Monday, 23 March 2026

Shortwave Loggings for March

 These are my SW Loggings for March. 

's' after a frequency, means I was using the DX League's SDR1 Selwyn (in my back garden!).

3325    1837    INDONESIA - Spanish service carrier open, but almost no sound - very, very weak. 18/3 SMF
3955    1835    GERMANY R 292 - carrier visible and the odd snippet of music, but very poor. 18/3 SMF
4755    1828    INDONESIA VoI Fair/ good in GG. Lots of talk underscored by mx. 18/3 SMF
4835    1827    AUSTRALIA Shortwave Australia Fair/ good with country mx prg. 18/3 SMF
5860    1841    KUWAIT R Farda good in Farsi but subject to serious attempts at blocking. 18/3 SMF
5945    1842    TURKEY VoT Fair with mx and singing during its GG service to Europe. 18/3 SMF
5955    1843    ROMANIA RRI fair in Serb. 19/3 SMF
5980    1845    TURKEY VoT Fair in TT with commentary. 18/3 SMF
6070    0522    GERMANY Channel 292 Fair with pops. Seems to be a different prog from 9670? 21/3 SMFH
6090    1846    OMAN BBC WS Fair/ good in Pashto. EE talk dubbed into Pashto 18/3 SMF
6100    1848    ETHIOPIA Fana B/c Corp fair in Amharic. 18/3 SMF
6140    1851    LUXEMBOURG R Onda poor but mx quite audible. Confirmed by SDR in Finland 18/3 SMF
6145    0505    ROMANIA RRI Good in Romanian. Het from tx on 6143.906
6170    0527    ASCENSION IS Global Talk America Fair in Hausa to West Africa. Abruptly off at 0528.
6195    1852    FRANCE RFI DRM Fair/ good - heard on my SDR. Surprisingly SDR1 couldn’t decode the signal. Off at 1857 18/3 SMF
6195    0507    ENGLAND R Ndarason Int poor in Kanuri ex Woofterton to West Africa. 19/3 SMFH
7220    0512    ROMANIA RRI Vg in Romanian to Sthn Europe. Playing pops. 21/3 SMFH
7285s    0315    FRANCE RFI Good in DRM with the signal breaking up from time to time. 21/3 SMF
7285    0515    ASCENSION IS BBC WS Fair in EE to Central Africa. 21/3 SMFH
7360    0512    VATICAN CITY Vatican R fair/ good in RR with mentions of Vatican. 19/3 SMFH
7390    0513    FRANCE RFI Fair/ poor in FF to Central Africa with talk and mx. //9790 good 19/3 SMFH
7435    0345    VIETNAM VoV very poor, but audible in VV to Oceania(!) 2/3 SMF
7450    0514    FRANCE R Japan Fair/ poor in FF to West Africa. Seemed to be a FF JJ lesson.// 9440 Good 19/3 SMFH
7470s    2021    KUWAIT R Farda Fair/ good but noisy in Farsi. Lots of talk and middle eastern mx. // 9390 Excellent 20/3 SMF
7505    0515    USA WRNO Poor in EE, I think. B/casting to Nth Am. 19/3 SMFH
9365s    0517    KUWAIT R Farda poor in Farsi. 19/3 SMF
9370s    2024    PHILIPPINES R Pilipinas Good in mixture of Tagalog and EE. Discussion prog. 20/3 SMF
9410    0517    ASCENSION IS BBC WS Poor in EE. Bad QRM on LSB side. 19/3 SMFH
9425s    2029    NTH KOREA VoK Excellent signal but appalling modulation. Music prog with signing. 20/3 SMF
9455    0343    USA WRMI R Miami Int fair/ poor but clear with pops to Central America. // 9395 just audible. 2/3 SMF
9490    0243    FRANCE R Republica at good strength. Prgm aimed at Cuba. 2/3 SMF
9500s    2023    ROMANIA RRI Good in SS. Quite heavily accented SS. 20/3 SMF
