DX Logbook on-line August 2011

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna: long wire (30 m)
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

15745 0235-0305 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 07/08, English, OM/YL dialogues like as Jack Van Impe Ministries International radio show including postal address with P.O. Box 7004, 0300'01 3 time pips and OM ID, then one more US religious program - fair-almost good with fading and local noise, // 9770.2 weak

9665.1 0434-0448 B Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis, 07/08, Portuguese, OM religious talk - poor-fair, then poor due to downward propagation and local noise, also Deus e Amor was on 9565.25 at this time with fair signal, 9 de Julho on 9819.8 weak and Brasil Central on 11815 fair

9705 0502-0515 NGR La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, 07/08, French, OM ann with ID as "Radiodiffusion Television du Niger" and many frequencies in kHz and MHz, 0503'34 Koran-like OM singing, 0506'54 local music and OM talk with ID at 0507'12 as "La Voix du Sahel", then nice local song and talk about Ramadan - fair with local noise and PBS Xinjiang in the background

6005 1815-1835 D R.700, Kall, 07/08, non stop pop songs - fair-poor with North Korean bubble jamming on 6003 and BBC WSE "no feed" loop ann at 1830-1833

6030 1836-1902'44* (transmitter was switched off at 1905'59*) ETH R.Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 07/08, Oromo, OM/YL talks, 1845'09 Horn of Africa song ... 1900'50 final short OM ann and choral national anthem - almost good with slight transmitter hum and splashes from 6035 (NHK)

5010LSB 0203-0227 MDG R.Radio Nasionaly Malagasy, Antananarivo, 14/08, local and French pop songs - almost good and then fair-poor due to local noise, no any signs of their signal on 3280-3290 kHz at this time (5010 tx is also on 6135 at 0400-1500 at present)

15120 0526-0540'30 NIG Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 14/08, English with long audio breaks and OM ann about positive tendencies of progress in Nigeria at 0527'15-0528 only - very strong signal with distorted audio, hum and CRI in the background

3350.02 0302-0312 CTR REE, Cariari de Pococi, 21/08, Spanish, OM/YL news with reports about Libya, Afghanistan, Diego Forlan and Atletico Madrid, then slow OM Spanish quitar song - fair-poor with local noise

5909.93 0317-0325 CLM Alcaravan R., Puerto Lleras, 21/08, Spanish, YL/OM dialogues - poor-weak under local noise and CW QRM after 0322'55

5954.26 0326-0334 CTR R Republica, Guapiles, 21/08, Spanish, OM talks, 0328'42 fragment of some song - poor-weak under local noise

9330USB 0336-0348 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 21/08, English, Good Friends Radio Network with OM religious talk and music in the background - good with very strong signal // as IHEAR Radio on http://www.thestreamtv1.com/thestreamtvmodern_003.htm

3995 1806-1833'30 D HCJB, Northern Germany, 23/08, German, OM religoius talks, slow songs and music - fair and almost good at 1815-1820 with local noise and DRM-like signal on the same channel, best in LSB, blocked by strong empty carrier starting from 1829'07 till 1833'30 at least

4005.30v 1848-1859'30 CVA Vatican Radio, Vaticano, 23/08, Latin, YL Rosario with YL choral repetition and final short OM ann, 1859'03 IS - almost good with local noise, best in USB or in AM SYNC

5915 0248-0258 ZMB Zambia NBC, Lusaka, 28/08, Vernacular, OM talks with music in the background, choral singing and pop song - almost good-fair with local noise

9479.95 0918-0945'30 D R.Gloria International, Bremen, 28/08, German/English, OM short talks with many IDs, German and US pop songs - mostly almost good with local noise, best in USB or AM SYNC, // Livestream on http://www.shortwaveservice.com with short delay

12085 *1029'43-1057'50* MNG Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 28/08, English with opening ann in Mongolian, YL ID and then their usual Sunday's music program with Mongolian folk and modern songs - strong, but mostly fair due to local noise and slight fading

4810 1720-1743'38* IND All India Radio, Mumbai, 28/08, Hindi, traditional Indian slow OM singing with veena music, 1729'07 OM/YL talk, 1730'04 English YL ID and news from New Delhi, then OM news, 1740'02 final YL talk - almost good with local noise, // 4800 fair, 4820 poor, 4840 good, 4895 poor, 4910 fair-poor, 4920 fair, 4965 poor-weak, 5010 good and 5040 poor till 1729

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