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Ron Howard Apr 20, 2016 21:53 UTC No.1293 AUSTRALIA. 3210, Unique Radio (presumed), 1335-1345,
April 18. For the first time am confident I was hearing a fluttery
open carrier from this low powered station; seemed close to
hearing some actual audio; my local sunrise at 1329 UT, which
is certainly my ideal time to check for them. April 19 also heard
about the same time, again with fluttery OC. Will need extra-
ordinary conditions here to get any audio!
Website - http://www.uniqueradio.info/ (thanks to Mauno Ritola).
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0901, April 20
with PNG bird call; regional NBC news in English (item about
an arrest - "denied bail," etc.); news // Wantok Radio Light on
7324.95; segments in English & Tok Pisin/Pidgin; 0925 NBC
program schedule; 0932-1001 with series of speeches; 1003
PNG bird call; news in English ended 1013; RRI Palangkaraya
not a factor with reception; at times semi-readable; still being
heard at 1108.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light.
April 20 decent reception; 0842-0918; at 0857 ending
syndicated USA program "Fresh Touch" with request for
listeners to write c/o "Wantok Radio Light, P.O. Box
1273, Port Moresby." http://www.freshtouch.org/ ; 0901-
0912 regional NBC news in English; PSA for auto safety
("slow down and respect the law"); Tok Pisin/Pidgin talking
about "messages to loved ones"; at times almost fair.
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XYZ Apr 21, 2016 10:20 UTC No.1294 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
my logging -1010-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke, no signal ? or weak ??
3959kHz NK KCBS
4750kHz RRI-Makassar
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, (4869.90kHz)
7260kHz China Xinjiang PBS & Radio Vanuatu(tent,. 7259.95kHz)
add -1335-
7030kHz No signal
4029kHz USB VC01
5461kHz LSB VC01
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XYZ Apr 22, 2016 08:14 UTC No.1298 -0800-
7260kHz(7259.95kHz) Radio Vanuatu
7498kHz USB VC01- Chinese numbers station, 5825kHz unknown..
9410/9774kHz Taiwan Fu Hsing BS, no signal
9700kHz Radio New Zealand, Broadcasting send duplicate
in two units ?? see GIF image
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Ron Howard Apr 22, 2016 15:00 UTC No.1301 VANUATU. 7260, R. Vanuatu on April 22, just at 1205*
heard PBS Xinjian go off the air here, leaving the frequency
clear for RV reception; announcer and some pop songs;
1216 clear National Anthem (添umi, Yumi, Yumi・; audio
ended at 1217, but they keep the transmitter on for a long
time after that. Wish they would carry some filler music or
something, seeing as the transmitter is on anyway!
Thanks very much to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) for the
tip about the post-1205 reception of Radio Vanuatu! Should
be of help to many DXers.
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XYZ Apr 22, 2016 15:12 UTC No.1302 Ron-san, FB DXing !!! ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-1513- 7200.0kHz Myanmar National Radio, still on air.
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Ron Howard Apr 24, 2016 15:07 UTC No.1306 BHUTAN. 6034.995, BBS, from tune in at 1157 till
suddenly off the air at 1317 on April 24. Remarkable
reception! First: BBS was much stronger than PBS
Yunnan (China) also on frequency and second: BBS
ran about one hour past their usual cut off time (rare!).
1157-1202: EZL pop music.
1202-1221: Announcer in vernacular with the normal
breaks for brief indigenous instrumental music.
1221-1224: Indigenous music and singing.
1224-1256: Chatting on the phone in vernacular; mostly OM
(in the studio) talking with young girl; long conversation; very
nice segment, as the audio via phone was much stronger
than the studio audio. My audio at https://goo.gl/L6eSTx .
1240-1245: Musical break.
1256: BBS indigenous music mixing with PBS's music.
1300-1314: Announcer in vernacular.
1314: Indigenous instrumental music. 1317: Went off the air.
Thanks very much to Jim Young for the exact frequency, as
he also noted the stronger than normal BBS signal today. An
eventful day for BBS reception!
Ron, listening in San Francisco at Ocean Beach, California, USA
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XYZ Apr 25, 2016 08:52 UTC No.1307 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
Nice information !! also FB audio.
My log;
-0900-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, No signal ?
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu, (7259.95kHz)
7325kHz Wantok Radio Light, NBC News //3325kHz
9410/9774kHz Taiwan Fu Hsing BS, No signal
5825kHz LSB VC01, weak signal
7498kHz USB VC01
NK
2350kHz No signal in this time
3959kHz KCBS
6400kHz Pyongyang BS
11680kHz KCBS
add -1220-;
6035kHz Bhutan BS + China Yunnan PBS, song vs Vietnamese talk
7515kHz UNID FAX still here...
9526kHz Voice of Indonesia, (9525.89kHz)
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XYZ Apr 26, 2016 09:50 UTC No.1308 -0935-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
7325kHz Wantok Radio Light
9410/9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS
11680kHz NK KCBS, spur: 11655kHz & 11705kHz(+-25kHz)
Numbers station
4798kHz USB VC01
5825kHz LSB VC01
4243// 7345// 9054kHz USB V26 Chinese
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard Apr 26, 2016 10:53 UTC No.1309 SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC - Voice of the Nation.
Tuned in at 0507 to find them on the air past their normal
cut off time of 0500; started out very poorly and slowly
improved by the time they suddenly went off the air at
0759. Some of the highlights:
0533-0658: DJ in Pijin playing mostly pop USA hit songs
(Commodores with "Nightshift," etc.).
0658: Full ID with frequencies ("SIBC, Radio Happy Isles,
Voice of the Nation"); calliope music; into the news and
weather in English till 0715. Honiara sunset at 0712 UT.
0715-0730: Weekly program in English.
0730-0745: Pop USA hit songs (Starship with "Nothing's
Gonna Stop Us Now," etc.); 0733 SIBC schedule for today.
0745: Health program in Pijin with info about health
issues for new babies; intro and closing song in English
("Eat healthy, stay healthy"); followed by Solomon Airlines
flight schedule ("Are you flying Solomon Airlines today? . . .
International flights: Flight 701, 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
from Brisbane to Honiara . . . Domestic flights . . .") and
suddenly off at 0759.
Always nice to catch SIBC running well past their normal
cut off time! My audio of flight info at https://goo.gl/DLpio1 .
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard Apr 27, 2016 16:42 UTC No.1310 KOREA NORTH[non]. new 5965, Shiokaze at 1303
on April 27; first day on alternate frequency; in Korean;
ex: 5935; good reception with no jamming yet.
KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, suddenly
on at 1156 with singing jingle ending with "VOH" on April 27;
fair, but within an hour up to good reception. Since they first
went of the air here (Dec 21, 2015), have never heard any
jamming; whereas // 3985 // 6003 and // 6348 always seem
to have white noise jamming. This is still easy to ID with the
often heard "V O H" in English.
MYANMAR. 9730, Myanmar Radio, on April 27 was checking
at 1102 for the Wednesday edition of R. Australia's "English for
Business" language lesson, but it was preempted by live sports
coverage (soccer?) in vernacular; good number of mentions of
"Myanmar"; coverage ended at 1122; filler music till the normal
singing jingle ID and suddenly cut off at 1130.
SARAWAK[non]. 15420, Radio Free Sarawak, per Aoki via
Palauig-Zambales (Philippines), 1231-1249, April 27. Normally
this band has a black out during their broadcast, but today was
a rare exception; usual chatting on the phone in vernacular, but
what was not usual was a conversation by announcer in the
studio in vernacular with candidate Simon Tiong on the phone,
who responded in English; talking about "All the people of
Sarawak" and about the duties of the Chief Minister to serve
all the the people.
Back in 2014, RFS often had to change frequencies to try to
evade the heavy jamming, which proved to be so persistent
that RFS took a long break (about a year?) from broadcasting
on SW. Since they returned in 2015, I have not once heard
them jammed or seen reports of any jamming. Why did the
jamming not start up again during the past year? A major
policy change by Malaysia? Anyone have any thoughts
about this? Thanks for any comments.
