All times UTC // parallel frequency *sing-on sign-off*Australia
Radio Australia via Shepparton 17750, 0347 English. SIO 333. Sept 13. Announcer's comments and program interview. Phone-calls from listeners. //15515 [444]Shepparton and 15240 [444]Shepparton. (Stewart MacKenzie,CA)
Bolivia
6075, Radio Causauki Coca, Cochabamba,(presumed) 1000-1040 Caught the opening remarks and at sign on (1000) which was exactly on the hour. Unfortunately, they seemed to have come on the air from a cold start. It took their transmitter about 15 minutes before it was at a poor level of audio. The entire format seemed to be political comments while different individuals spoke - all in Spanish. At about 1017 a break for a canned ID/Annoucement were the station details were given. Heard the above ID or at least about 60 percent of it anyway. After that, the live comments continue. Heard place names. (Chuck Bolland, FL Sept. 15)
6134.81, Radio Santa Cruz, 1024-1035. No need to report this here, but the signal was so good, I just couldn't resist. Noted a male and female in Quechua or Aymara comments,not sure which; but definitely not Spanish. At 1026 local music presented. Signal was armchair. (Chuck Bolland, FL September 14. 2008)
Bulgaria
6000, Radio Varna, 2110-2210, Sept 14. Local pops/ballads. IDs. Talk in listed Bulgarian. Time pips to possible news at 2200. Poor with co-channel QRM from a weak unidentified station which signed off at 2129. (possibly Voice of Russia). Noisy conditions but in the clear after 2129. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brazil
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazónia, 2329, Sept 9. Singing "Brazil" jingle, Radio Nacional IDs, fair. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Canada
6069.966, CFRX, 1910-1925, Sept 14. Measured precisely on this frequency. Seems to be drifting down over the past week. Program about global warming. Poor to fair signal strength.(Brian Alexander, PA)
Voice of Vietnam relay. 6175, 0332 English. SIO 444, Sept 12. Station newscast for good signal quality. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
Radio Prague relay. 6080, 0336 English. SIO 444. Sept 12 News and comments on the Czech Republic plus the Georgian conflict. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
Radio Japan relay-NHK. 5960, 0345. Japanese SIO 333. Sept 12. Pop music tunes to announcer's interviews. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
Chile
La Voz/CVC. 11970, 0330 Spanish, SIO 333, Sept 15. Announcer duo with chat and station announcements to vocal music. (Stewart Mackenzie, CA)
Costa Rica
Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay. 6040, 0340 Spanish, SIO 333 Sept 12. Spanish program comments, noted on //6020 (SIO 333) via via Costa Rica. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)
Equatorial Guinea
15190, Radio Africa, 2220-2255*, Sept 9. Pastor Tony Alamo preaching and some religious songs, gives address in Texarkana, Texas, along with phone numbers,mostly poor with moderate QRM (2257 ID for WYFR in Portuguese). Tony's program seems to be here daily from 2200 till sign-off. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Indonesia
3976.03 RRI-Pontianak (presumed), 1511-1517, Sept 10. Easy-listening Indonesian ballads, fair. Fak Fak on 4790.02 had signed off by this time. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
4749.95, RRI Makassar, 1444-1506, Sept 10, in Indonesia. Coverage of a soccer/football game, many mentions of player Ali Kadafi to clear announcement for Coke-Cola FIFA Liga Super Indonesia, mostly fair with occasional light Bangladesh QRM. My best reception to date. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA,Etón E1)
Laos
6130, Lao National Radio, 1544-1602*, Sept 10. Non-stop indigenous music, Anthem and off, fair. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Malaysia
6049.61v Suara Islam (Voice of Islam) via RTM, 1646-1659*, Sept 10, assume in Malay, man and woman in conversation, pop songs, choral anthem and off. Klasik Nasional FM on 5964.91 also well heard with singing "Klasik Nasional" jingle, Two time pips at into station news. Traxx FM also continued on after 1700.
7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1609-1638, Sept 10, in English, DJ with pop/rap songs in English, many IDs. Local time checks ("17 minutes past midnight"),heard their new station slogan ("Travel N' Music"), their website has been redesigned, fair. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Myanmar
9730.75v, Myanma Radio, 1518-1536*, Sept 10. Vernacular service with brief indigenous music at sign-off, weak. Recently noted drifting between .75-.77. (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Nigeria
4770, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna. September-14 English/Hausa(sch) 2237 romantic music, 2242 Barry White music, 2246. Lady announcer's talk. Some CODAR, 32322 Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil/Cumbre DX)
Papua New Guinea
3335, Radio East Sepik, Wewak, 1025-1041, Sept 14, Tok Pisin. Announcer between items, rather pleasant. Choral-like island music during poor signal. (Scott Barbour, NH)
3385, Radio East New Britain Rabaul, 1042-1053, Sept 14, Tok Pisin. Announcer between choral-like island music.Same format as other PNG's heard this morning, though none in noted in paralle. Poor signal quality. (Scott Barbour, NH)
3905, Radio New Ireland Kavieng, Sept 14, Tok Pisin. Announcer between choral-like island music. Same format as other PNG's heard this morning, though none in //. Signal poor-battling with amateur radio interference. Carriers also noted this morning on 3325 & 3365. (Scott Barbour, NH)
Peru
4826.4, presumed Radio Sicuani Sicuani, 0933, Sept 16, Spanish. Male/female announcers with talk and music. Signal very poor and quickly gone under band QRN; not much to work with. (Scott Barbour, NH)
4835.55, Radio Maranon Jaen, *0958-1015, Sept 16, Spanish. Carrier prior to s/on w/ SP mx; ancr at 1000 & canned ID announcement, talk over music from 1006 thru tune-out. Signal poor-fair at best. (Barbour-NH)
Philippines
15145, Voice of America relay. 2309-2320, Sept 9, with "New Dynamic English" language lesson, followed by "Functioning In Business" language lesson, gave the DynEd International website, fair. These programs usually heard on Mon., Tue., Fri. & Sat. on Lao Nat. Radio on 6130 from 1415-1430 (Wed. & Thurs. being in French and Sun. in Laotian). (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Russia
7200, Radio Rossii, 1000-1030+ Setting on 7200 for no reason when I heard time ticks before 1000. Then at 1000 a brief fanfare and canned ID from a female in Russian, "Radio Rossii".Following this a period of news and comments by various persons with periodic ID's as above. Found a parallel transmission on 7345 kHz but it was very poor. Both 7200 and 7345 are listed being relayed via Yakutsk (Lakutsk). Signal on 7200 was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL September 14, 2008)
Swaziland
3240,TWR Manzini, 0253-0315, Sept 14, English/listed Shona. English interval signal loop at tune-in; sign-on announcement at 0255. Announcer in listed Shona service with talk between religious music. Signal fair. (S cott Barbour, NH)
Zambia
4965, The Christain Voice,(presumed) 0045-0105 Can't really hear this yet, but can tell it's in English and the music is on the religious side. So the signal is very weak and there's also somekind of interference which I would characterize as a jammer. However, not certain? (Chuck Bolland,FL September 15, 2008)
Zanzibar
11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1757-1830, Sept 14. Tune-in to local vocal music. Drums at 1759. Time pips, English “Spice FM” ID & English news at 1800. Spice FM ID at 1809 & into Swahili talk. Qur`an at 1825. In the clear with a fair to good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
