Radio & Communication SW

Unid su 6104,75... Help ! Siberia on 7200, Myanma Radio off or low power?

4830 21/1 0112 Mongolian Radio, talks man & woman,some music, not //4895-7260. Fair

4895 21/1 0110 Mongolian Radio, nice music and soft talks by woman over the music, //7260 fair (on 7260 really good)

5045 21/1 0225 Radio Cultura, Belem, Brazil, great Brazilian songs, good

5770 20/1 0035 Myanma Army Radio, Burma, talks by woman, music, fair (but in USB to avoid utility QRM)

5915 20/1 0031 Mynama Radio, Burma, talk woman, then slow songs, fair

5970 21/1 0123 Radio Itatiaia, Brazil, sport football game, fair

6009,96 21/1 0118 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Sport: "Gooooooooool", weak

6104,75 21/1 0130 Unid in Portuguese, long talks, not Cancao Nova (I listened to their streaming). Is Filafelfia active? Poor

6160 21/1 0153 CKZN CBC relay St. Johns, Canada, in English, talks, weak

7200 20/1 0030-0045 no signal of Myanma Radio, maybe off air this night

7200 21/1 0046-0002 Radio Sakha, Yakutsk, East Siberia, Russia, regional program, long talks in Russian, then at 0200 Radio Rossii news with a real different BC style. It is the first time I listen to this Russian station.
This night with good signal. No traces of Burma.

7260 20/1 0046 Mongolian Radio, Mongolia, nice music, //4895, good

7295 20/1 0051 Traxx FM, Malaysia, usual songs program, fair, this night better than last weaks

RX: SDR-IQ; AOR AR7030 - ANT: T2FD
QTH Milano, Italia

4645 20/1 0016 Tallin Volmet, Estonia, "This is Tallin airport", meteo info, USB, fair
6519 20/1 0019 WLO Mobile, Alabama, USA, maritime meteo info, USB, fair

6676 20/1 0013 Bangkok Volmet, Thailand, airports meteo info, USB, fair

8421,5 21/1 1239 SVO Olympia Radio, Greece, maritime, CW id, good

8425,5 21/1 1242 XSG, Shangai Radio, Cina, maritime, id CW, weak

10051 21/1 1225 Gander Radio Volmet, Canada, airoports meteo info, usb, fair

11300 21/1 1220 Tripoli Radio, working airplanes, USB, good

13264 21/1 1233 Shannon Volmet, Ireland, USB, good

13270 21/1 1236 New York Radio, USA, Volmet, USB, weak

RX: SDR-IQ; AOR AR7030 --- ANT: T2FD

RX: AOR AR7030 - Ant: T2FD
QTH Milano, Italia

2579 17/1 0138 Bari Radio, Italia, wx info, fair

2628 17/1 0140 Augusta Radio, Italia, wx info, poor

2720 17/1 0142 Witowo Radio, Poland, wx info in Polish, fair

2941 16/1 0056 Rostov Volmet, Russia, meteo airports info, weak

5517 18/1 0042 Tripoli ACC, Libya, working Lufthansa, USB good

5520 17/1 0148 New York Riverhead, USA, air traffic contacts, good

5541 18/1 0047 Stockholm Radio, Sweden, USB, giving wx info to airplains, good

5598 17/1 0150 Santa Maria, Azzorre, air traffic contacts, good

5691 16/1 0058 Irkutsk Volmet, Russia, meteo airports info, weak

6535 17/1 0207 Dakar OAC, Senegal, air traffic contacts, good

6617 17/1 0211 St. Petersburg Vomet, Russia, airports meteo info, fair

6676 17/1 0110 Bangkok Volmet, Thailand, airports info, weak

6754 16/1 0100 Trenton Volmet, Canada, meteo airports info, weak

8773 18/1 2333 Rio de Janeiro Radio, Brazil, Maritime service, in PP, talks, USB, fair

8819 17/1 0155 Tashkent Volmet, Uzbekistan, airports info, weak

8888 16/1 0102 Russian Volmet, airports info, very weak

8888 17/1 0201 Luanda ACC, Angola, air traffic contacts, fair

Inizio settimana sonnacchioso

RX: AOR AR7030; SDR-IQ - ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

5910 18/1 2355 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice songs, fair

5970 19/1 0000 BBC WS, Al Seela, Oman, news, (not reported by Eibi), fair

6115 19/1 0015 Radio Farda, Kuwait, in Farsi, songs, ids, URL, fair

6185 19/1 0022 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, talks and songs, fair

6195 19/1 0028 BBC WS, Kranji, Singapore, reports, fair

9565 18/1 2347 Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual religious talks, in Poruguese, fair

