April 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

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!