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[HCDX] DX Loggings -- 24 Dec -- Ralph Perry
BOLIVIA – 6105.50, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, morning of 12/24 best
heard in years. Nice big comfy signal at 1026 tune-in, piano solo on
CP melody. Then “La hora en Panamericana . . . (pause) . . . 6 y 25
minutos!”. All t/cks seems a minute late this day. Into very funky
huaino with full assortment of instruments, quenas, pinkillos but
especially sicu-sicu (the breathy pan-pipes). At 1031, YL announced
probable name of program, “Amables oyentes, aqui ‘Bolivia Corazon’!”.
Excellent selection of tunes from “the heart of Bolivia”, including
not just folklorica but also vals music etc. Frequent t/cks of
pattern quoted above. Fading down a bit by 1050 but still very
listenable. Nice signal but need to notch out the horrid het; best in
ECSS and 1.2 kHz bandpass filter. (Perry, Illinois)
ECUADOR – 3380.06, tentative CRI, Ibarra, big open carrier 1056 on
12/24 and *1058 programming starts, HC tune (sanjuanito) by OM and YL
in duet. At 1100 OM opening anmts and – wouldn’t you know it ? –
signal’s modulation via the microphone was so poor (compared to the
music channel) that it was impossible to tell what he was saying,
though was surely SS. Gave up after 5 minutes, as he kept babbling
on. Couldn’t tell what he was mumbling but am trusting Paco’s ID on
this one. (Perry, Illinois)BRAZIL – 4824.95, Radio Cancao Nova,
Cachoeira Paulista, 2300 strong signal 12/23, romantic PP ballads tho
blipping ute slightly impairing. 2303 OM PP with good ID, simply
“Cancao Nova!” and then into new pgm, orchl theme and opening anmts.
Rechecked at 0000 and absolutely beautiful signal. Haven’t heard them
this well, this season. (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA – 5952.46, Radio Pio Doce, surprised to hear this one in
nicely, as early as 2307 on 12/23. Nice clear signal, OM with SS ads
for something that’s a “producto Boliviano…” Went hunting for other
CPs that might be in early and noted 4451.18 tentatively Radio Santa
Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma, weak modulation but decent carrier, orchl mx
fading in and out at 2312 and vy bassy-voiced OM ancr. Not often
propagating to the Midwest USA. (Perry, Illinois)
SURINAM – 4989.98, Radio Apintie, stunningly big signal at 2330 on
12/23 after tip from buddy Dave Valko. Playing Xmas carols and still
fine at 2359 recheck. Typical deep fades as noted before on stations
from far northeastern S America (Guyana, Surinam, etc.) Wonder what
causes this? (Perry, Illinois)
BRAZIL – 3375.07, Radio Municipal, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas,
weak but clear at 1015 on 12/24, a very good LA propagation morning.
OM in PP with “Radio Municipal” ID and “Bom Dia!”at 1018, but muffled
modulation amidst noise. (Perry, Illinois)
ECUADOR – 4781.70, Radio Oriental, noted 1112 on 12/24 with big
booming signal, recorded anmt of Xmas greetings to listeners, “ . . .
de esta emisora Radio Oriental . . . el dia de Ecuador . . . Feliz
Navidad!” Then local live ancr took mike and, as per CRI above,
horridly low modulation. We need to send a traveling engineer around
to visit these stations and goose their microphone channel
connections, hi. Not sure when they are signing on nowadays; used to
be *1100, then *1130, so now are they splitting the difference at
*1115? (Perry, Illinois)
UNID – 4984.16, unid LA station noted at 1108 on 12/24, low power but
sounded possibly like rustic Andean yipping. Impossible to do work
this much better, couldn’t really hold onto the signal very well, but
may be the same station reported in DXplorer a few weeks ago hrd in S
Florida, during local afternoon in USA. Probably signed-on at *1100.
(Perry, Illinois)
RWANDA – 6055, Radio Rwanda, Kigali, very nice signal 2005 on 12/23 as
the 49 mb was open earlyish (for Illinois) for Africans. Monotonous
drums rhythm at tune in, f/by OM FF mentioning “Rwandaise” and then
into African vocals by YL over local string combo – pleasant listening
to plucked bass strings and repetitive tune. (Perry, Illinois)
SWAZILAND – 6130 Trans World Radio, Manzini, nice African choral
rhythms along with xylo-like instrument at 2000 tune-in. OM ancr in
local lang at 2003, f/by local signature tune. Chimes at 2004 and
s/off at 2005. Open carrier cut at 2006. Would have missed this one
if I tuned past the fqy 10 minutes later, hi. (Perry, Illinois)
TCHAD – 6164.96, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne, N’djamena,
balafon music at 2023. Fair signal but fluttery, on a good afternoon
for African reception. (Perry, Illinois)
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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)
335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg) for LA/SE Asia
DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp
Phased Longwire + Small Loop
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