3310 BOLIVIA R. Mosoj Chaski 1007 pleasant camposino mx, 1010 W anncr on in Quechua w/ment of Cochabamba and provincial. Back to mx at 1011. 1016 canned anmnt by alternating M and W ending w/singing “…el Corazon”. Then another canned anmnt by same M and W alternating. Would have been quite readable if not for the static QRN. (14 March)
1610 CANADA CHRN, R. Humsafar (pres.) Surprised to find strong Hindi mx at 0203 totally in the clear of R. Voces Latinas. Went into another song w/out anmnt at 0208, then faded and yielded to R. Voces Latinas as it came back. (15 March) 4965 BRAZIL R. Alvorada Live M anncr at 0919 t/in w/ment of Manaus. Some singing, TC, and ment of programa. ZY Pops. 0933 full canned ID by M, and canned ad/promo block as usual. Much better at 0959 w/ad block and ment of Amazonas. ID of several “Alvorada”s w/ment of Amazonia, then intro and pgm “Journal Alvorada”. One of the best signals hrd from them on a good ZY morning. (16 March) 4985.01 BRAZIL R. Brasil Central 0919 Lively ZY Pops w/usual RTTY on each side. 0922 M anncr in PT, mx briefly, and more tlk, and back to mx at 0924. Canned ID by M at 0932, another anmnt or 2, then back to mx at 0934. Nothing on 11815. (16 March) 3289.98 GUYANA V.O. Guyana 0936 extremely low audio w/mx. Seems to be having trouble w/their audio lvls or modulation lately. (16 March) 6134.82 BOLIVIA R. Santa Cruz 0949 nice signal w/couple canned IDs and into LA ballad. Slight het from obvious Aparecida on 6135.21. (16 March) 4805.01 BRAZIL R. Difusora Amazonas Came on sometime between 0934-0955. 0957 tlk by M sounding like nx w/ment of Amazonas and Manaus. Ad block 1000-1002, 1 w/website and 1 w/phone, and also an official ID, pgm promo, then M returned. Good. (16 March) 4835 AUSTRALIA ABC Local Radio, Alice Spring 0930 usual fanfare and into nx by W. Later, 0957 “Smooth Operator” by Sade. 1001 song anmnt by M, ment of upcoming song, ment of ABC, feature presented by W at 1003. Fair and not much QRM from WWCR. (16 March) 4885.02 BRAZIL R. Clube do Para 1000 complete ID by M, brief anmnt, time ticks, canned anmnt, then “Bom Dia” followed by “Bom dia Para, bom dia Belem”. Good signal but CODAR QRM and static QRN. (16 March) 4875.12 BRAZIL R. Difusora Roraima 0919-1000 phone-in tlk pgm hosted by M DJ taking a lot of callers. 1005 full canned ID by M, the live M DJ w/”Bom dia Roraima”. Very nice signal. (16 March) 6160.03 BRAZIL R. Rio Mar Surprised to find CKZN inaudible. Rio Mar not on by 0951, but was found later at 1007 w/soft PT rel. vcl songs. Caught the usual shouted ID by M at 1025:10, and back to mx. Lucky to ID as it was fading. (16 March) 1580.13 USA WWDN, Danville VA 2356 found a het w/this way off-freq once again playing “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” by U2, then “Life in the Fast Lane” by The Eagles at 2357. 0002 ID by M. QRM from CKDO. (16 March) 1630 USA WQHY657, Williamsville, NY (next to the NY State Thruway Toll Plaza Canopy, Mi. Post 419.7) ID by W “…WQHY657 broadcasting on 16-30 AM, Buffalo. OK, its traffic time…” at 2357 and weather conditions w/ment of Buffalo. Coming up above WRDW. 183.4 miles exactly from xmtr ant to rx (Delta Loop) ant. Not a bad catch at 10 watts. (16 March) 9275.03 USA WMLK 1834 preaching by M, but just not strong enough to be audible. Thought they were long gone. Tnx Ralph Perry tip. Obviously in the dead zone here. (17 March) 9514.98 BRAZIL R. Marumby Caught the usual singing jingle ID at t/in around 2345, then apparent continuation of nx pgm w/M and W in PT. Suddenly off in mid-sentence at 2351:07. Nice signal and other 31mb ZYs noted same time; 9819.276 Novo de Julho, 9724.898 RB2, 9664.937, Voz Missionaria, 9645.395 Bandeirantes, and 9629.937 Aparecida. (17 March) 5910 SOUTH AFRICA R. Lead Africa (via Meyerton) Found w/M vcl at 0256 for abt 15 sec. then OC. Don’t think it was Alcaravan going off as the signal never disappeared. Audio finally up at 0304 w/Afro Rap mx, then tlk by M in vern. starting at 0307 w/ments of Uganda and possibly “government”. Would’ve been OK but just massive slop QRM from S9+50 WHRI on 5920. (18 March) 3375.07 BRAZIL R. Municipal 1000 ad block in progress at t/in, last ending in “…Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira”, and full canned ID by M. Of course there was a nice static crash right over the “Municipal”. Went into a song that sounded like a PT version of “Love is All Around You” by The Troggs. Tremendous signal this morning. (21 March) 4747.6 PERU R. Huanta Dos Mil 1028 feature w/long actuality from a meeting of some sort. M host in Quechua. 1033-1035 ad/promo block w/phone number, and ments of Huanta, and R. Huanta Dos Mil. Into feature w/W anncr mixed w/mx from 1035 to at least 1049. Faded really quickly between 1045-1050 and was barely audible at 1051. Nice signal on par w/Tarma. Just too bad this is right in the middle of the strongest CODAR. (21 March) 7610 PIRATE (NA) Red Beacon R. Tnx John Herkimer tip, found here at 1847 w/Metal and Hard Rock songs. Audio cutting out a lot at 1902, deadair, then anncr came on at 1904 mentioning the “…DJ is having an issue…” and said it was he’d like someone to set up a live stream and use his gear. Then back to Hard Rock mx. 1906 t/out. (27 March) 6024.96 BOLIVIA Red Patria Nueva 1000 middle of ad/promo block at t/in, 1001 5 plus 1 long time ticks. Included some nice ID promos. Ended with the usual promo mentioning Bolivia at beginning of each sentence. Good signal but some slop QRM from 6030 Marti and jammer. (30 March) 3375.07 BRAZIL R. Municipal Decent signal at 0948 w/ad block ending w/clear ID and ment of ondas tropicais freq at 0951 and into ZY Pop song. Not quite as good as in the 3rd week of March, but much clearer. (4 April) 4785 BRAZIL R. Caiari 0953 usual morning pgm w/deep-voiced M hosting (rel.??). 1002 nice clear canned ID promo by M, then ad block. Nice singing ID jingle in promo at 1006, ZY Pop briefly, then live M DJ, and into mx. Good but fading w/CODAR QRM of course. (4 April) 4774.91 PERU R. Tarma Signal on at 0956:35, deadair, then usual s/on routine, and into “Musica Folklorica Nacional” pgm. Good w/CODAR QRM. (4 April) 4350 UNID. Found someone here playing C&W mx at 1034. Fairly strong but distorted and cutting out a lot. In fact it was cutting out longer and longer as time went by and was only audible for a split second abt once a min. by 1050. Didn’t hear it at all after 1100. Any ideas who this would be?? Here’s a link to a Youtube video of the reception. (please use 480p setting); https://youtu.be/7_O93axYOTc (4 April) 73 Dave Valko Dunlo, PA, USA Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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