ANGUILLA—Caribbean Beacon, 6090 at 0915 UTC is
back with the Scotts preaching. (Barton,
AZ)
ANGOLA—Radio Nacional, Mulvenos, 4950 with
Afropops and Portuguese announcer at 2311 UTC, also at 0037 UTC. (Taylor, WI)
ASCENSION
ISLAND—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, 11810 with BBC News at 2005 UTC and a series of BBC
promos. (Taylor, WI) 15490 at 1950 UTC in Hausa. (Brossell, WI)
AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, Kununurra, 9720 in Tamil
at 1306 UTC, man giving an apparent sermon. (Taylor, WI)
AUSTRIA—Adventist World Radio via Moosbrunn,
11955 in Hausa at 1929 UTC. (Taylor,
WI)
BOTSWANA—VOA Relay-Mopeng Hill, 15580 at 1403
UTC with world news then hi-life music. (Brossell,
WI)
BRAZIL—(All in Portuguese –GLD)
Radio
Cultura do Amazonas, Manaus,
4845 at 0056 UTC, the music was audible at peaks, then wiped out by WWCR’s sign
on at 0058 UTC. (Taylor, WI)
Radiodifusora
Roramia, Boa Vista, 4875 at 0058 with a ballad, man giving station ID, second
announcer, then back and forth. (Taylor, WI) 0323 with Brazil pop music, male announcer
then a man giving a long religious talk at 0325 UTC. (D’Angelo, PA)
Radio
Cultura do Para, Belem,
4885 at 0253 UTC with lively discussion, station ID at 0308, into pop music. (Taylor, WI)
Voz
Missionaria, Florinapolis, 5940 at 0020 UTC, with woman singing some English
words, man with instrumental music and woman pleading and excited talk, 0143
UTC with an apparent sermon. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Transmundial, Santa Maria,5965
with reasonable audio at 0945 UTC, but not there 15 minutes later, soft-spoken man
with mentions of “Transmundial” at 0952 and 0956 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia,
11780 poor at 2217 UTC, man and woman with commentary. (Taylor, WI)
Radio
Aparecida, Aparecida, 11855 with A Voz do
Brazil program at 2256 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0230 UTC with an ad string
and mention of “AM 1010.” (Taylor,
WI)
CHINA—China Radio International, Xi’an, 13600 in Russian at 1353 UTC; 15680, Kashi
in French at 1713 UTC. (Brossell)
China
National Radio/PBS–Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou,
4900 at 1304 UTC with two men in dramatic talk in Amoy,
4940 in Mandarin (No time given, but
should be similar to the 4900 log. –GLD) (Taylor, WI)
CNR/PBS,
Qinghai, 6145
at 0119 UTC in Mandarin and woman with indistinct music. (Taylor, WI)
PBS–Xizang,
Baiding, 4820 in Mandarin at 1158 ITC with man talking at some length; 4905, Baiding/Lhasa
in Tibetan at 1134 UTC, man and woman talking in long segments. (Taylor, WI)
PBS-Xinjiang,
Urumqi, 4850 in
Kazakh at 0033 UTC. (Valko,
PA) 3 pips at 1200 UTC, station ID,
fanfare, announcement, another fanfare, female announcer. (Taylor, WI)
PBS-Xizang,
Lhasa, 4920 at
0042 with an interview. Faded out at the grayline; 6035 at 1234 UTC with long
talk in Tibetan. (Taylor, WI)
PBS-Nei
Menggu, Hot Hot, 9520 at 1325 UTC with //9540 CNR-1 via Kunming. Man and woman alternating talk. (Taylor, WI)
CNR-2,
Xi’an, 9520 at
1359 UTC with man talking and 4+1 time pips, fanfares, and station ID in
Mandarin and woman with mellow Chinese music. (Taylor, WI)
CPBS,
Beijing, 9830
at 2305 UTC in Mandarin. (Brossell,
WI)
ENGLAND—BBC via Kostinbrod, 6195 at 0132 UTC
in Dari with man with street sounds. (Taylor,
WI)
End
Times Coming via Bulgaria,
9400 in English with apocalyptic preaching at 1918. (Taylor, WI)
EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9800 at 2226 with
Egyptian music to news headlines at 2230. (Brossell, WI)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 7205 in
Hausa at 2023 UTC with man mentioning Nigeria, fanfare, station ID, and indigenous
vocals. (Taylor, WI)
GERMANY—Deutsche Welle via Sri Lanka, 15430
in Pashto at 1420 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
Deutsche
Wetterdienst, Offenbach, 5905, at 0558 UTC beginning program at 0600 UTC with woman
giving weather conditions. Off at 0630 UTC. Some slop from 5910 (Valko, PA)
Channel
292, Munich, 6070
at 0549 UTC with progressive rock music, canned station ID, and relay info. (Valko, PA)
Misionswerk
Friedensstimme via Nauen, 13710 at 1218 UTC with mostly a man talking. (Valko, PA)
GREECE—Voice of Greece, Avlis, 9420 with pop
ballads at 2233 UTC. (Strawman,
IA) 2313 UTC with Greek songs and
occasional Greek talks. (Brossell,
WI)
INDIA—All India Radio, Bengaluru, 15350 in
Mandarin at 1417 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
Athmik
Yatra Radio via Nauen, 7410 at 2350 UTC in Burmese, English and Khu, man with
apparent Bible teaching. (Taylor,
WI) 15350 in Gamit at 1417 UTC. (Brossell, WI)
AWR-India
via Armenia,
9330 in English at 1310 UTC with fire and brimstone preacher. (Taylor, WI)
JAPAN—NHK Radio Japan, 6090 with man and woman in
ping-pong style Korean at 1100 UTC; 13720 at 1840 UTC with man speaking in Japanese.
