keskiviikko 24. joulukuuta 2008

December loggins for 2008

Merry Christmas to all radio enthustiatics let's check what have been going on airwaves this month

918 Radio Rossii, Arkhangelsk -tx. ''Radio Rossii Novosti Sport'' 28/12 1007
1215 Absolute Radio, UK. ''Merry Xmas, Absolute Radio'' 25/12 0640
1413 BBC Radio Gloucestershire ''BBC Radio Gloucestershire' 25/12 0628
1440 Radio Zvezda, SPB -tx. ''Vy slushete Radio Zvezda 95.6 FM Moskva'' 6/12 1022
1458 Sunrise Radio, London -tx. ''The greatest radio station in the world'' 8/12 0657
1500 WFED, Washington, DC-tx. ''WFED Washington, WWFD Frederick, Washington DC, home of...'' 24/12 0653
1521 SER, Castellò -tx. ''Cadena Dial'' 9/12 0535
1521 Radio Mayak, Kazan -tx. ''Radio Mayak'' 9/12 0536
1575 Voice of Russia, Burg -tx. ''Russian-by-radio'' 8/12 0654
1602 Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Liedenpohja -tx. ''SWR'' 25/12 0730
1620 WDHP, Christiansted -tx. ''You're listening to WDHP 16-20 AM from United States Virgin Islands'' 10/12 0640
1677 Turku Radio. ''Turku Radio'' USB Mode. 27/12 2245
4645 Tallinn Airport, Tallinn -tx. USB mode. ''This is Tallinn Airport Information'' 6/12 1020
5800 Radio Playback International. ''This is Playback Nonstop'' 27/12 2230
5820 Orion Radio, Elburg together with Radio Tina from Germany. ''Orion Radio'' 28/12 0838-1023
6005 Radio 700, Krekel -tx(?). ''Radio Siebenhundert'' 25/12 -1100 Closing down
6209 Radio Mistletoe. ''Radio Mistletoe'' 26/12 0937
6210 Radio Mistletoe. ''Radio Mistletoe'' 25/12 0810
6219 Mystery Radio. ''it's Midnight on Mystery Radio'' Hosted show!!!! 27/12 2255
6220 Mystery Radio. ''Mystery Radio'' 25/12 0901
6255 Britain Radio International. ''on 6255, xmas on Britain Radio International'' 25/12 0822
6260 Radio Paardenkracht. ''Radio Paardenkracht'' 26/12 0940
6265 Antonio Radio, Elburg -tx. ''antonioradio(a)hotmail.com'' 25/12 0901
6305 Radio Optimod. ''You are tuned to Radio Optimod Optimod'' 26/12 1002
6325 Radio Quintus, Arnhem. ''radioquintus(a)hotmail.com'' 28/12 1024
6553 Radio Galaxy, Poland. ''Enjoy the music with Radio Galaxy'' 28/12 0935
9290 Unidentified station, Ulbroka -tx. ''Latvia 9290'' 6/12 0930
11735 Radio Trans Mundial, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. ''Isso è Radio Trans Mundial..'' 6/12 0953
11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania. ''na Radio Brasil Central'' 6/12 0900
93400 ERR4, Koeru -tx. ''Radio Chetyrje'' 15/12 0655
94500 ERR4, Tallinn -tx. //93.4 15/12 0655
95000 Iskelmä, Nokia -tx. ''Iskelmä'' 15/12 1830
95800 SR P3, Vännäs -tx. ''i din gata på P3'' 14/12 0202
95800 YLEX, Kerimäki -tx. ''yleäks'' 15/12 1836
96400 Radio 957, Orivesi -tx. ''Radio Ysiviisseiska'' 15/12 1833
96700 Iskelmä Oikea Asema, Kuopio -tx. ''Iskelmä Oikea Asema'' 15/12 1535
98700 SR P3, Lycksele -tx. //95.8 14/12
102900 ERR2, Kohtla-Nõmme -tx. ''Raadio Kaks'' 14/12 2015
103100 Voice, Iisalmi -tx. 15/12 1825
105400 Make@Radio, Ylivieska -tx. ''Make@Radio, tune it on'' 14/12 2015

sunnuntai 7. joulukuuta 2008

My equipment


This photo is taken of my reception equipment, in the picture you can see Icom-IC R71E for SW, MW and LW, Technics ST Z45 mostly for FM, but it has also working MW-band. The most under receiver is Yamaha, but it's not working properly at the moment. Behind the clock there is Sangean ATS-909 world band receiver, which was the happy boy's first toy. On the left side 2 cassette recorders which I have noticed to be reliable way of recording voice, I don't trust minidisc or another digital technology that much... On the background nails are QSLed stations only.

