Newfoundland
DXpedition 16
April 11 - 19, 2006
Round Cove, Cappahayden (46°53'N 52°57'W)
Logs by Jean Burnell and Bruce Conti
Receivers: Drake R8A (with RCA Lyra mp3 recorder),
Drake R8B (with MWDX-5 phasing unit, Pogo Radio Your Way LX mp3
recorder), Icom R71A (with Radio Shack cassette
recorder).
Antennas: 350 m towards northern Europe, 350 m towards eastern Brazil.
Transatlantic DX
549 ALGERIA Alger Chaîne 1, Les Trembles (35°17'N 00°34'W) APR 13 2158 -
Arabic pop music, pips, ID, and news headlines at 2200; SINPO 54454, with just
a little interference from Loran spurs, about the same as VOCM St. John's on
590 kHz! [2794mi, 4496km]
630 TUNISIA RTT Tunis (36°50'N
09°50'E) APR 13 2207 - Woman reading news in Arabic; SINPO 33443. APR
17 2340 - Presumed this with Koranic vocals. [3224mi,
5188km]
648 GAMBIA Gambia Radio,
Banjul APR 17 2145 - Glimpses of African talk, fades, news at 2200,
definite English at 2204, news ended at 2222, then African music with few (or
no) breaks between songs, ID as the "Gambia Radio and Television Service
in Banjul" at 2230; initially very weak but up to SINPO 44433 at
2230. APR 17 2220 - End of African news in English, then African
steel drum vocals, at 2230 ID, "You've been listening to the Gambia Radio
and Television..."
657 SOUTH AFRICA R.Pulpit,
Meyerton APR 17 2120 - Faded up nice over RNE5
Spain; mellow music and a man in Afrikaans.
666 ALGERIA Chaîne
1, Tindouf (27°38'N 08°07'W) APR 17 2128 -
Over/under Portugal; North African vocal parallel 891 kHz. [2756mi, 4435km]
675 LIBYA R.Jamahiriyah,
Benghazi (32°54'N 20°04'E) APR 17 2130 - Good; man in Arabic parallel 828 kHz. [3854mi, 6203km]
693 AZORES Centro Regional da RDP, Terceira (38°43'N
27°19'W) APR 17 2140 - Good; techno music parallel 837 kHz. [1411mi,
2271km]
702 ALGERIA Chaîne
1, Djelfa APR
15 2116 - Music by Vivaldi, which confused me
initially until I noticed parallel 531, 549, 891 with a program explaining
baroque music (702 was about 3 seconds behind 891); SINPO 24332. APR
17 2050 - North African music parallel 891 kHz.
711 LIBYA Voice of Africa, Sebbha (27°04'N 14°25'E) APR 18 0052 - Man in Arabic
parallel 1251 kHz, under strong open carrier hum presumed from Western Sahara.
[3842mi, 6182km]
720 CANARY ISLANDS RNE5 Finca España APR
17 2141 - Good; teletalk parallel 657 kHz.
738 SPAIN RNE1 Barcelona
(41°23'N 02°12'E) APR 17 2143 - Good; in-studio discussion parallel 855 kHz.
[2711mi, 4364km]
801 SPAIN RNE1 synchros APR 17 2333 -
Good; loud synchro echo, parallel 855 kHz.
810 SPAIN SER Madrid APR 17 2330 - Good; "En la cadena Ser..." promo.
819 MOROCCO RTM A, Rabat-Temara (33°54'N 06°55'W) APR 17 2208 - Good; string vocal
parallel 612 kHz. [2546mi, 4098km]
828 AZORES RDP Mte das Cruzes-Flores
(39°27'N 31°08'W) APR 18 0214 - Good; nostalgic vocal parallel 693 and 837 kHz.
[1211mi, 1948km]
828 LIBYA R.Jamahiriyah,
Sebbha (27°04'N 14°25'E) APR 17 2130 - Good; man in
Arabic delayed slightly behind parallel 675 kHz. [3842mi, 6182km]
828 MOROCCO RTM Oudja (34°40'N 01°51'W) APR 11 2259 - Arab music, ID at
2300; SINPO 33333. [2756mi, 4436km]
846 IRELAND R.North,
Redcastle APR 18
0155 - Good; continuous country oldies, no ID through top of the hour, through
strong unID open carrier (perhaps Kenya signing on).
846.04 SOUTH AFRICA Umhlobowenene
FM, Komga APR
13 2233 - African music, African language but very little chat; SINPO 33232.
