[HCDX] Alaska AM DX Audio
It's been somewhat meager transpolar openings but what I've had, has been good. All recorded in McGrath, Alaska 250 miles NW of Anchorage with a CC Skywave (non SSB model), 5" DeBock tunable FSL antenna and Zoom H1 handheld digital recorder connected directly to the output of the radio. Sorry, no URLK shorteners this time for my audio links.. was taking topo much time to create them and always came up with a few errors each time. 1026kHz Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr, Iran at 1819UTC on Sat Nov 27th with 2 men talking. Not the best signal I've ever had from them, but far form the worst and certainly understandable by a native farsi speaker. 200KW via 5377 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yTf120o2FOG_lprtYaeFCpKMk_5u1hI/view?usp=sharing 1053kHz Radio lasi. Lasi Romania at 1738UTC on Sun Nov 28th with woman talking in romanian. No idea what kind of show this is. You can clearly hear my local airport beacon, VTR 350kHz beeping away in the background. 1050khz is its 3rd harmonic and it runs a blistering 1KW from barely 2 miles away! 400kw via 4827 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OcieBA7ZiRJbFUv3MqcI63-3sD2B9sev/view?usp=sharing 1062kHz TRT Radyo 1, Diyarbakir Turkey at 1657UTC on Sat Nov 27th with a man loudly and excitedly talking then what sounds like possibly a program promo. Signal wasn't that great and didnt last long. I've had them much better for much longer later in the winter, last year. 300kw via 5392 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YAmuWPS_MWsW4hGoywkBL1vXuKpVFUgR/view?usp=sharing 1089kHz Talk Sport UK at 1742UTC on Sun. Nov 28th with man talking on the phone with british accent. First time heard this season and not nearly as strong as I've heard it before. 500kw via 4417 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1az5Y30bjAwXjNXPI9R9BUim9EaQf6eWs/view?usp=sharing (assuming 500kw Droitwich transmitter, no echo heard) 1215kHz Absolute Radio UK on Sun. Nov 28th at 1745UTC with "Mysterious Ways" by U2 4417 or so mile transpolar path depending on which of the two higher powered 1215 transmitters I heard. This one is rare here, 1089 Talk Sport is my most common UK signal. 1215 audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1az5Y30bjAwXjNXPI9R9BUim9EaQf6eWs/view?usp=sharing 1386kHz Radio Baltic Waves International, Viesintos Lithuania at 1725UTC on Sat Nov 27th with an absolutely glorious signal during some instrumental music during a Radio Poland program. 75KW via 4240 mile transpolar path Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17MxfxHb3xwzr5gxtPyMMkaf8D0JamZba/view?usp=sharing 1413kHz Vesti FM, Grigoriopol Moldova, at 1728UTC on Mon Nov 22 with man talking in Russian by phone. Later in the recording is a female doing a news report. Nolt a bad signal this time, but not the best I've ever heard them because the signal can be very clear at times, almost like a semi local. 400kw via 4820 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKdeEivAtRPOL-qy9QkXqDSRqsWVAH1Y/view?usp=sharing 1485kHz NRK P1 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway at 1645UTC on Wed Nov 24th. The station playing pop music held out fairly well on and off for over 5 minutes, about the clearest I've ever heard it and the longest too. Most times they aren't as good and only last 10-20-30 seconds. 1KW via 2675 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1moKNULk_LPfLRedW3N_jBQnpRY5MeV4A/view?usp=sharing 1530kHz Radio Romania Actualitati, Radauti Romania on Sun Nov 28th at 1803UTC. Starts off with woman talking, sounds like some kind of news report of some kind, but just a guess based upon the inflection of the voice and the time. Man starts talking at 29 seconds and at 39 seconds, you hear him say the name of the station, "Radio Romania Actualitati". Two 1530kHz transmitters exist in Romania but this is the only one on the Actualitati network, the other runs programming from their Constanta network. 15KW non directional via 5017 miel transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKdeEivAtRPOL-qy9QkXqDSRqsWVAH1Y/view?usp=sharing 1548kHz Radio Sawa, Al-Kuwayt, Kuwait at 1723UTC on Mon Nov 22nd. Signal isn't the best, but at times good enough a native speaker would easily understand what's being said during this talk or interview show. 600kw via 5928 mile transpolar path. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZZceDus3VeukDkgy9rFH6q4bIDS5ruF/view?usp=sharing _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
