Blog Logs

Monitoring 28 July - August 5, 2020

All times UTC / frequencies in kilohertz (kHz) SDR units as indicated

Algeria
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, 558 kHz in Arabic, from 1835 tune-in. Parallel Quran noted on 693, 873, 1026, 1071 kHz. (Qatar SDR) Chaine 3, (Tipaza, Algeria-1500 kW) French on 252 LW from 1510. Male/female phone-conversations to 1524. Instrumental Algerian music to 1527. Additional brief phone-in to 1530. Station ID over Arabic music to extended Arabic vocals. SIO 434. Jil FM (F'Kirina and Sidi Hamadouche, Algeria-600 kW) Noted on 531 // 549 with fair signal SIO 333; Multichaine-Radio UFC, Ouled Fayet, Algeria-50 kW) Tune-in 1422 amid Arabic vocals to intro to a Quran program. All Algerian station's via Sardinia SDR. http://www.radioalgerie.dz

Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba, 1830 sign-on for Creole service on 15140 (Bauta-100 kW). Opening station melody to announcer's  Creole station ID. Musical intro to items about Cuba.Target to western North America 444 SIO. (Airspy SDR) Interval signal 1857 to Spanish ID, info and web address. English service program preview into national news. SIO 434. French service heard 2000-2030 on 15140 per schedule; Portuguese service, fair signal  to Europe 2005 tune-in on 15370 kHz (Bauta) No show for Spanish 2100 check on 15370; Spanish 2100 on 9640 (Bejucal) with fair (SIO 333) All over the place on 11760 in Spanish from 2305 check. Muddled audio and drifting. No sign of the following listed on the latest schedule: 11800 from 2300, 13740, 11670 kHz; 7390 in English 2300-2330; 15730 2300-2330. Audible 2300-0000 on 9640 (Bejucal) in Spanish to the Antilles, with Cuban music program with over mod. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)

Estonia
Radio Eli from Tartu on 1035 kHz (100 kW). Russian religious text format from 1820 tune-in. Just barely audible, but religious vocals heard from 1829. Published schedule as 0300-0700 and 1500-2200 UTC. (Karuse, Estonia SDR).

Radio Fana via Qatar SDR

Ethiopia
FBC Radio Fana, 6110 kHz (!00 kW). Good signal for several days monitoring, in listed as Afar/Amharic. Tune in's from 1725-1830. Ethnic African music, text for news format, announcer's talk and special presentations. SIO 434. (Qatar SDR) http://www.fanabc.com Tentative on Ethiopia's OBN/Radio Oromia on 6030 kHz 1804-1820. African ethnics for announcer's text but very poor signal throughout. (Qatar SDR)

Hong Kong
MBC Metro Plus, 1044 kHz. English service from 1835 tune-in. U.S. and world news headlines, into Asian pops and "Metro Plus" jingles. SIO 444. Additional Hong Kong station's audible; RTHK Radio 3, English on 567 kHz (20 kWW and // 1584 (1 kW) very poor from 1845. Rod Stewart classic pops, followed with jingles and additional pops. RTHK Radio 5 on 783 at 1851-1855. Cantonese/Mandarin service to U.S. pops and 'voice'over' slogans. RTHK Radio 6 at 1855. Cantonese/Mandarin jingles and easy-listening vocals. All of the HK station's checked basically have a similar program format. (Honk Kong SDR)

Kosovo
RTK Radio Kosovo 1, 549 kHz. Weak signal from 1837-1845. (SIO 232) Presumed Albanian text including a mention of Pristina. Subsequent check from 1445. Pope music, including Euro and U.S. pops from lady announcer to 1500 routine as signal deteriorates. Nice catch once again. (Romanian and Slovenian SDSR)

Kuwait
Radio Kuwait-Main Prgrm, 540 kHz (600 kW). Tune-in from 1805 during program of male/female Arabic newscript to fanfare music between segments. Items on Saudi Arabia and heard mentions of Hajj. Audible on // 963 and 1134 kHz, though both latter freqs very poor. Good signal for 540 kHz. Radio Kuwait's Quran Prgrm loud and clear on 630 kHz, for 24 hour schedule. (Qatar SDR)

