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MW Loggings / MW DX'ing in East Troy WI....

« on: December 04, 2018, 0300 UTC »

Just  a sampling of MW stations pulled in during the evening of Dec 2nd on the portable Sangean ATS-909X with telescopic antenna only:

610 khz @ 20:32  WTEL Philadelphia 714 miles .   Sports talk re: McCarthy firing and the NCAA football rankings

630 khz  @  20:45 CFCO Chatham, Ontario  317 miles   Adult pop music

690 khz @ 20:51 CKGM  Montreal, Quebec 759 miles  Sports talk re:  Possible lineup changes for the NHL Montreal Canadians

700 khz @ 20:57 WLW Cincinnati Ohio . 326 miles ID and commercial block followed by story on funeral of President George H.W. Bush

740 khz @ 21:05 CFZM Toronto Ontario 458 miles "  ID and "Big Band Sunday Night Program" playing Louis Armstrong's 'High Society"

750 khz @ 21:10 WSB Atlanta GA . 735 miles .  Female announcer discussing Amazon's business practices

760 khz @ 21:25 WJR Detroit MI . 275 miles Bill Cunningham discussing voter fraud in California

830 khz @ 21:28 . WCCO Minneapolis MN . 286 Miles  ID, commercial block and Weathe

840 khz @ 21:30 . WHAS  Louisville KY . 343 miles ID and commercial block.  "News Radio 840..."

940 khz WEAV @ 21:45 Plattsburgh, NY . 758 miles . Broadcasting the NFL Monday Night Football game

557

Shortwave Broadcast / Adventist World Radio via Sri Lanka

« on: December 01, 2018, 2205 UTC »

9540 KHZ @ 21:41 UTC 1 Dec 18 (15:41 CST Local) in Chinese.  Male announcer to 21:44 when he engaged in a lengthy interview with female to 21:54.  Musical interlude to a different female announcer at 21:55.
QRT @ 21.59

SINPO:  2-3-1-2-2
Target:  Unknown
TX:  Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
 
Ceylon everybody!
Don

558

Shortwave Broadcast / Worst RHC signal of the year.....

« on: December 01, 2018, 1939 UTC »

15140 KHZ @ 19:13 UTC 1 Dec 18 (13:13 CST Local).   Schedules state this is a broadcast in Arabic to Western North America but the static and over-modulation was so atrocious  I had a difficult time ascertaining what the O/M was trying to say and in what language he was trying to say it (it may have been Spanish).  I DID pick up an ID at 19:20 and again at 19:30 when they either QRT'd or I lost the signal altogether.    Sources indicate that this broadcast is TX'd out of Bauta.   If it is they ought to just blow it up and start all over again.

559

Shortwave Broadcast / WHRI targeting West Africa

« on: December 01, 2018, 1911 UTC »

17815 KHZ @ 19:05 UTC 1 Dec 18 (13:05 CST Local)  in English.   Combination of Southern Bible Belt church hymns (complete with the "Brother, Where Art Thou?" upright piano music) and standard preaching between songs.

SINPO:  3-3-2-3-3
TX:  Cypress Creek

560

Shortwave Broadcast / UNID Empty Carrier .(Firedrake?)

« on: November 30, 2018, 0138 UTC »

7305 KHZ @ 01:34 UTC 30 Nov 2018 blowing out at S15 on both the FRG and the Grundig.

561

Shortwave Broadcast / RHC

« on: November 25, 2018, 2247 UTC »

13740 KHZ 22:41 UTC 25 Nov 18 (16:41 cst local) O/M with narrative in Spanish re: "..multiple problems of national development on campus..."   Strong, bass-saturated signal without the usual fade irritant.  Nice to hear the majority of an RHC broadcast without interruption for a change.

SINPO: 5-4-4-5-5
TARGET:  South America

562

Shortwave Broadcast / CRI via Urumqui

« on: November 23, 2018, 2315 UTC »

7250 KHZ @ 22;54 UTC 23 Nov 18 (16:54 CST local) in Spanish from the Central Asian Highlands targeting Southern Europe.  Soft music with male vocal to 23:00 with a break for station ID then news with a female announcer giving way to a male announcer at 23:15

SINPO: 3-4-4-4-4

563

Shortwave Broadcast / Trenton Military

« on: November 21, 2018, 0302 UTC »

Aviation Weather on 6755 KHZ USB @ 0253 UTC 21 Nov 18 (2023 cst local 20 Nov 18) for "Calgary" ""Cold Lake" "Winnipeg" "Edmonton".... et al.   
QRT @ 03:00

SINPO: 5-5-4-3-4

564

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Rebelde

« on: November 21, 2018, 0052 UTC »

5025 KHZ @ 00:46 UTC 21 Nov 18 (18:46 CST Local 20 Nov 18) in Spanish with 2 O/M's with narrative discussion referencing Haitians. Heavy QRM but strong signal with minimal fading.

SINPO: 4-4-2-3-3+
TX:  Quivican
Target:  Caribbean Region

565

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia ?

« on: November 15, 2018, 2325 UTC »

9900 KHZ @ 23:15 UTC 15 Nov 18  (17: 15 CST Local ) in Chinese. Male announcer with narrative. No music.   Played a short excerpt of some speech @ 23: 24 with commentary.  initial weak interference from R. Taiwan but that disappeared at 23:20.

SINPO:  3-1-2-3-2
TX:  Agignan Point, Northern Mariannas

566

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Clube do Para?

« on: November 11, 2018, 0333 UTC »

on 4885 KHZ 03:17 UTC 11 Nov 18 in Portuguese  out of Belem in Brazil
or
Radio Difusora Acreana transmitting out of Rio Branco in Brazil.

O/M with what sounded like some political speech.   No music at all thru 03:33 UTC.  Couldn't snag a station ID and not familiar with either station's format as I've never picked them up before.  Muddy fidelity thru a moderately week signal.

SINPO:  2-1-2-3-2

567

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA targeting Africa

« on: November 04, 2018, 1947 UTC »

15580 KHZ @ 19:39 UTC 4 Nov 18 (13:39 CST Local) . Strange blend of Caribbean/Rap hybrid music followed by more traditional soft rock selections. 

SINPO: 4-4-3-4-4
TX:  Selebi-Philkwe, Botswonna
Target:   Africa

568

Shortwave Broadcast / Caribbean Beacon/University Network

« on: November 04, 2018, 1935 UTC »

11775 khz @ 19:23 UTC 4 Nov 18 (13:23 cst local) in English.  Blues music followed up by Y/L with standard religious narrative.  Back to music at 19:30 . ( "Let it Shine").   More ministry talk at 19:34.

SINPO: 4-4-3-3-4
TX:  Anguilla

569

Shortwave Broadcast / https://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

« on: November 03, 2018, 2201 UTC »

is this site permanently shut down?   Accessing link reveals nothing but



Not Found
The requested URL /america.txt was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at www.primetimeshortwave.com Port 443

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Shortwave Broadcast / CFRX Toronto

« on: November 01, 2018, 2053 UTC »

6070 khz @ 2048 UTC 01 Nov 18 (15:48 cdt local) " News Talk 1010"  with male DJ hosting discussion on the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings.

SINPO:  4-4-3-2-3