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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Mali 9635 kHz 0800 UTC 12-JAN-2025 YouTube Recording

« on: January 12, 2025, 2324 UTC »

Shortwave broadcaster, Radio Mali (West Africa) with some interesting music, multiple ID's and some anomalies... recorded 08:00 GMT / 03:00 EST on January 12, 2025.

Recording starts with a messed up sign on at 08:00 GMT. Listen to the guitar, the playback speed is off. This is an analog error by the station of some sort. Later in this recording they get it right so you can hear the difference.

After their broadcast started, the first 30 minutes was all talk, mostly in Arabic, so I did NOT record that segment.

I resumed recording at about 08:30 GMT (starts at the 48 second mark) just in time for their sign off of for the first half of their broadcast.

Radio Mali 9635 kHz 0800 UTC 12-JAN-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1DnwBpEM-k


They then went silent for exactly two minutes (I edited that out of the recording too) and then signed back on. Listen to the guitar at the 2 minute mark sign on and compare to the start of the broadcast.

BTW, the sign on at the 2 minute mark has a nice dramatic flourish.

At 08:32 GMT they signed back on (in French) and played all music for the second half of the broadcast.

09:00 GMT they signed back out. Music over. I stopped recording. Clip ends.
Many ID's given during the broadcast in French.

de WB9LUR / Randy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1DnwBpEM-k

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 6870 USB 2316 30 June 2024

« on: July 01, 2024, 0437 UTC »

Monster signal here in North Florida! Rock steady S-20 signal with almost zero fades.

Have been listening for nearly an hour and enjoying the mix - thank you for making real radio!

-Randy



04:49 UTC UPDATE ; a few minutes ago they announced sign off but did not sign off and am I happy! Digging the show!
05:32 UTC - was still enjoying show when signal cut out - sounded like they were working on it as very briefly there were some bursts of audio
05:33 UTC - back on air ... still S20
05:37 UTC - Rant Ad - a "Johnny Cash" Civil Defense PSA
05:38 ID, email and signoff?

05:40 UTC - looks like that was it - really enjoyed listening - wasn't tuning around tonight - just enjoyed the show. Kept me up past bedtime. Thank you and 73



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QTH SE USA / Florida RX Kenwood TS-590

ANT - ground mounted trap vertical / inverted L array over buried radial field ... or NVIS full size 160M dipole ...

de WB9LUR

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / USCG Cutter Vigilant - 23-AUG-2023 12:46 UTC 156.8 MHz

« on: August 24, 2023, 1115 UTC »

12:46 UTC 23 Aug 2023 - Ch 16VHF (156.8 MHz) - USCGC Vigilant. Received via the Broadcastify remote receiver in Port Canaveral, FL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnrPQVCU-E

USCG Cutter Vigilant with a "Securite" message as they were leaving Port Canaveral and advising other mariners as they made their way out of port. Also advised that they would be monitoring VHF Channels 13 and 16.

It is only a 37 second clip - first 5 or 6 seconds is routine port operations traffic - followed by USCGC Vigilant and ending with an announcement by USCG Jacksonville Sector as the clip fades out...

Except for this one - all of my radio recordings are of stations that I've heard on my own monitoring equipment in Florida. THIS recording - was made from a remote receiver located in Port Canaveral and available on Broadcastify,

Here's a link to the "Broadcastify" VHF maritime page where you can find Port Canaveral and other maritime monitoring stations online:

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/coid/1/marine


More short DX YouTube clips (ham, SWL, pirates, harmonics, utilities, maritime, BCB, longwave and more) at :

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9HRN7iokXiaC_KkoE23_FA/videos


12:46 UTC 23 Aug 2023 - Ch 16VHF (156.8 MHz) - USCG Vigilant. Received via the Broadcastify remote receiver in Port Canaveral, FL.

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Utility / Maritime Distress Call - 6 AUG 2023 15:55 UTC - 16804.5 kHz

« on: August 06, 2023, 2306 UTC »

16804.5 kHz USB / DSC 15:55 UTC 6 AUG 2023 - Distress Call Received - while decoding HF maritime DSC calls this morning - received a distress call.

Ship MMSI is 352001400 which according to Vessel finder is the SINOOCEAN HARVEST ... but errors are often made in decode.
This one however was also received by the USCG in Point Reyes and they have rebroadcast the distress call as they apparently consider it legit ... both calls captured in this screenshot.






