** BRAZIL. 5044.98, Radio Cultura do Para, Belém, 0805-0820, April 9, lively Brazilian music. Portuguese ID announcements at 0817. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2210-2230*, April 9, French talk. EZ listening vocals. Sign off with National Anthem at 2229. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MEXICO. 6104.76, XEQM, Candela FM, Merida, 0737-0805, April 9, Spanish pop music. Spanish announcements. Talk. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Deep fades. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2115-2301*, April 9, Reactivated. Tune-in to vernacular talk. Local tribal chants. Local music with flutes and vocals. French talk after 2200 with phone talk and Euro-pop music. Qur`an at 2253:30-2259. Short flute IS and choral National Anthem at 2259. Quick test tone at 2301 and off. Poor to fair in noisy conditions at tune-in but improved to a fair to good signal by 2200. Strong co-channel QRM at 2257 made reception very difficult at that point. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6940 USB, WEAK Radio, 2050-2105, April 9, rock music. ID. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** PERU. 9720.03, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0715-0725, April 9, usual emotional Spanish preacher. Very Weak. Fair signal on // 6019.28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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