November 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, 15580 with woman doing interview in Amharic at 1711. (Brossell, WI)

FRANCE—Radio France International, 15300 at 1706 with possible news or headlines in Portuguese. (Brossell, WI)

NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, 9690, Abuja at 1935 with man speaking in possible Fulfade and several mentions of Nigeria, followed by a short musical bridge, more of same male announcer. (Wood, MA)

OPPOSITION—Voice of Amara People (via France to Ethiopia), 15360 at 1702 with man and woman speaking possibly in Amharic. (D’Angelo, PA)

PIRATES—Wolverine Radio, 6950u at 2336 with Aretha Franklin, then a station ID and more of the tribute programs, also 6935 at 0048 with ’60s progressive rock (Hassig, IL)

Mix Radio, 6870 at 0051with mellow British-style rock, station ID at 0105, then contemporary dance music, moved to 6865 at 0212, also 6935 at 0041 with ’70s pop music, station IDs at 0055 and 0105. (Taylor, WI)

Yeah Man Radio, 6924.8 at 0053 with rock, station ID, bluesy rock. (Taylor, WI)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 11820 at 1903 with man commenting in Arabic after each Qur'an recitation. (Brossell, WI)

SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, 15235 at 1700 with station ID and woman reading the news. (Brossell, WI)

SOUTH KOREA—KBS World Radio, 6015 (p) Hamnjok at 1141 man speaking in Korean at length. (Taylor, WI)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, 9460 in Turkish, man making brief comments followed by a woman making comments. Possible sports event coverage. (Taylor, WI)

UNITED STATES—Adventist World Radio, 11800 via South Africa at 1700 with English station ID and into French program, 15155 via Madagascar at 1829-1858 with schedule announcement in English over music. (Brossell, WI)

VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 9705, SMG in English with IS at 2010, station ID, opening program information and contact VOA, 15620 with woman and two men in a discussion at 1718. (Brossell, WI)

ZANZIBAR—ZBC, 11735, Dole with program of very nice domestic music and occasional female announcer. Station went off in mid-song at 2100. (Taylor, WI)

Thanks for Your Logs

A revised deadline, combined with computer troubles (or probably aided by pilot error) added up to fewer reporters this month. But we press on ... with a hand extended to William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Mark Taylor, Madison, WI; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.

Until next month ... Keep on keepin’ on, and ... Celebrate Shortwave!

August 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

ALASKA—KNLS, Anchor Point, 7355 with a pop number at 1203, station ID at 1206 and Health and Life feature , nothing on listed 6075. (Sellers, BC) 9920 in Mandarin at 1332. (Brossell, WI)

ASCENCION ISLAND—15490 in French at 1821. (Brossell, WI)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, Kununurra, 9865 with Christianity Works program, announcing frequency move effective to 9670 as of May 26. Poor due to splatter, but good when USB mode used. (Sellers, BC)

BOTSWANA—Voice of America Relay, Moepeng Hill, 15580 with news in English at 1800. (Brossell, WI)

BRAZIL—Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, 11735 over ZBC-Zanzibar at 2054, canned announcements, off in mid-announcement at 2058, leaving ZBC alone. (Valko, PA)

CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0246 mentioning “AM 1010,” then into a call-in program. (Strawman, IA)

CHINA—CPBS-Beijing, 17875 at 2337 with talks in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

ENGLAND—BBC-Oman Relay, 15330 at 1325. (Brossell, WI)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA—Radio Guinea Equatorial-Malabo, 6250 at 0035 with continuous hi-life music and brief Spanish announcements. (Brossell, WI)

ETHIOPIA—Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110 doing OK in local language at 0310. (Perry, IL)

Amhara State Radio, Addis Ababa, 6090 also OK at that hour. (Perry, IL)

FRANCE—Radio France International, Issoudun, 13695 at 2025 with talks in Hausa. (Brossell, WI)

GERMANY—Deutsche Welle via Sri Lanka, 15430 in Dari at 1341. (Brossell, WI)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, Avlis, 9420 at 0303 with dual vocals by men. (Strawman, IA) 9935 with music and brief announcements in Greek. (Brossell, WI)

GUAM—Adventist World Radio, KSDA, Adgat, 9940, (p) in C at 1138 with hymns and a preacher. (Sellers, BC)

INDIA—Athmik Yatra via Nauen, 9530 in Sherpa at 2341. (Brossell, WI)

TransWorld Radio-India via Armenia, 9330 at 1243 with English preacher. (Sellers, BC)

