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Messages - Ron - Calif.

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KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom, on Oct 12, first day back again on alternate frequency of 6045; ex: 5920 today heard with
North Korean super noise jamming and also rapid pulsating jamming; will probably take NK a day or two to move up to this
frequency, which was clear today; VOF heard today with an open carrier as early as 0705 UT, long before their sign on (*0753).

0900 UT: A single tone; "Jayu-e solibangsong-eseo ohu 6 (yeoseos) sileul allyeodeulibnida" (In English - Voice of Freedom
has announced 6pm); enjoyable singing station jingle - "jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e soli bangsong!" (Voice of Truth,
Voice of Hope, Voice of Freedom broadcast); then the "Bodo gwangjang" (News Plaza) segment. My audio -
https://app.box.com/s/1v0kwgd77aetp13s164d4af677ltodxj .

0915 UT: "Ma-eum-e swimpyo" (Resting heart). My audio - https://app.box.com/s/nlrguvjszyt61bnwojstv9uvio42xgck .

0920 UT: “Kkumkkuneun cheongchungeug“ (Dreaming youth drama).
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/vpdmxogsniy71mfy9lmi0q8r94hqpxxv .

0930 UT: "Hanminjog tong-illo milaelo" (Korean people, to unity, to the future).
My audio - https://app.box.com/s/sz38ghf0zrr36us00kvg0dwp0ccdgcwd .

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VANUATU. Radio Vanuatu with a new frequency of 9960; thanks to Glenn and Chris Mackerell for the timely alert
in WORiog; drove to the beach in time to catch 0656-0658* UT, on Oct 10. Fairly readable with promo for BBC on
104 FM in Port Vila, Visa debit card (both spots in English), etc.; about ten seconds to change frequency to 3945
(*0658) and into the news till 0718. My 9960 audio - https://app.box.com/s/qs3969bwxrdtio3mo222zkuoh2jpoh7x .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna: 30m long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Echo of Hope 6350 AM 1104 UTC 10 Oct 2023
« on: October 10, 2023, 1827 UTC »
Echo of Hope - VOH frequencies:  3985, 4885, 5995, 6250, 6350 and 7720 kHz.

Here at Asilomar State Beach, Calif., I often hear all the frequencies // after 1100 UT.

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Your recording is definitely Mexico. Here on the West Coast, I do have light QRM from CHBC (China) after about 0930+ UT,
well underneath a stronger Mexico. China normally goes off the air at 1200 UT, while on Oct 6, noted Mexico closed at 1220*
UT, a bit later than their normal 1200* UT .

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Nice recordings! Positively you were listening to Myanmar Radio, no question about it. Well done.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 7300v AM 0450 UTC 17 SEP 2023
« on: September 17, 2023, 1138 UTC »
Sept 17 - Hearing 7300 AM, at 0730 UT, with extremely weak signal at Asilomar Beach.

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Sept 17 - Hikari FM (6200 AM) off the air when checking 0725, 0745, 0830 & 0930 UT.

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Regarding 6200 kHz. reception:

From about 1130 to 1230 UT, I am able to hear Xizang PBS (Tibet - Lhasa) in the clear; I have found that Hikari FM cannot
compete with either Tibet, nor China.

About 1230 UT, Voice of Jinling (China) starts with their famous double sign-on and dominates 6200 with a strong signal,
with Tibet heard faintly underneath.
My audio of Tibet and the double start of China - https://app.box.com/s/g8l87a1t9dcwuizke9h6byariluux1rv , with thefirst minute being Tibet.

Normally I can hear Hikari FM much earlier than 1130 UT. I strongly suggest that after 1230+, it is the Voice of Jinling (China)
that is being heard on 6200 kHz.


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

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Greetings from California. Thanks for the very fine recording. Very enjoyable!! Definitely Radio Senda Cristiana (The Christian Way Radio)!
The station is operated by the Cotahuasi Ministry Center Project - https://quechuamissions.com/peru2 (Cotahuasi, Arequipa, Peru).
Here is my recent log:

PERU. 4820, Radio Senda Cristiana, *0900 UT, Aug 29. For the first time was clearly able to make out the choral National Anthem; later with
religious sounding songs; weak.

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Aug 29 - Hikari FM (6200 AM) from 0728+ UT; cutting through the summertime QRN (static) with Japanese songs; the usual
ID in English, plus song IDs in Japanese and English (my audio - https://app.box.com/s/zcfyqhqzbe18p1x7nr9acr8afheu1mgf  ) .
Played nice song "Yorokobi ni saku hana" by ACO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBhjwbs8U0 .

