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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Logging observations from Canada and Spain

 

Listening at my DXing site in Canada, outside of the city, with a CommRadio CR-1a and a Wellbrook ALA-1530LN loop


Ascension Island
21630 BBC World Service at 1749, Dec. 27, in English, ID, news magazine program. Poor.
17780 BBC World Service at 1842, Dec. 27, in English, some people sharing memories from their pasts. Fair.

Austria
17765 Adventist World Radio at 1754, Dec. 27, in Masai with talk and instrumental music, 1758 a few announcements and off at 1759. Poor.

Eswatini
13800 Trans World Radio at 1804, Dec. 27, in Arabic, man and woman with Christian programming, 1805 into a dramatization. Good.
7410  Trans World Radio at 1927, Dec. 27, in Portuguese, man preaching, 1930 hymn. Fair.

Madagascar
13670 African Pathways Radio signing on at 1800, Dec. 27, in English, beginning with This Day in History feature. Good.
7445 BBC World Service at 1908, Dec. 27, in English, interviews with foreign correspondents about 2023
11965 African Pathways Radio at 2017, Dec. 27, in English, Christmas song, 2020 interview. Good.

Philippines
12120 Radyo Pilipinas at 1834, Dec. 27, man speaking in Tagalog, some background music. Poor, //15190 very poor.
9800  VOA at 1903, Dec. 27, in Korean, woman with news. Good. //7465 poor.

United Kingdom
15510 FEBA Radio Sama, via Woofferton, at 1827 in Fur language, a man with prayer, announcements, music, switched to Arabic at 1830 with two men talking. Fair.

Vatican State
9705 Vatican Radio at 2000, Dec. 27, in English, man and woman with sign on, ID. Very poor, //11870 also very poor.

Vietnam
11885 Voice of Vietnam at 1900 sign-on, Dec. 27, in English, man and woman. Very weak.
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada)


Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain (logs from Friol, northwest of Spain)

Sangean ATS-909X, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters.

Bangladesh
4750, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar, 1844-1856, 24-12, English, comments. 25432.

Brazil 
5940.2, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, 0631-0655, 25-12, religious and Christmas songs. 34433.
6010, Radio lnconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0627-0712, 25-12, Brazilian songs, id. “Inconfidencia de Radio”. 25432.
6150, Radio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 0618-0758, 25-12, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments. At 0758 eclipsed by Europa 24, Germany, signing on. 25432.
9550, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2148-2202, 24-12, religious comments and songs. // 11895. 14421.
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 1814-1827, 24-12, Brazian songs. 25432.
11895, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2150-2158, 24-12, religious comments, male. // 9550. 14421.

Colombia
5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0631-0723, 25-12, Spanish, religious comments, religious and Latin American songs. 25432.

Cuba
4765, Radio Progreso, Bejucal, 0341-0349, 25-12, Cuban songs. 35433.

Denmark
5970, Radio 208, Hvidovre, 0735-0743, 25-12, rock and pop songs in English. 25432.

Germany 
6085, Radio Mi Amigo International, Kall Krekel, 0806-0823, 25-12, songs in English, oldies, English, comments, id. “Radio Mi Amigo…”. 25432.
6095, Radio SE-TA-2, Nauen, 0929-0938, 25-12, German, songs, comments. 35433.
6150, Europa 24, Datteln, *0758-0821, 25-12, id. in English “Europa 24”, German, id. news, comments, songs. 24432.
9670, Six International, Rohrbach, 1000-1012, English, id. “Radio Six International”, comments, songs, oldies. 35433.

Japan
6115, Radio Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara, 0743-0812, 25-12, pop songs in English. 13321,

Liberia
6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 0617-0634, 25-12, English, Christmas songs, religious comments. 25432.

Madagascar
7445, BBC World Service, Talata-volonondry, 1620-1633, 24-12, Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, at 1630 BBC news. 35433.

Mexico
6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0703-0738, 25-12, music, Spanish, comments. 15421.

Netherlands
5955, Radio Veronica, Westdorpe, 0629-0649, 25-12, songs in English, oldies, id. “Radio Veronica”, Dutch, comments. 35433.
6110, Radio Delta International, Elburg, 1816-1827, 24-12, songs in English, id. “Delta Radio”, English, comments. 35433.
Also heard 0701-0724, 25-12, English, comments, id. “Radio Delta, Elburg”, “Christmas celebration from Radio Delta”, songs in English. 35433.
12030, Radio Delta International, Elburg, 0933-0955, 25-12, English, “Merry Christmas from Radio Delta”, reading messages from listeners, and songs in English. 35433.

New Zealand
13755, Radio New Zealand International, Rangitaiki, 1040-1052, 25-10, Christmas church service, “Cook Islands Christian Church Service”, “Merry Christmas”. 45444.

Tajikistan
4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1857-1935, Tajik, comments, songs. Very weak. 15421.

Tibet
7385, PSB Xizang, Lhasa, Tibet, 1635-1647, 24-12, English, program “Holy Tibet”. // 4905. 34433.

USA, 15770, NDR – Gruss an Bord (Greetings on board), Okeechobee, 1850-1857, 24-12, German, comments. // 6080, 6030, 9635, 11650, 13725. 35433.

Uzbekistan
6080, NDR – Gruss an Bord (Greetings on board), *1800-1817, 24-12, music, German, id. “Gruss an Bord”, comments, male, female, songs. // 9635, 11650, 13725. 35433.

Vanuatu
9960, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0623-0658*, 25-12, Bislama, English, comments, Island songs. QRM on 9955. 13321.

Vatican State
9710, Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1826-1842, 24-12, Holy Mass, French comments. 45444.
11875, Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1831-1846, 24-12, Holy Mass, English comments, 35433.
17735, Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1056-1122, 25-12, Christmas Message and Urbi et Orbi Blessing, English comments. 45444.
21565, Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1100-1119, 25-12, Christmas Message and Urbi et Orbi Blessing, Portuguese comments.

Zambia
4965, Voice of Hope Africa, Lusaka, 1840-1853, 24-12, religious songs in English. 15331.