JAPAN—NHK Radio Japan via Singapore, 11695 at 1108 with news, station ID and report on Japan’s involvement in urban transport in Dacca. (Sellers, BC) 11740 via Singapore in Thai at 1232, 11815 in Japanese at 1421. (Brossell, WI)

KUWAIT—Radio Kuwait, 15540 with the song “Sign of the Times.” (Brossell, WI)

NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, 7425 at 1232 on the sport of mountain biking. (Brossell, WI)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, 11710 at with coral things, ID at 1308 mentioning V.O.K. DPRK “Growler” jammers underneath. (Sellers, BC) l414 with operatic vocals, station ID in English. (Brossell, WI)

MEXICO—Radio Educacion, Mexico D.F., 6185 at 0333 with ranchero vocals, fades. (Strawman, IA)

NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, Ikoradu, 7255 with surprisingly good signal in Hausa and man chatting away at 0600. (Perry IL)

OPPOSITION—Radio Republica (Via France to Cuba), at 0245 with Spanish anti-Cuban program and ineffective Cuban jamming. (Perry, IL)

Sound of Hope (South Korea to North), 12560 at 1153 with soft classical music, station IDs by man and woman over instrumental music, Also on frequencies 12230, 12190, 12150, and 11500, which had the best reception. (Valko, PA)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, 15140 at 1515 with Arabic songs and announcements. (Brossell, WI)

PIRATES—YHWH, 7470 at 0258 with Joshua featuring an old religious program that was still going at 0318. (Valko, PA)

The Crystal Ship, 6875 at 0038 with old pop music and a lot of QRN. (Hassig, IL)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 11815 at 2306 in Arabic. Abruptly off at 2300. (Brossell, WI)

SINGAPORE—BBC-Far East Relay, 9410 at 1127 with interview about Brazil’s African slave history, 11895 with report from India on frequently asked questions about Hinduism, 15285 at 1250 often mentioning the “Jewish community.” (Sellers, BC)

SOLOMON ISLANDS—SIBC with presumed devotional at 1154, NA, song and off at 1202. (Sellers, BC)

TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, 9680 in Mandarin at 2133. (Brossell, WI)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, Ermiler, 11615 in French at 2034. (Brossell, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Northern Marianas Relay, 12045 at 1347 with talks in Korean, 15110-Thailand Relay in Mandarin at 1336. (Brossell, WI)

Afia Darfar Radio via Vatican, 15620 at 1815 with man speaking in Arabic and various actualities. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia, 15275 at 1348 in Tibetan. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Liberty, 15255 at 1518 in Tajik, also on frequency 15450 via Biblis. (Brossell, WI)

Adventist World Radio, Okeechobee, 9955 at 0252 with Wavescan program, hosted by Jeff White, into Spanish-language news at the top of the hour. (Strawman, IA)

WWCR, Nashville, 4840 strong, with a nasty 20-Hz buzzing transmitter at 0939. (Valko, PA)

Family Radio, Okechoee, 9455 at 0205 with man reading the news (Strawman, IA)

VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam via Cypress Creek, 7315 with station IDs by man and woman at 0201, then talk of upcoming programs. (Strawman, IA)

THANKS

Man hugs and all that to Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA; William Hassig; Mt. Pleasant, IL; Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.

Until next month, keep on keeping on and …Celebrate Shortwave!

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Unfortunately, September's Listening Post will not be aired because of technical difficulties. Our shortwave listening editor's computer swallowed the September episode of Listening Post for the print issue of CQ and the Listener's Log for the web. We should be back on the air in October. See you then!! 

July 2018 Shotwave Listening Logs

ANGUILLA—Caribbean Beacon, 6090 at 0915 UTC is back with the Scotts preaching. (Barton, AZ)

ANGOLA—Radio Nacional, Mulvenos, 4950 with Afropops and Portuguese announcer at 2311 UTC, also at 0037 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

ASCENSION ISLAND—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, 11810 with BBC News at 2005 UTC and a series of BBC promos. (Taylor, WI) 15490 at 1950 UTC in Hausa. (Brossell, WI)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, Kununurra, 9720 in Tamil at 1306 UTC, man giving an apparent sermon. (Taylor, WI)

AUSTRIA—Adventist World Radio via Moosbrunn, 11955 in Hausa at 1929 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

BOTSWANA—VOA Relay-Mopeng Hill, 15580 at 1403 UTC with world news then hi-life music. (Brossell, WI)

