#383 Reception in Southeastern Brazil - February 5, 2025

Rudolf Grimm
São Bernardo SP (GG66rg) / Ibiuna SP (GG66hh), BRAZIL  ************************************************************************************ 
#383 RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP - February 5, 2025  
Receiver: KiwiSDR (our, PY2-81502 SWL, São  Bernardo SP) + Magnetic Loop Antenna
=> SEQUENCE: Country, Frequency, Broadcaster, Transmitter Site, Language, Date & UTC Time, Details Observed, SINPO, Target Area, Remarks. 
=> (!!) Live audio checked 
=> (t): tentative 
=> Brazilian stations: all in Portuguese language. 
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ARGENTINA 
1110 kHz: Radio Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Spanish, 03/02 0418. News Bulletin, songs 33543. (!!). 
1170 kHz: Radio Nacional, San Luis, Spanish, 03/02 0336. News Bulletin, id ‘Radio Nacional...’, Weather report, temperature. 22422. QRM 1170 Radio Vanguarda, Ipatinga MG. 
1230 kHz: Radio 2, Rosario, Spanish, 01/02 0415. News and talk. 25442. (!!).

BRAZIL 
590 kHz: Radio Cruzeiro, Salvador BA, 03/02 0527. Catholic broadcast. 24542. (!!). 
1110 kHz: Radio Planalto, Araguari MG, 03/02 0428. Talk by male voice. ‘Radio Planalto, compromisso com seus ouvintes, Radio Planalto, a sua voz’. 35443. 
1380 kHz: Radio Gorutubana (t), Janauba MG, 03/02 0449. Station identified as a retransmitter of Radio Itataia (Google, ‘Itatiaia... afiliated stations’). Several ids ‘Radio Itatiaia’. 35333.
1460 kHz: Radio Campinas, Campinas do Sul RS, 04/02 2302. Christian broadcast, ‘Benção no seu lar’, songs, talk, 'Campinas...'. 34543. 
1460 kHz: Radio Ampére, Ampére PR, 04/02 2319. Brazilian songs, announcements ‘... o melhor serviço em Ampére...’. 34543. 
11750 kHz: Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, 31/01 2150. Christian songs, id. ‘A Voz do Brasil’ on 2200. 45554. *Target: Brazil. **According to information from Radio Voz Missionaria, the transmitters and respective antennas that operate at frequencies of 5940 and 9665 kHz are undergoing maintenance services, with no set return date.

FRANCE 

1467 kHz: TWR Europe, Roumoules, FRANCE, listening here in São Bernardo SP BRAZIL on 2240 UTC. Christian broadcast in Arabic, song, TWR Europe' interval signal on 2300 UTC. SINPO 24432. *Target: N Africa. QRM: 640 kHz Radio Deus é Amor, Londrina PR. 

GUAM 
15530 kHz: Adventist World Radio, via Agat, Burmese, 03/02 1444, Message, talk, instrumental music. 15431. *Target: SE Asia. 
15710 kHz: Adventist World Radio, via Agat, Mandarin, 03/02 1438. Message, song, talk. 15421. *Target: China.

JAPAN 
11630 kHz: NHK World Radio Japan, Yamata, Japanese, 31/01 2142. Talk, song. 35553. *Target: SE Asia.

MADAGASCAR 
11610 kHz: World Christian Broadcasting ‘The Light of Life’, via Mahajanga, Mandarin, 31/01 2135. Christian commentary, ‘...Jesus....’, instrumental music. 35553. *Target: W Europe. 
17700 kHz: KTWR, via Talata-Volonondry, Awadhi, 03/02 1417. Message, typical instrumental music, announcement, song. 25332. Sign-off on 1429. *Target: S Asia. **Awadhi, also known as Audhi, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh in northern India and in Terai region of western Nepal. Language spoken by 38.5 million inhabitants (Wikipedia). 

PARAGUAY 
640 kHz: Radio Caaguazu, Coronel Oviedo, Spanish, 01/02 0438. Paraguayan songs, typical rhythms, Paraguayan harp. 24432. QRM: 640 kHz Radio Deus é Amor, Londrina Brazil. 

650 kHz: Radio Uno, Asunción, Spanish, 03/02 0350. Announcements, jingle ‘Uno está contigo...’. 24532. 
1080 kHz: Radio Monumental, Chacoí, Spanish, 03/02 0412. Program ‘Madrugada Monumental’, interviews: phone-in. 35543. 

PHILIPPINES 
15450 kHz: Voice of America, via Tinang, Burmese, 03/02 1503. Talk by OM / YL, instrumental music. 25442. *Target: SE Asia. 
15490 kHz: Radio Vaticana, via Tinang, Tamil, 03/02 1456. Talk by OM / YL, typical instrumental music. 15321. *Target: S Asia. 
11510 kHz: Radio Free Asia, via Tinang, Korean, 31/01 2112. Talk by YL, instrumental music. 35553. *Target: North Korea. 

ROMANIA 
5960 kHz: Radio Romania International, Tiganesti, Serbian, 31/01 2036. Talk by male and female voices, music. 35443. *Target: S Europe. 

UNITED KINGDOM 
25700 kHz: BBC, via Woofferton, Hausa, 03/02 1405. Talk by male voice, interview, phone-in. 35543. *Target: W Africa. ** // 21630 35553, via Ascension. 

URUGUAY 
1480 kHz: Radio Internacional, Rivera, Spanish, 03/02 0506. Identification ‘AM 14-80, Radio Internacional. La radio como la gente’. Commercial advertisements in Spanish mentioning the city of Rivera. Among these, there was an advertisement in Portuguese about the ‘Supermercado Atacarejo, em Livramento'. Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil) form the same physical concentration, with no international borders between them, which is why there is a mix of languages on a Uruguayan radio station. 
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*** Psalm 19:1 - "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands". 

73 & good DX, rg