ALASKA—KNLS, Anchor Point, 11885 at 1231-1300* and //11870 with
several IDs and various religious features in English on this unlisted channel.
(D’Angelo, PA. Thanks Dave Valko tip.) 1457 with man speaking in apparent
Mandarin, then into more Mandarin. (Valko,
PA)
AGENTINA—Radio Argentina al
Exterior, 15345, Gral Pacheco at 2320 with 2 people speaking in Spanish. (Brossell, WI)
ASCENSION ISLAND—BBC-South Atlantic Relay Station, 11810 at
2144 with a political talk concerning Russia. (Sellers, BC) 15105 with man
speaking in Hausa at 1953. (Brossell, WI) 15400 at 1750 on Somalia, BBCWS ID at 1759. (Cooper, PA)
AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9685-Kununura with slow, deliberate English
on baseball rules, instrumentals at 1159, then next program in Chin Hakha. (Valko, PA)
1211 in Rwang with man and country-style things in that language. (Taylor, LFP)
Adventist World Radio, 9510 via Moosbrunn at
0239-0300* with instrumentals, ID by woman and into announcements in Punjabi.
Several IDs during program, with closedown at 0257. Some QRM from Radio Romania
Intl, 0342 with man speaking in Farsi. Closed at 0358, but had woman giving ID
at 0400 then kept going in Turkish. (D’Angelo, PA) 9550 at 0342-0405 with man
speaking in Farsi, 0400 woman speaking with EE ID and announcing the next program
would be in Turkish. (Taylor, LFP)
BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, Mopeng Hill, 15580 at 1923 with a report on
the International Space Station. (Brossell,
WI) 2120 in English with Afropops
and interview with the artist. (Cooper,
PA) 2153 in English with
traditional African music. (Sellers, BC)
BRAZIL (all in PP -GLD)
Radio Marumby, Curitiba, 9515 at 2234 with A Voz do Brazil, // to other Brazilians.
(Valko, PA)
Voz Missionaria, Florinapolis, 9665 at 2255
with male announcer brief music interlude, ID at 2256. (Cooper, PA)
Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 11780 with songs at 2247. (Brossell, WI)
Radio Brazil Central, Goiania, 11815 at 0005 with man announcing
with Brazilian pops, IDs and announcements. (D’Angelo, PA) 0019 with talks. (Brossell, WI)
CANADA—CFRX, Toronto,
6070 at 0101 with man reading news.
CKZN, St. John’s
(Newfoundland),
6160 discussing authors at 0055, then a promo for Challenge of Words and ID for CBC-1. (Cooper, PA)
CHU, Ottawa,
3330 at 1230-1240 on a tip from Dave Valko. Carrier, but no modulation here and
was //7850. (D’Angelo, PA) 7850 at 1230 with an OC, much weaker on 3330; 14870
with just an OC at 1900. Apparently a suspect piece of equipment. By 2045 they
were back to normal on all frequencies. (Valko,
PA)
CHINA—China Radio International, 7285 at 2140 with a panel in English
on student examinations there. (Cooper, PA) 7325-Jinhua at 1237 with talks by woman
in Japanese, 9865 in Mandarin at 2350,11935-Shijiazhuang with woman speaking in
Russian at 1240,12085-Xi’an at 2333 in (l) Mongolian. (Brossell,
WI) 9570 via Albania at 0050 with man/woman
doing cultural program. (Strawman,
IA) 15245-Kashi at 1547 with
talks in English, short musical interlude, and closedown announcements. (D’Angelo,
PA)
Voice if the Strait, 4940-Fuzhou in Mandarin
at 1157. (Brossell, WI)
Firedrake music jammer, 11560 against RFA in
Mandarin at 1830. (Cooper, PA)
COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 5910 in Spanish at 0045
with Salsa songs. (Cooper, PA)
ECUADOR—HCJB, 6050-Pinchincha at 2305 in Quechua with male announcer
and later flutes. (Cooper, PA)
ENGLAND—BBC, 7360 via Ascension at 2130 announcing a program for
the BBC Mid-Winter Antarctic Broadcast. Various music clips, greetings from
relatives and well-wishers. Program ID again at 2144. (Cooper, PA)
15180 via Woofferton with news in French at 1802. (Brossell, WI)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 15300, Issoudun with man/woman
speaking in French at 1914. (Brossell,
WI)
GREECE—Voice of Greece,
9420, Avlis in Greek at 0124 with man doing interview and woman singing several
songs. ID at 0200. (Cooper,
PA) 0155 with Greek vocals. (Strawman, IA)
9935, Avlis with Greek songs at 2337. (Brossell,
WI)
GUAM—Adventist World
Radio, KSDA, 9610 via Agat at 1203 in Korean with hymn-like music and female announcer.
