21 April 2008
Spring Spain Survey
Spain survey in Bocca di Magra, with Dario Monferini monitoring full time: all local or regional programmes
540 04+06/4 1108-1159 Onda Cero Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalunya, Monday to Sunday local service, good BOC12
558 06+08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.5 Valencia, Spain, in // 774 Regional, new reduced service regional, 30 minutes, daily, news Comunidad Valenciana, in //774 (good) suff/good BOC12
576 06/4 1136-1159 RNE R.5 Barcelona, Catalunya, in // 738 RNE R.1 Barcelona, 612 RNE R.1 TX LLeida, 693 RNE R.1 TX Tortosa (under "bloody" DRM TX Milano Siziano, 801 RNE R.1 TX Girona, Regional Program. Daily service. suff/good BOC12
585 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Madrid, Spain, daily program Comunidad de Madrid. poor/suff BOC12
621 05-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Mallorca, Baleares, daily regional program in Mallorquin. poor/suff BOC12
666 04-08/4 1131-1159 SER R. Barcelona, Catalunya, in Catalan, daily service. suff/good BOC12
684 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Sevilla, Spain, daily regional Andalucia. Splash from DRM RAI TX Siziano Milano. poor/suff BOC12
738 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Barcelona, Catalunya, daily regional program good/v.good BOC12
774 04-08/4 1130-1159 RNE R.1 Valencia, Regional Comunidad Valenciana, in // 801 TX Castellon. good/v.good BOC12
783 04-08/4 1120-1159 Rock & Gol, Barcelona, Catalunya, "Infurmatiu" Local service in Catalan, at 1500 id "Rock & Gol oldies" in English ! program from Madrid FM, often the station still annonce on the hour "Cope Miramar en los 783 de la onda media". Best signal on MW from Catalunya. good/v.good BOC12
792 07+08/4 0620-0629 "Hoy por hoy Sevilla" SER R. Sevilla, local program, frequency blocked by France & Greece at evening hours. poor/suff BOC12
819 05/4 0531-0535 Euskadi Irratia, TX San Sebastian, in Spanish. suff/good BOC12
837 07/4 1750-1759 COPE Sevilla, Regional service monday till friday. QRM from France TX 837, even with loop. poor/suff BOC12
873 07+08/4 0510-0530,0620-0630 "Hoy por hoy Zaragoza, Aragon" SER R. Zaragoza, local/regional service, monday to friday. "8 grados la temperatura en Zaragoza capital". suff BOC12
882 04-09/4 0512....1545 COM Radio, Barcelona, Catalunya, "Esta es la sintonia de COM radio" talks & News ALWAYS in Catalan. Suff/good BOC12
900 08/4 0505-0510 Popular Irratia, Tx Bilbao, local program, QRM RAI 1. Poor/suff BOC12
1008 04+07/4 1130-1159, 1730-1750 SER R. Girona, Catalunya, Regional program in //666,1026,1287. poor/suff BOC12
1008 07/4 0750-0759 "Hoy por hoy Comunidad Valenciana" SER R.Alicante, regional, apparently new time for a regional service monday to friday??. poor/suff BOC12
1008 07/4 0754-0759 "Hoy por hoy Extremadura" SER R. Extremadura de Badajoz, mix up/down Alicante. Quite rare catch. poor/suff BOC12
1026 04-08/4 0510-0530 ,0550-0559, 1825-1829, 2201-2203, SER R. Reus, Catalunya, "Radio Reus 1026 kHz" Regional-local programs, in Catalan. QRM at evening from Israel in Arab language. suff/good BOC12
