QTH: Pattaya, Thailand RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 10m Longwire/Randomwire ACC: None
DAYTIME MEDIUMWAVE BAND SCAN FOR PATTAYA 558 08 SEP, 0759 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand, (presumed Kanchanaburi due to distance and signal strength). OM and YL talks with ID and lively news program starting on the hour. Good signal strength. 10kW 594 08 SEP, 0808 UTC, THAILAND, Phon. Por. Thor. Or. from Bangkok with great signals. Had like about 20 commercials and PSA's in a row. This one supposedly belongs to the military as well (Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division) with supposedly only 5kW. 675 08 SEP, 0818 UTC, THAILAND, Sor Thor Ror 2 (Voice of the Navy), Bangkok station with YL talk and interviews. Extremely strong signals here in Pattaya (S9+) so 5kW power may have been increased or a directional antenna towards the South China Sea. 720 08 SEP, 0824 UTC, THAILAND, Sor Thor Ror 5 (Voice of the Navy), Chon Buri station, about 20 km away, with YL talk show with many callers, ringing phone sounds, etc. Regional Station and NOT // 675 above! Local strength signals, no QRM. 747 08 SEP, 0830 UTC, THAILAND, Ror Dor, Territorial Defense Dept. Bangkok, with OM phone calls and some pop Thai music (actually quite nice!). A couple of slow, echoing dramatic IDs on the half-hour as well. 5kW with good signals here in Pattaya. 792 08 SEP, 0841 UTC, THAILAND, Wor Phor Thor Defense Energy Dept. Radio Station, with a long string of commercials and PSAs plus several canned IDs. S9+ signal with 20kW from Bangkok. It seems so strange for these military stations to have commercial announcements., but AFRTS does the same with PSAs and I guess funding has to come from somewhere. There was even a cool singing jingle at 0851. During those 10 minutes it was nothing but commercials, IDs and PSAs. Finally a female announcer came on after the singing jingle and intro'ed a piece of really nice Thai pop music. 819 08 SEP, 0854 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand Program 2 Pathum Thani, with Long talks by a man with an incredibly raspy voice (move over, Lemmy!). Tone and ID on the hour. Then talks continue. Good signals with 10kW. 837 08 SEP, 0905 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand, Educational Radio Program 2 (presumed) Pathum Thani with young lady in a long discussion with older-sounding man. No real breaks or IDs. Fair signals only at 5kW. 873 08 SEP, 0910 UTC, THAILAND, Wor Khor Thor Mor Bangkok Radio Station, with PSAs featuring children, into a spritely march piece sung by mixed children and adults (almost like a Disney piece!). Positive ID at 0912 then more commercials/PSAs. Good signals with 5kW. 891 08 SEP, 0914 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand Saraburi. Woman in long talks. Excellent and constant reception, but this is a megawatt according to WRTH! 918 08 SEP, 0918 UTC, UNID, Two Thai stations listed here as well as National Khmer Radio with 120 kW. Right now there is a carrier but no audio even with synchronous mode on, so I am hoping that the Khmer station will materialize later tonight. There are a 100kW Radio Thailand and a 10 kW Sor Wor Phor station here, but no sign of anything resmbling them. 1071 08 SEP, 0923 UTC, THAILAND, Sathaani Witthayu Rattasapha (Parliament Radio Station) Bangkok heard with a speech being given by a man and occasional clapping. Good signals with some power line QRM at 10kW. 1107 08 SEP, 0925 UTC, THAILAND, Mor Khor Samut Sakhan, Kasetsart University with traditional Thai music and occasional announcements in Thai. Good signals with 10kW 1143 08 SEP, 0941 UTC, THAILAND, Or. Sor. Mor. Thor, Mass Communications Organization of Thailand "Modern Radio", Bangkok with male and female talks in monotone and occasional piece of traditional music. Only fair signal with cell site and power line QRM. 1161 08 SEP, 0945 UTC, THAILAND, Wor. Sor. Thor. Educational Radio, Bangkok with traditional Thai music sung by a male/female duet and occasional announcements. 20kW puts in a very strong signal here in Pattaya. 1251 08 SEP, 0951 UTC, THAILAND, Thor. Or. 6 Royal Thai Air Force Bangkok, with long talk by woman and man in Thai. Good signal with only 5kW despite cell site and power line QRM. 1287 08 SEP, 0955 UTC, THAILAND, Sor. Or. Thor. Meteorological Dept. Radio, Samut Prakan (Bangkok) with a group of two men and a woman in talk with a lot of laughing, fading into some Thai pop music by a man. Very strong signals with 10kW. 1386 08 SEP, 0958 UTC, THAILAND, Sathaanii Witthayu Pheua Kaan Kaset, Agricultural Radio Station with Thai pop music, ID finally at one minute after the hour (they waited for the song to end!). 10kW and strong signals here in Pattaya. 1440 08 SEP, 0545 UTC, THAILAND, Wor. Por. Thor., Samut Sakhon with Thai talks and slow IDs about every 10-11 minutes. This is a pretty much local station with 10kW, great signals. Apparently belongs to the Signals branch of the Royal Thai Army. 1467 08 SEP, 1003 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand (not sure which program) Pathum Thani, heard with talks and some Thai music. Into what seemed like a very bubbly female announcer who might have been reading something aimed at Children. 100kW and very strong signal. 1494 08 SEP, 1010 UTC, THAILAND, Or. Sor. Mor. Thor Mass Communications Organization of Thailand "Modern Radio", Bangkok with PSAs, commercials and jingles. // to 1143 and certainly 100% more lively than they were at 0941. Into argumentative discussion between group of men and women. 10kW with a good strong signal. 1521 08 SEP, 1018 UTC, THAILAND, Nor. Thor. Phor. Post and Telegraph Dept. Bangkok, with woman in Thai talk and traditional Thai music. 10kW but only fair signal with power line QRM. 1593 08 SEP, 1022 UTC, THAILAND, Radio Thailand Ratchaburi, with female announcer interviewing a very excited/upset young lady. 10kW and strong signals without QRM. I have discovered a cell site on the roof of the hotel next to me that causes some significant QRM until the early morning hours when it quiets down, as well as a slightly increased electrical noise when all the neon lights go on. Thankfully, this all dies down a lot after 2 AM local time. I did this mediumwave band scan today and the electrical/cell site QRM wasn't too bad, but it could have been a lot better. I may have to be satisfied with QSLing all the local mediumwave stations. ;-) The 90 and 75 meter bands are pretty much a wash, but 60mb is OK as are the 49 and 41 meter bands. 73s Al "Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." - Alexander Hamilton ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
