A little bit ashamed, I report that I last night received a confirmation from Radio Amboró, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia via Facebook. During the last 35 years I have been sending tens of confirmation request to this station without success. The original report stems from April 11, 1977 when the station was heard by a few Scandinavian listeners on 4915 in the 60 m.b. On April 11, 1977 the station was surprisingly booming in in the middle of downtown Turku (listen to the audio below). The only DXer I know of, reporting the station in April 1977 and who also received a QSL until now, is Johan Berglund (JBS) in Trollhättan, Sweden. Radio Amboró ended their transmissions on shortwave in the late 70’s but continued transmitting on 1250 AM at least up to 2008-2010 (still listed on that frequency in WRTH 2010, but might be incorrect old data). Nowadays, Radio Amboró is only active on 98.5 FM.
The station’s name probably refers to Amboró National Park is in the western part of the Department of Santa Cruz , at the “Elbow of the Andes”, where the eastern cordillera bends slightly westward from its northly course.
This low power station was logged in Lemmenjoki last October during LEM319. It suprisingly faded up over WOWO of Ft. Wayne IN with a clear ID just before starting a NBC newscast five minutes before before the top of the hour. Ray Diamond rapidly responded to my email with included audio mp3 and was surprised that the station has received so many reception reports from Finland recently! Thanks HN for the v/s info and thanks Ray for the confirmation.
KQQZ is licensed to the small city of De Soto some 30 miles south of St. Louis which is the station’s main market area and is the sister station to KZQZ St. Louis 1430. KQQZ carries a classic country format.
This rare Brazilian was heard in late January 2009 during the LEM274 together with Pertti Äyräs. After many inquiries I finally recently got a surprising e-mail from Leandro Comunelho of Rádio Tupanci transmitting on AM 1250. As we know, 1250 offers a lot of opportunities for new loggings from Brazil here in the Scandinavian region. Interestingly enough, during the years only R Globo, Vitória and R Metropolitana, Vespasiano, MG can be said to have been regularily heard here. Since the frequency holds almost 20 stations there is a lot of opportunities for new catches. Unfortunately, though, many of the stations carry religious network programming during the night hours here up in the north making it extremely difficult to get a local ID. In the case of R Tupanci I had the luck to catch a perfect TOH-ID (4 minutes after the hour) including call sign, station name, frequency, power as well as Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul”. As with stations from México, if one happens to hear an ID they usually contain so much information, beyond the station’s name, that the identification is quite easily made possible.
Says Leandro Comunelho: “Nossa emissora fica na cidade de Pelotas, interior do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a 260 kilometros da capital do estado, bem no sul do Brasil. Nossa programação tem como base o jornalismo informativo, futebol e musica. Na nossa grade de horarios temos programas de noticias (locais, estaduais, nacionais e internacionais), transmissão de jogos de futebol (aqui na cidade temos 3 clubes profissionais. Gremio Esportivo Brasil, Esporte Clube Pelotas e Gremio Atletico Farroupilha) e programas musicais (atendendo aos ouvites que solicitam musicas), também temos horarios de programação religiosa (foi o que o amigo ouviu quando da sintonia de nossa emissora)”.
A very nice confirmation was received yesterday from Fred Lark, the owner of KXLO Lewistown, MT transmitting on AM 1230. KXLO was heard last October in Lemmenjoki with a pretty good signal during our specific conditions towards the state of especially Montana.
Fred writes : “Wonderful to hear from you…..YES, that’s KXLO on your audio …. I use shortwave (hmmm. Ed.) from time to time. And, of course, you can always listen to our stream……on KXLO-KLCM.COM…..so remember you can tell your kids to listen in anytime anywhere, …yes, we have apps for your smart phones too. Many streams no longer can use the Java APP since providers are working toward other advances for listening/viewing on smart phone. I’ve a Bionic that does all I want, I understand Europe is far ahead of the US,….I also deal in satellite phones. If you ever get to America again, come on out to the Big Sky Country you’d love it, it’s cold, much snow, and mountains…something you should feel at home with!Keep on listening, it’s much appreciated. Take care, Be safe…….
WCHP on 760 is a quite commonly heard so called day timer station here in Scandinavia, especially during the autumn months when the station usually closes down around 21.15 UTC. I was lucky to hear the c/d of WCHP in 2011 and even more luck to get a confirmation from Terri Billiter, WCHP General Manager recently.
States Terri: “This confirms your reception of the WCHP 760AM signal.
It is amazing you heard that portion correctly word for word. I commend
you and your family for pursuing such impressive advanced educations. We
are a Christian formatted radio station and I urge you and your family
to seek the true wisdom that comes only from God and His son Jesus Christ.
John 3:16, Psalm 46:10”.
XEQIN La Voz del Valle in San Quintin, Baja California Norte on 1160 was a nice surprise when logged during the LEM274 pedition together with Pertti Äyräs in February 2009 around 13 UTC on 1160 without a sign of the frequency dominant KSL Salt Lake City.
San Quintín is a coastal town on the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California in the municipio of Ensenada som 300 km south of Tijuana.
The confirmation I received yesterday is thanks to Håkan Sundman (HS) who provided me with a fresh email-address. Thanks Håkan.
KULY Ulysses is a KS station heard a couple of times almost every season in Scandinavia despite the super dominants on 1420 such as WOC, KTOE, WHK etc. The station was heard several times during our LEM319 pedition last October giving its TOH ID “Your Home for Southwestern Kansas Real Country KULY Ulysses 14-20 AM”. Station Manager Bob Dale confirmed my audio clip. Thanks Bob!
A surprising X-mas present received a couple of hours ago in the form of a confirmation via Facebook on my reception of Sim Tupi 1590 in February 2012. At that time 1590 was totally dominated by this and R Restauracã0, Caruarú, PE. Under previous years, 1590 has not been a good frequency due to the DRM transmitter that used to be on on 1593. Fortunately this is now gone and the frequency is wide open for a variety of possibilities for new and nice catches.
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