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Shortwave Broadcast / Hurricane watch

« on: September 13, 2020, 1650 UTC »

14300 USB @ 16:45 UTC with storm info on possibles in the Caribbean ("Greater Antilles, Bahama and Bermuda" ) and mention of gathering storms off the West coast of Africa  as well as "...Best wishes to Mississippi and Louisiana..."

Solid S5-7 initially but lost completely x 16:50

347

MW Loggings / WFDL

« on: September 08, 2020, 1546 UTC »

1170 KHZ @ 15:32 Z

15:32 "Oh Lonesome Me".  Don Gibson
15:37 "Needles and Pins"  Searchers
15:40. Station ID  "The Source"
15:40 "Why Cant We be Friends".  War

Transmitting on 1 KW from 60 miles North.  Unusual to make it down this far in Southern Wisconsin

348

Shortwave Broadcast / Madagascar World Voice

« on: August 30, 2020, 2147 UTC »

MWV 11610 KHZ @ 21:41 in Chinese to Western Europe out of Mahajanga, Madagascar,   OM interviewing a YL and OL. 
QRT @ 21:57

SINPO: 3-3-4-4-3

349

Shortwave Broadcast / RAF VOLMET MILITARY 1 ( UK)

« on: August 24, 2020, 0100 UTC »

5450 KHZ USB@ 00:55 UTC Aviation weather report for Europe

SINPO: 3-3-2-2-2

350

Shortwave Broadcast / CNR1 Firedrake on 10870 KHZ ?? ....

« on: August 18, 2020, 1430 UTC »

... at 14:24 UTC in Mandarin.   No discernible ID.  Multi-YM announcers in discussion.   Could also be SOH out of Taiwan.

SINPO:   2-3-3-3-3

351

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

352

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

353

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

354

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

355

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania

« on: July 23, 2020, 2047 UTC »

13650 KHZ @ 20:32 UTC in English with YL announcer with world news stories concerning the CORONA virus , European economic recovery from COVID, etc. .  ID @ 20:34.
More detailed analysis of the same topics beginning @ 20:37.

Sports @ 20:41 with YM soccer news.

Erratic signal strength, fluctuating QSB .  Steady static throughout.

SINPO: 4-3-2-2-3
TX: TIGANESTI
TARGET: Eastern North America

356

Shortwave Broadcast / Unknown CW (?) on 17660 khz....

« on: July 18, 2020, 1245 UTC »

...@ 12:43 UTC in what seemed to be CW  in short 1 character bursts spaced about 10 seconds apart on the FRG 7700.   Strange that I got it on AM Narrow but nothing when switched to the CW mode.   Any ideas?

357

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Helliniki Radiophonia

« on: July 09, 2020, 0000 UTC »

S9 + 20 at 23:54 UTC on the usual 9420 khz out of Avlis, Greece with Grecian music , mostly male vocals. Super signal tonite with very minimal QRN, no fading.

358

MW Loggings / WXNT 1430 KHZ Indianapolis

« on: July 05, 2020, 0315 UTC »

@ 0257 UTC on the Grundig 750 with a commercial regarding tax consultation service.   No ID at the top of the hour - just went straight into some sports talk show featuring someone named Jody Mac. 

Verified ID via website https://radiostationusa.fm/online/cbs-sports-1430

Weak signal with frequent fade swings.

NITE POWER:   5 KW
TX <> RX:  177 Miles

359

MW Loggings / KDKA Pittsburgh 1020 khz

« on: July 05, 2020, 0249 UTC »

@ 0238 UTC with an ID and the 'CBS NEWS ROUNDUP' followed by a lengthy interview on the razing of historical statues in Richmond VA.   
Commercial block @ 02:48
Minimal QRN with no fading.


TX <> RX:  463 miles

360

Shortwave Broadcast / Reach Beyond Australia --> South Asia

« on: June 30, 2020, 1248 UTC »

11750 KHZ @ 12:30 in Hindi on the FRG 7700.   Song with female vocals  fading to narrative with OM @ 12:31 . Narrative continued to 12:39.  Song with male singer to 12:42 when YL took over the narrative with website address and schedules in English.
Another song with male singer @ 12:45.

Static crashes varying from moderate to heavy throughout.

SINPO: 3-3-1-4-3