855 ROMANIA România
Actualitata, Bucuresti
(44°28'N 26°06'E) APR 18 0150 - Good, over RNE1 Spain; nostalgic vocal
parallel 1179 kHz. [3661mi, 5893km]
873 GERMANY AFN Mannheim APR 18 0000 - ID and news; SINPO 33443.
891 NETHERLANDS Radio 538, Hulsberg (50°53'N 05°51'E) APR 11 2257 - Telephone chat,
faded under Algeria before 2300; briefly SINPO 33332. [2622mi, 4220km]
891 PORTUGAL R.Renascença,
Villa Moura (37°04'N 08°08'W) APR 18 0048 - Under
Algeria; Portuguese blues vocal parallel 576 (fair), 594 (excellent), and 963
(fair). [2370mi, 3814km]
900 IRAN IRIB Tehran APR 17 2325 - Good; string vocal parallel 1503
kHz (excellent). APR 17 2327 - Middle Eastern
music, parallel 1503; SINPO 22432-1.
909 BOTSWANA VOA Sebeli-Phikwe (22°01'S 27°30'E) APR 14 2059 - Program
ending "brought to you by the VOA" faded away, but faint "Yankee
Doodle" at 2100; SINPO 22332-1. APR 17 2058 - Good; African
pops, mentioned request number and VOA. [6881mi, 11073km]
909 NIGERIA R.Nigeria,
Abuja APR 14 2100 - Pips, "This is the
local service of Radio Nigeria," then news in English; SINPO 34343.
927 BELGIUM VRT Wolvertem (50°59'N 04°18'E) APR 17 0412 - Good; disco music
parallel 1512 kHz. [2556mi, 4113km]
936 MOROCCO RTM Agadir (30°20'N 09°31'W) APR 14 2109 - Local music, talk in
possible Berber (not Arabic), parallel 1044; SINPO 43443. [2571mi, 4138km]
936 SPAIN RNE5 synchros APR 17 0409 -
Excellent; two women with news, R.Nacional
network ID, parallel 855 kHz.
945 FRANCE France Info,
Toulouse (43°21'N 01°20E) APR 12 0000 - ID, news; SINPO 44444. APR 18 2315 - France Info ID and news from Radio Canada.
[2612mi, 4204km]
954 SPAIN Onda
Cero, Madrid APR 17 0104 - News and ID;
SINPO 33332.
972 GERMANY NDR Info, Hamburg
(53°31'N 10°07'E) APR 18 2242 - Program of alternative music, "I Love You
Mr. Disposable Razor" by The Witness; SINPO 44444. [2741mi, 4412km]
972 LIBYA R.Jamahiriyah,
Sirte APR 17 2130
- Fair; man in Arabic parallel 675 kHz.
972 unID APR
18 2230 - Huge open carrier over RNE1 Spain.
981 GREECE ERA Athens (37°57'N
23°41'E) APR 17 0136 - Greek music, parallel 7475; SINPO 43333. [3810mi,
6132km]
990 SPAIN SER Bilbao and Cádiz APR 18 2258 - Good over CBY.
999 UNITED KINGDOM Magic 999, Longton APR 17 0324 - In
COPE Spain null; "This is Magic Nine-Nine-Nine," and pop
music.
1026 MOZAMBIQUE EP de Manica, Chimoio (19°07'S
33°28'E) APR 18 2125 - Tentative; subcontinental
Indian male/female vocal, 2151 possible ID with emissor
mention before lost to Nigeria. [7004mi, 11272km]
1026 NIGERIA Jigawa
Radio, Dutse (11°47'N 09°25'E) APR 18 2129 - In a
mix of three stations, ID in English as "Radio Dutse"
at 2129, African talk at 2151 mentioned "Abeocuta"
a couple of times, African music at 2158 to 2200, then likely religious talk
(mentioning "Allah" a number of times) to 2203, then ID in English
"Jigawa Radio in Dutse,"
and may have gone off at that moment; SINPO 22432. Other stations on
the channel were Spain and a station in Portuguese that peaked around
2132. This latter station was likely Mozambique. [4330mi, 6969km]
1026 SPAIN SER synchros APR
18 2227 - One apparently off frequency causing a rumble in the synchro echo.
1035 ENGLAND Kismat
Radio, Crystal Palace APR 17 2300 - ID
and news, jingle at 2303, ads in Hindi and English, music from 2305; SINPO
24332.