9835 18/1 2344 HCJB, via Santiago, Chile, in German, religious talks, good

10000 18/1 2320 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, pips & ids, fair

11815 18/1 2340 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, sport, unusual weak signal

11920 18/1 2336 HCJB, via Santiago Chile, in Portuguese, religious talks, good

15785 18/1 1327 Galei Zahal, Israel, in USB (not AM mode as other times), phone call, id, news, good

RX: AOR Ar7030; SDR-IQ --- ANT: T2FD
QTH Milano

1852 14/1 0145 Palermo Radio, Italia, USB, Maritime meteo & warnings in
Italian, fair

1888 14/1 0146 Civitavecchia Radio, Italia, USB, Maritime meteo & warnings
in English, fair

1925 14/1 0144 Livorno Radio, Italia, USB, Maritime meteo & warnings in
English, // 2680 good

2680 14/1 0143 Cagliari Radio, Italia, USB, Maritime meteo & warnings in
English, fair

3413 14/1 0134 Shannon Volmet, Ireland, USB, meteo info airports, good

6617 14/1 0155 Rostov Radio Volmet, USB, airports meteo info, in Russian, good

10051 14/1 1056 Gander Radio, Volmet, USB, airports meteo info, in English, weak
but clear

13270 14/1 1331 New York Radio, Volmet, USB airports meteo info, in English,
weak but clear

Propagation changed, with Brazil on 5940 and 5970 kHz.

RX: AOR AR7030, SDR-IQ - Ant: T2FD - QTH Milano

5910 13/1 0007 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice la songs, Fair

5940 13/1 0020 Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, Brazil, long religious talk by woman, later music, weak but clear

5970 13/1 0015 Radio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, talks man & woman, dominant over presumed PBS China, weak

6035 13/1 0010 La Voz del Guaviare, Colombia, talks, poor (QRM)

11815 13/1 0030 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, nice songs, fair

11925 13/1 0035 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks, weak

Qualche altro ascolto. Per la prima volta sono riuscito ad ascoltare 3815 KNR Groenlandia da Milano city: qualche minuto di strano silenzio noise e un po' di propagazione combinati.

RX: AOR AR7030, SDR-IQ, Drake R8 (ANT: T2FD) --- QTH: Milano, Italia

3185 11/1 0230 WWRB, USA, religious program in English, weak but clear

3215 11/1 0233 WWCR, USA, Religious talks, just like WWRB, poor

3330 11/1 0238 CHU, Canada, pips, ids as usual, weak

3815 9/1 2120 KNR, Greenland, man talks, at 2129 music, 2130 news read by a woman & a man, later a lot of local noise, I could ear some slow music again at 2143 for few minutes. Very weak signal. The solar flux index moved up to 82 from 77, may help.

3915 9/1 2203 BBC WS, Kranji, Singapore, reports in English, fair

3925 9/1 2201 Radio Nikkei, Japan, talks, weak, a little bit better around
2215

4025 9/1 2219 Laser Hot Hits, Pirate, songs, fair

5910 10/1 0001 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, usual nice songs, poor/fair

6185 10/1 0010 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, good music from some American countries like Paraguay, good, but fading. At 0020 stopped for 2 minutes from a strong carrier with few seconds of English talks by woman.
Iran preparing tx?

11670 9/1 2228 Radio Nacional de Venezuela, via Cuba, politics, id, in Spanish, fair

11815 9/1 2225 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, nice songs, oldies, fair

Late afternoon tips

RX: SDR-IQ, Yaesu FRG-7, Drake R8, AOR AR7030 --- ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

5010 9/1 1626 AIR Thiruvan..., India, slow Indian songs, fair/good

5019,96 9/1 1912 Salomon Islands BC, here in Milano I had only the carrier on 5019,96, but I could listen to them via a remote SDR receiver located at the University of Twente, in Nederland. Music, few talks. Very weak.

6297,198v 9/1 1834 National Radio of Saharui Rep. Clandestine based in Algeria, talka in Arabic and songs, very well this evening

6953 9/1 1530-1610* Pirate, Jan van Gent Radio, non stop folks songs, Nothern & Balkanic style, later serious religious style, off at 1610, fair to good with strong slow fading. This is the radio without id! Thanks to Doctor Tim that helped me.

6973 9/1 1612 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks and music, fair, noise

8743 9/1 1620 Bangkok Meteorogical Radio, Thailand, info and interval signal at 1624, poor

9330 9/1 1725 Radio Damascus, Syria, good signal but very low, but really low modulation, to be unusable !

9340 9/1 1722 Radio Pakistan, in Urdu, songs, terrible modulation! fair

9525,973v 9/1 1710 Voice of Indonesia, program in Spanish, talks about Indonesia and slow music, poor/fair, fading

9605 9/1 1734-1758* Voice of Assena, Clandestine to Eritrea, native language, talks, Horn Africa songs, music, fair to good because fading (Assenna seem to be the right name, see: http://www.assenna.com/). End of program at 1758

9704,18v 9/1 1814 Radio Ethiopia, talks, fair, modulation a little low

9765 9/1 1820 Radio New Zealand Int., Chorus religious music (Sunday morning in NZ), poor

11750 9/1 1645 Sri Lanka BC, (presumed) slow songs, at 1700 news in native language, and songs again, talks by woman, fading, poor/fair

11785 9/1 1630 Sudan Radio Service, Clandestine via Meyerton, South Africa, talks in Arabic mentioning many times Sudan, good

Ascolti tranquilli nel pomeriggio

RX: Drake R8, AOR AR7030, SDR-IQ --- ANT: T2FD 15 m long
QTH: Milano, Italia

9870 9/1 1440 AIR Vividh Barhati, India, Indian pop songs, good

9920 9/1 1445 KTWR, Agat, Guam, Talks in Vietnamese (as reported) and religious slow music, fair/good

9965 9/1 1502 World Harvest Radio, USA, religious talks by old man, fair

10000 9/1 1459 WWV Colorado, USA, time, weak but clear

11775 9/1 1454 Dr. Gene Network, Anguilla, long religious talk in English by a woman, weak

11925 9/1 1449 CVC International, Shepparton, Australia, usual songs program, good

13730 9/1 1434 Bible Voice, from UK ?, sermon in English, later songs, fair

13835 9/1 1430 WEWN, USA, religious talks in English, very good

14670 9/1 1328 CHU, Canada, very weak, instead no signal from WWV Colorado on 15000

15120 9/1 1325 Radio Habana, Cuba, in Spanish, talks about embargo //15360 but much better here, fair/good

15340 9/1 1318 HCJB, Shepparton, Australia, talks and songs, Tamil program, good

15360 9/1 1314 Radio Habana, Cuba, in Spanish, talks about international politics, weak but clear

15480 9/1 1350-1357* Voice of Turkey, traditional Turkish music, in Turkish:
id, frequencies, web, off at 1357, very good

15560 9/1 1410 RDP International, Portugal, it is the station I prefere because the music with Drake R8 6 kHz bw and AMS (I use MS4 Drake speaker), in Portuguese, good

15825 9/1 1359 WWCR, USA, id with an address in Illinois, religious program in English, good

Qualche ascolto influenzato... Accidenti al tempaccio

RX: AOR AR7030, Drake R8, SDR-IQ, Yaesu FRG-7, Icom R71E ANT T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

6005 8/1 1410 Radio 700, Germany, in German, pop songs, fair, noise

6035 6/1 0120 La Voz del Guaviare, Colombia, really nice songs, heard again after months, poor/fair QRM from 6040

6170 8/1 1300 Radio New Zealand Int. Time,id, news, weak signal, better at
1325 songs

9780 8/1 1540 Republic of Yemen Radio, Yemen, in Arabic, traditional songs, id at 1602, hymn, then news, fair/good with fading.

11595 8/1 1532 Kol Israel, Israel, in Farsi to Iran, talks mentioning several time Iran, good

12045 8/1 1520 Radio Japan, Kranji, Singapore, in Japanese, long conversation, fair

15000 8/1 1515 WWV, Colorado, USA, usual pips and time by male voice, fair

15190 8/1 1510 Radio Africa, Bata, Equatorial Guinea, religious talks in English, some music, weak

15330 8/1 1504 Radio Martì, clandestine to Cuba, USA, in Spanish, politics, fair

15490 8/1 1455-1459* BBC, Mahe, Seychelles, reports in African language, end at 1459, good

17630 8/1 1435 China Radio Int. , Bamako, Malì, in English, reports & interview about Nigeria, muffled audio, fair

17650 8/1 1430 VOA, Pinheira, Sao Tomé & Principe, in English, African reports, fair

RX: AOR AR7030, Drake R8, SDR-IQ - ANT: T2fd
QTH: Milano, Italia

4319 4/1 2353 AFRTS, Diego Garcia, talks in English, USB, fair with a narrow filter (1,8 kHz) to avoid RTTY above

5769,993v 5/1 0030 Myanma Army Radio, Burma, Start of program with trumpet and talks by woman, then slow music, frequency slowly drifting, fair

5915 5/1 0010 Myanma Radio, Burma, talks, later slow songs, fair

5995 4/1 2340 RTV Malì, talks in French, nice Afro music, ids by female, good

7145 4/1 2345 Lao National Radio, Laos, now here in Milano all the nights, talks, music, at 0000 talks man. Fair when no hams over

7200 4/1 0030 Myanma Radio, Burma, start of BC, fair

This night I observed 6060 Radio Nacional Argentina, 7145 Laos better and I made some frequency measurement.

