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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - January 30 1997
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Phil Bytheway - Seattle WA - bytheway@xxxxxxx
RX: Drake R-8, ICOM R-70, R-390A, SPR-4, R-392, etc
Ant: KIWA MW loop, Sanserino 15" air-core loop, 70' longwire, etc.
Other: Mini-MWDX-6 phasing unit, reel-to-reel tape recorder
Other bands DX: none
Other comments: ??
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
IRCA '97: Costa Mesa CA on July 25-27, 1997. Hotel - Holiday Inn Bristol
Plaza - $60/night/room (1 queen/sofa OR 2 queen) - reservations
(714) 557-3000 (mention IRCA convention to get rate) (FAX: (714) 957-8185.
Registration $35 (includes banquet), $15 (without banquet). Contact: Mike
Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA 90707.
NZRDXL - Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Date: 5th - 8th February 1998
Hosted by the North Otago Branch of the New Zealand Radio DX League, we invite
all DXers to attend. The Convention will be held to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the NZRDXL, and plenty of activities (including DX) will be
scheduled along with an auction of goods donated by international
broadcasters, DXers and equipment suppliers.
Venue: Camp Iona, located 20km South of Oamaru on the East Coast of the South
Island (Camp Iona was the venue for the highly successful 1994 SPARC
Convention).
If you are interested in attending, please write to:
Paul Ormandy
33 Greta Street
Oamaru 8901
New Zealand
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CPC DX tests summary
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Lynn Hollerman - gmholler@xxxxxxxxxx
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to the
trouble to run a test!
Here's a reminder of upcoming DX tests; if anyone has any additions or
corrections, please contact me. Times are EST. For UTC add 5. * - new!
2/ 1/97 Sat - 0000-0030 - 1570 - WYTI - Rocky Mount VA (IRCA)
2/ 3/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
- 0200-0230 - 1600 - KATZ - St Louis MO (IRCA)
EMAIL: daryl@xxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://trucom.com/ppages/majic108/daryl
2/ 4/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/ 5/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/ 6/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/10/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
- 0100-0130 - 640 - WHLO - Akron OH (IRCA)
EMAIL: DaveyJohn@xxxxxxx
2/11/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/12/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/13/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/16/97 Sun - 0030-0100 - 640 - WBOW - Terre Haute IN (IRCA)
2/17/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
- 0100-0130 - 1070 - KHMO - Hanibal MO (IRCA)
2/18/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/19/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/20/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/22/97 Fri - 0000-0200 - 1330 - WPPI - Carrolton GA (IRCA&NRC)
2/23/97 Sun - 0200-0300 - 1150 - KIMM - Rapid City SD (IRCA)
EMAIL: rrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
2/24/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
- 0100-0130 - 1290 - KALM - Thayer MO (IRCA)
EMAIL: Watson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
2/25/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/26/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
2/27/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/ 2/97 Sun - 0515-0545 - 770 - WCGW - Nicholasville KY (IRCA&NRC)
3/ 3/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
- 0100-0130 - 790 - KFGO - Fargo ND (IRCA)
3/ 4/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/ 5/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/ 6/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/10/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/11/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/12/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/13/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/17/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/18/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/19/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/20/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/23/97 Sun - 0300-0400 - 570 - KKFJ - Alturas CA (IRCA)
3/24/97 Mon - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/25/97 Tue - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/26/97 Wed - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
3/27/97 Thu - 0030-0100 - 770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to the
trouble to run a test! Believe me, they really, REALLY appreciate it!!
DETAILS (for some)
Saturday, February 1, 1997 - WYTI-1570, Rocky Mount, VA will conduct a
re-rescheduled DX test at 5,000 Watts nondirectional, using a new 200+ foot
tower, between 12:00 & 12:30 am EST. The test will include morse code IDs,
test tones, voice IDs and bluegrass music. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Earl Shelton
Operations Manager
WYTI-AM
P.O. Box 430
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, February 3 - Thursday, February 27, 1997 - WWCN-770, Estero, FL will
conduct a DX test at 1,000 Watts directional between 12:30 & 1:00 am EST
every Monday through Thursday during the month of February. The test will
include morse code IDs inserted during their regular programming of old-time
radio serials and vintage comedy. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. "Joey C."
Program Director
WWCN-AM
P.O. Box 9600
Estero, FL 33928
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, February 3, 1997 - KATZ-1600, St. Louis, MO will conduct a DX test
at 5,000 Watts nondirectional between 2:00 & 2:30 am EST. The test will
include morse code IDs, test tones, and polkas or march music. Reception
reports may be sent to:
Mr. Daryl W. McQuinn (N5VAY)
Director of Engineering
KATZ-AM
10155 Corporate Square Drive
St. Louis, MO 63132
EMAIL: daryl@xxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://trucom.com/ppages/majic108/daryl
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, February 10, 1997 - WHLO-640, Akron, OH will conduct a DX test at
5,000 Watts daytime directional pattern between 1:00 & 1:30 am EST. The test
will include morse code IDs, test tones, and "special" music. Correct
reception reports will be verified with a special QSL card, and must contain
exact program details. THE STATION ASKS THAT THERE BE NO PHONE CALLS DURING
THE TEST. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Dave Johnson
Chief Engineer
WHLO-AM
2780 South Arlington Road
Akron, OH 44312-4742
EMAIL: DaveyJohn@xxxxxxx (Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Sunday, February 16, 1997 - WBOW-640, Terre Haute, IN will conduct a DX test
at 250 Watts nondirectional between 12:30 & 1:00 am EST. The test will
include voice IDs, morse code IDs and music by a very famous horn player.
Reception reports including a SASE may be sent to:
Mr. Kevin Berlen
Assistant Chief Engineer
WBOW-AM
P.O. Box 35
Terre Haute, IN 47808
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, February 17, 1997 - KHMO-1070, Hannibal, MO will conduct a DX test
at 5,000 Watts nondirectional between 1:00 & 1:30 am EST. The test will
include morse code IDs and test tones. Reception reports including a SASE
may be sent to:
Mr. Greg Blanchard
Chief Engineer
KHMO-AM
119 North 3rd Street
Hannibal, MO 63401
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Saturday, February 22, 1997 - WPPI-1330, Carrolton, GA will conduct a DX
test at 500 Watts non-directional between 12:00 & 2:00 am EST. The test will
include voice IDs, test tones, and polkas. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Bill Alisauskas
7548 Hillside Dr.
Douglasville, GA 30134
(Bill will also accept prepaid phone calls at (770) 838-9774.)
(Arranged by Bill Alisauskas for the NRC and IRCA.)
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Sunday, February 23, 1997 - KIMM-1150, Rapid City, SD will conduct a DX test
at 500 Watts directional between 2:00 & 3:00 am EST. The test will include
voice IDs and morse code IDs. Reception reports including a SASE may be sent
to:
Mr. Gary Peterson (K0CX)
Chief Engineer
KIMM-AM
Box 8205
Rapid City, SD
EMAIL: rrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, February 24, 1997 - KALM-1290, Thayer, MO will conduct a repeat DX
test at 1,000 Watts nondirectional between 1:00 & 1:30 am EST. The test will
include morse code. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Dave Watson (KB0YF)
Program Manager
KALM-AM
P.O. Box 15
Thayer, MO 65791
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Sunday, March 2, 1997 - WCGW-770, Nicholasville, KY will conduct a DX test
at 1,000 Watts non-directional between 5:15 & 5:45 am EST. The test will
include distinctive tones, polkas, other music, and morse code IDs.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Tom Mulvaney
WCGW-AM
3950 Lexington Rd.
Versailles, KY 40383-1742
(Prepaid phone calls will also be accepted at (606) 245-1770.)
(Arranged by Tom Mulvaney for the NRC and IRCA.)
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Monday, March 3 - Thursday, March 27, 1997 - WWCN-770, Estero, FL will
conduct a DX test at 1,000 Watts directional between 12:30 & 1:00 am EST
every Monday through Thursday during the month of March. The test will
include morse code IDs inserted during their regular programming of old-time
radio serials and vintage comedy. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. "Joey C."
Program Director
WWCN-AM
P.O. Box 9600
Estero, FL 33928
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Monday, March 3, 1997 - KFGO-790, Fargo, ND will conduct a DX test at 5,000
Watts nondirectional between 1:00 & 1:30 am EST. The test will include morse
code IDs. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Marty Berlinger
Chief Engineer
KFGO-AM
1020 25th Street South
Fargo, ND 58103
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
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Sunday, March 23, 1997 - KKFJ-570, Alturas, CA will conduct a DX test at
5,000 Watts nondirectional between 3:00 & 4:00 am EST. The test will include
morse code IDs. Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Daniel R. Frey (K6YXE)
Chief Engineer
KKFJ-AM
P. O. Box 570
Alturas, CA 96101
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)
Information on more tests such as these can be found in "DX Monitor", the
official publication of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA). IRCA
is a club devoted to the hobby of hearing distant stations on the standard
AM broadcast band. "DX Monitor" is published 30 times a year and contains
members' loggings, articles on radio stations, receiver reviews, technical
articles, DX tips, and other material of interest to the Broadcast Band
DXer. For more information, and a sample copy of DX Monitor, send 0.32 US
or 2 IRCs to: IRCA, PO Box 1831, Perris CA 92572-1831, USA.
Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or in the
newsgroup! And, if you send a reception report to a station, please
remember to include return postage with your report...
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Both major MW clubs (IRCA/NRC) sponsor Courtesy Programs Committees. CPC
members arrange DX tests from various AM stations throughout the DX season.
Donations of money, stamps and target station lists are one way everyone can
get involved with this effort. Send your donations to the committee
chairman, whose address follow:
IRCA: JD Stephens
PO Box 11522
Huntsville AL 35814
At this time, both the IRCA and the NRC are looking for CPC chairmen, JD is
still gathering contributions.
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HOT STUFF
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David Onley - donley@xxxxxxxxxx
For those listeners who wish to respond to the news that an Australian
Government review has proposed the possible closure of Radio Australia, you
might wish to express your view through Radio Australia at:
Email: ratx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or FAX +61 3 9626 1899
The staff at R.A will make sure that all correspondence is passed onto
the proper authorities.
You may also wish to respond to Senator Richard Alston Minister for
Communications & The Arts
eMail: minister@xxxxxxxxxx or FAX: +61 6 273 4154
This is HIGHLY advised if you wish to keep this service.
The Mansfield review of the ABC has come out strongly against any form
of sponsorship or advertising on the national broadcaster.
Changes recommended in Bob Mansfield's report include the closure of the
corporation's overseas broadcast arm, Radio Australia, saying the ABC's core
business should be domestic broadcasting.
In this respect he also wants the ABC's Asian TV service, Australia
Television, closed if the Government doesn't manage to sell it.
In Melbourne, staff at Radio Australia say they're shocked by the
recommendation.
Union representative, Nigel Holmes, says if the government abolishes the
service, Australia will be further isolated from its neighbors.
The Mansfield review also recommends the contracting out of television
production with the exception of news and current affairs.
The Mansfield report did come out in support of youth radio network
Triple J saying the growth of Triple J's audience has been one of the recent
success stories of the ABC.
He says if Triple J represented a commercially-viable service it would
have already been copied.
Mr Mansfield whose review prompted over 10,000 submissions has also
called for long-term funding certainty for the broadcaster.
Communications minister Senator Richard Alston says the Government
welcomes Mr Mansfield's identification of community priorities, and his firm
opinions on the importance of localism, children's programming and news and
current affairs.
For those interested in finding out what the MANSFIELD report suggests..
please check this page out at Radio Australia.
Http://www.abc.net.au/ra/mansfield/default.htm
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Frank Aden, Jr. N7SOK
1240 KMHI exKLVJ Mt. Home ID, now "Information Radio", running various UBN
programs and UPI news on hour.
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Larry Shewchuk - shewchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
530 TIS Devil's Lake (North Dakota) Area Highway Advisory. WQO-624. yl with
taped message re. local highway info. First time heard here. Usually,
Fort Francis/International Falls dominates at sunrise. Heard with good
signal at 1340 UTC, Jan 26/97
Larry Shewchuk
Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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David Clark - 71311.2677@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gents: Reference Jean's message (repeated below) re Suriname-670 --
I checked back issues of WRTH and RADIKA was listed in 1982 edition with
10 kW on 670. The 1983 edition, which of course was compiled about Sept/Oct
of '82, reflects a power upgrade to 25 kW. For the ascribed reason, the 670
listing disappeared from the 1984 edition and has not appeared since.
The return of RADIKA to the airwaves (1 kW FM only) first shows up in
the 1993 WRTH. One might suspect that is the reactivation of "a few years
ago" that Jean's contact is referencing.
So, now that the mystery is basically resolved, it would be interesting
to know just when RADIKA was reactivated on 670 and with what power(?).
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Martin Elbe - Wolfsburg, Germany - DD9MW@xxxxxxx
Yesterday I came home from our DX-pedition to Blokhus, Northern Jutland
in Denmark. We, that were:
Karel Honzik, Czech Republic, from 27/12 to 13/1, using an AOR AR7030.
Finn Krone, Denmark, from 31/12 to 12/1, using a JRC NRD 535 Joachim
Stiller, Germany, from 27/12 to 6/1, using an AOR AR7030 and me, 27/12 to
13/1, using an AOR AR7030 too.
Blokhus is a famous danish seaside-resort, located about 40 km northwest
of Aalborg. The cottage we used was situated directly in the first row
behind the dunes. From the dunes it was about 150 m to the sea. Alas, it was
not possible to bring the antennas into the water. There were too many
curious tourists, cars on the beach etc. So we were confined to the area of
the dunes. Our antennas were rather short, compared with other DX-
peditions: Between 150 and 200 meters only. 4 antennas in the range 300 to
330 degrees, one at 270 and one at 240 degrees, all unterminated. I think,
that in Finnland or Sweden you wouldn't call such short wires an antenna?
:-)
But still the results were rather impressive. The area was very quiet,
within 300 or 400 meters no other cottage was used, so we could really enjoy
digging out even the thinnest signals. Conditions were good towards North
America until Jan 9, afterwards lousy on MW, but good for Pacific on SW.
The weather was extremely cold, down to less than -15 degrees C, but
blue sky, nice for a short walk during the daylight. However, that cold
weather gave us a lot of trouble in opening/closing the main water-supply,
as the valve was frozen. And of course we had to spend a fortune on energy
to heat the cottage. 4 Persons was the maximum we could squeeze in, with the
table covered with receivers, recorders and lists.
Our schedule was almost the same every day: Listening from around 1900
to 0000 UTC (when conditions were good also till 0200), then get some sleep
till around 0600 UTC, and then the main listening period started, with the
last signals fading out after 1400 UTC, when conditions were good. Otherwise
fade-out was at 1200 UTC. Then we had some food, afterwards going through
the tapes or listening to Asia, and then it was almost time to start again!
The time-slot between 02-06 or 07 UTC was rather disappointing, by far the
best time to catch rare birds was between 0800 and 1000 hrs UTC.
Here is the list of heard stations. Of course we will update it with
listening times, dates, slogans etc. But this will take some time. First I
have to write about 60 reception reports, and then the list will be made.
So, this is only to show, what we heard:
AMERICA
530 Vision Cristiana
535 Grenada (tent)
560 CHVO, CKCN
580 CJFX, CFRA
590 VOCM
600 CBNA
610 CHNC
620 CKCM
640 CBN, R. Progreso (Cuba)
650 CKGA, WSM, Greenland (usually dominant, and fading in at around 1800
UTC), RCN Antena Dos (Colombia)
660 WFAN
680 CJOB, CFTR, CKXG, WRKO, KBRW (Alaska)
690 CBF, HCJB (tent)
700 CHSJ
710 CKVO, WOR
720 Greenland
730 CKAC, CKDM, XEX (Mexico)
740 CHCM, CBL
750 CBGY, WSB
760 WJR, RCN Barranquilla (COL)
770 WABC, RCN (COL), CHQR
780 CFDR, WBBM
790 WAXY, CFCW, CIGM, CFNW
800 CKLW, VOWR, CHRC, TWR Bonaire
820 WBAP, CHAM, CARACOL Cal! (COL)
840 WHAS, R. Caribbean International (St. Lucia), an UNID relaying VOA,
maybe St. Lucia?, Doblev, (Cuba), HJKK (COL)
850 WEEI, CKVL
860 CJBC
870 WWL
880 WCBS
890 WBPS, WLS, R. Progreso (Cuba), R. Continental Bogot (COL)
895 Vo Nevis
920 CJCH
930 CJYQ, CFBC, CJCA, LV de Bogot (COL)
940 CBM, WINZ
950 CKNB, CHER
960 CHNS (very weak, transmitter problems??)
970 WZAN, CBZ, R. Super (COL)
1000 CFLP, CKBW, KOMO, WMVP, RCN Cartagena (COL), R. Record Sao Paulo (B)
1010 WINS, CFRB, R. Reloj (COL)
1020 Caribbean Christian R. (TCI), KDKA
1030 WBZ
1040 WHO
1050 CHUM, WEVD
1060 Gospel Broadcasting Stn (Dominica) (tent)
1070 CBA
1080 WTIC
1090 WBAL
1100 WTAM
1110 CKTY, WBT
1120 KMOX, CARACOL Tunja (COL)
1130 WBBR, KFAN, CKWX, R. Nac. Brasil, R. "K" (COL)
1140 CBI, CFXL or CHRB, WXLZ. We need help on the Alberta station! They
never gave their callsign, only IDing as "Throughout southern
Alberta, we are 11-40 AM" or "Southern Alberta's family station, AM
11-40". CFXL should leave MW, while CHRB should use that frequency.
Did the change happened already??
1150 CKOC, CJRC (tent), CHGM
1160 KSL
1170 CKGY, WWVA
1180 R. Taino (Cuba), WHAM
1190 WOWO, CFSL, KEX
1200 CFGO, WOAI
1210 VOAR
1240 WATN (tent)
1250 CHWO, CBGA, WZOB
1260 WEZE
1270 CJCB, WTSN, KDJI
1280 WNAM, WSAT
1290 CHRM, WKNE
1300 CJME, WXRL, WJDA, WERE
1320 CKEC, CJSO
1330 CKLD, WRCA, WFLP, WMNN and an UNID brokered spanish relig. programme
IDing as "R. Emanuel"
1340 CJLS
1350 WEGA-R. Las Vegas (Puerto Rico), R. Buenos Aires (ARG), Em. Ecos del
Rio (COL), CKAD
1360 CKBC, WDRC
1370 WDEA
1375 RFO St. Pierre
1380 CFDA, R. Corporacicn (CHL), WOLA (Puerto Rico), R. Reloj (COL), RCN
Tunja (COL), Ondas del Mar (VEN)
1390 WFIW, WEGP, WXTC, WPLM, WDCW, WEED, WROA, WRSC, CJCY
1400 CBG, Harbour Light (Grenada), WIDE
1410 CFUN, WPOP, CIGO, WLVV, CFMB
1420 CKDY, WOC, WACK, KTOE, R. Maraben (VEN)
1430 WENE, CKYC, WMYS, KCOH, WXKS, R. Bahia (VEN)
1440 WLPZ, WWTM, R. Maranatha (Nicaragua)
1450 WFPG, CHEF (tent)
1460 WGNA, CJOY, WWWG, WPON
1470 CJVB, WLAM, WRBD, R. Vibracicn (VEN), R. Latina (VEN), R. Tres
Fronteras (COL)
1480 CHRD, WSAR, WHBC, WTDY, WADR, WMDD (Puerto Rico)
1490 WMBM, WPOR
1500 WTOP, R. Dos Mil (VEN)
1510 WNRB, WLAC, KGA, R. Informativa 1510 (VEN). Attention: WNRB has
Spanish programming in the morning hours, IDing as "Galaxia 15-
10", so can be easaily confused with the venezuelan!
