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

Heard in Fredriksfors April 24 - 28 - sometimes really good

April 24^th. there were very weak signals during the night. In addition to logged Tarma, what was probably Carraviz 1570 0030, Santa Rosa 1500 and Bienestar 1360 01 cch Caravani 1550 0230 were suspected.

25^th. a lot of stations instead. Already at 23 there were a number of Brazilian stations with good strength and a few minutes later Peruvians started to arrive followed by Bolivians a few more minutes later. Several were also quite strong and lasted a long time. There were also some interesting Andean signals on e.g. 1270, 1290, 1330, 1450, 1460 with possibly sufficient strength but where the EU splatter was too difficult. Near sunrise, however, there were some signals from Puerto Rico and Colombia instead.

26^th. like the day before some from Brazil and Peru already 23 and for a couple of hours Also some suspected Paraguay (1250, 1300, 1330, 1450). At 02 increasingly Colombia and Puerto Rico in the last hour of signals. And then a lone NA 01.58 - WDEA on 1370!

27^th. suddenly nothing that can be taken to the log. Almost nothing audible at all and up to 02 also heavy splatter. Quieter in a double sense then until sunrise - the splatter subsided but no signals above "mumble level".

28^th. several really strong Bolivians went on high frequencies half an hour before midnight (so 27^th.) but strangely(?) nothing from Peru. Actually nothing else either and after about 01.30 no signals at all.

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Europa

1500 24.4 0100 R Eule München t o m ovanligt bra – tyder väl på att konditionerna inte var som de skulle. JE

Sydamerika

1010 24.4 2303 ZYH625 O Povo R Fortaleza CE id-ade JE

1070 24.4 2300 ZYI673 R Dif Caiazairas Caiazairas PB stark men som de flesta brassar väldigt murrigt ljud. JE

1150 24.4 2315 ZYJ617 R Cabugi do Seridó, Jardim do Seridó RN gick bra här också efter tips av FD JE

1240 24.4 2330 OZU7Z R Pachatusan Sicuani ganska stark redan här men störd av annan peruan, troligen Cumbre JE

1330 24.4 2325 OAM4L R Alegria Tarma illa splattrad men ok signal. Lite bättre 26.4 0001. (1330,004) JE

1360 24.4 2313 OAX7R R Sicuani Sicuani kom ”från ingenstans” den här tiden och gick sedan helt suveränt. JE

1440 25.4 2330 OAX4K Imperial 2 Lima tog sig igenom ”208” som hade några dåliga minuter. JE

1470 25.4 2300 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas Parelhas. RN har jag nog aldrig hört med så stark signal förr (1470,011) JE

1480 24.4 2317 OAZ7G R Espinar Yauni Cusco id-ade. Mer ”fart” på programmet än vanligt. JE

1490 24.4 2317 OCU7Y R Dios es Amor / Cadena Sur Cusco stark (1489,931) JE

1500 27.3 2330 R Comunitaria Tawantinsuyo Laja gick förhållandevis starkt men väldigt mycket oväsen på frekvensen. Bolivia starkt också på 1480, 1520, 1540, 1550, 1560 och lite svagare på 1590, Troligen på 1580 också men svag. däremot inget från Peru. (1500,031) JE

1510 24.4 0001 OCX4J R Tarma Tarma svag men ensam – ny split varje gång? (1509,996) Jättestark redan 2310 kvällen efter och då på (1510,002) Lång stationuppräkning innan stängning 0202 26/4. Då på (1509,995) JE

1520 25.4 0107 La Voz de Atalaya El Alto id-ade. Stark men murrigt ljud (1520,005) JE

1540 24.4 2300 R Bendita Trinidad El Alto började gå redan 23. Har varit borta en period? JE

1550 24.4 2355 OAM7D R Municipal de Checca Checca fick jag äntligen ett riktigt anrop på också. (1550,010) JE

1560 24.4 2359 R Luz del Mundo La Paz har gått ofta men nu starkare än vanligt. JE

1570 24.4 2301 ZYH521 R Sertão Central Senador Pompeu CE med en sounder och id Radio Dios es Amot (Carraviz) tog över alltmer JE

1580 27.4 2335 Tent R El Fuego de Espiritu Santo El Alto med religiöst program JE

1580 24.4 2300 ZYI898 R Santa Clara Floriano PI kom strax före 23 med avslutning av ”A Voz do Brasil” och id. Religiöst sedan. ”Fladdrigt” ljud med diverse korta avbrott.JE

1590 24.4 2356 Tent R Kollasuyo Marka Tiawanacu bitvis tog splattret från 1593 över, men rätt ok stundtals, även om eventuellt id blev otydligt. Ganska klart Bolivia men viss tveksamhet tycks råda både om namn cch stationsort numera. (1590,084) JE

1600 24.4 2330 OBM7A Antena 5, Cusco men mycket splatter JE

Heard in Fredriksfors April 18 - 23 - too few and too weak

April 18^th. was pitch black. Almost empty on transatlantic most of the night. Around 03 some weak signals from Puerto Rico/Colombia but the only one with enough signal for an ID was Uniminuto Radio on 1580.

19^th. the band sounded different with the first Peruvians (1360, 1470, 1500) already at 00 and 00.30 more Peruvians went, but also Bolivia although most of them were too weak. Already at 02.30 the signals were almost completely gone

20^th. there was nothing audible until before 02 when there was an "unknown" LA on 1599,968. La Plata? Then I also found 1549,672 after tip from Sim.

