Radio & Communication SW

Ascolti toscani con la windom di Zorro

2011-12-23T22:00:00.004+01:00

Ecco qualche ascolto fatto a Pescia, in Toscana, con la nuova antenna windom lunga 60 metri che mi ha costruito l'amico Alessandro Capra. E' stata però montata alla mia maniere, insomma alla meno peggio. Nel senso che da solo non potevo tirare giù il palo che ho sul tetto e issarla come dovuto in alto. Allora mi sono arrangiato montandola bassa con un andamento a zeta. Insomma la "Zorro windom". Comunque, rispetto alla filare di 30 metri montata in alto ha dimostrata di andare meglio quasi sempre. Ecco qualche ascolto in onde corte. Il ricevitore è l'Excalibur Pro G33DDC.

4750 17/12 1456 Mix China & Bangladesh, talks & songs both till id. After 15 only chinese mx. Bangladesh off?

4810 17/12 1435 Radio Armenia, in Farsi, reports, id at 1459, fair

4840 17/12 1500 AIR Mumbai, India, id, short talks, music, Hindi, fair

4870 17/12 1445 Sedaye Kashmir, Voice of Kashmir, AIR, Delhi, India, slow songs, fair

4910 17/12 1455 AIR Jaipur, India, songs, id at 1459, talks, fair

5000 17/12 1430 IBF, Torino, Italy, ids, nice modulation, good!

5950 17/12 1520 Radio New Zeland Int, old songs and talks in English, QRM from Voice of Tigray Revolution with Horn of Africa style songs. With windom antenna RNZI over, with 30 m long wire V.of Tigray over ! RNZI nice signal.

6095 18/12 1250 KBC Radio, Wertachtal, Germany, great songs, ids, very good

6130 17/12 1542 PBS Xizang, Tibet, China, English programme, good

7200 17/12 *1530 Radio Afghanistan, start bc in English, ids, news at 1532, fair, some fading

7235 17/12 1550 Voice of Tajik, Tajikistsan, some talks and national style songs, very similar to those on 4765 at the same time. (but not in parallel). Fair. Stopped at 1558 by R. Romania Int. DRM not usable but jamming 3 channels !

7235 17/12 2253 Belaruskaye Radio, Belarus, songs, good //6040

7255 17/12 2245 Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, Talks in African language mentioning Nigeria and Lybia. Fair

7295 17/12 2235 Traxx FM, Malaysia, oldies, fair/good, nice signal, but fading

9526 18/12 1700 La Voz de Indonesia, Jakarta, start program in Spanish, Id, news, low modulation, fair signal

9595 18/12 1659 FEBA, Kigali, Rwanda, start program in Oromo, ids, music, talks, songs Horn of Africa style. Very good

9650 18/12 1658 Radio Sonder Grense, Meyerton, South Africa, in Afrikaans, slow song, talk, id, commercials,

9690 18/12 1637 Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, reports in African language, mentioning Africa many times. Then Irak and America. Good signal but hum in modulation.

9705 18/12 1700 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, id in French, news read by man, over Radio Ethiopia (female voice). Fair

9725 18/12 1645 RTT Tunis, Tunisia, Arabic songs, good //630 MW

9765 18/12 1700 Radio New Zealand Int., Good morning, weather, news, in English, good

9835 18/12 1654 Sarawak FM, Malaysia, songs, talks, id, time, at 1700 news, fair

9950 17/12 2229-2232* AIR, India, DRM in English, id news, abrupt s.off at 2232. Good

11660 18/12 1648 Radio Australia, Shepparton, English, talks, fair

15190 18/12 1315 The Overcomer Ministry, via Tiganesti, Romania, religious talks, id at 1326 with address in North Carolina, good

Qualche problema per Radio Afghanistan

2011-12-13T18:02:00.002+01:00

Qualche altro ascolto metropolitano. Il trasmettitore di Radio Aghanistan deve avere avuto qualche problema. Bene Voice of Tibet in perenne fuga dal Jamming di Pechino

5010.185 11/12 1810 Radio Madagascar, songs, weak

7190 11/12 1715 Voice of Brad Masses (presumed), Eritrea, id at 1730 but not sure, Vn, talks also about Somalia, Horn of African short piece of musics, fair (not on my lists)

7200 11/12 1530-1543* !!! Radio Afghanistan, start BC in English, news, fair, at 1543 suddenly off air. Some tx problems?

9500 11/12 1850 TWR Swaziland, African language, Talks mentioning African countries and radios, Afro song, end of BC and id at 1900

9525.94 11/12 1908 Voice of Indonesia, English program, news, low modulation, fair

9550 11/12 1924-1927* FEBA, Kigali, Rwanda, Arabic program, end at 1927, good

9575 11/12 1930 Medì 1, Nador, Morocco, news in French, at 1943 sport, very good

9680 11/12 1919 Radio Thailand, English program, id and reports, fair, real good modulation

11780 11/12 1950 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, songs, fair

15285 13/12 1244 Athmeeya Yatra, Clandestine via Germany, Asian language, talks, some musics, ids, Fair

15420.040 11/12 1815 WBCQ The Planet, Monticello, USA, sermon by woman, carrier modulated only in the upper side, tx drifting, fair

15503.11 11/12 1255 Voice of Tibet, talks like reports, with live people "sounds", id with music like hymn at 1300. Fair (not on my lists)

15610 11/12 1248 EWTN, Vandiver, USA, in English, talks about Indonesia, good

15720 11/12 1245 Radio New Zealand Int., today with a good signal, so I can use AMS with 9 kHz filter for good audio. In English, soft raggae, Good

15825 11/12 1242 WWCR, Nashville, USA, religious, in English, good

15850 11/12 1238 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs in Hebrew, fair, same fading

17695 11/12 1418 OneAfrica CVC, Lusaka, Zambia, pop songs, "quality music", today with nice signal, good propagation

17715 11/12 1415 VOA, Moepeng Hill, Botswana, reports in English, good

21600 11/12 1408 World Harvest Radio, Cypress Creek, USA, strong religious speech, music, in English, fair

RX: Excalibur Pro; ANT: T2FD di 15 metri; QTH: Milano città

Dal nostro inviato in Malaysia

2011-12-12T22:18:00.002+01:00

Dal nostro inviato speciale in Malaysia, Michele D'Amico, ecco qualche ascolto fatto con il sempre efficiente Degen DE1103. Michele è stato per lavoro a Johor Bahru, a pochi chilometri da Singapore. Qualche problema con i tx attivi a Kranji che sporcavano i canali 10 kHz sopra e sotto.
Michele tra l'altro osserva: "Ho notato che le bande tropicali sono molto più vive che in Ecuador, dove sono stato un mese fa, grazie ai tanti canali indiani ancora attivi. Le altre bande abbondano di segnali anche forti, nelle lingue più disparate..."

Australia, 5995, R. Australia Brandon, 1048, 04/12, English, current affairs. Fair (SIO 353)

Australia, 6080, R. Australia Shepparton, 1301, 04/12, English, ID, news. Fair (SIO 354)

Australia, 11660, R. Australia Shepparton, 1450, 04/12, English, live calls and talk about sex. Very good (SIO 555)

Bangladesh, 4750, Radio Bangladesh Betar, 1412, 02/12, local (Indian) music. Good (SIO 444)

Burma, 5986, R. Myanmar, 1046, 04/12, Vernacular, talk by male and female speaker, regional music. Good (SIO 454)

China, 4940, Voice of Strait, Fuzhou, 1334, 04/12, Chinese, talk under India. Poor (SIO 322)

China, 4950, Voice of Pujiang, 1425, 02/12, Chinese, man and woman talking. Fair (SIO 344)

China, 5050, Beybu Bay Radio, Nanning, 1429, 02/12, chinese melodic music, ID in Chinese and English. Very good (SIO 555)

China, 6000, CNR 1, Beijing, 1049, 04/12, Chinese, talk, parallel with 6030. Good (SIO 444)

China, 6030, CNR 1, Beijing, 1050, 04/12, Chinese, talk, parallel with 6000. Fair (SIO 343)

Guam, 15200, KTWR Agana, 1500, 04/12, English, sing-on, ID, frequencies, reading of the Bible, according to which "believers should not marry non-believers". Very good (SIO 454)

India, 4775, AIR Imphal, 1415, 02/12, Vernacular, talk and music. Fair (SIO 343)

India, 4800, AIR Hyderabad, 1417, 02/12, Vernacular, talk, under China. Poor (SIO 322)

India, 4810, AIR Mumbai, 1419, 02/12, Vernacular, live sport. Good (SIO 454)

India, 4840, AIR Mumbai, 1421, 02/12, Vernacular, not in parallel with 4810. Good (SIO 454)

India, 4880, AIR Lucknow, 1410, 02/12, English, live sport, AD. Good (SIO 454)

India, 4895, AIR Kolkata, 1422, 02/12, Vernacular, local songs. Fair (SIO 344)

India, 4910, AIR Jaipur, 1330, 04/12, Vernacular, talk, Indian music.
Fair (SIO 333)

India, 4920, AIR Chennai, 1332, 04/12, Vernacular, Indian music, QRM from co-channel China. Poor (SIO 322)
India, 4940, AIR Guwahati, 1423, 02/12, Vernacular, live sport, QRM with China. Fair (SIO 433)

India, 4970, AIR Shillong, 1336, 04/12, Vernacular, Indian music, female speaker talk. Fair (SIO 343)

India, 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 1341, 04/12, Vernacular, talk. Very good (SIO 454)

India, 5040, AIR Kolkata, 1427, 02/12, English, live sport. Fair (SIO
344)

Indonesia, 3325, RRI Palangka Rata, 1040, 04/12, Vernacular, male speakers talking, Good (SIO 454)

Malaysia, 5965, RTM Kuala Lumpur, 1045, 04/12, Malay, male talk, local melodic music. Very good (SIO 555)

Malaysia, 6050, RTM Sarawak, 1055, 04/12, Malay, male talk, local melodic music. Very good (SIO 555) on 04/12 NO traces of RTM Sarawak on 5030, RTM Wai FM on 6100, RTM Sarawak on 7235

Oman, 15140, Radio Sultanate Oman, 1425, 02/12, English, world news read by a male speaker. Fair to good (SIO 433)

Vietnam, 6020, V.o.Vietnam 4, Daclac, 1404, 04/12, Vernacular, male and female speakers talking. Very Good (SIO 544)

Radio Aghanistan su 7200 kHz

2011-12-07T18:10:00.008+01:00

Ecco qualche altro ascolto milanese, con Radio Aghanistan su 7200 la Nuova Zelanda su 4 frequenze

5950 5/12 *1259 Radio New Zealand Int. Start, news, English, poor

6145 4/12 1844 Voice of Russia, DRM, double program, 1A in French & 1B in English, (you select the button 1 or 2 on Excalibur Pro in DRM mode in audio panel) both reports, good signal, sporadic audio stops

7105 6/12 2228 Unid Chinese Radio, music, talks like reports, good

7200 5/12 1607-1632* Radio Afghanistan, in Urdu, songs, talks, clear id at 16.17 Radio Afghanistan.. Urdu...", signal around 9 but QRM from CRI in Arabic on 7205. S.off at 1632

7225 6/12 1935 RTT, Sfax, Tunisia, home service in Arabic, talk like politics, //630 Very good

7300 4/12 1849 Voice of Russia, DRM, double program, 2A in English & 2B in Russian, reports about elections, good signal but several audio stops

7325 5/12 1142 Voice of Russia, DRM, double program 1A in Russian, 1B in German, some audio stop, fair signal

9765 5/12 1622 Radio New Zealand Int., in English, interviews about world affairs, fair/good

9805 6/12 1941 Radio Romania Int. DRM, in German, Romanian music, good signal but audio stops, so non usable

11655 4/12 1855 Radio Nederland, Talata, Madagascar, English, introducing a program made with Radio New Zealand. Int., ids, good

11670 6/12 2224 AIR, Bangaluru, India, End of English program, id, schedules, Indian music, good

11690 4/12 1900 AWR, Moonsbruun, Austria, start of Bc in Hausa, id in English, music, talks, fair

11725 4/12 1840 Radio New Zealand Int. Vanuatu news, good

11765 4/12 1905 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, usual sermons, fair, early time

11775 4/12 1900 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla, English, religious songs, fair/good

11860 4/12 1900 AWR, via Wertachtal, Germany, id multilangage, also Italian, and program in Wolof, Good

11875 4/12 1900 Radio Taiwan Int., via Issoudun, France, in French, start of the programme and news, good

11945 5/12 1133 Radio Australia, Shepparton, songs, id, in English, fair

11975 4/12 1900 Afia Darfur, via Sao Tome to Sudan, id, start bc, weak

12070 4/12 1900 DW, Kigali, Rwanda, start program in English, fair

13700 7/12 1237 Mashaal Radio, Iranawila, Sri Lanka, in Pashto to Afghanistan, talks like reports with id at the end of each report, fair //15760 weak

13970 5/12 1125 Firedrake, Chinese music jammer, fair

14950 5/12 1248 UNID, Utility USB, communications in English mentionining Delaware City, fair

15034 5/12 1244 Trenton Volmet, Canada, airports weather info, USB, fair

15225 7/12 1222 Radio Veritas, Philippines, slow song, talks in Asian language (reported as Karen), at 1230 id nad start a program in another language, good

15345.21 6/12 1954 RAE, Argentina, end Italian program, economic talks, ids, fair

15480 6/12 1958 AWR, Meyerton, South Africa, music, id, start program in Arabic, fair

15720 5/12 1239-1258* Radio New Zealand Int., English, interviews, good

17695 6/12 1948 CVC OneAfrica, Lusaka, Zambia, pop songs, English talks, fair

17800 7/12 1200 DW, Kigali, Rwanda, News in French, weak but clear

21680 7/12 1138 Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria tx, Spanish, talks about Cuba, fair, ids, fair

21715 7/12 1143 Radio Farda, Iranawila, Sri Lanka, in Farsi, songs (also Eagles with Hotel California)

25000 5/12 1112 Mikes Espoo, Finland, time bips, fair

RX: Winradio G33DCC Excalibur Pro
Ant: T2FD 15 m long

Photo from CERF website http://ochaonline.un.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1719
Radio and telecommunications equipment in Afghanistan Photo: IRIN

Ascolti nel noise cittadino

2011-12-02T21:03:00.005+01:00

Ecco qualche ascolto fatto a Milano nel rumore.

RX: Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro - Ant: T2FD

3975 29/11 0109 Azad Kashmir Radio, Pakistan, slow songs, talks, fair

4500 29/11 0118 CNR, Urumqui, China, talks in Mongolian (pres), ids around 0120 sounding like China Radio". Fiar/good

4765 29/11 0122 Tajik Radio, this night weaker then usual, songs, weak

4840 29/11 0125 WWCR, Nashville, USA, talks about population of USA and world, Good

4880 1/12 0109 AIR Lucknow, India, Indian songs, fair

5040 29/11 0128 Radio Habana, Cuba, in Creole, talks about Washington politics in Latin America and Caribbean. Very Good

5446.5 1/12 AFRTS, Key West, FL, USA, talks sport, fair, in USB, //7811

5755 1/12 0020 WTWW, Lebanon, TN, USA, night show & religious talks, good

5810 29/11 0134 WEWN, Vandiver, USA, talks in Spanish about the end of life and eutanasia, fair/good

5860 29/11 0131 Radio Farda, Irana Wila, Sri Lanka, news, id and songs as usual, fair with fading //5830 good

5952.41 29/11 0139 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, nice music and phone conversation man/woman, fair

5960 29/11 0152 Radio Kuwait, Holy Kuran, good signal, but QRM from VOA and, after 0200, Radio Japan via Canada

6040 29/11 0203 Vatican Radio, via Bonaire, in Spanish, reports, fair, QRM from Belaruskoye Radio

6079.95 29/11 0215 Radio Marumby, Curitiba, Brazil, religious sermon (the Lord our doctor) //web streaming, fair

6080 29/11 0400 VOA, Sao Tome, news in English, fair, QRM from Radio Marumby

6090 29/11 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla, usual talks, very good tonight

6095 29/11 0229 IRIB, Voice of Iran, start program (reported Pashtu), id, Holy Kuran. Good

6110 29/11 0420 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa music & talks, fair

6160 29/11 0233 Radio Rossii, tx? Russian, talks, fair. No CBC Canada

6184.99 29/11 0240 Radio Educacion, Mexico, popular LA music, weak

6260 29/11 0250 CVC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Hindi program, songs and talks, good

7180 29/11 0307 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, Horn of Africa songs, fair

7245 29/11 0434 Radio Mauritanie, in Arabic, talks, good signal but modulation a little low

7365 29/11 0320 Radio Marti, USA, talks about Cuban society, very strong 9+30 //7405

7811 1/12 AFRTS, Key West, FL, USA, interview, fair, in USB

10000 1/12 0002 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, usual ids, weak/fair

11710.81 29/11 0351 RAE, Argentina, in French, reports, fair (in USB to avoid CRI in Russian on 11710) - on 1/12 at 0035 id in Portuguese and songs, very good!

11695 1/12 00.40 VOA, Tinang, Philippines, "Special English" programme, fair

11765 29/11 0357 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, religious talks, fair/good

11780 1/12 0043 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, nice folk Brazilian songs, fair/good

11815 29/11 0333 Radio Brasil Central, songs, good

11925.19 1/12 0046 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, commercials, talks, id, fair in USB to avoid QRM from CNR

12230 29/11 0347 Firedrake, Chinese music jammer, good

15189.92 1/12 0051 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, romantic songs, id, jingle, talks about the church of Santa Rita, fair, the only one station on 15 MHz with an accettable signal!

BOC 26 - IBF Torino 5000 on air

2011-11-18T23:02:00.007+01:00

Ecco qualche ascolto fatto durante BOC 26, Bocca di Magra DX nights, con Dario Monferini.

RX: Excalibur Pro, Perseus, SDR-IQ
Ant: MaxiWhip, Wellbrool LFL 1010 loop

2325 16/11 2026 VL8T ABC, Tennant Creek, Australia, songs, news at 2030, fair/good //2310 & 2485

2485 16/11 2033 VL8K ABC, Katherine, Australia, news, fair/good //2310 & 2325

3270 13/11 2305 Greek Pirate 2x Harmonic, fair, talks & songs, fair

3330 13/11 2327 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, weak

3341.4 16/11 2124 Greek Pirate 1670 kHz x 2 Harmonic, songs, fair

3358.4 12/11 1925-1929* Greek Pirate 2x H talks, music, fair, off at 19.29

3413 13/11 2105 Shannon Volmet, Ireland, airports meteo, id, USB, good

3912 16/11 2103 Voice of the People (pres), North Korea, talks woman & man in Asian language, fair, utility QRM

3915 16/11 2110 BBC WS, Kranij, Singapore, reports, good in LSB to avoid utility

3975 16/11 2114 Vatican Radio, English program, interview, good

3984.95 16/11 2118 Voice of Croatia, Croatian, reports, also talks about Milosevic trial, good

3995 13/11 2111 HCJB, Kall/Auf der Heide, Germany, songs, religious talks, in English, fair signal but very good audio

4750.01 12/11 1735-1739* CNR Hailar, China (pres), slow music, id, off, weak

4828 15/11 2031 Voice of Zimbabwe, talks, weak

4840 13/11 0319 WWCR, Nashville, USA, long religious lesson, English, good

4840 14/11 0013 AIR Mumbai, India, slow Indian songs, fair

4880 12/11 1745 SW Radio Africa, via South Africa, songs, several ids, report from Harare, good

4885 16/11 2045 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, talks, fair, it's here early tonight

4910 16/11 2131 VL8T, ABC Tennant Creek, Australia, news, fair //5025 fair/good

4930 16/11 2049-2100* VOA, Moepeng Hill, Botswana, nice African songs, id and s.off, good

4940 14/11 0010 AIR Guwahati, India, slow Indian songs, fair

5000 15/11 1639 IBF Torino, Italy, ids in Italian, French, English, fair S=5/6 reports to QSL@radiomaria.org

5010.188 12/11 1752 Radio Madagascar, talks woman, fair signal, low modulation, better on 16/11 at 1915

5025 13/11 2132 VL8K ABC Katherine, Australia, talks, English, weak - no ABC on 4910, only a carrier on 4835

5040 14/11 0023 Radio Habana, Cuba, songs and reports, in English, good

5909.94 13/11 2350 Alcaravan Radio, Colombia, nice Colombian music, weak

5915 14/11 0002 Radio Myanmar, talks by woman, slow Asian music and songs, weak/fair

6015 13/11 1308 TDP Radio, Belgium, DRM, label: TDP Radio, write to us at TDPradio pobox 1 2310 Rijkevorsel Belgium.... music, good audio, no stops

6030 14/11 2145-2147* Radio Romania Int. DRM, English program, abrupt s.off at 2147 TX problems? Good audio but no label, SNR = 17,5 dB

6055 12/11 1957 Radio Rwanda, talks in Vn, fair after CRI s.off

6155 14/11 2133 Radio Belarus, English program, "music box", good

6165 14/11 2140 RDN Tchadienne, Chad, long talk about politics, French, fair/good

6210 14/11 0003 Unid in Greek, talks, songs, weak but good modulation ?

6295 13/11 2120 Reflections Europe, religious, songs, ids, in English good

6317 13/11 0232 WLO, USA, CW id (controlla frequenza)

7179v 14/11 2015 Radio Rossii, talks in Russian, id, fair with some fading, mix product presumed

7189.76 14/11 0023 SLBC, Sri Lanka, slow songs, few talks by woman, fair

7265 14/11 2022 CRI, Urumqi, China, program in Esperanto, some one is still using Esperanto! good

7295 14/11 0018 Traxx FM, Malaysia, rap & pop songs, fair

7850 13/11 2324 CHU, Canada, pips, time & ids, good

9425 14/11 2042 AIR National Channel, Bangaluru, India, Indian slow songs, fair

9500 14/11 2048 Radio Australia, Shepparton, talks about life abroad, fair

9524.97 12/11 1800 Voice of Indonesia, start in German, news, good

9705 16/11 1837 Radio Ethiopia, talks in Vn and HOA music, good

9950 12/11 2142 AIR, Delhi, India, DRM broadcast, Indian romantic songs, no label, good

10000 13/11 2318 WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, pips & time, male voice, good

11725 16/11 1830 Radio New Zealand International, Pacific reports, in English, good

12362 13/11 2140 VMW Wiluna, Australia, maritime, meteo info, weak

15000 16/11 1815 WWVH, Honolulu, Hawaii, time ann. by female voice, very weak

15120 16/11 1942 Voice of Nigeria, in English, interview, good but with hum

15140 16/11 1945 Radio Sultanate of Oman, talks in Arabic, interview, meybe reports, ids at 1952, music, songs, good

15330 13/11 1935 Radio Martì, USA, great id, song, Spanish, good

15850 13/11 1318 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks, music, weak

Michele in Ecuador

2011-10-31T16:55:00.002+01:00

di Michele D'Amico

Ho passato due settimane a Guayaquil (Ecuador) per lavoro e ho portato con me la fida Degen 1103 ed il solito pezzo di filo lungo 5 metri. Ho ritagliato qualche ora qualche sera per fare un po' di ascolto. Due cose mi hanno colpito. La prima è quanti pochi segnali ci siano in 49 e 41 metri la sera in questa parte del pianeta; in Europa siamo abituati ad avere segnali violentissimi e tante stazioni; qui ho contato forse 10 stazioni in 49 metri con segnali tutto sommato di modesta intensità.
L'altra cosa che mi ha sorpreso (ma forse neanche tanto) è quanto vuote siano le bande tropicali; ho ascoltato 4 o 5 stazioni con una certa regolarità, incluse le "superpower" cubane; forse sarei dovuto venire da queste parti 20 anni fa....

