APRIL 2015 SWL LOGS

Here are this month’s logs. All times are in UTC. Double capital letters are language abbreviations (SS = Spanish, RR = Russian, AA = Arabic, etc.). If no language is mentioned then English (EE) is assumed. - Compiled by Gerry Dexter.

ASCENSION ISLAND - BBC South Atlantic Relay Station, 6005 at 0540 with news. (Padazopulos, Greece) 11810 with World Service at 2057 ending music, pgm previews, ID, more previews, time pips at 2100 and M with news, 17780 at 1757-1759* W with pgm previews, ID and closedown. (D'Angelo, PA)

 AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia, 5940-Shepparton with Dr. Who        pgm at 1540, 7410 at 0750 with an interview. (Barton, AZ) 11650-Shepparton at 2023 and news at 2100. (D'Angelo, PA) 5995-Brandon at 1150 covering live soccer. (Brossell, WI)

ABC Northern Territory Service, VL8A-Alice Springs, 4835 with news at 1202. (Brossell, WI)

Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB), 12115-Kununurra with commentary at 1400. (Padazopulos, Greece) 15400 with M in (l) Indonesian. Off at 1300 after an EE ID. (Brossell, WI)

BANGLADESH - Radio Bangladesh, 9455 at 1317 with drums, flutes and talks in (l) Nepali, 15105 at 1240 with W doing news. (Brossell, WI) 

BOTSWANA - Voice of America Relay, 9490-Mopeng Hill at 2106 in EE-FF lesson with some vocals near pgm end, then M with closedown anmts at 2128, 11840-Mopeng Hill at 1936-1951 in FF with M talk, several IDs and news features. (D'Angelo, PA) 

BRAZIL - (all in PP - gld)

Radio Aparecdia, Aparecida, 6135 with a religious talk at 2334, //9630 and 11835. (Sellers, BC) 11835 at 2203-2226 with M talk, group song, more talks and vocals to ID at 2225, f/by a long religious talk, also noted at 0357-0414 with talk and ID at 0400. (D'Angelo, PA)

Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 11780 at 1045 with lively music and M DJ, ID by M at 1055. They're not usually heard this well after around 0800/0900. (Barton, AZ) 2152 with talks by a M. (Brossell, WI) 

CANADA - CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0438 on the closing of all the Canadian Target stores, then commercials. (Sellers, BC) 0847-0908 closing a discussion feature  and ID at 0900, WX at 0904. (D'Angelo, PA)

CFVP, Calgary, 6030 at 1253 with bits of a comedy routine. No Radio Marti or its jammer. (Taylor, WI)

CKZN, St. John's (Newfoundland), 6160 at 0711 with CBC's The Current Review. CKZU-Vancouver was very weak in the background. (Sellers, BC)

CHINA - China Radio International, 6185 at 2332 in Mongolian, then a Mandarin ID, f/by M/W with Mongolian music, Off at listed 2357, 11665 at 1425 very poor with co-channel Malaysia. (Sellers, BC) 7255-Shijiazhuang at 1259 in RR with traditional CC music, M/W ancrs. (Taylor, WI) 7285 via Albania at 2157-2200 with end of an EE-CC language lesson, ID at closedown. (D'Angelo, PA) 9590-Shijiazhuang with W in RR at 1206, 9645-Beijing with interview of Henry Kissinger on China's economy, 9665-Jinhua in (l) Sinhalese at 1406, 9705-Kashi at 1507 with M in Mandarin,11875-Kunming at 1135 with songs and anmts in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI), 9765-Baoji and 9795-Urumqi at 1432, 11660-Urumqi in EE at 1428, 15120-Beijing, 17730-Xi'an and 17855-Beijing in EE at 0530, 17705-Kashi with news at 0601, 11625 and 13765 in PP at 0535. (Padazopulos, Greece) 11710-Urumqi with W in (l) RR at 0357 and segments of CC music, M/W talk, then more instl to carrier cut at 0359. (D'Angelo, PA)

China National Radio/CPBS: Voice of Jingling, 6200 - (p) Nanning at 1320 in Mandarin, M/W and traditional CC music, CNR-2, 7265-Baoji at 1303 with long talk by M in Mandarin. (Taylor, WI)

ECUADOR - HCJB, 6050-Pinchincha at 0458 ending a song, NA, 0500 anmts in SS, time pips and off. (Sellers, BC) 9530 via Ascension in (l) Fulani at 2145. (Brossell, WI) Radio Akbar Mufiha (HCJB), 9530 (to North Africa via Ascension), in AA at 2206 with M and long talk. (Taylor, WI) 

EGYPT - Radio Cairo, 9965 at 0022 with AA songs. (Brossell, WI) 

ENGLAND - BBC, 9410 Oman Relay at 0418, 12095 via UAE at 0440 with commentary. (Padazopulos, Greece) 11875 Oman Relay at 2046-2059* with M/W in AA, light instl at 2057, W with ID and closedown anmt. (D'Angelo, PA) 

FRANCE- Radio France International, 9540-Issoudun at 2026-2030* with pops, W in Hausa, ID and closedown, 11605-via Meyerton at 0502-0543 with M/W and news in FF, f/by ID and news features. 17620-Issoudun at 1728-1747 with discussion in FF, IDs and continuing. (D'Angelo, PA)

9900 Taiwan Relay in Mandarin at 1245, 15395 in (l) Farsi at 1541. (Brossell, WI) 7390-Issoudun with news in FF at 0545. (Padazopulos, Greece)

GERMANY - Deutsche Welle, 9610 Rwanda Relay with IS at 1558 and 1600 into Amharic pgm.(Sellers, BC)

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 9640-Nauen at 2227-2300* with its annual Christmas pgm and various talks, features, IDs. (D'Angelo, PA)

