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I caught 4BH Brisbane in Hawaii in 2010 on a CCrane skywave. I always wondered if it would make it to Alaska. Great catch.
Oops, forgot the audio from Vesti FM on 1413 from Moldova in my post on page 3 Here it is:
It was an all Asian mornign today and not too bad. CC Skywave & 5" DeBock FSL antenna
567kHz JOIK Sapporo, Japan at 1615UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with woman talking. Fair to good signal. Not often heard here. 100kw at 2810 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOIK567SapporoOct21_1615utc
873kHz KCBS Sinuiju, North Korea at 1633UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with instrumental North Korean music, signal held out pretty decently for over 6 minutes. 250KW 3500 miles Audio: http://bit.ly/Pyongyang873Oct21_1633utc
909kHz JOVX Abishiri, Japan at 1622UTC on Thu Oct 21 with "All Night Nippon, heard the same program feed on JOLF 1242. Decent signal. 5KW 2699 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOVX909Oct21_1622utc
981kHz CNR1 Changchun, China at 1600UTC on with station ID. Darn good signal. 200KW 3262 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/981ChangchungOct21_1600utc
1341kHz CRI Haudu, China at 1628UTC on Thu. Oct 21st with male and female talking. Not a bad signal at all. 300KW at 3751 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/CRI1341HauduOct21_1628utc
567kHz JOIK Sapporo, Japan at 1615UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with woman talking. Fair to good signal. Not often heard here. 100kw at 2810 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOIK567SapporoOct21_1615utc
873kHz KCBS Sinuiju, North Korea at 1633UTC on Thu. Oct 21 with instrumental North Korean music, signal held out pretty decently for over 6 minutes. 250KW 3500 miles Audio: http://bit.ly/Pyongyang873Oct21_1633utc
909kHz JOVX Abishiri, Japan at 1622UTC on Thu Oct 21 with "All Night Nippon, heard the same program feed on JOLF 1242. Decent signal. 5KW 2699 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/JOVX909Oct21_1622utc
981kHz CNR1 Changchun, China at 1600UTC on with station ID. Darn good signal. 200KW 3262 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/981ChangchungOct21_1600utc
1341kHz CRI Haudu, China at 1628UTC on Thu. Oct 21st with male and female talking. Not a bad signal at all. 300KW at 3751 miles. Audio: http://bit.ly/CRI1341HauduOct21_1628utc
How is it legal to have the call letters KCBS when it's already been given to 740 in San Francisco? Oh wait... it's North Korea, where theft is common.
Hope your joking on this
Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) is a domestic radio service operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee
It is my version of sarcasm
, but yeah that would be odd for the call-letters to match.Asians Asians Asians Asians and more Asians, including some not usually heard here or heard well on Sunday October 24th.
945 and 981 CNR1 were the usual paint peelers. Also had CNR1 on 1251 from Harbin.
1206 Yanbian can be hit or miss but was pretty strong today. Started recording, ran inside to use the facilities... did a bit of work, came back 14 minutes later and the signal was still there.
The lower end of the band was better then usual with a good visit from the Norkies on 873.
I also had KBS on 864 and 558.... 558 is rare here as I recall, 864 isnt too rare but not a frequent visitor/very good.
I had a 603khz playing music I wasnt able to ID yet
1287 JOHR Saporro, Japan was fairly good, as usual, but 1440 JOWF Saporro wasnt
It seemed above 1300khz ish the band wasnt as good but I cant say why. Alot of the higher powered stuff is lower down. But some of the lower powered Japanese stuff and even some of the higher powered China stuff above 1300 wasnt that great today. If 1287 Saporro is in good, 1440 JOWF usually is... but it wasnt today.
945 and 981 CNR1 were the usual paint peelers. Also had CNR1 on 1251 from Harbin.
1206 Yanbian can be hit or miss but was pretty strong today. Started recording, ran inside to use the facilities... did a bit of work, came back 14 minutes later and the signal was still there.
The lower end of the band was better then usual with a good visit from the Norkies on 873.
