Friday, February 26, 2010

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski 0931-0945. Noted typical Bolivian music at tune-in, followed by a few minutes of announcer's comments in Spanish. Poor signal quality. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

4699.92, Radio San MIguel 0920-0930. Spanish programming via fdemale announcer with comments to 0921. Music presentations with program format continuing amid threshold level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Chad
6165, Radio National Tchadienne (N'djamena)(presumed),0447-0505. French. One long selection of West African pop music. Occasional brief low audio comments by a man over the music. Brief announcements by a man at 0501 followed by talk. Talk by a woman at 0502, apparently in a large room producing a hollow echo, and with what sounded like chairs being moved at one point. Moderate signal strength under very strong Radio Nederland (Bonaire). In the clear after 0456:30. (Jim Evans, TN)

Colombia
6034.99, La Voz del Guaviare, 0045-0056.* Local music into Spanish announcements. Station sign-off with national anthem. Early sign-off observed for weak signal amid channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Dominican Republic
6025.01 Radio Amanecer 2310-2320. Spanish talk to station identification at 0032. Religious music for fair signal quality. (Brian Alexaner, PA)

Indonesia
3976.05 RRI Pontianak 1415-1423.+ Male/female announcers chatting, laughing, and taking phone calls. Fairly good signal but amateur radio interference.(Wilkins-CO)

3995.03 RRI Kendari 1432-1452. Male announcer fielding phone calls to occasional vocal selection. Good signal, about equal to Pontianak, but without the ARO interference. Slowly deteriorating as 1500 neared. (Wilkins-CO)

9525.98, Voice of Indonesia 1315-1330. Tune-in to English news. Station ID with weak modulation and adjacent channel signal splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA).

Madagascar
7105 Radio Madagaskira(p) 1410-1425. Vocal selections, lady announcer chatting after each song in presumed Malagasy. Fair signal // 6134.95, also fair. A weak carrier noted on 5010 also but too weak to tell if parallel. (Wilkins-CO)

Malaysia/Sarawak
5030.02 Sarawak FM 1348-1410. Regional vocals, lady announcer. A few ads and/or program notes. Good signal competing with band noise.(Wilkins-CO)

Myanmar
7185.77 Radio Myanma (presumed) 1412-1433. Vocal music hosted by lady announcer, no 1430 break observed. Carrier is of fair strength but can't make much out due to low modulation, as noted by others. Noted daily around this time with the same format. (Wilkins-CO)

Pirate (Euro)
7610,05, Radio Amica 2310-2320. Pop music to Italian ID announcements at 2313. Fair signal quality. (Brian Alexander, PA)

15070.09 Cupid radio 1312-1330.+ Station ID and acknowledged listener's reception reports. Lite pop music, weak but readable. Signal fair on peaks and frequency drifting slightly. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Pirate (US)
6925.07/AM, Radio Boston, 2124-2128.+ Charlie Loudenboomer ssaid back on again since 2007. Rock tunes, to item on QSL via Stoneham MA drop or irateradioboston@gmail.com. SIO=353, fadeing. (Frodge-MI/Cumbre DX)

6955.2/AM, WMPR Micro-Power Radio, 2121-2124.+ This is WMPR 6955, you're invited. Techno and non-techno tunes. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI/Cumbre DX)

Peru
4824.47, La Voa de la Selva comin gin at 2358 with canned announcements and lively tropical music tunes before top of the hour. Program promos at 0049, seemed gone by recheck at 0102 (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

4857.41, Radio la Hora (presumed) 2355. Sounded like usual news program via male announcer. Sound bites, not quite clear enough with CODAR interference. Station off at 0019 while I checking 3365 briefly. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

4955, Radio Cultural Amauta (presumed) 2353. Spanish chat from male/female, suddenly off in mid-sentence at 2359. readable, but no ID noted. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

5485.52, Radio Reina de la Selva 0024. Great signal with campo music and lively Peruvian huayno music. Station ID between songs while tuned in on the Perseus. Live announcement at 0027, mentions of "Lima," and possibly a phone number. Local time check, station ID and "cantando de la noche." Back to music for nice signal. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)


Romania
5915, Radio Romania International (Tiganesti), 2344-2356.* English. Woman with program of very enjoyable Romanian folk music. Announcement regarding a contest at 2352. Closing announcements by man at 2355. Gone at 2356. Moderate signal above cochannel CRI. Parallels noted on 7300 (Tiganesti, also over China Radio Intl) 7220 (Galbeni), and 6015 (Galbeni, the strongest signal). (Jim Evans, TN)

Russia
6120 (Kalingrad). Voice of Russia (Bolshakovo), 2237-2257.Portuguese. Talk by man and woman. Ballad style pop music at 2250. More talk by woman at 2253. Announcements by man at 2257 with a few bars of Russian music. Poor signal with noise, but little fading. Similar strength but clearer parallels noted on 5940 (Samara) and 7340 (Novosibirsk - Oyash). (Jim Evans, TN)

Suriname
4989.98v, Radio Apintie 0610. program of ballads and nice singing of "Apintie" identification. Music Crazy for You by Madonna and Nightshift tune by the Commodores. Canned ID with no change inreception at 0800 recheck. Fairly strong signal, but would have been really easy if the modulation would have been up to 100% and there wasn't any splatter interference from 4985 kHz. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX)

Uganda
4976, Radio Uganda (Kampala) (presumed), 0420-0435, English. Talk by man, possibly news. Pop music selection at 0425. Talk at 0428. The speaker was soon joined by a second man. Very poor signal with fading, at or below noise level much of the time. (Jim Evans, TN)