With Dave Kenny & Tony Rogers
This was our first DXpedition to Sheigra for two years. Unfortunately the old cottage that had been the base for the many DXpeditions between 1985 and 2001 is not available as the current owners don't want to rent it out for holiday lets. So, we stayed again at Mary's cottage on the eastern edge of the village. This is great for putting out aerials towards Asia, the Middle East and Africa as it backs on to open moorland, but as was described in our last report (November 2002 - still available on BDXC web site) it is not ideal for the Americas as aerials in that direction have to cross a public road (albeit little used) and gardens of nearby houses. However, as it happens this did not matter as conditions were such that almost no North American mediumwave reception was possible for the whole two weeks! This must be a unique Sheigra log with just four Canadians and not even a single a US medium wave station heard!
Things got off to a promising start with very early reception of the Newfoundland stations from tune-in at 1830 on Sunday 7th, however within an hour these stations had abruptly disappeared to be replaced by weak signals from Brazil. It became apparent that a huge solar storm had erupted leading to auroral conditions. This was to influence our reception for the whole of the two weeks. Medium wave reception was dominated by good signals from the Middle East during the early evening followed by reception from Brazil in the late evening. No other Latin American countries were heard on mediumwave, although the tropical SW bands provided good reception from Peru and Bolivia most evenings. A consistent pattern followed throughout the two weeks with only minor variations from day to day. Towards the end of our stay we were rewarded with some fine afternoon reception from the Far East and South Asia on both medium and short wave. The geomagnetic storm hit shortwave reception particularly badly and it took several days for the higher frequencies to start propagating. After a few days the tropical bands became quite lively providing some enjoyable listening, especially from Asia and Latin America.
The Asian mediumwave log is particularly comprehensive and contains many "UK firsts", especially of Indian and Iranian stations. This is partly down to conditions and also thanks to the location of Mary's cottage which enables beverage aerials to be put out across the moor pointing straight at South Asia and the Middle East (this direction was not possible from the old cottage). One thing which needs to be mentioned is the growing level of electrical noise, even in this most remote corner of the country. Despite switching off the noisy storage heaters in the house we found external electrical interference to be a problem, particularly on the North American aerial. Its not clear exactly what is causing this new interference but is seems to be coming down the mains supply.
There are still plenty of sheep around but for once they left our aerials alone! As usual in this north-westerly corner of the UK, there were frequent gales during our stay and the few breaks in the aerials that we suffered were all caused by ferocious winds battering the wires on the clifftops above Sheigra. Speaking of the cliffs, a large chunk of land has completely disappeared since our last visit: the area where our North American aerials used to end has crumbled into the sea leaving a gaping gap in the clifftops with a sheer drop to the waves many feet below. Apart from being very windy, it was generally mild for the first 10 days but it turned much colder at the end of the fortnight with snow and hail showers. With the aerials down on the Friday afternoon and the snow beginning to settle we decided to leave Sheigra early before the steep track out of the village became impassable (we were once snowed in there for nearly a week!) What we didn't realise at the time was that the roads further south were already snowbound and it took us nearly 6 hours crawling in 2nd gear through blizzards and snow-covered roads to reach the safety of the A9 near Inverness.
