Mosquito Coast DX News

Mosquito Coast DX News   January  2nd  2016
We are back after several months. 
Long wave, medium wave, SWBC, utilities, Volmet,  Amateur radio welcome. As with our first issue  in 1981, wish to support the hobby with dx information and logs.  December was warm in the 80s F, no sign of snow hi hi. Unusually wet December with  tropical rain storms. Conditions for the last 24 hours have been average with opening to Latin America, alas  remain poor to Asia on the tropical bands.
Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year.
73s Bob


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Mark Coady, Ontario Canada 
Drake TR-7.

3240 SWAZILAND TWR at 0326 in listed Ndau with a very deliberate preacher – Fair Dec 28 Coady-ON

3345 SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa at 0314 // 6155 with a report on planned improvements on the Trans-Africa Highway between Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria – Poor to Fair Dec 24 Coady-ON

6020 ROMANIA RRI at 0404 // with a woman with news then “And that was the news coming to you from Bucharest. Radio Romania International” at 0406 and info on a contest – Very Good Dec 25 Coady-ON

6045 SOUTH AFRICA DW at 0322 in Swahili with a radio drama with a man talking to a woman then a door knock sound effect and another character into the drama then brief East African instrumentals at 0324 and back to the drama – Fair Dec 28 Coady-ON

6050 ECUADOR HCJB at 0239 in Spanish with a male preacher then a children's chorus to 0245 and a male preacher with Andean music bridges – Fair Dec 28 Coady-ON

6195 OMAN BBC at 0354 with “Science in Action” with a man interviewing a female about bird songs as language – Fair Dec 25 Coady-ON

6195 USA NHK World Radio Japan at 0400 in Spanish with OC noted before the hour then opening music and a woman with ID and opening announcements and into a man and woman with news – Very Good Dec 25 Coady-ON

7205 SUDAN Sudan Radio at 0400 in Sudanese Arabic with time pips and a man with ID with a mention of “Sudan” and into a man with apparent news – Fair Dec 24 Coady-ON

9410 OMAN BBC at 0422 with Marc Almond's “In Search of Vadim Kozin” about a Russian superstar who disappeared in Siberia – Fair but noisy Dec 27 Coady-ON

9540 OMAN Radio Sultanate of Oman presumed the one at 0350 with rap music to 0354 and a male DJ introducing a Boney M song and abruptly off at 0356 – Fair Dec 27 Coady-ON

9655 TURKEY Voice of Turkey at 0358 with IS to time pips at 0400 and a woman with ID and sked then another woman with program highlights at 0402 and into news – Fair but noisy Dec 27 Coady-ON

11740 INDIA-GOA AIR (Panaji) at 2215 // 9445 and 11670 with the end of a commentary and a woman with ID then “Women's World” at 2216 – Very Good Dec 27 Coady-ON – this was armchair copy and the best I have heard them in a long time. It bodes well for those who want to log this one for the upcoming January Shortwave DX Challenge - ed

11750 BOTSWANA VOA at 0333 in Somali with a woman with talk with mentions of “Somali” and “Washington” - Good Dec 27 Coady-ON

11810 ASCENSION ISLAND BBC at 2001 // 9915 with a woman with “BBC News” - Fair to Good Dec 25 Coady-ON

15400 ASCENSION ISLAND OR ENGLAND BBC at 1955 with a woman hosting a “Focus on Africa” year-end quiz for in studio journalists then a program promos and off at 1959 – Fair to Good Dec 25 Coady-ON – Babcock and Aoki lists Ascension 1700-2000 but the latest HFCC and Eibi lists England 1929-2000 – ed

15730 USA VOA at 1934 in French with “Deck the Halls” on a piano then a man with a “VOA Afrique” ID at 1935 and into a year-end African retrospective – Good Dec 25 Coady-ON

17640 ASCENSION ISLAND BBC at 1649 // 17830 with Liverpool vs. Leicester Premier League football coverage – Weak Dec 26 Coady-ON

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Dan Sheedy Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire) 

Holiday greetings & all sorts of festive hand-waving to the DXSF crew from the beach--here are some recent logs (after tidying them up considerably from my usual cryptic notes--i really like abbreviations, but they're not too fond of me)

6080 China CNR1 (Geermu) 0032-0100* 19 Dec. 1st audio above the noise level (& residual DCJC whine-jam) just after BOH w/ chat // 7560 (jammer v. VOA), 9690 (jammer v. AIR/VOA), 11960 (Beijing), 13610 (Nanning), 15295 (jammer v. SOH), 17440 ( jammer v. SOH)..ads/promos :55, 5+1 & "Beijing shijian.." [Beijing time] w/ 17440, 15295, 7560, & 6080 closing @ 0100. Much better signal 0040-0100+ 25 Dec. // the above & running past listed 01*.  (Dan Sheedy) 

6090 China CNR2 (Geermu) 0027-0100+ 25 Dec. Even with the "S"s yakking away, CNR2 is audible around sunset..//7220 has QRhaM, but is usually clearer.. (Dan Sheedy) 

