RFA-Korean QSY to 9300kHz etc.. -
XYZ Dec 31, 2016 15:12 UTC No.2020 -1500-
3325kHz RRI-Palangkaraya
4830kHz MONGOLIA, -1509- open carrier
5020kHz SOLOMON, TNX! Ron-san this information.
7175/85 ERITREA not found
7195kHz Radio Free Asia, QSY to 9300kHz(new!) no signal..
[RFA] Radio Free Asia - New schedule (Korean language)
http://www.rfa.org/about/info/frequencies.html
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1500-1700 1188 5885 9300 9985
1700-1900 1188 5885 9985
2100-2200 7460 9860 9985
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Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Dec 31, 2016 17:54 UTC No.2021 Yes, noted an open carrier on 4830kHz at 1233.
Re: Russia - R. Sakha -
Ron Howard Jan 01, 2017 04:30 UTC No.2022 RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, with another
special extended broadcast on Jan 1; first heard at 0053 UTC; ads;
traditional song; 0100 IS (Jew's harp), pips (4) and SA/ID. My first
log of 2017 (UTC). Still well heard 0242-0251, segment with child
talking and playing "Jingle Bells"; usual "Radio Sakha" SA/ID at 0251.
My audio at http://goo.gl/FfnCJo .
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 01, 2017 05:33 UTC No.2023 Ron-san Happy New Year !! This year FB DXing again!
-0729-
6493kHz-USB VC01, QRM from OTHR
7260kHz MONGOLIA, strong signal little QRM from Vanuatu, 4830kHz no signal
-1105-
4830kHz No signal (MONGOLIA)
5020kHz SOLOMON
6050kHz China only...
-1550-
7260kHz VANUATU fair signal, 7259.96kHz
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 01, 2017 23:30 UTC No.2027 Note;
-2320-
5905kHz NK Echo of Unification
7260kHz MONGOLIA Golden Radio (Radio 2)
9100kHz SK Echo of Hope (VOH)
9680kHz CHINA CNR-1, Jammer ??
Re: Russia - Radio Sakha -
Ron Howard Jan 02, 2017 06:32 UTC No.2028 Radio Sakha (7345 // 7295 kHz), Jan 2 heard 0413-0500,
so no longer with extended schedule; 0450 the usual
"Radio Sakha" SA/ID, followed by commercial announcements
till IS (Jew's harp) and time pips; 0500 audio cut off.
Re: Bougainville, Indonesia and PNG -
Ron Howard Jan 03, 2017 15:51 UTC No.2029 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1119-1205*,
Jan 3. DJ in Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing pop songs; too weak to
be readable.
Today was a first for me here, hearing a formal, offical sign off
format. For a long time now NBC normally ended about 1200+ by
just suddenly going off the air (pulled the plug), but instead today
at 1203 noted children singing the National Anthem and announcer
in English with what sounded like station SA/ID and frequencies (heard
"kilohertz" mentioned several times); very tough copy; off at 1205*.
The other change today was that they did not go to the usual Port
Moresby audio feed about 1201, for the "NBC News in Brief." In
the past, Bougainville normally started the news, but rarely got all
the way through it before going off the air, but instead today they
did their own sign off format. So today was a major change in their
closing.
In the past, I often heard this sign off format of children singing the
National Anthem on both NBC Madang (3260) and NBC New
Ireland (3905), so was a real treat for me to hear it again, as it
had been over a year since I last heard it.
Today's propagation did not favor RRI Palangkaraya, which was
not a factor at all in hearing NBC.
My poor quality audio at http://goo.gl/xaP33v .
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1212-1228, Jan 3.
Jakarta news relay already in progress, in Bahasa Indonesia;
ending the news at 1228 with patriotic song (too weak to ID song);
clearly // Pro 1 RRI Wamena (4869.88) till 1230. Unable to confirm
// to RRI Ternate, as only an open carrier on 3344.86.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1206-1207*, Jan 3.
Pop song till suddenly off. For a long time now, this has been their
closing format, to just pull the plug, with no formal sign off.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 04, 2017 10:00 UTC No.2030 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0954-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz ? heavy QRM from NK(3320kHz)
-60mb- OTHR
4830kHz MONGOLIA
4835kHz AUSTRALIA ABC
5020kHz SOLOMON
6493kHz-USB CHINA VC01, still here (same as Dec 2016)
-1038-
3325kHz RRI and NBC, OM talk and Koran, both fair signal
-1300-
7175kHz ERITREA (tent.), weak signal no-modulation
7295/7345kHz Radio Sakha, -1300*
-1400-
4830kHz MONGOLIA
7260kHz VANUATU
BBC-Hindi, add frequencies ?? -
XYZ Jan 05, 2017 08:34 UTC No.2035 Note;
-0820-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4830kHz (weak signal)
4910kHz AUSTRALIA ABC, -0829*
5020kHz SOLOMON
5830kHz-LSB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot, new frequency
7260kHz VANUATU, 7259.94kHz
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot, new frequency
-1420-
7530kHz BBC-Hindi, //7565kHz, new freq ?, -1430*
7635kHz //7530, 7565kHz, -1430*
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 06, 2017 08:30 UTC No.2037 Note;
-0820-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
5830kHz-LSB CHINA VC01
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01
9410kHz No signal, also 9774kHz no signal
-1049-
3354kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot nighttime frequency
4830kHz MONGOLIA(tent), strong signal but weak modulation or no-modulation?
-1405-
7530kHz// 7635kHz BBC-Hindi, // 7565kHz, 3 frequencies in 41mb
sorry! also 7600kHz, 4 frequencies in 41mb !, -1430*
-1430-
209kHz Mongolian Radio (Radio 1)
4830kHz No signal (Mongolia), 7260kHz maybe VANUATU only
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 07, 2017 12:15 UTC No.2038 Note;
-1211-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, still on air
4830kHz No signal
-1227-
3260kHz No signal
-1550- TNX! remote radio in Qatar(TNX! MFJ-1778)
7175kHz No signal
7237kHz ETHIOPIA(tent.), HOA song
7360kHz UNID, Hindi or Urdu ??
-1600- TNX! remote radio in Qatar, India
7360kHz UNID, 1601- English program
SA(?) at 1600 in Hindi(?) "yah ??????? hai."
2038.mp3
7360kHz UNID Middle Asian station -
XYZ Jan 08, 2017 10:32 UTC No.2040 Note;
-1010-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, fair signal
3354kHz-USB CHINA VC01
4830kHz MONGOLIA Golden Radio
5020kHz SOLOMON
5830kHz-LSB CHINA VC01
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, music, start soon
-1025- TNX! remote radio in India(TNX! Delhi_perseus)
7360kHz Hindi or Urdu ??, Radio Pakistan ???, (15320kHz no signal)
YouTube : https://youtu.be/_sm0AGG9ces
Sorry! 7360kHz UNID is spur of All India Radio on 7340kHz !
13725kHz Radio Japan, test ?? -
XYZ Jan 08, 2017 14:01 UTC No.2041 -1350-
3325kHz RRI-Palangkaraya, SA at -1400-
4830kHz MONGOLIA, fair signal
-1540- TNX! PERSEUS Server in Qatar !
13725kHz Radio Japan, IS, test ? No schedule
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_schedule.pdf
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 09, 2017 09:07 UTC No.2042 Note;
-0900-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, OTHR QRM
5020kHz SOLOMON
5830kHz-LSB CHINA VC01
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 10, 2017 02:43 UTC No.2043 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1109-1201*, Jan 9.
Provincial news in Pidgin/Tok Pisin (item about "Department of
Education," etc.); DJ in Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing pop Pacific Islands
music; suddenly off without the recently heard formal sign off format;
unfortunately today's propagation favored both RRI Palangkaraya
and NBC, so they were mixing together for most of the time, with
NBC only slightly better at times.
CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice Shangri-la), Jan 8 running past
their normal sign off time of 1200*; at 1256 non-stop classical western
orchestra music; still on at 1303.
INDIA. 4896.0, AIR Kurseong, occasionally this off frequency anomaly
happens, as it did today (Jan 9), as noted at 1242; Dave Valko also noted
same about this time; normally, on most days, heard on 4895.0.
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1109, Jan 9. Ending
the local news with usual patriotic song 釘agimu Negeri・(For You Our
Country); NBC Bougainville QRM, which was slightly stronger at times.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1202-1237*, Jan 9.
Running later than usual (normally off about 1206 or so); 1202-1206
NBC news in English; promo; DJ in English playing pop songs in
English; several on air phone conversations; mostly unreadable;
suddenly off in mid-song.
Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide -
XYZ Jan 10, 2017 08:34 UTC No.2044 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU! Today is heavy snow in my location :-(
"Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide"
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/
Thanks to Chris Kadlec(Korean DXer) and S.HASEGAWA !
http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:3492
My logs;
-0829-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville, fair signal
- 60mb - OTHR
4830kHz No signal
5020kHz SOLOMON, good signal
7260kHz MONGOLIA and VANUATU, both fair signal
-0851-
3260kHz No signal
6400kHz NK Pyongyang BS, No signal
-0923-
3260kHz still off air
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville, fair sugnal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate, weak signal
4830kHz No signal
6080kHz CHINA Hulun Buir, opening MX and SA at *0930-, Mongolian px
6400kHz (noticed) on air
-0945-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, noticed on air
-1418-
4896kHz All India Radio
7175kHz ERITREA, weak signal, no jammer
9525kHz Voice of Indonesia, Indonesian
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 11, 2017 13:54 UTC No.2045 Note;
-1345-
4740kHz UNID carrier, no modulation?, not AIR
4830kHz MONGOLIA, OTHR QRM
7175kHz ERITREA(tent.), no jammer
7260kHz No signal both Vanuatu and Mongolia
9508kHz Voice of Tibet, Tibetan px.
9525kHz INDONESIQA(tent.), weak signal
9940kHz CNR-1, jammer ?, Always at night
-1400-
7565kHz BBC-Hindi, // 7635kHz, 7600kHz, 7530kHz
7635kHz and 7530kHz maybe spur ...
7600kHz + (7600 - 7565) = 7635kHz
7565kHz - (7600 - 7565) = 7530kHz
4740kHz still on air but no-modulation ??
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 11, 2017 16:24 UTC No.2046 KOREA NORTH[non]. On Jan 11, on 6145, again heard the
same special Shiokaze programming as heard on Dec 29
and originally recorded Dec 10. Preempted regular Shiokaze
programming. 1331+ with nice segment of easy listening
orchestra music ("Moon River," etc.). I suppose we should
be thankful to N. Korea for not jamming this entertaining
show.
KOREA SOUTH. 9100, Echo of Hope - VOH, briefly heard
at 1403, Jan 11, Very surprised to find them on the air at this
time, as their schedule is supposedly 1800-2400 on this
frequency. Once it was heard (not jammed), went to check
for //; yes, definitely // 4885, which was well heard as usual
and not jammed, while // 3985 // 6003 and // 6348 were all
jammed; news in Korean; when I tuned back to 9100 at 1405,
found they had already gone off the air. A brief test of some
type? Thinking of expanding their schedule?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 11, 2017 17:14 UTC No.2047 Sorry, an oversight on my part. Of course I should have thanked
Chris Kadlec, for the original info about this new VOH frequency.
He has recently been providing great info about Korean
broadcasting!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 12, 2017 09:00 UTC No.2048 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
-0856-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4830kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz SOLOMON
7260kHz VANUATU
-0905-
7345kHz Radio Sakha, CNR-1 QRM, // 7295kHz
9915kHz UNID, English, -0913* ? test ??
12095kHz BBC, English, -0907* ? test ??
Re: The death of the Chief Minister of Sarawak -
Ron Howard Jan 12, 2017 20:21 UTC No.2049 MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM, via Kajang, 1537, Jan 12.
Chief Minister of Sarawak (Tan Sri Adenan Satem) passed
away yesterday; there will be seven days of mourning and
flags will be at half-mast, for this popular leader.
Heard mostly non-stop reciting from the Qur'an, with brief SA/IDs;
noted a recital by a woman, which is extremely rare, so I knew
something very unique was going on; certainly these recitals
are in honor of the late leader; still heard at 1629, with good
reception.
No other Malaysian stations were heard today, which has been
the case recently; no Asyik FM (6050) and no Wai FM (11665).
Re: The death of the Chief Minister of Sarawak -
Ron Howard Jan 12, 2017 22:00 UTC No.2050 Thanks very much to Rob Wagner, who posted this to Facebook
WRTH - "Thanks Ron. None of the usual FM music programming
noted at 2030 to past 2100. Just Qur'an recitations and no IDs
either. Jan 12."
Appreciate the feedback!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 13, 2017 01:41 UTC No.2051 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
Thanks Mauno-san(Finland) !!
> -1400-
> 7565kHz BBC-Hindi, // 7635kHz, 7600kHz, 7530kHz
> 7635kHz and 7530kHz maybe spur ...
> 7600kHz + (7600 - 7565) = 7635kHz
> 7565kHz - (7600 - 7565) = 7530kHz
There are also AIR 7555 spurs on 7527.3v, 7582.7v, 7610.4v and 7666.5v kHz.
In my location(Akita/Japan), also many spur of Chinese stations in 41mBand.
I will check these again BBC-Hindi and All India Radio.
My logs:
-0900-
3260kHz weak signal, tent. NBC-Madang
3275kHz UNID carrir, no-modulation ?
3325kHz No signal
4830kHz MONGOLIA
5020kHz SOLOMON
7295kHz Radio Sahka, //7345kHz
-0911-
3275kHz No signal
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Perhaps the broadcasting time of V28 NK Number broadcasting may be
changed to *0930-0939* again. (Ex: *1330-1330*)
http://radio.chobi.net/DX/SPYnumBBS/?res:6#318
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-0928-
5830kHz-LSB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot
9390kHz SOH(TAIWAN) ?, Chinese, weak signal
V28
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-0930-
3277kHz V28, female, maybe *0929-
3697kHz V28, female, maybe *0930-
-0934-
3071kHz V28, female, maybe late start
3140kHz V28, male , maybe late start
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-1410-
7565kHz//7600kHz BBC-Hindi, spur freq: 7530/7635kHz I could not confirm today.
-1530-
5130kHz Sedaye Zindagi, The last broadcast of this month
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 14, 2017 13:10 UTC No.2052 Note;
-1305-
4780kHz UNID no modulation carrier
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 15, 2017 04:54 UTC No.2053
CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1507, Jan 14 (Saturday). English
program "Focus on China"; long item about winter fishing festival
in NE China; a break to play pop song ("Faded - Where Are You
Now"); SA/IDs "You are now listening to Focus on China, in Voice of
Strait Broadcast Station"; fair.
