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AIH17 DXpedition Log - UNFINISHED
September 15-23, 2012
(including programmed recordings until October 6)


 Europe (including the British Isles)
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
1188.0414 25.9. 0302 Nikolaos Apo Elata, Athens
1583.9942 25.9. 0305 tent. Radiostathmos Armaliadas, Kastro, provided that there are no other Greek stations here. An old acquintance, but logging this helps to memorize the split fq.
1584.0016-
1584.0026
26.9. 0249 Radio Vocea Sperantei, heard also on other days, best in the mornings around 0300 UTC.
 Iberia
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
The following local/regional breaks were noted (grey ones reported elsewhere in September):
  0525 COPE
0525 RNE5
0547 COPE
0550 SER
0550 RNE1
1958 SER

2058.00 SER
2058.55 COPE
2154.50 SER
2154.55 COPE
 Africa
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
576 24.9.
27.9.
0159
0059
Radio Veritas, Meyerton, with EWTN programming. Also heard in the mornings around 0300 UTC with Zulu rosary, but no station ID.
576 30.9.
5.10.
1701
0301
UBC Star FM, Mityana
594 2.10. -2101 Radio Ethiopia, Bahir Dar, closing with the National anthem, as customary. Finally nailed also this last HS frequency.
594 5.10. -2302 FRCN Kaduna, Jaji
639.0062
639.0062
639.0062
639.0052v
27.9.
28.9.
4.0.
5.10.
0001
0058
2259
2301
TENT. Lesotho NBS, Lancer's Gap, with African music and a phone-in show in an unknown language. Drifting upwards on the last occasion.
666.0000 1.10. 0300- Sudan Radio (SRTC), Kassala, began its broadcast day with recitation of the Koran, followed a minute later by Syria with a similar opening of the day.
765 25.9. 0300 SRTC Omdurman is really not a rarity, but this morning the signal was just booming
783 25.9. 0303 SRTC River Nile State Radio, Atbara
801 19.9. 1859 Amhara State Regional Radio, Bahir Dar // 6090 kHz
801 4.10. 0259 SRTC North Darfur State Radio, Al-Fashir. The only Sudanese regional station which didn't have local programming, just relaying Omdurman.
827.9874 25.9.
30.9.
2.10.
0259-
2059
0259-
Radio Ethiopia, Arba Minch
837 16.9.
27.9.
30.9.
6.10.
2000
1959
2000
0259
Radio Oromiya, Robe (Bale) was heard on most evenings with the new 160-degree wire
855 30.9. 2059 Radio Ethiopia, Harar
873 30.9. 2100 Radio Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
890.9967 25.9.
30.9.
6.10.
-2101
2059
0259-
Radio Ethiopia, Dese. Begins and ends broadcasts with the national anthem.
891 5.10. 0257 SRTC Sennar State Radio, Singa. First traditional music, then time signal and a station ID, followed by Koran recitation - so easy to distinguish from Ethiopia which signs on at roughly the same time.
918 24.9.
25.9.
0300
0300
ERTU Bawti, General program
963 25.9. 0300 Sudan RTC, Khartoum, with Radio Quran programming
972.0141 25.9.
26.9.
30.9.
1.10.
-2101
2100
2100
2100
Radio Ethiopia, Robe (Bale)
1026 26.9.
27.9.
28.9.
2201
2201
2200
Emissão Provincial de Manica, Chimoio. The frequency is practically free at this time, so this is perhaps the easiest Mozambican station to hear.
1044 30.9. 2100 Radio Ethiopia, Mekele
1053 18.9. 2000 Radio Oromiya, Nekemte
1196.9833 25.9. 0300 Family Radio, Lancer's Gap
1358.9996 25.9. 0255- Voice of Tigray Revolution (Dimtsi Woyane Tigray), Mekele. Instrumental melody from sign-on until the top of the hour.
1484.9993 25.9. 0257 SRTC Gadarif Radio, Al-Gadarif. Absolutely amazing signal strength! Began with interval melody at 0257, then local time announcement at the hour.
1574.9993
1574.9798-
1574.9848
25.9.
6.10.
0302
0306
ERTU Quseir, Holy Koran program, drifting visibly upwards on October 6.
1583.9982
1583.9986
25.9.
26.9.
0302
2000
ERTU Idfu, Holy Koran program in the morning, and ending Aswan regional program at 2001 UTC in the evening.
1602.0014 25.9. 0255- SRTC South Kordofan State Radio, Kadogli, ID: "Huna Kadogli, idhaat welayat Janobi Kurdufan".
6090 19.9. 1900 Amhara State Regional Radio, Geja // 801 kHz
 Asia
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
594 2.10. 2200 + Pilgrimage Enlightenment Radio, Makkah. A real surprise! This is a local "special event" station during the annual pilgrimage to Makkah. Part of the programming is in English. Simulcast on 101.0 MHz FM. Beware, there is also another more powerful BSKSA transmitter on the same frequency.
639 30.9. 1659 BBC Zakaki in Arabic
656.9990 16.9.
28.9.
1629 IRIB Radio Gilan, Kiashahr, with a local ID at 1629, followed by the national Tehran ID
765 30.9. 1530 IRIB Radio Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Shahr-e-Kord
783.0041
783.0039
783.0038-48
783.0038
17.9.
23.9.
25.9.
26.9.
1553
1628
1528
1528
IRIB Radio Sistan-o Baluchestan, Iranshahr. Local programming seems to end at 1630, when the standard Radio Iran ID can be heard.
791.8851 17.9.
23.9.
24.9.
1549
1558
1559
IRIB Radio Zanjan, Sohravard
891.0006-0027 25.9.
29.9.
2.10.
1631 IRIB Radioye Dena, Yasuj/Dehdasht. Heard also on other days, seems to be very common. Doesn't use the common interval melody, but instead identifies 1-2 minutes past the local hour.
891.0207 28.9. 0059 Azärbaycan Televiziya vä Radio Verilisäri, Baki
926.9803 25.9. 0000 BSKSA Al-Hufuf, Second Program. The main culprits on this frequency are conveniently apart from each other.
926.9983 17.9.
26.9.
1607
1530
IRIB Radio Lorestan, Dorud. Identifies location as Khorramabad where programming for the province is made in.
1035 30.9. 1700 BSKSA Yanbu al-Bahr, ID under the more common JRTV Amman
1071 24.9. 2000 BSKSA Bisha
1125.0077 19.9. 0028 FEBA via SLBC Puttalam. The 50 kW transmitter is now running at 30 kW. FEBA programming is aired at 0000-0100 and 1330-1430 UTC. Sri Lankan DXer Victor Goonetilleke confirmed my reception very fast, and with a very nicely designed eQSL. RP required for snail QSL.
1170 28.9. 1530 IRIB Radio Iran, Eshtehard/Damghan, very rarely audible despite the high transmitter powers
1188.00851 16.9. 1600 Thor Phor Saam, Phitsanulok
1196.9994 19.9. 0025 AIR Tirunelveli
1251 23.9. 1600 Hebei PBS, Qinhuangdao EB
1260 25.9. 1630 IRIB Radio Isfafan, Khur
1341 22.9. 2000 JOGK NHK1 Kumamoto via Minamata
1350 21.9. 1655 DWUN Quezon City. ID: "UNTV Radio, La Verdad 1350, tapat at totoo sa serbisyo publiko"
1394.9923 30.9. 1630 IRIB Radio Khalij e-Fars, Hajiabad. Identifies studio location as Bandar Abbas. Broadcasts // 621 & 693, although neither one was audible at this particular time.
1484.8848 23.9. 1530 IRIB Radio Fars, Jahrom, was audible only for a minute, but luckily at ID time
1485.0045
1485
1485.0033
24.9.
2.10.
5.10.
1630
1630
1630
IRIB Radio Khozestan, Abadan
1485.1835 24.9. 1630 IRIB Radio Iran, UNID QTH
1494 17.9. 1630 IRIB Radio Razavi Khorasan, Mashhad
1583.9785 24.9. 1630 IRIB Semnan
 Australia & Oceania
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
1611 5.10. 1600 Vision Radio, Chiltern VIC/Melbourne VIC/Adelaide SA
1619.9973 15.9. 1631 tent. 4KZ Ingham QLD. Was relaying 2UE programming "New Day Australia", but ads were for companies on the Queensland coast.
       
