2009 MW DX Logbook

Bruce Conti, Nashua NH (42°43'N 71°31'W); RFSpace SDR IQ, variable termination SuperLoop antennas 13 x 20-m east and 15 x 23-m south.  All dates/times are UTC.

 

Transatlantic DX

531      ALGERIA   Chaîne 1, El Ain Beida (35°49'N 7°19'E) SEP 6 0050 - Good, over Spain; distinctive vocal parallel 153 kHz.

531      FAROE ISLANDS   Kringvarp Føroya Útvarpid, Akraberg (62°01'N 6°46'W) JAN 22 2300 - Good, well over Spain; an adult contemporary music selection was allowed to run out followed by a moment of dead air, then "klokkan" time check (Thanks Jurgen Bartels and Bjarne Mjelde!) with possible time pips was heard over RNE Spain time pips.  New country, thanks to e-mail alerts from the Cape Cod DXers.  Audio uploaded to dxclipjoint.com Loco the DX Cat page.


OVATION images show Faroe Islands clear of the auroral oval January 22, and under the cover of the oval February 14.

531      SPAIN   RNE5 synchros  SEP 22 0000 - Fair; time marker and fanfare into news parallel 585, 603, etc.  NOV 6 2325 - Good, over Algeria; talk parallel 585 kHz.

549      ALGERIA   Chaîne 1, Les Trembles (35°17'N 0°34'W) JAN 9 2300 - Good; time marker, ID, and fanfare into news in Arabic.

549      GERMANY   Deutschlandfunk synchros  JAN 26 0600 - Fair; classical music, DLF time pips.  SEP 21 2359 - Good; music with "Deutschlandfunk" voice-over and time marker into news.

549      SAUDI ARABIA   BSKSA Qurayyat  SEP 6 0230 - Noticed strong pre-sign-on open carrier.  0240 test tone.  0300 Koranic vocal parallel 594 kHz.  SEP 26 0243 - Fair; pre sign-on test tone continued until 0258, then at 0300 program parallel 594 kHz.

576      CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN   RNE5 synchros  NOV 6 2340 - Fair; talk parallel 585 kHz.

585      SPAIN   RNE1 Madrid (40°28'N 3°52'W) FEB 1 0600 - Good; bumper music, time marker, and fanfare into "Radio Nacional de España, Informativos."

594      PORTUGAL   R.Sim, Muge (39°05'N 8°41'W) NOV 6 2343 - Good; orchestral instrumental, woman in Portuguese.

594      SAUDI ARABIA   BSKSA Duba  SEP 6 0158 - Huge pre-sign-on open carrier noted through the hour.  0240-0248 loud test tone over presumed Portugal.  0250 talk parallel 1521 kHz.  SEP 26 0240 - Excellent; pre sign-on test tone, 0245 talk.  NOV 8 0235 - Excellent; pre sign-on test tone.

603      SPAIN   RNE5 Monte Viejo (42°01'N 4°33'W) and La Corchuela (37°20'N 6°00'W) JAN 9 2300 - Good; time marker, fanfare, "Radio Nacional de España, Informativos."  JAN 25 0600 - Good; bumper music, time marker, and fanfare into "Radio Nacional de España, Informativos," parallel 585 kHz.  SEP 22 0000 - Good; time marker and fanfare into news, parallel 585 kHz.

612      MOROCCO   RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun (33°54'N 5°23'W) SEP 7 0120 - Good; North African vocals.

621      CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN   RNE1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al.  FEB 1 0600 - Fair; Informativos parallel 585 kHz.

639      CZECH REPUBLIC   Ceský rozhlas, Svinov and Liblice  OCT 30 2300 - Through Spain; sign-off with instrumental national anthem.  New log.

639      SPAIN   RNE1 La Coruña et al.  JAN 9 2259 - Fair; "Radio Nacional" announcement not parallel other RNE frequencies, then bumper music, time marker, fanfare, etc. parallel 603, 621, etc.  SEP 6 0051 - Good; telephone talk parallel 531, 558, 585, 603, 621, etc.  0300 mixing with an unID signal.

