QSLs for Month of August 2017

Trans World Radio Africa. Kishinev-Grigoriopol, Moldova.
All India Radio Siliguri. West Bengal, India.
GFA - Athmik Yathra. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
KBS World Radio. Kimjae, Republic of Korea.
Voice of Vietnam (VoV5). Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Radio Veritas Asia. Philippines.
Indian DX Report via Adventist World Radio. Agat, Guam.
Indian DX Report via KBS World Radio. Kimjae, Republic of Korea.

Indian DX Report (via Kimjae and Agat)

Prithwiraj Purkayastha, Editor & Presenter for INDIAN DX REPORT, sent this eQSL for two reception reports submitted in March 2014. Adventist World Radio (AWR) / Indian DX Report, transmitting from KSDA relay site in Agat (Guam), which was logged on 30 March 2014. And, KBS World Radio / Indian DX Report, transmitting from Kimjae (Republic of Korea), which was logged on 29 March 2014. As the saying goes, "Better late than never". Thank you and 73, Prithwiraj!

Logbook for 24 - 28 August 2017

BULGARIA
Voice Of The Report Of The Week via Kostinbrod was heard from 16.15 till 17.00 UTC, on the short-wave frequency of 9.400 kHz. A selection of music requests from listeners around the world with DJ commentary was observed under good conditions, although transmission was intended for Europe. SINPO rated a 45444 - strong signal, clear audio content with slight fade. Reception dropped off a tad in the last 15-20 minutes of the show. HERE's an audio excerpt from the broadcast.

INDIA 
AIR Jodhpur in Rajasthan was logged around 17.15 UTC till 17.40 UTC with folk/classical Indian music. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 531 kHz was less than ideal, rating a SINPO of 14321 -- barely audible, breaking even with the noise, and fading every few minutes under.

INDONESIA
RRI Cirebon Pro-1, transmitting from Cirebon (West Java), was logged from 16.30 till 17.00 UTC with a selection of lite contemporary pop music (English language) with comments in Indonesian. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 864 kHz rate a SINPO 44544 -- relatively strong signal, clear audio content with minor fading. Love the closing Hawaiian type music. Give a listen after the closing station ID.

JAPAN

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (Asahi Hoso / ABC / JONR), transmitting from Ayazono, Takaishi City Osaka City area, Osaka Prefecture was logged from 18.40 till 19.00 UTC with female announcer hosting a selection of Japanese pop songs. Reception on 1008 kHz (MW) rated a SINPO of 23322 - poor to fair, long fades before an audible signal was detected, occasionally with clear content. HERE's how Asahi Broadcasting Corporation sounded in Malaysia.

MADAGASCAR

World Christian Broadcast KNLS was logged at 18.30 UTC onward with Russian programming for Eastern Europe. Russian songs and talk was observed when not fading under atmospheric noise. SINPO on 9.570 kHz rated 34423. HERE's how World Christian Broadcast sounded in Malaysia.

TAIWAN

FRS - Taiwan Area Fisheries Broadcasting Station (Táiwān Qū Yúyè Guǎngbō Diàntái / BEL2 and BEL3) was logged from 20.25 till 20.49 UTC and 21.25 till 21.40 UTC, on separate days. SINPO on 738 kHz (MW) was 43533 -- strong signal when not fading under and interfered by station in Indonesia; 1143 kHz (MW) was 33422 - slightly weaker signal, but still fair strength with clearly audible content when not fading under. News reports and pop songs were observed on one occasion in Chinese. On another day, the programme "Good Morning Vietnam" featured news and weather conditions in Chinese and Vietnamese. HERE's FRS - Taiwan Fisheries Broadcasting Station with a cover version of a Beatles tune.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 for SW and Sangean ATS-909 for MW ANT: 1/4 wave for SW and internal ferrite rod for MW RX LOC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Radio Veritas

Is this a QSL card from Radio Veritas Asia? Or is it consolation for  DZRV-Am / Radio Veritas Philippines reception report I submitted to RVA after the former failed to respond? Or neither? Previous reports to Radio Veritas Philippines were posted and emailed, not once but numerous times, about three months ago to no avail. Exasperated, I contacted RVA -- thinking as affiliate stations -- a QSL from RVA might resolve this quest for their verification. I guess not.  It  looks as if I'm nowhere closer than before. All the same, I am thankful RVA sent this postcard (QSL without verification details), transmission schedule, sticker and bookmarkers.  Thank you, Radio Veritas Asia!

