** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13750, Aug 23 at 1309, fair with press review; 1318 Albanian music. Hope this is a sign of improving equinoxial propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. Tuning around during a T-storm requiring internal antenna only, I came upon a signal in African-accented English and with a very heavy long-path echo on 15665, Friday Aug 24 at 2035 just as it was IDing as Voice of Biafra International, Washington DC, and going from English to a local language (Igbo or Ibo?). 2039 was back in English, talking about Calabar. Was otherwise occupied for next quarter hour but retune at 2055 found them playing instrumental multi-national anthem ``God Bless Africa``. (Which god??? Why?); 2058, ID again as V. of Biafra International, WDC, giving frequency as ``15.67 MHz in the 19 meter bandÂ… Goodbye, Biafra, and to you until our next broadcast, good night.`` The last we knew, VOBI was on Saturdays only, for a while also Wednesdays, at 21-22 on 7380 via RSA, but this strong echoey signal on 15665 smax of a WHR outlet; WHRA which is mainly aimed at Africa? No, WHRI closing ID followed immediately at 2059, next frequency to be 13640 (which is the BBC relay). No day(s) mentioned for this transmission, but I soon found it to be the only one now mentioned, again with incorrect frequency! At http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm ``Voice of Biafra International (VOBI) A SHORTWAVE Radio Broadcast Service transmitting on 15.67 MHz (on 19 meter band) at 2000 - 2100 Hours UTC (Universal Time [Coordinated]) equivalent to 9.00pm- 10.00pm Biafraland time every Friday. A project of Biafra Foundation, and Biafra Actualization Forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of VOBI is to provide and disseminate news and information of relevance and pressing import to Igbo-Biafra, and to the rest of the world, using SHORTWAVE Radio. On September 1, 2001, the maiden broadcast was made. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please support VOBI. Send contributions and donations to: Voice Of Biafra International 1629 K ST. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 TEL NO: 202 508 3795 FAX: 202 508 3759 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please use the controls to operate the audio; OR, You may also use the MediaPlayer version by clicking on the link. We apologize for the audio quality which is affected by systemic and technical limitations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please follow this link to the transcript (text version) of THE NEWS ANALYSIS SEGMENT only of the Voice of Biafra International (VOBI) broadcasts. [new] Also available in transcript form: WOB (Women of Biafra) segment of the Voice of Biafra International (VOBI) Broadcasts`` The above copied from website, most dated info of which is 2006y or earlier. But just below are audio linx to three previous broadcasts and this latest one: http://www.biafraland.com/aug2407.wma Is this on the WHR schedule? Yes, on ``Angel 1``, but incorrectly: 2000 Fr 0400 PM 0500 PM Monday - Friday VOBI Broadcasts Oguchi Nkwocha 17650 So both the programmer and the transmission provider have it on different wrong frequencies! Note that it is really Friday only, tho the WHR schedule display as usual is self-contradictory about this. HFCC has it thus: 15665 2000 2100 46 HRI 250 87 5 250307 281007 D Eng USA HRI FCC But has it really been going on this frequency since 25 March and no one has noticed until now? CIRAF 46 = West Africa from Western Sahara to Biafra. 87 is the azimuth and 5 is the day of week. HFCC also shows 17650 on air at same time on Fridays only but 100 kW toward Mexico; is this imaginary? 17650 2000 2100 10 HRI 100 260 5 250307 281007 D Spa,Eng USA HRI FCC I don`t find any DX reports of 7380 being heard since mid-April in Japan Premium, altho DX Mix News Bulgaria was still showing it in May, DXLD 7-060: ``Voice of Biafra International 2100-2200 on 7380 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf English Sat (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, May 22 via DXLD)`` VOBI does not appear on the SENTECH schedule, but I am not sure it ever did even when it was on 7380: http://www.sentech.co.za/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=100&bid=25&btitle=Frequencies&meid=65 Searching the WHR site on VOBI turns up another transmission, which is not mentioned on VOBI`s own site, this one via WHRA: 1915 Mo-Fr 0315 PM 0345 PM We VOBI Broadcasts Oguchi Nkwocha 13710 Note that in this case, WHR displays M-F with the UT, and Wednesday only with the EDT listing, while just the opposite was the case with the incorrect frequency, but correct time on Friday! Presumably the 1915-1945 UT one is really on Wednesdays only, but no telling if 13710 is really the right frequency. About the long-path echo, which originally got me to stop and monitor the frequency 15665: since Furman is roughly 1 kilomile from here, the LP echo must be coming around from 24 kilomiles away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CHU, 7335, UT Sat Aug 25 at 0614 check, once again with WHRI co-channel, 4 Hz away, but for a change CHU was atop. That does not make such an avoidable collision any less offensive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. DW, English via Rwanda 15205, VG as usual, Fri Aug 24 at 2132 with intriguing report on why Germany views the scientology cult as dangerous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR, 15050, Aug 24 at 1402 music with hum; 1417 recheck Bollywood music. Had not heard this transpolar signal for quite a while. Possibly it`s coming longpath whence most of the signal is aimed. Here`s the Aoki info: 15050 ALL INDIA RADIO 1300-1500 1234567 Sinhala 100 174 Delhi (Kingsway) 07712E 2645N AIR a07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Rai, Italian to NAm, still going, Aug 24 at 1419 check with music on 17780 // 15280, the latter squeezed between DW 15275 and China 15285 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 7320, Aug 23 at 1248, station in Russian, with rippling carrier, obvious with BFO on and also audible in AM as low buzz; 1250 into music. Just missed sign-off, if any at 1300:30* as meanwhile I was paying attention on another receiver to Live from Turkey, propagating well enough this date on 15450. Rather like Korea North on 9666v, but not that bad. Are they aware of this at station, and figure they, and their listeners, can live with it? Per Aoki, this is 50 kW, 45 degrees toward us from Magadan: 7320 R. Rossii 2000-1300 1234567 Russian 50 45 Magadan RUS 15010E 5946N, RR // 5940 a07 The motorboating transmitter from Magadan, 7320, previously reported at 1248 is also audible as early as 0602, Aug 24 in Russian. And again at 0617 August 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR-1, 15825 with new edition of Mundo Radial, Fri Aug 24 until 2127:50. Therefore it must have started shortly after 2113; it often gets a headstart. Also airs Mondays nominally at 2115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. 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