DX Logbook on-line May 2011

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna: temporary 15 meters wire
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

9625.04 0450-0512'52* CAN CBC, North-Quebec, 08/05, English, OM/YL dialogues about last local parliament elections, 0455'50 YL talks with mention of postal address and 9625 kHz, then news headlines and CBC news at 0500'02, final YL ann in English and French, national anthem at 0506'41, tone signal and empty carrier - almost good with slight local noise and tx's hum

9330.06U 0524-0550 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 08/05, English, "Good Friends Radio 2:11" with OM sermon // http://www.thestreamtv.com/thestreamtvmodern_003.htm as IHEAR with 4 seconds delay - fair and even better with local noise and fading

9525.96 1303-1314 INS Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, 08/05, English, YL news and ID, 1306'13 and onwards two nice Indonesian pop songs - very strong signal (with Drake's 6 kHz bandwidth), but with distorted audio and short delays of it

17850 1912-1932 CTR R. Exterior de Espana, Cariari de Pococi, 08/05, Spanish, OM talks about Zaragoza vs Osasuna with traditional "Goooooooaaaaal!" at 1914'44 (1-0 thanks to A.Lafita's goal) - poor, then weak and poor-almost fair with local noise at 1930, //17715 almost good

15190 1936-1950 GNE R. Africa, Bata, 08/05, English, YL religious talks with short OM ann at 1942 - strong signal, but fair only due to modulation problems (frequent clicks), slight heterodyne, local noise and R.Inconfidencia in the background, better in LSB

15189.95 2120-2130 B R.Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 08/05, Portuguese, OM talk - poor under local noise

7125 2137-2150 B RTV Guinée, Conacry, 08/05, French, local pop songs, 2145 OM short talk, then pause with short breaking audio from time to time - fair, better in USB

7360 0725-0750, 1432-1438 S R. Nord, Sala, 28/05, Swedish, OM short talks with tentative news at 0737, a lot of old Swedish pop songs, etc. - from almost good to fair-poor from time to time during deep fading, better in LSB, also at 1432 poor under BLR

15140 1450-1502 OMA R. Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 28/05, English, OM ID, YL prayer, review of many memorial dates of May 28, Arabic starting from 1501'55 - // http://www.oman-tv.gov.om/rdeng/default.asp as their Radio FM channe with 18 sec. delay

7485 1005-1015, 1253-1305, 1659-1715'30 S R. Nord, Sala, 29/05, Swedish, ON/YL talks, 1253 Swedish/English, western oldies, OM review of reception reports from FNL, G, etc. - fair, then poor with local noise and fading, better in LSB, fair and almost good at 1253 and very strong and almost good signal starting from 1659'35 (after RFE close down) with PAK in the background

6055 1720-1736 RRW R. Rwanda, Kigali, 29/05, French, OM/YL talks with mention of Rwanda, 1731'20 OM dialogues with fragments of local music - fair with strong splashes from 6050 (CNR) and local noise

9830.03 1740-1754 ERI Voice of the Broad Masses, Asmara, 29/05, Arabic, YL talks with mention of Asmara, fragments of traditional Horn of Africa songs - fair and even better with local noise, // 7175 good

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