9630/11855.7a Brasil  Radio. Aparecida 2332-0001 20/21 Dec. Doing fairly well today, esp. on 31m w/ inspirational chats, ads/promos & "usual" long list of affiliated stations just after TOH. RB2 unhrd on 11935/9725--off for magical reasons or what?  (Dan Sheedy) 

7215 China CNR1 (Shijiazhuang) 2348-0000* 20/21 Dec. A quick cruise through 41M for CNR1 this afternoon brought '215, 7270 (jammer v. VOC), 7275 (Beijing & ex. weak), 7470 (jammer v. RFA). (Dan Sheedy) 

6050 XPBS (Lhasa-Baiding) 1502-1513+ 22 Dec. Unusual to hear their CH service here so well..//4820/5935 are always better..1511-25 fade 24 D. still sneaking thru //4820/5935  (Dan Sheedy) 

6110 XPBS (Lhasa-Baiding) 0022-0100+ 21 Dec. Very pleased to catch XPBS with their TB service: long discussions, very occasional music breaks..//4905 4920 6025 (say "bye-bye" to Red Patria Nueva) 6130..6110 by far the best followed by 6025 6130 4920 4905..listed 6200 unhrd (perhaps antenna beam headings/power are a factor--60M xmtrs are listed as 50 kW ND while the 49M outlets are all 100 kW @ 222 degrees [6110], 268 [6025], 290 [6130], 85 [6200])..morning update: 4905 (after RTTY closes), 4920 (u/ AIR), 6025, 6110, 6200 ('way u/ VoJ), 7255 (CRI mix) 21 Dec. 1440-1500+. Another morning update 1440+ 22 Dec. 6130 was JBA today w/ 6200 killing VoJ.  (Dan Sheedy) 

**4885 VoH 1449-1533+ 21 Dec. Fair in KR w/ chat, singing jingle/chimes @ 1458, 1525.."V-O-H" spelled out @ 1459 (missed a bit of it..thanks to Ron Howard for the full ID) & news 1500-15, then commentary..1440-1500+ 22 Dec. Another day of testing (I guess) w/ light-hearted chat (sounded like celebrity gossip stuff), nice clear "V-O-H" ID in jingle @ 1458, chimes, couple more mentions of V-O-H + sked/freqs., KR tune across TOH & news..both 3985/6003 in // & jammed. 1529-1550+ 24 Dec. KR chat w/ many "Merry Christmas" mentions + carols in EG ("Silver Bells", "We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Figgy Pudding") & KR ("1st Noel", "Jingle Bells")..6348/6003/3985 about 40/60 w/ the jammer & 4885 still clear.  (Dan Sheedy) 

6509 unID in KR 1450-1458* 22 Dec. Perhaps VOP from 6518 (forgot to check 4557/3912/3480..nuh-uh! not // them..also heard 1215 24 D.  (Dan Sheedy) 

Lost In The Ozone: not on @ 1445 21/22 Dec.--Asyik 6050, AIR 11620, AIR 11560 [+ a correction to my previous log of this as "GOA"..it's Bengaluru per info from Jose Jacob in DXLD 1549]  (Dan Sheedy) 

6055 China CNR1 1524 24 Dec. Spur or ?? //6030 (& several dozen other QRG)..nothing listed in Aoki/EiBi for CNR1 to jam-perhaps it's just a random pop-up?  (Dan Sheedy) 

9835 Sarawak FM 1558 24 Dec. "Salam Christmas" & Stevie Wonder's cover of "A Christmas Song"..+ a quick "meri Christmas" on Wai FM @ 1552, but nothing much else "festive".  (Dan Sheedy)

7120 Radio Hargeysa 1510-1544+ 24 Dec. Nice to have them in w/ HOA tunes/chat in Somali.  (Dan Sheedy) 

still chasing BBS-6035 @ *0057, so i'm not gonna be bored any time soon.

cheers

Dan

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David Sharp -  NSW  Australia 
 FT-950, NRD-535D, R8, R30A, Timewave 599ZX, various Palstar and MFJ accessories, Quantum Phaser, various Sangean and Tecsun portables, EWE aerials...


23 December

4009.85 Kyrgyz Radio, noted in passing with news or similar at 1705. 23 December (David Sharp) 

4764.99 Tajik Radio, 1739, fair with talk by lang man, local music, low modulation. 23 December  (David Sharp) 

4885 Voice of Hope (presumed), 1717, very strong with talk by Korean woman. 23 December (David Sharp) 

4949.67 Radio Nacional de Angola, good carrier strength at 1821 but almost no audio getting through, only the occasional "whisper" of a male announcer. 23 December (David Sharp) 

5005 Radio Bata, noted with Spanish talks and hilife at 1832, weak. 23 December (David Sharp) 

5009.8 Radio Malagasy, 1750, not much more than a carrier (or het against AIR on nominal); recently noted as high as 5011. 23 December (David Sharp) 

5066.4 Radio Candip, 1725, fair with hilife and male announcer. In the clear with the UTE which haunts this area off. 23 December (David Sharp) 

