DX Logbook on-line October 2011

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

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

9595 1339-1401, 1457-1500'12* J R.Nikkei, Chiba-Nagara, 22/10, Japanese, YL talks, short music pauses, final YL/OM talks - weak-poor till 1401 when Dhabbaya came on the frequency, //6055 weak

4760 1607-1630'07* SWZ TWR, Manzini, 22/10, Vernacular, OM talks, Afropop-like songs, final IS and open carrier before the tx off - fair and even better with local noise, QRM: DRM-like utility on 4762

21630 1844-1858'30'* USA WHRI, Cypress Creek, 22/10, English, OM religious talk (Dr. Lester Sumrall?), slow songs, final WHRI OM ann at 1858'04 - poor-fair with local noise

6089.9v 0455-0507 NIG R.Nigeria, Kaduna, 23/10, OM local singing till 0500, then no feed or very weak audio - fair-poor

9645.38 0523-0528'12 B R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 23/10, Portuguese, YL/OM short talks, Brazilian songs - fair till 0528'12 when Vatican R. came on the frequency

9665.1 0531-0547 B Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis, 23/10, Portuguese, Brazilian songs, OM/YL short talk at 0543'46 with mention of Missionaria - fair, //5939.97 poor, 11749.87 weak

9675.01 0548-0608 B R Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 23/10, Portuguese, YL/OM talks with many mentions of "Nova", OM cathedral sermon - fair and better, // http://www.cancaonova.com/radioam.asx with delay via Firefox

9564.89 0611-0620 B Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 23/10, Portuguese, OM sermon with music in the background - fair with local noise, //11765 fair-almost good and http://app01.truetech.com.br:8070/pr_superradioctba with delay via Firefox

9480 0802-0832 D European Music Radio, Kill (?), 23/10, English, Mike Taylor's radio show with many western oldies such as The Cars or Boney M, IDs, "1 kW in Germany" mention, etc. - very good with sligh fading only

4750 1353-1413 BGD R. Bangladesh, Shavar, 29/10, Bengali, YL ann and talks, local music, OM news with opening ID at 1405'04 including report about EPL saturday games, 1410'52 one more OM ID and YL talk again with musicall pauses - poor, then fair and even better with local noise and PBS Qinghai in the background

3975.03 1417-1434 PAK Azad Kashmir Radio, Islamabad, 29/10, Urdu-like, local songs, OM/YL talks starting from 1428, one minute pause at 1430 and then local music and OM talk again - poor-fair with local noise and strong bubble jamming starting from 1420'53 during approx. 10 seconds

4760 1732-1816'18* SWZ TWR, Manzini, 29/10, Vernacular, YL/OM radio show, then YL talks with mention of Radio Habari Maalun from Tanzania and native songs, etc., one TWR interval signal at 1815'01 - very good with sligh local noise and transmitter hum, transmitter was off at 1809'01-1809'33, 1810'05-1810'17 and 1810'49-1811'01

7245 1842-1900 MTN R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 29/10, Arabic, OM talks with mention of Mubarak, 1855 OM talks with musical pauses, local song - fair and even better with splashes from 7240 (ROU) and 7250 (CVA), best in USB, blocked by CRI at *1900"00

11930 2048-2104 USA R.Marti, Greenville, 29/10, Spanish, OM/YL talks abour Cuban economy, new B11 frequencies, etc. with piano music in the pauses, 2110'11 "Esta es Radio Marti..." and then news - strong signal, but fair only due to ARS and local noise, //9565 weak-poor and 13820 poor-fair

6304.95v 2208-2237 HOL R.Black Power (pirate), 29/10, Dutch/English, OM jingles and IDs, pop songs including No Doubt Don't Speak and Mark Knopfler What It Is - good with slight fading

6135 *0000'01-0028 RUS Voice of Russia, St.Petersburg-Krasny Bor, 30/10, Spanish, YL ID and opening ann with mention of 31, 41 and 49 m.b., then YL news and "Noche de Sabado con la Voz de Rusia" - very good with slight hum (38,06 km between the RX and TX locations), //7430 fair, 9810 poor and 9865 fair

21805 *0600'00-0629'35 RUS Voice of Russia, Novosibirsk (tentative location), 30/10, English, YL opening annn with ID, news and then "Outlook" about the EU anti crisis package, Lybia after Kaddafi, etc. - strong signal, but fair-almost good only due to slight transmitter hum, muffled audio and fading, //17805 fair with splashes from both sides

11665 0945-1001 MLA Wai FM, Kajang, 30/10, Malay, OM talk, local songs, YL ann with mention of Malaysia in some seconds after 1000 - weak under tentative TWN carrier, blocked at 1000'54 by CNR1 and their heterodyne

15360 1217-1233 CUB  R.Habana, Cuba, 30/10, Spanish, YL (mostly) and OM talks with mention of Cuba - poor under IRN and local noise, //11830 poor with splashes from KSDA on 11825

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