SWL - Radio Romania Int'l Now

[Tom WA3KLR]

I was tuning through the SW broadcast bands to see what I could find relating to the Ukraine.  I found a station on 5990 kHz AM, broadcasting in English. I've been listening for about 20 minutes. I believe they identified as Radio Romania International, good signal. It's 8:20 p.m. here on the east coast. They did have a male voice with news at first, now a female voice, played some music. Clear channel, no adjacent channel interference. Good bass with the music.

Ended at 8:57 p.m. Still on, but in French now.

I looked up their schedule, this was a 8 - 9 p.m. broadcast to North America east coast. It was also on 7325 kHz.
Next time is 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. eastern on 6170 and 7310 kHz.

https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/rri_summer_2021_broadcast_frequencies-259

[W1ITT]

The Radio Romania short wave site is about 20 miles north of Bucharest on the main road.  Last I was there they had a bunch of older curtain arrays, but the technology doesn't change much and they still radiate.  A few years back I supervised the  erection of a 4-30 mhz rotary log periodic capable of 50 kw for broadcast use.  This is unusual as most go for military and government communications.  Sadly, the concrete work was poor and they skimped on the mix.  I heard that that LP fell over later.  This was about 15 years back and they hadn't pulled the plug on HF then.
They also had a big 153 khz station that got a new matching network and miles and miles of new ground radials.  Most of the MW and HF sites had plum orchards and they distilled their own polenca out back.
73 de Norm W1ITT

[Sam KS2AM]

They also had a big 153 khz station that got a new matching network and miles and miles of new ground radials.  Most of the MW and HF sites had plum orchards and they distilled their own polenca out back.
73 de Norm W1ITT

The station on 153kc is the 200 kW Radio Romania Antena Satelor.  Always has a nice signal into the Netherlands SDR and they play interesting local music.

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=153AM    

[W3FJJ]

Radio Ukraine International is being rebroadcast on 5010 kHz 7am est, every morning except
Fridays, WRMI.  Tough copy in, Delaware, though, between weak signal, fading and accent. I understand
That radio Miami is beaming towards Caribbean.

[Tom WA3KLR]

I'm picking them up now on 6170 and 7375 equally. Now it is 4:33 p.m. eastern. This is a 1/2 hour English broadcast I believe.

[KD6VXI]

WRMI has rhombics that will cover the globe.

The info needs to be beamed to the USSR so that the common citizen can hear 'the other side'.

Even if most don't have shortwave capabilities, word of mouth from hams can spread the word.

--Shane
WP2ASS / ex KD6VXI

[Tom WA3KLR]

The 8 - 9 p.m. English broadcast is on now.  Tonight 7325 is coming in real good. 5990 not quite as good as last night.  I didn't listen for the 7325 last night.  The news is over.

[ka8gef]

FWIW....BBC is broadcasting again (broadcasts to Europe ceased in 2008), attempting to counter the Russian government's propaganda.  Below are the BBC frequencies being used, beaming east to the Ukraine. These frequencies may change, as the Russian government adjusts jamming activities. The Russians have 80+ jamming transmitters currently in operation.

I listened on 15735 yesterday to a Polish online SDR in Warsaw. I have also picked up the 15735 broadcasts here in NE Ohio.

The BBC signal in Poland was 20db+. BBC programming in English was really tearing into Putin's history, mental health and the Russian 'version' of the war. If only the Russian people would tune in to these broadcasts, as most believe, or at least accept, the Russian government version. As far as most Russian citizens know, the Ukrainians are destroying their own buildings and schools (over 200 schools wiped out, 41 hospitals destroyed), attacking even their own children. The Russian government propaganda machine has become a massive weapon....

15735,7370, 5875, 9745 Khz.  

[WA2SQQ]

That link to the SDR receiver was most interesting. If you open the chat box there was a lot of live comments being passed. Local hams in the Ukraine seem to be using 3.675  as their local “ch 19”  fighting with the Russians. BBC on 198 kHz was really talking up the situation.   Please share any other SW stations which are reactivated.

[Sam KS2AM]

That link to the SDR receiver was most interesting. If you open the chat box there was a lot of live comments being passed. Local hams in the Ukraine seem to be using 3.675  as their local “ch 19”  fighting with the Russians. BBC on 198 kHz was really talking up the situation.   Please share any other SW stations which are reactivated.

