Subj: NRC IDXD VOL62-11a Date: 94-12-02 09:34:35 EST From: JimRenfrew To: PlsBCBDXER To: wfunkenhauser@cs1.conestogac.on.ca To: MarkWA1ION, jburnell@kean.ucs.mun.ca To: whitt_s@bt-web.bt.co.uk To: bc@lexicon.com To: mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve To: rmcvicar@mhs.hcjb.com.ec To: moore@acc.mcrest.edu To: kmacharg@mhs.hcjb.com.ec, TomBeaton To: djms@bear.com CC: 70614.3561@compuserve.com CC: DPHT10A@prodigy.com CC: bjohn@master.ceat.okstate.edu CC: bige@trackman.win.net CC: 73564.203@compuserve.com CC: fnordqui@erc.cat.syr.edu CC: hightext@delphi.com CC: fybush@world.std.com CC: Dave.Onley@p5.f725.n636.z3.fidonet.org CC: bwink@galstar.com ** The following is the electronic version of "International DX Digest" ** which appears 30 times each year in "DX News", the 62 year old publication ** of the National Radio Club. For subscription and other information about ** the NRC please write to DX News Subscription Center, P.O. Box 118, ** Poquonock, CT 06064-0118 USA. ** ** Annual subscriptions (US funds only, please) ** USA: $24.00 new subscriber, $22.00 renewals ** Canada: $25.00 new subscriber, $23.00 renewals ** Mexico/Caribbean: $29.00 new subscriber, $27.00 renewals ** All other countries: $36.00 new subscriber, $34.00 renewals ** ** Items appearing in IDXD may be reprinted in other hobby publications ** provided that the original reporter or publication is credited. We ** also recommend that the date or issue number be noted. **** Release date: December 2, 1994 **** (Sent in 4 parts, concludes with Report from Cuba) After a long Thanksgiving break, we're back with the biggest, budget-busting edition of IDXD ever. Lots of reporters heard Radio Vision Cristiana's scheduled test, although there was no evidence that it was a test! Lots of TP loggings this week. I now have an e-mail contact in Australia to expedite the sharing of Australia/New Zealand/Pacific station news. Thanks, Dave Onley, for getting in touch. Welcome to IDXD, as well, to Ron Musco. Cesar Objio wonders if I can receive reports via FAX? Not at this time, Cesar, but perhaps one of our readers in the northeast can volunteer to receive your Faxes and then send them on to me, which would be much quicker than if mailed direct from Santo Domingo. If you are willing to do this, contact Cesar at Calle Enrique Henriquez 69, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1-809-687-3597 evenings). Don't forget, the HCJB 690 Test in December may be your best chance to log Ecuador! December IDXD Sunday deadlines are DEC 4, DEC 11 and DEC 18. The last one is two weeks ahead of the Topeka deadline because I will be on vacation DEC 25 - JAN 1, and I will have to send the column in one week early. Please follow the format below as exactly as you can, it saves me a lot of time at the keyboard when you do. Please note, y'all, that COLOMBIA is spelled this way, not "COLUMBIA". TRANS-PACIFIC DX 657 NORTH KOREA Pyongyang, NOV 21 1510 - Fair to good with woman speaking, much repetition, sounded like political harangue. [Woods-OR] 738 TAHITI RFI, NOV 12 1115 - Poor, man in FF talk program, great het, poor audio. [Axelrod-MB] 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, NOV 13 1304 - Poor, bits of JJ talk, good with het, new! [Axelrod-MB] 774 JAPAN JOUB Akita, NOV 22 1505 - Sign-off with piano-like music; about one minute of open carrier. Nothing readable on frequency after carrier went off. [Woods-OR] 783t RUSSIA Tavrichamka FE, NOV 21 1442 - Fair to good with man speaking RR. Also heard 1501 with classical music. Presumed to be Tavrichamka, with 1000 kW, per WRTH. [Woods-OR] 855t NORTH KOREA Sangwon, NOV 21 1503 - Fair with martial music, followed by woman speaking Asian language. [Woods-OR] 873 JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto, NOV 13 1304 - poor, bits of JJ talk with good het, new! [Axelrod-MB] 954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo, NOV 21 1526 - Good with pop music and fast JJ talk. [Woods-OR] 1008 NEW ZEALAND 1ZD Tauranga, NOV 13 1238 - Fair, man in accented EE, commercial and or announcements. [Axelrod-MB] 1134 UNID, NOV 22 1535 - Fair signal with man speaking unID language over JOQR, Tokyo. Also heard at 1548 with instrumental music. Faded out by 1600. Maybe Philippines. [Woods-OR] 1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD Emerald, NOV 13 1330 - Fair, man and woman in accented EE with news, only second time heard here. [Axelrod-MB] 1557 UNID, NOV 13 1336 - Very poor talk in ?? language that didn't sound like EE or JJ. [Axelrod-MB] (how about Martian? - Jim) Shawn speaks: "What a weekend! The first trip to Valhalla Beach was a great two days. Besides all of these great catches I had hets from Europe on 702, 738, 747, 757 (756? - Jim), 765, 783, 1008, 1026, 1035 and 1044; from the Pacific on 702, 756, 765, 774, 783, 828, 837, 846, 855, 864, 1026, 1035, 1044 and 1206. All of this and the best opening on longwave in all of the years I have been DXing. It was great, but which het to try first? Oh well, I don't want to hear them all and have no targets left!" TRANS-ATLANTIC DX 153 GERMANY DLF Donebach, NOV 13 0250 - Poor, light music and woman in GG talk, new. [Axelrod-MB] 153 ALGERIA RDA Bechar, NOV 12 2308 - Great het with fair audio including Arabic or Middle Eastern music, only second time heard in 8 years. [Axelrod- MB] 162 FRANCE RFI Allouis, NOV 11 2330 - Poor, music program, much weaker than NOV 13 log. NOV 13 0300 - Good, music program with woman talking in FF. [Axelrod-MB] 171 MOROCCO RMI Nador, NOV 13 0349 - Good, classical music, man singing in FF, woman in FF, new. [Axelrod-MB] 198 ENGLAND Radio 4 Droitwich, NOV 11 2333 - Poor, man and woman with British accent talking about the BBC. [Axelrod-MB] 234 LUXEMBOURG RTL Junglinster, NOV 13 0400 - Very poor, some FF audio and music in big mess of beacons, new. [Axelrod-MB] 252 IRELAND Atlantic 252 Clarkestown, NOV 12 2320 - Poor, popular music in EE. lots of beacon interference but managed to squeeze it out on LSB, new, first Ireland station! [Axelrod-MB] 531 ALGERIA R. Algerienne, Ain El Beida, NOV 12 2332 - Very poor, good het on 530 and bits of AA audio, new. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 20 0304 - AA music (// 549) mixed with SS talk; fair with some slop from Mass. Turnpike TIS / CIAO mix on 530. [Connelly-MA] 531 SPAIN, NOV 25 0152 - SS teletalk // 621, 774; fair over others. [Connelly-MA] 549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, NOV 20 0303 - AA talk, then male vocal with violins & drums; loud - getting by CFNB. NOV 25 0206 - AA talk by man, then modern AA music; monster signal (trashing CFNB), audio was clearer than // 891. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0032 - group AA vocal; good, stronger than the 550 domestics. [Connelly*H-MA] 603 SPAIN Sevilla / Palencia, NOV 25 0149 - SS teletalk // 621, 774. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0043 - fast SS talk by man; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 17 0517 - man in AA; fair. [Connelly-MA] NOV 21 0106 - Excellent even in full 6 khz bandwidth! AA vocals by man & talk by a woman. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0045 - bits of AA music; poor. [Connelly*H-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS Santa Cruz de Tenerife, NOV 10 2336 - SS talk. NOV 17 0515 - fast-talk SS news; good. NOV 22 2248 - SS talk by man & woman; good. NOV 25 0144 - SS teletalk; huge S9+30 (even stronger than Algeria-891). NOV 27 2359 - SS talk, music. NOV 28 0405 - woman in SS; good. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0047 - old-time vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 639 SPAIN La Coruna, NOV 17 0457 - SS radio drama; good. [Connelly-MA] 648 unID, NOV 20 0306 - jumble with possible SS & AA. [Connelly-MA] 684 SPAIN Sevilla, NOV 27 0058 - Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes"; excellent with WRKO phased. NOV 27 0652 - man in SS; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 711 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 20 0306 - bits of AA talk in WOR slop. [Connelly- MA] 738 SPAIN Barcelona, NOV 17 0520 - SS talk in CHCM/WJIB slop with CBL phased. [Connelly-MA] 747 CANARY ISLANDS RNE-5 Las Palmas, NOV 12 2343 - Fair, SS singing and talk, new. First Canaries station! [Axelrod-MB] 747 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, NOV 18 0508 - fast SS talk over others. [Connelly-MA] 747 HOLLAND Flevoland, NOV 26 0117 - Good with U.S. music including Dream Weaver, Young American and There Goes My Heart Again. Several Radio Flevoland IDs. [Beaton-MA] 756 SPAIN Bilbao, NOV 17 0523 - SS talk & interspersed music; good - no trace of Germany. NOV 24 0523 - SS talk; to good peak. [Connelly-MA] 756 GERMANY/SPAIN, NOV 17 0508 - GG music over/under SS talk. NOV 20 0255 - Germany with jazz over/under Spain with SS talk & ballad. [Connelly-MA] 765 SENEGAL Dakar, NOV 10 2339 - Koran-type preaching; loud. NOV 11 2221 - chanting. [Connelly-MA] NOV 26 2112 - African-language talk by man & woman; to good peak, strongest TA at the time (auroral conditions). [Connelly*H-MA] 765 SWITZERLAND Sottens, NOV 18 0509 - man in FF; in WABC slop. NOV 20 0257 - classical music; excellent. [Connelly-MA] NOV 26 0101 - Good with FF talk & classical piano music. [Beaton-MA] 774 SPAIN synchros., NOV 17 0526 - SS talk by man & woman; fair to good. NOV 20 0308 - blues vocal // 855; good. NOV 25 0140 - light ballad, then female SS talk; good, over AA station. NOV 28 0404 - woman in SS; poor to fair. [Connelly-MA] 792 SPAIN Sevilla, NOV 10 0504 - SS talk by man; to good peak. [Connelly-MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, NOV 17 0529 - woman in SS; dominant. NOV 20 0318 - fast SS talk over music station (maybe Azores). [Connelly-MA] NOV 22 2247 - woman in SS; fair. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0718 - man & woman in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 855 SPAIN Murcia et al., NOV 17 0531 - R. Nacional ID, man & woman in SS; loud. NOV 20 0308 - blues music // 774; fair through WEEI slop. NOV 24 0450 - SS showtune / light opera female vocal; very good with WEEI phased. [Connelly-MA] 882 CANARY ISLANDS La Laguna, NOV 20 0313 - woman in SS, in WCBS slop. NOV 24 0447 - man in SS; atop BBC, WCBS phased. [Connelly-MA] 891 ALGERIA Algiers, NOV 11 0111 - modern AA rock-influenced music with flutes, drums, & guitar; loud. Domestic QRM was minimal. NOV 11 2218 - drum music beating back WBMA. NOV 17 0536 - guitar music, then AA talk; good. NOV 18 0513 - Koranic male vocal; excellent. NOV 23 0524 - instrumental version of "Hotel California", then man & woman in AA with morning drivetime banter. Big signal, // 549. [Connelly-MA] NOV 26 0047 - Great with AA pop type music by a man. [Beaton-MA] 954 SPAIN Madrid, NOV 17 0537 - man in SS; excellent. NOV 20 0314 - SS talk; fair. NOV 25 0208 - fair with Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond duet "You Don't Send Me Flowers Anymore". [Connelly-MA] 963 PORTUGAL Seixal, NOV 25 0209 - PP talk; poor in mix with others. [Connelly-MA] 999 SPAIN Madrid, NOV 11 0118 - woman in SS; to good (S9+20) peak. NOV 18 0515 - excited SS talk. NOV 23 0517 - woman in SS; excellent. NOV 25 0210 - SS talk, atop Morocco. [Connelly-MA] 1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 11 2319 - AA violin music; excellent S9+25. [Connelly-MA] NOV 20 2327 - Excellent even in full bandwidth! Man in AA vocals with applause after each song. [Beaton-MA] 1044 SPAIN San Sebastian, NOV 27 0610 - SS news; to good peaks. [Connelly*H- MA] 1062 DENMARK Kalundborg, NOV 18 0516 - soft rock with EE lyrics; good. [Connelly-MA] 1071 unID, NOV 18 0518 - FF or SS; too much CBA QRM. [Connelly-MA] 1107 SPAIN, NOV 28 0416 - fast SS talk. [Connelly-MA] 1134 SPAIN, NOV 23 0251 - man in SS; fair. [Connelly-MA] 1215 ENGLAND Virgin R., NOV 23 0302 - EE news headlines, then "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson; fair to good with WGMP phased. [Connelly-MA] 1296 SPAIN Valencia, NOV 10 0438 - fast SS talk over others. [Connelly-MA] 1305 SPAIN, NOV 19 0503 - man in SS over other station. [Connelly-MA] 1314 SPAIN, NOV 10 0440 - SS talk; poor. [Connelly-MA] 1314 NORWAY Kvitsoy, NOV 17 0545 - C&W-style NN vocal; poor. NOV 18 0520 - opera-like vocal with string accompaniment, then woman in NN; excellent. [Connelly-MA] 1349 MAURITANIA Nouakchott, NOV 27 2130 - bits of music, screamer het against 1350 domestics. [Connelly*H-MA] 1359 SPAIN Arganda, NOV 10 0443 - energetic SS group vocal music; good. This one is inconsistent: it's strong some nights and weak (or absent) on other nights having propagation that is not otherwise noticeably different. [Connelly-MA] 1375 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON, NOV 10 0445 - FF talk by man & woman; like a local. [Connelly-MA] 1413 SPAIN, NOV 10 0446 - SS talk by man, then music; audio was "mushy". [Connelly-MA] 1422 ALGERIA Algiers, NOV 10 0447 - AA vocal; poor. [Connelly-MA] 1467 FRANCE Roumoules, NOV 11 2308 - US-accented EE Bible discussion, then a hymn; signal popped up out of the slop and hit strong peak. [Connelly-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA Duba, NOV 11 2256 - AA male vocal. NOV 26 2120 - AA vocal; poor in slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 1530 VATICAN, NOV 21 0313 - In well with musical interval signal than talk by man & lady in an unknown langauge. // 5882. [Beaton-MA] 1544 CLANDESTINE (ALGERIA or MOROCCO), NOV 26 2123 - male AA vocal; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 1566 AZORES Vila do Porto, NOV 26 2058 - briefly good with "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Bros. [Connelly*H-MA] 1566 TUNISIA Sfax, NOV 22 2235 - man in AA; fair. [Connelly-MA] 1575 SPAIN, NOV 10 0457 - SS news // 1584; poor. There was a second station running tone tests at times (maybe Italy). NOV 19 0500 - pips, news by woman in SS // 1584; poor to fair. [Connelly-MA] 1584 SPAIN, NOV 10 0458 - SER net SS news // 1575; fair. NOV 19 0500 - pips, SS news // 1575; fair. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0620 - woman in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 1611 VATICAN, NOV 11 0450 - Slavic-sounding talk; good, over GKR1 utility station. [Connelly-MA] NOV 21 0322 - Throwing a big het on 1610. Choir like music than talk by a man in an unknown langauge into interval signal. [Beaton- MA] 1612 NORWAY LGB Rogaland, NOV 13 0430 - Fair, beacon in code, new! [Axelrod- MB] 1612.5 ENGLAND GKR1, WIck R., NOV 12 2230 - Good, beacon in code, new! [Axelrod-MB] 1619 NETHERLANDS PCH Ijmviden, NOV 13 0337 - Good, beacon in code. [Axelrod- MB] Tom speaks: "Does anyone know the location of the following beacons on or close to 1611 - GKR1 and LYQ8. Also PCH on approx 1618 ? I realize this isn't the beacons unlimited club. I'm just curious as I hear them in fairly regularly." NRC IDXD Vol61-11 (part 2) PAN-AMERICAN DX 526 BAHAMAS ZLS Stella Maris, NOV 23 0509 - Haven't heard this beacon from Rochester in a while, but here it was loud and clear with code IDs. [Renfrew*MD] NOV 27 0420 - And when I got back home, there it was with code IDs! [Renfrew-NY] NOV 27 0545 - ZLS (modulated CW) beacon; huge, at least 30 dB louder than ever heard at home. [Connelly*H-MA] 535 TURKS & CAICOS RVC, OCT 31 0800 - Good over slop from nulled CIAO-530 with CPC Test. Sounded much like their usual programming; SS gospel music noted from tune-in at 0745 until EE ID at 0800 "Broadcasting from Patterson, New Jersey by satellite to the world, this is WWRV New York 1330 AM, with Radio Vision Cristiana International, 535 AM South Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies". No mention of DX Test in ID, no tones or code IDs. [Brooker-ON] NOV 21 0200 - SS religious programming and IDs in SS. No tones or IDs, did test run at scheduled time? [Reiser-IL] NOV 21 0700-0800 - I ran a tape on the supposed "DX test" but it just seemed to be normal programming. SS religion was broken up by SS & EE ID's at the top of the hour. Signal was huge/local-like. [Connelly-MA] NOV 21 0853 - I just happened to try 535 last Monday morning and had some audio for a few minutes. Then I got DXN #7 and read that R.V.C. had been scheduled for a DX text then. I'd guessed it might have been they, but had nothing identifiable. Anyway, in case they really did, and anyone cares that the signal got as far as Victoria, BC, here's a short report. Weak audio for a few minutes, looping SE; just above the noise level. Music and voice, possibly SS at times. 0853-0856, then faded. Should make it on a better reception night. [Scrimgeour-BC] NOV 24 0146 - Excellent with a church or faith healing service with a lady sobbing while several men were yelling HALLELUJAH. In fact, I heard so many HALLELUJAHS my ears are still ringing! Full ID at 0200. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 2132 - SS religious music; like a local around sunset. [Connelly*H-MA] 540 MEXICO XEWA Monterrey, NOV 23 0400 - Heard through CJSB and CBEF with clear announcement, "XEWA presento ...". [Renfrew*MD] NOV 27 0700 - "X-E-W- A" ID, much fanfare; mixed with WGTO "WGT" Pine Hills, FL. [Connelly*H-MA] 550 CUBA CMAA Pinar del Rio, NOV 23 0136 - In good with a baseball game in progress. Several Radio Rebelde IDs . // 600. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0548 - Rebelde // 670; good, atop Jamaica. [Connelly*H-MA] 550 JAMAICA Montego Bay, NOV 27 0540 - "Number One" jingle, then soul ballad // 580; atop 2 SS stations. [Connelly*H-MA] 555 ST. KITTS Basseterre ZIZ, NOV 10 2335 - accented EE talk by woman. [Connelly-MA] NOV 21 2232 - Outstanding! with The Nations Weather Report,Bulletin Board and very detailed funeral service announcements. [Beaton-MA] NOV 23 0512 - Heard with Carib-accented EE talk, thought they signed off earlier than this. Country #19 from this old DX location of mine. [Renfrew*MD] NOV 27 0031 - loud with Caribbean EE talk about reggae music. [Connelly*H-MA] NOV 27 2357 - end of program "Focus on the Americas"; good. [Connelly-MA] 570 CUBA, NOV 27 0548 - R. Reloj program; loud / dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] 580 JAMAICA Galina, NOV 27 0540 - "Number One" jingle, then soul ballad // 550; atop mess. [Connelly*H-MA] 580 PUERTO RICO, WKAQ San Juan, NOV 27 0637 - WKAQ jingle, ID "W-K-A-Q Radio Reloj", SS news; good / dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] 582a CUBA, NOV 27 0528 - Rebelde // 670, 710, etc. with lively Latin American music. [Connelly*H-MA] 590 PANAMA RPC Radio, Chitre, NOV 3 0517 - With a program celebrating 91 years of independence from Colombia, and then local music heard. [Objio-DR] 600 VENEZUELA R. Mundial, Cumana, NOV 3 0327 - IDing, with pop music. [Objio-DR] 600 CUBA CMKA Urbano Noris, NOV 23 0143 - // 550. Excellent sig with a baseball game ongoing. The score was 0-0. Radio Rebelde IDs. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0447 - Rebelde // 710 with a reggae-influenced SS group vocal with refrain "Hey Margarina". Loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 600 COLOMBIA, HJHJ Barranquilla, NOV 27 0638 - SS mentions of "Colombiano" and "Barranquilla" under dominant Cuban. [Connelly*H-MA] 620 CUBA Colon, NOV 27 0641 - R. Rebelde program // 600; excellent with no trace of domestics. [Connelly*H-MA] 630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN San Juan, NOV 27 0642 - Puerto Rican teletalk show in SS, local news / weather items, "Cadena" jingle; rolling over WPRO. [Connelly*H-MA] 640 CUBA, NOV 24 0216 - In good with SS ballads by man with guitar. Radio Progresso ID. There also was cuckoo clock, Big Ben type chimes and morse code heard. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0519 - R. Progreso // 660, 740, others; excellent with festive Afro-Cuban SS vocals. [Connelly*H-MA] 640 GUADELOUPE Arnouville, NOV 24 0458 - man in FF over/under CBN's classical music; both over SS station & Spain-639 het. [Connelly-MA] 640 VENEZUELA, YVQO Puerto la Cruz, NOV 27 0650 - "Mil Noventa" & "CNN" slogans, Banco Provincial ad, news in SS; over Cuba. [Connelly*H-MA] 650 COLOMBIA, HJKH Bogota, NOV 27 0518 - some great accordion music with folkish SS male vocal (similar to the Mexican nortena / ranchera styles), ID "Antena Dos"; over others. [Connelly*H-MA] 660 unID, probably ST. LUCIA, NOV 27 0057 - preacher in EE; mixing with SS station with WFAN phased. [Connelly*H-MA] 660 CUBA Santa Clara, NOV 27 0513 - R. Progreso ID, SS talk // 740; destroying WFAN! [Connelly*H-MA] 670 VENEZUELA YVLL Caracas, NOV 21 0140 - Excellent with LA music and Notirumbos IDs. // 9660. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0052 - Caracas phone numbers, SS talk about hospitals, mentions of a "Ciudad de la Esperanza" (Hope City, maybe a charitable organization). Loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 670 CUBA Arroyo Arenas, NOV 27 0508 - Rebelde // 600, 710 with song "Viva La Mujer" (Long Live Woman), then SS talk, Rebelde jingle & spoken ID; loud over others. [Connelly*H-MA] 680 PUERTO RICO WAPA San Juan, NOV 3 0140 - With a baseball game between San Juan and ??? [Objio-DR] NOV 27 0101 - tentative, sounded like "Wapa" jingle, behind nulled WRKO. [Connelly*H-MA] 680 CUBA Ciego de Avila, NOV 27 0652 - Rebelde // 670 noted with festive Latin American music; signal well u/ WRKO, but clearly audible. [Connelly*H- MA] 690 CUBA Jovellanos, NOV 27 0503 - The so-called "jammer" appears to be the Progreso outlet here. A very bad AC hum rides along on the audio and it seems to vary a bit under modulation, as noted with the receiver's BFO on. Progreso ID // 740 was heard. [Connelly*H-MA] 690 ANGUILLA University Network, NOV 3 0511 - With religious talk. [Objio- DR] NOV 21 0151 - Good with the Dr. Gene Scott show. The jammer was nulled enough for good copy. [Beaton-MA] (see CUBA 690 above - Jim) 690 COLOMBIA R. Deportes de Caracol, Bogota, NOV 3 0338 - IDed this way between pop music selections. [Objio-DR] 700 JAMAICA Montego Bay, NOV 27 0453 - This rose atop atop the SS Latins with Caribbean-accented announcer who said "Having fun on the radio magic" and then played dancehall reggae / rap. To good peaks. This should answer questions as to where this station "went to". [Connelly*H-MA] (Yes, it's there, but not as dominant as it has been in past years - Jim) 705 ST. VINCENT (t), NOV 27 0655 - carrier in slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 710 CUBA, R. Rebelde, NOV 21 2348 - Good with ballad music by a woman. // 670. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0447 - Rebelde // 600 with a reggae-influenced SS "Hey Margarina" song. Massive signal completely burying WOR. [Connelly*H-MA] 716a unID, NOV 27 0446 - raspy AC-modulated carrier. [Connelly*H-MA] 720 CUBA R. Rebelde, Cienfuegos, NOV 12 0100 - Poor with man in SS talk about Cuba and LA music, new. [Axelrod-MB] 720 VENEZUELA YVQE Porlamar, NOV 12 0102 - Fair, overriding Rebelde with SS talk and possible news, R. Oriente ID, first Venezuelan heard since 1987, new for me. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 27 0445 - Radio Oriente ID, uptempo dance-type SS vocal well over CHTN, others. [Connelly*H-MA] 730 MEXICO, XEX Mexico City, NOV 27 0702 - old-fashioned SS music, "Equis eh Equis" ID, over WPAL (SC), a reggae station, & probable HJCU with CKAC phased. [Connelly*H-MA] 730 unID, NOV 27 0702 - reggae music in jumble; maybe Trinidad & Tobago here. [Connelly*H-MA] 740 CUBA, NOV 27 0440 - R. Progreso ID over other SS Latin Americans. [Connelly*H-MA] 740 unID, NOV 27 0712 - SS religious talk with soft music in the background; Numerous South American, Caribbean, & Central American stations are possible. Signal got buried by others before ID time. [Connelly*H-MA] 740 BRAZIL, ZYH446 Salvador, NOV 27 0713 - PP talk with names like "Joao"; briefly over SS stations, CHCM remnants, & growl on east wire; hopelessly buried by SS stations on south wire. [Connelly*H-MA] 750 VENEZUELA, YVKS Caracas, NOV 10 2338 - Venezuela news by woman in SS, food commercial, then ID "Radio Caracas Radio"; loud. [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0109 - "Radio Caracas Radio" ID, news by woman; local-like. [Connelly*H-MA] 750 COLOMBIA HJDK Medellin, NOV 12 0255 - Fair, faded up with SS talk and Caracol IDs. [Axelrod-MB] 760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ Barranquilla, NOV 3 0147 - With a beauty contest. [Objio- DR] NOV 11 0047 - SS sports report or game, announcer screamed "Goooooal!". [Connelly-MA] NOV 27 0111 - energetic Colombian folk music // 770; over jumble. [Connelly*H-MA] 760 CUBA R. Reloj, NOV 13 0100 - Fair, usual format with SS talk and code IDs on the minute. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 27 0109 - R. Reloj code "RR's" in a multiple-station mess. NOV 27 0541 - Reloj atop Colombia. [Connelly*H-MA] 770t MEXICO XEQRV Veracruz, NOV 13 *1202-1204 - Mexican National Anthem and opening announcement by man in which I heard "Veracruz" twice and I think I heard "QRV" and "La Costerita" (slogan according to the IRCA Mexican Log). Lost signal quickly and have not been able to hear it again. [Lazarus-LA] (Hmmm, I thought my recent logging during WABC's silent period may have been this one, but it seems they may not be 24 hours, as shown in WRTH-94 - Jim) 770 COLOMBIA, HJJX Bogota, NOV 27 0111 - uptempo Colombian folk music // 760; good, often over WABC. [Connelly*H-MA] 780 VENEZUELA YVMN Coro, NOV 22 0213 - Good with SS pop music. Radio Coro ID. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0435 - R. Coro ID, jazzy Latin American music; at monster level, annihilating CFDR's groundwave. [Connelly*H-MA] 780 unID, probably BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, NOV 28 0021 - non-stop mellow soul vocals atop for about 10 minutes, then lost to R. Coro & CFDR. [Connelly*H- MA] 790 BARBADOS VOB, NOV 3 0340 - Talk on the telephone with listeners, accent unmistakenly that of the Lesser Antilles. [Objio-DR] 800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Bonaire, NOV 12 0400 - SS religious programming. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 25 0305 - Excellent over CJAD & CKLW. Entertaining SS announcer played socca and romantic music than read mail from listeners and thanked them for their donations. Most of the mail came from Cuba. There were several Radio Transmundial IDs. He signed off at 0400. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0115 - R. Transmundial SS religion; strong. [Connelly*H-MA] 800 MEXICO XEROK Cd. Juarez, NOV 12 0400 - Lively Mexican music over PJB. [Axelrod-MB] 810 COLOMBIA HJCY Bogota, NOV 13 0230 - Poor, LA music, SS talk and Caracol ID under CKJS, new for me. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 27 0117 - loud with CARACOL network sports coverage, a Colombian futbol team vs. a Venezuelan club. [Connelly*H-MA] 820 VENEZUELA, YVXG Coro, NOV 28 0033 - "Little Jeannie" by Elton John, then SS song, followed by R. Guadalupana jingle & ID; GREAT signal! [Connelly-MA] 830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS Basseterre, NOV 27 0119 - EE preacher; very good, atop Venezuelan & Colombian stations. [Connelly*H-MA] 840 CUBA CMHW Santa Clara, NOV 12 0150 - Fair, LA music, SS talk mentions of Cuba, under WHAS, new. [Axelrod-MB] 850 COLOMBIA R. Recuerdos, Bogota, NOV 3 0152 - IDing, with old songs, as its name says "Memory Radio". [Objio-DR] 860 VENEZUELA R. Enlace, Valle de Pascua, NOV 4 0354 - "Radio Enlace, ocho Sesenta, complace a toda hora". [Objio-DR] 860 VENEZUELA R. Mundial, San Cristobal, NOV 3 0508 - A lot of ads, ID as "Mundial 860". 