Previous Month's Loggings 
Previous Month's Loggings
9525 - *0700 - Star Radio, via Ascension Island - (EE) - sio:242 - W w/ ID in English "This is Star Radio broadcasting from Monrovia," same W into nx about Liberia. Weak and in the noise. - (E5 w/ 20' indoor antenna - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 25)
Mike - Feb 25 07:12
5910 - 0430 - Marfil Estereo, Bogota, Columbia - (SS) - sio:434 - M anncr w/ ID, mention of an FM station, wide-range of slightly older traditional Latin mx, including romance ballads and lots of music with accordians and trumpets. Anncr kind of laid-back, with many songs one after another. Good signal, despite some sort of utility interference on the low side. - (Sat800 / E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 25)
Mike - Feb 25 04:49
4775 - 0345 - Trans World Radio, Swaziland - (Lomwe, listed) - sio:242 - M w/ prob relig until 0355, few minutes of silence, music box IS at 0357, M w/ English TWR ID and mention of broadcasting from Swaziland, into German pgm at 0400 w/ lots of mx. Weak, but actually pretty clear in narrow USB. - (Sat800 / E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 25)
Mike - Feb 25 04:10
7185 - 0310 - Adventist World Radio, Wertachtel, Germany - (Listed Oromo) - sio:443 - W in African lang w/ prob religion. Awesome sounding music - cross between light Afro vocals and reggae, Eibi frequency list has this being broadcast Ethiopia in East Africa. Very strong at first, but fading, gone by 0330. - (Sat800 / E5 - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 25)
Mike - Feb 25 03:47
15550 - 2350 - CPBS-1 (p), Beijing, China - (Chinese) - sio:243 - M & W w/ talk (prob nx), no clear ID, so only a probable, but audio pretty good. Weak, but clear. - (E5 w/ DE31 active ant - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 24)
Mike - Feb 25 00:01
15120 - 1840 - V of Nigeria, Ikorodu, Nigeria - (EE) - sio:243 - W w/ ID in heavily African-accented English - "You are listening to the V of Nigeria, Lagos," hi-life mx and African vocals. Weak, but occasionally up to good, when rising above the background noise.. - (E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 24)
Mike - Feb 24 18:46
9640 kHz - 1814 utc - R. Romania International, Romania - (EE) - sio:423 - I.D. "Radio Romania International" at 15. Discussion of pharmacy museum at 17. Target: EU - (Icom R-75 on 100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 24 FEB 07)
Bucky Hydal - Feb 24 18:27
- - , - () - sio: - CORRECTION: 9525 kHz - 1336 utc - R. Polonia, Poland logging on 02 FEB 07: The date should read 24 FEB 07. - ( - - )
Bucky Hydal - Feb 24 17:16
12035 kHz - 1407 utc - V. of Turkey, Turkey - (EE) - sio:443 - Turkish pop mx. "Headlines" at 23 read very fast in EE by m. ann. "Voice of Turkey" i.d. at 24. Target: Eu. Signoff at 24 - (Icom R-75 on 100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 24 FEB 07)
Bucky Hydal - Feb 24 14:27
9525 kHz - 1336 utc - R. Polonia, Poland - (EE) - sio:353 - F. ann. in EE. "External Service of Polish Radio" i.d. at 40 by m. ann. Political discussion "European Union" etc. at 44. Target: Eu. Sched: 1300 to 1359 winter. - (Icom R-75 on 100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna. - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 02 FEB 07)
Bucky Hydal - Feb 24 13:59
6105 - 0557 - VOA, via Sao Tome - (EE) - sio:322 - M w/ end of VOA News Now prgm, w/ URL for more prgm info, freqs, s/off w/ Wash, DC, address for VOA. Severe splash from R Japan (Sackville) on 6110. VOA SIO improved to 343 when Japan signed off at 0559. - (E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 24)
Mike - Feb 24 06:09
9800 - 2030 - AWR, Moosbrun, Austria - (French) - sio:444 - W w/ ID in English "This is Adventist World Radio," IS, into relig pgm in French w/ M anncr. Good. - (E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 20:35
11735 - 1940 - R. Tanzania, Zanzibar, Tanzania - (Swahili) - sio:343 - Long M vocals, sounding like cross between African and Koranic chanting. M w/ ID "Sauti Tanzania, Zanzibar". Better than usual. Chanting audio seemed stronger than talk audio. Chanting through bottom of hour. - (E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 19:51
11690 - 1915 - DW, Sines, Portugal - (EE) - sio:434 - Devastating flooding in Central Africa, efforts to combat locusts in East Africa, interview w/ FAO official. RTTY interference, easy to avoid by tuning up one kHz while using narrow filter. - (Eton E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 19:21
15345 - 1838 - RAE, Gen Pacheco, Argentina - (SS) - sio:333 - Somber-sounding organ mx, immediately followed by a M w/ ID - "Rye - Radio Argentina Exterior". Fair, but clear. - (Eton E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 18:45
15355 - 1830 - R Japan/NHK, Moyabi, Gabon - (Japanese) - sio:343 - Japanese female vocal mx, M & W talk, M w/ NHK ID. Fair to good. - (Eton E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 18:41
15475 - 1815 - Africa No. 1, Moyabi, Gabon - (French) - sio:343 - M w/ ID, nx w/ multiple correspondent reports. Signal not bad for no external antenna. - (Grundig Sat800 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 23)
Mike - Feb 23 18:21
9785 - 1526 - China Radio Int'l, China - (English) - sio:344 - Report on drug war in China by woman, interview with Chinese narcotics policeman. Then talk about Chinese New Year. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 21 Feb.)
