Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 28 - May 2 - Mostly Andean, but too weak

On April 28th.there were some Andean stations from about 23.30 and over 00 UTC. Then fairly empty until around 02 and a while past 04 when instead it was eastern Canada and northeastern USA that surprised, although there was nothing unusual that was heard.

29th. a lot of activity on at least the upper half of the medium wave after 23 but most of the stations were too weak and disturbed to be able to get something out of the signals. At first it was mainly Peruvians on many frequencies but only shortly after 00 were most of them gone. Then mixed LA/NA but not many good enough.

30th. some weak Andean signals at 00 UTC, then a small opening again at 02 with a number of strong signals, but only on high frequencies. At 02.30 just before sunrise it then slipped south with some from Brazil and Argentina. Suspected Chile, but far too weak, on 1560 and 1570.

May 1st. nothing recorded

2nd. could have passed without recording too – a little chatter but almost no stations. 1430 RPP Cusco and 1360 Sicuani went well 02, 1400 Harbour Light and 1570 Carraviz decent 02.30, otherwise almost nothing.

 

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Nordamerika

1270 28.4 0302 WXYT Detroit MI ”our listeners here on 97 1” JE

1410 28.4 0300 CJWI Saint-Constant, QC ovanligt fri från störningar Franska (1409,993) JE

1430 28.4 0200 CHKT Toronto ON ”Fairchild Radio” nästan oförskämt bra med tanke på årstiden JE

1450 28.4 0400 WPGG Atlantic City NJ fortsatt hygglig styrka id denna tid JE

1460 28.4 0400 WOPG Albany NY med EWTN Radio JE

1490 28.4 0403 WBAE Portland ME id-ade JE

1530 28.4 0300 WCKY Cincinnatti OH med sport JE

1550 28.4 0200 CBEF Windsor ON med franska nyheter men en spansktalande tog delvis över JE

1560 28.4 0200 WFME New York, NY ”Family Radio” JE

1580 28.4 0200 CKDO Oshawa ON gammal god rockmusik JE

1600 28.4 0158 WUNR Brookline MA engelska med en massa anrop och promos JE

Sydamerika

1140 28.4 2359 OCU2D Chami R, Otuzco id och annonserade ”palabra de Dios” innan det blev lite panflöjt, men framför allt också nyheter från CBC som tog över. JE

1180 29.4 0000 OCU4K NSE R, Lima ”psalmsång” och predikan (1180,010) JE

1240 28.4 2358 OAU4V, R Cunbre, Huancayo med ett par ”Cumbre” (1239,994) JE

1430 30.4 0200 OAZ7M RPP Noticias, Cusco. Sport B'ättre 2/5 när ”ingenting annat” gick. (1430,003) JE

1440 29.4 0158 OAM7L R Solar, Espinar/Yauri gick ganska stadigt. (1440,018) JE

1440 30.4 0200 OAX6R R Santa Mónica, Arequipa var ”högljudd”. Klämde i med ett ”Santa Arequipa” också! (1439,970 JE

1470 27.4 2330 OCU4Y R Voz Cristiana, Huancayo predikar (1459,981) JE

1470 30.4 02.02 OAU6E R Victoria, Arequipa nästan övertydlig med id i motsats till många andinska stationer (1469,951) JE

1480 30.4 0002 CP.. R Bendita Trinidad – inte // 1540 (1479,979) JE

1490 30.4 0201 OCU7Y R Dios es Amor, Cusco (1490,067) JE

1500 30.4 0200 CP.. R Tawantinsuyo, Laja starkare än andra. Stängde 02.07 (1500,031) JE

1510 27.4 2359 OAX4J R Tarma, Tarma brukar gå mycket bättre. Driver omkring från dag till dag. Nu (1509,995) JE

1530 28.4 2335 OCU2O R Superior FM, El Tambo tipsade Sim om. Hittade ett par id en knapp kvart tidigare här. (1530,039) JE

1540 28.4 0001 CP.. R Bendita Trinidad, El Alto med id och lite panflöjt Förmodligen var det Lor4ena som blandade sig i också. (1539,993) JE

1550 30.4 0235 LT23 R San Genaro, San Genaro Norte kom här när de flestaredan fadat bort i gryningen Brassen Pitaguary 1340 var den enda stationen i övrigt som gick bra denna tid.(1549,989) JE

1560 28.4 0001 CP.. R Luz del Mundo, La Paz kom igenom när de andra andinska signalerna försvunnit JE

1570 28.4 2332 O.... R Frecuencia Cinco, Chanta Alta men svårt splattrad (1570,028) JE

1580 28.4 2340 OBX1M R Naylamp, Lambayeque – omöjligt avgöra vilken split 1579,988 eller 1579,995 JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 23 -27 - Boring conditions

On April 23rd. I had changed to 285 degrees antenna, but it didn't get any better. Rather worse. A couple of Peruvians at 00, a few more (1180, 1350, 1449, 1470, 1500, 1570) at 02. Ideal 1130 most of the night. But nothing for a log.

24th. was probably actually even worse overall than the night before. It was at 02.30 that a handful of Peruvians came through legibly and showed that it probably wasn't the antenna that was at fault anyway...

25th. Bahamas 1540 was almost the only one producing a legible signal. A few "mumbles" could also be heard. It probably wouldn't have been quite as bad if I had the 255-degreer connected, because there were clear carriers on several plits that I'm convinced came from Brazil or La Plata...

26th. and another night of disappointment. I had hoped that there would be some Andean signals during the few hours that the early sunrise allows, but not a single such signal this night either. A couple from Brazil at 00, otherwise an occasional one from Puerto Rico etc.

27th. actually went R Carraviz 1570 at 02.30 and half an hour before there were probably Melodia on 1220 and Sicuani on 1360. Otherwise a little mumbling on some frequencies, but nothing that could be made out, and nothing to indicate that it would have been interesting if it had been heard better...

 

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Europa

1530 25.4 2200 Holländsk pirat har lagt beslag på ännu en mv-frekvens. Id-ade Olympic Radio Classic. Eric van Gorkom på stationen berättar att Olympic Classic är en ren web-radio 24/7 och har aldrig funnits på någon radiofrekvens. Han säger vidare att han inte har någon aning om att stationen gått ut på mv, eller vem som streamar hans web-sändning i realtid. Stängde 22.08 JE

Västindien

1540 25.4 0231 ZNS, Nassau – ensam är stark heter det ju. Inte mycket annat hördes denna natt. JE

Sydamerika

1340 26.5 0002 ZYH661 R Pitaguary, Fortaleza CE väldigt splattrad JE

1360 24.4 0230 OAX7R R Sicuani, Sicuani kom fram hörbart och visade att bandet inte var helt dött JE

1440 24.4 0230 OAX6R R Santa Monica, Arequipa faktiskt riktigt hyggligt – visade att det knappas var antennens fel att det var så uselt på bandet (1438,970) JE

1570 26.4 0010 ZYH621 R Sertão Central, Senador Pompe CE id-ade efter att ha spelat ”hissmusik” nonstop vidare förbi toh. JE