INDIA. 4894.9, AIR Kurseong, 1531, Jan 14. Seemed to be
on low side of their normal 4895.0; New Delhi audio feed of the
news in English
// 4760 AIR Port Blair (ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS).
// 4910 AIR Jaipur.
// 4920 AIR Chennai, almost fair with QRM (TIBET - PBS Xizang).
4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (presumed) - only an open
carrier; never reached the level of any audio.
// 4970 AIR Shillong.
// 5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram.
// 5040 AIR Jeypore.
// 5050 AIR Aizawl, QRM from Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio (CHINA).
// 9380 AIR Aligarh.
5050, AIR Aizawl, 1230, Jan 14. Amazing propagation that
completely blocked out Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio (CHINA)
which normally dominates this frequency; also a rare day
with strong signal from Aizawl; news in English; mostly
readable. Daily I check here, but have never heard
anything like today's reception. Audio from today at
http://goo.gl/ry8d9E . China did indeed fade up here a
little later.
1612-1630*; after China signed off, subcontinent music program
"produced by AIR Shillong," in English; SA/ID 典his came to you from
the North Eastern Service of All India Radio broadcasting from
Shillong"; local Aizawl SA/ID and frequency at sign off.
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1402, Jan 14. Local
news in Bahasa Indonesia; unusually strong signal, but QRN (static)
sounded more like summertime QRN (heavy); 1416 ending news with
the normally played patriotic song ("Bagimu Negeri"); very unique
propagation today strongly favoring RRI & AIR stations.
3344.85, RRI Ternate, 1505*, Jan 14. Off with the usual "Pulau Ambon"
(Island of Ambon)/"Love Ambon"; better than average reception.
MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM, via Kajang, 1212, Jan 14. Continuing
with mostly Qur'an recitals in honor of the late Chief Minister of
Sarawak; 1300 & 1400 breaks for 10 minutes of news in vernacular;
still on at last check at 1548, still with Qur'an recitals.
Still no other Malaysian stations were heard today, which has been the
case recently; no Asyik FM (6050) and no Wai FM (11665).
TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek, 1316, Jan 14. Mixing badly with the
jamming by CNR1 (// 6125); schedule 1300-1330.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 15, 2017 06:20 UTC No.2054 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
My logs:
-0600-
5905kHz NK Echo of Unification, (9100.16kHz SOH)
5923.6vkHz UNID Russian station, relay of Radio Rossii ??
-0610-
11430kHz TAIWAN Vingxing BS, Chinese Numbers station "V13"
-0842-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, fair signal
3325kHz No signal in this time
4830kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz SOLOMON, strong signal
7260kHz VANUATU, Bismara ?
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01
-0900-
7146kHz UNID Spur ??, 7145.92kHz AM, -0911*
7295//7345kHz Radio Sakha, *0900-
-1000-
9835kHz MALAYSIA Sarawak FM, Koran
11665kHz MALAYSIA Wai FM, Jingle, SA in Malay with echo effect..
-1029-
5979kHz CHINA Gannen PBS, Night programs are Chinese only.
*1025-1350* 5979kHz Chinese
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS Voice of Shangri-La
SKD since 2016:
*0945-1000 s/on, opening music
1000-1030 Vietnamese
1030-1100 Chinese
1100-1130 Vietnamese
1130-1200 Chinese
1200* s/off
--------------------------------------------------------
Website: http://www.ynradio.com/pinlv/node_121.shtml
-1100-
9900kHz No-modulation open carrier,
-1200-
9900kHz Shortwaveservice .com, song and SA in English
poor signal in my location (Akita/JAPAN)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 17, 2017 11:06 UTC No.2057 Note;
-1103-
4750kHz BANGLADESH BETAR, English news, CNR-1 QRM, SA at 1106 then Bengali px.
heavy noise today :-(
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 18, 2017 05:22 UTC No.2058 -0514-
11430kHz TAIWAN Xingxing BS, QRM from SOH
15388kHz UNID weak signal, TAIWAN ??, (No-signal: 9410/9774kHz)
-0600-
5905kHz NK Echo of Unification
11430kHz TAIWAN Xingxing BS, *0600- SA, QRM from SOH
15388kHz no signal at -0556-(noticed)...
-0615- TNX! remote PERSEUS server in Qater (MFJ-1778)
7205kHz SUDAN ??, strong signal but very weak modulation
13800kHz H3E(AM + USB) Puntland Radio(tent.), strong signal
It seems to relay of PUNTRAND TV
http://www.puntlandtvradio.net/
-0632* End in the middle of the program..
-0630- TNX! remote PERSEUS server in Thailand (HS SWL Uwe)
5915kHz UNID Chinese station ??
9460kHz MYANMAR Thazin Radio, Burmese px.
It is English in the schedule list..
-0650- TNX! remote PERSEUS server in Thailand (HS SWL Uwe)
** 5915kHz Myanmar Radio National program 2 - Chinese language program
Live stream : http://www.mrtv.gov.mm/?q=live-stream
-0710-
15250kHz TAIWAN Xingxing BS, H3E(AM + USB)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 18, 2017 19:53 UTC No.2060 ANGOLA. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola. Bill Bingham
(RSA) and I have recently reported their absence. At 0146,
through subsequent checking till 0503, on Jan 18, found
them still silent, with no hint of a carrier.
Update from Bill - Angola back on the air, at 1745, on Jan 18.
Good news!
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1134-1202*, Jan 17.
DJ in Pidgin/Tok Pisin played EZL pop songs in English; 1201 start
of the NBC news in English; suddenly off. So today they did not
use their formal sign off format, but went back to business as
usual. RRI Palangkaraya not propagating, so no QRM.
CHINA. 6230, CNR1 jamming, 1231, Jan 17. There was a time
in the past when the PRC jammed almost all of Sound of Hope
programs, on a continual basis, but that is no longer the case.
Now it almost seems rare for them to bother to jam SOH. I daily
check this frequency and it is indeed very rare to hear SOH
jammed here, as it was today, with a very strong signal. Of
course also blocking VMW (Australia Weather West) also on
frequency here. Jan 18, back to normal, with no jamming of SOH.
RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, at 0349, on
Jan 18, with sound of horses neighing, sound of galloping horses
and some Jew's harp (khomus) music; usual SA/ID at 0350, followed
by series of ads.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020. Am no longer hearing any extended
broadcasts here (as of Jan 18), as I had noted late last year;
have been checking many days about 1230, but this year seems
no extended programming past 1200.
9545, SIBC, Jan 18, at 0438; DJ in Pijin playing pop songs and asking
a series of questions; "What is 60% of 300?"; read out list of people
who answered correctly; 0500 ABC news (RA: // 15240 [good] // 15415
[poor] // 17840 [very good]); SIBC suddenly off at 0501*, with RA
continuing.
Maybe after this month, this will be the only place to hear ABC news
on SW?
UNID. 3210-USB, on Jan 18, heard 1253-1256*. Daily I check here for
the return of the low powered Australian; a first for me today was to hear
Russian; thanks very much to Mauno Ritola, for listening to my audio clip
and confirming - "yes, it is Russian, sounds like they are swearing quite a
bit, maybe about the one that got away ;-) "; as always, I very much
appreciate his assistance!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 19, 2017 14:50 UTC No.2061 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
Sorry, I can not hear the broadcast because of the heavy noise unique
to the winter period today :-(
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 20, 2017 08:22 UTC No.2062 Note;
-0810-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz SOLOMON
7260kHz VANUATU
Today the condition in Latin America is good.
5940kHz BRASIL Radio Voz Missionaria, fair signal, 5939.85kHz
http://www.radiovozmissionaria.com.br/
6040kHz BRASIL Radio RB2, fair signal, 6040.35kHz
http://www.a12.com/radio-rb2/
6180kHz BRASIL EBC, fair signal
http://www.ebc.com.br/
Re: Myanmar off frequency -
Ron Howard Jan 21, 2017 18:14 UTC No.2063 - - - - Ron posted to DXLD yg:
Hi Wolfie,
Could it be that Myanmar's exact frequency transmitter (5985.00)
is having problems now, as you noted them off the air on Jan 20?
Could they have reactivated the old mothballed off frequency
transmitter, to fill in while they repair the 5985.00 transmitter?
Just speculating!
Jan 21, heard on about 5985.15, at 1441, in vernacular with on air
phone chat; seemed not nearly as strong as the exact frequency
transmitter; by 1541, very weak signal. Needs more monitoring
to determine what is happening here.
Thanks, Wolfie, for your alert that something different was going
on!
Ron
California
- - - - - - - Wolfie wrote in DXLD yg:
MYANMAR/LAOS/MALAYSIA/MONGOLIA Log at eastern Thailand
remote SDR unit at 1100 til 1205 UT on Jan 20:
Nothing noted on MMR Yegu 5985 kHz channel, totally empty
channel 1115 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 20, 2017)
MYANMAR/LAOS/MALAYSIA Log at eastern Thailand remote SDR
unit at 0105 til 0123 UT on Jan 20:
5985.100 ! ! ! real exact on this odd like keyboard glitch frequency
MMR, noted at 0121 UT Jan 20.
7 kHz wide signal from probably Yegu / Yangoon bc site.
S=9+30dB or -47dBm strong and powerful. Fluttery.
Distance to your remote SDR location is the closests !
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 20, 2017)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 22, 2017 08:13 UTC No.2064 Thank you very much Ron-san !!!
In Akita pref. where I live , a lot of snow fell every day,
and it was snowing all day :-(
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 22, 2017 12:15 UTC No.2065 Here in California, now 13ｰC, with rain and very strong winds.
Is so windy that I cannot go to the beach as I normally do to
listening to SW, while I am in my car, parked next to the ocean.
http://goo.gl/PcRs6k
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 22, 2017 14:16 UTC No.2066 Thank you very much for a wonderful photo !!!
The day changes soon, (JST: Jan 22 to Jan 23) in my location.
Ron-san, Have a good day and FB DXing !!
UNID 7500kHz etc. -
XYZ Jan 23, 2017 09:17 UTC No.2067 Note:
There are heavy snow today as well in my location ...
-0905-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, fair signal
5020kHz SOLOMON, good signal
7295kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, strong signal, news in Russian //7345kHz
1811- Yakut
-1340-
7500kHz UNID, middle-east ? or Central-Asia ?
-1520-
7500kHz UNID, Pips Jammer *1520- (see Attachment GIF)
Jammer stopped around -1540-
see also : https://goo.gl/czY9Tx
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks MAUNO(Finland)! ID audio at 1520:
https://app.box.com/s/av61thpay35il3g05b82r09baldjsit4
This is "All India Radio"
---------------------------------------------------------
WRTH-FB : https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks ! Soumya Bhattacharya
Thanks ! Pradip Kundu
it is AIR External Urdu service //1071 Mediumwave.
---------------------------------------------------------
Re: Solomon Islands - SIBC, the Voice of the Nation -
Ron Howard Jan 24, 2017 07:24 UTC No.2068 Jan 24, heard SIBC, the Voice of the Nation, with extended
schedule on 9545; 0500-0530 with ABC news & sports,
followed by RA's "Pacific Beat," with Bruce Hill (info about
2019 referendum to determine Bougainville's independence,
etc.); // RA on 15240, 15415 and 17840; at 0530 no longer //,
went to their own programs; DJ in Pijin playing pop songs
(Tina Turner with "I Don't Wanna Fight," etc.); series of
commercial announcements in English ("Back to school . . .
Telekom," etc.); several "SIBC, the Voice of the Nation" SA/IDs;
after one hour of listening, finally came up to mostly fair
reception; still on the air when tuned out at 0615. So this
extended broadcast was nothing out of the ordinary.
6050kHz RTM reactived -
XYZ Jan 24, 2017 13:17 UTC No.2069 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
-1310-
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM Asyik FM, 6050.02kHz, QRM from China
reactined ! // http://myklik.rtm.gov.my/radio/10161
TNX! Wolfgang Bueschel @DXLD-YG
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 25, 2017 03:22 UTC No.2070 MALAYSIA. 6050, Asyik FM, via Kajang, 1452-1500, Jan 24.
With the usual Tuesday "Bollywood" show of pop songs in Hindi.
Had been off the air for a while.
At 1500, the start of Salam FM, till 1502*, Jan 24. Time pips
(1+1 and mixing with time pips of PBS Xizang [TIBET]); brief SA/ID
("Salam FM"); choral NA (Negaraku ・Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia);
Islamic programming in vernacular; suddenly off, leaving TIBET
in the clear, with decent reception.
BTW - Now all the SW Malaysian stations are active; 9835 Sarawak
FM and also Wai FM on 11665. Has been a while since all three were
broadcasting at the same time.
SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, 1510, Jan 24. Call-to-prayer
for the Islamic Maghrib prayer, just after sunset; their sunset today
was at 1506 UT (6:06 PM at Hargeisa), while my sunrise was at
1515 UT, so good greyline reception.
SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, *1605, Jan 24. My three receptions
here have all been with different sign on times; today on with carrier
at decent level, but no audio; totally unlike yesterdays reception that
had good audio level for their clear French programming; today by
1621 had the impression there was some very faint audio, but so far
down within the open carrier that I could not guess at the language.
TAIWAN. 9100, Sound of Hope, 1445, Jan 24. Poor; not jammed;
// SOH on 6230 (also unjammed); in Chinese; clearly not Echo of
Hope - VOH, as it was not in Korean and not // 4885. As Glenn has
been pointing out recently in DXLD yg, we have to be careful as to
which station is being heard.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 25, 2017 08:15 UTC No.2071 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!!
>7520kHz All India Radio
I did not hear it last night. Maybe switching mistake...
There are frequent tuning mistakes in Shortwave stations in India.
-0800-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz SOLOMON, QRM of UNID signal
7260kHz VANUATU, fair signal
-0900-
7295/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, *0900-
-1110-
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM, fair signal
Re: India - Eve of Republic Day -
Ron Howard Jan 25, 2017 15:35 UTC No.2072 INDIA. Jan 25, on the eve of the 68th Republic Day, a live
address to the nation by the President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee. http://goo.gl/MnxUlr
1330: ID and intro in English; National Anthem followed by
president's speech in English.
1347: ended English portion with the usual "Jai Hind"; played NA
again; president repeated speech in Hindi, which ended at 1404.
// frequencies:
4760 AIR Port Blair - not heard; off the air today; no carrier.
4800 AIR Hyderabad - not heard; only CNR1 noted here.
4810 AIR Bhopal - very poor; by 1355 was better.
4835 AIR Gangtok - not heard; only ABC noted here.
4896 AIR Kurseong - off frequency; only open carrier; no audio.
4910 AIR Jaipur - only open carrier; no audio.
4920 AIR Chennai - heard with QRM; mixing with PBS Xizang.
4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar - stronger than usual with open
carrier, but no audio; noted audio hum.
4970 AIR Shillong - heard, but not as strong as usual.
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram - heard.
5040 AIR Jeypore - heard.
5050 AIR Aizawl - heard with respectable signal, but as usual mixing
with BBR (China).
9380 AIR Aligarh - heard. [At 1318 AIR IS followed by the usual national
song, 天ande Mataram.脳
9865 AIR Bengaluru - heard.
Re: Japan - low powered JG2XA HF-Doppler (HFD) Project -
Ron Howard Jan 25, 2017 16:13 UTC No.2073 Have not checked on JG2XA for a long time, but Jan 25 could
not help but notice that one of their frequencies was clearly off
the air, that was 5006. At 1412 was in fact hearing CW on 8006,
but 5006 had no signal at all.
Last year I consistently heard a format of CW during a portion of
every minute, but not so today. Now there are many minutes (5?)
between their CW transmissions, with just an open carrier (dead
air) between the CW. A major change.
Ron
- - - - - - Ron wrote on May 29, 2016:
** JAPAN. RE: DXLD 16-20: "QSL card from JG2XA --- HF-Doppler
(HFD) Project
This station has been heard sending "JG2XA JG2XA JG2XA UEC HFD
STATION" in CW on 8006.45 kHz, using 200 watts....
JG2XA transmits continuously with 200 W on 5006 kHz and 8006 kHz. The
station ID is normally transmitted every 5 minutes by amplitude
modulation of the carrier in morse code with the callsign JG2XA and
its objective "UEC HFD STATION". The type of radio signal is H2A
(amplitude modulation with coded tones by single sideband)....
(Source? Via Rob Ross, Ont., ODXA yg via DXLD)."
Actually for several months have regularly heard 5006 // 8006, with CW
during a portion of every minute, not every 5 minutes (Ron Howard,
Pacific Grove, CA, Et E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 26, 2017 10:18 UTC No.2074 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1000-
1613-1614vkHz (tent.) North Korea, Broadcast toward the latitude 38 line..
s/off around -0958-(noticed)..
first noticed was Jan 10 2017, and heard it often after that.
http://radio.chobi.net/bbsmw/?res:1343 (sorry Japanee)
YouTube : https://youtu.be/oVQzV57uwu8
-1240-
11507kHz Voice of Tibet (Norway), Tibetan, QRM of CNR1 jammer on 11505kHz
-1343-
9508kHz Voice of Tibet (Norway), Tibetan
-1718-
5975kHz DRM RNZI, new freq ?
UNID 15400kHz -
XYZ Jan 27, 2017 09:59 UTC No.2076 Note;
-0940-
1614vkHz No signal today
3260kHz NBC-Madang, weak signal
3325kHz No signal
-1315-
7295/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha
9276kHz TAIWAN V13 Xingxing BS, AM
11513kHz Voice of Tibet (Norway), Tibetan
-1348-
9508kHz Voice of Tibet (Norway), Tibetan, weak modulation
-1440- TNX! remote radio(PERSEUS server) in Qatar, TNX! koko!
15400kHz UNID, bad modulation, Radio Cairo ? (QSY from 15535kHz ??)
15535kHz no signal, 13750kHz strong signal but very bad modulation
7555kHz AIR, Hindi ??
Re: Chinese New Year's Eve Gala -
Ron Howard Jan 27, 2017 15:14 UTC No.2079 CHINA. New Year's Eve (Spring Festival) Gala on Jan 27.
Carrying live CCTV audio feed, with comedy skits, musical
selections, etc. On Youtube - http://goo.gl/MKUbK7 .
4940 // 6115, Voice of Strait, seemed to be the only station
carrying non-stop gala coverage, at 1230+.
6060 // 7225, PBS Sichuan-2, at 1333, found carrying gala (out
of sync) // 4940 // 6115; earlier PBS only had their normal (non-gala)
programs.
CNR2 (6065, 6090, 6155, 7245, 7265, 7314, 7335, 7370 and 7375),
seemed to also cover the gala for a while after 1234, but seemed a
delayed broadcast and their coverage did not last long.
In recent years the SW coverage of the gala has not be as extensive
as in the past. BTW - The TV audience in 2015 reached 690 millions!
The gala is said to have the largest audience for any entertainment
show in the world.
UNID 7521kHz English/Korean -
XYZ Jan 27, 2017 15:44 UTC No.2080 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
>CCTV
-1540- A Hong Kong action actor Jackie chain was singing !
-1608-
7521kHz UNID Korean/English, strong signal
maybe Voica of Martyrs QSY from 7510kHz, but shifted by 1kHz
-1642-
4940kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, still relay of CCTV
-1646* s/off, also CCTV program was end.
Special thanks to Ron-san ! FB information !!
Re: Radio Australia off the air again -
Ron Howard Jan 28, 2017 06:02 UTC No.2081
Jan 28, at 0450+ UTC, again with RA silent on 15240, 15415 and
17840. Is the Shepparton crew hungover from Australia Day or
are they out celebrating Chinese New Year, hi?
So it has finally happened, was listening to SIBC (Solomon Islands)
on 9545, at 0500 with the ABC News and it was not // to RA, as they
were all off the air. First item on the news was President Trump's
executive order regarding immigration; reception well above the
norm; before 0500 with C&W song "One More Day" by Diamond
Rio and pop song "Fools Rush In"; suddenly off at 0501* during
the ABC news.
Ron
- - - - - - Ron wrote:
AUSTRALIA[non-log]. Jan 26, at 0348, did not find any of the
normally heard RA frequencies, via Shepparton; 17840 should
have been the strongest, next best would have been 15240, and
poorest usually 15415. All were silent. A preview of the end! (Ron
Howard, Calif., USA)
Re: Radio Australia off the air again -
Ron Howard Jan 28, 2017 06:35 UTC No.2082 Thanks to Rob Wagner, who posted this to Facebook WRTH:
"All three RA freqs back on air as at 0600."
So a short lived glitch?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 28, 2017 08:35 UTC No.2083 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0830-
1614kHz No signal (NK station)
3325kHz No signal in this time
5020kHz No signal, also no signal 9545kHz
7260kHz MONGOLIA Golden Radio (Radio 2), QRM from VANUATU, 4830kHz no signal
-0945-
2325kHz AUSTRALIA
2485kHz //2325kHz, 4835kHz
4835kHz ABC, good signal
3260kHz No signal
3325kHz No signal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate(tent.), weak signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz No signal SOLOMON
5139kHz-USB UNID Chinese numbers station, Robot voice (female)
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan BS, opening music, SA at 1000 in Vietnamese
-1123-
3260kHz NBC-Madang, fair signal
3325kHz RRI-Palangkaraya, weak signal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate, weak signal
-1200-
7520kHz SK National Unity Radio, *1200-
9355kHz Free North Korea Radio
-1400- TNX! remote radio in Qatar
15400kHz UNID strong signal weak modulation, maybe Radio Cairo
15755kHz UNID Hindi, maybe KTWR new frequency.
IBB : *1330-1430* KTW VARI KCH
Re: Russia - Radio Sakha -
Ron Howard Jan 29, 2017 05:57 UTC No.2086 RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 0401-0515+,
Jan 29. Preempted all regular programming to provide non-stop
coverage of the action at the Zarya Yakutsk vs Spartak Moscow
game; sounds of the loudspeaker and crowd in the background;
mostly fair; running past their normal 0500* sign off time; 7345
was stronger, but 7295 was clearly //.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 30, 2017 08:57 UTC No.2087 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
-0847-
1614kHz No signal
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4835kHz AISTRALIA ABC
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz SOLOMON
7260kHz VANUATU and CHINA, maybe MONGOLIA no signal
-1148-
11513kHz (Voice of Tibet), open carrier, *1200- Chinese
-1220-
11507kHz open carrier (Voice of Tibet)
11508kHz Voice of Tibet, Chinese, Jammer on 11515kHz
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Jan 30, 2017 21:01 UTC No.2089 CHINA. 5979, Gannan PBS, 1352, Jan 30. In Chinese, with
Chinese music; one of their best days so far since moving off
of ex: 5970. This indeed would seem to be a permanent change,
for whatever reason they did it.
ETHIOPIA. 7234.73v, Voice of Peace & Democracy (presumed),
0403-0415, Jan 30 (Monday). Very poor reception; seemed in
vernacular, with mostly monologues and a few brief selections
of non-descriptive music; by 0415 was totally unusable.
KOREA NORTH[non]. back to their former 5935, Shiokaze/Sea
Breeze via Yamata (Japan), ex: 6145. Jan 30, at 1315 (schedule
1300-1400); in stilted Chinese and no jamming; a check at 1343
had them in Korean for the second half of their broadcast; fair-
good reception, which now completely blocks reception of Tibet
(PBS Xizang), which can be faintly heard underneath Shiokaze.
Wish they would pick a clear frequency to move to!
RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 0501*, Jan 30.
Very good reception; IS with Jew's harp, pips (4+1) and more Jew's
harp music; suddenly off. Back to normal after broadcasting
yesterday's extended "futsal" match. Frankly, I had never heard of
this game until checking on the web - http://goo.gl/4Vw8Ta and
also http://goo.gl/0LQpDK .
ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC. Thanks to Bill Bingham (RSA)
for the alert they are back on the air again; Jan 30, at 0241 open
carrier with test tone; tone off a minute later; start of extremely
faint IS (African Fish Eagle); certainly not full power; 0244 very
dramatic and sudden improvement as they surely went to full
power; from very poor reception instantly up to fair; 0250 drums;
in vernacular and some African music; 0331* suddenly off the air.
Lusaka sunrise at 0356 UT (5:56 AM their time), so still with
electrical "load shedding," as only broadcasting for about an hour.
Nice to have this one back on the air again!
UNID 9405kHz English <-- RTI -
XYZ Jan 31, 2017 08:24 UTC No.2090 Ron-san,ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU!
-0815-
3325kHz no signal
4835kHz AUSTRALIA No signal, The withdrawal from shortwave is lonesome...
5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal
7260kHz VANUATU, fair signal
-1240-
3260kHz Still open carrier, maybe NBC-Madang, no signal at -1249-(noticed)
3354kHz-USB VC01
-1605-
7510kHz Voica of Martyrs
7521kHz CNR-1, Spur of 7545kHz, //7529, 7537, 7545, 7553, 7561, 7569, 7577kHz
??
9405kHz UNID, English, (6185kHz no signal) TAIWAN ??
This is RTI : http://english.rti.org.tw/whatsNew/
Re: Sikkim - AIR Gangtok -
Ron Howard Jan 31, 2017 16:40 UTC No.2091 SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, Jan 31. Yes, with ABC gone, is
now possible to hear this station that was rarely reported in the
past. Today with positive reception; above threshold level, but
not quite readable. Ideal reception for me, as my local sunrise
was at 1510 UTC.
Highlights:
1437-1445: monologue.
1445-1450: subcontinent music/singing.
1450-1457: another monologue.
1457-1512: beautiful selection of sitar music; all instrumental, no
singing at all.
1512: tones to start the audio feed from New Delhi (commercial
announcements, 1515 news in Hindi and 1530 news in English).
1512+ // 4760, 4810, 4895, 4910 (still just open carrier), 4920, 4970,
5010, 5040, 5050, 9865 (as usual, AIR Bengaluru was heard with ads
and news in Hindi, but did not carry the 1530 news in English). Off the
air today were 4950 and 9380.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Jan 31, 2017 16:46 UTC No.2093 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
Yes, I heard it although it was weak because the AUS station ceased to exist.
I am very sad. Broadcasting in the south will decrease steadily.
-1710-
5975kHz-DRM NEW ZEALAND RNZI, new freq?? or mistake?? (SKD: 7285kHz-DRM)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
Re: Asian weather stations -
Ron Howard Jan 31, 2017 20:17 UTC No.2094
KOREA SOUTH. 5857.5, HLL2 Seoul. Thanks to Walt
Salmaniw, for the reminder about this station that I hear
daily, but rarely think to report on. Good signal, but audio
somewhat distorted.
Jan 31, at 1312, in English, with weather conditions at different
observatories around the country; providing wind direction, wind
speed in meters per second, air pressure in hectopascals and
temperature in Celsius; they have other segments in other
languages.
THAILAND. 8743-USB, Bangkok Meteorological Radio, 1341,
Jan 31. In English; marine weather for shipping; ending with their
address: "Telecommunication and Information Technology Bureau,
4353 Sukhumvit Road, Bangna District, Bangkok, Thailand 10260";
1342 played their IS; most days have fair reception; they have other
segments in other languages.
VIETNAM. 7906-USB // 8294-USB, Ho Chi Minh Radio Coast
Station, *1305-1310*, Jan 31. Starts and ends with the usual tones;
in Vietnamese; starts with ID and then marine conditions; both fair.
Has been a considerable amount of time since I last heard their
distress announcements in English, so assume there have been
no marine emergencies recently. Ho Chi Minh Radio is the most
powerful coastal station, so is usually well heard. Operated by
VISHIPEL (Vietnam Maritime Communications and Electronics
LLC).
Re: R. Pilipinas -
Ron Howard Feb 02, 2017 06:21 UTC No.2095 PHILIPPINES. 15640 // 17700 // 17820, R. Pilipinas. Recently
these frequencies have had very poor reception (unusable), but
Feb 2, had excellent reception; close to 100% readable; 0235-0252;
programs heard - "DFA Online, news and events from different
Philippine embassies and consulates around the world," "Songs
and music from ASEAN," "Philippine Trivia," "It's More Fun in the
Philippines," etc.; promo for PBS, "70 years of broadcasting";
countless SA/IDs.
In my opinion, this station provides some of the best programming
on SW. Almost everything they broadcast deals locally with the
Philippines, which I find very entertaining. My four minute recording
of this exceptional broadcast is at http://goo.gl/mo3Qsr .
