC in late September of 2013 - Again here overwhelming WTIC.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 1116 KHz with Farsi talk - Listen now to this other opportunity with a better signal that time.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 1512 KHz with Farsi talk. Thanks to Maurits & Vlad T at RealDX for help - Here in early Nov 2017 with Ambiant music and Farsi talk.

IRAN, Radio Iran on 1584 KHz with chant.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 972 KHz with Farsi talk. This was recorded on February 22nd 2011 so Libya might have been off allowing Iran to sneak in.

IRAN, IRIB 1 at 765 KHz heard fair now that Switzerland is gone.

IRAN, IRIB 1 on 666 KHz with man talk in Farsi quite fair here.

IRAN, IRIB WS on 702 KHz with Russian talk about Iran’s nuclear program. Tnx to Mike Shcherbakov for helping ID here. Funny that I was messing this one with Slovakia, overlooking Iran in Russian. A big thanks to the vigilance of my fellow DXers on the RealDX group for getting me back on the right track.

IRAN, IRIB on 945 KHz sneaking in nicely over France with YL comment + National Anthem.

IRAN, Radio Iran, Abadan on 1575 KHz (10-02-2015  2:26) took also part of that great opening towards North Africa and the Middle-East, here with Farsi talk over an extinguished UAE (bellow nominal with -70 Hz).

IRAN, Radio Iran, Zabol at 1557.026 KHz (11-13-2016 22:01 UTC) Now that France have left the channel, I had the great surprise while digging out a wideband recording, to hear this 50 Kw station located near the Afghan border. Distance 10,150 km / 6305 mi. See its propagation path here.

IRAN, IRIB Radio Golestan at 1368 KHz (actually at -29 Hz). Nice to hear this Iranian station, especially knowing that it is located near the Turkmen border (02-08-2018 21:23 UTC).

IRAN, IRIB - Sedaye Khuzestan at 711 KHz with Persian talk.

IRAN, IRIB - Radio Iran on 1197 KHz with man in Persian (listed at 50 Kw).

IRAN, IRIB - Radio Iran on 1314 KHz with man in Persian over smooth music (listed ar 50Kw).

IRAN, IRIB - Radio Yazd on 747 KHz (actually at +20 Hz). At last, a new Iranian channel added to the list (12/2020).

ISRAEL, Reshet Dalet in Arabic at 1206 KHz with talk mixed with France. Thanks to Vlad Titarev and Mauno Ritola at RealDX for their help.

ISRAEL, Reshet Bet at 657 KHz with a man in Hebrew. Thanks to Vlad and Jari at RealDX.

ISRAEL, Galai Zahal on 945 KHz from Tel Aviv. At least something to cheer about during this lackluster 2014-2015 DX season. It could pop up thanks to the recent departure of France from this channel. At one time during that same period, I could see up to eight carriers on 945!

ISRAEL, Galai Zahal on 1287, heard in Jan 2024 while the war between Israel and the Hamas was raging. Here with a woman in Hebrew and minutes later, with the ID Galai Zahal at sec 34. NEW.

JORDAN, 1494 KHz Jordan Radio with ID after time pips. Thanks to Henrik Klemetz for the hint.

KUWAIT, 1548 KHz, Radio Sawa coming in huge - Again here with strength (Oct 2019).

KUWAIT, 1593 KHz Voice of America with English program and VOA mentions.

KUWAIT, Radio Kuwait Main Arabic Program on 1134 KHz with pips, news theme then into the news (Dec 2018). Tnx to Tarek Zeidan for ID - Another cut here, this time from Feb 2024. NEW.

OMAN, BBC World Service on 1413 KHz. I was stunned when I heard this station (at the end of May 2008) and it remained steady for about an half hour! I could hear a parallel on 7165 Khz - Now heard about fifteen minutes later, I couldn't resist in sharing this nice musical moment. At this particular period of the year and at this particular time, it happen that both transmitting and receiving antennas are around twilight, giving a propagation boost. According to WRTH and EMWG, that was a program in Dari language - Finally, another shot ten years later that worth mention, here with English program and BBC mentions. Heard on Christmas eve 2018.

