Monday, April 07, 2008

[dxld] April 6-7 Logs

**BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Radio Pio Doce, 0220-0232*, April 6, local
music. Spanish talk. "Radio Kwai" signature tune at 0230. Stronger
than usual but still a poor quality signal due to strong adjacent channel
splatter. Tnx to Chuck Bolland tip. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

**CYPRUS. 5930, Cyprus BC Corp, *2215-2244*, April 6, New
Frequency, ex-6180. Sign on with Greek music. Greek opening
announcements & radio-drama. Greek music. Sign off with Greek
tune. Good signal. // 7210-poor, mixing with China Radio Int. and
// 9760-very weak. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**ETHIOPIA. 5980, Voice of Tigrey Revolution, *0355-0410, April 7,
sign on with IS. Amharic talk at 0400 along with occasional Horn of
Africa music. Poor. Weak with adjacent channel splatter. Threshold
copy on // 6170. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**ETHIOPIA. 7209.91, Radio Fana, *0258-0340, April 7, IS. Opening
ID announcement at 0301 & into Horn of Africa music. Amharic talk.
Weak. Covered by BBC 7210 at *0300-0329*. Radio Fana audible
after BBC sign off at 0329. Better signal on // 6110. (Brian Alexander,
PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**GABON. 4777, Radio Gabon, *0458-0510, April 7, sign on with
National Anthem. Opening French ID announcements at 0459.
Possible news at 0500. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

**NORTH AMERICA. Pirate, 6700.11, The Crystal Ship, 0010-0025,
April 7, pro-marijuana talk & music. ID. Good signal. // 5385.48- fair.
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**U.S.A. 4910, WWCR spur, 0145-0200, April 7, two separate WWCR
programs from 5070 & 9980 mixing together on 4910. Tnx to Glenn
Hauser for figuring this one out: 9980 - 5070 = 4910. Poor to fair.
I am also hearing 9980 bleeding into 5070. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)


Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA
Equipment: TenTec RX-340, 100 foot longwires

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