ALASKA—7370 with an English preacher at 1210,
6110 with IS at 1500, poor, with co-channel QRM from possibly PBS-Xizang, 7370
at 1217 with English; songs and a Christian message. (Sellers, BC)
ALGERIA—Radio Algerienne, 6105 via France with
Qur’an at 0523 in Arabic. (KB2DMD, PA) 7335 with man and woman speaking in Arabic.
(Brossell, WI)
ANGOLA—Radio Nacional, 4949, Mulenvos at 0154
with continuous music to 4+1 time pips at 0200, ID and news, then several announcements.
(D’Angelo, FCDX) 0256 with mellow music, TS at 0300 with announcements, then man
reading the news. (Taylor, WI)
ASCENCION
ISLAND—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, 6005 on North Korea
and the Olympics. (KB2DMD, PA) 15105 in Hausa at 2010. (Brossell, WI)
AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9610, Kununurra at 1316
with preacher in Hindi, English close at 1329. (Sellers, BC)
AUSTRIA—Adventist World Radio, 9770, Moosbrunn
at 2018 with hymns, male announcer. Off in mid-sentence at 2025. (Taylor, WI)
BOLIVIA—Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 3310
at 2350-0005 with man in Quechua vocal, female announcer began in Spanish, man
just before the hour with ID and announcements, then music. (D’Angelo, FCDX; Valko, PA)
Radio
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 6134 at 0037, two men with long
discussion in Spanish, series of IDs beginning at 0058, and more discussions.
(D’Angelo, FCDX)
Rio
Pio Doce, Siglo Viente, 5952 in Quechua at 2317 with rustic Andean CP music.
Fair/good level but with horrible slop QRM from WRMI on 5950. (Valko, PA)
BOTSWANA—VOA-Relay, 4930 with Afro-pops at
0440. (KB2DMD, PA) 15580 at 1955 on the economies of several developing African
countries. (Brossell, WI)
BRAZIL—(all in Portuguese –GLD)
Radio
Congohas, Congohas, 4775 at 2228-2258, man hosting pops program, nice ID and
several songs from 2233. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
Radio
Cultura do Amazonas, Manaus,
4845 at 0107 ending song and man talking. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, 4875, at 0303 female announcer gave way to male
announcer followed by a ballad. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Club do Para, Belem,
4885 at 0436 or 0439 with Brazilian pops and male announcer, ID, and frequency announcements
at 0454. (KB2DMD, PA, D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Brazil Central, Goiania,
4985 at 0239 with contemporary music, male DJ into a ballad. (Taylor, WI)
0031 covered by RTTY, then in the clear with Brazilian pops, IDs, and announcements.
(D’Angelo, FCDX)
Radio
Gaucha, Porto Alegre,
6020 with male/female hosts speaking with a caller. (KB2DMD, PA)
RB2,
Curitiba, 6040
with upbeat music at 0517. (KB2DMD, PA)
Voz
Missionaria, Camboriu at 2226 with nice vocal, followed by long religious talk.
(D’Angelo, FCDX) 5940 at 0457 with woman talking endlessly. (KB2DMD, PA)
CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 1325 fading in and out with
a weather report. (Sellers, BC)
Bible
Voice, 11790 via Nauen in Urdu at 1556, male announcer over music. (Taylor, WI)
CHINA—China Radio International, 7325, Xi’an at 1220 in Japanese
with woman talking over music, //7260. (Sellers, BC) 1247, Jinhua in Japanese;
12085, Xi’an in
Mongolian at 2308. (Brossell,
WI) 9620, Kashi, 2156-2158 male
and female announcers discussing popular English phrases. Carrier cut while the
woman was still speaking. (D’Angelo, PA) 11900, Kunming, 1349-1356* with man talking about wild
flowers, vocal segment. Woman with closing ID and announcements. (D’Angelo,
FCDX)
PBS
Xizang, 6200, Baiding at 1324 in Tibetan with man talking, then woman talking.
