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4699.998 BOLIVIA Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, Sep 13, *0947:30 – s/on with contemporary instrumental, soft-spoken OM and YL in Spanish, canned ID at 0958 UTC (audio clip), inspirational talks and vocals. Fair signal with some transmitter dawn enhancement from 1020-1030 UT.

4716.69 BOLIVIA (tent) Radio Yura, Yura, Sep 13, *0958 – only threshold audio, drifting up 10 Hz from 4716.68 before stabilizing.

4746.923 PERU (tent) Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Sep 13, *1003 – carrier only signal at s/on, but strengthening to poor level by 1033 UT with monologue by YL in lang, fading back to carrier level by 1100 UT. Relatively stable, drifting +/- 2 Hz.

4769.963 NIGERA Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, Sep 13, *0428 – transmitter on at 0404 but modulation not heard until 0428. Poor, talk by OM, tribal music. Much improved at 0500 with news in English then pop and reggae songs, good peak at 0520 Kaduna sunrise.

4775 SWAZILAND Trans World Radio, Manzini, Sep 13, *0342 – vernacular religious program, English ID at the top of the hour “to Africa service, this is Trans World Radio” into German program for South Africa. Excellent signal.

4780 DJIBOUTI Radio Djibouti, Dorale, Sep 13, *0400 – 1 kHz test tone from 0342, possible anthem at 0400, brief announcement by OM in French then directly to Qu’ran. Poor.

4789.99v PERU Radio Visión, Chiclayo, Sep 13, 0330 – Power increase? Signal peaked at 0420 to an excellent level, and remained so the rest of the night. Iglesia Pentecostal preacher, contemporary Spanish inspirational vocals, casual R Vision mentions occasionally just after the top of the hour. After 0600 there many vocals with a strong Andean flavor.

4828.0 ZIMBABWE Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, Sep 13, 0330 – poor peaking to almost fair signal at 0400, talk by OM in heavily accented English, African pop music. Strong CODAR. Perhaps Sackville should invite the Gweru technicians over to calibrate their transmitters?

4925.24v BRAZIL Rádio Educação Rural, Tefé, Sep 13, *1009 – poor in CODAR, drifting from initial 4925.245 down to 4924.237 by 1100 UT.

4949.75 ANGOLA (tentative) Radio Angola, Mulenvos, Sep 13, 0330 – carrier only until just threshold audio heard at 0500-0520. Talk by man and woman, possibly news.

4965 ZAMBIA CVC Voice Africa, Lusaka, Sep 13, 0330 – English with religious program, peaking from 0400-0415 with more religious talk, jingles, sound efx, inspirational music, pops. Fair.

4975.966 UGANDA Radio Uganda, Kampala, Sep 13, 0330 – very little audio despite decent signal strength, best at 0340-0350 with talk by OM.

5009.943 MADAGASCAR Radio Madagasikara, Ambohidrano, Sep 13, 0330 – nice etheric female vocal, talk by OM in vernacular, drumming. Good signal at tune in despite transmitter being in daylight for 45 minutes, slowly fading.

5066.34 CONGO, DEM REP (presumed) Radio Tele-Candip, Bunia, Sep 13, *0359 – decent strength carrier, possible threshold audio in LSB? Transmitter dawn enhanced, sign-on is only 9 minutes after Bunia sunrise. Would be much easier without the WWCR splatter.
+ Sep 15, *0420 – threshold audio at 0424 and 0426, OM in French.

15076.02 ANTARTICA LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Sep 14, 1800 – on with a Spanish ballad, brief announcement by OM at 1804, YL mentioning Esperanza and other announcements over ballads. Possible canned ID by OM at 1815, YL with what sounded to be saludos to oyentes internacionales, more ballads. Faded down to threshold levels by 1830 then carrier only by 1900. I’ve been monitoring them daily this month with the Perseus, today is by and far the best signal. While the transmitter is fired up between 1730-1740 UT, they do not sign on until the top of the hour.

