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


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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!)....