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TRANS - ATLANTIC MEDIUM WAVE RADIO LOGS

(Heard (FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING - MARCH 27 & 28 ) in Carbonear, NEWFOUNDLAND

NOTE : Friday evening propagation conditions were very good here. Trans-Atlantic DX on Medium Wave radio included a very strong opening of signals from the Middle East around 1:30 UTC , a total of 8 "NEW" logs were added to my Logbook.

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531 khz - FAROE ISLANDS - Kringvarp Føroya, Akraberg w/ man in Faroese language, song vocals (matched online audio) https://kvf.fo/popout/widget

531 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio 5 various w/ news by man in Spanish, ID (mix w/ Algeria)

531 khz - ALGERIA - Jil FM , F'Kirina w/ Arabic talk, song vocals, ID // 549 khz

540 khz - HUNGARY - Kossuth Radio w/ news in Hungarian (Signal under CBT Grand Falls, NL )

549 khz - ALGERIA - Jil FM, Sidi Hamadouche w/ Arabic talk, song vocals , ID // 531 khz

549 khz - IRELAND - Spirit Radio, Carrickroe w/ news by man, ads, ID (under Algeria)

558 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio 5, various w/ Spanish talk by man, ID // 567, 585 khz

558 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Iran, Tehran w/ Farsi talk, chants (mixing with Spain)

576 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional Espana, various w/ man in Spanish , ID (Mix with Algeria)

576 khz - ALGERIA - Chaine 1, Kenadsa w/ Arabic talk , chants (mix w/ Spain)

603 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio 5 various w/ Spanish talk by man, ID (Strong signal)

612 khz - MOROCCO - SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania Meknès w/ man in Arabic , music (mixing with Spain)

621 khz - SPAIN / CANARY ISLANDS - Radio Nacional w/ woman in Spanish, ID (Strong signal)

630 khz - TUNISIA - RTT Radio Nationale , Tunis - Djedeida w/ news in Arabic (mixing w/ Portugal)

630 khz - PORTUGAL - Antena 1 , various w/ Portuguese talk, song vocals

657 khz - ITALY - RAI 1 Toscana w/ news in Italian, RAI ID (mixing w/ Spain)

657 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio 5 , Madrid w/ news in Spanish, promos, ID

666 khz - PORTUGAL - Antena 1, various w/ news in Portuguese by man // 720 khz (mixing w/ Spain)

666 khz - IRAN -IRIB Radio Fars , various w/ Farsi talk, chants

675 khz - QATAR - QMC Radio Qatar Main , Al-Arish w/ Arabic talk, music, mentions of Qatar

684 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional de Espana , Sevilla w/ news in Spanish, ID, promos (Strong signal)

693 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - BBC Radio 5 , various w/ BBC 5 Live ID, talk abt COVID virus // 909 khz (Good signal)

693 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio Nacional w/ Spanish talk by man , ID ( heard mix w/ BBC Radio 5)

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran, Laghouat w/ chants, Arabic talk

720 khz - PORTUGAL - Antena 1 , various w/ Portuguese talk , song vocals // 666 khz

738 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional Espana w/ man in Spanish, ID (Strong signal)

747 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio 5, Cadiz w/ man in Spanish // 684 khz (Strong Signal)

756 khz - ROMANIA -Radio Romania Actualitati, various w/ Romanian song vocals , ID by man (mix w/ Spain) // 1179 khz

765 khz - IRAN - IRIB World Service , Chah Bahar w/ Arabic talk, chants

774 khz - EGYPT - ERTU Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Abis w/ Arabic talk, music, (signal mixing with Spain)

774 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio Nacional, various w/ Spanish talk by man, ID

783 khz - SYRIA - SRTV 1 Dimashk , Tartus w/ Arabic talk, music, mention of Syrie

810 khz - SPAIN - SER Radio Madrid, Madrid w/ news in Spanish , promos, ID

810 khz - SCOTLAND - BBC Radio Scotland w/ talk and music, BBC Radio Scotland ID

819 khz - EGYPT - ERTU Al-Barnameg al-Aam, Batrah w/ Arabic talk by man and woman , music (strong signal)

828 khz - AZORES - Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes w/ song vocals, news in Portuguese, ID

