CHINA 9820 Beibu Bay R. Have noticed that every day they come on about 15 min. before the start of the xmsn (0945) w/OC for abt a min. then go off. (23 July)
SEYCHELLES/U.K. 12095 BBC (Seychelles and Woofferton) 1958 end of "World Business Report" pgm, promo, then off at 1959:29 revealing the OC of BBC Woofferton. Power increased at 1959:46, then TC at ToH, fanfare, ID and "Newsround" beginning w/birth of Prince William and Duchess Kates baby boy. (22 July) OMAN 9760 R. Sultanate of Oman 2359 came on the air, usual ToH routine. (22 July) CLANDESTINE 6003 Echo of Hope Finally in the clear without jamming for once. 1010 alternating tlk by M and W in KR. 1016 very brief soft choral mx, presumably ending the feature, then another feature w/more tlk by M. 1023:55 choral singing again briefly, then Korean mx w/poss. pgm intro by M then W, followed by tlk by W. 1029 dramatic orchestral mx w/same W outro, then pres. ID by same W over choral mx again. 1030 easy traditional Korean songs w/brief anmnts by M. Pretty steady to 1100 ToH, then faded. Even when V.O. the People is unjammed, this has always been jammed. Wish I would've been there at the 1000 ToH. (21 July) UNID. 4709.99 UNID. This was already on at 0706 when I woke up. Without doubt this is stronger using the Wellbrook, contrary to what I thought at first. Not visible in the evenings either. Hrd daily and first hrd on the 16th. Not San Miguel or Yura. Not Suroriente as it doesn't come on until around 0945. I can't figure this one out. Being on so early suggests a ZY. But it doesn't fade out till after 1000 which indicates western S.A. And I get ZYs better on the Delta Loop, but this is better on the Wellbrook. (19 July) SINGAPORE 9740 BBC (via Singapore) 1000 bells IS, time ticks, ID and nx. (19 July) INDONESIA 9680.05 RRI Jakarta Indo Pop mx w/M host at 0914 t/in. Many stn promos w/IDs from 0919-0924 including one w/ments of "life style" and "family" at 0921. More Pops and same M anncr. After more promos, audio suddenly dropped out for nearly an hour from 0933:46 - 1028:12. Resumed w/pgm already in progress. Must have been having technical problems. (19 July) CHINA 9820 Beibu Bay R. What sounded like a CH/EG health PSA at 1024, but I could only get a few words because of lcl static noise. Good signal at BoH. Unfortunately it faded by 1100. Still was able to hear the TC and FM ID. (19 July) OMAN 9760 R. Sultanate of Oman On prior to 0000 this evening. Usual Big Ben chimes, then ID by M in AR, and nx headlines. Good but modulation a little low. (20 July) INDIA 6155 AIR Aligarh 0020 M w/Koran in the Urdu service. 0022 M anncr then. Fair signal and over 6154.915 R. Fides which was slightly weaker. Usually Fides is better. (19 July) UNID. 4709.99 UNID. 0955 song that sounded like a Ranchera. 1001 generic LA song w/booming vcl by M. Faded really quickly after that. (18 July) INDONESIA 9525.9 V.O.I. 1022 EG nx feature by M w/ment of V.O. Indonesia. 1057 W w/canned website URL anmnt. (18 July) THAILAND 8743U Bangkok Meteorological Radio 1032 end of info by M in Thai, and into IS. 1034 M again in Thai w/ment of "broadcasting", and "kilohertz". IS again at 1038, then W w/EG ID and info in mechanical voice at 1039. Even though the IS was clear, the voice was difficult to copy. Back to IS at 1042, then M again in Thai. 1050 IS, 1051 M in Thai. IS stopped in mid-repetition at 1100 as the xmsn ended. (18 July) COLOMBIA 6010.21 LV de tu Conciencia 0917 same EG/SP rel. pgm hrd once here last Winter. W tlking abt having to go down to Colombia to see how the money was being used in case the Canadian government looked at their books!! Then she corrected herself saying that wasn't the real reason she went down. (17 July) BRAZIL 5939.88 Voz Missionaria 0940:10 mailing addr by M anncr over soft mx. 0942:10 full canned ID by W ending w/singing ID jingle. (14 July) RWANDA 11800 Deutsche Welle (Rwanda relay) Signal on at 1959:12, then end of promo, double time ticks, W w/ID in EG and nx intro, then M w/EG nx. Poor to fair, //11865 also Rwanda but a little weaker. 15275 good. (14 July) FRANCE 11830 AWR/The V.O. Hope (via France) 2000 signal on and EG ID by W, and pgm start in FR. (14 July) BRAZIL 6000 R. Guaiba 2329 tlk by M in PT w/many ments of Sao Paulo. 2332:40 definitely ment of Guaiba strongly emphasized at end of sentence. 2334:30 break for nice ID promo, then right back to M anncr. One of the tougher ZYs and not heard in a very long time. Glad to finally get an ID on it. (14 July) BRAZIL 4894.93 R. Novo Tempo 2336 rel.-sounding mx. Brief anmnt 2340, then a soul song. Live M DJ w/ID and 2342:15, and ID jingle 2343:10, live M w/ID, short singing jingle, back to soft mx. 0028:40 another canned ID by W. Pretty good signal w/CODAR QRM. Haven't heard it in a while. Guess you'd classify this as a reactivation. Good ZY night. (14 July) BRAZIL 6010.12 R. Inconfidencia Nx by M in PT, then break for ID jingle at 2349:50, then tlk by W. Good signal, easily readable with just slight QRM from Conciencia. (13 July) BRAZIL 4774.98 R. Sora Congonhas 2350 what sounded like an ID as soon as I tuned in. Tlk by remote W and into live mx with a roomy effect. 2357 canned anmnt by M, then back to the remote w/tlk by several people and more live mx. Still going with the remote at 0021 recheck, and again at 0035 w/vcls off-key!! Finally got the full canned ID by M at 0040:20!! Then went into rel. tlk over piano mx by M w/Amen, Santa Maria from 0040-0047, and deadair, and signal off at 0047:46. (15 July) BRAZIL 4915 R. Daqui 0004:10 nice ID between ZY Pop songs. Really good clear signal. (15 July) BRAZIL 11915.04 R. Gaucha Nice clear ID/promo at 0007:50-0009:20 followed by ID intro by M for pgm., then W tlk w/sev. ID. (15 July) BRAZIL 3364.95 R. Cultura Araraquara ID jingle by female chorus at 0012:40 between ZY Pop songs. "Could It Be Magic" by Barry Manilow. 0023 another promo and back to ZY Pop song. 0026:55 nice clear full canned ID by M. Surprised it was as easy as it was to ID. (15 July) BRAZIL 5970 R. Itatiaia 0040+ phone in tlk show wM and W hosting. Great singing jingle ID at 0059:30, live M anncr, then another ID by M at 0100:35. Good signal. This one usually does well. (15 July) BRAZIL 9819.14 R. 9 de Julho Rel. tlk pgm from 0112. 0159 end of pgm and a number of R. Aparecida promo/IDs. No 9 de Julho IDs that I could hear. Fair signal. (15 July) _ 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
