List of Latin American shortwave stations from 1992

[n2avh]

Nostalgia (but maybe a little depressing)--from the great old Japanese publication LA DXing: https://www.calameo.com/read/0000801987063d8a51567

Approximately 900 of them, of which I'd say 600 were independent stations (the rest, especially higher frequencies, were external services like RAE). There were as many on 120m as there are *total* today!

[NQC]

 Hey n2avh,

Thank you SO much for posting this. I used to be a HUGE tropical Dxer way back in the day.There is SO much material there ,  it's going to take  a few pleasant hours to really go through it . I immediately  saw some of  the stations I had copied.

Yup, really sad, only a tiny few left.

HF in general has really dried up a LOT (with a degree of exception on the ham  bands). Some nights it's only 3 or 6 of the same  old  broadcasters  .

FWIW, my wife is from Peru and has a "bit" of on air experience.

NQC

[n2avh]

There is a lot more available, old FRENDXs (https://www.worldradiohistory.com/NASWA_Frendx.htm) and other stuff, if you really want to go down that rabbit hole! And there are five other editions (1978-96) of what I linked in the original post, just in a different format, at http://radiophj.web.fc2.com/rnm/ladx.html. 

[NQC]

Hey avh,

Again thanks for the info, I will go through it when times allows.

de NQC

[sat_dxer]

Latin America by Radio
1989
Henrik Klemetz
Paperback : 167 pages
ISBN-13 ‏: ‎978-9519035932

Unfortunately this edition is currently not available and out of print.

[n2avh]

I think I've seen bits and pieces of that Klemetz book at https://www.dxinfo.se/ but I've never seen the book. He and I were in Bogotá around the same time in the early 1990s (he was a much more consistent DXer than me!) but I never knew about him till years later.  You can see some of his logs at https://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/Dline94.htm.

[NQC]

Hey All,

I went through the info and was able to pull out quite a few nuggets re stations that I heard way back then.

It is absolutely amazing how many were on the air then .

 If I recall, a number of Canadians also used to simulcast on 49 M, 1 or 2 still do this now.

I also used to hear Germans  on 49 when I lived in Germany, some Europeans cars had 49M in the car stereos.

A bit OT, but  I also used to Springbok Radio South Africa  on 90 M ( or MAYBE 120 M). If I recall, there was at least one other South African on 90 M ( or MAYBE 120 M ) anybody remember  that one ?

I never had much (or any) luck on the Pacific Tropicals though.

I greatly appreciate this info being posted.

NQC