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[HCDX] Brandon Jordan African Logs - April 10--11
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA - FERNANDO POO R Malabo, Malabo, Apr 11, *0538-0630
- on in mid-song with back to back pop dance music until 0603, female in
Spanish with Radio Malabo, then male with with some sort of monologue
during fading signal. Signal initially pretty good but useless by 0630.
Occasional utility QRM on high side.
** ETHIOPIA 5990.4v R Ethiopia, Geja, Apr 11, 0248-0430+ - transmitter
turned on at 0248 on 5990.32 kHz and drifting upward 200 Hz to 5990.52
kHz by the time I lost the carrier in the noise floor after 0515 UTC or
so. Weak with no audio heard except during 0320-0330 period when music
was heard // 7110v.
** ETHIOPIA 6110.0 R Fana, Addis Ababa, Apr 11, *0253-0500 - Transmitter
on at 0253, poor with possible IS from 0257, beginning to rapidly
improve from 0318 with excellent ethnic vocals with announcer in
presumed Amharic until the top of the hour. Nice Radio Fana ID at 0400
then possible news by male speaker until 0408 as signal began to slowly
starting to fade. Back to music then into monologue by male from 0414.
NHK via Sackville ends the party at 0500 and by the time she vacates
frequency at 0528, Fana is just a very weak carrier bobbing along
slightly above the noise floor.
** ETHIOPIA 7110.1v R Ethiopia, Geja, Apr 11, 0258-0450 - transmitter on
at 0258 on 7110.11 and slowly drifting downward. I couldn't verify
modulation until beginning 0318 as signal strengthened rapidly with very
nice local instrumental music, male and female announcers in presumed
Amharic from 0330, magazine style format with musical interludes,
mentions of Addis Ababa, Ghana. Vocal from 0405 by which time the
transmitter had drifted down to 7110.06. A second transmitter came on at
0406 on 7110.01 and then the original transmitter dropped off after 15
seconds or so of simultaneous broadcasting. While the signal had faded
somewhat, it was clear this second transmitter has slightly better
strength, modulation and is relatively stable. Strangely enough, they
switched back to the original transmitter on 7110.06 at 0439 which was
much weaker, and then back to stronger 7110.01 again at 0443! This is
not the case of the transmitter suddenly jumping 50 Hz as both
transmitters are clearly overlapping 10 seconds or so. Station really
hanging in there, I didn't totally loose audio until about 0530 UTC, and
the carrier still effervescing at the noise floor at 0610, well over 2
hours after sunrise at the transmitter! If I wasn't experiencing
stronger than normal electrical QRN on 41 mb this night, this would have
been an excellent signal during peaks.
** MALI 5995 (presumed) Mali Radio, Bamako, Apr 10, 2235-0000* -
snippets of audio noted from 2235, better from 2330 with female
announcer in French, pop African vocals, male at 2358 with possible
sign-off announcements, likely NA then transmitter off as RHC on 6000
devastates this frequency.
** MALI 5995 (presumed) Mali Radio, Bamako, Apr 11, *0548-0800*-
transmitter on at 0548 with local vocal with drums and stringed
instruments, female at 0600 with greetings then back into interesting
ethnic vocals. Audio beginning to fade from 0615, but carrier hung in
long enough to verify 0800 sign-off. Cuba slop on high side until 0701,
by which time Mali has faded way down.
** ZAMBIA 5914.99 ZNBC, Lusaka, Apr 11, 0230-0405 - transmitter turned
on at 0230, broadcasting a 1 kHz tone from 0231 until 0241, then "Call
of the Fish Eagle" IS until an off-frequency BBC via Meyerton on 5914.98
from *0257-0332* in listed Swahili spoiled the signal. Not very nice of
them. ZNBC clear from 0332 with a very poor signal but improving toward
the top of the hour as the sun was rising over Lusaka. It was not to be
as an on-frequency DW via Rampisham in listed Russian signed on at 0400
again spoiling the signal, although by this time ZNBC had strengthened
enough to give it a run for its money.
** UNID 6024.96v Apr 11, *0419 - Noticed a transmitter firing up at 0419
on 6024.966 and slowly fading down to 6024.952 kHz. Carrier only, too
weak for audio, slight peak from 0530 and fading rapidly from 0630, into
noise floor by 0700. Could this be FRCN Enugu?
--
Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA
Perseus SDR + Wellbrook ALA100
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