Radio DX Log

Easter Logs

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:34:29 +0000

UK Rocks the Worls easy S8 catch here @ 1527, 4/4/10, on 15760.

Infrequently heard Brunei caught on 14183, 1605, 4/3/10 via ham op V85DX, working US hams

5910 COLOMBIA. Marfil Estereo, 0240, 3/29/10. Fair to good signal w/ romantic ballads (Strawman-IA) .

7240 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia via Shepparton, 1437, 4/4/10. Two OM in discussion of daily life in China. Good SD7 signal (Strawman-IA) .

9525.88 INDONESIA. VOI, 1340, 4/4/10. Usual mix of English commentary and mx; better than usual signal w/ clean audio (Strawman-IA)

9575 THAILAND. HSK9 R. Thailand, 1401, 4/4/10. Fluttery signal w/ YL in English presenting presumed nx. Faded until gone by 1429. Thx Glenn Hauser tip (Strawman-IA) .

9740 SINGAPORE. BBC via Kranji, 1432, 4/3/10. Sports tlk about soccer w/ recent scores. S6 peaks (Strawman-IA) .

9760 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 1350, 4/4/10. “Jazz America” pgm was fair at best, mixing w/ CRI via Xian. CRI on top (Strawman-IA) .

11985 INDIA. AIR via Bangaluru, 0232, 3/29/10. Pgm in listed Kannada language. Per Google, “Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Karnataka State in South India.” Pop mx reached S5 on peaks (Strawman-IA) .

Jerry Stawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S Loop, Par SWL Random Wire

Early January Logs

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:45:37 +0000

3260 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. Madang, 1335, 1/11/10. Pop mx
for extended period peaked S6-7. Lots of atmospheric band
noise (Strawman-IA).

3385 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. East New Britain, 1329, 1/11/10. Pop
mx peaked at S-6 (Strawman-IA).

4775 SWAZILAND. TWR vis Manzini, 0352, 1/12/10. Listed Lomwe
service. Sounded like sermon being delivered to a congregation,
who responded back to preacher. F-G signal over CODAR (Strawman-IA).

9530 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 1354, 1/12/10. English ID but
right back to Chinese chatter. Second very weak station, w/ pop
mx heard under VOA. Fair-good signal (Strawman-IA).

9680 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 0000 1/11/10. ID at TOH, “Radio Thailand,
English language service.” OM & YL stated their names and nx headlines.
OM started national nx. S8 signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S & ALA-100 Loops

December 25-27 Logs

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:25:00 +0000

4750 INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 1348, 12/27/09. Just above noise level. Pop mx and
a few announcements. Poor signal (Strawman-IA).

5045 BRAZIL. R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais, 0456, 12/27/09. Decent signal and presumed
to be Cultura, but pop ballads continued non-stop through the TOH. Fair signal. No
announcements or ID by tuneout, due to local QRM, at 0505 (Strawman-IA).

6104.78 MEXICO. XEQM Radio Merida, 1212, 12/25/09. Presumed the one with romantic
ballads and a few announcements. Low audio modulation. Splatter from 6110 Cuba. Poor
overall signal (Strawman-IA).

9900 RUSSIA. VOR via Samara, 1358, 12/27/09. Listed Pashto/ Dari service. pop-style
mx. Poor-fair signal (Strawman-IA).

11710 NORTH KOREA. VOK, 1550, 12/27/09. Full chorus/ orchestra delivering impassioned,
patriotic choral works. Fluttery signal even with Drale sync. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

11985 GERMANY. VOA via Lampertheim, 1401, 12/27/09. VOA English nx w/ actualities.
Listed 100KW, but good signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S 1M Loop

Holiday Season Logs

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:00:17 +0000

6045 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 2248, 12/19/09. Chinese service
had OM & YL alternating comment. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

7180 NORTH KOREA. VOK, 2335, 12/15/09. Weak but fair signal.
Operatic-style vocal mx. Light HRO splatter (Strawman-IA).

7200 RUSSIA. NVK R. Sakha, via Yakutsk, 2339, 12/15/09. Russian
pop ballads. Good signal if at listed 100KW level. Nx or announcements @ 2356. Time pips to 0000. 5 seconds slow by my atomic clock. ID @ 0000:20 (Strawman-IA).

9650 NORTH KOREA. VOK, 2300, 12/19/09. IS & ID loop by OM & YL.
Anthem followed to 2301. Japanese service w/ presumed nx (Strawman-IA).

9675 BRAZIL. R. Cancao Nova, 2252, 12/19/09. Hum on signal noted. OM
taking apparent phone calls. Poor to fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9680 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 0014, 12/14/09. National nx stories by
YL & OM. ID @ 0015 followed by travels ads. Pulled plug in mid-sentence @ 0029:30 Poor-fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9720 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1229, 12/19/09. English nx feature. Poor
due to splatter from WYFR 9715 (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop, Wellbrook 330S 1.1M Loop

Early December Logs

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:29:15 +0000

2850 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1257, 11/30/09. Operatic-style vocals by female.
Weak, but in the clear. Time pips to TOH were 1 second late. TOH
announcements followed by OM & YL exchanging statements with an emphatic
tone. Faded fast after 1300 (Strawman-=IA).

