Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 20 - 24 - a few from La Plata

April 20^th. and a new attempt with the 285-degrees antenna in hope of, for example, Andean signals. No audible signal from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Some carriers and a faint murmur on a few frequenciesmainly at 02.30 – 03 was all.

21^st. as bad as the night before. Single carriers, not a single signal that could be deciphered.

22^nd. and back to 255 degrees. The first from Brazil already at 22 and then onwards. Some La Plata was added from 01 and for a little over an hour, but well before 03 almost everything was gone.

23^rd. and significantly more stations but unfortunately also a heavy splatter of Europeans this night which ruined some interesting signals. Quite unstable and in addition to the southern signals, a few Peruvians appeared, and some occasional Colombians. Good strengths especially against Uruguay at 02.30 such as 1240, 1340, 1360, 1370, 1400,

24^th. Nothing recorded

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Sydamerika

620 22.4 0100 ZYH590 Assunção Cearense Fortaleza CE med fotboll från Bandeirantes JE

1070 22.4 2200 ZYI673 R Difusora Cajazeiras Cajazeiras PA bäst av de tidiga från Brasilien JE

1190 23.4 0200 LR9 R Perfil Buenos Aires har halkat lite snett (1189,987) JE

1200 21.4 2200 ZYH585 Super Rádio Clube Fortaleza CE id-ade - ingen ”märkvärdig” loggning men den första efter två helt ”tomma” nätter tidigare (1200,004) JE

1210 22.4 0155 LRI229 R Las Flores Las Flores med ett riktigt hyfsat id ”Radio Flores” (1209,983) JE

1240 23.4 0205 CW35 R Paysandú Paysandú med långa sjok av lokal musik (1239,974) JE

1360 23.4 0219 OAX7R R Sicuani Sicuani stark med id efter ett reklamblock. Tog över från Radio 41 som gick fint runt 02.JE

1400 23.4 0200 ZYJ462 R Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ tog bitvis över här av Zorilla de San Martin JE

1470 22.4 0100 CX147 R Cristal Las Piedras starkast, troligen Rafaela som försökte göra sig gällande JE

1480 22.4 0055 ZP20 R América Villeta har ofta ”problem” med fading (1479,987) JE

1550 22.4 0200 LT23 R San Genaro San Genaro Norte ”Grötig” signal.(1549,994) JE

1540 23.4 0105 OBU2A R Tropicalisima Trukillo med ”phone-in program” (1540,033) JE

1620 22.4 0200 LRI238 1620 La Radio Mar del Plata ok styrka men kraftig fading. ”Användbar” signal bara i AM (1619,995) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 15 - 19 - not much got through

April 15^th. No recording.

16^th. could have easily remained unrecorded as well. Some regular from Brazil off and on during the night the night and already from 22, Argentina 870 at 23, 1230 and 1270 at sunrise. Probably Caribbean Lighthouse 1160 at 02. Nothing at all on high frequencies.

17^th. did not give anything either. A first Brazilian(1350) at 01, At 02 some regular ones from Brazil and Argentina. At 03 there were then a few more signals, now also on high frequencies (like 1340, 1430, 1470, 1480, 1600) but far too weak.

18^th.. First audible station this night was Difusora Acreana on 1400 at 23 UTC. "Gossiped" that there was probably a Peruvian opening in progress, and that I should have had 285 degrees, Already at 23.30 1510, 1550 were heard and "known Peruvian signals" were also on 1360 (Bethel), 1470 (Voz Cristiana) 1480 (Espinar NegaMix even weaker), 1500 (Santa Rosa), 1570 (Carraviz), 1600 (Athena) and some even weaker. At 02 a mixture of "known" stations from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, most of them very weak, then it quickly got worse and at 03 there was barely a carrier left.

19^th. there was not much to listen to until just before 03. Then some from Uruguay, in particular, started to come up on higher frequencies, but several also with heavy fading. And only for a quarter of an hour or so. A few other southern stations could also be nptoced at that time, but most of them were too weak

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Sydamerika

1150 18.4 0100 ZYJ617 R Cabugi do Seridó Jardim do Seridó RN med ett svagt id. Inte ens bärvåg från vanligen syarkare Super JE

1360 19.4 0300 CW41 R 41 San Javiér de Mayo svag men ensam (1359,985) JE

1370 19.4 0259 CW137 R Regional San Javiér inte så stark, men mindre fading än de andra från Uruguay (1369,849) JE

