While in Europe 20-29 June, I was able to do some listening from the
Netherlands and in Luxembourg. The report below includes SW, MW, LW, and
FM. You should be able to figure out which is which. Here is what was
heard and/or observed.
D.R. CONGO 6210 R. Kahuzi (pres.) 1804 M anncr in what sounded like FR,
then UTE started. Mx at 1807 when UTE ended. Alternating M and W anncrs,
instru. Rock mx bridge at 1808. (20 June)
UGANDA 4976 R. Uganda/UBC R., 1959 just caught end of EG addr anmnt by M,
Afro Hi-life mx, then closing anmnts and cont. Afro Hi-life to 2001.
Deadair, then canned EG pgm promo mixed w/Dance Hi-life mx and ment of the
Red Channel and mx artists given. ".Red Channel on UBC Radio". 2006 M in
EG w/pgm sounding like "Radio Waya". Had QRM from a stn of equal strength
on 4975 which must have been the V.O. Russia. UBC very nice after 2000 when
4975 went off. (20 June)
All Africas very nice including: 4780, 3345, 4828, and 4950. (20 June)
Surprised to find Indians coming in from 226-2230 on 5010, 4930, and 4920.
(21 June)
RUSSIA 9996 RWM time station 0509 continuous CW IDs till 0610, then
ticks. (22 June)
UK 1215 Virgin R. 0534 ID near end of 4 Non Blondes "What's Up", song
end, then live "Free Fuel Monday" ad, TC, back to mx. Good signal. (22
June)
6090 DRM stn here up as high as 6110 and as low as 6080. Takes up a good
chunk of the band. (22 June)
NETHERLANDS 1395 "Big L", 0700-0701 great live IDs, ad, wx, several promos
and then "The Elvis Triple Spread". Into "Hunk o Burning Love". Nice
signal. (22 June)
UK 1458 Sunrise R., 0704-0706 "Sunrise R. News" pgm, ID during nx.
Sunrise TV promo ID at 0708. Decent signal. (22 June)
UK 909 BBC Radio 5 0721-0728 Mickey Campbell, Shiela Fogersey hosts,
traffic report, PSA, "5 Live" Promo ID, then 10K race report. Fairly good.
(22 June)
NETHERLANDS 891 Radio 538 0729-0733 end of Amy Winehouse song, then BoH
live ID by M, ads. Great signal. (22 June)
BELGIUM 621 RTBF Premiere "Le Premiere" ID promo by W w/song samples at
0740, then live W host tlk w/another W on phone. Good signal. (22 June)
NETHERLANDS 1008 Groot Nieuws R. 0754 short ID between soft rel. songs.
Excellent strength. (22 June)
BELGIUM 927 VRT/Radio Een 0756 end of "Hollow Man" by REM, live M w/song
anmnt, promo and old IS played once!! Then Dance song. Good. (22 June)
UK 1053 Talk Sport 0758 End of pgm w/ID by Andy Townsend, then pgm promo.
Fair signal (22 June)
INDIA 5015 AIR Thiru. 1915 almost Koran-like vcls, but nonstop. Not a
break. M anncr at 1927 recheck. Definite EG nx by W at 1931-1935 but audio
very low. 4860 just OC so couldn't check //. Definitely NOT //4880. (23
June)
INDIA 4860 AIR Delhi 1918 nice signal w/lcl Indian instru. mx. (23 June)
INDIA 4880 AIR Lucknow 1919 repetitive Indian instru. mx. Sounded like
another stn here mixing in w/M and W tlking, probably South Africa. (23
June)
ARMENIA 4810 Public R. of Armenia 1922 M anncr in AR. 1923 ID followed
by AR mx. MOR instru. mx at 1928. Another ID at 1929 by M, and off at
1930*. Good signal. Had me fooled and thought this might be a
Clandestine!! (23 June)
GABON 4777 RTV Gabon Doing well at 1924 but undermodulated. Some QRM
from Djibouti. (23 June)
No sign of 5026 Uganda, but there was someone on 5025. Obviously can't be
Cuba. Must have been Parakou. (23 June)
RUSSIA 4975 V.O. Russia Good w/Rock mx at 1937. Some UTE and Uganda QRM
but mainly clear in AM sync LSB. (23 June)
ALBANIA 1394.7 TWR Albania?? Looking for "Big L" but found this w/M in
east European lang at 1943. Must be Albania at 500 kw. Always off freq!!!
