Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 30 - Dec 4 - and still there is "nothing"

November 30th.. Caribbean Lighthouse 1160, WEGA 1350, Harbour Light 1400 were the only stations that could be received at all during the night!

December 1st. and still woefully bad. The "peak" came at 00 UTC with PR 1070, 1210, 1280, 1480, 1490, Colombia 1250, 1580, and Venezuela 1450 could also be seen briefly.

2nd. and another “useless” night. 1280 Noti Uno at 00, 1580 Uniminuto 02, NA 1520 and 1540 (WKBK and KXEL?) after 05 could be sensed...

3rd. a couple more of the most common Puerto Ricans went (870, 1120, 1160), even the Peruvian Santa Rosa 1500 albeit poorly at 00 UTC. “Something Spanish-speaking” on 1200 at 01. Fifth night in a row with 285 degrees connected without anything interesting being heard, however it is noticeable that we are approaching Christmas with more and more interference coming from the “Christmas decorations” in Delsbo.

4th.. If there are degrees to compare “lousy” with, it was possibly a little better this night, despite the fact that the endless series of interferences has gained new momentum. A change of antenna to 255 degrees might have helped. Especially some from Brazil, but also a lot of La Plata stations, but most of them so weak that it would have been useless to even try to find the ID. After 03, however, there was nothing left.

 

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Sydamerika

1060 4.12 0301 ZYL278 R 880, Belo Horizonte MG IPDA-program svag men uppfattbar JE

1130 4.12 0200 ZYJ460 R Nacional, Rio de Janeiro har jag inte hört på länge, men nu kom den fram om än svag. JE

1230 4.12 0100 LT2 R Dos, Rosario kändes som en ljusglimt när den kom fram efter flera dagars ”elände”. Argentina också på 1270 och1350 men inte särskilt bra

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 25 - 29 - almost nothing

November 25th. was close to the “absolute bottom”: A Spanish-speaking woman with no ID was persistently talking on 1480 at 00. Radio Buenos Aires with national anthem 1350 and Harbour Light 1400 03, and at 06 WEGA 1350, Harbour Light 1400, possibly Monumental 1510 and WKBK(!) 1520 07 UTC.

26th. nothing recorded.

27/11 there was quite a lot of signals, especially from Argentina and Uruguay, from just before 00 to a little after 01 UTC on the upper part of the band. However, most of them were too weak for ID. Then there were mainly a few stations from Brazil that came through audibly for a couple of hours. Hardly anything that lasted until morning.

28th. there were about the same stations as the night before, but even slightly weaker signals. At 07, however, it had partly swung and the best (only) signals were instead the Peruvian Santa Rosa 1500 and the Ecuadorian Monumental 1510.

29th. I had gone from 255 to 285 degrees. But that didn't help. A small opening at 02 with Puerto Rico and Colombia but nothing of major interest. Caribbean Radio Lighthouse 1160, which suffered a fire in a capacitor in the transmitter less than a week ago. and since then apparently runs irregularly and with reduced power, went great in parts this night.

 

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Europa

1600 26.11 2302 Grekisk pirat, stark med förskräckligt ljud (1599,960) JE

Västindien

1160 29.11 0200 Caribbean R Lighthouse, St Mary/Jennings igång med fin signal åtta dagar efter kondensatorbranden i sändaren. Reducerad effekt nu? JE

1210 29.11 0200 WHOY, Salinas PR stängde för kvällen JE

Sydamerika

1160 27.11 0030 LU32 R Olavarria, Olavarria med en annonsering JE

1400 26.11 2359 CX140 R Zorilla de San Martín, Tacuarembó gick hyggligt några minuter innan Harbour Light tog över JE

1420 27.11 0055 CX142 R Felicidad, Paysandú tittade fram igen JE

1430 27.11 0102 CW25 R Durazno, Durazno med en massa lokala reklamer JE

1450 27.11 0201 ZYK591 R.Boa Nova, Guarulhos SP id-ade efter musik (1449,987) JE

1470 27.11 0030 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas, Parelhas RN (1470,011) JE

1500 27.11 0031 YV RZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná stängde tämligen tvärt i musiken (1500,010) JE

Hello DX-friends. 

