DX Logbook on-line July 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

15420 1927-1937 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 13/07, English, "Global Spirit Proclamation" daily program with YL monotone scriptural talk � fair, then poor-weak in some minutes due to the propagation

15140 1950-2005 OMA R. Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 13/07, Arabic, OM news reports with short musical pauses, 1957'32, 2000'18, 2002'02, 2002'24 and 2002'30 IDs as "Izaatul Jumhuriyati Oman", 1959'52 chimes, choral national anthem, etc. - fair with fading and local noise

5990 2105-2140 B R. Senado, Brasilia, 13/07, Portuguese, OM senate debates with mentions of "Brazil", "Brasileiro", �Congresso Nacional�, �Santa Catarina�, etc. � fair-good Hope for a QSL

5925 2202-2220 VTN Voice of Vietnam 2nd program, Hanoi, 13/07, Vietnamese, mostly YL/OM talks with musical fragments � fair with local noise, // http://vovnews.vn/?lang=2 (almost without any delay)

15295 0830-0855 MLA Voice of Malaysia, Kajang, 14/07, English, YL talks including about woman and education with many mentions of "Voice of Islam", Malay pop song and folk male singing � fair with splashes from both sides (NHK and RFI) Hope for a QSL

15670 *1059'31-1155 UAE R. Free Asia, Dhabbaya, 14/07, Tibetan, orchestral mx, opening ann, then news and long dialogues between YL at studio and OM by phone � fair during first 10 minutes, then poor with fading, local noise and QRM from CNR1 starting from 1101'49, //13830 almost good and 17750 weak Hope for a QSL

11905 *1529'15-1605 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Trincomalee, 14/07, Hindi including English news at the beginning and at 1549, YL talks with many IDs, folk songs � good with weak KSDA signal in the background, blocked by RDP at 1559'58 Hope for a QSL

11750 1705-1735 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 14/07, Sinhala, many OM talks with listeners by phone, fragments of folk songs, advertising, news bulletin at 1733'10 � good with slight fading only Hope for a QSL

5940 0120-0205 B Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, 16/07, Portuguese, mostly OM/YL religious talks with musical pauses, ID at 0156 � almost good-fair Hope for a QSL

7506.4 0253-0315 USA WRNO, New Orleans, 16/07, English, pop songs (George Michael, Suzanne Vega) and hits of the 60s and 70s, OM ann with ID and frequency � fair at the beginning, then poor due to downward propagation with deep fading and local noise

15745 0316-0333'04* CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 16/07, English, OM short talks, western oldies and orchestral music, usual IDs as "This is the All Asia service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation", 0330 time pips, final ann ant national anthem � fair-almost good with fading and local noise

9330U 0214-0230 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 17/07, English, Good Friends Church's program with OM religious talks, music and announcing two addresses including P.O. Box 150 in Pennsylvania and P.O. Box 456 in Ontario - poor-fair with local noise and fading

11710.8 0250-0305 ARG Radiofusion Argentina al Exterior, General Pacheco (tentative), 17/07, talks in unidentified languages including French-like after 0300, Argentine-like music - weak under local noise and IRN till 0257'07*

4965 0120-0150 ZMB Christian Voice, Lusaka, 18/07, English, OM/YL short talks with mention of CVC, slow songs � fair with strong utility DRM-like tx on 4967 Hope for a QSL

5040 0200-0230 CUB R. Habana, Cuba, 18/07, Spanish, OM/YL news bulletin, talk on Esperantist congress, history of Panama canal, etc. � fair at the beginning, then poor due to downward propagation Hope for a QSL

6170U 0745-0810 FNL R. Hami, location?, 18/07, Finnish, OM talks with tentative ID and news at 0800'05, Finnish pop songs � poor-fair with fading and local noise Hope for a QSL

9745 0025-0040 and 0250-0305 BHR R. Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 19/07 and 25/07, non-stop Arabic pop songs and music - fair-almost good with slight fading and local noise

7811U 0045-0053, 0101- USA AFRTS, Key West, 19/07, English, OM/YL talks, news reports at 0101 - poor, //12133.5 weak, no any signals at this time on 4319 or 12759 via Diego Garcia