648      SPAIN   RNE1 Badajoz (38°53'N 6°58'W) SEP 21 2336 - Fair; talk parallel 639 and 657 kHz.

675      NETHERLANDS   R.Maria, Lopik (52°01'N 5°03'E) SEP 7 0115 - Good; instrumental church music.

693      UNITED KINGDOM   BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al.  OCT 25 0400 - Good; "On digital and online, this is BBC Radio Five Live" into news.

702      FRANCE   RMC Col de la Madone (43°47'N 7°25'E) OCT 30 2258 - Fair; Chinese orchestra music at apparent end of CRI broadcast, then an announcement by a woman in French and off.

702      IRAN   IRIB Kiashar-Rasht (36°24'N 49°56'E) SEP 12 0000 - End of a male choral vocal, then an announcement in Azeri that became lost in propagational fading, "...mübarәk ramazan ayinin."  Translation, "...of the Holy month of Ramadan," thanks to Dmitry Mezin at RealDX.  Azerbaijan is a primary target of 702 kHz broadcasts.

711      FRANCE   France Info, Rennes (47°51'N 1°30'W) SEP 6 0300 - Good; fanfare and "Le Journal" news.  OCT 30 2300 - Good; fanfare into news, "Bon soir..."

720      PORTUGAL   RDP synchros  SEP 22 0000 - Distinctive time pips parallel 666 kHz.

747      NETHERLANDS   Radio 5, Flevoland (52°23'N 5°25'E) FEB 8 0000 - Fair over RNE5, to excellent; time pips (two short, one long), international news in Dutch.

756      GERMANY   Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg  JAN 23 2200 - Excellent; "Deutschlandfunk" with fanfare, time marker, and news in German.  SEP 6 0045 - Good; classical music parallel 6190 kHz.  SEP 7 0200 - Good; "Deutschlandfunk" with fanfare, time pips, and woman in German.

765      SWITZERLAND   RSR Option Musique, Sottens (46°39'N 6°44'E) JAN 23 2200 - Fair; Option Musique jingle and news in French.

774      SPAIN   RNE1 synchros  JAN 25 2240 - Good; discussion in Spanish.  An unID intermittent signal would pop up between 773 and 775.5 kHz, the 775 audio sounded parallel 774 RNE.

783      MAURITANIA   R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott (18°07'N 15°57'W) MAY 1 2353 - Fair, subject to deep fades; an impassioned speaker, then African highlife or similar music parallel 4845 kHz.

783      SYRIA   R.Syria 1, Tartus (34°55'N 35°52'E) SEP 7 0158 - Fair; Koran, announcement, and unequivocal interval signal.  NOV 8 0250 - Good; Middle Eastern vocals with heavy string orchestra accompaniment.  At 0300 fading to poor; guitar interval signal.

819      EGYPT   ERTU Batra (31°09'N 31°27'E) SEP 12 0305 - Fair; dry reading in Arabic with deliberate pauses between items, parallel 6290 kHz.  OCT 30 2350 - Good; Middle Eastern music and announcements parallel 6290 kHz.

837      FRANCE   France Info, Nancy (48°53'N 6°14'E) SEP 6 0000 - Good, well over Canaries/Spain; fanfare and woman with news.

855      SPAIN   RNE1 synchros  FEB 6 2300 - Good with a half second delay between synchros; time pips and Informativos.

864      ARMENIA   Hayastani Azgain Radio, Gavar (40°25'N 45°11'E) SEP 19 0200 - Presumed over France Bleu; pipe organ instrumental music, man in Eastern European language.  SEP 26 0200 - Topping the frequency; "VOA Washington DC" and "www.voanews.com" mentions in an unID language, R.Liberty Turkmen program per EMWG and WRTH.  A new country for the logbook!

