ESAT, Al-Shorouq and Africans

ESAT, Al-Shorouq and Africans

A few loggings from very early this morning....there have to be SOME benefits for being a poor sleeper!!  ;-)

 3965   IRAN.  VOIRI - Kamalabad. Russian service at 1735, strong signal and busting through RFI's DRM service very nicely co-channel on Jan 6.

4780   DJIBOUTI.  RTV Djibouti. Somali programming with long talks from 1740 and a solid signal despite utility QRM, Jan 6.

4880   SOUTH AFRICA.  SW R. Africa - Meyerton. Nice signal at 1750 with English propaganda programming, Jan 6.

4976   UGANDA.  R. Uganda - Kampala. Plenty of carrier but disappointingly weak audio with English programming at 1755, Jan 6.

5010.25  MADAGASCAR.  R. Madagasikara - Ambohidrano. The frequency du jour with the usual wobble but not quite as bad as in recent times. Strong signal at 1758 in Malagasy, and with a series of songs from 1800, Jan 6.

5129.95   UNIDENTIFIED.  Possibly R. Sedaye Zindagi but it was a very weak and wispy signal with talks fading in and out, too weak to ID the language. Monitored between 1655 and 1710 but the signal never improved on Jan 6. Will have another go when I'm next up at 3.30am!

11610   BULGARIA.  R. Al-Shorouq - Kostinbrod. a.k.a. Radio Sunrise. Arabic programming with talk at 1635, an echo annct at 1639 then a song with an electronically treated vocal (obviously not recorded and produced in downtown Asmara!!). ID at 1645 as "Idhaat al Shorouq" (or similar). A fair signal strength on Jan 6.

 15380   BULGARIA.  ESAT Radio - Kostinbrod.  Noted in the clear at 1711 in Amharic with a good signal. Then at 1715, suddenly broad banded hash jamming was switched on, rendering 15375-15385 useless except for ESAT occasionally peeping through, Jan 6. On this freq on Mondays.

 73's,

 Rob VK3BVW

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