ETHIOPIA 9705 R. Ethiopia 2045 excellent signal w/HoA Pop mx. More AR style song. M anncr 2055 over the mx. 2057-2059 usual nx fanfare and final nxbrief by W. Canned ID by M w/ment of "program" sev. times. ID sounds like "NEE-Jes-car Radio". Choral NA to 2101 and off. (6 Feb.)
NIGER 9705 La Voix du Sahel Hrd w/W tlk as soon as Ethiopia signed off at 2101. Not very strong at this time. Afro Pop and Hi-life mx in the next hour, a little stronger. 2253 W anncr in FR after song ended, then into Koran to 2257. M anncr w/short closing anmnt starting w/what sounded like an ID, ment of "programme", then into choral NA for a minute, 5 second tone, the OC. Unfortunately the local noise on 9708 wandered down over then earlier. (6 Feb.) BAHRAIN 9745 R. Bahrain V.O. Russia is here in FR until 2100 (ID and addr at 2058). Someone came on w/big OC at 2108 briefly. Sounded like some AR mx here after 2119. A little better by 2130. Moreso by 2150 w/some great vcls. Getting splash QRM from Russia on 9750 after s/on 2149, so not much hrd after that. (6 Feb.) TURKEY 5960 V.O. Turkey 2248 final ID anmnt by W as "You have been listening to the V.O. Turkey's English language transmission broadcasting from Ankara in the 49mb...." and full sked including website. Then piano IS 2350-2355, and off. Exc. signal. (6 Feb.) RUSSIA 4996 RWM time station 2339 continuous CW IDs, then silent seconds 56-59, long time tick 2340, and time ticks w/double ticks on the 8-11, 30-32 seconds. Fairly decent signal. Best hrd tuned to 4997 in LSB. (6 Feb.) BOLIVIA 5952.46 R. Pio Doce Good signal w/end of tlk by W at 2343. Canned anmnts including ment of "cultural camposino". W returned w/pres. nx-like pgm at 2346. Getting slop QRM from Turkey 5960 until it went off at 2355. More canned dialog between M, W, and child then to ToH. Nice "Pio Doce" choral song at 0001, same as heard years ago!! Apparent promo, then tlk by studio M anncr w/occas. mx bridges, and ments of camposina, and "buenos noches". W joined in after 0010. Took phone calls from reporters. Ment of "...radio informacion...". 0023-0026 ad/promo block w/ment of "...radio sensacion..." and several ments of Pio Doce. Back to nx-like pgm. Seemed best around 0010. (6-7 Feb.) BOLIVIA 4699.32 R. San Miguel OC already on at 0900, and mx start at 0903:48 and canned M anncr at 0905 but just couldn't copy much. 0907 another canned anmnt, more mx, then another canned echo anmnt by M. This seems to have a different opening every day!! Finally into mx at 0913. (7 Feb.) BRAZIL 4885.02 R. Clube do Para Usual canned full ID at 0929. Hrd w/same ID anmnt next morning at 0859. Good signal of course. Hrd another stn underneath weakly which I have to believe is R. Dif. Acreana. (7 Feb.) BOLIVIA 4699.34 R. San Miguel Heard again much better this day w/buzzing OC from 0859-0907 when pleasant mx began followed by M at 0908 which sounds like a long stn mision statement. Live instru. band mx, then studio M voice-over anmnts w/opening morning greetings and nice quick IDs at 0912:50. Into lively Tropical mx. 0917 more anmnts starting w/TC. (8 Feb.) PERU 4774.97 R. Tarma Signal on the air at 0956:08, and campo mx start at 0959:08. Full canned ID at 0959:56. More canned ID promos including "Musica folklorica nacional por R. Tarma en Peru" at 1001:30. Unfortunately CODAR was down here this morning. (8 Feb.) MICRONESIA 4755.45 The Cross Usual ID by child at 0959:45, then into rel. pgm. Poor w/lcl noise here. (8 Feb.) PERU 5039.18 R. Libertad de Junin Signal on the air at 0942:30. Mx started 0944:55. Long canned echo tlk by M 0948-0955, then diff. M anncr. 