11 MHZ MONITORING

 

11 MHZ MONITORING

 

Not much space in the 11 MHZ band this morning here in Melbourne, with  most channels, with some dual occupancies apparent.

 

Of note:

 

RFE broadcasts from Vatican relay (Santa Maria di Galeria)

• Voice of Forum of Eritreans via Issoudin relay
• IBRA Radio via Dhabbaya relay
• VOA via Issoudun relay

This is a summary of what the band looked like at 1735, well before our sunrise, mainly short path (darkness) propagation from the west.

 

11580 USA TOM-WRMI English (Iong path)

11610 S. AFRICA IBRA-Meyerton Somali

11625 VATICAN VR-SMG English

11645 N. KOREA Arabic

11660 S. AFRICA RFI-Meyerton French

11700 SWAZILAND TWR-Manzini African lang

11710 INDIA Arabic

11710 N. KOREA KCBS

11720 FRANCE V. of Forum of Eritreans, Tigrinya (see note)

11730 TURKEY English

11750 SRI LANKA SLBC Sinhala

11785 UAE IBRA-Dhabbaya Swahili

11800 VATICAN RFE via SMG Russian

11830 IRAN Swahili

11840 GERMANY RL-Biblis Russian

11860 GERMANY AWR-Nauen Kabyle

11890 RL-Lampertheim Russian

11900 FRANCE VOA-Issoudun Oromo (see note)

11945 JAPAN NHK-Yamata Japanese

11975 FRANCE RTI-Issoudun English

12005 RWANDA DW-Kigali French

12015 N. KOREA KCBS

12025 INDIA Malayalam (see note)

12140 KUWAIT VOA Oromo

12160 USA WWCR English (long path)

 

Notes:

• Malayalam is a Dravidian language with about 38 million speakers spoken mainly in the south west of India, particularly in Kerala, the Laccadive Islands and neighbouring states, and also in Bahrain, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, UAE and the UK.
  
• Oromo is a Cushitic language spoken by about 30 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt and is the 3rd largest language in Africa. The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and account for more than 40% of the population. They can be found all over Ethiopia and particularly in Wollega, Shoa, Illubabour, Jimma, Arsi, Bale, Hararghe, Wollo, Borana, and the southwestern part of Gojjam.
  
• Tigrinya is a member of the Ethiopic branch of Semitic languages with about 6 million speakers mainly in the Tigre region of Ethiopia and in Central Eritrea. There are also large immigrant communities of Tigrinya speakers in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the USA, Germany, Italy the UK, Canada and Sweden, as well as in other countries.