Listening Waters - 2013 Prince Edward Island DXpedition
November 2 - 9Murray Harbour North (46°04'N 62°28'W)
* All dates/times UTC *
The DXers and Their Receivers
Bruce Conti - WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unitWalt Salmaniw - Microtelecom Perseus
Brent Taylor - RFSpace SDR-IQ, Quantum Phaser, Sangean DT-400W
Niel Wolfish - WiNRADiO Excalibur
Antennas
NOV 2 2030 - NOV 4 1500: 600-ft Beverage at 60° not terminatedNOV 4 1500 - NOV 5 1600: 1200-ft Beverage at 60° not terminated
NOV 5 1600 - NOV 8 0200: 1200-ft Beverage at 60° terminated
(ICE model 112A 4-way active splitter used for Beverage sharing)
NOV 2 - 5: Terminated SuperLoop, 16 x 60-ft, aimed northeast
NOV 5 - 9: Terminated Delta, 32-ft tall, aimed northeast
(Wellbrook 4-way active splitter for SuperLoop/Delta sharing)
NOV 8 - 9: 350-ft BOG
NOV 2 - 6: Dual Delta, 35 and 40 ft tall, aimed north/south (not terminated).
NOV 7 - 8: Terminated Delta, 40-ft tall, 180° south.
(ICE model 112A 2-way active splitter for Delta/dual Delta sharing)
Brent Taylor
Once again, it was a delight to welcome DXers to our little corner of Atlantic Canada. Bruce did a great job of researching possible locations, and after my scouting trip to the most attractive candidates, we settled on Murray Harbour North. Having 17 acres on the coast of PEI is rare, and we took full advantage of it with Bruce's Beverage as well as other antennas. The week was a great time of fellowship, DX, and sharing best practices. While I would have hoped for a more favourable mix of solar-terrestrial indices, the solid captures of India 1071 and Botswana 909 made the whole week worthwhile for me. Grabbing India with my ultralight DT-400W – inductively coupled to the Beverage wire – was my personal highlight. It was great having Walter DX with us and bring his Grayland and Haida Gwaii tales with him from the West Coast. And Niel was, as always, dependable for his DXing skill, vast knowledge, uncanny memory, and great sense of humour. I’ll be combing through my SDR captures for some time, and I hope I’ll be done in plenty of time for our 2014 DXpedition. Big thanks to Bruce for being the logging chronicler of our event in addition to the provider of great antenna feeds to the group.Niel Wolfish
Thanks to the on-the-ground cottage-locating efforts of Brent Taylor and internet sleuthing by Bruce Conti, I was able to once again enjoy a great DXpedition with great company in beautiful Prince Edward Island. Now having done this five times in the past six years, although I am "from away," I really feel at home in PEI. Our previous DX haunts (Priest Pond in 2008 and 2009, Savage Harbour in 2010 and Howe Bay in 2012) have been sold after we have visited them, so hopefully the owners of the Glistening Waters (a.k.a. “Listening Waters”) Victorian Cottage will not decide to sell the place before next year!This was another great location. Plenty of room for antennas and away from many noisemaking devices. And of course, our nearest local station was in another province! But 'Listening Waters' was not too off the beaten track, so we could still work in the all-important lighthouse visits and proper 'sit down' lunches (and grocery supply runs) in Montague, Murray River (not to be confused with Murray Harbour or Murray Harbour North!) and even Souris.
Although we did not get any Trans-Pacific DX this time, and the Latin Americans were sparse, I'd say we had more than enough from Europe, Africa and the Middle East to keep us busy from mid-afternoon until it was time to hit the sack. I was especially thrilled to meet Victoria DXer Walt Salmaniw for the first time. I had hoped that having him present would be a big help when the Trans-Pacific DX began to roll in at sunrise. Although he could not guide us through the anticipated Trans-Pacific stations, Walt's presence was handy for identifying the Slavic language broadcasts coming from Europe and also spotting some interesting Europirates above 1600 and shortwave signals (especially the All India Radio outlets). Now we just have to get Brent to learn how to speak Arabic or Farsi by next year!
Many thanks again to Brent for organizing another great event and to Bruce and Walt for altering me to some tasty DX treats, particularly India on 1071. And also thanks to Bruce for doing a great job of documenting our experiences.
Bruce Conti
This was my fourth Prince Edward Island DXpedition, after having survived 2009 Priest Pond, 2010 Savage Harbour, and 2012 Howe Bay. Every one of these DXpeditions has been a unique experience. Last year at Howe Bay was most notable for its outstanding tropical reception. 'Welcome to Bizarro World' might have been the moniker for this year, as it was the complete opposite of the 2012 experience. Despite an experimental bi-directional dual Delta array aimed north/south which seemed to be doing the job, atmospheric conditions weren't cooperating, with only the usual stuff from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and a couple other regulars received. The Delta was later terminated to favor south, but still no sign of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. That's ok though, as a transatlantic DX overdose more than made up for it. Check out how we piled on 1071 kHz to hear India. I also enjoyed watching rookie Walt Salmaniw go after those Europirates in the x-band, while stations like "Bluebird" and "Dr. Einstein" provided entertainment between top of the hour RF spectrum captures. Iran seemed to pop up everywhere, just as noted from home base, and the 60° Beverage attracted România Actualitati (at 56°) and the UK (approx. 60°) like flies to manure. However, there were no flies on this group, as we all collaborated to make this another exceptional DXpedition. And yes, time does fly when you're having fun. The week flew by so fast that I hardly had enough time to get settled before it was already time to say goodbye.Walt Salmaniw
What a treat it was to be totally immersed in fantastic European TA MW reception, in a lovely location, and very comfortable accommodations. The weather co-operated beautifully, even if the ionosphere didn't always. Still, the thrill of hearing India before 3:00 p.m. local, and the great camaraderie of seasoned DXers, made the long journey very worthwhile. I'm already dreaming of return visits in the years to come. Brent's organizational abilities were much appreciated. Niel's expertise in the MW scene on the east coast was evident daily, and we all enjoyed his humour. Bruce's technical expertise was very much in evidence, and to watch him rapidly erect Delta loops was something to behold. His photographic and internet skills were much appreciated! All in all, the total package was a perfect fit for me. Personal highlights for me, in no particular order were: (1) AIR on 1071 daily in the afternoon with the sunshine streaming through the window. (2) LKB/LLE from Norway on 5895 with only 50 watts. (3) The numerous Europirates above 1600 kHz. (4) The magic of having the entire MW band light up starting at 14:00 local and continuing throughout the afternoon and late evening, chock block full of European MW stations. Now to just begin to search the TB of Perseus wav files. Countless hours of memories there, I'm sure!Transatlantic DX
| 153 | GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach NOV 3 2034 - Listed at 250 kW at this time, there are several long wave stations, with the German broadcaster on top, but likely Algeria, and possibly others cochannel. While the others worked MW, I thought I'd have a look down in the more difficult LW region. Antenna used here was a corner fed loop aimed to the north. [Salmaniw] | |
| 162 | FRANCE France Inter, Allouis NOV 3 2036 - Absolutely blasting in with very pleasant choir music. [Salmaniw] | |
| 171 | MOROCCO R.Mediterranee Internationale, Nador NOV 3 2037 - Again, very powerful with Arabic talk, but with co-channel Arabic music or possibly just music in the background. No sign of R.Rossii here. NOV 7 2327 - Exceptionally strong signal with English language oldie. Somewhat disturbed condtions tonight. 'Medi Un' repeated several times. I've noticed that the higher latitude stations such as the x-band marine stations in Norway are way down tonight compared to previous nights. The LW band seems particularly good for many stations tonight. [Salmaniw] | |
| 177 | GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Oranienburg NOV 3 2042 - Very strong reception. [Salmaniw] | |
| 183 | GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg NOV 3 2043 - Sports news in French. Blowtorch signal. [Salmaniw] | |
| 189 | ICELAND Rikisútvarpid, Gufuskálar NOV 3 2045 - Good to very good reception with easy listening music, and a female announcer. [Salmaniw] | |
| 198 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4, Droitwich et al. NOV 3 2049 - Three different transmitters listed here, 40 watts, 50 kW, and Droitwich at 500 kW, so I'm assuming the latter, with typical BBC talk, at very good levels. No sign of Algeria. [Salmaniw] | |
| 207 | GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Aholming NOV 3 2051 - German at fair level, but with cochannel, which is likely Eidar, Iceland and possibly Morocco. Both with eclectic music, so a bit of a jumble. German just before the hour confirms the dominant station. [Salmaniw] | |
| 225 | POLAND Polskie Radio, Konstantynow NOV 3 2058 - Very good reception, with Polish news at top of the hour. [Salmaniw] | |
| 252 | IRELAND RTE Radio 1, Clarkestown NOV 3 2110 - Very good reception with a lovely Irish story, told by fellow. French is present in the background at fair level, so presumably Algeria. NOV 7 2354 - Very powerful reception with Beatles music followed by weather forecast for Ireland. Can just make out Algeria in background, but just barely. RT Radio 1 ID at 23:59. Six time pips at 00:00 followed by Radio 1 news, and co-channel (now stronger) were also time pips and French news from Algeria. [Salmaniw] | |
| 261 | unID NOV 3 2113 - Simply too weak to be sure who this is, either R.Horizont, or R.Rossii. [Salmaniw] | |
| 270 | CZECH REPUBLIC Ceský rozhlas 1, Topolna NOV 3 2120 - Almost very good reception 60's sounding pops, into Czech talk by a couple of women. Heard 'internet'. Weak NDB co-channel. [Salmaniw] | |
| 279 | BELARUS Belaruskaye Radio 1, Sasnovy NOV 3 2122 - Fair level at best, although carrier appeared quite strong. Modulation must be underwhelming, with music not heard very well in the background. Checked with the Twente SDR, and they have two co-channels, so who's the other? I can hear the woman singing. [Salmaniw] |
The 'Listening Waters' cottage. Brent and Niel work on the terminated SuperLoop antenna.
