** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1228-1300*, Nov 22, test tone at 1227. Sign on at 1228 with IS and opening English ID announcements at 1230. English news, commentary. Subcont music. Strong signal strength but equally strong hum making reception difficult. (Alexander-PA) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1357-1430*, Nov 22, carrier on at 1356. Sign on at 1357 with IS. Time pips at 1400 and opening announcements in listed Urdu. Talk and subcont music. Good but with slight hum. (Alexander-PA) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1513-1520+, Nov 22, Sign on with IS. Opening announcements and talk in listed Hindi at 1515. Very weak. (Alexander-PA) ** CUBA. 6270, 5955, RHC spurs, 0635-0700*, Nov 22, very weak leapfrogging spurs of 6060 and 6165. 6270 leapfrogging spur of 6060 and 5955 leapfrogging spur of 6165. 105 kHz separation between each frequency. English programming. Thanks to previous tips from Ralph Perry and Glenn Hauser about these spurs. (Alexander-PA) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0330, Nov 22, sign on with National Anthem. Arabic talk at 0300:40. Local flute music at 0301. Qur`an at 0302. Talk at 0311. Indigenous tribal music at 0327. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions. (Alexander-PA) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 1805-1947*, Nov 22, US produced English religious programming. “Radio Africa” ID announcement at 1827 along with email address and contact information. Back to English religious programming at 1828. Another 1 minute “Radio Africa” ID announcement at 1927 with myway.com email address and address in Nigeria. Abrupt sign off. Fair. (Alexander-PA) ** MALI. 5995, RTVM, *0555-0800*, Nov 22, sign on with guitar IS. National Anthem at 0557. Short flute IS followed by opening French ID announcements at 0558. Vernacular talk at 0600. Wide variety of African hi-life music, local tribal vocals, and Afro-pop music after 0601. Some French talk. Sign off at 0800 with flute IS. Very good signal and good modulation. Rarely heard this strong. (Alexander-PA) ** MALI. 9635, RTVM, *0800-0810, Nov 22, sign on with flute IS and opening French ID announcements. Vernacular talk at 0801. Strong. Very good signal. (Alexander-PA) ** MEXICO. 6184.99, Radio Educación, 0525-0606*, Nov 22, some local ranchero music. Spanish Radio-drama with some short breaks of instrumental music. Small portion of National Anthem at 0604:25 along with talk. Abrupt sign off. Transmitter off at 0613:18. Weak but readable. (Alexander-PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6924.9, WMPR, 2055-2115, Nov 22, techno-pop dance music. ID: “WMPR, truth, love and understanding”.
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