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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Kuwait English program 15540 KHz 18:00-21:00 UTC 4/3/14

« on: April 03, 2014, 2129 UTC »

Heard while walking with my PL 660. Very good signal with western pop music & closing announcement "...its midnight in Kuwait & we now close transmissions on 943 KHz MW , 93.3 FM & for our friends in Europe & North America 15540 KHz shortwave.."

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General Radio Discussion / BBC World Service documentary from 1982

« on: March 31, 2014, 1809 UTC »

With the closure this weekend of BBC Indian Ocean Relay station I got all nostalgic & watched this documentary again. I suppose most of us have seen this before but its still fun to watch....and remember how great "Auntie Beeb" used to be. Unfortunately its chopped up into four parts instead of one complete post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhaWXvOASRY

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General Radio Discussion / "wireless wonder" 1920's portable radio

« on: March 29, 2014, 1946 UTC »

Its a long way from my Tecsun PL660.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/another-wireless-wonder-1/

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Shortwave Broadcast / Walkin' the dog logs 3/29/14 2:30 - 3:18 utc

« on: March 29, 2014, 0335 UTC »

Heard with Tecsun Pl660 using built in whip

2:29z   7425 KHz  Radio Tirana English service   IS, ID into news headlines. Muffled audio but fair/fairly good copy. Occasional "UteRM"
2:33z   6175 KHz  Voice of Vietnam English Service  News with good signal via UK.
2:40z   13715 KHz  China Radio International Tamil Service via Tajikistan. Fairly good signal
2:58z   13760 KHz Voice of Korea Spanish Service   Open carrier into IS and the usual songs praising the Fatty clan //15180 poor/fair
non log:
2:30z - 3:00z  9420  KHz // 7475 KHz  No signal from Voice of Greece

Also heard this guy on 14176usb

http://www.qrz.com/db/YT5A?ref=303378143

Working US UK & Canadian stations in contest with Inboomng signal. During the time I walked 1 block he worked contacts #220 to #253, all with 5 & 9 signals although he had to ask several of them to repeat their call signs. That doesn't soundlike 5 & 9 to me.

CAUTION! The following is the opinion of Glimmer Twin & does not represent the views of HFU:

Contesting sucks.

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General Radio Discussion / Malaysian hams & MH370

« on: March 25, 2014, 1303 UTC »

The Malaysian Amateur Radio Emergency Service (MARES)  is operating a net Re the search for MH370. Check ins are on 14250v & 21250v from 13 to 15 UTC. Malaysian amateur callsigns start with 9M & the callsign for the missing flight is/was 9MMRO. It couldn't be at a worse time for me as I am always at work at that time. But it might be interesting if propagation favors you or via remotes.

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Clandestine Stations / Voice of Tibet monitoring

« on: March 21, 2014, 1414 UTC »

I tried to check out the  VOT/CNR jamming game this morning via Twente while I pretended to work in my office. I intuned at about 13:35 utc to 15563 & found VOT on frequency with the Chinese jammer (CNR1) on 15560 completely destroying them. VOT left 15563 at 13:41 & I QSY'ed to 9338 expecting to find them but only found the jammer on 9340 (mostly noise but a weak CNR1 too). QSY'ed back to 15563 & found VOT unmolested on 15563 until 13:49 when CNR1 came up on 15565. After a quick check for Radio Magic Eye on 25900 I rechecked 15563 at 14:02 & found VOT again unmolested (mostly unmolested a weak noise jammer was on freq). The CNR1 jammer returned at 14:07 on 15565. VOT moved to 15557 at 14:08.

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General Radio Discussion / Voice of Russia leaving shortwave

« on: March 21, 2014, 0353 UTC »

April 30'th is the last day of broadcasts as per their twitter feed

https://twitter.com/VORMoscow

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General Radio Discussion / "The Radio Ham" Hancocks half hour BBC show from 1950's

« on: March 19, 2014, 1422 UTC »

Lately I have been really into British sitcoms most of which are entirely new to me (Dads Army is my favorite) & I ran across this one in which Tony Hancock, a very well known comedian of the time in the UK portrays an amateur operator with an impressive setup in his home. He's a little confused about frequencies/wavelengths though, at 2:39 he states that he is on "10.4 meters...250 megacycles per second".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg03Dm4y1ao

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Nacional Brasilia 6000 Khz 2:40 - 3:30 utc

« on: March 18, 2014, 0351 UTC »

Heard in parallel to 6180 & 11780. I don't see it listed anywhere & I don't think its Radio Guaiba the Brazilian I see listed in Aoki, as it goes off (if its even on) at 3:00z. Causing a het to Radio Havana I measure this station at 5999.6. I first noticed it as a het on RHC on my PL380 while walkng the dog. After getting home I can see it plainly on the SDR waterfall. I can only hear the audio during those rare moments when RHC is fairly quiet. First heard about this one in DXLD/WOR as logged by GH.

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Shortwave Broadcast / SWL fest broadcast 7570 via WRMI 2:00 - 3:00 utc

« on: March 15, 2014, 0256 UTC »

heard well in KCMO while walking the dog. I tuned in real late & thought the Lincolnshire poacher was back but it was a snippet being played at the shortwave shindig.

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Clandestine Stations / Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok & UNID clandestine

« on: March 14, 2014, 1615 UTC »

The first one (Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok)  has been heard in the US but not by me. It is supposed to be on daily 11:30 - 12:00 utc  on 17860. Transmitter site is unknown & they broadcast in Khmer.

The unid is on daily (I guess) 21:00 - 21:30 utc on 7530 KHz & they broadcast in Chinese.

heard about on World of Radio #1712

via Ivo via wor / dxld


there is a website for Voice of Khmer M'chas Srok:

http://www.khmer-mchas-srok.org/index.php?lang=en

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Spy Numbers / E907b 10256 22:00 utc3/13/14

« on: March 13, 2014, 2204 UTC »

Heard on Twente while working late. Russian accented  computer numbers guy ending 000 000 at 22:03. tuned in in progress. First time I've heard this one.

Back on 10250 a couple of minutes later

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Shortwave Broadcast / PCJ 5'th anniversary special 15455 KHz 13:30 utc 3/12/14

« on: March 12, 2014, 1335 UTC »

Heard fair/good on Twente at sign on w/Beatles "All you need is love" & talk by Keith Perron. other frequencies inaudible.

http://www.pcjmedia.com/home/1-latest-news/259-special-pcj-broadcast-on-march-12-2014

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Shortwave Broadcast / Bangladesh Betar English service 13860 KHz 18:30- 19:00

« on: March 11, 2014, 1935 UTC »

not heard on 13580 but strong on unlisted 13860 via Twente

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Clandestine Stations / New clandestine Radio Hilaac

« on: March 08, 2014, 0444 UTC »

Its new to me at least. They are on daily except fridays on 15180 in Somali.

via Alyx & Yeyi SW schedule (former TDP)

website for Alyx & Yeyi with several clandestine skeds:

http://www.airtime.org/shortwave/schedule.php