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!

March 2018 Shortwave Listening Logs

ALASKA—KNLS, 7370, Anchor Point in English at 1254 with “New music from your New Life station,” their schedule, a religious song, electronic notes and into Chinese, 7560 at 1303 in Mandarin with website and a Christmas song. (Sellers, BC)

ALGERIA—Radio Algerienne, 5905 via France at 2149-2200* with Qur’an and some music pieces, man speaking in Arabic closing program. (D’Angelo, PA)

ANGUILLA—Caribbean Beacon, 6090 back on at 2320 with canned loop of music and man giving phone number, then back to University Network program. Heard again next day at 2200, but went off just 3 minutes later. (Valko, PA)

ASCENSION—BBC-South Atlantic Relay, 6005 at 0518 with man/woman speaking and English features. (D’Angelo, PA) 9915 with headlines at 2132. (Brossell, WI) 11810 at 1919 with a talk on tourism at a Mozambique park. (Zamora, TX) 12095 at 2107 on Trump moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel, //11810. (Taylor, WI)

AUSTRALIA—Reach Beyond, 9820, Kununurra, at 1237 in Korean with man/woman, brief talk, hymn and more man/woman talking. (Taylor, WI)

Ozy Radio, 5045 with apparent news by woman after 100, then “Waltzing Matilda”and man mentioning “radio” at 1107. (Valko, PA)

BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, Mopeng Hill, 4930 just a tickle at 1924, about 2 and a half hours before sunset. (Valko, PA) 2201 with news in English, man hosting music program. On past the usual 2100 close, seems 24 hours now. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 2249 with pop songs and male announcer. (Sellers, BC)

BRAZIL—Radio Relogio, San Goncalo probable 4905 with female announcer under Tibet at 2244. (Valko, PA)

Radio Educacao Rural, (Tefe), 4925 at 1000 with horribly distorted audio, gradually clearing by 1003. male/female announcers in a morning program. (Valko, PA)

Radio Alvorada, Parintins, 4965 noted at 0903 with apparent news, music during very short peaks at 0904 and 0914, apparently reactivated. (Valko, PA)

Radiodifusora Roraima, probably Boa Vista, 4875 with woman speaking before crowd at length. (Taylor, WI)

Radio Brazil Central, Goiania, 4985 at 2304, peeking through the RTTY QRM with woman hosting music with several IDs and announcements. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 6011 from 2252, with man/woman talking, into music from 2304, music program with male DJ. (Valko, PA)

Super Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 6160 at 0904; fades very quickly after 0900 sign on. (Valko, PA)

Radio Maumby, Curitiba, 9515 at 2309 with religious song, man with mentions of “Cristo,” then choral things, canned IDs with phone number. (Valko, PA)

Voz Missionaria,Camboriu, 9664.4 at 0515 with talks. (KB2DMD, PA) 2150 with male announcer and music. QRM from KCBS on 9665. (Taylor, WI) 2327 with a sermon. (Brossell, WI)

RB2, Curitiba, 9725 at 0524 with a slow ballad. (KB2DMD, PA)

Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brasilia, 11780 at 1308 with man hosting morning program. Nice to have this one back! (D’Angelo, FCDX) 2045 seeming at full power. Suddenly off at 2048, then back at 2051, full ID at 2058, Voz do Brasil program at 2100 and 6180 with A Voz do Brasil at 2112 tune in. (Valko, PA) 2157 with pop vocals, brief announcements and IDs. (Delibert, MD)

Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 11855 at 0415 with ID, announcements, then music program. Fair but with deep fades. (D’Angelo, PA) Noted back after a few days’ absence at 0430, though not very readable, //9630 which was better. (Delibert, MD)

Radio Evangelizar, Curitiba, 11935 at 2204 with woman talking, group vocal, //9725.5 was very good. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

CANADA—CFRX, Toronto, 6070 at 1557 with Christmas programing, full ID, back to Christmas music. (Valko, PA)