Kyrgzstan
KTRK Birinchi Radio-Prgm 1, 4010 kHz. Tune-in 1502 as female/male trade news topics in Kyrgyz. Signal tips at 1506 to announcer's clear station identification. Continued text and announcer chat to 1523. Fanfare instrumental to "Birinchi" ID. Two males conversing to 1529. Additional fanfare and extended station information and frequency quote. Local interference from SDR location from 1532. Slight signal fades, SIO 333. Monitored on subsequent day from 1535-1545, with similar format. http://www.ktrk.kg (Kyrgzstan SDR)

Romania
Radio Timisoara, 630 kHz. Tune-in 1847 to Romanian folk music to 1850. Brief station mention, back to music. Noted interference from'presumed Italian station on frequency. Station website: http://www.radiotimisoara.ro/ Romania's longwave station Radio Antena Satelor on 153 kHz always has interesting programs and Romanian music. Numerous ID's and specials about Romania. Enjoy this station's music, and have it programmed on my Logitech Squeezebox Radio. http://www.antenasatelor.ro (NLD SDR)

Radio Romania Actualitati, 1152 kHz. Romanian programming from 1910 including news topics.  Noted parallels on 756, 1179 kHz  (poor) and 1458 (poor). No sign of // 855 kHz. Lady's newscript to the sports update. http://www.radioromania.ro Radio Romania International also audible in Romanian for afternoon programming on 9500 kHz to Europe and // 11975 (very poor). Programs of station ID,  chats, and music. Time ticks 1859 to full ID at 1900. http://www.rri.ro (NLD SDR)

Saudi Arabia
SBA Quran 11820, 2015 tune-in to Arabic text on Quran, followed by recitations at 2020. (SIO 444); audible on // 11915 to Asia. Schedule to 0000 UTC. 'lSBA Saudi Radio International in Turkish on 9675 kHz. Monitored from 2025. Turkish service is 1800-2057 UTC. Turkish instrumentals introduced special programming at 2028 to 2100*. (AirSpy HF Discovery/Brasstown, NC)

SRTC Sudan Radio signal on 7205 kHz

Sudan
SRTC Sudan Radio, 7205 kHz. Announcer reading script in ethnic language for presumed newscast, from 1802 tune-in. Very poor, weak signal for martial style music. Recheck next day 1710 to lady's Arabic text, followed by extended Arabic conversations, past 1730. Did manage a few "Amerikas" during chats. Qatar SDR vastly improves reception.

Voice of Turkey via Airspy HF Discovery

Turkey
Voice of Turkey 9830 kHz, Sign-on at 2200. English service with world news. Station ID's and Turkish pop tunes to Letterbox program 2230-2240 closing with postal address, email and the website URL. Noted closing ID's, info, frequency schedules into Turkish music loop. to 2258 sign-off. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)

United States
WRMI-Overcomer Ministry 9455 kHz from 1905 tune-in. Usual banter on the end times with breaks for phone-in calls. "Canned" ID, address and website reference. (SIO 434). Also heard from 1930 on 7490 kHz via WBCQ with usual programming. WJHR-Milton, Florida from 1910 on 15555 kHz USB. Just barely there, but what sounded like biblical text from tune-in. Scheduled to 2200 UTC. WINB from 1920 tune-in on 9265 kHz. Bible verses to text about Apostle Paul. (SIO 444). World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ on 9330 kHz for 1925 German tune-in. Plenty of ID's and station info. Schedule listed to 2157 UTC. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)
(Gayle Van Horn W4GVH)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency
Stations monitored 15 September-09 October, 2019

Logs and information welcome at: w4gvh@frontier.com

RTA QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Algeria
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, Tamanrasset (10 kW) 909 kHz. Arabic phone-in report at tune-in 1518-1520. Announcer's commentary on Islam to men's vocal segments // Radio Algerienne Chaine 1,Illizi 1071 kHz (5 kW). Chaine 3 LW station 252 LW in French 24 hours. Tentative on Algeria's Radio Multichaine/Radio Qur'an on 1422 kHz AM, 1410-1435. Two male's Arabic conversation and announcement segments from tune-in.