Argentina, 11710, RAE, General Pacheco, 0316, 25/10, French, Latin American news read by a male speaker. Good (SIO 454). (D'Amico/GYE)
Bolivia, 5953 (on my dial), Emisora Pio XII, 0015, 27/10, Spanish, male and female speakers talking about Bolivian current affairs. Fair (SIO 353). (D'Amico/GYE)
Brasil, 4865, R. Alvorada de Londrina (tent.), 0958, 19/10, Portughese, male speaker preaching "Ave Maria..". Poor (SIO 242). (D'Amico/GYE)
Chile, 9780, CVC Voz Cristiana, 0020, 27/10, Spanish, talking on "caracteristicas de la personas maturas..". Very good (SIO 454).
(D'Amico/GYE)
Colombia, 5910, Marfil Estereo, 0244, 22/10, Spanish, Latin American songs, talk. Fair (SIO 353). (D'Amico/GYE).
Colombia, 6010, Voz de tu Cosciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0252, 22/10, Spanish, Latin American songs. Fair (SIO 343). (D'Amico/GYE)
Costa Rica, 5995, REE via Cariari de Pococi, 0248, 22/10, Spanish, talk about current affairs. Good (SIO 454). (D'Amico/GYE)
Costa Rica, 3350, REE via Cariari de Pococi, 0426, 26/10, Spanish, talk.
Fair (SIO 343). (D'Amico/GYE)
Cuba, 5025, R. Rebelde, La Habana, 1039, 19/10, Spanish, talk and music,
"6 y 40 de la manana", good (SIO 344). (D'Amico/GYE)
Cuba, 9620, r.Habana Cuba, 0308, 25/10, Spanish, ID, news from Central and South America. Good (SIO 444). (D'Amico/GYE) Cuba, 15230, r. Habana Cuba, 2302, 26/10, Spanish, music program "Cantos de Cuba, cantos campesinos". Very good (SIO 555). (D'Amico/GYE)
Equador, 4815, R. El Buon Pastor, Loma da Carboncillo, 0235, 22/10, Spanish, male speaker reading religious stories from listeners, good (SIO 444). (D'Amico/GYE)
Equador, 6050, HCJB, Quito, 0240, 22/10, Spanish, talk about "la Iglesia y come se predica", fair (SIO 353). (D'Amico/GYE) Equador, 1510, instituto Oceanografico de la Armada, Guayaquil, 0255, 25/10, Spanish, bips every second, male speaker announcing time every minute. Very good (SIO 555). (D'Amico/GYE)
Equador, 3810, instituto Oceanografico de la Armada, Guayaquil, 0250, 25/10, Spanish, bips, male speaker announcing time every 10 seconds. Fair (SIO 354)(D'Amico/GYE)
Netherland Antilles, 5905, DW via Bonaire, 1007, 19/10, German, news.Good (SIO 454). (D'Amico/GYE)
Netherland Antilles, 6165, RNW via Bonaire, 0001, 27/10, Spanish, ID, news, good. (SIO 454). (D'Amico/GYE)
Peru (tent.), 4775, R. Tarma (tent.), Tarma, 0155, 27/10, Spanish, male talking, no ID, off at about 0200. Poor (242). (D'Amico/GYE)
Peru, 4790, Radio Vision, Chiclayo, 0943, 19/10, Spanish, listeners calling in live and praying with the speaker. Fair (SIO 343). (D'Amico/GYE)
Peru, 6020, R. Victoria, Lima, 0006, 27/10, Spanish, man talking, ID. Fair (SIO 353).(D'Amico/GYE)
USA, 4840, WWCR, NAshville, 0953, 19/10, English, ads, jungle, fair to good (SIO 344). (D'Amico/GYE)
USA, 5980, R. Marti, Greenville, 1003, 19/10, Spanish, noticias, ID, in parallel with 6030, very good (SIO 555). (D'Amico/GYE) USA, 7400, DW via Cypress Creek, 1037, 19/10, German, talk and music, good (SIO 454). (D'Amico/GYE)
USA, 7405, R. Marti, Greenville, 0309, 27/10, Spanish, noticias, ID, annuncement of the new frequency 9955. Good (SIO 444). (D'Amico/GYE)
USA, 12133.5, AFRTS, 0323, 25/10, English, political discussion, USB.
Good (SIO 444). (D'Amico/GYE)

49 metri e oltre

2011-10-22T21:12:00.002+02:00

Questi sono ascolti in onde corte, dai 49 metri andando in alto, fatti a Bocca di Magra (Liguria) e a Pescia (Toscana). Molti sono stati realizzati ancora una volta con la MaxiWhip, sempre realizzata con un filo di circa 7 metri e il balun 1:32. Stavolta ho usato due fili (invece di uno) di circa 5 metri come radiali. Confermo le impressioni positive. L'ho anche utilizzata con il mio portatile Eton E1 e anche con questo rx si è dimostrata molto performante e poco rumorosa. La mia filare di Pescia, lunga 30 metri, è molto più rumorosa, con un rapporto S/N peggiore della MaxiWhip.

5950 17/10 1735 Voice of Tigray Revolution (pres), Ethiopia, long talks, fair

5995 18/10 2246 RTV du Malì, Afro songs, fair

6025 17/10 2115 PBS Xisang, China, in Tibetan (pres), talks and slow songs, good, //6130 & 6200 NO Iran on the frequency

6030 17/10 1740 Radio Oromiya, Ethiopia, talks with some music, Horn of Africa area style, fair

6055 17/10 1745 Radio Rwanda, long talks with people voices in background, Vn, good

6065 14/10 Voice of Russia, DRM, two programs: you can choose English or French, audio with many holes.

6080 14/10 1921 Radio Kuwait, Arabic, talks, fair //13650

6080 17/10 2120 VOA, via Botswana, in English, old songs, fair

6100 18/10 1835 International R.Serbia, in English, music, culture (an exibition in Verona, Italy). Good

6110 14/10 1916 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, songs Horn of Africa style, fair with fading with QRM from CRI in Russian

6130 14/10 1907 TWR, Swaziland, African song, talks in Vn, good

6165 14/10 1912 RDN Tchadienne, Chad, talks in French, good

6565 16/10 2140 Powerliner, Pirate from Holland, ids, mail, phone number too, songs, really good

7210 14/10 1948 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, songs, //6110 poor under Voice of Korea (North) in English

7240 13/10 2350 Xizang RGD, Lhasa, China, talks man & woman, good //4820

7280 13/10 2340 Belaruskaje Radio, rock, good //6070 &

7295 13/10 2332 Traxx FM, Malaysia, nice songs, talks in English about California and Hong Kong, good

7425 14/10 1954 Radio Nederland, via Madagascar, in English, song, id, talks, fair

7850 18/10 2243 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, weak

9330 18/10 2213 Radio Damascus, Syria, reports in Spanish, low modulation, in LSB to avoid WBCQ The Planet (USA) that modulates only upper side of the carrier. Fair signal but overall poor.

9395 17/10 1915 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, Tagalog, talks and music, fair //15190 & 11720

9500 18/10 2219 Radio Nederland, via Kigali, Rwanda, in Dutch, talks mentioning Nederland many times, very good

9505 14/10 2037 CVC OneAfrica, Lusaka, Zambia, talks, English, good

9524,97 14/10 2040 Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesian songs, in French, strong signal, QRM CRI in Russian, fair, better in LSB

9525 17/10 1919 TWR, Swaziland, religious songs, fair, QRM CRI in Russian, fair (over China)

9550 17/10 1923 FEBA Radio, via Kigali, Rwanda, talks in Arabic, fair

9565 17/10 2140 Radio Martì, USA, to Cuba, talks, good

9570 18/10 2223 Medì 1, Morocco, usual songs prg, very good S 9+40

9580 15/10 2138 Africa 1, Gabon, usual songs prg, good

9665 14/10 2050 PMR Pridnestrovye Moldova (Russian Enclave), Songs, id in Russian at 2056 and hymn, very good

9675 17/10 2132 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, Voz do Brazil (pres), fair. Stopped at 2159 by CRI

9680 14/10 2058 Radio Thailand, in Thai, talks, Very good S 9+20 /9+30 time signal on the hour

9705 15/10 2050-2100* Radio Ethiopia, music, id and s.off at 2100

9705 17/10 2150 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, African songs, in French, fair/good

9710 17/10 1927 Radio Australia, Shepparton, reports, in English, weak

9720 13/10 2350 Radio Veritas, Philippines, talks in Asian language, end prg at 2357, good

9725 17/10 1929 RTT, Tunisia, talks in Arabic, good, national program //630 & 12005

9730 14/10 2101 Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi Sontay, start of Bc in French, news, very good

9745 13/10 2359 Radio Bahrain, talks by woman in Arabic, songs, carrier modulated only in upper side. Good

9745 14/10 2104 Voice of Han (pres), Taiwan, Chinese, talks, fair, better in LSB because Radio Bahrain is Co-channel broadcasting, but they modulate only upper side of the carrier, so in LSB I get no interference

9835 14/10 2109 RTM Sarawak FM, Malaysia, Holy Kuran, short religious talk, then songs no stop, fair/good

9950 17/10 1934 AIR, India, DRM, good audio but with some stops, English, news and music. NO LABEL !

10000 13/10 0005 WWV, Fort Collins, USA, male voice, pips & time, fair

11589.2 18/10 2151 UNID Arab bc, really distorted modulation, same talks and Arabic songs. Strong signal, terrible audio

11650 14/10 2020 Radio Australia, reports in English, fair //11880

11665 13/10 2024 Wai FM, Malaysia, pop songs, talks, fair, destroyed at 2029 by CRI on 11660

11670 18/10 2201 AIR, India, English service to Europe, news, very good

11720 17/10 1910 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, in Tagalog, fair, //15190

11725 13/10 2020 Radio New Zealand Int. reports in English, fair

11740 17/10 1905 Radio Damal, via Woofferton UK to Somalia, talks in Somali mentioning Somalia, nice music, very good

11765 14/10 2014 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, talks, fair

11830 17/10 1901 VOA Darfur, via Botswana, talks like reports, mentions of Darfur, in Arabic, fair //9800 fair & 9600 very good

11880 14/10 2024 Radio Australia, reports in English, good //11650 At 2028 QRM from R. Romania Int. starting bc

11930 14/10 2030 Radio Martì, USA, id, QRM Saudi Arabia co-channel, poor/fair

11975 17/10 1854-1858* Lutheran World Federation, via Issoudun, France, talks in African language, id, end BC at 1858, fair

12005 17/10 1850 RTT, Tunisia, 1850, songs, talks in Arabic fair //630 MW

12035 18/10 2208 Vatican Radio, via Philippines, in Chinese, talks, some Italian words. Fair

12050 14/10 2033 WEWN, USA, religious talks in Spanish, fair

13362 15/10 2105 AFRTS, Barrigada, Guam. Talks, show, weak but clear

13590 17/10 1839 CVC OneAfrica, Lusaka, Zambia, pop songs, good

13640 17/10 1843 AIR, Bengaluru, India, Arabic bc, songs, very good

15120 14/10 0720 Voice of Nigeria, in French, nice Afro songs, talks, excellent

15120 17/10 1113 Radio Habana, Spanish, International reports, fair

15190 17/10 1830 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, in Tagalog, talking about Internet, good

15250 17/10 1834 FEBA Radio, via Ascension Island, in French, talks about man & life, fair

15320 17/10 1118 Radio Mashaal, via Thailand, in Pashtu, reports, fair //15360 with same signal

15345 16/10 2040 Radio Nacional, Argentina, talks and music, good (QRG not measured)

15345.14 17/10 1937 RAE, Argentina, in Italian, sport news, weak/fair

15420 14/10 2000 WBCQ, The Planet, USA, talks in English, modulated only in the upper side of carrier, fair

15580 18/10 2137 VOA, via Moepeng, Botswana, country music, English, good

15640 18/10 2143 DW, via Kigali, Rwanda, in English, reports, good

15850 17/10 1124 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks in Hebrew traslating from English, about Iran, good

17695 17/10 1129 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, reports mentioning The Washington Post, in Farsi, very good

17775 17/10 1133 VOA, via Tinang, Philippines, in Asian language, reports, fair/good

21750 17/10 1139 IRIB, Radio Iran, reports in African language, very good, higher broadcasting station today

25000 16/10 1525 MIKES Espoo (pres), Finland, time pips, good

Immagine panoramica 0-30 MHz con la MaxiWhip alle 2015 UTC del 13 ottobre 2011

RX: Excalibur Pro G33DDC, Eton E1
ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010, MaxiWhip (7 meters vertical & 1:32 baloon), Long wire 30 m
QTH: Bocca di Magra (Liguria) JN44XB & Pescia (Toscana) JN53IV

Bande tropicali, quasi un deserto

2011-10-21T18:08:00.001+02:00

Ormai è molto tempo che le bande tropicali mi si dimostrano piuttosto avare. In particolare di stazioni latinoamericane. In parte sono in via di desertificazione, ma anche la propagazione è scarsa. Comunque una spazzolata ce la do sempre. Pazienza e perseveranza... chissà che prima o poi non torni ad ascoltare qualcosa di più interessante. (Nell'immagine The Voice of Armenia starting)

3200 14/10 1903 TWR, Swaziland, talk in english, poor
3255 14/10 1900 BBC WS, Meyerton, South Africa, news, fair
3995 18/10 2114 HCJB, Voice of Andes, (via Kall-Krekel or Weenermoor?), Germany, in German, songs, talks, fair
4319 17/17 1736 AFRTS, Diego Garcia, talks, weak
4810 17/10 1657 AIR Bhopal, India, talks with short Indian musics, fair
4810 18/10 1756 Voice of Armenia, Yerevan, slow music, at 1800 start of the bc in Arabic, good
4828 17/10 2105 Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, African songs, weak
4830 13/10 2345 Mongolian Radio, Liric music, weak, this time in // with 4895 & 7260
4840 17/10 1654 AIR Mumbai, India, slow Indian songs, fair
4880 17/10 1702 SW Radio Africa, via South Africa, talks in English, great id at 1715, good
4885 17/10 2109 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, songs, weak/fair
4895 13/10 2343 Mongolian Radio, Liric music, fair // 7260 & 4830
4895 18/10 1803 Zimbabwe Community Radio, via South Africa, talks in English, weak
4910 17/10 1710 Air Jaipur, India, talks, weak/fair fading
4930 13/10 1905 VOA, Botswana, English, reports, good, //4940
4940 13/10 1902 VOA, Sao Tome, English, reports, excellent //4930
4949.75 17/10 2113 RNA, Angola, talks, but low modulation, poor
4950 17/10 1717 AIR Srinagar, Kashmir, India, slow traditional songs, fair
4965 18/10 1809 CVC Christian Voice, Lusaka, Zambia, talks in English, ids, fair (in LSB to avoid usual utility)
4975 17/0 1721 Voice of Russia, Dushambe, Tajikistan, English bc, fair, no signal from UBC Uganda on 4976
4976 18/10 1747 UBC, Kampala, Uganda, talks, poor/fair, QRM from 4975 and other noise. Much better at 1830. On air again.
5010 13/10 1626 Radio Madagascar, talks in Vn, carrier modulated only on ubber side, fair
5910 14/10 1930 IRIB, Voice of Iran, Bc in Italian, good
5025 15/10 *2130 ABC VL8K Katherine, Australia, start on 60m, reports, weak, no ABC signals on 4910 & 4835

RX: Excalibur Pro G33DDC, Eton E1
ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010, MaxiWhip (7 meters vertical & 1:32 baloon), Long wire 30 m
QTH: Bocca di Magra (Liguria) JN44XB & Pescia (Toscana) JN53IV

Utility

2011-10-20T17:58:00.000+02:00

Qualche ascolto utility facile facile, ma sempre divertente (almeno per me), made in Liguria e Toscana.

Olympia Radio

1696 15/10 0455 Cross Med, maritime warnings, French, end in English, USB fair
1704 13/10 2150 Lyngby Radio, Maritime warnings in Danish, usb, fair
1734 13/10 2152 Lyngby/Blaavand Radio, maritime warnings, usb //1704 fair/good
1758 13/10 2155 Lyngby/Skagen Radio, maritime warnings, usb //1704 fair
1797 13/10 2201 Stockholm Radio, Maritime warnings, USB, fair
1852 13/10 2038 Palermo Radio USB, meteo info, weak
1876 13/10 2205 Lampedusa Radio, maritime service, USB, weak
1888 13/10 2040 Civitavecchia Radio, maritime warnings, USB fair
1925 13/10 2042 Livorno Radio, maritime warnings, USB good
2600 13/10 2044 Mazara del Vallo Radio, maritime warnings, USB, fair
2628 13/10 2049 Augusta Radio Maritime warnings, USB fair but mod not so good
2632 13/10 2047 Napoli Radio, Maritime warnings, USB, fair
2642 13/10 2045 Genova Radio, italian maritime warnings, USB, fair
2656 13/10 2052 Ancona Radio, maritime warnings, fair, USB
2663 13/10 2054 Crotone Radio, maritime warnings, USB, weak
2680 13/10 2050 Cagliari Radio, maritime warnings, USB, fair
8424 17/10 1942 SVO, Olympia Radio, Greece, maritime, CW id, good
8431 17/10 1942 TAH, Istanbul Radio, Turkey, maritime, CW id, good
8434 17/10 1945 TAH, Istanbul Radio, Turkey, maritime, CW id good
8498 17/10 1943 Letter L in CW repeated, fair. What is?
8743 13/10 1547 Bangkok Meteo Service, interval signal, start in Thai, fair at 1552 interval signal again
8776 17/10 2003 Olympia radio, Greece (or Cyprus?), USB, news in Greek to sailors, lot of sport, also F1 car news. Very good
8828 13/10 1615 Hong Kong Volmet, airports info, female voice, fair
8828 13/10 1620 Auckland Volmet, New Zealand, USB, aroports info, fair

RX: Excalibur Pro G33DDC, Eton E1
ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010, MaxiWhip (7 meters vertical & 1:32 baloon), Long wire 30 meters
QTH: Bocca di Magra (Liguria) JN44XB & Pescia (Toscana) JN53IV

Sorprese NA: Commander Bunny e CFRX

2011-10-10T15:59:00.001+02:00

Propagazione aperta verso il Nord America sulle HF anche verso il basso. Per la prima volta sono riuscito a ricevere una stazione pirata dal Nord America sui 6925 kHz: si tratta di Commander Bunny (il comandante coniglio) di New York che usa il call (falso) WBNY e annuncia anche Bunny New York. In realtà dalle chat si capiva che erano in aria diverse altre pirata americane e anche una canadese, poco sotto Bunny, ma di queste non vedevo nemmeno la portante.

Sui 6070 invece arrivava, seppure sotto la Belarussia, la canadese CFRX da Toronto, a tratti anche abbastanza chiara. Era in parallelo con la stazione in onde medie di Toronto CFRB ascoltata via internet, come verifica.

il Comandante Bunny da New York sui 6925 kHz

Ecco qualche pirata notturna:

3904.9 8/10 2345 unid pirate, old folk North Europe songs, few talks in Dutch, fair

6220 8/10 2325 Radio Merlin Int. Pirate, songs, id, fair

6290 8/10 *2315 Borderhunter, Holland, Pirate, songs, ids, messages from listener good, but stopped by digital at 2318

6305 8/10 2335-2342* Powerliner, pirate, songs, fair

6310 8/10 2309-2314* De Wittereus, Holland, Pirate, songs, fair/good

6670 8/10 2255-2304* Unid pirate, music & songs non stop, few words by a man, LSB, at 2304 off for 3 minutes, also old french songs fair/good

6925.1 9/10 0030-0141* Commander Bunny WBNY, pirate,strong American accent, a lot of talks and some songs, like a show,mentioning New York several times, weak, my first North American pirate

6950 9/10 0150 Wolverine Radio, pirate, USB, old jazz songs, then rock and other, ids, good

6970 8/10 0000 LHH, Laser Hot Hits, Pirate, nice songs, some talks in English, fair

Altri ascolti, compresa CFRX:
3215 9/10 0245 WWCR, Nashville, USA, religious, English, fair

3330 9/10 0250 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, weak but clear

5995 9/10 0403 TWR, Swaziland, talks in English, some ids, fair

6070 9/10 CFRX, Toronto, USA, under Belarus, waiting when Belarus fading down, talks, poor, //CFRB via internet. Stopped at 0359 by DW starting on 6075 kHz

7175 9/10 0325 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, Horn of Africa Music and talks, good

7200 9/10 0332 Sudan RTVC, news, Arabic, good

7210 9/10 0320 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, talks & music, fair //6110 good

7330 9/10 0315 Afia Darfur Radio, via Sao Tome, in Arabic, news, id, music. Good

7405 9/10 0310 Radio Martì, USA, songs, good signal but jammed //6030

7850 9/10 0305 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, good

9955 9/10 0411 WRMI Radio Miami Int., USA, songs, English, no jammer

Pacifico e non solo

2011-10-07T18:27:00.000+02:00

Buona propagazione in questi giorni anche verso il Pacifico sulle HF in alto. Ecco qualche ascolto milanese:

Auckland Volmet ricevuto con il G33DDC. Weak signal but clear

11725 7/10 0610 Radio New Zealand Int., pop songs, very good S 9+20 !

11940 7/10 0719 Radio Australia, Shepparton, reports economics, English, good //12080 fair

13282 7/10 0622 & 0650 Auckland Volmet, New Zealand, Airports info, USB, weak signal but clear

13282 7/10 0625 Honolulu Volmet, Hawaii, airports info, USB, weak

13362 7/10 0629 AFRTS, Barrigada, Guam, talks, then reports, USB, weak/fair fading. Better at 0702 news

13630 7/10 Radio Australia, Shepparton, spot interview 0658 fair

15000 7/10 0618 WWVH, Hawaii, time female voice weak/fair

15240 7/10 0707 Radio Australia, Shepparton, fair, news, fair

La propagazione è buona anche verso il Nord America. I 28 MHZ sono pieni di segnali USA e canadesi. Come se non bastasse sui 27 MHz arrivano di giorno anche i taxi russi in FM e forse di altri Paesi dell'Est Europa, come si vede in questa immagine:

Ecco poi altri ascolti:

6134.79 6/10 0140 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, nice songs, commercials, fair

7189.75 6/10 0110 SLBC, Sri Lanka, slow Asian songs, weak but clear modulation

9370 6/10 0000 WTJC, NC, USA, id and address, then in Arabic, good

9564.91 6/10 0157 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual sermons, weak

9645.38 6/10 0149 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, sport talks, songs, commercials, fair //11925.22. Stopped at 0159 by Radio Romania Int. starting in Spanish

9675 5/10 2355 Cancao Nova, Brazil, long religious talk in "Deus é Amor" style not catholic ! fair/good

9780 6/10 0000 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile. Id: "CVC La Voz", news, in Spanish, fair

9780 7/10 0828 REE, Spain, DRM, no label! Spanish, talks about el Prado museum, science... Some voice stops.

9850 7/10 0820 Voice of Russia, DRM, 2 programs at the some time: "DRM RUVR 1A" & "DRM RUVR 1B" changing button, the first in English, the latter in Russian. Some audio stops.

10000 5/10 2334 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, ids, weak

11595 5/10 2340 Voice of Democratic Burma, via Gavar, Armenia, long talks, interview, fair/good

11925.22 5/10 2327 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks about Sao Paulo, (some QRM from HCJB via Chile in Portuguese on 11920 kHz with real strong signal 9 +20)

11925 7/10 0730 BBC WS, DRM, news, "BBC WS", very good SNR 30 dB

13670 6/10 0204 Radio Habana, Cuba, reports in Spanish, good //5040 good

15090 5/10 1200 Radio Free Aghanistan, via Kuwait, news in Pashtu mentioning many time Afghanistan. Weak

15120 7/10 Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, report about Somalia, in French, good signal but usual hum

15189.97 5/10 2308 Radio Inconfidencia, long talk, music, commercials, web address, fair

15190 7/10 0711 Radio Africa, Bata, Equatorial Guinea, nice African songs, English, fair

15225 5/10 1220 Radio Veritas, Philippines, in Asian language, interview, good

15265 5/10 2322 Radio Japan, via Bonaire, in Japanese, talks, good

15345.07 5/10 2317 RAE, Argentina, national music and songs, Spanish program, good

17560 5/10 *1000 Radio Free Sarawak, Vn, start Bc, id "Radio Sarawak!" repeated, fair

17720 5/10 1000 Radio Pakistan, time, id, news, fair, low modulation

17820 5/10 *1000 Radio Thailand, starting BC, id in English, bells, then program in Thai. Good

17880 5/10 1005 Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, western & Arabic songs, excellent

17895 5/10 0958 AIR, Bengaluru, India, start of Bc with music. At 1000 id and bc in English. Good

RX: G33DDC Excalibur Pro - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milano, Italia

Radio Sarawak

Excalibur Pro sotto i 10 MHz

2011-10-04T21:38:00.015+02:00

Ecco altri ascolti con il ricevitore della Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro. Questi sono quelli sotto i 10 MHz, sempre a Milano città, in mezzo al rumore, con la vecchia T2FD della RF Systems.

