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Monitored 15 August - 04 September 2024July – 08 August 2024
All times UTC
Mediumwave
Brazil
540, Rede Aleluia, Goiania, Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus…” comments. SINPO 25442 (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernando SP, Brazil).
830, Rádio Tropical, Noa Iguaçu, Brazilian song to ID “ Rádio Tropical.” SINPO 24542 (Grimm)
880, Rádio Deus é Amor, Porto Alegre, 0135. “Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor.” SINPO 23422. Interference from Rádio Inconfidencia 880 kHz (Grimm).
Shortwave
Ascension Island
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9410, BBC WS at 0509. Discussion on issues with Israeli war with excellent signal // 15490 via UK poor (Harold Sellers, BC Canada). 9915, BBC WS 0559-0605 with English service ID and Newsday program. Poor to fair // 9410 from Ascension Island relay (Tony Pavik, BC, Canada). 9765 KBS World Radio relay via Georgetown in French. Heard at 2011 with comments and instrumental music to North Africa. SINPO 45554 (Grimm).
Australia
5045, Bay Islands Radio, 0817 with pretty decent copy of Styx, Mr Roboto tune. SINPO 45344. Great signal for only 150 watts! Ad for some kind of club mentioning burlesque dancing. (Paul Walker, McGarth, AK)
Austria
15265, Adventist World Radio, 1459-1505. Turkish service with ID in English “this is Adventist World Radio.” Followed by contact info and “the following program is in Turkish.” Talk continued with ID and station info (Pavik).
Brazil (Portuguese)
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4985, Rádio Brasil Central, Goainia, 0550-0624. Brazilian songs Madrugada Musical program. SINPO 23422. Noted on 11815, 2041-2056 (Manuel Méndez, Spain/BDXC).
6010, Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte. 0451-0554. Brazilian songs part of the musical program. SINPO 25422 (Méndez).
6150, Rádio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 0449-0527. Brazilian music program Faixa Brasil. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).
6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2037-2051. // 11780. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).
9818.3 Rádio 9 de Julho, São Paulo. Religious music and comments to station ID. SINPO 25422 (Méndez).
6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0110. Pounding signal for jazzy standards type music. Love the evening host they have on several days a week, Maurico Rebelo. Recent query to station on beam headings as “11780 is beamed at 312 degrees for the Amazon. (Walker)
11750, Rádio Voz Missionaria at 0322. Music and religious preaching, SINPO 45344. (Walker)
China
5975, China Radi International, Beijing. Chinese service with comments and instrumental music SINPO 35553 to West Africa (Grimm)
7410, China Radio International (Jinhua) 1533-1545. Japanese service with Chi-pop music into talk segment (Pavik). CRI on 9550 in Vietnamese at 1400-1405. CRI 9605 in Russian 1559-1605. Early sign-on at 1559 into standard CRI ID in Russian. CRI 9740 (Jinhua) in Sinhala with frequency info and email address. (Pavik).
Clandestine
4560, Voice of the People (South Korea) 1229-1235. Korean service followed by K-Pop tunes for fair signal (Pavik).
4885, Echo of Hope (South Korea) 1229-1240. Korean for lengthy text to light music at 1240. Fair signal quality (Pavik).
6350, Echo of Hope (South Korea), 1200-1205 in Korean. Music at 1200 station ID into newscast. Fair-poor signal (Pavik).
9705, Furusato no Kaze (Paochung) via Taiwan, 1330-1340 in Japanese. Big, beautiful signal for this station. Almost perfect (Pavik).
11570, North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent, Uzbekistan in Korean. Noted comments at 2035 with comments targeted to North Korea. SINPO 25442 (Grimm).
15505, Radio Ndarason International via Ascensio Island. Kannada service with African songs and comments. SINPO 35443 to Africa (Grimm). 5960 at 0552 in Kanuri, abruptly off before 0600. (Sellers).
21485, Radio Tamazuj via Issoudun, France relay in Sudanese at 1537. Comments and interviews targeted to South Sudan. (Grimm).
Cuba
5025, Radio Rebelde, Bauta, 0611-0655. Program, A Esta Hora. Cuban songs to announcer’s comments and ID “Rebelde, A Esta Hora.” “Hablando Claro.” Additional songs, and weather report (Méndez). Noted this frequency at 0959-1010 with ID, and text about an event. Signal good-fair (Pavik).
10345, Cuban Number Station HM01, 0559-0605. Spanish female’s numbers/tones. Four files decoded but not decrypted. (Pavik).
Ecuador
6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0443-0500* Spanish religious programming Vida Real en Familia. SINPO 25422 (Méndez). HCJB 6050, 0115-0215 with regional music, IDs and Spanish text (Sam Wright, MS)
Eswatini
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9940, TWR Africa, Manzini. Interval signal to music and ID and comments about Congo. SINPO 35553 targeted to Democratic Rep of Congo; 7410 in Portuguese at 1950. Christian music and comments. Service to Angola. (Grimm). 13800 TWR in Arabic with religious programming. Audio filter opened up to 8kHz bandwidth. Fantastic signal 9500 in English at 1816 with Tony Evans preaching. SINPO 55454 (Walker).
