Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 03 (Fri), 2020 00:19 UTC No.4294 Note;
-0010-
3475kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, //3905kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
3959kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 4885kHz 5995kHz 6250kHz 6350kHz 9100kHz
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
-0127-
7260kHz MONGOLIA, P3 FM 100.9, in English and in Mongolian, "Charge of Knowledge",
** This is "English education program" created by VOICE OF AMERICA
http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3
-0135-
7275kHz CHINA, Guizhou (Guizhou Radio - General Broadcasting), *0135-,
// https://www.gzstv.com/fm/94_6
Re: India - AIR Aizawl reactivated on 5050 kHz. -
Ron Howard Jan 03 (Fri), 2020 13:00 UTC No.4295 INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, Jan 3. Exciting news for the New Year! Today had positive reception
of this station that had been off the air for several years; yesterday had a faint hint that another
station might be here besides the usual Beibu Bay Radio, so monitored this frequency again
today; 1120-1127, prominent test tone; went off for a minute till start of the distinctive AIR IS;
1130-1135, possibly news in Hindi(?); then at 1135 could make out, "This is All India Radio with
the news read by . ."; items not very readable due to BBR QRM; 1140, "and that was the end of
the news bulletin." Wonderful to have this station active again!
Ron
California
Re: India - AIR Aizawl reactivated on 5050 kHz. -
Ron Howard Jan 03 (Fri), 2020 17:14 UTC No.4296 Thanks very much to Jose Jacob (Hyderabad, India), for the following very helpful feedback (Jan 3):
"I have contacted AIR Aizawl just now. They are using only 2 kW now (instead of 10 kW) !!!!
Tomorrow they will increase the power some more. 7295 kHz is also on air.
Sked: 5050 0025-0400 1130-1630
7295 0700-1000"
Greatly appreciate this additional information!
Ron
Re: UNID on 6280 kHz. -
Ron Howard Jan 04 (Sat), 2020 13:25 UTC No.4297
Jan 4, checking SOH, found 6215 // 6230 as usual; clear SOH SA at 1200.
Had an UNID station on 6280, clearly NOT // and no SA at 1200; seemed to
be in Chinese. Who? SOH now with other programming?
Thanks for any help with this.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 04 (Sat), 2020 13:53 UTC No.4298 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
>5050kHz AIR Aizawl
Thanks FB info !!
>6280kHz
Sometimes, CNR-1 Jammer may be jamming..
-1345-
6340kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, //6215kHz etc.., new frq..
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Jan 04 (Sat), 2020 17:35 UTC No.4301 Sorry, I should have said the UNID was about the same signal strength as SOH. Was clearly not CNR1 jamming. I check almost daily on 6215, 6230 and 6280 and don't often find any CNR1 jamming there, which of course is many times stronger than the SOH signals. The UNID sounded similar to SOH programming, but was certainly not //, as it normally is. Nor was it just out of sync with 6215 and 6230, but had completely different program timing. A mystery :)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 05 (Sun), 2020 00:00 UTC No.4302 >6280kHz
Thanks Ron-san :D
-2342-
3475kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, //3905kHz 3930kHz (?? 4450kHz) 6520kHz 6600kHz
3945kHz NORTH KOREA, Echo of Unification, //3970kHz (?? 6250kHz), http://www.tongilvoice.com/
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, //4885kHz 5995kHz 6250kHz 6350kHz 9100kHz
-2353-
4895kHz MONGOLIA ?, fair signal but No or very weak modulation...
5920kHz SORTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 06 (Mon), 2020 09:24 UTC No.4304 Note;
-0906-
3260kHz PNG ?, weak signal
3325kHz No signal (PNG)
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, // 3910kHz 3935kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
3959kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang, // 3220kHz
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 4890kHz 5995kHz 6255kHz 6350kHz 9105kHz
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, TNX Amano ! : https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2480#4303
6215kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, // 6340kHz etc..
8049kHz CHINA, VC01 Numbers, new USB frq for Jan/2020
7260kHz MONGOLIA, P3 FM100.9, over-modulation...
Re: AIR Aizawl -
Ron Howard Jan 06 (Mon), 2020 12:29 UTC No.4305 Jan 6 - AIR Aizawl (5050 kHz.), returned to the air after a two day silence; heard 1121-1140 UTC,
with identical format as reported Jan 3, only today the reception was not as good (poorer conditions?).
Ron
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 08 (Wed), 2020 08:53 UTC No.4307 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0834-
3260kHz PNG, NBC-Madang, weak signal
3325kHz No signal(PNG)
4895kHz MONGOLIA, P3 FM 100.9 relay, fair signal but very weak modulation, //7260kHz
// http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz VANUATU
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ, weak signal
-0843-
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, New SKD: 0800-0400(*0753-0406*)
7290kHz who ?, 7289.92kHz, test tone signal ??
8049kHz CHINA, VC01, Numbers, USB
9774kHz TAIWAN, Fu Hsing BS, (//9410kHz ? heavy QRM)
-0928-
6340kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, 6340.18kHz, //6215kHz
9835kHz MALAYSIA, RTM Sarawak FM relay
11665kHz MALAYSIA, RTM Wai FM relay
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Jan 09 (Thu), 2020 05:31 UTC No.4310 INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, 1135+, Jan 8. Active again after being silent yesterday; very poor reception,?but able to tell there was news in English as usual 1135-1140; mostly unusable till sudden improvement?1220-1225, for segment in English; in past years this was the daily five minute segment "Now will hear?comments from the press"; today was too poor to confirm what program it was, except clearly in English;?1230-1235, usual New Delhi audio feed with the news in English, which was // AIR Jeypore (5040).
??
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. It's Jan 8, time to check for the Wednesday edition of "Learning English?with BBC,?Burmese" language lesson; yes, back-to-back 5 minute shows 1242-1252; "I have changed my diet,"?"I stopped drinking?so much coffee," "Picnics are great, but have you seen the weather forecast for tomorrow??It is going to rain all day." Better?than semi-readable. Program will be repeated again on Friday.? ? ? ??
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1029+, Jan 7. Recently better than average reception; DJ in?Pidgin playing?pop songs (Bee Gees - "To Love Somebody," Dwight Yoakam - "Honky Tonk Man," etc.).?BTW - NBC Bougainville (3325)?remains silent thru Jan 8.?
?
Ron
California??
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Ron Howard Jan 11 (Sat), 2020 13:14 UTC No.4311 KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 1149-1204, Jan 11. It has now been 19 days since
VOF moved here from ex: 6045, and as of today, the N. Korea jamming is still up there, leaving
VOF on 5920 with fairly good reception. Are the jammers still celebrating New Year's? My
unedited six minute audio at http://bit.ly/37TTNgo .
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, CA
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23), 11550kHz RFA test ?, etc.. -
XYZ Jan 12 (Sun), 2020 00:48 UTC No.4312 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0045-
11550kHz Who ?, 0047- no modulation, test ??
0055- resumed, language ?, -0057 no modulation again..
SA at -0100- : "This is Radio Free Asia" in English.
https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/4312.mp3
4312.mp3
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Amano Jan 14 (Tue), 2020 02:27 UTC No.4313 Hello! Ron-san and Komatsubara.
Nice catch! Ron-san.
http://bit.ly/37TTNgo
The five minutes program in your audio is below.
The program ID is between 00:09 - 00:12 of your audio.
Korean : “??? ??“
Korean reading : “Ma-eum-e swimpyo“
In English : “Rest of the mind“
In Japanese : “心の休止符“
I could not confirm the program ID between 05:00 - 06:00.
The program ID may have appeared after that.
Amano
Saitama, Japan
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Ron Howard Jan 14 (Tue), 2020 07:13 UTC No.4314 Thank you so very much, Amano. Always appreciate your expert comments. Ron (California)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 17 (Fri), 2020 08:32 UTC No.4315 Thanks Ron-san and Amano !
-0822-
3260kHz PNG, NBC-Madang, weak signal
3325kHz No signal
4895kHz weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz Vanuatu
5055kHz (tent.)AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ, weak signal
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, New schedule
** see also : https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2480#4303
7260kHz MONGOLIA, MNB P3 FM 100.9, over-modulation..
9774kHz TAIWAN, Fu Hsing BS
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 18 (Sat), 2020 04:12 UTC No.4316 Note;
-0345-
3930kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, //4450kHz 6600kHz
4885kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, //6250kHz 9100kHz, English lesson px ?
7260kHz MONGOLIA, MNB P3 FM 100.9, QRM: 1kHz tone signal on co-channel,
//Live stream : http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3
7502kHz TAIWAN, V13 Xingxing BS, numbers in Chinese, H3E,
** See also : https://radio.chobi.net/DX/SPYnumBBS/?res:1897
-0410-
4885kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, //(6250kHz ?) 9100kHz, Today seems to be long...
-0453-
11535kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, fair signal, SA at -0454-
11570vkHz (tent.)Iran International TV, fair signal but bad modulation.., in Farsi(Persian)
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Amano Jan 18 (Sat), 2020 05:22 UTC No.4317 Hello! Komatsubara and Ron-san.
KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, 2300-2340, Jan 17. There were many N. Korea jammings.
However, 3 program IDs were confirmed during this time.
2300- ??? ?? “Ma-eum-e swimpyo“
Rest of the mind
2305- ?? ?? ??? “Aneun geos-i him-ida“
Knowing is power
2335- ???? ???? “Hanla-eseo Baegdukkaji“
From Halla to Baekdu
My edited three minute audio at
https://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4514.mp3 .
Amano
Arakawa embankment, Akabane, TOKYO
ICF-SW7600GR, Rod antenna
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Ron Howard Jan 19 (Sun), 2020 00:57 UTC No.4318 Hello Amano,
Very interesting to hear your recording! So very different from my reception
here on the coast of California. VOF heard completely in the clear on 5920 kHz.,
with very strong N. Korea jamming still up on ex: 6045 kHz.
My Jan 18 (Saturday) recordings:
1330 UTC - Hanla-eseo Baegdukkaji - http://bit.ly/2NzuSqP
1400 UTC - http://bit.ly/30w9gkq
Ron
Picture of a recent sunset at Asilomar State Beach, Calif., with interesting clouds - http://bit.ly/2NDdktZ
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Jan 19 (Sun), 2020 01:53 UTC No.4319 MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1254-1304, Jan 17 (Friday). "Learning English with BBC,
Burmese" language lesson; first five minute program about "flood and flooding" (People blame
farmers for flooding due to soil erosion and in London, they have flood barriers); second program
about road safety (many accidents caused by speeding). My audio http://bit.ly/30xwMNK . ?
