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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 12015 AM 2343 UTC 26 FEB 2024
« on: February 27, 2024, 0019 UTC »
2343  woman talking in Spanish, then music
2350  carrier only, then off

S6-7, with steady QRN

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea (North Korea) 9435 AM 1350 UTC 18 FEB 2024
« on: February 18, 2024, 1512 UTC »
1350 dull "elevator" music, then man talking in English
1356 carrier only
1400 French language programming begins

S6, with steady QRN

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Shortwave Broadcast / Furusato no Kaze (A Wind From Home) 9705 AM 1335 UTC 18 FEB 2024
« on: February 18, 2024, 1507 UTC »
1335 man speaking in Japanese
1340 woman singing "Do-Re-Mi" from "The Sound of Music" in Japanese

Furusato no Kaze (A Wind From Home) is a Japanese language broadcast from the Japanese government to Japanese abductees in North Korea.  I had never heard this broadcast before I heard it this morning - and I did not know of it.  It definitely brought a tear to my eye when I recognized the song the woman was singing - as it isn't difficult to understand why it was chosen for the broadcast.

Signal was weak here, at only about S6, with steady QRN

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia 9540 AM 2240 UTC 05 FEB 2024
« on: February 05, 2024, 2303 UTC »
2240 heard male and female talking in Tibetan language
2300 Off

SIO: 232
Weak signal with steady QRN
Sent a reception report to Radio Free Asia

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Shortwave Broadcast / United Nations Radio 12095 AM 1530 UTC 06 JAN 2024
« on: January 06, 2024, 1654 UTC »
1530 male and female talking in Russian about the effects of artificial intelligence on journalism, shortwave programs including Radio Free Asia, and the effects of the recent earthquake in Japan

S6-7 signal, with fading and noise

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Other / UNID 15425 AM 1615 UTC 06 JAN 2024
« on: January 06, 2024, 1643 UTC »
1615 Arabic or Farsi being spoken by one young male, then female joined in talking.  Could not determine which language was being used, due to low signal strength and noise.
1630 brief recording of rock music, then female talking, then off

S4-5, fading and noise

This broadcast is not listed either in the Shortwave Broadcast Schedules app or at short-wave.info
If anyone has any idea about the identity of the source of this broadcast, or can provide any additional information about it, I'll be grateful for your help.

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Spy Numbers / HM01 Cuban Numbers 11635 AM 2130 UTC 25 SEP 2023
« on: September 25, 2023, 2143 UTC »
2130 Young woman reciting many five-character groups in Spanish, then changing to alternating one five-character group with a digital transmission, then one five-character group, then another digital transmission, etc.
2142 Off

S7, with some fading and noise due to poor conditions

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Utility / French Military Training? 6824 USB 2235 UTC 24 SEP 2023
« on: September 24, 2023, 2319 UTC »
2235 rapid CW with mostly five-character or six-character groups, then "SK," then it would immediately start up again and continue indefinitely

I'm guessing this is the French military code training network "FAV22" known to Enigma as M51, but I am not certain.  I did not see the signature ending "FAV-22" tag to the long strings of characters, but maybe that is because I could not monitor the broadcast long enough?

S7, with a little fading and QRN

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia 13720 AM 1345 UTC 24 SEP 2023
« on: September 24, 2023, 1712 UTC »
1345 Tibetan broadcast of what I believe was news

S7 with noise (later entirely covered up by powerful broadcast of China Radio International playing 70's music hits in English on the same frequency)

Radio Free Asia is a private, non-profit corporation funded by the U.S. Congress, with a mission to broadcast unfiltered news to areas of Asia with poor media environments and little, or no, free speech protections.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 11710 AM 1300 UTC 24 SEP 2023
« on: September 24, 2023, 1703 UTC »
1300 Music selections introduced by male announcer in English
1305 "Korea News Now," with female announcer talking in English about press release thanking China and Xi for friendship and assistance given to the DPRK on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK; then talking about letters of congratulation sent to the DPRK from various countries on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK.

S7, with noise

Voice of Korea is an official broadcast station of the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (North Korea)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 11710 AM 1211 UTC 17 SEP 2023
« on: September 17, 2023, 1239 UTC »
1211 Male talking, then music

Voice of Korea is the national radio service of North Korea.  It was called Radio Pyongyang until 2002.  According to the Shortwave Broadcast Schedules app, this broadcast is aimed at central and south America.  The transmitter site is alleged to be Kujang, North Korea, although it is actually closer to Hyangsan.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Farda 12005 AM 1741 UTC 16 SEP 2023
« on: September 16, 2023, 1830 UTC »
1741 Talk/Interview, male and female speakers, in Farsi

Radio Farda is directed at Iran and Farsi speaking people elsewhere.  It is sponsored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA).

Weak reception, with substantial fading and steady noise due to bad conditions today.

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Spy Numbers / HM01 Cuban Numbers 13435 AM 2130 UTC 14 SEP 2023
« on: September 14, 2023, 2224 UTC »
2130 until approximately 2200

"Spanish Lady," both long and short series of numbers, with intermittent digital transmissions

S7-8, with steady noise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6965 USB 1836 UTC 10 SEP 2023
« on: September 10, 2023, 1839 UTC »
1836 pop music
1855 Face The Change, by INXS
1909 Off

SIO: 434

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1222 UTC 10 SEP 2023
« on: September 10, 2023, 1224 UTC »
1222 Electronic music
1225 Popcorn, by Hot Butter
1228 Miami Vice Theme, by Jan Hammer
1230 Oxygene IV (Trading Room), by Murdo McRae
1233 Always On My Mind (electronic version)
1238 Manic Monday, by The Melody Flowers
1240 Crockett's Theme, by Synthesizer Orchestra
1244 Pepper Box, by Denny Morris
1248 signal too weak to copy well
1251 Off

S7-8 with fading, steady noise

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