Monday, November 12, 2007

Blog Logs

Antarctica
15476 LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Esperanza Antartic Base, 2010-2035, November 09, Spanish, local romantic songs, talk by female about different Antartic islands. Nice announcement, “....en Radio Arcángel San Gabriel...”, TC: “hora 17 y 34 minutos”, weather report for Esperanza Base: “…vientos moderados, cielo cubierto y precipitaciones”, ann.: “Cada media hora con noticias……15476 Khz”, 34422
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

Bolivia
5996,37 Radio Loyola, Sucre, 2316-2330, November 09, Spanish, Interview, ID as: “.....Radio Loyola....en su casa....”, SINPO 23432 Strong QRM from Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil on 6000 kHz (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

China
5050, Guangxi BCS-Nanning, 1104-1121, Nov 8, listed Vietnamese. Male/fermale auo with talk and a presumed ID at 1115 followed by OM thru tune-out. Weak but improving. // 9820-fair. (Barbour-NH)

Clandestine
15665 Voice of Biafra Internacional, via WHRI?, 2040-2045, November 09, English, very long talk by male with very mentions to “Biafra” & “Nigeria”, SINPO 34333 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

Cyprus
9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2244*, Nov 11, Sign on with local Greek music. Mostly Greek talk with very little local music. Listed for Fri, Sat, Sun only. Good at sign on but very weak by 2225. // 7210-fair level but mixing with a strong China Radio International. // 6180-weak under Brazil’s Radio Nac do Amazonia. (Alexander-PA)

Czech Republic
6200, Radio Prague (Litomysl). 0123-0125* 7 Nov 07. English. Announcer with station ID and sign-on announcements. Good. (Wood, TN).

Dominican Republic
6025.08, Radio Amanecer, Santo Domingo, 2220-2235, Nov 10, religious music. Spanish announcements. LV de Esperanza jingle. "Radio Amanecer" ID at 2231. Strong signal strength but with some adjacent channel splatter & audio somewhat distorted.
(Brian Alexander, PA)

French Guiana
5995, Radio France International relay. 0107-0127. 7 Nov 07. French. Lady announcer with news of Pakistan and mentions of bombers. IDs at 0108 and 0114 with mentions of Spanish website. Talk of US and French Presidents. Fair. (Wood, TN).

Germany
6105, Trans World Radio via Wertachtal, 0838-0850*, Nov 5, English. "Through the Bible" program, followed by religous talk and contact info. TWR info and interval signal at sign-off. Fair. (Barbour-NH)

Jordan
11690, Radio Jordon, 1600-1729*, Nov 10, English programming with lite instrumental music, Euro-pop music. Call-in program about saying "no". ID & news at 1701 followed by lite music to sign off. Fair to good. French noted earlier at 1500 check.
(Brian Alexander, PA)

Kuwait
11990, Radio Kuwait, *1757-1900+, Nov 10, Sign on with Arabic programming. National Anthem at 1800 & English programming with opening ID announcements. Talk about religion in the area. Variety of US pop music & Euro-pop music. Program about Kuwaiti women at 1900. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Monaco
7210, Trans World Radio. 0928-0945, Nov 6. Listed Hungarian. Interval signal at tune-in. Announcer's station ID to religous talks. Signal Weak and faded out by 0945. (Barbour-NH)

Mongolia
7260. Presumed Mongolian Radio, 1203-1230, Nov 6, Vernacular. News soundbites at tune-in. Exotic ballads from 1211 until announcer at 1228. Signal Wiped out by USB
chatter at 1230. Weak/fading. (Barbour-NH)

Morocco
5980 RTV Morocaine (Briech). 0104. 7 Nov 07. Arabic. Announcer with sign-on announcements during Mddle Eastern background music. Fair. (Wood, TN).

North Korea
4450, KCBS-Pyongyang, 1127-1140, Nov 10, Korean. Announcer at tune-in. Ballads from 1135 thru tune-out. Poor signal and weak under QRN. (Barbour-NH)

Papua New Guinea
3335, Radio East Sepik, 1147-1215, Nov 9, Tok Pisin/English. lady announcer with newscast at tune-in and mentions of Lorangau. NBC relay at 1200 with English news regarding Pakistan and the U.N. Back to announcer at 1203. Bits of choral music to animal/bird-like call at 1206. Presumed radio drama thru tune-out. Remarkable signal at tune-in, eventually fading out by 1215. Quick checks for other 90meters PNG's revealed a few carriers but nothing like this one. (Barbour-NH)

Peru
5014.5, presumed Radio Altura, 1052-1103, Nov 9, Spanish. Music at tune-in, Announcer from 1055 until presumed ID announcement at top-of-the-hour, then right back to music. Poor, rapidly deteriorating. (Barbour-NH)

Peru
5039.3 presumed Radio Libertad, 1023-1036, Nov 8, Spanish. Announcer's talk between musical selections. Poor under QRN. (Barbour-NH)

Tanzania
11735, Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1810, Nov 10, Time pips, time check & English news at 1800-1809. "Spice FM" IDs. Swahili talk at 1809. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Thailand
6040, Radio Thailand, *1130-1142, Nov 8, English/listed Laotian (Spanish?) nterval signal to English ID announcement. OM in language thru tune-out. Fair. (Barbour-NH)

Tibet
4820, Xizang PBS-Lhasa, 1052-1105, Nov 10, Mandarin. Various announcers and musical bits. Pips/presumed ID at 1100 followed by OM until music at 1105. Poor/fair. (Barbour-NH)