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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI on 9415 khz

« on: November 14, 2020, 2324 UTC »

... 23:10 UTC in Vietnamese to Southeast Asia out of Beijing.   Moderate signal strength but lousy ,  fluctuating intelligence on the carrier underneath splash from Voice of Greece on 9420.  YL with solo narrative until 23:21 with music.   

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11780 AM 2140 UTC 20 Aug 2020

« on: November 14, 2020, 2249 UTC »

S9 + 20 on 11780 khz tonite

22:39 in Spanish with song featuring a female vocalist.
22:42 OM with short talk and station ID
22:43 Song with YM vocalist and accordion accompaniment
22;43 Song featuring steel guitars

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Broadcast Announcements / Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio

« on: November 10, 2020, 2343 UTC »

interview with Bernie Cooper, Captain of the Arthur M. Andersen, the Fitz's trailing ship that night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VXY6tuZ5eU

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Madagascar World Voice

« on: November 10, 2020, 2146 UTC »

11610 khz @ 21:31 Another great signal this afternoon out of Madagascar targeting Western Europe in Chinese

21:31 YL introducing a religious song with male vocals
21:34. Older male announcer with lengthy narrative
21:44. Short musical bridge to the YL again with solo narrative.

SINPO:  5-5-4-5-5

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Broadcast Announcements / Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio

« on: November 10, 2020, 0056 UTC »

I did a research paper on the wreck of the mighty Fitz back in the early 80's - fascinating story with a very mysterious ending.
    Ring the bell 29 times November 10th.
        Rest in Peace, Gentlemen.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: All India Radio 11560 am 1357 utc 12 Oct 2020

« on: November 06, 2020, 1449 UTC »

11560 khz @ 14:40 UTC with East Indian music.  14:42  YL announcer with brief narrative then back to music @ 14:43.  YL back at 14:47 with an intro to another song with a distinctive American rap flavor - (whoddathunkit ?!)

SINPO: 2-3-2-4-3
TX. Bengalure (Bangalore)
TARGET : Afghanistan

Signal improved significantly to S9  @ 14:51 with OM narrative in Pashto  with narrative on the Taliban.  YL joined conversation at 14: 54

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MW Loggings / Re: XESURF 540 AM 0435 UTC Nov. 3 2020

« on: November 06, 2020, 1417 UTC »

According to radio-locator.com/info/XESURF-AM:

XESURF-AM Technical Details:

Station Status   Mexican Radio Station
Area of Coverage   View Daytime Coverage Map, View Nighttime Coverage Map
Antenna Mode   Non-Directional - 1 Pattern
Daytime Power   25,000 Watts
Nighttime Power   100 Watts
Number of Towers   1
Transmitter Location   32° 30' 02" N, 116° 57' 52" W

728

General Radio Discussion / Re: "That's not DX"; "This is DX"

« on: November 04, 2020, 2326 UTC »

"..... And we have a NEEEEEEEWW track record..." !!!!
(with apologies to Tom Carnegie)

729

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania ===> Eastern N. America

« on: November 03, 2020, 1845 UTC »

FYI, The Romanian broadcast was targeting Eastern North America

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania ===> Eastern N. America

« on: November 03, 2020, 0150 UTC »

5910.25 khz @ 01: 30 UTC in Romanian 
01:39 OM with narrative.
01:30  ID
01:30 YL conducting a lengthy interview with another YL
01:40. Canned ID with OM broadcaster
01:41. Song in Spanish featuring an impressive female vocalist

SINPO: 4-3-2-3-3

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Korea 9435 kHz // 11710 kHz AM 1500 UTC 16 Oct 2020

« on: November 02, 2020, 1443 UTC »

11710 KHZ @ 14:35 UTC  with instrumental song with heavy brass.  YL with narrative in French  @ 14:35 then back to music with female choir vocals @ 14:49.

SINPO: 3-3-3-4-3 with minimal QRN throughout.
TX:  Kujang
TARGET:  North America

732

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: R. AZADI (Radio Free Afghanistan)

« on: November 02, 2020, 1422 UTC »

15640 KHZ @ 14: 14 UTC  Radio Free Afghanistan in Dari with World News presented by a YL and YM co-hosting program with taped interview with OM  along with the news items. References to "Taliban".


SINPO:  3-3-3-3-3
TX: Santa Maria di Galeria
TARGET: Afghanistan

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: R.Rebelde 5025 AM 2240 UTC 17 Sep 2020

« on: November 01, 2020, 0320 UTC »

5025 KHZ @ 03:06 UTC . Nice Spanish music tonite.  Sweet signal here is Southern Wisconsin.

SINPO:  4-4-3-3-4
TX: BAUTA

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Shortwave Broadcast / NHK Japan ---> Central America

« on: November 01, 2020, 0235 UTC »

6105 KHZ @ 02:20 in Japanese with conversation with 2 YL and a young girl followed by a song  with children's vocals @ 02:23.  Song ended @ 02:25 with a segue to a short party audio with lots of laughter then back to the YL announcers introducing more music, instrumental,   (with what sounded like the Japanese equivalent of a xylophone)  @ 02:27.

Minor but steady QRN throughout

SINPO: 5-4-3-3-3
TX:  Issoudun, France

735

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Rádio Guaíba 6000 am 1339 utc 28 Oct 2020

« on: October 29, 2020, 1224 UTC »

Wow, Sweet Catch!  I've never heard them.