BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

western oldies, neswscast 1700; fair audio but not later during a
discussion prgr; 15241.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21)
9690 Voice of Nigeria, *0758-0815+, August 24, Sign on with their theme
music. Talk in local language at 0759. IDs. Local tribal music. Fair.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Aug 24)
NORTHERN MARIANAS 9715 R. Liberty via Tinian, QSL card (incl. the site)
in six weeks. 15700 RFA Tinian, QSL card (incl. the site) in five weeks.
(Vashek Korinek-AFS, DXplorer Aug 25)
NORWAY [to ZIMBABWE] SW Radio Africa 12035 via Norway at 1853 UT. Fair,
which is surprising because this is usually inaudible. 19 August.
(Liz Cameron-USA, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3335 R. East Sepik 1201-1302+ Aug 17. Mx program just
ending with an Engelbert Humperdinck tune; 1201 nx in En; an NBC program
note at 1208 was followed by a pop mx program; recognized "Stuck in the
Middle With You" among others. Good signal and // 3315, which was fair;
both freqs nearly gone by 1400.
3385 R. East New Britain. Still off the air in the 1100-1400 time frame.
Last heard with election coverage on July 15. Maybe they got voted off the
air!
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer Aug 21)
R. West New Britain on 3235 kHz received that re-active on Aug 22 at 1130
to 1400 s/off UT. Good condx. DXer of Nagoya received on same freq. open
carrier on Aug. 21 at 1341 UT s/off.
(de NDXC Monitoring, translated by S. Wakisaka-JPN
via ndxc HQ via wwdxc BC-DX Aug 22; via Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN)
3235 R. West New Britain Just caught very end of anmnt by W in Pidgin at
1045 t/in. Into long lively island Pop song. 1050 W host again w/voice-
over anmnt w/ment of "station" and "number one", then Reggae-like song.
1057 W w/more voice-over talk and ments of "program" "Sunday", recap of
the songs chart positions. 1059 continuned brief anmnt w/ment of "station"
and island filler mx. 1100 childrens choir island song. Same W host at
1104 followed by more island mx. Decent signal w/some thunderstorm
crashes. Fading after 1100. Haven't hrd this one or seen it reported in a
long time. Nice to see it back. Hopefully its a permanent reactivation.
The other "usuals" were also on except 3335.
(Dave Valko-PA-USA, hcdx Aug 25
PERU 4775 R. Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2239-2248, 13 Aug, Quechua, Indian
songs, talks & refs. to Huanta; 45332.
4857.5 R. La Hora, Cuzco, 2235-2246, 14 Aug, Spanish, tradit. Indian
songs & songs of Spanish origin; 35332.
4950 R. Madre de Dios, Pto Maldonado, 2208-2219, 14 Aug, Indian songs;
25321.
6019.5 R. Vitoria, Lima, 2213-2220, 11 Aug, Spanish, shouting preacher
before a live audience; 34332.
4955 R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2300-2314, 21 Aug, Spanish, very brief
newscast followed by a prgr abt. LAm musicians & themes, starting with
Guatemala; 35332.
(all Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 21/22)
RUSSIA Google Earth imagery. RUS Ekaterinburg SW site cloudy at
56 55 19.97 N 60 36 23.39 E