(Taylor, WI)
PBS-Xinjiang,
5060, Urumqi in
Mandarin at 0107, just barely audible in Mandarin. (Taylor, WI)
Voice
of China,
4750, Hailar at 4750, male and female announcers in Chinese, acapella at 1149,
another at 1153. CODAR QRM, 4800, Golmud at 1124, man and woman speaking in Chinese
with flutes, some sort of dramatization at 1135. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
Voice
of Shenzhou, 6165, Beijing,
at 1153 with female vocals and woman speaking in Chinese, music fanfare, vocals
following news. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
Voice
of Jinling, 6200, Nanjiang, 1227 opening with male vocals and Chinese program
was a mix of music and talk. (D’Angelo, FCDX) Usual booming signal at 1305 with
some kind of news show, man and woman speaking in Vietnamese to theme at 1310
then music program. (Perry,
IL)
Nei
Menggu PBS, 7270, Hot Hot at 1320 in Mongolian, alternating between male and
female announcers. (Taylor,
WI) 9520 in Mandarin at 2353,
9750 in Mongolian, woman talking followed by a speech by a man. (Taylor, WI)
CNR-6,
Beijing, 6165
at 1333 in Mandarin with mellow instrumentals, man and woman giving announcements.
(Taylor, WI)
COLOMBIA—Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 5910
at 0422 with continuous local music with 2 male announcers in Spanish.
(D’Angelo, PA)
CUBA—Radio Progresso, Bauta, 4765 in Spanish
with sultry-voiced female announcer with hypnotic talk and very scary talk.
Abruptly off at 0431. (KB2DMD, PA)
CZECH
REPUBLIC—Radio Prague,
5850 via Okeechobee with a news/magazine program at 2330. (Barton, AZ)
ECUADOR—HCJB, 6050, Pinchincha at 0050 with man
speaking in Spanish and indigenous music, ID at 0159. (Taylor,
WI) 11900 via Sri
Lanka at 1540 with its Russian program from Voronezh studio. Supposed
to go into Chechen at 1600. (Perry,
IL) (Ralph notes that this now
QSLs direct with a nice card/package.)
EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9890, Abis at 2108 in French
man and woman talkers. (Taylor,
WI)
ENGLAND—BBC, 15490 via Madagascar at 1556 on human rights in Zimbabwe.
(Brossell, WI)
End
Times Coming, 9400 via Bulgaria
at 1922-1930 with man giving religious talk and the coming rapture, woman
ending program at 1930. (D’Angelo, PA)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 9790 at
2100 with ID in French, news in English, Zuma’s resignation announcement
translated into French. (Taylor,
WI)
GREECE—Voice of Greece, 9420, Avlis at 2313 with
talks in Greek. (Brossell, WI)
GUINEA—RTV Guinneene, 9650, Conakry
at 2327 with French announcements, mention of Conakry. (Brossell, WI)
GUAM—Adventist World Radio, 9445, Agat with
woman speaking in Mandarin with a radio play and interview. (Taylor, WI)
11800 at 2255 with religious music, and woman speaking in Indonesian. Closed at
the top of the hour without announcement. (Barton, AZ)
GUATEMALA—Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 4055 at 1143
with choir and man preaching in Spanish. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1235 with man
speaking in Spanish, banjo. (Sellers, BC)
INDIA—All India Radio, 4920, Chennai at 1226
with what sounded like Indian film music, female announcers reading the news
and ID, back to woman speaking in Tamil and more film music; 5010, Thiravanathupuram
at 1231 with woman reading the news; 11560, Panaji (Goa) at *1530 with woman
speaking and news in G.O.S.; 11620 at 13490 in Nepalese.(D’Angelo, FCDX) 4920, Chennai