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
XYZ Apr 28, 2016 12:08 UTC No.1311 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
My log -1200-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3959kHz NK KCBS
6400kHz NK Pyongyang BS
7502kHz Taiwan Xingxing BS
9526kHz Voice of Indonesia
9774kHz Taiwan Fu Hsing BS, 9410kHz No signal
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard Apr 28, 2016 22:39 UTC No.1312 - - - - - Ron wrote in DXLD yg: "SARAWAK[non]. 15420,
Radio Free Sarawak.... Why did the jamming not start up again
during the past year? A major policy change by Malaysia? Anyone
have any thoughts about this? Thanks for any comments."
- - - - - -
Hi Glenn,
Sent an inquiry directly to Timm Breyel, who resides in
Malaysia, asking if he had any insights regarding the RFS
and non-jamming issue. As always, Timm has a very
informative response:
"1) As you probably know Sabah and Sarawak are
autonomous states in East Malaysia. In the last
Malaysian General Election these two states helped
the ruling party retain power. The states are also rich
in natural resources, i.e. oil, natural gas, timber, and
mineral deposits. They need these states for political
and financial clout.
2) My guess is the ruling Malaysian government does
not wish to provoke and draw attention to RFS and the
opposition parties there. The ruling government needs
assistance from the people to keep pirates and Islamic
extremists at bay around the Sulu and South China seas,
near Sabah. In this way, the government can show their
is 'Freedom of Speech' (at least for now) and defend their
eastern borders.
3) Having said this, the Malaysian government last year
issued an arrest warrant for Clare Rewcastle Brown, the
founder of RFS. Interestingly the warrant had nothing to
do directly with RFS and their activities, but rather had
more to do with a report she published about the 1Malaysia
Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. The Wall Street
Journal filled a similar report, and again the PM and ruling
government attempted to squelch it. Nothing came of either
charge: Interpol dropped Malaysia's request and the lawsuit
against WSJ will be tied up in the US courts for years. If
anything, the PM and Malaysia's financial image is
tarnished. So, the Malaysian government needs to put
up a good show to her eastern states.
4) You may have noticed RTM only relays Wai FM [11665],
Sarawak FM [9835] and possibly Asyik FM [6050] (all
indigenous-related) broadcasts on short-wave. Gone is
Klasik Nasional, TRAXX FM and a few others. Again, it
looks like the ruling government is demonstrating their
interest and commitment to the people in Sarawak and
Sabah.
In other news, I read the new NBC Bougainville station
was constructed partially to shore up the politics there,
especially after the separatist movement tried to take
control of the island.
Papua Barat, on Borneo, is another place to watch. Like
Sarawak and Sabah, there is talk of succession too. These
places are so far removed from their respective central
governments and the dominant cultures, they are flexing
their muscle. In Sabah alone, the government policies are
very flexible and arbitrary compared to the states in West
Malaysia (where I live)."
Greatly appreciate Timm taking the time to give me such
a detailed analysis of the situation. Very nice to be able to
get a local perspective.
Ron
San Francisco
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard May 02, 2016 14:30 UTC No.1313 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS on May 2, tuned in at 1217 to hear
the usual format: BBS indigenous music mixing with PBS
Yunnan (China); 1219 one of the stations went off the air;
as I have recently been reporting, this would fit the BBS
pattern, then leaving the frequency clear for PBS. Not
so today! It was PBS that went off the air; I continued to
listen and noted I was still hearing the BBS indigenous
music and was clearly not with PBS Vietnamese, but was
in vernacular; after 1230 had a long interview; 1300 an
often heard BBS theme music; announcer in vernacular
till suddenly off at 1307. Truly a unique reception for both
BBS and PBS. Rare to hear BBS without the normal PBS
QRM.
May 1, noted at 1212 & 1306 that PBS Yunnan was off the
air on 6035 (also no BBS), so seems PBS is having technical
difficulties now, so a good time to monitor Bhutan.
CHINA. 6155, CNR2/China Business Radio, 1214-1255,
May 1. The popular variety show (comedy, music, etc.) that
is fairly often heard here - "Haiyang Live Show"; in Chinese;
many program IDs with one in English; good reception.
7345-USB, Chinese number station, 0954-1005*, May 2. Poor.
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
XYZ May 03, 2016 04:59 UTC No.1314 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
>> Radio Free Sarawak
Thank you very much for interesting information.
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard May 03, 2016 20:48 UTC No.1315 Here is my MP3 audio from last Thursday's (April 28)
English intro: https://goo.gl/XlY0ir for Shiokaze/Sea
Breeze on 5965, at the start of their COMJAN produced
broadcast at 1300.
COMJAN (Investigating Committee on Missing Japanese
Probably Related to North Korea) has produced Shiokaze's
programs since Jan 20, 2003. Google translation of
Shiokaze's homepage: https://goo.gl/nBEMXn and about
COMJAN at http://goo.gl/fjfWRL .
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Ron Howard May 03, 2016 21:03 UTC No.1316 RE: Shiokaze
Sorry, just noticed the announcement is actually
"January 20 03," not Jan 20, 2003. Ron
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Ron Howard May 04, 2016 14:14 UTC No.1317 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1120 till
suddenly off at 1201, May 4. Long series of speeches;
1150 playing pop Pacific Island music; in Tok Pisin/Pidgin;
after NBC went off heard JBA carrier of assume RRI
Palangkaraya.
May 1, NBC not heard at all. May 2 clearly off early at
1136 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA)
CHINA[and non-log[. 4029-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military
numbers station), 1224, May 4. Numbers in Chinese; almost
fair.
6035, PBS Yunnan. Quick check at 1223 on May 4, found
no signal from PBS, nor from BBS/Bhutan; was a clear
frequency. Seems PBS is still having problems (Ron
Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA)
MYANMAR[non-log]. Strange happenings! Myanmar
Radio noted off the air on 5915 and 5985; also Thazin
Radio was off the air 7345 (a clear frequency, not even
the usual CNR1 was here), at 1227, May 4 (Ron Howard,
San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA)
TAIWAN. 9725-AM, Xing Xing BS (Star Star Broadcasting
Station), V13, 1208, May 4. Ex: 7502-AM; numbers in Chinese;
close to fair. My MP3 audio at https://goo.gl/XmSBX3 (Ron
Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA)
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XYZ May 05, 2016 09:25 UTC No.1318 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!
-0915-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
3959kHz NK KCBS
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon Islands BC
6400kHz NK Pyongyang BS
7290kHz RRI-Nabire ?
7325kHz PNG Wantok Radio Light
9410/9774kHz Taiwan Fu Hsing BS, both no signal
TNX! remote PERSEUS server in Australia.
-1000-
3945kHz Radio Vanuatu(tent.), 3944.2kHz
4750kHz RRI-Makaccar(tent.), 4749.95kHz
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Ron Howard May 05, 2016 15:09 UTC No.1324 BBS (Bhutan) and PBS Yunnan (China)
Believe I now have a better understanding of what has
been happening recently with BBS and PBS Yunnan
on 6035. Noted the following on May 5:
1121: PBS in Chinese with music show; no BBS yet.
1152: Finally hearing BBS with old Bob Dylan song
(sounded like "Just Like a Woman"?), underneath
stronger PBS with announcer in Chinese.
1200: PBS changed to Vietnamese and gave multi-
language ID ("SW liu[6] ling[0] san[3] wu[5]. Yunnan
Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la");
went off the air 1201, leaving BBS in the clear. So
what has been happening recently is that PBS is no
longer going off the air at 1500 as they normally did,
but now end broadcasting sometime around 1200.
A major change and of course greatly helps with
reception of BBS after they are off.
1201: BBS with usual format with announcer and brief
spots with indigenous music.
1220-1225: Repetitive indigenous singing.
1228: BBS off the air.
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XYZ May 07, 2016 09:13 UTC No.1336 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
Today's my logging;
-1000-
3210kHz Unique Radio(tent,), VY weak... TNX! Perseus server in AUS
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz No signal in this time
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
4243kHz V26 Chinese Numbers station, //7345kHz, 9054kHz
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu
7295kHz NVK-Sakha, //7345kHz, *0900- ??