| 531 | ALGERIA Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi NOV 5 0300 - Good over unID; banter and "Jil FM Radio" promo/ID, parallel 549 kHz. [Conti] NOV 6 0041 - Very good reception with a French song 'Formidable'. A mixture of French and Arabic here. Parallel to 549. Arabic style and Western music. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2229 - Strong and parallel to 549 with a live Metallica concert. [Wolfish] | |
| 531 | FAROE ISLANDS Kringvarp Føroya, Akraberg NOV 5 0800 - Interval signal and news through 540 CBT splatter. NOV 6 0759 - Poor in 540 CBT splatter; talk with interval signal repeated twice over the next minute - an unequivocal match with www.intervalsignals.net. [Conti] | |
| 531 | SPAIN RNE5 synchros NOV 3 2200 - Fair; "...en Radio La Carta y Radio Cinco," time marker, "Radio Nacional de España, servicios informativos." [Conti] | |
| 549 | ALGERIA Jil FM, Les Trembles NOV 6 0600 - Good, some 540 CBT splatter; military choral national anthem, time signal marking the hour, and news. [Conti] | |
| 549 | IRELAND Spirit Radio, Carrickroe NOV 4 2000 - Excellent reception, with minimal splatter; ID and Catholic slanted news. Very nice. 'We're pulling for your family. Spirit Radio. Passion for life'. Jil FM from Algeria is heard after 20:01 or so, but much weaker, and parallel to 531 kHz. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2100 - Over/under Jil FM; "Spirit Radio on the air... Spirit Radio, news," and 9 o'clock time check into news. [Conti] | |
| 567 | RUSSIA R.Rossii GTRK, Volgograd NOV 4 1940 - Good/very good reception in the clear with multiple ID's as R.Rossii. [Salmaniw] | |
| 567 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA R.Quran, various NOV 6 2100 - Under Spain; Koran parallel 765, 999, and 1512 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 576 | BULGARIA R.Horizont, Gramada-Vidin NOV 4 1958 - Jazzy piano music up to hourtop. Six pips and man said "Horizont," then downfaded into the jumblemess with Spain and another station. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2000 - Nice ID in the clear with 'Horizont' ID, followed by 5+1 time pips. Quickly faded down into a jumble and replaced with Spain, although I was sure I heard a few seconds of English at 2002, but by 2004 Spain was very strong. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2200 - Over/under Canaries/Spain; time marker, "Milo Rodina" choral national anthem. [Conti] | |
| 594 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Duba NOV 5 0158 - Good; pre sign-on open carrier. 0255 discussion parallel 1521 kHz. [Conti] | |
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| 603 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati synchros NOV 4 2000 - Very good reception with time pips and ID in Romanian. Time pips were co-channel with identical ones, slightly out of sync, so the transmitters may not be sync'ed exactly. A bit more of a jumble after with several co-channels noted, despite the strength. [Salmaniw] | |
| 611 | MOROCCO SNRT Sebaa-Aioun NOV 4 0020 - Fair in upfade and fighting hets on both sides, off-frequency with man talking in French, and then Arabic music at 0830. [Taylor] NOV 4 0031 - We were wondering who was so far off frequency, until we checked the mwoffsets list, and sure enough, it's Morocco. Good reception with French talk at this time. [Salmaniw] NOV 4 2218 - Quite strong with man and woman having discussion with somebody on the phone. Off frequency from 612. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2359 - Excellent signal with distorted audio; announcements with "Maghribiyya" mentions followed by dramatic string music introducing next program. [Conti] | |
| 621 | BELGIUM RTBFi Wavre-Overijse NOV 6 2000 - Fair reception fighting 620 splatter (CKCM which ID'ed as VOCM i.e. relay), but otherwise quite good with French news. Much stronger than either Tenerife or Spain proper with a soccer game in progress. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2200 - Fair; time check into news in French. [Conti] | |
| 621 | CANARY ISLANDS//SPAIN RNE1 synchros NOV 6 0600 - Good; time marker, "Son las siete, las seis en Canarias," and intro, "Las mañanas de Radio Nacional de España, Alfredo Menéndez." [Conti] | |
| 630 | TUNISIA R.Nationale, Tunis NOV 3 2140 - Strong and all alone with a female vocal. Arabic talk by man at 2145. [Wolfish] NOV 3 2141 - Excellent reception with Arabic non-stop female vocal, then Arabic by a male at 2144 (between two males). NOV 4 2000 - Very good reception; instrumental national anthem followed by a choral version to 2001:30. Tunis mentioned into news at 2001:45. Mentions of Kuwait, etc. All in Arabic, of course. Continued until 2003:15. [Salmaniw] NOV 4 2243 - Excellent, featuring tribal choral music with percussion, live performance given the applause at 2247. Then into another song with male vocalists. Matched with live internet stream to confirm ID. [Taylor] NOV 4 2247 - Strong over CFCO with a live recording of Arabic vocal (lot of applause at the end). [Wolfish] | |
| 657 | ITALY Rai Radiouno, Pisa-Coltano NOV 4 2258 - Fair in mess with news in Italian and mentions of Italy. [Taylor] NOV 5 0415 - Good; pre sign-on continuous test tone, approximately 400 Hz, parallel 1062 kHz. NOV 8 0000 - Fair; data signal and time marker, Rai news intro, on the air beyond listed 2300 sign-off. [Conti] | |
| 657 | RUSSIA VOR Murmansk NOV 4 1900 - Fair; Moscow bells, signature time marker, "novosti" parallel 1413 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 665.766 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Shushtar NOV 7 2200 - Fair, easily separated from 666 Spain; contemporary orchestra and vocal. [Conti] | |
| 666 | PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1 synchros NOV 8 0140 - Looking for the Portuguese station (weakly heard and parallel to on-line feed), I'm also seeing and hearing a het from 665.767 Iran. [Salmaniw] | |
| 666 | SPAIN SER R.Barcelona, Barcelona NOV 4 2100 - Over/under Portugal; SER network news intro music with spring sound effect. [Conti] | |
| 675 | NETHERLANDS R.Maria, Lopik NOV 2 2300 - Good; organ music, "AM 675, Radio Maria" and R.Maria promo into telephone talk. NOV 4 2100 - Good; "AM 675, Radio Maria." Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 6 0558 - Light music. ID by man in Dutch at 0600. [Wolfish] | |
| 684 | SPAIN RNE1 Sevilla NOV 3 2125 - Strong with fútbol. Parallel to 639 kHz. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0000 - Excellent, over unID Koran; time marker and check, fanfare, "Radio Nacional de España, servicios informativos." [Conti] | |
| 693 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al. NOV 4 1859 - Poor at this hour; ID and newscast. [Wolfish] | |
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| 702 | FRANCE RMC-Info, Le Col de La Madonne NOV 3 2200 - Good; CRI program in French. NOV 7 2200 - Fair; time marker, "Vouz ecoutez Radio Chine International." [Conti] | |
| 702 | IRAN VOIRI Rasht-Kiashahr NOV 3 0140 - Good; Koranic vocal parallel worldservice.irib.ir Aztabriz stream. [Conti] NOV 3 0144 - Parallel to their webstream with Middle Eastern music. [Wolfish] | |
| 711 | FRANCE France Info, Rennes NOV 2 2100 - Good, over 711.11 Western Sahara het; football report ending with intro to "le journal" and fanfare into news. [Conti] NOV 4 1900 - Weak with usual music they play before the news and woman reading news in French. [Wolfish] | |
| 711 | IRAN IRIB R.Ahwaz, Ahwaz NOV 4 2030 - Chimes and anthem heard under France. [Wolfish] | |
| 720 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4 synchros NOV 2 2009 - Program talking about the music of Van Morrison. [Wolfish] NOV 2 2059 - Good over Canary Islands; promo, "...at BBC Radio 4," time marker, "BBC news at 9 o'clock." [Conti] NOV 8 2035 - Fair, in the mix with man interviewing a woman about government, in accented English. [Taylor] | |
| 756 | GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg NOV 4 1858 - ID by man in German. News in German at 1900. Poor with another station in here. [Wolfish] NOV 5 1900 - Deutschlandfunk canned ID and time pips dueling with an unID second set of time pips. [Conti] | |
| 756 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Lugoj/Boldur NOV 7 1959 - Under Germany, parallel 855 and 909 with "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle. [Wolfish] | |
| 765 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Chahbahar NOV 4 2200 - Poor over/under unID; Koranic vocal through the hour parallel 837, 936, 1197, 1467, and 1512 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 765 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA R.Quran, various NOV 6 2100 - Good; Koran parallel 567, 999, and 1512 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 783 | SPAIN COPE Barcelona NOV 4 2100 - Good; time marker and check, "Cadena Cope, estar informado." [Conti] | |
| 783 | SYRIA Radio of Syrian Arab Republic, Tartus NOV 2 1956 - Strong with man in Arabic who sounded really upset about something and Arabic music. NOV 4 2102 - Noted with talk over a soundbed that has an instrumental version of Canadian Bryan Adams' "Straight from the Heart." [Wolfish] NOV 5 0001 - Fair; "arabiyya as-suriyya min dimashq" ID by a woman. [Conti] | |
| 792 | FRANCE France Info, Limoges-Nieul NOV 8 0159 - Fair; "The Simpsons Theme" orchestra instrumental, fanfare and trois heures time check into news, parallel 945 etc. [Conti] | |
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| 801.055 | SPAIN RNE1 Girona NOV 7 2100 - Sub-audible het against 801 kHz; marker and time check, "24 horas, Radio Nacional de España, Miguel Angel Domínguez." Girona per mwoffsets data. [Conti] | |
| 810 | SCOTLAND BBC R.Scotland synchros NOV 2 2300 - Good; "92 to 95 FM, eight-one-oh mediumwave, and on digital radio, BBC Radio Scotland" into news at 9 o'clock. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 3 2104 - Way over top of CJVA Caraquet; Scottish and English football scores. [Wolfish] NOV 9 0143 - Good, over WGY; announcers talking about the music industry. BBC 5 Live promo at 0147 into local folk song. [Taylor] | |
| 819 | EGYPT ERTU Batrah NOV 2 2100 - Fair; 'Big Ben' chimes, news/announcement in Arabic. [Conti] NOV 5 0254 - Very good reception with Quran chants, parallel to 774 (500 kW from Abis). [Salmaniw] NOV 7 2059 - Fair; two cycles of Big Ben chimes, same as heard 2058 on 1503 kHz but not parallel programming. [Conti] NOV 8 0006 - Fair to excellent in fade-ups; apparent educational programming or radio drama, with dialog between man and boy in Arabic and occasional short clips of music. Matched with online audio stream. [Taylor] NOV 7 2100 - Fair; Big Ben chimes. [Conti] | |
| 828 | GERMANY NDR Info, Hannover NOV 4 2100 - Fair; Broadway-style vocal to "NDR Info, nachtrichten" parallel 972 kHz. NOV 7 2000 - Good; football coverage parallel 972 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 837 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Isfahan NOV 3 0040 - Good over Spain; Koranic vocal parallel 936 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 837 | UKRAINE Ukrayinske Radyo 1, Taranivka NOV 4 1900 - Also audible parallel to 972, but at weak level. By 1902, France Info became dominant in French at fair/good level. [Salmaniw] | |
| 846 | IRELAND R.North/AWR/Gospel 846, Carndonagh NOV 3 2100 - Good; preaching in English about righteousness, continued through the hour. [Conti] NOV 5 2153 - Weak with "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups. Matched web audio. [Wolfish] | |
| 855 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Tancabesti NOV 3 0256 - Under Spain; choral national anthem parallel 1152 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 864 | FRANCE France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette NOV 3 2100 - Good; "Bon soir" and France Bleu jingles. [Conti] | |
| 873 | SPAIN SER R.Zaragoza, Casablanca NOV 7 2259 - Fair; local promo, "Radio Zaragoza..." and something sounding like Radio Ciudad into 'El Larguero' program. [Conti] | |
| 882 | SPAIN La Xarxa, Mollet del Vallès-Barcelona NOV 5 2000 - Good, over BBC R.Wales and COPE Spain; time marker, and "Noticias la Xarxa" in Catalan. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 882 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Wales, Washford et al. NOV 4 1858 - Weather and traffic info. ID "This is BBC Radio Wales" and 10 o'clock news at 1900. [Wolfish] | |
| 891 | NETHERLANDS Radio 538, Hulsberg NOV 7 2000 - Man with Dutch newscast. [Wolfish] |
The red rocks of Prince Edward Island
| 900 | ITALY Rai Radiouno, Milano NOV 3 1903 - Soccer match, parallel 1575 kHz. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0142 - Good, with no domestics doing any damage to it, with light music - then announcer at 0144 talking in Italian about music, and a concert hall in Rome. Then into a light piano tune with male vocalist. [Taylor] NOV 5 0200 - Good; data signal and time marker, time check and flourish with "Rai Radiouno" ID. [Conti] NOV 5 2259 - Italian anthem heard. [Wolfish] NOV 8 0358 - Fair to good, with brief snip of the Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian," then ID followed by the Italian national anthem, top of hour time check of 5 o'clock in Italian, then "bonjourno" and news in Italian. [Taylor] | |
| 909 | BOTSWANA VOA Sebele Pikwe NOV 8 0258 - Fair, under BBC; Yankee Doodle interval signal parallel 1530 São Tomé, and then into news at 0300. [Taylor] NOV 8 0300 - BBC Radio 5 Live very loud program before the top of the hour. Talk show about hard drives and failures. Beneath, can hear Romania with a vocal anthem, and co-channel still was Yankee Doodle confirming Botswana. Nice! [Salmaniw] | |
| 909 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati synchros NOV 4 1900 - Under BBC5; "Radio România Actualitati hora exacta" and time marker, parallel 1152 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 909 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 5 synchros NOV 3 2100 - Excellent over unID; action line promo, "First for breaking news and the best live sport, this is BBC Radio 5 Live" and "BBC news on 5 Live." [Conti] | |
| 917 | NIGERIA R.Gotel, Yola NOV 3 2251 - Thanks to Alan Wylie's log, I'm hearing African music at weak level with a fair bit of splatter from 918 kHz. A new MW country for me. [Salmaniw] NOV 3 2314 - Poor in some splatter, but finally yielding snips of audio, music and talk by female. Even better copy the following evening. [Taylor] NOV 8 0111 - About the best I've heard them this week. Nothing at all earlier in the afternoon/early evening on the channel, but when checking just now, I can just make out a man and woman speaking. Music at 0118. Slowly improving where I can make out the odd word by 0126. [Salmaniw] | |
| 918 | SLOVENIA R.Slovenija 1, Ljubljana-Domzale NOV 3 2130 - Good; news in English, weather check for the "skies above Slovenia" at 2133, then into German at 2134. [Taylor] NOV 3 2323 - Went up a kHz after trying to hear Nigeria on 917 (weak, but there), to hear Slovenia strong with a discussion between two men in presumed Slovenian, but also co-channel some much weaker stations. [Salmaniw] NOV 4 2100 - Good; "Radio Slovenija" and cuckoo clock time marker (or a mix with pips from another station), then fanfare and "Informativa... Radio Slovenija" into news. [Conti] NOV 4 2131 - News and brief weather forecast, then went straight into German newscast at 2133. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0429 - Time pips and into news in Slovenian after R.Slovenja ID. Very good, with het from Nigeria on 917 kHz. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2100 - Good, het from 917 Nigeria; ID and time marker into news. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 8 0258 - Fair; 2-pip interval signal, national anthem and 5-1 time pips on the hour into news. [Taylor] | |
| 936 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Urumiyeh NOV 7 2101 - Over/under Italy/Spain mix; canned Radyoe Iran with anthem-like jingle, parallel 1431 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 936 | ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros NOV 5 0420 - Weak pre sign-on test tone parallel 657 and 1062 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 936 | SPAIN RNE5 synchros NOV 3 2200 - Fair with more than half a second delay between stations; "Radio Nacional de España, servicios informativos." [Conti] | |
| 945 | FRANCE France Info, Toulouse NOV 4 0057 - Strong with instrumental music up to hourtop, then usual jingle, ID, time check as "deux heures" and news in French. [Wolfish] | |
