[HCDX] LAm logs for January 11, 2003

Hello to all of you !

Condx were not excellent like they were Thursday (when I had SS all the way up to 1180), but I still managed to get at least the regular stations. I only DXed beetwen a half-hour 10-10:30 PM intensively, but maked a quick low-band band-scan beetwen 8:43-8:46 PM, so some logs were made then (0143-0146 UTC). What was interesting is that while RCN Barranquilla had commercial ads, another SS was heard underneath, possible Radio Mar Plus ID on tape. I also remarked that this station signal was actually modulated by the HJAJ carrer (see below). Other noticing this effect ? Not anything new, but...:

Equipment: Sanyo MCD-S830, long barefoot, 6 kHz filter

QTH: West Island of MTL (Pierrefonds-Est), Quebec, Canada

530 Turks and Caicos, Radio Vision Cristiana JAN 12 0314 - old-fashionned SS song. Fair w/ some computer QRM originating probably from our neighborhoods (Chiochiu-PQ)

600 Cuba, Radio Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Norris JAN 12 0315 - SS talk (not sure if a Castro monologue or a sports event). Fairly good, but with some QRM including a fairly big growl wich maked this sound a bit muffed. A slow-rhythm bachata song was heard underneath, probably this was the cause of the growl as noted several times, but not sure. David Crawford in east-coast FL also heard this one (Chiochiu-PQ)

640 Venezuela, YVQO, Union Radio, Puerto La Cruz, Anz. JAN 12 0302 - Venezuelan newscast hosted by a man followed by a report with several furrious manifestants. Fair reception (good signal, some QRM) ! (Chiochiu-PQ)

750 Venezuela, YVKS, Caracas, D.F. JAN 12 0143 - Man in Spanish noted in passing at a poor-fair level (Chiochiu-QC)

760 Colombia, HJAJ, Barranquilia JAN 12 0205 - 0207+ - w/ ads for Supermercado (supermarket) and other things occ., followed by nx - mixing with another SS stn underneath (OABZ4X ?) + 0207 - suddenly dropped power ! (sudden cut, then faded a minute later with a much weaker signal, probably a power cut ?) and also with just a barely detectable signal from the other (SS) station (Chiochiu-QC)

73 and good DX,

Bogdan Chiochiu