700 km from Valle de Pascua. [Objio-DR] 870 COLOMBIA, HJSB Barranquilla, NOV 27 0129 - CARACOL sporting event coverage // 810; loud, blowing away WLAM. [Connelly*H-MA] 880 VENEZUELA, YVKV Caracas (t), NOV 27 0131 - Caracas ads over/under other SS station that was likely YVYM. WCBS phased. [Connelly*H-MA] 880 VENEZUELA, YVYM Puerto Ordaz, NOV 27 0725 - R. Mundial ID, fast SS dance music; good with WCBS nulled. [Connelly*H-MA] 885 MONTSERRAT Plymouth ZJB , NOV 25 2123 - Good. Caught end of report on how different world currencies fared today than Community Values- A special service for non-profit organizations. It told about different events going on in the area. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0234 - soca & calypso music sometimes getting through the WCBS/Venezuela-880 slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 895 ST KITTS & NEVIS Charlestown, NOV 26 2328 - Excellent. Played the Top 20 Hit List than some U.S. pop tunes and signed off at 0100. Slogan was " From Queens City, Nevis. This is the powerhouse of the Eastern Caribbean- Mahr Radio! [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0123 - soca music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 900 CUBA R. Progresso, NOV 24 2222 - Good. SS talk with frequent mentions of Guantanamo. // 640. [Beaton-MA] 900 CUBA Cacocum, NOV 27 0227 - SS Cuban news, talk about liberation of Mozambique, "R-H-C" slogan; atop Venezuelan, others. [Connelly*H-MA] 910 SAN ANDRES RCN San Andres, NOV 24 1102-1125 - Local ID at 1102 as "En San Andres, Con ... Casa(?) or Santa (?) Catalina, HJMY, 910 kHz, RCN San Andres", followed by local newscast entitled, "Radiosucesos RCN de San Andres". This station usually transmits the RCN Bogota local ID, including the frequency 770 kHz, when it is broadscasting RCN network programming. [Lazarus-LA] (A nice report on this one, usually only tentative because no local ID. Most country lists count San Andres as a separate country! - Jim) 910 VENEZUELA, YVRQ Caracas, NOV 27 0127 - SS ads with prices in bolivars; over second SS station. [Connelly*H-MA] 920 COLOMBIA, HJAA Cartagena (t), NOV 27 0230 - Colombian accordion music, over other SS and groundwave pickup from WHJJ & CJCH. [Connelly*H-MA] 940 COLOMBIA, HJTL Cucuta, NOV 27 0140 - RCN net news // 760, 770, 980, 990, 1000. Atop YVNN/CBM/Cuba. NRC IDXD Vol62-11 (Part 3) 940 CUBA Colon / Holguin, NOV 27 0730 - R. Reloj SS news, ticks, & tones show in mess with presumed YVNN/XEQ. [Connelly*H-MA] 940 MEXICO XEQ Mexico DF, NOV 28 0150-0205 - Heard and taped with mention of a sweepstakes with a condominium in Acapulco and five late model cars as prizes. Two X-E-Q IDs and mention of frequency. Station address given. A Peruvian at work deciphered the SS for me. It topped evrything on the channel. Report sent with fingers crossed and tape well wrapped. [Musco-CT] 960 COLOMBIA Magangue, NOV 3 0400 - "Senal satelite para Colombia, Caracol", then news. [Objio-DR] NOV 27 0143 - CARACOL network sports (futbol) coverage // 810; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] 970 VENEZUELA R. Mundial, Barcelona, NOV 3 - Announcing the program "Rayos y Centellas" (Lighning bolts and lightening) to be broadcast at 7 am. [Objio- DR] (disconnect your antenna when this one is on! - Jim) NOV 27 0147 - Tentative, SS talk with mentions of many Venezuelan cities. Creaming WZAN/WWDJ at times. [Connelly*H-MA] 980 COLOMBIA, HJES Cali, NOV 27 0137 - RCN net news with items about Bogota; atop apparent WCAP & Brazil mix. Was parallel to RCN outlets on 760, 770, 940, 990, 1000, et al. [Connelly*H-MA] 990 COLOMBIA, HJDB Medellin, NOV 27 0140 - RCN net news // 760, 770, 940, 980, 1000. Dominating the channel. [Connelly*H-MA] 1000 COLOMBIA HJAQ Cartagena, NOV 24 2304 - Good with a futball report. // 760. [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0140 - RCN net news // 770, others; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 1020 TURKS & CAICOS CCR, NOV 25 2210-2230 - With announcer Buddy Tucker giving the Deland FL address and phone #1-800-787-1020. EE Gospel music, good, equal to KDKA and alone at times. Weaker after 2230, gone by 2300. First time heard here. [Sanders-MI] 1020 VENEZUELA / TURKS & CAICOS, NOV 27 0148 - YVRS La Asuncion with festive SS music evenly mixed with Caribbean Christian Radio's southern US preachers. No trace of KDKA. [Connelly*H-MA] 1030 MEXICO XEQR Mexico DF, NOV 12 0310 - Good, romantic ballads and light pop, whistle theme easily heard under/over KTWO. [Axelrod-MB] 1040 COLOMBIA HJCJ Bogota, NOV 12 0525 - Poor, Latin music and Radio Columundo ID under WHO, new! [Axelrod-MB] 1040 COLOMBIA Barranquilla, NOV 27 0216 - "La Favorita" slogan, tropical Latin American music, SS talk mentioning Barranquilla; in mess with 2 or 3 others including possible Brazilian. [Connelly*H-MA] 1060 MEXICO, XEEP Mexico City, NOV 27 0738 - 1930's-era romantic SS vocal duet, R. Educacion ID; atop KYW. [Connelly*H-MA] 1060 CUBA, NOV 11 0121 - SS Cuban news atop KYW. [Connelly-MA] 1070 VENEZUELA Mundial Zulia, Maracaibo, NOV 3 0505 - ID, and continued with joropos. [Objio-DR] 1070 unID, NOV 27 0214 - SS music & ear-splitting 200 Hz het, rolling over CBA. [Connelly*H-MA] 1080 VENEZUELA, YVQJ Barcelona, NOV 27 0213 - festive music, R. Barcelona ID; under WTIC. [Connelly*H-MA] 1090 COLOMBIA, HJBC Cucuta, NOV 27 0211 - CARACOL network ID, futbol coverage // 810; audible behind WBAL. [Connelly*H-MA] 1100 COLOMBIA Caracol, Barranquilla, NOV 3 0411 - ID then news. [Objio-DR] 1100a COLOMBIA, HJAT Barranquilla, NOV 27 0159 - CARACOL futbol coverage // 810; good over growl. I haven't noticed ZDK lately - are they still on 1100? [Connelly*H-MA] 1100 MEXICO XEBV Moroleon, NOV 12 0340 - Fair, slow-style Mexican music and ID, new. [Axelrod-MB] 1110 MEXICO XERED Mexico DF, NOV 12 0329 - Good, SS talk with news program, over/under KFAB. [Axelrod-MB] 1110 VENEZUELA, YVQT Carupano, NOV 27 0212 - R. Carupano ID over/under WBT. [Connelly*H-MA] 1170 COLOMBIA HJNW Cartagena, NOV 3 Caracol Satelite, Cartagena, NOV 3 0500 - Pop music and timecheck, ads and news, and program "Cuarto de Hora" (a quarter of an hour). [Objio-DR] NOV 12 0319 - LA music, Banco de Colombia ad, Caracol ID. [Axelrod-MB] 1180 USA Voice of America, NOV 3 0423 - With news in SS, parallel to 9585 kHz, very good, with local Radio Mil off, no jamming from Cuba. [Objio-DR] 1200 VENEZUELA Radiotiempo, Caracas, NOV 3 0155 - With many ads, "Casa Sarita" among them, then a program of commentaries with several persons in the studio. [Objio-DR] 1210 VENEZUELA