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All shortwave loggings were monitored prior to the winter schedule period from October 25.
English unless otherwise indicated
// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency
*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz
Monitoring October 1 – 23, 2026
UTC/frequencies kHz
Mediumwave
Shortwave
Brazil (Portuguese)
5940.1, Voz Missionária, Camboriú, 2035-2047. Religious comments and music variety. SINPO 15421 (Manual Méndez, Spain/BDXC).
6150, Rádio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 0439-0534. Brazilian music to announcer’s comments and station ID as “Rádio Saturno, Faixa Brasil.” SINPO 15422 (Méndez).
6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 2025-2103. Brazilian songs, program comments “E’ Tudo Brasil” at 2100. Soccer program “No Mundo da Bola.” O mais tradicional programa esportivo da rádio brasileira.” SINPO 35433 (Méndez).
6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 0218-0230. Live football: Palmeiras vs. Fluminense with talk and commentary of game plus collaborators in Maracanã Stadium to 0227 “goooooooooooooooooooal !!! Good rare reception with SINPO 45544. ((Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Brazil/HCDX).
15189.8 Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte 2034-2055. Program comments and Brazilian music. Comments, “Estamos apresentando a Hora do Fazendeiro.” SINPO 25422 (Méndez).
China
13670, Xinjiang RTV, Urumqi/Xinjiang 0247-0305. Uyghur service to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Woman announcer presenting musical program with Uyghur songs. Time pips at 0300 into music in progress. Fair reception SINPO 35533 (Xavier).
Clandestine
7650, Voice of the Martyrs via Tashkent in Korean at 2120-2130. Announcer’s talk to music tunes (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil).
Colombia
5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0502-0525. English religious vocals to program comments. SINPO 15422. Also observed 0441-0634 with the same format. SINPO 25422. (Méndez).
6010, La Voz de Tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0503-0539. Spanish religious music to announcer’s comments. SINPO 15421. (Méndez).
Denmark
3965, World Music Radio, Hvidovre 1817-1855. Pop music variety, including Latin American variety. Station ID “WMR World Music Radio.” SINPO 15422 (Méndez).
Ethiopia
6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa at 1710-1800. African text, presumed Oromo. Announcer’s text and conversation for fifteen minutes. Intro to Ethiopian music. TWR SDR (Rod Pearson, FL). Ethiopia’s Radio Fana 1805-1820 on 6110 with announcer’s comments.(Pearson). Radio Fana, Addis Ababa 6110, 0345-0352 in Amharic. (Grimm)
Eswatini
13800, Trans World Radio Africa via Manzini at 1910-1915. Christian message and music (Grimm).
France
7520 Radio for Peace International via Issoudun in Farsi to the Middle East; 2050-2100. Talk and instrumental music. Sign-off at 2100 (Grimm) Radio France International 21550 in French to Central Africa at 1521-1527. Talk and commentaries in French (Grimm).
Guam
15530, AWR via Agat, Guam in Tamil to South Asia at 1521-1527. Talk, announcements, and instrumental music. Also heard on 15360 to Asia at 1304-1310. Christian programming and music(Grimm).
India
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| Classic QSL card from AIR |
15410, All India Radio/Akashvani 0159-0216. Bengaluru, India in Nepali, targeting Nepal. Male/female announcers, presumed devotional music. Station ID at 0213 to Indian-style music. Poor reception, SINPO 35532 (Xavier).
Kuwait
11590, Voice of America in Mandarin to the Far East, 2209-2214. Two male announcers’ friendly conversation (Grimm).
Mali
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| Classic Radio Mali QSL |
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako 0600-0615. Early morning French programming of comments, interviews, and Malian music. Noted a sign-on on subsequent days at 1800. (Pearson).
New Zealand
17675, RNZ Pacific in English to the Pacific areas at 0327-0335. Romantic pop vocal songs to “Radio New Zealand” ID. (Grimm).
Peru
4775, Radio Tarma 0145-0205.* Andean music vocals to announcer’s Spanish text and comments. Signal not always audible, so good to hear Peru’s Radio Senda Cristiana, Cotahuasi on 4820, 0110-0130. Just barely there but holding steady. (Pearson).
Romania
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| Classic QSL from RRI |
9730, Radio Romania International 0143-0157. Galbeni in Romanian to North America. Lady announcer in conversation to 0152. Romantic Romanian music, no ID and abrupt close down (Xavier).
Tajikistan
7565, Radio Farda via Dushanbe in Farsi to Iran at 2112-2120. Music, chat and announcements. Radio Free Asia via Dushanbe heard on 9375 in Mandarin to the Far East at 2203-2208. Continuous commentary from male/female duo. (Grimm).
Tibet
4905. Xizang RTV, Lhasa 1725-1738. Tibetan program comments and regional music, noted on / 4920 and 7385. Earlier monitoring 1644-1659 in English with Tibetan vocal music (Méndez)
Turkey
9465, Voice of Turkey 0233-0245. Uyghur service via Emirler to Xinjiang Uyghur region of China. Brief musical pause to male’s station ID and repeats. Uyghur song to announcer’s newscript (presumed). Fair reception SINPO 35533, noted fast and sporadic jamming, with damage to the transmissions (Xavier).
Uzbekistan
9590, BBC World Service via Tashkent relay 0128-0140. English newscast to conversation. Fair signal reception. SINPO 345543 (Xavier).
Vatican City State
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| Vatican Radio QSL |
