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Offline East Troy Don

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RADIO GUINEA
« on: February 04, 2020, 2254 UTC »
9650 khz  @ 22:35 UTC 4 FEB, 20 with OM and YL narrative in French referencing "Somalia"..  Just talk to 22:48 then very short musical bridge to another conversation with another YM joining in.  Strong bursts of QRM throughout most of the monitoring that subsided somewhat by 22:50 then increasing again by 22:52.

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« Last Edit: February 04, 2020, 2256 UTC by East Troy Don »
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2020, 2331 UTC »
Man, it's been a long time since I heard them! They and Mali used to play a ton of good music w/o a lot of talking. The Mali guys wanted porn mags for qsl's, but it's a Muslim country, you had to cut them some slack.
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2020, 0009 UTC »

Long time for me also......Got lucky surfing the leading edge of the Grey Line!
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2020, 0033 UTC »
Great Catch! I'm able to receive pretty well, but I can't wait to get my antennas in order for better coverage. Working that Grey line is a great strategy. Especially at this time in our cycle. Let us know if you catch it again.
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2020, 1451 UTC »
Quote from: Pigmeat on February 04, 2020, 2331 UTC
Man, it's been a long time since I heard them! They and Mali used to play a ton of good music w/o a lot of talking. The Mali guys wanted porn mags for qsl's, but it's a Muslim country, you had to cut them some slack.

I was listening to Mali yesterday on 5995 around 23:10z-23:36z with a good signal.  Actually, I get them pretty good down here normally with my array facing West.
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2020, 2102 UTC »
Mali on 5995 has been there pretty much every day this fall/winter season, at least after 2200 UTC for me in my western QTH. Guinea on 9650 can be there, but they really turn of the transmitter at will and don't adhere to the published QRT time of 0001 UTC at all. They might be there when they're supposed to be, or they might cut the transmission hours earlier. But Mali is a lot more reliable. They relay CRI a lot, so one has to speculate that the Chinese might be putting some resources into its operation and hence the more reliable copy.
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2020, 0009 UTC »
Language in use after 21:00?
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Re: RADIO GUINEA
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2020, 2220 UTC »
Tuned in R. Guinea 9650 at 2158 UTC, SIO 444, French language broadcast ongoing. Switched to R. Mali 5995 at 2214 UTC, SIO 444, Arabic broadcast.

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