** BRAZIL. 12175, 11355, Super Radio Deus é Amor, 2315-2335, August 28, unstable, distorted spurs from 11765 with Portuguese preacher. Spurs +/- 410 kHz away from 11765. Very distorted in SSB. Much better in AM mode. 12175 very strong. 11355 very weak. // 6060 - poor with co-channel QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CHAD. 6165, RNT, *0429-0445+, August 28, sign on with about 15 seconds of Balafon IS and into National Anthem . French talk at 0430. Afro-pop music at 0433. Weak. Poor. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2210-2300*, August 28, French talk. Afro-pop music. African hi-life music. Sign off with National Anthem. Fair. Apparently Chad signs off at 2300 on Saturdays and at 2230 on the other days. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.07, Radio Amanecer Internacional, 0305-0330, August 28, Spanish Christian music. Spanish religious talk. Weak. Poor. Difficult copy due to adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ERITREA. 7220, Voice of Broad Masses of Eritrea, *0355-0420, August 28, sign on with IS. Talk at 0359. Local pop music. Fair. // 7165 - covered by noise jammer at 0359. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ERITREA [non]. via Ethiopia, 7165, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia transmitters, *0356-0431*, August 27, sign on with Horn of Africa music and opening ID announcements. Talk at 0400 in listed Tigrinya. Local music. // 9559.86v - drifting up to 9559.96. Both frequency fair but 7165 completely covered by noise jammer at 0410. Mon, Wed, Fri only. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010, Radio Madagasikara, 0242-0320, August 28, tune-in to contemporary Christian music. IS at 0257. Choral National Anthem at 0259. Malagasy talk at 0301. Local guitar music. Radio-drama. Poor to fair. Reduced carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** THAILAND. 15275, Radio Thailand, *0000-0029, August 28, sign on with opening English ID announcements and into news at 0001. Station promos. Ad for local restaurant. Dropped to a threshold level at 0029 when they switched their antenna beam heading towards Western N.Am. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** UGANDA [non]. via France, 15410, Radio Y’Abadanga Ababaka, *1700-1715+, August 28, sign on with African Choral music. Talk in listed Swahili at 1701. Many mentions of Uganda. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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