1044 GREECE ERA Macedonia 1, Thessaloniki (40°34'N 22°57'E) APR 14 0159 - Greek music,
pips, ID, and news at 0200; SINPO 54444. [3675mi, 5914km]
1053 LIBYA Libyan Jamahiriya
Broadcasting, Tripoli (32°50'N 13°00'E) APR 17 2136 - Talk under Spain,
parallel 675 and 828; SINPO 32432. APR 18 2204 - Good; talk parallel
1449 kHz. [3529mi, 5679km]
1053 SPAIN COPE Zaragoza,
Zaragoza APR 15 2242 - Local ad then
"COPE Zaragoza" ID; SINPO 32442 with
interference from presumed Morocco.
1062 ITALY Rai
Radio 1 synchros APR
12 0037 - Pop music, Italian chat; SINPO 24432.
1062 NIGERIA Anambra
Broadcasting Service, Onitsha (06°08'N
06°48'E)APR 18 2059 - Very weak talk, fuzzy ID as "Radio Adamawa" at 2100; SINPO 154X1. APR 18 2155 - Good; urban contemporary vocal, 2200 ID, "This
is Anambra Broadcasting Service..." into news in
English. [4500mi, 7242km]
1071 BOTSWANA R.Botswana,
Jwaneng APR 16 2203 - Music, parallel
1350; SINPO 23332-1. APR 17 2104 - Under Spain; R&B vocal
parallel 1350 kHz.
1071 SPAIN Euskadi
Irratia, Bilbao APR 18 0040 - Good; rock vocal parallel 1197
kHz.
1089 ALGERIA R.Algérienne,
Adrar (27°48'N 00°18'W) APR 18 2057 - Arabic music,
ID at 2100; SINPO 22432. [3113mi, 5010km]
1116 CHANNEL ISLANDS BBC R.Guernsey, Rohais (49°28'N
02°34'W) APR 19 0058 - Interviews, 0100 "5-Live" ID; SINPO 23332.
[2291mi, 3688km]
1134 SPAIN COPE Jerez,
Jerez (36°49'N 06°07'W) APR 14 2244 - Special Holy
Week program, sponsored by Tio Pepe,
many "COPE Jerez" IDs; SINPO 33343.
[2474mi, 3982km]
1152 SCOTLAND Clyde 2, Glasgow
(55°48'N 04°12'W) APR 19 0009 - Oldies, DJ wanted to know how to make a budgie
shut up, ID "Clyde 1 and Clyde 2" at 0015; SINPO 43443. [2149mi,
3459km]
1161 SCOTLAND R.Tay,
Dundee (56°27'N 02°56'W) APR 19 0032 - "Radio Tay
Entertainment Guide"; SINPO 23432. [2195mi, 3532km]
1161 SPAIN Euskadi
Irratia, San Sebastián APR
18 0040 - Good; rock vocal parallel 1197 kHz.
1170 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R.Sawa, Al Dhabiya
(24°11'N 54°14'E) APR 14 2253 - Mellow pops, canned ID and Web address; SINPO
34233-2. [5773mi, 9291km]
1179 ROMANIA România
Actualitata, Vascau and
Galbeni-Bacau APR 18 0150 - Good;
nostalgic vocal parallel 855 kHz.
1188 MOROCCO RTM Casablanca (33°36'N
07°40'W) APR 17 2255 - Fair over unID Mid East music;
vocal with strings and flute, parallel 1044 kHz. [2523mi, 4060km]
1197 LESOTHO Family Radio, Lancer's
Gap APR 14 2050 - US-accented religion; SINPO 24333. APR
16 2059 - "Thanks for listening to Family Radio" then perhaps off;
SINPO 25323-2.
1197 SPAIN Euskadi
Irratia, Vitoria APR 17 0359 - Music, pips, ID, and news at 0400;
SINPO 33343. APR 18 0030 - Good; ID and rock vocals, over unID bottom of the hour time pips.
1215 BOTSWANA R.Botswana,
Mahalapye (23°06'S 26°50'E)APR
16 2123 - Music, parallel 1350; SINPO 22321. [6906mi, 11114km]
1224 BULGARIA R.Bulgaria,
Vidin (43°39'N 22°40'E) APR 17 2100 - Sounded like
two interval signals each repeated twice, the second was definitely R.Bulgaria, but I think both came from the same
station. Do different language services have different interval
signals? SINPO 22432-1, way behind Spain.
