Here are some of my last October observations.
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna: long wire (30 m)
Location: St.Petersburg, Russia
73!
Mikhail
DSWCI member no. 2987
http://dxcorner.narod.ru
9595 1339-1401, 1457-1500'12* J R.Nikkei, Chiba-Nagara, 22/10,
Japanese, YL talks, short music pauses, final YL/OM talks - weak-poor
till 1401 when Dhabbaya came on the frequency, //6055 weak
4760 1607-1630'07* SWZ TWR, Manzini, 22/10, Vernacular, OM talks,
Afropop-like songs, final IS and open carrier before the tx off - fair
and even better with local noise, QRM: DRM-like utility on 4762
21630 1844-1858'30'* USA WHRI, Cypress Creek, 22/10, English, OM
religious talk (Dr. Lester Sumrall?), slow songs, final WHRI OM ann at
1858'04 - poor-fair with local noise
6089.9v 0455-0507 NIG R.Nigeria, Kaduna, 23/10, OM local singing till
0500, then no feed or very weak audio - fair-poor
9645.38 0523-0528'12 B R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 23/10, Portuguese,
YL/OM short talks, Brazilian songs - fair till 0528'12 when Vatican R.
came on the frequency
9665.1 0531-0547 B Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis, 23/10, Portuguese,
Brazilian songs, OM/YL short talk at 0543'46 with mention of
Missionaria - fair, //5939.97 poor, 11749.87 weak
9675.01 0548-0608 B R Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 23/10,
Portuguese, YL/OM talks with many mentions of "Nova", OM cathedral
sermon - fair and better, // http://www.cancaonova.com/radioam.asx
with delay via Firefox
9564.89 0611-0620 B Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 23/10,
Portuguese, OM sermon with music in the background - fair with local
noise, //11765 fair-almost good and http://app01.truetech.com.br:8070/pr_superradioctba
with delay via Firefox
9480 0802-0832 D European Music Radio, Kill (?), 23/10, English, Mike
Taylor's radio show with many western oldies such as The Cars or Boney
M, IDs, "1 kW in Germany" mention, etc. - very good with sligh fading
only
4750 1353-1413 BGD R. Bangladesh, Shavar, 29/10, Bengali, YL ann and
talks, local music, OM news with opening ID at 1405'04 including
report about EPL saturday games, 1410'52 one more OM ID and YL talk
again with musicall pauses - poor, then fair and even better with
local noise and PBS Qinghai in the background
3975.03 1417-1434 PAK Azad Kashmir Radio, Islamabad, 29/10, Urdu-like,
local songs, OM/YL talks starting from 1428, one minute pause at 1430
and then local music and OM talk again - poor-fair with local noise
and strong bubble jamming starting from 1420'53 during approx. 10
seconds
4760 1732-1816'18* SWZ TWR, Manzini, 29/10, Vernacular, YL/OM radio
show, then YL talks with mention of Radio Habari Maalun from Tanzania
and native songs, etc., one TWR interval signal at 1815'01 - very good
with slight local noise and transmitter hum, transmitter was off at
1809'01-1809'33, 1810'05-1810'17 and 1810'49-1811'01
7245 1842-1900 MTN R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 29/10, Arabic, OM talks
with mention of Mubarak, 1855 OM talks with musical pauses, local song
- fair and even better with splashes from 7240 (ROU) and 7250 (CVA),
best in USB, blocked by CRI at *1900"00
11930 2048-2104 USA R.Marti, Greenville, 29/10, Spanish, OM/YL talks
abour Cuban economy, new B11 frequencies, etc. with piano music in the
pauses, 2110'11 "Esta es Radio Marti..." and then news - strong
signal, but fair only due to ARS and local noise, //9565 weak-poor and
13820 poor-fair
6304.95v 2208-2237 HOL R.Black Power (pirate), 29/10, Dutch/English,
OM jingles and IDs, pop songs including No Doubt Don't Speak and Mark
Knopfler What It Is - good with slight fading
6135 *0000'01-0028 RUS Voice of Russia, St.Petersburg-Krasny Bor,
30/10, Spanish, YL ID and opening ann with mention of 31, 41 and 49
m.b., then YL news and "Noche de Sabado con la Voz de Rusia" - very
good with slight hum (38,06 km between the RX and TX locations), //
7430 fair, 9810 poor and 9865 fair
21805 *0600'00-0629'35 RUS Voice of Russia, Novosibirsk (tentative
location), 30/10, English, YL opening annn with ID, news and then
"Outlook" about the EU anti crisis package, Lybia after Kaddafi, etc.
- strong signal, but fair-almost good only due to slight transmitter
hum, muffled audio and fading, //17805 fair with splashes from both
sides
11665 0945-1001 MLA Wai FM, Kajang, 30/10, Malay, OM talk, local
songs, YL ann with mention of Malaysia in some seconds after 1000 -
weak under tentative TWN carrier, blocked at 1000'54 by CNR1 and their
heterodyne
15360 1217-1233 CUB R.Habana, Cuba, 30/10, Spanish, YL (mostly) and
OM talks with mention of Cuba - poor under IRN and local noise, //
11830 poor with splashes from KSDA on 11825
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