ALASKA—KNLS, Anchor Point, 7355 at 1409 in English,
but overwhelmed by co-channel RNZI, 7370 at 1301 with the KNLS signature tune,
then into Chinese. (Sellers, BC)
ALGERIA—Radio Algerienne, 5905 via Issoudun at
2149 with Holy Qur’an mixed with musical pieces, male announcer in Arabic prior
to closedown at 2200. (D’Angelo, PA) 7295 via Issoudun at 0405 with man
speaking in Arabic and local music. (Strawman,
IA)
AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9610, Kununurra at 1328
with Indian music, closing Hindi with English announcements and off at 1329.
(Sellers, BC)
Ozy
Radio, Glenmore Park (NSW), 5045 at 1236 with music, apparent news at 1240, usually
an announcer between songs. Followed until 1415 when I had to go to work.
(Sellers, BC)
BOLIVIA—Radio Mosoj Chaski, possibly Cochabamba, 3310 at 0217
with man in Quechuan and mellow vocals. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte, 5952 with Spanish talk between 2 men, studio and field
reports in an Andean language. (Perry,
IL)
Radio
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 6135 nice signal at 0938 with
ranchero-style songs, full ID by woman at 0940, news in Spanish. (Perry, IL)
BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, Mopeng Hill, 4930 ending
news at 0205 and into music program. (Taylor,
WI) 9815 at 0343-0406 with man in
Kirundi, brief instrumental, ID, vocals. (D’Angelo, PA) 12075 at 1953 with French
service to North Africa, announcements over music bed, 2000 woman reading the
news. (Strawman, IA) 15580 at 1610 with an excellent signal
in English. (Perry, IL)
BRAZIL—(all
in Portuguese –GLD)
Radio
Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, 4875.2 at 0132 with male DJ and instrumentals.
(Taylor, WI) 0339-0356* with man hosting programs of Brazilian pop music, ID,
and frequency mention at 0355 as part of closedown then a brief instrumental
before close. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Clube do Para, Belem,
4885 at 0230 with Portuguese covers of rock things, male announcer, ID at 0200
and into Brazilian ballads. (Taylor,
WI) 0343 with man speaking and a heavy
reverb. (KB2DMD, PA)
Radio
Educacao Rural, possibly Tefe, 4925 at 0000, poor with man speaking through top
of the hour, ID and into music. (Taylor,
WI) 1005. (Perry, IL)
Voz
Missionaria, Camboriu, 5940 with program of lively Brazilian music, including
some sambas and a male announcer. (Taylor,
WI) 9665 at 0115 with man
speaking and ID. (KB2DMD, PA) 0341 with long religious talk followed by
discussion by several men, choral vocals at 0354, ID at 0359, more vocals at
0400. (D’Angelo, PA) 2345 with talks. (Brossell,
WI)
RB2,
Curitiba, at
6040 with lively upbeat music, 9725 at 0110 with crooner and female vocal
backup. (KB2DMD, PA) 2211 with monologue by woman with occasional comments by a
man. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Marumby, Curitiba,
9515 with morning DJ show at 0850. No ID through 0905. (Perry, IL)
Radio
9 de Julho, Sao Paulo,
9820 at 0108 with music amidst much QRN. (KB2DMD, PA) 0955 (p) with decent, but
fading signal so couldn’t make out the announcements. (Perry, IL)
Radio
Brazil Central, Goiania,
11815 at 0415-0452 with man giving long religious talk, another with ID at
0432, followed by vocals. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Aparecida, Aparecida, 11855 at 2254; male announcer, ID, time pips, and more
talk. (D’Angelo, PA)
CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 2314 with commercial mention
and News Talk10-10 ID, then a traffic
report. (Sellers, BC)
CKZN,
St. John’s (Newfoundland), with world news at 0000. (Brossell, WI)
Bible
Voice, (p) 15380 via Nauen in Arabic at 1745, woman speaking in Arabic with Middle
Eastern-style music breaks. (Taylor,
WI)
CHINA—China Radio International, 7285 via Albania with woman
speaking and an English program on literature, 2054 with Chinese language
lesson, then news and roundtable from 2100. (Taylor, WI)
7325-Xi’an at 2124-2130* with non-stop talk in Serbian to close. (D’Angelo, PA)
7350-Kashi at 2350 in English with man talking, 12035-Xi’an at 0003 with news
in possible Mandarin. (Strawman,
IA) 0139 in English on
manufacturing but somewhat tough with trans-polar flutter. (KB2DMD, PA) 7325-Jinhua
in Japanese at 1205, 9590-Kashi in Spanish at 2340. (Brossell, WI)
Beibo
Bay Radio, 9820 at 2258, competing with CNR, Beibo Bay
listed as being in English, Thai, and Khmer at this time. CNR was airing pops.