I also had KBS on 864 and 558.... 558 is rare here as I recall, 864 isnt too rare but not a frequent visitor/very good.
I had a 603khz playing music I wasnt able to ID yet
1287 JOHR Saporro, Japan was fairly good, as usual, but 1440 JOWF Saporro wasnt
It seemed above 1300khz ish the band wasnt as good but I cant say why. Alot of the higher powered stuff is lower down. But some of the lower powered Japanese stuff and even some of the higher powered China stuff above 1300 wasnt that great today. If 1287 Saporro is in good, 1440 JOWF usually is... but it wasnt today.
Gold 1503kHz NZ made a somewhat OK showing today, Mon Oct 25th some 7000 miles away with Dire Straits and "Money For Nothing".
Audio from my CCrane Skywave using the 5" FSL:
Paul
Audio from my CCrane Skywave using the 5" FSL:
Paul
WOW! What a morning on Wed Oct 27th!
Iran on 936, 1026, 1179, 1188, 1279, 1368, 1467, 1449 and 1512
Saudi on 882 and 1260
Moldova on 864 and 1413
Romania on on 1053 and 1152
UNID on 1395 and 1413 that didnt match any stream nor did they sound asian.
Iran on 936, 1026, 1179, 1188, 1279, 1368, 1467, 1449 and 1512
Saudi on 882 and 1260
Moldova on 864 and 1413
Romania on on 1053 and 1152
UNID on 1395 and 1413 that didnt match any stream nor did they sound asian.
Looks like you have a nice pipeline to the middle east.
that area is an all transpolar path.... and iran i think is one of the shorter transpolar middle eastern paths for me
Does it work all winter or is it peaking now?
i dont know, no one really does.. no ones studied it
Well then we'll depend on your observations.
My location: McGrath, Alaska using a C.Crane Skywave, 5” DeBock FSL antenna, Zoom H1 digital recorder and Sony MDR7506 headphones. All were confirmed either by a match to a web stream or known to me with 100 percent certainty that’s what I was hearing. This isn't all, but is most of what I’ve logged, some stuff is left out such as weaker stuff I’ve reported already. I try to keep my logs to stuff that’s interesting for one reason or another, a new log, exceptionally strong signal given the circumstances.. something like that!
864kHz Trans World Radio via 1,000,000 Watt Gavar, Armenia transmitter site on Wed Oct 27 at 1708UTC with some singing by a man and woman followed by a brief Interval Signal interlude then the start of another program. Signal is VERY good at times, but does fade out a bit. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia864Oct27_1708utc
936kHz IRIB Radio Azarbyajan Gharbi via 300KW transmitter in Fesanduz, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1640UTC with music followed by a man talking, maybe over the phone. The signal was good enough and clear enough that Soundhound and Shazam were able to correctly ID the song. It was getting beat up by splatter from other stations but overall, a good signal otherwise. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran936Oct27_16
1053kHz Radio Iași via 400KW transmitter in Iași, Romania on Wed Oct 27 at 1628UTC with some real good Romanian music, good audio quality and good signal but my local NDB beacon in the background. You see, VTR is running a blistering 1KW on 350kHz and 1050 is square on it’s 3rd harmonic. 4827 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.lyRomania1053Oct27_1628utc
NEW! 1179kHz IRIB Radio Iran via 50KW transmitter in Chah Bahar on Wed Oct 27 at 1557utc. This was initially an unknown as MWlist says its on 558kHz but WRTH still has it on 1179khz. Someone also ID’d the language as Farsi and said its much more likely to be Iran then the other 1179 in the Middle east, KuwaitStarts with a woman talking, a music interlude then a man talking. Near the end of the recording, you can hear it give way to a Chinese language station. Poor to fair at times, but other times, a good signal. 5484 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1179Oct27_1557utc
NEW! 1188kHz IRIB Radio Payam via 300KW transmitter in Tehran, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1559UTC with music and some talking interspersed. A few seconds past 1600UTC top of hour, there’s a brief time tone, “Radio Payam” station id and a few more tones. So rare for me to get a station ID from a non English speaking station that I can so easily understand. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1188Oct27_1559utc
