Blog Logs

Today's shortwave BLOG LOGS, represent a portion of additional logs recently cut from my SWBC Logs column in Monitoring Times, due to space constraints. Contributions are always welcome for the magazine or blog, and may be directed to my above email address. Thanks very much to all our contributors.
Gayle VH

All times UTC, frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies.
* sign-on - sign-off *

Albania
China Radio International relay 7285, 2055. Learn Chinese language program (SIO 453) // 5960 (SIO 252). (B Fraser).

Ascension Island
BBC World Service 17830, 1100. Followup report on the latest from Russian/Georgia relations. SIO 353 (B Fraser).



Canada
China Radio International relay 6040, 0115. Report on holiday celebrations in China, heard on // 7250 (SIO 554). (B Fraser).

Ecuador
Radio Chaskis 4909.32, 0906-0922. Nice mix of Quecha ballads with ID announcement between selections. Fair signal observed, best I have logged Chaskis. (S Barbour)

Equatorial Guinea
radio Nacional, Malabo 6250, 0530-0605. Spanish talk segments and mentions of "Bata" and ID as "Radio Malabo" to local African music. Signal poor to fair with occasional interference. (B Alexander).

Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa 7110, 0302-0317. Vernacular text from announcer with presumed news to techno music bit. Horn of Africa style music to presumed program intro at 0340 followed by an interview. Audible on // 9704.2 weak. (S Barbour).

France
AWR, Issoudin (presumed) 17575, 1641-1658. Language listed as Somali. Noted continous Horn of Africa music until announcer at 1649. More music at 1655 with brief announcer comment. Signal pretty much disappeared at 1658. Signal poor with deep fades. (S Barbour).


Guam
KTWR 9975, 1110-1122. Listed as Cantonese/Hakka service. Announcer's talk over music to brief text at 1114, followed by interval signal and station ID, then into listed Hakka service. Signal poor with occasional 9980 WWCR interference. (S Barbour).

Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia 9525.95, 1035-1045. Observed music at tune-in, followed by male announcer in scheduled Thai service. Announcer's talk over flute music. Signal fair but fading. © Bolland).

RRI Jakarta 9680, 1040-1050. Check this station while on the band. Program consisted of music and Indonesian comments from female announcer. Signal observed as fair, beginning to fade out for the day due to my local sunrise. © Bolland).

Israel
Galei Zahal 6973.1, 0208. Hebrew/English. English music ballad to instrumental music until 0212. Lady announcer's Hebrew text through tune-out for fair-ggod signal quality. (S Barbour).

Japan
Radio Nikkei, Tokyo 6055, 0818-0835. Vernacular service. Classic piano music until announcers text at 0830 over music joined by another announcer. Signal resonably clear. (S Barbour).



Madagascar
Radio Voice of the People 11695, *1100-1155.* Vernacular talks to African style music, Station ID and some English observed after 1140. Signal very weak in quiet conditions. (B Alexander).

Mauritania
Radio Mauritanie 4845, 0121-0137. Station noted on late with announcers talk audible to 0130. Lots of "reverb", possibly a live event? Arabic music at 0134. Signal fair with occasional static crash and hetrodyne via presumed Brazil on 4845.2 (S Barbour).

New Zealand
Radio new Zealand International 7145, 1052. Report on the Fijian prime minister will not step down. SIO 454 (B Fraser).


Peru
Radio Altura (presumed) 5014.5, 0113-0123. Spanish talks poking through the noise floor, music audible at 0121 for poor signal quality. (S Barbour).

Philippines
FEBC 15330, 1144-1201. Vernacular from male announcer, listed as Mon. Bangkok cotact info, carrier off at 1145, back in one minute with interval signal and music bits. Announcer's station ID into a music ballad at 1149. (S Barbour).

Poland
Radio Polonia 9525, 1225. Program feature on touring a palace in Poland. Signal fair amid very deep fades and SIO 452. (B Fraser).

Russia
WYFR 11725, 1211-1217. Mandarin programming as announcer's items over music. Slow-style English at 1212 regarding the book of Revelations. Station contact info to interval signal and station ID at 1216. Signal fair. (S Barbour).

Radio Kompaniya, Golos Rossi 7125, 2345-0005. Prior to the hour heard station steady. Pop music to canned ID at 0000 as "Radio Kompaniya.' Newscast presented in Russian. My references indicate this may be via Moldova. Signal was good. © Bolland).

São Tomé
Voice of America relay 4960, 0415. Talk of government system in several African countries. Repeated mentions of the Domino Effect during poor signal quality. (J Wood).

Voice of America (presmued) 7135, 0005-0031. Observed steady stream of news and features in unknown Middle Eastern language, to news worthy spots in English. Station an ID as " VOA.dot.com.". Observed lots of channel splatter while signal was poor. © Bolland).

USA
KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska 6890, 1028-1048. Music from 1980's era to religious text on trials of Jacob. Station identification at 1036 as signal deteriorating by 1040, as gospel music audible at tune-out. (S Barbour).



Yemen
YRTV 9779.82, 2042-2105. Arabic from two announcers with continous talk to music and Koran recitations at 2103. Signal noted weak but improving. (S Barbour).

Contributors:
Brian Alexander, PA
Scott Barber, NH
Chuck Bolland, FL
Bob Fraser, ME
Joe Wood, TN