India comes calling

 Back in January (3rd to be precise) I logged AIR vioa Bengaluru on 15030 - not a difficult catch. I received a QSL card today, which was dated 14/6/2023. So, for an emailed report, it took them 6 months to process it! Anyway, I am grateful - the verie has arrived.

More SW Veries

 I am not hearing much that is new on MW at present, although I did hear a Peruvian recently. However, on SW I heard a few things. 

Radio Ifrikya FM comes in well at around 2315 on 13590 and 13790. I logged it on June 25 at 2330 UTC and the verification came back via Facebook Messenger on June 27. 

It is also a new country for me. I thought I had verified Algeria years ago, but a check has revealed I haven't, and so it is country no. 115 for me.

The station was heard on The NZ Radio DX League's SDR2 located here in Mangawhai. I had a listenon SDR3 based in Hinahina (ion the deep south) but the signal was poor.

A new Shortwave Verie

 Radio Senda Cristiana in Peru is now broadcasting its own programmes on 4820 kHz. It comes in very well here in New Zealand and I was delighted to get a verification from them via MSN Messenger.

DXpedition to Hinahina

I am currently in Hinahina with our host Steven Greenyer, DX League Patron Sutton Burtenshaw and DX League President Arthur DeMaine. Conditions are not great, but we have heard a bit. What is annoying is that you get glimpses of what can be heard here and that is frustrating. 

Loggings to date are:

Shortwave

3310    0920    BOLIVIA R Mosoj Chaski fair with talk SMF HH 22/4

3320    1840    NTH KOREA PBS Pyongyang Pansor fair at best with opera type singing.                                 SMF HH 21/4

3325    1845    INDONESIA VoI poor but clear in presumed GG.  22/4

3480    1836    KOREA V of the People – fair/ good in KK.  21/4

3910    1842    KOREA V of the People – fair at best, // 3930 same.  22/4

3925    0930    JAPAN R Nikkei 1 – fair/ good sig with JJ talk and mx.  22/4

4750    1853    BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar audible, but awful modulation.  21/4

4810    0925    PERU R Logos with a fair signal and a prog of mx.  22/4

4820    0930    PERU Radio Senda Cristiana following BDC tip – good signal 22/4

4885    0812    BRAZIL R Club do Para – poor/ fair. Mx audible  21/4

4930    1855    BOTSWANA VoA poor/ fair – hard to copy speech.  21/4

4940    0935    COLOMBIA LA Montana in Maicao fair with local mx. 22/4

5040    1858    VANUATU R Vanuatu excellent with ads in Bislama and EE.  21/4

5909.950 0634  COLOMBIA – Recently reactivated Al Caravan R fair/ good with SS songs.                             No mention of it on short-wave.info  22/4

7375    0435    ENGLAND VoA fair with excellent jazz mx prog. S 21/4

7390    0437    GERMANY AWR Excellent in FF with a prog about pregnancies!  22/4

Mediumwave

880      0645    UNKNOWN LATIN fair at best with crooner type mx. Not any of the usual                             suspects as checked on the web. Some splash from 882 23/4

980      0650    ??? Mx fair at best.

1010    0716    USA UNKNOWN rock mx – doesn’t fit with any of the usual stations                                         formats. Male Vocalist SMF at home 28/3

1040    0712    HAWAII, KLHT Honolulu fair but with fading. Plenty of talk and splash from                         1035. SMF at home 28/3

1070    0715    USA KNX Hollywood audible, but bad QRM. SMF at home 28/3

1110    0603    PERU OAU4J R Feliz Lima fair but a bit up and down. Andean flute mx. ID at                           0700.  21/4

1110    0609    PERU R Cielo fair with prayers in SS. CWIS 23/4

1110    0807    USA, KRDC Pasadena NE fair/ poor with sports talk & interviews mixed with                           classical stn not R Feliz  23/4

