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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WJHR 15555 USB 1657 UTC 07, June 2020

« on: February 21, 2021, 1725 UTC »

Pretty good signal late this morning 15555 KHZ USB @ 17;23 UTC (11:23 CST Local) with the usual Sunday fire and brimstone  sermonizing.
Moderate QRN  with gradual but rare episodes of QSB.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Adventist World Radio 17570 khz

« on: February 19, 2021, 2030 UTC »

Solid signal on 17570 khz In Moore  @ 20:19 UTC (14:19 CST local) .  YM narrative until 20:24 then music with female vocals.    YL joined the conversation at 20:26.  More music with string orchestration at 20:27 .  Progressive QSB Fading out starting at 20:28.
QRT on schedule at 20:30.

SINPO: 4-3-4-4-4
TX: Madagascar
TARGET: West Africa

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Rush Limbaugh has passed, Michael Harrison on his impact on radio

« on: February 17, 2021, 2245 UTC »

Now Rush Limbaugh and Larry King can co-host a radio show from Heaven.
Man, I'd love to see THAT antenna farm !

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Utility / Re: UNID 4724 KHZ

« on: February 15, 2021, 0223 UTC »

Thanks

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Utility / UNID 4724 KHZ

« on: February 14, 2021, 1649 UTC »

4724 KHZ in USB @ 16:31 UTC (10:31 CST Local)....

... Z H N N N N X 5 G A 6 7 E Q E P P G X Y6 G O.....

16:32 " Correction. (indecipherable)"

....G O 7 3 3 3 N 6  J 7 O D T T Y....

16:34. "Correction. 116. India .."

16:35    " I say again..."   Repeating previous transmission above

16:38:  "164 characters..." and sign off with "DEDICATE, OUT"

16:39. Repeats sign-off.  "DEDICATE, OUT". 

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Spy Numbers / Re: HM01, on 11635 at 1600 instead of 11435, 15 DEC 2020

« on: February 14, 2021, 1622 UTC »

Just barely audible @ 16:16  on 11435 but definitely there until 16:19 when signal faded out completely.
Standard Spanish numbers sequence.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RNZI 6115 am 1302 utc 19 Dec 2020

« on: February 12, 2021, 1321 UTC »

RNZ1 6116 KHZ @ 13:02 UTC (07:02 CST local) in English .  YL with the news until 13:05 then OM with news and features.   Interview with 2nd male at 13:16.
Strange signal.   The FRG 7700 showing S9 + 20 but the audio was muddy and , at times, indecipherable.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HF Underground and Facebook?

« on: February 10, 2021, 0142 UTC »

I would agree with you if APPLE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK and TWITTER had any viable competition.
They don't.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: BBC Hausa 11660 AM 1955 utc 29 Sep 2020

« on: February 09, 2021, 1958 UTC »

S 1-3 same 11660 khz @ 19:52 utc (13:52 cst local) in Hausa with YM / YL discussion in Hausa .  Minimal fade but lotta noise.

Tx:  Ascension
Target: W. Africa

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HF Underground and Facebook?

« on: February 09, 2021, 1857 UTC »

'Tech companies are just that, companies.
A private company or a forum can pretty much do what it wants'.


I didn't say it was illegal, just a cause for concern.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HF Underground and Facebook?

« on: February 07, 2021, 1813 UTC »

What's the difference between the 1933 book burnings in Germany and the 2021  Big Tech censorship going on today?

(Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but there's nothing funny about it).

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: CRI ----> North Africa

« on: February 07, 2021, 1611 UTC »

Much weaker signal this morning @ 16:02 UTC (10:02 CST Local)  with YM/YL hosting a program with Arabic narrative.

Music at 16:10

SINPO: 2-2-2-3-2. with moderate to heavy QRN throughout.

TX:  Bamako, Mali
TARGET:  North Africa

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA via Sao Tome and Principe

« on: February 05, 2021, 2018 UTC »

 Sweet signal on 11900 khz @ 20;01 UTC (14:01 CST local) in French.   YM DJ hosting a musical program  featuring songs mostly female vocals.  Genres an entertaining mixture of French Caribbean, Reggae  and Modern African.

Switch to English at 20:21 with "Word of the Day"  with YL.
Back to French at 20:22

ID / QRT  with Yankee Doodle sign off at 20:30

SINPO: 4-3-4-4-4
TX:  Pinheira
TARGET:   West Africa

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Havana ==> Western N.America

« on: February 05, 2021, 1552 UTC »

13700 khz @ 15:45 UTC (09:45 CST local) .   Very strong , clear signal this morning with music with YM Spanish vocals.  OM announcer.
ID 15:48
OM narrative with piano background music @ 15:49.
YL joined the broadcast with  musical ID @ 15:50
News feature at 15:51

SINPO: 5-4-4-4-4
TX: Bauta

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Azadi 15640 am 1413 utc 4 Feb 2021

« on: February 04, 2021, 1743 UTC »

I caught them  yesterday on same 15640 @ 14:22 UTC  (08:22 CST local) also in Dari.

SINPO: 3-4-3-3-3