ARLA/CLUSTER: DX material: LW, MW & 75+90 m bands.

[Carlos L.R. de A.Gonçalves]

Dear Wolfgang,

Further to my y/day's msg. on the Polisario, here's just part of the rest
since there's plenty of logs.

AUSTRALIA
2325 kHz VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 2013-2026, 31 Dec 06, English, the usual
menu of phone-ins & chats at this time; 45332; \\ 2485 kHz VL8K only.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

2485 kHz VL8K, Katherine NT, 1850-1920, 27 Dec 06, English, chats &
phone-ins, songs; 25332; inaudible on 2310 or 2325 kHz. (Carlos Gonçalves -
POR)

BRAZIL
3225 kHz R.Educadora 6 de Agosto, Xapuri AC, 2304-2312, 28 Dec 06, religious
prgr; 25331 despite occasional uty. QRM. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

3234.7 kHz R.Club de Marília SP, 2256-2303, 28 Dec 06, songs; Het. w/ PRU
3234.9; 24331. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

CLANDESTINE
3912 kHz VoPeople (t), Goyang, KOR, 1856-1906, 29 Dec 06, Korean, talks;
22431; \\ 6600 kHz also as poor. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

DI_O_GO GARCIA
4319 kHz AFN, Diogo Garcia, 1848-1858, 30 Dec 06, songs & talks, alkohol +
driving advice, refs. to the Radioscope prgr; 43443, adj. uty. QRM as usual.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

ÉIRE
252 kHz RTÉ, Clarkestown (if not the exact site, what then?), 1501-1528, 30
Dec 06, English, advertisementes, newscast, f/ball; 44454, QRM de ALG, of
course. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

EQUADOR
3279,7 kHz LV del Napo, Tena, 2306-2317, 28 Dec 06, Spanish, prayer; 45332.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

EUROPirates
1645 kHz R. De Baro, HOL, 2143-..., 27 Dec 06, Duch/German, music, some
talks, IDs; 33332, but rated 55343 on 30 Dec 06 at 1945, QRM de Greek pir.
stns. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1655 kHz R.Barones, HOL, 2140-..., 27 Dec 06 & the following days too,
Dutch, songs, some talks, incl. IDs of course; 44333, QRM de Greek pir.
stns. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

GAMBIA
648 kHz GRTS, Bonto, 2344-0003, 26 Dec 06, English, report from a reg. stn,
Vernacular at 2355, talks; 54443, QRM de E. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

GIBRALTAR... one of the "locals" on the SW coast
1458 kHz R.Gibraltar, Wellington Front, sl. "Gibraltar's Radio", 1358-...,
28 Dec 06, Spanish (for a change, music & songs; 55444 via the 270 m CeAfr
Bev. or the "back" of the 200 m CeAm Beverage.   Unfortunately, it's only a
"local" during daytime as QRM de Sunrise R in London is usually heavy in the
evening. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

GREAT BRITAIN
1368 kHz Manx R, Douglas, IoM 20 kW, 1450-1537, 30 Dec 06, pops, refs. to
cricket & later f/ball infos at 1530; 55444. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1566 kHz BBC R.Bristol, Taunton 600 watt, 1442-1509 (!), 30 Dec 06, English,
cricket reports; 35443, so nothing of the usual (usually evening) QRM de
County Sound R, Guildford 800 watt, not to mention AIR Nagpur which drops
its visiting card once in a while.  (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

GREENLAND
3815 kHz Kalaalit Nunaata R via Tasiilaq coastal stn, 2202-..., 27 Dec 06,
Danish, newscast; 23341. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

JAPAN
3925 kHz Nikkei R. BC Corp., Nagara, 2222-2235, 26 Dec, Japanese, talks,
tunes; 34332, QRM de NAm amateurs.  Noted the following evenings. (Carlos
Gonçalves - POR)

KOREA, North
3250 kHz PBS, Pyongyang, 2219-2227, 26 Dec 06, cf. \\ 3320; 33331, QRM de
uty. stn; \\ 6250 too. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

3320 kHz PBS, Pyongyang, 2217-2226, 26 Dec 06, Korean, talks; 34332, QRM de
AFS; \\ 3250, 6250. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

4450 kHz KCBS, Pyongyang, 2323-2332, 01 Jan, Korean, exhalted talks; 55433.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

MAURITANIA
783 kHz R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1904-1921, 25 Dec 06, Arabic, talks,
reports; 34432, QRM de adj. chs., BUT rated 54444 at 2215, 26 Dec as obs'ed
on the SW coast. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