| 945 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Miercurea-Ciuc NOV 6 2045 - Under France Info; pop music parallel 1179 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 954 | CZECH REPUBLIC Ceský rozhlas synchros NOV 3 2000 - Synchro echo over co-channel Spain; time marker and music into news, parallel 1332 kHz. [Conti] NOV 5 0318 - Excellent reception with Czech talk, and then into a folk melody. Faded a bit when switched to music. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2000 - Excellent, with synchro echo; time marker and "Ceský rozhlas 2" ID. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 6 2000 - Pips, ID and newscast. Good over top of Spain. [Wolfish] NOV 8 2230 - Good reception from this Czech broadcaster, with 3 sites between 20 and 200 kW. Co-channel to very powerful Spanish Onda Cero, Madrid, with 50 kW, which fades up and down, so the two of them play it out for the frequency. [Salmaniw] | |
| 954 | SPAIN Onda Cero, Madrid NOV 4 0105 - Out of newscast with ID, "Onda Cero, su radio" and giving e-mail address ending in "punto e s." [Wolfish] NOV 8 0100 - Fair; marker and time check, fanfare into news, "Noticias de Onda Cero." [Conti] NOV 8 0400 - Fair; Spanish talk leading to the hour, then time pips, sounder, and male announcer: "Noticias de Onda Cero..." [Taylor] | |
| 954 | TURKEY TRT 1 Radyo Bir, Trabzon-Deliktas NOV 8 0258 - Fair, nearly even with Onda Cero in Madrid; with solid Turkish national anthem leading to the top of the hour. [Taylor] | |
| 963 | PORTUGAL R.Sim, Sexial NOV 6 2107 - Under Tunisia; Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better," matched up to website. [Wolfish] | |
| 963 | TUNISIA R.Culturelle, Tunis NOV 2 2358 - Good; choral national anthem at tune-in, then off. NOV 3 2000 - Fair; music bed and marker, many "Thakafiya" mentions. [Conti] NOV 4 2000 - No time pips, but at 2000:30, Arabic ID exactly as listed in the EMWG: 'Idha'at al Thakafiya', but preceded by '...Tunis'. Very good reception, but another co-channel started to come up a minute later. Another Tunisian on 630 was very strong at the same time, but with a different program (RTT Tunis). Sounded like a national anthem before the hour on 630 kHz. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2112 - Presumed with Arabic music. Female vocal and lots of strings. [Wolfish] | |
| 963 | unID NOV 8 2035 - A very difficult channel. I parked on this one for over 30 minutes to hear various channels, none in English fading in and out. At 2035, I'm seeing 5 carriers, with the last two the strongest: 962.988, .995, .997, 963.000, .005. I tried many on-demand audio feeds without success. I'll need to use RealDX for help with selected clips, unfortunately. Possibilities include: Cyprus, Iran, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan. Two low power UK Asian stations are unlikely. Sigh! [Salmaniw] | |
| 972 | GERMANY NDR Info, Hamburg NOV 2 2100 - Good; "NDR Info, nachtricten," into news. NOV 3 0200 - Good; "ARD Info nacht, nachtricten," into news. 0600 "NDR... nachtricten de Hamburg." Listen to mp3 audio clip. 2000 excellent; "NRD Info, nachtricten." [Conti] NOV 4 1958 - Upfaded with flute music, station promos, ID and news in German. [Wolfish] | |
| 972 | UKRAINE Ukrayinske Radyo 1, Nikolaev NOV 4 1900 - Ukraine dominates at this time, with ID at 1900. Into music just over a minute later. Not particularly strong yet, but it's only 3:00 p.m. local. Same program audible on 837, but lower strength. 'Ukrayinske Radyo' just before the hour audible. Ukrainian Radio lists this transmitter as 250 kW, while EMWG shows 500 kW, and the MW List shows 340/40 kW for 972 kHz. They don't mention first program anymore from what I can hear ('Persha prohrama'). 1955 excellent ID with mentions of time (2155), and a contest for the national bard, Taras Shevchenko. At least two other co-channels. By 1957, I'm hearing 'Salum Aleichum', so probably Iran? Then, by top of the hour, it was totally replaced by German NDR Info, at armchair level. Whew! [Salmaniw] NOV 4 2155 - Excellent on upfade with time check for local Ukraine time. ID'ed easily by Walt Salmaniw. Then faded under dominating NDR Info from Germany to the top of the hour. [Taylor] NOV 7 1910 - Heard co-channel and well under very strong NDR Info (100 kW Funkhaus Europa). Briefly faded up just after the hour but didn't last long. Funkhaus Europa has a program in Polish called Radio Forum now, and very strong. Armchair level. Could be down the street! At 1917, I think the language was Serbian with discussion about Bosnia-Herzogovina. [Salmaniw] | |
| 981 | ALGERIA Chaîne 2, Algiers NOV 8 0358 - Excellent, out of string music into Algerian national anthem, followed by about a minute of lone male chanting in Arabic, then sounder at 0300:30 and female reading the news. [Taylor] NOV 9 0200 - Time pips at top of hour and into Arabic talk. Also strong on Twente SDR. Thanks to Niel for definite ID. [Salmaniw] | |
| 990 | CYPRUS R.Sawa, Cape Greco NOV 9 0055 - Fair, under CBY Newfoundland; popular Western and Arabic music matching internet feed. [Taylor] NOV 9 0102 - Just before the hour, I could hear the word 'Sawa' under the very local CBY Cornerbrook NL. Checked the webstream, and it is in sync. Weak, but there! [Salmaniw] | |
| 990 | SPAIN SER R.Bilbao, Monte Archanda NOV 7 2259 - Under CBY Newfoundland; promo with spring sound effects, "Hora 25, (sound effect) Cadena Ser, Radio Bilbao." [Conti] | |
| 999 | MOLDOVA VOR Maiac NOV 3 1947 - Religious program in Russian. Fair. [Wolfish] NOV 3 2000 - Good; TWR program in Russian. [Conti] NOV 8 2235 - Exceptionally strong with Russian ballad, although co-channel sometimes fades up to almost replace the Russian (COPE Madrid with 50 kW). [Salmaniw] NOV 7 2100 - Fair, over Saudi Arabia/Spain mix; Moscow bells and music bed, "Novosti, Golos Rossii." [Conti] | |
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| 1008 | NETHERLANDS GrootNieuwsradio, Zeewolde NOV 2 2028 - Man in Dutch with ID and talk and religiousy music. [Wolfish] NOV 3 2000 - Fair; ID for GrootNieuwsradio on AM, and on "computer, tablet, or smart phone." [Conti] | |
| 1017 | SPAIN RNE5 synchros NOV 5 2000 - Good with synchro echo, well over unID Mideast-sounding signal. NOV 8 0000 - Fair; time marker, "Radio Nacional de España, servicios informativos." [Conti] | |
| 1026 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Tabriz NOV 4 2200 - Over/under Spain; repeating vocal parallel 936, 1035, and 1467 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1026 | NORTHERN IRELAND Downtown Radio, Belfast NOV 6 0759 - Fair; Downtown Breakfast Show contest promo, "On 96 and 102 FM, 1026 AM, and digital radio..." into news. [Conti] NOV 6 2047 - Under Spain with old C&W music. [Wolfish] | |
| 1026 | SPAIN SER R.Jaén, Jaén NOV 8 0259 - Two "Radio Jaén" ID's before hourtop timepips, "Cadena Ser" ID and news. [Wolfish] | |
| 1026 | SPAIN SER R.Vigo, Sampayo NOV 6 2042 - "Radio Vigo Cadena SER" ID heard. And naturally, fútbol. A second Spanish station with a different fútbol match in here too. [Wolfish] | |
| 1026 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Cambridgeshire, Chesterton Fen NOV 5 0900 - Through domestic splatter; ad string, "On... FM... BBC Radio, Cambridgeshire," into news. [Conti] | |
| 1035 | ESTONIA R.Eli, Tartu NOV 5 0400 - Fair; TWR interval signal, cuckoo clock time signal, "Estonia..." [Conti] NOV 6 2022 - Passionate male vocal who sounded like Neil Diamond (but not singing in English) but I assume it was an inspirational religious tune. Later there was Russian talk about the Bible. Over top of one of the English stations. Matched audio to website to make sure. [Wolfish] NOV 6 2200 - Fair; easy listening instrumental, "Radio Eli" IDs. NOV 8 0200 - Fair, over Northsound 2; one cycle of TWR interval signal. [Conti] | |
| 1034.97 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Yazd NOV 3 0235 - Over unID 1035.0 kHz; Koran parallel 837 kHz. NOV 7 2101 - Separated from 1035 with narrow filter; anthem-like jingle parallel 936 and 1431 kHz. (Audio clip of same canned ID at 1431 kHz.) 2358 - Good; Koranic vocal parallel 1503 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1035 | SCOTLAND Northsound 2, Aberdeen NOV 8 0200 - Under Estonia; Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way" parallel 1152 Clyde 2. [Conti] | |
| 1035 | UNITED KINGDOM Kismat Radio, Crystal Palace NOV 7 0200 - Over/under co-channels; "This is Kismet Radio, news on the hour every hour." [Conti] NOV 9 0150 - Thanks to Niel for pointing out the web feed that confirms this 1 kW station. Unusual female vocal. Sounds to me a lot like what I hear on Alaskan stations when local native people sing! Sometimes fair reception, but fades to nothing, too. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1044 | SPAIN SER R.San Sebastián, Monte Igueldo NOV 6 0659 - Good; local ad string including "Restaurante Urbano en calle treinta y uno de Agosto," then marker and time check into news, "En Cadena Ser..." NOV 8 0159 - Good; local promo, "Radio San Sebastián, Cadena Ser punto com," then a promo for R.Euskadi on cadenaser.com. [Conti] | |
| 1053 | ROMANIA R.Iasi, Iasi NOV 3 2000 - Over/under TalkSport; sign off with quick ID/announcement and flourish, then 1 kHz test tone continuing through the hour. [Conti] NOV 5 1845 - Very strong (2:45 p.m. local) with talk in Romanian. Did hear Romania being said. Strongest station on the band at the moment. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2000 - Excellent; sign-off with R.Iasi ID and test tone. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1053 | SPAIN COPE Zaragoza NOV 6 1908 - A bit of a jumble here. The main station is the Spanish COPE station. Then I can hear co-channel TalkSport, and on top of this is a loud het from 1053.103 which mwoffsets lists as Libya, although I'm not able to hear any audio from this one. Can be very good when it fades up. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1062 | CZECH REPUBLIC Country Radio, Zbraslav NOV 6 0655 - Over Italy; canned "Country Radio," discussion between man and woman into ad string through the hour. NOV 7 2359 - Over unID; Flight of the Bumblebee, Country Radio ID, and a nostalgic vocal. [Conti] | |
| 1062 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Kerman NOV 5 0201 - Fair; woman with R.Iran ID parallel 1503 kHz. NOV 8 0101 - Fair although loud at times; brief announcement in Farsi with mention of Iran while Koranic recitation continued through the hour, not parallel other IRIB R.Iran frequencies. Kerman provincial program per Mauno Ritola at Real DX. Thanks also to Alessandro Groppazzi and Jari Savolainen at RealDX for assistance. [Conti] | |
| 1062 | ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros NOV 2 2258 - Good; sign-off with orchestral national anthem, then post sign-off tones, parallel 900 and 1575 kHz. [Conti] NOV 6 1952 - Man on phone with somebody. Noticeable synchro effect. Parallel to 900 kHz. [Wolfish] | |
| 1071 | INDIA AIR Rajkot NOV 3 0106 - Parallel to 11620 with subcontinental music and man in Hindi. [Wolfish] NOV 3 0107 - Rising out of the noise to a strong level; sub-continental sounding alternating male/female vocal, music was cutting out to dead air at times, then announcement with mention of Pakistan. Timing matches Rajkot grayline. 0130 unequivocal parallel 11620 kHz (Walt found the shortwave parallel). [Conti] NOV 4 1853 - Lengthy piece of music with lots of percussion. Man with ID at 1859, music with high-pitched woman singing, strings and percussion. Able to match up to webstream for All India Radio General Overseas Urdu broadcast. Quite a decent signal at times. Lost to Iran at about 1927. [Wolfish] NOV 4 1855 - Fading up to excellent and loud with Urdu service and south Asian music, with occasional man talking and some stretched of dead air. Also heard on my Sangean DT-400W ultralight when held next to the Beverage antenna. [Taylor] NOV 4 1900 - Good; All India Radio ID, alternating male/female vocal. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 4 1901 - Success, again. Great signal from AIR right at top of the hour. Dead air, followed a few seconds later by 'All India Radio' ID. Then into typical Indian music. Wonderful to hear so early here, 3:00 p.m., with the sun shining through the window. Using a north facing 1200-ft Beverage. Faded, then back at armchair copy at 1904! Measuring 4 carriers on 1071: 1070.990, 1071.001, 1071.008 and 1071.010. All look pretty strong on the waterfall, so can't say which one for certain is AIR, though the mwoffsets list has the lower frequency as most likely. Faded before 1930 to be co-channel equally with presumed Iran, but music continued to before the BOH, and quit without any announcements. I can confirm that the carrier measured earlier on 1070.990 was gone when checked at 1930. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 0109 - Quite good at times parallel to 11620 with female vocal. 1920 decent signal with music at this time. Man in Urdu at 1923. Signal starting to dissipate. Parallel to 6155 kHz. NOV 7 0022 - Parallel to 11620 with Indian music. At times better than Iran. [Wolfish] NOV 8 0058 - Very nice signal tonight. Better than the past couple of nights. Faded a bit to reveal presumed TalkSport (1 kW), and then Iran (100 kW), which now dominates (0102). [Salmaniw] NOV 8 1913 - Fair to poor, under dominant Iran with high-pitched female vocal. Logged earlier this week on the 1200-ft Beverage, and this reception was on the Delta loop. NOV 9 0015 - Back in for sign-on, dominant at times on the loop and parallel 11620 kHz. [Taylor] | |
| 1071 | IRAN IRIB R.Maaref, Qom NOV 2 2030 - Good; male choral anthem, parallel IRIB R.Iran 765, 837, 936, 990, 1035, 1062, 1116, 1197, and 1467 kHz. A strong unID open carrier noted on 1503 kHz. NOV 8 0200 - Over/under unID string/harp instrumental; speaker parallel 1503 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1071 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Bisha NOV 3 2100 - Fair; techno instrumental leading up to the hour, time marker and signature music into news parallel 1521 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1071 | SYRIA Radio al-Nour, Tartus Amrit NOV 7 2100 - Fair over co-channel Saudi Arabia; male a capella vocal/jingle, and "Radio al-Nour." Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 8 2255 - Fair to good at times over Iran and SER, with man and woman talking and occasional "reedy" music interludes matching internet stream. Faded up to excellent and dominant at 2304. [Taylor] NOV 8 2255 - Positively ID'ed via live stream with frequent 'snake-charmer' music. At 2304 they are dominating the channel! A real battle earlier between Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Very pleased to see them in the clear a few minutes after the hour. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1071 | UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros NOV 6 0759 - Poor to fair; canned ID, "TalkSport, on air, online..." and digital channel, "Coming up 8 o'clock..." [Conti] | |
| 1080 | EGYPT ERTU Al-Barnameg al-Aam, Menya or Luxor NOV 8 2230 - Fair to poor under SER Spain, with WTIC phased out, with traditional Arabic music and singing matching internet stream. [Taylor] NOV 8 2237 - Fading up to almost equal to domestic station and thanks to Brent Taylor for pointing out the parallel webstream which was virtually in-sync. By itself it would have been good/very good, but of course with co-channel and deep fades, much more difficult! Only 10 kW. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1080 | SPAIN SER R.Huesca, Huesca NOV 4 2058 - "Radio Huesca" station promos and radiohuesca.com URL given. Mixing with WTIC and a third station. [Wolfish] | |
| 1089 | RUSSIA VOR Tbilisskaya NOV 2 2100 - Good; sign-off with contemporary instrumental music bed, then test tone. NOV 5 1900 - Good, over co-channel TalkSport; VOR theme music, Russia and Moscow mentions into news, all in presumed Arabic. [Conti] | |
| 1089 | UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros NOV 3 1825 - Good; talk about World Cup soccer. [Conti] | |
| 1098 | SLOVAKIA R.Patria/R.Devin, Nitra-Jarok NOV 8 0200 - Good, over Spain and unID Koran; R.Devin classical music through the hour. [Conti] | |
| 1098 | SPAIN RNE5 synchros NOV 4 0048 - Strong with easy listening instrumental music, then when announced, there were multiple stations all slightly off synchronization making for an interesting effect. Same situation one channel up on 1107 kHz. 5 and 10 kW only. [Salmaniw] |
Brent Taylor, Bruce Conti, Walt Salmaniw, and Niel Wolfish at Sir Isaac's Restaurant & Mr. Gabe's Pub in Montague, celebrating reception of 1071 India.
