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.
WDNO AM 960 is transmitting from Quebradillas(-Camuy), Puerto Rico. Quebradillas is known as “La Guarida del Pirata” (the pirate’s hideout) and “La Ciudad del Cooperativismo” (the cooperativism city). This town derives its name from the large amount of streams that run through the town. The name literally means “small streams”. Quebradillas is bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of San Sebastiánl; east of Isabela; and west of Camuy.
WDNO – 960 AM Solo Escúchanos – has surprisingly been heard several times by listeners in Norway, Sweden and Finland during the last few years. The station has a non-directional pattern and according to WRTH transmitting 1/1.7 kW. The pattern is a plus for skips to make it all the way up north but the power is rather low on such a low AM frequency. Maybe the solar maximum has helped.
On November 4, 2013 during LEM333 I was able to hear WDNO during the nearly only reasonable opening towards the Caribbean and Orinoco during two weeks. The higher than normal proton levels effectively blocked interference from US/Canada so no sign of frequency dominants such as, e.g., WEAV Plattsburgh NY. During the same period also WOSO San Juan 1030 was heard without WBZ interference and WLRP San Sebastián 1460 with no sign of e.g. Colombian Nuevo Continente.
A short email confirmation was rapidly received from WDNO signed by Kitzi J. Díaz Ríos, Asistente Administrativo. Gracias Kitzi!!
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 Pertti Äyräs’ and my best LEM-pedition ever January 24-February 7, 2009 we had absolutely excellent condition on, e.g., January 31, 2009 towards the Caribbean and Central America with stations such as HOXO La Voz del Isthmo 760, Jamaica 700 and 720, St. Vincent 700, CBC R 900 Barbados etc etc. On 860 I heard a station with carrying programming in Papiament0 and it was of course Z86 in Willemstad, Curacao.
Since I got no ID but the signal was relatively strong I have saved the audio file in my UNID-folders. Håkan Sundman recently got an answer from Z86 from David Clementina so I sent David an mp3 audio of what I heard on January 31, 2009. He immediately confirmed my hearing as Z86.
Unfortunately I heard this before Curacao became independent (October 10, 2010) so I cannot count it as a new radio country for myself. But a nice station to add to the collection.
Thanks Håkan and especially David!!!
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!”
WOSO San Juan PR on 1030 has been a heavily hunted PR-station for several decades by Scandinavian listeners. On November 4, 2013 it was heard in Lemmenjoki with the TOH-id “This is WOSO Radio in San Juan” before CBS News at 0200 UTC. Otherwise carrying ESPN at least for a couple of hours when fading up and down on the frequency without a sign of WBZ on de 280 degree wire. Pekka Kostiainen heard WOSO in Kuopio one hour earlier and as far as I know this must be the first logging of WOSO in Finland. Gert Nilsson heard the station in Sweden in late October and Hannu Niilekselä again in Lemmenjoki in mid November, i.e., ca one week ago. Kurt Norlin in Skellefteå, Sweden appears to have the first QSL from WOSO in Scandinavia, dating back to 1991.
A radpid confirmation of my report was received from WOSO via Facebook. My PR QSL #50.
Lake Kuivajärvi, Lemmenjoki at 4 p.m. November 3, 2013.
My absence from this site for a couple of weeks is due to the fact that I was spending 11 days in Lemmenjoki hunting for something new. Unfortunately the proton level remained above normal during the whole period which made loggings from North America almost impossible. The cx was constantly pushed down south to the southern parts of Brazil and some La Plata as well. The by far best usable antenna during this period was the 255 beverage. With the exception of a rather good opening towards the Caribbean and Orinoco on November 4 and a nice opening towards Perú on Novemebr 13 on the 280 degree beverage the 255 wire was in constant use recording more southerly stations. Some nice loggings from November 4 can be mentioned: the PR-stations WDNO 960, WOSO 1030 and WLRP. So far identified, for me new peruvians, from the 13.11 opening are Chami R, Otuzco 1140, R Líder Cajamarca 970 and R Moderna, Lima 930.
For more detailed description of what happened during LEM333 and LEM334 look at http://www.tapiokalmi.net/~kn1460/dx/lem/.
XEFU “La Voz Amiga” was heard in Lemmenjoki on 630 in October 2010 during LEM294 fading up with a nice jingle over a bunch of NA’s including CFCO for some minutes. After several attempts, I finally got a confirmation from the station manager Roberto C. Lima Rizado. Gracias Roberto! Several years ago I heard XEJB in Guadalajara on this channel at a time when Norway’s superpower was still alive on the channel!
KCTA was first logged here in Finland by LEM115 in late December 1997 by Jim Solatie. The station has been heard since every now and then but is by no means an easy catch do to the fact that it is limited in its broadcasting hours. It must protect the Class A station on the frequency, WBZ Boston, from interference. KCTA is only allowed to broadcast during local daytime daytime hours. Not only WBZ makes the frequency tricky, so does KTWO Casper WY. I managed to catch KCTA with Christian programming in Spanish in Lemmenjoki on October 20, 2010. Despite many tries I have not until now managed to receive a confirmation until a couple of days ago when my mp3 audio bwas verified with a Facebook message.
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