 North America
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
1340 5.10. 0506 WCDT Winchester TN
1430 5.10. 0659 WPLN Madison TN, "Nashville Public Radio"
 Central America & Caribbean
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
1210 5.10. 0459 Radio Rebelde, UNID location
 South America
 kHz: day.month. time UTC: station, comments:
920 2.10. 0429 Radio Programas del Perú, Piura/Cusco
1359.9878 29.9. 0331 ZYH650 Rádio Iracema, Ipu CE. Thanks to Marcelo Toniolo for identifying this!
1470 29.9. 0402 ZYJ676 Rádio Rondônia, Cacoal RO
1650.1592 27.9. 0300 Radio Guarani, San Justo BA
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Published on February 2, 2025 - updated later

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DXpeditions:

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2023:
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2022:
  AIH163 (log)
  AIH159 (log)

2021:
  AIH142 (log)
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2020:
  AIH124 (log)

2019:
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2018:
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2017:
  AIH76 (log)
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2014:
  AIH39 (log)

2013:
  AIH29 (log)

2012:
  AIH18 (log)
  AIH17 (log)

2011:
  AIH10 (log)
  AIH7 (log)

2010:
  LEM295 (log)
  AIH3 (log)
  LEM291 (log)

2009:
  LEM287 (log)
  LEM278 (log)

2008:
  LEM271 (log)

2006:
  LEM239 (log)

2005:
  LEM220 (log)
  LEM214 (log)
  LEM206 (log)

2004:
  LEM202 (log)

2002:
  LEM169 (log)

2001:
  LEM158 (log)

2000:
  LEM144 (log)

1999:
  LEM132 (log)
  LÅ164 (log)

1998:
  LEM121 (log)

1997:
  LEM112 (log)
  LEM104 (log)

1996:
  LEM96 (log)

1995:
  LEM83 (log)

1991:
  LEM54 (log)

1990:
  KAMU9 (log)


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