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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI via Mali...

« on: December 11, 2019, 1910 UTC »

13685 KHZ @ 1856 UTC 11 Dec 19 in Arabic.    Muslim chant music to 18: 59 then YM with  narrative,  Chant music resumed at 19:07.  First time I caught this transmit site.   Weak signal with some strength spikes after 19: 04 on the FRG 7700.   Icom R75 was, as usual, deaf to this weak a signal.

SINPO 1-2-2-2-1
TX:  Bamako, Mali
TARGET:  North Africa

407

MW Loggings / UNID 690 KHZ

« on: December 08, 2019, 0547 UTC »

"ESPN 690"  mentioned a few times but no discernible station ID call letters,   Sports talk @ 05:12 UTC , commercial block promoting "Japanese Whiskey"  then back to the syndicated talk show hashing over all the  NCAA conference championship football games.  Thinking this is probably WOKV out of Jacksonville but I've never picked them up before and their broadcast pattern doesn't lend itself to southern Wisconsin.

Maybe WJOX out of Birmingham AL. ?

408

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania Intnl on 6020 khz.....

« on: December 08, 2019, 0447 UTC »

..... Not the recently usual 6040 khz @ 0436 UTC 8 Dec 19 in English:
0436:   Guitar instrumental
0438:  Female cover of "Route 66"
04:40  YM with station ID then segued into a Mailbox feature with Shortwave and reception report info
 Strong signal with moderate QRN throughout

SINPO: 4-4-2-3-3
TARGET:   Western North America
TX:  Galbeni

409

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA ===>> Africa. via Botswana....

« on: November 27, 2019, 1928 UTC »

....15580 khz @ 1914 UTC 27 Nov. 19 i. English.  News, features and on site interviews. Pretty good signal for 13:14 @ QTH.

ID @ 1930 utc

SINPO: 44344

410

Shortwave Broadcast / What's RHC doing ....

« on: November 19, 2019, 2141 UTC »

...... on 11880 @ 21:28 UTC 19 Nov 19.   Received huge (5-5-4-5-5) signal with  OM Spanish narrative and music until 21:32 with a canned station ID  and QRT.   Then at 21:36 a garbled Y/F  that sounded an awful lot like the Spy Numbers lady followed by dead air.   Lost signal completely around 21:38 to Arabic narrative, probably Adventist Radio out of Moosbrun.
Is RHC ever where they're supposed to be?

411

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Azadi via Radio Liberty

« on: November 18, 2019, 1414 UTC »

Radio Free Afghanistan on 15640 KHZ  @ 14:03 UTC 18 Nov 19  via Radio Liberty in Dari.  OM narrative until 14:08 when joined by a YM introducing recorded sound bites on what sounded like a general newscast.  Sweet signal this morning.

SINPO: 4-3-4-3-4
TX:  Santa Maria di Galeria
Target:  Afghanistan

412

MW Loggings / KBGG Des Moines Iowa

« on: November 17, 2019, 0404 UTC »

1700 KHZ @ 03:08 UTC 17 Nov. 19.   2 YM discussing NFL point spreads on upcoming games re: Jacksonville, Denver,  Washington, Baltimore, etc etc., blah, blah, blah....    Commercial block at 03:22 with ads for BESTHOTELS.COM and HEALTH INSURANCE HOTLINE.   

ID @ 04:00

TX<>RX:  279 Miles
Nite Power:  1 kw

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Shortwave Broadcast / MWV Radio Feda

« on: November 13, 2019, 2041 UTC »

13710 KHZ @ 2034 UTC 13 Nov, 19 in Arabic:   ID @ 20:35.   YL / YM dialogue until musical Middle East vocals @ 20:38.  Back to male narrative @ 20:40.  Moderate , steady static

SINPO:  2-3-2-3-2+
TX:  Mahajanga, Madagascar
TARGET:   Middle East

414

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Iran

« on: November 12, 2019, 2000 UTC »

6040 KHZ @ 1934 UTC in English:

19:34 . Extended news story on the Israeli rocket attacks in Syria against "Jihadist Palestinians"
19:44 . News item re: potentially 1 trillion $ in precious minerals and metals in Afghanistan
19:49   OM with recorded ID
19:50   News story on the war in Yemen
 
S4-S7 with severe fluctuation and static crashes throughout.
TX:  Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran
Target :  Europe
Kiwi SDR Nea Marki, Greece

415

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA 15600 khz

« on: November 12, 2019, 1457 UTC »

15600 KHZ @ 14:51 with 2 OM's dialogue in Kurdish (one of them quite agitated).  Wonderful signal today.

SINPO: 4-4-3-4-4
TX:  Wooferton UK
TARGET:  Middle East

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Shortwave Broadcast / MWV African Pathways Radio

« on: November 02, 2019, 1812 UTC »

Very strong signal 13670 KHZ @ 18:02 UTC 2 Nov 19 in English. 

18:02 ID
18:03  "Maybe" . Allison Kraus
18:06  Short sermon on tribulations of friend and families in prison
18:07 Interview by YL  regarding Faith in God being the "bedrock of a good home"
18:13 .ID and frequency schedule

SINPO:  5-4-4-4-4
TX:  Madagascar
TARGET:   West Africa

417

Shortwave Broadcast / KVOH

« on: November 02, 2019, 1754 UTC »

17775 KHZ @ 1745 UTC 2 Nov 19 in English.   Religious music with female vocals.  ID @ 1748 with YM , "You're listening to Song of the Night on The Voice of Hope" then back to music with another YL vocalist followed by more songs with male vocals.

SINPO:  4-4-3-4-4
TX:  Rancho Simi CA
TARGET:  Central America

418

MW Loggings / WBAP Fort Worth TX

« on: October 27, 2019, 0439 UTC »

820 KHZ @ 0428 UTC 27 Oct 19 :

04:28 . Call in talk show
04:29  Ad for "New Spray"
04:30 YL with ID and News
04:34  Ad re: heart attack and stroke prevention

Night Power: 50KW
TX<>RX:  846 Miles

UNID station well underneath

419

Shortwave Broadcast / All India Radio

« on: October 22, 2019, 1411 UTC »

9445 KHZ @ 2143 UTC 21 Oct 2019 in English:

2143:  Music in Hindi with male vocals with mixed chorus
2146:  Different song but same vocalist
2151:  YL introducing another song but apparently forgot she is giving an English broadcast  and spoke in Hindi .   All i understood was "Czechoslovakia"
21:56  Same YL with station ID in English
21:59 . YL with news at BOH

SINPO: 4-4-4-3-4
TX:  Bengaluru
TARGET:    Europe

Apologies for the late post. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Amazonia

« on: October 21, 2019, 2132 UTC »

11780 KHZ @ 21:11 UTC  21 Oct 19 in Portugese:

2111  YM/YL dialogue
2115  3rd YM partipant in conversation'
2120  New interview type conversation with 3 new participant
21:29 OM Canned recorded ID
21:30 Appeared to be a news block with same announcers as 2111UTC

Weak but steady signal with moderate to heavy QRN

SINPO:2-3-2-2-2