All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*
Argentina
15344.83v. Radio Nacional, 2244-2333, Oct 11, Lve sports coverage of the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification fútbol game (Argentina vs Uruguay, which for them was a very important match), Argentina won! Nice to hear the very excited crowd at the stadium after winning, switched back to the studio for scores of other games and upcoming schedules, very slight drifting, good reception with a strong signal (R. Howard, CA)
Australia
6230, VNW, 1035-1045. Noted a male in English language weather reports for Australia's surrounding ocean area. One in particular was "Queensland" which was mentioned. Signal was good this morning and caught the ID as, "End of transmission from VNW". This station seems to come on the air on the hour and on the half hour all in USB Mode. At about 1055 a transmission commences where the parallel freqs are listed as 2056, 4149, 6230, 8113, 12362, 16528. Didn't get a chance go check them out yet. Signal was better this morning compared to yesterday (Oct 12, 2008) Waited around for the hourly transmission and as predicted, this station came on the air at 1100 with weather, but no ID at that time. It'll probably be mentioned at the end of the weather. The tranmission sounds like it's computer generated. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Bolivia
Argentina
15344.83v. Radio Nacional, 2244-2333, Oct 11, Lve sports coverage of the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification fútbol game (Argentina vs Uruguay, which for them was a very important match), Argentina won! Nice to hear the very excited crowd at the stadium after winning, switched back to the studio for scores of other games and upcoming schedules, very slight drifting, good reception with a strong signal (R. Howard, CA)
Australia
6230, VNW, 1035-1045. Noted a male in English language weather reports for Australia's surrounding ocean area. One in particular was "Queensland" which was mentioned. Signal was good this morning and caught the ID as, "End of transmission from VNW". This station seems to come on the air on the hour and on the half hour all in USB Mode. At about 1055 a transmission commences where the parallel freqs are listed as 2056, 4149, 6230, 8113, 12362, 16528. Didn't get a chance go check them out yet. Signal was better this morning compared to yesterday (Oct 12, 2008) Waited around for the hourly transmission and as predicted, this station came on the air at 1100 with weather, but no ID at that time. It'll probably be mentioned at the end of the weather. The tranmission sounds like it's computer generated. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0934-0945, At tune in, noted music.Signal was barely audible. After a selection of music, a male comments in Spanish. I think there was a female commenting too, but audio was so.(C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Bulgaria
13800 Radio Bulgaria. Bulgarian to the Middle East heard at sign-on 1500 at 10.10.2008. Brief news and into some pretty good hard rock. Excellent guitar work! Only fair sigs tho with some serious QSB at intervals. Wonder how many Bulgarian speakers live in the Middle East? (A Muick, AFG)
Clandestine
6020, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, Japan,*1400-1430*, Oct 10, in nglish, "Today's News Flash", "Today's News on North Korean Issues" and "Today's Editorial". No French segment!Friday is still the best bet to catch English here, but is not a sure bet. Vietnam is steadily getting stronger against Shiokaze, by 1415 about equal strength, unable to hear any jamming (R. Howard, CA)
6100 Radio Sedayee Khashmir. Heard full ID at 0230 into announcer's talk in Urdu with traditional music. Transmitter faulted off several times but usually came back within a second or so. They also lost audio for about 20 seconds. This is upposedly a tiny little division of AIR in Delhi. (A Muick, AFG)
Croatia
3984.84 odd [re Kai's comment] Croatian Radio in 75 mb is not very strong these days, compared to powerful 100 kW signal on both 6165 and 9830 kHz channels daytime. S=8 at 2215 UT Oct 10th.Whether the fountain like 75 mb antenna is not very effective to cover central Europe too, or they produce only a strong signal 'CLOSE TO' the transmitter site on the balkans. I guess the old 10 kW unit of the early 90ties is in use in 75 mb during nighttime 2130-0600 UT, in B-08 2130-0700 UT, because of the inaccuracy of approx. 160 Hertz less.On Oct 9th at 2230 UT the transmitter at Deanovec was switched ON and OFF never-ending, and signal was so POOR, like missing final stage booster that night.(wb, Oct 10)
