BOLIVIA 5952.47 R. Pio Doce Nice signal at 0029 with the usual
ID and Pio Doce choral song promo. A little noisy. Video of this and
a good R. Santa Cruz at https://youtu.be/3u1GNcyVhbk (14 June)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7324.96 Wantok R. Light 0938 good signal, best
heard in months w/rel. pgm of local M preaching in EG. Not just
religious but political also at 0942. Too bad it was noisy. (14
June)
BRAZIL 9694.7 R. Rio Mar Deadair at 0948 t/in. 0949:58 start
of soft Pop-like rel. song. Quick ID jingle by M then W at 0952
between songs. Weak audio and lucky to get the ID. Getting a little
audio again at 1012 w/rel. song, then W anncr in PT. Strong signal
though w/slop QRM from 9700 so had to use LSB. (15 June)
ARGENTINA 6056v RAE/R. Nacional Off-freq again at 0954 with
start of the RAE IS routine. Strong at t/in but weakening. Drifting
down as well and only 1 khz away from 6055 Japan by 1001. Video at
https://youtu.be/3u1GNcyVhbk (15 June)
MONGOLIA 11999.88 V.O. Mongolia Some sort of feature by M and W
in CH at 1017 w/ment of China. Very good signal. (15 June)
ARGENTINA 15344.13 RAE/R. Nacional 1208 Tango mx. 1211 tlk by
W anncr in PT. Later at 1300, caught time ticks and IS routine
briefly and SP ID by W. Weak. Went off the air at 1530:32. Signal
came back on at 1646:11 on 15345.14, but Egypt was on until 1754:39.
Could then hear just bits of audio. Finally able to recognize EG at
1848. Went into the usual IS/ID routine at 1855. Finally up to good
level by 2145. (15 June)
TURKEY 15450 V.O. Turkey Fair signal at 1323 w/W in EG giving
ID and sked for the EG pgm and complete contact info, then into
instru. Turkish mx, and off at exactly 1325 in mid-song. (15 June)
CLANDESTINE 15498 V.O. Tibet Just barely able to hear live
speech by M in Asian lang. at 1415. Better on the Twente rx. (15
June)
CHILE 12365U Copa America Soccer game Thanks Ron Howard alert,
found the Soccer game here w/excited M play-by-play anncr w/loud crowd
noise. Ment of Mexicana, Mexico, Sounded like many short promos by
the same M during lulls in action. One ended w/”…AM” at 0111, and
possible ment of Cooperativa at 0112. Pretty steady signal. Video at
https://youtu.be/Z4k4XnIZDaU (16 June)
GUYANA 3289.98 V.O. Guyana 0848 ID during anmnt by M over
lively instru. mx in the “Early Bird Show”. Hellos to the civil
workers. Into song “You Butterfly”. M returned at 0851 w/ID, PSA,
date (“119 days left in the year”), and acknowledgement of the civil
workers again, sunrise at 6:38 and sunset at 6:09, then another 50’s
song. 0857 inspirational tlk abt the best letters being N, O, and W.
Hindi mx at 0900. Nice signal this morning but noisy from lcl
thunderstorms. Video is at https://youtu.be/ouiN4B_8mT0 (16 June)
No Wantok R. Light at 0859 this morning. (16 June)
UNID. 3230 Fady signal here but did get tlk by M on very brief
peak at 0906 and 0907:20. MW harmonics don’t work out. Wasn’t in
long enough to check // to poss. 3185 WWRB. (16 June)
UNID. 3150 Definite M in SP at 0911 on peak which was quite
readable. More audio at 0914, and 0915:35, but not as good. Freq is
a Harmonic of 1050 and 630 but only EG domestics hrd there. (16 June)
BOLIVIA 3310 R. Mosoj Chaski OC already on at 0847. Pgm start
at 0901:12 w/ethereal Andean instru. mx, then instru. folk mx
w/Rooster crowing and M giving opening anmnt in Quechua starting w/”Mosoj
Chaski…”. 0902-0904 CP instru. NA. 0904 more instru. folk mx w/same
M anncr voice-over w/ID, freq, ment of Cochabamba,
www.mosojchaski.com, e-mail, mailing addr, and ending w/nice “Mosoj
Chaski Radio” ID. Live M DJ to 0909:00 ment of Mosoj Chaski at end of
promo. Fairly good signal. (16 June)
BRAZIL 5965 R. Transmundial M tlk in PT at 0925 t/in. MOR vcl
song at 0927. W anncr mixed w/mx at 0929. Sounded like a canned ID
by M at 0930, then W again. Getting nasty slop-over QRM from the
jammer on 5980. Was able to // webstream at 0936 which was about 43
seconds behind. Rarely hear this outlet. (16 June)
BRAZIL 11749.5 R. Nacional da Amazonia Horribly distorted
massive signal centered here and splattering QRM all over the lower
25mb. Had to tune in FM mode to copy, but still severely distorted.