The chatbox on that receiver is great.  There are real-time links to all sorts of interesting activity. 

One of my favorites is the frequency-agile polka bootlegger that operates daily between 1600 - 1700 kc . The announcer sounds like he in the sauce some days.

[Tom WA3KLR]

Checked all of those just now: (3:50 p.m. eastern)
15735 nil
9745 nil
7370 nil
5875 decent signal, but fast fading.

[KD6VXI]

That link to the SDR receiver was most interesting. If you open the chat box there was a lot of live comments being passed. Local hams in the Ukraine seem to be using 3.675  as their local “ch 19”  fighting with the Russians. BBC on 198 kHz was really talking up the situation.   Please share any other SW stations which are reactivated.

The chatbox on that receiver is great.  There are real-time links to all sorts of interesting activity. 

One of my favorites is the frequency-agile polka bootlegger that operates daily between 1600 - 1700 kc . The announcer sounds like he in the sauce some days.

Probably Greek.  Some of those Greek bootleggers are running well over 10kw carrier.

And they do have a lot of fun, to be sure lol.

--Shane
WP2ASS / ex KD6VXI

[Sam KS2AM]

That link to the SDR receiver was most interesting. If you open the chat box there was a lot of live comments being passed. Local hams in the Ukraine seem to be using 3.675  as their local “ch 19”  fighting with the Russians. BBC on 198 kHz was really talking up the situation.   Please share any other SW stations which are reactivated.

The chatbox on that receiver is great.  There are real-time links to all sorts of interesting activity. 

One of my favorites is the frequency-agile polka bootlegger that operates daily between 1600 - 1700 kc . The announcer sounds like he in the sauce some days.

Probably Greek.  Some of those Greek bootleggers are running well over 10kw carrier.

And they do have a lot of fun, to be sure lol.

--Shane
WP2ASS / ex KD6VXI

The guy speaks Dutch and sounds like he is not far from the Netherlands WebSDR.  There's also some other pirates between 1600-1700 that appear and disappear at random while changing frequencies. Most often heard in the afternoons US eastern time.

[Tom WA3KLR]

This via Doug WA3DSP:

UKRAINE Broadcast: The first crowdfunded #VoiceOfAmerica transmission will occur today at 21:00 UTC (16:00 EST) from WRMI in #Florida on 15.770 MHz with 100,000 watts of power beaming to eastern #Europe.

[WA2SQQ]

Now this is interesting
https://kotaku.com/numbers-station-russian-rickroll-uvb-76-hackers-gangnam-1848399390

I’ve been hanging out on a Ukraine radio listeners group on an app called Discord.
Lots of interesting radio banter

[ka8gef]

Here is the BBC schedule including the broadcasts beaming Russia/Ukraine. Although I can occasionally can pick these up here in Ohio, the 15735 Khz broadcasts are 20db over on the Warsaw (Poland) SDR.

Russian citizens listening in to these BBC broadcasts were up 250% this past week, not much of an impact when you consider that Russian propaganda television is telling citizens that the U.S. is building chemical weapon factories in Ukraine and that is another valid reason (total BS of course) for the Russian aggression....

https://www.radioworld.com/global/bbc-world-service-revives-shortwave-to-eastern-europe

[ka8gef]

Take a look at that Netherlands SDR now (2350z) specifically 3920 kHz- the waterfall is displaying some type of 'modulated spectrogram', displaying Ukrainian flags, Putin images, swastikas, jolly roger images, US Army logos....etc.

[Tom WA3KLR]

Shucks, missed it.

[WA2SQQ]

Hand out on the Netherlands SDR, in the chat room. Lots of active freqs posted. I also got an invitation to join a private chat using Discord app.

Priyom.org also has a lot of active freq info.
On the lower portion of 75m it sounds like shouting matches between Ukraine and Russian hams.

[WU2D]

After many years off the air, the BBC is back up on Shortwave to cover Ukraine.  The BBC’s shortwave radio broadcast can be found on 15735 kHz from 4pm to 6pm and on 5875 kHz from 10pm to midnight, Ukraine time.