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Rob

Where can I get listings on the web about English speaking stations targeting the southeast US?

I can hear RHC loud and clear down here not on 6.000 but on another near by frequency. 6.000 seems to have another station on it until later.

I also heard NHK around 5:30 am central time but forgot the frequency. 6 something khz. Until it went poof. Playing some Jpop hit programme. Loud and clear but fading then they said goodbye and poof. God I really need an outdoor antenna out here.

-Rob
 
Not sure about any "free" websites....you'll need to look around.
But, "Monitoring Times" magazine has a monthly "centerfold" listing of most evrything aimed at North America.
And, the most current edition of the "World Radio and TV Handbook" is considered a listener's best friend (it's around 28-30 dollars).
 
Thanks, I wonder if the NHK feed I heard was coming from Japan direct or a relay. This didn't sound like it was targeting the SE united states but it was very clear. Just a lot of fading.

-Rob
 
Couldn't tell you, Rob. But just as a thought. I think " Passport to World Band Radio", 8th edition, by Lawrence Magne, would tell you. It usually goes for around $13 to $19 depending on what place you get it from. Here is the Amazon link...

http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Worl...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200173149&sr=8-1

I use it because it not only has schedule and frequency info, but also tells me addresses and some tech info about the stations. It's pretty comprehensive.
 
NHK makes it into the SE US pretty good in the winter months. I used to listen to the 9595 khz broadcast in eastern Kentucky years ago. Now, I hear them on the AM dial at night, as they are only 3000 miles west of my house here on Kaua`i.
 
I thought they stopped because of the internet. guess not.

do they come down here in the summer months? Again, this was 6XXX Khz.

-Rob
 
I don't see why NHK wouldn't make it in to the SE US without relay. Radio China international booms in to the northeastern US most nights and (to my knowledge) comes straight from the PRC. And, that's farther from us than Japan. I pick up Radio Australia in the late afternoons and they don't relay that signal either. It's beamed in from the northeast coast of Australia toward the Pacific and the west coast of the US....and makes it across.

Taiwan does relay via Radio Canada International's transmitters in Sackville, NB and it comes in with a super strong signal. But a muscular signal combined with good propagation can go a very long way too. This afternoon, I was pulling in the BBC World Service with a really strong, clear and stable signal and I know that they don't beam anything to North America anymore.

All this stuff is receivable with my radio's stock antenna. I don't have any sort of special set up to get those big broadcasters. In fact, sometimes being too close is a bad thing. For example, when I was in Ottawa, I actually had a little trouble picking up CHU Canada - a local signal. It's designed for skywave and most of the signal bounces right over your head when you're too close to the tx site. Interesting stuff.....
 
Thanks for the links but I'm looking for free.

If your telling me what I heard was right out of Japan, that's quite a hop.
again, not too sure of the frequency (6XXX khz) but it was in english with japanase pop.

I can hear Cuba booming in daily. (look how far pensacola is from cuba) I'm surprised they don't pull a WBCQ and the signal just bounces overhead.

can anyone list some english speaking stations from China, Russia, etc targeting the US?
So far, the only thing I've heard is mr walterboro south carolllloooonia, USA. (which I think is WWCR) that, NHK and radio havanna cuba.

I know Australia starts in the early morning, too.

-Rob
 
robfwb said:
So far, the only thing I've heard is mr walterboro south carolllloooonia, USA. (which I think is WWCR) that, NHK and radio havanna cuba.
-Rob
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Ah, yes......Good old "Brother" R. G. Stair, who seems to haunt most of the SW spectrum, and also is branching out onto several big AM's in the big metros. Off the top of my head, I can think of stations in Cincinatti and Boston, but I'm sure there are others.

I believe the good "Brother" pretty much leases out the entire overnight hours on WWRB, from Manchester, Tennessee which I think is on 3.185 (not to be confused with one of WWCR's transmitters at 3.215.

I seem to share your problem of WBCQ more or less "bouncing over my head", and would love to be able to hear them on a more reliable basis. As it is, I seem to get the station from its 2 PM Eastern time sign-on until perhaps 3:30 at best, at which time stations from central Europe (perhaps Bulgaria?) starts bleeding over from some adjacent frequency.

Oh......before I forget. If you think "Brother Stair" is a bit of a wing-nut, you should check out Pastor Peter J. Peters, who can be heard at various times on the various WWCR transmitters. As far as I know, this fellow hasn't yet invaded the AM band, and Thank God for that. ;)
 
he claims to be the last day profit, yet preaching and porn are multi billion dollar businesses.
so he's on other stations besides WWCR? ok.

what about the rest of the short wave spectrum like i mentioned before, Australia, china, bbc, etc?
(yes, i know BBC doesn't target the US anymore)

-rob
 
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the NHK I heard was 6.120 as I heard it this morning around 6:00 Central time Is that a Japan direct station or relay?

