I then logged China Radio International of 15.660 kHz in the 19m band.

This broadcast was coming from their Kashi-Saibagh site and was for South Asia listeners.

CRI’s signal was overall good. The signal strength was good with no interference There was slight fading on the signal.

Below is a short video of my reception of China Radio International on 15660 kHz.

References.

1. World Radio TV Handbook, 2020.

I then tuned into Radio Mashaal on 15365 kHz on the 19m band. The broadcast was in the Pashto language.

Radio Mashaal is a member of Radio Free Europeand was launched on the 15th day of January 2010. It only broadcasts in the Pashto language and its headquarters are located in Prague in the Czech Republic . In 2018 the Radio Mashaal office in Islamabad was closed by the Pakistan Government.

Radio Free Europe’s website states:-

Radio Mashaal is a public service broadcaster providing a powerful alternative to extremist propaganda in Pakistan’s remote tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan.

Below is a short video of my reception of Mashaal Radio.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Mashaal>, viewed 18th October 2021.
2. Radio Free Europe, 2021, <https://pressroom.rferl.org/rferl-pakistan-service-radio-mashaal>, viewed 18th October 021.

Next in the log on Monday evening (18th October 2021) was Voice of Korea on 13650 khz on the 22 m band shortwave.

The Voice of Korea is the international broadcasting service of North Korea. Up until 2002 the station was known as Radio Pyongyang.

The Voice of Korea’s origins date back to 1936 when the radio station JBBK was operated by the occupying Japanese Forces. In 1945 the station was founded as Radio Pyongyang. It was officially inaugurated on the 14th day of October 1945 with a live broadcast of the victory speech of Kim Il-sung.

The first foreign broadcast was on 16th March 1947. In 1950 Japanese language broadcasts commenced, followed by English in 1951. By 1960 Radio Pyongyang broadcast 159 hours of programming every week. By 1970 that had increased to 330 hours. By 1980 the station broadcast 597 hours.

Overall reception of Radio Korea was good. The signal strength was good and there was no interference at all from other stations. Every now and again the Over the Horizon Radar came onto the frequency but it was nowhere strong enough to cause any disruption. Fading of the signal was slight.

Below is a video of my reception of the Voice of Korea.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Korea>, viewed 25th October 2021.

On Monday evening (18th October 2021) I logged a number of stations on shortwave. First in the log was Radio Kuwait on 15470 kHz.

The station is run by the Ministry of Information and has five 500 KW transmitters in Kabd.

Radio Kuwait had a good strong signal, however, the signal appeared to be drifting in frequency and this is reported on a number of other SWL websites. I initially believed the broadcast was on 15460 kHz but it appears the signal was on 15.470 kHz.

Below is a short video of my reception of Radio Kuwait.

References.

1. WRTH, 2020

On 10th October 2021 I tuned into WBCQ on 9330 kHz. I submitted an on-line reception report and received a very prompt email response. Below is eQSL Verification Card received.

Below is a selection of QSL cards which have arrived in the mail in the past few weeks for Marija VK5MAZ and myself.

My final station logged on Sunday evening (17th October 2021) was Radio Farda on 15690 kHz in the 19m shortwave band. The broadcast was in the Farsi language.

Radio Farda is the Persian language broadcaster at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, providing 24/7 radio programs for Iran on multiple platforms including shortwave.

Radio Farda first aired December 2002. Radio Farda broadcasts news on topics like political, cultural, social, and art with an emphasis on Iran. The name “Farda” means “tomorrow” in Persian. Radio Farda’s broadcasts have been continually blocked by Iranian authorities over the history of its programming.

Overall reception of Radio Farda was good.

Below is a short video of my reception of Radio Farda.

References.

1. Radio Farda, 2021, <https://en.radiofarda.com/p/6258.html>, viewed 23rd October 2021
2. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Farda>, viewed 23rd October 2021

I then tuned into KSDA Adventist World Radio in GUAM on 15715 kHz in the 19m shortwave band. They were broadcasting in the Mandarin language.

Adventist World Radio (AWR) is a religious broadcast station. Their website states:-

“No walls, no borders, no limits. AWR’s broadcasts travel where missionaries cannot go, transforming lives for eternity.“

Adventist World Radio commenced airing programs for the first time in 1971 from a rented shortwave station in Portugal. The main focus of the broadcasts was to carry the gospel into Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. AWR subsequently decided to build its own shortwave station on the island of Guam. In 1987 broadcasts began from KSDA-SW, covering the entire Pacific Rim: North and South Korea, Japan, China, and other neighbouring countries.

AWR broadcasts in about 80 languages via AWR’s Guam station and leased transmitters in various locations (see the map below):

KSDA broadcasts from the island of Guam in the Pacific.

The video below shows the AWR Guam radio towers.

I was copying KSDA well. The signal strength was strong with only minimal fading.

Below is a short video of my reception of Adventist World Radio.

References.

1. Adventist World Radio, 2021, <https://awr.org/about/>, viewed 23rd October 2021
2. Adventist Review, 2021, <https://www.adventistreview.org/1513-18>, viewed 23rd October 2021

I then logged Radio New Zealand on 7245 kHz in the 41m band.

The Radio New Zealand signal was really coming in beautifully here. It was ‘armchair’ copy.

Their program was in the English language and was the All Night program featuring news, weather, sports, and music.

Below is a short video to show how well Radio New Zealand was coming into my location.

My third station in the log on Sunday evening (17th October 2021) was NHK World Japan on 7355 kHz in the 41m band.

NHK World-Japan (also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese state-controlled public broadcaster.

NHK began shortwave broadcasting on an experimental basis in the 1930s, and began regular English- and Japanese-language shortwave broadcasts in 1935 under the name Radio Japan.

Here is a promotional video from NHK World.

Overall reception of NHK was good.  The signal strength was good and there was slight fading of the signal.  However there was interference from 7345 in the Chinese language.  I experienced some static crashes on the band.

Below is a video of my reception of NHK World Japan.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2021, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK_World-Japan#Radio>, viewed 23rd October 2021