[HCDX] Nigeria, Chile, South Africa, Pirates

[Dave Valko <djvalko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

NIGERIA  15120  V.O.N.  1856-1902  Pop mx, 1859 pleasant Hi-life mx to 
ToH.  1900 TC, ID, and nx intro in EG by M, then nx read by W also in 
EG.  Strong signal but just a tad distorted.  (Valko 24 June)

NIGERIA  9690  V.O.N.  0939-1005  Long tlk by M in lcl vern. from t/in to 
0953.  Indigenous wind instru. then Hi-life mx.  0957 weakly modulated M 
anncr possibly in EG.  0958-0959 MOR instru. mx.  0959 W w/ID "This is V.O. 
Nigeria...", then EG nx to 1005 followed by cmntry by diff. W anncr.  Weak 
and modulation lvl varying.  (Valko  30 June)

CHILE  6089.85  R. Esperanza (pres.)  1030-1056  M preaching in SP w/ment 
of Jesus Christo and possibly Esperanza.  Live Gospel song, then segment 
w/M and W hosts in SP mentioning La Cruz and La Palabra de Dios, and 
Christo.  Fady w/some excellent peaks at 1034 and 1050, along w/some 
adjacent channel QRM.  Always a tough one to ID as they're few and far 
between.  Glad to see the earthquake didn't knock this off.  (Valko 30 June)

SOUTH AFRICA  9744.97  TWR via Sentech  1901-1915*  Long tlk by M in what 
sounded like AR but what must have been Hausa (according to the sked).  A 
soft Cow bell-like instru. was hrd mixing in during the last min.  Then 
wind chime melody (IS??) w/M anncr in EG voice over anmnt sounding like 
"You have been listening to the international broadcast, TWR, for ?? 
".  And off the air.  Found CRI on at 1930 much weaker and on freq.  (Valko 
30 June)

NA PIRATE  6945U  KIPM  0051 strange IDs by M and into mx.  Very 
strong.  (Valko 1 July)

NA PIRATE  6935.5  UNID. stn here too at 0051.  Fairly strong.  (Valko 1 July)

BOLIVIA  4732  R. Universataria  Haven't had any luck with this new one 
lately during checks in the AM or PM.  Every time I check there's some RTTY 
there.  (Valko)

73           Dave

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