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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI ----> North Africa

« on: December 09, 2020, 1658 UTC »

17880 KHZ in Arabic @ 1642 UTC  with YM announcer narrative introducing a couple Asian instrumental songs until 16:50 when YL announcer entered conversation with what sounded like a Arabic/Chinese language lesson

SINPO: 4-3-3-3-3.  Light QRN throughout.  Slight fade beginning 19:55

QRT 19:57 as scheduled with no decipherable ID

707

Weather / Re: bye bye warm weather

« on: December 04, 2020, 0229 UTC »

Very unseasonable weather here in Southern Wisconsin.  Last year we had 14 inches of snow on the ground by now.   This year you can't find a flake with a magnifying glass.  10 day forecast is for high temps in the mid to upper 40's. If it hits 50 I'm breaking out the humidor and celebrating with a Partagas Magnifico  bonus smoke!

708

MW Loggings / Re: CHLO 530 AM Brampton ON 2215 UTC 29 Nov 2020

« on: December 04, 2020, 0208 UTC »

Initial solid signal here @ 01:58  530 KHZ from Brampton, Ontario.   Jamaican music until the TOH station ID.  Then a short Reggae song before entering into a commercial block @ 02:02

TX<>RX:  439 miles
Night power: 250 watts

Fading out at 02:05. 

709

MW Loggings / CKGM Montreal

« on: December 04, 2020, 0137 UTC »

690 khz @ 01:18 UTC with Sports talk.   Steeler fans complaining about poor showing in their win last nite against Baltimore.  Interview quotes from Rothlesberger.  Short discussion re; Ron Rivera
01:26. ID. and commercial block.
01:29  Back to NFL talk, "Power Rankings", etc

Pretty good signal until 01:34 when strong fade began.

TX<>RX:  758 Miles

710

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Tamazuj 11650 AM 0335 UTC 7 Aug 2020

« on: November 26, 2020, 1525 UTC »

Weak signal on 11705 @ 15:12 (09:12 @ QTH) in Sudanese with OM narrative targeting South Sudan out of Madagascar.

SINPO: 22122 faded to S2 by 15:24

711

ID and Translation Requests / unid 17.145

« on: November 26, 2020, 1448 UTC »

17145 khz @14:44 UTC. Steady stream of pulses and chirps (RTTY?).     S7-9

712

Spy Numbers / Re: HMO1(?) 11635 Spanish Numbers

« on: November 25, 2020, 2136 UTC »

11635 khz @ 21:33 Standard Spanish numbers.

4-4-4-3-4

713

General Radio Discussion / Re: RIP Universal Radio

« on: November 22, 2020, 1739 UTC »

Disheartening news.  Universal always displayed professionalism and knowledgeable , courteous customer service.
Best wishes to Fred and Barb. I wish you nothing but the best in your retirement.
Thank you.

714

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Habana Cuba 6950 AM 2159 utc 21 Nov 2020

« on: November 22, 2020, 0404 UTC »

RHC:
Never where they're supposed to be
Never when they're supposed to be there
Never in the language thats scheduled

Good Lord, I'm glad they pulled the missiles out in '62 !

715

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA to Africa

« on: November 21, 2020, 1459 UTC »

 Weak signal this morning via Botswana @ 14:50 .   Schedule shows supposed to be in English but only heard 2 songs in another language then QRT @ 14:58

2-3-2-2-2

716

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania International 15460 am 1215 utc 17 Nov 2020

« on: November 19, 2020, 1518 UTC »

11975 KHZ 15:05 UTC this morning in Romanian targeting Southern Europe out of Galbeni.

ID @ 15:05
OM talk until 15:10
Song with female vocalist at 15:10
ID @ 15:13

SINPO: 3-3-4-4-4

717

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA ===> Middle East

« on: November 19, 2020, 1502 UTC »

15600 khz @ 14:50 via Wooferton with OM narrative to 14:57 then song with female vocalist until QRT @ 14:59.

33444

718

MW Loggings / Re: KCKN 1020 AM 0708 UTC 9 Nov. 2020

« on: November 19, 2020, 0005 UTC »

Heard this one from Roswell, New Mexico

Wow, an Area 51 transmitter - I'd love to see that sucker!

719

Equipment / Re: Generic Handheld Radio (Numbers Station)

« on: November 15, 2020, 0039 UTC »

Just reaffirming Rob's recommendation:   The CountyComm GP-5/SSB is a heckuva radio for $100.  The ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) works very well scanning and storing up to 100 stations automatically in temporary memory in each band. 

720

MW Loggings / Re: KQWB West Fargo ND

« on: November 15, 2020, 0006 UTC »

Very solid signal tonite  1660 khz @ 23:57 utc:

23:58 Ad block with spots for Kitchen Refresh and Chevrolet
00:00  ID followed by brief scores and updates
00:01 Returned to syndicated "Fox Football Saturday from the Geico Sports Studios"