Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 31 - Feb 3 - Many NA-stations butt to disturbed

January 30^th. No recording

31^st.the 285-degreer sounded different compared to lately. A lot of NA and with good strength until after 00 UTC. CBG on 1400 has hardly been heard at all this season, but now dominated completely. Before 01, however, almost all NA;s were gone - now it was R Nacional, Buenos Aires on 870 and R Nacional Asunción on 920, weak Spanish speakers a little "here and there". 03 mostly NA again but also increasing noise and already after 05 the signals started to disappear.

February 1^st. it was almost only NA, but also noisier again and thus difficult to identufy. Remarkable, however, that the Seattle station KNWN went quite well on our 285-degreer. Around 00 there were some Peruvians too, but a little too weak to get through the noise..

2^nd. fewer NA signals and perhaps also a little more interference than the day before. Towards morning, more and more Spanish speakers on higher frequencies. Among them were some peruvians, who would have been really interesting if the interference hadn't made it impossible.

3^rd.. Stations on most channels, at least when you start getting above 800 kHz, but with a strong noise at the bottom that forces the signals up to at least -85 dB if there is to be any possibility of id in most cases, you don't get that much anyway. Few of what can be called "interesting" reach that strength. Sad to get so little out when there are such pretty good conditions against NA.

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NA

1000 1.2 0500 KNWN Seattle WA var en överraskning när dem kom fram i störningsdimman på defekta 285-gradaren JE

1000 2.2 0500 WMVP Chicago IL - samma tid som dagen innan, men nu var det ESPN-sporten och inte KNWN JE

1080 1.2 0300 WTIC Hartford CT är ju vanlig men jag tror aldrig jag hört den utan någon annan störning än fyren – inte ett spår av spanjorerna. JE

1100 1.2 0500 WTAM Cleveland OH riktigt prydligt vid id och ABC News-annonsering JE

1110 31.1 0200 WBT Charlotte NC verkar ha svårt hitta nytt format för mellanvågen Kör fortfarande slingan om att man ska ställa in fm-frekvensen JE

1150 2.2 0700 WHBY Kimberly WI en av de sista signalerna för morgonen som gick att få fram genom störningarna JE

1160 2.2 0500 WYLL Chicago IL gick hyfsat – inget spår av Harbour Light JE

1180 3.2 0700 WHAM Rochester NY med call och jingel Rebelde höll sig i bakgrunden JE

1190 31.1 0403 WOWO Fort Worth IN id-ade efter nyheter JE

1220 1.2 0600 CJRB Bossevaine MA id-ade efter religiöst program JE

1250 3.2 0700 CHSM Steinbach MA - ”klassisk” musik JE

1270 31.1 0400 WXYT Detroit MI – inte mycket att lyssna på numera även n när den går bra JE

1380 3.2 0700 KOTA Rapid City SD ”Western South Dakota´s Information station” JE

1400 30.1 2359 CBG Gander NL dominerade här i ett par timmar. Bara små inspel av vanliga dominanten Harbour Light JE

1420 2.2 0100 WOC Davenport IA med Fox News –hade glidit över till KTOE m,ed ABC News när nyheterna slutade efter ungefär tre minuter... JE

1420 1.2 0300 WBSM New Bedford MA med id och nyheter JE

1420 3.2 0400 WHK Cleveland OH SRN News JE

1440 31.1 0500 WMAX Bay City MI ”Ave Maria Radio” JE

1520 31.1 0400 WWKB Buffalo NY - hade hoppats på något mer spännande med tanke på splitten (1520,009) JE

1530 3.2 0000 WCKY Cincinnati OH ensam och stark JE

1560 1.2 0000 WFME New York NU ”Family Radio” JE

1590 3.2 0702 WAKR Akron OH jättebra! JE

1600 3.2 0559 WAAM Ann Arbour MI ”This is Waam Radio...” - äntligen en station som gick fram ordentligt, även om WUNR stack upp emellanåt. JE

Sydamerika

1510 1.2 0002 OCX4J R Tarma, Tarma id-ade JE

Heard in Fredrikfors Jan 25 - 29 - too much interference

On January 25th. nothing from the other side of the Atlantic made it through the interference fog, not even WEGA or Harbour Light. Judging by the carriers it probably didn't matter – there wouldn't have been anything audible on a interference-free band either...

On 26th. the feeling was that there wasn't as much noise and crackling, especially towards morning, but that didn't help much. Another night without a single transatlantic signal to be added to the record.