4810 3/10 1805 Voice of Armenia, Yerevan, in Arabic, News, good

4840 2/10 *2359 WWCR, USA, Starting BC with songs, fair/good

4860 3/10 1805 AIR Delhi, India, slow songs, reported in Urdu, fair

4880 3/10 1750 SW Radio Africa, South Africa, English, talks, fair and later good

4895 3/10 1756 Zimbabwe Community Radio, South Africa, talks, weak

4894v 2/10 2348 Mongolian Radio, slow songs //7260 fair

4920 29/9 0055 AIR Chennai, India, indian songs, fair

4930 3/10 1800 VOA, Botswana, English, id, reports about Zimbabwe, fair/good

5010 29/9 0052 AIR Thiru..., India, Indian slow songs, fairn

5015 3/10 1738 AIR Delhi, India, songs, talks, FM program rep., fair

5025 29/9 0049 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, sport, good

5040 29/9 0046 Radio Habana, Cuba, in French, sport, good

5066.34 3/10 1745 tent. Radio Candip, Bunia, Congo, poor, low mod.

5910 29/9 0042 Alcaravan Radio, Colombia, usual nice songs, fair

5952.45 29/9 0036 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, talks, fair. On 30/9 0105 good! With talks and nice songs

5954.28 30/9 *0115 Radio Republica, via Elcor, Costa Rica, start of BC, jamming was already on, fair signal but overall poor

5964.71 2/10 2330 RTM Klasik Nasional, Malaysia, talks, music, weak

5990 30/9 0140 AIR, Delhi, Indian slow songs, fair

5995 2/10 2325 RTV Malì, long talks in Vn, good

6005 3/10 1809 Radio 700, Germany, news, id, talks about Albania, fair/good

6030 3/10 1814 Radio Oromiya, Ethiopia, talks, Horn of africa style songs, good

6035 3/10 1817 Radio Japan, Japan, traditional Japanese songs, good

6090 2/10 2337 Dr Gene Scott, Anguilla, usual talks, English, good

6110 3/10 1825 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, talks pause with Horn of Africa music, fair

6130 3/10 1830 TWR, Manzini, Swaziland, African song, the id, talks in African language, good

6134.8 29/9 0109-0113* Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, end bc with usual Santa Cruz song (this time shorter). Off at 0113

6160 30/9 0157 CBC One St.John's, Canada, talks, id, news, weak/fair

6173.9 2/10 0104 Radio Tawantinsuyo (pres), Perù, talks SS, poor

6676 2/10 2311 Bangkok Volmet, airports meteo info, fair USB

7175 3/10 1730 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, long talks then Horn of Africa music, fair, Ham QRM

7189.75 29-30/9 0023 & 0055 SLBC, Sri Lanka, (pres) woman talks, slow Asian songs, weak

7200 30/9 0240 Sudan RTVC, slow man voice song, id at 0245 "Huna Omdurman", talks, song, time pips, id and news at 0301. Good

7245 1/10 2320 Radio Mauretanie, phone talks, Arabic, fair

7269.41 1/10 2329 Voice of Russia, via Armenia, id, news, Russian, tx of frequency, good //7285 via Moldova, good

7295 1/10 2332 Traxx FM, Malaysia, goldies, several ids, fair/good

7465 1/10 2340 WWCR, Nashville, USA, religious talks, Spanish, good

7850 1/10 2355 CHU, Canada, usual pips and ids in FF & EE. Fair

7811 1/10 2345 AFRTS, Saddlebunk Key, FL, USA, story, talks, fair //12133.5 (better) & 5446.5 (weaker)

9235 29/9 0030 Galei Zahal, Israel, nice hebrew songs, talks, fair/good

9370 3/10 2130 WTJC, Newport,NC, USA usual religious programme, good

9470 3/10 2126 AIR National Channel, India, usual Indian music, good

9505 3/10 2117 CVC One Africa, Zambia, English, talks about ordinary life, good

9479v 3/10 2122 WTWW, Lebanon, USA, religious talks, good, but fading

9565 2/10 0015 Super Radio Deus é Amor, Brazil, fair, some QRM

9565 2/10 2235 Radio Martì, USA, clandestine to Cuba, sport, good

9580 2/10 2240 Radio Africa 1, nice songs, YL dj, French, good

9624.99 2/10 2245 Radio Canada North Quebec Service, talks about learning languages, English, good

9645.38 30/9 0041 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks, poor

9674.99 30/9 0035 Cancao Nova, Brazil, conversation in Portuguese, fair. Good signal on Oct 3 at 2115 with Holy Rosary

9680.06 2/10 2300 RRI Jakarta ? Indonesia, unreadable talks, poor

9705 3/10 2112 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, interview in French, fair

9730 3/10 3/10 2105 Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam, news in French, good

9780 2/10 0023 Voz Cristiana, Chile, talks about family, Spanish, fair //11665 (much better)

9819.78 30/9 Radio 9 de Julho, Brazil, talks, weak, better on 2/10 at 0005 on 8819.76 kHz

Excalibur Pro sopra i 10 MHz

2011-10-04T18:52:00.008+02:00

Mi è arrivato da poco il nuovo ricevitore G33DDC Excalibur Pro della Winradio. Un SDR piuttosto sofisticato e un po' più complicato nell'uso rispetto ad altri SDR. Infatti è molto personizzabile, in quanto offre molte possibilità di scelta dei vari parametri. A cominciare dall'audio, molto flessibile e con la possibilità di scegliere i settaggi più adatti all'ascolto in particolari condizioni. Inoltre può registrare fino a 4 MHz di banda.

Per provarlo sono andato un po' a spasso per le onde corte. Purtroppo per andare in basso devo aspettare di uscire da Milano. Qui il noise è veramente forte.

Ecco gli ascolti sopra i 10 MHz

11710.61 30/9 0008 RAE, Argentina, music, id, talks, fair

11725 3/10 1949 R. New Zealand Int. Talks about Pacific, good

11735 3/10 1953-2000* Radio Transmundial, Brazil, short news, religious, ids, address, signal off at 2000, good

11749.87 29/9 2350 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, music, talks, poor, stopped at 2359 by CRI. On 3 October with fair signal at 2005. Modulation a little low.

11765 28/9 2313 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, usual long religious talks, fair. On October 3 very good signal at 2008

11775 2/10 0040 Radio Martì, clandestine to Cuba, USA, songs, talks, jammed fair

11780 28/9 2310 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, songs, talks, weak. Instead on 29/9 at 2330 very good: "goooooollllll",

11815 28/9 2305 Radio Brasil Central, songs, weak, fading

11854.93 3/10 2011 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious songs, weak/fair fading

11920 28/9 2320 HCJB Voice of Andes, via Chile, religious, Portuguese, good

11925.24 28/9 2333 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, sport, weak

12010 28/9 2340 Radio Australia, reports, English, fair

12100 2/10 2212 WTWW, Lebanon, USA, Religious in Portuguese, fair

12105 2/10 1310 AWR, Guam, talks in Chinese, fair/good slow fading

12120 2/10 1313 FEBC, Philippines, long talks in Asian language, fair/good

12230 2/10 1316 Firedrake, China, usual music for jamming, fair //14700

12362 3/10 2035 VMW Wiluna, Australia, meteo info, maritime sce., weak/fair sounded //12365

12365 3/10 *2030 VMC Charleville, Australia, start meteo info bc, weak but clear, maritime station sounded //12362

13580 2/10 1303 WEWN, USA, Holy Mass, fair

14670 2/10 1325 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, weak

14700 2/10 1330 Firedrake, chinese music //12230 fair

14800 2/10 1334 Radio Bulgaria, H 2x7400 kHz, S 5, fair

15189.89 2/10 1915 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, talks sport, fair signal but QRM from Radio Pilipinas, so HRD in LSB

15340 2/10 1155 HCJB Australia, Talks, music, id in English at 1200, Indonesian (pres), in LSB to avoid strong signal from Morocco on 15341.15 kHz. Fair

15345.37 2/10 2200 Radio Nacional, Argentina, news, weather "Argentina està enformada!" fair/good tx drifting (at 2206 15345.36)

15610 2/10 2207 WEWN, USA, Holy Mass, English, good

15825 2/10 1204 WWCR, Nashville, USA, usual religious talks, English, very good

15850 3/10 2050 Galei Zahal, Israel, OFF AIR

15900 2/10 1338 Firedrake, Chinese jamming music, weak //14700 weak

15970 2/10 1340 Firedrake, Chinese jamming music, weak //15900 14700 16100

16100 2/10 1341 Firedrake, Chinese jamming music, good //15900 & others

BOC 25 ascolti in onde corte

2011-09-23T17:38:00.008+02:00

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

Unid 7130 kHz

2011-09-09T23:46:00.003+02:00

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

Ascolti tranquilli in città

2011-09-07T18:18:00.003+02:00

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

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 Indonesia

9645 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

Monitoraggio domenicale a Milano

2011-08-29T19:20:00.000+02:00

A Milano fa meno caldo. Mi è tornata la voglia di stare alla radio con la cuffia in testa. Ecco quindi un monitoraggio domenicale.

(Listening to Radio 700)

4880 28/8 1838 SW Radio Africa, South Africa, talks in English, songs, fair

4900 28/8 1906 Italian pirates QSO in AM, good

4930 28/8 1859 VOA, via Botswana, Id and News in English, fair //4940

4940 28/8 1905 VOA, via Sao Tome, id and "English teaching", good //4930

4976 28/8 1910 UBC, Kampala, Uganda, talks, in English, fair

5446.5 28/8 2327 AFRTS feeder, Saddlebunch, Keys, Florida, USA, USB, talks program, weak

5939.8 28/8 2318 Vox Missionaria, Camboriù, Brazil, usual religious talks, fair

5952.24 28/8 2311 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, popular songs, fair (No trace of Elcor, Costa Rica)

6005 28/8 1915 Radio 700, Germany, nice songs, good rock, some in German, few ids, good

6055 28/8 2004 Radio Rwanda, talks in Vernacular, fair, clear channel till 2028 when stopped by Voice of Iran in Spanish

6100 28/8 2030 International Radio Serbia, start of the French program, news, good but with CRI in Arabic underneath

6134.8 28/8 2337 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, football live, fair

6165 28/8 2035 RD Tchadienne, Chad, talks, African politics, French, good

7125 28/8 2040 Radio Conakry, Guinea, some talks and songs, in French, fair but Ham QRM

7200 28/8 2045 Sudan RTVC, in Arabic, talks OM & YL, some Arabic songs, weak, better in LSB

7255 28/8 2049 Radio Belarus, English program, talks about culture, good, some QRM from China. End of the English BC with schedules, web & mail address,at 2053

9235 28/8 2056 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks, songs, ids, news, fair, fading

9645.3 28/8 2304 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks mentioning Sao Paulo many times, weak

9720 28/8 2300 Radio Veritas, Manila, Philippines, start of program in Tagalog, fair/good

9745 28/8 2248 Radio Bahrain, Arabic, songs, weak, stopped at 2257 by Radio Romania Int. starting in Spanish

10051 28/8 2243 New York Radio, USA, airports info, USB, fair

11665 28/8 2234 RTM Wai FM, Malaysia, songs, phone talks, ids, weak to fair, fading, "clean" channel

11695 28/8 2230 Radio Australia, in Indonesian, ids and talks, good

11725 28/8 2101 Radio New Zealand Int., international news, English, fair

11765 28/8 2220 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual great Pentecostal sermons, good

11815 28/8 2104 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, nice Brazilian romantic songs, some ids, good Low AMs better

15190 28/8 2109 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, footbal live, good!

15344.2 28/8 2157 Radio Nacional, Argentina, Spanish, talks, Id, reports, la temperatura en Buenos Aires, good in LSB to avoid Morocco till around 2203 when Morocco closes

15720 28/8 2210 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, fair, fading

RX: RFSpace SDR-14 with SDR-Radio Software - ANT: T2FD 15 m long
QTH: Milan city, Italy

Radio Senado bene a Milano

2011-08-27T17:39:00.000+02:00

5990 25/8 2148-2200* Radio Senado, Brazil, long talk in Portuguese about law
and order, id at 2159 and end of BC, good

6165 25/8 2201 RD Nationale Tchadienne, Chad, reports in French, good

6299.8 25/8 2207 Radio Marconi, Pirate, pop songs non stop, good slowly drifting at 2325 6299,6

6325 25/8 2223 De Wittereus, Pirate, music, drifting downwards, at 2230 was 6322.89

6421.6 25/8 2240-2305* Unid Pirate (Black Bandit?), Pirate, country & folk songs, also in Russian, some mixer problems, good

RX: Drake R8 & Kenwood R5000
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

QSL Pink Panther 6510

2011-08-24T22:08:00.012+02:00

La stazione pirata olandese Pink Panther ha confermato via mail un rapporto di ascolto sui 6510 kHz con una simpatica QSL elettronica. La stazione pirata, va in aria con soli 25 watt e un'antenna G5RV "full size about 12 meters high and 31 meters long".

Indirizzo mail: pinkpantheram (-at-) hotmail.com
Sito web: www.pinkpantheram.tk

La stazione, ben 25 watt!

L'antenna:

Come arrivava il 24 luglio 2011 alle 21,53 UTC:

Ascolti al caldo

2011-08-23T22:17:00.004+02:00

Qualche ascolto nella caldissima Milano... col Perseus & l'antenna T2FD (15 m long)

4810 21/8 0039 AIR Bhopal, India, Indian songs, fair

4915 21/8 0034 Radio Daqui, Brazil, religious songs and talks, fair/good (Daqui and Marumby on 6079.95 have very alike program...)

5040 21/8 0044 Radio Habana, Cuba, nice Cuban songs, good

5910 21/8 0109 Alcaravan Radio, Colombia, nice songs, ids, fair

5921.281 21/8 presumed Radio Bethel, Arequipa, Peru, talks in Spanish, slow religious music, clear channel, weak - Frequency slowly drifting. At 0130 was 5921.273; at 0137 was 5921.283

6075.731 21/8 0047 Unid, South American sound. It could be RT Kawschun Coca, Bolivia, but the signas was poor

6079.95 21/8 0030 Radio Marumby, Brazil, religious talks and music, fair

6102 21/8 1620-1629* Radio Afghanistan, music, final talk pres Urdu, s.off at 1629 weak to fair

6134.82 21/8 0056-0107* Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, news ("Informacion local, nacional and internacional"), at 0102 great ids, the usual song of Radio Santa Cruz. Off at 0107 good !

6185 21/8 0152 Radio Educacion, Mexico, Culture talks, Spanish, weak, better in LSB

Propagazione latitante

2011-07-26T11:06:00.007+02:00

Propagazione scarsa, aperta solo verso qualche zona asiatica. Ad esempio arrivava molto bene Myanma Radio su 5985.84 kHz (nell'immagine). Meno male che qui in Toscana dove sono, a Pescia, non mancano né salame né vino.

Simpatica la radio pirata Pink Panther dal Nord dei Paesi Bassi con soli 25 watt

RX: RFSpace SDR-14 - ANT: 30 meters long wire

4965 24/7 2350 Christian Voice, Zambia, songs, in LSB to avoid utility QRM, good

5040 24/7 2354 Radio Habana, Cuba, English programme, fair

5939.85 24/7 2316 Voz Missionaria, Cambiorù, Brazil, long talks, fair

5952.5 24/7 2325 Emissora Pio Doce, Bolivia, talks, weak

5985.84 24/7 2332 Myanma Radio, Yegu, Myanmar, slow Oriental songs and talks by woman, fair/good. Very interesting signal tonight

5990 24/7 2225 FEBC Manila, Philippines, interval signal and ids repeated, signing on, start program at 2230, fair

6085 24/7 2230 Radio Rossii, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, songs, talks in Russian, fair

6130 24/7 2238 PBS Xizang, China, English program, fair/good

6240 24/7 2128 Radio Tina, songs, poor

6308 24/7 2125 R. Powerliner, Pirate, folk music, rare ids, in Dutch, fair

6510 24/7 2130 Pink Panther, Pirate, songs, weak, fading only 25 W in North Nederland

7245 24/7 2345 Radio Mauretanie, in Arabic, folk songs, some talks, good, later very good

7270 24/7 2359 Radio Rossii, via Armenia, in Russian, talks, id on the hour, news, very good //7285 via Moldova with a short delay

7425 25/7 0002 Radio Tirana, Albania, in Albanian, talks and Opera music, very good

7585 25/7 0005 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, good

Higher BC bands 17 & 21 MHz

2011-07-22T21:14:00.003+02:00

Some tips also on the higher Bc bands on 17 and 21 MHz heard in Tuscany with a SDR-14 and 30 meters wire

17507.3 20/7 1130 Radio Romania International, in English, culture & classical music, off frequency (nominal 17510), good //17670

17530 18/7 1346 Radio Sawa via Kuwait, fast news, in Arabic, good

17530 18/7 1836 VOA, Sao Tome, in French, report about Congo, fair

17545 19/7 1638 WYFR Family Radio, via Ascension, Bible talks in English, good

17575 19/7 1635 AWR, via Germany, slow talks, reported in Somali, fair

17670 18/7 1342 AWR, via Madagascar, talks in Asian language, reported to be Vietnamese, good

17695 20/7 1134 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, talks and music, ids, fair

17715 18/7 1838 REE, Spain, interesting interview about a community radio in Cochabamba area, in Spanish, good //17775

17745 19/7 1632 Sudan Radio Service, via Portugal, talks and music, mentioning often Sudan and Juba, in Arabic, good

17830 19/7 1627 BBC, via Ascension, talks about Africa and Nigeria, in English, fair

17840 19/7 1411, Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, songs, ids, reports in Arabic, very good

17850 19/7 1408 RFI, France, interview in French, very good

17895 19/7 1406 BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, Holy Kuran program, very good

21470 18/7 1333 BBC World Service, via Seychelles, reports, English, fair

21505 18/7 1329 BSKSA 1, Saudi Arabia, long phone talks, Arabic. Good

21540 18/7 1336 Radio Kuwait, long talks in Arabic with classical music on the back, Excellent

21610 19/7 1403 REE. Spain, News, sport, economics in Spanish, very good //21540

21780 18/7 1339 Deutsche Welle, via Rwanda, in Hausa, talks about Niger, very good

21840 19/7 1359 Deutsche Welle, Germany, in German, news. Good

15 MHz in Tuscany

2011-07-22T21:04:00.005+02:00

Some tips on 15 MHz Bc band made in Pescia, Tuscany

RX: SDR-14, ANT: 30 meters long wire

15120 18/7 1810 Radio Nigeria, English program with reports and talks, very good signal, but usual modulation a bit low

15140 19/7 1907 Radio Sultanate of Oman, presumed, talks in Arabic, low modulation, poor/fair

15190 19/7 1831 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, in Tagalog, conversation man and woman, //9395 poor/fair fading

15215 19/7 1911 Voice of Africa, Libya, in Hausa, mentioning every 5 seconds Africa and Gheddafi, the Horn of Africa music, very good

15235 19/7 1645 Channel Africa, South Africa, in French, sport reports, good

15245 19/7 1649 Voice of Korea, North Korea, reports in French, fair

15341.14 20/7 1340 SNRT Morocco, Arabic talks, songs, weak/fair fading

15344.16 19/7 1917 RAE, Argentina, in Italian, talks and songs, in LSB to avoid QRM Morocco. Fair

15345.18 18/7 1815 SNRT, Morocco, talks in Arabic, off channel as usual, good signal but some QRM from RAE carrier.

15445 18/7 1820 NHK Radio Japan, via Germany, slow songs, Japanese, good with some fading

15540 18/7 1825 Radio Kuwait, western songs, id, reports in English, very good

15580 18/7 1830 VOA, via Botswana, English, international reports, good

15690 18/7 1315 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, usual songs program with ids. good

15700 18/7 1320 Radio Bulgaria, talks and music, in Bulgarian, fair, fading

15630 18/7 1325 Voice of Greece, Greek songs and talks in Greek, excellent

15780 20/7 1143 Radio Sawa, in Arabic, usual program songs and short news, fair

15850 18/7 1833 Galei Zahal, Israel, nice songs, fair with fading

11 b& 13 MHz tips in Tuscany

2011-07-22T14:18:00.003+02:00

Few tips on 11 & 13 MHz made in Pescia, Tuscany, with a SDR-14 and a 30 meters wire.

11580 19/7 1720 VOA Ashna Radio, Via Kuwait to Afghanistan, in Pashtu, talks, //11565, both fair/good some fading

11590 19/7 1716-1731 Radio Pakistan? Strong carrier S 9 and more but not modulated. Radio Pakistan tx problems?

11625 19/7 *1729 Vatican Radio, signing on with usual interval music, fair

11655 19/7 1725 Ibra Radio, via France, song, id at 1727 with web address, in Arabic, good

11733.3v 19/7 1731 Radio Romania Int, out of frequency, in English, reports. Good

11750 19/7 1735 Sri Lanka BC, songs and entertainement talks in Sinhalese, very good

11880 19/7 1810 Radio Australia, slow songs, in English, fair

12130 19/7 1659 VOA, via Sri Lanka, start program to Zimbabwe, talks mentioning Zimbabwe in African language. Good

13580 19/7 1703 Bible Voice, via Germany, in Arabic, id in English at 1705, very good

13590 19/7 1706 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, talks in English, fair

13635 20/7 1147 Voice of Turkey, in Turkish, Turkish songs, good

13650 19/7 1709 Radio Kuwait, international reports in Arabic, good

13770 19/7 1712 All India Radio, Indian songs, good

13810 19/7 1715 Bible Voice, via France, program to East Africa in Tigrino (reported), Horn of Africa songs style, talks, some modulation problems. Good signal

Radio Daqui e altre radio in Toscana

2011-07-22T13:53:00.003+02:00

Radio Daqui benino. E altri ascolti sempre a Pescia, Pistoia, in Toscana

RX: RFSpace SDR-14 - ANT: 30 meters long wire

3410 21/7 2206 Greek Pirate in LSB, NOT 2x harmonic from MW, Greek folk songs, fair

3413 21/7 2209 Shannon Volmet, usual meteo airports info, fair/good

4845.27 21/7 2334 Radio Cultura, Manaus, talks, ids: "Cultura!", QRM Codar, good signal, fair

4915 21/7 2315 Radio Daqui, Brazil, nice slow Brazilian songs, some ids, fair

5910 21/7 2300 VOA, via Thailand, id and reports, weak

5995 21/7 2200 RTV du Mali, long talks, fair, better after Radio Bulgaria s.off at 2200 and Radio Senado s.off at 2203

9265 21/7 2239 WINB, USA, religious programme in English, good signal but low modulation. Fair

9330 21/7 2235 Radio Damascus, Siria, Spanish program, reports, music, ids. QRM from WBCQ, USA, with religious programme. Poor

9350 21/7 2232 WWCR Nashville, USA, Religious programme in English, good

9370 21/7 2228 WTJC USA, religious talks, good, not so good modulation

9385 21/7 2224 WWRB Manchester, USA, religious talks by woman, weak but clear

9479 21/7 2220 WTWW Lebanon, USA, religious talks, good, but in LSB to avoid China on 9480

9780 21/7 2244 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile, religious talks in Spanish, fair

11670 21/7 2248 Radio Nacional Venezuela, via Cuba, great id, politics, in Spanish, fair

15720 21/7 2215 R. New Zealand International, talks in English, weak signal but clear modulation

7 & 9 MHz tips in Tuscany

2011-07-21T13:32:00.004+02:00

RX: RFspace SDR-14; ant 30 m long wire
QTH: Pescia; Tuscany

7125 19/7 2119 Radio Conakry, Guinea, talks in French, fair, some QRM from hams

7245 19/7 2212 Radio Mauretanie, in Arabic, music then reports, good

7360 19/7 2124 Radio Belarus, in English, language lesson, web address, songs, fair //7390

7445 19/7 2128 CRI, in Italian, end of the Italian program, good

7450 19/7 2131 ERT3 Makedonias, Greece, talks in Greek and songs, very good

7495 19/7 2134 Radio Algerienne, via France, in Arabic, talks, good //9375 very good

7585 19/7 2137 Radio Farda, via Sri lanka, usual songs program, good

9235 18/7 1918 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks in Hebrew, //15850 fair/good

9310 19/7 1824 Deewa Radio, via Thailand to Afghanistan, reported in Pashtu. Reports. Good

9330 19/7 1827 Radio Damascus, Siria, Arabic songs, very strong signal 9+40 but low modulation

9395 19/7 1830 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, in Tagalog, conversation man and woman, //15190 fair

9420 19/7 1834 Voice of Greece, usual nice Greek music program. QRM from IRIB Iran on co-channel (no good idea to use the Greek channel). Fair

9445 19/7 1837 All India Radio, in English, talks about Indian
culture, fair

9470 19/7 2141 AIR National Channel, India, slow Indian songs, fair

9500 19/7 2144 Radio Australia, Shepparton, in English, talks, fair

9515 19/7 1840 KBS World Radio, South Korea, Talks in Korean, good

9526 19/7 1820 Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, in German, international reports, talks about Afghanistan, later about Sumatra, good.

