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

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 15 - 18 - a short Canadian opening

December 15^th. I had switched to 285 degrees – to no avail. It took until 01 before Harbour Light appeared as the first for the night, along with a couple of other (too) weak stations. Occasional signals then from NA, Puerto Rico before the next really readable signal came; R Maria 1220 at 04. 05 also WEGA 1350 quite ok together with Uniminuto 1580 and probably WUNR 1600. but 06 it was only WEGA that held out.

16th. nothing until CBI 1140 appeared really strong 01. When then WDEA 1370 came in 02 with Christmas music it almost felt like something had happened to the conditions. At 04 there was NA on a large number of frequencies, at least on the upper half of the band, But only the most common ones. Gradually, an increasingly intense crackling came and most of the NA signals disappeared. Instead, there were a few (regular) Colombians left.

17th. I moved over to the 317-degree and hoped that the conditions would move inwards towards NA. A disturbance with a greatly increased solar wind and far too high A_index spoiled my hopes. Some from Canada around 04 and a Colombia opening at 06, which could have been really nice if I had had a more suitable antenna connected.

On 18th. I managed to get "Your Christmas Station VOCM" on 590 at 22 into my headphones for the first time this year - but not for long. And nothing else... There was a strong disturbance again, the K-index and solar wind shot up and the 285-degree antenna was of no use. A little hum, a few carriers, most of them probably from from Puerto Rico and Colombia, so it probably wouldn't have mattered much if I had had another antenna either.

 

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NA

740 17.12 0400 CBX Edmonton AB ”The CBC News is next...” JE

840 17.12 0400 CFCW Camrose AB med country JE

880 17.12 0400 CHED Edmonton AB id och nyheter svag och brusig JE

930 17.12 0400 CJCA Edmonton AB ”The Light” orkade fram JE

1110 16.12 0402 WBT Charlotte NC annonserade WBT-FM som tagit över WBT:s mellanvågsprogram. Ligger kvar på MV till alldeles i början av januari då 1110 ska komma med nytt format. JE

1230 17.12 0059 CFFB Iqaluit NU id-ade - nattens första och länge enda signal. JE

1370 16.12 0200 WDEA Ellsworth ME ”Rudolph the rednosed reindeer” blev första NA jullåten i mina lurar för säsongen Säger väl allt om konditionerna. JE

Västindien

1550 16.12 0300 R Rebelde har inte hörts här på jättelänge, men nu var det dags. Också på 1180 där jag heller inte uppfattat den på länge. JE

1560 16.12 0600 R Adventista, Llano Bonito gick ganska bra den här tiden. Körsång JE

Sydamerika

1380 17.12 0600 HJEJ Esperanza R, Palmira en överraskning eftersom jag lyssnade på 317-gradersantenn även om tyvärr svag och brusig, men här vid 06 kom en öppning mot Colombia med signaler som orkade fram också på t ex 1430, 1450, 1460, 1470, 1580, 1590 JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 10 - 14 -"Best" from Brazil

On December 10th. I realized early that it was wrong to have the 255-degrees antenna connected. Apart from some too weak ones from Brazil, it was Dos Mil 1500 that was on at 00. Fragments of the national anthem on 1130 at 03, a little mumbling on 1230 and 1270 were what reminded me of La Plata. Some weak probably Colombians, Harbour Light 1400 – and then actually a decent ID from HIAK on 1440...

On 11th. Harbour Light was alone for a long time. Judging by the splitters, quite a few La Plata stations at 03 but too weak. Ñandutí 1020 was an exception with a readable signal. Also Caribbean Lighthouse the night before fire number two in the transmitter. At 04 Paraguay 920 and R Nacional Brasilia 980, then far too noisy.

12th. good against Brazil especially 23 – 00. Some La Plata stations also came, but also with worse strength and gradually fewer stations. Hardly anything at all after 03.

13th. and still "the best" signals from Brazil but also still some Spanish-speaking southerners. However, the signals came one or two hours later than the day before. 04 was mostly gone, but then suddenly CBI went on 1140. Then there was no more audible signals, except for Colombians on 1560 and 1580 at 07.

14th. it sounded quite promising with Brazil, but also Paraguay (920, 970), "both" Argentina on 1270 etc already at 23. But it never really took off. At 03, Peru surprised (despite the fact that I was running 255 degrees) with good ID on 1220 (Melodia), but also 1180, 1360, 1500, 1570.. At 06, conditions had become even trickier – WWKB 1520 and KXEL 1540 were distorted, Colombia on 1580, 1589 and Bolivia 1560.

