BRAZIL - 5990, Radio Senado, terrific reception this week, very early, noted several mornings blowing in with a big signal on nice clear fqy. 12/29 at 0755 with PP pop song, f/by taped ID extravaganza at 0801, with chimes, OM in echo, mentions of fqys and ondas curtas, "Bom Dia!" and another ID as "Radio Senado, a música regional de. . ." Then into a pgm of ranchera-like musical selections. Also pinning the S-meter needle at 0959 on 12/30. (Perry, Illinois)
BRAZIL - 4865.03, Radio Verdes Florestas, Cruz do Sul, signal holding up quite late most mornings, from approx 1000 s/on to nearly 1100, and at times, surprisingly, the best Latin in the 60 mb here. Hrd 12/29 w/segued ballads, no amnts at all until 1055 when into an ID sequence -- live OM with clear "Radio Verdes Florestas!" ID and then YL with canned ID and fqys run-down. Propagation on this one behaves much more like a Peruvian than aBrazilian, thanks to far western Brazil QTH. Holds up long after other Brazilians like 4885 have faded away. (Perry, Illinois) BRAZIL - 5955.00, unid Brazilian but suspect the listed Radio Gazeta, Sao Paolo, but no clear ID yet. Noted with classic US pops (Doors: "Love Her Madly") at 1020, then into long telephone interview by studio ancr and remote interviewee in PP. 1029 another fairly strong station came on fqy, but signals were exactly zerobeated so no het trouble, but difficult to listen to anyway. (Perry, Illinois). UNID LA - 4875.46, mountain of garbage on this fqy in the mornings this week, but underneath it all seems an LA broadcaster, with badly distorted modulation and potentially spurious. Believe lang is PP, so likely a Brazilian. Noted several mornings about 1015. Ute on fqy and het make this even tougher. Not sure what this is, but interesting . . . haven't heard anything on this fqy of late. Anyone? (Perry, Illinois) BOLIVIA - 5952.37, everyone's favorite CP mining town station, Radioemisoras Pio XII, Oruro, hrd with nx show in progress at 1010 on 12/27. Never an easy logging, this one is much more likely of late to be heard in early local evenings than in the mornings. (Perry, Illinois) ETHIOPIA - 9705.00, R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, hrd 1947-2020 on 12/15 on a nice precise fqy. Initially heard underneath Family Radio Meyerton on same fqy, which thankfully clears out after ToH. Good signal by 2010 with pleasant pgm of Horn of Africa style pops and jazz. OM ancr in EE and presumed Amharic. (Perry, Illinois) LAOS - 6130 RN Lao, Vientiane' Highlight of the month has been the reemergence of this one, loggable on many mornings. Was best in early Dec, after Chuck Rippel tip, but still hearing this week tho not as well as earlier in Dec (12 / 3,4,5,6). Propagation window for here opens up around 1245 and holds thru 1300+, tho was hearing as early as 1230 in early Dec. Best signal was on 12/4 with very enjoyable pgm of Laotian pop music -- very familiar to me after my years of working in Laos. Very enjoyable programming! Usually tones on the hour, but one time noted playing straight thru on a local Sun nite in Laos. (Perry, Illinois) PERU - 5039.38, Radio Libertad de Junin, noted many mornings this month with poor-fair signal, often opening day's xmsn around *1000. Noted on 12/1 with taped organ and echo-voiced ID anmt at 1001 and then live ancr from 1004. Interestingly,. this one seems to have become the most reliable Peruvian in the 60 mb for me this winter, taking the crown from nominal 4790 R Vision de Chiclayo, which has been missing in action. Am hearing Junin more frequently even than R. Tarma on nominal 4775. Unfortunately, it's a matter of this one being the best of a bad lot, as other Peruvians are just not coming thru very well this month . . . (Perry, Illinois) ----------------------------------------------------- Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100; Knightkit Star Roamer Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 + Quantum Phaser antenna unit Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop; Single-Turn Coax Loop. ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ 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