CFVP, Calgary at 2203 with an Indian-accented comedian, then a comedienne. (Sellers, BC)

Bible Voice Broadcasting, 7425 with closing ID, contact info at 2016. (No site reported –GLD) (Valko, PA)

CHINA—China Radio International, Beijing, 5955 at 1505 discussing post graduate education in China. (Barton, AZ) 11955, Kunming in Indonesian at 1408. (Brossell, WI) 15700 via Havana at 1415 with Roundtable discussing a Fresh Meal Kit business. (Zamora, TX)

CNR-1, Hailar, 4750 with canned announcements at 2259, usual time ticks, more announcements, possible news at 2301, //4800. (Valko, PA)

Voice of China, Golmud, 4800 at 1106, man/woman speaking in Chinese with music, possibly news at 1106, fanfare at 1130 then another man talking. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, 4820 at 1056, with woman speaking in Chinese, ID at 1100, another long talk. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Hunan PBS, (possibly) Changa, 4990 at 1005 with Chinese talk. Too weak for ID. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, 6115 at 1133, woman speaking in Chinese, then man. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Beibo Bay Radio, 59050, time ticks at 2300, ID in Chinese, then English time check for “7 a.m.” then unison ID by several people. (Valko, PA)

COLOMBIA—Radio Alcaravan, Puerto Lleras, 5910 with pleasant tropical music at 0318 with man giving long religious talk, apparent closedown at 0400. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1042, choral NA at 1103, man with TC, woman with canned ID at 1112. (Valko, PA)

La Voz de su Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 6010 distorted in Spanish at 1007. Woman speaking in Spanish at 1100. Transmitter jumped from 6010 to 6042 at 1007. Surely transmitter problems. (Valko, PA)

CZECHIA—Radio Prague, 5850 via WRMI at 2340 on their language and dictionary. (Zamora, TX)

ECUADOR—HCJB, Pichincha, 6050 with man speaking in Spanish doing closedown announcements at 0230 followed by NA, after which another program began briefly before carrier termination. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Akhbar Mufriha/HCJB 9530 via Ascension at 2144, program start with organ and open ID announcements by man/woman in Pulaar, NW Africa string music, soft spoken man, more music. (Valko, PA)

EGYPT—Radio Cairo, 9990 with Arabic version of “Jingle Bells” at 2108, later woman speaking in French. (Valko, PA)

ENGLAND—BBC via Philippines, 4790 via Tajikistan at 1257 with man speaking and giving email address at 2258, canned ID, another in a different language, into apparent Uzbek at 1300. (Valko, PA) 7285 at 0318 via UAE and *0400 via Woofferton both in Arabic. (D’Agelo, PA) 9940 at 1816 in Korean with alternating male/female presenters. (Taylor, WI)

ETHIOPIA—Voice of the Tigre Revolution, Addis Ababa, 5950 at *0254 with familiar opening announcements, eventually wiped out by QRM. (D’Angelo, FCDX). Into HOA music by 1819, QRM from Turkey at 1828, Romania at 1930. (Valko, PA)

Amhara State Radio, Addis Ababa, 6090 at 2030, nearly as strong as CFRX, earlier co-channel QRM to 1930, female DJ with HOA jazz to 1930, then usual closing, (Valko, PA) 2045-2125 with man speaking in Amharic and HOA music, ID at 2100, closing announcements, and instrumental, choral NA. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 6110 QRM’d by co-channel Iran at 1730, but was on top by 1810, man with ID at 2049. (Valko, PA) 2043 with man speaking in Amharic, domestic music. Also noted at 0354, man giving IDs at 0359, then news. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Deegaanka Soomaalia, Jijiga, (possibly) 5940 at 1929 with mentions of Eritrea and occasional music bridges. (Valko, PA) 1948-2000 long vocal number with flutes. Overwhelmed by Algeria at 2000. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 6030 good as early as 1816, usual close at 1959. (Valko, PA)

