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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania Inter. 11975 AM 1500 utc 13 Mar 2022 - Departe De Acasă

« on: March 13, 2022, 1504 UTC »

Good reception, Romanian service
Departe De Acasă ("Away From Home") Music Program

1500 Time pips over instrumental music, YL with news(?)
1502 Unid Romanian tune, YL singer
1504 YL talking at length
1506 "Am Ajuns In Tara Mare" Orchestra Lautarti & Nicu Mata (Thank you, Shazam )

887

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand 11725 AM 1051 UTC 13 Mar 2022

« on: March 13, 2022, 1055 UTC »

1051 First strains of music with OM singer coming throough.  Have had radio on for about 10 minutes.
1058 Unid instrumental with fair reception now
1100 Time pips to YL with news

888

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand 11725 AM 1141 UTC 12 Mar 2022

« on: March 12, 2022, 1143 UTC »

Poor reception, English service.

1141 Music/talking just above noise level, some peaks good.  Reception has been improving over past 15 minutes.
1255 Reception now good, YL singer unid song then YL talking after song
1257 Unid classical instrumental

889

General Radio Discussion / RL/RFE shuttered in Russia for now

« on: March 08, 2022, 1709 UTC »

No news like no news  ..........
https://www.rferl.org/a/rferl-suspends-russia-operations/31738541.html

890

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA "Le hit-parade americain" 15730 AM 2004 utc 7 Mar 2022

« on: March 07, 2022, 2007 UTC »

Very good reception (but storms coming), French service.  American music program meant for West Africa.

2004 "We Don't Talk About Bruno"
2008 "Heat Waves" Glass Animals
2014 "abc" Gayle
2019 "Easy on Me" Adele
2024 "Stay" The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber

891

North American Shortwave Pirate / Big Johnson Radio 6925 usb 2031 utc 5 Mar 2022

« on: March 05, 2022, 2031 UTC »

Reception just over noise Thanks for ID, TRI 

2031 Music
2037 Maybe a skit, sounds like laughing.

892

North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Smoke 6950 AM 1752 utc 5 Mar 2022

« on: March 05, 2022, 1753 UTC »

Good reception, some noise.  Thanks for ID, Skippy 

1752 Big Ben Marley (?) tells tale of woman following rock band, he is child from that following - "Uncle John's Band" Grateful Dead
1758 OM difficult to understand, noise and West Indies accent
1800 "Johnny B Goode" Peter Tosh
1803 OM reciting poetry, ID, Wellsville, NY PO Box
1804 "Sweet Magnolia" Grateful Dead
1807 OM loves this song but rest of talk is tough to decipher....."this is dedicated Capt. Ganja, Dr. Smoke..." to "Bush Doctor" Peter Tosh
1812 "...with studios just outside____ville, Connecticut (?). Throw another steak on the barbie" (Mentioned TONIGHT'S broadcast - old program?) to "Mexicali Blues" Grateful Dead.
1817 "Rocking the rock, brought to you by Connecticut (?) Tourist Board.  Studios outside______, Jamaica, back sooner or later"
1818 Off

893

Shortwave Broadcast / KBS World 15575 am 1302 utc 5 Mar 2022

« on: March 05, 2022, 1303 UTC »

Good reception some noise, English service.

1302 Unid K-pop
1305 YL talking after song but difficult to decipher
1306 "Butter" Baekdo, per Shazam
1308 "Next Level" aespa
1311 Reception just barely over noise floor now

894

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania International 11780 AM 1119 utc 5 Mar 2022

« on: March 05, 2022, 1125 UTC »

Good reception but fading, French service.  Tuned in at exactly the time of sunrise here, signal has been declining since.  One of several frequencies this broadcast is on now but the only one received here.

1119 Romanian music
1121 OM in French
1122 YL singer with Romanian pop tune
1126 OM in French again

895

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service 5875 AM 2042 UTC 26 Feb 2022 - new transmission #2

« on: February 26, 2022, 2045 UTC »

Poor reception, English service.  Getting about every fourth word between peaks and fades.  I'm guessing closer to sunset it will improve.  This is the second of two added broadcasts due to Ukraine/Russia crisis, broadcast is 2000-2200 utc.