828 khz - IRAN - IRIB Sedaye Khorasan-e Jonubi w/ Farsi talk, chants, instrumental music (heard under Azores)

837 khz - SPAIN / CANARY ISLANDS - COPE Radio , various w/ man in Spanish , COPE ID

855 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional de Espana w/ Spanish news by man , promos , ID (Strong)

864 khz - EGYPT - ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim, Santah w/ chants, Arabic talk (Good signal)

864 khz - SPAIN - RNE Radio Nacional Cast. La Mancha, Socuéllamos w/ man in Spanish talk , ID

882 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio , various w/ Spanish talk , COPE ID // 900, 999 khz

882 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - BBC Radio Wales, various w/BBC Wales ID, talk, song vocals (mix w/ Spain)

891 khz - ALGERIA - Chaine 1 w/ woman in Arabic (Very Strong)

891 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Dena, Yasuj w/ Farsi talk, chants (heard under Algeria)

900 khz - ITALY - RAI Radio 1 Lombardia, Milan-Siziano w/ talk in Italian, song vocals , RAI ID // 1062 khz (mix w/ Spain)

900 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio, various w/ two men in Spanish, COPE ID (mix w/ Italy)

900 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Riyadh, Qurayyat w/ Arabic music and talk // 1521 khz

909 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - BBC Radio 5, various w/ BBC 5 Live ID , talk // 693 khz (Strong signal)

909 khz - ROMANIA - Romania Actualitati, various w/ Romanian song vocals , talk by man ( heard under BBC)

918 khz - SPAIN - Radio Inter, various w/ Spanish talk by man, song vocals, ID

936 khz - MOROCCO - SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia w/ Song vocals , Arabic talk

954 khz - SPAIN - Onda Cero Radio, Madrid w/ man in Spanish , Onda Cero ID (Strong signal)

954 khz - CZECH REPUBLIC - CRo Dvojka, Dobrochov w/ Czech talk by man , instrumental song " Raunchy" (matched online audio feed ) // 1332 khz

963 khz - TUNISIA - RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int. Tunis Djedeida w/ song vocals, French talk by man

981 khz - ALGERIA - Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet w/ Tamazight language by man , song vocals

990 khz - SPAIN - SER Radio various w/ man in Spanish, Cadena SER ID // 1044 khz (under CBY Cornerbrook, NL)

999 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio Madrid w/ Spanish talk by man , promos, ID (Strong signal)

999 khz - SAUDI ARABIA -SBA Al-Quran al-Karim, Duba w/ Quranic chants (signal mixing w/ Spain)

1017 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional de Espana , various w/ Spanish talk , ID (Strong signal)

1026 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Tabriz , Azarshahr w/ Farsi talk by man, chants (Signal mixing with Spain)

1035 khz - ESTONIA - Radio Eli , Tartu w/ Russian talk by man (Good signal)

1044 khz - SPAIN- SER Radio San Sebastian w/ ID , woman in Spanish talk, promos (Strong signal)

1062 khz - ITALY - RAI Radio 1, various w/ Italian talk, song vocals, ID // 1575 khz

1071 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Ma aref w/ chants and Farsi talk , ment. Iran

1071 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Riyadh , Bisha w/ Arabic talk, music

1089 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - Talksport Radio various w/ talk, promos, ads , ID, (Strong signal) // 1053 khz

1089 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Adrar, Adrar w/ Arabic talk by woman and music (Signal under Talksport UK)

1098 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Jeddah, Dammam w/ Arabic talk and chants (mixing with Spain) ** NEW LOG **

1125 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional, various w/ news in Spanish by man, ID

1134 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio, various w/ man in Spanish, COPE ID

1134 khz - KUWAIT - Radio Kuwait Main Arabic , Kabd - Sulaibiyah w/ Arabic talk, chants (heard mixing w/ Spain) // 1341 khz

1170 khz - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -Sawt Al-Joumhouria, Voice of the Republic, Al-Dhabbaya w/ music, Arabic talk, ID

1170 khz - SLOVENIA - Radio Capodistria, Beli Kriz w/ Italian talk by man , song vocals, ID (mix w/ UAE )

1179 khz - SPAIN/CANARY ISLANDS - SER Radio w/ man in Spanish, Cadena SER ID (mixing w/ Romania)

