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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Greece 9420, 9935 kHz 0255 UTC 10/19/16

« on: October 19, 2016, 0301 UTC »

The Voice of Greece with standard musical programming and talk in the Greek Language.

9420 kHz - 55555 very strong signal!!
9935 kHz - 55545 signal of near equal strength, more fading is observed in this transmission however.

Great signals and programming all around, audible in North America. Great to have the Voice of Greece here to keep me company this evening.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Sultanate of Oman 15140 khz 1515 UTC 10/16/ 16

« on: October 19, 2016, 0254 UTC »

Radio Sultanate of Oman is a great station, I try to listen to their English Service every morning on 15140 kHz (if I'm awake enough!) and their programming and music variety never disappoints!

They remind me a lot of Radio Kuwait, which was my favorite station - so that's a little added bonus for me.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of America Creole Service 15220 kHz 2002 UTC

« on: October 13, 2016, 2004 UTC »

Very strong signal, SINPO of 55555 with news in Creole by a male announcer. VOA Interval Signal heard at 1958 UTC followed by immediate news about Hurricane Matthew at 2000 UTC.

Listening in Florida on my Tecsun PL-660 receiver, 30 ft long wire antenna.

 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of America Creole Service for Hurricane Matthew 9565 kHz

« on: October 04, 2016, 1443 UTC »

The VOA now has several special transmissions in English and Creole for Haiti during and after Hurricane Matthew. These transmissions should provide some of the best VOA reception in North America in a long time. The schedule is below.

VOA emergency shortwave coverage for Haiti in Creole & English has started as follows via Greenville [North Carolina]:

2200-0200 7305 kHz
0200-1200 7405 kHz
1200-1630 9565 kHz

I've been listening to the 9565 kHz transmission for the last hour, armchair quality reception on my Tecsun PL-660 with the telescopic antenna only half extended. Signal is S9 +40 here in Florida, VOA English Service with news and music from 1400 - 1430 UTC, Creole News Broadcast from 1430 - 1440, now back with music at 1441.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: YHWH tonite (local)

« on: September 29, 2016, 0131 UTC »

Currently listening online (SW Reception is poor), great program - brings me back to when YHWH was transmitting as a pirate.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Unid 5130 AM 2351 UTC 25 September 2016

« on: September 26, 2016, 1337 UTC »

It is WBCQ but I thought they were 5110...nothing is on 5110

http://swling.com/blog/2016/02/wbcq-moving-from-5110-to-5130-khz/

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: UNID 8060 AM at 0130 UTC, 7/11/16

« on: July 11, 2016, 0527 UTC »

Signal was received weakly here in Western Virginia at the time of 05:23 UTC on my Tecsun PL-660 receiver. I stepped outside and using the telescopic antenna exclusively, received a weak carrier, accompanied by weak audio. A male announcer was heard as was a brief  musical interlude.

Very interesting!

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service on 17830 kHz 17:40 UTC

« on: June 22, 2016, 1743 UTC »

Excellent signal in New York when listening with a 15 ft long wire antenna, SINPO of all 5's, Focus on Africa with a program regarding job growth in Tunesia.

Great to hear such a good signal on 17830 kHz.

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Broadcast Announcements / Special Shortwave Broadcast for June 21st and 22nd

« on: June 20, 2016, 2213 UTC »

This is John from VORW Radio International and I wanted to let you know that I will be having a special shortwave broadcast on June 21st and 22nd. The broadcast will consist of talk and music and I hope to provide listeners in Europe, Asia and North America with a good time over the airwaves, with some good music!

The schedule for the transmission is as follows:

Tuesday June 21st

WBCQ – 7490 kHz – 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern 0000 – 0100 UTC – North America

Wednesday June 22nd

Shortwave Service (Via Armenia 100 kW) — 15780 kHz — 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Eastern 1100 – 1200 UTC – Asia

Channel 292– 6070 kHz – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern 1500 – 1600 UTC – Western, Central and Southern Europe.

