| Date | Station | Freq | Time | Comments | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-07-19 | Radio Altura | 6479.8 | 0145 | Mx, "Buenas noche!", qrm cw, 32432 (Bernardini) | DXWin 76 |
| 1997-05-11 | Radio Altura | 6479.8 | 0155 | was warming up to Mother's Day with "saludos musicales para celebrar el día de la madre". ID as "La hora exacta, 9.01 en nuestros estudios de Altura" (Pedersen, May 11) | DXWin 65 |
| 1997-04-06 | Radio Altura | 6480 | 0220-0230 | Huarmaca, Andean mx w Ute qrm, ID & early s/off. Weak. (Pijpers, April 6). | DXWin 59 |
| 1997-03-11 | Radio Altura | 6479.8 | 0200 | In the midst of harsh CW signals (TBH5) w Andean mx and male w ID. No great signal, but nevertheless ''there''. (Pijpers, march 11). | DXWin 56 |
| 1997-03-10 | R Altura | 6479.8 | 0112 | Good s7 signal. Rapid fire speech, difficult to pick out IDs. Had been trying for more than a week on this one. At this time of the year the grayline is perfectly placed, and the signal peaks s9+ at sunset, drops in level about an hour later, then picks up again early evening. (Sundstrom Mar 10) | Cumbre 129 |
| 1997-02-26 | Radio Altura | 6479.7 | 0300 | Andean mx w male in Spanish. Signal plagued by Ute QRM. Several IDs as ''Radio Altura''. Poor. Rechecked at 0350, then slightly better signal w again ID. (Pijpers, feb 26) | DXWin 54 |
| 1997-02-08 | R Altura | 6479.81 | 0227-0250 | very good w/ reverb SP M dj Ids between each huayno vocal. On 6479.79 2308+ February 10. (Krueger) | DXWin 52 |
| 1997-02-03 | Radio Altura | 6480 | 0245-0308 | Folk mx, comunicados to listeners in San Martin, Cajamarca, and Lambayeque depts - very far flung areas. Anmts: "la tierra de rios Chamaya, Maranon, yHuancabamba..." and "...de nuestro pueblo lleno de ricas historias y leyendas, aqui trasmite (new voice) Radio Altura, una voz con musica y cultura (first voice again) onda corta para el pais y el mundo." Good signal, but some more QRM. (Moore Feb 3) | Cumbre 124 |
| 1997-01-25 | R. Altura | 6479.81 | 0234-0248 | folk music w/huaynos, lot of IDs, at 0243 ID as "Desde el ... y centro de Huarmaca, Provincia de Huancabamba, Departamento de Piura ... con su mensaje de amor para el progreso ... y bienestar de los pueblos del norte y oriente del Peru, Radio Altura, un mensaje de amistad hacia el interior del pais", then folk music. (Barrera, Jan 25) | DXWin 50 |
| 1996-12-25 | R.Altura | 6479.84 | 0406 | Choral mx etc. w/nice sig! 1997 WRTH lists this as "R. Los Andes." What's correct? (Yoder Dec 25) | Cumbre 119 |
| 1996-10-22 | R. Altura | 6479.8 | 0027-0055 | Huamarca, Huancabamba, Piura; 33333 px Mas alla del futuro Slogan: "Desde el progresista pueblo de Huarmaca surge una voz Radio Altura.." ID "Esten atentos a Radio Altura de Huarmaca.." px congratulaciones. (Arrunategui, Oct 22) | DXWin 36 |
| 1996-10-05 | Radio Altura ? | 6479,8 | 0038-0103 | Huarmaca Andean (flute-)music, Spanish announcements. No ID heard. Strong CW-QRM most of the time. 22342 (Veldhuis Oct 5) | DXWin 33 |
| 1996-10-02 | Radio Altura | 6480 | 0403-0436 | very strong signal, Peruvian music with announcements by one or two announcers. Many IDs, time checks and messages (which they called "comunicados") for listeners in the Departamentos of Cajamarca and San Martin. IDs by announcers included: (1) "Radio Altura que transmite en Huarmaca para todo el Peru y el mundo entero. Ahora mis amigos, la informacion de la hora: exactamente 11 de la noche 29 minutos y 35 segundos en los estudios...de Radio Altura, la radio que esta en el corazon del Pueblo"; and (2) "Lo mejor de la musica, lo mejor de la cultura a traves de Radio Altura." Two recorded reverb IDs were more difficult. One, at 0423, began with "Huarmaca" and ended with "...de nuestro Pueblo y...rica historia...aqui transmite Radio Altura, onda corta, para el pais y el mundo." The second recorded ID, immediately before sign-off, included the following words: "Desde la sierra norte del Peru...hasta las selva tropical...transmite Radio Altura...." After time announcement at 0430, long sign off announcement including mention of the date and "senoras, senores, amigos, amigas...gracias por...su preferencia...felices suenos...muy buenas noches" followed by the above-quoted recorded reverb ID and a hymn or march which was NOT the Peruvian National Anthem. (Lazarus) | DXWin 32 |