Germany
13810 (via Nauen), Brother Stair heard bumping his gums about US politics and the antichrist at 1450 on 10 Oct. According to EIBI, this is beamed to the Middle East. I wonder how many listeners this maniac has over here. He sounds his best during deep QSB. Unfortunately the signal was quite strong but for the deep QSB. At 1458 he involved the FEMA and said that there would soon be martial law in the USA. This was about all I could take and tuned ou. (A Muick, AFG)
India
4775, All India Radio-Imphal, 1520-1539, Oct 10. News in vernacular, 1530 "The news at nine" in English. Am glad to finally have positive confirmation that the station I have recently been hearing here is in fact AIR. Noted // 4760 (AIR Port Blair – weak, but clear), 4970 (AIR Shillong – fair with about a 3-4 second delay), 4990 (AIR Itanagar –weak, but clear) and 9425 (AIR Bengaluru/Bangalore – good reception) (R. Howard, CA)
Indonesia
4605.05, RRI Serui, 1004-1010. Signal is threshold so far.Noted a female in comments. Difficult at this time to hear even the language being spoken. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Bulgaria
13800 Radio Bulgaria. Bulgarian to the Middle East heard at sign-on 1500 at 10.10.2008. Brief news and into some pretty good hard rock. Excellent guitar work! Only fair sigs tho with some serious QSB at intervals. Wonder how many Bulgarian speakers live in the Middle East? (A Muick, AFG)
Clandestine
6020, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, Japan,*1400-1430*, Oct 10, in nglish, "Today's News Flash", "Today's News on North Korean Issues" and "Today's Editorial". No French segment!Friday is still the best bet to catch English here, but is not a sure bet. Vietnam is steadily getting stronger against Shiokaze, by 1415 about equal strength, unable to hear any jamming (R. Howard, CA)
6100 Radio Sedayee Khashmir. Heard full ID at 0230 into announcer's talk in Urdu with traditional music. Transmitter faulted off several times but usually came back within a second or so. They also lost audio for about 20 seconds. This is upposedly a tiny little division of AIR in Delhi. (A Muick, AFG)
Croatia
3984.84 odd [re Kai's comment] Croatian Radio in 75 mb is not very strong these days, compared to powerful 100 kW signal on both 6165 and 9830 kHz channels daytime. S=8 at 2215 UT Oct 10th.Whether the fountain like 75 mb antenna is not very effective to cover central Europe too, or they produce only a strong signal 'CLOSE TO' the transmitter site on the balkans. I guess the old 10 kW unit of the early 90ties is in use in 75 mb during nighttime 2130-0600 UT, in B-08 2130-0700 UT, because of the inaccuracy of approx. 160 Hertz less.On Oct 9th at 2230 UT the transmitter at Deanovec was switched ON and OFF never-ending, and signal was so POOR, like missing final stage booster that night.(wb, Oct 10)
Germany
13810 (via Nauen), Brother Stair heard bumping his gums about US politics and the antichrist at 1450 on 10 Oct. According to EIBI, this is beamed to the Middle East. I wonder how many listeners this maniac has over here. He sounds his best during deep QSB. Unfortunately the signal was quite strong but for the deep QSB. At 1458 he involved the FEMA and said that there would soon be martial law in the USA. This was about all I could take and tuned ou. (A Muick, AFG)
India
4775, All India Radio-Imphal, 1520-1539, Oct 10. News in vernacular, 1530 "The news at nine" in English. Am glad to finally have positive confirmation that the station I have recently been hearing here is in fact AIR. Noted // 4760 (AIR Port Blair – weak, but clear), 4970 (AIR Shillong – fair with about a 3-4 second delay), 4990 (AIR Itanagar –weak, but clear) and 9425 (AIR Bengaluru/Bangalore – good reception) (R. Howard, CA)
Indonesia
4605.05, RRI Serui, 1004-1010. Signal is threshold so far.Noted a female in comments. Difficult at this time to hear even the language being spoken. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
