March 2015 - British DX Club

British DX Club - Sheigra DXpedition Report
7th to 20th March 2015 - with Dave Kenny & Alan Pennington
Sheigra (“peaceful valley”), Sutherland, North West Scotland.
Receivers
Alan Pennington
Dave Kenny
AOR AR 7030 Plus and Palstar pre-amp
AOR AR 7030 Plus and tuneable pre-amp
Aerials (long-wire Beverages use 7-strand 0.2mm wire supported on 4-5ft bamboo canes)
No 1 - 260 degrees 500m Beverage - terminated
Caribbean, Central & South America
No 2 - 300 degrees 500m Beverage - terminated
North America
No 3 – 340/170 deg 300m Beverage – un-terminated UK & Africa + general SW reception
No 4 - 50 degrees
500m Beverage - terminated
Far East & SE Asia
We’d not been up to Sheigra in the month of March since 2002, as most DXpeditions have
traditionally taken place in October or November. But this tiny crofting village in the far north-western
corner of the Scottish mainland is always a draw for DXing or just to enjoy the wild open landscape.
So, although very late in the MW DX season, we decided to chance a two-week DXpedition in
March, ending on the day of a solar eclipse. Tony Rogers was unable to make this DXpedition, so
just the two of us made the long drive north, for what records say is the 55th DXpedition to Sheigra.
We certainly missed the extra pair of hands putting up and taking down the long Beverage aerials!
Our DX base for both weeks was Murdo’s cottage, a traditional crofters style house which we had
used for the first time on the last Sheigra DXpedition in October 2013, and is more favourably sited
for erecting aerials targeting the Americas. It was pretty wet and windy by the time we arrived in
Sheigra on Saturday afternoon, so we just put up the initial lengths of our four Beverages to the croft
fence, before retreating to the cottage to warm up and dry out. All four aerials were completed the
next day (Sunday), but the Met Office warned of 80mph winds on the Monday night. Our Beverage
wires, which are supported on garden canes, are usually flexible enough to survive the high winds
which are common on the Sutherland coast. But after the gale arrived on Monday evening, a test at
the cottage showed the North American aerial had already broken somewhere, and it was too
dangerously windy to venture out into the wild dark night to search for and fix the break. We were
relieved the following day to find the cottage had suffered no damage, despite the tremendous gusts
and noises from the cottage roof during the night. And, just as important for DXing, the power was
still on! However, walking up the 300° North American aerial revealed that the wire had been
completely wrecked in the final exposed stretch which runs from a hilltop to the cliff tops, broken in
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at least 8 places. Rather than unravel the mess of wire we found, it was replaced with a new length,
in the hope that the previous
night’s storm would not be
repeated.
left: morning after the storm Alan with wrecked North
American Beverage wire.
Driving later to Kinlochbervie,
we saw enroute that the
telephone box at nearby
Blairmore had been blown
over and smashed, such had
been the strength of the wind
the previous night!
There were some more windy
days in that first week, but
none as bad as that Monday
night, and from Friday 13th
onwards, we were very lucky
with the weather, with lots of
sunshine and blue skies.
Nice enough weather to sit
outside the cottage, or stroll
down to the deserted sandy beaches at Sheigra and nearby Polin and Oldshoremore. Though plans
for longer walks had to be shelved as Alan had suffered a torn ligament putting up the aerials on the
first weekend.
We’ve also reported damage to our aerials from deer on past
DXpeditions, but despite seeing lots of deer when driving up
along the single track road from Lairg to Laxford Bridge, in
Sheigra itself we only saw one fairly tame lone doe (photo right).
Maybe rutting deer in the autumn are the ones more liable to
damage our aerials? Likewise, the sheep, some soon to be
lambing, paid little attention to our aerials, though liked to follow
us along the aerials in the hope we had some feed for them!
Having not anticipated much on medium wave so late in the
season (and in a season which has not been particularly good
for MW DXing) we were pleasantly surprised to find quite lively
reception from Atlantic Canada (fade-in around 2130 UTC) and
East Coast USA, especially New England (around 2300),
including some low powered stations and a number of Sheigra
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“firsts”. Highlight on 13 March was hearing Virginia Dept of
Transport Highway Advisory Radio on 1680 kHz – a low power
10 Watt traffic information station! Morning reception was mainly from Central and Latin America,
with fade-out around 0930 - stations from Cuba and Florida often being the last to fade out. Nothing
much was heard from further west in North America, but that would not be expected at this time of
year and at this point in the solar cycle. Afternoon fade-in was typically around 1600 UTC when we
had about an hour of interesting reception from Asia and the Middle East before these weak signals
were swamped out by stronger European stations. Shortwave was generally quite poor, although a
few stations from Peru and Bolivia were logged on 8th and 9th. Conditions changed dramatically on
17th when we were also fortunate to see an aurora – albeit partly obscured by cloud – after which
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the MW band was only open to signals from much further south – mainly
Brazil and Argentina; the SW band was also disturbed with only a few
African signals being enhanced. We were pleased that the auroral
conditions also gave us enhanced reception of a couple of Nigerian MW
stations (594 Kaduna and 917 Gotel) from off the back of our 340 degree
unterminated wire.
