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Offline flexoman61

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Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« on: July 06, 2015, 1841 UTC »
Has anyone in the US picked up  Radio Kuwait lately 15540 kHz, 1800-2100z?
I havn't heard them since last summer. There scedule is still the same, just don't here them any more.
Not a bad station, in English on this time slot. Decent music.
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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2015, 1930 UTC »
Nope, I used to listen to Radio Kuwait's English Service every day last year. They used to come in great here in New York, and they had a great selection of tunes which they played.

It appears that they aren't even on the air anymore, I check all their frequencies here and using a WebSDR in the Netherlands and I get nothing on all of them, every day.

For instance, at 1927z here's what I hear:

Radio Kuwait - Arabic - 6050 kHz - Nothing via WebSDR program, when it usually is booming in.
Radio Kuwait - Arabic - 13650 kHz - Nothing via WebSDR program or my receiver, just a few weeks ago this frequency was still in use.
Radio Kuwait - English - 15540 kHz - Nothing via WebSDR program or my receiver, has been quiet since February/March

And the list could continue. It seems like there might be issues with their transmitters and perhaps due to lack of caring or maybe lack of communication, nobody has bothered to fix them.

Who knows, I just wish there was a means to contact them and find out what is going on, as they were one of my favorite stations.

I can still hope they'll come back one day.
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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2015, 0049 UTC »
I regularly fish for Kuwait, R. Cairo, & nothing. No carrier. Nada. Makes one wonder. Also, haven't heard from Thailand this year, where as last year did occasionally catch.  8)

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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2015, 0419 UTC »
Thanks for input, too bad for Radio Kuwait.
I got a QSL card from them last year, nicest QSL
card I ever got. Its big, about 6x9, embossed,  gold leaf stamping and quality paper stock. I've run printing presses for 30 years and these QSL cards
are expensive to make . Glad I got it when i did.
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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2015, 0543 UTC »
Shortwave broadcasts from Kuwait got cut back.

Radio Kuwait has reduced its broadcasts on shortwave. The transmission of broadcasts in English, Tagalog and Urdu is also dispensed,along with 15 hours of main program in Arabic-language.

Shortwave transmitters are used now as follows:

02.00-07.50 UTC, 5960 kHz; The main program for the Gulf region
05.00-09.00 UTC, 15515 kHz; Main program for East Asia
08.00-10.00 UTC, 7250 kHz; Persian for Iran
09.30-16.00 UTC, 11630 kHz; Quran program for Africa
17.00-20.00 UTC, 13650 kHz; Main program for North America
20.10-00.00 UTC, 17550 kHz; Main program for North America

This schedule is know since 06/16/2015.
« Last Edit: July 07, 2015, 0548 UTC by Oliver »
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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2015, 1756 UTC »
Shortwave broadcasts from Kuwait got cut back.

Radio Kuwait has reduced its broadcasts on shortwave. The transmission of broadcasts in English, Tagalog and Urdu is also dispensed,along with 15 hours of main program in Arabic-language.

Shortwave transmitters are used now as follows:

02.00-07.50 UTC, 5960 kHz; The main program for the Gulf region
05.00-09.00 UTC, 15515 kHz; Main program for East Asia
08.00-10.00 UTC, 7250 kHz; Persian for Iran
09.30-16.00 UTC, 11630 kHz; Quran program for Africa
17.00-20.00 UTC, 13650 kHz; Main program for North America
20.10-00.00 UTC, 17550 kHz; Main program for North America

This schedule is know since 06/16/2015.

That's honestly a shame, Radio Kuwait was one of my favorites. Lately I've been having difficulties hearing this schedule, and I check numerous resources daily.

If I do hear them though I'm writing to them immediately to try to get a QSL card, which I stupidly only started collecting this year.
Florida, always listening via my Tecsun PL-660 receiver.

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Re: Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz 1800-2100z
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2015, 2019 UTC »
Since the beginning of July 2015 Radio Kuwait is no longer on shortwave.

The individual stations have either failed or taken in succession in the sense of a gradual withdrawal successively decommissioned. First trailed the end of February of the transmitter, which resulted in 21580, 21540 and 15540 kHz during the day. End of May followed the stations of the frequencies 9750 and 6050 kHz. The transmission sequence of the last remaining station on 5960, 7250, 11630, 13650 and 17550 kHz is now gone.

Source:
http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2014/kuwait.html
(Source: Ivo Ivanov, as of 11.07.2015)
RX: Elad FDM-S2, Grundig Satellit 700
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QTH: JO31 (Germany)

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