December 2017 Shortwave Listening Logs

ALASKA—KNLS, 11610 via Madagascar with man speaking in Mandarin at 2145. (Brossell, WI)

ALGERIA—Radio Algerienne, 6155 via France in Arabic at 2139. (Brossell, WI)

ANGOLA—Radio Nacional, 4949.7-Mulvenos, in Portuguese at 0035 with instrumental male vocal, several more with announcer in between. (Cooper, PA)

ARGENTINA—Radio Argentina al Exterior, 15345, Gral Pacheco, with man speaking in Spanish at 2108. (Brossell, WI)

ASCENSION—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, 6135 with HOA music at 0450. (KB2DMD, PA) 17840 on U.S. positions on trade between China and Europe. (Brossell, WI)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9720, Kununurra, with carrier on at 1300 and a welcome, ID, mention of “life changing radio,” then into a Bible program. (Sellers, BC) (p) 1317 with a hymn then into a sermon in English. (Taylor, WI) 12095 at 2030 with woman reading news headlines, then man with more details. (Cooper, PA)

AUSTRIA—Radio Austria International, 6155, Moosbrunn with a German instrumental medley at 0458 sign on. (KBDMD, PA)

Adventist World Radio, 11955, Moosbrunn with instrumentals at 1912 and man speaking in Hausa. IDs at 1930, program close, then into Tachelhit. The later segment was via Nauen. (D’Angelo, PA)

BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, 15580 at 0328 with woman speaking in English and hurricane news and other features. (D’Angelo, PA) 1615 on the Congolese Hutu rebel group. (Brossell, WI) 2100 with man reading news headlines. (Cooper, PA)

BRAZIL

Radio Club do Para, Belem, 4885 at 0045 with male DJ and several female singers. (Cooper, PA)

Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, 9665 at 0008 with man talking, followed by a nice music program. (D’Angelo, PA) 0235 with extended talk using reverb. (Strawman, IA)

Radio Evangelizar, Caritiba, 6040 (p) at 0031 with male announcer and light music. (Taylor, WI) 9725 at 0404 with vocals and male announcer. Nearly // with web stream. Shortwave broadcast was slightly delayed. (D’Angelo, PA)

Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 6135 at 0044, with man in lengthy talk //9820. Unusual for me to hear both channels at the same time. (Taylor, WI)

CHINA—China Radio International, 5960 via Albania in English with pop song, male/female announcers on reaching the age of 18. (Cooper, PA) 7440, Jinhua in possible Japanese at 2208; 7445, Urumqui in possible Hungarian at 2154; 9415, Beijing at 2330 in Vietnamese; and 11820, X’ian in Cantonese at 0008. (Brossell, WI)

CPBS/China National Radio, 6125, Shijiazhuang in Mandarin at 2310. (Brossell, WI) CNR-5, 5925 at 1020 with man reading news items. Music and ID at 1030. (Cooper, PA) CNR-1, 7240, Lhasa (Tibet) in Mandarin at 2350, male/female announcers; 0000 music, female announcer with ID. (Cooper, PA) 7420, Nei Menggu PBS, in Mandarin, poor with an interview, CNR-8-Beijing at 2331 in Mandarin, 2 female and 1 male announcer. (Taylor, WI)

PBS, Xinjiang (p) 7340, Urumqi at 0358 with nice jazz, woman talking, then an abrupt sign off. (KB2DMD, PA)

PBS, Xinning, 9780, Quinhai at 2350 with male/female. 5+1 time pips and ID at 0000. (Taylor, WI)

PBS, Xizang (Tibet) 6130 at 0040 in Tibetan with short song and male/female announcers. (Taylor, WI)

Beibu Bay Radio, 9820 at 1032, with a pretty ragged signal, there seemed a het from the Brazilian from 1100. Beibu Bay had a mix of pops and Chinese. (Delibert, MA)

Firedrake jammer, 6105 at 1040; both this and CNR-1 jamming Radio Taiwan Intl. First time I’ve heard both simultaneously. (Cooper, PA)

COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, 5910 at 0248 in Spanish with a possible religious talk. (Strawman, IA) 0330, ID at 0404 followed by music with man giving long religious talk in Spanish.(D’Angelo, PA ) A Spanish call-in program at 0511. (KB2DMD, PA)

ECUADOR—HCJB-Pinchincha, 6050 in Quechua at 1015 with traditional-sounding song by several female singers, man talking over instrumental music, then talk about Quito and an ID. (p) at 0038 in possible Wao, man with slow talk. 7365, Weenermoo in German at 1223. (Taylor, WI) HCJB/Radio Akhbar Mufriha, 9530 in Pulaar at 2155, man with light instrumental music. (Cooper, PA)

EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9780, Abis at 2133 with English ID, woman reading headlines, talk about immigrants and the Italian Coast Guard. (Cooper, PA)

