It has been a while since my last posting - 6 months in fact. Life has been very busy. What you might call summer, not very good here, did not interfere, it was just inertia and work.
This is the summary of my March loggings:
c = logged on the NZRDXL SDR at Hinahina, South Otago
# = logged on the NZRDXL SDR at Mangawhai, Northland
CWIS = confimed with internet signal.
Mediumwave
580c 0829 USA KMJ Fresno – fair to good with v narrow
bandwidth. Bad splash either side of the freq. 12/3
640c 0833 USA KFI Los Angeles fair with iHeart Radio
ads. KFI 640 id. Mixed with a SS station – possibly Pacifico – internet feed v
similar 12/3
680# 0901 USA KNBR San Francisco – Fair when up, but
deep fades. ID at 0902 5/3
690# 0904 HAWAII KHNR Honolulu - Audible under an
awful lot of splash. 5/3
1000# 0915 USA KNWN Seattle WA – Fair at best with
talk. CWIS 5/3
1030# 0917 USA KTWO Caspar WY (Tentative) – news and
talk audible but far from clear. Bad splash. 5/3
1050 0728 USA KTCT San Mateo CA fair/ poor with sports
talk. 13/3
1120 0730 USA KPNW Eugene OR (Presumed) with ads and
talk. Poor. 13/3
1140c 0857 USA KHTK Sacramento CA Fair/ poor with
sports talk. 3/3
1140c 0852 CANADA CHRB High River AB Fair/poor in mix
with Xtian songs. CWIS 3/3
1150# 0849 USA KEIB Los Angeles CA fair/ poor with
talk. iHeartradio ad at 0846. Mixed with a music stn (no idea who) and a SS
station – possibly R Metropoli in Guadalajara. Odd snippets of SS talk came
through and was v similar to the internet feed, but cannot be certain. 4/3
1170c 0842 USA KOTV Tulsa OK Fair with talk. Mixed with
another. Mentions of Oklahoma. Bad splash from 1162. Later there was some
sports talk. KPUG in Bellingham WA?? Possible but v tentative. 3/3
1180c 0837 USA Radio Marti Marathon FL. Good signal but
bad splash from 1179. 3/3
1190 0831 USA KEX Portland OR. Oscars news, weather
forecast for the country, iHeart Radio ads and good id at 0834. Audible at home
better than on SDR3. 3/3
1380 0729 USA KRKO Everett WA Poor with pops.
1420 0806 HAWAII KKEA fair/ poor with sports nx. 3/3
1430 0729 USA KYKN Keizen OR playing oldies and mixed
I presume with KFIG. Good is 0730 13/3
1460 0802 USA KION Salinas CA poor/ fair with C to C
after Fox News. 3/3
1570 0715 MEXICO XERF Ciudad Acuna Fair with mx and
the odd SS axmnt. 9/3
1580 0810 USA KBLA Santa Monica CA fair with political
discussion. 3/3
1610c 0819 CANADA CHHA Toronto fair/ poor with SS
vocals CWIS 3/3
1620 0728 USA KSMH San Francisco CA Poor but heard
mention of Relevant Rado at 0730. Mixed with a stn with a W in the call. 13/3
1670 0825 USA KHPY Moreno Valley fair with SS
religious songs. Terrible modulation. CWIS 3/3
1674 1813 AUSTRALIA R Haanji – fair/ poor with what
sounded like Koranic chanting. Could have been either Melbourne or Sydney.
Despite what the PAL says – they were carrying the same prog. CWIS. 20/3
1683 1818 AUSTRALIA Greek R – Melbourne may be the one
on 1683.006 and Sydney on 1683.275. Both appeared to be //. 20/3
1690 0729 USA KDMT Arvada CO (presumed) fair with talk
and mixed with a mx stn – probably KFSG 13/3
Shortwave
3480 1750 STH KOREA V of the People Fair in KK with
talk and mx. // 3910 and 3930 both good 12/3
4755 1802 INDONESIA VoI Fair in GG. Sounded like news.
12/3
4935 1804 UNKNOWN – prog of classical mx fair/ poor –
a bit noisy – no axmnts. 12/3
5845 1736 PHILIPPINES BBC WS in KK at fair strength.
6/3
5955 1812 ROMANIA RRI fair in Ukrainian. Mentions of
Bucharest. 5/3
5980 1814 TURKEY VoT fair in TT to Europe. 5/3
5995 1815 STH KOREA V of Hope – Good in KK with Nth
Korea attempting to jam but failing completely. It was just a low rumble
beneath the signal. 5/3
6020 1742 JAPAN Shiokaze at fair level with JJ talk.
6/3
6030 1817 ETHIOPIA R Oromiya poor/ fair in Oromo.
Plenty of talk with definite African tone to it. 5/3
6080 1734 THAILAND VoA fair in EE to West Africa with
VoA News and Africa News Tonight with the VoA; mixed with CNR 1 6/3
6090 1819 OMAN BBC WS Vg in Pashto. Lots of mentions
Pakistan and a BBC id. Amhara State R from Ethiopia was audible beneath. 5/3
6120 1823 UNKNOWN – huge DRM signal – no idea who it
is. Off at 1827. 5/3
6130 1747 UNKNOWN – could be a European pirate or it
could be Xizang RTV in Tibet. Non-stop accordion mx over the top of the hour.
