Blog Logs, November 2025

 

Welcome to the November issue of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails, logging contributions and following my latest daily tweets on X at: Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH@QSLRptMT

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Monitoring  Oct 5-28, 2025

UTC, frequencies kHz 

Mediumwave

Argentina

1150, Radio Nacional, Viedma (tentative) at 0408. Political commentary from a male announcer. SINPO 24432 (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil).

1150, LT9 La Nueva Sauce. Spanish programming from Spanish announcers’ romantic songs. SINPO 24442 (Grimm).

Benin

1476, TWR Africa via Parakou. Hausa programming to Nigeria. Christian message and music presentations from a male announcer (Grimm).

Faroe Islands

531, Kringvarp Føroya 0430-0435. Local language for Sunday morning announcer chat. (Gayle Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/nOwjTOScqLM

United States

650, KENI Anchorage, AK 0159-0210. Alaska’s News-Talk Radio. Ads for the Good Feet Store, ad for pizza place, station ID, lawyer promo to full ID. National news headlines via Fox News. (Van Horn) YT video: Video link https://youtu.be/tWWHbEF6l3E

750, KFQV, Anchorage, AK 0059-0105. Station promos, ID, into state news of Alaska from Anchorage TV audio (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/Bez54KEm81Y

820, WBAP Ft Worth, Texas 2000-2005. Station IDs and promos, local info and weather. (Van Horn)  YT video: https://youtu.be/k_twR7lmr6U

1040, WHO Des Moines, IA 0153-0205. Tunnel 2 Towers promo, ads on home products from Menards to station ID as “The Voice of Iowa.”News headlines, weather, and iHeart promo. (Van Horn). YouTube video: https://youtu.be/q1pRUSacmwc

1050, KNBR San Francisco, CA. 1400-1405. Talk about Barry Bonds, followed by talk on the Blue Jays. (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/3Ry4a_tll_o

1130, KWKH Shreveport, LA 1130-0220. Sports talk on Dodger’s Freddie Freeman and the Philliess game. Station IDs and promos. (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/k4nCKMv0de8

Uruguay

1360, Radio 41, San Jose de Mayo. Spanish local advertisements. SINPO 34443 (Grimm).

Shortwave

Belarus

3940, Music Wave Radio 1943-1955. Russian music. SINPO 25422 (Manuel Mendez, Spain/BDXC)

Bolivia

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski 0010-0018. Quechua program with comments. SINPO 15421 (Mendez)

Classic CRI QSL

China

5975, CNR 8 at 1100 in Korean. Station ID into talks or features for fair signal quality.Additional monitoring: 7270, PBS Nei Menggu at 1059 in Mongolian; 7325 CRI in Japanese into news; CNR-1 at 1300 in Mandarin; 7420 PBS Nei Menggu at 1059 n Mandarin; 13810 CRI at 1300 in German; CNR on 15760 at 1859 with jamming being used to jam Sound of Hope. Off at 1900 time pips (Tony Pavik, BC, Canada).

Clandestine

9864, Voice of Tibet at 1326. Asian music to 1328. Station sign-on in Tibetan at 1330 for good signal quality (Harold Sellers, BC, Canada)

15425, Oromia National Media-Arrata Biyoolessa Oromiyaa 1459-1530. Wednesday broadcast in Oromo for Ethiopian exile group with musical hymn sign-on  to audio at 1500. Presumed national anthem into station ID, station references into news script. Relayed from Galbeni, Romania. YouTube video at the Shortwave  Central channel. https://youtu.be/o0wKBQiFg1I  (Van Horn).

Cuba

15140, Radio Habana Cuba at 1505. English programming of poor signal quality during newscast. (Sellers).

11950, 2229-2235 with IDs, sports news, and Spanish program “Deportivas…esta es nuestra American Radio Habana Cuba.” (Grimm)

Ecuador

Classic QSL from HCJB

6050, HCJB Pichincha 0441-0500*. Spanish religious program and music to program Vida Real en Familia. SINPO 15422 (Mendez). https://hcjb.org/ 

France

15485, Radio France International via Issoudun to West Africa at 1708-1725. (Grimm). https://www.rfi.fr/en/ 

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia 1933-1958. Religious comments. Also heard *0600-0612 with English programming. Station ID “ELWA Radio.” SINPO 25422 (Mendez). https://www.elwaministries.org/radio/ 

Luxembourg

6140, Radio Onda, Junglinster 1703-1811. English pop songs to Portuguese comments. Station ID in English and French. Station relayed Radio Augusts International, including station ID. SINPO 25422 (Mendez).

Malaysia

RTM QSL

11665, RTM FM, Kajang. Malayalam service to Malaysia at 1112. Announcer’s talk to the music program. SINPO 25542 (Grimm). https://www.rtm.gov.my/ 

Mali

5995, Radio Mali 1839-1906. African vocals to the 1850 English Magazine program. News and comments about Mali. African songs at 1803 into local vernaculars. SINPO 35433 (Mendez)

Mexico

6185, Radio Educacion, 0441-0655. Spanish comments, Mexican songs to ID “Cultura Mexico, Senal Internacional, la onda corta de Radio Educacion. SINPO 25422 (Mendez).

Netherlands

5955, Radio Veronica, Westdorpe 0506-0532. English pop vocals to Dutch comments. SINPO 25433 (Mendez).

North Korea

9435, Voice of Korea at 1500. English service sign-on to the national anthem. Very good signal // 11710. VOK on 9570 at 1302; 9435 at 1500 // 11710; 9515 at 1503 in English (Sellers).

Norway

5895, Radio Northern Star, Bergen 2002-2024. English pop songs for SINPO 14421. Also heard 0431-0452 with music variety.  (Mendez). https://www.stellamaris.no/am.html 

United States

7355, KNLS Alaska at 1200 with station interval signal to station ID // 9795.; English 9580 at 1401 (Sellers). 