9565.3 19/7 2147 Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, religious talks, strong
QRM from Radio Martì, better in USB, poor

9575 19/7 1817 Radio Medì 1, Morocco, in Arabic, talks, good

9580 19/7 1815 Radio Africa 1, Gabon, in French, id "Radio Africa 1, la Radio Africaine" and reports, good signal, some QRM from Medì 1 9575, fair/good

9625 19/7 1842 Voice of Vietnam, via Austria, in French, reports especially about South East Asia, very good //9730 fair

9625 19/7 2151 Radio Canada North Quebec, Inuit Service, talks,
fair

9645 19/7 1845 Vatican Radio, Holy Rosary, QRM CRI in French, fair

9665 19/7 2154 Radio PMR Pridnestrovye, Moldova, popular songs. Very good

9705 19/7 2158 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, nice folk music and songs,

9725 19/7 1849 RTT, Radio Tunis, Tunisia, talks in Arabic, good

9730 19/7 1844 Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam tx, in French, reports, fair //9625 via Austria

9745 19/7 1854 Radio Baharain, western songs non stop, talks in Arabic on the hour, fair but some QRM from a co-channel station in Chinese. Could be Voice of Hope?

9800 19/7 1903 Afia Darfur Radio, via Vatican Tx, reports in Arabic, mentioning many times Darfur. Fair/good

9990 18/7 1745 Radio Cairo, Egypt, Arabic songs, really distorted audio with S 9+30

10000 19/7 2205 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, usual pips, time, ids, weak

Ascolti in Toscana 4 & 6 MHz

2011-07-21T13:23:00.003+02:00

RX: RFspace SDR-14; ant 30 m long wire
QTH: Pescia, Tuscany, Italy

4780 18/7 1912 RTV Djibouti, long talks like comment, then music,
very good

4828 19/7 2101 Voice of Zimbabwe, African music, id by woman at
2103, some talks in English, fair

4860 18/7 1910 AIR, Delhi, long slow oriental songs, it's reported
to be to Pakistan, fair

4930 18/7 1907 VOA, Botswana, reports in English, good

4965 19/7 2216 CVC, Christian voice, Zambia, religious talks,
English, good but in LSB to avoid utility QRM

4976 18/7 1904 UBC, Uganda, national and international reports in
English, good

5066.398v 18/7 1845-1903* Radio Candip, Congo Dem, nice slow music
and talks by woman in French, fair, low modulation while speaking.
Off at 1903

5990 19/7 2108 Radio Senado, Brazil, soft music and Brazilian
songs, fair

6080 19/7 2115 VOA, Sao Tome, in English, talks, good but in USB to
avoid QRM from Germany on 6075

Ascolti nella calda Milano estiva

2011-06-27T13:36:00.011+02:00

(il logo di Radio Dardasha 7)

Few tips in hot summer Milan city

RX: RFspace SDR-14 with SDR-Radio software (version 1.4 684)

6135 27/6 0150 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, songs, ids, fair, but stopped at 0200 by super strong signal of AWR on 6140 kHz

6160 27/6 0202 CKZN, Canada, relay of CBC One, news in English, fair

10051 27/6 0138 New York Radio, USA, Volmet, airports meteo info, USB, good

11815 27/6 0112 Radio Brasil Central, songs (also a classic Rock), culture advertisement, talks, ids. Good

11855 27/6 0118 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, Gospel talks, fair

13590 26/6 1900 CVC OneAfrica, via Zimbabwe, id, talks about family life, good

13740 26/6 1923-1929* Radio Dardasha 7, Clandestine to North Africa, in Arabic, talks with music, ids, s.off at 1929 fair

13920 27/6 0135 Firedrake, China, Chinese music jamming Voice of Hope channel, strong signal

15120 26/6 1808 Voice of Nigeria, in English, talks about woman and family, very good

15190 26/6 1759 Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, songs and talks about eating, mentioning potatoes many times, in Pilipino, good

15215 26/6 1815 Voice of Africa, Libya, talks in Hausa, and African music Horn of Africa style, very good

15265 26/6 1820 Radio Pakistan, folk songs, talks, bad modulation, good signal

15344.2 26/6 1825 Radio Nacional Argentina, Football live, River Plate in action but not so well because with this game they went to the second League for the first time, Spanish. Early this evening. Fair in LSB to avoid Morocco

15540 26/6 1830 Radio Kuwait, News in English followed by music, very good

15580 26/6 1835 VOA African Service, via Botswana, News in English, id & address, drama. Good

15610 26/6 1839 WEWN, USA, talks about media, bishops and others, in English, good

15630 26/6 1843 Voice of Greece, nice Greek songs, very good

15720 27/6 0125 Radio New Zealand Int. Pacific reports, fair

15745 27/6 0130 Sri Lanka BC, long song, id in English and other songs. Good

15850 26/6 1847 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, good

17585 26/6 1851 Family Radio, USA, in French, religious music and talks. Good

17680 26/6 1854 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile, songs, Spanish, fair

Nigeria Kaduna in parallelo con 594

2011-06-02T17:04:00.005+02:00

Alcuni ascolti a Bocca di Magra con il Perseus e l'Eton E1 (antenna Welllbrook LFL 1010)

4780 1/6 1956 RTV Djibouti, long talk, fair

4930 1/6 2000 VOA, Moepeng, Botswana, English, nice African songs, good

4940 1/6 2002 VOA, Sao Tome, English, African songs, very good //4930

4965 1/6 2005 CVC Christian Voice, Lusaka, Zambia, conversation in English, fair

6050 1/6 2016 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, China, song "Hotel California", good, //4820

6055 1/6 2014 Radio Rwanda, talks man & woman, bad modulation this evening, yesterday it was good. Strong signal

6089.85 1/6 2023 FRCN Kaduna, Nigeria, talks in Vernacular, fair //594, but on MW better signal! Stopped at 2030 by IRIB Iran

6100 1/6 2031 International Radio Serbia, French program, news, strong signal but some QRM on the same frequency, compressed modulation

6165 1/6 2011 Radio National Tchadienne, Chad, slow talks in French, modulation a little low, fair

7125 1/6 2008 Radio Conakri, Guinea, talks in French, fair

9665 1/6 2043 Radio PMR Pridnestrovye, Moldova (Russian enclave), international news in German. Good

9680 1/6 2040 Radio Thailand, economics news, English, good

9705 1/6 2036 Radio Ethiopia, Horn of Africa music, very good

11725 1/6 2047 Radio New Zealand Int., reports in English, good as usual in this weeks

15720 1/6 2049-2050* Radio New Zealand Int., DRM, good signal with perfect audio, just for 1 minute before signal off

Eton E1 in azione

2011-05-26T22:31:00.003+02:00

Few tips with my new Eton E1 (antenna: T2FD) just got on eBay. Nice one. Here the log made in Milan.

4319 2350 19/5 AFRTS, Diego Garcia, USB, talks, hrd thanks PBT, weak

5040 0030 20/5 Radio Habana, Cuba, reports in French, music, good

9645.3 0015 20/5 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, sport talks, fair

9675 0012 20/5 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, long religious talk, fair/good

10000 0010 20/5 Observatorio Nacional Brazil, continuous time & ids, fair

11780 0003 20/5 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, songs, talks "saudade", good

11815 2358 19/5 Radio Brasil Central, nice songs, ids, fair/good

11920 0006 20/5 HCJB, via Chile, in Portuguese, slow songs, very good

13690 2343 19/5 Radio Australia, English, talks //15415 15560 17750

15250 2345 19/5 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, talks about politics at the university by profesor Vladimir Costa. Fair/good //13680 good

15415 2341 19/5 Radio Australia, English, talks //15560 but better here, fair

15560 2339 19/5 Radio Australia, English, talks, weak //17750 weak too

15610 2336 19/5 WEWN, USA, religious talks, English, good

15650 2333 19/5 Voice of Greece, conversation, in Greek, fair

15720 2330 19/5 R New Zealand Int. talks about music, and blues song, English, fair

15850 2325 19/5 Galei Zahal, Israel, nice American songs, fair

Boc 24: il log (piccolino)

2011-05-26T20:57:00.006+02:00

Anche BOC 24, l'edizione numero 24 delle DX nights a Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Liguria) è andata in archivio. Propagazione scarsa in onde corte. Ma nel complesso non ci si può lamentare, grazie alle medie con una nuova nigeriana ascoltata, e alle FM con le prime (per noi) E sporadiche. Come al solito ero con Dario Monferini. E anche questa volta è venuto a trovarci Marzio Vizzoni, autore di questa significativa foto.

Questa volta abbiamo potuto anche provare due nuovi ricevitori: il Sangean ATS 909X, da poco sul mercato, e l'Eton E1, ormai non più produzione. Due portatili molto diversi tra loro, ma entrambi di classe superiore. Decisamente validi. Di cui magari riporterò le mie impressioni sul blog Info, quando avrò tempo.

Ecco il piccolo log:

4319 21/5 1931 AFRTS, Diego Garcia, talks, USB, fair

4765 21/5 1907 Radio Tajikistan, Dushambe, folk songs, fair/good

4780 21/5 1904 RTV Djibouti, talks like reports, fair

+++ 4805 21/5 1935 UNID Chinese station, talks and slow songs, fair

4940 21/5 1955 VOA, Sao Tome, English program, international talks, good

5010 21/5 1958 Radio Madagascar, nice African song, modulated only on the upper side of the carrier. Fair/good

5025 21/5 2130 ABC Australia, start on 60 meters reports, weak //4910 weak, 4835 fair

5066.3 21/5 1900-1902* Radio Candip, Bunia, Congo, signing off, poor

5995 21/5 2214 Radio Malì, African & Western songs, good signal, but low and compressed modulation

6019.939 21/5 2219 Radio Vietnam, Home Service, presumed, long Asian slow songs, few talks by woman, weak

6055 21/5 2000 Radio Rwanda, African slow songs non stop, later young music with Dj talks in French, good, some QRM from 6050

6165 21/5 2008 Radio Diffusion Tchadienne, Chad, talks in French about Chad, fair/good

6170 21/5 2116 VOA, Sao Tome, interview in French, fair

6977 22/5 1915 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, fair, //15850

7125 21/5 2129 Radio Conakry, Guinea, songs but really low modulation. Ham QRM

7295 21/5 2206 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, fair

9675 21/5 2115 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, religios talks, Portuguese, weak/fair

11725 21/5 2103 Radio New Zealand Int. News in English, good

15345.137 21/5 1928 RTM Morocco, songs, better USB to avoid QRM Argentina (carrier) on 15345.076. Fair/Good

15720 21/5 1918 Radio New Zealand Int. in DRM, label ok "RNZI", but only some music and talks by woman, non usable audio till 1925, then better with only few stops. Sunday morning program. Fair/good signal

15720 21/5 2233 Radio New Zealand Int. talks in English, now in AM mode, no more QRM, fair

15850 21/5 1740 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks and songs, weak

ARI Milan DX Night # 2

2011-05-13T21:19:00.006+02:00

The second ARI Milano DX Night was another very nice meeting at ARI (Italian Radio Amateur Club) Milan section to listen together. We were in eight. You can find photos and info here: http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.com/

We got great propagation on high bands all night long. Radio New Zealand Int. was perfect in DRM on 17 MHz. Never happened in theese years, as I remember.

--- TROPICAL ---

3215 8/5 0245 WWCR, USA, religious talks, English, fair

3240 8/5 0250 TWR, Swaziland, interval signal with ids, weak

3269.85 8/5 0252 Greek Pirate 2 x Harmonic, Greek songs, fair

3330 8/5 0226 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, good

4054.99 8/5 0201 Radio Verdad, Guatemala, music id at 0204, in LSB weak, good later

4699.96 8/5 0208 Radio San Miguel, Bolivia, songs, some talks, poor

4845.237 8/5 0215 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, nice songs, fair, CODAR QRM

5025 2325 07/05 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, music, SS. fair

5040 7/5 2324 Radio Habana, Cuba, English program, id, fair

5045 7/5 2320 Radio Cultura do Parà, Belém, Brazil, talks, fair

--- HF ----

5939.84 7/5 2342 Voz Missionaria, Cambiorù, Brazil, man religious talks, fair

5954.27 8/5 0335 Radio Republica, Tx Elcor, Costa Rica, talks, later music, fair signal but jammed

5985.83 7/5 2338 Myanmar Radio, talks man & woman, fair

5995 7/5 2327 Radio Malì, nice Afro music, in French, good

6090 8/5 0256 Amhara State Radio, Ethiopia, start of Bc with music, id at 0300, news, Horn od Africa music, good signal, some QRM from dr Gene Scott

6110 8/5 0304 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, songs, //7210, both good

7215 8/5 0343-0345* TWR, South Africa, music, id, end of Bc, good

7295 7/5 2331 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, some talks, fair/good

7850 8/5 all night CHU, Canada, pips & ids in French & English, fair

9705 8/5 0350 Radio Ethiopia, Horn of Africa music and talks, fair/good

9780.137 8/5 0355 Republic of Yemen Radio, Talks mentioning Sana'a many times, id on the hour, arabic music/songs

9819.9 8/5 0139 Radio 9 de Julho, Brazil, long religious talk, at 0146 Holy Rosary, fair to good

10000 8/5 0140 WWV USA, & Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, both fair with usual ids

11670 07/05 2253 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, soft music and talks, in Spanish, good

11695 07/05 2252 Radio Australia, talks, good

11765 7/5 2244 Deus é amor, Brazil, religious very long sermon, good

11780 7/5 2235 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, nice songs, good

11854.91 8/5 0132 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talks in PP, strong interference from Family Radio 11855, avoided with AMs LSB mode

11925.18 8/5 0136 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks and opera music, fair

13363.5 7/5 2238 Radio Continental, LSB, Argentina, feeder, id, sport reports, fair to good later

14670 8/5 all night CHU, Canada, pips & ids, fair

15189.95 8/5 0121 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, nice Brazilian songs, fair

15345.076 8/5 0125 R Nacional Argentina, talks songs SS, good

15745 08/05 0154 Sri Lanka BC, listeners' letters, in English, very good

15720 7/5 2252 Radio New Zealand Int, songs, fair/good

15850 7/5 2249 Galei Zahal, Israel, folk songs, very good

17675 8/5 0109 Radio New Zealand Int. DRM literature talks perfect! Excellent! Incredible signal at this hour in the night on such high frequency.

17715 8/5 0103 Radio Australia, English, reports, good //17750

17730 8/5 0113 R Free Asia, pres, talks in unid Asian lang, via Mongolia tx, fair

17860 8/5 0117 Radio Veritas, Philippinas, nice songs, good //15280

Angola sui 41 metri

2011-05-03T18:43:00.002+02:00

Ieri sera sono passato a Bocca di Magra (La Spezia), giusto per dormire. Già che c’ero ho acceso l’SDR-IQ. La Nuova Zelanda era fortissima. Bene anche Radio Senado e Wai FM sulla nuova frequenza RTM dei 6100 kHz. Da segnalare l’Angola (presumed) sui 7 MHz. In basso invece non era possibile andare a causa di scariche elettriche continue da temporali rompiscatole.

Venerdì mattina sono passato in Autostrada da Modena, Bologna, Forlì. Sui 1512 kHz non c’era nulla. Attive invece 1368 e 1404 kHz

Ecco il log SW:

5990 2/5 2147-2202* Radio Senado, Brazil, long talks in Portuguese but also in Spanish!, great id at 2200. End of BC. S.off 2202

6100 2/5 2220 Wai FM, Malaysia, songs, commercials, talks, lot of ids, good. No signal on 11665.

7125 2/5 2050 Radio Conakry, Guinea, African songs, some talks in French, at 2108 also talks in vernacular by woman, fair

7216.76 2/5 2135 Radio Nacional Angola (presumed), music, weak, better in USB to avoid QRM from 7215.

7255 2/5 2122 Radio Belarus & Radio Nigeria. Belarus dominant in English, history of Belarus, fair. But some time Nigeria coming on, with music and also an id.

7295 2/5 2115 Traxx FM, Malaysia, nice songs, fair

9525.97 2/5 2012 Voice of Indonesia, slow pop songs, id at 2021, good in USB

11650 2/5 2023 Radio Damal, clandestine to Somalia, long talks, fair/good

11725 2/5 2005 R New Zealand Int. international reports, id at 2210, excellent!
RX: SDR-IQ - Ant: Wellbrook LFL 1010 loop – QTH: Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Italia)

Qualche ascolto simpatico

2011-04-28T22:10:00.005+02:00

La propagazione si è di nuovo mossa. Un po' di America latina. In particolare Novas de Paz su 6080 kHz, con il canale assolutamente libero e non interferito. Da est, invece, Wai FM riusciva a farsi sentire nonostante CVC Chile.

Da notare: l'onnipresente Studio DX, in italiano, questa volta arrivava via Radio Miami International 9955 kHz che non era interferita dal solito jamming.

5909.931 27/4 0140 Radio Alcaravan, Lomalin, Colombia, nice songs, fair

5954.26 27/4 0130 Radio Republica, via Costa Rica, Clandestine to Cuba, Politics, in Spanish, fair signal but jamming QRM

6005 27/4 0850 Radio 700, Germany, talks in German & songs, also German songs, weak/fair slow fading

6015 27/4 0905 TDP Radio, DRM broadcast, No audio, label: TDPradio, English, Pop Music, Belgium, stereo 20.96 kbps

6079.97 27/4 0103 Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, Brazil, long religious talks in Portuguese, some slow music, at 0154 mentioning Curitiba, ids at 0157 free channel, weak

9645.34 27/4 0048 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks mentioning many times Sao Paulo, fair

9745 27/4 0035 Radio Bahrain (presumed), Arabic slow songs, few talks in Arabic, modulated only on upper side of the carrier, weak

9955 27/4 0023 WRMI, USA, Studio DX, DX program by Roberto Scaglione, in Italian, till 0028, at 0029 id in English & Spanish "Radio Miami International", then Radio Slovakia Internationa start Bc via WRMI. No Jamming. Weak/Fair

11665 27/4 0013 Wai FM, Malaysia, soft songs and female talks, mixed with Spanish talks from CVC Chile. Fair signal

11710.618 27/4 0006 RAE, Argentina, nice songs, economic talks, in Portuguese, good

11780 27/4 0002 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, talks and Brazilian songs, fair

11870 26/4 2357 WEWN Radio Catolica Mundial, USA, in Spanish, Gregorian Chant (in Latin) and id at 2359. Start of Bc. Fair

12980 26/4 2335 Chinese Firedrake, Cinese music with drums, weak/fair

15345.046 26/4 2345 RAE, Argentina, in Spanish, interview, Jazz, fair/good

15720 26/4 2341 Radio New Zealand Int. Talks in English, weak

RX: Perseus & AOR 7030 - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milano

Aor 7030 in azione

2011-04-25T19:02:00.005+02:00

Riacceso anche l'AOR 7030, che resta sempre un grande ricevitore. Ottimo audio, anche e soprattutto in ECSS. Il mio ricevitore ha due filtri Collins, da 4 e 2,5 kHz, che in cascata danno una selettività effettiva di 3,6 e 2,2 kHz.

6134.78 23/4 2353 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, songs, talks about "ambiente y cambio climatico", fair, in LSB to avoid R. Aparecida

6160 23/4 2348 CKZN, St.John's, Canada, relay CBC Radio One, phone talks, fair

9504.97 23/4 2335 Radio Record, Brazil, talks, weak

9675 23/4 2330 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, talks about the International Youth Day, ids, good

10000 23/4 2325 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, ids & time, fair

11815 23/4 2319 Radio Brasil Central, songs, talks mentioning R Brasil Central, later nice songs program, good

12020 23/4 2314 Radio Habana, Cuba, great Cuban music, a short signal out at 2317, fair/good, some fading

12133.5 23/4 2311 AFRTS, USA, talks, USB weak but clear

13270 23/4 2309 New York Radio Volmet, usual weather airport info, USB, weak

13680 23/4 2305 Radio Nacional Venezuela, via Cuba, in English, economics info, fair

13690 23/4 2302 Radio Australia, reports in English, weak

13830 23/4 2300 WEWN, USA, in Spanish, "Radio Catolica Mundial", religious, fair

13845 23/4 2257 WWCR, Nashville, TN, USA, song, full id, very good!

14670 23/4 2255 CHU, Canada, pips & time, ids, fair

15034 23/4 2253 Trenton Air Volmet, Canada, "This is Trenton Military", meteo info, USB, good

15190 23/4 2240 Radio Inconfidencia & Family Radio, both in Portuguese, jamming each other, sport & religious. good signals, bad reception

15265 23/4 2235 Radio Japan, Netherland Antillas, talks in Japanese, good

15344.31 23/4 2210 Radio Nacional, Argentina, talks about the shaping of Buenos Aires culture, some jazz, Spanish, fair/good

15630 23/4 2206 Voice of Greece, Greek songs, talks in Greek, fair

15720 23/4 2203 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, also about Australia, fair

Un tranquillo Drake SPR-4

2011-04-23T19:42:00.004+02:00

Qualche ascolto tranquillo di sabato mattina con il Drake SPR-4

11530 23/4 1100 Denge Mezopotamia, Clandestine in Kurdish via Ukraine, news, low modulation

11760 23/4 1105 Radio Habana, Cuba, international news, in Spanish, fair

11830 23/4 1108 Radio Habana, Cuba, news in Spanish //11760, fair

11955 23/4 1111 Voice of Turkey, nice Turkish music, fair //13635 good

17510 23/4 1032 All India Radio, English service, reports, fair

17685 23/4 1039 Radio Free Afghanistan, via Thailand, talks mentioning also Lybia, in Pushtu (reported) //15680

17695 23/4 1044 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, in Farsi, songs, ids, fair //15690

17710 23/4 1047 Voice of Iran, in English, report about Lybia, fair, //21630 good

17820 23/4 1051 Radio Thailand, in Thai, talks mentioning some countries like Taiwan, fair

17840 23/4 1120 Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, in Arabic, talks about Iran, interview, good //11680

17880 23/4 1055-1058* Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, usual songs, good, off at 1058

RX: DRAKE SPR-4 - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milan city, Italy

Di nuovo il Kenwood R-5000

2011-04-22T22:19:00.007+02:00

Dopo un bel po' di tempo ho rimesso in funzione il vecchio Kenwood R-5000, che era rimasto in un angolo a Bocca di Magra a prendere polvere. L'ho riportato a Milano e rimesso nello shack.

Il mio ricevitore è stato modificato: filtro AM 4 kHz della Inrad, modifiche audio della KIWA, migliorata la sensibilità in onde medie e lunghe eliminando l'attenuazione prevista dal costruttore.

L'R-5000 è un buon ricevitore, anche se è pensato soprattutto il traffico radioamatoriale e non per le broadcasting. Su questo ultimo fronte i Drake e l'AOR 7030 sono decisamente migliori.