[HCDX] Alaska AM DX Audio Logs
My location: McGrath, Alaska using a C.Crane Skywave, 5” DeBock FSL antenna, Zoom H1 digital recorder and Sony MDR7506 headphones. All were confirmed either by a match to a web stream or known to me with 100 percent certainty that’s what I was hearing. This isn't all, but is most of what I’ve logged, some stuff is left out such as weaker stuff I’ve reported already. I try to keep my logs to stuff that’s interesting for one reason or another, a new log, exceptionally strong signal given the circumstances.. something like that! 864kHz Trans World Radio via 1,000,000 Watt Gavar, Armenia transmitter site on Wed Oct 27 at 1708UTC with some singing by a man and woman followed by a brief Interval Signal interlude then the start of another program. Signal is VERY good at times, but does fade out a bit. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia864Oct27_1708utc 936kHz IRIB Radio Azarbyajan Gharbi via 300KW transmitter in Fesanduz, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1640UTC with music followed by a man talking, maybe over the phone. The signal was good enough and clear enough that Soundhound and Shazam were able to correctly ID the song. It was getting beat up by splatter from other stations but overall, a good signal otherwise. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran936Oct27_16 1053kHz Radio Iași via 400KW transmitter in Iași, Romania on Wed Oct 27 at 1628UTC with some real good Romanian music, good audio quality and good signal but my local NDB beacon in the background. You see, VTR is running a blistering 1KW on 350kHz and 1050 is square on it’s 3rd harmonic. 4827 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.lyRomania1053Oct27_1628utc NEW! 1179kHz IRIB Radio Iran via 50KW transmitter in Chah Bahar on Wed Oct 27 at 1557utc. This was initially an unknown as MWlist says its on 558kHz but WRTH still has it on 1179khz. Someone also ID’d the language as Farsi and said its much more likely to be Iran then the other 1179 in the Middle east, KuwaitStarts with a woman talking, a music interlude then a man talking. Near the end of the recording, you can hear it give way to a Chinese language station. Poor to fair at times, but other times, a good signal. 5484 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1179Oct27_1557utc NEW! 1188kHz IRIB Radio Payam via 300KW transmitter in Tehran, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1559UTC with music and some talking interspersed. A few seconds past 1600UTC top of hour, there’s a brief time tone, “Radio Payam” station id and a few more tones. So rare for me to get a station ID from a non English speaking station that I can so easily understand. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1188Oct27_1559utc NEW! 1260kHz SBA Radio Riyadh via 500KW transmitter in Damman, Saudi Arabia on Oct 27 at 1602UTC with a woman reading what sounds like a news report and playing some sound bites followed by some music later on. Not too bad of a signal for over 6 minutes! 6102 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/SaudiArabia1260Oct27_1602utc NEW! 1278kHz IRIB Radio Kermanshah via 200KW transmitter in Kermanshah, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1624UTC with a musical interlude then a female talking. Weak/noisy signal. 5600 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1278Oct27_1624utc NEW! 1368kHz IRIB Radio Golestan via 150KW transmitter in Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1623UTC with some talking, a brief musical interlude and more talking. Noisy and poor signal. 5308 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1368Oct27_1623utc 1395kHz Public Radio of Armenia via 400kw transmitter in Gavar, Armenia on Wed Oct 27 at 1617UTC with man talking. The signal fades out a bit and comes back with music for a bit, before yet another fade down and rise up. On peaks, pretty good signal. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia1395Oct27_1617utc 1449kHz IRIB World Service via 400kw transmitter in Bandar-e Torkman, Iran on Sat Oct 23 at 1637UTC with female in turkmen language, with what sounded like a news report. Slight het from 250 Watt KLAM 1450 but pretty good signal for nearly 3 minutes. 5835 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1449Oct23_1637utc NEW! 1467kHz IRIB Radio Qom via 100KW Transmitter in Qom, Iran on Oct 27 at 1650UTC with music. Signal was brief but very good! 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1467Oct27_1650utc 1512kHz IRIB Radio Ardabill via 50KW transmitter in Ardabill, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1611UTC with a man talking, sounds like he’s on the phone.. There’s a musical interlude, and more talking. The signal is exceptionally clear and strong at times especially considering the power level! I’ve yet to log the 1 megawatt Saudi on 1512! 5320 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/1512IranOct27_1611utc _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___
