It's a pre-recorded recital of the Holy Quran. As far as I know, Radio Saudi International often broadcasts Quran recitals on shortwave. Sometimes I could copy R Saudi International on 21670 kHz, which is the station's highest frequency, in Indonesian language (religious sermons). Unlike the Voice of Turkey, I've never heard Middle Eastern music or news broadcast by R Saudi International. Very few stations transmit on the 13m band towards Southeast Asia these days and Radio Saudi International is one of them. I remember the 13 metre band used to be crowded in the good old days and Radio Australia was one of the regular stations blasting on this band.
@@wavezone2566 I think one of the reasons for good, clean reception is the location of the transmitter. If I'm not mistaken Radio Saudi International's transmitter is located at Riyadh, the capital city in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. As Riyadh is more or less at the center of the planet, the station's radio waves propagates easily and can reach Russia, northern Europe, Canada and parts of far east Asia. All-India Radio's transmitters are also sited at ideal locations in India but the audio that I receive is usually loud but distorted. Sometimes I can't even understand what the announcer is saying in English! I suspect they are either using poor or outdated transmitting equipment. 📻😒 Shortwave radio service has become expensive to operate post Millennium, especially with the availability of cheap, Internet radio streaming.
@@StratmanII Everything depends on the passage of waves in the atmosphere. DSP radios have the peculiarity of making a lot of noise in the radio smoke, but when the smoke disappears, the DSP becomes smooth and soft to the ear, very pleasant. However, when radio smoke is present, the analog radio behaves quieter. When the passage of waves is bad, then in such cases I always take an analog radio, the broadcast will be more pleasant with it.
@@wavezone2566 Yes I agree that DSP based radios tend to be harsh sounding to the ears. The PL-660/680/S-2000 as we know are certainly not DSP based; they're dual conversion PLL synthesized receivers. The PL-880/990/S-8800 are triple conversion receivers with a DSP used only for the third IF filter and they should sound quite OK. It's the pure DSP based radios that tend to sound harsh. Some, like the XHDATA D-808 and R-108 are still comfortable to listen to while the Tecsun PL-310ET, 398MP and PL-380 are terrible sounding on AM bands (including shortwave). Check if you can receive All India Radio in Russia. Its audio quality is mostly bad as and the distortion sounds like the input gain is too high, like an overdriven guitar amplifier. 😬
