ALBANIA
― Radio Tirana, 9850-Shijak with EE news, domestic songs, a weekly Profile
feature, then more music to close down and IS until off. (D'Angelo, PA)
ALGERIA ― Radio Algerienne, 7295
via France
in AA at 0445 with M and religious talk.
(KB2DMD,PA) 9380 at 2042 with AA talks. (Brossell,
WI)
ASCENSION
― BBC South Atlantic Relay, English
Bay, 7305 with talks in
FF at 0443. (KB2DMD, PA)
ASTRALIA
― Radio Australia,
17840-Shepparton on the aftermath of the South Pacific cyclone. This allocation
doesn't appear in the A-15 lists. (KB2DMD, PA)
Reach
Beyond Australia (HCJB), 11590-Kununurra with talk by M in (l) Tamil at 1435. (Brossell, WI)
AUSTRIA
― Adventist World Radio, 11955-Moosebrunn at 2116-2129* with an EE religious
pgm, long talk by W, ID and contact info at 2125, then instl music until the
carrier went off. (D'Angelo, PA)
BOTSWANA ― Voice of America Relay,
4930-Mopeng Hill at 0445 with an ID and a feature on World Heritage Sites.
(Sellers, BC) 6080 at 0336 on Putin's accusations. (KB2DMD, PA) 15580 with news
at 1613. (Padazopulos, Greece)
BRAZIL — (all in PP - gld)
Radio
Clube do Para, Belem,
4885 at 0859-0919 with talk, f/by vocal. Appeared to be a Sunday religious pgm,
//MW 690 as well as the internet. (D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Daqui, Goiania,
4915 at 2335-0100* with Brazilian pop vocals, talks, ID and anmts. A new sign
off time? (D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 11764.6 at 0310 with M in excited talk, music at 0336,
canned ID at 0339, then another religious talk at 0340. (D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Brazil Central, Goiania, 11815 at 0310-0335 with
talks, anmts, IDs and Brazil
pops. Nice to hear this one again. (D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Aparecida, Aparecida, 11855.2 at 2351 with W talk, formal ID at 0001, then
vocals hosted my M with talks between the selections. (D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia,
11780 with talks at 2311. (Brossell,
WI)
CANADA — CFRX, Toronto, 6070 with Andy Griffith show theme
and talk about Ritchie Cunningham. (KB2DMD, PA)
CHINA
— China Radio International, 5965-Xi'an in (l) KK at 1331, 6175-Albania Relay
at 2210 in PP, 9410-Kashi in PP at 2221, 9550-Beijing in (l) VV at 1446,
9845-Beijing in Mandarin at 2205 and 11995-Kunming in Malay at 1306. (Brossell, WI) 6020 via Albania with
songs at 0025, 7350-Kashi with news at 2305, 9590 and 9800 both via Kashi at
2210 with SS commentary at 15250-Urumqi at 1620. (Padazopulos,
Greece) 9480 at 1217 with
People in the Know on China's
UN peacekeeping efforts; poor with het on the low side. Better in USB,
13600-Xi'an at 1238 in RR over CC music //13575-Urumqi, both fair. (Sellers,
BC)
Firedrake
music jammer, 9455 against RFA via Northern Marianas Relay at 2017. (Brossell, WI)
COLOMBIA — Alcaravan Radio, Puerto
Lleras, 5910 at 0910 with LA vocals, canned ID, more music. (D'Angelo, PA)
CUBA — Radio Havana
Cuba,
6000-Quivican in SS at 0330. (Padazopulos,
Greece) 6165 at
0402 in EE with jazz instls and talk of RHC's beginnings. (KB2DMD, PA)
Radio
Rebelde, Quivican, 5024 with songs in SS at 0329. (Padazopulos, Greece)
ECUADOR — HCJB, 6050-Pincincha at
0452 with children and a song in SS, then another and NA at 0457 to close.
(Sellers, BC)
ENGLAND — BBC, 7360 via South Africa at 0436 with an interview with a
shopkeeper who fled to South
Africa and who was later shot there.