chris - Feb 22 14:10
9740 - 1525 - BBC, Singapore - (English) - sio:544 - News in English by woman, concerning riots in Highfield, Zimbabwe. News on BBC reports of crime in South Africa. Signal coming through the N. Pacific pipeline from target area (SE Asia) to U.S. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 21 Feb.)
chris - Feb 22 14:08
9815 - 1536 - BBC, Oman - (English) - sio:233 - talk about India’s military and technology by English accented man - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 21 Feb.)
chris - Feb 22 14:05
9840 - 1543 - Sudan Radio Service, Nairobi, Kenya - (unk., poss. Arabic) - sio:244 - sounded like one man interviewing another man in what sounded like Arabic or an African language. Then there was some mbira music with one man singing, and others answering (call and repeat). Heard a woman mention ‘Sudan’ and “America”, in what definitely sounded like an African language. Then what sounded like highlife music at 1546, signal kept getting stronger (sio 344) until tuneout at 1610 u.t.c. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 21 Feb.)
chris - Feb 22 14:02
7 210 - 0110 - Gospel for Asia, Wertachtel, Germany - (Hindi) - sio:343 - M w/ ID, into religion in clear Hindi w/ gospel vocals. Decent signal, tho noisy. - (Eton E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 22)
Mike - Feb 22 01:15
7130 - 0045 - CRI, Kashi, China - (EE) - sio:323 - Discussion between 2 W and 1 man about parents forcing children to do things. W w/ URL, ID, mx, M w/ mailing address, W w/ s/off anncmnts at 0055. Decent signal, but degraded greatly by splash from V o Russia's Russian pop mx pgm on 7125. - (Eton E5 w/ whip - Fern Creek, KY - Feb 22)
Mike - Feb 22 01:01
3955 kHz - 2202 - KBS World Radio, Rep. of Korea (South) - (EE) - sio:332 - News read by f. news reader."South Korea" mentioned several times; also North Korea. "KBS World Radio in Seoul, Korea" i.d. at 05 by m. ann. Target: Eu. News ended at 09. Relay from UK. - (Icom R-75 on 100-ft (30.48m) longwire antenna - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 21 FEB 07)
Bucky Hydal - Feb 21 22:20
7285 - 0306 - Voice of Croatia, Croatia - (EE) - sio:444 - News and weather at this time w/ station ID at 0307 "This is the Voice of Croatia" followed by music pgm at 0308. - (Sony ICF 2010 w/ Grove Skywire - Tullahoma, Tennessee - Feb.19, 2007)
Randall Morrison - Feb 19 03:15
9895 - 2128 - Radio Nederland, Madagascar - (Dutch) - sio:253 - Man speaking Dutch language with several mentions of Nederland. Weak signal w/ fading. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 15 Feb.)
chris - Feb 16 06:01
7160 - 2129 - R. France Int'l, South Africa - (French) - sio:252 - Afro-pop, guy talking French, then a man and woman talking in French. Was the only readable station on 41 meters at the time. - (DX394, 25 ft. wire - WA-USA - 15 Feb.)
chris - Feb 16 05:57
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