| 1996-09-15 | R Altura ? | 6479.82 | 0215-0225 | Huarmarca Spanish talk and pop mx. 23222 (Petersen, Sep 15) | DXWin 30 |
| 1996-08-30 | R. Altura | 6479.8 | 0032-0115 | Huarmaca, Huancabamba, Piura; 44444 mx px Saludos musicales mx ID "Gracias a Ud. que puede confiar sus saludos a radio Altura desde Huarmaca"mx ID "Ya, son las 8 de la noche en su nueva voz, radio Altura que transmite para todo el Peru" NOTA: por momento la senal se corta, aparentemente estan todavia regulando sus equipos. tnx, tnx Pederson & Valko (Cumbre DX 101). NOTA: Tambien he probado en 7143.2 y no hay senal alguna.(Arrunategui, Aug 30) Further comment on 6479.84 from Pedro F. Arrunategui: I believe that those who have hrd R. Los Andes on this fqy are correct, because I also hrd that on June 13. I have also hrd it at s/off on 7143.2. -- It must be remembered that, in Peru, many stns take to the air informally, without a defined fqy and without permission, some even with made-up call letters. Some disappear after a short time. An example is R. Altura. They use different fqys, and sometimes they have anncd as R. Los Andes, other times as R. Altura. This is partly to mislead the authorities. You may think I have many QSLs from Peru, but that is not true. It is easier to obtain them from abroad. The very few that answer me are the ones with their license applications pending, or who have a temporary permit; the rest do not answer because they think I may be with the Telecommunications Ministry. -- My "QSL" comes from other DXers hearing the same stn. So it is not surprising that Henrik Klemetz writes, "I listened to R. Los Andes and/or Altura." It depends on the anncr at the time. There is also a R. Altura on 3339.9, Cerro de Pasco, and if that one is official it means that there are two SW stns with the same name. As we know from TIN's reports, even equipment is moved from one region to other. Much of the radio scene in the interior of Peru is driven by people who enjoy using radio, but often without crystals. That is why they say they are on one fqy but are actually on another. -- DX should not be mainly a competition, but rather a sharing of what is heard. Just because I live in Peru does not mean that I will hear a stn first. Another who lives far away may be the first. What is nice about DX is seeking and finding it, and thereafter verifying, knowing that it is all likely to change before long. (Arrunategui-Peru, Chasqui DX, for ease reasons (I just came back from Greece, you remember, hi) as edited by JBerg in NU) |
DXWin 28 |
| 1996-08-24 | Radio Altura | 6479.8 | 0125-0246 | Stronger as time went on. Several ID's for Altura, non whatsoever for Radio Los Andes, as reported by many earlier. This may not be as strange as it seems, as station apparently is in close cooperation with earlier reported Radio Altura on 7143 kHz - it may even be the same station. As reported by Henrik Klemetz in May '96, when both stations first were noted, even the local DJ's get confused. In a first test transmission on May 9 the locutor made "wrong" announcements several times such as, according to Klemetz, "Radio Al... Los Andes" and "Thank you for prefering Radio Altura, no, Radio Los Andes it is". On Aug 24 transmission about important ruins near Huarmaca. ID as "Desde (allí) transmite Radio Altura, onda corta e internacional para todos". At 0240 TC (3 minutes off) and ID as "9 de la noche con 43 minutos en su programa Noches Tropicales. Gracias a ser grandes amigos a esta emisora Radio Altura, que transmite para todo el Perú y el mundo entero". (Pedersen, Aug 24) | DXWin 28 |
