ARLA/CLUSTER: Band obs. for DX Window.

[Carlos L.R. de A.Gonçalves]

Dear Anker,
Thank you for this year's DBS, which was received in good shape.

Just the following items this time.  Obs. late Fri. 11~Sun. 13 May were in
the SW coast.

ALGERIA
153 R.Algérienne-1, Béchar, 1150-1420, 12 May, Arabic, western classical
music, IDs, newscast,..., interview 1405; 55454, which is not that common.
(Gonçalves)

927.9 R.Algérienne-1, Timimoun, 2226-..., 04 May, Arabic, Ar. songs; 34432.
This was a UNID I had previously noted causing a het. w/ R.Renascença,
Évora, 1 kW, POR. (Gonçalves)

AUSTRALIA
9710 R.Australia, Shepperton VIC, 0946-1046, 12 May, Pidgin to PNG, radio
theatre, talks, music, news, etc.; 35433.  // 6020 barely audible, 12080 vy.
poor.(Gonçalves)

BENIN
5025 ORTB,  Parakou, 0839-f/out 0855, 12 May, Vernacular, talks; 24331, QRM
de adj. trffc. in USB. The signal resurfaced again later around 1400 when
one detect but the presence of the carrier.  (Gonçalves)

BOLIVIA
3390.2 R.Emisoras Camargo, Camargo, 2335-2345, 11 May, songs; 23341, QRM de
racketting signal. (Gonçalves)

BOLIVIA
5952.4 R.Pío XII, Siglo XX, 2341-2354, 11 May, Wuechua, talks, Indian tunes;
54433, adj. QRM. (Gonçalves)

BRAZIL
3254.8 R.Educadora 6 de Agosto, Xapuri AC, 2332-2339, 11 May, talks; 35242.
(Gonçalves)

4825 R.Educadora, Bragança PA, 2119-2131, 12 May, music, ID simply as
"Educadora AM", municipality announcements; 35332. (Gonçalves)

4885 R.Club do Pará, Belém PA, 2006-..., 12 May, f/ball news; 25342, then
rated 55433 at 2105. (Gonçalves)

6135 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2135-..., 12 May, mass; 32431, QRM de POL
(t); // 9630. (Gonçalves)

9565 R.Tupi, Curitiba PR, 0942-f/out 1045, 12 May, preacher; 15331.
(Gonçalves)

9615 R.Cultura, São Paulo SP, 0944-f/out 1055, 12 May, guitar pieces, talks;
25331. (Gonçalves)

9630 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 0938-1105, 12 May, folk songs, prgr
announcements, talks; 35433.   Also 2138-..., same day, rosary w/ the Pope;
55433. (Gonçalves)

9675 R.Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 0940-1120, 12 May, Pope's address
in Jornal Canção Nova, mass; 35444. (Gonçalves)

11734.9 R.Transmundial, Stª Mª RS, 1727-1446, 12 May, IDs, phone-ins; 23442.
(Gonçalves)

11780 R.Nacional da Amazónia, Brasília DF, 1425-1431, 12 May, phone-ins &
listeners' messages; 35443, then QRM de stn in Chinese at 1430. (Gonçalves)

11815 R.Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 1417-1450, 12 May, advertisements, prgr
Show da Bola; 24433. (Gonçalves)

11829.5 R.CBN Anhangüera, Goiânia GO, 1421-1448, 12 May, f/ball news,
advertisements; 24433. (Gonçalves)

17815 R.Cultura, São Paulo SP, 1422-1610, 12 May, Brazilian songs; 25432.
(Gonçalves)

BURKINA FASO
7230 R.Burkina, Ouagadougou, 0935-1435, 12 May, Vernacular, talks,...,
French, prgr Culturama 1207,..., pops; 35433, and rated 55444 at the end of
the obs., i.e. 1435. (Gonçalves)

CLANDESTINE
700 Polisario Front, Tindouf (?), ALG, 0609-f/out 0630, 11 May, Arabic,
talks; 45343; // 6300 vy. good. 1500 kHz still off.   When observed this
(alternative?) outlet on the SW coast, the signal is quite good and adj. QRM
free (de ALG 702).  (Gonçalves)

EUROPirates
1667.5 R.Orion, HOL, 2158-2209, 12 May, Dutch, announcements, music; 45343,
shifted to 1661.30 at 2204 thus spoiling reception of La Gigante, PTR.
(Gonçalves)