NEW! 1260kHz SBA Radio Riyadh via 500KW transmitter in Damman, Saudi Arabia on Oct 27 at 1602UTC with a woman reading what sounds like a news report and playing some sound bites followed by some music later on. Not too bad of a signal for over 6 minutes! 6102 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/SaudiArabia1260Oct27_1602utc
NEW! 1278kHz IRIB Radio Kermanshah via 200KW transmitter in Kermanshah, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1624UTC with a musical interlude then a female talking. Weak/noisy signal. 5600 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1278Oct27_1624utc
NEW! 1368kHz IRIB Radio Golestan via 150KW transmitter in Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1623UTC with some talking, a brief musical interlude and more talking. Noisy and poor signal. 5308 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1368Oct27_1623utc
1395kHz Public Radio of Armenia via 400kw transmitter in Gavar, Armenia on Wed Oct 27 at 1617UTC with man talking. The signal fades out a bit and comes back with music for a bit, before yet another fade down and rise up. On peaks, pretty good signal. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia1395Oct27_1617utc
1449kHz IRIB World Service via 400kw transmitter in Bandar-e Torkman, Iran on Sat Oct 23 at 1637UTC with female in turkmen language, with what sounded like a news report. Slight het from 250 Watt KLAM 1450 but pretty good signal for nearly 3 minutes. 5835 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1449Oct23_1637utc
NEW! 1467kHz IRIB Radio Qom via 100KW Transmitter in Qom, Iran on Oct 27 at 1650UTC with music. Signal was brief but very good! 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1467Oct27_1650utc
1512kHz IRIB Radio Ardabill via 50KW transmitter in Ardabill, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1611UTC with a man talking, sounds like he’s on the phone. There’s a musical interlude, and more talking. The signal is exceptionally clear and strong at times especially considering the power level! I’ve yet to log the 1 megawatt Saudi on 1512! 5320 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/1512IranOct27_1611utc
864kHz Trans World Radio via 1,000,000 Watt Gavar, Armenia transmitter site on Wed Oct 27 at 1708UTC with some singing by a man and woman followed by a brief Interval Signal interlude then the start of another program. Signal is VERY good at times, but does fade out a bit. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia864Oct27_1708utc
936kHz IRIB Radio Azarbyajan Gharbi via 300KW transmitter in Fesanduz, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1640UTC with music followed by a man talking, maybe over the phone. The signal was good enough and clear enough that Soundhound and Shazam were able to correctly ID the song. It was getting beat up by splatter from other stations but overall, a good signal otherwise. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran936Oct27_16
1053kHz Radio Iași via 400KW transmitter in Iași, Romania on Wed Oct 27 at 1628UTC with some real good Romanian music, good audio quality and good signal but my local NDB beacon in the background. You see, VTR is running a blistering 1KW on 350kHz and 1050 is square on it’s 3rd harmonic. 4827 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.lyRomania1053Oct27_1628utc
NEW! 1179kHz IRIB Radio Iran via 50KW transmitter in Chah Bahar on Wed Oct 27 at 1557utc. This was initially an unknown as MWlist says its on 558kHz but WRTH still has it on 1179khz. Someone also ID’d the language as Farsi and said its much more likely to be Iran then the other 1179 in the Middle east, KuwaitStarts with a woman talking, a music interlude then a man talking. Near the end of the recording, you can hear it give way to a Chinese language station. Poor to fair at times, but other times, a good signal. 5484 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1179Oct27_1557utc
NEW! 1188kHz IRIB Radio Payam via 300KW transmitter in Tehran, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1559UTC with music and some talking interspersed. A few seconds past 1600UTC top of hour, there’s a brief time tone, “Radio Payam” station id and a few more tones. So rare for me to get a station ID from a non English speaking station that I can so easily understand. 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1188Oct27_1559utc
NEW! 1260kHz SBA Radio Riyadh via 500KW transmitter in Damman, Saudi Arabia on Oct 27 at 1602UTC with a woman reading what sounds like a news report and playing some sound bites followed by some music later on. Not too bad of a signal for over 6 minutes! 6102 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/SaudiArabia1260Oct27_1602utc
NEW! 1278kHz IRIB Radio Kermanshah via 200KW transmitter in Kermanshah, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1624UTC with a musical interlude then a female talking. Weak/noisy signal. 5600 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1278Oct27_1624utc
NEW! 1368kHz IRIB Radio Golestan via 150KW transmitter in Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1623UTC with some talking, a brief musical interlude and more talking. Noisy and poor signal. 5308 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1368Oct27_1623utc
1395kHz Public Radio of Armenia via 400kw transmitter in Gavar, Armenia on Wed Oct 27 at 1617UTC with man talking. The signal fades out a bit and comes back with music for a bit, before yet another fade down and rise up. On peaks, pretty good signal. 5209 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Armenia1395Oct27_1617utc
1449kHz IRIB World Service via 400kw transmitter in Bandar-e Torkman, Iran on Sat Oct 23 at 1637UTC with female in turkmen language, with what sounded like a news report. Slight het from 250 Watt KLAM 1450 but pretty good signal for nearly 3 minutes. 5835 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1449Oct23_1637utc
NEW! 1467kHz IRIB Radio Qom via 100KW Transmitter in Qom, Iran on Oct 27 at 1650UTC with music. Signal was brief but very good! 5460 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/Iran1467Oct27_1650utc
1512kHz IRIB Radio Ardabill via 50KW transmitter in Ardabill, Iran on Wed Oct 27 at 1611UTC with a man talking, sounds like he’s on the phone. There’s a musical interlude, and more talking. The signal is exceptionally clear and strong at times especially considering the power level! I’ve yet to log the 1 megawatt Saudi on 1512! 5320 mile transpolar path. Audio: http://bit.ly/1512IranOct27_1611utc
I had North Korea the other day on 3 frequencies, 657khz, 819khz and 873khz. This is my best of all three that day:
This is HLAZ 1566 from South Korea. It's 250KW/6 tower directional can be very strong here. Take a listen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aQh5rL-uQiGGnn9dPJfuo-M_Zsm2PBw1/view?usp=sharing
JOUB 774 Japan is also a paint peeler sometimes. AUdio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yLnllGy_GtzhvHAtccSYnQtUjwSS7ffs/view?usp=sharing
This is HLAZ 1566 from South Korea. It's 250KW/6 tower directional can be very strong here. Take a listen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aQh5rL-uQiGGnn9dPJfuo-M_Zsm2PBw1/view?usp=sharing
JOUB 774 Japan is also a paint peeler sometimes. AUdio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yLnllGy_GtzhvHAtccSYnQtUjwSS7ffs/view?usp=sharing
Nice logs, especially the 50kW Iranian - low power for that part of the world! Do the British blowtorches (693/909, 1053/1089, 1215, possibly Scotland 810) ever make the trip? How about (the ever dwindling number of) LW signals from Europe?
Never heard 693 here. Heard 909 twice.. once with a very brief echo.
1089 is a later winter semi regular and once i had it POUND IN LIKE A LOCAL for 15 mintues. Listen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0qOCPxIr4srPPoF1DvwFtT6Iyrid3mk/view?usp=sharing
Romania is more common on 1053 then the UK.... even so, i have to contend with the 3rd harmonic of VTR350khz, my local airport beacon.. 1kw only 2 miles away.
1215 is very rare. Not heard scotland on 810.
Right at the top of the hour, right after I heard the female newscaster say "NPR News" I heard the distinct musical signature that Audacy uses on their stations now - that would have to be from KGMZ. Actually smart...now you'll be able to identify Audacy stations at the top of the hour. iHeart also has a signature jingle, but they don't use it at the top of the hour on all stations...maybe they should.
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