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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA ---> East Africa

« on: August 18, 2020, 1348 UTC »

17530  khz @ 13:38 UTC in Somali.   YM narrative to 13:42 , musical bridge to 13:44 then multi-person discussion.  Noisy  with some fading.  Highly unusual for me to pick up anything on this frequency in the last couple years.

SINPO:  2-3-1-2-2
TX:   Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy

797

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: NHK World Radio Japan 6105 A.M. 2:55 UTC.

« on: August 18, 2020, 0231 UTC »

Very strong tonite on 6105 khz @ 02:23 UTC.   Classical music to 02:27 then "Scarborough Faire" by Simon & Garfunkel,  YF announcer used an instrumental of the same song for background music to her Japanese narrative.

SINPO: 5-4-4-4-4
TARGET:  Central America
TX:  Issoudun, France

798

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nacional da Amazonia 6180 2350 UTC 12 Aug

« on: August 18, 2020, 0221 UTC »

6180 KHZ  @ 02:16 UTC. Pretty strong signal tonite in SE Wisconsin but lotsa QRN.
Typical Brazillian music .   YM announcer in Portugese.

SINPO: 4-2-2-3-3

 

799

Shortwave Broadcast / China Radio International

« on: August 18, 2020, 0152 UTC »

9580 KHZ @ 0149 UTC in English to Eastern North America via Cuba with the "Beijing News Hour"

O143  Story on the global industrial truck market
0145  Feature on the coaching change at Barcelona
0147. Soccer summary

Steady, moderate QRM throughout. Slight fade at 1:52

SINPO:  4-3-3-4-3

800

General Radio Discussion / Re: Vintage analogue/ tube receivers for BCL/SWL DXing?

« on: August 11, 2020, 1531 UTC »

Sensitivity, calibration and separation are all spot on.    Using the same antenna (the Alpha Delta Sloper) thru a splitter, the FRG frequently picks up  SWL  AM signals  some of my other receivers do not.  Audio quality is very good (a front facing speaker is always better).  My only complaint(and it is minor) is that it drifts slightly on SSB.   I got mine on EBAY for only $160 because , I suppose, it didn't have the optional memory card.  I checked EBAY this morning and there are only 2 today, both rather high-priced.   But keep checking - they surface on EBAY on and off all the time. 

801

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: SWLing Post: Voice of Korea announces new English language broadcast schedule

« on: August 10, 2020, 1423 UTC »

Very weak on 9435 with YL and OM conversing at 14:12.  Schedules state this is French to North America but language indecipherable due to very heavy static.    Switched to military marching music @ 14:14 UTC.
Back to YL @ 14:26 introducing an instrumental song featuring flute music.

SINPO:  2-2-1-2-2
TX:  Kujang

802

General Radio Discussion / Re: Vintage analogue/ tube receivers for BCL/SWL DXing?

« on: August 09, 2020, 1705 UTC »

I picked up a Yaesu FRG-7700 for $160 years ago and wouldn't part with it for 3x that amount, Wonderful  circa 1978-1982 SWL receiver.

803

Equipment / Re: ICOM ICR-75 vs. TECSUN S-2000

« on: August 09, 2020, 1644 UTC »

I've had the R75 I bought on EBAY over a year ago and my overall assessment is that, generally, its overrated.   Its noisy, not as sensitive as many other receivers from that time frame and somewhat cumbersome controls (particularly the ICOM RF/SQ  hybrid feature is a classic example of over-engineering).  The stock audio was so abysmal that  I had to improve the fidelity by patching the R75 audio output thru the Grundig 750 speaker which helped immeasurably (thanks and a tip of the hat to Pinto Vortando). 
IMHO, save your money on the R75 - there are plenty of other options out there that perform considerably better. 

804

MW Loggings / Re: 1410WHLW AM???

« on: August 03, 2020, 2158 UTC »

A possibility is WRTZ out of Roanoke.  It transmits its classical / oldies format at night at 72 watts omni-directionally but its only about 120 miles from your location.

Just a thought.

805

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2027 UTC 1 Aug 2020

« on: August 02, 2020, 0039 UTC »

There may be a connection if it is Cousin Brucie you were hearing.  The Coz is doing his last show on Sirius/XM tonight.  There is rumor that the 85 year old Bruce Morrow may be returning to his 13 year (1961-1974) home at WABC 770 am NYC, which is recently under new ownership, for a Saturday night weekly gig.

Nice BioBlog on Deadline.com:https://deadline.com/2020/07/cousin-bruce-morrow-leaving-siriusxm-radio-1203000440/

806

MW Loggings / Re: 1410WHLW AM???

« on: August 01, 2020, 2355 UTC »

T, whats your QTH?

807

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WBCQ via Wooferton.....

« on: July 31, 2020, 2219 UTC »

I didn't monitor thru TOH for the ID but cross-referenced 4 SWL schedule sources for confirmation

808

Shortwave Broadcast / Unknown 15745 khz....

« on: July 30, 2020, 1502 UTC »

..... steady tone, no narrative, no music, nothing.   Just the loud tone at S9 i picked up at 14:56 and still there at 15:02

809

Shortwave Broadcast / WBCQ via Wooferton.....

« on: July 29, 2020, 2053 UTC »

.....to Middle East in Arabic on 9800 KHZ @ 20:26 UTC.   Very excitable YM announcer with droning monologue with numerous references to "Sharia" (Law, i presume).


SINPO: 3-3-2-4-3

810

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania

« on: July 28, 2020, 0052 UTC »

4- 4-2-3-3  this evening on 7420 KHZ @ 00:42 UTC.   OM with canned ID @ 00:43.  Romanian music to 00:48 then YL narrative to 00:51 when  YM took over the announcing.

TX:  Galbeni
TARGET: Eastern North America