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Asia - Pacific DX log(15) --- XYZ - Mar 02, 2018 09:19 UTC No.3100 Here is the new thread. 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TNX! FBDX!!! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 02, 2018 14:41 UTC No.3101 AUSTRALIA[non-logs]. On March 2: 5055 (4KZ), 5045 (Ozy Radio) and 4835 (future Ozy Radio) not heard at all at 1038, till past 1248. AIR Gangtok also again silent on 4835. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1040-1201*, March 2. Segments with speeches (in Parliment?) in Pidgin and English; also segments with usual DJ in Pidgin playing mostly pop songs in English; 1100 no news; 1200 normal PNG bird call and into the NBC News in English; suddenly cut off. NBC Madang (3260) not broadcasting March 2, at the same time period. CHINA. 6115 & 9505, Voice of Strait. March 2, another day of the change in their schedule; these frequencies noted up till about 1300, when they switched to 4900 & 4940. KOREA SOUTH. 7275, KBS World Radio. Yesterdays QRM from UNID Chinese station was in fact CNR1. March 2, confirmed CNR1 // 6125. At *1255 the start of the KBS IS and ID, mixing equally with CNR1. So with two major stations here, there is no possibility of my hearing the recently reported PBS Guizhou, which has been heard by Japanese DXers about 0300 UT, when there is no CNR1. KBS on 6015 kHz. - Ron-san's audio on Feb 27. Amano - Mar 04, 2018 13:09 UTC No.3102 Hello! Hiroyuki and Ron-san. I heard the audio of KBS Hanminjok Bangsong that Ron-san recorded on Feb 27 at 1218. - - - - - Ron-san's log: http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3095 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, on Feb 27, at 1210, heard with about a half an hour with no N. Korea jamming; news in Korean; nice "KBS News" SAs in English after each news item; sound bites in English; good reception. My audio at http://goo.gl/VUDaxm . - - - - - Nice catch, Ron-san! This program is "KBS News 9". At this time, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong is relaying KBS-1 TV. I confirmed the same sound as Ron-san's audio on Youtube below! https://youtu.be/01PmH5qk-qA (01:46) // Ron-san's audio; 01:49-03:35 What a great! Amano Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - Ron-san's audio on Feb 27. Ron Howard - Mar 04, 2018 15:53 UTC No.3103 Greetings Amano-san from California! Thank you so much for your informative info. As always, I greatly appreciate your expert input. Ron Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 04, 2018 16:36 UTC No.3104 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair (presumed not to be AIR Leh [Kashmir]). On March 1, reported above average reception here; now on March 3, even better reception! Is this just the result of improved Indian propagation? Heard above threshold level as early as 1128; some ads and a lot of subcontinent music/ singing; was about as strong as AIR Shillong (4970) and AIR Jeypore (5040), which is extremely rare; heard past 1300+. QRM as usual from strong CODAR. Jim Young in Southern Calif. was also hearing them at the same time on March 3 - "Port Blair had strong signal and fair audio" (Thanks go to Jim for his feedback!). AUSTRALIA[and UNID]. March 4 heard: 5055 (4KZ), from 1341 till cut off at 1401*; ad; pop songs (The Mamas & The Papas - "Monday Monday," etc.); cut off during the news; weak; a full broadcasting day; apparently with no lightning around. 5045 (Ozy Radio), not heard, nor was anything on 4835 (no AIR Gangtok). March 3, both Jim Young and I noted a definite carrier (UNID) on 4835, with extremely weak audio; couldn't pull in any details, so unable to confirm if it was AIR Gangtok having transmitter problems, but whoever it was went off the air at 1459*; this on a day with exceptional Indian propagation. March 4, nothing at all heard on 4835, from 1210+. Jim also noted March 4, at 0100, there was no sign on from AIR Gangtok. INDIA. new frequency 7554.80, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, ex: 7555.5v, 1314, March 4. Sounded like Tibetan indigenous music; 1315-1325 dead air (only carrier on); 1325-1330 EZL music (not AIR IS); 1330 into assume listed Napali and with subcontinent music/singing. Signal strength infinitely stronger than recently heard on ex: 7555.5v. Is this therefor a different Kingsway transmitter here now? Perhaps Wolfie can provide a more accurate measurement? (Thanks Wolfie!). Re: Voice of Freedom on 5919.65 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 05, 2018 20:45 UTC No.3105 KOREA SOUTH. new frequency 5919.65, Voice of Freedom, ex: 6045.0, on March 5. Strong open carrier heard at 1540; start of easy-listening- music at 1552; some distorted audio; choral anthem followed by SA and station singing jingle; 1600 pips; program in Korean with mentions of Olympics; no jamming; ex: 6045, now a clear frequency. In the past was always on 5920.0, so a different transmitter now? My audio at http://goo.gl/axpjcH . Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 06, 2018 14:10 UTC No.3106 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1136-1203*, March 6. DJ in Pidgin playing pop hit songs by Tina Turner, Cher, Dr. Hook, etc.; 1200 normal PNG bird call and into the NBC News in English; suddenly cut off. NBC Madang (3260) not broadcasting March 6, at the same time period. INDIA. 7555.69v, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, 1209-1227, March 6. Transmitter problem; 1209 strong carrier; 1225 audio suddenly started (no sign on at 1215 and no AIR IS at 1213); was unable to keep a steady audio; cut in and out. On March 4 was on 7554.80v. My audio at http://goo.gl/PuWJnF . Since March 4, with much stronger signal than formerly heard. Wolfie has already posted this - "INDIA 7555.690 kHz measured on tune-in at 1245 UT on March 6, seemingly parked AIR transmitter on that channel. CARRIER ONLY. Seemingly: 7555 100 Delhi Khampur 1215-1330 UT Tibetan(China), 1330-1430 UT Nepali 1515-1530 UT Hindi HS, 1530-1600 UT English HS (ex 6155/7505). At 12.52:54 UT SUDDENLY some short STRING instrument piece sound came on air, some TX breaks then in between, again on air 12.53:45 UT some mountain singer performance. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 6)." KOREA SOUTH. 5919.22v, Voice of Freedom, 1107, March 6. Transmitter problem that started yesterday and continued today. Steadily drifting down in frequency; at 1237 seemed about 5919.12v; strong signal and no jamming. Yesterday on 5919.65. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 06, 2018 23:56 UTC No.3107 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!! I can not hear the radio because of my work ... :-( Re: Voice of Freedom on 5919.65 kHz. Amano - Mar 07, 2018 00:28 UTC No.3108 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki. Thank you for frequency change information of VOF. I heard the following Ron-san's audio. > http://goo.gl/axpjcH This is the beginning part of nighttime broadcasting in Korea time. The last part of the Korean National Anthem, the start announcement, the FM frequency announcement, the broadcast schedule, and VOF SJ are clearly recorded. The SW frequency is not announced. ** VOF FM frequency 101.7 (peak-il chong chil) 103.1 (peak-sam chong il) 107.3 (peak-chil chong sam) MHz ** VOF broadcast schedule Yagan Bangsong 0100-0500KST (1600-2000UTC) Ojeon Bangsong 0600-1100KST (2100-0200UTC) Ohu Bangsong 1200-1700KST (0300-0800UTC) Jeonyeog bangsong 1800-0000KST (0900-1500UTC) Yagan = Nighttime Ojeon = Morning Ohu = Afternoon Jeonyeog = Evening After 1600 pips, the program "Bodo gwangjang" ("News plaza") starts. After frequency change, I also received the VOF. -------- Amano's log: KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1900-2006*, on March 6. The frequency is shifted slightly downward. I don't know if it changed to different transmitter. North Korean pip jamming was heard until 1900, but then I could not hear it. 1939-, 1988 Seoul Olympic theme song "Hand In Hand" played in "Haengboghan Daehanmingug" program. Including the program ending, my 02:30 audio at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3108.mp3 * 00:00-01:35 1938'55"-1940'30" * 01:30-02:30 1946'37"-1947'07" Amano, listening at my home in Saitama, Japan. File:3108.mp3 (293KB) Re: Voice of Freedom on 5919.65 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 07, 2018 07:08 UTC No.3109 Amano-san, Thanks again for your very helpful translation of my most recent VOF audio clip. Your understanding of Korean is excellent and I am most fortunate that you take the time to decipher my audio recordings. You are the BEST !!! Ron California Re: Voice of Freedom on 5919.65 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 07, 2018 13:52 UTC No.3110 March 7 - Voice of Freedom continues their downward spiral. Thanks to input from Dave Valko (USA), who measured VOF at 1053, on 5918.91v, and at 1103, as 5918.902v. My monitoring from 1117 to 1216 had them about 5918.91v, down to 5918.76v. Re: Voice of Freedom on 5919.65 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 07, 2018 18:25 UTC No.3111 After monitoring VOF's drifting downward frequency for several days, have contacted Jamie (via his Facebook page), who in 2014 constructed the transmitters for VOF. Wanted to bring him up-to-date about the drifting frequency on SW. Here is his quick response: Jamie LaBadia "Hi Ron,....thank you so much for the update! I wonder why the drift? The original exciter is a commercial D.D.S. I have been home for a few weeks now,...but getting ready to head out again,.... either to Nashville,....or back to Indiana. Not totally sure yet. I'll have to contact Korea and see what is up with the transmitters. Hard to imagine both of the transmitters would become a "drift-o-matic." I'll try to bring them up on one of the S.D.R.s in the area. For now,..... I'm hunkering down for another blizzard here in the Catskills." Re: Taiwan - Fu Hsing BS Ron Howard - Mar 08, 2018 14:00 UTC No.3112 TAIWAN. 9774.0, Fu Hsing BS (presumed), 1107, March 8. In Chinese and with some music; weak signal and best in LSB, but definitely here; still on at 1154; hovering at threshold level audio. During my daily monitoring, this has not been heard by me for a long time now, so definitely is a rare catch for me! BTW - Their // 9410 was blocked by strong CNR5 (// 5925), so unable to confirm //. Re: Taiwan - Fu Hsing BS Ron Howard - Mar 09, 2018 18:25 UTC No.3113 March 9 - Not broadcasting today on 9774.0 kHz. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Philby - Mar 09, 2018 21:18 UTC No.3114 Voice of Freedom 5918.3 kHz weak with websdr Twente / Netherlands (very weak at my home in France) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 10, 2018 04:39 UTC No.3115 AUSTRALIA[and non-log]. 5055, 4KZ, heard on March 8 & 9; reception is now below threshold level audio, about 1130+; back in Dec/Jan was doing much better. Still not on full power? 5045, Ozy Radio, not heard March 8 & 9, nor was anyone on 4835, so AIR Gangtok is again silent, just as Glenn reported on the 8th. INDIA. 7555.69, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, 1212, March 9. Already on with carrier; 1213 AIR IS (normal audio); 1215 start of distorted audio; unreadable; at 1255 heard with much better audio. Their recently varying frequencies seem to have settled onto this frequency, at least for the time being. KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom. Thanks to Wolfie for his continued monitoring, which also corresponds to my daily checking of VOF: 5918.351 kHz measured on monitoring at 1111 UT on March 9, on remote Perseus SDR unit in Seoul Korea, S=9+10dB signal strength. Hwaseong bcast transmission. 5918.368 kHz measured on monitoring at 2111 UT on March 8, on remote Perseus SDR unit in Seoul Korea, S=9+10dB signal strength. Hwaseong bcast transmission. 5918.388 kHz measured on monitoring at 1630 UT on March 8, on remote Perseus SDR unit in Tokyo Japan, S=9+10dB signal strength. 73 wolfie (df5sx), via dxldyg. TAIWAN[non-log]. 9774.0, Fu Hsing BS, at 1137 & 1240, March 9. Off the air today, after being heard yesterday. So a one day only transmission? Will still keep an eye out here for any more activity. USA[non-log]. 5010, WRMI. After conducting a low powered test here on March 7, has not been heard again on the 8th nor the 9th; am only hearing AIR Thiruvananthapuram. Later this month, when WRMI starts up with full power, will probably be impossible to hear India, at least here on the west coast of USA. Re: Voice of Freedom causing QRM now for China & Myanmar on 5915 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 10, 2018 14:04 UTC No.3116 - - - - - - posted to WOR iog: Voice of Freedom, due to their daily slow downward spiral in frequency, is now actively causing QRM for both China (CRI) and Myanmar (Myanmar Radio), both on 5915. If VOF continues their downward trend, the QRM will only get stronger. Here in California the VOF signal is daily strong, with good reception, even with the light N. Korean jamming that is also now present. Ron - - - - Wolfie posted to DXLDyg: KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom. 5918.221 kHz measured on monitoring at 10.05 UT on March 10, on remote Perseus SDR unit in Seoul Korea, S=9+15dB signal strength. Hwaseong bcast transmission. QRM interference of nearby 5915 kHz CRI Huhhot Russian sce, S=9+20dB strength in Seoul, Rep. Korea. and 5925 kHz CNR5 Beijing tx site #491, S=9+25dB. [have also noted 5925 // 9410 kHz. - Ron] others also 6039.978 kHz PBS Nei Menggu Huhhot, at 10.10 UT S=8 signal in Mongolian 9399.977 kHz PHL FEBC Manila Iba in Mandarin at 10.15 UT S=9+20dB [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 10) Re: Bhutan BBS Ron Howard - Mar 11, 2018 15:41 UTC No.3118 BHUTAN/CHINA. 6035, BBS & PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la). On March 11, with the normal Sunday programs for BBS, but with greatly extended broadcast (1338*); BBS not heard recently. Highlights: 1123-1130 BBS announcers in English; mixing with PBS Yunnan, in Chinese. 1131 Usual SA in English & Chinese; "S W liu(6) ling(0) san(3) wu(5). Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la." 1130-1200 BBS playing pop songs in English; DJ in English; mixing with PBS Yunnan in Chinese. 1201 PBS Yunnan started the usual loop of non-stop EZL instrumental music, till cut off at 1213*. 1200 BBS announcer in vernacular; briefly played indigenous instrumental music at 1216 & 1218; in the clear after 1213. 1230-1255 The normal Sunday children's call-in show (cute!), with kids briefly chatting and then singing solo (no musical accompaniment). 1255-1300 Indigenous music/chanting/singing. 1300+ Announcer in vernacular. 1330 till suddenly off at 1338* - Call-in show for adults, with them briefly chatting and then singing solo (no musical accompaniment). Poor reception, with moderate to heavy adjacent QRM. Very nice to catch this unusually long broadcast. Audio of solo singing at http://goo.gl/vvGGtZ Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: R. Sakha reactivated their second SW frequency - 7295 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 12, 2018 15:19 UTC No.3120 RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1119-1200, March 12. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who reported hearing them on March 2, at 0900. Have been monitoring this frequency since then, but today is the first time to hear them; moderate adjacent QRM; clearly // 7345, underneath a much stronger CNR1; music show; 1151-1155 usual series of commercial announcements; 1200 time pips; they have definitely dropped using the nice Jew's harp (khomus) IS that they formerly always played at the ToH. I certainly miss hearing this unique instrument! Nippon no Kaze signed on 7295, at 1300, in Korean, which blocked Russia and caused a mess with the two mixing together, but R. Sakha went off the air sometime after 1300, so when Furusato no Kaze ("Wind of Hometown") started at 1330, on 7295, R. Sakha had already signed off. Very nice to have a second frequency to listen to R. Sakha. Needs more monitoring to determine if this frequency will be used regularly now. Re: Taiwan - Fu Hsing BS Ron Howard - Mar 12, 2018 15:43 UTC No.3121 TAIWAN. 9774.0, Fu Hsing BS, 1232, March 12. Last heard here on March 8; stronger reception today and clearly // 9410, even with the usual CNR5 QRM, so certainly is Taiwan on their usual unique frequency; in Chinese and EZL songs. Would be very nice if they started to regularly use this frequency again! Re: Radio Aum Shinrikyo's founder "headed for the gallows" Ron Howard - Mar 12, 2018 19:37 UTC No.3122 Cult founder, Chizuo Matsumoto (better known as "Shoko Asahara") and who established the SW programs for Radio Aum Shinrikyo, is closer to being executed. Recently news story: http://goo.gl/Yt6S5c . My 1992 Radio Aum Shinrikyo QSL card: http://goo.gl/EBfec7 and http://goo.gl/DEUz6U . Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 13, 2018 13:23 UTC No.3125 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! Recently I have not reached the radio .. I want to finish my work soon and listen to the radio ! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 13, 2018 13:33 UTC No.3126 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1003-1120 , March 13. Reception well above the norm; 1003-1015 "regional news" in Pidgin (voting results, etc.); 1020-1033 interview in English with Aussie OM, talking about "video" and "documentary"; good number of SAs ("NBC Bougainville, number one"); pop Pacific Islands music, as well as western pop (Tina Turner, etc.). Entertaining reception! KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom, on March 13, no longer on 5918.22v; at 1127 noted a strong carrier on 6045.0, which I suspect was VOF returning to their former frequency, but with no audio; N. Korea jamming was also present on 6045. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, Maus Blong Garamut (indigenous drums), 1134-1203*, March 13. Just as with Bougainville, this station was also well above the norm; DJ in Pidgin and gave phone numbers; segment started and ended with garamut (indigenous drums); promo and public service announcement in English (info on surviving a landslide, etc.); DJ in Pidgin playing pop Pacific Islands music; after 1201, in English (must be a Port Moresby audio feed); several promos for "NBC Radio"; cut off 1203*. Another entertaining reception! RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 0958, March 13. Traditional indigenous singing, along with Jew's harp (khomus) music (very nice!); // 7345 (underneath CNR1); in the clear till 1000, when CRI (7290) signed on with very strong signal. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 14, 2018 00:09 UTC No.3128 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2355- Mar 13 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, //9774kHz(very weak signal) 11655kHz TAIWAN Radio Taiwan International, Vietnamese, maybe back since March 01.. -0000- Mar 14 5920kHz No signal 7498kHz UNID carrier, -0000* 7522kHz UNID carrier, no modulation ? -0008- 5425kHz UNID carrier -0015- 6040kHz UNID strong carrier (no modulation), Jamming sound mixed.. 0918- test tone signal Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 15, 2018 19:59 UTC No.3132 Note; -1950- 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 3920kHz NK KCBS Pyongyang 5020kHz SOLOMON 5917.7kHz SK Voice of Freedom 7260kHz UNID, -1956* , who ? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 16, 2018 00:57 UTC No.3133 ANGOLA. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, 0311, March 14. Decent reception with frequent clear SAs; earlier (about 0200) had het from AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar on 4950.0. AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, 1105-1143, March 15. Finally a day with above threshold level audio; pop hit songs by Queen, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, etc. 1200-1205 news with many sound bites, but not quite readable; as usual, best in USB, due to China QRM from 5050. [non-log] 5045, Ozy Radio, still silent through March 15, at a quick 1111 check, while 4835 was covered by OTH radar. EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, 0525 (justed missed the sign on), March 14. Better than normal reception, as audio was slightly above threshold level; repetitive African singing; by 0540 was unusable. KOREA SOUTH. 5917.75v, Voice of Freedom, on March 15, after a few days off the air here, again noted with very slow downward drifting; even though transmitter is drifting, excellent signal strength and good reception at 1059; no jamming at all, as noted on my audio at http://goo.gl/8VQYxV , but later by 1300 there was light jamming underneath and very light hint of QRM from CRI on 5915. Thanks very much to Wolfie, who is also daily monitoring this drifter, who reported earlier today: "After a switch-off break on March 13 and 14, noted back on March 15. 'Voice of Freedom' - Today down now on 5917.769 kHz measured on monitoring at 0530 UT on March 15, on remote Perseus SDR unit in Seoul SoKorea, S=9+10dB signal strength. Hwaseong bcast transmission. But suffered by severe jamming, both types, of scratching jammer, as wells as ditter jamming signals too, broadband up to 5934 kHz." PHILIPPINES. 17700, R. Pilipinas, 0210, March 14. Segment “From the presidential palace Manila, Dateline Malaca&#241;ang”; news from the "PBS News Center"; "Provincial Report" with regional news (joint maritime security engagement activities conducted by Philippine Navy [units from Mindanao] and the Royal Australian Navy, etc.); "DFA Online, news and events from different Philippine embassies and consulates around the world," about overseas Filipino workers. Only this frequency was very readable, with 15640 // 17820 both poor and unreadable RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 0350, March 14. Infinitely stronger than much weaker // 7345; series of commercial announcements; ballad; time pips (again with no IS); 0422 start of a long interview; 0500* two time pips and off the air. My audio at http://goo.gl/PnVbgx . [non-log] 7295. What happened here? Found them already silent on March 15, from 1146+. A very short reactivation? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 17, 2018 21:18 UTC No.3134 BOUGAINVILLE/INDONESIA. 3325, NBC Bougainville & Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1038-1112 & 1143-1230, March 17. Both stations taking turns fading up and down; at times about equal strength; 1100 RRI suddenly doing better with local SA and local news, followed as usual at 1108 with full rendition of patriotic song "Bagimu Negeri," which ended the news; NBC cut off at 1159*, leaving RRI in the clear; 1201 the normal Jakarta audio feed/relay of the news; 1222 very surprised to hear only about 20 seconds of the patriotic song "Bagimu Negeri" before they cut away for a series of commercial announcements (this is a new and never before heard format!), normally they play the full, long rendition of "Bagimu Negeri"; 1225 Barbra Streisand singing "The Way We Were"; a number of "Programa Satu RRI Palangkaraya" SAs. CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), 1124-1136; March 17. In Chinese; pop hit song by 10CC, with "I'm Not in Love"; 1132 English SA - "Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la." Bhutan (BBS) clearly not broadcasting today at this time. KOREA NORTH[non-logs]. March 17, at 1235, noted many S. Korea frequencies clear of jamming; 3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135 (a clear frequency with no station here), 6250, (mixing of both Echo of Unification & Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope), 6350, etc.; about 1253 jamming started up again; this is not uncommon now to find these free of jamming segments. The only exception that I found was the jamming of the Voice of Freedom (5917.56v) did not stop at any time. BTW - March 17: for a long time now 3250 has been silent. Aoki lists with "x" ("off the air"). KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom, on March 17, continuing their slow downward spiral; today about 5917.56v, at 1254, with heavy jamming, but still doing alright. Now definitely QRMing CRI on 5915. Thanks to Wolfie for his ongoing monitoring here. 6350, Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope, on March 17, at 1240; doing very well with N. Korea jamming being silent; 1246 clear "V O H" SA. My audio http://goo.gl/VC8bVr . RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. A change in scheduling! Recently observed no longer broadcasting 1000+, whereas they are still on the air here till 0500* (noted March 16); this frequency is very much stronger than // 7345. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 18, 2018 19:03 UTC No.3135 AUSTRALIA[non-log]. 5045, 5055 & 4835, on March 18, all covered by strong OTH radar; 1120 through to last check at 1322; no possibility of any reception, if they were there. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1039, March 18 (Sunday). In Pidgin; all religious programming; 1102 the usual "NBC Bougainville" promo with musical montage; 1102+ mostly non-stop religious songs; cut off before 1200; at times mixing with Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, but NBC stronger than yesterday's reception. CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), noted 1201*, on March 18; went off just as they started their usual musical loop; poor; Bhutan (BBS) again not on the air at this time. 6115 // 9505, Voice of Strait, during a brief check at 1142, on March 18; both with fair reception; only // for about an hour. INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, March 18, with the usual Sunday program "Country Roads"; 1235-1315; playing C&W songs (Tom Jones, Dolly Parton, etc.); must have been a substitute DJ, as normally it's hosted by a young woman with a very pleasant sounding voice, instead of today's male DJ; several local "The North Eastern Service of All India Radio broadcasting from Shillong" SAs; at times fair. This show has been carried now for many years. KOREA SOUTH. 5857.5, HLL2 Seoul, 1009-1012, March 18. In English with weather conditions at different observatories around Asia (Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc.); providing wind direction, wind speed in meters per second, air pressure in hectopascals and temperature in Celsius; audio better than normally heard (clearer). Was very interested to note 1209-1212 they gave different weather info; for locations in Korea(?) for "this afternoon," "tomorrow afternoon" and "day after tomorrow"; first time I have actually observed they don't repeat the same info every hour. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, Maus Blong Garamut, 1017-1033, March 18. As usual on Sunday, religious preaching and some religious songs; extremely early closing, as noted off the air at a 1122 check and subsequent checking was still silent. RUSSIA[non-log]. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. A change in scheduling! Again on March 18, found them off the air 1014+ and also no 7345 heard underneath CNR1, so they have dropped this time period. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 19, 2018 09:19 UTC No.3136 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0905- 3260kHz No signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 5917.6kHz SK Voice of Freedom, It is very unusual that the frequency shifts in south Korean broadcasting.. 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, //7345kHz 9774kHz TAIWAN ??, 9410kHz No signal Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 20, 2018 08:25 UTC No.3137 -0817- 3325kHz weak signal (maybe PNG) 5917.6kHz Strong carrier (no modulation) 6400kHz No signal (NK) -0858- 3260kHz No signal (PNG) 7295kHz/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, *0900-, Local language Re: Radio Sakha Ron Howard - Mar 20, 2018 14:15 UTC No.3138 > 7295kHz/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, *0900-, Local language March 20, no R. Sakha heard on 7295 nor 7345, at 0315 & 0333, when they normally should have been broadcasting. March 20, also noted 7295 going off the air at 0959*. So they are somewhat erratic with their scheduling and it's an abbreviated schedule now? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 20, 2018 22:45 UTC No.3139 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2238- 7295kHz //7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, 7295kHz:weak modulation -2240- 5917.6kHz SK Voice of Freedom Re: PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la) Ron Howard - Mar 21, 2018 13:55 UTC No.3140 CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la). New happenings here! During my daily monitoring had often noted a very consistent format. Either cutting off at 1200* or if running somewhat past that, they always started the same musical loop (filler music) at 1201, until they turned off the transmitter. Now am hearing a very different format. March 20 - No musical loop at 1201, but announcers, in Chinese, continued on till cut off at 1206*. March 21 - No musical loop at 1201; program format not the usual PBS format, instead many short segments, with what sounded like a number of commercial announcements; format somewhat resembled a commercial station; all in Chinese; played some songs; still on the air 1305+, long past their normal cut off time. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la) Ron Howard - Mar 21, 2018 15:30 UTC No.3141 - - - Per WRTH Facebook page (March 21), regarding PBS Yunnan, on 6035 kHz.: Mauno Ritola Seems to be on still at 1415. Re: Radio Madagasikara on 6135 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 22, 2018 15:47 UTC No.3143 MADAGASCAR. 6135.0, Radio Madagasikara (presumed). Have been following with interest Glenn Hauser's UNID on WOR iog, but until today (March 22) have been of no help to him due to my daily having strong N. Korea white noise jamming, which today was off the air. Tuned in at 1325 to hear very faint audio (unusable); signal slowly improved to the level that the language indeed sounded correct to be them. At 1349 station went off the air for a bit, but noted again at 1352; some commercial announcements; 1357 instrumental "Bridge Over Trouble Water"; "presumed," as I heard no specific station SA, but am very confident was them. Was wonderful to hear this again, as it has been many years since I last heard them on this frequency! My audio at http://goo.gl/vtHj44 . My local sunrise was at 1408 UTC, while Antananarivo sunset was at 1459 UTC. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la) Ron Howard - Mar 22, 2018 15:53 UTC No.3144 March 22 - Again with no musical loop at 1201 UTC; again with greatly extended schedule; in Chinese; same format as reported yesterday; still on the air at my last check of 1351+. While it is of interest that PBS Yunnan is now on the air much longer than before, is bad news for Bhutan/BBS (6035) reception. Now whenever they broadcast after 1200+, looks as if they will encounter significant China QRM that was never there in the past at that time. Making BBS even more of a challenge now! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 26, 2018 02:08 UTC No.3145 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0958, March 25 (Sunday). Mostly religious preaching and a lot of religious songs, except for the NBC news 1001-1011, in English; cut off at 1058* (an unusual time for them to go off the air!); no RRI Palangkaraya QRM noted, but after NBC left the air, was able to hear a weak RRI signal. NBC broadcasting here again after being silent yesterday. Today also had NBC Madang (3260) on the air with Sunday religious programs. CHINA[non-log]. 9410, CNR5, 1143, March 25. Surprised to find no station here; normally CNR5 would have fair reception and be // 5925, but not today; also not present was the rarer Taiwan station - Fu Hsing BS. Perhaps just a CNR5 anomaly today? INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1237, March 25. The Sunday "Country Roads" show; this week the usual YL DJ was back again, after last week's substitute OM DJ; Kenny Rogers "Lady," etc.; almost fair. KOREA SOUTH. 5917.6, Voice of Freedom, 0957, March 25. Strong signal with the usual light jamming; still heard at my last check at 1315, again with fair reception and jamming. As Wolfie has been reporting, they finally stopped drifting downward and seem to have settled on this frequency, which still causes QRM for 5915. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, at 1012, March 21. Mostly in Korean; series of three nice SAs; first by native speaker of English, second in Korean and third in English by the host of the program (Kwak Young Il) - "Now you are listening to KBS, Pop's Freedom"; pop songs (100 Proof Aged In Soul "Somebody's Been Sleeping," etc.); "KBS" & "Pop's Freedom" IDs, then into "Everyday English"; "Tell your parents we miss them so," "What do you miss the most?", "My mother's home cooking," etc.; fairly readable due to the normal strong N. Korea white noise jamming not being on at this time, instead heard with a pulsating noise. Website in Korean - http://goo.gl/ihRfFe . TAIWAN. 6230, Sound of Hope, 1026, March 25. Recently has been doing well here; in Chinese with very long monologue that went on for hours (very unusual!); still being heard at 1313; listened in LSB, to get away from VMW (Australia Weather West) in USB. Very rare that CNR1 jams SOH here, but does happen occasionally. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 26, 2018 15:26 UTC No.3146 ALASKA. 6045, KNLS, 1236, March 26. A vast improvement here now that A18 has started; gone now is the 1200-1400 former mess of VOA & jamming by CRN1; instead a good signal from Alaska with no QRM; in English; preaching; SA; religious songs. CHINA. 6572-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), on March 26, at 1150. Numbers in Chinese; fair. [non-log] 9410, CNR5, 1140, 1240 & 1325, March 26. Again with no station at all here. Change in schedule? This is nice, so if Taiwan (Fu Hsing BS) should again broadcast here, which they intermittently do, they will be in the clear! KOREA NORTH[non]. back to former alternate 6040 (ex: 5935), Shiokaze/ Sea Breeze, via Yamata (Japan), at 1316, on March 26. In Japanese; fair-good, as the N. Korea jamming was still down on ex 5935 (along with Tibet). Also heard today by Rick Barton (thanks Rick!). Will take N. Korea a few days to note the change and start jamming 6040. MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1217-1229, March 26 (Monday). Today's edition of "Say It In English" was a repeat program, which was originally reported by me back in 2017: "5985, Myanmar Radio, on Sept 20, heard the start of the Wednesday edition of "Say It In English" at 1247; continuing adventures (dialogue) of "Tom," who this week was sick; some type of QRN, but still with decent reception; program only on Monday and today. My readable seven minute audio at http://goo.gl/Mzi2Mu ." Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 27, 2018 06:34 UTC No.3147 Ron-san, ARUGATOUGOZAIMASU !! I have been busy with my work as usual and I can not listen to the radio :-(( Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Amano - Mar 28, 2018 10:13 UTC No.3148 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki. Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo is in full bloom! It's very fine in today's Japan. Reference - http://radio.chobi.net/DX/weatherBBS/?res:33 JAPAN. Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo Itabashi, 0312, on Mar 28. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Mar 28, 2018 11:04 UTC No.3149 Oh! Thanks AMANO !! Akita/JAPAN still has little snow.. My location... Cherry blossoms are about to be around the end of April. Re: Ozy Radio on new 4835 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 28, 2018 16:14 UTC No.3150 AUSTRALIA. new frequency of 4835, Ozy Radio, ex: 5045, March 28. Craig's first day here; thanks to Fred Vos's timely alert in WOR iog, started monitoring at 1009 UTC, only to find strong OTH radar (4810- 4885); OTHR still there at 1219; a check at 1236 had OTHR gone, but seemed like a utility on the high side of 4835, blocked any reception; by 1240 no longer with any QRM; weak Ozy signal fading in and out (unusable); heard mostly music and occasional announcer (still unusable); luckily my local sunrise today was at 1359 UTC, so I was able to catch a positive "Waltzing Matilda" at 1406, after the news, which was the only meaningful detail I could pull in. My brief WM audio at http://goo.gl/1SN6ve . Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach, California Et&#243;n E1, antenna: 30m long wire Re: Taiwan - Sound of Hope IDs in English Ron Howard - Mar 28, 2018 17:35 UTC No.3151 TAIWAN. 6230, Sound of Hope, 1411-1425+, March 28. News segment with brief musical bridges that are played between items; the same music has been used for many years, which certainly helps ID SOH; 1421 clear SA in English for "Sound of Hope," otherwise in Chinese; fair reception, listening in LSB to get away from VMW (Australia Weather West), which is in USB. Very rare to catch CNR1 (China) jamming SOH here. Recently have been monitoring SOH here and find they occasionally give these SAs in English, but are rather random and not at any set time, so it may take considerable listening before one hears them. My audio clip at http://goo.gl/y5tvbP (ID at 0:42 on my audio) (music bridge at 2:18 on my audio). Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 28, 2018 17:45 UTC No.3152 Thank you so much AMANO for the beautiful picture. Wish I was there to see it. Here is a picture taken a few days ago, near where I park my car, to listen to SW. Re: Ozy Radio on new 4835 kHz. Ron Howard - Mar 29, 2018 04:38 UTC No.3153 Sent off a report of Craig's first day broadcasting on 4835 kHz. Below is the nice reply. John Wright <dxer1234@gmail.com> "Hi Ron, Johno here mate. Okay I can eQSL your reception....OZY RADIO! 1401-1406 28th March 2018 on 4835 kHz. I picked out the voice of AIR News and the Waltzing Matilda. Your a first day listener for this frequency of Ozy Radio! So well done! AIR= Australian independent Radio News. 1000 watts into the inverted V antennae at Razorback near Camden 25 NM SW of Sydney. Yes Craig is testing this frequency! Thank you for the information about the interference. Will pass onto Craig." Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Amano - Mar 29, 2018 18:52 UTC No.3154 Hello! Hiroyuki and Ron-san. Ron-san. Always thank you from California. Blue sky, blue sea and pure white waves. What a beautiful picture this is! Listening to SW while watching the beautiful scenery is the best! I was challenged to WeatherFAX reception from California. USA. 8682, NMC Point Reyes, California, 1400-1413, March 29. My report at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/weatherBBS/?res:34 And, I was listening to your SOH reception audio. Your audio clip at http://goo.gl/y5tvbP 0:40-0:48 "Ting-ting, Xiwang zhi sheng, Sound of Hope, Quan shijie huaren de guoji guangbo diantai." In English, "Let's listen, Xiwang zhi sheng, Sound of Hope, International broadcasting for the Chinese people around the world." Nice catch from California! Ron-san. 6230kHz, SOH is the output 1 kW in Aoki List. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 31, 2018 01:34 UTC No.3155 ANGOLA. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, March 30. Clearly off the air 0218 through subsequent checking of 0357; noted on the air 0424+. AUSTRALIA. 4835, Ozy Radio, March 30 was the best day so far; 1204 (after the news) the usual format of commercial announcement for radios ("We have thousands of satisfied customers around the world. So why not join them today?"), followed by laughing kookaburra, then nice "Waltzing Matilda"; followed by former Australian jazz-rock group,The Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly (SCRA), with "Roly Poly." Any day that this is strong enough for me to SA a song that I had never heard before, well that's a good day, even if it's poor reception. My "Roly Poly" audio clip at http://goo.gl/QvPTLH . At 1220, started to notice a definite second audio that was mixing here with Ozy Radio; assume was AIR Gangtok (Sikkim); by 1305 could only make out a distinctive het (SAH [subaudible heterodyne]); Glenn Hauser today reported 1229-1234 with SAH, along with Ozy Radio. Was perfect timing to hear audio from AIR Gangtok, as their local sunset was at 1222 UT. Today was the first time I have heard Gangtok since Craig started broadcasting here. Gangtok had recently been broadcasting rather erratically, as was not on the air every day. BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1143-1156*, March 30. In English; playing pop songs in English; mixing with PBS Yunnan, which fortunately was mostly announcers in Chinese; clearly two stations on frequency; BBS with decent signal, but the PBS QRM made Bhutan unreadable. Thimphu sunset was at 1218 UT. My audio of them mixing at http://goo.gl/Fb52ig . BOLIVIA. 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0222, March 30. Start of whistling “Colonel Bogey March,” with full SA and chimes; almost fair; 0224 end of audio; then just carrier (dead air); stayed here till transmitter off at 0241. CONGO[Republic of]. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), on March 30, at 0555; had just missed the sign on; announcers in French; mixing with stronger Japan ("RN2"), which had mostly pop songs in Japanese or English; Congo with no music. Brazzaville local sunrise was at 0501 UT, so by 0605 signal was unusable against the more powerful RN2. My audio at http://goo.gl/k4kmhf . EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, on March 30, at 0524; had just missed the sign on; certainly one of my better receptions here; nicely above threshold level audio with pop African songs; music 0524-0530, when the audio suddenly ended; after that had decent level carrier (dead air), but never again with any audio heard; tuned away at 0540. Station must have started close to the Bata local sunrise of 0521 UT. My audio at http://goo.gl/KGtBCC . Wonderful to finally get some decent audio here for a change. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Mar 31, 2018 01:37 UTC No.3156 Amano-san - Thank you again for your great kindness to me regarding my SOH audio file. Greatly appreciate your help! Ron Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 02, 2018 03:46 UTC No.3157 AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, with well above average reception, 1039-1107, April 1. Mostly pop songs (Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love," Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy," Eagles "One Of These Nights," etc.); 1100-1107 news & weather ("chance of thunderstorm"); best in USB due to QRM from China (Beibu Bay Radio) on 5050. 4835, Ozy Radio, April 1, yet another day with improved reception; getting better and better; 1017 sounded like a drama(?); pop songs; 1025 spot mentioning "Melbourne"(?); Australian singer Olivia Newton-John with "If You Love Me, Let Me Know." My audio at http://goo.gl/qy728L . Audio contains the sweeping sounds of QRM from CODAR (article about Monterey Bay, California, CODAR HF radar - http://goo.gl/m2ggBs); today no OTH radar or utility QRM. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, April 1, above average conditions, making for fairly readable reception; 0927 religious (Christian) song in English; 0932 start of Easter Sunday sermon in Pidgin, with good number of words in English; "number one feast day on the Christian calendar," "victorious over sin in the world, corruption, injustice, exploitation," "human solidarity," "we must take control of our lives," etc.; noted 1202* cut off, leaving RRI Palangkaraya in the clear. My audio at http://goo.gl/zRr42g . INDIA. 7554.82, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, 1219, April 1. Almost fair with good audio. Seems to me Kingsway uses two transmitters(?) here on different days - one about 7555.69 and the other one on the low side of 7555; have noted some slight drifting, but not enough to account for the two frequencies. KOREA NORTH. 6040, testing their jamming (pulsating noise) at *1210, on April 1, as at 1300, Shiokaze will sign on; transmitter on-off-on. . .; this caused QRM for both China (PBS Yunnan) on 6035 and for Alaska (KNLS) on 6045. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1007, April 1. Repetitive, long religious song; 1013 start of an Easter Sunday religious service; perhaps from a church,as the audio was not very good. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 02, 2018 18:20 UTC No.3160 ALASKA. 6045 // 7355 , KNLS, on April 2, at 1227, both with excellent (a term I rarely use!) reception; basic SW DXing info (my audio at http://goo.gl/KfrX9R). Thanks very much to Glenn for "Other English at 12-13 now listed as 7355, unconfirmed yet here (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1923, ibid.)," in DXLD 18-13. Interesting to compare my reception out here on the coast, compared to Glenn's QTH - "7355, March 30 at 1248, trying to hear KNLS English hour as now scheduled: only a JBA carrier under residual Cuban pulse jamming against nothing else. // 6045 presumed KNLS with JBA signal... (Glenn Hauser, OK)." AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, April 2, tuned in at 1016 to find strong OTH radar; still strong QRM at last 1315 check, so no reception possible today. 4835, Ozy Radio, April 2. Day by day slightly improving; 1034 with Australian duo, Air Supply, with "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"; 1100 news ending at 1106 with the usual commercial announcement for radios, laughing kookaburra, "Waltzing Matilda" and brief SA; still with QRM from CODAR. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, April 2, at 1016, with "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers; 1024 promo for "NBC Bougainville"; 1125 in Pidgin, about next years independence referendum; 1130-1136 speech in English by Hon. Chief Dr. John Momis (President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government) about independence issues for Bougainville, need for adequate housing, critical of the national government "sabotaging" the people of Bougainville, etc.; semi-readable. CHINA[non-log]. 9410, CNR5. Clearly this has been dropped from the A18 schedule. April 2, still a totally clear frequency at 1206; also no Taiwan, but on 9774, had definite weak carrier, so assume Fu Hsing BS. MALAYSIA. 11665, Wai FM Limbang, 1315, April 2 (Monday). Start of the Monday segment of the "Wai FM Limbang" portion of RTM broadcasts; pop songs; frequent SAs. Note that Aoki lists "RTM Wai/Limbang FM" here, which perhaps has confused some folks? Believe the "Wai FM Limbang" SA is only used on Monday & Thursday from 1315 to 1400, otherwise is just the straight "Wai FM" SA, or has someone actually heard a clear "Wai FM Limbang" SA at any other time/day? Was very interested to learn that Timm Breyel, who lives in Malaysia, posted to WRTH Facebook page, a log and audio clip for his 0410 UT reception on 11665; SAing as "Radio Tawau" & "Limbang FM, Radio Tawau". I had never heard these SAs before (not possible to hear them at 0410 at my QTH), so of course I very much enjoyed hearing his clear audio clip! It certainly helps reception by living in Malaysia! https://app.box.com/s/7skup8625aqmqmeoqxzu0o2e9umag72a Thanks to Timm for passing this along, as well as his informing of this: "With General Elections in Malaysia coming up in a few months, Sarawak FM and Wai FM seem to be operating round-the-clock. A few days ago (26 March 2018), I noticed Sarawak FM programming on both 9.835 kHz and 11.665 kHz after 18.00 UTC. Limbang FM - Radio Tawau (Sabah) was equally unusual; generally Wai FM (Sabah) is heard. Transmission is from Kajang (Selangor) / studio programming originates presumably in Limbang/Tawau (Sabah)." Dan Sheedy (Calif.) has also heard the greatly extended current schedule. Also RTM just celebrated their 72nd year of broadcasting on April 1. Re: Malaysia Ron Howard - Apr 03, 2018 17:38 UTC No.3161 MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM via Kajang (on the west coast of the Malaysia peninsular), 1408-1448, April 3. In vernacular; coverage of the national competition for recitations from the Qur'an (Majlis Tilawah Dan Menghafaz Al-Quran Peringkat Kebangsaan), being held this year at the Putrajaya Islamic Complex; sponsored by the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia; series of about 10 minutes of reciting, with both men and women in the competition; very rare to hear women, but they have a women's division in the competition; 1445 mentioned "RTM." This could possibly be a TV audio feed? Being held from April 1-6, so there should be more days with this coverage here; fair. 1500-1510 news in vernacular (not // 11665). 11665, Wai FM, 1500, April 3. Start of a program of uniquely indigenous music and chanting; at 1503 the singular "Wai FM" SA; still chanting at 1511. Re: Malaysia Ron Howard - Apr 04, 2018 23:52 UTC No.3162 On April 6 (Friday), I will be checking 9835 kHz, after 1200+ UT, as that will be the last day of this years Qur'an recital and memorization competitions. Every year they announce the winners of the various categories on the last day. Of special interest is the fact that the program is given in Malay, Arabic and English (French had been used in past years, but not in 2015). Makes, I think, for entertaining listening! BTW - This year I have not heard the competition on 11665 kHz., but only 9835. Have also checked for possible special reactivation on 5965 (Radio Klasik) and 6050 (Asyik FM), but both are not on the air, so it's just 9835 this year. My clear audio (edited to only English), is at http://goo.gl/HLcbvi of the 2015, International Al Quran Recital and Memorization Assembly program; starting with National Anthem and "Your Royal Highness, excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening and welcome to the closing night and prize presentation ceremony . . . ." Ron California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Philby - Apr 08, 2018 09:58 UTC No.3163 08 april, 0950 utc Radio Sakha, Yakutsk in russian or yakut... 7295.0 kHz and 7345.0 kHz // with kiwisdr in japan (Kanuma City) with same sinpo 35433. Good audio. Re: Mongolia program three on 7260 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 08, 2018 14:16 UTC No.3164 - - - - From WRTH Facebook page: Mauno Ritola As Ron Howard reported on WOR list, Mongolian Radio has reactivated 7260 kHz. Let's see, for how long this time? Weak signal here in Finland, co-ch. Xinjiang-Ch much stronger. Mongolia on nominal fq, Xinjiang 10 Hz below. Both 4895 and 4830 kHz remain off at 0915. Surprisingly this time not carrying either 1st or 2nd prgr, but the third one! [link to program three - http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3] Ron Howard April 8 - From 1130 to 1148 UTC, on 7260 kHz., non-stop pop songs by same YL American singer; no announcements at all; assume Mongolia and clearly fits the program three format of non-stop pop songs; stronger than China, which fortunately was just talking till they started music at 1148, making for more of a challenge to make out Mongolia. Thanks very much to Mauno for the positive confirmation and link to program three. Very nice to have them active again! Today nothing on 4830 nor on 4895. - - - - - Ron wrote in DXLDyg & WOR iog: Hi Eduard, Here in California, have recently been checking 7259.96 kHz. for the return of Vanuatu. Last week heard a second station on 7260.0 kHz. (other than the normal China heard there) and thought it could have been new activity from Mongolia, during my early morning (1130+ UT). Due to this, I had carefully been also checking 4830 kHz. and 4895 kHz. every morning, to see if they switched to these lower frequencies. April 7, I was unable to check, but Jim Young (also Calif.) did in fact hear carriers on both frequencies. So I think there is an excellent chance Mongolia is active again. Am very sure Vanuatu has not returned yet to their normal off frequency of 7259.96 kHz. Ron - - - - - - Eduard (Moscow) wrote in DXLDyg, regarding UNID on 7260 kHz.: 7260 kHz, 16:06 - 16:32 UTC - Mongolia, Vanuatu reactivation, anything else? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KisG5z_71g Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 08, 2018 21:17 UTC No.3165 Rons-san, Philby-san, and AMANO , ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2105- 5917.4kHz SK Voice of Freedom, +Pips jammer 7260kHz UNID weak signal, who ? Re: Voice of Freedom on 6045.0 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 10, 2018 12:06 UTC No.3166 KOREA SOUTH. back to former 6045.0, Voice of Freedom, 1038+, April 10, ex: 5917.4v. In Korean and with pop songs; strong signal and good reception, without any jamming, as it's their first day back here. Look for serious QRM from Alaska (KNLS) from 1200 to 1300, which will also be on frequency. Re: Mongolian Radio 3 on 4895 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 10, 2018 12:08 UTC No.3167 MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3, on April 9, from 1128 to 1157; same format as noted yesterday; non-stop EZL songs ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," etc.); QRM from China on frequency. R. Vanuatu has not returned yet to the air. April 10, at 1040+, noted carrier on 4895, which was Mongolian Radio 3, as confirmed by Mauno Ritola in WRTH Facebook: "Also 4895 kHz is reactivated today, also carrying the 3rd network." First noted on this frequency recently by Jim Young (Calif.). Re: Voice of Freedom on 6045.0 kHz. Amano - Apr 11, 2018 12:30 UTC No.3168 Hello! Ron-san. Thank you VOF's QSY information. KOREA SOUTH. 6045, VOF Jeonyeog (Evening) Bangsong, *0858-1506*, April 11. 