July 4th 2015 DXSF

  July 4th 2015   DXSF  -

     “Enjoying warm weather in the sub tropics with  distant and local thunderstorms. Generally poor conditions on the bands for the last fortnight.   Celebrating  the 4th of July. Greetings to all dxers of good will.” rlw
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3289.9  Guyana, GBC Voice of Guyana 0210 to 0220 with Kurt Cobain vocals, seemingly.  on 2 July;…. 0355 “ the people…and the rest of …” 0400 time pips  yl “This is the BBC World  Service,”  0825 Caribbean pop music the yl  0827 “good morning from… “ 3 July (Wilkner) 

3310 Bolivia Radio  Mosoj Chaski,  Cochabamba threshold signal  1000 to 1010  on 4 July (XM)

3310 Bolivia Radio  Mosoj Chaski,  Cochabamba 0915 with yl comments in language, recheck at 0940 om comments under thunderstorm. 3 July  (Wilkner)

3332 Unidentified  USB Two-way traffic here between two Chinese men at 1910. I hear a lot of this in-band stuff and don't know if it's shipping traffic or something else. But one thing is clear: the Chinese flog international radio rules and broadcast anywhere they want. 3 July (David Sharp-NSW)

3375.1 Brasil  Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira 0915 to 0930 in PT with deep fades, om chat  3 July (Wilkner)

4699.9  Bolivia,  Radio San Miguel, Riberalta 0900 to 0930 om in Spanish with consistent but only fair signal. Also on each day at this time and from 2300  . 3 July (Wilkner)

4765.03 Tajikistan,Tajik Radio, 1826, fair with local music and comments by woman, brief talk by a man. 3 July (David Sharp-NSW)

4765  Cuba,  Radio Progresso 0215 to 0230* with numerous ID as such this a local signal in south Florida….. parallel Medium Wave  
810  Guantanamo  and 
900 Cacocun both with very strong signals with ZNS 810 silent on  2 July (Wilkner)

4810 Perú  Radio Logos,  Chazuta, Tarapoto 0800 carrier on no audio…; noted 0930 to 0940 with vocalist a rustic OA  music, clearly the best signal from Peru. 3 July  (Wilkner)

4824.9P.  Brasil,Radio Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo 0920 to 0930 presumed the one in PT under thunderstorms  3 July  (Wilkner)

4834 Unid carrier 2345 to 0000 on July 3rd  (Wilkner and XM)

4844.9   Brasil Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus 0930 to 0940 in Portuguese with  partial  ID by om  3 July  (Wilkner)

4885   Brasil Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA 0858 to 0935 hard driving Brasil Pops, then 0930 IDs by om seemingly for numerous MW outlets and repeated “..onde media kilohertz”, five times or more.   3 July (Wilkner)

4925 Brasil, Radio Educ Rural Tefe 6/23 0159 anmts, jingles, ment Brazil, f-g (Paszkiewicz-WI)

5010.48v Madagascar Radio Malagasy, 1920, noted with warbly and drifting transmitter, audio only noted on peaks and only when there was music. 3 July     (David Sharp-NSW)

6070  Canada CFRX Toronto 0910 traffic report and report on phone call to the Prime Minister   3 July (Wilkner)

6089.93 Nigeria FRCN Kaduna, 1835, mixing with/causing het with another station but this one mostly on top with non-stop hi-life. 3 July (David Sharp-NSW)

6134.82 Bolivia, Radio Santa Cruz  0917 “ en todos…en la mañana  Radio Santa Cruz” ID at tune in, were that it was ever so … hi hi   . 3 July (Willkner)


7120, Somaliand Radio Hargeisa, 1900, good with talk by a man. 3 July (David Sharp-NSW)

7200lsb PIRATE of sorts 6/23 0205 purposely interrupting hams w/dance mx, C & C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice etc, hams indicated it's been going on for some time. Vg signal (Paszkiewicz-WI)

8989usb  Nicaragua "El  Pescador Preacher"  2340 to 2350 impassioned preacher with strong signal 2 July (Willkner)

9505 Sudan Voice of Africa, 1935, fair with local music, talk by lang man, modulation a little low. 3 July (David Sharp-NSW)

