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Shortwave Broadcast / Denge Kurdistane - New Frequency
« on: April 29, 2017, 0527 UTC »7350 FRANCE. Denge Kurdistane - Issoudun. Kurdish to WAs at 0425, NF (x 11600), Kurdish pop music with a fair signal till s/off 0500 on Apr 29.
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7350 FRANCE. Denge Kurdistane - Issoudun. Kurdish to WAs at 0425, NF (x 11600), Kurdish pop music with a fair signal till s/off 0500 on Apr 29.
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7350 FRANCE. Denge Kurdistane - Issoudun. Kurdish to WAs at 0425, NF (x 11600), Kurdish pop music with a fair signal till s/off 0500 on Apr 29.
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Shortwave Broadcast / 7 mHz Band Scan - Between 2100 and 2200 UTC
« on: April 25, 2017, 1040 UTC »
7 mHz BAND SCAN - APRIL 24 - BETWEEN 2100 AND 2200 UTC
(just after local sunrise at Mount Evelyn)
7205 CHINA/FRANCE. CRI - Xian in English to EAf and RFI - Issoudun in French to WAf, at equally good signal strength. It would be interesting to know if there is any QRM in the two African target areas.
7210 D.P.R.KOREA. VoK (KCBS)- Kujang. Korean to SAf till s/off 2122, weak signal.
7215 ALBANIA/CHINA. CRI - Cerrik in Arabic to Egypt and CNR 1 - Shijiazhuang in Mandarin, at equally good strength.
7225 CHINA. CRI - Beijing. Croatian to SEu at very good strength.
7230 CHINA. CNR 1 - Xian. Good level.
7235 D.P.R.KOREA. VoK - Kujang. Mandarin s/on 2130, weak.
7240 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Mandarin, weak signal.
7245 CHINA. CNR 2 - Beijing. Good signal.
7255 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Tibetan with a weak signal.
7259.94 VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Port Vila. In Bislama, weak signal.
7265 CHINA. CRI - Urumqui. Italian to Eu, excellent signal till s/off 2130. Then CNR 2 - Baoji is heard in the clear with a good signal.
7275 CHINA. CNR 1 - Beijing. Fair signal.
7280 VIETNAM. VoV - SonTay. Spanish to Eu 2100, English at 2130. Fair to poor signal.
7285 ALBANIA. CRI - Cerrik. English to Eu at a fair level.
7290 CHINA. CRI - Xian. Korean to EAs at very good level and CNR 1 - Beijing with a weak signal underneath.
7300 ENGLAND. HCJB R. Akhbar Mufriha - Woofferton. Arabic to NAf, fair till s/off 2145.
7305 CHINA. CNR 1 - Shijiazhuang. Fair signal.
7310 TAIWAN. Sound of Hope - Taipei. Mandarin but a very weak signal.
7315 CHINA. CNR 2 - Xian. Good signal.
7325 CHINA. CRI - Beijing. English to SAf till 2200 s/off at a good level and CRI - Xian in Serbian to Eu till s/off 2130, fair signal.
7335 CHINA. CNR 2 - Baoji with fair signal and CRI - Shijiazhung in Spanish to SEu with a good signal.
7340 CUBA. R. Habana - Bauta. Spanish to SAm, weak signal.
7345 CHINA. CNR 1 - Beijing. Weak signal and CRI - Kashi in Italian to SEu till s/off 2130 with a good signal.
7355 IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Japanese to Japan, fair signal until s/off 2150.
7370 CHINA. CNR 2 - Beijing. Fair signal.
7385 CHINA/TIBET. CNR 5 - Beijing with a good signal and PBS Xizang - Lhasa in Tibetan with a fair signal.
7395 CHINA. CNR 2 - Xian. Fair signal.
7415 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. English to Eu, fair to poor signal.
7425 IRAN. VOIRI - Zahedan. Arabic to NAf with a weak signal.
7435 NTH MARIANA IS./CHINA/VIETNAM. RFA - Tinian. Mandarin To EAs with a weak signal, and CNR 1 jammer. Then it becomes a real mess when at s/on 2145 VoVietnam - Son Tay in Vietnamese to Oc with a good signal.
7445 CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Serbian to Eu at 2100, then Hungarian 2130, fair signal.
7450 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Weak signal in Mandarin.
7459.90 MONGOLIA. RFA - Ulaanbaatar. Korean to EAs, good signal and no jamming.
7495 FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Arabic service with Qur'an and general programming, very good.
7505 TAJIKISTAN. RFA - Dushanbe. S/on 2200 in Tibetan to EAs with CNR 1 jammer.
7550 INDIA. AIR - Delhi. English to Eu, very good.
RX: Yaesu FTDX3000
ANT: 7 mHz Double Bazooka.
(just after local sunrise at Mount Evelyn)
7205 CHINA/FRANCE. CRI - Xian in English to EAf and RFI - Issoudun in French to WAf, at equally good signal strength. It would be interesting to know if there is any QRM in the two African target areas.
7210 D.P.R.KOREA. VoK (KCBS)- Kujang. Korean to SAf till s/off 2122, weak signal.
7215 ALBANIA/CHINA. CRI - Cerrik in Arabic to Egypt and CNR 1 - Shijiazhuang in Mandarin, at equally good strength.
7225 CHINA. CRI - Beijing. Croatian to SEu at very good strength.
7230 CHINA. CNR 1 - Xian. Good level.
7235 D.P.R.KOREA. VoK - Kujang. Mandarin s/on 2130, weak.
7240 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Mandarin, weak signal.
7245 CHINA. CNR 2 - Beijing. Good signal.
7255 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Tibetan with a weak signal.
7259.94 VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Port Vila. In Bislama, weak signal.
7265 CHINA. CRI - Urumqui. Italian to Eu, excellent signal till s/off 2130. Then CNR 2 - Baoji is heard in the clear with a good signal.
7275 CHINA. CNR 1 - Beijing. Fair signal.
7280 VIETNAM. VoV - SonTay. Spanish to Eu 2100, English at 2130. Fair to poor signal.
7285 ALBANIA. CRI - Cerrik. English to Eu at a fair level.
7290 CHINA. CRI - Xian. Korean to EAs at very good level and CNR 1 - Beijing with a weak signal underneath.
7300 ENGLAND. HCJB R. Akhbar Mufriha - Woofferton. Arabic to NAf, fair till s/off 2145.
7305 CHINA. CNR 1 - Shijiazhuang. Fair signal.
7310 TAIWAN. Sound of Hope - Taipei. Mandarin but a very weak signal.
7315 CHINA. CNR 2 - Xian. Good signal.
7325 CHINA. CRI - Beijing. English to SAf till 2200 s/off at a good level and CRI - Xian in Serbian to Eu till s/off 2130, fair signal.
7335 CHINA. CNR 2 - Baoji with fair signal and CRI - Shijiazhung in Spanish to SEu with a good signal.
7340 CUBA. R. Habana - Bauta. Spanish to SAm, weak signal.
7345 CHINA. CNR 1 - Beijing. Weak signal and CRI - Kashi in Italian to SEu till s/off 2130 with a good signal.
7355 IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Japanese to Japan, fair signal until s/off 2150.
7370 CHINA. CNR 2 - Beijing. Fair signal.
7385 CHINA/TIBET. CNR 5 - Beijing with a good signal and PBS Xizang - Lhasa in Tibetan with a fair signal.
7395 CHINA. CNR 2 - Xian. Fair signal.
7415 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. English to Eu, fair to poor signal.
7425 IRAN. VOIRI - Zahedan. Arabic to NAf with a weak signal.
7435 NTH MARIANA IS./CHINA/VIETNAM. RFA - Tinian. Mandarin To EAs with a weak signal, and CNR 1 jammer. Then it becomes a real mess when at s/on 2145 VoVietnam - Son Tay in Vietnamese to Oc with a good signal.
7445 CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Serbian to Eu at 2100, then Hungarian 2130, fair signal.
7450 TIBET. PBS Xizang - Lhasa. Weak signal in Mandarin.
7459.90 MONGOLIA. RFA - Ulaanbaatar. Korean to EAs, good signal and no jamming.
7495 FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Arabic service with Qur'an and general programming, very good.
