27 January 2007
Dimenticando l'America Latina
I went with Dario Monferini some days to Bocca di Magra, province of La Spezia in North Italy. Here is our BOC 7 SW log:
date: 19 january - 23 january 2007
RX: AOR 7030, RFSpace sdr-14, CiaoRadio H101
ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010
khz - day - time UTC - station - details
2325 20+21/01 2039-2110 ABC Tennant Creek, Australia, in // 2485 khz. poor/good
2485 19+20/01 2100-2110 ABC Katherine, Australia, better on 20 jan., good also with Degen 1103
3200 19+22/01 1924-2024 TWR Swaziland, religious talks in English fair/good
3230 19+20+22/01 1929-2035 Family Radio, South Africa, English program. fair/good
3255 19+20+22/01 1950-2040 BBC Relay, South Africa, in English fair/good
3266,4 20+21/01 *2100-2130 RRI Gorontalo, Indonesia, better in USB better, is, id, s/on poor/fair
3273,6 20/1 2035-2045 unid Greek pirate, H 1624,5 x 2, bad audio. fair/good
3320 19+20/01 2030-2100 SABC, South Africa. fair/good
3330 20+21/01 0410-0535 CHU, Ottawa, Canada, pips time signal, id EE & FF fair/good
3335 20...22/01 2015-2106 Radio East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, id 2059, news in English at 2100 poor/fair
3345 19...22/01 2030-2120 Channel Africa, South Africa, in English, good
3390 19+22/01 2038-2045 BBC relay, South Africa fair
3396 19....22/01 2010-2245 ZBC Zimbabwe, Afro pop, vernacular talks, fair/good
3810 22/01 0710-0714 Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada, Guayaquil, Ecuador, pips, id SS poor/fair
3905 19/01 2025-2030 unid, USB, utility presumed in arab, talks fair - occorre attenzione per non fare confusione con la Papua
3905 21/01 2039-2054 R New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 2039-2050 in // 3335 khz Local program 2051 id. poor/fair
3925 20+21/01 *2056-2120 Radio Nikkei, Tokyo, Japan, s. on, is, id repeated for 3 minutes. id, news fair/good
4319 USB 19+20+22/01 1950-2310 AFN, tx Diego Garcia, report news in EE. fair/good
4605 20/01 2132-2145 RRI Serui, Indonesia, local news 2132 poor/fair boc7
4770 19+20/01 1800-1900 FRCN Kaduna, Nigeria, in EE fair
4777 20+21/01 0515-0545 R.TV Gabonaise, Afro pop, FF, fair/good
4780 19...22/01 0410-0516;1700-1906 R.TV Djibouti, phone calls, raggae mx fair/good
4790 20+22/01 2120-2140 RRI Fak Fak, Indonesia, regional news 2130. poor/fair
4835 19+20+22/01 *2130-2205 ABC Alice Springs, Australia, s/on, id, nxs EE //4910, 5025 fair /good
4870 20/01 2119-2124 RRI Wamena (tent.), Indonesia, music. poor/ fair
4873,5v 19/01 2022-2045 unid Greek pirate, H 1624,5 x 3. be carefull ! poor/ fair
4874,6 20+22/01 2125-2140 RRI Sorong, Indonesia, local news 2130, id poor/ fair
4885 19...23/01 2120...0715 R. Clube do Para, Belem, Brasil, one of the few signals from Brasil! poor/fair
4895 21/01 2232-2302 Mongolian radio, home service, in //4830 khz. fai/good
4925 19/01 2159-2207 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, nx RRI National sce. 2200 poor/fair
4950 19/01 1952-1955 R. Nacional Angola, Portugues talks. fair/good
4965 19...22/01 1830-2120 The Christian Voice, Zambia, religious EE gospel songs. fair/good boc7
4976 19/01 1910-1940 R Uganda, Kampala, vernacular progr. fair/good boc7
4985 21/01 2122-2155 R Brasil Central, Goiania, Brazil, fade out 2155. poor/fair boc7
5005 22/01 2245-2255 R Nacional Bata, Equatorial Guinea, in ss, audio muffled fair/good boc7
5025 20...22/01 2005-2045 R. Parakou, Benin. in FF fair/good
5025 19...23/01 2255...0815 R. Rebelde, Cuba, "la emisora de la revolucion". fair/good
5026 19+20/01 1845-2003 R Uganda, Kampala English service, afro pop. poor/good boc7
5030 19...22/01 1840-2305; 0705-0713 R. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in French. poor/good
5066,3 20+21/01 0430-0515 La Voix du Peuple (R. Candip), Bunia, Congo. id French, nxs 0500. fair/good
5100 21/01 0410-0430 Radio Bana, Eritrea, Vernacular talks. poor/fair
5470 22/01 2030-2045 R. Veritas Liberia, talks in English poor/fair