OMAN, Radio Sultanate of Oman on 1278 KHz. That was a great surprise to hear something slightly different from what I’m used to hear coming from the Middle-East. This was during the transmitter dawn enhancement. Thanks to Tarek Zeidan for helping discard Egypt which leaves only Oman as the sole Arabic speaking station on that channel.

OMAN, Radio Sultanate of Oman on 1242 KHz (Dec 2018). Thanks to Tarek Zeidan for IDing - Again here on Dec 2019 with Arabic talk.

QATAR, QRTC Arabic from Al Arish at 954 KHz. Aparrently re-transmitting Al Jazeera TV at this hour. Thanks to Mauno Ritola and Dmitry Mezin at Realdx for their help. The woman voice in Arabic is mixing over Czech Repubic CR6 station.

SAUDI ARABIA, SBA Al-Quran al-Karim on 873 KHz. That day on Jan 2020, conditions towards Saudi Arabia were great, leading to this new log.

SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA on 1521 KHz. No surprise with his 2000 Kw that we hear it which such regularity - In the following clip, listen how those 2 Mw can serve well. One of my favorite clip - Added here is another great reception of the Saudi monster - Nowadays, it no more operate 24/7, thus less observed. Here’s a recording from Feb 2020.

SAUDI ARABIA, 1521 KHz  BSKSA with Spain underneath at the beginning. ID around 1m30.

SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA 2nd program at 702 KHz with ID "...Al mamlaka al'arabiya al soudiya" around sec.35. Thanks to Dmitry Mezin and Tarek Zeidan for approving my own thoughts.

SAUDI ARABIA, General Arabic Program at 765 KHz with weak Arabic talk. The offset @ +.0003 confirm that the Saudi station is heard here. Thanks to M.Ritola & V.Titarev for this one.

SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA 1st program on 1071 KHz. Mixing with Iran here, a vey nice surprise for that 50 Kw from Bisha on a great opening to Middle-East in 09/2013. Under the same conditions, Syria usually lives there.

SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA Idha'atu-i Jeddah on 1089 KHz from Qurayyat. A nice surprise in early December of 2013. The usuaally strong TalkSport was literally left behind at some moments by the 100 Kw Saudi station. Thanks to Tarek Zeidan for ID’ing the accent.

Now the following caught me by surprise because of lackloster conditions prevailing during those months. The Saudi station is heard here alone with NO TalkSport at all (12-29-2015  2:02).

SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA 1st program on 1449 KHz with a nice surprise during the same period as the log above. Its content was parallel with 1521.

SAUDI ARABIA, SBA Radio Jeddah on 1215 KHz. Now that UK had left the channel, I could hear this new one on Jan 2024. Thanks to Mauno Ritola on RealDX for helping ID. NEW.

SYRIA, Radio of Syrian Arab Republic at 783 KHz with good signal and ID at second 33 " Iddha at Dimashq..." - Here's another clip of the same station. Thanks to Tarek Zeidan for ID.

SYRIA, Al Nour Radio at 1071 KHz with ID "Idha'at al-Nour". Thanks to Mauno Ritola at RealDX for the help.

SYRIA, Radio Damascus on 936 KHz with news commentary from a Lebanese newspaper. Tnx to Tarek Zeidan for this info and ID (Nov 2018).

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES at 1539 KHz, Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa. Thanks to Chuck Hutton  for pointing out the ID in the man speech - One minute later, man talking in Urdu language (EMWG) with VOA mention at sec.7 - Now here, in full display from Sept 2020.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 1575 KHz, Radio Farda with strong signal this time. ID at second 44 and a Perseus waterfall shot - Here's another clip with good signal.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Radio Sawa at 1170 KHz dominating a 10 KHz split (Oct 2009) - Here’s now renamed Sawt Al-Joumhouria (MWLIST) with ID right at the start “Idha Sawt Al-Joumhouria” (Nov 2018) - Adding more to the pile, here’s a loud musical cut from Jan 2020.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Radio Farda at 1314 KHz. Not quite regular here.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Radio Asia at 1476 KHz with music (01/2020).

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