BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

DGPS reference Koblenz Schmittenhoehe 302.5 kHz
50 19 59.28 N 07 38 23.34 E
Quelle: Danke Klaus fuer die Info!
(tom df5jl an Klaus Spielvogel-D, A-DX Nov 13)
ERITREA 7175 on 16 Nov at 1529 UT, Voice of the Broad Masses Program 2,
heard in presumed Amharic with local music (almost oriental-sounding),
into a station ID, and a pop instrumental music bed. Good signal strength
and no QRM to speak of. CNRI must not have discovered this frequency yet.
[...] A light night of DX'ing. I was also listening on 7120 kHz and it
seemed like Voice of the Broad Masses Program 1 was active there judging
by the languages, but Chad also shares the frequency. I did not hear any
French in over three hours of monitoring, but I kept hearing what I
thought was "N'Djamena," but might also have been "Eritrea." Signal not as
good as 7175 if indeed it was Eritrea.
(Albert Muick-Kandahar-AFG, WinRadio G303e, 100m longwire, dxld Nov 16)
Eritrea noted on Nov 9th at 1550-1902 UT and daily till Nov 13th on 7120
kHz. Good signal is usually at 0355 UT when is IS and ID in 4 or 5
different languages (feat Ar) // 7185 kHz. On Nov 10th and 11th observed
1500-1600 UT on 7175 // 7185 kHz and on 7120 // 7185 kHz from 1600 UT,
Nov 16.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
ERITREA (ex 5100 kHz) R Bana was a radio service operated under the
Education Ministry of the Eritrean Government. According to many Internet
sources Eritrean security forces raided the headquarters of R Bana on
Feb 22, 2009 (quote from BBC: "Eritrea has arrested up to 54 journalists in
a new media crackdown ... Eritrean authorities on 22 February 2009 ordered
a raid on the premises of Radio Bana, a small station in the heart of the
capital that puts out educational programmes under the sponsorship of the
Education Ministry. Its entire staff of around 50 journalists were
arrested" ... ).
I got contact with one of the volunteer workers who have been working on
R Bana and he is rather sure that the story of R Bana ended on that day.
Several people who worked there are still in prison and the transmitting
facilities were taken over by the Ministry of Information. They launched a
new frequency (this 5060 kHz) and after that the programmes identified
have had totally different kind of nature ("Voice of Oromo Liberation",
"Arbegnoch Voice Radio"). They also have a standard morning program (this
program name is still unidentified for me, but I myself have never heard
"Radio Bana" in the early morning hours here on 5060).
(Ilpo Parviainen-FIN, dswci DXW Nov 18)
Thus Horn of Africa music on 5060 kHz rather comes from this clandestine!
(ap)
EQUAT GUINEA 15190 R. Africa, at 1605 UT on Nov 10. Series of religious
shows in English; "The People's Gospel Hour" with mailing addresses in
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