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Messages - Ron - Calif.

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Clandestine Stations / Korea - Shiokaze and Voice of Freedom
« on: August 03, 2023, 1325 UTC »
KOREA NORTH[non]. 5920, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR, 1335 UT, Aug 2 (Wednesday); yes, another Wed. in English; very
poor reception due to N. Korea super jamming; // 6090 (good). What I find interesting is that recently when Shiokaze moved
here, at that time VOF was also on 5920, but they quickly moved up to their alternate frequency of 6045; for three days now
(July 31/Aug 1-2), VOF has been free of any jamming, so the super jamming has been especially slow following VOF. Aug 3,
super jamming finally moved from 5920 up to 6045.

KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom, Aug 2. My audio of 1338-1340 UT, end of the “Ulisoli hanmadang“ (Our sound festival)
program with indigenous music and 1340-1346, start of the "Sigan-yeohaeng, yeogsa tamheomdae" (Time travel, history
exploration party) program, presenting a drama - https://app.box.com/s/trttoofgjzqb6quural6dllcs7aff2g6 ; fairly good reception.
The next day (Aug 3), totally covered by super jamming and pulsating noise jamming from N. Korea, so there were only three
days here with VOF with good reception; ex: 5920.

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NORTH AMERICA. 6200 AM, Russian ethnic pirate Radio Channel Eastern Star/Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda,
0846-0935 UT, Aug 3; clear boost in power; mostly Russian ballads, with announcers in Russian and English
("Next song is . . . Thank you"; I check here regularly and had not detected any signal recently. Nice to have
stronger signal, but unfortunately today I also noticed extremely strong summertime QRN (static). In fact the
worst I have heard all this year, but the signal was cutting through the static fairly well, per my brief audio at
https://app.box.com/s/hha6wy91yxbhkoj22jserzdw2xqdpb08 .

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Shortwave Broadcast / French President visits Vanuatu
« on: July 27, 2023, 1110 UTC »

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0545-0733 UT, July 27. Tuned-in to hear them fairly early with very poor signal that
gradually improved up to fair reception. Highlights:

0600-0603: Brief news bulletin.
0635: Frequently heard PSA in Bislama for "mental health." At 0630, no "service messages" program today!
0651: Local time ("nine minutes to six"); long series of promos, PSAs, commercial announcements; one spot was
in French (rare). My audio - https://app.box.com/s/6pdd2iz8ovfov2oi9q3pkob1dzxde7gp .
0700-0716: News/sports/weather mostly in Bislama; President of France is visiting Vanuatu and meeting with the
Prime Minister; several sound bites in English about what the French President said today.
0733: Sports program talking about the sports events for "National Day 2023."

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KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, on July 6, second day on this alternate frequency and still free of jamming!

1130-1200 UT "Aneun geos-i him-ida" (Knowing is power).
Theme music by the Lee Hanjin Band - "Good Time" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0FHb4Wo_w .
Today's program audio - https://app.box.com/s/1qupuptd7y8w3eoidk1gutuit6584pdi .

1200-1210 UT single tone; then "Jayu-e solibangsong-eseo bam 9 (ahob) sileul allyeodeulibnida"
(In English - Voice of Freedom has announced 9pm); nice 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 today https://app.box.com/s/p4ahxjcj3vmkufemmpj13dwkn9fwrgyi .  

1215-1230 UT "Ingwon baloalgi" (Getting to know human rights). Thanks very much to Amano (Japan) for IDing 
this program. My audio of radio drama and music at https://app.box.com/s/u5dkm9a0tqx1pxy3tf2eth9f72z12l5m .

1230-1300 UT "Haengboghan Daehanmingug" (Happy Republic of Korea).
My audio at https://app.box.com/s/0b6v0tz4p624arr8pj8mfks41qrvifaw .

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: BBC Singapore Transmitter To Close
« on: July 05, 2023, 1730 UTC »
For me, the only upside of BBC Singapore closing down on 9410 kHz. (1000-1200 UT) is that now I will have a
clear frequency to hear Taiwan's Fu Hsing BS. In the past the strong BBC signal was mostly blocking reception
of the much weaker Fu Hsing BS signal. Recently I have noted Taiwan on 15375 // 9774 // 9410 kHz., going off
the air at 1200*. Once BBC is gone, it will be interesting to find out just how good the Taiwan signal is without QRM!

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KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom, on July 5, the first day back on the alternate frequency of 5920 kHz. (ex: 6045), with no N. Korean
jamming yet, but we can probably expect super jamming to be here tomorrow(?); 1359 UT; the closing ID for the "Sigan-yeohaeng, yeogsa
tamheomdae" (Time travel, history exploration party) program, which consisted of radio drama and pop songs; 1400, start of "Hanminjog
tong-illo milaelo" (Korean people, to unity, to the future) program, with some Korean songs. My local sunrise was at 1254 UT. My audio is
at https://app.box.com/s/u35tmqj95rilgx22r0j10d1ugn3tgbad .

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June 20 - Yes, significantly stronger signal via the new transmitter on 7400 AM (slightly on the low side); 1202-1300 UT, June 20. Playing a lot of music;
very brief announcements in Russian with music ID; sometimes with repeated theme music, followed by announcer with music ID; at 1223, the often
heard segment with child and man talking in Russian; at 1300, the start of strong QRM from 7395 (Alaska). Today was certainly better than the recent
2.5 watt signal.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WBCQ 6160 AM 1200 UTC 18 JUN 2023
« on: June 18, 2023, 1954 UTC »
Here on the California Coast, about 1200 UT, I have N. Korea on 3320 // 6160.

