Some time ago I purchased a WSPRLite Flexi from SOTA Beams in the UK. Tonight I hooked it up to my 5 element yagi which was beaming to the northeast out across the Pacific towards the USA. With a 200mW signal, I was amazed in just a few transmissions who was hearing me.

Within just 20 minutes I was being heard in VK4, New Zealand, USA, and the Canary Islands.

The map below is from VK7JJ’s website. It shows my contacts.

I will keep the WSPRLite on tonight and see what happens.

I then tuned in to the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran at 1255 UTC on 15th November 2021. They were broadcasting in the Pashto language on 9510 kHz.

RIB World Service, also known as Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the official international broadcasting radio network of Iran.

The radio network commenced broadcasting in 1956 with the aim of familiarizing the world with Iran’s history and culture, its different regions, and historical sites. Following the Iranian Revolution, elaborating on the revolution’s stances and the ideals of the Islamic Republic system were put high on the radio’s agenda.

The overall reception of the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran was fair. There was significant interference from CNR2 China on 9515 kHz and bleed over from CNR1 China on 9500 kHz

Below is a video showing my reception of the Voice of the

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIB_World_Service>, viewed 16th November 2021

Radio Thailand was next in the log on 15th November 2021. I tuned in at 1218 UTC to their English language broadcast on 1226 UTC.

Radio Thailand is the public radio station in Thailand, owned by the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand. The station has six FM national radio, 65 FM provincial radio, 4 AM national radio, 46 AM provincial radio and World Service. 

The overall reception of Radio Thailand was excellent. The signal was excellent and there was no interference on the frequency or on adjacent frequencies. There was only slight fading of the signal.

Below is a video showing my reception of Radio Thailand.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Thailand>, viewed 17th November 2021

Next in the log on 15th November 2021 was WRNO broadcasting on 7505 kHz in the English language.

WRNO (also known as WRNO Worldwide) is a commercial shortwave radio station that commenced international broadcasting on the 18th day of February 18, 1982.

The overall reception of WRNO was good. I did note some USB signals on or around the frequency which I suspect to be Indonesian fishing ships or something similar.

Below is a video of my reception of WRNO.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRNO_(shortwave)>, viewed 16th November 2021
2. World Radio TV Handbook, 2021

On 15th November 2021, I logged Radio Marti broadcasting in the Spanish language on 6030 kHz.

Radio Marti’s broadcast consisted of Spanish language music.

The overall reception of Radio Marti was fair. The signal strength was fair and there was just slight fading on the signal. There was no interference on the frequency or from adjacent stations. There were some static crashes on the band.

Below is a video of my reception of Radio Marti.

References.

1. Short-Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 16th November 2021