LOGBOOK: EQUATORIAL GUINEA and YEMEN

EQUATORIAL GUINEA and more…..

Some excellent DX has been heard over the past week, including Equatorial Guinea, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Brazil, and lots of other stations. In all, 21 countries are represented here! Read on….

4940   SAO TOME. VOA - Pinheira. Very weak signal at s/on 2030 for the 30 min Hausa news service on weekdays. Such a contrast when compared to the powerhouse signal which is 4930 VOA - Moepeng Hill on at the same time, Mar 18.

5005   EQUATORIAL GUINEA. R. TV de Guinea Ecuatorial - Bata. Weak signal at 2035 featuring fabulous jivey Afro dance music and occasional Spanish anncts. Best heard in USB due to TVI, and finally faded by 2055. Nice to hear this one again, not too regular here! Mar 18.

5905   GERMANY. RFE/RL - Lampertheim. NF (ex 6170) for Russian service, noted at 1935 and running // 7225 (also Lampertheim) which was stronger on Mar 18. This can also be heard with a good signal on the other // freq of 7460 via Iranawila.

5910   JAPAN. Shiokaze - Yamata. Japanese service on Weds at 1615, NF ex 5975 and fair level with some splash from 5915 CRI's Hindi service via Kashi on Mar 12.

5915   ZAMBIA. ZNBC - Lusaka. Program of African choral music at 1617, down low under CRI's Hindi service. Wait till 1700 when CRI has gone and reception is much better, Mar 12. 

6135   YEMEN. Yemen Radio - Sana'a. Can't be heard here until the Korean jammer switches off, which on Mar 18 was at 1858. This revealed a fair signal from the English service of Sana'a with several news items, then ID and address before s/off at 1900. 

6260   UZBEKISTAN. CVC VoAsia - Tashkent. Strong carrier but the audio was somewhat down (as often seems to be the case with Tashkent txers). Hindi programming at 1922, Mar 18.

7445   TAIWAN. RTI - Paochung. Thai service to SEAs at 1545 with ID after a song, strong signal with only light QRM from co-channel CNR 8's Kazakh service. Runs // 9660 but not as well-heard there on Mar 12.

7515   UZBEKISTAN. Voice of Martyrs - Tashkent. Korean commentaries at 1608, although jamming was present the signal was pushing through it quite nicely on Mar 12.


9490   THAILAND. RFE/RL - Ban Dung. Noted at 2009 in Russian at fair level. Appears to be a NF (possibly ex 5885 which I can no longer hear), Mar 18.

9565.1   BRAZIL. Super R. Deus é Amor - Curitiba. Peaching and occasional IDs at 2144. Difficult listening on Mar 18 with R. Marti and KSDA also present co-channel 9565, runs // 11764.76 where it's much better there.

9660   TAIWAN. RTI - Kouhu. Thai service at 1550, but difficult listening as its sandwiched between strong signals from Romania on 9655 and Turkey on 9665. Runs // 7445 on Mar 12.


9690   NIGERIA. VoNigeria - Ikorudu. S/on at 1959 with African drums then ID at 2000, a few more words spoken, then it disappeared! Finally reappeared at 2007 without further interruption on Mar 18.

9775   PHILIPPINES. R. Free Chosun - Palauig. Smashed together with CNR 2 but the Korean service was easily identified against the more dominant co-channel Mandarin programming at 1502. Amazing Grace sung in Korean at 1510, but poor level on Mar 12.

9790   GERMANY. RFE/RL - Lampertheim. Noted here at 1840 on this NF (ex 9590) in Russian to CAs. Strong signal on Mar 18.

9825   PHILIPPINES. R. Pilipinas - Tinang. Filipino service with a talk on family life at 1915. Full ID for "Radyo Pilipinas, the voice of the Philippines" at 1918 until s/off 1930. Fair to poor signal here, but much stronger on // 15190, Mar 18.

9835   MALAYSIA. RTV Malaysia Sarawak FM - Kajang. Malay music programming at 2155, fair level and easy listening on Mar 18.

9960   PALAU. Furusato no Kaze - Medorn. S/on noted at 1430 with Japanese ID and long commentaries. Good signal but with some fluttery fading on Mar 12.

9975   PALAU. Nippon no Kaze - Medorn. Good signal breaking through some light "grinding" sounding jamming at 1515, with earnest Korean talks on Mar 12.

11510   MOLDOVA. Denge Kurdistana - Kichinev. News reports at 1517, "Denge Kurdistana" ID at 1522, then solo unaccompanied song. Booming signal but with a little background hum on Mar 12.

11764.76   BRAZIL. Super R. Deus é Amor - Curitiba. Via short path over part of Antarctica at 2125 with a fair signal. A program of preaching and occasional echo anncts, and // 9565 on Mar 18.

11775   FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Qu'ran and regular Arabic programming at 1926, fair to good signal on Mar 18.

11780   BRAZIL. R. Nacional Amazônia - Brasilia. ID at 2139 in amongst lots of other anncts. Fair signal via the short path over part of Antarctica, Mar 18.

11850   PHILIPPINES. VOA - Tinang. Bangla service s/on 1600 with ID and news. Excellent signal on Mar 12. EiBi lists this as Tibetan but that was the situation several months ago, definitely in Bangla now.

13580   BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar - Dhakar. English service with a music program at 1848. NF and s/off at 1901 followed by 4 minutes of tone signal before finally switching off. Strong signal but audio could be clearer on Mar 18. 

13800   MADAGASCAR. R. Tamazuj - Talata Volonondry. S/off anncts in Sudanese at 1526 with many mentions of R. Tamazuj, // 15530 and an excellent signal on Mar 12.

13800   MADAGASCAR. R. Dabanga - Talata Volonondry. S/on 1529 with plenty of IDs and the station jingle. Great signal and always good listening with its upbeat and breezy style of programming in Arabic. Mar 12.

15285   GERMANY. Athmeeya Yathra R - Nauen. Religious song and programming to SEAs in one of their many minority languages at 1447, excellent signal on Mar 12.

15530   VATICAN. R. Tamazuj - SM Galeria. Strong signal at 1522 with music, runs // 13800 as noted on Mar 12.

15530   VATICAN. R. Dabanga - SM Galeria. Phone-in interview program with many mentions of Darfur at 1537, ID at 1539 and an excellent signal on Mar 12.

15660   GUAM. KSDA - AWR - Agat. Pop/rock style songs in the Burmese service to SEAs with a good signal and no QRM at 1438. S/off after ID and theme music at 1459 on Mar 12.

73's and the best of DX to everyone!

Rob Wagner VK3BVW