1520 WWKB
1540 WDCD, CHIN
1550 CBE
1560 WQEW, WSBV, CBKD
1570 CKMW, CKTA, XERF "la Poderosa" (Mexico)
1580 CBJ, WSRF, R. Manzanares (VEN). Attention: WSRF heard relaying WINZ!
1590 KFLE (tent), WAKR, WSMN, WARV, XEVOZ "Bonita AM" (Mexico), Deporte
19-90 (VEN)
1600 WUNR (IDing also as R. Internacional), WLUZ (Puerto Rico), KYGO,
WPOM, R. Revelacicn (tent) (Dominican Republic). Strange, listed is
Revelacicn, but we never heard that ID, but one evening we heard R.
Quisqueya on that frequency, the next evening R. Amanecer.
1610 Caribbean Beacon (Anguilla)
1630 KXBT
1660 WJDM
Rest of the world:
738 RUV Iceland
760 Yemen
840 Chad
1386 R. Fantasy (british RSL-station running one Watt and plagueing the
frequency!), this was our usual afternoon frequency. Before Ahwaz
became too strong we heard here a korean station IDing as "Patsong
Radio", one chinese, tentative the taiwanese fishery station and
two philippine stations carrying religious programming! We'll have
to work on the tapes to get this mess sorted out.
1530 AFRTS Keflavik, Iceland
1575 VOA Thailand, wiping out Italy.
3935 R. Reading Service, NZL, good around 0830
3945 Vanuatu, fair around 0840, QRMed by an UNID chinese station IDing in
chinese-accented English as "This is the Voice of Reflection". What
the heck was that??
4890 Papua, delivering our background-music when cleaning the dishes...
5020 Solomon Islands, regulary audible, but on the 11/1 and 12/1 the
signals were just sensational good. Peaking around 0840
6010 R. Mil, Mexico, daily catch! Heard till 0945 UTC when a jammer
started to spoil the frequency.
6185 R. Educacicn, Mexico, daily catch, sometimes like a local station.
SW is just a small example, what could be heard. Armchair-listening of
RRI stations, exceptionally good reception of LA stations in the early
evenings (Finn heard 49 LA stations on 60 meters around 2130 UTC!), etc.
Just one question at the end: I heard an UNID northamerican station on
790 kHz. Came in on several occasions, programme format was Pop-Oldies from
the 60ies and 70ies. Always peaked around 0820 UTC in the mess on 790 kHz.
They had a very distinctive Jingle-ID, sung ID, sounding like "RZ Radio, A-
B-V (or A-B-C)" I have that bloody Jingle threetimes on my tape, but even
after more than hundred times of listening I can hear only this crap. That
damned Jingle will haunt me into my dreams :-) Any ideas are welcomed!
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Bernt Erfjord - Kristiansand, Norway - dxn@xxxxx
During a recent DX-pedition I've noted the following UNID, perhaps someone
can give me a clue?
1300 kHz, station ID'ing as "Talkradio 1300 W...". I THINK the last letter
is M or N. I will have to play the ID over and over again, and try to
verify the letters. Anyway, the station also announced, what I belive
must be a phone-number for the station; 472-1300
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Jorma Mantyla - jmantyla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Nothing new from the Arctic as I haven't been listening for a while.
However, one correction.
Radio station CKLD Thetford Mines, Quebec 1330 kHz has sent me an e-mail as
reply to my cassette report. They said it was not their station - but:
1330 1.2. 0632 4VJLD Radio Haiti-Inter, Port-au-Prince.
Hmm... this is dx'ing...
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Brian Keegan _ Windsor ON, Canada _ BrianK6608@xxxxxxx
RX: NRD535D, FRG 100B, ATS803, DR31 etc
Ant: 70 FT SLOPER, 18 in Miniloop, various verticals
Other: Aurora LIM, Global ATU, various Audio filters
Other bands DX: LW,SW
CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN LOGS
550 Caracas, Venezuela. Radio Mundial. Id @ 0045 (pronounced Mundee-ahl)
Two men talking in SS. Drifting up and down slowly in partial WCKY
null. Fair to poor JAN 13 .
555 Bassetere, St.Kitts. ZIZ 0103. Traditional steel drums and heavy
Afro-Carib Reggae beat but with wierd car horns,bird whistles .
Ocassional comments after songs like "Bot you doan care" perhaps DJ
repeating lyrics. ID like car alarm siren with an echo. Poor but
with good fade-ups JAN 13
640 Santa Clara, Cuba. R.Progresso 0300. Male DJ playing soft romantic
ballads. "Progresso" ID @ 0310. Excellent S9 + 10dB JAN 13
670 Arroyo Arenas, Cuba. R. Rebelde 0320. Fem DJ playing fast Cuban MX.
Up over WMAQ for brief periods then back under. Fair JAN 13 =
890 Cuba. R.Nacionale? **Not listed Havana site.** Mellow guitar mx, soft
ballads, w/ Fem DJ @ 0432 Patsy Cline's "Crazy'. Partial ID @ 0456 as
"Continental...Musica, Radio Nacionale transmite de la Habana Cuba.
No //'s. Poor to Good, mostly under but sometimes dominating
powerhouse WLS Jan 27. (Later fully ID'd by Ken Alexander as
R.Progresso. BK)
1375 St Pierre & Miquelon Islands. 'Power of Love' in EE. followed by Man
in FF w/ news @0430. Back to R&R MX w/ FF lyrics @0440. Poor w/AM
Synch unlocks. Jan 24
DOMESTIC LOGS
610 WDAF, Kansas City, MO 0402. Id as "Country 61 WDAF". In partial WTVN
null, fone in requests, songs like 'Rocky Mountain High', 'Keep it
between the lines' Fair w/ slow fades JAN5
610 WIP, Philadelphia,PA 0446. Coverage of Colorado/Philly hockey game
tied 4-4 going into OT.Ads for local 'KIRBECH GMC' dealer. Good Jan 5
640 WOI Aimes,IA. Coming up out of jumble. ID @0035 after Newsinto an
interview w/ a crime victim. Poor to good Jan 25
720 WRZN Hernando, FL. Id @0224. 'Big Time Oldies' format eg. 'Travellimg
Man'. Poor under WGN Jan 25
790 WTAR Norfolk, VA. At 0320 Tom Lyka show.Ads for Sears,Columbia House,
Norfolk busline (1 800 700 RIDE). Id as "The new 790 WTAR,Norfolk"
Very Good JAN 24
830 WFNO, New Orleans, LA 2336 IN SPANISH (another 'Landmine'). Mx pgm w/
mx from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Costa Rica w/ M&F DJs .English ID's @
0000 hrs. Long slow fades, poor to good Jan 6
960 KZIM, Cape Girardeau, MO 2305. ID as " KZIM, News radio 960 ". Local
WX report then discussion on how losing weight can lower muscle tone.
Good through 2316 Dec 30.
970 WWIT, Canton, NC 0212 drifting in over WIN 970? "All hits all the time
WWIT " 'Dust in the wind', Green Onions' Ads for Quality Health
Network Good Jan 7.
1080 KRLD, Dallas,TX 0420 . Phone in talk show re Susan Smith, John & Patsy
Ramsey accused of killing their children. Good w/ some fading over &
under WTIC Hartford JAN 6
1080 KRLD Dallas TX. Id @ 0029 "Newsradio 1080 KRLD" Into local & US news.
Good in WTIC null JAN 23.
1080 WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut 2316 Id's as "WTIC, Sports talk Radio
1080" . ID & weather for Hartford followed by an interview w/ John
Freemore a CBA coach on possible basketball players in that league
making it to NBA. Excellent S9+ 10dB signal Dec 31.
1080 WKGX LENOIR,NC. Head to head w/ WTIC. "Country Classics" format eg
'Strawberry Wine'. ID as "WKGX, The Foothills Superstation" Ads for
G7M leasing. Accucast Weather @ 2251. Good Jan 22
1350 KRNT, Des Moines, IA 2328 Oldies format like " 'Till there was you"
"At the end of the rainbow " into sports news @ 2331. Ads for Midland
Ford. Fair Dec 30.
1360 WAZU, Cincinnati, OH (was WAOZ) 0154 CNN network w/ "Headline News"
into discussion on what's appropriate behaviour for children in
school. Good Dec 31
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This is the TA part of the NF96 DXpedition... I hope to have the rest for
you by next week... hope I have time to finish it off... ed
Prologue - Jean Burnell
Newfoundland DXpeditions have come a long way since that first
long-weekend of DX back in 1991. Each DXpedition brought new participants
along with improvements in our antenna complement and our shack facilities.
The latest Newfoundland DXpedition took place between November 2 and 17,
1996, at the usual site, known to us as the 'DX Inn,' at Cappahayden,
Newfoundland. The antenna technology and our accumulated DX experience
translated into a DXpedition of unprecedented success. I am sure that it
was, without exaggeration, the "biggest and the best" medium-wave DXpedition
that has ever been mounted in North America. The logs include reports of
stations from 130 countries, and details of reception of dozens of stations
never before heard in North America.
This was the longest event that we have attempted, just over two weeks,
and it involved seven DXers. On Thursday, October 31, brought much of the
wire and equipment to Cappahayden from St. John's. I installed of the
grounding system, which is not a trivial matter in Newfoundland. (It is not
without reason that Newfoundlanders refer to their home as "The Rock.") I
also prepared the room at the 'DX Inn' that would be our shack. It was
windy and raining very hard on the morning of Saturday, November 2, when I
began setting up the two work-horse antennas of the DXpedition. A
one-kilometer long Brazilian Beverage of 12-gauge wire was extended along
the bluffs and rocky strand south of the 'DX Inn.' Then a Beverage of
thinner wire and about half that length was pointed towards Northern Europe
and the Indian subcontinent along the boulder-strewn shore NNE of the 'DX
Inn.' It was well past dark when I finally switched on my Drake for the
first logs of the DXpedition. I heard the Italian Radiouno station on 1062
kHz signing off just before 2300 UTC, which left the Turkish station at
Diyarbakir clear for its sign-off a few moments later.
The participants on this DXpedition were in two teams, with myself as
the 'roving reporter,' returning to St. John's every couple of days to give
lectures and consult with my research group. The first week the visitors
were Newfoundland DX-veterans Neil Kazaross, on his fourth trip, and Bruce
Conti, on his third trip, as well as a well-known TA DXer on his first trip
to Cappahayden, Ben Dangerfield. Just before midnight local time they
arrived. It was great to see Neil and Bruce again, and it was a real
pleasure to meet Ben. It was not long before all receivers were attached to
the antennas (through splitters) and both the TA and the Pan-American DX was
rolling in.
I was glad that it was less wet and windy the next day because the
agenda included more antenna work. Neil and Ben installed a second European
wire, which proved to be almost identical in reception characteristics with
the first European antenna. I hauled out another one-kilometer South
American Beverage ("the track-wire") that was aimed towards eastern
Venezuela, but I thought this gave results inferior to the Brazilian
Beverage for all South Americans except some Colombians. Bruce's efforts
were directed towards a third southern wire, 350 meters of twisted-pair that
was used with the Byan remotely tunable termination device. This proved to
be an important antenna that offered impressive nulls on the St. John's
stations "off-the-back" of the antenna. It was unfortunate that storm waves
destroyed the ground system on the remote end of the Byan antenna early in
the second week. With only this exception, the antennas were not broken by
gale-force winds in the first week or lost to the heavy surf in the second
week, even though there was quite a bit of seaweed caught up on one of the
European antennas! Also, it was exceptional by the standards of previous
DXpeditions that wire was neither rerouted by large herbivores nor purloined
by 'sportsmen.' The availability of many antennas allowed Bruce and Neil to
put their phasing units to good use.
There was overlap of the two teams on the evening of November 9 with the
arrival of two premier Canadian DXers, Dave Clark and John Fisher. This was
Dave's second Newfoundland outing, and I was glad to finally welcome John,
who had had to cancel plans to attend a couple of the previous DXpeditions.
The shack was a bit overcrowded, but we certainly had a lot of fun yelling
out when the likes of India (Rajkot) on 1071 kHz and Georgia (the country,
not the state!) on 1044 kHz were spotted. On the afternoon of Monday,
November 11, Jim Renfrew arrived to complete the second team. Jim was
'radio-active' in record time, a feat that was celebrated by an inadvertent
baptism of beer! In the second week significant forays were also made into
the short wave bands, and, in particular, good signals from Indian regional
stations, Nepal, and Bangladesh were noted. (The SW catches have appeared
in SW DX bulletins already, for instance in "DX Ontario" and in "Fine
Tuning." This report covers only the MW logs.) Against all advice, I
extended one more (unterminated) antenna though some rough terrain to the
west of the 'DX Inn' in the hope that this might be employed as an
off-the-back African Beverage. Its signals were poor and
interference-ridden, so the wire was retrieved the next day. Dave and John
left before the last weekend, Jim and I brought in the wires and packed up
the equipment after a final, particularly grueling night during which the
kettle succumbed to the constant use, and this caffeine-dependent DXer had
to struggle to stay alert without the assistance of Coffea arabica. In
order to DX, I'll gladly put up with the wind and the snow, the exertion of
extending and retrieving long antennas over uncompromising ground, and even
an errant moose, but I'll not DX without coffee again!
It is difficult to pick DX highlights because there were so many!
However, since the other participants managed to choose some (see the
Epilogue), I should try to do so, too. Particular satisfaction for me came
from finally hearing some stations that I have chased for a long time: the
Voice of Lebanon on 873 kHz, the VOA relay on Rhodes 1260 kHz, the All India
Radio outlets on 1071 and 1134 kHz, and ZBVI on 780 kHz. On the other hand,
who can deny the thrill of hearing four Paraguayans, a 5-kW station from
Jerusalem (1080 kHz), previously unlogged 250-watt stations in Brazil (1380
kHz and 1540 kHz), or a Uruguayan through a local pest (930 kHz)?
The DX was exhilarating, and the camaraderie amongst the DXers made the
experience greater than the sum of its parts. But there are others whose
assistance should not be overlooked. I am very grateful to Mark Connelly
for his generosity in terms of both equipment and his time. The logs were
improved significantly by his assistance with the typing and his careful
proof-reading. He also spent many hours concurrently listening from coastal
sites in Massachusetts so that propagational comparisons could be made. My
wife, Stephanie Kaiser, gave me a lot of help with the equipment and
supplies. I am grateful that she let me "go and play with the boys" when
there were so many overdue jobs I could/should have been doing at home!
Finally, I thank the Lawlor family, Theresa and Albert, for opening up their
house to us. The 'DX Inn' is actually the back of their home, which used to
be a 'bed-and-breakfast.' They are no longer in that business, but they
re-open their rooms exclusively for us. I think they must amused by our
peculiar sleep-by-day-and-up-all-night lifestyle and our criss-crossing of
the countryside with miles of wire. Perhaps they just want to humour a
bunch of grown men who are excited to travel great distances to listen to
stations that are essentially inaudible to normal people, in languages none
of them understands!
Participants and Equipment
The participants, their dates of participation (UTC) and receivers:
Jean Burnell, St. John's, NF [JB] Nov 2-Nov 17 Drake R8A, Icom IC-R71A
Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA [BD] Nov 3-Nov 7 Drake R8A
Bruce Conti, Nashua, NH [BC] Nov 3-Nov 10 Drake R8A
Neil Kazaross, Barrington, IL [NK] Nov 3-Nov 10 Drake R8A
Dave Clark, Toronto, ON [DC] Nov 9-Nov 14 Drake R8, Drake R8A
John Fisher, Calgary, AB [JF] Nov 9-Nov 15 Icom IC-R71A
Jim Renfrew, Rochester, NY [JR] Nov 11-Nov 17 Drake R8
Our terminated Beverage antennas: approx. 1 km towards Brazil and South
Africa, approx. 1 km towards Venezuela, 2 x 600 m towards northern Europe &
India, One remotely tunable 'Byan' antenna, 350 m towards Brazil
Ancillary equipment: antenna splitters, phasing units, cassette recorders,
coffee...
The Logs (UTC dates and times)
Trans-Atlantic DX
153 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Bechar, NOV 3 0340 [BD].
153 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach, NOV 3 0340 [BD].
+NOV 13 0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 756, 1269, 1422
[JR].
162 FRANCE France-Inter, Allouis, NOV 3 0340 [BD].
171 BELARUS/RUSSIA/UKRAINE R. Rossii, 3 1.2-MW sites, NOV 3 0340 [BD].
+NOV 12 0535 - Talk by man in definite Russian but well under
Morocco's music programme [DC].
+NOV 17 0430, 0459 - Man speaking RR, not // 261, // 234; at 0459
anthem, pips, sound effects, "Rossii." I noted a few moments later
an AA program, so Morocco may have signed on, not // 207 [JR].
171 MOROCCO Nador, NOV 3 1900 [BD].
177 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Oranienburg, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
+NOV 12 0302 - GG news // 855 [JR].
180 TURKEY TRT, Polatli, NOV 3 2240 [BD].
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
+NOV 12 1813 - Ads and ID in FF [JR].
189 ITALY/SICILY RAI Radiodue, Caltanissetta, NOV 15 2250 - Very weak in
noise but // 846, 7175; off after 2300 (DSWCI OCT 96 says this one
goes off at 2200) [JR].
198 ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Droitwich, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
207 MOROCCO RTM A, Azilal, NOV 4 2120 - // 612, 819, 936, 1053 [at 2120]
[BD].
+NOV 15 2031 - Clear parallel with 612, 711, 819 program [JR].
216 FRANCE R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
225 POLAND Polskie R., Raszyn, NOV 3 2245 [BD].
+NOV 11 2201 - Strong signal, ID as "Polskie Radio" then news [JR].
+NOV 12 0530 - ID by man, music bridge and voice-overs with guitar
music; very strong [DC].
234 LUXEMBOURG RTL, Junglinster, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
234 RUSSIA R. Rossii. multiple sites, NOV 17 0440 - // 171 under
Luxembourg [JR].
243 DENMARK Danmarks R., Kalundborg, NOV 3 0345 [BD].
+NOV 12 0540 - Classical music and talk by man in Danish; very good;
weak unID behind presumably Turkey [DC].
252 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Tipaza, NOV 3 2251 - in FF at the time
[BD].
+NOV 12 0540 - Talk by man in French; fair, mixing with Atlantic 252
which tended to dominate [DC].
+NOV 15 1857 - Presumed, in FF under Ireland [JR].
252 IRELAND Atlantic 252, Clarkestown, 3 NOV 2250 [BD].
+NOV 12 0543 - Pop music and ID as "Longwave Radio 252" at 0544; to
good peak over Algeria [DC].
