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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on September 08, 2020, 1701 UTC

Title: Radio France International 15300 am 1652 utc 8 Sep 2020
Post by: Ct Yankee on September 08, 2020, 1701 UTC

Fair reception

1652 YL and OM speaking in Hausa, RFI's lone hour in Hausa each day.
1656 West African music
1659 Off
1700 IS, reception much better*, ID in French.
1701 Sounds like OM giving news broadcast
1721 2 OM's conversing in French

* - Upon research on short-wave.info, both broadcasts are transmitted at equal power but the broadcast in Hausa is beamed 170 degrees from Issoudun while the French broadcast is at 200 degrees - a little more North American friendly.

Title: Re: Radio France International 15300 am 1652 utc 8 Sep 2020
Post by: BoomboxDX on September 09, 2020, 0152 UTC

Glad to hear that they're still on the air.... I remember back in the 1990's when they were on almost 24/7, with their cool bumper / IS music. Those were the days.

Title: Re: Radio France International 15300 am 1652 utc 8 Sep 2020
Post by: Ct Yankee on September 10, 2020, 1703 UTC

Same pattern again today. 1600 utc hour ends with West African music, then off, reception fair.  At 1700, Reception is excellent in French.

1655 Music
1658 Off
1700 ID to news in French