BRAZIL 4754.8 R. Imaculada 0019-0030 Rosary read by M and W. Took a quick break w/mx bridge once then continued with the Rosary. Had a rel. song after the Rosary w/W vcl. Was able to // to the webstream which was 5 seconds behind. When I came back at 0215, this was gone. Pretty far off-freq. Fairly good signal this evening. (31 Jan.)
USA 1203.53 WBML, Macon GA Brett Saylor was able to get an ad this morning for Barnum & Baileys Circus which included a telephone number and WBML ID. Incidentally, the circus was in fact in Macon this evening while I was hearing this off and on between 0130-0210 which was indeed // to their webstream which was about 6 seconds behind. So the mystery as to who this is is solved. But, why are they up on this freq. They broadcast on 900 and 1150 khz. Thanks Brett for help. (31 Jan.) PAKISTAN 11600 R. Pakistan (pres.) Pleasant AR-like whistling mx at 1258. Came back at 1300 and what sounded like the usual choral NA until the signal went off at 1301:11. 15730 was also on and there (no audio noted) at 1300, but was gone when I rechecked just seconds after 11600 had gone off. (31 Jan.) PAKISTAN 15725 R. Pakistan Signal came on 1325 or 1326. IS start 1327:28 but low modulation. Getting the usual rapid "tapping" local QRM. Very annoying. (31 Jan.) UNID. 6115 R. Congo?? There's someone on with DRM from 0530, but I could see another signal come on at 0551:00. Then when the DRM went off at 0557, I could hear a M tlking, and then mx over ToH. The signal seems just strong enough to get some clues, but it appears the modulation is just too low. It peaked at 0607 but still wasn't enough. Faded then, and Japan took over after 0705. So there's definitely someone there, and the sign on time seems right. Its going to take good conditions to bag it. (1 Feb.) BRAZIL 6104.69 R. Filadelfia 0916 soft tlk by M in PT, Father Jadir Jacinto according to their sked. Sounded like a het here too but there wasn't anyone else on the freq until 0926. 0925:20 M w/website, then into lively ZY rel. Pop, then a slower song at 0928. // to their webstream which was 9 seconds slow. (1 Feb.) SOLOMON ISLANDS 9545 SIBC/R. Happy Isles 0944 lively island song. 0957 song anmnt and pgm notes by M, 1000 same M w/"...SIBC, R. Happy Isles..." ID, promo ending w/ID, tlk, then back to island mx at 1003. 1013 M DJ returned after island song, IDs, then ad w/ID, more tlk by M w/W. Slop QRM from 9540 China. Much better and clearer on the Delta Loop than on the Wellbrook. 5019.87 was also there but slopped over by Rebelde. (1 Feb.) BRAZIL 4774.97 R. Sora de Congonhas Caught end of canned anmnt by M at 2252 t/in, then discussion w/laughing and live mx (just guitar and singing). Same anmnt at 2300 as at 2252. I've heard this same program from them before. Really nice signal at t/in. (2 Feb.) LIBERIA 4760.005 ELWA Choral singing at 2254. 2258 very brief anmnt by M (a few words), then more choral singing over ToH, although there appeared to be a few time ticks in there. Went right into another song at 2304. Still going with chornal singing at 2316. (2 Feb.) CUBA 4765 R. Progresso Getting distorted spurs on 4709, 4737, 4793, and 4821. (3 Feb.) UNID. 9910 KTWR?? Fairly decent signal here at 1250 w/M tlking in Asian lang. Could hear another station underneath very weakly w/W tlk then mx. The UNID. went off abruptly at 1252:22. It was probably KTWR left on by accident. (3 Feb.) TAJIKISTAN 15374.968 R. Free Asia (via Tajikistan) Tlk by M in Tibetan at 1213, but jammed by massive CNR1 on 15374.990. (3 Feb.) PAKISTAN 15730 R. Pakistan OC on this freq today as early as 1308. IS started at 1324:37. They should be on 15725. The IS then stopped at 1325:27, and the signal left the air at 1325:36 and reappearing almost immediately on 