6045 kHz is not a Pip jamming from North Korea. The VOF evening broadcast beginning was heard in No jamming. My audio (2 min : 0858'18"-0900'18") at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3168.mp3 I checked the VOF Jeonyeog Bangsong (Evening Program) on Korean time on Apl 11. My report at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3169 *1200-1300* KNLS from Alaska, English pro. QRM at the same wave. *1243-1358* North Korean pip jamming QRM at Shiokaze on 6040 kHz. http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:4190 Thank you for follow-up, Ron-san! File:3168.mp3 (235KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 13, 2018 09:39 UTC No.3172 Ron-san and AMANO, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0927- 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 3365kHz UNID weak signal 4895kHz UNID weak signal 5020kHz SOLOMON 5920kHz (Pips jammer) 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, no jammer 7260kHz MONGOLIA, Mongoli and English, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, //7345kHz 7345kHz Radio Sakha and CHINA V26 Numbers station (USB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 13, 2018 19:54 UTC No.3173 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1100, April 13. In Pidgin; promo for "NBC Bougainville" (no news); DJ with pop songs; poor; some RRI QRM; noted 1204* cut off. NBC Madang (3260) off the air today. KOREA NORTH[non-logs]. Noted 1004-1021, also 1119 to past 1150 & 1222-1236, on April 13, with no jamming of S. Korea frequencies; 3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135, 6250, 6350, etc. KOREA SOUTH. Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (VOH), 3985 // 5995 // 6250 // 6350 // 9100, on April 13, noted several segments without the normal N. Korea jamming; 1004-1021, also 1119 to past 1150 & 1222-1236; this being their main VOH program. 4885, Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (VOH), continues on with their separate program in Korean; "Radio Broadcasting Guide" (not // to the other frequencies); long list of IDs for stations heard in S. Korea. This one hour program is repeated every hour. Never jammed. April 13, at 1137+. Voice of the People, 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, noted April 13, during segments with no N. Korea jamming; 1004-1021, also 1119 to past 1150 & 1222- 1236; mostly fair. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, on April 13, from 1006+. Mostly in Korean; pop songs (John Denver - "Annie's Song," etc.); series of SAs ("Now you are listening to KBS, Pop's Freedom"); segment "Everyday English" ("... wrong side of the road. Sure was a close call."); readable due to the absence of the N. Korea white noise jamming. Also in the clear 1222 6045, Voice of Freedom, April 13, at 1000, with the start of the program in Korean called "Haengboghan Daehanmingug" ("Happy Republic of Korea"); reception fair-good. Clear reception here, as jamming still down on 5920. My audio at http://goo.gl/yrh7X7 . MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 13, at 1217. EZL music, which is consistent with the program three format; mixing with China, in Chinese. Definite carrier also heard on 4895, but again with no audio detected. Re: UNID on 7155.0 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 16, 2018 14:32 UTC No.3174 UNID 7155.0 kHz. April 16, noted a very weak signal on 7155.0 kHz., at 1057 UTC, with music; 1100-1109 YL announcer; 1109-1118 OM announcer; no meaningful details could be pulled out from this very weak reception; ham QRM; believe this station is not a ham. - - - - per WRTH Facebook: Mauno Ritola Hiroyuki Okamura, can you hear this? Hiroyuki Okamura Weak Signal. Music Low Module. Mauno Ritola Thanks. Maybe it identifies at 1300? Hiroyuki Okamura Because it is in the HAM band, there are many interference. The sound is also weak. Which broadcasting station is this? Mauno Ritola If we knew, we wouldn't ask :-) Mauno Ritola I have a weak signal via Akitaka remote rx, no problem with hams, but the signal is too weak. Ron Howard - Re: UNID 7155.0 kHz. - - - - feedback today from Jim Young (Calif.): "Listening to this at 1257, with F voice talking No TS at TOH. F voice continued to past 1304. I am biased, but sounds FF. Not strong, but audio far better than AIR stations on 60-M. Could this be the old irregular 30 KW station in Madagascar? I will stay on this while she is talking still at 1307+. F Singing mx at 1311:30, and F announcer back at 1315+. Talking still at 1320, but not sure if same announcer now....maybe M." Jim left his home to go to a better remote site near him, but when he arrived at 1333, he found this UNID had already left the air. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 16, 2018 22:31 UTC No.3175 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2228- 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, no jammer 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, //7345kHz(QRM CNR1), Russian Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 17, 2018 09:44 UTC No.3176 -0935- 3260kHz weak signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 5020kHz SOLOMON 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, no jammer 7260kHz MONGOLIA Radio 3, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, //7345kHz -1210- 11405kHz SOH ?, Chinese 11520kHz CHINA CNR1 and noise jammer, target ?? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 17, 2018 18:06 UTC No.3177 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair (presumed not to be AIR Leh [Kashmir]). On April 17, with better than normal reception 1343-1353; my local sunrise was at 1330 UT; good signal strength cutting through the QRN (static) and CODAR QRM. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1041-1132, April 17. In Pidgin; pop and religious music; no news at ToH; seems to not be on the air every day; some RRI QRM. CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan, 1210-1240 & 1329, April 17. Clearly a permanent change in format and schedule since March 21; daily noted many hours past former 1200*; still in the relay mode of a FM station; in Chinese; many commercial announcements; seems no longer the "Voice of Shangri-la" format; at 1329, with considerable N. Korean jamming QRM from 6040 (Shiokaze) and that also causes QRM for Voice of Freedom on 6045. Suggest that if folks are hearing just a solo station here after 1200, that it's Yunnan and not Bhutan, which when BBS is on the air, normally would go off about 1200 and when they do run past 1200, their format is very different than PBS and would in fact be mixing with Yunnan. INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1316, April 17. A day with much stronger than usual audio; in Hindi and subcontinent music; almost fair. KOREA SOUTH. 6045.0, Voice of Freedom, April 15 (Sunday), at 0945, with the start of the program in Korean called "Ingwon balo algi" ("Know human rights correctly"); portion with radio drama; reception fair-good with no jamming, which was still down on 5920. My audio of SA at http://goo.gl/VArjR5 . The SAs I'm making here are only possible with the kind guidance of Amano-san (Saitama, Japan). Not off frequency here and no drifting, so definitely a different transmitter than was heard on 5917.4v. MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 16, at 1032. Phone in program; same program heard again on April 17; not bad reception, as China had not propagated yet; both days not on 4830 nor 4895. RUSSIA. 7295 // 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 0950, April 15. Commercial announcements ("on-line" service, etc.) and music; ToH time pips (still with no IS); fair, with both frequencies doing well. My audio clip at http://goo.gl/CB3wXe . UNIDENTIFIED. 7155.0, thanks to Jim Young, Mauno Ritola and Thorsten Hallmann for their assistance with this one. April 17, both Mauno and I noted 1328*; very weak reception; at times able to tell whether announcers or music, but reception otherwise unusable. Mauno speculates that this is a VOV spur, which I certainly agree with, as does Thorsten. Seems the most logical conclusion! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 19, 2018 07:59 UTC No.3180 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0755- 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, + jammer 6400kHz NK off the air .. 7192kHz CHINA VC01, USB, (numbers station) 7260kHz MONGOLIA 10160kHz TAIWAN Sound of Hope, //9920kHz etc.. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 19, 2018 23:31 UTC No.3187 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1054-1201*, April 18. DJ in Pidgin playing pop Pacific Islands music; no news at 1100; only very slight RRI QRM after 1150. BTW - No NBC Madang (3260) today. CHINA. 7192-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), on April 19, at 1140, with numbers in Chinese; fair reception. MONGOLIA. 4895 // 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 19, after 1203+, with pop music; clearly //; still heard with audio on 4895, past 1307+, but by then definite QRM from Voice of Strait (China) on 4900, which started at *1300. Very rare for me to pull in any audio on 4895 (10kW). Noted 4830 was silent. Also heard today by Jim Young (Calif.). SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1232, April 19. Had a definite carrier and we know Ozy Radio is off the air for a while here, so now is a good chance to check this out. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 20, 2018 11:01 UTC No.3190 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU ! -1045- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom 7260kHz MONGOLIA, strong signal 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 20, 2018 22:53 UTC No.3195 ALASKA. 6045, KNLS, 1229, April 20. Strong signal, but mixing with equally strong Voice of Freedom (Korea). What was unusual was that // 7355 was not on the air today (had recently been heard with good signal). BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1019-1157*, April 20. DJ in Pidgin playing pop Pacific Islands songs and pop hit songs in English (Shania Twain - "From This Moment On," etc.); speech in English about 2019 referendum; 1102 sound affects and series of "NBC Bougainville" SAs; no news at 1100; suddenly cut off in mid-song; stronger signal than usual. Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya (3325) was clearly not broadcasting during this time period, nor after 1157. BTW - NBC Madang (3260), on April 20, also with above average reception; 1159-1212*, cut off in mid-song. CHINA. 6115, Voice of Strait, 1220, April 20. Reception here well above the norm, while the other VOS frequency on 9505 was silent; normally they are both heard with fair reception. MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 20, at 1217. Pop music and announcers; clearly not in Chinese, but with China QRM. On 4895, heard OTH radar blocking frequency 1216-1318, but by 1324 no radar and no Mongolia; 4830 also silent. So 7260 is on daily, with 4895 being on erratically. SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1213, April 20. Had a definite, decent strength carrier, but by 1318 off the air. SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, on April 20, noted with extended broadcast; at 1224, with decent level carrier, but no audio (has been a long time since I last was able to make out any audio here); due to their being on the air longer than usual, was in fact able to faintly hear some music and announcers by 1256; went off the air sometime around 1319. In past years their audio level was fine. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 20, 2018 23:07 UTC No.3197 Good Morning Ron-san ! ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2258- 5905kHz NK Echo of Unification 5945kHz CHINA, -2300* 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12, strong signal -2300- 7260kHz MONGOLIA, IS and SA in Mongolian, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, strong signal, 7345kHz heavy QRM from CHINA CNR1 Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 21, 2018 11:44 UTC No.3202 Note; -1115- 3260kHz No signal(PNG) 3325kHz weak signak and heavy QRM from NK on 3320kHz, which ? 60mb OTHR 5020kHz SOLOMON ?, weak modulation.. 5875kHz THAILAND, chinese 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 (not CNR-1) 6035kHz CHINA Yunnan, relay of FM99 // http://www.wodt.net/play/2568-1-1.html ** thanks kiwiSDR in China 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom 6685kHz Noise jammer ?? 7260kHz MONGOLIA Radio 3, strong signal, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 -1146- 4227kHz CHINA VC01, USB 7623.5kHz CHINA VC01, LSB Re: 6035 kHz. - FM 99 (China) & BBS (Bhutan) Ron Howard - Apr 21, 2018 22:46 UTC No.3203 BHUTAN/CHINA. 6035, on April 21: BBS (Bhutan), mixing with relay of FM 99 (Kunming, Yunnan Province, China), from 1125, till BBS cut off at 1139*; certainly two stations mixing here; one with mostly non-stop music (believe FM 99 relay) and the other mostly with announcers (believe BBS); onward from 1139 to 1320, just FM 99 programming here, with various amounts of adjacent QRM (at times heavy QRM); overall reception was poor; format consisted of segments with either non-stop EZL pop songs or non-stop commercial announcements in Chinese; I presume this to be the relay of FM 99, as others have confirmed SA (see below), but I think it will be a challenge for me to actually make out an SA here due to poor reception and at the beach, I don't have access to FM 99 online audio streaming. Thanks very much to Mauno Ritola and Hiroyuki Komatsubara for establishing the positive ID of the FM relay. Great work on their part! From Mauno - "Yes, FM 99 relay 2300-1630 in Chinese as far as I have managed to check, also at 1000 and 1100. But there is still one Shangri-La segment in Vietnamese 1630-1700 and also SA in English." ["Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice of Shangri-La" - Ron] - - - Additional helpful info per http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:160#3198 Re: China - CNR12 on 6030 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 21, 2018 22:49 UTC No.3204 CHINA. 6030, CNR12, at 1329, on April 21. Continuing to carry "Entertainment Radio" programming here through May 10; good signal; in Chinese; a bit of propaganda about having a better life; into talk about the Yongle Encyclopedia, commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, during the Ming dynasty (audio translated by native speaker of Mandarin). My audio today - http://goo.gl/qHKHj4 , again with QRM underneath from Calgary, Canada (CFVP relaying CKMX AM 1060). Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 22, 2018 01:52 UTC No.3205 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0135- ** TNX! kiwiSDR in Shenzhen/CHINA 6035kHz CHINA Yunnan, chinese, (tentative) very weak signal See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:160 7275kHz CHINA Guizhou, chinese See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3088 Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 23, 2018 09:01 UTC No.3206 Note; -0858- 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, *0858- ** It seems that the loudspeaker broadcast being broadcast near the border was canceled today. -1040- 3260kHz No signal (PNG) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4835kHz No signal 6400kHz No signal (NK) 7260kHz MONGOLIA -1100- 7285kHz VIETNAM, vietnamese px. It is Lao in the schedule ..? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 25, 2018 11:46 UTC No.3208 Note; -1130- 3260kHz UNID weak carier 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4895kHz No signal 5875kHz THAILAND, japanese px 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, +Pips jammer 6400kHz No signal 6685kHz Noise jammer ? target ?? 7260kHz MONGOLIA, strong signal, QRM China 4830kHz MONGOLIA //4895 & 7260kHz, etc.. XYZ - Apr 26, 2018 10:43 UTC No.3209 Note; -1037- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4830kHz UNID carrier 4895kHz UNID, MONGOLIA ? 7260kHz MONGOLIA, P3, relaying FM,, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 -1044- 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, +Pips jammer -1238- 4830kHz MONGOLIA, //7260kHz, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 4830kHz:weak modulation, 4895kHz strongsignal but very weak modulation Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 26, 2018 20:51 UTC No.3210 BHUTAN/CHINA. 6035, on April 26, with BBS extended broadcast: PBS Yunnan (assume FM99 relay), from 1141 to 1301+; in Chinese; announcers and music. BBS, mixing with PBS Yunnan, from 1141 till about 1255. From 1141 to 1202 seemed to be in English, with pop songs; 1202-1223 usual OM monologue; normal brief breaks for indigenous instrumental music at 1217 and 1221; then 1221-1230 into segment with songs; after 1230 announcer and later some more songs; still heard at 1250, but probably off about 1255 (too weak to be positive). In the past was always nice when BBS went past 1200, as Yunnan would go off about 1200, but no longer the case, with PBS running till at least 1600. CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 1208+, on April 25; mixing with stronger CNR12; comedians with lots of canned laughter; several clear SAs; "Laugh your ass off to and from work with Calgary's all new funny 10-60 AM" and "share a laugh with us . . . Calgary's all new funny 10-60 AM. Jerry Seinfeld"; Calgary and Monterey today with same sunrise time (1320 UT). Surprising how well 100w was doing up against 100kW. KOREA NORTH. 3320 // 6400, Pyongyang BS, 1244 & 1322, April 26, with 6400 much stronger, but this frequency certainly not on the air daily, while 3320 is every day. MONGOLIA. 4830, 4895 & 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 26, after 1114+; only carrier on 4830 & 4895, with audio on 7260 (QRM China); 7260 is noted daily, while 4895 is on some days, while 4830 has not been used often. Jim Young (Calif.) was also hearing these today. USA. 7505v, WRNO, on April 26, from 1121 to 1138. Have monitored their Chinese language programs a number of times, but today heard with a different format; native speaker of English preaching, saying a few sentences, followed by another person translating into Chinese; 1137 contact info in Chinese and English. My audio at http://goo.gl/jG2Znm . Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 27, 2018 09:54 UTC No.3211 Ron-san, ARUGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0947- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang(tent.) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 6030kHz CHINA CNR12 6045kHz SKOREA Voice of Freedom 6400kHz NKOREA Pyongyang 7260kHz MONGOLIA, P3, 4830/4895kHz no signal in this time 7295/7345kHz No signal Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - Apr 27, 2018 22:02 UTC No.3212 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1116 till cut off at 1201*, April 27. In Pidgin, with several long interviews; one with police commissioner; very little music being played today, but several C&W songs (Alabama with "Take Me Down," etc.); very slight RRI QRM. BTW - NBC Madang (3260) today also with decent reception. CONGO[Republic of]. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), on April 27, with *0538; programming entirely with announcers in French (no music) till tuned out at 0555; mixing with Japan (SAing as "RN2, Radio Nikkei"), which was playing mostly non-stop music; today RN2 weaker than normal; Brazzaville local sunrise was at 0457 UT. MONGOLIA. 7260 being the only active frequency for Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 27; both 4830 & 4895 silent; 1245+; one of their better days here; mostly easy-listening pop songs; briefly with announcers; slight China QRM. My audio at http://goo.gl/hZvAyA . Re: Monitoring Korea Ron Howard - Apr 27, 2018 23:50 UTC No.3213 With all the current political activity going on in Korea, we should certainly be monitoring Korea for any new developments on SW. - - - - April 27: Email from Martyn Williams: "Hey Ron, I'm closely monitoring the North/South propaganda radios with interest. The declaration signed at the summit today said "South and North Korea agreed to completely cease all hostile acts against each other in every domain, including land, air and sea, that are the source of military tension and conflict. In this vein, the two sides agreed to transform the demilitarized zone into a peace zone in a genuine sense by ceasing as of May 1 this year all hostile acts and eliminating their means, including broadcasting through loudspeakers and distribution of leaflets, in the areas along the Military Demarcation Line." I have no idea if this means the radio stations will temporarily (permanently) fall silent or just continue. The broadcasting mentioned above, that always pisses off the North Koreans, is the loudspeaker stuff. Let me know if you notice any changes. It's all still on the air now with jamming, via remote SDR." - - - WRTH Facebook page (April 27): Chris Kadlec Expect some major changes on the Korean radio dials starting on May 1st. All propaganda stations on FM, MW, and SW are likely to go dark or change programming. VOF and the others from Hwaseong, Taereung, and Goyang are likely to go dark. With the loudspeakers being turned off on the 1st, expect 101.7, 103.1, and 107.3 (all run parallel to the speakers) to likely revert back to their old format of military educational stations (formerly "DEBS" when I first moved to Korea with English lessons, etc.), though no clue what will become of Jayu FM (94.5, 96.1, 97.7, 100.6). V15 and V24 numbers stations are likely to go dark as well, which they usually are 99% of the day anyway. No information from the north on the fate of their stations, naturally, but I'd expect 97.8 Haeju and its rebroadcasters outside Seoul to turn off (as they are purely propaganda only), though the other AM and FM networks are domestic-based. Jammers will likely continue due to this. Or not? (Nobody knows anything). [April 26, at 1020+, found VOF with their usual strong signal on 6045.0 kHz. and again heard April 27 - Ron] http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/04/28/2018042800193.html Re: Update - 4KZ on 5055 kHz. Ron Howard - Apr 28, 2018 23:44 UTC No.3214 Al Kirton (general manager of Radio 4KZ, on 5055 kHz.), sent a brief video of the 4KZ studio, located at Innisfail (Queensland). The studio has a nice view of the Johnstone River. Video at http://goo.gl/8FCKWB . John Wright (Australia) indicates that the 5055 kHz. station, as of April 26, is now 1kW. On April 28, I did in fact note a slight improvement and was almost able to catch a song title, checking from 1119+. So is worth starting to monitor 4KZ again, especially on days with good propagation. Thanks to Johno for this info. Fu Hsing 9410/9774kHz, etc.. XYZ - Apr 29, 2018 13:55 UTC No.3215 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1348- 3325kHz INDONESIA RRI-Palangkaraya 6030kHz CHINA CNR12 6045kHz SKOREA Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer -2320- 7260kHz MONGOLIA 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, // http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=287 maybe // with 9774kHz(but very weak signal..) Re: Fu Hsing 9410/9774kHz, etc. Ron Howard - Apr 30, 2018 05:29 UTC No.3216 > -2320- 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, // http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=287 maybe // with 9774kHz(but very weak signal..) On April 28, had some definite audio on 9774kHz. (best in LSB), at 1115 & 1243, but had nothing at all on 9410kHz., which was a clear frequency. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - Apr 30, 2018 10:48 UTC No.3217 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1036- 3260kHz PNG ?, weak signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville + INDONESIA RRI-Palangkaraya, mixing 5020kHz SOLOMON, weak modulation 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer 7260kHz MONGOLIA, strong signal 7285kHz VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam, in vietnamese 7295/7345kHz RUSSIA No signal, 7345kHz Myanmar weak If the jamming for broadcasting from South Korea stops due to North Korea's response this time, 49 mb of reception will be even more enjoyable than it is now. We expect it to be such. -1054- 4830kHz UNID carrier but heavy QRM from OTHR.. 4895kHz No signal 4975kHz UNID strong signal ??, It does not seem to be broadcasting.. -1100- 7285kHz VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam, 1100- SA in Lao Re: Fu Hsing 9410/9774kHz, etc. XYZ - Apr 30, 2018 11:46 UTC No.3219 I could confirm 2 frequencies(9410/9774 kHz) in the morning at the site, but seemed to be broadcasting only at 9774 kHz at night. >> http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3216 -1140- 9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS(tent.), weak modulation.. 9410kHz No signal Thanks Ron-san !! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - May 01, 2018 02:26 UTC No.3220 ALASKA. 6045, KNLS, *1200, April 28. Voice of Freedom already on frequency with good signal, along with N. Korea jamming; suddenly on with SA & IS; // 7355. My audio at http://goo.gl/g5Hpsv . AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, on April 29. Yes, all the evidence here points to being 1kW now; 1214+ with mostly pop songs and some commercial announcements; above threshold level audio; finally at 1315 was able to SA a song (Dobie Gray - "Drift Away"), whereas the other songs played I was not familiar with. My local sunrise was at 1316 UT. This station started last year on Dec 20. Was doing fairly well for only 500w back in Dec-Jan, but Feb-Apr found most days with below threshold level audio (unusable), so was very nice today to be able to actually hear this at a level that I could SA a song. Look forward to days with even better propagation here. [non-log] 4835, Ozy Radio, on April 29, continues to be silent here. Only hearing some faint audio from AIR Gangtok (presumed), at 1257. BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1242, April 30. The Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; “Assalamu alaikum. This is Bangladesh Betar”; items - three members of the UN Security Council delegation visiting Bangladesh held news conference, loan agreement for railroad project signed Friday in Beijing between Bangladesh & China, eleven children died Thursday due to train hitting a school bus in India and Indian guru sentenced to life in prison for rape; very rare that I can make out so many news items, as usually there is too much CODAR and CNR1 QRM; at 1255 the end of the daily very brief segment with the weather in English. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, on April 29, with another Sunday of religious (Christian) programs; impassioned preaching in Pidgin; religious/inspirational songs ("Keep On the Sunny Side," "Show Me The Way To A Brighter Day," etc.); above average reception; 0937-1054 & 1205*. Also this Sunday with the same format of religious programs was NBC Madang (3260), with even more preaching in Pidgin than on 3325. 