| 1996-08-02 | R. Altura | 7143.2 | 0140-0220 | Huarmaca, Huancabamba, Piura; 33333 mx s/off (0210*) dicen: "Bueno amigos, llegamos al termino de una jornada mas de labores el dia de hoy.. mxf al retirarnos de sus dignos y modestos hogares, reciban el agradecimiento sincero de todos los que laboramos en esta casa radial, a nombre de los locutores como Timoteo.. , Segundo Mori Salazar, a nombre de nuestros consesionarios, como Jurbe Padilla, Eduardo Pacheco Santos, le agradecemos por su sintonia hasta estos instantes, Radio Altura desde Huarmaca con estudios en jiron Antonio Raymondi 312 en la progresista ciudad de Huarmaca, provincia de Huancabamba, Departamento de Piura, republica del Peru...a todos Uds. grandes amigos, le deseamos muchos existos y que en sus diferentes actividades del dia de hoy sean cristalisadas a plenitud, a nombre de un amigo que les habla Gido Estrada Sabal, le agradecemos por la preferencia... volveremos pero con la eterna promesa de retornar el dia de manana, luego de las 7 de la manana, senoras y senores a todos Uds., le desamos que tenga una feliz noche y un alegre despertar, buenas noches amigos de Huarmaca, el Peru profundo.. al final escucharemos el himno de Huarmaca y luego el Himno Nacional.. buenas noches amigos de Huarmaca y del Peru profundo..." (Arrunategui, Aug 2) | DXWin 24 |
| 1996-06-23 | R Altura | 7143,2 | 0128 | Huarmaca 1-3 (Aakesson, June 23 in SWB) | DXWin 20 |
| 1996-05-17 | Radio Altura | 7143 | 0300 | s/off, shuts down between 2315 and 0015 to change generator fuel. Station address is: Antonio Raymondi 212 (or 202), Huarmaca, Piura, Peru. (Klemetz, Dateline Bogota) | Cumbre 86 |
| 1996-05-12 | R Altura | 7143.12 | 0101-0116 | Huarmaca with Andean cumbias, 0105 ID: estimados y queridos amigos, exactamente 8 de la noche y 6 minutos en los estudios centrales de su estacion favorita Radio Altura de Huarmaca. Musical greetings on Mother's Day. 45444 (Barrera, May 12) | DXWin 14 |
| 1996-03-09 | Radio Altura | 7143 | 2340 | with musical requests for an elderly gent, walking around with a beer in one hand and a transistor radio tuned to Radio Altura in the other! Announcer said they were operating from new studios at Antonio Raymondi 312 or 302. The previous address was "next to the Huarmaca electricity plant". Hopefully the new address will work out better for DX reporters! (Klemetz Dateline Bogota Mar 9) | Cumbre 79 |
| 1996-01-10 | R Altura | 7143 | info | Haven't hrd them here in the last 2 weeks. Freq change again?? (Valko) Ditto here (Johnson) | Cumbre 68 |
| 1995-12-23 | R Altura | 7143 | 0200 | heard several ids upon relistening to tape. (Wilkins Dec 23) | Cumbre 67 |
| 1995-12-19 | Radio Altura | 7143.04 | 1418 | w/Ecuadorian folk music, TC, greetings and dedications. Many mentions of them being in the "distrito de Huarmaca." No actual "Radio Altura" ID heard, but it's definitely the R.Altura announcer and it's in Huarmaca. Moved from 5956.7 kHz, where Harald Kuhl discovered them in Nov. Last summer they were on about 7559 kHz. Dec.17. Also heard on the 19th at about 1725 UTC. (McVicar) | Cumbre 66 |
| 1995-08-11 | R. Altura | 7559.5 | 0050-0127 | Periods of LA mx w/occas. anmnts by live M. Finally got an ID at 0120 "...senore ?? la sintonia Radio Altura..." and TC as well. Gave up at 0127. Weak as usual. Modulation is weak also. (Valko 8/11) | Jihad 46 |
| 1995-08-08 | R Altura | 7559.5 | 2303 | Huarmaca, Huancabamba, Greetings/messages, music, Id, etc. Very Good. (MacHarg 8/8) Also heard in southern USA by Jones and Lazarus. (DX South Florida via Krueger) | Jihad 46 |
| 1995-07-30 | Radio Altura | 7559.7 | 1452 | (Huarmaca) w/TC, ID, folk mx. fr-good (McVicar 7/30) | Jihad 44 |
| 1995-07-16 | Radio Altura | 7559.4 | 2011 | Various types of pop and folk music w/ TCs and IDs giving their location. At 2032 UTC, an interesting "saludo" where they greeted all brothers in Christ in the evangelical churches in the area. 20:38-"Son las 3 de las tarde, 41 minutos en los estudios de Radio Altura, que transmite desde Huarmaca en la provincia de Huancabamba en la Republica del Peru." Signals were very good throughout the rest of the afternoon on July 16. When I checked the frequency later in the evening, at 0044 UTC, signals were excellent. That greeting to "our brothers in Christ" points to the station being operated by an evangelical group. I've asked around HCJB in hopes that someone could give me an address of an evangelical church in Huarmaca but learn we have no contacts in that area of Peru. (McVicar) | Jihad 41 |