Monday, May 03, 2010

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on /sign-off*

Australia
21725, Radio Australia (Shepparton) 0238 English 0232. Male/female announcers with comments. Announcer continued with item on Chinese and Australian economics. Noted on //17759[333] Shep, 15515[444] Shep, 15240[333] Shep and 13390[232 via Shepparton. (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Bolivia
4716.75, Radio Yura, 2354-0010. Noted announcer in Spanish. Although the station is still on after the top of the hour, it doesn't maintain it's previous signal level. It's quality continues to decline from poor to threshold level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Colombia
6010v, LV de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0425-0450. Local music to Spanish announcements. Short English ID at 0432 as “The Voice of Your Conscience”. Spanish talk. Fair to good signal strength but kept drifting up and down between 6010.04 - 6010.08. (Brian Alexander, PA)

France
15605, Radio France International 1635. English service with video game featuring a time machine. SIO 453 // 17605 (SIO 352). (Bob Fraser, ME).

Indonesia
9525.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1001-1015. At tune in, noted a female with English news and "this news comes to you from the Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta." More news and features. Signal was good this morning. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9526.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1007-1010., Stopped on this frequency to check on VOI, and found just a carrier. No audio was heard. This time slot is suppose to be the English program. At 1009, the program pops up in with English news about Indonesian politics. Very good signal. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9680, RRI Jakarta, 1002-1015. Local style music at tune-in. It sounded like a novelty tune in Indonesian, with laughing and humor. After the one tune, announcer has telephone segment. Signal very good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9526.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1007-1010, Stopped on this freq to check on VOI, and found just a carrier. No audio was heard. This time slot is suppose to be the English program. At 1009, the program pops up with a lady in English news about Indonesian politics. The signal was very good this morning. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Iran
15435, VOIRI 1640. Arabic service with religious report including text on Mohammed and Medina mentions. SIO 454. (Bob Fraser, ME).

Japan
17810, Radio Japan/NHK 0245. Japanese service. SIO 433. Two lady annoouncers in a happy conversation, followed by additional program comments at 0310. Heard also on //17560[333], 11935[433]via Bonaire, 5960[444] via Canada and 15325[333). (Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Moldova
6240, Radio PMR 2200. Report on small business. SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, MA)

Monaco
9800, Trans World Radio. Had a fair signal on TWR relay via Monte Carlo. Last night (this morning) beginning at 0640 interval signal and 0645 sign-on. SINPO 24111 up to 34333 at best. Program Viewpoint, discussing gospel and Matthew Chapter 24. Program in English, wrote reception report to TWR Europe-Austria technical address. Monaco is a new country for me, so I was very pleased. (Bruce Jensen, CA/PTSW)

New Zealand
13730, Radio New Zealand International. 0322 in English. SIO 333. Lady hostess with comments on employees who can not give pay raises in a poor economy.(Stewart MacKenzie, CA)

Philippines
9615, Radio Veritas, 1000-1010. Caught the end of the ID in English on the hour as, "... Veritas in Mandarin." Followed by program of news and comments in Mandarin language by female/male duo. Signal was very good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Pirate (USA)
6876.06 AM, The Crystal Ship, 2320-2330. Doors music to fake Toyota commercial. Station IDs. Email address. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Portugal
15690, RDP Portugal 15690. Portuguese coverage of live sporting event (soccer ?) Cuba vs Somalia. SIO 454. (Bob Fraser, ME).

Romania
11940 Radio Romania International, 2040. English news read by male/female duo alternating between musical bridges. SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, ME)

Russia
5930, Radio Rossii, Pet/Kam. No wonder I did not hear them on 5920 yesterday! April 27 found them on this new frequency at 1246, distinctive poor audio/modulation (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach,CA/Cumbre DX)

5940, Radio Rossii, 0950-1005. Few comments in Russian from a male, then into music which seemed to be semi-classical. Lots of splatter from WWCR program on 5935 kHz. Music lasts until 0957, followed by additional announcer comments. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

12075, Radio Rossii, 12075. Russian conversation from announcer duo. Pop music and several station IDs. Off at 1300. SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, ME)

Solomon Islands
5020, SIBC, 1143-1201.* English with local religious program about Christian values presented by Seventh-Day Adventists (sounded like local accent). Religious song to 1156: "devotional" and a prayer (speaker with British accent). SIgn-off announcement at 1159, with frequencies ("This is the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation") to national anthem. Signal almost fair, but with some interference from 5025. Open carrier usually continues on for a long time (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA/Cumbre DX)

Suriname
4989.98, Radio Apintie, 0945-1000. Can hear two individuals in comments. Believe the language is Dutch, can't be sure. Tried to pull out more details using the following receivers: WinRadio, WJ HF1000, and the NRD545 all on the same antenna. The NRD545 did a better job allowing the signal to be heard almost at 100 percent, but it was still poor. At 0954 canned promos heard. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Syria
12085, Radio Damascus, 2150-2202.* Local music. English news summary at 2200. Off the air at 2202. Fair level but loud hum in audio made reception very difficult. 9330 not heard. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Turkey
5960, Voice of Turkey 2305. U.S. media reports on Turkey and Armenian geocide. SIO 454. (Bob Fraser, MA). Also monitored on 9830 and 2228 with Letterbox program. SIO 453.

USA
9980, WWCR Nashville, TN, 1454. Lecture of, "act like a man for God." SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, ME).