TAIWAN. 6215, Sound of Hope, 1100+, Jan 18. Usual SA by OM and YL with "Xiwang zhi sheng
guoji guangbo diantai" (Sound of Hope international broadcast station). SOH on 6280 was jammed
most of today by CNR1 (// 6125), while 6230 was clear and // 6215. My audio at http://bit.ly/2RsBFnn .
Ron
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23), 9490kHz UNID --> TAIWAN ?, etc.. -
XYZ Jan 19 (Sun), 2020 10:52 UTC No.4320 Thanks to Ron-san and Amano !
-1041-
3260kHz No signal(PNG)
3325kHz No signal (PMG and INDONESIA)
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz VANUATU
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ, weak signal
6115kHz NEW ZEALAND, New SKD since Jan 15 : https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen
6340kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, //3215kHz etc.., 6339.93kHz
-1100-
9490kHz UNID, weak signal, talk OM and YL..., language ? Russian ??
Maybe TAIWAN, TNX Ivo !! via WOR.io group.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TAIWAN Some changes of Radio Taiwan International from January 6
0400-0600 NF 11840 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11640&
at same time 11840 BEI 500 kW / 165 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR1 co-ch
1000-1200 NF 11840 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11640&
at same time 11840 KAS 500 kW / 133 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR1 co-ch
0800-0900 on 9705 PAO 100 kW / 045 deg to JPN Japanese, addit.px
1100-1200 NF 9740 PAO 100 kW / 045 deg to JPN Japanese, ex 9735
1100-1200 NF 9490 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Russian instead of
1400-1500 on 9590*TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Russian is DELETED
* to avoid on 9590 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese CRI co-ch!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Amano Jan 19 (Sun), 2020 15:25 UTC No.4321 Hello! Ron-san and Komatsubara.
Ron-san
That's really interesting.
I listened to the recording of Ron-san and thought so.
How you hear depends on the location.
KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, Jan. 19,
1400 UTC - I can't hear anything.
I can't confirm my career.
Akita, Japan. Komatsubara.
California. Ron-san.
Can you confirm VOF on 5920kHz this time?
I cannot be confirmed in Saitama, Japan.
http://bit.ly/30w9gkq
The program name of this audio is as follows.
Program ID is between 01:00 - 01:02.
Korean : “?? ??? ??????“
Korean reading : “Maeil geudaewa Gim Suhui ibnida“
In English : “I’m with you every day. I am Kim Soo Hee“
In Japanese : “毎日あなたと キム・スヒです“
http://bit.ly/37TTNgo
05:00 after this sound, the program name is the same.
http://bit.ly/2NDdktZ
What a beautiful picture location!
The clouds over the sun are very beautiful.
Ron-san’s audio from this location is also very clear and wonderful.
Amano
Picture of a recent (Dec. 27 @ 2342 UTC) Mt.Fuji at Arakawa embankment, Akabane, Tokyo, snow-covered mountain -
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 20 (Mon), 2020 08:33 UTC No.4322 Thanks Amano !
-0821-
3260kHz No signal(PMG)
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville,
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, // 3910kHz 3925kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 6350kHz, (4885kHz/9100kHz No signal)
5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal
5040kHz VANUATU
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
9774kHz TAIWAN, Fu Hsing BS, maybe //9410kHz but weak signal, 15375kHz No signal
-0845-
2835kHz 945kHz * 3 harmonic wave, 945kHz CNR-1 strong signal in my location...
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Amano Jan 20 (Mon), 2020 16:03 UTC No.4323 Hello! Komatsubara and Ron-san.
KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, Jan. 20, 1325-1340.
At this time of the day, it sounded very clear without N. Korean jamming.
However, it suddenly stopped carrier at 1340.
The confirmed programs are as follows.
1300 UTC - Aneun geos-i him-ida
1330 UTC - Hanla-eseo Baegdukkaji -
https://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4515.mp3
01:23- “Taluga nolaehabnida, Chungbunhae.“
In English, “Taru sings, it’s called More Than Enough.“
https://youtu.be/OeCO3CWNg9E
Amano
In my home, Saitama, Japan
ICF-SW7600GR, antenna: AN-12
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Amano Jan 23 (Thu), 2020 19:11 UTC No.4324 KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, Jan. 23, 1515-1605.
It was a little hard to listen to in N. Korea jamming.
The following programs were confirmed.
1515 UTC - Nalssi jeonmangdae
1520 UTC - Hanminjog tong-illo milaelo
1600 UTC - Maeil geudaewa
My edited three minute audio at
https://radio.chobi.net/bbsasia/img/4516.mp3
00:00-01:00 From “Nalssi jeonmangdae“ ending to “Hanminjog tong-illo milaelo“ opening.
01:00-03:00 “Maeil geudaewa“
Amano
In my home, Saitama, Japan
ICF-SW7600GR, antenna: AN-12
Re: India - Eve of Republic Day -
Ron Howard Jan 25 (Sat), 2020 15:25 UTC No.4327 INDIA. Jan 25, on the eve of Republic Day, an address to the nation by the President of India.
1330-1347 UTC: AIR ID; National Anthem; president's speech in Hindi.
1347: Ends Hindi segment with "Jai Hind" repeated three times.
1347-1402: Repeat of speech in English; again ending with three "Jai Hind"; National Anthem.
President’s address // frequencies:
4760 AIR Leh - Not heard; not even a carrier.
4800 AIR Hyderabad - Unable to hear due to the usual strong CNR1 (China).
4810 AIR Bhopal - Very poor (1330); slightly better by 1347.
4835 Gangtok - Noted on and off the air a few times; prominent transmitter hum.
4910 AIR Jaipur - Only able to hear a carrier.
4920 AIR Chennai - Heard, but as usual, mixing badly with PBS Xizang (Tibet).
4950 AIR Srinagar - Only a carrier; never reached the level of any audio.
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram - Heard a very prominent carrier, but no audio.
5040 AIR Jeypore - Fair reception.
5050 AIR Aizawl - Checking 1130+, found off the air today; only heard BBR (China).
9380 AIR via Aligarh - Extremely poor.
9865 AIR via Bengaluru - Strong signal.
YouTube video of president's speech at: ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XSCGM_KRc ?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, CA
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 28 (Tue), 2020 00:15 UTC No.4328 Thanks to Ron-san and Amano !
-0000-
3930kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, //4450kHz 6600kHz
3959kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang
3983vkHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang, //3959kHz, bad modulation..
4010kHz (tent.)KYRGYZ, 1kHz test tone signal at -0000- then no modulation carrier..
4885kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, //6250kHz 9100kHz
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
-0010-
7260kHz MONGOLIA, P3 FM100.9
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Jan 29 (Wed), 2020 07:20 UTC No.4329 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1101+, Jan 27. News & weather; pop songs with audio
nicely above threshold level; Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up," The Mamas &
The Papas - "Monday Monday," Brenda Lee - "All Alone Am I," etc.; all at an entertaining
level. Jan 28, covered by strong OTH radar.??
BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1037*, Jan 28. Cut off during pop song; weak.??
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1117-1206*, Jan 28. A day with decent reception;
DJ in Pidgin playing variety of pop songs (Marc Anthony - "I Need You," etc.); 1155, with
"5 minutes till 11", "Tuesday night, 28 January 20-20, NBC Bougainville, Maus Blong
Sankamap [Voice of the Sunrise - Ron]. Broadcast on 3.325 . . in 90 meter band, shortwave
one and 95.5 megahertz in the FM band"; 1200, news in English; after the news, "NBC Radio"
SA (relayed from Port Moresby); cut off in mid-song. My audio of one minute of ID and one of
a pop Pacific Islands song, at http://bit.ly/2U2DGt8 . BTW - NBC Madang (3260) has been
silent for several day.??
? ?
TAIWAN. 6215, Sound of Hope, 1100, Jan 26. Clear SA by OM and YL ("Xiwang zhi sheng guoji
guangbo diantai" - Sound of Hope international broadcast station); into the news; fair reception.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Jan 31 (Fri), 2020 23:44 UTC No.4330 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-2325-
7260kHz MONGOLIA,P3 FM 100.9, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3
7494kHz NORWAY, Voice of Tibet, in Tibetan, CNR Jammer 7495kHz
7665kHz ?, 1kHz test tone signal
8049kHz CHINA, Numbers, VC01, USB, (<--> 4978kHz)
Re: Myanmar Ethnics Culture Festival -
Ron Howard Feb 01 (Sat), 2020 14:41 UTC No.4331
MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1145, Feb 1. Recorded coverage of the opening ceremony
of the Myanmar Ethnics Cultural Festival (not live coverage), being held in Yangon till Feb 7;
coverage in English and also Burmese. Online noted http://bit.ly/36NWhfx and pictures of today's
events at http://bit.ly/31eeFge .
Perhaps during the week they may carry more events from the festival? ?
Ron
California
Re: Voice of Indonesia anomaly -
Ron Howard Feb 08 (Sat), 2020 16:08 UTC No.4333 INDONESIA. 3325 (via Palangkaraya) // 4750 (assume via Cimanggis/Jakarta),
Voice of Indonesia. On Feb 8, checked 1300+ on 3325, but found almost no
modulation during their normal English segment (1300-1400). Surprised at
1406 to find decent audio and was in English, instead of the normally heard
Bahasa Indonesia; very faint underneath CNR1 on 4750; items about the
education of women in Indonesia; 1417, "Today In History" (this date in 1942,
WWII, fall of Singapore; this date in 1963, bloodless coup in Iraq; this date in
1979, a coup in the Congo; 1425, "Indonesia Today," with business news; at
times fairly readable.
Ron
California
7325kHz PNG WRL, etc.. -
XYZ Feb 10 (Mon), 2020 08:39 UTC No.4334 Thanks Ron-san !!
I finally reached the radio room.
2 spinal cord compression fractures..
My back hurts very much
-0815-
7325kHz PNG, Wantok Radio Light, // http://ca7.rcast.net/radio/61643/
-0840-
3260vkHz SOUTH KOREA, SPUR of Voice of the People. //3480kHz etc..
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz No signal (VANUATU)
7345kHz CHINA, NUMBERS V26, //4243kHz 9054kHz both USB mode
-0854-
7260kHz JAMMING + MONGOLIA, P3 FM 100.9, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3
-0907-
7325kHz PNG, There was no news program after 0900 UTC.
** https://wantokradio.org/radioprograms.html
5040kHz No Signal VANUATU ...
