From mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve Tue Dec 14 23:08:22 1993 Received: from dino.conicit.ve by cs.tut.fi with SMTP id AA17528 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Tue, 14 Dec 1993 23:06:37 +0200 Received: by dino.conicit.ve (4.1/SMI-4.1/RP-1.2) id AA16069; Tue, 14 Dec 1993 12:41:41 -0400 (AST) From: mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve (Manuel Rodriguez T. (Hosp. Militar)) Message-Id: <9312141641.AA16069@dino.conicit.ve> Subject: The Radio NEWS #14 To: patrick.mcdonald@f605.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au, moore@tmu1.mcrest.edu, 71311.2677@compuserve.com, 73737.3453@compuserve.com, 76635.615@compuserve.com, rko@cs.tut.fi, 73042.3644@compuserve.com, 76477.1665@compuserve.com, A.Bottonelli@it12.bull.it, avolk@BLABEL.PPP.INFORMATIK.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE, jkearman@arrl.org, hermod.pedersen@swedx.ct.se, 0003382983@mcimail.com, swl-l@cuvmb.bitnet, rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca, zap@hacktic.nl, nieuw@nioz.nl, tijoma@uta.fi, damico@ipmel1.polimi.it, r.dangelo3@genie.geis.com Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 12:41:41 -0400 (AST) Cc: dx-kuuntelijat@ftp.funet.fi, PAYRAS@sara.cc.utu.fi, jeo@nesterc.neste.fi, andy.sennit@almanac.co.uk, DURHAM@transy.bitnet X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 18330 Status: RO THE RADIO NEWS ELECTRONIC ISSUE ----------------------- The Tropical Band's Bulletin Compiled by: Manuel Rodriguez Lanza e-mail: mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve Address: P.O.Box 65657, Caracas 1066-A Venezuela Cellular: +58 (14) 258359 ------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 10th,1993 Number: 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------- LOGGINGS 4323 R.Paz, Honduras. 12/09 1102-1134 23332 Sign on ID as: "Esta es Radio Paz, 990 kiloHertz onda media, 4325 kiloHertz onda tropical de 60 metros, desde Choluteca, Republica de Honduras, Centroamerica." by OM, folk mx. Also an indian talk language, like the ID. folk mx. ID as: "En el ano internacional de los pueblos indigenas a todos le deseamos Paz." by YL. At 1130 news by OM and YL. (MRL) COMMENTARIES 4779 I saw with very interest a logging from Tom Roach on 12/04 talking about R.Popular, Cuenca, Ecuador. I think this station is out of the air some years ago. probably this heard was Onda Musical from Dominican Republic or a change of fq. of Radio Centinela del Sur from Ecuador. Please Tom try to check this fq. again. Thanks. (MRL) ------------------- (MRL) Manuel Rodriguez Lanza. Equipment: Panasonic DR-31 and Sony ICF-2001 with 10 meters LW antenna oriented N-S. Located on the roof of 2 floors house in the Metro- politan Area of Caracas, Venezuela, South America. ====================================================== Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 19:28:50 GMT From: Tom Roach Subject: 4 December Logs Here are some ISWBC (AM) stations heard on 4 December (UTC), early evening (3 December) here in San Jose, CA: Receiver(s): NRD-525 and NRD-535D Antenna(s): 500 foot inverted "L" [NRD-535D](the old 450 footer blew down and was replaced) & 120 foot inverted "L" (also recently reinstalled) [NRD-525] All dates/times UTC. QTH: San Jose, California (37 22N/122 39W) DATE TIME FREQ (kHz) Country Remarks 4 Dec 0153 4779.76 Guatemala Hoaky organ/xylophone music: ID clearly heard as R. Buenas Nuevas (San Sebastian). Best heard in LSB but AM broadcast. Spanish. SINPO=25332 4 Dec 0201 4779.95 Ecuador Weak; best guess R. Popular (Cuenca) based on Passport '94. Spanish. SINPO=25342 4 Dec 0204 4810.00 South Africa Song in English by female about England. Suspect this is SABC in Meyerton, but not firm ID. Passport '94 does NOT show them active at this time. English. SINPO=35343 4 Dec 0212 4828.98 Bolivia R. Grigota (Santa Cruz) Spanish. SINPO=23332 4 Dec 0216 4835.17 Guatemala R. Tezulatan. Does NOT sound like Spanish. Possibly an Indian language. SINPO=34333 Located in Coban. 