All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*
Australia
6020, 1220-1300 One of seven freqs used by R. Australia during 1200-1300 for its As and Oc service. 6020 was weak but quite readable altho with fading. Checked all six parallel freqs 9475, 9560, 9580, 9590, 11880, 11945. As usual, 9580 was booming in while 11880 was the only one inaudible. Others were weak. (B Barker, PA)
Bolivia
5952.50, Emisoras Pio XII, 0201-0215 Tuned in after the hour, but still heard a male in Spanish language comments briefly then into music. Something is causing QRM periodically which could be splatter. The interference is sporadic. The signal dropping into the QRM, then coming back. Even so, signal wasn't very solid because of fading. (Chuck Bolland, FL September 6, 2008
5996,27 Radio Loyola, Sucre, 1032-1040, September 06, Spanish,romantic songs selection, announcement and ID by male. TC as: 6 de la mañana con 40 minutos....", SINPO 24332(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
6025 Red Patria Nueva, La Paz, 1050-1055, September 06, Aymara,news programme, report from El Alto, SINPO 24422(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
Brazil
4885, Radio Clube do Para (Belem). 0445. 29 Aug 08. Portuguese. ID and up tempo Latin music. Poor. (J. Wood, TN)
6089.93, Radio Bandeirantes, 2345-2359 Noted a male talking to a female using the telephone all in Portuguese. Checked parallel freqs that Bandeirantes uses and found 9645 KHz where the program was parallel. Both transmissions were poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 29, 2008)
Chad
4905, RN Tchadienne (N’Djamena). 0450-0539. 29 Aug 08. French. Lively program featuring Mambo and Afropop music with OM announcer who sang along with some of the selections. S9/Good. (J. Wood, TN).
China
9880, China Radio International. 1010-1020 Noted a male and female in Mandarin language comments. This is probably news since there are brief recorded interviews periodically. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008
Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2240-2301*,Aug 28, Afro-pop music. Hi-life music. Spanish announcements at 2256. National anthem at 2259. Weak at tune-in but improved to a fair level by sign off. (Brian Alexander, PA)
6250, Radio Nacional, Malabo, 0507-0525,Aug 29, tune-in to National Anthem at 0507. Spanish announcements at 0508. Afro-pops at 0510. Poor to fair with occasional ute QRM. Also heard Radio Nacional 5005 with separate programming at 0517 tune-in. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Ethiopia
7165.00, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia transmitters to Eritrea, 0400-0430*, Aug 29, Presumed. Opening announcements at 0400 & talk in listed Tigringa. Local drums. Some Horn of Africa music. Poor with QRM from noise jammer at 0401. Better on // 9559.63v-drifting up to 9559.97 by sign off. According to WRTH this is Mon, Wed, Friday only at 0400-0430. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Guatemala
4799, Radio Buenas Nuevas (San Sebastian). 0440. Christian music with OM announcer. Poor. (J. Wood, TN).
Honduras
3249v, Radio Luz y Vida (San Luis). 0348-0353*. 29 Aug 08. Spanish. Station programming to station ID with some preaching. Orchestral music (NA?) and off. Poor. (J. Wood, TN).