| 1107 | GERMANY AFN Bavaria, Vilseck NOV 4 2105 - Weak under Scotland and RNE5, but clear female announcing start of NPR's "All Things Considered" which matches the schedule for the Bavarian service of AFN. [Taylor] NOV 4 2201 - Mixing with Spain and Moray Firth Radio with All Things Considered. [Wolfish] | |
| 1107 | GERMANY unID NOV 7 1940 - Presumed one of the AFN stations with American "Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" although the online schedules don't list it. [Conti] | |
| 1107 | SCOTLAND Moray Firth Radio, Tarbat Ness NOV 4 2202 - Fair, under RNE5 synchros with pop music. [Taylor] NOV 4 2203 - Upfaded over Spain and AFN with ID as "MFR." Playing contemporary pop music including song by Jason Mraz. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0944 - Scots-accented English and UK internet addressed in commercials, and then pop song with female singer at 0946, well after local sunrise in Scotland. [Taylor] NOV 6 0559 - Good; Subway ad, "Live on digital radio, online, and on your mobile, this is MFR news." Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1107 | UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros NOV 3 2100 - Under Spain; live promo for the next hour, then news parallel 1089 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1116 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Bandar Lengeh NOV 7 2101 - Over/under co-channel Italy/Spain mix; anthem-like vocal/jingle parallel 936 and 1431 kHz. Audio clip of same canned ID at 1431 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1116 | SPAIN SER R.Pontevedra, Pontevedra NOV 5 0759 - Good; announcement about fútbol "en Pontevedre," then a canned "Buenos dias" message, marker and time check into network news. NOV 6 0759 - Fair; local talk "...con Radio Pontevedre," canned noticias promo, then echoed time marker from SER R.Albacete. NOV 7 2300 - Over unID classical music; "Radio Pontevedre..." with 98.6 FM mentioned. [Conti] | |
| 1116 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Guernsey, Rohais NOV 6 0700 - Fair; "Passionate about island life, BBC Guernsey," and news, "It's 7 o'clock on the news station." [Conti] | |
| 1125 | BELGIUM RTBF VivaCité, Houdeng NOV 5 0120 - Over top of Spain with Neneh Cherry song. Jingle heard at 0123 and then Nat King Cole/Nathalie Cole song. Matched website audio. [Wolfish] NOV 6 0658 - Fair; man and woman banter in French. [Conti] | |
| 1134 | CROATIA Hrvatske Radio, Zadar NOV 3 2100 - Good over Spain; Glas Hrvatska ID, time marker, dead air, then alternating man and woman with headlines over music bed. [Conti] NOV 5 1911 - "You're listening to Croatian Radio, the Voice of Croatia." 1912 woman reading sports, followed by weather forecast and a recap of today's top stories. Back into Croatian at 1915. [Wolfish] NOV 7 2200 - Good; time marker, "Hrvatski Radio, Prvi programa." [Conti] | |
| 1134 | KUWAIT R.Kuwait, Kabd NOV 8 0258 - Quran, ID by woman and fanfare into newscast. Same theme that is on the Interval Signals Online webpage. Good over Spain. [Wolfish] | |
| 1143 | KALININGRAD VOR Bolshakovo NOV 3 2000 - Over Spain; "Golos Rossii" and time marker into "novosti" news. NOV 4 1900 - Good; "Golos Rossii" and Moscow bells, time marker into novosti. [Conti] NOV 5 1907 - Very strong reception in Russian, then faded down, before returning to very nice level. Some domestic splatter from 1140. Mentions of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania and about the former two joining the EU. No ID heard, but presumably R.Rossii. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1143 | SPAIN COPE synchros NOV 6 2208 - Man and woman talking then the COPE music bed and ID at 2210. Followed by phone interview with man. Parallel 1224 kHz. [Wolfish] | |
| 1152 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Cluj NOV 3 0254 - Interval signal and sign-on with choral anthem. Mixing with Spain. Parallel to 909 (under BBC) and 1179 kHz. [Wolfish] NOV 3 0255 - Over/under Spain; sign-on with test tone, interval signal, and choral national anthem parallel 1179 kHz. NOV 4 1900 - Good; "Radio România Actualitati hora exacta" and time marker. [Conti] | |
| 1152 | SCOTLAND Clyde 2, Dechmont Hill NOV 3 2200 - Good over Spain; "On digital radio, online, and on 1152 AM, this is Clyde 2 news," and 10 o'clock time check into news. [Conti] NOV 4 2025 - Same program as on co-owned Tay AM with song from 1967, The Move's "I Can Hear The Grass Grow." Surfacing above Spain at times. NOV 5 0136 - R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts." Promo mentioning 40th anniversary of Radio Clyde. [Wolfish] | |
| 1161 | BULGARIA R.Horizont, various NOV 8 2201 - Anthem and talk by woman. Matched up anthem to version on Interval Signals Online. [Wolfish] | |
| 1161 | SCOTLAND Tay AM, Greenside Scalp NOV 4 2017 - Alan Edwards program. Played The Kink's "Waterloo Sunset" and Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her." Mixing with Egypt. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2200 - Under Magic; "On digital radio, online, and on the air, 1161... this is Tay AM news." [Conti] | |
| 1161 | UNITED KINGDOM Magic 1161 AM, Goxhill NOV 2 2259 - Fair over Egypt sign-off/tone; promo, "...here on Magic," and news. [Conti] NOV 3 2022 - Announcer mentioning 'a converted Magic listener' and playing request for somebody. Promo for Keith Martin on Magic. Playing '70s soft pop music. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2200 - Fair over Tay AM; promo, "Log on to magic radio dot com dot uk" and jingle. [Conti] NOV 6 2212 - Announcer says "Magic!" and plays the Rolling Stone's "Angie." All alone on frequency at this time. [Wolfish] | |
| 1161 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Blunsdon NOV 8 0159 - Over/under Tay AM and presumed Iran; "Playing the greatest hits of all time, this is Gold," and "She's Not There" by The Zombies. [Conti] | |
| 1170 | RUSSIA VOR Tbilisskaya NOV 4 2000 - Fair over/under R.Capodistria; time marker and novosti. [Conti] NOV 6 1933 - Briefly overwhelmed R.Capodistria, but fell again within a minute to allow the Slovenian to dominate again. Russian news. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 1936 - Russian talk. Mixing with Slovenia at this time. [Wolfish] NOV 7 2200 - Post sign-off test tone. [Conti] | |
| 1170 | SLOVENIA R.Capodistria, Beli Kriz NOV 4 1940 - Excellent reception in Italian, co-channel to the 1200 kW Tbilisskaya transmitter of Golos Rossii. Five minutes ago, Golos Rossii was totally dominating the channel. I was here looking for TWR in Swaziland. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 0154 - Overrolling frequency with WWVA Wheeling just barely audible behind it; pop music in English and Italian. ID by woman at 0159. [Wolfish] NOV 6 1922 - Blasting in with a multitude of music selections. Competing with 1521 for the blow torch award! At 1925, though, I can hear co-channel R.Rossii from Tbilisskaya in Russian. I had assumed that this might be R.Sawa, but ID'ed a few minutes into my monitoring in Italian. Very hard to believe that they're only 10 kW (EMWG) or 15 kW (MW List). Should be at least 10x that power! Multiple IDs at 1931 and into news at 1932. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 0700 - Fair; "Calle degli orti grandi - quotidiano del mattino" program. Thanks to Vlad Titarev and Valter Comuzzi for the ID assist. NOV 7 2200 - Good over Russia; promo/IDs, "programa Radio Capodistria." [Conti] | |
| 1170 | WALES Swansea Sound, Swansea NOV 5 2059 - Faded up over Slovenia with a spot and ID mentioning website address and being from "the heart of southwest Wales." [Wolfish] | |
| 1179 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau et al. NOV 4 1900 - Excellent; "Radio România Actualitati, hora exacta" and time marker into news. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 6 2214 - Male vocal, parallel to a weak 945 and also 1152 kHz. Mixing with Germany and Spain. [Wolfish] | |
| 1179 | SPAIN SER R.Rioja, Logroño NOV 4 2158 - "Radio Rioja Cadena Ser" and SER promos. ID just before hourtop gives AM and FM frequency. Mixing with other SER station and Romania. [Wolfish] | |
| 1179 | SPAIN SER R.Valencia, Valencia NOV 2 2058 - Good; local ID, "Radio Valencia, Cadena Ser." Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1188 | HUNGARY MR4 synchros NOV 5 1900 - Over Iran; sign off announcement, then off, leaving IRIB R.Payam in clear. NOV 6 0700 - Good; 600 Hz tone, then a multiple frequency tone, sign-on announcement, canned Magyar Radio ID. [Conti] | |
| 1188 | IRAN IRIB R.Payam, Tehran NOV 3 1900 - Good; signature ascending notes into news. [Conti] NOV 5 0202 - Man reading news. Farsi pop music after 0205. Good signal. [Wolfish] | |
| 1197 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Moghan NOV 4 2200 - Fair; Koranic vocal through the hour, parallel 765, 837, 936, 1467, and 1512 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1197 | UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros NOV 3 2000 - Over unID Koranic vocal; ad string including "Gravity" 3D movie, Quick Fix tires, and Jeff Lloyd with "Unknown Pleasures" program, parallel 1215 kHz. [Conti] NOV 5 0209 - Weak with oppressed Canadian band Arcade Fire's "Reflektor." Parallel to 1215 kHz. [Wolfish] NOV 6 1937 - Parallel 1215 of course, and dominating the frequency at 19:39. Initially under the Arabic or Iranian station. Not sure which. Impressive for such a low power! No music but a conversation or interview. [Salmaniw] | |
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| 1206 | FRANCE France Info, Bordeaux NOV 7 1900 - Excellent every night; fanfare into "le journal" news. [Conti] | |
| 1215.15 | ALBANIA CRI Fllakë NOV 5 1900 - Het against Absolute Radio and Golos Rossii; carrier off promptly at 1900 UTC. [Conti] | |
| 1215 | KALININGRAD VOR Bolshakovo NOV 4 1840 - Good, with only a hint of Absolute Radio underneath. Man talking in Russian, then "Golos Rossii" and more talk. [Taylor] NOV 5 1900 - Over/under Absolute Radio; time marker and "Novosti... Golos Rossii." [Conti] | |
| 1215 | SPAIN COPE synchros NOV 6 0500 - Time pips and "Cadena Cope" ID by woman after man gave time check for Spain and the Canaries. Signal almost equal to England. Parallel to 1224 kHz. [Wolfish] | |
| 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros NOV 3 1842 - Muse's "Time Is Running Out." Strong. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2111 - s9+20 signal as I type this, along with a couple of other co-channels. Amazing stuff! [Salmaniw] NOV 5 0900 - Excellent; ad string, "Good morning, it's the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show," and 9:01 time check into news. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 5 0949 - Good, in the clear, with the Talking Heads "And She Was." Not usually log worthy here as it is ubiquitous, but not at this time of the morning, and well after local dawn in the UK. [Taylor] NOV 5 1015 - Poor but still audible at this hour with Radiohead's "High And Dry." [Wolfish] | |
| 1224 | ISRAEL Galei Zahal, Beersheba NOV 8 2316 - Fair, under COPE Spain; up-tempo dance-type music with perfect match to internet live feed, then Katrina and the Waves "Walking on Sunshine." [Taylor] NOV 8 2319 - Very pleased to pick this one up after noticing how well Syria came in a few minutes ago. Positively confirmed parallel to their webfeed found on http//glz.co.il. After a few minutes the Spanish COPE resumed its dominance. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1233 | CZECH REPUBLIC R.Dechovka, various NOV 6 0558 - Folk music. Trumpet fanfare and ID by man at 0600. Poor signal. [Wolfish] | |
| 1242 | FRANCE France Info, Marseille NOV 4 1900 - Good; fanfare into news parallel 1206 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1251 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Sari NOV 4 2100 - Good; canned "Radyoe Iran" with anthem-like theme song/jingle, parallel 1431 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1251 | LIBYA R.Libya, Tripoli NOV 6 1945 - Presumed R.Libya over/under two other co-channels. R.Iran at times, with mentions of Iran, presumably, but also some Western music, which I'm thinking is Radio 5 from Holland. A bit of a jumble here, but each can be very good at times. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1251 | NETHERLANDS Radio 5, Hulsberg NOV 5 2059 - Man in Dutch parallel 747 kHz, lost to Gold Digital Amber on the hour. [Conti] NOV 6 2123 - Phone interview in Dutch. Strong and parallel to 747 kHz. [Wolfish] NOV 7 1900 - Good; time marker and news parallel 747 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1251 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold Digital Amber, Great Barton NOV 5 2100 - Fading over Netherlands with Gold jingle. [Conti] NOV 6 2126 - Mixing with Netherlands; playing "Unchained Melody." [Wolfish] | |
| 1259.845 | GREECE ERA Rhodos NOV 5 1958 - Separated from Spain with classical music, pips and interval signal on hour, followed by woman reading news. No sign of CKHJ at this time. [Wolfish] NOV 7 2300 - Loud het against 1260 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1260 | SPAIN SER R.Murcia, Murcia NOV 7 2259 - Over/under CKHJ while tuned to the high side to avoid Greece het; Murcia mentioned a couple times during local break, "COMERSA, Asociaciones de Comerciantes de Murcia. Colabora: Ayuntamiento de Murcia." Thanks to Jim Renfrew, Sylvain Naud, Alessandro Groppazzi, Mauricio Molano at RealDX for assistance. [Conti] | |
| 1269 | GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Neumunster NOV 4 2200 - Excellent; electronic Deutschlandfunk sounder and time marker into news, parallel 1422 kHz. [Conti] NOV 5 0218 - Fair with woman in German. [Wolfish] | |
| 1278 | FRANCE France Bleu, Sélestat NOV 2 2200 - Over unIDs; pop vocal into France Bleu ID. [Conti] | |
| 1278 | IRAN IRIB R.Kermanshah, Kermanshah NOV 4 1929 - Weak with anthem. Nothing heard afterward, so maybe they signed off? [Wolfish] | |
| 1278 | OMAN R.Sultanate, Balah NOV 5 2000 - Under France with Big Ben chimes, presumed ID by man and anthem. Matches what Interval Signals Online has for station. [Wolfish] | |
| 1287 | SPAIN SER R.Castilla, Madrid NOV 7 2300 - Fair; "Radio Castilla, Cadena Ser" into 'El Larguero' program. [Conti] | |
| 1296 | SPAIN COPE Valencia NOV 7 2058 - Over Radio XL; local ads, "La Casa Grande Valencia, más información enlace valencia punto org." [Conti] | |
| 1296 | UNITED KINGDOM Radio XL, Langley Mill NOV 3 2100 - Good over Spain; "...and 1296 AM, this is Radio XL," and "From the Sky news center at nine." [Conti] NOV 8 2332 - Excellent, on top of COPE mostly with South Asian up-tempo dance music. Matched with internet and almost in sync. [Taylor] |
The view from the end of the 1200-ft Beverage across a field of harvested soybeans, looking back toward the Listening Waters cottage beyond the woods.
