LOGS: Don Moore, Davenport, IA Logs dated 4/8 to 4/10 were made at the MARE DXPedition at Island Lake State Recreation Area, near Detroit, Michigan. Equipment was an unmodified Sony ICF-2010 conncected to a 360 foot north to south mini- beverage, via a diode protection block. Loggings with other dates were made in at home in Davenport with an R-5000 and two 400 foot mini- beverages. Latin American conditions were exceptional. Several stations were received with crystal-clear BBC-like quality. All Latin American stations were in Spanish, Brazilians in Portuguese, unless otherwise noted. 2120 HONDURAS LV de CentroAmerica 0315-0321 4/9 ID & ads. EXCELLANT signal. 2x1060 harmonic. 2460 BRAZIL: Radio Alvorada 0936-1022 4/10 Talk program w/ interviews or phone-ins, couldn't tell which. Mostly men, a few YLs. Some bits of pop mx, mostly as bridges. ID @ 0944. Poor to fair, peaking about 1015. A new station for me. 2490 BRAZIL: Radio Oito de Setembro 2352-2354 4/9 Presumed w/ Brazilian pop mx. Very poor. 3205 BRAZIL: Radio Rib Preto 2355-0006 4/9-10 Presumed w/ OM anmts, ballads. Fair. 3325 BRAZIL: Radio Tupi 2358-0006 4/9-10 OM anmts, ID @ hr, into pops. New for me. Poor. 3366 GHANA: Radio Ghana 0006-0009 4/10 w/ EE Ghanan newscast. Good signal & // 4915 which was fair & mixing w/ cochannel Radio Anhanguera, Brazil. 3397 PERU: Radio Internacional de Peru 0955-1035 4/10 w/ ID 1t 1002, greetings to listeners, folk mx. This was almost all true Indian folk mx, played only with flutes and percussion. These were the only instruments available to the Incas until the Spanish arrived and introduced stringed instruments. Really good stuff! Fair. 4012 PERU: Radio Frecuencia Popular 1007-1036 4/10 Presumed w/ OA folk mx, anmts, TCs. Poor 4505 PERU Radio Horizonte 0931-0956 4/9 w/ great huaynos, ID @ 0942. Program "Amanecer Andino," playing huaynos from different towns around Peruvian interior. Greetings to listeners in Jaen at 0856. 4510 PERU Radio Paucaratambo 1035-1043 4/9 w/ ID, anmts, huaynos. Fair, but quickly fading. 4680 UNID 0942-0954 4/9 threshold level w/ trop mx, OM anmts in what was probably Span. Bolivia? 4755 BRAZIL R Ed Rural 0205-0313 4/9 talk program (phone-ins?) to 0233, then into mix of Brazpops & folk mx. ID @ 0305. Fair. 4770 NIGERIA FRCN Kaduna 2255-2301* 4/8 YL EE Nigerian nx, then national anthem at hour. No s/off ID. Fair. 4785.4 COLOMBIA: Ecos del Combeima 0010-0019 4/10 w/ Super net nx // 6065. Fair. 4795 BRAZIL: Rdif Aquidauna 0859-0902 4/9 ID, OM anmts. Fair. 4800 CUBA Radio Rebelde 0757-0800 4/9 8x600 harmonic // 600 kHz. Good signal. 4801 PERU: Onda Azul 1029-1039 4/10 Presumed w/ OA folk mx, time anmts, mention of Peru. Weak and fading fast. 4804.6 PERU: Radio Villarica 1033-1050 4/10 w/ huaynos, health clinic ad, ID, time anmts w/ rooster crow in background. Good. 4810 PERU Radio San Martin 1056-1102 4/11 ID, "Agropecuaria Oriente" ad, into nx. Fair. 4825 BRAZIL Radio Cancao Nova 2302-2342 4/9 OM/YL rel talk, brief bits of "Hallelujah Chorus" by Handel. 4835 GUATEMALA Radio Tezulutlan 1111-1115 4/9 w/ excerpt from "Hallelujah Chorus" in Handel's Messiah then into marimba mx. What a mix! OM/YL ancrs in Kekchi. EXC, BBC-like signal. This is usually strong, but today it was AMAZING! I thought I was back in Honduras listening to this. 4835 UNID 0812-0816 4/9 something here w/ threshold signal, OM talking. I think Port, but could have been Span. Very weak. 4855 BOLIVIA Radio Centenario 0957-1032 4/11 OM/YL rel talk. ID at 1002 w/ musicbox-like music bridge, into OM prayer. Then long rel talk. Same musicbox at 1031. Poor or good w/ heavy on & off ute QRM. 4858 PERU Radio La Hora 1014-1035 4/9 folk mx and LOTS of ads. Several IDs. Also gave sked of Sunday masses in two cathedrals. Good signal. 