Ascolti in crociera dalle Mauritius a Shangai con il Sangean ATS909

Radio Mauritius

Dear DX-friends. It is a month ago, since you last heard from me. I am now back after an unusual 4 weeks holiday on the Italian Cruise Ship Costa neo Romantica sailing the 7.397 nautical miles (= 13.699 km) from Mauritius to Shanghai and visiting several countries.

I brought with me my portable Sangean ATS909 with a 90 cm long whip antenna and had a few chances to listen on it.  It was impossible to listen in my cabin due to local noise, so the only chance on board was to sit between bathing guests in the two swimming pools on the open, top deck!

Here are some of my loggings in UTC on MW and SW from the various places. I also heard many local FM-stations, but they are not included here.  In Singapore I heard 51 and in Hong Kong no less than 70 different FM-stations!

Best 73, Anker Petersen

Flic en Flac, Mauritius

MW

684 1735-1745 16.3 MAU RM 1, R Maurice, Malherbes French ann, Chancons d'Amour, 1744 ann "NBC Radio" 45444 AP

819 1755-1805 16.3 MAU RM 2, R Mauritius, Malherbes Hindi ann and folksongs, 1800 ID: "RM 2 Radio, 24 hours a day", more Indian songs 55353 AP

Victoria, Seychelles

MW

1368 0340-0345 21.3 SEY SBC, Victoria French talk 55555 AP

SW

11825 0450-0455 21.3 MDG Madagascar World Sce., Mahajanga II EE ID, religious tk 35444 AP
11860 0455-0500 21.3 CLA Republic of Yemen, via Saudi Arabia Arabic ann, Arab songs 35433 AP
15380 0455-0500 21.3 CHN Voice of China, Beijing Chinese ann, mx 25333 //15480 17550 AP
15540 0455-0500 21.3 CHN China Business R, Lingshi Chinese ann and jingles 25322 AP

Malé, Maldives

MW

1449 0640-0650 25.3 MLD MBC, Malé Dhivehi interview 55555 AP

Colombo, Sri Lanka

I visited Victor Goonetilleke in his home and made monitoring on his Perseus.

Andaman Sea north of Banda Aceh

MW

783 0920-0925 30.3 THA R Thailand, Ranong Thai talk 25222 AP
1062 0905-0910 30.3 THA R Thailand, Pukhet Thai talk 25232 AP
1251 0900-1010 30.3 INS RRI, Banda Aceh Bahasa Indonesian interview, mentioning Jakarta, Sumatra and RRI, 0954 ID: "Radio Republik Indonesia, Banda Aceh, Indonesia", Indonesian songs, 1000 I/S, time signal, ann of frequencies of FM stations, news 45444 AP

SW

9730 0830-0835 30.3 MMR Myanma R, Yegu Bamar ann, Myanma pop music 25332 AP
9835 0835-1030 30.3 MLA RTM, Kajang Malay talk, music and songs 25333 AP
11665 0930-0935 30.3 MLA RTM, Kajang Malay talk 25333 AP
11720 0840-0845 30.3 CHN Voice of China, Huikou Chinese report 35333 // 13610 (45444) AP
11950 0845-0850 30.3 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet Chinese talk 25222 AP
15710 0850-0855 30.3 CHN Voice of Shenzhou, Beijing Amoy songs 25333 AP

Strait of Malacca between Sumatra and Malaysia

MW: No stations audible!

SW

15500 0635-0640 1.4 CHN China Business R, Beijing Chinese talk with music 35333 // 15540 (25222) AP
15570 0640-0645 1.4 CHN China National R-11, Baoji Tibetan talk 25222 AP
15710 0645-0650 1.4 CHN Voice of Shenzhou, Beijing Amoy talk 25222 AP
17605 0650-0655 1.4 CHN Voice of China, Beijing Chinese talk 15221 // 17550 (35333) AP

Singapore

MW: No stations audible!

