INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1, 0815-0925 UT, March 16. Very slowly fading up towards Nabire's sunset at 0910 UT.
0815-0820: EZL songs.
0820+: Start of Ramadan program; intro with some Middle Eastern/Islamic influenced music/singing; mostly long monologues.
At 0900, the start of the often heard QRN.
0913-0917: Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer; another day without the usual Islamic Shalawat Tarhim prayer that is
normally played before the call-to-prayer. So perhaps this absence is due to a feature of Ramadan?
0917 till tuned out at 0925, due to the QRN becoming too strong.
March 15 - RRI Nabire (7289.93), 0800 till cut off 0820* UT; QRN (static); Ramadan program.
VANUATU. 7260, R. Vanuatu, on March 16 (Saturday), from 0648 to 0815 UT; yet another day with nicely readable reception;
here are some highlights:
0648-0702: Public service health program in Bislama.
0702-0713; News/sports in Bislama (interesting to hear a sound bite in English dealing with Tuvalu's newly elected
Prime Minister Feleti Teo, who will critically review a treaty made with Australia [news story -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/28/tuvalu-to-revisit-deal-that-gives-australia-control-of-island-nations-security-agreements ])
0713: PSA in Bislama regarding the National referendum.
My audio of English sound bite/sports/PSA -
https://app.box.com/s/rhxnlted263tv7fel9tnuggvgklvsj2l .
0733-0757: The weekend news segment in Bislama.
0800+: The usual "Saturday night" "Customs and Culture" program in Bislama; intro with nice indigenous music.
March 15 - R. Vanuatu (7260), 0607-0740 UT. Here is one detail from my reception; 0608-0636 UT; family radio drama in
Bislama, with the daughter talking to "Papa"; ending with names of actors and the producer; another day with fair reception.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire
Topic: RRI Nabire and Radio Vanuatu - March 15 & 16 (Read 167 times)
