Gianni Serra – Roma-Italy (UTC +1)
Equipment: JRC NRD 525 — Sony ICF 2001D (when stated); Alpha Delta DX-SWL Sloper-S antenna; RG 8 mini coaxial cable; JPS NIR 12 Noise & Interference Reducer-Dual DSP audio filter; JRC NVA 319 external speaker unit; Yaesu YH-77 STA stereo headphones
Loggings:
3900.16 PIRATE (Europe) Unidentified Radio 01.21.2023 2045-2101 playing folk music,one pop song and then folk songs; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid qsb,very strong qrn,almost fair/poor at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
3910.01 CLANDESTINE Voice of the People,in Korean 01.12.2023 1835-1849 man/woman unclear chatting w/ far east accent,from about 1847 other man talk; better in usb/lsb sync (sometimes with Nir 12),non stop rapid qsb,strong qrn,very poor/poor (Serra,Roma,Italy)
3955 GERMANY Radio Channel 292,Rohrbach Waal,in English 01.10.2023 1809-1825 playing various kind of songs (hard rock,rockabilly,rock etc songs),man ID (Radio Channel Two Nine Two) and hinting some no clear words after first track heard; non stop rapid qsb, moderate qrn rustle w/ some moderate crackles at times (stronger when fading),almost good w/ strong audio (Serra,Roma,Italy)
4010 KYRGYZSTAN Birinchi Radio (t),Bishkek 01.21.2023 1609-1615 some slow music barely audible w/ audio up and down the qrn threshold,from 1613 carrier on only; better in usb/lsb sync,continuous rapid qsb,strong qrn,very weak audio w/ moderate signal (Serra,Roma,Italy)
4885 CLANDESTINE Echo of Hope VOH,in Korean 01.03.2023 1925-1938 some men and women chatting; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid no deep qsb,qrm strong stream noise,almost fair (Serra,Roma,Italy)
4885.03 BRAZIL Rádio Clube do Pará,Belém PA,in Portuguese 01.20.2023 0324-0332 man/woman talk in turns,w/ some music breaks and brief announcements,at 0330 music pause,continuing w/ talk program; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid and no deep qsb,strong qrn rustle w/ moderate crackles,poor/almost fair (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5774.99 PIRATE Harmony,in English 12.24.2022 0352-0403 music and old pop romantic songs,man dj ID at 0355 (This is Harmony) and at 0359 (A world of beautiful music,this is Harmony),three time pips at 0400, and continuing w/ jazz music; lite qrn,qrm lite/moderate het,good in am w/ steady signal (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5800.01 PIRATE (Europe) Unidentified Radio (Radio Zender Akenzo ?) 12.28.2022 1858-1907 playing techno beat music; better in usb/lsb sync,very strong qrn rustle,very weak/poor at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5819.93 CLANDESTINE Nippon no Kaze (p) via Uzbekistan,in listed Korean 01.08.2023 1729-1742 slow music,woman unclear talk above music,sudden s/off at 1730, again on air at 1732 w/ same woman talk w/ Far East accent,music break at 1739,man talk; better in usb sync,non stop rapid qsb,strong qrn rustle,qrm moderate unid ute,poor/very poor at times/from about 1739 fair (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5879.96 PIRATE (Europe) Radio Rock Revolution (p) 12.28.2022 1910-1922 playing some rock songs; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop almost rapid qsb,strong qrn rustle,almost fair/fair/poor or very poor at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5879.97 PIRATE (Europe) Radio Rock Revolution (p) 01.01.2023 1728-1741 ongoing rock songs; better in usb sync w/ shallow slow qsb,strong qrn,poor/almost fair/fair at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
5920.02 GERMANY HCJB Deutsch (Hoy Cristo Jesús Bendice),Weenermoor,in German 01.17.2023 0529-0537 man w/ sermon till 0529:46″,slow chant,man talk,slow choral chant,same man brief announcement,another slow choral chant; better in usb/lsb sync,shallow rapid qsb,strong qrn rustle, poor (very poor in am) / from 0533 increased audio w/ almost steady signal; fair/almost fair at times w/ some slow and no deep qsb (Serra,Roma,Italy)
6180 BRAZIL Rádio Nacional da Amazônia,Brasilia DF / or Manaus AM,as reported on some websites,in Portuguese 01.21.2023 2139-2203 music program playing local pop romantic songs, w/ man enhanced announcement at times,woman/ man announcements talk ment ID (Rádio Nacional), other man w/ brief announcement,continuing w/ music program,at about 2155 man ID (Rádio Nacional),other man announcement,and playing local songs,from 2200 man/woman announcements ment ID,and talk by man; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid no deep qsb,moderare qrn rustle,fair/almost good; in // 11780 poor in ssb sync; in // < radios.ebc.com.br/aovivo?emissora=radio-nacional-da-amazonia > w/ few seconds of delay (Serra,Roma,Italy)
6250 CLANDESTINE Echo of Hope VOH,in Korean 01.06.2023 1744-1818 playing slow and lively pop,rock,dance pop songs (Katy Perry’s Firework etc),man brief or longer talk after each track,from about 1808 music bridge into same man talk till 1812, very brief music break, man brief announcement into woman talk and then man w/ longer talk; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid and no deep qrn,strong qrn rustle,fair/almost fair at times/poor;in // 4885 kHz, fair/almost fair or poor at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
6284 PIRATE (Europe) Radio Joey (t) 01.15.2023 1620-1632 only playing disco,techno,folk etc songs; better in usb sync, non stop rapid qsb,strong qrn rustle,almost fair (Serra,Roma,Italy)
6931 PIRATE (Europe) Indy Radio (p) (fqy variable) 01.02.2023 1814-1829 man/woman unclear talk,playing rock songs,w/ man dj brief and longer unclear talk at times,from some seconds to 1824 fluttering jamming for about 20 seconds; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid no deep qsb,strong qrn,poor/very poor no audio at times (Serra,Roma,Italy)
9664.97 BRAZIL Rádio Voz Missionária,Camboriú SC,in Portuguese 01.22.2023 0619-0641 playing two local songs,women chorus jingle IDs twice at about 0624 and woman brief announcement, man brief announcement w/ IDs,other man w/ long announcement ment ID above slow music,w/ man on the road talk w/ very excited hoarse voice,man talk above slow music, women chorus jingle IDs at 0630,man frequency quote and ID,music break,other man w/ local time check and brief announcement and playing slow songs; better in usb/lsb sync,non stop rapid and no deep qsb,moderate qrn rustle and crackles at times,almost good in ssb sync w/ strong audio (Serra,Roma,Italy)
13864.89 NETHERLANDS Radio Piepzender,Zwolle,in English 01.15.2023 1550-1607 playing various kind of songs (hard rock,folk,mellow songs etc), at 1604 woman ID and hinting some words (Radio Piepzender from Netherlands….); moderate rapid qsb,lite/moderate qrn rustle,almost good in am w/ strong audio (Serra,Roma,Italy)