864      FRANCE   France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette (48°41'N 2°14'E) FEB 6 2259 - Good; French vocal, announcement by a man and woman with France Bleu mentions, and news in French.  FEB 7 2345 - Good; Saturday night classic disco music program.  Not the same tired old songs played on U.S. oldies radio, Bleu plays music like what was once heard on Boston's WBOS "Disco 93" back in the day.  SEP 12 0300 - Good; time check, "Radio France Bleu" jingle with voice-over, and a nostalgic French vocal.

873      SPAIN   SER synchros  SEP 6 0000 - Good; fanfare, "Cadena Ser, Servicios Informativos."

882      UNITED KINGDOM   BBC R.Wales, Washford (51°10'N 3°21'W) FEB 6 2340 - Good; '70s classic hits, Stylistics "You Make Me Feel Brand New," and Doobie Bros. "Listen to the Music."  SEP 6 0029 - Fair; BBC World Service promos.

909      UNITED KINGDOM   BBC Radio 5 Live synchros  SEP 19 0200 - Good with synchro echo; "On digital and online, this is BBC Radio Five Live" into news.

936      ITALY   Rai Radiouno synchros  FEB 7 2300 - Pre sign-off test tones parallel 1062 kHz.

945      FRANCE   France Info, Toulouse (43°21'N 1°20'E) SEP 7 0000 - Good; fanfare, "...France Info, Le Journal."

963      FINLAND   Radio 86, Pori (61°28'N 21°35'E) SEP 26 0400 - Fair; end of Russian program, "Daleye vy uslyshite... na estonskom yazyke."  Translation: "Next you'll hear... in Estonian language," thanks to Dmitry Mezin of RealDX.  Another new country for the logbook!

963      TUNISIA   RTT Tunis (36°48'N 10°10'E) FEB 6 2259 - Poor and presumed; sounded like a national anthem and possible sign off.

972      GERMANY   NDR Info, Hamburg (53°31'N 10°07'E) SEP 12 0401 - Fair; news with NDR Info mention into report.

972      LIBYA   Libyan Jamahiriya, Sirte  APR 4 0053 - Good; speaker in Arabic, then North African instrumental music through the hour with a brief voice-over announcement by a woman, parallel 1053 kHz.

999      MOLDOVA   Voice of Russia, Grigoriopol, Maiac (47°14'N 29°24'E) SEP 26 0500 - Poor; bells of "Great Gate of Kiev" interval signal under COPE Spain and 1010 WINS-HD interference.

999      SAUDI ARABIA   BSKSA R.Quran, Tabuk  FEB 7 2301 - Fading up nicely with Koran.  APR 25 0128 - Good, over Spain; Koranic recitations.

1017    GERMANY   SWR Cont.Ra, Wolfsheim (49°53'N 8°03'E) JAN 2 2320 - Good; news/talk in German.

1044    MOROCCO   RTM A/C, Sebaâ-Aioun (33°54'N 5°23'W) JAN 4 0001 - Under SER Spain; choral national anthem.

1044    SPAIN   SER R.San Sebastián, Monte Igueldo  JAN 2 2158 - Good; network talk with synchro echo.  2159 local break with R.San Sebastián ID; well on top of the other SER station.  2200 synchro echoed time marker into news.

1053    LIBYA   Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli (32°50'N 13°00'E) APR 4 0055 - Parallel 972 kHz; fading over/under TalkSport, noted on frequency tonight, not producing the usual sub-audible het against nominal.

1053    ROMANIA   R.Iasi, Iasi (47°10'N 27°37'E) SEP 27 0259 - Fair; sign-on with choral national anthem.

1053    unID   JAN 31 0600 - Heard through TalkSport; test tones about 10 seconds in length separated by about 30 seconds.  No sign-ons listed in EMWG specifically at this time.

1062    DENMARK   Danmarks Radio, Kalundborg (55°40'N 11°04'E) SEP 26 0347 - Excellent; weather data, then Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started" and Toto "Rosanna" leading up to the hour and news, 0403 open carrier, 0413 off leaving weak Rai Radiouno Italy synchros alone on the frequency.