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Västindien

1440 10.12 0300 HIAK R Impactante, Santo Domingo id-ade – en av få trots ”fel” antenn Också 11/12 vid 05. JE

Sydamerika

780 14.12 0400 ZP70 R Primero de Marzo, Caacupe Mi JE

1010 11.12 0400 ZYH448 R Aleluia, Salvador BA oväntat bra med tanke på hur bandet lät i övrigt. JE

1120 12.12 0300 ZYL272 R Itatiaia, Ouro Preto MG med fotboll från moderstationen Rádio Itatiaia i Belo Horizonte (610). Rudolf Grimm kunde konstatera att det var fotboll med hemmalaget Atletico Mineiro. Inget id men man nämner smeknamnet ”Galos = Tupparna” och Itatiaias kommentatorer kändes igen. (1120,017) JE

1220 14.12 0300 OAX6X R Melodia, Arequipa överraskande på ”fel” antenn och med bara några enstaka brassar. Inte så stark men rent och fint (1220,021) JE

1330 13.12 0303 ZP13 R Chaco Boreal Asunción id-ade (1329,989) JE

1340 12.12 0200 CW53 La Voz de Melo, Melo sprakigt id JE

1390 13.12 0102 ZYK209 R Esperança AM Porto Alegre RS svårt splattrad (1390,007) JE

1400 12.12 0000 ZYJ462 R Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ stark men störd av Zorilla de San Martin däremot inget från Harbour Light runt heltimmen JE

1560 14.12 0559 R Luz del Mundo, La Paz var inte vad jag väntade denna tid med dessa konditionr JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 5 - 9 - Better but far from good

December 5th, offered a small "glimps" at 01 when I actually managed to get Chile on 1140 and 1180 and there was also someone from Argentina. A little earlier some from Brazil. The rest of the night was very thin, however.

6th, Brazil, but also some signals from Paraguay already at 23 (5th.) and significantly better than in a long time on the band. La Plata and Brazil then mixed in after 02 when the signals started to get weaker. The rest of the night was mostly carriers, very few who could make it through the noise with sound.

7th. Signals mostly from Brazil, but also some from mainly Argentina and Paraguay until 02. Then the signal strengths dropped and more and more from Colombia and someone from Puerto Rico were added. But already after 03 it was almost the end of audible signals from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

8th. Fewer from Brazil but otherwise about the same as the night before, possibly some signals "held out" for a couple more hours. However, most signals were far too weak and by dawn there was nothing left.

9th. and quite unbelievably miserable! Not even Harbour Light was really audible for all night. Not a single signal strong enough for me to even guess what it was. Judging by the carriers, it might have been a little better if I had used 285 degrees instead of 255, but it probably wouldn't have helped much...

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Sydamerika

700 6.12 0001 ZYK686 Nossa R, São Paulo SP stark och höll undan ganska bra för splattret. JE

750 7.12 0100 LRA7 R Nacional, Córdoba med id JE

860 6.12 0159 ZYH592 R Cidade AM Fortaleza CE väldigt splattrad JE

880 6.12 0200 ZYL275 R Inconfidencia Belo Horizonte MG stark men splattrad JE

950 6.12 0202 LR3 CNN R Argentina, William C Morris – förmodligen en av de sista gångerna man hörde deras sounder här innan namn och formatbyte. JE

970 7.12 0000 ZP9 Universo 970, Asunción med fotboll som så många andra. JE

1020 5.12 2300 ZP14 R Ñandutí ,San Lorenzo tidigt framme, annars mest Brasilien den här tiden (1019,982) JE

1060 6.12 2301 Tent ZYK220 R Camaqüense, Camaquã RS med fotboll från Rádio Tupí. Uppges loggad på splitten, men ett frågetecken är att Rudolf Grimm i SP uppger att R Educadora Piracicaba har hörts med just R Tupi-relä på 1060 (men utan angeende av split). Varierar några Hz ”nedåt” i frekvens. (1060,030) JE

1130 6.12 0203 L.. Em Santiago y Copla. Cd. Santiago del Estereo id-ade JE

1140 5.12 0100 CB114 R Nacional de Chile, Santiago ack så svag och är ju vanlig, men en ”framgång” att något hörs överhuvudtaget. Av splitten att döma var det R Central, Ypané som störde bitvis (1140,125) JE

