Here are the latest loggings, just prior to, and over the holidays. They're
in date order. Youtube video links to some receptions are included. Hope
you all had a joyful holiday season and hope that 2015 will be a good year
for you.
MYANMAR 7345 Thazin R. Playing "Jingle Bell Rock" at 1206 today. (17
Dec.)
BRAZIL 11934.95 RB2 0944 PT tlk by M, 0947-0950 ad/promo block,
including one w/bells and Santa "Ho Ho Ho". Then long tlk by M mixed
w/instru. mx. IDs at 1000 and ID at 1001. // webstream which was about 4
+/- seconds behind. (19 Dec.)
PERU 4747.6 R. Huanta Dos Mil 1045 "Banco Nacionales" ad w/"Feliz
Navidad" mx bed during ad block. Improved LA reception today w/R3 radio
blackouts and a 216 solar flux with the recent flares. (20 Dec.)
CHINA CNR1 jammers on SOH on 12370, 11500, 11470, 11430, 10960, and 10870
at 1138. However 11430 and 10870 were gone by 1147 check. (20 Dec.)
CHINA Found the CNR1 jammer on 11 freqs at 1040; 10870, 10960, 11430,
11500, 12560, 12870, 12910, 13130, 14870, 14920, and 16100.
http://youtu.be/3rObMrn1U6w (21 Dec.)
USA 4840 WWCR Deadair again after 1100. Fairly common recently. (21
Dec.)
PERU 4985.5 R. Voz Cristiana Came on the air at 1059:14 w/long tlking
by DJ Mike Llama (per stn website) in SP already in progress. Into mx at
1103. Was able to // to the webstream at 1105 which was around 15 seconds
slow. Poss. ment of Huancayo at 1107. Fading and barely audible by 1109.
(21 Dec.)
CHINA/BHUTAN 6035 No sign of either Yunnan or Bhutan here at 1203 this
morning. (21 Dec.)
PHILIPPINES 11935 R. Veritas Asia As soon as I tuned in at 1227,
caught the very end of sked in EG as "...UTC, on the 31 meterband", then
off. (21 Dec.)
NEW ZEALAND 5950 R. New Zealand Int. 1258 bird IS, time ticks, ID by
W, and nx. Still there at 1500 but barely audible. (21 Dec.)
CUBA?? 6060 R. Havana Cuba testing?? While doing a long screenshot,
discovered a signal here with a short xmsn and audio going off and on.
Obviously testing. Signal came on sometime between 1501:27 and 1504:28
(lost those Perseus files). Somewhat weak at 1504:28 w/mx. Audio ended,
then 30 seconds later the strength went from -95 to -80 db. 1505:15 audio
up w/M in SP briefly, off, then W continuing w/ment of Guinea (Ebola??), and
audio off and on again 2 more times till the signal went off at 1506:24. I
suspect R. Havana Cuba. (21 Dec.)
BRAZIL 11933.65 RB2 0815 PT tlk by M and W w/reporter actualities.
Ment of Paranaense at 0819. 0821:25 break starting w/ID jingle by M.
Another ID by M w/Santa "Ho Ho Ho" and ments of Natal at 0822:05. Way off
freq. //9724.985. QRM from pres. 11935 CRN2 and a UTE on 11930. (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 9724.985 RB2 0824 ad/promo block ended and back to M and W pgm
hosts. TC. 0834:30 nice freq/ID jingle by men. 0835:15 another ID,
jingle, starting break. 0836:05 same ID w/"Ho Ho Ho" as hrd earlier on
11933.65. 0900:25 time ticks, then pgm intro w/fanfare. Good signal.
http://youtu.be/C8rCvQe4-c4 (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 9819.85 R. Novo de Julho 0830 end of soft rel. song, then M
anncr and ID jingle. 0859:05 nice ID w/freq by M bracketed by singing ID
jingles. Fair and clear. (22 Dec.)
COLOMBIA 6009.904 LV de tu Conciencia 0844 several songs in a row.