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The final morning before aerials were dismantled (20 ) saw disappointing
poor reception of just a few LA stations with an early fade out. This was
the day of the much anticipated partial solar eclipse and in the far north
west tip of Scotland at Sheigra, more than 97% of the sun’s disc was
obscured. At the time of maximum obscurity (09.39 UTC), despite a lot of
fast moving cloud, we were still able to view the sun’s disc in the blue patches and through thinner
cloud edges using the solar glasses saved from the August 1999 eclipse. But what effect did the
eclipse have on radio reception? We had noticed stronger reception of Spanish stations on medium
wave as the eclipse tracked towards us that morning. But we noticed no reappearance of reception
from the Americas on medium wave, which had been poor that morning anyhow. On shortwave
Canada 6070 kHz and Ecuador 6050 kHz seemed stronger for a while – was this due to the
eclipse? On 531 kHz, the Faroe Islands station is always a huge signal in Sheigra, so could be no
indicator of the eclipse’s effect on reception. But we did monitor 1485 kHz for a period around 10.10
UTC on our northerly aerial in the hope that the 100% eclipse on the islands of Svalbard would
enable signals from the 1 kW NRK station at Longyearbyen to rise above the European mix on this
channel – but sadly not a trace was heard, although the NRK longwave transmitter on 153 kHz
peaked strongly during the eclipse.
Overall, we were not disappointed with a good varied mix of logs and reception conditions during the
fortnight, given the time of year and position in the solar cycle. The space to put up long aerials and
the lower interference levels at Sheigra means we can always rely on hearing lots more than at
home! Our medium wave logs are below, followed by a selection of our shortwave logs.
Logs believed to be “Sheigra Firsts” are highlighted in bold (* indicates UK first).
MEDIUM WAVE LOGS
AFRICA
594
819
917
2255
1830
2200
17/03 FRCN Jaji, Nigeria
11/03 Egyptian R, Batra
17/03 R Gotel, Yola, Nigeria
927
1422
1530
1550
1566
1920
1806
2125
2308
2110
14/03
19/03
19/03
14/03
19/03
“Radio Nigeria Kaduna” ID, VV, -2301* //6089.9
well known ERTU signature tune.
News in EE, “Radio Gotel News”, “Adamawa
State”, audible until past 0030 UTC.
YL French ID “Radio Algerienne”
French/Arabic talk about terrorism
Rap mx – DJ Rap // 6080
distinctive Saharan music, fq 1550.04
French ID, “Doctor Luke” px. s/off anthem 2230.
RTA, Timimoun, Algeria
RTA, Ouled Fayet, Algeria
VOA Sao Tome
RASD, Tindouf, Algeria
TWR Benin
ASIA / MIDDLE EAST
558
576*
585 *
594
594
1700
2155
1658
2038
1915
16/03
09/03
09/03
10/03
09/03
Xinjiang PBS, Hutubi, China
IRIB, Maku, Iran
R Pakistan, Islamabad.
IRIB Shiraz, Iran
UNID Asian (Thailand?)
603
648
684
702
738
765
1636
1733
1707
1720
1722
2220
09/03
08/03
15/03
14/03
08/03
18/03
CRI, Dofang, China
AIR Indore A, India
IRIB Masshad, Iran
IRIB Kiashahr, Iran
Xinjiang PBS, Hutubi, China
IRIB, Shahr-e Kord, Iran.
Uighur service // 3990, 6120.
Talk Farsi // 1467, 1476
Talk in pres Urdu, pips, ID 1700, nx (new tx)
YL nx in Farsi // 1476 etc
Ethnic singing, ad for Budweiser(?) talks in
possible Thai or SE Asian minorities language
CRI Vietnamese // 6010
AIR EE news, “Ye Akashvani Indore”, -1740*
talk in Farsi, strident song @ 1713.
IRIB sig tune, start of Talysh programme.
CC svc // 5960
R Iran in Farsi // 927, 1512
3
765
2225
783
2240
819
1708
918
1705
927
1725
927
2130
936
2349
1071 1712
1071 2352
1098 1610
1134 1700
1143* 1708
1188 2250
1296 1625
1323 1805
1395 1730
1449 1640
1467 1627
1467.34 1745
1476.26 2058
1503 1640
1512 2058
1521 1625
1539 1700
1575 1615
18/03
18/03
08/03
08/03
08/03
18/03
19/03
08/03
19/03
09/03
08/03
10/03
08/03
09/03
19/03
10/03
12/03
10/03
09/03
09/03
12/03
10/03
08/03
09/03
09/03
IRIB Chabahar, Iran
Rep. of Syria R, Damascus.
AIR, New Delhi, India
AIR Suratgarh, India
NHK relay, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
IRIB Dorud, Iran
IRIB Urumiyah, Iran
AIR Rajkot, India
R Al-Nourt, Tartus, Syria.
