2010 Prince Edward Island DXpedition
Savage Harbour, Prince Edward Island
October 24 - 28, 2010
Welcome to Savage Harbour! This was the view from the cottage, overlooking the harbour.
Transatlantic DX
153 ALGERIA Chaîne 1, Béchar OCT 24 2159 - Woman in French with "Radio Algerie" ID; good. [Black]
153 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach OCT 28 0217 - Classical music parallel to 207 and 1422 kHz. [Wolfish]
162 FRANCE France-Inter, Allouis OCT 24 2059 - Woman in French, four short pips, theme music; very good. [Black]
171 MOROCCO R.Mediterranee Internationale, Nador OCT 24 2100 - Woman in French; good. [Black]
177 GERMANY Deutschlandradio Kultur, Zehlendorf OCT 24 2130 - Man in German; poor. [Black]
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg OCT 24 2159 - Rock music and man in French with news; excellent. [Black]
189 ICELAND Rikisútvarpid, Gufuskálar OCT 24 2100 - Rock music and woman in Icelandic; good. [Black] OCT 28 0015 - Noted with some very relaxing thrash metal music. Couldn't tell if the group was singing/screaming in English or in Icelandic. [Wolfish]
198 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4, Droitwich et al. OCT 24 2100 - Man and woman with news; good. [Black]
207 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Aholming OCT 24 2130 - Woman in German; poor. [Black]
216 FRANCE RMC Roumoules OCT 24 2130 - Man in French; very good. [Black]
225 POLAND R.Polonia, Solec Kujawski OCT 24 2359 - Pop music, man in Polish, TOH pips (5+1) then announcement; fair. [Black]
234 LUXEMBOURG RTL Junglinster OCT 24 2100 - Men in French; good. [Black]
252 ALGERIA R.Algérienne, Tipaza OCT 24 2100 - Woman in French; fair. [Black]
252 IRELAND RTE Radio 1, Clarkestown OCT 24 2100 - Web address, "RTE Radio 1" ID and time check; very good. [Black]
261 unID OCT 28 0217 - Somebody playing The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction." Not parallel to which ever station was on 171 under Morocco, so I don't know if this was Russia or not. [Wolfish]
270 CZECH REPUBLIC Ceský Rozhlas 1, Topolná OCT 24 2157 - Popular music, then woman in Czech and apparent sign-off by man as carrier cut at 2200; good. [Black]
531 ALGERIA Chaîne 1, El Ain Beida OCT 24 2130 - Parallel 549, Mid-East music and singing. Weak Iran underneath. Very good. [Black] OCT 25 0036 - Very strong with lively Middle Eastern-style music. Equally strong on 549 kHz. [Wolfish]
549 ALGERIA Chaîne 1, Les Trembles OCT 24 2200 - Parallel 531, theme and man in Arabic; good in splatter. [Black]
558 IRAN R.Farhang, Gheslagn OCT 24 2100 - Chanting and Mid-East music; fair. [Black]
558 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
567 ITALY Rai Radiouno, various OCT 24 2100 - Pop music and TOH announcement in Italian; poor in CFCB splatter. [Black]
576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 25 0100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
576 GERMANY SWR Cont. R. / MDR Info, Muhlacker OCT 24 2130 - Man and woman in German; fair. [Black] OCT 27 0006 - Parallel to 1017 with fair signal. German newscast. [Wolfish]
585 SPAIN RNE1 Madrid OCT 25 0100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
594 PORTUGAL R.Sim, Muge OCT 24 2038 - "Besame Mucho" and R.Sim ID, 2101 Man and woman in Portuguese; fair. [Black]
594 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Duba OCT 27 0245 - Good; pre sign-on test tone. [Conti]
603 FRANCE France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes OCT 24 2200 - France Info theme, man and woman in French; good. [Black]
603 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2130 - Woman in Spanish; poor. [Black]
621 BELGIUM RTBFI Waver-Overijse OCT 24 2100 - TOH pips (three), time check, man and woman in French with news, Belgium mention; fair. [Black]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al. OCT 25 0100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
630 ENGLAND BBC R.Cornwall, Lanner Redruth OCT 24 2058 - Man UK accent announcing end of a jazz program, swing era music. Recorded; fair. [Black]
630 ROMANIA R.Timisoara, Ortisoara OCT 24 2100 - TOH six pips and woman in Romanian. Recorded; fair mixing with BBC. [Black]
630 TUNISIA RTT Tunis-Djedeida OCT 24 2129 - Man and woman in Arabic. Fair, verified Dmitty Mezin, Paul Logan via RealDX. [Black]
639 CZECH REPUBLIC Ceský rozhlas, various OCT 24 2200 - Parallel 954, anthem verified via anthems online and sign-off. [Black] OCT 26 0204 - Fair, mixed with Spain; news parallel 954 kHz. [Conti]
639 SPAIN RNE1 La Coru241;a et al. OCT 25 0100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
648 SPAIN RNE1 Badajoz OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 684, man and woman in Spanish, TOH pips; fair. [Black] OCT 24 2147 - Good; talk parallel 684 kHz. [Conti]
657 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2058 - Male vocal ballad, exuberant announcer then radio drama in Italian; very good. [Black] OCT 27 2105 - Time check and football scores. Strong. Parallel to 900 kHz. [Wolfish]
657 SPAIN RNE5 Madrid OCT 24 2300 - Pips, RNE theme and woman in Spanish. Good with Italy. [Black]
666 ENGLAND BBC R.York, Fulford OCT 24 2059 - Presumed with TOH pips (4 regular, last shorter) same time as BBC on 720 but no identifiable audio; fair. [Black]
666 GREECE ERA5 Filia, Athinai OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 927. Light mellow classical piano music. 2102 man in Greek with news. Recorded; good, verified Vlad Titarev via RealDX. [Black]
666 PORTUGAL RDP1 synchros OCT 24 2100 - Futebol announcing in Portuguese; fair-good. [Black]
675 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, Benghazi OCT 24 2100 - Arabic singing over/under Holland; good. [Black] OCT 25 2340 - Good, over presumed R.Maria; wailing vocal accompanied by guitar parallel a loud 972 kHz. [Conti]
675 NETHERLANDS R.Maria, Lopik OCT 24 2200 - Man with "Radio Maria" ID in Dutch mixing with Libya; good. [Black] OCT 27 0258 - Fair, over unID; folk guitar instrumental leading up to ID. [Conti]
684 SPAIN RNE1 Sevilla OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 729, man and woman in Spanish. Carrier noted at 684.08 kHz. Good. [Black]
693 ITALY Rai Radiodue, Milano Siziano OCT 24 2300 - Presumed; DRM digital noise interfering with BBC Radio 5 and visible on spectrum analyzer. [Conti]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al. OCT 24 2100 - Man with story about rental car scam; good in noise. [Black] OCT 27 0845 - Surprised to hear this at this (late) hour with what sounded like a traffic report; mentions of highways/motorways beginning with the letter M. [Wolfish]
The cottage and antennas at sunrise. Terminated broadband loops were the antennas of choice; two SuperLoop antennas and a Delta.