0850 M anncr. 1011 massive S9+10 signal w/ID. Surprisingly stable signal.
No Alcaravan today. (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 9514.967 R. Marumby 0913 end of pleasant song and rel.tlk by M
in PT w/many ments of palavra. 0924 brief mx bridge and more tlk. 0926
"Hallelujah" chorus. 0928 complete ID w/freqs by M. Slightly stronger than
9515 CNR2. (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 4965.02 R. Alvorada 0907 end of song and usual morning M DJ
w/ment of Alvorada. Took phone calls. Bom dia. 0933:15 full ID by M w/freq
and power. Then ads one w/website. 0936:35 promo w/ment of Alvorada.
0938:10 full ID again. Always has the full ID at ad block between
0930-0935. 0956:45 full ID again. Fair. (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 4785 R. Caiari Nice canned promo/ID at 0947:25. Somewhat
stronger than usual. Audio a little distorted. (22 Dec.)
BOLIVIA 5952.45 R. Pio Doce Signal on at 1007:06 w/"Pio Doce Contacto"
pgm already in progress. 1014:35 quick ID going into break. (22 Dec.)
CHINA 11100 CNR1 jammer 1055 tlk by W in CH //12190. Others hrd
yesterday weren't there today. (22 Dec.)
BRAZIL 11829.99 R. Daqui 0915 end of song at t/in, then several canned
anmnts in PT by M, and back to mx at 0917. Soft mx on 0927 return, and more
canned anmnts at 0929, then back to mx at 0930. Very distorted. Only
copiable when the audio level was low. Sounded // webstream at 0937. Very
fady. This outlet is rarely heard. (24 Dec.)
NIGERIA 6089.85 R. Nigeria Kaduna M tlking and nice ID at 2114:34
right after I tuned in. Wiped out by Anguilla at 2159. (24 Dec.)
No sign of the residents of McMurdo Station, Antarctica singing Christmas
Carols on 7995U via Nathaniel Frissell (KC4/W2NAF) here. (24 Dec.)
BOLIVIA 6024.966 Red Patria Nueva 2313 quite readable w/Quechua rpt by
W during nx pgm w/M anncr host. 2316:45 usual nice ID/promo anmnt by
alternating M and W starting and ending an ad/promo block. Another ad/promo
block at 2334. QRMed and squeezed by 6015 Romania and the jammer on 6030.
(24 Dec.)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 6296.15 R. Mistletoe 2313 found a signal here and
learned it was Mistletoe from the chat. 2317 Manheim Steamrollers. Closing
ID anmnt at 2319:50. And off w/"Silent Night, ending pgm at 2321:06. (24
Dec.)
BOLIVIA 5952.48 R. Pio Doce Barely visible when the UTE went off at
2132. Getting stronger past 2200. Readable at 2313 recheck w/phone-in rpt
by W, then M pgm host. 2319 CP mx bridge and cont. M anncr w/more phone
rpts. 2329 promo by alternating M and W w/ments of Pio Doce and camposina.
Gradually improved slightly to 2343 t/out. Slop QRM from 5960. (24 Dec.)
RWANDA 6055 R. Rwanda On late for Christmas Eve. "Jingle Bells" at
2330 w/M voice-over and ments of Rwanda. 2340 Boney M Christmas song "Marys
Boy Child". A lot of lively round-table discussion. Very festive.
http://youtu.be/gPC33PPjkpA (24 Dec.)
PERU 4939.967 R. San Antonio (pres.) Moderate signal at 0038 t/in
w/weak mx. 0042 definite more current Pop song, then M voice-over in SP at
0043 w/ment of "gracias". Into soft guitar and M vcl song at 0045. 0053
very brief poss. TC by M, and into another lively song w/heavy percussion.
Getting some really heavy quick fades after 0057 and didn't come back up to
previous strength. (25 Dec.)
CHINA 6870 CNR1 jammer 1041 tlk by W in CH w/soundbites of speech by
M. Very weak signal but // to strong 6970 just above. Because of the weak
signal, thought this might be Sound of Hope at first. (25 Dec.)
PERU 4774.91 R. Tarma Came on an hour late this morning. OC at 1058
and pgm start at 1100:48 w/usual canned ID opening. (25 Dec.)