RTI, Kouhou, Taiwan
AIR, Chinsurah, India
AIR Rohtak, India
IRIB Tehran, Iran
IBB via Kabul, Afghanistan
BBC WS, Zyyi, Cyprus.
AIR Bikanar, India
IRIB, Bandar-e-Torkamen
TWR via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
IRIB Qom, Iran
IRIB Marivan, Iran
IRIB Bueshehr, Iran
IRIB Ardabil, Iran
CRI, Xinjiang, China
CNR1 Geemu, China
VOA via Bangkok, Thailand
VIRI Arabic svc ID “Huna Tehran”, // 6060
AA music concert, ID 2254 “Huna Dimasq...”
sitar mx // 1134 etc
sitar mx // 1134 etc
R Japan Urdu px mentions NHK Urdu web site
R Iran YL Farsi // 1512
Farsi // 1512 etc
Urdu service // SW 6155
YL ID, mx
CC talk // 7385 (under CNR 1 jamming)
Sitar mx // 918 etc
Vivdh Bharati svce; 1730: news, ID. -1740*
Mx, nx Farsi. R Payam ID
Ashna R Dari // 9900, 12140 kHz
BBC WS news, EE // 6195
ID, news in EE // 4880,648 etc
VIRI Turkmen svc.
Pashto px, s/off with website, TWR IS. –1630*
YL/OM in Farsi
Talk in Farsi // 1467
Radio Iran ID, YL nx Farsi
News in Farsi // 1476. 1467 etc
CRI Russian // 7215. ID “Radio Chitaya”
time pips, CC YL //7385 kHz
VOA Bengali service. News, ID.
NORTH AMERICA
540
560
570
580
590
600
610
620
640
650
650
660
680
710
730
740
750
760
770
790
830
850
850
880
930
930
950
960
970
970
980
990
0832
0810
2317
0800
0736
0756
0918
2319
2315
0850
1725
0755
0733
0014
0749
0743
0818
0819
0754
0728
0828
0830
0835
0858
2203
0917
0921
0745
0005
0907
0821
0855
09/03
15/03
09/03
11/03
10/03
11/03
17/03
09/03
09/03
09/03
19/03
12/03
15/03
11/03
12/03
09/03
12/03
15/03
11/03
15/03
11/03
15/03
15/03
12/03
08/03
16/03
11/03
16/03
11/03
15/03
16/03
12/03
CBT
WGAN
CFCB
CFRA
VOCM
CBNA
WIOD
CKCM
CBN
CKGA
KNR
WFAN
CFTR
CKVO
CKAC
CHCM
CBGY
WJR
WABC
WPRV
WCRN
WEEI
WFTL
WCBS
CJYQ
CFCB
CKNB
WEAV
WZAN
WFLA
CHRF
CBY
Grand Falls
NL
Portland
ME
Corner Brook
NL
Ottawa
ON
St John’s
NL
St Anthony
NL
Miami
FL
Grand Falls-Windsor
NL
St Johns
NL
Gander
NL
Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland
New York
NY
Toronto
ON
Clarenville
NL
Montreal
QC
Marystown
NL
Bonavista Bay
NL
Detroit
MI
New York
NY
Providence
RI
Worcester
MA
Boston
MA
West Palm Beach
FL
New York
NY
St Johns
NL
St John
NB
Campbellton
NB
Plattsburgh
NY
Portland
ME
Tampa
FL
Montreal
QC
Corner Brook
NL
4
‘Central Newfoundland morning show’
‘AM560 FM105 5 FM News radio WGAN’
VOCM // 590
“CFRA morning news”
“weekdays on 590 VOCM”
CBC Radio 1 ID // 1400
“News radio six ten WIOD”
VOCM // 590
CBC R 1 // 540, 1140, 1400
VOCM IDs, mx
good peak, discussion in Greenlandic
“Sports Radio 660 The Fan”
“680 News time 3.33” Toronto traffic rpt
promo: “VOCM presents the 8am news”
“Radio Circulation” ID, Montreal traffic
C&W mx //590, “local news now – VOCM”
mx, CBC //540 etc
Red Eye Radio, local Michigan adverts.
ads, canned ID
“... at 9 on AM 790” West Warwick ad.
“newstalk 830 WRCA Worcester-Boston”
“you’re listening to ESPN on WEEI”
“...only on South Florida’s 850 WFTL”
“News Radio WCBS New York”
“This is Newfoundland-Labrador” mx.