[3547mi, 5708km]
1224 SPAIN COPE Huelva,
Huelva (37°16'N 06°57'W) APR 18 2157 - Local ID but
then immediately to net programming; SINPO 33443. [2419mi, 3893km]
1233 BELGIUM Pure FM, Rocourt (50°40'N 05°34'E) APR 12 2356 - Unusual spacey
music, quick "Pure FM" jingle at 0000; SINPO 34333. APR 17
2215 - Good; "Ecoutez Pure FM" ID and
pop/rock music. [2615mi, 4208km]
1287 ISRAEL Galei
Zahal, Tel Aviv (31°50'N 34°50'E) APR 14 0006 -
Pop and rap music, parallel 6973; SINPO 32422. [4567mi, 7350km]
1296 SPAIN COPE Valencia APR
15 2206 - Local IDs, PSAs, and ads, seemed to be full
network from 2210; SINPO 34444.
1305 BELGIUM Pure FM, Marche (50°12'N 05°17'E) APR 17 2217 - Under RNE5
Spain; pop music parallel 1233 kHz. APR 17 2239 - Rap and pop music,
parallel 1233; SINPO 23332. [2613mi, 4205km]
1332 ROMANIA România
Actualitata, Galati
(45°25'N 27°54'E) APR 12 2354 - Pop music, ID and Web address at 2356; SINPO
33443. APR 13 0100 - ID, news; SINPO 33443.
[3700mi, 5955km]
1341 HUNGARY R.Katolikus,
Szolnok & Balatonszabadi APR
13 2300 - "Radio Katolikus Budapest" ID
during lull in Northern Ireland; SINPO 34444 briefly.
1350 BOTSWANA R.Botswana,
Tshabong (26°01'S 22°24'E) APR 16 2102 - Man in
African language, choral music then US soul music, parallel 972, 1215; SINPO
24332. APR 17 2104 - Good; R&B vocal parallel 1071 kHz. [6864mi,
11046km]
1350 FRANCE R.Orient,
Nice APR 12 2051 - Mainly talk, two IDs around 2100; SINPO 23332.
1350 LATVIA R.Tatras
International, Kuldiga APR
13 2244 - Pop music, canned "RTI" IDs between songs, SINPO 33443.
1359 ENGLAND Classic Gold Breeze,
Chelmsford APR 12 2254 - Pop music, jingle
and ads at 2257, ID and news at 2300; SINPO 33433.
1368 ISLE OF MAN Manx Radio, Foxdale APR 17 2325 -
Oldies pops, ID; SINPO 32432.
1377 TANZANIA R.Free
Africa, Mwanza (02°30'S 32°56'E) APR 12 2103 -
Deep-voiced man in Arabic-influenced African language, ID at 2107; SINPO 22432,
under France. [6150mi, 9898km]
1386 KENYA KBC Maralal
(01°06'N 36°42'E) APR 17 0300 - Good; "This is KBC Radio" into
march/anthem, and "Topping the news..." [6148mi, 9894km]
1394.81 ALBANIA TWR Fllakë
(40°57'N 19°40'E) APR 18 2030 - Fair; ID, seemed to sign off at 2100. [3516mi,
5659km]
1413 ENGLAND BBC R.Gloucestershire,
Berkeley Heath & Stow APR 17 0044 - Interview, parallel 5
Live on 909; SINPO 23432.
1431 DJIBOUTI R.Sawa,
Arta (11°31'N 42°50'E) APR 15 2234 - Country music,
slogan with internet address for "I-Tech" (sounded like an ad), then
Arabic pops; SINPO 44444. [5914mi, 9518km]
1440 LUXEMBOURG Marnach
(50°02'N 06°04'E) APR 18 2110 - Good; CRI news in English parallel 7190
and 9600 kHz. [2650mi, 4264km]
1449 LIBYA R.Jamahiriyah,
Misurata (32°46'N 15°05'E) APR 17 2130 - Good; man in
Arabic delayed behind parallel 675 kHz. [3629mi, 5840km]
1449 SCOTLAND BBC Radio 4, Redmoss (57°07'N 02°05'W) APR 19 0159 - BBC World Service
programming; SINPO 32342. [2224mi, 3579km]
1458 GIBRALTAR R.Gibraltar,
Wellington Fort (36°08'N 05°21'W) APR 14 2204 - BBC World Service programming;
SINPO 34343. APR 18 2120 - BBC World Briefing parallel 3915 kHz.
[2536mi, 4081km]
1467 IRAN IRIB Isfahan APR
18 0104 - Weak but alone on the frequency; talk parallel 1503 kHz.