at 1231 with English news; 5010 at 1250 in Malay, man and woman alternating
their talk; 5040, Jeypore in Orissa at 1309, two men talking, then woman
talking and Southeast Asian music; 7550, Panaji with G.O.S. and western-style
ballad in possibly Hindi. (Taylor,
WI) 4920 in Hindi at 1410, 5010
at 1359 in Hindi. (Sellers, BC) 9865, Bengaluru at 1630 with drums, flutes, male/female
vocals in possible Hindi, still going at 1700; 11620 with massive signal in
Nepali service at 1330 with Indian pops just after open. (Perry,
IL) 11560, Bengaluru with sub-continental
songs and announcements being read in
Dari; 15175, Panaji (Goa), in Gujarati
at 1547. (Brossell, WI)
Athmik
Yatra Radio, 7380 Vvia Nauen at 2341 in Gurage, man speaking slowly, Southeast
Asian music, into Burmese. (Taylor,
WI)
Adventist
World Radio, 9745 via Armenia
at *1259 ending IS, woman with English sign on. Man preaching, ID, and announcements
at 1314 before switching to another language. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
INDONESIA—Radio Republic Indonesia, 3325, Palangkaraya
(Kalimantan), 1257 music variety. (Taylor, WI)
1418 with woman hosting pops, splatter from 3320-Pyongyang, (Sellers, BC) 2219
with man speaking is in possible Indonesian. Very poor. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
IRAN—IRIB, 7360, Sirjan at 2056 with music
and Spanish talks and announcements prior to talk features. (D’Angelo, PA)
JAPAN—Radio Japan,
6155 via Austria
with really annoying pops at 0529. (KB2DMD, PA) 11655 at 2140 with piano, still
going at 2230 with acoustic guitar, then man and woman speaking in Japanese.
13650 at 2345 in Burmese, off with time pips at the top of the hour. (Baton,
AZ)
Radio
Nikkei-1, 3925, Nagara at 1058 with woman speaking in Japanese, later man
talking. (D’Angelo, PA) 1241 with contemporary music. (Taylor, WI)
Nikkei-2,
6115 at 0800 with non-stop pops, female announcer speaking in Japanese, English
ID at the top of the hour. (Barton,
AZ) 1106 with woman speaking in Japanese
and group discussion. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
MADAGASCAR—Madagascar World Voice/Radio Fada, 11945 at 1946
in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)
NEW
ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand,
9890, Rangitaiki at 1121 with English on the situation in Fiji. Carrier
cut in mid-sentence, then back with more on the Cook
Islands. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1241 with TC, ID and music, also 1304 on
7390. (Sellers, BC)
NORTH
KOREA—Voice of Korea,
6185, Kajang, at 1328 with martial music and Mandarin. (Taylor, WI)
KCBS,
2850, Pyngyang in Korean at 1222 with chorus, 3220 at 1230 with possible news
in Korean. (Sellers, BC) 2850 at 1230 with patriotic music. (Barton, AZ)
PBS
Pyongyang, (p) 3320 in Korean with DPRK opera. (Taylor, WI)
OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, 15140, Thumrait,
*1400 woman reading the news headlines. (D’Angelo, PA) 1527 in Arabic. (Brossell, WI)
OPPOSITION—Radio Xoriyo Ogaden, (via France to Ethiopia), 11970 from 1600 sign on,
then HOA music with woman speaking in Somali. (Perry, IL)
Voice
of the Amara People, (via France
to Eritrea),
15360 at 1702 missed opening but with male/female announcers speaking in
Amharic. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Erena, (via Bulgaria to Eritrea) 9720
with man speaking in Arabic, ID, and apparent close. Instrumentals to close.
