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By
Mika Mäkeläinen
This cusqueña station is an offspring of Radio Tawantinsuyo.
Located in the same block, with an address on Avenida Garcilaso,
Radio La Hora (1400 and 4855 kHz) is headed by Edmundo Montesinos
G., the son of Raúl Montesinos Espejo. Edmundo learned the
trade at his father's station, and later set up a station
of his own, with a profile aimed at a younger audience.
Accordingly, the station has a slogan La Emisora de la Juventud.
Montesinos
junior hasn't displayed much more interest in reception
reports than his father, but fortunately he has allowed
someone else to take care of replying to reports. Mr. Carlos
Gamarra Moscoso works at the station and is a DXer himself.
Some sources name him as Director, but he is (only) Director
de Frecuencias. I believe that in this case title matters,
as Mr. Montesinos might find it a bit annoying if the person
getting all the mail is being called the boss. Carlos was
not at the station when I visited, but luckily he came by
at the hotel later, when I was bedridden with fever.
For
the past couple of years Carlos has done his QSL-duties
with an utmost sense of dedication and responsibility, and
has kept a detailed log of all reports received and all
verifications sent out. He has tried to send out verifications
for many old reports as well, but some have bounced back
due to outdated addresses, which is the main reason why
he hasn't been able to deliver all confirmations. If you
haven't received a reply, please send a follow-up to Carlos,
preferably with a return postage. A reply is guaranteed
for all correct reports - he does check them. Carlos has
just one wish: please do let him know once you have received
the verification. The mail service is somewhat unreliable,
and Carlos is very worried that some of the QSLs sent by
him never reach recipients - he definitely knows the value
of QSLs. So, all of you who have received a QSL from him,
he would really appreciate a short thank you note.
It
wouldn't hurt if you also told Gerente Montesinos how
much you appreciate the efforts of Carlos Gamarra Moscoso,
whose dedication is indeed unparallelled in all of Peru.
Instead of the station address, Carlos says however that
reports reach him with more certainty, if sent to his home
address: Avenida Garcilaso No. 411, Wanchaq, Cusco. And
as he is DXer, I am sure he would enjoy receiving the same
kind of radio memorabilia that all we DXers love to collect.
Both Carlos and Edmundo by the way should already be wearing
their stylish YLE caps under the scorching sun of the highlands...
During
the first week of July 2000 Radio La Hora is hoping to inaugurate
a new 2-kilowatt shortwave transmitter, doubling the present
power. Funding for the new transmitter is however still
partly unresolved.
Finnish journalist and DXer Mika Mäkeläinen
on assignment
April
1-12 in Peru, to cover
the 2000 presidential election,
also found time to visit some Peruvian radio stations.
Full report on  Mäkeläinen's
web site, a HCDX partner site.
QSL
guaranteed from Radio La Hora
Having just visited Cusco, Peru, I would like to convey
the regards of Mr. Carlos Gamarra Moscoso to DXers all around
the world. Carlos works at Radio La Hora and is in charge
of verifying reports to the station. He has done this with
utmost sense of dedication and responsibility, and has kept
a detailed log of all reports received and all verifications
sent out.
The management of the station has not cared much for reports
before Carlos took over the job. If you have sent a report
to the station in the past 10 years or so, but have not
received a reply, please send a follow-up to Carlos, preferably
with a return postage.
A reply is guaranteed for all correct reports - he does
check them. Carlos has just one wish: please do let him
know once you have received the verification. The mail service
is somewhat unreliable, and Carlos is so worried that some
of the QSLs sent by him never reach recipients. So, all
of you who have received a QSL from him, he would really
appreciate a short thank you note.
The Gerente of the station is Edmundo Montesinos G. It wouldn't
hurt if you also told him how much you appreciate the efforts
of Carlos Gamarra Moscoso, whose dedication is indeed unparallelled
in all of Peru.
Instead of the station address, Carlos says however that
reports reach him with more certainty, if sent to his home
address: Avenida Garcilaso No. 411, Wanchaq, Cusco.
And as he is DXer, I am sure he would enjoy receiving the
same kind of radio memorabilia that all we DXers love to
collect...
During the first week of July Radio La Hora is hoping to
inaugurate a new 2-kilowatt shortwave transmitter to replace
the present 1-kilowatt tx.
Funding for the new transmitter is however still a problem.
(Mika Mäkeläinen, hcdx list, April 15)
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