Angola. 4949.73 kHz. R. Nacional. Station appears to have had difficulties this weekend. For the week ending December 2, it had an unusually strong signal every night, as if they had boosted their power and/or added a new antenna. On December 3, it came on the air late, and the signal was quite weak. On December 4, it didn't appear at all. On December 5, it's back, noted at 2325 with a fairly strong signal. (Delibert, MD 12/5/16)
China. 5050.0 kHz. Beibu Bay Radio (presumed). Listings say this station signs on at 2300, but I've noted several nights that it's been on a bit earlier. On December 4, I parked just off-frequency and waited for the het to appear, which happened at 2247. Xmsn started with what I would characterize as traditional Chinese flute music for 3 minutes, followed at 2250 with pop music. China-style time beeps at TOH, but announcements were not readable. (Delibert, MD 12/4/16) Zanzibar. 11735.0 kHz. 1758 - 1802. Tuned in to hear a woman in presumed Swahili. At 1759, several mentions of ZedBC, followed by about 45 seconds of drumming, time pips (only about 1 second behind actual TOH), and then news in English. BC was close to 100% readable, first time ever to get such a clear signal that early in the day at this QTH. (Only heard their English BC one other time, and that was from Martha's Vineyard, where signal levels are better.) I'd like to attribute this to having turned by pennant antennas horizontal, which has dropped the background noise considerably, but the super-quiet magnetic field of the last few days may also have contributed. (Delibert, MD 12/4/16) Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD JRC NRD-545 Horizontal pennant antennas with DX Engineering pre-amp _ 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