The DSC message from Point Reyes USCG:

COAST,003669990,USA,CAMSPAC Pt Reyes
 TC1: DISTRESS ACK
 TC2: --
FREQ: --
 POS: --
 EOS: EOS
cECC: 16 OK
DATA: TIME: 15:54 POSITION: 00.01°S 117.40°E NATURE: Undesignated
      DISTR.MMSI: SHIP,352001400,??? COM: J3E TP


 


QTH SE USA / Florida - Receiver Kenwood TS-590 / Antenna ground mounted trap vertical inverted L array combo over buried radial field ... or NVIS full size 160M dipole ... de WB9LUR

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Utility / Re: PAN-PAN - Urgent Maritime MSG - 21 July 2023 09:48 UTC 8291 kHz (YouTube clip)

« on: July 22, 2023, 1138 UTC »

Mystery Solved! Yesterday I logged and posted what I thought to be a "PAN-PAN" message. Heard again today with positive ID.

22 July 23 09:47 UTC 8291 kHz. One minute YouTube clip :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPW8zthCPjY

Message starts - repeated three times - with "PAN PAN" "All Stations" "This is RCC Australia"  "Victor India Charlie"

Missing vessel "Anytime" - besides the PAN PAN message the only info I can find online about this incident is on a  Facebook post :

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=748853413912263&set=a.505556054908668

I do believe that call sign VIC was simulcasting on same the frequency with multiple transmitters but will try to confirm that.


Randy / WB9LUR

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Utility / PAN-PAN - Urgent Maritime MSG - 21 July 2023 09:48 UTC 8291 kHz (YouTube clip)

« on: July 21, 2023, 1245 UTC »

21 July 2023 09:48 UTC 8291 kHz - International calling / distress frequency. English - can you help ID?

PAN PAN urgent maritime message? Hoping that somebody will recognize some clue that I missed!

Pan - Pan is not real clear until the third time it's spoken, but even then it's not really clear ... definitely not Sécurité, or Mayday. Two minute clip of entire message. Signal is quite noisy.

At about 55 seconds into clip - something about one "overdue one person aboard" or something like that. Only understanding bits and pieces. No ID on coastal station but sounds like Australian or NZ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY4KdLbZXsM


QTH SE USA / Florida - Receiver Kenwood TS-590 / Antenna ground mounted trap vertical inverted L array combo over buried radial field ... or NVIS full size 160M dipole
... de WB9LUR

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Shortwave Broadcast / Ifrikya FM - 15110 kHz - Algeria - ID in English - 06:32 UTC - 20 July 2023

« on: July 20, 2023, 0841 UTC »

Ifrikya FM Shortwave - 15110 kHz - Béchar, Algeria - ID in English - 06:32 UTC

I had been listening to their music broadcast on several frequencies over a few hours. At 06:30 UTC the announcer said , in French, something like "flash d'information" - I took this to be "news headlines" and the next two minutes (exactly) was all spoken programming.

At precisely 06:32 they began a 30 second ID spot and the very first ID (at 6 seconds) is in English - "Welcome to Ifrikya FM" followed by ID's in several other languages and my favorite at 20 seconds in "Ifrikya FM, la voix Afrique".

Ifrikya FM @ 06:32 UTC July 20, 2023 - 15110 kHz. 30 second YouTube clip. ID in English (and other languages) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKsCwRnEqwY

Received in North Florida USA on a Kenwood TS-590 and a resonant ground mounted vertical antenna over a buried radial field.

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Correction, I had originally posted this transmission as coming from the Ouargla transmitter site but - my error - this frequency is coming from the Béchar, Algeria broadcast facility. I have corrected the Youtube clip description but the thumbnail will take a little longer to resolve...

Randy / WB9LUR

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Shortwave Broadcast / YouTube Clips - English ID's - Radio Saudi Intl and (AIR) All India Radio

« on: May 14, 2023, 1213 UTC »

Recently logged and recorded ID in English from two stations that no longer broadcast in English on shortwave.

Yesterday, Radio Saudi International - 21670 kHz @ 11:50 UTC - Indonesian language broadcast - with ID in English at 22 seconds into clip - there are actually three ID announcements in this one minute clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKRDCQG2zQ



A few weeks ago I heard and recorded - All India Radio (AIR) - 15030 kHz @12:15 UTC April 11, 2023 - They began their Swahili service with ID in English :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esnXfn4NcoY



Both stations as heard in Florida, USA using a Kenwood TS-590 with a ground mounted vertical antenna over a buried radial field.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Europe - low power SW broadcaster as heard in USA - 3 ID's YouTube clip

« on: January 27, 2023, 1118 UTC »

YouTube clip of three separate ID's in English from Radio Europe, a low power* broadcaster in Holland on 6130 kHz. Total clip runtime is a minute and a half:

ID #1 at :12 seconds
ID #2 at :43 seconds
ID #3 at 1:07 min/seconds


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBivemuXV38


*In their email they stated... "6130 has a continuous power of 600 Watt pep this transmitter is running in a quiet position can deliver more power."