FRANCE—Radio France International via Issoudun, 17685 at 1740 with man/woman speaking in Portuguese. (Brossell, WI)

GERMANY—Shortwave Radio, 3975 at 2115, announcements at 2116 between songs, with hams right on top. (Valko, PA) 15275 via France in French at 1706. (Brossell, WI) 2117 with pop/rock, man with mention of “shortwave,” hams staying away for the most part. (Valko, PA)

Hit AM via Nauen, 6045 at 0921 with English ID, dance music, German announcements, more pop. (Valko, PA)

Gruss Au Bord/NDR via Nauen, 5930 at 2157-2300 with its Christmas program for those at sea; several Christmas songs, much German talk with live audience. Woman speaking in English at 2248 with Christmas wishes, good until WWCR opened on 5935 at 2259, //6155 via Armenia. (D’Angelo, PA)

GREECE—Voice of Greece, 9420 in Greek at 2134. (Brossell, WI)

GUAM—Trans World Radio, Agat, 9720 at 2127 with man/woman speaking in Mandarin. Only about 50% readable. (Taylor, WI)

GUATEMALA—Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 4055 at 0020 with man speaking in Spanish, marimba music, full ID sequence with postal address and phone number. (Taylor, WI) 1252 in Spanish with banjo, vibraphone at1300, full ID at 1300. (Brossell, WI)

GUINEA—Radio Guinea, Conakry, 9650 at 1047 in French taking phone calls,1100 with male announcer, woman speaking at 1101, jazz at 1102, woman giving ID. Not usually heard at this hour. (Valko, PA) 2108 with Radio Conakry ID at 2129. (Brossell, WI) 2204 with woman speaking in French and Le Journal news features. (D’Angelo, PA)

INDIA—All India Radio, Delhi, 4870 with male announcer weak at 0221, 4920-Chennai at 1228 with a couple of announcements, then into English to 1235, 5010-Thiruvananthapuram with soft spoken man in English at 1230, 5040-Jeypore at 1230 with news, just barely able to tell it was //4920, 9810-Panaji (Goa), with Indian pops at 1230 into (possible language) Tamil at 1240, 11560-Delhi in apparent Urdu, ID in Hindi by man at 1130, audio cut at 1139 and signal off soon after, 11828 at 1410, clear AIR ID at 1419, unknown site. (Valko, PA) 9445-Bengaluru with sub-continental music, news in English at 2200, 11560-Panaji (Goa) in Pashto at 1427. (Brossell, WI) 7550-Bengaluru with G.O.S. at 1749 with sub-continental music, man and chorus. (Valko, PA) 2155 with pops at 2155, 2200 ID and news. (Sellers, BC) 2216 with commentary about Islam there, ID at 2228, ID and off at 2230. (Taylor, WI) 9690-Kampur (possibly) with G.O.S. in English at 1351 with Southeast Asian music. (Taylor, LFP) 11560-Panaji (Goa) at 1528 with woman speaking in Mideast language and sub-continental music. (Valko, PA) 11780-Delhi at 1330 with horrible buzzing. (Valko, PA) 13695-Bengaluru at 1447 with Hindi vocal, announcements for G.O.S., news at 1455 before closedown. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

INDONESIA—Radio Republic Indonesia, RRI-Palangkaraya, (Kalimantan), 3325 in Indonesian. Just threshold level at 2315. First time I’ve heard an evening Indonesian station on this band in years! (Valko, PA)

IRAN—IRIB, 6060v at 2010-2025 varying between 6060-6062. (Valko, PA) 6180-Sirjan at 0024 ending NA and opening in Spanish with ID and headlines. (D’Angelo, PA)

ITALY—Marconi Radio International, 11390 at 1324 with a nice peak, then music. (Valko, PA)

