Monitoring Notes A09

There have been masssive rearrangements for frequencies and schedules for the A09 season, with many new relay agreements having been put in place.

This summary of key occupancies as noted here in Melbourne on April 1 and 2 will be of interest, which include some of Radio Romania International's new 7 MHz out-of-band (OOB) channels:

5910 ROMANIA RRI *1900 new 7 MHz OOB channel Ukrainian
5930 VATIACAN RN via Vatican 2100-2200 Arabic
5940 ZAMBIA CVC Lusaka 1900-2200 English
5970 FRANCE RN via issoudin 2100-2200 Dutch
5990 S. AFRICA VOA via Meyerton 1900-2000 English
6025 IRAN VOIRI 1900-2200 Arabic
6045 ENGLAND RTI via Rampisham 1900-2000 French
6100 BULGARIA R. Bulgaria 1900-2000 Bulgarian
6185 ENGLAND RTI via Skelton 1900-2000 German
6255 EGYPT R. Cairo 1800-2000 Arabic
6290 EGYPT R. Cairo 1800-2000 Arabic
7320 RUSSIA WYFR via Samara *1900 German
7350 ROMANIA RRI 0400-0500 new 7 MHz OOB channel Romanian
7385 S. AFRICA BBC via Meyerton 1800-1900* English
7430 ALBANIA R. Tirana 1845-1930 English and Italian
7520 MOLDOVA VOR via Kishinev *1800
9375 FRANCE Libyan Radio via Issoudin 1905 Arabic
9430 ENGLAND VOV via Skelton *1930-2030* Vietnamese
9535 FRANCE CRI via Issoudin 1800-1900 Russian
9785 TURKEY VOT 1900-1930 English
9940 IRAN VOIRI 1900-1930* French
7335 TUNISIA RTVT 0600-0900 replacing 7190 for morning transmissions Arabic
7345 TUNISIA RTVT 1900-2200 replacing 7190 for evening transmissions Arabic
11840 ENGLAND VOV via Skelton *2030-2130* Vietnamese