1001-1010, on 3325, with NBC news/sports, but 3260 didn't carry the news, but instead more preaching. A rare day with both stations well above the norm. CHINA. 7345-USB, V26, at 0912, on April 30. Numbers given in Chinese; poor. For about three days have not heard Russia (R. Sakha) here, nor on 7295. KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. April 30. So far all SW activity seems normal, with the usual S. Korean stations being jammed. What will happen tomorrow? MONGOLIA. 4830 and 7260, seemed the only active frequencies for Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), on April 30, at 1205; 4830 with decent level carrier and 7260 the usual audio mixing with China; while 4895 was completely silent; both still noted at 1245, but 4830 was off the air by 1258, with 7260 still on. RUSSIA[non-log]. 7295 & 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on April 30. Has not been heard for about three days now. TAIWAN. 9774, Fu Hsing BS, 1115 & 1243, on April 28. Best in LSB; faint audio; nothing on clear frequency of 9410. Same noted again on April 30. Hiroyuki Komatsubara, observed on his "Now On The Radio" website: http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3100#3219 "-2320- [April 29] 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, // http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=287 maybe // with 9774kHz (but very weak signal..) [April 30] "I could confirm 2 frequencies (9410/9774 kHz) in the morning at the site, but seemed to be broadcasting only at 9774 kHz at night. >> http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3216 -1140- 9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS(tent.), weak modulation.. 9410kHz No signal" Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - May 01, 2018 10:53 UTC No.3221 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1043- 3260kHz No signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4227kHz CHINA VC01, USB, still here 4830/4895kHz No signal (MONGOLIA) 5020kHz SOLOMON 5055kHz 4KZ ??, weak signal 5439.5kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, stil here 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer ....... North Korea's super jammings are still continuing in the 49mb.. -1054- 7260kHz MONGOLIA P3 7295/7345kHz No signal (RUSSIA), 7345kHz Myanmar is heard alone -1100- 9410/9774kHz No signal (TAIWAN) 9725kHz TAIWAN V13 Xingxing BS, *1100-, QRM:CHINA ....... 9525kHz INDONESIA still off the aire .. -1214- 9725/13974kHz TAIWAN V13 -1250- 3325kHz INDONESIA RRI-Plangkaraya 6035kHz CHINA Yunnan FM99, // http://www.wodt.net/play/2568-1-1.html Re: Monitoring Korea Ron Howard - May 01, 2018 15:51 UTC No.3222 KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. On May 1, looking for any of the expected changes that might have happened today. None noted; the status quo has been maintained. Checking the two frequencies I was most interested in, found 6015 with KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1 blocked by the usual white noise jamming from N. Korea and 6135 also had strong white noise jamming, when monitoring from 1043 through 1358, so no chance to check for Madagascar on 6135. Also 6045 with the normal good signal strength from the Voice of Freedom, but also with the usual light jamming. Can we still hope that the jamming may stop in the near future? Re: Monitoring Korea XYZ - May 01, 2018 23:01 UTC No.3223 Thanks Ron-san !! -2250- 4885kHz Echo of Hope, still no jammer and still ""Radio Broadcasting Guide"" 4885kHz 6350kHz //3985kHz, 5995kHz, 6250kHz, 9100kHz ** 2 lines 4885kHz and others 6045kHz Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer(from NK) ... still strong jammings in 49mb I can not understand Korean, so I do not know the content of the program, but the broadcast type was as it was before. 9410kHz(ex: 9900kHz) 1000-1200 BBC-WS, etc.. XYZ - May 02, 2018 01:45 UTC No.3224 Note; -0136- 7260kHz MONGOLIA(tent.), weak signal 7275kHz CHINA Guizou PBS, *0136- -1019- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, pips jammer 7260kHz MONGOLIA P3, (4830/4895kHz no signal), "Top of the World" 7285kHz VIETNAME, -1026- IS(music) *1030- SA in Khmer:: http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3224.mp3 Their schedule is not stable ? -1037- 9410kHz BBC WS, // 6195kHz BBC SNG ?, IBB : SMTWTFS 1000-1200 BBC WSE 9410 SNG (maybe) QSY frm 9900kHz, (9900kHz: now noise jammer only) File:3224.mp3 (1131KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - May 02, 2018 22:42 UTC No.3225 ALASKA. 6045, KNLS, 1208, May 2. Interesting anomaly. During my daily monitoring of the Voice of Freedom here from Korea, I had recently been observing KNLS with strong *1200, in English, but not so today; had Russian audio feed instead; normally would have been // 7355, but not so today, as that frequency indeed was carrying the correct schedule of English audio feed. Probably a one day mix up? BHUTAN/CHINA. 6035, on May 2, at 1135, with BBS (Bhutan), mixing with relay of FM99 (Kunming, Yunnan Province, China), via PBS Yunnan; BBS cut off at 1150*; after which FM99 was in the clear with their usual FM type programming in Chinese, and was still being heard at 1440, long past the former "Voice of Shangri-la" format that cut off about 1200*. KOREA NORTH. 3320 // 6400, Pyongyang BS, 1124, May 2. With 6400 strong signal, but this frequency certainly not on the air daily, while 3320 is daily. SINGAPORE. 9410, BBC, 1033-1101, May 2. As I daily check here for Fu Hsing BS (Taiwan), was surprised today to find BBC for the first time (ex: 9900), in English, with a good signal; interesting story about former Soviet Union causing the drying up of the Aral Sea, located by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. So 1000-1200 impossible to tell if Taiwan is here or not. 9774 (Fu Hsing BS ) was silent today. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - May 03, 2018 10:15 UTC No.3226 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1004- 3260kHz No signal (PNG) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4835kHz No signal 4830/1895kHz No signal 5020kHz SOLOMON, very weak modulation.. 7260kHz MONGOLIA P3 7295/7345kHz No signal (RUSSIA) -1027- 11755kHz TAIWAN Sound of Hope, //11440kHz etc.., (11755.14kHz) -1040- 7285kHz VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam, Khmer Current schedule: ------------------- *1030-1100 Khmer 1100-1200 Lao 1200-1230 French 1230-1300 Thai 1300-1330* French ------------------- Re: Voice of Freedom on 6045 kHz. Amano - May 04, 2018 02:20 UTC No.3227 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki. Thank you for always reporting. KOREA SOUTH. 6045, VOF Yagan Bangsong (Nighttime Program) , 1800-1900, on May 3. At this time, there was no North Korean Pip Jamming. It seems that program composition of Yagan Bangsong has been partially modified in May. My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4211.mp3 1800-1900, a new Yagan Bangsong program "Pyeon-an ttae deudneun eum-ag pyeonjib" appeared. In English program name it is "Music editing to listen when comfortable". At 2100 on April 16, I have confirmed this program on Ojeon bangsong (Morning program). My report at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:4197 This program is 1 hour Less talk, More Korean music program. The first song of this time was "Flower Road" by BIGBANG. https://youtu.be/mYlmhm_u7-M Amano, listening at my home in Saitama, Japan. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - May 04, 2018 11:39 UTC No.3228 Thanks AMANO ! -1129- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4830kHz No signal 4895kHz MONGOLIA ?, strong signal but very weak modulation 5875kHz THAILAND, Japanese px 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer 7260kHz CHINA Xinjiang, today China is overwhelmingly strong.. -1224- 4895kHz MONGOLIA ?, still very weak modulation.. 7260kHz MONGOLIA, Suddenly started ! *1224- ** Live broadcasting is not functioning : http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3 -1510- 4975kHz UNID carrier, 4974.9vkHz Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - May 05, 2018 09:25 UTC No.3229 Note; -0917- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 6030kHz CHINA CNR-12 6045kHz S-KOREA Voice of Freedom, + pips jammer -0925- 7260kHz MONGOLIA, (4830/4895kHz No signal) 7295/7345kHz No signal (RUSSIA) 9410/9774kHz No signal (TAIWAN) -1000- V28 *1000- 2929/2998/3050/3518 kHz Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) Ron Howard - May 06, 2018 18:34 UTC No.3232 AUSTRALIA. 5055.0, 4KZ, on May 6, with one of their better days; 1313-1356*; pop songs; the Drifters - "Under The Boardwalk," the Box Tops - "The Letter," etc.; several tentative SAs and some commercial announcements (almost readable); as usual cut off by timer in mid-song; best in USB, to avoid China on 5050. Still with some SSB chatter in Spanish. May 5, from 1337 till cut off at 1356*; pop songs (Eagles - "Take It Easy," etc.); 1346-1348 ads and/or promos. BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, May 5, from 1252 to 1254, with weather ("rain & showers"), as well as the high & low temps in the country, plus sunrise & sunset times in English during these daily brief spots; CODAR and CNR1 QRM. BOUGAINVILLE[non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville, on May 6, from 1112+, clearly off the air today. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1112-1206*, May 6. Another Sunday of religious programs; mostly religious songs ("He Will Make Our Way," etc.); announcers in Pidgin; suddenly cut off; above average reception; NBC Bougainville (3325) silent this Sunday. RUSSIA[non-log]. 7295 & 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, through May 6, remains silent during my local evening & morning monitoring. TAJIKISTAN[non-log]. 7245, checking for Voice of Tajik, in English, per Ivo's April 28 log (scheduled 1300-1400); so tuned in at 1300, on May 5, but at *1301, frequency covered by extremely strong signal of CNR2, so impossible for me to hear any English; couldn't make out anything 1300-1301. Re: UNIDENTIFIED on 9410-USB + carrier Ron Howard - May 07, 2018 15:57 UTC No.3233 UNIDENTIFIED. 9410-USB + carrier, from 1238-1321 and still on at 1402+, on May 7. In Chinese; monologue 1238-1249; 1249+ non-stop easy-listening music and some traditional Chinese music/singing, still going at 1402+. With the A18 schedule, have not heard CNR5 here at all, plus today's format would not be them; Fu Hsing BS (Taiwan) is sometimes here, but not past scheduled 1300* and not in USB + carrier. So who? My audio of three minutes of monologue and one minute of music at http://goo.gl/DWTtYz . Needs more monitoring. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(15) XYZ - May 07, 2018 21:32 UTC No.3234 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! >9410kHz It is very interesting information !!

Asia - Pacific DX log (14) --- XYZ - Jan 01, 2018 10:45 UTC No.2898 Here is the new thread. 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Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 01, 2018 20:15 UTC No.2899 New Year's Greetings from California! AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, 1508, Jan 1. Always best in LSB due to QRM from BBR (China) on 5050; John Paul Young, Scottish born Australian pop singer with "Love Is In the Air," Australian pop band Leonardo's Bride, with "Even When I'm Sleeping," the band originally from New Zealand who moved to Australia, etc.; frequent IDs ("right here on Ozy Radio," etc.); decent reception still at 1554. 5055, Radio 4KZ, brief check at 1531, Jan 1, with the usual program; YL with on-air phone calls; close to readable. Again best in USB. BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA, continuing with their expanded schedule; Jan 1 at 0151; New Year's Eve music program of pop songs; "Happy New Year from the Hit - VOA 1"; fair. CHINA. 7415 // 9455 // 9860, Firedragon/Firedrake (music jamming) at 1707+, on Jan 1; strong jamming of RFA. ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1455-1503, on Jan 1. HOA music/singing; in vernacular; hit with strong jamming (white noise or DRM?) at *1503; also ham QRM. 7181.55, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1455-1503, on Jan 1. In vernacular with on-air phone calls; some HOA music/singing; hit with strong jamming (white noise or DRM?) at *1503; also ham QRM. ETHIOPIA. 7236.55v, R. Ethiopia (presumed), 1505, on Jan 1. Drifting, with HOA music/singing; poor with ham QRM. INDONESIA[non-log]. 9525.95, VOI, on Jan 1, at 1454, clearly off the air; no carrier at all. PHILIPPINES. 17700, R. Pilipinas, on Jan 1, with well above average reception; very readable; 0203 montage of recordings of past presidents; 0212 - show "It's more fun in the Philippines" (tourist program); 0318 year end review of highlights from the "Dateline Malacang・programs; special year end PBS news review (president's "War on drugs"); 0328 closing SA with the correct frequencies given; National Anthem; 0329*; this frequency much better than // 15640 or 17820. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 02, 2018 10:36 UTC No.2900 Ron-san, AKEMASITE OMEDETOUGOZAIMASU !! Happy New Year !!! -1020- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak signal 3325kHz INDONESIA RRI-Pajangkaraya 3959kHz NK KCBS 5020kHz SOLOMON 5112kHz CHINA VC01, USB -1040- 4818kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, New frequency !, heavy QRM from CHINA Xizang PBS 4820kHz -1100- 5875kHz THAILAND. still non-schedule, Malay language Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 02, 2018 22:44 UTC No.2901 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1231+, on Jan 2. Noted decent audio level earlier than usual; commercial announcements ("money back guarantee," etc.); pop songs - Kenny Loggins "Whenever I Call You Friend," Herman's Hermits "There's A Kind Of Hush All Over The World," The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream," etc.; 1300-1306 with news, sports (item about tennis player Andy Murray), weather and SW SA (".. 60 meter band .."); format: 1231-1300 pop music, then 1306-1400 & 1405+ with call-in program with the usual YL announcer. BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on Jan 2, checking 0110-0130; didn't hear any sign on, but checking again at 0134, they were on the air; only carrier heard. Jim Young, listening in Southern Calif., noted *0132. My Dec 27 non-log perhaps due to late sign on? BOLIVIA. 6134.82, R. Santa Cruz. Jan 2, with usual closing format of the "Santa Cruz" song 0203-0205, then dead air for a long time (0300+). BTW - 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, was already off the air by 0103, on Jan 2, after their greatly extended schedule for New Year's Eve. CHINA. 4990, PBS Hunan. Starting suddenly in Jan 2015, I found the reception here had greatly improved and had been so till several months ago; since then have mostly had below threshold level audio. Gone are the days of decent reception! ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromiya (presumed), on Jan 2. CNR1 the strongest station here, with Calgary (Canada) with slow, deep fading in and out at 1453, with comedy and canned laughter; by 1458 suddenly realized I was also hearing definite HOA music/singing in the mix. Has been a long time since I last heard this station! INDONESIA[and non-log]. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1517+, on Jan 2. Segment with all songs in English; Alphaville "Forever Young," Erma Franklin "Piece of My Heart," etc.; "Pro satu RRI Palangkaraya" SA jingle, best in USB due to Korea on 3320; strong CW QRM the whole time. The only Indonesian on SW today! 9525.95, VOI, on Jan 2, found still off the air; no carrier at all. KOREA NORTH. 6400, Pyongyang BS, 1450, on Jan 2. A very strong signal here; never before heard at this level; // 3320 (not // 3219.9). Result of better conditions today? PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, Jan 2 running later than usual (past normal 1200*); 1205 end of the "NBC News" in English; into pop music show till suddenly off at 1230*. SIKKIM. 4835.0, AIR Gangtok, 0058, Jan 2. Tentatively heard the AIR IS, which was later confirmed by Jim Young, listening in Southern Calif. SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1150-1203*, on Jan 2. Unique format without the normally heard "Evening devotional," instead pop songs up till the usual canned full SA; suddenly off after a few notes of the NA. Re: Australian low powered stations Ron Howard - Jan 03, 2018 09:03 UTC No.2902 - - - - Ron wrote in DXLD yg: Hi Glenn, The following posts are from WRTH Facebook. Craig Allen is the owner and operator of Ozy Radio (5045 kHz.). M Breyel - This email also just in from Al Kirton [4KZ - 5055 kHz.]: "In two or three weeks we should be up to 1.2 kilowatts." (posted about 0600 UT, Jan 3) Craig Allen - "Both 5045Khz and 5055khz use Omnidirectional NVIS antennas so the closer you are to each service the better the signal. 5055khz [4KZ] is covering the North of Australia and 5045khz [Ozy Radio] covers the south, soon there will be 5050khz for the West coast of Australia and 4835Khz for the middle." (posted about 0200 UT, Jan 3) Craig's future 5050 kHz., will of course go head to head with Beibu Bay Radio, broadcasting from Nanning, in southern China (near Vietnam), with 15 kW of power. Future 4835 kHz. will be unfortunate for continued AIR Gangtok (Sikkim) reception, which here in the states is a challenge to hear now without any QRM (once ABC Alice Springs NT closed down it became possible to again hear Gangtok). Ron - - - - - Ron wrote in DXLD yg: Hi Glenn, Jim Young (Calif.) sent a reception report to Al Kirton, at 4KZ, who responded early Jan 3 (UTC) that output is now 300 watts. Ron 7200kHz UNID carrier, etc.. XYZ - Jan 03, 2018 12:06 UTC No.2903 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1200- 5440kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, New frequency 7200kHz UNID carrier no modulation, maybe middle east ?? 8169kHz TAIWAN V13 - XingXing BS, *1200- -1213- 5020kHz SOLOMON 5045kHz AUSTRALIA Ozy Radio, weak signal 5055kHz (tent.)AUSTRALIA 4KZ, very weak signal -1220- 7200kHz UNID, -1220* c/off, who ? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Mauno Ritola - Jan 03, 2018 13:06 UTC No.2904 Isn't 1200 a bit early for Middle East? 73, Mauno Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 03, 2018 13:45 UTC No.2905 Happy New Year to MAUNO !! I examined the strength of the signal using PERSEUS servers all over the world that seems to reach here. I think it is a transmission from South Asia to the Middle East. 7280kHz Living Water Ministry Broadcasting XYZ - Jan 03, 2018 15:55 UTC No.2906 Thanks to MAUNO ! : https://goo.gl/vF9qXG Living Water Ministry Broadcasting (Alyx & Yeyi) 1500-1600 7280kHz (ex: 9650) -twt--- Korean -1550- 7280kHz Korean, strong signal Re: Solomon Islands Ron Howard - Jan 03, 2018 18:59 UTC No.2907 Jan 3, indeed found SIBC on 5020. At 1201, with the end of the National Anthem; then just carrier (dead air); by 1240 could make out pop music, but low modulation and significant dead air between songs; 1345 played Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's song "Against the Wind"; still being heard with low modulation at final check at 1610. Most of today was unusable! Only a few brief announcements heard, so not the frequent SAs for "Wantok FM," so assume this was SIBC extended programming and not the relay. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 04, 2018 09:29 UTC No.2908 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0922- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz No signal 4818kHz CHINA VC01, LSB 5020kHz SOLOMON 5924kHz CHINA VC01, USB 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom Re: East Innisfail transmitters - Australia Ron Howard - Jan 05, 2018 06:12 UTC No.2909 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ. Al Kirton <Al@nqradio.com.au>, on Jan 5 (0537 UT), sent out this picture at http://goo.gl/eSAeCY : East Innisfail transmitters At left is CEC 12 kW 531 kHz Continental transmitter for 4KZ. Centre of right rack is 1 kW LPB shortwave 5055 kHz transmitter for 4 KZ. Grey unit at bottom is the 1kW 873 kHz transmitter for 4AY. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 05, 2018 20:04 UTC No.2910 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS. On Jan 5, with *0106. Usual format of announcers with brief breaks for their distinctive indigenous stringed instrumental music at 0112, 0114 and 0116; indigenous music/singing/chanting 0116-0129. Sign on times here can vary as much as by half an hour! BOUGAINVILLE[non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1123, on Jan 4. Recently has been off the air. CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), at 1338, on Jan 4. Mixing with stronger CNR1, but could make out a definite promo for the "Calgary Motorcycle Show," being held this Fri.-Sat.-Sun. CHINA. 5112 USB, VC01 (Chinese military numbers station), with numbers in Chinese; Jan 3, first noted at 1126 till past 1453+. Jan 4 from 1126 to past 1606+. INDIA. 4920, AIR Chennai, 1600, Jan 3. What is happening here? Recently hearing strong buzzing sound (assume a problem with transmitter, but which one - India or Tibet?). Also noted strong buzzing sound here on Jan 5, at 0109 and later at 1437. 6145, AIR (tentative) via Aligarh, 0135, on Jan 5. Tuning by noted subcontinent chanting/singing, so a fair chance it was them. 7505.47, off frequency AIR, via New Delhi (Kingsway), 0216, on Jan 5. Nice subcontinent music; my local sunset was at 0105 UT, while Delhi sunrise was at 0145 UT. Of course this reception possible with the absence of WRNO (USA). Last Jan also noted AIR here, but was on 7505.0 and again with WRNO silent back then. INDONESIA[non-logs]. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, recently off the air, but on Jan 4, was hearing a decent level carrier here (dead air) with no audio at all from 1222 to 1316, but by 1342 the carrier was gone; so perhaps RRI working on their transmitter? Voice of Indonesia (9525.95), continues silent; Jan 4 checking 1124- 1221. There are a number of days now that this country has no presence on SW at all. KOREA NORTH. On Jan 4, from 1307 to 1312, there was no jamming at all of the various South Korea stations (5995, 6015, 6135, etc.), but started up again at *1312. KOREA NORTH[non]. 6085, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata, 1300 on Jan 4 (Thursday). Anomaly today, should have been in English, but not so during 1300-1400; instead Japanese first half hour, followed by Korean. A one time Thursday anomaly? MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM, 1600, Jan 4. Choral National Anthem (Negaraku ・Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia); fair. MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1231-1238, on Wednesday, Jan 3. Language lesson "Say It In English"; "How do I pronounce this word?" "How do I say that?"; more dialog with Tom and his aunt Jennifer; not as readable as usual. Repeat of Monday's show. Wednesday's (Jan 3) VOA program "The Benefits of Baby Talk," at 1542; was a repeat of last Wednesday's show. 5985, on Thursday, Jan 4, with NHK's production of "Friends Around the World," being a repeat of their Sept 24 show, with interview of storyteller John Kilaka. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, on Jan 4, NBC News in English started late (1205); followed by pop songs till cut off at 1214*; poor; recently running later than usual. ROMANIA. 6130, RRI, 0143, Jan 5. "DX Mailbag" program in English; fair-good. TIBET. Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1600+, Jan 3. Thanks to Richard Langley in DXLD yg for providing complete list of all the frequencies for the "Holy Tibet" program in English; intro for "China Tibet Broadcasting": 4905 - fair. 4920 - recently with strong buzzing sound (assume a problem with transmitter, but which one - India or Tibet?). Also noted strong buzzing sound here on Jan 5, at 0109 and later at 1437. 6110 - very poor (QRM UNID station). 6130 - not heard. 6200 - fair; good by 1623. 7255 - almost fair. 7385 - totally covered by strong CNR1. Jamming who? // 6125. ZAMBIA. 4965, Voice of Hope Africa, 1613, Jan 3. Via long path; religious songs; in English; almost fair. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 06, 2018 20:26 UTC No.2911 AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, 1200-1318, Jan 6. Best in LSB; mostly pop songs (Australian rock band Crowded House with "Don't Dream It's Over," etc.); news 1202-1207 & 1232-1237 (fires burning out of control in South Australia and mentioned Victoria, etc.); 1207 & 1309 with usual sequence of commercial announcement for Australian distributor of Tecsun radios (thanks to Michael Cunningham in WRTH Facebook for providing the "Tecsun" name, which I never have been able to make out!), followed by laughing kookaburra, then "Waltzing Matilda," followed by full ID and contact info. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1339-1415, Jan 6. Best in USB; mostly pop songs (Elton John "Your Song," Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," etc.); several series of commercial announcements; 1400 news about the fires, etc. Radio 4KZ - Full data (500w) SW QSL card, in 17 days, for an emailed reception report of their first day on the air; v/s Al Kirton - General Manager. Al included a note indicating my report was "Our most distant so far!!" Very pleased to receive this and the envelope even had a nice stamp on it. My QSL at http://goo.gl/fZFbsb ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1420, on Jan 6. Nice HOA repetitive music/singing; ham QRM, but no white noise/DRM jamming. Have never understood why the jamming only starts about 1502? Why not start when Eritrea first comes on the air? 7181.55, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1424, on Jan 6. In vernacular with on-air phone calls; some HOA music/singing; only ham QRM, with no white noise/ DRM jamming. INDIA. 4920, AIR Chennai. Regarding my recent reports of a strong buzzing sound here - Thanks to Jim Young and Wolfie for establishing that the offending transmitter is the one in India. Thanks fellows for your assistants! Buzzing again heard 1240, on Jan 6. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 07, 2018 00:58 UTC No.2912 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! It was heavy snow here, so I could hardly hear the radio with work and snow. :-(( Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 07, 2018 08:24 UTC No.2913 Note; -0752- 5020kHz SOLOMON 8121kHz CHINA VC01, USB, New frequency -0820- 4818kHz CHINA VC01, LSB 5020kHz No signal, SIBC off air ? -0827- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak signal 3325kHz No signal (PNG) -0925- 5020kHz SOLOMON, backed noticed at -0925- Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 08, 2018 07:06 UTC No.2914 ANGOLA. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, 0157-0215, Jan 8. Very noticeable het due to AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar, on 4950.0; after 0215 het was gone. AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, 1230-1310, Jan 7. Best in LSB; 1230-1235 news (close to being readable); pop songs; the Melbourne duo of Globos (Wendy De Waal and Mark Trevorrow), with "The Beat Goes On," etc.; 1259-1309 news; followed by commercial announcement for Tecsun radios, laughing kookaburra, "Waltzing Matilda," full SA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1314, Jan 7. Best in USB; mostly pop songs; Elvis with "Love Me Tender"; series of commercial announcements; poor. The power output of 4KZ? There have been considerable comments made at WRTH Facebook page regarding just what the power on 5055 kHz. is. Craig Allen's (Ozy Radio) input and info from Al Kirton (4KZ), et al., are all rather contradictory (500w, 300w or 250w?). My 4KZ SW QSL indicates 500w, but is that correct? Sent "thank you" email (Jan 7) to Al regarding his QSL to me. His reply "We are still on 250 watts. I am sure you will notice an improvement when we go to 1kW," so who can say for sure? BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on Jan 8, with a late sign on; not on at 0132, but carrier here by 0146; by then was below threshold level audio. BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA. Continuing with their expanded schedule; Jan 8 at 0102 with VOA news; 0105 into "VOA 1" music program; fair. KASHMIR. 4950.0, AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (presumed), 0157-0215*, Jan 8. Best in USB to get away from Angola (4949.74) QRM; subcontinent music/singing; 0200 news (seemed in Hindi), followed by child with commercial announcement; poor due to QRM. KOREA NORTH[non]. 6085, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata, 1334, Jan 7, Sunday. Special rebroadcast of the joint Shiokaze & Furusato no Kaze sponsored musical concert held Dec 16, as part of the annual year end international symposium that was held in Tokyo; jammed. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1134 till cut off at 1210*, Jan 7. Their normal Sunday religious programs of preaching in Pidgin and religious songs; poor. Clearly they have re-scheduled the syndicated program hosted by Stacy Rose ("Island Praise"), which formerly would have been here Sunday at about 1200. I miss her unique music show! SIKKIM. 4835.0, AIR Gangtok, 0109, Jan 8. Subcontinent music; weak. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 08, 2018 20:47 UTC No.2915 AUSTRALIA[non-log]. 5045 (Ozy Radio) & 5055 (Radio 4KZ), on Jan 8, both covered by strong OTH radar, which also blocked Beibu Bay Radio on 5050 and AIR Jeypore on 5040. Reception impossible! ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1548, Jan 8. Not jammed at all; usual ham QRM; HOA music/singing and in vernacular. 7181.52, VOBME 2[non-log], on Jan 8, at 1548 noted off the air here and no jamming present. INDIA. 4920 AIR Chennai. Jan 3 had buzzing here from their transmitter; Jan 8, finally heard without the buzzing, at 1441 and mixing with PBS Xizang (Tibet); both about equal strength. 4810 (AIR Bhopal) // 4835 (AIR Gangtok - Sikkim) // 4920 (AIR Chennai) // 4970 (AIR Shillong) // 5010 (AIR Thiruvananthapuram), at 1530, Jan 8. Start of the New Delhi audio feed of the news in English. 9865 not // and 9380 off the air. INDONESIA[and non-log]. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1601, Jan 8. Nice signal strength; full SA with frequencies; best in USB due to Korea on 3320. My audio at http://goo.gl/Z4WBpa . This has been the only Indonesian broadcasting on SW recently. Jan 8, had another day without 9525.95, VOI. TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1625, Jan 8. The 滴oly Tibet・show in English, with segment 典ibet Stories,・about Tibetan culture; fair. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 10, 2018 13:39 UTC No.2917 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1335- V28 No signal.., changed schedule ?? 3325kHz INDONESIA RRI-Palangkaraya Re: Bhutan & Myanmar Ron Howard - Jan 10, 2018 16:02 UTC No.2918 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1131-1225*, Jan 10. Above average reception; in English with pop songs (Whitney Houston with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," etc.); 1200 into vernacular with the normal brief breaks for indigenous stringed instrumentals at 1213 & 1215; indigenous music/ singing from 1220 till suddenly off; mixing with PBS Yunnan (China) till about 1201*. Certainly one of their better days and recently not heard when checking after 1130, so an especially good day. Was also being enjoyed over on the East Coast by Dave Valko & Larry Yamron (well done fellows!). MYANMAR/BURMA. new frequency 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1323- 1358, Jan 10. Non-stop lecture (Distance Learning Service), in vernacular; many mentions in English (accented) of "industrial organization" and a few 妬ndustrial psychology"; QRM from chatty hams (one mentioned a "foreign broadcast" on frequency); without QRM the strong signal would have had good reception; audio ended after theme music at 1356, with transmitter off 1358. My audio at http://goo.gl/ybTdg5 . Also being heard over on the East Coast by Dave Valko. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1245-1300, on Jan 10. The Wednesday edition of the language lesson "Say it in English"; this week Tom's aunt Jennifer had a car accident, as she was learning to drive; "If only she had been more careful," "If only she would have listened to me," etc.; fairly readable. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 11, 2018 09:18 UTC No.2920 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0910- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz No signal (PNG) 5045kHz / 5055kHz AUSTRALIA(tent.), weak signal 7200kHz MYANMAR, weak signal in my location.., Ron-san ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!! 9565kHz Korean, 9530kHz Korean, 9700kHz Korean XYZ - Jan 11, 2018 12:07 UTC No.2924 Note; -1200- 8169kHz No signal (TAIWAN V13 XingXing BS) 9525kHz(9526kHz) No signal 9565kHz UNID Korean, maybe South Korean station because they call North Korea as "Bukkan" -1240- 9565kHz Echo of Hope (9100kHz) ??, 9100kHz not hear, It is a very weak signal due to the state drop in winter. -1338- noticed No signal.. sorry -1340- 9530kHz UNID Korean -1358* QSY ?? where ? -1400- 9100kHz SK Voice of Hope, TNX! kiwiSDR in CHINA, (not heard in my location..) 9700kHz UNID Korean, QSY from 9530kHz ? Re: Zambia - African Fish Eagle IS is back Ron Howard - Jan 12, 2018 06:15 UTC No.2933 ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC. After being off the air for over six months, heard again Jan 12. Thanks very much to the original alert from Eike Bierwirth (Germany) and the follow up reports by Richard Langley (Canada) and Bill Bingham (RSA), all in DXLDyg. Wonderful to have them back again! Highlights: 0230: Test tone already on; mixing with CRI (China), in Russian. 0240: Test tone off; start of the distinctive call of the African Fish Eagle (national bird of Zambia) IS, till Anthem at 0251; still mixing with CRI. 0306+: African pop music/singing; CRI already gone. 0344-0354: intro & exit music certainly sounded religious (Christian), with assume preaching in vernacular; followed by repetitive African drums and singing. 0359: Call of the African Fish Eagle, along with music. 0400-0404: News in vernacular, followed by rooster crowing & ads(?). 0406+: Two announcers chatting and laughing; gave phone number and started taking on air calls. 0422-0426: just a carrier (dead air), with no audio. 0426: Back with normal audio and phone calls. My audio at http://goo.gl/Fo3j3C 5920kHz Voice of Freedom, etc.. XYZ - Jan 12, 2018 12:27 UTC No.2936 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1220- 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom, ex:6045kHz 7200kHz MYANMAR, good signal, (add: -1355*) 9565kHz SK National Unity Bc, //7530kHz, *1200- -1315- 9530kHz SK National Unity Bc, not // 7530kHz or long time lag ?? -1359- 9700kHz SK National Unity Bc, Re: Voice of Freedom Ron Howard - Jan 12, 2018 14:53 UTC No.2938 KOREA SOUTH. back to former 5920, Voice of Freedom, at 1248, on Jan 12. Sounded like a long version of VOF's station jingle? Good signal, with N. Korean jamming still up on ex: 6045. My audio at http://goo.gl/TyMCr9 11730kHz UNID, etc.. XYZ - Jan 13, 2018 11:51 UTC No.2941 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU ! >audio I was surprised at the powerful sound. It has reached strongly to California ! -1139- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz INDONESIA RRI-Palangkaraya 5975kHz THAILAND, japanese px. 5920kHz SOUTH KOREA Voice of Freedom, + Pips jammer 7200kHz MYANMAR, minority language TKYL with "Let It Be" -1152- 6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, Chinese -1200- 8169kHz TAIWAN V13 - Xing Xing BS, AM 9565kHz SOUTH KOREA, National Unity Bc(tent.), Not // 7530kHz, *1200- -1400- 5940kHz ETHIOPIA ?, -1359* 11730kHz UNID, TNX! PERSEUS server in Doha/Qatar(Thanks koko !) audio around 14:10 UTC : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2941.mp3 language ?? sounded like as "R-V-A" Maybe QSY from 11880kHz (1400-1427 Bengali/Bangla) ? File:2941.mp3 (1322KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 13, 2018 20:12 UTC No.2943 AUSTRALIA[and non-log]. 5055, Radio 4KZ, brief check at 1452, on Jan 13, found off the air; no carrier at all, while Ozy Radio (5045) was on the air. BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA, continuing with their expanded schedule; Jan 13 at 0042; first time I have ever heard indigenous African music here, usually only hearing Western style pop songs (The hit - VOA 1, English language music network). Program called "African Music Mix"; this from their website: "From North to South and East to West, African Music Mix plays only the best. Tune in and enjoy the non-stop dance-party with your favorite African artists. Drawing from an archive of over 15,000 African selections of dance music styles such as N'dombolo, Benga, Hip-Life, Couper-Decaler, Fuji, Mbalax, Rai, Kwaito, Hip Hop, and Desert Blues. Join the party and listen to African Music Mix, the best variety of African dance music." http://www.voanews.com/z/1437/about . Later, after 0105, carried "The hit - VOA 1" music show. CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. More and more I'm recently hearing segments after 1500+ that are in English, as well as the normal Chinese. Jan 13, at 1512, in English explaining about some pop song; into a comedy skit that also had some English, but mostly in Chinese. More monitoring is needed to determine just how prevalent this English is. INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, at 1542, Jan 13, sports item in English about today's South Africa vs India cricket match (see Jeypore); news headlines - helicopter crash off Mumbai coast, etc. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1431-1450, Jan 13. Live coverage from South Africa of the India vs RSA cricket match; in English & Hindi; AIR promo to contact them via email at cricket @ allindiaradio.com; "South Africa 5 wickets down," etc. Thanks very much to Dave Valko for the early alert that this was on! INDONESIA[and non-log]. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1539, Jan 13. Another day with this being the only active SW Indonesian station. Sad :( 9525.95, VOI, on Jan 13, still off the air; no carrier at all; at 1539. RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. Jan 13 (Saturday), at 0200, with time pips and ID; weekend schedule 0000-0500, while weekdays is 0300-0500; again being heard at ToH without their distinctive Jew's harp (khomus) IS. Re: China - Beibu Bay Radio with English Ron Howard - Jan 14, 2018 17:30 UTC No.2944 Jan 14 - Indeed BBR definitely has an English segment between the Chinese programming; today's 1516-1521 segment was the audio feed from the Jan 3 "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ABC (USA) TV show, with interview of actress Jessica Chastain; fair and readable. My recorded audio at http://goo.gl/VDSeqz . Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYZEOZqWGk . ------ Ron wrote: CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio [BBR]. More and more I'm recently hearing segments after 1500+ that are in English, as well as the normal Chinese. Jan 13, at 1512, in English explaining about some pop song; into a comedy skit that also had some English, but mostly in Chinese. More monitoring is needed to determine just how prevalent this English is. Re: Radio 4KZ (Australia) - new schedule Ron Howard - Jan 15, 2018 01:15 UTC No.2945 -------- Ron wrote in DXLDyg: Hi Don, Yes, 4KZ is in fact on a new schedule. This per Al, on Jan 14 (2320 UT): "We are running from 7 am to 10 pm Queensland time. That痴 2100 to 1200 GMT I think. We are happy to extend hours if there is a call for it. Cheers, Al" So 5055 kHz. is currently on from 2100 to 1200 UT. Ron -------- Ron wrote in DXLDyg: Hi Don, Jan 14 - Seems that Al Kirton (general manager of Radio 4KZ) has started some type of an abbreviated schedule. Today heard at 1136, but clearly off the air at 1307 check. Ron --------- Don Moman wrote in DXLDyg: Ron I was listening at the exact same time and also noted 5045 only fair but no trace of 5055.. m.y first thought was -" what did Ron note? I'd better let him know!" 73 Don ---------- Ron wrote in DXLDyg: ** AUSTRALIA[and non-log]. 5055, Radio 4KZ, brief check at 1452, on Jan 13, found off the air; no carrier at all, while Ozy Radio (5045) was on the air (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Et E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105kHz Chinese, etc.. XYZ - Jan 15, 2018 09:19 UTC No.2946 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0902- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak 3325kHz No signal 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom 6105kHz UNID Chinese, TAIWAN ? -0950- 7200kHz MYANMAR, Minority language -1200- 7530kHz SK National Unity Bc, *1200- 9565kHz No signal (8530kHz, 9700kHz, etc..) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 15, 2018 20:43 UTC No.2949 Note: -2235- 7585kHz UNID, French ??, weak signal, Iran ?, add: This was "Radio Farda"/Persian 11780kHz BRASIL(tent.), very weak signal -2255- 7585kHz Radio Farda, New schedule ?, Persian, (TNX! remote PERSEUS server in Qatar) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 16, 2018 04:17 UTC No.2950 AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, on Jan 15, at 1215. Sounded like a Public Service Announcement, along with SA; pop songs; Australian folk group, The Seekers, with "A World of Our Own," etc.; best in LSB. 5055, Radio 4KZ. Best in USB; 1144-1205*, Jan 15. Checking for the new sign off time; did go off the air, so tuned away, assuming they were really off for good, but not so; a 1223 check, found them back on the air again; still broadcasting 1357+; mostly pop songs ("I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner, etc.). Ozy Radio (5045) better today than 4KZ. INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1126, Jan 15. Third day of live coverage from South Africa of the India vs RSA cricket match; in English & Hindi; asking listeners to contact them at cricket @ allindiaradio.?; later back to regular programming (subcontinent music/singing), as rain interrupted the South Africa match. INDONESIA[and non-log]. 9525.95, VOI, on Jan 14, still off the air; no carrier at all at 1324. Jan 15, no carrier at 1138, 1307 & 1359 checking. So 3325 (Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya) remains the only active SW Indonesian station. KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 15, at 1257, with a rare event; instead of the normal heavy jamming from N. Korea, was able to hear two stations mixing together with no jamming; from the south with the much weaker Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (10 kW) and from the north with Echo of Unification (100 kW); 1259 clear "V O H" SA underneath EOU. Usually the jamming is so strong here it's impossible to tell what is going on. My audio at http://goo.gl/sQQwKu . KOREA NORTH. On Jan 14, at 1148, noted no jamming at all on 3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135, etc. Again on Jan 15, at 1252, all N. Korea jamming off the air on same frequencies. A daily event? KOREA SOUTH. Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (VOH). Thanks very much to Hiroyuki Komatsubara, who recently noted that VOH has dropped their third program ("Hope plaza of my brothers" or "Hope Plaza of my brothers who have been defeated"), which had been exclusively on 6350. Heard Jan 14, at 1131: 4885 - "Radio Broadcasting Guide" (not // to the other frequencies). This one hour program is repeated every hour. Never jammed. 3985 // 5995 // 6250 // 6350 // 9100 - The main VOH program; all jammed except for 9100. MYANMAR. 5915, Myanmar Radio, 1327, on Jan 15. Anomaly of CRI being off the air; very rare; able to hear indigenous music/singing, but strong QRM from 5920, with the N. Korea jamming of the Voice of Freedom from S. Korea, so best in LSB. 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 14. Start of the lectures via Distance Learning Service; mostly in vernacular; mentioned in English "long vowels" and "short vowels"; fair. My frequency reference of .0, is due to the fact that in past years this was often off frequency (7200.1), via a different transmitter. Jan 15, off the air at 1341*, after theme music. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1201-1228*, Jan 14. Poor reception during their normal Sunday religious music program. BTW - NBC Bougainville (3325) continues silent through Jan 15. Re: Radio 4KZ (Australia) - updated schedule Ron Howard - Jan 16, 2018 05:37 UTC No.2951 Jan 16, at 0437 UT, received this updated schedule from Al Kirton: "4KZ shortwave 5055 kHz Innisfail痴 new operating time from today is 0555 to 0006 local QLD time. Reports most welcome." So that would make it 1955 to 1406 UT? 3325kHz NBC-Bougainville, etc.. XYZ - Jan 18, 2018 08:10 UTC No.2953 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0805- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville, resumed 6105kHz No signal (Taiwan) Re: Shiokaze back on former 5935 kHz. (ex: 6085 kHz.) Ron Howard - Jan 18, 2018 14:15 UTC No.2954 KOREA NORTH[non]. first day back on former 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata, ex: 6085. After several non-English Thursdays, noted Jan 18 (1300+) again with English; intro and "Today's Newsflash"; no N. Korea jamming yet; now totally blocking reception of Tibet (PBS Xizang), which was heard underneath Shiokaze (moderate QRM). Ex: 6085 still being jammed by N. Korea today. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 18, 2018 15:49 UTC No.2955 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1058-1142*, Jan 18. On the air again after being silent for a while; thanks to Dave Valko's tip that he tentatively was hearing NBC here on Jan 16 & 17. Interview and monologues in Pidgin; 1120 into music segment with DJ in Pidgin; several clear "NBC Bougainville" SAs. Very nice to have them back again! Unable to hear any RRI QRM. INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore. Jan 16, with day 4 of India vs RSA cricket match being held in South Africa, at 1139+; seemed more English coverage today than usual (nice!); still also with Hindi coverage. No cricket Jan 17, from AIR Jeypore. Did hear test tone at 1126; 1127 tone off; 1128 AIR IS; fair signal and at times good reception. Jan 18, day 5 of cricket coverage, at 1220. Still off frequency 7555.57v, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, 1310, Jan 18. Daily slightly different frequency; subcontinent singing/chanting. KOREA NORTH[non]. first day back on former 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata, ex: 6085. After several non-English Thursdays, noted Jan 18 (1300+) again with English; intro and "Today's Newsflash"; no N. Korea jamming yet; now totally blocking reception of Tibet (PBS Xizang), which was heard underneath Shiokaze (moderate QRM). Ex: 6085 still being jammed by N. Korea today. MYANMAR. 5915, Myanmar Radio. Since Jan 15, has been wonderful to hear this station without the normally dominating strong CRI. Jan 18, (1238 & 1307) still clear of CRI, but as usual QRM from 5920, with the N. Korea jamming of the Voice of Freedom from S. Korea, so best in LSB. So what happened to CRI? 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 17. Start of the lectures via Distance Learning Service; in vernacular and a lot of English: lecture on nuclear technology (applications in agriculture, industry, research, molecular biology, etc.), English with heavy accent; lecture on "gravitational force," with many equations; 1349* after theme music; fair-good. Jan 18, exceptionally strong signal; 1230+; lecture about isotopes, molecules, electrons, etc., with many different equations ("Find the different wavelengths of an electron moving with a speed of . . . ," etc.); noticeable hum. My audio at http://goo.gl/onNH5a . Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 20, 2018 22:52 UTC No.2957 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ. Best in USB; random listening 1125 till off at 1405*, Jan 20. Mostly pop songs; Petula Clark "Downtown," Roy Orbison(?) "Crying," Blue Swede "Hooked on a Feeling," America "A Horse With No Name," etc.; 1400-1405 news before cut off. Any day that I can make out multi-song IDs, is indeed a good day! CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. On Jan 19, during 1500-1530, with mostly Chinese, but also with what I would best describe as an eclectic assortment of English (brief comedy skit and reading of Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty," by Vincent Price); songs in English (Mac Davis with "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me," Augustana with "Boston," Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway) song "To Life"; mostly fair. My recording at http://goo.gl/iWA67s . KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 20, at 1318, another day hearing two stations mixing together with no N. Korea jamming; from the south with a somewhat weaker Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (10 kW) and from the north with Echo of Unification (100 kW); "V O H" SA underneath EOU; *1323 jamming started, totally covering both stations. KOREA NORTH. On Jan 20, at 1318, noted no jamming at all on 3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135, etc.; jamming started at *1323. Perhaps giving the south a brief respite from the jamming due to upcoming Olympics? Look for these daily breaks! Dave Valko on the East Coast also noted "unjammed 1006 and again at 1209," with 6520 and 6600 in the clear. MYANMAR. 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 20. Start of the lectures via Distance Learning Service; trigonometry lesson with many equations. Five minute audio at http://goo.gl/oXgRaj . PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1151-1226*, Jan 20. In Pidgin; seemed to be interviews about the disputed 2017 Madang regional election results (http://goo.gl/YGEyKG); first time I have heard this Public Service Announcement - testing of their emergency announcement system with series of tones followed in Pidgin and tones again followed in English, that if there had been an emergency, listeners should tune to NBC for announcements; suddenly cut off. SUDAN. off frequency 7204.0, Sudan Radio (presumed), 0447, Jan 20. Sounded to be in Arabic, but weak; nothing on 7205.0. ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, at 0415, on Jan 20. 纏ambia National Broadcasting Corporation" and "Radio One・ call of the African Fish Eagle with music; "One Zambia, one nation"; news in vernacular; 0420 end of the news with "Radio One" SA. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 21, 2018 09:55 UTC No.2958 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0946- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz No Signal 5020kHz SOLOMON 5045kHz AUSTRALIA Ozy Radio, weak to fair signal 5055kHz AUSTRALIA 4KZ, weak signal 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom 6135kHz BOLIVIA Radio Santa Cruz, 6134.85kHz, No jammer QRM 7200kHz MYANMAR 7570kHz NK Voice of Korea - Russian, etc.. XYZ - Jan 22, 2018 08:36 UTC No.2959 -0823- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville, fair signal 3959kHz NK KCBS 5020kHz SOLOMON 5850kHz VOA Radiogram, QRM of ORHR 7200kHz MYANMAR, weak signal, TKYL in Burmese -0825- 7570kHz NORTH KOREA Voice of Korea, Russian, IS and SA, *0830- New schedule ? -0858- 3959kHz No signal (KCBS) 4885kHz SK Echo of Hope, Yesterday there was time to stop. 5045kHz and 5055kHz (tent.)AUSTRALIA, weak signal in this time -0900- 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom -0940- 3959kHz NK KCBS, backed 4818kHz CHINA VC01, LSB 5251kHz CHINA VC01, USB Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 22, 2018 18:22 UTC No.2961 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1404*, Jan 22. Cut off just before the end of the news. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1119-1153*, on Jan 22. This seems to not be on the air every day! Today mostly pop Pacific Islands music; light RRI QRM. BTW - NBC Madang (3260) went off at 1206*, Jan 22, at the end of the NBC news in English. CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. On Jan 21, from 1445 to 1450, with business Chinese language lesson and also announcer in Vietnamese; Chinese lesson slowly repeating a number of times as to when a store would be open for business and then repeating several times just the word for store (translated by native speaker of Mandarin Chinese). Have found these daily five minute language lessons being aired during the 1445-1500 time period. INDONESIA[non-log]. 9525.95, VOI, on Jan 22, continues silent through 1402 today. MYANMAR. 5915, Myanmar Radio, 1315+, Jan 22. Still being well heard here without CRI (China), but still QRM from the N. Korea jamming on 5920, of Voice of Freedom. 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 22. Start of series of lessons; biology lecture ("membrane," "molecules moving . . .," etc.); fair, but some ham QRM. SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1211-1346*, on Jan 22. Mostly just carrier heard, but at times very faint music could be made out; continuing to have serious problems with low modulation. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 24, 2018 08:17 UTC No.2965 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0805- 3250kHz No signal (NK) 3325kHz No signal (PNG) 5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal 7200kHz MYANMAR(tent.), weak signal in my location, YLTK in Burmese via PERSEUS server in Thailand. (TNX SWL_Uwe !!) What is the new schedule ?? 