Help ID'ing Some Frequencies

[mfn002]

I usually tune in at around 1200 UTC and continue until about 1700 or so. During this entire time, a somewhat faint station keeps popping up on 9370. I can't make out what is being said, but the signal is strong enough for me to hear a voice.

I also have a few others from this time range (From a list of ones I cought this morning):

5025: Daily, Spanish-language broadcast until about 1400 or 1500 UTC
5755: Until 1330
5890: Until 1400
5950: Until 1330
5975: 1400 until 1430
11815: Extremely faint signal starting sometime around either 1300 or 1400
13570: Daily religious, English-language broadcast beginning around 1300 or so (very strong signal)
15560: Spanish-language broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays

I have plenty of other "mystery stations", but I'll get to those later.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[ridgescan]

S H O R T W A V E S T U F F

click on "B10 combined", follow open up process, when NASWA page shows up, click "combined" in lower left corner to enable scroll list
scroll to your frequency, then look for time slots

 

[Jimepage]

way easier to look at a guide then to post all these


http://eibispace.de/dx/bc-b10.txt

 

[ka3jjz]

That's only 1 service, and is not updated nearly as often as Dan's spreadsheet.

Using the 'Find' feature in Excel works just fine...(hint hint)

5025 is undoubtedly R Rebelde Cuba relaying the National Service, as it always does. It is, however, far better to LISTEN for the IDs - the big stations tend to ID either at the top of bottom of the hour, or when a program changes. In Spanish, hearing 'Aqui' or 'Esta es' around these times should be a tip off. Tune your ear to these languages; it will enhance your listening.

This is SW Listening

Mike

 

[majoco]

Even just Goooogling 5025kHz came up with Radio Rebelde - you're gonna have to try harder than that to catch us out!

I can't hear Rebelde, 'cos Radio Katherine (ABC) gets in the way!

 

[mfn002]

I've found several inconsistancies in the list. First of all, 15350 appears from 1300-1400, along with Radio Veritas at their scheduled time. Some of them start a half-hour earlier than mentioned. Others start and stop midway through what is supposed to be their scheduled times, while the specified languages on a few of them don't match up with what I'm hearing (for example, I hear Mandarin when there is supposed to be an English-language broadcast from Radio Australia on 6020. Again, I can't find a station that matches that).

 

[k9rzz]

Which "list" do you have?

 

[mfn002]

Which "list" do you have?

The Shortwave Stuff one.

To ID some, especially the ones the end at :30, I sometimes "stretch" the time to match one on the list, however, this seems a little odd because after :30, there's nothing but dead air on the frequency.

I would be able to ID more via the languages, but I'm not familiar with all of the different Asian languages that are out there. Also, most come in with quite a bit of static, and sometimes it's hard to tell what's being said. Sometimes, the only reason I can even detect a broadcast is simply by the presence of voices.

 

[ridgescan]

I myself do not have my microsoft office enabled. So when I bring up the list, I have to cancel the setup. The list still is scrollable, will still come up, and useable to me-I just cannot change or enter any thing into the worksheet. So I ignore the actual time it is set to, and I go by the timeslots at the left that something I am DXing will fall within. For example, say I'm dialing around and a broadcast in English shows up on my rig now at 2225utc on 15560khz-I will scroll down to 15560khz, then will continue the scrolling within 15560khz till I see that Radio Australia is there from 2200-2400utc. I just IDd that station.
So Are you seeing what I mean or would you like a short video for illustration?

 

[k9rzz]

The database was just updated Feb. 18. It's quite up to date and pretty darn accurate. I use Open Office and have no issues setting the Zulu time differential, or using F9 to adjust the ON/OFF status.

I did just run across a station not on the database, 3258khz which sounds Greek and it's S9+10db on a receiver in Zante, Greece. Can't find anything on the web either.

 

[ridgescan]

k9-how about shooting a quick tutorial there?

 

[k9rzz]

Sure, tutorial on what?

 

[ridgescan]

You know-just do a vid showing how you bring up and utilize the spreadsheet-I think yours would be nicer than mine...I think the OP is doing something different.

 

[k9rzz]

Well, I did that once but it didn't go over too well. :^]

The downloaded spreadsheet is "read only", so you have to copy the whole thing and paste it into a new spread sheet. click upper left most box so the whole sheet is selected, 'copy', then 'new - database', click upper most left box, 'paste') I use Open Office for my database work (free). Then you can change the boxes where you need to.

In the upper right corner there is a box that you have to set to account for your difference in local time from Zulu. For Central standard time, set it to -6, for West Coast set it to ?? (you'll have to figure it out). Then all the times will be correct. To set the database to the current time, just hit F9, then all the ON/OFF cues will be current.

I just learned that F9 trick. Sure comes in handy.

 

[mfn002]

Here are some from Saturday (2/19/2011)

05875 KHz: 1330-1430 UTC
05950 KHz: Until 1430 UTC
05975 KHz: 1400-1430 UTC
06125 KHz: Until 1430 UTC
06715 KHz: Until 1430 UTC
07240 KHz: 1430-1500 UTC
07280 KHz: 1330-1500 UTC
07365 KHz: 1330-1430 UTC
07385 KHz: Until 1430 UTC
09280 KHz: Until 1500 UTC
09330 KHz: Until 1430 UTC
09360 KHz: 1330-1400 UTC
09430 KHz: Until 1530 UTC
09635 KHz: Until 1330 UTC
09650 KHz: 1400-1630 UTC
09680 KHz: Until 1500 UTC
09740 KHz: 1400-1630 UTC
15630 KHz: 1600-1630 UTC
17615 KHz: 1430-1500 UTC
17665 KHz: 1430-1500 UTC
17725 KHz: 1530-1600 UTC
21610 KHz: 1400-1430 UTC and 1600-1630 UTC
21630 KHz: 1400-1430 UTC and 1600-1630 UTC

 

[k9rzz]

Yup, that's a lot of frequencies. Is this a quiz? What's the prize? :^)

 

[mfn002]

Yup, that's a lot of frequencies. Is this a quiz? What's the prize? :^)

No and none. I keep coming across these, but can never quite make out what's being said on any of them. To make sure I got some of the times right,, I listened to the frequency for five minutes after the noted time just to make sure.

 

[majoco]

Download the combined chart here...

S H O R T W A V E S T U F F

...then you can do your own homework

 

[mfn002]

Download the combined chart here...

S H O R T W A V E S T U F F

...then you can do your own homework

Already did. The ones I listed didn't match any of the time slots in the chart.

 

[k9rzz]

Okay.

First one - 05875 KHz: 1330-1430 UTC

Is that the whole time that you listened? What did you hear?

There are only two possibilities - BBC via Thailand, or World Harvest Radio out of South Carolina, both in English. Both would be possible for you in Texas. Was it loud and steady, or more distant sounding? By programming content, you should be able to take a good guess at it.