(KB2DMD, PA) 9410 via Oman
with sports at 1612, also 11675 Oman
with commentary at 1505, 12095 via Madagascar,
15420 via South Africa
at 1612. (Padazopulos, Greece) 15330-Wooferton at
1555-1607 with various men in (l) Tamil. (D'Angelo, PA)
ETHIOPIA — Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110 at 0351
in Amharic with techno dance things. (KB2DMD, PA)
FRANCE — Radio France
International, 13725-Issoudun, at 0603 in EE with news to 0610, then sports.
(Sellers, BC)
GERMANY — Deutsche Welle, 6125 via
South Africa
at 0358 in Swahili with traditional music and talks. (KB2DMD, PA)
GREECE — Elleniki Radiophonia,
9420 with talks in GG at 2222. (Brossell,
WI)
INDIA — All India Radio,
4920-Chennai at 1250, 9810-Panaji (Goa) etc.
at 1245 with interesting Asian music and off. Listed for Telugu with news
headlines in (p) Hindi, 9690 at 1330 sign on and start of news, (Sellers, BC)
4920-Chennai in (l) Tamil at 1310, 5010-Thiruvananthapuram with talks in (l)
Malay at 1308, 9445-Bengalaru with pops, then news headlines at 2200,
11660-Bengalaru with M in Hindi at 2043 and 15040-Delhi at 1314 with talks in
Burmese. (Brossell, WI)
11620-Bengalaru with Hindi vocals at 0110. ID at 0130, f/by news in
Urdu, 11670-Bengalaru at 2109 with W ancr on Pakistan, another W at 2110 with
ID and pgm previews and a G.O.S. ID at 2133, 11740-Panaji (Goa) at 0002 with
mix of Tamil vocals and a long discussion by M/W. (D'Angelo, PA)
Athmik
Yatra Radio, 15235 via Nauen in (l) Sherpa at 1510.
(Brossell, WI)
IRAN — IRIB, 11925-Kalamabad at
0419 in apparent Turkish with instls until M with news at 0431,12025-Kalamabad
with news in SS at 0035. (Padazopulos,
Greece)
13650-Sirjan at 0347-0421* with a heated political discussion, f/by pgm on the
world's waterways. (D'Angelo, PA)
JAPAN
— NHK Radio Japan, 5910 via France at 0433 with discussion in JJ, //11680,
11680 via Nauen at 0403-0421 with news in JJ, then music and more talk
features. Had several IDs at 0414. (D'Angelo, PA) 9755 via South Africa with commentary at 1815, 11970 via France with
news at 0505. (Padazopulos,
Greece) 11740
at 1225 with M/W hosts and music. Closing anmts at 1228. (Sellers, BC)
Radio
Nikkei, 9595 with jazz music and JJ anmts at 1320. (Brossell, WI)
9760-Nagara in JJ at 1252. W talk with some by a M. (Taylor, WI)
KUWAIT — Radio Kuwait, 17550
at 2145-2209 with M/W discussion in AA. ID at 2200, then M with instls.