-2230-
11780kHz BRASIL, EBC, fair signal, "A Voz do Brasil",
** LIve : http://radios.ebc.com.br/aovivo?emissora=radio-nacional-de-brasilia
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, // 3910kHz 3935kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
3945kHz NORTH KOREA, Echo of Unification, // 3970kHz(No modulation ??) 6250kHz
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, // 4890kHz 5995kHz 6255kHz 6350kHz 9105kHz
-2310-
11535kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, // 11440kHz 11460kHz 11500kHz etc..
-2318-
7260kHz MONGOLIA, MNB P3 FM100.9, // http://www.mnb.mn/live/radio3, (maybe *2300-)
-2338-
6025kHz DRM, RUSSIA ? No display, Music sounds intermittent..
Re: Myanmar Radio -
Ron Howard Feb 11 (Tue), 2020 18:54 UTC No.4335 MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. On Feb 11, with very respectable signal and fairly readable;
interesting programs for the segment in English (1530-1558).
1530-1543: News (a visitor from Singapore was confined to a hospital for observation regarding
the novel coronavirus, but was released when found to be clear of the virus, etc.).
1543: Weather and "Myanmar Radio" SA (my audio at http://bit.ly/2SAFebJ).
1547: Youngsters singing the "Peace" song (my audio at http://bit.ly/2Hr9bG5).
1550: Public Service Announcement about the novel coronavirus and info from WHO (My audio
at http://bit.ly/2wc0NI9).
1554: Very nice promo for World Radio Day (upcoming on Feb 13); into "Voice of ASEAN, Beyond
Boundaries" program (My audio at http://bit.ly/2HdI8Ob). ?
Found the following info on-line, with very positive comments about the use of radio (my emphasis):
"This new ASEAN in Action (AiA) spin-off project aims to sustain as well as strengthen the knowledge
of ASEAN in the target areas. It is the re-branding of the twenty year old AiA radio project produced
and broadcast by the radio station of all the ASEAN Member States (AMS) but with enhanced features.
Taking into consideration that radio is the most efficient media, it has a strategic and vast potential
in helping the overall development of each of the AMS. Thus, by means of combining traditional and new
media in enhancing the project, radio can play a more active and constructive role in promoting the goals
of ASEAN and continue promoting greater awareness and understanding among the people of ASEAN
and beyond. Entitled “Voice of ASEAN ? Beyond Boundaries” (VoA-BB), this spin-off project will comprise
the annual production of one infotainment radio programme each by all ten ASEAN member states (AMS)
of 15 ? 30 minute duration focusing on the 18 ? 30 year age group for broadcast first in its own country
then exchanged for broadcast in the other AMS to enhance awareness about ASEAN among ASEAN
citizens and beyond ASEAN boundaries. Radio is again the chosen medium of this project because it
is still generally considered fast, cheap and easily accessible mean to disseminate information to
the people."
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Feb 12 (Wed), 2020 12:37 UTC No.4336 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1120, Feb 12. Billy Ocean singing "Caribbean Queen" ("No?More Love on the Run").?For the past 5 days, or so, have been hearing this at a decent level?(much better than normal) and able to SA most of?the pop songs played; even the news,?weather and commercial announcements are approaching the semi-readable?level. Nice!?Feb 9, with cut off at 1234:40 and the next day (10th) cut off about 6 seconds earlier (1234:34).
BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1038-1112*, Feb 12. Running later than usual; normally cuts off about?1030; announcers 1038-1049;?1049-1100, with pop music (Phil Collins - "Another Day In Paradise,"?etc.); 1100-1108, news in English (started and ended?with the usual BBS theme music); 1110 till cut?off at 1112*, with one pop song (Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"). The?longer this station stays?on the air, the better my reception, as it slowly improves the whole time.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA[non-log]. 3260, NBC Madang. On Feb 12, another day with no activity here?(1114+), as Dan Robinson?also notes. Since late January, Madang has been noticeably silent on a?daily basis. Today had NBC Bougainville (3325) on the?air and mixing with weaker Voice of Indonesia,?also on frequency.
VANUATU[non-log]. 5040, Radio Vanuatu, random checking 1026+, on Feb 12. Yet another day with?no activity here.
Ron
California ?
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Re: Bangladesh Betar (External Service) on 4750 kHz. -
Amano Feb 13 (Thu), 2020 06:17 UTC No.4337 BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), 1913-2000*, Feb 11.
Test tone; 1913, start of IS;
5-point time signal; after 1915, Bengal Service started.
There are no interfering stations.
The signal is strong and good.
However, the modulation is too deep to hear the contents of the talk.
There is also a little hum.
My audio at https://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8789.mp3
* 1913’15“-1916’15“ (03:00)
* “Bangladesh Betar“, station ID @ 02:02
My audio at https://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8791.mp3
* 1951’00“-1953’00“ (02:00)
* “Bangladesh Betar“, station ID @ 00:10
BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), 1743-1900*, Feb 12.
Test tone; 1743, start of IS;
5-point time signal; after 1745, English (General Overseas Service) started.
The modulation is too deep to understand the content of the male English talk.
My audio at https://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8792.mp3
* 1743’35“-1746’35“ (03:00)
My audio at https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/4337.mp3
* 1835’40“-1837’10“, 1839’30“-1841’00“ (03:00 edited)
* Amusing, fun and exotic songs
My audio at https://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/8793.mp3
* 1858’45“-1900’15“ (01:30)
Amano
Saitama, Japan
ICF-SW7600GR, antenna: AN-12
4337.mp3
Re: World Radio Day reception -
Ron Howard Feb 13 (Thu), 2020 15:52 UTC No.4338
February 13 - World Radio Day. Good news that R. Vanuatu is back on the air today, after being
absent for three days. Also an amazing reception from Voice of Indonesia, via Palangkaraya,
during English segment. Ron
INDONESIA. 3325 (via Palangkaraya) // 4749.95 (via Cimanggis/Jakarta), Voice of Indonesia.
Thanks very much to David Foster's posting to WOR iog "The 4750 transmitter was moved from
Makassar to Cimanggis." Feb 13, from 1108 to past 1326+. From 1108 till 1205*, NBC Bougainville
(3325) mixing with about equal strength to VOI's signal; as mess; after 1205, VOI on 3325 was in the
clear in Japanese. Today with the greatly improved signal, was able to tell VOI was actually about
4749.95, matching the former frequency of the Makassar transmitter now at Cimanggis. After 1300,
the English segment was well heard on 3325; news and "Today's Commentary"; "Today In History"
(this date in 1955, Israel acquired four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls through a private sale; this date
1960, first French nuclear test of an atomic bomb; etc.). Outstanding reception. Fairly readable!
Ten minute audio of the news - ?http://bit.ly/31PLxwd
Another clear segment - http://bit.ly/2ORNKBZ
? ?
VANUATU. 5040, Radio Vanuatu, 1005-1059:49*, Feb 13. In vernacular with assume news and sports
till 1019; from 1030 to 1057, with preaching and religious singing; off with SA and NA. Wonderful to have
them back! My audio at http://bit.ly/38vtTAw .
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 14 (Fri), 2020 09:07 UTC No.4339 Thanks Ron-san and Amano !!
-0858-
3260kHz No signal(PNG)
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville
-0900-
3516kHz NORTH KOREA, NUMBERS V28, 2934kHz*0900-), 4623kHz(*0903-), 5153kHz(*0903-)
-0904-
5020kHz SOLOMON, weak modulation
5040kHz VANUATU
7325kHz PNG, Wantok Radio Light, // http://ca7.rcast.net/radio/61643/
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Feb 14 (Fri), 2020 21:06 UTC No.4340 Radio Vanuatu (5040) was off the air Feb 10-11-12, which was unusual for them. A possible explanation
might be that tropical cyclone Uesi was nearby - http://bit.ly/31VP2kT.
Feb 14 - heard RV on 5040 with decent reception (1002-1059:49*); news in vernacular (items about
"candidates" [Vanuatu general elections to be held March 19], "cyclone Uesi . . . weather forecast", etc.);
1028-1044, preaching in vernacular; 1044+, religious songs till SA and NA.
Ron
California
Re: Radio Vanuatu on 7260 kHz. -
Ron Howard Feb 15 (Sat), 2020 08:05 UTC No.4341 Didn't think I could hear 7260 kHz. at closing, but I was wrong. Heard them Feb 15, from 0610 till
sign off at 0630* UTC. Many nice SAs for "Radio Vanuatu" and also "Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong
Yumi." Today enjoyed a lot of indigenous music. Mostly poor reception, but not too bad. My audio
at http://bit.ly/2OSH4Dt. Thanks to Manuel Mendez for the heads up about the closing time.
Ron
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 15 (Sat), 2020 11:01 UTC No.4342 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1050-
3260kHz No signal(PNG)
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz VANUATU
5050kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
-1438-
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
6035kHz CHINA, FM99 香格里拉之声(Voice of Shangri-La), // http://m.qzsh.net/fm/?25yn-id-7.html
7260kHz SPUR ?, China CNR-1, (MONGOLIA No signal)
Re: All North Korea SW jamming off the air: 1106 to 1210+ UTC -
Ron Howard Feb 16 (Sun), 2020 12:53 UTC No.4343
KOREA NORTH. Feb 16, found with significant anomaly; noted all their SW jamming to
be off the air from 1106 to 1210+.
Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3935 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, all with fair reception.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, all with fair reception.
Voice of Freedom, on 5920, as usual is free of jamming, with very good reception.
KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, on 6015, also free from N. Korea jamming.
What is happening? How long will it last?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 16 (Sun), 2020 14:40 UTC No.4344 Great monitor ! Thanks Ron-san !!
Will their country also lack power ?
Re: North Korea jamming on holiday! -
Ron Howard Feb 16 (Sun), 2020 18:00 UTC No.4345 What is happening is that North Korea is celebrating one of the country's most important national?holidays - "Day of the Shining Star."?Is the anniversary of the later Kim Jong Il's birthday. Is a two?day holiday, so how long will the jamming remain on holiday?
Ron
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 16 (Sun), 2020 18:43 UTC No.4346 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1822-
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, Noise Jammer
3910kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People
3915kHz NK, Noise Jammer
3930kHz NK, Noise Jammer
3935kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People
3985kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope
3990kHz NK, Noise Jammer
4450kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, Siren type Jammer
4890kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, No jamming
5995kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, No jamming
6250kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, No jamming
6350kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, No jamming
9105kHz (weak signal maybe wave skip)
-1830-
3945kHz VANUATU, weak signal
4750kHz BANBLADESH, BB, overmodulation,
** https://betar.portal.gov.bd/site/page/de73eea4-5e38-456f-a094-dde9aa140511
7285kHz NEW ZEALAND, DRM
-2125-
5830kHz SPUR ??, NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang, //3220kHz
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 17 (Mon), 2020 09:31 UTC No.4347 Note;
-0918-
3260kHz No signal (PNG)
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville
5020kHz SOLOMON
5040kHz VANUATU
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
6015kHz SOUTH KOREA, KBS Hanminjok, Jammer
6850kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, //6215kHz etc..
