#262 RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL - October 18, 2020
(RG) - Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL
Rx - KiwiSDR (São Bernardo SP) + PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna
@ Brazilian stations: all in Portuguese.
@ Times in UTC.
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ARMENIA - ARM,
13745 kHz: TWR India, via Yerevan, Bengali, 17/10 1315. Message by male voice, prayer, song by a youth group, interval signal from TWR India on 1330. 35543 (RG). Tx w/100° Az to India.

BOLIVIA - BOL,
5952,44 kHz: It sounds to be Emisora Pio XII (presumed), Siglo Veinte, Spanish, 17/10 2240. Communication by female voice, listener contact by phone (in the characteristic from this station in previous time). No id. 24322 (RG). Better in USN (using kiwiSDR filtering), to avoid a QRM from 5950 and 5955 kHz.

BOTSWANA - BOT,
15605 kHz: Voice of America, via Selebi-Phikwe, Kurdish, 18/10 1440. Male voice communication, interview. Tx w/10° Az, to Southwestern Asia.

BRAZIL - B,
1580 kHz: Radio Difusora, Amparo SP, 16/10 2130. Advs from Amparo, id: 'Radio Difusora'. 23532 (RG).
1580 kHz: Radio São João Batista, Itaporanga SP, 16/10 2115. Catholic program, songs, mention to 'Itaporanga - São Paulo'. Id: 'Radio São João Batista'. 35543 (RG). In my registers I have follow previous information about this frequency from Itaporanga: In 2001 - Radio Trans Universal; 2003 - Radio Pedra Polida; 2016 - Radio Itaporanga; and now - Radio São João Batista.
6290 kHz: Oldies in a regular/good sound quality. It seems to be a Brazilian pirate station. No voice communication, just the oldies: Bryan Ferry, Mamas and the Papas.... 35433 (RG).

BULGARIA - BUL,
5900 kHz: The Overcomer Ministry, via Kostinbrod, English, 17/10 2050. Message in Brother Stair' style. Religious program. 25522 (RG). Tx w/126° Az, presumed to part of Asia.

CHINA - CHN,
6140 kHz: CRI, Kunming, Chinese, 17/10 2215. Talk by male and female voices, Chinese instrumental music. 35543 (RG). Tx w/225° Az to Southeastern China.

FRANCE - F,
15215 kHz: Deutsche Welle, via Issoudun, Hausa, 17/10 1307. Talk by male voice, interview, jingle 'DW'. 35543 (RG). Tx w/163° Az to Africa.

MADAGASCAR - MDG,
15530 kHz Adventist World Radio, via Talata-Volondry, Sinhala, 18/10 1405. A Christian message by male voice, song, a prayer. 35543 (RG). Tx w/65° Az, to Sri Lanka region.

NORTH KOREA - KRE,
6400 kHz: Pyongyang BS, Kanggye, Korean, 17/10 2207. A speech in a nervous style by male voice, as ever in North Korean communication... 25332 (RG).
9650 kHz: Voice of Korea, Kujang, Japanese, 17/10 2202. The traditional North Korean choir songs, talk by male voice. 24222 (RG). Tx w/110° Az to Japan.

ROMANIA - ROU,
9620 kHz Radio Romania International (DRM transmission), via Tiganesti, Spanish, 17/10 2140. Pop songs, 'Top Musical', female communicatio, SW schedule (RRI) on 2156. Interval signal on 2157, and sign-off. 45554 (RG). Tx w/247° Az to Central and South America.

TURKEY - TUR,
17770 kHz: Voice of Turkey, Emirler, Uyghur, 17/10 1432. Talk by male and female voices, song in Turkish language. 35433 (RG). Tx w/78° Az to Asia.

UNITED KINGDOM - G,
15310 kHz; RFE/R. Liberty, via Woofferton, Uzbek, 18/10 1450. Male and female voices communication, instrumental music. 35543 (RG). Tx w/80° Az to Asia.
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