A QSL has arrived from Radio Romania International. This was logged on 24 July 2017 on a frequency of 17760 kHz at 0542 UTC.
The card is a picture of the Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Stronghold.
The DXing Adventures of a Kiwi living in Asia
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Interesting recent loggings
I recently have taken to listening to Medium Wave on the New Zealand Radio DX League's Kiwi SDR (software defined radio), based in the north of New Zealand. As solar conditions continue to improve so does reception and it has been interesting to see what can be heard on this little SDR. It is not as sophisticated as some, but with Peter Mott in charge of it, it is performing to the maximum. It is connected to a 12m delta antenna.
This will give you some idea as to what has been heard over the past three or four days.
Every 10 kHz there is an American/ Hawaiian/ Alaskan carrier visible on the waterfall. Earlier in the evening conditions are better before the Aussies come in on the 9kHz splits. Later in the evening, towards 1100 UTC conditions are not so good.
All times are UTC.
590 0741 HAWAII (tent.) KSSK - probably with adult contemporary songs and ads - went under at the wrong moment. Couldn’t get id 24/10780 0811 USA WBBM, Chicago, Il Up briefly and then down. Call given and a Central time check. Under sports station. 23/10
780 0815 USA KKOH, Reno, Nv the dominant station. Fair/ good 23/10
940 0758 HAWAII KKNE Fair/ good and quite steady with Hawaiian mx and a good announcement at 0802 mentioning Waipahu, Hawaii. 24/10
1190 0845 USA, KDYA (tentative) Fair // to 1120. It is the only station I could find with religious programming 25/10
1210 0847 USA, Unknown station at fair strength hammered by NZ on 1215. 25/10
1270 0850 USA, Unknown fair with music. 25/10
I recently have taken to listening to Medium Wave on the New Zealand Radio DX League's Kiwi SDR (software defined radio), based in the north of New Zealand. As solar conditions continue to improve so does reception and it has been interesting to see what can be heard on this little SDR. It is not as sophisticated as some, but with Peter Mott in charge of it, it is performing to the maximum. It is connected to a 12m delta antenna.
This will give you some idea as to what has been heard over the past three or four days.
Every 10 kHz there is an American/ Hawaiian/ Alaskan carrier visible on the waterfall. Earlier in the evening conditions are better before the Aussies come in on the 9kHz splits. Later in the evening, towards 1100 UTC conditions are not so good.
All times are UTC.
560 0740 USA Unknown - talk suffering bad splash 558 24/10
590 0741 HAWAII (tent.) KSSK - probably with adult contemporary songs and ads - went under at the wrong moment. Couldn’t get id 24/10780 0811 USA WBBM, Chicago, Il Up briefly and then down. Call given and a Central time check. Under sports station. 23/10
780 0815 USA KKOH, Reno, Nv the dominant station. Fair/ good 23/10
940 0758 HAWAII KKNE Fair/ good and quite steady with Hawaiian mx and a good announcement at 0802 mentioning Waipahu, Hawaii. 24/10
950 0756 USA, KJR Seattle (tent.) fair/ good with ads for goodwill.org and ….donate …. Then at 0800 signal ruined by QRM (suspect it may be Peter on his local sched). When it all settled down it was into Fox Sports talk. 23/10
1000 0834 USA, KOMO, Seattle, Wa. God and clear on USB with talk and many mentions of Seattle - traffic and weather forecasts. KOMO News id given at 0835. Years since I have heard it - used to have a nice QSL card. 25/10
1000 0834 USA, KOMO, Seattle, Wa. God and clear on USB with talk and many mentions of Seattle - traffic and weather forecasts. KOMO News id given at 0835. Years since I have heard it - used to have a nice QSL card. 25/10
1040 0836 HAWAII, KLHT, Good with religious talk. 25/10
1120 0842 USA, Unknown. Good - fair with religious talk. I have no idea who it was, it was the same programme as 1190. There is nothing in Ca, Or or Wa. Possibly Canada? You would normally expect either KMOX or KPNW. 25/10
1120 0842 USA, Unknown. Good - fair with religious talk. I have no idea who it was, it was the same programme as 1190. There is nothing in Ca, Or or Wa. Possibly Canada? You would normally expect either KMOX or KPNW. 25/10
1190 0845 USA, KDYA (tentative) Fair // to 1120. It is the only station I could find with religious programming 25/10
1210 0847 USA, Unknown station at fair strength hammered by NZ on 1215. 25/10
1270 0850 USA, Unknown fair with music. 25/10
To use this SDR you have to be a member of the NZ Radio DX League. Information can be found on www.radiodx.com
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
New loggings
Via the New Zealand radio DX League's SDR, based in Russell in the north of New Zealand, I have been having fun listening to various US AM stations in our (local) afternoon (around 0730 UTC). I have logged and sent a report to KJR 950 kHz in Seattle, Washington and KKNE 940 kHz in Waipahu, Hawaii. Hopefully something will come back.