Aoki Database - http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/ut/userlist1.txt .
A23 Shortwave Frequency List  June 12  2023, 1500 UTC   Day 1 = Sunday
kHz      Time(UTC)       ITU     Station                 Lang.   Location      Days
3320     2100-1900      KRE    PYONGYANG BS     Kor     Pyongyang   1-7 
6160     2100-1800      KRE    PYONGYANG BS     Kor     Kanggye       1-7

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June 18 - Heard definite improvement in the signal on 7400 AM, from 0730+ UT. Recently had not been able to hear
the 2.5 watt signal, but today occasionally above threshold level audio (better than normal propagation or slight power
increase?); at 0742, heard bits and pieces from the distinctive segment of Russian IS, IDs in English ("Radio Channel
Eastern Star"
) and Russian, plus political spot about the "Socialist revolution." Most of the time I heard just a stronger
than usual carrier, but some segments with positive music/singing. Suggest the best chance for reception is to catch
the Russian IS segment, as it is the most recognizable feature here. Is definitely a challenge!

Ron
Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: MISSING: Radio Vanuatu
« on: June 12, 2023, 1836 UTC »
Radio Vanuatu (7260) was silent on June 9-10-11.

Heard again June 12, from 1000 to 1102* UT; as usual was fairly readable.

1000-1017: ID/frequencies/news/sports/weather in Bislama (item about the Papua New Guinea parliament might be
considering the issue of Bougainville independence, etc.).

1017-1030: Variety of songs (Island songs, plus Kenny Rogers - "Evening Star," etc.).

1030-1040: Christian religious preaching; entirely in English; countless mentions of "Holy spirit . . hallelujah . . praise the Lord . ."

1040-1100: Religious songs ("Yumi Go," etc. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMm92byTk8 ).

1100-1102*: Local time ("ten o'clock")/ID/frequencies; "Tune in tomorrow at half past five in the morning"; National Anthem.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: MISSING: Radio Vanuatu
« on: June 11, 2023, 1119 UTC »
Thanks, Paul, for the Vanuatu update. June 11, still off the air (0800+ UT)!

Back in 2020, I often heard Vanuatu on 2485 kHz. Here is a typical log from back then:

March 5, 2020 - Radio Vanuatu on 2485, from 1008 to 1059:46*. News, weather ("weather conditions," giving
many maximum and minimum temperatures in "Celsius," "outlook tomorrow," etc.) in vernacular; after that mostly
religious songs; at 1054, ID and NA; 1055-1059:46*, just an open carrier till off. Poor reception, but one of their
better days!

My audio, of at times semi-readable weather conditions, at https://app.box.com/s/9cn4yyt71n1meom6e6ivfha8olqh7626 .   

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Aug 29, 2014, the day of the eruption of the Tavurvur volcano, NBC East New Britain (3385 kHz.)
went silent, but returned to the air again on Sept 22. Unfortunately this station, as well as all the
other regional NBC stations have been silent on SW for many years now.

A bit of volcanic history should be remembered here. In 1994, both the Vulcan and Tavurvur volcanoes
erupted, destroying a major portion of Rabaul, which at the time was the provincial capital of ENB. As a
result the capital of ENB was moved to its present location at Kokopo.

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INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire. On May 30, Nabire experienced a moderate earthquake, so the station didn't go off the air today.
https://www.allquakes.com/earthquakes/quake-info/7645282/mag4quake-May-30-2023-Irian-Jaya-Region-Indonesia.html .

Marathon listening to this anomaly from RRI Nabire from tune-in at 0820 till tuned-out at 1040 UT. This is the longest
I have ever heard them staying on the air. Back on May 28, I heard them cut off at 0916*. Islamic segment today (and
28th) with Shalawat Tarhim prayer (0851-0858), followed by the Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer (0858-0901). Also
listening to this extended broadcast today was Art Delibert (well done!).

My audio is at https://app.box.com/s/pq53490nz3djxspcdpwe96clv4seei06 .

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: CFVP Calgary
« on: May 30, 2023, 0456 UTC »
Here on the California coast, am able to hear Calgary SW even in summer:

CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 0820+ UT, June 25, 2022. Comedy by Brian Regan,
Howie Mandel, Dennis Regan, Todd Barry, Dennis Miller, etc.; commercial announcements; even with Cuban
jamming, was doing very well for 100w! My audio - https://app.box.com/s/gstx5yqvb867r163iq3dl68wirm78drc .

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Vanuatu with new promo
« on: May 29, 2023, 1135 UTC »
VANUATU. 11835 (3rd harmonic), Radio Vanuatu, on May 29, at 0855 UT, heard a new promo for RV, with
some of their history ("proud history . . .established back in year 1966," etc.); then at 0900, actually had the
correct time ("eight o'clock") and into today's edition of "Vanuatu Focus"; especially good reception; 3945
(blocked by ham QRM), 7890 (very poor), 15780 (best ever reception, better than 7890) and 19725 (not
heard). My audio is at https://app.box.com/s/eqefvdygqfa8g8od52x1w5st1aweklsw .

Have been enjoying this station for many years! My 1980 QSL card - https://app.box.com/s/hnuulribb8isifp9fg7722s6j9sfnikf .

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

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