1400 17.4 2300 ZYH200, R Difusora Acreana Rio Branco AC den enda transatlanten så här långt – och den gick jättebra! Slutade ”A Voz do Brasil” och hade ”stort” id. (1399,941) JE

1430 19.4 0305 CW25 R Durazno Durazno bra styrka men enorm fading så inte många sekunder i taget. JE

1440 19.4 0302 CX144 R Rivera Rivera förutom några få brassar den första som fadade upp med ok signal den här natten. JE

1510 17.4 2330 OCX4J R Tarma Tarma gick rätt bra under en kort ”topp”. (1509,995) JR

1550 17.4 2334 OAM5M R Visión Pisco eländigt svag men slank igenom ”La Voz de Salvación” (1549,819 JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 10 - 14 - some La Plata 14th.

April 10^th. I thought it was time to try 285 degrees again. A total failure. First out (and alone) at 01 was Caribbean Lighthouse 1160. Maria 1450, Carraviz 1570 at 0130, Ideal 1130 02 and two too weak (Colombia?) on 730 and 780 at 03. Not even WEGA 1350 with clear signal..

11^th.and even worse. There was not a single readable transatlantic signal all night. Hardly any visible carriera.

12^th. and still a good deal of blank on the band. Caribbean Lighthouse 1160 weak at 01, then relatively decent signals from what was probably Dif. Acreana 1400 and Carraviz 1570 at 03.30.

13^th. a few more signals from about 02 and over sunrise at 03.30 UTC. But there were some of the most common ones from Brazil and Argentina that could be recognized despite my 285-degrees antenna.

14^th. and after four nights of total "drought" I switched to 255 degrees again and at 01 stations with readable strength started to come in again, mostly from Argentina, Uruguay and Parag,uay. Most were still too weak, however. Better strengths (and more interesting) from 03 and a few minutes past sunrise.

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Sydamerika

600 14.4 0300 Tent LU5 AM 600 Neuquén Naationalsången kunde följa LRI209 s ganska bra – efterföljande prat för svagt för att lumma konkurrera med splattret. JE

670 14.4 0301 LRI209 R Mar del Plata Mar del Plata med en jättelång nationalsång (drygt sju minuter) på flöjt. 03.21 ”LU9 Mar del Plata” Använder också det officiella anropet LRI209 jämte det gamla enligt FD (669,997) JE

950 14.4 0100 LR3 CNN R Argentina William C Morris hade bytt ut nyheterna mot sport så här på söndagskvällen JE

970 14.4 0100 ZP9 Universo 970 Asunción med sport (970,009) JE

1020 14.4 0300 LT10 R UNL (Universidad Nacional del Litoral) Santa Fé med nationalsång. Kom upp starkt bitvis från dominanten (numera) Ñandutí JE

1070 14.4 0100 LR1 El Destape Mundo Wilde har bivit en ”pålitlig musikstation” JE

1130 14.4 0306 CX30 R Nacionl Santiago Vasquez ”La Treinta” överröstade Em Santiago y Copla (1129,998) JE

1330 14.4 0205 ZP13 R Chaco Boreal Asunción fint stundtals med stillsam inhemsk sång och musik (1329,987) JE

1340 14.4 0200 CW53 La Voz de Melo Melo med ”la Voz-id” Bättre 03 JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 5 - 9 - signals from Argentina and Uruguay

On April 5^th. I went back to the 255 degree antenna and it got better, although it is not noticeable in the log. Especially from 00 – 02 there were many stations from Brazil and Argentina but only the usual ones that I managed to identify.

6^th. started promising with good strengths from some Brazilian stations at 22 – e.g. Rural 1470 which continues to slip around (1470,028 now) and Jacuípe 1500 - but already on 23 it was worse. Again at 02 did some signals start to appear again mainly Argentina and Uruguay but noisy and unstable although noisy and unstable in the beginning.

7^th. about the same stations as the night before but almost all significantly weaker. At 03.30 suddenly some strong NA on high frequencies (1430, 1500, 1520, 1550 e.g.) with distorted sound. And so I finally managed to catch Chichester Hospital on 1431 – last chance to get anything new from the UK?

8/th and “almost nothing”. Some of the most common from Brazil, but not good. At 03 suddenly quite good signals from some Argentines (1160, 1190, 1230, 1270, 1350). Otherwise a bit of mumbling and a lot of splatter.

9^th. some weak and noisy signals from Brazil and Argentina early. Better at 03. Above all it was Argentina and Uruguay that went up to, and partly past, sunrise.

