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Offline East Troy Don

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Radio France International
« on: March 05, 2020, 1757 UTC »
13740 KHZ @ 17:45 UTC in French.   Interview conducted by YL with an OM interviewee.   Weak signal with erratic QSB throughout.

QRT 17:57
Back on @ 18:00 to Central Africa with a slightly improved signal strength

SINPO: 2-3-2-2-2
TARGET:   Western Africa
TX: Issoudun
« Last Edit: March 05, 2020, 1803 UTC by East Troy Don »
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Re: Radio France International
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2020, 1837 UTC »

Excellent reception here.  Also receiving them very well on 11995 and 15300.

1837 YL and OM talking in French.
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Re: Radio France International
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2020, 2327 UTC »
I found it amusing that, at 1800 when  RFI moved its transmit pattern Southeast (directly AWAY from my QTH) the signal improved.
SWL, ya gotta love it.   :o
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