CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo. May 18 had a sign on of between
0530 and 0535; non-stop announcers in French which is their normal
format for this time period, till tuned out at 0550; poor; no trace of
"RN2" (Japan).
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, 0511, May 18. JBA
African singing; slightly improving signal till tuned out at 0530. Sign on
times vary a great deal!
ZAMBIA. May 18 with better than normal propagation for Zambia.
5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0432-0454 program in vernacular with live
phone calls; reception well above the norm; 0505 found off the air
(see VOH Africa log). My audio at
https://goo.gl/PYXBev .
9680, Voice of Hope Africa. 0455 on with test tone; 0458 loop of IDs
("From Zambia to the world, this is the Voice of Hope Africa") and IS;
0500: "With love from Zambia. This is the Voice of Hope broadcasting
to all of Africa on frequency 9680 kHz."; Christian song till suddenly off
at 0503. Thought it might be an issue with the Zambian electricity supply,
so at 0505 checked 5915 (ZNBC/Radio One) and yes, found them also
off the air. Later found on DXLD yg that Ray Robinson (VOH Africa)
confirmed "maintenance being conducted by the power company (ZESCO)
in the area." For some time now has not been uncommon to find ZNBC/
Radio One (5915) going off the air much earlier than normal, just as
happened today. My audio at
https://goo.gl/PPoYqN .
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