Rhein Main Radio Club, 9585-via (t) Sitkunai (Lithuania), at 2213-2245, but poorly heard. (D'Angelo, PA)

GREECE - Voice of Greece, 9935 with songs and anmts in Greek at 0025. (Brossell, WI)  

GUYANA - Voice of Guyana, 3290 at 0626 with BBC programming //9460 (Ascension - gld - ?) profiling a Lebanese band, BBC News at 0700. (Sellers, BC) 

INDIA - All India Radio, 9445-Bengaluru at 2147-2220 with Hindi vocals to 2200 when ID and EE news pgm, commentary on Pakistan at 2210, 11670-Bengaluru at 2102 with W and EE news, ID for GOS, commentary at 2205 and into Hindi music. (D'Angelo, PA) 11620-Bengaluru at 0018 with talks in (l) Urdu. (Brossell, WI)

Trans World Radio-India, 7305 via Uzbekistan at 1537 in (l) Punjabi with translation of an EE preacher, 11635 via Armenia at 1537 in (l) Urdu; also 7505-via Uzbekistan with similar pgm, but in (l) Punjabi. (Sellers, BC)

IRAN - Voice of Palestine, 7250 from (p) Kalamabad in AA at 0352 with interview between two M. (Taylor, WI)

VOIRI, 9445 at 0040 with piano music and anmts in SS. (Brossell, WI) 9480-Kalamabad in SS at 0132, 13865-Sirjan and 15530-Kalamabad in SS at 0537. (Padazopulos, Greece)

JAPAN - NHK World-Radio Japan, 5960 via France and 9620-Nauen in JJ at 0420. (Padazopulos, Greece) 6195 via Cypress Creek at 0908 with PP talks and music. (D'Angelo, PA) 9750 at 1620 with M/W in JJ, 12015 at 0815 with M/W JJ talk, f/by Spanish guitar. (Barton, AZ) 9750 with W in JJ at 1311, 11950-via Madagascar in FF at 2045. (Brossell, WI) 11695 via Uzbekistan at 1401 sign on and news with M/W. (Sellers, BC)

Radio Nikkei, 9595 in JJ at 1140. (Brossell, WI)

MALAYSIA - Sarawak FM, 9835 at 1137 with talks in Malay. (Brossell, WI)

MICRONESIA - The Cross Radio, 4755-Pohnpei at 1123 with a sermon. (Brossell, WI)  

MONGOLIA - Mongolian Radio (p) 4895 at 1312. (Brossell, WI)   (the Testosterone log of the month!)

 MOROCCO - Radio Medi Un, Nador, 9575 at 0449-0520 with continuous music to 0500 when W in AA gave ID and news, more music from 0506. (D'Angelo, PA) 

MYANMAR - Thazin Radio, Phin Oo Lwin (t), 7345 at 1308 with indigenous music and W in unid language. (Taylor, WI) 

NEW ZEALAND - Radio New Zealand International, 9700 at 1104 with Pacific region news. (Brossell, WI) 9765 at 1030, 13840 with W hosting rock at 1120. (Barton, AZ) 11725 at 0554-0613 with pgm previews, piano selection, 4+1 time pips at 0600, ID and news. (D'Angelo, PA)

NIGERIA - Voice of Nigeria, 9690-Ikorodu with W ancr in Hausa at 2052-2057* f/by tribal music and off. (D'Angelo, PA) 

NORTH KOREA - Voice of Korea, 9435 at 1500 with IS, sign on, news by M, taking heavy adjacent channel interference. It was stronger on 11710. (Barton, AZ) 9445 at 1145 with victory songs and anmts in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

 Korean Central Broadcasting Station, 2850 at 1330 with a somber W in KK, symphonic music and military choir. This one, usually irregular, was at good strength. (Barton, AZ) 9665 at 1225 with W in rapid KK. (Brossell, WI)

OMAN - Radio Sultanate Oman, 9505 Thumrait with news at 0102. (Sellers, BC) 15140 with M/W in AA at 2108. (Brossell, WI) 

OPPOSITION - Voice of Assenna (via France to Eritrea), 11720 at 1748-1757 with M in Tigrinya f/by HOA vocals; carrier off after the second selection. (D'Angelo, PA)

Fursato No Kaze (Japan to North Korea), 9960 via Palau with W in JJ at 1440. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Dabanga (via Vatican to Sudan), 7315 in AA at 0444-0458* with long talk, f/by local music at 0452 with ID and closedown. (D'Angelo, PA) 0556 with W/M ancrs in AA at 0556. Off at 0557. (Taylor, WI)

Denge Kurdistana (via Grigoriopol, Moldova, to Iran), 9400 at 1421 in Kurdish with domestic music. (Taylor, PA)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - NBC East New Britain, Rabaul (New Britain), 3385 at 1102 with M in (l) Tok Pisin. (Brossell, WI) 

PHILIPPINES - Radio Veritas via Vatican, 15330 at 1446 with talks by W in (l) Urdu. (Brossell, WI)

Far East Broadcasting, 9400//9430 with M in Mandarin at 1236. (Brossell, WI)

PIRATES - Radio Free Whatever, 6925u at 0008-0108 mentioning "this is a test, comrade", sign on with the old USSR national anthem then strange rock tunes and occasional CW QRM, 6935u at 0219 and punk rock with much talk by Dick Weed". dickweed@gmail.com  (Hassig, IL)

Captain Morgan, 6929u at 0120 with blues, chain saw SFX, more selections. (Hassig, IL)

XLR8, 6925u at 2350 with rock and punk, 6930u at 0223 with punk and heavy metal. (Hassig, IL)

Radio Clandestine, 6925 with various songs, ID, rock, some 1950 songs, ID, Mr. Wizard spoof, soul songs, old rock. (Hassig, IL)

The Crystal Ship, 6850 with Commander Bunny, with 80s songs, "the official voice of the Blue States Republic". (Hassig, IL)

Radio Clandestine, 6925 at 0000 with various early rock things, various spoofs, old rock. (Hassig, IL)

Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6935.1u at 0247 with C&W things, talk of power and grounding problems at home, Waylon Jennings songs.(Hassig, IL)

Wolverine Radio, 6950u at 0101 with variety of tunes with the word "bad" in them, SSTV/FAX effects at 0158. (Hassig, IL)

Liquid Radio, 6925.2 at 2301 with somber rock things. Also possibly at 0100 and at 0154. (Hassig, IL)

WMFQ, 6885.6 at 2337 with multiple IDs including "Where's My F*****QSL" and various older pop things. (D'Angelo, PA)

Bangalore Preacher, 6925.2 at 2224-2227 with the familiar "Lincolnshire Poacher" IS as the station left the air. HF Underground confirms ID. Noted again at 2205-2205* with CW, quick talk and the Poacher theme again. (D'Angelo, PA)

ROMANIA - Radio Romania International, 6020-Galbeni and 7430-Tiganesti in EE at 0415, 15460-Tiganesti with news at 1205. (Padazopulos, Greece) 7345 at 0653 with a report, 0655 closing anmts. (Sellers, BC) 11800-Tiganesti at 0340-0357* with W in SS, M ID 0350, closing ID at 0354, ending anmts, light instl to carrier off, 11870-Tiganesti in SS at 2246-2257 with music to SS talk by M closedown ID and anmts by M/W, light instl and IS. (D'Angelo, PA) 11945 at 1312 with talks in AA by a W. (Brossell, WI) 

SAO TOME - Voice of America, Pinheira Relay, 4960 at 0430 with a commentary. (Padazopulos, Greece) 2130 M opening with anmt and into (l) Bambara language. (D'Angelo, PA) 

SAUDI ARABIA - BSKSA, 15205-Riyadh at 1736 with M in AA and Qu'ran recitations,17560-Ridyah at 1721-1743 with M and Holy Koran Service, f/by M with AA talk. (D'Angelo, PA) 

SERBIA - International Radio of Serbia, 6100-Bijeljina with W in FF and some local song, ID at 2158 and closedown, then IS and opening in EE. (D'Angelo, PA) 

SINGAPORE - BBC Far East Relay Station, 7465 at 1513 with a "football" report, //9505 from Oman. (Sellers, BC) 15285 at 1147 interviewing an artist. (Brossell, WI) 

SOUTH AFRICA - Radio Sonder Grense, 7285-Meyerton in Afrikaans at 0359 with W talk over music, 0400 ID, then W/M ancrs and another ID in passing. (Taylor, WI) 

SOUTH KOREA - KBS World Radio, 9620 with soccer at 2034, 12030 with commentary at 2225 in SS. (Padazopulos, Greece) 15575 with KK lessons at 1338. (Brossell, WI) 

SPAIN - Radio Exterior de Espana, 9620 at 2040 with a soccer match.  9620 seems to have been the only frequency in use. (Padazopulos, Greece) 2225-2305 with W and SS hosting Christmas pgm, ID, several anmts and a few minutes of IS. (D'Angelo, PA) 2247 with a lengthy report on Nigeria's Boko Haram, //11685 and 11940. (Sellers, BC) 

SUDAN - Radio Omdurman (p), 7200 at 0410 with M in long AA talk to carrier end. No ID noted. (D'Angelo, PA) 

SWAZILAND - Trans World Radio-Africa, 4775-Manzini, 0407-0432 with M and a long religious talk and light instl segments. (D'Angelo, PA) 9585 at 1454 with IS and ID, 1455 sign on in FF. Scheduled for Sat/Sun. (Sellers, BC) 

TAIWAN - Radio Taiwan International, 3965 in SS at 1815. (Padazpulos, Greece) 11915 in (l) Hakka at 1253 and 15265 with talks in Mandarin at 1354. (Brossell, WI)

Voice of Han, 9745 at 1326 with W talk in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

THAILAND - Radio Thailand, 5875 at 1108 with M in (l) Khmer. (Brossell, WI) 9390-Udon Thani with news in EE at 2030. (Padazopulos, Greece) 

TURKEY - Voice of Turkey, 5980 with talks in TT at 2138. (Brossell, WI) 9420 with TT music at 0438. (Padazopulos, Greece) 12035 at 1403 closing pgm with address and email. (Sellers, BC) 

UNITED STATES - Voice of America, 9760-Nauen at 0540 and 17885-Iranawila at 1425 with commentaries, (Padazopulos, Greece) 9490 Northern Marianas Relay in (l) Korean at 1234, 9620 Sao Tome Relay in (l) Bambara at 2142, 9800 Philippines Relay in (l) Korean at 1320, 9855 Sri Lanka Relay in (l) Tibetan at 0032, 11910 Kuwait Relay at 1455 in (l) Tibetan and Deewa Radio (VOA), 13590 in (l) Pashto at 1453. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Free Asia, 9835 in (l) Tibetan at 2218, 9875 via Lithuania on (l) Tibetan at 2350 and 15195 Tajikistan relay in (l) Tibetan at 1245. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Farda, 12015 Lampertheim Relay in Farsi at 1420. (Padazopulos, Greece)

Adventist World Radio(KSDA), 9900 via Guam  in Mandarin at 1307. (Brossell, WI) 15435 via Guam in listed Batak with W in a monologue to sudden close, just before TOH at 2300. (Barton, AZ) 15480 via Madagascar at 1947-1959* with AA vocals, closedown anmts and instls to close. (D'Angelo, PA)

World Harvest Radio, 9930 via Palau at 1357 ending "Voice of Democracy Program", WHR ID at 1359. This is Sat/Sun only. (Sellers, BC)

