SW BCB Log

[nickcarr]

Good DX tonight and good listening - no interference and low noise floor.

7215.0 0340z 10/6/2009 Trans World Radio (Meyerton, S. Africa) 44434
Decent signal; clearly can make out African dialect in female voice; music

7230.0 0335z 10/6/2009 Radio Russia (Magadan, Russia) 33433
Weak signal; hear music every few seconds; heavy fading; cannot confirm

7375.0 0330z 10/6/2009 Croatian Radio (Nauen, Germany) 54545
Croatian? Sounds a bit like Russian and German mix; signal is very strong; heard "Amerkanski"

7400.0 0325z 10/6/2009 Radio Bulgaria (Sofia-Kostinbrod, Bulgaria) 32433
Decent signal; NB and NR on; music then Russian male speaking; cannot confirm

7505.0 0325z 10/6/2009 WRNO (New Orleans, LA USA) 41333
AM carrier present; heard music

9600.0 0320z 10/6/2009 Radio Havana Cuba 53444
Spanish broadcast

9630.0 0315z 10/6/2009 Radio Exterior de Espana (Cariari, Costa Rica) 44434
Confirmed; Spanish broadcast; strong signal but low volume; some fading

9735.0 0259z 10/6/2009 Voice of Russia (Montsinery, Fr. Guiana) 55545
In Spanish; confirmed by female sign-on message

9750.0 0305z 10/6/2009 BBC (Mahe, Seychelles) 22322
Extremely faint; AM carrier; hear male voice every 15 secs; reported to be in English; lang is not Chinese

9780.0 0255z 10/6/2009 HCJB Voice of Andes (Quito-Pifo, Ecuador) 52334
Undetermined lang; singing music; reportedly German; cannot confirm

9840.0 0250z 10/6/2009 Radio Taiwan (Montsinery, Fr. Guiana) 32323
Very weak; music followed by female voice; near end of program time?

9915.0 0155z 10/6/2009 Radio Cairo (Egypt) 42334
Weak but readable; heard signoff tone at 0200z

9955.0 0245z 10/06/2009 WRMI (Miami, FL USA) 43334
Talk show host; guest sounds like Art Bell (unconfirmed)

[ka3jjz]

For those that may not know, those 5 digit codes after each log are likely to be SINPO (signal strength, Interference, Noise, Propagation, Overall merit) codes. However, I would much prefer - and the majority of the SW logging groups I belong to follow this practice - a verbose description of conditions. Just describe it in a sentence or two. Let's try to follow this practice. It's much clearer, and certainly so for newcomers.

Nice logs otherwise. 73 Mike