+NOV 12 1515 - Daytime TA noted almost every day that I looked for it
during the noon hour [JR].
261 GERMANY R. Ropa, Burg, NOV 12 0259 - Six pips, anthem, ID as "Radio
Ropa" then news in GG; QRM from beacon YT [JR].
261 RUSSIA R. Rossii, Taldom, NOV 3 0350 [BD].
+NOV 12 0545 - Talk in definite Russian; fair in mix with pop music
from the German [DC].
+NOV 16 0424 - Woman in RR, music at 0436 // 873 (as in WRTH) [JR].
270 CZECH REP. Cesky Rozhlas, Uherske-Hradiste, NOV 12 0546 - Woman,
then man with apparent news commentary; good [DC].
+NOV 16 2159 - 5 + 1 pips, ID as "Cesky Rozhlas," news mentioned
President Walesa of Poland, heavy beacon QRM [JR].
279 BELARUS Belaruskaje Radujo, Sasnovy, NOV 17 0425 - Very weak with no
// [JR].
531 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Ein Beida, NOV 3 0355 [BD].
531 FAROE IS. Utvarp Fo//roya, Akraberg, NOV 4 0712 - Sign-on with
distinctive IS, then man in Faroese, strong over Spain [BC].
+NOV 11 0737 - M in Faroese, mx pgm; QRM from Spain, SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 12 *0712-0732 - Carrier came on at 0706, 7-note xylophone IS at
0712, sign-on anmt by man at 0715, morning religious program with
hymns and prayers at 0718, talk by a man at 0730; great signal until
deep fade at 0735, but nicely back again with vocal at 0739, and
still holding well at 0747 tune-out during talk in presumed Faroese
by man; not heard at all last year [DC/JF/JR].
+NOV 13 0712 - IS to 0715 opening this time by a woman; choral anthem
at 0719; fair peaks (SIO 233), mixing with Spain, but nothing like
the archival signal of the prior day [DC/JB].
531 GERMANY MDR-Info, Burg, NOV 3 0505 - // 783, 1044, 1188 [BD].
531 MADEIRA RDP, Porto Santo, NOV 15 2143 - PP soccer coverage // 666;
no other RDP outlet here except Madeira [JR].
531 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 3 0400 [BD].
+NOV 4 0710 - "Espana a las ocho, Radio Nacional" morning news
program, good signal over unID station before Faroes sign-on [BC].
+NOV 12 0651 - SS talk; fair-good [JF].
+NOV 12 0705 - News in progress with good signal while waiting for
Faroes [DC].
540 HUNGARY Magyar R., Solt, NOV 3 2220 - Good; classical flute music,
// 6025 [BC].
540 MALI ORTM, Bamako, NOV 2 2340 - African mx under QRM, // 4782.38;
SIO 221 (first log from Newfoundland on MW!) [JB].
+NOV 5 2209 - Highlife mx under CBT, // 4782.4; SIO 222
[BC/BD/JB/NK].
+NOV 10 1943-1951 - FF talk alternately by man & woman and readily //
good signal on 4835 kHz (was on 4783.4 previous day); poor [DC/JF].
540 MOROCCO RTM, Sidi Bennour, NOV 9 2345 - // 207, AA; u/ CBGA1 &
Hungary w/ CBT phased [NK].
549 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Les Trembles, NOV 3 0355 [BD].
549 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Qurayyat, NOV 10 0314 Call to prayer, // 594;
fair [JF].
549 UNID Radiostantsiya Mayak, multiple sites, NOV 5 2222-2301 -
Romantic RR mx, Mayak IS at 2239 and just before 2300; QRM from
Algeria and others, SIO 322-1 [BD/JB].
558 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 3 0355 [BD]. NOV 15 0210 - // 567, 576,
603 [JR].
567 IRELAND RTE R. 1, Tullamore, NOV 3 0355 [BD].
+NOV 3 2350 - Excellent; "Bank of Ireland presents the Nutcracker"
ad, mention of FM-3, "Radio One" ID and weather [BC].
+NOV 14 0413-0504 - Pop music with DJ Darryl Murphy presenting Irish
artists of the past and present, including Van Morrison and Alison
Moyet, fanfare and "Radio One News" at 0500; good [JF].
576 LATVIA Latvijas R., Riga, NOV 7 1833-1840 - // 1350 & 1422, woman in
Latvian, then soft piano music [NK].
+NOV 8 1946 - Piano and violin sonata, // much stronger 1350; SIO 222
[JB].
576 SOUTH AFRICA R. Metro, Meyerton, NOV 7 2048 - Tentative; SAH w/
Spain, some US music noted; 846 (Xhosa) was big at the time [NK].
576 SPAIN RNE5, Barcelona, NOV 3 0355 [BD]. NOV 15 0210 - // 558, 567,
603 [JR].
585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, NOV 3 0355 [BD]. NOV 9 2245 - SS talks; fair
[JF].
594 GERMANY Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, NOV 6 0100 - // 666, 801
[BD].
+NOV 6 0117 - ARD "Nachtexpress" pgm w/ country song, // 666, 1017;
SIO 332 [JB].
594 PORTUGAL R. Renascenca, Muge, NOV 6 0100 [BD].
594 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, NOV 3 0320 - Koran, // 1521; SIO 333 [JB].
+NOV 3 0358 [BD].
+NOV 15 0310 - Call to prayer, // 1521; fair [JF].
603 ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Newcastle, NOV 14 0302-0310 - News and sports //
198, 720; poor, but only 2 kW [JF/JR].
+NOV 14 0322 - Radio 4 sports, // 198 and 720; good peaks over Spain
[DC].
603 FRANCE R. Bleue, Lyon, NOV 6 1814 [BD].
603 IRAQ Iraq R., Nineva, NOV 5 0256 - Tentative; anthem by chorus at
s/on [BD].
603 MADEIRA Centro Regional RDP, Pico de Areiro, NOV 3 2048 - PP [BD].
+NOV 5 2225 - Fair; Portuguese music // 1125, over/under RNE5, which
was also // 1125 [BC].
603 SPAIN RNE5, Sevilla & Palencia, NOV 3 0358 [BD].
+NOV 15 0210 - // 558, 567, 576 [JR].
612 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RTV Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sarajevo, NOV 3 2143
[BD].
612 IRELAND RTE R. 2, Athlone, NOV 3 0358 [BD].
+NOV 9 0000 - Excellent; "Night time 2-FM" ID, "2-FM news at
midnight," and John Clark after midnight, pop music [BC].
+NOV 12 1818 - Ads, report on a conference about cars [JR].
+NOV 13 2121 - Pop music, // 1278; very good [JF].
612 MOROCCO RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 4 2120 - // 207, 819, 936, 1053
[BD].
+NOV 15 2031 - Clear parallel with 207, 711, 819 program [JR].
621 BELGIUM RTBF, Wavre, NOV 3 2300 - News in French, then sign-off with
anthem and IS, good with Canaries/Spain nulled by phased wires [BC].
621 CANARY IS. RNE1, Santa Cruz, NOV 3 0358 [BD].
630 NORWAY NRK, Vigra, NOV 8 2345 - Norwegian talk then C&W tune in
Norwegian! (Other small NRK stns were never audible during the
DXpedition.) way o/ CFCY & Tunisia on EuroBev; CFCY dominated on
South American Bev's SIO 344 [BD/JB/NK].
+NOV 10 0006 - Crushing CFCY; huge (S9+32) // 1314 (which was S9+34)
[NK].
630 PORTUGAL RDP, Santa Isabel, NOV 3 2037 - // 666, 720 [BD].
630 TUNISIA ERTT, Tunis, NOV 3 1900 [BD]. NOV 4 0545 - Arabic music,
// 7475; good over CFCY [BC].
+NOV 13 2055 - AA mx, // 7475; fair [JF].
648 AZORES R. Lajes, Lajes, NOV 15 2128 - Portuguese Air Force stn w/ PP
soccer play-by-play, Braga vs. Central (?), not // 1125 or 666; SIO
343 [JB/JR].
648 BOTSWANA R. Botswana, Orapa, NOV 11 2144 - Noted briefly in // with
972, 3356 [JR].
648 GAMBIA R. Gambia, Bonto, NOV 13 2100-2200 - Tune-in (after noting
very strong R. Syd carrier at 2059) just in time to hear a few
drum-beats then man in definite Afro vernacular language with
possible news (as has historically been sked at this time by
reference to older WRTHs), weak at best and subject to deep fades but
during a fair peak circa 2125, mentions of Liberia, possibly Zaire &
Kenya, and "Gambia" (several times) were noted by all four DXers who
were tracking this one; bridge of Afro drums and music preceded
possible ID by woman at 2140, some talk by man and woman in
vernacular was detected until bridge of native-sounding vocal at 2159
and different male announcer, seemingly in heavily accented English,
heard from 2200 (news in EE is sked at this time) but signal lost
soon thereafter under RNE Sevila [DC/JB/JF/JR].
+NOV 14 2134-2139, 2152-2220 - Better than previous day w/ African
talk, including some drama, mx w/ wailing and slow drums at 2158,
2200 5+1 pips, W in EE: "10 o'clock, and time for the 'News at Ten'
for Radio Gambia," nx (man and woman alternate items) including
telephone interview w/ "the Radio Gambia reporter in Goma;" R. Syd
907.82 appears to be parallel at this time with the EE news; SIO 242,
and still audible at 2355 [JB/JF/JR].
+NOV 15 2112 - Briefly audible, // 907.82, not parallel after 2115
[JR].
648 SPAIN RNE1, Badajoz, NOV 6 0315 [BD].
+NOV 13 2200 - Pips, SS nx, // 684; SIO 333 [JB].
648 TAJIKISTAN Tajik R., Orzu, NOV 13 *0102 - ID at sign-on "irut
Dushanbe," anthem and apparent news by man at 0105, // 4635.02
[DC/JR].
657 ISRAEL Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Tel Aviv, NOV 3 2142 - Pop music, //
1206 & 7495 [BD].
+NOV 9 2348-0007 - Old EZL standards like "Girl from Ipanema," Hebrew
ancr, // 1206; peaked at SIO 333 [JB/JF].
+NOV 13 2350 - EZL music and talk at 2355 by woman in Hebrew;
difficult thru QRM here; // 1080 and 1206 [DC].
+NOV 16 0205 - Music program, // 1206 [JR].
657 ITALY RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 15 2248 - Jazz program, // 1062,
1332, 1575, 6060 [JR].
657 SPAIN RNE5, Madrid, NOV 3 0400 [BD].
666 GERMANY SWF, Rohrdorf, NOV 6 0100 - // 594, 801 [BD].
+NOV 6 0118 - ARD pgm w/ German pops, // 1017; over Lithuania, SIO 322
[JB].
+NOV 14 0200 - World news, // 666 [JR].
666 LITHUANIA R. Vilnius, Sitkunai, NOV 3 2235 - EE pgm, economic nx;
Portugal QRM, SIO 222 [BD/JB].
+NOV 3 2248 - fair w/ EE talk about Lithuanian parliament; Portugal
phased [NK].
+NOV 3 2245 - Good; mention of 9710 kHz and EE news about Latvia, oil
exploration agreement [BC].
+NOV 12 2150-2239 - Russian (?) talks, anthem at 2157, IS at 2159 and
English ID "This is Radio Vilnius. The following 30-minute program is
in Lithuanian. This will be followed by a 30-minute program in
English;" Lithuanian news and features, EE program with news at 2230;
fair-good [JF/JR].
+NOV 13 2004 - Man with news in English referencing Lithuanian
Democratic Labour Party; comment regarding parliamentary elections at
2007; fair-good [DC].
666 PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1 synchros, NOV 3 0405 [BD].
+NOV 15 2140 - PP soccer play-by-play, at least two echoing signals;
SIO 433 [JB/JR].
666 SPAIN R. Barcelona, Barcelona, NOV 3 0405 [BD].
666 SYRIA ORT Arabe Syrienne, Damas-Sabboura, NOV 6 2145 - // 783 & 918,
AA news; behind Portugal & Germany, reception helped by phasing [NK].
+NOV 8 1910 - AA // 783; u/ Portugal [NK].
675 FRANCE France-Inter, Marseille, NOV 3 0400 - // 162 [BD].
675 NETHERLANDS R. Ten Gold, Lopik, NOV 4 2342 [BD].
+NOV 5 1920 - Excellent; jingle ID and oldies music [BC].
+NOV 10 0318-0403 - Pop mx by Abba, Beatles, Sam & Dave w/ no anmts,
Dutch ID, jingles and anmts at 0403; good [JF].
684 SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA RTV Srbije, Beograd, NOV 3 0400 [BD].
+NOV 4 0600 - Good; "Radiotelevizija Srbije" ID, // 7200, over/under
Spain [BC].
+NOV 9 2309 - Talk in local lang; fair mixing w/ Spain [JF].
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 3 0400 [BD].
693 AZORES RDP Terceira, NOV 4 2040 [BD].
+NOV 13 2325 - EZL vocal by woman, mixing with BBC; pretty definite
// on 1259 [DC].
693 ENGLAND BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., NOV 3 0400 - // 882, 909 at time
[BD].
+NOV 9 2310 - Live boxing match coverage; good [JF].
702 GERMANY NDR, Flensburg, NOV 6 1956 [BD].
702 MOROCCO RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 6 1956 - // 827 at time [BD].
702 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Banska Bystrica & Presov,
+NOV 3 0400 - // 1098 [BD].
+NOV 14 0219 - Soft instrumental music program // 1098, mention of
"Slovakie" [JR].
+NOV 16 0111 - Elevator mx w/ no anmts, // 1098; SIO 433 [JB].
711 FRANCE R. Bleue, Rennes, NOV 3 0535 [BD].
+NOV 4 0605 - Good; nostalgic French vocal, // 1206 [BC].
+NOV 6 1844 - Woman interviewed in EE w/ FF voice-overs; SIO 343
[JB].
711 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting synchros, NOV 6 0438 - Koran //
1251 [BD].
711 MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA RTM, Laayoune, NOV 3 0405 [BD].
720 CANARY IS. RNE5, Santa Cruz, NOV 4 2107 - // 747 [BD].
720 NORTHERN IRELAND & ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Lisnagarvey & 2 sites,
+NOV 5 0124 [BD].
+NOV 14 0302 - News program, // 198 [JR].
+NOV 14 0322 - Radio 4 sports, // 198 and 603; fair under unID pop
music station [DC].
720 PORTUGAL RDP synchros, NOV 3 0405 [BD].
+NOV 9 2321 - OM/YL w/ PP talks; poor [JF].
+NOV 13 2057 - Woman in PP; once mighty RDP stn now reduced to QRM
for CHTN, SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 15 0144 - Heard // 666 [JR].
729 IRELAND RTE R. 1, Cork, NOV 4 0253 [BD].
+NOV 12 1830 - Six pips and then announcer apologizes for lack of
news feed [JR].
738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, NOV 3 0410 [BD].
747 CANARY IS. RNE5, Las Palmas, NOV 4 2107 - // 720 [BD].
747 NAMIBIA Namibian Broadcasting Corp., Gobabis, NOV 7 2135 - Seemed //
3270 & 3290 w/ same urban contemp. song after news ended; getting
through co-channel Canaries & slop from CBGY-750 [NK].
+NOV 9 0027 - Briefly noted w/ audio // 3270 & 3290 o/u Canaries-
Spain - 747 & slop from 750 [NK].
+NOV 10 2120 - Female vocal, tentatively // 3270.05 & 3289.91; again
at 2233 with almost certain // holding up for about 2 minutes [DC].
747 NETHERLANDS NOS1, Flevoland, NOV 3 0415 [BD].
747.04 BURKINA FASO Radiodif. Nationale du Burkina, Ouagadougou, NOV 4
2034 - Tentative; African music [BD].
+NOV 10 2208-2216 - Nx in FF then talk about meditation as a tropical
medicine, // 4815; SIO 332 [DC/JB/JF].
+NOV 12 0625 - High-life music, making for an easier, albeit thru
QRM, // with the strong signal on 4815 [DC].
+NOV 15 2129 - Excellent signal, talk, music set to one-string
instrument, stronger than 4815 SW! [JR].
+NOV 15 2226 - Nx in FF; SIO 433 [JB].
756 ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Redruth, NOV 14 0302 - News program // 198 [JR].
756 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, NOV 3 0415 [BD].
+NOV 13 0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 1269, 1422
[JR].
756 SPAIN R. Euskadi, Bilbao, NOV 3 0415 [BD].
+NOV 4 0300 - "Radio Euskadi, Servicios Informativos" over Germany
[BC].
+NOV 16 0400 - Pips and dual ID [JR].
765 SENEGAL RTV Senegal, Dakar, NOV 3 2130 [BD].
+NOV 6 approx 2100 - Tribal African music in with nice signal: S9+9
(and atop Switzerland) on Brazil Bev, Switzerland dominated (at
S9+25) on EuroBev; Dakar possibly not running full power [NK].
765 SWITZERLAND R. Suisse Romande, Sottens, NOV 3 0415 - Classical music
[BD].
+NOV 11 1856-1907 - Tentative; AA-sounding mx, ID as "Le Premier
Emeteur" at 1859, FF news, and jazz mx; good [JF].
+NOV 12 1834 - ID [JR].
774 EGYPT Egyptian R., Abis, NOV 5 0145 - Music [BD].
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 3 0415 [BD].
+NOV 12 1836 - At least two sites heard with echo [JR]. NOV 16 0538
- Echo still noted [JR].
783 GERMANY MDR, Wiederau, NOV 3 0505 - // 531, 1044, 1188 [BD].
+NOV 10 1953 - M w/ nx over Syria; SIO 333 [JB].
783 PORTUGAL RDP R. Comercial, Mirandela & Canidelo, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
783.06 SYRIA ORT Arab Syrienne, Tartus, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
+NOV 6 2145 - // 666 & 918, AA news; huge, S9+22! [NK].
+NOV 8 1932 - // 666, 918, AA ment. "al Suriya," then music; very
good [NK].
+NOV 10 1928 - AA tks by M and W; poor [JF].
+NOV 12 2117 - W in AA, not // 827 at this time; this stn, being
slightly off-frequency, has been putting the growl on 783, SIO 444
[JB].
783.40 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 10 1927-1936, 1954, 2052
- M w/ very dramatic speech, very heroic mx; SIO 332 (thanks to Mauno
Ritola for help with this one) [DC/JB].
792 GREECE VOA Relay, Kavalla, NOV 4 1930 [BD].
+NOV 16 1945 - Serbian pgm, promised a news report but there was a
"technical delay;" then news items; just before 2000 in EE: "This
program has come to you from VOA Washington;" SIO 322 [JB].
792 SPAIN R. Sevilla, Sevilla, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
+NOV 16 1948 - Soccer w/ Deportiva La Coruna vs somebody; SIO 333
[JB].
801 ENGLAND BBC R. Devon, Barnstaple, NOV 15 0419 - Presume this w/ BBC
nx; faded away quickly, SIO 232-1 [JB].
+NOV 16 0532 - Only BBC outlet listed [JR].