It is interesting looking at the League's SDR - the waterfall shows carriers on virtually every frequency. Next year should be the low point of the solar cycle - methinks some interesting stuff is to be had in the future.
Via the New Zealand radio DX League's SDR, based in Russell in the north of New Zealand, I have been having fun listening to various US AM stations in our (local) afternoon (around 0730 UTC). I have logged and sent a report to KJR 950 kHz in Seattle, Washington and KKNE 940 kHz in Waipahu, Hawaii. Hopefully something will come back.
It is interesting looking at the League's SDR - the waterfall shows carriers on virtually every frequency. Next year should be the low point of the solar cycle - methinks some interesting stuff is to be had in the future.
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Thursday, 12 October 2017
A new verie
I have finally managed to get a verie back from KTIQ 1660 kHz in Merced, California. The station has now closed, or rather changed callsign to KBRE. Following a tipoff from Sutton Burtenshaw, I email Jason LaChance, the operations manager, and he verified the report. The station was logged on 1st April, 2016 in Mangawhai at Bryan Clark's place.
I have finally managed to get a verie back from KTIQ 1660 kHz in Merced, California. The station has now closed, or rather changed callsign to KBRE. Following a tipoff from Sutton Burtenshaw, I email Jason LaChance, the operations manager, and he verified the report. The station was logged on 1st April, 2016 in Mangawhai at Bryan Clark's place.
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
A new logging
Following a posting on the NZ Radio DX League's dxdialog I brought up the League's SDR and tuned into 780 kHz. There was KNOM in Nome, Alaska booming in. A programme of smooth jazz at 0750 UTC was followed by a detailed weather report and then an id at 0804. More music followed, but of the pop variety. I preferred the jazz! KKOH in Reno, Nevada came over the top of occasion, but KNOM was the dominant signal. This is what normally dominates the frequency.
An email report has been sent via the website and now I have to sit patiently and see if it bears fruit..
Following a posting on the NZ Radio DX League's dxdialog I brought up the League's SDR and tuned into 780 kHz. There was KNOM in Nome, Alaska booming in. A programme of smooth jazz at 0750 UTC was followed by a detailed weather report and then an id at 0804. More music followed, but of the pop variety. I preferred the jazz! KKOH in Reno, Nevada came over the top of occasion, but KNOM was the dominant signal. This is what normally dominates the frequency.
An email report has been sent via the website and now I have to sit patiently and see if it bears fruit..
Friday, 6 October 2017
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Sunday, 17 September 2017
A new verie
A new verie has arrived from Voice of Report of the Week. Logged on 9400 kHz VORW comes out of Bulgaria.
A new verie has arrived from Voice of Report of the Week. Logged on 9400 kHz VORW comes out of Bulgaria.
VORW Radio International is the official External Service of TheReportOfTheWeek, whose mission is to provide an enjoyable light entertainment program over the airwaves. Programs consist of a short lecture at the beginning, followed by a selection of music, exclusively comprised of listener requested tunes.
Programs have been continuously on the air since December 22nd, 2016 though they have been on shortwave sporadically since January of 2015.
Here is the current transmission schedule:
Thursday 2000 UTC - 11580 kHz - To North America
Thursday 2200 UTC - 9955 kHz - To South America
Friday 0000 UTC - 7490 kHz, 7730 kHz, 9395 kHz - To North America
Sunday 1600 UTC - 9400 kHz - To Europe / Middle East
Sunday 2000 UTC - 9395 kHz - To Eastern North America
Thursday, 7 September 2017
A flood of veries
After many weeks of patiently waiting, or not, a number of veries arrived today.
The came from All India Radio Jallandhar 873 (very pleased with this as it was very hard to hear), AIR 11560 (Aligarh) and 15120 (Bengaluru); NHK World Radio 11805 and 15280, Radio Taiwan International on 7445, 11600 and 1359.
After many weeks of patiently waiting, or not, a number of veries arrived today.
The came from All India Radio Jallandhar 873 (very pleased with this as it was very hard to hear), AIR 11560 (Aligarh) and 15120 (Bengaluru); NHK World Radio 11805 and 15280, Radio Taiwan International on 7445, 11600 and 1359.
QSL for AIR Jalandhar 873
Monday, 4 September 2017
A new logging
Sunday night is the time when Voice of the Report of the Week Radio International broadcasts on 9400 kHz from 1600-1700 UTC. I logged it yesterday evening. The signal was fair, but it was difficult to tell what was being said as there was local background noise and the announcer's voice was quiet. There was enough information available through the songs they played to send a report, so I will wait to see what happens.
Sunday night is the time when Voice of the Report of the Week Radio International broadcasts on 9400 kHz from 1600-1700 UTC. I logged it yesterday evening. The signal was fair, but it was difficult to tell what was being said as there was local background noise and the announcer's voice was quiet. There was enough information available through the songs they played to send a report, so I will wait to see what happens.