Dave Kenny - AOR AR 7030 Plus and tuneable pre-amp
Tony Rogers - AOR AR 7030 Plus and Palstar pre-amp
560 1900 07/11 CHVO Carbonear NL country mx, ID "560 CHVO… VOCM" (not // 590) 590 1840 07/11 VOCM St Johns NL country mx UD "Newfoundland's information super station VOCM" 650 1847 07/11 CKGA Gander NL VOCM ID, ads // 590 930 1830 07/11 CJYQ St Johns NL folk mx, "Radio Newfoundland" ID
820 0757 09/11 Trinity Broadcasting, St Kitts Religious px, TBN ID EE 1400 2230 08/11 Harbour Light of the Windwards, Grenada Christmas/Bible stories, wx at 2300
580 2348 17/11 ZYI776 R Boas Novas, Recife, Brazil ID/promo, phone in, PP 600 0100 13/11 ZYK278 R Gaycha, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Long PP talk, ID 740 2236 07/11 ZYH446 R Sociadad da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Lottery numbers, PP ID (heard daily) 760 2320 17/11 ZYH588 R Uirapuru, Fortoleze, Brazil PP ID at 2330 840 2313 09/11 ZYH447 R Excelsior da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. Phone-in, ID "Excelsior" 1130 2308 09/11 ZYJ460 R Nacional, Rio, Brazil EZL mx, sung jingle "Nacional" & full ID 1189.92 2100 09/11 ZYH663 R Juazeiro, Juazeiro, Brazil Long PP ID "Radio Juazeiro… AM stereo" 1280 2159 09/11 ZYI688 R Sinhua, Bayeux, Brazil ID "R Sinhua…emisora da Bayeux, Paraiba"
531 2252 10/11 IRIB Iranshahr, Iran mx, Farsi talk audible under Faroes // 1503 558 2243 10/11 IRIB R Farhang, Ghesiagh mx, Farsi talk // 1152 585 1730 07/11 AIR Nagpur, India Home nx in EE // Hyderabad 4800 585 2240 10/11 IRIB R Quran, Tehran (pres) Non-stop Koran under Spain 594 2120 16/11 TRT 4, Malatya, Turkey Turkish traditional music // 954 648 1718 12/11 AIR Indora, India Indian classical mx // 4840 657 1655 17/11 AIR Kolkata, India Indian classical mx // 4840 666 2302 10/11 IRIB Shushtar, Iran Talk in Farsi // 1503 702 1715 07/11 AIR Jalandhar, India Ext svc in Urdu - Indian mx // 4860 702 2305 10/11 TRT 4, Catalca, Turkey Turkish mx // 954 702 1930 11/11 IRIB Kiashahr, Iran Ext svc in RR, chimes ID "Govorit Tehran" 720 1649 17/11 AIR Chennai, India Indian classical concert // 4800, 4840 729 1640 17/11 AIR Guwhati, India Indian classical mx // 4940 etc 738 1721 12/11 AIR Hyderabad, India Indian classical mx // 648, 4840 738 1427 18/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi talk in CC, mx // 1494, 5060 774 1818 16/11 IRIB Arak, Iran talk in Farsi, Iranian mx // 1503 774 1650 17/11 AIR Shimla, India Indian classical concert // 4800, 4840. V.strong! 783 1905 11/11 BSKSA Dammam, Saudi Arabia world nx, ID AA 801 1651 17/11 AIR Jabalpur, India Indian classical concert // 4800, 4840 819 1649 17/11 AIR Delhi, India Indian classical mx // 4860 828 1815 11/11 Syrian Arab Rep R, Deirel Zawr Nx AA // 1071 855 2250 10/11 BSKSA Dammam, Saudi Arabia Koran recital // 1521, 1440 891 2125 16/11 TRT 4, Antalya, Turkey Turkish traditional song // 954 900 2251 10/11 IRIB Tehran, Iran talk in Farsi // 1503 900 2012 12/11 BSKSA Quarayyat, Saudi Arabia Koran recital // 1521 918 1651 17/11 AIR Suratgarh, India Indian classical concert // 4800, 4840 927 2318 10/11 IRIB Dorud, Iran talk in Farsi // 1503 954 2310 10/11 TRT 4, Trabzon, Turkey Turkish mx // 594, 702. ID 2318 972 2045 18/11 LJB, Sirte, Libya. Mx, anns in AA // 1449 981 2052 18/11 IRIB Hamdan, Iran talk in Farsi // 1503 1017 2330 10/11 TRT Mundanya, Turkey (pres) talk in Turkish 1071 2220 10/11 IRIB Qom, Iran (pres) Ma'aref prog. Talk in Farsi 1071 1740 11/11 Syrian Arab Rep R, Tartus AA ID exactly as per 2004 WRTH p.366 // 828 1080 2154 10/11 IRIB Mahshar, Iran AA ext svc // 1224. Koran 1134 1928 11/11 R Kuwait, Sulaibiyah AA mx // 9855 1134 2118 14/11 CNR-1 (Western China?) CC talk // 4800. Also heard at 1344 18/11 // 9860 1143 1410 18/11 IBB VOA Philippines relay. VOA jingle, Cantonese // 15160 1152 2244 10/11 IRIB R Farhang, Tabriz, Iran Mx, talk in Farsi, // 558 1161 1900 11/11 IRIB Qasr-e Shirin, Iran AA ext svc // 6065, 1080 ID "Huna Tehran" 1169 2135 10/11 IRIB Semnan, Iran nx Farsi // 1503 (NB consistently 1 kHz off channel) 1188 2154 10/11 IRIB R Payam, Tehran, Iran talk in Farsi, fanfare ID "Radyo Payam" nx 1206 1750 16/11 V of People of Kurdistan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. End of nx, AA ID 1224 2223 10/11 IRIB Kerman, Iran AA ext svc // 1080, 6065. AA chanting 1242 1345 18/11 V of Vietnam, Can Tho (pres) talk in pres Vietnamese 1287 2120 16/11 Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, Israel Pop songs, anns in Hebrew // 6973 1287 1653 17/11 AIR Panaji A, India Indian classical concert // 4800, 4840 1296 2039 14/11 IBB: VOA via Kabul, Afghanistan VOA Special English 1332 2243 10/11 IRIB Tehran City R, Iran drama, song ID "Radyo ?? Tehran…" 1359 1958 16/11 CNR 1, China (unknown site) s/on CC ID, anthem // 7935 1368 1852 11/11 IRIB Sari, Iran Koran recital // 1503 1377 1959 16/11 CNR 1, China (unknown site) s/on CC ID, anthem // 7935 1395 2235 10/11 IRIB Hajiabad, Iran mx Farsi // 1503 1395 0030 13/11 AIR Bikaner, India Home nx in Hindi // 4860 1413 1810 07/11 BBCWS via Oman BBCWS nx EE // 12095 1422 1610 17/11 CRI, Kashi, China CRI Hindi service // 7235 1430 1706 07/11 IRIB Isfahan, Iran nx Farsi // 1503 (NB consistently 1 kHz off channel) 1440 1713 13/11 BSKSA Dammam, Saudi Arabia AA nx // 1521 1449 1735 14/11 IRIB Bandar-e Turkamen VIRI ext svc in Turkmen 1467 1705 07/11 AIR Jeypore, India Indian classical mx // 5040 1467 1755 13/11 BSKSA Saudi Arabia (site unknown) ID in AA on hour 1467 0040 13/11 IRIB Qom, Iran (pres) talk in Persian over Saudi Arabia 1467 1355 18/11 R Thailand, Pathum Thani (pres) exotic sounding music, talk in Thai 1476 1557 18/11 R Thailand, Lamphun exotic mx, talk in Thai, s/off with Royal anthem 1476 1553 18/11 UNID China ? CC-language stn peaking over Thailand 1476 1608 16/11 UAE R, Dubai Koran recital // 13630, 13675 1485.05 1745 13/11 UNID pres Iranian regional talk in Farsi - 2 stns listed 1494 1420 18/11 Xinjiang PBS, Kerla, China CC talk, mx // 5060 1503 2143 10/11 IRIB Bueshehr, Iran play in Farsi // 1169 1521 1815 08/11 BSKSA, Dubam Saudi Arabia Koran // 9870 1521 1900 07/11 CRI Urumqi, China CRI RR service ID 1530 1634 17/11 AIR Agra, India Indian classical mx // 4800, 4840 etc 1548 1725 13/11 US IBB: R Sawa, Kuwait AA & western pop, ID in AA 1557 1625 17/11 Family R via Taiwan Religious story in EE, Family Radio ID. 1566 1701 07/11 AIR Nagpur, India talk in Hindi "Akashvani" ID 1566 2143 10/11 IRIB Bandar Abbas, Iran mx // 1503 etc 1575 1650 07/11 VOA via Bangkok, Thailand VOA EE ID @ 1659 1584 1728 13/11 IRIB Maku, Iran mx, talk in Farsi, 3 chimes 1730 (pres regional px) 1593 2230 07/11 US IBB: R Free Iraq, Kuwait AA nx, sports. ID "idaat al araq al hurr min Prague" 1593 1800-1900 reg Jamming - pres Iranian jammer against Radio Farda in Persian via US IBB Kuwait.
