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Shortwave Broadcast / Three From Guam

« on: March 18, 2017, 1050 UTC »

7400   GUAM. KTWR - Agana. Interval signal at 1215, ID at 1217 and preaching in English to EAs till 1245 s/off. Scheduled for English on Tues, Wed and Thurs only. Mandarin or Japanese on other days. Good signal.

9460   GUAM. KTWR - Agat. AWR preaching in Russian to EAs at 1105, fair signal

11965   GUAM. KTWR - Agana. English to SEAs at 1030 with American preaching. Poor signal

107

Shortwave Broadcast / 6130 - Lao National Radio

« on: March 18, 2017, 1048 UTC »

6130   LAOS. Lao National R. - Vientiane. Lao talk by a female announcer at 1112, two lovely lilting traditional songs at 1118, male announcer with a talk at 1123. Not a strong signal and quite noisy atmospherics. Nothing heard from PBS Xizang

108

Shortwave Broadcast / Vietnam - Network 4

« on: March 18, 2017, 1047 UTC »

6020   VIETNAM. VoV - Buôn Mê Thuôt. A weak signal at 1154 with a talk in a local language, pop ballad duet at 1157. Music continued past 1200, till anncts at 1205. This is the Network 4 Minorities Service.

109

Clandestine Stations / Nippon no Kaze - 9465 and 9950

« on: March 11, 2017, 2155 UTC »

9465   TAIWAN. Nippon no Kaze - Tanshui. Strong signal in Korean at 1310 with the usual talks and occasional songs. // 9950 but a much weaker signal there. Mar 11.

9950   TAIWAN. Nippon no Kaze - Tanshui. Korean service at 1315. A weak signal and terrible het from AIR-Bengaluru's Burmese service supposedly the same channel, but AIR was way off frequency on 9950.60 kHz. AIR s/off at 1315 but left the carrier on for a further two minutes. When they finally turned the txer off, Nippon no Kaze could be heard clearly but weakly, and running // 9465 where the signal was much stronger. Mar 11.

110

Clandestine Stations / 7615 - Voice of Wilderness

« on: March 11, 2017, 2153 UTC »

7615   UZBEKISTAN. Voice of Wilderness - Tashkent. S/on 1330 with the trumpet call, intro music, ID, and a mix of Korean talk and music. Plenty of carrier this night but modulation was well down. Mar 11.

111

Shortwave Broadcast / 9900 kHz - Program Screw-up!

« on: March 11, 2017, 2152 UTC »

9900   TAJIKISTAN. Radio, Menschen & Geschichten - Dushanbe. German radio/technology themed program s/on 1200 to close at 1300. I believe that another broadcast, "Golden 80s Rewind" was supposed to be on at this time, but according to the producer of that program there was a screw-up at the transmitter site, with the technicians taking the wrong file from the FTP server, so the wrong program got aired. Excellent signal and beamed to Australia. Possibly a one-off event? Mar 11.

112

Shortwave Broadcast / Four AIR Domestics on 60mb

« on: March 11, 2017, 2150 UTC »

4800   INDIA. AIR - Hyderabad. Hindi talks at 1410, a weak signal and heavy QRM from co-channel CNR 1, Mar 11.

4895   INDIA. AIR - Kurseong. Slow ballad-style Indian songs at 1334 with Hindi chat between items. Pleasant listening. Not a strong signal but in the clear with occasional splash from the strong Voice of Strait on 4900, Mar 11.

4910   INDIA. AIR - Jaipur. Softly spoken Hindi discussion at 1359, then a softly sung Hindi song at 1400! The carrier and modulation were both somewhat soft, too! Mar 11.

4920   INDIA. AIR - Chennai. Hindi current affairs program at 1348, a fair signal and somewhat stronger than the co-channel PBS Xizang's Tibetan service. Mar 11.

113

Shortwave Broadcast / 13600 - Oman

« on: March 11, 2017, 2149 UTC »

13600   OMAN. R. Sultanate of Oman - Thumrayt. Arabic programming with talk and phone-in chat at 0615, occasional musical interludes. A weak signal on Mar 10.

114

Shortwave Broadcast / WMLK

« on: March 11, 2017, 2149 UTC »

9275.05   USA. WMLK - Bethel PA. Not an easy signal to hear in Australia sometimes. Quite a good signal at 2030 with American preaching droning on and drifting aimlessly from one topic to another. Plenty of mentions of Yahweh. ID at 2109, with an invitation to "drop by at the Assemblies of Yahweh in Bethel PA….if you are  a person of good will". Mar 10.

115

Shortwave Broadcast / 7259.94 kHz - Vanuatu

« on: March 11, 2017, 2147 UTC »

7259.94   VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Port Vila. Talks in the Bislama language at 2045. The signal started at a fair level, but began to weaken rapidly by 2055 as the local time in Port Vila approached 8am and ionospheric absorption levels rose quickly at the transmitter site. Disappeared by 2100. Mar 10.

116

Clandestine Stations / NK Reform R. 7500

« on: March 11, 2017, 2145 UTC »

7500   UZBEKISTAN. North Korean Reform R. - Tashkent. Korean talks at 2113, a fair to poor signal in the noise, Mar 10.

117

Clandestine Stations / Denge Kurdistane - 7455 and 11600

« on: March 11, 2017, 2144 UTC »

7455   PRIDNESTROVIE. Denge Kurdistane - Grigoriopol. At 2117 with contemporary Kurdish songs. Good signal, Mar 10.

11600   PRIDNESTROVIE. Denge Kurdistane - Grigoriopol. Kurdish talks and occasional pop music to ME and WAs at 0620, fair signal, Mar 10.

118

Clandestine Stations / Two Dandal Kura Outlets

« on: March 11, 2017, 2141 UTC »

7415   ASCENSION IS. Dandal Kura R. - Ascension. A weak signal drifting in through the noise at 0635, in the Kanuri language with talks. ID at 0638 as Dandal Kura Radio International. Groovy electroacoustic female vocal at 0640. Often difficult to hear at Mount Evelyn at this time of year. Mar 10.

15480   ENGLAND. Dandal Kura R. - Woofferton. Moves here at 0700 after the 7415 kHz outlet closes at the same time. ID and phoned-in news report. Weak signal and difficult listening due to the co-channel presence of CNR 1. However, I suspect Dandal Kura will be easily heard in Europe at this time. Mar 10.

119

Clandestine Stations / Manara Radio

« on: March 10, 2017, 0736 UTC »

I haven't heard Manara Radio for a long time now. Does anyone know what's going on with this station. Latest check today on 15440 at 0730 both at Mount Evelyn and via an Italian SDR remote - nothing. Has it bit the dust?

Thanks, Rob VK3BVW

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Clandestine Stations / 7615 - Voice of Wilderness

« on: February 25, 2017, 1025 UTC »

7615   UZBEKISTAN. Voice of Wilderness - Tashkent. S/on at 1330 with two blasts of a trumpet, ID and talk with gentle flute music in the background. Then what sounded like a religious pop song at 1335. Fair signal, no jamming, but the audio was indistinct and rather muffled.