Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency

Argentina

15345, RAE, 2148-2207, May 9. Heard in German with LA ballads, fair with a het from very weak Radio Marocaine (presumed), 2155 loop of interval signal and "RAE Argentina"IDs, het ended with Morocco sign-off at 2202, into Spanish. (Ron Howard, CA)

Ascension Island

9525, Star Radio, 0710-0800*,May 9, English "Liberia Today" news program. IDs. Personal messages to friends and family. "Cotton Tree News" to Sierra Leone at 0730 withnews in English. "CTN" IDs. Into local languages at 0737 to 0800*. Abrupt sign off. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Austria

9725, (presumed) Voice of Vietnam relay, 1856-1858, Initially noted instrumentalmusic for a minute which was followed by a female in French comments. At 1858 to1859 dead air. At 1859 signal drops off the air. The signal was good, what there was of it. There's a lot of "presumed" with this logging due to the limited details. The PBWR says this is a relay via Austria. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 7, 2008)

Australia

5995, Radio Australia via Brandon, 0938-1002, May 4, Tok Pisin. Ancnouncer with news reports regarding HIV/AIDS; Pacific Islands Forum with several mentions of the Solomon Islands. Website address to station ID and talk regarding Islands broadcasting at 0955 into native music. Station ID announcement at 0959 and Waltzing Matilda tune at 1000 into news. Fair. (Scott Barbour-NH)

Bolivia

4796.32, Radio Mallku, 1018-1025 Noted a female in Spanish languagecomments. Signal was fading in and out at a threshold level. With terrible noise all over the band this morning, it was difficult to hear anything. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 12, 2008)

4409.77 (presumed) Radio Eco, 0051-0102, May 10, Spanish. Continuos Spanish music with brief announcer at 0059; right back to music. Weak signal under band noise. (Scott Barbour-NH)

5952, 47 Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 1032-1040, May 04, Aymara. Local news by male (all in Aymara) to very nice local songs. Talks about the autonomy referendum in Bolivia's Santa Cruz province on May 4.Reports, 44422(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, 0104-0108*, May 5. Tune-into Spanish closing announcements with several IDs followed by a local ranchero tune to 0108*. Good level but some QRM from Brazilon 6134.95. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Clandestines

(North Korea) 6003 Echo of Hope 1224-1235 May 3. "California Dreaming," "Mona Lisa," and other pop standards, hosted by lady announcer in Korean. //to 3985 and 6348. (John Wilkins, CO)

(North Korea) 9940 North Korean Reform Radio 1314-1330* May 3.Presumed with lady announcer to male talks in Korean. Transmission ended at 1330. Fair at best.(John Wilkins-CO)

Croatia

3984.84, HRT, 0110-0214, May 10, Croatian talk. Local music. English Voice of Croatia at 0200-0214. Very weak with amateur radio interference. Very good on // 9925, 7285 - via Germany. Announced they would be broadcasting on both 7285 & 9925 until May 15 because of poor reception in North America. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Egypt

6290, Radio Cairo, 2145-2202, May 6, Arabic. General Svc w/ continuos AR mx thru ToH; fair. (Barbour-NH)

9960, Radio Cairo, 2128-2145, May 6, Arabic. Voice of the Arabs sservice with continuos Arabic music. Signal weak but clear. (Scott Barbour-NH

Equatorial Guinea
15190 Radio Africa (Bata) (presumed), 2003-2045, 5/8/2008, English. Back again. Recorded fundamentalist religious talk program, the first one lasting until 2040. I believe this was Brother Jerry with an address in Sterling Heights, MI. Good signal with audio somewhat overmodulated (SINPO 44333). At 2040 the next program began, this one with horrible audio and clipping so bad that only about 10% was readable. Heard a schedule of services and a phone number, but couldn't determine the name of the ministry. Tuned out at 2045. Signal strength had also declined somewhat by this time. (Jim Evans, TN)

Eritrea

7100, VOBME, Program 1, *0357-0410, May 10, IS.Talk and Horn of Africa music after 0359. Very weak. (Brian Alexander-PA)

7175, VOBME, Program 2, *0357-0420, May 10. Interval signal to Horn of Africa music after 0359. Weak under Radio Liberty.Unidentified station popped on at 0402 on 7175.13v, drifting downto 7175.09v with talk in unidentified language. About as strong as Radio Liberty. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Ethiopia

9704.19, Radio Ethiopia, 0353-0410, May 10, Amharic talk. Horn of Africa music. Good. // 7110-good. // 5990-very weak.(Brian Alexander-PA)

Greece

15630 Voice of Greece (Avlis), 2011-2022, 5/8/2008, Greek. Program of very enjoyable traditional Greek music. Talk by man at 2022. Good signal with significant fading, declining slightly (SINPO 34322). (Jim Evans, TN)

India

4970, Aall India Radio-Shillong, 1245-1258, May 10, in English, woman DJ with "This is the North Eastern Service of All India Radio with our Western musicprogram broadcasting from Shillong", playing pop songs in English,fair to poor. This program has been in this time slot from at least2006. (Ron Howard, CA)

4970 AIR Shillong 1207-1233 May 10. Presumed with sub-continental music, occasional lady announcer. Programming went into talk or news segment at 1230. Fairat best with band noise. No sign of Sabah or anything else on thefrequency. (John Wilkins-CO)

Indonesia
3987.05 RRI Manokwari 1215-1233 May 8. Jak program to 1226,then local programming with YL talking to 1232, followed by vocal music.Fair but fading. (John Wilkins-CO)

