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Previous Month's Loggings
6145 - 0820 - R. Japan / NHK, Tokyo-Yamata, Japan - (Russian) - sio:444 - Standard NHK format, only in Russian, M & W w/ talk, W giggling politely, IDs and female Japanese pop vocals. Good signal. - (Eton E5 w/ 30' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 18)
Mike - Mar 18 08:30
5995 - 0800 - R Australia, Brandon, Australia - (EE) - sio:343 - Waltzing Matilda IS, W w/ s/on ID. Into world nx by M. Fair and clear. - (Eton E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 18)
Mike - Mar 18 08:14
9870 - 0740 - R New Zealand Int'l, Rangitaiki, New Zealand - (EE) - sio:343 - Canned prgm produced in US, "A World of Possibilities" involving interview with religious leaders about the Abrahamic movement, stressing the commonalities between Christians, Jews and Muslims. W w/ RNZI ID at 0759 and off suddenly. Back a few minutes after 0800 w/ M reading NZ and Pacific news, transmitter continuing to cut in and out. - (Eton E5 w/ 20' internal / Sat800 / 6800W - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 18)
Mike - Mar 18 08:11
9660 - 0730 - R. Australia, Brandon, Australia - (EE) - sio:343 - W w/ ID, report, w/ interviews, abt Australian motor racing, and pigeon training down under. Decent signal, far better on the Sat800 than any other receiver. Listed at only 10kW. - (Sat 800 / E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 18 )
Mike - Mar 18 07:37
7225 - 0036 - IRIB Tehran, Tehran, Iran - (SS) - sio:343 - Recitations, M w/ nx, ID in Spanish. Fair, but clear alone. - (Sony 6800W w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 18)
Mike - Mar 18 00:39
15420 - 1655 - BBC, via Seychelles - (EE) - sio:232 - M w/ soccer and cricket scores, ID. Off suddenly at 1659. Very weak, only bouncing above the background noise periodically. Totally lost in the noise in the Sat800, but voice audio up over the noise much more on the Sony6800W. - (Grundig Sat800 / Sony 6800W - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 17:01
17660 - 1545 - BSKSA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - (FF) - sio:333 - YL w/ talk, ID in French. Decent signal, but Co-channel interference, possibly African music jammer probably in Moyabi. - (Grundig Sat 800 - Fern Creekm KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 16:52
15680 - 1635 - CVC In'tl, Wertachtel, Germany - (EE) - sio:343 - W w/ pgm greetings and urging listeners to listen to upcoming pgm, W in Aussie-accented English, M w/ ID and address for Africa pgm. Decent on peaks, but periodically slipping below rising noise. - (Sony 6800W w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 16:39
15370 - 1620 - R. Rebelde, Havana, Cuba - (SS) - sio:555 - W w/ prgm of Latin vocals, canned ID by M, more traditional Cuban and Spanish vocals. Local-quality signal. - (Grundig Sat800 / Sony 6800W - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 16:25
17525 - 1530 - V of Greece, Avlis (?), Greece - (Greek) - sio:343 - W w/ endless talk, sometimes voices of others heard, but mainly her just talking away in Greek. No 19 meter //'s detected. Decent signal, lots of noise is biggest problem . - ( Grundig Sat800 / Eton E5 / Degen 1103 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 16:03
7160 - 0150 - VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran - (EE) - sio:423 - M in English w/ multiple nx/commentary-type items about Iran right to peaceful nuclear energy, Isolation of US policy, support for Iran high among third world and non-aligned nations, overall failure of US mideast policy. Heavy amateur interference, from slightly below. - (Icom R75 / Eton E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 17)
Mike - Mar 17 02:05
15265 kHz - 1402z - R. Solh, USA - (Pashto/Dari) - sio:55444 - "Peace Radio". Clandestine. "U.S. military PsyOp". Pop mx, vocals, non-english. Signal degraded to 34232 at 31. Degradation stopped at 37. Instrumental music at 38. M. ann. occ. between mx pieces. Ended at 1500. Tx: Rampisham Uk; pwr 500kw. Target: Afghanistan. Info from:http://www.users.waitrose.com/~bdxc/mideast.pdf. [I know it's difficult to think of a clandestine station putting out 500kw, but that's what I came up with. Definitely not your father's clandestine radio! Comments/corrections welcome. Bucky] - (Icom R75/100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 15 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 15 16:23