[HCDX] Alaska AM DX Audio Oct 21
It was an all Asian morning and pretty decent at that! CC Skywave & 5" DeBock FSL Antenna 567kHz JOIK Sapporo, Japan at 1615UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with woman talking. Fair to good signal. Not often heard here. 100kw at 2810 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOIK567SapporoOct21_1615utc 873kHz KCBS Sinuiju, North Korea at 1633UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with instrumental North Korean music, signal held out pretty decently for over 6 minutes. 250KW 3500 miles Audio: http://bit.ly/Pyongyang873Oct21_1633utc 909kHz JOVX Abishiri, Japan at 1622UTC on Thu Oct 21 with "All Night Nippon, heard the same program feed on JOLF 1242. Decent signal. 5KW 2699 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOVX909Oct21_1622utc 981kHz CNR1 Changchun, China at 1600UTC on with station ID. Darn good signal. 200KW 3262 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/981ChangchungOct21_1600utc 1341kHz CRI Haudu, China at 1628UTC on Thu. Oct 21st with male and female talking. Not a bad signal at all. 300KW at 3751 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/CRI1341HauduOct21_1628utc _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
Re: [HCDX] Alaska AM DX Audio
Oops, forgot the audio from Vesti FM on 1413 from Moldova in original post. Here it is: http://bit.ly/Moldova1413Oct16_1616utc On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 5:56 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recorded in McGrath, Alaska with a CCrane Skywave & DeBock 5" FSL Antenna > > 936kHz IRIB Radio Azarbayjan Gharbi, Fesanduz, Iran on Sat Oct 16 at > 1512UTC with woman talking, fair to weak signal.Match to stream! 300kw > via 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran936Oct16_1521utc > > 1026kHz IRIB Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr, Iran on Sat. Oct 16th at 1458UTC > with what sounds like a man talking on the phone. Fair signal. Match to > stream 200kw via 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: > http://bit.ly/Iran1026Oct16_1458utc > > 1071kHz IRIB Radio Ma'aref Tartus, Iran on Sat. Oct 16 at 1517utc with > brief musical interlude followed by a man talking. Fair signal but lots of > atmospheric noises clutters the signal a bit. Match to stream 100kw via > 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1071Oct16_1517utc > > 1116kHz 4BH Brisbane, QLD, Aus Thu Oct 14 at 1459UTC with fair signal, > oldies song into station top of hour id and female newsreader. not the best > signal I've had from them by any means, but I've rarely caught a top of > hour from many stations. 6.3kw night power at 6850 miles. Audio: > http://bit.ly/Aus1116Oct14_1459utc > > 1314kHz Sky Racing Radio, Wollongong, NSW, Aus Thu Oct 14 at 1620UTC with > live horse racing action. Signal and audio are poor and fade down a bit, > but no mistaking what this is vs the other 1314 in Australia thats sports > TALK. 5kw at 7344 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/aus1314Oct14_1620utc > > 1386kHz Radio Baltic Waves International, Viesintos Lithuania on Mon Oct > 18 at 1549UTC woman talking in a slavic language. I've heard them much > bettr than this before. 75kw via 4239 miel transpolar path. Audio: > http://bit.ly/3Lithuania1386Oct18_1549utc > > 1413khz Vesti FM, Grigoriopol, Moldova Sat Oct 16 at 1616UTC. Man talking > in Russian on phone and female host in studio. Poor to fair signal, I've > heard them much stronger than this before. 500kw via 4825 mile transpolar > path. > > 1449kHz IRIB World Service, Bandar-e Torkaman, Iran in Turkmen on Sat Oct > 16 at 1510UTC. Signal is pretty decent with a bit of a het from KLAM 1450 > 300 miles away but gets abundantly clear just a little over into the > recording. I'm guessing at the rate at which the guy is talking and a few > of the words I pick out, this is some kind of religious recitation/speech. > 400kw via 5835 mile trans-polar path. Audio: > http://bit.ly/Iran1449Oct16_1510utc > > 1485kHz NRK P1 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway on Sat. Oct 16th at 1501UTC > with man and woman talking in Norweigan followed by a song, "Runaway" from > The Corrs. 