31 May 2007

Here are some interesting links:

Michiguide has info on all MW/FM stations in Michigan, plus SW Ontario and NW Ohio.

cityfreq has scanner frequencies listed by state and city. Be a tad careful. Double check the spellings of city names. Things change so double check freqs on the FCC wireless telecommunication database.

That database can be checked at
FCC Wireless Database.

30 May 2007

UNID: Something Mideastern is on 7590 at 0300+ every night. Mideastern mx. Very faint. So far haven't nabbed an ID. Denge Mesopotamia used to operate on this freq but has been listed as inactive for this season and I believe for last, if I recall right.

90.3: WCPN, Cleveland, at 1700+ w/nx.

29 May 2007

Some results of an insomnia session.

ALBANIA: RT 6114.99 at 0239 w/politics. Solid S5. //7424.98 at S5.

CANADA: CBC NQ 9625 at 0039 w/pop mx. Inuit. On freq for once but severe rumble detectable on USB
only, not LSB. A bit garbled on AM.

ECUADOR: HCJB 9779.98 at 0249 in Low German. Clear at S4. Spanish on 9744.99 w/rx at 0251.

ISRAEL: KOL Israel 13675 at 1744 w/end of English prg. Faint. Romanian at 1745. Hebrew at 1830 recheck,
with moderate signal.

LITHUANIA: R Vilnius 11690 at 0033 w/nx. Always a strong signal.

NEW ZEALAND: RNZI 6095 at 0835 w/nx. Moderate.

TURKEY: VOT 5975 at 0342 w/mx. Barely audible.

28 May 2007

ALGERIA [non]: Rdf TV Algierienne 7265 at 0415 in Arabic w/Qur'an.
Good via Skelton. //9540 via Wooferton fair, qrm.

CUBA: Cut #s stn loud and clear on 5899 at 0511+. Another carrier
on 5898.

IRAN: VOIRI 15085 at 1822 in German. French at 1830. Fair, QRM.

TURKEY: VOT 9785 at 1830 w/son, nx in English. Extremely faint.

27 May 2007

89.5: WOVI, Novi, MI at 1800+ w/alternative rock. Alternating w/WCMU. Could not get this in Canton, MI in my old car.

26 May 2007

ZIMBABWE: Voice of the People 9765 at 0410+ in unid language. Ext strong signal. No jamming.

162.425: KXI94, NOAA wx from Angola IN at 0815 w/records. Very steady.

25 May 2007

90.1: WUCX Delta College, University Center, MI at 1545. Jazz. Presumed. Often relays WCMU at night.

GUATEMALA: R Cultural Coatan 4799.97 at 0120+ in unid lang. Loudest tropical coming in but they're difficult here.

23 May 2007

Via DX Mix 465, 24 April

Democratic Voice of Burma, A-07
1430-1527 15480 Yerevan
17625 MDG

This is listed as in Burmese only. Years ago, I procured a language sked, which i believe was via Cumbre. The languages were given 15m slots on the following days:

Sun-Mon (related to Khmer)
Mon-Arakan
Tue-Chin
Wed-Shan (related to Thai)
Thu-Karen
Fri-Kayan
Sat-Kachin


I'll have to remember to monitor this because I don't know if this is still accurate.

22 May 2007

Via DX Mix 469-470, 21-22 May:
(All via VT)

Radio Okapi
0400-0600 11690 via MEY in French/Lingala
1600-1700 11890 via MEY in French/Lingala
(can be heard in NA)

R UNMEE
0900-1000 15135 Eng/ver Sun
1030-1130 15135 Eng/ver Tue

Star Radio
0700-0730 9525

Cotton Tree News
0730-0800 9525

(The latter can be heard in the Midwest, altho' late. Both are via ASC.)

21 May 2007

Radio Disney (WFDF) is producing an annoying harmonic on 1820 (910x2).

The other local frequency of interest is something I nearly forgot about-the local pentecostal church, about two blocks away, has a wireless mike on 169.505. The sermons are good but the worst singers are attracted to the mike more than the better ones. Makes for good entertainment, albeit weird, Sundays and Thursdays.

20 May 2007

WLS 890 Chicago is having a nostalgia fest on 29 May, Memorial Day.

http://www.wlsam. com/Article. asp?id=408961& spid=

(Via Steve Lare on DXLD)

19 May 2007

1610: Ambassador Bridge Stn w/endless truck info, more detailed than usual. Heard in Garden City.

HCJB Low German:
0230-0300 9780
0630-0700 9740 //21455
2230-2300 12040
(There has always been a strong Mennonite presence in Central and South America.)

HCJB in Amoy:
1100-1130 15400 M-F vi Australia
(This is listed as Fujien but that is the name of the province.)

18 May 2007

AUSTRALIA: The land of dreams. RA 15240 at 0300 w/nx. This is how I found out that Paul Wolfowitz resigned. I just simply don't watch much TV, maybe an hour or two per week, if that. Fair signal. //15515 exc at S5+. BELGIUM: I keep hearing something on 9970, presumably RTB. In French w/pop music. HFCC lists this as the only stn on 9970. At 0336 good signal, but barely audible by 0400.

17 May 2007

ST. HELENA??? Squat. Absolutely nothing. Apparently heard well in Europe.

CANADA: CBC NQ is still off freq on 9625.97

IRAN: VOIRI (0130-0230 7235 and 9495 to NA) has annoyingly detailed Cold War type propaganda. Nightly detailed "analysis" of US politics. The song they play at the end of each broadcast is a very pretty jazz tune.