1484.52 ANGOLA EP do Kuanza-Sul,
Sumbe APR 13 2109 - Accordion music, talk in
African language, faded away but back at 2115 with talk in Portuguese; SINPO
23332.
1494 CORSICA France Bleu, Bastia (42°47'N 09°24'E) APR 17 2347 - Good, over France
Info; Rolling Stones "Angie" parallel 864 kHz. [2995mi, 4820km]
1494 JORDAN R.Jordan,
Al Kanarah APR 13 2305 - Presumed; Arabic
news; SINPO 32422, battling France and Greece.
1503 AZORES AFN Lajes
(38°43'N 27°09'W) APR 15 2153 - Local announcements, "This is the American
Forces Network" at 2200; SINPO 22332. APR 19
0715 - Good; "Car Talk" program. [1419mi, 2284km]
1512 GREECE/CRETE ERA Chania (35°29'N 24°03'E) APR 17 0149 - Glimpses of Greek
music, parallel 7475; SINPO 24332-1. [3928mi, 6321km]
1530 ROMANIA România
Actualitata, Mhaileni
(47°54'N 26°12'E) APR 17 0210 - Local music, telephone report at 0212 ended
with "Radio Romania," parallel 1152; SINPO 44444. [3541mi, 5699km]
1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Pinheira (00°18'N 06°46'E) APR 17 0329 - Excellent;
"Africa and the Voice of America" and African News Tonight promo.
[4806mi, 7735km]
1548 ENGLAND BBC R.Devon,
Mangotsfield (51°30'N 02°28'W) APR 17 0304 - Music,
"5-Live" ID; SINPO 33433. [2262mi, 3641km]
1548 MOLDOVA Voice of Russia, Grigoriopol (47°14'N 29°24'E) APR 17 0300 - Clear interval
signal, but voice too weak; SINPO 23431. [3693mi, 5944km]
1566 UNITED KINGDOM County Sound,
Guildford APR 19 0202 - News, at 0203 "This is the County Sound
Late Show," then Aretha Franklin song; SINPO 24342.
1566 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Bristol/Somerset
Sound, Taunton (51°01'N 03°05'W) APR 17 0340 - Radio 5 parallel 693
and 909, over presumed County Sound. [2243mi, 3611km]
1584 IRAN IRIB Urumiyeh APR
17 2340 - Farsi talk, not religious I think, but very emphatic, parallel 1503;
SINPO 23432.
1593 KUWAIT VOA Kuwait City (29°31'N
47°41'E) APR 17 2350 - Good, over unID Romania;
program in special English. [5230mi, 8416km]
1602 NETHERLANDS R.Seagull,
Finkum APR 12 2210 - English; rock music
program (called "The Album ___"), confusing "Radio Six"
jingle at 2252, but two IDs at 2300; SINPO 22332-1, mainly under R.Vitoria.
1602 SPAIN R.Vitoria,
Vitoria (42°51'N 02°39'W) APR 18 0029 - Good, over SER;
"En Radio Vitoria..." [2443mi, 3932km]
Round Cove antenna paths looking northeast (left), and
south (right).
Pan-American DX
580 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIAF R.Monticristi, Monticristi APR 16 0832 - "Super Semana
Santa" news, ballads from 0834; SINPO 44343.
600 BRAZIL ZYH920 R.Mirante
AM, São Luís MA, APR 19
0109 - Rock music, ID at 0112; SINPO 23442.
600 VENEZUELA YVQB R.Sucre, Cumaná (10°23'N
64°13'W) APR 19 0115 - Latin song, ID and time check at 0122; SINPO 32342.
[2600mi, 4184km]
630 VENEZUELA YVKA R.Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas (10°27'N 66°57'W)
APR 19 0140 - Talks, interviewed an Englishman; SINPO 34343. [2641mi, 4250km]
660 VENEZUELA YVNA Ondas de los Mßdanos, Coro (11°25'N
70°30'W) APR 19 0154 - Fair; merengue music, "Más exitos en Popular 660."
[2650mi, 4264km]
680 COLOMBIA HJZO R.Nacional
de Colombia, Sabanagrande APR 19 0005 - Good;
jazz and contemporary music, "la radio nacional
de Colombia" IDs, HJZO Sabanagrande per Ministerio de Comunicaciones
listing at www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co. APR
19 0047 - Jazz program, ID at 0049, Barranquilla site
and power 50 kW according to Conexión Digital No 362,
reporting BBC Monitoring via Glenn Hauser; SINPO 33333 with interference from
Puerto Rico.