9870 - 0905 - R New Zealand Int'l, Rangitaiki, New Zealand - (EE) - sio:342 - M w/ local New Zealand nx, including report on largest squid ever being caught by NZ fishermen in Antartica. NZ wx report at :15. Fair, not lots of noise. - (Grundig Sat800 / Eton E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 13)
Mike - Mar 13 09:17
7125 - 2330 - R. Conakry, Conakry, Guinea - (FF) - sio:444 - Impressive collection of Afro-melodies. M w/ "Ici Conakry" ID. Signal booming in early, starting to slightly fade. - (Icom R75 / Sat800 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar12)
Mike - Mar 12 23:51
6139.7 - 0220 - R. Lider, Bogota, Columbia - (SS) - sio:343 - Light Latin vocals. M w/ clear "Radio Lider" IDs in between songs. Seems stronger than usual, pretty clear. - (Grundig Sat800 w/ AN-LP1 active loop - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 12)
Mike - Mar 12 02:37
3455 kHz USB - 0041z - New York Center, USA - (EE) - sio:534 - New York Center airways handling wx to and from commercial airliners. Receiving position reports and handing aircraft off to Gander and Miami airways on primary and secondary HF freqs. I.D. "Delta 681, New York" at 42. Calls to and from various aircraft followed. New York sent wx report to American 62 at 0111. - (Grundig Satillit 800 on 100-ft (30.48) longwire. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 12 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 12 01:17
12085 - 2115 - R. Damascus, Adra, Syria - (EE) - sio:232 - Low-voiced YL w/ ME nx, ID "This is R. Damascus" Real weak, difficult to understand, some splash from VOA's French service from Botswana on 12080. - (DE 1103 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 10)
Mike - Mar 10 20:24
15435 - 1510 - BSKSA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - (AA) - sio:343 - M w/ Qu'ranic recitations. Good and alone. - (Sony SW77 / Eton E5 / Degen 1103 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 10)
Mike - Mar 10 15:19
15410 - 1500 - R Farda, Woofferton, England - (Farsi) - sio:333 - Mix of Persian and US pop mx, YL anncr w/ frequent "R. Farda" IDs. Not too strong and w/ unid co-channel interference. - (Sony SW77 / Eton E5 / Degen 1103 - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 10)
Mike - Mar 10 15:16
7415.0khz - 2300z - WBCQ, USA - (EE) - sio:434 - Rock music in the "Fred Flintstone's Music Show". Nice tunes plus talk about the lousy propagation, and off the cuff comments on the need for 3 phase power for their transmitters. Quite entertaining! Worth tuning in. - (FT767gx + random wire - Milwaukee, WI USA - 3/8/07)
John K9RZZ - Mar 10 09:22
7440 kHz - 0100 utc - R. Ukraine Int'l, Ukraine - (EE) - sio:55555 - I.D. "Radio Ukraine International" at 01. News at 01; EU membership, missle defense in Poland, Netherlands increasing investment in Ukraine. News ended at 05. "The Roots" program about Ukrainian culture at 05, intoduced by pleasant-sounding f. ann.; feature on poet and Ukrainian patriot Taras Shevchenko. Example of beautiful chorale music followed, and operatic piece at 22.; solo piece by f. singer at 27, based on Shevchenko's poems. Reading of one of his poems at 31. And another at 33, w/mx accompaniment . Feature ended at 35. I.D. "Radio Ukraine Internationall" at 36. Signal degraded to 55343 after 30. Targets: nAm; As. - (Grundig Satillit 800 on 100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 10 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 10 01:55
6300 kHz - 2218 utc - R. Nacional de la R.A.S.D., Western Sahara - (Arabic) - sio:55444 - R. Nacional de la Republica Arabe Saharui Democratica. Clandestine. Arabic text spoken by m. reader. At 18 a m. ann. speaking. F. ann. at 26. ME pop mx at 29. Rapid Arabic by m. reader at 33. I.D. at 37. Stringed intrument w/Arabic vocal at 53. Went to Spanish by m. ann. at 2300. I.D. at 01 by m. ann. followed by western pop mx. M. and f. in brief exchange at 07. Signal degraded to 44333 after 2300 with noise and deep fades. My QTH right on the grey line during this monitoring session. Thanks to my good friend Robin B. for this tip. - (Sony ICF-SW7600GR on Sony AN-LP1 active loop antenna. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 09 MAR)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 9 23:13
9580 - 2227 - Africa No. 1?, Gabon - (French) - sio:333 - African accented French by man and Afro-pop, high life sounding music here, presume it’s Africa No. 1, didn’t hear an ID though. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA - USA - 3 March)
chris - Mar 9 15:53
9765 - 2237 - Radio Exterior de Espana, Costa Rica - (Spanish) - sio:243 - Soccer game or other sporting even in Spanish, very weak, listed as R. Ext. de Espana’s sce. to Central America. Same pgm. also on 9630 khz. (sio 434), which is listed as R. Ext.’s sce. to North America. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA - USA - 3 March)