9580, KNLS Russian service at 1119. Sermon message by male announcer (Grimm).

Vietnam

9840, Voice of Vietnam 1230. English service with musical intros to ID “this is the Voice of Vietnam.” Newscast by male/female host at 1231. Poor signal. Noted on this freq at  1332 and 1505. (Sellers).

Blog Logs, September 2024

 Welcome to the September 2024 edition of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails and for following the postings on the Shortwave Central blog and X/Twitter at Shortwave Central @QSLRptMT. 

Do you have any radio loggings or information to share for the October edition of Blog Logs? Your input from mediumwave, or shortwave can be sent to: w4gvhla@gmail.com  Tell the world what you're hearing from your listening post or portable monitoring!

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Additional station news is covered in my monthly column, Bits & Bytes in The Spectrum Monitor e-zine.

Thank you to the new and regular contributors. Your monitoring is always welcome!

Language services as indicated.

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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

A flyover at Ascension Island

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)

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

Eswatini studio

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

Radio Romania Int'l QSL

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).

Blog Logs-April 2024

 Welcome to the April 2024 edition of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails and for following the Shortwave Central blog; X/Twitter at Shortwave Central @QSLRptMT. 

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Monitored 14 March - 14 April 2024

All times UTC

Mediumwave

Algeria

1550, Radio Nacional de la Republica Arabe Saharaui, Rabouni, 2127-2139. Arabic songs and comments. SINPO 35443 (Manuel Méndez/Canary Island DXing/BDXC)

Bahamas

810, ZNS3-The National Voice 0345. Freeport station with fading amid easy-listening vocals. Fade-up to the Shirelles Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and Billie Holliday's Don't Explain (Van Horn/SW Central KiwiSDR LA). www.znsbahamas.com  

Canary Islands

576, Radio Nacional de Espana, Radio 1, Mesas de Galaz, Gran Canaria, 1441-1556. Sports program "Tablero Deportivo", // 621. SINPO 35433 (Méndez)

720, Radio Nacional de Espana, Radio 5, Tenerife, 0555-0600. Local Canary Island news and ID "Radio Nacional Canarias // 747 SINPO 55555 (Méndez)

Madeira

1530, Posto Emissor do Funchal, Poiso, 1530-1610. Portuguese songs to 1600-time signals and station ID "Posto Emissor do Funchal," Local ads and music. SINPO 35433 (Méndez).

Euro Free Radio

1611 1746 Mike Radio. SINPO 33433

1629 1751 Radio Twentana SINPO 34433

1638 1823 Radio Turftrekker SINPO 34433

1670 1803 Radio Matrix SINPO 34433

1687 1811 Radio Digital SINPO 44433

5015 1628 Deltracks SINPO 34433

5800 1755 Radio Contikenzo SINPO 54444

5880 0841 Radio Rock Revolution SINPO 44433

5999 1620 Moonair Radio SINPO 23432

6020 0813 Radio Casanova SINPO 35433

6160 0835 Skyline R Germany via Shortwave Gold SINPO 34433

6160 1509 Weekend Music R via Shortwave Gold SINPO 34433

6210 1605 Radio King Shortwave SINPO 34433

6290 0826 Weekend Music Radio SINPO 55444

7405 0820 Radio Piepzender SINPO 45444

7575 1028 Radio Pamela SINPO 34333

15150 1040 Harmony Radio SINPO 44433

(SW DX blog/UK Dxer)

Shortwave

Australia

15460, Reach Beyond Australia at 1317. Poor signal observed for English service. Noted on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Presentation of bible scriptures and interpretations. (Harold Sellers, CAN) http://www.reachbeyond.org.au  

Brazil

9550, Rádio Boa Vontade 0026-0040. Portuguese text and talk including station address. Tent on // 6160. SIO 322 with fair signal quality (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA).

15190, Rádio Inconfidência 2230-2345. Portuguese soccer commentary. Brief ID break resuming with coverage to ultimate "goooooooool." Heard on // 6020 with 232 SIO (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.inconfidencia.com.br 

11750, Rádio Voz Missionaria Brasil 0035-0045. Portuguese ballads // 9665. Station ID 0036 to gospel vocal. No sign of // 5940. Signal improved by 0040 to note canned station ID into religious praise Portuguese vocals. Public service announcement and program preview (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). 

11780, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia 2120-2220. Tune in with excellent signal and usual format of national news to fanfare intro for program segments and announcer's talk (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.ebc.com.br 

11815, Rádio Brasil Central, Goiania. 0120-0135. Portuguese Braz ballads to 0123. Local references into Braz pop vocals. SIO 343 (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA). 

China

6060, Sichuan Ethnic Radio 1415-1515. Logging based on observations as the reception was poor. Music to 1430 with brief talk between music items. No time tips were noted at top of hour. (Tony Pavic, CAN/NASWA FlashSheet).

11910, China Radio International 1415. Russian programming into Asian music. SINPO 15321 (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil) https://www.cgtn.com/ 

Cuba

4765, Radio Progreso (Bejucal) 0140. Cuban salsa music at tune-in to "Progreso" ID, Time, and announcer's comments. Music intros for salsa tunes. Recheck at 0217 with Zeplin's Stairway to Heaven to the announcer's talk about Jimmy Page. Station ID and address to 0235*. Nice to see this one back - I had noted they had been for several nights (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.radioprogreso.cu 

Ecuador

6050, HCJB 0130-0140. Spanish text to really nice Ecuadorian vocals into flutes and guitar instrumentals SIO 334. Recheck 0150 still heard with children's music vocals (Frank Hilton, SC). https://hcjb.org/ 

6050, HCJB 0431-0437 in Spanish with the program "Ritmos y Canciones de Nuestra Tierra." SINPO 25432 (Méndez).

