ALASKA—7355-Anchor Point with English ID at
1200. (Brossell, WI)
ALGERIA—Radio
Algerienne, 6155 via France
with Holy Qur’an at 2132, 7285 with Qur’an at 2124-2200*, 7335 via France at 2216
with man speaking in Arabic and music selections, 7355 at 2254 with Arabic
songs. Poor, with QRM from co-channel CNR-2, 9710 via France at
2124-2200* with Arabic vocals and man speaking in Arabic. (Sellers, BC)
ANGOLA—Radio Nacional de Angola,
4949.7-Mulevenos, excellent level around 0100. (Delibert,
MD) 0127 with woman talking.(Taylor, WI)
0357 with time pips at top-of-hour, ID, man with news in Portuguese, another man
hosting a music program at 0410. (D’Angelo, PA)
ARGENTINA—Radio
Argentina al Exterior, 15345-Gral Pacheco with pops and announcements in German.
(Brossell, WI)
ASCENSION ISLAND—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, English
Bay, 5875 at 0544 on illegal Cuban immigration to the U.S, 6005 at 0549 on
African soccer/cricket. (KB2DMD, PA) 6005 at 0539 with woman discussing Trump’s
upcoming inauguration. (D’Angelo, PA) 11810 at 2059 with several World Service
IDs and talk about Ukraine.
QRM from CNR-8. (Sellers, BC) 11910 with news at 1933. (Padazopulos, Greece)
AUSTRALIA—Reach
Beyond Australia,
9645-Kununurra at 1330 on the Apostle Paul. (Sellers, BC)
Hobart
Radio International, Tasmania,
9955 via Okeechobee at 0453 with English and pirate DX tips. ID at 0458 with
contact info, followed by vocals. WRMI ID at 0500 and into Spanish program. (D’Angelo,
PA)
AUSTRIA—Adventist World Radio, 5920 via
Moosbrunn in Urdu at 0202 with man talking, music, SEA music, woman then read
postal and web addresses at 0227, IS and into Punjabi. (Taylor, WI)
BOTSWANA—VOA Relay,
4930-Mopeng Hill at 0326 with English news features, ID, then man and woman
with more features. (D’Angelo, PA) 6195 at 2023 with African Beat. (Brossell,
WI)
BRAZIL—(All in Portuguese –GLD)
Radio
Clube do Para, Belem,
4885 at 0426 with Brazilian pop vocals hosted by man, ID, talks, and announcements.
(D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Educacao Rural, Tefe, 4925.2 at 0042 with local guitar, then male announcer and
more music.(K8HU, VA)
RB2/Radio
Clube Paranaense, 6040.7 at 0345 with back to back vocals. Good strength, but
low a modulation level and crushing QRM from 6045 until 0400. (K8HU), VA)
Voz
Missionaria, Florinapolis, (p) 5940 at 2259 with man talking, low level when
WWCR-5935 came on. (KB2DMD, PA) 9664.9 at 0108 with lively sambas, male announcer
and into a ballad. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo,
6090 at 0600 with W and a jazz vocal. (KB2DMD, PA) 0740 (Caribbean Beacon was
off) with talk by a man. Usual kitty-cat meowing at 0743, 0744, and 0746. (Valko,PA) 11925 (p) at
0525 with Brazil
pops. male announcer, time pips over music at 0530. (D’Angelo PA)
Super
Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 6160
quite audible at 0916 with male announcer, two women making religious mentions.