JAPAN—NHK/Radio Japan, 11815 with Japanese talk at 1427. (Zamora, TX) 11825 via Singapore opening in English at 1100, headlines at 1101. (Valko, PA) 13650 at 1315 with two woman speaking in listed Burmese. Time pips at top of the hour and off. Normally I hear CRI via Cuba here at this hour, but not this day. (Barton, AZ)

Radio Nikkei One, 3925 at 1342 in Japanese with pop number and strong ARO QRM, 9925 at 1409 with pops in Japanese. (Taylor, LFP) Network One with female DJ and pops 6055. (Barton, AZ)

MADAGASCAR—World Christian Broadcasting, Mahajanga, 11610 with New Life program in Mandarin at 2135. (Brossell, WI) 11790 at 2204 with male/female announcers, ID and contact info at 2256. (D’Angelo, PA) 17640 at 1800 sign on with trumpet IS, ID as African Pathways Radio. Several short program segments; African, Gospel and jazz music, ID at 1855, off at 1858. (Zamora, TX)

MALI—Radio Mali, Bamaku, 5995 at 2234 with man speaking in French to another, followed by music hosted by man and woman. A carrier opened at 2253. Mali seems to have poor modulation when I hear it at home, but it seems fine at French Creek, (D’Angelo, PA)

MEXICO—Radio Educacion, Mexico D.F., 6185 at 0543 with continuous Mexican vocals. (D’Angelo, PA) 2344 with non-top rancheras to 0001, choral NA, canned ID. (Valko, PA)

NEW ZEALAND—Radio New Zealand International, 7390 with Pacific Island news at 1304. (Sellers, BC) 7430nf-Rangataiki very good, with news at 1301. (Sellers, BC)

NIGERIA—Voice of Nigeria, 7255 at 0557 with drum IS and indigenous instrumentals, opening ID by man speaking in Hausa. (Valko, PA)

Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 6090 at 0536. Actually, two signals here, the other one may have been Amhara. (Valko, PA)

NORTH KOREA—Voice of Korea, 7570 at 2253 opera-like things, 11735 at 0305 with perhaps a test at this unscheduled hour. Had a melancholy vocal, then tones from, //15180, Spanish IDs at 0330. (Valko, PA)

Radio Pyongyang, 2850 at 2207 with usual opera-like stuff at 2207, Almost identical to 7580 but not in //, 9445 with orchestral mix at 2307, //9875 much weaker, 6070 at 0929. Early for them, under CFRX, 6400-Kanggye at 2208 with a big signal with opera program, 3+1 time ticks at 2229, alternating male and female announcers at 2230. Faded quickly after 2235, 9650 at 2309 with usual opera stuff at 2309. (Valko, PA) 6170 at 1118-1127* woman speaking English and hosting program of operatic vocals. ID at 1125 and schedule, 9650 at 1110 man and woman speaking in Japanese and then singing, mostly talks. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

OMAN—Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, 15140 at 1358 man with ID, news, fanfare, woman with ID, TC and news headlines. (Valko, PA) 1420 with man and English pop music program from a domestic FM station, Call to Prayer at 1440. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1459 announcing they’d be suspending transmissions until January 17, then will resume on another frequency, into Arabic at 1500. (Taylor, LFP)

OPPOSITION—Voice of Khmer (via Tashkent to Cambodia), 12150 with O/C on at 1220, flute at 1130, opening ID by two woman, then continuous music, talk by man in Khmer. woman ending program at 1159, contact info with website. Off at 1200. (Valko, PA)

Voice of Tibet (via Tajikistan to China), 9903 came on here 3 seconds after 9898 went off, man and woman speaking in possible Tibetan through 1345. (Valko, PA)

Radio Erena (Via Bulgaria to Eritrea), 9720 at *1657, 1700 with instrumentals, several IDs in Tigrinya, opening announcements, then news. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 1746-1800* with 2 men speaking in Arabic. Nice closedown with ID and frequency announcement, instrumental to carrier termination. (D’Angelo, PA)

