Heard in Fredriksfors Ap 3- 7 - still bad

The night of April 3rd didn't start so badly. Even though I was listening with the 285 degrees, there was a lot of Brazilian signals going between 23 and 24 UTC. But then it quickly got worse and after 01 there were next to no signals at all for the rest of the night.

April 4 was even worse.. The little that was heard was some La Plata with low strengths, even though I listened with the 285 degrees antenna. Towards morning, when exciting stations from both the West Indies and the Andes was heard a little south, there was nothing at all in Fredriksfors.

On April 5th, some southern Peruvians were heard at 00:30 UTC, but only for a short time and a acouple of them strong enough to be identified. Apart from that, there were almost zero transatlantics.

April 6 a new rock bottom. Harbor Light 1400 went, albeit weakly. Just before 02, 1160 Antigua faded up a few minutes. Then there was Puerto Rico (870,1070, 1190, 1380, 1350,1480) and Colombia (970. 1070. 1130, 1220, 1230, 1250, 1340, 1580) for shorter periods and mostly weak between 03 and 04 UTC.

April 7th flashed in with some signals from Bolivia and Peru on high frequencies around and a little after 01 UTC. Fairly weak signals and not much that could be identified, but in any case an improvement in conditions compared to the days before.

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Västindien

1160 6.4 0158 Caribbean R Lighthouse Jolly Harbour – den första stationen bortsett från Harbour Light läsbar för natten. Märkligt bra styrka och splatterfri under några minuter! JE

Sydamerika

750 4.4 0259 LRA7 R Nacional Córdoba ”Medianoche Nacional” - nattens första station att gå med ok signal. Inte samma som på 870 En del vanliga La Plata också en stund på andra frekvenser men svagt.JE

1010 2.4 2300 ZYH625 CBN Fortaleza CE med ett enkelt ”CBN” och annonserade nyheter. (1009,996) JE

1300 2.4 2259 ZYH586 RDN Fortaleza CE anropade och spelade musik. (1300,120) JE

1300 5.4 0033 OAX7X La Decana R Juliaca Juliaca kom upp ganska bra under några minuter och passade på också att id-a. (1299,995) JE

1480 7.4 0102 Tent Amor de Dios de Pan de Vida El Alto korta stunder en en halvtimma framåt. (1480,093) JE

1510 7.4 0132 OCX5J R Tarma Tarma med musik och ett id. Svag. (1510,017) JE

1520 7.4 0100 OBU7X R Avance Yauri Espinar skymtade men det var flera som gick ”om och i” varandra (1519,980) JE

1540 7.4 0100 R Bendita Trinidad El Alto – inte alls samma ”drag” i predikan som vanligt, så här natten till långfredag. JE

1570 5.4 0028 OAU7Z R Carraviz Juliaca med både eget id och ”La Voz de la Liberación”. (1570,005) JE

1560 7.4 0100 R Luz del Mundo La Paz en ljusglimt i de dystra konditionerna, även om den ju är långt ifrån ovanlig. JE