3 Asian signals on 4,750 kHz were monitored from 0830-1300 UT Sunday, Sep. 13 2009. Sunrise in Memphis is 1141 UTC. Only threshold audio was received from 4749.95v kHz.

Possible targets are:
RRI Makassar (1000 sunset)
CNR 1, Hailar? (if Hailar, 1019 sunset)
PBS Qinghai, Xining (1126 sunset)
Bangladesh Betar (1205 sunset)

4749.95v CNR 1, Hailar?, China. *0858, weak audio during 1200-1230 peak, Chinese talk // 5030. Both Aoki and Eibi list CNR1 here 0600-1735, except Tuesdays when 0900-1735. This transmitter came on the air just just before 0900.
4750.000 Unid. *1045, peaking during receiver dawn period 1130-1200. Nothing in the Aoki or EiBi lists with 1045 s/on. In DXLD 9-063, Supratik Sanatani reports receiving an email from the Senior Engineer of Bangladesh Betar Dhaka advising “We are now transmitting 4750 kHz, SW from 05:45 to 13:00 (UST)” The time zone given is unclear, but the :45 s/on could indicate that this signal is Bangladesh.
4750.008 Unid. Suspected RRI Makassar, emerging from the noise floor around 0845, peaking 1000-1030z then again at 1230z.

Aoki:
4750 PBS Qinghai, Xining 0600-0855 12.4567 Chinese 50 270 //6145
4750 PBS Qinghai, Xining 0855-1600 1234567 Chinese 50 270
4750 RRI Makassar 0745-1555 1234567 Indonesian 20 ND
4750 CNR 1, Hailar? 0600-0900 12.4567 Chinese 100 ND
4750 CNR 1, Hailar? 0900-1735 1234567 Chinese 100 ND

Eibi:
4750 0730-1614 BGD Bangladesh Betar
4750 0600-0900 We-Mo CHN China National Radio 1
4750 0900-1735 CHN China National Radio 1
4750 0600-0855 We-Mo CHN PBS Qinghai
4750 0855-1600 CHN PBS Qinghai
4750 0745-1400 INS RRI Makassar

Many thanks to Brian Alexander for the tip that Caribbean Beacon in Anguilla was missing from 6090 kHz on Friday evening, Sep. 4-5 UTC. Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria all logged and noted below. As of Sep. 5 2245 UTC, it appears Anguilla is still off the air.

** BRAZIL. 6089.944, R. Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, Sep 4, 2320 – Anguilla absent, Portuguese talk by man, commercial for PetroBras, ID at the top of the hour. Anguilla silent, poor to fair signal during the 2320-0003 UT period with Kaduna off.

6089.944, R. Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, Sep 5, 0228-0255 – Anguilla absent, signal nicely peaking from 0228-0250, with music bridge, 5 time pips at the bottom of the hour, Portuguese talk by man and woman. 5 time pips again at 0245 then possible sports talk, more music bridges. Anguilla silent, covered by Nigeria and Ethiopia at 0255. Re-check around 0913 UT Sao Paulo sunrise revealed only very modest transmitter dawn enhancement.

**ETHIOPIA. 6090, Amhara State Radio, Sep 5, *0255 – Interval signal until 0259, drumming until 0301 then opening talk by woman in presumed Amharic. Very nice variety of Ethiopian instrumentals and vocals from 0305. Woman or man occasionally speaking between musical selections, many mentions of Ethiopia. Slowly fading from 0340 UT. Woman at 0400 mentioning Ethiopia and Amhara. Anguilla silent, peaking around 0310 then fading very slowly.

** NIGERA. 6089.85, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, Sep 4, 2243-2319* – presumed Hausa, talks by man, poor signal with low rumble from co-channel Brazil on 6089.945. Anguilla silent, poor signal.