Voice of Amara (via France to Ethiopia), 15360 at 1703 with news in Amharic, another man at 1710 and white noise began blocking 95% of the audio. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Biafra via France, 7240 at *0500 with woman speaking and ID, music features and English talks to 11530. (D’Angelo, PA) 11530 (Okeechobee to Nigeria), at 0504 with lively music and broadcast schedule. (KB2DMD, PA)

Radio Herwa International, (via Okeechobee to Nigeria), 11530 at 1943-2000* with tribal singing and talks in possible Hausa, ID, Possible contact info. Bob Zanoti with final announcements. Has this one replaced Radio Biafra? (D’Angelo, PA)

Dandal Kura Radio (via Ascension to Nigeria), 12050 at 1943-2010 noted under powerhouse WEWN with talk in possible Kanuri. (D’Angelo, PA)

Voice of the Wilderness (South Korea to North) via Tashkent, 7625, carrier on at 1326, wind sound effects at 1330, open by man speaking in Korean, then a soft vocal. (Valko, PA)

Shiokaze (Seabreeze) (Japan to North Korea), 6085, 1300 in Japanese, high-pitched jammer. (Barton, AZ) In English at 1334 with woman reading names of people held by the North with music bridges. (Sellers, BC) Usual soft piano and man giving English voice over at 1330. “Sea-Breeze” is said with one syllable pitched high, the other one low. (Valko, PA)

Nippon No Kaze (Taiwan to North Korea), possibly 7295, with man speaking in Korean at 1316. (Sellers, BC) 9465 with woman speaking in Korean over soft music. Off just before top of the hour. (Barton, AZ)

Echo of Hope/Voice of Hope (South Korea to North), 4885 (p) in Korean at 1300 woman giving monologue over instrumental music. (Barton, AZ) 1354. (Taylor, LFP) 5995 at 2208 tune with woman speaking in Korean. (Valko, PA) 6350 in Korean at 1304 woman with ID over music, excerpts from an English speech, fanfare at 1330. (Sellers, BC)

Voice of the People, (South Korea to North), 4450 apparently unjammed at 2211, 6600 at 2209, jammer went off at 2229, revealing man speaking in Korean, jammer returned at 2240. The white noise jammers all went off at the same time, audible over jammer at 2115, 2120 opera and 2130 man and woman talking in Korean. (Valko, PA)

Voice of Freedom (South Korea to North), 6045 with music at 2112, went over bottom of the hour with woman speaking in Korean. Wiped out by WHRI-6040. (Valko, PA)

Sound of Hope (Taiwan to North Korea), 9155 at 2230 in Korean, 9850 in Korean at 2309. (Valko, PA)

Radio Tamazuj (via Vatican to Sudan), 15550 in Arabic at 1509 with woman speaking in Arabic. (Taylor, LFP)

Denge Kurdistane (via Armenia to Turkey) 7320, at 2136-2200* with Kurdish talks, music, man giving closedown announcements, partial anthem. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

PERU—Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 4765 at 1030 ending camposina song, dead air then a long ad block, 1035 TC, begun the next song, followed by transmitter fault, good signal through 1046. (Valko, PA) 2251, OA vocal with Spanish talk, ID, announcements, more music. Also, 1043-1104 with excited man hosting morning music. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Tarma, Tarma, 4775 at 2214 with long Spanish talk, some LA vocals, nice siren, LA vocals, ID at 2238. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 4955 at 2331 with man and woman speaking in Spanish, OA vocals, mainly long talks. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

PHILIPPINES—FEBC Radio, 9405 at 2307 with Christmas songs, man speaking in Chinese at 2310, then talk by woman, 0785 at 2309 man and woman giving language lesson in English. (Valko, PA) 11630-SMG in Urdu at 1457 giving website, theme, contemporary Christian music, off at 1458. (Taylor, LFP) 15560-Bocaue at 0136-0130* with man speaking in Japanese, ID schedule. Best signal on a very limited activity band at this hour. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

