Radio Ethiopia (Home Service) 7110 kHz. 1500* UT 11 Dec 2022

[Ron - Calif.]

ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia (Home Service), 1439-1500* UT. Some HOA music; segment with phone
conversations; very brief ID at sign-off (not the usual IS/gong/ID that I had heard in the past). Has been a
long time since I last checked on this and I'm very pleased to find this with nice long path reception, as
well as grayline reception; my local sunrise was at 1509 UT, with Addis Ababa sunset at 1506 UT. My
three minute audio is at bit.ly/3UJcXNX .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1; external antenna of 30m long wire

[Pigmeat]

I've been listening to SW since the late 60's and have maybe heard them five times. The Horn of Africa is tough for me. Are you getting them over the pole?

[Ron - Calif.]

https://www.onallbands.com/propagation-paths-the-long-and-short-of-it%EF%BB%BF/

"Another special path goes the “wrong way around.” Called long path (for some reason), signals travel in the opposite direction
to the direct short path bearing. It may take more hops, but if the short path isn’t open to a distant station, remember to check
long path bearings. Long path contacts are often possible when the path is mostly in daylight (on the high bands) or in darkness
(on the low bands). Sometimes the long path and short path are open at the same time, creating an echo-like effect. At these
times, the strongest path can quickly flip back and forth between short and long path. You might even hear a signal from the
antipode to your location coming in from several paths since all paths are both short and long to the antipode!"

[East Troy Don]

Nothing here in Southern Wisconsin @ 15:25 utc despite TX being right on the gray line at this time

[Ron - Calif.]

Sign off is at 1500* UT. Transmitter turned off. Please give a listen before 1500, on 7110 kHz. Good Luck!

[Pigmeat]

I used to get Yemen on 9780 fairly often, but that was in the evenings here when the sub-Saharan Africans were popping up. It used to puzzle me, I could hear the Sudan, I could hear Yemen, but Ethiopia was a no go.