702 ALGERIA Chaîne 1, Djelfa OCT 24 2100 - TOH pips then theme music and man in Arabic and Mid-East music; poor. [Black]
702 FRANCE RMC Col de la Madone OCT 24 2050 - Good; CRI French program. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - CRI language lessons, TOH pips, then man in French, "You are listening to Radio China International." Good. [Black]
702 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Radio 2, Duba OCT 24 2200 - Parallel 1521, pips then "Idhaat al Mamlyakat al Arabiya ti Saudiya," fanfare and man in Arabic. Recorded; good, verified Dmitry via RealDX. [Black] OCT 24 2300 - Good; time marker, ID and news with attention signal between items, the same hourly news format as on 1521 kHz but it didn't seem parallel. [Conti]
711 FRANCE France Info, Rennes OCT 24 2101 - Man and woman in French, TOH theme music; very good. [Black]
711.07 WESTERN SAHARA RTM Laâyoune OCT 24 2102 - Man in Arabic. Carrier noted at 711.07, mwoffset list shows at 711.074 kHz. Fair under France. [Black]
720 CANARY ISLANDS RNE5 Finca España OCT 24 2200 - Pips, theme and "Radio Nacional de España" ID; fair. [Black]
720 GREENLAND KNR Simiutaq OCT 25 0826 - Sign on interval signal (Whale Boat 'Sonja' drags whale) then man in Greenlandic; very good. [Black] OCT 25 0826 - "Whaleboat Sonya drags whale" interval signal heard several times, followed by sign-on by woman in Greelandic (not sure if it was the Kalaallisut or Inuktun dialect). [Wolfish] OCT 25 0825 - Excellent; "Sunnia Kalippoq" interval signal, series of six chimes. 0830 announcement, time marker, announcement and instrumental music. [Conti]
720 PORTUGAL RDP synchros OCT 24 2052 - Parallel to a weaker 666 with football match. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 666 futebol announcing in Portuguese; good. [Black] OCT 25 0110 - Good; talk in Portuguese parallel 666 kHz. [Conti]
720 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4, Lisnagarvey et al. OCT 24 2100 - TOH Big Ben, "BBC Radio 4" ID and pips at 20:59:47 (4 regular, last shorter); good. [Black] OCT 27 2040 - Woman in English. Seemed to be parallel to 198 kHz. [Wolfish]
729 GREECE ERA Athínai OCT 24 2057 - Woman in Greek with mellow vocal. Recorded; good, verified Vlad Titarev via RealDX. [Black] OCT 24 2300 - Mixed with Spain; ERA ID with signature fanfare into network news. [Conti]
729 SPAIN RNE1 synchros OCT 25 0100 - TOH pips, RNE theme and ID; good. [Black]
738 SPAIN RNE1 Barcelona OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 684, 729, man with "Radio Nacional," man and woman in Spanish; good. [Black]
747 NETHERLANDS Radio 5, Flevoland OCT 24 2100 - Man in Dutch, TOH pips (2 regular, last longer), then woman in Dutch; very good. [Black]
747 IRAN IRIB Sarasary, Bandar-e-Torkaman OCT 26 2300 - Huge! Familiar flute instrumental with voice-over, heard on Sarasary stations before, parallel 837 and 900 kHz. [Conti] OCT 26 2300 - Parallel 837, mellow flute music; fair. [Black]
756 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4, Lanner OCT 24 2100 - Woman UK accent with BBC news mention; fair under Germany. [Black]
756 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg OCT 24 2130 - Woman in German, 2100 man with ID, TOH pips, then woman in German with news; good. [Black]
765 SWITZERLAND RSR Option Musique, Sottens OCT 24 2057 - Pop music, TOH man with "Option Musique" and time check (vingt-trois heures); very good. [Black] OCT 26 0300 - Good; Option Musique jingle with time check into news. [Conti]
774 EGYPT Middle East Radio, Abis OCT 24 2100 - Lively pop Arabic music, TOH Arabic ID with fanfare, then woman with news. Carrier at 774.008 kHz. Good. [Black]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros OCT 24 2200 - Pips, theme, and man with "Radio Nacional de España" ID; fair. [Black]
783 GERMANY MDR Info, Leipzig-Wiederau OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 1044, 1188, man in German humming the theme from Disney, "When you wish upon a star," 2101 woman in German; fair. [Black] OCT 24 2225 - Good, over presumed Mauritania; man in German, MDR Info ID, parallel 1188 kHz. [Conti] 783 SPAIN Rock y Gol R.Miramar, Barcelona OCT 24 2200 - Man and woman in Spanish; good. [Black]
783 SYRIA R.Syria 1, Tartus OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 828, classical music then woman in Arabic. Recorded; good, verified Vlad via RealDX. [Black] OCT 26 0201 - Poor; interval signal through mix of signals including Germany and Spain. [Conti]
792 FRANCE France Info, Limoges OCT 24 2100 - Excellent, well over Spain; "Vous ecoutez France Info..." and fanfare into news. [Conti] OCT 24 2130 - France Info theme and man in French. Weak unID chanting underneath. Good. [Black]
819 EGYPT ERTU Batra OCT 24 2130 - Woman in Arabic and music, 2059 woman in Arabic. TOH pips (5 regular, 6th higher), ID then fanfare and 25 second military march segment; good. [Black]
819 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Trieste OCT 24 2159 - RAI sign-off anthem; poor under Egypt. [Black] OCT 26 2200 - Through unID; sign-off with anthem and test tones parallel 1062 kHz. [Conti]
828 GERMANY NDR Info, Hannover OCT 24 2100 - Woman in German; fair. [Black]
828 SYRIA R.Syria 1, Deir el Zawr OCT 24 2130 - Chanting and music, 2058 parallel 783, classical music then woman in Arabic; fair. [Black]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros OCT 24 2057 - Jingle then men in Spanish, 2100 COPE ID, theme and informativos; good. [Black]
837 FRANCE France Info, Nancy OCT 24 2101 - Woman with "vingt-trois heures" then France Info theme and man in French; fair. [Black]
837 IRAN IRIB Sarasary, Isfahan OCT 26 2300 - Under Spain/France; familiar flute instrumental parallel 900 kHz. I've heard the same song on IRIB Sarasary stations before. [Conti] OCT 26 2300 - Parallel 747, mellow flute music; poor-fair. [Black] OCT 27 2014 - Upfaded with woman in Farsi and instrumental music. Parallel to 1503 kHz. Stronger than COPE Spain briefly. [Wolfish]
846 IRELAND R.North, Redcastle OCT 24 2200 - Gospel music, then country gospel; good. [Black] OCT 26 2255 - Noted with a cover of "The Long and Winding Road" and another oldie. Then what appeared to be a gospel program followed with a man with a definite Irish accent. Matched up audio to their website. Lots of splatter from 850 WEEI in Boston. [Wolfish] OCT 26 2300 - Good; announcement in Irish-accented English, mix of R&B and folk gospel music, 2305 preaching about being born again. [Conti] OCT 27 2034 - Good signal with C&W music. Man gave phone and fax numbers for the station. No Boston splatter to contend with at this time. [Wolfish]
855 ROMANIA România Actualit?ti, Bucuresti OCT 24 2234 - Weak; folk music parallel to 1332 kHz. [Wolfish]
855 SPAIN RNE1 synchros OCT 24 2100 - Man and woman in Spanish, "Radio Nacional" ID parallel other outlets; good. [Black]
864 EGYPT ERTU Santah OCT 24 2057 - Man chanting; good. [Black]
864 FRANCE France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette OCT 24 2100 - TOH fanfare and woman in French, France Bleu ID; good. [Black] OCT 26 0158 - Good, over presumed Egypt; Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall." [Conti]
873 GERMANY AFN Oberursel-Weibkirchen OCT 24 2058 - Woman in English, 2100 TOH pips (5 regular, last longer) then man and NPR theme, "I'm Guy Raz." Poor-fair in peaks. [Black] OCT 26 0400 - Good; health news segment, "This is the American Forces Network" and news in English. [Conti] OCT 26 2119 - Parallel to 1143 with The Beatles "Octopus's Garden." Mixing with COPE Spain. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0200 - Good; R&B vocal leading up to the hour and AP news in English. [Conti]
873 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2200 - Man in teletalk; fair in slop. [Black]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros OCT 24 2100 - COPE ID then man in Spanish; fair under BBC. [Black]
882 UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Wales, Washford OCT 24 2058 - Woman describing young musicians from Wales at Saint David's Hall, BBC Radio Wales mention from Beverly Humphry, 2100 pips and BBC Radio Wales ID jingle; good. [Black] OCT 26 0359 - Good; BBC World Service web promo, time marker, "It's 4 o'clock GMT" into BBC news. [Conti] OCT 27 1946 - Playing a cover of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" sung by a female singer. ID and jingle and male announcer then mentioned that guitarist Steve Hackett would be in the studio later. [Wolfish]
891 NETHERLANDS Radio 538, Hulsberg OCT 24 2100 - Man in English with time check and "Good morning to you." Poor with splatter from CKDH. [Black] OCT 26 0258 - Fair; contemporary music, DJ in English. OCT 27 0200 - Fair; DJ in English with Radio 538 mention. [Conti]
Rainbow over Savage Harbour.
