BOC-12 DX-NIGHTS REPORT BOCCA DI MAGRA (LA SPEZIA) LONG & MEDIUM WAVE LOG 04 - 09 APRIL 2008 DARIO MONFERINI & GIAMPIERO BERNARDINI RX: AOR AR7030, AR5000, AR3000A-DX, PERSEUS, RF SPACE SDR-14, CIAO RADIO H101, DEGEN 1103, SANGEAN ATS 909, REDSUN RP2100, GRUNDIG SAT. 700 . ANT. : WELLBROOK LFL 1010 DATABASE UTILIZED AS REFERENCE TO MW : http://www.hermanboel.eu/emwg/sitemap.htm Solar Flux Values WWA : 76 (02 April), 76 (03 April), 73 (04 April), 71 (05 April), 71 (06 April), 69 (07 April), 70 (08 April), 68 (09 April). A-Index Values WWA : 01 (02 April), 02 (03 April), 11 (04 April), 21 (05 April), 18 (06 April), 13 (07 April), 09 (08 April), 12 (09 April). kHz day time UTC station, details 171 07/4 1730-1735 R. Medi 1, Nador,Morocco, NXs FF, //9575 (v.good) suff/good BOC12540 04+06/4 1108-1159 Onda Cero Catalunya,Barcelona,Catalunya,Monday to Sunday local service, good BOC12549 04+06/4 1130-1140,1630-1700, 1925-1945 "Radio Koper",Koper,Slovenia, ID at 1130,NXs Slovenian, 1925 "Live Rock Concert", ID 1930 "Radio Slovenia". good/v.good BOC12 558 06+08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.5 Valencia, Spain, in // 774 Regional, new reduced service regional, 30 minutes, daily, news Comunidad Valenciana,in //774 (good) suff/good BOC12558 04+08/4 1028-1059 Rete 1, Monteceneri,Switzerland, Italian, Weather "La Meteo", News. The information the TX will be closed 30 June 2008, has not yet been officially confirmed ! workers are fighting ! also the translation of the studios & offices outside Lugano, has not yet been confirmed. THESE ARE UNDERGROUND INFORMATIONS, so pls wait official news ! http://www.reteuno.rtsi.ch this is the new WEB. suff/good BOC12567 05-09/4 0520-0555, 1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA SICILIA, TX Caltanissetta, regional news, on sunday only 1045-1055. No more at 1630-1655 !!, heard in // 936,1116,1143 !!! suff/v.good BOC12 567 05-09/4 0520-0529, 1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA EMILIA ROMAGNA, TX Budrio, regional news, on sunday only 1045-1055. Heard in // 999. poor/suff BOC12576 06/4 1136-1159 RNE R.5 Barcelona,Catalunya, in // 738 RNE R.1 Barcelona, 612 RNE R.1 TX LLeida, 693 RNE R.1 TX Tortosa (under "bloody" DRM TX Milano Siziano, 801 RNE R.1 TX Girona, Regional Program. Daily service. suff/good BOC12585 06/4 1730-1745 Vatican Radio, News in Italian in //1530 !!!! (v.good) + Tunisia TX Gasfa, kuran reading, RNE separated by loop. suff/good BOC12585 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Madrid, Spain, daily program Comunidad de Madrid. poor/suff BOC12621 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Mallorca,Baleares, daily regional program in Mallorquin. Reception worse respect december 2007. poor/suff BOC12630 04-09/4 0900-1800 RTT Tunis, Tunisia, most potent signal from Africa. Arab service. v.good BOC12 657 04-09/4 0520-0529,1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA TOSCANA, TX Pisa-Coltano, blocking the frequency. v.good BOC12666 04-08/4 1131-1159 SER R. Barcelona,Catalunya, in Catalan, daily service. suff/good BOC12675 04-08/4 1900-2100 Radio Maria, Netherlands, TX Loopik, Boring music and songs (personal opinion sorry), in Dutch language. QRM from Libya, in Arab, separable with loop. good/v.good BOC12684 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Sevilla, Spain, daily regional Andalucia. Splash !!! from bloody DRM RAI 1 TX Siziano Milano. poor/suff BOC12 738 04-08/4 1920-1935 Truck Radio,Germany, hard rock & pop mx, dominating the channel at 1920 good/v.good !!! BOC12738 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Barcelona,Catalunya, daily regional program good/v.good BOC12774 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Valencia, Regional Comunidad Valenciana, in // 801 TX Castellon. good/v.good BOC12782 05-08/4 1830-2040 Radio Damascus, Syria, in Arab, separable with loop. suff/v.good BOC12783 04-08/4 1120-1159 Rock & Gol, Barcelona, Catalunya, "Infurmatiu" Local service in Catalan, at 1500 id "Rock & Gol oldies" in English !!! program from Madrid FM, often the station still annonce on the hour "Cope Miramar en los 783 de la onda media". Best signal on MW from Catalunya. good/v.good BOC12792 07+08/4 0620-0629 "Hoy