0956 pleasant LA mx. Another canned anmnt 1000. Mx and farm animal (cows, chickens, crickets) SFX, and live studio M anncr w/long tlk. Good. (8 Feb.) PERU 5120 Ondas del Suroriente Found the signal came on at 1047:54. Pgming finally started at 1104:10. Canned anmnt by M but just couldn't copy. Fairly strong when the signal came on but it faded quickly in 15 minutes. (8 Feb.) ALBANIA 7530 R. Tirana Signal on the air at 2058:58 and immediately into IS. Instru. mx and W w/voice-over ID and EG sked anmnt. Nx opening anmnt by W, then M w/nx. Strong signal. Figured I better get a recording of this before they decide to go off the air like all the other Europeans have been in recent years. (8 Feb.) SERBIA 6100 International R. Serbia Final FR ID and website at 2157, the IS, W w/fanfare mx and ID in EG at 2200 and immediately into nx starting with the snow in the country. Strong and fairly clear. (8 Feb.) BRAZIL?? 4785 R. Brasil 5000?? Signal on at 0955:13 and soft mx already in progress. PT tlk by deep-voiced M to 1014. Then tlk by diff. M. 1015 ad block. Did hear ment of Barsileira. Right at readibility threshold. Definitely a ZY. (9 Feb.) BRAZIL 4865 R. Verdes Florestas Huge signal on at 0929:57. Nice IS started at 0930:35, then 0931 instru. mx w/canned voice-over morning greeting and full canned opening anmmt, but didn't hear any ID. Into soft live mx. Finally full canned ID 0944:08, jingle, then live M w/morning prayers. Good signal. Surprised to hear an IS on this. (9 Feb.) PERU 4774.97 R. Tarma Finally fairly clear signal at 1000 for their usual canned opening ID anmnt. (9 Feb.) PERU 5120 Ondas del Suroriente On the air early today at 1019:47. Finally buzzing at 1041:29 when they turned the mixer on no doubt. 1041:49 canned ID anmnt by M w/freq. Didn't hear any ment of "Radio" in the ID. Campo mx start and live M anncr came on w/TC and tlk w/ment of camposina, and poss. prayers w/ment of Santa Maria and going into melody recitation briefly several times. Ended at 1049 w/ment of pgm "...su programa 'Amanacer ??". Beautiful tinkly OA mx. M returned at 1051 w/TC and more tlk. 1052 nice campo song. Plays some great mx. Best hrd yet. Would be easy if not for the UTE on 5121.5. (9 Feb.) PERU 4955 R. Cultural Amauta Suddenly on in mid-pgm at 1046:25 w/nice campo mx. M anncr in pres. Quechua. Choral song then. 1051:58 fanfare and beautiful clear ID by W "Desde cuidad de Huanta, transmite R. Cultural Amauta en FM 9?.9 estereo". 1053 back to campo mx for about 45 seconds, then live studio M anncr again over the song w/nice quick ID and tlk. Mentioned a few cities/towns. Cont. song, and M returned again at 1058:00 w/another ID and more anmnts. More of the same mx and tlk w/ments of Huanta, Pasco, cultural. Very nice signal this morning. For some reason, I have difficulty IDing this. (9 Feb.) GUYANA 3290 V.O. Guyana Ad block at t/in 0959. Nice ID by W host anncr "You are listening to the Voice of Guyana. (sponsor) the ?? professionals, the time is 6 hours". Fanfare and into the nx to 1004. 1005 brief VOG concert promo, then W w/live ID again "You're tuned to the Voice of Guyaya, it is 6 hours 10". Picked up a national syndicated pgm then. Good signal. (11 Feb.) CLANDESTINE 6600 V.O. the People Was surprised to find this was not jammed at 1016. Just MOR regional W vcl mx. Tlks by M. Was jammed later that hour. (11 Feb.) Was doing some listening in the morning when I discovered a fairly strong signal from Myanmar around 1100. Quickly gathered up the Perseus and gear and headed up to the SGLs hoping to get a good recording of this before conditions change as sunrise is rapidly moving back now. Plus, the local noise on the freq ruins any good reception. Got there and set up just in time for Laos 1200 ToH gong routine, but unfortunately Cuba once again blasted it out. (Laid out the 315' BOG at 355 degrees). MYANMAR 7110 R. Myanma 1211 usual Asian Pop mx w/W anncr host. Didn't do anything special across their ToH at 1230. M joined in at 1232 and they had a pgm of Rap mx then. Getting a lot of SP Ham QRM right on top for most of that first half hour. Then had some calling CQ in CW after 1235. Was also getting some slight odd motorboating QRM in the second half hour. The signal was good but not as good as I was expecting. And with all the QRM, the trip was basically a bust. (11 Feb.) USA 9990 WTWW 2300 official ID and phone call. (11 Feb.) 73 Dave NRD-535D and Perseus (SDR) T2FD, Wellbrook ALA1530 ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