4 Dec 0231 6010.00 Cuba R. Habana; News; ID; English. SINPO=33433 4 Dec 0246 4820.08 Honduras La Voz Evangelica (Tegucigalpa);confirmed by ID. Spanish; SINPO=45343 Tom Roach San Jose, CA INTERNET: troach@netcom.com or CI$: 76347,1025 ====================================================== Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 05:26:58 GMT From: Jeff Herman Subject: Re: Trop Band Loggings In article MOORE@tmu1.mcrest.edu ("Don Moore" ) writes: >LOGGINGS FROM DON MOORE, Davenport, Iowa > Kenwood R-5000, 400' mini beverage > MOORE@TMU1.MCREST.EDU > >2010 MEXICO: 3x670 harmonic (presumedly) 1105-1158 12/3 w/ ads, > >2020 UNID 2x1010 harmonic 0057-0140 11/29 w/ ads, hard rock mx, > >2720 USA: WBLC, Lenoir City, TN 1219-1224 12/3 Obviously this stn > ....... on harmonic before. (Don Moore) > >2800 UNID 2x1400 domestic harmonic 1203-1207 12/3 w/ C&W mx. Poor. > >3160 USA: WAGC, Centre, AL 1209-1214 12/3 w/ USA new Sports, ads, > > IMPORTANT NOTE ON ABOVE DOMESTIC HARMONIC LOGGINGS: Please do > ***NOT*** call these stations (WBLC & WAGC) and tell them > about the harmonics. Neither station's harmonic is on a > frequency where they are interfering with distress or other > live-saving communications. If the stations don't know about > the harmonics, they will remain on longer and give more DXers > a chance to log them. Obviously these stations are unwilling > to hire competent engineering help, or they wouldn't be > putting out harmonics that can be heard hundreds of miles > away. If they get in trouble with the FCC, that's their > problem. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ I'm having a bit of difficulty believing what you wrote here. First of all, the radio spectrum is crowded enough - if in fact these station are emitting harmonics they should be informed immediately so their 4th or 7th or whatever harmonic does not interfere with some vital comms. You might only be hearing the 2nd or 3rd harmonic - there might be many more. And copying a harmonic just doesn't seem as exciting as logging the fundamental frequency. Do we need harmonics posted here on r.r.s? Now, are you sure you are actually hearing harmonics? Could the problem be with your receiver? Do you hear these `harmonics' on another receiver? Do you have a spectrum analysizer? Your article has to be the weirdest post I've seen on here in the last year. Jeff NH6IL ====================================================== Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 11:21:22 -0600 From: Don Moore Subject: Radio Tezulutlan Gee, maybe this net needs a spelling teacher, hi! Correct spelling of this station (misspelled in two other posts) is Tezulutlan. Their 4835 frequency is probably the best heard Guatemalan frequency in North America, and 3370 (which isn't always on the air) is often pretty good, too. While the station uses some Spanish, most of the programming is in the K'ekchi language, one of a number of Mayan langs used in Guatemala. The K'ekchi are the fourth largest indigenous group in Guatemala. They live more or less in the area north and east of Coban (where the station is located). Although K'ekchi (and all the Mayan langs) are phonetically very different from Spanish, it is possible to confuse it for Spanish because a large number of Spanish words have been borrowed. The word "tezulutlan" means "land of war" in the K'ekchi tongue. When the Spanish came into Guatemala in the 1520s, they quickly subdued the Mayan tribes farther south, but could not defeat the warlike K'ekchis, who maintained their independence for a time. The region was given the name Tezulutlan by the Spanish. Later Fray (Friar) Bartolome de las Casas persuaded the colonial government to let him try to convert the K'ekchi to Catholocism. The colonial govt forbade any other Spaniards except Fray Bartolome and his associates from having any contact with the K'ekchi while this was going on. The good friar was able to convince the Indians of his peaceful intentions and in time converted a major chief who ordered all the people in his area to convert. With assistance from this influential chief, the friars gradually converted the remainder of the K'ekchis and their region was renamed "Verapaz", a mixture of the Spanish words "verdad" and "paz", or "true-peace". Of course, now that the Indians were converted and peaceful, the colonial govt knew just what to do - they sent in an army to enslave the Indians. Not an uncommon story in Latin American history (or U.S. history, for that matter). There is one other station that uses K'ekchi, Radio K'ekchi on 4845 kHz located in the small town of Fray Bartolome de las Casas, near Coban. While the town is named after the man who converted the K'ekchi to Catholicism, the station is run by K'ekchi Evangelist Protestants who are trying to convert their fellow tribesmen away from Catholicism. A bit ironic. Radio Tezulutlan, by the way, is run by the Roman Catholic church, so the two stations are involved in a friendly battle for souls. The most common kind of music on Guatemalan stations is marimba music. The marimba is similar to a xylophone, except the keys are made of wood rather than metal. The instrument made its way to Guatemala from Africa in colonial days and the Indians adopted it and changed it to their liking. The music is quite beautiful and very upbeat. They are also very large. At minimum, a marimba is played by three people. Longer ones require as many as eight or nine players. (Perhaps more, but that's the most I've seen.) Although the marimba is most associated with Guatemala, it is common throughout Central America and adjoining areas of southern Mexico. There is also a small pocket of marimba use in the Esmeraldas area in northwestern Ecuador, although how the marimba made its way there, I don't know. Marimbas are very versatile. I remember one party in Honduras with a 8-man marimba where they played everything from traditional tunes to waltzes and even "The Twist". Quite an experience dancing to "The Twist" played on a marimba! So was the waltzing, for that matter. I have noticed other types of more traditional indigenous music on Radio Tezulutlan frequently - at least much more often than other Guatemalan stations. Other types of music feature local types of flutes, harps, and drums. Some of it is quite pretty, but rather monotanous. I have some tapes of it given to me by the station on my visit to Coban in 1983. The station was rather modern and well-run compared to most Guatemalan and Central American stations. Don Moore (Peace Corps Honduras 82-84) MOORE@TMU1.MCREST.EDU Teikyo Marycrest University Davenport, Iowa, USA ====================================================== Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 12:44:51 +0200 From: Jorma M{ntyl{ Subject: Re: Fwd: Radio Copan International I heard Radio Copan Internacional here in Scandinavia already in July on 15674,6 kHz. Then it has been heard by several other dx'ers, around 2130- 2200 UTC with px in Spanish. But has anyone received QSL from the stn? I have sent two reports to their address in Tegucigalpa (same as Estero Amistad on 1300 kHz, WRTH page 294) and one to Jeff White in Miami, all without reply. If you have received their reply, please mail me/us the correct address and the name of the verie signer. Jorma Mantyla U of Tampere Finland ====================================================== Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 11:43:00 EST From: Al Quaglieri <0005682193@MCIMAIL.COM> Subject: loggings Loggings from Albany, NY Receiver: Eddystone EC 958/3 CAN, Antenna: extended Zepp 03385 0910 R. Educacao Rural, Brasil: PP; promo, ad block, soft drink ad about "Santa Clausa," ID as "R. Educacao." 353 (12/8)...and that's right, I never sleep. 03412 0907 UNID: ??; W tlks vy fast in Asian language; Passport sez S. Korean clandestine VO the People, which is plausible, I guess. weak (12/8) 03935 0847 ZLXA, New Zealand: EE; here's one I never expected to run across, w/W reading a story interspersed w/mx interludes; M ID @0900, some more mx, then off @0903*. very weak (12/8) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Quaglieri Browsing Internet via MCI Mail P.O. Box 888 MCI name: AQUAGLIERI Albany, NY 12201-0888 MCI/Internet address: 0005682193@MCIMAIL.COM --------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================== Date: 07 Dec 93 20:18:25 EST From: Hans Johnson <73042.3644@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Loggings