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1876

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Amhara 6090 am 2019 utc 31 Jan 2021

« on: January 31, 2021, 2020 UTC »

Very good reception, Amharic service.

2019 Horn of Africa music
2022 OM with ID
2025 More music of the region

1877

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania International 13750 am 1159 utc 28 Jan 2021

« on: January 28, 2021, 1202 UTC »

Good reception, a little less clear on 15460.  English service.

1159 IS, ID, OM with news (Romanian Vaccination efforts, Biden on Climate Change. public sector wage freeze)
1204 Reception now up to excellent
1207 YL with Business/Pandemic news, getting a little noisy
1210 Vaccination news in detail
1214 Romanian pop music
1217 Focus on Romania Travel segment
1224 Generation 3.0 feature
1231 Romanian folk music

1878

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Havana Cuba harmonic 12000 am 1450 utc 25 Jan 2021

« on: January 25, 2021, 1452 UTC »

Very good reception, Spanish service - I am guessing a harmonic of 6000 am, matches transmission there and 11760 am.

1450 YL and OM in conversation
1458 Off (likewise on 6000)

1879

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France International "Musiques du Monde" 7205 am 2035 utc 23 Jan 2021

« on: January 23, 2021, 2039 UTC »

Excellent reception, French service - World Music Program

2035 Two YL talking, laughing
2036 Unid song snippet
2037 Two YL talking into Subcontinent sounding tune
2041 OM "Bon jour" then talking with 2 YL
2045 Maybe a Sub-Saharan piece?
2050 Subcontinent music
2057 Unid music

1880

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Turkey 6050 am 2008 utc 23 Jan 2021

« on: January 23, 2021, 2009 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service - music program.

2008 Turkish music
2008 New song, no presenter in between
2012 OM giving tips on prevention of catching Covid.
2013 Another Turkish song
2019 YL singer with another Turkish song
2021 YL with ID, frequencies, hours
2023 Song started , stopped abruptly, long pause......apparently off early

1881

Shortwave Broadcast / Channel 292 9670 am 1618 utc 23 Jan 2021

« on: January 23, 2021, 1620 UTC »

1618 Music breaking through noise on peaks, usually this precedes better reception shortly

1882

Shortwave Broadcast / Channel 292 9670 am 2033 utc 22 Jan 2021

« on: January 22, 2021, 2034 UTC »

2033 Music just starting to make it through noise
2041"Popcorn" Hot Butter, much better reception
2044 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites, very good reception now
2047 "Superstar" The Carpenters
2051 Unid song, maybe The Cranberries?
2054 "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen
2058 "Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond
2100 Neil Diamond song cut short for ID, program change with Live OM DJ
2107 Sounds like old broadcast of transmission of report of Radio Mi Amigo taking on water with Beatles playing in background.

1883

Utility / Gander Volmet 6604 usb 1822 utc 22 Jan 2021

« on: January 22, 2021, 1826 UTC »

Excellent reception

1822 "Ottawa, Ottawa....visibility six miles, light snow"
1824 "Montreal International Airport, Montreal International Airport...temperature -4....."
1825 "This is Gander radio.....Winnipeg......"

1884

General Radio Discussion / Staffing Changes at VOA

« on: January 21, 2021, 2325 UTC »

I don't think this will be as The Who sang, "Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss"

https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-donald-trump-cuba-media-744c7a32d2587753a17a88bdf123b6bc

1885

Shortwave Broadcast / NHK World 11945 am 1720 utc 21 Jan 2021

« on: January 21, 2021, 1724 UTC »

Fair reception but quite noisy, Japanese service

1720 Unid music has been playing with OM in Japanese between songs
1727 Music continues, Gospel sounding tune with YL lead singer backed by choir
1742 "The Final Countdown" Better reception
1800 OM with news in Japanese
1809 Aria sounding piece

1886

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Yiakl 17545 am 1540 utc 20 Jan 2021

« on: January 20, 2021, 1542 UTC »

Arabic Service (?), fair reception with fades.  ID via short-wave.info but only scheduled to be on Saturdays.  Not sure whether this is Clandestine or Shortwave.

1540 YL talking in Arabic (?)
1546 Music
1550 Reception faded away
1552 Reception returned with man speaking
1555 Music, woman singing
1558 YL speaking, off mid-sentence

1887

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Havana Cuba 6000 am 1445 utc 20 Jan 2021 - Oops?

« on: January 20, 2021, 1455 UTC »

Spanish service, good reception.  Methinks Pedro forgot to shut the transmitter off, I could not find a scheduled broadcast of RHC after 1400 on this frequency.  Broadcast matches current 15140 transmission.

1445 OM talking in Spanish
1453 Suddenly off mid-sentence, thanks for waking Pedro  . (Broadcast continues on 15140)

1888

Shortwave Broadcast / All India Radio 11560 am 1342 utc 20 Jan 2021

« on: January 20, 2021, 1343 UTC »

Very good reception, Dari Service.

1342 YL singing subcontinent tune.
1347 YL talking at length
1351 OM singing almost chant like piece.

1889

Huh? / So, what is the first gift for a caterpillar whisper's grandchild?

« on: January 20, 2021, 1230 UTC »

With an ongoing theme/thread of caterpillars/monarchs here, and in tribute to Davep for turning me into a caterpillar whisperer, my wife thought it would be fitting to craft a symbolic gift for our soon to be first grandchild (boy) - especially since the first time parents to be were back east this summer to assist with the effort, including a day when four butterflies emerged from chrysalises within 2 hours.  Snug as a bug in a......

https://imgur.com/a/PUlv03w

1890

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania International 11975 am 1454 utc 17 Jan 2021

« on: January 17, 2021, 1457 UTC »

Very Good Reception, Romanian Service

1454 "So Far Away" Dire Straits
1500 Time pips to YL with news
1502 Romanian folk music
1537 Romanian folk music continues