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SW 2-6MHz logs
« on: May 28, 2018, 0709 UTC »
The low bands have been giving some good distance in recent days accompanied with a very low noise level some nice DX loggings have been achieved.  The following are the more interesting rather than the big regular Chinese and European signals:

2.850MHz  1638z  KCBS North Korea with continuous stream of classical and military parade style music, no chat or time announcements. Pyongyang transmitter, 5X6 report.

3.200MHz  1642z  TWR Africa, Swaziland in Portugese or Spanish langauge, border line copy. Manzini transmitter, 3X4 report.
3.255MHz  1708z  BBC Africa, South Africa in English with world news bulletin and sport, Meyerton South Africa transmitter, 5X5 report.
3.320MHz  1729z  Radio Sonde Grense, South Africa with lots of chat in Afrikaans between two males. Meyerton South Africa transmitter, 5X4 report.
3.325MHz  1043z  NBC of PNG "Radio Bougainville" with male chatting in Pidgin, some "string band" music. Kieta, Bougainville transmitter 5X9 report.
3.480MHz  1105z  Voice of The People, South Korea with lady shouting a political speech, some jamming present, South Korea transmitter 5x9 plus 10dB report.

4.920MHz  1143z  PBS-Xizang, Tibet with Tibetan music show and some announcer chat, Lhasa Baiding transmitter in Tibet. 5X6 report.
4.930MHz  2036z  VOA Botswana with children singing village songs in African/Arabic dialect. Botswana transmitter. 5X7 report.

5.020MHz  1043z  Radio Happy Isle, Solomon Islands with chat in Tok Pidgin and some traditional string band music. Honiara transmitter. 5X9 plus 15dB over report.
5.055MHz  1008z  4KZ AM Radio (Australia) relay to outback regions of NT & QLD, sports report and weather for Nth Queensland. Queensland transmitter. 5X4 report with deep fades.
5.875MHz  1112z  Radio Thailand, Bangkok, service in Bhasa Malay to Singapore and Malaysia, chat abut elections, Udon Thani transmitter. 5X7 report.
5.885MHz  1900z  Radio Farda, Iran with lot of talk back calls taken in Persian by female announcer. Kuwait transmitter, 5X9 report.

6.065MHz  1909z  Voice of Hope, Zambia in English, giving freq/sched details and address "for you to write to us.." Lusaka, Zambia transmitter, 5X8 report.
6.090MHz  2017z  Radio Amhara, Ethiopia, with man giving a political style speech then village music/singing. Addis Ababa transmitter. 5X8 report.
6.100MHz  1125z  All India Radio, New Delhi in English/Hindi, chat about Bollywood movies and soundtracks played. Khampur, India tyransmitter. 5X5 report.
6.110MHz  2005z  Radio Fana, Ethiopia, with men & boys singing traditional village songs, Arabic flare to it. Addis Ababa transmitter. 5X9 report with big fades.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2018, 0713 UTC by Looking-Glass »
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