1140    0818    UNKNOWN fair/ poor with gentle mx mixed with EE religious stn (CHRB??)                             21/4

1160    0554    PERU Onde Cero fair with SS axmnts mentioning Peru and telephone                                      numbers, but battered by 1161. Deep fades, but good when up.  23/4

1180    0601    USA, Marathon FL R Marti fair in SS 21/4 and mixed with another Latin                                  playing mx (not Rebelde) 23/4 21/4

1190    0720    ARGENTINA LR9 R Nacional Tucuman fair with talk (CWIS) and mixed with                             Latin mx stn but not R America. 21/4

1360    0750    PERU, R Bienestar Lima fair with talk in SS CWIS HHDX 21/4

1470    0545    PERU, R La Mega vg with usual pops. HHDX 21/4

1480.075 0755  UNKNOWN LATIN – possibly a religious station with what sounded like                             preaching. Up and down. Faded on the hour – of course! 21/4

1540    0821    HAWAII/ USA Korean R either KREA or KMPC at fair levels with KK talk. 22/4

1570    0815    HAWAII KUAU fair with religious talk.   21/4

1580    0825   USA KBLA Sta Monica CA fair with talk. 22/4

1640    0832    USA KDIA dominant but fading a lot, WTNI Biloxi, MS up and down over and under                           it. 22/4

A Shortwave Verie

 Radio Logos 4810 kHz 1 kw in the Andes of Peru comes in quite well at times and I was fortunate to hear it a couple of nights ago. I was able to record a bit of it and could identify one song. I sent an email to them with my reception report - written in Spanish and I also sent it via their Facebook page. I was delighted to get a message back this morning verifying my report. The verie signer was Jairo Sangama Saurin.

I have previously verified Radio Unión on 6115 back in 1980!! So, this is my second Peruvian SW verie and I am pleased to have it.

A new QSL and a new Country

Norfolk Island  5045kHz - Nick Hacko is broadcasting from Norfolk Island. He is VK9DX - what a call sign! He is using 300w maximum and is coming in well in Mangawhai. He has verified my report of this evening. That is a new country for me.

Hinahina Day 4

 All good things come to an end and so it is with this DXpedition, but not without a little excitement. Conditions were not great, but some unexpected stations still managed to poke through. Radio Zeta Uno in Guyaquil, Ecuador on 1400 was quite distinguishable and was confirmed via its web link. Radio Cristal also in Guyaquil was also another highlight on 870, once again confirmed by its web link. Radio Programas del Peru made a couple of appearances on 790 and 920. XEQ was the sole Mexican heard on 940.

Thanks to my good friend of very long standing (I was going to say old friend, but it could be misconstrued!) Steven Greenyer. He is a wonderful host, a good friend and an excellent DXer. 

Freq	Time	Details
760	0746	HAWAII, KGU on top with sports talk, but another stn was under and often alone with gentle easy listening mx. No idea what, though. 20/4 HHDX
790	0851	PERU, RPP Trujillo fair with good id. Then faded down. 20/4 HHDX
870	0610	ECUADOR, R Cristal fair at best with deep fades. Talk over trumpet mx. Swamped at times by Kiwis either side of freq. CWIS 20/4 HHDX
880	0520	PERU, R Unión, poor/ fair with YL speaking and mx. 17/4, much better 20/4 HHDX
920	0840	PERU, RPP, Piura poor/ fair, but only with brief peaks. Talk/ interview. Mixed with another mx prgm. 20/4 HHDX
940	0845	MEXICO, XEQ fair with deep fades playing Ranchera mx. Suffered bad splash from Kiwis. 20/4 HHDX
1160	0649	PERU, R Onda Cero fair at best with mx, but beaten up by 1161 on fades. 20/4 HHDX
1400	0525	ECUADOR, R Zeta Uno, fair at best, with regular fades. Religious message with light background mx. Dominant on freq. CWIS 20/4 HHDX