mercoledì 17 ottobre 2012

Log of 15 October, 2012

15/10/2012

United States  - Radio Marti in Spanish on 11845 at 1635 with what appeared to be the news. YL news hostess with several news reporters. Signal originating from Greenville, NC  with strong signal into New York.  (Klauber, NY)

          Radio Marti on 13820 and 11930 targeted to Cuba. Broadcast sounds like a soap opera story in Spanish. Broadcasting from Greenville, NC at 1700. Show featured plenty of over- acting and bad story line music.  (Klauber, NY)

          EWTN Spanish language service to Central America on 11550 at 1652. EWTN is pushing 250kw from Vandiver,  Alabama. Male announcer with a strong signal but low audio.  (Klauber, NY)
 
          WEWN  in English to Europe.  Transmission from Vandiver, Alabama with a show called "The Doctor Is In", a listener phone call in show, hosted by a YL. Religious programming on 15610 at 1748. WEWN is operating with 250kw. Good signal with slight fading. (Klauber, NY)

Spain  - Radio Exterior De Espania in Spanish on 17715 at 1800 with the news. OM announcer. Signal from Noblejas, Spain. Running 350kw.  Broadcast targeted to South America.   (Klauber, NY)

          Radio Exterior De Espania in Spanish on 6055 at 0120. YL conducting a telephone interview.

Kuwait  - Radio Kuwait in Arabic on 13650 at 1826. Transmitting from Sulaibiya, Kuwait. OM announcer with musical show. Target of North America, but poor copy in New York. 500kw is listed as power output (Klauber, NY)

Saudi Arabia  - Radio Riyadh in Arabic on 11820 at 2138. Male host talking. Radio Riyadh is running 500kw and the broadcast is beamed to Europe.  (Klauber, NY)

Rwanda   - Deutsche Welle African service in English. Male talking about the political situation Africa. Station ID at 2151 on 11830. Broadcast from Kigali, Rwanda running 250kw. Sign off at 2200.  (Klauber, NY)

French Guinea - Family Radio in Portuguese on 11830 at 2200.  French Guinea pumping out 500kw.  (Klauber, NY)

Ascension  - BBC news on 9915 at 2249 in English. Male announcer covering the newscast. Good signal slight fading. Target Central Africa with 250kw. (Klauber, NY)

Cuba  - Radio Habana in Spanish on 17705 at 2326. YL hostess. The target of this transmission was South America and is operating with 100kw. (Klauber, NY)
          China Radio International from Havana, Cuba in English on 9580 at 0152. Two YL's with a report on entertainment news. Power of 250kw.  The "Chinese Studio" show, Chinese lessons in English on at 0154.

Columbia  - Alcaravan Radio in Spanish on 5910 at 0013. Domestic seervice. Poor signal, but could make out music playing and OM as host of the show. Transmitting 1kw!!!(Klauber, NY)


Clandestine  - Radio Republicia in Spanish to Cuba on 9490 at 0023. Female announcer taking phone calls. (Klauber, NY)

Thailand  - Radio Thailand in English to North America on 15275 at 0015.  Signed off at 0028. YL hostess with talk. Broadcasting from Udon Thani in Thailand with 250kw. (Klauber, NY)

Greece  - Voice of Greece in Greek. Female hostess with a musical show. The station is located in Avlis, Greece running 100kw beamed to North America. (Klauber, NY)

Tajikistan -   Radio Free Asia on 9885 at 0252 in Tibetan. OM announcer. Very unsure of the topic of conversation. Signal was poor, with much noise in the background.  Signed off at 0300. (Klauber, NY)


Alex Klauber, Oneida,NY
Coordinates:
Latitude - 43.0922
Longitude - 75.6568
Receiver:
Tecsun PL-660
MFJ 1045C Preselector
Antenna: 200' longwire