801 GERMANY Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munchen & Dillberg, NOV 6 0100 - //
594, 666 [BD].
+NOV 6 0133 - ARD pgm w/ show songs, // 1017; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 15 0413 - In GG // 6085 [JR].
801 JORDAN R. Jordan, Ajlun, NOV 6 0135 - Presumed this w/ dramatic AA
talk, AA mx from 0138; deep fades, SIO 332 [BD/JB].
801 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
810 MACEDONIA Makedonska Radiotelevizija, Skopje, NOV 8 2055 - Greek-
sounding mx under massive BBC R. Scotland; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 12 1845 - Tentative; Balkan string and flute folk music, 5 short
+ 1 long pips at 1900, heavy QRM from Scotland [JR].
+NOV 12 1957 - Tentative; Balkan singing mixing w/ Scotland, possible
news at 2000; poor [JF].
810 SCOTLAND BBC R. Scotland synchros, NOV 3 0420 - Variety [BD].
+NOV 12 1845 - Noted with 20 minutes of promotional material from WOR
(New York), Scotland weather at 1859 [JR].
+NOV 12 1923-2003 - "Celtic Connections" with Celtic pop music
including one song from "4 Men and a Dog," promo for morning show
"That's A Slice," "This is Radio Scotland"; very good [JF].
+NOV 13 0822 - Nx about the British Labour Party; SIO 433 [JB].
810 SPAIN R. Madrid, Madrid, NOV 4 2110 [BD].
819 EGYPT Egyptian R., Batra, NOV 3 0420 - Music [BD].
819 MOROCCO RTM, Rabat, NOV 4 2120 - // 207, 612, 936, 1053 at time
[BD].
819 POLAND Polskie R., Wola Rasztowska, NOV 4 1926 - // 1206, 1305 [BD].
+NOV 16 1749 - Noted // 1305 echo [JR].
819 SPAIN R. Euskadi, San Sebastia=B4n, NOV 6 0442 - In Basque [BD].
+NOV 13 1957 - SS football/soccer; QRM from Egypt, SIO 322 [JB].
827 MOROCCO RTM, Oujda, NOV 6 1956 - // 702, a Finnish DXer [Mika
Makelainen - JB] says Syria [BD].
827 SYRIA ORT Arab Syrienne, Deir el Zawr, NOV 12 2235 - M in AA,
mentioned Syria and Damascus many times; SIO 433 [JB].
+NOV 13 0010 - Arabic music and a very strong signal, off nominal
828, not // 819 at this time [DC].
+NOV 13 0031-0038* - Now // 783 (which see) w/ Koran, s/off anmts and
Syrian anthem; SIO 433 [JB].
827 UNID NOV 7 2200, 2222-2224, 2312-2317 - Possibly Syria; AA music &
talk, not // Libya-1251 or Morocco-1044 etc. (but Syria-783 not
checked), news mentioned Clinton, Mubarik, Arafat, Libya; drama w/
gun shots was heard; audio seemed off after 0100, but OC persisted
[NK].
828 NETHERLANDS Hitradio Veronica, Rotterdam, NOV 6 0445 - Rock-rap
[BD].
+NOV 9 1910 - Excellent; "Hitradio" promo, announced songs by Go
West, Janet Jackson, and Duran Duran [BC]. NOV 13 0205 - Paul Simon
music, "Veronica" SID; Jean thought they IDed differently, but that's
what I heard [JR].
828 SPAIN Onda Cero, Barcelona, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
837 CANARY IS. R. Pop. de Las Palmas, Las Palmas, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
837 ENGLAND unID BBC stn, NOV 14 0407 - Woman in English briefly on top,
no //s found, then faded; perhaps BBC Local R. Cumbria South,
Barrow-in-Furness; heard as unID BBC outlet in Oct/95, too [DC].
837 FRANCE R. Bleue, Nancy, NOV 6 1814 [BD].
+NOV 11 1858 - W w/ "Radio France" ID and jazz pgm; SIO 455 [JB].
837 UNID NOV 6 1924 - Mid East music [BD].
840 CHAD Radiodif. Nationale Tchadienne, N'Djamena, NOV 9 2052-2053 - //
4907.5, female disco vocal; o/ faded St. Lucia & weak Brazil [NK].
+NOV 9 2120 - African rhythm // 4904.5, with St. Lucia nulled by
phasing (St. Lucia was playing "La Macarena" at the time) [BC].
+NOV 11 2158 - Very tentatively w/ glimpses of African mx then
anthem, // 4904.5; really tough w/ St. Lucia and Brazil on this freq,
SIO 211 [JB].
846 IRELAND R. North, NOV 10 0011 - Tentative; C&W mx, M ancr in EE,
then Irish-sounding mx; under the powerful Italian, SIO 232-1 (thanks
to Steve Whitt for suggesting the identity of this stn) [JB/NK].
846 ITALY RAI Radiodue, Rome, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
+NOV 10 0014 - March music, Italian talks; good [JF].
846 RUSSIA unID stn, NOV 4 0008 - Woman in Russian [BD].
846 SOUTH AFRICA R. Xhosa, Komga, NOV 3 2152 - Pop singing [BD].
+NOV 4 2038 - MoR EE music, "Xhosa" announcements; mostly o/ Italy on
Brazil Bev [NK].
+NOV 4 2125 - Abba "Knowing Me, Knowing You," Tony Orlando & Dawn
"Knock Three Times," and other pop hits, "Xhosa" IDs by DJ in
vernacular, good with Italy nulled by phasing [BC].
+NOV 11 2204-2221 - Same format as previous year, phone calls and
upbeat pop music; canned "Radio Xhosa" ID noted at 2221; fair peaks
and virtually alone on this freq on Brazil Beverage [DC/JR].
+NOV 15 2219 - Excellent signal noted [JR].
855 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Berlin-Britz, NOV 12 0302 - GG news, //
177 [JR].
855 ROMANIA R. Romania, Bucuresti, NOV 3 2114 - // 1152 [BD].
+NOV 16 1659 - IS, pips, W talk; SIO 242 [JB].
855 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, NOV 3 0420 [BD].
+NOV 10 0018 - Old Broadway-style duet music, SS anmts; good [JF].
864 ARMENIA Armenian R., Yerevan, NOV 5 2032-2036 - // 4810, "Armenia"
mentions; fair to good, o/ Egypt & others [BD/NK].
+NOV 5 2033 - Armenian over/under Egypt, // 4810; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 11 1950-2008 - Woman singing, man talking mentions Armenia
several times and sign-off anmt w/ freqs at 1958, piano IS at 2000,
ID as "Armenski Radio, Yerevan-e khsoum," more anmts and IDs, anthem
at 2003, man w/ either religious message or speech, clearly // (and
better than) 4810; poor [DC/JF/JR].
+NOV 12 1915 - Local music, // 4810, 4990, 7480, under France [JR].
864 EGYPT ERTU, Santah, NOV 3 0420 - Koran only [BD].
+NOV 5 2033 - Man in animated AA; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 14 0214-0240 - Call to prayer; fair [JF].
864 FRANCE R. Bleue, Paris, NOV 6 1814 [BD].
864 MOROCCO RTM, Errachidia, NOV 6 1913 - Moroccan pop [BD].
864 SPAIN RNE1, Socuellamos, NOV 3 0530 [BD].
873 GERMANY AFN, Frankfurt, NOV 4 0010 - Patriots-Dolphins football
[BD].
+NOV 10 0022-0127 - Arizona St. vs California college football,
reports from the studio during breaks, US news and sports at
halftime; fair [JF].
873 HUNGARY Magyar R., Pecs, NOV 10 0202 - Hungarian talk over AFN; fair
[JF].
873 LEBANON VO Lebanon, Beirut, NOV 3 2208-2223 - AA talk and mx, //
6549.48; QRM mainly from Ukraine, SIO 222 [BD/JB/NK].
+NOV 10 2019-2038 - AA mx, ads, definite // w/ 6550 during "La
Macarena" then W in AA, ululations and talk w/ reverb; under AFN and
others, SIO 222 (Just as well that we got this stn now - there is
talk that it could be going off the air -DC) [DC/JB/JF].
873 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, NOV 4 0016 - BBC
nx, // 1341; QRM from AFN, SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 16 0517 - Program // 1341 [JR].
873 RUSSIA R. Rossii synchros, NOV 13 0246 - Juggernaut signal w/ RR
ballad, W in RR mentioned Bolshoi and Pushkin, // 1089 & 5815
(Taldom), two supramegawatt transmitters listed here; SIO 544
[JB/JF/JR].
873 SPAIN R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, NOV 3 0425 [BD].
882 CANARY IS. R. Pop. de Tenerife, La Laguna, NOV 3 0425 [BD].
882 ENGLAND BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., NOV 3 0425 - // 693, 909 at
time [BD].
+NOV 12 1932-2037 - "The Wrap" with modern rock music and news items,
break for a short newscast at 2000, and news items from the "Good
Morning Wales" production team at 2024; good [JF].
+NOV 15 2050 - Noted ID while digging for something else [JR].
890.97 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Alger, NOV 3 0425 [BD].
+NOV 11 0231 - AA mx; poor [JF]. NOV 16 2046 - AA talk, // 549; this
being slightly off-freq puts a growl on 891; SIO 333 [JB].
900 ITALY RAI Radiouno, Milan, NOV 3 0425 [BD].
900 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Qurayyat, NOV 3 2123 [BD].
907.82 GAMBIA R. Syd, Banjul, NOV 4 2133 - Soft African music [BD].
+NOV 6 2040 - Bits of audio including African music through strong
het against 909, assumed to be Gambia [BC].
+NOV 9 2258 - The first DX signal I tuned in upon arrival, definite
Afro vocal and talk by OM as signal rose above noise level from a
deep fade; seemingly English announcer between Afro vocals at 2345
during nice peak; still on air at 0155 (NOV 10) but gone at 0200
recheck, the listed s/off [DC].
+NOV 10 2200 - Fair peak playing "Blue Bayou" across the hour, then
faded; later that evening (NOV 11), tracked carrier (too weak for
audio) from 0158 to exactly 0200* [DC].
+NOV 11 2037 - Seemingly English-speaking announcer heard between
songs, including "Let Me Be There" at 2038; nice peak for just 2.5 kW
but typically subject to long, deep fades [DC].
+NOV 14 2205 - Possibly parallel to EE news on R. Gambia 648 at this
time [JR].
+NOV 15 2113 - Chronically off-freq stn w/ EE nx then African talk,
// 648 to end of EE at 2115; SIO 232 [JB].
+NOV 15 2158 - Man singing with plucked single-string instrument [JR].
909 ENGLAND BBC R. 5 synchros, NOV 3 0425 - // 693, 882 at time [BD].
+NOV 9 1935 - Good; "Five Live BBC National Radio" ID and Holland vs
Wales soccer game, echo produced by reception of more than one of the
synchronized stations [BC].
918 SLOVENIA R. Slovenija, Domzale, NOV 3 2327-2331 - Interview, ID and
telephone number; SIO 433 [BD/JB].
+NOV 9 1940 - Good; symphony concert and R. Slovenija IDs by
announcer [BC].
+NOV 12 1959 - 5 pips and 6th high pitch pip, then "Slovenski" ID,
operatic vocal preceded this [JR].
918 SPAIN R. Intercontinental, Madrid, NOV 3 0425 [BD].
918 SYRIA ORT Arab Syrienne, Al-Hassake, NOV 5 2042 - // 783 [BD].
+NOV 6 2145 - // 666 & 783, AA news; u/ Slovenia [NK].
927 BELGIUM BRTN, Wolvertem, NOV 3 0430 [BD].
936 GERMANY R. Bremen, Bremen, NOV 3 0430 [BD].
+NOV 8 2228 - Dean Martin song, GG ancr, soon faded under Spain; SIO
433 [JB].
+NOV 13 2000 - Program in unID language until 2000 then in SS as
"Radio Democrita y Germania" program for foreign workers "por
espanoles en la Republica Federal de Alemana," // 972 [JR].
+NOV 13 2003 - SS pgm w/ nx, wx for Spain and Germany, "Panorama" pgm
for "espanoles en Alemania;" SIO 333 [JB].
+NOV 15 0459 - In GG with Hewlett-Packard ad [JR].
936 MOROCCO RTM, Agadir, NOV 4 2120 - // 207, 612, 819, 1053 at time [=
BD].
936 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 3 0430 [BD].
945 ENGLAND South Coast R., Bexhill, NOV 3 2038 - "South Coast Radio"
ID, British oldies, ad about winning Britpound945 [NK].
+NOV 13 1936-1950 - Ad for car show, "Stand by to play radio's big
cash jackpot...gold bar...only on South Coast Radio," Beatles and Bob
Dylan mx, at 1947 "Clyde" made a feeble attempt to win the Britpound
1180 jackpot, // 1323; QRM from France, SIO 332 [DC/JB/JF/JR].
+NOV 16 1850 - EE ancr w/ address, Beatles songs, ended 60's mx pgm
at 1856; SIO 443 [JB].
945 FRANCE R. France, Toulouse, NOV 7 0200 - Woman in Serb/Croat; FF
songs [BD].
945 UNID NOV 7 2115 - Possibly Sa=97o Tome=B4; urban contemporary music,
PP ancr; not France or UK (which were audible on EuroBev w/ different
pgms) [NK].
954 CZECH REP. Cesky Rozhlas, Brno, NOV 3 1845 [BD].
954 QATAR QBS, Al Arish, NOV 4 0244 - IS, s/on in AA; under Spain, SIO
222 [JB].
+NOV 4 0250 - Koranic chants, // 7210, good with Spain nulled by
phasing [BC/BD/NK].
+NOV 11 1936-1944 - Good with AA mx, // 7210 [DC/JF/JR].
+NOV 14 *0243 - Carrier noted prior to sign-on, interval signal, ID
at 0245 as in WRTH, freq anmt by woman; good, MW stronger than 7210!
(No-show on 675) [DC/JR].
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, NOV 3 0430 [BD]. NOV 14 0241 - Call-in
show [JR].
962 UNID NOV 10 2047 - Glimpses of repetitive twangy mx w/ male voices
in unison, sounded East African so suspect Somalia (not // 5025
Benin); SIO 232-1 [DC/JB].
963 FINLAND R. Finland (YLE), Pori, NOV 3 2124-2128 - GG pgm: anmt of
contest winner, ID and freqs; SIO 333 [BD/JB].
+NOV 8 2330 - Good; jingle and very entertaining Finnish version of
Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" [BC].
+NOV 10 2133-2157 - EE pgm with news, talk about Finland's Father's
Day (which was today), editorial, press review, where to find R.
Finland on the Internet and Eurosat, "Compass North" about life in
Finland; strong, yet missed in Oct/95 when hi-latitude propagation
was very poor by comparison [DC/JF].
+NOV 12 0718 - Woman with news, then organ music with male vocalist,
// 6120; ID as "Yleisradio" at 0759 recheck, 5 short and one long
pips [JR].
972 BOTSWANA R. Botswana, Gaborone, NOV 5 2133 - "It's 32 before 12
o'clock" (UTC+2) TC, pop mx, // 3356; SIO 343 [BC/BD/JB/NK].
+NOV 7 2050 - // 3356, female soul vocal "I Will Always Love You;" to
good peaks [NK].
+NOV 11 2136-2159* - Stronger signal than // 3356, with C&W music
including "I Believe in You" by Don Williams then Elton John; ended
with prayer and hymn and choral anthem at 2158; poor but also noted
even weaker // 648 [DC/JF/JR].
+NOV 12 2135 - Just fair, although // 3356 again strong; no luck,
however, in pulling out VOA Botswana relay which probably has a
narrow beam on 909 kHz [DC].
+NOV 15 2129 - Loud music, // 3356 [JR].
972 GERMANY NDR, Hamburg, NOV 5 2340 - Oldies and GG songs, GG ancr; SIO
443 [BD/JB].
+NOV 13 2000 - Program in unID language until 2000 then in SS as
"Radio Democrita y Germania" for foreign workers "por espanoles en la
Republica Federal de Alemana," // 936 [JR].
+NOV 16 0508 - GG program, mention of Kiel and Hamburg [JR].
972 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., Kopani, NOV 4 0145 - // 1377 w/ pop music
[BD].
+NOV 12 1936-1954 - Various programs of talk in Ukrainian; fair w/
QRM from co-channel Spain [JF].
+NOV 13 1912 - Coca-Cola ad, M w/ ID then Ukrainian or RR rock mx;
o/u another stn in Slavic lang, likely Germany, that was // 936; SIO
322 [JB/JR].
981 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, NOV 3 0430 [BD].
981 GREECE Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara, NOV 4 0045 - Greek music, //
1386 [BD].
+NOV 4 0056-0101 - Greek mx, nx; // 1386; SIO 433 [JB].
+NOV 11 2100 - In a mess of stns, pips, "Elleniki Radiophonia" ID,
"Era Sport" pgm in Greek w/ basketball; SIO 322 [JB/JF].
981 KENYA KBC General Svc, Voi, NOV 12 0205-0229 - Bits of audio,
tentative // to 1386 (which see), until ERA suddenly popped on
frequency with strong signal at 0229, itself also // 1386 [DC].
990 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Berlin, NOV 3 0430 [BD]. NOV 8 2220 -
faded up briefly w/ nx in GG; SIO 222 [JB].
990 WALES BBC R. 5, Tywyn, NOV 3 0440 [BD].
+NOV 8 2216 - Interview of rugby player, news from the television
soaps; QRM mainly from CBY, SIO 433 [JB].
+NOV 10 2100-2208 - EE nx // 909, "That's the end of the news on 5
Live," "Devon Worldwide" pgm with Richard Devon, station promos, news
at 2200, "The Acid Test" with features on coral hunting near the
British Coast and upcoming Martian Missions; poor [DC/JF].
999 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Hoyerswerda, NOV 10 1943-1947 - W in GG,
// 177; much QRM from cochannel religious pgm (Moldova?), SIO 322
[JB].
999 ITALY RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 5 2049 - // 1035, 1116 [BD].
999 MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE VO Russia, Maiac, NOV 3 1900 - Moscow news in
EE [BD].
+BBC Relay, NOV 6 2005-2013 - W reads nx in Slavic lang, "BBC" noted
twice at ends of reports; SIO 433-2 [JB].
+VO Russia, NOV 7 1815 - Good; "Voice of Russia" in English, // 6130
[BC].
+VO Russia, NOV 10 1809-1906 - EE sports nx, ID "This is Russia"
newsmag pgm; poor [JF].
+VO Russia, NOV 16 1940 - "This is Russia," mentioning the first
Russian arms show at the turn of the century, and the manufacture of
the first bicycles in Russia in 1901, // 7440 [JR].
999 SPAIN R. Pop. de Madrid, Madrid, NOV 4 0000 - COPE net [BD].
1008 BELARUS Belaruskaje Radujo synchos, NOV 6 1917 - Classical mx, best
around 1924, // 1026; SIO 322 [JB/NK].
+NOV 10 2140 - Mayak IS through unID Arabic speaker, seemingly not //
Yemen on 9779.8, so maybe Egypt [DC].
