From mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve Sun Sep 12 17:53:48 1993 Received: from dino.conicit.ve by cs.tut.fi with SMTP id AA29290 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sun, 12 Sep 1993 17:53:21 +0300 Received: by dino.conicit.ve (4.1/SMI-4.1/RP-1.2) id AA19660; Sun, 12 Sep 93 10:47:41-040 From: mrodrigu@conicit.ve (Manuel Rodriguez T. (Hosp. Militar)) Message-Id: <9309121447.AA19660@dino.conicit.ve> Subject: The Radio NEWS #4 To: swl-l@cuvmb.bitnet Date: Sun, 12 Sep 93 10:47:01 AST Cc: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL13] 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Date: September 12th, 1993 Number: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- LOGGINGS 3222 R.Kara, Togo. 10/09/93 0608-0617 23332 OM talking in french like news. (MRL) 4796 La Voz de los Caras, Ecuador. 11/09/93 0557-0603 44444 Salsa mx. T/Check as: "Cero horas 57 minutos en la voz de los Caras". OM talking about boleros and danzones. (MRL) 4820 La Voz Evangelica, Honduras. 10/09/93 0603-0608 44444 Rlgs talks. ID saying frequencies. Rlgs mx. Close transmis- sion without ID. (MRL) 4966 R.Santa Fe, Bogota, Colombia. 12/09/93 0544-0602 44444 REACTIVATED!. Vallenato mx. "La onda vallenata en Santa Fe" by YL. ˇqui y en todas partes Radio Santa Fe" by OM chorus. Then YL said "En toda Colombia la onda vallenata". T/Check as: "La una, es la una en Radio Santa Fe" by YL and marimba jingle. Advs: "Cerveza Aguila". Merengue mx. (MRL) 4991 R.Ancash, Peru. 10/09/93 0527-0543 43343 Folk dancing mx with OM. "La hora en todo el territorio na- cional, las cero horas 35 minutos por Radio Ancash". "Nos vamos a traves de todas las rutas del territorio peruano como siempre por Radio Ancash". (MRL) 5010 Guangxi 2, China. 11/09/93 0530-0551 23332 Folk mx like group of people singing and dancing. OM in Chine- se dialect. Continues folk mx. (MRL) 5020 La Voix du Sahel, Niger. 12/09/93 0523-0539 33333 Folk mx with guitar. Om talking in French. (MRL) 5034 KR2, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. 12/09/93 0510-0522 33333 YL in Kazakh. Chorus mx. OM talking. (MRL) ------------------- (MRL) Manuel Rodriguez Lanza. Equipment: Panasonic DR-31 and Sony ICF-2001 with 65 meters LW antenna oriented NE-SW. Located on the roof of 11 floors building in the Metro- politan Area of Caracas, Venezuela, South America. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following logs were made with a Kenwood R-5000 receiver connected to a 400 foot unterminated mini-beverage antenna strung south-to- north approximately 7 feet above ground. My location is semi-rural just outside the city limits of Davenport, IA. A key to common SWBC DX abbreviations used in these loggings is attached at the end of this file. Unless otherwise noted, all Latin American stations were logged in Spanish, except for Brazilians which were in Portuguese. - Don Moore ---------------------------------- 4712.4 BOLIVIA: Radio Abaroa 1017-1031 9/5 ballads to 1028 then OM talk. Gave ID, but too much static to hear it clearly, but most likely them. "Tropical Band Survey" from DSWCI says this station signs on at 1100 on Sundays, 1000 other days, which means the Sunday s/on time is not necessarily always true. 4785 COLOMBIA: Ecos del Combeima 0958-1035 9/4 w/ frequent IDs & mentions of the Super network. Into folk mx program "Concierto Colombiano". Good signal. Reactivated yet again. These guys have gone inactive and then reactivated at least a dozen times in my 20+ years of DXing! Nice to have them back, though. One of the best stations for Colombian mx. Strong signals, too. 4795 BRAZIL: Rdif Aquidauna 0947-0958 9/4 w/ seemingly canned rel pgm, ID w/ freqs @ 0956. 4845 COLOMBIA: CARACOL Bucaramanga 2349-0045 9/5-6 w/ futbol coverage. Many mentions of Colombia. Believe Colombia vs Uruguay in World Cup preliminaries. No ID, so presumed reactivation of this station. Not // main CARACOL outlet on 5075. Poor. Still in w/ futbol an hour later at recheck. 