DX Logbook on-line April 2010

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Icom R75 (April 1-4)
Antenna: 15 meters outdoor long wire
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

4930 1652-1710 BOT VOA, Selebi Phikwe, 01/04, English, talks on Sudan election, then US government editorial and "Studio 7" program to Zimbabwe � almost good with utility QRM

5010 1742-1756 MDG R. Madagasikara, Anrananarivo, 01/04, Malagasy-like, OM/YL talks, local pop songs � poor with local noise after AIR closing at 1741'49*, also no any signs of them on 90 m.b. at the same time (could hear very weak signal on approx. 3288.1v two or three times during the last weak, but I am not sure about its source yet)

4975.98 1806-1818 UGA R. Uganda, Kampala, 01/04, Vernacular, OM talks with listeners by phone, fragment of some pop song � strong signal, but fair only due to 4975 (VOR) and local noise, best in USB with PBT

6010 0158-0214 BHR R. Bahrain, Abu Hayan again, 02/04, nonstop English slow pop songs - clear channel, mostly fair with fading, slight local noise and splashes from 6020(CRI)

5985.8 1550-1629* BRM R. Myanmar, Yangoon, 03/04, English, western songs including "One more time" by some OM singer and "Send me an angel" by Scorpions, 1601-1609 YL talk, then orchestral piano music - strong signal, but fair and then poor only due to BC QRM

6134.8 0045-0120 BOL R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 04/04, Spanish, cathedral religious service with OM/YL homilies, choral singing to the piano music - mostly fair Hope for a QSL

5939.91 0144-0150 B R. Guaruja Paulista, Guaruja, 04/04, Portuguese, OM religious-like talk - poor and slightly better with local noise

6185.02 0520-0540 B R. Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 04/04, Portuguese, OM time ann, YL talk, carnival-like pop songs - good-fair till 0537-0538, then fair with deep fading due to downward propagation

9630 0545-0601'20* CNR REE, Cariari de Pococi, 04/04, Spanish, YL/OM dialogues on internal policy as I could understand, guitar music and song, time signals and final OM short talk and YL ID at 0600'28 - almost fair at the beginning, then poor-weak due to downward propagation and local noise

11870 0905-0915 ALS KNLS, Anchor Point, 04/04, Chinese, song by some OM singer, then OM (mostly) and YL talks - poor under local noise, no any signs of them on 9615 (Russian service) at the same time due to propagation

12085 *1029'32-1059'11* MNG Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 04/04, English, three IS, opening YL ID as "This is the Voice of Mongolia in English", then Sunday musical program with modern and folk Mongolian songs including one Mongolian hard-rock group (I think it was Hurd - some very nice rock ballads of this group such as Hongor Setgel can be found on Youtube) - almost good with usual slightly distorted and muffled audio

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