January 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

ALASKA—KNLS, Anchor point, 7355 at 1230 ending Focus on the Family and into DX Tips for Beginners. (Sellers, BC) 9920 at 1301 in Mandarin with an IS. (Taylor, WI)

ALGERIA—Radio Algerienne, 9810 via France with songs and announcements in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)

ASCENSION—BBC, 5925, English Bay at 0543 on the Rohinga refugees in Bangladesh, then a sports report, 6135 at 0550 in Hausa with a discussion by two men and frequent mentions of Nigeria. (Sellers, BC) 9915 with BBCWS ID at 2106 followed by an analysis of Trump’s cabinet choices. (Brossell, WI) 15400 at 1855 on world cup soccer. (Cooper, PA)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9720, Kununurra (p) at 1325 with an interview on Africa, station theme and reflection on a Bible verse. (Taylor, WI)

BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, Mopeng Hill, 9815 at 0343 with mean speaking in Kirundi, brief instrumental, woman talking, ID, and vocals. (D’Angelo, PA) 11955 at 2035 in Hausa with ID, possible news. (Sellers, BC) 15580 at 1738 on Ugandan culture. (Brossell, WI) 1842 on Uganda, then C/W stuff. (Cooper, PA)

BRAZIL—(all in Portuguese –GLD)

Radio Clube do Para, Boa Vista, 4885 at 0115 with phone-ins. (Taylor, WI) 0137 with rap/pop number, female DJ, female singer. (Cooper, PA) bridges, Brazilian ballads. (Taylor, WI)

Radio 9 de Julho, (p) 9820, Sao Paulo at 2126 with male announcer and instrumentals. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Brazil Central, Goiania, 11815 at 0115 with man giving a long religious talk, another man gave the ID, followed by vocals. (D’Angelo, PA) 2250 with male/female announcers and news headlines, ID at 2255. (Cooper, PA)

Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 5035 at 0130 with an operatic-style vocal. (Taylor, WI) 0217 with music bridges, splash from RHC on 5040. (Taylor, WI) 2240 with male/female announcers and pop vocals. (Delibert, MD) 11855 at 2054 with man talking, ID, and time pips. (D’Angelo, PA) 2236 with an interview. (Taylor, LFP)

Radio Evangelizar, Curitiba, 6040.7 at 0008 with male announcer, another man speaking alternating with woman through top of the hour. (Taylor, WI) 2300 with male/female speakers, 2300 with man and woman talking back and forth, possible ID at 2305. (Cooper, PA)

CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0449 with an ad string and News Talk 1010 ID. (Sellers, BC)

CKZN, St. John’s (Newfoundland), 6160 at 0033 with a report on retirement there. (Brossell, WI)

CHINA—China Radio International, Xi’an, 7205 at 2349 in Mongolian; 7300, Urumqi in Mandarin at 2352; 11700, Beijing in Vietnamese at 0009. (Brossell, WI) 7285 via Albania in English at 2028 with ID, two women on phone with another woman doing a skit followed by promo for CRI Theater to be heard next. (Cooper, PA)

China National Radio-Network 2, Xi’an, 9820 at 2130 ending song, man talking, ID, and fanfare. (Taylor, WI) CNR, Lingshi, 11810 in Mongolian at 2334. (Taylor, LFP) CNR-17, Lingshi, 9630 with man speaking in Kazakh at 1314. (Taylor, WI)

COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, 5910 at 0131, mostly segued music over 2 hours of listening. Strong enough to be listenable for a good part of the evening. (Taylor, WI) 0410 with LA vocals hosted by woman. (D’Angelo, PA) 2124-2130* with man speaking in Serbian. (D’Angelo, PA) 0524 in Spanish with LA dance music and occasional man speaking in Spanish. (Sellers, BC)

ECUADOR—HCJB, 6050-Pichincha in Quechua at 1029. Mostly instrumentals. Just one vocal. (Cooper, PA) 7300 via Wooferton in Arabic at 2123. (Brossell, WI)

