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Shortwave Broadcast / Adventist Radio via Sri Lanka(?) . (Germany(?)

« on: April 28, 2019, 1558 UTC »

15670 khz @ 15:45 UTC 28 Apr 19 ( 10:45 CDT Local) in English.   Lousy, fluctuating signal. ID @ 15:57 .  QRT . 15:59

SINPO:  2-2-1-1-2(-)
TX:    Either Trincomalee Sri Lanka or Nauen Germany
Target: Unknown

482

Shortwave Broadcast / CRI off frequency?

« on: April 24, 2019, 1549 UTC »

15:22 UTC (10:22 CDT Local) 24 April 19 in English.   Snagged this  "World Today" broadcast on 11880 khz but this is normally scheduled for 11885.   Got a strong signal on the FRG but terrible on the 750 with the same antenna.

Female Host with interviews and coverage of:

15:22  North Korean missile testing
15:25  Russian island disputes
15:28  Russian energy exports

Drifted to 11882 khz at 15:32.  Locked back in to 11880 @ 15:54

15:35 Interview with an international studies rep discussing Mideast situation

FRG:  SINPO:  4(+) -4-3-4-3-4
TX:  (Probable)  Xianyang
Target:  Western North America


 

483

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Guinea

« on: April 23, 2019, 2117 UTC »

9650 khz @ 21:05 UTC   (16:05 CDT local) 23  April 19 in French.  Middle age male with solo narrative .   Music intro and  2nd announcer at 21:13.  Broad swing on the signal strength.
Moderate to heavy QRN throughout.

SINPO:  2-3-1-2-2
TX;  Conakry Guinea
Target:   Western Africa

484

Shortwave Broadcast / Helliniki Radiophonia

« on: April 23, 2019, 2053 UTC »

Voice of Greece on the usual 9420 KHZ @ 20:45 UTC 23 April 19 in Greek.    Greek music  with solid signal strength battling waves of  heavy QRN.

SINPO; 5-3-2-3-3
TX: Avlis
TARGET:  Europe

485

Shortwave Broadcast / WINB 'Wavescan" rebroadcast....

« on: April 22, 2019, 2136 UTC »

9265 KHZ @ 21:18 UTC 22 April 19 (16:18 CDT local) Apparently a re-airing of WRMI's WAVESCAN program that originally aired out of Okeechobee FL.   Interview with a representative from the Italian Radio Relay Service followed by the DX Report citing stories on CFRX, the defunct Channel Africa, Surinam and an antenna switch implemented out of Abu Dhabi UAE.   "Closing music.." at 21:25

SINPO:  4-4-3-4-4
TX:   Red Lion PA
Target:  North America

486

MW Loggings / WBZ Boston

« on: April 18, 2019, 0257 UTC »

1030 khz with ID and commercial block @ 0248 utc 18 April 19.  Talk resumed at 02:52 but faded to indecipherable here is Southern WI @ 02:53.   Signal fought its way thru the QRN @ 0254 with the talk show host taking call ins.  Strange to get this as last time i tried this frequency (Feb 19) all I got was WGSF out of Memphis (534 miles)

SINPO: 2-2-1-1-1
NIGHT PWR:  50 KW
TX <> RX:  882 Miles

487

MW Loggings / WGAD Rainbow City AL

« on: April 18, 2019, 0243 UTC »

930 khz @ 0234 UTC 18 April 19 with station ID .   OM hosting a talk show discussing drug use and overcrowded prisons.    Signal faded badly as storm front passed.

SINPO: 2-3-1-2-2(-)
NIGHT TX PWR:   0.5 KW
TX <> RX:  624 miles

488

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Tirana

« on: April 18, 2019, 0147 UTC »

9395 khz @ 0137 utc 18 apr 19 in English.  YL with World news with heavy acvent on the EU. I'D @ 0141 utc.  Strong signal but constant  QRN crashes due to storm front moving into RX.   Had to use the telescopic antenna on the 750.
Music with male vocals at 0147 utc

SINPO: 4 3 1 3 3
TX:  Okeechobee
Target:  Eastern North America

489

Shortwave Broadcast / USCG

« on: April 16, 2019, 2225 UTC »

8764.5  khz USB  @ 22:17 UTC Marine weather for the week:   Gulf of Mexico "Storm conditions possible off Vera Cruz" ,  expected wave levels and anticipated wind in various areas of the Gulf.
22:23 "United Stated Coast Guard Communication Command out...out" . QRT

SINPO:  4-4-3-3-4

490

Shortwave Broadcast / CRI

« on: April 07, 2019, 1601 UTC »

11880 khz @ 15:43 UTC  (10:43 CDT Local) 7 Apr 19 in English.  Female host with in depth interview on NATO, proliferation and other European foreign policy issues.   Great stuff (if you're a foreign policy wonk).    QRT 16:00

SINPO :  3-4-3-3-3
Target:  Western North America
TX:   Unconfirmed but probably the  Quivican transmitter

491

Shortwave Broadcast / KNLS targeting Western Europe

« on: April 06, 2019, 2155 UTC »

11610 @ 21:49 UTC 6 Apr 19 (16:49 cdt local) in Chines.  Y/L narrative.   O/M @ 21:52 introducing a song with male vocals in English.   Moderate, steady QRN

SINPO:  3-2-2-3-3
TX:  Mahajanga, Madagascar

492

MW Loggings / WPRR

« on: April 01, 2019, 2201 UTC »

1680 khz @ 21:41 UTC  "WPRR Reality Radio" (16:41 CDT local) .  Y/L Host. Typical  Liberal talk show  radio covering everything from depression, suicide and addiction to an amazingly superficial ersatz discussion of Mideast foreign policy.   Comments from a "Dr. Horn".  Pretty solid signal for 10 kw. Minimal fading.  S10-15.  ID @ 22:00

TX:  Ada, Michigan
TX <>RX:  149 Miles
TX PWR:  10 KW days .    680 Watts nite

493

Shortwave Broadcast / CRI

« on: March 28, 2019, 1344 UTC »

9570 @ 13:39 UTC 28 March 19 (08:39 CDT Local) in English .  Y/L giving a long, drawn out  lecture re: Chinese culture.   Moderate to heavy QRM.  Some 2 or 3 second cutouts buts its a Cuban transmitter so....

SINPO:  4-4-2-4-3+
TX:  La Habana
Target:  Eastern North America

494

ID and Translation Requests / UNID 8890 USB

« on: March 28, 2019, 0044 UTC »

8890 USB @ 00:36 28 March 19 ( 19:36 cdt local ) in English:

10:36 .  "8837"
10:37:   " Hotel Golf" . (followed by warble tones)
10:37 .  " Backup 8837"    (checked on the 7700 and 750.  Nothing)
10:38   "Try me again in 5 or 10 minutes...."

May have been hams but no call signs, ID's or QTH.

10:43  Briefly resurfaced but indecipherable

495

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Vietnam

« on: March 28, 2019, 0018 UTC »

7315 KHZ @ 00:10 UTC 28 March 19 (19:10 cdt local 27 March 19) in English.   YL giving news items on Syria, Golan Heights, Labor issues in the E.U.  Brunei, and Vietnam/Unites States relations in the "aftermath of the war".  ID @ 00:13.   

SINPO:  5-5-5-5-5
TX:  Cypress Creek
Target:  South America