This Argentinian is every now and then audible in the Nordic countries on 1370. The frequencies most common stations in the Nordic countries during southerly cx are Brazilian R Iguatemi, Sao Paulo and the URG-station R Ciudad de Montevideo. I have heard R Trece 70 a handful time during different LEM-peditions but it was not until recently I got a confirmation. Thanks Arnstein Bue (ABU) for your help!
After a cx-vise mediocre 10 days in Lemmenjoki (LEM345) between October 16-25.2014 together with Pertti Äyräs (PÄ) now back home listening to clips from the evening of Oct 16 when some nice Aussies were heard. These are out-of scope of this blog.
I yesterday surprisingly got a Facebook verification on an old follow-up from LEM258 (logged January 30.2008) to ZYH672 Rádio Vento Leste, Aracatí, CE. The station is nowadays known as Rádio Moría and as far as I know the station under it’s new name has not been reported heard in Finland. The probably most common Brasilian on 1320 nowadays is Rádio Regional, Sobral also in Ceará.
Rádio Gazeta, Vitória, ES is maybe the most common Brazilian heard on 820 in Lemmenjoki every season. After several tries via email I finally sent a message to the station via Facebook and this time I was lucky to get a confirmation. The frequency 820 holds all in all around 25 different Brazilians so it is a frequency to be regularily checked during better openings.
This unlisted Brazilian was heard on September 6, 2014 here in Borgå playing slow soft music and giving an YL time check at 0302 UTC followed by a weak ID. Apparently closed down at 0303 since the signal disappeared. Thanks to PEH for the hint to check this. The station answered promptly with an email giving their web address as http://www.radioparaenseam.com.br. The mail signed by Equipe da Rádio Paraense AM declared that me and my family was welcome to visit them if we ever came to Brasil and that they would do everything to make our stay a pleasant one!
Rádio Rondônia transmitting from the municipality of Pimenta Bueno, Rondônia which is located along the BR-364 at Km 507, south of the state capital, Porto Velho. Rádio Rondônia 1480 AM has been heard at some occasions in the Nordic countries. My own logging was made during LEM334 on October 13, 2013. A nice confirmation was recently received. Muito obrigado Rádio Rondônia!
ZYH503 Rádio Regional, Cicero Dantas, BA 1320 was heard in Lemmenjoki on November 7, 2013 with a TOH ID. Usually R Regional, Sobral in Ceará is heard here in addition to R Tropical of Curitiba, Paraná and CBN Foz do Iguacu, Paraná, tehese three being to most frequently reported Brazilians on this frequency in Scandinavia. I got a short FB message from Regional, Cicero dantas confirming my hearing.
Surprising Ecuadorian heard by several listeners in the Nordic countries during the good opening April 1-3. The station is transmitting from the city of Guamote which is the Capital of the Guamote canton in the Province of Chimborazo. The province has got it’s name from the “dead” volcano Chimborazo that reaches more than 6200 meters above sea level and is the highest mountain in Ecuador. La Voz de Guamote was heard with surprisingly strong signal on April 1, 2014 especially around 0330 UTC. Also heard on April 3. A nice FB confirmation arrived in a day.
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On April 1-3.2014 propagation towards Perú and also Ecuador was good. One of the stations noticed was R Bacán SAT with transmitting from Huancayo on 1320. The exact split is ca 1319.945v and happens to be almost exactly the same split as R Perú in Juliaca. This time, on April 3 around 03 UTC, Bacán SAT was reasonably strong with programming // with the more common Lima-region Bacán SAT on 1129.93v. A very nice reply was received promptly from Maribel Gonzales: a long letter and about 10 nice pictures. Mil gracias Maribel!!!
HJAX La Voz de Nostalgia 1080 was one of the many Medellín-stations audible on January 21, 2014. The station was periodically booming in with strong signals around 06 UTC with several “La Voz de Nostalgia – La Voz de los exitos” ids. A couple of months ago I received a message from the station asking for a mp3 from me with greetings from Finland about the catch. Also some other listeners in Finland got a similar message. The message could not be counted as a verification though. As a result of a recent f/up I received the message upon my verification request: “Muchas gracias!!! Sí señor, recibimos su reporte de sintonía.“. I count this as a verification on my report.
Rádio Charrua was heard in Lemmenjoki during the LEM333 pedition in early November 2013. During the first half of November last year the cx was heavily influenced by proton storms making receptions towards the north of the Americas, i.e., USA/Canada and Mexico and even the northern parts of South America, almost impossible to hear. With the exception of a couple of days almost all signals from the Americas heard originated from stations from the Brazilian states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in addition to stations from Argentina and Uruguay.
Rádio Charrua was at the time of reception on November 3 completely alone on 1140 for some 20 minutes. No interference from the usually dominating Rádio Cultura da Bahia! The frequency is a very interesting one indeed but it is very rare to get IDs from any other Brazilian than Rádio Cultura that usually tends to fade up perfectly just in time for an ID.
I just received a nice confirmation of my hearing of R Charrua. Muito obrigado!
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