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Shortwave Broadcast / R. Candip - Bunia

« on: June 16, 2016, 2214 UTC »

5066.36   CONGO DEM. REP. R. Candip - Bunia. I just caught the last few minutes of this station before it closed down at 2006, some lovely music to end the transmission. A fair signal and nice to hear it again after over a year since it last reached Mount Evelyn, June 16.

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID: Perhaps Brazil?

« on: June 15, 2016, 0802 UTC »

6135.2 UNIDENTIFIED. Possibly R. Aparecida - Aparecida SP, but very weak signal at 0740 with mainly talks and occasional musical snippets. I read somewhere recently that it was reported operating right on 6135 kHz, but perhaps now back to its usual higher freq? Daniel Wyllyans - can you confirm the current frequency for me?

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Equipment / YOUTUBE SERIES: Restoring the Kenwood R-5000 Receiver

« on: May 14, 2016, 1347 UTC »

Folks,

I found an old Kenwood R-5000 receiver at a recent hamfest....it desperately needed some love! So I bought it and brought it home. I've begun cleaning up and restoring it. If interested, you can follow the series of YouTube videos I'm making on this little project. So far, I have done three videos, with more to come:

RESTORING THE KENWOOD R-5OOO RECEIVER - Part 1
We lift the lid on this receiver and see what's inside.
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/restoring-kenwood-r-5000-receiver-part-1.html

RESTORING THE KENWOOD R-5OOO RECEIVER - Part 2
We start our restoration process by giving the case of the Kenwood R-5000 receiver a much needed cleanup.
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/restoring-kenwood-r-5000-receiver-part-2.html

RESTORING THE KENWOOD R-5000 RECEIVER - PART 3
This time we are changing out the old supplied 6 kHz filter for a much better 4 kHz version, resulting in better selectivity and improved audio quality.
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/restoring-kenwood-r-5000-receiver-part-3.html

If you have any knowledge, feedback or suggestions on this receiver, I'd love to hear from you.

73 de Rob VK3BVW

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Equipment / Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666

« on: May 07, 2016, 0945 UTC »

Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666

I never knew this receiver was also available in kit form!! Who'd have thunk it??!!

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/retro-receiver-6-kenwood-qr-666.html

73, Rob VK3BVW

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Shortwave Broadcast / Madagascar World Voice….again

« on: April 15, 2016, 2224 UTC »

11770 kHz  MADAGASCAR. MWV - Mahajanga. Arabic to NAf at 2210, back on after txer repairs, good signal, Apr 15.

BUT….

9455 kHz  Nothing heard here at Mount Evelyn for the Mandarin service at 2200. Nothing heard on the Twente remote either. Perhaps not fully operation as yet? Anyone else hearing this??

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Shortwave Broadcast / Madagascar World Voice

« on: April 15, 2016, 2135 UTC »

11615   MADAGASCAR. MWV - Mahajanga. Mandarin to Eu at 2103, back here after txer repairs, poor signal at Mount Evelyn but strong on the Twente remote into Eu, Apr 15.

The Aoki seems to list this station as "World Christian Broadcasting KNLS". This seems incorrect….yes it comes from WCB, but it is NOT KNLS! Strange…..

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Shortwave Broadcast / 9490 Sao Tome

« on: April 15, 2016, 2132 UTC »

9490   SAO TOME. VOA - Pinheira. Hausa to WAf at 2045. In B15 at this time, this was French on Sat/Sun via Moepeng Hill (Botswana). Now scheduled for Hausa on six days, and French on Sundays only. Weak signal on Apr 15.

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA English Moepeng Hill

« on: April 15, 2016, 2131 UTC »

6195   BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. English to EAf at 2045, NF and a good signal on Apr 10.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 5960 TURKEY

« on: April 15, 2016, 2130 UTC »

5960   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. Turkish to ME at 2035, NF for this service (ex 6120). A good signal but with slight QRM from co-channel CRI-Cerrik's English to Eu, Apr 15.

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA English to Africa

« on: April 12, 2016, 0402 UTC »

15580 BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. English service to Af now runs 0300 to 0700 from this site. In the B15 season, it ran 0300-0500 from Kuwait before switching to Botswana at 0500. Noted at 0350 with a fair signal here, Apr 12.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 15090 R. Azadi NF

« on: April 12, 2016, 0337 UTC »

15090   KUWAIT. R. Azadi - Kuwait. Dari service at 0325, into Pashto at 0330. NF (probably ex 12140, although 13860 (via Ban Dung) has also gone since the B15 season concluded. Fair to poor signal, Apr 12.

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA Deewa - Iranawila

« on: April 12, 2016, 0335 UTC »

13840   SRI LANKA. VOA Deewa R. - Iranawila. Pashto service at 0305, NF and a strong signal. Also // with other NFs 12035  (via Kuwait) and 11700 (via Iranawila), but both those freqs were much weaker than 13840, Apr 12.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 13580 BBC Tashkent

« on: April 12, 2016, 0334 UTC »

13580   UZBEKISTAN. BBC - Tashkent. 30-min Hindi service to SAs at 0230, NF and a strong signal. Also // 11995 via Dhabayya (also a NF for A16), but much weaker there, Apr 12.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 9775 FEBA

« on: April 11, 2016, 1359 UTC »

9775   SRI LANKA. FEBA - Trincomalee. Noted at 1338 in a South Asian language I could not identify (perhaps Malayalam?). One list has English scheduled at 1330 on Mondays, but not on this day! Instead it changed to the English broadcast at 1345. Very good signal on Apr 11.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 9895kHz Cairo

« on: April 10, 2016, 2310 UTC »

9895   EGYPT. R. Cairo - Abis. French to Eu at 2035, NF (ex 9900) and with the usual distorted audio, Apr 10.