Re: [HCDX] Radio Verdad back on air 4052.5, low power

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ** GUATEMALA. YOUR REPORTS PLEASE ---
> Greetings to all friends of Radio Truth (Radio Verdad). May
> I inform you that we started to broadcast on short wave
> today at 1:30 p. m. (Guatemalan time) [1930 UT]. These are
> temporary transmissions, with only 50 watts power. We are
> using a very small transmitter. Weâll appreciate your
> reports of how you receive our signal. Send your report to:
> radioverdad5 @ yahoo.com or to Apartado 5, Chiquimula,
> Guatemala. 
> 
> Referring to our large transmitter, it is already on
> function, but we are waiting for Eng. Ralph Borthwick to
> come from Canada, for completing its repair, by the middle
> of October, and be able to come on the air with our full
> power again. God bless you. PLEASE SPREAD OUT THIS
> INFORMATION (Dr. Ãdgar AmÃlcar Madrid, Manager and
> Director, Radio Verdad, 2211 UT Sept 17, DX LISTENING
> DIGEST)
> 
> See previous reports in 
> http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1036.txt
> http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1032.txt
> 
> 4052.5 kHz. Nominal program schedule shows: Mon-Sat
> 1100-0605; Sunday 1255-0605 UT, so best chance should be at
> sign-on or in the few hours before sign-off (Glenn Hauser,
> DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
 
Started trying for it at 0057 UT Sept 18: nothing on 4052.5, but very weak instrumental music in noise level, sound religious, on 4055; and an even weaker seemingly broadcast signal on 4050: 3 x 1350 KWMU Washington MO as usual? Or Kyrgyzstan. 

At 0100 the 4055 signal increases a bit and at 0101 an announcement, made out a word or two of Spanish, including ``nosotros``. So suspect R. Verdad`s low-power 50-watt substitute transmitter is really on 4055; is that right, Dr. Madrid? Reception should improve later in evening. It`s just as well to be on 4055, further from the 4050 QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


      

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