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Europa

1431 7.4 0103 Chichester Hospital R Chichester spelade Johnny Be Good och id-ade efter nyheterna – äntligen för en i många år eftersökt station. JE

Afrika

1530 6,4 0400 Posto Emissor do Funchal Canal 1 Poiso alldeles utmärkt vid id, sounder och nyheter, bra halvtimmen innan med musik också (1530,005) JE

Sydamerika

590 6.4 0230 LS4 R Continental Buenos Aires störd av brasse JE

710 6.4 0159 LRL202 R Diez Buenos Aires väldigt rent och fint jämfört med allt annat denna tid JE

760 6.4 0230 LU6 R Atlantica Mar del Plata var en annan som gick fint och gav hopp för resten av natten JE

820 9.4 0300 Oid Argentina med nationalsången. Inte samma version som t ex Radio Nacional 870. Radio Nacional Formosa? (819,954) JE

880 6.4 0229 ZYL275 R Inconfidencia Belo Horizonte MG starkare än vanligt men väldigt splattrad från 882 JE

790 5.4 0600 LR6 R Mitre Buenos Aires gick bättre efter soluppgången JE

890 7.4 0202 CX18 Sport 890 Montevideo med just sport JE

930 6.4 0203 CX20 R Monte Carlo Montevideo började ett ”tangoprogram” efter ”informe” JE

1060 5.4 0400 ZYL278 R Deus é Amor Belo Horizonte MG gick fortfarande efter soluppgången liksom också flera andra brassar JE

1070 7.4 0333 LR1 El Destape R Buenos Aires id-ade. Musik JE

1220 9.4 0331 LRI229 R Las Flores Las Flores – svag men den här gången med ”tydligt” Las Flores (1219,994) JE

1240 6.4 0358 CW35 R Paysandú Paysandú kämpade på fortfarande efter soluppgång (1239,975) JE

1360 6.4 0214 CW41 R 41 San José de Mayo med en svag men ”läslig” signal i topparna (1359,985) JE

1370 6.4 0219 CW137 R Regional San Javier kom fram läsligt i topparna av långfading (1369,850) JE

1430 6.4 0306 CW25 R Durazno Durazno – inte förrän nu var det slut på musiken och dags fär en sounder och id. JE

1440 6.4 0400 CX144 R Rivera Rivera stark men också långfading och borta flera minuter ibland JE

1470 6.4 0332 CX147 R Cristal Las Piedras fint id sedan en ståupp-are roat. (1470,004) JE

1480 6.4 0400 CW53B R Internacional Rivera med id, men nästan omöjligt hålla isär den från América som fadade upp och ner. América med otydligt id strax innan. Internacional fadade bort för gott 04.02, América gick några minuter till... (1480,006) JE

1510 9.4 0300 LRI253 R Belgrano Suardi Suardi har i alla fall i mina hörlurar varit vanligare förr om åren (1509,985) JE

1540 6.3 0326 CX154 R Patria Treinta y Tres med ett id till slut – internationella hits av äldre datum mycket fading men då inget id-liknande 45 min tidigare (1540,014 JE

1550 9.3 0301 LT23 R San Genaro San Genaro Norte med id och info. Tystnade sedan med bärvågen på – kom tillbaka med ljud efter ungefär 5 minuter (1549,994) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Mar 31 - Apr 4 - Is it the protons´fault?

March 31st. Is it the protons' fault?

I changed the antenna to 285 degrees. Either the conditions were absolutely terrible for it, or it is faulty... If it hadn't been for some strong Europeans, I would have thought it was not plugged in. WEGA 1350 was actually on at 01 and at 02 a "rattling" signal could be detected, probably from Monumental 1510. From just before 03, however, it would hardly have mattered if anything had been heard, because then there was far too much noise across the entire band...

April 1st. and with a good dose of irony it can be stated that the conditions were much better this night. At 02 what was probably Dif. Acreana 1400. Around 0230 then some Peruvians that RFK tipped off about, but only on high frequencies.

2nd. and even a little better, at least more... Now there were quite a few carriers already 23 and some West Indies also with weak sound. 01 glimpsed Ideal 1130 and 02 really good signal on Maria 1220, but also some other more common ones could be perceived.

3rd. and nothing for the log. At 00 Caribbean Lighthouse started going well on 1160, Brazil on 610 and 740. And before 01 there were signals from Paraguay on 920 and 780, Argentina on 750 and 870 where Puerto Rico took over. PR also on 580, 940, 1070,1120, 1230, 1280, 1320, 1350, 1480 and 1520 until 02 when the signals got worse.