(D'Angelo, PA)
MALAYSIA — Asyik FM, 6050 at 1210
at 1210 with mentions of Malaysia
and domestic pop. (Sellers, BC)
Sarawak
FM, 9835 at 1212 in Bahasa Malay with ID and pops. (Sellers, BC) 1258 with
contemporary dance things and W ancr. (Taylor,
WI)
Wai
FM, 11665 at 1206 with Malay pops and an ID. (Sellers, BC)
MEXICO — Radio Educacion, Mexico
City, 6165 at 0419 with instls featuring strings and flute. (KB2DMD, PA)
NEW ZEALAND — Radio New Zealand International, 5725-Rangitaiki at 0308 with talk
on measures to combat crystal meth. (KB2DMD 5950 with an interview on self
control at 1320. (Brossell, WI),
11715 at 0241-0315 on trade with Saudi Arabia and human rights
issues. TC at 0256 and story about U.S. Supreme Court and same sex marriage, ID
at 0300 then news. (D'Angelo, PA)
NIGERIA — Voice of Nigeria, 15120
at 0459 with "Nigerian popular music" and contact info. Nice level;
just a slight whine on the audio. (Sellers, BC)
NORTH KOREA — Voice of Korea, 9435 on
imperialist forces trying to destroy the DPRK, 9650 at 1240 with W audible and
a few words in JJ. (Taylor,
WI) 11710 at 1319 with W and news
to 1324, then ID and commentary, //9435. (Sellers, BC)
OMAN — Radio Sultanate of Oman,
15140-Thumrait with AA talks at 1815. (Brossell,
WI)
OPPOSITION
— Furusato No Kaze, 9960 (via Palau
to Japan)
at 1450 with talks in JJ. (Brossell,
WI)
Denge
Kurdistane (to Turkey,
via Pridnestrovie), 11510-Grigoripol at 0401-0426 with M and news in Kurdish,
f/by music and talk features including remote reports.(D'Angelo, PA)
Radio
Tamazuj (via Vatican to Sudan), 15400
in AA at 1511. (Brossell, WI)
Echo
of Hope (South Korea
to North), 6003 in KK at 1313. (Brossell,
WI)
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA — NBC-Milne Bay (New
Guinea), 3385 at 1244 in Tok Pisin and pops,
W ancr with mention of NBC. (Sellers, BC)
PALAU — World Harvest Radio,
T8WH (p) 17635 with religious pops at 0537, mention of "Voice of the
Martyrs". Excellent on peaks, but frequent deep fades, Not shown on the
A-15 lists. (KB2DMD, PA)
PHILIPPINES — Far
East Broadcasting, 9400 at 1230 in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)
Radio
Veritas Asia, 15100
via Vatican,
at 1504 in (l) Filipino. (Brossell,
WI) 1520-1553* with talk in (p)
Filipino. Closedown and carrier off at 1553. (D'Angelo, PA)
PIRATES
— Radio Free Whatever, 6935u at 0105-0155 with Dick Weed's "Hot MILF's
Mothers Day Show", testing his new amp, which was overheating at times.
Also doing requests, swearing at the amp., etc. (Lobdell, MA)
0138-0155 with soft rock and DJ Dick Weed. dickweeddj@gmail.com, 6950u at
2120-0305 with pgm of obscure music things and frequent IDs. Off at 0305. (Taylor, WI)
0229-0305 with punk rock, talk by Dick Weed and a co-host about the group's
members. (Hassig, IL)
6965 at 0102 with electronic sounds like the space ship in Close Encounters,
old USSR anthem at 0108,
later their linear amp failed (Hassig,
IL) 6940u at 0012-0026 with rock,
IDs, discussing 70s sound. (D'Angelo, PA)
Liquid
Radio, 6923.6 at 0231 with industrial dance stuff, 6925 at 0207 and what
sounded like dance things at or below the noise level. (Hassig, IL)
6925.2 at 0002 with industrial dance things, ID at 0012. (Taylor, WI)
Captain
Morgan Shortwave, 6925 at 0223-0244 with Twilight Zone theme and various rock
numbers, ID at 0244 and then gone. (D'Angelo, PA)
The
Crystal Ship, 6876 at 0112-0209* with their Tom Petty Buried Treasure show,
featuring things by Tom Petty. (Lobdell,
MA) 0240 with a "flower
power" pgm and a fake ad, tcsshortwave@gmail.com. (Hassig, IL)
Crystal Ship relay at 0205-0303 with fake ad, ID for TCS shortwave, mention of
the Flower Power show. (Taylor,
WI)
Big
Johnson Radio, 6950u at 0116-0145* with songs about Johnson. QSLs from bigjohnsonradio@gmail.com.