Germany
11790, Adventist World Radio via Nauen. Yoruba service with comments and instrumental music. Noted in Arabic at 0724 to Africa. SINPO 35543; 17570 via Nauen with Christian programming. French service 9555 at 2025 with contact info, interval signal and closing (Grimm).
9670, Atlantic 2000 International via Rohrbach, 0800-0821. Station ID “Radio Channel 292” and “Radio Atlantic 2000 International.” French comments to English pop tunes and oldies. SINPO 35433 (Méndez).
Guam
9900, KSDA AWR via Agat at 2006. Christian programs and message. SINPO 45554 to North and South Korea. Great signal! KTWR on 9320 at 1920 in Korean with Christian programming. SINPO 35433 (Grimm).
Liberia
6050, ELWA *0559-0607. Sign-on interval signal to English Christian programs. Very weak and fading out due to daylight. SINPO 15421 (Méndez).
Pirate (USA)
7475, YHWH, 0315. Religious pirate station with sermons disparaging modern-day society and religion. SINPO 44334. Noted some noise and quick fading that obscures the program contact. First time I’ve heard him in months (Walker).
Madagascar
11825, African Pathways Radio at 0456. English program with poor signal quality (Sellers). 9845, World Christian Broadcast KNLS via Mahajanga in Russian. Instrumental music to announcers' talks and Internet info link. SINPO 25432 (Grimm).
15605, Adventist World Radio via Madagascar relay, 1500-1510 in listed Lushai. Station ID to music by male vocalist to 1507. Fair-poor signal (Pavik).
México
6185, Radio Educación,, Ciudad de México, 0451-0604. Spanish programming and comments. SINPO 24422 (Méndez). Noted this frequency 0700-0705. Up-tempo music to station ID at 0701. Fair signal with clear ID (Pavik). Noted the same freq at 0200-0300 with text and Spanish music program (Frank Hilton, SC).
Netherlands
5940, Free Service Holland 1858-2037. Song, interval signal and ID as, “Free Radio Service Holland.” Pop songs, oldies, and comments // 9300.8. Additional logs via Netherlands: Radio Veronica, Westdorpe 0457-0512 in Dutch on 5955; Radio Europe, Alphen 2005-2300 on 6130 in English; Radio Onda, Borculo 0612-0700 on 6140 in French; Radio Delta, Elburg 2014-2233 in English (Méndez).
New Zealand
9700, RNZ Pacific, Rangitaiki. 0500 with instrumental music and station reference. SINPO 35543 (Grimm). 9700, 0559-0630 with interval signal, ID, time pips and BBC Newsday program with headlines. (Pavik).
North Korea
15180, Voice of Korea, 0500-0505. Spanish service sign-on with male/female host to anthem. Signal fair-noisy (Pavik).
Philippines
9350, VOA relay ay 1159-1205. Korean service with interval signal, VOA newscast with lead story on Ukraine. Almost perfect signal (Pavik).
Romania
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13580, Radio Romania International at 0511 to Central Africa. Excellent, clean signal of Romanian music. SINPO is almost all 55555. English on 11975 to Western Europe at 2046. Segment on Romanian history. SINPO 55454. This feed is actually stronger and clearer than the 13650 kHz feed to Eastern North America at the same time! (Walker). RRI’s DRM service on 15170 via Tiganesti in Spanish on 15170. Comments about Romania, music and station ID. SINPO 45554 (Grimm).
Saudi Arabia
11935, Republic of Yemen Radio, Riyadh. Programming noted to the Gulf at 1755.Continuous Arabic vocals with the best signal I ever had from 11935 or its predecessor on 11860. Also noted at 1844 on this frequency. Noted no jamming for weeks but noted its return recently. (Walker). 11935.43, 1400-1405 in Arabic. Music to the top-of-the-hour, followed by a presumed newscast. Signal noisy and fair-to-poor (Pavik).
United States
7505, WRNO New Orleans 0359-0401. Unknown language from female host. Station ID at 0359 including email and postal address in Ft. Worth, Texas. Country Roads tune by John Denver played until carrier cut at 0401. Good signal! (Pavick) 7505, 0130-0150 with local NOLA music and “this is WRNO Worldwide.” (Wright)
Vanuatu
7260, Radio Vanuatu at 0609. Poor signal quality for Pacific music. Not audible before 0600, improved by 0645. Bislama service with ID, local ads and abruptly off before 0659 (Sellers). Noted station on 7260, 0920-0930 to 0935 sign-off. (Wright). 7260, 0659-0715 in Bislama (Pavik).