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Gayle VH
Australia
2368.5 Radio Symban Untraced this morning when checking at 0820. I had heard them yesterday and the day before with good reception. All monitoring was via a remote tuner in Australia. The station sent me an email confirmation for a report I sent them and explained they were not at full power or modulation yet. Thanks to John Wright in HCDX for his report on this. (H. Johnson, FL/Cumbre DX Jun 14)
Radio Australia-Shepparton-RA 15515 0428 English 444 June 14 Two OMs at a sports event, possible football. //15240 [333] Shepparton and 13690 [SIO 322] Shepparton. (S MacKenzie, CA)
Bolivia
6155.23, Radio Fides (tentative), 0312-0344, June 15, non-stop Latin American music, poor to fair, never heard any announcements. Would think Radio Banda Orienta (Uruguay) rather unlikely.(R Howard, CA)
China
10000 BPM (Time/Frequency Station) 1259 Jun 20. Ten "BPM" CW ID's noted from 1259:00-1259:40. Not very strong so not sure if voice ID's followed. Signal fair at best and under WWV time station. (J. Wilkins,CO)
6060, Sichuan PBS, 1346-1358, June 18, in Chinese with radio drama, fair, // 9740, almost fair with BBC QRM. Both 7225 and 12015 unheard as covered by QRM. (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Clandestine
6100, Radio Republica, (Cuba), (pres)0204-0215 Noted a male and female in Spanish Language conversation. Note being a Spanish linguist, I couldn't make out the subject of their comments. Mentions of Cuba often however. Signal was fair. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
6020, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (JSR) via Yamata, Japan, *1400-1405, June 18, in rarely heard Chinese (just as with their English programming, the announcers had strong accents), on with piano IS, "JSR" ID, moderate jamming present, along with light QRM from assume VOV (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
Equatorial Guinea
Radio Africa, 15190, received an email from Robin M. Boggs (Pan American Broadcasting): "We have received many sporadic reception reports from the United States and Europe, receiving this phenomenal signal… During our technical upgrades early 2008, our transmitter was being upgraded to incorporate a stronger and clearer signal… We are going to be implementing additional technical upgrade work on the tower in the next 2 months, this will allow our programming to expand in hours." (R. Howard,CA June 16)
Honduras
3250, Radio Luz Y Vida, 0118-0130 Noted music when tuning in, then a couple of minutes of talk in Spanish by a male and back to music by 0122. Signal was fair but the crashes on this band are terrible. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
Indonesia
4790.03, RRI Fak Fak, 1243-1311, June 18, in BI, Easy-listening to pop songs, 1300 singing jingle, Song of Coconut Islands interval signal to R.R.I. ID, news, fair with light CODAR QRM. (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
India
5010, All India Radio, presumed, 0045-0105 At tune in, noted steady music.At 0054 a female comments briefly, then male heard talking. Can't identify the language however. Nothing said on the hour to confirm this. Signal was threshold. (C. Bolland,FL June 19, 2008)
Japan
6055, Radio Nikkei-1, 1314-1330*, June 17, English language lesson, mostly in English with some Japanese, good, // 3925, fair (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
Malaysia
5964.93, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1306-1349, June 16, in vernacular, RTM Kuala Lumpur news (news only is // 7130 Sarawak FM via RTM), EZL pop songs, IDs for "Klasik Nasional" and also the "Klasik Nasional" singing jingle, fair. (R Howard, CA)
7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1246-1256, June 17, DJs playing pop songs, on the phone with a listener who just won an album, IDs, fair (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Mexico
6104.88 Candela FM, Mérida 1123-1135 Jun 16. Very tentative with M&W talking in Spanish, I think. Too weak to make out much. (J. Wilkins,CO)
New Zealand
6170, Radio New Zealand Int'l, 1354, June 16, in English with ID for R.N.Z.I., the Voice of the Pacific, good reception (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
