Today's shortwave BLOG LOGS, represent a portion of additional logs recently cut from my SWBC Logs column in Monitoring Times magazine at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/ 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 the contributors and blog readers for your kind words and support.
Gayle VH
All times UTC, frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies.
* sign-on - sign-off *
Bolivia
Radio Fides 6155.25, 1040-1050. Don’t know how long I’ll be able to hear this one before it’s gone. Noted announcer’s steady Spanish comments and possibly news judging from his program format. Signal poor, slightly improving by 1044 (Bolland).
Radio Santa Cruz 6134.78, 1036-1045. Spanish comments and text briefly, then back to Bolivian music. Signal fades to threshold (Bolland).
Bulgaria
Radio Bulgaria 7400, 2132-2145. Program of news and commentary. Many mentions about Bulgaria, fair signal quality (Bolland).
Brazil
Radio Inconficencia 6009.80, 0704-0720. Belo Horizonte station offering local Brazilian music tunes. Station ID at 0706 and 0709. Portuguese comments during good signal quality. Station in the clear with no sign of Colombia or Mexico. Additional monitoring 0905-0925 on this frequency (Alexander).
Canada
Radio Canada International 6100, 0145-0200. Chinese conversations from two announcer’s. Music with English lyrics. Programming switched to Spanish. Good quality signal (Bolland).
China
China National Radio 2, 15270, 0451-0456. Chinese Business Radio via Beijing. Trading business items from hosts into music. Poor signal quality. (Evans).
Clandestine
Radio Voice of the People (via Talata Volnodry) (presumed). Fast-paced male/female hosts, occasionally joined by field reporters. A few bars of upbeat music was also heard. Good signal with fading. (Evans).
Democratic Voice of Burma
Station is brokered by Media Broadcast, transmitter via Wertchtal, Germany, 9490, 2352 , no sign of // 11750. Asian language from two guys to phone-in chat. Choral music at 2356 to mentions about “Myanmar” including snippets of English news on Myanmar government. More English news segments at 0000 UTC about Myanmar and commentary style script. (Wright).
Ecuador
HCJB 6050, 0955. Pastor’s Spanish religious text to station ID at 1000. Ecuadorian folk music vocals with pan flutes. Featured religious program . (Banks).
Egypt
Egyptian Radio 6290, 0230. Arabic music to 0235. Program features possibly a radio-drama interspersed with easy-listening music to 0240. Arabic music vocals, SINPO 42244 (Van Horn).
Equatorial Guinea
Radio Nacional (Malabo) 6250, *0532-0550. Abrupt sign-on in Spanish with religious music and comments. Good signal (Alexander).
Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia 7110, 2045-2101.* Talk in listed Amharic to local Horn of Africa style music. Sign-off with Ethiopian national anthem // 9704.19 - both frequencies weak but readable (Alexander).
Gabon
Afrique Numéro Un 9580, 0601-0630. News in French with correspondent’s reports, continuing to 0615. Partial station ID heard as “ici Libreville.....”, followed by contemporary French music. (Barker).
Germany
Gospel for Asia via Media Broadcast, transmitting from Wertchtal, Germany, 9680, 0005-0025. Traditional Asian vocals to announcer’s religious programming of sermons and scriptures. Choral music to 0014 and continued text. Station audible up to 0025. (Van Horn).
Honduras
Radio Luz y Vida 3250, 2335-2350. Noticed two announcers in Spanish with text and conversations, signal very poor (Bolland).
Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia 9524.98, *1000-1015.+ Open carrier noted at 0956. Sign-on at 10000 with Song of the Coconut Island interval signal. Theme music and opening English ID and contact information. Preview of upcoming programs to English news at 1002. Fair signal . Noted on subsequent day at *0951-1015 in listed Korean (Alexander).
India
All India Radio-Bangalore 15074.95, 0253-0300. Announcer’s talk over music, shifting to lady announcer at 0259. Poor-moderate signal and gone by 0300. Heavy fading, slightly stronger on 11985 (tentative). (Evans).
Kuwait
Radio Farda via Umm Al-Rimam (presumed). Farsi service with threshold level signal with talk in apparent Farsi. One solid but short peak at 0348, then back to near noise level (Evans).
