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Clandestine Stations / National Unity Radio (National Unification Broadcasting - Unification Media

« on: September 25, 2024, 0437 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH[non]. 7340, National Unity Radio (National Unification Broadcasting - Unification Media Group), broadcasting
from Taiwan, 1238-1239 UT, Sept 24 (Tuesday); mostly in Korean, but also briefly in English with quotation; fair/good with light
N. Korea jamming. Website - https://www.uni-media.net/?lang=en and https://www.uni-media.net/?page_id=703 .
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/2r0ehieampvtwzashardy1mklnczhy8y .

Online info - "George Eliot is credited with the quote, 'The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice'. This quote
suggests that the choices people make every day have a significant impact on their growth and future. Small decisions can
add up to major growth over time, and can either lead to a brighter future or limit potential."

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WRNO 7505 khz 0216 Z 20Sept24

« on: September 20, 2024, 1832 UTC »

WRNO (7505), 0340-0404* UT, Sept 20. Preaching in English; 0400, English ID ("75-0-5"), then into Hindi ID and
contact info; then start of Hindi preaching till suddenly off the air; QRN (static).

My four minute audio of the closing segment - https://app.box.com/s/t1hz3nrkds7bxc0czlx19602na3fj279 .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Indonesia and Vanuatu - September 8, 2024

« on: September 10, 2024, 2324 UTC »

INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, 0825-0836* UT, Sept 10. EZL songs and announcers till suddenly cut off;
better reception than normal for this early a reception.

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0558 till suddenly cut off at 0658:23 UT, Sept 10. Unusually strong signal. Some highlights:

0558+: PSA in Bislama about drinking water safety ("boil water," etc.), etc.

0600-0605: News update, along with sports news/weather.

0606+: Today playing a very nice selection of pop songs (The Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreamin" [how very appropriate!],
Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach," Haddaway - "What Is Love," B.E.T. - "Summertime in the Islands" [Polynesian reggae], etc.).

0631-0635: Public service message; intro and exit with indigenous drums; applying for the administration of the estate of a person
who died 26 May, 2023; anyone opposing this administration must file a response with the court in 28 days from the last broadcast;
message repeated again. My clear audio - https://app.box.com/s/seecch0p19csjx9p9uo7urxpkd4j356x .

0635 and 0651: Musical ID - "Radio Vanuatu . . Kingdom of Tonga . . Solomon Islands . . Voice of Papua New Guinea . . Radio Vanuatu,
Vois Blong Yumi"

Switched frequency to 3945; poor to very poor; 0701, start of news.
 
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire  

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Shortwave Broadcast / Indonesia[and non] and Vanuatu - September 9, 2024

« on: September 09, 2024, 2107 UTC »

INDONESIA[and non]. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, tuned-in at 0815 till tuned-out at 1001 UT, Sept 9. Playing mostly
EZL songs, but some Middle Eastern/Islamic influenced music/singing after 0904; distinctive Islamic segments as
follows: 0854-0900, Shalawat Tarhim prayer; 0900-0904, Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer. 0959: RRI theme music;
ID and into the news. *1001: CNR1 blocks RRI with a fairly strong signal. My 0852-0856 (song and prayer) audio,
with QRN (static) - https://app.box.com/s/edauzpc35tlc6w7fmuwcsbx4hptp4vpy .

[non] 7780, Voice of Indonesia (Channel Two) via WRMI (USA), 0802-0814 UT, Sept 9. in English; some highlights:

0802: Brief news segment; Indonesian training tall ship visiting Shanghai, China (News story -
https://en.antaranews.com/news/325191/kri-bima-suci-docks-in-shanghai-as-cultural-ambassador .

0804: Patriotic RRI song "Mars Angkasawan RRI."