6050kHz Malaysia, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 02, 2017 10:44 UTC No.2096 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1037-
3260kHz No signal
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville, fair signal, QRM from RRI
3345kHz RRI-Ternate, weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM-Asyik FM, faie signal
Live: http://myklik.rtm.gov.my/radio/10161
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, Chinese
Live: http://www.ynradio.com/pinlv/node_121.shtml
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot
-1227-
5020kHz SOLOMON, Extended broadcasting maybe relay of Wantok FM, fair signal
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot, still here, this is daytime-frequency
9355kHz FNKR
-1231-
11507kHz Voice of Tibet, Tibetan, QSY to 11508kHz at 1234
----------------------------------------------
1230-1400
*1200-1230* 11513kHz --> 11508kHz Chinese
*1230-1300 11507kHz --> 11508kHz Tibetan
1300-1330 11508kHz --> 11513kHz Tibetan
1330-1400* 9508kHz Tibetan
----------------------------------------------
-2010-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville, fair signal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate
5020kHz SOLOMON
UNID 4900kHz -
XYZ Feb 03, 2017 10:17 UTC No.2097 Note;
-1010-
3260kHz No signal (PNG NBC)
3325kHz NBC-Bugainville
3345kHz RRI-Ternate,weak signal
3354kHz-USB CHINA VC01
5020kHz No signal (SOLOMON)
9505kHz CHINA Voice of Strait ??, 4940kHz no signal, non-schedule
-1437-
4900kHz maybe China station, fair signal
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 04, 2017 04:45 UTC No.2104 Note;
-1430-
5905kHz NK Echo of Unifcation
7295//7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01, still here..
11805kHz UNID, 1kHz tone signal
6260kH Uzbekistan ? / 5885kHz BBC etc.. -
XYZ Feb 04, 2017 12:51 UTC No.2106 Note;
-1240-
3354kHz-USB CHINA VC01 still here..
4790kHz CNR-1 jammer still here
4835kHz (tent.) All India Radio, weak signal
4900kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, *1200-
4940kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, *1200- not // 4900kHz
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, still here
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM Asyik FM, 6050.03kHz, QRM from China on 6050.00kHz
-1324-
7510kHz UNID, English, Religious broadcasting
maybe KTWR-GUAM ??
9276kHz TAIWAN Xingxing BS, AM
-1348-
6260kHz UNID open carrier, fair signal, Uzbekistan reactive ??
7510kHz KTWR-GUAM, Korean, *1345-
-1400-
6260kHz JAPAN NHK WORLD, English, TX Uzbekistan ?
soon... changed program to Bible Voice ? (English)
maybe test TX from Uzbekistan.
-1415*
-1418-
5885kHz BBC, Hindi // 7600kHz, spur on 5875kHz and 5895kHz
// 11995kHz, 7600kHz,
No signal : 9510kHz and 7565kHz,
Maybe QSY from 7565kHz Uzbekistan TX..
-1429*
-2310-
4900/4940kHz both no signal, also 9505kHz no signal
5050kHz CHINA BBR, Chinese
5905kHz NK Echo of Unification, QRM from China
9100kHz SK Echo of Hope - VOH, Korean
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 05, 2017 02:50 UTC No.2107 Note;
-0245-
7260kHz MONGOLIA Golden Radio(Radio 2), fair to good signal
7295/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha, 7295kHz weak/ 7345kHz fair signal
8148kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot
-0307-
9445kHz NK, non-schedule, -0310* test ??
-0908-
CHINA Voice of Strait, still no-signal on 4900, 4940, 6115, 9505kHz
3260kHz No signal in this time
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
8148kHz No signal, QSY ? (CHINA VC01)
-0937-
6115/9505kHz Carrier on at 09:37, both good signal
-1230-
6290kHz UNID, -1230* , Japanese songs, maybe spur of NHK
-1410-
5885kHz BBC, Hindi // 7600kHz, 11995kHz
No signal : 9510kHz and 7565kHz,
Maybe QSY from 7565kHz Uzbekistan TX..?
*1400-1430*
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 06, 2017 10:10 UTC No.2115 Note;
-0952-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz No signal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate(tent.), weak signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena(tent.), weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON
5445kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot, new freq.
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, SA in Vietnamese at 1000
6045kHz UNID no-modulation carrier, fair signal, -1002* ??
6115kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, Minnan program *1000-
9505kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, Chinese program *1000-
-1022-
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, openning music
-1124-
6115kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, Minnan program
9505kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, Chinese program
** Today is a different program.
See also: http://radio.chobi.net/DX/DXNEWS/?res:32#33
-1130-
7720kHz NK Voice of Korea(tent.), YouTube: https://youtu.be/dWKyGk1A3rU
-1131*
9526kHz Voice of Indonesia, 9525.95kHz, Thanks ISHIDA !
-1200-
6115kHz, 9505kHz -1200*
4900kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, *1200- Minnan program
4940kHz CHINA Voice of Strait, *1201- Chinese program
-1218-
11985kHz CHINA CNR-1, jammer ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 07, 2017 12:19 UTC No.2116 Note;
TNX! remote radio in Qatar.
-1200-
13800kHz-H3E PUNTLAND, TNX! Thorsten Hallmann @DXLD-YG
-1210-
7510kHz SK National Unity Radio, spur: 7505kHz and 7515kHz
9355kHz SK Free North Korea Radio
12125kHz BBC test via Babcock, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 09, 2017 07:58 UTC No.2117 Note;
Because the antenna: ALA-1530S+ has broken due to a snowstorm,
it is receiving test of the antenna: 303WA-2. The gain has
dropped considerably.
-0745-
11865kHz UNID, English, Religious broadcasting. -0750*
It seems a new schedule as it is not listed.
-0820-
3325kHz (tent.)NBC-Bougainville, still weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON
4900 - 5030kHz OTHR
-0828-
15135kHz CHINA, Old IS !! Nostalgic!
-0835-
7260kHz VANUATU
7415kHz UNID carrier with 1kHz tone signal
-1140-
12125kHz Babcock music, test, SA as "B-B-C" st 1142, maybe BBS test TX
-1414- TNX! PERSEUS server in Japan (TNX! SENDA)
3303kHz-USB CHINA Zhoushan meteorological Radio, Chinese, -1414*
3325kHz RRI-Palangkaraya
3345kHz RRI-Ternate
5445kHz-USB CHINA VC01
-1428- TNX! PERSEUS server in Qater
15755kHz TWR-language ?, Not listed, new schedule ?
15400kHz (Tent.) Radio Cairo, bad modulation
-1435-
9526kHz Voice of Indonesia, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 10, 2017 09:14 UTC No.2122 TNX! remote radio in Japan (TNX! SENDA)
-0905-
3260kHz NBC-Madang(tent.)
3325kHz No signal
9410kHz (tent.)Fu Hsing BS, very weak signal
5895kHz BBC-Hindi ? -
XYZ Feb 11, 2017 09:19 UTC No.2123 TNX! remote radio in the world !!
My antenna is out of order ...
-0910- TNX! PERSEUS server in Qater ! (TNX! koko)
9400kHz UNID Middle-Eastern song, -0915- test tone signal, -0916*
-1000- My poor spare antenna ...
5952kHz BOLIVIA (tent.) Pio 12
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM Asyik FM
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, Vietnamese
-1425-
5895kHz UNID, BBC-Hindi re-QSY from 5885kHz ??
> Feb 04, 2017
> -1418-
> 5885kHz BBC, Hindi // 7600kHz, spur on 5875kHz and 5895kHz
> // 11995kHz, 7600kHz,
> No signal : 9510kHz and 7565kHz,
> Maybe QSY from 7565kHz Uzbekistan TX..
> -1429*
-1430*
6260kHz I forgot to investigate ! *1400- Bible Voice reactived
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 12, 2017 12:52 UTC No.2125 Note;
-1238-
3205kHz UNID weak signal
3325kHz RRI-Palangkaraya(tent.)
3345kHz RRI-Ternate(tent.)
4790kHz CNR-1 jammer, It is already disturbing ..
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, still here
-1335-
9575kHz All India Radio, English news, new schedule ??, //13710kHz
11620kHz UNID, sorry this is DW via UAE, SA at -1352-
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 13, 2017 12:16 UTC No.2127 My location (Akita/Japan) where I live was snowing
a lot again today, and I was snowing all day.
Note;
-1206-
9276kHz TAIWAN Xingxing BS, Numbers station
11513kHz Voice of Tibet, Chinese
11985kHz CNR-1, maybe jammer but no target, strong signal every day
-1220-
7265kHz PAKISTAN Azad Kashmir Radio - Trarkhel,
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Acc. to BDXC-South Asia (http://www.bdxc.org.uk/southasia.pdf):
1100-1300 & 1600-1810 in Urdu, Rawalpindi III Programme
(includes content from Radio Pakistan)
Acc. to SW Info (http://www.short-wave.info/):
** But this is old information.
0035-0215 Urdu
0230-0425 Urdu
0900-1215 Urdu
1330-1430 Urdu
1445-1600 Urdu
1600-1756 Urdu
Acc, to EiBi and AOKI list :
0500-0650 Urdu
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Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 14, 2017 03:24 UTC No.2128 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair
(presumed), 1541, Feb 13. Recently much better reception
than normal; news in English; sports news. Believe signal
strength tends to suggest was not AIR Leh (Kashmir).
New Delhi audio feed of news & sports, with // frequencies:
4835 AIR Gangtok - covered by OTH radar.
4895 AIR Kurseong - off the air today.
4920 AIR Chennai - heard well even with QRM from
PBS Xizang.
4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar - off the air today.
4970 AIR Shillong - heard; better than usual audio level.
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram - heard.
5040 AIR Jeypore - heard.
5050 AIR Aizawl - doing well and mixing with BBR (China).
9380 AIR Aligarh - heard.
9865 AIR Bengaluru - off the air today.
ETHIOPIA. 7235.45v, Voice of Peace & Democracy (presumed),
0400, Feb 13 (Monday). Open carrier, but no audio till about 0417,
when heard HOA singing and announcer till 0431*; poor reception,
with low modulation; 0415 at 7235.66v; at 0425 on 7235.77v.
KOREA SOUTH. 7215, KBS World Radio, 1413, Feb 13. In
English; about online ad campaign in India; fair.
MYANMAR. 5985.0, Myanmar Radio, 1530, Feb 13. In English;
mostly readable; nice ID; "Good evening dear listeners. This is
Myanmar Radio. Here is our final English 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 is the
102nd anniversary of the birth of Major General Aung San, who is
considered the father of modern Myanmar, etc.; weather ("generally
fair"); segment reading in full a Reuters news story "Oldest gorilla
in captivity dies in Ohio at 60 years old"; into pop music program.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 14, 2017 13:12 UTC No.2129 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
TNX! remote radio in Qatar(TNX! koko)
-1305-
15755kHz UNID, -1315 c/off
-1315-
11507kHz Voice of Tibet, Tibetan
Re: Radio Madagasikara back on the air again -
Ron Howard Feb 14, 2017 16:23 UTC No.2130 MADAGASCAR. 5010.78v, R. Madagasikara, 1518-1532,
Feb 14. After being off the air here for a month (or more?),
they are back; best in USB due to AIR on 5010.0; respectable
signal; about the best reception I have had here; some type of
noise QRM, or would have had even better reception; pop
African music/singing and announcers; noted slight drifting.
My local sunrise at 1456 UT, while Antananarivo sunset was
at 1526 UT.
Am IDing on basis of language and music heard, plus drifting
frequency, but no positive R. Madagasikara SA/ID heard, so is still
presumed. Very nice to have this one back again!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 15, 2017 12:51 UTC No.2131 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGZAIMASU !!
-1230-
13800kHz No signal today, It seems that Puntland which has been
actively broadcasting recently has s/off all the time
before 14:00.
-1248-
7300kHz TAIWAN ??, UNID station + CNR-1 (maybe jammer)
9410//9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 16, 2017 08:46 UTC No.2132 Note;
-0837-
60mb heavy OTHR !
5020kHz SOLOMON
7210kHz NK Voice of Korea, Japanese, new schedule ? or mistake ??
//621, 3250, 7580kHz, no signal: 6070/9650kHz
7260kHz VANUATU
9774kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, //9410kHz
-0900-
7185kHz UNID Chinese station ??, music only, -0900*
YouTube : https://youtu.be/UWxkH4vVlps
-0918-
7210kHz NK Voice of Korea, 6070kHz on air on the way...
SA at 0918 in Japanese, No ann. "7210kHz"...
maybe this frequency is mistake.
-0930-
7210kHz NK Voice of Korea Japanese program still here...
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5445kHz-USB CHINA VC01
5935kHz Pips-jammer, target??, maybe from NK
7540kHz UNID strong carrier, -0944*
-1010-
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM Asyik FM, fair signal
-1050-
7300kHz UNID Chinese station + CNR-1 jammer, TAIWAN ??
noticed at Feb 15(yeaterday) -1248-
-1125-
9700kHz RNZI, English,
New SKD: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
7200kHz No signal
-1240-
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, English lesson program "Kang Guru Indonesia"
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log, SOH etc.. -
XYZ Feb 18, 2017 02:12 UTC No.2137 Note;
-0152-
15720kHz RNZI Radio New Zealand Intenational, new frequency from Feb. 2017
TAIWAN SOH Sound of Hope;
-------------------------------------------------------------
9MHz - 18MHz (New frequencies only)
9155kHz, 13620kHz, 14690kHz, 14820kHz, 15940kHz, 16770kHz
-------------------------------------------------------------
Taiwan SOH, Mongolia, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 18, 2017 02:18 UTC No.2138 Note;
-0152-
15720kHz RNZI Radio New Zealand Intenational, new frequency from Feb. 2017
TAIWAN SOH Sound of Hope;
-------------------------------------------------------------
9MHz - 18MHz (New frequencies only)
9155kHz, 13620kHz, 14690kHz, 14820kHz, 15940kHz, 16770kHz
-------------------------------------------------------------
-0215-
7260kHz MONGOLIA Golden Radio, http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio2
-1044-
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, still here, Chinese
6050kHz RTM Asyik FM, fair signal
7260kHz CHINA Xinjiang PBS, Chinese
-1310-
11507kHz Voice of Tibet, Tibetan
-1325-
7510kHz KTWR ??, English, strong signal
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 18, 2017 23:19 UTC No.2142 AUSTRALIA. 3210, test of Unique Radio on Feb 18, at 1300,
seemed that I was hearing a JBA open carrier that was not there
minutes earlier; well below threshold level; totally unusable;
subsequent checking through 1450 had extreme challenge to
even tell for sure if the open carrier was still there or not. My
conclusion is that this will probably be mostly unusable for us
in the States.
Seemed today was not an issue with propagation, as most days
Korea, on 3219.9 (5 kW), is just an open carrier, but today had
definite singing at 1451, so generally good propagation and
Korea on 3320 (100 kW) had the usual good reception.
