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Some lockdown logs from online SDRs, mostly SW but the first is MW.CAMBODIA
National Radio of Cambodia, 8 April 2020, 918 kHz, 1158 UTC, Time 
signals too early at 1158, then ID and news in English. At 1203 English 
song (ESC Europop style). At 1207 ID and frequencies again in English, 
thank you for listening, then the same in French: ID and news, 1212 song 
in French (same style of music), 1215 ID/merci, au revoir et bon sorée, 
back to Khmer programming. 44444 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR with another UNID 
weak station in the background.
CHINA
BPM 5000.0, 7 April 2020, 1835, time signals with scratchy audio, cw IDs 
at 1859, 35433 on Twente SDR
PBS Gannan, 8 April 2020, 1054, Chinese talk, 25322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
PBS Sichuan, 8 April 2020, 6060, talk in (listed) Tibetan, 35222 on 
Hanoi Kiwi SDR // 7225 at 33422
CUBA
Cuban Spy Numbers, 9065, 8 April 2020, 0818, Data burst and short number 
message (718?) before going into break with empty carrier at 0819, 44444 
on Twente SDR with RTTY QRM on 9068
ETHIOPIA
V.o.Tigray Revolution, 5950, 7 April 2020, 1939, call-in show, no 
callers? host saying "Hello Hello?", 35433 on Twente SDR, // 1359 which 
is O=3 on the Qatar SDR, inaudible in Twente due to UK QRM
GERMANY
Charleston Radio, 5140, 7 April 2020, 1842, songs from 1920s, 45433 on 
Twente SDR
DWD Pinneberg, 6180 and 5905, 7 April 2020, 2016, Weather forecast 
Madeira island, 34322 and 23422 on Twente SDR
KOREA REP.
Voice of Freedom, 5920, 7 April 2020, 1910, pop music, new frequency as 
also reported by Ron Howard, 35322 on Twente SDR
MALI
RTV du Mali, 5995, 7 April 2020, african music, Communiqué de santé, 
33432 on Twente SDR
MYANMAR
Myanma Radio 5915, 8 April 2020, 1033, Burmese talk, 35322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
NORWAY
R.Northern Star, 5894.96, 7 April 2020, 1904, American Country music, 
33433 on Twente SDR
TAIWAN
Sound of Hope checked on Hanoi Kiwi SDR, 8 April 2020, 1127 - 1159 UTC: 
6230 (25332), 6340(25311),6370(35322),6870(35222), 6900(25211), 
7730(35333), 9230(22432), 9920(22432), 9970(25311), 11070(25322), 
11500(25322)
SoH channels blocked by CNR jammer: 6280 (44433), 7460(35322), 
9180(54444), 9200(55444), 9215(55555), 9230(33333), 9280(42432), 
9320(55444), 9730(55544), 9920(43433), 10160(35443), 10920(45433), 
11100(55444), 11120(55433), 11150(55444), 11170(54333), 11440(35333), 
11460(42432 het), 11600(43433)
THAILAND
R.Thailand, 5875, 8 April 2020, 1104, News in Vietnamese, 35333 on Hanoi 
Kiwi SDR
UKRAINE
S06s Spy number station, 9082, 8 April 2020 (Wednesday), 0820, warm-up 
procedure with approx. 1200 Hz tones, 0824 empty carrier, 0825 txion ID 
in Russian "464", back to silence, actual broadcast at 0830. 45444 on 
Twente SDR.
Repeat of same broadcast, 9952, 8 April 2020, 0837 giving ID "464" in 
Russian, 0840 message "971 971 5 5 52401 52401 63919 63919 92699 92699 
14600 14600 74248 74248 971 971 5 5 0 0 0 0 0". Priyom website gives 
location in Rivne, Ukraine; this in confirmed by TdoA triangulation 
using the KiwiSDR network (once I get a spot between Luck and Rivne, 
once two spots roughly 10 km north and south of Rivne).
UNID
QSO in Spanish, USB, 5770, 7 April 2020, 1900, 35333 on Twente SDR
QSO in Spanish (only one side heard), 7875.0 USB, 8 April 2020, 25432 on 
Twente SDR
Polish numbers, USB+LSB (no carrier), 6201.5, 8 April 2020, 0745, man 
giving words in Polish, mostly numbers, end of txion at 0747, 35433 on 
Twente SDR
USA
WBCQ - World's Last Chance, 9330, 8 April 2020, 0855, End of English 
broadcast with strings and ID, 0858 c/d, 35422 (beamed to Western NAm) 
on Twente SDR; comes back late at 0902 at 55444 (now beamed to Southern 
Europe) in (Brazilian) Portuguese after quick WBCQ ID in English.
UZBEKISTAN
Iran International, 6270, 7 April 2020, 2019, Farsi talk, 35433 on 
Twente SDR, TXer location confirmed by TdoA on several Kiwi SDRs.
VIETNAM
Voice of Vietnam 2 (domestic network), 5925, 8 April 2020, 1219, had 
been missing when checked at 1100 and 1130, now strong with CNR in the 
background. Talk in Vietnamese. 54433 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR // local 549 
(55555) and more distant 729 (32322). At the same time NO signal on 
network 1 frequency 5975.
Voice of Vietnam 1 (domestic network), 9635, 8 April 2020, 1236, talk in 
Vietnamese, weak 33322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR // 7210 (31321) // 675 (55555) 
// 630 (43333)
Ben Thuy Radio, 7906 USB, 8 April 2020, 1252, reports in Vietnamese, 
45333 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
Ho Chi Minh Radio, 7906 USB, 8 April 2020, 1305, reports in Vietnamese 
(no English heard), end at 1315 with noise sequence, 35333 on Hanoi Kiwi 
SDR // 8294 which ended the broadcast at 1310 during a break, 35422, 
better audio than 7906
73!
Eike Bierwirth
Wiesbaden, Germany
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