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Shortwave Broadcast / 41m at 1830-1005

« on: January 15, 2016, 1916 UTC »

7210   D.P.R.KOREA. VoKorea - Kujang. French service to SAf at 1835 with news, strong co-channel QRM CRI-Urumqi's Russian service, fair signal from both stations on Jan 15.

7220   IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Russian to EEu at 1844, weak signal here till s/off 1852 after the usual piano music, Jan 15.

7235   ENGLAND. KBS World R. - Woofferton. Russian to EEu 1853, excellent signal but with a hint of audio hum, Jan 15.

7275   KOREA REP. KBS World R - Kimjae. English service to Eu at 1855 till s/off 1900, fair signal and not as strong as the Russian service on 7235 via Woofferton, Jan 15.

7280   VIETNAM. VoV - Son Tay. S/on English to Eu 1900, news at 1902, fair signal on Jan 15.

317

Shortwave Broadcast / Hargeisa.

« on: January 15, 2016, 1834 UTC »

7120   SOMALIA. R. Hargeisa - Hargeisa. A fair signal at 1827 with music programming in Somali, ID at 1833, Jan 15.

318

Shortwave Broadcast / R. Sultanate of Oman.

« on: January 15, 2016, 1832 UTC »

15140 OMAN. R. Sultanate of Oman - Thumrayt. Arabic programming 1755, song 1759, various anncts after 1800. Weak signal and one of only two stations heard on the band at this time (the other being 15205 Riyadh till 1800 s/off), Jan 15.

319

Utility / 5905 Deutsche Wetterdienst

« on: January 10, 2016, 2053 UTC »

5905   GERMANY. Deutscher Wetterdienst - Pinneberg. (German Meteorological Service) First time I've heard this station. Noted at 2015 with a detailed weather report in German, read rather slowly, till s/off at 2030. A fair to poor signal into Mount Evelyn, AUS but not bad for it's 10 kW into a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is located about 15 km northeast of Hamburg. Transmissions appear to have begun towards the end of October 2015. Jan 10.

320

Shortwave Broadcast / 3975 Vatican

« on: January 10, 2016, 2005 UTC »

3975   VATICAN. Vatican R. - SM Galeria. At 1940 with the Rosary in Latin, beamed to SEu, good signal till s/off at 2000 on Jan 10.

321

Shortwave Broadcast / 3955 Woofferton

« on: January 10, 2016, 2004 UTC »

3955   ENGLAND. R. Taiwan Int'l - Woofferton. German service with pop song programming at 1935, fair signal. At 2000, changes to KBS World Radio programming also with German to WEu. Jan 10.

322

Shortwave Broadcast / 3320 Pyongyang

« on: January 10, 2016, 1953 UTC »

3320   D.P.R.KOREA. Pyongyang BS - At 1925 with military songs, eventually marching itself to a sign off at 1930 after the local top-of-the-hour time pips. No sign of the South African Radio Sonder Grense after the Korean had left the frequency, Jan 10.

323

Shortwave Broadcast / 3255 South Africa

« on: January 10, 2016, 1951 UTC »

3255   SOUTH AFRICA. BBC - Meyerton. Quite a poor signal today at 1920 with some type of commentary program in English, the service is beamed to SAf, Jan 10.

324

Shortwave Broadcast / 4765 Tajik Dom Service

« on: January 10, 2016, 1950 UTC »

4765   TAJIKISTAN. R. Tajikistan - Dushanbe-Yangiyul. Tajik Radio 1 domestic service with local traditional dance music and songs at 1907, fair signal on Jan 10.

325

Shortwave Broadcast / 4930 Botswana

« on: January 10, 2016, 1949 UTC »

4930   BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. On a morning when signals from other African broadcasters appeared to be well down, Meopeng Hill was booming through at 1900 with world news in English. Great signal on Jan 10.

326

Shortwave Broadcast / 5 mHz Signals

« on: January 10, 2016, 1129 UTC »

5015 Overcomer Ministry - Okeechobee back here at 1100, big signal.
5020 SIBS Honiara appears to be absent tonight. Nothing heard. Strange! Usually very strong at this time on this freq.
5025 Rebelde is strong as usual.

327

Shortwave Broadcast / 6130 Swaziland

« on: January 08, 2016, 2007 UTC »

6130   SWAZILAND. TWR - Manzini. Powerful and impressive a cappella signing from a mens choir at 1945, listed as being in the Fiote language on Fridays. ID at 1948. Into the Portuguese service at 1950 with full ID. Good signal on Jan 8.

328

Shortwave Broadcast / 5950 Ethiopia

« on: January 08, 2016, 1942 UTC »

5950   ETHIOPIA. V of Tigre Revolution - Addis Ababa. Very solid signal with lively music, great listening at 1940, Jan 8.

329

Shortwave Broadcast / 5915 Zambia

« on: January 08, 2016, 1938 UTC »

5915   ZAMBIA. ZBC - Lusaka. Radio 1 domestic service in one of the many local languages with a passionate speech at 1931, fair signal, Jan 8.

330

Shortwave Broadcast / 9525 Indonesia

« on: January 08, 2016, 1919 UTC »

9525   INDONESIA. RRI - Jakarta. German service at 1827 with an information program while gamalan music played in the background, fair to poor signal here at Mount Evelyn. However, a quick check on the Twente receiver indicated that the signal can be easily heard into Europe, Jan 8.