Wednesday, 2 April 2025

March 2025 loggings

 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 


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