North Korea
9335 La Voix de la Corée *1400-1407 Jun 22. IS, French ID's, anthem, opening anmt, then les nouvelles at 1404. Good signal // 11709.94 also good with 11705 splatter. (J. Wilkins, CO)
Papua New Guinea
3905 Radio New Ireland 1202-1235 Jun 17. Program of vocal music hosted by YL in Pidgin, I think. Still there, weakly, at 1235. (J. Wilkins, CO)
3385, Radio East New Britain, 1230-1257, June 16, in Tok Pisin, ad for auto dealership which had some English (similar to Mark Schiefelbein's nice audio clip at NASWAyg sound files), DJ with pop songs, fair; 1218-1237, June 17, DJ in Tok Pisin playing pop songs in English, seemed to be a dedications program, between songs she gave list of names with their various locations (Solomon Islands, etc.), fair (recently better than their usual reception, as Walt Salmaniw also observed on the 18th). (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
3235, 1241-, Radio West New Britain Jun 18 Poor reception with just audible music. A presumed logging for this one. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3335, 1238-, Radio East Sepik Jun 18 Fair reception with female announcer. Not parallel to the other PNGs heard today. Tok Pisin. Heard mention of 'O'Clock'. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3365, 1236-, Radio Milne Bay Jun 18 A presumed logging with poor to fair reception with two males talking in presumed Tok Pisin. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3385, 1234-, Radio East New Britain Jun 18 Strong signal with EZL music and DJ in Tok Pisin.Sounds more like local programming than Radio National, but can't be sure. Continued past 13:00. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
Peru
6019.38, Radio Victoria, 0830-0840 Noted a female and a male in conversation(Spanish), with each other. Between 0800 (if on) and 0857 UTC, Radio Victoria is in the clear. This freq isn't used by others (i.e. CRI, Radio Nederland) until 0900 and later, so depending on the fade pattern, Radio Victoria can be heard pretty easy between 0800 and 0900. This morning is no exception, but the natural noise level is tremendous making copy a "headache" to say the least. The steady comments continued and the signal was poor. (C. Bolland, June 19, 2008)
Pirate (US)
6925u International Shortwave. 0206-0226. 19 June 08. English. A couple of IDs, “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John, and lots of unid music. Signal fair-good. (J. Wood, TN).
Singapore
6080 Radio Singapore Int'l 1159-1208 Jun 15. Program notes; time check for "8:00" at 1200, then into news in EG. Good signal. The days are numbered for this station. (J. Wilkins, CO)
Sweden
6010, Radio Sweden, 0155-0200 Noted the tailend of their English language broadcast with plenty of ID's before they went off at 0159. While on, the signal was good (armchair) here. At 0200 after a brief Interval Signal, the scheduled Swedish broadcast starts. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
Thailand
15275, Radio Thailand, 0221-0230, June 15, in English, news, info about Queen Sirikit, ad for the Golden Village Restaurant (Chinese food) located in a hotel by the airport, gives the wrong times for their English segment (10:00-10:30 Thai time, 0300-0330 GMT), instead of the actual 09:00-09:30 Thai time, 0200-0230 UT, fair. (R Howard, CA)
Tibet
6200, PBS-XZDT, Lhasa, 1302-1338, June 16 & 17, continues to relay CNR-1. Is this frequency ever going to air their own programming again? (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Vietnam
4739.59v, Radio TV. Son La (presumed), 1220-1241, June 18, in Vietnamese, indigenous music and singing/chanting, 1230 into talk, fair. (R Howard, CA)
5975.0, Voice of Vietnam-1, 1305-1317, June 17, in Vietnamese, mostly talking, // 7210.0 // 9530.0 (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Contributors:
Scott Barbour, NG
Chuck Bolland, FL
Ron Howard, CA
Hans Johnson, FL
Stewart MacKenzie, CA
Walter Salmaniw, BC Canada
Joe Wood, TN
John Wilkins, CO
Thanks to all the contributors for today's edition of Blog Logs. Have you sent yours in yet ?