chris - Mar 9 15:51
6030 - 2237 - CFVP, Canada, Calgary - (EE) - sio:344 - Calgary’s AM country station’s shortwave relay coming in well, albeit with fading. ID’s “Classic Country AM 10-60”. Man on phone won a drawing for a contest, his prize was a gift certificate to the Calgary Co-op. Mention of an upcoming show in Nanton, Alberta. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA - USA - 3 March)
chris - Mar 9 15:48
6160 - 2141 - CKZU, Canada, Vancouver - (EE) - sio:555 - CBC British Columbia with the D.N.T.O. program, woman anncr. had her father sing part of the song “The Great Pretender” as part of a contest. Read somewhere that this 49 meter service was gone – well, it’s definitely still on the air. - (DX390/818, 25 ft. wire - WA - USA - 3 March)
chris - Mar 9 15:43
9690 - 1424 - All India Radio, India, Bangalore - (EE) - sio:242 - South Asian violin (sarod?) and tabla, lots of fading, but no QRM from other stations. Hrd. a man speak English… “Good bye for now… Continent… economic development...” and talk of tax collection. More sarod and tabla at 1432. Listed as All India Radio’s English service to SE Asia. - (DX390/818, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 25 Feb)
chris - Mar 9 15:17
6120 - 1512 - V. Of Turkey, Turkey - (Arabic) - sio:445 - Woman speaking what sounded like Arabic with mentions of Medina, Iran, and Ankara. Then a man mentioned ‘Turkiye’ and ‘democrati’. Listed as Turkey’s Arabic sce. to Asia. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA - USA - 22 Feb)
chris - Mar 9 15:13
3927.15 - 19.05 utc - Cupid Radio, HOL - (EE/NL) - sio:333 - A popular Dutch pirate station, with 2 other well known Dutch pirates (Antonio Radio and Radio Whitesnake) joining Cupid in the studio for a live broadcast of rock music and listener reports, etc... / A real party atmosphere being achieved by these 3 pirates, who collectively call themselves "The 3 Musketeers". / QSY'd slightly down in frequency to 3925.2 kHz at 20.20 utc, in an attempt to avoid QRM from UK based pirate operator "The Bogus Man", who began his own transmission on 3931.3 kHz at around 20.00 utc. - (Icom IC-R75 - longwire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - 8th,March.2007)
Robin Banneville - Mar 8 22:39
6005 kHz - 0340 utc - BBC World Service, England - (EE) - sio:443 - African news and mx. BBC Africa Service. "BBC's Network Africa" i.d. at 49. African sports at 50. News at 00. Tx: South Africa. Target: Af. - (Grundig Satillit 800/100-ft (30.48m) longwire. Sony 7600GR/Sony AN-LP1 active loop - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 08 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 8 04:10
6110 - 0155 - RAI Int'l, via Ascension Island - (Italian) - sio:444 - M & YL w/ ID, mention of broadcasting to Latin Americac, talk about Italy, M w/ discussion of Juliani's candidacy for the US Presidency. Good, very clear. - (Sony 7600G w/ AN-LP1 active loop - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 8)
Mike - Mar 8 02:05
11640 - 0050 - R. Taiwan Int'l, Kouhu, Taiwan - (Mandarin) - sio:444 - M w/ talk in Slow Mandarin. Dramatic presentation, with background mx. Listed as Taiwan Network (0000 - 0500) Very strong for listed 100 kW. Some fainter co-channel Chinese, probably jamming. //11885 about the same with no audible jamming. - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek - Mar 8)
Mike - Mar 8 01:06
7440 - 0105 - R. Ukraine Int'l, Mikolayiv, Ukraine - (EE) - sio:242 - YL w/ Ukrainian nx until :10 after, then M w/ ID into talk abt Ukraine. Alone, but weak and hard to understand. - (Eton E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 7 )
Mike - Mar 7 01:17
9445 - 2115 - All India Radio, Bangalore, India - (EE) - sio:343 - Long musical piece with the strangest vocals I've ever heard, YL w/ ID, into interview betw 2 men about political stability in S Asia. Signal decent, better on the music, as if the voice modulation is low. //11620 much stronger, but audio distorting. - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 6)
Mike - Mar 6 21:28
7545 - 0430 - KOL, Israel - (EE) - sio:444 - Station ID at 0430 followed by local/regional news. Excellent signal at this time. - (Drake R8B w/ Grove Skywire - Tullahoma, Tennessee - Mar. 6, 2007)
Randall Morrison - Mar 6 04:36
7425 - 0040 - R. Tirana, Shijiak, Albania - (Albanian) - sio:343 - M talking, many mentions of Tirana. YL w/ ID at 0045. Not the strongest signal, but clear and all alone - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 6)
Mike - Mar 6 00:50
15515 kHz - 2240 utc - R. Australia, Australia - (EE) - sio:34433 - "Breakfast Club at Radio Australia" i.d. at 40. Wx at 41. Security situation in East Timor at 44. North Korea situation, starving population and nuclear threat at 47. Financial news at 49. Vocal pop mx at 53 by "Bourne". Ended at 58. Target: As; Au-Pa. - (Grundig Satillit 800/100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 04 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 4 23:06
15400 kHz - 2113 utc - BBC World Service, England - (EE) - sio:554 - Discussion of coup in Africa, with first-person account. I.D. "BBC African Service" at 29. News at 30. Discussion of history of independence movements in Africa at 35. "Over to You" at 41, listener call-ins. World news at 00. Tx: Ascension Island. Target: wAf. - (Grundig Satillit 800/100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 04 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 4 22:16
11620 - 1935 - All India Radio, Bangalore, India - (EE) - sio:343 - M w/ commentary about India's committment to peace through dialogue, W w/ ID "You are listening to the General Overseas Service of All India Radio," into sucontinental mx. Decent signal. - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 4)
Mike - Mar 4 19:41
17660 - 1345 - African Music Jammer, Moyabi, Gabon (?) - (None) - sio:343 - Listened to over a half-hour of non-stop Afropop mx this morning. No announcements of any sort, even at the top of the hour. Decent signal, very similar to the signal from Africa Number One on 17630. Also noted that this came in much better on my E5 with just an internal wire than it did even on my R75 with an external wire - probably due to the incredibly low noise floor of the E5 - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 4)
Mike - Mar 4 15:57
6307.95 kHz - 00.45 utc - Radio Odyssey, Greece - (EE) - sio:34334 - Pirate station broadcastng from Greece and reaching across the Atlantic to the USA with a good "s7" signal. Heard here in Guernsey with a strong "s9+10" (v). / Mainly playing well known rock and pop tracks, with ID by YL and later by OM at around 00.58 utc. / Went off air around 01.00 for a few minutes, then returned with a bit more power. / Continued to transmit for about 50 minutes, with the OM thanking listeners in the US for their reports. - (Icom IC-R75 + longwire - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - 4th,March.2007)
Robin Banneville - Mar 4 11:35
3931.20 kHz - 19.25 utc - The Bogus Man, England (Coventry?) - (EE) - sio:34434 - A rather strange shortwave pirate station, with a quite unique form of presentation. The Bogus Man appears to be something of a loner, who, in a very conversational manner, shares his unusual daily affairs, personal thoughts and anecdotes, with listeners, interspersed with rock, or psycadelic, music. Actually quite cleverly done, and certainly entertaining. - (Icom IC-R75 + longwire - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - 2nd,March.2007)
Robin Banneville - Mar 2 20:58
7345 kHz - 2335 utc - R. Prague, Czech Republic - (EE) - sio:444 - Discussion about Social Democrats. Noise pollution discussion at 37, "in the Czech Republic." Discussion of One World Festival of human rights films at 40. Naming of mountain peak in Siberia at 44. Central Europe's oldest technical university, program "Czech Science." Target: eNAm. Program ended at 55 w/vocal mx leadout. - (Sony ICF-SW7600GR/Sony AN-LP1 active loop. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 01 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 2 00:15
11735 - 0125 - Voice of Korea, Kujang, North Korea - (EE) - sio:343 - Surprised to hear this during bandscan. M in dull, flat English droning on about Korea. Several mentions of the "Great Leader." Signal much stronger than any NK logs lately. 11 MHz seems pretty strong here, tonight. RAE coming pretty well on 11710. Annoyingly, the entire band seems to have a harsh background buzz, probably local RFI. - (E5 w/ 20' internal - Fern Creek, KY - Mar 1)
Mike - Mar 1 01:38
7400 kHz - 0001z - R. BULGARIA, Bulgaria - (EE) - sio:343 - News. "Radio Bulgaria" i.d. at 02. Marijuana "incinerated". Danube navigation system. Wx at 08. "Daily Events and Developments" at 10. Discussion of upgrading internet services; "e-government." Target: nAM. - (RS DX-398; Sony AN-LP1 active loop antenna. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 01 MAR 07)
Bucky Hydal - Mar 1 00:38
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