** BRAZIL. 5044.98, Radio Cultura do Para, 0554-0630, Oct 23, reactivated with mostly continuous Portuguese pops/ballads. IDs at 0601, 0628. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CHAD. 4904.97, RNT, 2215-2231*, Oct 22, French talk. Afro-pop music. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor to fair with CODAR QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CHAD. 4904.97, RNT, *0428-0440, Oct 23, sign on with Balafon IS. National Anthem at 0429. Opening French announcements at 0430 & local Afro-pop music. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CONGO DR [non]. via Meyerton, S.Africa, 11690, Radio Okapi, *0400-0425, Oct 23, opening French/vernacular announcements and “Okapi” jingles at 0400. French talk. French pop tune. Occasional “Okapi” jingles. Poor to fair, mixing with a weak Radio Havana Cuba. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Radio San Carlos, 0050-0209*, Oct 23, second harmonic of 1430. Spanish talk. Ads, jingles. “San Carlos Radio” ID at 0059. Several Spanish ballads after 0108. Abrupt sign off. Very weak but good level on peaks. Thanks to tip from Jay Novello and others. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromia, *0322-0335, Oct 23, sign on with xylophone IS. Talk in unidentified language at 0329. Lite instrumental music at 0332. Horn of Africa music. Weak. Very poor under strong jammer. Only heard the jammer after 0335. Thanks to tips from Ron Howard & Rich D’Angelo. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** INDONESIA. 9525.89, Voice of Indonesia, *0950-1005, Oct 23, sign on with listed Korean programming in progress. Local music. Theme music at 0959. ID at 1000 and English programming with news at 1002. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MALI. 7285.88, RTVM, *0745-0827, Oct 23, abruptly on with programming in progress with French talk. Local guitar music. French ID announcements over local flute music at 0800. Vernacular talk at 0801. Rustic guitar music at 0823. Rustic vocals. Fair signal strength but weak modulation. // 5995 which signed on at approximately 0555 and signed off at 0759. // 9635 - signed on at 0800 with a weak signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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