900 IRAN IRIB Sarasary, Tehran OCT 26 2300 - Under Italy; flute instrumental parallel 747 and 837 kHz. [Conti] OCT 26 2334 - Overtop of both CKDH Amherst and CHML Hamilton with man and woman singing (almost sounding like the man was yodeling). Parallel to 981, 1503 and 1512 kHz. [Wolfish]
900 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Milano OCT 24 2057 - Male ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; fair mixing with CKDH. [Black] OCT 26 0358 - Good; instrumental national anthem, "Rai, Radiouno" and time marker on the hour. [Conti] OCT 27 0101 - Over CKDH Amherst with Italian newscast and then English language newscast read by man at 0105 UTC. [Wolfish]
909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 5 synchros OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 693, man with story about rental car scam; excellent. [Black] OCT 26 0200 - Good with synchro echo, over unID Koran; "On digital and online, this is BBC Radio, Five Live" into news. [Conti]
909 YEMEN YRTC Al-Hudaydah OCT 24 2130 - Presumed with chanting; poor under BBC. [Black]
917 NIGERIA R.Gotel, Yola OCT 24 2050 - Woman ethnic language; poor. [Black] OCT 25 2113 - Some audio noted here with a bit of talk in unidentified language and again at 2131 with what sounded like African music that had been hip-hopized with 'Auto-tune.' [Wolfish]
918 RUSSIA R.Rossii, Arkhanglesk OCT 27 1925 - Presumed with woman speaking in Russian. Did not seem to be parallel to 1089 kHz. No sign of Slovenia here yet. [Wolfish]
918 SLOVENIA R.Slovenija, Ljubljana-Domzale OCT 24 2100 - TOH pips (5 regular, 6th higher) then woman in Slovenian with "Radio Slovenia" and announcing program; good. [Black] OCT 24 2300 - Time pips and ID into newscast read by woman. I also noticed a het on low side from 917, which would be Nigeria, which disappeared at 2300 (I assume when they signed off?). [Wolfish] OCT 25 2159 - Excellent, het from 917 Nigeria; instrumental music leading up to the hour, time marker and ID into news. OCT 27 0258 - Cuckoo clock, national anthem, time marker on the hour and R.Slovenjia ID. [Conti]
918 SPAIN R.Inter, Madrid OCT 24 2101 - Man in Spanish; good. [Black]
918 unID OCT 25 0127 - Over Spain with music by Iggy Pop and Billy Idol. Slovenia? [Wolfish]
927 BELGIUM VRT Radio Een, Wolvertem OCT 24 2059 - Rock music, fanfare, 5 pips and "Radio One" ID in Flemish; good. [Black]
927 GREECE ERA Zakinthos OCT 24 2101 - Parallel 666, light mellow classical piano music, 2102 man in Greek with news; good. [Black]
936 IRAN IRIB Sarasary, Urumiyeh OCT 27 2018 - Same woman speaking in Farsi as on 837, 1503 and 1512 kHz. [Wolfish]
936 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2057 - Male ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; poor. [Black] OCT 26 2200 - Sign-off with anthem and test tones parallel 1062 kHz. [Conti] OCT 27 1951 - Soccer broadcast. Parallel to 900 and 1575 kHz. [Wolfish]
936 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2100 - Pips, RNE theme, man and woman in Spanish; poor-fair. [Black] OCT 25 0120 - Fair; talk parallel 684 kHz. [Conti]
945 FRANCE France Info, Toulouse OCT 24 2101 - Woman with "vingt-trois heures" then France Info theme and man in French; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2135 - Strong with woman speaking in French over Gold. [Wolfish] OCT 26 0400 - Excellent; Le Journal news. [Conti]
945 ROMANIA România Actualitati, Miercurea-Ciuc OCT 25 2306 - Under France with nostalgia-type music, including Nat King Cole. Parallel to 1179 and 1530 kHz. [Wolfish]
945 UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Bexhill OCT 24 2134 - Under France with The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," ELO "Evil Woman" and Dion "Runaround Sue." Visited Gold website which shows they were playing the songs I heard. [Wolfish]
954 CZECH REPUBLIC Ceský rozhlas, various OCT 24 2100 - TOH jingle and full ID, 2200 national anthem. Recorded; very good, verified Vlad Titarev via RealDX. [Black] OCT 25 2146 - Talk about politics, then a lengthy phone report; over top of Spain for a while. Also parallel to a weaker 639 kHz. [Wolfish] OCT 25 2200 - Over/under Spain; sign-off with national anthem. OCT 26 0155 - Test tone. 0157 interval signal. 0220 polka music. [Conti]
954 QATAR QRTC Al Arish OCT 24 2200 - Man in Arabic; poor under Spain. [Black] OCT 25 0125 - Over Spain; presumed TV news in Arabic. [Conti]
954 SPAIN Onda Cero, Madrid OCT 24 2102 - Man in Spanish; good. [Black] OCT 25 2124 - Under the Czech station with commercials. [Wolfish]
963 BULGARIA R.Horizont synchros OCT 24 2101 - Man in Bulgarian with slight echo. Fair, verified Jari Savolainen and Karel Honzik via RealDX. [Black] OCT 25 2300 - Good, loud synchro echo; time marker and R.Horizont ID into news. [Conti]
963 SPAIN R.Euskadi, Biribilondo OCT 25 0100 - Pips, woman with "Radio Euskadi y Radio Vitoria" ID, then man in Spanish; good. [Black] OCT 28 0157 - Noted with Alphaville's "Forever Young." Time pips and ID as "Radio Euskadi y Radio Vitoria" at 0200 into news read by a female announcer. Strong over at least two other stations. [Wolfish]
963 TUNISIA RTT Tunis OCT 24 2100 - Presumed with African sounding music and man in Arabic; poor-fair. [Black]
972 GERMANY NDR Info, Hamburg OCT 24 2200 - Theme, man with "NDR Info, nachrichten" then woman in German; fair-good in peaks. [Black] OCT 26 0300 - Good; "NDR Info, Nachrichten." [Conti] OCT 28 0203 - Woman reading news in German. [Wolfish]
972 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, Sirte OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 1449, Arabic chanting; fair-good in peaks. [Black]
972 SPAIN RNE synchros OCT 24 2200 - RNE theme and ID; very poor under Germany. [Black] OCT 25 0200 - Time marker and fanfare into news, heard through Libya. [Conti]
981 ALGERIA RTVA Chaîne 2, Algiers OCT 24 2058 - Arabic singing, TOH pips (5 regular, last higher) then woman in Arabic and theme music; good. [Black] OCT 26 0400 - Good; Chaîne 2 program signing on with military anthem. [Conti]
981 GREECE ERA Athens OCT 27 1952 - Over top of Algeria briefly with soccer. [Wolfish]
999 IRAN IRIB Baneh OCT 24 2101 - Presumed with chanting; fair. [Black]
999 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2057 - Male ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets and mixing with other Italian not Radio 1; good. [Black] OCT 26 2200 - Fair; "Rai... Radiouno" ID, short anthem, then test tones, parallel 1062 kHz. [Conti]
999 MOLDOVA Voice of Russia, Grigoriopol, Maiac OCT 26 0340 - Good; news with attention signal between items. [Conti] OCT 26 0357 - Man and woman in Russian; good. [Black]
999 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA R.Quran, Tabuk OCT 24 2320 - Quran reading, parallel to 1512 kHz. [Wolfish] OCT 26 2145 - Over Spain; Koran parallel 1512 kHz. [Conti]
999 SPAIN COPE Madrid OCT 24 2100 - TOH pips (sgl, 4 dbls, sgl, last dit dah) and man with "Buenas noches," fair. [Black] OCT 27 2331 - ID noted over top of Saudi Arabia. [Wolfish]
Kristies Restaurant was the only place in town, quite literally. Neil and Chris paused for a photo before dinner. It was the one and only Kristie who kept us from going hungry. Kristies was awarded the 'Cape DX' seal of approval.
