PERU - 6173.89, presumed Radio Tawantinsuyu, Cusco, hrd 2/22 1008 tune-in and holding up past 1052. Weak to fair signal strength only. Reception best with narrowest bandwidth and in ECSS-LSB with notch deployed to knock out annoying het from Asian station on 6175.00. Couple OMs alternating in SS and occasionally presumed QQ. Odd programming this morning, no music at all, and at first mistakenly thought might be taped replay from sporting event, from night before (had a bit of that kind of cadence to the announcements). But then noted many clear, livet/cks in a "doubling-up" kind pattern throughout entire program of " . . . las cinco de la manana, las cinco de la manana, amigos oyentes. Adelante!! . . ." (almost as if the minutes didn't matter, hi.) So, was a live bcst. Most of the time, only fragments of speech were decipherable, such as at 1017, " . . . muy buenos dias, Cusco . . . la primera voz . . . de la patria . . ." Taped ads were noted at 1024 and 1047, during which hrd different, more bassy-voiced man in studio echo effect. Almost sounded like live feed from remote, but at 5:30 a.m. in Cusco that doesn't make too much sense. Not sure what this was, but could have been live feed from Ash Wednesday morning procession or something else like that. "Back in the day" this would have likely been a peticiones program, with greetings being passed to remote family members and friends. In any event, very nice to hear them poking a hole in the ether, been trying to hear them ever since I reactivated on SWBC DXing a year ago. First time heard by me in 25 years and always a sentimental station, as I visited them at Avenida del Sol back in 1976. Will be diligently patrolling this fqy in the mornings now and hoping for better conditions soon. (Perry, Illinois)
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