1062    IRAN   IRIB Kerman  SEP 13 0020 - Fair; monotone speaker followed by Koranic vocal parallel 1188 kHz.

1062    ITALY   Rai Radiouno synchros  JAN 2 2300 - Poor; signed off with test tones.  FEB 7 2258 - Fair; flourish with "Rai" ID and brief announcement in Italian, four short test tones separated by approximately 25 seconds, then signed off.  NOV 6 2215 - Fair with synchro echo; light pop vocals and talk.  2259 signing off with abbreviated anthem, then test tones and off.

1089    RUSSIA   R.Rossii/VOR, Tbilisskaya (45°22'N 40°10'E) SEP 27 0158 - Over TalkSport; test tones, then 0200 sign-on with time pips and "Golos Rossii..." ID.

1089    UNITED KINGDOM   TalkSport synchros  JAN 2 2200 - Good; "From the Sky News Center, TalkSport News at Ten," lead story about rail service disruption.  Weak 1 kHz het on the low side likely 1088 Angola.  SEP 13 0000 - Good; "From the Sky News Center, TalkSport News."

1116    ITALY   Rai Radiouno synchros  NOV 6 2300 - Sign-off test tones through SER Spain.

1116    SPAIN   SER synchros  APR 25 0100 - Fair; "Cadena Ser, servicios informativos."

1125    SPAIN   RNE5 synchros  JAN 4 0000 - Fair; time marker, fanfare, "Radio Nacional de España..." news.  NOV 4 2340 - Good; talk parallel 1098 and 1107 kHz.

1134    CROATIA   Glas Hrvatske, Zadar (44°06'N 15°15'E) AUG 8 0040 - Good; talk and music parallel 3985 kHz, signature long time pips on the hour.  SEP 26 0025 - Excellent; news/talk parallel 7375 kHz.

1143    KALININGRAD   R.Mayak, Bolshakovo (54°54'N 21°42'E) SEP 27 0200 - Fair but well over Spain; two cycles of R.Mayak interval signal chimes, time marker, and a woman in Russian.  New log.

1152    ROMANIA   România Actualitӑti, Cluj (46°42'N 23°34'E) SEP 27 0200 - Fair, alone on the frequency; music with "România Actualitӑti..." voice-over ID, ethnic music.  New log.

1161    IRAN   IRIB Abadan  SEP 13 0000 - Good; Koranic vocal through the hour, presumed Iran.

1179    SWEDEN   R.Sweden International, Sölvesborg (55°59'N 14°40'E) NOV 6 2230 - Good; interval signal, "Radio Sweden, Stockholm," and "To the Wide, Wide World" music, then "You're listening to Radio Sweden broadcasting to Europe on medium wave, 1179 kilohertz," and news in English with lead story about swine flu.

1188    IRAN   IRIB R.Payam, Tehran  SEP 13 0020 - Good; monotone speaker followed by Koranic vocal parallel 1062 kHz.

1206    FRANCE   France Info, Bordeaux (44°57'N 0°11'W) JAN 4 0000 - Excellent; "Un heure France Info," and fanfare into "Le journal" news.  Audio uploaded to Loco the DX Cat page of dxclipjoint.com.

1215    KALININGRAD   VOR Bolshakovo  NOV 1 2358 - Over/under Absolute Radio; five cycles of interval signal, "This is Moscow.  You're tuned to the World Service of the Voice of Russia."  NOV 4 2300 - Under Absolute Radio; "You're tuned to the World Service of the Voice of Russia," and news in English.

1215    UNITED KINGDOM   Absolute Radio synchros  JAN 4 0201 - Excellent; "Here's a scary thought.  You're only six degrees of separation away from Gary Glicker.  Here's a scarier thought.  You're only two degrees of separation away from someone who doesn't know we're called Absolute Radio."  Say what?  Audio uploaded to Loco the DX Cat page of dxclipjoint.com.  SEP 27 0301 - Good; "Absolute Radio, we're one year old!" into ad string.

1269    GERMANY   Deutschlandfunk, Neumünster (54°03'N 9°51'E) SEP 26 0027 - Good; English folk/rock vocals, announcement in German, parallel 549 and 756 kHz.

1377    FRANCE   France Info, Lille (50°31'N 2°59'E) SEP 18 2330 - Excellent, no problem getting around local 1370 WFEA; fanfare into news by a woman with France Info ID.

1386    LITHUANIA   CRI Sitkunai (55°02'N 23°49'E) JAN 1 2200 - Usual sign-off noted.

1404    FRANCE   France Info synchros  SEP 18 2350 - Fair; orchestra instrumental parallel 1377 kHz.

1413    SPAIN   RNE5 synchros  SEP 18 2328 - Good; telephone talk in Spanish parallel 1305 kHz.

1422    ALGERIA   R.Algérienne, Algiers (36°40'N 3°09'E) NOV 1 2225 - Good; discussion in French parallel 252 kHz.

1431    DJIBOUTI   R.Sawa, Arta (11°31'N 42°50'E) JAN 1 2315 - Good; hourly news in Arabic parallel 1548 Kuwait.  2330 returned to music separate from 1548 kHz.

1431    UKRAINE   R.Kultura, Kopani  JAN 1 2200 - Apparent scripted top of the hour ID with the same woman and theme music as heard previously (Dec 27, 2008), then a program featuring pipe organ and flute instrumentals.

1449    LIBYA   Libyan Jamahiriya, Misurata (32°46'N 15°05'E) SEP 18 2350 - Unstable signal, varying poor to good; Koranic vocals.

1457.58 ALBANIA   Fllakë (41°22'N 19°31'E) JAN 1 2330 - Signed off, leaving unID UK stations clear of the loud het.

1457.81 ALBANIA   CRI Fllakë (41°22'N 19°31'E) NOV 1 2250 - Loud het against 1458 Sunrise Radio.  Off at 2330 leaving Sunrise Radio in clear.

1467    FRANCE   TWR Roumoules (43°47'N 6°09'E) JAN 1 2330 - Excellent; end of English program, one cycle of interval signal, then open carrier for several minutes.  Loud het from 1467.3 Iran.  NOV 1 2259 - One cycle of TWR interval signal, then carrier was off momentarily, returning with "Rendezvous" program in English.  2345 sign-off with TWR address info, "Good night," one cycle of interval signal, and off.

1476    SPAIN   Euskadi Irratia, Miramon  NOV 1 2300 - Fair; Euskadi ID with fanfare into news parallel a weaker 1386.06 kHz which suffered local 1370 WFEA interference.

1503    IRAN   IRIB Sarasary, Bushehr (28°58'N 50°51'E) FEB 1 0001 - Good; Koranic vocals.  APR 27 0100 - Fair; Koranic vocals through the hour.

1503    SPAIN   RNE5 Piñeira and La Línea de la Concepción  JAN 1 2300 - Synchro echoed double time pips under Iran.  SEP 18 2300 - Fair with synchro echo; time marker, fanfare into news.

1521    SAUDI ARABIA   BSKSA Duba (27°20'N 35°45'E) JAN 31 2350 - Excellent, 20 dB above adjacent 1520 domestics.  SEP 6 0215 - Excellent, s9+20; Koran.  SEP 18 2300 - s9+20.

1530    VATICAN   R.Vaticana, Vatican City (42°03'N 12°19'E) SEP 13 0340 - In WCKY null; one cycle of interval signal, brief announcement, and religious vocal.

1548    KUWAIT   R.Sawa, Kabd-Kuwait City (29°10'N 47°32'E) JAN 1 2300 - Good; Mideast pop vocal, R.Sawa ID and promos into more music.

1557    FRANCE   France Info, Fontbonne (43°46'N 7°25'E) SEP 13 0400 - Good; fanfare into "Le Journal" news.

 

Pan-American DX

530      CUBA   R.Enciclopedia, La Habana  JAN 9 2300 - Fair in CIAO null; woman with ID, "...CMBQ Radio Enciclopedia, desde la Habana, Cuba" and easy listening instrumentals.