sunnuntai 2. marraskuuta 2008

November Log

153 kHz Radio Yunost, Taldom -tx. ''Radio Yunost'' 8/11 1159
162 kHz France Inter, Allouis -tx. ''France Inter'' 8/11 1201
234 kHz RTL, Junglister -tx. ''sur RTL'' 22/11 0926
296 kHz JYV, Tikkakoski/Hiekkapohja -tx. 8/11 1215
306 kHz L, Tikkakoski/Kaasumäki -tx. 8/11 1214
319 kHz G, Halli/Laajakallio -tx. 8/11 1216
329 kHz IB, Tallinn -tx. 8/11 2131
344 kHz HEK, Porvoo/Heka -tx. 8/11 2210
346 kHz MI, Mikkeli/Korpikoski -tx. 8/11 1217
351 kHz SAV, Savonlinna/Sydänmaa -tx 9/11 0836
365 kHz VS, Pirkkala/Vesilahti -tx. 8/11 2156
368 kHz SK, Sodankylä/Sattanen -tx. 8/11 2142
370 kHz JR, Varkaus/Järvikylä -tx. 8/11 1223
381 kHz ESP, Espoo/Hämevaara -tx. 8/11 2130
385 kHz KV, Halli/Talasniemi -tx. 8/11 1226
387 kHz JL, Kuopio/Tynnörinen -tx. 9/11 0837
396 kHz HYV, Hyvinkää -tx. 8/11 2150
404 kHz JAN, Halli/Vaihijärvi -tx. 8/11 1228
418 kHz L, Tallinn/Ülemiste -tx. 8/11 2206
630 kHz NRK More og Romsdal, Vigra -tx. ''NRK More og Romsdal'' 6/11 0705
630 kHz Voice of Russia, Königslutter -tx. ''World Service of Voice of Russia'' 6/11 0623
675 kHz NRK Nordland, Bodo -tx. ''NRK Nordland'' 7/11 0503
765 kHz Vesti FM, Petrozavodsk -tx. ''Vesti FM'' 10/11 0620
828 kHz NDR Info, Hannover-Hemmingen -tx. ''NDR Info'' 11/11 0535
828 kHz Caz! Heinenoord -tx. ''This is Caz!'' 11/11 0531
828 kHz Radiogazeta Slovo, St Petersburg -tx. ''Radiogazeta Slovo'' 11/11 0600
999 kHz COPE, Madrid -tx. ''Cope'' 4/11 0430
999 kHz DW, Grigoriopol -tx. ''Deutsche Welle, Historia Germania'' 10/11 0615
1053 kHz Radio Iasi, Iasi -tx. ''Radio Iasi" 3/11 0635
1053 kHz Radio Maria, St Petersburg -tx. ''govorit hristianskoye radio mariya'' 3/11 0658
1062 kHz DR, Kalundborg -tx. ''Du lytter till DR's mellenbolgesender på 1062 kHz'' 4/11 0441
1062 kHz Country Radio, Praha -tx. ''Country Radio'' 4/11 0557
1062 kHz RAI Marche, Ancona -tx. ''Giornale Radio delle Marche'' 4/11 0620
1188 kHz RFI, St Petersburg -tx. ''Er Ef I'' 2/11 1437
1296 kHz COPE, Valencia -tx. ''la mañana de cope'' 4/11 0448
1350 kHz Radio Orient, Nizza -tx. ''Idhaat al Shaab'' 4/11 0343
1350 kHz Kossuth Radio, Györ -tx. ''Kossuth Radio'' 4/11 0414
1384 kHz Radio Makedonia, Northern Greece -tx. "Radio Makedonia" 4/11 0334
1390 kHz Radio Fe y Alegria, Caracas -tx. "Radio Fe y Alegria'' 3/11 0608
1395 kHz AIR, Bikaner -tx. ''All India Radio" 2/11 1730
1395 kHz Armenian National Radio, Yerevan -tx. ''Hayastani Azgain Radio'' 2/11 1552
1410 kHz tentatively CFUN, Vancouver BC. ''Coast-to-coast'' -show'' 24/11 0735
1413 kHz JOIF, Fukuoka -tx. ''K-B-C Rajio'' 2/11 1428
1470 kHz CJVB, Richmond (BC) -tx. //webstream 22/11 1008
1494 kHz France Info, Clermont-Ferrand -tx. ''Le matin de France Info'' 25/11 0558
1494 kHz Radio Moldova, Cahul/Edinet -tx. ''continuamo Radio Moldova transmite'' 25/11 0645
