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Could anyone help ID this on 5970 kHz? It is not Radio 208

Andre
 
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I know that all DXing forums are full of people asking questions about "mystery" signals that are not really a mystery. But this one really baffles me. It is quite a strong signal, received in South Africa, QTH location KG33XV. The same repetitive music, for a full hour. It is 5970 kHz, at about 20:28 UTC. I listened for a full hour, between 20:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC  in the hope of hearing a station ID, but there was nothing, only this music. It stopped at 21:00. My recording below is just one minute of what I heard. I know this frequency is meant to be Radio 208 from Denmark, and can also be Radio Itaitiaia from Brazil. But what I received was neither of those, I checked the SDRs and online feeds. If anyone knows what this is, I would be really thankful. Received on the Tecsun PL-368.

5970 kHz

Paul B. Walker, Jr.
 

All thats listed on eibi is this:
5970          2000-2100 Tu,Th XUU Unknown Station              WAf         /D-n
this is the samestation thats on 9810 from the same transmitter site 2 hours earlier earlier


On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 1:07 PM Andre <strydenburg@...> wrote:

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I know that all DXing forums are full of people asking questions about "mystery" signals that are not really a mystery. But this one really baffles me. It is quite a strong signal, received in South Africa, QTH location KG33XV. The same repetitive music, for a full hour. It is 5970 kHz, at about 20:28 UTC. I listened for a full hour, between 20:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC  in the hope of hearing a station ID, but there was nothing, only this music. It stopped at 21:00. My recording below is just one minute of what I heard. I know this frequency is meant to be Radio 208 from Denmark, and can also be Radio Itaitiaia from Brazil. But what I received was neither of those, I checked the SDRs and online feeds. If anyone knows what this is, I would be really thankful. Received on the Tecsun PL-368.

5970 kHz



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Andre
 

Thank you for your answer, Paul. I wonder what this could be...

JAMET Paul
 

Hi,


I took a look in the list of EIBIO B-22 frequencies...

Here is the table of all frequencies with mention XUU Unidentified

It seems that other frequencies are also used on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... highlighted in yellow in the table below

kHzUTCDAYSITUStation XLANGTargetRemarks
3023 0000-2400
XUUSearch and Rescue Coord E

5680 0000-2400
XUUSearch and Rescue Coord E

5970 2000-2100 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
WAf /D-n
6300 0700-0900
XUUHoly Quran A

7225 1830-1930 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
ME /D-n
7560 1400-1500 FrXUUChina 600000 MFE /UZB
9440 1700-1800
XUUUnknown Station TIGEAf /ARM
9810 1800-1900 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
EAf /D-n
13560 0000-2400
XUURFID devices

 /XUU
13650 1300-1400 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
FE /D-n
15265 1700-1730 SuXUUUnknown Station FSIRN /F-i
15360 1600-1630246XUUUnknown Station AHEAf /F-i
17670 1100-1230 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
ME /D-n
17670 1430-1600 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
ME /D-n
21460 0645-0815 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
FE /UZB
21460 1245-1415 Tu,ThXUUUnknown Station
EAf /D-n


If it can help

Paul JAMET

De: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <paul@...>
À: "main" <main@ultralightdx.groups.io>
Envoyé: Samedi 25 Février 2023 23:09:44
Objet: Re: [UltralightDX] Could anyone help ID this on 5970 kHz? It is not Radio 208

All thats listed on eibi is this:
5970          2000-2100 Tu,Th XUU Unknown Station              WAf         /D-n
this is the samestation thats on 9810 from the same transmitter site 2 hours earlier earlier

Andre
 

Thank you for all this information Paul! Still leaves me wondering what this could be, unknown station, broadcasting to many different geographic regions. Maybe it is a test of a new transmitter for someone?

JAMET Paul
 


Andre,

After reading your last message, I continued to investigate.

I looked at the HFCC B22 files updated on 2023-02-15: http://www.hfcc.org/data/

Here is the result of my investigations... These would be tests from the Nauen Center in Germany (and one from Tashkent on 21640 kHz). The declared broadcaster is the German company Media Broadcast GmbH

The frequency of 5960 kHz is emitted with an azimuth of 213 degrees which explains the good reception in South Africa ... The days of the week are the same (3 means Tuesday and 5 Thursday)

I do not know the sponsor of these test broadcasts

But the shows have ended since yesterday 25-02 or end today 26-02-2023!

Please, see attached file ... THat's all for today! 

Paul JAMET

De: "Andre" <strydenburg@...>
À: "main" <main@UltralightDX.groups.io>
Envoyé: Dimanche 26 Février 2023 12:59:51
Objet: Re: [UltralightDX] Could anyone help ID this on 5970 kHz? It is not Radio 208

Thank you for all this information Paul! Still leaves me wondering what this could be, unknown station, broadcasting to many different geographic regions. Maybe it is a test of a new transmitter for someone?

Andre
 

This is great, thank you so much Paul!

Andre
 
Edited

Thank you again Paul for your information! I haven't been here on the group for a while, been really busy at work, only saw your message today!

PDXer
 

I have videoed the mysterious signal here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanYSu9BmsQ

Usually Radio 208 is weak signal with me due to their low power TXing, but this signal on the frequency was very strong.
I immediately knew that it is not likely Radio 208.

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