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In
Shortwave Bulletin June 18, 2000, courtesy of Thomas Nilsson
and a HCDX partner, a report by Rolf Wikström says that
he has had a letter of verification from Rolando Cueto, "periodista"
(journalist), and founder of Radio Yura, "La Voz de los
Ayllus", running 1 kW on 4715 kHz.
In Rolf´s QSL-letter, the meaning of Ayllu is explained
in Spanish. In plain English, and quoting an appropriate country
study - that of Peru - published by the Federal Research Division
of the Library of Congress,
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/peru/pe_glos.html
it says:
Ayllu, a self-governing and land-owning peasant communtiy
in the Andean highlands. May refer to either a village, a
kinship group, or a class-like organization, usually based
on collective agriculture. Although a pre-Columbian term,
ayllu has been used as a synonym for contemporary highland
Peasant Communities.
Henrik Klemetz,
hcdx list, June 18, 2000
Closing ID
Closing announcement on July 3, 2000:
"A esta hora Radio Emisora Mallku cierra sus emisiones con
la firme promesa de volver dentro de algunas horas. Radio
Mallku operó en los 4.795 kilociclos, banda tropical de 60
metros, onda corta. Muchas gracias por su preferencia".
Henrik
Klemetz, hcdx list, July 5, 2000
Text in
QSL letter of June, 2000
V/s Rolando Cueto, periodista, wrote this about Radio Yura:
Hace 5 años elaboré un proyecto de financiamiento para la
instalación y funcionamiento de una emisora de radio en la
localidad de Yura, de la provincia Antonio Quijarro del Departamento
de Potosí, República de Bolivia.
Este financiamiento fue conseguido e instalamos una emisora
de radio en Amplitud Modulada (Onda Media) con una potencia
de 2,5 Kw. Transmitía en 1.200 Khz.
Pasados los años, el equipo se desgastó y tuvimos que reemplazarlo
con uno de onda corta de 1 Kw de potencia en la frecuencia
de 4.715 Khz, banda internacional de 60 metros. Este equipo
fue instalado recién este año a finales del mes de marzo.
La cultura andina de Bolivia ha sido objeto de desprecio por
parte de los españoles que colonizaron America desde 1492.
Esta cultura prácticamente ha desaparecido en algunas comunidades
del altiplano boliviano, pero aparece casi intacta en la región
de Yura.
En esta región predomina la forma organizativa que se llama
AYLLU. La radioemisora YURA está a cargo de los indígenas
del AYLLU YURA que hablan también el segundo idioma de Bolivia
que es el QUECHUA. Por eso la radio Yura es "La Voz de los
Ayllus", y transmite también en este idioma."
Rolf Wikström,
Sweden, in Shortwave Bulletin, June 2000
Email QSL
A nice-looking but rather vaguely
worded multicolour e-mail diploma (80.5 kB) has been received
from Rolando Cueto of Católica Televisión, in Potosí, founder
of R Yura (4716.8). His e-mail address is
canal18@cedro.pts.entelnet.bo
Postal delivery seems to be working OK, too. Just be sure
to write the address as
Radio Yura,
Yura,
Provincia Quijarro,
Departamento de Potosí,
Bolivia
Radio Yura
was heard on July 9, 2000, with an interesting program for
foreign listeners, called: Yura , ayer y hoy.
In it they mentioned various things related to the town of
Yura, for instance that Yura dates from the Spanish colonial
era whenit was a place where silver from the neighboring mines
was stockpiled before it was sent to Spain.
Present-day Yura has electricity and drinking water facilities
around the clock and that there is telephone availability
through a local telephone station.
To reach the town, there is a daily bus service from Potosí.
The population is very friendly, but there are no hotels.
Instead tourists may ask local families for a night´s lodging
or two.
The programme was dedicated, they said, to listeners in Europe
and Asia that had writting in. They did not give any names
but said that they had received letters from Sweden, Finland,
Holland and Belgium. They did not mention any country in Asia
but they were probably referring to Japan.
They also mentioned that the program will be aired every Saturday
at 8 pm local time, UTC Sunday 0000.
Rafael Rodriguez, Colombia,
Conexion Digital, July 2000 |
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