SW

3915 2255-2305 1.4 SNG BBC, Kranji English talk, timepips, English news 25333 // 6195 (Noisy) and 9470 (25332) AP
13610 0000-0005 2.4 CHN Voice of China, Nanning Chinese report 35333 // 17890 (45444) AP
15570 0350-0400 2.4 CHN China National R-11, Baoji Tibetan talk 25333 AP

South China Sea south of Vietnam

MW

612 0905-0910 3.4 VTN Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese talk, mentioning Hanoi, pop 45444 AP
711 0900-0905 3.4 VTN Can Tho, Thoi Long, P-1 Vietnamese news, 0902 military march, talk // 657 Ho Chi Minh City (35444) AP
783 0850-0900 3.4 VTN Can Tho, Thoi Long, P-2 Vietnamese ann, typical indigenous Vietnamese songs 45343 AP

SW

9635 0925-0930 3.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay Vietnamese talk, Vietnamese romantic song 35433 AP
9730 0920.0925 3.4 MMR Myanma R, Yegu Bamar talk 25322 AP
9750 0915-0920 3.4 CHN Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot Mongolian conversation 25333 AP
9835 0910-0915 3.4 MLA Sarawak FM, via Kajang Malay talk 25333. 11665 not heard at this hour. AP

Da Nang, Vietnam

MW

549 0805-0810 5.4 VTN Hung Yen, My Hao Vietnamese talk, piano music 25343 AP

594 0810-0815 5.4 VTN Da Nang, An Hai Vietnamese talk, mentioning "World Today" and twice Vietnam 55555 // 610 Quang Binh (35343), 666 Khanh Hoa (35232) and 675 Hung Yen, My Hao (35444) AP

702 0815-0820 5.4 VTN Da Nang, An Hai Military march, Vietnamese talk mentioning Hanoi 3 times 55555 // 729 Quang Binh, Dong Hoi (35444) AP

SW

6020 0820-0825 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thout Vietnamese ann, music 25222 AP
7210 0825-0830 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thout Vietnamese conversation 25232 AP
9635 0830-0835 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay Vietnamese interview 35444 AP
Other Vietnamese SW stations not heard due to propagation.

11665 0835-0840 5.4 MLA Sarawak FM, via Kajang Malay songs 25333 AP

Hong Kong, China

MW

567 0630-0635 7.4 HKG RTVHK R3, Golden Hill English ID, pop songs 45555 AP
621 0635-0640 7.4 HKG RTVHK Putonghua Channel Cantonese talk 45555 AP
675 0640-0645 7.4 HKG RTVHK R6, Peng Chau relays BBC WS in English, talk 55555 AP
783 0645-0650 7.4 HKG RTVHK R5, Golden Hill Mandarin talk 45555 AP
864 0650-0655 7.4 HKG Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co., Peng Chau English ann, music 55555 AP
1044 0655-0700 7.4 HKG Metro Broadcasting Co., Metro Plus, Peng Chau Mandarin talk 55555 AP
1062 0700-0705 7.4 CHN Zhuijang EBS, Guangzhou Cantonese talk 45555 AP

Shanghai, China

SW

2850 1000-1010 10.4 KRE KCBS, Pyongyang Korean ann, military songs 35333 AP
3220 1010-1015 10.4 KRE PBS, Pyongyang Korean ann, songs 25222 // 3320 (35333) AP
3925 1020-1030 10.4 J R Nikkei-1, Nagara Japanese talk and song 35444 // 6055 (35333) AP
3945 1030-1035 10.4 J R Nikkei-2, Nagara Japanese ann, English song 35333 AP
6165 1235-1245 10.4 MMR Thazin R, Pyin U Lwin Bamar ann, Myanmar songs 45444 AP
6200 1300-1305 10.4 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet Tibetan discussion QRM Voice of Jinling 33333 // 7255 (35333) AP
9665 1015-1020 10.4 CHN Voice of Zhonghua, Beijing Amoy talk 45444. KCBS not heard, neither on 11680. AP