Monday, May 24, 2021

Shortwave (SWL) Report: Mahajanga Broadcast on RTL-SDR. (Madagascar World Voice - MWV)

I caught the end of the English broadcast (20:57 UTC/ 4:57pm) on 11965 khz using an RTL-SDR V3 with an XH Data AN-80 wire attached to the base antenna. The wire antenna was wrapped around the inside of a canopy outside.

The broadcast was from the Mahajanga transmitter in Madagascar approximately 8,824 miles away. 

According to WRTH, the station is owned by World Christian Broadcasting and retransmits programs produced in the United States. 

I tried to record the end of the broadcast but I'll have to see if it worked. Nothing else to add here but this was a very cool pick-up especially for the first time using the RTL-SDR.

Update: I picked up the Chinese broadcast from Mahajanga at (21:40 UTC/5:40pm) on 11610 khz.



















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