[HCDX] Banda Oriental QSL

["Henrik Klemetz" <dhv599n@xxxxxxxxx>]

A large, beautiful wall decoration in wood and metal - partly in silver - was received in the mail from Uruguayan station CWA155 Banda Oriental together with a tape recording of one of their regular transmissions in mid-July. According to info received by e-mail the station is run by the Porro-San Martín family, Mr José A Porro the technician and Mrs Nora San Martín de Porro the station manager. Their daughter, Mrs Analía and her husband Gustavo Velazco are in charge of a daily transmission at 0100-0300 UT on 6155, 2 kW into an omnidirectional antenna. This is a non-commercial operation different from that of CW155 R Sarandí del Yí, 1550 kHz. The SW fare consists of  "folklore uruguayo"  (ballads with guitar accompaniment), but as long as composers or interpreters are Uruguayan they also play tangos, milongas and tropical-sounding music of the "bailanta" type. In the 18th C. Banda Oriental was a common reference to the "eastern shores" of the Uruguay river, which as an independent country in 1828 was named  República Oriental del Uruguay. Sarandí del Yí is a tiny village of 6,500 inhabitants. It is located 200 km north of Montevideo. The usual verie consists of a nicely printed letter and a picture postcard. Reports can be sent by e-mail to norasan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or by p-mail to CWA155 Banda Oriental, Sarandí 328, Sarandí del Yí, CP 97100, Durazno, Uruguay. First reports from Europe seem to be have been from Mauno Ritola and Jan-Erik Österholm, in Finland, and Vasily Gulyaev, in Russia.. (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden)








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