1008 CANARY IS. R. Las Palmas/RadioVoz, NOV 3 0440 [BD].
+NOV 6 2031 - Ad for "La Gazeta de Las Palmas" and FM outlet "Gran
Canaria Radio;" deep fades, SIO 442 [JB].
+NOV 14 0051-0126 - Music from the opera Carmen, IDs, time pips and
"noticias" at 0100, Broadway show music such as "Mame," ads; fair
[JF].
+NOV 14 0250 - Pop oldies, ID before time pips and news at 0300;
quite good (no sign of Yemen here or on shortwave 9779.8 at this
time) [DC].
1008 NETHERLANDS NOS, Flevo, NOV 4 1909 - unID Oriental language [BD].
+NOV 6 1917 - Dutch religious pgm; SIO 433 [JB].
1008 UNID NOV 6 1856-1923 - AA mx over the TOH, definitely not // Yemen
9779.80, suspect El Arish, Egypt; much QRM from Netherlands and
Belarus, SIO 222 (Joachim Stiller and Mauno Ritola both suggest Egypt
also) [JB].
+NOV 6 1930 - Apparent religious AA here, not // any Yemen freqs;
found whilst phasing Netherlands to get Canaries & Belarus [NK].
+NOV 8 1929 - AA Koranic singing that was not // to Yemen SW outlets
or to other audible stations; atop channel during Holland fade [NK].
1008 YEMEN Yemen RTV Corp., Sana'a, NOV 4 1909 - // 9779.4 [BD].
+NOV 4 1938 - Likely // 9779.8, AA strings, then AA talk; u/ Holland
[NK].
1017 ENGLAND WABC, Shrewsbury, NOV 7 1747 - Advert for connecting to
cable TV, "WABC" ID, then into pop music; o/u Germany [NK].
1017 GERMANY SWF, Mainz/Wolfsheim, NOV 5 2345 - Jazz // 972 [BD].
+NOV 14 0200 - World news, // 666 [JR].
1017 TURKEY TRT, Mundanya/Istanbul, NOV 5 1822 - Talk [BD].
1025.00 UNID NOV 3 2247 - Two stations mixing, one definitely GG, // DW
on 6100 (the origin of this is unclear, but Neil could also hear
this, and it was audible on both the Drake R8A and the Icom R-71A)
[JB].
1026 BELARUS Belaruskaje Radujo synchos, NOV 6 1927 - Tchaikovsky mx,
//1008; SIO 222 [JB/NK].
1026 CHANNEL IS. BBC R. Jersey, NOV 3 0500 [BD]. NOV 6 1929 - Wx for
Channel Is. -- nasty weather! SIO 222 [JB].
1026 ENGLAND BBC R. Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, NOV 8 2200 - News, "BBC
East" mention after weather; o/ Spain; this runs 500 watts! [NK].
1026 IRAN IRIB, Tabriz, NOV 10 0310 - Talk in presumed Farsi; very good
signal, // low power 1368 [DC].
+NOV 14 0255 - A prayer (I think), martial anthem, five short and one
long pips, // 1152 [JR].
1026 ISRAEL Kol Israel, Tel Aviv, NOV 8 2203 - // 9815, national anthem
mixed w/ bubble jammer; soon lost [NK].
1026 NORTHERN IRELAND Downtown R., Belfast, NOV 3 0445 [BD].
1026 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0440 [BD].
1026 UNID NOV 7 1755-1757 - Either Iran or Israel's AA svc; Koranic-style
chants rose atop for a while [NK].
1035 ENGLAND RTL Country 1035, London, NOV 3 0448 [BD].
+NOV 8 2110 - "Country 10-35 AM" ID in a mess; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 12 2013 - C&W mx; poor [JF].
+NOV 13 2038 - Noted with new "RTL" slogan, more pop than country now
[JR].
1035 ESTONIA Eesti R., Tallinn, NOV 8 2112-2127 - Pretty boring talk in
Estonian over the Brits, waves-and-seagulls sound effects at 2124;
SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 12 2006 - Light jazz and vocals after news, possible mention of
"Vikeradio" and "eesti musica," pips at 2045, "Vikeradio" perhaps
heard at 2059, followed by 4 short and one long pips [JF/JR].
1035 ITALY RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 4 2040 - Guess Who's "American Woman" and other pop/rock hits,
// 846, over Portugal [BC].
+NOV 16 0447 - Noted with strong test tone, sign-on announcements at
0455 [JR].
1035 PORTUGAL RDP R. Comercial, Lisbon, NOV 3 2130 [BD].
1035 SCOTLAND North Sound R., Aberdeen, NOV 8 2134-2138 - "North Sound
Two" ID, Scottish-accented Aberdeen ads, into pop music; excellent
peak atop Italy, Estonia, others [NK].
1044 GEORGIA Georgian R., Tbilisi, NOV 10 0224 - EZL mx quickly
paralleled w/ 4875 before the signal was engulfed by Spain; SIO 221
(transmitter site dawn enhancement while waiting for Kenya to pop up
on the frequency - BC) [astutely noticed by Bruce! - JB] [BC/JB/NK].
+NOV 13 0213-0225 - Lively mx, very long fades but up to a reasonable
level for a couple of 30-second periods, easily paralleled w/ 4875
and 5040; QRM from San Sebastian, SIO 222 (glad that Bruce spotted
this one for a new country! - DC) [DC/JB/JF].
+NOV 13 0233 - Parallel music (woman singing) established here and
5040, 4875; shortwave signals were strong but of awful sound quality
[JR].
1044 GERMANY MDR-Info, Dresden, NOV 3 0505 - // 531, 783, 1188 [BD].
1044 GREECE Elliniki Radiophonia Macedonia 1, Thessaloniki, NOV 11
1953-2006 - M in Greek hosting (Greek) mx pgm, clear ID at 1959, nx
by W at 2000, mx from 2004; severe QRM from Spain; SIO 322 [JB/JR].
1044 MOROCCO Sebaa Aioun, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
1044 SPAIN R. San Sebastia=B4n, San Sebastian, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 9 1920 - Good; local ID into "Cadena Ser Carosel Deportiva"
network program [BC].
+NOV 10 2227 - Station hype w/ many IDs; SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 11 2000 - Two sets of pips and echoed "Cadena SER" net IDs, thus
both San Sebastian and Valladolid coming through over Greece [JB].
1053 ENGLAND TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 12 0001 - News given by man & woman; very strong, as on // 1089.
(Trying without success for AIR Tuticorin-1053 which would have been
// 4990) [DC].
+NOV 12 0303 - ID and phone number; fair [JF].
1053 MOROCCO RTM, Tangier, NOV 4 2120 - // 207, 612, 819, 936 at time
[BD].
1053 ROMANIA R. Roma=96nia, Iasi, NOV 4 1858 - // 855, 1152 [BD].
+NOV 16 1700 - IS, ID pips, woman with news, // 1152, 1179, 11790
[JR].
1062 DENMARK Danmarks R., Kalundborg, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 12 0732-0757 - Morning exercise show, // 263 longwave, pop music
"All Shook Up," ID at 0744, time check and time pips followed by
news, faded by 0757; good [JF].
1062 ITALY/SARDINIA RAI Radiouno, Cagliari, Squinzano & others, NOV 2 2259
- S/off w/ ID, freq anmt, ticks/tones; SIO 333 [JB].
+NOV 7 0133 - Talk program in Italian, not // other RAI stations on
the air at the time; I got good signals from Sardinia while
vacationing in Mallorca in 1965, and noted that the Sardinian
stations often did not carry programs // to the mainland network
stations [BD].
+NOV 15 2248 - Jazz program, // 657, 1332, 1575, 6060 [JR].
1062.06 TURKEY TRT, Diyarbakir, NOV 2 2300 - Audible after RAI went off
w/ W talking then Turkish anthem; SIO 232 [JB].
1071 ENGLAND Talkradio UK synchros, NOV 6 1800 [BD].
+NOV 10 0046 - faded up briefly w/ EE chat, // 1089; SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 12 0250 - Mention of "Talk Radio;" at 0300 with news by woman;
low power outlet(s) here occasionally good enough to confirm // 1053
& 1089 [DC].
1071 FRANCE France-Inter, Lille et al., NOV 3 0520 - Fair; pop music, //
162, 1161, & 1350 [BC/BD].
+NOV 9 0043 - FF wx for France; SIO 333 [JB].
1071 INDIA All India R., Rajkot, NOV 10 0040 - Indian popular mx, long
fades; SIO 232-1 (Tried unsuccessfully to establish // with the Urdu
Service on 702 and/or 6155 - DC) [DC/JB/NK].
+NOV 12 0015 - AIR IS noted in mess then man talking and
subcontinental mx, this time heard // at low level on 6155; very
poor, best in USB (Transmitter SR 0120 - DC) [DC/JF/JR].
+NOV 13 0042 - Indian mx; way under France-Inter and presumed
Euskadi; SIO 222 [JB].
1071 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Presov, NOV 16 0128 - Piano Muzak, at
0130 M in Slovak w/ ID: "Slovensko Eren," // 1098; SIO 242 [JB/JR].
1071 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
1080 ISRAEL Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Jerusalem, NOV 9 2351 - Glimpses of
"Girl from Ipanema" (Getz/Gilberto) through very heavy QRM from
Spain, Poland & Morocco, but unequivocally // 7494.82; just 5 kW; SIO
121 [JB/NK].
+NOV 10 0137-0139 - // 7495, oldie "Dream a Little Dream" (Mama
Cass); poor to fair o/u WTIC & Spain [NK].
+NOV 13 2021 - Talk in Hebrew and female vocal at 2032; surprising
dominant here, // 7495 [DC].
1080 POLAND Polskie R., Koszecin, NOV 3 0510 - // 1206, 1260, 1305 [BD].
+NOV 11 2237 - Music program, woman singing in Polish with piano, //
1206, 1305, 1368 [JR].
1080 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0442 [BD]. NOV 16 0437 - At least two
SER stations here, with clear echo [JR].
1089 ALBANIA RTV Shqiptar, Durre=A8s, NOV 3 0442 - Islamic music [BD].
+NOV 7 2115 - Music, // 6100, mostly under England (and the SW
parallel was well under Germany, so a difficult catch either way)
[BC].
1089 ENGLAND TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 6 1018 - Audible w/ EE talk, must be a completely daylight path
at this time; SIO 232 [JB].
+NOV 9 1040-1300 - Daytime DX; better than S6 up to 1100 UTC, carrier
noted as late as 1300 [NK].
+NOV 12 0749-0806 - Call-in featurettes on "Has there ever been a
good British movie?", "Minimum working week" and "Earlier school
starting times," slogan: " Great talk all the time on 1053, 1089 AM,"
news, sports and weather at 0800; good [JF].
1089 RUSSIA R. Rossii, Tbilisskoye, NOV 6 1835 - Tentative, Mid East Mx
// 1170 (?) [BD].
+NOV 13 0252 - RR barda mx, // 873, 5815; SIO 343 [JB/JF/JR].
1098 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
+NOV 14 0118-0204 - Instr mx pgm, ID as "Radio Bratislava" but no
other anmts, time pips and news at 0200; good [JF].
1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 14 0159 - Time pips, ID and news; fair,
QRMing Slovakia [JF].
1107 ENGLAND TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 14 0230 - Sponsor-a-child PSA, //
1089, 1053 [JR].
+NOV 15 2200, 2300 - IDs in a mess at both times, // 1089, 1053; SIO
222 [JB/JR].
1107 GERMANY AFN synchros, NOV 4 0015 - Patriots-Dolphins football [BD].
+NOV 8 1800 - Fair; AP news, // 873 & 1143 [BC].
+NOV 9 2052 - US football over Spain and Brits; SIO 322 [JB].
1107 SCOTLAND Moray Firth R., Inverness, NOV 15 2200-2220 - Nx, contest
promo at 2213, local anmt and ID at 2218 then mx; SIO 222-1 [JB/JR].
1107 SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA R. Novi Sad 2, Novi Sad, NOV 15 2158 - Possibly
this with pips echoing RNE5, tape review shows this ID phrase after
pips: "Rah-fah-din-kay-rah-dio-pee-dayn" [JR].
1107 SPAIN RNE5 stations, NOV 3 0442 [BD].
1107 UNID NOV 15 2150-2219 - Unusual mx, pgm hosted by W in unID lang but
many songs played back-to-back, pips at 2200 then W w/ ID that
sounded like "Unvidiki Radio" then nx; QRM mainly from Spain but also
from 2 Brits, SIO 322 (This is obviously the same as Jim's tent. Novi
Sad, but I didn't catch anything that resembled "Novi Sad" - JB)
[JB].
1114.87 ANGOLA Em. Provincial do Kuanza-Sul, Sumbe, NOV 3 2110 - Good w/
PP talk; heard on Brazil Bev [NK]. NOV 6 2040 - Local music [BD].
+NOV 7 2100 - PP talk, beautiful "Emissora Regional de Kuanza Sul"
ID; good peaks [NK].
+NOV 10 2145 - Hi-life music and chatter by male DJ; fair with good
peak at 2150 (Angolans were very disappointing compared to Oct/95,
however. Only other Provincial heard weakly was 1502; even R.
Nacional 1088/1367 only apparent as modest carriers without audio)
[DC].
+NOV 10 2154-2200 - Afro dance music, PP ancr; poor [JF].
1116 CHANNEL IS. BBC R. Guernsey, NOV 4 0019 - Tentative [BD].
+NOV 11 0749 - Sports rpt w/ Holyfield-Tyson fight then "local
sports" w/ Guernsey items; generally under Derby, SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 12 2100 - Up over RAI w/ nx feed for eastern Britain; SIO 333
[DC/JB].
+NOV 16 0107 - BBC news, two distinct stations with pronounced echo,
so one of these was R. Guernsey and the other R. Derby [JR].
1116 ENGLAND BBC R. Derby, NOV 3 0001 - Telephone number in Derby, jingle
ID, local nx, lottery numbers; over Spain, SIO 433 [JB].
+NOV 3 0445 [BD]. NOV 8 2133-2207 - Interview of Oxfam worker, nx at
2200; "Derbyshire" and "Derby" references; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 9 0819 - Pgm promo, local anmts w/ tel numbers in Derby, road
cx; SIO 333 [JB].
+NOV 11 0800 - Jingle ID, nx w/ many local items; SIO 333-2 [JB].
+NOV 14 2308-0005 - Gordon Aspley phone-in show, one call was from
Nottingham, ancr mentioned "Radio 4," BBC news at 0000; presume that
this is Derby since it is close to Nottingham [JF].
+NOV 16 0107 - BBC news, two distinct stations with pronounced echo,
so one of them was R. Derby and the other R. Guernsey [JR].
1116 ITALY RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 3 0447 [BD].
+NOV 5 1910 - Good; Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" and Radiodue ID, //
846 [BC].
+NOV 8 2135-2207 - Mainly rock and "combat reggae" mx, M ancr in
Italian; SIO 422 [JB].
+NOV 12 2058 - Mx by The Who, Italian ancr; SIO 333 [JB].
1116 NETHERLANDS R. Kerk van Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal, NOV 17 0758 -
Brits faded down a bit to reveal a M in Dutch, but destroyed by RAI
w/ organ mx at 0800; SIO 222-1 [JB].
1116 WALES Valleys R., Ebbw Vale, NOV 8 2304 - Signal emerged for only a
couple of minutes above the BBC stns and Spain w/ wx, jingle ID, then
road conditions; SIO 222-1 [JB].
1121 IRAN VO Rebellious Iraq, Bandar Lengeh, NOV 5 1814 - Chanting [BD].
+NOV 5 1818-1825 - AA talk by woman mention Iraq, some AA music, but
mostly talk [NK].
1125 BELGIUM RTBF, La Louvie`re, NOV 6 1900 - FF [BD].
1125 CROATIA Hvratski R., Deanovec, NOV 3 0211 - European pop tunes
back-to-back, // massive 1134; SIO 343 [JB].
+NOV 10 2208 - Pop music, // 1134, 5895; poor-fair [JF].
+NOV 15 1923 - Program // 1134 [JR].
1125 MADEIRA Centro Regional RDP, Ponta do Pargo, NOV 15 2120 - PP talk
about soccer; SIO 343 [JB].
1125 NIGER LV du Sahel, Niamey, NOV 11 2055-2103 - High-life vocals,
mostly poor thru QRM but definite brief // to very strong 5021.5
[DC/JR].
+NOV 13 2215 - Talk by man in French; poor, SW seemingly not on today
[DC].
1125 SPAIN RNE5 stations, NOV 3 0447 [BD].
+NOV 13 2045 - Spanish news, // 531; fair [JF].
1134 CROATIA Hvratski R., Zadar, NOV 3 0447 [BD].
+NOV 15, 0441-0520 - Mellow lang pops, time pips, ID and Croatian news
at 0500, more mellow pops, not // 1125 or 5895 at this time; good
[JF].
1134 INDIA All India R., Mogra, NOV 11 2115-2335 - Glimpses of
instrumental Indian mx, possibly Hindi nx at 2130, established
unequivocal // w/ 1566 at 2117 and at 2119; freq dominated initially
by Croatia then after 2130 by an unID AA stn, SIO 121 [DC/JB/JR].
+NOV 12 0008 - Subcontinental chants at weak level; briefly to fair
peak with vocal at 0025 (Now that we've logged all three 1000-kW MW
powerhouses, the next prospective AIR log is going to be an order of
magnitude more difficult) [DC].
+NOV 12 0025 - Tentative; Indian music; poor [JF/JR].
1134 RUSSIA Radiostantsiya Mayak, Murmansk & Saransk, NOV 11 2120 - Mayak
IS cut through the Croatian and unID AA stn, woman with talk in
Russian at 2133, fading up over AIR Mogra; SIO 211 (Saransk seems a
morely likely site than Murmansk, although lower power - DC)
[DC/JB/JR].
1143 GERMANY AFN, Stuttgart & 2 others, NOV 4 0015 - Patriots-Dolphins
football [BD].
+NOV 8 1750 - Good; PSAs on bacteria infection and hearing loss, end
of C&W music program, AP news, then urban contemporary music; based
on an item in Medium Wave Circle, we were expecting a local ID for
the top-of-the-hour, but only the network ID was heard [BC].
+NOV 8 1759 - C&W mx, pgm promo, TC for Central Europe, ID, nx; SIO
332 [JB].
+NOV 13 2017 - Trumpet instrumental, then jazz-oriented vocal by
woman; fair with QRM from Mayak, // AFN-873 and Azores AFRTS-1503
[DC].
1143 RUSSIA/KALININGRAD Radiostantsiya Mayak, Bolshakovo, NOV 4 2050 -
Man in Russian? (tentative) [BD].
+NOV 13 2020 - Mayak IS pushing through AFN-Germany. (It would seem
much more likely this was from Bolshakovo site rather than Mekhzavod,
which is in the interior Samarskaya Oblast) [DC].
+NOV 15 0425-0440 - RR talk, mx, "Mayak" ID at 0434, IS twice at
0440; over AFN, SIO 433-2 [JB/JR].
1143 SPAIN COPE stations, NOV 3 0447 [BD].
1152 ENGLAND Amber R., Norwich, NOV 15 2355 - Ad for soccer, "Catch
Norwich fever...kickoff at 3 pm," "Amber Radio" jingle ID; lots of
QRM from Iran and Clyde 2 SIO 222-1 [JB/JR].
