August 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

ALASKA—KNLS, Anchor Point, 7355 with a pop number at 1203, station ID at 1206 and Health and Life feature , nothing on listed 6075. (Sellers, BC) 9920 in Mandarin at 1332. (Brossell, WI)

ASCENCION ISLAND—15490 in French at 1821. (Brossell, WI)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, Kununurra, 9865 with Christianity Works program, announcing frequency move effective to 9670 as of May 26. Poor due to splatter, but good when USB mode used. (Sellers, BC)

BOTSWANA—Voice of America Relay, Moepeng Hill, 15580 with news in English at 1800. (Brossell, WI)

BRAZIL—Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, 11735 over ZBC-Zanzibar at 2054, canned announcements, off in mid-announcement at 2058, leaving ZBC alone. (Valko, PA)

CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0246 mentioning “AM 1010,” then into a call-in program. (Strawman, IA)

CHINA—CPBS-Beijing, 17875 at 2337 with talks in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

ENGLAND—BBC-Oman Relay, 15330 at 1325. (Brossell, WI)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA—Radio Guinea Equatorial-Malabo, 6250 at 0035 with continuous hi-life music and brief Spanish announcements. (Brossell, WI)

ETHIOPIA—Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110 doing OK in local language at 0310. (Perry, IL)

Amhara State Radio, Addis Ababa, 6090 also OK at that hour. (Perry, IL)

FRANCE—Radio France International, Issoudun, 13695 at 2025 with talks in Hausa. (Brossell, WI)

GERMANY—Deutsche Welle via Sri Lanka, 15430 in Dari at 1341. (Brossell, WI)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, Avlis, 9420 at 0303 with dual vocals by men. (Strawman, IA) 9935 with music and brief announcements in Greek. (Brossell, WI)

GUAM—Adventist World Radio, KSDA, Adgat, 9940, (p) in C at 1138 with hymns and a preacher. (Sellers, BC)

INDIA—Athmik Yatra via Nauen, 9530 in Sherpa at 2341. (Brossell, WI)

TransWorld Radio-India via Armenia, 9330 at 1243 with English preacher. (Sellers, BC)

JAPAN—NHK Radio Japan via Singapore, 11695 at 1108 with news, station ID and report on Japan’s involvement in urban transport in Dacca. (Sellers, BC) 11740 via Singapore in Thai at 1232, 11815 in Japanese at 1421. (Brossell, WI)

KUWAIT—Radio Kuwait, 15540 with the song “Sign of the Times.” (Brossell, WI)

NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, 7425 at 1232 on the sport of mountain biking. (Brossell, WI)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, 11710 at with coral things, ID at 1308 mentioning V.O.K. DPRK “Growler” jammers underneath. (Sellers, BC) l414 with operatic vocals, station ID in English. (Brossell, WI)

MEXICO—Radio Educacion, Mexico D.F., 6185 at 0333 with ranchero vocals, fades. (Strawman, IA)

NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, Ikoradu, 7255 with surprisingly good signal in Hausa and man chatting away at 0600. (Perry IL)

OPPOSITION—Radio Republica (Via France to Cuba), at 0245 with Spanish anti-Cuban program and ineffective Cuban jamming. (Perry, IL)

Sound of Hope (South Korea to North), 12560 at 1153 with soft classical music, station IDs by man and woman over instrumental music, Also on frequencies 12230, 12190, 12150, and 11500, which had the best reception. (Valko, PA)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, 15140 at 1515 with Arabic songs and announcements. (Brossell, WI)

PIRATES—YHWH, 7470 at 0258 with Joshua featuring an old religious program that was still going at 0318. (Valko, PA)

The Crystal Ship, 6875 at 0038 with old pop music and a lot of QRN. (Hassig, IL)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 11815 at 2306 in Arabic. Abruptly off at 2300. (Brossell, WI)

SINGAPORE—BBC-Far East Relay, 9410 at 1127 with interview about Brazil’s African slave history, 11895 with report from India on frequently asked questions about Hinduism, 15285 at 1250 often mentioning the “Jewish community.” (Sellers, BC)

SOLOMON ISLANDS—SIBC with presumed devotional at 1154, NA, song and off at 1202. (Sellers, BC)

TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, 9680 in Mandarin at 2133. (Brossell, WI)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, Ermiler, 11615 in French at 2034. (Brossell, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Northern Marianas Relay, 12045 at 1347 with talks in Korean, 15110-Thailand Relay in Mandarin at 1336. (Brossell, WI)

Afia Darfar Radio via Vatican, 15620 at 1815 with man speaking in Arabic and various actualities. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia, 15275 at 1348 in Tibetan. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Liberty, 15255 at 1518 in Tajik, also on frequency 15450 via Biblis. (Brossell, WI)

Adventist World Radio, Okeechobee, 9955 at 0252 with Wavescan program, hosted by Jeff White, into Spanish-language news at the top of the hour. (Strawman, IA)

WWCR, Nashville, 4840 strong, with a nasty 20-Hz buzzing transmitter at 0939. (Valko, PA)

Family Radio, Okechoee, 9455 at 0205 with man reading the news (Strawman, IA)

VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam via Cypress Creek, 7315 with station IDs by man and woman at 0201, then talk of upcoming programs. (Strawman, IA)

THANKS

Man hugs and all that to Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA; William Hassig; Mt. Pleasant, IL; Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.

Until next month, keep on keeping on and …Celebrate Shortwave!

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Unfortunately, September's Listening Post will not be aired because of technical difficulties. Our shortwave listening editor's computer swallowed the September episode of Listening Post for the print issue of CQ and the Listener's Log for the web. We should be back on the air in October. See you then!!