Radio & Communication SW

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 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 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)

Labels: Malaysia ascolti di Michele D'Amico

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

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!