(Delibert, MD)
CNR-8,
11800, Beijing
at 0028 with man speaking in Mongolian and folk things. I noted 19 CNR or CRI
outlets on 25 meters between 0000-0100. Quite unusual to find this many at this
hour. (Taylor, WI) CNR-17m, Lingshi, 11630 at 0015 in
Kazakh with female announcer and folk things. (Taylor, WI)
PBS-Baiding,
possible 6200 at 1303 in Tibetan, female announcer with mellow vocals. (Taylor, WI)
China
Huayi Broadcasting, 6185, Fuzhou,
possibly at 1257 in Mandarin, theme-like music, Chinese choral things. (Taylor, WI)
Quinghai
PBS, 5990, Xining
with Chinese pops at 1058, two announcements by woman, another by man/woman,
live man/woman speaking in Chinese. Slop from both sides. (Valko, PA)
6145 at 1110 with nice subcontinental music with man speaking in non-tonal
language. (Perry, IL)
Nei
Menggu PBS, 9520, Hothot at 0029 with man speaking in Mandarin. (Taylor, WI)
Firedrake
music jammer, 7300 also at 2000-2100 seemingly against the unlisted VOA Relay
on Tinian, Northern Marianas. (Figlilozzi, NY)
As the late A.R. Niblack used to say about unidentifieds, “needs further work.”
COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 5910
at 0410-0509 with LA vocals and Spanish talk, occasional IDs, and announcements.
(D’Angelo, PA)
La
Voz de su Concencia, Puerto Lleras, 6010 at 0416-0440 with man speaking in Spanish,
light instrumentals and vocals. (D’Angelo, PA)
ECUADOR—HCJB, 6050, Pinchincha in Quechuan at
0155 with group singing. (KB2DMD, PA) 9530 via Ascension with man speaking in
Pullar at 2148 and a lively sermon, later a second man joined him. (Taylor, WI)
HCJB/Radio
Akhbar Mufriha, 7300 via Woofferton at 2104-2144*, brief 15-minute segments and
contact info at 2115, again at 2130 prior to close. (D’Angelo, PA) 2156 at 2158
in Hassinya Arabic. (Brossell,
WI)
EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9719.6, Abis at 2202-2249
with female announcer and news, ID at 2206, Egyptian music and other features.
Somewhat muddy audio. (D’Angelo, PA)
ENGLAND—BBC, 7285 via UAE at 0318-0359* with
several men speaking in Arabic, brief instrumental, and more talk,*0400 via
Woofferton opening in Arabic with more talk. (Taylor, WI)
7445, Woofferton at 0134 with talks in Dari. (KB2DMD, PA) 9915 at 0408 with
group discussion, woman giving station ID at 0430. D’Angelo, PA) 11625 in
Amharic, male announcer with music bridge at 1712. (Taylor, WI)
ETHIOPIA—Ethiopian Broadcasting, 7238v at with
a huge signal at 0356. Weak with some music, then into man talking, probably
news. Almost no modulation, despite the monster carrier. (Perry, IL)
Barely visible carrier at 1331, but massive ham QRM. Went off at 1703. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Deegaanka Soomaalida, 5940 at 1940. Just music to top of the hour, blasted by Algeria’s sign
on at 2000. (Valko, PA)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 7205 in French
at 2147. (Brossell, WI)
GERMANY—Deutsche Welle, 15165
via France
at 1604 with talks in Amharic. (Brossell,
WI)
GREECE—Voice of Greece, Avlis, 9420 in Greek at 2152.