por hoy Sevilla" SER R. Sevilla, local program, frequency blocked by France & Greece !!! at evening hours. poor/suff BOC12819 04-08/4 0520-0545,1010-1045,1230-1315,1630-1655 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA, TX Trieste, New schedule valid daily !!! also on Sunday. suff/good BOC12819 05/4 0531-0535 Euskadi Irratia, TX San Sebastian, in Spanish. suff/good BOC12819 08/4 0515-0520 SUD RADIO, TX Guaré, France, in FF, ID & Jingle, still active, heard mix up/down RAI 1, Euskadi. poor/suff BOC12837 07/4 1750-1759 COPE Sevilla, Regional service monday till friday. QRM from France TX 837, even with loop. poor/suff BOC12846 08/4 2035-2110* VOK, TX Nyamina, Kenya, in Swahili, ID 2059,YL, News, off anthem 2110*. Bloody RAI 1 Tx Roma-Palombara Sabina, this evening OFF !!!! Great !!!! so possible to listen to VOK sounds !!!! suff/good BOC12 846 08/4 2115-2125 Tentative R. North, Donegal, Ireland, country pop music, no ids, mix up/down Russian TX Moscow, R. Radonezh !!!, RAI 1 still off air. poor/suff BOC12 RAI 1 846 kHz testing DRM bloody system, remained off air till 12 April, due to maintenance. Usually they put program of RAI 1 FM , or RAI 2 FM services. (Dario Monferini)864 07/4 1715-1730 TWR TX Gavar, Armenia, Kazakh service ??, QRM from Egypt "holy kuran" service, & R.France Bleu (very strong). suff/good BOC12873 04/4 0520-0529 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA PUGLIA, TX Taranto, 1 kW, QRM from AFN Germany partly looped. Regional service in // 1431 & 1449. poor/suff BOC12873 07+08/4 0510-0530,0620-0630 "Hoy por hoy Zaragoza, Aragon" SER R. Zaragoza, local/regional service, monday to friday. "8 grados la temperatura en Zaragoza capital". suff BOC12 882 04-09/4 0512....1545 COM Radio, Barcelona, Catalunya,"Esta es la sintonia de COM radio" talks & News ALWAYS in Catalan !!! Signals les good than December 2007. suff/good BOC12882 05+06/4 1520-1535 R. Crne Gore, Podgorica, Montenegro, very bad audio. good/v.good BOC12891 04/4 1940-1945 Radio 538, TX Hulsberg, Netherlands, pop music hits radio, QRM from Algeria loped partially. good BOC12900
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BOC-12 DX-NIGHTS REPORT BOCCA DI MAGRA (LA SPEZIA) LONG & MEDIUM WAVE LOG 04 - 09 APRIL 2008 DARIO MONFERINI & GIAMPIERO BERNARDINI RX: AOR AR7030, AR5000, AR3000A-DX, PERSEUS, RF SPACE SDR-14, CIAO RADIO H101, DEGEN 1103, SANGEAN ATS 909, REDSUN RP2100, GRUNDIG SAT. 700 . ANT. : WELLBROOK LFL 1010 DATABASE UTILIZED AS REFERENCE TO MW : http://www.hermanboel.eu/emwg/sitemap.htm Solar Flux Values WWA : 76 (02 April), 76 (03 April), 73 (04 April), 71 (05 April), 71 (06 April), 69 (07 April), 70 (08 April), 68 (09 April). A-Index Values WWA : 01 (02 April), 02 (03 April), 11 (04 April), 21 (05 April), 18 (06 April), 13 (07 April), 09 (08 April), 12 (09 April). kHz day time UTC station, details 171 07/4 1730-1735 R. Medi 1, Nador,Morocco, NXs FF, //9575 (v.good) suff/good BOC12540 04+06/4 1108-1159 Onda Cero Catalunya,Barcelona,Catalunya,Monday to Sunday local service, good BOC12549 04+06/4 1130-1140,1630-1700, 1925-1945 "Radio Koper",Koper,Slovenia, ID at 1130,NXs Slovenian, 1925 "Live Rock Concert", ID 1930 "Radio Slovenia". good/v.good BOC12 558 06+08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.5 Valencia, Spain, in // 774 Regional, new reduced service regional, 30 minutes, daily, news Comunidad Valenciana,in //774 (good) suff/good BOC12558 04+08/4 1028-1059 Rete 1, Monteceneri,Switzerland, Italian, Weather "La Meteo", News. The information the TX will be closed 30 June 2008, has not yet been officially confirmed ! workers are fighting ! also the translation of the studios & offices outside Lugano, has not yet been confirmed. THESE ARE UNDERGROUND INFORMATIONS, so pls wait official news ! http://www.reteuno.rtsi.ch this is the new WEB. suff/good BOC12567 05-09/4 0520-0555, 1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA SICILIA, TX Caltanissetta, regional news, on sunday only 1045-1055. No more at 1630-1655 !!, heard in // 936,1116,1143 !!! suff/v.good BOC12 567 05-09/4 0520-0529, 1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA EMILIA ROMAGNA, TX Budrio, regional news, on sunday only 1045-1055. Heard in // 999. poor/suff BOC12576 06/4 1136-1159 RNE R.5 Barcelona,Catalunya, in // 738 RNE R.1 Barcelona, 612 RNE R.1 TX LLeida, 693 RNE R.1 TX Tortosa (under "bloody" DRM TX Milano Siziano, 801 RNE R.1 TX Girona, Regional Program. Daily service. suff/good BOC12585 06/4 1730-1745 Vatican Radio, News in Italian in //1530 !!!! (v.good) + Tunisia TX Gasfa, kuran reading, RNE separated by loop. suff/good BOC12585 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Madrid, Spain, daily program Comunidad de Madrid. poor/suff BOC12621 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Mallorca,Baleares, daily regional program in Mallorquin. Reception worse respect december 2007. poor/suff BOC12630 04-09/4 0900-1800 RTT Tunis, Tunisia, most potent signal from Africa. Arab service. v.good BOC12 657 04-09/4 0520-0529,1010-1029 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA TOSCANA, TX Pisa-Coltano, blocking the frequency. v.good BOC12666 04-08/4 1131-1159 SER R. Barcelona,Catalunya, in Catalan, daily service. suff/good BOC12675 04-08/4 1900-2100 Radio Maria, Netherlands, TX Loopik, Boring music and songs (personal opinion sorry), in Dutch language. QRM from Libya, in Arab, separable with loop. good/v.good BOC12684 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Sevilla, Spain, daily regional Andalucia. Splash !!! from bloody DRM RAI 1 TX Siziano Milano. poor/suff BOC12 738 04-08/4 1920-1935 Truck Radio,Germany, hard rock & pop mx, dominating the channel at 1920 good/v.good !!! BOC12738 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Barcelona,Catalunya, daily regional program good/v.good BOC12774 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Valencia, Regional Comunidad Valenciana, in // 801 TX Castellon. good/v.good BOC12782 05-08/4 1830-2040 Radio Damascus, Syria, in Arab, separable with loop. suff/v.good BOC12783 04-08/4 1120-1159 Rock & Gol, Barcelona, Catalunya, "Infurmatiu" Local service in Catalan, at 1500 id "Rock & Gol oldies" in English !!! program from Madrid FM, often the station still annonce on the hour "Cope Miramar en los 783 de la onda media". Best signal on MW from Catalunya. good/v.good BOC12792 07+08/4 0620-0629 "Hoy por hoy Sevilla" SER R. Sevilla, local program, frequency blocked by France & Greece !!! at evening hours. poor/suff BOC12819 04-08/4 0520-0545,1010-1045,1230-1315,1630-1655 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA, TX Trieste, New schedule valid daily !!! also on Sunday. suff/good BOC12819 05/4 0531-0535 Euskadi Irratia, TX San Sebastian, in Spanish. suff/good BOC12819 08/4 0515-0520 SUD RADIO, TX Guaré, France, in FF, ID & Jingle, still active, heard mix up/down RAI 1, Euskadi. poor/suff BOC12837 07/4 1750-1759 COPE Sevilla, Regional service monday till friday. QRM from France TX 837, even with loop. poor/suff BOC12846 08/4 2035-2110* VOK, TX Nyamina, Kenya, in Swahili, ID 2059,YL, News, off anthem 2110*. Bloody RAI 1 Tx Roma-Palombara Sabina, this evening OFF !!!! Great !!!! so possible to listen to VOK sounds !!!! suff/good BOC12 846 08/4 2115-2125 Tentative R. North, Donegal, Ireland, country pop music, no ids, mix up/down Russian TX Moscow, R. Radonezh !!!, RAI 1 still off air. poor/suff BOC12 RAI 1 846 kHz testing DRM bloody system, remained off air till 12 April, due to maintenance. Usually they put program of RAI 1 FM , or RAI 2 FM services. (Dario Monferini)864 07/4 1715-1730 TWR TX Gavar, Armenia, Kazakh service ??, QRM from Egypt "holy kuran" service, & R.France Bleu (very strong). suff/good BOC12873 04/4 0520-0529 RAI GIORNALE RADIO DELLA PUGLIA, TX Taranto, 1 kW, QRM from AFN Germany partly looped. Regional service in // 1431 & 1449. poor/suff BOC12873 07+08/4 0510-0530,0620-0630 "Hoy por hoy Zaragoza, Aragon" SER R. Zaragoza, local/regional service, monday to friday. "8 grados la temperatura en Zaragoza capital". suff BOC12 882 04-09/4 0512....1545 COM Radio, Barcelona, Catalunya,"Esta es la sintonia de COM radio" talks & News ALWAYS in Catalan !!! Signals les good than December 2007. suff/good BOC12882 05+06/4 1520-1535 R. Crne Gore, Podgorica, Montenegro, very bad audio. good/v.good BOC12891 04/4 1940-1945 Radio 538, TX Hulsberg, Netherlands, pop music hits radio, QRM from Algeria loped partially. good BOC12900