CHINA. 4900, VOS (Minnan language service), still remains
here on Feb 18, at 1456, with fair reception. Hard to tell if this will
turn out to be just a temporary move from ex: 6115?
4940, Voice of Strait, 1500-1530, Feb 18. Saturday only English
program "Focus on China"; a filler (anomaly) program; not their
standard news format at all; audio from the CCTV documentary
"A Bite of China," segment "Inspiration for Change," about making
tofu, rice wine and soy sauce; one continuous announcer (native
speaker of English); no breaks for IDs; 1530 SA/ID in English - "This
is the Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio"; mostly readable.
Believe some of the VOS staff must still be out on holiday, or would
assume they would have had their normal Saturday news format.
4990, PBS Hunan, 1402, Feb 17. Better than normal reception; "ni
hao," the standard Chinese phone greeting; many on air calls.
9575, CNR1 echo jamming of AIR, via Bengaluru, in Tibetan; Feb 17,
at 1247; scheduled 1215-1330.
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1538, Feb 18. Segment in
English; "the weather" (outlook for the next two days); "End of the
news from Myanmar Radio"; 1540-1555 with the Saturday program
天oice of ASEAN, Beyond Boundaries"; seemed to be produced by
PBS (Philippines), as the announcer was Edward Santos, who I have
heard many times over Radio Pilipinas, talking about relationships
between Malaysia and the Philippines; 1556 "Welcome to our program,
ASEAN News"; item about Cambodia, etc.; covered at 1600 by China
(CRI); mostly readable.
It will be recalled that Myanmar and the Philippines signed a Memo of
Understanding (http://210.5.104.56/treaty/scanneddocs/616.pdf).
BTW - 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of
ASEAN.
SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1457-1515, Feb 17. Nicely above
threshold level audio; at most times able to make out the language
used; 1457-1512 alternating announcers in Hindi; 1512 the usual
tone to start the New Delhi audio feed, with commercial announcements
in Hindi, till news in Hindi at 1515. Certainly one of their better days.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC. In Dec, noted many days with
extended broadcasting post-1200*, but in Jan, did not hear any and
now in Feb am again hearing some, but certainly not on a daily basis.
Feb 18, tuned in at 1303 to hear SIBC with extended airing of non-stop
pop songs ("My Boyfriend's Back," etc.); no SA/IDs heard, so clearly not a
Wantok FM relay; 1314 audio ended and went to dead air (open carrier),
which was still on at 1608. Very unfortunate that they ended the audio
early, while still keeping the transmitter on for many hours after that. Why
not just keep the audio going?
ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, 1603, Feb 18. Via long path; mixing with
Myanmar(?); China (CRI) had already signed off; in vernacular; at times
almost fair.
3210kHz Unique Radio, test TX -
XYZ Feb 19, 2017 01:24 UTC No.2143 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
In my location, I could not catch their signal :-(
Unique Radio
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See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:1115
Special thanks to Mauno Ritola(Finland) and Ron Howard(USA) ! ,
and AUS's PERSEUS server !!
3210kHz Unique Radio Now on the air -
XYZ Feb 19, 2017 09:12 UTC No.2144 -0908- 3210kHz OM Talk
Thanks PERSEUS Server in AUS ! (TNX! Neil Brisbane)
There seems to be a static electricity in Australia.
5895kHz BBC-Hindi, Frequency changed daily ? -
XYZ Feb 19, 2017 14:33 UTC No.2145 -1427-
5885kHz weak signal, spur of 5895kHz ??
5895kHz BBC-Hindi,, //7600kHz, 1430*
Re: Solomon Islands - Wantok FM relay -
Ron Howard Feb 19, 2017 18:51 UTC No.2146 SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM relay via SIBC, 1404-1448
& 1517-1537 and still on at 1550, Feb 19; being as it's Sunday, heard
with all contemporary worship songs in English (song "Broken Vessels -
Amazing Grace", etc.); only very brief SA/IDs - "Wantok FM 96.3. Good
times, great music" and "The hottest sounds . . . with the hottest DJs,
96.3"; mostly fair.
They must have read my comments yesterday - "Very unfortunate that
they ended the audio early, while still keeping the transmitter on for
many hours after that. Why not just keep the audio going?" Yes, was
very nice today to have audio! My recording of SA/ID and "Broken Vessels -
Amazing Grace" at http://goo.gl/UJmXHd .
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 21, 2017 20:41 UTC No.2147 Picture of a rainbow at Asilomar State Beach Park (Calif.), today
(Feb 21), at 1530 UT, across the street from where I sit in my car
to SWL - http://goo.gl/qPnFNv . Ron
BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, on Feb 21; well
above the norm; propagation favoring BB and not CNR1; 1251-1253
SA/ID and daily "weather forecast" in English; high today 31.2ｰC, sunrise
at 6:27 AM and sunset at 5:56 PM.
INDIA. 6030, AIR Delhi (Kingsway - 250 kW), 1311, Feb 21. Unique
propagation here at this time preiod, as normally would have CNR1
mixing with Calgary (CFVP), not AIR; subcontinent music and
announcer in Hindi; underneath China.
SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, on Feb 21, with unusually good
propagation; the best reception I have had here since ABC went
silent; 1508 with subcontinent music; 1512 switch over to audio feed
from New Delhi, starting with tone; singing ads in Hindi; 1515 tone
before news in Hindi. My audio at http://goo.gl/BDcirm .
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM relay, via SIBC. Yes, Feb 21,
with yet another day of a long, extended broadcast; 1244, till past 1518;
strong signal during unique propagation; good reception at times; pop
songs (Bette Midler - "From a Distance [God Is Watching Us]," etc.);
short SA/IDs - "Listen non-stop, non-stop, 96.3," "This is Wantok FM 96.3.
Good times, great music" and "Listen to the hottest sounds . . . with the
hottest DJs, 96.3."
TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek, 1302 and 1330* (almost 1331), Feb 21.
Poor, but about the best reception I have had here; good propagation, but
the usual heavy CODAR QRM; CNR1 jamming extremely faint; a long radio
drama; 1330 BBC SA/ID and pips. Not often I can actually make out the SA/ID.
My audio at http://goo.gl/TmzlQU .
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 22, 2017 09:15 UTC No.2148 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
-0905-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz SOLOMON, fair to good signal
7260kHz VANUATU, fair signal
7295kHz Radio Sakha
-1305-
6410kHz UNID strong carrier, 6410.0kHz, -1305*
TNX! NAOTAMA(Japan). Maybe NK station...
------------------------------------
Today -1220* 1613kHz UNID station
------------------------------------
-1313-
7295kHz No signal (Radio Sakha)
Radio Sakha no signal ?? -
XYZ Feb 23, 2017 12:53 UTC No.2150 Note;
-1238-
4750kHz BANGLADESH fair signal, QRM from CNR-1
5020kHz SOLOMON, Today is also an extended broadcast.
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM, 6050.03kHz,(Xizang PBS on 6050.0kHz)
7295kHz RUSSIA No signal ?, There are many interference stations
at 7345 kHz and it is unknown.
-2258-
7295kHz
7345kHz Radio Sakha, QRM from CNR-1
7295 kHz did not understand the signal was too weak
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 24, 2017 00:22 UTC No.2151 INDONESIA. 4869.9, Pro 1 RRI Wamena, as it's Thursday (Feb 23),
time to check for "Kang Guru Indonesia." Yes, at 1239 the first "KGI" ID
and intro in Bahasa Indonesia, then on to English; KGI is "carried on
over 200 stations"; played a few pop songs; segment about rhyming
words; "Find a word that rhymes with soldier? . . . shoulder"; segment
"Good neighbors make good friends," about the importance of using
"Thank you and please" in Australia & Indonesia; about "cultural
differences"; better reception than usual, but still less than semi-
readable.
BTW - RRI Ternate (3344.87) not hear on Feb 23.
KOREA NORTH[non]. 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata (Japan),
1330, with Thursday (Feb 23) English. Intro to the repeated half hour show
that just aired; N. Korean jamming; both totally blocking reception of Tibet
(PBS Xizang).
KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1415, Feb 23. Daily
heard with good reception and never jammed by N. Korea, as their
other frequencies are; as usual at 15 minutes after the hour, strong
"V O H" SA/ID.
6135, Voice of Freedom (clandestine). Normally blocked by strong white
noise jamming from N. Korea, but Feb 23, found VOF cutting through
the jamming fairly well at 1349, with a radio drama in Korean; so todays
propagation favored the south rather than the north. BTW - the KBS
station on 6015, was also well heard through the white noise jamming.
MALAYSIA. 6050, Salam FM, 1503, Feb 22. Islamic programming
(reciting from the Qur'an, etc.); in vernacular; many singing IDs; 1518
SA/ID with "shortwave" and "FM" frequencies; still on the air at 1524; fair-
good, with light QRM from Tibet.
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, on Feb 22 (Wednesday), at
1545, with "VOA American Stories, Learning English," with a dramatic
presentation of the story 鄭 Princess of Mars,・by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Transcript and audio streaming at http://goo.gl/nxM1DU .
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM relay, via SIBC, 1309, Feb 23.
Yet another day of extended broadcasting (now daily?); non-stop songs
(Lionel Richie - "Stuck on you," Men At Work - "Who can it be now?," etc.);
frequent brief SA/IDs; not as strong as yesterday; still on at 1410. Yesterday,
Yoshiyuki Ohashi (formerly active in SWL as "Peace-J") was also hearing
this at 1321, with nice reception in Japan.
Wantok FM 96.3, was established in 1999, as a part of SIBC, to attract a
younger audience - http://goo.gl/TLliig .
USA. 7505v, WRNO, 0424, Thursday (Feb 23). In Chinese, with "Praise
for Today," already in progress; poor-fair.
ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0458, Feb 23. In English; promo
for the "Zambia Bureau of Standards"; music & call of fish eagle; "One
Zambia, one nation"; news & sports ("Bank of Zambia projects a 3.9%
economic growth rate this year," etc.); 0515 weather and repeat promo
for the "Zambia Bureau of Standards"; 0517 into vernacular; no "load
shedding" today, unlike yesterdays closing down at sunrise.
ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, 0340, Feb 23. Normal format at this time;
brief chanting and mention of "Zanzibar"; almost fair; better than usual.
UNID 4860kHz -
XYZ Feb 24, 2017 11:27 UTC No.2153 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!!
my logs:
-1117-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz RRI and NBC mix, both fair signal
3345kHz RRI-Ternate, 3344.87kHz
4870kHz RRI-Wamena, 4869.92kHz, QRM from heavy OTHR
5020kHz SOLOMON, QRM from Cuba on 5025kHz
-1240-
4860kHz UNID, maybe : 4900 - (4940 - 4900) = 4860kHz
-1248- //4940kHz and 4900kHz
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 25, 2017 05:15 UTC No.2155 Note;
-0500- Thanks PERSEUS server in Italy !!
3237 vkHz UNID, YouTube : https://youtu.be/l8NpAbi91u0
Maybe near the Mediterranean Sea --- Africa or Midlle-East ??
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 25, 2017 10:53 UTC No.2157 Note;
-1029-
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, still here, All night programs are in Chinese.
6050kHz MALAYSIA RTM, fair signal
7200kHz ** Here is always a DRM type Jammer at night..
-1540- Thanks PERSEUS server in Thailand (TNX! HS SWL Uwe)
4896kHz AIR moved from 4985kHz to 4896kHz (1kHz), English news
5013kHz UNID, spur ??
Re: Voice of Strait (4900 kHz.), mixing with V24 -
Ron Howard Feb 25, 2017 18:00 UTC No.2158 KOREA SOUTH. 4900, Korean Numbers Station V24,
1531-1545*, on Feb 25. Mixing with Voice of
Strait (China) also on frequency; started out
with both stations with singing; at 1535, V24
went to numbers in Korean; both equal strength.
My audio at http://goo.gl/PdOxaY .
Re: Voice of Strait (4900 kHz.), mixing with V24 -
XYZ Feb 25, 2017 21:54 UTC No.2159 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
>V24 4900kHz
See also : http://radio.chobi.net/DX/SPYnumBBS/?res:7#357
Yes, It was broadcast on Feb. 23 and 25, and next broadcast
schedule date is Feb. 27.
Schedule and monitoring list :
http://radio.chobi.net/DX/data/V24KoreanNumbers.html
Thanks very much FB audio, Ron-san !!
7500kHz All India Radio - Delhi, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 26, 2017 09:13 UTC No.2160 Note;
-0905-
3260, 3325kHz No signal
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz Solomon, fair to good signal
6070kHz Voice of Korea - Japanese, mistake ?, //9650 7580 3250 621kHz,
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu
7295kHz Radio Sakha, weak signal, //7345kHz
-0920-
5445kHz-USB CHINA VC01-Chinese Robot, I only found this one frequency this month.
0930- V28 (North Korea)
-----------------------------
3131kHz female
3141kHz male
3277kHz male
3697kHz female
.......... 4 frequencies
-----------------------------
-0935- TNX! PERSEUS server in New Delhi, India (TNX! Delhi_perseus)
7500kHz UNID, Urdu
TNX! Jose Jacob @DX-India
-----------------------------------------------------------
AIR Delhi noted on 7500 today instead of 7520 Nepali at
07000-0800 Urdu Service Scheduled at 0830-1930 has also
started on 7500 just now
-----------------------------------------------------------
7265kHz Strong Signal open carrier, maybe PAKISTAN ??
-0945- back to my location ...
3260kHz NBC-Madang
42mb OTHR :-(
-0950-
1613kHz North Korea Station, maybe "Broadcasting for the front line sentry"
// 3220kHz etc.. relay of KCBS-Pyongyang.
Thanks! NAOTAMA(Japan) for this information.
-1005-
7265kHz PAKISTAN ?, Urdu or Hindi language, maybe *1000- s/on
-1127-
4895kHz All India Radio, back here (yesterday 4896kHz)
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, Chinese
6035kHz CHINA Yunnan PBS, Chinese
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 28, 2017 03:32 UTC No.2164 CHINA. 5979, Gannan PBS, 1344, Feb 27. In Chinese; ex: 5970
still remains a clear frequency. This must be an intended permanent
change, as it has been about three months now since they moved
to this new frequency.
CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), 0515-0518*, Feb 27.
Clearly hearing announcers in French underneath strong Japan
(SA/IDing as "RN2, Radio Nikkei"), but after 0518 certainly not on
the air through checking to 0545. Brazzaville local sunrise at
0505 UT. Seemed strange to me that they went off the air about
their sunrise. Perhaps I have been checking for them too late,
when I was looking closer to 0600 UT?