1180 5.12 0100 CB118 R Portales, Santiago tittade fram några minuter då och då. JE

1270 5.12 0100 LRA20 R Nacional, Las Lomitas var det som gick vid ett klent id, inte Provincia JE

1300 8.12 0101 ZP10 R Fé y Alegria, Nueva Asunción bärvågen brukar ”alltid” finnas, men nu var det ljud på den också (1299,961) JE

1370 8.12 0400 CW137 R Regional, San Javier svag men så pass ensam att den gick ok ändå (1349,849) JR

1500 7.12 0001 ZYH487 R Jacuípe, Riachão do Jacuípe BA men illa störd av en annan station JE

1550 6.12 0100 LT23 R San Genero, San Genero Norte – en av säsongens ”dominanter” som nu åter kom fram och visade att det kanske börjar finnas hopp för konditionerna. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 30 - Dec 4 - and still there is "nothing"

November 30th.. Caribbean Lighthouse 1160, WEGA 1350, Harbour Light 1400 were the only stations that could be received at all during the night!

December 1st. and still woefully bad. The "peak" came at 00 UTC with PR 1070, 1210, 1280, 1480, 1490, Colombia 1250, 1580, and Venezuela 1450 could also be seen briefly.

2nd. and another “useless” night. 1280 Noti Uno at 00, 1580 Uniminuto 02, NA 1520 and 1540 (WKBK and KXEL?) after 05 could be sensed...

3rd. a couple more of the most common Puerto Ricans went (870, 1120, 1160), even the Peruvian Santa Rosa 1500 albeit poorly at 00 UTC. “Something Spanish-speaking” on 1200 at 01. Fifth night in a row with 285 degrees connected without anything interesting being heard, however it is noticeable that we are approaching Christmas with more and more interference coming from the “Christmas decorations” in Delsbo.

4th.. If there are degrees to compare “lousy” with, it was possibly a little better this night, despite the fact that the endless series of interferences has gained new momentum. A change of antenna to 255 degrees might have helped. Especially some from Brazil, but also a lot of La Plata stations, but most of them so weak that it would have been useless to even try to find the ID. After 03, however, there was nothing left.

 

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Sydamerika

1060 4.12 0301 ZYL278 R 880, Belo Horizonte MG IPDA-program svag men uppfattbar JE

1130 4.12 0200 ZYJ460 R Nacional, Rio de Janeiro har jag inte hört på länge, men nu kom den fram om än svag. JE

1230 4.12 0100 LT2 R Dos, Rosario kändes som en ljusglimt när den kom fram efter flera dagars ”elände”. Argentina också på 1270 och1350 men inte särskilt bra

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 25 - 29 - almost nothing

November 25th. was close to the “absolute bottom”: A Spanish-speaking woman with no ID was persistently talking on 1480 at 00. Radio Buenos Aires with national anthem 1350 and Harbour Light 1400 03, and at 06 WEGA 1350, Harbour Light 1400, possibly Monumental 1510 and WKBK(!) 1520 07 UTC.

26th. nothing recorded.

27/11 there was quite a lot of signals, especially from Argentina and Uruguay, from just before 00 to a little after 01 UTC on the upper part of the band. However, most of them were too weak for ID. Then there were mainly a few stations from Brazil that came through audibly for a couple of hours. Hardly anything that lasted until morning.

28th. there were about the same stations as the night before, but even slightly weaker signals. At 07, however, it had partly swung and the best (only) signals were instead the Peruvian Santa Rosa 1500 and the Ecuadorian Monumental 1510.

29th. I had gone from 255 to 285 degrees. But that didn't help. A small opening at 02 with Puerto Rico and Colombia but nothing of major interest. Caribbean Radio Lighthouse 1160, which suffered a fire in a capacitor in the transmitter less than a week ago. and since then apparently runs irregularly and with reduced power, went great in parts this night.