(Barton, AZ)
11985 in French at 2050 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
Radio
Nikkei One, Nagara, 3925 in Japanese at 1102 UTC. (Taylor, WI)
1220 with a jazz trio and woman speaking in Japanese; 6055 in Japanese at 1314
UTC with traditional Japanese music; //3925. (Taylor, WI)
Nikkei
2, 3945 with woman speaking in Japanese with long pop vocals at 1220 UTC. (Barton, AZ)
KUWAIT—Radio Kuwait, 15540 at 1824 UTC on
Kuwaiti religious festivals. (Brossell,
WI)
MADAGASCAR—Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga, 11610 in
Mandarin at 2136 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
African
Pathways Radio, 17640 at 1823 UTC discussing how the brain works. (Brossell, WI)
NORTH
KOREA—Voice of Korea,
11710 at 1110 UTC in English with a feature on a music festival. This one has
been elusive of late. (Wood, MA)
KCBS,
15180 with a stern military talk by woman. (Brossell, WI)
PBS-Pyongyang,
6400 strong in Korean at 1125 UTC, 3+1 time ticks at 1130 UTC, then man and
woman features. (Valko, PA)
OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 15140
with two man speaking in Arabic at 1723 UTC. (Brossell, WI)
OPPOSITION—Voice of Independent Oromiya (via France to Ethiopia), 17850 signing on at 1600
UTC with an English station ID, then man and woman alternating talking. Lost in
the S-7 noise level by 1608 UTC. (Perry,
IL)
National
Unity Radio (South Korea to North), 7530 at 1240 UTC in noise and deep fades to
past 1310 UTC in apparent Korean with occasional RTTY bursts on top. (Perry, IL)
9885 at 1200 with orchestral fanfare and open announcement in Korean. (Valko, PA)
1403 UTC in Korean. (Taylor,
WI) 11830 at 1918 UTC in Kanura, man
with African-style music. (Taylor,
WI)
Denge
Welat (Ex-Denge Kurdistane) (via France/later Moldova
to Turkey),
11530 at 1857 UTC in Kurdish, man speaking in Kurdish and several station IDs
in passing. (Taylor, WI)
Voice
of Amara Radio (via France
to Ethiopia),
15360 coming on at 1700 UTC with usual open, bells and into HOA music. (Valko, PA)
Voice
of Freedom (South Korea
to North), 5917 with man and woman alternating talking in Korean at 1044 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Echo
of Hope (South Korea
to North), 4885 at 1203 UTC in Korean. (Taylor,
WI) 5995 at 1045 UTC with canned announcement
by woman over music, station ID at 1047 UTC and into a male chorus. (Valko, PA)
Fursato
No Kaze (via Taiwan to North Korea),
9705 with woman speaking over Japanese music. (Taylor, WI)
Nippon
No Kaze (Taiwan to North Korea),
9465 at 1323 UTC with woman speaking in Korean over music. (Taylor, WI)
Shiokaze
(Sea Breeze), (Japan to North Korea),
6040 at 1300 UTC with woman talking over jamming; 6070 at 1400 UTC opening on
the hour with woman speaking in Japanese over jammer. (Barton, AZ)
PALAU—T8WH, Medorn, 9965, weak at 1337 UTC
with man preaching. (Taylor,
WI)
PIRATES—Radio Illumanti, 6950u at 2327 UTC with
rock, station ID sequence at 2333 UTC, into ’80s rock, “Azimuth Coordinator”
giving closing info, Gmail address and national anthem; also on 6970 at 2321
UTC. (Taylor, WI)
KOOT
Radio, 6935 at 0035 UTC with bluegrass music, said goodbye because of a production
problem; 6970u at 0024 UTC with lecture on how tube radios work, DJ KOOT, station
ID, light jazz followed by another program with the Beatles. (Taylor, WI)
0019 and 2311 UTC with final station ID. (Valko,
PA)
The
Relay Station, 6100 at 2205 ending announcement with website (welcome
radio.com) and female DJ “Annie” giving station ID by a little girl as “WXNZ, Skowhegan, Maine.”