“country favourites ... on 93 CFCB”
CKNB weather “6.21 its minus 6 degrees”
‘CBS Sports Radio” “on 960 The Zone”
“Maine’s talk radio 970 WZAN”
“News Radio 9-70, WFLA”
“AM neuf quatre vingt”, “Radio Fierté”
CBC Radio 1 nx // 1400
1010
1010
1020
1030
1050
1060
1060
1080
1090
1100
1100
1110
1120
1130
1140
1140
1170
1190
1200
1210
1230
1240
1260
1270
1290
1310
1330
1340
1350
1350
1350
1370
1360
1380
1380
1390
1390
1390
1390
1390
1400
1410
1420
1430
0808
0811
0830
2313
0826
0000
0858
0906
0906
0831
2332
0657
0900
0908
0900
2202
0906
0155
2358
2332
0044
0905
0909
0923
0909
0703
0706
0207
0817
2234
2324
0931
0200
0001
0003
0808
0859
2240
2240
2311
0820
0900
0934
0800
11/03
11/03
12/03
10/03
16/03
16/03
13/03
12/03
09/03
16/03
14/03
12/03
16/03
09/03
16/03
08/03
16/03
13/03
10/03
09/03
16/03
17/03
13/03
09/03
10/03
12/03
12/03
13/03
09/03
15/03
10/03
09/03
13/03
15/03
15/03
15/03
14/03
10/03
13/03
13/03
08/03
13/03
09/03
15/03
WINS
CFRB
KDKA
WBZ
WEPN
WQOM
WIXC
WTIC
WBAL
WTAM
WHLI
WBT
WBNW
WBBR
WQBA
CBI
WWVA
WLIB
WXKS
VOAR
WCMC
WMMB
CKHJ
CJCB
WJNO
WLOB
WRCA
WMID
WOYK
CKAD
WINY
WDEA
WDRC
CKPC
WMYF
WSPO
unid
WLAN
WPLM
WCAT
CBG
WPOP
CKDY
WNSW
New York
Toronto
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Natick
Titusville
Hartford
Baltimore
Cleveland
Hempstead
Charlotte
Concord
New York
Miami
Sydney
Wheeling
New York
Newton
St Johns
Wildwood
Melbourne
Fredericton
Sydney
West Palm Beach
Portland
Watertown
Atlantic City
York
Middleton
Putnam
Ellsworth
Hartford
Brantford
Portsmouth
Charleston
Lancaster
Plymouth
Burlington
Gander
Hartford
Digby
Newark
NY
ON
PA
MA
NY
MA
FL
CT
MD
OH
NY
NC
MA
NY
FL
NS
WV
NY
MA
NL
NJ
FL
NB
NS
FL
ME
MA
NJ
PA
NS
CT
ME
CT
ON
NH
SC
PA
MA
VT
NL
CT
NS
NY
1430
1440
1440
1450
1470
1470
1480
1490
1500
1510
1510
1520
1540
1540
0900
0759
0800
2358
2319
2337
0903
2354
0828
0900
2259
0825
0901
0935
14/03
11/03
11/03
12/03
13/03
10/03
11/03
15/03
09/03
13/03
09/03
14/03
16/03
14/03
WXNT
WVEI
WRED
WPGG
WWNN
WLAM
WSAR
WBSS
WFED
WLAC
WMEX
WWKB
CHIN
KXEL
Indianapolis
Worcester
Westbrook
Atlantic City
Pompano Beach
Lewiston
Fall River
Pleasantville
Washington
Nashville
Boston
Buffalo
Toronto
Waterloo
IN
MA
ME
NJ
FL
ME
MA
NJ
DC
TN
MA
NY
ON
IA
5
“official Ten Ten Wins weather”
talk on elections // SW 6070
“news radio 10-20 KDKA”
“WBZee News Radio 10-30”
SS “ESPN Deportes Radio...Nueva York”
“Station of the Cross...WQOM Natick...”
“WIXC Titusville”, CBS nx.
“WTIC newstime......”
“WBAL News Radio 10-90”
“..News Radio WTAM Eleven Hundred”
‘Hits of a Lifetime on 1100 WHLI’
“Coast to Coast” “Newstalk 11-10, WBT”
“WBNW 11-20 AM Concord Boston”
“Bloomberg Radio”
Spanish talks, ID
CBC News then World this Weekend.
“News Radio 11-70 WWVA”, wx f’cast.
“WLIB 1190 your praise & inspiration station”
“Bloomberg Radio 1200, 94.5FM HD-2”
“VOAR weather”, mx
“Classic Oldies WMID”
WMMB ID, America in the Morning.
“a little more country.....on KHJ”
“Cape Breton’s Country 12-70 CJCB”
“News Radio 1290 WRNO” traffic, wx
“Newstalk WLOB” “wlobradio.com”
‘...Music in the Night on WRCA’
“AM 13-40 classic oldies WMID”
“the sports leader... WOYK”
AVR promos
“on WINY” promo under WOYK
standards, “AM 13-70 WDEA”
legal ID, “Talk of Connecticut”
country mx YL “we’re CKPC”
promo/ID “on 1380 WMYF Portsmouth”
“13-90 WSPO Charleston”, promos
“Number 1 inspiration station 13-90 AM”
“News Radio 1390 WLAN” “iHeart Radio”
Boston weather, “Easy 99.1” jingle
comedy “...here on I Laugh Radio 13-90”
Canadian national anthem s/on ann
“WPOP Hartford Fox Sports Radio 14-10”
C&W, wx, “go to avrnetwork.com”
‘WNSW Newark, New York City, Relevant
Radio 1430”.
