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DX Logs – Free Radio

Simon Guettier — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:15:33 +0000

Some latest free radio loggings

5815 Orion Radio – Pirate Netherlands 34434 English & Dutch Several ID’s heard – ‘Orion Radio’ 0741 UTC 16/05/2010

6202 Radio Scotland – Pirate Netherlands 34433 English & Dutch Announces website – www.radioscotland.nl – Clash ‘London Calling’. Many 50′s Oldies 0907 UTC 16/05/2010

6215 King Shortwave – Pirate 23222 English Station ID’s just as ‘King Shortwave’. 60′s jingles played.
Many 60′s oldies. 0813 UTC 16/05/2010

6283 Radio Shadow 24232 British pops. No ID’s heard. Tentative Logging 0751 UTC 16/05/2010

6320 Radio Sonic – Pirate Netherlands 34323 English Oldies & Schlager music – ID’s 0841 UTC 16/05/2010

DX Logs

Simon Guettier — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:19:11 +0000

More Logs For April and May …
549 Deutschlandfunk Nordkirchen/Thurnau Germany 42443 0330 News Headlines 0330 UTC 30/04/2010

567 Radio Nacional 5 Various Spain 33333 Spanish Male and female presenter. Light hearted chats with phone callers. 0337 UTC 30/04/2010

612 Radio Nacional Various Spain 34343 Spanish Station spoof with presenter singing version of Madonna ‘Like A Prayer’. Many Radio Nacional IDs. 0339 UTC 30/04/2010

846 Radio North Carndonagh Ireland 22232 Non stop mainly country music. ID ‘Radio North with Night Time Country Gold 0427 UTC 30/04/2010

1530 Celtic Music Radio Shieldhall Wharf, Glaow United Kingdom 32332 English Non stop celtic and country music. 0236 UTC 09/05/2010

2485 ABC Territory Radio (VL8K) Katherine Australia 24222 English Country & Western Show – News at 2030 2021 UTC 08/05/2010

2485 ABC Territory Radio (VL8K) Katherine Australia 14221 English Country & Western programme. Very faint. News at 2030. Hard to make out 2023 UTC 08/05/2010

4765 Tajik Radio 1 Dushanbe-Yanivul Tajikistan 34322 Tajik Female Commentary, long chanting song. 2359 UTC 29/04/2010

4790 Radio Vision Chiclayo Peru 24222 Spanish Tentative logging. Religious preacher ranting in Spanish. 0128 UTC 09/05/2010

4905 PBS Xizang Tibet (Lhasa) China 34333 Tibetan Phone callers with female presenter 2120 UTC 08/05/2010

4976 Radio Uganda Kampala Uganda 34323 English Interview about new project – mentions of Uganda and local currency as ‘shillings’. 2012 UTC 08/05/2010

6055 Radio Rwanda Kigali Rwanda 33433 French African Hilife Music – clear mention of Rwanda by presenter. 2002 UTC 08/05/2010

6210 Radio Border Hunter – Pirate Netherlands 44444 English & Dutch Usual Pops, Shouts Out and ID’s 0904 UTC 09/05/2010

7110 Radio ETHIOPIA Ethiopia 33222 Vernacular Music and announcements before sign off at 2100 with what sounded like national anthem. Ended with what sounded like recording of jets flying! 2045 UTC 08/05/2010

7520 WYFR (Family Radio) Okeechobee, FL United States 44333 Spanish Spanish preacher, hymns. 2316 UTC 29/04/2010

9250 ERTU Wadi El-Nil Abu Zaabal Egypt 34222 Arabic Voice of the Arabs prog, I think – relay of Home Service. 2107 UTC 08/05/2010

13760 Voice of Korea Kujang Korea, North 34433 English Usual commentaries on US 1333 UTC 09/05/2010

15540 Radio Kuwait Kuwait 45544 English Feature on women in Kuwaiti society. How to make Arabic coffee 1903 UTC 08/05/2010