MOROCCO
1187.8 kHz RTM-"C", Casablanca (as listed, but I doubt), 1928-1949, 30 Dec
06, Berber, folk songs; 54544. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1278 kHz RTM-"A" (first logged on 02 Dec 06, as reported by me on the 6th),
no trace of it during the 26Dec-02Jan period. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1637.9 kHz RTM-"A", Rabat, 1118-..., 31 Dec 06, Arabic, talks, Ar. songs; H.
of 818.95, w/ bad audio; 35443. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

PORTUGAL
783 kHz R.Nacional, Avanca 100 kW (t), 1517-..., 31 Dec 06, silent carrier
probably for testing prior to a much delayed start (scheduled for Summer
2006!), S9+5 dB via the 145 degr. CeAfr Beverage, QRM de POR Canidelo 10 kW
(but the tx is in a mess).  Now, I can't reall actually state this was
Avanca, but at that time, that strong, that bearing, it should be Avanca
testing again.  (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

RUSSIA
216 kHz R.Rossii (t), Kranoyarsk, 2306-..., 29 Dec 06, Russian (t), talks;
14331, adj. QRM. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

SAINT KITTS & NEVIS... again
555 kHz R.ZIZ, Basseterre, 2345-..., 27 Dec 06, English, talks, presumably
news or reports; 32441, vy. strg. adj. QRM de ALG 549 & E 558. (Carlos
Gonçalves - POR)

SOUTH AFRICA
Vy. nice signals from sev. Meyerton relayed stns, viz.
kHz.....station....UTC, date, details;  SINPO, rmks.
3215   AWR, 1826-1832*, 27 Dec 06, English, anns.,addr.,multi-lang. ID
1830, IS, tune; 35343.
3230   Family R, 1916-1927, 28 Dec 06, English, phone-in prgr; 55444, occ.
QRM de nr. stn
3255   BBC, 1831-1848, 27 Dec 06, WS in English, anns. news h/lines, refs.
to the Have Your Say prgr (on late Gerald Ford); 45333, occ. uty. QRM only.
3320   SAUK/R.Sonder Grense, 1842-1906, 27 Dec 06, Afrikaans, interviews,
light songs, advs., news; 45343, but 55444 on 28 Dec 1915.
3345   Canal África, 1930-1951, 28 Dec 06, Portuguese to AGL+MOZ, news+rpts,
UN R rpts, Afr. pops; 55444.

(all 5 de Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

SPAIN
1107.08 kHz RNE-R5, 5 txs 10~25 kW, 2311-..., 30 Dec 06, het. w/ 1 off-ch R5
tx, possibly from the NEast; differ. echoes noted; 54443. (Carlos
Gonçalves - POR)

SWAZILAND
3200 kHz TWR-Africa, Mpangela Ranch, 1740-1752, 25 Dec 06, Engloish, add.
ann., ID+TWR Africa webpage info, religious prgr; 45333. (Carlos Gonçalves -
POR)

SYRIA
783 kHz ORTAS, Tartus, logged on 03 Jan, 1641-1707, Hebrew, talks, Jewish
songs, incl. pops, TS 1700, talks; a surprising 54444 rating which was soon
to dive into a more "obscure" result as QRM de E got stronger.
Earlier observation also here in Lisbon: 1844-1912, 25 Dec, Russian, talks;
Arabic right after 1900; 33442, QRM de E. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

UNID
1566 kHz 1936-..., 31 Dec 06, jammer - against whom?  13431... it's a bit
odd mentioning a SINPO rating for a jamming stn, but that's how I can
roughly describe the way it was received.   Any ideas?   (Carlos Gonçalves -
POR)

1620 kHz R.República, site?, 2314-2336, 29 Dec 06, spanish, sports
ephemerides feature, 49 m band schedule ann. incl. MW via La Poderosa
network (MEX?), followed by prgr "Palabras" at 2331.  Could this be via
WDHP, Frederiksted, VIR?  (see US VIRGIN IS.) 44343.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

VIRGIN ISLANDS, American
1620 kHz WDHP, Frederiksted, 2334-2345, 26 Dec 06, English, lively,
Carnaval sounding tunes & Caribb. songs; 54433, co-ch QRM.  Could
this be used for relaying anti-Castro R.República too on some days?
(cf. UNID 1620 with R.República, 29 Dec 06).
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

ZIMBABWE
3396 kHz ZBC, Guineafowl, 1749-1809, 25 Dec 06, Vernacular, talks,
phones-ins; 35332, but rtd. 45343 on 27 Dec 1836 at the SW coast QTH.
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)
____________

Still a lot more 5~11 MHz bands in subsequent msg or msgs.

73,
Carlos.