KG5JST Radio Reception Logs, June 16-25, 2018

Introduction: Unless other noted, all times/dates below are in UTC, all frequencies are in kilohertz, the mode is AM, and my QTH is in EM15ep in far Northwest Oklahoma City

Most of my listening is done via ultralight shortwave radio receivers (my favorite of late is my CCrane Skywave), but I also sometimes use my Yaesu FT-817 or a standard car radio. I use a variety of antennas when at home but often use only the stock antenna when walking or bike riding outdoors.

Cuba
- Bauta
  - Radio Havana Cuba 6060 on June 17, 00:47. SIO 555 in Spa. Talk – ¹
  - Radio Havana Cuba 6060 on June 16, 06:33. SIO 555. Ed and Gerwin with the news, including discussions of meetings between officials from Malta and Cuba.
  - Radio Havana Cuba 6060 on June 24, 06:14. SIO 453 in Eng. Editorial about Trump’s brutal treatment of refugee children. –
  - Radio Rebelde 5025 on June 17, 00:42. SIO 454 in Spa. Pop music.
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  - Radio Rebelde 5025 on June 18, 01:40. SIO 454 in Spa. Cuban music.
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Germany
- Nauen
  - The Mighty KBC 9925 on June 17, 00:35. SIO 554. Surf music, station ID in English, more surf music. — I think this is my first RX of this famous station. Later on at 00:52 I tune in again, now they are playing a surf version of the oldies song “Mr. Sandman.” Voice in English says they are next going play a song from Finland, which also sounds surfy. ⁴
Romania
- Galbeni
  - Radio Romania International 9790 on June 17, 2018, 00:32. SIO 453 in Romanian. Techno sounding music ⁵
USA
- California
  - Simi Valley
    - N6R 7242 SSB on Jun 25, 04:25. Listing here, but this is really a contact I worked as part of the K5EOK field day day station set up in Edmond, Oklahoma (locator EM15hq). Quick contact with contest exchange received of “2A SB” – More info on the ARRL Field Day can be found here.
- Oklahoma
  - Oklahoma City
    - KGHM 1340 on June 17, 01:07. SIO 555 in Eng. Play-by-play of the OKC Dodgers AAA baseball, but with a different commentator than the usual Alex Freedman. ⁶
  - Spencer/Oklahoma City
    - KROU (relay of KGOU) 105.7 Mhz. FM on June 25, 23:52. All Things Considered (NPR) story about bolero music and its recent surge of popularity.
- Rhode Island
  - Providence
    - W1OP 7251.5 SSB on June 25, 04:51. — I worked this station as part of the K5EOK field day station set up in Edmond, Oklahoma (locator EM15hq). Just a quick contact with contest exchange received of “3A RI.” More info on the ARRL Field Day can be found here.
- Tennessee
  - Morrison
    - WWRB 5050 on June 17, 00:43. SIO 454 in Eng. Talk-commentator is claiming that Dennis Rodman is now involved in Trump’s North Korea negotiations. — Amazingly enough, this wouldn’t surprise me one bit. ⁷