Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 21 - 24 - quite unsuccessful...

There were some Asians, but not well on the evening of September 20th..  Perhaps the most interesting are the Taiwanese stations. At 20 UTC also some strong Chinese. Short entries from a couple from Japan, but nothing at all from the Philippines. Night and morning 9^th. much worse. Around 00 UTC there were weak signals from a lot of Bolivia and Peru on known splits on the upper part of the band, but they never "caught up". Very little progressed during the rest of the morning.

September 22-23 nothing was recorded at all.

September 24 came with largely unfit conditions. Around the same time as I came out to Fredriksfors,also a disturbance hit. Briefly but quite intensively. And quite enough. Hardly any Asians at all during the evening and heavy noise. When it was time to switch to an LA antenna, the result was equally disappointing. Not quite as noisy as during the evening, but really lousy oropagation all the way past sunrise.

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Asien

594 20.9 1730 JOAK NHL1 Tpkyo – att en indier och en kines gick var ingen överraskning men att NHK-programmet skulle höras överraskade mig även om det inte är någon ovanlig station. JE

1008 20.9 1900 Nanjing RGD Xinwen Tai Nanjing verkade starta upp för en ny dag. Musik från timmen, annonsering med AM- och FM-frekvens halvminuten senare. JE

1125 20.0 1802 BEV36 Cheng Shen BC Huwei id-ade ”prydligt” inklusive jingel. (1114,996) JE

1224 20.0 1756 BEV71 Hua Sheng BS HS Radio 2 Taipei id-ade. Bra i korta toppar. (1223,991) JE

1296 20.9 1800 BED47 BCC Newa Network Taipan jinglade och id-ade. Gick bra då men fick snart ”problem” med en arabpratande. JE

1350 20.9 1900 JOER Hiroshima – dåligt vid id, bättre några minuter senare med något slags ”radiosåpa” blandat tal/musik men snart helt utstörd av vad som borde vara TWR. JE

1584 20.9 1800 CNR1 Zhongguo zhi Sheng med id och jingel – inget VOA från Thailand hördes. Kinesen stängde troligen18.05 (i enlighet med MWlist, den svaga bärvågen försvann i varje fall), JE

NA

1030 24.9 0430 WBZ Boston MA blev säsongens förxta (och enda) NA i Fredriksfors - om behovet av att bilarna ska ha AM-radio i fortsättningen också. JE

Västindien

1380 24.9 0430 WCMN Arevibo PR ”Noti Uno” med ”ring-och-sjung” - där låg ribban för nattens loggningar... JE

1520 24.9 0100 WRSJ San Juan PR med TIVA Radio JE

Sydamerika

920 24.9 0300 ZP1 R Nacional del Paraguay Asunción sände på reservsändaren. (919,924) JE

1130 21.9 0300 HJVA YVRL R Ideal Maiquetía stark när det var väldigt få ens hörbara annars. JE

1450 21.9 0300 YVKJ R Maria Carácas id-ade. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 17 - 20 - not exactly a brilliant start

It hasn't exactly started brilliantly this season.

September 18^th. we were still in the middle of a heavy disturbance - and the result was as ypu would expect Perfil 1190, Provincia 1270 and Buenos Aires 1350 were legible at 01 - otherwise some occasional mumbling.

Slightly better on 18^th., but still not great. Lots of noise and crackling. Giant strengths of e.g. 920, 940, 1200 and 1510 at 03 – 04 UTC. And stations on almost every 10 kHz, although most were far too weak.

On 19^th. I switched to the 285 degree antenna, believing the conditions would have moved north. It turned out to be a misjudgment. The mw-band was almost empty of carriers both this night as well as 20^th.. Dos Mil 1500 and a couple from Brazil loomed at midnight UTC 19^th.. 20^th. there was nothing until 03 and a good half hour ahead when the frequently heard Peruvians on 1470 , 1500, 1570, Monumental on 1510 and the Puerto Rican on 1350 was heard with an ok signal.