France

15115, NHK World Radio Japan relay via Issoudun relay 1850. Japanese service with announcer’s discussion to Japanese music vocals SINPO 35433 (Grimm). https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ 

Germany

3995, Radio HCJB Deutschland at 0055. Tune in to German religious vocals. Electronic instrumentals (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.hcjb.de 

Guam

12040, KSDA Adventist World Radio via Agat. Unknown language monitored at 2150 included with gospel music. SINPO 35543 (Grimm). www.awr.org 

12060, KSDA AWR at 1530 with "KSDA Guam ID. English service to scriptures and music for very good signal (Sellers).

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia *0555-0612. Station interval signal at 0558 to English ID as, "ELWA Radio, Monrovia." Religious songs and comments SINPO 25432 (Méndez).www.elwaministries.com 

Malaysia

11665, RTM Wai FM. Via Kajang (100 kW) 1310-1330. Listed as Malaysian service schedule 2230-1405. Very weak signal for Asian pop vocal music program. Lady announcer's brief segment at 1330, resuming music tunes. SIO 232 (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA). www.rtm.gov.my  

México

6185, Señal Cultura Mexico/Radio Educación. Great Mexican music program 2300. Lady's station ID twice as "Radio Educacioó" into promo as, "música de pueblo mexicano." History of the music style, location and music examples, followed by "Radio Educación.” Very enjoyable music program. Norteño music program 00003-0030 (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx 

North Korea

9435, Voice of Korea at 1505. Marching/military music to sign on. Newscast with excellent signal // 11710, poor on 12015 and 13760 sometimes audible under excessive splatter (Sellers).

13650, Voice of Korea 1335-1345. Usual women's Korean music vocals //11735, 13760, 15345. Listed as English service for summer schedule update. Noted 9435 // 11710 (best reception) // 11735. Asian music instrumentals to news on North Korea. French noted 1405 tune-in on 9435 poor signal for // 11710 with newscast. Korean speech (Kim?) 11735 // 13650. (Van Horn, AirSpy)  www.vok.rep.kp   

Northern Marianas Islands

12140, USAGM/Radio Free Asia via Tinan at 1430. "Radio Free Asia" ID over Asian music. Khmer service // 9355 via Saipan (Sellers). http://www.rfa.org/english 

Peru

4774.94, Radio Tarma 0945. Noted station's frequency drifting from 4775.5 just prior to 1000 sign-on ID as "Radio Tarma" canned ID. Signal poor from CODAR interference during Andean vocals. (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). 

4810 Radio Chazuta 1000 ID into religious text format. Fair signal despite interferences (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). 

Philippines

11900, USAGM/Voice of America relay via Tinang. Chinese service logged at 1410. Comments by male/female duo. SINPO 15331 (Grimm). http://www.voanews.com 

15620, FEBC Radio, Bocaue. Javanese service at 1425. Gospel music to announcer's station information and mentions of Philippines. SINPO 35543 (Grimm). Monitored this frequency with religious text 1428 to Javanese bells. Closing station ID and station information (Sellers). https://www.febc.org/philippines 

Saudi Arabia

11745, SBA/Al-Azm Radio 1345-1355; 0330-0400. Two announcers’ Arabic text of news format. Arabic music vocals to Arabic speech. Al-Arabiya FM in Arabic on 639 via Cyprus 1900-2100. (Van Horn,Kiwi Qatar). 

Sri Lanka

11750, SLBC at 1630. Poor signal quality for station sign-on in Sinhala with presumed station info to music bridge, and possibly new headlines. (Sellers). http://sinhala.newsslbc.lk/ 

United Kingdom

15265, KBS World Radio via Wofferton relay. Russian service covering world news to comments and KBS identification. SINPO 25442 (Grimm) http://www.kbsworld.co.kr 

United States

4840, WWCR Nashville, TN 0025. Closing promotional for religious publication. Amazing Grace tune into Life Changing Word segment (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA,). http://www.wwcr.com 

5085, WTWW Lebanon, TN 0250-0300. Text about the evils in today’s modern music in rap and country & western as "society is torn down." (Hilton).

5950, VORW Radio International via WRMI 0015. John's comments on recent severe weather and his views on Tic Tock banning issues. Donovan's Season of the Witch tune and announcer's comments on welcoming reception reports with address (Van Horn, Kiwi SDR/LA). 

6030, USAGM/Radio Marti 0120-0130. Spanish newscast and usual chat about Cuba. Canned station ID and newscast promo SIO 444 (Van Horn, , Kiwi SDR/LA). http://www.martinoticias.com 

6115, WWCR Nashville, TN 2345-0015. Religious conversations on text to Real Life Radio reference at 0000 (Van Horn/AirSpy). http://www.wwcr.com 

7505, WRNO Worldwide, New Orleans, LA 0215-0230. Tune-in to Ray Bentley religious program on Old Testament teachings. "Marathan Radio" ID to San Diego mailing address. Station ID 0224 "this is WRNO Worldwide 7505 kilohertz." Welcomes reception reports and notes "catch the wave on shortwave," followed by praise music (Van Horn/AirSpy). 

7490, WBCQ Monticello, ME 0257. Conversations during the Hal Turner Show. Program promo to WBCQ identification. Religious text on the Tribulation (Van Horn). http://www.wwcr.com 

9265, WINB Red Lion, PA 0202-0215. Scripture readings program SIO 444. (Hilton). http://www.wwcr.com 

9330, WBCQ/WLC Radio 0205-0215. Portuguese program of religious readings to 0230 (Hilton).

