The 61 radio countries
received are highlighted with a focus on some of the more active frequencies in
these selected logs, all times UTC.
530 R.Enciclopedia, Villa María, Cuba
NOV 6 0600 — Good, over co-channel R.Rebelde; canned ID with theme music,
“Transmite CMBQ Radio Enciclopedia, desde la Habana, Cuba,” and woman with time
check, “Esta es la hora en punto, la una,” easy listening instrumentals.
531 Jil FM, F’kirina Wilaya d’Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria NOV 5 0300 — Good
over an unidentified signal; banter and “Jil FM Radio” promo/ID, parallel 549
kHz.
531 Kringvarp Føroya, Akraberg, Faroe
Islands NOV 5 0800 — Interval signal
and news through 540 CBT Newfoundland splatter.
NOV 6 0759 — Poor in 540 CBT splatter; talk with interval signal
repeated twice over the next minute — an unequivocal match with
<http://www.intervalsignals.net>.
531 RNE5 Spain NOV 3 2200 — Fair; “...en Radio La Carta y
Radio Cinco,” time marker, “Radio Nacional de España, servicios informativos.”
549 Jil FM, Les Trembles, Algeria NOV 6 0600 — Good, some 540 CBT splatter;
military choral national anthem, time signal marking the hour, and news.
549 Spirit Radio, Carrickroe, Ireland NOV 4 2000 — Excellent reception, with
minimal splatter; ID and Catholic slanted news. Very nice. ‘We’re pulling for
your family. Spirit Radio. Passion for life.’ NOV 5 2100 — Over/under Jil FM; “Spirit Radio on the air …
Spirit Radio, news,” and 9 o’clock time check into news.
567 R.Rossii GTRK, Volgograd, Russia NOV 4 1940 — Good/very good reception in the
clear with multiple ID’s as R.Rossii.
567 BSKSA R.Quran, Saudi Arabia NOV 6 2100 — Under co-channel Spain; Koran
parallel 765, 999, and 1512 kHz.
576 R.Horizont, Gramada-Vidin, Bulgaria NOV 6 2200 — Over/under co-channel
Canaries/Spain; time marker, “Milo Rodina” choral national anthem.
594 BSKSA Duba, Saudi Arabia NOV 5 0158 — Good; pre sign-on open carrier.
0255 discussion parallel 1521 kHz.
603 R.România Actualitati, Romania NOV 4 2000 — Very good reception with time
pips and ID in Romanian. A bit more of a jumble after with several co-channels
noted, despite the strength.
611 SNRT Sebaa-Aioun, Morocco NOV 4 0020 — Fair in upfade and
off-frequency, fighting 610 and 612 hets; with talk in French, and then Arabic
music at 0830. NOV 4 2359 — Excellent signal with distorted audio;
announcements with “Maghribiyya” mentions followed by dramatic string music.
621 RTBFi Wavre-Overijse, Belgium NOV 6 2000 — Fair reception fighting 620
splatter from CKCM which ID’ed as VOCM i.e. relay, but otherwise quite good
with French news. Much stronger than either co-channel Tenerife or Spain proper
with a soccer game in progress.
630 R.Nationale, Tunis, Tunisia NOV 4 2000 — Very good reception;
instrumental national anthem followed by a choral version, then Tunis mentioned
into news.
630 YVKA R.Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela NOV 4 0100 — Fair; promo, “... a través de la
pagina web de Radio Nacional de Venezuela, www.rnv.gov.ve ...a través de
Facebook, Radio Nacional de Venezuela.”
657 VOR Murmansk, Russia NOV 4 1900 — Fair; Moscow bells, signature
time marker, “novosti” parallel 1413 kHz.
675 R.Maria, Lopik, Netherlands NOV 2 2300 — Good; organ music, “AM 675,
Radio Maria” and promo into telephone talk.
680 WAPA San Juan, Puerto Rico NOV 4 0101 — Good over WRKO; Wapa jingle,
“Esta es la poderosa, WAPA 680 AM San Juan-Areceibo, WISO 1260 AM
Ponce-Mayagüez-Aguadilla, la señal más poderosa con la máxima noticia.”
