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[HCDX] Brandon Jordan Logs - Aug 22-23
** ANGOLA. (presumed) 7216.75, R Nacional, Mulenvos, Aug 22-23 - looking
for any signs of Angola, I found a very weak carrier on 7216.75 on 8/22
from 2320 tune-in until off at 0149. Weak carrier on same frequency back
on at 0552 UT 8/23, although well after 0513 UT transmitter sunrise. No
audio noted, but it appears Angola is not on 24h. (Jordan-TN)
** CANADA. 6160.88, CKZN, St. Johns, Aug 23, 0120 - poor to fair with
CBC Radio One's Saturday Night Blues program. (Jordan-TN)
** COLOMBIA. 5910.05, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, Aug 23, 0130 - variety
music program, romantica and US pop, TC, canned ID. Fair with occasional
strong UTE on upper side. (Jordan-TN)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, R Nacional, Malabo, Aug 23 - no sign of R
Nacional this morning. (Jordan-TN)
15190, Radio Africa, Bata, Aug 22, 1930 - fair strength but low audio
level at tune in. Much better audio with the Voice of Truth program
starting at 1939 UTC, but modulation still sounded a bit low. (Jordan-TN)
** ERITREA. 7174.99, VoBME Program 2, Asmara, Aug 23, *0354 - in the
clear running OC from 0348, then IS beginning 0354 UT. White noise
jamming started up at 0358, covering s/on announcements. Abruptly level
channel at 0408:45 switching to 7165. (Jordan-TN)
7165, VoBME, Asmara Program 2, Aug 23, 0408 - popping up here at the
exact time it left 7175, presumably to avoid jamming there. It worked
for about one minute, fair signal and nice female HoA vocal and then
white noise jamming moved down from 7175. Still audible under the
jamming, but both slowly fading. (Jordan-TN)
7209.98, VoBME Program 1, Asmara, Aug 23, *0354 - running OC from 0348,
then IS beginning 0354 UT and s/on announcements by woman at 0359,
instrumental HoA interlude into news by man. No sign of jamming, but
audio fading from s/on as the transmitter has been in daylight since
0311 UT sunrise. (Jordan-TN)
** ETHIOPIA. (tentative) 6090, Amhara Regional State Radio, Aug 23, 0315
- under Anguilla and rapidly improving with nice Horn of Africa vocals,
talk by woman. Often heard under Anguilla during Ethiopian dawn. (Jordan-TN)
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, Aug 23, *0256 - IS heard well under Might
KBC and then in the clear when KBC left the air at 0258. IS continued to
0301, the usual Radio Fana ID and then into news. Various bird calls at
0304, HoA pop vocal into talk by man and woman. (Jordan-TN)
6170, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Aug 23, *0258 - signal rapidly drifted
from initial 6169.69 up to 6170.0 by 0305 UT. Very weak with strong
splatter, IS, talk and stringed instruments. //5950 not heard under
Okeechobee. (Jordan-TN)
7110, Radio Ethiopia, Aug 23, *0259 - on sans IS with male speaker and
top of hour church bells, ID and talk by man. HoA vocals from 0306, then
talk by man with brief musical bridges between topics. A few clear
mentions of Selassie heard during one segment. Much weaker // 5989.5v
also heard, with only heard during 0320-0340 peak. This transmitter was
turned on much earlier at 0238 UT on 5989.39, and had drifted up to
5989.67 at 0500 when I lost the carrier in the WYFR 5985 s/on splatter.
(Jordan-TN)
** GUINEA. (presumed) 7125v, R Conakry, Conakry, Aug 23, 0624-0725 -
transmitter on at 0624, slowly drifting from 7124.99 to a few hertz
above 7125 by 0725 off. Initially weak carrier but rising to good levels
by 0645 transmitter sunrise, but the signal never produced any audio.
(Jordan-TN)
** MADAGASCAR. (presumed) 7105, Radio Madagasikara, Ambohhidrano, Aug
23, 0455 - transmitter on at 0455, but only barely threshold audio only
heard just after 0500 UT, woman talking, instrumental music bridge,
fading. Very presumed. Although this is almost 2 hours after transmitter
sunrise, no idea who else this could be. (Jordan-TN)
** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, Aug 23, 0556-0800* - noted
transmitter on but couldn't make out much audio until signal peaked from
0620 UT, woman monologue in French until the bottom of the hour. Male
talking in lang, then a capella vocals. Clear and slowly fading, still
hearing weak audio when RA's Waltzing Matilda started up at 0758.
(Jordan-TN)
(tentative) 7285.75, Radio Mali, Bamako, Aug 23, *0658 - just threshold
audio amidst DRM noise at 0700, talk by man in possible French. Moderate
QRM from New Zealand DRM on 7285, approximately 40 minutes after Bamako
sunrise. (Jordan-TN)
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, Omdurman, Aug 23, *0236 - on with Qu'ran
recitations and initially very strong Ham QRM from AD8P on 7202.2 LSB.
Later in the clear with Sudanese vocals, Arabic talks. Very strong peak
noted at 0338 UT. 5+1 time pips with echo efx at 0500, ID mentioning
as-Sudan into news bulletin. (Jordan-TN)
** UGANDA. (presumed) 7194.98, R Uganda, Kampala, Aug 23, *0601 -
novelty log. Noted weak carrier at 0601 UT on, only 15 dB above noise
floor. Surely Uganda, a little over 2 hours after Kampala sunrise.
(Jordan-TN)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300, RASD, Tindouf, Aug 23, 0550 - strong OC
until NA at 0600:30 UT, brief s/on announcement by woman and directly to
Qu'ran recitation. Suddenly off at 0610 and not back on until 0621 with
nice North African style vocals, but signal had faded somewhat by this
time. Transmitter sunrise was at 0505 UT. (Jordan-TN)
** PIRATE (NORTH AMERICAN). 6934.8v AM, Radio Appalachia, Aug 23, 0058 -
nice bluegrass music, ID's. (Jordan-TN)
6925 USB, Wolverine Radio, Aug 23, 0140 - good signal with a nice Led
Zeppelin set, 'Wolverine Radio' ID at 0147 UT. (Jordan-TN)
--
Brandon Jordan, Memphis, TN USA
Microtelecom Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA100 4m x 8m delta loop
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