DX Logs

Simon Guettier — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:03:58 +0000

Here are some of my latest loggings for March & April 2010

603 BBC Radio 4 Newcastle United Kingdom 32332 English ‘Farming Today’ prog. 0633 UTC 24/04/2010

1010 WINS New York, NY United States English Discussion on homosexuality 0442 UTC 17/04/2010

1026 Downtown Radio Knock Breckan Ireland 22422 English Whispered female ‘Downtown Radio’ ID. Music from Oasis and Bob Dylan. 0545 UTC 24/04/2010

1116 BBC Radio Guernsey Unknown United Kingdom 22322 English Report on Ferry Services to St.Malo. Sarnia women’s rugby team. 1738 UTC 26/03/2010

1130 WBBR New York, NY United States 32333 English Show presented by Charlie Rose. Traffic report mentioned George Washington Bridge. Commercial for local BMW dealer 0212 UTC 24/04/2010

1449 BBC Asian Network Peterborough United Kingdom 33233 English 2 DJ’s talking about ‘new chart show’. Phone number 81869 given out. 1654 UTC 26/03/2010

1584 BBC Radio Nottingham Unknown United Kingdom 42333 English Gun Crime on Nottingham’s streets. 1710 UTC 26/03/2010

3350 Radio Exterior de España Cariari Costa Rica 34222 Spanish Jovial discussion by OM & YL 0230 UTC 24/04/2010

3815 Kaalait Nunaata Radio Unknown Greenland (Denmark) 23222 Greenlandic Pop Music oldies, Long talk 2200, s/off 2211, USB Transmission 2121 UTC 22/04/2010

4699 Radio San Miguel Riberalta Bolivia 24322 Spanish LA Music, woman with speech. Sign off 0200 0151 UTC 24/04/2010

4810 Armenian National Radio Gavar (formerly Kamo) Armenia 44233 Arabic Arabic Announcements, lovely Armenian music. 1925 UTC 21/03/2010

4840 WWCR (World Wide Christian Radio) Nashville, TN United States 55555 English Full ID at 0200 – faulty audio playback, audio cutting out. English Religious programming 0200 UTC 24/04/2010

4845 Radio Mauritanie Nouakchott Mauritania 24222 French Long speech by OM – reception improving towards 1900. 1835 UTC 25/03/2010

4895 Zimbabwe Community Radio Meyerton South Africa 24322 English & Vernacular Double English ID at 1811 ‘Zimbabwe Community Radio’, then into Vernacular. Many mentions of Zimbabwe and singing. 1811 UTC 25/03/2010

4905 PBS Xizang Tibet (Lhasa) China 44333 Tibetan YL Speech in Chinese and Chinese Music 2126 UTC 23/03/2010

4905 PBS Xizang Tibet (Lhasa) China 44334 English English News then feature on Tibetan Weddings, 2231 UTC 22/04/2010

4910 ABC Territory Radio (VL8T) Tennant Creek Australia 22221 English Male & Female presenters with phone callers. Barely Intelligible. 2152 UTC 23/03/2010

4915 Radio Difusora de Macapa Macapa AP Brazil 34222 Portuguese LA Music, female presenter 0216 UTC 24/04/2010

4975 Voice of Russia Yangi-Yul Tajikistan 34333 English Science programme with Estelle Winters 1706 UTC 27/03/2010

4976 Radio Uganda Kampala Uganda 24232 English Attempted (!) Phone-in. Presenter unable to put callers to air, every call failed! 1910 UTC 25/03/2010

4985 Radio Brasil Central Goiania Brazil 34232 Portuguese Male and female announcements, LA Mx. Noisy band 0224 UTC 24/04/2010

5010 Radio National Malagasy Unknown Madagascar 24322 French Partly French programme, partly Malagasy plus African style music 1805 UTC 21/03/2010

5935 WWCR (World Wide Christian Radio) Nashville, TN United States 33333 English Female fire and brimstone preacher. 0547 UTC 17/04/2010