1503 kHz Radio Center, Kurkino -tx. ''Family Radio'' 2/11 1508
1503 kHz IRIB Radio Iran, Bushehr -tx. (No ID but the Iranian Bells) 2/11 1530
1510 kHz KGA, Spokane (WA) -tx. ''Sports Radio 15-10 KGA Everything Sports'' 22/11 1256
1560 kHz WQEW, New York (NY) -tx. ''Radio Disney'' 12/11 0612
1575 kHz IBB Radio Farda, Dhabbaya -tx. ''Radio Fardoo'' 2/11 1548
1629 kHz Radio Delta, Giannitsa -tx. ''6949398344" 2/11 2200
1635 kHz Groene Radio, Ruurlo -tx. ''Groene Radio'' 8/11 2300
1640 kHz Radio Barones, Gelderland -tx. ''Baro'' 1/11 2306
1644 kHz Radio Barones, Gelderland -tx. ''Barones Radio'' 1/11 2155
1645 kHz Radio Santana, Beilen -tx. ''Santana in Beilen'' 8/11 2255
1650 kHz De Kleine Man, Unk -tx. ''Dit is de Kleine Man'' 9/11 0017
1652 kHz Radio Calypso, Noord Groningen -tx. ''Radio Calypso'' 9/11 1655
1655 kHz Radio Santana, Beilen -tx. ''AM Radio Santana'' 1/11 2242
1655 kHz Barones Radio, Gelderland -tx. ''Baro'' 8/11 2257
1656 kHz Bandung Radio, Unk -tx. ''Bandung Radio'' 2/11 2239
1656 kHz Radiostation Relmus, Unk -tx. ''Radiostation Relmus'' 8/11 2000
1662 kHz Barones Radio, Gelderland -tx. ''Barones'' 9/11 0026
4765 kHz Radio Tojikiston, Yangiyul -tx. ''Radio Tojikiston'' 4/11 0229
4915 kHz Radio Difusora de Macapa, Macapa -tx. ''Radio Difusora, Amapa'' 13/11 0620
5815 kHz Oron Radio, Elburg -tx. ''Asema jota kuuntelet tällä taajuudella on Orion Radio'' 16/11 0810
5945 kHz Bible Voice Broadcasting, Wertachtal -tx. ''www.biblevoice.org'' 22/11 0857
6219 kHz Mystery Radio, Unk -tx. ''Mystery Radio'' 9/11 0023
6220 kHz Radio Marabou, Unk -tx. ''Ein Marabou-Hit'' 1/11 2220
6518 kHz Voice of the People, Goyang/Gyeonggi-do -tx. //3912. 23/11 1325
6915 kHz WYFR Okeechobee (FL) -tx ''Family Radio'' 22/11 0827
7190 kHz RTT, Sfax -tx. ''Idhaat al-wataniya'' 10/11 0624
7465 kHz WHRA, Greenbush (ME) -tx. ''World Harvest Radio'' 5/11 0614
9560 kHz Radio Ethiopia, Geja Jawe -tx. ''Idhaat t'll Ithiopia min Addis Ababa'' //7165 23/11 1341
11815 kHz Radio Brasil Central, Goiania -tx. ''Goiania'' 22/11 0902
89700 kHz Iskelmä Mikkeli, Mikkeli -tx. ''Iskelmä Mikkeli'' 7/11
93400 kHz ER 4, Koeru -tx. //94.5 7/11
94500 kHz ER 4, Tallinn -tx. //93.4 7/11
95000 kHz Radio Pooki, Pihtipudas -tx. ''uusinta Radio Pookin päivälähetyksestä'' 5/11 1830
95400 kHz SR P2, Lycksele -tx. ''Här i P2'' 7/11
95800 kHz SR P3, Vännäs -tx. //98.7 7/11
98700 kHz SR P3, Lycksele -tx. ''gatta i P3'' 7/11 1515
100000 kHz SR P3, Skellefteå -tx. ''P3'' 7/11
102900 kHz SR P4, Älvsbyn -tx. ''sr.se'' 7/11 2105
103300 kHz SR P4 Radio Västerbotten, Lycksele -tx. ''från Norrbotten'' 7/11 1710
103900 kHz SR P4 Radio Västerbotten, Skellefteå -tx. ''nyheter från Västerbotten'' 7/11 1637
105400 kHz Vikerraadio, Kohtla-Nõmme -tx. ''Rahvusringhääling uudised'' 7/11 2200
105500 kHz NRJ, Varkaus -tx. ''Energy'' 7/11

perjantai 10. lokakuuta 2008

MW-loggings from October

666 kHz LR, Sitkunai -tx. ''Lietuvos Radijas'' 04/10/08 0745
819 kHz ERTU, Batra -tx. "Huna al-Qahira" 10/10/08 2200
819 kHz RAI, Trieste -tx. ''RAI'' 10/10/08 2220
864 kHz France Bleu Île de France, Paris -tx. "France Bleu Île de France'' 17/10/08 0455
927 kHz VRT Radio 1, Wolvertem -tx. "De Ochtend in Radio Een'' 31/10/08 0610
945 kHz France Info, Toulouse -tx. ''France Info'' 22/10/08 0544
945 kHz R. Romania 1, M.C. -tx. ''Antena Unu, Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania" 22/10/08 0600
999 kHz RAI, multi -tx. ''Radiouno'', ''Erreuno''. 22/10/08 0531
1053 kHz Radio Mariya, St.Petersburg -tx. "Radio Mariya" 05/10/08 1905
1089 kHz Radio Teos, Krasnyy Bor -tx. "Radio Teos" 07/10/08 2025
1224 kHz Radio Bulgaria, Vidin -tx. ''Radio Bulgaria'' 22/10/08 0540
1278 kHz France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg -tx. "France Bleu Alsace" 10/10/08 0450
1287 kHz Radio Yunost, Yazykovo -tx. ''U-FM'' 10/10/08 2300
1287 kHz Galei Zahal, Ramla -tx. ''Galei Zahal'' 10/10/08 2237
1413 kHz RNE Girona, Girona -tx. ''Radio Nacional de España, Catalunia'' 22/10/08 0525
1413 kHz BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ''BBC Radio Gloucestershire'' 22/10/08 0529
1467 kHz IRIB Radio Qom, Qom -tx. ''Radio Qom" 29/10/08 1458
1467 kHz TWR Bishkek -tx. (No ID, interval signal heard) 29/10/08 1515
1485 kHz Radio Merkurs, unid -tx. "1485 kHz frekventsija Radio Merkurs'' 19/10/08 1344
1503 kHz Radio Nacional de España, multi -tx. ''Radio Nacional de España'' 31/10/08 0605
1521 kHz Radio Mayak, Kazan -tx. ''na Radio Mayak'' 29/10/08 1404
1521 kHz CRI, Hutubi -tx. ''Mezhdunarodnoye Radio Kitaya'' 29/10/08 1440
1566 kHz TWR, Parakou -tx. "Trans World Radio" 21/10/08 0437
1566 kHz BBC Somerset, Taunton -tx. ''BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset'' 21/10/08 0456
1602 kHz SWR, Liedenpohja -tx. ''Scandinavian Weekend Radio'' 4/10/08 0735
6055 kHz Radio Slovakia Int, Rimavská Sobota -tx. ''Slowakei International'' 19/10/08 0803
6060 kHz Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta -tx. ''here in Habana'' 20/10/08 0605
9930 kHz KWHR, Naalehu (HI) -tx. "World Harvest Radio'' 19/10/08 0822


keskiviikko 17. syyskuuta 2008

FM conditions September 17th 2008

Tropokelit olivat tänään selkeästi heikentyneet idän suhteen, aamulla tuli kotosalla ilmeisesti:

08:49 SKA 103.0 tentative YLE Radio Åboland, Eurajoki, siirtyi tietysti 08.50 samaan ohjelmaan kuin muut Vegan taajuudet eikä palannut omaan tasan uutisten jälkeenkään.. Minuutin aikana markkinoi Turun Svenska Teatteria, sanovat isot poijjaat että tässä olisi Åbolandin alueohjelmia tullut ainakin joskus, mutta itse en ole niitä kuullut aiemmin. Aina on osunut korviin vain Helsingin ohjelmaa..

Muita kotona kuuluneita olivat ilmeisesti mm. ER4 94.5 Tallinn kun puhuttiin itäkieltä taajuudella. Susirajasta ja Kaakkois-Suomesta ei havaintoja..

Autoradiolla sitten tuli RDS-voimakkuudella 97.6 Kruunupyy [YLEKPOHJ].

Jokohan sitä kohta pääsisi Pohjanlahden yli..

tiistai 16. syyskuuta 2008

FM conditions September 16th 2008

Aamulla kotona:
07:30 100.6 Hollola koodasi [YLEBORGA] ja spiikkejä Radio Östnylandista

Autoradiolla:

08:30 94.8 [YLESATAK] + audio ID 'Satakunnan Radio', Eurajoki
10:30 95.2 Radio Extrem, Lapua audio ID
10.30 98.6 Radio Extrem -ID + [YLE_X3M_] Kristiinankaupunki
10.35 94.3 [__YLEX__], Vuokatti
10.35 96.9 [YLEKYMEN] + audio-id, Anjalankoski
10.45 97.6 [YLEKPOHJ], Kruunupyy
10.55 95.8 [__YLEX__], Kerimäki +audio-id
10.55 93.1 [YLEEPOHJ], Lapua
11.03 98.4 [YLE_OULU] + audio-id, Haapavesi
11.24 96.5 [YLE_SAVO] + id, Iisalmi
11.33 99.1 [YLEESAVO] + id, Kerimäki
11.42-12.25 89.5 Iskelmä Oikea Asema 89.5 MHz, Iisalmi. Taajuuskohtaisia idejä, paikallisesti juonnettua ohjelmaa ilmeisesti kaikkien Oikeiden Asemien kesken ja paikallisia mainoksia, uutiset saattoivat sentäs olla ketjua. Viikon autoradiosieppaus!