7260kHz CHINA, Xinjiang PBS, (MONGOLIA off air ?)
7345kHz CHINA, NUMBERS V26, //4243kHz 9054kHz all USB
Re: South Korea -
Ron Howard Feb 17 (Mon), 2020 15:18 UTC No.4348 KOREA SOUTH. Feb 17 (Monday), observations of frequency changes, etc.:
Voice of the People: 3485 // 3915 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1046.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3990 // 4885 // 6000 // 6250 // 6355 // 9100, at 1043.
KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, on 6015, again with N. Korea jamming (the holiday is over!), at 1050. ?
?
Voice of Freedom, on 5920, at 1300, with the usual good reception (no jamming); "Aneun geos-i him-ida"?
("Knowing is power").?My audio at http://bit.ly/2UX4pb1. Am unable to understand what happened to the?
jamming that had been assigned to block VOF??Up to Dec 19, both VOF and strong N. Korea noise jamming?
had been on 6045 together; then on Dec 19, VOF moved down to?5920 to get away from the jamming. For?some
reason the jamming remained on 6045 for a long time; then on Feb 14, the?jamming was finally gone?from
6045, but didn't move down to 5920 to block VOF, instead showed up on 6135 (a former?frequency they?once
jammed for a long time even though there was no station there to be jammed) and I believe there is no
station there now to be jammed. Strange! Today (Feb 17) the strong noise jamming is still on 6135 (was?
silent yesterday,?along with all the other N. Korea jamming, due to their national holiday). It seems
N. Korea?is oblivious to the obvious fact?that VOF is on 5920 (a well known former VOF frequency!).
Of course I'm not?complaining! Is wonderful to enjoy good?reception of VOF, with no jamming.
Ron
California
?
Re: Sarawak FM (9835 kHz.), with national level Qur'an Recital and Memorization Competition -
Ron Howard Feb 18 (Tue), 2020 14:48 UTC No.4349
MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM, via Kajang, 1242+, Feb 18. Coverage of the 63rd national
level Qur'an Recital and Memorization Competition being held in the Sabah International
Convention Center, at Kota Kinabalu (http://bit.ly/325xpij); a notable event due to women
reciting from the Qur'an; done in segments of about 10 minutes; competition will conclude
on Friday; mostly good reception; preempted the regular programs. My audio of one minute
of announcer and one minute with woman reciting, at http://bit.ly/2HA8quo. Not // Wai FM (11665).
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: South Korea -
Amano Feb 18 (Tue), 2020 17:57 UTC No.4350 Hello! Ron-san and Komatsubara
Nice catch! Ron-san.
http://bit.ly/2UX4pb1.
Your audio is very clear and great sound.
It sounds like a local broadcasting station.
The opening theme song for VOF program “Aneun geos-i him-ida” is “See Ya“ song by Atomic Kitten.
https://youtu.be/-k_IBtSmtNk
Your audio, the first song of the “Aneun geos-i him-ida” program is “The Story Of The Sky, The Sea, The Trees, The Stars“ song by Kwang Ho Cho.
https://youtu.be/G0-RNrshYw0
01:47-01:52 The program announcer is introducing the first song.
Korean : ｢???? ?????. ??, ??, ??, ?? ???.｣
Korean reading : “Jogwan-U ga nolaehabnida, Haneul, Bada, Namu, Byeol-e Iyagi.“
In English : “Kwang Ho Cho sings, it’s called The Story Of The Sky, The Sea, The Trees, The Stars.“
I received the “Aneun geos-i him-ida” program at 1000 UTC today.
KOREA SOUTH. 5920, Voice of Freedom, Feb. 18, 1000-1030.
My three minutes audio at https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/4350.mp3
01:51-01:54 ｢????? ?????. ??.｣
Korean reading : “Jeilebis-e nolaehabnida. Eung-won.“
In English : “J Rabbit sings, it’s called Go For It !“
https://youtu.be/FUW3m4IDwEI
Amano
Arakawa embankment, Ukima, TOKYO
ICF-SW7600GR, Rod antenna
4350.mp3
Re: QSL card for Dec 6, special ABI broadcast -
Ron Howard Feb 18 (Tue), 2020 21:39 UTC No.4351
Amano - Thank you so very much for your ongoing help. Greatly appreciate your info. Ron
Komatsubara - Please take care and get well soon! Ron
> 7525 kHz. - As heard at Asilomar State Beach, Calif., my audio of some of the English portions of
> the Dec 6 special ABI multi-language broadcast at http://bit.ly/38gUTUG. ?
Back of QSL card - ? http://bit.ly/2P4NAY4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Front of QSL card - ? http://bit.ly/2P3MkEH ? ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 18 (Tue), 2020 23:56 UTC No.4352 Thanks ! Ron-san and Amano !!
https://youtu.be/yBuEcgAu9Gs
Re: Radio Nyawa Sarawak -
Ron Howard Feb 19 (Wed), 2020 13:32 UTC No.4353 SARAWAK[non]. 11890, Radio Nyawa Sarawak (per Aoki, site is Tashkent), 1117 till cut off in
mid-sentence at 1158*, Feb 19 (Wednesday). Have been monitoring this Mon-Wed-Fri broadcast
and today is only the second time I have found audio above threshold level, so a rare reception
for me; many phone calls in vernacular; happy to find this is not jammed; matched audio
streaming at their website - https://www.radionyawasarawak.org/shows/19-02-2020. My audio
at http://bit.ly/3bUvTo2. ? ? ?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, California
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
sat_dxer Feb 19 (Wed), 2020 15:00 UTC No.4354 Congrats on the QSL #20
Re: Myanmar - Outstanding reception - "Learning English with BBC, Burmese" -
Ron Howard Feb 21 (Fri), 2020 14:34 UTC No.4356 MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1302, Feb 21 (Friday). "Learning English with BBC, Burmese" ;
back to back five minute programs; very readable; about the best reception ever for these language
lessons. My audio of the entire lesson and then some, at http://bit.ly/2SK5K3v. ? ?
Ron
California
Re: South Korea - Monday frequencies for VOP and VOH, etc. -
Ron Howard Feb 24 (Mon), 2020 11:52 UTC No.4358 KOREA SOUTH. VOP and VOH, frequencies for Monday (Feb 24):
Voice of the People: 3480 (fair) // 3910 (fair) // 3930 (jammed) // 4450 (jammed)
// 6520 (jammed) // 6600 (jammed), at 1043.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, all with fair reception
(not jammed), at 1038.
5920, Voice of Freedom, at 1042, with the usual good reception; strong N. Korea jamming
noise is still up on 6135.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, California
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Feb 26 (Wed), 2020 07:58 UTC No.4360 VANUATU. 5040, Radio Vanuatu, 1006-1059:49* UTC, Feb 24. News/sports, with sound ?bites;
1020-1028, pop songs (Shania Twain - "From This Moment" and Lionel Richie - "Hello, Is It Me
Your're Looking For?"); 1029-1058, religious preaching and songs; ID and NA. Clearly off the air
when checking from 0931+, on Feb 25.
7260, R. Vanuatu, on Feb 26, from 0554+ UTC (till 0630), again found not broadcasting.
Live audio streaming working fine at their Web site.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Feb 26 (Wed), 2020 22:39 UTC No.4361 - - - - email response today (Feb 26), from Rob Wagner (Australia):
"Both 5040 and 7260 have been off air. But 3945 kHz is operating, noted this morning from 1900 to f/out at 2010 UTC."
Appreciate Rob's?feedback.
Ron
California
Re: Voice of Freedom now back on 6045 kHz. -
Ron Howard Feb 28 (Fri), 2020 11:52 UTC No.4362
KOREA SOUTH. Now back to again being on 6045, Voice of Freedom (ex: 5920), on Feb 28,
from 1014+; fair-good, with no jamming, but 1100-1200, blocked by stronger Alaska (KNLS),
in Russian, on frequency; N. Korea strong noise jamming is still up on 6135, with no one there
to be jammed.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, California
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Radio Vanuatu on 7260 kHz., with extended broadcast -
Ron Howard Feb 29 (Sat), 2020 08:53 UTC No.4363
VANUATU. 7260, R. Vanuatu, 0540-0659*, Feb 29. Anomaly, with extended broadcast;?observed normally going off at 0630*;?0540-0629, with non-stop chatting in vernacular,?except for a few pop songs; 0629, IDs and program of very entertaining?Pacific Islands?music/songs; promo in English for the upcoming concert of the South African group?"Soweto Gospel Choir";?suddenly off. My audio of IDs and five minutes of their nice?music, at http://bit.ly/2wfq8kp. ? ? ?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Voice of Freedom on 6045 kHz. - program "Huimang-ine jib" -
Ron Howard Feb 29 (Sat), 2020 18:11 UTC No.4364
KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom, 1550, Feb 29 (Saturday). Decent reception of the?program "Huimang-ine jib"?("Hope-chan's house"); clear frequency with no N. Korea jamming;?hit at 1600 with start of Furusato no kaze ("Wind of Hometown"), via Taiwan, also on 6045. My?audio at http://bit.ly/2T8NWzm.
Thanks again for the kind assistance of Amano!!!
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Feb 29 (Sat), 2020 23:03 UTC No.4365 Note;
-2255-
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, Thanks Ron-san !!
-2300-
7499kHz NORWAY, Voice of Tibet, in Tibetan
Re: Voice of Freedom on 6045 kHz. - program "Hanla-eseo baegdukkaji" -
Amano Mar 01 (Sun), 2020 17:35 UTC No.4367 Hello! Ron-san and Komatsubara
Ron-san
Thank you for the VOF frequency change information.
I heard VOF on 6045 kHz from your information.
VOF without jamming is very good.
KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom, 1030, Mar 1 (Sunday). Decent reception of the program "Hanla-eseo baegdukkaji" ("From Halla to Baekdu"); clear frequency with no N. Korea jamming; hit at 1100 with start of KNLS from Alaska, also on 6045.