R. Anzoategui, NOV 3 0206 - ID and romantic songs. [Objio-DR] 1210 COLOMBIA Antena 2 de RCN, Cucuta, NOV 3 0428 - There seemed to be a contest for listeners who called in to pazrticipate, program "La Noche Vallenata". [Objio-DR] 1240 PUERTO RICO WALO Humacao, OCT 23 0341 - Sign-off, just ID and off. No National Anthem (some time agao Puerto Rican stations played "La Borincuena" and then the Star-Spangled Banner when signing off). [Objio-DR] 1250 COLOMBIA R. Reloj, Cucuta, NOV 3 0452 - Timecheck and ID. [Objio-DR] 1280 COLOMBIA R. Suroeste, Concordia, NOV 3 0435 - "A traves de R. Suroeste, en Concordia, son las once y treintitres minutos, then followed the beautiful colombian song "Soy Colombiano". [Objio-DR] 1330 VENEZUELA R. Apolo, Turmero, NOV 3 0213 - ID as "La Super Radio", romantic songs. [Objio-DR] 1370 MEXICO unID, NOV 14 0501-0615 - Unidentified station of Organizacion Radio Formula network, with program of ballads and IDs as "Formula Romantica", 103.3 mHz, to 0601, then ID as "Radio Uno", 104.1 MHz with faster LA music. NOV 16 0153-0300, 0400-0415, 0500, 0600 - news programs in early evening with IDs as "Radio Formula", but by 0500 was giving ID as "Formula Romantica" with another program of ballads. [Lazarus-LA] (Can anyone help Henry with this one? - Jim) 1380 COLOMBIA RCN Tunja, OCT 12 0159 - With some ads, then a political program. [Objio-DR] 1400 PUERTO RICO R. Vida, Carolina, OCT 1 0602 - ID, announcing FM 90.5 MHZ, with religious programs. [Objio-DR] 1450 COLOMBIA RCN Antena 2, Manizales, OCT 14 0420 - with a program of tangos. [Objio-DR] 1479 unID, NOV 28 0043 - het against WSAR. [Connelly*H-MA] 1530 PUERTO RICO WUPR, Exitos 15-30, Utuado, OCT 12 0153 - With a romantic song program, ID at 0153, then turned their transmitter off, with no anthem. [Objio-DR] 1530 MEXICO XEUR Mexico DF, NOV 12 0325 - Good with lively Mexican music and Radio Unda ID. [Axelrod-MB] 1580 COLOMBIA R. Robledo, Cartago, OCT 14 0431 - ID, mention of belonging to Todelar network. Excellent, heard for first time. [Objio-DR] 1580 MEXICO XEDM Hermosillo SON, NOV 13 0130 - Good with lievely music and "La Grande de Sonora" ID. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 23 0502 - Heard through mess with "La Grande de Sonora" ID. [Renfrew*MD] 1610 ANGUILLA The Valley, NOV 11 2310 - Fair with preacher in EE religious program. [Axelrod-MB] NOV 21 2001 - Great with the Aunt Tilly & Uncle Ben Independence Day show. Caribbean Beacon ID. Also NOV 24 @ 0002 with News From The Local Scene And Across The Region. There was also ads from businesses on nearby islands. This was certainly a welcome change of pace from the Dr. Gene Scott show!!! [Beaton-MA] NOV 27 0623 - religious EE talk by man; good over TIS cluster & 1611 Vatican het. [Connelly*H-MA] Jim speaks: "I had a chance to listen in the Washington DC area during Thanksgiving and added twenty-seven new ones to my old high school logbook from 1971-72. It sure helped to have the Sony and Radio West Loop (which I can now more easily carry in a metal suitcase). I used to have a Radio Shack DX-100 with a long wire back then. It also helped to still have the old logbook from those distant days! Of course, I was there to visit family, so only a few moments to DX here and there." STATION NEWS COLOMBIA: Ondas del Puerto 1290.3 [BM in ARC NOV 13], R. Guadalajara 1410.35 [CAS in ARC NOV 13]. GUATEMALA: TGVE Radio VEA 1569.87 [BM in ARC NOV 13] HONG KONG: RT Hong Kong Radio 6 (24 hours), but BBC Worldwide shows this on 567 kHz, WRTH on 675. [BBC Worldwide, NOV 1994, via Tom Sanders] INDIA: AIR Tuticorn 1053 kHz NOV 5-6 *2358 - is a new 200 kW stn in Tamil Nadu. Sign-on with local ID and 0005+ relay of AIR external service in Tamil to Sri Lanka // 4990 Madras. QRM unid anti-Iraq clandestine station. This frequency is now free every night since BBC Radio 1 moved to FM and the new UK station has not yet started. [Jorma Matyla, FINLAND, in Tropical News #30 (via e-mail)] INDONESIA: Dave Onley of OZ DX sent us a list of RPD stations from the government information office. Send Jim Renfrew an SASE or e-mail message if you'd like a copy. KUWAIT: 1341 transmitter has increased power and is very well heard in Istanbul with EE 1800-2100. [BE in ARC NOV 13] NEW ZEALAND: AM Stations carrying BBC World Service programs at least 20 hours per day: 1233 Wellington NZ, 1386 Aukland NZ (0800-1215, 1230-1730, 1745-0630 local time). [BBC Worldwide, NOV 1994, via Tom Sanders] RUSSIA: 1260 Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Ekaterinburg, Russia (0100-0330, 0430-0700, 0730-1300, 1400-1600, 2000-2100 local time). [BBC Worldwide, NOV 1994, via Tom Sanders] VENEZUELA: 660 R. Anaco (ex-1400 kHz), slogan: "Anaco 6-60"; 720 R. Oriente, Porlamar 100 kW (ex-50 kW), slogan "La senal de Venezuela"; 970 R. Mundial "Mundial Turismo", Valera (ex-R. Turismo); 1110 R. Carupano belongs to Mundial Network, you can hear on Time Check "hora Mundial". [Manuel Rodriguez Lanza in Tropical News #30 (via e-mail)] CONTRIBUTORS (@ = e-mail) Shawn Axelrod, DXing from Valhalla Beach MB; ICOM ICR-70 with filter mods and Plam board and 6 wire antennas. @Tom Beaton, 2 Birch Lane, Manchester,Mass Drake R-8, Mini MWDX - 5X phasing unit, BUFAMP-1 Buffer/Amplifier Unit, 2 - 30 mtr slopers Mike Brooker, Toronto ON; Panasonic RF-2200, RFB-45. @Jean Burnell (St. John's, Newfoundland) DXing at Varadero, Province of Matanzas, CUBA; Radio Shack DX-440. @Mark Connelly (WA1ION), Billerica, MA; Drake R8, noise-reduced sloper (approx. 37 m) and 30 m. single-turn horizontal loop; phased with MWDX-5 phasing unit to Mini-MWT-3 regenerative tuner/preamp. [Connelly*H-MA] = Harwich, Cape Cod MA; Realistic DX-440, 60 m east longwire, 60 m south longwire, MWDX-5 phasing unit, MWT-3 regen. box. Henry Lazarus, New Orleans LA. @Ron Musco, Poquonnock CT; AMELCO R-390A/URR 80 foot long wire running east, noise reducing Xformers and pre-amp in phasing unit which didn't have to phase a thing, hi. Cesar Objio, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; Realistic TRF and DX-440 with 4' box loop. Thomas J. Reiser, Chicago IL; Sony ICF-2--3 with built-in antenna. @Jim Renfrew, DXing from Silver Spring MD; Sony ICF-2010, Radio West Loop. Tom Sanders, Davison MI; Sony 2010 barefoot (DXing from London and Paris). @Gray Scrimgeour, Victoria, BC; Sony ICF-2010 with unamplified loop. Jack Woods, Waldport OR; ICF-2010, AMECO preamp, ANL-1 outdoor untuned loop. Note: I will print your e-mail address if you request it with each submittal. NRC IDXD Vol62-11 (Part 4) REPORT FROM PARIS AND LONDON A favorite book of mine by George Orwell is "Down and Out In Paris and London", required reading for anyone who has ever washed dishes for living. I have, in fact, but that's another story! Tom Sanders has a DX report from the same cities, perhaps "Up and At'em in Paris and London" would be a good title. Thank you, Tom, for sending us these detailed loggings. 603 UNITED KINGDOM Invicta Supergold, Littlebourne, OCT 12 2315-2330 - Fair, ragged but alone on 603; "Kent's favorite oldies." Better in the daytime. [Sanders*UK] 639 SPAIN RNE1, OCT 15 2000-2100 - With football // 684, 774, 801, 855. All with strong signals. Moderate splash on 639 from BBC on 648. [Sanders*UK] 675 NETHERLANDS Radio Ten Gold, Lopik, OCT 12 1500-1600 - Solid and steady in London in the daytime; EE oldies and classic rock with DD DJs and spots. Not as strong at night but still steady with little fading. [Sanders*UK] OCT 13 2010-2030 - mostly good; in and out with frequent fades; Marseille weak in null. Not as strong as in London at night. [Sanders*FR] 828 UNITED KINGDOM Chiltern Radio Supergold, Luton, OCT 11 2330-2400 - With Allison Bennett Show, hourly ID "serving Herts, Beds and Bucks on 828 AM, this is Chiltern Radio Supergold." //792 Bedford which was slightly weaker. [Sanders*UK] 864 FRANCE Radio Bleue, Paris, OCT 12 1530-1540 - Weak in London, FF nostalgic music with lots of talk and interviews. Signs-off in the early evening, RNE 1 is on 864 at night in Paris. [Sanders*FR] 909 UNITED KINGDOM Radio 5, OCT 14 2100-2200 - With "Now the Good News", strong, with clear echo from synchros. Equal in strength to Radio 5 on 693. [Sanders*FR] 1152 UNITED KINGDOM London Newstalk, OCT 13 2040 - "original talk radio" with promo for "Topical Issues and Star Names" show; fair but steady with weak unID under. [Sanders*FR] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin 1215, London, OCT 13 2000-2100 - Mostly good, a few deep fades; unID under, possibly Kaliningrad. OCT 15 0900-1000 - with highlights from the past week's "Russ 'n Jono Breakfast Show." Good all day in Paris. [Sanders*FR] 1260 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin 1215 & a weak UNID (possibly Bristol), OCT 15 2100-2130. [Sanders*FR] 1314 NORWAY Kvitsoy, OCT 12 2300-2330 - Good, occasional brief fades with unID SS under; Texas blues show with two male hosts. [Sanders*UK] 1548 UNITED KINGDOM Capital Gold, London, OCT 13 2100-2200 - Fair, weak signal with a few deep fades. Fair signal in daytime with no fading. [Sanders*FR] Paris has only four AM stations, and one - Radio Bleue 864 - signs off in early evening. The others are Urgences, a news-talk station on 585, RFI 738, and a station on 963 that played AC music. Never heard any talk on it. Is that the Sorbonne station mentioned in the WRTH? Everything else, notably France Inter, Musique and Culture, in on FM. France has Telerama, a weekly media magazine similar to the UK's Radio Times, with a few pages devoted to the week's radi highlights. It covers mostly TV, movies, and cultural events; but it has the most complete radio program listings of any French publication. UK AM stations carrying BBC World Service programs after local sign-off: 198 BBC R4 Droitwich 0043-0555; 648 BBC for Europe, Orfordness; 837 BBC R. Leicester; 855 BBC Radio Norfolk, Norwich; 873 BBC R. West Norfolk; 1026 BBC R. Jersey; 1116 BBC R. Guernsey; 1161 BBC Southern Counties Radio, Bexhill; 1332 BBC Wiltshire Sound, Lacock; 1368 BBC Southern Counties Radio, Brighton; 1368 BBC R. Lincolnshire; 1368 BBC Wiltshire Sound Swindon; 1458 BBC West Midlands Radio, Birmingham; 1485 BBC Southern Counties Radio, Sussex; 1503 BBC R. Stoke-on-Trent. BBC Worldwide is an excellent magazine. It has the complete World Service program schedule, but the feature stories alone make it great. [from BBC Worldwide, NOV 1994] REPORT FROM CUBA Thanks to Jean Burnell, we have this review of stations heard during his recent visit to Varadero, Matanzas province, Cuba. Note regarding transmitter sites for Cuban network stations: rough bearings were taken (by turning the radio to effect a null). When the bearing and the signal strength are consistent with a site listed in WRTH then this is given and the place name is followed by *. (Correct bearings were noted for the USA stations.) When there is no listed station or the signal strength seems inconsistent with the listed site or was unable to effect a null (for whatever reason), no transmitter site is given. 535 TURKS & CAICOS R. Vision Cristiana, South Caicos, NOV 7 2041 - Very weak preaching in SS. SIO 252 540 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMHV), Santi Spiritus*, NOV 7 2028 - Phil Collins tune, SS talk, // 550. SIO 344 550 CUBA R. Rebelde, Pinar del Rio*, NOV 7 2037 - Cuban music, promo for Rebelde program called "Mision", then a song called "La Cucamarcha" (very clearly heard) with same tune as the familiar "La Cucaracha"... perhaps a SS pun, but it's over my head! QRM 1 kHz het, SIO 444. 550 CUBA R. Reloj,, NOV 7 2038 - pips and CW discerned under Rebelde, seems off freq by about 1 kHz. Not listed in WRTH. SIO 221 570.1 CUBA R. Reloj,, NOV 7 2053 - News, pips and ID. Transmitter hum and muffled audio. Seems much too strong and has wrong bearing for listed Pilon site. SIO 555 581.9 unID, NOV 7 2055 - Just a carrier, no audio discernible ... nor in the evenings. 597.9 unID, NOV 7 2105 - Big het, no audio. 600 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMKV), Urbano Noris*, NOV 13 0504 - Cuban salsa music, //550. SIO 555 610 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMAN), Bahia Honda*, NOV 7 2110 - LA ballad, // 550. SIO 544 when WIOD nulled. 610 CUBA R. Reloj (CMHI), Trinidad* , NOV 7 2110 - Pips and CW discerned under Rebelde. SIO 221 620 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMGN), Colon*, NOV 8 2108 - Promo for Rebelde program, talk about Hemingway, Richard Marx song. SIO 555 640 CUBA R. Progreso (CMBC), Guanabacoa*, NOV 8 2116 - Cuban pop music. SIO 555 660 CUBA R. Progreso (CMHG), Santa Clara*, NOV 8 2117 - Cuban pop music, // 640. Splatter from 670, SIO 544 670 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMQ), Arroyo Arenas*, NOV 8 2129 - Music, station hype, cultural news, // 620. SIO 555 680 CUBA R. Progreso (CMHN), Cienfuegos*, NOV 8 2136 - Cuban music // 640. Rebelde QRM, SIO 433 680 CUBA R. Rebelde (CMJV), Ciego de Avila*, NOV 8 2137 - Woman talking then Beatles' "Yesterday", // 620. Dominated by Progreso, SIO 332 690 CUBA R. Progreso, Jovellanos*, NOV 8 2140 - Song about R. Progreso, the pgm's name is "Discoteca Popular". Very strong but with a buzzing noise. SIO 554 710 CUBA R. Rebelde, not nullable so 2 transmitters?, NOV 8 2146 - Rebelde report from Cienfuegos. Over another SS stn, SIO 544 720 JAMAICA RJR, Kingston, NOV 8 2202 - News in EE: Grenada reduces rum imports from Trinidad. Splatter from 710, SIO 243 740 CUBA R. Progreso (CMKP), Sagua de Tanamo*, NOV 8 2222 - "Discoteca Popular" program, // 640. SIO 455 750 VENEZUELA R. Caracas Radio (YVKS), Caracas, NOV 8 2226 - Ad with prices in Bolivares, ad for Viasa airline, talk about Venezuelan armed forces. SIO 244 760 CUBA R. Reloj (CMCD), Guanabacoa*, NOV 11 0229 - News, ID, pips. Noisy transmitter, SIO 433 770 COLOMBIA RCN (HJJX), Bogota, NOV 9 0301 - In WABC null, SS talk, "Radio RCN" ID at 2202. SIO 333 790 CUBA R. Reloj (CMAQ), Pinar del Rio, NOV 9 0306 - News with Reloj ticks, ID. SIO 233. Was right on frequency. 