Fair but v noisy signal. I suspect the CC stn. 9/3
6250 1735 STH KOREA V of Hope – vg but with dreadful
Nth Korean jamming on USB only. On LSB a great signal. Not very bright really.
If they are going to jam you’d think they would do both sidebands! 2/3
6290 1731 EUROPE R Monique Int v poor on 6289.984
signal visible and faint traces of mx audible. Gone at 1740 2/3
9395 0416 USA R Miami Int – More poor than fair in EE
to Eastern Nth America. 13/3
9510 0418 ROMANIA RRI Excellent in EE to Western Nth
America. 13/3
9650 0420 TURKEY VoT Excellent with mx and TT talk.
13/3
9665.1 0421 BRAZIL R Voz Missionaria fair in PP with
what sounded like a sermon. 13/3
9670 0401 GERMANY Channel 292 Fair with pops. 10/3
9740 0306 ROMANIA RRI fair in SS to Sth America but
with a strong electronic hum under the signal. 12/3
9775 0423 BOTSWANA VoA poor but reasonably clear in EE
to Africa. 13/3
9790 0408 FRANCE RFI fair in FF to East Africa with
politics and current affairs. Mixed on 13/3 at 0424 with CNR2 10/3
9818 0425 BRAZIL R 9 de Julho fair in PP with mx. Best
I’ve heard it this month at this sort of time. Measured at 9818.561 13/3
9885 0406 VATICAN CITY VoA v good in Kinya
Rwanda-KiRundi. Several mentions of Rwanda. 10/3
11560 1744 TAJIKISTAN RFA in KK fair but hampered by
presumed Nth Korean jamming. 6/3
11610 1745 ENGLAND BBC WS Good in Somali to East Africa
with item on Gaza and Palestinians. 6/3
11630 2114 JAPAN R Japan fair in JJ to SE Asia
11635 1900 NTH KOREA VoK opening with IS and ID. Fair
signal. EE to the Middle East. 8/3
11645 1747 NTH KOREA fair/ poor with noisy prog of KK
traditional mx to the Middle East. 6/3 SF
11660 1748 SWAZILAND TWR fair but noisy in Oromo to
Ethiopia. 6/3
11700 1901 GERMANY AWR Good in Haussa to Nigeria with a
cheery A Salaam Aleyikum (Hello/ welcome). 8/3
11710 1856 FRANCE RFI Vg in FF DRM signal. No mention
is made in any database I can find – EiBi, AOKI, HFCC or Short-wave.info. Big
discussion on European politics and Europe’s response to the Ukrainian
question. 8/3
11725 1750 NEW ZEALAND RNZ Pacific Vg in EE to the
Pacific. Prog of mx and then an item on digital safety. Not National R. 6/3
11800 1752 FRANCE NHK R Japan Excellent with mx and JJ
talk beamed to the Middle East. 6/3 .
11815 1754 ROMANIA RRI Good in Romanian to the Middle
East. 6/3
11885 1755 VIETNAM VoV Fair in VV to Europe with
frequent mentions of Vietnam. 6/3
11905 1757 GERMANY VoA in Somali to East Africa – good
signal with mx. C/down axmnts with YL at 1759. Off at 1800 6/3
11910 1847 NTH KOREA VoK fair in FF to Southern Africa.
Orchestral mx – quite pleasant, actually. 8/3
11935 1933 SADUI ARABIA Republic of Yemen R Good signal
with talk and mx. A annoying buzz behind the signal. 8/3
11995 1936 FRANCE RFI at good levels in FF to West
Africa. // 13740 Good 8/3
12050 1935 ASCENSION IS R Ndarason at good levels in
Kanuri to West Africa. 8/3
13590 1940 GERMANY VoA good in EE with awful pop mx to
Central Africa. 8/3
13640 1938 ALGERIA R Ifrikya fair at best, but clear
with lively mx to Central Africa. // 13855 much the same. 8/3
13770 0831 FRANCE RFI Digital DRM broadcast to West
Africa. Good signal and clear – didn’t drop out. 6/3
13820 1942 USA R Marti at good levels in SS with a
little atmospheric hiss. 8/3
15190 1955 PHILIPPINES R Pilipinas fair in Tagalog with lots of EE scattered
through the broadcast. // 12120 fair at best, 9295 Good. ID given at 2005. Not
listed as being on at this time. 8/3
15280 0417 INDIA AIR Akshavani Excellent in Farsi to
Iran. Prgm of mx. 10/3
15420 0418 MADAGASCAR BBC WS Fair/ good in Somali to
East Africa. 10/3
16546 0209 AUSTRALIA VMC Charleville Weather forecasts
and marine forecasts. Good but a bit noisy. 28/2
13730 0823 CHINA CRI DRM in CC – excellent signal. SDR
2. 11/3
17675 0409 NEW ZEALAND RNZ Pacific only fair. 10/3
17810 0410 JAPAN R Japan in JJ to SE Asia. Fair with
signing. Quite a bit of atmospheric noise. //15195 not as good 10/3
