BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

35 04 57.43 N 33 54 03.21 E
(wb, dxld / SW TXsite Jan 5)
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 6030 Voice of Tigray Revolution (pres), at 0405-0550+
UT Jan 7th. Finally audible once Cuban jamming shut down at 0405 UT.
Similar format to other recent loggings here with a male announcer
speaking in rapid-fire vernacular joined by others on the phone. Several
short commentaries with music bridges between them around 0415, then
Afropop/Middle Eastern fusion music with male and female DJs chatting
between songs. Data QRM pestering until around 0445. Fading after 0530 and
finally wiped out by another data transmission around 0550 UT, a good two
hours after local sunrise in Africa. Fair/good in the clear, poor
otherwise.
(Mark Schiefelbein-MO-USA, dxld Jan 7)
ETHIOPIA [and non]. The DW Amharic and jamming situation of such intense
interest in Nov and Dec seems to have receded, but I checked this out
again on Jan 4 at 1436. I could hear both 15620 and 15660, the lower
frequency stronger, but no jamming detectable on either, unlike 15645
where there was only jamming (I think; often hard to tell from ambient
noise level), altho DW via Sri Lanka is supposed to be on 15640. Both
15620 and 15660 are Rwanda, but the latter is non- direxional, and not
always audible here.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Jan 8)
DWL Amharic service. Two BROADBAND jammers from ETH with annoying hiss
audio noted on two QRGs only today 1400-1457 UT Jan 8th: 11645 and 15640.
No interfering signals on Kigali channels either 15620 or 15660 kHz.
Jamming covered 11635.5 - 11653.8, 15633.8 - 15648.8 slots, measured on
Eton E1 with 2.3 kHz filter. -- Noted also on Jan 10.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 8/10)
This is sad news and historical irony. Asa Briggs writes in his famous BBC
history that Italy was the first country to start radio jamming. This
happened in 1936 when Italy occupied Ethiopia. Ethiopian radio began to
broadcast messages to get help when Italian forces started their invasion.
These broadcasts were jammed by the Italians.
Now the Ethiopian government is jamming foreign broadcasts to Ethiopia.
(Jorma Mantyla-FIN, hcdx Jan 8)
On 10 Jan at 1600 UT noted Eritrea hopping between range 6180-6240 kHz to
avoid Ethiopian digital-ute-like jammer. Same thing in the vicinity of
7175 kHz.
(Jari Savolainen-FIN, DXplorer Jan 10)
FRENCH GUYANA 9660 Polish R. relay, 2235-2300*, in Polish with a
Catholic mass till 2255 UT, then just orchestral music until s/off.
Excellent signal.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Jan 5)
GERMANY CVC Internat. via DTK T-Systems Media&Broadcast from Jan.1:
1400-1600 on 7145 JUL 040 kW / 290 deg WeEu English DRM >> not active
1400-1600 on 13865 JUL 100 kW / 060 deg EaEu Russian >> not active
1400-1800 on 9885*JUL 100 kW / 090 deg EaEu Ukrainian# + Russian
* strong co-ch from 1600 YFR in English via WER 500 kW 135 deg to EaAf,
also Voice of Russia in Russian/Hindi/Bengali/English till 1700
# Svitle Radio Emmanuil
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Jan 9)
9470 IBRA R. via Nauen, 1810-1820, vernac. talks, announcements, musical