BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

UNID 4900 WAfr stn, 2224-2300, 01 May'10, long newscast in French heard
until 2234, some announcements, Afr. pops, talks in Vernacular; 35422. Vy.
faint signal audible today, 02 May'10, at 1815 UT.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 2)
UNID 4899.96[.97] UNID station with African-like mx, mostly nonstop,
then YL-talk 2326-cca 2340, music, no change on TOH, then at 0002 UT:
something like a jingle with "... One ..." ?; no signal at 0027 UT at
frequency check.
(Karel Honzik-CZE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 3/4)
I did try that UNID on 4900 again, but was not luck, no decent signal then
or even later when I was expecting at least the same level as on the
previous day.
What I also found on 4900 was a QSO among Spanish fishing vessels, and
wouldn't be surprised, if one of them were close to the African coast and
decided to play a bit by relaying some local stn. This is simply not
impossible; I have heard they doing this before, only with Moroccan and
Spanish stns.
As to the origin, well, the signal was a lot stronger via the 225o Bev.
which covers GUI, MTN, GMB; I tried the 145degr Beverage, but then the
signal was a lot weaker. In sea location ? (=seamen playing?) or a coastal
country?
Finally, I am sorry for being unable to extract any ID from your clip...
and for having forgotten to record my own log even though no ID was
actually heard. They did mention "chaine" ("nationale", I believe), so
maybe this stands as tiny clue.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 4)
I add Carlos here, because he was the first to report 4900 kHz. I also
left the recording on last night, as it didn't sign off at 2300 as I
expected. (At that time I thought it might be R. Centrafricaine). It
continued until 0005, and that would suggest a West African country, as
Carlos said in his report.
Togo used to s/off at 0005 UT, but wasn't that with news and NA? This was
more like plug off when music was going. Carlos could confirm that it
wasn't // with Guinea Conakry 7125 kHz, so still a puzzle. The signal just
a bit too weak to understand anything, except the language was French at
least at certain times. I'll try to catch the fade-in time, maybe that
gives more clue. It drifted from 4899.98 to .94 kHz in the course of the
evening, so probably not a brand new tx? I left recording on last night
and you can hear that it had drifted a bit in the latter part. Attached
are two clips at the times Karel suggested, at 2337 and 0002, this is the
closest I got to ID. Can any of you catch anything conclusive or familiar?
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 4)
UAE Some VT Comminications changes:
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(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 10)
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