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, QRM from CHINA CNR-1, Russia is stronger this time 7570kHz No signal (NK) -0820- 3248v kHz SOUTH KOREA Spur, fair signal 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, weak signal -0940- 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 3051kHz V28 Numbers station, -0947- still on air, important content ?? 4755kHz UNID strong carrier (no modulation), 4755.3kHz, Russian UT station ?? 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom 5940kHz Radio Rossii, 5965kHz BBC, 5980kHz UNID, etc.. XYZ - Jan 24, 2018 21:47 UTC No.2968 Note; -2145- 5940kHz UNID in Russian, strong signal -2156- SA "Radio Rossii" in Russian Special ??, -2202* YouTube : https://youtu.be/5eNBsBg41SI -2215- 5965kHz UNID in English, News about "Libya", strong signal -2219- "BBC" Oman ? QSY from 5960kHz ?? 5980kHz UNID , weak signal, language ?? -2231* Audio : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2968.mp3 (TNX PERSEUS server in Russia, TNX rz3dvp!) File:2968.mp3 (1089KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 25, 2018 07:16 UTC No.2970 Note; -0705- 5940kHz BRASIL, fair signal, 5939.8kHz 7570kHz No signal (NK) -0743- 11550kHz UNID Chinese music, -0743*, maybe test TX -0745- 7200kHz MYANMAR, very weak signal -0804- 3325kHz (tent.)PNG NBC-Bougainville, very weak signal 4885kHz SK Echo of Hope, Not // other frequencies 5020kHz SOLOMON 6350kHz SK Echo of Hope, // 9100/6250/5995/3985 kHz 6600kHz SK Voice of the People, // 6520/4450/3930/3910/3480 kHz -0835- 7200kHz MYANMAR, Songs and TK in Burmese -0914- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville -1110- 5875kHz THAILAND, Malay language 8169kHz TAIWAN V13 - Xing Xing BS, *1100- , AM Re: India - eve of Republic Day Ron Howard - Jan 25, 2018 17:03 UTC No.2973 INDIA. Jan 25, on the eve of the 69th Republic Day, an address to the nation by president of India. 1330: AIR SA; National Anthem; president's speech in Hindi; 1348: Ends Hindi segment with "Jai Hind" and then repeats address in English. President痴 address // frequencies: 4760 AIR Port Blair - Open carrier; unable to pull in any audio. 4800 AIR Hyderabad - Unable to hear due to the usual CNR1 (China). 4810 AIR Bhopal - Heard poorly. 4835 Gangtok - Off the air; Jan 24 heard at 1514 with transmitter hum; having problems with transmitter! 4895 AIR Kurseong - Continues off the air. 4910 AIR Jaipur - Only able to hear a carrier. 4920 AIR Chennai - Heard, but as usual, mixing with PBS Xizang (Tibet). 4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar - only an open carrier; never reached the level of any audio. 4970 AIR Shillong - Mostly poor; not much audio; low modulation. 5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram - Poor. 5040 AIR Jeypore - A nice signal here. 5050 AIR Aizawl - Only heard BBR (China); AIR has not been heard here for a long time now. 9380 AIR via Aligarh - 1330 only hearing a carrier/hum; by 1353 had audio. 9865 AIR via Bengaluru - Fair. YouTube video of president's speech (English portion) at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qac9toWmLo Before and after the speech, AIR Jeypore (5040) had live coverage of the India vs RSA cricket match being held in South Africa; alternate coverage in English and Hindi; 1509 news headlines in English, then "back to our coverage." 5940kHz Radio Rossii, etc.. XYZ - Jan 25, 2018 19:59 UTC No.2974 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1950- 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 5020kHz SOLOMON 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom, no jammer -2000- 5940kHz UNID strong carrier, but no modulation .. ????-2050 Local language ? 2050- Russian, SA at -2100- : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2974.mp3 File:2974.mp3 (773KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Mauno Ritola - Jan 25, 2018 21:12 UTC No.2975 "Kamchatskoye Radio". Congrats for the nice catch! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 25, 2018 21:17 UTC No.2977 Thanks MAUNO !! -2310- 7200kHz MYANMAR ?, 1kHz test tone signal Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 26, 2018 03:05 UTC No.2981 Note; -0240- 5700kHz No signal (NK) 7275kHz UNID, weak to far signal but poor modulation .., Xinjiang ? -0300- 5940kHz Radio Rossii, -0300* 7200kHz Myanmar, still on air, (live and PERSEUS server in India) Re: India - Republic Day Ron Howard - Jan 26, 2018 05:48 UTC No.2982 INDIA. 15185, AIR via Bengaluru, 0412, on Jan 26, with live commentary in English of the parade and cultural pageant of the 69th Republic Day; description of the military regiments marching by, as well as describing the Indian Prime Minister, President and other dignitaries; 0430 mentioned "21 gun salute," followed by National Anthem (instrumental); 0440 the Indian Army Band went marching by, followed by bagpipe marching band. This is the first year that I have ever heard this event on SW. Very nice! Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 26, 2018 11:50 UTC No.2983 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0930- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz No signal (PNG) 5700kHz No signal (NK) 7200kHz No signal (MYANMAR) -1144- 6350kHz SK Echo of Hope, //9100kHz 7200kHz No signal 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, QRM of China Re: Radio OMN testing again on 11600 kHz. Ron Howard - Jan 26, 2018 18:25 UTC No.2984 ETHIOPIA[non]. 11600, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network) via Kostinbrod/Sofia, testing on Jan 26; tuned in at 1554 to hear their carrier already on; 1600 start of program; perhaps in the Oromo language, as directed to the the Oromo people of Ethiopia; three minutes into the broadcast hit with jamming. OMN is a U.S. based nonprofit organization, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Website https://www.oromiamedia.org/ . Grayline reception, with my local sunrise at 1513 UT and Sofia sunset at 1531 UT. Also heard today at 1600, by Edward Kusalik via a remote in Europe (HB9DC). Thanks very much to Mauno Ritola (WRTH Facebook) for the tip that OMN is again testing. I last heard them testing on Dec 22 (1524-1532), when they were on the air 1500-1600; new testing time is an hour later. My five minute audio at http://goo.gl/DHikcB . Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach, California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 26, 2018 20:43 UTC No.2986 FBDXing!! Thanks Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2035- 5940kHz Alge ?, not Russia.. no signal today Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 27, 2018 02:08 UTC No.2988 Note; -0202- 7260kHz UNID, Chinese song, -0200*, who ? Not // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio1 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha 13974kHz TAIWAN XingXing BS, AM 18040kHz TAIWAN XingXing BS, AM Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Jan 27, 2018 04:43 UTC No.2989 AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, on Jan 25, at 1408. Usual commercial announcement for Tecsun radios, laughing kookaburra, "Waltzing Matilda" and full SA; pop songs; Australian singer Kylie Minogue with "Locomotion," etc.; 1431-1446 international news (many items about US president, N. Korea, Russia, etc.); best in LSB. 5055, Radio 4KZ. Best in USB; 1359-1404*, Jan 25. Elton John song; news till suddenly off the air. INDIA. Regarding my eve of Republic Day reception (Jan 25) - very much appreciate feedback from Gautam Kumar Sharma (Abhayapuri, Assam, India), which confirms many of my observations: "Thanks for your observations on reception quality of AIR Regional Stations specially from the North East. Yes, AIR-Shillong is now heard with low intensity audio level..(i.e.perhaps low modulation) on 4970kHz...as I regularly aircheck in the morning 0030-0330 utc.. And also with slight rough audio. Both AIR-Aizawl on 5050kHz & AIR-Kursong on 4895kHz are not heard here from a long time. As posted by me in DX India Yahoo Groups..recently AIR-Gangtok on 4835kHz was heard with strong hum and as per my latest monitoring now it was off the air. As reported earlier in DX Circles...AIR-Chennai was noted with strong hum for a few days but it was rectified within a very short time. Now the most consistence reception giving AIR Regional Shortwave Station is AIR-Jeypore on 5040kHz.." Jan 26, noted that AIR Gangtok (4835) seemed back to normal at 1307, with faint audio, but no transmitter hum. Yesterday clearly off the air. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1218, Jan 26. Yet another day of live coverage from South Africa of the India vs RSA cricket match; in English; later with coverage in Hindi. INDONESIA[and non-log]. 9525.95, VOI, Jan 26. Still off the air through 1117. Only active Indonesian SW station is Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya (3325), heard Jan 26, at 1537, with indigenous music/chanting; mostly fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA) KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 26, at 1228, with Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope in the clear (no jamming) with good signal; at *1230 hit with the strong sign on of Echo of Unification. KOREA NORTH. Seems the Olympic diplomacy is really working? On Jan 26, at 1106, found about a 20 minute segment of no jamming at all on 3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135, 6250, etc.; most of the S. Korea stations had fair to good reception; jamming started about 1127 for most frequencies, but for some reason didn't jam 3910, 3930 nor 3985. Again at 1228+ had no jamming at all till *1244. In the past was extremely rare to find these segments with no jamming, but now is almost a daily happening! BTW - Hope to someday find 6135 free of jamming before 1500, so I can check on Glenn Hauser's UNID (perhaps Madagascar). MYANMAR. 5915, Myanmar Radio. Had been very nice recently to have CRI off the air here, leaving Myanmar in the clear, but Jan 25, CRI returned to cause heavy QRM 1300+. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1138-1208*, Jan 26. Pop Pacific Islands songs; DJ in Pidgin; 1202 usual bird call and NBC news in English till suddenly off. SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC. Jan 25, starting at 1257 with only a carrier (no audio at all) till last check at 1516, during which had periods of faint audio; very low modulation; playing pop songs; mostly unusable; greatly extended schedule today (past 1200*). Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 27, 2018 17:06 UTC No.2993 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1656- 11575kHz IRRS, no jammer 11600kHz IRRS, + jammer ... both -1700*, maybe Radio OMN Re: AIR Gangtok Ron Howard - Jan 27, 2018 18:35 UTC No.2994 SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1444-1515, Jan 27. Above theshold level audio; segment in English 1444-1459, with pop songs; REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving You," a Rolling Stones song, etc.; several clear mentions of "All India Radio"; 1500-1512 non-stop solo sitar instrumental music; 1512 start of the New Delhi audio feed (tone, followed by commercial announcements); 1515 news in Hindi. This past week there were days they were clearly not broadcasting, while other days had strong hum from their transmitter, so great to find them doing so well today. Still a challenge to hear this, but today was one of their best days, as normally they are well below threshold level audio. Details very similar to these that Bruce Churchill reported in DXLD 16-36, during the same time period: " .... Surprised to hear English program at 1430 to 1459 with woman announcer intro (滴ello all you beautiful people out there・his is・br>Gangtok・oday we will be talking about・) followed by intro instrumental/ vocal music piece. Talk on women痴 equality in education and society. Pop vocal/instrumental music selections in between talk segments. Back to vernacular at 1459.5 with man and local instrumental music. Commercials at 1512-1515. Intermittent slight CWQRM on 4836. Have logged Sikkim from this site before but in the Dec/Jan time frame and with QRM from ABC. From this site Gangtok was one of the predominant carrier indications on 60 mb." (via remote Perseus site in E. Finland, on Sept 1, 2016). My audio today of faint SA and soft sitar music at http://goo.gl/Evp6dG (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Jan 28, 2018 20:14 UTC No.2995 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2003- 5920kHz UNID, song then no modulation.. SK ? 5940kHz Alge ? Not RUSSIA .. 7260kHz Mongolia Radio 1 -0100*, 9410kHz UNID -0100*, UNID 6120kHz etc.. XYZ - Jan 31, 2018 00:52 UTC No.3000 Note; -0050- 5940kHz (No signal) 7200kHz (No signal) 7260kHz MONGOLIA Radio 1, strong signal, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio1 -0100* 8121kHz CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot (Numbers station), USB -0100- 9410kH UNID, -0100* with music, Fu Hsing backed ??, audio : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3000.mp3 -0110- 5940kHz (No signal) 9820kHz CHINA BBR 13974kHz TAIWAN V13 - XingXing BS, AM 15170kHz Radio Free Asia, Tibetan, // 13795kHz https://www.rfa.org/about/info/frequencies.html Not yet registered .. -0128- 7345kHz No signal (Radio Sakha) -0400- 9410kHz No signal(Fu Hsing) No live stream : http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=288 Acc. to their website : "00:00 ~ 24:00 No program broadcast" -0415- 6120kHz UNID, strong signal, Non-stop Pops songs YouTube : https://youtu.be/NRYb1ih3uGw -0450* Songs only .. -0455- 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, what time s/on ?? File:3000.mp3 (205KB) Re: Russia - Radio Sakha Ron Howard - Jan 31, 2018 10:21 UTC No.3001 > -0128- > 7345kHz No signal (Radio Sakha) > -0455- > 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, what time s/on ?? Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk: weekend schedule 0000-0500 weekdays schedule 0300-0500 Re: Russia - Radio Sakha XYZ - Jan 31, 2018 11:30 UTC No.3002 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU ! http://nvk-online.ru/teleprogramma/ ---> "TETIM" This week's program schedule of Radio Sakha : ------------------------------------------------- Morning: *2100-2400 12345-- (weekday) 2200-2400 -----67 (Sat, Sunday) Daytime: 0000-0500 123456 **weekday: -0530* ? Night : *0800-1300* 12345-- (weekday) *0900-1200* -----67 (Sat, Sunday) ------------------------------------------------- ** Local time = UTC + 9hrs ------------------------------------------------------------------ PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN RADIO "NBC" Sakha "" Monday 29 01 18 06.05 Gevan 06.23 Retro music 06.39 Day in history 06.50 Oyuu rear ovora 07.00-10.00 Informational and entertaining block "ERDEITER" 07.01 The Sonnus 07.11 History of biir kune 07.17 The Horoscope 07.30 News 07.31 Sitiileeeh buoluohha 07.37 Sport of the Sonnus 08.00 The Sonun 08.06 Bastaky yaldyyt 08.30 News 08.34 Kuusteeh repost! 08.40 Ejkur 09.10 Sitiileeeh buoluohha 09.30 The Sonun 09.35 The history of biir kune 09.41 The Horoscope 10.00 News 10.15 Tetim chaaa 11.30 News 11.31 Interactive 12.00-14.00 The public political block "KEM TETIME" 12.01 The Sonnus 12.08 Etiehpin ba-arabyn-I beg of you 12.30 News 12.33 Republic of Buttoune-All Republic 12.40 Cam kerdii thetiminen- Close-up 13.00 The Sonun 13.06 Inniki kuenn&#279; 13.43 Healthy Nation- 14.15 Yakutsk today 17.00-19.00 Territory of men "ER HOUNOUN" 17.20 Flea market 17.30 Sport of Tuulgate 18.00 Tumuk sonun 18.10 Traffic information 18.13 Sanaalar 19.00 Final news 19.10 Hit the Parade 21.05 Captain capsen 22.00-06.00 Music PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN RADIO "NBC" Sakha "" Tuesday 30 01 18 06.05 Gevan 06.20 Retro music 06.28 Tuskul bilgate 06.39 Day in history 06.44 Sport of the Sonnah 06.50 Oyuu rear ovora 07.00-10.00 Informational and entertaining block "ERDEITER" 07.01 The Sonnus 07.11 History of biir kune 07.17 The Horoscope 07.30 News 07.31 Tyoldyt 07.37 Sport of the Sonnus 08.00 The Sonun 08.06 Bastaky yaldyyt 08.30 News 08.34 Kuusteeh repost! 08.40 Ejkur 09.10 T&#58328;dyyt 09.26. Information of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, traffic jams. 09.30 The Sonun 09.35 The history of biir kune 09.41 The Horoscope 10.00 News 10.15 Tetim chaaa 11.30 News 11.31 Interactive 12.00-14.00 The public political block "KEM TETIME" 12.01 The Sonnus 12.08 Etiehpin ba-arabyn-I beg of you 12.30 News 12.33 Republic of Buttoune-All Republic 12.40 Cam kerdii thetiminen- Close-up 13.00 The Sonun 13.06 Inniki kuenn&#279; 13.43 Ule kiite - Man of Labor 14.15 Yakutsk today 17.00-19.00 Territory of men "ER HOUNOUN" 17.10 Timir Kele 17.20 Flea market 17.30 Sports of the Sonnus 18.00 Tumuk sonun 18.10 Traffic information 18.13 Sanaalar 19.00 Final news 19.10 Cholbon 21.05 Uyulsa chaaa 22.00-06.00 Music PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN RADIO "NBC" Sakha "" Wednesday 31 01 18 06.05 Gevan 06.23 Ergitte 06.39 Day in history 06.44 Sport of the Sonnah 06.50 Oyuu rear ovora 07.00-10.00 Informational and entertaining block "ERDEITER" 07.01 The Sonnus 07.11 History of biir kune 07.17 The Horoscope 07.30 News 07.31 Siri Teliye. Suollaa 5balietayininar 07.37 Sport of the Sonnus 07.44 Aan I'll go the thetik of the sonnah 08.00 The Sonun 08.06 Bastaky yaldyyt 08.30 News 08.34 Kuusteeh repost! 08.40 Ejkur 09.10 Siri Teliye. Suollaa 5balietayininar 09.30 The Sonun 09.35 The history of biir kune 09.41 The Horoscope 10.00 News 10.15 Tetim chaaa 11.30 News 11.31 Interactive 12.00-14.00 The public political block "KEM TETIME" 12.01 The Sonnus 12.08 Etiehpin ba-arabyn-I beg of you 12.30 News 12.33 Republic of Buttoune-All Republic 12.40 Cam kerdii thetiminen- Close-up 13.00 The Sonun 13.06 TOK SHOW Facts and opinions - Oloh tula sanaalar 14.15 Yakutsk today 17.00-19.00 Territory of men "ER HOUNOUN" 17.10 Satabyl 17.20 Flea market 17.30 Sports of the Sonnus 18.00 Tumuk sonun 18.10 Traffic information 18.13 Sanaalar 19.00 Final news 19.10 Tyynnaah dor5ion 21.05 Show of business sonunnara 22.00-06.00 Music PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN RADIO "NBC" Sakha "" Thursday 01 02 18 06.05 Gevan 06.23 Ahtan Sanaan aaYaa5yn 06.39 Day in history 06.44 Sport of the Sonnah 06.50 Oyuu rear ovora 07.00-10.00 Informational and entertaining block "ERDEITER" 07.01 The Sonnus 07.11 History of biir kune 07.17 The Horoscope 07.30 News 07.31 Aa5yy abylan 07.37 Sport of the Sonnus 08.00 The Sonun 08.06 Bastaky yaldyyt 08.30 News 08.34 Kuusteeh repost! 08.40 Ejkur 09.10 Aa5yy abylan 09.30 The Sonun 09.35 The history of biir kune 09.41 The Horoscope 10.00 News 10.15 Time out 11.30 News 11.31 Interactive 12.00-14.00 The public political block "KEM TETIME" 12.01 The Sonnus 12.08 Etiehpin ba-arabyn-I beg of you 12.30 News 12.33 Republic of Buttoune-All Republic 12.40 Cam kerdii thetiminen- Close-up 13.00 The Sonun 13.06 Inniki kuenn&#279; 13.43 The Reserve of Yakutia 14.15 Yakutsk today 17.00-19.00 Territory of men "ER HOUNOUN" 17.10 Aar ayil5a 17.20 Flea market 17.30 Sports of the Sonnus 18.00 Tumuk sonun 18.10 Traffic information 18.13 Sanaalar 19.00 Final news 19.10 Premiere of new songs 21.05 Bile5in? Kim aatynan? 22.00-06.00 Music PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN RADIO "NBC" Sakha "" Friday 02 02 18 06.05 Gevan 06.20 Retro music 06.28 Tuskul bilgate 06.39 Day in history 06.44 Sport of the Sonnah 06.50 Oyuu rear ovora 07.00-10.00 Informational and entertaining block "ERDEITER" 07.01 The Sonnus 07.11 History of biir kune 07.17 The Horoscope 07.30 News 07.31 chel buol 07.37 Sport of the Sonnus 08.00 The Sonun 08.06 Bastaky yaldyyt 08.30 News 08.34 Kuusteeh repost! 08.40 Ejkur 09.10 Chel bool 09.26. Information of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, traffic jams. 09.30 The Sonun 09.35 The history of biir kune 09.41 The Horoscope 10.00 News 10.15 Tetim chaaa 11.30 News 11.31 Interactive 12.00-14.00 The public political block "KEM TETIME" 12.01 Nice 12.08 Etillibikke ergillen 12.30 News 12.33 Respublika buttuune- Vsya republic 12.40 Cam kerdii tetiminen- Peonies 13.00pm Cool Tracker 13.06 wa vlast- Uopsast&#305;ba b&#305;laas INA 14.15 Yakutsk 17.00-19.00 Territory brands "BOLD" HOUUN 17.10 Manny Alban aattaahtara Mini 17.20 17.30 Sports beautiful 18.00 effectuates excellent 18.10 Information about probkah 18.13 struggles 19.00 &#304;togov&#305;e Novosti 21.05 Razvlekatelnaya pereda&#231;a 22.00-07.00 Music RESPUBL&#304;KANSKOGO RADIO PROGRAMS "NVK" Sakha "" HALLOWEEN, 03 02 18 Beere 07.16 History kune 07.22 Horoscope 07.30 copies Tereebut 07.35 Sars&#305;ardaan&#305; e5erde 08.10 Nediele tumuktere 09.05 Erebullee5i kersuuu 10.05 song omoon suolunan 10.30 Gorojane-Balkaria Shore 10.45 Golden Library Childhood Type 11.05 tuulge 11.30 Aart&#305;k 12.30 Rhode disestablishments 13.10 Anxiety sergete 18.00-21.00 Chinese channel 21.00-07.00 Music RESPUBL&#304;KANSKOGO RADIO PROGRAMS "NVK" Sakha "" Kalina, 04 02 18 Beere 07.16 History kune 07.22 Horoscope 07.30 Sakha uere5e 07.35 Sars&#305;ardaan&#305; e5erde 08.10 Itogi weeks 08.43 Manny tettik fine 09.05 Erebullee5i kersuuu 10.30 Tumen tiige-Radiogostinaya bibliotek- Charlotte dokumuonnara 10.45 quarries uru&#231;&#231;e 11.05 cultural WNC 12.30 digitize uranium aa5&#305;&#305; Create a 13.10 Sakha Radio fondat&#305;ttan-Utue Sanaa 13.45 kinigeler 18.00-21.00 Chinese channel 21.00-06.00 Music ------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Russia - Radio Sakha 7345kHz XYZ - Feb 01, 2018 02:53 UTC No.3003 Note; -0230- 7345kHz No signal (Radio Sakha) *0300- 7345kHz s/on There is time to not broadcast programs on short wave. Thanks Ron-san !! --------------------------------------------- Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk: weekend schedule 0000-0500 weekdays schedule 0300-0500 --------------------------------------------- 9410kHz UNID Chinese, etc.. XYZ - Feb 01, 2018 08:55 UTC No.3004 Note; -0850- 9410kHz UNID in chinese, It is neither CNR-1 nor CNR-5, Fu Hsing has no live stream. audio at -0850- : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3004.mp3 sounded like "... Fu Hsing Guangpo Diantai ..." (It may be my hearing mistake. -1000* s/off c/off, soon c/on and CNR5 started.. Sorry, I could not confirm .. File:3004.mp3 (328KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 01, 2018 11:08 UTC No.3007 Note; -1105- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz which ? 9774kHz (tent.)TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, weak signal, Thanks to Cahcn for this info. !! See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3006 Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Mauno Ritola - Feb 01, 2018 13:13 UTC No.3008 Nothing after 1300 on 7260 kHz. Maybe they try to run the transmitter in the morning, but it always fails? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 01, 2018 13:27 UTC No.3009 Hi MAUNO >7260kHz Mongolia : Recently, I can not hear the night broadcast at all, 7260kHz/4835kHz I hear morning broadcasting occasionally. There were days when there was no broadcast. ** But I can not check everyday because I have work, sorry.. I have not heard Radio Vanuatu recently .. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Mauno Ritola - Feb 01, 2018 13:43 UTC No.3010 Yes, R. Vanuatu was supposed to be back by the end of January, but no sign of it. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 01, 2018 13:46 UTC No.3011 Thanks MAUNO !! Broadcast from the south country has decreased, so I want you to get back soon :-) add: -1430- 7530kHz No signal (SK) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 02, 2018 05:26 UTC No.3012 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1101-1139*, on Jan 31. Not on the air every day! Monologue in Pidgin and pop songs; moderate RRI QRM; suddenly cut off. CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. On Feb 1, from 1500 to 1525, with Chinese and English; American mother talking about how she taught her kids from an early age to learn Chinese; the movie "Greatest Showman" being released today across China; sound bites from the movie along with song from the movie "Never Enough." Jan 30, BBR, 1505-1525. In Chinese, but playing Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife," Frank Sinatra - "Fly Me To The Moon," Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind" and Chubby Checker - "Let's Twist Again"; fair; always ending this segment with "See you next time." 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), 1143-1200*, Jan 31. In Chinese. Their normal format is playing a variety of music, not just Chinese songs; most commonly cuts off at 1201*, as I have often reported. BBS (Bhutan) on the other hand from 1100 to 1200 is in English and 1130+ normally plays pop hit songs in English. No BBS heard today. INDIA. 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram // 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1327+, Feb 1. Again with live coverage of the India vs RSA cricket match from South Africa; in English and Hindi; mostly fair reception both frequencies. INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1443+, Jan 30. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - "Ebony and Ivory," Billy Joel - "Just the Way You Are," Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - "Endless Love," Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (unusual segment!); in Bahasa Indonesia; 1504 "RRI Palangkaraya" SA and ad for iPhone; fair. Still is the only active Indonesian SW station. KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 26, at 1229. More diplomacy in action? No jamming from the north! Sign on of Echo of Unification with distinctive IS; stronger than Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope. My audio at http://goo.gl/xAx6SJ . Very nice to finally hear EOU's IS for the first time, as normally the jamming from the north totally covers it! KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1506, Jan 31. Ends their audio; keeps transmitter on till starting audio again about 1552; strong carrier. This is their daily format of not turning off transmitter. MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1253, on Wednesday, Jan 31. Language lesson "Say It In English"; a nervous "Tom" meets his future in-laws and knocks over a coffee table, etc.; mostly fair. Also on Jan 31, VOA special English program "Top Technology Stories of 2017," at 1544; audio streaming and transcript at http://goo.gl/kqKfFF . A repeat of last Wed. show. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 02, 2018 09:26 UTC No.3013 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0918- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville, It was on air in the morning around -2000- 3920kHz NORTH KOREA KCBS Pyongyang(tent.), strong carrier but no modulation ? 