My first station logged on Friday the 22nd day of October 2021 was China Radio International broadcasting in the English language on 13590 kHz. The broadcast audience was South East Asia.
The overall reception of CRI was excellent. There was some interference on the same frequency, likely to be SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in CHINA in the Chinese language.
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Below is a video of my reception of CRI on 13590 kHz as heard on my Yaesu FTdx101MP and dipole.
My final station logged on Thursday 21st October 2021 was WEWN on 5970 kHz broadcasting in the Spanish language.
I tuned in at 1235 UTC.
WEWN is the shortwave radio outlet of the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), a large Roman Catholic international broadcaster which is based in Irondale in Alabma in the USA. The station was launched by Mother Angelica on the 28th day of December 1992. WEWN broadcasts from the city of Vandiver, Alabama, in the vicinity of the Birmingham metro area. There are four transmitters capable of 500 kilowatts each, but are run no higher than 250 kW.
The overall reception of WEWEN was fair. There was a significant amount of interference from China National Radio on 5975 kHz
On Thursday 21st October 2021 I did some more broadcast short wave listening. The first station in my log was WRMI, Radio Miami International, broadcasting on 7570 kHz.
I tuned in at 1159 UTC.
I had previously tuned in to WRMI on 11th October on 5010 kHz, so this was a new frequency for me for WRMI.
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My last station logged on Wednesday 20th October 2021 was the Korean Central Broadcasting Station on 3250 kHz, broadcasting from Pyongyang in NORTH KOREA. They were broadcasting in the Korean language.
Above:- Map showing the location of North Korea. Map c/o Google maps
More information on the Korean Central Broadcasting Station can be found on their website at…..
First in the log on Wednesday night (20th October 2021) was Echo of Hope on 6355 kHz in the 49m shortwave band. This station is in South Korea with a target audience in North Korea.
Above:- Map showing South & North Korea. Map c/o Google maps
I had previously tuned into Echo of Hope on 17th October 2021 on 4890 kHz. This was a new frequency for me logging the station.
On this occasion, the station was playing a selection of Pop music including The Carpenters, ABBA, and Madonna.
The overall reception was fair. Of particular note was the interference which is allegedly from North Korea. There was also Morse Code on the frequency from time to time. The signal strength was fair and the fading was slight.
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Below is a short video of my reception of the station.
My final logged station for Tuesday 19th October 2021 was the BBC World Service on 11945 kHz in the 25m band.
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world’s largest of any kind.
The BBC World Service commenced broadcasting on shortwave on the 19th day of December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service. It was aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire. In his first Christmas message in 1932, King George V characterised the service as intended for “men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them”
Above:- King George V. Image c/o Wikipedia
The BBC World Service is located in Broadcasting House in London.
Above:- Broadcasting House in London. Image c/o Wikipedia
After Myanmar Radio on 5915 kHz was blocked out by China Radio Internationa I tuned a little further up the band and I found Myanmar Radio on 5985 kHz. They were broadcasting in my Burmese language
This was a much better frequency.
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Below is a short video of my reception of Myanmar Radio.
First in the log for me on Tuesday 19th October 2021 was Myanmar Radio on 5915 kHz on the 40m band shortwave.
Myanmar officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and formerly known as Burma is a country in South-East Asia.
Above:- World globe showing the location of Myanmar in South-East Asia. Image c/o Wikipedia.
Myanmar Radio was formerly known as the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS)), and is the national radio service of Myanmar.
I was receiving Myanmar Radio overall fair. The signal strength was fair with moderate interference from a Chinese language station on.5925 kHz, believed to be CNR. Fading of the signal was slight. However, there were significant static crashes from local storms/lightning activity on the east coast of Australia.
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However at 1130 UTC everything changed dramatically. China Radio International (CRI) on 5910 in the Filipino language commenced, and that was the end of the reception of Myanmar Radio. CRI totally wiped it out. CRI was extremely strong.
Below is a short video of my reception of Myanmar Radio.
My final station logged for Monday 18th October 2021 was Radio Alazam on 11745 kHz on the 25m shortwave band.
Radio Alazm is operated by the Saudi Radio Broadcasting Network. The word Al’Azm means Determination. The station’s broadcasts are aimed at Saudi military personnel fighting the Houthi rebels. Radio Alazm is based in the southern Saudi city of Jizan and has been been on the air since September 2017.
Above:- Map showing the location of Saudi Arabia. Map c/o Google maps
My second to last logging on Monday 18th October 2021 was Trans World Radio India broadcasting on 13690 kHz in the 22m band.
Trans World Radio is a multinational evangelical Christian media distributor and is the largest Christian media organisation in the world. TWR India was established in 1977 and commenced with broadcasting in five Indian languages from a single production centre in Delhi.
Overall reception of TWR India was good. The signal strength was good, with slight interference from NHK World Radio on 13680 kHz.
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Below is a video showing my reception of TWR India.
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