7345kHz NVK-Sakha, //7295kHz, QRM of V26 numbers station on co-freq.
8946kHz USB VC01, New frequency
9410/9774kHz Taiwan Fu Hsing BS, No signal
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Ron Howard May 08, 2016 14:59 UTC No.1343 May 8, with PBS Yunnan on 6035 suddenly going off
the air at 1200, just after their English ID, thus leaving
BBS in the clear till I tuned out at 1239; so on the air
longer than usual; normal Sunday format of chatting
on the phone after 1219 and also playing indigenous
music.
RRI-Wamena, Radio Vanuatu ...etc -
XYZ May 08, 2016 18:59 UTC No.1344 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-1845-
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, (4869.92kHz), Special ??
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu, 7259.96kHz, fair signal
0359 SA: "Radio Vanuatu"
Not a broadcast has been dropped output ???
3945kHz No signal in my location
7325kHz PNG Wantok Radio Light
MP3 Audio: -1859- 7260kHz Radio Vanuatu
1344.mp3
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Ron Howard May 11, 2016 14:18 UTC No.1351 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1140-1200, May 11. PBS Yunnan
(China) mixing with BBS; usual format; PBS suddenly off at
1200 before their ID; leaving BBS in the clear; keeping with
the new PBS schedule (ex: 1500*).
PNG. 3365, NBC Milne Bay back on the air May 10 & 11.
VANUATU[non-log]. 7260, R. Vanuatu. May 11 tuned in
at 1204 expecting to hear PBS Xinjian go off the air as usual
at 1205, but not so today; they were still on the air at my tune
out at 1223, thus killing any chance of Vanuatu reception.
Anomaly or what?
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Ron Howard May 15, 2016 09:03 UTC No.1356 CHINA. 17398-USB, Guangzhou Coast Radio Station, *0500-0506*
& *0600-0606*, May 15. Has been three years since I last checked on
this station and pleased to find they are still active; in Chinese with
assume marine weather; their website: http://www.gzrdo.com/ (in
Chinese). My audio at https://goo.gl/QsWpmX .
Part of my 2013 eQSL(translated from Chinese):
"First of all, thank you for listening to our station's broadcast on
safety information at sea. We confirm you heard our station's
weather forecast at sea ...
Guangzhou Coast Station was established to participate in the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and
to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations under the International
Maritime Organization (IMO). It provides safety information to ships
at sea on distress alert, safety, rescue communication, ship-to-shore
public communication, weather forecast on China marine waters,
and navigational warnings.
Every year we receive reception reports from radio listeners around
the world. What makes us especially pleased is our signals are heard
as far as in the United States. We really appreciate you providing us
with this information. It is encouraging. We hope you will continue to
follow our broadcasts with interest. We will try to provide the best
services to ships at sea.
Guangzhou Coast Station is located in Guangzhou city, which is in
Guangdong Province of China. Guangzhou is a beautiful city. We
hope you will be able to visit Guangzhou some day.
Wish you great success and good health.
Mingbiao Luo
Guangzhou Coast Station"
Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard May 20, 2016 14:35 UTC No.1360 SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, Wantok FM relay via SIBC, 1244
till suddenly off at 1330*, May 20. Identical reception
yesterday and also same cut off time; usual EZL pop songs;
frequent brief IDs: "This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times,
great music." Very nice to find them running well past their
normal sign off time (1200*) for two consecutive days!
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard May 21, 2016 00:40 UTC No.1361 Here is the latest email (May 20) from Sylvia at PMA-The Cross Radio.
"Sorry Ron. We have not put the station back on the SW radio as it
doubles the price for power and we do not have an engineer in charge
of the station. We are one missionary pastor and wife on Pohnpei and
are grateful to be broadcasting to Pohnpei Island on 88.5 FM.
Whenever we are able to get the SW on the air, we will notify you.
Until then, thanks for checking on us and missing us!
Sylvia Kalau
Pacific Mission Aviation
POB 517
Pohnpei, FM 96941
691-320-2496
kalau@pmapacific.org "
It doesn't sound very promising for the return of SW.
Ron
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Ron Howard May 21, 2016 12:57 UTC No.1362 INDONESIA. 7289.98, RRI Nabire, 0839-0908*, May 21. Not
often I hear decent audio here, so today was well above the norm;
pop songs; in Bahasa Indonesia; reciting from the Qur'an; some
ME type music/singing till suddenly off. Conforms to Atsunori
Ishida's info.
Re: Asia - Pacific : DX log (5) -
Ron Howard May 21, 2016 18:14 UTC No.1363 Sorry, I misread the date on Atsunori website. He has
not posted the 21st info yet. Ron
Here is my corrected log:
** INDONESIA. 7289.98, RRI Nabire, 0839-0907*, May 21. Not
often I hear decent audio here, so today was well above the
norm; pop songs; in Bahasa Indonesia; 0849 reciting from the
Qur'an; some ME type music/singing till suddenly off.
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XYZ May 21, 2016 19:05 UTC No.1364 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!!
-1900-
5020kHz Solomon
7260kHz Vanuatu, good signal
5985kHz UNID, heavy QRM of UT
-1934-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
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Ron Howard May 22, 2016 14:14 UTC No.1365 Decent OC on 3210 today at 1128 + 1236, but still no hint of audio.
NBC Bougainville (3325) still going when I tuned out at 1305. Today
(Sunday) they got in the full "Island Praise" show with Stacy Rose in
English playing pop religious songs (1202-1257). Normally NBC goes off
about 1200, so a very rare day! 3260 (NBC Madang) off at 1203*, just at
the start of Stacy's show.
Wantok Radio Light silent on 7324.95 at 0908 + 0938; no OC at all.
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Ron Howard May 25, 2016 08:22 UTC No.1366 May 25 found NBC Bougainville (presumed) on 6020, with sudden 0702*
during the news. Poor and mostly unusable. Ron (California)
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XYZ May 27, 2016 09:39 UTC No.1368 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-0930- NBC-Milne Bay on the air now on 3365kHz.
http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:8#1367
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XYZ May 27, 2016 11:04 UTC No.1370 -1055-
7410kHz FEBC ?, Khmer language ?
9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, repeatedly On/Off
9774kHz FAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, //9410kHz
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XYZ May 30, 2016 09:54 UTC No.1373 -0945-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3365kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon, good signal
7260kHz Vanuatu, QRM of Jamming
7295kHz Radio Sakha, QRM of Jamming
7345kHz Radio Sakha, -0951- SA "Radio Sakha" //7295kHz
9410/9774kHz Fu Hsing BS, both no signal
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Ron Howard May 30, 2016 15:05 UTC No.1374 NBC Bougainville new, longer schedule.
May 30, on 3325, noted NBC from tune in at 1130 to tune out at
1315. Much better reception today than yesterday; mostly DJs in
Tok Pisin/Pidgin playing EZL pop songs & Pacific Island pop songs;
"What a Feeling" by Irene Cara and John Mellencamp with "It Hurts
so Good"; 1200-1205 "NBC Bougainville" ID and into the NBC news
in English; after 1225 varying levels of QRM from Pro 1 RRI
Palangkaraya (BTW - 3905, Pro 1 RRI Merauke remains silent). My
local sunrise was at 1251 UT.
Ron, listening ocean side at Pacific Grove, Calif.
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XYZ May 31, 2016 18:03 UTC No.1375 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!
-1758-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4885kHz VOH Echo of Hope, -1800* s/off
7260kHz Vanuatu ?, no-modulation carrier
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Ron Howard May 31, 2016 20:02 UTC No.1376 KOREA NORTH[non]. new 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/
JSR via Yamata (Japan), 1301, May 31. Ex: 5965; the first
day on their alternate frequency; in Japanese; schedule
1300-1400; too early for N. Korea jamming to have noted
the change today; Shiokaze is now blocking Tibet (Xizang
PBS via Lhasa), which can be heard underneath.
MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM via Kajang, 1316, May 31.
In vernacular; caught a long promo for upcoming "Wonderful
Indonesia Festival"; fair.
A check of the Web found - http://goo.gl/IaoIwB :
"KUCHING: The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism will be holding
the Wonderful Indonesia Festival from June 3 to 4, in an effort
to achieve its target of 12 million tourists・arrival globally,
including those from Malaysia and specifically Sarawak.
Indonesian Consul General for Sarawak Jahar Gultom said the
two-day festival would be organised in conjunction with 善ekan
Gawai Naik Dango・from June 1 to 4, which would introduce
Indonesian culture in the hope that its potential would be
recognised at the international level.
The event, to be held in Sambas, West Kalimantan, is part of the
Indonesian government痴 efforts through its Ministry of Tourism to
present the rich cultural arts of the country to attract more tourists
to Indonesia.
鉄ambas has the potential become the 組ateway・to attract Sarawakian
tourists as well as those from other states in Malaysia to come and
enjoy the various activities that are held there.
典his is also part of our government痴 efforts to balance the number
of tourists・arrivals to our country where in 2015, the number of
Sarawakian tourists was only 22,000 compared to Indonesian
tourists・arrivals to Sarawak, which was around 400,000.
展ith this festival, we hope that the number of tourists・arrivals from
these two countries could be balanced out,・he said, adding that
around 300 Malaysians are expected to visit the festival.
Speaking at a press conference held at a hotel here yesterday, Jahar
said visitors visiting Sambas for the Wonderful Indonesia Festival 2016
would have the opportunity to witness arts and cultural performances
by local Indonesian artistes, traditional Dayak arts, food and a bazaar
as well as blowpipe and top-spinning (gasing) competitions.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Tourism Ministry deputy marketing assistant Edi
Susilo said to ease the arrival of Sarawakians to Sambas, the Indonesian
government would give permits for Sarawakians to drive their own
vehicles to the festival ・on condition that they would obtain their
permits at the Indonesian border.
鄭t the border, Sarawakians can enter Indonesia in their own vehicles by
obtaining a car sticker. But they are only allowed to be in Sambas starting
from June 2 to June 5 (before 5pm). . . . "
Ron, listening ocean side in Pacific Grove, California
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XYZ Jun 03, 2016 10:39 UTC No.1377 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!!
-1030-
3151kHz V28, female
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3277kHz V28, female
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3693kHz V28, female
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon, good signal
-1345-
3226kHz-USB VC01, Chinese Number
3325kHz NBC-Bougainvill
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
3920kHz NK KCBS ??, no modulation strong carrier only
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Ron Howard Jun 04, 2016 02:17 UTC No.1378
BOUGAINVILLE. 6020, NBC Bougainville, 0634-0642*, June 3.
Pop American hit song and Pacific Island pop song; suddenly off;
poor.
INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire, 0736-0812*, June 3. Started
with JBA music; after 0800 announcer till suddenly off, by which
time the signal had improved a lot; sign off time conforms to
Atsunori Ishida's info.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA[non-log]. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light has
not been heard for a while now. Latest check on June 3 at 0905, with
clear frequency.
RUSSIA. 7295 // 7345, Radio Sakha. June 3 with open carrier at
tune in of 0855; audio at 0900, but no IS nor time pips; straight into
Russian programming; 7345, as usual the best reception when
compared to 7295.
Have to wonder about item in DXLD 16-21, reporting "presumed" R.
Sakha reception "0803+," as I have only observed a *0900 sign on.
All the schedules I have seen also indicate *0900, whether weekday
or weekend, with 0500* to *0900 being silent.
ZAMBIA. 9680, Voice of Hope Africa, 0504, June 3. In English; time
given as "7 0 4," which is their local Central Africa Time; "Breakfast Table"
program with preaching and songs; after 0530 same segment repeated
twice; good number of IDs; almost fair with QRN (static).
Ron, listening ocean side in Pacific Grove, California
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XYZ Jun 04, 2016 12:15 UTC No.1379 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
>7290kHz RRI-Nabire
FB DX!!! In my location, this broadcast is received because
the signal is always weak is difficult...
Recently, 6125kHz is not found....
>6020kHz NBC Bougainville, -0642*
Thank you very much FB information! It is interesting !
Other NBC station : 3365kHz not heard
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Ron Howard Jun 04, 2016 15:07 UTC No.1380 CHINA. 6035.0, PBS Yunnan (presumed), tuned in at 1235
till they went off the air close to 1308, June 4. It will be recalled
that recently they changed their sign off time from 1500+ to 1200*.
I have been monitoring their going off the air about 1200 (either
just after or just before their ID in both English and Chinese); at
that time they have been turning off the transmitter (often leaving
BBS/Bhutan to be heard in the clear).
Today PBS had a very different format; strong open carrier for a
minute before start of classical western orchestra music; non-stop
classical instrumental music, except for occasional one minute
breaks of dead air between selections; no announcements of
any kind; much stronger signal than usual from PBS. No
BBS/Bhutan noted today.
It will also be recalled that in the past when PBS Yunnan ended
their regular programming at 1500, they normally played classical
western orchestra music till closing down about 1505 or so. Today
then would seem to be an extension of their former format.
This extended sign off, if it continues, will be bad news for BBS/Bhutan,
which is also on 6035. In the past I often heard them after PBS 1200*.
Certainly this needs more monitoring!
INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl (presumed). It will be recalled that this briefly
reactivated back in April, but not heard again till today (June 4). At 1143
could tell there where two stations here, the other being the stronger
Beibu Bay Radio (China); AIR very faint underneath BBR; 1220 seemed
to go into their usual segment in English. Very nice to have them back.
Hope they stay on the air longer than their last reactivation.
KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, *1154, June 4. Suddenly
on in Korean; news; 1215 the usual clear "V O H" ID. Heard no jamming
nor OTH radar; nice clean signal.
Occasionally I still see reports of this being jammed, but I think not. Probably
what is being heard is the occasional OTH radar causing QRM. The vast
majority of days VOH is totally clear here of any QRM, unlike the almost
always jammed frequencies of // 3985 // 6003 and // 6348.
Ron, listening ocean side in Pacific Grove, California
Et E1, antenna: Par Electronics EF-SWL
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Ron Howard Jun 04, 2016 19:10 UTC No.1381 FYI - Recent AIR Aizawl QSL card - https://goo.gl/I7ogY6
QSL card via New Delhi in one month confirming
reception of AIR Aizawl; full data and with site as
"Aizawl." This in response to an emailed reception
report to spectrum-manager@air.org.in . Nice to
find they still QSL via Delhi. This is certainly one of
my better AIR QSLs, as this station is not often
reported in N. America.
Especially nice to be hearing the station again today!! Ron
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Ron Howard Jun 05, 2016 13:48 UTC No.1382 Appreciate receiving the following helpful feedback, confirming
Wantok Radio Light is currently off the air. Believe silent for at
least one week now.
Ron
- - - - - Craig Seager (June 4):
"Definitely off (checked again 0725 today), Last logged here
30th April, but may have been active beyond that."
- - - - - Rob Wagner (June 3):
"I checked for Wantok on June 1 and 3 around 1030 but heard
nothing under CRI (I can usually hear something from them even
though China is there and very strong). I was unsure if it was a
propagation issue or they were off air."
- - - - - - Bryan Clark (June 4):
"I don't check them very regularly but Wantok last noted in my logbook
on 14 May at 0815 UTC."
- - - - - - Bruce Churchill (June 3):
"They were on the air on May 24 in the 0800 time frame . . . from
Don Moman痴 Perseus site in Edmonton. . ."
- - - - - - - Ron wrote in DXLD yg:
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA[non-log]. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light has
not been heard for a while now. Latest check on June 3 at 0905, with
clear frequency (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Et E1, antenna:
Par Electronics EF-SWL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Ron Howard Jun 07, 2016 02:17 UTC No.1383 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1219-1255, June 5.