legal ID, “Indy’s CBS Sports 1430”
“home of Boston Red Sox.... 1440 WVEI”
“WRED Westbrook..96 FM”
“WPG talk radio 1450... wpg1450com”
‘Golf & Travel’ show ‘down here in Florida’
“on ...870.... and WLAM 1470”. oldies
promo “here on WSAR”
YL: “Kool 98 3” (simulcast of WTKU)
“Federal News Radio” ID
“News radio 1510 WLAC Nashville”
ads, ID “15-10 WMEX”
“Buffalo’s ESPN 1520”
“Focus on China” , Canadian Real Estate
truck championship ad, ‘Red Eye Radio’
1540
1550
1560
1580
1590
1590
2307
0858
2300
0046
0010
0855
10/03
16/03
09/03
11/03
15/03
09/03
1590
1590
2255
2300
1600
1630
1630
WDCD
CBEF
WFME
CKDO
WAKR
WIJK
Albany
Windsor
New York
Oshawa
Akron
Ocean City
NY
ON
NY
ON
OH
MD
10/03 WARV
15/03 WHGT
Warwick
Maugansville
RI
MD
0040
0133
0915
13/03 WUNR
13/03 WRDW
14/03 KCJJ
Brookline
Augusta
Iowa City
MA
GA
IA
1640
1640
1650
1650
1650
1660
1660
1670
1670
1680 *
0058
0059
0000
0006
0758
0833
2247
0052
2354
0057
11/03
11/03
11/03
11/03
09/03
15/03
10/03
11/03
13/03
13/03
WSJP
WTNI
CINA
CJRS
WHKT
WBCN
WWRU
CJEU
WPLA
?
Sussex
WI
Biloxi
MS
Mississauga
ON
Montreal
QC
Portsmouth
VA
Charlotte
NC
Elizabeth
NJ
Gatineau
QC
Dry Branch
GA
Virginia Dept. of Transport
1680
1690
1690
1700
0101
0010
0802
0002
13/03
11/03
09/03
09/03
WTTM
CHTO
WPTX
WJCC
Lindenwold
Toronto
Lexington Park
Miami Springs
NJ
ON
MD
FL
“The new 1540 AM WDCD”
toh ann including “ici Radio Canada”
Rel px, “Family Radio WFME AM”
cont oldies, “CKDO” between rcds.
promo “..the best of WAKR”
“WIJK Ocean City, W286BB Ocean Pine
105.1 The Ryde”
“changing lives WARV Warwick Providence”
FBN relay, ID “...WHGT is a ministry of
Emmanuel Baptist Church”.
Irish radio prog. “WUNR Brookline” ID
“News talk sports 1630 WRDW Augusta”
“10,000 watts of a big acoustic power, the
Mighty 16-30, KCJJ”, rock music
evensong@RelevantRadio.com.
ESPN “..1490 wx" (relays WXBD 1490)
Punjabi px, “Cina Radio” ID
“Radio Shalom Montreal”
“AM 1650 WHKT Portsmouth - The Answer”
“CBS sports radio 16-60”
Korean talk.
“Bonjour....Radio Jeunesse”. French.
“WPLA Dry Branch – Macon”
Highway Advisory R, Hampton Roads VA.
Cont loop with traffic anns, IDs
“1680 WTTM Lindenwold - Philadelphia”
Nx in Greek, EE ID at 0014.
“Southern Maryland’s newstalk radio.. WPTX”
French/Creole talk. promo/ EE ID
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
560
570
580
600
610
630
640
650
670
710
750
790
840
850
860
870
890
900
940
0753
0808
0813
0738
0735
0802
0730
0726
0740
0742
0829
0819
0855
0834
0846
0845
0859
0825
0814
12/03
09/03
09/03
09/03
12/03
11/03
12/03
12/03
09/03
09/03
12/03
11/03
15/03
11/03
11/03
10/03
11/03
12/03
17/03
R Rebelde, Ciego de Avila, Cuba old ballad //5025 kHz shortwave.
R Reloj, Santa Clara, Cuba.
Nx, ticking clock, ID, TC. SS
WKAQ San Juan, Puerto Rico
ID: “Amanecer cinco ochenta”
R Rebelde, San German, Cuba
old ballads //5025 shortwave
R Rebelde, multi-site, Cuba
Cuman mx // 600, 5025 etc
R Progreso, Camaguay, Cuba
“Amigos de alegria...Radio Progreso, mx”
R Progreso, Guanabacoa, Cuba ID, “Radio Progreso, Cadena Nacional”
R Progreso, Ciego de Avila, Cuba ID, well known music, co-ch VOCM
R Rebelde, multi-site, Cuba
old tango song //600 5025 etc
R Rebelde, multi-site, Cuba
old Cuban ballad //5025
R Progreso, Palmira, Cuba
ID and slogan (under CBGY)
R Reloj (2 sites), Cuba
Nx , ticking clock, ID
Dobleve, Santa Clara, Cuba “Dobleve deste Santa Clara en el centro de Cuba”
R Reloj, Nueva Gerona, Cuba
YL nx, ticking clock, TC // 790
R Reloj, Jovellanos, Cuba
TC 0446, ID // 790
R Reloj, multisite, Cuba
OM SS, time check, pips.