800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Trans-World R., Bonaire, NOV 9 0310 - EE preaching. SIO 544 810 COLOMBIA CARACOL (HJCY), Bogota, NOV 9 0313 - 2 men with news, Coca-Cola ad, CARACOL ID's. SIO 444 820 CUBA R. Ciudad de la Habana (CMCA), Santa Catalina*, NOV 9 0326 - Guitar then piano music, peculiar ID or program name at 0328 sounded like "Radio Soo- Ga" (or "Soo-Gar") with "98.7 FM y 820 AM, la Habana", program promos including for one at 11 PM called "Radio Luna". SIO 544. NOV 11 1921 - Mixed bag of music, talk about the events at the Faculty of Arts at the university, what's on at the cinemas. ID at 1931: "Radio Ciudad, 98.7 FM y 820 AM, La Habana". Then program "Aqui y Ahora" kicked off with quotes from Jose Mart. SIO 444 840 CUBA "W" (CMHW), Santa Clara*, NOV 11 0252 - Man talking about a contest: address in Santa Clara for entries. QRM from WHAS, SIO 433. NOV 12 1904 - TC, contest about Cuban women, program "Carabana Musical". SIO 555 850 JAMAICA RJR, Savanna-la-Mar, NOV 12 0201 - Mess of weak signals, this one faded up with "Radio One" jingle then EE anmts of cancellations due to poor weather. SIO 222 860 MEXICO R. Chetumali?, (XECNN?), Cancun, NOV 12 0211 - SS: weather for Mexico, status of water supplies. SIO 333. , NOV 12 0300 - In WGUL null, ID by woman sounded like: "Sintonize la frecuencia del estado de Quintana Roo en la frontera caribe de la Patria, Radio Chetumali, 860 kHz amplitud modulada con 5 mil watts de potencia", then talk by man. SIO 322 880 CUBA R. Progreso (CMAF?), Pinar del Rio? NOV 12 0225 - Weather warnings for Tropical Storm Gordon, // 640. SIO 322 890 CUBA R. Progreso, NOV 12 1907 - Soap opera, // 640. Unlisted but strength and direction suggest this is either in province of La Habana or Pinar del Rio...perhaps the 30 kW outlet listed on 880 for Pinar del Rio is now here. SIO 555 900 unID NOV 13 0406 - Freq approximate, seems somewhat below 900, many hets -- SS: ad for "Teleguia", PSA for "la Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos", ad for "discos" with music from "llano del norte". No time to get ID! SIO 333 910 CUBA R. Reloj (CMGL? - listed call same as 920), Bolondron*, NOV 10 0304 - News with time ticks. SIO 544. NOV 12 1910 - News, time ticks. SIO 555 920 CUBA R. Reloj (CMGL? - listed call same as 910), Union de Reyes*, NOV 10 0307 - "Boletin de la Noche" news, ID's, // 910. SIO 544. NOV 12 1913 - News. SIO 555 930 CUBA R. Reloj (CMGB), Cardenas - No sign of this listed station from a nearby town. Checked NOV 10 0309 and NOV 12 1915. 950 CUBA R. Metropolitana (CMBL), Arroyo Arenas*, NOV 12 1916 - As noted by Krueger a few months ago, this one has moved from 860 kHz - Lots of Cuban music, few announcements until end of program at 1929. ID at 1930: "Transmite Radio Metropolitana, Ciudad de La Habana", then talk about Jose Marti. SIO 354 960 CUBA R. Enciclopedia (CMGF), Matanzas*, NOV 10 0224 - Piano music, // 1270. SIO 444. NOV 12 1937 - Theme from "Around the World in 80 Days". SIO 555 980 CUBA COCO Periodico del Aire, Sapo*, NOV 12 1940 - Baseball play-by-play Industriales versus Matanzas, mentioned "senal de la Coco" at 1945, pips quietly behind commentary at 2000, then ID about a minute later: "C-O-C-O, el Periodico del Aire". Transmitter hum, SIO 454 1000 COLOMBIA RCN (HJAQ), Cartagena, NOV 10 0322 - SS: ads, "desde Plaza Cartagena"... "aqui en Cartagena", then talk about Miss Universe. SIO 544 1080 CUBA tent R. Cadena Habana (CMCH), Guines, NOV 7 0259 - Cuban music, man and woman with chat (no ID) until music resumed at 0304. SIO 333 1090 MEXICO Voz de Yucatan (XEFC), Merida NOV 7 0257 - Faded up with "XEFC estereo" ID. Long deep fades, SIO 332 1180 CUBA R. Rebelde NOV 9 1913 - "Hooked on the Feeling", Rebelde ID at 1918, // 620. SIO 533 1180 CUBA R. Taino, Villa Maria NOV 10 0346 - Phil Collins song, // 1100. Very poor under R. Rebelde and R. Marti, SIO 222 1220 CUBA R. 26 (CMGY), Central Espana, NOV 13 0455 - LA ballad, // 1240. SIO 344 1230 CUBA R. 26 (CMGJ), Union de Reyes*, NOV 13 0457 - LA ballad, // 1240. SIO 344 1240 CUBA R. 26 (CMGW), Bolondron*, NOV 10 0301 - Promo for local festival, contest about AIDS with address, telephone number for AIDS questions, "Radio 26" ID at 0309, Celine Dione song "Color de Amor". (Other Radio 26 outlets - see above - inaudible at night due to QRM.) SIO 544 1260 CUBA R. Rebelde, Cuban salsa mx, // 550. SIO 344 1270 CUBA R. Enciclopedia (CMGF?), likely Varadero*, NOV 10 0218 - Must be local, light orchestral music (Percy Faith), woman announcer every 2 songs. At 0259 ID: "CMVU Radio Enciclopedia, La Habana". WRTH lists CMGF Varadero on 1280...it's definitely not on 1280: I believe this is it on 1270. SIO 555 1290 CUBA R. Enciclopedia, NOV 10 1238 - Light music, woman announcer, // 1270. SIO 454 1340 CUBA R. Ciudad del Mar (CMHU), Palmira*, NOV 9 1903 - Followed this for more than an hour without an ID. Baseball game between "conjuntos" from Matanzas and Cienfuegos. Bearing correct for Cienfuegos. SIO 354. NOV 12 2004 - Baseball play-by-play Juventud versus Cienfuegos from the "Estadio 5 de Septiembre". Woman's voice with ID inserted at 2005, and then the commentators mentioned the station again 30 sec later. SIO 244 1390 CUBA R. Jaruco (CMBT), Jaruco*, NOV 9 1524 - Salsa music, program name or slogan seemed to be called "Radio de la Manana", echo announcements, "Radio Jaruco" ID at 1531 and local anmts. SIO 255 1400 CUBA R. Musical Nacional (CMGX), Matanzas*, NOV 11 0256 - Classical piano, ID at 0301 as "CMBF Radio Musical Nacional" then opera program began. SIO 443 1420 CUBA R. Llanuda?, Colon*, NOV 11 1332 - Pgm called "Buenos Dias Llanuda", mentioned a few times, talk about workers. WRTH calls this R. Llanuras but it sounded like Llanuda to me (and reception was excellent) SIO 455 1470 CUBA R. Ciudad Bandera (CMGE), Cardenas*, NOV 11 1327 - Announcements by man and woman, e.g. roadworks in Sta Marta de Varadero, "Hit Parade" contest, mention that the upcoming "boletin economico internacional" is simultaneously broadcast by R. Ciudad Bandera and R. Llanuras de Colon. (This was not true! See 1420), then at 1330 the program started. SIO 555 1540 BAHAMAS R. Bahamas (ZNS1), Nassau NOV 9 1515 - Disco version of "Also Spracht Zarathustra". SIO 454. NOV 11 0210 - Mix of tunes, few announcements, distinctively accented announcer in EE. Over SS station, SIO 444 1610 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, NOV 10 0409 - Dr. Gene Scott rambling... SIO 333 *** END ***