{"id":63064,"date":"2025-06-04T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63064"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:49:46","slug":"another-one-bites-the-dust-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/another-one-bites-the-dust-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Another One Bites The Dust In Brazil?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written\/Published\/Edited by SWLing.com Contributor Paul Walker, avid SW DXer and manager of KSKO 89.5 McGrath, Alaska<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Surprisingly, RBC’s 7.5KW signal on 11815khz was quite regular here and heard very well at times.\u00a0 A few weeks ago, I realized I hadn’t heard it in several months, which has never happened really. I’m a member of the North American Shortwave Association <\/a>so I posted a question there, because no matte how niche a station may be, someone can usually find or knows the answer.<\/p>\n

I was greeted with this answer from Rich D’Angelo:<\/p>\n

The following ius from May’s Listeners Notebook contributed by Brazilian DX’er Pedro de Castro:<\/div>\n
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R\u00e1dio Brasil Central AM \u2013 which currently operates at 1270 \u2013 will migrate to FM, according to the process approved by the Ministry of Communications at the end of last February. According to the president of Ag\u00eancia Brasil Central, Reginaldo Junior, the migration will guarantee the survival and legacy of 75 years of the station. The AM operation will be terminated at Fazenda Bananal, where the transmitters of these operations in medium, short and tropical waves are installed. Two other FM radio stations may be created with the migration of shortwave and tropical frequencies as well, still unpredicted. (Juliana Carnevalli via Ag\u00eancia Brasil Central (ABC) – Government of Goi\u00e1s\/Pedro de Castro-Brazil)<\/p>\n

Sad to hear, but we must face the reality and progression of time and technology. SW equipment is tough, expensive and time to repair, maintain or purchase new. With a few well placed FM signals, they can cover the areas that really matter in much better, much more consistent quality. We have to remember we as DX’ers aren’t the target and the fact we can hear a sub 10,000 Watt signal outside of its target area wasn’t intended and just a bonus. The electricity costs for a few FM signals are likely less than a 50KW full time AM and 2 full time shortwave signals.<\/p>\n

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Written\/Published\/Edited by SWLing.com Contributor Paul Walker, avid SW DXer and manager of KSKO 89.5 McGrath, Alaska Surprisingly, RBC’s 7.5KW signal on 11815khz was quite regular here and heard very well at times.\u00a0 A few weeks ago, I realized I hadn’t heard it in several months, which has never happened really. I’m a member of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,3,43],"tags":[10827,10830,10829,10828,1594,10832,10833,10831],"class_list":["post-63064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-10827","tag-11815-khz","tag-11815khz","tag-10828","tag-brazil","tag-goias","tag-goias-brazil","tag-radio-brasil-central"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gpa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22115,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/oxford-shortwave-log-dxing-in-the-tropical-rainforest-of-para-brazil-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":63064,"position":0},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: DXing in the tropical rainforest of Par\u00e1, Brazil \u2013 part 2","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"November 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, here is part 2 of my reception videos taken in the tropical rainforest of\u00a0Par\u00e1, Northern Brazil. 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