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- - - Thanks very much for the following informative reply to my Hikari FM (6200 AM) reception report of Aug 19.
Please note I was wrong, this pirate station still does have some Russian! Ron

"Thank you very much for your support!!
As of this email I have spent a little more time working on the audio.
Please note that some songs have the old Vostochnaya Zvezda ID still attached to them (they are part of the same audio file).
You will still hear some Russian, after all Russian was my first language.
13.95 still not up yet, lack of money, cannot afford the copper wire needed in the construction of the yagi while the frame is just sitting there.
Also cannot afford to buy the improved version of the TX PCB I designed lol. I have to first put the modulator on a PCB rather than it being a
mess of wires like it is now. Yet it still sounds very good, almost like FM.
Here is an eQSL [copy at - https://app.box.com/s/840fokvf0foh4oll221ekynr0vx4ku3s ], my Japanese is not that great yet.
When the summer time lightning crashing stops I plan to go on air and announce all the eQSLs I have sent as well as do an SSTV session.
Best Regards."

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- - - - Posted to WORiog on August 19:

> RUS-DX (# 1250 Sunday / 13 August 2023):
>
> From a letter from the radio station Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda - Well, I can say that the transmitter power
> is about 70 watts and the antenna is 1/4 wave vertical. I broadcast from Mexico (near the border with the
> United States, the city of Choya Bay. Russian music plays every Saturday, there is Vysotsky, Dima Bilan,
> Kalinov Most, well, even any Post Punk. The rest of the time is devoted to electronic music and Japanese
> anime culture. In general, the station is completely switching to Japanese, I will soon change the name to
> Hikari FM (???????). i.e. light FM. This is still inaccurate, the name may change again. I don't know
> Japanese well yet, but soon I think that I will be able to at least communicate in it. Thank you for your
> attention! By the way, a year ago the channel was still called Radio Pushka, and it has been that way
> since 2015. HFUnderground has a lot of information about me. hfunderground.com You, too, success
> and health! (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Moscow)

Hi Glenn - Yes, the pirate station on 6200 AM has indeed recently changed the programming to an all English
and Japanese format. Am no longer hearing any Russian, so it would seem Radio Channel Eastern Star/Radio
Vostochnaya Zvezda is no longer active. Heard now with many of the same spots being frequently repeated;
some in English and others in Japanese, as well as songs in Japanese.

The new, regularly heard spot - "with today's story" about McDonald's -
https://app.box.com/s/1s93vpkh7mdd6zmc5rgojinoluhscr77 .

Frequently now with the new ID: "You are listening to Hikair FM, the shortwave radio pirate station . . .
broadcasting from Mexico. Light FM, shining a light on . . . broadcasting worldwide in English and Japanese.
Hikair FM broadcast. Thank you for listening."
My audio from Aug 19 - https://app.box.com/s/sbb73yo5vfjkj7a9vmp0uhidytarpmd1 .

Song in Japanese, coming through heavy summertime QRN (static) -
https://app.box.com/s/rcbwpka7pk3t2ry00dn9f2udws8vc5zl .

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

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Nice songs in Japanese!!

Radio Channel Eastern Star/Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda (6200 AM), ethnic Russian pirate station in the Southwestern
part of USA. Unusual reception 0450+ UT, Aug 6; most of the time signal was very poor, but some segments were
amazing well heard, confirming the recent increase in power; played Russian IS several times (0452 & 0500); song
IDs given in both Russian and English; clear songs in Japanese. My audio of the IS and song is at https://app.box.com/s/4et96ouuviimeencjm8277fl5zdtr5ct .

Picture of transmitter - https://app.box.com/s/nq2i94jvu8g2pyzcprqn2itfxo8nhbv9 .

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Shortwave Broadcast / Solomon Islands - SIBC schedule?
« on: August 04, 2023, 1531 UTC »
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, on Aug 4, yet another day with greatly extended broadcast; since SI Independence Day
(July 7), seems to me this is now routinely heard well past their former 1200* closing; today tuned in at 1236, till still on the
air past 1405+ UT; non-stop songs (island pop songs, American C&W, etc.); started out poor, but improved to almost fair. My
local sunrise was at 1316 UT. Enjoyable listening here even with summertime QRN (static)!

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- - - Thanks very much for the quick (1915 UT Aug 3) reply to my report:

"Thank you so much for listening!
Yes looks like a strong signal. I can't wait to see what it will be like in the winter.
I have made a small adjustment and the power output will be even higher tonight [Aug 4 UT]. Running class E, about 70 watts carrier
can go up to 100 watts carrier 400 PEP but the modulator cannot handle it. It is already hot hot, however the output final is only warm
to the touch. I added cooling to it and it is doing very well. The new board from China I designed on JLCPCB has come as you can tell,
hence the stronger signal :)
Everything is going hand in hand with my math now. It looks like there is only some little error due to changes in temperature
and so on, that is perfect for this purpose though.

I am running more power than I have ever before on shortwave. Even when I had the Ameritron.

keep your eyes peeled, I might be doing some SSTV soon. That will be when I have a very strong signal.

I will be adding a handful of new songs soon too. Also that name change is still coming up.

Best regards and good luck dxing!"

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