680 VENEZUELA YVQR R.Continente, Cumaná APR 18 0605 - Good; salsa music, Continente IDs.
690 BRAZIL ZYH587 R.Dragão
do Mar, Fortaleza (03°45'S 38°33'W) APR 19 0001 -
Good; R.Dragão do Mar ID, many Brazil
and Fortaleza mentions. [3594mi, 5785km]
690 ECUADOR HCJB1 Voz
de los Andes, Pifo
(00°14'S 78°20'W) APR 18 0806 - Andean flute music, no announcement until 0819
but too low to comprehend, better at 0836 with talk in indigenous language,
parallel 3220 at 0836 (SW not audible earlier); SINPO 33433 at 0836. [3589mi,
5776km]
700 BRAZIL ZYK686 R.Eldorado,
São Paulo (23°32'S 46°37'W) APR 18 0332 - Good, over unID Spanish; "Radio Eldorado
AM" ID. APR 18 0759 - ID, briefly over
Spanish station; SINPO 34423. [4862mi, 7824km]
760 BRAZIL ZYH588 R.Uirapuru,
Fortaleza (03°45'S 38°31'W) APR 18 0700 - Good with
full ID. [3595mi, 5786km]
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ RCN Barranquilla (10°53'N 74°49'W) APR 18 0842 - RCN
promo; SINPO 34343. [2791mi, 4491km]
790 CUBA CMAQ R.Reloj,
Pinar del Río (22°25'N 83°43'W) APR 18 0642 - Good; man and woman
with news, clock, code IDs... [2404mi, 3868km]
830 BRAZIL ZYH905 R.Mirante
AM, Imperatriz MA (05°33'S 47°28'W) APR 16 2347 -
ID, faded away quickly; briefly SINPO 34432. [3625mi, 5833km]
830 VENEZUELA YVLT R.Sensación, Caracas (10°24'N 66°56'W) APR 12 0124 -
Ad string, program promo; SINPO 44333. APR 18 0230 - Good;
"Sensación 830 AM" into pop music. [2644mi, 4254km]
840 PUERTO RICO WXEW La Reina del Caribe, Yabucoa (18°03'N 65°52'W) APR 18 0840 - Good; UTC-4 time
check and La Reina slogan. [2119mi,
3410km]
850 CUBA R.Reloj,
Nueva Gerona (21°53'N 82°48'W) APR 18 0639 - Under
WEEI and unID Latin American. [2397mi, 3858km]
850 URUGUAY CX16 R.Carve,
Montevideo (34°52'S 56°21'W) APR 19 0211 - Football play-by-play, ID at 0217
"Esta es la nueva Carve, la más potente del Uruguay"; SINPO 33433. [5630mi, 9060km]
850 VENEZUELA YVZC R.Fé y Alegría, Maracaibo APR 18 0902 -
Zulia state anthem, ID at 0904; SINPO 33443.
860 BRAZIL ZYJ459 CBN Rio de
Janeiro (22°55'S 43°13'W) APR 18 0710 - Good, over R.Reloj
Cuba; woman in Potuguese with news items. [4841mi, 7791km]
860 CUBA CMDB R.Reloj,
Baracoa (20°21'N 74°29'W) APR 18 0638 - Under CJBC;
clock, minute marker and code ID. [2194mi, 3532km]
880 BRAZIL ZYL275 R.Inconfidencia,
Belo Horizonte (19°55'S 43°55'W) APR 18 0715 - Good,
over WCBS; man in Portuguese, Inconfidencia
ID, accordion music. [4631mi, 7453km]
880 VENEZUELA YVYM R.Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz
(08°15'N 62°42'W) APR 16 2356 - Talk, seemed to be a network program as the ID
was for the Ciudad Bolivar station; SINPO 33343. [2722mi, 4381km]
890 CUBA CMDZ R.Progreso,
Chambas (22°11'N 78°54'W) APR 14 0744 - Romantic
Latin tunes, ID at 0756, news at 0803; SINPO 33433. APR 18 0723 -
Good; Deportivo RP report. [2235mi, 3597km]
900 VENEZUELA YVMD Ritmo 900, Maracaibo
(10°39'N 71°44'W) APR 18 0730 - Good; "Venezuela Mara Ritmo
900" and "la primer radio de Zulia."
[2728mi, 4390km]
910 VENEZUELA YVRQ Caracas (10°32'N
66°55'W) APR 18 0737 - Good; time check, "en RQ 910 AM Center," and
romantic nostalgia. [2634mi, 4240km]
950 CUBA CMHI R.Reloj,
Sancti Spíritus APR 18 0833 - News, ID with Morse ID; SINPO
22442.
