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5920 kHz - 22.20 utc - Radio Gardarika, Russia (St. Petersburg) - (Russian [pres]) - sio:444 - Mainly European style "pop" music. / Several ID's heard inbetween music, (mainly Radio "Studio"?). ID Radio Gardarika and mailing address heard before shut-down at 23.00, (including ref. to Radio Nova?) / This b'cast is going out daily between 20.00 and 23.00utc, but only until Dec. 31st, 2002. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 29th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 29 23:41
13680 // 21475 kHz - 11.01 utc - Radio Farda, USA (Kavala, GRC) + (Iranawila, CLN) - (relays) - (Farsi / Persian) - sio:132 // 444 (respectively) - ID now known to be Radio Farda, OM and YL news and music targeted into Iran. / Credit and thanks to Bob Colyard, Glenn Hauser (DX Listening Digest) and Stefano Valianti (BCL News group) for their information, helping me to correctly ID R.Farda. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 29th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 29 11:24
21475 kHz - 11.30 utc - Radio (Fardo?)* , Country Unid. - (Port. or Span.?) - sio:454 - Mainly "pop" music, with OM and YL ann. / I'm unable to find any reference to this station on the net, and although the station regularly ID's as "Radio Fardo", *(presumed spelling of "Fardo") and ann: (www.radiofarda.com), I can only find R. Liberty as b'casting on this freq. / Any ideas anybody? - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 28th 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 28 12:50
1548 - 0446 - Voice of Russia, Russia - (EE) - sio:434 - EE news, Ids, commentary - (Icom PCR 1000 - web receiver-Rome, Italy - 12/28)
Brad Wall - bradebi at yahoo.com -Dec 28 04:30
5935 kHz - 20.00 utc - Laser Radio, Latvia (Ulbroka) - (EE) - sio:444 - Pop music etc... / New regular Sunday b'cast from 18.00 to 23.00 - (see: www.laserradio.net) / 100kW Tx from Latvia, (actually, as receiving transmissions from various countries go, Latvia is a new one for me). - (Icom IC-R75 - Commtel "active" ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 22nd, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 22 20:32
7430 khz - 1408 utc - BBC, UK (tx. in Tashkent?) - (Hindi) - sio:344 - Speech in Hindi by man and woman, sounded like a news pgm; mention of 'BBC' by woman. Listed in WRTH as BBC to India from Tashkent, if it is, it's my first logging of a transmitter from Central Asia. - (Panasonic RFB45, 40 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle USA - 21 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:56
9425 khz - 2307 utc - UNID, ??? - (Hindi?) - sio:334 - South Asian music with tablas, woman singing, also a tribal sounding chant with several women singing in unison. Announcements by man and woman, the man mentioned 'Bharat' at 2332 utc, and the language sounded Hindi. Also heard the next evening. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle USA - 15 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:49
9420 khz - 2240 utc - FEBC, Philippines?? - (???) - sio:233 - Man speaking UNID Asian language, growl on frequency. "Song Of Joy" played at 2300 utc, and an anouncement by woman at 2301, with mention of "FEBC". Not sure which FEBC broadcast this is, it's not mentioned in WRTH. - (Sangean 909 / DX 398, 100 ft. wire - Seattle USA - 15 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:42
7260 khz - 2222 utc - VOA, USA (tx. in Sri Lanka) - (Khmer) - sio:445 - SE Asian language that sounded similar to Vietnamese, by man and woman, including mentions of Kampuchea, Islam, Washington, etc. Heard mention of "V.O.A." at 2224 utc, and an ID in English at 2230 utc. Listed as VOA's sce. in Khmer. After 2230 the Vietnamese program started, and the signal began to weaken. - (Sangean 800A / DX 370, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle USA - 15 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:37
7245 khz - 1341 utc - China R. Int'l, China - (Russian) - sio:545 - Man speaking accented Russian, playing some Chinese sounding pop music; some QRM from ham radio operators, parallel to 7160 khz only much stronger. ID: "Govorit Radio Kitai" at 1346 utc by woman (who spoke less accented Russian). ('Kitai' is Russian for 'China'). Not listed in WRTH, they must have moved their frequencies. - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle USA - 14 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:29
9515 khz - 1720 utc - R. Korea (tentative), South Korea - (FF) - sio:222 - Weak speech in French, accented, by woman, with some R&B music; signal began to degrade after 1726 utc. Listed in WRTH as South Korea's b-cast to West Africa and Middle East. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle USA - 11 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:21
9510 khz - 1710 utc - BBC, UK (tx. in Oman) - (EE) - sio:333 - BBC in English with John Peel playing some reggae tune, fair to weak signal, strong enough to cause QRM on NHK's pgm. on 9510 khz. - (Sangean 803A / DX 440, 100 ft. wire - Seattle USA - 11 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 21 20:16
