DX Logbook on-line July 2011

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Drake R8A
Receiver: Himalaya DRM 2009 (DRM obervations only)
Antenna: long wire (30 m)
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

11710.59v 0308-0323 ARG RAE, Buenos Aires, 16/07, French, OM talks, ID, tango music - mostly fair with local noise, better in USB

15344.16v 1935-1950 ARG R. Nacional, Buenos Aires, 16/07, Spanish, OM talks about Argentina's football team with mention of Maradona, also some fragments of football reportages by radio - fair with slight QRM from MRC on 15345.14, also at 2110-2124 with very strong signal and live reportage about Colombia-Peru game with "Goooooool" at 2117'43 (J. Vargas 0-2)

15189.96 2018-2042 B R.Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 16/07, Portuguese, OM talks, Brazilian songs - fair with local noise

17680 2048-2102 CHL CVC, Santiago, 16/07, Spanish, western pop song, OM talk, some ann, 2059'57 OM ID as "CVC - La Voz", then news in brief - fair-almost good with local noise

3325 2134-2146 INS RRI Palangkaraya (tentative), 16/07, Indonesian, YL(mostly)/OM talks, short musical fragments - poor under local noise, then weak due to propagation, http://www.rripalangkaraya.co.id/index.php

11855.94 2205-2214 B R.Aparecida, Aparecida, 16/07, Portuguese, OM talks - weak-poor under local noise, //9629.93 weak

4845.24 2228-2244 B R Cultura Ondas Tropicals, Manaus, 16/07, Portuguese, OM(mostly)/YL talks including live reportage about Vasco-Atletico Paranaense game with "Goooooool" at 2233'10 (B.F. Alecsandro 1-1) - fair with local noise

6060 2303-2323 ARG R. Nacional, Buenos Aires (tentative), 16/07, Spanish, OM talks about Argentina-Uruguay game - poor-weak with slight het. and weak station in the background

7295 1818-1836 MLA Traxx FM, Kajang, 17/07, English, Day Break show with YL/OM talks and pop songs of the 80s and 90s - almost good with splashes from 7290 (IRRS)

3230 1902-1916 AFS WYFR, Meyerton, 17/07, English, slow choral song, OM talk, and then Harold Camping's Bible reading with mention of May 21st at the beginning - poor-fair under local noise, // 7270 almost good, 7395 poor under CRI and 9775 fair-good

4915 2203-2224 B R.Difusora, Macapa, 17/07, Portuguese, OM short talks, Amazonian slow YL songs, 2221 OM radio sermon - fair with local noise and splashes from 4920 (Lhasa)

6134.8 2254-2308 BOL R.Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 17/07, Spanish, Quechua songs and local music, 2305 OM frequency ann, then short OM/YL talks and slow pop song - fair with slight het. (B) and splashes from 6130 (Lhasa)

6060 2314-0020 ARG RAE, Buenos Aires, 17-18/07, Spanish, OM talks about Brasil-Paraguay game, 2316 live OM reportage about Chile-Venezuela game with ID at 2341'40, "Goooooool" at 2350'09 (H.Suazo 1-1) and 0001'22 (G.Cichero 1-2) - fair with splashes from 6070 (BLR) and CUB in the background starting from 0000

9750 1450-1505 MLA Voice of Malaysia, Kajang, 18/07, Malay, Muslim singing, OM talk about Islam and YL ann with ID as "Voice of Islam", 1500 YL news - fair-good with NHK and one more weak Chinese station in the background

7210 1750-1812 ETH R.Fana, Addis Ababa, 18/07, Oromo (tentative), OM/YL dialogues, 1809 typical Horn of Africa song - fair-poor with QRM from VOA and KRE (*1800-) in the background, and CRI on 7205 starting from 1758

9954.95 0332-0358 USA WRMI, Miami, 19/07, OM talk similar to Spanish, 0343 typical Andean music, 0347 OM talk in unidentified language (French? Portuguese? local?) with music in the background - weak with local noise till 0358, then fully blocked by Cuban noise jamming

5964.7 1752-1808 MLA RTM Kuala Lumpur, Kajang, 20/07, Malay, pop songs, 1800 YL news in brief and more YL/OM talks including with listeners by phone - poor-weak till 1800 with strong splashes from both sides, then poor-fair

7245 1812-1844, 0010-0012* MTN R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 20-21/07, French, OM(mostly)/YL talks including tentative ID at 1834'42 and some mentions of Mauritanie, local singing and fragments of tidinit-like music - poor with splashes from 7250 (CVA) at the beginning, then fair (starting from 1835-1840), fair at 0010 in Arabic

5010 1846-1907'10* MDG R.Radio Nasionaly Malagasy, Antananarivo, 20/07, Malagasy, slow pop songs, 1858 news in brief with short musical pauses, then OM talks including by phone and sudden close down without any final ann - strong signal, but fair only due to high level of local noise

6165 1923-1946 TCD R.N'Djamena, 20/07, French, news program with YL talk, then OM talks with two short musical pauses - very strong signal, but not so good audio quality due to bad modulation

11725 1955-2015 NZL RNZI, Rangitaiki, 20/07, English, YL/OM business, world and the Pacific news - almost good at the beginning, then fair-poor due to downward propagation

9819.82 2032-2043 B R.9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 20/07, Portuguese, OM cathedral sermon with short fragments of choral singing, 2040'05 religious choral song - fair-poor with local noise (very strong periodically)

11925.2 2050-2058 B R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 20/07, Portuguese, OM/YL talks, music - poor due to heterodyne with CNR1 and splashes from 11930 (ARS)

9565.28 2102-2114 B Super R.Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 20/07, Portuguese, OM/YL talks with frequent mentions of Deus e Amor - fair with local noise only

9680.05 *2157-2204 INS RRI Jakarta, 20/07, RRI interval signals, then tentative OM news - weak with local noise and strong splashes from 9685 (CRI) starting from 2200'00

6079.97 0046-0108 B R.Marumby, Curitiba, 21/07, Portuguese, OM/YL religious talk, slow songs, tentative ID and frequency ann at 0059'16 - fair and even better with local noise, // http://radioevangelismo.com/radionline.htm with 45 seconds delay

6090 0109-0116 B R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 21/07, Portuguese, OM live reportage about Paraguay-Venezuela game of Copa America - poor-weak under Caribbean Beacon + slight het., also weak carrier on 11925.23 at the same time

6070 0134-0211 CLM La Voz de la Resistencia (FARC clandestine), 21/07, Spanish, two OM long parallel talk looks like as translation from some language to Spanish with frequent words such as "Libre", "Comunismo" or "Estalinismo, 0147 patriotic music, 0148'45 OM talk again, 0202'38 march music, etc. - almost good-fair at the beginning with distorted audio, then fair-poor due to downward propagation, local noise and BLR on the same channel

5066.34 1852-1901* COD R.Candip, Bunia (tentative), 21/07, French-like OM talk - weak under local noise

13830 1258-1328 TJK R.Free Asia, Dushanbe, 22/07, Tibetan, opening ID in English, then YL/OM news and other reports - very strong, but fair-good only due to CNR1 starting from 1330'25, // 11605 and 15670 both weak under CNR1

9559.64 1533-1544 ETH R.Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 22/07, Vernacular, OM/YL talks, native YL singing - fair with splashes from 9565 (CRI), weak het. (CRI)

9710 1548-1556 ETH R.Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 22/07, Vernacular, OM talks, fragments of Horn of Africa music - fair-good, // 9705 poor, both with QRM from 9700 (BUL)

4880 1603-1628 IND AIR, Lucknow, 22/07, Hindi, YL short talks, traditional Indian songs - fair and slightly better with local noise and RTTY near 4878-4879

