Gianni Serra – DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio (prov. of Roma), Italy (UTC +1) Equipment: Sony ICF 2001D; Sigma LW-20 long wire antenna (20.28 mt in sloping shape); Belden H-155 coaxial cable; Sony MDR 101 stereo headphones; Laptop Lenovo Windows 11
Loggings:
4500 CHINA P.R. PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, in Mongolian (p) 11.11.2025 1648-1659 ( 4500.113 kHz per UTwente, barely audible at times w/ 4.20 kHz filter), man unclear talk, brief slow song, man unclear talk, w/ presumed woman talk briefly, w/ brief slow music breaks, woman chatting briefly with a man, then man talk w/ slow music pauses, far east slow chant; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop qsb, loud qrn rustle, poor/ barely audible/ no audio from 1659 (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4850 CHINA P.R. PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, in Kazakh (p) 11.19.2025 0055-0107 ( 4850.000 kHz per UTwente, good), talk by woman and man in turns (reading news ?); heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, non stop rapid and deep qsb, loud rustle and loud crackles at times qrn, fair/ almost good w/ loud audio (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4875 PIRATE (Europe) Mystery 21, in English 11.19.2025 0122-0140 ( 4875.010 kHz per UTwente, no audio/ barely audible at times w/ 4.62 kHz filter), playing slow lounge music, a hard rock, a rap song, at 0126 man ID twice (You’re listening Mystery Twenty One..Mystery Radio 21), at 0134 woman talk briefly, followed by man dj announcement ment ID, continuing w/ a lively pop song, a lively rap song, man dj ID over rap song; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, signal almost steady w/ slow and deep fading at times but increasingly to rapid and deep qsb, qrn loud crackles at times in increasing/ light to loud rustle when fading, good w/ loud audio to almost fair or poor (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4879.6 PIRATE (Europe) Two Italian Pirate Intruders, in Sicilian language 11.17.2025 0550-0550* – 0559-0613* ( TX in USB), two way chatting by two Italian pirate intruders in typical Sicilian language, w/ dead air of some seconds, until 0550; listened again from 0559 w/ ongoing chatting by same two men intruders, always in Sicilian language, w/ dead air of some seconds (one pirate intruder with a loud voice, mentioning once «Vah boh!» It means «Okay» in typical South Italy dialects or languages, sometimes coughing and then saying a typical Sicilian swear word before TX off (QRT); the other intruder with a weaker voice); TX in USB, w/ moderate rustle and moderate crackles at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4905 CHINA P.R. PBS Xizang (Tibet), Lhasa-Baiding, in listed Tibetan 11.16.2025 0044-0101 ( 4905.001 – .002 – .001 kHz per UTwente, fair), woman talk until 0047, man announcement over slow music, other man talk until 0056, then talk over brief music pause, woman talk, time pips at 0100, brief announcements, music break, woman talk; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, non stop rapid qsb, loud qrn rustle, poor/ almost fair at times; in // 4920 kHz (same site), poor (4920.000 – .001 kHz per UTwente, almost fair) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4940 COLOMBIA or VENEZUELA Estación 4940 (p), in Spanish 11.18.2025 0435-0445 ( 4940.125 kHz per UTwente, no audio), man and woman chatting w/ Spanish accent, slow music break, woman and man unclear talk in turns over slow music (presumed other man and woman talk at times); heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid qsb, qrn loud rustle and loud crackles at times, poor/ very poor at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4940 COLOMBIA or VENEZUELA Estación 4940 (p), in Spanish 11.20.2025 0500-0522 (4940.124 kHz per UTwente, barely audible at times w/ 4.20 kHz filter), lively song outro, slow music, brief unclear talk (presumed by a woman), typical lively Andean ballad song, man unclear talk (w/ Spanish accent) over Lat Am music until 0510, woman slow chant w/ music until 0516, unclear talk by man, typical Andean songs; heard in sync mode better w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid qsb (faint signal), loud rustle (louder at times) and loud crackles (louder at times), poor/ very poor or no audio at times when louder rustle (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