Ecco il log fatto con questo ricevitore

5040 20/4 0019 Radio Habana, Cuba, in Creole, social and political talks, good

5045 20/4 0023 Radio Cultura, Belém, Brazil, usual nice Brazilian songs, fair

6135 20/4 0007 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, & Radio Aparecida, Brazil, faighting together and jamming. Both poor

6090 20/4 0003 Dr.Gene Scott, Anguilla, spirituals and religious slow talk in English, very good

6160 20/4 0013 CKZN, St.John's, Canada, CBC relay, in English, fair

7295 19/4 2355 Traxx FM, Malaysia, usual songs program, news at 0000, fair

9505 19/4 2348 Radio Record, Brazil, talks, weak & low modulation

9640 19/4 2345 Radio Habana, Cuba, speech about Cuban economic projects, in Spanish, good

9645.3 19/4 2340 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, conversation, weak, in USB to avoid another bc on 9645

9675 19/4 2335 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, few talks and songs, fair/good

10051 19/4 2332 New York Radio Volmet, USA, airports meteo, USB, fair

10405 20/4 1107 Commando Solo, Mediterranean Sea, Lybian war. Message to Lybian Army in Arabic and English: stop figting and return to you family.
USB, good signal, at 1112 strong jamming

11645 19/4 2320 All India Radio, in English, Indian music, fair, at 2330 QRM Iran

11645 19/4 2330 Voice of Iran, start Bc in Chinese, fair a little over India

11765 19/4 2315 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, talks about the Church Deus é Amor, fair/good

11815 19/4 2310 Radio Brasil Central, songs, jingle ids, fair/good

11920 19/4 2305 HCJB, via Chile, pop Christian songs (as "Santa Cruz"), address, in Portuguese, very good

13680 19/4 2300 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, in English, international reports, fair

15345 19/4 2250 RAE, Argentina, in Spanish, tango music, fair

15525 19/4 2240 HCJB Australia, in Chinese, slow songs, fair, strong fading

15720 19/4 2210 Radio New Zealand Int., reports in English, weak/fair, fading

RX: Kenwood R5000 (modificato); ANT: T2FD; QTH: Milan city

Tra i pirati e la Nuova Zelanda

2011-04-19T23:20:00.003+02:00

SW log made at the seaside in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Italy), on Sunday evening/night

3280 17/4 2148 Greek pirate station 2 x H from 1640, music, poor

3296 17/4 2145 Italian Pirates QSO in LSB, good

4780 17/4 1918 RTV Djibouti, long talks, good

4835 17/4 2136 VL8A ABC Alice Springs, Australia, reports in English, fair //5025 (nothing on 4910)

4900 17/4 2140 Italian pirates QSO in AM; Mario, Giuseppe & others, good

4940 17/4 1915 VOA, Sao Tome, English program, life in USA, good

5010 17/4 1910-1914* Radio Madagascar, long talks, usual carrier modulated only in the upper side. Abrupt s.off at 1914 Fair

5025 17/4 2133 VL8K ABC Katherine, Australia, reports, weak //4835

9665 17/4 2210 Radio PMR Pridnestrovye, Moldavia (Transniestr Russian controlled area), reports & comment about Lybia, in French, very good signal but low modulation. At 2230 start of German program.

9760 17/4 2234 Cyprus BC, radio drama in Greek, //5925 7220 all very good

11725 17/4 2105 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, fair

13630 17/4 2112 Radio Australia, international reports, in English, fair //11695 good

15190 17/4 1932 Radio Africa, E. Guinea, (presumed)long religious talk by woman in English, weak- Better signal at 2125

RX: RFspace SDR-IQ – ANT: Wellbrook LFL 1010 loop
QTH: Bocca di Magra (La Spezia) Italia
SW Blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/

Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italia

3390 ICDI from Central African Republic

2011-04-19T22:02:00.003+02:00

On Sunday evening, April 17, I was in Bocca di Magra, at the seaside, and I could monitor the frequency of 3390 kHz. I also could listen to ICDI (CAF), I presume, at about 1900-1930, with talks and some music, no id heard. The signal was very weak, but the channel was free of interferences and noises. I tried again around 2230 but there was no more signal. Signal off or propagation out? I can’t say.

The receiver was the RF-Space SDR-IQ and the antenna the Wellbook LFL 1010 loop.

Pirati, DRM e altro ancora

2011-04-16T22:18:00.002+02:00

Altri ascolti a Milano

3910.96 16/4 2352-0000* Radio Festivum,
Pirate, songs, ids, clear one at 00.00 before S.off weak/fair

6210 16/4 2333 Radio Powerliner, Pirate from Nederland, id, new mail RADIORPI -at-live.nl, fair/good

7260 16/4 2303 Mongolian Radio, musica and talks //4895, fair/good

7280 16/4 2310 Radio Belarus, songs //7235 6070 6010, fair

7850 16/4 2301 CHU, Canada, usual pips & ids, fair

9265 16/4 2244 WINB, USA, religious program in English, fair

9369.9 16/4 2247 WTJC, USA, religious songs "Alleluja"... in English, good

9385 16/4 2250 WWRB, USA, religious sermon in English, fair

9479 16/4 2252 WTWW, USA, religious sermon in English, fair, modulation a little low

9760 16/4 1157 "Babcock DRM" in DRM mode, no audio, only the DREAM label.TX in UK according to the label. What service?

11549.85 16/4 2235 Radio Australia, via Taiwan, in Bahasa Indonesia, talks & interview mentioning many times Australia //11695. Fair

15265 16/4 2240 Radio Japan, via Bonaire, talks in Japanese, good

Bolivia e Perù a Milano

2011-04-16T19:02:00.003+02:00

Sun moved up, also propagation moved. Last night we had some nice signals here in Milan.

4795.97 17/4 0030 Radio Lipez, Bolivia, talks, local style music, ids. Weak, good modulation

4955 17/4 0022 Radio Cultural Amauta, Peru, long talks, weak

5939.84 16/4 2320 Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, Brazil, slow songs, fair

5952.5 16/4 2325 Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia, talks, nice signal tonight !

9585.83 16/4 2329 Radio Myanmar, oriental slow songs, fair

6134.78 16/4 2315 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, romantic songs, fair/good

6173.9 17/4 0010 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, Peru, talks, weak

9730 16/4 2256 FEBC, Philippines, Interval signal with ids "This is FEBC Radio Broadcasting from Manila Philippines" before starting the Bc. Good

15295 17/4 0958 Voice of Malaysia, ids in English then start broadcast in Chinese. Fair

RX: Perseus & Collins 51S-1 - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milan city, Italy

Pochi segnali sui 21 MHz

2011-04-15T17:12:00.001+02:00

Band scan dei 21 MHz intorno alle 11 UTC. Pochi segnali

21 MHz Band scan
15 April 2011
1055-1105 UTC

1055- means the program goes on
*1059 - end at 0959
1100* - start at 1000

21470 1055- BBC, via Seychelles, English, weak

21530 1100* Here is reported Radio Free Asia via Kuwait, but what I hear can be Chinese BC jamming the frequency. It is the same of 21695 (see 21695) fair

21540 1055- Radio Kuwait, Arabic, very good

21610 1055- REE, Spanish, weak/fair

21630 1055- VOIR, Iran, in English, fair

21670 1055- BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, Indonesian, fair

21695 1100* Same program on 21530, I wonder if it is a Chinese Jammer station covering broadcasts to China. Here is reported VOA, not RFA. Fair

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD - QTH Milano, Italia

17 Mhz Band scan

2011-04-15T17:09:00.001+02:00

Giusto per perdere un po' di tempo con il Perseus, ecco il band scan dei 17 MHz intorno alle 10 UTC

17 MHz Band scan
15 April 2011
0955-1005 UTC

0955- means the program goes on
*0959 - end at 0959
1000* - start at 1000

17490 0955- CRI English good

17500 0955- CRI Chinese weak //17530 17560 17670

17510 *0958 AIR, start, English fair

17530 0955- CRI Chinese weak //17500 17560 17670

17535 0959* Bible Voice, Arabic, weak

17540 *1000 CRI start in Chinese Good

17560 0957* CRI Chinese weak/fair //17500 17530 17670

17570 0957* CRI English fair/good

17615 0955- BSKSA Saudi Arabia, good

17620 0955- Radio France Int. French fair

17640 0955- BBC Seychelles, presumed, poor

17650 *1000 CRI start in Chinese, good

17670 0950 CRI Chinese //17500 17530 17560

17685 0955- Radio Azadi, clandestine to Iran, via Thailand, fair

17695 0955- Radio Farda, clandestine to Iran, via Thailand, fair

17720 0955- Radio Pakistan, fair

17750 *0959 Radio Free Asia, starting with id in English, fair, with Chinese jamming bc

17785 0955 BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, in French till 0956 when covered by Radio Romania Int. Interval signal, fair

17785 *0956 Radio Romania Int., Interval signal, at 1000 in French. Good

17805 0955- BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, Arabic, good

17820 0959* DW, via Sri Lanka, in English end BC. fair

17820 *1000 Radio Thailand, start in Thai, fair

17830 0959* BBC, via Ascension, English, good

17870 0955- BBC, via Thailand to Iran, weak

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milan, Italy

Di nuovo Radio Klasik

2011-04-14T21:06:00.002+02:00

Qualche segnale più forte del solito. Radio Klasik di nuovo dopo un po' di tempo.

6030 13/4 1750-1900* Radio Oromiya, Ethiopia, talks, reports, Horn of Africa sounds, off at 1900. Fair/good

9564.71 12/4 2330 Radio Klasik, Malaysia, songs, // web streaming, fair, fading down after 2341

7295 12/4 2315 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, funny talks in English, good

11765 12/4 2244 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, A voz do Brasil, fair

11780 12/4 2246 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, A Voz do Brasil prg, fair

11815 12/4 2248 Radio Brasil Central, A Voz do Brasil program, fair

13605 12/4 2240 All India Radio, Indian music, weak, strong fading

15345.31 12/4 2236 RAE, Argentina, Tango music, la hora utc, Grupo Montenegros, good

RX: Collins 51S-1 - Drake R4-C (Perseus as spectrum monitor)
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia
SW blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/

Inconfidencia a bomba

2011-04-12T23:24:00.004+02:00

Inconfidencia sui 15190 kHz davvero bene!

Da segnalare anche Radio Powerline International, pirata, su 6285 con grande musica anni 70 e 80

6130 10/4 2005-2022* TWR, Swaziland, religious music, short talk to end the BC in Portuguese, then interval music and ids "This is TWR Swaziland". Then S.off. Fair

6170 10/4 2025 VOA Sao Tome, great Jazz, program in French, fair

6285 10/4 2033 Radio Powerliner International, Pirate, oldies like Giorgio Moroder (1977), in English and Dutch, fair, slow fading

6295 10/4 2000 Reflection Europe, several ids and religious on English. Good

9675 12/4 2112 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, Holy Rosary, good

11550 10/4 *2200 Radio Australia, start of Bc in Bahasa Indonesian, reports, especially about Libya. Fair

11695 10/4 2150 Radio Australia, English, reports, fair/good

11780 10/4 2205 Radio Nacional Amazonia, sport, fair

15120 10/4 1825 Voice of Nigeria, on English, Reports, id on half hour, good

15120 12/4 1146 Radio Habana Cuba, politics in Spanish, fair

15190 12/4 2103 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, several ids, really good signal !

15250 10/4 1833 FEBA, via Ascension?, in French, talks about life, freedom, faith. Fair

15320 12/4 1153 Radio Mashaal, via Kuwait, interview, news on the hour, fair //15360
RX: Collins 51S-1; Perseus - Ant: T2FD
QTH: Milan city, Italy
http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/

Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italia

La domenica in relax

2011-04-09T22:03:00.005+02:00

RX: Collins 51S-1 - Drake R4-C (Perseus as spectrum monitor)
ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milano, Italia

6140 3/4 0920 MV Baltic Radio, Great rock songs, talks in German, Ids giving web address, very good

13580 3/4 1240 WEWN, USA, Holy Mass, fair

13685 3/4 1245 Vatican Radio, talks in Russian, fair

13720 3/4 1250 REE, Spain, "Amigos de la onda corta" program, letters and reports from DXer listeners. In Spanish. Very good

13760 3/4 1300 Voice of Korea, North Korea, start of Bc with ids in English ids by man & female "This is Voice of Korea". News in English. Fair

15190 3/4 0903 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, Brazilian popular songs, few Dj talks, weak to fair, slow deep fading. At 0916 fade out.

15290 3/4 0932 Radio Japan, via Issoudun, France, Japanese popo slow songs, talks in Japanese. Fair, some QRM from IRIB on 15295

15341.15 3/4 0940 RTV Marocaine, Morocco, out of frequency as usual, talks, songs, Arabic, fair

15725 3/4 0946-0956* Radio Pakistan, strange song: rap on like traditional slow songs, in Urdu (pres). Voice modulation a little down as usual. fair. Abrupt s.off at 0956

17725 3/4 1204 Voice of Africa, Libya, talks in Swahili mentioning also Egypt and Mubarak, several ids also in English and web address. Later also talks about Ghaddafi. Good

17840 3/4 1150 Radio Sawa, Kuwait relay, usual songs program with many ids, in Arabic. Good

17895 3/4 1156 Radio Riyad, Saudi Arabia, starting programm with Holy Kuran, good

21540 3/4 1145 Radio Kuwait, in Arabic, long talks like international reports, mentioning Iraq many times. Good

21750 3/4 1130 IRIB, Voice of Iran, talks like reports. Reported in Hausa. Higher frequency in use at this time. Weak //21520

Radio Victoria again on 6020

2011-04-08T16:19:00.002+02:00

Ricomparsa a Milano Radio Victoria dal Perù vicino ai 6020 kHz. Molto bene Traxx FM 7295, il canale è meno interferito.

rx: Perseus - ant: T2FD
QTH Milano, Italia

6019.17 7/4 2310 Radio Victoria, Peru, religious enphatic talks, weak but the 6020 channel is free.

6304.77 7/4 2355 Bravo Sierra, pirate in Holland, "Good morning this is Bravo Sierra from Holland", songs, good, later fading down

7295 8/4 0005 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs and talks in English, also about book, fair signal tonight without usual QRM from close channels

9470.05 7/4 2333 AIR National Channel, reports, //9425 fair

9504.98 7/4 2323 Radio Record, Brasil, long talks, weak/fair

Radio Itatiaia e CBC St.John's

2011-04-08T16:07:00.005+02:00

Segnali latini. Tra questi anche su 5970: Itatiaia da Belo Horizonte con A Voz do Brasil. Inoltre alcuni canali risultano più puliti perché diverse stazioni si stanno spostando più in alto. Quindi è diventato ben ricevibili il Canada, St.John's CBC One, con un solo Kw, su 6160 kHz.

RX: Collins 51S-1 & Perseus - ant: T2FD
QTH Milano city

5939.84 6/4 2150 Voz Missionaria, Camboriù, Brazil, religious talks and slow music, web address at 2158, then after 22 A Voz do Brasil in // with 5969.99, 5045 and 4885 Fair

5952.45 6/4 2246 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, social talks, fair

5969.99 6/4 2210 Radio Itatiaia (presumed) Belo Horizonte, Brazil, A Voz do Brasil //4885, 5045 and 5939.84. Weak

6160 6/4 2300 CKZN St.John's, "CBC News", nice signal tonight, better than usual, fair

11780 6/4 2240 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, A Voz do Brasil. Fair

Voice of Malaysia, buon segnale

2011-04-05T20:52:00.005+02:00

Ascolti del lunedì mattina. Molto bene Voice of Malaysia, seguita da Voice of Islam.

RX: Collins 51S-1 - Drake R4-C (Perseus as spectrum monitor)
ANT: T2FD -- QTH: Milano, Italia

11530 4/4 0850 Denge Mezopotamya, Clandestine in Kurdish, songs and music, fair

11945 4/4 0900 Radio Australia, in English, news. Fair

13630 4/4 0845 Radio Australia, in English, reports, fair,some QRM from
Turkey 13635

15195 4/4 0819 Radio Tatarstan, Russia, old popular slow songs and music, few talks mentioning Tatarstan. Really pleasant. Fair/good

15295 4/4 0750 Voice Of Malaysia, nice pop songs, ids in English, announcement of Voice of Islam in 5 minutes. Jingle at 0759. Good

15295 4/4 0800 Voice of Islam, Malaysia, start of the program with some Holy Kuran and translations - explanations in English. Good

15715 4/4 0808 Radio Mashaal, Clandestine to Pakistan, reports, some ids. //15740 (tx?). Fair

15850 4/4 0815 Galei Zahal, Israel, pop songs, few talks, weak with fading

17880 4/4 0835 Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, usual songs program, fair

Buona propagazione notturna in HF

2011-04-05T20:41:00.008+02:00

La propagazione è migliorata in HF, nella notte tra il 4 e il 5 aprile. Molto bene Radio Santa Cruz, con begli id di chiusura e la canzone della radio. Interessante Radio New Zealand sui 15 MHz in piena notte. ERa tempo che non arrivava.

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milano, Italia

5910 5/4 0040 Radio Alcaravan, Colombia, real nice songs, weak/fair, fading

5954.69 5/4 0048 Radio Republica, via Costa Rica, Elcor tx, politics, traces of jamming, fair

6134.79 5/4 0053-0111* Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, songs, "Radio Santa Cruz, la primera", great ids, Radio Santa Cruz song off at 0111, fair

9330 5/4 0027 WBCQ, USA, religious talks, only the upper side of the carrier modulated, fair

9675 5/4 0033 Cancao Nova, Brazil, religious talks, in Portuguese, good

10000 5/4 0038 Observatorio Nacional & WWV mixed, both with fair signal and clear announcements

11665 5/4 0003 CVC, Chile, very nice Latin songs, talks about family, in Spanish. Good

11710.68 5/4 0008 RAE, Argentina, songs and tango, talks about democracy in Argentina, in Portuguese. Good

11764.95 5/4 0014 Super Radio Deus è Amor, religious talks, fair

11815 5/4 0018 R. Brasil Central, football live, good

11905 5/4 0022 Sri Lanka BC, slow traditional songs. Fair/good

15190 4/4 2330 Family Radio & Radio Inconfidencia, both in Portuguese, fighting on the same frequency. I wonder why WYFR started to broadcasts here ?!

15250 4/4 2338 Radio Nacional Venezuela, via Cuba, political talks about Venezuela in Spanish and English. Fair/good

15345,07 4/4 2344 RAE, Argentina, Tango music, nice as usual, in Spanish, fair/good signal

15720 4/4 2350 Radio New Zealand Int. In English, interview, news on the hour. Weak

BOC 23 - ascolti HF

2011-03-25T21:42:00.008+01:00

Qualche altro ascolto in onde corte a Bocca di Magra, nella porzione HF, fatti con Dario Monferini.

5865 19/03 2156- RTA Radio Algerienne, via TX France, Holy Kuran. Some talks in Arabic. VERY GOOD. BOC23

5875 19/03 2200- BBC WS, via Thailand, id, newsin English. FAIR. BOC23

5954.25 18/03 0000- Radio Republica, Clandestine via Costa Rica, id talks in Spanish against Cuba govern, strong QRM like jammer. FAIR/POOR. BOC23

6025.11 19/03 0021- Radio Amanacer Internacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. religious talks in Spanish about the Adventist Church. FAIR. BOC23

6055 19/03 2020- Radio Rwanda, african slow songs, talk in Vernacular and some French with a clear id. GOOD. BOC23

6070 19/03 2032- Radio Belarus, African music (we are not crazy) introduced and discussed by a girl, clearly in Belarus language. May be a program dedicated to African workers in Belarus ???. GOOD. BOC23

6185 19/03 *1500-1525* Voce della Turchia, in Italian "Impariamo il Turco". GOOD. BOC23

6185 19/03 0249- Radio Educacion, Mexico, latin nice songs, at 0259 strong QRM splash. FAIR. BOC23

6215 19/03 1945- Unid (Clandestine presumed), in Arabic, talking about Libya, Hamas, Arafat, Egypt, mujahedin... with like militant songs. GOOD. BOC23

6310 18/03 2203- Pirate, Spaceshuttle presumed, reported by Dr.Tim, nice music and songs no stop: blues, country, jazz... good broadcast quality. FAIR/GOOD. BOC23

6877 20/03 1045- Odyssey Dawn operation, Mediterranean Sea or Sky. Loop message to people of Libya in 3 languages : Arabic, English, French. In USB. At 1150 Jamming but good reception the same. Then activity in French observed on 6712 kHz at around 1130 UTC. 4196 was observed active in the afternoon. At 1733 UTC O5M... calling EL1, then others, man voices speaking in English with French accent. Another frequency involved in Odyssey Dawn operation is 6688 as reported by Borgnino and BCL news. SUFF/GOOD. BOC23

6959.54 19/03 1918- Radio Atlantic, Ireland, talks in English and pop oldies. FAIR. BOC23

7200 18/03 1945- Sudan RTVC, Sudanese usual music and songs. FAIR. BOC23

7200 19/03 2000- VOIRI, Voice of Iran in Bosniac, reports, talks about Sudan. Clobbering Sudan Radio. VERY GOOD. BOC23

7255 19/03 2110- Voice of Nigeria, long talk in African language (reported Fulani) mentioning some countries. At 2123 African music and talks about Nigeria. Modulation little low. GOOD. BOC23

7265 19/03 2125- CRI, China Radio Int. Tx Urumqi, China, in Italian, Chinese lessons to help you to eat at the restaurant. Rice & Fish... VERY GOOD. BOC23

7295 18/03 0015- Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs and talks in English. FAIR. BOC23

9479 18/03 2022- WTWW, Lebanon, TN, USA, religious program in English. FAIR. BOC23

9500 18/03 2226- ABC, Radio Australia, reports in English, ids at 2029 and 2030, then songs. FAIR. BOC23

9525 20/03 1935- TWR, Swaziland, start program in French with religious talks about life meaning. In LSB to avoid QRM from Voice of Indonesia on 9525.9 in English. FAIR. BOC23

9525.96 18/03 1940- Voice of Indonesia, in English, Indonesian pop songs. Repeated Ids and address at 1956. At 1958 ids in French and start of the French program, stopped by CRI broadcasting to Europe in Russian on the same frequency since 2000. Not a good idea! GOOD/POOR. BOC23

9705 18/03 2035-2100* Radio Ethiopia, nice Horn of Africa songs, like cultural program, at 2055 news, National Anthem and S/off at 2100. SUFF/GOOD. BOC23

9705 18/03 2100- La Voix du Sahel, news in French, weak signal audible only after Ethiopia S/off. WEAK. BOC23

11660 19/03 1645- ABC, Radio Australia, songs and easy talks about daily life, in English. GOOD. BOC23

11725 18/03 2001- Radio New Zealand Int., news in English, then sport about the City warriors and footbal, with fading. FAIR/GOOD. BOC23

11730 18/03 1125- KSDA, AWR, Agat, Guam, talks in Asian language, religious music. FAIR. BOC23

11730 20/03 1830- Radio Pilipinas (presumed), Philippines, in Tagalog, conversation mentioning USA. GOOD. BOC23

11750 18/03 2005- AWR, via South Africa, broadcast in French to Africa in // 11755 on close channel (maybe to get a better reception on small receivers ?). I made a "photo" to the waterfall. Fair on both channels. Talks about family. FAIR. BOC23

11750 19/03 1120-1128* KTWR, Agana, Guam, talks in unid language, id and off at 1128. POOR/WEAK. BOC23

13590 19/03 1932- CVC One Africa, Zambia, songs introduced by a speaker with strong American accent. GOOD. BOC23

13650 19/03 1937- Radio Kuwait & Radio Canada Int. jamming together, the first with Arabic songs, the latter with reports in French. Both good signal. There are so many frequencies free on this band ! GOOD. BOC23

15120 20/03 1821- Voice of Nigeria, reports in English. Good signal but not so good modulation. GOOD. BOC23

17700 19/03 1610- Sudan Interact Radio, via Ascension, reports about African countries, Darfur, Sudan. Ids and address. GOOD. BOC23

17745 19/03 1620- Sudan Radio Service, via Portugal, nice Sudanese songs, one mentioning Sudan Radio like a jingle long song. VERY GOOD. BOC23

Receivers: Perseus SDR (with Downconverter NTI FMC 108-28 for FM), RF SPpace SDR-IQ & SDR-14, Sony XDR-F1HD for FM, AOR AR5000A, Degen 1103 (Filters 80 + 110 kHz for FM), Degen DE1106, Sangean ATS 909 (with PI code decoder and 2 filters 110 kHz), Tecsun PL-606. Blaupunkt car radio for Opel Zafira.

Antenna: Wellbrook LFL 1010 (Loop outdoor), 8 meters wire for Degen DE1106, 10 & 5 FM elements log periodic RKB, 2 elements Yagu FM made by Alessandro Capra.

Bocca di Magra DX Nights - Tropicali

2011-03-25T21:36:00.008+01:00

Con Dario Monferini, DX editor di Play DX sono tornato a Bocca di Magra per un'altra DX night session, la numero 23. Ovvero BOC 23. Sono venuti a trovarci anche Alessandro Capra e Marzio Vizzoni.

Ecco gli ascolti in Banda Tropicale

2310 19/03 2006- ABC VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia, songs, weak but clear. No signals on 2325 & 2485. SUFF. BOC23

3200 19/03 0301- TWR, Swaziland, talks in English, WEAK/FAIR. BOC23

3230 18/03 1928- Family Radio, via South Africa, usual long religious talks in English, WEAK. BOC23

3255 18/03 1930- BBC, via South Africa, reports in English, WEAK/FAIR. BOC23

3915 19/03 2148- BBC WS, Singapore, reports about Libya, FAIR. BOC23

3922 19/03 2142- Borderhunter, Dutch Pirate, folk music no stop, some blank space among the traces. Thanks Silveri Gomez & Roberto Pavanello tips. FAIR/GOOD. BOC23

4026 18/03 1934- Laser Hot Hits, pop songs, FAIR. BOC23

4319 18/03 2140- AFRTS, Diego Garcia, talks about Iraq, USB. FAIR. BOC23

4750 20/03 1810-1921* Dunamis Shortwave Radio (presumed), Uganda, no stop African songs and music, some religious songs, without talks, no id. with fading. Off at 1921. FAIR. BOC23

4765 18/03 1925- Radio Tajikistan, folk slow songs. GOOD. BOC23

4780 18/03 1922- RTV Djibouti, long talks. GOOD. BOC23

4810 18/03 1918- Armenian National Radio, reports in Arabic, mentioning many time Armenia, songs. GOOD. BOC23

4835 18/03 2133- ABC VL8A Alice Springs, Australia, reports in English. Not audible signals on 4910. FAIR. BOC23

4845.24 21/03 2225- Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, Brazilian songs. FAIR. BOC23

4880 19/03 1815- SW Radio Africa, via South Africa, long political talks in English. GOOD. BOC23

4895 18/03 0009- Mongolian Radio, talks, modulation a little bit low. Then music. FAIR. BOC23

4940 18/03 1910- VOA, Sao Tome, international reports in English. VERY GOOD. BOC23

5005 21/03 2000-2005* Radio Nacional Bata, Guinea Equatorial, News in Spanish read by a woman, at 2005 one minute blank, then African songs. Heard again after some time. FAIR. BOC23

5010 19/03 1735- Radio TV Malagasy & AIR Thirun..., India... both strong making jamming each other. Talks. GOOD. BOC23

5025 21/03 2345- Radio Rebelde, La Habana, Cuba, Songs, IDs. SUFF. BOC23

5025 19/03 *2129- ABC VL8K Khaterine, Australia, start BC on 60 meters. "Good morning" and English news. // 4835 with nice signal too; no signal on 4910 kHz. Good. BOC23

5040 19/03 1738- AIR Jeypore, India, reports in English, mentioning Pakistan. GOOD. BOC23

5040 21/03 2350- Radio Habana, Cuba, Caribbean Service in Spanish. SUFF. BOC23

5066.35 18+19/03 1742-1904* Radio Candip, Bunia, Congo Democratic, Tentative. just final talk and S/off. On 19/03 at 1742 woman talking. At 1820 still on air, talks in French, better signal. FAIR/WEAK. BOC23

Receivers: Perseus SDR (with Downconverter NTI FMC 108-28 for FM), RF SPpace SDR-IQ & SDR-14, Sony XDR-F1HD for FM, AOR AR5000A, Degen 1103 (Filters 80 + 110 kHz for FM), Degen DE1106, Sangean ATS 909 (with PI code decoder and 2 filters 110 kHz), Tecsun PL-606. Blaupunkt car radio for Opel Zafira.

Antenna: Wellbrook LFL 1010 (Loop outdoor), 8 meters wire for Degen DE1106, 10 & 5 FM elements log periodic RKB, 2 elements Yagu FM made by Alessandro Capra.

Radio Santa Cruz again

2011-03-14T18:08:00.005+01:00

Nice Radio Santa Cruz after some weeks of bad signals. Voice of Africa, Lybia, on air as nothing is happening.

RX: Collins 51S-1 & Drake R4-C; ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano, Italia
SW Blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/

4845.2 13/3 0117 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, concitaded religious talks. Fair

5950 13/3 0040 Bible Voice, relay in Germany, religious talks in slow English, over Family Radio, in English too. So something like a religious marmelade, with Bible voice dominant.

6134.8 13/3 0100-0113* Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, news. Also about tsunami in Japan, with info about the nuclear fears and Caritas helps. Better in LSB to avoid Radio Aparecida on 6135. Great ids at 0108 and 0109, then the usual Radio Santa Cruz song. Off at 0113. Fair

6165 13/3 R.D. Tchadienne, Chad. Long talks in French about Chad and Ndjamena social situation. Fair/good

11725 13/3 2020 Radio New Zealand Int. Conversations, also about science and education in New Zealand. Some noise from another stations, about 100 Hz lower, maybe Radio Marumby.

11775 13/3 2030 Dr. Gene Network, Anguilla, long religious talk in English. Good

11780 13/3 2037 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, sport live, fair

11815 13/3 2010 Radio Brasil Central, sport live, good signal but QRM from BBC on 11810 and Riyadh 11820. In this situation SDR rx give better reception. With 51S-1 I got fair reception in LSB and moving the Rejection Tuning knob.

15120 13/3 1850 Voice of Nigeria, talks in English about Nigeria, some Yoruba style music. Other music, id. Modulation a bit low. Good signal

15190 13/3 1902 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, sport live "Goooooollllll" . weak/fair with slow fading. (with the SDR-14 I observed another carrier 30 Hz higher)

15290 14/3 1206-1229* Radio Jordan, Arabic service, reports also about Lybia. Later Arabic songs. Off at 1229. Good

15330 13/3 1916 Radio Martì, USA, to Cuba, rap in Spanish, easy talks. Fair.

15345 13/3 1910 Radio Nacional Argentina, cultural program talking about books and writers, also Orson Wells. "Por Radio Nacional... radio publica..." Fair. Few QRM from Morocco. At 2003 Good

15365 13/3 2000 Radio Canada Int. start of the Portuguese program to Brazil. Not reported by EIBI 1 March edition. Good

15370 13/3 1925-1955* Radio Habana, Cuba, Cuban special Army program. End at 1955 with id and s.off

17725 13/3 14.50 Voice of Africa, Sabrata, Libya, talks about Senegal, id and songs, in English. Fair/good

17745 13/3 1500 Sudan Radio Service, Clandestine via Sines, Portugal, start of the program in Arabic with many ids, very good

17895 13/3 1505 VOA, Sao Tome & Principe, English program, rap songs. Good

Radio Senado: grande musica

2011-03-12T17:36:00.004+01:00

Radio Senado in versione stazione locale con segnale anche davvero buono e ottima musica brasiliana.

5990 11/3 2115 Radio Senado, Brazil, political talks about federal government. Also ids with internet URL. At 2129 very nice Brazilian songs and music. Stopped at 2159 by Radio Poland. Fair/very good

9505 11/3 2050 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, pop songs, several ids on the hour, great signal, very good

9526 11/3 1827 Voice of Indonesia, German program,talks, ids, Indonesian music, pop songs, very good

9535 11/3 2103 Radio Thailand, in Thai, talks like reports mentioning so many time Thai and Thailand. Id at 2109. Very Good

9730 11/3 2111 Radio Vietnam, French program, talking about Vietnam and international politics, fair

11725 11/3 *1850 R. New Zealand International, Interval signal, at 1852 id in English and start program in unid language (reported as Samoan). Very good signal, it went over DW co-channel

15190 11/3 1945 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, Brazilian love songs, over another station (Radio Africa?), fair. Good at 2025

15345 11/3 2033 RAE, Argentina, program in French, good

RX: Collins 51S-1 & Drake R8
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano city, Italy

Nuovo volmet della RAF su 4235 kHz

2011-03-12T17:17:00.003+01:00

Nuovo volmet della RAF su 4235 e altri

4235 11/3 2135 RAF Volmet, new frequency, reported by some DXers. Meteo info service // 5450. Real strong signal

6676 11/3 1930 Brisbane Volmet, Australia, meteo airports info, USB, fair

6676 11/3 1940 Bangkok Volmet, Thailand, meteo airports info, USB good

8828 11/3 1915 Hong Kong Volmet, start broadcasting, airports meteo info, USB, weak

8828 11/3 1920 Auckland Volmet, New Zealand, airports meteo info, USB, weak

RX: Collins 51S-1 & Drake R8
ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano

SDR-Radio software test versione 1.2

2011-03-10T18:29:00.004+01:00

Alcuni ascolti con il ricevitore SDR RFspace SDR-14, provando la nuova versione 1.2 del programma di gestione SDR-Radio (antenna T2FD). Verso le 3.30 utc c’erano anche un po’ di segnalini americani in onde medie, ma le mie condizioni di ascolto non mi hanno aiutato. Sono riuscito a tirare fuori solo 1510 WWZN da Boston.

Il software in questione va piuttosto bene anche se è ancora in fase di sviluppo. Al momento gestisce i ricevitori SDR della RFspace: SDR-14, SDR-IQ e il nuovo NetSDR.

5025 10/3 0245 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, phone talks, good

5045 10/3 0204 Radio Cultura do Parà, Brazil, nice serious Brazilian music, weak/fair

5755 10/3 0225 WTWW, USA, religious talks, fair

5875 10/3 0230 WHRI, USA, History of USA, very good

6160 10/3 0130 CKZN St.John's, Canada, conversation, CBC One, weak, better in LSB

7200 10/3 0248 Sudan RTVC, folk songs, fair

9265 10/3 0115 WINB, USA, "Alleluja, Alleluja" in Spanish & English, fair, good

9370 10/3 0121 Deewa Radio, via Sri Lanka, talks, ids, rep in Pashto,

9564.95 10/3 0107 Radio Super Deus è Amor, usual sermon, fair

9610 10/3 0103 Vatican Radio, via Netherland Antilles, Spanish, religious news, good

9665.1 10/3 0050 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, long talks, some brazilian music, fair

9770 10/3 0043 Radio Habana, Cuba, talks, nice Cuban music, fair

11710.69 10/3 0035 RAE, Argentina, Spanish program, tango music, fair

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Utility

5520 10/3 0220 Santa Maria OAC, Azores, USB, QSO with Airplains, fair

5598 10/3 0216 Santa Maria OAC, USB, QSO with airplanes, good

5616 10/3 0224 Gander, Canada, USB, working American, good

Altri ascolti cittadini - LHH di nuovo su 6220 (pare)

2011-03-08T17:37:00.005+01:00

Ancora qualche ascolto da Milano città

RX: Collins 51S-1 - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano City

4026 8/3 0320 Laser Hot Hits, on air again after problems, Pirate, old rock songs, fair

4780 8/3 0359 RTV Djibouti, music, fair

4960 8/3 0403 vOA, Sao Tome, English news about Africa, good

5025 8/3 0215 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, talks sport & other, great signal

5045 8/3 0233 Radio Cultura do Parà, Brazil, usual songs, some splatter from Radio Habana 5040, weak

6140 8/3 0300 Radio Habana, Cuba, news in Spanish, good

6160 8/3 0303 CKZN, St. John's, Canada, CBC news, fair (better in LSB)

6220 8/3 0311 Laser Hot Hits ? (could be but no id heard because noise, they announced just yesterday they where back here), Pirate, songs, few talks in English, disappeared at 0318, fair but QRM

9665 8/3 0333 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, religious program "Alleluja", good

9675 8/3 0341 REE, via Costa Rica, International reports, Spanish, good

9770 8/3 0345 Radio Habana, Cuba, talks about Cuba, Spanish, good

10000 8/3 0248 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, usual pips, time, ids, fair

11575 8/3 1405 Radio Pakistan, slow songs, fair/good

11711 8/3 0350 RAE, Argentina, program in French, talks, song, good

15185 8/3 1418 Family Radio, tx?, talks about the Bible, web URL, good

15190 8/3 0238 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Brazilian songs //AM 880 streaming, few ids, fair, fading

15285 8/3 1258 Radio Athmeeyayathra, tx in Germany, Indian songs, talks, ids, fair

15330 8/3 1430 Radio Martì, USA, clandestine to Cuba, economics, weak

15360 8/3 1254 Radio Habana, Cuba, Spanish, talks about 8th of March "Mujeres" day, weak/fair

15400 8/3 1250 HCJB, Kununurra, Australia, English lesson, good as usual, only some fading

15510 8/3 1435 BBC, Mahe, Seychelles, talks mentioning African countries and Somalia many times, reported in Somali, fair

15610 8/3 1247 WEWN, Catholic Radio, USA. English, religious culture, fair/good

15650 8/3 1243 Voice of Greece, Greek, reports about Greece and Libya. Very good

15690 8/3 1239 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, talks, good

15825 8/3 1235 WWCR, USA, talks about Gospel, good

15850 8/3 1304 Galei Zahal, Israele, talks in Hebrew and phone talks, weak and with fading.

17755 8/3 1310 Voice of Turkey, nice Turkish pop songs, multilanguage ids, great signal and audio.

21780 8/3 DW, via UK, talks in German, weak. Higher HF BC in frequency today

Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italia

Ancora prove col Collins 51S-1

2011-03-07T20:34:00.007+01:00

Qualche altro ascolto cittadino con il Collins 51S-1. Le condizioni di propagazione vanno e vengono. Movimento anche sui 20 e 15 metri OM.

RX: Collins 51S-1 - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long - QTH Milano city

5910 6/3 0009 Radio Alcaravan, Colombia, nice Colombian songs, weak/fair

5920 6/3 0013 World Harvest Radio, USA, religious talks, good

5954 6/3 0016 Radio Republica, Costa Rica, politics, weak

9565 6/3 0116 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, talks, weak

9645.3 6/3 0109 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, sport, in USB to avoid China, weak

9665 6/3 0102 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, slow songs, talked about Jesus, fair

9725 6/3 0045-0100* VOA, tx?, Latin songs hit parade, off at 0100, good

9770 6/3 0031 Radio Habana, Cuba, nice Cuban songs, fair

9980 6/3 0037 WWCR USA, slow religious speech, fair

10000 6/3 0040 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, weak, continuos ids, weak

11530 7/3 1408 Denge Mezopotamia, Clandestine to Kurdistan, tx reported in Ukraine, talks, songs, fair/good

11620 7/3 1412 KTWR, Trans World Radio, Guam, talks, Korean (reported), good

11780 6/3 0025 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazilian songs, good

11870 7/3 1418 Radio Veritas, Philippines, talks, web URL, Asian language, good

11910 7/3 1424 KTWR, Trans World Radio, Guam, start of English program, interval signal, id, talks. Fair

11920 6/3 0021 HCJB, via Chile, Religious program in Portuguese, very good

13660 7/3 1220 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports, some QRM from CRI on 13665, but not difficult to avoid, fair

Collins 51S-1 - new entry

2011-03-05T17:26:00.007+01:00

Al mio shack dei ricevitori si è aggiunto un nuovo vecchio Collins. E' il famosississmo modello 51S-1, nella versione round emblem (lo stemma tondo della Collins). Questa radio apparteneva a Renato Zucchetti, scomparso circa tre anni fa. Renato, Dxer appassionato dal carattere espansivo e brillante, faceva parte del gruppo di PlayDX. Il ricevitore funziona bene, anche se è stato fermo diverso tempo, e con calma dovrò fare un po' di manutenzione. Un pezzo di storia della radio, quando si ascoltava ancora con i valvolari, ma anche del radioascolto italiano, considerato che è appartenuto a un amico DXer.

(Un 51S-1 round emblem)

Ecco alcuni ascolti fatti in questi giorni mentre lo provavo sulle varie bande broadcasting.

5040 4/3 0010 Radio Habana, Cuba, English program, good

9505 3/3 2345 Radio Record, Brazil, talks, fair

9675 3/3 2335 Cancao Nova, Brazil, songs, ids. Good

9765 5/3 0908 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, weak

10000 3/3 2355 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, fair

11520 4/3 0040 WEWN, USA, religious in English, fair

11711 4/3 0024 RNE, Argentina, Portuguese program, culture, tango Astor Piazzolla, good

11780 4/3 0034 Radio Nacional Amazonia, talks, good

11815 4/3 0030 Radio Brasil Central, songs, jingles, good

11920 4/3 0037 HCJB, via Chile, religious, portuguese

15190 5/3 0903 Radio Inconfidencia, talks, music, weak

15400 5/3 1310 HCJB, Kununurra, Australia, English, talks, ids, at 1315 DX program "DX PartyLine", good

15590 5/3 1325 Radio Martì, USA, talks, songs, fair, QRM

15610 5/3 1330 WEWN, Catholic Radio, USA, Holy Mass, good

15640 5/3 1333 DW, Trincomalee Relay, Sri Lanka, reports in German, fair

15660 5/3 1336 KSDA, Adventist World Radio, Guam, English, talks about president Lincoln, good

15825 5/3 1339 WWCR, USA, religious talks, good

15850 5/3 1343 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng (Sound of Hope), Taiwan, Mandarin, Whitney Houston (presumed) concert

17700 5/3 0938 Radio Pakistan, Talks, songs, Hurdu //15100 fair

17785 5/3 0943 Radio Riyad, BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, French program, talks about Riyad region. Good

17840 5/3 0949 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, good

Ant: T2FD 40 meters long
QTH: Milano city

ARI Milano DX night: il log onde corte

2011-02-28T20:59:00.016+01:00

Questo è il log onde corte della ARI Milano DX night, qualche ora di ascolto metropolitano, in compagnia, alla sezione ARI di Milano in via Natta 11.

Operatori: Giulio Fiocchi I2FGT (segretario della sezione ARI di Milano); Mauro Giroletti IK2GFT ; Francesco Baratti IK2YRF; Enrico Guindani IZ2NXF; Michele D’Amico IZ2EAS; Giampiero Bernardini swl I2-51099

Ricevitori: 2 Perseus, SDR-14, AOR 7030, RTX radioamatoriali

Antenna: Windom FD4, lunga 40 metri
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2310 26/2 2101 VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia, reports, fair

2325 26/2 2102 VL8T, Tennant Creek, Australia, reports, fair

2485 26/2 2104 VL8K Katherine, Australia, //2310 2325, fair

3200 27/2 0257 TWR, Swaziland, talks in English, fair

3215 27/2 0250 WWCR, USA, religious talks, good

3240 27/2 0253 TWR, Swaziland, interval signal, ids, starting bc, fair

3320 27/2 0256 Sonder Greense, South Africa, songs, fair

3325 26/2 2228 RRI Palangkaraya, talks, like id on 30 woman, talks like news, weak to fair, fade out around 2250

3330 27/2 0131 CHU, Canada, pips, ids, good

3350 27/2 0210 REE, Costa Rica, talks, very good

3810 27/2 0258 HD21OA Guayaquil, Ecuador, pips, time, weak

3900 26/2 2145 PBS Hulun Buir China talks fair

3915 26/2 2224 BBC Singapore, talks about closing prg, good

3975 27/2 0223 R Pakistan, songs, good

4052.46 27/2 0435 Radio Verdad, Guatemala, talks, music, weak

4665 26/2 2245 Unid in SS calcio

4760 27/2 0302 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, talks weak //7175

4765 27/2 0128 Radio Tajikistan, songs, very good

4775 27/2 0350 TWR, Swaziland, talks, Afro language, good

4780 27/2 0300 RTV Djibouti, start Bc, very good

4789.9 27/2 0310 Radio Vision, Peru, talks, weak

4835 26/2 2132 VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia, talks, fair/good

4845.24 27/2 0122 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, Carnival music, fair

4885 27/2 0127 Clube do Parà, Brazil, talks, good

4910 26/2 2133 VL8T Tennant Creek, Australia, //4835, fair

4985 27/2 0325 Radio Brasil Central, talks, fair

4988.55 27/2 0525 Greek pirate, songs, good, drifting

5010 26/2 2150 Radio Madagascar afro mx, good, only USB mod

5025 26/2 2135 VL8K Katherine, Australia, //4835 fair/good

5035 27/2 0345 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, music, talks, fair

5040 26/2 2303 Radio Habana, reports, SS, good

5045 27/2 0124 Radio Cultura do Parà, Belem, Brazil, music, poor/fair

5050 26/2 2303 Beibu Bay Radio, China, starting bc, talks, song, fair

5066.35 27/2 0342 Radio Candip, Bunia, Congo D.R., talks, weak, fair at 0402

5470 26/2 2155-2201* Radio Veritas, music, end tk woman, off, poor

5097 27/2 0310 Greek pirate 3 x Harmonic, slow songs, drifting, fair

5910 26/2 2315 R Alcaravan, Colombia, romantic songs, fair - at 0530 good

5939.85 26/2 2320 Voz Misionaria, //9665 Brazil, religious mx, fair

5950 27/2 0355 Voice of Tigray Revolution, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa songs, very good

5952.44 27/2 0110 Radio Pio XII Bolivia, talks, fair

5954.26 27/2 0105 Radio Republica, Costa Rica, talks, weak

6019.19 27/2 0452 Radio Victoria, Peru, talks woman, weak, fair at 0530

6035.06 27/2 0115 La Voz del Guaviare, Colombia, talks, songs, QRM poor/fair

6090 27/2 0540 R. Nigeria Kaduna & Amhara State Radio fighting together, both with talks, good signals but jam

6135 27/2 0118 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks, QRM, poor

6165 26/2 2150 R. Diffusion Tchadienne, songs, id in fr, good

6676 27/2 0158 Singapore Volmet, fair

6959.81 27/2 0143 Atlantic Radio, Irish pirate, pop songs, fair

6973 27/2 0145 Galei Zahal, Israel, songs, good

7189.78 27/2 0138 Sri Lanka BC, songs, weak/fair

7850 26/2 2218 CHU, Canada, pips, good

9370 26/2 2220 WTJC, USA, religious English, good

9505 26/2 2255 Radio Record, Brazil, football live, good

9565 27/2 0330 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, sermon, good

5952.56 27/2 0333 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, sermon, fair, //9565

9549.99 27/2 0200 Boa Vontade, Brazil, mx, talks, weak

9665.12 26/2 2259 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, talks, id, fair

10000 26/2 2145 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, continuous ids, fair

11670 26/2 2208 R. Nacional Venezuela, politics, songs, id, fair/good

11749.85 26/2 2205 Voz Misionaria, Brazil, sermone, rel, fair

11780 26/2 2210 R.Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, songs, fair/good

11815 26/2 2213 R Brasil Central, talks, good

11850 26/2 2214 AWR, Guam, religious mx, good

11695 26/2 2145 Radio Australia, reports, good

11854,94 26/2 2218 Radio Aparecida, qrm Family R, religious songs, poor/fair

11910 26/2 2250 R Japan, Japan, mx talks J, fair

15190 26/2 2141 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, music, fair

15345 26/2 2155 Radio Nacional Argentina, sport live, good

(Francesco all'ascolto)

Ascolti col botto: solar flux a 113

2011-02-16T18:10:00.005+01:00

Ascolti col botto solare, SFI a 113. Qualcuno mi pare interessante: 11665 Wai FM e 9820 Radio 9 de Julho. Inoltre c'è il Madagscar fuori frequenza di 290 Hertz.
Ciao
Giampiero

3330 15/2 0120 CHU, Canada, pips & ids, fair

4845.24 15/2 0115 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, songs, fair

4925.22 15/2 0110 Radio Educacao Rural, Tefé, Brazil, Brazilian songs, weak-fair

5010.29 15/2 0250 Radio Madagascar, nice music, talks, fair, out of frequency.