1152 ENGLAND London Talk, London, NOV 3 0450 [BD].
1152 ENGLAND Piccadilly Gold, Manchester, NOV 15 2354 - "Piccadilly 11-52
Dog Show" announcement in mess [JR].
1152 IRAN IRIB, Tabriz, NOV 14 0254-0258 - Call to prayer, martial
anthem, five short and one long pips, // 1026 [JF/JR].
+NOV 15 2359 - Mx, pips, ID over piano mx; SIO 222 [JB/JR].
1152 ROMANIA R. Romania, Cluj, NOV 3 2114 - // 855 [BD].
+NOV 7 2155 - Piano instrumental, // 855, good over Spain [BC].
+NOV 14 2133 - EZL mx "Just The Way You Are," // 855, 1053, 756; good
[JF].
+NOV 16 1700 - IS, ID, pips, woman with news, // 1053, 1179, 11790;
instrumental tune "You're in the Army Now" at 1740 [JR].
1152 SCOTLAND Clyde 2, Glasgow, NOV 14 0329 - Tentative ID, Bill Crossman
is the DJ [JR].
+NOV 14 2329-0005 - Old EZL music such as Sinatra with "High Hopes,"
Coke ad sponsoring a sporting event, news and weather at 0000;
poor-fair [JF].
+NOV 16 0002 - Nx by Scottish-accented W: return of the Stone of
Scone; SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 16 1802 - Noted with "Clyde 2 Radio News," football scores,
Beatles music [JR].
1152 SPAIN RNE5 stations, NOV 3 0447 [BD].
1161 EGYPT Egyptian R., Tanta, NOV 4 1855 - Chanting [BD].
1161 ENGLAND Brunel Classic Gold, Swindon, NOV 8 0412 - "Classic Gold"
ID, then into Frankie Valli song; atop other Brit & rumble of
carriers [NK].
1161 FRANCE France-Inter, Strasbourg, NOV 5 1855 [BD].
+NOV 15 0408 - FF rock mx // 162, 1071; fair [JF].
1161 SCOTLAND R. Tay, Dundee, NOV 15 0200-0206 - EE news read by woman w/
Scottish accent, station promo, EZL pop music; poor [JF].
+NOV 16 1641 - Tentative; live report from game involving Aberdeen and
Dundee [JR].
1161 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, San Sebastian, NOV 3 0450 [BD].
1169.97 SLOVENIA R. Capodistria, Beli Kriz, NOV 8 1834-1850 - Pop mx,
faded up over the QRM a number of times w/ talk and nx, best around
1844; SIO 332 [JB/NK].
+NOV 11 1948 - Music box tune sounding like an IS, then woman w/
apparent economic news; fair, mixing with UK local radio outlet,
probably Great North Radio [DC].
+NOV 16 1809 - Program of rock music, ID, slightly on low side of
frequency [JR].
1170 ENGLAND Great North R., Stockton, NOV 6 2000 - Good; "GNR" ID and
jingle into news [BC].
+NOV 8 1837 - Old pop mx, telephone answered w/ "GNR," caller
requested Foreigner but could not name any tune; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 16 2213-2224 - Messy freq, contest promo for "GNR," jingle and
Beatles song at 2224; SIO 222 [JB].
1170 NIGERIA Ogun State BC, Abeokuta, NOV 7 2300 - Sign-off with anthem
popped up briefly on this crowded frequency [BC].
1170 RUSSIA VO Russia, Tbilisskoye, NOV 6 1835-1900 - // 5925, AA music &
talk, IS at 1900; mixed w/ UK & Portugal [BD/NK].
+NOV 8 1835 - AA talk; faded up briefly over Brits and R.
Capodistria, SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 16 1820 - AA mx, // 5925, 7295 (definitely not Israel's "D"
pgm); SIO 221 [JB/JR].
+NOV 16 2159 - IS through the QRM [JB].
1170 WALES Swansea Sound, Winsh-Wen, NOV 3 0458 [BD].
+NOV 16 1957 - ID in pile-up! [JR].
1179 CANARY IS. R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz, NOV 3 0500 [BD].
+NOV 14 0658 - Local ID as "Cadena SER, Radio Club Tenerife" [JR].
1179 ROMANIA R. Romania, Galbeni-Bacau, NOV 16 1700 - IS, ID pips, woman
with news, // 1053, 1152, 11790 [JR].
1179 SWEDEN Swedish R., Solvesborg, NOV 3 0459 [BD]. NOV 9 2056 - EE
talk about immigrants returning from the US; SIO 544 [JB].
+NOV 12 2030 - IS, EE ID and newsmagazine program "60 Degrees North;"
very good [JF].
1185.00 UNID NOV 3 2027-2031 - Mixing product of two stations, possibly
Russian (see also 1025.00) [JB].
1188 BELGIUM BRTN, Kuurne, NOV 16 0100 - Six long pips, ID, M w/ nx in
Flemish; SIO 222 [JB/JR].
1188 GERMANY MDR-Info, Reichenbach, NOV 3 0504 - GG weather & news, //
531, 783, 1044; well u/ Hungary; only 5 kW! [BD/NK].
1188 HUNGARY Magyar R., Szolnok & Szombathely, NOV 4 2040 - // 1251 [BD].
1197 BELARUS Belaruskaje Radyjo, Miensk et al., NOV 7 1915-1918 - // 1008
& 1026, classical violin music; Virgin R. phased to leave this in mix
w/ Spain & AFN Germany [NK].
1197 ENGLAND Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3 0501 [BD].
+NOV 8 1850 - "Total Gas" ad, jingle ID, rock mx; SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 10 0303 - Music "Legs" by ZZ Top, // 1215, which had much better
signal; poor [JF].
+NOV 11 0300 - Sequence of double time pips, then Virgin news
highlights; fair, // strong 1215 [DC].
1197 GERMANY VOA Europe, Munich, NOV 16 0043 - EE talk about US
telecommunications laws, story by William Wallace; this stn used to
be heard regularly, but now it's a rarity; QRM from Virgin R., SIO
222 [JB/JR].
1197 IRAQ Iraq R., Nineva, NOV 7 1850 - Tentative; AA music / chants, o/u
Virgin R.; lost before a possible parallel w/ 6560 could be
established [NK].
1197 LESOTHO BBC Relay, Lancer's Gap, NOV 4 0040 [BD].
+NOV 11 0302-0305 - Brief fadeup over Virgin R. with World Service
news read by woman, // 3255 (via Meyerton); presume MW site remains
Lesotho [DC].
+NOV 13 *0300 - Audible only to 0305, this time with the WS news
read by man [DC].
+NOV 13 0305 - EE news // 3255; audible in LSB, lousy signal but very
happy to finally have heard this one [JF].
+NOV 15 2238 - BBC program weak [JR].
1197 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, NOV 3 0501 [BD].
1197 UNID NOV 8 2105-2120 - Bits of AA-type music, not // Iraq-6560 [NK].
1206 FRANCE R. Bleue, Bordeaux, NOV 6 1814 [BD].
1206 ISRAEL Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Haifa, NOV 3 2140 - Talk in Hebrew
and Carole King song // 7495, good with Poland nulled by phasing
[BC/BD/NK].
+NOV 9 2350 - EZL music and talk in Hebrew, fair/mixing with Poland;
// 657 (poor) and 1080 (surprisingly dominant over Poland) [DC].
+NOV 13 2020 - Apparent radio drama in progress; again // 657 & 1080
+ very strong shortwave relay 7495 [DC].
+NOV 16 0205 - Music program // 1206 [JR].
1206 POLAND Polskie R., 3 sites, NOV 3 0510 - // 1080, 1260, 1305 [BD].
+NOV 11 2236 - Old show tunes, woman singing in Polish with piano, //
1080 , 1305, 1368; all freqs fair [JF/JR].
1206 SIERRA LEONE SLBS, Goderich, NOV 6 2020 - Local anmts in African-
accented EE; Polish QRM, SIO 322 [BD/JB].
1215 ENGLAND Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3 0510 [BD].
+NOV 9 1130-1150 - Daytime DX; still audible just before transmitter-
site noon [NK].
1222 SENEGAL RTV Senegal, Ziguinchor, NOV 11 2110 - Tentative; just fair
carrier, no audio; surely this as readily heard during NF-DX IV [DC].
1224 BULGARIA R. Bulgaria, Vidin, NOV 8 0424-0426 - // 5890 & 7230, MoR
EE song, woman in Bulgarian w/ "Bulgarie" mention; signal good, o/u
Holland [NK].
+NOV 12 1935 - Music and ID, clear // 5860, 5890 [JR].
+NOV 12 1945-2002 - Pop music show, // 5860 and 5890, ID, remote
report at 1950 and talks, IS and Albanian s/on anmt at 2000;
good-fair (Perhaps notable only because for some reason we never
tallied a MW log from Bulgaria in Oct/95 - DC) [DC/JF].
1224 ISRAEL Galei Zahal, Beersheba, NOV 16 0140 - IDF army station with
call-in program to male announcer, Israeli pop music interludes, //
1287, clear ID at 0200 [JR].
+NOV 16 0150 - Briefly atop the Dutch stn, // 1287; SIO 222 [JB].
1224 NETHERLANDS Hitradio Veronica, IJsselmeer, NOV 6 1645 - pop [BD].
+NOV 9 2017 - "The Party Place" and "Hitradio" mentions in otherwise
Dutch language promos, pop music, good with what was assumed to be
Bulgaria fading in [BC].
1224 SPAIN COPE stations, NOV 3 0510 [BD].
1233 CZECH REP. R. Free Europe/Czech R. synchros, NOV 3 1900 [BD].
+NOV 3 2205 - Good; news in Czech, "Radio Svobodna Europa" ID [BC].
+NOV 10 1939-2001 - Czech talk and jazz mx, // 1287, talk about the
economy at 1943, ID, news headlines and news in detail at 2000; good
[JF].
+NOV 16 1927 - Program // 1287 Slovakia [JR].
1233 ENGLAND Virgin R. 2 synchros, NOV 16 1927 - Low-powered transmitters
// 1215 [JR].
1233 MOROCCO RTM, Tanger, NOV 10 0253 - Tentative; AA mx; fair [JF].
1242 ENGLAND Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3 0510 [BD].
1242 FRANCE R. Bleue, Marseille, NOV 7 0110 - Pop music, no
announcements, // 1404 [BD].
1242 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R. synchros, NOV 5 0242 - // 1377 [BD].
+NOV 13 1900 - Noted in // to 1371.1 and 1377 [JR].
1251 HUNGARY Magyar R., Marcali & Nyiregyhaza, NOV 3 0505 - Music // 1188
[NK].
+NOV 4 2040 - // 1188 [BD].
+NOV 5 2200 - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" then Hungarian nx
headlines; SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 14 0329 - Hungarian talk and news // 1188; good [JF].
1251 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting, Tripoli, NOV 3 0510 [BD].
+NOV 5 1935 - AA talk mixed w/ UAE, Hungary, Portugal [NK].
1251 PORTUGAL R. Renascenca synchros, NOV 5 1936 - PP music, then PP talk
rose o/ Libya & others [NK].
1251 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UAE R., Dubai, NOV 5 1925 - // 1476 & 13675, AA
talk; well u/ Hungary [BD/NK].
+NOV 9 2140 - // 1476, bits of AA music; u/ Hungary & Libya [NK].
1259 AZORES RDP, Faial, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
+NOV 13 1925 - Mostly just carrier but bits of audio, tentatively //
837 and 648 (under BBC), classical music to single pip at 1930, then
talk by man; also 1952 with female vocal [DC].
1260 ENGLAND Brunel Classic Gold, Bristol, NOV 3 2059-2102 - In a mess of
British stations w/ ad, ID: "Classic Gold -- Bristol, Bath and
surrounding areas;" SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 7 1811 - Local weather, oldies; u/ Poland [NK].
1260 ENGLAND unID stn, NOV 15 0809 - Pop music by Blues Traveller,
address for something in the Isle of Man then more mx, by 0815, all
British stations were fading out; poor [JF].
1260 ENGLAND Virgin R., Guildford, NOV 7 1812-1814 - // 1197 & 1215,
music, bits of traffic report; through Poland & Bristol [NK].
1260 GREECE/DODECANESE IS. VOA Relay, Rhodes, NOV 5 2100 - Lull in the
Brits briefly left Cadena SER stn(s) and VOA nx in EE // 1548, but
gone in seconds; SIO 222-1 (Lousy log, but I've been after this one
for many years! - JB) [BD/JB].
1260 POLAND Polskie R., Szczecin, NOV 3 0510 - // 1080, 1206, 1305 [BD].
+NOV 3 0521 - Snatches of pop mx, // 1206, 1305; way under WEZE, SIO
221 [JB].
+NOV 7 1811 - // 1206 & 1305, man in Polish atop Bristol, UK [NK].
1260 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
1269 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Neumunster & Mainflingen, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
+NOV 13 0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 1269, 1422
[JR].
+NOV 16 1730 - GG nx, no sign of Kuwait; SIO 333 [JB].
1269 SPAIN COPE stations, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
1278 IRELAND RTE R. 2, Dublin & Cork, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
+NOV 9 0002 - Nx about Zaire; SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 12 1902-1923 - English news, pop, jazz and dance music, ID at
1915 as "The Hotline with Tony ---- on 2-FM;" // strong 612, poor
[DC/JF].
1278 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., Petrivska & Sevastopol, NOV 5 approx 2020 -
Tentative; Slavic talk mention Ukraine; u/ Ireland, helped by using
phasing [NK].
1287 CZECH REP. R. Free Europe, Melnik & Litomysl, NOV 3 2040 - In Slovak
[BD].
+NOV 3 2149 - I felt professionally obligated to listen to this one:
Slovak (?) talk about the discovery of radioactive elements (that's
chemistry, not antenna theory!!); SIO 444 [JB].
1287 ISRAEL Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, NOV 10 0217-0220, 0228-0304 - Hebrew
talk, bits of instrumental mx, pips, nx at 0300, wx at 0302; deep
fades, at best SIO 332 [DC/JB/NK].
+NOV 16 0140 - IDF army station with call-in program to male
announcer, Israeli pop music interludes, // 1224, clear ID at 0200
[JR].
+NOV 16 0155-0201 - Telephone chat in Hebrew, fanfare and ID at 0200;
SIO 444 [JB].
1287 SLOVAKIA R. Free Europe, Velke Kostolany, NOV 15 1846 - News in
Slovak, ID at 1859 [JR].
1287 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0515 [BD].
1296 ENGLAND BBC, Orfordness, NOV 6 1646 - GG pgm, discussing US
elections; SIO 242 [JB].
+NOV 6 1840 - GG at the time [BD].
1296 ENGLAND R. XL, Birmingham, NOV 3 0453 - Indian film mx, M ancr in
Hindi or Punjabi; SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 3 0519 - Hindi music [BD].
+NOV 7 1800 - Fair; "This is Radio XL" ID and news, "Radio XL Weather
Check," Hindi music [BC].
+NOV 11 1859 - Indian mx, EE ID, nx, back to Indian mx at 1903; SIO
333 [JB].
+NOV 13 0710 - East Indian music, English TC for "11 minutes past 7,"
ID, but fading out; fair [JF].
+NOV 15 0611 - "Radio XL," then back to Indian music [JR].
1305 POLAND Polskie R., Boguchwala, Sowlany & Tuszyn, NOV 3 0510 - //
1080, 1206, 1260 [BD].
+NOV 11 2237 - Music program, woman singing in Polish with piano, //
1080, 1206, 1368; I can log this synchro of all three 60-kW stations
separately because of a pronounced triple echo on NOV 16 at 1749
[JR].
1305 RUSSIA R. Vozrozhdeniye, Moscow, NOV 10 0250-0302+ - Tentative;
pre-s/on tones, chimes at 0301 and woman opening in seemingly
Russian; under RNE5 synchros, listed *0400 in 1996 WRTH [BC/DC/NK].
1305 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 3 0520 [BD]. NOV 10 0249 - Instr mx, SS
anmts; fair [JF].
1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitso//y, NOV 3 0520 [BD].
+NOV 3 1030 [BD].
+NOV 5 1642 - NN talk here at S7 to S8 when we got back from lunch
(1.12 p.m. local time) [NK].
+NOV 6 1630 - Excellent; news in Norwegian about Clinton re-election
[BC].
+NOV 7 1445 - Talk in Norwegian with S-4 signal at 11:15 am NF local
time, this could be heard practically all day [BC].
+NOV 8 1348 -Poor to fair at 1348 (10.18 a.m. local) w/ occasional
fades to the noise; up to a good S6.5 level by 1404 UTC during
newscast, most of the path is in daylight at this time [NK].
+NOV 9 1040-1410 - Daytime DX; S9+8 at 1040 UTC, S8.5 at 1100, S4 at
1150, S1 at 1215, very weak carrier at 1300 & 1410 UTC [NK].
+NOV 12 1509 - Daytime TA throughout the week [JR].
1314 UNITED ABAB EMIRATES R. of the UAE, Dabiya, Abu Dhabi, NOV 5 1910 -
AA Koranic chant w/ Norway in fade; QRM also from Spain; bits // 1539
noted also [NK].
+NOV 16 1709 - AA phone talk, // 9770, gaining strength but still
way, way under NRK; SIO 222-1 [JB/JR].
1323 CYPRUS BBC Relay, Zyyi, NOV 16 0300 - Sign-on with Lillybolero,
pips, BBC news in EE by woman, // 6195, 9410, 11760 [JR].
1323 ENGLAND South Coast R., Southwick, NOV 3 0530 [BD].
+NOV 13 1937 - Pop music, // 945; poor [DC/JF].
1323 GERMANY VO Russia, Wachenbrunn, NOV 5 1744 - Sermon in GG [BD].
+NOV 13 1859 - VO Russia IS, GG news and features; fair [JF/JR].
1332 ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Wiltshire, NOV 16 0342 - BBC program, only this
300-watt outlet listed [JR].
1332 IRAN IRIB, Tehran, NOV 4 0221 - Man chanting [BD].
1332 ITALY RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 3 0520 [BD].
+NOV 15 2248 - Jazz program, // 657, 1062, 1575, 6060 [JR].
1341 HUNGARY Magyar R., Lakihegy, NOV 3 0505 - Music // 1188; u/ BBC N.
Ireland [NK].
+NOV 14 0330 - Under BBC with female vocals, // 1188, 1251 [JR].
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Northern Ireland, Lisnagarvey, NOV 3 0520 [BD].
+NOV 13 2058-2203 - Interview w/ columnist from Belfast Telegraph,
time pips, ID and news at 2100, rock music program to 2200, more news
and jazz at 2203; fair [JF].
1349 MAURITANIA R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, NOV 5 2010 - Instrumental
music // 4845, strong het against 1350 [BC].
+NOV 10 0001 - Local language talk and AA-sounding vocal at 0012 //
4845; fair [DC/JF].
1350 FRANCE France-Inter, Nice & Nancy, NOV 3 0520 - // 1071 [BD].
1350 HUNGARY Magyar R., Pecs et al., NOV 11 1909 - Two men in Hungarian
w/ jazz pgm, // 1251, 1341; under France and Latvia, SIO 222 [JB].