(23 June)
ZIMBABWE 3396 R. Zimbabwe?? Must be the one here. Just a signal, no
audio at 1947. (23 June)
LUXEMBOURG 97.0 and 93.3 FM RTL Radio Hrd and recorded from 2055-2148
but didn't keep it. Good of course since the transmitters were only about 4
miles away the Crow flies!! (23 June)
BRAZIL 9564.88 R. Tupi (pres.) 2212 M preaching in PT. Some slop QRM
from 9575 but mainly clear. Not very strong. (23 June)
FRANCE 837 France Info 0746 M in FR then W took over and journalist
report from a café. (24 June)
NETHERLANDS 675 R. Maria 0753 deadair, then M w/ID conveniently enough,
"amen"s, and rel. choral song. Good. (24 June)
GERMANY 1539 Evangeliumsrundfunk (ERF) 0755-0801 rel. mx, canned "ERF"
promo/ID, and nx by W, then nice ID at 0758. Went off the air for a minute,
came back on w/deadair, then ID at ToH by M and into nx by M. Fair. (24
June)
FRANCE 1278 France Bleu 0802 M in press review pgm. Poor and fading.
Tuned out at 0806. (24 June)
LUXEMBOURG 254 RTL 0809-0820 round robin discussion by several people,
then royalty-like mx mixed w/tlk, "Flight of the Bumblebee" and more tlk.
0817 ad and quick RTL ID, then back to more tlk. Excellent. (24 June)
CHINA 10000 BPM time station 1859 CW and W voice IDs. Good with RWM
9996 QRM. (24 June)
TIBET 4820 Xizang PBS (pres.) Apparently the one here at 1857 w/CH vcls
and piano, then soft orchestral mx. Went off at 1901. (24 June)
UNID. 87.7 UNID. 0654-0657 In FR w/traffic report bracketed by ads, then
live M anncr ending w/song anmnt and into "Jeans On" by David Dundas. Didn't
get any ID. (25 June)
LUXEMBOURG 92.5 RTL 0657-0700 FR Pop song at t/in, promo w/ZZ Top,
"Lifestyle" and "Visa" ad block, mx bridge, nice RTL jingle, 3 time ticks,
TC, then world nx. Good. (25 June)
LUXEMBOURG 97.0 RTL German service, 0701-0707 Sports, nice ID at 0704,
then W anncr, then ad block including one for T Mobile. Excellent. (25
June)
LUXEMBOURG 102.9 Den Neie R. 0707-0713 Tlk by M at t/in, canned Futbol
promo, tlk by M, another Futbol promo, then Wimbeldon nx, and different M.
"DNR Wake Up" ID/Promo at 0711, tlk by live M anncr and pgm ID and then
canned ID "DNR Morning Hour with Mike Velter". Good signal. (25 June)
GERMANY 105.5 Eins Life 0713-0737 Dance mx at t/in. Nice ID by Alicia
Keyes at 0730, several more IDs, then nx. Fair. (25 June)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 4908 UNID. Pirate Definitely a Pirate here w/pretty
decent signal at 0636 t/in. Easy nonstop German Schlagers. Decent but fade
after t/in. Came back up by 0645. Nice signal w/solid carrier and clear
modulation when not fading. Actually pretty good at 0648. M anncr at
0648:45 but it faded
just before, so couldn't copy. If the anmnt would have come 30 seconds
sooner, it would have been easy!! A little more mx and off at exactly
0649:35*. Anyone have any idea who this could have been??? I'm really
interested in knowing what Pirate station would be using the 60 meter
Tropical band!! Please drop me a line if you can provide any input.
Thanks!! (26 June)
FRANCE 216 RMC ID by M as soon as I tuned in at 0651. Ad block, then tlk
by M in FR. Tuned out at 0653. Fair at best w/some local static-like
noise. (26 June)
GERMANY 183 Europe 1 0654-0659 Tlk by M in FR at t/in, 0656-0658 ad block
w/short ID jingle at 0657 between ads. Men studio anncrs returned. Good
signal. (26 June)
GERMANY 153 Deutschlandfunk 0659-0710 canned GM anmnt, simple
"Deutschlandfunk" ID by M, 3+1 long time ticks, then W w/world nx to 0708,
then ID by M and tlk. Fairly good. (26 June)
BELGIUM 87.6 Classic 21 0711 end of "Jumpin Jack Flash" by the Stones, M
anncr in FR w/song anmnts and tlk, 0712 ID ".you're with Eric LaForge on the
morning show on Classic 21", then into Pop song. M anncr briefly then ad
block, and into "Killing Me Softly". W anncr joined in then. 0728 promo/ID
w/"Graceland" by Paul Simon. Fair. (26 June)
5050 WWRB was fair but not really strong. 5045 and 5035 presumed ZYs were
very weak. 5025 Rebelde was strong this morning. (26 June)
60 mb scan from 0450-0455: 4965 Zambia rel. tlk at 0450 w/fairly decent
signal. 4950 pre. Angola kind of weak. 4915 ZY fair. 4894.9 and 4865
possible ZYs but couldn't get any audio oddly enough. Decent carriers
though. 4828 Zimbabwe OK but noisy. 4799.9 Guatemala a little weak audio.