9955 0320-0330 USA WRMI, Miami, 19/07, Spanish, OM/YL talks with mention of Cuba and tentative ID at 0327 as Radio Republica, Latin American songs - poor under local noise and Cuban noise jamming (first heard here in St.Petersburg for many years)

9677.7v *0503'54-0524'35* AZE R. Nagorny Karabakh, Stepanakert, 24/07, Azeri, open carrier during one minute, then mostly YL talks with orchestral music in the pauses (including short final fragment of the Twin Peaks theme) - strong signal, but fair only due to poor modulation and local noise

7275 1532-1548 CHN PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui, 24/07, Uighur, OM talk with mentions of communist party and Xinjiang, 1545 musical pause, then OM talk again - fair-good with CNR1 on the same channel, //6120 fair-good, 7205 fair-poor and 11885 fair-good

7295 1554-1606 MLA TraXX FM, Kajang, 24/07, English, rock songs, time pips and YL news at 1600, then next song - strong signal, but mostly fair due to VOA in Persian on the same channel

11870 1047-1105 ALS KNLS, Anchor Point, 25/07, Chinese, OM/YL talks, country-style song, OM final short talk, pause, 1100'00-1102'08 interval signals with OM ID, then YL/OM short talk, song - mostly poor and almost fair on the top of hour with deep fading and local noise, no any signs of their signal on 11765 at the same time

12759U 1107-1124 BIO AFRTS, Diego Garcia, 25/07, English, CBS program with OM dialogues and reports about electronics, video games, competitiveness of the American and Chinese firms, etc. - fair and even almost good

15525 2228-2248 AUS HCJB, Kunurrura, 27/07, Chinese, YL talks and nice songs, English OM ann with ID and postal address at 2329 - almost good with some fading (only three other stations with good signal level were found on 19 m.b. at this time including 15110 (REE Noblejas), 15145 (VOA Tinang) and 15415 (RA Shepparton))

5985.8 2304-2314 BRM R. Myanmar, Yangon, 27/07, Burmese, local folk songs, OM talk starting from 2312'15 - fair-almost good with slight fading and local noise

11710.6 0044-0104 ARG RAE, Buenos Aires, 28/07, Portuguese, YL talks including commentary about Maradona's withdrawal from the national team and ID at 0046'40 as "Esta es RAE - a Voz Argentina el Mundo", Argentine song and classical music, interval signals and IDs in various languages starting from 0057'02, then Japanese program starting from 0102'02 - unusually strong signal at the beginning, then fair-almost good with fading, DRM-like utility QRM on 11709 and splashes from 11700 (BUL)

15710 1620-1700'09* SVK R. Miraya FM, Rimavska Sobota, 29/07, Arabic, long dialogues between two OMs with many mentions of Khartoum and Sudan, instrumental music, ID jingles, final English OM ann with mentions of NEXUS and IRRS - mostly fair and even slightly better with fading and local noise till 1657'30, then poor due to RNW via Wertachtal Hope for a QSL

7125 2140-2206 GUI Radiodiffusion-Television Guineenne, Conakry, 29/07, Vernacular (I think - Susu, Fulani and/or Mandingo), YL talk with mentions of some West African countries, 2143'56 OM talk with mentions of Conacry and Camara, 2200'24 French OM talks with fragments of local music and simple ID at 2201'23 as "Radio Guinée" - fair and even better despite to deep fading and local noise

6165 2218-2234 VTN Voice of Vietnam 4th program, Hanoi, 29/07, Hmong as scheduled, mostly YL talks with fragments of Vietnamese music, 2228'27 music and OM/YL talks in Dao as scheduled � almost good with slight fading, local noise and splashes from 6175 (CRI)

6160 2254-2314, 2328-2332 CAN CKZN, St.John's, 29/07, English, mostly YL/OM talks including YL news at 2300 with OM reports � weak and best in LSB, 'S-peak" at around 2310

9479.0 2316-2326, 2359-2359'38* USA WTWW, Lebanon, 29/07, English, OM religious talk � poor and best in LSB to avoid strong heterodyne (CNR)

13680 2345-2358'35* CUB R. Nacional de Venezuela, La Habana, 29/07, Spanish, mostly OM talks with mention of Cuba/Cubano, 2357 interval signal and final OM ann with full ID � almost fair with deep fading and local noise

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