lunedì 6 aprile 2020

Wolfgang Bueschel: morning log Sunday April 5, 03.15 to 04.30 UT

Remote SDR rx log of April 5 monitoring in Doha Qatar SDR, KiwiNet Kuwait

 6165.006 TUR  TRT Emirler in English, Turkish lovely folk mx program,
          S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Qatar ME. 11.8 kHz widespread
          excellent audio signal at 1st hop. 03.17 UT on April 5.
 6109.997 ETH  Surprisingly very weak signals from Ethiopia and Eritrea.
          Probably R Fana from Gedja, Suns scheduled Oromo language sce.
          S=6 at 03.18 UT.
 6090.002 ETH  HoA music only S=6 level, R Amhara scheduled, at 03.22 UT.
 6030.003 ETH  R Oromiya from Gedja site, Afar language sce, local HoA
          music heard at 03.23 UT. S=6 poor to fair.
 5984.996 UAE  BBC London sce from Al Dhabbaya relay site, S=8 first hop
          signal, talk in Persian by two men. At 03.25 UT on April 5.
 5959.883 KWT  Very much ODD FREQUENCY of Radio Kuwait, Arabic HQ morning
          prayer, S=9+50dB super POWERHOUSE observed in Doha Qatar ME.
          Scheduled 02-09 UT. 20 kHz wideband audio block visible. 03.27UT
 5950even ETH  Voice of Tigray Revolution, Tigre sce to NoEast Africa.
          S=6 at 03.28 UT on April 5.
 5900.003 BUL? Tentativelly BVB in Arabic, via SPC-NURTS Spaceline Ltd.
          Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site,
          S=9+10dB at 03.30 UT in remote Doha Qatar and Kiwi Kuwait SDR's.
 5860even KWT  Radio Farda in Persian, AGM United States Agency for Global
          Media (USAGM) service, via USAGM  Kuwait relay site at Kuwait
          al-Dschahra suburb. S=9+35dB powerful signal noted in Doha Qatar.
          11 kHz wideband audio signal modulation. 03.32 UT on April 5.
 7140.019 ERI  VoBM Eritrea Asmara morning sce at 03.35 UT, S=8-9 signal,
          endless speech by men.
 7180.019 ERI  VoBM Eritrea Asmara Dimtsi-2 Amharic morning sce
          at 03.37 UT, S=8-9 signal, typical NoEaAF HoA music played.
 7260even VAT  US VoA Somali language program to Horn of Africa
          via Vatican State bcast center in Santa Maria di Galeria.
          At 03.40 UT heard S=9+40dB powerhouse signal into Qatar Perseus.
          10 kHz wideband audio modulation when music played.
 7275.002 TUR  TRT Emirler in English section service, nice Turkish folk
          mx played, S=9+25dB at 03.42 UT.
 7285.004 IRN  VoIRIB Arabic "Al-Quds TV" relay at 01.30-06.00 UT. 03.44
          S=9+40dB powerhouse Sirjan 500 kW signal, women announcer talk.
 9420.003 GRC  Heliniki Radio Athens from Avlis bcast center, S=9+20dB
          backlobe signal into NE/ME Doha Qatar at 03.47 UT.
 9629.987 CHN  CNR1 from Geermu site in northern China, S=8 in Doha Qatar
          at 04.02 UT on April 5.
 9770.002 TUR  TRT Emirler, Turkish language, Turkish talk played 'Virus',
          S=7 fair signal of backlobe azimuth towards WeEurope and North
          America at 310degr. 04.08 UT on April 5.
 9824.994 MDA  BBC London, Persian sce heard via Radiotelecentr (PRTC)
          transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac, S=9+10dB at 04.10 UT on April 4.
 9900even IRN  VoIRIB Arabic "Al-Quds TV" relay from Zahedan site
          requested, women talk at 04.12 UT, much POWERHOUSE S=9+45dB sig,
          'twist the needle' level.
 9915.006 MDG  BBC London in English sce, ENC Encompass Digital Media
          Services FMO organized via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar
          relay facility. S=8 fair signal noted in Doha Qatar at 04.13 UT.

11570even ARM  Iran International TV London, in Persian S=9+25dB, female
          announcer at 04.15 UT.
          Now after season change B-19/A-20 checked today April 5 again
          with KIWInet direction finding 'TDoA' option function.
          Checked five times their DF function at Kiwi fundamentals in
          Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ukraine, Kuwait and Delhi. And centered
          always at CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia bc center location now.
          Comment: when checked DF in November to February months
          centered always in much greater 'winter skip distance'
          in Central Asia at RRTM Tashkent / Dushanbe-TJK origin location.

11650.003 MDG  R Tamazuj 03.30 UT Sudanese Arabic / R Dabanga 04.30-04.57,
          via PNW / FPU MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility,
          nice modern sounded local Sudanese mx morning sce, 04.16 UT.
          S=8-9 in Qatar.
11745even ARS  Saudi Al Azm Army-Radio towards southwards azimuth of Yemen
          soldiers fighting in Yemeni civil war (Iran / Saudi fractions).
          S=9+15dB signal noted in Doha Qatar and Delhi India remotedly.
          04.18 UT.
11840even CHN  CNR1 JAMMING sce from China mainland, against co-channel
          Radio TWN International Mandarin Chinese, scheduled 04-06 UT,
          S=8-9 at 04.20 UT.
11859.966 ARS  Rep of Yemen Radio in Yemeni Arabic, via MOCI Riyadh-ARS
          HQ prayer morning service sung, S=9 fair signal in peaks
          at 04.22 UT in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR rx installation.
11875even UAE  BBC London Persian sce in relay of ENC Encompass Digital
          Media Services at Al Dhabbaya relay center in UAE peninsula.
          03.30-04.30 UT requested. 04.24 UT on April 4.
          Distorted 1st signal skip in nearby Qatar, at S=8 fluttery.
11970even UZB  NHK Radio Japan Tokyo, via RRTM Tashkent Uzbekistan
          relay site. Persian language service 04.00-04.30 UT.
          S=9+35dB strong shortwave signal from central Asia site in
          Qatar, S=9 or -78dBm signal backlobe into remote Novosibirsk
          KIWInet SDR unit installation. 04.26 UT. To be followed
          NHK English weekdays from 04.30 UT by NHK via TDF Issoudun,
          on same frequency co-channel.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 5)