Thursday, June 10, 2010

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Antartica
15476, Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel (Esperanza Base), 1329-1350. Spanish. Finally able to extract some audio from the weak carrier heard here most weekdays. A few bars of pop / ballad music climbed above the noise at 1329, 1337, and 1346. Gave up at 1350. Good to finally hear them, my first log this year. (Jim Evans, TN)

Australia
8176 (USB), VMC (Australia Weather East), 1349-1352* Marine weather forecasts and warnings. Gave wind conditions (knots) and pressure (hectopascals), *1355-1356* frequencies given for VMC - 2201, 4426, 6507, 8176, 12365 and 16546 and also given for VMW (Australia Weather West), 2056, 4149, 6230, 8113, 12362 and 16528. Signal fair. Website: www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

7140, Radio Australia 1408. It has been a long since I last heard this. Signal was weak, but clearly // 7240 (good) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

Belarus
7265 Tentatively Belarus Radio Brest shortwave relay seems back on air again. Was missed, a lot of weeks out of service. Noted in 1800-1830 slot. Signal S=5-6, announcement in Belarussian./Russian followed by symphonic music concert. wb, Germany/HCDX)

Brazil
9587.11 SRDA (Super Radio Deus é Amor, ex Globo), Sao Paulo, SP, at 2100. Extremely weak signal, but a bit stronger the next day, which alowed me to confirm that the program was in // with 9565 (SRDA in Curitiba).(Karel Honzik, CZE/HCDX)

11829.96 Radio Daquí, Goiania GO. This frequency was not in use for a longer time, then on 17 May I heard what probably was a transmitter test because they switched it off at 5:13pm local time. From 2 June, so already for 3 days in a row, there is a regular transmission which ends at 6pm local time (2100). They always play musica sertaneja with a lot of IDs after each song.(Karel Honzik, CZE/HCDX)

5939.97, Radio Voz Missionária, 0010-0020. Portuguese preacher. Poor in noisy conditions. Weaker on // 11749.86. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Canada
6160, CKZU-CBU, Vancouver, 0600-0645. Playing CBC Radio 1 program of oldies in English. SINPO 35323. Fun program, host gives lots of etymology and history for the songs.(Bruce Jensen, CA)

6160.01 CKZU Vancouver 1232-1246. News, weather and sports. Mentioned frequencies of 690 AM and 88.1 FM. More features followed after 1240 on The Early Edition. Fair. (John Wilkins, CO)

China
CNR8(Beijing 491), 1015-1025. Korean. Man to male/fermale talking over music at 1020 Moderate, steady signal. Parallel noted on 7410 with same strength but more noise. (Jim Evans, TN)

11620, China Radio Int'l via Xian-Xianjiang, 0803. English broadcast for Asia, SINPO 35333. Heartbeart program plus Listener's Garden (Bruce Jensen, CA)

4940, Voice of Strait, *1300. Can confirm their new sign-on time (ex: *1200, starts their program slightly past 1300, hence no pips given, but right into Chinese. This is unfortunate as in the past they always had an ID in English ("this is the Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio") just after the pips at 1300. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

11980 China Radio Intl. English targeted to South Asia 1232- 1310 & 1320-1400* 1400* Marginal signal had me thinking that possibility the appearance of Polish Radio in English finally being able to make its appearance. But further monitoring showed that this is China Radio International in English, making this frequency blocked for (presumed) Polish Radio. 11675 is a no show, just a marginal carrier. (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada)

Clandestine
6135, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata,*1400. Has returned to their normal Friday in English after two with Korean. Noted light interference from Madagascar on 6134.92v, which still is doing fairly well when in the clear before the start of Shiokaze (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

Costa Rica
5954.15, ELCOR, 0330-0358.* Continuous Spanish pop ballads. Sign off with Ava Maria. I have noticed they seem to usually sign off with Ave Maria. Fair signal but some adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Czech Republic
Radio Miraya FM (Rimavska Sobota), 0316-0330. Arabic. Talk by man and woman. Miraya jingle and mention of Sudan at 0317 followed by upbeat local music. Talk of Sudan, perhaps news, by man at 0324. ID again at 0328 and 0331. Good signal, strengthening. (Jim Evans, TN)

