Ascolti

Gianni Serra – Roma-Italy (DST UTC +2) Equipment: JRC NRD 525 — Sony ICF 2001D (when stated) — Bearcat DX-1000 (when stated);  Alpha Delta DX-SWL Sloper-S antenna for all Receivers;  Diamond SS500 RX Splitter;  RG 8 mini coaxial cable; JPS NIR 12 Noise & Interference Reducer-Dual DSP audio filter; JRC NVA 319 external speaker unit; Kenwood HS-5 & Sony MDR 101 stereo headphones;  Zoom Handy Recorder H2

Loggings:

4775.01  PERU Radio Tarma, Tarma 04.05.2025  0101-0110  ( 4775.011 kHz per UTwente, poor/ very poor in AM sync w/ 3.82 kHz filter), lively music, unclear talk at times, lively song (?);  heard in usb/lsb sync, non stop rapid qsb, loud qrn, very poor/ barely audible / no audio at times  (Serra – Roma, Italy)

4820  CHINA P.R. PBS Xizàng, Lhasa-Baiding, in Chinese 04.3.2025  2225-2239 ( 4820.001 kHz per UTwente, almost good/ good w/ loud audio),  Chinese chant and Chinese pop song, man ID (ment Zhōngguó) and brief announcement at 2230, anthem and same man brief announcement, woman and man talk in turns (presumed news), woman talk (ment Zhōngguó), w/ man talk at times;  heard in lsb sync, rapid shaky no deep qsb, moderate qrn, fair/almost good (Serra – Roma, Italy)

5039.92  PIRATE (Europe) Unid Radio (Deltracks?)  04.14.2025  0056-0120 (5039.916 – .917 kHz per UTwente, fair/ almost good/good at times w/ loud audio/ almost fair; w/ 5.08 kHz filter in AMsync ),  playing various genres of songs (rock, techno, pop, dance pop, etc), man dj mentioned few unclear words at 0109;  heard in usb sync, non stop rapid shaky no deep qsb, loud qrn, poor/very poor at times  (Serra – Roma, Italy)

5040  CLANDESTINE Unidentified Intruders  04.17.2025  0351-0400*  (no audio via UTwente), (TX in USB) man intruder ment internet… romeo… papa…zero… alpha.. India…tango…kilo…romeo…eco romeo, etc etc), from some seconds past 0358 other man intruder ment romeo, tango…etc etc, end tx at about ten second to 0400; heard in Usb sync w/ inter filter, strong signal w/ very loud qrn rustle, almost fair/poor (Serra – Roma, Italy)

5875  PIRATE (Europe)  Mike Radio, in English and briefly in Dutch 04.19.2025  1849-1906*  ( 5875.000 kHz per UTwente, good w/ loud audio),  pop rock, rock, disco pop, rockabilly, etc songs (Tears For Fears: Woman In Chains, etc ), man dj talk a bunch over lively music at times and over a track (hullo hullo hullo… ), ment ID at times, woman hinting few words and man ID at about 1858 (Mike Mike Mike Radio!), lively music, dj ID (Mike Radio on the shortwaves), end Tx at about 1906 and s/ off at 1906:14” circa;  some rapid no much deep qsb per minute w/ moderate qrn rustle, good w/ loud audio/ almost good at times (Serra – Roma, Italy – w/ Bearcat DX-1000 in Am w/ 6 kHz filter)

6030  ETHIOPIA Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa-Gedja, in listed Afar-Oromo  04.18.2025  0335-0354  ( 6030.001 kHz per UTwente, poor/ almost fair at times),  man talk, brief music pause, other man w/ a long talk interspersed by a music break and w/ another man brief talk at times, until about 0343:45”, typical Horn of Africa chant w/ instrumental music till 0349:30” circa, man unclear talk, at about 0353 other man talk;  heard in usb sync, non stop rapid qsb w/ loud qrn rustle, poor/almost fair at times/very poor /audio up and down the qrn threshold at times/poor (Serra – Roma, Italy)