4th. worse again. Some regular Colombians at 01 – 02 but far too weak or only with a “known” carrier

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Sydamerika

1440 1.4 0225 OAX4K R Imperial Dos Lima, svag fading (1440,009) JE

1470 1.4 0230 OAU4B R MegaMix har en ”hallåa” som skär igenom störningarna bra... JE

1500 1.4 0230 OBX4I R Santa Rosa Lima spelade vad mer lät som ”gamla örhängen” på spanska än vanliga religiösa och klämde in ett och annat ”Santa Rosa” (1499,688) JE

1550 1.4 0230 OA;5M R Visión Pisco fadade upp svagt några gånger ”La Voz de Salvación” (1549,921) JE

1570 1.4 0230 OAU7Z R Carraviz Juliaca starkast av de få som hördes JE

1600 1.4 0231 OBM7A E Antena 5 Cusco med tidsannonsering ”en Cusco” ”Poppig”JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Mar 26 - 30 - mostly from Brazil

March 26^th. and a lot of signals from Brazil at 23, an hour later also some from Argentina and Uruguay. But then it gradually got worse. Some of the most common continued to go for another hour or so but got worse and worse. Towards morning the band was almost empty.

27^th. offered about the same stations as the night before. Only with the caveat that almost all of them went a couple of shades weaker than the night before. And after 02 there was really nothing left to listen to.

28^th. and even slightly weaker signals with a small opening at 02. 04 it was mostly weak Colombians to the extent that anything was heard at all.

29^th. Some from Brazil at 22 – 23 but then it became quite weak signals. Still some from Brazil and the most common from Argentina, but not very good, was what was heard.

On 30^th. the 285-degree antenna would probably have been better than the 255. Very weak signals in the first few hours where really only the Argentines on 790, 870, 1190, 1230 and 1270 were doing reasonably well. A lot of noise too. At 04 there was morer “life” on the band – but mostly Colombia and Venezuela Monumental 1510 as "local radio" A couple of Peruvians.

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Sydamerika

790 25.3 2300 ZYH505 R Regional de Serrinha Serrinha BA har jag förr haft som tentativ men nu kom den med id efter A Voz do Brazil (789,989) JE

950 28.3 0200 LR3 CNN R Argentina Buenos Aires och ingen ”störande” Atalaia den här gången JE

960 26.3 2301 ZYH802, Deus é Amor Aparecida de Goiânia GO svag och splattrad JE

1010 28.3 2205 ZYH448 R Bahia Salvador BA hade så fullt upp med ”Rádio Aleluia” att man tydligen inte hade tid med ”A Vox do Brasil” JE

1150 26.3 0001 ZYJ617 R Cabugi do Seridó Jardim do Seridó RN hade övertaget innan Super blev för stark. Också 28/3 21.59 JE

1190 28.3 2200 ZYH459 R Juazeiro Juazeiro BA drog ur pluggen och stängde 22.00 med ett ”Bahia Brasil” - ovanligt bra JE

1290 28.3 2301 ZYJ619 R Caicó Caicó RN med – hårt klämd av ryska fyren, utan Sims tips hade jag aldrig försökt få fram något (1290,028) JE

1300 28.3 0200 ZP10 R Fé y Alegría Nueva Asunción ”syns” ofta, hörs sällan är min erfarenhet, men nu gick den igenom splattret. (1299,964) JE

1340 28.3 0300 CW53 La Voz de Melo Melo svag men ren och fin signal JE

1350 27.3 0100 LS6 R Buenos Aires Buenos Aires stark och ensam JE

1390 27.3 9193 ZYK209 R Esperança 1390 AM Porto Alegre RS (1390,008) JE

1400 26.3 0000 CX140 R Zorrilla de San Martín Tacuarembó ovanligt rent och fint även om lite lätt fading.(1399,988) JE

1430 30.3 0400 OCU2U, R Visión Jaén stark men ”blandad” med minst en till (1430,021) JE

1470 25.3 3305 ZYJ616 Rádio Rural de Parelhas Parelhas RN kunde Jan Alvestad på RealDX identifiera m in brasseinspelning som. Fadade upp starkt, men på ny split (1470,016) 28/3 2300 (1470,011) JE

1500 28.3 2300 ZYH487 R Jacuípe Riachão do Jacuípe BA gick bra även om inte ljudet var helt ok, med id och reklam JE