1026 07/4 1825-1830 "Hora 25 Asturias" SER R. Asturias de Oviedo, local service. QRM SER Reus & Israel. poor/suff BOC12
1026 07/4 1825-1830 "Hora 25 Andalucia" SER R.Jaen or Jerez, regional service, mix up/down SER Asturias. poor/suff BOC12
1044 08/4 0510-0530 SER R. Valladolid, Spain, "Hoy por hoy Castilla y Leon" Regional. QRM MDR 1 Germany (partly looped) and Thessaloniki, Greece (very strong) poor/suff BOC12
1080 07+08/4 0750-0759, 1825-1830, 2155-2159 SER R. Huesca, local, regional. At 0750 "Hoy por hoy Huesca" "Hay 4 grados en Huesca" At 1825 "Hora 25 Huesca" suff/good BOC12
1080 07+08/4 1825-1830,2155-2158 SER R. Mallorca, Baleares, local/regional. The 2155 spot is irregular. Suff/good BOC12
1098 06+07/4 1745-1800 RNE R.5 Avila, Castilla Leon, regional, monday till friday. QRM RTA EL WAHAT, Algeria, in Arab. R. Slovakia only Sunday S/off at 1800 hours, other days s/off earlier. Suff/good BOC12
1134 07/4 0530-0540 COPE Navarra, Pamplona, local ID & Adverts. suff BOC12
1161 04/4 2230-2245 Euskadi Irratia, TX San Sebastian, in Euskera language, in //1071 (good). Suff/good BOC12
1179 04+05/4 1130-1159 SER R. Valencia, Spain, local program, "Pais Valenciano medio dia" "1179 onda media" heard also saturday. suff/good BOC12
1224 04+08/4 0550-0602, 1110-1159 COPE R. Mallorca, Baleares, local program. suff/good BOC12
1224 08/4 0550-0602 COPE Almeria, local news + COPE Huelva, local news + COPE Mallorca local news. Nice cocktail, suff/good BOC12
1224 05/4 2225-2230 Herri Irratia, San Sebastian, Euskadi, in Spanish, local program "Popular Irratia"+ QRM COPE night program. suff/good BOC12
1260 06-08/4 0455-0459,0550-0600,1825-1830 SER R. Andalucia, TX Algeciras, "Hoy por hoy Andalucia" at 0455, "Hora 25 Andalucia" at 1825, QRM SER R. Murcia, usually dominating. suff/good BOC12
1269 04+07+08/4 1110-1159 COPE R. Figueres, Catalunya, "COPE Comarques Girones" in Catalan. suff/good BOC12
1287 08/4 1825-1830 SER R. LLeida, Catalunya, "Hora 25 Lleida", local news in Catalan. suff/good BOC12
1296 04/4 1115-1159 COPE R. Valencia, Spain, local program. Other times hard to get signals cause DRM BBC & Bulgaria QRM. suff/good BOC12
1305 07+08/4 1755-1759 RNE R.5 Ciudad Real, Spain, local program + PURE FM, Belgium (dominating) poor/suff BOC12
1485 04+08/4 1840-1854 Onda Rambla Cadena Punto Radio, Vilanova i La Geltrù, Catalunya, local id 1845, local adverts. QRM SER & after 1900 channel blocked by DRM from SWR DASDING, Germany. suff/good BOC12
1485 08/4 0455-0459 SER R. Santander, Cantabria, Spain, "Hoy por hoy Cantabria" suff/good BOC12
1521 04+08/4 0415-0429;0450-0459;1130-1159 SER R. Castellon, Spain, "Hoy por hoy Castellon" at 0415 & 0450. suff/good BOC12
1539 05+7/4 1658-1659, 2225-2226 SER R. Manresa, Catalunya, Local ID, 1 minute local spot & advert. poor/suff BOC12
1602 04-08/4 0545-0614 R. Vitoria, Euskadi, news, QRM SER network. suff BOC12
1602 07/4 0620-0629 SER R. Cartagena, Spain, "Hoy por hoy Cartagena" local Id. poor/suff BOC12
1602 08/4 0550-0559 SER R. Segovia, Spain, "Hoy por hoy Castilla Leon " regional program. poor/suff BOC12
RX: AOR AR7030, Perseus, RF Space SDR-14, CiaoRadio H101, Degen 1103, Sangean ATS 909, Redsun RP2100
Ant: Wellbrook LFL 1010
