** CHAD. 4904.97, RNT, 2145-2232*, Dec 27, Afro-pops, tribal drums. French talk. Sign off with National Anthem at 2231. Good. Alternating between 6165 & 4904.97. Heard yesterday at this same time period on 6165. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** JAPAN. 6055, Radio Nikkei, 1020-1030, Dec 27, local music. Japanese announcements. Poor. Weak. Very weak on // 3925. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGER. 9705, LV du Sahel, 2235-2301*, Dec 27, French pop ballads. French announcements. Qur`an at 2253. Sign off with local flute & National Anthem at 2259. Test tone at 2301 & off. Weak. Poor with weak co-channel QRM and noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGERIA. 6089.85, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 2110-2204, Dec 27, talk in listed Hausa. Tribal chants. Covered by Anguilla 6090 at their 2204 sign on. Fair signal strength but poor to fair overall signal quality due to DRM QRM & adjacent channel splatter. Must use ECSS-USB to avoid some of the DRM mess. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, 2045-2100*, Dec 27, Euro-pop music. French talk. Sign off with short electronic instrumental tune along with ID. Good. Strong. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** THAILAND. 12095, Radio Thailand, 0045-0102, Dec 27, English programming with review of upcoming local events. Weather. National Anthem at 0100. Chimes at 0101 followed by programming in Thai. Weak but readable. Stronger than usual. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1815, Dec 27, English news to 1809. “Spice FM” IDs. Swahili talk & a US pop tune at 1809 followed by Swahili talk. Audio good yesterday, but today the audio is starting to get that warbling sound again. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. via Madagascar, 11610, Radio Voice of the People, *1700-1756*, Dec 27, sign on with African music & English- vernacular opening ID announcements followed by vernacular talk. Short breaks of African music. English at 1738. English news at 1747. Closing English announcements with contact information at 1754. Good signal but some English difficult to understand due to thick accents. (Brian Alexander, PA) Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A. Equipment: TenTec RX-340, two 100 foot longwires
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