March 2015 - British DX Club
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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 1 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 th “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 2 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. th 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 [email protected]. 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 09/03 19/03 09/03 10/03 13/03 18/03 17/03 10/03 10/03 13/03 12/03 12/03 18/03 18/03 17/03 16/03 13/03 18/03 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 8 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 9 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 08/03 16/03 19/03 15/03 19/03 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 DKs APs DKs APs DKs below: cliff tops north of Sheigra on a calm sunny day (Alan Pennington © BDXC) 10