5990 Radio Senado Unknown Brazil 43333 Portuguese LA Music, commercial for station website, full ID ‘Radio Senado’ 2112 UTC 22/04/2010

6005 BBC Worldservice Ascension Unknown 44333 English News Headlines, no European flights because of volcano in Iceland 0533 UTC 17/04/2010

6050 HCJB (Voice of the Andes) Quito Ecuador 22332 Spanish OM & YL with discussion, SP Rlg Music. Followed by programme in English 0236 UTC 17/04/2010

6890 Radio Fana Addis Ababa area Ethiopia 32222 Vernacular OM & YL Talks. Whitney Houston sing. S/Off 2101 2057 UTC 22/04/2010

7540 Denge Mezopotamya Unknown Ukraine 55544 KURDISH Speeches in what I assume is Kurdish language 1823 UTC 25/03/2010

9250 Nile Valley R.’Wadi El Nile’ Abu Zaabal Egypt 23222 Arabic ME style music, announcements 2131 UTC 22/04/2010

9625 CBC Northern Québéc Service Sackville Canada 32433 English News. ID in English ‘This is CBC News’. Into French with phone-in at 2111 2109 UTC 23/03/2010

11730 Radio PILIPINAS Tinang Philippines 43433 English/Filipino Two full Id’s after news, frequent mentions of ‘Pilinipas’ and discussion by three studio presenters, 1807 UTC 26/03/2010

11975 Voice of America Bonaire Neth. Antilles Netherlands Antilles 34433 Special English Special English feature on the life of Mark Twain 1935 UTC 21/03/2010

Back In Business

Simon Guettier — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:15:14 +0000

It’s been a while since my last post on this blog, and a lot has happened since – like I’ve moved house and am no longer plagued with the RFI problems I mentioned.
Basically I’ve moved to a country location and although there are adjacent houses, the QRN from them is not too bad.
I’ll post some pictures of my new setup soon, as well as some new loggings ….
But for now … we’re back in the business of DX’ing!

Dx’ing is so difficult these days!

Simon Guettier — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:23:29 +0000

I write this as I wait to move house soon – probably in 6 weeks or so.
As far as DXing goes, a move could not come at a better time because of the horrific RF interference I mention below. I’ve not been able to identify it – if I could I’m not sure that I’d be able to do anything about it anyway.
So – I’m going to buy an RFI ‘sniffer’ to take with me when choosing prospective new dwellings. The estate agent will no doubt think I’m completely nuts. I don’t care.
And – as it happens – I’ve discovered some pretty horrendous sources of RFI within my existing place: despite the fact that I’m pretty careful in trying to minimise it. I never buy switched mode power supplies, for example.
But I discovered a power supply supplied with a quite expensive Pico ‘internet radio’ – it cost £150, but the power supply that comes with it is cheap and nasty and causes massive interference throughout the house. And probably several other houses too. It’s also undoubtedly ‘legal’. Whether the authorities would acknowledge it as a source of interference, I don’t know. But I’ve now thrown it away.
So although we read lots about mains borne RFI through home networking devices that, sadly, is not the end of the story.
If you escape that particularly devastating hobby-wrecker there are many more modern devices which are almost as capable of ruining this fine hobby.
Trouble is – things are likely to get worse, not better.

The RFI has got me …

Simon Guettier — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:38:43 +0000

Well, it had to happen I suppose …

The blight of any DX’ers hobby has struck me. Horrendous and persistent interference across just about all the shortwave bands, starting at about 1.9 Mhz , and still in evidence up to about 13 Mhz.

What is it? Haven’t got a clue, except I’m fairly sure that it’s not the dreaded ‘networking over the mains’ phenomenon which really is a major threat to the hobby. I’ve listened to some examples online, doesn’t sound like that. It’s got a distinctive tone at its heart, accompanied by what sounds like bursts of data.

And, sadly, I’ve no doubt that in terms of the law it’s probably not ‘illegal’. The standards applied to all kinds of modern appliances seem incredibly lenient and biased towards the user, not the DX’er.

