DX South Florida , Band scans and observations.

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DX South Florida -   July - August 2015

Band scans and observations.

Antennas  blew down in a storm now back thanks to my neighbor with “up on the  roof”  skills.  I am staying off the roof .Conditions about average with thunderstorms in the afternoon and late evenings. Personal issues delayed DXSF.

“Remembering 1981/2 when Charles R. Kappes suggesting forming this radio bulletin. Included 153kHz to 30,000 kHz  all mode with Charles having RTTY reader.
Beginning 1981/2 exchanged bulletins with Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Argentina, Australia , Bolivia, Peru, India, Italy, Ecuador and North American clubs including  Numero Uno and Ozark Mountain DX.  “  rlw
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Excellent  Medium Wave  logs from David Sharp in New South Wales.


621 Radio Tuvalu, 0836, poor with local music in partial null of cochannel ABC.  17 July (David Sharp-NSW)

1017 A3Z Tonga, 0853, presumed with island music in partial null of 2KY.   17 July(David Sharp-NSW)

1180 USA v Cuba, 0940, Rebelde and Marti battling it out, fair with partial null of 1179 3RPH.   17 July(David Sharp-NSW)

1440 Radio Kitibati, 0910, banter between a man and a woman then into local music. Good with SBS cochannel nulled.   17 July(David Sharp-NSW)

1540 ZNS1 Bahamas, 0921, fair with 1539 stations nulled (both Adelaide and Sydney share that freq) "Bahamas Radio Network" ID. 17 July (David Sharp-NSW)



—Medium Wave -Tropical Bands - Shortwave

171  Morocco  Medi 1   Nador 0003 to 0010 with weak audio: om chat at 0400 with better signs , first time this season 12 August (Wilkner)

630   Honduras  Radio America, 1037, religious pgm, frequent mentions of Central America, this pgm has been in here before, very strong signal but soon faded  11 August  (XM)

2325  Australia   VL8T Tennant Creek  NT 1050 to 1105 with yl with music bridge 6 August (Wilkner)

2485  Australia,  VL8K Katherine NT   1042 to 1000 with some audio, om and yl chat but could not pull details. Seems to be improving as the season progresses.  7 August (Wilkner)

2850  North Korea , Korean Central Broadcasting Station  1050 to 1110 , yl at 1104, om  chat at 1107 a difficult signal in Florida . 6 August  (Wilkner)

3289.9  Guyana,  Voice of Guyana 0950 om and yl introducing pop music 0951 -1010 under now frequent thunderstorm interference. 6 August  (Wilkner)

3289.9  Guyana, Voice of Guyana, 0925, pop mx, comments by M, poor   August 2nd (XM)

3289.9  Guyana, Voice of Guyana  0400 to 0410 with BBC under hash on top of signal. 10 August. On two recent occasions noted GBC silent at 0400  (Wilkner)

3310 Bolivia Radio  Mosoj Chaski,  Cochabamba 1010 to 1024 yl with programme in Q. Good signal regularly heard 1000 and 2300 to 0030 in South Florida   8 August (Wilkner)

3310   Bolivia, R Mosoj Chaski, 0927, threshold signal August 2nd (XM)


4055 Guatemala, Radio Verdad 1028 -1033  "Onward Christian S. " sung in English 55555 on 13 August (Wilkner)


3925 Japan Radio  Nikkei, Nemuro 1030 - 1033 in Japanese noted with good signal during band scan 4 August (Wilkner)

4451.11 Bolivia, Radio Santa  Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 2320 to 2335 weak in Spanish, first time heard in a while on 31 July;  2324 to 2345 a bit stronger with om in Spanish, always a marginal signal here.  9 August(Wilkner)  Thanks MDR tip!


4747.48  Perú Radio  Huanta 2000 Huanta Ayacucho 1039 sign on with om announcements on 6 August. This seems the sign on time for the last few weeks (Wilkner)

4774.9   Peru   Radio Tarma, 1040, M and W in brief cmntry, flutas, fair 11 August  (XM)

4807  Unid 0000 to 0005 while looking for the return of the Brasil station,  with the aid Daniel Wyllyans (Wilkner)

4810 Peru, Radio Logos presumed the one at 0941 in Spanish with beautiful female Andean vocals and a male preacher – Very weak and best on LSB to avoid the UTE Aug 11 (Coady-ON)

4810   Peru   Radio Logos, 1041, sounded like relig pgm under sever CODAR, very poor 11 August  (XM)

4865   Brasil  R Verdes Florestas, 1042, threshold to almost poor 11 August  (XM)
4810   Peru   Radio Logos 0945 with om preachers,  recheck at 1026 OA music. Hash on the high side of the signal seemed absent this morning 13 August (Wilkner)

4955  Perú, Radio Cultural Amauta Huanta 1035 ending of the National Anthem , strong signal in conversation between yl and om to 1050  4 August (Wilkner)

4990 Suriname, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo 0940 to 0955 first noted on 7 August after about a two months absence; similar 0950 on 9 August , 0945 - 1000 seemingly Dutch om, weak never,  a good signal here.  13 August (Wilkner)  Thanks Daniel Wyllyans !