-Rob
 
It may have been relayed from Sackville, NB Canada OR it could be straight from the Tokyo area. NHK aims both sets of transmitters at North America. If it was super strong, it was probably from Canada.
 
well its very possable its comming from japan. i use a old icom-735 hf rig as my sw radio, ill have to listen up for it (unfortunatly at the moment its just tyed into a 102" whip ant)
but i did catch IRIB i beleve it was around 9700KHz with a S3 to S4 signal, didnt take to long for it to start getting jammed. buy a english "counting station" at about the same signal level.

edit to add link i found http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/ might help out a bit
 
This was very strong. Canada is quite a bummer thinking it was direct. There was some local noise but that was it and the typical fading.

The woman sounded cute :)

My best friend runs REC networks and she loves this stuff it sounded like i was listening to her station

-Rob
 
According to Dave's website, NHK's 6120 kHz signal is relayed from Canada - more precisely, that would be Radio Canada International's facility in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Still, they can indeed be picked up directly from Japan too at times. You can get direct Asian signals (North Korea comes to mind) in the USA - but they're less dependable than the ones that require only one skip (like Canada). Some nights you don't get them and other nights they pound in strongly. It all depends on atmospherics.

That's why you get a lot of big broadcasters relaying from Sackville (in particular) - to assure dependable nightly (or daily) coverage into North America.
 
Replying to some of Rob's initial questions, they are worthy and some can be answered simply.

An outside antenna would be a tremendous help, and here's why. The standard manufacturer-supplied whip antennas on today's shortwave sets have limitations brought on by the serious level of noise we are all having to tolerate from our computers and such newer sources as noisy power supplies for the "Al Gore" energy-saving lightbulbs (call 'em green if you prefer). Pre-dating those are the Chinese "touch" lamps powered by triac rectifiers that throw broadband RF hash beyond belief, wrecking longwave, mediumwave and shortwave reception and even some of the low-band TV reception as well. Of course, we still have the ever-present interference coming from fluorescent lamps, neon and TV sync circuits. To get away from all of that, an outside antenna with good ground will work wonders (and don't forget to include provision for a lightning arrestor).

Now, if you have neighbours with noisy electronics or live near high tension wires, well, the outside aerial will do a good job of receiving them, too. As for precise frequencies and times, so very many of the shortwave broadcasters now maintain excellent websites. The BBC, Radio Canada, Radio Australia and Voice of Russia all come to mind, and if you don't consider the use of the internet for this kind of SW research as "cheating," it will greatly improve your shortwave listening hobby and results.

Good listening! (I would append a smiley, but none of 'em is wearing cans).
 
Dighton Rockhead said:
robfwb said:
So far, the only thing I've heard is mr walterboro south carolllloooonia, USA. (which I think is WWCR) that, NHK and radio havanna cuba.
-Rob
Click to expand...

Ah, yes......Good old "Brother" R. G. Stair, who seems to haunt most of the SW spectrum, and also is branching out onto several big AM's in the big metros. Off the top of my head, I can think of stations in Cincinatti and Boston, but I'm sure there are others.

I believe the good "Brother" pretty much leases out the entire overnight hours on WWRB, from Manchester, Tennessee which I think is on 3.185 (not to be confused with one of WWCR's transmitters at 3.215.

I seem to share your problem of WBCQ more or less "bouncing over my head", and would love to be able to hear them on a more reliable basis. As it is, I seem to get the station from its 2 PM Eastern time sign-on until perhaps 3:30 at best, at which time stations from central Europe (perhaps Bulgaria?) starts bleeding over from some adjacent frequency.

Oh......before I forget. If you think "Brother Stair" is a bit of a wing-nut, you should check out Pastor Peter J. Peters, who can be heard at various times on the various WWCR transmitters. As far as I know, this fellow hasn't yet invaded the AM band, and Thank God for that. ;)
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I thought Ralphie went to jail for some indiscretion w/ a young female member of his flock? Is he running loose again?

I about fell out of my chair when I came across the Reverend Pete all wound up hollering "Up your flue Jew!" a few years back on that 500kw flame thrower based on the Tennessee/Georgia line. I can't remember the call of the station as it's changed a couple of times.

The whole "domestic stations have to beam offshore" is de facto out the window these days. You'll hear US based stations from the tropical bands to 11 meters all w/ programming for the States.

To the initial poster;Get a subscription to Monitoring Times magazine. It list all English broadcasts scheds worldwide 24/7 and comes out monthly. It's well worth the money. It and it's shortwave writer are based in North Carolina,her column is prime for SW listeners in the SE.

You're in a primo listening area. Spend a 100-300 bucks on decent portable,another buck at the Dollar Store for some speaker wire for an antenna,and you'll have years of fun listening to SW.

BTW,noise levels can get fierce on SW in the SE from May to October. A good way around it is to just roll your antenna wire out on the ground. Works dandy and you roll it up when you're finished listening.

Have fun,I've been an SWL for 5 decades and have enjoyed it throughly.
 
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