4750 1746-1812 UGA R.Dunamis, Mukono (tentative), 22/07, Vernacular, OM talks, pop songs - weak under local noise, no any signal/carrier already at 1832

4975.98 1848-1858 UGA UBC Radio, Kampala, 22/07, English, YL/OM ann with some IDs as "UBC Radio", Afropop music - strong signal, but fair-almost good due to local noise, het. and splashes from 4975

2485 2119-2129*40 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Katherine, 22/07, English, OM talks - poor-weak under local noise, also weak carrier on 2325 and no signs on 2310

5025 *2129'59-2137 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Katherine, 22/07, English, YL news with OM reports - poor-fair with RTTY on 5023 and local noise, // 4910 with the same quality

4828 2138-2152 ZWE ZBC Radio 2, Gweru, 22/07, English, YL ann, Afropop music - strong signal, but fair-almost good only due to local noise and Russian USB utility tx on 4831

6173.94 0033-0045 PRU R.Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 23/07, Spanish, OM/YL talks - weak under local noise, slight het., better in LSB

3310 0056-0105 BOL R.Mosoj Chaski, Cusco, 23/07, Quechua-like, YL talk, 0057'50 local song, 0100'35 YL talk again - poor-weak under local noise, better in USB

9805.03v 1725-1740 ERI Voice of the Broad Masses, Asmara, 23/07, Vernacular (Amharic?), OM talk, Horn of Africa music, 1730 Arabic, YL/OM talks - fair-almost good with noise jamming and splashes from 9800 (VOA), // 7175 good

9665 2105-2129'58 MDA R.PMR, Grigoriopol, 25/07, Russian, YL talks about Russian peacekeeping forces in Pridnestrovie, history of 1991-1992 local war, etc. - good-excellent with slight het. (KRE)

5990 2140-2202'58* B R.Senado, Brasilia, 25/07, Portuguese, YL/OM ann, orchestral jazz music and slow Brazilian songs, 2149'08 YL ann with full ID and frequency ann., 2200 "A Voz do Brazil" news program - almost good with local noise

9645.37 2248-2304 B R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 25/07, Portuguese, mostly OM talks - weak with splashes from 9640 (CRI) till 22259'59, then poor

11925DRM 0710-0735 POR BBC, Sines (90 kW/40), 27/07, English, World of Today, 0729 some ann about DRM and IDs as "DRM - Digital Radio", then news in brief and Business daily - excellent with few 1-2 sec. delays only

15545DRM 0804-0815 RUS Voice of Russia, Taldom (40 kW/265), 27/07, English as "DRM RUVR 1A" - very unstable reception with 1-3 sec. audio from time to time

9850DRM 0958-1008, 1120-1130 RUS Voice of Russia, Bolshakovo (15 kW/220), 27/07, English, YL talks about Russian samovar, 0959'09 OM ID, 1000 German, YL news, etc. - unstable reception with audio delays (from 1-2 to 10-30 sec. (all with "DRM RUVR 1A" text)

9715DRM 1320-1335, 1404-1420 RUS Voice of Russia, Taldom (40 kW/260), 27/07, English, "Burning point" with YL/OM talks, etc. - unstable reception with many audio delays (all with "DRM RUVR 1A" text)

11615DRM *1458'08-1530'00 ROU R.Romania International, Tiganesti (90 kW/37), 27/07, Russian, IS, opening ID, news, etc. - excellent without any audio delays (all with "SNR Tiganesti E1" text)

9700DRM 1537-1546 BUL R.Bugaria, Sofia (50 kW/30), 27/07, Russian, OM sport news and weather, then "Radio Journal" - good without any audio delays, but low audio level and one more audio in the background (all with "BNR Digital" text)

9950DRM *1743'15-1830'00 IND All India Radio, Khampur (50 kW/312), 27/07, English, IS, ID and frequency ann, Nuvve Kavali songs, news, etc. - good with slight audio distortion, but without any audio delays (all with "HTP AIR KHAMPUR" text)