(D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
OMN (Oromo Media Network), (via Bulgaria
to Eritrea),
11600 at *1556-1656* with O/C open and possibly news in Omoro, HOA music, long
talks. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Xoriyo, (via France to Eritrea) 11970
at 1608 with HOA music and long talk in Somali. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Hwera International, (via Florida to Nigeria) 11530
at 1942-2000* with nice vocals, male announcer in Hausa, ID. (D’Angelo, PA)
1950-2000 via WRMI excellent level in Hausa. (Perry, IL)
Furusato
No Kaze, (Japan to North Korea), 9560 (via Taiwan) at 1453 in Japanese with contact info,
ID and off; 9965 via Palau
at 1531; 9975 at 1516 in Korean; 9800 via Taiwan in Korean at 1511. (Taylor, WI)
9705 with man speaking in Japanese at 1335, woman with vocal at 1342, nothing
on supposed //s 9900 or 9850. (Perry, IL) 5935 at 1330, woman giving English
ID, electronic music bridges, jammed; 9690 at 1615 with geisha house-like
music, Japanese vocals, woman giving monologue in Japanese. (Barton, AZ)
Voice
of the People, (South Korea
to North), 4450 at 1143 with woman speaking in Korean. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1234
with man and woman with passionate talk. (Sellers, BC)
Voice
of Hope, (South Korea
to North), 3985 at 1247 in Korean with K-pop, woman with long harangue. Weak
DPRK jamming. (Taylor, WI) 1412 with man and woman speaking in Korean,
one questioning the other. (Sellers, BC)
Echo
of Unification, (South Korea
to North), 5905 at 0020. Running past scheduled close with man and woman
speaking in Korean to 0044. (Perry,
IL)
Radio
Dabanga, (via Madagascar to Sudan), 13800
in Arabic at 1534 with male and female announcers. (Taylor, WI)
Dengue
Kurdistane, (via Armenia to Turkey), 7320
at 2016-2200* in Kurdish with man and woman talk. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Sana’a, 11860 (Saudi Arabia
to Yemen)
in Arabic at 1557. (Taylor,
WI)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA—NBC,
Bougainville, 3325 at 1113 with mentions of
“government” and “Bougainville”. Into lively island music at 1148. (Valko, PA)
1143 mixing with RI-Palangkaraya. Bougainville
went off at 1201. (Sellers, BC)
PHILIPPINES—Radio Veritas Asia, 15355,
Palauig, at 2259 with English ID, then into Tagalog. (Brossell, WI)
Far
East Broadcasting Corporation, 9345, Iba at 1446 in Mandarin with man and woman
alternating with vocals. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
PIRATES—Clever Name Radio, 6900u at 0219, and
0352 and 6910u at 2300. (Hassig,
IL) 6940u at 0052, 2321, and 2354
variously. (Hassig, IL) 0140 with segued rock, synthesized ID by
woman, 6950u at 0135 with rock, ID, heavy metal. (Taylor, WI)
Captain
Morgan, 6947 at 2322 with blues, ID, shifted to 6924 at 2336. (Taylor, WI)
Pee
Wee Radio at 0045 with bluesy numbers, CW ID at 0137. (Taylor, WI)
Voice
of Yeti International, 6980u at 2252 various pops and off. Back at 2310 with
Elton John, then with nice Chinese-style western music. (Taylor, WI)
Wild
100, 6965u at 2140 with nice guitar jazz and periodic IDs. (Taylor, WI)
Skippy
Radio, 6930u at 2315 early rock, boogie-woogie, and SSTV. (Taylor, WI)
Channel
Z, 6150 with Andy Walker at 2226, ID and greetings to several DXers. Signal
cutting out at times. (Valko,
PA)
Yeah
Man Radio, 6925 at 2125 ending a jazz number, IDs and talk about HF Underground
and greeting listeners. (Valko,
PA)
Wolverine
Radio, 6950u at 0148 with good variety of progressive rock from different eras.
(Hassig, IL)
ROMANIA—Radio Romania International, 7220, Galbeni
at 0504 with man and woman reading the news in Romanian, then ID, followed by
features. (D’Angelo, PA) 15130 in Arabic at 1531. (Brossell, WI)
SAO
TOME—VOA Relay, 4960, Pinheira, //4930-Botswana at 0445.