6090 FRCN Kaduna, 1830, presume the one with hilife, dominating freq with someone else under this. 23 December(David Sharp) 

6110 Radio Fana (presumed), 1810, noted in passing with HoA music, good. 23 December (David Sharp) 

6115 Radio Congo, 1750, already on with talk by man and Radio Congo ID. Weak modulation. 23 December (David Sharp) 

9745 CUSB Radio Bahrain, 1840, very good with traditional Arabic vocals. Enjoyed hearing this well past 1900. (Also noted again at 1715 with good level on 29/12.)  23 December (David Sharp) 

24 December

4055 Radio Verdad, presumed, mostly carrier at 1015 but snippets of music getting through, t-storm QRN 24 December (David Sharp) .

6050 ELWA? All alone on freq and tentative at 1806; JBA with hymns or similar. 24 December(David Sharp) 

29 December 

657 Pyongyang BS, 1029, mostly unreadable in partial null of ABC, pips at 1030 helped to ID this. 29 December (David Sharp) 

747 Philippines, 1440, unID here, noted whilst looking for NHK. 29 December  (David Sharp) 

774 NHK Akita, 1415, good with cochannel nulled; English language course being presented, show ended at 1430 then back to Japanese with male announcer and Tokyo mentioned 2x.29 December   (David Sharp) 

1440 Radio Kitibati, 0914, fair after cochannel nulled; usual selection of island music with woman announcer. 29 December (David Sharp) 
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Robert Wilkner - Pompano Beach, Florida - Drake R8 and Icom 746 Pro

2325  Australia   VL8T Tennant Creek  NT 1040 to 1115 strong carrier with weak audio. Not even a carrier on 2485 Katherine NT.   2 January (Wilkner)

3289.9  Guyana, GBC Voice of Guyana 2315 to 2330 long talk by om with no music, 2340 to 0015 bass driven rock music, fading up but could not identify which vocalists  1-2 Jan;  om and yl chatting at 0930, marginal signal and fading out 0945 on 1/2 January (Wilkner)

3310 Bolivia,  Radio  Mosoj Chaski,  Cochabamba 0000 to 0010 yl chat  noted with good signal strength;   0950 to 1013 yl in Quechua .... very slow talking with moderate noise level 2 January (Wilkner)


3365 Tentative.  Radio Cultura, Araraquara, SP 2320  weak in Portuguese 1 January (Wilkner)

4451.1 Bolivia, Radio Santa  Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma  2300 to 2315 weak signal with Spanish om. 1 January (Wilkner)


4774.9 Perú, Radio Tarma. Tarma  1017 noted with weak signal ; recheck at 1115 strong with om Spanish  and enjoyable music  2 January (Wilkner)

4805 Brasil, Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus  1017  weak signal with om in Portuguese, fading out  1037 on 2 January (Wilkner)

4810 Perú,  Radio Logos,  Chazuta, Tarapoto 0935 om with fair signal; 1018 noted with exotic music and 1115 improved signal with Flauta Andina. 2 January (Wilkner)

4835 Australia, VL8A Alice Springs, NT 0935 to 0940 noted with strong signal yl with news items  2 January (Wilkner)

4875  Brasil, Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista RR 2317 to 2333 strong with Brasil Pops on 1 Jan.;   0930 strong signal with Brasil Pops om dj ... 1015 similar  programming till 1037  fade out. 2 January (Wilkner)


4885   Brasil, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA  0935 strong signal with om dj and music ; 1015 om shouting “…mais música..”  into next vocalist  2 January (Wilkner)


4955  Perú, Radio Cultural Amauta Huanta 1040 to 1120 with om español, fair signal with some fading. 2 January (Wilkner)

4985.5 Perú,  Radio  Voz Cristiana, Huancayo 1110 to  1120 weak signal with om en español, no rtty on 4985 on 2 January (Wilkner)

4990 Tentative - Suriname, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo  0945  to 0955 strong carrier with weak audio  2 January (Wilkner)

5952.4  Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1040 to 1050 om chat with very high noise level, poor signal 2 January (Wilkner)

6070  Canada CFRX Toronto  0955 om with discussion of “the most incredible force I have ever seen “ very strong signal. 2 January (Wilkner)


6134.85 Bolivia, Radio Santa Cruz 1000 during band scan , 1005 instrumental music with hauntingly beautiful vocalist , then faded up with good signal.   Faded out 1045 with no sign of RadioAparecida this local morning  2 January (Wilkner)

6135.2  Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, SP 2320 to 2333 om locutor em português mixing with Radio Santa Cruz , using narrow usb for Aparecida. Both stations with good signal but no chance of AM mode  1 January (Wilkner)

6160.  Canada CKZN St. John’s 2323  to 2330 om with news items 1 January:  0955 om in English poor signal troubled by high noise level 2 January (Wilkner)

6173.9 Tentative   Perú, Radio Tawantinsuyo,  Cusco 2330 to 2340 very weak  with om in Spanish 1 January  (Wilkner)