7505 TAJIKISTAN. RFA - Dushanbe. S/on 2200 in Tibetan to EAs with CNR 1 jammer.
7550 INDIA. AIR - Delhi. English to Eu, very good.
RX: Yaesu FTDX3000
ANT: 7 mHz Double Bazooka.
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Shortwave Broadcast / VoA Botswana English
« on: April 19, 2017, 0442 UTC »
15580 BOTSWANA. VoA - Moepeng Hill. English to Af at 0415 with current affairs show, short path across the Indian Ocean, fair signal, Apr 19.
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Shortwave Broadcast / VoKorea Testing with Strange Data Txion
« on: April 19, 2017, 0432 UTC »
15105 UNID. Presumed to be VoKorea (D.P.R.K) - Kujang with a test transmission as there is no broadcast scheduled at 0305. Korean sounding song with female vocal when I first tuned in. Suddenly no audio at 0308 - just carrier. Then a transmitter test tone at 0322. Next at 0326, some sort of strange unidentified data transmission on the carrier. Finally, the VoK interval signal began at exactly 0330 and into the usual Mandarin service to SEAs. Monitored both here at Mount Evelyn (fair signal) and through the remote SDR in Chiba, Japan (excellent signal). Quite odd! Apr 19.
110
Shortwave Broadcast / 9490 Mahajanga
« on: April 14, 2017, 2228 UTC »
9490 MADAGASCAR. World Christian Broadcasting - Mahajanga. Mandarin at 2205, pop music and preaching. Fair signal, Apr 14.
111
Shortwave Broadcast / RRI - Ternate
« on: April 14, 2017, 2227 UTC »
3344.90 INDONESIA. RRI - Ternate. Easy listening music and Indonesian anncts at 2027, weak signal, Apr 14.
112
Shortwave Broadcast / Four Africans Logged This Morning
« on: April 14, 2017, 2226 UTC »
3320 SOUTH AFRICA. R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton. Classical music program at 2020, Afrikaans ID at 2030, weak signal Apr 14.
4930 BOTSWANA. VoA - Moepeng Hill. Learning English programming at 1955, poor signal on Apr 14
4965 ZAMBIA. Voice of Hope - Makeni Ranch. American preaching on Good Friday in English at 1945, weak signal and rarely heard here, Apr 14.
5915 ZAMBIA. Zambia NBC - Lusaka. Radio 1 service in a local language, chat and great Afro music at 2135, fair signal, Apr 14.
Local Noise Level - High (courtesy of our new neighbour)....
4930 BOTSWANA. VoA - Moepeng Hill. Learning English programming at 1955, poor signal on Apr 14
4965 ZAMBIA. Voice of Hope - Makeni Ranch. American preaching on Good Friday in English at 1945, weak signal and rarely heard here, Apr 14.
5915 ZAMBIA. Zambia NBC - Lusaka. Radio 1 service in a local language, chat and great Afro music at 2135, fair signal, Apr 14.
Local Noise Level - High (courtesy of our new neighbour)....
113
Clandestine Stations / 3480 VoP Not Jammed!
« on: April 14, 2017, 2219 UTC »
3480 KOREA REP. Voice of the People - Goyang. A very good clear signal with no evidence of jamming at 2035 in Korean with ma/fa announcers. All other parallel freqs for this service (3912, 4450,4557, 6518 and 6600 kHz) were also heard but heavily jammed on this occasion. Operated by the South Korean National Intelligence Service. Apr 14.
114
Shortwave Broadcast / 3219.92 KCBS
« on: April 14, 2017, 2215 UTC »
3219.92 D.P.R.KOREA. KCBS - Hamnung. Scheduled to be relaying Pyongyang BS (but I'm not so sure about that….) at 2015 with orchestral music, very weak signal. Running // 3250 at this time where it was much stronger, Apr 14.
115
Shortwave Broadcast / Kuwait Returns!
« on: April 09, 2017, 2316 UTC »
Reports are coming through from Mauno Ritola, Dan Robinson and Rich Nowak that R. Kuwait has returned, using 15540 between 1800 and 2100 in English. I haven't heard them myself yet. Just thought I'd let everyone know. Nice to see a station return, instead of departing!