594 1752 07/11 RTM Ouida, Morocco AA mx // 15345 612 2003 11/11 RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, Morocco AA nx // 15345 675 2015 09/11 Libyan R, Benghazi AA nx - home svc // 828, 1449 711 2135 11/11 V of Africa, Sabha, Libya end nx in AA // 1251 783 1956 09/11 R Mauritania, Nouakchott AA ID // 4845 819 1726 12/11 ERTU, Batra, Egypt Gen px in AA // 12050. ID, Koran 828 2017 09/11 Libyan R, Sabha Nx reports in AA - home svc // 1449 1053 2023 09/11 Libyan R, Tripoli nx in AA // 828, 1449 - peaking over Talksport! 1251 1920 08/11 V of Africa, Tripoli, Libya EE nx to 1935 then into FF (not // 1449) 1385.9 2100 07/11 R Rural, Labe, Guinea nx in local language, mentions of Conakry 1431 2241 07/11 US IBB - R Sawa via Djibouti AA mx with "Sawa" ID faded over mx 1449 2018 09/11 Libyan R, Misurata now carrying dom svc // 828 etc - nx in AA 1530 2010 07/11 US IBB: VOA Sao Tome VOA nx EE // 4940 1550 2210 07/11 Nat R of SADR, W Sahara Nx AA - very strong
603 0900 08/11 V of Russia, Zehlendorf, Germany Nx EE // 1323 666 1915 14/11 R Vilnius, Sitkauni, Lithuania EE external svc - tourist info 684 1800 12/11 NERS St Petersburg, Russia ID "Ruslavnya Radio Sank Petersburg" RR 828 2158 08/11 RDP Azores (pres) PP football commentary // RDP 666, 720 864 1710 17/11 TWR via Gavar, Armenia EE px - health advice, ID // 5855 1188 1500 18/11 Deutsche Welle via St Petersburg DW int sig, ID "Nemetsky Volna" 1260 2147 10/11 BBCWS via St Petersburg, Russia BBCWS EE nx // 9410. US politics 1287 1735 10/11 UK LPAM: BFBS N Ireland BFBS Radio 1 ID, mx 1287 1100 18/11 UK LPAM: Garrison R (pres Catterick). Nx, wx "Garrison Radio 1287" ID 1350 1928 13/11 TWR via Armenia IS, rel talk in EE translated into pres Kurdish 1350 0947 15/11 UK LPAM: R West Suffolk clear ID audible in much (E Anglia ILRs strong) 1350 2347 14/11 UK LPAM: Kingstown R, Hull "Hospital Radio Link" promo, ID 1386 2350 14/11 UK LPAM: Carillon R, Loughborough Hospital. ID, Cat Stevens track 1386 2353 14/11 UK LPAM: Blast 1386, Reading Presenter said "Grooveline" px coming up next 1386 2133 10/11 CRI via Sitkauni, Lithuania CRI EE svc noted 2100-2200 daily 1431 1905 07/11 V of Russia via Kopani, Ukraine VoR Greek external service. Nx 1530 0805 12/11 AFN Keflavik, Iceland "….on Thunder 13-50 AM" 1557 1800 07/11 CRI via Sitkauni, Lithuania CRI RR service. ID 1584 2238 07/11 RMC-Info, Metz, France FF promo, ID "vous ecoute RMC"
1350 2300 07/11 UNID Brazilian many IDs for BVN - Bon Ventada network 1380 2259 08/11 UNID Brazilian "novo Radio (?Novo de Pais?) IDs 1521 1600 17/11 UNID V of Russia site Clear ID in EE "This is Moscow" heard in mix
