Here are some highlights, all times UTC:
1. 40.925 (usb) data, Egypt, 1st time heard,
weak, 0615-0730 24/3; in usb, "pop pop" sound (like 40.69), but for
only 30
sec per minute.
2. 49.750398 am TV carrier, Hainan Island (20N,110E)
sole 49.75 tx! extreme 1 hop F2 at about 3500-3600 miles.
weak, QSB, with stronger-than-usual north Thai 48.2604 txs at 3300+
miles
(also QSB), 0137-0250 24/3.
3. 38.960 nbfm NHK fm link, Japan, 1st time heard,
carrier present without program at times, strong 0120- , 23/3.
Received simultaneously by Robert Copeman of Melbourne who alerted
me.
4. On 23/3 at 0815 UTC, opening to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan:
distance QTF
lat/long miles degrees
Bishkek, KGZ 49.739595
43N,75E 5800 331 **
Shymkent,KAZ 49.760482 42N,70E
5900 328 **
UN1SIX/b,KAZ 50.0245
43N,77E 5750 333
EY7AF*, TAJ. 50.1
40N,70E 5800 326
49.739595 am TV carrier, strong, raspy,0740-0900, + other
dates,
49.760482 am TV carrier, strong, 0650-0830+, + other dates,
* not heard by me, but worked by radio amateurs on 6m from Perth at
0553
and 0815 UTC 23/3; the others received by me 0815 UTC 23/3.
** observed to peak at QTF ~ 330 degrees on 24/3
5. many R1(?) TV carriers on 49.7396 and 49.7604 observed, see
http://www.physics.uwa.edu.au/~agm/R1carriers2002.html