BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

6134.825 Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Aug 1, *1049, late Sunday morning
sign-on, brief sign-on announcement by woman, brief Andean vocal into
religious service. Poor signal, noisy, fading rapidly.
+ 6134.81 Aug 3, 2345-0106*, very nice signal by 0015, female and male
announcers, lively music, announcements, canned ID by man at 0101 UT:
"960 kilohertz onda media, 6165 kilohert ondaz corta, 92.3 megahertz,
frecuencia modulada transmite Radio Santa Cruz, desde Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, Bolivia", another canned ID at 0103 UT mentioning "Emisora del
Instituto Radiofonico Fe y Alegria" followed by a song "Radio Santa Cruz".
Open carrier from 0106 to 0143 UT.
+ 6134.82, Aug 4, *0856, short monologue by man at sign on, then canned ID
mentioning AM and SW frequency, flutes, "Radio Santa Cruz" vocal, more
ID's and a variety of vocals. Good signal, starting to fade from 1000 UT.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 4)
5952.46 Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1012 UT om and yl with clear signal, [no
Cuban/Costa Rican "yo mama drama" jamming]. Children's voices, om over
percussion solo, good AM lock on the R8. 5 August.
4795.85 Radio Lipez, Uyuni 0935 UT strong signal with flauta andina,
locutor and music, "en Bolivia...kiloHertz" ID under t-storms 1000 UT
Buenas Dias, music bridge stayed in till 1055 UT recheck, 5 August. Good
AM lock on R8.
(Robert Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer Aug 8)
BOTSWANA 4960 VOA, Moepeng Hill, Aug 1, 0430-0531*, English to Africa,
listed Hausa from 0500 UT, Yankee Doodle at 0530:30 UT. Modest peak at
0448 UT transmitter sunrise.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx Aug 4)
BRAZIL SRDA on 12175 kHz. SRDA, spurious signal probably from 11765 kHz,
0700 UT, August 5, no carrier, reception possible in AM only. Usual
Miracles before 0700 UT, David Miranda's speech at 0700 UT. Nice signal,
partly distorted, with rapid fadings. Still audible at 0745 UT but already
very weak and fading out...
(Karel Honzik-CZE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 5)
5054.96 R Jornal A Critica, Manaus AM. "A Critica FM" relay heard with a
nice signal. Radio Jornal A Critica reactivated 5055 kHz (5054.96 kHz). "A
Critica FM" relay heard this morning (Aug 03, 0323-0530 UT) with a nice
signal here in the middle of Europe.
(Karel Honzik-CZE, BrDXC-UK / dlxd Aug 3)
Hi Karel, thank you for the report. I have been following this signal the
past two nights (August 2 and 3), an overnight program of Brazilian and US
pop and ballads. I haven't been able to pull an ID from it so far due to
high static levels, but was working on the assumption it was possibly
Radio Difusora, Caceres MT.
[later] Brazil 5055 reactivated. Definitely not a Cuban spur. The
Brazilian is in now (0054 UT) on 5054.96 kHz. A weak signal so far, but
enough to verify it isn't // either Rebelde or RHC.
(Brandon Jordan-TN-USA, hcdx / dxld Aug 3)
5990 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, 0300-0311, Aug 09, Port TC as "... meia
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