(KB2DMD, PA) 11900 with music and talks in French. (Brossell, WI)
SAUDI ARABIA—Radio Al Azm, 11745, Jeddah at 1427
for Saudi troops at the Yemen border, all in Arabic with woman
chatting/laughing on telephone. (Perry,
IL) 15380 with Qur’an at 1350. (Brossell, WI)
SOMALILAND—Radio Hargeisa, 7140 (INTRUDER) in
Somali with HOA music at 0415. (KB2DMD, PA)
SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, 3345, Meyerton, at
0346 with English features, sports update, announcements, rap, nice ID, 15235
at 1756 in English service with sports during African Digest. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Sonder Grense, 3320, Meyerton at 0352 with woman speaking in Afrikaans, easy
listening music program. (D’Angelo, PA)
SOUTH
KOREA—KBS World Radio, 3955 via Woofferton at 2144 in French
with talk and music interludes, closedown announcements; 5950 via France at
2033-2101* in French by two female announcers and children singing, closedown announcements,
instrumentals, and off. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 15360 in Russian at 1841. (Brossell, WI)
SRI LANKA—Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp., 9720 fading in
around at 1150 with Tamil program, should improve by its closedown time at
1215. (Perry, IL)
TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, 7300 at 1214
with Chinese dramatic program, followed by nice vocal, //6045 was poor.
(D’Angelo, PA) 9680 in Mandarin at 1313. (Brossell,
WI)
THAILAND—Radio Thailand, 5875, Udorn at 1127 with
man closing in Chinese, familiar gongs, supposed to go into Japanese at 1130
but that wasn’t noted; 9390 at 1235 with man speaking in English with news from
the public affairs department, several IDs, world news at 1240. (D’Angelo,
FCDX)
TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, 5960, Emirler, 2304
with woman reading the news in English, ID, more news then features; 11815, Emirler
at 1634-1657 with Turkish music, then features in Turkish. (D’Angelo, PA) 15350,
Emirler in Turkish at 1342. (Brossell,
WI)
UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Tinang Relay, 9620 at 2257
ending Mandarin and close at 2302. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 15630 via Wofferton in
Tigrinya at 1527. (Brossell,
WI)
Deewa
Radio (VOA)-Thailand Relay, 9355 in Pashto at 1444, //9370. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Marti, 7435, Greenville
in Spanish at 1257. (Sellers, BC)
Adventist
World Radio, 11800 via Meyerton at *2000 opening with English, woman talking
and ID then into French; 15155 via Madagascar at 1833-1858* with English
program and plenty of IDs and contact info, man and woman reading religious
stories and vocals. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 15250 via Germany in Hindi at 1543. (Taylor, WI)
15605, Nauen Relay in Punjabi. (Brossell,
WI)
WBCQ,
Monticello,
9330 at 1725 with Allan Weiner complaining about taxes and station problems.
(D’Angelo, PA)
VATICAN—Vatican Radio, 9600 via Tinang at
*2200 opening with Vatican theme and into
Mandarin. 11990 via Tinang at 2339-2359 with woman speaking and long religious
talk in Vietnamese. Closing at 2359. (D’Angelo, PA) 13765 in Amharic, man
speaking, bumper, several announcements; 15620 in Tagalog teaching emotional
control. (Taylor, WI) 15595 at 1600 with “Laudator Jesus
Christus,” then into French. (Brossell,
WI)
VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam, 9840, SonTay at 1239-1258*
with news in English, ID and Letterbox
program, closed with ID and contact info, //12020 was poorer. (D’Angelo, FCDX)
ZANZIBAR—ZBC, 11735 at 2024-2101* with
continuous vocals, woman reading closedown announcements in Swahili. (D’Angelo,
PA)
High
fives, back slaps and salutes in general go to the following good guys who
checked in this month: Rich D’Angelo,
Wyomissing, PA and FCDX (French Creek DXpedition, PA; Mark Taylor, Madison, WI; William
Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Harold
Sellers, Vernon, BC; Ralph Perry,
Wheaton, IL; Rick Barton, El Mirage,
AZ; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI and Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA.
Until
next month … Keep on keepin’ on, and ... Celebrate Shortwave!