My name is Peter Stillberg (PSG), member of Delsbo Radioklubb, Arctic Radio Club (ARC) and The Swedish DX Federation (Sveriges DX-förbund, SDXF). I'm also one of the DX:ers using Fredriksfors as my listening shack together with Jan Edh (JE), Dan Andersson (DAD) and Ronny Forslund (RFK) as active DX:ers. We don't compet, but cooperate and encourage each other in our listening hobby. Mostly we hear the same stations, but sometimes we have different experiences, perhaps the equipment has failed, we have used different antennas or other circumstances (for instance better skills by experience) giving different results. 

Here are some of my loggings from 2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23. Before my signature I also give the direction in degrees of the antenna used.

North America

Mosttly the strong and usual stations these days.

970   22.11  0201 WZAN Portland ME, Id: "Great Country music and great Country Artists, The Outlaw". 285 PSG

1100 23.11 0500 WTAM Cleveland OH, Id: "WTAM 1100 News Fox Sports, this is WTAM 1100 Cleveland". 285 /PSG

1010 22.11 0502 WINS New York NY, Id: "We are 1010 WINS and 92,3 FM". 285 /PSG

1030 22.11 0503 WBZ Boston MA, Traffic and weather. 285 /PSG

1050 22.11 0151 WEPN New York NY, Heavy splashing from Talk Sport and Romania. 285 /PSG

1130 22.11 0200 WBBR New York NY, Id: "This is WBBR New York Bloomberg 11-3-0" 285 /PSG

1140 22.11 0200 CHRB High River AB, Id: "CBC News  with Mike Miles" 285 /PSG

1200 22.11 0405 WXKS Newton MA, Id: "Talk 1200 Bostons Conservatiove talk" 285 /PSG

1370 22.11 0341 WDEA Ellsworth MW, Id: "13-70 WDEA" played Christmas songs, 285 /PSG

1440 23.11 0405 WWCL Lehigh Acres FL, Id: "Escutchen Radio Vision Christiania ... Cada dia". 285 /PSG

1450 23.11 0405 WPGG Atlantic City NJ, Id: "Early in the morning, WPG Talk Radio, 95.5" 285 /PSG

1480 23.11 0400 WSAR Fall River MA, Id: "Your only local news radio, FM 95.9 AM 14-80 WSAR Fall River" 285 /PSG

1500 22.11 0136 WFED Washington DC, with Sports. 285 /PSG

1500 22.11 0424 WLQN Detroit MI, faded up for some minutes. 285 /PSG

1540 23.11 0300 KXEL Waterlo IA, Id: "This is where Iowa comes to talk, 15-40 KXEL Waterlo Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids. 285 /PSG

Central America

870   22.11 0501 WQBS San Juan PTR , Id.  285 /PSG

1160 22.11 0200 Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, Religious programme. Heard them the day before the transmitter was broken. 255 /PSG.

1160 23.11 0102 WMTI Barceloneta PTR, Id: " Esta es Cadena WAPA Radio" with lot of disturbances 285 /PSG

1280 22.11 0101 WCMN Arecibo PTR, Id: "WCMN Arecibo" 285 /PSG

South America

940 22.11 0255 ZYJ453 Super radio Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Id by a child voice. 255 /PSG

1020 22.11 0620 OAM74 R Kinsachata Espinar Yauri, Id: "Cada dia en cada momento, es la senal de Kinsachata. 255 /PSG

1230 22.11 0200 LT2 Radio Dos Rosario, Id: "Esta es la information de las siete de la noche" 255 /PSG

1270 22.11 0631 LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires La Plata, Id: "La radio Publica La Plata". 255 /PSG

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 21 - 24 - some Canadians but disapointing

November 21^st. was not good at all. I started early afternoon on the 20^th. with hopes of Asia. A few Chinese at 17 UTC, otherwise nothing, was the disapointing result. The night was not much better. Some strong Colombians on high frequencies at 02, then NA with good strengths but severe fading and very distorted signals until 04, then mostly just noise that drowned out the remaining signals.