6089.85, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, Sep 5, *0003-0110* – presumed Hausa, sermons by man interspaced with Qu’ranic recitations until off at 0110 UT. Surely special Ramadan broadcast. Anguilla silent, dominant over much faded Brazil.

6089.85, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, Sep 5, *0255-0700 – on with ~1 kHz tone until 0259 UT, drumming, choral National Anthem at 0300:30. Brief English opening announcement by man mentioning “here ? with all of my friends” then male announcer in presumed Hausa. Monologues, Qu’ran, sermons. Anguilla silent, fair signal at sign-on but slowly fading before strongly peaking after 0520 with excellent transmitter sunrise enhancement. Audio didn’t totally fade out until 0700 UT, over 1.5 hours after Kaduna sunrise.

** ANGOLA. (presumed) 7216.75, R Nacional, Mulenvos, Aug 22-23 – looking for any signs of Angola, I found a very weak carrier on 7216.75 on 8/22 from 2320 tune-in until off at 0149. Weak carrier on same frequency back on at 0552 UT 8/23, although well after 0513 UT transmitter sunrise. No audio noted, but it appears Angola is not on 24h.

** CANADA. 6160.88, CKZN, St. Johns, Aug 23, 0120 – poor to fair with CBC Radio One’s Saturday Night Blues program.

** COLOMBIA. 5910.05, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, Aug 23, 0130 – variety music program, romantica and US pop, TC, canned ID. Fair with occasional strong UTE on upper side.

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, R Nacional, Malabo, Aug 23 – no sign of R Nacional this morning.

15190, Radio Africa, Bata, Aug 22, 1930 – fair strength but low audio level at tune in. Much better audio with the Voice of Truth program starting at 1939 UTC, but modulation still sounded a bit low.

** ERITREA. 7174.99, VoBME Program 2, Asmara, Aug 23, *0354 – in the clear running OC from 0348, then IS beginning 0354 UT. White noise jamming started up at 0358, covering s/on announcements. Abruptly level channel at 0408:45 switching to 7165.

7165, VoBME, Asmara Program 2, Aug 23, 0408 – popping up here at the exact time it left 7175, presumably to avoid jamming there. It worked for about one minute, fair signal and nice female HoA vocal and then white noise jamming moved down from 7175. Still audible under the jamming, but both slowly fading.

7209.98, VoBME Program 1, Asmara, Aug 23, *0354 – running OC from 0348, then IS beginning 0354 UT and s/on announcements by woman at 0359, instrumental HoA interlude into news by man. No sign of jamming, but audio fading from s/on as the transmitter has been in daylight since 0311 UT sunrise.

** ETHIOPIA. (tentative) 6090, Amhara Regional State Radio, Aug 23, 0315 – under Anguilla and rapidly improving with nice Horn of Africa vocals, talk by woman. Often heard under Anguilla during Ethiopian dawn.

6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, Aug 23, *0256 – IS heard well under Might KBC and then in the clear when KBC left the air at 0258. IS continued to 0301, the usual Radio Fana ID and then into news. Various bird calls at 0304, HoA pop vocal into talk by man and woman.

6170, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Aug 23, *0258 – signal rapidly drifted from initial 6169.69 up to 6170.0 by 0305 UT. Very weak with strong splatter, IS, talk and stringed instruments. //5950 not heard under Okeechobee.

7110, Radio Ethiopia, Aug 23, *0259 – on sans IS with male speaker and top of hour church bells, ID and talk by man. HoA vocals from 0306, then talk by man with brief musical bridges between topics. A few clear mentions of Selassie heard during one segment. Much weaker // 5989.5v also heard, with only heard during 0320-0340 peak. This transmitter was turned on much earlier at 0238 UT on 5989.39, and had drifted up to 5989.67 at 0500 when I lost the carrier in the WYFR 5985 s/on splatter.

