Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 19 - 23 - a continued "wandering in the desert"

December 19th.it took until 01 before some signals started to appear, mainly Puerto Rico and Colombia. Best 02 - 03 but it takes more now before Christmas to get through the fog of interference that the Christmas decorations in Delsbo cause. After 04 hardly anything at all.

20th. even worse. Some from the east coast of Canada (580, 750, 800, 1140, 1280) now and then, some probable PR and Colombia. After 04 a little more Colombians on higher frequencies and with better strength, as well as Venezuela (1450, 1490) and Ecuador 1510. But nothing "exciting".

21st. and now USA signals were added on 1030,1130, 1200, 1500. On the other hand, there was not a single station from South America with a discernible signal all night. Incredibly bad, in other words.

On 22nd. the first transatlantic came through so well that they could be heard at 02! VOCM 590 and Harbour Light 1400. At 05 it had been extended to Canada also on 750, 800 and 1140 and the USA on 1039 and 1140... That was it!

On 23rd. I had given up on 285 and switched on the 255 degree antenna. It got better, but not great. Some more common Brazilians (like 740, 940, 1380) already at 23, 24 a couple of Argentinas were added and on 01 some more common La Plata. Especially around 03 when some went quite good, even though most of it was too weak or disrupted.

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Europa

981 20.12 1230 Göteborgs Radio Muséum, Lindholmen med testslinga med musik, morseanrop och anrop på engelska och svenska. Hyfsat ostörd så länge det var ”dagsljus”, fler ville vara med (framför allt tjecken och irländaren) på kvällen.JE

1440 20.12 1900 Asfalttelegrafen, Ludvika med ARC:s julspecial med Peter Stillberg vid mikrofonen och gamla välkända signaturen Chattanoga Cho-Cho. Irländsk pirat störde till att börja med. JE

Västindien/Centralamerika

1160 19.12 0200 Caribbean R Lighthouse, Saint Mary/Jennnings tillbaka med hyfsad hörbarhet (men reducerad effekt) igen efter de två sändarbränderna JE

1440 19.12 0500 YNRM R Maranatha, Managua hyfsat bra, men ett par till som försökte vara med JE

Sydamerika

1110 23.12 0300 LS1, La Once Diez ( R Ciudad), Buenos Aires med nationalsången JE

1110 19.12 0303 HJDL R Bolivariana AM, Medellin hördes med sin ”klassiska” signaturmelodi JE

1130 23.12 0259 Emisora Santiago y Copla, Cd Evita gick bra i samband med nationalsången JE

1190 23.12 0203 LRA15 R Nacional, Tucumán med ett Radio Nacional-anrop”JE

1330 23.12 0100 ZP13 R Chaco Boreal, Asuncon är ju inte ovanlig, men visade att transatlanterna inte sopats bort från bandet i alla fall. JE

1550 23.12 0300 LT23 R San Genero, San Genero Norte var framme igen JE

1560 19.12 0300 HJXZ R Santa Maria de la Paz, Medellin inte bra men visade trots allt på lite uppåt i konditionerna. Julmusik JE