** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromiya, *0322-0335, Sept 6, sign on with xylophone-like IS. Opening announcements at 0330 in listed Oromo. Local Horn of Africa music at 0332. Weak. Poor with adjacent channel splatter but no co-channel QRM with Radio Marti and jammer off the air on UTC Mondays. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** EURO-PIRATE. NETHERLANDS. 6324.98, Black Bandit Radio, 0010-0025*, Sept 6, pop ballads. Local oldies music. English ID announcements. Said they were playing “local music from Amsterdam.” Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** IRAN [non]. via Moldova, 7460, Radio Payam-e Doost, 0240-0315*, Sept 6, Mid-east style music. Farsi talk. ID. Some instrumental classical- religious music. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** KUWAIT?? 7130, Radio Kuwait? 0515-0534*, Sept 6, Kuwait testing here again as they were doing back in Jan-April? Talk in unidentified language. Some Mid-east style choral music. Abrupt sign off. Strong. Too strong to be Eritrea or Ethiopia. No //s found. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGERIA. 7275, FRCN, Abuja, 0601-0635, Sept 6, audible under Tunisia at 0601 tune-in. Weak but in the clear at 0627 when Tunisia signs off. English news program. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7285, Radio Sonder Grense, *0459-0510, Sept 6, sign on with talk in Afrikaans. Very weak in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, *0239-0431*, Sept 6, sign on with Qur`an. Local tribal music. Arabic talk. Local pop music. Fair signal but mixing with a weak Iran until Iran’s sign off at approximately 0330. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** UNIDENTIFIED. 6248.30, 0635-0755+, Sept 6, Middle Eastern music. Religious recitations at 0646 in unidentified language. Lite instrumental music after 0700. Good. Strong. No //s found. Kuwait testing? Perhaps Western Sahara 6297 off frequency? (Brian Alexander, PA)
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