22nd. for some reason nothing recorded.
23rd. I thought the sun had calmed down and 317 degrees could give something. Another in a long line of misstakes. For most of the night it was mostly noise and crackling and the occasional weak East Coast NA, even a couple of Puerto Ricans and Colombians, which showed that I had chosen the wrong antenna. Towards the morning actually the old faithful KBRW and later also several from Canada, especially from SK/AB.

24^th. similar opening towards northwestern Canada but this night especially at 02, much worse and much noisier towards the morning. Disappearingly few signals from the US side of the border (1000, 1130,1160, 1540).

 

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Asien

1224 20.11 1700 Guangxi GD, Nanning 3+1 tidspip förvillade (borde ha varit 5+1) men Bruce Porter på RealDX kunde avgöra att det var ett id för Guangxi JE

1296 20.11 1700 BED47 BCC News Network, Tainan id-ade. JE

Nordamerika

680 23.11 0600 KBRW Utqiagvik/Barrow AK eländigt svag men i alla fall något som hörde ihop med antennriktningen Gick också igenom vid 22.30 23/11 och betydligt bättre vid 06 24/11 JE

740 24.11 0200 CBX Edmonton AB med CBC-nyheterna JE

770 24.11 0159 CHQR Calgary AB, stark men långfading JE

840 24.11 0202 CFCW Camrose AB stark. Steven Chwok ”påade” ”Zabawa program” med ”öststatsklingande” musik. JE

860 24.11 0159 CBKF-2 Saskatoon SK med Regina-id. Våldsamt splattrad JE

930 23.11 0700 CJCA Edmonton AB id-ade och splade ”The little drummerboy” Som flera andra från nordvästra Canada började den gå redan vid 02 34.11. ”The Light” JE

950 24.11 0600 CFAM Altona MB. Försvann helt långa stunder, stark bitvis JE

1000 24.11 0600 KNWN Seattle WA med id och ABC News – en av få från amerikanska sidan, men var stark JE

1140 23.11 0602 CHRB High River – starkt och fint i motsats till annat på bandet. AM 11-40 CHRB High River Golden West connecting community” JE

1150 23.11 0700 CJSL Estevan SK bra styrka men väldigt mycket brus och fading vid id JE

1190 23.11 0600 CFSL Weyburn SK id-ade JE

1200 23.11 0400 CFGO Ottawa ON med ”TSN hockey”. Ensam här. JE

1230 23.11 0300 CFFB Iqaluit NU brukar vanligen gå mycket tidigare. JE

1320 24.11 0600 CHMB Vancouver BC ”This is CHMB AM 13-20” Kinesiska sedan. JE

1330 23.11 0659 CJYM Rosetown SK drog ett snabbt id JE

1360 21.11 0300 WTAQ Green Bay WI – kraftigt eko när det var dags för nyheterna (P g a WDRC?) JE

1420 21.11 0207 WOC, Davenport IA lite oväntat bland colombianerna med ”14-20 WOC” JE

1440 23.11 0600 CKJR Wetaskiwin AB – första gången för mig sedan den blev sportstation JE

1530 24.11 0159 WCKY Cincinnati OH med sport JE

Sydamerika

1530 21.11 0201 HJDN La Voz de la Nostálgia, Medellin -starka men distade signaler från en del ”höga” colombianer JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 17 - 20 - better times to come?

November 17th. continued to be woefully poor conditions. Hardly any signals at all, at least none that there was reason to fight for an ID on.

18th. there was more activity on the medium wave – but not quite as I thought. In the lower part there were a few from Btazil plus the occasional Argentina and Paraguay, roughly as expected, but not good. In the upper part, however, signals from Bolivia were surprising, also some Peruvians and Colombia. Unstable and noisy.

19th. even a little better on the upper part of the band. The great joy was of course Honduras on 1340 – admittedly so weak and noisy that I would not have had a chance to find it if I had not had the help of Sim's recording. Also a first NA in a long time (1550).