9650    0521    TURKEY VoT huge signal to Europe! Lots of TT mx. 19/3 SMFH
9655s    2032    ASCENSION IS KBS World Radio Fair in FF (although hard to follow) to Nth Africa with mx progr (pops) - lots of talk between numbers. 20/3 SMF
9655.1    0341    UAE TWR poor but clear in Amharic to Ethiopia. 2/3 SMF
9665s    2033    JAPAN R Japan Good in JJ. 20/3 SMF
9670    0522    GERMANY Channel 292 Good with pops. 19/3 SMFH
9690    0245    SPAIN REE Fair in SS to North America. 26/2 SMF
9690s    2035    SPAIN REE Good in SS to Nth America. 20/3 SMF
9705s    2039    VATICAN CITY Excellent in FF to Central Africa. 20/3 SMF
9710    0523    VATICAN CITY Fair in Ukrainian - seemed to be mixed - possibly with Cuba also on freq. 19/3 SMFH
9720    0339    ROMANIA RRI Fair/ poor but clear in SS to Central America. 2/3 SMF
9730s    2041    VIETNAM VoV Fair in FF discussing economic matters. 20/3 SMF
9755    0340    MADAGASCAR MWV La Voz Alegre poor in SS to Sth America 2/3 SMF
9765s    2043    USA Global Talk America Fair/ good in Hausa with mentions of Nigeria. Also greetings Assalaam aleykum. 20/3
9790s    2045    FRANCE RFI Good FF to West Africa with a mx prog of hip hop among other things. 20/3 SMF
9820    0247    USA R Marti fair in SS// 7355 v poor. 2/3 SMF
9855s    2049 JAPAN R Japan Fair/ good in JJ to West Africa. C/down of prog and off at 2050. 20/3 SMF
9885s    2052    GUAM AWR Good in KK to Far East. Mx prog. when listening. Details of station given in KK at 2056 20/3 SMF
9960    0249    VANUATU R Vanuatu fair with mx and FF axmnts. 26/2 SMF
9955    0336    USA R Slovakia Int poor in SS to Latin America with mx - sounded like opera. 2/3 SMF
11660s    0258    ROMANIA RRI Fair in Romanian - mx prog. 0300 into SS. 21/3 SMF
11875    0351 UAE ENC Fair in Somali with talk and mentions of Sudan and Bahrain. 2/3 SMF
11880    0355    CUBA RHC Fair in EE but poor modulation, hard to tell what was being said. //15140 poor  2/3 SMF
11885s    0306    MALAYSIA RTM (Tentative) - mx audible - fair/ poor and mention of programa, which would indicate it probably isn’t CC domestic. 21/3 SMF
12050    0400    USA EWTN poor but clear with mx. 2/3 SMF
12065    0358    OMAN BBC WS Good in Farsi to Iran. 2/3 SMF
12095    1754    OMAN BBC WS Fair/ good with football commentary. 1/3 SMF
13790    0401    UAE BBC WS Good in Somali with news of Iran attack. //15420 (Madagascar) Fair 2/3 SMF
15280    0405    INDIA AIR V good in Farsi with Indian singing. 2/3 SMF
15435s    0005    PHILIPPINES FEBC Good in Shan opening with mx. 21/3 SMF
15450s    2358    PHILIPPINES FEBC V Good in Burmese. The odd word was recognisable! 20/3 SMF
17530    0407    MADAGASCAR World Christian Broadcasters Fair/ good in CC 2/3 SMF
17650    0021    GUAM AWR Good in Burmese. 21/3 SMF
17675    0408    NEW ZEALAND RNZ Pacific fair/ poor - not a great signal with nx of the effect of the closure of the Straits of Hormuz. 2/3 SMF
21645    0411    TAIWAN SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng - presumed - didn’t seem a jammed signal. Fair strength, but a bit noisy. 2/3 SMF