11710 NORTH KOREA. VOK, 1732, 11/30/09. OM & YL exchanging impassioned
comments. Choral mx followed to 1747 anthem. OC @ 1749. Pulled plug @ 1749:40.
Peaked at S8 (Strawman-IA).

11805 PHILIPPINES. VOA via Tinang, 2329, 12/1/09. Indo chatter w/ VOA jingle @
2330, followed by presumed nx by YL & OM. Fair w/ static crashes (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 330S 1.1M Loop, Wellbrook
ALA-100 Rectangular 85′ Loop

Late November Logs

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:28:32 +0000

5940 PERU. R. Melodia, 0150, 11/28/09. Peaking F-G signal with
sideband splatter at times. Romantic ballads. Melodia ID @ 0200
(Strawman-IA).

6045 RUSSIA. BBC via Vladivostok- Rasdolnoy, 2240, 11/27/09.
Listed Chinese service. OM & YL w/ non-stop chatter. F-G signal
(Strawman-IA).

6135 THAILAND. VOA via Nakhon Sawan, 2245, 11/27/09. English
service w/ talk about computers. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

7295 RUSSIA. VOR via Khabarovsk, 1317, 11/28/09. Chinese service
listed. Fair signal. Presumed nx by OM (Strawman-IA).

9430 PHILIPPINES. FEBC Manilla, 1357, 11/28/09. Children’s choir.
TOH announcements into presumed nx or announcements. Listed
chinese service. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9680 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 0020, 11/28/09. English nx by YL.
Tourism ad for Bangkok. Peaked at 10/S9. Close down @ 0030
(Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook
ALA-100 85′ Loop

New Logs

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:50:25 +0000

3985 CROATIA. Croatian Radio, 0445, 11/22/09. Pop mx until presumed
Croatian nx @0500. Fair signal w/ some HRO slop (Strawman-IA).

4895 INDIA. AIR Kolkata, 1305, 11/15/09. Fair signal was stronger than CODAR sweeper. Song of India theme @ 1311:11. Signal peaking good by 1324 (Strawman-IA).

4780 DJIBOUTI. R. Djibouti, 0330, 11/22/09. Continuous Arabic tlk by OM. Good on peaks (Strawman-IA).

5020 SOLOMON ISLANDS. SIBC, 1337, 11/15/09. English nx from BBC. Fair
signal (Strawman-IA).

7505 PHILIPPINES. FEBC via Iba, 1404, 11/22/09. Mandarin service. OM & YL presenting presumed nx. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

7575 NORTHERN MARIANAS. VOA via Tinian, 1355, 11/22/09. Full S9 signal. Audio & TX cut without announcement @ 1358. Weak carrier back @ 1359:44. 1400 transmission listed via Udon Thani. This signal was threshold. If 1 degree difference in bearing, why extreme difference in strength (Strawman-IA)?

9839.9 VIETNAM. VOV, 2329, 11/17/09. Theme song & ID into English nx by YL @ 2330. Also very good @ 2330 on 11/21/09. Becoming a regular here (Strawman-IA).

12095 THAILAND. V. of Thailand, 0050, 11/22/09. Fair to good signal. English nx by YL, including several minutes of sports. ID @ 0054. Best in LSB due to local het (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Par Electronics 45′ Wire, Wellbrook 1.1M Loop

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:22:05 +0000

7200 RUSSIA. R. Rossii, 0425, 11/12/09. Poor-fair signal.
OM & YL alternating comments. Listed via Yakutsk (Strawman-IA).

9525.9 INDONESIA. VOI, 1458, 11/14/09. Two English IDs. YL
gave upcoming pgm details. Decent voice modulation for once.
Nx began @ 1502:30. Presumed CRI, via Kashi was mixing w/ VOI,
and at times was of equal strength (Strawman-IA).

9580 SINGAPORE. BBC via Kranji, 1402, 11/14/09. R. Australia sign
off revealed a fair BBC. Listed Burmese service. Presumed nx by OM
& YL. Fair and fading but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9580 AUSTRALIA. R. Australia, 1757, 11/12/09. Unusually good
reception for this hour. Waltzing Matilda theme and announcements
@ 1758. ID @ 1800 into nx. Fair on peaks (Strawman-IA).

9725 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1401, 11/14/09. Fair signal. English
nx by YL. In the clear w/ no splatter from nearby stations (Strawman-IA).

9875 JAPAN. R. Japan via Yamata, 1315, 11/14/09. Pop mx pgm.
Interspersed w/ Japanese nx by OM & YL. Fair-good signal (Strawman-IA).

