Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Blog Logs - Clandestines


5975, Sudan Radio Service, via Dhabbaya, 0303-0308, Jan 14, English news programme, ID: "you are listening SRS", strong, SINPO 44444. (Bobrowiec)

6280, Xi Wang Zhi Sheng (Sound of Hope), via Taiwan (t), 2200-2202, Jan 18, Chinese talk, SINPO 22542. (Romero)

7280, Sudan Radio Service, via Dhabbaya, 0411-0423, Jan 09, Arabic talks, many mentions of “Sudan”, African type music, more talks, SINPO 44444. (Bobrowiec)

9525, Cotton Tree News, Freetown, via Ascension, 0735-0742, Jan 22, talk in African Vernacular, SINPO 45444. (Romero)

7510, Free North Korea Radio, now via Yerevan, Armenia (300 kW 065 degrees), 2000-2030 in Korean to North Korea, ex via Novosibirsk, Russia. Broker: VT Communications. (Ivanov via BC-DX and Gupta Feb 04)

15260, Hmong Lao Radio, via Taiwan (100 kW, 250 degrees), Th/Su 0100-0200 in Hmong to Asia. Broker: TDP. Ex We/Fr via VT Communications. (Ivanov via BC-DX and Gupta, Jan 28)

15260, Hmong World Christian Radio, via Taiwan (100 kW, 250 degrees), Sa 0100-0200 in Hmong to Asia. Broker TDP. Ex Mo/We/Fr via VT Communications. (Ivanov via BC-DX and Gupta, Jan 28)

6300, National Raido of Sahara Arab Dem. Rep., Rabouni, 2238-2305, Jan 24, Arabic ann alternating interesting Arab music type (some with long instrumental pieces alternating singer), 2301 talks with music. 23433. (Bobrowiec)

9630, North Korea Reform Radio, via Taiwan (100 kW, 002 degrees), new station from Dec 24, 1200-1230 in Korean. (Ivanov, via BC-DX and Gupta, Jan 09)

9955, La Rosa de Tokio, via WRMI, 2315-2330, 14 Jan, Spanish mainly about broadcasts from the former communist countries, fair. (Korinek). Jeff White of WRMI told me in Lugano that this broadcast is directed towards Latin America, so it is very difficult to hear in Europe. (Petersen)

9825, Miraya FM, Juba, Sudan, via Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia, 1508-1756, Jan 22 and 24, news in English and ID. After the news there was programming in what they call simple Arabic, ann schedule, mentioned "Sudan", local music, 23222. (Bobrowiec, and Johnson via DX Tuner Sweden)

7510, Open Radio for North Korea, now via Yerevan (300 kW, 065 degrees), daily 2100-2200 in Korean to North Korea, ex 1100-1200 on 9930 via KWHR, Hawaii. Broker: VT Communications. (Ivanov via BC-DX and Gupta Feb 04)

4450, Pyongyang Branch of the National Democatic Front, 1130-1145, Jan 25, nationalistic type singing, signal was at a fair level. (Bolland)

9950, Radio Free Chosun, via Yerevan (300 kW, 065 degrees), 1200-1300 in Korean to North Korea, ex via Novosibirsk. Broker: VT Communications. (Ivanov, via BC-DX and Gupta Feb 04)

5815, Radio Racja, via Sitkunai, 1648-1655, Jan 27, Belarusian talk and listeners comments, music, SINPO 33343. (Romero)

11610, Radio Voice of the People via Meyerton, 1744-1755*, Jan 06, reports about the agricultural disaster in Zimbabwe, drum music and other news features about Zimbabwe in English. Plenty of IDs and gave postal and e-mail addresses at sign off. Fair. (D'Angelo)

15265, Radio do Solh, via UK, 1346-1500*, Jan 10 and 14, Vernacular news, talks and music, enters another month and another year still playing exactly the same music every day at the same time, including the sticking CD. The final tune before 1500* is growing on me. Yes, it is not only the same music, but obviously a recording of the same entire transmission, including defects, replayed day after day. (Hauser and Korinek)

15340/15400/15530/17660, Radio Mustaqbal, all cancelled from Jan 02. (Ivanov via BC-DX and Gupta, Jan 09)

5985, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (JSR), via Yamata, Japan, *1400-1430*, Fr Feb 01, in English, piano IS, request for information about abductees, gives e-mail address, mailing address and three phone numbers (depending on where one is calling from), program "News on North Korea Issues", reading news items from Associated Press, NHK, etc., this must have been a repeat of an earlier program as the items were all dated from Jan 14-19, IDs "This is Shiokaze SeaBreeze from Tokyo, Japan", the very last ID give at 1429:30 was "This is JSR, Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Tokyo, Japan", piano IS till off, fair. (Howard)

4880, SW Radio Africa, Meyerton, 1704-1845, Sa and Su Jan 26 and 27, English to Zimbabwe, talks about the country's issues, SINPO 53433, QRM from Zimbabwean jammer and number station; usually somewhat better. No music jammer noted Mo Jan 28. (Bernardini, Gonçalves, Gupta and Liangas)

3912, Voice of the People, via Goyang, South Korea, 1915, Jan 11, Korean audible in USB, but jammed from North Korea in LSB with the German programme from Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, // 6285 and 9325. (Schulze)

9940, CMI-Voice of the Wilderness (p), via Taiwan, 1335-1342, January 20, Korean talk, 25542. (Slaen)

17860, West African Democracy Radio, via Skelton, 1030-1040, Jan 20, French interview about a film festival in Senegal with collaboration of the televisión brasileña, played segments of melodic Brazilian music, SINPO 55555. (Romero)
(DX Window #342 & 343/DSWCI via Anker Petersen)