African Roundup
Some pleasant listening at 5.30am local time today on a variety of frequencies.
3200 SWAZILAND. TWR Manzini, English at 1926 with quiet, meditative instrumental music, then a hymn. Weak and fading fast as local morning daylight intensifies.
4780 DJIBOUTI. RTV de Djibouti, 2010
4930 BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. Fair level with great African music programming at 2005.
4949.75 ANGOLA. R. Nat. de Angola, Mulenvos. Just caught the last 15 minutes of this before it faded around 2010 with Portuguese service.
5915 ZAMBIA. ZNBC Radio 1, Lusaka. Local language at 2015 with discussion program. Fair level.
6055 RWANDA. R. Rwanda, Kigali. Interview program in the presumed Kinyarwanda language at 2020, good strength.
6089.85 NIGERIA. R. Nigeria, Kaduna. Spotted this from the telltale heterodyne created with its competitors on 6090 at 2030. Disappeared after 2047. Discussion program in Hausa. Only a fair to poor signal on this occasion. But I listened comfortably using LSB, the manual beat cancelling function on the TS2000, plus the BHI in-line DSP unit, into the pre-amp section of the MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling unit. Talk about processed signal!! But it worked!
6165 CHAD R.N. Tchadienne, N'Djamena. First noted 1832 with a massive signal in a local language. Fabulous instrumental dance music, then a long news report on Al Qaeda. ID in French at 1900 as "Ici N'Djamena" and into four-minute news report. QRM from Zambia. Noted again later still in French at 2106 with a nice music program of Afro songs and anncts, still at a respectable level and with Zambia having faded by that time. Then Chad f/out by 2135.
6165 ZAMBIA. ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka. Lost out badly to N'Djamena in the battle for this frequency at 1855 in English. One of these two stations seems to be ever so slightly off-frequency but can't tell which one (low het which is also noticeable in SSB as two distinct pitches).
7120 SOMALILAND. R. Hargeisa. A chanty sort of talk in Somali, then ID at 1858 as R. Hargeisa, then into conversation. News at 1900. Unfortunately, I missed the s/off because I was also checking out Chad/Zambia at the same time on 6165, but I estimate that it must have been around 1905.
7200 SUDAN. R. Omdurman, Al Aitahab. Noted at 1915 in Arabic with a telephone talk-back program. Strong carrier but the audio level appeared to be down somewhat, accompanied by a low-level hum. Monitored on-and-off right through to s/off at 2101 after a short ID.
11735 TANZANIA. VO Tanzania-Zanzibar, Dole. Weak and fluttery with the antenna pre-amp on when first tuned in at 1940, featuring long local chant-style songs and Swahili anncts. Interestingly, signal improved considerably within 10 minutes and became quite respectable by 1950.
Rob VK3BVW
Mount Evelyn VIC
3200 SWAZILAND. TWR Manzini, English at 1926 with quiet, meditative instrumental music, then a hymn. Weak and fading fast as local morning daylight intensifies.
4780 DJIBOUTI. RTV de Djibouti, 2010
4930 BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. Fair level with great African music programming at 2005.
4949.75 ANGOLA. R. Nat. de Angola, Mulenvos. Just caught the last 15 minutes of this before it faded around 2010 with Portuguese service.
5915 ZAMBIA. ZNBC Radio 1, Lusaka. Local language at 2015 with discussion program. Fair level.
6055 RWANDA. R. Rwanda, Kigali. Interview program in the presumed Kinyarwanda language at 2020, good strength.
6089.85 NIGERIA. R. Nigeria, Kaduna. Spotted this from the telltale heterodyne created with its competitors on 6090 at 2030. Disappeared after 2047. Discussion program in Hausa. Only a fair to poor signal on this occasion. But I listened comfortably using LSB, the manual beat cancelling function on the TS2000, plus the BHI in-line DSP unit, into the pre-amp section of the MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling unit. Talk about processed signal!! But it worked!
6165 ZAMBIA. ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka. Lost out badly to N'Djamena in the battle for this frequency at 1855 in English. One of these two stations seems to be ever so slightly off-frequency but can't tell which one (low het which is also noticeable in SSB as two distinct pitches).
7120 SOMALILAND. R. Hargeisa. A chanty sort of talk in Somali, then ID at 1858 as R. Hargeisa, then into conversation. News at 1900. Unfortunately, I missed the s/off because I was also checking out Chad/Zambia at the same time on 6165, but I estimate that it must have been around 1905.
7200 SUDAN. R. Omdurman, Al Aitahab. Noted at 1915 in Arabic with a telephone talk-back program. Strong carrier but the audio level appeared to be down somewhat, accompanied by a low-level hum. Monitored on-and-off right through to s/off at 2101 after a short ID.
11735 TANZANIA. VO Tanzania-Zanzibar, Dole. Weak and fluttery with the antenna pre-amp on when first tuned in at 1940, featuring long local chant-style songs and Swahili anncts. Interestingly, signal improved considerably within 10 minutes and became quite respectable by 1950.
Rob VK3BVW
Mount Evelyn VIC
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