3915 Reflections Europe, IRL, 2113-2129, 06 May, English, religious
propaganda; 54433. (Gonçalves)

3927 The Spaceman, HOL, 2104-2151, 12 May, Dutch/English/German, music,
ann'ed. phone nº as 0031-621948070 (whether a fix or mobile phone, I don't
know); 55444. (Gonçalves)

6878 Planet FM (?), I, 1801-1909, 01 May, Italian, mx; 35232. (Gonçalves)

GAMBIA
648 GRTS, Bonto, 2220-..., 12 May, Vernacular, talks; 43442, adj. QRM.
(Gonçalves)

GUINEA
7125 R.Conakry/R.Guinée, Sonfonya, still missing during daytime obs.
(Gonçalves)

ICELAND
189 RÚV, Gufuskálar, 2317-2347, 11 May, Icelandic, interview, talks;
35(!)353.

207 RÚV, Eiðar, 2323-..., 11 May, cf. // 189; 22441, QRM de D & to a certain
extend also de MRC.

(Gonçalves)

MAURITANIA
7245 R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1200-1442, 12 May, Arabic, Ar. songs, TS, ID,
news,..., interview; 45433, and rated 54444 at 1440. (Gonçalves)

MEXICO
6185 R.Educación, Cd. de Méj[x]ico, 0750-f/out 0905, 10 May, spanish,
N.Amer. tunes & songs, jazz type; 45433. (Gonçalves)

MOROCCO
Needless to say this is not DX, just an obs. on how RTM outlets are
behaving:

711.06 Laâyoune (?- see ID), regional prgr, 0946-..., 13 May, Arabic, Ar.
songs, talks, Dakhla ID, songs; 55454 but still weak audio.  Now, Laâyoune,
formerly El-Aiún, is "in front" of the Canaries whereas Dakhla (formerly
Villa Cisneros I suppose), is well into the south, so quite different
places.

1079.8 Tangiers?, reg. prgr, 0905-..., 12 May, Arabic, Ar. songs,...,
news 1200,..., prayer 1410; 55555 whereas terribly after darkness, but then
this one must be no other than a harmonic of 539.95 which was a detail I
overlooked in a previous report about this case.

1187.9 Casablanca, "C" prgr., 1014-..., 13 May, Berber, talks, interviews;
55454, engline-like QRN in the carrier.

1637.8 Rabat, "A" prgr, 1010-..., 13 May, Arabic, Ar. songs; 35353;
harmonic of 818.9, still with bad audio though not as bad as during an April
observation.

And as far as other MRC stns are concerned, maybe my home-made 4 ele. VHF-FM
cubical quad antenna can help in the future since rough tests at just 3 m
above ground on Sat. 12th inst. provided reception of several MRC stns, viz.
"A", "B" & "C" networks, Médi 1, not to mention stns in CNR & MDR.

7308 Sébaa-Aioun, 0832-..., 12 May, Berber, talks, newscast 0900,...; 25342.
Harmonic of 1044 kHz.

(Gonçalves)

NEW ZEALAND
7145 R.NZi, Rangitaiki, 1745-1804, 10 May, English, weather rpt., news;
32431, terrible adj. QRM. (Gonçalves)

NIGER
9705 LV du Sahel, Niamey, 1016-1228, 06 May, French, interview, local pops,
news 1200; 25342, het. w/ ETH 9704.2.   This was again obs'ed on the SW
coast during daytime on 12 & 13 May, and the signal is typically a lot
better than up here in Lisboa. (Gonçalves)

UNID
7311v African UNID (Chad?), no signal whatsoever detected on the SW coast
between Sat. morning, 12 May, and Sunday. (Gonçalves)

URUGUAY
9620.7 Emisora del Sur (no more SODRE?), Montevideo, 2145-..., 12 May,
Spanish, talks; 22441, QRM de DW 9620 in Arabic.  Nearly 45 mins.
later, I believe I got this one on // 650 kHz, 2225-..., talks & music,
23441, adj. QRM, but reception on 31 m was too bad to compare both.
(Gonçalves)

ZIMBABWE
3396 ZBC, Guineafowl, 2144-2157, 12 May, Vernacular, Afr. pops; 54533, so
much less of the racketting sort of (utility?) sig. spoiling reception of
the ZBC, but check Bolivia 3390.2. (Gonçalves)

73,
Carlos.