4925, RRI-Jambi (presumed), 1426-1450, Oct 9. Bahasa Indonesian . DJ playing pop subcontinent music and songs, with on-air calls ("Hello, hello …"). Interference from some type of data transmission, poor, but the best reception so far this DX season. Thanks again to Tony Ashar for providing the solid ID for this station (R. Howard, CA)
Malaysia
11884.71, Voice of Malaysia (Suara Malaysia) via RTM,1213-1230*, Oct 11. Chinese, pop music, news, ID "Voice of Malaysia", fair, but audio continues to be less than perfect, light CODAR QRM (R. Howard, CA)
(Sarawak) 7130, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1250-1315, Oct 11. Vernacular, pop music, time tips 1300 to RTM news (news // 5964.92 Klasik Nasional FM), after the news played what sounded like a patriotic song (Klasik Nasional went to their usual choral anthem after the news),back to pop music. Signal fair till the sudden sign-on of CNR-2/CBR with "English Evening" already in progress at 1302, both about the same strength, not often I hear Sarawak this well (R. Howard,CA)
Malaysia
11884.71, Voice of Malaysia (Suara Malaysia) via RTM,1213-1230*, Oct 11. Chinese, pop music, news, ID "Voice of Malaysia", fair, but audio continues to be less than perfect, light CODAR QRM (R. Howard, CA)
(Sarawak) 7130, Sarawak FM via RTM, 1250-1315, Oct 11. Vernacular, pop music, time tips 1300 to RTM news (news // 5964.92 Klasik Nasional FM), after the news played what sounded like a patriotic song (Klasik Nasional went to their usual choral anthem after the news),back to pop music. Signal fair till the sudden sign-on of CNR-2/CBR with "English Evening" already in progress at 1302, both about the same strength, not often I hear Sarawak this well (R. Howard,CA)
Mauritania
4845, 2232-2300. Radio Mauritanie, Nouakchott.Arabic news script at tune-in with brief instrumental musical bridges between items. Continued news reporting format to 2251. Announcer duo's chat segment to 2253. Contemporary Arabic vocals (SINPO 43244). French announcement similar to a commercial format with jingle. PSA with Motown background music, followed by Arabic rapid-fire delivery item. Two male announcers chat to brief French station ID at 2300 with pop background music. Instrumentals to Arabic segments from announcer to tune-out at 2310. (G Van Horn, NC)
Moldova/Pridnestrovye
6040, 2310-2315 Rafio PMR. Feature on Moldovian cities to musical bridge. Closing station info with ID and mentions of Transdneister Moldovian Republic. Postal address to email address, and "thanks for listening, goodbye." Additional station promo including broadcast hours and frequencies. Station interval signal to French station ID at 2315. Opening programming announcements by lady announcer. (SIO 434) as French service continued. (G Van Horn, NC)
Papua New Guinea
3365, Radio Milne Bay, 1236-1246*, Oct 11. English, relay on NBC programming. Pop songs, on-air calls with music dedications, gives phone numbers and NBC email address, suddenly off.Do not often hear this one (R. Howard, CA)
Peru
4826.5, Radio Sicuani, 1015-1030. Noted a male in steady Spanish language comments.I think he's talking with a female, but because of CODAR and regular noise, the copy is difficult. Signal was threshold. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
5025, Radio Quillabamba, 1025-1035. Radio Rebelde is dominating this frequency, but Radio Quillabamba can be heard under Rebelde with music until 1030, then Spanish language comments by a male. Rebelde is in news also at this time. Quillabamba was poor. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Philippines
11720 Radio Pilipinas, heard with Tagalog to the Middle East on 5th October. What's helpful with the Tagalog language is that they work so many English words into it. Other than that, my neighbor in the guesthouse is a great Filipino guy and I can always get him to translate. Surprisingly, only a fair signal, perhaps because of the weird opening to Europe at the time. Made me wish for some Red Horse ale. (A Muick, AFG)
Portugal
11905 RdP International, heard at 1649 October 5th in Portuguese with a football game and 2 very excited sportscasters. This is supposedly a 75 degree beam according to AOKI, which leaves me an extremely side lobe or off the back, but signal strength was excelent and no QRM. Definitely not longpath DX either as no heavy flutter or echo. (A Muick, AFG)
Romania