5952.44 Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1020 to 1028 noted with good signal in some Spanish 13 August (Wilkner)

6025 Bolivia,  Radio Illimani  0110 talks & instl mix, def not China/Tibet  July 17th (Paszkiewicz)

6060   Brasil.  Super R Deus e Amor, 1047, presumed, very poor signal w/ QRN but sounded like preaching 11 August  (XM)

6070  Canada CFRX Toronto  1015 weather, temp. given, commercials and traffic report.  “East bound then West Bound report”  4 August (Wilkner)

6134.87 Bolivia Radio Santa Cruz 0n July 17th 0113 quite good with SS pops  (Paszkiewicz)

6154.94t Bolivia Radio Fides    La Paz  1018 - 1030 on in Spanish, weak signal, no ID  4 August (Wilkner)


7200 Firedragon 1128+ 19 July. Chinese music jammer v. RTI, rattling the windows..also heard with a bit less volume on 7470 (v. RFA), 9660 (v. RTI), & 11640 (with help from CNR1 & also v. RTI). (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

8989u  Nicaragua "El  Pescador Preacher" 2326 religious music at tune in then om with "Gloria de Dios" etc  9 August (Wilkner)

9665a Voz Missionaria 0155-0200+ 19 July. Fair in PT w/ religious phone chat, a few "Voz Missionaria" jingles & UT-3 TC @ 0200 + canned ID w/ addr. o/ hymn background. (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

11560 R. Miraya (Kishinev/Grigoriopol) 0305-17, 0346-0403 20 June. Weak in noise @ 1st tune-in w/ reggae-style songs, "Miraya" drop-ins, EG PSAs (1 from the Ministry of Culture)..'way better @ 2nd tune-in w/ more hi-life/reggae/"local" tunes, TOH news promo ("news you can use--about the nation, across the nation: Radio Miraya", AR PSA, then the "Morning Breakfast Show on Radio Miraya".  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

11580 RFI (via WRMI-Ok'bee) 0150-0155+ 19 July. "Sound Kitchen" programme w/ Susan Owensby, celebrating Nelson Mandela's birthday, results of last week's quiz about Turkish elections & this week's quiz question: What was celebrated in France last Tuesday? [14 July]..sked  01-02 Tu-Su per EiBi. (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

11815 Radio Brasil Central 0044-0100+ 19 July. Doing fairly well w/ MPB tunes, lots of "Radio Brasil Central" singing jingles & some DJ chat, past TOH w/ sounder/TC & poss. news.  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

11905 SRI LANKA SLBC ,8/5 0150 Hindi vocals good on PL606 with A OR loop. (Paszkiewicz)

15170 R. Riyadh 0413+ 19 July. Very nice signal w/ Qur'an recitations // a much-weaker 17895..Aoki lists this as "Radio Saudi"--did i space out & miss a name change from "usual" Radio Riyadh?  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15210 CNR1 0417+ 19 July. Jammer v. VOA, also heard on 15615 (w/ help from Firedragon v. RFA), 17625 (v. RFA) & 17735 (v. VOA).  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15285 Radio Saudi International (p) *0354-0415+ 20 June. OC, IS (plucked instrumental--an oud?), (p) NA, into Swahili program w/ Qur'an recitations 0402-08, then news.  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15315 France, Vo Gospel on July 25th ,  1950 talks in local African dialect (Paszkiewicz)

15385 Firedragon 0035 18 July. Chinese music jammer w/ a big signal v. VOA. (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15490 BBC (Talata-Volonondry) *0359-0430* Huge signal w/ OC, "BBC London, Somali" opening remarks, news (Iranian nuclear pact, President Obama's upcoming visit to Kenya), BBC Somali promo, more about the President's visit to Nairobi w/ commentary, special report on human rights abuses in Chad, closing comments, ID w/ sounder & off.  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15500 CNR2 (Beijing) 0250-0310+ 20 June. Idly checking for AWR's Oromo/Amharic 03-04 broadcast via Trincomalee & found only CNR2 weak but all alone w/ chat, CNR sounder, 5+1 pips & ID @ TOH. (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15565 CNR1 0040+ 18 July. Jammer v. VOA until 0100*, also heard on 17560 to 0100* (v. VOA who closed a minute or 2 later than CNR1, w/ "YDD" IS), & @ *0100+ on 17730 (v. RFA, sked 01-03).  (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas)

15720 Khz--30 July 15  @ 0239Z. Radio New Zealand International. SIO 454. Regional Pacific NX in EE read by M, followed by a M/F discussion regarding social issues, also in EE. Then MX. Still on at 0400Z, but was suffering from some moderate QSB and QRM by that time. Rechecked on 31 July @ 0300Z. SIO 444, until 0400, when signal again deteriorated due to mild QSB and moderate QRM.  (Seiden, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL).

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Mark Seiden -Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Yaesu FTdx5000MP and an NRD 535D. Antenna is an RF Systems sloper with MLB balun.
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Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, WI
DX-400 w/Eavesdropper
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Mark Coady, Ontario Canada
Drake TR-7.
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MDR - Tampa -  South Florida
Drake R8B - Tecsun PL-398BT - Drake R7
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Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA
G5/PL606 & the ever-faithful 6m X wire
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XM -  Cedar Key -  Florida
NRD525D  - R8A - E5
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Robert Wilkner
Pompano Beach, South Florida
746Pro - Drake R8  NRD 525 -Sony 2010XA

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