[HCDX] Fwd: Loggings from Maui, Hawaii

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:10:41 -0800
> To: DXplorer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Loggings from Maui, Hawaii
>
> Folks, spent three weeks on the north shore of west Maui.  As always, 
> DXing is a lot of fun, and with the lovely temperatures very 
> easy.  Unfortunately, our accommodations were quite noisy (due to those 
> awful screw-in neon bulbs), and pretty unsympathetic grounds keepers (my 
> 75' or so of a very fine wire was cut by 2/3 before 0700 local), so I had 
> to do with much shorter lengths.  I did some of my listening at a vacant 
> lot a few hundred meters from the resort using either just the built-in 
> whip, or random wire of about 50'.  Sony 2010 was my receiver.  Briefly 
> listened one morning in Kihei on the beach at 0700 local with better 
> conditions than on west Maui.  Here goes:
>
> ARGENTINA 11710, 0257-, Radio Nacional Jan 2 Excellent trans Pacific 
> reception with full Spanish ID at 0300.  Much stronger than normally heard 
> in the Pacific Northwest. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> BANGLADESH 9550, 1813-, Bangladesh Betar Dec 27 Monitored this station on 
> many days in Maui, but on most days, signal plugs the meter of my Sony 
> 2010, but there is a loud buzz and very little audio.  Parallel to 7185, 
> almost as strong.  English talk by YL.  IS at 1815. Monitored at 1745 on 
> 29 Dec with same buzz, into English Voice of Islam programming, again at 
> very low level.  The only day that modulation was strong was on 6 
> January.  Tune-in at 1819.  At 1821, strong clear ID as:  'This is the 
> external service of Bangladesh Betar giving hyou the news'.  Minimal 
> distortion, and no buzz.  Reports requested at 1859 to the Director of the 
> External Svce, Bangladesh Betar.  Following days, back to the usual loud 
> buzz and weak audio.  On 10 January, heard IS and ID at 1744 as, 'This is 
> the Voice of Islam for the External Service of Bangladesh Betar'. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> BOTSWANA 0248, 0248-, Radio Botswana Jan 7 Very strong signal with the 
> usual barnyard IS.  Solid 5-5-5. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> CLANDESTINE 3985, 1710-, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan Dec 28 Two cochannel 
> stations, with slight het.  Stronger station is probably the clandestine, 
> with lots of mentions of 'Arabiyah'.  The weaker station is presumably CNR 
> 2nd program. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> COSTA RICA 7445, 0627-, RFPI Dec 30 Best signal on 41 meters at this time 
> of the evening in Maui.  Went into WOR at 0630.  Good reception. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> EL SALVADOR 17835.4, 1744-, Radio Imperial Dec 28 Not really a 
> logging.  More an observation.  Het was heard most of the day in Maui, but 
> the most I ever got was very weak sub-threshold audio.  I suspect with a 
> decent antenna and conditions, this would propagate OK. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> ETHIOPIA 9560.4, 1601-, Radio Ethiopia Jan 10 English programming with 
> fair reception.  At 1630, ID 'You are tuned to the external service of 
> Radio Ethiopia.'  Then Big Ben-type gongs, local and UTC time check, and 
> into English news. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> INDIA 3223, 1630-, AIR Shimla Dec 28 Good reception, presumed AIR.  Pegs 
> the meter, with Indian music into local language at 1630. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> INDIA 3315, 1631-, AIR Bhopal Dec 28 Good reception with local talk. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> INDIA 3945, 1708-, tent AIR Gorakhpur Dec 28 Excellent reception at 1708 
> with classical music, and into Indian music. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> KYRGYZSTAN 4010, 1712-, Kyrgyz Radio 1 Dec 28 A very regular station in 
> Maui around this time.  Heard with Russian news at 1712 until 1714.  Often 
> quite good reception, but usually at fair level, fading up as the morning 
> wore on.  Parallel to much weaker 4795.  Classical music at 
> 1735.  Listened on subsequent days for IDs at TOH, but did not hear 
> any.  Lots of mentions of 'tsentralnaya azeeya', including weather 
> forecasts. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> KYRGYZSTAN 4050, 1735-, Hit Shortwave Dec 28 This program does not appear 
> to be regular.  Some mornings around this time I could hear pop music 
> (never as strong as 4010), but most mornings, all that is heard is local 
> talk in a central Asian language, presumably Kyrgyz Radio's home service. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MADAGASCAR 3215, 1626-, AWR Dec 28 Generic AWR IS and multilingual ID 
> before sign-off, using just the whip on my Sony 2010.  Fair reception. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MADAGASCAR 5010, 0259-, RTV Malagasy Jan 7 NA and ID at 0259.  Good 
> reception.  10 January, heard at 1653 with French talk at good 
> level.  'Radio Madagascar' ID at 1659, just before TOH.  Parallel 3287.7 
> at poor level. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MADAGASCAR 7120, 0328-, Voice of the People Jan 7 Extremely strong signal 
> with OC at 0328.  1000Hz tone for about 30 seconds, then into sign-on 
> tune, then 'This is Radio Voice of the People.  My name is....'. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MALI 11960, 1730-, Radio Nationale Malienne Jan 5 Very enjoyable French 
> language programming.  Many IDs for Radio Nationale, including on by a YL 
> for a FM frequency.  Canned ID starting at 1758, mentioning all SW 
> frequencies, but suddenly off at 1759.  Very strong reception.  On 10 
> January, much weaker parallel of off channel 9633.4 heard at 1748. . 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MYANMAR 5985.0, 1555-, Radio Myanmar Jan 10 EZL non-vocal music, then 'We 
> have now come to the final transmission for the day.  Good night.'  Into 
> NA.  Good/very good. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> MYANMAR 6570, 1605-, Myanmar Defence Forces Radio Jan 10 Good to very good 
> reception with SE Asian vocals. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> OMAN 15355, 0315-, Radio Sultanate of Oman Jan 7 Was one of my favourite 
> stations on my last visit a few years ago to Hawaii.  News headlines at 
> 0315, then into a Hank Williams song.  Same female DJ as in previous 
> years.  Birthday greetings at 0324 to Nicolas Cage, then happy birthday is 
> sung.  Not as strong as previous years. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> RUSSIA 6085, 1756-, Radio Rossii Jan 10 Presumed Krasnoyarsk with Radio 
> Rossii ID.  Good reception. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> RUSSIA 7200, 0618-, Radio Sakha, Yakutsk Dec 30 Heard most evenings while 
> in Maui, but I never did hear any local IDs.  I especially monitored at 10 
> min past the hour, as others have heard IS and IDs, but not here 
> (including 0610, 0710, and 0810).  This evening, they were playing 'Have 
> yourself a merry little Christmas', then John Lennon's 'So this is 
> Christmas'.  Parallel to 7345.  Fair to good. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> SOUTH AFRICA 11985, 1830-, AWR Jan 5 5-5-5 reception via Meyerton with 
> AWR's Wavescan program for the week of 2nd January. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> SRI LANKA 15475, 0210-, SLBC Jan 7 End of English news and ID heard, 
> followed by C&W music.  No cochannel at this time.  Fair reception. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> TADZHIKSTAN 7245, 1645-, Radio Tadzhikstan Jan 6 Poor reception with IS 
> and ID for the English service of the Tadzhik world service.  Listened 
> again on 10 January.  IS was heard 4 times, with ID heard as 'This is the 
> world service of Radio Tadzhikstan'.  Transmitter is a bit buzzy. 
> (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> UGANDA 5026, 0359-, Blue Channel Jan 7 First tuned in at 0335.  A bit 
> stronger at TOH with African music, then English news.  Was parallel to 
> weaker 4976 at 0400.  Mentioned Uganda, but overall fair at 
> best.  Decreased levels by 0412. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> UKRAINE 7375, 0417-, RUI Jan 7 Surprised to hear the Star Spangled Banner, 
> and pledge of Allegience.  Good to very good.  Program was about the Peace 
> Corps, serving in Ukraine (there are 600).  Good to very good.  Nice to 
> hear the 1000 kw tx back on the air. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> YEMEN 9780.4, 1758-, Radio Sana'a Jan 10 Interval signal with strong, 
> clean modulation.  Into NA, then ID in English, but unfortunately the 
> speech was not clear and much weaker than the IS and NA. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> ZAMBIA 4965, 1730-, Christian Voice Dec 28 5-5-5 signal with modern vocal 
> Christian music. (Salmaniw, Maui)
>
> ZAMBIA 6265, 1735-, Radio One Dec 28 What a joy it is to listen to this 
> very entertaining station with local reception quality (it's useful to 
> have Zambia at the antipode to Hawaii!).  Loud 5-5-5 signal many hours 
> after my local sunrise.  Very lively African music.  The following day at 
> 1759, there's an amusing ad for 'Handyman's Paradise'.  'Hurry, hurry, 
> limited stock'.  They sponsor the English news at 1800 which is carried on 
> both networks (R1 on 6265 and R2, the English network on 6165).  Both 
> frequencies exceptionally strong.  This African station is my choice for 
> pleasant background music!. (Salmaniw, Maui)

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