16 May 2007

Greek Orthodox Liturgy
(well worth staying up late at least once for those in North America.)

Sunday, 0500-0715 on 9425, 11645, 15630

Recommendations:
For North Americans, 9420 comes in loud and clear late afternoons into the evening. Fantastic Greek music. Some of the modern stuff can be sappy, but most conjures up images of Greek dancing.

Hellenes Around the World is on Saturday, 1305-1400 on 9420, 9935 and 15630.

The Macedonia Radio Station comes in well at the same times on 7450 during the winter. Like its parent station, it's full of arguing and good music.

Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias
1100-1650 9935
1700-2250 7450

A detailed schedule can be found at:

BCL A-07 Voice of Greece

The Voice of Greece:

Foni Tis Helladas

Voice of Greece

15 May 2007

St. Helena Test!!!

Thursday, 17 May 2007

1500-1515 11092.5

(Thanks to many DX friends for this.)

14 May 2007

Radio Tikhiy Okean (Radio Pacific Ocean)
0935-1000 9765 12065
(a nice DX catch in the Midwest)

SW Radio Africa, corrected
1700-1900
4880 S Africa
11775 Russia
11810 Russia
12035 Norway, xRampisham

13 May 2007

WWCR:

Sunday UTC/EST/CST:
2300-2330 5070 Independent Lutheran Ministry (very dull)

There is much to monitor on WWCR but I'm not always around to hear some of the more interesting denominations.

For religion updates go to
Shortwave Obsession

12 May 2007

Some WWCR Programming Observations:

The WWCR program guide is accurate but they do one stupid thing. They list UTC but really rely on CST (UTC-5 summer, -6 winter). In other words the day change is based solely on CST. Frustrating.

Here's what I heard:

Saturday UTC/Friday EST and CST
0000-0100 3215 Tabernacle Hour (Baptist)

Saturday UTC/EST/CST:
1330-1400 9985 Disciples of Christ (not the denom. but pentecostal)
1400-1500 15825 Cowboy Church of Hot Springs
1830-1900 15825 Merry Street Church of God Seventh Day

I completely updated my religious info on my website.

Shortwave Obsession

11 May 2007

Talking house still going strong.

Feeling a bit better. In the meantime play with azimuthal maps. After 22 years of DXing, I finally was forced to pay attention to the direction of transmissions. Surprising but true.


Azimuthal Map Projection

10 May 2007

Feeling weird on meds. Sorry.

9 May 2007

Delano sked, A-07:
0030-0200 9560 VOA in Spanish (not Marti)
0130-0200 13740 R Thailand in English
0200-0330 5980 R Thailand in Thai
2000-2400 13820 Radio Marti
2100-2130 21550 VOA in Creole

Apparently Radio Thailand does not use their beautiful and eerie chime IS anymore, or at least I haven't heard it often.

8 May 2007

Radio Oman in English-a real DX catch:

0300-0400 15355
1400-1500 15140

7 May 2007

Radio Taiwan in non-Mandarin Languages:

Hokkien is another name for Amoy. The transmissions to NA are heard well, being via WYFR, and it's an interesting way to distinguish the languages.

Hakka is not Hokkien. This language originated in Northern China before Mandaring spread. Now speakers of Hakka live just north of the Cantonese.

0000-0100 15440 Hokkien via WYFR //11875 direct to SEA
0000-0100 5950 Hakka via WYFR
0100-0200 5950 Cantonese via WYFR //15440
0200-0300 15440 Hakka via WYFR
0300-0400 15610 Hakka
0500-0600 5950 Cantonese via WYFR //9680
0500-0600 15580 Hokkien
1100-1200 6105 11635 15465 Hakka
1200-1300 11715 Hokkien
1300-1400 11635 Hokkien //15465
1300-1400 11915 Hakka
1500-1600 11550 Hakka
2100-2200 13690 Hokkien via WYFR

6 May 2007

SW Radio Africa is probably coming from Moscow and not Rampisham, according to various European DXers. At my QTH, neither transmitter would make much of a difference.

Several Russian transmissions to note. I heard VOR on 15425 at 0231 in Russian via PK, 250kw 65 deg. VOR also on 13635 via PK, 25kw 65 deg but not//. 15425 IDed as VOR, so perhaps the other was Rossii but it was very faint.

5 May 2007

Still not well.

4 May 2007

Not well. Sorry.

3 May 2007

I heard SW R africa via Rampisham on 12035 at 1847+. Poor to fair at best. No other freqs audible. Still worth a try.

Here's a DX catch for North Americans, especially in the summer (via DX Mix #366 3 May)

Radio Romania Int'l in Aromanian:
1430-1456 7170
1630-1656 7135
1830-1856 7130

2 May 2007

BELGIUM: A hard catch in the states is RTB 9970 after 0300+. I can hear French but it is so faint I can never ID. Nothing but talk.

1 May 2007

Latest sked for SW Radio Africa:
1700-1900
4880 MEY
11775 MSK
11810 ARM
12035 RMP

Naturally, I cannot hear this although I should be able to, except 4880.

* * *

R Oman in English, A-07
0300-0400 15335
1400-1500 15140

I have heard the latter within the past year or two.

30 April 2007

What? No DX? Had 730 WJYM from Bowling Green on as background noise and read while a pleasant summer breeze came in through the windows.