** GUINEA. (presumed) 7125v, R Conakry, Conakry, Aug 23, 0624-0725 – transmitter on at 0624, slowly drifting from 7124.99 to a few hertz above 7125 by 0725 off. Initially weak carrier but rising to good levels by 0645 transmitter sunrise, but the signal never produced any audio.

** MADAGASCAR. (presumed) 7105, Radio Madagasikara, Ambohhidrano, Aug 23, 0455 – transmitter on at 0455, but only barely threshold audio only heard just after 0500 UT, woman talking, instrumental music bridge, fading. Very presumed. Although this is almost 2 hours after transmitter sunrise, no idea who else this could be.

** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, Aug 23, 0556-0800* – noted transmitter on but couldn’t make out much audio until signal peaked from 0620 UT, woman monologue in French until the bottom of the hour. Male talking in lang, then a capella vocals. Clear and slowly fading, still hearing weak audio when RA’s Waltzing Matilda started up at 0758.

(tentative) 7285.75, Radio Mali, Bamako, Aug 23, *0658 – just threshold audio amidst DRM noise at 0700, talk by man in possible French. Moderate QRM from New Zealand DRM on 7285, approximately 40 minutes after Bamako sunrise.

** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, Omdurman, Aug 23, *0236 – on with Qu’ran recitations and initially very strong Ham QRM from AD8P on 7202.2 LSB. Later in the clear with Sudanese vocals, Arabic talks. Very strong peak noted at 0338 UT. 5+1 time pips with echo efx at 0500, ID mentioning as-Sudan into news bulletin.

** UGANDA. (presumed) 7194.98, R Uganda, Kampala, Aug 23, *0601 – novelty log. Noted weak carrier at 0601 UT on, only 15 dB above noise floor. Surely Uganda, a little over 2 hours after Kampala sunrise.

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300, RASD, Tindouf, Aug 23, 0550 – strong OC until NA at 0600:30 UT, brief s/on announcement by woman and directly to Qu’ran recitation. Suddenly off at 0610 and not back on until 0621 with nice North African style vocals, but signal had faded somewhat by this time. Transmitter sunrise was at 0505 UT.

Thanks to the timely tip from Glenn Hauser, I was able to record a local ID from the Caribbean Beacon. It appears that the local broadcast was stopped right after the local 12 o’clock ID and time check at 1601:30 UTC. Thanks Glenn!

Caribbean Beacon local ID audio

Female announcer with “.. listening to the Caribbean Beacon Radio, the time is now 12 o’clock …” heard underneath Pastor Melissa Scott.

** ANGUILLA. I have accomplished the impossible: I have heard a local ID on the Caribbean Beacon! Normally it`s 24/7 DGS/PMS with no local breaks built in or ever exercised. Here`s how I did it:

May 26 at 1329 tuned in 11775 to hear a hefty mix of three audio sources. On the bottom, something in Chinese, which disappeared at 1330. That`s CNR1 jamming against All India Radio`s Tibetan service via Goa, which also ends at 1330.

That left not one, but two preachers in English mixing at about equal level. One was certainly PMS, // WWCR 13845 where she was alone (almost, except for a bit of crosstalk), inbooming tnx to sporadic E.

The other: an OM with a Caribbean lilt to his accent. At 1332 his show was upwrapping so I strained to make out what was being said vs all the PMS QRM. Local YL announcer came on, said his next appearance would be Friday at 9-9:30 am, time check for 28 before 10, and ID!!!! “This is the Caribbean Beacon Radio“, and into next preacher, a YL.

Recheck at 1359: still a mix, jazz at the moment from the PMS service, and YL preacher, outroing at 1400; 1401 local live YL announcer again with C. B. ID, and saying “Music to Live By“ would come next, and then three other shows named starting at 10:10, 10:15 and 10:30, and into the music filling a bit of unsold time.

