A pleasing logging!
I got up this morning at 2045 to have a listen for São Tome on 1530. There was no sign of that station. Instead I was treated to country sounding music as well as announcements in a language I didn't really understand. I knew it wasn't Thai or Chinese, but until the magic words Amen and Manila were uttered I was in the dark.
It is DZME, Radyo Uno in Manilla. Lots of announcements, a bit of music and morning phone calls.
Signal is fair, no interference of any note, some atmospheric noise and a little fading. It was a pretty good signal and certainly a whole lot of details will come from my recording.
Now to get it back!
The DXing Adventures of a Kiwi living in Asia
Thursday 27 October 2016
Wednesday 26 October 2016
More loggings
Tuesday evening was better - a bit quieter.
VOA 4930 and 15580 via Botswana was the first logging. 4930 was heard at 1600 with a SINPO reading of 35242/3 15580 was heard at levels of 25452 - there was a carrier on this frequency, but VOA in English could be heard clearly through it.
Radio NZ International 6170 was logged. The signal was heard at 1637 with a SINPO reading of 33453. There was bad splash from CRI on 6175.
AIR Hyderabad 4800 was logged at 1707 with a programme of traditional music - signing accompanied by an harmonium and drums. SINPO was 44554 - a good signal. The programme was in parallel with AIR Bhopal 4810 and AIR Chennai 4920. Bhopal was very good. Chennai was mixed with PBS Xijang 33553.
Tuesday evening was better - a bit quieter.
VOA 4930 and 15580 via Botswana was the first logging. 4930 was heard at 1600 with a SINPO reading of 35242/3 15580 was heard at levels of 25452 - there was a carrier on this frequency, but VOA in English could be heard clearly through it.
Radio NZ International 6170 was logged. The signal was heard at 1637 with a SINPO reading of 33453. There was bad splash from CRI on 6175.
AIR Hyderabad 4800 was logged at 1707 with a programme of traditional music - signing accompanied by an harmonium and drums. SINPO was 44554 - a good signal. The programme was in parallel with AIR Bhopal 4810 and AIR Chennai 4920. Bhopal was very good. Chennai was mixed with PBS Xijang 33553.
Tuesday 25 October 2016
New logging (and verification)
Nothing terribly exotic. It was Radyo Pilipinnas on 3 frequencies 17820, 15640 and 12010. This is their English broadcast from 0200-0330. All 3 signals were very good.
I have had quite a bit of frustration trying to find a successful address to send the reports to, however, I have messaged them through Facebook, attaching a copy of my report and an earlier, unanswered, one. The address they advertise is dzrp.radyopilipinas@gmail.com Fingers are crossed that this might be more successful!
PS Verifications came through by email from the above address about an hour after sending the report.
Radio Puntland One on 13880. Reception was at 1210 UTC and the signal was heard at S3I5N2P4O2. The programme featured people speaking in Somali. It was a rather lengthy discussion about goodness knows what.
Nothing terribly exotic. It was Radyo Pilipinnas on 3 frequencies 17820, 15640 and 12010. This is their English broadcast from 0200-0330. All 3 signals were very good.
I have had quite a bit of frustration trying to find a successful address to send the reports to, however, I have messaged them through Facebook, attaching a copy of my report and an earlier, unanswered, one. The address they advertise is dzrp.radyopilipinas@gmail.com Fingers are crossed that this might be more successful!
PS Verifications came through by email from the above address about an hour after sending the report.
Radio Puntland One on 13880. Reception was at 1210 UTC and the signal was heard at S3I5N2P4O2. The programme featured people speaking in Somali. It was a rather lengthy discussion about goodness knows what.
Monday 24 October 2016
Further loggings
Sunday 23 October
Conditions were better on Sunday evening than the previous two, but still noisy. Nevertheless I managed to log and have sent reports away to AIR Bhopal on 4810 SINPO 35253; AIR Jeypore on 5040 SINPO 35253 and RTI iLoveMusic on 1557. This is based in Taiwan and had a SINPO reading of 45353.
There is nothing terribly spectacular there, but then the conditions weren't either. As Ray Crawford drummed into me as a young DXer - power is nothing - propagation is everything. The propagation was not great.