Lithuania
Radio Liberty via Sitkunai 9635, 0354-0400. Tatar-Bashkir service per schedule. Announcer’s text from a remote location. Continued announcements up to music until end of transmission at 0400. Radio Farda commenced from Wertachtal, Germany on this frequency. Good signal with interference from Costa Rican relay of Radio Exterior de Espana on 9630, Noted on // 7390 via Lampertheim, Germany (Evans).
Madagascar
Radio Sweden relay 7395, 2120-2130. Tuned in to thee males in Swedish conversation. Music at 2128 cuts into their chats. Signal very good (Bolland).
Nigeria
Voice of Nigeria 9690, *0800-0830. Sign-on routine with announcements in listed service as Hausa, followed by drums/bird calls segment. Newscast covering various topics from Africa including Zimbabwe and Congo. Native tribal music at 0825 as the signal began to deteriorated rapidly. Background noise as lady announcer’s program comments (Barker).
New Zealand
Radio New Zealand 15720, 0345-0355. World Sporting Week program with items about the NBA. Station identification at 0350, followed by pop music program. Signal good-very good level. Recheck at 0440 found them still there, but signal had weakened significantly (Evans). Monitored 9615, 1939-1950.* (Frodge)
Peru
Radio Maranon 4835.42, 1006-1015. Spanish comments from a male host, then into music program. Signal slightly improved from a previous threshold as poor (Bolland).
Radio Victoria 9720.02, 0455-0510.+ Lite instrumental music to Spanish religious tunes. Government mandated national anthem at 0501. Lite instrumnetal music and Spanish talk at 0503 and Spanish religious sermon. Signl weak and poor with adjacent signal splatter (Alexander). 6019.32, 1030-1040 in Spanish with signal splatter from Radio Australia. (Bolland).
Romania
Radio Romania International 7440, 2242-2247.+ Station ID as, “the Voice of Radio Romania International.” RRI Encyclopedia program. SIO 333 // 9675 SIO 453 // 9790 SIO 453 // 11940 SIO 353. (Frodge)
Russia
Radio Rossii 5940, 0930-1000. Noted while signal faded in, program of Russian comments between music. Signal began to fade around 0950, prior to that it was at a fair level. (Bolland).
Radio Tatarstan (Samara) (tentative). Tartar service per schedule as announcer’s text amid poor signal quality and degrading over time. (Evans).
Voice of Russia 15755 via Irkutsk 0433-0442. Lady announcer’s feature on music composers/choreographer. Slow Russian classical orchestra music was included, as well as a similarly slow choral selection. Poor to moderate signal with significant fading. Noted on // 13775 (Vladivostok) with a much stronger signal. (Evans).
South Africa
BBCWS relay via Meyerton 7410, 2136-2200. English language commentary from male/female duo. Signal was poor with signal splatter (Bolland).
Radio Sondergrense 3320, 2340-2359. Signal very poor and almost covered with noise, and couldn’t tell langauge at all, however Afrikaans is listed for this station (Bolland).
Sudan
SRTC 7200, *0235-0305.+ Sign-on followed by Qu’ran recitations in Arabic. Announcer’s talk at 0241 and possibly a radio-drama at 0243. “Huna Omdurman” ID for good signal quality (Alexander).
Syria
Radio Damascus 12085, 2111-2138.+ Newscast to 2116, then a series of commentaries all in English with segments separated by instrumental and Arabic vocal music, including station ID’s between some segments. Heard Arabic music on 12085 at 1830, though Syria is not on the schedule. (Frodge).
USA
WRNO New Orleans, LA 7505, 0335-0400. Cliff Barrows intros for Billy Graham classic crusade. Current info on upcoming Iowa crusade Rock the River - with Franklin Graham. Closing info and prayer.ID at 0400 as “this is WRNO Worldwide, closing our broadcast day.” Postal and email addresses given at closedown. (Van Horn).
WWRB Manchester, TN 9385, 2044-2101.+ Brother Stair running religion commentary and listener phone calls. Break-in ID at 2100 UTC. (Frodge).
Uzbekistan
CVC International (Tashkent) (presumed) 13630, 0425-0434. Hindi talk and music throughout. Signal very poor but above the noise level most of the times. (Evans).
Contributors:
Brian Alexander, PA
T.J. Banks, Dallas, TX
Bruce Barker, PA
Chuck Bolland, FL
Jim Evans, TN
Harold Frodge, MI/MARE
Gayle Van Horn, NC
Sam Wright, MS
Gayle VH
All times UTC, frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies.
* sign-on - sign-off *
Bolivia
Radio Fides 6155.25, 1040-1050. Don’t know how long I’ll be able to hear this one before it’s gone. Noted announcer’s steady Spanish comments and possibly news judging from his program format. Signal poor, slightly improving by 1044 (Bolland).
Radio Santa Cruz 6134.78, 1036-1045. Spanish comments and text briefly, then back to Bolivian music. Signal fades to threshold (Bolland).
Bulgaria
Radio Bulgaria 7400, 2132-2145. Program of news and commentary. Many mentions about Bulgaria, fair signal quality (Bolland).
Brazil
Radio Inconficencia 6009.80, 0704-0720. Belo Horizonte station offering local Brazilian music tunes. Station ID at 0706 and 0709. Portuguese comments during good signal quality. Station in the clear with no sign of Colombia or Mexico. Additional monitoring 0905-0925 on this frequency (Alexander).
Canada
Radio Canada International 6100, 0145-0200. Chinese conversations from two announcer’s. Music with English lyrics. Programming switched to Spanish. Good quality signal (Bolland).
China
China National Radio 2, 15270, 0451-0456. Chinese Business Radio via Beijing. Trading business items from hosts into music. Poor signal quality. (Evans).
Clandestine
Radio Voice of the People (via Talata Volnodry) (presumed). Fast-paced male/female hosts, occasionally joined by field reporters. A few bars of upbeat music was also heard. Good signal with fading. (Evans).
Democratic Voice of Burma
Station is brokered by Media Broadcast, transmitter via Wertchtal, Germany, 9490, 2352 , no sign of // 11750. Asian language from two guys to phone-in chat. Choral music at 2356 to mentions about “Myanmar” including snippets of English news on Myanmar government. More English news segments at 0000 UTC about Myanmar and commentary style script. (Wright).
Ecuador
HCJB 6050, 0955. Pastor’s Spanish religious text to station ID at 1000. Ecuadorian folk music vocals with pan flutes. Featured religious program . (Banks).
Egypt
Egyptian Radio 6290, 0230. Arabic music to 0235. Program features possibly a radio-drama interspersed with easy-listening music to 0240. Arabic music vocals, SINPO 42244 (Van Horn).
Equatorial Guinea
Radio Nacional (Malabo) 6250, *0532-0550. Abrupt sign-on in Spanish with religious music and comments. Good signal (Alexander).
Ethiopia
Radio Ethiopia 7110, 2045-2101.* Talk in listed Amharic to local Horn of Africa style music. Sign-off with Ethiopian national anthem // 9704.19 - both frequencies weak but readable (Alexander).
Gabon
Afrique Numéro Un 9580, 0601-0630. News in French with correspondent’s reports, continuing to 0615. Partial station ID heard as “ici Libreville.....”, followed by contemporary French music. (Barker).
Germany
Gospel for Asia via Media Broadcast, transmitting from Wertchtal, Germany, 9680, 0005-0025. Traditional Asian vocals to announcer’s religious programming of sermons and scriptures. Choral music to 0014 and continued text. Station audible up to 0025. (Van Horn).
Honduras
Radio Luz y Vida 3250, 2335-2350. Noticed two announcers in Spanish with text and conversations, signal very poor (Bolland).
Indonesia
Voice of Indonesia 9524.98, *1000-1015.+ Open carrier noted at 0956. Sign-on at 10000 with Song of the Coconut Island interval signal. Theme music and opening English ID and contact information. Preview of upcoming programs to English news at 1002. Fair signal . Noted on subsequent day at *0951-1015 in listed Korean (Alexander).
India
All India Radio-Bangalore 15074.95, 0253-0300. Announcer’s talk over music, shifting to lady announcer at 0259. Poor-moderate signal and gone by 0300. Heavy fading, slightly stronger on 11985 (tentative). (Evans).
Kuwait
Radio Farda via Umm Al-Rimam (presumed). Farsi service with threshold level signal with talk in apparent Farsi. One solid but short peak at 0348, then back to near noise level (Evans).
Lithuania
Radio Liberty via Sitkunai 9635, 0354-0400. Tatar-Bashkir service per schedule. Announcer’s text from a remote location. Continued announcements up to music until end of transmission at 0400. Radio Farda commenced from Wertachtal, Germany on this frequency. Good signal with interference from Costa Rican relay of Radio Exterior de Espana on 9630, Noted on // 7390 via Lampertheim, Germany (Evans).
Madagascar
Radio Sweden relay 7395, 2120-2130. Tuned in to thee males in Swedish conversation. Music at 2128 cuts into their chats. Signal very good (Bolland).
Nigeria
Voice of Nigeria 9690, *0800-0830. Sign-on routine with announcements in listed service as Hausa, followed by drums/bird calls segment. Newscast covering various topics from Africa including Zimbabwe and Congo. Native tribal music at 0825 as the signal began to deteriorated rapidly. Background noise as lady announcer’s program comments (Barker).
New Zealand
Radio New Zealand 15720, 0345-0355. World Sporting Week program with items about the NBA. Station identification at 0350, followed by pop music program. Signal good-very good level. Recheck at 0440 found them still there, but signal had weakened significantly (Evans). Monitored 9615, 1939-1950.* (Frodge)
Peru
Radio Maranon 4835.42, 1006-1015. Spanish comments from a male host, then into music program. Signal slightly improved from a previous threshold as poor (Bolland).
Radio Victoria 9720.02, 0455-0510.+ Lite instrumental music to Spanish religious tunes. Government mandated national anthem at 0501. Lite instrumnetal music and Spanish talk at 0503 and Spanish religious sermon. Signl weak and poor with adjacent signal splatter (Alexander). 6019.32, 1030-1040 in Spanish with signal splatter from Radio Australia. (Bolland).
Romania
Radio Romania International 7440, 2242-2247.+ Station ID as, “the Voice of Radio Romania International.” RRI Encyclopedia program. SIO 333 // 9675 SIO 453 // 9790 SIO 453 // 11940 SIO 353. (Frodge)
Russia
Radio Rossii 5940, 0930-1000. Noted while signal faded in, program of Russian comments between music. Signal began to fade around 0950, prior to that it was at a fair level. (Bolland).
Radio Tatarstan (Samara) (tentative). Tartar service per schedule as announcer’s text amid poor signal quality and degrading over time. (Evans).
Voice of Russia 15755 via Irkutsk 0433-0442. Lady announcer’s feature on music composers/choreographer. Slow Russian classical orchestra music was included, as well as a similarly slow choral selection. Poor to moderate signal with significant fading. Noted on // 13775 (Vladivostok) with a much stronger signal. (Evans).
South Africa
BBCWS relay via Meyerton 7410, 2136-2200. English language commentary from male/female duo. Signal was poor with signal splatter (Bolland).
Radio Sondergrense 3320, 2340-2359. Signal very poor and almost covered with noise, and couldn’t tell langauge at all, however Afrikaans is listed for this station (Bolland).
Sudan
SRTC 7200, *0235-0305.+ Sign-on followed by Qu’ran recitations in Arabic. Announcer’s talk at 0241 and possibly a radio-drama at 0243. “Huna Omdurman” ID for good signal quality (Alexander).
Syria
Radio Damascus 12085, 2111-2138.+ Newscast to 2116, then a series of commentaries all in English with segments separated by instrumental and Arabic vocal music, including station ID’s between some segments. Heard Arabic music on 12085 at 1830, though Syria is not on the schedule. (Frodge).
USA
WRNO New Orleans, LA 7505, 0335-0400. Cliff Barrows intros for Billy Graham classic crusade. Current info on upcoming Iowa crusade Rock the River - with Franklin Graham. Closing info and prayer.ID at 0400 as “this is WRNO Worldwide, closing our broadcast day.” Postal and email addresses given at closedown. (Van Horn).
WWRB Manchester, TN 9385, 2044-2101.+ Brother Stair running religion commentary and listener phone calls. Break-in ID at 2100 UTC. (Frodge).
Uzbekistan
CVC International (Tashkent) (presumed) 13630, 0425-0434. Hindi talk and music throughout. Signal very poor but above the noise level most of the times. (Evans).
Contributors:
Brian Alexander, PA
T.J. Banks, Dallas, TX
Bruce Barker, PA
Chuck Bolland, FL
Jim Evans, TN
Harold Frodge, MI/MARE
Gayle Van Horn, NC
Sam Wright, MS