(Lobdell, MA)
Wolverine
Radio, 6950u at 0117. On with "Testing 1-2-3, can anybody hear me?",
then songs with the word "feeling" in them. Also, 0100-0224 with a
"sweet"-themed pgm and songs containing that word. SSTV and FAX at
0222 sending photos of banana splits and chocolate brownies as seen in the
HFU.(Hassig, IL)
Shortwave
Ghost, 6919.7 at 0043 with a couple of rock things. Nice e-QSL from shortwaveghost@outlook.com.
(Hassig, IL)
Voice
of Pearl Harbor, 6935u at 0305 with Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy, CBS news bulletin on the attack, John Daly, then FDR's
"Infamy" speech. (Hassig,
IL)
Radio
Spaceshuttle International (Euro), 13800 at 2108-2124 with pops, M talk,
possible "Radio Hobart" ID, then a definite Spaceshuttle ID at 2121.
(Lobdell, MA)
XLR8,
6955u at 0027 with a variety of selections, including punk rock, reggae, etc. (Hassig, IL) 0033 with electronic things, ID at 0038. (Taylor, WI)
Abu
Dhabi-Holland (Euro), 6285 at 2342-0019 with C&W, frequent IDs. (Lobdell, WI)
Stress
Radio Holland
(Euro) 6281 at 2331-0012*. Our 'Black
Bandit' friend ID'ing as this with things by Guy Mitchell and others. (Lobdell, MA)
Radio
Appalachia, 9635u at 0030 with string band
things; 2344 with C&W and a bunch of Johnny Cash numbers. Several IDs noted
but no contact info heard. (Taylor,
WI)
Toynbee
Radio, 6925.1 with SFX, 2 IDs, short selections including heavy drum industrial
things. (Taylor, WI)
MC
Radio, 6925.9 with indistinct talk, a song, more talk. A clear ID just before
sign off. (Taylor, WI)
Weatherton
Road Radio, 6950.7 at 0107 with blues, 0115 and 0123 unintelligible IDs, couple
of familiar Instls and more blues. (Taylor,
WI)
The
Kid From Brooklyn Shortwave, 6950u at 0129 with unintelligible strident talk
and what must have been a lot of "F" words, barely understandable ID,
Godfather theme and off at 0135. (Taylor,
WI)
ROMANIA — Radio Romania
International, 7330-Galbeni at 0440 with talks and a pop ballad. (KB2DMD, PA)
7335-Galbeni at 0028 in Romanian, 9800-Tiganesti with FF commentary at 1617,
9765-Galbeni with SS sign on at 2201,11700-Tiganesti at 2215 with SS comments.
(Padazopulos, Greece) 11710-Tiganesti at 2235
with M hosting mailbag pgm. Pgm ended at 2245, f/by W talk. (D'Angelo, PA)
SAUDI ARABIA — BSKSA, 11915-Riyadh at 2056-2113
with M in AA, f/by another M prior to recitations from 2203. (D'Angelo, PA)
17615 with Qur'an recitations at 1526. (Brossell,
WI)
SAO
TOME — Voice of America
Relay, Pinheira, 9490 in (l) Bambara at 2155. (Brossell, WI)
SOLOMON
ISLANDS — SIBC, 5020 at 1155 with a country song, interrupted at 1156 for
evening devotions, 1200 "Radio Happy Isles" ID with frequencies and
meters, then "good night" and NA at 1201. (Sellers, BC)
SOUTH AFRICA — Channel Africa, 3345 at
0348 on South African culture, 6145 at 0516 with W reading news. (Sellers, BC)
Radio
Sonder Grense, 3320 at 0434 in Afrikaans with ads, M/W DJs. (Sellers, BC)
SOUTH
KOREA — KBS World Radio, 15575-Kimjae at 1325-1403 with weekly mailbag pgm from
1330 and contest info, the weekly DX feature following mailbag, then closedown
ID and into KK,, music from 0310, long talk at 0323, news by M/W again at 0400. (D'Angelo, PA)
SUDAN — Radio Omdurman, 7205 at
0307 with M and news in AA. (D'Angelo, PA)
SPAIN — Radio Exterior de Espana, 17715-Nobeljas
at 2200-2205* with W and ID and SS anmts to carrier termination at 2205,