960 VENEZUELA R.Venezuela,
Acarigua (09°33'N 69°11'W) APR 18 0859 - ID and
location as Estado Portuguesa;
SINPO 24443, but wiped out by CHNS shortly after. [2743mi, 4415km]
970 US VIRGIN ISLANDS WSTX Christiansted (17°45'N 64°42'W) APR 12 0159 - Tentative;
US-accented English behind the Venezuelan, short piece of Caribbean music, ID,
but just the first two letters ("W-S-") copied clearly; SINPO
22432-1. APR 18 0719 - Religious songs, Caribbean accent, but faded
away quickly; SINPO 23322-1. APR 18 0742 - Religious reggae music,
then a phone caller saying good morning to lots of people, and more Christian
music, through the top of the hour without ID. APR
18 0757 - Religious program; very poor. [2117mi,
3406km]
970 VENEZUELA R.Mundial,
Barcelona (10°06'N 64°41'W) APR 12 0157 - Religious program ending with
addresses for churches in Barcelona and Puerto La Cruz; SINPO 33443.
[2626mi, 4226km]
990 ARGENTINA LRH203 AM 990,
Formosa APR 15 0823 - "AM 990"
slogan then tango, "Mitre" network ID at
0832; SINPO 33322, slowly losing to Venezuela.
990 VENEZUELA YVTA R.Tricolor, Barquisimeto
(10°02'N 69°14'W) APR 15 0827 - Slogan "AM 990," which was confusing
considering mixing with LRH203, but clear "Radio Tricolor" IDs from
0839 to 0856; SINPO 23322 at 0855. [2712mi, 4365km]
1030 ARGENTINA LS10 R.del
Plata, Buenos Aires (34°38'S 58°28'W) APR 14 0734 - Interesting
coincidence: talk about Newfoundland, in conjunction with the anniversary of
the sinking of the Titanic; SINPO 44333. APR 16
0151 - Ad string, promo for "Canal 13" then ID; SINPO 44444. APR
19 0230 - Excellent; "Radio Noticias del Plata." [5620mi, 9045km]
1030 BRAZIL ZYI777 R.Olinda,
Olinda PE (08°02'S 34°52'W) APR 18 2301 - Globo slogans, then football play-by-play, seemed
that many stations were carrying the game as lots of stations were mentioned,
ID at 2324. [3940mi, 6341km]
1050 URUGUAY CX26 SODRE Montevideo (34°49'S
56°22'W) APR 19 0233 - Good; classical music, ID "...desde
Montevideo, Uruguay," and "Radio teatro de Sodre." [5627mi, 9055km]
1060 BRAZIL ZYJ597 R.Tapuyo,
Mossoró RN (05°12'S 37°20'W) APR 15 0733 - Ad
mentioning Mosorró, jingle; SINPO 33322. [3710mi,
5971km]
1060 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIAJ R.Amanecer, San Francisco de Macorís
(18°29'N 69°17'W) APR 15 0732 - ID, accordion music, then religious tunes;
SINPO 23322. [2166mi, 3486km]
1060 MEXICO XEEP R.Educación,
México (19°22'N 99°02'W) APR 2352 - Promo for Mexican music programming; SINPO
33422. [3209mi, 5165km]
1130 BRAZIL ZYJ461 R.Nacional,
Rio de Janeiro (22°55'S 43°13'W) APR 19 0302 - Good; R.Nacional
ID and jingle. [4841mi, 7791km]
1190 ARGENTINA LR9 R.América,
Buenos Aires (34°38'S 58°28'W) APR 15 0000 - "Radio América
Informa" news; SINPO 33333. APR 19 0315 - Good; "Radio América punto com" promo. [5620mi, 9045km]
1190 PUERTO RICO WBMJ La Roca, San Juan (18°21'N 66°07'W) APR 15 0000 - "Esta es La Roca,
WBMJ" then mellow music; SINPO 22332 with interference from Argentina.
[2104mi, 3386km]
1229.97 PUERTO RICO WNIK R.Unica,
Arecibo (18°27'N 66°44'W) APR 16 0111 - Basketball
play-by-play, Arecibo vs. someone; SINPO 33333.
1249.78 USA WKBR Manchester NH APR
16 0700 - Legal ID, still off-frequency putting a horrible het
on 1250; SINPO 23432.
1250 ARGENTINA R.Estirpe
Nacional, San Justo APR
14 0755 - Classical music, "AM 1250" slogan at 0756, caught ID at
0817 "AM 1250 Radio Estirpe"; SINPO
23332-1.
1270 ARGENTINA LS11 R.Provincia
de Buenos Aires, La Plata (34°55'S 57°57'W) APR 14 0825 - Mainly religious
talk and gave Web site, "Ave Maria" played; SINPO 33443. [5638mi,
9073km]
1280 BERMUDA VSB2 Hamilton (32°18'N
64°46'W) APR 15 0045 - Religious talk from the Bible Broadcasting Institute;
SINPO 43443. [1184mi, 1906km]
1290 VENEZUELA YVLF R.Puerto
Cabello, Puerto Cabello
(10°27'N 68°06'W) APR 18 0905 - Good; announcing a series of numbers,
"Caracas en la tarde... Caracas
en la noche..." and "primer lugar de sintonia" promo.
[2662mi, 4285km]
1300 VENEZUELA YVKH R.Recuerdos,
Caracas (10°29'N 66°48'W) APR 19 0902 - Good; "Radio Recuerdos...
tu AM Center" ID. [2636mi, 4242km]
1310 VENEZUELA YVSM R.Nacional,
Barcelona APR 19 0859 - Good; RNV ID, likely this at 10 kW
rather than co-channel YVSL Guri at 1 kW.
1320 PUERTO RICO WSKN R.Isla,
San Juan (18°23'N 66°04'W) APR 14 2358 - Music by the Hermanos
Pajaros, ID listing all the stations of the network
at 0001; SINPO 33333. [2101mi, 3381km]
1330 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIVR R.Visión Cristiana,
Santo Domingo APR 15 0055 - Religious talk, parallel 530; SINPO
33333-2.
1350 ARGENTINA LS6 R.Buenos
Aires, Buenos Aires (34°38'S 58°28'W) APR 13 2250 - Announcements of
upcoming events in Buenos Aires; SINPO 33432. [5620mi, 9045km]
1380 VENEZUELA YVNG Ondas
del Mar, Puerto Cabello (10°30'N 68°01'W) APR 18
0903 - Good; nostalgia and full ID. [2657mi, 4277km]
1390 VENEZUELA YVZA R.Fé
y Alegría, Caracas (10°29'N 66°59'W) APR 17 0051
- Program promo with ID; SINPO 24332. APR 18 0858 - Good; ID with
time check. [2639mi, 4247km]
1400 GRENADA Harbour
Light of the Windwards, Carriacou APR
17 0033 - Presumed; hymns mixing with CBG; SINPO 43443.
1410 BRAZIL ZYJ614 R.Santa
Cruz, Santa Cruz RN APR 12 2149 - News,
mentioning Santa Cruz often; SINPO 44444.
1450 BERMUDA VSB1 Hamilton APR 15 0031 - Oldies, pet shop ad, PSA
"presented by the DeFontes Broadcasting
Company," then more oldies; SINPO 24443.
1480 PUERTO RICO WMDD Fajardo
(18°22'N 65°38'W) APR 18 0620 - Good; merengue music,
"Tropical 1480" ID. [2094mi, 3369km]
1520 PUERTO RICO WVOZ R.Voz,
San Juan (18°21'N 66°09'W) APR 11 2309 - Talk, "Radio Voz"
ID at 2310; SINPO 44444. [2105mi, 3388km]
1570 MEXICO XERF Poderosa
1570, Cd. Acuña
(29°21'N 101°02'W) APR 18 0847 - Good; woman hosting morning show, cuckoo clock
time checks. APR 19 0845 - Good; cuckoo clock time check, clear Poderosa 1570 ID. [2831mi, 4556km]
1629.90 USA KKWY Fox Farm WY APR 12 0807 -
Mexican music, Spanish hype, lots of "1630 AM" slogans; SINPO 24332.
1640 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R.Juventus
Don Bosco, Santo Domingo APR
16 0145 - ID, mellow music; SINPO 45232.
1670 USA WMWR Dry Branch GA APR 16 0705 - Mexican music, slogans: "Más exitos" and "Viva
1670"; SINPO 35343.
1700 USA KVNS Brownsville TX APR 16 0805 - Fox news, promo for Jim Bohannon
show, ID "KVNS, the Valley, the place to talk," then Art Bell program
resumed; SINPO 34343.
Bruce Conti in front of the Round Cove B&B (left). Jean Burnell surveys what remains of the old Lawlor's
"DX Inn" (right).
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