11.975 MHz am. Any idea what it is ?

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BOBRR

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Hi,

Time is now around ten after noon in Boston,

Picking up on 11.975, am, a very loud and clear station that I can't ID

Language is not what I am familiar with.

Very curious.
Anyone have any idea what it might be ?

Bob
 

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Hi,

Time is now around ten after noon in Boston,

Picking up on 11.975, am, a very loud and clear station that I can't ID

Language is not what I am familiar with.

Very curious.
Anyone have any idea what it might be ?

Bob
I think it might be Radio Romania International. There are several listings for them around this time frame. The first is at 16:00-17:00 UTC in French. Three more are listed up until 20:00 UTC in Romanian. I can't pick them up here, due to my location, but I hear them regularly in English between 3:00 and 4:00 UTC (8 to 9 PM local). What was the UTC time when you heard them?
 

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Hi,

UTC would have been about 1600. Today.

Was very loud and clear here in Boston.

Regards,
Bob
 

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Hi,

UTC would have been about 1600. Today.

Was very loud and clear here in Boston.

Regards,
Bob
Then you probably heard Radio Romania International in French, directed at western Europe, so also in your direction. There's another station transmitting from Taiwan to the Far East in Mandarin Chinese on 11.975 at that time, "The Sound of Hope", but I doubt if they would have been strong where you are. I have the opposite situation: During my morning hours all I can hear from SW broadcasters comes mainly from Asia, especially from China or North Korea, although sometimes I hear Saudi Arabia. If I'm up early enough I can hear Radio New Zealand International on 5.980, as well. That's from 13:00 to about 15:00 UTC. At any rate, stations that can be easily heard on the east coast are a rarity here, due to the fact that I live in a valley surrounded by mountains. It's even difficult at night.
 

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Bob and others - you can get a huge list of sites with schedule information here...


However the most complete list (since it's updated a lot more frequently than most others) can be had at the SWSkeds reflector on groups.io
This incorporates a lot of sources - including many that are on the above page - into an Excel spreadsheet


For SDRPlay users, I am told you can use the userlist.txt file; SDRConsole users should use the .csv version of this file.

Mike
 

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www.short-wave.info is always a good site to check out for IDing possible SW stations. I also load the latest text file from EiBi and keep it up on my tablet computer's browser, so even if I have the wi-fi turned off (to save the battery) on my tablet, I just pull it up, scroll down the frequencies.

As the others mentioned, it looks like you may have heard R. Romania International at that hour.
 

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I can also recommend the Shortwave Broadcast Schedule app from Black Cat Systems for IOS or Android. This app has many filters and can quickly show you the Shortwave broadcasts by frequency/language/region/time in you area that are currently active. It is also very easy to search by frequency to identify any station you happen to find.

 

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www.short-wave.info is always a good site to check out for IDing possible SW stations. I also load the latest text file from EiBi and keep it up on my tablet computer's browser, so even if I have the wi-fi turned off (to save the battery) on my tablet, I just pull it up, scroll down the frequencies.

I do the same thing on my laptop, as I don't like having to do everything online. EiBi's lists are very good, but the individual lines are pretty long, so I either have to shut off word wrap or zoom the text out a bit. Of course, the lists need to be displayed with a monospaced font, such as Consolas or Courier New, in order to keep the columns properly aligned. I have Consolas selected in my text editor, which is by a third party. On my machine, Windows Notepad chokes on such long lists.

An alternative is the program EiBiView, which takes care of the list display, and is downloadable through a link on the EiBi site. It uses EiBi's data file with a CSV estension (comma separated values). I have that, although there is one small snag: I had to edit the data file and remove the line for an ARQ station (there's only one), because if I display that in EiBiView I get an error message every time. Also, for those familiar with the CSV file format, EiBi's data file separates the values with semicolons, not commas, although it works the same way.

Example:
10000;0000-2400;;USA;WWV Colorado (m.ann.);-TS;USA;fc;1;;[0621]
 

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Just a quick thanks for the info., and the leads.
Great hobby.
... and with a great website to support it. After all, the internet started out as a place for people to share info, not to buy things. Unfortunately, online shopping has become necessary for a lot of people these days, resulting in ads that are speed bumps (or potholes) on the so-called "information superhighway".

End of rant. :)
 
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