WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

AFRICA
2300-2400 9375 Gr
0500-1000 12120 Gr
JAPAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
0700-0800 15190 Delano Gr **[Sat/Sun 0600-0800]
1100-1300 15650 Gr
AUSTRALIA
2000-0600 15650 Gr
0200-0700 17520 Gr
0600-0900 21530 Gr
1100-1300 15650 Gr
2000-2400 15650 Gr
2100-2300 9375 Gr
NORTH AMERICA
0000-0400 9420 7475 5865 Gr
1200-1500 9775 Delano Gr **[Sat/Sun 1200-1600]
1600-2200 17705 Delano Gr
SOUTH AMERICA
PANAMA ZONE
2000-2200 17565 Delano Gr
2300-2400 9375 Gr
Gr=Greek, Eng=English, Al=Albanian, Ar=Arabian, D=Deutsch, Bg=Bulgarian,
F=French, E=Spanish,I=Italian, Pl=Polish, P=Portuguese, R=Romanian,
Rus=Russian, S=Swedish, Sc=Serbo-Croatian, Tr=Turkish
(**) On Saturday and Sunday UTC 1200-1500 (9775) for North America and UTC
0600-0800 (15190) for Japan, Pacific Ocean.
(re-arranged, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 14; updated April 10)
GUATEMALA 4052.5 Radio Verdad, 0406-0437 Apr 8, marimba mx alternating
with Spanish talk by a man with mentions of Guatemala, station ID, and
talk of "programa internacional." Group religious vocals before another
another man began a religious talk. Fair.
(Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Apr 10)
Radio Cultural Coatan, 4780 kHz, heard at 0230 UT on 07 Apr. Totally
surprised to hear them with such strong, clear signals! They were as
strong as Rebelde 5025 kHz! Many mentions of "Radio Cultural Coatan" by
male announcer along with Christian melodies played on a marimba. I'm
hoping the 60 Metre SW band will become as active as it was back in the
late 1970's!!
(Stephen Ponder-TX-USA N5WBI, dxhub yg via dxld Apr 9)
What few Guatemalan SW stations remain, unfortunately all of them gospel
huxters by law, I think you will find, can provide such good signals due
to their proximity, especially to Houston. At least some of the 'culture'
remains with marimba, even if they won't play native heathen Mayan mx on
it. As for 60m becoming active? Dream on. More and more stations are
disappearing forever.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Apr 9)
Well, uh... do you mean propagation-wise, or the number of stations
actually USING the band? If it's the latter, I wouldn't hold my breath for
it, unfortunately. So many local stations that were formerly on the
tropical bands have simply abandoned their aging, hard-to-get- parts-for
SW txs and set up FM stations and networks. 60 meters and 90 meters are
like ghost towns these days. Of course, these are the same broadcasters,