702 VOIRI Rasht-Kiashahr, Iran NOV 3 0140 — Good; Koranic vocal parallel
worldservice.irib.ir Aztabriz stream.
711 France Info, Rennes, France NOV 2 2100 — Good, over 711.11 Western Sahara
het; football report ending with intro to “le journal” and fanfare into news.
720 BBC Radio 4 synchros, United
Kingdom NOV 2 2059 — Good over
Canary Islands; promo, “... at BBC Radio 4,” time marker, “BBC news at 9
o’clock.”
783 Radio of Syrian Arab Republic, Tartus, Syria NOV 5 0001 — Fair;
“arabiyya as-suriyya min dimashq” ID.
800 PJB TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, Bonaire
NOV 4 0200 — “Desde Bonaire, Antillas Holendesas, transmite Radio
Transmundial, la emisora de mensaje diferente.”
810 BBC R.Scotland synchros NOV
2 2100 — Good; “92 to 95 FM, eight-one-oh medium wave, and on digital radio, BBC
Radio Scotland” into news at 9 o’clock.
819 ERTU Batrah, Egypt NOV 2 2100 — Fair; Big Ben chimes, news or
announcement in Arabic. NOV 5 0254 —
Very good reception with Quran chants, parallel to 774 kHz.
828 NDR Info, Hannover, Germany NOV 4 2100 — Fair; Broadway-style vocal to
“NDR Info, nachtrichten” parallel 972 kHz.
NOV 7 2000 — Good; football coverage parallel 972 kHz.
855 R.România Actualitati, Tancabesti, Romania NOV 3 0256 — Under
co-channel Spain; choral national anthem parallel 1152 kHz.
882 La Xarxa, Mollet del Vallès-Barcelona, Spain NOV 5 2000 — Good,
over co-channel BBC R.Wales and COPE Spain; time marker, and “Noticias
la Xarxa” in Catalan.
900 Rai Radiouno, Milano, Italy NOV 5 0200 — Good; data signal and time
marker, time check and flourish with “Rai Radiouno” ID.
909 VOA Sebele Pikwe, Botswana NOV 8 0258 — Fair, under co-channel BBC5; Yankee Doodle interval signal
parallel 1530 São Tomé, and then into news at 0300 UTC.
910 R.Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey, Cuba NOV 4 0100 — Over Venezuela; ascending notes
marking the hour, “Ocho en punto,” and canned ID, “Desde la cuna de el mayor
transmite Radio Cadena Agramonte, Camagüey, Cuba.”
910 YVRQ Caracas, Venezuela NOV 4 0050 — Fair; tropical music, doorbells
with time check between songs, 0058 “AM Center” promo.
917 R.Gotel, Yola, Nigeria NOV 3 2314 — Poor in some splatter, but
finally yielding snips of audio, music and talk by female. Even better copy the
following evening. Off-frequency, the lone signal on 917 kHz worldwide.
918 R.Slovenija 1, Ljubljana-Domzale, Slovenia NOV 3 2130 — Good;
news in English, weather check for the “skies above Slovenia” at 2133, then
into German at 2134. NOV 8 0258 — Fair, with interval signal, national anthem
and 5-1 time pips on the hour into news.
940 WIPR Máxima 940, San Juan, Puerto Rico NOV 5 0800 — In het party with the two offset
Mexicans 939.88 XEQ and 940.17 XEMMM.
954 Cesky rozhlas synchros, Czech
Republic NOV 5 2000 — Excellent,
with synchro echo; time marker and “Cesky rozhlas 2” ID. NOV 8 2230 — Good reception from this Czech
broadcaster, with 3 sites between 20 and 200 kilowatts. Co-channel to very
powerful Spanish Onda Cero, Madrid,
with 50 kilowatts which fades up and down, so the two of them play it out for
the frequency.
963 R.Culturelle, Tunis, Tunisia NOV 2 2358 — Good; choral national anthem at
tune-in, then off. NOV 4 2000 — Arabic
ID exactly as listed in the EMWG: ‘Idha’at al Thakafiya’, but preceded by
‘...Tunis.’