R Progreso, Chambas, Cuba
Long ID, TC 0500 // 640
R Progreso, San German, Cuba Cuban mx, “Desportivo RP” at 0830
WIPR San Juan, Puerto Rico
“para Máxima Nueve Cuarenta AM”
6
950
960
970
980
1020
1120
1180
1280
1550
1570
1580
1610
1620
1660
1680
0849
0822
0821
0844
0840
2313
0833
0856
0839
0903
0808
0842
2355
0000
0001
10/03
12/03
10/03
13/03
12/03
15/03
08/03
10/03
17/03
14/03
16/03
08/03
08/03
14/03
09/03
R Reloj (2 sites), Cuba
Nx, ticking clock, ID
R Reloj, Guantanamo, Cuba
SS nx, ticking clock // 950 etc
WSTX Christiansted, St Croix, USVI WSTX ID, gospel mx.
R Reloj, Moa, Cuba
SS nx, ticking clock, TC for 04.44 // 1020
R Reloj, Victoria, Cuba
SS nx, ticking clock, “RR” ID in morse.
WMSW Hatillo, Puerto Rico
slogan inc “Radio Once”, rel song (not sports)
R Rebelde (multi site), Cuba
SS ID, Cuban mx // 5025
WCMN Arecibo, Puerto Rico
“Noti Uno”, 0900 IDs inc WCMN
R Rebelde, multi-site, Cuba
Strong, fluttery signal. SS mx // 5025
XERF-AM, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico “La Poderosa presenta la hora de...”
Caracol R, Sincelejo, Colombia
Caracol promos
Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla
Dr Gene Scott on “definite article” // 6090
R Rebelde (multi sites), Cuba
Cuban mx // 5025
WGIT, Canovanas, Puerto Rico SS rel, ID/slogan “Faro de Santidad” promos
R Senda, San Pedro de Macoris,
Dominican Rep.
promos, multiple IDs, Christian talk px. SS
SOUTH AMERICA
610
680
680
680
740
760
760
770
770
780
930
940
900
970
980
1000
1000
1040
1070
1070
1100
1190
1260
1290
1350
1350
1380
1390*
1400
1430
1450 *
1570
0757
0100
0741
0759
2219
0747
2348
0800
0820
0838
2158
2312
0849
0833
0042
0805
0808
0047
0030
0728
0149
0210
0105
0804
0034
2150
0806
2159
2259
0157
2140
0209
12/03
18/03
09/03
10/03
08/03
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09/03
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10/03
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13/03
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10/03
18/03
08/03
10/03
19/03
18/03
18/03
17/03
18/03
RCN, Bogota, Colombia
“La Corinera Bogota” “610 AM RCN Bogota”
R Difusora, San Luis, Brazil
IDs, promo, idfusora.com web site
Señal R Colombia, Barranquilla, Col “Radio Colombia” ID, LA mx.
R Continente, Cumana, Ven.
Cumbia mx, ID
R Soc de Bahia, Salvador, Brazil PP talk, ID/jingle
HJAJ RN Barranquilla, Colombia interview, ads, “RCN Noticias //770
R Uirapuru, Fortaleza, Brazil
ID, mentions of Fortelza
HJJX RCN Bogota, Colombia
RCN news //760.
R Nac Venezuela, Valencia, Ven “RNV presenta musica de Venezuela”
R Coro, Coro, Venezuela
SS ballads, canned ID “Radio Coro 780”
R Metropolitana, Fortaleza, Brazil PP ads, many mentions of Fortaleza
Super R Boa Vontade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PP ID
Venezuela Mara Ritmo, Maracaibo. Venezuelan mx, TC, ID.
R Red RCN, Bogota, Colombia
tc 3.33, SS, “Radio Red de RCN”
R Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil
news, PP.
Caribeña Mil AM, Morón, Venezuela SS ballads, promo/ID
RCN, Cartagena, Colombia
Promo for RCN heard under Caribena AM
R Capital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
promos with “Radio Capital” IDs, ‘phone nos.
R Difusora Cajazeiras, Brazil
ID/promo
R Santa Fé, Bogota, Colombia
guitar ballads , “Radio Santa Fé” ID.
R Globo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
‘Globo’ ID by DJ after EE pop record.
R Cordillera, Bogota, Colombia
Cumbia mx, canned ID
R Morada do Sol, S Paulo, Brazil ‘programa Voz da Libertaҫão’ www.ipda.com.br
R Puerto Cabello, Pto Cabello, Ven “Radio Puerto Cabello” ID, mx
R Buenos Aires, Argentina
SS ID, pop mx
R Boa Vontade, Salvador, Brazil PP preacher, jingles, ID 2158, // 6040
Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello, Ven music, IDs
R Educadora, Braganҫa, Brazil promo/ID “Radio Educadora...Para”
R Zorrilla de San Martin, Tacuarembó, Uruguay jingle, full SS ID.
