Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 18 - 21 - first night a few from Brazil

Dec 18 some southen signals especially from Brazil and above all in the lower half of the bandel from midnight UTC, but already after 02 almost all signals disappeared.

Dec 19 was a total rock bottom with hardly any signals at all on the 255-degrees antenna.

“Learning” from the outcome of last nigh I changed to 285 degrees.. If possible, it got even worse, And 21^st. was no better. Of the small Colombian opening I was told abut 06 UTC, nothing was noticeable other than a few carriers and the occasional murmur. From 03 onwards, the more common Puero Rico stations could be heard, but far from well.

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Sydamerika

880 18.12 0101 ZYL275 R Inconfidencia Belo Hrizonte MG id-ade i splattret. JE

950 18.12 0000 ZYL212 R Atalaia Belo Horizonte MG med id och annonsering för Rede Aleluia som hyr sändaren av Atalaia. Stark och fint nu när CNN är borta (950,0032 JE

1030 18.12 0200 LS10 R Del Plata Buenos Aires – inte så stark men ovanligt lite splatter. JE

1060 18.12 0002 ZYL278 R Deus é Amor Belo Horizonte MG med id JE

1150 18.12 0000 ZYK656 Super R São Paulo id-ade inklusive frekvens, mycket splatter men råkade komma fram ”hyfsat” just vid id.(1150,005) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 13 - 17 - disturbed again

Dec 13 a disturbance had struck during the afternoon before and it was 

noticeable. Almost no stations came up audibly before it opened towards especially

Colombia with good strengths on the upper part of the band at 05 UTC.

It didn't last long though and by dawn it was all gone.
Dec 14 even worse - weak signals where some of the most common 

Colombians as well as Radio Tiempo 1200 were audible. 15th.there was 

hardly anything - however, Romance 1520 appeared rather strong briefly 

at 02.

Dec 16 I had changed to 255 degrees. If that was why there were a little 

more and better signals is unclear - there was a bit more common La 

Plata and Brazil, but also a little from Colombia, even Peru and towards

 the morning also some NA. 

And the 17th. my recording had failed. 

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Västindien

1370 13.12 0458 Tent CMMA R Plavita Imías med Cubas nationalsång – ingen annonsering gick fram (1370,003) JE

Sydamerika

750 16.12 0400 LRL203 R AM 750 Buenos Aires kunde urskiljas med id – en nästan hopplös frekvens nu vid sydliga konditioner med Argentina och Brasilien och så gärna kan något nordligare ”läcka in” också. JE

780 16.12 0459 OAX4X R Visión Lima kom upp några minuter (780,092) JE

950 16.12 0100 LR3 CNN R Argentina Buenos Aires – var väl sista gången den hördes på en tid, senare under dagen blåste antennen sönder. Stark men också störd av lika stark brasse. JE

1010 16.12 0501 ZYH448 Rede Aleluia Salvador BA svag men ganska rent på frekvensen JE

1180 13.12 0500 OCU4K NSE R Lima stark men illa splattrad (1180,009) JE

1200 13.12 0500 HJGC RCN R Sogamoso – inget lokalt, ovanligt stark ”Nocturna de RCN” (1200,034) JE

1210 13.12 0502 HJBQ La Cariñosa Pereira – RCN-id och sedan ” La Cariñosa” (1209,992) JE

1240 13.12 0501 HJFG RCN R Armenia – inget lokalt (1239,980) JE

1350 13.12 0501 HJHL Bésame R Ibagué annonserade och följdes av Caracols julmelodi JE

1490 13.12 0602 YVXD R Dinámica Caracas id-ade. Bättre modulation på musiken än från presentatörens mikrofon. (1490,011) JE

1520 12.12 0500 HJRL Antena de los Anes Santa Maria de Cabal kom fram – Romance varr inte så dominant som nästan alltid denna säsong. (1519,995) JE

1540 12.12 0502 HJZF R Condór Manizales id-ade efter lite julmusik (Jingelbells) (1539,989) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 10 - 12 - still interesting

On Dec 10 there were "lots" of stations above all in the upper part of the band, but this is not noticeable on the log. During the first hours there was a strong hum over the band all the way up to 1400 kHz and the signals were also badly distorted. It gradually got better and the signal strengths also fot better but almost everything was dominants from the northeastern US and eastern Canada and after 05 UTC the signals also died out quickly.

Dec 11 there was a lot of NA going, especially at 00 – 01 UTC, but after 03 most of them disappeared. Then it took until 06 before the band gained momentum again, but then it was almost only Colombians in the upper half of the band and with good strength.