(Brossell, WI)
GUAM—Adventist World Radio, 7510 at 1416
sudden sign on in Korean, 9445 at 1400 sign on with music, man/woman talking in
Chinese, 11800-Agat at 2235 in Indonesian, then a hymn in English. (Sellers,
BC)
GUINEA—Radio Guinneene, Conakry, 9650 ID at 1028, though beginning to
fade at this point. (Perry,
IL) 1859 with local vocals, nice
xylophone solo, canned ID at 1900, then man giving several IDs, program intro
by woman at 1902. (Valko, PA) In French at 2120. (Brossell, WI)
2126-2145* with great hi-life music hosted by man in French, ID, program ended
suddenly in mid-song. (D’Angelo, PA)
INDIA—All India Radio, 4900, Chennai in
Tamil at 1302, woman with South East Asian music. 13695, Bengaluru in English
with South East Asian music. (Taylor, WI) 5010-Thiruvananthupuram at 1156 with man/woman
speaking in English, subcontinental music to at least 1200, still going at
1210, but gone at 1219 recheck, 7550-Bengaluru at 1935 with English ID at 1943
and English close then into Hindi at 1945, 7555.7-Delhi with vocal at 1209 and announcer
in unknown language. (Valko,
PA) 7550-Bengaluru at 2101 in English
with news read by man/woman and low level audio, much weaker on //9445, 11620
at 1421 with listed English service. Weak with just bits and pieces of audio. (Strawman, IA) 9445-Bengaluru
at 2104 with news headlines, 11560-Panaji (Goa),
in Pashto at 1450. (Brossell,
WI)
TWR-India,
9745 via Armenia
with preacher in English at 1312, hymn, frequency announcements and IS.
(Sellers, BC) 1400 in English. (Perry,
IL)
AWR-India,
17730 via Madagascar
now on in English from 1600-1630 and requesting reports to adventistmediacenter@gmail.com.
(Perry, IL)
INDONESIA—Voice of Indonesia, 9525 at 2049 but very
weak in French, domestic music. Man back at 2056 with long announcement, brief
music, woman at top of the hour. Finally off at 2102. Quite unusual for this
hour. (Wood, MA) 1300 into English after Japanese with fanfare, ID,
frequencies, program rundown and into news. (Valko, PA)
IRAN—IRIB, 6040, Sirjan, at 1920 with usual
soft music, opening ID by man, Arabic music at 1925. (Valko, PA)
7360, Sirjan at 2116-2130* with woman speaking in Spanish and domestic music.
Off at 2130. (D’Angelo, PA)
JAPAN—Radio Japan,
5960 via France
with a radio drama in Japanese at 0411. (KB2DMD, PA) 11815 at 1424 two men talking
in Japanese with folk songs. (Strawman, IA) 13730 via Madagascar in Swahili with alternate
man/woman announcers at 1751. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Nikkei 2, 3945 at 1256 with female announcer, Japanese pops. Nikkei-1, 3925 at
1254 male/female announcers and long talk by man, //6055. (Taylor, WI)
MADAGASCAR—World Christian Broadcasting, 7330
with their “La Voz Alegre” Spanish service at 0300. (Perry, IL)
11610-Mahajanga with a religious program in Mandarin at 2118-2142. Address at
2129 during station break. (D’Angelo, PA) 11640 at 2140, 11790 at 2206 with
“Radio Feda” service. (Brossell,
WI) 11945 at 2006 with talk in Arabic,
classical music, and religious vocals. (Strawman,
IA)
African
Pathways Radio, Mahayana, 11825 with English religious talk, man with IS,
frequency announcement, Bible for
Children series and This Day in
History. (D’Angelo, PA)
MALAYSIA—RTM-Sarawak FM, 9835, Kajang best ever
reception with man reading the news at 1226, followed by a promo, Asian
romantic ballads, 2 women in discussion, DJs. (Valko, PA)
MEXICO—Radio Mil, Mexico City, 6010 with a variety of Mexican
music. (KB2DMD, PA)
NEW
ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand
International, 7425, Rangataiki, 1233-1259* with 2 men talking about farming
techniques, ID, woman hosting pop. (D’Angelo, PA)
NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, 7255, Ikorodu at 0654-0712
in Hausa, brief instrumental at 0700, ID and into French with more short instrumentals.