FM conditions September 15th 2008

Aamulla ennen töihinlähtöä kuulostelin ja raportoin Pohjois-Karjalaa ja tuskastuin nonstoppia metallia, teknoa ja iskelmää lähettäneen 105.4:n kanssa.. Tästä on irronnut nyt tällainen UNID, Groove FM ja Voice idailivat myös ja joskus aiemmin tässä on tullut Eestin Vikerraadio.. No kyllä Mix Megapol Skellefteå vielä joskus nousee..

Töissä työkaverin kanssa ihmeteltiin mitä Clarion-autoradiolla kuulimme, etenkin 98.9 oli mielenkiintoinen taajuus, asema vaihtui siinä noin 200m välein ja vuorotellen feidailivat Espoon 60kW ja Vuokatin 60kW kummankin kuuluessa RDS-voimakkuuksilla, melkoista puuroa.. Ajan siis töissä autoa sen muutaman tunnin aamupäivästä ennen lounastuntia klo 13.00 ja tietystihän radiota sohlaan aina kun voin näin tropojen aikaan..

Lokia, ajat Suomen aikaa

Kotona
7.30 99.6 YLE Pohjois-Karjalan Radio, Lieksa
7.55 105.4 Voice Lapua
8.00 94.5 ER 4 Tallinn, ei IDIä mutta tokko tässä muita venäjääpuhuvia??
8.06 98.9 YLE Extrem, Esbo kuulutti lennossa
8.21 105.4 Groove FM, Joensuu
8.25 105.4 Sotaharjoitusradio, Kiiminki. Soitteli nonstoppina metallia, teknoa ja tanssimusiikkia, ei spiikkejä ja vain 1 id tallentui nauhalle, harjoitusradion nimikään ei selvinnyt, levyjen välissä pitkät tauot, tuli heikosti jo 14.9. illalla.. QTH-selvityksestä kiitokset TET:lle! 2kW.

Töissä
9.20 99.6 YLE Pohjois-Karjalan Radio, Lieksa [YLEPKARJ]
10.30 98.9 YLE Extrem, Espoo [YLE_X3M_]
11.00 98.9 YLE Kainuun Radio, Vuokatti [YLEKAINU]
11.10 93.0 UNID Groove FM:n tapaista musiikkia? Oisko peräti Rock Mikkeli sitten..
11.40 103.0 YLE Radio Vega, Eurajoki [YLE_VEGA]
11.45 102.7 Voice, Anjalankoski [_VOICE__]
11.50 96.6 YLE Pohjanmaan Radio, Ähtäri [YLEEPOHJ]
11.50 93.1 YLE Pohjanmaan Radio, Lapua [YLEEPOHJ]
12.00 101.8 YLE Radio Peili, Mikkeli [YLEPEILI]
12.10 103.8 Radio Nova, Joutseno audio-ID
12.15 104.4 Radio Nova, Lahti [__NOVA__]
12.17 106.3 Radio Nova, Mikkeli [__NOVA__]

kotona jälleen:
16.40 94.3 YLE Turun Radio, Turku
17.07 105.4 Groove FM, Joensuu

tiistai 22. heinäkuuta 2008

short wave loggings

Sangean ATS-909 with it's whip antenna

Identified stations
Spain 15585 kHz July 22, 2008 1130 UTC Radio Exterior de Espana, Noblejas program in Spanish
Oman 11760 kHz July 22, 2008 1200 UTC BBC, A'Seela in English news.



Unidentified stations
India 9870 kHz July 22, 2008 1145 UTC All India Radio(?) program in Hindese S/Off 12:00 UTC

sunnuntai 29. kesäkuuta 2008

FM conditions June 29th 2008

Tropospheric conditions

tentative Radio Sun, Teisko 106.1 0750 UTC

Es

Radio Adygeya Plus, Maykop 1650 UTC 67.88
Radio Rossii, Maykop-tx 1657 UTC 69.08

more stations coming later if there was ID's on recording - really later because i'm not here during July. See you all in August!

FM conditions June 28th 2008

Few stations on OIRT

67.58 Antena C, Straseni-tx 1750 UTC
69.53 tentative Radio Svodobna from Moldova 1820 UTC

Tropospheric

103.8 Iskelmä Tampere 1923 UTC


aswell other Finnish station all over the band

tiistai 3. kesäkuuta 2008

FM conditions June 3rd 2008

I missed the conditions towards Balkan this morning. By the way I had chance to heard two new stations from UK tonight and I reported aswell YLE Radio Keski-Suomi and went directly to the station with the reception report where the DJ confirmed and signed it.

