BOTSWANA—VOA Relay, 15580 with woman doing
interview in Amharic at 1711. (Brossell,
WI)
FRANCE—Radio France International, 15300 at
1706 with possible news or headlines in Portuguese. (Brossell, WI)
NIGERIA—Voice of
Nigeria, 9690, Abuja at 1935 with man speaking in possible Fulfade and several
mentions of Nigeria, followed by a short musical bridge, more of same male announcer.
(Wood, MA)
OPPOSITION—Voice
of Amara People (via France
to Ethiopia),
15360 at 1702 with man and woman speaking possibly in Amharic. (D’Angelo, PA)
PIRATES—Wolverine
Radio, 6950u at 2336 with Aretha Franklin, then a station ID and more of the
tribute programs, also 6935 at 0048 with ’60s progressive rock (Hassig, IL)
Mix Radio, 6870 at 0051with mellow British-style rock, station
ID at 0105, then contemporary dance music, moved to 6865 at 0212, also 6935 at
0041 with ’70s pop music, station IDs at 0055 and 0105. (Taylor, WI)
Yeah Man Radio, 6924.8 at 0053 with rock, station ID, bluesy
rock. (Taylor, WI)
SAUDI ARABIA—BSKSA, 11820 at 1903 with man commenting
in Arabic after each Qur'an recitation. (Brossell,
WI)
SOUTH AFRICA—Channel Africa, 15235 at 1700 with station
ID and woman reading the news. (Brossell,
WI)
SOUTH KOREA—KBS World Radio, 6015 (p) Hamnjok at
1141 man speaking in Korean at length. (Taylor,
WI)
TURKEY—Voice
of Turkey,
9460 in Turkish, man making brief comments followed by a woman making comments.
Possible sports event coverage. (Taylor,
WI)
UNITED STATES—Adventist
World Radio, 11800 via South Africa at 1700 with English station ID and into French
program, 15155 via Madagascar at 1829-1858 with schedule announcement in
English over music. (Brossell,
WI)
VATICAN—Vatican
Radio, 9705, SMG in English with IS at 2010, station ID, opening program information
and contact VOA, 15620 with woman and two men in a discussion at 1718. (Brossell, WI)
ZANZIBAR—ZBC, 11735, Dole with program of very
nice domestic music and occasional female announcer. Station went off in
mid-song at 2100. (Taylor, WI)
Thanks for Your Logs
A revised deadline, combined with computer troubles (or
probably aided by pilot error) added up to fewer reporters this month. But we
press on ... with a hand extended to William Hassig, Mt. Pleasant, IL; Rich
D’Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Steven C. Wood, Harwich, MA; Mark Taylor, Madison,
WI; Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL; and Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI.
Until next month ...
Keep on keepin’ on, and ... Celebrate Shortwave!