RX: AOR AR7030, Drake R8, SDR-IQ - ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia

4895 3/1 *2300 Mongolian Radio, start broadcasting with himn, talks, fair

5044,981v 3/1 2240 Radio Cultura, Brazil, nice songs, fair signal & good modulation, after 2300 better.

6059,995v 3/1 2110 Radio Nacional Argentina, talks about Argentina and songs, "... en Radio Nacional", fair. I observed a clear carrier on 6059,964v, I presume Deus è Amor, Brazil.

6135,072v 3/1 2312 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talks, fair (on 6134,802 observed a carrier, must be Radio Santa Cruz - another on 6135 exact: maybe BBC via Thailand)

6170 3/1 1345 Radio New Zealand Int., songs, news at 1400, poor to fair,

6180 3/1 2225 Cyprus BC, Limassol, in Greek, Radio Drama, good

6185 3/1 0020 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, brazilian songs, fair

6297,188v 3/1 2033 National Radio of Saharui D.R., talks in Arabic, some music, good

7360 3/1 1437 Radiostation Belarus, songs, "Jingle Bell", fair //7390

7145 3/1 2354 Lao National Radio, Laos, slow talks and slow Oriental music, this night is coming better, only some QRM by Hams

9500 3/1 1915 Radio Australia, Shepparton, in English, talks, fair but QRM from BC in Arabic (Family Radio reported)

9505 3/1 2120 CVC International, Lusaka, Zambia, religious talks in English, mixed with Radio Record, Brazil, broadcasting nice pop songs.

9525 3/1 1900 TWR starting broadcasting in an African language (over Voice of Indonesia) end religious songs, from where? Not reported by Eibi. good

9525,974v 3/1 1953-1958 Voice of Indonesia, finally again with "free signal" without QRM on 5925 at 1953. Pop songs, web address in English,fair to good, fading S6 to S9. But at 1958 China R. Int. in Russian on 9525 starts with extra strong signal.

9565,201v 3/1 2333 Deus è Amor, Brazil, usual religious talks, poor, only in USB to avoid Radio Martì on 9565 exact.

9629,914v 3/1 2133 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, slow songs, fair

9645,307v 3/1 2141 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks, poor/fair QRM from 9640 RNE & CRI both in Spanish! Better at 2345 without this QRM

9935 3/1 1430 ERT3 Makedonias, Greece, songs, in Greek, 9+30 super strong!

11620 3/1 1425 All India Radio, in English, Indian songs, good

11695 3/1 2105 Radio Australia, in English, reports, fair to good

11725 3/1 1920 Radio New Zealand Int., Internationale reports in English, fair

11730 3/1 1925-1929* Radio Pilipinas, Philippines, in National language not in English as reported, abrupt signal off at 1929, fair

11760 3/1 1420 Radio Habana, Cuba, talks in Spanish "preguntas", hystory, fair to good

11925 3/1 1930 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, live sport, weak

11945 3/1 1150 Radio Australia, Shepparton, talks, in English, fair

13615 3/1 1144 Radio Farda, via Djibouti, songs //21715 fair

13660 3/1 1136 Radio New Zealand Int., in English, talks, really good signal but some QRM from China on 13665 (and all over...).

13810 3/1 1415 Brother Stair (presumed), USA, long religious talks in English, fair

13820 3/1 1412 Radio Martì, Clandestine to Cuba via USA, talks about Cuba, fair

13835 3/1 1408 WEWN, USA, religious Sunday programm, very good

15400 3/1 1132 HCJB, Shepparton, Australia, in Ch, talks with religious music, id also in EE at 1133 with mail address, good

15535 3/1 1128 CVC International, Shepparton, Australia, songs, in English, very good

15785 3/1 1124 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks, the best signal in these weeks:
good

17635 3/1 1120 CVC International, Shepparton, Australia, in Ch, songs, good as usual

21715 3/1 1115 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, talks, ids good, the highest international BC in frequency today //17840

2009 last tips, happy New Year to all, folks

RX: Drake R8, SDR-IQ, Yaesu FRG-7, Icom R71E
ANT: T2FD 15 meter long
QTH: Milano, Italia

6000 31/12 0104 Voice of Turkey, Turkish songs, over & below Radio Habana in English, no one can be heard well.