China
China, CNR 1 VO China 4750 // 4800, 5945, 6125, 7230, 7290, 7305, 9500, 9845, 9860 kHz. Two announcer's trade newscript in Chinese. Most signals fair SIO 333. (China SDR) China Radio Int'l at English at 1315 on 9570 (SIO 222), 11910 kHz. Different program for 1300-1400 on 5955, 9730, 9870, 11760, and 15590 kHz.

CNR 11 Beijing, Fair signal for Chinese instrumental music, heard at 1325 on 7350 // 9480 kHz. Announcer's brief text 1330, returning to music program. China's CNR 2 Business Radio at 1405. Chinese business reporting format, on 3985 (under jamming), 6065, 7245, 7265, 7315, 7335, 7370, 7375, 7425, 9515, 9775, 9820 kHz. (China SDR)

CNR 5 VO Zhonghua, Chinese at 1414 on 5925 (SIO 434) // 7385 (SIO 444), 9665 kHz (SIO 434). Announcer's trade script to musical interlude at 1415. Station announcements to Chinese easy-listening vocals 1417-1421. Fanfare, jingles, promos and interview segments. (China SDR)

Voice of Strait (tentative) 4940 kHz (SIO 443). Chinese radio drama including sound-effects and singing segments monitored 1432-1452. Occasional pauses for program narrations and jingles. (China SDR)

Clandestines
Denge Welat/VO Homeland 11530 kHz via Moldova relay to 1500. Kurdish music vocals from 1340 // with online streaming audio at http://www.denge-welat.org/. Announcer's items between tunes. Time tips 1400 into fanfare intro music, to Kurdish news script format. Station is former Denge Kurdistane, targeting listener's across the Caucasus and Near East. Schedule shifts to Issoudun, France relay 1500-2100 UTC. (NLD SDR)

Echo of Hope/VOH 3985, Korean programming 1545 under heavy jamming.  Parallel frequencies observed as; 4885, 9100 (no jamming), 5995 and 6250 jammed. male/female practicing language skills with bits of English included. (China SDR)

Radio Sana'a/Rep. of Yemen Radio 11860 kHz. Arabic vocals 1320 tune-in to brief announcement pause. Arabic vocals program interspersed with promos for terrific signal SIO 444. Assumed to be aired from transmitter in Saudi Arabia, and in support of Yemeni president Hadi. (Qatar SDR)

Radio Tamazuj 15150 kHz via Madagascar relay from 1505. Announcer's Sudanese Arabic running // on 15400 via Issoudun, France relay. Presumed newscast and brief references to "Radio Tamazuj" at 1512, continued reporting format, including phone reports. Additional ID 1516. Slight delay via Issoudun. (NLD SDR/Qatar SDR)

Voice of Wilderness 7615 kHz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan relay) (tentative) from 1410 tune-in. Station wasn't being jammed from my tune-in during religious vocal music and male's Korean sermon cadence to 1421. Continued religious format, prayer and vocals. ID format 1430 into instrumenetal piano and prayer and text. Instrumental hymn, To God be the Glory 1459. Announcement to 1500 sign-off as scheduled. Website: http://www.cornerstone.or.kr/ (NLD SDR)

Congo Republic
Radio Congo 6115 kHz, 1823. French text covering topics about Congo to male/female segment. Very poor signal and barely SIO 232. GRG schedule to 2000, needs extra monitoring. (S Africa SDR)

Cuba
Radio Havana 6000 kHz, 1310. Spanish news and commentary on // 9535, 11760 and 13740 kHz. Musical jingles, promos and station IDs for Radio Habana Cuba. Additional news on Latin America.

Egypt
ERTU Cultural/Songs 1341 kHz (100 kW), 1750. Male/female announcer duo trade chats with Kenny G as background music. Station info routine at 1800. Not a peep from Radio Cairo, for shortwave at any hour and various frequency checks. Active ? (Kuwait SDR) ERTU/Gen Prgrm in Arabic. Audible from 1435 tune-in Qur'an on 882 (SIO 333) // 936 (SIO 222) 981 (SIO 222) 1305 (SIO 333).

Eritrea
VO Broad Masses-Prgrm 1, 7140 kHz. Tentative Amaharic text to 1750. Horn of Africa music almost buried in poor conditions. No sign of Prgrm 2 on 7180 kHz.

Eqt. Guinea                               
RTVGE Radio Bata, 5005 kHz. Instrumental music tune Bolero at tune-in 1827-1829. Lady's Spanish announcement into Spanish pop tune. DJ format with announcement into Spanish pop tune 1834-1839. New easy-listening vocal tune 1840-1844. Spanish guitar ballad 1845. Drop out by 1900 (SIO 433) (S Afr SDR)

Ethiopia
Radio Amhara, 6090, 1910. Tune-in to Horn of Africa musical vocals. Presumed talk and text is in listed Amharic. Fair signal with intermittent co-channel interference to 1950. Ethiopia's FBC Radio Fana significantly better on 6110 kHz. Presumed programming is in Oromo (or Somali) for announcer's news briefs and HOA musical vocals. Good signal on subsequent 6090 kHz check at 1735 tune-in. Lady's HOA vocals to 1738. Brief comment to new music. Fair SIO 322. (S Afr SDR)

Voice of Tigray Revolution, 5950 kHz (100 kW). Regional Horn of Africa vocals at tune-in 1850-1855. Announcement in listed Afar or Tigrinya. Signal fair to poor, peaking by 1905 amid HOA vocals. (SIO 322/433) Audible from 1740 on 5950 kHz, as male/female trade briefs to 1745 fanfare. Phone-in

India
All India Radio/Aligarh 9620. Indian sitar and tabla from 1400 tune-in. Continued Sindhi service music program, interspersed with brief announcements. Schedule to 1500. Fair signal with fades SIO 222. AIR External service in English 1900-1945, monitored on 9445.

Jordan
Jordan Radio/Main Program 855 kHz, Qur'an recitations in progress at 1250 tune-in to 1300. Station reference at 1300 into Arabic newscast to 1313. Announcer's items on Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait to 1318. Recitations resumed at close of news. Signal clear and no interference (SIO 333) (Kuwait SDR) Same program format and SIO 1530 recheck.

Kuwait
Radio Kuwait 1341 kHz, 1435 tune-in amid Qur'an to 1445, followed by station ID. Arabic music 24 hours on 1134 kHz. Main Program in Arabic 540 // 1134 kHz. (Kuwait SDR)

Mali
ORTM Radio Mali 5995, 1815 tune-in to African ethnic vocals to 1825. Musical jingle to announcer's French comments. African highlife vocals to 1830. Chat, jingles and a brief news headline format into African xylophones reminiscent of music from Mozambique. Good signal from tune-in (SIO 343). GRG schedule to 0000. Recheck signal at 1850, with unknown African language (Bambura or ethnic?) as announcer reads text. It should have been English news per their schedule. Fair reception for the autumn equinox on 23 September. Presumed news at 1900. Brief musical interlude, followed by announcer's talk. SIO 322(S Africa SDR)

Malaysia
RTM Sarawak WAI FM 11665 kHz, 1340. Announcer's Asian news topics in Malay and items on Kuala Lumpur. Pop vocal variety. SIO 434. Recheck on subsequent days on 11665 kHz, 1410 kHz. Morning-show format of announcer's conversations, national items and Malay pop vocals. (SIO 433). (Philippines SDR).

Philippines
FEBC Radio, 9400 kHz. 1357. Chinese service's closing information on station, followed by interval signal melody of Jesus Saves song, to 1400 closedown. Chinese service from 1400 on 9345. Station ID into morning religious programming and musical interludes. Both frequencies via Iba, Philippines. Schedule for this segment runs to 1600 UTC Javanese service on 15620 kHz (Bocaue, Philippines) 1400-1430 with religious sermon. Lahu service (Bocaue) 11750 kHz, 1400-1430. (New Delhi SDR)

PBS Pilipinas, 9910 kHz, "PBS Pilipinas..the Voice of the Philippines" at tune-in 1917. Audible on // 12120 (best SIO 444) and 15190 (SIO 222). Filipino pop vocals to 1921. Easy-listening vocals tune to 1927. Announcer's English/Filipinos ID, frequency and station promo located "in Manila, Philippines". Closing national anthem 1928-1929.All frequencies targeted to the Middle East. (New Delhi SDR).