11685  NHK-WR (Kranji) 1325-1345* 27 June. NHK's Bengali service doing well here most mornings w/ what sounds like radio plays/dramatizations, quick close-down chat @ :45, but unlike NHK's other language services, I've yet to hear "NHK World Radio..", just a mix of JP/Bengali w/ occ. mentions of Japan/NHK. ( Dan Sheedy)

11685 CRI (Kashi-Saibagh) *1400-1410+ 26 June. IS, CH/Tamil IDs, "C-R-I..", quick fanfare & (p) news items..weak but clear.  ( Dan Sheedy)

11695 VOA (Iranawila) 1337-1400+ 24 June. Cambodian service w/ news/commentary, VOA jingles/sounders + VOA web addr.  ( Dan Sheedy)

11740 CNR2 (Lingshi) 1322-1330+ 27 June. Play or dramatic reading, bits of music, "zap" sounder @ BOH & ID //6065/6155/7245 (all Beijing)..dunno why, but 11740 is rarely heard well @ the beach.  ( Dan Sheedy)

11750 RVA (Palauig-Zambales) *1428+ 26 June. "This is Radio Veritas Asia, broadcasting from...on 11.750 Megahertz, please stay tuned for the following program in Telugu", RVA IS, & into inspirational chat.  ( Dan Sheedy)

11750 FEBC (Bocaue) *1400+ 27 June. IS, flute/bird calls, ID, more bird calls into hymns & (p) Lahu religious program.  ( Dan Sheedy -Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire))
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Sheryl  Paskiewics, Manitowoc, WI
DX-400 w/Eavesdropper
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David Sharp -
 FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials...
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Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA 
G5/PL606 & the ever-faithful 6m X wire

XM -  Cedar Key - Western Florida
NRD525D  - R8A - E5 
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Robert Wilkner
Pompano Beach, South Florida
746Pro - Drake R8  NRD 525 -Sony 2010XA - 60 90/120  meter dipoles. On the ground antenna. Scotka Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas - Scotka long wave pre amplifier 


DXSF 1981- 2015

DXSF  - July 4th -

Just received these logs from our friend Dan Sheedy.


6075 NBC (Papua-New Guinea) (via Brandon, QLD, AUSTRALIA) 1325-1332, 1346-1400* 4 July. Hip-hop, modern pop (Kelly Clarkson), Rare Earth (not so modern pop).."My Station" promos, couple IDs as "You're listening to (NBC)--where we always keep it real", "Always keepin' it real on NBC---Radio 90.7", close-down chat by DJ w/ another "My Station" promo, quick bit of hip-hop & off, leaving CNR1 TOH pips in the clear. Also heard on 9860 @ various times between 0700-0830 doing interviews/chat with coaches for the 15th Annual Pacific Games being held in Port Moresby. Thanks to Rob Wagner's info on the HF Underground site. ( Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire)

13775 Nigerian Armed Forces Radio (Issoudun) *0600+ 2 July. Fair signal in the intermittent noise with EG s/on annct (ID/freq. for 22/25M), military march, followed by nice hi-life song..also heard JBA on 11825 in (p) Hausa, but not enough to really do much with..thanks to Glenn Hauser's tip for this one. Also heard somewhat better *0600-0635 3 July w/ (p)NA, ID in Hausa & into program of alternating hi-life songs & man reading #s in Hausa, EG IDs @ 0625 & 0633 "The Nigerian Armed Forces Radio brings you news, views, and commentary of the moment..". VON (Ikorodu) also heard in Hausa @ 0611+ on 7255 (vy poor)// 9690 (fair-good).  ( Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire)

15280 KTWR (Agana) 1454-1500* 1 July. Fair signal through the noise w/ TWR's Nepali/EG program--Bible verses for spiritual encouragement in EG, prayer + close-down info/ID in Nepali.  ( Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire)

15425 Radio Free Sarawak (unID site) 1124-1200* 30 June. Thanks to Ron Howard's tip, RFS doing fair this morning with phone reports, indigenous music bridges, a few IDs sprinkled around--closed w/ longer traditional tune. ( Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire)

15700 RHC 1439-1456+ 1 July. CRI's scheduled EG relay not on today, instead "Sonidos Cubanos", PSAs, news //9820, 11950, 15230, 15370, 15730.  ( Dan Sheedy, Encinitas/Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire)