Thanks to contributors Joe Wood, Arnaldo Slaen, Brian Alexander, Peter Ng, Stewat MacKenzie and Chuck Bolland. Hope your weekend is full of great DX!
Gayle VH
All times UTC - English unless otherwise stated - // parallel frequency
Angola
4950, Radio Nacional, 0133-0145 Noted Hilife music here. Two males in Portuguese comments at 0136 and they continued talking. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2007)
Argentina
11710 RAE (Buenos Aires). 0259-0315. French. National Anthem followed by a five minute stream of IDs in numerous languages, maybe skipping Pig Latin, and into French Service with mentions of Canada and the Argentine President. Best reception of RAE in a long time. Good. (Wood, TN).
Radio Nacional 15345 2230 Spanish SIO 444 Oct 6 OM ancr with comments and some vocal music, then ads and about Argentina by a lady announcer. (S Mackenzie, CA)
Australia
4910, ABC, VL8T-Tennant Creek, 1110-1130+, Oct 12, On the air at this odd time with English announcements, pop music. News at 1130. Fair to good. Very weak on // 2310, 2485. Still here at 1220 check. (Brian Alexander, PA)
4910 VL8T Tennant Creek, 1030. Newswcast in English via Radio Australia, followed by non-stop pop music program. SIO 353 (Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Bolivia
4732.06, Radio Universitaria, Cobiji, 0040-0120, Oct 13, Spanish pop music. Some Bolivian style pop music. Talk. ID. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Gayle VH
All times UTC - English unless otherwise stated - // parallel frequency
Angola
4950, Radio Nacional, 0133-0145 Noted Hilife music here. Two males in Portuguese comments at 0136 and they continued talking. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2007)
Argentina
11710 RAE (Buenos Aires). 0259-0315. French. National Anthem followed by a five minute stream of IDs in numerous languages, maybe skipping Pig Latin, and into French Service with mentions of Canada and the Argentine President. Best reception of RAE in a long time. Good. (Wood, TN).
Radio Nacional 15345 2230 Spanish SIO 444 Oct 6 OM ancr with comments and some vocal music, then ads and about Argentina by a lady announcer. (S Mackenzie, CA)
Australia
4910, ABC, VL8T-Tennant Creek, 1110-1130+, Oct 12, On the air at this odd time with English announcements, pop music. News at 1130. Fair to good. Very weak on // 2310, 2485. Still here at 1220 check. (Brian Alexander, PA)
4910 VL8T Tennant Creek, 1030. Newswcast in English via Radio Australia, followed by non-stop pop music program. SIO 353 (Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Bolivia
4732.06, Radio Universitaria, Cobiji, 0040-0120, Oct 13, Spanish pop music. Some Bolivian style pop music. Talk. ID. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
9624,85 Radio Fides, La Paz, 2002-2012, October 13, Spanish,transmission from "Centenario" Stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay: football match Uruguay vs Bolivia, South American World Cup Qualifier Games, 24432(Arnaldo Slaen, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Botswana
4930 VOA relay. 0418-0430. 21 Sep 07. English. OM with “Daybreak Africa” program. Time check and ID to phone numbers at bottom of the hour. Very good signal. (Wood, TN).
Canada
4877.49, Radio Canada International, Sackville, 0205-0220, Oct 12, Surprisingly good signal in Spanish. Sub-harmonic of 9754.98. ½ x 9754.98. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Chile
11970 CVC-La Voz (Santiago). 0250. 13 Oct 07. Spanish. Religious station's Inspirational music. Rather weak signal of fair quality.(Wood, TN).
China
13640 China Radio International 2247. Japanese, SIO 433 Oct 6 Announcer duo comments. Unknown station with QRM and announcer's text on organic food in English. SIO 333 (S MacKenzie, CA)
Clandestine/Opposition
9865 Radio Farda via Briech, Morocco. 0154. Electronic music with announcer's station
identification. Good signal // 9805. (Wood, TN)
Cyprus
9875 BBC World Sservice. (Zyvi). 0146-0153. 13 Oct 07. Dari. Announcer duo with English lessons in listed Dari. The lessons included both British and American grammar, phrasing, and idioms. Good. (Wood, TN).
Ecuador
4814.99, Radio El Buen Pastor, Saraguro, 0135-0200, Oct 12, Tentative with Spanish religious talk. Spanish religious music. Poor with strong CODAR QRM & weak co-channel QRM possibly from Brazil’s Radio Difusora.Brian Alexander, PA)
Germany
9925 Voice of Croatia relay 2320. Croatian text with SIO 333. Announcer's program notes. (S MacKenzie, CA)
Honduras
3249 HONDURAS, Radio Luz y Vida (San Luis). 0235. 21 Sep 07. Spanish text of religious teaching. Poor signal quality. (Wood, TN).
Indonesia
9524.96, Voice of Indonesia, 1133-1150, Oct 13, Chinese programming. English ID program announcement at 1136 with address & e-mail address then back to Chinese talk. Local music.
Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Iran
3985, VOIRI, Kamalabad, 0115-0135*, Oct 12, talk in unidentified language. Local music. Koran. National anthem at 0130 followed by Koran, talk & off at 0135. Poor to fair with occasional HAM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
7375.91, VOIRI, Kamalabad, 0258-0325, Oct 12, Koran, local music. Talk in unidentified language. Fair to good but must use ECSS-USB to avoid Costa Rica’s University Network on 7375.08. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Israel
9345 Kol israel.(Tel Aviv). 13 Oct 07. 0220-0247. Hebrew. Announcer with a long string of music by Simon and Garfunkle and Paul Simon. Commentary between songs with some English. Fair. (Wood, TN).