Dominican Republic
6025.07, Radio Amanecer Internacional, 1020-1040. Spanish inspirational music and talk. Poor to fair but in deep fades. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Equatorial Guinea
15190, Radio Africa, 2115-2135. English religious talk. Radio Africa ID announcement at 2130 with contact information followed by gospel music. Fair signal.(Brian Alexander, PA)

5005, Radio Nac, Bata, *0507-0515. Sign on with national anthem. Spanish talk at 0510Euro-pop music. Weak. Poor in high noise level. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Ethiopia
5940 (new freq) Voice of Tigray Rev, *0257-0325. New frequency. ex-5980. Sign on with interval signal. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa music at 0301. Very weak. Stronger on // 5950 - but mixing with Okeechobee. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6030, Radio Oromiya, 0322-0340. Tune-in to xylophone-type interval signal. Talk in listed Oromo at 0330. Horn of Africa music. Fair signal strength at sign on but dropped down to a weak signal after 0330. Some noise on frequency but otherwise in the clear with Radio Marti and jammer off the air on UTC Mondays. (Brian Alexander, PA)

India
9595, AIR, Delhi,(presumed) 1028-1105. Program of steady music with no comments or ID. Music was instrumental of old favorites from Broadway shows. By 1050, the signal begins to fade but still presenting music without comments. At 1059 a female announcer talks in a unidentifiable language and continues with possible newscast. Noted the signal was fair at start, but ended up being poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Indonesia
9680, RRI Jakarta, 0928-0940. Popular music at tune in. At 0932 a female comments briefly in Indonesian followed by more music (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9525.83, Voice of Indonesia, 1045-1100. Local type music in progress at tune-in. Signal was strong, clear and at a good level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Israel
15785, Galei Tzahal, 2310-2340. Euro-pop and US pop music. Hebrew announcements. Fair. Stronger on // 6973. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Laos
7145, Lao National Radio, Vientiane. 1330. I did not need to be concerned, as they are back after being off for a few days. Start of their English segment with canned ID and into local news (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

Liberia
4024.99, Star Radio, 0618-0640. Presumed. Very weak with talk. Too weak to even ID the language. English listed.(Brian Alexander, PA)

4025 Star Radio. 0555-0602. Although the signal strength was quite sufficient, the modulation was extremely low. Could just barely make out some music and what sounded like a male announcer very briefly at 0601 between songs. If the modulation stays the same, there's no hope for this one until the QRN levels lower, probably in fall. Also, totally wipes out any chance of hearing Laser Hot Hits except later in the morning late in the year. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

Madagascar
5010, Radio Madagasikara, 0248-0310. Tune-in to local pop music. Interval signal at 0258. Choral national anthem at 0300. Talk in presumed Malagasy at 0302 followed by some local music. Weak but readable. Reduced carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Malaysia
15295, Voice of Malaysia, 1142-1215*. In Chinese till 1200, change over to Bahasa Indonesia. Seems they no longer are on 11884.44v for this time period. After 1200 was // to the good signal on 6174.4v (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach,CA/Cumbre DX)

Mexico
6185 Radio Educacion 1022. Nonstop Latin American style pops and a lot of soft Rancheras after 1030. Finally ID as "XEP, Radio Educacion." and shortwave frequency given at 1100. Fair but interference and totally blasted away by 6180 at 1101. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

Mongolia
12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 0859. Interval signel to 0930. Japanese at various times the next one and a half hours. SINPO 13221, improving to 25332. The early part of this full two-hour block starts off weak, but by the one-hour hour mark it is strong enough to write a fair reception report.(Bruce Jensen, CA)

Myanmar
7200.0, Myanma Radio, 1235-1255. In vernacular with music program, mixing with Korea till they went off at 1249, just after the national anthem, then Myanmar was almost fair. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

7200.0, Myanma Radio, 1330*. In vernacular and off right on schedule (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