On 27th. I started to wonder if it was really "just" the conditions that were completely under the ice because nothing was heard at all other than terrible interference for the fourth night. At 00 in any case Harbour Light 1400 and Caribbean Lighthouse 1160 came, an hour later also WEGA 1350. Not good, but at least signals. At 02 also Ideal 1130. 04 WEDP R Isla 1490 and 06 actually several stations from 1400 and upwards albeit quite distorted. The disturbances are probably not just what the Delsbo community is causing anymore. The antenna is also damaged, even though it seems to be full length and intact, the 105 degree reverse direction does not work and it is still on the ground under a couple of trees and there under half a meter of snow.

On 28th. there were a few stations that according to the carriers were strong enough that they should have come through reasonably well, but there is far too much interference that drowns out the noise. At the same time, the status of the antenna has probably meant that the signals have also become significantly weaker.

On 29th. about ten NAs went through, of which six of them were "readable" at 02, but they disappeared about as quickly as they appeared. Then it was just noise and crackling until around 07 when WEDP went strong on 1490. Carraviz 1570 and Uniminuto 1580 went quite well too. Signal on many other "high" frequencies, but the interference took over.

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650 28.1 0200 Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, Qeqertarsuaq/Godhavn var tillsammans med Harbour Light den enda stationen som var tillräckligt stark för att ”kunna lyssnas på”. JE

1230 29.1 0159 CFFB Iqaluit, NU id-ade med helt ok signal, NA ”läsbart” också på 1250 (WDSP), 1330 (WRCA), 1420 (WOC). 1500 (WFED) 1540 (KXEL) JE

1540 28.1 0700 KXEL Waterloo IA stark men fading och distad. JE

Sydamerika

1400 27.1 0659 ZYH200 R Difusora Acreana, Rio Branco AC fadade upp jämte Harbour Light. Troligen också Z Uno som tittade fram. (1399,942) JE

1410 27.1 0701 HJDU Emisora Cultural Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín – ingen ovanlig station och inte bra, men ändå en stor överraskning på fjärde natten med ”total bedrövelse” (1409,998) JE

1560 27.1 0700 HJXZ R Santa Maria de la Paz, Medellin brukar kunna vara mycket starkare (1559,992) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 21 - 24 - Two hours from Brazil rejoyed

January 21st. continued with an “empty band” band, while the solar disturbance continued at full strength. Not a transatlantic, as far as I could see, not even a carrier for all night. I tried with the battered 255-degree, which is off and ungrounded and largely beaten to the ground. It gave no results.

22nd and a lot of Brazilian stations! Especially at 22 – 23, that is “A Voz do Brasil time”. Some “suspected” La Plata later, but far too weak strengths on them. Overall much better than in a long time.

23rd. there were maybe ten LA from Harbour Light in the north to Rosario (Radio Dos) in the south. All had one thing in common that they were far too weak to even make an effort. The only station with a really readable signal was Eritrea just before 03 on 840.

On 24th. I had switched back to 285 degrees, which is the least damaged of our antennas, and the solar interference had subsided. But it got even worse, if possible. At 02 some very weak carriers began to appear. At 05 and towards sunrise you could possibly sense some sound also from some of the carriers. But far too weak to be able to decipher, at the same time as the noise also became increasingly loud,

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Afrika

840 23.1 0258 Dimtsi Hagash 2, Asmara med nattens bästa signal – när det var Sydamerika jag lyssnade efter... JE

Sydamerika

620 22.1 0000 ZYH590 R Assunção Cearense, Fortaleza CE. Fotboll via Bandeirantes JE

860 22.1 0001 ZYH592 R Cidade AM860, Fortaleza CE kom upp ganska bra trots splatter JE

1070 21.2 2300 ZYI673 R Difusora Cajazeiras, Cajazeiras PI. Fotboll JE

1150 21.1 2201 ZYJ617 R Cabugi do Seridó, Jardim do Seridó RN – första transatlanten på tre nätter i mina hörlurar svag men ostört id. JE

1190 21.1 2309 ZYH459 R Juazeiro, Juazeiro BA kanonfint på övertid. Sport (fotboll?) Reklam id och jingel vid den här tiden. JE

1350 22.1 0000 LS6 R Buenos Aires började fada upp JE

1380 21.1 2201 ZYI773 R Continental, Recife PE gick från IPDA till A Voz do Brasil JE

1470 21.1 2305 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas, Parelhas RN. Blev kraftigt störd av en station som dök upp några korta stunder efter heltimmen,men ”tog sig” när den försvann 23.04..(1470,010) JE

1600 21.1 2300 ZYK779 R Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP id-ade efter A Voz do Brasil. (1599.991) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 17 - 20 - strong solar storm

January 17th.I was up and running again and considering the current antenna conditions it was a little better, although it is mostly weak signals and a lot of interference. Mostly Colombia but actually some Peruvians too. At 07 slightly better strengths on many stations, including some NA, but only regular.

