Voice of America Hausa (with English Sign-Off): February 26, 2022

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following short recording of VOA’s Hausa language service recorded on February 26, 2022 in McGrath, Alaska on 11,900 kHz at 20:58 UTC. This recording was made with a Tecsun PL-880, DXE preamp and two tunable HF loop antennas.

Paul notes: “Hausa language gets lopped off for an English sign-off message and Yankee Doodle Dandy followed by a carrier cut 1 minute 20 seconds later.”

Radio Nigeria Kaduna: September 1, 2016

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Radio Nigeria Kaduna recorded in London, UK on September 1, 2016 at 1830 UTC, on the frequency of 6090 kHz using AirSpy, SpyVerter, SDR# software and a 2 x 6m long wire dipole antenna. The non-directional transmitter has a power rating of 100 kW and is located in Kaduna-Jarji, Nigeria. The signal is usually a challenging catch in Europe; the station ID can be heard at 9 minutes 54 seconds into the recording.

Deutsche Welle, final Kigali relay broadcast: March 28, 2015

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, for sharing this beautiful QSL card from the early days of the DW Kigali relay station.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, for sharing this beautiful QSL card from the early days of the DW Kigali relay station.

Yesterday, Deutsche Welle transmitted its final broadcast from the Kigali, Rwanda relay station. Since I’ve only had moderate luck hearing the Kigali site the past few days–especially on 31 meters–I fired up the TitanSDR Pro (which is still currently under review) and set it to record all three final afternoon broadcasts from Kigali on 12,005, 15,275 and 17,800 kHz

Kigali produced a very strong signal on 17,800 kHz. The TitanSDR recorded the full broadcast, starting with one minute of the transmitter tuning, then one hour of DW’s French language service, followed by one hour of DW’s Hausa language service…then the transmitter went silent.

The recording begins around 1659 UTC on March 28, 2015 on 17,800 kHz: