Re: Niger 5020/Solomon

[Mauricio Molano <mmolano@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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El Fri, 3 Jan 97 16:19 GMT+0100,
Fabrizio Magrone <fmagrone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió sobre Niger 5020:
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> Hello!
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> I noticed something strange on 5020 kHz. While in the evenings there is the
> usual down-drifting ORTN Niamey transmitter, in the mornings the transmitter
> doesn't drift.
> On Friday 27 Dec. 1996, 5020 signed off at 0700 with the final announcement
> "Ici la Voix du Sahel, Radiodiffusion Television du Niger, Station Regionale
> de Zinder", plus same announcement in unid local language.
> I checked the station in the following evenings: usual s/off, ID as Nimaey.
> In tne following mornings, the station signed off without a complete closing
> announcement: they just took off the plug.
> But this morning, Friday 3 Jan., at 0700 the ID mentioned again the Station
> Regionale de Zinder.
> Maybe it's only a regional program relayed by Niamey, but it actually seems
> that Niger is using a drifting transmitter from Niamey in the evenings, and
> a new one from Zinder in the mornings. Signals are excellent, so you can
> check the station by yourselves.
> Unluckily, Niger just makes reception of Solomon near to impossible....

in Spain the Solomon I.B.C. has been heard after the end of V.of S. tx.
Best signal around 0800 UTC on Dec. 25.

73's

Mauricio.