RANDOM LOG -- 14 TO 18 APRIL 2013

RANDOM LOG FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA -- 14 TO 18 APRIL 2013

18 April 2013

- Voice of Arabs (Sout al-Arab) / ERTU via Abu Zaabal // Arabic with news and discussion  // 19.00 UTC // 11.540 kHz // 34342 -- fair to good carrier, but barely audible modulation 

- Radio Pilipinas via Tinang // Filipino and English with community announcements and information // 18.30 UTC // 15.190 kHz // 44544

- FEBA via Ascension Island // French // 18.30 UTC // 15.250 kHz // 35433

- Radio Kuwait // English with news and Islamic programming // 19.00 UTC // 15.540 kHz // 45444

- Voice of America via Wertachtal, Germany // Amharic with conversation // 18.45 UTC // 15.620 kHz // 45544

- Voice of Greece // Greek with sports coverage // 18.45 UTC // 15.650 kHz // 45444

- Galei Zahal // Hebrew with pop music // 18.50 UTC // 15.850 kHz // 35333

- Firedrake // traditional Chinese music // 18.55 UTC // 15.970 kHz // 55555

Receiver/Antenna  used: Tecsun S-2000 (Grundig Satellit 750) / vertically elevated 13-meter 1/4 wave aerial  

17 April 2013
- Radio Cairo via Abis //  17.40 to 18.00 UTC (broadcast time 17.00 to 19.00 UTC) // Turkish with music  // 9.280 kHz // 25331 -- prominent carrier signal with faint audio under, occasional atmospheric noise and fading. Transmitter abruptly signed off, then on again at 17.50 UTC
- Afia Darfur via Nauen, Germany // Arabic and Sudanese news commentaries // 18.15 UTC // 9.645 kHz // 34443
- Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran via Sirjan // 18.00 UTC  // Bosnian with music // 9.860 kHz // 54544
- Radio France International via Issoudun // French news reports //
17.00 to 17.30 UTC (broadcast time 17.00 to 19.00 UTC) // 13.740 kHz // 54555 -- occasional over modulation (at least thrice between 17.00-17.30 UTC)
- Radio Riyadh // Arabic with Quran recitation // 17.00 UTC // 13.710 kHz // 44444

Receiver/Antenna  used: Tecsun S-2000 (Grundig Satellit 750) / vertically elevated 13-meter 1/4 wave aerial  

 16 April 2013
- Radio Belarus // German // 19.00 UTC // 11.730 kHz // 33433
- Radio Algerienne "Holy Quran" via Issoudun // Arabic with recitation from Quran and Islamic programming  // 19.00 UTC // 11.765 kHz // 34443
- Radio Libye  // Arabic with Arabic music and phone-in discussion with listeners on Islamic topics, Palestine and Libye // 19.00 UTC // 11.600 kHz // 35433
- Voice of Korea via Pyongyang // French // 11.00 UTC onward // 11.735 kHz // 55555

Receiver/Antenna used: Tecsun S-2000 (Grundig Satellit 750) / vertically elevated 13-meter 1/4 wave aerial  

- NHK World via Yamata // Japanese programming // 11.00 UTC onward // 11.815 kHz // 55555
- Voice of Russia via Vladivostok // English programme on Russian classical music composers // 11.00 UTC onward // 12.030  kHz // 54555
- Voice of Vietnam via Hanoi // Vietnamese //  11.00 UTC onward // 9.820 kHz  // 55545
- BBC via Kranji  // English news and feature reports // 11.00 UTC onward // 9.740 // 44444
- Voice of Indonesia // Mandarin  // 11.00 UTC onward // 9.525  kHz // 55555
- CNR via Kunming // Mandarin // 11.00 UTC onward // 9.440 kHz // 55545

Receiver/Antenna  used: Tecsun BCL-3000 using whip antenna

15 April 2013
- FEBA via Yerevan-Gavar, Armenia  // 16.00 UTC onward // Guragena with African music / 12.125 kHz / 34433
- Voice of Russia via Vladivostok // English with programme about Moscow // 12.025 kHz // 44444

Receiver/Antenna  used: Tecsun S-2000 (Grundig Satellit 750) / vertically elevated 13-meter 1/4 wave aerial  

14 April 2013:
- China Radio International via Urumqi // German language broadcast of  traditional and contemporary Chine music and mailbag show "Kontakt" // 18.10 to 19.00 UTC (broadcast time 18.00 to 19.57 UTC)  // 11.650 kHz  // 54545
- Overcomer Ministry with Brother Stair via Bulgaria // 18.00 UTC onward // 11.685 kHz // 34443
- VOA presumably via Santa Maria Galeria / Somali and Arabic  // 17.00-18.00 UTC // 12.055 kHz // 34433
- Radio Romania International // English broadcast with Romanian folk music and contemporary jazz programme (All That Jazz) at 17.45 UTC // 11.740 kHz  // 34443
- Radio Liberty via Biblis, Germany // Russian broadcast with some Billie Holiday jazz tunes from 17.15 UTC onward // 11.845 kHz // 34343

Receiver/Antenna used: Tecsun S-2000 (Grundig Satellit 750) / vertically elevated 13-meter 1/4 wave aerial  

- RRI Maduin in East Java, Indonesia // 1008 kHz (MW) / 34433 / 11.00 UTC onward / Indonesian pop tunes and community announcements in Bahasa Indonesia

Receiver/Antenna used: Tecsun BCL-3000 using whip antenna