All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*
Argentina
6059.99, RAE, 0955-1015. Tune-in to interval signal,mixing with Cuba until Cuba sign off at 0957. Multilingual ID announcements at 1001, followed by lite piano music. Portuguese talk at 1007. Argentine music. Fair signal after 0957. Very weak on // 11710.56. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Australia
11660, Radio Australia (Brandon), 2132-2150. English. Talk by man and woman. Talk by two women at 2145 about the Asian economy, particularly in China, Indonesia and Malaysia. Poor but improving signal with heavy high side interference from WYFR prior to 2145. Parallels noted on 12080 (Brandon, slightly weaker signal) and 11650 (Shepparton, much weaker). (Jim Evans, TN)
China
5075 Voice of Pujiang 1351-1404. Man and woman in discussion past 1400, possible ID at 1401. Fair signal and // to 3280, which was on the decline. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Clandestine
Voice of Djibouti, 15165 in presumed Somali at 1553. About 1623 I realized men were speaking French but because of severe noise I hadn’t noticed when the language changed. Horn of Africa vocal and instrumental at 1626 and off at 1628:30. Fair signal but mostly unreadable due to noise. Thursdays only. Anyone know the transmitter site? (Wendel Craighead-Kansas,)
Colombia
2980.01, Radio Vida Nueva, Barranquilla, 0830-0900. Second harmonic of 1490v. continuous lite Spanish religious music. Very weak/threshold. Running parallel to their station website at www.radiovidanueva.net/ (Brian Alexander, PA)
6035, LV del Guaviare, San José Guaviare, 0245-0259:30*. Local music. Spanish program announcements. Sign off with national anthem. Weak signal and poor with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
6035.01, LV del Guaviare, San José Guaviare, 1040-1055. Local music. Spanish program announcements. ID at 1041. National anthem at 1047. Spanish talk. Weak but readable.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
India
9424.98 All India Radio via Bangalore 1430-1450. English news by lady announcer at 1430, followed by an ad at 1435, then assorted talks in presumed Hindi. Noted English news again at 1530 ("news at 9"), 15 minutes this time. Very good signal. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Malaysia
6049.63 Asyik FM(presumed) 1405-1422. Qu'ran program to 1414, then man and woman chatting. Fair signal. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Monitoring DRM from The Disco Palace to Europe:
France
6015, 1400-, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Carrier on at 1400:41 secs, straight into already playing pop song - // 15745. DRM mode B, SNR 22.1dB. DRM ID: 'The Disco Palace'. Unlike the other broadcast this did not chop off the song to give ID.
Netherlands Antilles
15745, 1300, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Test transmission scheduled 1300-1825. Carrier on at 1259:50. cut straight into already started Leo Sayer song then cut off before finish to ID 'Feel the music - the Disco Palace'. Other IDs given say station name first. DRM ID The Disco Palace'. DRM Mode B. SNR 19.5dB 20.96kbps stereo. Drop outs as SNR drops more frequent than from Issoudun. After 1400 // 6015. (using Racal RA1792 and Inverted Vee @ 10m) (Sean Gilbert, Buckingham, Bucks, UK/HCDX)
Oman
15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman (Thumryat), 1640-1701. Arabic.Talk by man, occasionally joined by woman or second man. Announcements by woman over upbeat music at 1659. Chimes on the hour, then talk by man over traditional local music. Poor signal with fading, down badly after 1648. (Jim Evans, TN)
Slovak Republic
9510 IRRS European Gospel Radio - Sure Word Ministries program website as:
www.surewordministries.net/ via Rimavska Sobota transmitter site, with religious program, old testament readings. Full power in Stuttgart: SINPO 55555, S=9+30dB. But audio feed distorted quality, at 1040 UT March 7. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 7/wb, Germany/HCDX)
Swaziland
3200, Trans World Radio (Manzini), 0438-0445. English. Man with religious talk. Moderate signal with heavy utility interference. First readable signal on this frequency in months // 4775 had much better signal with some CODAR interference. (Jim Evans, TN)
Utility
Thailand
6765.1USB, Bangkok Meteorological Radio, *1159-1210. Interval signal of a pleasant melody starting at 1159, but sounded like there may have been some music before. Unreadable male announcer at 1201. Then interval signal at 1209. Very poor signal, but clear. (Dave Valko,PA/Cumbre DX)
Yesterday some time I was passing frequency 8743 and Bangkok Meteorological Radio seems to continue requesting reception reports at the end of their English weather report.Funny, this morning the mailman delivered an envelope from Bangkok containing QSL-folder and personal letter. Veri-signer was Ms. Jantima NiyomchokThis for my e-mailed report of 15 Feb. Their mailing address is:
Telecommunications and Information Technology Bureau
Thai Meteorological Depertment
4353 Sukhumvit Road, Bangna
Bangkok 10260, Thailand
Email: tmd@metnet.tmd.go.th
(Jari Savolainen/Cumbre DX)
Argentina