The third consecutive Sunday with a full edition of "Island Praise"
syndicated (Florida, USA) show of pop Caribbean gospel music
(reggae, soca, calypso, hip hop gospel, etc.); poor; very light
QRM from RRI Palangkaraya. My local sunrise at 1249 UT.
June 6, at 0930 clear "NBC Bougainville" ID; at 1101 station
promo/ID in English with 3 or 4 mentions of "NBC Bougainville"
and same promo/ID again at 1121; suddenly off 1202*, which
was very different from yesterdays Stacy Rose's "Island Praise"
Sunday show that I noted from 1219 to past 1255. June 6 with
very decent Bougainville reception!
INDONESIA. 3905, Pro 1 RRI Merauke, June 5 heard reciting
from the Qur'an at 1254, but June 6 not heard during checks at
1023 + 1133. Has been on and off the air erratically recently.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang on June 6 was
not heard at 0901 nor 1001, but was noted on the air by 1106;
by 1212 was off the air; so Madang had a very abbreviated
broadcast today.
3365, NBC Milne Bay on June 6 first noted at 0901, with // NBC
Bougainville, with the NBC news in English; still going after NBC
Madang (3260) went off the air. Dave Valko was also listening
to them today over on the east coast (USA).
PHILIPPINES. 7410, FEBC, 1151-1205, June 5. IS mixing with
CRI, till China went off at 1157*; 1200 "FEBC" ID; assume into listed
Cambodian; after 1157 almost fair.
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XYZ Jun 07, 2016 11:59 UTC No.1384 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-1125-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3365kHz NBC-Milne Bay, weak modulation
3905kHz No signal
3920kHz NK //6400kHz Pyongyang BS
3959kHz NK KCBS //11680kHz
6400kHz NK //3920kHz
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Ron Howard Jun 07, 2016 14:47 UTC No.1385 BBS/Bhutan & PBS Yunnan/China
Since my anomaly reception of PBS Yunnan (6035) on June 4, they
have not had another day with extended sign off of non-stop
western classical music, so was only a one day event.
June 7, on 6035, at 1204 noted usual format for BBS/Bhutan;
announcer with brief indigenous instrumental music breaks at
1217, 1222 & 1224; at 1226 started indigenous singing; still on
the air at 1234. As Mauno Ritola today reported in Facebook
(WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook), PBS went off the air at
1200, so BBS/Bhutan had sole possession of the frequency
after that.
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XYZ Jun 09, 2016 19:11 UTC No.1386 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!!
-1901-
3365kHz NBC-Milne Bay, Opening Ann by male, maybe s/on at -1900-
3944.2kHz Radio Vanuatu, weak signal //7260kHz (TNX!! AUS remote radio)
4111kHz USB VC01- Chinese Numbers
5020kHz Solomon Islands
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu
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XYZ Jun 11, 2016 09:43 UTC No.1387 Note;
-0930-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3365kHz No signal
3905kHz No signal
3944.2kHz UNID, (tent. Vanuatu), weak signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5745kHz VOA-Radiogram, heavy QRM of OTHR
5914kHz UNID Russian ?, spur??, **add: -1022* off
6100kHz North Korea, //11680kHz
-1000-
5020kHz SIBC, No signal, (9545kHz no signal)
9410/9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, No signal
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XYZ Jun 15, 2016 10:37 UTC No.1389 Note;
-1020-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3365kHz No signal
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
3920kHz North Korea, //11680kHz
3959kHz North Korea, //11680kHz
3980kHz North Korea, //11680kHz
4111kHz USB VC01, weak signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon
7295kHz Russia Radio Sakha, //7345kHz
7345kHz Russia Sakha and Myanmar Thazin FM
11550kHz UNID -1042*, sorry unknown language, Babcock test ???
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XYZ Jun 17, 2016 09:49 UTC No.1392 Note;
-0930-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, weak signal
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz Solomon
7225kHz PBS Sichuan(tent.)
7295kHz Radio Sakha, //7345kHz
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Ron Howard Jun 21, 2016 02:25 UTC No.1394 BHUTAN. 6035.0, BBS, 1200-1225*, June 20. PBS Yunnan
(China) off the air after time tips, leaving BBS in the clear;
announcer with normal breaks for indigenous instrumental
music at 1210, 1212 and 1215; indigenous music and
chanting/singing 1216-1225, at which time they tentatively
went off the air; poor; my local sunrise at 1249; Thimphu
sunset at 1300.
CHINA. 6155, CNR2/China Business Radio, 1244-1256,
June 20, with the often heard, popular variety show (mostly
comedy, but also pop songs) "Haiyang Live"; in Chinese; many
program IDs in Chinese; fair/good.
KOREA NORTH[non]. 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR, *1300,
Monday, June 20. Expected to hear Chinese, but seemed to instead
be in Korean; fair with no N. Korea jamming heard; light QRM from
Tibet also on frequency.
SRI LANKA. 15430, AWR, 1305-1317, June 20. In English with
strong anti-animal flesh eating talk; address: AWR, Post Box 17,
Poona [aka Pune] 411 001, Maharashtra, India; fair.
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XYZ Jun 21, 2016 10:38 UTC No.1395 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!
-1029-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI no signal
4111kHz USB VC01 Chinese numbers station
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon
7553kHz USB V26 Chinese Numbers station, // 4283kHz(USB), 9153kHz(LSB)
9774kHz Fu Hsing ??, no-mdulation carrier, (9410kHz no signal)
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Ron Howard Jun 21, 2016 14:10 UTC No.1396 "-1029-
5020kHz Solomon
9774kHz Fu Hsing ??, no-mdulation carrier, (9410kHz no signal)."
I also noted 5020 on June 21; heard running well past their normal 1200*;
noted 1225 till tentatively off at 1329*; seemed to be Wantok FM non-stop
music; poor. My local sunrise was at 1250 UTC.
Also heard open carrier on 9774, so assume Fu Hsing and also no signal on 9410.
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XYZ Jun 22, 2016 08:35 UTC No.1416 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0825-
5020kHz Solomon, no signal
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu, (7259.96kHz)
7375kHz UNID strong carrier no modulation
9774kHz Fu Hsing ??, weak signal, 9410kHz no signal
15388kHz Xingxing, weak signal
-0844-
3325kHz NBC??, weak
5020kHz Solomon, It began to be heard...
7375kHz Firedrake (China), test ??, c/off
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Ron Howard Jun 23, 2016 15:26 UTC No.1417 - - - - posted to dx_india yg:
Radio Kashmir Leh noted last night sign off at 1630
on 4740 (instead of 4760), Very strong!
Radio Kashmir Leh noted today [June 23] also on
4740 (instead of 4760)
Sked is s0130/w0213-0430 1130-1630 UTC
Yours sincerely,
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Hyderabad, India
www.qsl.net/vu2jos
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Ron Howard Jun 26, 2016 18:09 UTC No.1418 BHUTAN. 6035.0, BBS on June 24 noted PBS Yunnan again
with non-stop classical western instrumental music 1207 till ending
audio at 1209, but seemed to leave transmitter on with open carrier;
BBS noted with usual format till off at 1217*, when I was still hearing
the PBS open carrier.
June 26 with BBS running much later than normal. PBS Yunnan
closed down about 1200, leaving BBS in the clear; 1227-1230
chanting/singing with indigenous music; 1230-1257 the normal
Sunday program with YL chatting on the phone with mostly young
girls; 1257-1300 indigenous music; 1300-1310 seemed to be news
in vernacular; 1310, 1313, 1315 usual brief indigenous instrumental
music; 1315 back to chatting on the phone, but this segment with
adult caller and who sang over the phone (no music), so must have
been giving amateurs a chance to air their talent; suddenly off at
1328*. My local sunrise at 1251 and Thimphu sunset at 1300, so
some nice grayline reception.
MYANMAR. 9730, Myanmar Radio, 1127-1130*, June 26. In vernacular;
start of their singing ID jingle, which was cut off early.
Recently have noted it takes a minute or less to switch frequencies from
9730 to 5985.
