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<H1>Radio Kuwait cleared from amateur radio band </H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Radio Kuwait</STRONG> was broadcasting in the
Amateur Radio 7 MHz allocation, however speedy action by the IARU Monitoring
System Intruder Watch resolved the problem.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A 'combined action' by </FONT><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma>Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>led to the
removal of Radio Kuwait on 7150 and 7190 kHz. From 12 to 19 April 2010 the
broadcaster had been transmitting programs in Arabic language with up to S9+30dB
signals blocking almost 20 kHz of the 40m Band.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Many national coordinators had requested their telecoms
authorities to send “International Complaints” to the State of
Kuwait.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Faisal Al-Ajmi, 9K2RR</STRONG>, IARU Monitoring
System Intruder Watch Coordinator in Kuwait rang up Radio Kuwait and asked for a
frequency change.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the full IARU Monitoring System report at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/actions.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>You can log reports of intruders in the Amateur Radio bands
online at </FONT><A href="http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>IARU Region 1<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru-r1.org/</FONT></A></P>
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