** CHINA. Firedrakes were back in force on August 25: at 1237, good on 9000; at 1249 on 10210, and in the usual mix on 12040. At 1255 on 13970 and 14420 (ex-14430); at 1257 poor on 15755; at 1300 listening to 10210 as it went to open carrier at TOH; at 1337 still on 13970 and 14420 but poor; …
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Read More »Glenn Hauser logs August 24, 2009
** CANADA [and non]. CHU, 7850, at 1413 Aug 24 time pips mixed with some hashy QRM, and also 2-way SSB slightly on the hi side, language not determined. The hashy QRM I would have assumed to be coming from my VCRs or TVs, but has been reported by others as a CHU transmitter defect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING …
Read More »Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay 3350 0256 Spanish 333 Aug 22 YL with comments. CUBA Radio Rebelde 5025 0305 Spanish 444 Aug 22 Vocal Cuban music. OM with ID 0309. UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWRB 3185 0240 English 433 Aug 22 OM preaching from the Bible about politics. UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR-1 3215 0253 English 444 Aug 22 OM interviewing …
Read More »Glenn Hauser logs August 21-23, 2009
** BIAFRA [non]. Sometime during the 19-20 UT Friday Aug 21 hour I tuned to 15665 for about four sesquiseconds to reconfirm VOBI still there via WHRI, and it was. BTW, James MacDonell in NW Nigeria tells me that as of Aug 23, R. Nigeria Enugu is gone again from 6025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S …
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AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 13630 2213 English 333 Aug 21 YL interviewing an OM. BONAIRE Radio Japan Relay-NHK 15265 2220 Japanese 333 Aug 21 YL and OM with comments plus some music. BONAIRE Radio Nederland Intl Relay-RNI 15540 2224 Dutch 433 Aug 21 OM with comments on the daily Dow Jones results. Anthem 2226 and off the air 2227. CUBA Radio …
Read More »Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2009
** CANADA. CHU is rarely strong enough here to tell, but as Liz Cameron, MI, has been noting, there is some buzz mixing with the 7850 signal, Aug 22 at 1221. It`s more obvious with BFO on, and the transmitter seems slightly unstable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Searching every kHz between 8 and 19 MHz for …
Read More »CHINA on 60-meters this morning
Steven C. WisebloodBrownsville TX(2 miles from Boca Chica Beach,GULF of MEXICO)Radio Shack DX-399150′ center fed LWtimes in UTC 22 AUG 20094800 CHINA CNR-1 CPBS Geermu; 1159z M&W in CH, time pips, M in CH w/anmts talking over Instrumental music, then M in CH with news, 1204 PSA’s or anmts by M&W in CH. Fair-Good, signal becomming more clear everyday as …
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Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 23rd of August 2009 at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz. M.V.Baltic. Information: MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009 1st Sunday MV Baltic Radio 3rd Sunday European Music Radio 4th Sunday Radio Gloria International We wish you good …
Read More »Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2009
** AUSTRALIA. RA is regular on 15240, 15160, but not often heard on 15415, as it was Aug 21 at 0517 with song, in English? Not // the others. 15415 is 329 degrees from Shep, alternating English and Indonesian and this was during a semi-hour in the latter service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 13635 and 13660 …
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CANADA Radio Japan Relay-NHK 5960 0455 Japanese 333 Aug 19 YL with comments and suddenly off the air 0459. CANADA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 6020 0500 English 433 Aug 19 China sending relief aid to Taiwan after a storm hit Taiwan. CANADA Radio Japan Relay-NHK 6110 0505 English 444 Aug 19 YL and OM with news items on the death …
Read More »Glenn Hauser logs August 19-20, 2009
** CANADA. Big het between 6160.0/6160.9, Aug 20 at 0549 with CBC in English. As Carlos Gonçalves just reported from Portugal, CKZN is off-frequency, and here it clashes with CKZU, the two about equal level and inseparable [the only spelling accepted by MS Word]. Normally they are never zero-beat, but maybe 15 Hz apart producing a fast ripple SAH. Still …
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