5985, Myanmar Radio, *1130, June 26.
Ron, listening in Pacific Grove, CA, USA, with Et E1 and Par Electronics EF-SWL
antenna.
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XYZ Jun 27, 2016 12:07 UTC No.1419 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-1159-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, fair signal
3905kHz RRI-Merauke, No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5985kHz USB VC01, QRM of Myanmar
7295kHz Radio Sakha
add;
3345kHz UIND weak signal s/off around -1200-*
3260kHz NBC-Madang s/off at -1209* (TNX! SEN)
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Ron Howard Jun 28, 2016 04:25 UTC No.1421 BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (Home Service),
1252, June 27. Islamic Maghrib (evening prayer, just after
sunset) call-to-prayer; 1300-1305 news in assume Bangla;
several clear IDs; RRI Makassar (4749.95) currently off the
air; very light CNR1 QRM.
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1106, June 27.
Speeches; in Pidgin; Pacific Island pop music; seemed to
go off 1149*, at which time RRI Palangkaraya was in
the clear; poor, but better than recently heard.
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1220-1222, June 27.
Ended the Jakarta news relay with UNID song; in the past I knew most
of the patriotic songs that RRI played at the end of the news ("Bagimu
Negeri, "Garuda Pancasila" or "Dirgahayu Indonesiaku"), but am
unfamiliar with the new song; no Bougainville QRM, as NBC had
already signed off (1149*).
[non-log]. 3344.85, RRI Ternate. Have been checking here for possible
reactivation for Ramadan, but as of June 27, not heard so far. It was
back in July 2014 that they last reactivated for Ramadan.
[non-log]. 3905, Pro 1 RRI Merauke continues to be silent through
June 27.
[non-log]. 4749.95, Pro 4 RRI Makassar continues silent through June 27.
Bangladesh Betar (Home Service) being heard instead on 4750.0.
[non-log]. 9525.9, Voice of Indonesia, 1309, June 27 found off the air;
had been heard earlier in Japanese after 1200.
KOREA NORTH[non]. 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata
(Japan), quick check 1302, June 27 (Monday) found them back to
their normal schedule of Chinese, unlike last Monday's program in
Korean; heavy N. Korea jamming.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1054, June 27. In
Pidgin with an interview; 1101 seemed to be the news (not // to
3325 NBC Bougainville); pop songs; 1201-1205 "NBC news";
suddenly off at 1209*; poor, but much better reception today than
the last two days.
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XYZ Jun 28, 2016 10:33 UTC No.1422 FBDX!! Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
>3345kHz
I'll try to again today. Thank you very much Ron-san!!!
add; -1037-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3345kHz UNID weak signal
3905kHz RRI-Merauke
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon
5985kHz USB VC01 Chinese numbers
7410kHz FEBC ??? Khmer language
-1052-
3345kHz No signal
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Ron Howard Jun 28, 2016 14:39 UTC No.1423
R. Sakha with major change.
RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha on June 28 noted with clearly a major
change in transmitter assignments. Ever since I first heard R. Sakha
on May 7, the 7345 signal had been many times stronger than // 7295;
that had been the case until today; certainly now 7295 is the stronger
transmitter (250kW?) and // 7345 is the much weaker one (100kW?),
with 7345 mostly blocked by CNR1 after 1101.
1117-1300*: seemed in Russian; played some pop songs, but also
very nice segment (1215-1300) of traditional Russian music and
songs; 1200 & 1300 brief IS of Jew's harp and time pips. New sign
off time for weekdays?
My audio of a portion of today's programming at https://goo.gl/JUvBrH .
Would like to think my email to R. Sakha on May 16, which alerted
them to the reactivation of CNR1 (China) on 7345, had something to
do with their decision now to switch transmitter assignments.
Ron, listening oceanside in Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Et E1 with Par Electronics EF-SWL antenna
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Ron Howard Jun 29, 2016 12:39 UTC No.1424 Update - Radio Sakha
June 29 heard R. Sakha with extremely weak signal on 7345 at
0938, along with V26 (Chinese numbers station) on 7345-USB.
7295, just like yesterday, abnormally strong signal from R. Sakha,
with QRN (static); one of their favor times to give a station ID is at
about 50 minutes after the hour; today at 0949 with montage of
different pop songs and clear "Radio Sakha" ID; some ads. Audio
of ID and ads at https://goo.gl/CbcTGK . 1000 no IS or time pips;
went straight into the news(?).
Rechecked 7295 at 1056, only to find them off the air; no signal at
all and none during subsequent checking till 1112. Whereas 7345
seemed to still be on the air, but only open carrier heard till hit with
CNR1 sign on just before 1101.
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XYZ Jun 30, 2016 14:06 UTC No.1425 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
TNX! S. HASEGAWA
>It might have replaced thier transmitter, 7295kHz <--->7345kHz
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XYZ Jun 30, 2016 14:32 UTC No.1426 Note;
-1423-
3345kHz 3344.87kHz UNID weak
3945kHz 3944.22kHz Vanuatu(tent.), weak signal (carrier only ?)
5985kHz USB VC01 - Chinese Robot
7120kHz Hargeisya ?
7200kHz Myanmar, good signal
7620kHz CMI Voice of Wilderness
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Ron Howard Jul 03, 2016 22:19 UTC No.1428 CHINA. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2, 1249, July 3. In vernacular; pop
songs; 1300 the usual ID in Chinese and English ("Nationality
Channel. Sichuan, the People's Radio Station. SW 6060, 7225,
FM 88.1"); glad to find they still carry the ID in English;
yes, was // to weaker 7225. Thanks again to Sei-ichi Hasegawa
(Japan) for his expert help with the ID. Greatly appreciated.
6200, Voice of Jinling. On July 3, at 1225, was hearing Xizang PBS
(Tibet, via Lhasa) with fair reception all by itself; PBS at 1229
full SA (ID) with many "FM" references; at *1235 heard the first
of the distinctive double signing on of VOJ; first came on for
about 18 seconds; then off for about 40 seconds; then finally on
to stay on; VOJ programming was already in progress, so was assume
picking up either AM or FM relay; VOJ stronger than PBS. Audio of
double sign on at https://goo.gl/RRM7m7 .
Ron, listening oceanside in Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Et E1 with Par Electronics EF-SWL antenna
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XYZ Jul 06, 2016 10:30 UTC No.1429 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-1024-
3205kHz UNID weak signal, 3204.88kHz, spur ??
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3345kHz No signal
3905kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
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Ron Howard Jul 06, 2016 14:45 UTC No.1430 RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on July 6 with special
live coverage from the opening ceremony of the 6th Children
of Asia International Sports Games now being held in Yakutsk;
all coverage translated into English 1248-1310; at 1310 went to
local announcers in just one language, with commentary, while the
opening ceremony continued on in the background; several speeches
by Russian officials welcoming boys and girls to the games and
declaring the games officially open; described the carrying in of the
various flags from Mongolia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, etc.; still
going at tune out of 1317, which was well past their normal weekday
1300*, so special extended coverage of the games.
The games are being held till July 17, with the closing ceremony being
on July 16. Hope we can hear more coverage of the games, as they are
being held locally in Yakutsk. Very interesting coverage, as it was live
and in English.
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Ron Howard Jul 07, 2016 14:47 UTC No.1431 SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, on July 7 with special
extended broadcast to celebrate their 38 anniversary of
idependence; 1203 (after a long National Anthem), continued
on with non-stop Pacific Islands music and songs, except for
occasional announcements sending out congratulations to the
good people of Solomon Islands and to the government; never
any station IDs, so not sure if just an extension of special SIBC
programming or a special relay of Wantok FM; commercial
announcements from Solomon Islands Airlines and a IT service
who "wish to convey to the government and people of our beloved
nation, Solomon Islands, a happy 38 anniversary of independence
. . . God bless the Solomon Islands"; still being heard at tune out
of 1318. My local sunrise was at 1256 UTC.
Very enjoyable :)
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XYZ Jul 08, 2016 12:11 UTC No.1432 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
TNX! FB information !