2310 1935 12/11 VL8A Alice Springs, Australia. ID "This is ABC", EE // 2325 & 2485 2325 1939 12/11 VL8T Tennant Creek, Australia. ABC music px, EE // 2310 & 2485 2485 1940 12/11 VL8K Katherine, Australia. ABC music px, EE // 2310 & 2325 3200 1858 15/11 TWR Swaziland - ID "Your friendly voice in Africa, Trans World Radio" 3215 1630 18/11 R Feon'ny Filazantsara via Madagascar. ID, rel talk in Malagasy 3215 1908 08/11 S African Radio League via Meyerton - Ham radio nx (Mondays only) 3223 1738 14/11 AIR Shimla, India. Indian mx, some intros in EE, off 1801 // 3315 3230 1950 15/11 Family R via Meyerton. Religious phone-in, ID, EE 3240 1935 15/11 BBC R Scotland. Fourth harmonic 4 x 810 3249.50 1605 18/11 PBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. Talk in Korean // 3320.20 3255 1845 15/11 BBC WS via Meyerton. 'Fast Track', African sport, EE 3306 1819 15/11 Zimbabwe BC, Harare. Tlk VV, mx, tc, ID as "Radio Zimbabwe" 3315 1740 12/11 AIR Bhopal, India - ID in Hindi "Akashvani Bhopal Kendra" 1743 off 3320 1902 15/11 R Sonder Grense via Meyerton, South Africa. Nx in Afrikaans, ID, sport, financial nx (sponsored by Starlight Travel) 3320.20 1606 18/11 PBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. Talk in Korean // 3249.50 3345 1830 10/11 AWR via Meyerton, South Africa. ID "AWR, Voice of Hope", EE 3345 2000 10/11 Channel Africa, Meyerton, South Africa. ID, nx abt Namibia, EE 3365 1614 18/11 AIR Delhi, India. "Broadcasting on Medium Wave 450.5 metres, 666 kHz, this is the Rajdhani General of All India Radio, Delhi", EE 3375.11 2245 17/11 R San Antonio, SA de Padua, Peru - Youth px, promo, SS ID 3945 1717 11/11 AIR Gorakhpur, India. External Sce in Urdu, Mx // 4860 & 6045 3950 1420 17/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China. Talk in CC // 5060 242 3990 1745 17/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi - Uighur mx // 4980. DRM QRM ex 3995. 4162.6 1643 18/11 UNID (Voice of Conservative Party of Kurdistan listed here). Nx in AA (mention Margaret Hassan, Condoleza Rice), military-type mx 4330 1639 14/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China. Songs, Kazakh // 6015 4525 1553 08/11 Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot, China. Talk in Mongolian // 4785 4746.9 2304 18/11 R Huanta, Peru - LA mx, ads mentioning Huanta 4760 1530 17/11 AIR Port Blair/Leh, India. Home News in EE; transmitters slightly out of sync giving echo effect 4760 1643 08/11 R Liberty via Tajikistan. Talk in Tajik; India in background 4760 2214 09/11 ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia (pres). Religious px in EE 4770 1800 09/11 R Nigeria, Kaduna. News in EE 4775 1535 17/11 AIR Imphal, India - Home nx EE // 4940 etc 4775 2202 17/11 R Congonhas, Brazil - Full ID PP mentioning "ondas tropical" 4782.9 2050 15/11 RTM, Bamako, Mali. Vernacular // 4835 4785 1552 08/11 Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot, China. Talk in Mongolian // 4525 4790 1608 09/11 Pakistan, Islamabad. News in EE, wx, News Commentary, EE 4800 1127 11/11 CNR-1, China. CC // 5030; very weak at this early time 4800 1800 14/11 AIR Hyderabad, India. Nx in EE // General Overseas Service, local ID and nx in Indian-language at 1810 4810 1925 07/11 Vof Armenia, Yerevan - "Public R of Armenia" daily EE px // 9965 4830 1920 17/11 UNID. African language, close at 1930 with mention of address seemingly in Kaduna, Nigeria? Not there when checked next day 4830 2320 12/11 Mongolian R, Altay. Local mx, Mongolian // 4895 4835 1445 17/11 VL8A Alice Springs, Australia - Light mx, ABC ID. (should be on 2310 kHz at this time). 