DXing VOA 15 Apr 2021

[Ct Yankee]

Thought I'd give a try on this rainy day of seeing where I could pick up VOA broadcasts (all ID's via short-wave.info):

UTC    Frequency   Location                       Service   Reception
1320  15165 am    Udon Thani                  Chinese   Poor, OM talking with few words above noise floor
1323  17530 am    Santa Maria di Galeria   Somali    Excellent, OM and YL in conversation
1326  11785 am    Tiang                           Chinese  Fair, OM talking at length
1340  12080 am    Tiang                           Korean   Poor, about every third word makes it through noise
1409  15580 am    Selebi-Phikwe               English   Very good, song "Take You Dancing" Jason Derulo
1414  15730 am    Biblis                           Tibetan   Fair, OM talking to music
1502  17700 am    Santa Maria di Galeria   Hausa     Good, two OM's in discussion
1701  11610 am    Woofferton                   Amharic  Very good, OM and YL talking
1706  15620 am    Kuwait                         Somali    Fair, YL talking
1721  15460 am    Pinheira                       Shona     Good, OM talking

[East Troy Don]

Rainy Day here in East Troy WI, almost 1 year to the day of CY's post above. Great signal from VOA ==> Far East @ 14:11 today , also on12080 and also in Korean from Tinang.
Must be something in the (rain) water. 

SINPO: 4-4-3-4-4

[Ct Yankee]

And I thought only the Good Lord was resurrected this month, glad you're not resurfacing my late 70's undergraduate years 🤣 (just jokin')

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

i can hear 15580 so strong and clear sometimes, especially when theyre playing music, i take my audio bandwith from 2.3 to 5khz on my tecsun and it sounds great.  15730 also does somali and thats been so strong and clear i can hear the car horns and crowd nosie when they interview someone on the street