Indonesia
9680, RRI Jakarta, 1003-1015 Noted a male and female talking together in Indonesian language. Mentions "Indonesia" often during their comments. At 1007 canned ID over music. Signal was good.(Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008)
Japan
6055, Radio Nikkei, 1025-1040+, Aug 29, Japanese talk. Brief English phrases. Radio-drama. Poor to fair. Threshold copy on // 3925. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Peru
6019.43, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0440-0507, Aug 29, Spanish preacher. Spanish announcements. Government mandated National Anthem at 0502. Spanish announcements at 0504 & Spanish ballads.Poor. Difficult copy with CRI via Sackville on 6020. In the clear but weaker on // 9719.97. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Romania
9525, Radio Romania International, 1109-1120 Tuned in after the hour, so didn't catch an ID immediately. However noted a female in German Language comments or news during the period from 1109 to 1113. She is followed by a malewho continues from 1113 also in German Language. At 1118 ID given by female as, " en urchurest ...Deutche ... ". Couldn't pull out more This broadcast in German is suppose to last until 1200 UTC according to EIBI. Signal was fair to good.(Chuck Bolland, FL September 5, 2008)
Russia
5940, Radio Rossii, 0905-0930 Noted a program of Russian music and comments by various persons. Signal getting mixed with splatter here and difficult to copy details, but at a fair level it's better than usual. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008)
Serbia
6190,Tuned in at 0006 during nx by yl who ended with a story about a new Monopoly game using Belgrade landmarks. Then usual multiple ID with "This is the international radio of Serbia. Stay tuned" repeated several times. Sign-off at 0029(B Barker, PA)
Slovakia
15650, IRRS, 1502-1545, Aug 29, tune-in to English news. IRRS ID at 1504 & into lite instrumental music. Program at 1515-1545 about medicine & drug development. Poor in noisy conditions. Lost in noise at 1545. Looking for Miraya 101 FM but only hear the
normal IRRS English programming. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Solomon Islands
5019.86, SIBC (presumed), 1329-1354, Sept 1, poor reception, struggling around threshold level, but can say it was clearly in English and sounded like British accents, so assume relay of BBC. In the recent past when I checked here I only found an open carrier with no audio, so today was a big improvement. As we get more into the DX season this should become more readable, just as Bhutan/BBS has improved recently. (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E1)
South Africa
3320, Radio Sondergrense (Meyerton). 0340. 29 August 2008. Afrikaans. Announcer with pop music including some by Dolly Parton in EG. Poor. (J Wood, TN)
Swaziland
4775 SWAZILAND, TWR. 0429-0435. 29 Aug 08. German. General announcements and
inspirational music. Poor. (J. Wood, TN
Ukraine
7440, 0015-0100 Radio Ukraine International. Excelent signal. Tuned in to 'Famous Ukrainians' followed by 'Closeup' which ended at 0057. Sign-off announcements giving freq, address, e-mail, etc. (B Barker, PA)
Australia
6020, 1220-1300 One of seven freqs used by R. Australia during 1200-1300 for its As and Oc service. 6020 was weak but quite readable altho with fading. Checked all six parallel freqs 9475, 9560, 9580, 9590, 11880, 11945. As usual, 9580 was booming in while 11880 was the only one inaudible. Others were weak. (B Barker, PA)
Bolivia
5952.50, Emisoras Pio XII, 0201-0215 Tuned in after the hour, but still heard a male in Spanish language comments briefly then into music. Something is causing QRM periodically which could be splatter. The interference is sporadic. The signal dropping into the QRM, then coming back. Even so, signal wasn't very solid because of fading. (Chuck Bolland, FL September 6, 2008
5996,27 Radio Loyola, Sucre, 1032-1040, September 06, Spanish,romantic songs selection, announcement and ID by male. TC as: 6 de la mañana con 40 minutos....", SINPO 24332(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
6025 Red Patria Nueva, La Paz, 1050-1055, September 06, Aymara,news programme, report from El Alto, SINPO 24422(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
Brazil
4885, Radio Clube do Para (Belem). 0445. 29 Aug 08. Portuguese. ID and up tempo Latin music. Poor. (J. Wood, TN)
6089.93, Radio Bandeirantes, 2345-2359 Noted a male talking to a female using the telephone all in Portuguese. Checked parallel freqs that Bandeirantes uses and found 9645 KHz where the program was parallel. Both transmissions were poor. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 29, 2008)
Chad
4905, RN Tchadienne (N’Djamena). 0450-0539. 29 Aug 08. French. Lively program featuring Mambo and Afropop music with OM announcer who sang along with some of the selections. S9/Good. (J. Wood, TN).