1350 LATVIA Latvijas R., Cesvaine & Kuldiga, NOV 7 1833-1840 - // 576 &
1422, woman in Latvian, then soft piano music [NK].
+NOV 11 1911-1916 - Tentative; talk in a northern European lang, pop
music but gone by 1320; fair [JF].
1359 ENGLAND Breeze AM, Chelmsford, NOV 16 1851 - When Breeze AM on 1431
mentioned 1359, I tuned here and there it was [JR].
1359 ENGLAND unID stn, NOV 3 0530 [BD].
1359 SPAIN RNE1, Arganda, NOV 3 0530 [BD].
1365.76 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8 1950 - Distorted
signal / growl, has been heard previously [NK].
+NOV 9 0004-0012 - M & W w/ nx in Ukrainian, // 1242, 1377; drifting
transmitter, was at 1365.71 at 0145, poor modulation, best audio
around 0008, deep fades compared to other Ukrainian signals; SIO 332
[JB/NK].
1368 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4 synchros, NOV 15 0030 - ID during news program
[JR].
1368 IRAN IRIB, Sari, NOV 10 0304-0330 - Mainly talk in Farsi, drama w/
sound effects, local flute mx, // 1026 and 1386; not too shabby for a
20 kW station: SIO 333! [DC/JB/NK].
1368 ISLE OF MAN Manx R., Foxdale, NOV 3 2153 - Sermon [BD].
+NOV 5 1820 - Good; Labour Party/political discussion, later classical
music into news at 1900 with "This is Manx Radio" ID [BC].
+NOV 15 1757 - Ad for Allied Manx Bank [JR].
1368 POLAND Polskie R., Krakow, NOV 11 2237 - Music program, woman
singing in Polish with piano, // 1080, 1206, 1305; just as good as
the high-power outlets [JR].
1371.12 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 13 1904 - W in Ukrainian
and mx at 1908, // 1377 and 1242; we presume this is the same
transmitter as on 1365.76 five days earlier! SIO 333 (DSWCI OCT 96
says this is UR2, down from 1377) [DC/JB/JR].
1377 FRANCE R. Bleue, Lille, NOV 3 0542 [BD].
+NOV 6 1724 - Light rock, song about "Radio Bleue;" SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 7 0334 (music before sign-on) [BD].
1377 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R. synchros, NOV 4 0145 - Pop music, // 972 [BD].
+NOV 13 1900 - Very weak but // 1371.1 [JR].
+NOV 13 1907 - Jazz music, // 1242; fair [JF].
1385.92 GUINEA R. Rurale, Labe, NOV 10 2002-2018 - African-accented FF,
IS and drums on the hour, international and local nx; QRM from
Kaliningrad and a jammer; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 13 2029 - News or talk, "Rurale" mentioned several times [JR].
+NOV 13 2033-2043 - Lang talk and wild West African dance music; poor
w/ QRM from co-channel jammer (not sure who the jammer was targetted
at, Iran? - JF) [DC/JF].
+NOV 15 2140 -Loud and clear with music [JR].
1386 GREECE Elleniki Radiophonia, Athens, NOV 4 0045 - Greek music // 981
[BD].
+NOV 13 0050 - Greek vocal by woman; news read by woman at 0100; fair
peaks but deep fades; very good and dominant on the more powerful //
981 [DC/JR].
1386 IRAN IRIB, Ahwaz, NOV 4 0235 - Koran & talk in Mid-East language; u/
Greece [NK].
+NOV 5 0230 - Good; sign-on, Koranic chants, then woman with
"islamiyya Iran" mention [BC/BD].
1386 KENYA KBC, Maralal, NOV 6 0159 - Drum and flute IS, "This is KBC,"
choral mx, bits of EE freq anmt at 0203; SIO 242-1 [BD/JB].
+NOV 10 0204 - Opening anmts by man, then into vocal number at 0205;
fair, mixing with Greece but easily // 4935 [DC].
+NOV 12 0200 - Anthem, woman opening with frequency anmts, pop song
at 0202, then patriotic prayer at 0204 ahead of pop music again at
0206; fair, generally atop Greece, tentatively // 981 also [DC/JF].
+NOV 13 0157 - Drum IS to anthem at 0200; just poor-fair, as was 4935
[DC].
1386 POLAND Polskie R., Krakow, NOV 7 1820 - // 1305, 1206 et al., Polish
talk o/u Manx R. [NK].
1386 RUSSIA/KALININGRAD VO Russia, Bolshakovo, NOV 3 2235 - EE [BD].
+NOV 5 2258 - Excellent; Voice of Russia World Service in English,
IS, and off [BC].
+NOV 8 1828 - GG pgm, mx bridge, "Hier ist Moskva;" QRMed by a jammer
probably intended to block the Iranian, SIO 444 [JB].
+NOV 10 2000 - EE news, "New Market" discussing delay in IMF's
monthly investment; good w/ Guinea QRM [JF].
+NOV 12 2100 - World Svc news by woman in English; strong (faint TOH
pips behind it might have been Kenya) [DC].
+NOV 12 2202 - Excellent with VO Russia World Service news // 7320
and weaker 1404; weak jammer also present on 1386, "Focus on Asia and
the Pacific," VO Russia IS at 2259 [JR].
1394.1 TOGO Radiodif. Togolaise, Lome, NOV 5 2110 - French talk and music
// 5047, strong het against 1395 [BC/BD].
1395 ARMENIA Armenian R., Yerevan, NOV 5 2032 - // 864 [BD].
1395 NETHERLANDS JazzRadio, Lopik, NOV 3 2230 - Jazz [BD].
+NOV 4 0155 - ID slogan in EE "JazzRadio, Ready, Willing, and Able;"
huge signal [NK].
+NOV 8 1637 - Daytime reception, James Brown song; SIO 253 [JB].
+NOV 11 0232-0310 - Jazz mx, "Get Your Mojo Working," Aretha
Franklin, canned ID "This is JazzRadio with awakenings;" good [JF].
+NOV 13 0200 Stevie Wonder music, ID [JR].
1395.05 ALBANIA VOA Relay, Durres, NOV 3 0545 - ID, W talk possibly in
Serbian; site from the VOA schedule, but WRTH says Fllake, SIO 343
[JB].
+NOV 5 2032 - In Hungarian [BD]. Trans World R.,
+NOV 5 2059 - Excellent w/ "Trans-World Radio" ID [BC].
+Trans World R., NOV 13 1949-2035, Lang relig program with address in
Germany, GG program at 2000, ID at 2030 "You are listening to the
International Service of TWR broadcasting from the services of Radio
Tirana, Albania," Hungarian program; good [JF].
1404 FRANCE R. Bleue synchros, NOV 7 0110 - // 1242, Pop music w/ no
announcements [BD].
1404 IRAN IRIB, Kiashahr, NOV 5 1734 - Oriental strings [BD].
+NOV 5 1756 - Likely this w/ Mid-East music & Farsi-sounding talk; QRM
from France & Ukraine [NK].
+NOV 15 2018 - EE pgm w/ wx and letterbox; muffled audio, SIO 333-2
[JB/JR].
1413 OMAN BBC Relay, Masirah Island, NOV 4 0145 - Man in Urdu; mostly u/
Kosovo [NK].
+NOV 5 1750 - EE [BD].
+NOV 5 1800 - Excellent; BBC World Service in English, "This is
London" and "Newsdesk" [BC/NK].
+NOV 11 1909-2002 - EE "Outlook," "Words of Faith," "Multitracks," //
12095; poor w/ RNE5 QRM [DC/JF].
+NOV 15 1823 - BBC news about world soccer official accused of making
a racist comment while visiting South Africa, // 6180 [JR].
+NOV 16 2059 - Sign-off announcement mentioning close-down of BBC
Middle Eastern Relay, "We wish you a very good night" [JR].
1413 SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA R. Pristina, Pristina, NOV 3 0545 [BD].
1413 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, NOV 12 2000 - 5+1 pips, ID by woman, then news
by man; strong with BBC Oman audible in the background [DC].
1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, NOV 3 0545 [BD].
+NOV 13 0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 756, 1269
[JR].
1422 LATVIA Latvijas R., Valmeira & Rezekne, NOV 7 1833-1840 - // 576 &
1350, woman in Latvian, then soft piano music; o/u Germany [NK].
+NOV 7 2000 - Latvia news by woman [NK].
1422 ROMANIA R. Romania, Olanesti, NOV 7 2008 - // 1152, piano music; u/
Germany & Latvia; power is 7 kW [NK].
1431 ENGLAND Breeze AM, Southend, NOV 15 1740 - Carpet ad, phone number,
traffic, ID [JR].
+NOV 16 1851 - ID, weather in Los Angeles (to make people feel bad),
Ray Charles music, // 1359 [JR].
1431 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., Kopani, NOV 4 2218 [BD].
+NOV 8 0359 - Huge open carrier, then IS // 1476 & 1476.47 at 0359;
woman in Ukrainian at 0400 [NK].
+NOV 16 1858 - Orchestral music continued across the hour // 1449
[JR].
1440 LUXEMBOURG R. Nederland Relay, Marnach, NOV 4 1752 [BD].
+NOV 6 1642 - Two men in Dutch discussing Israeli politics; SIO 253
[JB].
+NOV 8 1638 - Dutch politics; SIO 254 [JB].
+NOV 13 2144 - Heard with EE "Newsline" program [JR].
+NOV 13 2250-2332* - English "Newsline" program, GG ID at 2330,
orchestral anthem then silence; good [JF].
1440 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Dammam, NOV 3 2120 [BD].
+NOV 12 2010 - Arabic music while looking without success for Central
African Republic [DC].
1449 IRAN IRIB, Bandar-e-Torkaman, NOV 4 0240 - Chanting [BD].
+NOV 5 1720-1730 - Koran at 1720, then anthem, Iran mention in Farsi,
carrier cut at 1730; BBC4 left behind, Italy showed up later [NK].
+NOV 6 1728 - Koranic chanting till 1728 when closed w/ national
anthem, carrier gone at 1730 leaving a weak signal from Italy; the
1449 Iranian was not // to the one on 1521 [NK].
+NOV 7 1727-1730 - national anthem, sign-off [NK].
1449 ITALY RAI Radiodue, Squinzano et al., NOV 3 0545 [BD].
+NOV 6 1733 - Italian talk; SIO 333 [JB].
1449 SCOTLAND BBC R. 4, Redmoss, NOV 15 1950 - W and M in EE, // 198, but
soon faded under RAI; SIO 222 [JB].
1449 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., Chernivtsi, NOV 16 1858 - Orchestral music
continued across the hour, // 1431 [JR].
1458 ENGLAND Light AM, Manchester, NOV 10 1912-1925 - Bruce Edwards w/
"Easy Listening Charts," light pop mx, two IDs; SIO 322 (This is the
third incarnation of this station that I've logged -- ex-Fortune
1458, ex-BBC Greater Manchester R.) [JB].
+NOV 12 0343 - Playing "Crazy for You," male DJ between songs; fair
[DC].
+NOV 14 0233 - Reference to "musical trip around the world" and ID
between songs at 0236; another Brit, possibly a BBC local, audible in
the background [DC].
+NOV 15 0020-0112 - EZL music by Peggy Lee, Eagles, Phil Collins,
Neil Young, time pips, news at 0100, ID as "One Great Song After
Another, 1458, Light AM;" fair w/QRM from Sunrise Radio [JF].
+NOV 15 0109 - Heard in UK mess with this ID [JR].
+NOV 15 0200 - Pips, "14-58 Light AM" ID, Independent Radio News, wx,
jingle, mx from 0202; SIO 333-2 [JB].
1458 ENGLAND London (?), NOV 3 0545 - Pop music & talk [BD].
1458 ENGLAND Sunrise R., London, NOV 10 1924 - Presumed this w/ W in
Urdu/Hindi; SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 15 0055 - Presumed; East Indian music; fair [JF].
1458.03 ALBANIA R. Tirana, Fllake, NOV 5 1855 - SW frequencies and Tirana
ID in Albanian, over UK stations [BC].
+NOV 8 1933 - Faded up over the mess of Brits w/ EE, ID; SIO 422
[JB].
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, NOV 4 1822 - EE news [BD].
+NOV 4 2300 - Excellent; beginning of English service of Trans World
Radio [BC].
+NOV 8 1930 - GG pgm; SIO 422 [JB].
+NOV 11 2336-2350* - "Words of Hope" EE relig pgm, ID, "Days End"
devotional at 2345, promo for tour of the Holy Land trip, anmt of end
of pgm by Andrew Pettinger, chimes IS at 2350 then off; good [JF].
1467 MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE VO Russia, Maiac, NOV 8 1927 - VO Russia pgm
in EE under Monaco's IS, ID and "News in Brief" at 1930; SIO 322
[JB].
+NOV 15 1804 - "This news is coming to you from the Voice of Russia
World Service" [JR].
1475.12 BENIN ORTB, Cotonou, NOV 4 2050 - Afro-accented FF talk; 60-meter
SW // not audible [NK].
+NOV 5 2155 - Good; John Paul Young's 1978 hit "Love Is in the Air,"
announcements in French [BC].
+NOV 10 2035 - Talk by man in French; 2239 recheck with English pop
song having reverb effect; still good and // very powerful 7210.2
(alt 4870 not in use this day) [DC].
+NOV 11 2211-2300* - FF newsmagazine type pgm, flute mx bridge at
2229 then pgm of pop mx such as Bee Gees, anthem and off at 2259, all
// 4870; poor [JF].
+NOV 15 2119 - Man speaking, mention of Benin, // 4870 [JR].
1475.5 BENIN ORTB, Cotonou, NOV 4 2054 - FF [BD]. 1476 AZERBAIJAN
Azarbaycan Radioteleviziya Sirkati, Gyanca & Pirsagat,
+NOV 4 1758-1816 - Guttural-language talk, Russian-sounding music;
mixed w/ UAE & UK stations [NK].
+NOV 5 2000 - Faded up over Dubai w/ nx, mentioned "Azerbaijan" many
times; SIO 333 [JB/NK].
+NOV 5 2000 - Russian talk [BD].
+NOV 11 1845 - Local music mixing w/ Dubai; poor [JF].
+NOV 11 1850 - Talk in language by woman; fair peak, mixing with UAE
Radio and New Country Sound pulling up the rear [DC].
1476 ENGLAND County Sound, Guildford, NOV 4 0055 - Good; "This is County
Sound G-O-L-D with the greatest hits of all time!" [BC].
+NOV 4 1835 - EE talk mention of "County Sound" [BD/NK].
+NOV 7 1908 - ID "The new County Sound"; u/ UAE & Azerbaijan [NK].
+NOV 8 0356 - "County Sound Radio" ID; fair [NK].
+NOV 12 0330 - Promo for the oldies music format of this station;
fair [DC].
+NOV 16 2228 - ID as "Country Sound in the North," Stevie Wonder's
"Isn't She Lovely" [JR].
1476 IRAN IRIB, Sanandaj, NOV 4 1840 [BD].
1476 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8 0359 - Way o/ UK w/ IS,
// 1431 & 1476.47 at 0359; woman in Ukrainian at 0400; growl
resulting from mix of 1476 & 1476.47 [NK].
1476 UNID NOV 8 0305-0335 - Man & woman in lang that sounded like Russian
or Ukrainian; signal mostly in the clear w/ a bit of UK QRM; not //
4485 or 171 Russians or 1431 Ukrainian; Mid-East sounding music at
0340 & low growl now present [NK].
1476 UNITED ABAB EMIRATES UAE R., Dubai, NOV 4 1758 - AA vocal & violins
// 13675; beautiful signal o/ suspected Azerbaijan [BD/NK].
+NOV 5 1702 - Nice AA ID "... min Dubai" // 13675; well o/ Azerbaijan
& UK [NK].
+NOV 9 2140 - // 1251, nice AA ID, then Mid-East music; atop
Azerbaijan & UK [NK].
+NOV 10 1818-1912 - Pgm of vocal AA mx and talk, news at 1900 //
13675; poor [DC/JF].
+NOV 11 1850 - Arabic music and chants; fair in a 3-way fight with
Azerbaijan and UK local New Country Sound [DC].
+NOV 16 1915 - AA ID, freqs, talk about Israel; SIO 444 [JB].
1476.47 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8 0359 - IS // 1431 &
1476 at 0359; woman in Ukrainian at 0400; growl resulting from mix of
1476 & 1476.47 [Only Lviv listed on 1476 in WRTH, but obviously two
Ukrainians on nominal 1476 - JB] [NK].
1485 ENGLAND BBC R. 4, Carlisle, NOV 14 0334 - Rose atop channel briefly
with review of a book about World War I as on // 198; only listed
Radio 4 on this freq [DC].
1485 ENGLAND BBC R. Humberside, Hull, NOV 3 0553 [BD].
+NOV 6 1738 - Local anmts, ID; SIO 343 [JB].
+NOV 12 0319 - Promotional anmt, briefly over low-power SER synchros
[DC].
+NOV 15 0629 - "95.9 Humberside" ID and local traffic report [JR].
1485 ENGLAND BBC R. Merseyside, Wallasey, NOV 3 0555 [BD].
+NOV 14 2342-0100 - Phone-in show about problem foxes, BBC News for
the northwest at 0000, call-in show continued at 0006 with calls from
Sheffield, York and Whitney Bay; poor [JF].
1485 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0552 [BD].
+NOV 13 1858 - Spanish pops, time pips and Spanish news; fair-good
[JF].
1492.85 MOROCCO RTM, Agadir, NOV 4 2107 - // 1044, AA singing & violins;
good [NK].
+NOV 6 2017 - Tentative; African type music [BD].
1492.9 UNID NOV 9 approx. 2130 - Morocco or Ivory Coast; MoR music that
was not parallel Morocco-1044 [NK].
1494 FRANCE R. Bleue synchros, NOV 3 0600 [BD].
1494 JORDAN R. Jordan, Al Karanah, NOV 6 0210 - Man and woman in AA;
music [BD].
+NOV 9 2143 - // 9830, AA talk, then chanting; mixed w/ presumed
Russia open carrier, Moldova, others [NK].
+NOV 16 0124 - Music and ID "Huna Amman," // 11935 [JR].
1494 RUSSIA VO Russia, Krasnyy Bor, NOV 6 1740 - Romanian, then into
Finnish at 1800 UTC [BD].
+NOV 6 1741-1752 - Increasing in strength w/ W in possible Romanian,
disco mx; SIO 342 [JB].
+NOV 12 2159-2223 - Celeste IS, EE ID, nx, and "Focus on Asia and the
Pacific," // 1386; over unID stn w/ anthem; SIO 343 [JB/JF/JR].
1494.16 GREECE/DODECANESE IS. Elliniki Radiophonia Rodos, Rhodes, NOV 11
2007-2035 - Deep fades but w/ decent peaks, Greek talk including
mention of Greek leader Karamanlis and Greek folk music; at best SIO
343 [DC/JB/JF/JR].
1502 ANGOLA Em. Provincial do Benguela, Benguela, NOV 5 2120 - Vocals
[BD].
+NOV 13 2345 - EZL vocal by woman; weak [DC].
