At about 1514 UTC on 2nd March 2022, I tuned in to Radio Mazaris Samay, broadcasting in the Tigrinya language on 11705 kHz.
The World Radio TV Handbook 202 records this station as Radio MaEzer Semay. It states that the station has been on air since October 2021 and is produced by the Corporation MaEzer Semay Eritrean Churches Broadcasting Network.
The shortwave info website and the shortwave schedule website records the station as Radio Mazaris Samay.
MaEzer Semay Tv and Radio Network: is a television broadcasting network in spreading biblical messages and Christian values to Eritrean people and their surrounding nations.
The broadcast was coming from the Talata-Volonondry 250 kW transmitter in Madagascar.
Above:- World globe showing the location of Madagascar. Image c/o Wikipedia
The overall reception of Radio Mazaris Samay was poor. There was a lot of interference from Radio Farda on 11695 kHz who was very strong.
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Below is a short video showing my reception of Radio Mazaris Samay.
At about 11434 UTC on 2nd March 2022, I tuned in to Deutsche Welle, broadcasting in the Pashto language on 15290 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from Deutsche Welle’s Al-Dhabbiya 250 kW transmitter in the United Arab Emirates.
The overall reception of Deutsche Welle was good. There was interference from the Sound of Hope broadcasting on the same frequency in the Chinese language.
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Below is a short video showing my reception of Deutsche Welle.
At about 1117 UTC on 24th February 2022, I tuned in to China Radio International, broadcasting in the English language on 5955 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from the Beijing 150 kW transmitter.
The program included a discussion on the Russia/Ukraine crisis.
The overall reception of CRI was good. There was a digital noise that came up on the frequency from time to time. There was some ‘bleed-over’ from China Radio international broadcasting in the Korean language on 5965 kHz. There were also moderate static crashes on the band.
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Below is a short video showing my reception of China Radio International.