972 NDR Info, Hamburg, Germany NOV 2 2100 — Good; “NDR Info, nachtricten,”
into news. NOV 3 0200 — Good; “ARD Info
nacht, nachtricten,” into news.
972 Ukrayinske Radyo 1, Nikolaev, Ukraine NOV 4 1900 — Dominant at this time,
‘Ukrayinske Radyo’ just before the hour audible into music. Not particularly
strong yet, but it’s only 3 p.m. local. Same program audible on 837 kHz, but
lower strength.
981 Chaîne 2, Algiers, Algeria NOV 8 0358 — Excellent; string music into
national anthem, followed by about a minute of lone male chanting, then sounder
at 0300:30 into news.
990 R.Sawa, Cape Greco, Cyprus NOV 9 0055 — Fair, under CBC Newfoundland,
with popular Western and Arabic music matching Internet feed.
1008 GrootNieuwsradio, Zeewolde, Netherlands NOV 3 2000 — Fair; ID for GrootNieuwsradio on
AM, and on “computer, tablet, or smart phone.”
1026 Downtown Radio, Belfast, Northern
Ireland NOV 6 0759 — Fair; Downtown
Breakfast Show contest promo, “On 96 and 102 FM, 1026 AM, and digital radio
...” into news.
1026 SER R.Vigo, Sampayo, Spain NOV 6 2042 — “Radio Vigo Cadena Ser” and
fútbol. A second Spanish station with a different fútbol match in here too.
1035 R.Eli, Tartu, Estonia NOV 5 0400 — Fair; TWR interval signal,
cuckoo clock time signal, “Estonia ...” NOV 6 2200 — Fair; easy listening
instrumental, “Radio Eli” IDs.
1044 SER R.San Sebastián, Monte Igueldo, Spain NOV 6 0659 — Good;
local ad string including “Restaurante Urbano en calle treinta y uno de
Agosto,” then marker and time check into news, “En Cadena Ser ...”
1053 R.Iasi, Iasi, Romania NOV 3 2000 — Over/under co-channel TalkSport; sign off with quick
ID/announcement and flourish, then 1-kHz test tone continuing through the hour.
1062 Rai Radiouno, Italy NOV 2 2258 — Good; sign-off with orchestral
national anthem, then post sign-off tones, parallel 900 and 1575 kHz.
1070 HJAH Emisora Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia NOV 6 0550 — Fair; Emisora Atlántico jingle
and time check, nostalgic vocal. 0600 long jingle, “Atlántico, Atlántico,
Emisora Atlántico.”
1071 AIR Rajkot, India NOV 4 1900 — Good; All India Radio ID,
alternating male/female vocal typical of Indian music. Wonderful to hear so
early here, 3 p.m., with the sun shining through the window using a north
facing 1,200-foot Beverage antenna.
1071 IRIB R.Maaref, Qom, Iran NOV 2 2030 — Good; choral anthem parallel IRIB R.Iran 765, 837, 936, 990, 1035,
1062, 1116, 1197, and 1467 kHz.
1071 BSKSA Bisha, Saudi Arabia NOV 3 2100 — Fair; techno instrumental
leading up to the hour, time marker, and signature music into news parallel
1521 kHz.
1071 Al Nour Radio, Tartus Amrit, Syria NOV 8 2255 — Positively ID’ed via live stream
with frequent ‘snake-charmer’ music. At 2304 they are dominating the channel! A
real battle earlier between co-channel Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.
1107 AFN Bavaria, Vilseck, Germany NOV 4 2105 — Weak under co-channel Scotland
and Spain, but clear NPR “All Things Considered” which matched the online
schedule for the Bavarian service of AFN.
1107 Moray Firth Radio, Tarbat Ness, Scotland NOV 6 0559 — Good;
Subway ad, “Live on digital radio, online, and on your mobile, this is MFR
news.”
1116 BBC R.Guernsey, Rohais, England NOV 6 0700 — Fair; “Passionate about island
life, BBC Guernsey,” and news, “It’s 7 o’clock on the news station.”
1134 Hrvatske Radio, Zadar, Croatia NOV 5 1911 — “You’re listening to Croatian
Radio, the Voice of Croatia.” NOV 7 2200 — Good; time marker, “Hrvatski Radio,
Prvi programa.”