(Valko, PA)
Old
Time Radio, 6770 at 2252 UTC with barely heard audio due to static, sounded
like a cowboy song followed by a swing tune. (Hassig, IL)
Seven
Trees, 6905 at 0005 UTC just before it left the air playing strange “hoots.” (Hassig, IL)
0016 UTC with SSTV ID. (Valko,
PA) 0050 UTC with contemporary
dance things, abrupt change to USB for an SSTV image of 7 trees, off in
mid-song at 0110 UTC. (Taylor,
WI)
Radio
Free Whatever, 6950u at 2050 UTC weak, old pops from 1960s or early ’70s. The
DJ read my post on the air, weak carrier, later woman singing. (Hassig, L)
Wolverine
Radio, 6945 at 0052 UTC playing blues and oldies, SSTV, and FAX at 0134 UTC;
6960u at 0017 and 0051. (Valko,
PA) 2310 UTC with Michael
Jackson, also heard at 0026 UTC. (Hassig,
IL)
Captain
Morgan, 6937 at 0002 UTC with an old pop number.(Taylor, WI)
WREC
(Radio East Coast), 6950u at 1658 UTC with nice canned station IDs at 1705 UTC,
6930u with station IDs at 1208 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
XLR8,
6955u at 0126 UTC and 0159 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
III,
6955u at 0058 UTC and 0056 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
Cool
AM Radio, 6905 at 0005 UTC, clear station ID at 0029 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Radio
Peace, 6930 at 0015 UTC with ending song, station ID, rock music, later a jazz
vocal, 2 SSTVs (of an eagle and a peace dove), another vocal and an SSTV
(smiley face).
Yeah
Man Radio, 6925 with station ID at 2210 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Nuttin’
On Shortwave, 6925 with station ID at 2328 and 2333 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Dim
Bulb Radio, 6925 at 0035 UTC barely heard music in SSB. (Hassig, IL)
Coast
FM, 6285 (Euro) at 2340 UTC with a thumping signal. (Perry, IL)
Canned station ID at 2018 UTC, ads at 0025 UTC, station ID, back to pops. (Valko, PA)
Reflections
Europe, 1255 with man talking at 1817 UTC, then woman talking by 1825 UTC, gave
a U.S.
address at 1907 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
Laser
Hot Hits, 6205 at 2348 UTC with MoR pop music. (Perry, IL)
6210 with pop music at 0033 UTC. (Valko,
PA)
Cupid
Radio, 6304 with rock at 2305 UTC, abruptly off at 2320 UTC. (Valko, PA)
Harmony
Radio, 6375 found this new pirate at 2319 UTC with old pops, Nancy Sinatra,
Carpenters, etc. (Valko, PA)
Focus
International, 6320 on this new frequency at 2320 UTC with rock. (Valko, PA)
SAUDI
ARABIA—BSKSA, Riyadh,
11830 with talks in Arabic at 2023 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, Meyerton, 6155 from
0300 UTC in English, beginning with news update and remotes. (Perry, IL)
9510 in Bengali at 1344 UTC; 9585 in Burmese at 1344 UTC. (Taylor, WI)
SOUTH KOREA—KBS World Radio, 9785 at 1400 UTC
opening in English with IS. Good but with lots of flutter. (Barton, AZ)
15575 on travel there at 1321 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
SWEDEN—IBRA Radio/Radio Ibraham via Wooferton,
11875 at 1922 UTC in Fulani. (Brossell,
WI)
SRI LANKA—Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp., Trincomalee,
11810 interviewing a homeless woman at 2220 UTC. (Strawman, IA)
11905 at 0138 UTC with Hindi program, mainly high-pitched female vocals and woman
speaking in Hindi. Scheduled to 0230 UTC. (Perry, IL)
THAILAND—Radio Thailand, Udon Thani, 9390 in JJapanese,
English, and Mandarin with contemporary music, later with IS, station ID then
into talk in Mandarin. (Taylor,
WI)
TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, Tanshui, 9680
in Mandarin at 1326 UTC with an interview. (Taylor, WI)
UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Philippine Relay,
12080 in Korean at 1434 UTC; 15110-Thailand Relay in Mandarin at 1319 UTC; and
15460 Sao Tome-Relay, in Kinyaranda-Kirundi at 1414 UTC. (Brossell, WI)
Radio
Free Asia-Kuwait Relay, 11850 at 1509 UTC in Korean; 15275 via Tajikistan in
Tibetan at 1319 UTC. (Brossell,
WI)
Radio
Liberty-Thai Relay, 7474 in Turkmen at 1413 UTC. (Brossell, WI)
Afia
Dafar via Vatican,
15620 at 1824 UTC with songs, station ID at 1829 UTC of “Huna Afia Dufar.” (Brossell, WI)
ZAMBIA—Zambia National Broadcasting One, 5915
with Fish Eagle IS at 0247 UTC, opening announcement at 0252 UTC, studio announcer
at 0257 UTC to top of the hour, then African pop music. (Valko, PA)
0440 with morning news program. Very nice signal. (Perry, IL)
Thank You!
High
fives, back slaps, man hugs, and all that good stuff to the following good guys
who checked in this time: Jerry Strawman,
Des Moines, IA; Mark Taylor,
Madison, WI; William Hassig, Mt.
Pleasant, IL; Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA;
Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.
Thanks to each of you
and until next month … Celebrate Shortwave!
