** ERITREA [non]. As mentioned in DXLD 7-144, V. of Meselná Delina, clandestine via WHRA, confirmed on new 12015, excellent reception here off the back of the antenna, Dec 3 at 1829 tune-in, just in time to hear a few words in presumed Tigrinya, one minute promo in English for WHR reaching the unreached, 1830 back to language, presumed the same but not certain; could not make out any program name ID. Is this reflected in the online WHRA program schedule, http://www.whr.org/index.cfm?fa=schedule&Search=Angel5 --- ? of course not! It still shows 17650 and 4 different English-language gospel-huxter programs at 1830-1900, after half an hour of VOMD, but apparently that is now extended to a full hour. Or has a companion.
The VOMD website http://vodm.asmarino.com/ still gives outdated frequency if not time: Days: Monday - Friday Time: 9:00PM - 9:30PM Eritrea time Frequency 17650 kHz (16.9 meter band) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. I monitored WHRA 11785 again Monday December 3, from tune-in 1920, and the mystery African(?) language clandestine(?) was already underway so may have started as early as 1900. Man was giving an impassioned speech, phone quality. At 1932 some music, and later in that semihour a woman talking with studio quality. Recorded, including the closing about 1956, in a 2:47 rm clip, 433 kb, with typical music before and after. It sounds somewhat familiar, but the ID at 1:00 into the clip does not. Actually it seems to be an e-mail address, like [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I am not at all sure of that. Later there is a www given too but marred by fade/distortion. I hope someone can recognize the language or even identify it. . . Have a listen at http://www.w4uvh.net/whra11785unid.rm Then I make another check of the WHRA online schedule, and the answer seems to appear: 1900 Mo 0200 PM 0300 PM Monday - Friday Demitse-Tewahedo Demitse Tewahedo Demitse Tewahedo 11.785 Mhz Which in WHR`s wacky way of presentation means it is on Mondays only at 1900-2000 UT, with other (English) programming shown during the same time other days. So it must be the same one still showing on the TDP schedule for A-07 http://www.airtime.be/schedule.html as: Zena Tewahedo the Ligament Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Exile 1600-1700 15260 AM m...... Amharic Africa but which is replaced in the B-07 schedule below it by: EOTC Holy Synod Radio 1600-1700 9445 AM m...... Amharic Africa Note that EOTC matches as an abbr. for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church The EOTC website http://exile.eotcholysynod.org/ still has them on 9445 ``due to weather conditions``, and mp3 audio files of the last few weeks` broadcasts are available for download. However, the last 3 minutes of their audio file do NOT match what I heard and recorded today on WHRA, in music or announcements, gender of announcer, including several clear Zena Tewáhedo IDs in the last few minutes. The file gives a Los Angeles address, and eotc e-mail address as on the website. A couple times during the SW broadcast I heard Louisiana mentioned. Another possibility is that they are producing two different programs for TDP and WHR, but I suspect it is not Zena Tewahedo but some other possibly related clandestine. And that which I previously reported during the same hour on Thursday, Nov 22 may also be something different. We need to check other days of the week as there may be other clandestine programs on this frequency, just as TDP once had a full schedule of several different rotating programs depending on day of week, on 15260 and now on 9445 --- or have those now been replaced by WHRA transmissions? But this may be in addition rather than in replacement: the opening announcement in their Dec 3 audio file mentions kHz and meterband twice. If they do match up, the Thursday broadcast could be EPPF Radio. I hope someone can evaluate my clip on its own merits, and also check this transmission other days of the week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) José Miguel Romero suggests some possibilities, but I am not sure either is a complete match: Saludos Glenn, puede tratarse de Voice of Tewahedo Ethiopian Orthodox, programa religioso emitido por New World Radio 1120 AM Washington DC. http://wust1120.com/index2.html Esta emisora emite una serie de programas religiosos, entre ellos para la comunidad Ethiope. Al descargar el audio se puede leer Demitse Tewahedo. Glenn, otra posibilidad mas factible es que se trata de Finote Selam Radio http://www.radiotewahedo.org/ Si se escucha el final del audio correspondiente al 2 de Diciembre, la música es la misma. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Spain, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmm, that one has separate programs on stations in Denver (Dec 2), Washington, Atlanta. Music may be same, but announcement is different. What does Tewahedo mean? The word seems to be in the name of more than one program/station (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Dec 3 check of DW Amharic at 1400: poor signal on 15620, no jamming audible, and no signal on 15660; 11645 had noise level slightly higher than local noise level on band. 1455 recheck, 15660 noise jamming also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 December follow. Solar flux 73 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 03 December was 0 (4 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SWPC via DXLD) Dec 4 at 1430 check, DW OK on 15620, no jamming audible, and other frequencies not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See UNIDENTIFIED 15630 ** SOUTH AFRICA. SSIRI, 15675 via Meyerton, Tue Dec 4 from 1400 with usual condescending English lessons with frequent bell-sounds as cues to ``interact``; ended at 1429:30 and then observed two different tones, hi and lo, alternating every 6 seconds until 1431* This appears to be typical behaviour for SENTECH and a useful clue in other cases (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare, 13810 via ``Jew-lick``, GERMANY, Dec 4 at 1439, running about 1 second behind WWRB 9385. Quite weak on 13810 and I don`t often hear it. Currently HFCC registered as 14-16 at 115 degrees, but http://www.overcomerministry.org/SW-UTC.htm not revised since Sept 13! Shows 13-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. REE has absolutely no class, especially during its classical music show: Dec 3 at 1455, Mozart`s beautiful ``Exsultate, Jubilate`` rudely interrupted on 17595 to NAm for irrelevant African frequency change announcement as always on weekdays. // 15585 was not interrupted, but too weak to substitute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. R. Nacional de la RASD, 6300, nice listening with chanting, music, Dec 3 at 0710-0722+, and this late, no QRM de Cuba leapfrog (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 December follow. Solar flux 73 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 03 December was 0 (04 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SWPC via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 15240, open carrier, Dec 4 at 1434, steady and only slightly weaker than CRI via Canada on 15230. 15240 at 1430 used to be the B-season time for Sweden via Canada, moved this year to 1530, but I wonder if some change is coming at Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15630, continuous 1 kHz tone test, Dec 4 from 1355 past 1401 and past 1429 but gone at 1441 recheck. ERT Avlis, Greece is the only station registered on this frequency at any time, as alternate to 15650, but its normal programming was running at same time on 15650, and much weaker. So either they are testing another transmitter, or it`s something else, more likely the latter. Perhaps DW is looking for yet another Amharic frequency in the neighborhood (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15790-15795-15800, again hearing DRM, Dec 4 at 1440. Nothing on 17870-17875-17880. The DRM DX schedule at http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/drmdx/main&sort=kHz,UTC still hasn`t been updated since Nov 26, and neither center frequency appears! Ditto for http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/drm_schedule.html --- why don`t they keep them up to date? We know that 15795 is registered for TDF Issoudun, but this is strong enough to be Guiana French instead (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. 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