Radio Veritas Asia via Vatican, 15620 at 1530 in Tagalog with lively female announcer, closing ID and announcements. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

PIRATES—Recycle Radio, 6899.5 at 2105, with woman saying, “broadcasting from somewhere over the rainbow, this is Recycle Radio” then faded a minute later. (Valko, PA)

Pee Wee Radio, 6940u at 0036 with Christmas program including SSTV of scantily clad dancers. (Taylor, WI) 0034 with heavy metal versions of Christmas songs. Two SSTV/FAX pictures, one of them R-rated. (Hassig, IL) 2337 with rock, SSTV images at 2343. (Valko, PA)

Partial India Radio, 6925 with a holiday program at 1938, including sitar versions of Christmas songs. (Hassig, IL)

Clever Name Radio, 6940 at 2225 with punk things, ID at times at 2234. Woman with several hard-to-understand statements about “Mr. Mayhem.” (Taylor, WI)

Wolverine Radio, 4020 at 0215 with seasonal songs, then an SSTV/FAX of a nice Christmas scene; 6950u at 0215 with numbers using the word “nice.” SSTV/FAX of a of a 1950s Buick. (Hassig, IL)

Coast FM (Euro), 6240 weak at 0935. Able to // it to web RX at 1053. (Valko, PA)

Laser Hot Hits, 6205 at 0905, male DJ at 0906, laser SFX introducing news, and ID at 0907. (Valko, PA)

KUNT, 6925 at 0047, testing several times saying “University of Texas Radio.” (Taylor, WI)

Yeah Man Radio, 6925 with man speaking and prock from 2250 tune, (Delibert, MD)

Mr. Mayhem Radio, 6984u at 2308 with repeated IDs, rock at 2309. (Valko, PA)

Yeti Radio, 6940u at 2043 with older prock. ID through HFU. (Valko, PA)

WDDR, 6950u at 0129-0135 with various Jack Daniels numbers from ’60s and ’70s and SSTV/FAX of scantily-clad women holding Jack Daniels’ bottles. (Hassig, IL)

Free Radio Service Holland 7700 (Euro) at 1449, 1451 another song, still going at 1535 but gone at 1638. (Valko, PA)

ROMANIA—Radio Romania International, Galbeni, 6020 at 0446-0457* with male/female announcers in English. Nice ID and closedown announcements at 0455 prior to IS and off. (D’Angelo, PA)

RUSSIA—RWM time station at 1459 with woman giving IDs under both U.S. outlets. (Taylor, LFP)

SAO TOME—VOA-Pinheira Relay, 11900 with U.S. pops at 2022. (Brossell, WI)

SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 13710 at 1435 with Arabic talks. (Brossell, WI) 15205 in Arabic at 1736 still with the awful buzz. (Valko, PA)

SINGAPORE—BBC-Far East Relay, Kranji, 3915 at 2225 with several mentions of BBC followed by English talk features. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

SOUTH AFRICA—Radio Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 3320 in Afrikaans with female vocal, man giving ID at 0300. (D’Angelo, PA)

SOUTH KOREA—KBS World Radio, 9630 at 1530 with Korean pops and woman giving a countdown. (Barton, AZ) 9805-Kimje at 2317 with man/woman speaking in Chinese. (D’Angelo, PA)

SRI LANKA—11750-Trincomalee at 1725 with vocals and partly shouted, suddenly off at 1730. (Valko, PA)

SWAZILAND—Trans World Radio, Makeni Ranch, 3240 at 0258 in Shona. IS, ID woman opening. (Taylor, WI) 0331-0346*, male vocal, long religious talk in N'dau, ID and closedown. 15105 at *1555-1627* with music, ID, music box to open in Kirundi. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

SWEDEN—IBRA Radio via Nauen, 5940 at 0240 in Dari with man speaking. (Taylor, LFP)

