#386 Reception in Southeastern Brazil - March 3, 2025

Rudolf Grimm
São Bernardo SP (GG66rg) / Ibiuna SP (GG66hh), BRAZIL **************************************************************************
#386 RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL – March 3, 2025 
Receivers: KiwiSDR (PY2-81502 SWL, São Bernardo SP) + Magnetic Loop Antenna //// Tecsun S-2000 + 20 m Horizontal Antenna
=> DATA 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
. 630 kHz: Radio Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Spanish, 26/02 0017. Sport News, talk by a announcers group about ‘... River, futebol, nuevos juegos...’. 25342.
. 1110 kHz: Radio Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Spanish, 03/03 0455. Argentinian songs. 25542.
 
BRAZIL
. 590 kHz: Radio Cruzeiro (!!), Salvador BA, 26/02 0002. Christian broadcast, traditional songs, OM: “Programa ‘A Palavra de Deus tem poder’. 24542.
. 690 kHz: Radio Brasil, Santa Bárbara do Oeste SP, 25/02 2339. ‘A Voz do Brazil’. 24432. **QRM 700 kHz, Nossa Radio, São Paulo. ***The Voice of Brazil', officially, must be broadcast from Monday to Friday from 2200 to 2300 UTC by all Brazilian authorized stations. However, by decree, the Federal Government authorized broadcasters, if they so wish, to broadcast the Voice of Brazil at 2300 UTC, or 0000 UTC, at their option, on the same day.
. 890 kHz: Radio Difusora (!!), Bento Gonçalves RS, 03/03 0430. Brazilian songs, jingle ‘Difusora’, time checking. 25442.
. 1320 kHz: Radio Vitória, Videira SC, 28/02 0221. Pop song RPM. Jingle ‘Radio Vitória’. 35543.
. 1380 kHz: Radio Itatiaia (!!), Janaúba MG, 28/02 0331. News about Carnival in Minas Gerais. 25442.
. 4895 kHz: Radio Brasil Central, Goiania: off.
. 5940 kHz: Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: According to what was informed by VM in one of a recent broadcast video, on the 49 m transmitter (used for 5940 kHz) occurred a severe fire, which took it out of service. In the same video, they reported that they are in a new process of acquiring a new transmittertter. Given this situation, the return of VM's 49 m should take a long time!!!
. 6010 kHz: R. Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG: In normal activity.
. 6180 kHz: Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF: In normal activity.
. 9665 kHz: Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: In normal activity.
. 9818,9 kHz: Radio Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP: Active, but not continuously in SW.  
. 11750 kHz: Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: in normal activity.
. 11780 kHz: Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF: In normal activity.
. 11815 kHz: Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO: Extremely poor and a distorted signal, with spurious at 11960 kHz.
. 15190 kHz: Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG: In normal activity.
 
CANADA
. 14670 kHz: CHU, Ottawa, English / French / Time pips, 25/02 2142. Time checking each 60 seconds. 25432. *Target: North America.
 
CHINA
. 3950 kHz: PBS Xinjiang, via Urumqi, Mandarin, 28/02 0205. OM / YL: talk. 35543. *Target: China.
. 3990 kHz: PBS Xinjiang, via Urumqi, Uyghur, 28/02 0209. Talk by OM / YL, music. 35433. *Target: China.
. 4980 kHz: PBS Xinjiang, via Urumqi, Uyghur, 28/02 0150. Talk by OM / YL. 35543. *Target: China.
. 11620 kHz: CNR5 Cross-Strait Radio (t), Beijing, 28/02 9228. OM / YL: talk, Chinese music. 35333. *Target: Taiwan.
 
COLOMBIA / VENEZUELA (?)
. 4940 kHz: Estación 4940 (t), Spanish, 28/02 0169. Talk by OM, typical music. 25322. *Target: N South America. **Is this a station broadcasting from Colombia to Venezuela? Who can help with a clear information? Thank you very much in advance!!! 
 
ESWATINI
. 7410 kHz: TWR Africa, Manzini, Portuguese, 26/02 1932. Christian broadcast, message by RTM Brasil announcers. 25432. *Target: Angola.
 
GUAM
. 15625 kHz: Adventist World Radio, Agat, Mandarin, 25/02 2228. Christian broadcast, message, id in English on 2230, then again the Mandarin broadcast. 45554. *Target: China.
 
JAPAN
. 6251 kHz USB: Slot Machine, Ichihara, 22/02 2122U. According Internet, ‘The Japanese Slot Machine is a simplex system used by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force transmitting from Ichihara, Japan’. 25552. *Other Slot Machine frequencies: 4154, 4233, 4292, 6418, 6446, 8314, 8589 and 8705 kHz.
 
KYRGYZSTAN
. 4010 kHz: Birinchi Radio (t), Bishkek, Kyrgyz, 28/02 9213. Talk by OM. 15421. *Target: C Asia.
 
MADAGASCAR
. 11735 kHz: Voice of America, via Talata-Volonondry, Shona, 03/03 1710. Talk by male and female voices, electronic music, jingle ‘VoA’. 35553. *Target: To Zimbabwe.
 
NEW ZEALAND
. 15720 kHz: RNZ Pacific, Rangitaiki, English, 28/02 2035. Talk about New Zealand by YL, interview, phone-in. 35553. *Target: Oceania.
 
PARAGUAY
. 730 kHz: Radio ABC Cardinal, Asunción (!!), Spanish, 03/03 0439. Talk by YL about ‘La Madrugada en Asunción’. 35553.
 
PHILIPPINES
. 15450 kHz: Voice of America, via Tinang, Burmese, 26/02 1439. Talk by OM / YL. 35333. *Target: SE Asia.
. 15560 kHz: FEBC, Manila, Javanese, 28/02 0219. Christian broadcast, message, song. 35443. *Target: Indonesia.
 
ROMANIA
. 21470 kHz: Radio Romania International, Tiganesti, English, 28/02 1240. Music by piano, talk by YL, ‘...Romania...’. 35333. *Target: E Africa.
 
SPAIN
. 684 kHz: Radio Nacional de España (t), Sevilla, 25/02 2321. News Bulletin by YL. 15331. *Very low audio, and it was only possible to understand as a news bulletin in Spanish presented by a female voice (RNE style). Therefore, it was only a tentative listen.
 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
. 21595 kHz: Radio Ergo, via Al-Dhabbyia, Somali, 28/02 1235. Talk by OM, typical music. 25432. *Target: E Africa.
 
UNITED KINGDOM
. 25700 kHz: BBC, Woofferton, Hausa, 26/02 1423. Talk by OM, id ‘BBC... Hausa’, music, sign-off on 1429. 35553. *Target: W Africa.
 
URUGUAY
. 1340 kHz: La Voz de Melo, Melo, Spanish, 25/02 2302. Discussion on social and economic projects for the Melo region and surroundings. Announcement: ‘Globo Centro’, and again a discussion, on this time about the programming for 2025. 35433.
 
VIETNAM
. 11885 kHz: Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnamese, 03/03 1720. Talk by male and female voices, song in Vietnamese style. 15421. *Target: Europe.
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73 & good DX, rg