SW Logs for February (And Some From January!)

AFRICA:

22 Jan: 1930, 4845KHz - Radio Mauritanie - Nouakchott, Mauritania. SINPO: 22222.
Talk and cultural music until around 2312 hrs. Bad Modulation, lots o' static. CCRadio SW.

22 Jan: 2159, 6080 - VOA, Sao Tome and Principe. SINPO: 22222
Caught the very end of the program, but heard "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson. Good music! CCRadio SW

6 Feb: 1024, 5915KHz - Zambia Nat. Broadcasting Corp. - Laska, Zambia. SINPO: 54454. Unknown language, but heard mention of pipelines and the Boston area. Panasonic RF-2200

14 Feb: 2305, 4845KHz - Radio Mauritanie - Nouakchott, Mauritania. SINPO: 44333.
Male talking in French. Heard Mauritania mentioned twice. @ 2309, heard what sounded like a recording of a man giving a speech in French. Station would do good to boost its modulation. I can consistently get good signal but can't hardly pull out the mod to get a good - or even decent recording. CCRadio SW

15 Feb: 0002, 6850KHz - Radio Cairo - Cairo, Egypt. SINPO: 32222
Male and female bantering back and forth in Arabic. Like Mauritanie, could use a modulation boost. Are all the transmitter plates in Africa worn out? CCRadio SW

ASIA:

21 Jan: 2305, 9780KHz - Yemen Radio - Sana'a, Yemen. SINPO: 33222
Music, and nothing more! CCRadio SW

6 Feb: 1005, 4810KHz - Public Radio of Armenia -Yerevan, Armenia. SINPO: 33333
Cultural music. Started fading then became unreadable @ 1013. Panasonic RF-2200.

14 Feb: 2320, 5025KHz - Radio of Uzbekistan - Tashkent, Uzbekistan. SINPO: 33323
Sounded like broadcast of Soccer or other sporting match. CCRadio SW

17 Feb: 1412, 11705KHz - NHK Radio Japan, Tokyo, Japan. SINPO: 55444
Talking about Khmer Rouge, torture and genocide. After that ray of sunshine, they switched to "Space Poetry", reading poems 18-21. Sign off @ 1429. Realistic DX-160

21 Feb: 1921, 11990KHz - Radio Kuwait - SINPO 33233
Country music (of all things), and station ID @ 1930 hrs. "Short Stories", part 2 of 3, aired after ID, Then music for the duration of the hour. CCRadio SW

OCEANIA

17 Feb: 1233, 9580KHz - Radio Australia - Melbourne, Australia. SINPO: 43333
Talk about European Union recognizing Kosovo; Kosovo's economic and unemployment problems. Musical interlude @ 1242, then interview with a lady named Rose (Couldn't get last name due to a quick fade-out). Interview was about art in the middle east. Realistic DX-160

EUROPE

6 Feb: 1024, 6115KHz - Radio Belorussia - Minsk, Belarus. SINPO: 55555
Talk in Bellarussian. Mentioned Robert J. Chandry (sp) and San Paulo, Brazil. Panasonic RF-2200

14 Feb: 0108, 6145KHz - Radio Romania Int'l. - Tiganesti, Romania. SINPO: 43333
Discussion of economic crisis in Romania; Negotiations between romania and Ukrain for rights to natural gas and oil. Economic crisis seems to dominate shortwave right now. At least I know it's not just an American problem. CCRadio SW

14 Feb: 2333, 6055KHz - Radio Exterior de Espana - Noblejas, Spain. SINPO: 34333
Female talking and music until 2336hrs, then bantering between male & female. CCRadio SW

14 Feb: 2350, 6165KHz - Croatian Radio - Deanovec, Croatia. SINPO: 44434
Appeared to be interview in Croatian. Positive ID with contact info @ 2355hrs. Music until sign-off @ 2358. CCRadio SW

14 Feb: 0049, 7400KHz - Radio Bulgaria Int. - Plovdiv, Bulgaria. SINPO: 22322
Poor signal and barely able to pull out of the mud, but got positive ID @ 0051hrs. CCRadio SW

15 Feb: 0019, 7440KHz - Radio Ukraine Int'l. - Lvov, Ukraine. SINPO: 32222
Talk w/ music.

15 Feb: 0034, 9715KHz - Radiodifusao Portuguesa - Sao Gabriel, Portugal. SINPO: 44333
Male & female bantering, then music. Pretty good signal. CCRadio SW

15 Feb: 0120, 7425KHz - Radio Tirana - Shijak, Albania. SINPO: 33233
Female talking. Fading was pretty bad with a fair amount of splatter. CCRadio SW

16 Feb: 1935, 11655KHz - Radio Nederlands - Flevo, The Netherlands. SINPO: 23322
Icelands economic crisis; Darfur conflict and its impact on the environment. The name of the show is, I believe, "Earth Beat" Sangean ATS 803A

21 Feb: 2310, 9600KHz - Vatican Radio - Vatican City (Italy). SINPO: 43444
Mass. What the heck, had to log it. CCRadio SW

22Feb: 1137, 5905KHz - Deutsche Welle - Bonaire, Germany. SINPO: 44344
Talk in German. I need to learn more foreign languages. Sangean ATS 803A

NORTH AMERICA

24 Sept. 2008: 0143, 6060KHz - Radio Habana - Havana, Cuba. SINPO: 33233
DXer's Unlimited (Arnie Coro's show). Propogation reports, promotion of the tropical bands, Arnie's workshop. Realistic DX-160

SOUTH AMERICA

22 Feb: 1147, 6050KHz - HCJB, The Voice of The Andes - Quito, Ecuador. SINPO: 33333
Church sermon. ID @ 0000hrs. Sangean ATS 803A