BRAZIL—(All in Portuguese –GLD)

Radio Cultura do Amazonas, Manaus, 4845 at 0056 UTC, the music was audible at peaks, then wiped out by WWCR’s sign on at 0058 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

Radiodifusora Roramia, Boa Vista, 4875 at 0058 with a ballad, man giving station ID, second announcer, then back and forth. (Taylor, WI) 0323 with Brazil pop music, male announcer then a man giving a long religious talk at 0325 UTC. (D’Angelo, PA)

Radio Cultura do Para, Belem, 4885 at 0253 UTC with lively discussion, station ID at 0308, into pop music. (Taylor, WI)

Voz Missionaria, Florinapolis, 5940 at 0020 UTC, with woman singing some English words, man with instrumental music and woman pleading and excited talk, 0143 UTC with an apparent sermon. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria,5965 with reasonable audio at 0945 UTC, but not there 15 minutes later, soft-spoken man with mentions of “Transmundial” at 0952 and 0956 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia, 11780 poor at 2217 UTC, man and woman with commentary. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 11855 with A Voz do Brazil program at 2256 UTC. (Valko, PA)

CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0230 UTC with an ad string and mention of “AM 1010.” (Taylor, WI)

CHINA—China Radio International, Xi’an, 13600 in Russian at 1353 UTC; 15680, Kashi in French at 1713 UTC. (Brossell)

China National Radio/PBS–Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, 4900 at 1304 UTC with two men in dramatic talk in Amoy, 4940 in Mandarin (No time given, but should be similar to the 4900 log. –GLD) (Taylor, WI)

CNR/PBS, Qinghai, 6145 at 0119 UTC in Mandarin and woman with indistinct music. (Taylor, WI)

PBS–Xizang, Baiding, 4820 in Mandarin at 1158 ITC with man talking at some length; 4905, Baiding/Lhasa in Tibetan at 1134 UTC, man and woman talking in long segments. (Taylor, WI)

PBS-Xinjiang, Urumqi, 4850 in Kazakh at 0033 UTC. (Valko, PA) 3 pips at 1200 UTC, station ID, fanfare, announcement, another fanfare, female announcer. (Taylor, WI)

PBS-Xizang, Lhasa, 4920 at 0042 with an interview. Faded out at the grayline; 6035 at 1234 UTC with long talk in Tibetan. (Taylor, WI)

PBS-Nei Menggu, Hot Hot, 9520 at 1325 UTC with //9540 CNR-1 via Kunming. Man and woman alternating talk. (Taylor, WI)

CNR-2, Xi’an, 9520 at 1359 UTC with man talking and 4+1 time pips, fanfares, and station ID in Mandarin and woman with mellow Chinese music. (Taylor, WI)

CPBS, Beijing, 9830 at 2305 UTC in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

ENGLAND—BBC via Kostinbrod, 6195 at 0132 UTC in Dari with man with street sounds. (Taylor, WI)

End Times Coming via Bulgaria, 9400 in English with apocalyptic preaching at 1918. (Taylor, WI)

EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9800 at 2226 with Egyptian music to news headlines at 2230. (Brossell, WI)

FRANCE—Radio France International, 7205 in Hausa at 2023 UTC with man mentioning Nigeria, fanfare, station ID, and indigenous vocals. (Taylor, WI)

GERMANY—Deutsche Welle via Sri Lanka, 15430 in Pashto at 1420 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Deutsche Wetterdienst, Offenbach, 5905, at 0558 UTC beginning program at 0600 UTC with woman giving weather conditions. Off at 0630 UTC. Some slop from 5910 (Valko, PA)

Channel 292, Munich, 6070 at 0549 UTC with progressive rock music, canned station ID, and relay info. (Valko, PA)

Misionswerk Friedensstimme via Nauen, 13710 at 1218 UTC with mostly a man talking. (Valko, PA)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, Avlis, 9420 with pop ballads at 2233 UTC. (Strawman, IA) 2313 UTC with Greek songs and occasional Greek talks. (Brossell, WI)

INDIA—All India Radio, Bengaluru, 15350 in Mandarin at 1417 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Athmik Yatra Radio via Nauen, 7410 at 2350 UTC in Burmese, English and Khu, man with apparent Bible teaching. (Taylor, WI) 15350 in Gamit at 1417 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

AWR-India via Armenia, 9330 in English at 1310 UTC with fire and brimstone preacher. (Taylor, WI)