1KW via 2325 mile transpolar path. Not a bad signal for what it > is. Audio: http://bity.ly/Longyearbyen1485Oct16_1501utc > > 1512kHz IRIB Radio Ardabil, Ardabill Iran on Fri Oct 15 at 1611UTC with > somewhat lively chat between two men. It was not the 1 megawatt Saudi and I > was able to confirm that because the content I heard on 1512 matched the > Iran webstream. 50kw via 5320 mile transpolar path. Audio: > http://bit.ly/Iran1512Oct15_1611utc > > 1548kHz Radio Sawa via al Kuwayt, Kuwait on Fri Oct 15 at 1623UTC with > what sounds like a promo announcement by a woman then a man begins talking. > Fair signal but some atmospheric noise. 600kw via 5927 mile transpolar > path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Kuwait1548Oct15_1623utc > > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
[HCDX] Alaska AM DX Audio
Recorded in McGrath, Alaska with a CCrane Skywave & DeBock 5" FSL Antenna 936kHz IRIB Radio Azarbayjan Gharbi, Fesanduz, Iran on Sat Oct 16 at 1512UTC with woman talking, fair to weak signal.Match to stream! 300kw via 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran936Oct16_1521utc 1026kHz IRIB Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr, Iran on Sat. Oct 16th at 1458UTC with what sounds like a man talking on the phone. Fair signal. Match to stream 200kw via 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1026Oct16_1458utc 1071kHz IRIB Radio Ma'aref Tartus, Iran on Sat. Oct 16 at 1517utc with brief musical interlude followed by a man talking. Fair signal but lots of atmospheric noises clutters the signal a bit. Match to stream 100kw via 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1071Oct16_1517utc 1116kHz 4BH Brisbane, QLD, Aus Thu Oct 14 at 1459UTC with fair signal, oldies song into station top of hour id and female newsreader. not the best signal I've had from them by any means, but I've rarely caught a top of hour from many stations. 6.3kw night power at 6850 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/Aus1116Oct14_1459utc 1314kHz Sky Racing Radio, Wollongong, NSW, Aus Thu Oct 14 at 1620UTC with live horse racing action. Signal and audio are poor and fade down a bit, but no mistaking what this is vs the other 1314 in Australia thats sports TALK. 5kw at 7344 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/aus1314Oct14_1620utc 1386kHz Radio Baltic Waves International, Viesintos Lithuania on Mon Oct 18 at 1549UTC woman talking in a slavic language. I've heard them much bettr than this before. 75kw via 4239 miel transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/3Lithuania1386Oct18_1549utc 1413khz Vesti FM, Grigoriopol, Moldova Sat Oct 16 at 1616UTC. Man talking in Russian on phone and female host in studio. Poor to fair signal, I've heard them much stronger than this before. 500kw via 4825 mile transpolar path. 1449kHz IRIB World Service, Bandar-e Torkaman, Iran in Turkmen on Sat Oct 16 at 1510UTC. Signal is pretty decent with a bit of a het from KLAM 1450 300 miles away but gets abundantly clear just a little over into the recording. I'm guessing at the rate at which the guy is talking and a few of the words I pick out, this is some kind of religious recitation/speech. 400kw via 5835 mile trans-polar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1449Oct16_1510utc 1485kHz NRK P1 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway on Sat. Oct 16th at 1501UTC with man and woman talking in Norweigan followed by a song, "Runaway" from The Corrs. 1KW via 2325 mile transpolar path. Not a bad signal for what it is. Audio: http://bity.ly/Longyearbyen1485Oct16_1501utc 1512kHz IRIB Radio Ardabil, Ardabill Iran on Fri Oct 15 at 1611UTC with somewhat lively chat between two men. It was not the 1 megawatt Saudi and I was able to confirm that because the content I heard on 1512 matched the Iran webstream. 50kw via 5320 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1512Oct15_1611utc 1548kHz Radio Sawa via al Kuwayt, Kuwait on Fri Oct 15 at 1623UTC with what sounds like a promo announcement by a woman then a man begins talking. Fair signal but some atmospheric noise. 600kw via 5927 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Kuwait1548Oct15_1623utc _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