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Sydamerika

700 18.9 0330 LV4 Cadena 3 Córdoba starkast – stationen sm störde var nog mer intressant. JE

710 18.9 0300 LRL202 R Diez Buenos Aires hyfsat stark JE

790 18.9 0400 LR6 R Mitre Buenos Aires jättebra JE

780 18.9 0300 ZP70 R Primero de Marzo Asuncion med härlig marimbamusik (779,995) JE

880 18.9 0331 ZYL275 R Inconfidencia Belo Horizonte MG med ett id och lugn musik. JE

1010 18.9 0300 LV16 R Rio Quarto Rio Quarto var starkast här. JE

1040 18.9 0438 ZYK537 R Capital Sao Paulo SP starkt och fint en stund ”brassepop” JE

1450 18.9 0001 ZYK591 R Boa Nova, Guarulhos, SP. Id-ade efter en musiksnutt (1449,988) JE 1470 18.9 0000 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas Parelhas RN svag men ensam på frevensen, även om Oxigeno Classico kom en kort stund senare. (1470,013) JE

1490 18.9 0401 HC0171 E Santa Maria Azocues överraskande bra med tanke på att jag hade 255-gradersantenn, men Bio Center-reklamen från Monumental på 1510 gick nästan som en lokalstation samtidigt. JE

1500 19.9 0002 YVRZ R Dos Mil Cumaná lyckas tydlgen med konststycket att hålla igång sändningarna (1500,008) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 9 - seasons first with some Asians

The "summer vacation" is over. On the evening of September 8^th. I made a careful fresh start in Fredriksfors.

Dan and Peter have checked all the antennas visually and they are also measured and everything looks ok. It is different from last autumn with storm damage and other breakdowns which meant that we had to spend at least a total of two weeks of work to get something to listen to.

It felt ok after all, although the thunder in Norway was stronger than long distance medium wave signals.

It didn't go completely problem-free either - I fiddled with the setting so that the recording was turned off at approximately 02.10 UTC without me noticing anything. And I understand that it would probably have gone much better if I had used 285 instead of 255 degrees during the night.

The evening hours against Asia went more without mishaps. A handful of Filipinos could be identified and I also succeded in hearing my first Indonesian station on mediumwave, but otherwise it was pretty thin. Very modest Chinese, for example.

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Asien

594 8.9 1900 DZBB Obando ”Suoer Radyo” id-ade. Inte så stark men men ensam JE

1224 8.9 1959 BCC Country Network Kaohsiung med id och musik bekräftade John Faulkner på RealDX – troligen var det Hua Sheng BS HS i Taipei som snart tog över 8 Hz lägre (1223,999 resp 1223,991) JE

1233 8.9 2042 DYVS Bacolod City startade med hymn, några takter religiös musik och ”stort” id, ”Sweet Voice of Salvation” JE

1251 8.9 2157 RRI PRO4 Banda Aceh – första gången jag fått igenom en indones på mellanvågen. Thor. Or. 06 i Bangkok var dock svår. JE

1323 8.9 2010 DYSI Iiloilo City. ”Super Radyo Iloilo.” Födelsedagshälsningar. JE

1440 8.9 1800 DWDH Dagupan City fadade upp med ett DWBH-id (666) och talade om att man var ”Number one” JE

1530 8.9 1857 DZME Obando drog igång sitt stora id när man öppnade för morgonen ”Kinse Trenta” blandat med rumänsk smörsång. JE

Sydamerika

890 9.9 0001 CX18 Sport 890 Montevideo JE

950 8.9 2359 ZYL212 Rede Aleluia (R Atalaya) Belo Horizonte MG id-ade JE

1010 9.9 0069 ZYL448 Rede Aleluia Salvador BA med en version på ”Bridge over troubled water” JE