(Taylor, LFP)
Trans World Radio/KTWR, 11805 at 1226 in Kok
Borak, “R 882” address line-by-line in English followed by woman reading
schedule info, 1228 IS opening in Santhali again with schedule by female announcer,
then into Southeast Asian-style music. (Taylor, LFP)
GUATEMALA—Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 4055 with brief announcement in
Spanish and several hymns. (Brossell,
WI)
INDIA—All India Radio, 7550, Bengaluru with a song and several
AIR IDs in English at the top of the hour, then news headlines and commentary.
(Cooper, PA)
9445 via Bengaluru with sub continental music at 2158, ID at 2159, world news
at 2300. (Brossell, WI)
Athmik Yatra Radio, 9450 via Nauen in (l)
Bharti with man with strident talk, fill music at 0127. With postal address in Tiruvalla, India
and address in New Delhi,
0129 Asian flute, off at 0130. Fair, with QRM from WRMI-9455. (Taylor, LFP)
9830 via Nauen at 0058 in Rajasthani, then man singing South Asian songs, woman
talking, ID in (p) Mar and woman continuing to speak. (Taylor, WI)
15350 via Nauen in (l) Desyla language at 1352. (Brossell, WI)
IRAN—IRIB, 7425 via Zehedan
at 0031-0107 with music and man with long Arabic talk, music from 0030, fanfare
at 0100 and man reading the news. (D’Angelo, PA) 9410 via Siran at 0138 in Azeri
with Ramadan, Qur’an recitations and talks by man. (Taylor, WI)
11675 at 1334 with man speaking in Russian. (Brossell, WI)
JAPAN—NHK/Radio Japan,
6090 via Yamata at 1126 with man speaking in Korean, sound effects, street
sounds. (Taylor, LFP) 9855 via Madagascar
at 2041 with talks in French. (Brossell,
WI) 17540 via WHRI with talks in
Portuguese at 2138. (KB2DMD, PA)
Radio Nikkei One, 6055, Nagara at 1123 with
several people speaking in Japanese, 9595 (p) in Japanese at 1158 with woman,
music bridge, male announcer, jingle ID and man continued to speak. 6055 had
already faded out so I was unable to check if it was in. (Taylor, LFP)
MADAGASCAR—World Christian Broadcasting, 11610, Majahnga at 2140 in
Chinese with a religious message and Christian instrumentals. (Sellers, BC)
11790, Majahanga at 2205 in Arabic with man/woman seemingly doing a skit, followed
by a brief music bit. (Cooper,
PA)
MEXICO—Radio Educacion,
Mexico D.F., Mexico City, 6185 at 0104 with woman speaking in Spanish talking
about music. (Cooper, PA) 0326 with music and man speaking in Spanish.
(Strawman, IA)
NETHERLANDS—The Mighty KBC, 9925 via Nauen from 0020 tune in with
their Sunday program of pop music, musical ID at 0030. (Perry, IL)
NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, 7425, Rangitaiki at 1118
on North Korea’s
nuclear developments. (Brossell,
WI)
OMAN—Radio Sultanate of
Oman, 15140, Thumrait at 1740 with man/woman vocal, and woman speaking in Arabic,
man with ID at 1740. (Cooper, PA)
2136-2216 thanks to Walker
tip with good signal and apparent Ramadan program running past their usual
close. (D’Angelo, PA)
OPPOSITION—Radio Republica (via France to Cuba),
9490 at 0139 in Spanish mentioning Cuba several times. (Cooper, PA)
Afia Darfur Radio (via England to Sudan), 11615 at 1820 with man
speaking in Arabic being interviewed. (Cooper,
PA)
Radio Tamazuj (via Vatican
to Sudan) 9600 at 0337 with
several men in heated Arabic discussion, IDs, //11650 via Madagascar
which was also good. (D’Angelo, PA)
“Republic
of Yemen Radio” (Saudi Arabia to Yemen) 11850 at 0344 with a nice program
of Middle Eastern vocals. (D’Angelo, PA)
PHILIPPINES—Far East Broadcasting Co.(p),
7410, Bocaue at 1147 In Khmer. Man with music bridge. QRM from another station
in an Asian-sounding language. Unable to find any clues listed. (Taylor, LFP)
Radio Veritas Asia,
15620 via Vatican at 1513 in (l) Tagalog. (Brossell, WI)
PIRATES—Radio Free Whatever,
6945 at 0045 with mostly dense rock and “Dick Weed” with IDs. (Taylor, WI)
Wolverine Radio, 6929 at 0104 with SSTV of
Sugar Crisp box. (Taylor, WI) 6950u at 0045 with ’30s dance music,
echo ID at 0130, SSTV and off at 0133. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio Illuminati, 6920 at 0137 with rock,
several similar tunes, repeated IDs at 0236, US NA at 0239 and off. (Taylor, WI)
Clever Name Radio, 6940u at -018 with mellow
rock, ID, rap. Off at 0130 after woman with announcements, 0020, off at 0022 without
announcement, back up with ID at 0027. (Wood, MA) 0030, with “garage band” type
stuff, ID at 0046, another ID at 0058 and into harder rock. (Taylor, WI)
2210 very weak with bits of rock. Got ID from HFU. (Hassig, IL)
2314 with rap, ID, email for reports. Off at 2357. (Cooper, PA)
6945 at 2338 with “house” music, hard rock, ID and off. (Taylor, WI)
Northwoods Radio, 6930 at 0231 with rock,
loon ID, another ID, cartoon music, various rock things. Still going at 0102.