Sunday 23 October
Conditions were better on Sunday evening than the previous two, but still noisy. Nevertheless I managed to log and have sent reports away to AIR Bhopal on 4810 SINPO 35253; AIR Jeypore on 5040 SINPO 35253 and RTI iLoveMusic on 1557. This is based in Taiwan and had a SINPO reading of 45353.
There is nothing terribly spectacular there, but then the conditions weren't either. As Ray Crawford drummed into me as a young DXer - power is nothing - propagation is everything. The propagation was not great.
Sunday 23 October 2016
New loggings
With my wife away in Australia I have taken the opportunity to go to bed early, get up late and do some listening. Thus far I have been disappointed with conditions.
Friday night 21/10 was noisy and not a lot of any interest was getting through. There was the usual draft of Thai stations that will not verify no matter what, a number of Vietnamese stations and a few Chinese stations, but not a lot else. I thought AIR Kolkata had popped up on 657 kHz. Sitar music was being played at 1757; however, AIR stations close at 1740. What I heard may well have been Asianet Radio from Dubai. On SW things were very noisy. I did manage to log KCBS on 3250 in parallel with 3320.
Saturday night 22/10 was still noisy, but better. I looked for AIR Kolkata but there was just a very noisy carrier on the frequency. I managed to log CRI on 1080 in English in parallel with 6060, which was a very good signal. 1080 was heard with SINPO 35343. Then I logged Cambodia RNK from Phnom Penh on 918. It was a very good signal and signed off with what I suppose was the National Anthem at 1704.
With my wife away in Australia I have taken the opportunity to go to bed early, get up late and do some listening. Thus far I have been disappointed with conditions.
Friday night 21/10 was noisy and not a lot of any interest was getting through. There was the usual draft of Thai stations that will not verify no matter what, a number of Vietnamese stations and a few Chinese stations, but not a lot else. I thought AIR Kolkata had popped up on 657 kHz. Sitar music was being played at 1757; however, AIR stations close at 1740. What I heard may well have been Asianet Radio from Dubai. On SW things were very noisy. I did manage to log KCBS on 3250 in parallel with 3320.
Saturday night 22/10 was still noisy, but better. I looked for AIR Kolkata but there was just a very noisy carrier on the frequency. I managed to log CRI on 1080 in English in parallel with 6060, which was a very good signal. 1080 was heard with SINPO 35343. Then I logged Cambodia RNK from Phnom Penh on 918. It was a very good signal and signed off with what I suppose was the National Anthem at 1704.
Wednesday 19 October 2016
New veries
A new verie has arrived thanks to Adrian Sainsbury from Radio New Zealand International. It was heard on 5th October on 7425 kHz. It offers the best signal we have had in our 10 years overseas coming from Radio NZ International. Unfortunately it is disappearing from the bands when the B16 schedule kicks in.
Another new verie came in later in the evening. This one was for the Bulgarian AM station Horizont on 576 kHz. This was heard in January 2015 whilst on holiday in Istanbul.
The verie signer was Konstantin Kounov, Chief Engineer kounov@bnr.bg
The tip came via a Worldwide DX Club posting. I had tried several times to get a verie. Less than two hours after emailing it to Mr Kounov back came the reply. He said it had never been passed to him.
That is country number 70 on Mediumwave
A new verie has arrived thanks to Adrian Sainsbury from Radio New Zealand International. It was heard on 5th October on 7425 kHz. It offers the best signal we have had in our 10 years overseas coming from Radio NZ International. Unfortunately it is disappearing from the bands when the B16 schedule kicks in.
Another new verie came in later in the evening. This one was for the Bulgarian AM station Horizont on 576 kHz. This was heard in January 2015 whilst on holiday in Istanbul.
The verie signer was Konstantin Kounov, Chief Engineer kounov@bnr.bg
The tip came via a Worldwide DX Club posting. I had tried several times to get a verie. Less than two hours after emailing it to Mr Kounov back came the reply. He said it had never been passed to him.
