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.
Radio Azadi on 15.090 kHz was next in my log. They were broadcasting in the Dari language.
Radio Azadi was formerly known as Radio Free Afghanistan. The station is the Afghan branch of the United State’s Government Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert’s external broadcast services.
Radio Free Afghanistan first aired in Afghanistan from 1985 to 1993 and was re-launched in January 2002 as Radio Azadi. According to Radio Azadi, their mission is “to promote and sustain democratic values and institutions in Afghanistan by disseminating news, factual information and ideas”
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty first launched this service on the 1st day of October 1985 during the period of the SOviet invasion of Afghanistan. The purpose of the broadcasts was “to bring objective and uncensored news and information to the population and resistance forces of Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.
The overall reception of Radio Azadi was fair.
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Below is a short video of my reception of Azadi Radio.
Next in my log on Monday evening (18th October 2021) was Radio Romania International on 15340 kHz on the 19m shortwave band.
I tuned in at 1332 UTC. They were broadcasting in the Romanian language.
Above:- World globe showing the location of Romania. Image c/o Wikipedia.
Radio România Internaţional is owned by the Romanian public radio broadcaster Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune. Prior to 1989, the station was known as Radio Bucharest.
The first experimental broadcast by Romania for listeners abroad was in 1927. They consisted of music programs. The first official broadcast in Romanian was broadcast on the 1st day of November 1928 on a 400-watt transmitter in the 401/6 metre band. The first formal broadcasts in foreign languages of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation were during the early 1930s.
More information can be found on the Radio Romania International website at…..
I then tuned into National Unity Radio on 9475 kHz on the 31m shortwave band. They were broadcasting in the Korean language.
National Unity Radio is produced by Unification Media Group, which is based in Seoul in South Korea. The station purports to be a non-governmental organization (NGO), however, it is believed this group is in fact in funded by U.S. Congress.
The Unification Media Group website states:-
“Unification Media Group (UMG) is a news and entertainment production organization focused on North Korea. Through video, radio, and online news, UMG brings the latest developments from North Korea to South Korean and international audiences in addition to North Koreans themselves. UMG is helping to increase global awareness of North Korean issues and is arming the people of North Korea with the freedom of information.”
There are also a number of NGOs broadcasting to North Korea. Among them is National Unity Radio who uses shortwave transmitters in Tajikistan.
Above:- Map showing South & North Korea. Map c/o Google maps
I was receiving National Unity Radio relatively well. Their signal strength was fair, but there was moderate interference from NHK in Japan on 9470 kHz who were broadcasting in the Japanese language and CNR in Chinese on 9480 kHz. There also appeared to be a jamming signal on the frequency, possibly from North Korea.
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Below is a short video of my reception of National Unity Radio.
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