Dec 12 there was still a lot of NA and LA, but the yield was pretty meager for me. A short Peruvian opening around midnight, then mostly a "gutter" with weak stations. At 06 UTC mainly Colombians on high frequencies before the signal sdisappeared

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Nordamerika

890 10.12 2359 WLS Chicago IL dominerade över vad som väl förmodligen var Progreso JE

920 11.12 0358 CFRY Portage la Prarie MB avslutade ett religiöst program från Ancherpoint Radio JE

950 11.12 0100 WWJ Detroit MI med call före CBS News JE

1120 10.12 0200 KMOX St Louis MO låg inte där de brukar (1120,004) JE

1250 10.12 2359 WSSP Milwaukee WI med id -”1250 AM The Fan”. FD bekräftade och hörde att man sade WSSP också. JE

1270 10.12 0459 WLIK Newport TN med ”WLIK Newport” och en sångjingel före CBS News JE

1300 10.12 2302 WXRL Lancaster NY med country - stördes ofta bort av vad som troligen var WGDJ (1299,989) JE

1330 10.12 2259 WFNN Erie PA – ett ”märkligt” call, när det hemska splattret från Rumänien tog 5 sekunders paus, ”WEBG” ställde mig, men TJ löste mitt problem – det är WFNN:s FM-translator JE

1440 10.12 0450 WHKZ Warren OH stack fram en stund bland flera men där danska 208 tryckte ner allt. Mycket bättre 23 samma kväll JE

1550 11.12 0000 WAMA Tampa FL ”WAMA Tampa Clearwater St. Petersburg La Raza – La Ley” bekräftade FD. JE

1580 11.12 0000 WSRF Fort Lauderdale FL fortsätter gå bra. Creol men id på engelska. CKDO ”spelade” under. JE

Västindien/Centralamerika

1060 11.12 0300 WCGB Juana Diaz PR avslutade ett musikprogram med annonsering på engelska som var ”special”. Kedje-id på engelska. JE

1560 10.12 0602 R Adventista Panama med ett id medan Santa Maria de la Paz blev allt starkare. JE

1570 11.12 0254 TGVE R VEA Cd de Guatemala med id JE

Sydamerika

780 11.12 0500 ZP70 R Primero de Marzo Asunción – program på guarani förbi timslaget. Inget som lät som id men språket ger inget alternativ. Enda La Plata som gick och på ”fel” (285 grader) antenn. (780,095) JE

1140 11,12 0603 HJDL R Paisa Medellin först RCN-annonsering och pling, sedan ”Radio Paisa” och frekvens. JE

1210 11.12 0605 HJBQ La Carinosa Pereira id-ade (1209,992) JE

1230 11.12 0601 HJIL Emisora Minuto de Dios Medellin – Calidad var starkare men de växlade vänligt nog fading när de id-ade JE

1290 11.12 0602 HJMC R Viva Cali med id JE

1330 11.12 0606 HJLS Caracol R Popayán – stark men förstås inget lokal-id. JE

1380 12.12 0600 HJJD NSE R Medellin religiöst. JE

1410 11.12 0600 HJDU Emisora Cultural Universidad de Antioquia Medellin spelade John Lennon efter id. Stark stundtals som många colombianer den här tiden JE

1470 12.12 0602 OA6E R Victoria Arequipa gick bra med musiken, men när id km var det nära att Esperanza Colombia överröstade. (1460,950) JE

1550 11.12 2351 OAM5M R Visión Salas Ica en överraskning som kom fram med ett id här – tack för tips Sim och ”ortsplacering” FD. Sunsetöppningen gav annars inget ”spännande” från Peru för min del (1549,818) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 6 - 9 - at last better and better

December 6^th. was another improbably lousy night. Some weak carriers from transatlantics, a few of them with some weak, barely perceptible, sound.

Dex 7 it opened to Puerto Rico on high frequencies at 01. Those signals died out pretty quickly and then it was mostly a few more common Colombians with meager strengths left. After 05 the signals were mixed with some NAs as well but with distorted signals.

Dex 8 even a little better with more stations and a little better strength from above all NA and Colombia, but still unfortunately also too distorted in many cases.

Dec 9 I was in the shack together with Dan, It was also "result-wise" the best night - but I missed that completely. KBRW early but there was no nortgwestern signals later, and I had given up the night as "wasted" and went to sleep for a couple of hours just before dawn. Fortunately, the recording went ahead and offered a couple of surprises afterwards.

