This evening's log
March 10th 2016:
1036UTC 4940KHz Chinese music/singing by YL. Voice of the Strait, 50kw, BCing from Fuzhou, Chinese coast. SINPO 34433. 1040UTC YL announcer in Chinese. Sounds like news program.
1046UTC 6115KHz Chinese pop & rap music (huh!), V. of the Strait again, lang. Amoy. SINPO 45444.
1049UTC 6180KHz Two or more stations, on in Chinese by OM (R. Taiwan), one in English by YL. Supposedly Radio Nacional de Amazonia (a.k.a Radio Capybara) is on this freq at this time but I can't hear them in the jumble.
1053UTC 6185KHz V. of Korea, OM in English w/news BC from Kujang @ 200kw, also weak Chinese station in BG: China Huayi BC Corp. from Chengdu @ 15kw. SINPO of Korea 32432.
1057UTC 6195KHz BBC World Service in English from Singapore (I didn't think they even had room there for a SW station's antenna farm!) ID'd at 1058UTC. News program w/YL announcer. Faint OM in English in background: no idea what station he'd be. SINPO 54544.
1111UTC 11600KHz R. Taiwan Int'l. in English, YL interviewing OM about hiking trails in mountainous region somewhere. Also about other outdoor sports such as water rafting. SINPO 45554. 250kw from Paochung. (YL mentioned that they have "menstrual leave" 1 day/month & miscarriage leave, besides maternity/paternity leave & also pregnancy leave. YL went on to discuss sexual harassment/discrimination, her and OM.
1116UTC 11665KHz RTM Wai/Sarawak FM, Malaysia. Weird programming, two OM in Malay, one speaking in falsetto as though imitating a YL. I have no idea what's happening here. Maybe the announcers are trying to be funny. SINPO 44544. Slight interference from another station, can't tell what.
1121UTC 11780KHz two stations, one w/music, YL singing, can't tell lang. but not English. OM from other station in BG. SINPO 22322. One sta. supposedly Brazil again (R. Nacional de Amazonia.) Heard OM announcer briefly but couldn't tell if Portuguese. 1130UTC stronger station has YL speaking what sounds like Japanese.
1131UTC 11865KHz BBC News from Thailand. SINPO 45444. In English of course. YL announcer (they're probably easier to hear due to higher voices?)
1134UTC 11955KHz China Radio Int'l. in Taglish (Tagalog with a few English words, which is what most Filipinos speak every day: not necessarily Tagalog, but w/lots of English words.) SINPO great: 54554. V. slight interference by weak YL in bg. Talk of Western restaurant "scene" in China @ 1137UTC. Interview in Eng. w/French restaurantier who lives in China w/Chinese wife.
1146UTC 15120KHz R. Saudi Int'l. OM singing in Arabic. SINPO 25322. Sounds like regular singing rather than Koran recitation (which is also sung rather than spoken.) 1149UTC changed to OM annoucer/speech.
1151UTC 15150KHz VoA from Thailand in Chinese (I think.) SINPO 32532. Fluttery effect & echo, prob. due to attempt at jamming.
1154UTC 15605KHz KSDA-AWR (All World Radio?) from Guam, YL in Shan lang. (whatever that is. ) 1155UTC OM w/occasional English words, none when YL speaks. SINPO 45544.
1157UTC 16760KHz weak sta. w/what sounds like Indian music/singing (I hear Tabla drums and harmonium.) I'm guessing AIR here, but maybe Pakistan?. SINPO 35322. 1159UTC OM announcer in lang? Probably station ID but I didn't understand it. (FYI I think my radio's UTC clock is a minute slow, so ID was prob. at 1200UTC.)
1208UTC 17880KHz Mashall Radio in Pashto lang. bc from Iranwila, Sri Lanka @250kw. SINPO 44454.
1212UTC 17705KHz AIR in Chinese from Bengaluru + R. Saudi in Arabic from Riyadh. YL speaking from India, music from the Saudis. Both decent signals but India's better, though she sure has a high voice! Saudi singer is OM, w/instrumental accompanyment.
1215UTC 15760 R. Mashaal again.
1216UTC 15690 R. Farda in Persian.
1217UTC 15400KHz Adventist W. Radio from Trincomalle, Sri Lanka, YL announcer in Mon lang. SINPO 54444. Language sounds tonal like Chinese, but it isn't Chinese or Vietnamese (I've heard both of those tonal languages before.) Sounds like there are a few tongue-clicks like Bantu, too. Wikipedia says Mon (spoken in Myanmar and Thailand) isn't tonal, so lang?? Maybe Khmer?
1229UTC 15225KHz R. Veritas Asia, religious sta. in Karen lang. (spoken in s. Myanmar) SINPO 34433.
1332UTC 13775KHz R. Saudi, OM chanting/singing a capella, prob. reciting from Koran. SINPO 54544.
1234UTC 13695KHz All India Radio (AIR) w/music program in Telugu lang. BC from Bengaluru (Bangalore) @500kw, SINPO 55545. Interesting music: sounds like pop or Bollywood music. 1240UTC: YL said something, maybe station ID, followed by OM announcer. News? Occasional English words.
(Glad y'all like my SINPOs! Hehe!)