[HCDX] Loggings from Victoria, B.C. 29 Feb

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

USA 7535, 0245-, WSHB Cypress Creek Feb 29 Christian Science religious 
programming in English.  Sign off annoucements mentioning them leaving the 
air as of 1 March, and that some will be available on the web.  Thanked 
listeners for the last 15 years.  Dead air, then transmitter briefly off, 
and then IS and into Russian programming.  Excellent reception. (Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC)

SOUTH AFRICA 3255, 0314-, BBCWS Feb 29 Fair reception of BBCWS in Engllish 
(// to 5975).  Just overhauled my antennae, so hoping for some good 
reception. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

ZIMBABWE 3306, 0321-, Radio Zimbabwe Feb 29 Presumed logging, with snippets 
of audio.  Music mostly.  Too weak to identify any speech.  I can hear a 
het (weaker) on 4828 as well.  Hopefully be able to hear at a better level 
one evening. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

PUERTO RICO 7507, 0442-, AFRTS Feb 29 Fair to good reception with AFN 
programming, with pulsatile ute splatter spoiling an otherwise reasonable 
signal.  Funny choice of frequency, with adjacent SW 
broadcasters.  Parallel to Key West on 5446.5 (also with coch ute). 
(Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

RUSSIA 5940, 0507-, Radio Rossii Feb 29 Fair reception with Russian 
programming.  Ad at 0508 ('Reklama Radio Rossii'), then into 
weather.  Parallel to slightly stronger 7320. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

USA 6925, 0514-, Take it Easy Radio Feb 29 Monologue by southern accented 
OM, giving email address.  Laid back monologue.  Mentioning other pirates 
he enjoys.  Hello to Andrew Yoder, Mr. Radio.  Also mentions FRN, MT, and 
Pop Comm.  Email address is takeiteasyradio@xxxxxxxxxx  Sign-off 
announcement at 0518.  Solid S7 signal.  Did not sign-off, however.  Into 
music and public service announcements for Al Frampton (?) running for 
president.  TEAR ID at 0539.  Sight fade at this time.  Another ID at 0549 
with Al's platform (marijuana to ease the pain, abolish the FCC, all pirate 
stations will have a frequency).  'Free Radio for America'.  Rechecked at 
07:15 and still going strong with Bob Hope show.  Weaker now. (Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC)

CHINA 4800, 1558-, CNR 1 Feb 29 Fair signal, spoiled by CODAR with Chinese 
music.  Parallels 4460 good, 5030 good to very good, and 7935 poor.  All 1 
+ hours after local sunrise. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

PAKISTAN 9395.0, 1604-, Radio Pakistan Feb 29 On exact frequency, with 
English news.  Poor only. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

YEMEN (NON) 9870.0, 1612-, Radio Saana Feb 29 Very good reception of this 
frequency with continuous western music.  ILG or HFCC has only Yemen on at 
this time.  I'm a bit sceptical..  No go.  This is the Chinese with their 
classical music.  Heard Chinese at 1624.  Darn!. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

USA 11715, 1628-, KJES Feb 29 Infrequently reported, but still here with 
excellent reception.  Spanish religious programming, guitar vocal. Este es 
KJES....ID at 1630 by child in Spanish. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

UNITED KINGDOM 11935, 1632-, Radio Canada International Feb 29 Good signal, 
but spoiled a bit by long/short path echo with RCI's Ukrainian program 
(soon to be decimated in favour of a Portuguese to Brazil program). 
(Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

USA 17765, 1634-, WSHB Feb 29 Presumed last day of transmission with 
Portuguese programming to East Africa.  Excellent signal with only some 
splatter from WYFR on 17760.  Same excellent reception with French to 
Central Africa on 17505 at 17:11. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

CANADA 6030, 1639-, CFVP Feb 29 Strong signal (!!) with infomercial for 
'Your Health Matters'.  Various health supplements, etc.  Way over another 
cochannel.  Pushing 'Beta Prostate' over Viagra. 1 capsule equals to 2000 
doses of Saw Palmetto, etc etc.  Only available from the 1-800 
number....Filler music from 0858.  Occasional fades with presumed Cuban 
jamming. ID for CKMX at 1700, into another paid program. (Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC)

USA 9370, 1706-, WTJC Feb 29 Star Spangled Banner into vocal hymn.  Very 
poor.  Power must be minimal?. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)


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