Trans World Radio Africa (via Kishinev-Grigoriopol)

Trans World Radio Africa, transmitting from Kishinev-Grigoriopol (Moldova) in the Tigre language, was heard from 18.00 till 18.30 UTC, 19 August 2017 (in a Saturday only broadcast). Presume Evangelical Christian topic, presented by a male announcer, with TWR theme/programme music between talk and a couple of religous vocal songs were observed during this half hour broadcast. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 9.940 kHz initially rated a SINPO of 43444 -- good signal, despite dominant transmitter whine and fading under atmospheric noise; however, signal weakened around 18.20 UTC with fading under atmospheric noise. HERE and HERE are a few audio clips from TWR Africa via Kishinev-Grigoriopol.

Reception report was emailed the following day. The eQSL shown, along with programme schedule, was received on 22 August 2017 from  veri-signer Lorraine Stavropoulos.

Email:

lstavrop@twr.org

info@twr.org

Website:
www.twr360.org

Logbook 17-19 August 2917

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Voice of Korea in an English language broadcast of news reports commemorating the anniversary of  peninsular Korea's liberation from Japanese occupational forces, congratulatory messages from Palestine, Indonesia and Nepal on this anniversary, condemnation of UN/US sanctions applied to DPRK over nuclear weapons and ICBM launch, commentary on Republic Korea's imperialistic policies towards DPRK and  patriotic music was heard from 10.35 till 11.00 UTC (broadcast time 10:30 till 11:27). Reception on the short-wave frequency of  15.180 kHz rated a SINPO of 54544 -- excellent signal strength and clear audio, despite slight   fading. HERE's an excerpt from this broadcast.

MOLDOVA
Trans World Radio Africa, transmitting from Kishinev-Grigoriopol in the Tigre language, was heard from 18.00 till 18.30 UTC (in a Saturday only broadcast). Presume Evangelical Christian topic, presented by a male announcer, with TWR theme/programme music between talk and a couple of religous vocal songs were observed during this half hour broadcast. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 9.940 kHz initially rated a SINPO of 43444 - good signal, despite dominant transmitter whine and fading under atmospheric noise; however, signal weakened around 18.20 UTC with fading under atmospheric noise.

SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, transmitting from Trincomalee, in a test transmission was monitored from 17.00 till 17.15 UTC. A mix of listener phone-in discussions and Tamil music was observed in this brief transmission  Reception on 11.835 kHz was good with relatively no interference, clear audio and minor fading. HERE's an audio file from this Tamil broadcast of SLBC

TAIWAN
Radio Taiwan International, in a transmission originating from Baochung, was observed broadcasting the English language programmes"Hear in Taiwan",  "Starting Over" and "One Last Thing"  from 11.00 till 12.00 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of  11.600 kHz rated a SINPO of 55444. HERE's how RTI sounded  in Malaysia.

RX: Degen DE-1102 and Tecsun S-2000 ANT: 10 meter long wire and 1/4 wave RX LOC: Central West Malaysia

China Radio International (via Xuanwei City)

China Radio International (Zhōngguó Guójì Guǎngbō Diàntái), transmitting from Xuanwei City, Yunnan Province, was heard on 14 July 2017, from 17.30  till 17.57 UTC. A Hindi language broadcast of music, talk and learn Chinese programming was observed during this time. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of  1269 kHz rated  a SINPO of 44534 -- strong signal, clear and audible content, minimal fading. HERE's an excerpt of CRI Hindi Service as heard in Malaysia. 

Reception report was emailed to the English and Hindi Service of CRI on the following day. A prompt reply followed promising QSL card, which arrived in the mail on 21 August 2017.

Logbook 12 - 15 August 2017

BULGARIA
VORW Radio International via Kostinbrod (presumed) was caught around 16.54 UTC, just before sign off. While audio was negligible, a decent carrier was present, earning a SINPO of 25432 on 9.400 kHz. This is likely only insomuch as signal was beamed towards Europe, not Asia, and  reception was from the back end of the antenna.

