All times UTC // parallel frequenciesAlbania
5960 China Radio International, 2122, 18-Mar; Male/female in English discussion of extra
marital affairs (AND! there are over 1.2 billion Chinese folks!). SIO=333; //7285, SIO=444-, also via Albania. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Anguilla
11775 University Network (p); 1506-1514+, 14-Mar; Rev. Barbi with Bible lesson--waited for something profound to write down, but alas, nothing came. SIO=4+54-, //11870 via Costa Rica, SIO=252+ (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Ascension Island
9525, Cotton Tree News via Ascension, 0734-0738, March 18, news in English (items about the "Love One Another Campaign" and the building developments at the Freetown YMCA, which should be completed in a few months), IDs "This is CTN, Freetown" and "CTN – now the news in local languages", fair (Ron Howard, CA)
17830 BBC relay. 1855. 15 March 08. English. YL with item on the British House of Lords debating a bill dealing with carbon batteries. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).
Australia
9590 Radio Australia; 1445, 14-Mar; English feature on Vietnam era protests. SIO=3+33+, bubbler jammer--against who? //9475, SIO= 353. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Bolivia
4716.68, Radio Yura, 0050-0115, March 17, Spanish talk. Wide variety of Spanish pops/ballads. Rustic local music. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Canada
9625 Radio Canada Intternational; 1443, 14-Mar; In-depth English discussion on hog production in Manitoba. SIO=544, weak warble QRM. (Harold Frodge, MI)
5835-Voice of Vietnam relay, 6345-China Radio International, Sackville leapfrogging spurs, 0130-0145+, March 16, Spur of 6175-Voice of Vietnam leapfrogging over 6005-China Radio Int and landing on 5835. Spur of 6005-China Radio Int leapfrogging over 6175-Voice of Vietnam and landing on 6345. 170 kHz intervals. Spurs weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)
China
4905 (Tibet) Xizang PBS (Lhasa), 1204-1225, 3/18/2008, Tibetan. Talk by man and woman. Poor but readable signal (SINPO 24222). Deteriorating significantly by 1225 Parallel 4920 noted with weaker signal. (Jim Evans, TN)
7110 CNR-1 (Shijiazhuang), 1232-1235, 3/18/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Upbeat traditional music with the sounds of children talking. Good signal (SINPO 34333). // 7290 (Beijing) noted with much weaker signal. (Jim Evans, TN)
4900 Voice of the Strait (Fuzhou), 1257-1300, 3/17/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Time pips on the hour followed by talk by man. Very poor signal, barely above the noise. (Jim Evans, TN)
4950 Voice of Pujiang (Shanghai), 1235-1237, 3/17/2008, Chinese. Talk by man. Very poor signal, occasionally peaking above noise level. (Jim Evans, TN)
Costa Rica
15125 Radio Espana; 1918-1924+, 18-Mar; Male/female announcers in Spanish with world
news features; IDd as RE at 1924+ instead of REdE. SIO=322; need LSB to minimize excessive SS Bible thumpage from 15130 Family Radio. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Cuba
11680 Radio Nacional de Venezuela; 1506, 14-Mar; English news de Venezuela; mentioned the Minister of Internal Power & Justice & Minister of Energy & Popular Power. Spanish/English ID at 1512 into English news de Hugo. SIO=4+54 (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
15290 Radio Nacional de Venezuela; 1906, 18-Mar; Spanish ID y noticias de Hugo. SIO SIO=4+54 (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Cyprus
9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2245*,March 16 sign on with Greek music. Greek opening announcements. Radio-drama. Greek folk music. Sign off with Greek music. Very good at sign on but slowly deteriorated to a weak signal by sign off. // 7210-mixing with a somewhat stronger China Radio Int. // 6180-weak under Brazil. Fri, Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Ethiopia
5950, Voice of Tigrey Revolution, Mekele, 0350-0420, March 17, tune-in to Horn of Africa music. Amharic talk at 0401. Surprisingly stronger than co-channel Radio Taiwan Int.via Okeechobee, Florida. Weaker on // 6170. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Guam
11690, AWR-Voice of Hope, *1530-1545, March 15, opening English ID announcements & into religious programming. Very weak. Lost in noise at 1545. Looking for Jordan but still off the air. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Indonesia
11784.87v, Voice of Indonesia, 1703-1714, March 19, in Spanish, mostly talking, several IDs, fair, 9526v not heard at this time, but was heard earlier, about 1000, so today they must have changed frequencies at some point (Ron Howard, CA)
4790 RRI Fak Fak, 1200-1210, 3/17/2008, Bahasa. Interval signal tune, Song of the Coconut Islands) followed by talk by man. Poor signal (SINPO 24222). Other Indonesian carriers noted today, but only Fak-Fak and Makassar (4750) had sufficient audio to understand program content. (Jim Evans, TN)
Israel
6973 Galei Zahal; 2215-2236+, 18-Mar; Announcer in Hebrew to English pop tunes and
taking phone calls, "Shalom". Announcer sounds like an Israeli Barry White. SIO=343, occasional ute clattter. No hint of them on recently reported 5000. (Harold Frodge,MI/Cumbre DX)
5000, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2130-2220, March 17, Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Ballads. Canned announcements.Barely audible but improving. // 6973-but with a slight delay. Thanks to tip from Roland Schulze & Anker Petersen. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Japan
