Radio & Communication SW

4779,963v 19/10 0305 Radio Cultural Coatan, Guatemala, long talks with mx, in Local Language mixed with Spanish; often "Radio Coatan" without
mentioning Cultural. Fair, talks

5995 19/10 0128-0130* Presumed Radio Malì closing, afro music, fair

6300 18/10 2335 Radio N. Saharui, Cla. Algeria, SS, reports and mx, good

9645,23 18/10 2330 Radio Bandeirantes, Brazil, talks PP, in USB to avoid QRM
from 9645 poor

9675 18/10 2320 Cancao Nova, Brazil, talks, fair

RX SDR-IQ
ANT T2FD 15 m long

Qualche ascolto in relax provando il programma RadioSchedule di Andrea Russo per utilizzare il listato Eibi. Ottimo, facile e divertente. Sono tutti ascolti fattibili anche con un portatile, a parte l'Argentina su 11710,68 in quanto serve una buona SSB.

Consiglio proprio di dare un occhio a RadioSchedule

Data 19 ottobre 2007

11630 1118 Radio Vaticana DRM, very good

11710 1120 CNR1 China, good

11710,68 1124 RAE, Buenos Aires, romantic songs, USB to avoid QRM, poor/fair

11760 1125 BBC WS, Oman, EE fair signal QRM R. Habana

11760 1125 Radio Habana, Cuban SS, QRM BBC fair signal

11800 1103 Radio Bulgaria SS reports good

11805 1107 Radio Habana, Cuba, SS news fair

11810 1110 Radio Jordan, Arabic, reports, fair

11825 1114 VOA, Filippine, Cinese, talks, good

11935 1130 Voice of Turkey, Turkish music, good

11935 1133 BKSA, Saudi Arabia, AA S=9+60

12000 1136 Radio Habana, Cuba, SS, talks fair

12020 1139 RDP Portugal, PP talks, S=9+30

12050 1142 ERTU, Egypt, talks, AA, very good

12095 1145 FEBC, Philippines, rep in Lao, good, rel. songs good

12105 1150 AWR, Guam, Chinese, long talk, fair to good

12120 1155 KTWR, Trans World Radio, Guam, Chinese, end of the prg, good

12150 1200 Family Radio, Kazakstan, Chinese, id, poor to fair

13620 1203 Radio Kuwait DRM, strong

13635 1205 CVC International, Australia, pop songs, EE

13695 1210 Family Radio, USA, in French, talks, fair

13730 1215 R. Austria Int., German, good

RX: SDR-IQ & antenna T2FD

Some SW tips made in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Italy) with Dario Monferini

rx: SDR-14; CiaoRadio H101, AOR AR7030; Kenwood R5000; Degen 1103; Redsun RP2100


2310 09-10/10 1647-;2000-2040 ABC Australia VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia, Ee News Fair/Good Boc10

2325 09/10 2010-2045 ABC Australia VL8T, Tennant Creek, Australia, Usb Better, In // 2310 Khz Fair/Good Boc10

2485 09/10 2015-2035 ABC Australia VL8K, Katherine, Australia, In // 2310 Khz Poor/Fair Boc10

3345 07/10 1810-2000 Channel Africa, Gospel songs, EE Good Boc10

3396 07+09/10 1815-1932 ZBC, Zimbabwe, Id Vernacular, Afro Pop Music Poor/Fair Boc10

3925 09/10 2046-2105 Nikkei Radio, Tokyo Japan, Pianoforte Play As Is, S/On 2059, USB Better + Poor/Fair Boc10

4750 09/10 1755-1850 Unid Station Weak Signals, Clandestine Kurdish ???? Poor/Fair Boc10

4780 07+09-10/10 1905-1955 R.TV Djibouti, In Arabic, Ramadan (Not On 09/10) Poor/V.Good Boc10

4790 09/10 1803-1815 RRI Fak Fak, Indonesia, Ramadan Special. Obliterated By R.Pakistan After 1900 Fair Boc10

4790 09/10 *1900-2155 Radio Pakistan, Ramadan Special. Good/V.Good Boc10

4828 07-10/10 1835-1930; 0205-0240 Voice Of Zimbabwe, Afro pop no stop, rare Id Fair/Good Boc10

4835 09/10 *2130-2200 ABC Australia VL8A, Alice Springs, Australia, S/On, Id, Nxs EE. //4910 & 5025 Khz Fair/Good Boc10

4855v 07/10 0235-0240 Attention !!! Greek Pirate Harmonic 1616 V X 3 , Tx On/Off. Strong !!! Boc10

4885 08-09/10 2102-; 0245 R. Clube Do Para', Belem, Brasil, Sport Live Poor/Fair Boc10

4915 07/10 0310-0320 Radio Difusora Macapa', Amapà, Brasil, News. Fair/Good Boc10

4925 07+09/10 1830-1930 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, Ramadan Special, Also Phone Calls On 09/10 Poor/Good Boc10

5010,8v 07/10 1845-1859 Tent. Radio Dramas In Russian, Belarus ? Bad Audio. fair Boc10

5011,05v 07/10 1640-1710 RTV Malagasy, Talks In Malagascian & French. Better In Usb // 3287,6 Khz ! (Poor/Fair) poor to good Boc10

5910 07/10 0258-0300 R.Marfil Estereo 88 Punto 8, Lomalinda,Colombia, Musica Bailables. Fair Boc10