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005.0, RNGE, R. Bata (presumed),
on Feb 27, noted decent open carrier at 0522 and subsequent
checking; never made out any audio; decent level OC past 0546.
No, do not believe it was Madagascar.
INDIA. 4870.27, AIR (Delhi-Kingsway), at 1357, on Feb 27, with
subcontinent music/singing; scheduled to be in Nepali; best in USB
to get away from RRI Wamena on the low side.
4970, AIR Shillong, 1506, Feb 26 (Sunday), with Christian songs;
1510 local SA/ID and news headlines in English; "please stand by for
the news"; 1512 start of the New Delhi audio feed.
Shillong is a hill station in northeast India and capital of the state
of Meghalaya. Christianity is the dominant religion there. In fact
Christianity is the major religion in three northeastern states
(Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya).
INDONESIA. 3344.86, RRI Ternate, 1445-1504*, Feb 27. Off
with the usual "Pulau Ambon" (Island of Ambon)/"Love Ambon."
MALAYSIA. 6050, Salam FM, 1505 till past 1518, Feb 27. Strong
signal, with good reception; in vernacular; many SA/IDs.
11665, Wai FM, with the Sunday (Feb 26) "Country and Western"
show; at 1534 with American C&W songs (Kenny Rogers - "The
Gambler," etc.); DJ in vernacular giving title to songs; good
reception.
PHILIPPINES. 17820, R. Pilipinas, 0231-0241, Feb 26. Only this
frequency very readable; // 15640 // 17700 not so readable. News
about the activities of the president and of tourism in the Philippines;
擢rom the presidential palace Manila, Dateline Malacang,・which
of course is the name of the presidential palace.
RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. Feb 26 (Sunday)
noted at 0246, with their weekend schedule (0000-0500), as opposed
to the weekday schedule 0300-0500; pop songs; 0250 usual SA/ID and ads;
covered at *0258 by strong RRI sign on (IS), which is often not so strong
as today.
7345 // 7295, on Feb 27 (Monday), 0450-0500*; usual SA/ID and ads; music;
0500 IS (Jew's harp - khomus) and 3 pips; 7295 with much better reception
than normal, with 7345 still stronger.
SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, 1517, Feb 27. Call-to-prayer for the
Islamic Maghrib prayer, just after sunset; their sunset today was at 1514
UT (6:14 PM at Hargeisa), while my sunrise was at 1440 UT.
ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0500, Feb 27. In English with news,
sports, weather and government promo ending at 0512 and into vernacular.
Have found the length of the English segment varies daily, ending between
0512 to 0518.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Feb 28, 2017 09:26 UTC No.2165 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
my logs:
-0919-
1613kHz No signal
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
4870kHz RRI-Wamena
5020kHz SOLOMON
7260kHz VANUATU
9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing BS, 9774kHz no signal
-1120-
1613kHz NK relay of KCBS(2850kHz etc..)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Feb 28, 2017 17:26 UTC No.2166 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1131-1200*, Feb 28. DJ
in Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing Pacific Islands pop songs; several SA/IDs;
poor. RRI Palangkaraya not heard till suddenly on about 1159.
CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice Shangri-la), 1205*, Feb 28. No sign
of Bhutan; EZL orchestra music till suddenly off; their normal format after
1200.
ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia (presumed), on Feb 28, noted still drifting; 1504
on 7236.23v and by 1520 on 7236.34v; in vernacular; mostly monologue
and some HOA music; poor.
SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1452, Feb 28. Subcontinent music/singing;
1500 switched to solo sitar instrumental; nicely above threshold level audio;
would have been almost fair reception except for QRN (static). Rather late
today signing on, as not there at 1214, nor at 1247 check, but clearly there
at 1257.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM relay, via SIBC. Feb 28 another
day with an extended broadcast; 1206 with pop songs (Ellie Goulding - "Love
Me Like You Do," etc.); mostly fair reception; SA/IDs ("Listen non-stop, non-stop,
96.3," etc.); audio still there at 1326, but by 1340 only a strong open carrier till
past 1526+ (dead air).
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 05, 2017 23:43 UTC No.2167 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
My long-term work finally finished.
I'm sorry, I stayed for a while for a while.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 06, 2017 13:33 UTC No.2168 Note;
-1325-
4750kHz Bangladesh Betar, good signal QRM from CNR-1
5020kHz SOLOMON, still on air
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, in Chinese
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 07, 2017 09:56 UTC No.2169 Note;
-0940-
1613kHz NK, // KCBS 2850kHz etc., maybe *0930-
7295/7345kHz RUSSIA Radio Sakha
9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing, (9774kHz no signal)
-1445-
5130kHz 1kHz test tone signal
6215kHz *1436- c/on, maybe V24
-1510-
4765kHz TAJIKISTAN, QRM of 1kHz test tone signal(where??)
7415kHz CHINA Firedrake target to RFA
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Ron Howard Mar 07, 2017 15:49 UTC No.2170 Rainbow at Asilomar State Beach (Calif.), where I
listen to SW while sitting in my car.
http://goo.gl/ybIhzp and http://goo.gl/dUIt6B
KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 0637-0714,
March 7. In Korean with no jamming; 0700 time pips and news;
several "KBS" SA/IDs. Very nice to catch this without the normal
white noise jamming. My audio at http://goo.gl/zrUQFX
While Voice of Freedom, on 6135, was jammed as usual.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 08, 2017 09:25 UTC No.2171 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0920-
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
5836kHz-USB CHINA VC01
6080kHz CHINA Hulun Buir PBS, Mongolian, 6079.90kHz
9410kHz Fu Hsing ?, weak signal
-0936- V28
3081kHz, 3140kHz, 3277kHz, 3699kHz
-1030-
1613kHz Maybe NK, no modulation ??
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Amano Mar 09, 2017 05:18 UTC No.2172 Hello! Ron-san and Hiroyuki-san.
How are you today?
I'm feeling good because I just had a really good lunch in the morning after my grave-yard shift.
To Ron-san.
Regarding your audio KBS Hanminjok Bangsong on 6015 kHz from California, that sounds good! and nice catch & timing of not jammed!
The photograph of rainbow at Asilomar State Beach is very beautiful, too!
0700UTC time pips is 1600KST(JST) time pips. (4pm afternoon)
KST is Shoth Korean Standard Time, and it's same as Japanese Standard Time(JST).
I was able to confirm that SA/IDs in your audio.
The SA/IDs of Korean language is "KBS Hanminjok Bangsong e nyuseu ip nida." by male voice after the time pips.
This Korean language mean "This is KBS Hanminjok Bangsong's news."
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Ron Howard Mar 09, 2017 08:41 UTC No.2173 Thank you so very much Amano-san. Greatly appreciate your feedback! Ron
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Amano Mar 09, 2017 19:13 UTC No.2174 Thank you Ron-san. I'm glad to help! Amano
I had Chulsu-san Korean Dxer hear your audio further.
Thank you for following me from Seoul, Chulsu-san.
http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:3018#3667
After 25 seconds, female anouncer says "jayu asia bangsong".
"jayu asia bangsong" is Radio Free Asia (RFA).
After 29 seconds, female anouncer says "seoul jiguk gija".
"seoul jiguk gija" is Seoul branch reporter.
After 31 seconds, female anouncer says "annyeong ha seyo".
"annyeong ha seyo" is hello.
After 40 seconds, it is RFA Seoul branch reporter phone report. He is male.
He explained the fact that the US Trump regime began full-fledged discussions on North Korea policy.
*KBS Hanminjok Bangsong has a cooperative relationship with UBS National Unification Broadcast (formerly RFC) as well as RFA Korean broadcasting.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 09, 2017 21:40 UTC No.2175 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1057-1137*, March 9.
Pop Pacific Islands song; in Pidgin/Tok Pisin with info about "very
important document," "record of employment," "Bougainville Board
of Education"; 1126 PSA about the upcoming elections in June;
back to DJ with pop Pacific Islands songs till suddenly off in
mid-song, so they did not make it through to their normal 1200*;
better than semi-readable.
Only very light QRM from RRI Palangkaraya, which at 1113 played
the distinctive patriotic song 釘agimu Negeri・(For You Our Country),
but was far underneath NBC.
Seeing as PNG will be holding national and local government
elections this coming June, we can expect many more PSAs
and more info about the elections.
CHINA. March 9, a day with Voice of Strait anomalies. Timeline:
1212 - both 4900 (Minnan language service) and 4940 ("Voice of Taiwan
Strait News Radio") off the air. In the past, both had *1200 sign on times.
1248 - noted 6115 on the air (Minnan language service).
*1248-1249* - happened to briefly hear 4940 come on the air and go off.
1314 - found 6115 silent. So is the switch from 6115 to 4900 happening
now at 1300, instead of formerly at 1200?
1315 - heard both 4900 and 4940; both with strong OTH radar QRM.
5979, Gannan PBS, 1318, March 9. Sounded like Chinese and played
some EZL music; between 1401 and 1408, they went off the air.
7385, Firedragon (music jamming) & CNR1 jamming, 1413, March 9,
which were to block RTI.
INDONESIA. 9524.96, VOI, 1311, March 9. Very poor reception, but
was able to make out the start of "Today in History," during their English
segment; better reception after 1402, in Indonesian.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1149-1206*, March 9.
In Pidgin/Tok Pisin; pop songs (Dr Hook - "Sharing the Night Together,"
etc.); 1200 PNG bird call and NBC news/weather in English (Australian
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop gave an address at Lae School of Nursing,
etc.); promo for NBC; suddenly off; poor, but at times semi-readable.
SOLOMON ISLANDS[non-log]. 5020, SIBC, on March 9, noted at 1207,
that there was no extended broadcast today, through subsequent
checking till 1425.
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Ron Howard Mar 09, 2017 23:18 UTC No.2176 - - - Ron posted to DXLDyg, on March 9:
Hi Glenn,
During my March 7 reception on 6015 (KBS Hanminjok Bangsong),
heard a phone report between a man and woman (00:21+ on my
audio), at 0714 UT. Thanks to input from Chulsu-san (Korean DXer),
via Amano-san and Hiroyuki-san, have learned the following about
that phone report:
"After 25 seconds [into my audio - Ron], female announcer says 'jayu
asia bangsong'. 'jayu asia bangsong' is Radio Free Asia (RFA).
After 29 seconds, female announcer says 'seoul jiguk gija'.
'seoul jiguk gija' is Seoul branch reporter.
After 31 seconds, female announcer says 'annyeong ha seyo'.
'annyeong ha seyo' is hello.
After 40 seconds, it is RFA Seoul branch reporter phone report.
He is male. He explained the fact that the US Trump regime began
full-fledged discussions on North Korea policy.
*KBS Hanminjok Bangsong has a cooperative relationship with UBS
National Unification Broadcast (formerly RFC), as well as RFA Korean
broadcasting."
So very nice to receive such detailed analysis of my audio. Greatly
appreciate their kind assistance!
Ron
- - - Ron wrote:
Hi Glenn,
Very much appreciate the following feedback from "Amano," with
excellent details of the SA/ID I recorded for KBS Hanminjok Bangsong.
Ron
"Hello! Ron-san . . . Regarding your audio KBS Hanminjok Bangsong,
on 6015 kHz from California, that sounds good! and nice catch &
timing of not jammed! . . .
0700 UTC time pips is 1600 KST(JST) time pips. (4 pm afternoon). KST
is South Korean Standard Time, and it's same as Japanese Standard
Time (JST).
I was able to confirm that SA/ID in your audio. The SA/ID of Korean
language is 'KBS Hanminjok Bangsong e nyuseu ip nida.' by male
voice after the time pips. This Korean language mean 'This is KBS
Hanminjok Bangsong's news.' "
- - - Ron wrote:
** KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 0637-0714
March 7. In Korean with no jamming; 0700 time pips and news;
several "KBS" SA/IDs. Very nice to catch this without the normal white
noise jamming. My audio at http://goo.gl/zrUQFX . . . (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: KBS on 6015 kHz. - not jammed -
Amano Mar 11, 2017 15:40 UTC No.2177 Thank you for reporting to DXLDyg, Ron-san.
6015 kHz cannot hear KBS Hanminjok Bangsong even in Japan hear because of influence of North Korean jamming.
This time it was a catch of nice timing from California!!!
Incidentally, with the medium wave of 972 kHz, there is no jamming from North Korea and you can listen KBS Hanminjok Bangsong clearly at night in Japan.
Postscript :
California is a beautiful city.
The rainbow of Asilomar State Beach in California was very beautiful too.
The following Youtube is Taiwanese pops music clip of 1991.
This song makes beautiful California lyrics.
La California - California Sunshine/Stella Chang
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUQokGdc_eo
Re: V24 on 4925 kHz. -
Ron Howard Mar 11, 2017 19:04 UTC No.2178 KOREA SOUTH. 4925, Korean Numbers Station V24, 1431-1442*,
on March 11; starting with classical music, followed by numbers
in Korean; good signal strength. This is an infinitely better
frequency choice than when I last heard V24, on 4900, mixing
badly with the Voice of Strait (China), from 1531 to 1545*,
on Feb 25.
My audio from today, with first half music and second half
with numbers, at http://goo.gl/yfWHUO .
Re: V24 on 4925 kHz. -
Amano Mar 12, 2017 17:30 UTC No.2179 Hello Ron-san.
Thank you for always reporting.
I heard your audio of V24.
It is very clearly received.
Your audio, with second half with numbers, It becomes below.
--- -0 "gong"
286 96 "I-baek-pal-sip-yuk Gu-sip-yuk"
906 08 "Gu-baek-gong-yuk Gong-pal"
255 55 "I-baek-o-sip-o O-sip-o"
415 16 "Sa-baek-sip-o Sip-yuk"
134 48 "Il-baek-sam-sip-sa Sa-sip-pal"
108 30 "Il-baek-gong-pal Sam-sip-gong"
935 50 "Gu-baek-sam-sip-o O-sip-gong"
788 16 "Chil-baek-pal-sip-pal Sip-yuk"
755 86 "Chil-baek-o-sip-o Pal-sip-yuk"
896 90 "Pal-baek-gu-sip-yuk Gu-sip-gong"
274 22 "I-baek-chil-sip-sa I-sip-i"
Reference - Korean number:
0:gong, 1:il, 2:i, 3:sam, 4:sa, 5:o, 6:yuk, 7:chil, 8:pal, 9:gu, 10:sip, 100:baek
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 13, 2017 12:12 UTC No.2180 ITSUMO ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
I can not report for suddenly busy work..