3995.03 RRI Kendari 1159-1207 May 10. SCI, then Jak relay //4605, 3325, and 4790. (John Wilkins-CO)

Iran
(non). via Kuwait, 5860, Radio Farda, 0055-0110, May 10. Listed as Farsi service. Middle Eastern pop music. IDs at 0100 and possible news. Back to pop music at 0102. Poor signal with thunderstornm interference. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Laos

6130, Lao National Radio, 1413-1428, May 5, "New Dynamic English" language lesson, Kathy interviews Maria Alvarez, Laotian translationsthroughout program, the English portion was created by DynEdInternational for the VOA. Suspect that with the longer days coming, Iwill not be able to hear this one, as the fading has startedafter 1430.Ron Howard, CA)

Lithuania

7875, Radio Vilnius, 2330-2340+, May 11, Vilnius. Booming in right now with English programming. In the clear witha very good signal. No sign of the Chinese music jammer.(Brian Alexander, PA)

Madagascar

11610, Radio Voice of thePeople, 0405-0456*, May 10. Vernacular talk. "Radio VOP" IDs. Shortbreaks of African music. English programming at 0438-0456* with news, commentary. Gave Zimbabwe address and email address. Poor to fair. No sign of any jamming. (Brian Alexander-PA)

Malaysia

5964.94 Klasik FM via Kajang 1259-1306 May 10. Two pips to 1300, then news. Noted on // 7270. Fair but fading. (John Wilkins-CO)

Myanmar/Burma
5985, Myanmar Radio. Random listening from 1301-1533, May 10, back to their usual format of mostly music (mixture of pop, rap, ballads and indigenous songs. Segments of talking. 1500-1530 played allindigenous songs, into the "English program of Myanma Radio". QRM from 5980 at 1400 is a verystrong BBC Thailand signing-on in English. (Ron Howard, CA)

Nigeria

15120 Voice of Nigeria (Ikoradu), 2159-2010, 5/8/2008, English. Woman ending a program segment. Fanfare and identification by woman as "The Voice of Nigeria, Lagos". "60 Minutes" program of "news and views" with man, woman, and other reporters. (Jim Evans, TN)

Papua New Guinea

3905 Radio New Ireland 1235-1242 May 10. Presumed with 70's music. County & western music to announcers Pidgin. Signal fair but starting to go downhill.(John Wilkins-CO)

Peru

4974.79, Radio Del Pacifico, (presumed) 0930-1000 Noted a carrier here, but initially noaudio heard. After setting here for 15 minutes or so, the audio began to fade in just soslightly. Low and behold, it was the "weeping preacher" in his usual emotional broadcast. As mentioned however, the audio was very weak and if the comments had been at a normal level instead of at an oratorial level, I doubt if would have heard anything? Signal wasthreshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 6, 2008)

4974.74, Radio Del Pacifico, 1000-1030 Sometimes I can hear a faint signal ofaudio whenever there's a fading in, but usually during the period, just the carrier is audible.For example, at 1024 music was heard briefly then it faded away. It is interesting tonote that CODAR is not audible here, on most of the band between 4700 to 4950. Notuntil around 4970 can it be heard once in awhile. Conditions are really bad this morning.(Chuck Bolland, FL May 5, 2008)

6019.41, Radio Victoria, 0829-0840 Without any interference at this time, noted aprogram of live religious comments from a male and females giving their testimony. Heardwords such as, "Gloria Dios", "Hallelujah" and, "Lima". Signal was very good at thishour. At 0859, Radio Nederland comes up with IS blocking Victoria which was still ata good level until then. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 6, 2008)

5039.18, Radio Libertad, 1035-1045 Tuned into the signal at 1035 and noted musicfor a minute then Spanish comments by a person. The signal was audible only for a fewminutes more, then it dropped into the mud. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 12, 2008)

Russia

12070, Voice of Russia, 1900-1940 (-2100) With a program of World News, features and commentary presented by male and female in English. Some fading noted, but still readable.Alternate frequencies on 15 and 11 MHz were nil heard. ID's noted periodically. "... Voice of Russia World Service we present ..." Some instrumental music presented at 1932 such as Moldova and others. Signal was still holding up at 1940. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 7, 2008)

Sweden

11765 Radio Canada relay via Hoerby, 2046-2052, 5/8/2008, English. Men talking about careers as professional pilots. Pop music selection by sports program at 2050. Poor signal (SINPO 22222). Parallels noted on 13650 (barely audible signal from UK/ Skelton) and 15235 (very good Sackville signal). (Jim Evans, TN)

Taiwan

11635, Radio Taiwan International, (presumed) 1048-1100, With a very weak signal, noted a female in Chinese language comments under CRI's stronger signal on the same frequency, as RTI continued to fade in. After CRI goes off, RTI audible slightly but too weak to copy much more than already mentioned. RTI off at 1100 too. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 8, 2008)

United Kingdom

9725, Voice of Vietnam, (presumed) 1900-1915, With a very brief ISfollowed by a male in Russian language comments. This transmission was poor compared to VOV's French broadcast. This could be due to an antenna beam change, but thePBWR again says VOV for this sked, is being relayed via Skelton, in the United Kingdom.Signal continued to degrade. (Chuck Bolland, FL May 7, 2008)

Zimbabwe

11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1817+, May 4,"Spice FM" ID. English news to 1811. Swahili talk at 1811. Local musicat 1816. Sign off noted at 2100 with National Anthem. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)