another day off at 2208. (D'Angelo, PA) 17855 and 21620 both Nobeljas, both at
1620 with news in SS. (Padazopulos,
Greece)
SWAZILAND — Trans World Radio,
3200-Manzani, at 0426 with soft music, W with anmts over that, 0430 into a
syndicated Bible program. Poor, but //4775 was good, although degraded by
CODAR. (Sellers, BC)
TAIWAN — Radio Taiwan
International, 5010 at 2322 in (l) Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)
Voice
of Han, 9745 at 1326 with talks and songs in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)
TURKEY — Voice of Turkey, 15450
at 1232 with M/W and news. (Sellers, BC)
UNITED
STATES — Voice of America, 6045 in Mandarin at 1256, 9605 Philippine Relay in
1436 in Mandarin, 9800 Philippine Relay in (l) KK at 2019, 15110 via Ascension,
in (l) Barbara at 2153. (Brossell,
WI) 7480 Philippine Relay at 1346
in KK with KK/EE lesson. (Sellers, BC) 11990 Philippine Relay at 1237-1304 and
M hosting KK pgm with news, interviews and features, 1300 brief instl, then EE ID
and back into KK. (D'Angelo, PA)
Deewa
Radio (VOA), 12035 Kuwait
Relay at 0203 in Pashto. W, then M/W talking and music bridge to another W
ancr. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Free Asia, 11865 UAE Relay at 1514 in (l) Tibetan, 11945 Tajikistan
Relay in Mandarin at 1509. (Brossell,
WI)
Adventist
World Radio, 9800 via Guam at 1225 in
Cantonese with a hymn, instls, dead air at 1229, then EE close. (Sellers, BC)
15150 Sri Lanka
relay at 1355 in Cambodian (Sunday only), closing anmts at 1358 and off.
(Sellers, BC) 15150-Nauen with W in (l) Punjabi at 1509. (Brossell, WI)
WRNO,
New Orleans,
7504.4 at 0240-0318 with Christian pop, M with ID at 0245, then again at 0315.
(D'Angelo, PA)
Radyo
Payam E-Doost, 7460 via Grigoriopol at *0230-0315* with music opening, then
mostly talks in Farsi. (D'Angelo, PA)
VATICAN — Vatican Radio, 11730 at
0153 with news in EE. (Taylor, WI)
11890 via Philippines
with VV sign on with IDs, VV music and W hosting. (Sellers, BC) 15595 with news
at 1615. (Padazopulos, Greece)
VIETNAM — Voice of Vietnam, 6175
via Cypress Creek at 0509 in SS with talks. (KB2DMD, PA) 12000 in Mandarin at
1304. (Brossell, WI)
WHO
GOES THERE? — 6955U - Unid Euro pirate "Liberty Rock Radio/LRR 97.8"
at 0101-0138* with sound track from "Grand Theft Auto IV". (Lobdell, MA)
6925
at 0126-0152 with songs by B.B. King. No IDs or anmts. (Lobdell, MA)
6925u
at 0220 with song mentioning "Betty David eyes", 2 short weird
pieces, then about 3 minutes of dead air, various instl SFX, howls, squeals,
eerie tones, etc. Off at 0234. (Taylor,
WI)
6950
unid pirate at 0225 after Wolverine Radio signed off. Vocal of "sweet
dreams are made of this" sung by several women. (Hassig, IL) 14295 at 0146 and about 2 minutes of
music, 0155 with talk in SS, then three minute pause, LA music, more SS talk
then two more SS ballads. (Taylor,
WI)
High
Fives, back slaps and fist bumps to the following good guys who checked in this
time: KB2DND, Rich Parker, Pennsburg, PA; Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA: Harold
Sellers, Vernon, BC: William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee,
WI; Fotios Padazopulos, Athens, Greece; Chris Lobdell, Stoneham, MA; and Mark
Taylor, Madison, WI.
Until
next month, good listening and remember to ... keep on keepin' on!