WWCR-Nashville, 4840 at 0135. (Padazopulos, Greece)

KLDE, 25910, El Dorado, TX, 2014-2215 with lively LA vocals which seems to be the weekend standard as opposed to their regular oldies format. (D'Angelo, PA) (An STL - gld)

VATICAN - Vatican Radio, 3975 signing on at 0630 and into the Latin Mass, 9600 via Philippines at 2352 with a Christian song, W in VV at 2357, IS and close, 15470 via Philippines at 1550 with mass in EE, Lord's Prayer.(Sellers, BC) 9755 in AA at 2146. (Brossell, WI) 11625 and 13765 with religion at 0535. (Padazopulos, Greece) 

VIETNAM - Voice of Vietnam, 7230 in RR at 1257 with a pgm of VV music. (Taylor, WI) 9635.8-Son Tay at 2359 with M/W in VV talk through TOH.  (Brossell, WI) 

ZANZIBAR - Zanzibar Broadcasting Corp, 11735 at 1909-2100* with M in Swahili, then W hosting local vocals, 5 + 1 time pips at 2000, then anmts before returning to music. M with closedown ID and anmts at 2100. (D'Angelo, PA)

WPC9GLD's Shortwave Listings for December 2014

By Gerry Dexter, WPC9GLD

Here are this month’s logs. All times are in UTC. Double capital letters are language abbreviations (SS = Spanish, RR = Russian, AA = Arabic, etc.). If no language is mentioned English (EE) is assumed.
ALBANIA - Radio Tirana, 7465-Shijak with news in EE by W, then UD, commentary, domestic vocals. Another ID and close at 2128. (D'Angelo ,PA)
ALGERIA - Radio Akgerienne, 5865 via France with schedule, then off suddenly, (Sellers, BC)
ASCENSION ISLAND - BBC South Atlantic Relay 9460 with world news at 0632, //6005 ad 9915, (Sellers, BC)
ARGENTINA - Radio Argentina Exterior, 15345 in SS at 1135. (Brossell, WI)
AUSTRALIA - Radio Australia, 5995-Brandon with world news at 1101, 17795, //19700 on legalization of marijuana there, (Brossell, WI) 12065-Shepparton at 1240 on legal matters, news and ID, M with pops, (D'Angelo, OPA) ABC Northern Territory Service: VL8A-Alice Springs, 4835 with live concert recordings at 1202. (Brossell, WI) Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) at 1209 with talks in (l) Rawang. (Brossell, WI)

BOTSWANA - Voice of America, Mopeng Hill, 7460 at *0328 with M and ID at sign on, f/by Yankee Doodle IS and W opening in Kinyarwanda, then M with news in that language. (D'Angelo, WI)

BRAZIL - (All in PP) Super Radio Deus e Amor, Sao Paulo, 9586.4 with long religious talk at 2240, several anmts at 2258, then W hosting a music pgm.(D'Angelo, PA) Voz Missionaria with talks at 1115. (Brossell, WI) Radio Nacional Amazonia,Brasilia,11780 with talks at 2356. (Brossell, WI)

CANADA - CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 0021with M hosting all-in show, ID at 90029. Later swamped by Cuba. (D'Angelo, PA) CKZN, St. John's (Newfoundland) at 0000 with news. (Brossell, WI)

CHINA - China Radio International, 7445-Urumqi with CC music at 2129, IS another W ancr opening Hungarian pgm. (D'Angelo, PA)9540-Beijing in l) Cantonese at 1135, 9550-Beijing in (l) Vietnamese at 1105, 9725-Hohhot in RR at 11330, 11935-Shijiazhung in RR at 1121, 15245-Kashi with news in EE at 153015410-Kashi with talks in Mandarin at 1428 and 15440-Kunming in Mandarin at 1145. (Brossell, WI)

ENGLAND - BBC, 7285-Wooferton at 0045-0459* with AA pgm and W  with closing anmts, then M with several IDs before carrier termination. (D'Angelo, PA) 15175 Oman Relay in (l) Uzbek at 1324. (Brossell, WI) 15420 via South Africa in (l) Somali at 1411. (Brossell, WI)

INDIA - All India Radio, 15040-Bengaluru at 1231 with flutes and anmts in (l) Burmese, 15050-Delhi at 1120 in (l) Tamil. (Brossell, WI)
IRAN - Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, 9590-Kalamabad with M/W in (l) Bosnian and brief instl music segments, later M with closedown anmt and off. (D'Angelo, PA)
JAPAN - Radio Nikkei, 6005 at 1114 with JJ talks in JJ. (Brossell, WI)
KUWAIT - Radio Kuwait, 17550 with M/W in AA. (Brossell, WI)
MALAYSIA - Sarawak FM, 9835 at 11902 with pops and anmts in (p) Malay. (Brossell, WI)
MICRONESIA - The Cross Radio, Pohnpei, 4755 at 1103 with M leading a prayer service. (Brossell, WI)

NEW ZEALAND - Radio New Zealand Internationa,9700 at 1217 on the upcoming elections there. (Brossell, WI) 11725 at 0644 with a pgm of blues. (Sellers, BC)
NIGERIA - Voice of Nigeria-Ikorodu, 7255 at 2134 with M in (l)n Fulfulde hosting pgm of African vocals and music, (D'Angelo, PA)
NORTH KOREA - Voice of Korea, 9730 at 0628 with band music and a patriotic song, //7220 and 9445. (Sellers, BC) 15180 at 1220 with KK talks by a W. (Brossell, WI) Korean Central Broadcasting Station, 9665 with talks in KK at 1136.(Brossell, WI)
OMAN - Radio Sultanate of Oman, 15355 with AA songs at 2317. (Brossell, WI)

