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Shortwave Broadcast / RN da Amazonia on 11780 with upgraded power but no DRM yet at 01:15UTC

« on: February 20, 2022, 0122 UTC »

Quite surprised to be hearing RN da Amazonia with S9+, SINPO 55555, on 11780 at 01:00UTC. Looks like their transmitter power was upgraded but then again they are showing beaming 0 degrees, mainly playing music (Cumbia) and referencing Cuba, hence why signal is booming to my QTH.
I read that they has tested DRM and was in the process of getting ready to broadcast in DRM. Waterfall shows a wide bandwidth but no DRM of of this monitoring. Mix of Portuguese and Spanish Cumbia music.
Talk in Portuguese about Miami, so service is beamed to us here.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Brazil Central on 11.815 at 01:00UTC

« on: February 20, 2022, 0110 UTC »

I'm surprised to be hearing domestic service of Radio Brazil Central broadcasting music in Portuguese on 11.815 at 01:00UTC. They listed 7.5 KW and reception is S3 to Florida. SINPO 33333. Surprising no fading.

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Utility / Re: Shannon Volmet, 13264 USB, 2028 UTC, 19 FEB 2022

« on: February 20, 2022, 0056 UTC »

Conditions was good from the US to Northern Europe this evening. I was logging Iceland HFDL and Canarias HFDL quite clearly.

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Utility / Re: KPH, San Francisco Radio, CA, on 12585.5 with Sitor B/Navtex at 00:30UTC

« on: February 20, 2022, 0054 UTC »

I have to tune below listed channel to be close to carrier, hence why freq is listed at 12585.5 but I'm tuned at 12583.8.
Generally I get good results in USB mode, bandwidth 3000 khz, and tuned 1.7 Hz below listed freq.

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Utility / KPH, San Francisco Radio, CA, on 12585.5 with Sitor B/Navtex at 00:30UTC

« on: February 20, 2022, 0038 UTC »

Getting solid copy of Sitor B/Navtex from KHP , San Francisco Radio, CA on 12585.5 USB at 00:30UTC. Great reception from Florida to West Coast using my MLA30+, 4 ft off the ground in front of my ground floor against my building.
FLDigi is a great freeware and decodes lots of digital modes really good with my SDR.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Adventist Radio from Moosbrunn, Austria on 15.355 in French/Senegal

« on: February 19, 2022, 2059 UTC »

Currently hearing Radio Adventist broadcasting from Moosbrunn, Austria on 15.355 at 20:55 UTC in French. Appears to be broadcasting to Africa specifically Senegal. French spoken but Senegal dialect music being played in Wolof, Pulaar, Serer, Diola and Mandingo.
Currently religious musical theme on top of the hour.
Signal is S9+ with SINPO 55555. Wide bandwidth and excellent fidelity as shown on waterfall display on Airspy. Appears transmission ends at 21:00 UTC as of this typing.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Free Asia 15.135 at 12:45UTC from UAE

« on: February 19, 2022, 1319 UTC »

Radio Free Asia also on 15.120 at 13:00UTC in Burmese but broadcasting from Kuwait.
Signal S5 without fading . SINPO 44444.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia 15.135/15.120 at 12:45UTC from UAE & Kuwait

« on: February 19, 2022, 1315 UTC »

Currently receiving Radio Free Asia in Burmese broadcasting from Al-Dhabbiya , UAE.
Signal is S6 with some fading. SINPO 34344.

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Shortwave Broadcast / China Radio international 13630 from Bamako, Africa 20:00UTC

« on: February 12, 2022, 2103 UTC »

Hearing China Radio International in English from Bamako, Africa.
At 21:00UTC English news top of the hour with Magnum PI intro music to news.
S9 SINPO 54444.
Schedules show different languages but English is broadcasted last 2 hours. Might be because of Chinese New Year.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania DRM 6040am

« on: February 10, 2022, 2147 UTC »

I got Dream 2.2.X running using my Win 10. I got an error for PC CAP driver. Downloaded the program and Dream works good without crashing.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania DRM 6040am

« on: February 09, 2022, 1345 UTC »

Thanks for the list of DRM stations. Most important I saw a new Dream ver 2.2.1 that have the new codecs, etc that I will install.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Voz Misionaria 9666.600 am from Cabori, Brazil 0125UTC

« on: February 09, 2022, 0128 UTC »

Hearing Radio Voz Misionaria listed on Klingenfuss Shortwave as 9664.9 but receiving on 9666.600am at 0125UTC here in West Palm Beach, Florida in Portuguese. Listed domestic reception.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania DRM 6040am

« on: February 09, 2022, 0102 UTC »

15 JAN THE LATEST FROM BRAZIL
In December Brazilian public broadcaster Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), assisted by Brazilian DRM Platform chair Rafael Diniz, transmitted 60mW of DRM at 6.180kHz (Rádio Nacional da Amazônia’s lower frequency) via a 20db gain SW antenna from Brasilia. The signal was heard on a Morphy Richards receiver at Ariquemes, 1,700km away.

Ahead of the official digital radio SW trial in Brazil, EBC engineers have been working hard to adapt their SW transmission equipment for DRM, already approved and much anticipated by the ministry and government. After this short transmission the plan is to purchase a 100W amplifier to boost transmission power.

https://www.drm.org/the-latest-from-brazil

As of this posting I can hear Radio Nacional da Amazonia on 6180 am, S9  but not DRM at 0104UTC in Portuguese broadcasting from Brasilia DF.

Looking at https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?                                                                               
11910    EBC (Digital)   00:00   00:00   1234567   Portuguese      Brasilia DF   
I can hear 11910 during the day but no DRM so far.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania DRM 6040am

« on: February 09, 2022, 0058 UTC »

Thank you SIGINT, much appreciated.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Unid 14900 AM 0015 UTC 9 Feb 2022

« on: February 09, 2022, 0049 UTC »

14.900 am Sound of Hope, Radio Free Asia from Taiwan broadcasting from Pingtung transmitter site. Getting them in Chinese also at S8 with my MLA30+ in Florida.

Sound of Hope International
6-4, Lane 84
GuoTai Street,
North District
Taichung 404 Taiwan (R.O.China)

Email:
allenz@soundofhope.org  (SOH)
qsl@rfa.org  (RFA)

Website:
www.soundofhope.org