(D’Angelo, PA) 2050 ending pop/dance song, Hausa ID and mentions of Nigeria and
“NDIC Lagos.” Massive signal and free of ham QRM. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Nigeria, Kaduna, at 2138 with possible election
results. (Perry, IL)
NORTH
KOREA—Voice of Korea,
9445 at 2249 in Chinese over weaker India. (Sellers, BC) 11710 at 1450
with martial music and talks in French. (Brossell,
WI)
OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, 11975, Thumrait
at 1140 with Arabic talks by a woman and a man. Scheduled to 1700 in Arabic. (Perry, IL)
15140 in Arabic 1658. (Brossell,
WI)
OPPOSITION—Voice of Khmer (p) (via Tashkent to Cambodia), 12150 early but too weak
at 1130, then man and what sounded like a phoned-in report. Horrible audio. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Biafra (Okeechobee to Nigeria), 7240 at *0500 opening with woman giving English
ID, then music features, //11530, 1930-2000 with woman giving station ID,
mentioning an important announcement on upcoming elections, giving broadcasting
schedule. Seemed to be repeated the next day. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Free North Korea (via Uzbekistan
to North Korea),
9470 just after sign on at 1200 when woman came on speaking Korean at 1201. Woman
ended Korean talk at 1256, vocal at 1256 off at 1259. (Valko, PA)
North
Korea Reform Radio (via Uzbekistan
to North Korea),
7500 weak at 2045 just threshold audio and some SSB QRM. (Valko, PA)
Shiokaze
(Japan to North Korea),
7410 at 1330 barely able to hear instrumental at start of English under CRI. (Valko, PA)
Voice
of Freedom (South Korea
to North), 5920 at 1121, male announcer, music but too much slop from 5925-CNR.
(Valko, PA)
Voice
of the Wilderness (Uzbekistan to North Korea), 7625 at 1229 early sign on,
trumpet fanfare, soft opening music, then talk, later woman spaking over soft instrumental.
(Valko, PA)
1355 in Korean at 1355. Too weak to discern much more, Scheduled 1330-1530,
(Sellers, BC)
Echo
of Hope, 4885 (South Korea
to North), in Korean at 1425, VOA World
News ID at 1426 and presumed VOA news in Korean, into songs at 1502.
(Sellers, BC)
Radio
Itahuka (Madagascar to Rwanda), 15420 at *1758-1859* with O/C, man
talking at 1800 in possible Kirundi and long talks about Rwanda. Off at
1859 in mid announcement. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Dabanga (via Madagascar to Sudan), 15150
in Arabic at 1610 with droning African string music, ID at 1618 and news. (Perry, IL)
Voice
of the People of Somaliland, 9600 (via Madagascar
to Somalia),
at *1859-1929 flute, open announcements in Somali. Several talk features and
music segments. (D’Angelo, PA)
Denge
Kuridstane (via Armenia to Turkey),
7330 at 0408 with non-stop Kurdish vocals from this new site. (D’Angelo, PA)
“Radio
San’a” (p) (Saudi Arabia to Yemen), 11860
at 1727 with man speaking in Arabic. (Taylor,
WI)
PHILIPPINES—FEBA Radio, 12125 via Armenia at
1636-1639* with Amharic program, talks and music, woman with contact info followed
by IS. (D’Angelo, PA)
FEBC,
Bocaue, 9430 at 1238 in Mandarin with instrumental hymn, male speaker,
sometimes over music, mentioning FEBC. (Sellers, BC)
PIRATES—Radio Free Whatever, 4065u at 0018
with urban jazz, “Dick Weed” gave a fake African American name, then ID’d as
himself, played the Russian national anthem and into usual programming. (Hassig, IL)
6960u at 2156 with “Dick Weed” pretending to be another DJ and into a Halloween
special. (Taylor, WI)
WHSP,
4065u at 2247 with Betty Boop, ID. Spooky number about Anne Boleyn, punk rock.