15725, no doubt after the engineer discovered the mistake. Then the IS started on 15725 at 1327:57. Horrible propagation conditions this morning but some interesting things happening on the bands. (3 Feb.) BRAZIL 11735 R. Transmundial No audio present at around 1015 when first tuned in. Strong signal. Finally audio on at 1023:18, then going off and on for a few minutes and then staying on. Canned anmnts w/website info, etc. (6 Feb.) ECUADOR 6050 HCJB Having trouble this morning. No audio at all from around 1015 as well. Audio noted finally at 1047 but distorted. (6 Feb.) No sign of R. Tarma or R. Cultural Amauta by 1040. The latter finally on at 1054 check. Seems R. Libertad de Junin is gone. (6 Feb.) PERU 4985.5 R. Voz Cristiana OC came on at 1104:05, but went off at 1104.40. Back on at 1105:33, and off again 17 seconds later. On for only a couple seconds at 1107:24. Did the same thing again at 1122:18. Didn't seem to come back on. (6 Feb.) CLANDESTINE Both 6348 Echo of Hope and 6518/6600 V.O. the People unjammed when I checked at 1217-1222. (6 Feb.) CHINA 17080 CNR1 (jammer) Tlk by W and short actuality by M at 1240. Jamming Sound of Hope. Nothing heard under CNR1. (6 Feb.) CHINA 18970 CNR1 (jammer) Again, tlk by W in CH at 1244, //17080. SOH is supposed to be here too. (6 Feb.) CHINA 13970 CNR1 (jammer) Canned promos including an ID by M at 1251, //17080. Good. SOH is supposed to be here, nothing heard. (6 Feb.) CHINA 10000 BPM Time ticks about a 1/3 of a second behind, 1258. 1259 CW IDs to 1259:30, then W anncr briefly but not the old slow BPM voice IDs. Prob. time anmnt. (6 Feb.) UAE 21780 Deutsche Welle (via UAE) 1306 tlk by M in Hausa, some sound bites of W tlking and brief Afro mx. This was the highest freq for a SW broadcaster. // weaker 15275 (Kigali). (6 Feb.) CHINA 15265 CNR1 (jammer) 1312 pgm of traditional Chinese mx w/occas. anncr. Mx much like that of Firedrake. Jamming Taiwan on 15265.16. Strong. (6 Feb.) CHINA 15375 CNR1 (jammer) 1319 same traditional mx pgm as heard on 15265, jamming R. Free Asia in Tibetan here. (6 Feb.) CHINA 15510 CNR1 1320 found here also w/massively strong signal with the mx pgm //other freqs, but BBC also heard underneath. (6 Feb.) PAKISTAN 15725 R. Pakistan Not very strong today w/IS at 1326. (6 Feb.) TAIWAN 5910 R. Shiokaze Signal on at 1329 but audio barely there at 1330 opening. Guess our yearly window is about closed for this. (6 Feb.) DJIBOUTI 4780 R. TV Djibouti 0200 nice signal w/M chanting/singing. Same thing they've done in the past all night locally. (7 Feb.) EGYPT 11904.47 R. Cairo (pres.) Noticed a signal here when checking SLBC at 0205. Definitely tlk by M very weakly 0209-0214. Signal strength was on par with SLBC though. Never heard anyone else here before. Eqypt is listed at this time. Makes for a bad mess. Thanks Ron Howards help. (7 Feb.) UNID. 4755 Signal here at 1133. Very weak and not strong enough for audio. Too late for Brazil. Finally went off at 1159:31. Never did get any audio. (7 Feb.) BRAZIL 6136.68 R. Aparecida 2332 pleasant MOR ZY vcl song, ad block at 2335, mx bridge, then live M DJ starting w/ID and tlk. Way off freq. //5035.003, 9629.657, and 11854.845. (7 Feb.) BRAZIL 9586.33 Super R. Deus e Amor Decent carrier at 2340. M preaching at 2343. Some canned anmnts mixed w/mx. A tremendous amount of adjacent QRM from 9585 and 9590. // to the webstream which surprisingly had almost no delay. (7 Feb.) UNID. 4755 Again observed this signal to about 1159:35 sign off. Very very poor conditions today and was only able to "see" the signal. (8 Feb.) 73 Dave Valko Dunlo, PA, USA Perseus SDR Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153' vertical triangular Delta Loop _ 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