The only crumb of comfort is that I’m due to move house soon, so will escape this nightmare.

Sad thing is .. if I wasn’t .. that would be the end of my hobby for good.

Is that fair?

DX Loggings

Simon Guettier — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:34:30 +0000

BOTSWANA VOICE OF AMERICA 4,930 2048GMT EE 34333 18-JUL Chirpy African style DJ, lovely African MX (SG)

CHINA CHINA NATIONAL RADIO 4,800 2040GMT UU 33223 18-JUL Long Talk by OM in Chinese Language (SG)

CUBA RADIO HAVANA 6,060 0608GMT EE 44433 19-JUL Extended news bulletin – plug for website (SG)

CYPRUS CYPRUS BC 5,930 2315GMT GR 44444 18-JUL Discussion programme in Greek. (SG)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA RN GUINEA ECUATORIAL 6,250 1945GMT UU 33222 26-JUL Long speech by OM in vernacular language, then African-style language (SG)

ERITREA VOICE OF BROAD MASSES OF ERITREA 8,000 0433GMT AA 34333 24-JUL Long talks in, I think, Arabic interspersed with short bursts of local music (SG)

GABON RADIO TV GABONAISE 1 4,777 1849GMT FF 32222 01-MAY OM with frequent mentions of ‘Gabonaise’ (SG)

GERMANY PAN AMERICAN BC 15,205 1415GMT EE 24222 04-MAY Poor reception, but carrying ‘Back To Gospel Hour’. Sign off 1430, with no announcements (SG)

KOREA, NORTH VOICE OF KOREA 7,570 2132GMT EE 34333 30-APR Frequent ID’s as follows: ‘This is Voice of Korea’ without a ‘the’. Song called ‘The Bosom of the General Is The Cradle of our Life’!! Poor Audio, buzz on transmission occasionally (SG)

MADAGASCAR RADIO NEDERLAND WERELDOMROEP 7,425 1957GMT EE 24333 18-JUL Newsline News Programme, ID ‘ Radio Netherlands Worldwide’. (SG)

MAURITANIA RADIO MAURITANIE 4,845 2045GMT AA 44333 18-JUL Prolonged Arabic chanting, (SG)

MAURITANIA RADIO MAURITANIE 4,845 2200GMT AA 44333 23-JUL News in Arabic, many clear ID’s of ‘Mauritanie’. (SG)

MOLDAVA RADIO PAYEM E-DOOST(BAHAI) 7,480 1826GMT PE 44444 01-MAY Long speech by guest with female presenter. Website mentioned; www.bahairadio.org Buzz on audio at times (studio problem not transmitter!) (SG)

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES VOICE OF AMERICA 17,550 1915GMT FF 24222 26-JUL Jazz programme, then ID at 1930 “Voici La Voix de L’Amerique” followed by News (SG)

SOUTH AFRICA BBC WORLDSERVICE 3,255 2059GMT EE 24332 18-JUL ID, News 2200 (SG)

SPAIN ONDA CERO RADIO CATALUNA 540 0203GMT SS 22222 26-JUL Many clear ID’s and jingles after news. “If Tomorrow Never Comes” by Ronan Keating. Light Pops 734 Miles (SG)

SYRIA RADIO DAMASCUS 9,330 1854GMT GG 44434 01-MAY German sevice, full ID ‘Radio Damascus’, then into French Service at 1900 Really terrible tone on audio (SG)

TAJIKISTAN TAJIK RADIO 1 4,635 2313GMT TA 33222 26-JUL Russian Style Music – non stop. (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM BBC RADIO JERSEY 1,026 1445GMT EE 22332 04-MAY Request show – mentions of ‘St. Helier’ and St. Brelade. (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM BBC SOMERSET 1,566 0520GMT UU 32443 24-JUL Review of local papers and ID ‘BBC Somerset News Headlines’ (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM BLAST 1386, THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY 1,386 0845GMT EE 22322 27-JUL ID ‘Blast 1386′ into news, programme trail for Wednesday afternoon programme out of News (SG)

