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691

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France International ===> West Africa

« on: January 11, 2021, 1745 UTC »

Pretty good signal @ 17:34 UTC ( 11:34 CST local) this morning on 13740 KHZ featuring 2 YM's with interview in French.  Light QSB / Light to moderate QRN.

SINPO: 4-3-4-4-4

692

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Greece 9420 Khz 2320z 2 Jan 21

« on: January 05, 2021, 2240 UTC »

S9+20 with music .
22:32 Song with YL vocals
22:35 Song with YM vocals
22:40 OM host introducing new song with OM vocals. 

Moderate QRN with minimal fading.

693

Spy Numbers / Re: Numbers station

« on: January 05, 2021, 1655 UTC »

It was the Cuban station and it was the 11540 khz that caught my attention. I bracketed 10khz either side of 11540 and the signal went from weaker to nothing.  Ditto USB. 
Same degree of signal capture with either the FRG7700 or R75.
I just wrote it off as, "Well, you know,  its Cuba...."
 

694

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA on 17655

« on: January 03, 2021, 1737 UTC »

4-5-5-4-4 @ 17:27 UTC in Portuguese from Greenville NC to Africa.
Music toll 17:33
YM with narrative @ 17:34
YL  with  short musical interlude to interview with another YL.

Wonderful signal on 16 meters today.

695

Spy Numbers / Numbers station

« on: January 03, 2021, 1704 UTC »

Weak but decipherable on the (unusual) 11540 KHZ  frequency @ 17:02 UTC.

SINPO: 2-2-3-3-2

696

Shortwave Broadcast / Bible Voice

« on: January 03, 2021, 1650 UTC »

 S 1-3  on  11790 KHZ @ 16:36 UTC in Somali with YM sermonizing. Music at 16:44.  Heavy  QRN  throughout and pronounced QSB @ 16:47.

Signal just barely audible by 16:48

TX:  Nauen, Germany
TARGET:   East Africa

697

MW Loggings / KDAL 610 khz Duluth MN

« on: January 01, 2021, 0106 UTC »

610 khz @ 0100 on the Grundig 750 ferrite with ID and news stories on:

New Years Eve coverage around the world.   
Covid 19 vaccine  sabotage in Wisconsin
Early runoff elections in Georgia

Huge QSB swings

TX <> RX:  331 Miles
Night Power:  5 KW

698

Weather / Re: calm before the storm

« on: December 30, 2020, 0021 UTC »

Getting hit pretty good now here in East Troy WI.   Looking at 6-8" tonite with low visibility and gusts increasing to 25-30  mph tonite creating drifting especially in the rural hours.
1st good blow of the season.
Yech.

699

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Iran

« on: December 29, 2020, 1441 UTC »

9800 khz @ 14:27. in Arabic.   OM/YM conversation, sounded like an interview.  Unusual to snag IRIB over the usual VOA Korean broadcast to the Middle East out of Tinang.

SINPO: 23222
TX:  Sirjan
TARGET: Middle East.  (no signal at all on the scheduled 7445 KHZ)

Severe fading beginning @ 14:39

700

Shortwave Broadcast / MWV ===> Western Africa

« on: December 25, 2020, 1843 UTC »

 13670 KHZ @ 18:33  UTC . African Pathways Radio in English with Christmas carols featuring a baritone vocalist
ID @ 18:36
Sermonizing with YM announcer at 18:37.

S9 with minor QRN

701

Clandestine Stations / Re: Iran International 5830 AM 1920 utc 23 Dec 2020

« on: December 25, 2020, 1822 UTC »

Iran International on 11550 khz @ 1736  UTC 24 December 2020 in Persian  out of Gavar in Azberbaijan.

S 3-5

702

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

« on: December 22, 2020, 1528 UTC »

15555 KHZ @ 15:20 USB with old Southern Bible Belt music like something out of the movie "Oh, Broither Where Art Thou".

15:23.  OM with fire & brimstione  sermon from Book of Ezeckiel re: "...the beast with 4 heads"

S 3 - 7 with lots of cracklin' goin' on

TX:  Milton, Florida

703

Shortwave Broadcast / CRI ---> Western North America

« on: December 22, 2020, 1512 UTC »

15700 KHZ @ 15:00 UTC in English with YL giving news with reports on:

Rule of Law in Hong Kong

US Destroyer posing a threat in (what China deems) as Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea

China's efforts to reduce carbon emissions

15:07. YM joined conversation for interview on the Iranaian Nuclear Pact situation

SINPO: 5-4-4-4-4
TX:  Quivican, Cuba

704

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: NHK World 13730 am 1744 utc 17 Oct 2020

« on: December 20, 2020, 1748 UTC »

13730 khz @ 17:31 initially with a YL announcer in English with features on Okinawa (17:31) South China Sea (17:32)   and Japan-China relations (17:33 - 17:38) then mysteriously switched to another language (perhaps the scheduled  Swahili) with YM entering the conversation.   Surprised by the initial English portion as couldn't find English anywhere on the schedule for this freq and time.

 SINPO: 3-4-4-3-4
TX:  Madagascar
Target:   (probable) East Africa

705

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Turkey Süper Lig 11815 am 1421 utc 20 Dec 2020

« on: December 20, 2020, 1649 UTC »

11815 khz @ 16:46 UTC in Turkish.   
S7-9   Various YM announcers. 
What sounded like a commercial block @ 16:49