By 0930 CKZN was way on top, 11895 at 0906 with children’s choir. This and
Gaucha were the only 25-meter Brazilians heard at this hour. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Gaucha, Porto Alegre,
11915 at 1009 with man/woman hosting (mainly man) hosting. Ad block and time
ticks at 1015 and 1030. (Valko,
PA)
Radio
Nacional da Amazonia, 11780-Brasilia at 2315 with
talks. (Brossell, WI)
Radio
Brazil Central, Goiana, 11815 at 0334 with Brazil pops, man talking, jingles,
ID, and ads. (D’Angelo, PA)
CANADA—CFVP, Calgary, 6030 at 2249
with a comedy routine at 2317, ID at 2250, then more comedy. (Sellers, BC)
Bible
Voice Broadcasting, 9600 via Bulgaria
at 1745 in Farsi with man until 1755, woman with contact info including postal
address in Toronto;
off at 1800. (Taylor, WI)
CHINA—China Radio International,
7325-Jinhua at 1143 with woman talking in Japanese, 11875-Kunming at 1102 with woman
speaking in (l) Amoy, 11935-Shijiazhuang with man/woman in Russian. (Brossell, WI)
7340-Kashi at 1855 with a Chinese/Indonesian lesson. (Padazopulos, Greece)
9440 at 2045 on the health risks of sugar, 9860-Kashi at 2248 in apparent
Esperanto lesson. (Sellers, BC)
China
National Radio, Network 1 (p) 4800 with instrumentals at 1313, 6180 with instrumentals,
then pop-style group, announcements and time pips at 1400. Unsure whether this
was two CNR-1 transmitters or one jammimg Taiwan. (Sellers, BC) 2/China
Business Radio, 9775-Bejing at 2127 with music and announcements, //9755,
Network 8, (p), 9610-Beijing in Mongolian at 2317, with traditional ballads.
(Sellers, BC) 11685 CNR-11-Baoji with man speaking in Tibetan. (Taylor, WI)
Voice
of the Strait, 4940-Fuzhou with man/woman talking in Mandarin at 1141. (Brossell, WI)
1316 with woman in Chinese playing old English pop songs. (Sellers, BC)
Xizang
PBS, 4920-Lhasa with talks in Tibetan at 1156. (Brossell, WI)
Xinjiang
PBS, Urumqi,(p)
5060 at 0113 in Mandarin with man, brief music and man talking for several
minutes. (Taylor, WI)
Voice
of Jinling, (p) 6200-Nanjing at 1253 playing Chinese songs, then announcements
and instrumentals from 1300. (Sellers, BC)
Nei
Menggu PBS, Hot Hot, 7270 in Mongolian at 2258, man talking, theme-like music,
5 pips then a CNR-1 jammer, 9520 (p) at 2242 in Mandarin with woman/man
alternating, then woman continuing at some length. (Taylor, WI)
COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 5910
at 0100 ending song, ID by man over music, then Spanish talk. (Taylor, WI)
0356 with near non-stop LA vocals, occasional Spanish talk by woman, ID, and announcements.
(D’Angelo, PA)
CUBA—Radio Havana Cuba, 5040-Bauta at
0024-0104 with English news, followed by features on Focus on Africa, then Arts
Roundup and news. Into Spanish at 0100. (D’Angelo, PA) 11840-Quivican in SS
at 0428. (KB2DMD, PA)
ECUADOR—HCJB/Radio
Akhbar Mufriha, 9530 via Ascension at 2211 in (l) Pulaar. Man with religious
talk and seeming balafon music. (Sellers, BC)
EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9900 at 2117 with man
and news in English, then female announcer and program of domestic music. (Taylor, WI)
2133 with woman reading the news, music bridge, and talk on cooperation,
Russian forces, education, and agriculture. (Sellers, BC)
ENGLAND—BBC, 5930
via Austria
in Pashto at 0121. (Taylor, WI)
7445 via Madagascar
at 1943-1959* with woman interviewing man, ID at 1959, another ID, quick promo
and off. (D’Angelo, PA)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 13740 at
1950 with woman talking in French. (Brossell,
WI)
GERMANY—Deutsche
Welle, 6045 via South Africa
at 0319-0400* with woman talking in Swahili, brief instrumentals, then
features, remotes hosted by woman. News headlines at 0348, 7275 via Botswana at 0402-0430 male vocals, woman giving
English ID and Arabic talk, 15165 via France at 1647 with man in Arabic.
Went off suddenly at 1652, 15275 via France at 1738 with discussion in French
by several people, then instrumentals to closing ID at 1759. (D’Angelo, PA)
Rhein
Main Radio Club, 6165 via Gavar (Armenia) at 2030-2100* with special
program celebrating the 60th anniversary of DSWCI. (D’Angelo, PA)
Gruss
An Bord/Nordeuscher Rundfunk, 5930 via Nauen at 2227-2300 with their annual German
program for sailors at sea. NDR ID at 2256 with bells, “Silent Night” sung in English.