11092.5U ST. HELENA ISLAND. R. St. Helena, 2211-0030, 11/14-11/15/09.
S3 signal w/ peaks to S4 at 2211 tune-in. Figured with this good start,
signal would be strong by North American beam. However, as with everyone
else, the first hour was the best. Each subsequent beam heading was worse.
Signal completely lost sometime before 0030. Signal peaked in midwest @2244 when “The Entertainer” ragtime mx heard. Pirate singing heard wel@ 2254. Pirate covered R. St. Helena. Didn’t even bother to record this year (Strawman-IA).

15265 N. MARIANAS. RFA via Agignon Point, 2340, 11/13/09. Listed Chinese
service. Fair signal w/ YL & OM presenting presumed nx headlines
(Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Perseus SDR, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 1.1M Loop, Par Electronics 45′ Random Wire

Pipeline To The Far east

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:23:15 +0000

2850 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1154, 10/17/09. Usual patriotic, operatic-style vocals. Very weak signal but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

3335 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. East Sepik, 1250, 10/13/09. Reggae-style mx, w/ chatter between selections. Announcements by YL @ 1256 through TOH; into presumed nx @ 1300+. Signal fading down from good peak (Strawman-IA).

3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1158, 10/17/09. Two YLs w/ high-pitched voices in continuous laughing and chatter. Was // to equal strength 6055. Single tone precisely @ 1200 followed by announcements and jazz (Strawman-IA).

6160 CANADA. CKZN St. Johns/ CKZU Vancouver, 1202, 10/17/09. Weak signal of presumed nx. Many mentions of Canada. Unable to tell which station I had as weak signal started to fade (Strawman-IA).

8743U THAILAND. Bangkok Meteorological Station, 1252, 10/18/09. Very weak signal, but in the clear. Mixture of English/ Thai tlk and semi-classical mx. Mx theme loop 1257 to TOH. Signal held up well past 1300 (Strawman-IA).

9390 THAILAND. R. Deewa via Udon Thani, Udorn Province, 1339, 10/18/09. Weak signal. Pashto service. Suffered splatter from adjacent signals (Strawman-IA).

9430 PHILIPPINES. FEBC, 1335, 10/18/09. Weak extended Mandarin chatter was in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9455 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1342, 10/18/09. Thai service listed. Fair signal w/ YL announcements/ nx (Strawman-IA).

9525 GERMANY. Polskie radio, via Wertachtal, 1240, 10/17/09. English service. Good signal. Nx & NX features to 1258 closing announcements. Pulled plug @ 1259 (Strawman-IA).

9565 SRI LANKA. DW via Trincomalee, 1238, 10/18/09. Fair signal had sideband splatter. German service. YL with ongoing nx, etc (Strawman-IA).

9585 TAIWAN. Furusato no Kaze, 1345, 10/18/09. Fair signal. OM & YL alternating Japanese comments w/ musical interludes (Strawman-IA).

9685 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 1246, 10/18/09. Listed Russian service. Apparent Chinese language lessons. Unusual hearing a Chinese try to speak Russian. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9745 TAIWAN. Han Sheng V. of Kuanghua, 1350, 10/18/09. Listed Mandarin service was weak but in the clear ( Strawman-IA).

9770 SOUTH KOREA. KBS, 1249, 10/18/09. Pop mx. Listed mandarin service. Apparent low modulation. Fair to good service (Strawman-IA).

9780 SRI LANKA. VOA via Irana Wila, 0104, 10/13/09. English service. World News Now. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

14207U SVALBARD ISL. JW/G4ATA, 1450, 10/12/09. Operator John talking to US hams. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45′ Random Wire

Latest Loggings

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:21:44 +0000

3320 SOUTH AFRICA. R. Sonder Grense, 0348, 10/11/09. Fair to
good signal noted w/ classical mx pgm (Strawman-IA).

3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1211, 10/9/09. Classical mx pgm was fair;
also heard 10/10/09, 1210 UTC with jazz mx pg peaking at S8.
Big het on 3945, and lesser hets on 3976 & 3995 heard at the same
time. No het from 3987 heard (Strawman-IA).

4790 PERU. R. Vision, 0345, 10/11/09. Weak religious talk beneath
strong CODAR pulser (Strawman-IA).

5019.95 SOLOMAN ISLANDS. SIBC, 1215, 10/9/09. Presumed the very
weak station with extended tlk by YL. Just too weak for details (Strawman-IA).

6090 ETHIOPIA. Amhara Regional, 0350, 10/11/09. Weak but easily heard w/localmx through Caribbean Beacon (Strawman-IA).

6110 ETHIOPIA. R. Fana, 0341, 10/11/09. Good signal w/ pulsing mx reaching S6 on peaks (Strawman-IA).

7110 ETHIOPIA. R. Ethiopia, 0343, 10/11/09. Weak signal w/ local music. Weaker than Fana at the same time (Strawman-IA).

15275 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 0005, 10/11/09. OM & YL presenting English nx; Signal was S7 w/ fading. Headlines ended @ 0012. Local time and ID @ 0015. Into longer nx stories. Signal peaked around 0015 and completely faded away by 0029 (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop,
Par SWL Random Wire