4835 1535 17/11 VL8A Alice Springs, Australia. Local ID "783 ABC Alice Springs" 4835 2051 15/11 RTM, Bamako, Mali. Vernacular // 4782.9; very low modulation 4855.74 2206 17/11 R La Hora, Cusco, Peru - SS anns, time check, events in Cusco 4860 1903 12/11 AIR Delhi, India. Nx in EE // General Overseas Service (scheduled for AIR Urdu - mix up with feeds?) 4864.95 2215 17/11 R Centenario, Santa Cruz, Bolivia - SS ID, bursts of UTE QRM 4875.05 1803 18/11 R Hara, Georgia (pres). Talks in pres Abkhazian, interspersed with classical and opera mx, distorted audio, off at 1829 4885 2128 17/11 R Clube do Para, Belem, Brazil. Soccer - Brazil v Ecuador, PP 4890 0859 17/11 NBC, Port Moresby, PNG. ID "Karai National Radio, the Voice of Papua New Guinea", nx at 0900, EE 4890 1945 12/11 NBC Port Moresby, PNG - Relay of R Australia // 9500. S/on with PNG anthem, "Natl Bcasting Commission of PNG" ID at 1958. 4895 2322 12/11 Mongolian R, Murun. Local mx, Mongolian // 4830 4902.1 2150 18/11 R San Miguel, Riberalta, Bolivia - LA mx, SS ID 2200 time check 4915 1959 18/11 R Ghana, Accra. ID "Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, the station of the nation", drums, time pips, ID "Radio Ghana, the news", EE 4915.06 0749 09/11 R Difusora, Macapa, Brazil. ID, pop mx, PP 4919 0813 12/11 R Quito, Ecuador. Mx, ID in SS "Radio Quito, La Voz de la Capital" 4920 1630 08/11 Tibet PBS, Lhasa - "Holy Tibet" px EE // 4905 5240 6110 7385 etc 4924.9 2156 17/11 R Difusora, Taubate, Brazil. Ads, full ID at 2200, PP 4925 1548 09/11 RRI Jambi, Indonesia. Koran till 1558, closing anns, abruptly off 4930 1640 09/11 Turkmen R, Ashkhabad - Nx in EE, heavy accent, difficult to follow. 4940 1545 09/11 AIR Guwahati, India. End of Home News in EE 4940 2225 15/11 Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, China. S/on, IS, ID, opening anns, CC 4950 1427 17/11 Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, China (pres). Weak, mx, CC // 5075 4950 1544 09/11 AIR Srinagar, India. Home News in EE; mixed with pres China 4950 1858 08/11 R Nac de Angola, Luanda - ID, drums, pips, fanfare, nx in PP 4960 1543 09/11 AIR Ranchi, India. Home News in EE // 4950 4965 1705 11/11 Voice Africa, Zambia - EE pop mx, requests to voiceafrica.net 4970 1530 17/11 AIR Shillong, India - Home nx in EE // 4940 etc 4975.97 1830 17/11 R Uganda, Kampala. EE px "Better Life" 4980 1633 14/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Songs, talk in Uighur // 7195 4990 1541 09/11 AIR Itanagar, India. Home News in EE // 4950 4960 4995 1557 08/11 R Liberty via Tajikistan. Talk in Kazakh, off at 1559 5000 2150 18/11 YVTO Caracas, Venezuela - SS ID, time anns checks every minute ID is "Obeservatorio cahigal, Caracas" 5005.3 1533 09/11 R Nepal, Kathmandu (pres). Play, Asian songs and mx 5010 1537 09/11 AIR Thiru'puram, India. Home News in EE // 4990 etc 5015 1500 12/11 Turkmen R, Ashkhabad, Nx EE - v weak, barely audible 5025 0910 19/11 R Rebelde, Cuba - Nx, Rebelde web site promo. SS 5025 1943 09/11 R Parakou, Benin. FF Nx, ID "Radio Benin", Parakou mentioned. 