3959kHz NORTH KOREA KCBS Pyongyang 7200kHz No signal (MYANMAR) 9410kHz/9774kHz No signal (TAIWAN) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 03, 2018 16:03 UTC No.3018 Note; -1554- HOA 7140kHz ERITREA, + noise jammer 7180kHz who ?? 7181.5kHz ERITREA, + noise jammer -1555- c/off both 7140kHz and 7181.5kHz ??, jammer only .. -1618-(noticed) 7181.5kHz ERITREA, 7180kHz UNID strong carrier, 7140kHz Jammer Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 04, 2018 00:28 UTC No.3019 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville,1059-1145*, Feb 3. DJ in Pidgin with dedications and playing pop songs; several "NBC Bougainville" promos; cut off in mid-song; very light RRI QRM. BTW - NBC Madang (3260) off the air Feb 3 (1059+). CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1503,Feb 3. The Saturday only "Focus on China" program in English; singing "Voice of Strait, Focus on China" jingle; program with audio feed from the CCTV/CNTV "Roof of the World" episode 4, "Water of Great Good" about the Qinghai Tibet Plateau; 1530 usual ID in English - "This is the Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio." Tibet video at http://goo.gl/SzmYfe . 5050, Beibu Bay Radio, 1517, Feb 3 (Saturday), heard a repeat of the Jan 30 (Tue.) show; all pop songs in English ("Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind" and Chubby Checker - "Let's Twist Again"); fair. Probably on the weekend they just run repeat shows 1500-1525 FIJI. 558, Radio Fiji One (presumed), 1211-1221, on Feb 3. A rare day with audio above threshold level; was already Sunday in Suva, so mostly religious songs with somechatting in language that sounded right to be Fiji; poor due to the normally strong San Francisco QRM from 560 (KSFO). My poor quality audio at http://goo.gl/sB62CK RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk.Feb3 (Saturday),noted on the air before 0300; at 0500 time pips and ended audio, with transmitter off 0503. Weekend schedule 0000-0500, while weekdays is 0300-0500 ZAMBIA[non-log]. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One. As of Feb 3, recently not heard while checking 0300+. Already gone again ? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 04, 2018 08:53 UTC No.3020 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0843- 3260kHz No signal ? 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 3920kHz No signal (KCBS) 4770kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, weak signal 5020kHz SOLOMON 7200kHz No signal (MYANMAR still off the air) 8121kHz CHINA VC01, USB 9410/9774kHz Noo signal (TAIWAN Fu Hsing) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 04, 2018 19:47 UTC No.3021 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1110-1156*, Feb 4. As it was Sunday, impassioned sermon alternately by OM & YL in Pidgin; station promo with musical montage ("country" music with brief clip of John Denver with " "Take Me Home, Country Roads"); 1125 into segment of pop songs played by DJ; Michael Jackson - "Heal the World," etc; suddenly off. BTW - NBC Madang (3260) off the air again on Feb 4, at 1144 check. CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio, 1510, Feb 4. Yes, on Sat. & Sun. they repeat shows from earlier in the week. Today with a repeat of the the Feb 1 show that I heard 1500 to 1525, in both English and Chinese. Also a brief segment in English at 1232, about business. ETHIOPIA[non]. 11600, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network), 1601 till tune out at 1611, Feb 4. Surprised to find no jamming of this frequency; good reception. Did jamming take a Sunday off? INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1159+, Feb 4. Phone-in segment with callers discussing the India vs RSA cricket match; in English and Hindi; mostly fair. MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1530, Feb 4. Intro to segment in English; "Good evening dear listeners. This is Myanmar Radio. . . . our final transmission for today, radiating on 5985 kHz., 50.13 meters, 576 kHz., 520 meters and 594 kHz, 505 meters. Now you can hear the news"; today's activities of Vice President Henry Van Thio, etc. and the weather. My audio of SA at http://goo.gl/mpwCJF . SPAIN. 15500, REE, 1551, Feb 4 (Sunday). Weekend "Futbol" coverage; very excited announcers; good reception, with strong signal. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 05, 2018 08:09 UTC No.3022 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0806- 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom, -0806* 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, local language maybe "Yakut" 9410/9774kHz No signal (TAIWAN) -0913- 3250kHz No signal (NK Voice of Korea) 3260kHz still no signal (PNG) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville, fair to good signal, Their morning broadcast was received around -2000-. 3920kHz NK KCBS Pyongyang, (irregularly..) 4770kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, February new frequency -0920- 5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal 5045/5055kHz (tent.)AUSTRALIA, weak signal 6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, vietnamese, little QRM maybe Bhutan 8121kHz CHINA VC01, USB, still January frequency -1100- 2000kHz NK KCBS Pyongyang, //2850kHz etc.., spur ??, 1999.88kHz 4557kHz (around) Jamming from North Korea, (noise jjammer) 4770kHz No signal maybe QSY (VC01) -1125- 6105kHz TAIWAN ??, Chinese, heavy QRM from CHINA cnr1 jammer .. -1140- 5251kHz CHINA VC01, USB 7563.5kHz CHINA VCLSB, LSB, New ! -1143- 5875kHz THAILAND, -1115- Chinese, -1143- Japanese, SA in English at 1144, *1145- German -1513- 7480kHz Firedrake, target ? Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 06, 2018 03:09 UTC No.3024 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1350-1403*, Feb 5. Best in USB; pop songs (The Carpenters - "Top Of The World," etc.); 1400 start of the news; cut off before completed. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1100-1200*, Feb 5. Long interview in English dealing with the economy; "Plowing money back into the country . . national government and regional government . . to raise revenues"; perhaps was Secretary Brenda Tohiana of the Bougainville Department of Treasury and Finance; 1133-1200* DJ in Pidgin with pop songs; suddenly off. BTW - NBC Madang (3260) off the air again on Feb 5, at 1142 & 1200 checking. JAPAN[non-log]. 5006, HFD Radio Station JG2XA. For a long time now (since early last year?) this frequency has been silent of their CW broadcasting. Recently noted 8006 is also silent now of CW. Must not be on SW any longer? Seems their former website is also no longer active. In the past these low powered stations (200 watts) carried out the HF-Doppler (HFD) Project and were heard almost daily by me here on the west coast. So the project has been completed or they ran out of funds? (Feb 5) MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1212-1225, Feb 5. The Monday edition of the language lesson "Say It In English"; for the first time today they are recycling these series of dialogues; first heard today's repeated show back on Aug 7, 2017. Will be repeated again this Wednesday. In DXLD 17-32: "5985, Myanmar Radio, on Aug 7, tuned in at 1215, to hear the Monday edition of the English language lesson ("Say It In English") already in progress; program will be repeated on Wed.; dialogue between "Mr. Harris" and "Tom," who wants Tom to take the morning 7:00 train to Manchester; "The meeting is very important. Don't miss the train"; Tom works for a company that "makes some of the finest clocks and watches in the world," but he is "never on time for anything"; he missed the train and then rushes to take a taxi to the airport to catch the 8:00 plane to Manchester; 1227 end of "Say It In English"; fairly readable . . . (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Et E1, antenna: 100' long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)" Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 06, 2018 04:03 UTC No.3025 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! > JG2XA Homepage (HF-Doppler(HFD) Project) : http://ssro.ee.uec.ac.jp:80/lab_tomi/HFD/index.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151201000042/http://ssro.ee.uec.ac.jp:80/lab_tomi/HFD/index.html In September of 2017, it seems that it stopped because of equipment maintenance. The period is too long. Will it stop as it is ..... ??? EOU has not announced 3945 kHz, Jan 26. Amano - Feb 06, 2018 09:20 UTC No.3026 Hello! Ron-san, Hiroyuki and everyone. Below, a nice catch! Ron-san. KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 26, at 1229. EOU/VOH. Ron-san's audio - http://goo.gl/xAx6SJ *** This audio commentary *** 00:00 Female : "Tong-il-e meali bangsong-ibnida." (This is EOU) 00:04 IS : "Ulideul-eun Hana" 00:26 Female : "Tong-il-e meali bangsong-ibnida." (This is EOU) 00:29 IS : "Ulideul-eun Hana" 00:53 Time Signal 00:56 Opening Music : "Ulideul-eun Hana" *Reference - https://youtu.be/ytCHWTTyJks Song name is "Ulideul-eun Hana". English translation is "We Are one" or "Korea is one". 02:03 "Yeoleobun, annyeonghasibnikka?" (Hello, everyone!) 02:06 "Tong-il-ui meali bangsong-eun" (EOU is) 02:08 Broadcast Schedule : "Everyday, 0700-0900, 1300-1500, 2100-2300 PST" 02:17 Freq SKD on SW : "6250 kHz, 5905 kHz and 3970 kHz." 02:25 Freq SKD on FM : "97.…" 02:26* *Back female voise is VOH. I listened to this recording and I understood that I had not announced 3945 kHz yet. TNX! Ron-san. Thank you always from California! UNID 9885kHz Korean, etc.. XYZ - Feb 06, 2018 10:03 UTC No.3027 Note; -0913- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville, fair signal -0959- 3920kHz No signal (NK) 7200kHz No signal 9525kHz No signal -1230- 3325kHz No signal (INDONESIA) -1255- 7530kHz No signal ? (SK National Unity Bc) 9885kHz UNID Korean, this is National Unity Broadcasting, QSY since Feb. 01. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 06, 2018 18:18 UTC No.3029 AUSTRALIA. 5045, Ozy Radio, 1502, Feb 6. Best in LSB; start of the local Melbourne news; police charge two men, one 20 year old and also a 18 year old, in connection with an armed robbery at a local gun shop, etc.; at times was semi-readable; reception well above the norm. INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, at 1530, on Feb 6. The strongest AIR regional station heard; Delhi audio feed; SA and into the "news at nine"; police searching for terrorists in the attack outside a hospital in Srinagar, etc.; very readable. My audio at http://goo.gl/93wcTm . KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. Thanks very much to Amano-san for the translation of the EOU SA heard on my recording. As always, I greatly appreciate his very kind assistance! PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1211*, Feb 6. Back on the air today after a short absence. Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 07, 2018 12:11 UTC No.3030 Ron-san and AMANO ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -1206- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang, fair signal 3325kHz Which ? 9885kHz SK National Unification Bc -1212- 8169kHz TAIWAN V13-Xingxing BS, AM 9525kHz still off the air .. Re: NVK Radio Sakha eQSL from Yakutsk, in east Siberia Ron Howard - Feb 07, 2018 23:21 UTC No.3031 Extremely please to receive a nice eQSL from NVK Radio Sakha. It's a very rare treat to get any Russian QSL nowadays. In 3 weeks for a report, in Russian, using Google translator, sent to: nvk-qsl@mail.ru Am grateful to Shaikh Jawahar and Pradip Kundu, for posting copies of their eQSL to WRTH Facebook. Very helpful. Copy of my eQSL at http://goo.gl/fKjv1K . Ron - - - - - Ron's log: RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on Jan 12, carrier already on at 0258; ToH 3+1 time pips (again without any IS); SA and news; later some nice ballads, along with a call in show; 7295 still not used as a // frequency (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, Calif., USA) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 08, 2018 03:24 UTC No.3032 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki. Very nice, Ron-san. eQSL from Russia is really rare, isn't it? I think that it is amazing for that. Amano I'm coming to Hokkaido right now. I will summarize the broadcast heard yesterday. - - - - - Amano's log: KOREA SOUTH. 9885, National Unified Broadcasting, *1200-, on Feb 7. I confirmed that it moved from 7530 kHz to 9885 kHz. KOREA NORTH. 3945, EOU, 1430-1431*, on Feb 7. I heard EOU's end announcement and confirmed that I have not announced 3945 kHz yet. My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4126.mp3 CHINA. 837, CCTV News Channel, 1645-1705, on Feb 7. I confirmed the SA/ID of CCTV News Channel at 837 kHz at 1655 and 1700. The SA/ID in Chinese of CCTV News Channel is "Zhongyang dianshitai Xinwen Pindao". Is Harbin News Radio relaying CCTV-13 sound? My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4127.mp3 KOREA NORTH. 819, KCBS, -1828*,on Feb 7. KCBS of each SW band c/off after the end of the broadcast, but the 819 kHz KCBS doesn't c/off and a mysterious signal is started. Perhaps, I think that it is jamming after the end of the broadcast. My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3032.mp3 CHINA. 927, Liaoning Village Radio, 1845-1903,on Feb 7. I confirmed the SA at 1847. The SA is "Liaoning guang bo dianshitai Xiang cun Guang bo" in Chinese. My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8340.mp3 Amano, listening at Hokkaido, Eniwa-City, Japan. File:3032.mp3 (156KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 09, 2018 04:21 UTC No.3033 CHINA. 837, Harbin News Radio, 1158-1209, on Feb 8. I confirmed the SA/ID of "Harbin Guangbo Dianshitai" and "FM90.4 Harbin Xinwen Guangbo" in Chinese. The previous day I checked the SA/ID of CCTV-13 at this frequency, but according to KBYS-san of China, He is said that many Chinese broadcasting stations are relaying CCTV-13 at midnight. Reference - http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:4128 - Thank you for following me, HBYS! My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4135.mp3 KOREA NORTH. 657, Pyongyang Bangsong, 1615-1620, on Feb 8. I have heard to receive V15. At 657 kHz, there were Chinese station, Korean station and Korean jamming, but Pyongyang Bangsong sounded good. My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4136.mp3 Amano, listening at Hokkaido, Eniwa-City, Japan. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 09, 2018 09:34 UTC No.3034 Ron-san and AMANO ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0922- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4243//7345kHz CHINA V26 Numbers station 4770kHz CHINA VC01, LSB 5020kHz SOLOMON 5920kHz SK Voice of Freedom 7838kHz CHINA VC01, USB, -0932*, *1932- QSY to 4926kHz Re: Korea - Olympics Ron Howard - Feb 09, 2018 14:39 UTC No.3035 KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1236, Feb 9. Live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Olympics, given in Korean, French and English; usual N. Korea jamming, but still fairly readable due to VOF strong signal cutting through the jamming; 1300 into VOF programming, but still talking about the Olympics. Opening ceremony coverage via KBS relay? My six minute audio at http://goo.gl/XBEma7 Re: Bougainville Yumi Wan Festival Ron Howard - Feb 09, 2018 15:22 UTC No.3036 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville. Feb 9 with above average reception; in Pidgin; 1112-1125 announcers chatting about "Climate change . . . communications . . ."; pop Pacific Islands song; 1133-1201* discussion about the Bougainville Yumi Wan Festival held last month and about the referendum to be voted on next year regarding their independence; suddenly cut off. My audio at http://goo.gl/uHpDzD (two minutes of talk - one minute of music) BTW - NBC Madang (3260), Feb 9, noted 1203 with start of the NBC News in English; suddenly off at 1209* Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 10, 2018 08:48 UTC No.3037 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki. I also heard the 2018 Winter Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony in the 972 kHz to 1200 UTC. I have not confirmed, but I think probably that VOF relayed KBS. 972 kHz Since I was concerned about the Chinese language heard behind while receiving it, I checked it later. - - - - - Amano's log: CHINA. 972, Harbin Economic Radio, 1225-1235, on Feb 9. I heard Chinese when KBS is null. After listening for a while, I was able to confirm the SA/ID "Haerbin jingji guangbo FM ba-ba-jiu ni de caifu RADIO". In English, "Harbin Economic Radio, FM889 is your wealth radio". I could confirm by mmww(Chinese DXer)'s followers. Reference at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:4138 My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4138.mp3 CHINA. 828, Beijing News Radio, 1638-1647, on Feb 9. I heard NHK-2 Osaka after 1600. I recorded SA/ID of "Ninxianzai shou ting de shi FM yao-ling-ling dian liu, AM ba-er-ba qian he, beijing xinen guangbo". In English, "You are listennig to Beijing News Radio. FM100.6 and AM828 kHz". My audio at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4144.mp3 Amano, listening at Hokkaido, Eniwa-City, Japan. 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, etc.. XYZ - Feb 11, 2018 05:23 UTC No.3039 Ron-san and AMANO ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0515- 5905kHz NK Echo of Unification, ex: 3945kHz 5920kHz SK Voice of Froodom 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS (9774kHz No signal) -0859- 3260kHz No signal (NBC) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainvile 7200kHz No signal (MYANMAR) -0900- 9390kHz CRI, spur of 9440kHz 9410kHz N signal (TAIWAN), also 9774kHz no signal -0940- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 12, 2018 10:48 UTC No.3048 Note; -1040- 3260kHz No signal (PMG) 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 4926kHz CHINA VC01, USB 7200kHz No signal (MYANMAR) 9525kHz No signal (INDONESIA) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 13, 2018 04:29 UTC No.3049 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1112-1148, Feb 11, Sunday. No religious songs here (see PNG - NBC Madang); DJ in Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing pop songs; Bob Seger - "Old Time Rock n Roll." ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1528, Feb 12. Nice to find no jamming here at all; in vernacular with HOA music. [non-log] 7181.52, VOBME 2, at 1528, Feb 12. Clearly off the air and no jamming here either. ETHIOPIA[non]. 11575, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network), at 1600, Feb 12. In vernacular with ID; 1603 hit with strong white noise jamming; almost fair. [non-log] 11600, Radio OMN, clearly off the air here Feb 12, from 1600+; also no jamming here; 1606 tuned away and still a clear frequency. KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1612, Feb 12. Very good reception; no jamming. Four minute audio at http://goo.gl/Bvaqe7 . MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1221-1235, Feb 12. Monday edition of "Say It In English"; repeat of the very same dialogue I heard last Monday (Feb 5), with "Mr. Harris" & "Tom." 9730, Myanmar Radio, 1111-1131*, Feb 12. In vernacular; off with their usual singing SA jingle; mostly fair. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, Feb 11, at 1104 noted off the air; a check at 1132 was back on again; 1150-1202 in Pidgin/Tok Pisin with Sunday religious music show; 1202-1212* relay of "NBC National Radio" in English; had been a long time since I last heard National Radio programming. Feb 12, Madang off the air 1030+. Voice of Freedom QSY to 6045kHz, etc.. XYZ - Feb 13, 2018 11:12 UTC No.3050 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! Every day, there is much snowfall and I am snowing from morning till night. I have less time to listen to Radio .. -1105- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz which ?, 2 stations.. 5875kHz THAILAND, malay, It is not yet for Indo-Chine.. 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, QSYed from 5920kHz to here Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 13, 2018 15:44 UTC No.3052 Hello! Hiroyuki and Ron-san. Hiroyuki, thank you for the information. I also confirmed that VOF QSY to 6045 kHz. 6045 kHz is No jamming, North Korean jamming is still at 5920 kHz. It is a very clear audio! Ron-san. I heard the audio of that 4 minutes. http://goo.gl/Bvaqe7 00:00-03:17 This program is "Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games Focus" in "News plaza". *** 03:04-03:10 Female Korean : "Jigeumkkaji, Pyeongchang Dong-gye Ollimpig gyeong-gi-e chojeom-eul bonaessseubnida." In English : "Until now, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games Focus was sent." 03:17-04:00 This program is "Weather and topics" In addition, I checked all the programs between *1551 - 2006* on Feb 11. Reference - http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3051 Most of each program is full of topics of the Olympic Games. Pyeongchang Olympic theme song flowed to the first song of "Happy Republic of Korea" program from 1900. My audio at 1903'21"-1904'36", Feb 11 - http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3052.mp3 We Go pyongchang - http://youtu.be/umx-Fq1NFCc File:3052.mp3 (293KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 13, 2018 17:30 UTC No.3053 Feb 13, with overall excellent propagation! Ron BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1115-1153*, Feb 13. Reception above the norm; DJ in Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing a mix of pop Pacific Islands songs and western hits songs (Every Mother's Son - "Come on Down to My Boat," etc.); local time checks; item about next years referendum for independence. ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1428, Feb 13. In the clear before the jamming started; in vernacular with HOA music; noted at 1508 with heavy jamming. 7181.52, VOBME 2 (presumed), at 1428, Feb 13. On the air today after being silent yesterday; no jamming at first, but by 1508 heavy jamming. INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1155, Feb 13. Another day of live coverage of the India vs RSA cricket match from South Africa; segments in English and Hindi; 1208 brief break for news headlines in English, then back to coverage; mostly fair. INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1441+, Feb 13. Segment of all western pop songs; Billy Joel - "Just the Way You Are," Bobby Vinton - "I Love How You Love Me," Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You"; 1501 local ID; back to more pop western songs. Still is the only active Indonesian SW station. KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom, ex: 5920. Feb 13 is the first day back on this former frequency; 1110 with fair reception; checked at 1212 to find the usual CNR1, et al. mess; 1506, as usual, found strong carrier here before they start up their audio again close to 1600. The jamming was still down on ex: 5920. Regarding my VOF audio clip from yesterday (Feb 12) - Thanks very much to Amano-san for the most helpful translation of my recording. Very interesting information!!! Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Russia - Radio Rossii Kamchatka on 5940 kHz. Ron Howard - Feb 14, 2018 04:49 UTC No.3054 RUSSIA. 5940, Radio Rossii Kamchatka, assume via the Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula; 0240-0300*, Feb 14. Very poor reception, with QRM from what sounded like IBRA Media, Radio Sadaye Zindagi, via Al Dhabayya; OM & YL chatting (in Russian?); 0259 music. Positive "Radio Rossii" SAs before and after 0300 time pips, so I presume this was "Radio Rossii Kamchatka," as it fits their former schedule. The 0300* cut off happened in mid-sentence. Have been monitoring this due to recent reports of Kamchatka testing here, made by Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) and Dave Valko (USA). Thanks also for the assistance of Mauno Ritola (Finland). My poor quality audio - https://app.box.com/s/n580lz1wjuupa5sqj5xmn3uj6kv7ycgy Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 14, 2018 05:30 UTC No.3056 Great !! Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! > 5940kHz Radio Rossii I gave up a little bit :-)) Thanks !!! Audio sounded like as : "Kamchatskaya radio prodolzhit' svoyu rabotu (maybe "time" ann.). A seychas slushayete Radio Rossii. " mean : "Kamchatka radio to continue its work at (maybe "time"). And now you are listening to Radio of Russia." ** Thanks to Japanese DXer: K.INOUE and KONSU !! I referred to their advice. I think that it is the same except for the part of "time ann." . -- https://app.box.com/s/n580lz1wjuupa5sqj5xmn3uj6kv7ycgy -- http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2974.mp3 ... Please advise as it may not be right. Thanks All ! Re: California sunset Ron Howard - Feb 14, 2018 06:18 UTC No.3057 While listening to SW in my car at the beach, enjoyed the nice sunset this evening. https://app.box.com/s/se06so86qyxrqnuasg0fjecd8nyplzes Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 14, 2018 06:24 UTC No.3058 It is a sunset scenery on a very beautiful horizontal line !! A lot of snow covers the landscape here .. Re: Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network) Ron Howard - Feb 14, 2018 18:32 UTC No.3059 ETHIOPIA[non]. 11575, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network), on Feb 14. Was today a clever ploy to fool the folks jamming from Ethiopia? If so, it worked! At *1600, instead of Radio OMN programming, the jammers in Ethiopia instead heard Dr. Terry Alan Cooper, a forensic psychologist, being interviewed in English, about solitary confinement. So the jammers must have assumed Radio OMN was not on today and left, whereas later (by 1609), Radio OMN had in fact started up; in vernacular with many SAs; fair. No jamming heard at all, up till I tuned away at 1618. Audio of Dr. Terry Alan Cooper interview: https://app.box.com/s/xjyrclkunmndd9928flt2j3u06u7eaqe Audio of Radio OMN, with SAs: https://app.box.com/s/5jehxekf4e4diauoo2w4up6krzkkml7w [non-log] 11600, Radio OMN, continues to be off the air here Feb 14, from 1600+ and also no jamming here; 1618 tuned away and still a clear frequency (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, USA) - - - - - Ron wrote: ETHIOPIA[non]. 11575, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network), at 1600, Feb 12. In vernacular with SA; 1603 hit with strong white noise jamming; almost fair [before jamming started]. [non-log] 11600, Radio OMN, clearly off the air here Feb 12, from 1600+; also no jamming here; 1606 tuned away and still a clear frequency. Re: Russia - Radio Rossii Kamchatka on 5940 kHz. Ron Howard - Feb 14, 2018 18:45 UTC No.3060 This helpful additional info posted to group io WOR, regarding my Radio Rossii Kamchatka audio: - - - - - Dmitry Mezin wrote: Hi Ron, Indeed, at the very beginning the announcer says: Kamchatka Radio will continue at (12? 13? 