A Voz do Brasil nx w/M and W anncrs in PT from 1003 t/in. Many ments
of Brasil, Sao Paulo, etc. Many soundbites. At 1030, gave ID for “A
Voz do Brasil” and mentioned R. Nacional Brasilia and R. Nacional da
Amazonia. Later found it was indeed // 11780. Still going after
1100, but the CRI signal was on 11750 making it more difficult to
copy. I was too late to confirm a // to A Voz do Brasil webstream.
Video is at https://youtu.be/KUNQNIyqmAk (16 June)
AUSTRALIA 12365U VMC, Queensland (UTE) After replaying the
recording of the Soccer match from the evening before, rx tuned here
at 1304 w/M giving wx and maritime info/forecasts for the Australian
coasts. Fairly decent on peaks. (16 June)
BRAZIL 11764.67 Super R. Deus e Amor Finally hrd w/nice clear
signal for the complete station ID at 0800. Video at
https://youtu.be/bGZEvGOAhPg (17 June)
UNID. 6125.103 R. Nac. Del Uruguay?? First noted around 0805
after finding nothing on 7290. Didn’t start getting any audio until
abt 0820. Could only make out mx and soft-spoken M anncr (0828-0829).
It wasn’t enough to determine the type or lang. No audio detected
again from 0830-0841, then a little more mx. Seemed to be drifting
down a couple hertz. Still there at 0950 but fading badly of course.
Video at https://youtu.be/0I251R3odOY (17 June)
No sign of Wantok again this morning. (17 June)
BRAZIL 6010.06 R. Inconfidencia 0902:40 nice canned full ID
w/freqs by M, then live M DJ w/another ID w/morning greetings, and
back to pleasant ZY Pop mx. Very nice signal and the best hrd here in
a long time. No Conciencia. Video at https://youtu.be/tQElgJtcHrU
(17 June)
AUSTRALIA 4835 ABC Tennant Creek 0945 nice canned ABC promo
during break in pgm. Not much WWCR QRM at this time but then back
with a vengeance less than a min. later. (17 June)
BRAZIL 6134.698 R. Aparecida 0921 pleasant ZY Pops, sev. canned
anmnts, then PT tlk by M anncr to 0926, and back to mx. //9629.96.
Strong but fading w/Santa Cruz QRM. (19 June)
Nothing on 6125.1 today. (19 June)
Another morning w/out Wantok. (19 June)
BOLIVIA 6134.84 R. Santa Cruz 0948 beginning of “The Way it Is”
by Bruce Hornsby as background mx for a short canned ID by M as “R.
Santa Cruz, la primera”. Good but fading. Besides this and fading
6134.698 Aparecida, the jammer was on 6135, but no sign of V.O.
Freedom. (19 June)
ZANZIBAR 11734.998 ZBC R. Noted a signal here at 1918 along
w/11734.982 (Transmundial??). Getting a little distorted audio at
1941. Koran. M anncr w/pres. nx after 2000. Gradually getting
better w/AR mx. Went off abruptly at 2058:38. Only up to fair by
s/off but nice to see it back on. (21 June)
PIRATE (NA) 6925.59 Free Thinker R. Live IDs w/e-mail addr by M
DJ at 0039 and 0043 between songs “What I Am” and “Sex and Candy”,
then either canned or scripted ID/contact anmnt at 0046. Tremendously
strong. Video is at https://youtu.be/Gv6XL_bDuwE (22 June)
BAHRAIN 9745U R.B./Shabab FM Audible w/AR Pops from 0110 t/in
in usual carrier +USB. (record 0115:30, 0119:10, 0130) Signal was
somewhat choppy. Better in Europe on the Twente web rx. Finally W
anncr in AR at 0159 UTC. While listening to the Twente rx, it sounded
like she mentioned Shabab, but not certain. From the nonstop AR Pop
mx format, I presume this is Shabab FM. The http://www.984shabab.com/
website doesn’t work. Video is at https://youtu.be/5AXrEEHmxRI (22
June)
One quick note. If you're playing the videos and it looks a little
pixelated, please try the 480p setting.
73
Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153' triangular Delta Loop
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