2,310.0, AUSTRALIA, ABC Northern Territory, 1011-1020, Feb 22, Aboriginal/Engl., S 2 signal level. Suprised so find this one. Audible with some fades. Music program with male announcer in EE at tune in. Tentive id heard at 1016 by male announcer in EE. More pop music. (R. Montgomery,PA)
4,052.5, GUATEMALA, Radio Verdad, 0213-0216, Feb 26, Spanish/English, Female announcer in SS with intro to next song at tune in. Male announcer, or preacher at 0214 with long talks in SS. S 5 with fades and some noise problems. (R. Montgomery,PA) 4,319.0, BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (U.K.), AFRTS, 0021-0028, Mar 10, English, Sports program in progress at tune in. S3 signal level. Had to use narrow bandwidth due to co channel use of rtty. Program is about the NFL draft situation. 0026 to baseball and spring training. Program is audible but a little weak. ID as American Forces Network at 0030. URL by male announcer also given. (R. Montgomery,PA) 4,780.0, GUATEMALA, Radio Cultural Coatan, 0147-0205, Mar 6, Spanish, Having some problems with their audio equipment. Sounds like possible tape deck sticking at times and changing speeds. S3 level with local music. Male announcer in SS with announcements on occassion. Tenitive id heard at 0202 by male announcer (R. Montgomery,PA) 4,965.0, ZAMBIA, Christian Voice, 0048-0125, Mar 6, English, Weak at tune in, but audible above noise floor. Male announcer at 0100 with announcements in EE. Lots of QRN making it difficult to copy. Continous music with female announcer on occassion. Female with possible id at 0120 but not totally positive. Station jingle with id at 0121. (R. Montgomery,PA) 5,055.0, COSTA RICA, Faro del Caribe, 0012-0040, Feb 12, Spanish/English, Male announcer with mx program. S 9 level with fades. Slightly over modulated and makes for difficult copy of announcer. Id is presumed. No EE heard, only SS. News items at 0030. Some side channel chatter but audible. (R. Montgomery,PA) 5,446.5, UNITED STATES, AFRTS, 2355-0005, Mar 9, English, Talks about the US brain drain to other countries. Program called "Market Place" at 2357. Broadcast in EE. Id at 2358 as "American Public Media". Talks about where the best place on a bus to sit to avoid terrorist. 0000 id as AFN. News items with talks about an up coming speech by President Bush. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,055.0, SPAIN, Radio Exterior de EspaƱa, 0157-0201, Feb 26, Spanish, Some very nice music at tune in. Some slight fades but 10/s9 to 20/9 at times. ID at toh with some qrm from another arabic station underneath . Male announcer with news items (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,100.0, CANADA, Radio Canada International, 0152-0155, Feb 26, Spanish, Interesting but sounds like a jammer in the back ground on this one in SS. Jammer not very strong but is audible. Some of the program with mentions of Cuba. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,115.0, ALBANIA, Radio Tirana, 0250-0356, Feb 26, English, Female with news items in English. Nice. ID at o249 as R. Tirana. Audio very nice. Female with heavy accent but very nice to listen to. Talks about the area, places to visit.0251 Sports prg. Nice interludes of local music in back ground between items. signal level at 20/s9 with slight fades to 10/s9. 0255, female, says Good Bye from R. Tirana, bird in back ground. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,150.0, ROMANIA, Radio Romania International, 0146-0150, Feb 26, English, Weak but audible at S7 signal level. Female announcer with talks. Local music at 0145, pop tune. ID by female annoucner at 0148. Program, Week in Review at this time. Have had this oen better in the past. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,165.0, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, 0144-0155, Feb 26, English, Very nice copy in EE. Program about death. Not such a pleasant topic on a Saturday nite. Some slight fades at S9 signal level. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,185.0, MEXICO, Radio Educacion (Mexico), 0116-0125, Mar 10, Spanish, ID in SS at 0118 by male announcer. Then to EE at 0119. Talking about mx artistic programs. ID again at 0019 plus url and email address. Then to a ballad in SS. Excellent recption with 20/s9 peaks with some fades. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,185.0, MEXICO, Radio Educacion (Mexico), 0203-0205, Feb 26, Spanish, Id in English as well as Spanish. Female with news items in SS at this time. S5 signal level and fairly steady. (R. Montgomery,PA) 6,612.0, ZIMBABWE, ZBC Harare, 0236-0250, Feb 26, Shona/Ndebele/..., Spur on 6612 in nicely. Male announcer with id at 0235. Playing some rather nice African music. S5 signal level with fades to near noise floor at times. Nice music. Harmonic of 3306. Male annoucner again at 0242 with brief announcements and back to some really nice music. Rechecked on 06 March, 0100 to past 0300 and was booming in at S7 level. Great music. Complete id and addresses provided in EE at 0200. Excellent copy, recorded audio for two hours. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,130.0, THAILAND, Voice of America, 0030-0050, Feb 22, English, Weak but audible with lots of co channel chatter. S9 signal level. New items at tune in. Excerts from various local plays and movies. Interviews of varous singers and actors. Most required translators. Some slight fades but totally audible at this time. Interviews by female announcer. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,220.0, GREECE, Radio Liberty, 0049-0110, Feb 22, Russian, America mentioned several times as was the US. In Russian language with news items a toh by male announcer. S6 signal level with slight fades. Several jingles heard. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,230.0, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, Radio Slovakia International, 0102-0115, Feb 22, English, Female announcer in EE with intro to 30 minute program. Male annoucner with full id at 0105. Sports items mostly like that of hockey games at the olympics. Claim to be in Hockey mania. Male announcer with break down of games. Excellent audio with occassional signal peaks of 30/s9 and back to 20/s9. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,260.0, MONGOLIA, Radio Ulaanbaatar, 0920-1005, Mar 6, Mongolian, Very weak reception with S3 signal level. Some fades. Male annoucner in local language with lots of Mongolian music. Difficult copy and id is strickly tentive. No id heard at boh. TOH might have been the id by female announcer. Male annoucer with what sounded like news items at 1002. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,285.0, CROATIA, Croatian Radio, 2316-2325, Mar 5, English, Id at 2315 by male announcer and then on to news items in English. Nice copy at s8 level with some fades. Talks about property rights by Croatians. Id again at 2317 by female announcer. Sports at 2320. WX forecast. QRM from ham at 2321. Id again in EE at 2321. Mx in local language, 2322. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,320.0, FRANCE, LJB Voice of Africa, 2220-2230, Mar 5, English, Male announcer with id at 2223 in news broadcast. Listed as in Arabic but heard in EE at this time. Id again at 2225. Language change to Arabic at 2225. Male announcer wtih talks in Arabic with music interludes at 2228. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,335.0, VATICAN CITY, Vatican Radio, 0148-0155, Mar 8, English, CHU giving good competition for reception here. S9 Vatican Radio in English. Some slow deep fades at times. But audible with CHU dominate. Not // to 7305. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,590.0, ICELAND, AFRTS, 2253-2305, Mar 5, English, Interview with singer. S3 signal level with some fades to near noise floor. ID at NPR with info on sat freqs and website url at 2257 by female announcer. NPR news id at 2257. Talks about the academy awards. (R. Montgomery,PA) 7,811.0, UNITED STATES, AFRTS, 2247-2255, Mar 5, English, Basketball in progress at tune in. Weak but audible. Appears to be on 7811 and not the listed 7812.5. Mavericks and Phoenix Suns. Signal improving as time passes. S1 at tune in. (R. Montgomery,PA) 9,875.0, LITHUANIA, Radio Vilnius, 0035-0048, Mar 1, English, ID in English at 0034. Female with news items. Nice voice. Signal level at S8 with fades to S4. WX report at 0035. Male announcer with talks about power plant improvenents. ID 0043. Talks about nuclear power plant. Several announcers presents the program. Nice copy (R. Montgomery,PA) 11,620.0, INDIA, All India Radio, 1?03-1815, Mar 12, English, Female with news items in EE at tune it. Nice signal at 10/s9 level. Id by female at 1806 "This all India Radio, giving you the news". Mostly local news till 1807 with talks about Iran. Sports at 1809 with talks of a cricket match. Headlines repeat at 1809. Id at 1810, "This is the end of the news from All India Radio" Male announcer at 1811 with comments about pipeline construction. (R. Montgomery,PA) 11,620.0, INDIA, All India Radio, 2119-2135, Mar 5, English, Local pop music at tune in. Female announcer at 2128 with comments in EE. Then to male announcer with very deep voice and over modulating the audio. Talks of the over seas service and ID Some fades at s5 signal level. (R. Montgomery,PA) 11,860.0, FRANCE, LJB Voice of Africa, 1741-1800, Mar 12, English, News items in English at tune in. Id in EE at 1751. Mostly news of the middle east and Iraq. 1754 language change to Arabic. Both programs by male announcer. S9 signal level with occassional fades. Must have been a special broadcast as available listings show it to be total Arabic. (R. Montgomery,PA) 12,085.0, SYRIA, Radio Damascus, 2144-2150, Mar 5, English, Female announcer in EE heard at 2144. Very weak modulation. Carrier at S9 but audio about 25% or less. Some fades but audible. Id is tentive, Too weak to get clear id. Music is what is usually heard.(R. Montgomery,PA) 12,133.5, UNITED STATES, AFRTS, 0020-0030, Mar 1, English, Sports program with interview of Denis Rodman. Interesting as usual. Some slight fades to noise floor several times but audible. S7 signal level. ID at 0028. World news from ABC news (R. Montgomery,PA) ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. 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