[HCDX] Re: [Cumbre DX] Voice of Sudan

["BCLNEWS" <bclsiciliaclub@xxxxxxxxx>]

In this moment (1549 UTC, March 05) here in south Italy weak signal with
much noise but comprensible.

Roberto Scaglione
http://www.bclnews.it

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Johnson" <hans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cumbredx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:21 PM
Subject: [Cumbre DX] Voice of Sudan


> Voice of Sudan opposition radio heard again
> 4 March 2003
> Broadcasts are being heard once again from the shortwave radio station of
> the Sudanese opposition grouping, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
>
> This Arabic-language radio uses the same station identification as before:
> "Voice of Sudan, voice of democracy and peace, radio of the National
> Democratic Alliance" (Arabic: sawt al-sudan, sawt al-dimuqratiyah wa
> al-salam, itha'at al-tajamu al-watani al-dimuqrati).
>
> It is currently being heard at 1530-1600 gmt on 8000 kHz (a frequency it
has
> used in the past).
>
> In the past, Voice of Sudan was known to transmit from Eritrea and it is
> believed that these latest broadcasts are also from Eritrea. The use of a
> frequency that is an exact multiple of 1 MHz, such as 8000 kHz or 10000
kHz
> (the latter has been reported recently by shortwave hobbyists) was in past
> years a characteristic of some shortwave transmissions from Eritrea (both
> from the Eritrean government radio and from Sudanese opposition broadcasts
> hosted by Eritrea).
>
> Our monitors recognize the newsreader currently heard on Voice of Sudan as
> one who broadcast on it in the past, thus giving a further indication that
> the present series of broadcasts are a renewal of the station's previous
> operations.
>
> Voice of Sudan began broadcasting from Eritrea in August 1995. Its
> transmissions appeared to be suspended or at least reduced for a while
when
> relations between Sudan and Eritrea improved in 1999 and 2000. This
> rapprochement also led to a cessation of broadcasts from Sudan by various
> Eritrean opposition groups.
>
> Source: BBC Monitoring research in Arabic Feb-Mar 03 via RN Media Network
>
> They have been talking about this for quite some time.  Their website is
at
>
> www.ndasudan.org (Johnson)

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