DX Logbook on-line February 2010

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Sangean 909
Antenna: 15 meters outdoor long wire
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

4790 0548-0604 PRU R. Vision, Chiclayo again, 13/02, Spanish, local songs with short YL ann between them, 0603 OM talk with tent. ID fair at the beginning, then poor due to downward propagation and strong Russian SSB utility on 4785 after 0600

9677.2v 0608-0629'39* AZE R. Nagorny Karabakh, Stepanakert again, 13/02, strong empty carrier only this morning

9615 0635-0659'44* USA WHRI, Noblesville, 13/02, English, "Truth for the world" religious program, 0644 full WHRI ID, then "Word and power ministries" by Pastor Steve, final ID at 0659'30 almost good with fading and local noise

7185.7 1432-1502 BRM R.Myanmar (tent.), 13/02, Chinese dialect-like YL short talks, SE Asian-like pop songs fair-poor with deep fading and local noise, not //5985, also on 14/02 at 0132-0145 with YL talk and pop songs, poor under SSB QRM

1215 2000-2031 RUS Voice of Russia, Kaliningrad-Bolshakovo, 13/02, English, opening ann, news and more news commentaries including Vancouver, Ukraine, new Youth theater in St.Petersburg, etc. fair and slightly better with some fading and one unidentified station in the background Hope for a QSL

6055 2052-2059* RRW R. Rwanda, Kigali, 13/02, Vernacular, YL talks with listeners by phone and sign off without any final ann almost excellent thanks to unusually strong signal

4835 2130-2140 AUS ABC, Alice Springs, 13/02, English, YL "Good morning, this is ABC news..." with a lot of phone reports from ABC correspondents, also sports and weather fair with fading and local noise, //4910 fair and 5025 fair-almost good

4925.2 0150-0200'26* B R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, 14/02, Portuguese, religious OM talk, also YL with fragments of some songs and music poor and slightly better Hope for a QSL

15070.1-.2v 1005-1110'43* HOL Cupid Radio, 14/02, English, a lot of western pop songs of the 80s and 90swith OM DJ short talks between them with many IDs, also mentions of email cupidradio@hotmail.com, postal address (P.O.Box 9, 8096ZG, Oldebroek, the Netherlands) and many reports from ALG, CAN, D, DNK, F, FNL, J (4 ones at least), NOR and RUS (Andrey Skorodumov and Dmitry), etc. good with slight fading Hope for a QSL

7205 1325-1359 RUS Voice of Russia, Moscow, 14/02, Russian, program about B.Pasternak, then news in brief, "Olympics journal" and "Life line" programs very good with tent. CRI and BBC signals in the background Hope for a QSL

15190 1702-1712 GNE R. Africa, Bata, 20/02, English, OM religious talk poor at the beginning during some minutes, then weak due to downward propagation (first time could hear them here in St.Petersburg after many attempts), also on 21/02 at 1634 with poor under noise signal exactly on 15190

6019.3 0552-0612 PRU R. Victoria, Lima, 21/02, Spanish, OM unhurried talk like sermon, more OM talks at 0600-0607 with tentative ID as "La Voz de..." and musical pauses, etc. poor with deep fading, local noise and splashes from 6025 (AWR) till 0600, then slightly better, //nice quality audio on http://www.ipda.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemid=18

11775 1120-1128 AIA Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla, 21/02, English, OM religious talk poor-weak under high level of local noise and best in USB

9635 1132-1142 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi, 21/02, Vietnamese, YL/OM talks, music poor with deep fading, noise and one unidentified station in the background

15360 1144-1156 CUB R. Habana, La Habana, 21/02, Spanish, YL/OM interviews with many mentions of Cuba, 1151 Cuban song, then more YL/OM talks good-fair with fading and noise, also splashes from 15375 (RFA)

9750 1432-1444 MLA Voice of Islam, Kajang, 21/02, Malaysian, OM talks with listeners by phone, 1437 Malay pop song fair with deep fading and NHK in the background

9665 *1500-1508 MNG Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 21/02, IS, 1500'35 Mongolian OM ann, then Japanese YL talk with musical pauses, 1505 folk song unusually strong signal, but good-fair only due to TRT and KRE, also starting from 1529'50 with IS and then in English

15330 1510-1525 USA R. Marti, Greenville, 21/02, Spanish, YL/OM news reports about Cuba, ID at 1512'36 good-fair, then fair-poor, then poor-weak due to downward propagation Hope for a QSL

13570 1644-1702 USA WINB, Red Lion, 21/02, English, OM religious talk (maybe I Believe in Jesus program as in their current schedule), slow song (YL singer), 1659'25 OM ann with WINB address, then next program poor-weak under local noise and best in USB, splashes from 13580 (VOA)

12759U 0307-0320 DGA AFRTS, Diego Garcia, 23/02, English, news including report from Vancouver, then long interview fair-poor with fading and local noise

15120 1740-1750 NIG Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 23/02, English, YL/OM reports on various political and economical subjects booming signal this evening after yesterday's silence, but still with slightly distorted audio and modulation "cracks"

9625 1752-1758'34 CAN CBC Nord Quebec, Sackville, 23/02, Inuktitut, OM talk with mentions of CBC and English numbers, musical pause fair with fading and local noise till 1758'34 when Lampertheim came on the channel

9560.5 1800-1817 ETH Voice of Ethiopia, Gedja, 23/02, Vernacular, IS, three opening IDs in Tigrinya-like language, OM short talks and typical Horn of Africa music and monotonous songs fair-poor under local noise, //7165 good

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