TAIWAN—Radio Taiwan International, Paochung, 15320 at 0335-0400* in English with discussion on China’s one child policy, several IDs, Chinese lesson. (D’Angelo, FCDX)

THAILAND—Radio Thailand, Udorn, 5875 at 1114 in English, prior to gongs/bells and ID, into Mandarin, 9390-Udorn at *1201 opening in English with news, (D’Angelo, PA)

TURKEY—Voice of Turkey, Emirler, 9410 at 1416 in Russian with Turkish pops, 11815-Emirler at 1520 with soccer commentary in Turkish. (Taylor, LFP) 5960-Emirler at 2256-2350* with English features, Turkish instrumentals to close, 11815-Ermiler at 1610 with woman reading Turkish news. (D’Angelo, PA) 9700-Emirler with Midnight Express program at 0517. (KB2DMD, PA) 13350 in Turkish at 1350. (Brossell, WI)

UNITED STATES—Voice of America-Philippine Relay, 11945 in Mandarin at 0020. (Brossell, WI)

Radio Ashna/VOA via Woofferton, 13655 in Dari at 1526 with woman talking and ID sequence. (Taylor, LFP)

Radio Marti via Greenville, 7355 in Spanish at 1310, man and woman giving ID, //7435 and woman with address in Lagos. (Sellers, BC)

Adventist World Radio via South Africa, 11750 at 2053 in Yoroba, apparent sermon. (Taylor, WI) 17720 via Madagascar in Swahili at 1716. (Brossell, WI)

WRMI, Okeechobee, 9955 with Wavescan DX program at 1400. (Zamora, TX)

WWCR, Nashville, 5935 at 0000 with Classic Radio Theater and a Crime Classic story on Billy the Kid. (Zamora, TX)

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo Radio (possibly) via Tanshui, 7530 at 2233 with Christmas carol, male announcers seemingly outdoors. (Valko, PA) 2246 in Hmong with man at some length. (Taylor, WI)

WBCQ, Monticello, 7490 at 0015 operating on backup transmitter. Fair on peaks but subject to deep fades, man hosting English religion program. (D’Angelo, PA)

VATICAN—Vatican Radio, SMG, 7365 at 2027 closing English, IS and into French. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 9660 with Pope’s Christmas Day message at 2002, Christmas songs and into French at bottom of the hour. (D’Angelo, PA) 9700 in Arabic at 2153. (Brossell, WI)

VIETNAM—Voice of Vietnam via WRMI, 7315 with sign on at 0001 with news. (Zamora, TX) 9635.8, San Toy, off-channel at 1032 with male/female announcers in Vietnamese. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 9840 at 0959 with orchestral mix, usual English IDs by man and woman, then headlines by man, 12019 in English at 1006. (Valko, PA)

ZAMBIA—Voice of Hope-Zambia, 13860 at 1333 and 1457, man with ID, more music, possible religious talk at 1504, ID at 1506, more music. (Valko, PA)

ZANZIBAR— ZBC Radio, Dole, 6015 at 0303 with male vocals cutting through, man speaking in Swahili, 11735 in Swahili at 2047-2100*. (D’Angelo, FCDX) 0322-0326 with man speaking in Swahili mentioning African countries. Blasted by CRI via Albania on 6020, 11735 at 1516 with Arabic sounding music. Weak at this unusual time. (Valko, PA) 2047-2100*. (D’Angelo, PA)

Thanks for Your Logs

Man hugs, back pats and high fives to all the good guys who checked in this time: Dave Valko, Dunlow, PA; Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC; Larry Zamora, Garland, TX; Rich Parker, KB2DMD, Pennsburg, PA; William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Rich D’Angelo, Wyomissing and French Creek DXpedition, PA; Mark Taylor, Madison, WI and Lake Farm Park DXpedition near Madison (including Bill Dvorak and Charlie Forsyth) both of Madison, who also helped with IDs; Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI; and Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD. 

Until next month…Keep on keepin’ on, and...Celebrate Shortwave!