JAPAN—NHK Radio Japan, 6090 with man and woman in ping-pong style Korean at 1100 UTC; 13720 at 1840 UTC with man speaking in Japanese. (Barton, AZ) 11985 in French at 2050 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Nikkei One, Nagara, 3925 in Japanese at 1102 UTC. (Taylor, WI) 1220 with a jazz trio and woman speaking in Japanese; 6055 in Japanese at 1314 UTC with traditional Japanese music; //3925. (Taylor, WI)

Nikkei 2, 3945 with woman speaking in Japanese with long pop vocals at 1220 UTC. (Barton, AZ)

KUWAIT—Radio Kuwait, 15540 at 1824 UTC on Kuwaiti religious festivals. (Brossell, WI)

MADAGASCAR—Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga, 11610 in Mandarin at 2136 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

African Pathways Radio, 17640 at 1823 UTC discussing how the brain works. (Brossell, WI)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, 11710 at 1110 UTC in English with a feature on a music festival. This one has been elusive of late. (Wood, MA)

KCBS, 15180 with a stern military talk by woman. (Brossell, WI)

PBS-Pyongyang, 6400 strong in Korean at 1125 UTC, 3+1 time ticks at 1130 UTC, then man and woman features. (Valko, PA)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 15140 with two man speaking in Arabic at 1723 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

OPPOSITION—Voice of Independent Oromiya (via France to Ethiopia), 17850 signing on at 1600 UTC with an English station ID, then man and woman alternating talking. Lost in the S-7 noise level by 1608 UTC. (Perry, IL)

National Unity Radio (South Korea to North), 7530 at 1240 UTC in noise and deep fades to past 1310 UTC in apparent Korean with occasional RTTY bursts on top. (Perry, IL) 9885 at 1200 with orchestral fanfare and open announcement in Korean. (Valko, PA) 1403 UTC in Korean. (Taylor, WI) 11830 at 1918 UTC in Kanura, man with African-style music. (Taylor, WI)

Denge Welat (Ex-Denge Kurdistane) (via France/later Moldova to Turkey), 11530 at 1857 UTC in Kurdish, man speaking in Kurdish and several station IDs in passing. (Taylor, WI)

Voice of Amara Radio (via France to Ethiopia), 15360 coming on at 1700 UTC with usual open, bells and into HOA music. (Valko, PA)

Voice of Freedom (South Korea to North), 5917 with man and woman alternating talking in Korean at 1044 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Echo of Hope (South Korea to North), 4885 at 1203 UTC in Korean. (Taylor, WI) 5995 at 1045 UTC with canned announcement by woman over music, station ID at 1047 UTC and into a male chorus. (Valko, PA)

Fursato No Kaze (via Taiwan to North Korea), 9705 with woman speaking over Japanese music. (Taylor, WI)

Nippon No Kaze (Taiwan to North Korea), 9465 at 1323 UTC with woman speaking in Korean over music. (Taylor, WI)

Shiokaze (Sea Breeze), (Japan to North Korea), 6040 at 1300 UTC with woman talking over jamming; 6070 at 1400 UTC opening on the hour with woman speaking in Japanese over jammer. (Barton, AZ)

PALAU—T8WH, Medorn, 9965, weak at 1337 UTC with man preaching. (Taylor, WI)

PIRATES—Radio Illumanti, 6950u at 2327 UTC with rock, station ID sequence at 2333 UTC, into ’80s rock, “Azimuth Coordinator” giving closing info, Gmail address and national anthem; also on 6970 at 2321 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

KOOT Radio, 6935 at 0035 UTC with bluegrass music, said goodbye because of a production problem; 6970u at 0024 UTC with lecture on how tube radios work, DJ KOOT, station ID, light jazz followed by another program with the Beatles. (Taylor, WI) 0019 and 2311 UTC with final station ID. (Valko, PA)

The Relay Station, 6100 at 2205 ending announcement with website (welcome radio.com) and female DJ “Annie” giving station ID by a little girl as “WXNZ, Skowhegan, Maine.” (Valko, PA)

Old Time Radio, 6770 at 2252 UTC with barely heard audio due to static, sounded like a cowboy song followed by a swing tune. (Hassig, IL)

Seven Trees, 6905 at 0005 UTC just before it left the air playing strange “hoots.” (Hassig, IL) 0016 UTC with SSTV ID. (Valko, PA) 0050 UTC with contemporary dance things, abrupt change to USB for an SSTV image of 7 trees, off in mid-song at 0110 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Free Whatever, 6950u at 2050 UTC weak, old pops from 1960s or early ’70s. The DJ read my post on the air, weak carrier, later woman singing. (Hassig, L)