| 1305.09 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Bushehr NOV 5 1900 - Fair, easily separated from 1305 kHz; soft orchestra instrumental music, brief announcement, parallel 1116, 1251, 1314, 1431, 1503, and 1539 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1305 | UNITED KINGDOM Premier Christian Radio, London NOV 5 1850 - Under Spain; music and what sounded like a pledge drive to raise money for station. Religious music noted at 1908 that matched up to webstream. [Wolfish] | |
| 1313.98 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Ardabil NOV 5 1900 - Fair; brief announcement and orchestral instrumentals parallel 1116, 1251, 1305, 1431, 1503, and 1539 kHz. [Conti] NOV 5 1907 - Two ID's and talk in Farsi. Parallel 1116 kHz. [Wolfish] | |
| 1314 | ROMANIA R.România Antena Satelor, Banat & Dobrogea NOV 4 1859 - Fair with synchro effect, over Spain; "Dedicatii muzicale... Antena Satelor," promo, and a romantic vocal. [Conti] | |
| 1323 | CYPRUS BBC Zyyi NOV 8 0258 - BBC Bow Bells interval signal. World Service ID and news in English at 0300. [Wolfish] | |
| 1323 | ROMANIA R.Târgu, Târgu Mures NOV 5 1859 - Fair; "Radio Târgu" (no "Mures") promo/ID. [Conti] NOV 5 1958 - Over Gold with pop music. Sign off by man mentioning frequencies. Test tone afterward, just like the 1053 R.Iasi station does. [Wolfish] | |
| 1323 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Southwick NOV 5 1935 - Upfaded briefly over Romania; America's "Horse with No Name" and Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows." Matched song playlist on website. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2100 - Fair; "On AM, online and digital radio, playing the greatest hits of all time," and jingle, "This is Gold." [Conti] | |
| 1332 | IRAN R.Tehran, Tehran NOV 5 1900 - Good; 3-note time signal and R.Tehran ID into news. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1332 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Galati NOV 3 1900 - Over/under Iran; "Radio România Actualitati, hora exacta," marker and time check into news, parallel 1179 kHz. [Conti] NOV 5 1958 - Jazzy instrumental music before hourtop parallel to 1179 kHz. ID and news read by woman at 2000. [Wolfish] | |
| 1332 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Peterborough NOV 5 2003 - Surfaced over top of Romania; "Gold weather" read by a woman, man gave phone numbers for requests, jingle and then played "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes. [Wolfish] | |
| 1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND BBC R.Ulster, Lisnagarvey NOV 2 2216 - Strong with music by oppressed Canadians: songs by Neil Young and The Band. [Wolfish] NOV 4 0000 - Fair; "For now BBC Radio 5 Live..." and a good night "from everyone here at BBC Radio Ulster," then "This is BBC Radio 5 Live." [Conti] | |
| 1350 | HUNGARY Kossuth Radio, Gyór NOV 5 2000 - "Kossuth Radio" ID heard. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2000 - Good; "Kossuth Radio" ID. Thanks to Valter Comuzzi and Chuck Hutton at RealDX for the ID assist. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1359 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Bakers' Wood NOV 5 2000 - Fair; "On AM, online and digital radio..." and Gold jingle into news. [Conti] | |
| 1368 | ITALY Challenger Radio, Villa Estense NOV 7 1900 - Poor; "Operated by Nexus International Broadcasters Association" with mention of shortwave and USB. [Conti] | |
| 1368 | UNITED KINGDOM Manx Radio, Foxdale NOV 3 1901 - Good; pop music, Manx Radio jingle. [Conti] NOV 6 2009 - Two different British stations audible. Initially the first had music in the background, while the second was a news program. Bruce has heard Manx Radio with music, so possibly it's who is the dominant station. Easy listening American oldies. "Mash" theme song to 2018, then ads. Excellent at that time and parallel to webfeed for Manx Radio. Nice Manx Radio ID at 2018:55. The other stations are BBC stations between 0.4 and 2 kW only, so I'm pleased with those. I checked the two other available on-line sites, but neither BBC R.Lincolnshire, nor BBC R.Wiltshire were in parallel, and BBC Surrey had no link. However, I forgot to check these while all this was happening, so it remains a mystery! [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2026 - On top of Iran (I think) with Maroon 5 song and Rod Stewart "Mandolin Wind." Manx Radio jingle heard at 2037. [Wolfish] | |
| 1377 | ARMENIA TWR Gavar NOV 6 2039 - Of course France Info with 300 kW dominates, but it's easy to hear a second station co-channel, I believe in Arabic, and most likely TWR Asia from Armenia. Occasionally rising to be almost equal to France Info. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1377 | FRANCE France Info, Lille NOV 5 0223 - Strong with jazzy instrumental music. "Trois heures et demie" time check and newscast at 0230. [Wolfish] | |
| 1386 | LITHUANIA R.Baltic Waves International, Sitkunai NOV 2 1958 - Woman announcer lady with ID. NOV 3 2029 - Polskie Radio relay-Belorussian program with same woman announcer lady interviewing a man. [Wolfish] NOV 4 1900 - Good; open carrier leading up to the hour, then fanfare with "Polish Radio external service" ID. [Conti] NOV 4 2000 - Polish, then English ID, then into Belorussian service. Absolutely in the clear, with very good reception. Not bad for 75 kW and non-directional! [Salmaniw] NOV 5 0327 - NHK relay, interval signal. Sign-on with Russian broadcast. Poor at this time. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0329 - NHK interval sign at good level, but dropping by the BOH, so difficult to tell, but should be in Russian. Not too surprising with only 75 kW and ND. NOV 6 2043 - Excellent reception with ID for the Belarussian service of Polish Radio. All in Belarussian, of course. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1394.88 | ALBANIA TWR Fllakë NOV 4 2000 - Excellent; TWR interval signal, then TransWorld Radio Polska program. [Conti] | |
| 1395 | ARMENIA VOR Yerevan NOV 6 2044 - Despite an extremely powerful TWR Albania, I was able to eliminate most of the interference and narrow the bandwidth to clearly hear Armenia. Gavar is there with 500 kW relaying R.Rossii. Fair to almost good. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2200 - Poor; "Golos Rossii," Moscow bells, and time marker. [Conti] | |
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| 1404 | FRANCE France Info synchros NOV 4 1846 - Fair over unID; fanfare and news/talk in French, parallel excellent 1206, 1242, and 1377 signals. [Conti] | |
| 1404 | GREECE ERA Komotini NOV 8 2158 - Over top of France; male vocal, then interval signal at 2200 followed by news. Parallel to a weaker 1512 kHz. [Wolfish] | |
| 1413 | MOLDOVA VOR Grigoriopol NOV 3 1833 - In Russian with man giving weather forecast. [Wolfish] NOV 3 1900 - Fair; "Golos Rossii..." and Moscow bells, then time marker into "novosti" news. NOV 4 1900 - Good; bells, time marker, and ID's into news. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 5 1802 - Fair reception at 2:00 p.m. local with Russian news, already propagating. One of the first stations heard reasonably well this afternoon. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1413 | OMAN BBC World Service, A'Seela NOV 4 2000 - Under Moldova; "BBC World Service, the world's radio station" and time marker. [Conti] | |
| 1422 | ALGERIA Chaîne 3, Alger-Ouled Fayet NOV 8 0100 - Over/under co-channel Deutschlandfunk Germany; "Radio Chaine Trois... information," and greeting, "Madame, monsieur, bonjour," into news. [Conti] | |
| 1431 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Esfahan NOV 4 2100 - Good over R.Sawa Djibouti; "Radyoe Iran" ID with brief anthem-like theme song/jingle, parallel 1251 kHz. Listen to mp3 audio clip.[Conti] | |
| 1440 | LUXEMBOURG RTL Marnach NOV 2 2258 - Good over WRED; CRI with Chinese orchestra music. [Conti] NOV 4 1842 - Good with religious program in German. Went into another program at 1845. [Wolfish] NOV 5 1803 - Good reception already with RTL ID and into pop music. Only just after 2:00 p.m. local. Rechecking at 1830 has a religious program in German, so presumably Lutherische Stunde. EMWG lists 1825 to 1830, but clearly much longer. Saudi Arabia is co-channel at 1837, but weaker. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 1811 - Weak with Ray Charles "Hit the Road Jack." Matched what their website says they are playing. [Wolfish] NOV 7 1900 - ID into CRI program. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1440 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Ras al-Zawr NOV 4 1839 - Arabic talk by man mixing with Luxembourg. [Wolfish] | |
| 1449 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Yanbu al-Bahr NOV 6 2100 - Good; spacey music leading up to the hour, fanfare into news, parallel 1521 but delayed a few seconds. [Conti] NOV 6 2108 - Good reception with rapid speech in Arabic, and lots of mentions of Arabiya, etc. Seems parallel to webfeed, with delay of course. Yes confirmed, when checked again! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1457.63 | ALBANIA CRI Fllakë NOV 4 1859 - Good; Chinese orchestra music, carrier off promptly at 1900 without any announcements. [Conti] NOV 4 2000 - A jumble on this frequency, especially with Albania being off frequency. Dead air at 2000. Perhaps it's Albania with the time pips rather than Romania? CRI interval signal at 2001 followed by Hungarian program. Good reception apart from the splatter. NOV 6 2112 - Radio Tirana's interval signal at good level, despite splatter from 1458 proper! Listed to go into Serbian in a few minutes. On 1458 itself, one can hear Sunrise Radio, but another one which is usually stronger, and not Romania. So I'm not sure who? Listening further I'm pretty sure it's the BBC Asian Network at Birmingham with just 5 kW. Difficult to figure them all apart, though! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1458 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Constanta NOV 4 1900 - Fair over unID UK after Albania sign-off; "Radio România Actualitati hora exacta" and time marker into news parallel 1152 kHz. [Conti] NOV 4 2000 - Not an easy frequency at this time with a loud het on the low side caused by Albania, but Romania dominates with an excellent ID, immediately followed by Sunrise Radio from the UK, with its ID, then Romania's time pips. How convenient! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Asian Network, Birmingham NOV 6 2113 - It's been fun to listen to this frequency and try to hear the on-line stations. I have heard Sunrise Radio easily, but there's also another and a BBC ID was heard, but otherwise Indian music, so I'm assuming this to be the BBC Asian Network. And, maybe a third station, too! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Manchester NOV 4 1948 - Mixing with Sunrise Radio; with Wizzard's "See My Baby Jive." [Wolfish] NOV 8 0100 - Briefly over co-channel Romania; "This is Gold" jingle and Sky news. [Conti] | |
| 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park NOV 4 2000 - Good reception under Romania with English ID immediately after Romania's, with 'Sunrise Radio. News on the hour, every hour', then a 'Sunrise Radio' jingle. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 0300 - Over Romania; "This is Sunrise Radio, news on the hour every hour." [Conti] | |
| 1467 | FRANCE TWR Roumoules NOV 4 2159 - Good over Iran; Arabic program with internet address "www dot twr dot net." [Conti] | |
| 1467 | FRANCE R.Maria, Le Col de la Madonne NOV 3 1854 - Good; abrupt sign-off with R.Maria ID in French. [Conti] | |
| 1467 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Isfahan NOV 4 2200 - Under TWR France; Koranic vocal through the hour, parallel 765, 837, 936, 1197, and 1512 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1467 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Hafar al-Batin NOV 5 1900 - Fair; lively contemporary Middle Eastern music parallel 1521 kHz. NOV 7 2300 - Strong fade up over co-channel France; announcement/news parallel 1521 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1476 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Marivan NOV 5 2000 - Off-frequency, het against unID 1476, rising to good level at times; speaker parallel 1503 kHz. Measured 1476.265 kHz. Listed as regional. [Conti] | |
| 1485 | SPAIN SER R.Santander, Soto de la Marina NOV 7 2259 - Faded up as the hour approached; "Radio Santander, Cadena Ser." [Wolfish] | |
| 1485 | SPAIN SER R.Zamora, Zamora NOV 7 2258 - Local ad ending "...con Zamora," then faded to reveal SER R.Santander. Thanks to Chuck Hutton, Henrik Klemetz, and Mauricio Molanio at RealDX for assistance. [Wolfish] | |
| 1485 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Merseyside, Wallasey NOV 4 1858 - Over/under Spain; Merseyside mention, news including Liverpool items. [Conti] NOV 4 2110 - Mixing with Spanish station and Gold; program about North West Football Awards. Matched webstream. [Wolfish] NOV 6 0700 - Fair; canned ID, "...BBC Radio Merseyside," into news. [Conti] | |
| 1485 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Newbury NOV 4 2055 - Under Spanish station with songs "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty and "Here Comes the Night" by Them. [Wolfish] | |