OPPOSITION - Voice of Tibet (Norway via Tajikistan to China), 15545 in (l) Tibetan at 1332. (Brossell, WI) Sound of Hope, Taiwan to China with talks in Mandarin at 1130. (Brossell ,WI) Denge Kurdistana (Via Moldova to Iran), 9400 at 0456 with vocals to ID at 0600, then M with news in Kurdish, back to music at 0506. (D'Angelo, PA) Voice of Hope (South Korea to North), 6003 at 1106 with talks in KK> (Brossell, WI

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - NBC Madang, 3260 at 1101 with songs by W and anmts in Tok Pisin. (Brossell, WI) NBC Southern Highlands, 3275 at 1053 with talks in Tok Pisin.(Brossell, WI) NBC East New Britain, 3285, Rabaul with group singing at 1112. (Brossell, WI)
PHILIPPINES - Far East Broadcasting, Manila, 9430 in Mandarin at 1132. (Brossell, WI) Radio Veritas Asia, 11945 in Mandarin at 1119. (Brossell, WI)WDDR, 6950u at 0245 with DJ who sounded like the guy on Radio Free Whatever, taking requests from people posting on the HF Underground. SSTV/FAX sounds at 0633 and 0635 when they went off after a few comments. (Hassig, IL)

ROMANIA - Radio Romania International, 5910=Tiganesti at 0150 with M hosting classical music in Romanian to0258* termination, 11975-Galbeni at 2036 with M and EE ID, f/by W with various short fetures,15170-Tiganesti, 1553-1557* with W in Romanian to pgm end at 1556, ID and closing anmts then instl to close. (D'Angelo, PA) 9740 in SS at 2309. (Brossell, WI)
SINGAPORE - BBC Far East Relay Station, 15270 at 1150 on Broadway productions, 15285 at 1108 on living conditions in Afghanistan. (Brossell, WI)

SOLOMON ISLANDS - SIBS, 5020 at 1102 relaying BBC news. (Brossell, WI)

SOUTH AFRICA - Channel Africa, 15235 at 1620 in the Oscar Pitoruus trial. (Brossell, WI) Radio Sonder Grense, 7285 at 0455 weakly behind BBC's AA pgm. Was in the clear (but very weak) from 0459 with time pips at 0500 f/by a talk. (D'Angelo, PA) Presumed in Afrikaans

SPAIN - Radio Exterior de Espana, 17595 in PP at 2105. (Brossell ,WI)

TAIWAN - Radio Taiwan International, 11640 in Mandarin at 1123, 11915 in Mandarin at 1129. (Brossell, WI)

TURKEY - Voice of Turkey, 15450 (site?- gld) with world news in EE at 1236. (Brossell, WI)

UNITED STATES - Voice of America, 9490 Northern Marianas,in (l) Korean at 12o03, 9845 Philippine Relay in Mandarin at 1116, 15250 Philippine Relay at 1145 in Mandarin, 15565 Thailand Relay, //15385 Thailand Relay, 17870 Sri Lanka in Mandarin, at 1422. (Brossell, WI) 15110 via Ascension at 2143-2159* with interview in Bambara. Pgm ended at 2155 f/by ID anmts and brief vocals to termination. (D'Angelo, PA)

                      Adventist World Radio, 9860 via Guam in (l) Korean at 1210, 15360 via Sri Lanka at 1630 with EE ID, then hymns, 5390 via Guam in (l) Burmese at 120017605 via Austria with talks in (l) Afar. (Brossell, WI)15275 via Kigali with M in (l) Yoruba .M vocals, W with ID, N Nigerian contact info and off at 2059. (D'Angelo, PA) Global 24, 9395 at 0713 with "Radio France International ID and EE sports pgm.(Sellers, BC) 9395 via Okeechobee at 2224 with The Staph File, hosted by Peter Anthony Holder with brief interview. 2300 station ID mentioning "The next generation of shortwave broadcasting has begun", then a Pacifica pgm. (D'Angelo, PA)

VATICAN - Vatican Radio, 11625 at 0435 with M in FF, news ID at 0439 f/by features. (D'Angelo, PA)at 0638 on the church in Africa. (Sellers, BC) 15595 at 1907 with apparent Latin pgm with choir until suddenly off at 1915. (D'Angelo, PA)Full thanks, high fivrs and back slaps to the following good guys who checked in this month. 

That does it! Many thanks, high fives and back slaps to the good guys who checked in this month: Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL, Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA and Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC, Canada. Thanks to each of you and, until next month, keep on keepin' on! 

WPC9GLD SWL Listings for October

By Gerry Dexter, WPC9GLD

Here are this month’s logs. All times are in UTC. Double capital letters are language abbreviations (SS = Spanish, RR = Russian, AA = Arabic, etc.). If no language is mentioned English  (EE) is assumed.

ALASKA – KNLS, Anchor Point, 7355 at 1207 with a Christian song f/by “The new life station, KNLS” and entertainment news,  1500 sign on as VOA Thailand left, IS and ID “This is Alaska calling”. (Sellers, BC)

ALBANIA – Radio Tirana, 9845-Shijak with continuous pops to repeated IS at 0157 and carrier termination. (D’Angelo, PA)

ANGOLA – Radio Nacional, 4950 in PP at 0342. (Brossell, WI)

ANGUILLA – Caribbean Beacon, 11775 at 2115 with a sermon by Mrs. Scott. (Brossell, WI)

ARGENTINA – Radio Argentina al Exterior, 11710.8 with EE talks, multi-lingual IDs at 0234, then opening their FF service at 0300. (D’Angelo, PA)

ASCENSION  - BBC South Atlantic Relay Station, 12095 with commentary at 1522. (Padazopulos, Greece)

