** BRAZIL. 15189.96, Radio Inconfidência, 0045-0115, heard after WYFR 0045 sign off. Portuguese talk. Local ballads. Weak but readable. Weak with adjacent channel splatter on // 6010. August 30. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ERITREA. 9710.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0320-0335, Horn of Africa style music. Vernacular talk. Fair level but very weak modulation. Fair on // 7174.99. August 30. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ETHIOPIA. 9705, Radio Ethiopia, 2045-2101*, local Horn of Africa style music. Amharic announcements. Possible news at 2056. Sign off with National Anthem at 2059. Fair. August 29. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** ITALY [non]. via ROMANIA. 15610, IRRS, 1259-1400*, tune-in to classical music. English IRRS ID at 1300. One minute of dead air and into lite instrumental music at 1301. French talk at 1307, but into English at 1308 with “In History” program. Program at 1310 about music. “Forum” program at 1323 about California’s “Three Strikes and Your Out” law and their criminal justice system. IRRS ID and contact information at 1359. Fair signal but mixing with WEWN at their 1359 sign on. No Brother Stair and his Overcomer Ministry program today. August 30. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2101-2303*, audible after Ethiopia 9705 sign off at 2101. Vernacular talk. Rustic indigenous vocals. Qur`an at 2257. Short flute IS at 2301 followed by National Anthem. 21 second test tone at 2303 and off. Weak but readable at 2101. Improved to fair to good levels by 2215. August 29. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com 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