6010 10-11/10 0005-0024 R. Baharain, No Stop Good Pop Songs, Fair/Good Boc10

6035 09-11/10 0002-0030 Bbs Bhutan, Ids S/On By Yl Voice. Monk choirs Fair/Good Boc10

6060 10/10 0020-0023 R. Habana, Cuba, Free Channel After RAI closure. Good Boc10

6300 07+09/10 1732-1928 Radio National Saharaui, Irregular S/On *1928- On 09/10 Ids. Arabic. Good Boc10

6972,4v Usb 07-11/10 1800-2305 R. Galei Zahal, Israel, In // 1287 Khz. Good Boc10

9790 07/10 *0900-0930 Studio DX (from 29 Oct. Frequency will change to 9610 Khz at *1000-1030 UTC). Via Awr , Tx Germany. Good/V.Good Boc10


Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italy

Here some frequency measures made with my new receiver RF Space SDR-IQ at BW resolution 0,85 Hz

5909,984v 16/10 0053 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice songs, fair

5952,473v 15/10 2340 Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia, talks, SS, fair

6009,487v 15/10 2348 La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, tk poor

6019,445v 15/10 2353 Radio Victoria, Lima, Perù, poor/fair stopped as usual at 2358

6049,627v 16/10 0000 Suara Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, talks, strong QRM 6050

6089,947v 16/10 0010 unid, clear carrier, but not audible because strong QRM from 6090v Caribbean Beacon in EE

6134,693v 16/10 0020 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, fair

6134,987v 16/10 0025 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, phone talks, fair

6173,826v 16/10 0040 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Perù, poor

6193,384v 16/10 0047 Radio Cusco, presumed, really low mod.

antenna: T2FD by RF Systems

2182 kHz 7 October (Boc10)
USB general calls:
0335-0338 UTC

Napoli Radio
Augusta Radio
Palermo Radio
Mazara Radio
Bari Radio

7 October, between 2330 & 2340 UTC (Boc10)

8424 SVO Grecia CW
8427,5 A9M Bahrain Sitor id CW
8431 TAH Turchia Sitor id CW
8434 TAH Turchia Sitor id CW

9 October
1696kHz USB 09/10 0455-0456 Le Garde Radio, Meteo France FF Good Boc10

15 October

6501 2324 USB NMN USCG Portsmouth VA USA, Meteo ending "This is
November Mike November". Fair (from Milan)

Boc10 = Bocca di Magra, La Spezia, with Dario Monferini
RX: SDR-14, CiaoRadio H101, Kenwood R5000 Ant: Wellbrook LFL 1010

Milan: RF-Space SDR-IQ & T2FD antenna

Here are some tips while testing my new SDR-IQ by RF Space, the little brother of SDR-14

4775 14/10 0338 TWR, Mpangela Ranch, Swaziland, start BC with ids, good

4790,13 14/10 0320 Radio Vision, Peru, long rel. talks, poor but clear
because no noise

4914,96 14/10 0342 Radio Difusora Macapà, Brazil, nice romantic songs with
several ids. fair

5910 13/10 0010 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, romantic songs, fair

6009,5 13/10 2340 La Voz de tu conciencia, Colombia, talks, fair

6019,5 13/10 2351 Radio Victoria, Peru, talks, poor, not ID heard because
stopped by CRI at 2358

6035 13/10 2345 La Voz del Guaviare, Colombia, talks & music low signal (S3)
but clear and good modulation. After 0000 little QRM from Bhutan.

6134,8 14/10 0016 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, talks, poor

6155 14/1 0025 Radio Republica, Clandestine to Cuba, prg "Alternativa",
phone messages. fair

6185 14/19 0351 Radio Educacion, Mexico, talks & serious music. Poor

rx: SDR-IQ & T2FD antenna

Very good Bhutan on 6035, San Miguel still on 4699,4 and Difusora Macapa
with problems to its transmitter

3396 1/10 2341 ZBC, Zimbabwe, songs, fair

4699,4 2/10 0046 Radio San Miguel, Bolivia, songs, poor

4746,88 2/10 0055 Radio Huanta 2000, Peru, talks, poor

4790 1/10 2335 Radio Pakistan, talks and chants, good

4800 2/10 0102 Voice of China, Qinghai, in EE till 0106 then in Chinese,
fair

4805 1/10 2331 Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Brazil, talks, fair

4825 1/10 2324 Radio Educadora Braganca, Brazil, sport, fair

4828 1/10 2320 Voice of Zimbabwe, music, fair

4835,576v 1/10 2315 Radio Mali, Bamako, afro music, very good

4915 1/10 2310 Radio Difusora Macapà, (pres.) Brazil, good but at 2314 off
air, tx problems?

4925 1/10 2305 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, news, poor

4965 1/10 2301 Voice of Africa, Zambia EE talks & songs, good

5010 2/10 00 0040 AIR Thiruvananthapuram, India, Indian songs, good

5040 2/10 0044 AIR Jeypore, India, songs, fair

5952,5 29/9 0014 Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia, mx & talks, fair

6009,5 29/9 0011 La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, talks, fair

6010 29/9 0017 Radio Bahrain, nice western pop songs no stop, fading,
sometimes very good

6035 1/10 2358 BBS, Bhutan, open carrier and start of BC with music and
female id at 0000 good, fading to very good!

6134,8 29/8 0021 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, romantic songs, commercials,
good

6155 2/10 0020 Radio Republica, Clandestine to Cuba, economics talks, good

RX: SDR-14 & WinRadio G33EM
ANT: T2FD & 30 m wire