My three minutes audio at https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/img/4367.mp3
01:21-01:27 “Hanla-eseo baegdukkaji, oneul-e cheos gog. Bagjeonghyeon-e nolaedeul-eumyeo deudbalabnida. Dal-ayo.“
In English, “From Halla to Baekdu, listen to the first song of the day, the song of Lena Park. It's Sweet.“
01:27- https://youtu.be/3eEPEsH6gEw
"Hanla-eseo baegdukkaji" ("From Halla to Baekdu")
The theme music of this program is ????(Shintobuli) by ???(Il Ho Bae)
https://youtu.be/kKM9E-h-j1w
https://youtu.be/F_Y7vp2CwYc
Thank you for your real-time information of Ron-san!!!
Amano
Arakawa embankment, Ukima, TOKYO
ICF-SW7600GR, Rod antenna
4367.mp3
Re: Vanuatu on 2485 and 3945 kHz. -
Ron Howard Mar 01 (Sun), 2020 20:28 UTC No.4368 - - - - ?from WOR iog today (March 1), from Wolfie:
Today NZL DX Times magazine March 2020 arrived in PDF.format.
Local Time Vanuatu is at present UTC +11hrs.
Adrian Sainsbury-NZL
has posted news of Vanuatu shortwave transmissions.
Here are the details.
VANUATU VBTC FREQUENCY PLAN. EFFECTIVE FROM 01 MARCH 2020.
VILA Time UTC Time MARCH 2020
0530-1130 1830-0030 3945
1100-1800 0000-0700 5040
1800-2230 0700-1130 3945
2230-0530 1130-1830 2485 occasional use only.
- - - - posted by me today (March 1):
Hi Wolfie - Thanks for the new info. Yes, did notice some of the changes today (March 1). Ron
VANUATU. R. Vanuatu. As Rob Wagner and I have been noticing recently, RV is still getting
adjusted to their new transmitter and experimenting with their schedule. March 1, found 7260
was off the air when checking 0618-0700; whereas yesterday RV was here with an extended
broadcast thru 0659*.
March 1 (Sunday), did observe RV on 3945 kHz., *0700-0959*; long segments of chatting in
vernacular; usual religious segments of preaching in vernacular and religious songs (sounded
like Gaither Vocal Band - "Yes, I Know," etc.); doing fairly well on this frequency. As it was
Sunday, Japan was off the air here. My audio with one minute of "Yes, I Know" and four
minutes of preaching and ending with music, at ?http://bit.ly/389IMan.
From 1000-1005, checked 5040 and 7260 for any sign of RV, but clearly not there.
On 2485 kHz., tentatively did find RV, from 1037 till cut off at 1059*. The usual religious segments
of preaching and religious songs. Language and format sounded right to be RV, so am confident it
was them, but didn't catch a positive ID, as I would have liked to hear. ?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 100' long wire ?
?
Re: South Korea - VOH frequencies for Monday -
Ron Howard Mar 02 (Mon), 2020 08:15 UTC No.4369 KOREA SOUTH. March 2 (Monday), observation of frequency changes for Echo of Hope - VOH:
?
9095 kHz. (same frequency as last Monday's), at 0533, with fair reception; found off the air by 0603.
Later, at 0719, with this weeks frequency changes:
3980 // 4885 (mixing with Brazil) // 5990 // 6250 // 6348 // 9100.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Mar 04 (Wed), 2020 00:40 UTC No.4370 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1106, March 2. Pop songs (Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes," etc.);?noted?1232:47*, so during the last month, seems to cut off approximately five seconds earlier each?day.
INDONESIA. 3325 [non-log] off the air March 2, from 1204+. Was able to hear Voice of Indonesia on?4749.95?(via Cimanggis/Jakarta, via the transmitter that was moved from Makassar), at 1206, in?Japanese and mixing?with CNR1, as well as CODAR QRM.
KOREA SOUTH. 3475 // 3905 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, Voice of the People, 1210, March 2?(Monday).?All were jammed except for 3475, which was in the clear with a very strong signal.
VANUATU. 2485, R. Vanuatu (ex: 5040), 1045, on March 2. Religious songs till cut off at 1059*?(close to 1100)?in mid-song; no closing SA or NA.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 04 (Wed), 2020 09:25 UTC No.4371 Ron-san and Amano, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
0917-
3260kHz No signal(PNG)
3325kHz No signal(PNG)
3945kHz UNID weak signal, (maybe VANUATU), 5040kHz No signal
** see also : https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:4368 TNX Ron-san !
7260kHz CHINA, Xinjiang PBS, (MNB No signal)
Re: Voice of Freedom - new program? -
Ron Howard Mar 04 (Wed), 2020 14:09 UTC No.4372 Hi Amano,
Can you please provide the name of this new VOF program? Have not heard it before.
Voice of Freedom (6045 kHz.), March 4, at 1215 UTC. "Radio . . .?. . ." program, with radio
drama. My audio at?http://bit.ly/3asf0zj.
Thank you so very much!!!
Ron
California
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Mar 05 (Thu), 2020 05:24 UTC No.4373 March 4, noted R. Vanuatu on 3945 kHz., from 0925, but blocked by strong R. Nikkei 2 (Japan)?starting at *0950.?Assume 3945 closed down about 1000, but unable to confirm through the?strong QRM. BTW - Haven't heard any?"RN2" IDs recently, but instead hearing just "Radio Nikkei."?Have they dropped the "RN2" IDs?
Found RV had moved down to 2485 kHz., when checked at 1004 and noted RV going off there?at 1059:46* and
not found again after that.
Ron
California
- - - Rob Wagner (Australia) noted March 4:
"Vanuatu now noted on 3945 after 1900 UT. Perhaps they signed on after 1830 this morning."
- - - Christoph Ratzer (Austria) also noted:
"Hello from Salzburg - Now at 18:57 UT a small but clear signal on 3945. Nice local music!"
?
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Mar 05 (Thu), 2020 13:34 UTC No.4375 March 5 - Radio Vanuatu on 2485, from 1008 to 1059:46*. News, weather ("weather conditions,"
giving many maximum and minimum temperatures in "Celsius," "outlook tomorrow," etc.) in
vernacular; after that mostly religious songs; at 1054, SA and NA; 1055-1059:46*, just an open
carrier till off. Poor reception, but one of their better days! My audio, of at times semi-readable
weather conditions, at http://bit.ly/3cDExHV. ? ?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Voice of Indonesia - item from "Today In History" -
Ron Howard Mar 06 (Fri), 2020 14:51 UTC No.4376 I always learn something new via "Today In History." ?:)
INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via Palangkaraya, 1312, March 6. Segment in English
"Today In History"; fairly readable item about on this date in 1957, Ghana independence; // 4749.95
(via Cimanggis/Jakarta). My clear audio at http://bit.ly/39Fzyod. A very good day here!
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 07 (Sat), 2020 10:46 UTC No.4377 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1033-
3220kHz No signal (NORTH KOREA KCBS Pyongyang), also no signal : 6400kHz Pyongyang BS / 9650kHz Voice of Korea
** There may still be frequencies stopped..
3260kHz No signal (PNG)
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
6850kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, (6850.13kHz)
7260kHz CHINA, Xinjiang PBS, (MNB off air)
-1057-
3220kHz back, NK, KCBS Pyongyang
3325kHz which ? INDONESIA or PNG ?
7535kHz UNID, etc.. -
XYZ Mar 08 (Sun), 2020 01:31 UTC No.4378 Note;
-0100-
15890kHz TAIWAN, X13 Xingxing BS, // 18040kHz, *0100-
-0120-
11535kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, SA at -0119-
-0127-
11780kHz BRASIL, EBC Radio, // http://radios.ebc.com.br/aovivo?emissora=radio-nacional-de-brasilia
-0130-
15890kHz TAIWAN, X13 Xingxing BS, // 13974kHz, *0130-
-1024-
6850kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, SA at -1025-
-2115-
7535kHz UNID, in Korean, -2130*
Free North Korea Radio :
http://www.fnkradio.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=radio&wr_id=571&sca=%EC%98%A4%EB%8A%98%EC%9D%98%EB%B0%A9%EC%86%A1
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Free North Korean Broadcasting is a program that is made with the wisdom and passion
of North Korean defectors living in South Korea.
Free North Korea broadcasts from 1 hour a day to 2 hours a day starting March 1, 2020,
and is being sponsored by Defense Forum, led by Mrs. Schotzholti.
Free North Korea broadcasting, which preaches the truth on the northern land and makes
a unified country based on freedom and democracy, can be heard every day at 10 to 11
o'clock shortwave 7550 kHz and 5 to 6 o'clock short wave 7590 kHz. You can listen again
on "http://www.fnkradio.com/".
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
since Mar/01/2020~ : 1300-1400 UTC 7550kHz
2000-2100 UTC 7590kHz
Re: Korea - VOH and VOP Monday frequency changes, etc. -
Ron Howard Mar 09 (Mon), 2020 12:32 UTC No.4379 KOREA SOUTH. VOH and VOP Monday (March 9) frequency changes:
Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 0810.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, at 0806.
6045, Voice of Freedom, at 0813; with fair reception and not jammed. N. Korean jamming still up
on 6135, but there is no one there to be jammed.
Ron
California
Re: Radio Vanuatu, problem with audio on 2485 kHz. -
Ron Howard Mar 10 (Tue), 2020 00:39 UTC No.4380 March 9, noted R. Vanuatu on 3945 kHz., randomly from 0725, till blocked by strong R. Nikkei 2 (Japan)?starting at *0950. Long segments of interviews in vernacular; played some Pacific Islands music; normal?audio. Assume 3945 closed down about 1000, but unable to confirm.
RV moved down to 2485 kHz., with transmitter on at *1000, when some faint audio was heard; rechecking?1037 till off at 1059:46* UTC, had decent carrier, but virtually no audio; they had lost almost all of their?modulation, unlike my recent very decent March 5 reception which had good audio. Was able to make out?SA (assumed) and clear NA just before 1059:46*, but this was nothing like their normal decent level of?reception. Hope this is just a temporary problem!
??
- - - - From Facebook (WRTH), regarding Radio Vanuatu:
Mauno Ritola: Today {March 8} I heard them on 3945 kHz, but nothing now at 1020 on either 2485 or 3945 kHz.
This via Brisbane Kiwi SDR. ?
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 12 (Thu), 2020 09:27 UTC No.4381 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0924-
6850kHz TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, new, // 6215kHz 6230kHz 6280kHz 6340kHz 6370kHz 6870kHz etc...
-2106-
2998kHz/ 3048kHz NORTH KOREA, V28 "the Parroto"
-2120-
3560kHz DRM signal ? very weak 9 - 10kHz width .., NK ??
