Took along my HF-150 and sat next to the beach before and at sunrise a few mornings and this is what I came up with....
73 John ----------------------------------- Loggings from Lido Beach (Sarasota) FL John Figliozzi (normally from Halfmoon, NY; but this week from sunny Florida) Rcvr: Lowe HF-150 on battery with whip antenna 4760 ANDAMAN IS., AIR Port Blair at 1158 w/man singing a subcontinental pop tune. Poor to fair. (2/22) 4780 GUATEMALA, R. Cultural Coatan at 1104 w/man and woman speaking in unid language interspersed w/trumpet fanfares. Good, came in like a local in FL. (2/22) 4799.8 GUATEMALA, R. Buenas Nuevas w/man talking in Spanish at 1220. Good. (2/22) 4810 MEXICO, R. Transcontinental, Mexico City at 1138 w/religious program, woman singing a hymn and man speaking in Spanish. Poor. (2/21) 4890 PNG, NBC Port Moresby with pop music ("Back in the High Life Again"), male DJ in English at 1225. Fair. (2/22) 4990 INDIA, AIR Itanagar at 1209 w/subcontinental vocals by woman, flute music, then a man speaking in Hindi. Weak. (2/22) 6080 SINGAPORE, RSI at 1228 w/man discussing business techniques w/woman interviewer; ID in English 1230. Fair to poor. //6150 Poor. (2/22) 6110 PHILIPPINES, VOA Tinang in English w/ID and news at 1200. Fair (2/21) 6160 PHILIPPINES, VOA Tinang in Chinese w/man and woman reading news. Fair (2/21) 6165 INDIA, AIR Delhi at 1252 w/program in Sindhi for Pakistan; subcontinental music w/flute at faster cadence than most such music. Poor. //9620. (2/23) 6185 MEXICO, R. Educacion, Mexico City at 1203 w/ballad sung by woman in Spanish. Fair. (2/21) 7180 CHINA?, CRI from unknown transmitter in unid. language that uses some English words and phrases, but is not Pidgin. Hrd 2/21 at 1153 w/Chinese lesson and brief Chinese traditional music riffs used as bridges; s/off 1155 w/freq. ann. using the word "mHz." and English numbers; fair. Also hrd 2/22 at 1146 w/man giving e-mail address using some English words and phrases, but predominately in an unid lang. that is not Pidgin; good. (2/21, 2/22) 7185 BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar w/English program and subcontinental vocal music at 1242. Fair to good. (2/22) 7270 INDIA, AIR Chennai w/subcontinental mx. at 1238. Poor (2/22). Subcontinental vocal by male at 1150. Poor //9470. (2/23) 7295 MALAYSIA, Radio 4 w/western pop music at 1233. Very weak (2/22). US pops w/male DJ in English at 1140. Poor w/ham qrm (2/23). 7345 CHINA, CNR1 Beijing w/man and woman in alternating conversation (interview?) in Chinese at 1246. Fair. //7110, 9500 7620 CHINA, CNR6 Beijing (as listed in WRTH '05) but w/program different from 9170, but //CNR5 on 9380 at same time (1250); man speaking very quickly in Chinese w/ads. //9380. Fair. (2/23) 9170 CHINA, CNR6 Beijing w/Chinese opera at 1240. Fair (2/23). 9380 CHINA, CNR5 Beijing w/man speaking very quickly in Chinese at 1250 w/ads. //7620. Poor. (2/23) 9395 UNID, man in Spanish at 1215. Poor. (2/21) 9470 INDIA, AIR Aligarh at 1217 relaying FM Gold domestic network w/subcontinental pop mx. Very weak. (2/21) Subcontinental vocal by male at 1150. Fair //7270. (2/23) 9500 CHINA, CPBS Shijiazhuang at 1219 w/man and woman in Chinese. Poor on 2/21, but good on 2/23. (2/21). Apparently relaying CNR1 w/man and woman in alternating conversation (interview?) in Chinese at 1246. Fair. //7110, 7345. (2/23) 9520 PHILIPPINES, R. Veritas Asia at 1131 w/man preaching in Chinese and then breaking briefly into a-capella song. Fair. (2/22) 9524.9 INDONESIA, VOI Jakarta at 1134 w/talk in vy woman in unid language. Fair (2/22). Again at 1158 on 2/23; appeared to be having some transmission problem. Heard ID in English by man at 1158 giving e-mail address, followed by local pop music, then same ID at 1228 followed by same music loop; by 1258 normal operations apparently resumed as program was in Indonesian. Fair to good (2/23). 9595 JAPAN, R. Nikkei w/man in Japanese at 1235; //6055. Fair (2/23). 9620 INDIA, AIR Aligarh at 1237 w/program in Sindhi for Pakistan; subcontinental music w/flute at faster cadence than most such music. Poor. //6165. (2/23) 10330 INDIA, AIR Bangalore at 1155 w/subcontinental music; not // other outlets heard this morning. Fair. (2/23) 11710 INDIA, AIR Delhi at 1255 w/subcontinental female vocal mx. in Burmese program to Burma. Fair. (2/23) 13685 AUSTRALIA, Voice International, Darwin w/DJ in English, Christian pop music and religious message at 1250. Fair. (2/22) 15405 AUSTRALIA, HCJB Kununurra at 1250 w/religious program in unid. lang.; program mentioned "Peru" several times in its address and had a very lively hymn-like song by male singer; ID 1300 "Voice of the Great Southland". Fair. (2/22) ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. 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