4790.07 OA, decent. 4775 sounds like TWR. 4755 probably the ZY. You'd
have to get up in the middle of the night to have any success hearing LAs.
(27 June)
PERU 5014.37 R. Altura 0458 "Happy Birthday", ad, live M, back to mx.
Heard earlier before 0450 w/"Happy Birthday" as well. Pretty nice signal.
(27 June)
GERMANY 1539 Evangeliumsrundfunk 0502 W in GM w/ment of Deutschland, M
anncr at 0503 w/brief mention of Deutschland, then back to W. Didn't stick
with it. (27 June)
FRANCE 1467 TWR/Vatican R. 0505 rel. choral mx. 1000 kw!! (27 June)
LUXEMBOURG 1440 RTL 0506 a ton of promo/IDs, some in EG. 1200 kw only 4
miles away!!! (27 June)
GERMANY 1472 Deutschlandfunk 0507 tlk by M in GM apparently the nx
w/unusually long pauses between stories. Getting some slop QRM. (27 June)
FRANCE 1377 Info France 0508 tlk by W in FR w/obvious tlk abt Wimbeldon
as she mentioned Maria Sharapova. Poor. (27 June)
GERMANY 1143 AFN (probably Stuttgart) 0515 EG nx. RTL 1440 bleeding in.
(27 June)
GERMANY 1107 AFN 0516 end of EG nx and ment of "Army News and Commentary",
mx bridge, then "The Rest of the Story". Some co-channel QRM. (27 June)
GERMANY 1017 SWR 0519 w/pres. nx by M in GM. (27 June)
GERMANY 972 NDR Info Spezial 0520 studio M anncr w/sound bites. (27
June)
CZECH REP. 954 Czech R. 0522 end of poss. Czech Pop song, studio M
anncr, mx bridge, and more tlk. Slight echo, so maybe getting more than one
transmitter here. (27 June)
ITALY 900 RAI 0524 W anncr in IT. Came back at 0558 and hrd W anncr
again w/phone caller. Caught mention of Milan. (27 June)
SWITZERLAND?? 765 Option Musique?? Tlk by sev. anncrs and into mx at
0535. 0549 regional Pop mx. Definitely sounded like an ID by M between
songs then. 0553 M anncr again w/poss. ID again and into "Club at the End
of the Street" by Elton John. (27 June)
PERU 6019.45 R. Victoria Usual SP impassioned preaching at 0542, then M
anncr. QRM from 6020. No sign of 31 mb outlet. (27 June)
PERU 5939.3 R. Melodia Only a weak carrier at 0544. (27 June)
LUXEMBOURG 105 Eldoradio 0603 "Are You Going to be My Girl" by Jet, song
anmnt and ID, then ad block including an ID/promo, then movie review, canned
promo, live M w/SMS number, and into the awful Kid Rock song "All Summer
Long" that samples Warren Zevon and Lynyrd Skynyrd songs. (27 June)
LUXEMBOURG 102.9 Den Neie R. 0609-0613 nx and sports by M, break for ad,
0611 live promo/ID sounded more like Meteor. ID then "DNR Wake Up". Good.
(27 June)
And now a few loggings from home
NIGERIA 9689.3 V.O.N. (pres.) 0804-0818 Nothing but long tlk by M in Afro
vern. w/many ments of Nigeria. No ID hrd. Not too bad at t/in but really
dropped down after 0815 and barely audible. Could still hear M tlk
w/journalist sound bite at 0822. Seemed gone at 0828 check but probably
just a deep fade. Found it later at 1005 w/strong signal and end of EG nx
summary by W followed by M w/ID, Afro percussion mx bridge, then into
"Business Weekly" by same W host. (12 July)
AUSTRALIA 4910 and 4835 Both ABC outlets heard // on these freqs at 0803.
4835 one of the best signals on the band. Of course 5025 blocked by Cuba.
at 0831 2325 was already switched on, followed by 2310 a minute later, then
found a weak signal on 2485 about 30 seconds after that. (12 July)
73 Dave
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