9495DRM 1837-1846 ROU R.Romania International, Tiganesti (90 kW/307), 27/07, German, YL talks, then Laura Stoica song - excellent without any audio delays (all with "SNR Tiganesti E1" text)

6135DRM 1931-1939 G Polish Radio, Woofferton (40 kW/260), 27/07, German, OM talks - unstable reception with a lot of short audio delays (all with "Polskie Radio" text)

7390DRM 0431'00-0457'15* ROU R.Romania International, Tiganesti (90 kW/37), 28/07, Russian, frequency ann, news, etc. - good with periodical short audio delays (all with "SNR Tiganesti E2" text)

9780DRM 0457'40-0512 E Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas (100 kW/50), 28/07, Spanish, IS, YL ID, then YL/OM dialogues about North Africa and Spain with music in the pauses - excellent without any audio delays (all with "REE Noblejas" text)

7430DRM *0559'25-0612 AUT BBC, Moosbrunn (40 kW/300), 28/07, English, World of Today with news at the beginning, etc. - unstable reception with short audio delays (all with "BBC WS" text), no any signal on // 5875

9760DRM 1116-1122 G BBC, Woofferton (90 kW/105), 29/07, English, Japan Focus with OM/YL talks - very unstable reception with long audio delays (all with "Babcock DRM" text)

9850DRM 1123-1153 RUS Voice of Russia, Bolshakovo (15 kW/220), 29/07, Russian, YL/OM talks about rail service with Abkhazia, water sports championship in Shanghai, etc. - excellent with short audio delays (all with "DRM RUVR 1A" text), 1200 English service

6398.72 1608-1618 KRE Pyongyang BS, Kanggye, 29/07, Korean, national songs - poor-fair, // 6250.36 fair

6100 1625-1634 KRE KCBS, Kanggye, 29/07, Korean, national songs - poor with loca noise only, // 11679.83 fair-almost good

9650 1635-1655* AFS R.Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 29/07, Afrikaans, OM dialogues with short musical pauses - poor at the beginning, then poor-fair with slight local noise and splashes from both sides (CHN and IRN)

6080 1703-1713 KWT R.Kuwait, Kabd, 29/07, Arabic, YL news with OM phone reports - strong signal, but fair only due to BLR, AUS and one more weak station in the background, // 13650 very good

6055 1714-1724 RRW R.Rwanda, Kigali, 29/07, Vernacular, YL/OM talks with mention of Rwanda - unusually strong signal and almost good with slight local noise and splashes from 6050 (CHN)

5915 1725-1729'52, 2042-2047 ZMB Zambia NBC, Lusaka, 29/07, Vernacular, YL/OM dialogues, also at 2042 with Afropop music and OM talk - poor under Krasnodar carrier + tone starting from 1727'24, blocked by DW at 1729'53, fair signal at 2042 with local noise and splashes from 5920 (VOR)

4965 1736-1746 ZMB CVC 1Africa, Lusaka, 29/07, English, pop song, then "Telecom, News and Sports" with YL/OM talks about 2014 World Cup, etc. - fair and better with local noise only, // 13590 almost good

3200 1805-1817 SWZ TWR, Manzini, 29/07, English, Thru The Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee - fair with local noise

2325 1944-1958 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, 29/07, English, OM talk with other OM by phone, pop songs - poor with local noise, // 2310 weak-poor, 2485 poor-fire and as ABC Darwin on http://www.abc.net.au/res/streaming/audio/windows/local_darwin.asx with 40 seconds delay

3345 2019-2034 INS RRI Ternate (tentative), 29/07, Koran YL singing, then local music - poor, then weak under local noise (it seems the modulation is not OK), also stream is out of work on http://www.rriternate.co.id