4885 BRAZIL UNID 2344-0018 4/8-9 At least two, probably three Brazilians mixing here tonight. One had a futbol (soccer) game. At 0007, another had an ad for products for cattle ranchers that included several loud MOOs. Reminded me of the Botswana interval signal! 4885 BRAZIL: R Clube do Para 0040-0102 4/10 w/ phone-in talk program, ID @ 0100. Fair. No sign of other stns hrd a bit earlier the night before. 4895 BRAZIL UNID 0018-0034 4/9 OM anmts, romantic pops. Fair. 4904.9 PERU Radio La Oroya?? 1043-1109 4/9 w/ folk mx (mostly guitar, as per Dave Valko who discovered this new one), time checks, possible ID at 1059. But also hrd several mentions of Cuzco - which is in a different part of the country. Confusing. Fair signal, but faded out fast after 1100. 4910.3 UNID 0105-0122 4/9 instr rel mx, a bit distorted. Also hrd next next day at around same time. La Voz de Mosquitia in Honduras reactivated? Fair. 4930 DOM REP Radio Barahona 0932-0959 4/11 Trop mx, ID requesting reception reports at 0940. TCs were six minutes fast. Fair. 4947.5 BRAZIL 0804-0836 4/9 Mix of choral mx & OM rel talk. Nice canned ID w/ frequencies at 0811. About 0820 into a sort of religious- folk guitar mx that almost sounded African (lots of African culture in this part of Brazil). Good signal. Last time I logged this one was in 1974 when they were on 5015! 4960.1 ECUADOR Radio Federacion 1107-1111 4/9 w/ what I call the "twanging rubber band" type of Indian mx from Ecuador's Amazon jungle, OM/YL in Indian lang, then into a pasillo. Good. 4965 BRAZIL Radio Alvorada de Parintins 0857-0858 4/9 caught s/on ID while tuning by. Fair. 5025 BRAZIL Radio Jornal 0823-0828 4/9 Brazpops, time check. Presumed. 5035 BRAZIL: Radio Aparecida 0856-0901 4/10 lt pops, ID. Fair. 5039.1 PERU Radio Libertad 1035-1039 4/11 "Almacen Los Exitos" ad, ID, into instr folk mx. Poor until 1039 when KOed by La Voz del Upano carrier coming on on 5040. 5894.7 PERU: Radio Paucaratambo 1000-1013 w/ YL Span ID, huaynos, OM anmts. Except for ID, all further talk in Quechua. Fair. A new station for me. Thanks to Dave Valko for discovering it! However, to correct Dave, I think this is Quechua, not Aymara. I believe Aymara isn't used anywhere in Cuzco dept. 5970 BRAZIL: Radio Itatiaia 0925-0934 4/10 folk mx, ID @ 0929. Fair. 5980 GUATEMALA Union Radio 1134-1202 4/9 w/ rel pgms, several mentions of "Adventista". Good, but a bit distorted or overmodulated. 5995.2 PERU Radio Melodia 0834-0838 4/9 Presumed w/ OM/YL talk in what seemed to be a personal advice program. Mention of a listener in Tarma. Fair. 6025 DOM REP: Radio Amanecer 0132-0201 4/9 w/ "Ecos del Paraiso" rel pgm. Complete ID w/ frequences at the hour. Fair. 6035.1 COLOMBIA LV de Guaviare 1042-1053 4/11 Trop mx, ID @ 1048, quick fade. Poor. 6050 NIGERIA: Radio Nigeria - Ibadan 2205-2305* 4/9 Non-stop drum mx w/ choral native vocals until 2300 YL EE ID & nx. Then kids saying the Nigerian Pledge of Allegiance (sounded very similar to the one I know!) and then the national anthem & off. Signal was poor-fair amid heavy QRM. Several times the transmitter went off for up to a minute. 6055.3 PERU: Radio Continental 0909-0913 4/10 Song by Argentine rocker Charly Garcia, into trop mx. Presumed. Poor. 6090 CHILE: Radio Esperanza 1053-1103 4/10 w/ rel mx, OM anmts at 1102. Radio Esperanza should have installed their new transmitter by now, which would be why they are no longer on 6088. No ID hrd, so presumed only. Fair to 1100, when nearby QRM sign-on and nearly blew them away. 6115 PERU Radio Union 0845-0850 4/9 huayno, then saludos to listeners in Cajamarca, Huanay, & Arequipa - a real nationwide audience! Good until KOed at 0850 by s/on of strong carrier on 6110. 