Japan
13650 Radio Japan-NHK 2245 Chinese. SIO 333. Oct 6 Lady announcer's program comments plus an echo on this frequency.(S MacKenzie, CA)
Mexico
6184.96, Radio Educacion, Mexico City, 0735-0745, Oct 13, Spanish announcements. Local music. Very good. // 1060 - weak under KYW-Philadelphia, Pa. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Mali
4835.57, RTV Du Mali, 2347-2359 Noted typical desert/nomad type music. After a selection, a male in French language comments, then back to music. He continues this routine until the hour. On the hour went off the air. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 1, 2007)
Mauritania
4845 Radio Mauritania. 0415. 21 Sep 07. Arabic. Announcer with discussions of Koran. Good. (Wood, TN).
Moldova
9665 Voice of Russia relay. 0203-0208. 13 Oct 07. English. Station news covering central Europe. Poor. (Wood, TN).
Morocco
11920 RTV Morocaine (Briech). 0255. 13 Oct 07. Arabic. Very good signal for Middle Eastern instrumental music. (Wood, TN).
Philippines
12065 FEBC Radio International. 2302 Chinese. SIO 333 Oct 6. Interval signal to station sign-on. Male/female text and intros to religious vocal hymns. (S MacKenzie, CA)
9615, Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, 1135-1155*, Oct 12, religious talk in unidentified language with English translations. Lite instrumental music. English ID at 1155 sign off. Fair.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
11730, Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, *1157-1210, Oct 12, Sign on with instrumental music, English ID & into unidentified language
9615, Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, 1135-1155*, Oct 12, religious talk in unidentified language with English translations. Lite instrumental music. English ID at 1155 sign off. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
11730, Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, *1157-1210, Oct 12, Sign on with instrumental music, English ID and into unidentified language at 1158. Lite music. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
9505, Radio Veritas Asia 2319. Indonesian as "Inilah Radio Veritas Asia," followed by news bulletin and station address quote for station. Program sign-off 2327. SIO 454. (Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Northern Marianas - Saipan
12090 KFBS 2256. Vietnamese with SIO 333 Oct 6. Religious hymn vocals to announcer's update at 2257. Station interval signal and station identification at 2300 for sign-off. (S MacKenzie, CA)
South Africa
3320, Radio Sondergrense, 2335-2345 Two males conversing in Afrricaans. The are talking over the telephone, so I suppose this is an interview. Sometimes I am sorry I never learned Africaans when I was over there. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, October 1, 2007)
3320 Radio Sondergrense (Meyereton). 0250-0316. 21 Sep 07. Afrikaans. pop music including “Stand by Me” in English to station identification. News at 0400. (Wood, TN).
Tunisia
9720 RTV Tunisienne (Sfax). 0156. 13 Oct 07. Arabic. Station commentary. ID and into news at 0200. Very good signal. (Wood, TN).
7275 RTV Tunisienne (Sfax). 0521. 21 Sep 07. Arabic. Middle Eastern music. Very good signal. (Wood, TN).
Ukraine
7440 Radio Ukraine International. (Mykolayiv). 0301-0315. 21 Sep 07. English. Announcer with items about Ukrainian Army followed by some type of referendum concerning the type of government being considered. Into program “Ukraine Today.” Good. (Wood, TN).
USA
Voice of America 9535, 2300. Indonesian service followed by news.(Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Zimbabwe
3396, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings, 0122-0135 noted steady African Hilife music. Didn't hear any comments. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2007)
4828v ZBC (Gweru). 0336. 21 Sep 07. Vernacular. Very tentative with reggae type music. Poor. (Wood, TN).
11730, Radio Veritas Asia, Palauig, *1157-1210, Oct 12, Sign on with instrumental music, English ID and into unidentified language at 1158. Lite music. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
9505, Radio Veritas Asia 2319. Indonesian as "Inilah Radio Veritas Asia," followed by news bulletin and station address quote for station. Program sign-off 2327. SIO 454. (Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Northern Marianas - Saipan
12090 KFBS 2256. Vietnamese with SIO 333 Oct 6. Religious hymn vocals to announcer's update at 2257. Station interval signal and station identification at 2300 for sign-off. (S MacKenzie, CA)
South Africa
3320, Radio Sondergrense, 2335-2345 Two males conversing in Afrricaans. The are talking over the telephone, so I suppose this is an interview. Sometimes I am sorry I never learned Africaans when I was over there. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, October 1, 2007)
3320 Radio Sondergrense (Meyereton). 0250-0316. 21 Sep 07. Afrikaans. pop music including “Stand by Me” in English to station identification. News at 0400. (Wood, TN).
Tunisia
9720 RTV Tunisienne (Sfax). 0156. 13 Oct 07. Arabic. Station commentary. ID and into news at 0200. Very good signal. (Wood, TN).
7275 RTV Tunisienne (Sfax). 0521. 21 Sep 07. Arabic. Middle Eastern music. Very good signal. (Wood, TN).
Ukraine
7440 Radio Ukraine International. (Mykolayiv). 0301-0315. 21 Sep 07. English. Announcer with items about Ukrainian Army followed by some type of referendum concerning the type of government being considered. Into program “Ukraine Today.” Good. (Wood, TN).
USA
Voice of America 9535, 2300. Indonesian service followed by news.(Peter Ng, Malaysia)
Zimbabwe
3396, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings, 0122-0135 noted steady African Hilife music. Didn't hear any comments. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2007)
4828v ZBC (Gweru). 0336. 21 Sep 07. Vernacular. Very tentative with reggae type music. Poor. (Wood, TN).
(QSL photo - Radio Clube, Angola via Collection Archives)