CHINA
China Radio International (Zhōngguó Guójì Guǎngbō Diàntái), transmitting from  Xian,  Shaanxi Province, was heard on 12 August 2017. An English broadcast of news, programmes on English idioms and "Horizons" was observed from 04.10  till 05.05 UTC (broadcast time 04.00 till 06.00 UTC). Reception on  the short-wave frequency of  17.730 kHz (SINPO): 33232 -- poor to fair signal depending on the duration of fading, atmospheric noise and station splatter from adjacent frequency (17.740 kHz). Otherwise, signal was audible and occasionally heard with clear content.

KAMPUCHEA
National Radio of Kampuchea on 918 kHz was observed with national anthem just before sign off at 17.00 UTC. Programming consists mostly of local pop songs and talk in Khmer.Their signal is easily 55545 throughout much of the night in Malaysia.
HERE's NRK just before closing:

INDIA
All India Radio Suratgarh in Ganganagar District, Rajasthan (near India-Pakistan border) was monitored from 17.05 till 17.40 UTC with classical Indian music, followed by news in English presented by female announcer, then news in Hindi read by male announcer. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 918 kHz was quite poor, but audible when not fading under atmospheric noise. Frequency was relatively clear once National Radio of Kampuchea signed off at around 17.00 UTC. Signal drifts in between 17.05 to 1710 UTC, nightly. Then, for approximately 3 to 4 minutes signal begins to peak and drift off after about 2 minutes.Overall SINPO was 14321.

All India Radio Bhagalpur in Aliganj, Bihar was noted from 17.25 till 17.40 UTC with classical Indian music, then news in English and Hindi. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 1458 kHz rated a SINPO of 23422 -- poor to fair signal strength, mixing with unidentified station (possibly -- although not certain -- All India Radio Barmer in Rajasthan) when signal faded under.

TURKEY
Voice of Turkey, transmitting in English from Emirler (Turkey), was monitored from 20.40 till 21.27 UTC (broadcast time 20.30 till 21.27 UTC). Programmes entitled "The Agenda" and "The Culture of Living Together", along "Question of the Month" and traditional Turkish music was heard during this period. Reception on 9.620 kHz rate a (SINPO) of 45444 -- good signal strength, clear audio, minor fading with some atmospheric noise.
   
RX: Tecsun S-2000 for SW and Sangean ATS-909 for MW ANT: 1/4 wave for SW and internal ferrite rod for MW RX LOC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Logbook 8-9 August 2017

BANGLADESH
Bangladesh Betar (presumably TX site in Chittagong) on 873 kHz, around 16.55 UTC with music and station ID. SINPO rated 34333 --  fair to good signal (depending on degree of fading), slight co-frequency interference from a Thai station in Bangkok. HERE's how Bangladesh Betar (Chittagong).

INDIA
All India Radio Jalandhar (Punjab) on 873 kHz, with music after 17.15 UTC, news at 17.30 UTC, then sign-off at 17.40 UTC. SINPO) rated 24322 -- poor to fair signal (depending on degree of fading), slight co-frequency interference from Bangladesh Betar (Chittagong) after 16.00 UTC till they signed off, then Thai station in Bangkok after 17.10 UTC. Audio and content was occasionally clear despite, fading, interference and atmospheric noise. HERE's AIR Jalandar,

INDONESIA
Radio Republik Indonesia Palangka Raya (in Kalimantan) was observed at 12.35 UTC with "Berita" and Indonesian pop tunes, during this all Indonesian language format. Reception on 3.325 kHz rated a SINPO of 35443 -- fair signal strength, clear audio and content with minor atmospheric noise and fading.

JAPAN
Radio Nikkei 2 (in Chiba-Nagara) was heard after 12.30 UTC with Western pop music during a Japanese language broadcast. Reception on 3.945 kHz rated a SINPO of 34332 -- fair signal, audible content despite less than desired atmospheric noise and fading.

 RX: Tecsun S-2000 for SW and Sangean ATS-909 for MW ANT: 1/4 wave for SW and internal ferrite rod for MW RX LOC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

All India Radio Siliguri (West Bengal)

All India Radio Siliguri (Akashvani Siliguri) in West Bengal was heard broadcasting classical Indian music followed by news in English and Hindi was observed from 17.05 till 17.44 UTC, on 4 July 2017. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 711 kHz was (SINPO) 34323 -- poor to fair signal strength when not fading under atmospheric noise or mixing with a Thai station, every two to four minutes. HERE's a excerpt from the AIR Siliguri transmission.

