Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Voice of Nigeria
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Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Voice of Nigeria




NIGERIA  7254.922 Ikorodu and 9689.918  Abuja - presumably outlet centers -
were the two footprints of Voice of Nigeria's morning "West African
sing-sang program", performed by woman at about 0650 UT on May 10th, Voice
of Nigeria Abuja on S=8 or -82 dBm signal strength, noted on all North
American remote SDR units checked, at best in Florida and Michigan, but also
more than fair in Massachusetts, Rochester NY, Calgary-Winnipeg, and
Edmonton Alberta, weak and tiny signal in the far west at Vancouver island.

7255v signal was a little bit of 'wobbly' kind, but 9690v had fine clear
audio, no whine, no whistle tone at all.

7254.922 kHz bcast signed-off at 0657 UT, and 9689.918 kHz followed s-off by
0703 UT.

Nothing of any bcast noted on 15120 kHz in this half hour.
wb



----- Original Message ----- From: "'Wolfgang Bueschel'
To: "DXLD" <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Voice of Nigeria

NIGERIA  11769.906  Two men talk in Hausa language at 2140 UT on May 9,
Voice of Nigeria Abuja on S=9+15dB or -58 dBm signal strength, noted here
in southern Germany, some scratches heard also in background from
thunderstorms performing somewhere in Mediterr.

wb


----- Original Message ----- From: "'Wolfgang Bueschel'
To: "DXLD" <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Voice of Nigeria

NIGERIA/MALI  9689.918 exact footprint of VoNigeria at 0805 UT May 9,
heard only on threshold level in Florida remote unit, also Mali Bamako
noted at same level on 9635.0 kHz. Peaks also seen in MA Boston and
Edmonton Alberta, but lower than threshold level this morning.

Nothing of Ikorodu on 7254.921v visible so far now in 8-9 UT slot.

wb

----- Original Message ----- From: "Thorsten Hallmann thh@xxxxxxx [dxld]" <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Voice of Nigeria

At 0726: Tent. VON already back on approximately 7254.95, but too weak
to confirm any more than this fact even via US remote receivers.
However, I compared on several receivers 7254.6 USB vs. 7255.3 LSB, and
could always hear roughly the same artifcial het to presumed VON
carrier. So really quite close to 50hz below nominal (sorry I have no
remote perseus or so in the US to measure it more exactly ;-). 9690v not
heard, presumed IKO on 15120, but with very low modulation and weaker
than usual.

73 thorsten

Am 09.05.2015 um 08:38 schrieb Thorsten Hallmann:
Unfortunately I didn't catch the beginning of the broadcast - if there
is some "real" broadcast before 0600. But just after 0600, May 9:
7254.9//9689.9 clearly VON, I believe it's Hausa, this until 0628,
then IS, dead air. 31m off at 0630, 41m at 0635 or so.

73 thorsten

Am 08.05.2015 um 03:15 schrieb Glenn Hauser wghauser@xxxxxxxxx [dxld]:

** NIGERIA. 9689.9, May 7 at 0552, here`s a new signal I don`t
normally hear in almost nightly bedtime bandscans: YL jazz singer in
English; good modulation faded down to almost nothing, then back up.
I suspect it`s VON, and immediately confirm by // to 7255, another
frequency which is new to this daypart as I first heard a few nights
ago. 7255 is closer to on-frequency, maybe only 50 Hz low. Both cut
off the song to dead air about 0559:30, and 0600 open talk in
presumed Hausa, mentioning Nigeria, kHz and GMT, along with flute and
drums. If only I knew what they were saying as to frequencies. Dozed
off but a final check at 0647 found 9689.9 had gone to dead air, and
7255 off.

Later Thorsten Hallmann said 7255 switched off at 0631. I had also
checked 15120, the usual frequency for English at +05-07 but could
not hear it: you never know whether it will be on and/or propagating
from one night to the next. But Ivo Ivanov says it was on this date,
with awful modulation, so that means three transmitters in use at the
same time! This is very unusual for VON, altho they allegedly have
six, per WRTH 2015, three x 250 kW at each of the two transmitter
sites; most of which must have been out of service for years. They
are constantly juggling languages, times and frequencies, the other
active one being 11770- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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