Off at 2332, Address as Betty Boop Radio, P.O. Box 28413, Providence,
RI, 02908.
(Hassig, IL)
WHYP,
2345u at 0020 but very weak with man talking. (Hassig, IL)
Wolverine
Radio, 6935u at 2327; Halloween special with H-themed song and IDs every three
numbers. (Taylor, WI) 2339 with songs mentioning the devil. (Hassig, IL)
0118 with man testing, then program of “goodbye”-themed things, then ID and
into “hello” themed-things. SSTVs with Veterans Day themes. (Taylor, WI)
6950u at 0108 with songs and a “wish” theme. (Hassig, IL)
Pee
Wee Radio, 6955u at 0151 with guitar solo over SSTV. Fair in QRN. (Taylor, WI)
Betty
Boop Radio, 4065u at 2303 with big band version of Hells Bells, ID, announcer with song titles, Maryland postal address. A maniacal laugh at
2333 close. (Taylor, WI)
Crazy
Radio Shortwave/Clever Name Radio, 6950 at 2335 with contemporary dance music.
Later ID’d as Clever Name, which appeared to be behind the earlier 6955 BC. (Taylor, WI)
6955 at 2323 with scary music. Went off then. (Taylor, WI)
XLR8,
6950 at 0128 with segued rock, ID at 0143. (Taylor, WI)
Clever
Name Radio, 6945u with songs, several IDs, more music at 2130, “Welcome to
Clever Name Radio” several times. (Taylor,
WI) 9640u poor at 2340 with what
sounded like a Nirvana number. (Hassig,
IL)
Captain
Morgan, 6950.1 at 0237 with blues. ID via HFU. (Taylor, WI)
WFUQ,
6925 at 0100 with female DJ, mellow rock, shout out to me, DJ “Jackhammer,” off
at 0116 in mid-song. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Illuminati, 6920 at 2200 with mellow songs, rock and occasional IDs. (Taylor, WI)
Edmond
Fitzgerald Radio, 6925 at 2146 with Wreck
of the… and roll call of the deceased. Faded by 2155. (Taylor, WI)
X-7,
6955u at 0002 with weak new age things. Off about 0053. Thanks to HFU for ID. (Taylor, WI)
Crystal
Ship, 6876 at 2150 with oldies rick, ID, parody ads. Soon faded. (Taylor, WI)
Johnny
Tobacco (Euro) (or whatever name he’s using now) sounded like a Dutch C&W
song. Surprised to find him at 2116. Off at 2124. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Appalachia, 6935 weak with old time country at
0015. (Hassig, IL)
XE3CIA,
14230u at 1346 with SSTV CQ picture. (Valko,
PA)
Radio
Lupo (t) (Argentina).
6973.1 woman talking with man, a few words of Spanish. (Taylor, WI)
ROMANIA—Radio Romania International, 7325, Tiganesti
at 2220-2243 with male/female announcers in English on waste
management/recycling, then sports update. (D’Angelo, PA)
SAO
TOME—VOA Relay, Pinheira, 7325 at 2048-2101* man speaking in
Hausa, vocal at 2057 IS and VOA sign off. (D’Angelo, PA) 6080 at 0351 with pop
MC and English announcements. (Strawman,
IA)
SAUDI
ARABIA—BSKSA, 9870, Riyadh
with pop, Arabic comments at 1946. (Strawman,
IA) 2257 with Arabic song, cut
for news headlines. Audio at 2301, //9555. (Sellers, BC) 13710 with Koran
recitations at 1502. (Brossell,
WI)
SINGAPORE—BBC-Far East Relay Station, 11700 at
0018 in Burmese with female announcer and sound bites. (Taylor, WI)
SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, Meyerton, 3345, poor
in QRN at 0330. A few words in English copied. (Taylor, WI)
15235 with world news at 1702. (Brossell,
WI) 6165 at 0310 absolutely
banging in, aiding an ID of 0354. (Perry,
IL)
Radio
Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 3320 at 0332 in Afrikaans, man/woman with light music.
