BOLIVIA – 6154.94, Radio Fides, La Paz, hearing most morning now when checked. Both 11/22 and 11/27, noted all in the clear from 0958 with v good sig, only lite het QRM. YL with usual prm of short nx items in SS, separated by short musical stingers and very detailed t/cks (“6 de la manana, 9 minutos y 42 segundos!”). Nx item about Federación Departamental de Choferes de La Paz seeking fare hike for transportes publicos. Also an occasional CP folkloric selection, such as at 1005 on 11/27, instl song featuring charango and pinkillos. Sig is fine at tune-in but slowly degrades toward BOH as Fides fades down and Asian fades-in better, increasing the QRM and het impact. Must get up a little earlier one morning soon to hear the listed *0945. Seem to keep missing that. (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA – 6105.52, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, heard reasonably well on 11/27 morning. Nothing on fqy at 1000 check, but at 1030 recheck found station already broadcasting. Nice CP folkloric mx, instl including quenas, pinkillos, guitar bass and charangos. At 1032, musical ad block, including for some “instituto boliviano” and at 1035 an ad for “Discolandia, con la major calidad en la ciudad . . .”. At 1038, very brief ID by YL for “Radio Panamericana” and then into long orchestral version of Bolivian national anthem (!), apparently the formal s/on for this day.. At 1041, eco IDs f/by Spanish-style plucked guitar music. 1045 seemed the start of a news program, by which time signal was eroding. (Perry, Illinois) BOLIVIA – 5952.43, Radio Pio Doce, 11/22 noted at 1035 with OM SS with news pgm, good signal but noisy. Musical ads. (Perry, Illinois) ECUADOR – 4781.69, Radio Oriental, the ‘old faithful’ of the 60 meter band, lately, heard well 11/27. At 1053, while sitting on fqy awaiting s/on, heard the trademark 5-second electrical burst of ‘gurgling’ xmtr sound, to test xmtr, which was then turned off again. At 1057, abruptly came on with canned ads in progress, including a singing commercial by YL for “Empresa Electric Ambato . . . mucho de calidad”. Usual morning nx show started 1102 with the familiar lady ancr in SS. (Perry, Illinois) CUBA – 5025, Radio Rebelde, usual big, blaring signal at 1030 11/27, but also a mystery to go with it. When Rebelde in talk, could hear far below the Cuban signal the sound of an OM (sometimes a group) talking excitedly, sometimes rhythmically, reminiscent of Andes ‘yipping’ heard during huayno refrains. While tempting to guess this might have been R. Quillabamba, Peru, that seems way beyond being extremely unlikely. Quickly checked some 60 m.b. benchmark OA stations (Tarma 4775, Amauta 4955, etc.), which were found to already be quite faded, by this time. So how could little brother station RQ have enough signal to be heard thru Rebelde? Have no good guesses, for now, but suspect this same phenomenon may be an artifact of the Rebelde xmtr . . . and may have already been reported as RQ, in the past. 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 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
