Sunday, December 18, 2022

RECORDING: RADIO LARA, Barquisimeto, Venezuela - From 1973

 


RECORDING: 
RADIO LARA, BARQUISIMETO, VENEZUELA
August 12, 1973


I've been digging through a few old tape recordings and digitising them. I'm attempting to salvage them before the original media deteriorates any further. It's a time-consuming task, but an enjoyable one.

Many DXers and shortwave listeners from the '70s and early '80s will remember the chain of Venezuelan radio stations that operated on 60 metres. They included Radio Barquisimeto, Radio Juventud, Radio Yaracuy, Radio Universo, and this one, Radio Lara. These shortwave broadcasters were heard well worldwide and were generally very good verifiers. The network was called Emisoras del la Cadena Venezolana de Radiodifusión and collectively known as the "Circuito sin Fronteras". Unfortunately, all the stations closed in the mid-'80s due to the network's financial difficulties.

This short recording of Radio Lara in Barquisimeto was recorded on August 12, 1973 at 1036 UTC on 4800 kHz. I think the receiver used was the Lafayette HA230, an old valve unit that did the job in those early listening session days. The antennas would have been dipoles. Notice how quiet the band was in those days - only atmospheric noise and virtually no man-made electrical hash. Bliss!




73 and good DX to you all,

Rob Wagner VK3BVW


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1 comment:

  1. Oh for those great days! I girst starting listening in ‘58 at the age of 11, on an old GE tombstone and a longwire. In the heart of Vancouver city … and zero noise. Such a shame that all of this electromagnetic pollution of the airwaves was allowed to happen.

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