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 14 (Sat), 2020 05:36 UTC No.4382 Note;
-0500-
9410kHz TAIWAN, Fu Hsing BS, //9774kHz (15375kHz No signal), *0500-
-0523-
5995kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH
6015kHz SOUTH KOREA, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong
6045kHz Open carrier (SK Voice of Freedom)
6250kHz NORTH KOREA, Echo of Unification
6350kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH
6520kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 16 (Mon), 2020 00:25 UTC No.4383 Note;
-0019-
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, // 3910kHz 3930kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
4890kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 6255kHz 9105kHz
6400kHz No signal (NK Pyongyang)
15890kHz TAIWAN, V13 Xingxing BS, H3E
Re: New schedule - Free North Korea Radio -
Ron Howard Mar 16 (Mon), 2020 19:12 UTC No.4385 - - - - - -? posted to WOR iog:
KOREA SOUTH. 7590, Free North Korea Radio, via Tashkent, tuned in at 1301, March 16.
Positive reception here, as it corresponded to this audio streaming (first 10 minutes of their
one hour broadcast) taken for their website - http://bit.ly/3aW0BLS . This station is funded in
part by a grant from the American National Endowment for Democracy (per Wikipedia). So is
the actual schedule 7550 kHz., from 2000 to 2100 UT and 7590 kHz., from 1300 to 1400 UT?
Thanks very much to Komatsubara Hiroyuki
("Now On The Radio DX" - https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:4293#4378 ):
"Free North Korean Broadcasting is a program that is made with the wisdom and passion of North
Korean defectors living in South Korea.
Free North Korea broadcasts from 1 hour a day to 2 hours a day starting March 1, 2020, and is being
sponsored by Defense Forum, led by Mrs. Schotzholti.
Free North Korea broadcasting, which preaches the truth on the northern land and makes a unified
country based on freedom and democracy, . . . [schedule given here seems to have reversed frequencies,
so I'm not duplicating here - Ron]. You can listen again on http://www.fnkradio.com/ ."
FYI - At 1305, on 7550, was only hearing Bible Voice Broadcasting, all by itself.
Ron
California
Re: New schedule - Free North Korea Radio -
Ron Howard Mar 16 (Mon), 2020 19:17 UTC No.4386 Thanks to Ivo, for this corrected info!
1300-1400 on 7590
2100-2130 on 7535, not 7550
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 16 (Mon), 2020 20:00 UTC No.4387 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-1924-
7535kHz No signal FNKR
** I didn't have a chance to find out the morning broadcast time (????-2130*).
Thanks to Ivo and Ron !!
-------------------
1300-1400 on 7590
2100-2130 on 7535
-------------------
https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:4293#4378
https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:4293#4385
https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:4293#4386
Their latest article still announces a different schedule.
http://www.fnkradio.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=radio&sca=%EC%98%A4%EB%8A%98%EC%9D%98%EB%B0%A9%EC%86%A1&wr_id=577
-1930-
3325kHz INDONESIA, Voice of Indonesia, in English, good signal
3485kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People. // 3915kHz 3930kHz 4450kHz 6520kHz 6600kHz
3981kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang ? , // 3220kHz
3990kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 4890kHz 6000kHz 6250kHz 6355kHz 9100kHz
4750kHz BANGLADESH ?, fair signal but over-modulation..
5020kHz SOLOMON
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, (no jammer)
-2025-
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
VOF latest broadcast schedule (Thanks to Amano !) , (... maybe since Jan 2020)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0800-0400 Broadcast for 20 hours
(ex: 1500-2000, 2100-0200, 0300-0800, 0900-1400)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2480#4303
Re: Non-logs from California -
Ron Howard Mar 17 (Tue), 2020 20:05 UTC No.4388
INDIA[non-log]. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1143+, March 17. Off the air for a second day.
MALAYSIA[non-Sarawak][non-log]. 9835, Sarawak FM, via Kajang. March 17, from 1126+; now
over a week off the air. Wai FM (11665) still being heard today. ?
VANUATU[non-log]. Radio Vanuatu, March 17. Checking 0931+, but no signal on 2485, 3945 nor
5040. Strong noise covered 7260.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23), 6400kHz etc.. -
XYZ Mar 18 (Wed), 2020 08:57 UTC No.4389 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
-0828-
3260kHz No signal (PNG)
3325kHz (tent.)PNG, NBC-Bougainville, weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal
-0835-
5950kHz USA, RAE via WRMI, in Japanese "SEKAI E MUKETE ARGENTIN", (TNX! PERSEUS server in NA)
-0840-
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, no jammer
6400kHz No signal (Pyongyang)
NORTH KOREA
2850kHz KCBS Pyongyang
3220kHz KCBS Pyongyang
3320kHz Pyongyang BS, (// 657kHz etc, 6400kHz No signal)
3920kHz KCBS Pyongyang, carrier only ?
3959kHz No signal (KCBS Pyongyang)
3982vkHz KCBS Pyongyang, bad modulation
6100kHz KCBS Pyongyang, strong signal
6400kHz No signal (Pyongyang BS)
9665kHz KCBS Pyongyang
11680kHz No signal (KCBS Pyongyang)
7220kHz Voice of Korea, Chinese
9445kHz Voice of Korea, Chinese
9875kHz Voice of Korea, Russian ?, weak signal
11735kHz Voice of Korea, Russian ?, weak signal
13760kHz Voice of Korea, Russian ?, weak signal
15245kHz Voice of Korea, Russian ?, weak signal
-1224-
3325kHz INDONESIA, Voice of Indonesia, Japanese px // with 4750kHz(TNX! kiwiSDR in Jakarta)
4970kHz SPUR, SK Voice of the People, // 3485kHz etc..
-1230-
3945kHz NORTH KOREA, Echo of Unification
3959kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang
6035kHz CHINA, Yunnan PBS, FM99香格里拉之声(Voice of Shangri-La)
** // http://m.qzsh.net/fm/?25yn-id-7.html
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
6400kHz NORTH KOREA, Pyongyang BS, backed, // 3320kHz
-1238-
9276kHz TAIWAN, V13 Xingxing BS, H3E
-1245-
6270kHz Iran International TV, in Parsian, // https://iranintl.com/live
Re: Voice of Freedom -
Ron Howard Mar 19 (Thu), 2020 03:21 UTC No.4391 KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Voice of Freedom, from 0753+ UTC, on March 18. Just missed their sign on;
heard choral National Anthem, followed by singing station jingle - "jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e
soli bangsong!" (Voice of truth, Voice of hope, Voice of Freedom Broadcast); 0800 time pips; first
program "Hamkke tteonaneun eum-ag-yeohaeng" (Music Tour Together); the usual fair-good reception;
no N. Korea jamming, which is still up on 6135. My six minute audio at http://bit.ly/3a3EmDZ .
Thanks for the VOF latest schedule from Amano, as provided to Komatsubara Hiroyuki:
0800-0400 Broadcast for 20 hours.
(ex: 1500-2000, 2100-0200, 0300-0800, 0900-1400)
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Mar 19 (Thu), 2020 03:53 UTC No.4392 March 18, with outstanding reception!
AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, on March 18, from 0806+. Well above the norm, with fairly?readable reception. Highlights:
0806: List of cancellations: weather and marine conditions; followed by pop songs ("Ain't No?Sunshine When She's Gone," etc.)
0823: Spot for great moments in Australian sports history; John Landy was running in the one?mile final, back on "11 March 1956"?at the Australian National Championships. During the race?Landy stopped running and went back to check on a runner who had?fallen down, then he started?running again and ended up winning the race, but had given up his chance for a world record time.
My audio at http://bit.ly/33sk0l6 .
?
By 1115, had gone off the air (March 17, noted off the air by 1144). Needs to be checked for possiblenew earlier closing time?
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, from 0856+, March 18. Well above the norm, with fairly?readable reception. Highlights:
0856: Weather forecast for the next 24 hours. Frequent SAs - "NBC Bougainville, Maus Blong Sankamap"?(Voice of the Sunrise).
0901-0920: Speech before parliament, in English, about the Coronavirus/COVID-19 (phone numbers given?for communications?center, inspections being made at the airport, monitoring all arrivals, Bougainville?Emergency Response Team, etc.).
1000: PNG bird call and into the national NBC news in English (all the news was about Coronavirus/COVID-19); Samoa rugby?team is now in self-isolation, etc.
1011: "Regional news" in English, also all about Coronavirus/COVID-19 (warning about relying on info via?social media, etc.).
? ?
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, from 0933+, March 18. Well above the norm, with somewhat readable?audio. Highlights:
0941: Lionel Richie and Diana Ross - "Endless Love," etc. Many SAs: "SIBC, the Voice of the Nation."
1026: Commercial announcements (mobile phone service and for cosmetics).
1032: PSA in Pijin about Coronavirus/COVID-19; ad for "super fast fiber optics" and store with "buy one,?get one free" offer.
1051: Shipping news in Pijin.
1100-1112: Calliope and news in English (many items about Coronavirus/COVID-19, also China's?agreement with the Solomon?Islands government to fund all the major sporting facilities for the 2023?Pacific Games to be held in SI, sound bite of Chinese Ambassador to PNG and SI talking about today's?agreement. ? ?
TAIWAN. 9774, Fu Hsing BS (presumed), 0724, March 18. Chatting on the phone in Chinese; // 9410?not heard.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Australia - Radio 4KZ with new closing time -
Ron Howard Mar 19 (Thu), 2020 11:59 UTC No.4393 March 19 - Observed Radio 4KZ (5055) going off the air at 1102* UTC, confirming they are closing earlier
than before.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23), 9575kHz CNR mistake ?, etc... -
XYZ Mar 20 (Fri), 2020 07:31 UTC No.4394 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0720-
6025kHz RUSSIA ?, DRM, Non-stop music
6045kHz Open carrier maybe SK Voice of Freedom, (Idling)
6400kHz No signal (NK Pyongyang BS)
-0805-
2850kHz NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang, // 3920kHz 3981vkHz 6100kHz
3480kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, // 3915kHz 6520kHz
3990kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, // 6000kHz 6355kHz
6015kHz SOUTH KOREA, KBS Hanminjok
6025kHz No signal (Russian DRM)
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, (no jammer)
-1205-
9575kHz JAMMING ? CNR-1 *2 or *3 ??
9555kHz...TAIWAN RTI no jammer, CNR jammer mistake ??
9660kHz...CNR1 jammer vs TAIWAN
-1230-
4557kHz UNID strong signal, no modulation ??