4980 CHINA P.R. PBS Xinjiang (p), Urumqi, in Uyghur 11.15.2025 0117-0132 ( 4980.000 kHz per UTwente, fair/ almost good) man reading messages, ment Radio Tèléwîzîye, until 0119, slow classical music pause followed by men chorus hymn, slow music pause, playing one typical slow song and some lively songs, music break, at 0130 man announcements ment unid ID, other man talk ment Radio Tèléwîzîye (reading news?), w/ a music break; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, rapid no deep qsb at times, loud crackles qrn, almost good (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
5025 CUBA Radio Rebelde, Bauta, in Spanish 11.18.2025 0417-0426 ( 5024.996 kHz per UTwente, no audio), slow music, man talk briefly, then talk by woman, at 0422 same man brief talk (all no much clear, w/ Spanish accent), slow pop songs; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid and deep qsb, qrn loud rustle w/ crackles at times, poor (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
5060 CHINA P.R. PBS Xinjiang (p),Urumqi,in Chinese 11.11.2025 1609-1625 ( 5059.994 kHz per UTwente, very poor/ poor or no audio at time w/ 4.62 filter), man long unclear talk in presumed Chinese, other man talk at times, far east slow song; heard better in sync mode w/ narrow filter, rapid qsb, loud qrn, poor (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
5780 PIRATE (EUROPE) Harmony Radio, in English 11.22.2025 1633-1654 ( 5779.995 kHz per UTwente, poor w/ 4.20 kHz filter), playing various genres of fine slow and lively songs ( pop, crooner, old songs, jazz song, bossa nova: Garota de Ipanema by a woman singer, etc), w/ woman brief announcement ment ID at times after a track ( “ Beautiful music Radio, this is Harmony”), at 1646 man brief announcement; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid qsb, qrn moderate/ light rustle when fading and crackles at times, good (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
5895 NORWAY Radio Northern Star, Bergen, in English? 11.22.2025 0155-0207 ( 5895.001 kHz per UTwente, audio overwhelmed by loud splats), ongoing rock, pop songs, interspersed by man unclear talk, man brief announcement (no much clear) ment clear ID at 0200, continuing w/ music program (hard rock songs); heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop slow qsb (faint signal), loud rustle w/ loud crackles at times, very poor/ poor / barely audible or no audio at times/ from 0203 almost fair w/ loud audio for about one minute/ then poor or very poor audio up and down the qrn threshold; <https://www.stellamaris.no/am.html> (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
5995 MALI Radio Mali, Bamako, in unid language and in French 11.19.2025 0656-0703 ( 5995.001 kHz per UTwente, poor w/ 4.62 kHz filter), local chant outro, man unclear talk ment Mali, brief string sound and woman brief unclear announcement, brief local music sound strings, strings ID loop (a tune loop of Ali Farka Touré: Radio Mali), clear French program from 0700, w/ man brief announcement, brief local strings sound pause, woman brief announcement and then man reading news, w/ a man correspondent, one external service (woman speech) and instrumental music pause; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, qsb not rated (very faint signal w/ one red led only at times), qrn loud rustle and many loud crackles per minute, poor/ almost fair at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6010 UNIDENTIFIED Unid Radio 11.14.2025 0432-0459 (6010.065 – .066 – .003 – .004 kHz per UTwente, but no audio w/ 3.47 kHz filter), slow music or song, woman unclear speaking slowly, w/ some music pause (p), from 0442 slow music until 0446, same woman unclear slow talk, interspersed by brief unclear talk by man at times, w/ music breaks, woman brief speaking paced, w/ brief talk at times by presumed man, slow music or song; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, not rated qsb, qrn loud crackles and rustle, barely audible/ very poor/ poor