** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, 2220-2253*, Dec 2, French talk. Euro-pop music and Afro-pop music. Abrupt sign off. Good. (Alexander-PA) ** MALI. 5995, RTVM, 2340-0001*, Dec 2-3, French talk. African hi-life music. Indigenous vocals. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor. Weak modulation. (Alexander-PA) ** OMAN. 15560, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1420-1445+, Dec 2, tune- in to a wide variety of Western pop, local pop and lite instrumental music. Chimes/gongs at 1430:50 followed by their usual theme music. ID and English news at 1432. Lite instrumental music. Commentary. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. (Alexander-PA) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. via MADAGASCAR. 12105.02, Radio Dialogue, *1602:20-1701*, Dec 2, sign on with lite music for about 10 seconds at 1602:20, then just an open carrier until 1604. Back at 1604 with talk in unidentified language. Some Afro-pop music. Occasional English. IDs and email address at 1638. Mostly vernacular talk with very little English but English announcement at 1639: “Radio Dialogue with the community at heart.” Another English announcement at 1652: “Radio Dialogue giving you a voice. Radio Dialogue with the community at heart.” Sign on with a poor, weak signal, but improved to a fair signal by 1620. (Alexander-PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