6059.99, RAE, 0955-1015. Tune-in to interval signal,mixing with Cuba until Cuba sign off at 0957. Multilingual ID announcements at 1001, followed by lite piano music. Portuguese talk at 1007. Argentine music. Fair signal after 0957. Very weak on // 11710.56. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Australia
11660, Radio Australia (Brandon), 2132-2150. English. Talk by man and woman. Talk by two women at 2145 about the Asian economy, particularly in China, Indonesia and Malaysia. Poor but improving signal with heavy high side interference from WYFR prior to 2145. Parallels noted on 12080 (Brandon, slightly weaker signal) and 11650 (Shepparton, much weaker). (Jim Evans, TN)
China
5075 Voice of Pujiang 1351-1404. Man and woman in discussion past 1400, possible ID at 1401. Fair signal and // to 3280, which was on the decline. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Clandestine
Voice of Djibouti, 15165 in presumed Somali at 1553. About 1623 I realized men were speaking French but because of severe noise I hadn’t noticed when the language changed. Horn of Africa vocal and instrumental at 1626 and off at 1628:30. Fair signal but mostly unreadable due to noise. Thursdays only. Anyone know the transmitter site? (Wendel Craighead-Kansas,)
Colombia
2980.01, Radio Vida Nueva, Barranquilla, 0830-0900. Second harmonic of 1490v. continuous lite Spanish religious music. Very weak/threshold. Running parallel to their station website at www.radiovidanueva.net/ (Brian Alexander, PA)
6035, LV del Guaviare, San José Guaviare, 0245-0259:30*. Local music. Spanish program announcements. Sign off with national anthem. Weak signal and poor with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
6035.01, LV del Guaviare, San José Guaviare, 1040-1055. Local music. Spanish program announcements. ID at 1041. National anthem at 1047. Spanish talk. Weak but readable.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
India
9424.98 All India Radio via Bangalore 1430-1450. English news by lady announcer at 1430, followed by an ad at 1435, then assorted talks in presumed Hindi. Noted English news again at 1530 ("news at 9"), 15 minutes this time. Very good signal. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Malaysia
6049.63 Asyik FM(presumed) 1405-1422. Qu'ran program to 1414, then man and woman chatting. Fair signal. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)
Monitoring DRM from The Disco Palace to Europe:
France
6015, 1400-, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Carrier on at 1400:41 secs, straight into already playing pop song - // 15745. DRM mode B, SNR 22.1dB. DRM ID: 'The Disco Palace'. Unlike the other broadcast this did not chop off the song to give ID.
Netherlands Antilles
15745, 1300, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Test transmission scheduled 1300-1825. Carrier on at 1259:50. cut straight into already started Leo Sayer song then cut off before finish to ID 'Feel the music - the Disco Palace'. Other IDs given say station name first. DRM ID The Disco Palace'. DRM Mode B. SNR 19.5dB 20.96kbps stereo. Drop outs as SNR drops more frequent than from Issoudun. After 1400 // 6015. (using Racal RA1792 and Inverted Vee @ 10m) (Sean Gilbert, Buckingham, Bucks, UK/HCDX)
Oman
15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman (Thumryat), 1640-1701. Arabic.Talk by man, occasionally joined by woman or second man. Announcements by woman over upbeat music at 1659. Chimes on the hour, then talk by man over traditional local music. Poor signal with fading, down badly after 1648. (Jim Evans, TN)
Slovak Republic
9510 IRRS European Gospel Radio - Sure Word Ministries program website as:
www.surewordministries.net/ via Rimavska Sobota transmitter site, with religious program, old testament readings. Full power in Stuttgart: SINPO 55555, S=9+30dB. But audio feed distorted quality, at 1040 UT March 7. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 7/wb, Germany/HCDX)
Swaziland
3200, Trans World Radio (Manzini), 0438-0445. English. Man with religious talk. Moderate signal with heavy utility interference. First readable signal on this frequency in months // 4775 had much better signal with some CODAR interference. (Jim Evans, TN)
Utility
Thailand
6765.1USB, Bangkok Meteorological Radio, *1159-1210. Interval signal of a pleasant melody starting at 1159, but sounded like there may have been some music before. Unreadable male announcer at 1201. Then interval signal at 1209. Very poor signal, but clear. (Dave Valko,PA/Cumbre DX)
Yesterday some time I was passing frequency 8743 and Bangkok Meteorological Radio seems to continue requesting reception reports at the end of their English weather report.Funny, this morning the mailman delivered an envelope from Bangkok containing QSL-folder and personal letter. Veri-signer was Ms. Jantima NiyomchokThis for my e-mailed report of 15 Feb. Their mailing address is:
Telecommunications and Information Technology Bureau
Thai Meteorological Depertment
4353 Sukhumvit Road, Bangna
Bangkok 10260, Thailand
Email: tmd@metnet.tmd.go.th
(Jari Savolainen/Cumbre DX)
USA
9480 WTWW *1758-1818. Popped on at 1758 with talk to 1800, then ID, followed by more talk oncConspiracies, the subject du jour. (John Wilkins-CO/Cumbre DX)