1008 CANARY ISLANDS Punto Radio, Las Palmas OCT 24 2100 - Spanish talk, TOH pips and fanfare; poor. [Black]
1008 NETHERLANDS GrootNieuwsRadio, Flevoland OCT 24 2100 - Pips fanfare, man in Dutch, Holland mention; poor. [Black]
1008 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2247 - Good; telephone talk parallel 1026 kHz. [Conti]
1017 GERMANY SWR Cont.Ra, Wolfsheim OCT 24 2059 - Relay MDR info, woman in German, music interlude, pips, man with program announcement, "MDR Info nachrichten." Good. [Black] OCT 26 0308 - Fair; news/talk, MDR Info network ID. [Conti]
1017 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2201 - Woman in Spanish; poor under Germany. [Black]
1026 NORTHERN IRELAND Downtown Radio, Belfast OCT 27 2343 - Under Spain with Joe Jackson "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" Matches up with their website, which lists songs played. [Wolfish]
1026 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2059 - Man in Spanish, techno music, pips and "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with "cadena " then man in Spanish; good. [Black] OCT 27 0155 - Excellent; contemporary folk vocal parallel 1044 kHz. Faded under an unID on the hour. [Conti] OCT 27 2337 - Station promos and woman talking on the phone with somebody (as opposed to talking on the phone to herself). Parallel to 1044 and 1116 kHz. [Wolfish]
1035 PORTUGAL R.Clube Português, Belmonte OCT 27 2157 - Strong with Giorgio Moroder "Son of My Father" from 1972 (although it may have been the version by Chicory Tip). [Wolfish]
1035 UNITED KINGDOM Kismat Radio, Crystal Palace OCT 24 2059 - Asian sounding music, "This is Kismet Radio the Litt Corporation with news on the hour, every hour." Good. [Black] OCT 24 2145 - Bollywood-style music. Weak signal. Missed ID, which Brent had heard at 2143 UTC. [Wolfish]
1044 GERMANY MDR Info, Reichenbach OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 783, 1188, man in German humming the theme from Disney "When you wish upon a star," 2101 woman in German; poor-fair. [Black]
1044 MOROCCO RTM A/C, Sebaâ-Aioun OCT 24 2202 - Man in Arabic; good. [Black]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2058 - Men in Spanish discussing fútbol, 2100 full ID and jingle; excellent. [Black]
1053 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 1449, Mid-East singing and music; fair-good in peaks under TalkSport. [Black]
1053 ROMANIA R.Iasi, Iasi OCT 25 0258 - National anthem parallel 1530, 0300 man with "Radio Iasi." Poor. [Black]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 1089, men in discussion, TalkSport mentions; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2323 - Woman nattering on and on about adding hormones to cattle. Parallel to a stronger 1089 kHz. [Wolfish]
1062 CZECH REPUBLIC Country Radio, Zbraslav OCT 26 0250 - Fair to good; cheesy cover of "Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain," then a polka style folk song, parallel streaming audio. 0303 end of news in brief, Country Radio ID and banjo music. [Conti] OCT 26 0302 - Man in Czech and country music; fair. [Black] OCT 28 0233 - Presumed the one underneath Iran with C&W music. [Wolfish]
1062 DENMARK Danmarks Radio, Kalundborg OCT 25 0359 - "Don't Worry Baby" then man in Danish, guitar bridge, TOH fanfare and woman with ID; very good. [Black] OCT 26 0335 - Excellent; open carrier, 0340 alternating between two cycles of interval signal and sign-on announcement, 0345 weather. [Conti]
1062 IRAN IRIB Kerman OCT 28 0228 - Man singing. Chimes and ID at 0230. Strong over the Czech station. [Wolfish]
1062 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2040 - Good, synchro echo; sounded like a radio drama, parallel 657 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2057 - Ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; very good. [Black] OCT 24 2116 - What sounded like a radio play with a very noticeable echo echo echo. Parallel to 900 kHz. [Wolfish]
1071 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Bisha OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 1521, lively Mid-East music, TOH pips (5 reg, last longer), ID and jingle, then Arabic program; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2137 - Excellent; lively Middle Eastern music parallel 1521 kHz. [Conti] OCT 26 2138 - Woman singing. Poor and parallel to 1521 kHz. [Wolfish]
1080 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2020 - Good; talk parallel 1044 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2058 - Men in Spanish discussing fútbol, 2100 full ID and jingle; very good. [Black] OCT 24 2326 - Even strength with WTIC Hartford; talk in Spanish parallel to 990 and 1026 kHz. [Wolfish]
1089 RUSSIA R.Rossi/VOR/RIR, Tbilisskaya OCT 27 1909 - Underneath dominant TalkSport UK. Talk in Russian, "Golos Rossii" ID at 1930 UTC. [Wolfish]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros OCT 24 0506 - Very strong with The Waterboys "Fisherman's Blues" (from 1988) used as bumper music before going back to phone calls. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2058 - Excellent; end of football talk program "...in association with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles." [Conti] OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 1053, men in discussion, TalkSport mentions; excellent. [Black]
1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2030 - Good; "Radio Cinco, todos noticias. Informativos de Radio Nacional." [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - RNE pips and theme, Informativos; very good. [Black]
1107 GERMANY AFN synchros OCT 24 2100 - NPR theme and woman in English; fair under SER. [Black] OCT 24 2108 - Parallel to 873 with talk about American politics. Poor in mess with Spain. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0050 - Over/under Spain; Heatwave "Always and Forever" parallel 1143 kHz. [Conti]
1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2100 - RNE pips and theme, Informativos; good. [Black]
1107 UNITED KINGDOM Moray Firth Radio, Inverness OCT 26 2133 - Weak with "Boys & Girls" by Blur. Poor signal mixing with Spain. Checks out with what their website says they were playing. [Wolfish]
1116 HUNGARY R.Miskolc/MR1-Kossuth Radio, Miskolc OCT 24 2201 - Sign-off anthem verified via anthems online; fair after Italy off. [Black]
1116 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2057 - Male ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; fair-good. [Black] OCT 27 2200 - Post sign-off test tones through Spain and unID. [Conti]
1116 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2059 - Parallel 1026, man in Spanish, techno music, pips and "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with "cadena " then man in Spanish; fair-good. [Black]
1116 SPAIN SER R.Pontevedra, Pontevedra OCT 24 2330 - Spanish talk by man and two IDs heard. [Wolfish]
1125 BELGIUM RTBF VivaCité, Houdeng OCT 24 2058 - Good; talk in French, VivaCité ID with contemporary vocal, on the hour marker and time check. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - Man in French, jingle, man with "vingt-trois heures." Fair in jumble. [Black]
1125 IRAN IRIB1 Nehbanden OCT 24 2057 - Chanting; poor in jumble. [Black]
1125 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, El Beida OCT 24 2333 - Female singing accompanied by stringed instrument mixing with RNE5. Parallel to 1449 kHz. [Wolfish]
1134 CROATIA Glas Hrvatske, Zadar OCT 24 2059 - Pop music, TOH three long tones, "Hrvatske radio" then fanfare and news in Croatian; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2100 - Excellent; signature 'slow' time pips, fanfare, "Hrvatski Radio, Prvi Program," into news. [Conti]
1143 GERMANY AFN synchros OCT 26 2120 - Parallel to 873 and 1107 with Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells." Went into NPR "All Things Considered" at 2130. Poor in mess with Spain. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0035 - Over/under Spain; R&B vocal, telephone talk in English. 0058 good; Whispers "The Beat Goes On" parallel 1107 kHz. [Conti]
1143 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Sassari OCT 24 2057 - Ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; fair in jumble. [Black]
1143 KALININGRAD R.Mayak, Bolshakovo OCT 26 0200 - Poor, through Spain; Bells of Kiev interval signal. [Conti]
1152 ENGLAND Gold Plymouth 1152 AM, Plumer Barracks OCT 24 2130 - "1152 AM" jumped out of the muck; very poor. [Black]
1152 ROMANIA România Actualitati, Cluj OCT 26 2100 - ID heard at the top of the hour, mixing with RNE5 Spain. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0158 - Over/under Spain; choral national anthem, time marker, jazz lead-in with ID, "România Actualitati..." into choral music. [Conti]