9515 2049-2057 B R.Marumby, Curitiba, 29/07, Portuguese, OM talk, two Brazilian YL songs - poor with local noise and empty carrier till 2055, then weak under CNR2 (two more Brazilian stations were at this time on 9565.28 fair and 9586.68 weak)

9660 2110-2124 AUS R.Australia, Brandon, 29/07, English, YL/OM reports from Egypt with voices from the streets, and tentatively from Washington, etc. - poor with local noise, then poor-weak due to downward propagation

11830 1106-1118, 1149-1157 CUB R.Havana, Cuba, 30/07, Spanish, YL/OM talks, fragments of Cuban songs - poor with local noise and splashes from 11825 (CHN), fair at 1149

9705 2221-2235 NGR Voz du Sahel, Niamey, 30/07, French, OM phone-in talks with listeners and Afro Pop music in the pauses, ID at 2231'43 - almost good with fading and local noise

9745 2237-2250 BHR R.Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 30/07, Arabic, OM phone-in dialogue with other OM - unusually strong signal, but almost good-fair due to local noise, TWN in the background and BBC on 9740

5939.86 2314-2329, 0234-0238 B Voz Missionaria, Balneario Camboriuu, 30/07, Portuguese, Brazilian song, 2319'51 OM/YL sermon in the cathedral with mention of Amém and Aleluia - fair with local noise, // http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Voz-Missionaria-s107606/ with 36 seconds delay, also at 0234 with strong signal, but fair-almost good only due to het. (IRN)

6010v 2333-2341 B R.Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 30/07, Portuguese, OM talk - weak with local noise and het. (BHR), best in LSB, no any signal on 15190 under local noise at this time

6010 2342-0002 B BHR R.Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 30-31/07, non-stop western pop songs and instrumental music of the 80s - fair-almost good with slight het., weak station in the background and splashes from 6015 (CHN)

4935.24 0018-0029 B R. Capixaba, Vitoria, 31/07, Portuguese, OM public speech - weak and then almost inaudible in local noise, tentative // http://www.radiocapixaba.com.br/

5909.93 0049-0102 CLM Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 31/07, Spanish, OM short ann, local songs - poor with local noise and CRI on 5905 starting from 0057

4955 0108-0123 PRU R.Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 31/07, Spanish, OM religious-like long talk, 0022'48 music and OM ann - poor with local noise and utility QRM, best in LSB

3325 0129-0148 B R Mundial, Sao Paulo, 31/07, Portuguese, OM talk, 0030'17 song - poor with local noise, then weak due to downward propagation, tentative // http://radiomundial.com.br/aovivo/

3365 0150-0202 B R.Cultura, Araraquar, 31/07, Brazilian songs - weak under local noise and best in LSB

4814.97 0204-0218 B R.Difusora de Londrina, 31/07, Portuguese, OM/YL religious talk, songs - fair-poor with local noise and best in LSB

4949.76 0224-0232 AGL R.Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 31/07, unintelligible signal with pop music at least - weak under local noise (strong carrier with very low audio level)

6070 0243-0253 B R.Capital, Rio de Janeiro 31/07, Portuguese, YL/OM religious talk (very similar to cathedral sermon on 5939.86 at 2319) - poor-weak under BLR, // http://www.radiocapitalrio.com.br/

6015 0257'53-0312 TNZ R.Tanzania, Zanzibar, 31/07, Swahili, interval signals, pause, 0300'25 OM talk, then OM Koran-like singing without music, 0307'18 OM/YL talks - fair-poor at the beginning and then poor-weak due to downward propagation and splashes from 6010 (BLR) and 6020 (CRI)

6100 1527-1628'10* AFG R.Afghanistan, Kabul, 31/07, local OM singing, then English with news at 1530, Afgnan traditional song, OM talk about Ramadan, and one western pop song (tentaive ID at 1555'48 as "The International service of National Radio of Afghanistan"), 1600'24 music and Urdu service, etc. - poor at the beginning, then fair and almost good after 1600 with local noise, KRE in the background and CRI on 6095 till 1557

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