WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

EGYPT 15365 R Cairo in Arabic at 1420 UT, Sinpo 45554, but very
terrible distorted audio feed.
(wb df5sx, on whitsuntide holiday on Mallorca Isl Spain, wwdxc BC-DX June
7/8)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15190 R. East Africa, 0800-0900+ May 20 [Sat], tune-
in to US-produced English religious programming. R. East Africa IDs and
Cupertino CA address at 0810, 0825 and 0841. 0811 evangelical talk with
"Peoples' Gospel Hour"; surprisingly good signal.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld June 3)
15190, R. Africa No. 2, so IDing, rather than "R. Africa" or "R. East
Africa." I had forgotten about this ID, but I see that the WRTH gives all
three station names. Usual English religious programs; at 0944, gal gave
RAN2 postal address in Mozambique ("P.O.Box 588 ... 50100 Mozambique"),
plus the E-mail address; at 1001 she gave only the
Cupertino postal address and panambc E-mail address, followed by man with
the same. This was on May 27, a Saturday. Reception was fairly decent,
though the IDs were not at the peaks. The QRM on the second ID is from
China, which starts up on the freq just before 1000. There is some
interesting stuff on their website
They trace their history to 1936 (?!), give short bios of personnel, and
include an example of a reception report
(which I would call pretty
thin).
The website also explains at that
R. Africa is for W. Africa, R. East Africa for C. and E. Africa, and R.
Africa No. 2 for southern Africa (which explains the Moz. address). They
also show a Radio 4 (FM, Uganda), and a 250 kW SW "Beacon of Hope" for
North Africa (with two photos of unidentified sites, at least one of which
is Julich). I don't recall ever running across a "Beacon of Hope" ID on
the air, tho in 2003 I got a letter from Cupertino that thanked me for a
report on "Beacon of Hope India" via Julich-9435, which was a mistake
because I never sent them such a report.
(Jerry Berg-MA-USA, NASWA Flashsheet June 3)
5005 R. Nacional, Bata, at 2245-2301* May 27, Spanish talk, African hi-
life mx. 2258 sign-off with 3-minute NA. Weak but in the clear.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld June 6)
5005 R Bata at 1957 UT, a solid 3-4 signal, 35333, Bata and Nouakchott are
the strongest African stns these days. African songs, ID in Sp. Pitch
bubble jamming station heard now and then on co-channel.
(wb df5sx, on whitsuntide holiday on Mallorca Isl Spain, wwdxc BC-DX June
7-8)
ERITREA 7100 VoBroad Masses, Asmara, noted 1739-1803, 30 May,
Vernacular, few talks, music; 34332, adj. QRM only.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
ETHIOPIA 7110 R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1744-1755, 30 May, Vernacular,
talks; 33432, co-ch & adj. QRM; // 9704.2 fair.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
FRANCE 17850 Voice of Africa via Issoudun, France. May 27 at 1400
(S/on)-1430. SINPO 35433. S/on with mx and ID in English as "This is the
Voice of Afrcia from Great Jamahiriya." Local pops at 1405, followed by
the news at 1411. // 17725 SINPO 23332.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium, June 2)
Libyan Voice of Africa. Outstanding signal quality noted in Mallorca,
Spain, June 8th. 17850 55555 at 1400 UT, 17725 33443.