1152 SCOTLAND Clyde 2, Dechmont Hill OCT 26 2047 - Weak under Spain and Romania with song by The Jacksons and mention of a Barbara Streisand promotion. Matched up to their website. OCT 28 0632 - Sports news and mention of upcoming football match broadcast on Clyde 1. Traffic report mentioning lorry accident (truck collision) on the M74 motorway. [Wolfish]
1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in Spanish, "Radio Nacional" ID and theme parallel other outlets; fair. [Black]
1161 EGYPT Mid-Delta Radio, Tanta OCT 24 2001 - Big Ben, man with ID in Arabic then music, 2100 continuous talk in Arabic through TOH with no ID, 2159 anthem and sign-off; fair-good. [Black] OCT 24 2158 - Egyptian national anthem heard and then off, leaving behind a weak Magic 1161. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2159 - Good; sign-off with military instrumental national anthem, open carrier, off at 2205 UTC. [Conti]
1161 UNITED KINGDOM Magic 1161 AM, Goxhill OCT 24 2201 - UK announcer with news, Cholera epidemic, body found in Bristol, 2002 "Nobody Does it Better," 2208 "Wind Beneath my Wings." Man with "Best of 60s, 70s, and more." Fair. [Black] OCT 24 2203 - Newscast. Out of newscast with "Magic" jingle, songs by Carly Simon and Bette Middler. Liner/ID at 2210: "Turn up the magic and turn up the memories" into Bread "Guitar Man." [Wolfish]
1170 SLOVENIA R.Capodistria/R.Slovenija Int'l, Beli Kriz OCT 24 2055 - Over top of R.Sawa with ID by woman in Italian at 2100. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2058 - Popular music then woman with "Questa e Radio Capodistria" ID then man in Italian. Recorded; good, verified Jean, Henrik, and Alessandro via RealDX. 2300 pips (5 reg, last higher pitch), man with time signal (one o'clock) and the news ("porocila") read by Tatiana Popovic. Recorded; good, verified Sylvain Naud and Alessandro via RealDX. [Black] OCT 27 0100 - Contemporary vocal leading up to pips, 5+1, and per Henrik Klemetz/Real DX, ID for R.Capodistria, the Italian service of Koper, Slovenia. [Conti]
1170 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R.Sawa, Al Dhabiya OCT 24 2100 - Fair, over Slovenia; R.Sawa ID and pop music. [Conti] OCT 24 2130 - Lively popular music, man and woman in Arabic; poor in jumble. [Black] OCT 26 2200 - Excellent; contemporary Middle Eastern vocal. [Conti]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 1080, men in Spanish discussing fútbol, 2100 full ID and fanfare; fair. [Black] OCT 26 0150 - Mixing with Romania. Woman in Spanish. Parallel to 1044 kHz. [Wolfish]
1179 GREECE ERA/Macedonia 2, Malgara OCT 24 2059 - Female in Greek announcing frequency of 1179 kHz "khili ekaton epominda enea." Recorded; fair, verified Dimitry via RealDX. [Black]
1179 ROMANIA România Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau et al. OCT 24 2059 - Jazz music, "Romania Actualitati" ID and pips. Recorded; fair, verified Jari via RealDX. [Black] OCT 25 2304 - Nostalgia (Music of Your Life-esque) music. Stronger than Spanish station. Parallel to 945 and 1530 kHz. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0158 - Over/under pile-up; choral national anthem, ID on the hour, parallel 1152 kHz. [Conti]
1179 SWEDEN R.Sweden International, Sölvesborg OCT 26 1858 - Noted with interval signal and ID. Good signal heard on what I believe was their sixth last day of broadcasting. [Wolfish]
1188 GERMANY MDR Info, Reichenbach OCT 24 2058 - Parallel 783, 1044, man in German humming the theme from Disney "When you wish upon a star," 2101 woman in German; fair-good. [Black] OCT 24 2215 - Good; fanfare and news headlines with flourish between items, many MDR Info network IDs. [Conti] OCT 28 0239 - Man with newscast in German. [Wolfish]
1188 IRAN IRIB R.Payam, Tehran OCT 26 0146 - Instrumental Middle Eastern music. Matched up to webcast. [Wolfish] OCT 27 0200 - Good; signature ascending three notes, the same as Interval Signals Online clip, and ID. [Conti]
1197 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 1467, woman in Basque with "Irratia" mention; fair. [Black] OCT 24 2237 - Good; pop/rock vocal parallel 1467 kHz. [Conti]
1197 UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 1215, woman with station promos and man with mobile phone spot for Carphone Warehouse, many Absolute Radio mentions, fair-good. [Black] OCT 24 2100 - Good; Breakfast Show contest promo, ad string parallel 1215 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2103 - Fair with Kings of Leon current hit "Radioactive." Parallel to 1215 and 1242 kHz. [Wolfish]
Neil Wolfish is still DXing signals from the west after sunrise. Chris Black N1CP captures signals on the Perseus SDR.
1206 FRANCE France Info, Bordeaux OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other France Info outlets; excellent. [Black]
1215 KALININGRAD VOR Bolshakovo OCT 27 2100 - Over/under Absolute Radio; Bells of Kiev interval signal, "This is Moscow. You're tuned to the World Service of the Voice of Russia." [Conti]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 1197 woman with station promos and man with mobile phone spot for Carphone Warehouse, many Absolute Radio mentions; excellent. [Black] OCT 26 2041 - Strong with Manic Street Preachers "Motorcycle Emptiness" from 1992. [Wolfish]
1224 BULGARIA R.Bulgaria, Vidin OCT 24 2100 - Bulgarian interval signal noted from interval signals online as the "Radio Bulgaria" external IS and man in Bulgarian with apparent programming notes, then IS again and woman with program; good. [Black] OCT 24 2100 - Under Spain; interval signal. [Conti]
1224 SPAIN COPE synchros OCT 24 2059 - Man in Spanish with talk parallel other outlets; fair. [Black] OCT 25 2229 - Two men talking over top of the time pips at the bottom-of-the-hour. [Wolfish]
1233 UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio, various OCT 24 2130 - Woman UK accent briefly popped out of the sludge; poor. [Black]
1242 FRANCE France Info, Marseille OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other outlets; excellent. [Black] OCT 25 0100 - Good; fanfare into news with France Info network ID parallel 1206 kHz. [Conti]
1251 HUNGARY Kossuth Radio, Szombathely OCT 26 2030 - Presumed the one here with opera music audible under Libya. [Wolfish]
1251 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli OCT 24 2100 - Good; "...min al-jamahiriya al ozma" ID. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - Woman with "...al-Jamahiriya al-Ozma," then man in Arabic. Carrier noted at 1251.015 kHz. Good. [Black]
1251 NETHERLANDS Radio 5/Radio 1, Hulsberg OCT 24 2059 - Man in Dutch, pips (2 reg, last longer); fair. [Black]
1260 SPAIN SER R.Murcia, Murcia OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, "Dixie" like fanfare and man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; good. [Black]
1269 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Neumünster OCT 24 2100 - Woman in German, Deutschland mention; poor, murdered by Canadian rock on 1270 kHz. [Black] OCT 25 0053 - Excellent; classical music parallel 756 kHz. [Conti] OCT 25 2341 - German talk parallel to 1422 kHz. [Wolfish]
1278 FRANCE France Bleu, Sélestat OCT 24 2045 - Parallel to 864 and 1494 with Barry White song and talk about him afterward. [Wolfish] OCT 25 0100 - Good; jingle with time check, "Trois heures." [Conti] OCT 25 0100 - Man with "Trois heures" time check and France Bleu ID, then music; fair-good in peaks, murdered by Canadian interference. [Black]
1287 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2045 - Same football broadcast as on 1026 and 1044 kHz. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, SER "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with ID, then man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; good. [Black] OCT 25 0050 - Good; telephone talk parallel 1044 kHz. [Conti]
1296 BULGARIA R.Hristo Botev, Kardzhali/Pleven OCT 25 2100 - Possibly pips on the hour, followed by a choral national anthem, which matches up to the Bulgarian anthem. Mixing with Spain and Radio XL from Birmingham (England, not Michigan). Not sure if they were also playing the jazzy instrumental music before around 2043 UTC. [Wolfish] OCT 25 2100 - Under Spain; choral national anthem. [Conti] OCT 25 2100 - Choral national anthem at sign-off; good. [Black]
1296 SPAIN COPE Valencia OCT 24 2059 - COPE theme, pips, man in Spanish with COPE ID and informativos, Valencia mentions; poor-fair in jumble. [Black] OCT 26 2010 - Strong with football match. Parallel to 837 kHz. [Wolfish]