20th. it seemed like someone had put a wet blanket over the 285-degree antenna. There were "lots" of signals during most of the night, mixed Colombia and east coast NA but also some other usual LA. However, nothing exceeded "mumble level" in strength and at best you could tell whether English or Spanish was being spoken. Possibly a little better at 06 on high frequencies, for example Carraviz 1570, Uniminuto 1580 and BBN 1590 were cominh up then if I could wait a bit for an id...

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Nordamerika

1550 19.11 0200 WRHC Coral Gables FL ”The Word” . Åtminstone en till engelskspråkig skymtade JE

Centralamerika/Västindien

1340 19.11 0430 HRCO Cadena Radial Samaritano, Comayaguo – musiken gick fram, genom att jämföra med Sims fina inspelning kunde jag också höra vad som var id, men alldeles för svagt och brusigt för att vara användbart (1340,006) JE

1440 19.11 0100 HIAK R Impactante, Santa Domingo gick ”bäst” av flera JE

1440 19.11 0500 YNRM R Maranatha, Managua id-ade JE

1530 19.11 0038 WUPR Utuado PR ”Exitos 15-30 AM” och ”WUPR Puerto Rico” kan jag urskilja i ett brusigt anrop – tack för tipset TN/FD JE

1560 19.11 0500 HO.. R Adventista, Llano Bonito – soundern gick igenom alldeles utmärkt (1559,993) JE

Sydamerika

1360 18.11 0201 OAX7R R Sicuano, Sicuano JE

1450 19.11 0458 HJNL Alerta Manizales, Manizaes inte stark, men ensam med ljud JE

1470 19.11 0200 HJII AWR Esperanza R . Medellin – massor av colombianer men de flesta för svagt och stört, men ”Radio Mundial Adventista” var rejält stark. JE

1480 18.11 0200 R Pan de Vida, El Alto svag men kom upp läsligt bitvis (1480,097) JE

1500 18.11 0200 R Tawantinsuyo ,Laja överraskade – stängde ungefär 02.09 (1500,031) JE

1500 19.11 0300 HJUW R Maria Colombia, Manizales (1499,990) JE

1520 18.11 0400 OCU5F Bethel R. Huanta den som bäst tog sig igenom röran här (1519,938) JE

1560 18.11 0205 R Luz del Mundo, La Paz – inte precis det jag väntade efter vad som kunnat höras på senare tid. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 12 - 16 - "A different listening experience"

November 12^th. offered “a different listening experience". At 00 1400 Zorilla de San Martin was already heard unexpectedly well, other southern signals also on e.g. 870, 920,930,950,970, 1070, 1130,1230, 1270. But not long later the signals were blown away, as was most of the interference. The band was almost empty and only a little "rattling". At first I thought the antenna had suddenly broken, before I realized that it was then that there was a solar storm with almost K9. The rest of the night it was barely possible to hear even the strongest Europeans!.

13^th. the Europeans were back almost as usual, so was much of the interference. Brazil on 940 was the only transatlantic that made it all the way here. Some far too weak carriers could also be glimpsed.

14^th. significantly more stations were heard. At first with La Plata and someone from Brazil, but after 03 the place started to have some more from Brazil but also Colombia. At 05 several strong Colombians (despite 255-degree antenna) on high frequencies but also some more common Peruvians (mainly from Lima)..

15^th. I assumed that the disturbance had passed and switched to 285 degrees. The only thing I heard was a very strong noise and crackling, which the very few stations I could “see” couldn´t break through. A little less interference towards the morning but still no signals.

16^th. and quite similar to the day before, possibly a little less noise. This night Harbour Light 1400 could also be heard off and on and Ay 07 R Buenos Aires 1350 also came with a fairly strong signal..