(Taylor, WI)
SPAIN—Radio Exterior de Espana, Nobeljas, 9690
at 2241 with rock number in English, man speaking in Spanish, more rock.
(Sellers, BC)
SUDAN—Sudan Radio, Al-Aitahab, 7205 at 0357
with Arabic talks. Low audio and fading. (Strawman,
IA)
SWAZILAND—Trans World Radio, 3240 in Shona at
0308-0324, male announcer with female vocals. Into N’debele at 0325. (Taylor,
WI) Booming in at 0305 with man
reading the news or a religious talk. (Perry,
IL) 9940-Manzini at 1947-1950*
with man closing French program, IS and off. (D’Angelo, PA)
TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, 9855 via France at
1717-1758*, flute music, man with mostly Russian talks some music in between.
(D’Angelo, PA)
Voice
of Hope, 7600 with woman speaking in Mandarin at 2031, then a man seemingly
transitioning to another program or a different segment. (Taylor, WI)
TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, Emirler, 5960 at 2336 in English
with features and Turkish music, man giving ID and Turkish instrumentals.
(D’Angelo, PA) 7240-Emirler at 0405-0426 with news in English, nice ID at 0412,
then woman with a history segment. (D’Angelo, PA) 11815-Emirler in Turkish at
1415. (Brossell, WI)
UNITED STATES—Voice of America,
9800 via Philippines
in Korean at 1450 with world news. (Sellers, BC) 15120 via Ascension in Bambara
at 2135. 15600 via Woofferton in Kurdish at 1446, 15620 via Woofferton with
news in English at 1600. (Brossell,
WI)
Radio
Free Asia-Tajikistan relay, 7470 at 2339 in Tibetan. (Brossell, WI)
9450 Kuwait Relay in Uyghur at 0134, but jammed on peaks. (KB2DMD, PA)
Adventist
World Radio, 11720 via Madagascar
at 1720 with man in lively sermon in Swahili. (Taylor,
WI), 11925 via Sri Lanka at 0041, male/female announcers
and alternating short sections. (Taylor,
WI) 17605 Austrian relay with a
string instrument and talks in Afar. (Brossell,
WI)
WRNO,
New Orleans, 7505 at 0328-0400* with extended talk in Chinese which continued
to 0357 when an English announcement asking for reception reports, ID
mentioning studios in Fort Worth, then into religious program. (D’Angelo, PA)
Pan
American Broadcasting, 21525 via WRMI at 1857 with English religion. Seemed to
be programmed in 15-minute blocks. (D’Angelo, PA)
VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 7250-(SMG) in Arabic at
2145. (Brossell, WI)
ZANZIBAR—ZBC, Dole, 6015 at 0312-0320 in
Swahili with announcer and talks. (Delibert,
MD) 11735 at 2015 with Swahili
vocals. (Strawman, IA) 2010 with a gorgeous signal and Arabic
music. Sked to 2100. (Perry,
IL)
This
month we received reports from: Arthur
Delibert, North Bethesda, MD; Ralph
Perry, Wheaton, IL; Rich D’Angelo,
Wyomissing, PA; John Figliozzi, Half
Moon, NY; Mark Taylor, Madison, WI; Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; Hector Frias, CE3FZL, Puerto Alta,
Chile; Richard Parker, KB2DMD,
Pennsburg, PA; Dave Valko, Dunlo,
PA; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant,
IL; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.
Thanks to all of you!
Until next month…Keep on
keepin’ on … and … Celebrate Shortwave!
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