ECUADOR / BRAZIL – These two currently-active LA stations operate on * nearly* the same precise fqy. For what it’s worth, I typically only receive the HC station in the mornings, and the Brazilian usually during local evenings, although this is by no means fixed in stone! Probably a great example of why a precision-measured frequency (while a great * additional* piece of investigative info when IDing a station) is usually not enough, by itself, to ID a station.
4814.98 - Radio El Buen Pastor, Saraguro, Ecuador, noted here mornings and often “fading up” only after 1045 or so, when it may be taking the air. Not “fading up” due to propagation, but rather (I suspect), probably reflecting the station tweaking / cranking up its xmtr for the broadcast day. Heard again this morning 11/10 at 1052 t/in, best in ECSB, with unmistakable Andes-themed music and OM t/ck in SS as “5 horas y 52 minutos, 5 y 52 . . . “ Blipping CODAR QRM and low modulation. At 1055, usual calm, low-voiced locutor in SS. Fadey signal. (Perry, Illinois) 4814.97 – Radio Difusora de Londrina, Parana, Brazil, noted 0147 on 11/10 w/OM PP anmts and into religious-sounding choral mx. Fanfare at 0155, ID anmt in echo. Again, CODAR QRM. Choir to 0159, more fanfare and echo anmts in PP. (Perry, Illinois) BOLIVIA – 4716.71, Radio 'Jatun Ayllu Yura', La Voz de los Ayllus, San Antonio de Quijarro, luckily tuned-by at 0201 on 11/10 and noted upbeat CP folk music with OM singer with guitar and a lovely Andes-sounding refrain played on pinkillos. At 0204 OM ancr in SS with what I later figured out was a closedown anmt. Waited 5 minutes for music to resume and then realized Yura had already gone adios, hi. Usually hear this one, often and usually much better signal, during local mornings after 1000. (Perry, Illinois) ECUADOR – 4781.68, Radio Oriental, tracking their morning slot many days now and they are very, very reliably *1100. Sometimes a minute or two before, or after, but a consistent daily visitor. Park on this fqy at 1050 and wait – you will hear a few very strong bursts of “burbly/gurgling” RTTY-like rippling sound, which likely is R. Oriental testing their xmtr. (Wonder if they co-own an xmtr also used for private commercial communications?) Today, 11/10, abrupt s/on a minute late, signal not initially great but then peaked around 1105 with excellent power. Morning sports show with local ads. OM at 1105, “ . . . en el Mercado Central Tena . . . son las seis de la manana y 6 minutos . . . Los Deportivos del Mundo . . .” More time checks and then an ad for “Banco de Guayaquil, su banco del barrio . . .” More musical commercials followed, but noise coming up and signal lost by 1110. (Perry, Illinois) UNID – 4824.50, 11/10 again noting open carrier appearing sometime after 1035 and holding on thru to TOH. Quick checks in the 1050-1105 period never result in any programming being heard with certainty. No s/on at 1100 noted, unfortunately. As the propagation window from E. Peru widens, am hopeful this may improve and eventually be reliably confirmed to be LV Selva, which has been gone from 60 meters for more than a year. Needs work. (Perry, Illinois) ---------------------------------------------------- Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100 Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 + Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands) 355-foot bidirectional BOG positioned 150 deg / 330 deg for LA / SE Asia Phased Longwire + Small Loop _ 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