18^th.. Most interesting was a Peruvian on 1360 (which FD ID'd a couple of days earlier) which was heard, but too weak and too noisy, with ID and then cd at 01.03. Otherwise Ideal 1130 very strong at 03 and also other Venezuela (1320, 1450, 1490) at 03 – 04, and some regular from Colombia and PR. Not a good morning.

19^th. it looked for a long time that Harbour Light and Ideal (1130, especially at 03) were the only ones that would come through with acceptable strength. But at 06 – 07 there were suddenly strong signals on high frequencies, some NA, some Colombia, Carraviz on 1570 and Maranatha 1440. However, they all not only had strength in common. They were also so distorted that they were “incomprehensible”.

20^th. – strongest solar disturbance in 24 years wrote Jan Alvestad. A check of the band does not contradict in any way – not a transatlantic all night. Carrier on 920 which may have been Paraguay at 02 and 04, towards dawn carriers on 1350 and 1400 (WEGA and Harbour Light?) but far from “audio”.

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Nordamerika

1500 19.1 0600 WLQV Detroit MI. När det plötsligen kom några NA med bra styrka men hopplöst distade signaler var det WLQV och inte WFED som gick här. JE

Västindien/Centralamerika

580 17.1 0500 WKAQ, San Juan PR ovanligt stark Enda PR i övrigt var 1280 och 1280.JE

1210 18.1 0102 WHOY, Salinas PT med ”Radio Hoy”-id – gick riktigt bra JE

1440 19.1 0600 YVRM R Maranatha, Managua. Väldigt distad signal men bra styrka. JE

1490 18.1 0100 WDEP, Ponce PR var framme med sitt ”Radio Isla” kedje-id igen JE

Sydamerika

610 16.1 2359 ZYL268 R Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG bra styrka men distad signal JE

780 17.1 0600 OAX4X R Visión, Lima mycket sprak men kom igenom tydbart några minuter. (780,095) JE

1100 17.1 0100 HJCN BBN, Bogotá har blivit dominant här sedan Caracol-stationen hamnade snett. JE

1220 17.1 0405 OAX6X R Melodia, Arequipa orkade nätt och jämt igenom (1220,022) JE

1360 18.4 0400 HJUO, AWR Esperanza R, Cartagena (1359,994) JE

1560 17.1 0103 HJHE Voces Rovirenses, Málaga med ett par id:n. Ganska mycket fading. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 6 - 15 - limited opportunities

January 6^th. If only we had the antennas in order this morning could have been quite fun. It took a long time before any signals at all. Ideal on 1130 was one of the first 02 and then went surprisingly well as did Greenland on 570 and 650. Some regular Colombians at 03 and then more and more NA and at best 06 - 07 but far too much noise and crackling on our only "whole" antenna for anything weaker to be able to be ID-ed.

7^th. with a little "proof" that the antenna does not behave as expected - a Thai station on 1350 went brilliant at 22. At 00 KXE as a local on 1540. Some east coast NA later, but noise and an "angry chatter" increased and towards morning there were hardly any signals at all.

8^th. VOCM was good already at 22 and most of the night, otherwise fewer NA this night. Instead, it was mainly some Colombians who made it through the interference.

9^th. some mixed NA and Colombia with a small peak at 02 and then also with Puerto Rico. At 03 only Colombians left, but they were soon drowned out for the rest of the morning by far too strong interference.

10 – 15/1 nothing recorded.

 

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Asien

1350 6.1 2200 Phon Neung Ror. Or., Bangkok ”kanonbra” med marscher och annonsering inklusive id med frekvenser. (1350,077) JE

Nordamerika

1410 6.1 0704 WPOP Hartford CT ”NewsRadio 14-10” och en fm-frekvens som bör ha varit 100.9, men som jag ine kunde uppfatta...