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Sydamerika

830 14.11 0300 ZYL244 R America Belo Horizonte MG kom upp ett par minuter precis runt heltimmen (829,956) JE

940 13.11 0100 ZYJ453R Super R Brasil. Rio de Janeiro RJ var första (och också enda!) transatlant att återkomma i lurarna – drygt ett dygn efter att solstormen sopat rent på transatlamtiska signaler JE

1130 14.11 0101 CX30 R Nacional Santiago Vásquez ”La Treinta” JE

1330 14.11 0005 ZP13 R Chaco Boreal, Asunción annonserade och spelade populärmusik. Ganska svag (1329,987) JE

1400 12.11 0004 CX140 R Zorrilla de San Martín, Tacuarembó kom fram ”läsligt”, Harbour Light rejält borttryckt (1399,987) JE

1550 14.11 0200 LT23 R San Genaro, San Genaro Norte hörde också till dem som gick ”som vanligt” igen efter störningen JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 7 - 11 - very disturbed, but some La Plata ,ade it

November 7^th. it looked like it would be "blank" for a long time. A few weak ones from Brazil and Argentina could be sensed. At 04, however, there were suddenly some fairly strong La Plata stations on the lower part of the band. But only briefly

11^th. weak stations from Brazil at first but especially around 03 some Argentina and Paraguay were on low frequencies, while there was too much noise and very weak signals on the upper half. However, by 04 most of the signals were gone...

9^th. fairly similar conditions as the nights before except for 03. Then some weak signals from Colombians also appeared on the upper half of the band.

10^th. fewer from Brazil, instead some early ones from Puerto Rico and Colombia on the higher part of the band, even though I had 255 degrees. At 02 some stations from Uruguay, worse towards Argentina. Gradually the noise increased sharply on the higher part of the band, quite interference-free on the lower but hardly any signals either.

11^th.. slightly better signals on the upper half of the band and especially then at 01 and an hour ahead with a "feeling" towards mainly Uruguay. Very weak morning again.

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Sydamerika

680 8.11 0302 LT3, Rosario id och dragspelstango efter nationalsången JE

700 8.11 0402 ZYK686 Nossa R São Paulo SP släppte inte igenom Argentina JE

730 8.11 0300 ZP7 R ABC Cardinal, Asunción med id och nationalsång JE

780 8.11 0308 XP70 R Primero de Marzo, Caacupe Mi fint ”ostört” id JE

1020 7.11 2258 ZP14 R Ñandutí, San Lorenzo - bara några ytterst svaga brassar i övrigt på bandet. JE

1080 7.11 0402 ZP26 R Monumental, Asunción spelade ”Obladi oblada” och annonserade ”Monumental Madrugada” JE

1110 7.11 0400 LS1 R Ciudad, Buenos Aires starkare än alla andra transatlanter under natten, men bara någon minut åt gången. JE

1160 11.11 0100 LU32 R Olavarria, Olavarria – jag kände mig ”övertygad” om att det var den, men splitten var fel. TN pekade dock på några ”Olavarria-hänvisningar” i reklamer (1159,996) JE

1210 10.11 0157 LRI229 R Las Flores, Las Flores – för natten väldigt distad (1209,985) JE

1240 10.11 0211 CW35 R Paysandú, Paysandú var bara framme korta stunder åt gången (1239,975) JE

1290 11.11 0103 ZYJ310 Rádio Brasil Sul, Ibiporã PA lyckades ta sig fram trots alla störningar på den här frekvensen (1289,958) JE

1360 10.11 0200 CW51 R 41 San José de Mayo, San José de Mayo mer fading än på ”grannen” på 1370. (1369,985) JE

1370 10.11 0200 CW137 R Regional San Javier, San Javier förhållandevis bra – om så ofta den särpräglade lokala musiken (1369,849) JE

1420 11.11 0101 CX142 R Felicidad, Paysandú – som ofta på stationer i Uruguay en för oss ”särpräglad” folkmusik JE

1540 11.11 0001 ZYK721 R Deus é Amor (R Novo Milenio),Sertãozinho SP IPDA JE

1580 10.11 0158 HJQT Uniminuto R Cundimarca, Bogotá fladdrar omkring, nu på ”ny lägsta” (1579,985) JE