5030 0950 19/11 University Network, Costa Rica - EE preaching // 7375, jazz 5030 1150 19/11 CNR 1, Beijing - Talk CC // 7935 5030.5 2242 13/11 R Burkina, Ouagadougou. African mx; off-channel for a few days 5040 1539 09/11 AIR Jeypore, India. Home News in EE // 5010 4990 etc 5040 2238 14/11 Croatian R. Mixing product 6165 - 1125, Croatian // 6165 5040.4 1455 17/11 R Myanmar, Rangoon, Burma (pres). Presumed educational px in Burmese minority language, talk, mx 5045 2120 18/11 R Guaruja, Guaruja, Brazil - Guaruja sports promo PP 5050 1322 14/11 AIR Aizwal, India (pres). Indian mx; co-channel China 5050 1645 14/11 Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, China. Anns, ID in CC, song 5060 1420 17/11 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Talk in CC // 3950; Tashkent in background 5060 1422 17/11 R Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Urdu // 5975 6025 9715; under Xinjiang 5070 1130 13/11 WWCR Nashville, USA. World of Radio; barely audible fading out. 5075 1425 17/11 Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, China (pres). Weak, mx, CC // 4950 5500 1741 09/11 Voice of Tigray Revolution. Mekele, Ethiopia. VV talk // 6350. 5770 1625 14/11 Defence Forces Bcing Station, Myanmar (pres) - Talk to 1627 in SE Asian sounding language, s/off 6010 1900 13/11 SLBC European Service, Colombo via Skelton UK. Harry Fernando with music, Buddhist px, nx abt Sri Lanka (Sats only) 6010.1 0959 12/11 LV de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras Colombia. SS talk, ID, LA mx 6045 1425 10/11 AIR Delhi, India. Details of forthcoming progs etc on AIR, EE 6055 1830 13/11 R Rwanda, Kigali. ID, nx EE 6060 1925 08/11 Namibia BC, Windhoek. Discussion about struggle of Namibian people; 2030 re-check into BBC WS Nx, Focus on Africa, EE 6060 2004 09/11 NBC, Windhoek, Namibia. EE - how to vote & fill in ballot paper 6065 1930 15/11 V of Palestine, V of the Palestinian Islamic Revolution, via IRIB. AA external service, Tehran. S/on ID in AA 6110 1938 15/11 VIRI, Tehran. EE service - US military attacking Mosul // 7320 6150 1300 14/11 R Singapore Int. ID "Radio Singapore International, news, views and information", nx, EE 6209.95 1905 09/11 R Fana, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (pres). Mx, talk, Vern // 6940 6340 1730 09/11 V of [Iraqi] Kurdistan, Kurdish ID "Era Dangi Kurdistan" off 1802 6940 1906 09/11 R Fana, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (pres). Mx, talk, Vern // 6209.95 7140 1305 19/11 CNR 2, Beijing. Daily EE learning prog - item about Beijing bars 7145 1330 16/11 Lao National R, Vientiane. External service in EE. Just a trace, barely audible until ID, closing ann at 1401 with Lao anthem. 