That is country number 70 on Mediumwave
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Wednesday 5 October 2016
Loggings 5th October
6050 RTM Asyik FM identifying as Radio Malaysia. Excellent signal with ids and music. Lots of announcer talk. 1008 UTC
7425 Radio New Zealand International - signal heard at good strength with jazz. 1033 UTC. It is nice to hear the voice of home.
1242 Voice of Vietnam - fair/ good with a bit of fading. Vietnamese talk and an ethnic language. My Vietnamese learner at school couldn't understand part of it, but the moment a different announcer spoke he told me exactly what was being said.
6050 RTM Asyik FM identifying as Radio Malaysia. Excellent signal with ids and music. Lots of announcer talk. 1008 UTC
7425 Radio New Zealand International - signal heard at good strength with jazz. 1033 UTC. It is nice to hear the voice of home.
1242 Voice of Vietnam - fair/ good with a bit of fading. Vietnamese talk and an ethnic language. My Vietnamese learner at school couldn't understand part of it, but the moment a different announcer spoke he told me exactly what was being said.
Monday 3 October 2016
A couple of new loggings and a verification
By setting my AOR 7030+ to come on at a certain time and by leaving my portable recorder on when I go to bed, I can DX when I am asleep! I have about 24 hours of recording time available and a very good battery.
I logged RFA in Tibetan via Dushanbe on 9355 at 1500 UTC. This may have been the mystery station heard in English mixed with another language (Tibetan??) the day before.
I furthermore logged the Voice of Mongolia on 12035 in English at 0900 UTC. It was a superb signal 45555. Hopefully a verie will come from it.
Finally I logged All India Radio in Urdu at 1015 UTC on 9940 and 11620. Reception was very good on the former. The signal quality was good on the latter, but it was mixed with CRI. 9940 was actually 9941.10. The signal tended to wander a bit!
The verie that dropped into my inbox was from Radio Sedaye Bahar via Moldova. The verie signer was Sergey Omelchenko, Technical Director of Pridnestrovskiy Radiotelecentr (PRTC) and the email address is: prtc@idknet.com
By setting my AOR 7030+ to come on at a certain time and by leaving my portable recorder on when I go to bed, I can DX when I am asleep! I have about 24 hours of recording time available and a very good battery.
I logged RFA in Tibetan via Dushanbe on 9355 at 1500 UTC. This may have been the mystery station heard in English mixed with another language (Tibetan??) the day before.
I furthermore logged the Voice of Mongolia on 12035 in English at 0900 UTC. It was a superb signal 45555. Hopefully a verie will come from it.
Finally I logged All India Radio in Urdu at 1015 UTC on 9940 and 11620. Reception was very good on the former. The signal quality was good on the latter, but it was mixed with CRI. 9940 was actually 9941.10. The signal tended to wander a bit!
The verie that dropped into my inbox was from Radio Sedaye Bahar via Moldova. The verie signer was Sergey Omelchenko, Technical Director of Pridnestrovskiy Radiotelecentr (PRTC) and the email address is: prtc@idknet.com
Sunday 2 October 2016
A curious incident in the night! A mystery!!
I set my radio to automatic and set the recorder going in my desire to log RFA on 9355 at 1530 UTC on 1 October.
When I sat down this morning to listen to it, I may have logged RFA, although I suspect it is more probably CNR broadcasting over the top of it. However, I also got a station broadcasting in English. It is most likely to be an Indonesian station. It was an interview with someone involved with the Dalai Lama. There were a number of mentions of him as well as Jakarta and Indonesia. Japan was also mentioned.
I cannot find any mention of anybody broadcasting in English on this frequency - in fact the only station on 9355 is RFA.
I set my radio to automatic and set the recorder going in my desire to log RFA on 9355 at 1530 UTC on 1 October.
When I sat down this morning to listen to it, I may have logged RFA, although I suspect it is more probably CNR broadcasting over the top of it. However, I also got a station broadcasting in English. It is most likely to be an Indonesian station. It was an interview with someone involved with the Dalai Lama. There were a number of mentions of him as well as Jakarta and Indonesia. Japan was also mentioned.
I cannot find any mention of anybody broadcasting in English on this frequency - in fact the only station on 9355 is RFA.
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