| 1494 | CORSICA France Bleu, Bastia NOV 3 1850 - Fair to good, fighting it out with France Info and both running talk by males in French, then into female vocalist song at 1855. Nice up-fade at 30 seconds to the hour. [Taylor] NOV 5 0200 - Over/under France Info; France Bleu jingles. [Conti] NOV 6 0127 - Interesting battle on this frequency with both French stations fading up and down to reveal the other, but mostly France Bleu dominating with lots of American oldies, like 'Return to Sender'. Lots of mentions of Blue. Co-channel is France Info on the mainland also with 20 kW, but mostly talk. Very good. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1494 | FRANCE France Info synchros NOV 3 1858 - Fair, fading to poor, under France Bleu, with regular news sounder at the top of the hour and news. [Taylor] NOV 3 2200 - Excellent; "France Info..." and time check into fanfare and news. [Conti] NOV 6 0127 - Playing "Summer Nights" from Grease and cut off song to go into news read by woman at hourbottom. Parallel to 1206 and 1377 and mixing with France Bleu station. [Wolfish] |
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| 1502.86 | BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA R.Zavidovici, Mecevici NOV 5 2000 - Loud het against 1503 BBC and others; presumed Bosnia as the only signal listed this low in mwoffsets database. [Conti] | |
| 1503 | EGYPT ERTU North Sinai Radio, El Arish NOV 7 2058 - Two cycles of 'Big Ben' chimes, same as on 819 kHz but not parallel programming; clearly heard through Spain and Iran. [Conti] | |
| 1503 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Bushehr NOV 7 2101 - Weak modulation over Spain; anthem-like jingle parallel 936 and 1431 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1503 | SPAIN RNE5 La Línea de Concepción & Piñeira NOV 6 0500 - Pips and time check in Spanish as "six and five in the Canaries" into news by man. Poor signal. [Wolfish] | |
| 1503 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent NOV 4 2128 - Buried in mess with presumed Iranian station; man and woman talking and then played Aretha Franklin song. Matched up to website. NOV 6 2145 - Under presumed Iran with "Proud Mary." [Wolfish] | |
| 1511.93 | GREECE ERA Chania NOV 8 2144 - Always a jumble due to this off-frequency station. Should be Greece, on late, presumably due to being occupied by the fired employees. Mostly music. Measured on 1511.931, while two other carriers also present on .992 and 1512.000 kHz. Likely Saudi and Iran. Sometimes good reception, but mostly fair. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1512 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Ardabil NOV 4 2200 - Over/under unID; Koranic vocal through the hour, parallel 765, 837, 936, 1197, and 1467 kHz. Usual parallel 1503 seemed open carrier as noted previous nights. [Conti] NOV 7 2017 - Several offsets! Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Greece. This indeed is an interesting channel. I can see three almost equal transmitters: 1511.935, 1511.991, and 1512.002. Two have Koranic chanting. One at a fast pace and quite loud, while the other was much slower and deeper. These are the upper two channels, while the lowest, I've been able to adjust the bandwidth to eliminate him. MW Offsets list suggests the low station to be Greece, while .991 is Saudi and .002, I think is the Iranian. We confirmed the fast paced one was Iran by the audio feed www.streamingthe.net/Irib-Radio-AM-1512-Ardabil/p/37498/live&iconplayer=13 which was almost in sync. The Saudi became dominant at 2030 for a time with continued chants, while Iran had several gongs and changed programming after what sounded like an anthem. The Greek, I suspect is an open carrier as I'm getting nothing from the lowest carrier, and it's the strongest of the three. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1512 | IRELAND Tyrone Community Radio, Lifford NOV 4 2116 – Fair, presumed to be TCR with Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" before fading into the crowd. Unable to load internet stream to confirm, but unlikely to be any other listed station on this frequency. [Taylor] | |
| 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Duba NOV 3 2148 - While 1521 is normally completely dominated by the Saudi, low and behold, there's a pretty good co-channel with play by play soccer, and parallel to other SER stations, so Spain as well. Not bad for 10 kW for the latter from Castellón. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1521 | SPAIN SER R.Castellón, Ctra Valencia NOV 2 2255 - Fair, under dominant Saudi, with male in Spanish and music interludes. [Taylor] NOV 5 2029 - Same silly fútbol match as on 1602. Almost equal strength to Saudi Arabia. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2029 - Normally Saudi Arabia totally dominates the channel, but not so this afternoon. SER for a time just about came up to equal strength with play by play soccer game. Game is gone after the BOH, but still audible. Mentioned Castellón at 2038. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1530 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati/R.Constanta synchros NOV 4 2000 - Fair; "Radio România Actualitati, hora exacta" and time marker into news. [Conti] NOV 6 2206 - Excellent reception. Had to think twice that it might have been a local, but sure enough an ID at 2206 and into music. Exceptionally strong! Romanian. At same time I could weakly hear the BBC low power stations underneath. [Salmaniw] NOV 6 1959 - R.Constanta faded up over R.România Actualitati with folk music and a quick ID at 2000, then it appeared to go off. [Wolfish] | |
| 1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Pinheira NOV 5 0259 - Over/under Romania; Yankee Doodle, news in English. [Conti] NOV 5 0304 - Good with Daybreak Africa program. Pulse 2 with Roy Oribson tune audible way off in the distance. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0307 - Daybreak Africa program at near armchair level in English, with African accented announcer. [Salmaniw] NOV 8 0259 - Open carrier about 10 minutes before the hour. At 0259, very loud Yankee Doodle. At 0300 dead air for about 20 seconds before starting into news. Nice to hear so well! Daybreak Africa program from 0305. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1530 | UNITED KINGDOM Pulse 2, Huddersfield NOV 3 2000 - Fair, under presumed Romania; news at the top of the hour including "breaking news" of a ship in trouble off the coast of Jersey. Then, at 2002, into the Barry White song "My Everything," with deep fade thereafter. [Taylor] NOV 3 2004 - Under Romania; Barry White's "You're the First, the Last, My Everything." Matched their web audio. [Wolfish] NOV 7 1954 - A very interesting frequency. I'm checking thinking that the southerly paths might dominate with VOA São Tomé, but nothing from them at all. Instead, we hear Romania, often very loud (Actualitati), but then fading to nothing. There's someone else playing Arabic sounding music, briefly faded up, now gone for some time, and finally pop music which Brent says is Pulse 2. Finally, a local station might just be there with a hint of audio. Who will be present at top of the hour? The Romanian ID'ed just before the hour, then faded allowing an English speaker there with news. [Salmaniw] NOV 8 0100 - Fair; "...this is Pulse 2," and news, "From the Sky news center at one." [Conti] | |
| 1539 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Yazd NOV 5 1900 - Fair, over SER Spain; brief announcement and orchestra instrumentals parallel 1503 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1539 | SPAIN SER Elche & Manresa NOV 4 1900 - Fair; "La Ventana, con Carles Francino" and time marker into news. [Conti] NOV 6 2211 - It's enough to turn someone to drink, with the two sites (but sounding like more) out of sync, making for quite a mess! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1548 | MOLDOVA VOR/TWR Grigoriopol NOV 3 1827 - End of Bulgarian broadcast with address in Sofia given as well as internet info, TWR interval signal into Romany program. Fair and alone at this time. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2000 - Good, tuned to high side to avoid het from BBC R.Bristol offset; TWR interval signal, then cut into VOR time marker and Golos Rossii ID. NOV 5 1830 - Fair; one cycle of TWR interval signal. [Conti] NOV 6 1828 - Bulgarian program already at good level signing off their Bulgarian programming. Interval signal just before the BOH x 1, then piano music and into listed Romany (and confirmed by the announcement). Het on the low side necessitated using passband tuning. This is BBC R.Bristol. Another one is measured on 1547.977 which should be IRIB. All this at half-past 2:00 p.m. local with the sun high in the sky! At 1845 interval signal again, and into Romania, 'TransWorld Radio România' announced. Excellent level. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1547.88 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Bristol, Mangotsfield NOV 5 0200 - Fair; relaying BBC Radio 5 Live. NOV 7 1900 - Fair, easily separated from 1548 Moldova; "Across the west on FM... this is BBC Radio Bristol." [Conti] | |
| 1548 | UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Saffron Green NOV 4 2005 - Under TWR Moldova; ID, phone number given and "Let's Dance" by Chris Montez. [Wolfish] | |
| 1548 | UNITED KINGDOM Magic 1548, Liverpool-Merseyside NOV 8 0100 - Fair; "Merseyside and the northwest, on AM, digital radio, and online, this is Magic 1548 news," and news, "From the Sky news center at one." [Conti] | |
| 1550 | WESTERN SAHARA Saharawi Arab Dem Rep National Radio, Rabouni NOV 3 2228 - Good, with no sign of North American domestics; man talking fast in Arabic through the bottom of the hour. Still listening at 2300, and station rolled through the hour with music, but then aired time pips at 2302, and segued into tribal 'pluck and sing' music familiar to those who have ever tuned Mauritania. [Taylor] NOV 3 2231 - Very strong signal with non-stop Arabic talk. Thought I'd look at the frequency, since I hear a het on 1550.028 kHz, but I think this station is closer to the fundamental. 1550 itself is a jumble of many stations smeared across the channel, so impossible to be sure. Man with an echo in his voice (or speaking from an echoey location at 2238). 2254 hoping for an ID at 2300, but instead kept playing Arabic music until 2302, at which time there were time pips, then some dead air, and into more of the same music. Very strong and enjoyable, especially with the SAM engaged, and the bandwidth opened on the Perseus SDR. There's definitely an African flare to this music. [Salmaniw] NOV 3 2310 - Sahwari music similar to what you would hear on Mauritania, group of people singing with some kind of stringed instrument, possibly a xalam. Went off at 2333 after anthem. Their clocks are a few minutes slow, as I heard time pips at 2303 on both Nov 2 and Nov 3. [Wolfish] | |
| 1557 | FRANCE France Info, Le Col de La Madonne NOV 4 1900 - Good, over unID; fanfare and "France Info le journal." [Conti] | |
| 1557 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Lancashire, Oxcliff NOV 7 1900 - Under France Info; BBC local theme music. [Conti] | |
| 1566 | BENIN TWR Parakou NOV 3 2154 - I'm quite certain that it's TWR with what sounds like preaching in an African language to 2156, then into French. Booming in at 2208. ID'ed before the hour at 2156 (thanks, Brent for catching the TWR ID). [Salmaniw] NOV 3 2155 - Fair fading to excellent, with man in French. ID at 2156:20 in French (my translation), "This is TWR, a message of hope for the world, the following program will be in French." Then the talking, man and woman, was very clear and paced, as in a language instruction session reminiscent of the old VOA 'Special English' programming on shortwave. [Taylor] NOV 3 2158 - Weak with French preacher. Much better on other antennas. NOV 4 2141 - Man in French giving phone number or address in Abidjan with African music in background. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2141 - Very good reception with address information in French mentioning Abidjan and a series of numbers (phone numbers perhaps). Nice with good reception. Also noted Nigeria on 917 with weak audio (at same time as English from Slovenia at 2130). [Salmaniw] | |
| 1566 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC Bristol & Somerset Sound, Taunton NOV 5 2102 - Good reception with BBC news. The other UK station is also heard, and at times comes up to audibility. Nice BBC Somerset ID at 2104. NOV 7 0124 - Fair reception, but consistent without fading for the last 15 minutes. Must be BBC Somerset with BBC Radio 5 Live feed overnight. Significant splatter, but otherwise in the clear. Discussion on Scotland. I'm also hearing some music which fades and comes up. I think this is most likely Eagle Extra with listed 750 watts. I keep forgetting to check the audio feeds. Yes, it is them! Nice BBC Radio 5 Live at 0200. Faded down at 0204 to have Eagle Extra in the clear, but that lasted only a few seconds, and back to the BBC at good level, with '5 past 7' mentioned. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1566 | UNITED KINGDOM Eagle Extra, Peasmarsh NOV 3 2012 - Playing Van Halen's "Jump." Matched their website. [Wolfish] NOV 3 2015 - Fair to poor in splatter, with REM "End of the World as We Know It." [Taylor] NOV 8 0000 - Good; "Online, on mobile phone app and on 1566 medium wave, from the makers of Eagle Radio, this is Eagle Extra," and news, "From the Sky news center at midnight..." [Conti] | |
| 1575 | IRAN IRIB R.Iran, Ghaen NOV 2 2100 - Over/under Italy and others; canned "Radyoe Iran" with anthem-like theme song/jingle, same as later heard on 1431 kHz. NOV 7 2101 - Over/under R.Farda and background bubble jammer; canned ID and jingle parallel 936, 1431, and 1503 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1575 | IRAN Bubble jammer NOV 5 2000 - Bubble jammer through SER Spain and unID. [Conti] NOV 7 2042 - Haven't noticed the bubble jammer until today. Using the zoom function, I can see 5 carriers. 1575.000 is by far the strongest, which corresponds with R.Farda and probably the Italian, as they're both easily heard. Now there's the bubble jammer which goes up and down in strength. Brent is also hearing weakly one other. I'm measuring 1575.968, .983, .000, .026, and the weakest on 1575.034 kHz. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1575 | ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros NOV 3 1902 - First program, with many transmitters listed in the EMWG between 1 and 50 kW, totally dominating the channel with armchair copy before 1900, but when rechecked, fighting it out with R.Farda with 800 kW from Al-Dhabiya UAE. The former with a soccer game. Only 3:00 p.m. local time with the sun still relatively high in the sky, here in Murray Harbour North, P.E.I. 2130 armchair copy with another soccer game, as I'm listening, it starts to fade down, and others start to dominate. Probably R.Farda. All within a minute. Great fun! [Salmaniw] NOV 6 0700 - Fair; data signal and time marker, time check into Rai news. [Conti] | |
| 1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R.Farda, Al Dhabiya NOV 2 2300 - Good over Italy sign-off; "Radio Farda dot com" and contemporary Mid-East vocal. [Conti] | |
| 1584 | ITALY R.Studio X, Momigno NOV 5 2001 - Some kind of sound effect followed by an ID. Just barely above Spain and BBC station. Thanks to Mauno Ritola for ID assistance. [Wolfish] | |
| 1584 | SPAIN SER R.Ourense, Ourense NOV 7 0200 - Good; "Radio Ourense internet, Radio Ourense punto com," and time marker into servicios informativos. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1584 | UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Nottingham, Clipstone NOV 5 1958 - Under Spain with "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" by Travis, which was on 1485 BBC R.Merseyside at same time. I think there was a "Radio Nottingham" ID at the end of the song. [Wolfish] | |
| 1593 | ROMANIA R.Cluj synchros NOV 4 1959 - Under R.România Actualitati; announcement with Radio Cluj mention, then test tone and off. NOV 5 1900 - Good; time marker and R.Cluj ID. [Conti] | |
| 1593 | ROMANIA R.România Actualitati, Ion Korvinn NOV 3 1910 - Excellent, fading to fair, with two men talking fast. Walt Salmaniw wound back his SDR file to 1900 and got the clear ID. Thanks Walt! [Taylor] NOV 3 1925 - Parallel to 1179 with what seems to be a football match or maybe highlights from a football game. Also played some pop music in between two men talking about the sporting event. [Wolfish] NOV 5 0259 - Fair; choral national anthem parallel 1530 kHz. [Conti] |
| 1602 | NETHERLANDS R.Seagull, Pietersbierum NOV 5 2005 - Very good reception with loud ID at 2004 UTC, in the clear and alone. Within a few moments, Spain returned, but still heard quite well. The website states that they transmit from aboard a docked ship, the Jenni Baynton, moored in Harlingen Harbour with 1 kW, and that at night the signal has been heard as far away as Finland, Germany, and Switzerland (and now, Canada!). [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2015 - Spotted by Walt Salmaniw. Lengthy pop song heard under Spain. English accented announcer at 2019. Seagull jingle at 2021 and more pop music. 2027 announcer outroed songs he had just played and bragged about their music variety. Had news at 2100. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2100 - Fade up over Spain; "Feature Story News from Washington," lead stories about Syria and Congo. [Conti] | |
| 1602 | SPAIN SER R.Segovia, San Agustín-Segovia NOV 2 2058 - Fair; quick R.Segovia ID and talk. NOV 7 2300 - Fair; "Radio Segovia punto com" into 'El Larguero' program. [Conti] | |
| 1612.40 | GREECE unID NOV 8 2124 - Being Friday night, I assumed that the Europirates would be out in force and scanning the bands, the presumed Greek is there with his very broad distinct signal, highly variable and rather poor muddy audio. Further up there's a cleaner signal on 1615.0 with pop music, 1619.0, 1624.91, 1628.99, 1639.88, and 1645.97 kHz. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1612.43 | GREECE unID NOV 5 1916 - Very wobbly signal with multiple lines on the waterfall. Greek music, with undermodulated talk at 1926. I'm hearing other Europirates on 1640.09, 1630.1 (with very strange modulation almost FM-like). [Salmaniw] | |
| 1612.5 | GREECE unID NOV 6 0011 - I came back to have another look, and this Greek sounding pirate is still there. Same unstable transmitter with 4 main carriers? on the waterfall, all parallel measuring 1612.475, .524, .578 and .627, and weaker waterfalls lower and higher to these frequencies. Despite being adjacent 1610, still a fair signal. Not quite good, but would be if the splatter was removed! [Salmaniw] | |
| 1612.7 | GREECE unID NOV 5 2335 - Greek/Mediterranean music. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2335 - Good on fade ins; Mediterranean music, presumed a Greek pirate. [Conti] | |
| 1618.5 | NETHERLANDS unID NOV 7 2058 - Fair; cheesy beach boogie instrumental, brief announcement, then back to instrumental. Listen to mp3 audio clip. John Märsylä at RealDX: "It's Dutch, dialect from Province Drente, but hard to understand." [Conti] | |
| 1620 | GREECE unID NOV 5 2110 - Very loud right now on 1620.028 with Greek music, and overmodulated audio. Presumed a Greek pirate. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2200 - Good; Mediterranean vocals through the hour. [Conti] NOV 5 2215 - Non-stop Greek music. Quite strong at times. [Wolfish] | |
| 1625 | NETHERLANDS unID NOV 2 2315 - Mostly Dutch (?) pop/rock oldies that I did not recognize. But he did play T-Rex's "Bang a Gong" and Cream's "In A White Room." Typical Europirate where he kept on potting down the music and saying something. At one point he yelled something in English. If he ID'ed, I never caught it. Pretty decent signal. [Wolfish] | |
| 1629 | GREECE unID NOV 5 1942 - Suddenly came on. Also Greek? Terrible modulation seems the hallmark of these Europirates. Nothing at all like North American pirates. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1629 | NETHERLANDS R.Calypso NOV 7 2234 - Very good reception with excellent modulation and much more like a regular broadcast station compared to many of the hobby Europirates I've heard this week. Mentioned R.Calypso several times. Presumably a Dutch pirate. Many mentions of this station on the web and on this frequency. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1631 | NETHERLANDS Monte Carlo Radio NOV 4 2230 - Poor with Polka-like music and ID. Confirmed by Max van Arnhem in The Netherlands. [Wolfish] | |
| 1633 | NETHERLANDS R.Barones(?), R.Barcelona(?) NOV 6 2313 - Playing Bryan Adams and frequent interruptions with his ID, which sounds like Radio Barzona. Just played 'Amsterdam' by Buck Owens: 'Amsterdam, Amsterdam, how I love you Amsterdam'. Very strong! Next song is a Dutch song about Amsterdam. Then ID'd clearly as Radio Barzona. About the strongest pirate I've heard. Perhaps Radio Barcelona? [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2319 - Stong with Bryan Adams "Summer of 69," Buck Owens tune. Still going strong at 0020. [Wolfish] NOV 7 0000 - Good; country-style song,"Forever Mine," then announcement. Listen to mp3 audio clip. Per Jurgen Bartels at RealDX, "It's a Dutch pirate, accent is Groningen." [Conti] | |
| 1634 | ITALY Fishermen, Italian 2 way communications NOV 6 0026 - Noted two Italians speaking to each other using USB mode. Fair level. Presumably from Europe. Mediterranean? [Salmaniw] | |
| 1638.15 | NETHERLANDS Bluebird Radio NOV 2 2257 - I assume this was in Dutch with oldies in another language, a song with yodeling in it and also a cover/variation of "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah." NOV 4 2145 - Present again with what I'd call Dutch beer drinking music. [Wolfish] NOV 4 2145 - The easiest and strongest presumed Dutch pirate is ongoing for the last few hours on a Monday night, with several mentions of Bluebird, and identical style of oompah or polka type music. Often at very good level. Might have to try to QSL. Located an email on-line as bleubird1944@hotmail.com. Always off-frequency by 152 Hz on the high side. NOV 5 2145 - Exceptionally good; mentioned "Bluebird" several times. In response to email report, Luppo Imminga at Bluebird replied, "Bedankt Walter ben geboren in 1944 getrouwd 3kinderen 10 kleunkinderen woon in een klein dorp in Groningen." Big open carrier at 2306, then crash start into a march. Followed by a waltz. Very good reception. I continued to listen to this fellow for a long time. He finally ID'ed in English as, "This is pirate radio Sandokan." The free radio pirate chat page assisted me greatly and told me that this was Dutch for Bluebird, so now that's solved. I'm told he runs about 1 kW. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2306 - Nice clean audio with a march at 2306 and more like a polka waltz at 2308. Then a march at 2310. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2325 - Good; 'oompah' polka-style instrumentals. 2358 montage of drinking songs, singing the theme from "Flipper" etc. [Conti] | |
| 1639.8 | NETHERLANDS R.Doctor Einstein(?) NOV 6 2215 - Not sure if it's our favourite DJ from the Europirate scene, but tonight, he's just under 6940, making it challenging to null out the het. Very loud at times playing Convoy, and calling himself Dr. Einstein and mentioning 'low power from Europe'. Still sounds like he's shouting into the mike. 'Low power from ?' No oompah or polkas so far tonight, though. Quite a few times, he announces what sounds like 'Buttover'. Could be a bit intoxicated. At least I recognize most of the music. Apart from the single mention of Dr. Einstein, no other IDs sounding like that, so unlikely Radio Dr. Einstein (I did find that on the internet!). [Salmaniw] NOV 6 2252 - Playing and talking/laughing over "Skin Deep" by the Stranglers and "Don't Call Us" by Sugarloaf. Fair signal. [Wolfish] | |
| 1647 | EUROPIRATE Witte Tornado and the Lady NOV 3 1950 - Oompah type music on measured 1646.974 at good level, but then fading down into the mud, before coming back at poor to fair level with similar music. A Europirate, I'm sure, but from where? Others noted on 1627.077, 1645.120, 1662.447, and 1688.107 to name a few. At 2000, I noted the 1627 station with Greek or possibly Arabic sounding music. Nothing, of course, over the hour. On 1647 a female DJ with barking in the background. I'll need some help with the language ID, but then back to oompah type music! [Salmaniw] Most probably Witte Tornado and the Lady, on air most weekends. I listened to it in the same day Nov 3. [Jari Lehtinen - Lahti, Finland] | |
| 1647 | unID NOV 5 1947 - Very loud! I'm hearing him mentioning Radio Losan or Mosan or similar. Actually some nice tunes on a Hawaiian guitar at 1949. Suddenly left the air at 1951, though. Another unstable one on 1690.21, 1692.41 (might be the same guy jumping frequency at 1954), then 1694.41, again probably the same fellow jumping frequencies. These just might be 2-way communications, as they don't seem to have any content. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1650 | FRANCE CROSS Corsen NavTex NOV 5 1959 - To 2000 in USB mode and in French. Off suddenly. Possibly French marine traffic? NAVTEX listed here, but was not digital. Reviewing the Perseus WAV file, I heard them sign on and it was very strong. Initially a woman with weather, and later a male with, 'Securite' x 3. Thanks to Andrew Brade on RealDX for ID'ing this as Corsen, which is near Brest, France. CROSS is the French Coast Guard and Rescue service (the S and S of CROSS). [Salmaniw] | |
| 1655 | NETHERLANDS Studio 69(?), R.Barones(?) NOV 5 2200 - Fair; Eric Clapton "Lay Down Sally." Blues/rock music. [Conti] NOV 5 2224 - Quite good at times except for splatter, but also fading into the mud before returning. Playing more typical Western music, even one that I recognized. Don't ask me for the name, though. After 0000 had C&W music, and then back to the Polka style music. Still going strong at 0008. Lots of splatter from the 10 kHz channels. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2228 - Not as strong as 1620. Playing Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" and Dutch old pop music. Man said something at 2240 and played a North American oldie. NOV 5 2343 - Playing old C&W like "All My Exes Live It Texas" and then switched gears by play Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" at 0032. [Wolfish] | |
