23 September 2011
BOC 25 ascolti in onde corte
Bocca di Magra, panorama dopo la tempesta
Eccomi di ritorno da Bocca di Magra dove con Dario Monferini abbiamo fatto l'edizione numero 25 di BOC DX nights. Ricevitori: RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; Antenne: loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e MaxiWhip (verticale 7 metri).
La propagazione non è stata certo al massimo ma il divertimento non è mancato.
3975 19/9 1732 Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, traditional songs, fair
4800 20/9 1724 AIR Hyderabad, India, Indian songs, mixed with CNR China, poor/fair
4810 20/9 1726 AIR Bhopal, India, traditional music, fair
4835 20/9 2134 VL8A Alice Springs, Australia, talks, fair //5025 good (no 4910)
4840 20/9 1710 AIR Mumbai, India, Indian traditional songs, fair
4880 20/9 1714 SW Radio Africa, to Zimbabwe, political talks about Zimbabwe, in English, good
4895 17/9 2310 Mongolian Radio, talks woman, at 2315 slow songs, fair/good. No signal on 4830
4965 17/9 2317 CVC, Christian voice, Lusaka, Zambia, songs, fair
4976 20/9 1959 UBC Kampala, Uganda, in English, id at 2000, songs, good
5010 19/9 1728 Radio Madagascar, songs, talks, modulated only in USB, fair (no AIR India)
5010 20/9 1718 AIR Thiru... India, slow Indian long song, fair
5015 19/9 1720 AIR Delhi, India, pop songs, reported as FM channel, fair
5954 17/9 2330 no signal of Radio Republica, via Elcor tx, and no signal of Cuban jammer
5964.71 17/9 2327 RTM Klasik, Malaysia, music, fair, better than usual
5985 17/9 2324 Myanmar Radio, talks, some songs, fair, fading
5995 17/9 2321 Radio Malì, Bamako, afro songs, talks, fair
6010 17/9 2331 Belarus Radio, pop songs, very good signal tonight in // with 6040 & 6080 both better than usual too
6030 18/9 1844-1902* Radio Oromiya, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa style songs, talks, end of bc at 1902 after Hymn. fair
6035 18/9 1848 Radio Japan, Japan, Japanese slow traditional songs, fair/good
6055 20/9 2008 Radio Rwanda, in Vn, radio drama, very good. Stopped at 2030 by Iran in Spanish
6100 18/9 1900 Radio Serbia Internacional. Start bc in Spanish: "Esta es Radio Serbia Internacional...", news, very good. Over Family Radio, via Mayerton heard shortly in Portuguese.
6130 18/9 1902 TWR, Swaziland, slow songs, religious, few talks in African language, fair
6165 18/9 1858 Radio Diffusion Tchadienne, Chad, Afro song, id at 1901, news, in French, fair
6170 20/9 2010 VOA, Sao Tome, in French, conversation, fair
7200 18/9 1925 Radio Sudan, Omdurman, folk songs, low modulation, fair
7295 17/9 2343 Traxx FM, Malaysia, romantic pop songs like "You are my everything", fair/good
9235 19/9 1945 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks, good //18850 fair
9500 19/9 1950 Radio Australia, in English, reports, fair
9524.985 18/9 1838 Voice of Indonesia, in German, talks, songs, really good, signal over 9
9685 18/9 0002 Int. Radio Serbia, Balkan folk music, talks mentioning the radio, in Serbian, fair
9745 21/9 0024 Radio Bahrain, talks in Arabic, AM but modulated only in Upper side band, fair
9820 20/9 0011 Radio Austria International, Valzer music and ids in different language, fair
9835 19/9 1954 Sarawak FM (non), Malaysia, slow songs, id on hour as Wai FM, fair/good. It was in // with 11665 official frequency of Wai FM. So in the night they broadcast the same program whic is Wai FM. I went also on Internet to listen via web and I discovered that the web channels of Sarawak FM and Way FM are in // in the night time. According to the id the program is Wai FM. Web is in // with SW with a 2 about minutes delay.
11665 19/9 2012 Wai FM, Malaysia, songs then songs // 9835 (see 9835)
11725 19/9 2024 Radio New Zealand Int. reports in English, fair on 20/9 good
11740 19/9 1920-1929* Radio Damal, Clandestine to Somalia, talks, songs, ids, news, final id and s off at 1929UTC. Very good
11945 19/9 1933 Radio Hamada, Clandestine to Nigeria, long talks like comment, mentioning Darfur, Nigeria and other countries, Hausa, good
13362 20/9 2056 AFRTS Guam, USB, talks, English, fair
15344.14 20/9 2032 RAE, Argentina, in French, talks and nice songs, LSB to avoid Morocco.
15850 18/9 1833 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, good but deep fading
09 September 2011
Unid 7130 kHz
Here other tips from Milan city. Propagation on higher frequencies was poor. I observed an Asian BC on 7130 kHz fading out, could be Malaysia?
4885 8/9 2333 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, sport live, fair
5952.4 8/9 2345 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, long talks and some music, good modulation, fair
5995 8/9 2338 RTV du Malì, African songs, fair
6085 8/9 2345 Radio Rossii, but id not as Radio Rossii but like Radio Centr or something alike at 2359, maybe local bc, Siberia, talks and at 0000 news, Russian, weak
6090 9/9 0005 Gene Scott, Anguilla, religious speech, English, good
6134.8 9/9 0010 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, educational, Spanish, fair
6173.93 9/9 0017 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, Peru, folk peruan music, weak
6185 9/9 0025 Radio Educacion, Mexico, cultural talks, Spanish, weak/fair
7130 8/9 2313 Unid: could be Sarawak FM Malaysia ? Talks by woman in Asian language, songs.