ENGLAND—BBC, 5875, Woofferton in Arabic at 0339 with woman interviewing man on phone. (KB2DMD.PA) 7445 via Meyerton with English features, WS ID and program previews at 0429. (D’Angelo, PA) 15490 via Madagascar at 1555 with interview and sports scores, ID at 1559 by talk by man/woman. (Cooper, PA)

FRANCE—Radio France International, 17630, Issoudun at 1851 with talks in French. (KB2DMD, PA)

GERMANY—Deutsche Welle, 15275 via France with talks in possible Amharic at 1637. (Brossell, WI)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, 9420 at 0124 with a stringed instrument and talks in Greek. (Strawman, IA) 2122 with Greek songs. (Brossell, WI)

GUATEMALA—RadIo Verdad, Chiquimula, 4055 with Spanish songs at 2349. (Brossell, WI)

GUINEA—Radio TV Guineenne, Conakry, 9650 at 2235 with a man speaking in possible French, indigenous pops, and female vocals. (KB2DMD, PA)

INDIA—All India Radio, 9445, Bengaluru with flutes and then ID at 2119. English ID at 2119. (Brossell, WI) 2200 with GOS ID, PM’s challenge to youth to play more sports, comment on self sufficiency in defense. (Cooper, PA)

Vivvidh Bharati Service, 11560, Bengaluru at 1346 in Dari with man and South Asian music. (Taylor, WI)

IRAN—VOIRI, 7360 at with non-stop Arabic music. Not shown for this time slot. (KB2DMD, PA) In Spanish at 2111. (Brossell, WI) 11640, Sirjan in Russian at 1350. (Taylor, WI)

JAPAN—Radio Japan, 6090 with IS, time pips at top of the hour and sign-on in Korean at 2059, then off. (Brossell, WI) 9855 via Madagascar with ID in French (Sellers, BC) 11985 via Madagascar in French at 2059. Man giving station ID, several time pips, then off the air. (Cooper, PA)

MADAGASCAR—African Pathways Radio, Mahajhanga, 17640 at 1828 with program previews, then Creation Moment program in English. (D’Angelo, PA) 1832 with ID. (KB2DMD, PA)

MEXICO—Radio Educacion, Mexico D.F., 6185 at 0015 with a mariachi band. (Cooper, PA) 0231 with Ranchero music and woman giving announcements. (Strawman, IA) 0440 with modern piano. (Strawman, IA) 0057 with classical piano, then man/woman giving hurricane reports in Spanish. (Wood, MA)

NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, 7425, Rangataiki at 1055 interviewing Pacifica Fire Fighters, 1100 time pips, and ID. (Cooper, PA) 1308 with domestic news on Dateline Pacific program. (Brossell, WI)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, 9435 with IS, ID by man/woman, IS again at 1331 then sign on in English. (Sellers, BC) 1454 with Qur’an. (Brossell, WI)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, 15140, Thumrait at 1811 with pop things in noise during the eclipse. The signal went from S5-7 to S7-9 during totality, then back down. (Strawman, IA) 2015 competing with RHC in French. Oman was stronger in English with pips and had ID at 2037. (Cooper, PA)

OPPOSITION—Voice of Tibet (Taiwan to China), 7270 at 2300 with chimes at sign on. No jamming heard. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Erena, (via Bulgaria to Eritrea), 11965 with man speaking in Arabic at 1756-1801* instrumental music for a minute before close. (D’Angelo, PA)

Echo of Unification, (p) (North Korea to South), 5905 at 1229 sign on with brief announcement and a repeated music/IS, 1230 with tone and possible anthem, then talk in Korean. (Sellers, BC)

Denge Kurdistan (via France to Turkey), 7350 at 0330 nice domestic music with drums and string instruments, announcements by a man. (Strawman, IA)

Radio Itahuka (via Madagascar to Rwanda), 15420 at 1824-1859* with non-stop talk by man in possible Kirundi. But barely hanging in there and was soon lost. Just heard carrier termination. (D’Angelo, PA)

Republic of Yemen Radio, (Saudi Arabia to Yemen), 11860 at 2100 man speaking in Arabic mentioning Yemen, male vocals. (Cooper, PA)

PHILIPPINES—Radio Veritas Asia, 9760, Palaug, in Vietnamese at 2336, ID in psassing with announcers giving address. (Taylor, WI) 15330 via Vatican with talks in Urdu. (Brossell, WI) 15355, Paluig in Filipino at 2305 with male announcer, female speaker at 2327 and off, as scheduled, 15620 via Vatican in Filipino, woman giving station ID at 1535, woman talking, male announcer giving contact address. (Cooper, PA)

PIRATES—Radio Appalachia, 6935 at 0128 with old time bluegrass and gospel things. (Hassig, IL)

Pee Wee Radio, 6930 at 0316 with guitar strumming, singing an X-rated song then an SSTV/FAX R-rated picture. Also, 6951 at 0030 and 6955 at 0132. (Hassig, IL) 2355 with classic pirate radio IDs, part of a Wolverine program, HF Underground IDs, 3-SSTV IDs. Also at 0145. (Taylor, WI)

