DXpedition January 27-28 2012

Location: near St.Petersburg
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antennas: two ones
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz





Unfortunately, we could use this time only two - but good antennas - approximately directed at Persian Gulf (marked as A1 below) and Burma (A2). The propagation was not so good, and we could not catch some expected stations - for example, only weak carriers were on 2368.5 (1800-2000), 2960 (1300-1400), 4755.4 (0800-0900), 5019.87 (1900-1930) and even on 9955 kHz (WRMI under Cuban jamming)...


2310 1713-1723 AUS ABC Northern Territories, Alice Springs, 27/01, English, phone-in morning program with OM talks - fair and better with local noise and CW QRM till 1720'20, and then fair-poor under DRM-like signal, best in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


2325 1724-1734 AUS ABC Northern Territories, Tennant Creek, 27/01, English, phone-in morning program with OM/YL talks, 1726'44 orchestral music, and then ABC News at 1730 - fair with local noise and CW QRM, best in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


2485 1736-1746 AUS ABC Northern Territories, Katherine, 27/01, English, phone-in morning program with OM talks and pop song at 1739'50 - fair-poor with local noise in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


3200 0250-0311'12* SWZ Trans World Radio, Manzini, 28/01, Ndebele, interval signals with English OM ID, 0255'04 YL talk, song, etc. - almost good with slight transmitter hum and local noise, best in LSB with 4 kHz bandwidth (A1)


3239.94 0312-0320 SWZ Trans World Radio, Manzini, 28/01, Shona, OM talk, nice songs - almost good with local noise, best in AM SYNC with 6 kHz bandwidth (A1)


3280 1321-1327 CHN Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, 27/01, Chinese, mostly OM/YL talks - fair-almost good in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


3315 1334-1342 PNG Radio Manus, Lorengau, 27/01, Pidgin, OM talk, pop songs - weak-poor in LSB with 4 kHz bandwidth, SSB and CW QRM (A2)


3345 1800-1807 AFS Adventist World Radio, Meyerton, 27/01, English, ID, OM/YL talks - fair-almost good with local noise and SSB QRM, best in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A1)


3350 0228-0248 CTR Radio Exterior de Espana, Cariari de Pococi, 28/01, Spanish, OM dialogues, YL short talk and ID at 0230 after time signals - fair and better with local noise in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth, blocked by bubble jamming at 0247'17-0247'22 (A2)


3480 1705-1712 KOR Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do, 27/01, Korean, YL/OM talks - almost good with periodical SSB QRM and slight local noise and jamming (A2)


3925 1349-1357 J Radio Nikkei 1, Chiba-Nagara, 27/01, Japanese, YL/OM talks - fair with local noise in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


3974.95 1537-1552'44* PAK Azad Kashmir Radio, Islamabad, 27/01, Kashmiri, OM talks, OM singing - fair-almost good in LSB with 4 kHz bandwidth to avoid RTTY on 3976 and CNR on 3980 (A2)


4750 2215-2222 CHN Qinghai PBS, Xining, 27/01, Chinese, YL/OM talks, orchestral music - fair-almost good in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


4774.9 0350-0356 PRU Radio Tarma, Tarma, 28/01, Spanish, YL talks - poor-fair in LSB with 2.3 kHz bandwidth to avoid splashes from both sides (ERI and DJI), periodical bubble jamming (A2)


4780 1953-2001 DJI Radio Djibouti, Djibouti, 27/01, Vernacular, phone-in program with YL/OM talks, pop songs - good in LSB with 6 kHz bandwidth to avoid DRM-like signal (A1)


4828 1810-1818 ZWE Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, 27/01, English, OM/YL talks with ID as "Voice of Zimbabwe" - fair with strong local noise (A1)


4845.2 2140-2147 B Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicals, Manaus, 27/01, local YL singing - fair in AM SYNC with 4 kHz bandwidh and local noise (A2)


4885 2126-2136 B Radio Clube do Para, Belem, 27/01, Portuguese, OM talks with fragments of Brazliain songs - poor-fair with local noise, best in USB with 4 kHz bandwidth (A2)


4895 2302-2310 MNG Mongolian Radio 2nd program, Murun, 27/01, Mongolian, OM/YL talks with short musical pauses - fair and better with QRM from 4905 (CHN) (A2)


5010U 1750-1758 MDG Radio Madagasikara, Antananarivo, 27/01, Malagasy/French, OM/YL talks, 1756 pop song - fair-almost good in USB with 4 kHz bandwidth, QRM from AIR on 5015 (A1)


5964.7 1850-1900 MLA Klasik Nasional, Kajang, 27/01, Malay, YL/OM short talks, ID, nice Malayan pop songs - fair-almost good with QRM from 5970 (CRI), bubble jamming QRM at 1857'38-1857'55, best in LSB with 2.3 kHz bandwidth (A2)