1296 SUDAN SRTC Reiba OCT 25 2053 - Presumed with Arabic music and singing with man yodeling in Arabic; fair. [Black]
1296 UNITED KINGDOM Radio XL, Langley Mill OCT 24 2058 - Asian music, 2101 man with UK sports scores and news, 2102 woman with "Radio XL" jingle; poor-fair in jumble. [Black] OCT 26 2100 - Fair; ad selling something for 995 pounds. OCT 27 2140 - Excellent; Bollywood style musical production, Radio XL jingle. [Conti]
1305 IRAN IRIB Bushehr OCT 25 2000 - Carrier noted at 1305.087 per mwoffset list with threshold audio only. [Black] OCT 25 2040 - Sub-audible het against 1305 Spain, measuring 1305.087 kHz. [Conti]
1305 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2300 - RNE theme and ID; excellent. [Black] OCT 25 2340 - Woman in Spanish with very noticeable echo. Sounded like at least three stations here not in sync. [Wolfish]
1305 unID OCT 25 0058-0100 - Test tone mixing with Spain, off at 0100 UTC. [Conti]
1314 GREECE ERA Tripolis OCT 24 2101 - Parallel 927, light mellow classical piano music, 2102 man in Greek with news; fair. [Black]
1314 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2300 - RNE theme and ID; very good. [Black] OCT 25 2338 - Woman in Spanish Spanish Spanish with very noticeable echo. [Wolfish] OCT 27 2145 - Good, over growl of multiple sub-audible hets. Close inspection revealed several offset signals; 1313.901, 1313.992, 1313.999, and 1314.082 kHz. [Conti]
1323 CYPRUS BBC World Service, Zyyi OCT 24 2259 - Woman in English with "BBC World Service" then man in English with news and sports scores; fair. [Black]
1323 GERMANY VOR Wachenbrunn OCT 24 2038 - Good; French broadcast with female announcer. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2059 - Woman with "Golos Rossii" and news in Russian; excellent. [Black] OCT 25 2100 - Excellent; "Golos Rossii, novosto" ID with fanfare into news. OCT 26 1958 - Excellent; anthem, then French program with "Voix de Rossii" ID and "Le Journal" news. [Conti] OCT 28 0628 - Classical music, "Here's the news from the Voice of Russia World Service" at 0630 UTC. [Wolfish]
1323 UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Southwick OCT 25 2332 - Weak with The McCoys "Hang On Sloopy" and Rod Stewart "You're in My Heart." Songs match the website list of what was played. [Wolfish]
1332 CZECH REPUBLIC Cesky rozhlas, Domamil OCT 24 2100 - TOH fanfare, man with Czech ID, woman in Czech, another fanfare. Recorded; good, verified Jari via RealDX. [Black]
1332 IRAN R.Tehran, Tehran OCT 26 0154 - Middle Eastern music and talk. Mixing with Romania. [Wolfish]
1332 ROMANIA România Actualitati, Galati OCT 24 2100 - Time pips on hour, ID on the hour and news read by woman. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2100 - "Romania Actualitata" ID, pips, theme and woman in Romanian with news. Recorded; good. [Black] OCT 24 2232 - Good; ethnic vocal parallel 855 kHz. [Conti]
1341 HUNGARY Magyar Katolikus Radió, Balatonszabadi/Szolnok OCT 24 2100 - Relay of Vatican news radio per EMWG. Recorded; very good, verified Sylvain Naud via RealDX. [Black] OCT 25 2140 - Under BBC R.Ulster; operatic vocal parallel MKR streaming audio. [Conti] OCT 25 2141 - Choral singing. Matched up to website. OCT 28 0214 - More choral singing. Very strong over BBC. [Wolfish]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey OCT 24 1928 - Strong with classical music program, then program announcements at 1930 into program of local music. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2059 - Classical music, "You're listening to Radio Ulster, the time is approaching 10 o'clock and there's plenty more good music to hear on Radio Ulster tonight." Good. [Black] OCT 25 2100 - Good, over Hungary; "On... FM and 1341 medium wave, this is BBC Radio Ulster," into news. OCT 27 0100 - Good; relaying BBC Radio 5. [Conti]
1350 EGYPT Egyptian Radio, various OCT 24 2059 - 25 second military march segment of TOH announcement audible under R.Orient; fair. [Black]
1350 FRANCE R.Orient, Nice OCT 24 2130 - Mid East music and woman with "Radio Orient" ID, 2059 Arabic music, 20:59:48 woman in French with "Radio Orient" ID; good. [Black] OCT 25 2254 - Presumed the one with Middle Eastern music, mixing with CKAD (Middleton NS) doing Valley Lions Club Radio Bingo. OCT 26 1959 - Woman gave phone numbers and ID in French and then into Arabic. There seemed to be a second TA signal in here, but could not pull it out. [Wolfish] OCT 26 2000 - Good; woman in French with ID followed by announcement in Arabic. [Conti]
1368 ISLE OF MAN Manx Radio, Foxdale OCT 24 2100 - Woman with ad spot, "Manx Radio" ID jingle and gave web site; poor in interference. [Black] OCT 26 2002 - Out of newscast with mention that there would be more news at 11, into Manx Radio Classifieds. Poor signal. [Wolfish] OCT 27 2000 - Good; "This is Manx Radio" into news. [Conti]
1377 FRANCE France Info, Lille OCT 24 1938 - Parallel to 1494 with talk about football match involving Marseilles. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other outlets; excellent. [Black] OCT 25 1945 - Good; signature fanfare into news update. [Conti]
1386 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 1476, music, pips (5+1), man with ID in Basque and fanfare, then woman with news. Noted at 1386.047 mwoffset list shows 1386.0475 kHz. Very good. [Black] OCT 24 2240 - Excellent; pop/rock vocals, Euskadi Irratia ID, song "Don't Get Me Wrong," parallel 1197 and 1476 kHz. [Conti]
1394.8 ALBANIA TWR Fllakë OCT 24 1915 - Fair; preacher in unID language, measuring 1394.846 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 1929 - TWR interval signal, then ethnic religious program. Carrier noted at 1394.8 kHz. Good. [Black] OCT 26 1848 - Strong with religious program, in unknown language. TWR interval signal at 1859 UTC. [Wolfish]
1395 NETHERLANDS The Big L, Trintelhaven OCT 24 2100 - "Joy to the World," man in Dutch, then man in English, "...is sponsored by KBC.com" and woman in English, "Hello, this is Naome thank you for tuning into the Truth Life broadcast with Brother... Now here's my dad, Brother... with an exciting message from the word of God." Good. [Black] OCT 24 2325 - Good; Big L ID, Simon & Garfunkel "Mrs. Robinson." [Conti] OCT 27 2144 - Strong with Beach Boy Mike Love 'drop-in' ID for the Wolfman Jack Show. Into Supremes "Come See About Me." [Wolfish]
Bruce Conti prepares for DXing as Saudi Arabia produces audio well before sunset, using one computer to operate the Excalibur SDR and the other for wireless online access.
1404 CORSICA France Bleu/R.Corsa Frequenza Mora, Ajaccio OCT 24 2101 - Man and woman in French, female with French jazz song; fair in interference from France Info. [Black]
1404 FRANCE France Info synchros OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other outlets; fair in interference from France Bleu. [Black]
1413 MOLDOVA VOR Grigoriopol OCT 27 2000 - Good; Morse code, announcements and voice ID as Golos Rossii, then off the air leaving Spain in clear. Brent caught the same Morse code on 1089 kHz. [Conti]
1413 SPAIN RNE5 synchros OCT 24 2015 - Good; R.Cinco ID into rapid-fire news by alternating man and woman. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - Man and woman in Spanish, "Radio Nacional" ID and theme parallel other outlets; good. [Black] OCT 26 1952 - Strong with football scores parallel to 1098 kHz. I assume that Voice of Russia via Moldova was the second station in here. [Wolfish]
1413 UNITED KINGDOM Premier Christian Radio, various OCT 24 2100 - "From the UK, this is Premier Christian Radio." Poor. [Black]
1422 ALGERIA R.Algérienne, Algiers OCT 24 2201 - Woman in French, fanfare between news items; poor-fair under Germany. [Black]
1422 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler OCT 24 2100 - "Deutschlandfunk," pips then woman with time check and news; excellent. [Black] OCT 25 2058 - Excellent; talk in German with "en Deutschland" mentions, synthesized fanfare with Deutschlandfunk ID, time marker and news. [Conti]
1431 DJIBOUTI R.Sawa, Arta OCT 24 2059 - Arabic music, man with "Radio Sawa" ID then mellow music; excellent. [Black]
1431 GERMANY VOR Wilsdruff OCT 25 1956 - Man in Russian. Several time pips and ID by woman as "Golos Rossii" at 2000 UTC. [Wolfish] OCT 25 1959 - Man with Golos Rossii, theme music and cuckoo pips then woman in Russian; fair. [Black] OCT 25 2100 - Good; time marker, "Golos Rossii, Novosto" into news. [Conti]
1431 UKRAINE Radio 3/R.Kultura, Kopani OCT 27 1920 - Good; operatic vocals, parallel NRCU3 streaming audio. [Conti] OCT 27 1921 - Strong with classical music and opera music. Announcer in Ukrainian. Over top of R.Sawa. [Wolfish]