Vanuatu

7260, Radio Vanuatu 0659-0801. Bislama commercials and promos. Newscast by male/female duo to 0715. Pop vocals Tarzan Boy and Baby I Love Your Way. Public affairs discussion at 0730. Best reception all week. Noted on this frequency at 0925 with Pacific Island music vocals. Station ID "Radio Vanuatu, voice bilong yumi." Phone interviews for the remote segment. (Pavik).

https://www.vbtc.vu 

Vietnam

11885, Voice of Vietnam 1835. Lady's German service for station travelogue program. Fanfare at 1845 into German audio clips, German pop vocals, and closedown at 1858. English service 1900-1930 on the same frequency. "This is the Voice of Vietnam from Hanoi-Socialist Republic of Vietnam." Program preview, economic report to Discover Vietnam program" (Van Horn/Kiwi Hong Kong). https://vovworld.vn 

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Bog Logs Issue # 3

Language services as indicated.

// denotes heard on a parallel frequency

*Sign-on - sign-off *

All frequencies in kilohertz (kHz)

SDR or receivers as listed.

All times UTC

Monitored Feb 20-March 13, 2024 

Mediumwave

Saudi Arabia

882 SBA Quran Radio (10 kW Buraydah) 1825-1835. Quran recitations in Arabic on // 531, 558, 567, 657, 765, 792, 810, 936 kHz. (G. Van Horn/Kiwi Qatar) 

630 SBA Radio Jeddah (20 kW Jizan) 1835-1840.Quran recitations in Arabic on // 612, 684, 702, 747, 927, 1035, 1044, 1080, 1089, 1098, 1116, 1206, 1215 kHz. (Van Horn/Kiwi Qatar) 

594 SBA Call of Islam (50 kW Makkah) 1910-1920. Quran recitations in Arabic on // 783, 1422 kHz (Van Horn/Kiwi Qatar)

United Kingdom/Isle of Man

1368 Manx Radio (20 kW Foxdale) 1715-1720. Afternoon show with Alex Brindley. U.S. pop vocals, local ads for restaurants, Shop Rite store, singing local scrap metal ads, Manx Memorials, and singing ID for Manx Radio.  (Van Horn, Kiwi UK) Website: https://www.manxradio.com/ 

1458 Lyca Radio (125 kW Brookmans Park) 1725-1730. Asian pop vocals to station promo, contest offers plus an ad for clothing store. (Van Horn) Station website: https://www.lycaradio.com/ 

United States

1150 WJBO Baton Rouge, LA 1648-1700. News radio format with Clay & Buck show. Station IDs and ads for Baton Rouge. (Van Horn, LA/Airspy+Discovery)

1200 WOAI San Antonio, TX 2000-2030. Afternoon syndicated programming to station news and traffic updates. (Van Horn)  

1320 WRJW Picayune, MS 1635-1640. Classical country from Ray Price to ad for Sonic in Picayune, First Place Express Car Wash. Canned station ID for AM/FM for Pearl County, Mississippi. (Van Horn)

1460 WXOK Baton Rouge, LA 1702-1710. Urban gospel vocals to canned ID (Van Horn)

1540 WFNO Gretna, LA 1645-1650. Tejan vocals to Spanish rap. Station ID/freq (Van Horn)

1550 WPFC Baton Rouge, LA 1655-1700. Urban gospel vocals to station program promotional and ID, followed by the sermon. (Van Horn) 

1600 KLEB Golden Meadow, LA. 1630-1645. Local ads for Golden Meadows to station ID and Queen’s, We Will Rock You. (Van Horn)

Shortwave

Alaska

6075, KNLS Anchor Point. *0800-0811. Station interval signal to English religious programming. SINPO 15421 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain/BDXC)  http://www.knls.org 

Ascension Island

11810 BBC World Service 0635-0650. News-Talk format discussing world events. Fair-good signal to 0659* (F Hilton, SC) http://www.bbc.com 

Australia

15320, Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra. 1159-1209. English program to “thank you for tuning to Radio Reach Beyond Australia.” Station interval signal to “welcome to the program…from Reach Beyond Australia.” Religious text. SINPO  35433 (Méndez) 

11875, via Kununurra 1345 with Punjabi religious service to station info, website, and address for fair-good signal (Hilton, SC) www.reachbeyond.org.au

Bolivia

3310, Radio Chaski, Cochabamba. 2350-0000. Fair-poor signal of Bolivian music. Barely making it through poor conditions. Station’s website in down, but the audio stream is available at https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/radio-chaski-445344/ (Van Horn/Kiwi Paraguay)

Botswana

4930, Voice of America relay 0335. National news on technology // 6080. SINPO 34442 (Jonathan Slayton, MS) http://www.voanews.com 

Brazil

4885, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belem, 2350-0030. Portuguese programming with announcer’s chat, Station ID, and national news. (Van Horn/Kiwi Paraguay) https://radioclube.dol.com.br/ 

6010, Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 2110-2135 with live soccer coverage // 15190 kHz. SINPO 15431 (Méndez) http://www.inconfidencia.com.br 

9665, Rádio Voz Missionaria, Cambourú 0123. Portuguese religious sermon. No ID was observed at 0130 as the sermon continued for fair signal (Ed Cichorek, NJ/NASWA) http://www.radiovozmissionaria.com.br 11750, 2034-2053. Religious vocals to ID “Voz Missionaria” // 9665 (Méndez) 

11815, Rádio Brasil Central, Goiania. 0548-0621. English and Brazilian pops to “Madrugada Musical.” Distorted signal. SINPO 35433. (Méndez)

15414.8, Rádio Clube de Ribeirão Preto, 1903-2131. Portuguese comments from male/female duo. Brazilian music to “Campeonato Paulista” relaying Radio Bandeirates soccer coverage and IDing as “Radio Bandeirantes futebol.” SINPO 24322. (Méndez)

China

5050, Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, 1238. Poor-fair signal, just fading up during orchestra music // 9820. http://bbrtv.com China Radio International on 5915, 1043 with fair signal for Russian service // 7290. No sign of 5915 kHz Myanmar. 

https://www.cgtn.com/ China’s Voice of Jingling, Nanjing on 6200 at 1310. Chinese news conversation (Ralph Perry, IL/NASWA) CRI 5965 at 1514 in Russian to Siberia. Excellent signal, minor QRN. (Vince Henley, WA/NASWA).

