WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

noted the following day.
4965 R. Alvorada, Parintins AM, 2247-2256, 3 Jun, talks; 24431, QRM de
ZMB.
5969.8 R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2258-..., 3 Jun, talks,
advertisements; het. w/ carrier on 5970; 22441, adj. QRM.
9504.8 R. Record, Sao Paulo SP, 1935-1955, 2 Jun, talks, infos; 32542, QRM
de UNID in Farsi.
9630 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1933-..., 2 Jun, talks; 32542, but in the
clear & good after a while, i.e. after co-ch BBC WS s/off.
9685 (strange!) R. Gazeta, Sao Paulo SP, 2128-..., 2 Jun, talks; 22541,
splatter de B 9675 (!) & adj. QRM de RCI on 9690. I vy. much doubt this is
actually R. Gazeta until I can confirm, which I was unable to at the time,
so maybe that B signal was some image of another B stn (?).
(all 8 de Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
BURKINA FASO 5030 R. Burkina, *0529-0555+ May 29, sign-on with NA and
0530 into French talk. Local African folk mx. Poor, mixing with a strong
Gene Scott [Costa Rica 5030].
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld June 6)
7230 R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, 1422-..., 3 Jun, Vernacular, talks, Afr.
pops, phone-ins, French heard later at 1635; 34343.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX June 9)
COLOMBIA 6139.79 R. Lider, at 0600-0630+ UT on May 29. Irregular; 0600
ID, 0601 news. Many IDs, romantic Spanish ballads. Fairly strong but some
slop from DW on 6140. Best in ECSS-LSB.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld June 6)
CONGO Telediffusion du Congo, Brazzaville, 5985 kHz, QSL QSL, letter
signed by Gaspard Bemba, Le directeur de l'inspection technique des
reseaux et de la qualite des sces Gaspard Bemba after 3 f/ups with 1 IRC
in 59 days. Mr. Bemba always includes 1 empty QSL-card which is requested
to be filled and sent back. Next response does not contain stamped and
signed filled card but new one. Address: Direction Generale de
Telediffusion du Congo, Direction des Mesures de l'Inspection Techique des
Reseaux et de la Qualite des Services, B.P. 2912 Brazzaville, Congo.
Phone: 00242 810608.
(Sergey Kolesov-UKR, via RUS-DXsignal May 31)
CROATIA Full data QSL received from HRT in less than a month for
reception of the Croatian SW tx site in Deanovec. The same contact should
work for anyone looking for an HRT 1134 QSL. I included a prepared card,
which was used, self addressed enveloped and an IRC.
Address: Dane Pavlic, Head of Station, Hrvatska Radio, Prisavlje 3, 10000
Zagreb, Croatia.
(Jim Renfrew-NY-USA, NRC-AM via WDXC Contact)
CYPRUS [UNIDENTIFIED] I picked up a test txion on 9710 last evening
from VT Merlin Communications, message repeated every min as follows from
2245 to 2300: "You are listening to a test transmission by BC Merlin
Communications, a leading provider of International Broadcast Services. If
you would like to find out more about us, please visit us at
". SINPO 35333. I am going to try and send a
reception report. At 2300, the signal was lost under the sign-on of an
unID station on 9715. The web site is
(Ed Insinger-NJ-USA, dxld June 7)