UNID (PERU?) – 4984.14 (down from .16 the day before), unid Andes station heard again this morning 12/28 from 1047 tune-in to 1124 fade-out. (Previously speculated *1100 thus incorrect.) Pretty good signal strength at tune-in but awful background static -- atmospherics, not local electrical noise -- making speech copy very difficult, and only could be understood. At tune-in, ecstatic, deliriously excited OM in rapid-fire SS, seemingly preaching -- which will certainly fit if this turns out to be the Pentecostal station, Voz Cristiana, Chilca (Huancayo), Peru. At around 1055 YL in eco with musical theme and apparent station anmts, mentioned ‘emisora’. Caught ad for what seemed a zapateria at TOH. With signal gradually fading, was able to hold onto this until about 1124, musical pgm, with religious songs based on OA folkloric melodies but also other tunes which seemed pure Andes “musica profunda”. Tlks re “la Biblia”. Should be able to ID this very soon, with better signals expected now that earlier s/on likely in the mornings. (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA – 5952.46, Radio Pio Doce, Llallagua, 12/28 with best signal heard in long time, strong and QRM-free from 0005 – 0033 tune out. Signal lost a bit of its punch by the end, as some grayline enhancement dropped away. Entire time was an OM and YL with news program in Aymara (though, say, maybe ~10% was in SS, mainly the phone-in correspondents). At 0029, CP folkloric musical blast and clear anmt for “Arusquipiri!”, presumably the pgm name. Then funny SS canned ad by vy bassy-voiced OM dialoguing with cutesy lady in baby voice. After musical theme, pgm continuing. Nice listening level, overall. (Perry, Illinois) ---------------------------------------------------- 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 _ 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