Ecuador

6050, HCJB Pichincha 0441-0447. Spanish program “Ritmos y Canciones de Nuestra Tierra.” Ecuadorian music and comments. SINPO 25432 (Méndez)

Eswatini

11660, Trans World Radio, 1721. Listed service as Amharic for religious vocals, lady’s station announcement to TWR chimes, interval, and sign-off (Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC Canada). Website: www.trw.org/ 

India

9620, Akashvani, Bengaluru, 2021-2031*. Hindi music vocals to lady’s French text. Nice station ID at 2028, followed by instrumental music to closedown for fair-good signal (Rich D’Angelo, PA/NASWA). Farsi service on 9620 at 1642 with Spotlight program. Poor signal with co-channel China (Sellers). 11805 Ashkavani, Bengaluru 1310. Pashto service with presumed local news (S Wright, MS) https://prasarbharati.gov.in/ 

Liberia

6055, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, *0600-0635. English religious vocals observed at sign-on after three days absence. (Wright). http://www.elwaministries.com 

Madagascar

13830, Vatican Radio relay at 1631. English service for scripture readings from book of Genesis. Very good signal // 15565 (Sellers). http://www.vaticannews.va 

Mexico

6184.97 XEPPM-Radio Educacion-Cultura Mexico Senal Internacional 0503-0515. Spanish conversations with poor signal quality, better in USB for clarity. (Gianni Serra, Italy/NASWA). 

Mexican folk vocals were observed from 0235-0300. (Hilton)

Mongolia

12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, *0900-0914. Station interval signal to “Welcome to the Voice of Mongolia in English.” National news and comments. SINPO 25432 (Méndez) http://www.vom.mn 

Netherlands

5955, Radio Veronica, Westdorpe. 0554-0612. English pop oldies music to Dutch comments. Station ID “Radio Veronica.” SINPO 35433 (Méndez)

6020, Radio Casanova, 0641-0655. English pop tunes to “Radio Casanova” and Dutch comments. SINPO 35433 (Méndez)

6110, Radio Delta International, Elburg 0537-0613. Oldies tune from Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson.’ “Radio Delta” ID and website www.radiodelta.am SINPO 35433.Monitoring 0805-0846 on 12030 kHz (Méndez)

6140, Radio Onda Borculo, 1622-1701. Radio Senado program “Brasil Sertanejo,”  Sertanejo music program to Portuguese comments. Station ID “A Radio Onda, a primeiro  programa de música brasileira nas Ondas curtas…para a comunidade brasiliera y Portuguese …” SINPO 35433 (Méndez)

North Korea

11645, Voice of Korea, 1612 in English with newscast. Signal poor quality with het QRM. Noted on 11710 at 151 with English service on the political commentary of United States, United Nations, and Israel concerning the Israeli-Hamas war. Signal good on // 9435 and 12015 as poor quality (Sellers).

Peru

4810, Radio Logos, Chazuta, 1035. Poor signal for Spanish religious text, only audible in LSB, which eliminates QRM from CODAR. (Ralph Perry, IL/NASWA) 

Philippines

12120, Radyo Pilipinas 1731. Station ID “Radyo Pilipinas, the Voice of the Philippines.” Filipino service with additional IDs, frequencies, and website for “Radyo Pilipinas World Service.” Heard // 9925 kHz with very weak signal (Sellers).

9400, FEBC Radio Liangyou 1, 1317. Lady’s Mandarin commentary. Poor to fair signal (Bob Brossel, WI/NASWA). https://www.febc.org/philippines 

11565, Radio Free Asia, Tinian 1650. Mandarin service hardly makes it through signal jamming due to poor signal quality (Slayton). http://www.rfa.org/english 

11570, VOA relay via Tinang 1200. Korean service with good reception (Wright)

Tajikistan

4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe. 1930-1950. Fair-poor signal of Tajik program items. (Van Horn) Tajikistan, Radioi Tojikiston, 4765 kHz (100 kW Dushanbe (Yangiyul) 09 Oct. 2020 at Shortwave Central YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvO6Tu7ZD0  

15515, AWR Tajikistan relay, 1447. Religious sign-on tune What a Friend We Have in Jesus to Hindi service. Station ID “you’re listening to Adventist World Radio” to various multilingual IDs and closing announcements for fair-poor signal (Sellers).

São Tomé

11900, Voice of America relay at 2020. Fair-good programming for English/French programming to station ID and information (B Clement, WA) http://www.voanews.com 

South Korea

6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1 via Hwaeong, 1229 check with fair-good signal and no jamming noted for Korean discussion (Perry).

Sri Lanka

9765, Adventist World Radio 1549. Listed as Oriya service with an ongoing religious sermon to closing prayer and vocal tune. Station contact info and AWR website as www.awr.org Announcement included email address in India (Sellers).

Vietnam

9840, Voice of Vietnam, 1500 with English sign-on and welcome to listeners. Program preview and national newscast. Fair signal quality. Audible on 11885 kHz at 1607 with English service (Sellers). Noted on 7220 in Vietnamese at 1540-1555. Asian pop vocals to announcer’s chat for fair signal via Sontay (Van Horn). https://vovworld.vn 

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Blog Logs Issue # 2

Language services as indicated.

// denotes heard on a parallel frequency

All frequencies in kilohertz (kHz)

SDR or receivers as listed. 

