ECUADOR – 3380.08, Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura, Ibarra, music punching thru nicely on 1/9 from 1016 tune-in to 1115 f/out. Good selection of Ecuadorian folklorica (pasillos, pasacalles, sanjuanitos). Until 1100, all anmts were the brief, recorded eco anmt that is driving everyone crazy – too boomy to comprehend amid the 90 mb noise. But at 1100, different morning pgm started, with live ancr. He wrapped up previous show about “…la musica presentada…en esta manana . . . radiofonico . . .” and gave HC t/cks (“6 de la manana y 7 minutos . . . “). Long discourse from TOH to f/out around 1115. Bunch of us were monitoring this “together” remotely, emails flying all over North America at 4 a.m. Big fun! Also hrd 1/10, 11 at 1015 checks, but signal much lower both days. (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA – 6105.50, Radio Panamericana doing well nearly every morning now. 1040 on 1/10, OM notes, “Desde La Paz . . . Grupo Aymara” and then followed very funky, rustic CP folk tune, featuring sicu-sicus, many shrill quenas and charangos. Also the usual “La hora en Panamericana … “ t/cks. At 1049, live YL with ID and then the national anthem of Bolivia by orchestra. Am hearing this many mornings now, appears they sign on the air and play filler until about 1050, when they “formally” take the air. After NA, recorded sign-on ID anmt and then into instrumental vals criollo mx. (Perry, Illinois) PERU – 6173.88m Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, sign-on heard 1/9 at *0959, fair signal but Asian 6175 QRM so needed usual ECSS and notch. 1003 s/on anmts by OM and into morning newscast. (Perry, Illinois) BOLIVIA – 5952.44, Radio Pio XII, Llallagua, fair signal and low modulation at 0223 t/in on 1/9, just caught end of broadcast day as they ran familiar shutdown music, “Col Bogey March” at 0228, f/by OM and YL with closing anmts. At 0230, three strummed chords and then silence. Carrier not cut by 0233, when I left them. (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