EGYPT—Radio Cairo, Abis, 9720 at 2202 in English ID at 2206, nice domestic music, carrier cut later without announcements, but had the usual muddy audio. (D’Angelo, PA)

ENGLAND—BBC, 7345 with man/woman reading the news, 7445 via South Africa at 0435 on cancer In Nigeria. (Sellers, BC) 13660, Woofferton at 1904. BBCWS ID and man with news headlines. (Cooper, PA) 15420 via South Africa with news at 1501. (Brossell, WI)

End Times Coming Radio, 11590 via Bulgaria at 1920 with man speaking about living a Biblical life. (Cooper, PA)

ETHIOPIA—Amhara State Radio, 6090, Addis Ababa, barely audible at 0255, with what sounded like music, repeats of haunting IS, dead air, then man suddenly at 0300 and lively HOA music. Massive slop from Japan on 6105. (Valko, PA) 0324 with man/woman speaking in Amharic. Carrier cut at 0350 and again at 0358. (D’Angelo, PA)

Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110 in Amharic at 2020 with female vocal then male announcers. (Cooper, PA)

FRANCE—Radio France International, on 7205 in French at 2058. (Brossell, WI) 11700 at 2911 in Hausa, man giving station ID, contact info, then 2 men reading the news. Occassional “machine gun” QRM from 11722.5. (Taylor, WI) 15300 in French at 1855 with woman speaking briefly, instrumental, then off at 1858. (Cooper, PA)

GERMANY—Deutsche Welle (p), 13750 via France in French, man/woman reading the news at 1707. (Taylor, WI) 21779.9 via Ascension at 1610 with program about Africa and talk about HIV. (Cooper, PA)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, 9935 with talks in Greek at 2022. (Brossell, WI) 2125. (Cooper, PA)

INDIA—All India Radio, Chennai, 4920 at 1216 in Tamil, female announcer speaking at length, then Southeast Asian music. 5010-Thiruvananathapuram (p) at 1220 in Malay. woman with Southeast Asian music. 9445-Bengaluru at 2138 in English commentary, //7550, 9865, Bangalore, Vividh, Bharati service at 1329 in Hindi (Taylor, WI) 11670-Bengaluru in Hindi at 2029. (Brossell, WI) 11740-Panaji (Goa), at 2230 at 2230 with Indian–accented announcer and news. (Taylor, LFP)

Trans World Radio-India, (p) 9410 via Armenia at 1311 with English preacher. (Taylor, WI)

JAPAN—NHK Radio Japan, 5975 at 0500 with Welcome to Japan World Update and man/woman reading the news. (Sellers, BC) 9855 via Madagascar in French at 2040. (Brossell, WI) 13720-Yamata with woman speaking in Japanese at 1708. (Taylor, WI) 9710 via Vatican at 1935. News headlines, program called Made in Japan. (Cooper, PA) 13680 in mostly Japanese at 2124 with ID at 2125, music to bottom of the hour. (Sellers, BC) 2230. (Barton, AZ)

Radio Nikkei-1, 3925 at 1030. All girl J-pop, 6055 more girl pop with female host. (Barton, AZ)

MALAYASIA—Sarawak FM, Kajang, 9835 with male announcer, song, then a radio play. Off abruptly in mid-song at 0045. (Taylor, LFP)

NETHERLANDS—The Mighty KBC, 5960 via Nauen at 0145 with an instrumental, then a shout out. (Cooper, PA)

NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, Rangtitaiki, 7425 at 1045 with pop song and several male singers, woman talking and interview with one of them. (Cooper, PA) 1120 with Dateline Pacific on political turmoil in New Caledonia. (Barton, AZ) 1141 on the closing of a cannery in American Samoa, (Sellers, BC) 1233-1258* with two men discussing farming techniques, then woman hosting pops. (D’Angelo, PA)

NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, 7255 at 0600. Dead air at first, then audio faded up with man speaking in Hausa and many mentions of Nigeria, also mentions of Abuja in what sounded like a newscast. (Sellers, BC) 0654 in Hausa, brief instrumental at 0700, then switched to French. (D’Angelo, PA) 0750 in Fulani, man talking to 0758, then off abruptly. (Taylor, WI)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, Kujang, 13650 at 1410 in Mandarin with DPRK instrumental. (Taylor, WI)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait,15140 in Arabic at 1626. (Brossell, WI)

OPPOSITION—Dimtse Radio Erena (via Bulgaria to Eritrea), 11965 in Arabic at 1735. (Taylor, WI)

Dandal Kura Radio (via Ascension to Nigeria), 5960 at 0513 in the (p) Kanuri language, woman talking, English ID at 0518, then into language and mentions of Cameroon. (Sellers, BC) 2028 in Kanuri, man speaking, indigenous music and man interviewing two other men. (Taylor, WI)

Fursato No Kaze (Taiwan to North Korea), 9900 with woman speaking in Japanese. (Taylor, WI)

Denge Kurdistan (via Madagascar to Turkey), 7320 via Armenia from new site, non-stop Kurdish vocals. (D’Angelo, PA) 7455 at 2147 in Kurdish. (Brossell, WI) 11600 via Issoudun at 1812, mane speaking in Kurdish with “democracy” mentioned several times. (Cooper, PA)

Radio Tamazuj (via Vatican to Sudan), 1518 in Sudanese. (Brossell, WI)

“Republic of Yemen Radio” (Saudi Arabia to Yemen), 11860 in Arabic at 1510. (Brossell, WI) 2020 with man speaking in Arabic, Frequent “machine gun” QRM on 11846 made listening tough. (Taylor, WI)

PHILIPPINES—Radio Veritas Asia, 15330 via Vatican in Urdu at 1451. (Brossell, WI)

PIRATES—Wolverine Radio, 6965u at 0051 with Rock Around the Clock and other songs with “around” in them. SSTV/FAX at 0133. (Hassig, IL)

Radio Illluminati, 6955 at 2349 with segued hard rock. ID from HF Underground. (Taylor, LFP)

Radio Free Whatever, 6950u at 2210, mellow instrumental, shout out to HF Underground loggers, Soviet NA, Dick Weed and Staven, with obscure rock, DJ talk and ID. (Taylor, WI)

Clever Name Radio, 6935u with segued rock, ID at 2232 and into more rock. (Taylor, LFP) 2354 with what sounded like punk rap. (Hassig, IL)

THWH, 7470 at 0248. Distinctive preacher and anti-Christian unique Yahwaist theology, usual theme music. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Paisano, 6925 at 0005 with a variety of Italian-American songs. Off at 0029. QRM from peskies on LSB so had to use USB much of the time. (Taylor, WI) 2135 with Italian-themed songs. (Cooper, PA) 2356 and a guy with an Italian accent and comedy tunes. (Hassig, IL)

Tangerine Radio, 6950u, letters mentioning Tangerine Radio, address in Hawaii, at 0005, skull and crossbones waterfall mages during ID and a break into music. (Taylor, WI) 2352 with C/W stuff. (Hassig, IL)

WQLD, 6935u at 0035 with mellow instrumentals, monologue on community radio other numbers and a long canned ID. (Taylor, WI)

Laser Hot Hits, (Euro), 6205 at 0334 with pop things, never seemed to peak during the announcements. (Hassig, IL)

Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6950.3 at 2315 with segued blues. (Taylor, WI)

ROMANIA—Radio Romania International, Tiganesti, 7325 at 2220-2243 with man/woman speaking in English on waste management and recycling, followed by sports update. (D’Angelo, PA) 0215 with monologue in Spanish. (Barton, AZ) 9610 in English at 2044. (Sellers, BC) 11810-Tiganesti with Listeners Letterbox, then IS and close off at 1755. (Cooper, PA)