Gayle VH
Australia
2368.5 Radio Symban Untraced this morning when checking at 0820. I had heard them yesterday and the day before with good reception. All monitoring was via a remote tuner in Australia. The station sent me an email confirmation for a report I sent them and explained they were not at full power or modulation yet. Thanks to John Wright in HCDX for his report on this. (H. Johnson, FL/Cumbre DX Jun 14)
Radio Australia-Shepparton-RA 15515 0428 English 444 June 14 Two OMs at a sports event, possible football. //15240 [333] Shepparton and 13690 [SIO 322] Shepparton. (S MacKenzie, CA)
Bolivia
6155.23, Radio Fides (tentative), 0312-0344, June 15, non-stop Latin American music, poor to fair, never heard any announcements. Would think Radio Banda Orienta (Uruguay) rather unlikely.(R Howard, CA)
China
10000 BPM (Time/Frequency Station) 1259 Jun 20. Ten "BPM" CW ID's noted from 1259:00-1259:40. Not very strong so not sure if voice ID's followed. Signal fair at best and under WWV time station. (J. Wilkins,CO)
6060, Sichuan PBS, 1346-1358, June 18, in Chinese with radio drama, fair, // 9740, almost fair with BBC QRM. Both 7225 and 12015 unheard as covered by QRM. (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Clandestine
6100, Radio Republica, (Cuba), (pres)0204-0215 Noted a male and female in Spanish Language conversation. Note being a Spanish linguist, I couldn't make out the subject of their comments. Mentions of Cuba often however. Signal was fair. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
6020, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (JSR) via Yamata, Japan, *1400-1405, June 18, in rarely heard Chinese (just as with their English programming, the announcers had strong accents), on with piano IS, "JSR" ID, moderate jamming present, along with light QRM from assume VOV (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
Equatorial Guinea
Radio Africa, 15190, received an email from Robin M. Boggs (Pan American Broadcasting): "We have received many sporadic reception reports from the United States and Europe, receiving this phenomenal signal… During our technical upgrades early 2008, our transmitter was being upgraded to incorporate a stronger and clearer signal… We are going to be implementing additional technical upgrade work on the tower in the next 2 months, this will allow our programming to expand in hours." (R. Howard,CA June 16)
Honduras
3250, Radio Luz Y Vida, 0118-0130 Noted music when tuning in, then a couple of minutes of talk in Spanish by a male and back to music by 0122. Signal was fair but the crashes on this band are terrible. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
Indonesia
4790.03, RRI Fak Fak, 1243-1311, June 18, in BI, Easy-listening to pop songs, 1300 singing jingle, Song of Coconut Islands interval signal to R.R.I. ID, news, fair with light CODAR QRM. (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
India
5010, All India Radio, presumed, 0045-0105 At tune in, noted steady music.At 0054 a female comments briefly, then male heard talking. Can't identify the language however. Nothing said on the hour to confirm this. Signal was threshold. (C. Bolland,FL June 19, 2008)
Japan
6055, Radio Nikkei-1, 1314-1330*, June 17, English language lesson, mostly in English with some Japanese, good, // 3925, fair (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
Malaysia
5964.93, Klasik Nasional FM via RTM, 1306-1349, June 16, in vernacular, RTM Kuala Lumpur news (news only is // 7130 Sarawak FM via RTM), EZL pop songs, IDs for "Klasik Nasional" and also the "Klasik Nasional" singing jingle, fair. (R Howard, CA)
7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1246-1256, June 17, DJs playing pop songs, on the phone with a listener who just won an album, IDs, fair (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Mexico
6104.88 Candela FM, Mérida 1123-1135 Jun 16. Very tentative with M&W talking in Spanish, I think. Too weak to make out much. (J. Wilkins,CO)
New Zealand
