Heard in Fredriksfors April 1st - making an "April´s fool" of me?

Someone trying to make an "April´s fool" of me?

When I went to Fredriksfors for April 1^st, it turned out to be snow. And signals didn´tpropagate as expected either. Friends had heard several peruvian stations the night before. Now there were only a few of them and during a very short period. Instead North American stations, and mainly not as should be expected at this season from southeast (as Florida) but instead from the New York-area, and mainly from Ontario.

With sunrise at 04.15 UTC it is very seldom at this part of the year, with the sun high abouve the horizon quite good signals from NA still at 07 UTC when I turned to home. Stations heard with quite good signals at this hour were eg WBAE 1490, WSAR 1480, WPOP 1410, CKPC 1380, CHKT 1430. Earlier stations like CKDO 1580, CJEU 1570, CJOY1460, CJMR1320, CJYE1250 were strong..

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Asien

1278 31.3 2045 JOHR Hokkaido kom stundtals upp över Franfe Bleu. JE

1350 31.3 2100 JOER Hiroshima var den japan som gick starkast den här kvällen. Bara stilla prat som de andra japanerna jag hörde. Har man ändrat i nattprogrammet med anledning av de katastrofer landet utsatts för? JE

1413 31.3 2100 JOIF Fukuoka stundtals stark, men gick bara korta stunder åt gången. JE

NA

1140 1.4 0430 WQBA Miami FL fadade upp med bra styrka en stund. En av få sydliga. JE

1260 1.4 0405 WSUA Miami FL ”en Caracol de Miami” och starkare än Disney, Boston. JE

1360 1.4 0416 WMOB Mobile AL kom igenom DRM-störningen och WDRC redan den här tiden. Starkare senare på morgonen.

Västindien

1520 31.3 2220 WVOZ San Juan spelade salsa. Väldigt tama sunset-konditioner från andra sidan Atlanten. Ett par brassar på 1390 och CBG på 1400 enda läsbara i övrigt. JE

LA

1170 1.4 0402 HJNW Caracol Cartagena med ”Ultima hora Caracol”. JE

1380 1.4 0359 OCY4N Radio Nuevo Tiempo Lima med id och religiös musik. Hyfsat under ett par minuter, annars bara CKPC och splatter här. JE

1410 1.4 0358 HJDU Em Cultural Universidad Medellin id-ade och annonserade. Annars mest WPOP med ESPN här. JE

1450 1.4 0357 HJNL La Carinosa Manizales var ganska stadig. JE

1490 1.4 0400 HJBS Emisora Punto 5 Bogota igenom med romantisk musik och ett fint anrop. Annars dominerade WBAR frekvensen. JE

1520 1.4 0359 HJLI Libertad Bogota är väldigt frikostig med anropen och jinglar. Men frekvensen togs snart över av WWKB och KOKC. JE

1530 1.4 0359 OBU4C Radio Milenia Huaval Lima var morgonens glädjeämne för mig sedan HK lyssnat på en inspelning och hört diverse anrop och webbadress. Radio Avivamiento (Panama) upp ibland med mycket usel modulation och gjorde frekvensen omöjlig för andra. JE

1580 1.4 0257 HJQZ Radio Maria Barranquilla väldigt stark en stund. En annan med fartiga reklamer som inte alls lät religiös gick strax innan. Caracol? JE

Heard in Fredriksfors March 20th. - promising but dissapointing

After a period of no listening I went back to Fredriksfors on March 19^th.

Quite interesting. A sunset opening towards Peru about 22.30 UTC and good signals from some Puerto Rico and later on Colombian stations. But at our dawn and sunrise it was a great dissapointment. Nothing from the Andes, nothing from the West Indies. Nothing from North America. The only remaining station in the morning was Radio Vibración (and a week signal from Puerto Cabello).

