Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 3 - 8 - a long walk in the desert

A long walk in the desert. Thanks for the delete button...

On Habuary 3^rd. a handful of common Brazilians (940, 950, 1010, 1380, 1600) around 01 UTC, not great, but readable anyway. Otherwise no carriers – not even WEGA 1350 went so that it could be ID-ed Possibly Paraguay 920, Argentina 1230, 1350.

4^th. even worse. Paraguay 920 – now with the backup transmitter – but otherwise nothing more than a little mumbling.

5^th, possibly Paraguay 920, WEGA 1350 with unidentifiable murmur at 03 UTC, otherwise barely even a carrier all night..

6^th. Better? Well... At 950 Eritrea went, at 1350 a British one and at 1500 a German... It wasn't until 05 that the first and only transatlantic signal of the night came at 1510 (Monumental). "Everything" on the antenna at 285 degrees.

7^th. there was a first "turn" - at 1160 Caribbean Lighthouse was heard and at 1350 WEGA at 03 UTC! Hour later Ideal at 1130 and 05 Puerto Rico loomed on both 1480 and 1520. 06 the first NAs in over a week could be sensed – 1200 WXKS, 1430 WENE 1600 WUNR. But then the noise drowned out even the Europeans.

8^th. we might still be on the right track. At 00, signals began to appear on several frequencies, above all on the upper half of the band, but there also a very strong noise. And at 03, R Maria arrived at 1450 with a completely ok signal. Between 05 and 06 there were a lot of strong signals from above all the most common LA:s, but also some NA elements - at the same time, however, the noise level was even unusually high.

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Europa

1350 5.1 0400 Mid Downs Radio Haywards Heath ensam här – ingen WEGA eller Buenos Aires... JE

1500 5.1 2200 R Eule München/Museumsinsel med musik, sedan föredrag. Inget gott konditionstecken för transatlanter när den går så pass bra... JE

Afrika

950 5.1 0300 Voice of Broad Masses Asmara – den andra stationen som hördes denna natt JE

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Nordamerika

1280 8.1 0500 CFMB Montreal QC – den första NA-stationen som ”verkligen hördes” på mer än en vecka. JE

Sydamerika

1070 3.1 0100 ZYL278 R Deus é Amor Belo Horizonte MG gick, men inte länge JE

1450 8.1 0200 YVKJ R Maria Caracas får beteckna en vändpunkt som den första transatlant att ”gå bra” sedan årsskiftet! JE

1510 6.1 0500 HC0034 R Monumental Quito – nattens första transatlantiska signal även om den var svag JE