RB2, Curitiba, Brazil
Long rel talks, “RB2” jingle/ID
R Boa Nova, Guarulhas, Brazil hymn, clear “Rede Boa Nova” ID. PP.
R Carraviz, Juliaca, Peru
SS preacher, “Atención habitantes de Juliaca...”
7
1580
1670
0802
0056
17/03 Verdad R, Bogota, Colombia
“Verdad Radio 1580 AM HJQT”
13/03 R Rubi, Rafael Castillo, BA, Argentina ID “Radio Rubi AM 16-70”, local music.
EUROPE
153
612
684
738
828
837
1395
1431
1503
1010
1724
1705
1659
1710
1740
1705
1900
0132
20/03
14/03
14/03
10/03
14/03
08/03
10/03
14/03
18/03
NRK Ingøy, Norway
Report from Svalbard re eclipse
R Radonezh, Moscow, Russia.
Chimes & ID // 684. Russian orthodox choir
R Radonezh, St Petersburg, Russia OM RR monologue, church bell //612.
WRN, Kurkino (Moscow), Russia ID, relay Polish R Russian “Radio Polska”
Pravoslavnoye R, St Petersburg, Russia. ID Russian, rel mx
UR1, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
ID
R Rossii, Buguruslan, Russia
Radio Rossii nx.
R Ukraine Int, Mykolaiev, Ukraine. ID in pres Russian.
AFN, Lajes, Azores.
US Army PSA, AP news update
11/03
10/03
08/03
10/03
11/03
Kingstown R, Hull
“the heart of classic hits.....Kingstown Radio”
Carillon R, 2 sites, Leics
oldies // Carillon on 1431.
R Jcom, Leeds
“you’re listening to Radio Jcom”
Carillon R, 2 sites, Leics
“Carillon Radio” jingle under Smooth
R Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne live DJ chat mentions Radio Tyneside.
UK LPAMs
1350
1386
1386
1431
1575
1013
1647
2300
1627
1005
above: Fishing boats moored at nearby Kinlochbervie harbour
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SHORTWAVE LOGS
kHz
UTC
Station, programme details, language etc
SIO Date
Init.
2485
3255
3289.98
3310u
3915
3975
3990
3995
1749
1834
0716
0033
2256
1949
1705
2301
152
353
141
233
353
454
232
APs
APs
APs
DKs
APs
APs
DKs
4010
1753
4055
4716.7
4747.58
4750
4774.9
4774.92
4800
4835
4835
4905
4920
4940
4955.0
5000
0040
2322
2337
1703
0024
2311
1745
1930
1937
1612
1611
2303
2322
1730
5025
2156
VL8K Katherine, Australia – chat about recipes //4835.
BBCWS via Meyerton, S Africa – talk on Boko Haram.
Vo Guyana (pres) – weak “BBC World Service” px. No ute QRM.
Odessa Coastal R, Ukraine. “Ukraine Navigation Warnings” in EE
BBCWS via Kranji – Rutles rpt, World Book Club promo –2259*
Vatican R – YL leading Catholic prayers in Latin.
Xinjiang PBS, China – Uighur service // 558, 6120
Life FM via HCJB Deutschland – nx in Gerry Adams, wx, ID:
“Life FM, shining the light over Cork” then jingle.
Kyrgyz R1, Biskkek, Kyrgyzstan – OM in Kyrgyz: 1757: anns inc ID
as ‘Birinchi Radio’, sung National Anthem to exactly 1800 then off.
R Verdad, Guatemala. SS rel talk, 0100 chimes, IDs, addr. SS
R Yatam Ayllu Yura, Bolivia – drama with narrator. “Radio Yura”
R Huanta 2000 – time check, many adverts, 2352: ID
Bangladesh Betar – news in VV, ID then off @ 1706.
R Tarma, Peru – “Atencion TarmaZ Radio Tarma de Peru”. SS
R Tarma, Peru – SS OMs, CODAR QRM.
CNR 1, China – reading in EE and CC alternately // 7230, 9830 etc
ABC Alice Springs, Australia - ABC nx EE
VL8A Alice Springs, Australia – finance chat, EE
Xizang PBS Lhasa, Tibet – ‘Holy Tibet’ in EE //4920 6130
Xizang PBS Lhasa, Tibet – EE rpts on finance //4905 6130
R San Antonio, Peru (pres) – SS religious singing, church service.
R Cultural Amauta, Peru – OM talk with Andean mx. 2326: ID
BPM, Shaanxi, China – 1 sec pulses, 1 min pips with call sign in
morse and YL voice anns at 29 and 59 mins past the hour.
VL8K Katherine, Australia – talk w/ NSW Fair Trade commissioner
ID “on 105.7 ABC Darwin”. EE
R Havana, Cuba – “Weekly Review”; 2312: DXers Unlimited. EE
R Candip, Bunia, DR Congo – long talk in FF, occ morse, off 2016
R Candip, Bunia, DR Congo – cont. African mx. Off by 2026 check
WBCQ Monticello ME – ID over reading from Lord of the Rings.
SW relay svce Bishkek (pres) – C Asian song, choir, VV.