1440 LUXEMBOURG RTL Marnach OCT 24 1934 - CRI German program. ID at 2000. Decent signal. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2058 - Chinese music and man in English, "This program is brought to you by Radio 86, in corporation with RTL Luxembourg and China Radio International," then "From Beijing this is CRI, China Radio International," announcement in Chinese and news in English; very good. [Black] OCT 25 0000 - Excellent; KBS World Radio ID in English, instrumental anthem. OCT 27 2100 - Excellent; "This program is brought to you by Radio 86, in cooperation with RTL Luxembourg and China Radio International. For more information, please visit our home page, www.radio86.com," and "From Beijing, this is CRI, China Radio International" into news in English. [Conti]
1449 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya, Misurata OCT 24 2059 - Chanting, then more up-tempo singing then man in Arabic. Recorded; excellent, verified Sylvain Naud via RealFX. [Black] OCT 25 2348 - Good; vocal and strings parallel 972 kHz. [Conti]
1457.6 ALBANIA CRI Fllakë OCT 24 1910 - Poor-fair; light contemporary vocal, carrier measuring 1457.58 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 1922 - Strong with what sounded like Chinese lessons being given. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2058 - Female song in ethnic language, 2100 six pips and announcement by woman, then man chanting. Carrier noted at 1457.6 kHz. Fair. [Black]
1458 UNITED KINGDOM Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park OCT 24 2058 - Woman with ads giving phone numbers, 2100 "This is Sunrise Radio" and Sunrise radio jingle; poor in interference. [Black] OCT 27 2100 - Fair; ID and Sunrise Radio jingle into news. [Conti] OCT 28 0103 - Good over top of Gold Radio with commercial for ADT Security and Cash-a-cheque dot net. Jingle and South Asian music. [Wolfish]
1458 UNITED KINGDOM Gold Manchester, Manchester OCT 24 2059 - "...Media from Manchester, this is Gold." Poor in interference. [Black] OCT 24 2235 - Under Sunrise Radio with The Mamas & The Papas oldie. OCT 26 0119 - ELO "Turn to Stone" and liner/ID, "Your classic hits station, Gold." [Wolfish]
1467 FRANCE TWR Roumoules OCT 24 2059 - Man preaching in ethnic language (Kabyle per EMWG), then wrap up of program and web address in ethnic language; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2231 - Strong with English religious broadcast. [Wolfish]
1476 IRAN IRIB Sahandaj OCT 27 2020 - Presumed this with offset measuring 1476.256 kHz, causing a loud sub-audible het against Spain. [Conti]
1476 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Biribilondo OCT 24 2100 - Parallel 1386, music, pips (5+1), ID in Basque and fanfare, then woman with news; very good. [Black] OCT 25 2136 - Strong with woman in Basque. Parallel to a weaker 1386 kHz. [Wolfish]
1485 MELILLA // SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2018 - Parallel to 1026 with football match. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2100 - SER "Dixie" like fanfare, man and woman with news in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; fair-good. [Black]
1485 UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.Merseyside, Wallasey OCT 25 2100 - Fading up through Spain; "...BBC Radio Merseyside" into news. [Conti] OCT 27 1858 - Two men discussing football. ID at 1900: "From the heart of Liverpool... BBC Radio Merseyside." Time check as "8 o'clock" and news read by woman. [Wolfish]
1485 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio, various OCT 24 2100 - "BBC news in the north latitudes," news about higher education funding and death of man in Blackburn; good. [Black]
1485 unID OCT 28 0108 - Heard "This is ABC news." AFN Germany? Did not appear to be parallel to 873 or 1107 kHz. [Wolfish]
1494 CORSICA France Bleu, Bastia OCT 24 1920 - Good; nostalgic jazz vocal. 2315 excellent; France Bleu jingle. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - TOH fanfare and woman in French, France Bleu ID and woman with jazz song; good over/under France Info. [Black]
1494 FRANCE France Info synchros OCT 24 1925 - Faded up over France Bleu; news/talk parallel 1377 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 1939 - Parallel to 1377 with talk about football. A second station in here too, which I assume was France Bleu from Corsica. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2059 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other outlets; good, over/under France Bleu. [Black]
1494 GREECE ERA Rhodos OCT 26 0110 - Parallel to 1512 with Greek music. Wasn't here too long before both French stations came back to dominate. [Wolfish]
Anything can happen with sleep deprivation... Maybe Radio Artesia will apply for the silent 630 CFCY antenna array on the west side of Charlottetown.
1503 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA R.Zavidovici, Mecevici OCT 24 2007 - Loud het against 1503 Iran, measuring 1502.872 kHz, same as listed mwoffset. [Conti] OCT 24 2058 - Growl against Iran and carrier noted on 1502.89, mwoffsets lists 1502.871 kHz. Audio inconclusive. [Black]
1503 IRAN IRIB Sarasary, Bushehr OCT 24 2059 - Man in Farsi, pips, Big Ben bells, piano fanfare, woman with "Radio Iran" ID at 21:00:35, then music. Recorded; fair. [Black] OCT 25 2039 - On top of frequency with woman in Farsi. Parallel to a weaker 1512 kHz. There was a second station underneath 1503 as well. [Wolfish] OCT 27 1914 - Good; woman and background music parallel Sarasary streaming audio. [Conti]
1512 IRAN IRIB1 Ardabil OCT 25 2059 - Mellow piano music, fanfare and piano flourish, then woman with "Radio Iran" into haunting flute music; poor-fair. [Black]
1512 IRELAND Tyrone Community Radio, Difford OCT 27 2026 - Presumed. Surfacing occasionally underneath Iran with C&W music. I believe I heard a mention of Difford and also possibly a Halloween event promo. Female announcer in English giving phone numbers at 2115. EMWG has this as on 1530, but the mwoffsets list has 1512 kHz. [Wolfish]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Jeddah OCT 24 2057 - Man chanting straight through to 2103; good-very good. [Black]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA Duba OCT 24 1830 - Carrier only, first TA signal. 1928 excellent; talk parallel 9555 and 9870 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2058 - Arabic singing and music, 2100 pips (5 and last longer), ID, fanfare and news in Arabic; excellent. [Black] OCT 24 2121 - The theme to Fox Sports (the one heard on Sunday afternoon football games) played several times in between Arabic talk with many mentions of Pakistan. Strong with Spain underneath. [Wolfish]
1521 SPAIN SER Castellón OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with ID, then man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; poor-fair under Saudi. [Black] OCT 24 2134 - Under Saudi Arabia; parallel to 1116 with football match. [Wolfish]
1521 UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Duxhurst OCT 28 0634 - Mott The Hoople "All the Young Dudes" and The Beatles "Hey Jude." No sign of Saudi Arabia as it was well after sunrise there. [Wolfish]
1530 ROMANIA România Actualitati, various OCT 25 0259 - National anthem parallel 1053 kHz; poor mixing with Yankee Doodle also poor. [Black] OCT 25 2313 - ID and nostalgia music. Parallel to 1179 kHz. [Wolfish]
1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Pinheira OCT 24 2059 - "VOA news" mention and news items in English; poor under Vatican. [Black] OCT 27 2118 - Playing cuts from Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" album on the Classic Rock show. Mixing with R.Vaticana. [Wolfish]
1530 UNITED KINGDOM Pulse 2, Huddersfield OCT 26 0132 - Weak with Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" and The Bangles "Manic Monday." OCT 28 0052 - Diana Ross/Lionel Ritchie song. [Wolfish]
1530 VATICAN R.Vaticana, Vatican City OCT 24 1935 - Excellent; French program parallel 5885 and 7250 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 1949 - Parallel to 5885 with end of French broadcast, interval signal and English broadcast (for the next half hour). [Wolfish] OCT 24 1956 - "This is the English program of the Vatican Radio" parallel 5885 and 7250 kHz, 2059 Vatican interval signal, pips, ID in Italian, then program in Italian; good-very good. [Black] OCT 26 2100 - Excellent; three cycles of interval signal. [Conti]
1539 GERMANY Evangeliums Rundfunk, Mainflingen OCT 24 0433 - Presumed with religious music. Strong signal. [Wolfish]