0811: Indonesian President opening sports stadium and announcing start of National Sports Week (News story -
https://en.tempo.co/read/1914088/jokowi-inaugurates-pon-2024-arenas-18-venues-costing-rp811-billion?tracking_page_direct :
"President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially inaugurated the 2024 National Sports Week (PON 2024) arena in Banda Aceh on
Monday, September 9, 2024. This arena is the result of extensive rehabilitation, renovation, and new construction projects.

'To support the successful implementation of PON XXI in Aceh and North Sumatra, we have undertaken significant renovation
and construction efforts of venues across Aceh Province,' the President said in his speech at the inauguration ceremony held
at the H. Dimurthala Stadium, as quoted from video broadcast in Jakarta on Monday, September 9, 2024. . . "

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0644 till cut off at 0658:23 UT, Sept 9. Good reception. Here are a few highlights:

0644: Brett Young singing "Mercy"

0657: Musical ID - "Radio Vanuatu . . Kingdom of Tonga . . Solomon Islands . . Voice of Papua New Guinea . . Radio Vanuatu,
Vois Blong Yumi"; PSA Sim card registration required.

Switched frequency to 3945 kHz.; very poor reception; 0701, start of news (unreadable).

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire  

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Indonesia and Vanuatu - September 8, 2024

« on: September 09, 2024, 2103 UTC »

Right you are, Paul. This station certainly makes a number of erratic, sudden frequency changes. It makes
for interesting detective work to keep up with their current schedule!

BTW - 2485 and 5040, had been used briefly in the past, but certainly not recently.

Ron
California

My 2020 logs:

VANUATU. 2485, R. Vanuatu. Recently this frequency has been very erratic. Switched frequency from 3945 to 2485
at *1000, on March 30 [2020], but did not make their usual full one hour broadcast here; noted gone by 1052. Is often
now less than an hour here.

3945, R. Vanuatu, 0852 till blocked at 0950 by Japan, March 31 [2020]; 0852-0932, pop songs in English (Backstreet
Boys - "As Long As You Love Me," etc.); nice clear ID ("Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong Yumi").

5040, R. Vanuatu, 0659*, March 28 [2020]. Switched to 3945, with *0700.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Indonesia and Vanuatu - September 8, 2024

« on: September 08, 2024, 1825 UTC »

INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, tuned-in at 0758 till off about 0831 (tuned away for a few minutes and
gone when I returned), Sept 8. The usual EZL songs and announcers; started out very poor and then the normal
signal fading up to mostly fair.

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0629 till cut off at 0658:23 UT (very consistent cut off time!), Sept 8 highlights:

0629+: Vanuatu weather in Bislama; followed by my favorite RV promo, which I first heard back on Feb 7, 2012: “Hello.
I am Captain Jesse Wilson, the Mission Commander for Pacific Partnership 2,011 and when I'm in Vanuatu, I listen to
Radio Vanuatu” ( https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001164101/ ); promo for "Vanuatu Gas"; no
public service messages today.

0646+: Major item in Bislama for International Literacy Day today and also talking about the following news story:
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/library-for-all-launches-in-vanuatu-for-international-literacy-day/article_7e01941c-7aff-50c8-91fb-83507a7b86c1.html :
"Just ahead of International Literacy Day on Sunday 8 September, the annual day promoting the critical importance of literacy,
Save the Children Vanuatu is launching its ‘Library for All’ project, a groundbreaking initiative designed to provide children across
Vanuatu with access to culturally relevant and engaging books" and telling how Australia is assisting with this "Library for All" program.

Switched frequency to 3945 kHz.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire  

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Clandestine Stations / Re: UNID 6865 AM 2215 UTC 02 SEP 2024

« on: September 05, 2024, 2221 UTC »

BTW - Thanks for sharing your excellent recording! Ron

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Clandestine Stations / Re: UNID 6865 AM 2215 UTC 02 SEP 2024

« on: September 05, 2024, 2218 UTC »

Aoki database - https://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/ad/userlist1.txt :

A24 Shortwave Frequency List  August 29. 2024, 2200 UTC   Day 1 = Sunday
kHz     Time(UTC)     ITU                       Station                              Lang.  Location   Days
6865    0000-2359    TWN *[jammed]    SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng      Chi     Miaoli       1-7

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Vatican Radio Coverage Pope's Indonesian Trip 17540 AM 1030 UTC 4 SEP 2024

« on: September 04, 2024, 1324 UTC »

INDONESIA[non]. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1[non-log]. Quick check at 0818, Sept 3 and found no signal.

