[HCDX] Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia
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[HCDX] Some observations from Saint-Petersburg in Russia



Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Sangean 909
Antennas: 15 meters outdoor long wire
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

15825 1425-1505 USA WWCR-1, Nashville, 01/03, English, public religion debates by Pastor Gino Jennings till 1459, then full ID and opening of the next program, etc. - good-fair at the beginning, then (after 1445) mostly fair with deep fading

15343.9v 1520- ARG R.Nacional (tent.), 01/03, Spanish, OM talks - weak, also het. with MRC on 15345.0

13650 1525-1532 USA WHRA Greenbush, 01/03, English, YL/OM talks, ID at 15.29 as "World Harvest Radio" - S=3, but poor due to CVC Lusaka (with the same level), deep fading and local noise

17630 1535-1556* MLI CRI Bamako, 01/03, English, special program about children and school education in China (as in Chendu, Shanghai, etc.) - fair-poor with strong level of local noise

6004.8 0100-0112 CLN Sri Lanka BC, 04/03, English, YL talks with two IDs, orchestral music, western pop songs - poor-fair, het., no any signal on 9770 due to the propagation as I think (only weak carrier)...

9770.2 0114-0120 CLN Sri Lanka BC, 06/03, English, western pop songs - strong carrier, but weak audio, //6004.8

6090 0122-0132 AIA Caribbean Beacon, 06/03, English, talk by Dr. Gene Scott - poor under CNR2 and weak with BBC *0129- on 6085, slight het.

4845.3 0137-0200* B R. Culrura Ondas Tropicals, Manaus, 06/03, Portugese, religious talk, then some local songs and final choral anthem - poor-fair with CW on 4843 and periodical RTTY-like signal near 4845 Hope for a QSL

6090 0218-0252 AIA Caribbean Beacon, 06/03, English, mostly YL talks on spiritual subjects, OM ann with mentions of some address in Los Angeles and phone number 1-800-3383030, 0246 Dr. Gene Scott's radio message - fair-good with slight het. (Brazil?)

7160 0405-0418 ZMB CVC Lusaka, 07/03, English, OM talk, pop songs - fair-good till 0407 with splashes from 7150 (VOR), then poor under strong DRM-like jamming from 7165

13590 *0557-0635 ZMB CVC Lusaka, 07/03, English, "Continental breakfast show" with Tanya including a lot of pop songs and short talks with mention of their SMS number 27-782-785-300 - good-fair

4790 1440-1454* INS RRI Fakfak, 07/03, Indonesian, YL talk, pop song at 1448, short final YL ann with Love Ambon music in the background at 1453, tx was off in a minute - fair-poor with deep fading (it seems their modulation is not OK)

4925 1555-1559* INS RRI Jambi, 07/03, Indonesian-like talk - weak under strong utility DRM-like tx on 4926

3230 1954-2000'55* AFS AWR Meyerton, 07/03, English, OM talk on religious subjects, 1958 final OM ann with ID and orchestral music, then "Meyerton music" - fair-poor with deep fading

3200 2024-2033* SWZ TWR Manzini, 07/03, English, OM talk, slow song, final OM ann with some frequncies and one IS - fair-poor with deep fading and local noise

3396 2037- ZWE Zimbabwe BC, 07/03, pop song - poor with deep fading and QRM from Russian pirates

9420 2047- ZMB CVC Lusaka, 07/03, rap-style pop song - fair-poor with deep fading and local noise

6055 2051-2100* RRW R. Rwanda, 07/03, Vernacular, song by W.Huston, then OM talk with mention of "Radio Rwanda" and some song in the background - almost good with slight fading, weak IRIB signal on the same channel and splashes from 6050 (TRT)

4976 2108-2123 UGA R. Uganda, 07/03, English, YL/OM ann with mention of "Red channel", pop songs including ABBA's "Mamma Mia" - almost good with slight fading

3325 2138- INS RRI Palangkaraya (tent.), 07/03, pop song - weak, QRM from Russian pirates

5915 2147-2205* (tx was on the air with tone signal till 2214) ZMB Radio One, Lusaka, 07/03, Vernacular, OM talks, African pop songs and music, final choral national anthem at 2203 - fair-poor, QRM from CRI (*2200-) and splashes from 5920 (VOR)

73!

Mikhail
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