How could this happen? The Caribbean Beacon local audio, presumably what was supposed to go out only on 1610 kHz, was just about equal level to PMS, so not bleedthru like we get on WWCR, with the unwanted audio very much in the background. Probably not a transmitter problem, but someone left a pot open on the audio mixing board. How long would it last? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Fana, Ethiopia – 6,110 kHz, 0301 UTC, 19-May-09

CFRX, Toronto – 6,070 kHz, 0800 UTC, 19-May-09

I originally posted a query looking for Radio Bayrak International current exact frequency. Wolfgang Bueschel replied that the last reported loggings back in May 2007 were 6150.05v. Bob Hill responded that he would be surprised if the station was still active as it hasn’t been reported for a few years.

I posted the following Perseus spectrum screen-shot from 0205 UTC on April 21’st. There are weak carriers on 6149.965, 6150.009 and 6150.038 kHz present, all currently unidentified. Possibilities at 0200 UTC include Radio Record in Sao Paulo, Brazil and the Radio Rossi/Radio Sakha outlet in Yakutsk, Russia. Although Aoki List shows a Radio Cadena Peruana Noticias in Arequipa, Peru on 6150 kHz, this station isn’t listed in LA SW Logs or the WRTH. If Radio Bayrak is active, then the likely signal is 6150.038 kHz.

Here is another Perseus spectrum screen-shot from 0210 UTC on April 24′th with all three signals present. The only carrier with significant drift is the middle carrier, which is 4 Hz lower than April 21.

Signal still present, now on 6,150.36 kHz at 0130 UTC on May, 14. Mauno Ritola in Finland also observed this signal at 1650 UTC.

5914.99 ZAMBIA ZNBC Radio 1 Lusaka *0244-0405 Sign-on with Call of the Fish Eagle IS until 0256 then singing with drums. Off frequency BBC Meyerton on 5914.98 kHz at 0257 spoiling signal. Audible under BBC with enthusiastic male speaker in lang from 0400. Re-tuned at 0328 as BBC left the frequency leaving ZNBC with nice Hi-life type vocal, talks by excited DJ between musical clips. DW Rampisham sign-on at 0400 at equal levels. ZNBC dominant over DW from shortly before 0415 Lusaka sunrise until 0450 or so when DW became dominant. Lively announcer talking with other speakers. Poor to fair signal; 4/13(Jordan-TN)

6089.95 BRAZIL (t) R Bandeirantes Sao Paulo 0211 Anguilla off leaving Bandeirantes, poor with non-stop Portuguese, alone on channel until Radio Amhara signed on at 0254 and overpowering Brazil by 0300; 4/24 (Jordan-TN)

6090 ETHIOPIA Amhara State Radio *0254 initially poor, but strengthening rapidly from 0300 to good levels by 0310, dominating co-channel R Bandeirantes with Anguilla off. Very nice popular Ethiopian instrumental and vocal selections with woman announcer in unid language between most songs. A couple mentions of Amhara then Radio, 3 time pips on the top of the hour over currently playing musical selection, by which time signal had faded significantly. This is listed as being in Oromiya which is surprising as Amharic is the language of Amhara State. No “Radio Amhara” ID heard, ID’s appear to be “Amhara ….. Radio” with a word or two between. Anguilla back at 0406, darn. Many thanks to Pastor Melissa Scott for allowing this nice window to Africa!; 4/24 (Jordan-TN)

6110 ETHIOPIA R Fana Addis Ababa 0303 electronic music, ethnic vocals, female speaker between selections in lang, with low level, distorted audio. Electronic music bridge at the top of the hour then Radio Fana ID by man, then possible news. Poor to good signal, alone on channel; 4/21 (Jordan-TN)

6159.986 CANADA CBC St. John’s 0912 monitoring from 0330 with carrier only, finally hints of audio beginning 0912 with song Sam I Am song as signal suddenly started strengthening rapidly to a very nice peak. Labrador Morning program with Tony Dawson, “17 and a half minutes past 6′oclock” TC. Marine Weather forecast for Labrador waters, seems they have lots of blowing snow to look forward to. Starting to rapidly fade from 0920 and audio disappeared around 0945. Vancouver on 6159.975 never strengthened enough for audio; 4/17 (Jordan-TN)