[non] 7780, Voice of Indonesia (Channel Two) via WRMI (USA), Sept 3 (Tuesday); audio feed from VOI TV, in English.

0801-0804 UT: News (update about the Indonesia-Africa Forum in Bali [ https://iaf.kemlu.go.id/ ], due to outbreak of
monkeypox [Mpox], international travellers arriving at airport now required to fill out medical form, etc.).               

0804-0806: Played the up-beat, patriotic RRI song "Mars Angkasawan RRI."

0806: Program "Indonesia Today"; item about Pope Francis's arrival in Indonesia today (News story -
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-09/pope-francis-arrives-in-jakarta-indonesia.html ).

0820: Item about the Cape Town, South Africa Kramat Islamic festival, for the Muslim community of Indonesian descent
( https://kemlu.go.id/portal/en/read/6207/berita/the-indonesian-consulate-general-in-cape-town-and-the-nurul-latief-islamic-association-preserve-the-kramat-festival-a-tradition-of-the-cape-malay-muslim-community-of-indonesian-descent ).

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Indonesia RRI Nabire Pro 1 7289.93 kHz. 0815 UTC 1 September 2024

« on: September 01, 2024, 1735 UTC »

INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, tuned-in 0815 till suddenly off at 0934* UT, Sept 1. Mostly EZL songs, but some
Middle Eastern/Islamic influenced music/singing, as well as announcers; started out very poor and slowly faded up; with
moderate to heavy QRN (static). Islamic segments as follows:

0856-0903: Shalawat Tarhim prayer.
0903-0906: Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer.

Nabire Islamic call-to-prayer times for Sept 1:

Fajr - dawn                 04:41  (1941 UT)
Dhuhr - after midday   12:01  (0301 UT)
Asr - afternoon            15:16  (0616 UT)
Maghrib - sunset          18:02  (0902 UT)
Isha'a - nighttime        19:11  (1011 UT)

My two minute musical audio today - https://app.box.com/s/1pckg6fmpiuo1emyw7jb12gk9l9bstjs .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0340 UTC 1 September 2024

« on: September 01, 2024, 1728 UTC »

YHWH (7475), religious pirate with the usual diatribe; was fairly readable from 0340 UT till suddenly off at 0408*, with no
closing announcement; an anomaly closing! My two minute audio - https://app.box.com/s/v1zfwaxwlk3em241fmxikpjr4u73med1 .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

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Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: August 29, 2024, 1703 UTC »

KOREA NORTH[non]. 5920 (presently the Voice of Freedom is not here, so clear reception) // 5965 (light CNR1 QRM),
Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR, via Japan, *1300+ UT, Wednesday (Aug 28); in English with intro and "Today's Newsflash";
thanks to Rick Barton (WORiog), who found the change of frequency yesterday. Also appreciate Hiroshi, who reported
the following change of frequencies yesterday:

JSR Shiokaze, August 27, 2024 [Tuesday]
1300-1400   5920 // 5965 [ex: 6070 // 6165]
1405-1435   6090 // 7295
1600-1700   6165 // 5935
1705-1805   7325 // 5980

KOREA SOUTH. 7720, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1400 UT, Aug 28. Korean ID and "V-O-H" ID.

KOREA SOUTH[non]. 7340, National Unity Radio, broadcasting from Taiwan, 1238-1239 UT, Aug 28 (Wednesday); mostly in Korean,
but also briefly in English; "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"; good reception even with light N. Korean jamming.

Found online: "a quote by Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights leader, Nobel Laureate, and Baptist minister. King wrote the
quote in a letter to fellow clergymen in 1963, titled 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'. The letter was written in response to clergy members
who called King's activism 'unwise and untimely'. King wrote the letter in the margins of a newspaper on April 16, 1963, and it is
addressed to the clergy, but also to the nation. The quote is often used to highlight the lack of socio-economic and/or political justice,
and it demonstrates how different parts of society are connected. It also conveys the idea that if anyone in the nation is suffering from
a lack of equality, then there is a threat to any progress towards equality for all."

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 30m long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RRI Nabire Pro 1 and Radio Vanuatu - August 20, 2024

« on: August 23, 2024, 2023 UTC »

INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, tuned-in 0811 till tuned-out 1005 UT, Aug 23. Better than normal reception; any
day that I can make out several clear ID's is a very good day; back to the usual variety of music (EZL songs, Middle
Eastern/Islamic influenced music/singing and guitar music with singing) and announcers.

0859-0910: Islamic segment; Shalawat Tarhim prayer, followed by the Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer.

0959-1000: RRI theme music.

1000+: Intro to the news with clear ID ("Programa Satu, Radio Republik Indonesia Nabire" - at 2:09 on my audio clip)
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/swqtkli3syjnu37x4njt3tppeae1x2zd . Slight China QRM after 1001.

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0620-0735 UT, Aug 23. Fair-good reception. The usual format, but now with several
new "radio" spots; promo followed with "This is a contribution from VBTC to celebrate the 100th anniversary of radio
this year, with the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union." National Radio Day was Aug 20.
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/ej4fmynx2ludvh9e3sssniro0rhcxwmp .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire  

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Clandestine Stations / Korea - National Unity Radio

« on: August 21, 2024, 1845 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. 7340, National Unity Radio, broadcasting from Taiwan, 1238-1239 UT, Aug 21 (Wednesday); mostly in Korean,
but also briefly in English; "Learning never exhausts the mind," a quotation from Leonardo da Vinci; strong signal with light N.
Korea jamming; this segment is only on during weekdays. My audio - https://app.box.com/s/396ko89olcnub05cqruemzi2rzxd2y2h .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / RRI Nabire Pro 1 and Radio Vanuatu - August 20, 2024

« on: August 20, 2024, 2051 UTC »

INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, 0820 till suddenly cut off at 0826* UT, Aug 20. The usual format; EZL songs
and announcers; again noticed with no consistency at all with their closing time; moderate QRN (static).

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0610-0740 UT, Aug 20. Absent yesterday; today nicely readable. Some highlights:

0631-0635: "Service messages"; the Office of the Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator
urges all citizens to register their Sim cards by Dec 31, as is required by law, so they will have uninterrupted service; message
repeated a number of times - https://www.trbr.vu/public-register/regulations/final-regulations/876-sim-card-registration-regulation .
My fairly readable audio - https://app.box.com/s/igcv2skj04ggdxnvpesyzq090fme9zks .

0636 and again at 0655:  Musical ID - "Radio Vanuatu . . Kingdom of Tonga . . Solomon Islands . . Voice of Papua New Guinea . .
Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong Yumi."

0649: Item about US nuclear weapons, long-range missiles and nuclear storage on Guam (News story:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/525537/cnmi-group-raises-concern-on-guam-governor-s-nuclear-weapons-storage-stance .

0657-0701: Promo "Vanuatu Gas"; PSA's; surprised to hear three job offers at VBTC.
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/hmqv02e7bdqpx402v1jl3c4gt9lz3d9o .

0701-0715: News/sports/weather in Bislama; outbreak of malaria, etc.; "football" Australia/Vanuatu (per Facebook:
"Tuesday 20 August 2024 - The friendly match between the Vanuatu U19 team and the visiting Australian U17 team,
known as the Subway Joeys, is ready to happen at the VFF Stadium in Port Vila on Wednesday 21 August."

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire