BOLIVIA – 6134.81, Radio Santa Cruz, lovely signal 12/1 at 0948 tune-in, OM mentioning “onda media . . . onda corta . . . frecuencia modulada . . . transmite Radio Santa Cruz, desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia . “ Then came same PSA heard a previous morning, from “Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de” Bolivia called “Contra Dengue!”, which was about taking steps to fight the tropical mosquito-borne illness. Folkloric music from 0952, with OM DJ alternating in SS and presumed Aymara. Decent morning for Bolivia, as R Fides, La Paz, noted wide-open just up the band, on 6154.94 at 0955 with CP mx folklorica featuring pinkillo whistles and charango. (Perry, Illinois)
PERU – 6173.90t, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, tentatively the one again on 12/1 at 1026 tune-in with OA instl mx on arpa. Only fair signal strength this morning, best in LSB ECSS and notch, but heavy QRM de the 6175 Asian, difficult reception by am confident this was the Cusco station. Segued to huayno selection at 1029 with thumping bass guitar driving the beat. Should be well heard this winter season, on a strong Andes reception morning, but not worth fighting the QRM this date. (Perry, Illinois) PERU – 4810.00 Radio Logos, nice 1040 on 12/1. Back for about a week now, heard several mornings with good signal but under chirping, blipping ute. Need to use ECSS and passband tuning to optimize. At tune-in, noted OA pop mx with folkloric melody but performed by modern-sounding instrumentation. At 1042, OM with “ . . . las 5 de la manana . . . esta es la 1 de Diciembre . . . transmite Radio Logos . . . 5 de la manana y 42 minutos, 5 y 42, hermanos . . .” At 1046, more of these modernized huaynos, with folk melody played by electric guitar, organ, bass and singers. (Perry, Illinois) BOLIVIA – 5952.44, Radio Pio Doce, Llallagua, 12/2 at 1001, appearing to have just signed-on, OM in echo completing his canned opening anmts, “ . . . de Bolivia . . . kilociclos onda media . . . onda corta . . .” Live ancr at 1002 mentioned “esta manana, Domingo . . .” String of musical ads and then into bilingual morning show hosted by OM and YL – he speaks SS and she speaks in Aymara. CP folkloric music. Held to 1020 when starting to fade. (Perry, Illinois) ECUADOR – 4781.69, Radio Oriental, 12/2 back after being missing the prior morning, noted at 1124, relatively late in the usual morning propagational opening from Ecuador, with still a big carrier and fairly strong music. As luck would have it, at 1126 came same singing ad as heard on a previous morning, for “Empresa Electric Ambato”. Then a medley of selections of hot tropical HC tunes, sounding rather like meringues but with Ecuadorian flavor. This morning, their live anmts were quite muted, lacking modulation punch compared to the music. (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 150 deg/330 deg) for LA/SE Asia DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp Phased Longwire + Small Loop _ 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. 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
