Rádio Hulha Negra on 1450 has been heard now and then but is definitely not an easy catch as is no BRA on 1450. Jari Ruohomäki was probably the first to log this in Finland and Ole Forr in Scandinavia a little bit earlier some 5-6 years ago if my aging memory is correct. I have heard the station a couple of times since my first logging on January 28, 2008 during PÄ’s and mine LEM258 pedition.
Cricúma is a city in the state of Santa Catarina located 180 km south of Florianópolis and some 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil’s flooring and home materials industry, and is the second-largest such center in the world.
I have sent several reports by email to Rádio Hulha Negro without response. Finally, a week ago a Facebook message arrived telling me that my previous messages had been regarded as spams with the included mp3 and photos. Maybe it is worthwhile to report stations without files that throw them into the trash can? Anyway a most wanted response from my BRA QSL # 11 on 1450!
La radio de todos los residentes provincianos.
The logging of Radio Norteña on November 14 during the last hours of my LEM334 pedition came as a total surprise. After previously having heard Gualeguay, Metropolitana, Chascomus and Fortaleza here from ARG I certainly did not expect this. Transmitting from Los Polvorines, a district in the northeast corner of Provincia de Buenos Aires the station serves the community for “immigrants” from Argentina’s “folklore centre”, Santiago del Estero to the Greater BA area. The program heard was “El Rincón Santiagueño” together with the stations ID including the web address “radionorteña.com” (actually it should be .com.ar but the .ar was left out in the announcement!).
Last night I got a confirmation of my rather good mp3 from the stations head José Barraza. Mil gracias José! And big thanks to Henrik Klemetz for picking out some additional program details!
Rádio Cidade, Palmital, PR 1190 was a new Brazilian logging for me on October 25, 2012 during the LEM319 pedition. There are two Rádio Cidade on 1190 but fortunately they have different prefixes which made the identification easy. During cx towards Brazil and La Plata the king on the frequency is without doubt R América in Buenos Aires. América makes Brazilian loggings from the southern states Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul quite challenging. The mostly heard BRA on 1190 in Scandinavia is R Juazeiro in the State of Bahía followed by R Rio Vermelho in the State of Goias. There are close to 20 BRA stations listed on 1190 so it is a most interesting frequency to watch closely!
I am pretty slow in reporting stations nowadays since I find it less interesting than listening live and to the wast amount of files that never will be scrutinized to the point. However, I some days ago sent a mp3 to Rádio Cidade and it was rapidly confirmed. More info about the station can be found at http://www.radiopalmital@bol.com.br.
During the LEM333 and LEM334 pedition to Lemmenjoki November 2-16, 2013 we encountered very disturbed conditions due to the higher than normal proton levels. As a result, with a few exceptions, the conditions were almost all the time pushed south towards the southern states of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay so the 255 degree antenna was mostly the only one catching trans-Atlantic signals. To hear anything from US/Canada was hopeless. During proton activity the northerly path over the Pole becomes blocked, the more north you are the worse.
The good thing with this situation was, however, that many nice catches were done south of North America and especially from LP/Brazil and also, during a couple of occasions, from the Caribbean and Perú.
On new catch for me was that of LV15 Radio Villa Mercedes in the Province of San Luís, Argentina on 640 on November 3, 2013.The station was surprisingly alone on the frequency without any interference from the normally dominating “super power” in Porto Alegre, RS. I captured a nice legal ID “Radio Diez, la Radio. LV15 Radio Villa Mercedes AM 640 y FM 99.9 y en todo El Mundo LV15.com.ar”.
A nice FB confirmation was received last night: “Hola Jan-Erik! Recibimos su mensaje y lo leímos al aire. Qué alegría saber que nuestra señal llegó tan lejos. Efectivamente nuestra emisora se llama LV15 Radio Villa Mercedes AM 640 y transmite desde dicha localidad en la Provincia de San Luis (Argentina). Le enviamos un afectuoso saludo y gracias por escribirnos! Miguel Gauna, Locutor”. Mil gracias Miguel!
Radio General Belgrano was heard in Lemmenjoki at least on two occasions during LEM317 in February 2012 by Pertti Äyräs and myself. Finally some time ago, I received a confirmation via Facebook from this last and most wanted and missing listed ARG on AM 840. Thanks to Jari Ruohomäki for help with the FB contact.
During LEM334 we had a pretty nice opening towards Perú between 0430-0600 UTC on November 13. The common peruvians such as Santa Rosa 1500v, Turbo Mix 1540.5 and Bethel 1570 were noted with huge signals. A very surprising log was Chami R, Otuzco, La Libertad completely alone on 1140 sharp. R Moderna, Lima was noted on 930 and last but not least of the files checked so far: Radio Líder in Cajamarca on 970, also this station alone on the frequency. The signal was relatively weak but clear. Thanks Henrik Klemetz for also verifying my hearing!
Yesterday I received a short Facebook message from Radio Líder telling: “Recibido su mensaje Sr. Jan-Erik! Saludos para ud. y toda su familia. Gracias por escribirnos, nos alegra mucho y nos anima a seguir adelante. Saludos desde Cajamarca, Perú!”
I heard Radio Santa Beatriz on 1350 AM (actually on a clear split below 1350) in early February 2012 in Lemmenjoki during LEM317. At that time the signal was rather weak, however both the AM and FM frequency was clearly announced. Later I also have managed to hear the station in my home QTH in Borgå. The station is part of Radiodifusora El Sur to which also e.g. Radio Las Vegas also in Cusco belongs. After several tries I finally got a confirmation on my reception from José Raul Tapia Acurio. Gracias José!
Radio Vilhena AM 1450 transmits from the city with the same name and thesite lies in the easternmost part of Rondonia. Radio Vilhena has been heard a couple of times in Scandinavia. If I remember correctly, Ole Forr in Norway was the first, or among the first,to catch the station more than 10 years ago. My own reception stems from one of the recent peditions to Lemmenjoki. A short confirmation recently arrived (thanks JPR!) and became my verified Brazilian # 10 on 1450.
This station was a surprise on a difficult frequency, namely 800. A frequency dominated by MEC in Rio de Janeiro during cx towards La Plata and Brasil and TWR Bonaire during more northerly cx. This tends , at least for me, to mostly “skip over the frequency” when searching for something new. In early February 2011 I heard a station in Lemmenjoki heavily disturbed by TWR which turned out to be R Maria transmitting from Vina del Mar in Chile. Fortunately María carried an id also including the magical word “Chile”. During the time of reception I also heard, e.g., R Cooperativa, Valparaíso on 730 and BBN R, Vina del Mar (note, NOT Bogotá!) during a short and selective opening towards the middle coastal of Chile. I just recently got a short Facebook confirmation of this encounter with Radio Maria. Interestingly enough, Hannu Niilekselä managed to catch R María in El Salvador on 800 a couple of years ago. This shows that no frequency should be left non-scrutinized. Magic happens! Thanks Henrik Klemetz and Jari Ruohomäki for listening to my audio of this rare station from Chile.
On February 25, 2013 during the LEM330 pedition I managed to hear HJFX Radio Cóndor, Manizales around 05 UTC. Henrik Klemetz digged out some useful program details. The station announced it will play Rahmaninov’s “concierto para piano y orquestra Nro. 2” as part of the program Concierto de la Medianoche. Henrik also had the contact info to Directora Ana Maria Mesa and she verified my audio file in half an hour. This became my second verified Colombian on 1540, I previously got Radio Austral in Túquerres in the 90’s. Cóndor also became my verified Colombian #200! Thanks Henrik again for invaluable help. Gracias Ana Maria por su respuesta!
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