Dear Michael,

You bet! Play great music, don't they?

It's been coming in loud-and-clear the past few days.

Believe it or not, I discovered it by accident while playing with my
Lafayette HE-10(!) receiver (which I like to use every couple of months
or so just to rekindle memories).

Of course I had my Wellbrook ALA 330S hooked up to the Lafayette (so it
wasn't "really" like "old times," but what the heck ...

As soon as I identified the station (they announce "Radio Nacional do
Brasilia"), I hooked the antenna back to my AOR AR7030 Plus which gave
far better reception and then ran the sound through my stereo system.

I'm listening to the station as I write (no music just now; male and
female announcers in Portuguese).

It's really fun and "magic," isn't it?

Best,

Joe

P.S. See my next "post" about the Wellbrook ALA 330S Active Loop
Antenna.

"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear Michael,

You bet! Play great music, don't they?

It's been coming in loud-and-clear the past few days.

Believe it or not, I discovered it by accident while playing with my
Lafayette HE-10(!) receiver (which I like to use every couple of months
or so just to rekindle memories).

Of course I had my Wellbrook ALA 330S hooked up to the Lafayette (so it
wasn't "really" like "old times," but what the heck ...

As soon as I identified the station (they announce "Radio Nacional do
Brasilia"), I hooked the antenna back to my AOR AR7030 Plus which gave
far better reception and then ran the sound through my stereo system.

I'm listening to the station as I write (no music just now; male and
female announcers in Portuguese).

It's really fun and "magic," isn't it?

Best,

Joe

P.S. See my next "post" about the Wellbrook ALA 330S Active Loop
Antenna.

Hiya, Joe...

Thanx for the confirmation. I heard them ID, but I wasn't 100 % sure of
what I heard. I was using my R-75 and "Frankenstein" 200' roof wire
antenna. The audio was clear and the strength was about S-7 to S-9. There
was some moderate QRN at times and it had constant fast fade in/out that was
bordering on being able to be described as "flutter". I checked out the
Passport blue pages and it shows as Radio Nacional, Brazil, so I figured I
had my ID correct They were indeed playing some great music. I'll be
returning to it regularly now as long as the signal holds up :-)

Thanx again !!!

Michael

Radio Nacional and Radio Nacional do Amazonia both come from Brasilia in the
heart of Brazil. They have an extensive network of less powerful stations
that operate the way our "am" stations do here, in providing coverage for
their people. Those stations' signals don't die at the border s and if you
like hunting for stations, they provide a good challenge.


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"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear Michael,

You bet! Play great music, don't they?

It's been coming in loud-and-clear the past few days.

Believe it or not, I discovered it by accident while playing with my
Lafayette HE-10(!) receiver (which I like to use every couple of months
or so just to rekindle memories).

Of course I had my Wellbrook ALA 330S hooked up to the Lafayette (so it
wasn't "really" like "old times," but what the heck ...

As soon as I identified the station (they announce "Radio Nacional do
Brasilia"), I hooked the antenna back to my AOR AR7030 Plus which gave
far better reception and then ran the sound through my stereo system.

I'm listening to the station as I write (no music just now; male and
female announcers in Portuguese).

It's really fun and "magic," isn't it?

Best,

Joe

P.S. See my next "post" about the Wellbrook ALA 330S Active Loop
Antenna.

Hiya, Joe...

Thanx for the confirmation. I heard them ID, but I wasn't 100 % sure of
what I heard. I was using my R-75 and "Frankenstein" 200' roof wire
antenna. The audio was clear and the strength was about S-7 to S-9. There
was some moderate QRN at times and it had constant fast fade in/out that
was bordering on being able to be described as "flutter". I checked out
the Passport blue pages and it shows as Radio Nacional, Brazil, so I
figured I had my ID correct They were indeed playing some great music.
I'll be returning to it regularly now as long as the signal holds up :-)

Thanx again !!!

Michael

"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear Michael,

You bet! Play great music, don't they?


Playing great music again tonight; 01/06/05 at 23:10 UTC. Very good signal
too. :-)

Michael