RTVC, Omdurman, Sudan on 7200 at 0400 UTC in Arabic. African tribal
music up to TOH, time pips, then an ID and into nx by deep-voiced
man. Sio-343, no ARO QRM for a change. (Bryant – KY, E1XM, May 16)


VoG, Avlis, Greece on 7450 at 0416 UTC in Greek. Regular top-notch
Greek folk mx. Probably signed on at 0400, since not noticed shortly
before. Sio-544+, virtually local-sounding, slightly better than //
7475, much better than //9420. (Bryant-KY, E1XM, May 16)


DW, via Kigali, Rwanda on 7245 at 0402 UTC in English. M w/ ID “You
are listening to DW Radio News” and into Eurocentric news. Sio-444
Good. (Bryant-KY, E1XM, May 16)


R. Algerienne, via Issoudun, France, on 7295 at 0405 UTC in Arabic.
Assumed Algeria, tho EiBi doesn’t list Algeria s/on until 0500 UTC.
Qu’ranic recitations. Sio-544+, strong, (Bryant-KY, E1XM, May 16)


RUI, Lvov, Ukraine on 7440 at 0350 UTC in English. YL discussing heavy
influence of Christianity on Ukrainian culture. Sio-444, good. (Bryant-
KY, E1XM, May 16)


RNZI, Rangitaiki, New Zealand, on 11725 at 0510 UTC in English. YL
finishing lengthy NZ wx report for individual cities and into preview
of upcoming prgms, several announced as “borrowed from the BBC.”
Sio-343, fair-to-good. (Bryant-KY, Eton E5, May 17)


DW, via Sines, Portugal, on 7430 at 0520 in English. YL w/ an election
report, ID as DW Radio News. Sio- 242, down a bit in the noise,
beamed to EAfr, but 40 meters kind of dead tonight. Also fading fast.
(Bryant-KY, Eton E5, May 17)