MYANMAR 7340 Thazin R. "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" at 1156.
1221-1227 medley of "Jingle Bell Rock", "I Wish You a Merry Christmas",
"Silver Bells". http://youtu.be/u6VdJ5VfpL4 (25 Dec.)
PAKISTAN 7265 Azad Kashmir R. (via Islamabad) Mx from 1213-1218, then
what sounded like the Koran. Hams came on at 1222. And of course CNR2
blasted it out at 1230. (25 Dec.)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 15699.95 WMR (via Magic Int no doubt) Finally M tlk at
1353 when a wandering band of noise moved away briefly. The noise moved
again at 1405 and was getting mx then Jack Russell who took a phone call,
and the noise came back. At 1414 they moved up to 15700.4 and back down,
then moved up to 15705 no doubt to avoid 15690 QRM. The move helped me as
they moved away from the band of noise, but unfortunately it had faded.
Finally a readable peak at 1436 tlk abt the mailbox. Played an occas. song.
After the 1436 peak, it faded again and I was only able to hear mx and tlk.
After 1500 it wasn't even audible, but still there to at least 1535. (25
Dec.)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 6395 Laser Hot Hits Surprised to find 80's like mx
here at 1007. 1008 tlk by M w/ment of yesterday, broadcasting and ID. 1010
sounded like an ad, cont. tlk briefly, then back to more 80's style mx.
1014 more tlk. 1017 sounded like one of the LHH deep-voiced jingles. (26
Dec.)
PERU 4955 R. Cultural Amauta Nothing but nonstop pres. rel. SP mx. to
1104 usual "El Condor Pasa" and canned ID by W. More mx until canned anmnt
by M at 1107, then back to mx. More canned anmnts at 1115. Last audible at
1127. (26 Dec.)
PERU 4985.5 R. Voz Cristiana Signal came on in mid-pgm at 1059:26
w/canned anmnts by different men including a phone # in Huancayo. 1103 M
practically shouted "...Radio Voz Cristiana" ending the last anmnt. Into
instru. OA camposina mx. Live M came in at 1104. Then, more OA campo mx
w/M shouting at 1106. Gradually faded and last hrd audio around 1122. (26
Dec.)
PERU 4774.9 R. Tarma 1114 canned alternating tlk by M and W w/ment of
Andina. Then promos w/ments of Tarma. Sounded like a canned anmnt w/M tlk
on a brief peak at 1131, and a little mx just barely audible at 1133.
Surprised this was still coming in so late. Really nothing in the
propagation data to suggest a good LA opening. (26 Dec.)
BANGLADESH 4750 Bangladesh Betar Incredible signal at 1133 w/south
Asian vcl mx. Apparent nx 1200-1210 w/ments of Bangladesh. Peaked around
1148. http://youtu.be/zJIYuNJuihs (26 Dec.)
INDIA 4990 AIR Itanagar Haunting subcont. mx at 1204, and easy at
1209!! Deadair, and M anncr at1210. Really surprised to get audio on this.
(26 Dec.)
MALAYSIA 9835 Sarawak FM had deadair from as early as 1027 to at least
1202. (27 Dec.)
CHINA Found the CNR1 jammers on SOH at 1156 on 6870, 6970, 9155, 9200,
9280, 9320, 10870, 10960. (27 Dec.)
VIETNAM 7906U Have heard the Utilities on this freq from; Da Nang R.
1235-1243 (30 Dec.), Ho Chi Minh City R. 1305-1313:50* (30 Dec.), Qui Phong
R. 2235-2244:20* (30 Dec.), Ben Thuy R. 1251 (31 Dec.), Hue R. 2250-2256 (30
Dec.), Hon Gai R. 1110 (1 Jan. 2015)
CHINA 7345 CNR1 Found this had returned here totally covering Thazin
at 1056 w/CH tlk by W, //9500. Strong clear signal. (31 Dec.)
THAILAND 5875 R. Thailand 1114 just caught the very end of the VT pgm,
then chime IS, EG pgm outro, chime IS again, then usual "HSK9 R. Thailands
World Service..." EG ID by M, and into Khmer pgm starting w/sked. Fairly
good. (31 Dec.)