1070 9.9 0000 LR1 El Destape Mundo Wilde med id mellan åsksprak. JE

1190 9.9 0131 LR9 R Perfil Buenos Aires ”Radio Perfil AM Once Noventa” JE

1230 8.9 2332 LT2 R Dos Rosario låter som den skulle bli dominant den här säsongen också. JE

1240 9.9 0159 OCU7Z R Pachatusan, Sicuani kom upp fullt ”läsligt” här en stund, förmodligen var det väl Lider som konkurrerade. JE

1270 8.9 2330 LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires La Plata blev säsongens första sydamerikan hos mig. JE

1360 9.9 0001 OAX7R R Sicuani, Sicuani en av nattens bästa signaler. JE

1470 9.9 0200 Tent OCU4Y R Voz Cristiania Huancayo (enligt tips av Sim) gick bra till strax efter 02 då Oxigeno Clsssics blev för svår. Kvinnlig predikare som fortsatte förbi heltimmen. (1469,993) JE

1550 9.9 0200 OAM5M R Visión Pisco ensam på frekvensen (1549,821) JE

1560 9.9 0001 CP.. Luz del Mundo La Paz id-ade. Svag men tydligt id. Hade nog gått bättre om jag inte använt 255-grader och med mycket åsksprak från Norge. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors May 19 - 23 - time for summer vacation!

19^th. there were some early from Brazil at 11 – 11.30 p.m., but then very few. Santa Rosa at 1500 only Peruvian heard, nothing from Bolivia.

20^th. there were some signals at 01 with a "mixed diet" - Brazil on 1400, 1570 and 1600, Paraguay on 1450 and the Bahamas on 1540...

On 21^st., not much was heard. Brazil at 1570 and 1580 an hour from 23, then the Bolivians at 1550 and 1560 at 00.

22/nd. some carriers but hardly any sound at all.

23^rd. Brazil was heard on 1370, 1570 and 1580 at 23 while 1600 waited until 00.30 to go readable. Caranavi 1550 as usual best of the Andean signals at 00.30. Slightly better in general 00 – 01 but still too weak for it to be possible to produce anything interesting.

With that, I also turn off my gear for the season. With dawn just after 23:30 and sunrise before 01:30 UTC, it feels pointless to continue.

Summer vacation!

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Västindien

1540 20.5 0100 ZNS R Bahamas Nassau – trodde det var något andinskt tills den fafade upp lite vid heltimmen... JE

Sydamerika

1450 20.5 0103 ZP29 R Vallemi Vallemi uppe med läsbar signal ett par minuter. (1450,150) JE

1470 18.5 2330 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas Parelhas RN blygsam signal. Nätt och jämt hörbar. (1470,011) JE

1580 18.5 2300 ZYI898 R Santa Clara Floriano PI har haft en ganska period och varit en av de vanligare tidiga från Brasilien JE

Heard in Fredriksfors May 13 - 18 - now really bad

May 13^th. was improbably bad. Even the few Europeans who were heard did not have "decent" strength.

14^th. much better, but thus far from good. At 00 – 00.30, however, the Bolivians and Peruvians from Sicuani on 1360 and above, which has been common for quite a while now, were heard. Before that also a few from Brazil. But the signal strengths were quite moderate.

15^th. about the same stations as the night before – possibly a little weaker and a little earlier.

On 16^th. "Time is out of order" I want to say. Never thought I would experience that the only Atlantic heard for a whole night would be a Bolivian. But Caranavi 1550 00 – 00.30 was the only readable signal this night,

17^th. there were a couple of carriers that I recognized but no readable signals.

18^th. a couple of Africans could be logged during the late evening, but then it stopped this night when a new disturbance struck. No signals from Latin America.