at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6050-ECUADOR HCJB, Pico Pichincha, in Spanish 11.23.2025 0244-0310 ( 6049.992 – .990 – .989 kHz per UTwente, almost fair), playing two slow songs, at 0249 woman brief talk, slow songs, at 0300 brief lively music break, woman brief talk (…La buena noticia!), man brief unclear announcement (in a low tone of voice; ID? ) over lively music, same woman brief announcement, lively and slow songs, at 0308 man brief announcement into woman brief sermon, at 0309 man brief announcement, slow song; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid qsb, qrn moderate to loud rustle w/ crackles at times, almost fair/ fair / almost fair at times in sync mode (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6110 ETHIOPIA Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, in listed Oromo 11.16.2025 0341-0355 ( 6110.001 kHz per UTwente, no audio / audio overwhelmed by very loud splatters), man talk, interspersed by woman talk briefly once, w/ typical HoA chant pauses, instrumental sound, ID by woman at 0345, some people chatting, typical chant w/ instrument music, at 0353 other man talk, local chant; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter non stop rapid and deep qsb, loud to very loud qrn rustle, almost fair / poor (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6140 PIRATE (Europe) Radio Augusta International <via Radio Onda, Junglinster, Luxembourg, as noted down on https://radioaugusta.com/programme>, in English 11.12.2025 1930-1959* ( 6139.985 kHz per UTwente, very good), playing various genres of fine songs ( rock, pop, pop rock, reggae, Nat King Cole: “Unforgettable ”, lively electronic bagpipe and orchestra music <Hevia?> ) w/ man dj talk at times after a track ment Netherlands and IDs (Radio Augusta International or Radio Augusta), woman synthesized ID at 1936 (Radio Augustaaaa), at 1943 jingle and man ID, other man talk ment ID, at 1952 dj brief talk ment ID over music, at 1958 s/ on only, s/ off at 1959; heard in sync mode w/ narrow and wide filter, non stop rapid no deep qsb, light or moderate qrn when fading, good/ very good at times w/ loud audio; website: <https://radioaugusta.com> (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6170 ASCENSION ISLAND GlobalTalk America (GTA) (p), in Hausa 11.21.2025 0506-0529* ( 6170.001 – .002 kHz per UTwente, fair w/ 5.59 kHz filter ), man talk (news?; ment Africa), brief lively music pause, other man talk (ment Washington), another man talk w/ Afro accent w/ some external service (some men and a woman talk; a man spoke briefly in English), man Radio host talk, w/ some men talk (ment Washington, America, Ghana and many ment Nigeria), sound break at times (African drums with instrumental sound), man brief announcement, lively music break, some men talk (ment Nigeria many times, then India, America, Gabon), w/ some brief music breaks, man Radio host talk over instrumental music, sudden s/ off at about 0529; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, rapid qsb, qrn moderate rustle (louder when fading) good w/ loud audio/ almost good w/wide filter due to loud rustle; (on < https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?station=GTA> and on <https://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/us/nz/userlist1.txt> reported 6170 kHz GTA 05:00-05:30 utc – in Hausa via Ascension Isl.) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6185 MEXICO XEPPM-OC Radio Educación-Cultura México Señal Internacional (p), Mexico City, in Spanish 11.12.2025 0453-0503 ( 6184.968 kHz per UTwente, barely audible at times/ but mostly no audio w/ 4.20 kHz filter), woman and man unclear talk in turns (religious talk?), at 0459 brief music pause, man unclear talk; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, non stop rapid qsb, loud qrn, poor/ very poor at times; (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6280 PIRATE (Europe) Radio Batavia, in Dutch and English 11.14.2025 1642-1707 ( 6279.976 – .975 kHz per UTwente, very good), playing pop songs, man talk in Dutch and in English ment ID twice, other man and woman brief announcement in English, pop song, two lively music tracks, slow music pause and woman hinting an unclear word at times (ID?), pop songs; heard w/ wide filter and without sync mode, rapid qsb, loud qrn rustle and moderate to loud crackles, almost fair (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6300 PIRATE (Europe) Johnny Tobacco and Black Bandit, in Dutch and English 11.15.2025 1558-1628 ( 6299.971 kHz per UTwente, very good) playing some folk music tracks, two pop songs in unid European language (Dutch?), man crooner slow song in English, at 1608 s/ on only for some seconds, a lively pop song in unid language, another lively song, slow pop songs in unid lang (Dutch?) and in English, dj hinting some unclear words over a song, and then talk in Dutch and in English, also over a slow music (clear Johnny Tobacco’s hoarse voice), continuing the slow pop music, brief pop song, dj brief talk over song, slow song; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, non stop rapid and deep qsb, moderate rustle qrn/ from 1613 loud rustle w/ loud crackles at times, qrm brief moderate high pitched buzz noise at times, good/ almost good when buzz on/ fair/ almost fair (on HFU, ID caught by Ray Lalleu at 1655, Nov. 15 on 6300 kHz) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6929.8 PIRATE (Europe) Indy Radio (p) 11.12.2025 1830-1902 ( 6929.860 – .861- .860 kHz per UTwente, very poor/ poor w/ 4.62 kHz filter; qrm unid noise ute), playing woman crooner slow song, slow classic music, some slow mellow romantic songs in English, woman lively jazz song (w/ vocal virtuosity), man song “Granada” in English, woman romantic Flamenco song in Spanish, woman and man crooners slow mellow tearjerker songs in English; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, slow qsb, moderate qrn crackles at times, qrm moderate (louder at times) unid utes noise for many minutes, poor/ fair/ almost good/ almost fair/ good/ almost good (increased TX power?) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6931 PIRATE (EUROPE) Indy Radio (p) 11.21.2025 2344-2356 (6931.037 – .036 – .049 – .029 – .035 – .049 etc kHz per UTwente, poor w/ 4.62 kHz filter), playing various genres of songs and music (lively pop, pop rock, slow music, etc); heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, no signal on led s-meter, qrn loud rustle and loud crackles at times, almost fair/ poor or very poor at times; (at 2356 I turned off RX Sony and unplugged antenna due to thunderstorm approaching) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
6970 UNIDENTIFIED Unidentified Radio 11.18.2025 0500-0504* (TX off-frequency 6970 kHz ) (no signal per UTwente), playing a slow rock song, w/ audio on and down, s/ off at 0504; heard in sync mode w/ narrow filter, loud rustle qrn, qrm brief very loud and very sharp rapid pulsation jamming at times, qrm continuous moderate unid ute, poor (no able to tune the exact frequency) (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
7390 NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Pacific, Rangitaiki, in English 11.20.2025 1535-1603 (7389.999 kHz per UTwente, almost good w/ 6.15 kHz filter; qrm light/ moderate splats) slow song outro, woman and man Radio hosts talk, other man interviewed by woman about US politic topics (current affairs program), w/ another man talk in an external service, woman Radio host announcement (ment New Zealand) and interviews a woman, until 1555, woman host announcement over slow music, followed by another announcement from man Radio host, slow rock song, man host announcement, slow music pause, time pips at 1600, another man brief announcement and reading Pacific Regional News, w/ some men correspondents; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, non stop rapid qsb, qrn moderate rustle and loud crackles at times, fair/ almost good at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)
11780 BRAZIL Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasilia DF, in Portuguese 11.11.2025 0806-0818 (11780.011 kHz per UTwente, poor ) playing slow songs, man unclear talk w/ Braz accent after first track heard, w/ other man brief talk, men and woman chatting, lively song; heard in sync mode w/ wide filter, non stop rapid qsb, loud qrn rustle, poor/ almost fair at times (Serra-DXpedition in Cincinnato-Anzio-Italy)