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Bogdan Chiochiu from Montreal, QC
Equipment: Sanyo MCD-S830, ferrite bar antenna
530 TURKS AND CAICOS, Radio Vision
Cristiana MAR 19 0336 - Noted in passing w/ Religious speech by a
passionated man. Strong ! (Chiochiu-QC)
640 GUADELOUPE, Radio Guadeloupe,
Pointe-à-Pitre MAR 19 0337 - talk in accented french about the
disavantages of the war in Iraq, then time-check and Radio Guadeloupe ID. Very
strong and alone on channel ! (Chiochiu-QC)
760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, RCN Barranquilla MAR 19 0224 -
Futboll game with many ads for things that sponsorise the match. Weak, but
dominant. (Chiochiu-QC)
1180 CUBA, Radio Rebelde,
Villa-Maria MAR 19 0118 - Initially very strong, but mostly buried
under WHAM later through the evening. (Chiochiu-QC)
640 and 1180 were the only really loud signals, 530 wasa bit weaker
however with a strong, but NOT VERY strong signal. The only other
Latin reported was Colombia-760. Venezuela-750 and something on 610 I
couldn't figure were also noted, but not enough for a report; Venezuela-750 had
too much co-channel QRM from WSB to make anything understable and 610 had
spanish-sounding music in mess with usual WIP (Radiodifusora Nacional de
Colombia was a semi-regular on this channel during the 2000-2001 season).
This evening has just begun and I only get some spanish on the high-band
frequencies and only from a handfull of spanish domestics in New England. Things
should improove later this evening; we often get very good MW reception around
the equinoxe; in the spring of 2001 I had a very huge auroral opening right on
the 21 of March providing me with nearly excellent reception for many minutes of
the above-mentioned Colombian on 610 and also many local "graveyard" channels
wich contained almost no signals at all.
I encourage all of you to get around your radios tonight and see what kind
of Latin American DX we might get on the AM band. Things don't really sound
auroral from what I've heard a few minutes ago, but we should at least get some
good equinoctial southern propagation, despite the lack of auroral
activity.
That's it for now !,
73 and good DX,
Bogdan Chiochiu
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