A selection from the logbook heard either at French Creek, PA or Halfmoon, NY* (see below):
ANGOLA. 4950, R. Nac. Angola w/Afro-Portuguese pops @0306. Fair. (2/1) AUSTRALIA. 2310, VL8A Alice Springs @1209 w/rock music in English and male DJ. Fair and // 2325 VL8T Tennant Creek and 2485 VL8K Katherine. (1/31) BANGLADESH. 7185, Bangladesh Betar @1230 in English w/woman "And now back to our regular transmission.." followed by news in English by male. Fair and surprisingly strong signal. (1/31) BELARUS. 7210, R. Belarus @0159 w/int. sig., ID and into program in Belorussian. Poor under Tehran (see below). (1/31) BOLIVIA. 4650.3, R. Santa Ana. Through a very strong het, hrd M in SS @2320. Poor. (1/30) BOLIVIA. 4902.3, R. San Miguel @2330 w/man in Spanish and jingles, IDs. Poor (1/31). Also hrd 2/1 on 4901.9 w/ID @1058. Poor. BOTSWANA. 4930nf, VOA relay @0259 w/"Daybreak Africa" in English after int.-sig. and s/on. //4960, Sao Tome. Good (2/1) BRAZIL. 17814.7, R. Cultural, Sao Paulo @2330 w/woman singing a very lively song and a male announcer. Vy weak. 1kW listed. (1/30) Hrd again (2/4)* on 17815 w/Brazilian jazz vocals. Poor. BRAZIL. 4924.9, R. Difusora @2330 w/ID in Portuguese. Poor. (2/3)* BRAZIL. 4865.06, R. Verdes Floristas (tent.) @1103 w/man and woman in Portuguese. Fair. (2/1) BRAZIL. 3235, R. Guaruja Paulista, Mardia @2310 w/man in Portuguese singing ballad. Poor. //5045 Guaruja w/ very strong signal. (1/30) BURKINA FASO. 5030, R. Burkina @2235 w/African pops, male DJ in French w/IDs. Good signal marred by QRM from Rebelde 5kHz. down. (1/30) ETHIOPIA. 6940, R. Fana @0451 w/woman speaking in unid. lang. Fair (2/1) GABON. 4777, RTV Gabonaise, Libreville @0540 w/man in French playing reggae. Fair (2/2)* GUATEMALA. 4799.9, R. Buenas Nuevas, San Sebastian @0126 w/simple hymn by choir and announcement by woman in unid. lang. Fair but bothered by bad het. (1/31) GUINEA. 7125, RTV Guineenne w/man speaking in vernacular @2025. Fair. (1/31) INDIA. 4860, AIR Kingsway (Delhi) w/woman speaking in Hindi @1235. Fair. (2/1) INDIA. 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram @1243 w/man and woman speaking in presumed Malayalam. Fair but w/sporadic RTTY QRM. (2/1) INDONESIA (KALIMANTAN or Borneo). 3325, RRI Palangkaraya @1203 w/news in Indonesian by male and then talk by woman until 1220. R. Bougainville (tent.) heard underneath until 1205 s/off. Poor. (2/1) INDONESIA (SUMATERA). 4925. RRI Jambi @1216 //RRI Palangkaraya (see above). Poor. (2/1) IRAN. 7210, IRIB, Ahwaz @0159 w/program in Urdu. Fair. (1/31) IRAN. 6120, Voice of Justice, Tehran @0208 w/commentaries by woman in English on Iraq war and Abu Ghraib. Good. (1/31) JORDAN. 11690, R. Jordan @1701 w/news and press review in English, then pop music. Usual RTTY QRM greatly attenuated at first, but overwhelmed signal by 1719. Up 'til then excellent. (1/31) MADAGASCAR. 5010, R. Madagasikara, Antananarivo @0331 w/local music and man speaking in Malagasy. Poor. (2/1) PNG. 3355, R. Simbu @1148 w/pop music, reggae. S/off w/anthem @1204. Poor (1/31) PNG (NEW BRITAIN). 3385, R. East New Britain, Rabaul @1155 //3355 (see above). Poor (1/31) PNG (NEW BRITAIN). 3235, R. West New Britain, Kimbi @1203 not // to other observed PNG frequencies w/male in unid lang. Poor (1/31) PERU. 4992.8, R. Ancash (tent.) @2328 w/a soulful pop ballad. Poor (2/3)* PERU. 4800, R. Satelite (tent.), Santa Cruz @1124. Reactivated? Hrd. man in Spanish under sweeper QRM and lots of static. Poor. (2/1) PERU. 4824.5, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos @1121 w/man in Spanish and many mentions of "Lima". Fair but poorly modulated signal. (2/1) PERU. 4835.5, R. Maranon, Jae'n (tent.) @1117 w/man in Spanish. Poor. (2/1) PERU. 4965, R. Santa Monica, Cusco @1045 w/man and woman in Spanish, lots of ads and promos w/mentions of "Santa Clara" and "Cusco". Fair. (2/1) PERU. 4974.8, R. Del Pacifico, Lima @0318 w/LA pops. Poor w/het from Uganda 4976. (2/1) SOUTH AFRICA. 3320, R. Sonder Grense @0315 w/pop music and male DJ in Afrikaans. Good. (1/31) SUDAN. 4750, R. Peace @0401 w/local vocal music. Fair (2/1) SURINAM. 4990, R. Apintie @0321 w/Elton John song and ID in Dutch 0325. Fair (2/1). Heard as early as 2225 on 1/30. SWAZILAND. 4775, TWR @0350 w/hymns sung by choir. Very good. (2/1) TAJIKISTAN. 4760, R. Liberty via Dushanbe w/man and woman speaking in Tajik. ID at 0105. Poor. (1/31) TIBET (tent.) 5240, Xizang PBS, Lhasa. Very weak @2250 w/male speaking in Asian lang. Poor. (1/30) UGANDA. 4760, R. Uganda, Kampala @0312 w/Sinead O'Connor single, then man in English. Better signal @0400 w/news in English. Strong signal marred by poor modulation or other QRN/QRM. Poor. (2/1) ZAMBIA. 4965, Christian Voice @0309 w/Christian pop music. Fair (2/1) ZIMBABWE. 3306, ZBC Gwere w/local African music, pops and male announcer in either Shone or Ndebele through very heavy noise on frequency. Listened in LSB. Poor (1/31) Receiver (both locations): Drake R8A Antenna: longwires (FC) and sloper (NY) John Figliozzi ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