6120 BRAZIL: Radio Globo 0911-0945 4/10 Pop songs, mostly Braz pops, but also included Neil Sedaka's "Oh Carol!" (what an oldie!). Promos for TV programs on the Globo TV net. ID at 0932. Fair. 6135 BOLIVIA: Radio Santa Cruz 0918-0920 4/10 presumed w/ folk mx. Good. 6141.2 PERU Radio Concordia 0851-0856 4/9 Presumed the one w/ Sp romantic mx. Poor. 6195 BOLIVIA: Radio Metropolitana 0920-0925 4/10 Presumed w/ OM talk in Aymara (Indian lang), into rock mx. Quite a contrast! Good. 7160 SINGAPORE BBC 1118-1130 4/9 EE lang lesson, then OM in Indonesian, Big Ben @ 1130. Poor. 7465 PIRATE Radio Virus 0005-0030 4/9 hard rock, ID. Poor-Fair. 9640 VENEZUELA: Ecos del Torbes 1242-1245 4/9 w/ ad string, ID "Ecos del Torbes, la emisora predilecta de los senores conductores" ("EdT, the prefered station of bus conductors" - in most parts of LAm, urban & intercity buses have conductors who collect the money, etc). Into trop mx. Good. 9659.3 VENEZUELA Radio Rumbos 1725-1728 4/9 w/ battery & restaurant ads, mentions of Caracas. Fair signal, but very clear. Amazing at this hour! 9659.3 VENEZUELA Radio Rumbos 1107-1200 4/10 w/ great musical tour of the country - brief talks about mx of various cities/states, followed by some selections. EXCELLANT signal - you would have thought this was the BBC! 9665 BRAZIL: Radio Marumby 2311-2334 4/9 Some sort of info pgm of brief talks divided by New Age instr mx bridges. ID @ 2323. At 2330 into what may have been a rel pgm. Good until 2328 when VOA came on 9670 and caused heavy QRM. 9735 PARAGUAY Radio Nacional 1207-1221 4/9 w/ traditional harp folk mx, anmts for Ministerio de Agricola y Ganaderia and the Ministerio de Defensa Nacional. Good. 9855 PAKISTAN: Radio Pakistan 1732-1737 4/9 EE w/ OM history talk about Indian subcontinent. Fair. New freq listed in Monitoring Times. 11765 BRAZIL: Radio Universo 2337-2340 4/9 w/ drama pgm. Good. // 6060, poor and // 9565, fair. 11785 BRAZIL: Radio Guaiba 2340-2341 4/9 w/ instr rock. Poor w/ heavy QRM, but // 6000 which was good & clear. 11785 COLOMBIA: Radio Nacional 0103-0106 4/10 Nx talk program. EXC signal w/ just slight QRM from cochannel Brazilian Radio Guaiba. 11830 BRAZIL: Radio Anhanguera 2344-2347 4/9 w/ Braz pops. Fair w/ cochannel QRM & // 4915, also fair w/ cochannel QRM. 11915 BRAZIL: Radio Gaucha 2343-2344 4/9 w/ ads. EXCELLANT signal. // 6020, which was roughly level w/ cochannel Radio Netherlands (& never heard that well before!) 11925 BRAZIL: R Cl Paranaense 2341-2343 4/9 w/ OM talk. Presumed. All // frequencies checked but covered w/ QRM. EXCELLANT. 15445 BRAZIL: Radio Nacional 1250-1313 4/9 w/ Braz pop mx pgm, EE anmts, ID. Fair. 15675 HONDURAS: Radio Copan International 2123-2145 4/9 w/ mix of Span & EE hard rock mx. Span anmts & IDs. Fair. ______________________________________ MEDIUM WAVE 535 GRENADA: Radio Grenada 0032-0035 4/10 presumed w/ lite pops. Very poor. 595 DOMINICA: DBC 0106-0117 4/10 Presumed w/ threshold level pop mx & OM talk. 650 COLOMBIA Antena Dos 0035-0050 4/9 w/ futbol game, lots of ads incl Cigarillos Imperial. Several IDs. EXCELLANT local-like signal. 660 UNID: 0120-0135 4/10 Something here w/ OM & YL in French/Creole type lang. No French Canadians listed. Haiti or St Lucia? QRM from at least two, possibly three Spanish stations. 700 UNID: 0026-0032 4/10 Something briefly mixing w/ WLW w/ mx that almost sounded Mid-Eastern. No talk hrd before it faded out. 1000 COLOMBIA: RCN 0023-0025 4/10 I punched in 1 MHz to go down to MW and was immediately treated to a EXC ID for "RCN Cartagena". Logged numerous times before, but a great addition to the tape collection!