VENEZUELA Not shortwave, but of interest nonetheless, I think: Via DX Tuners receiver in Caracas, I regularly hear a station on 101.9 MHz playing music interspersed with revolutionary slogans and identifications as "Radio Samora Libre". I'm not 100% sure about the ID, but the name makes sense: Samora Machel, a Marxist, was the first president of independent Mozambique and remains a hero of the left, and this year is the 20th anniversary year of his death.
Possibly a pirate, and this just may be co-incidental, but interesting to note that 101.9 MHz has been allocated for future use to Venezuelan armed forces radio, La Voz de la FAN, according to a newsagency report here http://www.aporrea.org/imprimir_noticia.php?docid=73702. You can hear a clip of Radio Samora Libre on the Interval Signal Online website (http://www.intervalsignals.net) or directly here: www.intervalsignals.net/files/ven-radio_samora_libre_170306.ram. I get the gist of what they're saying, any Spanish speakers care to give a translation? Regards, Dave Kernick ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.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