BRAZIL 4774.95 R. Congonhas (pres.) 0106 Abba-sounding song. 0108 M anncr over mx,
then back to Rom. mx. 0112 M again. 0116 canned pres. promo in definite PT by M, mx
bridge, then live M again. Anncrs voice just too deep to cut through the QRN. Was
on at 0159, but gone at 0213 check. (19 June)
UNID. 5972.27 UNID. OC here at 0114. Pretty crowded and getting slop QRM from 5970
ZY. Gone at 0218 but was there at ToH. (19 June)
PERU 5120.01 R. Ondas del Sur Oriente 0118 end of anmnt by M, into nonstop OA campo
songs. Echo shouting by W at 0127 but prob. just part of song. Nice flutes at 0134.
0142 live M finally returned but just too noisy to copy. Back to mx 0143. M again
0146-0147 and 0151-0152. 0200-0212(!!) long ad block w/ments of Peru, Cusco,
camposina, Quillabamba, onda corta, and radio popular. Back to mx. 0215 live M
returned. Oddly no UTE and in the clear but noisy. (19 June)
SRI LANKA 15745 SLBC M w/opening at 0130, and into mx. Mod. just too low to copy at
this time. "My Love" by Paul McCartney and Wings later. "Lets Get It On" by Marvin
Gaye. 0200 time ticks, M in EG w/TC, ID, and nx intro. (19 June)
BRAZIL 15190 R. Inconfidencia Finally fixed their freq. They're now right on, hrd
at 0154. (19 June)
SEYCHELLES ISLANDS 6005 BBC (via Seychelles) Bells IS at 0159. Heavily QRMed. (19
June)
NIGERIA 7255 V.O. Nigeria 2130 strong signal w/no buzzing but audio almost nil. (20
June)
ISRAEL 15850 Galei Zahal 2138 found here. Listened off and on and noted all
features w/only an occas. song. Dropped off by 220 but came back up by 2340. Found
//6973 which was also pretty decent at 0045. (20 June)
ANGOLA?? 4949.75 R. Nacional Angola (tent.) 0046 finally getting a little audio on
this w/Pop-like mx. M anncr 0054 could have been PT but just to low. M anncr 0101.
Sound bit journalist rpt. Gone at 0126 check. (21 June)
BRAZIL 4974.97 R. Iguatemi (pres.) Sounded like PT tlk by W at 0056. Nothing else
noted here. (21 June)
KUWAIT 11565 R. Ashna (VOA) (via Kuwait) Signal on at 0128, pgm start 0130 w/canned
ID by M over instru. mx, tlk, brief mx fanfare, and pres. nx w/ment of Washington,
Pakistan, Afghanistan. (21 June)
EGYPT R. Cairo Didn't have nx this evening until 0227 and still had that double
audio effect again. (21 June)
BRAZIL 9665 R. Marumby Found w/fair signal. Morning tlk show w/M and W hosts,
occasionally taking phone calls and playing a song now and then. Faded really
quickly after 0945 and getting some lcl QRN as well. 0930 nice singing jingle ID,
promo, then ads. 0934 jingle w/4 "Bon dia"s, and back to mx. ID 0956. Plays a jack
hammer SFX coming out of every song. A lot of tlk and laughing. (21 June)
BRAZIL 11764.95 Super R. dues e Amor 0958 long list of stns in the network by M.
Full ID at 0959. Good clear signal. (21 June)
U.K. 9850 BBC British Antarctic Survey Mid-Winter Broadcast (via Skelton) 2130
ID/Pgm, 3 men and woman (Martin, Dave, Peter, Caroline), hosts. Said was a
"guaranteed audience of 44". 2132-2135 Personal messages from many people. 2135
poem. 2135 e-mails anncd by Peter. Played "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd several
times. 2138-2143 more personal messages. 2143-2144 more e-mails. 2144 ID by Martin
"This is the mid-Winter broadcast for the British Antarctic Survey from the BBC
World Service in London". 2144-2146 message from the Deputy Director. 2146-2148
round-table tlk. 2148-2158 "Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks and more personal
messages. 2159 final closing ID anmnt "Happy mid-Winter", then "Here Comes the Sun"
by The Beatles and sung by the pgm hosts, and off at 2200. (21 June)
SRI LANKA 7460 R. Aap ki Dunyaa (VOA) (via Sri Lanka) Signal on at 0059, 0100 W
anncr briefly, fanfare, then VOA ID w/ment of Internet by M in apparent Urdu and
into nx w/ment of Pakistan, Washington. Fair signal. (22 June)
KUWAIT 11565 R. Ashna (VOA) (via Kuwait) 0130 same fanfare opening the bdcst as hrd
on R. Aap ki Dunyaa, short "Ashna R." ID by M, then tlk by W in apparent Dari. Good
clear signal. (22 June)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3915 R. Fly Just caught end of PD tlk by W and into Reggae song at
0940. Ment of R. Fly and Friday at 0942, into more Reggae. Surprised to get an ID.
(22 June)
NORTH KOREA 6070.75 V.O. Korea OC at 0956. N.K. NA at 1002. M anncr in lang (JP??)
then W briefly. Patriotic song. W anncr again at 1008 but not //15180 EG. So must
be different pgm. Of course QRM from CFRB. (22 June)
CANADA 9625.03 CBC Northern Svc 0958-0959 instru. NA, then W w/ID and sked in FR.
R. Canada ID by W, then nx. 1403-1404 EG nx by W, wx, then ID w/ment of satellite
and Sackville, e-mail, and phone. Good w/buzzing in the audio. (22 June)
ISRAEL 15760 Kol Israel OC at 1355, usual fanfare-like IS start at 1356. 5+1 time
ticks, ID anmnt by W, then fanfare and more anmnts in pres. Farsi. Sounded like
sked and then web site URL. 1401 M anncr in pres. nx. Weak w/heavy quick QSB. (22
June)
ITALY 15190 IRRS Instru. NA from 1457, ID by M in EG "This is I-R-R-S shortwave in
Milano signing on". Then into AR pgm. Weak and very fady. Came upon this totally by
accident. (22 June)
CLANDESTINE 15150 R. Dabanga (via Woofferton) *1530 signal already on at 1525. Pgm
start 1530 w/singing "R. Dabanga" ID, then M anncr w/opening anmnts, then poss. nx
w/brief AR mx between items. 1532 same M tlk w/many ments of Dabanga at beginning
and also Internet. Fair but very fady. Weak signal on 15725 but couldn't //. (22
June)
CLANDESTINE R. Dabanga (via Madagascar) 1527 OC, 1530 "R. Dabanga" repeated singing
ID jingle by M, then live M w/ment of Dabanga. More tlk over mx. Weak and fady but
clear. (22 June)
CLANDESTINE 17870 R. Xoriyo Ogadeniya (via France) 1559 OC, 1600 pgm start w/HoA mx
and M anncr w/voice-over ID in Somali and what sounded like ment of "meterband".
Then jammer started. (22 June)
NORTH KOREA 15244.97 V.O. Korea 1700 IS weakly while looking for Clandestine V.O.
Asena (Samara). (22 June)
CLANDESTINE 11990 R. Damal (via Woofferton) On 1830 w/Koran in progress, cutoff at
1831 for HoA mx. 1832 W in Somali w/quick ment of R. Damal, then back to Koran at
1833 going past 1840. (22 June)
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA, USA
NRD-535D with T2FD antenna
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