6160 UNID 1001 station turning transmitter on at 1001 UTC exactly co-channel CBC Vancouver on 6159.972, but much stronger and drifting upward. Despite moderate signal level, only threshold talk by man heard until audio faded completely by 1010. Drifting to 6160.0 by 1013 and up to 6160.03 by 1058 when powerhouse R Nederland Bonaire signed on 6165 kHz. This could possibly be R Rio Mar?, last reported at LA SW Logs on July 08; 4/17 (Jordan-TN)

6164.99v BOLIVIA (p) R Logos Santa Cruz *1009 – transmitter on 6164.97 at sign-on and drifting upward. Very poor but slightly improving by 1015 with low-key talk by man in Spanish, audio faded by 1030 as signal faded. Drifted up to 6164.995 kHz by the time R Nederland Bonaire signed on with IS at 1058; 4/17 (Jordan-TN)

7110.01 ETHIOPIA R Ethiopia, Geja, *0256 – transmitter cut-on with programming in progress, possible news at top of the hour into magazine type news program, inter-spaced with electronic music bridges, occasional electrified Ethiopian afropop vocals. Identification and frequencies just before the top of the hour, 3 bells, Ethiopia Radio ID by woman; 4/17 (Jordan-TN)

Nice Papua New Guinea morning with the following noted, all variously peaking between 1115-1145 UTC. Most stations were carrying the Talkback phone-in show, with calls from many parts of Papua New Guinea. Most of the stations carrying the Talkback program also played the National Anthem at 1158 UTC. Best signal was Radio New Ireland on 3,905 kHz.

3219.975 R Morobe – pop music, talk. Poor
3235.0 R West New Britain – reggae flavored music. Poor-fair
3259.995 R Madang – // Talkback program. Fair
3274.992 R Southern Highlands – woman and man talk in lang. Poor
3289.998 R Central – // Talkback program. Poor-Fair
3304.99 R Western – // Talkback program. Poor
3314.998 R Manus – // Talkback program. Fair-Good
3325.0 R Buka – // Talkback program. Fair-Good.
3334.97 E East Sepik – // Talkback program. Fair-Good
3364.984 Milne Bay – // Talkback program. Poor-fair.
3905.004 R New Ireland – // Talkback program. Good.

I assume these are currently the only PNG’s active, no sign of any stations at all on the other frequencies. The Perseus recording was set too high to check for NBC Enga on 2410 kHz.

5914.99 ZAMBIA ZNBC Lusaka 0230-0405 transmitter turned on at 0230, broadcasting a 1 kHz tone from 0231 until 0241, then “Call of the Fish Eagle” IS until an off-frequency BBC via Meyerton on 5914.98 from *0257-0332* in listed Swahili spoiled the signal. Not very nice of them. ZNBC clear from 0332 with a very poor signal but improving toward the top of the hour as the sun was rising over Lusaka. It was not to be as an on-frequency DW via Rampisham in listed Russian signed on at 0400 again spoiling the signal, although by this time ZNBC had strengthened enough to give it a run for its money; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

5990.4v ETHIOPIA R Ethiopia Geja 0248-0430 transmitter turned on at 0248 on 5990.32 kHz and drifting upward 200 Hz to 5990.52 kHz by the time I lost the carrier in the noise floor after 0515 UTC or so. Weak with no audio heard except during 0320-0340 period when music was heard // 7110v; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

5995 MALI (p) Mali Radio Bamako 2235-0000* snippets of audio noted from 2235, better from 2330 with female announcer in French, pop African vocals, male at 2358 with possible sign-off announcements, likely NA then transmitter off as RHC on 6000 devastates this frequency; 4/10 (Jordan-TN)

