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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)