(D’Angelo, PA) 9800 via France
at 1802 with holiday program for sailors in German. (Padazopulos, Greece)
GREECE—ERT/Voice
of Greece,
9420-Avlis with songs and announcements in Greek. (Brossell, WI)
9935-Avlis at 2157 with music, announcements in Greek, 2200 “Foni tis Athinas”
ID. (Sellers, BC)
GUAM—KTWR, 7510 at 1406 in Korean with
piano and female vocalist, female announcer, hymn on piano, man/woman
alternating, (Taylor, WI) 9910 with man speaking in Mandarin at
1139. (Brossell, WI)
GUATEMALA—Radio
Verdad, Chiquimula, 4055 at 0206 in Spanish with mellow instrumental music, including
“Oh Come All ye Faithful.” (Taylor,
WI) 0403 with soft music and
hymns. (Brossell, WI) 0529 in English with man/woman singing
southern gospel songs. (KB2DMD, PA)
INDIA—All India Radio, 6165-Bengaluru at
1402 in Sindi with female announcer and Indian film music, 11670-Bengaluru at
2158 with GOS and Indian film music. (Taylor,
WI) 9445-Bengaluru at 2223 giving
email address, music bridge, ID and schedule for next day before sign off,
9910-Aligarh at 2200 with man speaking and news. (Sellers, BC)
Athmik
Yatra Radio, 15350 via Nauen at 1309 with man
speaking in Nepali. (Brossell,
WI)
IRAN—IRIB, 6135-Sirjan at 1935 with news
in Iranian. (Padazopulos, Greece) 7430-Sirjan at 0019 in Spansh
with mellow music loop IS, woman with brief talk, then Qur’an recitations. (Taylor, WI)
JAPAN—NHK/Radio
Japan, 9765 via Germany at
1850 with U.S.
songs and comments in Japanese. (Padazopulos,
Greece)
11910-Yamata at 2238 with an oldie western song, man/woman speaking in Japanese.
(Sellers, BC)
Radio
Nikkei, 9595 at 1118 with woman speaking in Japanese. (Brossell,
WI) 9760-Nagara at 2308 with old U.S. pops, ID,
then back to music at 2313. (Sellers, BC)
MADAGASCAR—Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga at 2130 in
Mandarin. 9535 at 2159 in Mandarin, fanfare at 2200, www.mwv.org website
given,11610 at 2130 in Mandarin with a radio drama. (Taylor, WI)
Pathways
Radio,17640-Mahajanga at 1807-1820 with English, religious features, several
IDs, cut at 1816, then a brief return before disappearing completely.(D’Angelo,
PA) Signature music at 1958, opening announcement at 1959, African music at
2002, man/woman announcers, perhaps a live preacher. English ID 2054, before
going off. Tnx Dan Sheedy tip. (Valko,
PA)
MOROCCO—Radio Medi
Un, 9575-Nador in French at 2127 with pop and lots of talk-overs. (Sellers, BC)
NIGERIA—Voice of
Nigeria, 7254-5 at 0758 with the usual drum IS, woman giving English ID, program
rundown, ID and program intro.(Valko,
PA)
NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea,
9435-Kujang at 1430 in French. IS, ID by woman. (Taylor, WI)
15180 at 1113 with martial music. (Brossell,
WI)
Korea
Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS), 9665 at 2129 with woman speaking Korean
over co-channel CNR-5, 11680 at 0032 Korean with woman and long, forceful
speech, (Taylor, WI) 2044 with choirs and marching band music. (Sellers, BC)
OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman,
15140-Thumrait at 1608 with English segment running late with short music
breaks between items. Into Arabic at 1616 after someone figured English shouldn’t
be on at that time. (D’Angelo, PA) 2301 with Arabic chorals. (Brossell, WI)
OPPOSITION—Voice of Tibet (via Tajikistan to China), 15565 with talk by man in
(l) Tibetan. (Brossell, WI)
Radio
Erena (via Bulgaria to Eritrea), 11965 at 1755 with 2 men speaking in Arabic, instrumental
at 1759, man with ID and apparent close, then another instrumental seeming to
open another hour. (D’Angelo, PA)
Furusato
no Kaze (via Taiwan to North Korea),
in Japanese at 1437 with woman talking. (Taylor,
WI)
Shiokaze
(Sea Breeze) (Japan to North Korea),
5935 in English at 1356, with woman and brief messages separated by music, and
talk about the Korean people at 1343. (Sellers, BC)
Radio
Dandal Kura (via Ascension to Nigeria),
7415 at 0524 with lively discussion in and Kanuri many mentions of Nigeria. (D’Angelo,
PA)
Radio
Itahuka (via Madagascar to Rwanda),15430
with big O/C at 1757, but went off just as Afro music began at 1800. Presume in
Kinyarwanda with an apparent political feature. (Valko, PA)
Denge
Kurdistane (via Bulgaria to Turkey), 7445
with man speaking in Kurdish. ID and news at 2100, thanks Valko for tip. (D’Angelo,
PA)
PIRATES—Wolverine Radio, 4020u at 0029, “Testing
1-2-3” some old cold-themed blues songs. (Taylor,
WI) 0146 with secular Christmas
music, SSTV/FAX at 0228. (Hassig,
IL)
WHYP,
4060u at 2334 with a good signal and excellent sideband audio. Retrospective
feature, song in Hebrew, a Christmas polka, and some X-rated Christmas things.
