cobalt pet shortwave / mediumwave weblog

29 September 2006

voice of russia's absence

I've been having a hard time receiving Voice of Russia's North American broadcasts around the 0200-0500 UTC timeframe lately. Here are the frequencies from primetimeshortwave.com:

0100-0200 UTC: 7250 / 9665 / 15555 / 15595 khz
0200-0300 UTC: 9665 / 9860 / 15555 / 15595 khz
0300-0400 UTC: 5990 / 9665 / 9860 / 15425 / 15555 / 15595 khz
0400-0500 UTC: 5990 / 9665 / 9860 / 15555 khz

Are any of you receiving Voice of Russia lately? If so, I'd be curious to know what they have been discussing. I miss it!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

I AM A SHORTWAVE LISTENER IN PHILA
PA USA...THERE HAS BEEN NO RECEPTION OF VOR FOR THE PAST TWO
MONTHS ON ANY OF THE LISTED FREQUENCIES...SUMMERTIME RECEPTION WAS GOOD TO ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT SINCE MID-SEPTEMBER, NOTHING...IN FACT, RECEPTION OF ALMOST ANY STATION FROM 9400-10000 KHZ HAS BEEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE THE PAST TWO
MONTHS EVEN STUFF LIKE CBC & RADIO
NETHERLANDS...MICHAEL MANTRA PHILA
PA USA

weatherall said...

Hey Michael:
Thanks for visiting and for leaving your comments. I am very curious about your report that you're not receiving anything in the 9400-10000 khz range. Have you tried more than one radio? Is there a new source of interference in your listening location?

Glenn Hauser is a person who would be interested in receiving your report as well. You can find his contact info at www.worldofradio.com .

Dr.David said...

i have just become a blogger, somehow checked in with radio sweden, and then you folks came along. A very nice surprise. Yes, I am new to most of this. The things you are able to do with short wave radio sounds very exciting/interesting. Would you be able to give me one or two references to enable me to become a short wave radio operator, such as how to get started and what to avoid? thanks.

dggee nova scotia canada

weatherall said...

dr.david:
Thanks for reading. This weblog mostly focuses on listening to shortwave radio. Do you already have one, or did you listen to Radio Sweden some other way? I would recommend taking a look at my featured articles page - there's a link on the right side of my weblog layout to the featured articles page. If you're shopping for a shortwave radio, you can read my radio buying guide as an introduction to the types of radios available and the types of features at some of the different price points. From there, if you have more questions, you can leave another comment here and I'll try to help. Good luck!