PIRATE (NA) 6925.08 R. Dr. Tim (NA Pirate relay no doubt) SSTV at 2158
t/in, then canned ID, New Year greeting, and rpt acknowledgements by W, then
another canned ID w/e-mail by M, and into "Der Kommissar" remake. Good
signal. (31 Dec.)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 6300 R. Abu Dhabi Mx at 0126. Poss. Polka at 0131.
0133 ID by usual recognized M. Surprised I was able to get the ID as
conditions weren't very good. More mx w/W vcl, then at 0136 M returned
w/shoutout and "...this is Abu Dhabi.". 0138 cont. anmnt w/poss. ment of
2015. Getting some slop QRM from that very strong spur on 6295. (1 Jan.
2015)
CLANDESTINE 3480 V.O. the People 1108 tlk by M in KR, then Beethoven
mx bridge, and cont. tlk. // to the other freqs. Fair signal and better
than usual. (1 Jan. 2015)
CHINA 7345 CRI Playing "Jingle Bells" at 1211. (1 Jan. 2015)
PIRATE (EUROPE) 6210L Mini Power R. 2301 bits of mx briefly.
Screaming M vcl at 2304. Stronger with Delta Loop at 2307:55. Op in chat
said it was "Reasons" by Earth Wind and Fire. 2310:10 peak. Went off
sometime around 2318. Op said he was running only 5 watts!! (2 Jan.)
BOLIVIA 6024.96 Red Patria Nueva Good signal this evening w/usual nx
pgm w/many ments of Potosi, San Borja, and Peru. Many long soundbites.
Usual ID/promo at 2330 to start an ad/promo block. Did have a het on the
freq no doubt from weakening China. (2 Jan.)
MYANMAR 6029.992 Thazin R. OC already on at 2322. Indigenous log drum
signature and W anncr, then M vcl song. Into another song at 2332 like
you'd hear on Laos. Calibrated the Perseus, then noted the W anncr again at
2334 retune and immediately into canned anmnt by W over pleasant Asian
instru. mx, probably an intro for the next feature (nx??) w/M tlk after 2335
until R. Marti's OC came on at 2344. Fairly decent. Matched up the
indigenous log drumming at s/on with the recording on Interval Signals
Online and my previous recording from 7345. A perfect match. Very happy to
finally get Myanmar in the evening. Hope Marti continues to stay off.
There was another signal on 6030.014, maybe a fading CNR1. No audio from it
though. OR could it have been CFVP?? http://youtu.be/Y8hw1Frfzms (2 Jan.)
BRAZIL 4865 R. Verdes Florestas Strong signal suddenly on at 1036:08
w/IS already going, followed by full canned ID by M as usual, and into mx.
http://youtu.be/rjMSHS_hV2k (3 Jan.)
BRAZIL 9695 R. Rio Mar Surprised to find this doing well at 1039.
Long lk by W and M pgm hosts. Bom Dia and many several of Amazonia and
"kilovatts" at 1041. Also Manaus later. They apparently fixed their
modulation as it was 100% readable. 1049 long list of network stns.
1050-1054 song starting w/jungle birds SFX and "Amazonia" sung by womens
chorus and then M vcl. 1054 W briefly then canned tlk by M over mx w/ment
of Brasil, Sao Paulo. http://youtu.be/CDD_ityZs04 (3 Jan.)
USA 10990 WEWN (prob. spur) 1137 end of soft music and then woman
tlking in SP and giving numbers, and possible mention of Chavez and ment of
camposino. 1140 interview of M w/ment of Caracas and comercial. Nice peak
at 1143:20. 1146 ment of "...la palabra de Dios". Later also "la amor",
"spirituales". End of pgm at 1154 w/instru. mx, then what sounded like an
ID by W at 1155 but too weak. Then tlk by M and W anncrs. 1201 rel.-like W
vcl then rosary w/M and response by women. At this point, found it to be
//12050 WEWN. Fady like it was before. http://youtu.be/5t2I88VPKh8 (3
Jan.)
73
Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA, USA
Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1350S loop antenna
153 foot Delta Loop
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