1539 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2011 - Parallel to 1044 with a football match. Poor signal. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with ID, then man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; fair-good, over/under VOA. [Black] OCT 25 0020 - Good; telephone talk parallel 1485 kHz. [Conti]
1539 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R.Aap Ki Dunyaa, Al Dhabiya OCT 24 2100 - "From Washington, this is VOA news," and news items in English; fair-good, over/under Spain. [Black] OCT 25 2035 - Good; speaker parallel VOA Urdu streaming audio. [Conti]
1539 unID OCT 26 2103 - English language newscast. Heard item about the World Health Association and cholera. [Wolfish]
1548 KUWAIT R.Sawa, Kabd-Kuwait City OCT 24 2100 - Man in Arabic and "Radio Sawa" ID 21:00:47 then piano fanfare; poor in heavy interference. [Black]
1548 MOLDOVA VOR Grigoriopol OCT 24 2128 - "Great Gate of Kiev" bells interval signal, Voice of Russia ID in Italian, and rich piano fanfare into Italian program; good. [Black] OCT 25 1944 - TWR interval signal heard. Mixing with Kuwait. [Wolfish] OCT 25 2000 - Good, over Kuwait; instrumental music and announcements. OCT 26 1945 - Fair; one cycle of TWR interval signal. OCT 27 2000 - Excellent; one cycle of TWR interval signal. [Conti]
1548 SCOTLAND Forth 2, Collinswell OCT 28 0025 - Mixing with BBC; Tommy James oldie "Mony Mony." ID: "Playing one great song after another, 1548, Forth 2." [Wolfish]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Bristol, Mangotsfield OCT 26 0100 - BBC mention and woman with piece on cost of living; poor. [Black] OCT 28 0021 - Talk about the Texas Rangers being in the World Series for the first time ever. Mixing with Forth 2. [Wolfish]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM Magic Liverpool, Bebington OCT 26 0210 - Weak with The Archies "Sugar Sugar." Matched up song info from their website. [Wolfish]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM unID OCT 26 0136 - Good; Five Live Sport Extra promo and talk parallel 693 kHz. [Conti]
1557 FRANCE France Info, Fontbonne OCT 24 2101 - Man and woman in French, 2101 time check (vingt-trois heures) and "France Info" ID parallel other outlets; very good. [Black]
1565 unID OCT 24 2057 - Possible Greek pirate as heard by Jari Savolainen. Six minutes with Mid-East sounding music and singing with only a couple words. Not associated with 1566. Carrier also noted at 2200 and 2300. Not noted in mwoffsets list. Poor. [Black]
1566 BENIN TWR Parakou OCT 24 2128 - Man in French, choral singing, 2030 woman in French with religious program; fair. [Black] OCT 26 2130 - Presumed with a woman in French fading in briefly over the British local. [Conti] OCT 27 2131-2145 - French religious programming heard off and on mixing with a UK station. Poor at best. [Wolfish]
1566 UNITED KINGDOM County Sound, Peasmarsh OCT 24 2157 - "This is County Sound Radio," then Rick Nelson, "Mary Lou." Fair. [Black] OCT 26 2045 - Fair, subject to deep fades; oldies not parallel Bristol/Somerset streaming audio, so it must be County Sound. [Conti]
1566 unID OCT 27 2132 - Somebody playing Nat King Cole "Ramblin' Rose." [Wolfish]
1575 ITALY Rai Radiouno synchros OCT 24 2022 - Stronger than R.Farda at this time with Italian talk. [Wolfish] OCT 24 2057 - Ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; very good. [Black] OCT 27 2100 - Good; "Rai, Radiouno" ID into news. 2200 sign-off with anthem and test tones. [Conti]
1575 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R.Farda, Al Dhabiya OCT 24 1850 - Good; talk parallel 7580 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2202 - Up tempo Mid-East music and singing, 2359 man with "Radio Farda" ID, very good. [Black] OCT 25 2233 - Strong with ID in Farsi and dance-pop music. Italy audible underneath. [Wolfish]
1575 unID OCT 25 2033 - Somebody playing Bob Dylan "Hurricane." Mixing with R.Farda. [Wolfish]
1584 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Terni OCT 24 2057 - Ballad in Italian parallel other RAI outlets; poor-fair in jumble. [Black]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with ID, then man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; poor-fair in jumble. [Black]
1593 KUWAIT VOA Kuwait City OCT 24 2130 - Radio Free Iraq per EMWG with music and singing; poor-fair. [Black]
1602 SPAIN R.Vitoria, Vitoria OCT 24 2300 - R.Vitoria jingle, pips, and woman with "Radio Euskadi Irratia Vitoria" in Spanish; good. [Black] OCT 24 2345 - "Radio Vitoria" jingle and light music. Good signal. [Wolfish]
1602 SPAIN SER synchros OCT 24 1950 - Fair, mixing with presumed Vitoria; talk parallel 1044 kHz. [Conti] OCT 24 2100 - Time pips, "Dixie" like fanfare, woman with ID, then man in Spanish parallel other SER outlets; fair. [Black]
1611 ITALY R.Vaticana, Santa Maria di Galeria OCT 26 1916 - Poor with end of broadcast (Romanian?) and then off at 1920 after a couple repeats of their interval signal. [Wolfish] OCT 24 1956 - Religious singing, woman in Italian, mention Radio Philippino.com and Radio 1611, Philippine program carried at 2020 per EMWG; fair. [Black]
Pan-American DX
530 CUBA R.Enciclopedia, La Habana OCT 25 0659 - Typical easy listening music, mixing with CIAO; fair. [Black]
530 TURKS & CAICOS R.Visión Cristiana, South Caicos OCT 25 0900 - Woman in English giving US parallel WWRV 1330 NY; very poor. [Black]
550 unID OCT 26 0923 - Something Latin here fighting WGR. [Wolfish]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ Basseterre OCT 25 0300 - "First the news," then BBC news; good. [Black] OCT 26 0841 - Strong; preacher with island accent and hoarse voice. Seemed to go over top of the hour. Noted later at 0909 with station promos and ID. [Wolfish]
580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ San Juan OCT 26 0700 - Man in Spanish, many Puerto Rico mentions; fair. [Black]
630 CUBA R.Progreso, Pinar del Río OCT 25 0900 - Parallel 690, TOH fanfare, man and woman with noticias and R.Progreso mention; fair. [Black] OCT 25 0902 - "Noticias de la cinco" heard. [Wolfish] OCT 26 0930 - Good; news/talk parallel 690 kHz. [Conti]
670 CUBA CMQ R.Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas OCT 25 0400 - National anthem and Rebelde ID; fair. [Black] OCT 27 0400 - Good; choral national anthem. [Conti]
690 CUBA R.Progreso, Jovellanos OCT 24 0500 - On top with "La onda de la alegría" ID. OCT 26 0911 - A second Latin noted here with Cuba. [Wolfish] OCT 25 0900 - Parallel 630, TOH fanfare, man and woman with noticias and R.Progreso mention; fair. [Black]
770 CUBA R.Rebelde, Las Mercedes OCT 27 0400 - Under WABC; choral national anthem parallel 670 kHz. [Conti]
780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI Roadtown, Tortola OCT 27 0034 - Two Caribbean-accented men talking and laughing it up in the studio. Under WBBM. Matched up to the web audio. [Wolfish]
780 VENEZUELA YVMN R.Coro, Coro OCT 25 0700 - Ad string, jingle and several Coro mentions; fair. [Black]
810 BAHAMAS ZNS3 Freeport OCT 27 0033 - I am assuming Bahamas. Sounded like a religious program with a woman that sounded like Granny (Irene Ryan) from The Beverly Hillbillies. Under CJVA and WGY. [Wolfish]
840 CUBA CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara OCT 26 1019 - Weak with mentions of Santa Clara. No sign of WHAS Louisville. [Wolfish]
900 CUBA CMKP R.Progreso, Cacocum-San Germán OCT 26 0400 - National anthem heard under Italy. [Conti]
940 MEXICO XEQ Besame, Iztapalapa, México OCT 26 0150 - Loud growl against 940 kHz; measured 939.877 kHz. [Conti] OCT 26 0600 - Growl with carrier on 939.87, as noted in mwoffset list, no audio. [Black]
1170 COLOMBIA HJNW CARACOL Cartagena OCT 26 0937 - Spanish talk by man and woman. Caracol ID heard at 1000 UTC. Weak with traces of WWVA. [Wolfish]
1620 CUBA R.Rebelde, unknown locations OCT 24 0400 - Cuban national anthem and R.Rebelde ID; fair. [Black] OCT 25 0905 - Strong with talk with noticeable echo, parallel to 5025 kHz. [Wolfish] OCT 26 0936 - Echo between stations; titulares news, then telephone talk, parallel 600 and 670 kHz. [Conti]
Transpacific DX (or not)
693 JAPAN JOAB NHK2 Tokyo OCT 25 0815 - Good; R&B vocal, man and woman in Japanese. 0820-0905 carriers noted at 855, 909, 1107, 1116, and 1215, none producing audio. [Conti] OCT 27 0807 - Man in Japanese; poor. [Black] Carriers possibly transatlantic signals still coming in.
774 JAPAN JOUB NHK2 Akita OCT 26 0955 - Carrier only, also noted weak carriers on 747 and 819 kHz. At 1050 noted carriers on 702, 729, 747, 774, and 936 kHz. [Conti] Carriers at this time more likely transpacific.
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