Friday, June 08, 2007

Blog Logs


Today's Blog Logs, are a sampling of this week's MARE newsletter. Thanks to the DXers from Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts...hope this weekend brings loads of good DX!
Gayle VH

ALBANIA: 6114.99 Radio Tirana; 0239 w/politics. Solid S5. //7424.98 at S5 (LC 29 May)

ANGUILLA: 6090 University Network (p); 2240, 4-June; Pastor Melissa-Barbi pontificating again...she's been on a lot lately...running out of Dr. Gene tapes? SIO=2+33 (Frodge-MI)

CANADA: 9625 CBC Northern Quebec Svc,; 0039 w/pop mx. Inuit. On freq for once but severe rumble detectable on USB only, not LSB. A bit garbled on AM. (LC 29 May)

CUBA: 11670 Radio Nacional de Venezuela; 2220, 5-June; SS cmtry & speech excerpts re Venezuela & Revolucion de Bolivariano, also worked in a comment re Pancho Villa; ID as El Canal Nacional & RNdV. S20-25 sig. (Frodge-MI)

ECUADOR:
9739.99 HCJB; 0656 in Low German. Moderate. High German at 0700. 1 June (LC)
9779.98 HCJB; 0249 in Low German. Clear at S4. Spanish on 9744.99 w/rx at 0251. (LC 29 May)

GREAT BRITAIN:
3955 WYFR Family Radio; 0415 in German. Noisy but good. Via Skelton 1 June (LC)
9865 Radio Farda; 0405 in Farsi w/dance mx. Tuned thru 31m again @0435 & no Farda, altho it's listed until 0600. 1 June (LC)

15780.05-.18 Galei Zahal (p); 2151-2234+, 4-June; Call-in pgm; news 2200-02 then call-in pgm resumed; Pop music bumpers. All in HB except BeeGee's tune. SIO=2+33- at 1st, trill QRM & cleanest in LSB; much improved by 2220, SIO=343 w/one clatter burst. Freq drifted steadily upward. Nothing on 6973-75. (Frodge-MI)

MALI: 5995 RdfTV Malienne; 0640+ in French w/mx. Fair but under Cuba QRM on 6000. Best LSB. 1 June (LC)

PIRATE:
MAC RADIO
6850.8/AM, 0001-0007+, 4-June; Johnny Guitar pgm w/Beatles' tunes; ID'd as Mac Radio rather than Mac SW. SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)
6850.84/AM, 0045-0056+, 7-June; Johnny Guitar w/obscure pop tunes; IDs as The Mac, Mac Shortwave, didn't hear Mac Radio this time; QSL via macshortwave@yahoo.com. SIO=443+, one brief ute blast.(Frodge-MI)

RADIO 1ST TERMER
6925/U, 0005-0047+, 28-May; Santana, The Who, Sugarloaf, Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, Three Dog Night, Dave Rabbit offer, Vietnam bits & IDs. SIO=353-, audio a bit muted. (Frodge-MI)

6855/U W/SS #s; 2142*, 5-June; Just caught end, after last set of #s, W repeated non-# word that sounded like "see-nye". OC stayed on. S8-9 sig. (Frodge-MI

FMBC
89.3 CKGW Chatham ON; 1900+ w/test b'cast. Alternating preaching and contemporary Christian mx tidbits. Gave phone # 1-888-351-1118. Alternating with WHFR from Dearborn. Heard in Southfield very well. Guess call used to be in Toronto. (Cameron, Detroit MI)
(Source: MARE # 449 via Editor-Harold Frodge)

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