AUSTRALIA – Radio Australia, 5995 at 1445 with current events and interview, 17840 at 0l40 with W and news. (Barton, AZ) 9965 via Palau at 1320 with Saturday Night Country     pgm, 17795 at 0148 with Talking Point pgm and into report on the invasive species the Asian Black-spine toad,  //17840. (Sellers. BC)

ABC Northern Territories: VL8T, Tennant Creek 2325 at 1218 with a recorded “live” music performance, //4835. (Sellers, BC)

HCJB Australia, 11700 at 1055 with repeated IDs, noting that programming would continue shortly. Vietnamese began at 1100. (Brossell, WI)

AUSTRIA – Adventist World Radio, 11955-Moosbrunn at 2118-2129* with M/W and EE features, closedown IDs and a soft instl to carrier termination. (D’Angelo, PA)

BOLIVIA – Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 6134.8 at 0103 with M in SS hosting a pgm of live music. (D’Angelo, PA)

BOTSWANA – VOA Relay, 15580 at 2050 with non-stop Afro-pops. (Brossell, WI)

BRAZIL- (all in PP – gld)

Radio Difusora Macapa, Macapa, 4915 with talks at 0020. (Brossell, WI)

Super Radio Deus e Amor, Sao Paulo, 9585.5 at 0205 with a Christian song and preacher, //6120 very poor and 9565 also poor prior to this. (Sellers, BC)

Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, 9633.9 at 0038 with nice Brazilian vocals f/by M with news. (D’Angelo, PA)

Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, 9818.7 at 0108 with Catholic songs and talk. (Sellers, BC)      

Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia, 11780 with talks at 2240.  (Brossell, WI)

Radio Brazil Central, Goiania, 11815, at 2303 with M hosting pops pgm, some songs with EE lyrics. (D’Angelo, PA)

Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 11915 at 0043 with M/W talk, canned anmts at 0048, time pips and ads, then a series of remote reports and phone interviews. (D'Angelo, PA)  

          CHINA - China Radio International, 5965 at 1440 with W with monologue in KK, 15245-Kashi with EE commentary at 1530 over the Voice of Korea. (Sellers, BC) 9410-Kashi with PP talks at 2202, 9540-Beijing in (l) Cantonese at 1115, 17560 in FF at 1319.  (Brossell, WI) 7265-Kunming at 2251-2300* with M in Mandarin, several promo anmts, time pips at 2300 and off, 7350-Kashi at 0036-0057* with EE features, ID and closedown, 9590-Kashi at 0036 in SS with W in SS alternating with music selections, ID and closedown at 0056. (D’Angelo, PA) 7450-Baoji at 2245. (Padazopulos, Greece)

          China National Radio: Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, 4840 in Mandarin at 1321. (Brossell, WI)

          EGYPT – Radio Cairo, 9965 at 0015 with local vocals hosted by W in EE, closedown anmts and final ID at 0027, time pips at 0030 f/by AA and Qur’an recitations. (D’ Angelo, PA)

          ENGLAND – BBC via Austria, 7355 at 0112 with talks in (l) Pashto. (Brossell, WI) 7360 via South Africa at 0416 with EE news and features. (D’Angelo, PA)

          GERMANY – Deutsche Welle 11865-Rwanda Relay at 2139-2200 with EE news features. (D’Angelo, PA) 15275-Rwanda Relay in (l) Hausa at 1853. (Brossell, WI)

          GREECE – ERT3, 9420 at 0006 with talks and songs in GG. (Brossell, WI)

          GUAM – KTWR, 9910 in Mandarin at 1110, 15240 at 1235 in (l) Kok Borok. (Brossell, WI)

          INDIA – All India Radio, 9690 at 1450 with traditional music and into W with news, off  at TOH. (Barton, AZ) 1453 with  preview of coming pgms, f/by IDs and news at 1455. (Sellers, BC) 15040-Bengaluru at 1304 with talks in (l) Burmese,15050-Delhi in (l) Tamil at 1205 and 15410-Panaji (Goa) in (l) Thai at 1157. Off at 1200. (Brossell, WI)

          INDONESIA – Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), 3325-Palangkaraya in II at 1200, 11680 with M and news (Sellers, BC) 4870-Wamena in II at 1048. (Brossell, WI)

          IRAN - Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, 9860-Kalamabad with news in SS at 0132. (Padazopulos, Greece) 11680-via Nauen at 0342 with talks in JJ and hosting pops pgm, 11820-Sirjan in Kazakh at 0151-0221*, W talk f/by Qur’an, carrier cut in mid-sentence. (D’Angelo, PA), 11880-Sirjan at 0223 in Uzbek just after sign on with traditional music, M and presumed anthem, Islamic call to prayer, 12080-Kalamabad in AA at 0228 with Islamic recitations and into presumed choral anthem, W ancr.  (Sellers, BC)

          JAPAN – NHK Radio Japan, 5910-via France at 0326 with M and talk in JJ. ID at 0358, 3+1 time pips at 0400, ID and W with news. (D‘Angelo, PA) 9540 at 1530 with the NHK IS to the BOH and into a Chinese dialect. (Barton, AZ) 11850 via Madagascar at 2051 in FF. (Brossell, WI) 15735 with M/W doing news, //11705 via Palau. (Sellers, BC)

          KUWAIT – Radio Kuwait, 15540 at 1941-2100* with W and EE feature, then pops pgm from 1956 f/by several IDs, news at 2049, closedown anmt at 2058, orch NA at 2059, 5+1 time pips at 2100. (D'Angelo, PA) 17550 in AA at 2358. (Brossell, WI)

          MALAYSIA – Wai FM, 11665 with bodacious signals around 1150 and a "schlocky" OM ballad in Malay. (Perry, IL) 1323 in Bahasa Malay with local pops, taped ID and promo. (Sellers, BC)

