DXpedition October 24-25, 2008

Here are some observations of the October 24-25 DXpedition here near St.Petersburg.

Location: near St.Petersburg
Receiver: Icom R75
Antennas: some directional ones beamed to the North, North-East and South-East
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

11725 0926-0947 B R. Marumby, 24/10, Portuguese, talks, a lot of adv/time/freq ann incl. SW, ID at 0946 as "Radio Marumby ... en canal..." - fair, //9515 poor, also a lot of Brazilians were noted on 9 and 11 MHz at this hour, but there were no any signs of them on 15325 or 17815 (off air?)

15190 0952-1002 GNE R. Africa, 24/10, English, OM talk - poor and very weak after 0957 when CRI came on the freq with its powerful carrier and English px

6180 1014- VEN R. Nacional, 24/10, Spanish talk, and speech of their president (as I suppose) - fair and almost good at the beginning for this low freq and unusual time

6055 1050-1112 J R. Tampa, Oct 24, Japanese OM and YL dialogues, nice singing with guitars, orchestral music - fair-good, //9595 very good, 3925 propagation started approx. at 1120, also weak UND station on 6055 was noted, for example at 1130-1136 (in Spanish?)

4790 1151-1206 INS RRI Fak Fak, Oct 24, Indonesian, music, ann, RRI IS at 1158, then news with one fragment of some public speech - poor because of the powerful SSB utility transmission in Russian on 4785 Hope for a QSL

3905 1210-1230 PNG R. New Ireland, Oct 24, mostly Pidgin OM/YL talks with music on the background including one fragment of some public speech and one phone call to the studio - fair, first noted at 1147 Hope for a QSL

3385 1233-1246 PNG R. East New Britain, Oct 24, Pidgin YL talk and OM ann (incl. some phrases in English) with some short music pauses, song at 1242 - poor, blocked by DRM-like noise at 1236-1238 Hope for a QSL

3335 1249-1307'50* PNG R. East Sepik, Oct 24, Pidgin YL talks (incl. ID at 1259), instrumental music and local songs, orchestral national anthem at 1301, then relay their national program in English - fair Hope for a QSL

4739,6 1322-1340 VTN R. Son La, Oct 24, mostly YL/OM talk in local dialect, local instrumental music and singing - poor-fair, CW QRM near 4740 Hope for a QSL

2960 1311-1314, 1341-1403* INS RPDT Manggarai, Oct 24, Indonesian-like, mostly YL/OM talks, local songs, no any RRI IS and news on the top of the hour - poor, first time heard here Hope for a QSL

6135 1429-1447 YEM R. Yemen, Oct 24, Arabic, OM/YL talks, instrumental music and singing, Qur'an singing - very good with some splashes from BBC on 6140, //9780 poor Hope for a QSL

6010 1451-1507 BHR R. Bahrain, Oct 24, English, modern western pop and instrumental rock music, YL news and OM weather forecast at 1500 - good, but fair-poor after 1500 because of UKR spurs from 6020, also weak QRM from CHN on 6010, also good next morning at around 0300 Hope for a QSL

15190 1534-1550 GNE R. Africa, Oct 24, English, mostly OM religious talks, YL ann with some addresses, orchestral music, song - fair, then poor because of the downward propagation QSL in 460 days after follow-up report

5915 1700-1720 ZMB Zambian BC, Oct 24, Vernacular (Bemba?), mostly YL talks with some with mention of ZBC, music pauses - poor-fair with some splashes from 5910 (VOR) and 5920 (SVK) Hope for a QSL

3396 1748-1808 ZWE Zimbabwe BC, Oct 24, Vernacular, African music and singing, 1801'42 YL talk - poor till 1800 because of a lot of QRM from Russian pirates and CW, then slightly better Hope for a QSL

4828 1809-1831 ZWE Zimbabwe BC, Oct 24, mostly afropop-style songs - poor-fair Hope for a QSL

4976 1931-1946 UGA R. Uganda, Oct 24, English, mostly YL/OM talks (with two notices of their coming shows on 98 MHz FM) and short music pauses - fair Hope for a QSL

7209,92 1948-2005 BEN R.Cotonou, Oct 24, French, OM talks, afropop-style songs - fair-poor, weak splashes from 7205 (IRB) and strong from 7215 after 1959'35 (ROU) Hope for a QSL

6089,85 2008-2025 NIG RN kaduna, Oct 24, Hausa (ten.) OM long public speech - poor, heterodyne (B?), splashes from 6100 (CRI) Hope for a QSL

6055 2026-2041 RRW R.Rwanda, Oct 24, Vernacular, YL ann, guitar singing, phone talks with listeners - fair-good, weak UNID on the background (IRB?) and slight splashes from 6050 (CHN) Hope for a QSL

5995 2102-2118 MLI R. Bamako, Oct 24, mostly French OM talks with one music pause - fair, splashes from 6000 (VOR) Hope for a QSL

9705 2123-2140 NGR Voix du Sahel, Oct 24, Vernacular, OM ann and talks, native singing and music - very good with slight splashes from 9700 (BUL) Hope for a QSL

4845 2318-2338 MTN R.Mauritanie, Oct 24, Arabic OM/YL talks with short music pauses ant two ID's - fair-good, heterodyne and weak UNID on the background (B?) Hope for a QSL

5030 2340-0002* BFA R. Burkina, Oct 24, Vernacular/French (ID's and final ann), talks and local music, orchestral national anthem - good even with some transmitter hum Hope for a QSL

6035 0003-0033 BTN Bhutan BS, Oct 25, long Buddhist choral singing, OM talks and nice local songs, OM/YL dialogue - strong, but mostly fair only because of spurs from 6020 (UKR) Hope for a QSL

1520 0044-0100 USA WWKB, Oct 25, English, a lot of talks about the current election campaign, ID at 0058 - unstable signal from poor to fair levels and very weak approx. at 0053-0057

1500 0128- USA WTOP, Oct 25, English, talks about the current election campaign (as on 1520), ID with "Talk Radio 1500..." slogan - poor

3330 0217-0227 PRU Ondas del Huallaga, Oct 25, Vernacular, OM ann and music including one Spanish version of the well-known Russian song "Kazachok" - poor, CW QRM from 0225 Hope for a QSL

6015 *0257-0308 TNZ R. Tanzania, Oct 26, interval signals, national anthem, Swahili YL/OM ann, Qur'an-like singing, OM talk with mention of Zanzibar - good at the beginning with CHN on the background, poor/weak under BBC starting from 0300 Hope for a QSL

7260 0333- MNG R. Ulan Bator, Oct 25, Mongolian OM talk - poor (but without any QRM), no any signs of any heterodyne with VUT (the same was on Oct 25 all time after 0930 UTC at least)

Regarding signals from N./C./S. America on MW on Oct 26: there were a lot of them on 1100-1710 kHz between 0040 and 0420 at least including the following:
1200 Port (0126, 0344)
1320 Port (0344)
1480 Port (0116)
1620 Span (0210)
1640 Engl (0133)
1660 Port (0213, 0414)
1680 Span (0350-0404)
1710 Span (0419)

Good DX and 73s from St.Petersburg!

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