I am sorry and thanks !
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 14, 2017 20:13 UTC No.2181 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1052-1134* & *1135-
1138*, March 14. Almost fair; in Pidgin/Tok Pisin; pop song (Journey
with "Don't Stop Believing"); long non-stop speech (political?); talk
about "festivals"; briefly off for about a minute, but came back till
finally cut off at 1138*; very light RRI QRM. Another day with an
early closing, so no long with 1200* sign off?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1141-1206*, March 14.
In Pidgin/Tok Pisin; DJ with pop songs (Air Supply with "Lost In Love,"
etc.); 1201 PNG bird call; "NBC News in Brief" (Solomon Islands Prime
Minister Sogavare in PNG for talks with Governor General, etc.; cricket
news; weather forecast); promo for "NBC Radio" and cut off; poor to
almost fair and semi-readable.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1029-1046, March 14. Fairly
readable; "This is the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation,
broadcasting from Honiara"; in Pijin about the official Solomon Islands
women organization for the western province.
RE: DXLD 17-01: Glenn's comment: "GSTQ? Well, they are in the
Commonwealth." At 1045 with PSA: "Nominations are hereby invited
from organizations, communities, private business bodies and or
churches for persons deserving to receive the following 2017
Queen痴 Birthday Honours: OBE, Officer of the British Empire; MBE,
Member of the British Empire and BEM, British Empire Medal. The
application form can be obtained from the receptionist at the Prime
Minister痴 Office or you can also email the secretary of the Honours
and Awards Committee for the electronic copy via email address
kgalokale@pmc.gov.sb . Any further queries can be made to the
secretary on telephone 24264 or 21863. Applications should be
received by March 13th, 2017." Too late to get my name in, hi!
My audio of same at http://goo.gl/4s4uKt .
BTW - March 13, at 1128, found 5020 (and 9545) off the air. March 14,
noted 5020 did not have an extended broadcast at 1207 and subsequent
checking.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 15, 2017 18:25 UTC No.2182 BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, on March 13
(Monday), with anomily. At 1235 would normally hear the news
in English (Monday only SAARC news), but today instead non-
stop subcontinent music; also no daily weather report at 1251.
Hope this was a one day only event!
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, cut off at 1201*,
March 15. Mixing with RRI. So the sign off time is just varying a
great deal, as much as 20-30 minutes early. Today NBC Madang
(3260) with 1206*.
CHINA. 6115 switching to 4900, Voice of Strait, 1259-1300,
March 14. New time for changing frequencies (ex: 1200); 6115,
there till 1259, closing just before time pips; then 4900 starts up
just after the time pips, so they were off the air during pips; fair.
Believe must be the same for VOS on 9505 moving to 4940,
now at 1300 (ex: 1200).
5050, "Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio," 1400, March 12. Pips;
"The Beijing time is now 10 PM," followed by multi-language IDs
(English - "FM .?. Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio・ in the past was "FM
96.4," but hard to confirm that, as during the ID they play loud
background music); then in English "BBR Evening News" and
into the news in Vietnamese; fair with some AIR Aizawl QRM
on frequency.
JAPAN. 774, JOUB Akita (NHK-2), 1245, March 15. Start of the
"Rajio Eikaiwa" English language lesson, with "I'm Ken Toyama";
at times fair.
KOREA SOUTH. 4925, Korean Numbers Station V24, 1435,
on March 13. Tuned in to catch the end of classical music and
start of numbers in Korean; another day with good signal.
Hiroyuki-san continues to update V24 info at http://goo.gl/80GQFu .
Excellent!!
MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM, 1305-1326, March 14. Non-stop
speech about Sarawak, sounded like Prime Minister Razak; mostly
in vernacular, but with "No problem in Sarawak," "I believe in the
economy"; fair. Not // 11665 (Wai FM) and 6050 was silent (Asyik
FM); fair.
PHILIPPINES. 15640 // 17700 // 17820, R. Pilipinas, 0248, March 10.
"Singapore song from an ASEAN country," "Philippine Trivia"; mostly all
fair. During the winter, this normally was below threshold level, but am
now hearing them almost daily with readable signals.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 16, 2017 09:35 UTC No.2183 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0930-
3260kHz NBC-Madang
3325kHz NBC-Bougainville
9410kHz TAIWAN Fu Hsing(tent.), 9774kHz no signal
3080kHz V28 female
3277kHz V28 female
3693kHz V28 female
3142.5kHz maybe V28, no modulation carrier only
-1120-
5020kHz UNID strong signal, UT ??
5840kHz UNID, 5839.99kHz, maybe no modulation, spur ?
5979kHz CHINA Gannan PBS, still here
-1220-
7490kHz UNID, English, maybe US station
MW
In my location (AKITA/Japan)... At this time, a lot of medium-wave stations
in the North American direction are heard.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 16, 2017 14:33 UTC No.2185 Note;
-1428-
4885kHz Echo of Hope, still no jammer
5885kHz BBC-Hindi, Uzbekistan, spur: 5865, 5875, 5895kHz, -1430*
-1500-
6140kHz UNID, -1501 c/off, where ??
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 19, 2017 22:52 UTC No.2187 CHINA. 9505 switching to 4940, Voice of Strait, 1300, March 18.
Confirming the new time for changing frequencies (ex: 1200); 9505
going off just after the time pips; 4940 had carrier on and off a few
times till 1302 start of their audio.
INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1238, March 19. Strong signal; virtually
no modulation. Sad!
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1207-1210*, March 19.
Seeing as it's Sunday, was checking for the usual "Island Praise"
show presented by Stacy Rose, with her syndicated (USA) show,
with pop Caribbean gospel music (reggae, soca, calypso, hip hop
gospel, etc.) and yes, it started at 1207 (somewhat later than usual),
with her very distinctive voice; only three minutes of her show. Up till
1207, NBC with their usual local programming,
PHILIPPINES. 15640 // 17700 // 17820, R. Pilipinas, 0318-0329*.
March 19. Talk about President Duterte wanting country to change
from unitary to federalism form of government, especially for
Mindanao; spot for ASEAN; closing SA/ID for "DZRP" (the only time
I have heard this callsign used in an SA/ID); choral National Anthem;
tones and off. Most days now am having decent reception on all
frequencies, so a nice change in propagation.
SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1227-1235, March 19. One of their
best days; recently had unusable signals, but today nicely above
threshold level audio; subcontinent singing/chanting; 1230 news in
English and clearly // 5040 (AIR Jeypore); items about congress
and prime minister; cricket scores for India/Australia match; 1235
no longer //.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC (presumed), 0501*, March 19.
Very poor; just an open carrier; has been a while now since I last
heard this above threshold level audio at this closing time.
5020, SIBC, 1145-1201*, March 19. Christian hymn; ad for mobile
phone service in English; DJ in Pijin; evening devotional in English,
which was cut short at 1201*; recently no extended broadcasts.
Re: Eritrea VOBME 2 on 7175 kHz. -
Ron Howard Mar 21, 2017 17:12 UTC No.2188 ERITREA. 7175, VOBME 2 (presumed), on March 21. Thanks to
Thorsten Hallmann's alert in DXLD yg; 1438-1456 alternating
announcers (OM & YL); language seemed correct to be them;
HOA music/singing; clear of any jamming till *1505 start of
strong white noise (or DRM?) jamming, completely blocking
any usable reception; formerly the jamming always started
here about *1500-1501.
Last heard VOBME 2, on 7180 kHz., in late Dec. 2016.
No signal found today around 7146.55 (VOBME 1); to be sure
I checked after 1505 and heard no jamming, so safe to say only
one frequency in use today.
Re: Africa - Pacific DX logs -
Ron Howard Mar 23, 2017 18:37 UTC No.2189 Picture of sunset at Asilomar State Beach, Calif., taken from my
car, while listening to SW - http://goo.gl/gTRJ00 . Ron
ANGOLA[non-log]. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, on March 23,
at 0232 and subsequent checking till 0404, found clearly off the air.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, on March 23,
the best reception I have had here in a long time! Open carrier
at 0516; suddenly at 0527 had African singing; Wolfie's "Hungarian
Gypsy violin Czardas music" and SA/ID at 0531; from 0533 to 0542
monologue in Spanish.
It was in DXLD 15-49, that Wolfie reported "at 0532 UT Hungarian
Gypsy violin Czardas music played," which I also happened to hear
at the same time back then, plus I also heard a "Radio Nacional" SA/ID
(my 2015 recording at http://goo.gl/hKlL8W of "Hungarian Gypsy violin
Czardas music" and SA/ID).
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1131-1201*, March 23. Pop
Pacific Islands songs; DJ in Pijin; ad in English with pricing for various
mobile phone data plans and also ad in Pijin for mobile phone service;
evening devotional in English, which was cut short at 1201*. Seems
they have again ended their extended broadcasts, at least for now.
ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, on March 23, start of IS at 0241;
0415-0419, the often heard GOtv promo in English & vernacular;
0500-0515, news/weather in English (long item about Zambia and the
"ICC" [International Criminal Court], Zambian Air Force officer killed by
police, etc.); better than normal reception.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Mar 23, 2017 22:47 UTC No.2190 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
Thank you for many FB informations !!
I have got busy with work again, so time to listen to the radio has run out.
I want to return soon.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 24, 2017 14:22 UTC No.2191 ANGOLA[non-log]. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola. Thanks
to Thorsten Hallmann for monitoring this, as well as Wolfie who
reported early on March 24 (UT), that Angola continues to be
silent.
Also thanks very much to Bill Bingham (RSA) for checking:
"... as you say, nothing heard from Angola. 4949.7 Angola, Radio
Nacional, Mulenvos. Mar 23, 2017 Thursday. 1840-1845. Nothing
heard, no carrier found. Jo'burg sunset 1613.
4949.7 Angola, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos. Mar 24, 2017 Friday.
0041-0045. Nothing heard, no carrier found. Jo'burg sunrise 0413.
Would have expected to hear something at both times, even if
unreadable here in Jo'burg. Bill" (March 24)
BOUGAINVILLE[non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville. March 24,
at 1125, only one station here and that was Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya,
in Bahasa Indonesia and with singing RRI jingle; NBC also not heard
earlier.
CHINA. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2. After recent monitoring, sorry to
report that this station has done away with the ToH SA/ID format that
they used for many years, that included the SA/ID in English ("Nationality
Channel. Sichuan, the People's Radio Station. SW 6060, 7225, FM
88.1"); first heard that English SA/ID back in May, 2013; the new format
is much more abbreviated than the old one. Checked a number of days
at ToH of 1100, 1200 & 1300. Will certainly miss their former distinctive
SA/IDs! (March 24)
KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 1000, March 24.
Time pips; in Korean; hosted by Kwak Young Il, who is easily recognized
by his distinctive voice; intro with SA/ID for the program "Pops Freedom, KBS"
and slow SA/ID for "K - B - S"; playing some pop songs (Cyndi Lauper -
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun," etc.); usual series of three nice SA/IDs; first
by native speaker of English, second in Korean and third in English by
Kwak Young Il - "Now you are listening to KBS, Pops Freedom"; regular
segment "Everyday English" language lesson; poor, but cutting through
the ever present white noise jamming from N. Korea, and at times semi-
readable. Happy to find that this program is still being aired! Website
in Korean - http://goo.gl/ihRfFe . In 2015 made a very clear un-jammed
recording of SA/IDs - http://goo.gl/Np0KjZ .
Re: KBS Hanminjok Bangsong on 6015 kHz -
Amano Mar 26, 2017 10:57 UTC No.2192 Hello! Ron-san.
KBS Hanminjok Bansong on 6015 kHz, after 1016UT, Feb. 27, 2015.
What a great audio!
It's very clear audio from California.
I had Korean Dxer Chulsu-san hear your audio further.
Thank you for following me from Seoul, Chulsu-san.
http://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/?res:3018#3706
http://goo.gl/Np0KjZ
00:00-00:19 A Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdiRhzTsSnk
00:21-00:27 Male Korean "Yeoreobuneun jigeum, Daehanminguk Seoul-e seo bonaedeurineun
POPS FREEDOM eul mutgogyesip nida." - English "Now, you are listening to POPS FREEDOM
from Seoul, South Korea."
00:35-00:41 Cute voice female Korean "Yeongeodaejang Gwag-Yeong il gwa hamkkehaneun KBS
Hanminjok bangsong, POPS FREEDOM!"- English "Together with English captain Kwak Young
il, KBS Hanminjok Bansong, POPS FREEDOM!"
Always thank you so much for your report, Ron-san.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 26, 2017 18:37 UTC No.2195 Amano-san, Domo arigato. Ron-san
INDONESIA. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1414, March 26.
At the end of their local news, gave SA/ID and played the patriotic
song, "Bagimu Negeri," which was composed in 1942, by Koesbini;
followed by SA/ID "Programa Satu RRI Palangkaraya"; unusually good
propagation, providing decent reception. My audio http://goo.gl/KEs00J .
3344.86, RRI Ternate, March 26, with outstanding propagation;
1313-1324 & 1334-1406; coverage of some event; a lot of back-
ground sounds; EZL music. My audio at http://goo.gl/5EDzQ4 .
KOREA NORTH[non]. 6040, a new alternate frequency? Never used
before? Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata (Japan), ex: 5935, on Mar 26,
at 1328 was in Korean, but switched over to Japanese for the second
half of their schedule at 1330; good reception, with no jamming here,
as that was still down on ex 5935.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, March 26, a day with
outstanding propagation; at 1126 speeches and applause; in Pidgin/
Tok Pisin; preempted regular programs; "We come together to
celebrate ..."; 1154 back to regular programs; 1159 "NBC Madang"
SA/ID.
1205 - Stacy Rose SA/IDs her Sunday program: "You are listening to
Island Praise, right here on the Voice of Papua New Guinea, 90.7 FM";
started playing Caribbean gospel songs at 1203; suddenly off. Wish
they would air her entire program, but they never do! "Island Praise"
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ipraize/ , with messages sent
in from PNG.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM 96.3 relay, via SIBC, 1250-
1310 and still on at 1420+, on March 26; another Sunday with non-stop
religious (Christian) songs; sung mostly in English, but some in Pijin;
"Amazing Grace," "Praise the Lord," etc; many SA/IDs ("This is Wantok
FM 96.3. Good times, great music," etc.); mostly fair, on a day with
outstanding propagation. My audio at http://goo.gl/ODMtq3 .
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 26, 2017 18:39 UTC No.2196 Also domo arigato to Chulsu-san!