-1202-
3205kHz No signal, weak signal around -1030-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz RRI- Palangkaraya, no NBC, good signal
3905kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5810kHz Spur???, no NHK, weak, sorry language not confirmed
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Pacificocean Jul 08, 2016 14:04 UTC No.1433 4790kHz CRI Spanish heard on 1300 UTC.
maybe China jamming used CRI Spanish instead of CNR1.
1330 s/off
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XYZ Jul 08, 2016 14:42 UTC No.1434 TNX! Pacificocean
It is interesting information !
*1300-1330* New type jamming (or mistake ?) to BBC-Uzbec on 4790kHz.
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Ron Howard Jul 09, 2016 02:08 UTC No.1435 AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC Alice Springs NT, 1222-1316, July 5.
Talking about the late aboriginal singer Ruby Hunter; ID for "783
ABC Alice Springs, the talk of your town"; news & weather; Tony
Delroy's "Nightlife" show; promo for the upcoming July 31 "ABC
Alice Springs half marathon"; very readable; // 2325, ABC Tennant
Creek NT (poor) // 2485, ABC Katherine NT (fair). Today with
above average reception; rather good for summertime reception!
BANGLADESH[non-log]. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (Home
Service). On July 8, at 1236, had only one station here and
that was just CNR1. RRI Makassar (4749.95) continues
silent. Clearly no BB today, as overall conditions were good.
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1149-1202*, July 8.
Pop songs; 1200 time check ("11 o'clock") & "NBC Bougainville"
ID; into NBC news in English; suddenly off; most of the time mixing
badly with Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, which after 1202 was in the
clear with fair reception, relaying the Jakarta news.
CHINA. 6035.0, PBS Yunnan (presumed). July 8 again had
them running long past their usual 1200 sign off. As occasionally
noted recently, today playing non-stop classical western orchestra
music, with about one minute of dead air between selections; tuned
in at 1212 and still being heard at my last check at 1251. Unable to
confirm BBS/Bhutan reception today due to extended presents of
PBS Yunnan.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1204-1208*, July 8.
NBC news in English till 1206; promo for NBC; suddenly off; poor.
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XYZ Jul 10, 2016 09:42 UTC No.1436 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!!
-0939-
3000 - 3700kHz V28 not found at -0935-
3205kHz No signal
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke no signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
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Ron Howard Jul 10, 2016 18:35 UTC No.1437 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1202-1216*, July 9. Usual format;
announcer in vernacular; briefly played indigenous instrumental
music at 1210 and 1214; suddenly off. PBS Yunnan was already
off the air.
July 10. Same BBS format; 1201-1216*; announcer in vernacular;
briefly played indigenous instrumental music at 1201, 1213 and
1215; suddenly off; PBS Yunnan was already off the air. Interesting
to find two consecutive days with the same cut off time.
INDONESIA. 9525.89, VOI, 1301-1326, July 8. In English with
news, "Focus," "News in Brief," "Indonesia Wonders" (no segment
of "Today in History"); promo for "VOI's International Quiz 2016";
this quiz only has three questions to answer to possibly win a free
trip to Indonesia; poor, but semi-readable, which is certainly better
than the norm here. In the past VOI carried "Exotic Indonesia" on
Friday, but clearly was not on today and has been a long time now
since I last heard that program. My audio https://goo.gl/JX4WvM .
July 9 & 10, VOI was off the air during my usual monitoring times.
RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on July 10 special
coverage from the Children of Asia Sports Games preempted
regular programming; 0949-1040 with coverage of the games
by local announcer with strong background sounds of the crowd
and also loudspeaker announcements; 1040-1110 had no sports
coverage, but talked about the games and interviews with some
kids; no breaks at ToH for the normal IS and time pips, but had
non-stop coverage; almost fair with summertime QRN (static).
Muffled background loudspeaker announcements possibly bilingual?
This Sunday noted 1200*, after usual IS and time pips; yesterday
noted they were off the air by 1220, when I checked.
So the normal weekend schedule is 1200*, with weekdays 1300*.
5905.5kHz(v) UNID etc... -
XYZ Jul 11, 2016 10:21 UTC No.1438 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1017-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke no signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon no signal, (9545kHz no signal)
5905.5kHz-V UNID, uncover stations ???, -1022* s/off
5860kHz UNID carrier (no-modulation)
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XYZ Jul 11, 2016 13:27 UTC No.1439 -1313-
4896kHz AIR, IS
5907.4kHz(v) UNID "Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer), -1317*
-1324-
5910kHz(v) UNID,
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Ron Howard Jul 11, 2016 19:20 UTC No.1440 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1208-1239*, July 11. Usual format;
announcer in vernacular; briefly played indigenous instrumental
music at 1214 and 1217; singing 1220-1227; suddenly off. Today
with a perfect match up: my local sunrise 1259 UT and Thimphu
sunset also at 1259 UT. PBS Yunnan was already off the air. For
the last two days BBS had 1216*, so today they broke the pattern.
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1140, July 11. Pop
Pacific Islands music; DJ in Pidgin; 1153 start of Michael Jackson's
song "Heal the World"; 1155* cut off in mid-song; QRN (static);
almost fair; no trace of RRI Palangkaraya at this time, but heard
later.
INDONESIA[non-log]. 9525.89, VOI. July 11 checking 1044 and
subsequently till 1248, found them still off the air.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1206*, July 11. Went
off the air suddenly in mid-news in English; close to being readable.
SOLOMON ISLANDS[non-log]. SIBC - Voice of the Nation was off
the air on both 5020 and 9545, at 1115, on July 11. Too much partying
during their July 7 Independence Day celebration? Also confirmed not
broadcasting today by Hiroyuki Komatsubara and John Wilkins.
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XYZ Jul 12, 2016 10:56 UTC No.1441 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1052-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, No signal
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
3905kHz RRI-Merauke, No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, QRM of OTHR
5020kHz Solomon , No signal, (9545kHz No signal)
-1112- TNX! remote radio in Australia. (PERSEUS Server)
3944.2kHz (tent.)Vanuatu, weak, QRM: Radio Nikkei on 3945.0kHz
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Ron Howard Jul 12, 2016 20:41 UTC No.1442 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1133-1156*, July 12.
Pop songs ("I Wanna Live My Life With You," etc.); many time
checks ("25 to 11"); ID ("NBC Bougainville") with frequencies;
DJ in Pidgin; fair signal strength today, but mixing with almost
as strong RRI Palangkaraya, which was in the clear after 1156.
BTW - At 1158 there was no NBC Madang on 3260.
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1224, July 12.
Longer than normal Jakarta news relay (usually about 1201 to
1220, so today was a very busy day for news), which ended at
1239 with unid patriotic song; news // 4869.89, RRI Wamena
(both about equal strength). 1300 full "Programa satu RRI
Palangkaraya" ID and singing ID jingle; promo for an RRI
app for "audio on demand" and "audio streaming"; my local
sunrise at 1259 UT, so reception was almost fair, with QRN
(static). My audio at https://goo.gl/I49P6b .
9525.89, VOI. July 12 found back on the air at 1220 in Japanese.
Also observed today by Ivo Ivanov and Atsunori Ishida.
KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH on July 12, at 1319,
found off the air, but did hear 3985 // 6003 // 6348, which were all
jammed with white noise as usual. Then at *1325 VOH suddenly
come on 4885 with good signal and no jamming.
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Ron Howard Jul 13, 2016 16:03 UTC No.1443 AUSTRALIA. 2325, ABC Tennant Creek NT (fair) // 2485,
ABC Katherine NT (fair) // 4835, ABC Alice Springs NT (fair-
good) // 9580, RA (good) // 12065, RA (fair-poor) // 12085, RA
(fair-good), at 1219 on July 13. Post-game commentary of
the New South Wales vs Queensland match. Northern
Territory stations continue to do well, with Alice Springs being
consistently 100% readable by about 1300.
BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1257-1319*, July 13. Running much
later than normal; indigenous music/chanting/singing 1257-1300;
ToH usual BBS theme music; 1300-1319* announcer in vernacular
with brief breaks at 1315 and 1318 for indigenous instrumental
music; suddenly off at 1319*; poor. PBS Yunnan (China) had
gone off earlier, so no QRM from them.
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1134-1210*, July 13.
DJ in Pidgin with pop songs (Tina Turner song, etc.); 1156-1200
series of full IDs (usual FM frequencies 94.5 & 95.5 for Central
Bougainville) and promo for NBC Bougainville; 1201 usual PNG
bird call and "Good night Papua New Guinea . . NBC news in brief";
1210 suddenly off in mid-song; light RRI Palangkaraya QRM,
CHINA. 4940 // 6115, Voice of Strait, 1030-1057, July 13. Clearly
//; in Chinese with some pop songs; briefly at 1055 not // and then
after 1057 no longer //; both fair.
7345-USB, V26 Chinese numbers station, 0906 & 0921*, July 13.
weak with Chinese numbers.
17398-USB, Guangzhou Coast Radio Station, briefly noted at 1102,
July 13. In Chinese with fair reception.
INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire (tentative), 0931 and subsequent
checking till final check at 1026, July 13. Only a decent open carrier
heard; never any audio; if they were transmitting some modulation,
thought I would have a tract of it, but none detected.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1212-1217*, July 13.
Back on the air after being silent yesterday; pop Pacific Islands music;
suddenly off; poor.
[non-log] 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light. Checked at 0902, July 13 to
only find a clear frequency; has been off the air for a while now.
SOLOMON ISLANDS[non-log]. SIBC - Voice of the Nation still off
the air on both 5020 and 9545, at 1028 and 1059, on July 13. What
happened? They were doing so well on July 7 Independence Day.
TAIWAN. 9410, Fu Hsing BS (presumed). Nice surprise to find they
seem to have fixed their transmitter! Noted at 1225 and subsequent
checking, July 13; in Chinese. Did not have a signal on 9774. For
several months now had found 9410 to be off the air more than it was
on; transmitter only on for a very brief time before going off. Today
seemed like back to a normal operations without interruptions!
A reminder that for a long time now 9410 has been free of CNR5 QRM
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Ron Howard Jul 15, 2016 03:54 UTC No.1444 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1151-1202*, July 14.
Heard with the usual format; after 1202 had RRI Palangkaraya
with improving signal.
CHINA. 17398-USB, Guangzhou Coast Radio Station, *0500-0504*,
July 14. In Chinese with poor reception.
INDONESIA. 4869.89, RRI Wamena, 1223-1225, July 14.
Unid patriotic song that ended the Jakarta news relay; news
and song // 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya. It's Thursday, so
was looking for KGI (Kang Guru Indonesia) in English; yes
from 1232 to 1258 heard their language lesson, but too weak to
make out much, just a word here and there; played some pop
songs; sounded like Greg as usual with his Australian accent,
as one of the announcers; by 1257 signal had improved and
could make out their email address at the end of the program;
1258-1308 EZL music.
Sorry to see KGI has dropped there former nice website and
is about to close down their "fans" Facebook; now everything
seems to have merged over to the Indonesia Australia Language
Foundation (IALF); http://www.ialf.edu/kgi/KGI.html .
SOLOMON ISLANDS[non-log]. 9545, SIBC, 0450, July 14. No
signal detected before their normal 0500 sign off. They continue
to be silent.
Radio Sakha new schedule, 5923kHz(V) UNID etc... -
XYZ Jul 15, 2016 08:38 UTC No.1445 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0830-
5020kHz Solomon back
5923kHz(V) UNID station, (relay of Radio Rossii ???)
7260kHz Vanuatu
7295kHz // 7645kHz Radio Sakha, good signal, New schedule ??
5923vkHz UNID Station
https://youtu.be/0uullbBmgEs
The station might individual stations had previously carried out a
relay broadcast of "Retro FM"(Russia). It was currently broadcasting
the program of "Radio Rossii".
*** Today non-stop song ......
http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/#1390
http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/#1391
-0940- Song: "Snowin' Under My Skin" (Cretu & Thiers)
add;
-0900- 5915kHz UNID Strong carrier, no-modulation
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Ron Howard Jul 15, 2016 20:25 UTC No.1451
A reminder about Radio Sakha (Yakutsk, Russia):
- - - - - posted to DXLD yg:
Hi Glenn,
A reminder that on July 16 (Saturday), at 1100 UT, there probably
will be live coverage of the closing ceremony of the Children of
Asia International Sports Games. Seeing as the opening ceremony
was presented with a complete translation of the event in English,
I assume the same will hold true for the closing ceremony. Look
for the coverage to go well beyond their normal weekend 1200*
sign off time.
Per the downloadable schedule at the games website,
http://www.yakutsk2016.com/ :
July 16:
Official Closing Ceremony of the 6th CAISG 20:00 [1100 UT - Ron]
Tuymada [aka: Tuymaada - Ron] Stadium.
BTW - This past week both Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) and I
have observed Radio Sakha on the air earlier than their normal
*0900, with Hiroyuki hearing them as early as 0830. Perhaps
just related to the special coverage this past week for the children's
sports games?
Ron
California
- - - - - - Ron wrote in DXLD yg:
** RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on July 6 with special
live coverage from the opening ceremony of the 6th Children of Asia
International Sports Games now being held in Yakutsk . . .
The games are being held till July 17, with the closing ceremony
being on July 16. Hope we can hear more coverage of the games,
as they are being held locally in Yakutsk . . . . (Ron Howard, Pacific
Grove, CA, Et E1 with Par Electronics EF-SWL antenna, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Ron Howard Jul 15, 2016 21:37 UTC No.1452 RE: Children of Asia International Sports Games and Radio Sakha
Rather a nice video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB5ArmqTEN4 .
At 1:10 looks like the making of a Jew's harp (Radio Sakha's IS is
the sound of a Jew's harp) and at 1:11 a girl is playing one.
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Ron Howard Jul 17, 2016 03:00 UTC No.1453 BHUTAN. 6035, BBS on July 15 with 1226*; off in mid-sentence;
above the norm reception.
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville on July 16, with a
quick check, found 1149*; suddenly off; QRN (static).
July 15, with NBC heard 1147-1223*; pop songs (Marvin Gaye
with "Sexual Healing," etc.); promo for "NBC Bougainville";
1201 PNG bird call and "NBC news in brief" (at the airport,
most of Air Niugini flights have been cancelled, etc.); PSA in
Pidgin.
Seeing as there is a lot of political unrest now in PNG regarding
Parliaments attempt to take a vote of no confidence in Prime
Minister O誰eill, NBC had a segment where they asked five
political questions; repeated questions again and then gave
the answers; off suddenly in mid-song; semi-readable in QRN
(static).
RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1150-1300*, July 16
(Saturday). Extended special broadcast past their normal 1200*;
local announcers commenting on the games; 1205 anthem; start
of the trilingual coverage (English, Russian and local language);
"Ladies and gentlemen, we begin the closing ceremony of the 6th
Children of Asia International Sports Games" (CAISG); parade of
athletes.
CAISG will next be held in Mongolia, in four years. Naturally there
was an official (State Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Sports)
from there who gave a speech; "On behalf of the government of
Mongolia, Mongolian people and Mongolian athletes, let me express
gratitude to the government and people of . . ."; several other speeches
given; acknowledgment of many "appreciation letters" that were received
from government officials; lowering of the CAISG flag; QRM from 7290.
All in all a very enjoyable listening experience.
TAIWAN. 9410, [non-log] Fu Hsing BS. Seems I was premature in
saying their transmitter was fixed when I heard them on July 13. Have
not heard them again, through July 16. A short lived repair? 9774 also
silent.
9725-AM, StarStar Broadcasting Station (XingXing BS), checking at
1302, July 16. Numbers in Chinese; fair.
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XYZ Jul 17, 2016 03:36 UTC No.1454 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!
FB DX ! It was very helpful !!
-0330-
7295/7345kHz Radio Sakha, weak signal in this time