Fading out. Poor/weak with Ham QRM.
7295 8/9 2308 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs and talks in English, fair, some QRM from CRI
RX: SDR-14 (SDR-Radio Software)
ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano
4885 8/9 2333 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, sport live, fair
5952.4 8/9 2345 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, long talks and some music, good modulation, fair
5995 8/9 2338 RTV du Malì, African songs, fair
6085 8/9 2345 Radio Rossii, but id not as Radio Rossii but like Radio Centr or something alike at 2359, maybe local bc, Siberia, talks and at 0000 news, Russian, weak
6090 9/9 0005 Gene Scott, Anguilla, religious speech, English, good
6134.8 9/9 0010 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, educational, Spanish, fair
6173.93 9/9 0017 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, Peru, folk peruan music, weak
6185 9/9 0025 Radio Educacion, Mexico, cultural talks, Spanish, weak/fair
7130 8/9 2313 Unid: could be Sarawak FM Malaysia ? Talks by woman in Asian language, songs.
Fading out. Poor/weak with Ham QRM.
7295 8/9 2308 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs and talks in English, fair, some QRM from CRI
RX: SDR-14 (SDR-Radio Software)
ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano
07 September 2011
Ascolti tranquilli in città
Alcuni ascolti tranquilli fatti in orari possibili con i ricevitori Collins 51S-1, Perseus, RFSpace SDR-14 e l'antenna T2FD. Il QTH è Milano city
9524.97 5/9 1809 Voice of Indonesia, international reports, in German,id at 1815, fair
Voice of Indonesia
5066.338 4/9 1803 tent. Radio Candip, Congo, talks mx, poor
6102 5/9 1610-1631* Radio Afghanistan, talks and songs, Urdu, yl final id and s.off at 1631 weak, better in USB
6155 5/9 1633 Radio Russia, DRM, label "DRM RUVR 1A", German, classic music, audio only sometimes
6170 5/9 1637 DW, Relay Sri Lanka, English, reports, fair
9235 5/9 1748 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, fair //15850
9310 5/9 1753 Deewa Radio, via Thailand to Afghanistan in Pashtu, reports ending with "(name of reporter) Deewa Radio Afghanistan", fair/good
9330 5/9 1757-1758* Radio Damascus, talks YL Russian, short music, fair, low modulation s.off at 1759
9330 *1800 5/9 Radio Damascus, signal on after 2 minutes off, start of BC in German, fair, low modulation
9355 5/9 1804 Radio Free Asia, Mariana Isl. (pres) talking in Chinese with strong QRM from Chinese Firedrake with music jamming the channel
9524.97 5/9 1809 Voice of Indonesia, international reports, in German,id at 1815, fair
Voice of Indonesia9645 7/9 1210 Radio Vaticana, in Italian, news and interviews, fair //7250 very good
11545 5/9 1735 Voice of Korea, North Korea, slow songs, talks in Arabic, id 1740 good
11565 5/9 1741 Radio Ashna, Sri Lanka, clandestine, mentioning many times Afghanistan, in Dari (reported), very good //11580 fair
11740 4/9 1834 Radio Damal, clandestine to Somalia, religious
11750 4/9 1829-1830* Sri Lanka BC, song, talk, abrupt signal off at 1830
11830 7/9 1145 Radio Habana, Cuba, music, talks, Spanish, weak
13264 7/9 1142 Shannon Volmet, Ireland, USB, airports info, good
15120 4/9 1818 Voice of Nigeria, in English, cultural reports about Yoruba, very good
15140 4/9 1813 Radio Sultanate of Oman, talks in Arabic, some music, weak
15140 5/9 1712-1715* AIR, Indian music, good, end of BC at 1715 s.off Then it was possible to hear Oman
15190 4/9 1808 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, talks, songs, good //11720 & 9395
15265 4/9 1821 Radio Pakistan, in Urdu, long talks, good //11590
15265 7/9 1100 Polskie Radio, start program in Russian, news, good, deep fading
15290 7/9 1103 Radio Jordan, in Arabic, talk like comment, fair
15320 7/9 1107 Radio Mashaal, via Thailand to Afghanistan, rep. in Pashtu, reports, fair //15360
15341.138 7/9 1112 RTV Marocaine, Arabic songs, very good
15360 5/9 1720 Voice of Asena, clandestine to Ethiopia, long talks like politics, good
15410 7/9 1116 All India Radio, Panaji, songs, talks about India, in Thai (rep), fair
15610 5/9 1730 WEWN, USA, conversation about family, English, good
15630 7/9 1120 Voice of Greece, political talks, Greek, good
15670 7/9 1123 Chinese Firedrake jamming a station (Voice of Free Asia?), very strong with usual terrible music
15680 7/9 1126 Radio Free Afghanistan, via Thailand, rep. in Dari, talks mentioning continuosly "Afghanistan", fair. At 1130 change of speaker and language with reports, mentioning also Pakistan
15825 4/9 1824 WWCR, USA, religious programme in English, good
15850 4/9 1826 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, this evening really pleasant signal
17520 4/9 1831 WHRI, USA, religious speech, in English, good
17695 7/9 1134 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, in Farsi, reports, fair
17734 5/9 1650-1659* Radio Japan, via France, fair, Japanese slow songs, 1659 s.off
17745 5/9 1842 Sudan Radio Service, talks like reports, African songs, very good
17840 7/9 1138 Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, usual Western and Arabic songs, in Arabic, good