Shortwave Service — 6005 kHz — 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern 1800 – 1900 UTC – Central Europe

Any reception reports will be met with an E-QSL card and can be sent to vorwinfo@gmail.com

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: 7415 KHz at 0500 sign on

« on: June 19, 2016, 1957 UTC »

I believe you are hearing Dandal Kura Radio, a clandestine station broadcasting in Kanuri to Nigeria. It is transmitted from Ascension Island with a 250 kW transmitter/

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Australia 9580 kHz 1130 UTC - 1244 UTC

« on: June 14, 2016, 1246 UTC »

I couldn't get to sleep so I decided to stay up and enjoy some excellent programming on Radio Australia's 9580 kHz broadcast.

Excellent news programming, very informative with a great signal SIO - 555, even CRI on 9570 kHz is being good today and isn't splattering all over the place. At least at my location!

Listening with my Tecsun PL-660 receiver, telescopic antenna exclusively, Southern New York.

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Shortwave Broadcast / WBCQ, Radio Australia, WHRI, CRI and Voice of Greece reception

« on: June 11, 2016, 0718 UTC »

I just got a tiny MW/FM/SW radio called the Eton Grundig Mini, it comes with a small telescopic antenna and I thought it'd be a good radio to use when I'm out and about so I don't have to lug the Tecsun PL-660 around with me.

I took an evening walk through a large corporate park and into the surrounding wooded area, as the skies darkened I turned my radio on and decided to see what I could pick up. Here's what accompanied me for my walk.

WBCQ 7490 kHz 01:16 UTC - Allan Weiner Worldwide, great signal SIO 555, talk about vintage radios and high power shortwave broadcast transmitters, mild fading. Even as I walked by a building emitting a lot of QRM, WBCQ stayed strong.

Radio Australia 17840 kHz 01:25 UTC - Interview with a classical composer, discussion about the means of composition as well as a classical piece. SIO 454, signal was best as I walked through the wooded area, began to experience whine as I neared a more developed area. 

WHRI 5920 kHz 01:40 UTC - Christian music, female singer, plug for the "Harvest Show" with a detailed advertisement about what the aforementioned program consists of. SIO 555 excellent signal, very strong.

China Radio International 6020 kHz 9570 khz and 9580 kHz 01:45 UTC - Discussion of credit cards and other miscellaneous news items, all three frequencies were SIO 555, though 9570 kHz and 9580 kHz would sometimes interfere with each other.

Voice of Greece 9420 kHz 01:50 UTC (to the end at 02:15 UTC) - Excellent variety of greek music, some talk programs near the end, SIO was 555.

Reception from such a tiny radio was impressive, and it was lovely to have picked up some good stations to keep me company on my constitutional.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WHRI INDY 500 15720am 1530 UTC 29 MAY 2016

« on: May 29, 2016, 1616 UTC »

Listening in western Virginia, reception indoors on my Tecsun PL-660 is nonexistent, decent signal outside however. The weather's not the best so I'm currently listening on a Globaltuners Receiver in Indiana, decent signal on that with race coverage.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea English Service on 15180 kHz at 11:10 UTC

« on: May 26, 2016, 1112 UTC »

Finally! In my 4 years as an SWL I have been able to receive the Voice of Korea's English Service, signal is fair, peaking at S9 featuring a variety of North Korean music, ranging from classical to opera. Very nice easy listening music for a very nice morning.

Listening with the Tecsun PL-660 receiver, telescopic antenna only.

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Shortwave Broadcast / World Music Via WRMI on 11580 kHz from 1300UTC - 1500UTC May 24th

« on: May 25, 2016, 0356 UTC »

Went out to a store today and I was brazen enough to bring my Tecsun PL-660 with me, it was perched in the top compartment of the cart with the antenna partially extended, as I listened via headphones.

WRMI on 11580 kHz was the station of choice, lovely variety of all sorts of World Music from Chinese to South American, from Russian to African it all was there. They even threw in a few english tunes by "James Blunt" who was popular in the Mid 2000s.

Great program, SINPO of 5's across the board.