ARLA/CLUSTER: DX material.

[Carlos L.R. de A.Gonçalves]

Dear Anker,

There were actually quite a few more items gathered between Fri. evening and
y/day's afternoon, so here they are:

AUSTRALIA
What's happening with their VL8A-T-K stns?  Every time I manage to receive
at least one, there's also at least one that's not audible.

2310 VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2031-2038, 03 Feb, English, ABC newscast;
25331. (Gonçalves)

2485 VL8K, Katherine NT, 2025-2039, 03 Feb, English, music, "Oz" country
music, ABC news 2030; 45332. (Gonçalves)

BANGLADESH
4750 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar, 1629-1641, 04 Feb, Bengali, local songs, few
talks; 34433. (Gonçalves)

BENIN
5025 ORTB, Parakou, during daytime again, 1531-..., 03 Feb, Vernacular,
talks; 35342 (!). (Gonçalves)

BRAZIL
4805 R.Difª do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 0042-0055, 03 Feb, Carnaval songs;
55433, but bad audio.

4865 R.Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul (means southern cross) AC,
0039-0051, 03 Feb, songs, prayer for "Campanha de Fraternidade" (fraternity
of brotherhood campaign); 45433.

4885 R.Club do Pará, Belém PA, 1933-..., 03 Feb, advertisements, talks, but
no readability at this early hr.; 25331 but improving, and then rated 35333
abt. 45 mins. later at 2015.

4885 ditto, 1126 (!)-f/out 1145, 04 Feb, Carnaval songs, talks; 15341.

5940.2 R.Guarujá Paulista, Guarujá SP, 2311-2319, 03 Feb, talks; 24342, adj.
QRM.

11785 R.Guaíba, Ptº Alegre RS, 1914-1925, 03 Feb, match rpt. at an
incredibly fast pace Grémio vs. (?), advertisements; 33442, adj. QRM de B
11780.

11804.9 R.Globo, Rio de Janº RJ, 1912-1927, 03 Feb, talks on f/ball; 55444.

11815 R.Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 1840-1856, 03 Feb, match rpt. Goiás vs.
Atlético Mineiro; 35433, QRM after 1900 only.

11855.1 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1909-1929, 03 Feb, prgr "Sertão Sucesso",
advertisements, TCs; 35433.

11925 R.Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP, 1850-1912, 03 Feb, match rpt,
advertisements; 34432, QRM de DW.

(all 10 de Gonçalves)

BURKINA FASO
7230 R.Burkina, Ouagadougou, 1313-... 03 Feb, French, newscast; 25332, but
rated 35433 on 04 Feb at 1150. (Gonçalves)

CANADA
6160 CKZN, St. John's NF, 2330-2338, 03 Feb, English, comedy prgr; 24332,
adj. QRM.  This became audible after R.Canada Int'l (via KOR?) s/off.
(Gonçalves)

CLANDESTINE
6300 (new) Polisario Front, Tindouf (?), ALG, 2300-..., Spanish, music &
songs; 55544; // 1550 better.   They were still there on 04 Feb.
(Gonçalves)

CUBA
5025 R.Rebelde, 1128 (!)-f/out 1210, 04 Feb, Spanish, soft songs and pops;
25432. (Gonçalves)

DENMARK
243 Danmarks R, Kalundborg, 2238-2252, talks, incl. some interview; 53453,
adj. uty. QRM (this seems to be local, possibly from one of those digital
signals applied to coastal ndb's). Anker, we're simply supposed to count the
days until this tx is turned off for good or what?   Is it really so, i.e.
far too little a number of Danish listeners tuning to their own LW?!
(Gonçalves)

EQUADOR
3220 HCJB, Pifo, 0023-0034, 03 Feb, Quechua, songs, talks, TS 0030, Indian
tunes; 54333, adj. QRM de WWCR on 3215. (Gonçalves)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
5005 RNGE, Batá, 1532-..., 03 Feb, African songs; 15341. (Gonçalves)

EUROPirates
3271.3 UNID Greek, 0032-..., 03 Feb, Greek, Grk. songs & little talking;
45343 but this is actually a harmonic of fundam. 1635.65, qhich was only one
among the many Greek MW pir. stns noted 1600~1700+ kHz.(Gonçalves)

6220 Mystery R, surely easwards of me, poss. Italy (?), 1032-..., 04 Feb,
English, non-stop music & songs, IDs; 35443. (Gonçalves)

6310 Jeronymo Short Wave, site? 1035-1051, 04 Feb, English, talks, gone
after 1100; 24332. (Gonçalves)

6209.8 UNID, 1140-..., 04 Feb, English, talks, music; 25331. (Gonçalves)

6239.6 UNID, 1143-..., 04 Feb, English, music; 25342. (Gonçalves)

6275 UNID, 1145-..., 04 Feb, English, songs; 25331. (Gonçalves)

GERMANY
153 DLF, Mundau, putting a phenomenal signal, 1117-1303, 03 Feb, current
affairs, e.g. environment policies in China,..., news 1300; 45454 via the
K9AY. (Gonçalves)

GUINEA
7125 is still inaudible, so most probably silent. (Gonçalves)

ICELAND
189 RÚV, Gufuskálar, logged at a more unusual time, viz. 1113-1305, 03 Feb,
talks,..., match report, or at least it did sound like one; 33453.
(Gonçalves)

INDIA
4810 AIR, Bhopal, 1627-1636, 04 Feb, Indian music; 23431, QRM de ARM; //
Hyderabad 4800 fair. (Gonçalves)

4880 AIR, Lucknow, 1626-1632, 04 Feb, Indian tunes; 25432, but then blocked
by the usual number stn on 4880 announcing "ULX1" continuously. (Gonçalves)

MAURITANIA
783 R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, logged at 1642-..., 04 Feb, Arabic, talks;
34433, QRM de E.   This was checked against // 7245 where too much adjacent
QRM was present.
(Gonçalves)

7245 R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1311-..., 03 Feb, Arabic, news; 45444.
(Gonçalves9

NIGERIA
4770 again at an odd time, 1147-1230, 04 Feb, Vernacular (t), talks, African
music; 15341.   I wanted to check their other regional outlet, 7275, but no
signal, just VoNigeria 7255 loud & clear at midday: rated 35443 at 1309 on
03 Feb,  (Gonçalves)

PERU
5939.3 R.Melodía, Arequipa, 2312-2320, 03 Feb, Spanish, talks on health
(reumatism treatment); 24342, adj. QRM. (Gonçalves)

9720 R.Vitória, Lima, 1120-f/out 1150, 03 Feb, Portuguese/Spanish,
preaching; 15421. (Gonçalves)

SPAIN
2370 UNID priv. stn (not RNE) ending up on this fq possibly due to some
external mixing spur or... some pirate experiment (?), 2033-..., 03 Feb,
f/ball ; 25342. (Gonçalves)

73,
Carlos.