6025.05 15/2 0130 Radio Amanacer, Dominican Rep., talks, good signal but strong QRM from close channels, poor-fair

6090 15/2 0315 Amhara State Radio, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa style songs, over Dr.Gene Scott, fair 6185 15/2 0225 Radio Educacion, Mexico, Cultural reports, Spanish, fair

9370 15/2 0043 WTJC, USA, religious songs, fair

9564.94 15/2 0210 Super Radio Deus é Amor, Brazil, religious strong sermon, good

9592.43 15/2 0046 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Sao Paulo, religious, fair, frequency moving down. At 0050 it was 9592.42

9645.33 15/2 0051 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks, poor due strong QRM

9820.01 15/2 0145 Radio 9 de Julho, Brazil, nice songs, talks, commercials, at 0201 id with bells, fair

10000 15/2 0041 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, pips & continuous ids, fair

11665 15/2 0010 Wai FM, Malaysia, over DW, songs, talks, web address, fair-good

11710.81 15/2 0025 RAE, Argentina, program in Portuguese, Culture, good (at 0220 in Spanish very good)

11780 15/2 0030 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, Brazilian folk songs, fair

11815 15/2 0034 Radio Brazil Central, songs, fair

11890 15/2 0037 HCJB Voice of Andes, via Chile, religious talks in Portuguese. Good

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD - QTH: Milano, Italia

Marittime italiane

2011-02-14T20:27:00.003+01:00

Qualche stazione marittima italiana. Per chi è interessato ecco l'elenco di tutte le radio italiane sotto i 4 MHz: clicca qui

1852 21/1 2205 Palermo Radio, Maritime, Italian, Warnings, USB, good

1876 21/1 2206 Lampedusa Radio, Maritime, It warnins, USB fair

2182 25/1 1823 Crotone Radio & Bari Radio, USB, chiamata generale per avvisi di burrasca, good

2624 25/1 1828 Trieste Radio, Maritime service, warnings, in Italian, USB, fair

RX: Perseus - ANT: Wellbrook loop LFL 1010
QTH: Bocca di Magra (La Spezia)

Conakry è tornata. Tatarstan molto bene

2011-02-14T17:03:00.004+01:00

Domenica in prima serata. Con la Guinea dopo diverso tempo. Il Tatarstan di mattina arriva con segnale davvero buono

6165 13/2 1921 RDN Tchadienne, Chad, talks, songs, id, French, fair

6295 13/2 1850 Reflections Europe, Ireland, religious program, "Enjoy your life", English, fair, some QRM from SADR Radio 6297 kHz

6297.17 13/2 1852 National Radio of Saharan ADR, Clandestine via Algeria, Arabic, folk music, good

7125 13/2 1818-1822* Radio Conakry, Guinea, talks, weak, abrupt signal off at 1822

9405 14/2 0940 WINB, Red Lion, USA slow music, religious talks, fair

9765 14/2 0948 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, fair

11610 14/2 0930 Tatarstan Wave, Russia, slow songs, id, national language. Good

11615 13/2 1907 Radio Nederland, via Meyerton, South Africa, English program, talks about China. Good //11655 via Madagascar (good) and //7425 via Madagascar too (fair)

11740 13/1 1912 Radio Damal Voice of Somali People, via Woofferton UK, Horn of Africa "pop songs", very good

13570 13/2 1904 WINB, Red Lion, USA, religious slow talks in English. Weak

13590 13/2 1900 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, nice pop songs, good

15190,05 14/2 0910 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, talks in Portuguese, weak

19010 14/2 0920 Radio Free Afghanistan, via Kuwait, folk songs, fair fading //17530

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6040 13/2 1842 Voice of Russia, DRM in Italian, "Il club dei letterati" no written id only "Label Service 0", excellent

6065 13/2 1838 Radio Romania Int, DRM "SNR Tiganesti E1", English Bc, QRM from DW 6075 with some audio stop.

11900 14/2 1000 BNR, Bulgaria, DRM "BNR Digital", news, excellent

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

Caffé, biscotti & ascolti di domenica

2011-02-14T16:58:00.002+01:00

Ascolti sonnolenti in tarda mattinata, dopo un caffè domenicale
La Voce della Croazia arriva benissimo... da Singapore
73
Giampiero

7390 13/2 1212 Radio Belarus, talks, id, songs, fair, low modulation //7360 much better

9765 13/2 1024 Radio New Zealand Int. Slow relaxing songs, weak but clear

9815 13/2 1030 RDP, Portugal, DRM, Interviews in Portuguese, excellent

11530 13/2 1155 Denge Mezopotamia, Clandestine to Kurdistan, via Ukraine, songs, id, reports. Good

13660 13/2 *1058 Radio New Zealand Int. start of BC, good for 2 minutes only, than usual CRI QRM from Albania on 13665.

15100 13/2 1035 Radio Pakistan, songs, good, modulation not so good

15295 13/2 1106 Voice of Malaysia, nice songs, in Ch., good

17510 13/2 1040 AIR, India, English Service, music and reports, //17895

17860 13/2 1046 Voice of Croatia, via Kranij, Singapore, classical mx, //7370 fair

21715 13/2 1102 Radio Farda, Sri Lanka, usual program with songs, higher in frequency BC tunable today, fair

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

Disco Music in DRM su 6015 kHz

2011-02-12T17:26:00.007+01:00

Anche nel pomeriggio in città ci si può divertire in onde corte. Non saranno grandi DX però alcuni restano dei DX. Inoltre ho scoperto su 6015 kHz in DRM una radio che trasmette grande musica Disco degli anni 70 e 80: The Disco Palace Radio. La qualità del segnale era buona e la decodifica senza problemi. Risultato, grande sound con ottima qualità audio in DRM.

5890 2/2 1310 VOA, Mariana Island, Saipan, in Asian language, reports, fair

5950 2/2 1440 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, fair

6005 2/2 1450 Radio 700 Germany, pop songs, German, fair

6015 2/2 1420 The Disco Palace, DRM, via France, video id "The Disco Palace", perfect very good signal, great audio and great 70-80 years disco songs, www.thediscopalace.com

11660 2/2 1550 Radio Australia, English, talks about East Asia, good

11905 2/2 1555 Radio Sri Lanka, id "National Radio" and "Radio Sri Lanka"
popular Sri Lanka songs and international Greatest Hits, good

13740 2/2 1544 Radio Dabanga, Clandestine via Holland to Darfur (Sudan), song and talks in Arabic, ids. Fair

14670 2/2 1458 CHU, Ottawa, Canada, time signal & ids, weak

15190 2/2 1535 Radio Africa, Bata, Guinea E., religious talks in English, weak/fair

15345.14 2/2 1541 RTV du Maroc, Morocco, songs, Arabic, very good

17680 2/2 1510 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile, songs, Spanish, weak/fair

17725 2/2 1508 Voice of Africa, Libya, reports about Palestine, English, fair

17735 2/2 1505 Radio Japan, Japan tx, Japanese, talks like reports, fair

17745 2/2 1520 Sudan Radio Service, via Portugal, songs, talks in Vernacular, good

17770 2/2 1502 Channel Africa, South Africa, international news, in Swahili, fair

17895 2/2 1515 VOA, Sao Tome & Principe, talks about Zimbabwe, English, fair

21840 2/2 1512 Family Radio, via Ascension Island, English talks, weak

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

Torna Radio Educacion Mexico

2011-02-12T17:09:00.006+01:00

La propagazione è peggiorata. Sono sparite molte brasiliane, in compenso sono comparse Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11780, CHU 7850 e riappare Radio Educacion 6185, che erano assenti del tutto nei giorni scorsi. Impossibile di fatto ascoltare Radio Sweden via WRMI 9955 per il jamming.

4010 2/2 0210 Laser Hot Hits, England, Pirate, nice songs, fair

4052.46 2/2 0120 Radio Verdad (tent.), Chiquimula, Guatemala, music, poor
(fading)

5755 2/2 0230 WTWW, Lebanon, USA, slow religious talks, bad modulation, fair

6145 2/2 0235 Radio Japan, via Chile, reports in Portuguese, good

6185 2/2 0255 Radio Educacion, Mexico, popular songs no stop, id at 0302, at 0308 stopped by Radio Vaticana. Weak-fair

7100 2/2 0039 Radio Pakistan, talks in Urdu (presumed) and Holy Kuran, fair

7200 2/2 0314 Sudan RTVC, Arabic, slow songs, weak

7210.71 2/2 0044 Voice of Russia, tx out of frequency, Portuguese, reports, very good

7245 2/2 0048 Radio Mauretanie, talks in Arabic, low modulation, fair signal

7295 2/2 0052 Traxx FM, Malaysia, usual songs programm, commercials, weak/fair

7385 2/2 0101 World Harvest Radio, USA, news in English, id, songs, very good

7485 2/2 0057-0059* FEBA, via Uzbekistan, end of the broadcast in Hindi, good

7850 2/2 0000 CHU, Ottawa, Canada, usual pips & ids, in the past days no signal in Milan. Weak

9265 2/2 0035 Family Radio via WINB, USA, religious songs and Bible, fair

9675 2/2 0031 Cancao Nova, Brazil, songs, talks, fair

9955 2/2 0240 Radio Sweden, on air via WRMI, USA: tentative, heavy jamming, Glenn Hauser asked to try but only few words were received here in Milan.

11520 2/2 0002 WEWN, USA, interview in English, good

11710.84 2/2 0006 RAE, Argentina, report about Egypt and Brazil, in Portuguese, good - at 0330 In French with fair reception.

11780 2/2 0011 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, nice popular Brazilian songs, fair, not heard in the days before here in Milan

11815 2/2 0015 Radio Brasil Central, long talks, fair signal, very good audio

11854.94 2/2 0019 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talks, weak

11920 2/2 0025 HCJB, Chile, religious talks, web URL, id, in Portuguese

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

Da Radio Alcaravàn a Inconfidencia

2011-02-01T17:04:00.005+01:00

La priopagazione qualcosa offre. Finalmente sono riuscito ad ascoltare la nuova emittente ritrasmessa su 5910 dalla Colombia, Radio Alcaravàn. Inoltre era già un po' che non sentivo discretamente St.John's su 6160 kHz. Benino anche Inconfidencia su 15190 kHa. Ancora molto bene l'Argentina su 11710 kHz (e qualcosa).

5910 1/2 0355 Radio Alcaravàn, Colombia, nice Colombian songs, at 0402 ids, fair, QRM from close channels

5954.23 1/2 0344 Radio Republica, via Costa Rica to Cuba, politics, fair

6110 1/2 0348 Radio Fana, Ethiopia, nice regional songs, good

6160 1/2 0354 CKZN St.John's, Canada, CBC Canadian reports, English, fair, better un low AMS.

6875 1/2 0339 Radio Taiwan Int., via USA, mails from listeners. English. Good

9593.97 1/2 0302 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual religious talks, fair

9645.33 1/2 0306 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks //11924.99 weak

9665.11 1/2 0310 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, songs, talks //11749.86 Good

11710.87 1/2 0242 RAE, Argentina, in English, talks about turism, id, music. Good

11749.86 1/2 0246 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, religious, weak

11760 1/2 0249 Radio Habana, Cuba, economics talks, Spanish, good

11815 1/2 0251 Radio Brasil Central, nice Brazilian songs, good

11924.99 1/2 0255 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, interview about Brazilian politics & economics, sport, great id. Good

15190.02 1/2 0315 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, songs, jingle, ids, fair with fading

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

Tra i 7 e i 12 MHz

2011-01-31T17:54:00.003+01:00

Ascolti diurni o di prima serata in relax tra i 7 e i 12 MHz

7325 31/1 1135 Voice of Russia, DRM, reports in German, music. No visual id! It is possible to read only: "LABEL SERVICE 0". They forgot something. Good signal

9390 31/1 1104 WEWN Radio, USA, talks about USA Catholic history and culture. Fair

9505 31/1 1110 Int. Radio Serbia, in Serbian, Serbian economics and other reports. Good

9550 30/1 2015 FEBA, Rwanda, in Arabic, talks and songs, good

9690 31/ 1230 Voice of Nigeria, id, music, reports in English. Fair signal but QRM from CRI in Russian on 9685.

9575 31/1 1114 Medì 1, Morocco, very nice songs, very good

9704.99 30/1 2003 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, reports in Vernacular, Afro songs, fair

9780 30/1 *2000 VOA, Sao Tome, start bc in French, Jazz. Tx problem after one minute: signal off for several seconds. Good

9870 31/1 1121 Radio New Zealand Int. DRM, weak signal so only visual info were decoded. No audio.

9880 31/1 *1129 Radio Prague, start of the English broadcast, news, fair LAST DAY ON SW

9935 31/1 1132 ERT3 Makedonias, Greece, news in Greek, very good

11530 31/1 1044 Denge Mezopotamia, Clandestine in Kurdish via Ukraine, long talks with some music. Fair/good

11710.74 31/1 1049 RAE, Argentina, Talks in Japanese and usual tango music, weak

11815 30/1 1940 Radio Brasil Central, long talks, weak

11825 31/1 1156-1158* Adventist World Radio, Guam, talks in Chinese, end of Bc. Good

11855 31/1 *1200 Adventist World Radio, Guam, start of Bc in Chinese. English lesson. Good.

11900 31/1 1041 BNR Horizont DRM, Bulgaria, "BNR Digital" Interview about Middle East and Arabic World, songs. Strong signal, excellent audio

11924.97 30/1 1930 Radio Bandeirantes, Portuguese, sport talks, poor

11945 31/1 1203 Radio Australia, news in English, weak

11955 31/1 1056-1058* Adventist World Radio, Guam, end of broadcast, good

12035 31/1 *1059 Adventist World Radio, Guam, start of broadcast in Chinese, id in English, fair

QTH: Milano, Italia - RX: Perseus & Icom R71E - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long

Sopra i 13 Mhz - Ascolti comodi

2011-01-31T17:24:00.008+01:00

Qualche ascolto comodo sopra i 13 Mhz. Ottimo segnale dalla Nuova Zelanda sui 13660 kHz

13580 31/1 1026 Radio Mashaal, via Thailand to Pakistan, reports, web address, fair - about Radio Mashaal

13590 30/1 1920 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, in English, pop songs,fair/good

13625 31/1 1152 Voice of Turkey, id in many languages and news, unid lang. good

13660 31/1 1140 Radio New Zealand Int., interview, English. good, really easy listening

15100 31/1 0950 Radio Pakistan, Pakistani slow songs, //17700 fair/good

15120 31/12 1218 Radio Habana, Cuba, Politics, sport. Fair

15200 31/1 1031 KTWR, Trans World Radio, Guam, unid language, long talks, fair

15225 30/1 1215 Radio Veritas, Philippinas, Asian language, slow music, talks, long id at 1229 and start new program. Fair

15260 31/1 1035 Adventist World Radio, Guam. slow talks in Chinese, fair

15290 31/1 1221 Radio Jordan, Arabic songs, Arabic, good

15340 30/1 1231 HCJB, Australia, start program in unid Asian language, songs, good. In low AMS to avoid QRM from Morocco on 15341 kHz.

15341 31/1 1038 RTV di Maroc, Arabic songs, good

15345 30/1 1905 Radio Nacional Argentina, sport talks: basket, good

15400 30/1 1240 HCJB, Australia, English program, religious talks, fair-good

15450 31/1 0959 FEBA, Manila, Philippines, start program in unid language, songs, fair

15610 30/1 1250 WEWN, USA, religious talks in English, very good

15690 31/1 1003 Radio Farda, Sri Lanka, usual program in Farsi, // 17815 & 17840 kHz Fair

15785 31/1 1005 Galei Zahal, Israel, reports, fair, deep fading, at 1040 good

15825 30/1 1258 WWCR, USA, religious talks, English, fair

17530 31/1 1008 Radio Free Afghanistan, reports mentioning Afghanistan, language reported as Dari, tx located in Kuwait. Weak/fair

17670 31/1 1211 Radio Poland, reports in Polish, good //17715

17680 30/1 1304 CVC Voz Cristiana, Chile, talks in Spanish and songs, weak but clear

17700 31/1 1013 Radio Pakistan, songs in // with 15100 kHz. Weak

17800 31/1 1214 Deutsche Welle, Rwanda relay, reports in French. Fair

17815 31/1 1016 Radio Farda, talks, ids in // with 15690 & 17840 but weak

17840 31/1 1018 Radio Farda, songs, //15690 & 17815 kHz. Fair

19010 31/1 1020 Radio Free Afghanistan, via Kuwait, reports, //17530 weak

21715 31/1 1023 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, //15690 & others, poor

QTH: Milano, Italia - RX: Perseus & Icom R71E - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long

Radio New Zealand in DRM on 9890 kHz

2011-01-28T18:28:00.010+01:00

Il 24 gennaio Radio New Zealand International arrivava bene in DRM su 9890 kHz alle 1800 UTC, con un notiziario in inglese. Audio perfetto, senza alcuna interruzione, per oltre 5 minuti.

SW log at Boc 22

2011-01-27T22:07:00.006+01:00

BOC 22, l'edizione numero 22 delle DX Nights di Bocca di Magra, vicino a La Spezia in Liguria, si è appena conclusa. Stamani con Dario, DX editor di Play DX, siamo rientrati a Milano. Con calma sarà messo a punto il log delle onde medie. Intanto ecco quello delle onde corte. Occorre dire che la propagazione è stata scarsa, il sole pigro. Ma qualcosa è arrivato. I ricevitori usati sono stati: Perseus, RFspace SDR-IQ, i Tecsun PL-606 PL-310 e PL-390. Antenna la solita Wellbrook LFL1010

L'ascolto più interessante: RTM Sarawak su 5030 kHz. Ma anche la Nuova Zelanda su 5950 kHz con buon segnale è simpatica. Inoltre interessante la Nuova Zelanda, perfetta in DRM

3200 23/1 1816 TWR, Swaziland, music, talks, poor

4760 24/1 1643 TWR, Swaziland, talks, ids, fair

4780 22/1 1846 RTV Djibouti, phone interview, good

4810 24/1 1646 AIR Bophal, India, Indian music, talks, good

4810 26/1 1530 Armenian National Radio, id, talk, song, good

4840 24/1 1649 AIR Mumbai, India, Indian songs, good

4880 22/1 1840 SW Radio Africa, cla, talks, fair/good

4885 22/1 2310 Radio Club de Parà, Brasil, sport live, fair

4895 23/1 1810 Zimbabwe Community Radio, via South Africa, talks, id at 1815. Fair

4905 21/1 2138 PBS Xizang, China, in English, news, at 2241 music. Fair

4910 24/1 1651 AIR Jaipur, India, talks, fair

4910 22/1 2152 VL8T Tennant Creek, Australia, reports, weak //5025 but on 4835 no signal

4920 24/1 1652 AIR Chennai, India, songs, very good over China

4930 21/1 2100 VOA, Botswana, "this is the VOA signin off" good

4965 21/1 2246 CVC, Zambia, songs, good no utility!

4976 21/1 2058 Uganda BC, Kampala, songs, nice signal

5005 21/1 2055 Radio Bata, Guinea E., afrom mx, fair

5010 24/1 1654 AIR Thiruvan... India, Indian songs, good

5010 26/1 1809 R Madagascar, music, good modulated only on upper side

5025 22/1 2150 VL8K Katherine, Australia, reports, fair

5030 26/1 1535-1443* RTM Sarawak FM, slow music, talks, off 1443 (//web stream), weak

5950 26/1 1500 Radio New Zealand, news, ids, reports, fair to good

5985,87 26/1 1505 Radio Myanmar, songs, fair (in uAMS)

5995 26/1 1509 Radio Australia, reports in English, fair

6055 24/1 1750 Radio Rwanda, reports in Vernacular, fair

6165 21/1 2115 RDN Tchadienne, nice songs, FF talks, good

6240 21/1 2118 Radio PMR Pridnestrovie, Moldovia (separate), popular songs, id in German at 2130, good

6973 23/1 1737 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks, weak

7100 24/1 1729 Azad Kashmir, clandestine via Pakistan, songs, good

7105 22/1 2200 Voice of Hope, Taiwan, start tx with many ids, then talks in C. Very good

7120 24/1 1735 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, talks, some music, //7175 weak to fair

7165 24/1 1743 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritra, talks //7120 7175 weak

7175 24/1 1740 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, talks and music, //7120 good

7200 25/1 1850 Sudan RTVC, talks, songs, fair to good

7295 24/1 1659 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, nx, EE fair

9475 26/1 1513 Radio Australia, Asia & Pacific reports in English, fair

9479 25/1 2015 WTWW Lebanon, TN, USA, talks, in English, fair

9500 25/1 2010 Radio Australia, reports, English, good

9505 23/1 2020 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, religious talks in English, fair

9524.96 24/1 1715 Voice of Indonesia, Spanish program, fair

9525 25/1 1945-1950* TWR, Swaziland, music, QRM from V. of Indonesia, off at 1950, poor/fair

9705 24/1 1754 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, talks, mx, fair

9950 21/1 2150 AIR India, DRM, "HPT AIR KHAMPUR", songs, news in EE at 22 good

9565 23/1 2020 Radio Martì, Clandestine, reports, weak

9890 24/1 1800 R New Zealand International, DRM, news in English, perfect for 5 minutes

11660 26/1 1520 Radio Australia, reports in English, web URL, fair

11725 25/1 2000 R. New Zealand International, English reports, DW from Rwanda closes at 1959 and now the channel is free. Also talking about Berlusconi adventures. Good

Ascolti con il Lowe HF-150

2010-12-22T18:13:00.002+01:00

Ho rimesso in funzione il piccolo portatile Lowe HF-150 e in particolare ho provata a gestirlo col computer, utilizzando il programma Shortwave log Il ricevitore è decisamente buono, nonostante gli anni. Se non ricordo male l’ho acquistato nel 1991. Però non è nato per essere controllato col pc. Anche se per un uso tranquillo non ci sono troppi problemi, solo che qualche volta l’input della frequenza deve essere ripetuto.
Ecco qualche ascolto fatto durante le prove, a Milano con il solito dipolino T2FD:

4840 0200 Dec 21 WWCR, USA, id and web address, English talks, fair

5040 0145 Dec 21 Radio Havana, Cuba, French program, economic talks, good

5045 0150 Dec 21 Radio Cultura, Belém, Brazil, nice Brazilian songs, fair

5954 0108 Dec 21 Radio Republica, via ELCOR tx Costa Rica, talks about "la revolucion cultural" Fair

6090 0205 Dec 21 Dr. Gene Scott, Anguilla, talks and Gospel, fair

6140 0209 Dec 21 Radio Habana, Cuba, international politics, Spanish, good

6165 0203 Dec 21 Radio Nederland, Bonaire, Noticias in Spanish, id, fair

11710.9 0039 Dec 21 Radio Argentina al Exterior, talks about Santa Fè in Spanish, songs. Fair

Hallicrafters S-85 in azione

2010-12-20T17:41:00.006+01:00

Nella mia piccola scuderia radio è appena entrato un vecchio Hallicrafters S-85. Un simpatico valvolare degli anni '50. Arriva dalla collezione dell'amico BCL e OM Michele D'Amico, che ha anche cambiato i vecchi condensatori. Ha un audio davvero buono, estremamente gradevole. L'unico problema è la sintonia, poco precisa, soprattutto per noi ormai abituati ai ricevitori SDR precisi all'Hertz. Per questo mi sono aiutato con un AOR AR7030 e un Drake R8 come controllo di frequenza.