5006 JG2XA Tokyo 1322 Mar 12. CW ID's with "JG2XA" and other Morse text struggling, unsuccessfully, to rise above the noise level. (John Wilkins,CO)
Libya
21695, Voice of Africa, 1515-1600*, March 17, noted back on the air after being off the past several days. English programming with local pop music. IDs. Program at 1521 about local geography. News at 1528. Readings from the Green Book at 1536. Good. Strong. Weak // 17725. But by sign off 17725 was strong and 21695 was weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Lithuania
6040 new freq for The Mighty KBC, 0150-0200, March 16, pop music, ID. Weak. Poor in noise plus QRM from Brazil on 6039.63. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Madagascar
7120 Radio Sweden; 2130-2140+, 18-Mar; Chris Boswell with English ID and Swedish Radio News--much on China Olympics/Tibet. SIO=3+33, QRM is co-channel, but weaker. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
11610 Voice of the (Zimbabwe) People (t); 1753-1755*, 17-Mar; Two announcers with discussion in English. "VOTP identification and sign-off. SIO=332, QRM was music jammer, sounding like an orchestra tuning up--seemed like a few second bit repeated. Jammer continued past 1800. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
5010, RTV Malagasy, 2345-0045+, March 16-17, Irregular lately. Wide variety of local pop music, local ballads, and Euro-pop music. Remakes of US pop music. Very little talk. Fair. Suppressed carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Myanmar
5040.59 Raido Myanmar(p) 1326-1334 Mar 12. Instrumental mxusic to 1329, then female announcer with brief announcement to talk segment in unknown language at 1330. Generally under the local noise level with just occasional words and phrases punching through. (John Wilkins, CO)
Netherlands Antilles
15315 Radio Netherlands relay via Bonaire. 1908-1930. 15 March 08.English. Mixed bag of programming consisting of bits on the cultural importance of gold in India and the spa industry throughout Europe and North America. s9/VG. (Joe Wood, TN).
Nigeria
7255 La Voix du Nigeria; 2126, 18-Mar; M in French with station ID and world news. IO=4+44-, on/off tone QRM. (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
Papua New Guinea
3225 Radio Bouganville (Buka)(presumed), 1216-1230, 3/16/2008, Pidgin. Man talking, possibly joined by second man. Religious sounding music. Very poor signal with fading. Have been hearing a carrier on this frequency for the past week, but no extractable audio until today. (Jim Evans, TN)
3905 Radio New Ireland (Kavieng), 1226-1236, 3/17/2008, Pidgin (?). Island pop music with short announcments by woman. Moderate signal (SINPO 32333). The only PNG with a decent signal this morning. (Jim Evans, TN)
3275 Radio Southern Highlands (Mendi) (presumed), 1219-1230, 3/16/2008, Pidgin. Slow religious sounding music followed by talk by woman. Poor signal, at noise threshold, in generally good PNG reception conditions. (Jim Evans, TN)
Pirate
6925USB Wolverine Radio. 0145-0230. 16 March 08. English. Wolverine Radio playing Neil Young, David Bowie and a whole bunch more that I could not identify. Male announcer mentioned that some of the music was from a Swiss band. IDs at 0204 and 0212. Faint signal-close to unreadable.(Joe Wood, TN).
6700 The Crystal Ship. 2336-0010. 11-12 Mar 08. English. The Crystal Ship opening with choral music followed by a block of Jackson Brown tunes. ID at 0009. Muffled audio. Fair. (Joe Wood, TN)
Portugal
7280 Deutsche Welle relay; 2125, 18-Mar; ID as "DW Radio." Male/female in English with world news features. SIO=322 (Frodge-MI)
15275 Deutsche Welle relay; 1908-1915+, 18-Mar; News Link, English world news features and many station IDs. SIO=454-, fady (Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)
17825 RDP International (Lisbon)1848-1854. 15 March 08. Portuguese. Male announcer with a program featuring classical guitar and folk music. S7/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).
Russia
7320, GTRK Magadan, 0710-0720, March 19, in Russian, their local programming, perhaps scheduled "latest news", singing jingle (assume station jingle), bothered here by local noise, needs better conditions to attempt ID, // 5935 (poor, mixing with WWCR). Pre-0710 and post-0720 had Radio Rossii programming, // 6075. ID for R. Rossii at 0710, just before change over to their local programming. Website http://www.magtrk.ru/otp.htm (Ron Howard, CA)
USA
6890 KNLS (Anchor Point, Alaska), 1300-1303, 3/16/2008, Chinese. Interval signal (multiple) followed by talk by man and religious music. Poor signal (SINPO 24222) with rather low audio. (Jim Evans, TN)
21695, WHRI, Cypress Creek, SC, 1445-1505+, March 15, New frequency? Punch-up error? Spur? English religious programming. ID at 1500. Weak but readable. // 9840. No sign of Libya. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Zimbabwe
(non). 12035 new freq for SW Radio Africa, 1800-1840, March 17, via U.K? English talk about upcoming Zimbabwe elections. IDs. Gave contact information. Afro-pop music. "The Hidden Story" program at 1814 about Zimbabwe politics. Strong. Very good signal. Announced they are currently testing on 12035 daily at 1800-1900 and will be moving from 7125 to 12035 for the 1700-1900 time period starting March 30.(Brian Alexander, PA)