BOLIVIA – 6154.95, Radio Fides, La Paz, 11/19 fair signal clear of QRM and static at 0959 tune in, with morning news program already in progress, hosted by YL. Included national, local and international items (hrd items for Santa Cruz, Bolivia; La Paz; Peru; and the Middle East -- “un nuevo bombardeo en Gaza, el dia de hoy”). Musical stingers between items and very precise time checks regularly provided by the YL, e.g. “Las 6 de la manana, 6 minutos y 42 segundos . . .”. CP folkloric musical burst at 1008 during ads, then more news, regional items for Bolivia. Het and other QRM building toward bottom of the hour, as Fides began fading down and Asian QRMer fading up. By 1030, entire fqy was a mess and left the station. According to station’s website, signs on *0945 and this first show runs to 1030, called “Saratasiñani” and the host is Felipa Peña. (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA – 6105.52, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 11/19 monitored fqy for s/on, from 0945 but nothing noted until 1036, when weak signal finally noted and flute + guitar Bolivian folkloric music in progress. Probably running to a nominal *1030 these days rather than the reported *1000, as nothing there when checked a few minutes earlier. Poor reception and only readable in ECSS. Het QRM from Asian on fqy and at best could pick out the musical bits. Could not hold for long. By 1045, all but lost. (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) 355-foot bidirectional BOG positioned 150 deg / 330 deg for LA / SE Asia 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
