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General Radio Discussion / Re: All India Radio suspends shortwave and “pure DRM’ transmissions during Covid-19

« on: March 26, 2020, 1902 UTC »

Good point, Josh!    At 1400 utc today, none of the three separate broadcasts I'll tune in for music was on the air.  Hmmmm......wonder if they will ever return to shortwave?

I had the same reaction remembering how Ford Motor Company "suspended" their Edsel production "pending further market analysis".   How'd that work out?

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Vatican Radio 13830 am 1530 utc 23 Nov 2019

« on: March 23, 2020, 1545 UTC »

13830 KHZ @ 15:35  23 March 20 in Amharic.  Good signal strength but battling serious static blasts and an unknown Asian dialect from an unidentified station  underneath (Firedrake?).

SINPO:  4-1-2-3-2
TARGET:  East Africa
TX:  Santa Maria di Galeria

888

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Turkey ==> Europe

« on: March 18, 2020, 1345 UTC »

15350 khz @ 1333 UTC in Turkish targeting Europe.   Strong signal but loads of QRN this morning.   Mideast music:

1333:  Song with female vocals
1336:  Song with male vocals
1340:  YM announcer then another song with female vocals

SINPO:  4-2-2-2-2

889

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nacional De Amazonia 6180khz

« on: March 18, 2020, 0257 UTC »

Weak but steady  signal on 6180 khz @ 0247 UTC 18 March 20.   Usual tropical QRN but overall not bad.  Very enjoyable mixture of Brazilian instrumental / female vocal songs. OM/YL announcers.  Nice to hear them up here in WI. without the usual atmospherics obstacles.

ID  & QRT @ 0300 UTC .  (Which is strange as other SWL sources say QRT should be 0400, 0500 or 0305)

SINPO:  2-3-3-4-3

890

Shortwave Broadcast / NHK Japan to West Africa

« on: March 17, 2020, 2044 UTC »

Broadcasting on the somewhat rare frequency (for NHK) of 9855 KHZ @ 20:35 in French targeting West Africa via Madagascar.  YM with narrative. No music.

SINPO: 4-3-2-2-3
TX:  Talata-Volonodry

891

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania International 13750 am 1200 utc 17 Mar 2020

« on: March 17, 2020, 1240 UTC »

4-3-4-4-4 @ 12:39 with Eastern European folk music with female vocals.   Solid signal. ID @ 12:40 with "DX MAILBAG".

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Slovakia International

« on: March 17, 2020, 1237 UTC »

9955 KHZ @ 12:30 UTC in Spanish with OM narrative via WRMI.
ID @ 12:31

SINPO: 4-3-4-2-3
TARGET:  Latin America
TX: Okeechobee FL

893

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Unknown voice synthesis broadcast

« on: March 16, 2020, 1823 UTC »

9460 shows up as a China Radio International frequency in English in the 1200 utc hour according to short-wave.info.

Seems doubtful.    The narrative was consistently Anti-China and no way the ChiComms @ CRI were going to allow that.  There IS an English broadcast on 9460 of THAZIN RADIO out of Myanmar but that runs 0630 to 0800 UTC so the timing doesn't match up.  That seems somewhat of a stretch  anyway as its only 50 kw and I've never gotten a whiff of that station before.     Is it possible  that this was WYFR broadcasting 5 khz off their scheduled 9455 khz?  I locked the broadcast in on both the FRG 7700 and Icom R75 with the narrow filter @ 9460, not 9455.   And what's with the voice synthesis?    "Curiouser and Curiouser"..........

894

FM DX Loggings / WPNE 89.3

« on: March 15, 2020, 1612 UTC »

89.3 MHZ @ 15:54 UTC.  "Julius Caesar Overture" by Robert Schumann.   Perfect signal.  ID @ 16:01 out of Green Bay on the R7000.
 
SINPO:  5-5-5-5-5
TX<>RX:    121 miles
ERP:  100 KW

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Shortwave Broadcast / Unknown voice synthesis broadcast

« on: March 15, 2020, 1237 UTC »

9460 KHZ. @ 12:23 UTC in voice synthesized English.   World weather and news:

12:24.  Features on Thailand
12:28:   Power loses due to storms in New South Wales
12:29:   Increased Sulfur dioxide in atmospheric measurements in Hu Nan.    Story featured COVID death rates
            stating the numbers are greatly minimized   
12:31.  North Atlantic weather alerts re: UK and Scotland with possible 60 mph gusts.
 
Seemed to be a replay of an earlier recording.   Entire. broadcast was consistently disparaging of the China main media line.  Heavy focus on climate change,  environmental damage, etc,   Very GREENPEACE type approach to the news items.

SINPO: 4-5-4-4-4+.    Very strong signal with infrequent and minimal fading

Had to shut it down at 12:39 so couldn't pick up anyID.
What is this?
       

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC to Central Africa

« on: March 12, 2020, 1850 UTC »

11810 KHZ @ 1845 UTC with YL/OM in English hosting "BBC HEALTH CHAT". 

SINPO: 4-3-2-3-3
TX:  WOOFERTON UK

(Still trying to shake the ubiquitous noise on mid-day 25 meters)

897

Shortwave Broadcast / Caribbean Beacon - University Network

« on: March 12, 2020, 1326 UTC »

11775 KHZ @ 1311 UTC.  YL announcer in English with standard Evangelical preaching re: Moses, Israel etc etc etc.  Erratic signal strength with moderate to heavy QSB/QRN.
I know this station only kicks out 100 kw but it seems I can never  get anything approaching a clear signal here is Southern Wisconsin

SINPO:  3-2-1-1-2
TARGET: N. America
TX:  Anguilla

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Helliniki Radiophonia 9420 khz 1937 UTC 28 Dec 2019

« on: March 09, 2020, 1934 UTC »

9420.09 KHZ @ 19:31 UTC in Greek targeting Europe.   Strong signal fighting thru the QRN that seems be prevalent everywhere at my QTH today.     Good music with some YM over-talk for some inexplicable reason.    Nice to hear them again.

SINPO: 4-2-2-3-3

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Shortwave Broadcast / R. Saudi (with music for a change)

« on: March 09, 2020, 1923 UTC »

9675 KHZ @ 19:14 UTC in Turkish targeting Middle East.   Music with male vocals until 19:18 when OM initiated his narrative with short musical interjections between features.   Pretty strong signal with heavy QRN throughout.

SINPO: 3-2-2-4-3

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FM DX Loggings / WTZY 91.3 Wonder Lake, IL.

« on: March 09, 2020, 0404 UTC »

Very strong @ 03:45 UTC 9  March 20.    Christian music.
ID @ 04:00

EWP:  4KW
TX <> RX:  28 Miles