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Offline East Troy Don

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Radio Guinea
« on: March 22, 2019, 2347 UTC »
9650 KHZ @ 23:39 UTC 22 March 19 (18:39 CDT local) in French.   Sounded like Caribbean music with drums and xylophone  with male singers joining in at 23:41.   Lost signal to QRM at 23:43 .  Came back VERY weak (but steady)  at 23:44.
Not bad at all for 50 KW

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TX:  Conarky, Guinea
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Re: Radio Guinea
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2019, 0008 UTC »
Still on at 0008 UTC with a S9 signal in Denver. Unlike their usual habit of signing off well before the listed time of 0001z, lately they've been staying on past that time. OM speaking French at this time.
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