All times UTC

Monitored 25 Jan.-Feb. 13, 2024

Mediumwave

Faroe Islands 

531 Kringvarp, Føroya, Akraberg (5 kW ex 10 kW) 0005-0035. Faroese text to easy-listening music format. Audio // with station website at www.kvf.fo Station broadcast in Faroese 24 hours. Arabic text noted under station is Radio Algérie Internationale which broadcast 24 hours 600/300 kW. (G. Van Horn/Kiwi SDR Mala, Sweden)

Slovenia

1170 Radio Capodistria/Radio Koper, Koper (15 kW) 0045-0105. Italian text for DJ format to pop music vocals to 0052. Intermittent signal fades during English hip-hop tunes. Euro pops to clear station ID at 0100 as “Radio Capodistria,” English U.S. pop vocals. Station broadcasts in Italian 24 hours a, noted as previous Radio Slovenia International. (G. Van Horn/Kiwi SDR/Poland) 

United States

600 WVOG New Orleans, LA, 1932-1935. Religious format with scriptures and prayers.  

640 KTIB Thibodaux, LA, 1936-1938.  Regional Mexican format of pop hits and station promos.

690 WQNO New Orleans, LA, 1938-1940. Religious format with scriptures and prayers. 

750 KKNO Gretna, LA, 1940-1942. Afro urban religious praise music to station ID. 

800 WSHO New Orleans, LA, 1942-1945. Religious format discussing current events. 

830 KGLA Norco, LA, 1945-1948. Mexican tropical music format with signal overmodulation.

870 WWL New Orleans, LA, 1948-1952. News-talk format with Scoot on the Air afternoon program.

940 WYLD New Orleans, LA, 1952-1956. Local ads to weather forecast for New Orleans. Station ID jingles to religious praise music.

990 WGSO New Orleans, LA, 1957-1959. News-Talk format to ads. Station program promos to station ID.

1010 WCKW Garyville, LA, 1959-2001. Religious format to station ID and promo.

1320 WRJW Picayune, MS, 2003-2006. National news to ID and Picayune local ads.

1350 WWWL New Orleans, LA, 2006-2008. Very low audio of sports news.

1400 WFPR Hammond, LA, 2008-2010. Classic country hits from Chris Ledoux. Station ID 2009.

1490 KJIN Houma, LA, 2010-2012. Urban contemporary format with poor/fair signal quality.

1540 WFNO Gretna, LA, 2013-2014. Spanish hit vocals to Tejano tunes and station jingle.

1560 WSLA Slidell, LA, 2014-2016. Sports news to politics discussion.

1600 KLEB Golden Meadow, LA 2016-2020. Heavy metal tunes to station ID. The station’s former zydeco music format is greatly missed by listeners.

(G. Van Horn/Sangean HD Radio)

Shortwave

Ascension Island

9410, BBC World Service relay 0504. Fair signal of English world news // 7285 and 6195 via Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy. (Harold Sellers, Canada/CommRadio CR-1a/Wellbrook ALA 1530LN Loop). www.bbc.com 

Austria

9630, Adventist World Radio (AWR) relay 0459. Carrier at tune-in to musical sign-on at 0500. Stadion sign-on ID as “this is Adventist World Radio, the Voice of Hope,” Good signal for Hausa religious programming. (Sellers). www.awr.org 

6155, Radio Oesterrich International (ROI) 0559. Waltz music to German-English ID’s. German news and programming for good signal (Sellers). http://oe1.orf.at 

Bangladesh

4750, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar, 1758-1828. English comments to Bengali vocal music. SINPO 25432. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain/BDXC/Sangean ATS 909X, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters) http://www.betar.gov.bd 

Brazil

4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0552-0617. Brazilian music amid utility interference. SINPO 2422. 11815, 2118-2126 with SINPO 24422.

5940, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0802-0823. Religious music and Portuguese comments //9665, 11750. SINPO 23422. 11749.9, 2055-2111 // 9665.1 SINPO 34433.

6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0546-0618. Brazilian songs into the program Memoria Nacional. SINPO 25432.

6180, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2119-2133. Brazilian music // 11780. SINPO 35433. 11780, 1955-2033 with ID, “Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Empresa Brasil de Cominacão” SINPO 35433.

9819, Radio 9 de Julho, São Paulo, 0754-0812. Religious programming in Portuguese. Station ID as “Radio 9 de Julho.” SINPO 25432.(Méndez) 

4885, Radio Clube do Pará, Belem, PA 0640-0649. Male/female Portuguese announcements with fair signal (Rich D’Angelo, PA/NASWA)

Bulgaria

5900, KSKO McGrath, Alaska relay via Spaceline. Programming is a relay of midday afternoon programming from KSKO’s Paul Walker. Programming // with station website at www.kskopublicradio.com including NPR news, station ID, and pop tunes Announcer noted it was -35 degrees in McGrath! PSA segments to classic pop music. (Van Horn/Twente NLD)

Canada

6070, CFRX, 0020. Commercial for Toyota dealership, followed by a preview of upcoming host’s interview, which included a talk on the Toronto Skydome.  (Ed Cichorek, NJ/NASWA).  http://cfrx.webs.com 

Colombia

5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras 0548-0605. Colombian songs to ID “Somos Alcaraván Radio…identification to religious comments. SINPO 25432 (Mendez).

Denmark

5970, Radio 208, Hvidovre, 0602-0616. English rock music. SINPO  25432.

5930, World Music Radio, Bramming, 1917-1948. English pop music to Latin American songs. Station ID “World Music Radio WMR.” SINPO 25422. 25800, Marslet 1501-1516. ID “this is WRM, World Music Radio.” Brazilian tune // 15700. SINPO 35433. (Méndez).