Wolverine Radio, 6945 at 0052 UTC playing blues and oldies, SSTV, and FAX at 0134 UTC; 6960u at 0017 and 0051. (Valko, PA) 2310 UTC with Michael Jackson, also heard at 0026 UTC. (Hassig, IL)

Captain Morgan, 6937 at 0002 UTC with an old pop number.(Taylor, WI)

WREC (Radio East Coast), 6950u at 1658 UTC with nice canned station IDs at 1705 UTC, 6930u with station IDs at 1208 UTC. (Valko, PA)

XLR8, 6955u at 0126 UTC and 0159 UTC. (Valko, PA)

III, 6955u at 0058 UTC and 0056 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Cool AM Radio, 6905 at 0005 UTC, clear station ID at 0029 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Radio Peace, 6930 at 0015 UTC with ending song, station ID, rock music, later a jazz vocal, 2 SSTVs (of an eagle and a peace dove), another vocal and an SSTV (smiley face).

Yeah Man Radio, 6925 with station ID at 2210 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Nuttin’ On Shortwave, 6925 with station ID at 2328 and 2333 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Dim Bulb Radio, 6925 at 0035 UTC barely heard music in SSB. (Hassig, IL)

Coast FM, 6285 (Euro) at 2340 UTC with a thumping signal. (Perry, IL) Canned station ID at 2018 UTC, ads at 0025 UTC, station ID, back to pops. (Valko, PA)

Reflections Europe, 1255 with man talking at 1817 UTC, then woman talking by 1825 UTC, gave a U.S. address at 1907 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Laser Hot Hits, 6205 at 2348 UTC with MoR pop music. (Perry, IL) 6210 with pop music at 0033 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Cupid Radio, 6304 with rock at 2305 UTC, abruptly off at 2320 UTC. (Valko, PA)

Harmony Radio, 6375 found this new pirate at 2319 UTC with old pops, Nancy Sinatra, Carpenters, etc. (Valko, PA)

Focus International, 6320 on this new frequency at 2320 UTC with rock. (Valko, PA)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, Riyadh, 11830 with talks in Arabic at 2023 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, Meyerton, 6155 from 0300 UTC in English, beginning with news update and remotes. (Perry, IL) 9510 in Bengali at 1344 UTC; 9585 in Burmese at 1344 UTC. (Taylor, WI)

SOUTH KOREA—KBS World Radio, 9785 at 1400 UTC opening in English with IS. Good but with lots of flutter. (Barton, AZ) 15575 on travel there at 1321 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

SWEDEN—IBRA Radio/Radio Ibraham via Wooferton, 11875 at 1922 UTC in Fulani. (Brossell, WI)

SRI LANKA—Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp., Trincomalee, 11810 interviewing a homeless woman at 2220 UTC. (Strawman, IA) 11905 at 0138 UTC with Hindi program, mainly high-pitched female vocals and woman speaking in Hindi. Scheduled to 0230 UTC. (Perry, IL)

THAILAND—Radio Thailand, Udon Thani, 9390 in JJapanese, English, and Mandarin with contemporary music, later with IS, station ID then into talk in Mandarin. (Taylor, WI)

TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, Tanshui, 9680 in Mandarin at 1326 UTC with an interview. (Taylor, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Philippine Relay, 12080 in Korean at 1434 UTC; 15110-Thailand Relay in Mandarin at 1319 UTC; and 15460 Sao Tome-Relay, in Kinyaranda-Kirundi at 1414 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia-Kuwait Relay, 11850 at 1509 UTC in Korean; 15275 via Tajikistan in Tibetan at 1319 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Liberty-Thai Relay, 7474 in Turkmen at 1413 UTC. (Brossell, WI)

Afia Dafar via Vatican, 15620 at 1824 UTC with songs, station ID at 1829 UTC of “Huna Afia Dufar.” (Brossell, WI)

ZAMBIA—Zambia National Broadcasting One, 5915 with Fish Eagle IS at 0247 UTC, opening announcement at 0252 UTC, studio announcer at 0257 UTC to top of the hour, then African pop music. (Valko, PA) 0440 with morning news program. Very nice signal. (Perry, IL)

Thank You!

High fives, back slaps, man hugs, and all that good stuff to the following good guys who checked in this time: Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA; Mark Taylor, Madison, WI; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.

Thanks to each of you and until next month … Celebrate Shortwave!