ARLA/CLUSTER : DX material.

[Carlos L.R. de A.Gonçalves]

Dear Anker,

Here's the stuff I got for this week's DX Window issue.
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ALGERIA
198 RTA-"A", Ouargla obs'ed on 02 Apr, 1356-..., Arabic, songs, news
1400; 44453, QRM de G.   Reception possible via the K9AY antenna
only, as otherwise the ch. is dominated by G.  (Gonçalves)

1089 RTA, Adrar, obs'ed on 01 Apr, 2216-..., Arabic, talks; // 549 Sidi
Hamadouche, but w/ feed delay; 44433, QRM de G.  This & other RTA
outlets are no longer mentioned in WRTH (2006). (Gonçalves)

1422 RTA-"C"/"1", Ouled Fayet, audible on 02 Apr, 1352-..., Arabic,
discussion; at this time, it's supposed to be the "C" network.  Signal
rec'ed  "over the shoulder" of the 250 m CeAm Beverage. (Gonçalves)

BOLIVIA
6105.5 R.Panamericana, La Paz, obs'ed on 01 Apr, 2231-2240, Spanish,
ID simply as "Panamericana", religious prgrs; 44433, better on USB.
(Gonçalves)

6155.2 R.Fides, La Paz, audible on 01 Apr, 2223-2229, Spanish, talks;
23441. (Gonçalves)

BRAZIL
3365 R.Cultura, Araraquara SP, 31 Mar, 2246-2254, A Voz do Brasil; 24331.
(Gonçalves)

4924.9 R.Educação Rural (t), Tefé AM, 31 Mar, 2215-2231, A Voz do Brasil;
54333. (Gonçalves)

4935 R.Capixaba, Vitória ES, 31 Mar, 2213-2227, a Voz do Brasil; signal
spoiled by an too bassy audio adjustment; 54333. (Gonçalves)

9504.8 R.Record, São Paulo SP, 01 Apr, 0923-f/out 0945, talks, songs;
13441, adj. & co-ch QRM. (Gonçalves)

9630 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 01 Apr, 0921-f/out 1115, "sertaneja"
music prgr "O Canto da Terra", news; 35433. (Gonçalves)

11830 R.CBN Anhangüera, Goiânia GO, 01 Apr, 1946-2003, f/ball match
rpt Goisás vs. Atlético; 54533, adj. QRM only. (Gonçalves)

11925 R.Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP, 01 Apr, 1931-2002, f/ball news,
prgr "Show de Bola" 1945, rpts; 55544, but ChinaRI opened at 2058
disturbing reception a bit. (Gonçalves)

BURKINA FASO
7230 R.Burkina, Ouagadougou, monitored on 02 Apr, 1217-1445, French,
Caribbean like tunes, Afr. music, talks; 25432. (Gonçalves)

CHINA
4980 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, noted on 21 Mar, 0014-0026, Uighur (as listed),
talks, local tunes; 55433. (Gonçalves)

EUROPirates
1616.4 UNID Greek, noted on 31 Mar, 2233-..., Gr. songs; 55343.
(Gonçalves)

1636 R.Barones, HOL, obs'ed on 01 Apr, 2005-2119, Dutch, songs; het.
w/ MRC 1637.9; 54443 but even better at times. (Gonçalves)

1645 UNID Dutch, 01 Apr, 2108-2240, non-stop songs (mostly Dutch) &
music; 54443. (Gonçalves)

1650 UNID Dutch, 01 Apr, 1950-2145, music, postbox addr., unclear ID;
45444, but deteriorating and already vy. bad 2145. (Gonçalves)

3235.2 UNID Greek noted on 31 Mar, 2209-..., Greek songs; 24342.
(Gonçalves)

INDIA
4920 AIR, Chennai, 21 Mar, 0017-0031, Vernacular, trad. tunes, talks
(announcements?), news 0030, news in English 0035; 43432, QRM de CHN.
(Gonçalves)

4940 AIR, Guwahati, obs'ed on 21 Mar, 0017-0031, Vernacular, chantings,
talks; vy. weak audio; 25431. (Gonçalves)

4960 AIR, Ranchi, noted on 21 Mar, 0027-0043, Vernacular, tunes, TS, ID, nx,
songs; 55433.
(Gonçalves)

5010 AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, heard on 21 Mar, 0034-0049, Vernacular, talks,
R.Australia clip in English on cricket, AIR news in English 0035; 55433.
(Gonçalves)

INDONESIA
4925 RRI, Jambi, audible on 21 Mar, 2306-2324, Bahasa Indonesia, talks
(news, warta berita?), pops. Het. w/ a signal on 4925.9; 34332. (Gonçalves)

MAURITANIA
783 R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, extremely strong on 31 Mar, 2238-2254,
Arabic, talks, trad. songs, some announcements in Vernacular 2248; 54444;
weaker on // 4815 ! (Gonçalves)

7245 R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, obs'ed on 24 Mar, 1244-1304, Vernacular,
talks; 35342, deep fades.  But rtd. 54444 (!) on 02 Apr, 1231 as obs'ed on
the SW coast. (Gonçalves)

MOROCCO
711 RTM-"R", Dakhla, obs'ed on 01 Apr, 1050-..., Arabic, pops, mostly
Arabic; 55453, but extremely weak audio, so easily missed under strong
QRM at night.  Like with Algeria, quite a number of RTM txs that would
be easily detected because of their power are simply off for some reason.
Among those: Agadir 774, Safi 909, Agadir 936, Tanger 999, Beni Makada
1053, Agadir 1197, Marrakech 1233.  (Gonçalves)

1637.9 RTM-"A", Rabat (harmonic of 818.95), fairly audible on 31 Mar,
2202-..., Arabic, newscast, ID, Arabic music; 35342.   This seems to be
typial of this tx in Rabat.  (Gonçalves)

NEW ZEALAND
7145 R.NZi, Rangitaiki, obs'ed on 02 Apr, 1358-1407, English, music,
TS, newscast; 14331, partly readable on SSB, adj. QRM.  Not audible at
all at this time if observed at home in Lisbon. (Gonçalves)

NIGERIA
6089.8 R.Nigeria, Kaduna, obs'ed on 01 Apr, 2233-2244, Vernacular,
talks; 54433, adj. QRM, better on LSB. (Gonçalves)
7255 VoNigeria, Ikorodu, noted on 24 Mar, 1235-1246, English, talks;
vanished into QRN until 1302; 15341.  SW coast log: 01 Apr, 1229-...,
English, news, prgr The News Later (from the Abuja studios) 1230, when
audio became really bad, Vernacular noted later at recheck 1539; 35442.
(Gonçalves)

ST. KITTS & NEVIS
555 ZIZ R., Basseterre, audible on 31 Mar, 2303-2328, English, BBC WS
relay for newscast till 2306, advertisements, local newscast 2309; 53442,
adj. QRM de E 558 + ALG 549.  Strong, stready signal only spoiled by
that QRM.  At this time at much earlier too, quite a number of Braz. stns
were audible as early as 2110.  (Gonçalves)

UNID
1564.8 noisy carrier detected on 31 Mar, 2236-..., 44343, adj. QRM;
DF indicates SEast. (Gonçalves)

73,
Carlos.