5770 lsb 21/01 1455-1500 Myanmar Defences Forces, talks in burmese poor/fair
5964,9 19/01 1420-1435 RTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Suara Islam fm + after 1430 QRM China in Korean 5965 kHz. fair
6000 21/01 1425-1429 City Sound, Singapore, Mandarin program. talks. good
6010,1 20/01 0809-0814 La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, palabras de Dios. poor/fair
6049,6 19/01 1425-1435 RTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, syik fm program + PBS Tibet China QRM 6050 khz ( //7385 khz) fair/good
6055 19+20/01 2025-2050 R Rwanda, afro pop, dj in Swahili, phone calls. good
6185 20/01 0805-0810 R.Educacion, Mexico, Vatican Radio s/off at 0804. poor/fair
6220 19...22/01 1900-0105 Mystery Radio, Italian pirate, ids jingles, pop electronic mx. fair/good
6458 20+22/01 2040-2330 R. National Saharaui, problems with Utility marine. fair/v.good
6485,9 18+19/01 1934-0000* R. National Saharaui, in Arab then in Spanish 2315, free channel, but moved to 6458 khz. fair/v.good
6973 19...22/01 1555-2205 Galei Zahal, Israel, // 1287 kHz. News & songs. good
7185 19+20/01 1415-1630 R. Bangladesh, in hindi, with QRM CBS Taiwan in Mandarin. fair/good
7235 19+20/01 1415-1510 R. Warna, Singapore, Malay service, web url, id yl. fair/good
7270 19/01 1420-1433 RTM Kuching, Malaysia, in Iban, popular songs. fair/good
9610 21/01 *1000-1030 AWR Italy, tx Julich, Germany, Italian dx program "Studio Dx" nr.186, with Scaglione good
9704,15 20/01 1755-1805 R. Ethiopia, home service, talks vernac. live chanting. fair/good
9705 20/01 1645-2000 la voix du sahel, niger, news in french & vernacular. fair/good
11735 20/01 1615-1640 R Tanzania, Zanzibar, id, news, local program, in Swahili. good
11860 19+20/01 1500-1538 RRI Jakarta, Indonesia, National program, pop music good
We observed very poor conditions towards south america on SW bands. the reason may be the prolongued very low solar activity, always standing below 80 solar flux value. Better signals from asia and africa.
date: 19 january - 23 january 2007
RX: AOR 7030, RFSpace sdr-14, CiaoRadio H101
ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010
khz - day - time UTC - station - details
2325 20+21/01 2039-2110 ABC Tennant Creek, Australia, in // 2485 khz. poor/good
2485 19+20/01 2100-2110 ABC Katherine, Australia, better on 20 jan., good also with Degen 1103
3200 19+22/01 1924-2024 TWR Swaziland, religious talks in English fair/good
3230 19+20+22/01 1929-2035 Family Radio, South Africa, English program. fair/good
3255 19+20+22/01 1950-2040 BBC Relay, South Africa, in English fair/good
3266,4 20+21/01 *2100-2130 RRI Gorontalo, Indonesia, better in USB better, is, id, s/on poor/fair
3273,6 20/1 2035-2045 unid Greek pirate, H 1624,5 x 2, bad audio. fair/good
3320 19+20/01 2030-2100 SABC, South Africa. fair/good
3330 20+21/01 0410-0535 CHU, Ottawa, Canada, pips time signal, id EE & FF fair/good
3335 20...22/01 2015-2106 Radio East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, id 2059, news in English at 2100 poor/fair
3345 19...22/01 2030-2120 Channel Africa, South Africa, in English, good
3390 19+22/01 2038-2045 BBC relay, South Africa fair
3396 19....22/01 2010-2245 ZBC Zimbabwe, Afro pop, vernacular talks, fair/good
3810 22/01 0710-0714 Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada, Guayaquil, Ecuador, pips, id SS poor/fair
3905 19/01 2025-2030 unid, USB, utility presumed in arab, talks fair - occorre attenzione per non fare confusione con la Papua
3905 21/01 2039-2054 R New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 2039-2050 in // 3335 khz Local program 2051 id. poor/fair
3925 20+21/01 *2056-2120 Radio Nikkei, Tokyo, Japan, s. on, is, id repeated for 3 minutes. id, news fair/good
4319 USB 19+20+22/01 1950-2310 AFN, tx Diego Garcia, report news in EE. fair/good
4605 20/01 2132-2145 RRI Serui, Indonesia, local news 2132 poor/fair boc7