Egypt

9900, Radio Cairo, Abis 2020-2037. Poorly modulated signal for lady’s French service. Music tune to announcer’s segment at 2030 and more music. Signal fair-good, though poor audio modulation (D’Angelo). http://www.egradio.eg 

India

7380, Akashvani (former All India Radio) 0125. Sinhala service with Sinhalese music to 0129. Station announcement to Hindi song. English station ID as, “this is Askavani” to sign-off. Very poor signal (Sellers). https://prasarbharati.gov.in/ 

Japan

6055, Radio Nikkei 1. 1307. Chiba Nagara with lively Japanese discussion. Signal poor-fair (Brossell, WI/NASWA). http://www.radionikkei.jp 

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, *0557-0629. Station interval signal to announcer’s station ID as, “this is ELWA Radio, Monrovia, Liberia.” Additional English comments and religious vocals. SINPO 25432 (Méndez). http://www.elwaministries.com 

Mali

5995, ORTM Mali 0628. Traditional Malian African music with poor signal. Noted with same format and ID this frequency at 2348 (Sellers). http://www.ortm.ml 

Mexico

6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0542-0755. Mexican music to Spanish comments and opera music. Station ID at 0700 as, “Cultura México, Señal Internacional, Radio Educaciónal, la radio cultural de México…,” SINPO 25432 (Méndez). http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx 

Mongolia

12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 0909-0918. English service for announcer’s comments with fair signal. SINPO 25322 (Méndez).

Norway

5895, Radio Northern Star, Bergen, 1832-1859. English ‘Oldies’ pop songs. Station ID “Radio Northern Star,” English comments and ID at 1859 as, “this is Radio Northern Star.” SINPO 25422 (Méndez). https://www.northernstar.cc/ 

Philippines

5845, BBC World Service relay via Tinang relay, 1540-1550. Korean programming targeting the Far East, with presumed commentary from two announcers. Fair-good signal. (B. Clement, Portland, OR) http://www.bbc.com 

9795, Far East Broadcasting Corporation (FEBC), Iba, 2300-2315. Interval signal to station ID as “FEBC.” Religious vocals to Manila’s station address. Religious hymns and sermons for good signal quality. (Jonathan Slayton, MS). https://www.febc.org/philippines 

São Tomé

7285, BBC World Service 0619. Sports news reports with good signal (Sellers). http://www.bbc.com 

6080, Voice of America relay 0417. English service for African news magazine program // 4930 and 9775 via Botswana relay (Sellers). http://www.voanews.com 

Sri Lanka

11905, SLBC 0200. On abruptly before 0200. Asian music to listed Hindi language service. Signal poor-fair. (Sellers). http://sinhala.newsslbc.lk/ 

Thailand

13750, Radio Thailand 0000. Station’s music sign-on into English ID, intros, and newscast. Also logged at 0200 with the travelogue segment on the same frequency (Sellers).

Turkey

5960, Voice of T?kiye 2349. English service covering Turkish pop vocals to announcer’s closing ID and multilingual ID’s and contact information. Turkish folk music to 2355 sign-off. (Sellers). http://www.trtvotworld.com/ 

Vanuatu

7260, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila 0605-0724. Not heard in the previous two days but noted today in Bislama and English comments to island music. SINPO 15421 (Méndez). https://www.vbtc.vu 

Uzbekistan

6035, BBC World Service via Tashkent relay 0020-0040. English service covering current event discussions. Fair signal for most broadcasts. (Sam Wright, MS/Kiwi Brazil). http://www.bbc.com 

Venezuela

4940, Estación 0605. Spanish religious text to Colombian vocal music. Recheck 0830 to hear a similar format with poor signal quality. (Wright). 

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Blog Logs is BACK !!

 After a lengthy pause to work on other projects, and now a new location plus a new studio to DX from … Blog Logs is BACK! 

If you’re new to this phenomenon, welcome! This is where I will post what I’m hearing on shortwave. And if that wasn’t enough, there will be some mediumwave observations too. I’ve been DXing since 1978 when we were stationed in Tennessee (thank you, U.S. Navy) and carried my logbooks to many duty stations across the country. 

Blog Logs began in Brasstown, North Carolina to cover shortwave, followed soon by Larry ((N5FPW) launching Milcom Blog Logs at https://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/  Recently, our son Loyd (W4LVH) continued the Blog Log tradition covering AM/FM at: https://dxcentral.blogspot.com/2024/01/to-dx-centrals-bloglogs-as-supplement.html 

With this “relaunch,” it is our goal to bring our global blog readers unique catches and radio information to benefit your monitoring. 

Blog Logs 

Monitored from 05 -22 January 2024

Language services as indicated.

// parallel frequency, frequencies in kilohertz (kHz)

SDR units and locations as indicated.

All times UTC

Botswana

Voice of America relay 15580 (Selebi-Phikwe) 1907-1915. English service for announcer’s discussion on U.S. politics. Schedule list this frequency at 2000-2100. Noted on 909 (600 kW) 0300-0700 in English. (Airspy/LA) http://www.voanews.com 

China

Firedrake Jammer 11565, 1810-1835. Distinctive cymbal crashes and Asian music were observed while band scanning. 

CNR-2 China Business Radio via Lingshi (100 kW) 11740, 2235-2245. Mandarin service for announcer’s news script. 7425, 1355-1400 (Airspy/LA) http://www.cnr.cn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7tldEwDuBs&list=PLqJ1amrVHzMRUykvQkaxxZ5EEKyUd7OEg&index=2&t=7s  

China National Radio listed partial DRM in Chinese as daily 0100-0900, 13825; 0100-0900 on 17770; 0000-0400 on 13850; 0400-0900 on 11990; 0900-1200on 13710; 2200-0800 on 9655

China Radio International 11885, 0010-0140, English service via Xianyang (500 kW) with evening features. Additional CRI noted from Xiangyang: English2000-2200 on 7285; 2100-7205; 11790, 2300-0057. German service via Xianyang 5970 (500 kW) 1600-1757;1800-1957 on 6160 kHz. Russian service 6070, 1838-1845 (Airspy/NC) https://www.cgtn.com/ CRI YouTube, English 9870 kHz, 03 Aug 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxTDMjnfUzY&list=PLqJ1amrVHzMQqUrbNI3t1gDaRb0OTgNMo&index=45 