6184.97  MEXICO  XEPPM-OC Radio Educación-Cultura México Señal Internacional (p), Mexico City, in Spanish  04.11.2025  0215-0245  (6184.968 kHz per UTwente, no audio/ barely audible w/ 4.20 kHz  and 3.82 kHz filter in AMsync),  man unclear talk a lot (presumed noticiario “Pulso de la noche” 2000-2030 local time UTC -6), playing slow songs, w/ man unclear talk at times;  heard in Lsb sync, rapid shaky no deep qsb w/ loud qrn, barely audible/ very poor (https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/category/programacion) (Serra – Roma, Italy)

6299.89  PIRATE (Europe) VOTN The Voice of the Netherlands, in Dutch 04.08.2025  1839-1905*  (6299.889 – .886 kHz per UTwente, good), playing pop, rock, techno pop etc songs, sometimes man dj unclear talk after and in between tracks (in Dutch as seen on HFU), s/off at around 1905:35”;  heard better in usb/lsb sync, qsb very rapid shaky no deep, loud qrn rustle, poor/very poor at times (on HFU, ID as “The Voice”caught by Ray Lalleu at 1859, same day and same frequency) (Serra – Roma, Italy)

6300  PIRATE (Europe) Abu Dhabi Radio, in Dutch and in bad English at times (?) 04.05.2025  1901-1935 (6299.968 kHz per UTwente, very good/fair w/ 6.15 kHz filter in AMsync), a song outro, man dj talk a lot in Dutch (very talkative) also over slow music, song w/ brief talk over, techno pop song, lively accordion folk music, two lively pop folk songs, w/ some brief stoppages followed by brief talk by the dj, then continuing to talk a lot, other man talk in Dutch w/ brief music breaks, folk song, dj talk mentioning Abu Dhabi Radio twice, pop song; non stop rapid and deep qsb w/ moderate to strong qrn rustle when fading, almost good/fair in AM w/ loud audio (very boring listening due to the chatterbox dj)  (Serra – Roma, Italy – w/ Bearcat DX-1000)

6874.87  PIRATE (Europe) Unidentified Radio (Zeppelin Radio?)  04.19.2025 1742:07”-1800  (6874.871 – .870 – .871 kHz per UTwente, almost fair w/ 5.08 kHz filter in AMsync),  audio on air at 1742:07” playing one slow music track and other lively music tracks (jazz etc );  heard in Lsb sync, non stop rapid no deep qsb, loud qrn rustle, almost fair/ poor at times (Serra – Roma, Italy)

11749.80  BRAZIL Rádio Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, in Portuguese  04.10.2025  0225-0240  ( 11749.800 – .802 kHz per UTwente, poor / very poor at times in AMsync w/ 5.59 kHz filter),  slow chant, woman brief unclear talk and man talk w/ Braz accent, lively song, women jingle ID at about 0235 and man unclear announcement (clear via UTwente on // 9665.068 kHz ment ID), slow song;  better in usb/lsb sync, rapid qsb, loud qrn, poor/ very poor in ssb sync; in // 9665.07 kHz almost fair (9665.068 – .067 kHz per UTwente, fair/almost good w/ 5.59 kHz filter in AMsync)  (Serra – Roma, Italy)

15185  INDIA AIR Akashvani, Bengaluru, in listed Pashto 04.20.2025  0429-0452  (15185.010 kHz per UTwente, almost good),  woman announcement, IS loop, from some seconds past 0432 man talk till about 0433, slow local music, at 0405 music break and same man talk (current affair news, ment Islamabad, Israili, Okraini etc), till 0445:15” circa, lively song break for few seconds, same man Radio host talk w/ same song breaks, other music pauses w/ brief announcements, same Radio host talk until about 0449, typical local woman & man lively chant w/ instrumental music, Radio host talk, brief typical lively chant w/ instrumental music, woman brief talk over chant, Radio host talk;  almost slow and deep qsb, loud qrn rustle, fair/ almost fair/poor at times (Serra –  Roma, Italy – w/ Bearcat DX-1000 in Am w/ 6 kHz and 2.7 kHz filter)

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