11735 Radio Romania Int'l heard in English at 1714 on Oct. 5 with a hearty signal despite WYFR on 11730 to the Middle East trying to do the mashed potatoes all over them. RRI was upposedly at 307 degrees to Europe according to AOKI. Again, I seem to have caught the back lobe. interesting talk about Romanian refusing to wear seat belts and new smoking regulations that were introduced. I can relate as a cigar smoker....I am banned from nearly everywhere in the US and some European countries now. I also remember the Italian T-shirts that came out with a seat belt imprint on them so it would look like the person is wearing one to the average passerby and traffic cameras, LOL. (A Muick, AFG)
United Kingdom
177000, 1538-1605 Radio Solh/Radio Peace (Kabul, Afghanistan via Rampisham, UK relay). Arabic style vocals and instrumental music for weak signal (SIO 222). Signal peaks intermittently during same music format. By 1559, signal peaked briefly at S5, only to fade rapidly. Male announcer's presumed Dari/Pashto text almost buried in the noise. Did observe an obvious "echo-effect" for one brief announcement, perhaps an ID ? Music format resumed after announcement, barely audible to 1605. (G Van Horn, NC)
Vietnam
4739.53v, Radio TV. Son La (presumed), 1348-1400*, Oct 10. Vietnamese. Indigenous music and singing/chanting. Audio quality varies from day to day. Today was somewhat mushy, fair-poor. (R.Howard, CA)
4826.5, Radio Sicuani, 1015-1030. Noted a male in steady Spanish language comments.I think he's talking with a female, but because of CODAR and regular noise, the copy is difficult. Signal was threshold. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
5025, Radio Quillabamba, 1025-1035. Radio Rebelde is dominating this frequency, but Radio Quillabamba can be heard under Rebelde with music until 1030, then Spanish language comments by a male. Rebelde is in news also at this time. Quillabamba was poor. (C. Bolland, FL October 13, 2008)
Philippines
11720 Radio Pilipinas, heard with Tagalog to the Middle East on 5th October. What's helpful with the Tagalog language is that they work so many English words into it. Other than that, my neighbor in the guesthouse is a great Filipino guy and I can always get him to translate. Surprisingly, only a fair signal, perhaps because of the weird opening to Europe at the time. Made me wish for some Red Horse ale. (A Muick, AFG)
Portugal
11905 RdP International, heard at 1649 October 5th in Portuguese with a football game and 2 very excited sportscasters. This is supposedly a 75 degree beam according to AOKI, which leaves me an extremely side lobe or off the back, but signal strength was excelent and no QRM. Definitely not longpath DX either as no heavy flutter or echo. (A Muick, AFG)
Romania
11735 Radio Romania Int'l heard in English at 1714 on Oct. 5 with a hearty signal despite WYFR on 11730 to the Middle East trying to do the mashed potatoes all over them. RRI was upposedly at 307 degrees to Europe according to AOKI. Again, I seem to have caught the back lobe. interesting talk about Romanian refusing to wear seat belts and new smoking regulations that were introduced. I can relate as a cigar smoker....I am banned from nearly everywhere in the US and some European countries now. I also remember the Italian T-shirts that came out with a seat belt imprint on them so it would look like the person is wearing one to the average passerby and traffic cameras, LOL. (A Muick, AFG)
United Kingdom
177000, 1538-1605 Radio Solh/Radio Peace (Kabul, Afghanistan via Rampisham, UK relay). Arabic style vocals and instrumental music for weak signal (SIO 222). Signal peaks intermittently during same music format. By 1559, signal peaked briefly at S5, only to fade rapidly. Male announcer's presumed Dari/Pashto text almost buried in the noise. Did observe an obvious "echo-effect" for one brief announcement, perhaps an ID ? Music format resumed after announcement, barely audible to 1605. (G Van Horn, NC)
Vietnam
4739.53v, Radio TV. Son La (presumed), 1348-1400*, Oct 10. Vietnamese. Indigenous music and singing/chanting. Audio quality varies from day to day. Today was somewhat mushy, fair-poor. (R.Howard, CA)
Contributors:
Chuck Bolland, FL
W. Bueschel, Germany
Ron Howard, CA
Albert Muick, Kabul, Afghanistan/HCDX
Gayle Van Horn, NC
Chuck Bolland, FL
W. Bueschel, Germany
Ron Howard, CA
Albert Muick, Kabul, Afghanistan/HCDX
Gayle Van Horn, NC