(Wood, MA)
Insane Radio, 6924.2 at 0002. An ID tape, followed
by whistling sounds over unintelligible dialogue, into a Kenny Rogers number.
(Wood, MA) 0300 with rock. A tricky log with Liquid Radio nearby. (Taylor, WI)
2343 with sound bites mixed with music, radio story, unrecognizable rock,
whistling, IDs at 0005. Off at 0019. (Valko,
PA)
Ion Radio, 6925.2 at 1204 with a rumbling
sound or “ambient music” (according to the operator), ID at 1225. SSTV and off
at 1240. (Valko, PA)
WEAK, 6930u noted after 0005 with mostly punk
things, including a novelty C&W thing. Many IDs by woman. By 0015 someone
came on repeating “Welcome to Strong Radio”. Broadcast ended at 0017 after 3
SSTV images, one of which was from Pee Wee Radio. (Valko, PA)
Seven Trees Radio, 6940u at around 2300 with
hard rock, heavy metal, and “Welcome Seven Trees Radio where we pull the plug
every day” and then off. Back at 2314 with the same ID. (Valko, PA)
Cool AM Radio (relay) 6940u at 0101 ending
song, wishing goodnight, Three Stooges
theme, ID and a bit of talk, off at 0107.(Taylor, WI) 0111 with
contemporary/new age music, ID mentioning “persons living or dead is purely
accidental” repeated. Off at 0136. (Taylor,
WI)
Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6946.6 at 0227
ending one song and into another. (Taylor,
WI)
Pee Wee Radio, 6950u at 0125 with a scatted
techno song, a CW ID over song, then SSTV, and off. (Taylor, WI)
Liquid Radio, 6925 at 0101 carrier to 0103
when rhythmic yelling, ID and hard rock. (Taylor,
WI) 6953 at 0143 with “Ghost
Riders in the Sky” and techno things, spooky sounds, followed by long SSTV. (Cooper, PA)
Lukewarm Radio, ID at 0054: “We’re not hot,
we’re not cold, we’re Lukewarm Radio,” then more dance things. (Taylor, WI)
WPIG, 6940 at 0038 with “Three Little Pigs”
story, announced phone number and email for QSL, ID, and
into more pig-related things. (Taylor,
WI)
Renegade Radio, 6935u at 0129 with several
IDs and a lot of rock, off at 0203 with an FCC parody. (Cooper, PA)
WREC/Radio Free East Coast, 6930u at 0100
with parody songs, woman with ID, followed by sign off at 0107. (Cooper, PA)
Skippy Radio, 6950u at 0150 with program of
Irish folk-rock, SSTV with ID, another song, more SSTV, then still more rock. (Taylor, WI)
Moonlight Radio, 6925 at 0111 with electric
guitar solo, 0118 ID. (Taylor,
WI)
Fart Knocker Radio, 6945 at 0154 with woman
and occasional talk, likely an ID. Gone by 0202. ID from HF Underground. (Taylor, WI)
Laser Hot Hits (Euro), 6205 at 0128 with
rock, ad, and jingle ID at 0133. (Valko,
PA) 0344 with man speaking in English
and pop, time pips at 0400, ID and man/woman chatter, more pops. Thanks Valko
tip (D’Angelo, PA)
ROMANIA—Radio Romania
International, 7430, Galbeni at 2216 with ID followed by program previews and World of Culture.(D’Angelo, PA) 9730, Tiganesti
in English at 0015 with man/woman giving schedule, ID at 0017, then talk about
tourism there. (Strawman, IA) 13660, Tiganesti at 1750. Woman talking
about Romania
in WWII under German occupation, ID at 1755 and close. (Cooper, PA)
17745, Tiganesti in Spanish at 2127 with talk and up-tempo traditional music
bridges. (KB2DMD, PA)
SAO TOME—VOA Relay, 11900,
Pinheira, at 2105-2131* with man speaking in French. Nice ID at 2105, followed by
English lesson. Closed at 2130. (D’Angelo, PA)
SAUDI ARABIA—11820, Riyadh
in Arabic at 2147 with Qur’an recitations. (Sellers, BC) 15305, Riyadh at 1607-1628 with man
speaking in Arabic followed by Qur’an recitations. (D’Angelo, PA) 15435, Riyadh at 1650 in Arabic
with several children singing, male announcer, later man/woman. (Cooper, PA)
17615 with Qur’an at 1407. (Brossell,
WI)
SPAIN—Radio Exterior de
Espana, 15390
at 2132 in Spanish with a pop song in English, //15520. (KB2DMD, PA) 17855 with
Spanish rock at 2158, time pips at 2200, theme, ID, and announcements. Off at