4890 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: NBC Port Moresby 1106-1108 9/6 Presumed the one w/ YL EE nx. Poor. 4899.87 PERU: UNID 1037-1105 9/6 w/ Peruvian folk mx, anmts. Very professional sounding & several ads gave phone numbers, so must be in a departmental capital or other main town. Possibly mentioned the Depto de San Martin and the Rio Mayo once. Believe there were several IDs, but nothing very clear. Poor and quickly weakening. 4924.6 BOLIVIA: Radio San Miguel 9/6 1010-1035 w/ "Primer Informativo de San Miguel" ind-depth newscast. One item about a disagreement between Radio Pio Doce & local military authorities in Potosi. IDs as both Radio San Miguel and La Voz de la Selva. Surprisingly good signal - best I've ever heard them. 4945 BRAZIL: Radio Progreso, Porto Velho 0955-1022 w/ folk mx, IDs at 1000, 1008, mentioning 50 kw of power. Fair. 4953.6 PERU: Radio Cultural Amauta 1034-1041 9/5 Presumed the one w/ anmts, prayer, into rel mx. Stn is run by Peruvian Baptists. Poor w/ lots of static. 5000 UNID 1043-1101 9/5 Someone here w/ mix of tropical mx and EZL ballads, occ Span talk, but impossible to understand because of heavy cochannel WWV. No het at all, so perfectly on 5000 kHz. Perhaps a local MW station mixing w/ YVTO, Caracas, which was also hrd at the same time? 5995.2 PERU: Radio Melodia 0955-1002 9/5 OM ancr, possible ID, into Andean ballads. Very weak. 6576 KOREA, North: Radio Pyongyang 1125-1126 9/5 w/ talk on North Korea in EE. Fair. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don Moore Organization: Teikyo Marycrest University Subject: Good Peruvian conditions; loggings Some loggings made this morning. Peruvian reception was better than usual, so this evening (Friday) & tomorrow morning could be good times to go after Peruvians & probably Bolivians, too. Peruvians including Radio Melodia, 5995; Radio Oriente 6190; Radio Tropical 4935; Radio Atlantida 4790; Radio Tarma, 4775; Radio San Martin 4810; La Voz de la Selva 4825; and Radio Ancash 4990.9 were all heard with stronger than usual signals, in addition to the ones specifically logged below. COLOMBIA: 4975 Ondas del Orteguaza 1022-1037 9/10 Fascinating program focusing on "medicina naturalista". Ads & promos for several clinics around Florencia that specialize in this & also gave daily schedule for a traveling doctor who would be visiting a number of outlying settlements over the next few weeks. Even gave some recipes for brewing one's own medicines, although most of the ingredients were not Spanish words I know - assumedly local plants. Fun listening! TODELAR anmts & station IDs at 1033 & into "Amanecer Campesino" program at 1035. Fair signal - a bit weaker than usual for these guys. (Don Moore) MARTINIQUE: 8478.5 FUF 1113-1116 9/10 CW ID mkr. (Don Moore, IA) PERU: 3194.2 Radio Luz y Vida 1057-1103 9/10 S/on w/ Peruvian anthem, then SP anmts too weak to make out much from. ID not heard, so presumed reception. Very poor. (Don Moore) PERU: 4840 Radio Andahuaylas 1017-1021 9/10 w/ southern Peruvian huaynos, OM ID. Fair & no sign of Valera. (Don Moore) PERU: 6203.7 Radio Cuzco 1040-1042 9/10 folk mx & Inca Kola ad. Fair (Don Moore) PHILLIPINES: 8604 DZJ Bulacan Radio 9/8 1158-1202 w/ XW mkr. (Don Moore) Don Moore MOORE@tmu1.mcrest.edu Davenport, IA, USA ------------------------------------ NEWS COLOMBIA: Radio Macarena has been heard on 11950 kHz, this is an harmonic frequency of 5975 kHz, with vgd reception.(MRL) VENEZUELA: Radio Los Andes now belongs to Mundial Network, sometimes has the ID like Mundial Los Andes or Mundial (only). (MRL) ------------------------------------ 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 non-profit organizations and individuals on condition that credit is given to: The Radio News - "Electronic Issue" and original reporter. 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