| 1656.25 | ITALY Roma Radio NOV 5 2248 - Couple of IDs by man heard as well as music. Not as good a signal as the one on 1655. Audio seems muffled. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2250 - Suddenly came on at 2245. I noted him since he caused a het against 1655. Several IDs as R.Roma, including 2250. Confirmed by listening to the Twente SDR website. Fair/good reception, but as usual, muddy audio. [Salmaniw] NOV 5 2305 - Distorted audio. 2313 carrier off. Seemed to pop on/off at will. [Conti] | |
| 1659 | NORWAY LGP Bodø Radio, Anrenes NOV 6 2305 - Norwegian weather. [Wolfish] | |
| 1665 | NETHERLANDS Polkaman(?), Philadelphia(?) NOV 5 2315 - Good signal but only bits of audio. [Conti] | |
| 1692 | NORWAY LGQ Rogaland Radio, Vigre NOV 5 2317 - Woman with marine weather in English. Ended at 2321. Then a man in Norwegian. Good signal. [Wolfish] NOV 5 2320 - Scanning the x-band I noted an USB transmission here. It's a maritime weather and safety station, in English. Broadcast daily between 2315 and 2330 only, so a good catch. Very good reception. Vigre is located on the south-west coast of Norway, about the same latitude as northern Scotland. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1698 | SPAIN EAR La Coruña Radio, La Coruña NOV 6 2310 - Noted in Spanish signing off at good level. La Coruña is a city on the extreme north-west of Spain. Marine traffic, of course. [Salmaniw] |
| 1713 | NORWAY LGV Vardø Radio, Vardø NOV 6 2305-2313 - Man in English and then Norwegian with marine forecast. [Wolfish] | |
| 1728 | NORWAY LGN Rogaland Radio, Bergen NOV 6 2315-2325 - Woman reading marine weather. Parallel 1680 LLG Florø Radio (under domestics), 1692, and 1785 LGZ Rogaland Radio. [Wolfish] | |
| 1743 | SCOTLAND Stornoway Marine Radio, Butt of Lewis NOV 7 1925 - Good, with Scots-accented woman reading marine weather. Then sign off at 1929, "This is Stornoway Coast Guard... out." [Taylor] NOV 9 0110 - Marine radio heard at good level, but not quite as good as a few days ago, with forecast for area waters. Next transmission in 3 hours. Female reader. [Salmaniw] | |
| 3965 | FRANCE Issoudun RFI NOV 5 0042 - Listed at only 1 kW. Hard to believe, but about 50% copy with an English interview being translated into French earlier. Once over 13 dB SNR, almost 100% copy. [Salmaniw] | |
| 4026 | UNITED KINGDOM Laser Hot Hits NOV 5 0044 - Good reception with, what else, Hot Hits and occasional DJ banter. Niel Wolfish noted that they sound similar to the Dutch Europirate Bluebird which we heard earlier. I recall hearing them many years ago when I lived in Germany! NOV 8 0052 - IDing as 'Laser'. Very strong tonight. Much better than earlier in the week. [Salmaniw] | |
| 4765 | TAJIKISTAN Tajik Radio 1, Dushanbe NOV 6 0044 - Fair/good reception with a lot of atmospheric noise tonight, so not as good as last night. Measured off frequency as usual at 4765.053, different than the mwoffsets listing of 4765.061 kHz. [Salmaniw] | |
| 5010 | CHINA CNR1 NOV 5 2220 - Very strong on this new frequency. Weak co-channel underneath. Splattering from 5000 to 5020 kHz. [Salmaniw] | |
| 5010 | INDIA AIR Thiruvananthapuram NOV 7 0040 - Very strong reception except for a noticeable transmitter hum. English AIR network news at 0030 to 0040, finished with mention of Thiruvananthapuram (I think). Modulation could be a little stronger and clearer, but otherwise impressive. [Salmaniw] | |
| 5895 | NORWAY LLE-3 Erdal NOV 6 0615-0900 - Heard during the entire period, although the first 10 minutes or so were marred by utility interference. Best around 0700 to 0800 with looped Morse IDs and voice giving ID and contact information. Fair to nearly good at times. Using a Perseus SDR and 1200-ft Beverage aimed 60°. Confirmed from the operators that mine was the first North American reception report, so that made my day! [Salmaniw] | |
| 6885 | ISRAEL Galei Zahal NOV 5 0149 - Excellent reception with American easy listening music. Very little in the way of talk, until 0200, when went into news in Hebrew, after ID. Continues very strong. [Salmaniw] | |
| 9420 | GREECE ERT NOV 8 0038 - Dead air for quite a while, except for the odd shout or something similar on frequency. Very strong. Suddenly into Greek music. Music suddenly cut at 0041:30. Can faintly hear people talking in the background. And back again at 0043:25. Thanks to David Kernick for pointing out that this one is parallel to 7475 kHz. [Salmaniw] | |
| 9870 | NEW ZEALAND RNZI NOV 8 1102 - 100% copy this morning with English news regarding Bougainville issues. 18 dB SNR. [Salmaniw] | |
| 15105 | BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka NOV 6 1235 - Good s9 signal strength, but with transmitter hum. Pleasant south Asian music, until they switched to Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" towards the end of the broadcast. Followed by a severely undermodulated woman before signing off with a tone. [Salmaniw] | |
| 21590 | GERMANY R.Andernach NOV 4 1152 - A powerful signal, with SNR around 18, but not enough to decode audio from this station. I forgot who they were until I Googled them, and realized they are a German military operation. Not listed in any of the official DRM sites that I've come across. [Salmaniw] |
unID offsets: 791.886, 964.1, 1008.099 (Egypt?), 1476.9, 1485.187 kHz
Pan-American DX
| 530 | CUBA R.Enciclopedia, Villa María NOV 6 0600 - Good, over R.Rebelde; canned ID with theme music, "Transmite CMBQ Radio Enciclopedia, desde la Habana, Cuba," and woman with time check, "Esta es la hora en punto, la una," easy listening instrumentals. [Conti] | |
| 550 | VENEZUELA YVKE Mundial, Caracas NOV 4 0125 - Fair, with fast talk and a commercial break leading up to the top of the hour (in Venezuela) and finally, man with "Radio Mundial" slogan. Then into "informativos." [Taylor] NOV 4 0133 - Very good reception with Spanish news, and sounding a bit like a Cuban station, with mentions of 'Commandante', 'Revolución socialista', etc. [Salmaniw] NOV 7 0700 - Fair; "Noticiero Mundial" jingle, "Dos y triente minutos" time check. [Conti] | |
| 580 | PUERTO RICO WKAQ San Juan NOV 7 0800 - Under CFRA, over R.Rebelde; telephone talk, canned multi-station ID. [Conti] | |
| 590 | MEXICO XEPH México DF NOV 4 0600 - Under VOCM; presumed/most likely this one with choral national anthem. [Conti] | |
| 630 | CUBA R.Progreso, Camagüey NOV 7 0858 - Fair; "Tu reportero, RP," canned ID with theme song, then chime and time check, parallel 900 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 630 | PUERTO RICO WUNO San Juan NOV 3 2200 - Under Tunisia; "...notiuno punto com." NOV 4 0159 - Fair; multiple station ID. [Conti] | |
| 630 | VENEZUELA YVKA R.Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas NOV 4 0100 - Fair; promo, "...a través de la pagina web de Radio Nacional de Venezuela, www.rnv.gov.ve ...a través de Facebook, Radio Nacional de Venezuela." Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 670 | CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites NOV 7 0900 - Dueling R.Rebelde signals with delay resulting in double sounders, and there seemed to be a weak third signal with nearly half a second delay. [Conti] | |
| 680 | PUERTO RICO WAPA San Juan NOV 4 0101 - Good over WRKO; Wapa jingle, "Esta es la poderosa, WAPA 680 AM San Juan-Areceibo, WISO 1260 AM Ponce-Mayagüez-Aguadilla, la señal más poderosa con la máxima noticia." [Conti] | |
| 690 | COLOMBIA HJCZ W Radio, Bogotá NOV 7 0800 - Through CKGM dead air, over R.Progreso; mentioned 'W' and "...las noticias de Colombia." [Conti] | |
| 750 | VENEZUELA YVKS RCR Caracas NOV 3 0200 - Fair; "...por RCR, 750 AM," and promo for "RCR Salud" program. NOV 4 0059 - Good; baseball commentary, "...por RCR Deportes" and mention of the Navegantes del Magallanes. [Conti] | |
| 760 | PUERTO RICO WORA Mayagüez NOV 4 0159 - Fair; promo ending "...en todo Puerto Rico," and multi-station ID, "WUNO 630 San Juan, WPRP 910 Ponce, WORA 760 Mayagüez, WCMN 1280 Arecibo, y WNEL 1430 Caguas, NotiUno 630," parallel 630 and 1280 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 780 | VENEZUELA YVMN R.Coro, Coro NOV 5 0928 - Good, rising over WBBM nicely for full ID and all the slogans by 'big promo' exaggerated male announcer. Many mentions of R.Coro. Then back into music at 0930. [Taylor] NOV 7 0642 - Good; jingle with time check, nostalgia. [Conti] | |
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| 800 | BONAIRE PJB TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk NOV 4 0100 - Fair over unID; contact info, "...otra vez, escuelamusicamundial punto org." At 0200, "Desde Bonaire, Antillas Holendesas, transmite Radio Transmundial, la emisora de mensaje diferente." [Conti] | |
| 820 | CUBA R.Ciudad de la Habana, Arroyo Arenas NOV 4 0200 - In a mix with co-channel R.Reloj and WNYC; canned ID with signature music. [Conti] | |
| 840 | CUBA CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara NOV 3 0300 - Fair; canned ID and time check, "Son las once en punto." NOV 4 0159 - Fair; canned ID, "Esta es Doblevé, desde Santa Clara, en el centro de Cuba." [Conti] | |
| 900 | CUBA R.Progreso, San Germán-Urbano Noris NOV 7 0900 - Good; "Radio Progreso, cadena nacional, la onda de la alegría, transmitiendo desde la Habana, Cuba, premiere territorio libre en América," and chime with 4:00 time check, parallel 630 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 900 | VENEZUELA YVMD Mara Ritmo, Maracaibo NOV 6 0559 - Fair over R.Progreso Cuba; Ritmo promo/ID, 0602 "Hora Venezuela" time check. [Conti] NOV 6 0600 - Time check and ID: "hora de Venezuela... en Venezuela, Mara Ritmo, novocientos." Mixing with CHML and Cuban. [Wolfish] | |
| 910 | CUBA R.Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey NOV 4 0100 - Over Venezuela; ascending notes marking the hour, "Ocho en punto," and canned ID, "Desde la cuna de el mayor transmite Radio Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey, Cuba." NOV 7 0900 - Good over YVMD and domestics; canned ID. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] NOV 4 1030 - Good, with man and woman alternating, then full ID by man at 1032, "Radio Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey, ¡Cuba!" A bit more talk, then into light guitar music with female vocal. [Taylor] | |
| 910 | VENEZUELA YVRQ Caracas NOV 4 0050 - Fair; tropical music, doorbells with time check between songs, 0058 "AM Center" promo. [Conti] NOV 4 0218 - In mess with Cuban station; Latin American music and telltale doorbell sound effects. [Wolfish] | |
| 940 | PUERTO RICO WIPR Máxima 940, San Juan NOV 5 0800 - In het party with the two offset Mexicans 939.88 XEQ and 940.17 XEMMM. [Conti] | |
| 960 | CUBA R.Reloj, Guantánamo NOV 3 0600 - Fair; "En el año 55 de la revolución transmite Radio Reloj desde la Habana Cuba... (FM frequency) la emisora Radio Taíno," parallel 570, 790, 860, 870, and 1020 kHz. [Conti] NOV 4 0108 - Usual news and time pips. Mixing with WELI New Haven and WHYM Carlisle PA. [Wolfish] | |
| 980 | CUBA R.Reloj, Moa NOV 6 0552 - Fair; syncopated clock, RR code. [Conti] | |
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| 1070 | COLOMBIA HJAH Emisora Atlántico, Barranquilla NOV 6 0550 - Fair; Emisora Atlántico jingle and time check, nostalgic vocal. 0600 long jingle, "Atlántico, Atlántico, Emisora Atlántico." [Conti] | |
| 1100 | BRAZIL ZYK694 R.Globo, São Paulo NOV 4 0200 - Over/under WTAM; "...programacion Radio Globo," whistles and R.Globo jingle. [Conti] | |
| 1110 | CUBA R.Angulo, Holguín NOV 7 0900 - Under/over WBT; chimes marking the hour, later presumed the same with salsa music. [Conti] | |
| 1160 | BERMUDA VSB3 Hamilton NOV 6 0200 - Good; "The BBC World Service, the world's radio station," and time marker. [Conti] NOV 8 0353 - British accented woman at fair+ level. Niel Wolfish assures me that this is Bermuda, so that's a new country for me. BBCWS relay. [Salmaniw] | |
| 1180 | CUBA R.Rebelde, multiple sites NOV 6 0800 - Dominant with synchro echo; sounder and las noticias with 'splash' attention signal between items. [Conti] | |
| 1220 | BRAZIL ZYJ458 R.Globo, Rio de Janeiro NOV 3 2208 - Thanks to Bruce Conti for pointing out the Brazilian on 1220 at fair level with a presumed soccer game. Heard with his Delta loop pair, aimed north/south. Not heard on our unterminated north/south Beverage, nor the north directed corner fed loop (which has been superb tonight for Europe). [Salmaniw] NOV 4 0200 - Fair; R.Globo jingles and announcements including AM and FM frequencies. Listen to mp3 audio clip. [Conti] | |
| 1280 | BERMUDA VSB2 Hamilton NOV 6 0200 - Fair; "BBN on WYFQ FM Wadesboro..." into BBN program. [Conti] | |
| 1280 | PUERTO RICO WCMN Arecibo NOV 4 0200 - Fair; "NotiUno 630" multi-station ID parallel 630 and 760 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1550 | CUBA R.Rebelde multiple sites NOV 7 0900 - Under CBEF; sounder and news with 'splash' attention signal, parallel 600 and 670 kHz. [Conti] | |
| 1620 | CUBA R.Bayamo, Bayamo NOV 3 0000 - Mixing with WTAW and R.Rebelde; chimes and hourtop ID. [Wolfish] |
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