New Zealand
6170, RNZI, 1403. Friday continues to find them signing on one hour later than normal (Ron Howard,Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

Papua New Guinea
3290, NBC Central, 1239. In Tok Pisin and English. Dramatization to island songs. Local time checks as ("10 to 11"), followed by brd calls. News Roundup in English. Today did not hear any "Radio Godona 95.5 FM" IDs, so assume was not the usual relay, 1311 tuned out. SIgnal almost fair.(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

3905, NBC New Ireland, 1311-1322. Tok Pisin, DJ with dedications for pop songs. Local time checks as ("19 after 11"). Signal poor-fair with amateur radio interference. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

5960, Fly Radio, 0600-0700, SINPO 13221. Notable carrier every time I checked the frequency, but only occasionally did I hear the faintest hint of audio. Interference noted from adjacent stations.(Bruce Jensen, CA)

5960 Radio Fly (tentative) 1102-1205+. Middile-of-the road vocals to male announcer in English who spoke only twice briefly between 1102 and 1130, but more often after that. Could tell it was English but really could not make out very much, and did not hear an ID. Fair at best and // 3915, which was generally poor. Both freqs peaked around 1145 UTC. 3915 faded quickly after 1200 but 5960 hung around until at least 1230, per spot checks,although much weaker by then. Noted again on 4 June but not as well and could not make much out, although format seemed to be the same as on the 3rd. (John Wilkins, CO)

5960 Radio Fly 1129-1215+. Usual format of vocal music. Male announcer, actually heard a couple of ID's. Best reception so far of this new station but still could not make out much of what was said. A short announcement at 1201 was followed immediately by another announcer. More music followed, with no more items heard after that. Signal deteriorated after 1200, although could still detect it at 1230 and later. (John Wilkins, CO)

5960, Radio Fly, 1301-1406. Much better reception today. Both PBS Xinjiang (mostly talking in Chinese)and Radio Fly took turns dominating here and mixing together. Non-stop music, mostly pop songs in English (from Air Supply), no break at bottom-of hor. Announcer 1402-1404, back to non-stop music. Had no problem today positively confirming that this is // 3915. Seems this one hour window has the best reception for me, as it is just after my local sunrise at 1249. Found reception was better on my E5, rather than on the E1. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Peru
5921.23 Radio Bethel, Arequipa. Religious programing every night in May + early June around 0000-0100 (except of Sat/Sun night of 30/31 May). Ex 5949. Thanks to Henrik Klemetz who pointed out the frequency change. Heard already on 5 May at 0025 UTC.(Karel Honzik, CZE/HCDX)

6019.25, Radio Victoria, 0910-0920. Steady music at tune in. At 0914 noted Spanish religious comments from a male who is probably David Miranda, identified by his style. Signal best heard in LSB due to a Het caused by a station on 6020 KHz. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Russia
5930, Radio Rossii, 0935-0945. Usual format of Russian comments from male and female personages. Breaks included music and canned promos. Signal was poor, but on a clear frequency. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

5940, Radio Rossii, 0944-0955. Noted same program here as on 5930, with Russian comments etc. Signal was poorer here. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

15340, Voice of Russia (Serpukhov), 1643-1656. Russian. Piano music followed by talk by woman. Slow pop music at 1659. Talk by man and woman at 1652. Very poor signal with fading, barely above noise level. (Jim Evans, TN)

Solomon Islands
5020, SIBC, 0957-1005. Announcer's comments, as signbal was muffled and not very strong. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Syria
12085, Radio Damascus, 2133-2150. English programming with local music. IDs. Talk about Israel and the Gaza blockade. Strong but equally strong hum in audio making reception difficult. (Brian Alexander-PA)

USA
15550 USB, WJHR, Milton, Florida, 1510-1535. Fire and brimstone preacher. Fair signal. (Alexander-PA)

Zambia
9430, The Voice (Radio Christian Voice, CVC) 0525, SINPO 35333. English Christian features. Very good African conditions noted with this station and TWR Swaziland 70 kHz higher at 9500 both doing well. Other southern African stations were doing well too. (Bruce Jensen, CA).