Bolivia In Alaska

[SomeRadioGuy]

Radio Mosoj Chaski, 3310khz Bolivia. 10KW 0903UTC Sat July 6, 2024 at my west central Alaska listening post

Tuned into hear some kind of music, maybe bolivian national anthem or other theme music followed by an announcer mentioning Mosoj Chaski and their web address and then into a woman preaching. Good signal, low modulation.

(Walker-Alaska) TEF6686, 15 ft circumference wellbrook loop, DXEngineering preamp and EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner

 

[secondchoice]

Was it in English?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Was it in English?

No, why would a Bolivian station be in English?

 

[davideduardo]

Was it in English?

In Bolivia it would be either in Spanish, Aymara or Quechua. Why would a Bolivian local band station broadcast in English?

Their slogan, translated, is "Since 1999 preaching the gospel to the Quechua people" (Desde 1999 anunciando el evangelio al pueblo Quechua".)

Here is their Facebook page Radio Mosoj Chaski | Cochabamba

 

[secondchoice]

The old VOA was not in English. Propaganda.

 

[secondchoice]

My neighbor when I was 7 or 8 used to have a SW receiver. One day he boasted he use to listen to the "radio Moscow" newscast every night. This was a couple of years after the Cuban Missile crisis. My friends were sure the "authorities" would come and arrest him soon.

 

[davideduardo]

The old VOA was not in English. Propaganda.

Yes, but the VOA was specifically required not to program for a domestic audience. Those "tropical band" short wave stations are intended for local service in one country or a region of one country, not international service.

The VOA broadcast in dozens of languages from a variety of transmitter sites around the world. It was purposely designed to present the United State's perspective internationally.

I briefly owned a commercial short wave station which I acquired along with a rural AM in Ecuador. I moved the AM to Quito, and turned in the license for the shortwave; it had made most of its income sending messages to people in rural areas and was impractical in the larger city. It covered, on the 3.3 MHz band, about three provinces in Ecuador; it did not even cover the whole country.

 

[secondchoice]

Sorry I derailed this post but back to the original catch. Looking at a globe that was a really long distance. That would be a very expensive plane ticket.

What could be cool would be some kind of monthly for DX distance contest. Maybe the board staff could come up with a "logo" the winner could put on his meme for the month.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Radio Mosoj Chaski, 3310khz Bolivia. 10KW 0903UTC Sat July 6, 2024 at my west central Alaska listening post

The 2024 WRTH lists the station’s broadcast hours as 0900-1230 and 2200-0130 UTC, so during morning and evening peak listening times in Bolivia, and a night path to Alaska at 0900.

There are only three SW broadcasters left in that country. I think Radio Pio XII is only on for a couple of hours a week.

In Bolivia it would be either in Spanish, Aymara or Quechua. Why would a Bolivian local band station broadcast in English?

Decades ago Radio La Cruz del Sur in La Paz had some late evening English programming that was widely heard by shortwave listeners on 4875, IIRC. There were a few Latin American SW stations that would include an hour or two of English as part of their schedule, such as TGNA, TIFC, HRVC, and YNVO.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

The 2024 WRTH lists the station’s broadcast hours as 0900-1230 and 2200-0130 UTC, so during morning and evening peak listening times in Bolivia, and a night path to Alaska at 0900.

There are only three SW broadcasters left in that country. I think Radio Pio XII is only on for a couple of hours a week.

Decades ago Radio La Cruz del Sur in La Paz had some late evening English programming that was widely heard by shortwave listeners on 4875, IIRC. There were a few Latin American SW stations that would include an hour or two of English as part of their schedule, such as TGNA, TIFC, HRVC, and YNVO.

Radio Pio gets crushed in the US by WRMI on 5950