DX Logbook on-line July 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


2325 1957-2007 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, 21/07, English, OM talks with ID at 1959'52 as "ABC Local Radio", country music - fair with fading and local noise, // 2485 poor-fair, 4835 fair and http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/programs/webcam_radio.htm?ref=listenlive&src=internetradio with 5 sec. delay


5765U 1925-1938 GUM Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, Barrigada, 21/07, English, OM/YL talks, musical pauses - poor under strong local noise and utility QRM


2485 1845-1905 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Katherine, 21/07, English, OM short talks, pop songs - poor-fair with local noise, //2325 poor and http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/programs/webcam_radio.htm?ref=listenlive&src=internetradio with 5 sec. delay


4835 1815-1832 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Alice Springs, 21/07, English, OM dialogues, ID at 1829'58 as "ABC Local Radio", then morring ABC news - stronger than usually, but fair only due to local noise, // http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/programs/webcam_radio.htm?ref=listenlive&src=internetradio with 5 sec. delay


15120 1505-1520 NIG Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 21/07, English, YL news, ID and comments about Ramadan, local elections, etc. - strong signal and almosy good with local noise and slight transmitter hum


21780 1244-1259'59 RRW Deutsche Welle, Kigali, 21/07, French, OM dialogues, final YL news headlines and slow guitar song - fair-almost good with fading and local noise, // via Écouter le direct on www.dw.de/dw/0,,10261,00.html with 45 sec. delay


6060 2222-2252 ARG Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, Buenos Aires, 19/07, Spanish, YL public talk with some mentions of Buenos Aires and applause, OM talk, etc. - poor with QRM from Sichuan PBS, heterodyne and local noise, best in LSB, // http://radionacional.com.ar/vivo/1-am-870.html with some delay


5915 2148-2201'02* ZMB Zambia National BC, Lusaka, 19/07, Vernacular, OM phone talks with listeners, final choral national anthem - fair-poor with strong QRM from 5920 (VOR) and local noise, also VOA open carrier starting from 2157 and Yankee Doodle from 2159'12


15345.30 2125-2137 ARG Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, Buenos Aires, 19/07, German, OM talks with frequency announcement, Argentine songs, 3 time pips at 2130 - almost good with fading and local noise


6059.89v 2108-2120 B Super Radio Deus de Amor, Curitiba, 15/07, Portuguese, OM sermon - poor-fair till 2109'41, then poor due to one more carrier near 6060 and local noise, // http://app01.truetech.com.br:8070/pr_superradioctba approx. with 23 sec. dealy


6055 2035-2054 RRW Radio Rwanda, Kigali, 15/07, Vernacular, Gitaramo program with OM/YL talks and singing ("Gitaramo - a cultural tradition of sharing stories, song and dance while sitting around a warm fire") - good with slight fading, // http://www.orinfor.gov.rw/radio/listenradio.php with 24 sec. delay


4949.75 2009-2020 AGL Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 15/07, Portuguese, OM/YL talks, pop music - weak under local noise, best in LSB


4750 1704-1712'18* BGD Radio Bangladesh, Shavar with prolonged schedule, 15/07, Bengali, OM news - poor-fair with local noise


9650 1649-1654'40* AFS Radio Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 15/07, Afrikaans, OM/YL talks - weak-poor with local noise and splashes from 9655 (IRN)


9705 1605-1631 ETH Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 15/07, English, weekly musical program with piano and saxophone music, local song, YL ID, OM news - good with local noise, // 9558.47 poor and tentatively 7234.54v weak


15340 1514-1530'08* AUS HCJB, Kunurrura, 15/07, English, Christianityworks program from Sydney, final song and HCJB announcement - almost good with slight fading and local noise


6010 0033-0047 B Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 15/07, Portuguese, OM talk, pop and rock songs - weak-poor with local or DRM-like noise, best in LSB to avoid BHR in USB


6180 0002-0017 B Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 15/07, Portuguese, OM dialogues with listeners, Brazilian song - almost good with CRI in English in the background, // http://lixty.net/#/radio/28159/ with 9 sec. delay


5940 2339-2350 B Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, 14/07, Portuguese, OM sermon - fair and better with local noise


6080.03 2318-2328 B Radio Marumby, Curitiba, 14/07, Portuguese, YL/OM dialogues - poor-fair with local noise, best in LSB with 4 kHz bandwidth, // http://www.radioevangelismo.com/radionline.htm with 12 sec. delay


11665 1912-1934 MLA RTM Sarawak FM, Kajang, 14/07, Malaysian, YL/OM talks, wetern pop and rock music such as Still Loving You, etc. - poor with local noise and QRM from 11660 (BBC *1930), // 9835 weak-poor


7234.45v 1825-1840 ETH Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 12/07, Vernacular, OM talks, local pop songs - poor-fair with splashes from IRN (7240) and audio delay during some minutes, // 9705 fair and better with QRM from NGR


9745U 0020-0032 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 12/07, Arabic, non stop traditional OM singing - fair and better with local noise and slight fading


7295 1536-1550 MLA RTM Traxx FM, Kajang, 11/07, English, OM/YL short talks with commercial and ID jingles, western pop songs - fair-almost good with local noise, best in AM SYNC with 6 kHz bandwidth


9835 1434-1512 MLA RTM Sarawak FM, Kajang, 11/07, Malaysian, Quran OM singing, OM (mostly)/YL talks, etc. - fair with local noise and splashes from both sides, best in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth


12104.96 0340-0403 USA WTWW, Lebanon, 11/07, Portuguese, OM religious talk with music in the background, OM English ID at 0402 - fair and better with local noise, best in LSB, // http://wtww.us/pages/listen-live/tx3.php


5980 0742-0802 FIN Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 07/07, Finninsh/English, OM/YL talks, Finnish pop songs - fair and better with fading and local noise (in AM SYNC with 6 kHz bandwidth), also at 0834 already on 6170 with poor-fair signal


6134.83 0050-0135 BOL Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 07/07, Spanish, OM/YL talks, Bolivian songs - poor-fair with heterodyne and local noise


11710.8 0005-0020 ARG Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, Buenos Aires, 07/07, Portuguse, YL talks, Argentine music and then news bulletin - good with slight fading and local noise


6524.94v 2310-2335'43* HOL Radio Mustang (pirate), 06/07, English, OM talks, special announcement in English and Russian about 2012 free radio meeting on July 13-15 somewhere in Holland, pop songs - almost good with slight local noise


6070 2214-2240 D Radio 6150, Rohrbach, 06/07, English, OM talks, a lot of pop songs - poor-fair without any QRM from other stations


6035 2134-2150 BTN Bhutan BS, Thimphu, 06/07, non stop local songs - fair-almost good with local noise only, // http://www.bbs.bt/news/?page_id=9126#


5895L 1828-1848 S Radio Northern Star via Radio Nord Revival, Sala, 06/07, English, non stop pop songs, ID jingles - almost good with slight local noise



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