Shortwave Logs From Alaska!

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

3260 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NBC Radio Mandang at 1031 on Jun 12. Fairly regular here most times just above the noise floor. Signal is decent but with a fair amount of static, fading and interference. Christian music followed by a male announcer talking. Audio of 3260khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c2BaHB887g (Walker-AK)

3325 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NBC Radio Bouganville, at 0922 on Jun 29th. Recording starts off with "A Good Heart" by Feargal Sharkey then a male announcer talking briefly followed by my favorite country song, Marie Osmond and Dean Seals "Meet Me in Montana. Signal was near phenomenal with only light to moderate fading. Audio quality was excellent. Audio of 3325khz is here: https://soundcloud.com/onairdjpaulwalker/nbc-png-3325-june-29-2016-12219-am (Walker-AK)

3365 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NBC Radio Milne Bay, at 0932 on Jun 29. This one is rare here, not usually much above the noise floor, but this is about the best I've ever heard it. A news broadcast in english but there appears to be severe audio issues. The audio is stuttering and often dropping out, completely disappearing for a few seconds over and over again. Audio of 3365khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c2BaHB887g (Walker-AK)

5020 SOLOMON ISLANDS. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, 1011 on Jun 12 with a pretty decent signal. A bit of fading and audio quality wasn't the greatest but the christian music was certainly listenable. Audio of 5020khz here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxtTS7GAfQ (Walker-AK)

7260 VANUATU. Radio Vanuatu at 1005 on Jun 29, now operating on a reduced schedule and only on till 1015.  My reception this time is some of the best they've ever been heard. They are consistently under modulated which makes them hard to catch unless conditions are good and they are running music. In this case, there's alot of fading at atmospheric noise/crashing but the music their playing is somewhat understandable. Caught them with a male announcer who talked between music then read a sign off message. Carrier was still on 15 minutes later! Audio recording of 7260khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKFRiaRe1sg (Walker-AK)

7295. RUSSIA. NVK Radio Sahka at 1142 on Jun 25 and 917 Jun 30th.The Jun 25th broadcast had a good signal with a man talking in Russian, with some light to moderate fading and noise. The Jun 30 broadcast had a man talking for a bit followed by some contemporary russian music and was much cleaner, clearer and steady.. very little fading and not much if any interference., Audio from 7295khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CjxgAwkh8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZc3rcYDP2g (Walker-AK)

7345. RUSSIA. NVK Radio Sahka at 827 on Jun 30 with Russian music and a poor to fair signal with bad audio. Fair amounts of noise and fading too.l heard contemporary russian music during this broadcast. Audio of 7345khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-nvUXzPAB0 (Walker-AK)

7445 TAIWAN. Radio Taiwan International at 1112 on Jun 25 IN ENGLISH! It is rare, almost unheard of for me to hear RTI in English anywhere I've lived in the 50 United States and the broadcasts I have heard from them in other languages usually have very poor audio and signal. This 7445 signal was pretty listenable. Audio was OK, there was a little fading and some interference to the signal but overall very listenable. Audio of 7445 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0wSucGQrfQ (Walker-AK)

9390 THAILAND. Radio Thailand, at 1836 on Apr 9th with a very strong, very steady signal. The audio quality was excellent and there was only a slight bit of fading. It sounds like it was a song in the Thai language being sung followed by a female announcer speaking in Thai. Audio of what I heard this time on 9390khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKwKakToMNs (Walker-AK)

9640 & 9805 SOUTH KOREA, 1650 to 1700 on May 17. I heard 9640 around 1650 with two females reading listeners DX reports including one from Malaysia and one from India. The 9850 signal was heard just before its signed off with a promotional announcement soliciting listeners feedback on their programming.  The signal on 9805khz had a bit more fading then the 9640khz signal but the audio wasn't as loud. However, the audio was good and well above the noise. (Walker-AK)

9910 PHILIPINES. Radyo Pilipinas DZRP, at 1850 on May 21 with the signal  plagued by lots of noise, fading and interference. The signal would've been pretty listenable if it wasn't for all the noise, fading and interference. It sounds as if a man and woman are talking in the Filpino language. Audio of what I heard on 9910khz is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve2EiihPCEY (Walker-AK)
 
11865 NORTH KOREA. Voice of Korea at 946 on Jun 30 with their usual fare. However due to splatter from KNLS 11870 just 500 miles south iof me, I had to tune to 11863 to get a useable signal from VoK. Audio is here: https://goo.gl/iqKqoh (Walker-AK)

12035 MONGOLIA. Voice of Mongolia at 1026 on Jun 25 with news. However, it was hard to understand as the audio kept breaking up. A 3 out of 10 signal with alot of fading and static. I even got my emails read on the June 20th and July 4th Listeners Mailbag from VoM!  Audio of 12035 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynsQttEOi_c  (Walker-AK)

121120 PHILIPINES. Radyo Pilipinas DZRP, at 1912 on May 21 with a broadcast mainly by a female talking in Filipino. Unfortunately, I don't understand anything of what she says, as I don't speak that language. The signal was fair, about a 4 out of 10. There was some light fading and noise/interference. Propagation was moderate and not great but not bad. An audio recording of what I heard on 12120khz is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toO3Sijl0gw (Walker-AK)

15400 (Not sure where the transmitter site is?) Radio Romania International at 1006 on Jun 12 with, a woman talks for a short while by herself then it sounds like she is interviewing a man on the phone. The signal was steady, but weak. About a 3 1/2 out of 10 with a moderate amount of fading but no noise or interference.An audio recording of what I heard is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StYgWIvSdHw (Walker-AK)

15575 SOUTH KOREA. KBS World Radio at 0452 on Mar 6 with a female talking in spanish. That's all I got folks, for some reason I didn't listen longer. This clip is only about 30 seconds. Audio of 15575khz is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBkKt72T2Q (Walker-AK)
 
15590 THAILAND. Radio Thailand, at 0151 on Apr 12. It sounded like a male singer in the Thai language started off my recording, then there was more music in the Thai language. The signal was good with a light amount of fading and not much interference or noise. There seemed to be the occasional deep fade though.
Audio of what I heard on 15590khz is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK--Em1rd4s (Walker-AK)

17635 (IRAN?). Voice of Iran at 959 on Jun 30 with a female talking followed by chanting then a male and female talking.  Fair signal, modulation is a bit low and there's a fair amount of fading and noise. Audio of 17850khz here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D9l-OgKPxQ (Walker-AK)

17850 THAILAND. Radio Thailand, at 1048 on Jun 25. The signal was fair, with LOTS of noise and fading. It once again sounded like Thai language music being sung here. Audio of what I heard on 17850khz is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuoZM00XmI (Walker-AK)

Equipment used :Tecsun PL 880, EmTech ZM2 tuner and 225 foot long wire.