1502 TOGO Radiodif. Togolaise, Kara, NOV 5 2121 - African music [BD].
+NOV 10 2215 - Tentative; carrier only: no audio; separable from
Angolan on off-channel 1502.0 (fair with man in French on // 3222.06)
(surely this as heard on 1502.4v in Oct/95; at the same time,
presumed R. Lome with bits of audio was heard on 1394.1, although I
didn't confirm // EZL music on 5047) [DC].
1503 AZORES AFN, Lajes, NOV 3 2056 - US football; SIO 333 [JB].
+NOV 4 0010 - Good; New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins NFL game
in English, // 873 [BC].
+NOV 5 0017 [BD].
+NOV 10 2010 - Green Bay vs Kansas City football, // 873 AFN Europe,
really enjoyed this catch as it was only 100 watts; poor [JF].
+NOV 10 2105 - NFL football; very good over RNE5 synchros [DC].
+NOV 12 1907 - Jazz music // AFN-873, then quickly faded but back up
at 1909 with more jazz/trumpets; absolute powerhouse peak at 2120
retune with AFN Radio Network Sports (the all-water path really
pushes out this 100-watter, which I missed last year) [DC].
1503 ENGLAND BBC R. Stoke-on-Trent, Sideway, NOV 15 1800 - Traffic
reports, ID [JR].
1503 IRAN IRIB, Bushehr, NOV 6 0225 - // 1386, Tom-toms and strings,
vocals [BD].
+NOV 6 0238 - Local mx, // 1386; SIO 332 [JB].
+NOV 12 2122 - Arabic chants suddenly fading up and briefly causing
significant QRM to Azores; most likely this station, also logged by
Burnell at a later evening time [DC].
1503 SPAIN RNE5 stations, NOV 3 0600 [BD].
1512 BELGIUM R. Vlaanderen Inter., Wolvertem, NOV 3 0600 [BD].
+NOV 7 1900 - Good; "Brussels Calling" in English [BC].
+NOV 8 1944 - Sad FF song; SIO 544 [JB].
+NOV 12 1833-1927 - German program also relayed on // 5910, 9925,
English ID and s/on anmt at 1900 mentioning SW and MW freqs,
"Brussels Calling" program with news, press review and features;
good [JF].
1512 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Jeddah, NOV 5 0201 [BD].
1518 UNID/CLANDESTINE? NOV 8 1902 - Huge carrier but tiny audio w/ AA mx
[JB/NK].
1521 ENGLAND Fame 1521, Reigate, NOV 3 0600 [BD].
+NOV 11 0212 - "Oldies all the time on 1521," then pop song; good
[DC].
+NOV 13 2359 - Best amongst others but no sign of hoped-for China
Radio Int'l via Urumqi opening at 2400 [DC].
+NOV 15 1726 - ID, traffic report for M-3 and M-4 highways, just
before Saudi started blasting in; the only other EE station, in
Northern Ireland, has a pronounced Irish accent, said Jean [JR].
1521 IRAN IRIB, Kiashahr, NOV 6 1713-1719 - Long deep fades & Saudi QRM,
Farsi talk, some mx; SIO 322 [JB/NK].
1521 NORTHERN IRELAND Radio 1521, Craigavon, NOV 5 0025 [BD].
+NOV 8 1855 - W w/ Irish accent talks about upcoming events in Ulster,
"Radio 15-21" ID at 1859; under the Saudi, SIO 322 [JB/NK].
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, NOV 3 1845 [BD].
+NOV 14 0328 - Call to prayer, s/on anmt and AA ID, // 900; good
[JF].
1521 SLOVAKIA BBC Relay, Cizatice (?), NOV 7 1900 & 1931 - "BBC World
Service" ID, US oldies; mixed w/ Saudi Arabia & apparent Mercury R.
[NK].
+NOV 7 1950 - BBC World Service in English, then "BBC Slovensky" ID
and news in Slovak, strong signal over Saudi Arabia [BC].
+NOV 8 1800 - IS, pips, talk mentioned BBC; under Saudi Arabia, SIO
222 [JB/NK].
+NOV 8 1900 - BBC WS in EE comes up over R. 1521 and the Saudi; SIO
433 [JB].
+NOV 12 1901 - BBC WS news under strong Saudi signal [JR].
1526 UNID/CLANDESTINE? NOV 5 0152 - Middle Eastern music [BD]. Also noted
drifting to 1527.7 kHz,
+NOV 5 1940, 1528 kHz NOV 6 2135 [NK].
1530 ENGLAND Great Yorkshire Gold, Huddersfield, NOV 3 0514 - ID heard
through Vaticana; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 8 1940 - Soccer coverage, mentioned Huddersfield and Old
Trafford stadium, ad for Orion Homes; mainly under Vaticana, SIO 322
[JB].
+NOV 11 2103 - Contest promo included ID; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 15 0645 - Call-in program, with ID [JR].
1530 ENGLAND R. Wyvern, Worcester, NOV 15 0646 - Interview with an
American "Christian" activist convinced that the US will be invaded
by Third World nations unless people wake up: sick! No ID, but QRMed
by Yorkshire and this is the only other one listed [JR].
1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Relay, Pinheira, NOV 3 0445 - ID, PP sports
pgm; over Vatican, SIO 433 [JB].
+NOV 4 0330 [BD].
+NOV 6 2218 - VOA ment., light pop music including Mariah Carey; loud
at S9+25! [NK].
+NOV 10 2014-2133 - EE nx // 11855, newsmagazine show, editorial on
sustainable development at 2057, "VOA News," "New Horizons," "Issues
in the News" at 2130; good [JF].
+NOV 11 0302 - African news in English; very strong [DC].
+NOV 11 2057 - Nx in EE; SIO 422 [JB].
1530 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., Vinnystsya, NOV 5 1848 - Somewhat Oriental
vocals [BD].
+NOV 8 2014 - M & W in Ukrainian, // 1593; SIO 222 [JB/NK].
1530 VATICAN R. Vaticana, Vatican City, NOV 3 0605 [BD].
+NOV 11 2108 - Woman in English; IS at 2109, dominant on Euro
Beverage, whereas VOA Sao Tome concurrently dominant on Brazil
Beverage [DC].
+NOV 12 2352-0045 - IDs in Italian, FF and EE "This is Radio Vatican,
keeping you company through the night," soft chamber music w/ Italian
anmts after each song; good w/ Sao Tome QRM [JF].
1534 UNID/CLANDESTINE? NOV 5 2010 - Carrier [NK]. NOV 6 2020 - Man in
AA [BD].
1537 UNID/CLANDESTINE? NOV 5 1940 - Carrier [NK].
1539 GERMANY Mainflingen, NOV 3 0603 - Religious music [BD].
1539 RUSSIA R. Liberty, Moscow, NOV 6 1758 - Mx, "Govorit Radio Swoboda"
at 1800; SIO 344 [BD/JB/NK].
1544 ALGERIA/CLANDESTINE R. Nacional Rep. Arabe Saharaui Democr., Tindouf,
+NOV 4 0030 [BD].
+NOV 13 2209 - AA talks; good [JF].
1548 ENGLAND BBC R. Bristol, Mangotsfield, NOV 3 0604 - News [BD].
+NOV 14 0119-0140 - "Newsdesk" // 882, 810 and other stations
relaying World Service overnight, "Outlook" at 0130; poor [JF].
+NOV 15 0730 - Slogan, traffic report [JR].
1548 ENGLAND Capital Gold, London, NOV 3 0605 - Pop [BD].
1548 KUWAIT VOA Relay, Kabd, NOV 3 2020 - AA, IDs, talk about Lebanon;
SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 4 0036 [BD].
+NOV 5 2055 - AA but at 2100 into EE w/ "World Report;" SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 7 2125 - Good; VOA news in English [BC].
+NOV 10 1905-1926 - AA newsmagazine pgm, // 9530; poor [JF].
+NOV 10 2300 - News in English, fair with unID UK local radio outlet
dominating [DC].
+NOV 11 2328-0000 - VOA news summary, 2330 "VOA Worldwide" with
numerous features; fair [DC/JF].
+NOV 13 0012 - VOA news feature in EE [JR].
1548 SCOTLAND Max AM, Edinburgh, NOV 5 2059 - "Max AM Weather" jingle,
Scottish-accented W w/ wx; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 6 1715 - Fair; "Max AM" ID into Bruce Springsteen song [BC].
+NOV 6 2025 - Jingle, Rolling Stones song; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 7 1750 - "1548 Max AM" jingle over the other UK "Gold" stations
[BC].
+NOV 15 1731 - With news headlines, weather, and slogan [JR].
1557 ENGLAND BBC R. Lancashire, Oxcliffe, NOV 13 1959 - Promo mentioning
"103.9 FM," woman with news at 2000; mixing with at least one other
UK station [DC].
+NOV 15 0623 - ID as "BBC Lancashire," then music by Michael Jackson
[JR].
1557 FRANCE R. Bleue, Nice, NOV 3 0605 +
+NOV 7 0110 (// 1242 pre sign-on) [BD].
+NOV 6 2225 - Light mx, FF chat; SIO 444 [JB].
1557 LITHUANIA Lietuvos Radijas, Vilnius, NOV 5 1804 [BD].
1566 BELARUS Radiostantsiya Mayak synchros, NOV 3 2300 - Pips, "Moskva"
ID, W w/ nx; over R. Eviva and others, SIO 332 [JB].
1566 INDIA All India R., Nagpur/Buttibori, NOV 2 2358 - Indian mx over/
under R. Eviva; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 10 0036 - Woman with English news, briefly poking through R.
Eviva, // outstanding signal on 5010 [DC/NK].
+NOV 10 2338-2349 - Local music with drums, sitar and flute mixing
with a station with eastern music, presumed to be Iran; poor [JF].
+NOV 11 2110 - Subcontinental mx, // 1134 (Mogra); good [JF].
+NOV 12 0032 - Man with news in Hindi, again only briefly through the
Swiss powerhouse but enough to // 4860 [DC].
1566 SWITZERLAND R. Eviva, Sarnen, NOV 3 0605 - Alpine music [BD].
+NOV 12 0201 - Noted tonight and throughout the week with
accordion/folk/bluegrass music [JR].
+NOV 12 0220-0302 - EZL Swiss folk music with no anmts, ID at 0300,
orch fanfare; good [JF].
1575 ITALY RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 3 0606 [BD].
+NOV 13 2218-2230 - W singing accompanied by piano, // 6060, no sign
of VOA Thailand; SIO 322 [DC/JB].
+NOV 15 2248 - Jazz program, // 657, 1062, 1332, 6060 [JR].
1575 SPAIN R. Cordoba, Cordoba, NOV 2 2306 - "Radio Cordoba, Cadena SER,"
ads, talk about soccer; SIO 444 [JB].
1575 SPAIN SER & OCR stations, NOV 3 0605 [BD].
1584 ENGLAND BBC R. Nottingham, Clipstone, NOV 8 2033 - Tentative; Indian
film mx up briefly, seems more likely than London Turkish R.; (thanks
to Joseph Kirlew, Dave Kenny, Risto Kotalampi and Glenn Ludlow for
feedback on this log) SIO 222 [JB].
1584 SCOTLAND R. Tay, Perth, NOV 8 2025 - Ads, pgm promo, "Radio Tay AM"
jingle; SIO 232 [JB].
1584 SPAIN SER stations, NOV 3 0608 [BD]. NOV 15 1959 - "Cadena SER"
ID, two pips at the hour [JR].
1584 SPANISH MOROCCO RadiOle, Ceuta, NOV 6 2157 - Pgm of Spanish mx o/u
stn(s) w/ SER network pgms, "RadiOle" IDs; SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 8 1930 - Flamenco and Mediterranean-influenced or "Azucar
Moreno"-style music over SER, 2000 "RadiOle" ID, beach-TA and south
"track" Beverages phased to minimize SER interference [BC].
+NOV 15 2000 - "RadiOle" ID, mx from 2001 while the SER stn is still
in nx; SIO 322 [JB/JR].
1584 UNITED KINGDOM 2 stations, NOV 3 0610 [BD].
1593 GERMANY R. Free Europe, Holzkirchen, NOV 3 0610 [BD].
+NOV 8 1959 - Woman in possibly Serbian w/ ID, mixing w/ many stns;
SIO 322 [JB].
+NOV 16 1930 - Talk, then Phil Collins music [JR].
1593 UKRAINE Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8 2000, 2015 - Ukrainian
talk poking through occasionally, // 1530; SIO 222 [JB].
+NOV 8 2059-2100 - // 1530, talk by woman mention "Ukrainsky Radio;"
through RFE German & probable Moldova (gypsy singing) [NK].
1593 UNID NOV 8 2000-2013 - Choral mx then a capella female singing,
sometimes noted applause from crowd, not AA; SIO 222 (Martin Elbe and
Steve Whitt say that Moldova is most likely) [JB].
1602 LATVIA Latvijas R., Ventspils, NOV 7 1936-1938, 1947-1948, 2008,
2013-2017 - // 1422, classical (mostly piano) music, talk mention
Latvia; under the two Spaniards; this is running just 200 watts!!
[NK]
1602 SPAIN R. Vitoria/Gasteiz Irratia, Vitoria, NOV 5 1727 - Basque [BD].
+NOV 8 2103 - Nx, ID; over SER stn(s); SIO 422 [JB].
+NOV 13 2000 - Pips, IDs as both "Radio Vitoria" and "Radio Euskadi,"
nx; QRM from SER stn(s); SIO 422 [JB].
1602 SPAIN SER synchros, NOV 3 0615 [BD].
+NOV 12 0310 - Playing "Let It Be" as heard // on stronger 1287; fair
under R. Vitoria [DC].
1611 VATICAN R. Vaticana, NOV 3 1845 [BD]. NOV 8 2018 - Woman in
Finnish over recorder mx; UTE QRM, SIO 433 [JB].
1634.01 GREECE/PIRATE unID stn, NOV 13 2042 - Apparent Greek talk and
music, jumping around this frequency [JR].
1634.17 PIRATE/GREECE? NOV 11 2304 - Very good signal with flute music,
and Greek talk, heard this phrase just before signing off abruptly at
2311: "Radio Stereo Derakis." (wish I knew somebody fluent in the
language) [This is the same stn as on 1636.07 below - JB] [JR].
1636.00 NETHERLANDS/PIRATE R. Barones, NOV 12 *2242-2251*, *2315-2329* -
Mainly '70's songs, many IDs including "Dit is Radio Baro-nes
[pause] Internationaal!" talk in Dutch but also some EE; SIO 332
[JB/JR].
1636.00 NETHERLANDS/PIRATE R. Utopia, NOV 12 2232, 2240-2242* - Soft
rock, ended w/ theme song "Telstar" and address (Box 73, 7160 AB
Neede) in EE and possibly Dutch; SIO 232 [JB].
1636.00 NETHERLANDS/PIRATES One or more unID stns, NOV 12 *2252-2258*,
*2301-2306*, *2308-2314* - Middle one may have been R. Barones,
others may have included "Freddy" and/or "Bravo" in their names;
usual fare of oldies, Dutch talk and comments about Utopia's pgm;
fair-poor [JB].
1636.02 PIRATE NOV 15 2330 - Netherlands likely; drinking music [JR].
1636.07 GREECE/PIRATE unID stn, NOV 11 2246-2312* - Greek mx, deep-voiced
man had an ID at 2308 that sounded like "Radio Toivu Veratis" or
"Radio Teleoratis" freq was drifting: 1636.23 at 2257, 1636.48 at
2305, 1636.53 at 2307; some decent peaks, but on balance SIO 242
[JB].
1636.33 NETHERLANDS/PIRATE unID stn, NOV 8 2237-2247 - Accordion polkas,
no anmt until quick ID at 2247 that sounded like "Radio Del Rio,"
but this is an unfamiliar stn to me; QRM from CW marker and marine
telephone from St. Pierre on 1635.00, SIO 222 [JB].
1636.33 NETHERLANDS/PIRATE unID stn, NOV 15 2335-2350 - Very weak, some
Dutch words came through by deep-voiced male, accordion mx; SIO 131
[JB].
1636.40 NETHERLANDS/PIRATE unID stn, NOV 15 2330 - Dutch talk, IDs?,
strange sound effects, yelling; SIO 252-1 [JB].
1641.6 ENGLAND Lands End, NOV 16 2236 - LSB; EE announcements about light
buoys [JR].
1698 SPAIN La Coruna, NOV 11 2311 - Very strong with ship-to-shore
telephone calls in SS [JR].
+NOV 13 2311 - Again, with ship-to-shore communications [JR].
(to be continued)
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IRCA Mexican Log, 4th Edition
The IRCA is proud to announce the release of the 4th edition of its MEXICAN
LOG. The IRCA MEXICAN LOG log lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule in
UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. In addition, stations that have
changed frequency since 1990 are cross-referenced on the old frequency. The
call letter index gives call, frequency, city and state. The city index
(listed by state, then city) includes frequency, call and day/night power.
The log has been completely updated from the 1994 edition and carefully
cross-checked by IRCA members in Mexico and the US. This is an
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The National Radio Club would like to announce the new NRC AM Radio Log for
the 1996-1997 DX Season edition. This is the Seventeenth edition and has
been updated through September 1996.
This annual edition contains 312 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole punched,
loose leaf format with over 5,500 A.M. Radio station listings from the
United States and Canada. Each station listing consists of its location,
frequency, call, format, network affiliation, station address, station
slogan, day and night transmitter powers. There are cross references by
city and by call letter.
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Orders may be placed now. The 1997 Seventeenth edition of the NRC AM RADIO
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Tony Magon - tmagon@xxxxxxxxxxxx
My name is Tony Magon, I originally come from Invercargill in New Zealand...
I have been DXing since 1963 mainly MW.. I came to Australia in 1989.... I
will be visiting the Los Angeles area for about a month from around the end
of February until the end of March, and am wondering if I would be able to
contact any keen Medium Wave DXers in the LA area. Your reply would be
appreciated..... 73 Tony Magon VK2IC...
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Robert Ross - radiorob@xxxxxxxxx
Just rec'd a nice QSL ......Details below.
895 NEVIS Voice of Nevis Charlestown, Nevis. Full Data PFC with Station
Sticker on it and Full Data personal letter from DELI CAINES..News
Dept/Radio Announcer.Said they have also rec'd other reports from New
Zealand,USA,Europe,South America and Canada. 10,000 Watts. Seem to be
very receptive to Reception reports!!
Wayward home for Hot Tubes....Heavy Radios...and Chrome Microphones!!!
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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - bytheway@xxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary January 23 1997 through January 29 1997
GEO - Geomagnetic activity pca - polar cap absorption
maf - major flare SA - Solar Activity
mas - major storm spe - satellite proton event
mis - minor storm ss - severe storm
Date FLUX A K SA GEO OTHER
1/23 73 4 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
24 74 2 1 very low quiet -
25 73 3 1 very low quiet -
26 74 12 4 very low quiet-active -
27 74 12 3 very low quiet-active -
28 73 18 3 very low unsettled-active -
1/29 75 6 3 very low quiet-unsettled -
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them to
the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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END of January 30 1997 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash" - bytheway@xxxxxxx