6010U 2038-2102 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 27/01, non-stop western pop songs - strong signal, but fair and better only due to QRM from ROU and AWR on the same channel (A1)


6010U 0338-0342 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 28/01, non-stop western pop songs - almost good in USB with 6 kHz bandwidth (A1)


6010.14v 0508-0544 B Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 28/01, Portuguese, OM talks, piano music and songs - poor in LSB to avoid BHR in USB, slight heterodyne and local noise (A2)


6045 0325-0335 ZWE Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, 28/01, Vernacular, OM/YL talks, native and afropop songs - poor-fair with local noise (A1)


6055 1102-1108 J Radio Nikkei 1, Chiba-Nagara, 27/01, Japanese, OM talks - almost good with local noise and fading in AM SYNC with 6 kHz bandwidth (A2)


6070 0955-1004 CAN CFRX, Toronto (tentative), 27/01, English, OM/YL talks - weak with 4 kHz bandwidth in USB to avoid RTTY QRM, also local noise and QRM from Pyongyang starting from 1000 (A2)


7110 0040-0047 BRM Radio Myanmar, Yangon, 28/01, Burmese, YL talk with "Happy Birthday To You" piece of music, local songs - fair with local noise (A2)


7405 1209-1238 USA Radio Marti, Greenville, 27/01, Spanish, OM talks, Cuban song - fair and better with strong QRM from 7410 (CRI), best in LSB with 2.3 kHz bandwidth, //5745 weak (A2)


9479U 2335-2342 USA WTWW, Lebanon, 27/01, English, OM religious talk - poor-fair with local noise (A2)


9645.37 2317-2324 B Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 27/01, Portuguese, OM talks, ID - fair with local noise and best in LSB with 4 kHz bandwidth till 2321'43 when Radio Veritas Asia came on the channel with open carrier, then best in USB (A2)


9677 0602-0608 CLA Voice of Justice, Sepanakert, 28/01, open carrier only - strong with transmitter hum, QRM from 9680 (VOR) (A1)


9680.05 1032-1056 INS Radio Republik Indonesia, Jakarta, 27/01, Indonesian, YL talks, Indonesian songs - poor-fair with local noise, weak at 1040-1042 and starting from 1054'59 under CNR1 jammer (A2)


9730.83 0913-0922 BRM Radio Myanmar, Yangon, 27/01, Burmese, YL talks, local songs - poor with local noise (A2)


9745U 0822-0827 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 27/01, Arabic, OM monotonous singing - fair with local noise, QRM from 9750 (NHK) and very weak TWN signal deeply in the background (A1)


9745U 2116-2119 BHR Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 27/01, Arabic OM singing - almost good (A1)


9770.2 0146-0156 CLN Sri Lanka BC, Ekala, 28/01, English, OM shot talks, westerb oldies - fair-almost good, // 6004.79 weak and 15744.98 fair and better (A2)


9819.62 0203-0209* B Radio 9 del Julho, Sao Paulo, 28/01, Portuguese, OM/YL talks with short musical fragments till their sudden sign off at 0209 - fair with local noise (A2)


9835 1123-1143 MLA Sarawak FM, Kajang, 27/01, Malay, YL/OM talks, Malay pop songs and orchestral music - fair-poor with strong QRM from 9830 (CNR1), best in USB with 2.3 kHz bandwidth (A2)


11630 1826-1836 MLA Sarawak FM, Kajang, 27/01, Malay, YL short talks, Malay and Indian songs - fair-almost good with local noise and very short audio clicks, best in USB with 4 kHz bandwidth, // 9835 fair and better (last 20 seconds of audio clip below) (A2)


11710.8 0014-0021 ARG Radio Argentina al Exterior, Buenos Aires, 28/01, Portuguese, YL talk, slow Argentine song - fair in LSB with strong QRM from 11710 (CNR) (A2)


11715.12 1411-1424 USA KJES, Vado, 27/01, English, YL/OM talks - weak in USB with 2.3 kHz bandwidth to avoid IRN on 11720 (A2)


13363.5L 0928-0942 ARG Radio Continental, Buenos Aires, 27/01, Spanish, OM/YL talks with mention of their site address, news and weather report at 0930 - fair and better with local noise (A2)


13363.5L 1021-1027 ARG Radio Continental, Buenos Aires again, 27/01, Spanish, OM/YL talks by phone - fair and better with local noise (A2)


15380 1522-1530 CUB Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana, 27/01, Spanish, OM/YL talks with musical pauses - almost goood with local noise and QRM from 15385 (REE) (A2)


15420U 1931-1935 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 27/01, English, YL talk - fair-almost good with local noise and fading (A2)


17680 1559'30-1625 CHL Christian Voice, Santiago, 27/01, Spanish, OM/YL talks including news at 1600, pop songs - almost good with local noise and fading (A2)



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