Clandestine

Radio Ndarason International via Ascension Islands relay (250 kW) 12050, 2035-2100. Kanuri service audible under EWTN Spanish programming. Text and African vocals audible to news script and 2100 sign-off. (Airspy/LA) https://ndarason.com/en/ YouTube video, 9635 kHz (Woofferton, UK relay 13 Jan 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IR9hSV4rI&t=1s 

Cuba

Radio Havana Cuba 11760 (100 kW Bauta) 11760. French service to Spanish at 1935. This frequency is also listed as 1530-1800 and 2100-0200. (Airspy/LA). http://www.radiohc.cu Radio Havana interval signal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ059NQvqIU 

Ecuador

HCJB Quito 6050, 0040-0055. Fair signal for Spanish religious text from tune-in. (Airspy/LA) https://hcjb.org/ Interval signal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P-z_OqSEFo 

France

Radio France International 15300 //17850 (500 kW Issoudun). Announcer’s French national news to station identification and fanfare tune at 1900 during fair-poor signal quality (Airspy/LA). http://www.rfi.fr RFI French service on YouTube 15300, 23 Aug 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRSqG1diFZE&list=PLqJ1amrVHzMRTwO7Z5j-I77z_weNJ_K9Z&index=11 

VORW International relay via Issoudun relay, 11820, 1900-1920. Station sign-on identification for Monday broadcast. World news and commentary. Thank you to the station operator for the e-QSL in one week. (Airspy LA) VORW YouTube Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfiazz8w-P2dVbi0b307tw 

Germany

AWR via Nauen 6130, 1930-1940. Arabic text for religious text. (Kiwi/Qatar).

Shortwave Radio 3975, 1825-1835 via Winsen, Germany. English DJ’s pop music format with ID’s and station information. Germany’s Shortwave Service relaying Radio Slovakia International on 3985, 1830-1845 with Euro pop music and station ID. German 3985, 1705-1715. (Airspy/LA)

Mali

ORTM/Radio Mali, 5995, 2320-0005. French service covering friendly chat from announcer duo. African highlife music runs past usual 2359 sign-off. Sign 0558 on 5995.(Airspy/LA). http://www.ortm.ml  Check  0558 sign on. Heard to 0745. ORTM on YouTube 5995, 05 Sept 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz1Vk23GrWQ&list=PLqJ1amrVHzMRoqFYzH0_lFKYCUROPJ5P0&index=9&t=6s 

Madagascar

AWR relay via Talata-Volonodry 17730, 1958-2005. Last two minutes of text, are listed as Ibo service. Announcer’s ID, and interval signal. French service (250 kW) at 2000 with sign-on ID and station information. (Kiwi/Qatar). http://www.awr.org 

WCB/Madagascar World Voice as Radio Feda 13710, 2006-2015. Arabic religious text to traditional Arabic music. (Kiwi/Qatar) http://www.worldchristian.org Madagascar, World Voice on YouTube 13670, 19 July 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEOC5dML4sU&list=PLqJ1amrVHzMRoqFYzH0_lFKYCUROPJ5P0&index=3&t=3s 

Saudi Arabia

SBA/Radio Al-Azm 11745, 1940-2010; 2020-2045. Arabic vocals and text including presumed news text for fair signal quality.  (Kiwi/Qatar). YouTube 20 Feb 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVflHb6RzEI 

Tentative ID as SBA-Radio Saudi International 9885, 1952-1955* Arabic vocals and text. The schedule listed this frequency at 1700-1755. Saudi Arabian schedules are erratic and warrant additional monitoring (Kiwi Qatar) YouTube 9675, 20 Feb 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL5khqCYl0A 

Spain

Radio Exterior de Espana via Nobeljas on 9690 // 17775 (200 kW), 1958-2020. Two announcers with Spanish soccer commentary. Time tips and station ID brief at 2000. Spanish schedule to 2300. English service 2300-2330 (Airspy/LA)

http://rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior YouTube, Radio Nacional de Espana 1-Sevilla, 684 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgPAoR8Cs2Y 

Turkey

Voice of Turkey 6120, 1935-1945. Turkish service brief text to traditional Turkish instrumentals. (Kiwi Qatar) http://www.trtvotworld.com/ YouTube 9495 in Spanish 15 Mar 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-1vVaVSaa8 

United States

USAGM/Radio Marti, 11860, 1900-1910. Spanish features to station ID. Noted on parallel 11930, 13820 kHz. Additional monitoring 11860, 1830-1845, 2100-2120 (Airspy LA) http://www.martinoticias.com YouTube 11860, 02 Jul 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wsAffyXtJE 

WINB 9265, 1910-1920. Very weak for religious scriptures and sermons. (Airspy/LA). http://www.winb.com 

WMLK 9275, 1915-1925. Just as weak as WINB with similar format from Bro. Meyers. (Airspy/LA). https://assembliesofyahweh.com/wmlk/ YouTube 9275, 20 Jun 2022-Reactivation Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJhZF2isTA 

WRMI 9395 // 9455, 1820-1825; 1920-1925. Overcomer Ministry phone-in calls. Also noted 15770 and // 17790; 5010, 0350-0400.  (Airspy/LA). http://www.wrmi.net YouTube WRMI 9955, 30 Jun 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAaLWvTsqmw 

WWCR Nashville, TN 12160, 1835-1900. Religious discussion on the book of Jacob as part of the Morning Manna program. Station ID 1900-1920 discussing the book of Hebrews on 15825. 4840, 0340-0355 (Airspy/LA) http://www.wwcr.com 

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