4770 19+20/01 1800-1900 FRCN Kaduna, Nigeria, in EE fair
4777 20+21/01 0515-0545 R.TV Gabonaise, Afro pop, FF, fair/good
4780 19...22/01 0410-0516;1700-1906 R.TV Djibouti, phone calls, raggae mx fair/good
4790 20+22/01 2120-2140 RRI Fak Fak, Indonesia, regional news 2130. poor/fair
4835 19+20+22/01 *2130-2205 ABC Alice Springs, Australia, s/on, id, nxs EE //4910, 5025 fair /good
4870 20/01 2119-2124 RRI Wamena (tent.), Indonesia, music. poor/ fair
4873,5v 19/01 2022-2045 unid Greek pirate, H 1624,5 x 3. be carefull ! poor/ fair
4874,6 20+22/01 2125-2140 RRI Sorong, Indonesia, local news 2130, id poor/ fair
4885 19...23/01 2120...0715 R. Clube do Para, Belem, Brasil, one of the few signals from Brasil! poor/fair
4895 21/01 2232-2302 Mongolian radio, home service, in //4830 khz. fai/good
4925 19/01 2159-2207 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, nx RRI National sce. 2200 poor/fair
4950 19/01 1952-1955 R. Nacional Angola, Portugues talks. fair/good
4965 19...22/01 1830-2120 The Christian Voice, Zambia, religious EE gospel songs. fair/good boc7
4976 19/01 1910-1940 R Uganda, Kampala, vernacular progr. fair/good boc7
4985 21/01 2122-2155 R Brasil Central, Goiania, Brazil, fade out 2155. poor/fair boc7
5005 22/01 2245-2255 R Nacional Bata, Equatorial Guinea, in ss, audio muffled fair/good boc7
5025 20...22/01 2005-2045 R. Parakou, Benin. in FF fair/good
5025 19...23/01 2255...0815 R. Rebelde, Cuba, "la emisora de la revolucion". fair/good
5026 19+20/01 1845-2003 R Uganda, Kampala English service, afro pop. poor/good boc7
5030 19...22/01 1840-2305; 0705-0713 R. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in French. poor/good
5066,3 20+21/01 0430-0515 La Voix du Peuple (R. Candip), Bunia, Congo. id French, nxs 0500. fair/good
5100 21/01 0410-0430 Radio Bana, Eritrea, Vernacular talks. poor/fair
5470 22/01 2030-2045 R. Veritas Liberia, talks in English poor/fair
5770 lsb 21/01 1455-1500 Myanmar Defences Forces, talks in burmese poor/fair
5964,9 19/01 1420-1435 RTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Suara Islam fm + after 1430 QRM China in Korean 5965 kHz. fair
6000 21/01 1425-1429 City Sound, Singapore, Mandarin program. talks. good
6010,1 20/01 0809-0814 La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, palabras de Dios. poor/fair
6049,6 19/01 1425-1435 RTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, syik fm program + PBS Tibet China QRM 6050 khz ( //7385 khz) fair/good
6055 19+20/01 2025-2050 R Rwanda, afro pop, dj in Swahili, phone calls. good
6185 20/01 0805-0810 R.Educacion, Mexico, Vatican Radio s/off at 0804. poor/fair
6220 19...22/01 1900-0105 Mystery Radio, Italian pirate, ids jingles, pop electronic mx. fair/good
6458 20+22/01 2040-2330 R. National Saharaui, problems with Utility marine. fair/v.good
6485,9 18+19/01 1934-0000* R. National Saharaui, in Arab then in Spanish 2315, free channel, but moved to 6458 khz. fair/v.good
6973 19...22/01 1555-2205 Galei Zahal, Israel, // 1287 kHz. News & songs. good
7185 19+20/01 1415-1630 R. Bangladesh, in hindi, with QRM CBS Taiwan in Mandarin. fair/good
7235 19+20/01 1415-1510 R. Warna, Singapore, Malay service, web url, id yl. fair/good
7270 19/01 1420-1433 RTM Kuching, Malaysia, in Iban, popular songs. fair/good
9610 21/01 *1000-1030 AWR Italy, tx Julich, Germany, Italian dx program "Studio Dx" nr.186, with Scaglione good
9704,15 20/01 1755-1805 R. Ethiopia, home service, talks vernac. live chanting. fair/good
9705 20/01 1645-2000 la voix du sahel, niger, news in french & vernacular. fair/good
11735 20/01 1615-1640 R Tanzania, Zanzibar, id, news, local program, in Swahili. good
11860 19+20/01 1500-1538 RRI Jakarta, Indonesia, National program, pop music good
We observed very poor conditions towards south america on SW bands. the reason may be the prolongued very low solar activity, always standing below 80 solar flux value. Better signals from asia and africa.