540      GRENADA   GBC St. George's (12°04'N 61°45'W) JUL 18 0830 - Fair; BBC promos, parallel 555 St. Kitts.

555      ST. KITTS & NEVIS   ZIZ Basseterre (17°19'N 62°44'W) FEB 1 0600 - Excellent; BBC World Service promos, time marker, and BBC news.  SEP 26 0300 - Good; soca music.

560      CUBA   R.Rebelde, Moa (20°40'N 74°56'W) FEB 1 0600 - Under CFOS; tropical music parallel 710 kHz.

590      CUBA   R.Rebelde, unknown location  JUL 18 0830 - Under WEZE; nostalgia parallel 560, 600, 610, 670, and 710 kHz.

620      CUBA   R.Rebelde, multiple sites  FEB 1 0600 - Under WVMT; tropical music parallel 710 kHz.

720      VENEZUELA   YVQE Oriente 720, Porlamar (10°56'N 64°12'W) JUL 18 0100 - Fair; "En Venezuela Oriente..." time check.

750      VENEZUELA   YVKS RCR Caracas (10°29'N 67°00'W) AUG 8 0035 - Excellent; Espacio Deportivo program with "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" organ bumper music.

820      CUBA   CMDE R.Reloj, Contramaestre (20°18'N 76°15'W) APR 25 0900 - 'RR' Morse code heard through WNYC.  Also noted on 860, 870, 950, and 960 kHz.

870      CUBA   CMDT R.Reloj, Sancti Spíritus (21°56'N 79°26'W) and unID location  JAN 25 2301 - Good, over WHCU; syncopated clock, minute marker, and RR code with echoed audio indicating more than one R.Reloj on the frequency.

899.52 BRAZIL   ZYJ454 R.Tamoio, Rio de Janeiro  JUL 31 0030 - Het against 900 kHz.  Poor tropical DX conditions overall.

960      CUBA   R.Reloj, multiple sites  JAN 30 2300 - Beeps and ticker under WHAK.

1070    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   HIBI Hibi Radio, San Francisco de Macorís  JAN 3 0000 - Fair, but briefly dominant over nulled CHOK; announcements for "Una hora" with San Francisco de Macorís address and phone number.  New log.  Thanks to Jean Burnell, Rocco Cotroneo, and Mauricio Molano Sánchez of RealDX for help with identification.

1540    BAHAMAS   ZNS1 Nassau (25°00'N 77°21'W) FEB 6 0000 - Presumed under WDCD; "Time now for a check of the world sport news..." in Caribbean-accented English.

1620    US VIRGIN ISLANDS   WDHP Frederiksted, St.Croix (17°43'N 64°53'W) FEB 2 1000 - Fair; the usual pre-recorded ID, "You are listening to WDHP 1620 AM, in the United States Virgin Islands... at number one Mahogany Road, Frederiksted, and our studios at number 79A Castle Coakley, Christiansted.  We are in St. Croix."  Then a religious program.

 

Transpacific DX

693      JAPAN   JOAB NHK2 Tokyo  NOV 7 1102 - Over/under 690 CINF; woman in Japanese parallel 747 JOIB.  New log, Japan #3.

747      JAPAN   JOIB NHK2 Sapporo (43°05'N 141°37'E) NOV 7 1058 - Fair; woman in Japanese parallel 693 and 774 kHz.  Signals also noted on 837 and 864 kHz but no audio.  747 JOIB continued fair to good beyond 1150 UTC, while 693 JOAB was buried under 690 CINF and 774 JOUB was clobbered by 770 WABC analog.  NOV 8 1100 - Good; three pips followed by a softer tone, fanfare and woman in Japanese. mp3 audio clip

819      NORTH KOREA   KCBS Pyongyang (39°05'N 125°23'E) NOV 8 1100 - Tentative; not much audio but clear four time pips separated by 10 seconds each.

828      JAPAN   JOBB NHK2 Osaka  NOV 8 1058 - Fair; discussion in Japanese parallel 747 kHz.  New log, Japan #4.

 

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