All times UTC // paralle frequency *sign-on sign-off*
Algeria
6300 Radio Arabe Sahuari Democratica; 2324-2333+, 2-July;Two male announcer's in discussion in Spanish, with mentions of Radio Nacional Sahuari at one point--not an ID spot. SIO=322. Near continuous utility interference of varying strength. (H Frodge, MI/MARE)
Angola
4949.83, (presumed) Radio Nacional de Angola Mulenvos, 2347-2358, June 30, presumed Portuguese. Easy-listening pop ballad followed by announcer,in what sounded like Portuguese, possibly over music. Signal wiped out by het at 2358 via 4950-AIR Srinigar sign-on. Signal very weak & very poor. (S. Barbour, NH)
China
Firedrake (non-stop Chinese music, used for jamming purposes); 1335 + 1350 + 1406, July 2; all //; 9000 (good), 13970 (fair), 14420 (good), 15150 (good), 15600 (weak) and 17500 (fair), 8400 finally heard at 1428; so for almost an hour SOH was heard in the clear; I eliminated any chance of it being either CNR-1 or 2,so believe it really was SOH, with mostly talking in Chinese (R. Howard, CA)
Congo (DR)
6210 Radio Kahuzi. Heard via Global Tuners UK from 1933 tune to possible sign/off at 2000. Heavy utlity interference after 1945 and splash from 6.2 and/or 6.195. Copy was difficult but there were significant stretches of clear audio of mostly male announcing in French. Sounded like a call-in program or possibly a discussion with female and remote feed(s). What sounded like female ann and music at 1958-2000. No audio heard after 2000. Thanks to Martin Elbe and A-DX for this heads-up. (Bruce Churchill/Cumbre DX)
Cuba
6010 Radio Habana Cuba, 0521, 2-July. English program Weekly Update & Breaking the
Silence (on prisoners in the U.S.). SIO=534- "QRM" is CRI in English. CRI via Cuba at this time not on latest sked I have, but the CRI was //6020, S40 & //6190, SIO=544both via Sackville (per CRI sked). Unrelayed incoming CRI feed or someone at RHC listening to CRI with an open mike? Too bad for La Voz de tu Concensia.(H Frodge, MI/MARE)
Equatorial Guinea
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata. *0504-0600. Sign on with Afro-pop music. African folk music. Some US R&B music. Spanish talk. Weak in noisy conditions. // 6250 at their 0539 sign on. (B. Alexander, PA)
Ethiopia
5980, Voice of Tigray Rev, *0256-0310+, July 3. Sign on with interval signal. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa music. Fair signal. Signal poor on // 5950 -mixing with Okeechobee. (B. Alexander, PA)
7165, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia transmitters, *0355-0430*, July 3. Sign on with Horn of Africa music and IDs at 0356, 0358 & 0400. Talk at 0400 in listed Tigrinya. Some Horn of Africa music. Good signal initially but eventually covered by noise jammer by 0418. Good signal strength on // 9559.70v - but constantly drifting between 9559.68-9560.18. Mon, Wed, Fri only. (B. Alexander, PA)
Indonesia
9525.86v, Voice of Indonesia, ex: 9524.96v, 1258,July 2. They finally decided which transmitter to turn off, as for the past two days they have erroneously been running two transmitters (both slightly off frequency) at the same time, causing a super het (R. Howard, CA)
India
4950, All India Radio-Srinigar, *2358, June 30. Vvernacular. Interval signal, followed by sign-on announcement and into Hindi music. Signal weak-poor, choppy signal tho audible enough to ID the familiar AIR sign-on routine. This past week, sign-on of 60m AIR's I rarely hear, have been poking thru at my location. (S. Barbour, NH)
5050, AIR Aizawl (presumed), 1225-1312, July 2. Mostly in Hindi, except for five minutes of news in English at 1230. Program of songs (almost sounded like hymns – slow tempo singing and little music)under Guangxi FBS, which was // 9820 (which had CNR-2 QRM). Most days I only hear Guangxi FBS (R. Howard, CA)
Laos
7145, LNR, 1357-1402*, July 2. After the end of the English segment, sounded like Laotian with series of ads till off (R. Howard, CA)
Nepal
[non]. 5005, Radio Nepal. It would be helpful if those that are reporting some RN audio to please indicate the specific days of reception. For some time now I have checked 5005 and occasionally (not often) have noted an open carrier there. I would like to try to match my OC dates with those of actual reception. To date I have not heard any audio. Thanks! (R. Howard, CA)
North Korea
15244.72v Voice of Korea via Pyongyang in French at 1430 UT July 1st, back on nominal 15245 kHz. Move to 15280v was a single day show yesterday June 30.
Noted wandering from 15244.85 to 15244.70 kHz at 1430-1445 UT today July
1st, and now up to 15244.86 again at 1452 UT.
No \\ spurs could be traced today. \\ 13760.02 kHz at 1450 UT.
Iranian bubble jamming against RFE/RL R Farda sce in Farsi, 15330 kHz
Iranawila 1400-1500 UT.
(wb, Germany/HCDX)
Sudan
7200, ORTC, *0218-0429*, July 3. Sign on with brief Qur`an recitation and into Arabic talk at 0219. Qur`an at 0221-0238.Arabic talk at 0239. Variety of local tribal music, Horn of Africa music, and Mid-East style music. Fair, but some occasional HAM QRM.(B. Alexander, PA)
Tartarstan
[non]. 15110, Tatarstan Wave/GTRK Tatarstan,via Samara, *0410-0459*, July 2. Noted fair signal from their open carrier at 0339; 0401 test tone for about a minute; open carrier continued; brief IS at 0410; Russian ID seemed to be: "V efire programa na volne Tatarstan"; news; very nice selections of Russian music (ballads and folk songs); recorded segments with background sounds, so recorded away from the studio; carrier off at 0500. Heard the entire time with mostly fair reception (R. Howard, CA)
Vanauatu
3945, Very nice S3 level from 0858 tune…pop vocals. Man in unknown language. Announcemnt from around 0905 to 0920 then into music again. Light amateur radio interference, and some static and QSB, but otherwise clear signal. Off suddenly at 0935. This must have been a temp outage as I noticed the Perseus signal spike again at 0949 – a male announcing in French. Interval signal on flute (or similar inst) fol by news by male at 1002. Thanks to Craig Seager and ARDXC for the heads-up on this. (B Churchill/Cumbre DX)