China
9880, China Radio International. 1010-1020 Noted a male and female in Mandarin language comments. This is probably news since there are brief recorded interviews periodically. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008
Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2240-2301*,Aug 28, Afro-pop music. Hi-life music. Spanish announcements at 2256. National anthem at 2259. Weak at tune-in but improved to a fair level by sign off. (Brian Alexander, PA)
6250, Radio Nacional, Malabo, 0507-0525,Aug 29, tune-in to National Anthem at 0507. Spanish announcements at 0508. Afro-pops at 0510. Poor to fair with occasional ute QRM. Also heard Radio Nacional 5005 with separate programming at 0517 tune-in. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Ethiopia
7165.00, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia transmitters to Eritrea, 0400-0430*, Aug 29, Presumed. Opening announcements at 0400 & talk in listed Tigringa. Local drums. Some Horn of Africa music. Poor with QRM from noise jammer at 0401. Better on // 9559.63v-drifting up to 9559.97 by sign off. According to WRTH this is Mon, Wed, Friday only at 0400-0430. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Guatemala
4799, Radio Buenas Nuevas (San Sebastian). 0440. Christian music with OM announcer. Poor. (J. Wood, TN).
Honduras
3249v, Radio Luz y Vida (San Luis). 0348-0353*. 29 Aug 08. Spanish. Station programming to station ID with some preaching. Orchestral music (NA?) and off. Poor. (J. Wood, TN).
Indonesia
9680, RRI Jakarta, 1003-1015 Noted a male and female talking together in Indonesian language. Mentions "Indonesia" often during their comments. At 1007 canned ID over music. Signal was good.(Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008)
Japan
6055, Radio Nikkei, 1025-1040+, Aug 29, Japanese talk. Brief English phrases. Radio-drama. Poor to fair. Threshold copy on // 3925. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Peru
6019.43, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0440-0507, Aug 29, Spanish preacher. Spanish announcements. Government mandated National Anthem at 0502. Spanish announcements at 0504 & Spanish ballads.Poor. Difficult copy with CRI via Sackville on 6020. In the clear but weaker on // 9719.97. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Romania
9525, Radio Romania International, 1109-1120 Tuned in after the hour, so didn't catch an ID immediately. However noted a female in German Language comments or news during the period from 1109 to 1113. She is followed by a malewho continues from 1113 also in German Language. At 1118 ID given by female as, " en urchurest ...Deutche ... ". Couldn't pull out more This broadcast in German is suppose to last until 1200 UTC according to EIBI. Signal was fair to good.(Chuck Bolland, FL September 5, 2008)
Russia
5940, Radio Rossii, 0905-0930 Noted a program of Russian music and comments by various persons. Signal getting mixed with splatter here and difficult to copy details, but at a fair level it's better than usual. (Chuck Bolland, FL August 31, 2008)
Serbia
6190,Tuned in at 0006 during nx by yl who ended with a story about a new Monopoly game using Belgrade landmarks. Then usual multiple ID with "This is the international radio of Serbia. Stay tuned" repeated several times. Sign-off at 0029(B Barker, PA)
Slovakia
15650, IRRS, 1502-1545, Aug 29, tune-in to English news. IRRS ID at 1504 & into lite instrumental music. Program at 1515-1545 about medicine & drug development. Poor in noisy conditions. Lost in noise at 1545. Looking for Miraya 101 FM but only hear the
normal IRRS English programming. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Solomon Islands
5019.86, SIBC (presumed), 1329-1354, Sept 1, poor reception, struggling around threshold level, but can say it was clearly in English and sounded like British accents, so assume relay of BBC. In the recent past when I checked here I only found an open carrier with no audio, so today was a big improvement. As we get more into the DX season this should become more readable, just as Bhutan/BBS has improved recently. (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E1)
South Africa
3320, Radio Sondergrense (Meyerton). 0340. 29 August 2008. Afrikaans. Announcer with pop music including some by Dolly Parton in EG. Poor. (J Wood, TN)
Swaziland
4775 SWAZILAND, TWR. 0429-0435. 29 Aug 08. German. General announcements and
inspirational music. Poor. (J. Wood, TN
Ukraine
7440, 0015-0100 Radio Ukraine International. Excelent signal. Tuned in to 'Famous Ukrainians' followed by 'Closeup' which ended at 0057. Sign-off announcements giving freq, address, e-mail, etc. (B Barker, PA)