R Globo Rondonia began it’s broadcasts in December 2012 and has been heard several times in Scandinavia since then. My own logging was made during the LEM330 pedition last February. A short email confirmed my reception.
1310 is an interesting frequency for DX towards Brazil since it holds almost 20 stations a major part of which has not yet been heard in our part of the world. Today the perhaps most common Brazilian station is R Cidade, Esperanca, PB.
CBN’s transmitter in Foz do Iguacu, Paraná on 1320 is heard every now and then but the dominating Brazilian stations on 1320 over the last yearshas been R Tropical, Curitiba PR and R Regional of Sobral, Ceará. Some days ago I received a confirmation of my report from February 2013. More than a dozen Brazilians still remain to be caught by Scandinavian DXers.
The city Foz de Iguazu is one of Brazil’s most-frequented tourist destinations. Most tourists are Brazilians and Argentines, but Canadians, Americans, British, Germans, Italians, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Chinese tourists are also numerous. The city has about 100 hotels and inns. The main attraction probably is the magnificent waterfalls Iguacazu Falls which is some three times bigger what comes to flow capacity than Niagara Fallas. Iguazu Falls is located at the border between Brazil (state of Paraná) and Argentina.
WCDT was heard during LEM319 last October with a nice signal and ID going like “Now playing a better variety of your favorite countries AM 13-40 WCDT”.
Karen Shetters kndly confirmed my report with a short email.
WKAM “La Mejor” transmitting from Goshen IN was heard during LEM294 in October 2010. The station faded up on this, usually by CJOY, KXNO and WHIC dominated frequency. The city of Goshen is the county seat of Elkhart County on the northern-most part of the state borders between Indiana and Michigan. The city is called “The Maple City”.
Sandra Mcmasters kindly verified my reception. Thanks Sandra!
Radio Bendita Trinidad was heard here in Borgå at my home QTH with strong signal during a good opening towards Bolivia on May 9, 2013. A total of six bolivians where noted. Similar cx was observed in Sweden (and Norway) but one day laterr, on May 10! On May 10 there were no signals to mention from Bolivia in the Southern parts of Finland. Interesting indeed! When I heard Bendita they were carrying the phone-in program “Saludos y Bendiciones”. A long email letter from the station’s big boss Mario Mujica was received in a day. Thanks to Henrik Klemetz (HK) for helping me to get this nice QSL.
From Mujicas letter one notes that Radio Bendita Trinidad Group has the following stations: La Paz-El Alto 1540 AM; Cochabamba 1480 AM; Stanta Cruz 1480 AM; Tarija 1480 AM; Montero 89.1 FM and Blanket 102.7 FM. It should be noticed, that 1480 carries three relay stations in three different cities. The station on 1480 has been heard in Sweden and Finland recently, but now it is unclear which transmitter site!
Radio Revolución, Palma Soriano (Santiago de Cuba) was heard over the more common cuban CMHW “Doble-W”) in Santa Clara on October 22, 2011. The frequency holds quite a few stations from the Caribbean and Latin America that have been audible in Scandinavia including also 4VEH, Haiti; R Nacional, Panamá; WXEW Yabucoa PR in addition to som rare stations from México. The frequency is normally dominated by R Bandeirantes and R Salta during cx from Brazil/La Plata and by the two listed Venezuelans.
Rádio Liberdade was surprisingly found when going through some audio files from LEM319 in October 2012. The station faded up with a simple “Rádio Liberdade AM 1500 kilohertz” and the ID was also verified by Pertti Äyräs and Jari Ruohomäki. Thanks boys!
The city of Cangucu is located some 300 km southwest of the State Capital Porto Alegre and some 50 km west of Pelotas and holds some 60.000 inhabitants.
This log was a real surprise, since 1500 holds a number of Brazilian stations that are commonly heard here up in the north such as Jacuípe, BA; Montanhesa, MG; Floresta, PA; Fraternidade, SP and Cumbica, SP. The frequency has, however, not given too many logs from Brazil during the last couple of years – maybe because of the state of the present solar cycle. Who knows.
It was satisfying to get a short confirmation from Rádio Liberdade in less than a day!
A surprising FB message arrived last week from Ms. Kenita Litter Kokkonen, residing in São Lepoldo, Rio Grande do Sul – a suburban to Porto Alegre and some 500 km away from Porto Lucena where Rádio Navegantes is located and presently transmitting on 1360 AM.
I heard R Navegantes in late November 1995 during LEM87 on 1590 AM and rapidly got a three page letter signed by Prof. Leo Miguel Weschenfelder – Diretor – confirming my reception. He mentioned that he will copy his letter to some people with Finnish origin living in Rio Grande do Sul.
In June 1996 I received a letter from São Leopoldo written by Ingve Einnar Kokkonen who expressed his happiness to have received a copy of my reception report to R Navegantes. He tells, among other things, about his grand parents, Henrik and Ida Kokkonen who moved from Finland to Brazil in 1910.
Kenita Litter Kokkonen who sent the FB message is the grand daugther of said Ingve Einnar Kokkonen who wrote me the letter 17 years ago. He was then 84! She tells that she found my letter to Radio Navegantes when she was cleaning drawers in the house where she is living with her mother and her brother! What a small world!!!
Tells Kenita:
“Olá Jan-Erik Osterholm! Sou Kenita Litter Kokkonnen, brasileira e estou te escrevendo, pois estava organizando minhas coisas em meu quarto, quando localizei sua carta enviada para “radio navegantes” de Porto Lucena-Brasil no ano de 1996. Meu avô veio criança da Finlândia juntamente com sua família e ficaram residindo em Porto Lucena, onde minha mãe e seus irmãos nasceram. Na época que você enviou a carta para rádio, a prefeitura local encaminhou a carta aos únicos finlandeses do município. Atualmente residimos eu, meus irmão e minha mãe, aqui em São Leopoldo, no mesmo Estado – Rio Grande do Sul, que fica a 30km de Porto Alegre (capital) e 500Km de Porto Lucena. Alguns parentes ainda estão em Porto Lucena e arredores. Fico grata pela sua atenção e espero continuar fazendo contato.
Um grande abraço!”
Muito obrigado Kenita para o contato surpreendente!!!
Rádio Frequencia was surprisingly fading up with a “Rádio Frequencia News 1380 kilohertz” ID on late October 2011 in Lemmenjoki. The frequency is a gold mine with quite a big number of stations that have never been heard in Scandinavia. The stations transmits from Garopaba, a beach side Santa Catarina city, that has been completely changed since the 1970s when it was a small fisherman town. Today Garopaba offers nice hotels and many first class beaches.
Thanks – Muito Obrigado to Bel Cristini for a rapid confirmation and to Pertti Äyräs and Jari Ruomomäki for checking my audio file.
Radio Monumental transmitting from Chaco-i/Asunción is a fairly new station beginning broadcasting on November 1, 2010. I managed to hear the station in October 2011 with a relatively stable signal but of course heavily splashed by EU-stations. The frequency 1080 is a difficult one what comes to hearing stations from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. By far the most common South American stations to be heard on this frequency in Scandinavia are the Venezuelans R Barcelona and R Venezuela of Maracay followed by the Colombians R Eco, Cali and R Autentica, Villavicencio.
R Monumental is transmitting 24 hours a day with a varying program format. Some of the station’s key persons are Carlos Baez, Luis Bareiro, Ruben Rodriguez, Kike Casanova, Oscar Acosta and Menchi Barriocanal.
After a couple of email reports I finally got a short confirmation of my reception of R Monumental via Facebook.
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