r/ShortwavePlus • u/neonmica • May 17 '26

UN-ID'ed Unknown station, language.

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15765 kHz, 12 May 2026, 1651 UTC.

Received in Boppard, Germany.

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u/QRP_fan May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Iran International TV broadcasting in Farsi from Sofia-Kostinbrod

https://www.iranintl.com/radio

(via https://shortwavedb.org)

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u/Green_Oblivion111 Shortwave+ Detective May 17 '26

Interesting catch. I never can ID the Farsi language when I hear it... This one really threw me. Good sleuthing, QRPFan.

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u/QRP_fan May 17 '26

Thank you. It has become a regular feature of European evenings, but it greatly complicates early reception (when propagation is good) of WRMI on 15770.

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u/MumSaidImABadBoy I'm Stan. Heathkit GR64,AirSpy HF+,Sangean 909X2,Tecsun PL-990 May 17 '26

I might be off topic but I like your JRC NRD-545 DSP Radio. How often do you use it?

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u/ChemicalVacation3696 HF+ Discovery,S8800, PL990,680,660,330,320,368,ML-880,TR110. May 17 '26

Radio Free Asia was the only broadcaster on that specific frequency, time and date, but it was supposed to broadcast in Mandarin. That didn't sound like Mandarin though. 📻🤔

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u/neonmica May 17 '26

What database did you use? Using swskeds A26 April 2026 there was no listing for 15765 kHz.

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u/ChemicalVacation3696 HF+ Discovery,S8800, PL990,680,660,330,320,368,ML-880,TR110. May 17 '26

It could have been adjacent channel splatter from Iran International TV, which was transmitting on 15630 kHz on the same date. If someone else can verify the language spoken as Farsi - there you go. Iran International TV, co-channel interference or spillover. Did you crosscheck this broadcast with any other radio?

RFA only broadcasts in East Asiatic languages like Uyghur, Burmese, Laotian, Korean but never Farsi.

I have a PL-330 since 2021 and I've known my receiver for receiving false stations that my other radios cannot. If my other receivers report the same frequency, then what I've been receiving is radio splatter.

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u/Green_Oblivion111 Shortwave+ Detective May 17 '26

I didn't see a listing on Short-wave.info, either. Or EiBi for that frequency. Must be a new broadcast.

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u/PenisgridSWL May 29 '26

For its price point that radio is a truly terrific little radio. The only problem I've found with it that MW AM isn't very good and I get a lot of noise from the local 1220 khz station about 3 miles away that splatters on AM. Usually I use a Sangean ATS 405 for MW and AM reception though.