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Västindien

1120 20.3 0014 WMSW Hatillo PR med bl a reklam för ett ”Farmacia Nueva” JE

1160 20.3 0013 Tent WBQN Super Borinquén Barceloneta-Manati måste det rimligen vaa på sneda 1160,037. HK lyckas inte tyda vad som kan vara ett id, men konstaterar att hallåmannen pratar om Puerto Rico på ett sådant sätt att sändningen måste komma därifrån. JE

1230 19.3 2300 WNIK Arecibo PR. HK hörde fullt id” ”WNIK Arecibo Puerto Rico” på heltimmen tillsammans med tidspip. Tycks ligga på sneda 1229,946 så här tidigt på kvällen. JE

1350 19.3 2301 WEGA Vega Baja PR med ”Nueva Victoria” och annonsering för ”Palabra de Dios”. JE

1390 19.3 2230 WISA Isabella PR med religiöst program. Id Radio Puerto Rico. JE

LA

1130 19.3 2356 HJVA Vida AM 1130 Bogota berättade att man tillhör ”Sistema Vida Internacional. JE

1190 19.3 2355 HJCV Radio Cordillera Bogota med flera anrop. JE

1200 20.3 0013 HJNF Radio Super Cali id-ade och spelade musik. Dominerade frekvensen. JE

1400 19.3 2339 OBX4W Radio Callao Lima med fotboll som ”överträffade” CBG och Harbour Light. HK hjälpte mig med ett perfekt id ”...amigos de Callao Super Radio del deporte...”. JE

1500 19.3 0000 OBX4C Radio Santa Rosa Lima gick starkt. Ligger lika anett (1499,845) som tidigare. JE

1540 19.3 2355 Radio TurboMix Cajamarca. Gick också runt 02. JE

1570 20.3 0000 Radio Bethel Lima med lite sluddrigt id på timmen. JR

ARC Newsflash: Radio Nord Revival soon testing from new location

Today Friday, March 11,  the 1 kW transmitter at Kvarnberget, some 30 km outside Stockholm, is being assembled and tests are expected in the afternoon. Further information will be published on http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/ as soon as we have something to report. The regular programme will start on Saturday, March 12. Frequency: 1512 kHz. (Ronny Forslund, ARC/Radio Nord Revival)

ARC Newsflash: Radio Nord Revival back on Saturday, March 12!

The anniversary broadcasts from Radio Nord Revival have been a great success and the transmissions from the 10 kW SW transmitter on 6060 have been received with good quality over most of Europe. Even the small 60 W MW transmitter on 1512 kHz from Sala, Sweden was heard as far afield as Germany!

On Saturday, March 12, Radio Nord Revival will be on the air again. This time we are broadcasting from another location, Kvarnberget in Vallentuna, some 30 km from Stockholm City. The power is 1 kW using a 37 m. vertical antenna so this time you can expect a far better signal. The frequency is still 1512 kHz. Further information on our blog http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/ (Ronny Forslund, ARC)

ARC Newsflash: Radio Nord Revival on the air on March 8

We just got the confirmation from The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) that our application for MW 1512 kHz and SW 6060 kHz has been approved. On March 8 at 0848 UTC/GMT (0948 CET) we will start by broadcasting the opening of Radio Nord just as it was aired on this date in 1961. We will also make some short test transmissions on these frequencies before our regular programme starts. Power will be 1 kW on 1512 kHz and 10 kW on 6060 kHz. The MW tx is located at Kvarnberget, Vallentuna some 35 km from Stockholm city and the SW tx outside the town of Sala.

If you catch our signal please comment in our blog http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/ and let us know how well you can hear us in your area. QSL cards will be available later. (Ronny Forslund, ARC/Radio Nord Revival)

ARC Newsflash: Voice of Russia Monte Ceneri relay postponed?

558 kHz. No transmission of Voice of Russia via the 200 kW Monte Ceneri transmitter was heard today. According to unconfirmed sources the start is postponed to April 1st. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

ARC Newsflash: Radio Free Libya

Just now after 1700 UTC Benghazi-transmitter on 675 kHz and El Beida on 1125 kHz seems to ID as Radio Free Libya according to translation by Tarek Zeidan . The 1449 kHz transmitter is very well heard in Växjö, but not announcing. Arabic music and songs after Mr. Ghaddafi’s strange speech.

We will see what happens. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)