          Sarawak FM, 9835 at 1150 with big, juicy signals in Malay, some PSA anmts and pleasant Malay pops. (Perry, IL) 1305 in Bahasa Malay with M/W and news to 1310, f/by ID and pops. (Sellers, BC)

          MICRONEISA – The Cross Radio, 4755.5 at 1144 with M and EE talk, then a preacher before a live audience. Brief DTMF tones before 1159 shutdown. (Sellers, BC)

          MYANMAR – Radio Myanmar, 5985 at 1211 in Burmese with M/W talking and Burmese songs. (Sellers, BC)

          NEW ZEALAND – Radio New Zealand International, 6170 with rock at 1450, 15720 at 0200 with “cool music” to ID and W with news. (Barton, AZ) 9700 with world news at 1100. (Brossell, WI)

          NIGERIA – Voice of Nigeria, 11770-Ikorodu at 2106-2200* with M and talk in Hausa, carrier cut at 2113. Re-tuned at 2137 to hear M hosting an African music pgm. Final carrier cut at 2200. (D’Angelo, PA)

          NORTH KOREA – Voice of Korea, 11710 at 1337 with classical music f/by talk on reunification, //9435. (Sellers, BC) 13760 with M ending a political commentary. (Barton, AZ) 15180 with martial music at 1151. Excellent signal. (Brossell, WI)

          OMAN – Radio Sultanate of Oman, 9500 at 0027-0106 with recitations, f/by M and AA talk, ID at 0100, more talk features and some instls. (D’Angelo, PA) 15140-Thumrait in AA at 1845. (Brossell, WI) 2326-2352* with M in AA. Mid-Eastern music hosted by M. Carrier terminated in mid-song. (D’Angelo, PA)

          OPPOSITION – Denge Kurdistana (via Moldova to Iran), 11510 at 0334 with nice selection of music hosted by M with brief Kurdish talks, no stops for an ID at 0400. (D’Angelo, PA)

          Radio Tamazuj (via Vatican to Sudan), 11650 at *0400 with local music open, anmts and news in AA. (D’Angelo, PA)

          Sound of Hope (Taiwan to China), 7200 at 2250 in Mandarin. (Brossell, WI)

          Voice of Hope, (Taiwan to China) 6030 at 1359 with talks in Mandarin, ID and chimes at 1400, then off. (Brossell, WI)

          Voice of Tibet (Taiwan to China), 15545 in (l) Tibetan at 1333. (Brossell, WI)

          Voice of the People (South Korea to North), 3985 at 1215 with M in KK over a DPRK jammer. (Barton, AZ)

          Echo of Hope (South Korea to North), 6350 at 1120 with a mix of music and KK talk and W vocals. Good, with no audible jamming. (Barton, AZ)

          Radio Free Sarawak (UK via Philippines to Malaysia),15425 has been putting in very nice signals around 1100 with a mix of Malay and Iban reports. (Ralph Perry (IL).

          Radio Impala (via Madagascar to Rwanda), 17540 at 1741 with songs and several anmts in EE. (Brossell, WI)

          Radio Dabanga (via Vatican to Sudan),15535 in AA at 1619. (Brossell, WI)

          Radio Que Me (via Palau to Vietnam), 9930 at *1200 in VV with talks and occasional VV violin. Not very friendly to reception reports. (Perry, IL)

          PAPUA NEW GUINEA – NBC Sanduan (New Guinea), 3205 in Tok Pisin at 1202 but too weak to be certain of language, 3260 and 3365 also heard in // and both also were very weak. (Sellers, BC)

          NBC Madang (Papua), 3260 with talks in Tok Pisin. (Brossell. WI)

          NBC East New Britain (New Britain), 3385 at 1150 with M giving T/C and phone number and an EE pop song, off suddenly at 1200. (Sellers, BC)

          PHILIPPINES – Radio Veritas Asia, 15330 via Vatican with talks in (l) Urdu. (Brossell, WI)

          PIRATES – Radio Free Whatever, 6950 at 0115 with various pop tunes, dickweeddj@gmail.com, (Hassig, IL)

          WMID, 6880.4 at 0012-0033 with rock and periodic “W-M-I-D” IDs between selections. Off at 0033. (D’Angelo, PA)

          MAC Shortwave, 6940.4 at 0032 M with ID requesting email, W with song and orch NA. (D’Angelo, PA) 6950.3 with The Jimmy Stewart Show and vintage vinyl selections. Reports to macshortwaveradio@gmail.com. (Rippel, VA)

          The Crystal Ship, 6876 at 0203 with  W ancr and rock. (D’Angelo, PA)

          Wolverine Radio, 6935 on with “1-2-3 can anybody hear me?” Then songs about color. SSTV/FAX effects at 0303, also 6950u at 0126 with songs with the word "eye" in them. (Hassig, IL)

          XLR8, 6935u at 0147 with much reggae, blues and rock. (Hassig, IL)

          XFM, 6946 at 0207-0512 with with spacey dance things, clips of Casey Kassem, top 40 numbers, reading posts from the HF Underground. xfmshortwave@gmail.com. (Hassig, IL)

          Old Time Radio, 6770.6 at 0248. Poor and weak but was able to hear some of Jack Benny. (Hassig, IL)

          Man Cave Radio, 6925u with car tunes at 0200. (Hassig, IL)

          Radio Marabu, 6239 at 0231 with talks and pops. (Rippel, VA)

          Radio Focus International, 6248.8 at 0211 with talks and pops with a British accent. Website as http://hotradiouk.com/radiofocusinyernatiional.html and phone as #157-293. (Rippel, VA)

          Generation Wild 100, 6925u at 0230 with good audio and jazz instls. (Hassig, IL)

          Cave Man Radio (t), 6924.2 at 0100 in heavy QRN, W singing and drifting slightly downward. (Hassig, IL)