Ron-san
Re: 1584 kHz. - bubble jammer -
Ron Howard Mar 26, 2017 21:13 UTC No.2197 Amano-san,
Could you please forward this request for information onto
Chulsu-san? Domo arigato!! Ron-san
Request from Mauno Ritola (Finland):
Please ask Chulsu-san's opinion about the bubble jammer
on 1584 kHz and its purpose.
Thanks,
Mauno
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 27, 2017 17:03 UTC No.2198
ANGOLA[non-log]. 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, on March 27,
another day this station was silent; 0300 and subsequent checking
till 0357, with no trace of a carrier.
ERITREA. 7175, VOBME 2 (presumed), on March 27. A long
phone conversation 1445-1501; into HOA music till hit at *1502
with the start of strong white noise (or DRM?) jamming, blocking
reception; weak; some ham QRM, but not much. Nothing heard
around their other frequency of 7146.
KOREA NORTH[non]. 6040, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata,
continues to be free of N. Korea jamming on this new frequency,
on March 27, at 1331; scheduled 1300-1400.
6090, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, on March 27, at 1406. In Japanese
with the usual segment "A message from the Japanese Government";
into what I assume was the programming of "Furusato No Kaze"
("Wind of Hometown") program (per Hiroshi), still in Japanese;
fair-good with no jamming, but faint CNR2 QRM far underneath.
SIKKIM[non-log]. 4835, AIR Gangtok. March 27, had my local
sunrise at 1400 UT. Gangtok was unheard, not even a faint carrier,
at 1357, nor later at 1506, on March 27. Unusual for them to be
off the air!
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC format of extended program of
non-stop pop songs (The Angels - "My Boyfriend's Back," etc.), on
March 27, from 1333 till still there at 1505; started out fair, but slowly
went downhill; no SA/IDs or any announcements, so clearly unlike the
Wantok FM relay heard yesterday.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Mar 29, 2017 00:06 UTC No.2199 ERITREA. 7175, VOBME 2 (presumed), on March 28, from 1414
to 1500, heard with only open carrier; audio seemed to start at 1500;
HOA music till again hit at *1502 with the start of strong white noise
(or DRM?) jamming, blocking reception. Again nothing heard around
their other frequency of 7146.
INDONESIA. 9524.96, VOI, 1307, March 28. Surprisingly semi-
readable; end of "Commentary"; "Today in History" (2005 had 8.6
quake; 1979 had nuclear accident at Three Mile Island; 1999 had
146 killed in the Kosovo War); into "Focus." Not often that this is
heard so well.
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1319-1322, March 28. Special
live coverage of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Asian Cup
qualification soccer match; in vernacular; Myanmar vs India, being
held in Yangon; usual background sounds for such an event (crowd
cheering, loudspeaker, etc.); preempted regular programming; fair.
PHILIPPINES[non-log]. 15640 // 17700 // 17820, R. Pilipinas.
Recently had been hearing them daily with decent reception 0200+,
but March 28 they were off the air; none of their frequencies heard
with any trace of a carrier. Do not believe it was poor propagation.
Probably power outage, due to Manila now having very high
temperatures.
ROMANIA. 6180, RRI, 0456*, March 28. Looking for Brazil (still
off the air), but instead heard this with their new schedule (0400-
0456); fairly strong, so when Brazil returns, this frequency will be
a mess for an hour.
SIKKIM[non-log]. 4835, AIR Gangtok. March 28, continues off
the air; also confirmed silent today by Mauno Ritola.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1146-1201, March 28. DJ in
Pijin reading many texted messages; pop songs; 1155 "Welcome
to our Evening Devotional"; "closing down" SA/ID & NA; much better
reception than normal.
1201, seamless change from SIBC programming over to the extended
broadcast of Wantok FM 96.3 relay of non-stop pop songs (Eagles -
"One of These Nights," Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide," etc.); frequent
SA/IDs ("Listen to the hottest sounds . . . with the hottest DJs, 96.3," "This
is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times, great music," etc.) and still heard at
1511+.
USA[non-log]. 7505v, WRNO was still silent 0244+, on March 28.
Re: Voice of Indonesia - "Wonderful Indonesia Quiz 2017" -
Ron Howard Mar 29, 2017 15:05 UTC No.2200 Voice of Indonesia - "Wonderful Indonesia Quiz 2017"
INDONESIA. 9524.96, VOI, 1302, March 29. Even better
reception than yesterday; in English; news; announcement
about the "Wonderful Indonesia Quiz 2017"; free trip to
Indonesia; questions to the quiz (1. What is the tagline of
Indonesian Tourism? 2. What is your favorite segment in
Voice of Indonesia? 3. Tell us briefly why you want to visit
Indonesia); email answers to voiwiquiz2017@gmail.com ;
"Commentary," "Today in History," "Focus". My brief audio
at http://goo.gl/UUN8Sn .
Re: 1584 kHz. - bubble jammer -
Amano Mar 30, 2017 12:52 UTC No.2201 Hello! Ron-san,
I'm sorry for taking rather a while to reply to it.
Could you please forward this Answer for information on to Mauno-san?
Answer from Chulsu-san (Republic Korea):
Mr.Mauno and Mr.Ron, Thanks for your question.
I can hear bubble jamming in Seoul at 1584 kHz.
Meanwhile, the Chinese broadcasting station was also heard.
The following link is the received audio in Seoul.
Please listen to it.
2017/03/28 2309KST(1409UTC) MW 1584kHz Recevied in Seoul, Korea
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/3bckb0sedc/170328tue2309_Seoul_1584kHz.mp3
(03min15sec - 03min26sec 1575kHz, 03min29sec - 03min48sec 1593kHz)
I also recorded frequencies around 1584 kHz.
You can hear Chinese stations with 3 frequencies.
This is my personal opinion.
I certainly feel that North Korea is sending jamming waves at 1584 kHz.
But, there are few broadcasting stations targeted by North Korea to transmit jamming waves at 1584 kHz.
This frequency is used from South Korea is "KBS-1 Daejeon, Geumsan Relay Station" and "KBS-1 Jinju, Suncheong Relay Station" are two broadcasting stations.
Both broadcasters are 1 kW broadcasters, small power.
I think that North Korea is not sending jamming waves to these two stations.
Currently I think that it is difficult to identify where jamming is being sent from, and what the purpose is.
Best regards,
Chulsu
Re: 1584 kHz. - bubble jammer -
Ron Howard Mar 30, 2017 13:44 UTC No.2202 Domo arigato, Amano-san and Chulsu-san!!
Ron and Mauno
Re: Eritrea [non-log] -
Ron Howard Mar 31, 2017 16:13 UTC No.2203 ERITREA[non-log]. 7175, VOBME 2, on March 31, checking
from 1425 to past 1502+; looking for an open carrier or any audio,
but none heard; this was confirmed by the absence of any of the
usual white noise jamming, that recently had consistently been
starting at *1502, that is whenever VOBME was on the air. I
scanned this area 1502+ looking for any white noise jamming
(7146, 7175, 7180, 7185, etc.), but didn't hear any, so clearly
VOBME was off the air today.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Apr 01, 2017 19:00 UTC No.2204 CHINA. 5979, Gannan PBS, 1319, April 1. Has been close
to four months now since they moved from ex 5970 to this unique
frequency. It was Dec 3 that Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) first
noted the change. Heard today in Chinese, with a weak signal.
SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok. After being silent for some days,
heard their open carrier on April 1, at 1256; another day of OTH
radar strong QRM, but the carrier was strong enough to cut through
it.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Wantok FM relay, via SIBC, 1232,
April 1. Another day with an extended broadcast; non-stop pop
songs, with brief Wantok SA/IDs; still on at 1350, but gone by 1409.
SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, 1326-1340, April 1. Definitely
in English; only able to make out a word here and there; seemed
news till 1331; went to non-HOA pop music; 1340 the usual HOA
theme music to end this 20 minute English segment. My local
sunrise was at 1353 UTC.
VANUATU. 7259.96, R. Vanuatu. April 1, with much better than
normal reception; various amounts of QRM (hams, etc.).
Highlights:
1139-1155: Interview in vernacular; few words in English
("employment information").
1155-1158: Indigenous pop song.
1158-1203: Preaching (Christian) in vernacular.
1203-1229: Non-stop Christian religious songs, many in English.
1229: Clear "Radio Vanuatu" SA/ID.
My edited audio at http://goo.gl/27xiGc .
Am still not hearing them on 3944.2.
Re: Radio Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Apr 02, 2017 18:40 UTC No.2205 VANUATU. 7259.96, R. Vanuatu. April 2 (Sunday), with the
second day of superior reception; found it hard to tune away,
as it's not often heard so well.
Highlights:
1134-1200: Syndicated Christian religious program in English -
"Tomorrow's World," talking about witchcraft, Halloween, the
occult, video games and Harry Potter.
1230-1300: Religious program in vernacular & religious music/
singing; nice organ music.
1300-1320: "Radio Vanuatu" SA/ID; drums & blowing of conch shell;
news in vernacular ("Vanuatu's foreign policy priorities"; cultural
exchange between Vanuatu & New Caledonia; Solomon Islands
government minister; etc.).
1320: "Sports News."
1332: Drums & blowing of conch shell.
1440-1453 & 1521-1528: EZL songs; strange they played several xmas
songs ("White Christmas," etc.). Surprised to be able to still hear them
this late.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Apr 03, 2017 16:30 UTC No.2206 Hiroyuki-san - This will be my last report for a while. Will shortly
be going to Greece, till later in the month. Ron
BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243,
April 3. The Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; 鄭ssalamu
alaikum. This is Bangladesh Betar・ items - new Indian army
chief visting Bangladesh, China plays a vital role in economic
development of the region, terrorist bomb blast in Pakistan at
Friday prayers, etc.; poor, with usual CODAR and CNR1 QRM,
but able to make out bits and pieces.
INDONESIA. 9524.95, VOI, 1358, April 3. Ending the segment
in English with clear SA/ID. Recently several stations have been heard
well above their normal reception, this one and Radio Vanuatu. Due
to propagation? My audio of SA/ID at http://goo.gl/maJ8fB .
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1153, April 3. Christian song
before the start of "Evening Devotional"; "closing down" SA/ID & NA.
1202 - A seamless switch over to the Wantok FM 96.3 relay; usual
pop hit songs (Cher - "Love Hurts," etc.); normal Wantok SA/IDs; still
doing well at last check, at 1402.
VANUATU. 7259.96, R. Vanuatu. April 3, with the third day of above
average reception; 1244-1302 with pop songs; followed by drums and
blowing of conch shell; SA/ID and news in vernacular.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Amano Apr 04, 2017 01:09 UTC No.2207 Ron-san
I hope you will have a safe trip. If you get back home, we will be waiting for your report again.
Amano
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XYZ Apr 04, 2017 12:10 UTC No.2208 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
Currently I am taking care of my parents every day. It's almost 24 hours
so I can not hear Radio. Thank you so much for many reports !
I will leave the radio a bit more to spend my last time with parents.
Thank you very much and I'm very sorry ..
4055kHz -
Pacificocean Apr 12, 2017 12:55 UTC No.2209 I hear it goes to the neighborhood hill.
It is the same as Radio Nikkei. Spurious? Or small transmitter?
Uncover?
2209.mp3
UNID 6305kHz -
XXX Apr 26, 2017 16:00 UTC No.2210 Note;
-1557- 6305kHz UNID Pips Jammer, very strong signal, NK ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
Ron Howard Apr 26, 2017 20:17 UTC No.2211
CHINA. 9505, Voice of Strait (Minnan language service), 1300,
April 26. Off just after the time pips; switched to 4900, which started
up a matter of seconds later. 6115 also switched over to 4940
("Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio," as SA/IDed on Saturdays after
"Focus on China" English program [1500-1530]), which started
audio at 1301.
After almost three months of being on 4900, guess we can call this a
permanent change of frequency.
LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1404, April 26. In Chinese till
1424 indigenous music; 1430 switched over to English; 典his is the
Lao National Radio"; news; 1450-1500 a different segment in English;
1501 French; poor; not very readable, but able to confirm languages.
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1328, April 26. Usual BoH
(their local ToH) format of singing SA/ID, giving three different "kilohertz"
frequencies, followed by chimes; in vernacular; almost good. My
local sunrise was at 1319 UT and their local sunset was at 1223 UT.
RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1226-1240, April 26. Doing
fairly well, but mixing with CNR1; traditional songs; after 1230 started to
also hear R. Thazin (Myanmar) underneath; Russia lost out to the other
two stations about 1240. Unable to hear // 7295.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XXX Apr 27, 2017 09:10 UTC No.2212 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
my logs;
-0905-
5020kHz SOLOMON
7260kHz Radio Vanuatu
7345kHz RUSSIA, Radio Sakha, fair signal, (7295kHz no signal)
Re: Radio Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Apr 27, 2017 16:45 UTC No.2213 VANUATU. 7259.96, R. Vanuatu, 1303-1353, April 27.
1303-1327: news, along with sports news, in vernacular. My local
sunrise was at 1316 UT.
1328: SA/ID "Radio Vanuatu, Voice of Bong Yumi"; in English with RNZI
news (President Trump's tax cuts and considering NAFTA; items
about Syria, PNG, etc.).
1345: RNZI's "Dateline Pacific" with Johnny Blades, with item about
Australia & New Zealand.
My audio at http://goo.gl/GSZrnn .
Re: PBS Hunan (4990 kHz.) not heard -
Ron Howard Apr 27, 2017 16:50 UTC No.2214 CHINA[non-log]. 4990, PBS Hunan, on April 27 was not heard
at all at 1250 & 1403. Rare for them to be off the air!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XXX Apr 28, 2017 13:00 UTC No.2215 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
>7295kHz Radio Sakha
-1257- no signal
>4990kHz Hunan PBS
-1257- no signal
TNX! Ron-san, both informations !
Re: Radio Congo, with no RN2 (Japan) -
Ron Howard May 01, 2017 07:20 UTC No.2216 CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), 0545-0603, May 1.
With "RN2, Radio Nikkei" (Japan) temporarily off the air (they
should be back again on May 3), clearly able to make out the
announcers in French, with no QRM at all; did not play any
music the whole time; at 0545, I just missed the sign on by
a few minutes; poor.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log (9) -
XXX May 03, 2017 10:42 UTC No.2217 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
my logs;
-1036-
3098, 3141, 3277, 3655v kHz V28 NK numbers station
4890kHz UNID carrier, who ??
4990kHz CHINA Hunan PBS, back
5020kHz SOLOMON
5433kHz-USB CHINA VC-01 Numbers