1179 khz - ROMANIA - Romania Actualitati, Bacau-Galbeni w/ Romanian talk , song vocals, ID (over SER Spain/Canaries)

1188 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Payam, Tehran w/ Farsi talk by woman , ment. Iran

1215 khz- UNITED KINGDOM - Absolute Radio , various w/ songs , talk, ID by man

1224 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio, various w/ news in Spanish by man, ID

1242 khz - OMAN - Radio Sultanate Oman, As Seeb w/ Quranic chants , Arabic talk

1260 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Riyadh, Dammam w/ chants , Arabic talk by man // 1440 khz ** NEW LOG **

1269 khz - KUWAIT - Radio Kuwait Classical Arabi Music , Kabd / Sulaibiyah w/ Classical and string instrument music ** NEW LOG **

1278 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Kermanshah w/chants, Farsi talk, ment. Iran by man

1296 khz - SPAIN - COPE Radio, Valencia w/ Spanish talk by woman, ID

1296 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - Radio XL 1296 AM w/ news talk, music, ID (mix w/ Spain)

1323 khz - IRAN - IRIB WS Azeri Tabriz Radiosu , Jolfa w/ chants , Azerbajani talk ** NEW LOG **

1332 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Tehran, Tehran w/ news by woman in Farsi, music , ment. Iran

1332 khz - CZECH REPUBLIC - CRo Dvojka , various Czech talk by man , instrumental song " Raunchy" (matched online audio feed ) // 954 khz

1341 khz - NORTHERN IRELAND - BBC Radio Ulster w/ song vocals, talk , BBC Radio Ulster ID

1341 khz - KUWAIT - Radio Kuwait 2 Quran Channel, various w/ Quranic chants , Arabic talk (signal over BBC) // 1134 khz

1386 khz - LITHUANIA - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty w/ program in Russian

1395 khz - (Tentative) IRELAND - possibly Energy Power AM w/ song vocals, then man and woman talking COVID in English , other talk followed but signal faded away

1413 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional Espana 5, various w/ Spanish talk by man , ID. promos (Strong signal)

1413 khz - MOLDOVA - Vesti FM via Grigoriopol / Maiac w/ Russian talk by man , ID (Good signal over Spain)

1422 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Culture, Ouled Fayet w/ news in Arabic by man

1422 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran, Ouled Fayet w/ Arabic talk, chants

1422 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Idhaa ul Nedaa al-Islam w/ chants , Arabic talk (mixing w/ Algeria) // 594 khz ** NEW LOG **

1440 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Riyadh, Ras al - Khair w/ Arabic talk by man

1458 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - Lyca Radio 1458 AM w/ South Asian programming, news,ID

1458 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - Gold Manchester , Ashton Moss w/ Greatest Hits Of All Time , Gold Jingle ID , song " Rescue Me"

1467 khz - FRANCE - Trans World Radio Europe, Roumoules w/ religious talk in Arabic by man, ID

1467 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Qom, Qom w/ chants , Farsi talk

1485 khz - UNITED KINGDOM - BBC Radio 4, BBC WS, Carlisle w/ news by woman , BBC ID's ** NEW LOG **

1485 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Iran . Damghan w/ chants , Farsi talk, ment. Iran by man (weak signal under Spain ) ** NEW LOG **

1521 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBA Radio Riyadh, Duba w/ news in Arabic by man

1530 khz - SAO TOME - Voice of America relay , Pinheira w/ music show in English, song vocals

1548 khz - KUWAIT - Radio Sawa, Al-Kuwayt w/ Arabic talk, music ID (Strong signal)

1550 khz - ALGERIA / WESTERN SAHARA - National Radio of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic w/ Arabic song vocals and talk

1566 khz - BENIN - Trans World Radio Africa relay , Parakou w/ Religious talk by woman in French , ID

1575 khz - ITALY - RAI Radio Uno w/ Italian talk by man, song vocals // 900 khz

1593 khz - FRANCE - Bretagne 5 w/ French talk and song vocals, ID

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Receiver:

ICOM R-75 w/ 600 foot/ 183 metre 14 gauge insulated random copper wire to South East @ 135 Degrees

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Allen Willie VOPC1AA

Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada

47'44"15N 53'11"46W

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