Shiokaze (Sea Breeze), Japan. EE (Thurs), sig improves->1700
Adygey R, Russia. IS, s/on in Adygey, local folk mx (Sunday)
Echo of Hope, Suwon, Rep Korea. drama in KK //6250 best LSB
Vo Mongolia via Kall. EE, tourism, best after 1720 IRIB s/off.
HCJB, Quito, Ecuador. Ethnic sounding mx. YL ID SS
R Rwanda. French ID (under CRI also in French)
CFRX, Toronto, Canada. Talk on voter turnout // CFRB 1010
R Nigeria, Kaduna. OM in Hausa. Blocked by CRI, 1900+
R Nigeria Kaduna. OM in Hausa, “R Nigeria’ ID //594 MW.
Amharic State R, Geja. Horn of Africa mx, best USB.
Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet. EE rpts, ‘Holy Tibet’ //4905 4920.
VO People S Korea to N Korea. Talk in KK // 6600
VO People S Korea to N Korea. Talk in KK // 6518
VOBME, Eritrea. Talks in VV (?Amharic) 1801 anthem, s/off
VO Nigeria, Lagos. Talk in African language..
Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany. World of Radio. Glenn Hauser
Overcomer via WRMI, USA. Bro Stair selling FM txr “send $70”
VO Africa, Omdurman, Sudan. YL ID, African Woman px. EE
SIBC Honiara, Solomon Islands. local flight info, EE/Pidgin. ID
at 0800: “Radio Happy Isles, the Voice of the Nation”, news.
R 700 via Kall, Germany. Test with relay of R700. GG.
R Voz Missionaria Camboriu, Brazil. OM in PP talk about SW.
5040
5066.34
5066.34
5110.97
5129.97
5910
6000
6003
6005
6050
6055
6070
6089.85
6089.85
6090
6130
6518J
6600
7175
7255
7265
7570
9505
9545
2302
1955
1951
2357
1720
1616
1900
1650
1710
0929
1810
0812
1854
2114
1855
1612
1642
1640
1750
2130
1540
0855
1810
0755
9560
1050
9664.69 0844
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10/03
09/03
12/03
13/03
11/03
14/03
16/03
444 11/03 APs
353
244
252
242
353
233
333
344
233
353
253
243
151
253
10/03
14/03
09/03
08/03
10/03
14/03
09/03
19/03
07/03
09/03
10/03
10/03
09/03
08/03
APs
DKs
APs
APs
APs
DKs
APs
APs
DKs
APs
APs
APs
APs
APs
252 14/03 APs
353
353
242
242
343
242
242
233
232
343
243
322
244
232
443
232
353
333
344
344
222
344
243
233
08/03
08/03
07/03
14/03
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19/03
15/03
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19/03
09/03
14/03
11/03
15/03
17/03
15/03
10/03
19/03
19/03
10/03
19/09
11/03
19/03
10/03
APs
APs
APs
APs
APs
APs
APs
DKs
APs
APs
DKs
APs
DKs
APs
APs
APs
APs
DKs
DKs
DKs
DKs
DKs
DKs
DKs
253 16/03 APs
353 19/03 APs
252 18/03 APs
9685
0945
9690
1000
9765
0905
9840
1810
9955
2205
11368
1950
11580
2310
11580
2330
11620
0948
11764.7 0909
11780.13 0853
11880
2310
12014.89 1537
15215
1600
15215
1600
15550usb 2140
Vo Zhonghua, China – CC field report with children, //11620
R Free Asia via Lithuania. s/on EE ID, into Tibetan. No jamming.
R New Zealand Int. rpts on Vanuatu, Fiji. EE
WHRI, Cypress Ck. cont pop 1830: Lighthouse Bible Study
WRMI, USA. “Chelmsford Calling” px with Sunny Jim. EE
All India R, Hindi px // 7550 (pres 11670 on wrong freq)
WRMI, Okeechobee, USA. World of Radio. EE
R Ukraine Int. via WRMI, USA. Ukrainian Diary. EE
Vo Zhonghua, China. outside bcast, CC //9685 – 1000+
Super R Deus e Amor, Curitiba, Brazil. preacher in Portuguese..
R Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil. EZL ballads, DJ in PP.
R Havana Cuba. Comment on US-Venezuela relations. EE
Vo Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. song, EE interview on tourism -1600*
R Oomrang/Amrum via Issoudun. Talks in EE,GG & Frisian.
R Oomrang via Issoudun. EE/GG ann, interviews inc EE. -1700*
WJHR, Florida, USA. Church “planting” in Spain. s/off 2204. EE
253
344
354
142
233
455
344
344
354
253
344
243
252
555
444
254
19/03
19/03
19/03
19/03
11/03
07/03
08/03
08/03
19/03
19/03
18/03
10/03
19/03
08/03
08/03
14/03
APs
DKs
APs
APs
DKs
DKs
DKs
DKs
APs
APs
APs
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APs
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DKs
below: cliff tops north of Sheigra on a calm sunny day
(Alan Pennington © BDXC)
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