 

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Europa

1600 26.11 2302 Grekisk pirat, stark med förskräckligt ljud (1599,960) JE

Västindien

1160 29.11 0200 Caribbean R Lighthouse, St Mary/Jennings igång med fin signal åtta dagar efter kondensatorbranden i sändaren. Reducerad effekt nu? JE

1210 29.11 0200 WHOY, Salinas PR stängde för kvällen JE

Sydamerika

1160 27.11 0030 LU32 R Olavarria, Olavarria med en annonsering JE

1400 26.11 2359 CX140 R Zorilla de San Martín, Tacuarembó gick hyggligt några minuter innan Harbour Light tog över JE

1420 27.11 0055 CX142 R Felicidad, Paysandú tittade fram igen JE

1430 27.11 0102 CW25 R Durazno, Durazno med en massa lokala reklamer JE

1450 27.11 0201 ZYK591 R.Boa Nova, Guarulhos SP id-ade efter musik (1449,987) JE

1470 27.11 0030 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas, Parelhas RN (1470,011) JE

1500 27.11 0031 YV RZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná stängde tämligen tvärt i musiken (1500,010) JE

Hello DX-friends. 

My name is Peter Stillberg (PSG), member of Delsbo Radioklubb, Arctic Radio Club (ARC) and The Swedish DX Federation (Sveriges DX-förbund, SDXF). I'm also one of the DX:ers using Fredriksfors as my listening shack together with Jan Edh (JE), Dan Andersson (DAD) and Ronny Forslund (RFK) as active DX:ers. We don't compet, but cooperate and encourage each other in our listening hobby. Mostly we hear the same stations, but sometimes we have different experiences, perhaps the equipment has failed, we have used different antennas or other circumstances (for instance better skills by experience) giving different results. 

Here are some of my loggings from 2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23. Before my signature I also give the direction in degrees of the antenna used.

North America

Mosttly the strong and usual stations these days.

970   22.11  0201 WZAN Portland ME, Id: "Great Country music and great Country Artists, The Outlaw". 285 PSG

1100 23.11 0500 WTAM Cleveland OH, Id: "WTAM 1100 News Fox Sports, this is WTAM 1100 Cleveland". 285 /PSG

1010 22.11 0502 WINS New York NY, Id: "We are 1010 WINS and 92,3 FM". 285 /PSG

1030 22.11 0503 WBZ Boston MA, Traffic and weather. 285 /PSG

1050 22.11 0151 WEPN New York NY, Heavy splashing from Talk Sport and Romania. 285 /PSG

1130 22.11 0200 WBBR New York NY, Id: "This is WBBR New York Bloomberg 11-3-0" 285 /PSG

1140 22.11 0200 CHRB High River AB, Id: "CBC News  with Mike Miles" 285 /PSG

1200 22.11 0405 WXKS Newton MA, Id: "Talk 1200 Bostons Conservatiove talk" 285 /PSG

1370 22.11 0341 WDEA Ellsworth MW, Id: "13-70 WDEA" played Christmas songs, 285 /PSG

1440 23.11 0405 WWCL Lehigh Acres FL, Id: "Escutchen Radio Vision Christiania ... Cada dia". 285 /PSG

1450 23.11 0405 WPGG Atlantic City NJ, Id: "Early in the morning, WPG Talk Radio, 95.5" 285 /PSG

1480 23.11 0400 WSAR Fall River MA, Id: "Your only local news radio, FM 95.9 AM 14-80 WSAR Fall River" 285 /PSG

1500 22.11 0136 WFED Washington DC, with Sports. 285 /PSG

1500 22.11 0424 WLQN Detroit MI, faded up for some minutes. 285 /PSG

1540 23.11 0300 KXEL Waterlo IA, Id: "This is where Iowa comes to talk, 15-40 KXEL Waterlo Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids. 285 /PSG

Central America

870   22.11 0501 WQBS San Juan PTR , Id.  285 /PSG

1160 22.11 0200 Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, Religious programme. Heard them the day before the transmitter was broken. 255 /PSG.

1160 23.11 0102 WMTI Barceloneta PTR, Id: " Esta es Cadena WAPA Radio" with lot of disturbances 285 /PSG

1280 22.11 0101 WCMN Arecibo PTR, Id: "WCMN Arecibo" 285 /PSG

South America

940 22.11 0255 ZYJ453 Super radio Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Id by a child voice. 255 /PSG

1020 22.11 0620 OAM74 R Kinsachata Espinar Yauri, Id: "Cada dia en cada momento, es la senal de Kinsachata. 255 /PSG

1230 22.11 0200 LT2 Radio Dos Rosario, Id: "Esta es la information de las siete de la noche" 255 /PSG

1270 22.11 0631 LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires La Plata, Id: "La radio Publica La Plata". 255 /PSG