1460 6.1 0600 WOPG Albany NY EWTN.program JE

1550 9.1 0159 CBEF Windsor ON helt ensam på denna vanligtvis röriga frekvens JE

Sydamerika

830 8.1 0200 YVLT R Sensación, San Antonio de los Altos JE

870 8.1 0700 HCLY2 R Cristal, Guayaquil kom upp tillsammans med puertoricanen ett par minuter vid heltimmen (869,974) JE

1200 8.1 0100 HJIJ La Voz de la Raza, Medellin fadade upp lägligt till id (1200,175) JE

1560 8.1 0100 HJHE Voces Rovirenses, Málaga fanns där i bruset JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 1 - 5 - very limited listening

January 1^st. New Year's Eve sounded very different to how it has been lately. Whether it is due to the conditions, or whether it is because some snow has fallen over the "usable" 285-degree antenna, which is largely down to the ground, is anyone's guess. In any case, the level of interference was suddenly perceived to be significantly lower. There was also significantly more NA (at 02 – 03 and then again at 07), even though there were yhe “usual” stations but from a bit inland, and mostly weak signals. Quite chaotic though, since Colombia and/or PR were also on at the same time on most frequencies.

2^nd. it took a long time before there were any signals at all. Between 02 – 04 there was however a bit of “action” with mainly the NA east coast. Some with quite ok strength, but only regular stations. Some Colombians too. Few and weak signals towards the morning.

3^rd. the noise level was again far too high. Harbour Light 1400 and WEGA 1350 were the only ones that really got through., a handful more that I recognized (1130, 1140, 1200, 1320, 1580) and that I probably could have identified if I had tried a little harder...

4^th. Not until 02 did some signals start to come through on the band, only the most common ones from Colombia, Venezuela and Puerto Rico as well as HIAK 1440. A few NAs also later but generally far too weak and far too bad.

5^th. nothing recorded due to power outage. Unfortunately we will probably have to accept that our antennas in Fredriksfors are now in far too poor condition for it to be really meaningful to listen after all the storms. The restoration will take a long time.

 

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Nordamerika

1120 1.1 0300 KMOX St Louis MO envisas med att ligga snett (1119,990) JE

1170 1.1 0700 WWWA Wheeling WY - den här tiden kom en del NA tillbaka som t ex denna. JE

Västindien

1060 1.1 0100 WMIA Arecibo PR med Wapa-id”. Störd av vad som troligen var Santa Fé JE

1210 1.1 0400 WHOY Salinas PR på övertid räknade ner för 2026 JE

1440 4.1 0200 HIAK R Impactante. Santo Domingo tog sig genom bruset. JE

1480 1.1 0400 WMDD Fajardo PR räknade in det nya året JE

Sydamerika

1000 2.1 0258 HJAQ La FM, Cartagena nu här. JE

1060 1.1 0103 HJMV R Furatena, Chiquinquirá svag (1060,212) JE

1100 1.1 0300 HJCN BBN, Bogotá tog sig upp i läslig styrka JE

1100 2.1 0300 HJAT Caracol R, Barranquilla har ”spårat ur”. Kändes igen på Caracols juljingel (1100,284) JE

1130 2.1 0656 HJCS La Voz de Bogotá, Bogotá id-ade JE

1320 4.1 0302 YVWP R Apolo, Turmero hade ”lite att prata om” så här kvällen efter Trumps tillslag. JE

1500 1.1 0400 YVRZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná på övertid för nyåret med nationalsång och andra glada sånger – föga visste de vad som snart skulle ske... JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 29 - 31 - Back again after the storm

On December 29^th. I was up and running again, the power was back but the storm felled lots of trees and all the antennas except 285 with the reverse direction of 105 degrees are heavily damaged. 285 degrees is at least intact, however I still don't know if it is partly knocked to the ground or hanging up. Nothing audible until around 03 when some of the most common NA stations started to come through. On high frequencies then came the usual South Americans, best at 05.

30^th. Very noisy. A few NA with WHBY 1150 as the best At 06 some mixed LA with decent strength but poor sound and still far too noisy.

31^st. the last night of the year was just as sad as the previous ones. I got a little hope at 02 - 03 when it "simmered" a little on the band. NA signals, but too weak and too noisy to be of any use and long before 04 everything was gone..No trace of WNAM 1280 and their "DX test" before closing for good. A few "uninteresting" LA at 06...

 

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Europa

1431 29.12 0400 R 210, Veluwe var det med testprogram (Golden Oldies Radio-program) kunde Andree Bollin på RealDX berätta. (1431,018) JE

Nordamerika

1110 31.12 0200 WBT Charlotte NC med sport – byter format 7 januari JE

1150 30.12 0004 WHBY Kimberly WI var först ut för natten (tillsammans med Harbour Light) JE

1280 31.12 0100 CFMB Montreal QC med ”väldig” styrka i förhållande till hur bandet lät i övrigt JE

1560 31.12 0200 WFME New York NY med musik och ett brusigt id JE

Centralamerika

1560 29.12 0501 R Adventista, Llano Bonito JE