1143 VOR Bolshakovo, Kaliningrad NOV 4 1900 — Good; “Golos Rossii” and Moscow bells,
time marker into novosti.
1152 R.România Actualitati, Cluj, Romania NOV 3 0255 — Over/under co-channel Spain;
sign-on with test tone, interval signal, and choral national anthem parallel
1179 kHz.
1152 Clyde 2, Dechmont Hill, Scotland NOV 3 2200 — Good over co-channel Spain; “On
digital radio, online, and on 1152 AM, this is Clyde 2 news,” and 10 o’clock
time check into news.
1160 VSB3 Hamilton, Bermuda
NOV 6 0200 — Good; “The BBC World Service, the world’s radio station,”
and time marker.
1161 Tay AM, Greenside Scalp, Scotland NOV 4 2200 — Under co-channel “Magic”
England; “On digital radio, online, and on the air, 1161 ... this is Tay AM
news.”
1170 R.Capodistria, Beli Kriz, Slovenia NOV 6 0700 — Fair; “Calle degli orti grandi —
quotidiano del mattino” program. Thanks
to Vlad Titarev and Valter Comuzzi for the ID assist. NOV 7 2200 — Good over co-channel Russia;
promo/IDs, “programa Radio Capodistria.”
1179 R.România Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau, Romania NOV 4 1900 —
Excellent; “Radio România Actualitati, hora exacta” and time marker into news.
1179 SER R.Valencia, Valencia, Spain NOV 2 2058 — Good; local ID, “Radio Valencia,
Cadena Ser.”
1188 MR4, Hungary NOV 6 0700 — Good; 600-Hz tone, then a
multiple frequency tone, sign-on announcement, canned Magyar Radio ID.
1215 VOR Bolshakovo, Kaliningrad NOV 5 1900 — Over/under Absolute Radio; time
marker and “Novosti ... Golos Rossii.”
1215 Absolute Radio synchros, United
Kingdom NOV 5 0900 — Excellent; ad
string, “Good morning, it’s the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show,” and 9:01
time check into news. At 0949 still in the clear, not usually log worthy here
as it is ubiquitous, but not at this time of the morning, and well after dawn
in the U.K.
1220 ZYJ458 R.Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NOV 3 2208 — At fair level with a presumed soccer game. Heard with the
dual Delta loop, aimed north/south. Not heard on our Beverage, nor the north
directed SuperLoop which has been superb tonight for Europe.
1224 Galei Zahal, Beersheba, Israel NOV 8 2319 — Positively confirmed parallel to
their webfeed found on http://glz.co.il. After a few minutes the
co-channel Spanish COPE resumed its
typical dominance.
1251 Gold Digital Amber, Great Barton, England NOV 5 2100 — Fading
over co-channel Netherlands with Gold jingle.
1251 IRIB R.Iran, Sari, Iran NOV 4 2100 — Good; canned “Radyoe Iran” with
anthem-like theme song/jingle, parallel 1431 kHz.
1251 R.Libya, Tripoli, Libya NOV 6 1945 — Presumed R.Libya over/under two other co-channels. R.Iran
at times, with mentions of Iran, presumably, but also some Western music on Radio 5 from Holland. A bit of a jumble
here, but each can be very good at times.
1251 Radio 5, Hulsberg, Netherlands NOV 5 2059 — Man in Dutch parallel 747 kHz,
lost to co-channel Gold Digital Amber
on the hour.
1280 VSB2 Hamilton, Bermuda
NOV 6 0200 — Fair; “BBN on WYFQ FM Wadesboro ...” into BBN program.
1296 Radio XL, Langley Mill, England NOV 3 2100 — Good over Spain; “ ... and 1296
AM, this is Radio XL,” and “From the Sky news center at nine.”
1296 COPE Valencia, Spain NOV 7 2058 — Over co-channel Radio XL; local
ads, “La Casa Grande Valencia, más información enlace valencia punto org.”
1323 Gold, Southwick, England NOV 5 2100 — Fair; “On AM, online and digital
radio, playing the greatest hits of all time,” and jingle, “This is Gold.”