2041 Sporadic English words at peaks
2101 Fair Reception more steady now, YL heard speaking above noise floor
2133 Reception now good, OM with reports/analyis on Ukraine/Russia conflict

896

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service 15735 AM 1400 utc 25 Feb 2022 - new transmission

« on: February 25, 2022, 1402 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  New transmission added as of February 24 directed toward Ukraine (have not seen azimuth on it yet) from Woofferton.  This is being received here better than any other frequency I receive the BBC. I believe broadcast is until 1600 utc.

1400 ID to upcoming news headlines
1401 YL with several stories on Ukraine/Russia war
1403 China's reactions to sanctions on Russia
1405 Champions League Final moved from St. Petersburg, Russia to Paris - my choice was Manchester . (Personally, I believe they should sanction the Gazprom owned Chelsea squad )
1407 Lengthy reporting on events between Russia/Ukraine.  News reports from multiple sources in the field including NY Times.
1409 BBC Reporter in Ukraine "It's too quiet"
1412 BBC Reporter talking about Zelensky's thoughts on invasion
1438 After 38 minutes of near perfect reception, suddenly off mid-sentence as if technical or international shutdown matter.
1440 Two minutes of white noise ends, broadcasts returns to near perfect reception.  OM in studio interviewing OM on phone in Ukraine.
1530 ID
1534 OM host interviewing Ukranian OM on phone, talking about travel restrictions for men under 60 out of country
1600 Off

897

Shortwave Broadcast / WRMI Unid program 9955 AM 1230 UTC 25 Feb 2022

« on: February 25, 2022, 1238 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  While turning dial came across this world music program, WRMI schedule reads The Overcomer should be here now. ID's by Shazam.

1230 "Popurri Paraguayo" Raymond Thevenot
1234 Station ID
1235 "Kalaman Bakina" Umar M. Shareef
1239 "Bat Pleng Khlong" Kang Kuy, etal.

898

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Ukraine International 5010 AM 1200 utc 24 Feb 2022

« on: February 24, 2022, 1206 UTC »

Fair reception, English service.  WRMI had decided to carry RUI this week in wake of the military build up, daily except Friday.  Broadcast must have been recorded before attack.

1200 IS, OM "This is the English service of Radio Ukraine International"
1204 YL with warnings about what would happen if Ukraine was attacked
1207 Information regarding Donbas recognition as Independent by Russia.
1210 Actions/discussion of Ukraine ambassador at UN

899

Shortwave Broadcast / VORW 15770 AM 1930 UTC 22 Feb 2022

« on: February 22, 2022, 2037 UTC »

Excellent reception of this WRMI broadcast, English service.  John sounding, and playing, the best.....

1527 "Somebody Told Me" The Killers
1530 "Good Bye To You" Scandal
1933 Contact info
1939 "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie
1942 John gives broadcast frequency as 5850 (probably original transmission) to "Hold Back The River" James Bay
1947 "Creep" Radiohead
1951 "Pride" U2
1955 "Sunglasses at Night" Corey Hart

900

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Öömrang (Radio Amrum) 15125 AM 1600 UTC 21 Feb 2022

« on: February 21, 2022, 1601 UTC »

Good reception some fades on the trusty PL 880 while back in the not-so-frozen northeast.  Annual broadcast on North Frisian Holiday to the diaspora. North Frisian(NF)/German(G)/English(E) service.

1600 Carrier detected
1601 Suddenly up in mid-sentence, OM speaking in NF or G
1603 OM continues to talk, reception improving
1606 Music just above noise floor
1608 Reception buried by noise now
1613 Reception just making it over noise with music, just checked Milford PA sdr - not significantly better. 
1620 Reception improving with fades, peaks very good.  YL singing in G or NF.