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Category: Peru

Radio Onda Cero, Lima, 1160 kHz: a new personal MW DX record

May 1, 2025 / / 0 Comments

I think I beat my Mediumwave DX record… Radio Onda Cero from Lima is 10537 kms from my QTH… which is 12 kms further than Radio Santa Rosa.

I don’t have a proper QSL (e)mail address, so if you have one, please let me know in the comments!

The quality of the reception was even a bit better than for Santa Rosa as I could identify at least two songs that were played. Onda Cero plays modern songs from Latin America. Below two clips of my reception… yeah I know it is bad.. but the ID is there and it is my 86th Transatlantic station. And again… 2 years ago I wouldn’t have thought I would be able to log stations like this:

Radio Santa Rosa, Lima – new record!

January 17, 2025 / / 0 Comments

While conditions towards the USA and Canada are very poor, the medium wave continues to suprise me. I’d never thought that in my suburb location I would be able to receive stations from South America. Recently I heard Radio Santa Fe from Colombia, but two nights ago I heard Radio Santa Rosa from Lima, Peru on 1500 kHz. That’s 10525 kilometers which sets a record for me!

Now please don’t think that this is “easy listening”. For a start: 1500 kHz is a frequency on which I always experience heavy noise, sometimes by a pulsating signal that sounds as if it is sending digital information. But if someone in Peru keeps shouting “Santa Rosa” than all of a sudden you have 4 perfect IDs (and a lot of noise) in 2 minutes. Check it out on this Youtube clip.

I’m trying to get a QSL from them, but I struggle to find an email address that works. So if someone has a suggestion, please let me know!

UPDATE: thanks to Patrick Robic I got a brief reply from Mr. Riofrio. His gmail logo suggests that he works at Radio Santa Rosa. But it’s hardly a QSL, so I will order myself a pigeon and send him out with a regular mail to Lima:


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