Wolverine Radio, 6935u at 0144 with variety of things using the word “work.” (Hassig, IL) 6935 at 0035, announcing a test, then into with “around” in the title or lyrics. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Free Whatever, 6935u with DJ at 0009 with DJ and ID, Shout Outs to listeners. (Cooper, PA) 0010 talking about emails, music. There was a parallel relay on 6925. (Hassig, IL)

Clever Name Radio, 6940u at 2336 with mellow instrumental music, 2339 with ID and Gmail address. (Taylor, WI)

Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6950 at 0014 with a blues seque, Twilight Zone theme, more blues, TWZ theme again. Program of music and IDs. Off around 0200. (Taylor, WI)

RFW Dance Party, 5225u at 0200 with DJ Dick Weed. (Hassig, IL)

Live (?) Mic Radio, 6880 at 2145 with segues, several IDs, mellow rock, more IDs. female announcer was very hard to understand. Despite HF Underground’s help, the “Live” part of the ID remains uncertain. (Taylor, WI)

ROMANIA—Radio Romania International, 7325, Tiganesti at 0128 in French to ECNA with folk things. (Strawman, IA) 2118 in French. (Brossell, WI) 7375, Tiganesti at 0343 with a mailbag program. (KB2DMD, PA) 9730, Tiganesti at 0000 commenting about 9/11 and their support for the U.S. in Afghanistan. (Cooper, PA)

SAO TOME—VOA Relay, Pinheira, 7325 at 0355 with woman speaking in Kinyaranda followed by group vocals, more talk at program close, ID at top of the hour then man/woman talking. (D’Angelo, PA) 12075 in Hausa at 2034. (Brossell, WI)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 13710, Riyadh with Qur’an recitations at 1518, (Brossell, WI)

SINGAPORE—BBC-Far East Relay Station, 6195 at 1150 marking Algeria’s independence from France.(Sellers, BC) 2329 with news headlines, WS ID at 2229, one long beep at 2330. (Cooper, PA)

SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, 15235 in French at 1626. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Sonder Grense, 3320 at 0102 with man/woman talking. Sounded like a play or a skit. (Cooper, PA) 0422 with light pops in Afrikaans. Faded by 0429. (Strawman, IA) 2252 in Afrikaans. (Brossell, WI)

SPAIN—Radio Exterior de Espana, 15390 in Spanish at 2115. (Brossell, WI) 15520 at 2012 with two men speaking in Spanish covering a soccer match. (Cooper, PA)

SWAZILAND—Trans World Radio, 4775, Manzini, with male announcer and ID at *0428, then woman opening English program, then vocal, followed by sermon. (D’Angelo, PA)

THAILAND—Radio Thailand, 15590 at 0005 with an S-3 carrier, but no audio. (Strawman, IA)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, 9515, Emirler at 0346-0353* with man speaking, ID and web address, Turkish instrumental music, 4-minute break before off for good. (D’Angelo, PA) 11815, Emirler at 1503 with instrumental music and Turkish announcements. (Brossell, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America, 15600 via Wooferton at 1455 in Kurdish. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia-UAE Relay, 9555 at 2328 in Tibetan. (Taylor, WI) 9990, Northern Marianas Relay in Mandarin at 2335. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty-Biblis Relay, 15450 at 1550 with men speaking then woman later giving contact info. (Cooper, PA)

Radio Farda-Bilbis Relay, 5860 in Farsi at 0027, several time pips at 0030, station ID. (Cooper, PA) 12005 via Woofferton at 1355 in Farsi and contemporary Persian music, male announcer. (Taylor, WI)

Adventist World Radio, 9725 via Nauen at 0405-0429 with man speaking in Bulgarin, discussion by man/woman. (D’Angelo, PA) 11800 via South Africa in French at 2019. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Payam-e-Doost, (Message from a Friend), 7460 via Moldova at *0230-0315* with opening music, ID and talks in Farsi. Short instrumental music and talks by man/woman. (D’Angelo, PA)

VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 7305 via Greenville at 0230, off at 0230 without an announcement. (Strawman, IA) 9560 via Tinang with man speaking at length in Mandarin. (Taylor, WI) 9660 in French at 2053. (Brossell, WI) 15595 SMG in Arabic at 1542 with man talking. (Cooper, PA)

VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam, 7315 via Cyprus Creek at 0111 with woman speaking in English. (Strawman, IA)

THANK YOU

High fives, back slaps, man hugs and salutes to all of you who checked in with logs and info this time. The good guys include: William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, Iowa; Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD; KB2DMD, Richard Parker, Pennsburg, PA; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; John C. Cooper, Lebanon, PA; and Mark Taylor, Madison, WI. Thanks to all of you! Until next month … 73 … Keep on keepin’on … Celebrate Shortwave!