All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*Anguilla
11775 Caribbean Beacon. 1322-1326. 04 Oct 08. English. Typical University Network programming with Gospel music being played under contact information announcements. The announcer kept referring to “Pastor Scott.” After the promos, it was back into the late Dr. Scott and his message. S9/Very good. (Joe Wood, TN).
Antarctica
15476v LRA 36 trying at 1858, nothing but presumed ANO on 15475. (Hans Johnson Oct 5, via remote receiver in Europe/Cumbre DX)
Australia
13635 CVC (Darwin). 1330. 04 Oct 08. English. Male/female announcers with contemporary Christian music and many IDs. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood,TN).
Austria
13730 Radio Austria International. (Moosbrun). 1325-1417. 04 Oct 08. German.
Very nicely done program of classical music with male announcer. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood,
TN).
Bhutan
6035 BBS 1253-1259 Sep 30. Presumed with regional music, covered by BBC at 1259. Has been very poor in recent weeks. (John Wilkins-CO)
China
5075, Shanghai PBS/Voice of Pujiang, 1320-1351, Oct 5 and 6,has changed back to their winter frequency (ex: 9705), fair, last heard here around April, noted the usual // 4950 (fair) and 3280 (weak) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
6035, PBS Yunnan, 1241-1252, Oct 5. Traditional Chinese music, well on top of BBS/Bhutan, just a month ago BBS was much better, // to spur on 6043, by 1401 BBS in English was weak and still under Yunnan; Oct 6 no BBS at all heard after 1401, only Yunnan (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Clandestine
11690 Nippon no Kaze(p) *1500-1530* Oct 4. Long opening routine, followed by Korean talks; closing anmt at 1525, mentioning e-mail address info@rachi.go.jp (same as Furusato no Kaze) and website www.rachi.go.jp. Could not make out any ID's - the Korean ID's must not sound anything like they do in JP. Good signal from Darwin transmitter.(John Wilkins-CO)
Ecuador
11690 HCJB (Quito). 1310-1320. 04 Oct 08. Spanish. Inspirational talkvand music with OM announcer. S5/Poor. //11960 Good. (Joe Wood, TN).
Equatorial Guinea
15190 Radio Africa missing when checking at 1100.(Hans Johnson Oct 5, via remote receiver in Europe/Cumbre DX)
Honduras
3250.04 Radio Luz y Vida 1131-1146 Oct 1. Spanish religious chat to vocal music. Station ID. Good signal. (John Wilkins-CO)
Indonesia
3325 RRI Palangkaraya 1313-1325+ Sep 30. Indigeneous mx with man speaking occasionally in local language. All talk after 1330. Good signal but noisy band today. (John Wilkins-CO)
3976.05 RRI Pontianak 1215-1301 Sep 29. Jakarta news to 1225, then local program of chat. Phone interviews to music bridges and ads. Good signal with spotty ham QRM, which increased after 1300. (John Wilkins-CO)
3995.03 RRI Kendari 1310-1326+ Oct 5. Jakarta news just ending, followed by a local program of segued Indo vocals with no announcements. Good signal daily now for several weeks. (John Wilkins-CO)
4604.94 RRI Serui. Have not gotten any audio in many weeks, just a weak carrier on their old frequency of 4604.94. Used to be one of the best low-band Indos. (John Wilkins-CO)
India
4920, AIR Chennai, 1415-1431, Oct 5. Vernacular, ads,subcontinent songs, BoH ID for A.I.R., almost fair, totally dominating Tibet (// 4905) on this frequency. Normally Tibet has better reception; Oct 6 Tibet well heard at 1348 with very weak AIR under them (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Laos
6130, Lao National Radio, 1415-1435, Oct 6, recently they have not aired their usual 1415-1430 programming, but had played indigenous music instead. Today had exceptionally good reception, very strong signal (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Myanmar
9730.77, Myanma R., 1440-1458, Oct 5. Vernacular and English, continues to provide a lot of educational programming, spelling words in English, lesson in business English ("The goods under consideration are inferior goods … If more buyers enter a market the cost … the demand will rise", etc.), mostly poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1)
Nigeria
15120 Voice of Nigeria (Ikorodu). 1835-1850. 03 OC 08. English. Announcer in heavily African accented English talking about Africa, Nigeria and tribal factions. ID at 1844 followed by PSAs. Another ID by YL at 1845 as “You’re listening to Voice of Nigeria,” and into indigenous music. S5/Fair. (Joe Wood, TN).
Papua New Guinea
3334.97 R. East Sepik 1253-1308 Oct 5. Pop vocals to lady announcer's item to brief anthem at 1258, followed by filler music. A couple of ads or announcements, a bit more music, then carrier cut in mid-song at 1308. Good signal.(John Wilkins-CO)
3385 Radio East New Britain 1223-1250+ Oct 3. Lady announcer playing pop and island vocals. Program still going good at 1315. Seemed to be in English before 1300 and in Pidgin after but am not sure, since even the English was heavily Pidgin-accented. (John Wilkins-CO)
Peru
4826.48, Radio Sicuani, 1018-1030. Noted a male in Spanish language comments. Suspect this was news, since heard place names from other countries. At 1029. Time check followed by ads and/or promos. Signal was steady but remained poor. (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)
4835.48, Radio Maranon, 0132-0200. Noted a female in Spanish comments with a male. Don't know the significance of this exchange since the signal is rather poor. But a recent notation for this station says that their signoff is at 0230, so there's plenty of time left to provide an answer maybe? It was unusual in its' tonal quality which made it seem significant. After a few minutes a third male begins comments at 0136 which is followed by a brief promo and then Huaynos music. Unfortunately, the assumption that this station would remain readable to 0230 UTC was erroneous. The signal faded into the noise and could barely be heard much after 0145, but the carrier was still on the air at 0200 UTC That being all I could hear, I dropped it leaving the above question unanswered. I hope it doesn't keep me awake tonight, worrying about it? (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)
Pirate
6925USB Northwoods Radio. 1338-1409+. 04 Oct 08. Novelty music and ID at 1339 as “Broadcasting Freedom from the Great Lakes” by announcer, followed by the call of the Loon. Audio clips from WNIS AM 790 in Norfolk, Virginia featuring an interview with JTA. Good. (Joe Wood, TN).
Russia
5920, Radio Rossii, (Petro-Kam),1031-1040. Two males discussing current topics in Russian language over the telephone. Evendently this isa "Call In" program. At 1039, a female calls in on the phone. Signal is fair with WBOH under Rossii's signal barely audible. Rossii was good. (Chuck Bolland, October 5, 2008)\
Vanuatu
7260 Radio Vanuatu 0621 Got them! Christian program in English, decent signal was able to get a number of details from it. 0628 local announcer who gave time check and ID as Radio Vanuatu. 0630 talk by woman. Clear channel, some static crashes but much better signal than when trying at 0730 or 0845 on previous days. Thanks David's Radio Heritage Foundation tip. (Johnson Oct 6/via remote receiver in Australia/Cumbre DX)