4980 0038 Dec 15 PBS Xinjiang, China, talks, fair

5025 0030 Dec 15 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, talks about Venezuela, good

5040 0033 Dec 15 Radio Habana, Cuba, in English, sport reports, good

5070 0020 Dec 15 WWCR, USA, songs, in English, good

5505 2120 Dec 14 Shannon Volmet, airports meteo info, good USB

5810 0115 Dec 15 WEWN, USA, in Spanish, religious, fair

5860 0114 Dec 15 Radio Farda, Irana Wila, Sri Lanka, usual program talks & songs, good

5935 0108 Dec 15 WWCR, USA, religious speech, in English, good

5990 0103 Dec 15 AIR, Delhi, India, Indian music, good

5995 0100 Dec 15 Radio France Int., Montsinery, French Guiana, start program in Spanish, news, good

6000 0050 Dec 15 Radio Habana, Cuba, politics, in Spanish, good

6297 2140-2145* Dec 14 National Radio of RASD, via Algeria, nice music, great id at 2144 then off, fair

6960 0145 Dec 15 Atlantic Radio, Pirate, Ireland, nice songs, ids, fair/good,

9345 0014 Dec 15 Voice of Korea PBS, North Korea, serious talk in Korean, music, fair

9410 0010 Dec 15 BBC World Service, via Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, reports, fair

9420 0005 Dec 15 Voice of Greece, Classical piano music, very good

9620 0000 Dec 15 REE, Spain, News, culture, very good

9675 2347 Dec 14 Cancao Nova, Brazil, Religious talks, songs, Portuguese, good

9690 2340 Dec 14 Family Radio, USA, religious (Geremia, Bible) in Portuguese, music, fair

9720 2335 Dec 14 Radio Veritas, Philippines, talks, Asian language (reported Burmese), fair

9760 2328 Dec 14 Radio Japan, Yamata, songs, Japanese talks, weak/fair

9835 2324 Dec 14 HCJB, via Santiago, Chile, Christmas songs, talks in German, fair

9900 2319 Dec 14 Radio Cairo, in Portuguese, international reports, good signal but low modulation

9955 2315 Dec 14 Radio France Int. via Taiwan, Chinese, talks, short music, fair

9975 2310 Dec 14 Voice of Korea, North Korea, talks in Korean, fair

11685 2230 Dec 14 Adventist World Radio, Agat, Guam, Chinese, religious music, long talks, good

11770 2238 Dec 14 Radio Habana, Cuba, Spanish, politics and culture, good

11775 2243 Dec 14 Radio Free Asia, Tinian, Northern Mariana Isl., talks in Chinese, good

11860 2300 Dec 14 VOA, Saipan, Northern Mariana Isl., id and reports, good

11920 2304 Dec 14 HCJB, Santiago, Chile, in Portuguese, children song, talks, fair

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Un dial circolare tipico degli Hallicrafters (questo però non è montato sull'S-85):

Tanto Brasile sui 9 MHz

2010-12-06T19:26:00.005+01:00

Tanto Brasile sui 9 MHz. La propagazione dà segni di vita. Anche in altre direzioni

9478.88 2230 Nov.30 WTWW, Lebanon, TN, USA, religious program in English, good - REC

9500 2100 Dec.1 Radio Australia, Shepparton, news, in English, fair, some QRM from 9505

9504.985 2215 Nov.30 Radio Record, Brazil, talks about Sao Paulo, commercials, fair to good, easy listening - REC

9525.96 1844 Nov. 29 Voice of Indonesia, in German, Talks mentioning Jakarta, Indonesian slow songs, good - REC in fondo web

9550.01 2318 Nov.30 Boa Vontade, Brazil, talks mentioning some activity in Porto Alegre. Weak signal but clear modulation. - REC

9550 2104 Dec.1 Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam, reports in French, fair //9730 with better signal

9565 2109 Dec.1 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, talks religious, some QRM Radio Martì, mostly under, but sometimes coming on. Fair

9589.29 2205 Nov.30 Super Radio Deus é Amor, Brazil, out of frequency, usual sermons, talks, some music, good signal but not so good modulation. //9565

9629.91 2212 Nov 29, Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talk, AMS lower side to avoid QRM, weak/fair

9665.06 2244 Nov.30 Voz Misionaria, Brazil, religious strong speech, some interferences from China on the exact frequency and North Korea on 9665.09 with patriotic songs at 2249. Better later at 2316. Good signal - IMG blog

9670 0510 Dec. 1 Radio Miraya FM, via Slovakia, talks in Arabic, some modulation problems, songs at 0526, later talks again about Sudan with better mod., fair/good

9675 2205 Nov. 29 Cancao Nova, Brazil, talks and music, good

9680.05 2309 Nov.30 Radio Republik Indonesia, (presumed), reports by woman, strong QRM from close channels, weak signal

9704,99 2218 Nov. 29 La Voix du Sahel, Niger, in French, phone talks and songs, fair - very good on 30 Nov at 2250 closing daily program with many ids, Holy Kuran, National Hymn. Signal off at 2301. - REC

9720 2301 Nov.30 Radio Veritas, Philippines, Start program in Tagalog, talks introducing "Programa Philippinean service". Good

10000 2327 Nov. 30 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, usual continuos ids. Fair

13590 1334 Dec.1 Christian Voice, OneAfrica, Zambia, songs, also Jingle Bell remixed, English talks, fair

15610 1320 Dec.1 WEWN, USA, religious program with Holy Mass, in English, good

15785 1325 Dec.1 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks in Hebrew and songs, good

21540 1330 Dec.1 Radio Kuwait, Arabic, Radio drama, good

RX: Perseus - ANT: Filare di 30 metri
QTH: Pescia, Toscana, Italia

DXing sui 49 e 41 metri

2010-12-06T19:16:00.004+01:00

La filare di 30 metri rende bene anche sulle bande Broadcasting dei 49 e 41 metri. Mi ha sorpreso il segnale discreto di Radio New Zealand sui 5950 alle 1343 UTC. Molto presto quindi. Segnale eccellente, poi, per il Ciad su 6165 kHz, con qualità audio perfetta. Ascolto davvero piacevole.

5950 1343 Dec. 1 Radio New Zealand, Reports and interviews, several ids, songs, English, fair, fading. Really early in the afternoon

5955 0436 Dec.1 Voice of Broad Masses, Eritrea, Horn Africa sound songs. Fair

6005 1351 Dec.1 Radio 700, Germany, songs, especially German pop, id, talks in german, fair - REC

6019.26 0444 Dec.1 Radio Victoria, Perù, talks, weak, no QRM.

6055 1715 Nov. 29 Radio Rwanda, talks with some interview, mentioning many times Rwanda, maybe economics, in Vernacular, good

6130 2240 Nov.29 PBS Xizang, China, talks in English also about Kashmir and border affairs in Fifties; economic development; also songs, fair/good

6165 0450 Dec.1 Radiodiffusion Nat. Tchadienne, Chad, nice Afro songs, talks in French, very good

6180 1400 Dec.1 China National Radio 8, start of the program, fair

6297,24 1724 Nov. 29 National Radio of SADR, Clandestine, via Algeria, songs, id at 1730 and news, Arabic, very good

7245 2338 Nov.30 Radio Mauretanie (presumed), Arabic talks and songs. Low modulation, QRM from close channels. Off on 4845 kHz.

7265 2100 Nov. 30 China Radio International, in Italian, reports, good

7295 2332 Nov.30 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs and talks in English, fair

7350 0544 Dec.1 Radio Nigeria Abuja, African songs, Identification, good

7360 2103 Nov. 30 Radio Belarus, English service, reports, fair

Marittime sui 2 MHz

2010-12-06T19:05:00.005+01:00

Un po' di stazioni marittime intorno ai 2 MHz.

1704 2115 Nov.30 Tarifa Radio, Malaga, Spain, Maritime service, info in English & Spanish, USB, good

1704 2141 Dec.1 Lingby Radio, Denmark, Maritime service, English, fair, //1734

1734 2138 Dec.1 Lyngby/Blaavand Radio, Denmark, Maritime service in English. Weak //1704

1758 2143 Dec.1 Lyngby/Skagen Radio, Denmark, Maritime service, in English and Danish, fair, //1704 - 1734

2182 2124 Nov. 30 Cross Med, France, calling ships, French, good

2600 2127 Nov. 30 Mazara del Vallo Radio, Sicily, Italy, Maritime Service, Info, USB, Italian, fair

2680 2129 Nov.30, Cagliari Radio, Sardinia, Italy, Maritime Service, Info, USB, Italian, good

2719 2130 Nov.30 Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy, maritime service, Info, Usb, Italian, good

2730 2132 Nov.30 Olympia Radio, Greece, maritime service, Info, USB, in Greek, fair

2799 2134 Nov.30 Olympia Radio, via Irakleio, Crete Island, Greece, Maritime service, info in Greek, fair

2830 2136 Nov.30 Olympia Radio, Kerkira, Greece, maritime service, info in Greek & English, USB, good

QTH: Pescia, Toscana
RX: Perseus
ANT: filare 30 metri

Banda tropicale, ascolti in Toscana

2010-12-06T18:09:00.003+01:00

Sono stato tre giorni dalla mamma, a Pescia in Toscana. Nello zainetto avevo il Perseus, mentre nella mia vecchia casa ho potuto rimettere in azione la vecchia filare da 30 metri. Ecco un po' di ascolti sui 4-5 Mhz. Il più simpatico, per me, è 4750 Dunamis Radio dall'Uganda. E' la prima volta che riesco ad ascoltarla.

Inoltre c'erano le terze armoniche delle pirate greche, sempre pericolose perché si rischia di prendere un abbaglio. Su 5000 pescatori sicilianmi in USB e su 5001 una unid in russo. Chissà da dove salta fuori.

4319 2031 Nov. 29, AFRTS, Diego Garcia, USB, reports, fair

4363 1308 Dec.1 Monaco Radio, Maritime, Mediterranean info in French & English, very good

4699,94 2120 Dec.1 Greek Pirate! Harmonic 3 x 1566.5 Greek slow songs no stop. Slowly drifting. Weak. Not San Miguel... sob

4750 1833-1902* Dec.1 Dunamis Shortwave, Uganda, long talk by woman in Vernacular, short music religious style at 1842, then talks again mentioning Uganda. 1848 long songs in Afro style, 1859 Id by the same woman, another song and s.off at 1902. My first time. Fair/good

4760 1657 Nov.29 TWR, Swaziland, religious talks, id in English: "Trans World Radio", signal off at 1659. Good

4780 1653 Nov.29 RTV Djibouti, pops songs, excellent signal!

4810 1405 Dec.1 Armenian National Radio, reports in unknown language, fair

4828 2044 Nov. 29 Voice of Zimbabwe (presumed), fair signal but talks with really low modulation, poor

4845,23 0003 Nov.30 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, nice songs, fair

4874.94 2040 Nov. 29 Greek pirate, (H 1624,9 x 3), Greek songs, talks, weak/fair

4880 1833 Nov. 29 SW Africa, Clandestine. In English, reports and inteview about Zimbabwe. Fair/Good

4885 2030 Dec.1 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, talks and music, very early this evening with fair signal

4895 1827 Nov. 29 Zimbabwe Community Radio, via South Africa, talks in Vernacular, ids. Fair

4910 1649 Nov.29 AIR Jaipur, India, Indian music, fair

4915 0412 Dec.1 Radio Difusora do Macapà, Brazil, nice romantic songs, fair signal, but modulation a little low. - REC

4950 1646 Nov.29, AIR, Srinagar, Indian classical songs, some talks, fair/good signal

4960 0430 Dec.1 VOA, Sao Tome, Reports about Wikileaks, English, very good

4965 1816 Nov.29 CVC OneAfrica, Lusaka, Zambia, religious talks in English, fair

4976 1642 Nov.29, UBC, Kampala, Uganda, african songs, fair to good, in AMS upper mode to avoid Russia on 4975

4985 2041 Dec. 1 Radio Brasil Central, talks and songs, QRM utility, poor

5000 1625 Nov.29, QSO in Sicilian, fishermen around Sicily, USB, good

5001 2152 Nov.30 Unid Russian presumed, in AM, talks in Russian, music, could be religious. End of the program at 2200, fair

5005 1907 Dec.1 Radio Bata, Guinea Ecuatorial, nice songs, fair but later also very good

5010 1839 Nov. 29 Radio Madagascar, pop songs, very good signal, but carrier modulated only on the upper side.

5035 0003 Dec.1 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, prayers, //9630 weak

5040 1635 Nov. 29 AIR Jeypore, Indian music, fair, fading

5045 2354 Nov.30 Radio Cultura, Belem, Brazil, nice songs as usual, but this time nice signal, great ids at 2359, at 00.00 reports. Fair/good - REC

5098.26 1638 Nov. 29 Greek pirate, (H 1699,42 x 3) nice Greek songs, fair

11 MHz

2010-11-24T22:04:00.003+01:00

Qualche altro ascolto, ancora con il ricevitore RTF EKD 300, qui a Milano, sugli 11 Mhz

11725 1920 18/11 Radio New Zealand Int., "Morning reports". Good

11750 1935 18/11 AWR, Mayerton, South Africa, long talks in an African language and religious music. Good

11765 1948 18/11 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, sermons and some religious music, weak

11780 2000 18/11 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brasil, news and songs, nice peak signal at 2010, then at 2014 the signal went down, weak/good

11815 2016 18/11 Radio Brasil Central, talks, fair signal, much better than Radio Nacional Amazonia on 11780. Fair, som QRM from BBC 11810.

11854,93 2020 18/11 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, jamming with Family Radio 11855. Non usable broadcasts even if both signals not so bad.

Due segnali dalla Bolivia

2010-11-24T21:28:00.006+01:00

Ho rimesso in azione il mitico ricevitore della DDR, RFT EKD 300. La propagazione non è malvagia, arrivano anche segnali boliviani. La banda tropicale dei 60 metri più aperta.

4716,7 0111 17/11 Radio Yura, (tent), Bolivia, talks and music, poor

4800 0125 17/11 AIR Hyderabad, India, long talks like reports, good

4810 0130 17/11 AIR Bhopal, India, talks, maybe reports (not //4800), fair

4840 0133 17/11 WWCR, USA, religious talks, in English, fair, AIR under

4950 0136 17/11 AIR Srinagar, India, Indian songs, fair

5040 0139 17/11 Radio Havana, Cuba, program in French, reports, good

5045 0105 17/11 Radio Cultura, Brazil, nice songs, weak. On 18 Nov, still songs but better signal.

5952,47 0152 Emisora Pio XII, Bolivia, talks, weak, QRM from Costa Rica

6060 0145 17/11 Radio Habana, Cuba, Spanish, talks about "cultura ambiental en Santiago de Cuba" //6140, good

6155 0142 17/11 AIR, Bangalore,India, problems with tx, modulation going on and off, strong signal

7295 0050 17/11 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, weak with fading

7811 0205 18/11 AFRTS, Key Saddebunch, USA, reports, songs, in USB, fair

9675 0115 18/11 Cancao Nova, Brazil, religious songs, good

11710,6 0134 18/11 RAE, Argentina, tango music in the Japanese program, good

11815 0127 18/11 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, talks, fair

15400 1227 18/11 HCJB, Kununurra, Australia, id and special English broadcast, fair

RX: Perseus; RFSpace SDR-14; RFT EKD 300
ANT: T2FD 15 m long
QYH: Milano, Italia

Radio Amanacer arriva di nuovo

2010-11-24T21:21:00.004+01:00

5954.2 14/11 2300 Radio Republica, tx ELCOR, Costa Rica. Political talks and some music, weak/fair. Long fading with some nice peaks. Another station was on 6024,98, could be Patria Nueva from Bolivia.

6025,07 14/11 2325 Radio Amanecer, Dominican Republic, slow music, some religious talks by male and female over the music, weak

9370 13/11 0134 VOA Deewa, via Sri Lanka, Pashtu presumed, reports mentionig Pakistan, Taliban, Washington. Good //9380 via Thailand, fair

11580 13/11 0112 Radio Pakistan, Urdu presumed, long talks, poor to fair, long deep fading

11530 14/11 1116 Denge Mezopotamya, clandestine to Kurdistan, longs songs, low modulation, good

11650 14/11 1120 KFBS (presumed), Saipan, Mariana Isl., in Russian, religious program with talks and slow songs, good

11710.74 12/11 0104 Radio Nacional, Argentina, slow songs, talks, weak. The day after the channel was dominated by China, till s.off at 0130. Then weak/fair signal with songs on 11710.66

12140 14/11 1125 Radio Free Afghanistan, Clandestine via Kuwait, interview, weak, abrupt off air at 1129, then back at 1130 with better signal, fair

15260 14/11 1057 AWR, Guam, end of the BC, off at 1059, fair

15295 14/11 1002 Voice of Malaysia, Asian pop songs, fair

15785 14/11 1110 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks in Hebrew, fair with slow fading

17700 14/11 1039 Radio Pakistan, slow songs, fair, fading //15100

17895 14/11 1044 All India Radio, Indian songs, English, fair

21540 14/11 1035 Radio Kuwait, in Arabic, reports, good

21715 14/11 1030 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, report in Farsi mentioning a lot of time Iran, good (higher BC frequency today) //17840 & 15690

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano, Italia

Brasile in prima serata sugli 11 MHz

2010-11-08T18:06:00.005+01:00

Qualche ascolto serale. Propagazione migliorata in particolare sugli 11 MHz
Ho rimesso in servizio il TenTec modificato dalla GW per uso marino, il modello RX321, gestito con il programma ERGO 4.

9505 7/11 2031 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, pop songs, talks, English, fair but fading

9675 7/11 2011 Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil, Holy Rosary, fair, few QRM from Riad presumed

11725 7/11 2005 Radio New Zealand, reports, fair signal but some QRM from Marumby presumed, on 11724.87 kHz

11750 7/11 1945-2000* Adventist World Radio, South Africa, African language, talks, music and an address was given. Good

11750 7/11 2001 Voz Misionaria, Brazil, slow religious music and some talks, weak

11765 7/11 1938 Radio Deus è Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, religious talks, good

11780 7/11 1934 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, sport, weak, lower than 11815 Brazil Central

11815 7/11 1930 Radio Brasil Central, sport live, fair, really clear audio

12005 7/11 1925 RTT, Sfax, Tunisia, Arabic songs, phone talks, national program //630 MW, fair, fading

13570 7/11 1920 WINB, USA, strong sermon in English, fair

13820 7/11 1916 Radio Martì, Clandestine via USA, international & Cuban politics, Spanish, fair

13845 7/11 1912 WWCR, USA, religious program with nice songs,good

14670 7/11 1910 CHU Canada, usual pips & ids, weak

15290 7/11 1905 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, social and politics, Spanish, fair

15420 7/11 1845 WBCQ The Planet, USA, long religious talk in English, fair

15345 7/11 2040 Radio Nacional Argentina, sport live, fair

RX: TenTec-GW RX321 (Perseus only to measure frequencies)
ANT: T2FD 15 m long
QTH: Milan city, Italy

Indonesia bene sui 9 MHz

2010-11-05T18:45:00.003+01:00

Buon segnale della Voice of Indonesia su 9525,95. Qualche ascolto in tempi di propagazione incerta.

4845,24 3/11 2250 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, talks, fading, weak/fair. Mauritania OFF

6040 3/11 0100 Radio Slovakia International, news in English, fair

6115 3/11 0020 Radio Farda, tx? songs, ids, talks, weak

7210,75 3/11 0106 Voice of Russia, report in Spanish, tx out of frequency, very strong

7365 3/11 0116 Radio Martì, clandestine to Cuba via USA, special program about American election: a real republican radio! //6030 good

9340 3/11 1907 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, ids, fair

9479 3/11 1911 WTWW, USA, fighting against Family Radio on 9480, both with religious talks in English. Poor, better in LSB to avoid strong Family Radio signal

9500 3/11 1915 Radio Australia, Shepparton, reports in English. Poor, QRM Family Radio, that seems to be everywhere!

9525,95 3/11 19,25 Voice of Indonesia, reports in English, good signal but QRM from 9525 TWR, fair in USB

11655 3/11 1855 Radio Nederland W., via Madagascar, English program, ids, news at 1900. Good //11615 fair

11725 3/11 0600 Radio New Zealand Int., id and news in English, fair

14345,12 3/11 1830 RAE, Argentina, talks about Argentina, music, in English weak/fair

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD 15 meters long - QTH: Milano, Italia

6025 to monitor

2010-11-01T18:41:00.003+01:00

Few tips in these Italians rainy days. On 6025 Iran was not on air, I hope they change frequency, and there were 2 interesting carrier to monitor.

5045 31/10 0212 Radio Cultura, Brazil, nice slow songs, fair

6025 1/11 0015 NO Iran tonight, so it is possible to see two carriers: 6024,98 and 6025,07 the latter is stronger.

6035 31/10 0155 La Voz del Guaviare, Colombia, nice songs, id at 0201 weak/fair

5954,18 1/11 0008 Radio Republica, to Cuba via ELCOR Costa Rica, politics, tonight better signal

6890 31/10 0101 Family Radio, USA, start of the program in Spanish, Bible reading, good

6960 31/10 0115 Atlantic Radio, Pirate from Ireland, songs, ids, fair/good, fading studio@atlanticradio.ie

6973 31/10 0250 Galei Zahal, Israel, again on air, songs, long fading, weak/fair

7506,3 31/10 0205 WRNO, USA, talk about Bible revelation, fair

7850 31/10 0138 CHU, Ottawa, Canada, usual pips & ids, good

9955 31/10 0130 Radio Republica, Clandestine to Cuba, politics, weak/fair

10000 1/11 0004 WWV, Colorado, USA, full id, male voice, good

11905 31/10 0145 Sri Lanka BC, Indian style pop songs, good, fading

SW: rx Perseus – ant t2fd 15 m long – QTH Milano, Italia

Il Brasile arriva meglio

2010-10-30T22:53:00.003+02:00

4885 30/10 0234 Radio Clube do Parà, Brazil, songs, many ids, talks, good:
easy listening

5045 30/10 0225 Radio Cultura, Brazil, nice Brazilian songs, weak

(image: Voz Misionaria)

5939,92 30/10 0014 Voz Misionaria, Brazil, talks, ids, address, music, fair

5985,7 30/10 0007 Myanma Radio, Burma, slow songs, talks by woman, weak

6050 30/10 0238 HCJB, Equador, conversation about Bible in Spanis, fair

6135,02 30/10 0045 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talks, prayers, fair

6973 30/10 0100 Galei Zahal, Israel, still off air

9564,92 30/10 0220 Radio Super Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual long sermon, fair

9645,35 30/10 0000 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks, poor QRM from China 9645

9675 30/10 0210 Cancao Nova, Brazil, religious talks and songs, heard again after some time fair/good

11710,57 30/10 0003 RAE, Argentina, start program in Portuguese, good

RX: Perseus / ANT: T2FD - QTH Milano, Italia

Costa Rica e Bolivia

2010-10-30T18:41:00.005+02:00

Segnali discreti per Radio Republica dal Costa Rica e Radio Santa Cruz dalla Bolivia.

5755 28/10 0022 WTWW, USA, conversation about religious in English, fair-good

5910 28/10 0018 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice songs, fair

5935 28/10 0014 WWCR, USA, usual long talks in English about the Bible, fair

5952,48 28/10 0008 Emisora Pio XII, Bolivia, politics, good modulation, weak

5954,16 27/10 2346 Radio Republica, ELCOR tx, Costa Rica, talks, id 2357, not //9490 weak

6060 28/10 0030 Radio Habana, Cuba, international reports & sport in Spanish //6000 & 6110 fair

6134,79 28/10 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, sport live, weak but clear

6165 26/10 2119 R. National Tchadienne, Chad, very nice long african songs, some talks in French, good

6297 26/10 2112 National Radio of RASD, via Algeria, speech to people in Arabic, very good signal and modulation

6973 27/10 2330 Galei Zahal, Israel OFF AIR

9490 27/10 2340 Radio Republica, Clandestine via Canada, Cuban politics, good

9705 25/10 1806 Radio Romania DRM, not reported by Eibi at this time, low signal, no audio, only text SNR Tiganesti E2

9800 25/10 1814 Radio Canada International DRM, no audio, text: RCI

9950 25/10 1810 AIR DRM, India, audio only some times, music, txt: HPT AIR KHAMPUR

11710,66 28/10 RAE, Argentina, talks but very weak, QRM from Radio Veritas 11710

15640 25/10 1820 DW DRM, audio not continuos, in English, text: BC & DW

RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD 15 meters long
QTH: Milano, Italia

Inconfidencia sportiva

2010-10-28T18:04:00.004+02:00

Qualche ascolto milanese, propagazione migliorata verso l'alto. Nell'immagine: arriva Radio Inconfidencia

5040 24/10 2312 Radio Habana, Cuba, program in English, DXer unlimited program, good

6060 24/10 2325 Radio Nacional Argentina, sport gooooool, // 15344,7 poor/weak QRM from REE in French on 6055

9405 24/10 2300 FEBC, Manila, Philippines, music, long talks in Mandarin, good

9720 24/10 2305 Radio Veritas, Philippines, slow music and talks (reported Tagalog), good

9674,8v 24/10 2248 Unid, too low mod. QRM from China R. Int. on 9675. Is R del Pacifico on air? No Cancao Nova.

10000 24/10 2309 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, usual pips and ids, weak

11670 24/10 2224 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, Spanish, songs, address for letters, fair

11695 24/10 2229 Radio Australia, Shepparton, in Indonesian language, short talks like reports, fading, fair

11765 24/10 2233 Super Radio Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual sermons, weak

11875 24/10 2237 Radio Australia, via Koror, Palau, in English, songs, talks, weak

11955 24/10 2241 VOA, via Mariana Isl. in English, interview, weak

15520 24/10 2220 WEWN, USA, religious, holy Mass, very good

15189,65 24/10 2110 Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil, football live, some "Inconfidencia" ids, weak but clear

15265 24/10 2216 Radio Japan, via Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, talks, Japanese, fair

15344,7 24/10 2207 Radio Nacional, Argentina, sport live, football championship, fair

15370 24/10 2213 Radio Habana, Cuba, nice songs, weak-fair

RX: Perseus - ANT: T2FD
QTH Milano