Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Blog Logs

Today's shortwave BLOG LOGS, represent a portion of those recently cut from my SWBC Logs column, due to space constraints. Contributions are always welcome for the magazine or blog, and may be directed to my above email address. Thanks very much to the contributors for your kind words and support.
Gayle VH

All times UTC, frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies. * sign-on - sign-off *


Albania
Radio Tirana. 7425, 0439. Extensive discussion on the Ministry of Justice in Albania. very good signal. (J Wood, TN)

Chile
CVC-La Voz Christiana. 11805, 0150. Spanish religious station with pop Christian music selections. (M Branco, NY)

CVC. 11805. 0326. English/Spanish programming of contemporary and hard rock christian music, very good signal. (J Wood, TN)

China
People's Broadcasting Station, Sichuan. 6060, 1040-1050. Only station audible on 6060 kHz at this time, noted Chinese language comments. Checked 7225 kHz, the alternate freq. Signal on 6060 fair, 7225 poor. (C Bolland, FL)

Dominican Republic
Radio Amanecer. 6025, 2150-2205. Spanish religious music to station identification at 2200 as, "La Voz de Esperanza." Good signal quality. (B Alexander, PA)

Equatorial Guinea
Radio Nacional via Malabo. 6249v, 0519-0530. Spanish. Extremely rare log for this station at my location. "Radio Nacional" identification. Non-stop Afro music with announcers' talk over the music. Newscast at 0530. (J Wood, TN).

Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia. 9704.18, 2005-2100.* Local pop music to announcements n Amharic. Local style music to sign-off national anthrm. Signal on // 7110, good level but some occasional co-channel QRM and adjacent channel splatter. (B Alexander, PA)

Israel
Kol Israel. 7545, 0431-0436. News with talk segments on Israeli officials travel overseas. Mentions of Iranian nuclear programs, and talk on the Israeli futbol team playing in Russia. (J Wood, TN)

Mexico
Radio UNAM. 9599.29, 0940-1000. Weak, but signal in the clear with classical music program. Station ID at 0959. Signal much stronger at 2255-2335 on 9599.27, QRM observed on 9600. (B Alexander, PA)

Nigeria
Radio Nigeria via Kaduna. 4770, 0508-0515. Station identification and talk on elections and local government. Item on making trips to the Holy Land from Nigeria. Poor signal quality. (J Wood, TN)

Pirate
The Crystal Ship. 3420, 0303-0308.* Noted the Crystal Ship sailing the pirate seas on another odd frequency. Heard the last few minutes of the broadcast, music included a Sea Chantey and a punk rock style song. Audio clips including a Jack Webb item from Dragnet. Signal lost by 0308 during sign-off announcements. (J Wood, TN)

Russia
Radiostantsiya Tihkiy Okean. 5960, 0954-1000. Another threshold signal with announcer in Russian with comments to music. Very tough hearing this station today. (C Bolland, FL)

Voice of Russia. 6240, 0329-0421. Extremely nice program on the patronage system of music composers during the reigns of Catherine the Great and Nicholas. very good signal. (J Wood, TN)

Rwanda
Radio Rwanda. 6055, 2020-2100* Station audible after Turkey's sign-off at 2020. Afro-pops to French and Vernacular languages, including mentions of Rwanda. Sign-off with brief techno-pop music for fair signal quality. (B Alexander, PA)

Seychelles
BBC relay. 11665, 0335. well done program concerning the oxymoronic concept of publicly elected officials having a sense of morality. Fair signal. (J Wood, TN).

Spain
Radio Exterior de Espana. Spanish discussion about Nobel Peace Prize nto pop music selections. Current affairs covering Cuba and Colombia. (M. Brano, NY)

Thailand
Radio Thailand. 9535, 2038-2045. Tune-in to English newscast and talk concerning local wildlife sanctuaries. Signal gongs and station ID at 2044. Listed as Thai service commencing at 2045. Fair-good signal quality. (B Alexander, PA)

USA
WHRI. 7315, 0210. Music feature of techno New Age music selections. (M Branco, NY)
(Contributors: Chuck Bolland; M. Branco, NY; Joe Wood, TN; Brian Alexander, PA)