6400kHz No signal (Pyongyang BS)
-1240-
6200kHz CHINA, Voice of Jinling (金陵之声), good signal, // https://www.qingting.fm/radios/21245/
** weak QRM from Xizang on co-channel.
-1415-
6035kHz CHINA, Yunnan FM99
6172kHz NORTH KOREA, Voice of Korea, in Russian //9425kHz, maybe moved from 6170kHz
-1423-
4810kHz INDIA, All India Radio, Bhopal ? thanks : https://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
Re: Echo of Hope - VOH changes just one frequency (Saturday) -
Ron Howard Mar 21 (Sat), 2020 18:33 UTC No.4395 > KOREA SOUTH. VOH and VOP Monday (March 16) frequency changes:
>
> Voice of the People: 3485 // 3915 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1252.
>
> Echo of Hope - VOH: 3990 // 4890 // 6000 // 6250 (mixing with Echo of Unification [N. Korea];?> // 3945) // 6355 // 9100, > at 1247. ?
On March 21 (Saturday), at 1112, surprised to find VOH changed one frequency: 4885 (ex: 4890).?A rather strange?move on their part, as I have never heard the 60m band VOH frequency jammed,?even after years of monitoring them there. Never! So why the need to change? All the other VOH?frequencies observed the same as reported last Monday and no change today with any of the Voice?of the People frequencies.
Ron
California
Re: Korea - VOH and VOP Monday frequency changes, etc. -
Ron Howard Mar 23 (Mon), 2020 14:37 UTC No.4396
Monday - March 23, ?observed the following changes:
VOP: 3480 (very good) // 3910 // 3925 (stronger than Japan on frequency) // 4450
// 6520 // 6600, at 1013 UT.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 (for only two days was on ex: 4885) // 5995 // 6245
// 6350 // 9095, at 1009 UT.
Voice of Freedom, 6045, good reception at 1208, this after Alaska went off about 1200;
N. Korea jamming still on 6135.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Mar 24 (Tue), 2020 03:17 UTC No.4397 AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, on March 19, cut off at 1101:52* UT. March 23, noted 1055-1101:36*,
so going off about four seconds earlier every day; signal strong enough to be able to easily ID the pop
song (Paul Young - "Every Time You Go Away"); cut off during the news ("Thousand of jobs lost," etc.).
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0858-1004 & 1027-1040 UT, March 23. Reception above the
norm; weather forecast; 0901, NBC news; all items dealing with Coronavirus/COVID-19, except for item
about the supreme court considering case about the constitution; promos for NBC TV; segments with pop
songs (Elton John - "Sacrifice," USA for Africa - "We Are The World," Michael Jackson - "Heal The World,"
etc.); many segments about ?Coronavirus/COVID-19 (schools suspended, etc.). Very enjoyable to hear them
at this decent level. Later at 1117, was only hearing Voice of Indonesia, with no NBC underneath (early off?).
CHINA. 3303-USB, Zhoushan Marine Meteorological Radio Station, 1109-1116 UT, March 23. Now that I have
started to again check this frequency, am hearing them daily with almost fair reception.
4940, Voice of Strait, 0945-0955 UT, Saturday, March 21. Weekend "Focus on China" with panel of experts
answering questions about Coronavirus/COVID-19; QRM from OTH radar, but still readable. ?
6185, China Huayi Broadcast Co. (presumed), 0924-0954 UT, March 20. Non-stop pop songs in English (Ricky
Martin - "Go Go Go Ale Ale Ale," etc.), with one brief announcer in Chinese; *0954, hit with strong VOK start
up, totally blocking CHBC.
6200-USB, VC01, Chinese military numbers station, 1132 UT, March 23. First day here; mixing with Tibet on
frequency. Seems to me rather a strange frequency to choice, as this is a long standing frequency of Tibet
and surely there are better frequencies? My audio at http://bit.ly/2Usions .
INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1217+ UT, March 21, 22, 23. Back on the air again after a brief absence.
MALAYSIA[non-Sarawak]. 9835, Sarawak FM [non-log], via Kajang, 1106+ UT thru March 23. Still silent; am
only hearing Wai FM on 11665. ?
TAIWAN. 6215, Sound of Hope, 1103+ UT, March 22-23. Unusual to only find an open carrier here; both 6230
and 6280 were normal.
VANUATU[non-log]. R. Vanuatu. From 0930+ UT, thru March 23. Am still unable to hear RV on any of their
usual frequencies (2485, 3945, 5040 or 7260). Off the air or a complete change in their schedule?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, California
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 24 (Tue), 2020 08:52 UTC No.4398 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
>6200KHz VC01
Thanks info !! It's probably a nighttime frequency, a change from 3069kHz.
It is rare that the frequency changes during the month.
-0845-
3260kHz No signal(PNG)
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Bougainville(tent.), weak signal
3945kHz VANUATU ?, weak signal
5020kHz SOLOMON, fair signal
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ, weak signal
6025kHz RUSSIA ?, DRM
6045kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom, no jammer
6400kHz NORTH KOREA, Pyongyang BS
7260kHz No signal (MONGOLIA), also 4895kHz no signal
-1050-
3069kHz CHINA, VC01, USB, (** Today seems to be using this frequency.)
6202kHz CHINA, VC03, LSB, real voice by male
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Mar 24 (Tue), 2020 20:31 UTC No.4399 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325 kHz., NBC Bougainville, 1123-1202* UT, March 24. Another day of above
average reception, even with a lot of QRN (static); 1123-1134, very excited/impassioned preacher
in Pidgin; mentioning "God in our nation," "Coronavirus," "Papua New Guinea," "Our great nation,"
"God looks into the hearts of men," "One nation, one people," etc.; Coronavirus PSA ("Always wash
your hands," "Everyone is responsible," "This message provided for by the Department of Health and
NBC"); pop song (same a yesterday with Elton John - "Sacrifice"); 1159, start of the NBC news in
English. Nice reception today due to Voice of Indonesia having no audio, so after NBC went off the air,
was only hearing the VOI carrier.
INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1211+ UT, March 24. Still on the air! Also noted 4810 and 4835 were also
broadcasting.
TAIWAN. 6215, Sound of Hope, 1110+ UT, March 24. A third day hearing just an open carrier; both
6230 // 6280 were normal.
VANUATU. R. Vanuatu, on March 24, back on the air again after being silent on all their frequencies
for a little over a week. Thanks very much to Manuel Mendez (Spain) for the timely alert! Observed
on 3945 kHz. from 0910 UT till covered by Japan starting at *0950. From 0910 to 0932, with non-stop
pop songs; 0932, "Radio Vanuatu" SA. Heavy QRN (static).
At *1000 UT, RV started on 2485 kHz., till off at 1059:46*. ?From 1002 to 1020, news in vernacular
(one sound bite with Aussie accent in English); 1020-1025, commentary(?); some religious songs;
no SA nor NA at closing. Wonderful to hear them again!
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Mar 25 (Wed), 2020 11:58 UTC No.4400 R. Vanuatu, on 3945 kHz., March 25, from tune in at 0920 UT till blocked by start up of Japan at *0950, as usual.
*1000 UT, start of RV on 2485 kHz., with music; 1003*, announcer started taking and suddenly went off the air;
they did not return again!
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Ron Howard Mar 25 (Wed), 2020 19:00 UTC No.4401 BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1011-1044 UT, March 25. Weather report in English;
promo for "NBC"; 1015+, with news conference in English about Coronavirus, with Q&A; semi-
readable; to early for VOI QRM (please see INDONESIA). ?
INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via Palangkaraya, 1057 UT, March 25. Much stronger
than NBC Bougainville; with closing SA for English segment; "Voice of Indonesia, from Indonesia
to the world"; with only "shortwave 3 3 2 5 kilohertz" given, whereas // 4749.95 (via Cimanggis/
Jakarta) was also heard under CNR1 and CODAR QRM.
VOI audio streaming at http://voinews.id/streaming_en/id.html and at https://voinews.id/ , at the
bottom of the page, only "Shortwave : 3325 kHz." is shown.
TAIWAN. 6215, Sound of Hope, 0927 UT, March 25. After three days of only hearing an open
carrier here, today back with good audio and no jamming; // 6280, also clear of jamming, whereas
6230 had heavy jamming from CNR1. Later at 1045, only 6215 was clear of jamming, with 6230 &
6280 with strong CNR1. China has no consistency with these three frequency when it comes to
jamming SOH!
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Vanuatu -
Ron Howard Mar 26 (Thu), 2020 17:17 UTC No.4402 VANUATU. R. Vanuatu, with decent reception on March 26:
5040 kHz., from 0657 to 0659*; pop music; in vernacular; coronavirus PSA in English, "from the
Ministry of Health Vanuatu."
3945 kHz., on at *0700; from 0703 to 0725, with news in vernacular (every item about coronavirus);
one sound bite in English (Aussie accent); 0725-0730, with sports news (item about Olympics will be
postponed); 0730-0744, with preacher in vernacular (started with review of the situation with the state
of emergency, then went on to preaching about coronavirus and Vanuatu - "Turn away from your sin,"
"God will give you life," "confess your sins," etc.); 0744, repeat of coronavirus PSA in English; 0746-0804,
mostly pop songs; 0804+ a repeat of the same religious segment hear 0730-0744. My audio
at http://bit.ly/33JWzEc .
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ? ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ Mar 28 (Sat), 2020 01:34 UTC No.4403 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0118-
4880kHz SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope VOH, TK about "corona-virus"
// 3985kHz 5995kHz 6245kHz 6350kHz 9095kHz
7260kHz (no signal.. MNB)
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Mauno May 07 (Thu), 2020 11:47 UTC No.4479 Does Fu Hsing BS still have two programmes or only one? Thanks, Mauno
Re: NBC Bougainville special broadcast -
Ron Howard May 07 (Thu), 2020 15:37 UTC No.4481
May 7, heard NBC Bougainville (3325), from 1201 till tuned out at 1410 UT; continuing with announced
"special broadcast of NBC"; running well past their normal cut off time (1200*); SAs "This is NBC";
announcers in both Pidgin and English; a health PSA in English with dietary info about vitamins, etc.;
DJ in Pidgin played a lot of Pacific Islands pop songs; ads (various data plans for a mobile phone
service, etc.); 1401 the usual PNG National Radio Song; mostly fair to poor. Wonderful to find them
on the air for such a long time, especially as reception is helped by my local sunrise.
Ron
California ? ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) :: 5920kHz Who ? -
XYZ May 08 (Fri), 2020 13:32 UTC No.4482 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
>TAIWAN Fu Hsing
Sorry mauno, I haven't looked up recently.
-1329-
5920kHz Voice of Freedom + Pips Jammer + other Korean station(? who ?)