Rob VK3BVW
Rob VK3BVW
116
Equipment / Re: Retro Receiver - Selena Vega B206
« on: April 06, 2017, 2157 UTC »
Thanks for your comments. Yes, it would be fascinating to compare this export model with a Soviet domestic version.
Rob
Rob
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Clandestine Stations / Re: Clandestine A17
« on: April 06, 2017, 2155 UTC »
Thanks so much for this. Is it possible to "pin" this post, so that it is always at the top of the section? I found with the B16 schedule, that I had to hunt around for it.....just a suggestion. 73, Rob
118
The RF Workbench / Standing Inside a Broadcast Transmitter While it's ON!
« on: April 01, 2017, 2235 UTC »
I stumbled across a YouTube video from the fabulous Mr Carlson's Lab channel. If you haven't check out this channel before, and you are really eager to learn more about electronics, this is a wonderful YouTube site.
So, in the latest episode, Mr Carlson takes us on a tour of a very large Gates BC-250-GY broadcast transmitter from the 40's era. Lots of big tubes, transformers and capacitors! This is an old mediumwave transmitter that he has restored. Although the technology has changed markedly since the 1940s, the basic principals of transmission are still present. And, interestingly, he points out that this particular unit was in regular service right up until as recently as 2003!
It's an interesting show and even if you can't grab onto all the technical information presented, I think you will enjoy looking at technology from a past era.
https://youtu.be/ZzpVhCL5aPg
73 and good DX to you all,
Rob Wagner VK3BVW
So, in the latest episode, Mr Carlson takes us on a tour of a very large Gates BC-250-GY broadcast transmitter from the 40's era. Lots of big tubes, transformers and capacitors! This is an old mediumwave transmitter that he has restored. Although the technology has changed markedly since the 1940s, the basic principals of transmission are still present. And, interestingly, he points out that this particular unit was in regular service right up until as recently as 2003!
It's an interesting show and even if you can't grab onto all the technical information presented, I think you will enjoy looking at technology from a past era.
https://youtu.be/ZzpVhCL5aPg
73 and good DX to you all,
Rob Wagner VK3BVW
119
Clandestine Stations / Behind the Curtain - eBook by Mark Fahey
« on: April 01, 2017, 0037 UTC »
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Preview of an Exciting New Book about North Korea by Mark Fahey
I did a review of Mark's eBook, which may be of interest to some here. He's done a fine job at peering closely into North Korean life. But there is also an excellent section on broadcasting into and out of the D.P.R.K. All the main clandestine stations are listed as well as providing a really good understanding of NK radio and television. A really good read - and very interactive, too. The review is at:
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/behind-curtain-exciting-new-book.html
73, Rob VK3BVW
Preview of an Exciting New Book about North Korea by Mark Fahey
I did a review of Mark's eBook, which may be of interest to some here. He's done a fine job at peering closely into North Korean life. But there is also an excellent section on broadcasting into and out of the D.P.R.K. All the main clandestine stations are listed as well as providing a really good understanding of NK radio and television. A really good read - and very interactive, too. The review is at:
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/behind-curtain-exciting-new-book.html
73, Rob VK3BVW
120
Equipment / Tecsun S-8800 Receiver - The Birdie Issue
« on: April 01, 2017, 0030 UTC »
Thomas Witherspoon reviewed this new receiver on his SWLingPost.com site several months back. It highlights a serious issue with birdies appearing all over the dial. From the followup comments to his post, it appeared that several readers were somewhat fuzzy as to what a birdie was. So I've tried to shed a little light on the topic:
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/tecsun-s-8800-birdie-problem.html
Interestingly, I've since heard that the receiver has now been pulled from the market while the Tecsun techs try to remedy the problem. Thant's a very good thing!
73, Rob VK3BVW
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/tecsun-s-8800-birdie-problem.html
Interestingly, I've since heard that the receiver has now been pulled from the market while the Tecsun techs try to remedy the problem. Thant's a very good thing!
73, Rob VK3BVW
