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Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 26-28
Chad moved from 6165 to 4904.97 at nighttime recently. But new 100 kW tx
unit which has been inaugurated in December 2004 by TAIWAN has nothing to do
with old tx of 1990 to 1999 era, which was off frequency approx. 500 Hertz.
New unit erected in Dec 2004 and noted 7120(earlier vary 7125 in the
nineties too) daytime, and 6165 kHz nighttime, with excellent reports by Liz
Cameron, Gerry Dexter, Vlad Titarev and Finn Krone in late Dec 2004/Jan
2005.
73 wb
History from December 2004:
CHAD New SW TX's in Africa.
Radio Taiwan International announced recently that the head of their
French Service was in Africa to attend the inauguration of new SW txs in
two different countries. These new units, together with the associated
antenna systems, were installed in Burkina Faso & Chad with aid provided
by Taiwan.
Cf. <http://www.panosparis.org>
Chadians able to tune in to national radio again on Sept 2nd, after a
month of repairs, six technicians from Radio China Taiwan International
(RTI) were able to get Chad's national radio station, RNT, back on the air
at last, after a fault in its 100 kW SW tx that forced it to stop
broadcasting in Dec 2002.
Following a ceremony to mark the resumption of broadcasts, a technical
cooperation agreement was signed between the Chad authorities and the
delegation from Taiwan. The agreement plans exchanges between Chadian and
Taiwanese technicians as well as training sessions in Taiwan to enable
local engineers to maintain the newly-repaired tx.
(Bernd Trutenau-LTU, Cumbre Dec 1, 2004)
History, from August 2003:
CHAD Africa DX Report - Livinus Torty, with a special report on the
current radio scene in the African country of Chad.
THE RADIO SCENE IN CHAD: The country of Chad is situated in the heart of
the African continent. The total land mass of Chad is about one and a
quarter million square kilometers. Most of the northern areas of Chad are
desert.
The history of Chad goes back a long way and it was an important segment
of several large African empires on several earlier occasions. In the
1800s, European explorers and traders moved through the area and the
French gained access to the territory with a formal treaty that was signed
in 1897. Chad finally gained independence from France on August 11, 1960.
Chad has a population of nearly eight million inhabitants with roughly six
persons per square kilometer. The langs spoken in Chad include French &
Arabic as well as a host of vernacular langs. The capital city is
N'Djamena (n-JAH-men-a) and it is also the largest city in the nation with
a population of half a million.
The national radio of Chad is "Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne", RNT,
with its headquarters in N'Djamena and it was established in November
1955. RNT is govt owned and it is the only body permitted to bc in Chad on
the SW and mediumwave bands.
Radiodiffusion Nationale bcs to the entire country of Chad on the SW freq
of 6165 kHz via its 100 kW tx located in Gredia, a suburb of the capital
city N'Djamena. RNT is also active in N'Djamena on the FM freq of 94.05
MHz.
RNT has also established four regional stns which bc occasionally on
mediumwave but are now more active on the FM band. These stns produce
local progrs in various langs for their audiences living in the various
regions. However, the regional stns also carry the major progrs from RNT
N'Djamena on relay, such as the national nx and other major features.
In 1999, the govt of Chad liberalized bcing on the FM band thereby making
it possible for groups and individuals to establish FM stns in Chad.
Today, besides the govt owned RNT FM stn, three local non-govt controlled
FM stns can be heard in N'Djamena.
Also heard in N'Djamena are the local downlink relays on FM from several
other countries. These FM relay stns include Cameroon Radio Television
(CRTV), Africa No.1 from Gabon, RFI Afrique from France, and the BBC
African Service. There are half a dozen other privately owned FM stns in
Chad, mostly in the south of the country.
Radio bcing is crucial for the dissemination of information in Chad. It is
the main source for nx and entertainment right throughout the country for
most people due to the fact that the national television stn in Chad,
"Teletchad", is available only in the capital city area.
As a finale to this DX report from Livinus Torty in Chad, we might mention
that it seems to be very difficult in obtaining a QSL from the SW stn in
their capital city. The AWR collection in Indianapolis contains not even
one QSL from Chad.
(AWR Wavescan Aug 10, 2003, via dxld)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <format4nz@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 26-28
Chad was always reported on 4904.5
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 26-28
** CHAD. I`ve heard it too, no doubt, RNT reactivated on 4905: best 60m
signalby far outside NAm, Dec 26 at 0605-0620, mostly talk in uncertain
language,
maybe part Arabic, part French, with bits of music. Nothing resembling an ID
heard. Mauritania might have competed if it were audible on 4845.
Furthermore the `4905` signal was a smidgin below frequency as others have
reported minus 30-40 Hz or so; while I couldn`t be precise to two decimal
places, I could tell it was off, using the YB-400 simply by zeroing the BFO
on WWV, and then stepping from 4905 up and down 1 kHz. The het at 4904 was
noticeably lower in pitch than at 4906.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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