Labels: Bocca di Magra
24 January 2007
Stazioni costiere in DSC
A Bocca di Magra ho voluto provare ad ascoltare in DSC sul canale marittimo
dei 2187,5 anche perchè le bande in basso mi piacciono molto e purtroppo a
Milano sono impraticabili.
Gli ascolto più simpatici: Torshavn, Isole Faroe, e le isole Shetland.
(nella foto: il Golfo di Spezia al tramonto, by Luca Bernardini)
DSC Stazioni Costiere
2187,5 kHz - dalle 2208 UTC del 22/1 alle 0610 UTC del 23/1
Torshavn - Isole Faroe
Lyngby - Denmark
Bilbao - Spain
La Coruna - Spain
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Valencia - Spain
Izmir - Turkey
Las Palmas - Canary Islands
Aspropirgos Attikis - Greece
Oostende - Belgium
Olympia - Greece
Varna - Bulgaria
Istanbul - Turkey
Palermo - Italy
MRSC Humber - UK
Novorossiysk - Russia
Turku - Finland
Goteborg - Sweden
Witowo - Poland
Netherland Coast Guard
Floroe - Norway
Astrakhan - Russia
Makhachkala - Russia
MRSC Shetland - UK Shetland Islands
Malin Head - Ireland
Rogaland - Norway
Tjoeme - Norway
rx: Winradio G33EM
ant: Wellbrook LFL 1010
Labels: Bocca di Magra
18 January 2007
Ascolti in città
5014,4 16/1 0310 Radio Altura, Cerro de Pasco, with nice signal here in Milano. Music, commercials and several ids.
5035 17/1 0305 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, music, fair
5080,3 17/1 0220 R.Pakistan, Islamabad, talks, poor to fair, fading
6005 10/1 0005 DeutschlandRadio OFF AIR, so China Radio Int. from Canada fair, here in Milano
6134,8 17/1 0125 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, talks, comercials, ids SS, fair
6160 17/1 0238 CKZN St. John's, Canada, songs and talks, fair/good
6180 17/1 0030 Radio Nacional Brasilia, //11780 nice songs good
6215 17/1 0245-0300* Radio Republica, TX? SS, mx and talks, off at 0300 poor/fair New frequency
9565 17/01 0112 Radio Tupi, Brazil, religious, fair
9630 17/1 0105 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, good
9720 17/1 0100 Radio Victoria, Peru, usual talks, poor
11710,85 17/1 0045 RAE, Buenos Aires,PP talks & tangos & old songs, very
good
11815 17/1 0039 R Brasil Central, Goiana BRA, religious talks, fair
11915 17/1 0033 Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, BRA, talks, fair
rx: CiaoRadio H101 & AOR 5000+
ant: T2FD by RF Systems
5035 17/1 0305 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, music, fair
5080,3 17/1 0220 R.Pakistan, Islamabad, talks, poor to fair, fading
6005 10/1 0005 DeutschlandRadio OFF AIR, so China Radio Int. from Canada fair, here in Milano
6134,8 17/1 0125 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, talks, comercials, ids SS, fair
6160 17/1 0238 CKZN St. John's, Canada, songs and talks, fair/good
6180 17/1 0030 Radio Nacional Brasilia, //11780 nice songs good
6215 17/1 0245-0300* Radio Republica, TX? SS, mx and talks, off at 0300 poor/fair New frequency
9565 17/01 0112 Radio Tupi, Brazil, religious, fair
9630 17/1 0105 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, good