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Afrika

594 17.5 2100 R Nigeria Kaduna nätt och jämnt läsbar JE

1377 17.5 2100 R Free Africa Mwanza riktigt hygglig styrka. (1376,990) JE

Sydamerika

1370 14.5 2325 ZYH628 R Vanguarda Caridade CE en gång till – fadade upp läsbart några minuter vid samma tid som för en dryg vecka sedan. (1370,131) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Mat 8 -12 - good to the Andes and an "empty" band

On May 8^th. there were the usual Bolivians for the season and already at 23.00 there were also some Peruvians. But while the Andean stations slowly faded away, a few Colombians came instead in the last hour before the band went silent at 01:30

9^th. most (and best) signals came from Peru. Started cautiously already at 11 pm and at best between 00 and 01. The "regulars" from Bolivia also with good signal.

On 10^th. both Peru and Bolivia were actually on the higher part of the imw-band despite the very strong disturbance. In several cases with nice strengths, although perhaps a little "fluttery" sound. But it was a short-lived pleasure – already before 00.30 the tband was empty from transatlantic signals..

11^th. it was as close to "quiet" as is probably possible. At the beginning of the night Vesti FM on 1413 and probably Romania on 1179, although it was with very modest strength. But they soon disappeared too.

12^th. the Europeans were back but not much from the other side of the Atlantic. Brazil on 1010 and 1350 at 00, probably Radio Buenos Aires 1350 after 01. Shortly and otherwise nothing!

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Sydamerika

1230 9.5 0001 OAM4L R Alegria Tarma kom igenom svagt med ”godnatt-id” - har tydligen flyttat hit från 1330. Hittades efter tips av Sim. (1229,993) JE

1240 9.5 0100 OZU7Z R Pachatusán Sicuani har haft en bra period mot våra trakter (1239,992) JE

1300 9.5 1300 OAX4S R Dios es Amor Lima – inget fel på styrkan men det behövs rätt mycket god vilja för att få id med det ”brum” den omger sig med. JE

1420 9.5 0003 OAM7K R San Luís Pallpata – hade nog gått riktigt bra om det inte varit hemskt splatter från ”ryssen” på 1413. (1420,007) JE

1450 9.5 0043 OBU6K R Caylloma, Chivay överraskande bra med tidsannonsering och flera ”en Caylloma” (1450,004) denna natt JE

1460 9.5 0003 OAX7W R El Sol de los Andes Juliaca överraskande stark, men förstås en del splatter. (1459,994) JE

1480 7.5 2300 R Pan de Vida El Alto ovanligt ostört och fint. (1480,095) JE

1480 8.5 0000 OAZ7Q R Espinar Yauri Espinar hade tagit över frekvensen och tryckte bort bolivianen JE

1520 7.5 2301 R La Voz del Atalaya El Alto överraskande rent och fint. JE

1520 10.5 0000 OBU7X R Avance Yauri Espinar stark vid id.(1519,979) JE

1540 7.5 2300 R Bendita Trinidad El Alto stark redan före 23. Stillsam musik mixad i motsats till uppjagad pastor. Id-ade och spelade nationalsång 00.00 och stängde 10.5. JE

1550 9.5 2359 OAM7D R Checca Checca överraskade trots den mycket kraftiga störningen. JE

1560 8.5 L 0100 Luz del Mundo La Paz fortsätter gå bra JE

1570 7.5 2300 ZYH521 R Sertão Central Senador Pompeu CE överraskade med att komma fram igen JE

1570 10.5 0000 OAU7Z R Carraviz Juliaca med kanonstyrka mitt i störningen. Verkar stundtals ha problem med sändaren – eller är det någon annan på frekvensen som förorsakar störningen? JE

1580 7.5 2301 ZYI898 R Santa Clara Floriano PI hyggligt styrka, murrigt ljud. Kanonfint timmen senare. JE

1590 9.5 0015 OCX6S R El Mundo Para Cristo Arequipa med ”släpig” musik predikningar på quechua.Gick alldeles strålande Hade möjligen en annonsering 00 men med en mikrofon som bara släppte några ljudfragment från sig. Stängde precis 01 efter nationalsång och ”Viva Peru”men utan minsta annonsering.(158997) Fullt hörbar också 10.5 00 mitt i störningen!,JE

1600 10.5 0000 OBM7A R Atena 5 Wanchaq bra styrka JE

1600 9.5 0100 R Kalikanto Chamas bra styrka men mycket splatter (1600,011) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 29 - May 7 - some short interesting moments

April 29^th. was not a successful night. Sure there were a lot of Peruvians on the band, but most of them were either well known or they didn't want to come up well enough. Later the conditions got worse and some Puerto Ricans came instead.

