Mosquito Coast DX News

Mosquito Coast DX News  …February 13th 2016
 Logs  from southern California and Florida. Rather  poor band conditions this week. Devoted a few hours to band scans  producing many of the  “the usual suspects “  ~ Casablanca a favorite film. …rlw 

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2598u  Canada  VOK -  Labrador 1015 to 1020 wx “winds west ..seas.. 25 knots ..” etc  13 February (Wilkner)

3289.9  Guyana,  Voice of Guyana, sadly listened to this ~ 0930 “ cover most of your body as much as possible …if you are pregnant … so far cases…noted some vomiting and  xxx ? …..Ministry of Pubic Health…” 0937 Minister mentioning “..The Lord Jesus “  13 February (Wilkner)



3375.1 Brasil,  Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira  0925 to 0935 yl and om good signal in PT , noted daily but with less strength 2300+  12 February (Wilkner)


3310 Bolivia Radio  Mosoj Chaski,  Cochabamba  0932  to 0940 re-check  om and yl chat in Quechua , fair to good signal, best audio on the Drake R8.  12 February (Wilkner)

3365  Radio Cultura, Araraquara, SP  2317 music mellow vocalist, om dj at 2319 back to music, unusually strong signal  to 2340.  11 February (Wilkner)

4747.5  Perú, Radio  Huanta 2000 Huanta Ayacucho,  noted with fair signal at 1030 to 1045 with om chat in SP..9 February (Wilkner)


4754.9 Brasil, Radio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS  2324 to 2335 om religious message in PT , first time in a while.  6 February (Wilkner)

4805 Brasil, Radio Difusora do Amazonas,Manaus  2310  2320  with yl chat in Portuguese. Improved  signal since returning.  11 February (Wilkner) 

4810 Perú  Radio Logos,  Chazuta, Tarapoto 0920 carrier and distortion… 1007 back with weaker signal, had not been noted for a few days by several dx friends. slow instrumental music, no flauta andina ..12 February..Nothing same time 13 February  (Wilkner) + tnx  Daniel Wyllyans

4824.5 Unid. while looking for Perú  La Voz de la Selva,   Iquitos 2310 to 2325  Spanish weak on 11 February and same time 6 and 9 February . Brasil strong on 4825 so not them   (Wilkner)

4885   Brasil, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA 0920 to 1000 with IS by om repeated "kiloherts and medium wave and shortwave fqys"....  13 February (Wilkner)

4915  Brasil, Radio Daqui  Goiânia, GO, seemingly 0926 in Portuguese with weak signal, some fade outs 0955 music 12 February, also  noted 1020 to 1030 with weaker signal on 13 February (Wilkner) + tnx  Daniel Wyllyans  

5952.36  Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1025 in ssb to avoid co channel slop. om and yl in language , fair signal at best, been missing often 2300+ band scans 13 February (Wilkner)

5990 Shiokaze/Seabreeze (via Yamata) 1607, 1633 1 Feb. Clear of the NK jammer this morning with CH programming until 1630, then Korean.  (Dan Sheedy)

6120 RFA (Tinian)/CNR1 (jammer) 1650+ 3 Feb. Running 50/50 this morning w/ RFA's Mandarin slightly better..sked 16-17.  (Dan Sheedy)

6134.85 Bolivia, Radio Santa Cruz 0100 “Radio Santa Cruz ..” ID by om at tune in, nice ! :-)  10 February (Wilkner)

6160  Canada CKZN St. John’s 2320 “Christie drops out of race….port authority staff .. Marco Rubio etc... “  2323 good signal   11 February  (Wilkner)


7495 Deewa Radio (Iranawila) 1550-1606+ 5 Feb. In Pashto //9355, 9370 (both Udon Thani) w/ news reports, mention of "al-Shabaab", VOA editorial ("..VOAnews.com/editorial..") & "Voice of America-Deewa Radio" @ TOH.   (Dan Sheedy)

9835 Sarawak FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1558+ 1 Feb. Jingles for Sarawak FM ("Sarawak FM, lagulagu rock and roll..") & one for Wai FM just to keep listeners on their toes.   (Dan Sheedy)

11625 VR (Talata-Volonondry) *1558-1603+ 5 Feb. OC, IS, opening Swahili program w/ ID/drums & inspirational chat.   (Dan Sheedy)

11660 TWR (Manzini) *1628-1635 3 Feb. Fair w/ ID/IS loop & starting Oromo program w/ inspirational chat, occ. music.   (Dan Sheedy)

11665 Sarawak FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1600-04* 3 Feb.  2 pips, TC for "dua belas malam", Negara Ku, singing "Sarawak FM" jingle, ML pop song & off mid-verse..slight ACI from 11670 (CNR1/VOA mash-up).  (Dan Sheedy)

11875 Bible Voice (Nauen) *1630-35, 1650-1705 5 Feb. "Bible Voice Radio.." ID into hymns & inspirational chat in (p) Nuer, closing Nuer program @ 1700 w/ instrumental hymn bridge, fanfare & EG ID @ TOH to start (p) Dinka program.    (Dan Sheedy)

14170U J79WTA 2310 29 Jan. Op Walter from Switzerland with a small pile-up during a "holiday-style" DX-visit to DOMINICA.   (Dan Sheedy)

15180 VOA (Santa Maria di Galeria) 1640+ 3 Feb. Primarily EG to S. Sudan, a little fluttery but quite readable w/ discussion of human rights abuses. 1654-1700* 5 Feb. Un-fluttery & good this morning //13865 (Wooferton) w/ feature on Sudanese refugee lawyer in OZ.   (Dan Sheedy)

15190 R. Inconfidencia (M for 'maybe') 2306-48 29, 31 Jan. Brazuguese discussion w/ ads/promos @ BOH on the 29th & futbol play-by-play on the 31st w/ a fine "goooooooooooooooooal" @ 2318..never much above the noise level, but consistently "almost readable".   (Dan Sheedy)

15545 R. Tamazuj (Santa Maria di Galeria) 1554+ 1 Feb. Clear/loud with the (p) Sudanese tone jammer still on 15550.   (Dan Sheedy)

 Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA E5/6m X wire

Robert Wilkner , Pompano Beach FL,  746Pro - Drake R8  NRD 525 -Sony 2010XA