If they truly mean 600 watts PEP - then this would really be about 150 watts AM carrier. Either way they are using very low power for shortwave broadcasting!

These ID clips taken from listening/recording session on Jan 26, 2023 from 05:37 until 7:37 UTC.

Reception was noticeably better on the horizontal NVIS antenna than the vertical

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QTH SE USA / Florida
RX Kenwood TS-590
ANT - ground mounted trap vertical / inverted L array over buried radial field ... or NVIS full size 160M dipole
... de WB9LUR

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Vanuatu - 3rd Harmonic 11835 kHZ - YouTube clip as heard in the USA

« on: January 17, 2023, 1912 UTC »

Radio Vanuatu third harmonic 11835 kHz (3945 fundamental) as heard From Florida in the USA.
 
Monitored from 07:30 UTC until their (late) sign off at 10:30 on Jan 16 2023.

Here's a very brief YouTube with music, ID and announcements.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IMZKatFZHU

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: TONIGHT- 10PM US EST/0300 GMT - "Radio New Music" WBCQ's Radio Angela 5130 kHz

« on: November 25, 2022, 0022 UTC »

03:00 UTC - Unfortunately, disappointing. Conditions are not so good tonight. Weak and noisy with fading;
03:05 UTC - Unreadable and fading into the noise floor.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna

Thank you for the feedback. It was weird last night - some places that normally have a good signal were very noisy and some locations (that are usually noisy) were much stronger.


Thank you!


Randy/WB9LUR
Radio New Music

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Shortwave Broadcast / TONIGHT- 10PM US EST/0300 GMT - "Radio New Music" WBCQ's Radio Angela 5130 kHz

« on: November 24, 2022, 0133 UTC »

TONIGHT 5130 kHz 10PM US Eastern

Radio New Music show on WBCQ's Radio Angela - ALL Original Music By ALL Original Artists!

Music from the USA, Canada, UK, Sweden and India.

Amazing artists.

A music variety show - all styles of music from hard ass rock to pop - country - acoustic - grunge - more! If you listen to the entire episode and don't hear something that you absolutely love - I offer a 100% money back guarantee. Listening is free. You do the math.

- Listen live on air - WBCQ/Radio Angela on 5130 kHz with 50,000 watts shortwave - reaching a regional and international audience.

- Listen live via online shortwave receivers from around the planet.

- Listen live on the YouTube channel

TONIGHT - WINNERS CHOICE - WIN a Videyas AM/FM 7 SW band portable receiver, or a Uniden Pro505XL 40 channel CB radio or a Workman SWR-2T SWR meter!

For full info on how to tune in click here:

https://www.radionewmusic.com/Radio-Broadcast.htm

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RadioNewMusic show on WBCQ tonight - new drawing for radio gear!

« on: October 26, 2022, 1848 UTC »

Not the content of one of Timtron's junk bus's?

LOL ...

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Shortwave Broadcast / RadioNewMusic show on WBCQ tonight - new drawing for radio gear!

« on: October 26, 2022, 1832 UTC »

TONIGHT! Tonight's RadioNewMusic show on WBCQ's Radio Angela shortwave will feature some truly unique music and a few surprises too!

Plus! We are starting a new drawing and giving away some more cool radio stuff from the prize closet! Send an email to enter. Details on the website here:

https://www.radionewmusic.com/CallingDX.htm

Tonight - Wednesday Oct 26, 2022 at 10 PM US Eastern time (02:00 next day GMT) on 5130 kHz - listen on-air or via SDR.

This time it will be "winner's choice" of three different prizes! If you are the winner - you pick your prize.

So what's in the prize closet tonight?

Your choice of a Videyas AM/FM 7 SW band portable receiver, or a Uniden Pro505XL 40 channel CB radio or a Workman SWR-2T SWR meter!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM Relay 6933.33 USB 0238 2 OCT 2022

« on: October 02, 2022, 0256 UTC »

Solid S-9 with solid copy here in Florida - some really unusual programming.


By the time I patched cables and started decoding missed most of the SSTV