1350 Kossuth Radio, Gyór, Hungary NOV 5 2000 — Good; “Kossuth Radio” ID. Thanks
to Valter Comuzzi and Chuck Hutton at RealDX for the ID assist.
1368 Challenger Radio, Villa Estense, Italy NOV 7 1900 — Poor;
“Operated by Nexus International Broadcasters Association” with mention of
shortwave and upper sideband.
1377 TWR Gavar, Armenia NOV 6 2039 — Of course co-channel France Info with 300 kilowatts
dominates, but it’s easy to hear a second station co-channel, most likely TWR Asia from Armenia. Occasionally
rising to be almost equal to France Info.
1386 R.Baltic Waves International, Sitkunai, Lithuania NOV 4 1900 — Good;
open carrier leading up to the hour, then fanfare with “Polish Radio external
service” ID. NOV 4 2000 — Polish, then English ID, then into Belorussian
service. Absolutely in the clear, very good reception. NOV 5 0327 — NHK relay,
interval signal, sign-on with Russian broadcast. Poor at this time.
1394.88 TWR Fllakë, Albania NOV 4 2000 —
Excellent; TWR interval signal, then
TransWorld Radio Polska program.
1395 VOR Yerevan, Armenia NOV 6 2044 — Despite an extremely powerful TWR Albania, bandwidth was narrowed to
clearly hear Armenia relaying R.Rossii. NOV 6 2200 — Poor; “Golos Rossii,”
Moscow bells, and time marker.
1413 VOR Grigoriopol, Moldova NOV 3 1900 — Fair; “Golos Rossii ...” and
Moscow bells, then time marker into “novosti” news. NOV 5 1802 — Fair reception
at 2 p.m. local with Russian news, already propagating. One of the first
stations heard reasonably well this afternoon.
1413 BBC World Service, A’Seela, Oman NOV 4 2000 — Under Moldova; “BBC World
Service, the world’s radio station” and time marker.
1431 IRIB R.Iran, Esfahan, Iran NOV 4 2100 — Good over co-channel R.Sawa Djibouti; “Radyoe Iran” ID with
brief anthem-like theme song, parallel 1251 kHz.
1440 RTL Marnach, Luxembourg NOV 2 2258 — Good over WRED; CRI program with
Chinese orchestra music. NOV 5 1803 — Good reception already with RTL ID and
into pop music. Only just after 2 p.m. local. Rechecking at 1830 has a
religious program in German, so presumably Lutherische Stunde.
1458 BBC Asian Network, Birmingham, England NOV 6 2113 — It’s been fun to listen to this
frequency. Sunrise Radio heard
easily, but there’s also another and a BBC ID was heard, but otherwise Indian
music, so I’m assuming this to be the BBC
Asian Network. And, maybe a third station, too!
1458 Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park, England NOV 5 0300 — Over co-channel Romania; “This
is Sunrise Radio, news on the hour every hour.”
1458 R.România Actualitati, Constanta, Romania NOV 4 1900 — Fair
over unidentified U.K. station after Albania sign-off; “Radio România
Actualitati hora exacta” and time marker into news parallel 1152 kHz.
1467 TWR Roumoules, France NOV 4 2159 — Good over co-channel Iran;
Arabic program with internet address http://www.twr.net.
1467 R.Maria, Le Col de la Madonne, France NOV 3 1854 — Good; abrupt sign-off with R.Maria ID in French.
1476 IRIB R.Iran, Marivan, Iran NOV 5 2000 — Off-frequency, het against unID
1476, rising to good level at times; speaker parallel 1503 kHz. Measured
1476.265 kHz.
1502.86 R.Zavidovici, Mecevici, Bosnia & Herzegovina NOV 5 2000 — Loud het against 1503 BBC and
others; presumed Bosnia as the only signal listed this low in mwoffsets
database.
1511.93 ERA Chania, Greece NOV 8 2144 — Always a
jumble due to this off-frequency station.
Should be Greece, on late, presumably due to being occupied by the fired
employees. Measured on 1511.931, while two other carriers also present on .992
and 1512.000 kHz likely Saudi and Iran.
Sometimes good reception, but mostly fair.
1521 SER R.Castellón, Ctra Valencia, Spain NOV 5 2029 — Normally
2,000-kilowatt Saudi Arabia totally dominates the channel, but not so this
afternoon. SER for a time just about
came up to equal strength with play by play soccer game.
1530 R.România Actualitati, Mihaileni & Mahmudia, Romania
NOV 4 2000 — Fair; “Radio România Actualitati, hora exacta” and time
marker into news.
1530 VOA Pinheira, São Tomé e
Principe NOV 5 0259 — Over/under
Romania; Yankee Doodle, news in English. NOV 5 0307 — Daybreak Africa program
at near armchair level in English, with African accented announcer.
1539 SER Elche & Manresa, Spain NOV 6 2211 — It’s enough to turn someone to
drink, with the two SER network sites out of sync, making for quite a mess.
1547.88 BBC R.Bristol, Mangotsfield, England
NOV 5 0200 — Fair; relaying BBC Radio 5 Live. NOV 7 1900 — Fair, easily separated from 1548
Moldova; “Across the west on FM ... this is BBC Radio Bristol.”
1548 VOR/TWR Grigoriopol, Moldova
NOV 3 1827 — End of Bulgarian broadcast with address in Sofia given as
well as internet info, TWR interval signal into Romany program. NOV 4 2000 —
Good, tuned to high side to avoid het from BBC
R.Bristol offset; TWR interval signal, then cut into VOR time marker and
Golos Rossii ID. NOV 5 1830 — Fair; one cycle of TWR interval signal.
1550 RASD Rabouni, Western Sahara NOV 3 2300 — Very strong and enjoyable,
especially with the SAM engaged and the bandwidth opened on the Perseus SDR.
There’s definitely an African flare to this music. Sahwari music similar to
what you would hear from Mauritania, group of people singing with some kind of
stringed instrument, possibly a xalam. Went off at 2333 after anthem.
1566 TWR Parakou, Benin NOV 3 2155 — Fair fading to excellent; ID in
French (translation), “This is TWR, a message of hope for the world, the
following program will be in French.”
1575 IRIB R.Iran, Ghaen, Iran NOV 2 2100 — Over/under Italy and others;
canned “Radyoe Iran” with anthem-like theme song, same as later heard on 1431
kHz. Iran bubble jammer also noted on this frequency, apparently to block
reception of the co-channel “Radio Farda” VOA Farsi service out of the United
Arab Emirates.
1575 R.Farda, Al Dhabiya, United
Arab Emirates NOV 2 2300 — Good over
co-channel Italy; “Radio Farda dot com” and contemporary Mid-East vocal.
1593 R.Cluj, Romania NOV 4 1959 — Under co-channel R.România Actualitati; sign-off
announcement with Radio Cluj mention, then test tone and off.
1602 R.Seagull, Pietersbierum, Netherlands NOV 5 2005 — Very good reception; jingles and
variety of pop music. 2100 fade up over co-channel Spain; “Feature Story News
from Washington.”
1638.15 Bluebird Radio, Netherlands NOV 4 2145 —
Dutch beer drinking music. The easiest and strongest presumed Dutch pirate is
ongoing for the last few hours on a Monday night, with several mentions of
Bluebird, and identical style of oompah or polka type music. Always
off-frequency by 152 Hz on the high side. NOV 5 2145 — Exceptionally good;
mentioned “Bluebird” several times. He finally ID’ed in English, “This is
pirate radio Sandokan.”
1692 LGQ Rogaland Radio, Vigre, Norway
NOV 5 2317 — Woman with marine weather in English, ended at 2321, then a
man in Norwegian. Good signal. It’s a maritime weather and safety station,
broadcast daily between 2315 and 2330 only, so a good catch. Vigre is located
on the south-west coast of Norway, about the same latitude as northern
Scotland.
5895 LLE-3 Erdal, Norway
NOV 6 0615-0900 — Heard during the entire period, although the
first 10 minutes or so were marred by utility interference. Best around 0700 to
0800 with looped Morse IDs and voice giving ID and contact information. Using a
Perseus SDR and 1,200-foot Beverage aimed 60 degrees. Confirmed from the operators via email the
first North American reception report!
