New Veries

We spent a week in Niue recently. I took the radio along, but the noise from the hotel was great and so little could be heard. A3Z in Tonga was there during daylight hours on 1017 and 2AP on 540 was present from late afternoon. At night there were Kiwis everywhere.

I heard RNZI on all advertised frequencies coming in well and reported it on 11725 kHz.

Adrian Sainsbury as been kind enough to verify Radio New Zealand International on 13840 and 11725 kHz.

When I got home I did a very small amount of listening and logged and verified Radio New Zealand National on 819 (1YZ Rotorua/ Tauranga), 918 2YP New Plymouth, 1188 (1YR Rotorua) and 1314 (2YW Napier)

Some loggings

It has been a long time between drinks, so to speak. Our school year is nearly finished and so I have had time to do some listening.

I have logged Radio New Zealand International broadcasting on 13840 kHz - fair signal relaying National Radio at 0030 UTC. A verification came two hours after the report was sent.

I have also logged Radio Tamazuj broadcasting on 11650 kHz from Madagascar destined for South Sudan at 0341 UTC.

In addition I have heard the excellent signal from WBCQ testing on 9330 kHz with 500 kw at 0406; R Al Azm out of Saudi Arabia on 11745 kHz playing Quranic chanting at 0405; KNLS on 11825 from Madagascar- fair in English at 0406; All India Radio on 11560 broadcasting in Dari - fair signal with traditional Indian music at 0339.

A handful of veries

Nothing to get excited about, but still it is nice to have stations verifying reports.

While in Hina Hina I logged Radio Sport one morning - there wasn't a lot else to hear. I listened on 549 kHz (Nelson). I also monitored 774 (New Plymouth), 792 (Hamilton), 1062 (Wanganui), 1089 (Palmerston North), 1377 (Levin) and 1521 (Tauranga). One or two frequencies were inaudible.

I received an email verification from Angus Mabey, Assistant Content Director, NewstalkZB and Radio Sport (Angus.Mabey@nzme.co.nz) verifying my report. Thank you, Angus.

Quite why Levin, Wanganui and Palmerston North all need a relay of the programme is beyond me. Levin and Wanganui are about an hour from Palmerston North and reception from Levin of both Nelson and New Plymouth, or Wanganui should be fairly good.

The sooner NZ AM stations are removed form the bands and sent to FM or DAB the better!

A new verie

Radio New Zealand International verified a report of my reception of their programme on 5945 kHz at 0816 on 16 April, during my stay in Hina Hina. an email QSL came today.

Thanks to AdrianSainsbury for your work on my behalf. RNZI's latest scehdule is to be found at: https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen

Last night's reception

Reception last night (Monday local time) was not as good as the previous evening and that wasn't great either.

Radio Capital 1470 in Lima, Peru was identified with its English programming. Bienestar on 1360 was also there an identifiable. There was a Spanish speaking station on 810 beneath the local National Radio station. Radio Ecco was once more there with pops on 1400.

KFI on 640 was present with Coast to Coast AM at quite good levels.

There were a couple of interesting carriers noted.

1409.840 possibly Radio Corporación Wayra in Peru - the offset would indicate this.
1409.998 possibly a Colombian because of the offset.

Conditions are poor with a lot of atmospheric noise - disappointing.

A verification

OAR 105.4 verified within an hour for its broadcast on 1575 kHz, so I am pleased.

A new logging

In desperation.... I couldn't get enough to log anything last night, so today I resorted to logging OAR 105.4 FM, which broadcasts on 1575 kHz

I previously logged and verified Hills AM on 1575 in Dunedin about 15 years ago. Hopefully they will get back to me.