New loggings

Yesterday afternoon, with time on my hands, I tuned into the Kiwi SDR in Paihia. It was too early for MW in these summer months, so I settled upon some SW and was delighted to hear Radio Alcaravan in Colombia on 5910 kHz. They were playing a programme of beautiful Latin American music with the odd time check thrown in. Reception was S3 I5 N3 P5 O3. Some atmosopheric noise made reception a little challenging.

This afternoon I once again tuned into Peter's SDR and this time there was Radio Bandeirantes on 11925 kHz. It was armchair reception S4 I5 N5 P5 O5. Oh if they were all like this....

The last time I heard them was in 2004 when I verified them on 3200 and 3320. Mind you it took almost a year for the verie to come back! I hope it is not as long this time.

A new logging
 Yesterday  afternoon I managed to log Radio Romania International on 11790 kHz. This is not a frequency listed on their website. The signal was S3 I5 N2 P5 O2/3 It was ruined by surging atmospheric noise. However, I could get enough information for a logging and now I await a QSL.

A new verification and a new country

KICY 850 in Nome, Alaska (see below) has verified by email. Alaska is a separate country under NZRDXL rules, so this is a new country for me - no. 71.

The e-QSL was signed by J.Dennis Weidler – KL1OE, General Manager, KICY AM & FM
dennisw@kicy.org

A new logging

Whilst waiting for my wife to finish work last night, I tuned in to Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR. I tuned to 850 kHz and there was KICY in Nome, Alaska coming loud and clear. The signal was at fair/ good strength but tended to fade right out. I got a good id and enough information for a report to be sent.

The address to send reports to is office@kicy.org

I also heard KMJ on 580 with Redeye Radio coming out of Fresno, Ca and KENI on 650 in Anchorage, Alaska. They were carrying Coast to Coast.

Peter's SDR is wonderful. It is not as powerful as the WinRadios, but is nonetheless effective. In order to use it you need to be a member of the New Zealand Radio DX League. Membership costs $15 NZ a year and for that you get access to the SDR and the monthly magazine, the NZ DX Times.

Email secretary@radiodx.com for details.

Veries have arrived

I came back from NZ to find 6 veries had arrived in my absence. They are:
AIR Hyderabad 4800; AIR Chennai 4920; AIr Bhopal 4810; AIR Jeypore 5040; AIR Kolkata 657 and Madagascar World Voice 9600

A new logging 
 This evening I managed to log WGUL 860 in Tampa, Florida. Reception was good early on, but by 0900 the quality of reception had deteriorated making it near impossible to follow the signal. It was mixed with another station, but was the dominant one. I have no idea what the other station was. A report will go out tomorrow.

Thanks to Peter Mott and his SDR.

A reply to a report, but not a verification

On Facebook I posted my reception report for KPRP 650 in Hawaii. The reply I got said: Aloha! Thank you for your message. I will check with my Kiwi friends who live here in Hawaii. 

I have no idea what they mean by that! Talk about enigmatic!!

A new verification

KHLT 1040 AM in Honolulu gave me a verification for my reception of their broadcast as seen below.

It was an email QSL and the verie signer was Jake O’Neill, General Manager jake@klight.org

MW listening in New Zealand

I have been back in New Zealand on family business. Peter Mott, of the NZ Radio DX League has set up a remote listening post at his home about 250 km north of Auckland. It is a Kiwi SDR (see HERE) - software defined radio. It is only available to NZRDXL members, however.

The point is that it gives those of us in the League an opportunity to listen to distant radio stations relatively free of noise or interference - except when his occasional neighbour turns on the plasma TV!!

I have enjoyed listening at nights. The first time I tried I didn't think much of it. Reception was mediocre to say the least. However, so were conditions! Things have improved since then and I have made a few loggings. The aerial basically points north, so the Pacific Islands, the east coast of Asia and the west coast of the USA come into play.

I have sent reception reports to the following: KUAU 1570 (Hawaii), KLHT 1040 (Hawaii), and KPRP 650 (Hawaii). In addition I have a tentative report out to KNDI 1270 (Hawaii).

The 500 MW station in Korea was almost definitely heard a couple of nights ago on 1170. I will try again for that one too.

A trail of what have heard follows - I am not entirely certain about one or two of the stations I heard.