          ROMANIA – Radio Romania International, 9700-Tiganesti, 0001 with EE open f/by W with news, commentary and Radio Newsreel, 11825-Galbeni at 0320 with ID and an EE feature, 11955-Tiganesti at 0042-0056* with M hosting Sports Weekend. (D’Angelo, PA) 9790-Tiganesti with sports at 2250 and 15130-Galbeni at 1520 with commentary in Romanian. (Padazopulos, Greece) 11870 in Romanian at 1616. (Brossell, WI) 11955 with W comments in SS. (Barton, AZ)

          SAO TOME – VOA Relay, 9815 in FF at 2122. (Brossell, WI)

17895 at 1518 with music. (Padazopulos, Greece)

          SAUDI ARABIA – BSKSA, 11820 at 2041 with Holy Qur’an service, ID and brief news at 2100. (D’Angelo, PA) 15170 at 0339 with call to prayer in AA. (Barton, AZ) 15225 in AA at 1618. (Brossell, WI)

          SINGAPORE – BBC Far East Relay Station, 11890 at 1432 with Sports World f/by world news. (Sellers, BC) 11945-Kranji at 1500 with M in (l) Burmese to sudden close at 1515. (Barton, AZ)

          SOMALIA – Radio Hargeisa, 7120 in Somali at 0336. (Brossell, WI)

          SOUTH KOREA – KBS World Radio, 9605 via USA at 0127 with W in SS, ID at 0128. (D’Angelo, PA) 9805 at 2235 in (l) Indonesian. (Brossell, WI) 15575-Kimje at 0200 with IS before the hour, W ID and sign on. (Barton, AZ) 1335 with two W and mailbag pgm. (Sellers, BC)

          SPAIN – Radio Exterior Espana, 11940 with live sports at 1940, 15160 in SS at 0057, 17850 with (p) news at 1900. (Brossell, WI) 15585 at 1515 with SS commentary. (Padazopulos, Greece)

          SRI LANKA - SLBC, 9720 with Tamil service at 1145. (Perry, IL)

          TAIWAN – Radio Taiwan International, 7445 at 1140 with an EE interview. (Sellers, BC) 9680 in Mandarin at 1610, 15690 via France in FF at 1936. (Brossell, WI)

          THAILAND – Radio Thailand, 9390 at 1233 with M/W and news.  (Sellers, BC) 1400 open with vocal. Did not sound like the listed JJ. CC is shown after 1315 but it wasn’t that either. Wasn’t sure they would be on the air at all, as the junta supposedly had shut down broadcasting there. (Barton, AZ) 15590 at *0000-0026 with instl opening, M/W with ID and into EE news pgm. (D'Angelo, PA)

          TURKEY - Voice of Turkey, 5980 at 2150 in Turkish at 2150. (Brossell, WI) 7260-Emirler at 2216 with W hosting DX Corner, 9830-Emirler and M with news in TT. (D’Angelo, PA)

          UNITED STATES – Voice of America, 7489-Kuwait Relay and 12150-Northern Marianas at with commentary at 2258. (Padazopulos, Greece) 9545 Philippines in Mandarin at 2205, 9825 Northern Marianas in Mandarin at 1345, 15115 in Mandarin at 1315, 15250 Philippines in Mandarin at 1155 and 15780 in (l) Korean at 1357. (Brossell, WI)  9825-Greenville at 0158 with W ending VOA Mosaic pgm, f/by instl to carrier off. (D’ Angelo, PA) 12110 Philippine Relay at 1358 with repeated ID,  and EE sign on. (Sellers, BC)

          Radio Free Asia, 9325 Northern Marianas in (l) Laotian at 1113, 15195 via Tajikistan in Tibetan at 1254. (Brossell, WI) 1358 with two M in discussion, anmts at 1359 and off at 1400, Jammed by Firedrake which also went off at 1400. (Sellers, BC)

          Adventist World Radio, 9460 in RR at 1118, 15260 via South Africa in (l) Fulani at 1945 and 15480 via Madagascar in AA at 1916. (Brossell, WI)

          World Harvest Radio, Indiana, 9930 via Palau in EE at 1321 on Sat/Sun only with a M preacher, ID sounded like Waymaker Ministries, 11600 via Palau at 1438 with a song and ID. Scheduled for Sat/Sun only at 1430-1500. (Sellers, BC)

          WWCR, Tennessee, 4840 with EE comments. (Padazopulos, Greece)

          WRMI, Florida, 5015-Okeechobee at 0026 with Overcomer Ministry. (D'Angelo, PA)

          KJES, New Mexico, 7500-Vado in SS at 0113 with a girl reading from the Bible. (Sellers BC) 11715 at 1500 with  ID and religious reading by M until covered by the NK anthem on 11710. (Barton, AZ)

          WWV, 25000-Ft. Collins, 0029-0035 with usual format. (D’Angelo, PA)

          VATICAN – Vatican Radio, 6075 in AA at 2155, 15440 in RR at 1240. (Brossell, WI) 15570 at 1900 with their familiar IS and into Latin pgm. (Barton, AZ)

          VIETNAM – Voice of Vietnam, 12005 at 0120 with VV folk songs and  EE explanations. (Brossell, WI) 12020 at 1321 with news by M/W. (Sellers, BC)

          ZANZIBAR – ZBC Radio, 11735 in Swahili, poor at 2042. (Brossell, WI) 2030-2100 with M and news in Swahili, f/by local music. (D'Angelo, PA)

          And that will do it! Salutes, fist bumps and high fives to the good guys who checked in this month: Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; Fotios Padazopulos, Athens, Greece; Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Chuck Rippel, Chesapeake, VA and Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL. Thanks to each of you. Until next month, good listening and . . . keep on keepin' on!