Thanks to contributor Wendel Craighead for his logs from Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Bao Loc, and Lam Dong, Vietnam. wendelcd@yahoo.comSubject: Loggings in Vietnam
I just returned from vacation in Vietnam (my 5th vacation in Bao Loc in about 10 years). Some of these loggings are a few weeks old. My friends’ Internet provider was having problems, and although Internet cafes are everywhere in Vietnam and usually have 20 to 30 computers, they are always full kids playing games with others waiting in line. So I had to wait until I returned home to report my loggings.
I really have nothing outstanding to report. There are even more Chinese stations than when I was in Vietnam in 2005. And, like in ’05, although I checked the listed frequencies often I was unable to hear any of the regional Vietnam stations. This may have been due to my modest equipment (Yacht Boy 400 and a 20 ft. indoor wire) or the very limited time these stations are on the air. In my earliest visits to Vietnam I heard a few of these, but broadcasts sometimes lasted only 15 minutes or so.
A number of stations I had hoped to log were not heard—some of the rarer Indonesians, Radio Sedayee Kashmir, Voice of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom, and others. Radio Wantok Light was always covered by CRI. There was no sign of Radio Free Asia’s Mandarin or Korean broadcasts on MW (I was probably a long way from the transmitter sites—wherever they are), and while most of the Indian regional sites were heard, they were barely audible.
Here are a few I did hear.
Bhutan
Bhutan Broadcasting Service, 6035 1401-1500 English. News at 1401; then, in BBS’s Buddhism series, on May 9 a man with an American accent spoke about the 3 Educations. Some days had pop music—including Falling In Love Again and You Give Me Something—with announcements by a woman. Off at 1500. Always weak under Yunnan PBS (in Vietnamese & Chinese) which also usually closed at 1500, although once it went off at 1410 and several times continued beyond 1500. (Craighead-Kansas, USA, & Lam Dong, Vietnam)
Myanmar
Myanmar Radio. 9731 0700-0900 English; frequency (9730) & id by a woman, then news. 0708 very eclectic (pop, rock, rap, Asian) music program; on May 1 selections included Stephen Foster’s Camptown Races with the lyrics changed to “Everybody sing this song, Doo-dah! doo-dah! . . . Oh! doo-dah-day!” At 0730 music program continued in presumed Bamar. Off at 0900. Signal was usually good. (Craighead-Kansas, USA, & Lam Dong, Vietnam)
Myanmar Defense Forces Broadcasting Unit, 5770 1129-1500 Bamar, or possibly Shan. On at 1129 with traditional Asian instrumental music; a woman speaking alternated with pop music, both Asian & Western; brief martial music featuring “bugle call” & drums at 1131, 1231, & 1331. Strong on May 10 & 11. (Craighead-Kansas, USA, & Lam Dong, Vietnam)
Taiwan
Radio Chan Troi Moi via Fanlia0, 1503 1329:30-1400 Vietnamese. On at 1329:30 with id by a man “Day . . . Chan Troi Moi . . . Radio Chan Troi Moi.” Man and woman spoke, mentioning Vietnam, Hanoi, Saigon, and many mentions of Indonesia. At 1340 brief bit of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Anthem & id by woman at 1400 close. Strong on May 6. (Craighead-Kansas, USA, & Lam Dong, Vietnam)
Taiwan
Hmong Programs for Laos in presumed Hmong. Moj Them Radio, 15260 0100-0130, Friday, May 2 and Monday, May 5. A man spoke, mentioning Afghanistan, Iraq, Mosul, and many mentions of UN Security Council & Hmong Latay (spelling?) Foundation.
Hmong Lao Radio, 15260 0100-0159, Sunday, May 11. A man spoke, mentioning Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Iraq, war on terror, Iran, etc.
Haiv Hmoob Radio, 15260 0100-0130, Tuesday, May 6. A man spoke, mentioning Canada, Australia, America, etc.
Hmong World Christian Radio, 15,260 0100-0130, Saturday, May 10. A woman spoke (sermon?) with applause at the end.
Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, 11,655 2330-2359, Friday, May 2 & Thursday, May 8.
Opened with hymn At the Cross and other Christian vocals. Aman spoke with many mentions of Jesus, Jerusalem, etc. SINFO was 55555 for all these TDP-brokered programs. (Craighead-Kansas, USA, & Lam Dong, Vietnam)
(Source: Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, & Bao Loc, Lam Dong,
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