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
A new logging and verie - OZY Music Radio
OZY Music Radio is doing a test transmission on 5045 kHz 500 watts from Razor back near Camden NSW 25 nautical miles SW of Sydney. It is a tremendous signal when heard via the NZ Radio DX League's SDR in Russell. It must have a very good antenna set up. It is playing lost of music with the occasional id and advertisement.
I sat at my work desk (not a lot of work being done) and emailed a report to John Wright of the ARDXC, who is the QSL manager, and he responded virtually immediately with an eQSL. John's email address is dxer1234@gmail.com
It will be interesting to see if it can be heard from here in Malaysia, but I suspect not.
OZY Music Radio is doing a test transmission on 5045 kHz 500 watts from Razor back near Camden NSW 25 nautical miles SW of Sydney. It is a tremendous signal when heard via the NZ Radio DX League's SDR in Russell. It must have a very good antenna set up. It is playing lost of music with the occasional id and advertisement.
I sat at my work desk (not a lot of work being done) and emailed a report to John Wright of the ARDXC, who is the QSL manager, and he responded virtually immediately with an eQSL. John's email address is dxer1234@gmail.com
It will be interesting to see if it can be heard from here in Malaysia, but I suspect not.
Monday, 28 August 2017
A new logging and a new verie
A couple of nights ago MW conditions were good, with relatively little noise. I have been searching for All India Radio domestic stations. So, I set the recorder on to 936 kHz at 1700 UTC.
When I listened to the recording all I heard was a couple of stations mixed at very poor volume levels, the odd bit of music and muffled talk. However, at 1730 (2300 IST) there was a time pip and then a man said, 'All India Radio, the news read by .....'
This was good enough. I managed to cobble together a few other details and the report has been sent.
On the same day I also managed to log AIR on 9950 kHz broadcasting to Pakistan in Urdu. There were many mentions of Pakistan and India. The signal was fair at best, but quite clear. It is obviously coming off the back end of the aerial.
The verie comes from Trans World Radio via Moldova, heard on the 19th August at 1800 UTC on 9940 kHz. The verie signer was Lorraine Stavropoulos (lstavrop@twr.org)
A couple of nights ago MW conditions were good, with relatively little noise. I have been searching for All India Radio domestic stations. So, I set the recorder on to 936 kHz at 1700 UTC.
When I listened to the recording all I heard was a couple of stations mixed at very poor volume levels, the odd bit of music and muffled talk. However, at 1730 (2300 IST) there was a time pip and then a man said, 'All India Radio, the news read by .....'
This was good enough. I managed to cobble together a few other details and the report has been sent.
On the same day I also managed to log AIR on 9950 kHz broadcasting to Pakistan in Urdu. There were many mentions of Pakistan and India. The signal was fair at best, but quite clear. It is obviously coming off the back end of the aerial.
The verie comes from Trans World Radio via Moldova, heard on the 19th August at 1800 UTC on 9940 kHz. The verie signer was Lorraine Stavropoulos (lstavrop@twr.org)
Friday, 25 August 2017
Thursday, 24 August 2017
A new logging
KNLS from Alaska came in beautifully last evening at 1040 UTC on 9690 kHz. The program was in English and one of the elements of the program was a discussion with the author of a book called The Swamp - praising Donald Trump's efforts to remove corruption and basically bludgers from Washington. Noble sentiments, I am sure. However, I think the moral high ground does not belong to that man. His paranoid, self-centred approach to his position does not bode well for the peace and harmony of our world. Oh, and it was interesting to note that the author in question appears on Fox News. Hardly a neutral view!
KNLS from Alaska came in beautifully last evening at 1040 UTC on 9690 kHz. The program was in English and one of the elements of the program was a discussion with the author of a book called The Swamp - praising Donald Trump's efforts to remove corruption and basically bludgers from Washington. Noble sentiments, I am sure. However, I think the moral high ground does not belong to that man. His paranoid, self-centred approach to his position does not bode well for the peace and harmony of our world. Oh, and it was interesting to note that the author in question appears on Fox News. Hardly a neutral view!
Friday, 18 August 2017
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
A new verification has arrived
A new verie was received this morning from All India Radio. It was for a broadcast on 15185 kHz (Bengaluru) heard on 27th July in the Gujarat language. The signal was a good one and at 0430 the language changed.
It is part of the East African Service, so I suspect I was getting it off the back end of the antenna.
The QSL card is below - it is a picture of the Dakhinpat Temple in Majuli, Assam.
A new verie was received this morning from All India Radio. It was for a broadcast on 15185 kHz (Bengaluru) heard on 27th July in the Gujarat language. The signal was a good one and at 0430 the language changed.
It is part of the East African Service, so I suspect I was getting it off the back end of the antenna.
The QSL card is below - it is a picture of the Dakhinpat Temple in Majuli, Assam.
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