5995 MALI (p) Mali Radio Bamako *0548-0800* transmitter on at 0548 with local vocal with drums and stringed instruments, female at 0600 with greetings then back into interesting ethnic vocals. Audio beginning to fade from 0615, but carrier hung in long enough to verify 0800 sign-off. Cuba slop on high side until 0701, by which time Mali has faded way down; 4/10 (Jordan-TN)

6024.96v UNID *0419 – Noticed a transmitter here from 0419, initially on 6024.966 and slowly fading down to 6024.952 kHz. Carrier only, too weak for audio, slight peak from 0530 and fading rapidly from 0630, into noise floor by 0700. Could this be FRCN Enugu?; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

6110 ETHIOPIA R Fana Addis Ababa *0253-0500 transmitter on at 0253, poor with possible IS from 0257, beginning to rapidly improve from 0318 with excellent ethnic vocals with announcer in presumed Amharic until the top of the hour. Nice Radio Fana ID at 0400 then possible news by male speaker until 0408 as signal began to slowly starting to fade. Back to music then into monologue by male from 0414. NHK via Sackville ends the party at 0500 and by the time she vacates frequency at 0528, Fana is just a very weak carrier bobbing along slightly above the noise floor; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

6165 ZAMBIA ZNBC R. 2 Lusaka 0357-0430 R Nederland via Bonaire vacating frequency at 0357 leaving Zambia in the clear with weak threshold signal, rapidly strengthening just before 0414 transmitter sunrise. 0408 with man and woman announcers with “news today” in heavily accented English until 0416 then into vocal. Reception marred from 0417 by strong carrier from Chad transmitter coming on 6165.14 and drifting down until co-channel ZNBC; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

6165 CHAD RNT N’Djamena 0417-0459 transmitter turned on at 0417 on 6165.14 and rapidly drifting downward to 6165.0 by 0427 when they began modulating with very good signal. 0427 with Balafon interval signal, La Tchadienne National Anthem precisely at 0430, man in French with ID at 0431 “Ici N’Djamena, Office Nationale de Radiodifusion et Télévision du Tchad”, frequency announcement. Hi-life vocals from 0432 to 0450, then lively male chatting over music for a few minutes. Talks by man and woman from 0452 until reception ruined at 0459 when R Nederland via Bonaire returns to this frequency. Good strong signal, slightly distorted modulation except during music. I guess we must be thankful for the one hour respite we get from Bonaire allowing for a nice prime-time window to Africa; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

6250 EQUATORIAL GUINEA R Malabo Malabo *0538-0630 on in mid-song with back to back pop dance music until 0603, female in Spanish with Radio Malabo, then male with with some sort of monologue during fading signal. Signal initially pretty good but useless by 0630. Occasional utility QRM on high side; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