19?) hours 10 minutes, and now please listen to Radio Rossii. Looks like the activity is related to the 18 March presidential elections, so it will be no more after that date. 73, Dmitry - - - - - - Ivo Ivanov wrote: "and ID: Moscow Time 0600 hour" - - - - - Hiroyuki Komatsubara wrote: > 5940kHz Radio Rossii I gave up a little bit :-)) Thanks !!! Audio sounded like as : "Kamchatskaya radio prodolzhit' svoyu rabotu (maybe "time" ann.). A seychas slushayete Radio Rossii. " mean : "Kamchatka radio to continue its work at (maybe "time"). And now you are listening to Radio of Russia." ** Thanks to Japanese DXer: K.INOUE and KONSU !! I referred to their advice. I think that it is the same except for the part of "time ann." . -- https://app.box.com/s/n580lz1wjuupa5sqj5xmn3uj6kv7ycgy -- http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/2974.mp3 ... Please advise as it may not be right. Thanks All ! Re: Russia - Radio Rossii Kamchatka on 5940 kHz XYZ - Feb 14, 2018 23:18 UTC No.3061 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! Today, morning program was received in Japan. ** Sorry in japanese.. K. INOUE : http://fmdx.blog81.fc2.com/blog-entry-2139.html Maybe... *2010-2100 Local program 2100-2200* Relay of Radio Rossii (central) Thursday February 15, Today's program: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTC --- (There seems to be time when there is no broadcasting in the Shortwave) 1900-1910 - "Vesti - Kamchatka" 1910-1920 - "Press review" (repeat) 1920-1930 - "Calendar for the week" (repeat) 2010-2030 - "Road patrol" (repeat) 2030-2040 - "Vesti - Kamchatka" 2040-2100 - "Vesti-Kamchatka" (in the languages of the peoples of the North) 2100-2200 - (Relay of Radio Rossii) 0110-0130 - "For the book cover" 0130-0140 - "Vesti - Kamchatka" 0140-0200 - "The page of local historian" 0210-0230 - "Score" (repeat) 0230-0240 - "Vesti - Kamchatka" 0240-0300 - "Score" (repeat) 0710-0730 - "Vesti-Kamchatka" (in the languages of the peoples of the North) 0910-0930 - "The Kamchatka weekdays of the twentieth century" 0930-0940 - "Vesti - Kamchatka" 0940-1000 - "Tales of the Grandmother of Yani" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.poluostrov-kamchatka.ru/pknews/detail.php?ID=177022 5845kHz BBC New schedule, 5940kHz Radio Rossii *0100-, 7580kHz UNID, etc XYZ - Feb 15, 2018 00:14 UTC No.3062 Note; -0005- 5845kHz BBC WS, English, //5970kHz, New schedule maybe: *0000-0200* 5905kHz NK Echo of Unification, //3970vkHz 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, no jammer(still on 5920kHz) -0035- 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, "Gangnam Style"(PSY)/ "Olle "(Jang Yoon Jung) etc.. -0058- 5940kHz s/on, Russian 0100- Pips, SA "Radio Rossii", then News (maybe relay of central station) -0150- 7580kHz UNID, maybe RFA-Uighur, -0159* -0927- 3260kHz PNG NBC-Madang 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 7295kHz//7345kHz Radio Sakha, etc.. XYZ - Feb 15, 2018 09:37 UTC No.3064 -0927- 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, //7345kHz, resumed http://nvk-online.ru/radio-sakha/ Re: NBC Bougainville Ron Howard - Feb 15, 2018 15:31 UTC No.3066 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, Feb 15; well above the norm; 1113 till cut off at 1155*. From 1113 till 1133, with an interesting speech in English about the different issues voters need to consider when they vote next year on the Bougainville independence referendum, for autonomy; comparing many different islands (Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.); somewhat readable. My five minute audio of a portion of the speech posted at https://app.box.com/s/ggnqjzasp62jksczasoy0vd6xd0yiceu . NBC Madang (3260) cut off at 1211*, on Feb 15. 7260kHz UNID chinese *2025-, 5940kHz Kamchatka *2030-, etc.. XYZ - Feb 15, 2018 20:37 UTC No.3067 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -2000- 5940kHz No signal -2025- 5940kHz No signal 7260kHz UNID chinese station, *2025- Xinjiang ?? -2030- 5940kHz RUSSIA Radio Rossii, *2030- I gradually understood the full schedule of shortwave. -2130- 7295kHz No signal (Radio Sakha) 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 16, 2018 01:02 UTC No.3071 Note; -0020- 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, // http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=287 9774kHz No signal -0054- 5940kHz RUSSIA Radio Rossii, *0054- c/on then music("Unter Den Linden") SA at -0058- OM & YL "Radio Rossii", maybe relay of central station See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3069 -0100- 7580kHz Radio Free Asia, Uighur 13974kHz TAIWAN V13 - Xingxing BS, AM 18040kHz TAIWAN V13 - Xingxing BS, AM, Both are weak, so I could not check parallel.. Re: PNG - NBC Madang, Maus Blong Garamut Ron Howard - Feb 17, 2018 23:18 UTC No.3072 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang. Very interesting reception Feb 17, from 1127 till cut off about 1236; better than normal; running much longer than usual, which helped their reception; fairly clear SA at 1157 for "NBC Madang, Maus Blong Garamut" (hollowed log, slit-drum [garamut in Pidgin]); played some C&W songs; Anne Murray - "Snowbird," etc.; also appropriate selection of garamut music; my ID and music audio posted at http://app.box.com/s/uio8d2xqyw45jzn36r5ay7oa5lwn2suf . Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 18, 2018 04:31 UTC No.3073 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, on Feb 17 (Saturday), at 1107 with Lulu - "To Sir With Love"; at 1112 with Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"; noted many breaks for ads and seemed like station promos; almost readable. The problem for me today was with improved signal from Australia, I also had stronger than usual QRM from China (BBR) on 5050, even in USB. A new weekend schedule? Checking today (Feb 17), at 1255+, found them off the air. Weekdays had recently noted 1405*, within a minute or two either way. CHINA. 4900 // 4940, Voice of Strait, 1302, Feb 16. Live annual coverage of the Chinese New Year's Eve (Spring Festival) Gala; CCTV audio feed, with comedy skits, musical selections, etc., from Beijing. The start of China's most important holiday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeRi86DcfyA , video of gala starts about 37:30. Checked almost all the Chinese SW stations for this gala coverage, but only found these two VOS frequencies carrying it. A disappointment to me, as in past years I enjoyed the gala on a wide variety of stations. RUSSIA. 5940.0, Radio Rossii Kamchatka, heard again Feb 15 (Thursday). 0245-0248 & 0256 till end of audio at 0259, with musical segments; 0300-0303 with test tone going on and off till transmitter off at 0303. A different format than I heard Feb 13, as tonight there was no ID nor time pips; seemed to be in Russian; some QRM from Radio Sadaye Zindagi. Conforming to their schedule of being off the air on the weekend, observed no signal from Kamchatka, Saturday (Feb 17). Noted on 5940.0, from 0238 till cut off at 0259*, with assume IBRA Media, Radio Sadaye Zindagi, via Al Dhabayya; language and music sounded correct to be them; some QRM from Brazil on the low side. ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0418, Feb 15. Nice "GOtv, live it, love it" promo in English and vernacular. Always love hearing these ads in English! Brief audio attached. File:3073.mp3 (236KB) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 18, 2018 19:07 UTC No.3074 CHINA. 4900 // 4940, Voice of Strait, 1204-1300, Feb 18. Music program, in Chinese; after 1300 no longer //; both with fair reception. 6035, PBS Yunnan, 1125-1201*, Feb 18. In Chinese with EZL pop songs and traditional Chinese music; 1131 the usual SA in Chinese and English; "S W liu(6) ling(0) san(3) wu(5). Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la"; no BBS/Bhutan today. 6200, Voice of Jinling, at 1233, on Feb 18. Perry Como with "And I Love You So Much"; almost good reception, with light Tibet QRM. 7563.5-LSB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), on Feb 18, at 1116 & 1213, with numbers in Chinese. ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1446, Feb 18. HOA music; a lot of ham QRM; this was pre-jammed reception. 7181.52, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1446, Feb 18. In vernacular with phone conversations; this was pre-jammed reception. Always much better reception here than on 7140. INDIA. 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram // 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1304, Feb 18. Another day of live cricket coverage of the India vs RSA match, being played in South Africa; reporting alternately in English & Hindi; 1315 & 1345 breaks for the news in Hindi, only on 5040 (not // 5010). Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 19, 2018 01:10 UTC No.3075 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0100- 5940kHz RUSSIA Radio Rossii, *0100- relay of Central station -0125- 7480kHz CHINA Firedrake jammer + CNR-1 jammer Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 19, 2018 21:04 UTC No.3077 Note; -2100- 5940kHz No signal (RUSSIA) Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Feb 20, 2018 20:30 UTC No.3078 Note; -2030- 5940kHz Alge ?, weak signal only.. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 21, 2018 02:36 UTC No.3079 BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, 1806-1815*, on Feb 20. I was able to receive Bangladesh Betar at 4750 kHz with no interference from Chinese stations and others. My audio (1811'25"-1812'40") at http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8352.mp3 ERITREA. 7140.0, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1820, Feb 20. A little signal is weak; It is a different program from 7181.5 kHz. ERITREA. 7181.5, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1825-1834*, Feb 20. I was able to listen to the Eritrea national anthem. My audio (1831'23"-1833'53") at http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8354.mp3 Amano, listening at my home in Saitama, Japan. Re: Ozy Radio will soon move to 4835 kHz. (ex: 5045 kHz.) Ron Howard - Feb 21, 2018 21:13 UTC No.3080 Thanks very much to Craig Allen (owner and operator of Ozy Radio), who quickly responded to my inquiry about the status of Ozy Radio, in light of his abbreviated transmission today. His reply came at 2046 UT (Feb 21). Ron "ozyradio is changing frequency to 4835 will be back on air soon" - - - - - - Ron wrote in WOR groups io: AUSTRALIA. Feb 21, at 1055, both 5045 (Ozy Radio) and 5055 (4KZ) covered by strong OTH radar; still blocked at 1205, but noise off by 1215. 5055 (4KZ) suddenly went off the air at 1234*. Checked 5045 (Ozy Radio) and it was also off the air when checked at 1237; kept checking randomly till 1345, but neither came back again. Noted on the Web that Queensland had some severe weather/strong winds. At 1507, still no Ozy Radio. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 21, 2018 21:38 UTC No.3081 AUSTRALIA. Feb 21, at 1055, both 5045 (Ozy Radio) and 5055 (4KZ) covered by strong OTH radar; still blocked at 1205, but noise off by 1215. 5055 (4KZ) suddenly went off the air at 1234*. Checked 5045 (Ozy Radio) and it was also off the air when checked at 1237; kept checking randomly till 1345, but neither came back again. Noted on the Web that Queensland had some severe weather/strong winds. At 1507, still no Ozy Radio. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1100-1202*, Feb 21. In Pidgin, with several interviews; otherwise DJ playing pop songs (The Mamas & The Papas - "Monday Monday," Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man," etc.); no news at 1100, but at 1200 the start of the news before they cut off. GERMANY[non]. 15215, Radio ﾖrang via Issoudun (France). Thanks to Glenn for the timely alert! Carrier on-off and on again at 1559; briefly on at 1600, then cut off, but came back on again; seemed to be in German, local language and English; "Hello. This is Radio ﾖrang, the freedom voice of ﾖrang," "this hour for New York ﾖrang inhabitants"; interview with a couple married 52 years; "4 o'clock pm. It's very cold. We are interviewing the young landlord"; several spots with just the sound of seagulls or with announcers talking over the sound of seagulls; some audio hum. Their annual program. My audio of mostly English posted at http://app.box.com/s/f7slayi6nx6adlj6rmfuxrz9f6gc2tkq . SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, on Feb 21, noted with pop songs at 1239; low modulation, but much better than the recent plain carrier that has been heard; 1245*, so well past their normal 1200*. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Amano - Feb 24, 2018 00:47 UTC No.3083 KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom,1320-1506*/*1551-2006*, on Feb 23. Broadcasting until 1506 has North Korean jamming. There was no jamming broadcast from 1551. However, Pip jamming came out for only one minute at 1704'44"-1705'44"! My audio (1704'40"-1705'55") at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4160.mp3 Check same wave 6045 kHz interference station. 1200-1400 CNR1 * 2 Jammer, VOA-Chinese. My audio (1359'50"-1401'05") at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4158.mp3 1600-1627 "Furusato no Kaze" from Japan. My audio (1600'00"-1600'30" & 1609'37"-1611'36")) at http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4159.mp3 * Until 1607, the "Furusato no Kaze" dominated, and after that the VOF was reversed. 1551-2006 VOF program check. Reference : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:3082 About 1930, the Korean version of "Don't Worry Be Happy" was heard with "Haengboghan Daehanmingug"! My audio (1929'56"-1931'11") at http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3083.mp3 Original version : https://youtu.be/d-diB65scQU Korean version : https://youtu.be/qyc20beU8Os Amano, listening at my home in Saitama, Japan. File:3083.mp3 (293KB) 11780kHz Brasil -2259*, 9410kHz Fu Hsing, etc.. XYZ - Feb 24, 2018 22:52 UTC No.3084 Thanks to Ron-san and Amano !! I am using a new PC since today :-) -2243- 3920kHz NK KCBS Pyongyang 3959kHz NK KCBS Pyongyang 4926kHz CHINA VC01, USB 5905kHz NK Echo of Unification 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom 7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, 7295kHz No signal -2259- 11780kHz BRASIL Radio National, -2259* -0015- 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, http://hichannel.hinet.net/radio/index.do?id=287 Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Feb 25, 2018 00:47 UTC No.3085 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, Feb 22, from 1105 to 1140, with talks in Pidgin; many mentions of "the people of Bougainville," "leadership of Bougainville," "Prime Minister," "referendum," "Papua New Guinea," etc; 1140-1200 DJ in Pidgin with music show; 1200 news and "NBC Radio" promos till 1207* cut off. Certainly this station is going all out to provide the citizens with the necessary info to make an informed vote next year for the Bougainville referendum to decide on independence. Now being heard almost daily with segments dealing with the referendum, either in English or Pidgin. CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait. For several years now, I have found it fairly common during the annual Spring (lunar new year) Festival to find some Chinese SW stations with anomalies. During the long holiday, many Chinese are off from work and like to travel, so unusual things sometimes happen on SW. Feb 24 (Saturday), would normally have the "Focus on China" English program 1500-1530, but not so today; tuned in at 1438 to hear the audio feed from the CCTV production about the Qinghai Tibet Plateau in English; audio feed ended at 1455 and into just Chinese, so not the normal exit English format for "Focus on China." Will probably be back to normal in a few weeks time. Today 1500+ with Chinese music show. BTW - Feb 24, found 1200-1300 not // for 4900 & 4940, as I had recently heard VOS. ETHIOPIA [non]. 11575, Radio OMN (Oromia Media Network). Feb 23 (Friday), heard the transmitter turned on at 1555; programming in vernacular started at ToH; tuned away at 1610 and there was still no jamming at all; fair-good reception. 11600 silent and didn't note what was happening on 11595, which was heard Feb 24 by Glenn Hauser, et al., as probably the new // frequency (ex: 11600). MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1538, Feb 24 (Saturday). Segment in English; "This is Myanmar Radio. Now you can hear the weather"; children singing "Let there be Peace on Earth"; 1543-1553 the usual Sat program "Voice of ASEAN," telling some of the history of ASEAN and of their various conferences held in ASEAN countries; played pop songs (Fleetwood Mac - "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow," etc.). Found the following info on-line, with very positive comments about the use of radio (my emphasis): "This new ASEAN in Action (AiA) spin-off project aims to sustain as well as strengthen the knowledge of ASEAN in the target areas. It is the re-branding of the twenty year old AiA radio project produced and broadcast by the radio station of all the ASEAN Member States (AMS) but with enhanced features. Taking into consideration that radio is the most efficient media, it has a strategic and vast potential in helping the overall development of each of the AMS. Thus, by means of combining traditional and new media in enhancing the project, radio can play a more active and constructive role in promoting the goals of ASEAN and continue promoting greater awareness and understanding among the people of ASEAN and beyond. Entitled 天oice of ASEAN ・Beyond Boundaries・(VoA-BB), this spin-off project will comprise the annual production of one infotainment radio programme each by all ten ASEAN member states (AMS) of 15 ・30 minute duration focusing on the 18 ・30 year age group for broadcast first in its own country then exchanged for broadcast in the other AMS to enhance awareness about ASEAN among ASEAN citizens and beyond ASEAN boundaries. Radio is again the chosen medium of this project because it is still generally considered fast, cheap and easily accessible mean to disseminate information to the people." http://learning.asean.org/opportunities/projects/project-detail.html?pid=37 Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California UNID 7275kHz, etc.. XYZ - Feb 25, 2018 02:55 UTC No.3086 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0245- 7275kHz UNID Chinese station, very weak signal, Not// CNR-1/2/5 Xinjiang(Uighur) SA at -0301- : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/3086.mp3 -0330- : http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4163.mp3 -0650- 7275kHz CHINA PBS Xingjiang, Uighur, weak signal, UNID station not found.. File:3086.mp3 (106KB) Re: PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games Ron Howard - Feb 25, 2018 04:09 UTC No.3087 On Feb 9, Voice of Freedom carried live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Heard in Korean, French and English. Will VOF carry live coverage of the closing ceremony as well? Check on Sunday, Feb 25, starting at 1100 UTC. I hope so!! VOF has recently been on 6045 kHz. 7577kHz UNID, etc.. XYZ - Feb 25, 2018 09:56 UTC No.3089 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0943- 3260kHz No signal (PNG) 3325kHz (tent.)PNG NBC-Bougainville, weak signal 5020kHz SOLOMON, weak signal today.. 5045kHz No signal, (4835kHz No signal) 5055kHz (tent.)AUSTRALIA Radio 4KZ, weak signal 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom, + Pips jammer -1505- 6110kHz KSLN World Christian Broadcasting, Russian, ** New SKD ? or mistake ?? 7577kHz UNID, chinese, -1505* Re: PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games Ron Howard - Feb 25, 2018 12:46 UTC No.3090 6045 kHz., from 1100+ UTC, only with the usual VOF programming. Nothing special. As usual was jammed by N. Korea, but VOF very readable, cutting through the light jamming. Re: 7275kHz Guizhou PBS, etc.. XYZ - Feb 26, 2018 03:30 UTC No.3091 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU ! -0315- 7275kHz CHINA, Today both station are very weak signal.. Guizhou PBS : I confirmed by remote reception of kiwiSDR via China. Xingjiang PBS : confirmed via PERSEUS server in India. Re: eQSL - R. Rossii Kamchatka (GTRK Kamchatka) Ron Howard - Feb 26, 2018 06:59 UTC No.3093 Extremely pleased to receive a eQSL from Radio Rossii Kamchatka (GTRK Kamchatka). Is wonderful to receive a second Russian eQSL this year (first was from Radio Sakha). In 11 days for a reception report (along with link to my audio file), in Russian (Google translator), sent to and received from: &#1054;&#1058;&#1050; <otk@kamchatka.tv> The eQSL is in English. My copy is posted at http://app.box.com/s/65pszxamg7oqp5vybsrzhlyzc00bxyuw Fu Hsing 9410/9774kHz, MNB Radio-1 7260kHz, Guizhou 7275kHz *1034-, Sakha 7295//7345kHz, etc.. XYZ - Feb 27, 2018 00:36 UTC No.3094 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU ! -0030- 7260kHz MONGOLIA MNB - Radio 1, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio1 7275kHz No signal, CNR-1 -0030* 9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, // 9774kHz -0108- 5940kHz No signal (Russia) 7260kHz MONGOLIA, -0108* 7275kHz still no signal -0132- 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom 7275kHz still no signal -0134- 7275kHz CHINA, Chinese, (7274.975kHz), s/on at *0134- , ** Relay started from the middle of the program.. -0830- 3260kHz No signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 7300kHz UNID chinese music, -0834* 9410/9774kHz No signal -0910- 7295kHz UNID strong signal, no modulation -1000- 3260kHz No signal 5020kHz SOLOMON 5045kHz No signal, (4835kHz No signal) 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, // 7345kHz Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Mar 01, 2018 05:17 UTC No.3095 ALASKA. 6110, KNLS (tx1), 1517, Feb 27. In Russian; almost fair. Checking this due to being reported by Hiroyuki Komatsubara - "1505 - 6110kHz KSLN [sic.] World Christian Broadcasting, Russian, ** New SKD ? or mistake ??[Feb 25]"; listed on their website at http://www.worldchristian.org/WhoWeAre/howtolisten.php . Interested to also hear Russian on 6105, via CRI, at the same time. AUSTRALIA. Feb 28, at 1303 & 1330, heard nothing on 5045 (Ozy Radio), 5055 (4KZ), nor 4835 (future Ozy Radio - also AIR Gangtok silent today and yesterday). More thunderstorms in Queensland? Ozy Radio, Feb 27, not on 4835, nor 5045; at 1146 and both still silent through 1441. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1129-1154*, Feb 26. Usual DJ in Pidgin playing Pacific Islands songs; no special programs about the earthquake; suddenly cut off. NBC Madang (3260) also on the air. Feb 28, NBC Bougainville, from 1126-1207*. DJ with pop Pacific Islands music; 1200 news in English; 1205 "NBC Radio" relay; suddenly off. CHINA. 6115 // 9505, Voice of Strait, 1119, Feb 27. 4900 no longer // 4940, Voice of Strait, after the switch in frequencies at 1200, on Feb 27. Recently 1200-1300 was // for 4900 & 4940, but not now. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), 1222*, Feb 28. Running past usual 1201*; as they always do after 1201, played a musical loop of EZL instrumental music, over and over again; better than average reception; no sign of BBS/Bhutan. 7563.5-LSB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), on Feb 27, at 1058 and again much later at 1540, with numbers in Chinese. Must just be a loop with numbers? INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1231, Feb 26. News in English (Delhi audio feed), with news of the Nagaland election results; // AIR Shillong (4970) // AIR Thiruvananthapuram (5010). KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1252 & 1302, Feb 28. Brief anomaly with them being off the air, but at 1328 check noted on the air; rare that they are silent; always heard with fair-good reception and never any N. Korea jamming. 5857.5, HLL2 Seoul, 1307, Feb 26. In English with weather conditions at different observatories; providing wind direction, wind speed in meters per second, air pressure in hectopascals and temperature in Celsius; as usual the audio sounded muffled, but good signal strength. My audio posted at http://goo.gl/YtG7Yr . 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, on Feb 27, at 1210, heard with about a half an hour with no N. Korea jamming; news in Korean; nice "KBS News" SAs in English after each news item; sound bites in English; good reception. My audio at http://goo.gl/VUDaxm . MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. The Wednesday (Feb 28) edition of "Say It In English"; 1316-1325; Tom checks into a hotel to get a good night sleep; "poor Tom has been trying to sleep for three hours," but loud TV being played in the room next to his; program carried later than usual; show only on Mon. & Wed. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Mar 01, 2018 09:11 UTC No.3096 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0905- 3260kHz No signal 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bouigainville 5020kHz SOLOMON ?, strong signal but weak modulation 5261.5kHz CHINA VC01, LSB, New frq. 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) Ron Howard - Mar 01, 2018 22:40 UTC No.3098 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair (presumed not to be AIR Leh [Kashmir]). March 1, from 1211 to 1254, with above threshold level audio; this qualifies as a rare reception for me; subcontinent music/singing; assume in Hindi; QRM as usual from strong CODAR. My music audio at http://goo.gl/fLdQr1 . AUSTRALIA. March 1 heard: 5055 (4KZ), at 1112 & 1254, but later at 1306 was clearly off the air; so another abbreviated broadcast. Thunderstorms in the area? 5045 (Ozy Radio), not heard March 1, nor was anything on 4835 (AIR Gangtok also again silent today). Both low powered Aussie stations recently on the air rather erratically. BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1120-1201*, March 1. DJ in Pidgin playing Pacific Islands pop songs. NBC Madang (3260) not broadcasting March 1, at the same time period. CHINA. 6115 & 9505, Voice of Strait. Another anomaly or a possible schedule change? Heard March 1, at 1204 & 1257. Normally, as recently observed, they would have switched to 4900 & 4940 at about 1200, but not today. Heard 4900 with *1304, while 4940 was already on at 1303. Needs more monitoring to determine if this is a real time change of switching frequencies one hour later. KOREA SOUTH. 7275, KBS World Radio, 1258, March 1. IS and ID in Korean; into program in Chinese; QRM from UNID Chinese station. Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (14) XYZ - Mar 02, 2018 09:16 UTC No.3099 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !! -0900- 3260kHz Weak signal, Madang ? 3325kHz PNG NBC-Bougainville 5020kHz SOLOMON 6045kHz SK Voice of Freedom 6080kHz Mongolian language .. maybe Hulun Buir PBS 6135kHz No jammer .. maybe BOLIVIA, (6134.83kHz) 7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, // 7345kHz local language