Reception was emailed and posted to Spectrum Management & Synergy on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 10 August 2017.  Interestingly, nearly a year later, on 29 June 2018, I received another QSL card for the same report. The funny thing is it was postmark July 2017 when it left India. Either the Indian or Malaysian postal service slipped up on its delivery. I suspect the later, as much of my promised mail is being delivered on time or not at all.

GFA - Athmik Yathra (via Trincomalee)

GFA - Athmik Yathra (AY Radio), transmitting from Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) on MW (1548 kHz), was heard on 28 June 2017. Initially an eQSL was received a few days after emailing the station in India. At the same time, GFA in the United States was emailed and their paper QSL card arrived in the mail on 10 August 2017.

Logbook 1-6 August 2017

GERMANY
New shortwave station in Lower Saxony* was logged in a test transmission using the remote SDR receiver at Twente (The Netherlands). Frequent station IDs and details about future broadcasts intended for the UK and Europe was observed between English pop songs from 17.58 till 19.00 UTC. Reception on  6.160 kHz initially rated a SINPO of 13221 -- terribly weak, station splatter, no real discernible content. Had to set receiver to AMsync just to detect their signal. Reception improved to 34343 after 18.50 UTC with audible and clear content.

GREECE
Voice of Greece with station ID and delightful Greek music was heard from 19.00 UTC on their usually frequency of 9.420 kHz. Reception rated a SINPO of 45544.

ROMANIA
Radio Romania International in German language broadcast was heard just before sign-off at 18.50 UTC, announcing frequencies and contact details. Reception on 9.775 kHz was remarkably good at 44554. Only annoying transmitter noise made reception less than perfect, otherwise no co-frequency interference, no fading, no atmospheric noise.

TURKEY
Voice of Turkey in a Turkish language broadcast was noted with station ID and music after 18.25 UTC. Reception on 9.460 kHz rated a SINP) of 45444.

UAE

Radio Farda on medium-wave frequency of 1575 kHz was observed after 19.00 UTC with news magazine/talk format. SINPO rated 24322 -- weak to fair signal, intermittent fading, atmospheric noise with occasionally clear and audible content.

UZBEKISTAN
Adventist World Radio, transmitting from Tashkent, was  monitored from 16.10 till 16.30 UTC (broadcast time16.00 till 16.30 UTC). A segment of Wavescan featuring the history of the Australian VLN call sign, JSWC DX report, and Indonesian music was heard in this half-hour show. Reception on 11.985 kHz was (SINPO) 34343 -- fair signal strength, atmospheric noise and slight fade, yet clear and audible content was received. Initially Wavescan was logged on 11.975 kHz (Trincomalee, Sri Lanka), but their signal dropped off completely by 16.15 UTC.

VATICAN
Vatican Radio in Santa Maria di Galeria aired a Ukrainian language programme from 16.40 till 17.00 UTC.  Reception on the short-wave frequency of 11.715 kHz was good for much of the transmission with a SINPO 54544 -- excellent signal strength, clear audio, almost unnoticeable fade. A broadcast in the Belorussian followed at 17.00 UTC.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 for SW and Sangean ATS-909 for MW ANT: 1/4 wave for SW and internal ferrite rod for MW RX LOC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

*RX; SDR receiver ANT: mini whip RX LOC (remote): The Netherlands

KBS World Radio

KBS World Radio, transmitting from Kimjae (Republic of Korea), was heard on 27 June 2017, from 14.00 till 14.30 UTC. News and "Seoul Calling" was observed during this period. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 9.640 kHz rated a SINPO of 54544.

Reception report was submitted online and emailed to KBS World Radio. QSL card arrived in the mail on 2 August 2017.

Voice of Vietnam

Voice of Vietnam (VoV5) via Ha Noi was heard  with English programming of news and cultural programmes on 7 July 2017, from 23.30 till 23.57 UTC. Reception on 9.840 kHz was exceptionally good with a (SINPO) 54545 -- excellent audio clarity and strength with slight QRM when fading occasionally occurred. 

Reception was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 1 August 2017.

RMRC Calendar for August 2017

The Rhein Main Radio Club Calendar for month of  August 2017