SAO TOME—VOA Relay, 6080 at 0454 on the late Tom Petty. Best in LSB due to co-channel QRM, though much improved after 0500. (Sellers, BC) 6195 at 2157 with hi-life, ID and off at 2158. (Brossell, WI) 11815 in Sudanese/Arabic at 1915. (Cooper, PA) 13590 at 1723 on Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands hurricane recovery. (Taylor, WI)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 9675 in Turkish at 2018. (Brossell, WI) 2025 in Turkish with woman and Arabic music, 9675 at 2025 in Turkish. (Sellers, BC)

SOUTH AFRICA—Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 3320 at 0330 with classical music and Afrikaans. (Barton, AZ)

SPAIN—Radio Exterior de Espana, Mobeljas, 9690 with news in Spanish. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Mi Amigo, 1845 via Armenia in English with male DJ talking about Motown things to be played. (Cooper, PA)

SWAZILAND—Trans World Radio, Manzini, 4775 at 0428 coming on with IS and repeated ID, too weak to tell anything else. (Sellers, BC) 9940 in French at 1940, 1947 (Cooper, D’Angelo, PA)

SWEDEN—IBRA Radio, 9895 via UAE at 0248 in Dari with male announcer speaking at length. (Taylor, WI)

THAILAND—Radio Thailand, Ban Dong, 5855 at 1114 in Vietnamese with man and IS, into Khmer at 1116. (Cooper, PA)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, 5980 – (Emirler), in Turkish at 2135. (Brossell, WI) 9460-Emirler at 1747 in Turkish, Turkish music, 4+1 pips at 1800. (Turkey, LFP) 9635-Emirler at 1956 in French, theme and into a radio play. (Taylor, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America, 7455-Thailand Relay, in Mandarin at 2250, 15621 via Woofferton, in Somali at 1638. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia, 9555 via UAE in Tibetan at 2344, with talk and mention of the RFA website. (Taylor, WI) 9900-Northern Marianas Relay in Mandarin at 2354. (Brossell, WI)

Adventist Word Radio, 11790 via France at 2032 with woman speaking in Yoruba. (Sellers, BC) 17570 via Madagascar in Moore at 2013. (Brossell, WI)

WRNO, New Orleans, 7505 at 0220 with religious, ID for Marantha Radio and contact info, WRNO ID with email and Dallas P.O. address. (Taylor, WI)

Pan American Broadcasting, 21525 via WRMI, at 1837 with religious program. Appeared to be in 15-minute blocks. (D’Angelo, PA)

The Overcome Ministry, 5900 via Bulgaria, Bible reading and into Bother Stair screaming. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Prague, 9455 via WRMI at 1208 on mining there and on a Czech painter. (Sellers, BC)

Radio Payem e-Doost (p) (via Moldova to Iran) with monologue in Farsi at 0313. (Barton, AZ)

VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 17895 at 1650 on pro male and female tennis players. (Brossell, WI) 9600 via Philippines at 2346 in Vietnamese ending mellow song and into male announcer. (Taylor, WI) 9670 in English at 2010 man talking about global goals and issues on providing water, woman from UN. (Cooper, PA)

VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam, (p) 9635-Son Tay in Vietnamese at 1246 with nice Vietnamese music and announcer. (Taylor, WI)

ZANZIBAR—ZBC, 6015 at 0258 with woman speaking in Swahili, slow time ticks at 0300 and Qur’an from 0301 to 0303 cut off. Dead air to at least 0321. (D’Angelo, PA) 9560 via Philippines in Mandarin at 1243. (Taylor, WI) 11735-Dole, at 1855 with man.woman speaking in possible Swahili. ID for Zed B-C and 5+1 time pips, then news. (Delibert, MD) 2015 lively song, female announcer speaking in Swahili. (Cooper, PA) 2054. (Brossell, WI) 2102 with man/woman reading the news, Spice FM ID. (Taylor, WI)

High fives, touchdown signals and man hugs to all who checked in this time: Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA; Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA; Tom Gavaras, Minnetonka, MN; Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; John C. Cooper, Lebanon, PA; and Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ.

Until next month…keep on keepin’ on, and…Celebrate Shortwave!