Saudi Arabia
SBA Itha' Huna Al Azm, 11745 kHz. Arabic service targeted to Yemen with low-level Arabic text. SIO 322. SBA Radio Saudi Gen Prgm 1 on 9650 from 1455. Traditional Arabic music to 1458 for announcer's Arabic references to Saudi Arabic including identification. Intro melody at 1500 into newscript format. Frequency 9650 kHz scheduled to broadcast to 1755.SBA Radio Saudi Qur'an from 1457 on 13710, shift to 15205 kHz at 1545. SBA Saudi Radio International on 17660 kHz in French to 1600. SBA Saudi Radio International 9895 kHz Pashto service 1400-1558; Persian service 1157-1757 on 7240 kHz. SBA Qur'an channels (24 hours) 783, 855, 900 kHz AM/ 100 kW. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh 1440 kHz (1600 kW). Arabic briefs between men's Arabic chorus music, and selections of easy-listening tunes. SBA Qur'an in progress 1510 on 810 kHz (10 kW), SBA Radio Jeddah 810 (5 kW) underneath with men's Arabic chorus. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh on medium wave in Arabic at 1730-1740 on: 945 (SIO 333) // 1071 (322) 1215 (222) 1449 (SIO 222) 1449 (SIO 222) SBA R Saudi Call of Islam 1745 on 594 (222) 783 (333) 1422 (333).

Sultanate of Oman
Radio Oman, 9620 kHz, 1510 tune-in. Great signal (SIO 444) for US/Euro pop tunes. English ID as "Nation Station" Taylor Swift music. Schedule is 1500-1600 hour in Arabic. Muddled audio by 1540 recheck in Arabic with traditional music and Arabic discussion. Radio Oman on 558 kHz (SIO 322) // 1242 kHz (SIO 333) in Arabic with radio drama presentation between Arabic vocals, 1520-1540 tune-out. Arabic on 9620 also audible at this time, though not parallel. (Qatar SDR)

Sudan
Sudan Radio/General Prgrm 7205 kHz (100 kW) 1705 tune-in. Male/female trade Arabic conversation and briefs. Low-level audio SIO 222. Easy-listening music 1715-1717. Arabic promos after fanfare. Lady's presentation including phone-in call, talks and music from 1724. Signal fair-poor with intermittent peaks. Sudan's VO Africa /Sudan Radio in English 1715-1800 on 9505 kHz. My tune-in 1750 to announcer's English teaching Islam to 1757. African vocals to 1802 time tips. Announcer's ID routine in listed Hausa with news script format. HOA tunes from 1808. Fair signal SIO 332. (S Afr SDR)

Tajikistan
Radio Tojikiston Prgm 1 (Tajik Radio 1). Tentative as station on 4765 kHz, 1435-1505. Low-level audio (SIO 222) as text reading in what may have been Tajik or Uzbek. Female's brief comment into Middle-Eastern musical vocals 1452-1458. Top-of-the hour announcement (ID ?) into recitations format and reading text. Checked reception for Voice of Tajik on 7245 kHz from 1507. Similiar program format in presumed Tajik and running // with 1143 kHz AM. (Kuwait SDR)
(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)

Blog Logs - 1 Feb 2011 - Midwest USA

Our friend Walt in the Midwest passed along the following winter weather related amateur radio activity.

0230Z - Kansas / Western Missouri (MOKAN) SATERN net on 3920.0 LSB + OR - 5 (Tues) (WB0CNK NCS) No joy but found @ 0230Z - W9SEM - Indiana RACES net holding freq due to "emergency situation" in Indiana due to weather // makes ref to SATERN Net also being on the freq // Fm QRZ.com: W9SEM is the official call sign of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security RACES Team

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0300Z - Kansas / Western Missouri (MOKAN) SATERN PSK31 net on 3579.5 (Tues) No joy but PSK31 signals fm stations in McBee, SC; Bristol, TN; Cedar Rapids, IA; Berryville, VA & Willard, OH all working PSK31