ARLA/CLUSTER: DX material: Africa + MW pirate stns + off freq. cases + MW site.

[Carlos L.R. de A.Gonçalves]

Dear Wolfgang,

While other items follow in another msg., these below are mainly on Africa.

ALBANIA
1394.87 kHz TWR via Fllaka, 1934-..., 29 Nov, Serbian prgr; 55444. (Carlos 
Gonçalves - POR)

CHAD
6165 kHz Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne, N'Djaména, 1112-1330, 02 Dec, 
African pops,..., folk tunes; 33432, QRM de HRV.    This catch is surely the 
result of having increased my CeAfr mini-Beverage from 80 to nearly 300 m on 
Fri., 01 Dec. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

CLANDESTINE
1550 kHz Polisario Front, Tindouf ALG, 0816-0900*, 28 Nov, Arabic, talks, 
songs; ID+natl. anthem at s/off; 55444.

1550 kHz Polisario Front, Tindouf, ALG, 2335-..., 02 Dec, Spanish, "boletín 
de notícias"; 55444; almost inaudible on \\ 7425.

(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

EUROpirates
1645 kHz R.Barones, HOL, 2201-..., 02 Dec, Dutch/English, sending greetings 
to the UK, songs, music; 55333. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

Greek pir. stns, all UNID unfortunately
1664.9 kHz 2206-..., 02 Dec, talks, music; 45343, vy. good audio.
1669.7 kHz 2210-..., 02 Dec, talks, Italian oldies (!); 45343, good audio.
1684.9 kHz 2212-..., 02 Dec, talks, pops; 45343.
1719.5 kHz 2214-..., 02 Dec, Grk. songs, few talks; 55343, but bad audio 
during speech.
1736.2 kHz 2215-..., 02 Dec, Grk. pops; 35332.

and quite a few other of the kind, all from "Hellas."

(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

GUINEA
1385.9 kHz R.Rurale, Labé, 2237-2253, 30 Nov, Vernacular, talks with musical 
background; 55444. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

MOROCCO
774 kHz RTM-"A"/Regional, Agadir, 2301-..., 29 Nov, Arabic, news, Regional 
prgr prior to 2300; 32431, QRM de E.  600 kW??? (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

936 RTM, Agadir, 1112-..., 02 Dec, Arabic of "A" network, news, then 
Regional prgr in Vernacular 1113; weakish audio; noted with Berber "C" netw. 
later at 1909; 44443.  (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1187.8 kHz RTM-"C", Casablanca, 2231-..., 28 Nov, Berber, folk tunes; 24432, 
het. w/ IRN. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

1278 kHz RTM-"A", site?, 1109-..., 02 Dec, Arabic, news, music; feed advance 
relative to \\ 207; 44443, QRM de F (!).  Not on the next day. (Carlos 
Gonçalves - POR)

1638 kHz RTM-"A", Rabat, 1057-..., 02 Dec, Arabic, talks, news 1100; 
harmonic of 819; 34443, QRM de harmonic (!) of R.Euskadi 819, Donosti, E. 
(Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

NIGER
9705 kHz La Voix du Sahel, Niamey, 2206-2227, 01 Dec, French, phone report, 
African pops; 44433.   Midday reception is quieter - at least over here - 
than in the evening. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

NIGERIA
7255 kHz VoNigeria, Ikorodu, 1213-1228, 02 Dec, English, newscast, Business 
News 1217; 35443, hum in carrier. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

7275 R.Nigeria, Abuja, 1215-1227, 02 Dec, Vernacular, pops; 15432. English 
heard at 1500 for newscast, when there was QRM de IND or SNG (t). (Carlos 
Gonçalves - POR)

PORTUGAL
1035 kHz R.Nacional, Belmonte, is off for quite a number of days now.   I've 
found their site via GoogleEarth: 38º 52' 15.5" N, 08º 47' 30.85" W, so not 
between natl. road nº 10 & motorway A13 as I thought, but just on the north 
edge of the A13.   It's simply not possible to get near the tx as its 
perimeter is a leased area within a (state owned) property.  (Carlos 
Gonçalves - POR)

TANZANIA
1377 kHz R.Free Africa, Mwanza, 1913-1924, 02 Dec, Swahili, African pops; 
54433 (!), QRM de F but also de ARM. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

ZIMBABWE
3396 kHz (NEW) ZBC, Guineafowl, 2339-0003, 02 Dec, Vernacular, phone-ins, 
tunes, Radio 1 of "R.Zimbabwe" ID at midnight; 53442, vy. good audio quality 
perceived in the middle of the uty. QRM. (Carlos Gonçalves - POR)

73,
Carlos.