6170, Radio New Zealand Int'l, 1354, June 16, in English with ID for R.N.Z.I., the Voice of the Pacific, good reception (R. Howard, CA Etón E1)
North Korea
9335 La Voix de la Corée *1400-1407 Jun 22. IS, French ID's, anthem, opening anmt, then les nouvelles at 1404. Good signal // 11709.94 also good with 11705 splatter. (J. Wilkins, CO)
Papua New Guinea
3905 Radio New Ireland 1202-1235 Jun 17. Program of vocal music hosted by YL in Pidgin, I think. Still there, weakly, at 1235. (J. Wilkins, CO)
3385, Radio East New Britain, 1230-1257, June 16, in Tok Pisin, ad for auto dealership which had some English (similar to Mark Schiefelbein's nice audio clip at NASWAyg sound files), DJ with pop songs, fair; 1218-1237, June 17, DJ in Tok Pisin playing pop songs in English, seemed to be a dedications program, between songs she gave list of names with their various locations (Solomon Islands, etc.), fair (recently better than their usual reception, as Walt Salmaniw also observed on the 18th). (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
3235, 1241-, Radio West New Britain Jun 18 Poor reception with just audible music. A presumed logging for this one. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3335, 1238-, Radio East Sepik Jun 18 Fair reception with female announcer. Not parallel to the other PNGs heard today. Tok Pisin. Heard mention of 'O'Clock'. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3365, 1236-, Radio Milne Bay Jun 18 A presumed logging with poor to fair reception with two males talking in presumed Tok Pisin. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
3385, 1234-, Radio East New Britain Jun 18 Strong signal with EZL music and DJ in Tok Pisin.Sounds more like local programming than Radio National, but can't be sure. Continued past 13:00. (W. Salmaniw, Canada)
Peru
6019.38, Radio Victoria, 0830-0840 Noted a female and a male in conversation(Spanish), with each other. Between 0800 (if on) and 0857 UTC, Radio Victoria is in the clear. This freq isn't used by others (i.e. CRI, Radio Nederland) until 0900 and later, so depending on the fade pattern, Radio Victoria can be heard pretty easy between 0800 and 0900. This morning is no exception, but the natural noise level is tremendous making copy a "headache" to say the least. The steady comments continued and the signal was poor. (C. Bolland, June 19, 2008)
Pirate (US)
6925u International Shortwave. 0206-0226. 19 June 08. English. A couple of IDs, “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John, and lots of unid music. Signal fair-good. (J. Wood, TN).
Singapore
6080 Radio Singapore Int'l 1159-1208 Jun 15. Program notes; time check for "8:00" at 1200, then into news in EG. Good signal. The days are numbered for this station. (J. Wilkins, CO)
Sweden
6010, Radio Sweden, 0155-0200 Noted the tailend of their English language broadcast with plenty of ID's before they went off at 0159. While on, the signal was good (armchair) here. At 0200 after a brief Interval Signal, the scheduled Swedish broadcast starts. (C. Bolland, FL June 19, 2008)
Thailand
15275, Radio Thailand, 0221-0230, June 15, in English, news, info about Queen Sirikit, ad for the Golden Village Restaurant (Chinese food) located in a hotel by the airport, gives the wrong times for their English segment (10:00-10:30 Thai time, 0300-0330 GMT), instead of the actual 09:00-09:30 Thai time, 0200-0230 UT, fair. (R Howard, CA)
Tibet
6200, PBS-XZDT, Lhasa, 1302-1338, June 16 & 17, continues to relay CNR-1. Is this frequency ever going to air their own programming again? (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Vietnam
4739.59v, Radio TV. Son La (presumed), 1220-1241, June 18, in Vietnamese, indigenous music and singing/chanting, 1230 into talk, fair. (R Howard, CA)
5975.0, Voice of Vietnam-1, 1305-1317, June 17, in Vietnamese, mostly talking, // 7210.0 // 9530.0 (R. Howard, CA, Etón E1)
Contributors:
Scott Barbour, NG
Chuck Bolland, FL
Ron Howard, CA
Hans Johnson, FL
Stewart MacKenzie, CA
Walter Salmaniw, BC Canada
Joe Wood, TN
John Wilkins, CO