UNITED STATES RADIO MARTÍ 6,030 0450GMT SS 24322 17-JUL Spanish Programming, ID at 0459 – ‘Radio Marti’. (SG)

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DX Loggings

Simon Guettier — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:01:56 +0000

ALGERIA NAT.R.OF SAHARA ARABD REP. 6,300 1939GMT AA 44444 18-APR
Arabic Music, full ID at 2002 followed ny news (SG)

BRAZIL RADIO GLOBO 11,805 2024GMT PP 23232 18-APR
Excited presenter taking phone calls. Destroyed by interference from R.
Romania Int at 2030 (SG)

CHAD RADIODIFFUSION NATIONALE TCHADIENNE 4,905 2048GMT FF 44333 18-APR
DJ playing excellent African music, several ID’s (SG)

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES VOA 17,550 1945GMT FF 13322 18-APR
News and commentaries on events in Africa. At 1958, ID, then French pop music programme with (I think) ‘Bel Monte’. (SG)

UKRAINE RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL 7,510 2105GMT EE 55544 18-APR
Programme about Ukranian culture and the difference between Ukranian and Russian speakers in the country. (SG)

DX Loggings

Simon Guettier — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:22:05 +0000

ASCENSION ISLAND (U.K.) COTTON TREE NEWS RADIO 9,525 0731GMT EE 34333 16-APR
News read by Edward Kambu incl. speech given by US Ambassador Perry talking
about clean water and energy needs of Sierra Leone. ‘You’re listening
to news from CTN’ (SG)

CHILE VOZ CHRISTIANA 15,410 2032GMT PP 34333 16-APR
Good pop music with Latin flavour, DJ pretty anonymous but did take a couple
of phone calls from listeners. ID for service as ‘Sua A Voz. ID with News
at 2100 ‘CVC Noticias’. (SG)

CHINA CHINA NATIONAL RADIO 4,750 2225GMT UU 24232 10-APR
(SG)

NORWAY SW RADIO AFRICA 12,035 1830GMT EE 32332 13-APR
Heated discusion between female presenter and callers on phone-in about
post-election violence. Severe splatter from freqs above and below. Short
burst of music and s/off 1859 (SG)

ROMANIA RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL 15,220 1235GMT EE 34222 12-APR
Romanina cultural buildings and the history of the Internet (SG)

SOUTH AFRICA IRIN (UN) RADIO 15,170 0725GMT FF 24333 14-APR
Relay of Radio France International African Service. Audio breaking up
(as if bad digital link) for a while, abrupt off at 0759 (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM FOREST OF DEAN RADIO (COMMUNITY STN) 1,521 1730GMT EE 22332 12-APR
Eddie Kendrick and Daniel Meek interviewing band (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM RADIO ALGERIENNE VIA UK 7,150 2210GMT AA 44444 13-APR
Long talk by OM and Arabic Music. // 9710, which was considerably worse
signal (SG)

DX Loggings

Simon Guettier — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:08:05 +0000

IRAN VOICE OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 7,260 1900GMT FF 55555 09-APR
French to Arabic language lesson and news summaries. (SG)

IRELAND BBC RADIO ULSTER 1,341 0715GMT EE 34333 07-APR
Travel News & ID “BBC Radio Ulster Travel News” (SG)

KUWAIT RADIO KUWAIT 15,110 0618GMT EE 24222 08-APR
‘Kuwait inthe International Arena’ (SG)

SOUTH AFRICA RADIO SONDER GRENSE 3,320 1830GMT AK 24222 09-APR
Discussion in Arfikaans. Heavy QRN (SG)

UNITED KINGDOM TAY AM 1,584 1950GMT EE 33434 09-APR
Country Music Show. No news scheduled at 2000! Distance to my QTH 331 miles!
(SG)