** BRAZIL. 15190.02, Radio Inconfidência, 2218-2300+, Feb 12, ID at 2220. Portuguese pop ballads. Portuguese announcements. Fair. Weak // 6010. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ETHIOPIA. 9705, Radio Ethiopia, 2010-2100:25*, Feb 12, local Horn of Africa music. Amharic talk. Sign off with National Anthem at 2059. Fair. Weak QRM from a weak Niger 9704.99. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** KURDISTAN [non]. via UKRAINE. 11530, Denge Mezopotamya, 1425-1459:30*, Feb 12, local Kurdish music. Local vocals. Kurdish talk. Abrupt sign off during a speech. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2100-2259:40*, Feb 12, weak but in the clear after Ethiopia signed off. Some occasional adjacent channel splatter. French talk. Variety of Euro-pop and Afro-pop music. Qur`an at 2255. Short flute IS at 2258 followed by National Anthem to sign off. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SOMALIA [non]. via Dhabbaya, UAE. 11970, Radio Damal, *1930- 1940, Feb 12, s/on with Somali talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SOMALIA. [non]. via Woofferton, 11740, Radio Damal, 1908-1929:30*, Feb 12, Somali talk. Horn of Africa music. Abrupt sign off. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Radio Sri Lanka-Radio Ceylon, *1530-1550, Feb 12, opening English “Radio Sri Lanka” ID announcements and announcement as “This is Radio Ceylon calling out to India”. English news at 1531. Local music at 1533. English and Hindi talk. Some oldies US pop music. Poor, mixing with Polish Radio. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SUDAN [non]. via Sines, PORTUGAL. 17745, Sudan Radio Service, 1501-1530, Feb 12, tune-in to local string music. English IDs and into “Lets Talk” program at 1502 with discussion about Southern Sudan politics. Only an open carrier at approximately 1526. Into Arabic at 1530. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** UGANDA [non]. via FRANCE. 17725, Radio Y’ Abaganda, *1700- 1715*, Feb 12, sign on with local choral music. Talk at 1704 in local language with mentions of Baganda and Uganda. Abrupt sign off. Sat only. Good signal but began mixing with an unidentified station at 1714 at equal level with lite instrumental music and Afro-pop music past 1730. (Brian Alexander, PA) Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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