Home Loggings and A Weekend at Hinahina

 I went to Steven Greenyer's crib (holiday home/ bach) for the weekend. Those marked with HH are what we both heard, those marked SMFH is what I heard using a SDRPlay software defined radio connected to a 230m longwire. Those marked with a c after the frequency were heard using the DX League's SDR 3, also situated at Hinahina. The rest are home loggings using my WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur SDR and a 5m EWE. Sorry about the poor formatting!

640     0905    USA KFI Los Angeles Fair at best - v noisy night, with ads. 20/3 SMF
850c    0750    USA Denver CO presumed fair/ poor with talk on a noisy night. 22/3 SMF
1070    0654    USA KNZ Hollywood CA Fair/ poor but bad splash from 1071. 22/3 SMFH
1090c   0758 MEXICO XEPRS the suspected SS speaker and fair levels when up. 18/3 SMF
1180c    0746    USA R Marti V good in SS. 11/3 SMF
1190c    0745    USA KEX Portland OR Fair with C2C. Mx stn under it. 11/3 SMF
1220c    0801    UNKNOWN LATIN playing ‘gentle’ mx with the odd axmnt. Possibly R Maria in Colombia - the feed sounds quite like it, but I cannot be absolutely certain. Mixed with R Melodia Arequipa underneath (CWIS). 11/3 SMF
1350#    0655    PERU R Visión with religious talk. V noisy - faded up and down. CWIS. 9/3 SMF
1380    0727    USA KRKO Everett WA - v good with pops. CWIS Id at 0822 ‘KRKO, now back to the music’ 21/3 HH
1420    0747    USA Stockton CA R Nueva Vida fair at times with Xtian songs. CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1430    0854    KBRC Mt Vernon WA V poor with classic hits. Mixed with others. CWIS. 21/3 HH
1449    1822    AUSTRALIA SEN Mandurah WA fair and clear with sports nx. Mixed with Maldives Is. 18/3 SMF
1449    1824    MALDIVES Fair/ poor under SEN Mildurah with ‘Indian’ vocals. 18/3 SMF
1449    1755    UNKNOWN - possibly Iran in a 3 way mixed prog. Maldives with nx/ talk on hour, SEN Mandurah under then a woman started talking over the other two. It was not an Asian sounding language. David Headland reported it closed down at 1821, which is when Iran goes off the air. 19/3 SMF
1449    1802    KOREA HLQB KBS1 Ulsan (Tentative) Fair/ poor, reasonably dominant with prog of classical mx with comments at end of pieces. Could be a JJ, but they are pretty weak stns. 20/3 SMFH
1470#    0640    PERU Megamix Fair/ poor with pops and ids. 9/3 SMF
1470    0612    PERU Megamix Poor with pops. 20/3 SMFH
1480    0900    USA KVNR Sta Ana CA Poor but popped up with some VV talk. Mixed with a SS stn and an EE speaker. No idea who.
1490#    0643    UNKNOWN Latin sounding stn with SS songs. No real idea who. 9/3 SMF
1510    0836    USA WLAC Nashville TN Fair with C2C. Bad splash from 1503. 22/3 SMFH
1520    0804    USA KKXA Everett WA booming in with Classic Country radio. No real sign of KMPC. 21/3 SMFH
1520    0908    USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK Fair with ads for Oklahoma and then Red Eye Radio ID. Mixed with KKXA. 22/3 SMFH
1540c    0742    USA KMPC Los Angeles CA Fair/ good with KK talk. 11/3 SMF
1540    0755    USA KXEL Iowa City IA dominant on freq with vg signalrunning Red Eye Radio. Fox nx. CWSDR. 21/3 SMFH
1540    0630    BAHAMAS ZNS1 poor with mx under talk stn 22/3 SMFH
1570    0910    MEXICO XERF Good with SS ballads 22/3 SMFH
1580    0733    USA KBLA Sta Monica Fair with local ads. 11/3 SMF
1580    0801    USA KBLA Sta Monica Good when up with ads. 20/3 SMFH
1610    0718    CANADA CHHA Toronto - Vg with pops CWIS - as good as I have heard it. 21/3 SMFH
1620    0658    CUBA R Rebelde fair with mx and then talk after the hour. Mentions of Cuba and revolucionaría…. On top of others on the freq. CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1620    0536    NEW ZEALAND Second harmonic of 4YA Dunedin! Fair signal playing Moon River and jazz before that. 22/3 HH
1630    0708    USA KCJJ Iowa City IA Fair with local nx CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1630    0713    USA KFBU Fox Farm WY poor, but quite clear with contemporary Xtian vocals beneath KCJJ’s talk. CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1640    0737    USA KDIA Vallejo CA Fair with relig talk. 11/3 SMF
1650    0746    USA KCNZ Cedar Falls IA Vg with a long string of  local ads and promo for Fox Sports R then sports talk. At 0800 id given as You’re listening to KCNZ, Cedar Falls. 21/3 HH
1660    0724    USA KBRE Merced CA Fair with mx - Guns N Roses. CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1660    0833    USA WWRU Jersey City NJ Fair with slow ballads and KK axmnts over. CWIS 20/3 SMFH
1670    0958    USA KHPY Moreno Valley CA Fair playing songs, mixed with others CWIS 11/3 SMF
1670    0732    USA KHPY Moreno Valley CA Good with SS preaching. CWIS. At 0800 sounded like a sports commentary. Was this KHPY? Possibly KQMS in background. 21/3 HH
1680    0820    USA WPRR Ada MI Fair at best when up playing slow numbers with a vocalist. Mixed with others on a noisy night. CWIS 20/3 SMFH
1680    0827    USA WOKB Wintergarden FL Fair/poor mixed with WPRR. CWIS 20/3 SMFH
1690    0835    WPTX Lexington Park MD on top - fair with mx. CWIS 21/3 SMFH
1690    0935    UNKNOWN - possibly KFSG with SS ballads beneath a talk stn. The Mexican is a possibility - couldn’t find any feeds. Poor but clear. 22/3 SMF
1700    0905    MEXICO XEPE Tijuana dominant over KKLF with mx. 21/3 SMFH



Shortwave Loggings for March

 These are my SW Loggings for March.  's' after a frequency, means I was using the DX League's SDR1 Selwyn (in my back garden!)....