(Hassig, IL)
WDOR,
4020u at 0202 good with punk rock and pop. Also mentioned people who’ve posted on
HF Underground. (Hassig, IL)
Happy
Hanukkah Radio, 6925.4u at 1335 with a comedy skit, woman singing, instrumental,
off at 1343. (Taylor, WI)
WRRI-Radio
Random International, 6925u at 2348 with rock, repeated ID, a pause, then more
rock. (Taylor, WI)
Electric
Circus, 6925u at 2055 with brass band music, ID, a “ring master,” crowd noise
with brass band in background and QRM from an unidentified station on 6927u,
2111 with “Captain Spaulding” welcoming HFU logs, then hard rock. (Taylor, WI)
Gospel
Radio, 6929, weak at 2206 airing a religious program. (Hassig, IL)
Old
Time Radio, 6770 at 2357 weak/poor with “Duffy’s
Tavern.” (Hassig, IL)
Liquid
Radio, 6925.1u at 0043 with pulsing music just above the QRN floor. ID from HF
Underground. (Taylor, WI)
“Relay
Station,” 5150 at 2124 with rock, Radio Illumati ID at 1300. (Taylor, WI)
“YHWH,”
5790 at 0303 with ID mentioning those call letters, also mentioning an email
address not copied in full. (Valko,
PA)
Captain
Morgan, 6954 at 0242 with blues and rock, Twilight Zone theme, Gmail address, woman
with IDs, theme repeated then lost or off. (Taylor, WI)
Pee
Wee Radio, 6950u at 0004 with rock, CW ID at 0017, more hard rock and occasional
CW IDs, SSTV at one point, then off. (Taylor,
WI)
XLR8,
6950u at 0205 with segued instrumental rock, ID at 0213 and 0218 over rock. (Taylor, WI)
KFBN,
6905u with 2 songs with about 20 seconds in between. “?? North Radio signing
off.” (Taylor, WI)
ROMANIA—Radio
Romania International, 5960-Galbeni at 0110 with an interview. (Padazopulos, Greece) 6020-Galbeni at 0436 with woman
speaking in English hosting program of Romanian folk songs. 7310-Tiganesti at
2138 ending English followed by The History Show, Nice closedown ID at
2155 with IS. (D’Angelo, PA) 7235-Tiganesti in Spanish at 2030 with slow, sappy
songs. (KB2DMD, PA) 15150-Galbeni at 1133 with slow music and English sign on.
(Brossell, WI)
SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA,
17705-Riyadh at 1402 with man speaking in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)
SAO TOME—VOA Relay, Pinheira, 6020 in Spanish
at 0553 with two men talking about Obamacare, 6080 at 0557 with International Edition and an editorial,
(KB2DMD, PA) 9485 in (l) Bambara (M-Fri) with an interview, 11900 in French
with discussion by two men, English ID and off. (Sellers, BC)
SINGAPORE—BBC-Far
East Relay, 6195 at 2302, woman giving the news. (Sellers, BC) 15285 on North/South Korea relations. (Brossell, WI)
SLOVAKIA—Radio
Slovakia International, 11580 via WRMI-Okeechobee at 2105 with man, ID and program
lineup. (Sellers, BC)
SOUTH AFRICA—Channel
Africa, 6155 with a news program from 0345 tune in. (Perry, IL)
SOUTH KOREA—KBS World
Radio, 3955 via Woofferton at 2151-2200* with man/woman speaking in French, instrumental
at 2159, ID and closedown, (D’Angelo, PA) 7275 at 1204 with woman speaking in Korean.