Logs from Hans Johnson Columbia, Maryland USA Canada CFCX 6005 2222 11/22 Seems to have fixed their transmitter as heard here with a nice signal talking about the Expos. Station was on but only being heard in the Montreal area. (Johnson Md) Peru 4881.6 Radio Nuevo Mundo 0958 11/26 Talk by man and multiple ids. It has been a long time since I have logged this one. (Johnson Md) Peru 6070.1 La Voz de Huamanga 0930 11/13 New frequency, a move from 6200. Man and woman talking and multiple ids. (Johnson Md) USA 4530 WLAC Nashville 3 x 1510 heard mornings and evenings since the middle of the month. (Johnson Md) USA 5991.3v WWCR is putting out a spur here from 5935 quite often these days. (Johnson Md) QSL Peru Radio La Voz del Alto Mayo 6137.4 My prepared card and a verification letter back in 4 months for mint stamps. Verification signer was Victor Bustamante Sanchez, Gerente Proiertario. Pardon my poor understanding of his letter but it seems that the station is owned by the Bustamante family. They speak of their frequency as 6130 and have invited me to visit the "exotic and virgin" Peruvian jungle. The transmitter is a 1,500 watt unit made in Trujillo using a 20 meter high antenna. The return address is: La Voz del Alto Mayo, Carretera km. 459, Nueva Cajamarca, Provincia de Rioja, Region San Martin. (Johnson Md) 4945v Colombia La Voz del Rio Arauca Thanks MRL tip. Heard mornings this week putting out a big FMing spur // 4895. It sounds totally distorted but it is quite readable in FM. Heard as high as 4950 and as low as 4940. (Johnson Md) 3394.8 Ecuador Radio Catolica Nacional 0033 12/1 Spanish talk by woman. Music program at 0042 until the top of the hour when there was a canned id by a woman. (Johnson Md) 3230.16 Peru Radio El Sol de los Andes 0958 12/2 Spanish Ad block and time check a minute fast with several ids at 1003. (Johnson Md) 4881.57 Peru Radio Nuevo Mundo 0958 11/26 Music with time check at 1000 and several ids over the next few minutes. First time heard in quite some time but now heard both mornings and evenings. Dare I say the "R" word-reactivation ! (Johnson Md) 4858.2 Unid Latin at UTC -5 Heard mornings this week but too weak. Maybe Peruvian Radio La Hora but needs more work. (Johnson Md) 4760 Andaman Islands AIR-Port Blair 1125 12/4 Still here ! Sub-cont music until id at 1129 by as: Port (sounds like Bor-ta to me) Blair All India Radio and into presumed Hindi News at 1130. (Johnson Maryland) 6160.6 Argentina Radio Malargue 0953 12/4 One of my favorites. Open carrier and retune at 1003 to announcements and ids. 6160 Canadian usually armchair level was just a het on this AM. (Johnson Maryland) 6196.1 Bolivia Radio Metropolitana 0956 12/4 New frequency ex 6194.5 Ad block in Spanish and a chorus id by women and a canned id by man at 1003. This was followed by talk in Aymara. (Johnson Maryland) 3277 India AIR-Srinagar 0119 12/3 Very rare evening opening to this one. Blocked by ute but heard IS coming through ok. (Johnson Maryland) 3315 AIR-Bhopal 0024 12/3 Best ever reception. IS and id by woman at 0025 sign on. (Bhopal sounds like Ba-paul to my ears). News at 0030. (Johnson Maryland) 3245 AIR-Lucknow 0033 12/3 Stronger than // 3315 with news at 0033. UTE QRM though. (Johnson Maryland) 5486.6 Peru Radio Reina de la Selva 12/3 0057 Impossible to understand echo announcements by man followed by a very understandable id at 0100. First id after many many night of listening so I am quite pleased. (Johnson Maryland) ------------------------------------ ABBREVIATIONS nx news OA Peruvian QRM interference mx music YV Venezuelan QRN natural static & noise ID identification HJ Colombian vpr very poor w/ with HC Ecuadorian pr poor TC time check CP Bolivian fr fair LV La Voz de ZY Brazilian gd good OM man TG Guatemalan vgd very good YL woman CW morse code // parallel v variable frequency Mkr Marker px program Times & Days mentioned are in GMT/UTC. All data may be copied and reproduced without permission by any organizations and individuals on condition that credit is given to: The Radio News - "Electronic Issue" and original reporter. 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