7110.1v ETHIOPIA R Ethiopia Geja 0258-0450 transmitter on at 0258 on 7110.11 and slowly drifting downward. I couldn’t verify modulation until beginning 0318 as signal strengthened rapidly with very nice local instrumental music, male and female announcers in presumed Amharic from 0330, magazine style format with musical interludes, mentions of Addis Ababa, Ghana. Vocal from 0405 by which time the transmitter had drifted down to 7110.06. A second transmitter came on at 0406 on 7,110.01 and then the original transmitter dropped off after 15 seconds or so of simultaneous broadcasting. While the signal had faded somewhat, it was clear this second transmitter has slightly better modulation and is relatively stable. Strangely enough, they switched back to the original transmitter on 7110.06 at 0439, which is much weaker, and then back to stronger 7110.01 at 0443! This is not the case of the transmitter suddenly jumping 50 Hz as both transmitters are clearly overlapping 10 seconds or so. Station really hanging in there, didn’t totally loose audio until about 0530 UTC, and the carrier still bubbling around the noise floor at 0610, well over 2 hours after sunrise at the transmitter! If I wasn’t experiencing stronger than normal electrical QRN on this frequency, this would have been an excellent signal at times; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9335 KOREA NORTH Voice of Korea Kujang 1311-1400 English with male and female presenting news items, fair to poor with significant fades and moderate noise. Not intelligble by 1400. LSB best due to WEWN on 9340; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9400 PHILIPPINES 9400 (t) FEBC, Iba, Apr 11, 1311-1330 – Chinese with woman in monologue, religious vocals, flute music at the bottom of the hour by which time the signal had faded from almost fair to very poor. Not // 9430; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9430 PHILIPPINES (t) FEBC Bocaue 1311-1330 Chinese with man in monologue, religious music, rapidly fading down at 1325. Format fits but not // 9400. Does FEBC broadcast seperate audio streams on 9400 and 9430?; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9524.98 INDONESIA Voice of Indonesia Jakarta-Cimanggis 1311-1400 – Good signal a tune in, English service with woman reporting on elections in Indonesia noting Indonesia is one of the largest democracies in the world. “Voice of Indonesia, the sound of dignity” ID, “news and events”, pop vocals. Had faded down a bit by the time a slightly weaker presumed CRI Shijiazhuang signed on 9525.0 at 1357; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9559.5v ETHIOPIA (p) R Ethiopia Geja 1311-1428 strong carrier putting a huge het on R Australia 9560. Drifting back and forth between approximately 9559.3 and 9559.7 kHz, sometime rapidly. Australia left the channel at 1358 leaving this one in the clear. Stringed instrumental, very weak. Talk by man after top of the hour, pop music at 1415, no further audio noted after 1420. Poor; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9645.28 BRAZIL R Bandeirantes Sao Paulo 2225 In the clear from with PP monologue by M, sounded sports related, until 2318 UTC when likely RVA Philippines on 9645 causing a strong het on LSB until 2357*. In the clear again and slightly improved with Bandeirantes mention right after the top of the hour; 4/4 (Jordan-TN)

9704.196 ETHIOPIA (p) R Ethiopia Geja 1311-1428 poor, man with monologue until 1330, pop vocal, threshold audio then fading down, woman noted speaking from 1345. Transmitter stable, frequency wide open. I had moderate local electrical QRN on this frequency, otherwise may have been able to positively ID. I’m surprised Ethiopia was propagating to Memphis during this period; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

9719.99v PERU R Victoria Lima 2225 poor at tune-in with typical La Voz de la Liberación programming, very excited SS preaching with lots of yelling. Improving greatly toward 0000 UTC, leaving the preaching at 2356 for studio announcement, back to preaching then a longer studio break at 0003 with M announcer with clear R Victoria mention and many LV de la Liberación mentions. Back to preaching at 0019 UTC. Fair to good peaks after 0000 UTC, slowly drifted down 4 hz to 9179.986 kHz by 0052 tune-out; 4/4 (Jordan-TN)

9818.916 BRAZIL (p) R 9 de Julho Sao Paulo 2225 initially very poor signal with just snippets of LA ballads peaking above the noise. Improving after 0000 UTC with 2 M speakers in PP with chatter. Local QRN spoiling the signal; 4/4 (Jordan-TN)

11735 ROMANIA R Romania Int. Tiganesti *1658-1713 Interval Signal, English at top of hour announcing service for Western Europe. Nice signal; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)

11835 MADAGASCAR R Nederland Talata Volonondry *1359-1557 time pips at 1400, English service “This is Radio Netherlands Worldwide” into news. Poor to fair in USB to avoid WYFR, steady signal throughout, slightly better by sign-off; 4/10 (Jordan-TN)

12095 UK BBC Rampisham 1630-1659 audio suddenly fading up right at 1630 with BBC World Service in English with sports news, multiple good peaks and deep fades before 1659*; 4/11 (Jordan-TN)