What a great place to DX from ... the Peruvian Andes ! Today's Blog Logs include what DXers recently monitored from Peru. Thanks to DX Window for including this glimpse of DX from a prime DX location.
Gayle VH
DXpedition to Peru
On August 05-18, 2011, Dario Monferini and Roberto Pavanello from Italy were on a DXpedition to the Peruvian Andes. There they met DXers Carlos Gamarra in Cusco (altitude 3.340 meters) and Pablito Albornos in Shismay (2.320 meters altitude), 24 km. north of Huánuco. They brought two Degen 1103’s and one Sangean ATS909. Here are their shortwave loggings mostly heard between 2315 and 0200 UTC.*sign-on/ sign-off* // parallel frequency
3310 BOL R Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi
3330 PRU R Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco. Sign-off varies 0120*-0230*. Power cuts at transmitter
3330 CAN CHU, Ottawa with time pips
3350 CTR REE, via Cariari de Pocosi
3360 PRU R JPJ, Lima. Web: www.radiojpj.com/ . Reports welcome to dr_parraga@hotmail.com . QSL veri-signer Jesus Parraga Jimenez (Director Gerente)
3810 EQA HD21OA, Guayaquil with time pips
4409 BOL R Eco, Reyes
4450 BOL R Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma. Some days off the air.
4717 BOL R Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura
4747 PRU R Huanta 2000, Huanta. Sign-off varies 0100*-0230*
4775 PRU R Tarma, Tarma
4790 PRU R Visión, Chiclayo in Spanish and Quechua
4800 IND AIR Hyderabad
4815 EQA R El Buen Pastor, Loma de Carbocillo
4825 PRU La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos. Sign-off varies 0100*-0130*
4840 USA WWCR, Nashville, TN
4845 B R Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, AM
4851 PRU R Génesis, Huanta in Spanish and Quechoa. Sign-off varies 0100*-0500*. Some days off the air
4865 B R Alvorada, Londrina, PR
4885 B R Clube do Pará, Belém, PA
4919 EQA R Quito, Quito. Only on the air Aug 15.
4920 IND AIR Chennai
4925 B R Educação Rural, Tefé, AM
4940 PRU R San Antonio, Villa Atalaya in Spanish. Sign-off varies 0100*-0200*
4950 PRU R Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado. Abrupt sign-off 2400* Aug 15. Not heard Aug 16-18.
4955 PRU R Cultural Amauta, Huanta
4975 PRU Del Pacifico R, Lima in Spanish
4987 PRU R Manantial, Huancayo in Spanish and Quechua
5010 IND AIR Thiruvananthapuram
5025 PRU R Quillabamba, Quillabamba
5040 CUB R Habana Cuba, Bauta. (R Libertad, Junín not heard!)
5050 USA WWRB, Manchester, TN
5120 PRU Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba
5460 PRU R Bolivar, Bolivar. Sign-off varies 0100*-0145*
5910 CLM Alcaraván R, Lomalinda
5922 PRU R Bethel, Arequipa
5953 BOL R Pio XII, Siglo XX in Spanish and Aymara
6010 CLM La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda in Spanish
6025 BOL R Patria Nueva, La Paz. Only on the air Aug 07 and 08.
6025 CUB R Habana, Cuba
6030 USA R Marti towards Cuba
6050 EQA HCJB, Pichincha in Spanish and Quichua. QRM Cuba and Vatican R in Spanish
6060 ARG RAE, Buenos Aires mixed with R Habana, Cuba
6070 B R Capital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
6080 B R Marumby, Curitiba, PR
6090 B R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP
6135 BOL R Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Only heard Aug 07
6155 BOL R Fides, La Paz. Only heard Aug 07
6173 PRU R Tawantinsuyo, Cusco. 24 hours service.
6185 MEX R Educación, Mexico City
9955 USA WRMI, Miami. (Monferini and Pavanello)
Peruvian Blog Logs
All times UTC
logs edited for clarity
3329.51, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 1030-1041. Long talk, CHU not heard. (Wilkner)
4746.98, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2255-2305. Spanish talk, SINPO 15111. (Petersen)
4775.00, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1009-1045. Huaynos music, Spanish speaking over music, canned ID at 1037. Good signal. (Bolland and Wlodarski)
4789.93, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 0409-0450. Spanish religious talk by man and woman, SINPO 35233. (Groppazzi and Petersen). Also heard at 0710-0720. Music, presumed Spanish talks, unreadable due to statics, SINPO 25322. (Otávio). Also heard at 0953-1025, in Spanish with preacher and audience. Many mentions of "Gloria, Gloria, Gloria." Good signal. (Wlodarski)
4955.00, Radio Cultura Amauta, Huanta, 1035-1040. Spanish, devotional music for fair signal quality. (Perry and Wlodarski). Also heard at 2325, talks in Quechua. SINPO 24332.(Groppazzi)
4974.8, Pacifico Radio, Lima, 0950-1020. Spanish religious talk to station ID at 1015. Musical ballads for poor signal quality. (Wlodarski)
5039.19, Radio Libertad, Junín, 1010-1100. Local music and station ID in Spanish over music at 1026 and 1100. Amauta, a favorite and first time heard in a little while. Interesting selections of modern, mellow Andes fusion instrumentals, featuring deeply reverbed fiddles, pinkillos, quenas and arpa, in a familiar huayno-type melody. Fair signal quality. (Bolland, Perry, Wilkner and Wlodarski)
5120.38, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba (tentative), 0053. Spanish program. (Wilkner)
5459.97, Radio Bolivar, Cd. Bolivar, 0010. Music. (Wilkner)
5921.3, Radio Bethel, Arequipa, 2324. Religious talks in Spanish. SINPO 24332. (Groppazzi)
6047.05v, Radio Santa Rosa, Lima (presumed), 1147. Repeating of a Catholic rosary. Signal too weak to ID, rather a low frequency for them as last heard on 6047.15. (Howard)
6173.93, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0000-0017. Peruvian folk music. SINPO 23232. (Bernardini, Groppazzi and Wilkner). Also heard later at 1000 with Spanish ID. (Wilkner)
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