89.0 1745-1747 Manx Radio, Isle of Man
94.7 1755-1757 BBC Radio Scotland
97.0 0814-0831 YLE Radio Keski-Suomi, Pihtipudas

FM conditions June 2nd 2008

08H10 UTC 69.00 2 stations talk px and another exotic music
08H17 UTC 71.95 tentative Radio Mayak sounds like ''na Mayak'' whatever-QTH
08H19 UTC 73.30 tentative Yana Gasur Radio no ID find yet
08H29 UTC 67.85 UNID weak
08H45 UTC 69.00 UNID
08H53 UTC 68.00 R.Mayak "telefon slushba reklama Radio Mayak" etc
08H55 UTC 73.10 UNID disco weak
08H58 UTC 72.80 Yunost with jingles "U FM" and ''Hit Radio".. finally clear "Radio Stantsia
Junost".. what a pity
09H03 UTC 72.30 UNID with news from Sichuan, China
09H04 UTC 71.80 Retro FM, Ulyanovsk with local commercial spot listed on 71.78
MHz

09H08 UTC 72.80 Radio Mayak giving sms number 7702 with QRM from Yunost. Nice porridge and both were boring stations.
09H27 UTC 72.45 Vashe Radio, Ibresi, Chuvashiya.
09H32 UTC 71.20 Radio Rossii "muzyka na Radio Rossii"
09H32 UTC 70.90 //70.40 and 70.20 program about muzikalnaja miri (musiikkihelmistä?)
09H36 UTC 72.60 Radio Mayak advertising AMF.ru
09H36 UTC 71.80 Retro FM now without local announcing
09H40 UTC 67.65 NRJ, Ulyanovsk-tx.
09H53 UTC 102.9 Avtoradio. Probably Tambov-tx. Aftaexpress program might come from this station, later Smokie's song "What can i do" which I heard also on 101.9
09H58 UTC 102.9 Russkoye Radio Nizhni Novgorod with many clear local announcements.
09H55 UTC 71.45 UNID
10H13 UTC 101.9 Avtoradio probably from Nizhni Novgorod. I heard Smokie's song and after that only "Avtoradio" ID.
10H18 UTC 101.9 Avtoradio Nizhni Novgorod with local commercials.
10H18 UTC 103.8 Avtoradio Syzran. Commercials for Samara region
10H21 UTC 103.1 UNID
10H23 UTC 106.4 UNID
10H30 UTC 71.50 Radio Mayak//70.80
10H45 UTC 69.50 Radio Mayak UNID-QTH
11H07 UTC 71.40

torstai 29. toukokuuta 2008

FM conditions May 28th 2008

94.8 0740 UTC YLE Satakunnan Radio, Eurajoki (tropospheric scatter) feidaili lujaa ja tuli heikosti, 238 km etäisyyttä, joten ei ihan huikeimpia mittoja mutta jälleen uusi YLE:n alueradio kuultuna! 20:stä YLE:n suomenkielisestä alueradiosta nyt 11 on kuultuna :D

sunnuntai 25. toukokuuta 2008

FM conditions May 25th 2008

10:21 UTC 88.8 MHz UNID Station with rock music for a while
11:18 UTC 88.8 MHz France Culture with long discussion, audible over 40 minutes -12:00
11:22 UTC 89.0 MHz UNID Station in French

lauantai 24. toukokuuta 2008

FM-conditions May 24th 2008

I missed the afternoon conditions when I was at my girlfriend's home doing duties. By the way I came home a bit earlier and heard several station in OIRT band during the night. I made a mistake with my recorder and I lost all the recordings. But these were the first notable conditions during this summer!

18:35 UTC 69.7 MHz tentative Radio Brest, Belarus, I heard same kind of programme as my collegue Marko Weck at the same time but I missed the ID and it's not 100% sure.
18:42 UTC 68.6 MHz probably Radio Ukraine mentioned ''Ukraine''
18:42 UTC 67.4 MHz Belaruskaye Radio with musical program including several clear ID's
18:54 UTC 69,1 MHz UNID station with religious programme
18:56 UTC UNID FQ Program of ukrainian diaspora
18:58 UTC 69.5 MHz Radio Svobodna from Ungheni Moldova with commercial spot and the news
19:00 UTC 67.6 MHz UNID Station all night long with Eurovision Song Contest
19:21 UTC 88.0 MHz UNID Station with classical music
19:22 UTC 88.9 MHZ UNID Station with pop music
19:39 UTC 67.9 MHZ UNID Station with musical program but no ID. Played Natalie Imbruglia's ''Thorn''

That's all from me, I missed all what I could but I'm happy to hear that my friends and collegues had more luck. Italian stations were heard all over Finland, aswell several French stations and also Spain!

perjantai 23. toukokuuta 2008

FM conditions May 23rd 2008

93.1 MHz 0821UTC- YLE Pohjanmaan Radio, Lapua tropo (tuli kvadiantennin sivukeilasta todennäköisesti)

Uudet QSL't --------------- new QSL's
Bulgarian National Radio 828 with card in 1,5 year! Tämä asema siis harrastaa edelleen samaa itäblokin toimintaa kuten kuulemma on eräitten kuuntelijoiden mukaan ollut tapana itäisissä maissa. Raportti oli keskiaalloilta mutta kortissa seisoo 5900 kHz. Nooh pikkuvikoja ja jos tämä kerran on kulttuurinen tapa niin lykkään sen kansioon vaan, tästä siis Bulgarian HS-piste. Kortin lisäksi tuli pitkää vastausaikaa anteeksipyytelevä kirje ja kaksi postikorttia.