6400kHz No signal, (Pyongyang BS), 3320kHz only
>5920kHz
Thanks to Hiroshi ! This station is "FURUSATO NO KAZE".
http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e138888.html
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
sat_dxer May 08 (Fri), 2020 15:45 UTC No.4483 What's going at 6400kHz (Pyongyang BS) is being covered by a DRM? or some type of wide band signal 1540z 8 May /20
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) :: 5920kHz Who ? -
Ron Howard May 08 (Fri), 2020 16:59 UTC No.4484 > -1329-
> 5920kHz Voice of Freedom + Pips Jammer + other Korean station(? who ?)
>
>> 5920kHz
> Thanks to Hiroshi ! This station is "FURUSATO NO KAZE".
> http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e138888.html
Actually Shiokaze is on 5920 kHz., 1300-1400 UTC. On Thursday (May 7) heard Shiokaze
in English; *1300, on 5920 causing QRM for the Voice of Freedom, while // Shiokaze on
6165 kHz. had China QRM.
May 8 - Noted 5920 kHz., at 1436+ UTC, with Iran causing QRM for VOF.
Ron
California
Re: PNG - NBC Madang reactivated on 3260 kHz. -
Ron Howard May 11 (Mon), 2020 14:13 UTC No.4485 PAPUA NEW GUINEA/BOUGAINVILLE. 3260, NBC Madang. First day back on the air after a
considerable absence, heard again May 11, from 1129-1222* UT; DJ in Pidgin playing mostly pop
Pacific Islands songs; after 1202, // to NBC Bougainville (3325), with news in English, etc.;
mostly poor reception, but wonderful to hear them back on the air again!
3325, NBC Bougainville, after 1202, on May 11, noted // NBC Madang (3260) with news in
English, many ads and PSAs; segments in English; SAs "This is NBC"; still on when tuned
out at 1330 UT, so still with special extended schedule.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 12 (Tue), 2020 09:02 UTC No.4486 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0850-
3260kHz PNG, NBC-Madang, TNX PERSEUS server via AUS ! and TNX Ron Howard for this info !!
** No signal at my home this time..
3945kHz VANUATU, //7890kHz (PERSEUS server via AUS)
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ, PERSEUS server via AUS
6865kHz TAIWAN, Sounf of Hope, Some of their frequencies are transmitting 5kHz apart.
9774kHz (tent.)TAIWAN Fy Hsing BS, very weak signal
Re: NBC Bougainville ends extended special COVID-19 broadcasting -
Ron Howard May 12 (Tue), 2020 13:35 UTC No.4487 PAPUA NEW GUINEA/BOUGAINVILLE. 3260, NBC Madang. May 12, second day reactivated;
heard with the same format as yesterday; today with 1212* UT; poor reception.
3325, NBC Bougainville, on May 12, unlike yesterday's extended broadcast (1330+ UT), noted
them already off the air at 1218 UT check; leaving the frequency clear for Voice of Indonesia
reception, in Japanese.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire
Re: Japan - 5006 kHz., HFD Radio Station JG2XA -
Ron Howard May 12 (Tue), 2020 13:47 UTC No.4488 JAPAN. 5006, HFD Radio Station JG2XA. On May 12, again hearing a carrier here,
after?being silent?for some time now; // 8006, also with carrier, but this
frequency has not been?absent recently. Low?powered stations (200 watts)
carrying out a HF-Doppler (HFD) Project.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 30m long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 13 (Wed), 2020 08:21 UTC No.4491 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !!
-0810- TNX! PERSEUS server via Australia.
3945kHz// 7890kHz// 11835kHz VANUATU, Radio Vanuatu, TK YL in Bislama.
5040kHz UNID No modulation carrier
3260kHz PNG, NBC-Madang
3325kHz PNG, NBC-Boigainville
5020kHz SOLOMON
5055kHz AUSTRALIA, Radio 4KZ
...TNX Neil Brisbane !
-0816-
5006kHz JAPAN, JG2XA, carrier only, also 8006kHz
5040kHz UNID carrier, who ?
5920kHz SOUTH KOREA, Voice of Freedom
6400kHz No signal NK Pyongyang BS
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 14 (Thu), 2020 07:23 UTC No.4492 Note;
-0708-
9410kHz// 9774kHz TAIWAN< Fu Hsing BS, 15375kHz No signal, TNX! PERSEUS server JA4ICR !
Only a weak signal in my location. Because, my main antenna is out of order...
During this time, spurious CW signals such as Morse code appear from around 1700kHz to around 9MHz,
which hinders reception.
-0720- Their transmission is over ??
-1052-
3260kHz PNG, NBC-Madang, weak signal
-1112-
4977kHz UNID, tone signal, who ?
5020kHz SOLOMON
Re: Radio Nyawa Sarawak - transmitter site? -
Ron Howard May 15 (Fri), 2020 12:25 UTC No.4493
SARAWAK[non]. 11890, Radio Nyawa Sarawak (per Aoki, site is Tashkent), at 1103 UT,?
on May 15. Something different?has happened to this station! Before this station
went?silent on SW for a month due to COVID-19, my reception was?usually very poor
for their?Mon-Wed-Fri broadcasts, with either just a carrier or very weak audio
(unusable); only extremely rare reception with readable audio; but since their
return to SW in May (Mon-Fri), have daily had mostly?fair reception and now is
readable every day. What has?caused this significant improvement to their reception??
Are they now being transmitted?via a different site? Taiwan? Any ideas? Thanks for
any comments! Ron
- - - posted to WOR iog:
Hi Ron,
I did a couple direction-finding sessions via KiwiSDR network a year ago and already
then it looked to me as being from Taiwan, but maybe a site or power change there now?
Best regards,
Mauno
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Mauno May 15 (Fri), 2020 12:48 UTC No.4494 Correction for 11890 kHz: 6 months ago.
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 15 (Fri), 2020 13:32 UTC No.4495 Thanks Ron and Mauno !!
-1328-
11885kHz who ?, Chinese song, Xinjiang PBS SA at -1330- in Uighur, changed SKD ??
Thanks HIROSHI ! : http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e139033.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Xinjiang PBS Summer frequencies: effective from 1100UTC on May 12, 2020
Uyghur: 2300-1800 (not Tu. 0800-1100)
13670 0200-1400
7205 2300-0200, 1400-1800
11885 2300-1800
9560 0300-1200
6120 2300-0300, 1200-1800
7275 2300-1800
Chinese: 2300-1800 (not Tu. 0800-1100)
11770 2300-1800
9600 0130-1400
7310 2300-0130, 1400-1800
7260 2300-1800
5960 2300-0257, 1157-1800
9835 0257-1157
Mongolian: 2300-1800 (not Tu. 0800-1100)
6190 2310-0330, 1210-1800
9510 0510-1030
7230 2310-0330、0510-1030、1150-1800
Kazakh: 2300-1800 (not Tu.Th. 0800-1100)
9470 0300-1150
6015 2310-0300, 1151-1800
7340 2310-1800
Kyrgyz: 2300-1800 (Tu.Th.0800-1100)
9705 0330-0530, 1030-1230
11975 0330-0530, 1030-1230
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Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) :: 4895kHz MNB, etc.. -
XYZ May 15 (Fri), 2020 13:46 UTC No.4496 Note;
-1342-
4895kHz MONGOLIA, MNB, Mongolian Radio(Radio 1), same px with P3FM
** very weak modulation..
** 7260kHz CHINA Xinjiang(in Chinese) only at -1350-
-1407-(noticed..) No signal, maybe s/off around -1400-...
Re: Vanuatu off the air -
Ron Howard May 17 (Sun), 2020 09:23 UTC No.4497 - - - - - ?posted to WOR iog:
Manuel Mendez
Lugo, Spain
Checked via SDR remote receivers in North New Zealand
VANUATU, Radio Vanuatu seems to be out of air, checked yesterday 16-05 at 1830-1900 when
usually open on 3945 and no signal, today at 0720-0740 checked on 5040, 3945, 2485 and the
old 7260 frequency and no signal.
- - - -
Hi Manuel,
Confirming your observations! On May 16, with no R. Vanuatu on 5040, from 0640 to 0700. No RV
on 3945, 7890 nor 11835 from 0700+. Also no RV signal on 2485, from 1000+.
On May 17, no RV on 5040, at 0609.
Ron
California
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Mauno May 19 (Tue), 2020 14:07 UTC No.4501 Has anyone hear Komsomolsk-na-Amure DRM transmissions lately
Re: Bangladesh - Bougainville - Vanuatu -
Ron Howard May 21 (Thu), 2020 17:12 UTC No.4504 BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - Home Service, from 1240 to 1243 UT, on May 21,
call-to-prayer for the Maghrib prayer, which was just after their local sunset; unusual anomaly
here, as there was no audio QRM from either CNR1 nor VOI; did hear a significant open carrier
from assume CNR1 (or VOI?), but no trace of audio, so was only hearing BB in the clear, which
is rare! Still running their Home Service during Ramadan. Will they change back to External
Service once that ends? Cyclone Amphan has mostly hit the coastal areas of Bangladesh, so
happy to find BB still on the air.
BTW - At 1233, on May 11, was checking for the Monday only SAARC (The South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English, that was formerly noted on the HS from 1235 to
1243, but clearly not being carried; probably due to it being preempted during Ramadan; but instead
heard 1236-1239 with the Maghrib Islamic call-to-prayer; doing well against CNR1 QRM. ? ?
BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1015-1130 and still on the air 1328+ UT, on May 21.
Preempted regular programs to provide mostly non-stop COVID-19 coverage in Pidgin (speeches,
PSAs, etc.); one pop song (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"); well above normal reception and fairly readable;
no VOI QRM; still continuing with extended COVID-19 coverage well past the normal 1200*.
VANUATU. 11835 (harmonic), R. Vanuatu, 0709 UT, on May 19. Stronger than China on frequency;
news in vernacular (COVID-19 government subsidies to private schools, etc.); 0714, sports news
(sound bites from the Minister for Youth Sports Development, Willie Pakoa Satearoto, etc.); 0716,
end of news; RV SA; // 3945 // 7890 (harmonic), both with poor reception.
?
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Eton E1, antenna: 100' long wire ?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 25 (Mon), 2020 02:10 UTC No.4507 Ron-san, ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU !
>Mauno
-0200- 12025kHz Non-stop music, see Attached GIF
** It seems to be broadcast indefinitely ??
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
Mauno May 25 (Mon), 2020 08:45 UTC No.4510 Thank you. But seems, that 15735 kHz is empty at 0840, so I wonder what the real schedule is. Or is it just irregular?
Re: Asia - Pacific DX log(23) -
XYZ May 25 (Mon), 2020 11:09 UTC No.4511 >Mauno
Yes, maybe irregular, (also 6025kHz)
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