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+* FIRST DEFINITE RECEPTION OF ST. V I N m ON 705 MZ THIS WEEK BY HORSS AND W3 * Greetings. For you LA freaks the pst week has been superb with signals everywhere. Thursday evening 2/10 was p r t i c u l a r l y notable with strong signals on many fraquen- cies. Odly rea l ly new one noted was St. Vincent on 705 khe but a l o t of the f a i r l y

/ rara ones were i n with good signals. Enough of this - on t o whats been heard. I f no credi t the item is from Connelly . . . . . 535 -GRENADA Morne Rouge t o f a i r peaks O / C B T / W - ~ slop, u/~aribbean EE talk,

0048, 2/6. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) Noted here with one of the best signals ever h l d a y evening 2/11. (ED)

540 -ECIJADOR HCFA2 R. Tropicana, Guayaquil. ?he TRF gets Ecuadorl Noted a t home i n Birmingham, Mich. a t 0735 on 1/5 w/mx and anmts, many mentioning "Tropicanan Jus t O/HJKA. Possibly hrd again i n W. Iafayette on 1/8 but no clear ID. ( ~ e h )

9 5 -DOMINICA R. Jumbo good w/mx w/reggae and 50's rock influences, 0050, 2/6. 580 -PUEF?l'O RICO San Juan UKAQ atop a jumble w/lDs, 0513, 2/6. 584 -SPAIN Madrid f a i r w/m i n SS, 0459, 2/6. 590 -CUBA San Antonio de l a s Vegas, CMU O/WEEI, 0515, 2/6. 595 -DOMINICA Roseau poor i n what sounded l i k e a Creole-type FF dia lec t , 0053. 2/6. 600 -COWMEiIA Ba-quilla HJHJ loud and dominant W/R. Libertad ID, then LA mx w/

accordian and yunding drums, male vocalist doing verses and group sln$in$,re- - .

f ra in , 0517, Z/b. / z/b. 62911 -UNID Hore l i ke ly W than TA judging by cx; loud het on UPFi~/others-630, 0524, 640 -CUBA Havana MQ dominant u/folksongs, SS talk mentioning J O S ~ Marti, 0526, 2/6.

-VENEZUELA YVW Puerto la Cruz, way o/(31~ w/0ndas Portenas ID in to mx, strong nn TnF nq 15 1/3. (Falconer) / 2/6. -*. --- - - & ~

650 -MIMINIW ~ P ~ L I C Santo Domingo HIAT atop channel, W/R. Universal lbs, 0528, -VENEZUELA YVLH R. Vision, Maracay s/on 0900 1/31 u/long hymn. Jus t o/Bogotals Monserrate . ( ~ e h r i n ~ e r ) / ( ~ u t t o n )

660 -HAITI Killed St. Lucia 0959 2/7 wipiano IS and s/on " I c i R. Lmiere". Strong. -ST LUCIA Fa$ t o unrsadable u/Colombian 2/7 from Ow-0959, EE re1 prgm u/no IDS. (Hutton) -VENEZUELA ( ~ e n t a t i v e ) A sports event between Venezuela and Puerto Xco here i n SS, l i ke ly YVNA, o/nulled WNBC, 0058 2/6, -VENEZUELA Caracas YVLL w/"~edianoche" idni night) pgm, mentions of Rumbos and Venezuela, then slow SS vocal, atop presumed Cuban, 0530, 2/6. -CUBA Havana CMBC atop CBF w/jazz, 0537, 2/6. -ST VINCENT R. St. Vincent 2/8 2245 t o 2 3 9 and l a t e r . So they're there. ( ~ o r s s ) * mought I had an exclusive on t h i s till I got your card Stan, hi. Nrst noted 2/11 0020, mixture of mx, Soul, Pop, Calypso, male ancr w / ~ r i t i s h accent. Fair sigs, gett ing bet ter a s evening went on. BBC radio play a t 0100 and s/off t h i s date was 0131 a f t e r anthem. On 2/12, good ID a t 0000130 "This is R. St. Vincent broadcasting on 705 khz i n the Medium Wave Band". Later checks indicated s/off t h i s date was around 0100, but car r ier s t i l l on l a t e r . Signal about equal t o 595 khz, but audio seems a b i t better . W i l l be a new country fo r many. Either they just got t h i s r i g on the a i r o r they have been on another frequency or just operating days. With a signal t h i s good they couldn't have been overlooked. (ED) -VENEZUELA Caracas YWY R. &pita1 thru nulled WOR w/ads f o r places i n Caracas, 0112, 2/6. -POHPUGAL Norte o/several others ~ / ~ u i e t mx, 2205, 2/5. -CUBA Colon CMGN generally alone on channel w/m/f i n SS, 0543 2/6; occ. traces of WGN i n backpund. -SURINAM SRS Paramaribo 0332 2/8 sounds l i ke 2-way radio conversation, w/some- one call ing "P3lamaribo Radio" i n EE and DD. Folo by s/off i n EE a t 0335 w/ hvmn. F i r s t time hrd here due t o WGN splash, much reduced a t t h i s time during ~~"~ - - - t h e i r talk show. (Gehringer) -COLOMBIA ~ o g ~ t a HJCU good, overriding CKAC, W/R. Melodia ms, 0 9 5 , 2/6. -ECWDOR Quito HCBG1 good i n SS, 0358, 2/6. -SPAIN Barcelona S7 a t top of fades, f l u t e , violin, piano solos, l i gh t ( ~ o n t )