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166

Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: August 16, 2022, 1031 UTC »

Aug 15 (Monday) observations:

Korea: Voice of Freedom: 5920, not jammed, but moderate QRN, at 1150 UT.
Aug 11, was the first day VOF was on 5920 (ex: 6045) and found strong QRM from 1300 to 1400 UT, from Shiokaze/Sea Breeze.
On 6045 & 6135, super jamming from N. Korea against no known stations. 
 
Frequencies for this week (Aug 15-21 [Mon-Sun]):

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3990 // 4885 // 6000 // 6250 // 6355 // 9100, at 1140 UT, with weekday only English language lessons.
On Aug 14 (Sunday), the VOH weekend only program at 1125 UT, with the reading of the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
story in English, with lengthy explanations in Korea.

Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 (these three were fair with no jamming) // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1145 UT.

167

Shortwave Broadcast / Vanuatu Independence Day - July 30

« on: July 31, 2022, 1006 UTC »

VANUATU. 11835 (3rd harmonic), Radio Vanuatu, 0631-0820 UT, July 31 (Sunday). Outstanding reception!
Some highlights, with several items about yesterday's 42nd Independence Day celebrations and various
music, including religious (Christian) songs in English for this Sunday. Certainly one of their better days!

0631-0637: ID; local time check; weather for the various provinces (min/max temperatures [C] and wind speed/direction).

0645: Health info about Hepatitis virus B (also please see 0731 program).

0651-0700: Series of PSAs (COVID, mental health, etc.), promo (listen to BBCWS in Port Vila on 104 FM), social media
events in Vanuatu, etc.

0700-0713: ID & frequencies; news/sports bulletin in Bislama (sound bite of Prime Minister Salwai's speech to a graduating
class in Port Vila; item about yesterday's Independence Day celebrations, sound bite (Australian accent) in English about
trade competition with China [my audio clip -  https://bit.ly/3zkKSE7 ]; etc.).

0731-0800: Interview with doctor regarding "World Hepatitis Day" (July 28) and segment of phone calls from listeners
with health questions.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

168

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing

« on: July 29, 2022, 1917 UTC »

July 29 - As usual, thanks to Manuel for the timely alert in WOR iog! Radio Vanuatu back on the air again,
but not as well as was formerly heard; 1003-1017 UT, news in Bislama on fundamental frequency of 3945
(best heard, with some ham QRM) and  2nd harmonic of 7890 (2nd best reception) and 3rd harmonic of
11835, which was totally unusable; 1031-1102, ending their broadcasting day with the usual preaching
and religious (Christian) songs; 1104*, ending with the distinctive National Anthem (titled: "Yumi,
Yumi, Yumi"  ["We, We, We" in English]).

169

Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: July 27, 2022, 0429 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Echo of Hope - VOH, frequencies for this week (July 25-31): 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095 kHz.

Voice of the People: Some good news; several of their frequencies have not been jammed for over a week now;
3480 (as usual, not jammed) // 3910 (good - not jammed now) // 3930 (good - not jammed now) // 4450 // 6520 // 6600,
at 1318 UT on July 26; heard a program I was not familiar with. My 3910 audio - https://bit.ly/3cyjWca . Surprised at
1520 to find VOP clearly off the air on 3480, 3910, 3930, 4450 (not sure about 6520 & 6600).

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

170

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Station X 2325 AM 1254 UTC 25 Jul 2022

« on: July 25, 2022, 1453 UTC »

https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=85365

Client Details

Client Number   85365
Licensee           PETER TATE
Trading Name   Station X
Postal Address   PO Box 223 WEE WAA NSW 2388
ABN                   20908208581
Fee Status    Normal

171

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing

« on: July 25, 2022, 0535 UTC »

When last heard, Radio Vanuatu was no longer on 3945 kHz. (with harmonics 7890 // 11835) from 0559+ UT,
but instead stayed on 7260 kHz. Hope they return to the air before too long!!

172

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing

« on: July 23, 2022, 2128 UTC »

My audio of a BBCWS promo via Radio Vanuatu, posted at https://bit.ly/3BeQSAS . Ron

173

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing

« on: July 23, 2022, 2116 UTC »

Hi Paul,

You are right! Radio Vanuatu is currently not being heard through my last check on July 23, on any of their known frequencies.

It was on July 14, that I last heard them on 7260 kHz.:

0630 UT: Island songs

0655-0701: Commercial announcements, PSAs (COVID & mental health), promo for listening to BBCWS in Port Vila, on 104 FM, etc.

0701-0719: News in Bislama.

0757: ID "Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong Yumi"; 0801: local time given - "7 o'clock."

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna of 100 ft. long wire

174

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Sound of Hope on 18970 khz?

« on: July 17, 2022, 0106 UTC »

Observations on July 16:

18970 kHz., from 1030 to 1100 UT; only jamming CNR1 (// 6125 kHz.) programming heard, blocking any
chance of reception of Sound of Hope (Taiwan); CNR1 airing the National Newspapers/National News Network
program in Chinese.

18970 was NOT // 6214.97 // 6230 // 6280, all with Sound of Hope programming and at 1100, heard the normal
ID by OM and YL ("Xiwang zhi sheng guoji guangbo diantai" - Sound of Hope international broadcast station)
and as is always the case with SOH, no time pips at ToH (CNR1 ALWAYS has time pips at ToH).

BTW - The CNR1 segment from 1030 to 1100 UT, is now currently being relayed over Voice of Strait (China) on
both 4900 // 4940 kHz.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

175

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RTM Sarawak FM, 9835 AM, 13 JUL 2022, 1120 UTC

« on: July 14, 2022, 0053 UTC »

Paul - All my DXing is done from about 0600 to 1400 UT, so I do not know about the 9835 starting time. Sorry. Ron

176

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RTM Sarawak FM, 9835 AM, 13 JUL 2022, 1120 UTC

« on: July 13, 2022, 2148 UTC »

Hi Paul - June 27, I observed Sarawak FM (9835 kHz.) at 1400 UT with the start of the news in vernacular,
but cut off at 1401*, with the first news item about the University of Malaysia. 11665 (Wai FM) also
closing down about the same time.

Ron
Listening at  Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)

177

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RTM Sarawak FM, 9835 AM, 13 JUL 2022, 1120 UTC

« on: July 13, 2022, 1727 UTC »

The three minute segments for the call-to-prayer are very distinctive program details, as well as the station's
unique slogan - "This station is now the ultimate power in the universe."

MALAYSIA[non-Sarawak]. 9835, Sarawak FM, from Kajang (on the west coast of the Malaysia peninsula),
1053-1056 UT, on July 11. The usual three minute Islamic call-to-prayer for the sunset prayer (Maghrib)

Call-to-prayer times for Kuching (July 11):

Fajr                   05:26 AM (2126 UT) - the dawn prayer
Dhuhr               12:48 PM (0448 UT) - early afternoon prayer
Asr                    16:13 PM (0813 UT) - late afternoon prayer
Maghrib            18:53 PM (1053 UT) - the sunset prayer
Isha'a                20:08 PM (1208 UT) - the night prayer
https://www.muslimpro.com/en/Prayer-times-Kuching-Malaysia-1735634 .

Later at 1320 UT, the station's slogan in English: "This station is now the ultimate power in the universe."

178

Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: July 12, 2022, 0315 UTC »

KOREA. July 11 (Monday) observations:

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, from 1122 to 1150 UT; the EBS TV audio feed for the English
language lesson "Wang cho bo yeong-eo," which is always aired only on weekdays; intro and exit theme song is the "Party Will
Come Alive" by Wizardz Of Oz (with Ruben Martinez); the usual intro with announcer saying "English trainer" and gives his name
("Mayu"), then the woman announcer says her name ("Mini"); "Is there a Wi-Fi here? Can you please provide me with the
password?", "You can use it for free. There is no password"; later at 1241, with the EBS news headlines and news stories in
English and Korean. These frequencies should be good through July 17 (Sun.)

VOP: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1125 UT. As usual, it has been a long time now with no changes!

Shiokaze/Sea Breeze: 5920 // 6040, at *1300 UT, from Yamata (Japan). Continues to be free from N. Korea jamming!
Strong 6040 causing QRM for Yunnan Radio International (China) on 6035, in Vietnamese.

Voice of Freedom: 6045, at 1130 UT; poor due to N. Korea super jamming, along with pulsating noise jamming. Super
jamming was also noted on 6135, against no known station.

Echo of Unification, 3945 // 5905, both fair at 1220 UT.

179

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Vanuatu missing

« on: June 05, 2022, 1042 UTC »

June 5 - Radio Vanuatu (11835 harmonic) with outstanding reception; very readable from 0630+ UT.
My audio highlight is posted at https://bit.ly/3mhGakw .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna of 100 ft. long wire

180

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: UNID 17800 AM 0830 UTC 04 JUNE 2022

« on: June 04, 2022, 0908 UTC »

Possibly this from the Aoki database?

http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/us/nda/userlist1.txt

A22 Shortwave Frequency List June 2  2022,  1400UTC   Day 1 = Sunday

kHz      Time(UTC)    ITU Station                Lang.             Location      Days

17800   0230-0930   THA R. FARDA  Persian[Farsi] Udon Thani  1-7