DX QUICK TIPS - April 18, 2020

DX QUICK TIPS

April 18, 2020

Radio Vanuatu's new transmitter and antenna system appear to be giving the broadcaster some trouble on the shortwave bands! The station's registered 3945 kHz is producing harmonics on 7890, 11835 and even up as high as 15780 kHz, according to some reports! The engineers need to get onto this problem ASAP! Plus I have identified a few more new frequencies from the A20 changeover several weeks ago (see the recent A20 - 100+ NEW FREQUENCIES MONITORED blog post).

7245   U.A.E. TWR - Dhabbaya. Amharic service to EAf at 0330 to 0345, fair signal, listed as only Mon/Tues in this language, Apr 14.

7254.94    NIGERIA. VoN - Abuja. African instrumentals at 0555, s/on and ID in Hausa at 0600 to WAf, fair signal, Apr 12.

⭐ 7890   VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Emten Lagoon. 2nd harmonic of 3945 Khz loud and clear at 1120 UTC with island pops. Even stronger than the fundamental freq!!  Others have also noted 11835 and 15780 as well. A bit naughty of them! Apr 17.  UPDATE: As at 0120 UTC today April 19, 11835 and 15780 are both being heard here at Mount Evelyn, plus a soft carrier on 7890 kHz. Of course, no propagation from the fundamental 3945 kHz as it is near the middle of the day both here at Mount Evelyn and in Vanuatu. It seems that Radio Vanuatu is truly an international broadcaster now, but only by accident!! 😆😂

9320   PHILIPPINES. VoA  - Tinang. S/on 1200 in Mandarin to EAs. Fair signal, NF (possibly ex 11570), Apr 17.

9350   THAILAND. VoA - Ban Dung. Rohingya service to Myanmar at *1130-1200*. Fair signal, NF and w/days only. One of only two stations currently offering a Rohingya language broadcast on shortwave - the other station is Reach Beyond Australia on 11905 kHz. Apr 17.

9370   TAJIKISTAN. R. Free Asia - Dushanbe. Burmese to SEAs at s/on 1230, very good signal and NF (ex 13735), Apr 17.

9390   THAILAND. R. Thailand - Ban Dung. 15 min service at s/on 1215 in Malaysian to SEAs. Then returns at 1230 with 30 min English to Oc. Excellent signal and NF (ex 9940). Apr 17.

9440   OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. English to ME 0350 to s/off 0359, weak signal, NF, Apr 18.

9500   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. Mandarin language lesson in English to SAs at 1240, poor signal and severe QRM from the co-channel CNR 1, NF (probably ex 7250), Apr 17.

9535   CUBA. R. Habana - Bejucal. Spanish to CAm at 1250, good signal and NF, Apr 17.

9675   CHINA. CRI - Shijiazhuang. Russian to EAs at s/on 1300, fair signal, NF (ex 7255), Apr 17.

9700   TAJIKISTAN. R. Free Asia - Dushanbe. Khmer to SEAs at 1315 to s/off 1330. Good signal and NF, Apr 17.

9710   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. Urdu to SAs at 1320, fair signal with co-channel QRM from CNR 1, NF (ex 6000), Apr 17.

9890   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. Russian at 1340 to s/off 1357 to CAs, fair signal, NF (ex 7445), Apr 17.

11650   MADAGASCAR. R. Tamazuj - Issoudun. Sudanese Arabic to EAf at 0340, fair signal, NF, Apr 18.

11810   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. Russian to CAs at 0405, weak signal, NF (ex 9550), Apr 18.

11900   AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond Aust. - Kununurra WA. SAs languages at 1315 to past 1340, good signal and NF, Apr 17.

11950   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Romanian to SEu at 1325, fair signal, NF (ex 7320), Apr 17.

15150   THAILAND. VoA - Ban Dung. Tibetan to EAs at 0425, fair signal, NF (ex 15610), Apr 18.

73 and good DX to you all,

Rob Wagner VK3BVW

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