30^th. there were also some Peruvians in the hour until midnight. Then very few legible signals until before 02 UTC when some Peruvians started to go again, mainly from the Lima area, but also some hints towards La Plata, where my antenna, however, was too northern.

May 1^st. gave nothing. Very few signals and very few with enough strength that it was possible to get an ID.

2^nd. still lean. At 1.30 am, strangely enough (considering the time of year) a handful of NA. At 02 especially the Bolivians Caranavi 1550 and Tawatinsuyo 1500 almost improbably good, but hardly anything else.

3^rd. Strange! Admittedly, I listened to 285 degrees (should have had 255 or 240) and it was a strong disturbance but something should have "leaked in" here as well. Not a single transatlantic signal all night, hardly even a carrier.

4^th. the stations were also back in Fredriksfors, at least on the high part of the band. A lot of signals from Peru/Bolivia with peak 01.30 - 02 and where "as usual" Caravani 1450 excelled - most common and strongest on the band now.

5^th. very few again but a small opening where the "regular" Bolivians on high frequencies went at and just before 02.

6^th. barely even a carrier and nothing transatlantic that could even be tried to identify.

7^th. some from Brazil at 11pm and an hour later Peruvians but not very good. Between 01 and 02 some Bolivians again.

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Afrika

 

1585 2.5 0301 R Olé Ceuta – jag gick tillbaka några morgnar och kollade efter FD:s tips och här kom den med ett ”Radiolé”. Annars har det mestadels varit Studio X som hörts. JE

Nordamerika

1490 1.5 0120 WBAE Portland ME id-ade och spelade bl a John Lennon. Också 1130, 1140, 1200, 1370 skymtade.Inte många NA-stationer som brukardyka upp den här tiden på året... JE

Sydamerika

840 30.4 0226 LV9 R Salta Salta länge sedan jag senast hörde den. (840,011) JE

1180 30.4 0200 OCU4K NSE R Lima ovanligt bra (1180,011) JE

1220 29.4 0000 OAX6X R Melodia Arequipa med id (1220,021) JE

1370 6.5 2324 ZYH628 R Vanguarda Caridade CE uppe i tio minuter och id-ade uppfattbart ett par gånger trots att den var svag. (1370,131) JE

1450 4.5 0155 R Tawantinsuyo Taraco id-ade // 1500 men inte lika startk. Båda gick fortfarande efter 02.15. Tack för tips BIH/Sim (1450,051)JE

1450 4.5 0042 OBU6K R Caylloma Chivay kom fram fragmentariskt men alldeles fär dåligt för att kunna skicka rapport. Har gått flera gånger men aldrig tillräckligt bra. (1450,006) JE

1470 1.5 0100 OAU6E R Victoria Arequipa id-ade med god styrka (1469,953) JE

1480 5.5 0130 R Pan de Vida El Alto den andinska signalen som gick bäst denna natt (jämte Caranavi som blivit dominant). (1480,095) JE

1490 4.4 2330 OCU7Y R Dios es Amor / Cadena Sur Cusco ny split (1489,959) JE

1520 7.5 0005 OBU7X R Avance Yauri Espinar ”Radio Avance voz evangelica” - första gången jag hört den den här säsongen (1519,979) JE

1550 29.4 0158 OAM5M R Visión Salas oväntat stark med id (La Voz de Salvación) eftersom det var ganska magra signaler från Anderna annars. (1449,817) JE

1590 4.5 0050 Tent OCX6S R Mundo Arequipa sannolikt religiöst (stillsamt) prat och sång. För svag att få ut något. (1589,997) JE