DX Logbook on-line January 2012

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations with short audio samples

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


9690 1650-1703 NIG Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 15/01, Yoruba, OM talks with ID as "Radio Nigeria, Lagos" and short fragments of local music till 1657'50, then empty carrier and switching off in some minutes after 1700 - almost good with usual transmitter hum, much stronger than ROU starting from 1650'08


9330U 1150-1205 USA WBCQ The Planet, Monticello, 15/01, English, non stop songs - fair-poor with local noise, not // with http://www.thestreamtv1.com/thestreamtvmodern_003.htm


9479.98 0930-0950 D European Music Radio, Kall, 15/01, English, Mike Taylor's Mail Box pogram with his answers to reception reports, pop songs - almost good with some fading and local noise and best in AM than in USB


5995 0610-0626 MLI Radio Mali, Bamako, 15/01, French, monotonous OM singing with some local stringed instrument, YL short talk at 0625'30 - fair and better with local or distant DRM-like noise, QRM from 5985 (CRI) and CW near 6000


4319 1925-1945 BIO American Forces Network, Diego Garcia, 09/01, English, YL announcements, pop songs, 1933 YL/OM news - fair (but much stronger than in some last weeks) with local noise and RTTY QRM (it seems they found and fixed the problem with their transmitter or antenna lately)


13810 1300-1329'45* CLN Radio Free Asia, Irana Wila, 09/01, Burmese, YL/OM talks with musical pauses - fair-almost good with local noise and fading


11870 *1159'50-1214'31* THA Radio Thailand, Udorn Thani, 09/01, Malaysian, interval signals and opening announcement in English, then YL news after "Assalam Aleykum" - fair-almost good with local noise


9760 0702-0718 J Radio Nikkei, Chiba-Nagara, 09/01, Japanese, YL talks - weak-poor under local noise (audio sample in two parts: in LSB with 2.3 kHz (till 1'50) and then 4 kHz bandwidth


7245 0559-0623 MTN Radio Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 09/01, Arabic, non-stop OM Quran nasheeds, 0621 YL/OM talks and Arabic music - from almost good to fair during periodical QRM from ham stations and due to local noise, // http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Mauritanie-933-s66863/ with 34 seconds delay


9765 0958-1007'44* NZL Radio New Zealand National Service, Rangitaiki, 08/1, English, classical music, 0959'55 time signals and "Radio New Zealand news at 1100", 1004'52 classical music of the 1940s with sudden sign off in some minutes - almost good with some fading and local noise


6120 0515-0525 B Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 08/01, Portuguese, OM is delivering a homily - poor under local noise


5010 0104-0118 IND AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, 8/01, Hindi, OM/YL talks with musical pauses, tentative ID at 0115 - fair-almost good with local nose, fading and slight tranmitter hum


6010U 1658-1710 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 07/01, English, YL short talk and OM news at 1700, western pop songs including I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston - fair-poor with local noise, fading and QRM from adjacent channels


6095 1305-1320 D Mighty KBC Radio, Wertachtal, 07/01, English, OM (Mike Marwick) short talks with IDs as "KBC International Radio", jingle IDs, a lot of rock & roll oldies - almost good with local noise and slight fading


11980.08 0806-0822 UKR Dneprovskaya Khvylya, Zaporozhye, 07/01, relay Ukrainian 1st program in Ukrainian with Christmas episcopal divine service from Kievo-Pecherskaya lavra - fair-almost good with local noise, // http://www.radio-rating.ru/cat/potok/2018 with 29 seconds delay


6060 0705-0721'50* CUB Radio Havana, Cuba with regular prolonged schedule on this frequency, 07/01, English, OM/YL news in details and commentary, etc. - good with slight local noise, fading and Super Radio Deus e Amor on 6059.96 deeply in the background, best in AM SYNC with 6 kHz bandwidth


6070 0605-0620 B Radio Capital, Rio de Janeiro, 07/01, Portuguese, OM is delivering a homily - poor with local noise and QRM from 6075 (CVA) in AM SYNC with 2.3 kHz bandwidth, // http://www.radiocapitalrio.com.br


6089.86 0520-0535 NIG Radio Nigeria, Hausa, 07/01, Hausa, OM/YL talks with ID at 0526'05, native OM singing - strong signal, but fair only due to local noise, Caribbean Beacon on 6090 and heterodyne, best ib LSB with 2.3 or 4.0 kHz bandwidth


7235.04v 0413-0436'15* ETH Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 07/01, Tigrinya, OM talks, typical Horn of Africa pop songs - fair and even better with local noise and noise jamming, //9559.00 poor


4770 0323-0335 ERI Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara, 07/01, Arabic, OM news, modern Arabic pop songs and instrumental music - fair with local nose, //7175 almost good


4965 0143-0203 ZMB Christian Voice, Lusaka, 07/01, English, YL talks and YL/OM jingles with many IDs, slow songs - fair-almost good with local noise, best in LSB to avoid utility QRM


6055 1157-1227 J Radio Nikkei, Chiba-Nagara, 03/01, Japanese, YL/OM talks and dialogues with simple ID at 1157'55 as "Radio Nikkei", orchestral music - fair-poor inder local noise and QRM from both sides (CHN), // 9595 poor

4828 2038-2054 ZWE Zimbabwe BC, Gweru, 02/01, Vernacular, Mbira or Kalimba music and native singing, OM talks at 2045'20-2048'46 and then native song again - fair-poor under local noise and utulity transmitter near 4829

6010.04v 0353-0411 CLM La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 02/01, Spanish, mostly OM talks - poor-fair in LSB to avoid BHR till 0400, then poor-weak with strong splashes from 6015 (RFE)

3239.93 0308-0316 SWZ TWR Africa, Manzini, 02/01, Vernacular, OM talk - poor-weak under local noise, blocked by utility transmitter on 3241-3242 at 0311 during one minute or so

9770.2 0234-0304'10* CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 02/01, English, OM short talks, pop songs - poor under local noise, QRM from 9765 starting from 0257 (ROU), // http://220.247.227.7/live with 20 seconds delay

6164.96 0212-0230, 0440-0448 TCD Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne, Ndjamena, 02/01, French, OM talks, Afropop music - strong signal, but fair only due to RNW, and weak starting from 0228'45 under BBC (24 h a day during during last two months at least?), almost good at 0440-0448

7265 1717-1727 AFS FEBA Radio, Meyerton, 01/01, FEBA classic interval signals and ID, 1718 Yawo OM talk, native music and singing - strong signal, but fair only due to CRI on the same frequency (strange, but at 1714-1715 Meyerton tx with FEBA IS was on 7261.0)

15249.97 1122-1144 ARS Saudio Radio, Riyadh, 01/01, English, YL dialogues about Islam, 1127'35 short YL talks, western pop songs and more YL talks about Saudi students - fair-poor under local noise, QRM from 15255 (ROU)

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