On April 14th. the solar storm had passed and I assumed it was time for a bit more northerly signals and switched to 285 degrees. It sounded unusually free of interference on it – but there were also unusually few signals. Only a few made it above the noise floor, and then of course even fewer that could be ID'd. That the Peruvian Los Chucos on 1180 would be one of the few was surprising.
On 15th. a bunch of Peruvians went at 00 UTC with really good strength. But it was apparently a fairly limited opening to Lima and Huancayo. Otherwise a pretty "uninteresting" night insofar as anything was heard at all. At 03 a bit more signals on high frequencies, e.g. some of the most common NA stations on 1500 and up.
On 16th. it got really bad. Almost only NA stations once something started to be heard towards 02 UTC. Poor strength, lots of noise, especially on the lower part of the band and by all accounts only the most common stations from the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
17th.much more interesting again. There was again a lot from Peru, some early but perhaps best strength and number at 03. Then there were also some NA and perhaps mainly from Florida.
18th. it was time for a strong solar storm againand I changed from 285 to 255 degrees. Maybe I was too fast? It did not give anything positive in any case. Not until 03 had the noise level dropped so much that the mostly weak signals could be distinguished. After sunrise at 03.30 it even sounded really good from some weak but fairly undisturbed Argentines. But nothing interesting.
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Nordamerika
1230 16.4 0159 CFFB, Iqaluit NU id-ade och finns med oss ännu en tid. En av nattens första identifierbara signaler! JE
1320 17.4 0300 WLQY Hollywood FL, bra styrka men fading JE
1420 17.4 0300 WDJA Delreay Beach FL ”Universo 14-20” JE
1550 17.4 0300 WRHC Coral Gables FL ”The Word” med SRN News JE
1580 17.4 0300 WSRF Fort Lauderdale FL engelst bokstavscall efter haitifranska JE
Västindien
1430 15.4 0300 WNEL Caguas ”Noti Uno-id” JE
Sydamerika
930 14.4 0058 OAX4E Moderna R Papa Lima kom fram men inte särskilt bra (929,996) JE
1100 17.4 0253 OCU4N ERP R, Chilca – ”hälsopredikant” som FD identifierade och tipsade om. Gick starkt hos mig också, men hade fadat bort i god tid före id. (1100,257) JE
1110 15.1 0001 OAU4J, R Feliz, Lima inte // 1160 Maranatha (1109,996) JE
1160 14.4 2358 OCU4V R Maranatha, Huancayo kom uppöverraskande bra Stark också 17/4 strax före 03 men inget id och då predikan // 1110.(1160,009) JE
1180 14.4 0057 OAM2U R Los Chukos, Santiago de Chuco kom upp sså pass att det gick att urskilja ett id, men för nära brusnivån för rapport (1179,984) JE
1180 15.4 0000 OCU4K NSE R, Lima jättestark och ensam denna natt (1180,010) JE
1210 16.4 2330 OBX3X R Deus es Amor, Huanuco ”La Voz de la Liberación” (1210,056) JE
1360 15.4 0000 OCU4I Bethel R, Lima (1360,007) JE
1360 15.1 0100 OAX7R R Sicuani, Sicuani – enda peruan som var kvar den här tiden JE
1430 14.4 2359 OCU4W R La Nueva Universal, El Tambo stark men lite ”skrälligt” ljud (1429,990) JE
1430 17.4 0257 RPP Noticias, Cusco. Sportreferat (1430,002) JE
1440 17.4 0300 OAX6R, R Santa Monica Arequipa stark men störd av en annan (också peruan?) högre i frekvens (1439,971 JE
1470 14.4 2359 OCU4Y Voz Cristiana, Huancayo starkare än ”vanligt” men också em del splatter Antagligen var det MegaMiz som var med också. (1469,980) JE
1490 16.4 2300 OCU7Y R Dios es Amor, Cusco tidigt igenom (1489,968) JE
1510 14.4 2359 OAX4J R Tarma, Tarma jättestark,men också några andra peruaner visade sig vara starka den här tiden. (1509,977), 17/4 (1509,996) JE
1540 16.4 2300 CP.. R Bendita Trinidad, El Alto, svag men tydlig Lorena tog delvis över. (1539,993) JE
1560 17.4 0200 OAZ7N R Maria, Wanchaq störd av Luz del Mundo (troligen). Gick allt bättre efterhand. (1559,996) JE