HCJB Quito 6.050 in Spanish and another dialect at 23.45 UTC

[nycrich425]

Always nice to hear HCJB Quito on 6.050 , S6 SINPO 43444. There is some fading tonight here in Florida. I remembered flying into Quito to visit my in-laws and visit the HCJB site that was popular back in the 80's on the shortwave forums.
Currently playing traditional folkloric songs and will be signing off soon with Inti illimani songs.
As a side note they used to broadcast in the late 90's on Intelsat at 27.5 degree orbit,  on a sub carrier radio channel (audio only) called "Big Red". The host was surprised when I called from the US and did not even know they were on satellite.

[nycrich425]

Still on after 00:00 UTC, maybe signal stronger than China from my receiving location.

[dxwingr]

Still good signal at 01:45 UTC

[East Troy Don]

Always nice to hear HCJB Quito on 6.050 , S6 SINPO 43444. There is some fading tonight here in Florida. I remembered flying into Quito to visit my in-laws and visit the HCJB site that was popular back in the 80's on the shortwave forums.

I've always wanted to ask someone who has flown into Quito this question:
Is the landing as hair-raising an experience as everyone says ?

[nycrich425]

Well East Troy Don I would say it is. I flew into the night on a Continental flight. I was watching all the bright stars upwards outside and made the comment to my wife how clear the stars was. She then informed me that those bright stars was light from houses on the side of the mountains and not stars in the sky. We basically was making an approach between 10K feet mountains flying in a canyon.

[East Troy Don]

Geez ! Ok, guess I'll cross off Quito on my vacation list !   Thanks !!