2009 Dx World Log Book
21525 - 2030 - R. Nederland, Netherlands/Bonaire - (EE) - sio:444 - English broadcast to West Africa. Sounded pretty good at this frequency, some slight fade. Discussion of South African dance/music. - (Yaesu FRG-7/Buffalo, NY - SWLR_RN069 - 3/10/2010)
S McLean - Mar 10 20:44
6297 - 2345 - Nat.R. of Saharan, Algeria/Clandestine - (SS) - sio:344 - Mx and male announcer speaking in spanish. References to 'Sahara'; funky local guitar-like music intermixed with the announcer. Clear station ID at 0001 UTC. Some kind of anthem played at 0002, off-air by 0003. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 3/9/2010)
S McLean - Mar 10 00:02
6240 - 2247 utc - DMR Pridnestrovye, Moldova - (EE) - sio:455 - Excellent signal with comment on Romanian and Moldovan soldiers that took part in the Romanian fascist army during World War two. - (Kenwood R2000 and 30meter LW. - New Jersey, USA - 08 March 2010)
Bob - Mar 8 22:53
5385 - 0110 - The C rystal Ship, Pirate - (EE) - sio:444 - The ghastly 'Don't You Want Me Baby' by the Human League was being aired during their 80"s blowout tonite - heard thanks to Glenn Hauser's alert via Yahoo DXLD - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 3/7/2010)
S McLean - Mar 8 01:13
9840 - 1245 - Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam - (EE) - sio:233 - Female announcer with news/views from Vietnam, music at 1251 UTC - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR_RN069 - 3/7/2010)
S McLean - Mar 7 12:51
11620 - 2045 - All India Radio, India - (EE) - sio:434 - 'Business Review' followed by local music at 2050 UTC. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 3/1/2010)
S McLean - Mar 1 20:54
4930 - 0318 - Voice of America, Botswana - (EE) - sio:252 - Weak w/ American English talks by a YL. No interference at all. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/26/2010)
Taylor - Feb 27 03:21
9580 - 2200 - Africa #1, Gabon - (FF) - sio:544 - French language broadcast. Strong signal, little or no interference. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/26/2010)
S McLean - Feb 26 22:04
9525 - 1300 - Voice of Indonesia, Indonesia - (EE) - sio:423 - Male announcer with news/political commentary. Difficult at times to hear because of VOA on 9530, was able to de-tune enough to listen. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/26/2010)
S McLean - Feb 26 13:11
5860 - 0130 - Radio Farda, Sri Lanka - (Perisan) - sio:242 - Pretty weak with some fast deep fades but heard "Radio Farda" ID and some music. 250 kw to W Asia area. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/25/2010)
Taylor - Feb 26 01:34
13800 - 1640 - Radio Darbanga, Madagascar - (AA) - sio:534 - Male announcer speaking, 'Radio Darbanga' was sung multiple times at 1644. Some high freq interference but otherwise very strong. According to www.short-wave.info transmitter is on Madagascar. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/25/2010)
S McLean - Feb 25 16:51
4965 - 0216 - The Voice-Africa, Zambia - (EE) - sio:252 - Came in loud enough to hear EE christian music. Hard to get most nights except a tone of a carrier. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/24/2010)
Taylor - Feb 25 02:17
4765 - 0209 - Radio Rural, Brazil - (PP) - sio:141 - Horribly faint but heard an OM speaking Portuguese very faintly. 5 kw from 7000 miles away-unbelievable! Last night I had 4885 Radio Clube do Para, 4915 Radio Anhanguera and 4985 Radio Brasil Central. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/24/2010)
Taylor - Feb 25 02:13
9645 - 0138 - Radio Romania International, Romania - (Romanian) - sio:333 - Fair signal with Romanian music. Some short fades. 31 meters (and other bands) BOOMING in tonight. Lots of QRM on some frequencies. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/24/2010)
Taylor - Feb 25 01:41
6290 - 2345 - Radio Cairo, Egypt - (AA) - sio:533 - Music followed by arabic dialog between a man and a woman. Strong signal, lots of warble. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
S McLean - Feb 24 23:52
4845 - 2230 - Radio Mauritanie, Mauritania - (AA) - sio:544 - Strong signal, clearly arabic being spoken. Audio was actually very good compared to other broadcasts on this band. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 22:34
5045 - 2220 - Radio Guaruja Paulista, Brazil - (PP) - sio:533 - Music/variety, clearly heard the station ID and 'Brazil' spoken. Some slight fading. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 22:24
5830 - 2210 - Radio Ukraine Int'l, Ukraine - (EE) - sio:233 - 'Ukraine Today' programme. This is their Western Europe target broadcast. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 22:12
11710 - 1525 - Voice of Korea, Korea - (EE) - sio:544 - A report on Korean manufacturing and the construction of a factory. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 15:28
11680 - 1515 - Radio Nacional Venezuela, Venezuela - (EE SS) - sio:544 - Bi lingual programming - very interesting. News, followed by music. Strong signal originates from Cuba. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 15:22
5915 - 0450 - CVC International, Zambia - (EE) - sio:333 - Heard christian music, which sounded like a rhythmic song. Fair signal. Has 100 kw to West Africa. - (Sangean ATS-909 - Bothell, WA - 2/23/2010)
Taylor - Feb 24 04:51
3985 - 0300 - HRV Voice of Croatia, Croatia - (EE) - sio:233 - News from Croatia. Plenty of ham interference but there were also periods where none existed. Interesting on this frequency. - (Yaesu FRG-7, 25m random wire - SWLR-RN069 - 2/23/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 24 03:08
6015 - 2330 - Radio Romania Int'l, Romania - (EE) - sio:544 - 'People and Places' - coming of spring, celebrated March the 9th, marking the warm season. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/23/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 23 23:39
15341 - 1400 - RTV du Maroc, Morocco - (AA) - sio:444 - Moroccan music, male announcer. I do not know any Arabic. Very strong signal, little interference or noise. - (Yaesu FRG-7, 25M random wire, preselector. - SWLR-RN069 - 2/22/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 22 14:11
6120 - 0200 - IRIB Teheran, Iran - (EE) - sio:EE - News report about the 'neocon' driven war in Iraq and its cost to the world economy. Pretty predictable propaganda coming from Teheran. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/18/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 19 02:02
7250 - 0145 - IRIB Teheran, Iran - (EE) - sio:544 - Iranian music, hosted by a female that would break in and provide commentary of what was being played. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/18/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 19 01:50
5830 - 2220 - Radio Ukraine Int'l, Ukraine - (EE) - sio:544 - History and customs of Ukrainian 'Hutsuls' that reside in the western highlands. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/8/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 9 18:52
6170 - 1310 - Radio New Zealand Int'l, New Zealand - (EE) - sio:533 - World news reports, female announcer. Surprisingly strong signal for a program beamed to the South Pacific. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/6/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 6 13:15
15345 - 1600 - RTV du Maroc, Morocco - (AA) - sio:544 - Some music before the hour, male and female announcers at the top of the hour, likely nx after 1600. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/3/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 3 16:04
6015 - 2325 - Radio Romania Int'l, Romania - (EE) - sio:544 - Discussion of 'radio drama' shows on their 'Cultural Events' feature followed by 'Living Romania'. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 2/2/2010)
Scott McLean - Feb 2 23:29
9870 - 2115 - BSKSA 1, Saudi Arabia - (AA) - sio:544 - Arabic broadcast. Interestingly they use what I know to be the Fox football theme music. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/31/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 31 21:26
6040 - 0120 - Radio Slovakia Int'l, Slovakia - (EE) - sio:444 - A report on the history of slovakian figure skating. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/30/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 31 01:25
6055 - 0000 - Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain - (EE) - sio:545 - Headlines, news, sports. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/29/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 30 00:13
7305 - 0250 - Radio Vaticana, Vatican - (EE) - sio:244 - Changover from french to english at 0250: report on diversity of Catholic faith. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/28/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 29 02:53
6240 - 2320 - Radio DMR, Moldova - (EE) - sio:244 - History and current condition of Moldova. French broadcast began after their musical ID at 2327 UTC. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/28/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 28 23:36
7550 - 2110 - All India Radio, India - (EE) - sio:344 - Citar music (!), followed by a discussion of the physiology of polygraph examinations. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/27/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 28 12:26
7540 - 2055 - Denge Mezopotomya, Ukraine - (KU) - sio:244 - Some music, followed by Kurdish speaking. Clear ID heard just prior to sign off at 2100 UTC. This is apparently a clandestine outfit according to Glenn Hauser. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/27/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 28 12:22
6115 - 2145 - Radio Romania International, Romania - (EE) - sio:444 - History items of Bucharest and sporting news from the Australian open. - (Dak MR-101 - SWLR-RN069 - 1-25-2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 25 22:03
6020 - 1230 - Radio Australia, Australia - (EE) - sio:434 - Discussion today about Australia's national anthem, 'Waltzing Matilda'. - (Dak MR-101 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/25/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 25 12:41
5900 - 0000-0030 - Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria - (EE) - sio:434 - The program 'Keyword: Bulgaria' was presented talking about tourism in Sofia. - (Dak MR-101 - SWLR-RN069 - 1/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 25 12:40
4840 - 1200 - Radio Marti, USA - (SP) - sio:544 - Spanish language news - transmitter in either NC or FL - (Dak MR-101 portable - SWLR-RN069 - 1/25/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 25 12:16
9790 - 1200 - NHK, Japan - (EE) - sio:344 - NHK world/news with interspersed music. - (Dak MR-101 portable, end-fed 20m random antenna/balun. - SWLR-RN069 - 1/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 24 12:59
6055 - 1130 - RNV, Venezuela - (SP) - sio:333 - Clearly heard the 'Radio Nacional de Venezuela' marker at 1230 GMT. - (Dak MR-101 portable - SWLR-RN069 - 1/24/2010)
Scott McLean - Jan 24 12:57
5975 - 0500z - NHK radio japan, Japan - (EN) - sio:544 - Japan general news - (ICOM IC R8500 - LONGWIRE ANTENNA - Toledo-Spain - 20Jan-2010)
Gabriel B. - Jan 20 05:10
9400 - 1455 - Radio Sweden, Sweden - (EE) - sio:344 - The Week Gone By, wSwedish news topics in English - Asia / Oceanic service (per primetimeshortwave) ****** Finally got around to Fixing the problem with posting a log here ****** - - (Kenwood R2000 - 30 meter longwire - NJ - USA - 10 Jan 2010)
Bob - Jan 10 15:11
2009 Dx World Log Book