2205, //17715. (Sellers, BC)
SWAZILAND—Trans World Radio, Manzini, 3240 at 0315 with instrumental
music followed by man speaking in Shona. (D’Angelo, PA)
SWEDEN—IBRA Radio/Radio Sama, 15260 via Woofferton at 1806 with man/woman
in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)
TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan
International, 6105 in Mandarin at 1310, (Brossell, WI) 9625, Paochung at 1205
in Thai with man speaking at some length. (Taylor, LFP)
THAILAND—Radio Thailand,
5875, Udon Thani in Khmer at 1115, IS, English ID, Then in Khmer and opening
music. (Taylor, LFP) 9515, Emirler at 0300 with news in English and several
IDs. (Cooper, PA) 15990 at 0004-0029* with man/woman
hosting English news, ad string at 0010 with PSAs. (D’Angelo, PA)
TURKEY—Voice of Turkey,
9515, Emirler in English at 0259 with flute and ID at 0300, frequencies, schedule,
website, and email. (Strawman,
IA) 9830 at 2212 but too weak to
understand, other than it was in English. (Sellers, BC) 15350 in Turkish at
1345. (Brossell, WI)
UNITED
STATES—Voice
of America-Thailand Relay,
7470 with presumed news in Mandarin. 11900 via Vatican at *2130-2300 in Bambara
and man reading news. (D’Angelo, PA; Cooper,
PA) 15120, Greenvile at 2145 with
talks in Bambara. (KB2DMD, PA) 15630 via Woofferton at 1925 with ID.
VOA Tigrinya-Philippines Relay, 15590 in
Mandarin at 1416. (Brossell,
WI)
Radio Free Asia-Kuwait Relay, 9440 in
Mandarin at 2325, 9900 with man/woman in Mandarin, 15450 in Tajik at 1406. (Brossell, WI) 12140, Northern Marianas Relay at 1255 in Khmer. (Taylor, LFP)
15255 via Woofferton at 1558 with man speaking in Turkmen, nice instrumentals
and woman with closing announcements. (D’Angelo, PA)
Trans World Radio, 9900 via Tashkent at 1219 in English with IS, ID into
start of an evangelical program. (Taylor, LFP)
Adventist World Radio, 11750 via South Africa at 2034 with woman speaking in possible
Yoruba, 15480 via Madagascar
at 1920 with hymns and announcements in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)
Trans World Radio, 9900 via Moldova at 0108
with long religious talk ID and closedown announcements and IS. (D’Angelo, PA)
WRNO-New Orleans, 7505 at 0103 with an ID
giving Dallas
mailing address, pops. (Strawman,
IA) 0346 with man speaking in Chinese,
woman closing program at 0400, contact info in English, then man with closedown
announcements. (D’Angelo, PA)
WHRI-Miami, 9505 at 2217 with “Amazing Grace”
and another vocal hymn. (Sellers, BC)
KVOH-Rancho Simi, 17775 in Spanish with
Christian music and announcements over some of them. (Sellers, BC)
EWTN Shortwave, 15610 with call-in program
for Catholics at 2303. (KB2DMD, PA)
Voice of the Report of the Week, 7730 via
Okeechobee at 0017 with listener requests and pops. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio TIrana, 5850 via Okeechobee at 2303
with news in English. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio Prague,
5850 via Okeechobee at 2332 with man speaking in English, woman giving ID and
various features, including mobile phone security. (D’Angelo, PA)
VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 7360 at *0329 with IS, opening in (l) Swahili,
IS again at 0344 and into Somali,11730 at 0105 with man speaking over flute,
later man/woman speaking. Off at 0118 with familiar IS and opening in Malayan.
(D’Angelo, PA)
A
THOUSAND THANKS
To: William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Mark
Taylor at Lark Park Farm, Madison, WI; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Steven C.
Wood, Harwich, MA; KB2DMD, Richard Parker, Pennsburg, PA; Harold Sellers,
Vernon, BC; John Cooper, Lebanon, PA; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; Dave Valko,
Dunlop, PA; and Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL.
Until next month, Celebrate short wave
and...Keep On Keepin’ on!