21^st. completely quiet, but a shortly before 01 the band opened - most common signals from eastern Canada, some east coast NA, Puerto Rico and Colombia, but only dominants. At 02.30 some Andean signals on higher frequencies.

22^nd. was again a rock bottom – hardly any signals at all above the noise level.

23^rd.some Peruvians were sensed at 00. Then there was nothing until half an hour around 02 when there was mainly Peru, but actually also Paraguay.

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Västindien

 

1240 21.4 0200 HIBQ81 R Maria Dominicana Santo Domingo kom upp över brusnivån JE

1590 21.4 0156 WXRF Guayama PR ”Borinquen Radio” id-ade. Har rättat till frekvensen nu? Låg bara en Hz lågt. JE

Sydamerika

1250 23.4 0202 ZP3 RCC R Asunción hyfsad styrka men för dåligt ljud för att få till en rapport. Paraguay troligen också på 1330. (1249,964) JE

1360 21.4 0230 OAX7R R Sicuani Sicuani när några anindska signaler kom strax före soluppgång. Också Visión, Salas 1550, men det mesta var för svagt. JE

1480 22.4 2358 OAZ7G R Espinar Yauni Espinar svag men ändå hörbar JE

1490 22.4 0200 OCU7Y R Dios es Amor Cusco (Cadena Súr) (1489,932) JE

1520 19.4 0200 La Voz de Atalaya El Alto svag men ”läsbar” - slog av sändaren 02.02 (1520,006) JE

1550 20.4 0242 Estacion Quince Cinquenta Villa Fiorito kom upp hörbart med ett id efter ett tips av Sim. Hade kanske varit bättre med en sydligare antenn den här natten. (1549,672) JE

1560 19.4 0030 R Luz del Mundo La Paz kom helt ok, Bolivia också på 1480, 1550 JE

1570 23.4 0156 OAU7Z R Dios es Amor (R Carraviz) Juliaca med La Voz de la Liberación gick bättre än allt annat denna natt. (1569.999) JE

1580 18.4 0300 HJQT Uniminuto R Bogota stack ut genom att vara enda station med ett tydligt hörbart id denna natt. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors April 13 -17 - one short glimpse of light

After a long period of really miserable conditions, there was an improvement April 13^th. with Puerto Rico dominating when it started to "move" at 01. Then a bit better strength on the Andean signals about half an hour around 03 with some really nice signals at high frequencies.

April 14 was dominated by signals from NA(but nothing directly "interesting" of course) but gradually also Puerto Rico/Colombia..

15^th. even worse. Mostly NA east coast, but weaker than the night before. Nothing interesting.

16^th. almost nothing – some Colombians but the signals were such that it was mostly guesswork. Already at 03, pretty much everything disappeared. One NA (WSAR 1480) at 01. The only Andean signal was Monumental 1510!

April 17t^h. there were some weak La Plata stations despite the 285 degree antenna for a while before 01 – 710,750,760, 790, 870, 920, 930, 950. 1070 but all were gone by 01. LRA1 870 and ZP9 970 a couple of times during the rest of the night. Other than that, nothing...

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Nordamerika

1140 14.4 0300 WRVA Richmond VA”utmanade” CBC om att vara starkast här (1140,011) JE

1300 15.4 0330 WJDA Quincy MA ”Laina 99.9 FM” - dominant i vintras men bra nu också. JE

1330 14.4 0259 WWRV Hackensack NJ Radio Visión Cristiana med en fin sångjingel och det långa id-et med stationsuppräckning tryckte undan Bloomberg ett par minuter vid id-dags. (1329,998) JE

Västindien

870 14.4 0300 WQBS San Juan PR – ingen överraskning att den gick, men överraskningen var i stället id-et som FD kunde lösa; "Radio Procer 1380 AM 98.5 FM y RadioProcer1380.com" JE

1210 13.4 0001 WHOY Salinas PR ”Radio Hoy” gick tillsammans med en knippe andra från PR. JE

Sydamnerika

970 17.4 0200 ZP9 Universo 970 Asunción. Enda med ”id-styrka” tillsammans med LRA1 870 resten av natten. JE

1200 13.4 0100 YVOZ R Tiempo Caracas gick ”nästan bra” Religiöst. JE

1210 13.4 0300 OBX3X R Dios es Amor Huánuco inte stark men tillräckligt rent. (1210,058) JE

1300 13.4 0300 OAX4S R Dios Es Amor Lima (var intressantare på den tiden den hette R Comas, modulationen var också bättre förr...) JE

1320 13.4 0300 OAX4L R Nacional Lima id-ade riktigt fint och flera gånger.Ex R La Cronica (1319,974) JE

1480 13.4 0303 R Pan de Vida El Alto stark men murrig modulation. (1480,097) JE

1490 13.4 0300 HC0171 R Santa Maria Axougues id och musik JE

1550 13.4 0300 OAM5M R Visión Salas starkare än jag hört den tidigare och då har den stängt redan vid 01, nu bra ännu efter 03.30.. Lite störd av Caranavi som också fortfarande var i full gång. (1549,817) JE

1580 16.4 0159 HJQZ R Maria Barranquilla svagt med parallellt 1220. JE