7170 1305 14/11 Olikkalanjiam, Singapore. Nx in Tamil, ID "Oli FM" 7216.8 2308 16/11 R Nacional de Angola, Luanda. Weak signal seemingly // 4950 7295 1335 14/11 RTM R4, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mx, 1400 "Good evening, here is the news at ten", ID "Radio Four", EE 7295 1452 17/11 RTM R 4, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ID, Bon Jovi song, requests 7380 2100 13/11 V of Biafra (via Meyerton?) s/on ID EE "Voice of Biafra from Washington DC" (Saturdays only) 9330lsb 2120 13/11 WBCQ, Maine. "Radio Weather" px - digital radio. Ad: SW Store 9330lsb 2201 18/11 WBCQ, Maine "World of Radio" No 1253 with Glenn Hauser 9520 1830 07/11 IBRA R via Juelich. Slow speed EE px about addictions 9530 2125 11/11 R Transmundial (TWR), Brazil. Jornal do Brasil nx, RTM ID 2200 9610.05 0830 12/11 R Taiwan Int. Feature px, ID, EE 9665.43 1102 11/11 KCBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. Talk in Korean // 11679.75 9680 1832 12/11 Voice Africa via Sofia, Bulgaria. Christian pop, EE presenters 9710 1040 12/11 R Australia, Shepparton. Tok Pisin service in Pidgin // 6020 9715 1330 13/11 R Tashkent Intl. S/on freq ann, RTI news EE 9835 1450 09/11 All India R, Delhi. Home nx service - Newsreel - Indian politics 9865 1656 16/11 Voice Africa, Zambia. EE Rel px, freq change to 4965 9865 1706 15/11 Voice Africa, Zambia. EE ann of freq change to 4965 at 1709. 9885 1010 11/11 R New Zealand Int. 'Today in Parliament', ID "National Radio" 9910 0930 16/11 KTWR Guam. IS, ID in Mandarin 9940 1620 18/11 VIRI, Tehran, EE service - philosophical talk, nx headlines, s/off 11679.75 1103 11/11 KCBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. Talk in Korean // 9665.43 11760 2110 09/11 R Havana Cuba. DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro // weak 9505 11840 1804 07/11 R Santec (The Word) via Juelich - Sundays only. EE talk 11860 1745 14/11 Voice of Africa, Tripoli (via France). Readings from Green Book in EE // 1251 15220 15615 15660 11910 0930 11/11 R Georgia, Tbilisi. "Programme Georgia" ID, EE. Distorted audio 11910 0930 12/11 R Georgia, Tbilisi. ID, opening anns, EE 12085 1020 16/11 Voice of Mongolia. Mailbag, ID, EE 13820 1545 14/11 Restoration Radio px from Nashville via Juelich. Listed as Panamerican Broadcasting this time and freq, though no IDs 15000 1714 15/11 WWV, Colorado mixing with WWVH, Hawaii - time signal anns 15085 1030 14/11 IRIB Tehran. Voice of Justice px in EE // 15460, 15480 (NB only heard this one day on this freq - presume on air in error) 15149.82 1010 16/11 Voice of Indonesia. Feature, ID, postal address, Thai 15318.1 0945 16/11 Voice of Korea, Pyongyang. Pres Korean - off at 0950 with NA 15425 1200 13/11 HCJB Australia. DX PartyLine with Allen Graham 15748 1315 09/11 SLBC Asian service, Colombo. Time check, ID EE 17695 1140 11/11 V of Africa, Tripoli, Libya (via France). EE nx - death of Arafat 21550 1030 16/11 R UNMEE (to Eritrea/Ethiopia) via VT Merlin Abu Dhabi. S/on with multilingual IDs, EE ID is "Radio Unmee"
73's Dave & Tony