7250 khz - 0632 utc - R. Vatican, Vatican City - (Latin) - sio:344 - Awoke to R. Vatican broadcasting in what turned out to be Latin.... some flutter on the signal, good quality, though. Several IDs in several different languages at 0630 utc., "Kyrie Eleison" soon after. Listed as their Latin Service to Europe in WRTH, a first logging for me. - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle, WA USA - 8 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 10 20:53
3985 kHz - 20.45 utc - Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran (Ahwaz) - (Arabic) - sio:233 - OM nattering on in Arabic (content unknown). No QRM, but signal a bit noisy. / Parallel frequencies 6025kHz ("underneath" R.Budapest), and 6065 + 6200kHz (both suffering a moderate level of QRM). - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles, (UK) - Dec. 9th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 9 22:01
3315 kHz - 01.15 utc - All India Radio (domestic b'cast), India (Bhopal) - (*) - sio:222 - Mainly YL talking at time of logging. *(Regional dialect.) So, as usual, I am unsure of content. / Quite a good path on the tropical bands to India this morning. Various regional b'casts heard, but this the only one on 90m. / QRM from a number of sources, but mainly a very strong morse transmission, almost completely swamping AIR just before 01.30utc. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 8th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 8 01:39
4010 kHz - 00.15 utc - Kyrgyz Radio, Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) - (Kyrgyz) - sio:444 - Mixed OM + YL, (content unknown - "Kyrgyz" being the national language and, presumably, the one being used here.) Occaisional music between talking. / Parallel freq. 4795kHz also rec. although a strange "boinking" sound was causing QRM from approx. 4794kHz. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m Copper Wire Ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Dec. 7th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Dec 7 00:37
7255 khz - 1424 utc - UNID, ??? (poss. China?) - (unid, poss. Mongolian) - sio:434 - Loud signal, man and woman speaking a North Asian language, which sounded similar to Korean, but there weren't any of the '-hamnida' endings one often hears on the Korean broadcasts. I'm guessing this could be a broadcast from China to Mongolia, can't find any information on this, though.... - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle, WA USA - 6 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 6 19:12
7200 khz - 1407 utc - NHK Radio Japan, Japan - (English) - sio:323 - News by woman in English, mention of Japan, clear audio, but heavy co-channel interference from Chinese station (prob. CNR-2 Beijing). Radio Japan's English service to SE Asia listed this time and frequency in WRTH. - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle, WA USA - 6 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 6 19:00
7245 khz - 1351 utc - UNID, China? - (Russian) - sio:455 - Man and woman speaking in Russian, program parallel to previous logging, only much stronger signal. I've found no info whatsoever on Russian programming with Chinese music, on this frequency and time spot. - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle, WA USA - 6 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 6 18:50
7255 khz - 1351 utc - UNID, China? - (Russian) - sio:223 - Russian speech by man, and woman, language especially noted when the woman spoke. Some interference by AIR's sce. in Dari to Afghanistan on the same channel. Parallel broadcast on 7245 was much stronger. "Dosvedanya" spoken at 1355 utc and some Chinese sounding music, before carrier was shut off. I've seen one mention of this, on an internet DXers site, as a new frequency for China Radio Int'l's Russian service -- but can't find any other information confirming this. The propagation and music points to China, though.... - (Panasonic RFB45, 100 ft. wire / inductively coupled - Seattle, WA USA - 6 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 6 18:45
4450 khz - 1520 utc - UNID , ???, assumed Asia somewhere - (???) - sio:112 - Speech by woman, sounded Asian, almost Chinese (sing-songy syllables), but not clear enough to ID which language. Flute music, and then operatic song, sung by woman. By tune out at 1536 the signal weakened to just little more than a carrier. - (Sangean 909 / DX 398; 100 ft. wire - - 5 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 5 19:52
3925 khz - 1458 utc - JOZ Nagara (tentative), Japan - (Japanese) - sio:212 - Japanese speech by man, sounded like a lecture of some sort, could hear a little hall reverb.... weak but clear signal, periodic QRM from ham operators. Listed in WRTH as JOZ Nagara. - (Sony ICF 5900w, Sangean 909; 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 5 Dec 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Dec 05 19:06
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