Freq	Time	Details
650	0647	HAWAII, KPRP fair to good with easy listening music. ID on hr. 16/11
690	0620	HAWAII, KHNR very good with talk. Mixed. 16/11
1040	0918	HAWAII, KHLT fair/ good some splash with religious talk. 15/11
1050	0622	?? SS station fair
1110	0741	USA relig stn fair 14/11
1120	0742	USA n/w sports fair
1140	0739	USA, KHTK Fair/good with ads and ids for KHTK and CBS Sports. 16/11
1170	0952	STH KOREA, HLSR (tent.) Fair/ good with choir singing. Peter put the SDR off air at 0958, and then at 1015 back up good with KK talk. Mixed a little with 2CH. 15/11
1270	0826	HAWAII (tent.) KNDI (possibly) – non stop Christmas mx. Good sig but faded at 0859 and disappeared after 10. No axmnts. Bit of a mystery. Listened to we feeds of Californians on freq – none of them. 16/11
1410	0642	USA ?? Sports fair 16/11
1420	0640	HAWAII, KKEA Excellent with ESPN Sport talk. 16/11
1460	0612	HAWAII, KHRA talk in KK, fair sig but het whistle. 16/11
1570	0638	HAWAII, KUAU fair with religious talk. 14/11. Mixed with SS stn 16/11
1690	0700	USA, KSFG fair with easy listening light piano mx. 14/11

A new logging

RNZI was heard this morning at 2352 UTC on 17675. The 16mb is not good at present, but this signal stood up quite well. It was reasonably stable and heard at SINPO at 35344.

New Verifications

Adrian Sainsbury has issued me with three Radio New Zealand International verifications. They are broadcasts on 15720, 11725 and the new test frequency of 7355 kHz. The latter was heard at 1340 UTC and was quite a good signal. It runs from 1300-1650 UTC.

In addition another eQSL came in from Myanmar Radio on 5915, heard at 1038UTC on 11 October 2016.

New loggings

All India Radio was logged on 9380 at 1050 UTC. SINPO was 45343-4
BBC World Service via Meyerton (Sth Africa) 15400 and via Dubai on 17640 at 0705 UTC. 15400 was SINPO 25343 and Dubai was 25453.
Radio New Zealand International 11725 at 0732 UTC. Signal was not there at 0630, so I suspect darkness arriving in New Zealand helped improve it. SINPO was 34453. I also logged them on 15720 at 0340 UTC. SINPO was 35353
Radio Mashaal was heard on 3 frequencies 12130 and 13580 coming out of Kuwait and 15760 from Thailand at 0900 UTC.

Verifications to hand

Adrian Sainsbury at RNZI has been busy verifying my reports mentioned below. I have veries to hand from RNZI on 6170, 9765 and 11610.


In addition I received a nice QSL card from All India Radio for their broadcast on 9940 kHz.

A new logging

Radio New Zealand International was logged last night on 9765 kHz with SINPO of 3-4 5 4 5 4

I also logged RNZI on 11610. The signal wasn't as good 34543. I had a listen to RNZI on 9700 at 2200 local time and it was also a pretty good signal - probably as per 9765.

Here is the B16 schedule for RNZI. For eQSLs submit your report here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/qsl

UTC	Freq kHz	Mode	NZ Days	Primary Target
1259  – 1650	9700	AM	Daily	Pacific
1651 – 1745	7330	DRM	Mon-Sat	Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa
1746  – 1950	11690	DRM	Mon-Sat	Pacific
1950 - 2050	15720	DRM	Mon-Sat	Pacific
2051 - 2258	15720	AM	Daily	Pacific
2259 - 0258	17675	AM	Daily	Pacific
0259 – 0458	15720	AM	Daily	Pacific
0459 - 0758	11725	AM	Daily	Pacific
0759 - 1058	9765	AM	Daily	Pacific
1059 - 1258	11610	AM	Daily	NW Pacific, PNG
UTC	Freq kHz	Mode	NZ Days	Primary Target
1259  – 1650	9700	AM	Sunday	Pacific
1651 – 1758	9700	AM	Sunday	Pacific
1759 – 1958	11725	AM	Sunday	Pacific
1959 – 2258	15720	AM	Sunday	Pacific
2259 - 0258	17675	AM	Sunday	Pacific
0259  – 0458	15720	AM	Sunday	Pacific
0459  -  0758	11725	AM	Sunday	Pacific
0759 - 1058	9765	AM	Sunday	Pacific
1059 - 1258	11610	AM	Sunday	NW Pacific, PNG