After a long 3 day weekend, finally got to spend some time with the radio! Too cold to be outside anyway.
4976 Uganda R.uganda 2011+ 01/21. Afropops and tlks. ID over mx at 2013. Poor.
4860 India AIR,Delhi 0141-0205 01/22. OM and YL w/ tlk. Sub-cont mx. ID at 0202; YL w/ nx. Surprisingly good.
4840 India AIR,Mumbai(P) 0205-0213+ 01/22. Hindi-style mx, tlks between items. F/out by 0213.
4800 Lesotho R.Lesotho 0303-0319 01/22. End of NA. "Excitable" OM w/ tlks and Afropop mx bridges. Cow sounds(?) at 0317 into choral mx. Very good,clear.
4820 Botswana R.Botswana 0347-0403 01/22 EG. Continuous pop mx. Bird call at 0400; YL w/ "This is R.Botswana,bcing from Gaborone", into nx re HIV in children.Good.
4770 Nigeria R.Nigeria,Kaduna *0431-0448 01/22 EG. IS,NA,Pledge to Nigeria. OM w/ ID,kHz,and date. Morning devotional w/ prayers and Issaih CH.50. Daily BC schedule; all times local. Nx re OPEC increasing output to Nigeria. Good.
3985 RFE/RL testing via ? 0519-0533/0552-0601*01/22 RS. Continuous tlks w/ piano mx between items."Ham" QRM too much by 0533. Re-check at 0552 to a clear signal w/ Om tlk and field reports, mx between items. Solid "Radio Svoboda" ID/anmt at s/off. Fair/poor.
4915 Ghana R.Ghana 0613-0621 01/22 EG. ID at tune-in; nx headlines,advertisement. 0615 YL w/ "Now for the rest of the news". Weak but clear.//3366 same.
5040v Myanmar R.Myanmar(P) 1143-1150+ 01/22. Yl w/ Sub-cont mx and tlks;f/out during NH sunrise. // 4725 same tho weak.
7185 Bangladesh Bangladesh Betar(P) 1940-1958 01/21; also 1243-1250 01/22. Sub-cont.mx and presumed tlks heard on 01/21. 01/22 had the same, under "Ham" QRM, though with a stronger signal.
6265 Zambia R.Zambia,ZNBC 0249-0300 01/22. Fish Eagle IS, Choral mx(NA), s/on anmt, ID as "Radio 1". Afropops w/ tlk over. Deteriorating by ToH.
11755 Australia HCJB 1152-1201* 01/22 EG. Rel prg w/ Dr. John Rush, POB and ID "VO the great southland,HCJB Australia".Fair w/ co-ch, R.Finland.
13730 Austria R.Austria Int'l 1238+ 01/22 EG. Nx re "Eco-point system" and traffic emmisions dispute b/w EU and Austria. // 6155 silent! Perhaps cut-backs have begun?
Scott R Barbour Jr, Intervale,N.H. USA
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