(Brossell, WI) 9805-Kimje at 2237 with woman in
Indonesian, including ID. (Taylor,
WI)
SPAIN—Radio
Exterior de Espana, 15500-Nobeljas at 2027 with covering
sporting event. (Brossell, WI) 2044 with correspondent report.
(Sellers, BC)
SWAZILAND—Trans World
Radio, 9940-Manzani at 1918-1950* with group singing, male announcer in (l)
Lingala, familiar IS at 1934 and into French. (D’Angelo, PA)
TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan
International, (p) 6105 at 1303 with man speaking and fanfare, two female announcers,
tingly music. (Taylor, WI) 7200-Tamsui at 1215 with soft-voiced female
announcer in Chinese and children’s music. (KB2DMD, PA) 9450-Tanshui in
Mandarin at 2329 with an interview, followed by woman talking. Surprised it
didn’t have CNR-1 jammer. (Taylor,
WI) 9735 at 1146 with man
speaking in (l) Japanese. (Brossell,
WI)
THAILAND—Radio Thailand,
9390 at 2030 with gongs, ID and PSAs. (Sellers, BC)
TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, 9460 at
2031 with man/woman singing in Turkish. (Brossell,
WI) 9620 in English at 2142 with
talks and music. Woman with an apparent story at 2150. (Sellers, BC)
UNITED STATES—Voice of America, 6035 via Ascension at 0512
in Hausa with vocals. Off at 0529. (D’Angelo, PA) 6045 Thailand Relay, in
Mandarin with contemporary choral music then perhaps news, 11785 Thailand Relay
at 1210 with woman speaking in Mandarin, 11900-Vatican relay at 2138 in (l)
Bambara, 15580-Greenville at 2115 with pops. (Sellers, BC) 15590 Philippines
Relay in Mandarin at 1422. (Brossell, WI) 17895 via Vatican
at 1617 with talk on the Gambia.
(D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Free Asia, 15275 via Tajikistan
at 1301 in (l) Tibetan. (Brossell,
WI)
Adventist
World Radio, 11750 via South Africa
at 2048 with man speaking in (l) Yoroba, music at 2055, woman with website and
a several IDs, address in Lagos.
(Sellers, BC) 17800 via Meyerton at 1952 with long religious talk in (l)
Fulfulde, brief instrumental segments between talks, English ID, into French.
(D’Angelo, PA)
WRMI,
Miami, 11825
via Okeechobee at 2059, ID, then a hymn and Old Testament readings. (Sellers,
BC)
WMLK,
Bethel, PA,
9275 at 2156 with English religion, “Assemblies of Yahweh” ID and contact info.
(D’Angelo, PA)
VATICAN—Vatican
Radio, 7450 in Hindi at 0139 with Spanish, SE Asian flute, ID and into woman
talking over flute. (Taylor,
WI) 9660 at 2009 and man reading
African news. (Sellers, BC)
ZAMBIA—Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation,
5915-Lusaka at 2148. Last few minutes with man/woman in a local language. Off
suddenly at 2157. (D’Angelo, PA) 0258 with pleasant woman vocal, 0300 woman
with ID, more songs. Some QRM from 5920. (Taylor,
WI)
Voice
of Hope, Makeni Ranch, 13680 at 1635 with man and religious
talk in English, instrumental, went off without announcement. (D’Angelo, PA)
ZANZIBAR—Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, 6015-Dole
with woman giving the news in Swahili. Began to lose synch around 0425 when the
signal began to fade, 11735 at 1807 with man speaking in Swahili. (D’Angelo,
PA) 1830 with peppy Afropop at armchair quality. (Perry, IL)
2020 group singing with percussion, female announcer in Swahili. (Taylor, WI)
2050 with Swahili music, announcements and more music at top-of-hour, “Spice FM”
ID. (Sellers, BC)
High
fives, man hugs and other congrats to those who did the good thing this time: Mark Taylor, Madison, WI; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; K8HU,Chuck Rippel, Chesapeake, VA; Fotios Padazopulos, Athens, Greece; Arthur Delibert, North Bethesda, MD;
KB2DMD, Rich Parker, Pennsburg, PA;
and Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC.
Until next month, keep on keepin’ on!