Radio 957, Tampere by e-mail. V/s on aikoinaan työskennellyt Eesti Raadiossakin ja postitellut sieltä kuusillejä ihmisille. Tämä oli lähitropojen tulosta, sillä Ruoveden lähettimelle ei ole kovin pitkää matkaa, ehkä noin 100km..

Radio 105, Italia
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rivi huutomerkkejä lähetetyn noin viidensadan raportin kunniaksi, joista yhteen yritykseen tuli lopulta jopa monitulkintainen vastaus. Ensinnäkin v/s totesi ettei ole kovin helppoa vahvistaa kolmen vuoden takaisia ohjelmakohtia, johon vastasin että olen kyllä silloinkin kirjoittanut asemalle mutta oletettavasti ''Italian postilaitos'' on ''hukannut'' kirjeen koska vastausta ei ole saapunut ja lisäsin perään että odottelen vielä josko hän pystyisi mahdollisesti vahvistamaan raportin. Tähän hän ystävällisesti vastasi että ok, homma klaart ja lupasin lähettää vielä gadgetin asemasta. En tosin tiedä vielä mitä sieltä sitten on tulossa:D. Mutta näin tänään.

torstai 22. toukokuuta 2008

FM-conditions May 22nd 2008

88.9 MHz UNID station in French, the first ES-skip for this summer
103.3 MHz Radio 957, local spots, otherwise same show than Radio Jyväskylä on 102.5 MHz
103.8 MHz Iskelmä Tampere, local spots, tropospheric
106.1 MHz Radio Dei, Kuopio unfortunately without local programmes, tropo

these stations were hears May 19th during tropospheric conditions:
95.8 SR P3 Vännäs and
103.9 SR P4 Skellefteå

lauantai 10. toukokuuta 2008

Springtime DX'ing

At first QSL's from March and April

-Radio Playback International, Italian international pirate station broadcasting on 6882 verified by e-mail QSL
-Radio Tornado, Dutch pirate this time on 6299 verified by e-mail
-YLE Radio Peili verified finally by a traditional QSL card, Helsinki AM station 558 is silent nowadays
-Radio Doctor Tim 6295 verified my ancient report by a colourful e-mail qsl because of a good explanation why I was so late.
-Galei Zahal 6973 kHz a.k.a Israel Army Forces Radio Station with a traditional QSL-card
-Radio St Helena 11092.5 kHz,, USB mode verified my report form with a little QSL-card, posted directly from St Helena island and stamped there. I enclosed and paid 5 euros for this QSL. My country number 118 verified now
-RTV Djibouti 4780 with a copy fulled with data is one of the surprising QSL's, the reply lasted over one and half year. But better late than never! Reported summer 2006
-Voice of Zimbabwe has started to reply reports finally. A brief simple e-mail verification, reported 2006 from the harmonic frequency 6612 kHz. My country number 119 verified!


The DX'ing has been totally sporadic during the springtime. I have DXed only twice, both times to report a new station. At first Radio Svizzera from 558 kHz which will end it's operation June 30th 2008 and another is my first coast radio station from Denmark, Lyngby Radio 1704 kHz. Mode USB. Both are reported aswell.

This is what's going on here.. My equipment is at the moment very unprofessional but it cannot stop me. Never!

sunnuntai 2. maaliskuuta 2008

DX-week 9

In the beginning of this week I received two QSL's:

-Radio Merlin International 6280 kHz envelope including a QSL-card, a DVD and a CD to an e-mail reception report! CD was concerning of the historical pieces of the pirate programmes on FM and SW under the names Radio Merlin International and Radio Galaxy. Galaxy was the original name of the RMI, but they changed it when realized that there was another Galaxy on air from Germany. By the way Galaxy-broadcasts were continued on FM with the old name. Both stations are operating from the England. Radio Merlin International is contactable by radiomerlin(@)blueyonder.co.uk

-Avtoradio 96.0 MHz with full data e-mail in Russian for a Russian language report by e-mail. This station was heard here in my QTH during the ES-conditions June 2006. Transmitter site is a famous city of Togliatti, well-known because of the car factory. I heard probably the local commercial spot but I have lost the recording, so only programme details were the network news and several song names.

Because of the QSL from Avtoradio I was enthustiatic of reporting another Russian stations aswell. I sent reception reports to Radio Shanson 88.8 MHz, Radio Don-TR 70.28 MHz, Radio Studio 103.1 MHz and Russkoye Radio Udmurtii 71.72 MHz. Thanks to friends for the kind help of solving these stations!

During weekend I listened short waves with Sangean 909 and it's telescopic antenna. I also realized that the FM-Quad makes the signal quality better on SW! It caused less electronical noise. I received Radio Exterior de España from Spain on 15585 kHz and Orion Radio from the Netherlands on 5815 kHz. Orion Radio replied very fast that it was really their programme which I heard tentatively. Orion Radio has a good looking website here.

Orion has been always very interested in DX-reports and replying fast. It used to be on air around 6300-6400 two years ago. Nowadays our friend John seems to be on air around 5700-5800. Normally during Sunday mornings.

Later sunday afternoon I received Radio Playback from Italy on 6882 and Radio Tornado from the Netherlands on 6299.

keskiviikko 13. helmikuuta 2008

QSLed COPE Valencia 1296 OM

This time I have received a friendly e-mail from Valencia located in the East Coast of Spain. Some years ago I have heard the programme "La manana de COPE" with local breaks on the medium wave frequency 1296 kHz. Unfortunately they did not verify my report. When I started to use gmail, I tried to send a follow-up reception report to the several addresses.

Sometimes it seems to be useful to follow-up because... This Monday I received a reply by e-mail where the verie signer Mrs. Marga Soto told me they have greeted me on air. Aswell she told that the details are correct except one of them, I have spelled the name of the announcer wrongly. During the local break the frequencies 1296 kHz and 93.4 FM were announced. Aswell the famous supermarket company ''El Corte Ingles'' was advertised.

COPE Valencia has it's own website at www.copevalencia.es. At these days local Spanish stations on medium wave are pretty rare to catch. To be honest this QSL was my first private QSL from Spain. Hopefully not the last one. The reports might be able to mail to the following address: magazine.valencia(@)cadenacope.net.

keskiviikko 30. tammikuuta 2008

YLE's and NRK's regional stations

In the beginning of this year I have been especially interested in the stations located next to me. It has been a great pleasure to listen FM and MW bands with the Sangean. At first i want to inform that two Norskrikskringkasting's transmitter are catchable on MW. 630 kHz located in Vigra (100 kW) and 675 kHz located in Rost (20 kW). even though the DX-news were tolding that Vigra will close down permanently in the end of last year. The best of all is that NRK has local programs at least in the hours during the local morning time.

About the YLE, I have received 5 regional stations broadcasting on FM based in Oulu, Kokkola, Kuopio, Kajaani and Tampere. All of them has QSLed already with a full data QSL letters by e-mail. The biggest surprise was the telephone interview made by Kainuun Radio about the radio hobby and listening the distant broadcasts. It's always a pleasure to make the hobby better-known.

In fact Kainuun Radio, located in the northern part of Finland is one of the most difficult catches here, next morning I received an another YLE station Radio Extrem located in Esbo, South Finland on the same frequency so it's all about the conditions. I have reported also stations based in Mikkeli and Lahti in the year 2002 and they verified by the letter.

QSLed WLAM 1470 AM


WLAM is a part of Nassau Broadcasting in Maine, the United States of America. WLAM broadcasts nationwide ESPN program for Lewiston Auburn (L-A) with local station identifications. The transmitter is located in 'L-A' but the headquarters are based in Portland. I was able to catch their signal several times during the season 2005-2006 with my 350 meters long wire pointing towards the USA. The signal was usually weak but I heard many clear station identification, unfortunately without call letters. Same time I received usually WEGP 1390 AM from Maine, too. Maine is located in the East Coast of the United States and it's the easiest state to hear in the Europe for sure.

The sister stations are the Wolf 99.9 MHz, the Frank 107.5 MHz and Bone Radio. My reception report was verified by Mr. Steve Mondor and Mr. Chuck Homler by e-mail. The sister stations are visitable in www.999thewolf.com, www.1075frank.com and www.boneradio.com. Instead the WLAM's own website is without the details. There are only mentioned the partnership with Nassau Broadcasting.

lauantai 19. tammikuuta 2008

QSLed - Radio Rio Mar, Manaus. Brazil


This is a good example how a radio station should be reacted to the listeners' reception reports. Radio Rio Mar is one of the first brazilian radio stations received in my QTH. I heard it 2002 but reported 2006 when I finally started to use e-mail reports.

After six months I received an e-mail from Mrs Izabel Matos with a verification text in Portuguese and enclosed with several photos from Radio Rio Mar studios and equipment.

In the beginning of January 2008 I got a new friend from Brazil in my msn. It seemed to be a new secretary of Radio Rio Mar. She was reading the old mails and found my reception report aswell. So she decided to add me. Later they have done some special programmes for me which I was able to listen via webstream. In the end of 2007 Radio Rio Mar opened its' new website www.riomaronline.com.br where is possible to listen to the webstream.

It's a part of Rio Mar Foundation which is a Catholic organisation working in Amazonas region. Radio Rio Mar broadcasts on 9695 kHz in the 31 mb, 6160 kHz in the 49 mb and 1290 AM in the medium wave band.