9720 17/1 0100 Radio Victoria, Peru, usual talks, poor
11710,85 17/1 0045 RAE, Buenos Aires,PP talks & tangos & old songs, very
good
11815 17/1 0039 R Brasil Central, Goiana BRA, religious talks, fair
11915 17/1 0033 Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, BRA, talks, fair
rx: CiaoRadio H101 & AOR 5000+
ant: T2FD by RF Systems
Labels: Ascolti a Milano
10 January 2007
Bocca di Magra, starting 2007
Some tips made in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia) with AOR 7030, SDR-14, CiaoRadio H101, Winradio G33EM and Kenwood R5000 receivers. Antenna Wellbrook LFL 1010. (In the picture, by Luca Bernardini, my house with my Wellbrook loop)
2325 2039 03/01 VL8T Tennant Creek, //2485 fair
2430 0515 04/01 Greek Pirate, songs Good
2485 2038 03/01 VL8K Katherine, Australia, talks Good
3252,6 2049 03/01 Greek Pirate, talks in Greek, 2 X harmonic Good
3296,8 2048 03/01 Greek Pirate, Greek music, 2 X harmonic Fair
3320 2219 04/01 Italian Pirate, Napolitan songs till 2223, again at 2228
then off Good
3330 0425 05/01 CHU Canada, time pips id FF & EE Good
3335 2030 03/01 Radio East Sepik, Papua NG, talks mentioning Sepik Fair
3396 2045 03/01 ZBC Gweru, Zimbabwe nice music Good
3880 0425 05/01 Voice of Communist Party, Iranian Clandestine, starting bc,
Farsi Good
3925 2055 03/01 Radio Nikkei, Japan, classical mx Fair
4319 2310 03/01 AFN, Diego Garcia, reports USB Good
4605 2132 04/01 RRI Serui, Indonesia, news Fair
4780 0140 04/01 Radio Cultural Coatan, Guatemala, talks Fair
4790 2118 03/01 RRI Fak Fak, Indonesia, at 2130 regional news Good
4805 2235 03/01 R. Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, songs Fair
4824,5 2243 03/01 La Voz de la Selva, Peru, music and talks poor
4845,25 2247 03/01 Ondas Tropicais, Brazil, nice even if Mauritania so close
(in USB) Fair
4855,3 2255 03/01 Radio La Hora, Cusco, Peru, music Poor
4874,6 2150 03/01 RRI Sorong, Indonesia, talks, id and news Good
4895 2240 03/01 Mongolian R. Murun, music //4830 Good
4925 2305 03/01 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, news and songs Fair
4950 0448 05/01 Radio Nacional de Angola, afro songs, low voice mod. Fair
5005 0020 04/01 Radio Nepal, talks, poor modulation Fair
5010 2325 03/01 R. Nasionaly Malagasy (pres), extended sched, mx, talks Good
5025 2120 04/01 ORTB, Parakou, Benin, nice mx, QRM Australia at 2130 Good
5026 0350 05/01 Radio Uganda, Kampala, talks, songs Fair
5039,3 0440 05/01 Radio Melodia Arequipa, mx, short talks Poor
5040 2143 04/01 Hrvatski Radio, songs //1134 Good
5066,38 0420 04/01 La Voix du People, Bunia, Congo afro songs tk in Vn, id
FF at 29 Fair
5919,7v 0215 04/01 WBOH, religious prg, sermon EE Fair
6010,1 0405 05/01 Radio Bahrain, pop songs non stop, (QRM Belarus 6010//279)
Poor
6171v 0504 04/01 VOA (Biblis Germany?) reports, out of frequency! Fair
7275 0631 05/01 FRCN Abuja, Nigeria, regional prg, at 0645 national prg EE
Good
If you like Latin America on SW: http://lasw.blogspot.com
Labels: Bocca di Magra