6170 31/12 1520 Radio New Zealand Int., songs, fair, fading

6210 31/12 1535-1551* Radio East Coast Holland, pirate, classic pop songs and long talks in Dutch, good to very good, end of BC at 1551, slow fading

6870 31/12 0040 Pirate Music, Pirate, great disco oldies, good

6890 31/12 *0059 Family Radio, USA, starting BC in Spanish, fair

6973 31/12 0048 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks and songs, weak

12759 31/12 1346 AFRTS, Diego Garcia, in USB, reports, weak (heard again after a long time)
13635 31/12 1342 CVC International, Shepparton, Australia, in English, songs, good

14670 31/12 1339 CHU, Canada, time & ids, fair

15120 31/12 1333 Radio Habana, Cuba, reports in Spanish, fair

15690 31/12 1322 Radio Farda, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, in Farsi, songs, a lot of ids, news at 1330, good

15785 31/12 1316 Galei Zahal, Israel, talks and music, fair/good

17800 31/12 1310 DW, Kigali, Rwanda, talks in African language (reported
Hausa) with ids, good

26010 31/12 1300 Radio Maria, Andrate, Italia, usual prg //FM, weak

RX: Drake R8, SDR-IQ, Icom R71E
ANT T2FD
QTH Milano

4845,236v 29/12 0140 Radio Cultura, Manaus, Brazil, nice songs, weak

4985 29/12 0147 Radio Brasil Central, Brazil, songs, weak

7200,104v 29/12 *0030 Myanma Radio, Burma, start of broadcasting with fair to good signal, some QRM from close above channels. The tx was slowly drifting down towards 7200. At 0052 the QRG was 7200,101. At 0105 7200,097.

7295 29/12 0040 Traxx FM, Malaysia, songs, weak and QRM from Voice of Russia on 7290 superstrong

7310 29/12 0055 PBS Xinijang, China, talks man & woman, fair

7325 29/12 0102 VOA, Sri Lanka relay, reports, fair

7811 29/12 0105 AFRTS, Key West, Florida, USA, reports, weak

9265 29/12 0110 WINB, Red Lion, USA, religious talking, fair

Un ascolto molto stravagante, dal sapore alcolico

5965 29/12 *0124-0130* Start of a carrier with strong signal (S 9+5dB) and sudden id "Radio Mayak" at 0125 (recorded), then only the carrier. At 0130 the carrier disappeared ! Just too much vodka?

Diverse brasiliane con segnali decenti. E non solo

RX: Drake R8 & SDR-IQ
ANT: T2FD
QTH Milano, Italia

5910,02 27/12 2346 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice LA songs, weak

5952,46v 27/12 2339 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia, really poor

5995 27/12 2334 RTV Mali, Bamako, phone calls and music, French, fair

6000 27/12 2330 Radio Varna, Bulgaria, usual Sunday songs program, good

6070 27/12 2320 Belaruskoye Radio 1, Belarus, oldies, talks, fair

6135,076v 27/12 2311 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, talks and slow songs, fair

6295 27/12 2304 Reflections Europe, Ireland, in English, talks also about Obama, good signal but QRM from 6290 Cairo and 6297 RASD

7105 27/10 2209 Chinese station, I think from Taiwan (voice of Hope?), I recorded also an id (I presume) at 2211, then talks, good

7125 27/12 2215 Radio Conakry, Guinea, reports in French, good

9504,99v 27/12 2220 Radio Record, Brazil, songs ("Viaxe musical"), jingles, commercials, fair/good At 2255 really good!

9550 27/12 2235 Radio Boa Vontade, Brazil, long talks by man, weak

9580 27/12 2145 Radio Africa 1, Gabon, songs, good

9630 27/12 2242 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, slow songs, talks about family, fair/good

9665 27/11 2252 Voz Missionaria, Brazil, sermon, poor

9675 27/12 2247 Cancao Nova, Brazil, religious talks, fair/good

11724,82v 27/12 1944 Radio Novas de Paz (presumed ?), Brazil, il LSB to avoid Radio New Zealand 11725, religious songs and talks PP, really poor

11775 27/12 1939 Dr. Gene Scott network, The Valley, Anguilla, usual religious talks in English, fair

11785 27/12 1936 Radio Nacional Amazonia, Brazil, songs, fair

11815 27/12 1920 Radio Brazil Central, songs, good!

11855 27/12 1932 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, religious talks, weak but growing signal

11925,03v 27/12 1925 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, sport, time pips on the half hour, fair