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Europa

1485 8.12 1800 NRK Longyearbyen ,med god signal visade att det var ”kvällsöppet” norrut och att antennen silade bort de sydliga stationerna på frekvensen. JE

Nordamerika

680 8.12 1800 KBRW Barrow AK gick stundtals riktigt bra JE

680 9.12 0303 CJOB Winnipeg MB id-ade, blandades med vad som troligen var Nacional Colombia JE

950 9.12 0300 WNTD Chicago IL med ”Relevant Radio” JE

1250 8.12 0200 WTMA Charleston SC med id och ABC News JE

1550 8.12 0100 WRHC Coral Gables FL överraskade med att komma fram, ok styrka men svårt splattrad. JE

1550 8.12 0628 WAMA Tampa FL Ett brusigt ”La Ley 107.7” mellan två låtar. Borta till heltimmen. Hade inte hittats utan tips från Sim JE

1580 8.12 0100 WSRF Fort Lauderdale FL”You are listening to WSRF 15-80 AM 99.5 FM Fort Lauderdale” Gick i åtminstone ett par timmar.JE

1600 8.12 0457 WAAM Ann Arbor MI

Västindien/Mexico

1500 7.12 0102 WMNT Manati PR, hyfsat stark men svårt trängd ”Radio Atenas” JE

1530 9.12 0626 XEUR Buenísima, México DF Mexico är sällsynt i Fredriksfors men här kom ett hyfsat id. Gick hyggligt med musiken långt före och efter. JE

1570 7.12 0058 WPPC Penuelas PR id-ade och gick starkt. ”Radio Felicidad” JE

1580 7.12 0100 WVOZ Moroviz PR drog stort id för Borinquen Radio. Överröstade Uniminuto Gick samtidigt på 1590 men inte lika stark. JE

Sydamerika

1430 9.12 0606 OCU2U R Visión Jaén hade gått bra om den id-at på heltimmen som de flesta andra. Nu blev det väldigt brusigt och svagt. (1430,017) JE

1540 8.12 0603 OBU2A R Tropicalisima, Trujillo med id och jul/nyårshälsning. Tnx Sim! (1530,217) JE

1580 8.12 2301 ZYI898 R Santa Clara Floriano med en lite ”fladdrig” och splattrad signal JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 5 - surprise (but short)

Dec 5 offered a surprise even if there were no sensations.

It felt completely hopeless both late evening and into the night. Harbour Light 1400 ran decent at times, WEGA 1350 and Bogotá 1340 ran "almost readable" at times.

Then just before 03 UTC and in some cases over the hour, quite a few signals appeared from the northwest USA/Canada on the lower part of the band. Although I listened with the 285 degrees antenna. In just under half an hour, everything was gone again. A few Colombians on the upper part of the band could be presumed at 04, then there was hardly even any carrier left.

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Nordamerika

680 5.12 0300 CJOB Winnipeg MB med ishockey JE

700 5.12 0300 CJLI Calgary AB ”The Light”. JE

710 5.12 0300 KIRO Seattle WA ESPN med ishockey. JE

740 5.12 0259 CBX Edmonton AB id-ade innan nyheterna JE

770 5.12 0250 CHQR Calgary AB med en radda Calgary-reklamer JE

880 5.12 0258 CKLQ Brandon MB med country -idade här. Mycket splatter men hyfsat stark JE

920 5.12 0252 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB överraskning när den dök upp och med mer västligt ”i släptåg” – enda som gått ”bra” tidigare under natten var Harbour Light och jag lyssnade med 285 gradersantenn... JE

950 5.12 0300 CFAM Altona MB id-ade efter religiöst och spelade lite piano. JE

990 5.12 0259 CBW Winnipeg MB med id JE

1220 5.12 0300 CJRB Bossevaine MB med id men gick ändå igenom – bättre signaler på lägre delen av bandet. JE

1250 5.12 0254 CHSM Steinback MB – samma religiösa program som CFAM, hade fadat bort på heltimmen. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Dec 1 - 4 - New month, "old" conditions

New month but "old" conditions - the beginning of December was at least as bad as November in Fredriksfors.

December 1 – 3 I listened to the 255-degree antenna. On the 1^st. and 3^rd. a few La Plata stations came through, but the signal strengths were generally weak and something "exciting" didn't make it through. On the 2^nd. December there were hardly any signals at all - the few that were detected were generally from Colombia and Puerto Rico.

December 4^th. I changed to 285 degrees and it got even worse. Hardly any stations at all and those heard were very weak. Around 03 UTC a few from Colombia and Puerto Rico, later a handful of North Americans also came were heard very weak.

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Sydamerika

780 3.12 0400 ZP70 R Primero de Marzo Asunción – lite fler och bättre signaler den här tiden. JE

790 3.12 0500 LR6 R Mitre Buenos Aires kämpade mot splattret. JE

930 1.12 0002 CX20 R Monte Carlo Montevideo med id efter nyheter. JE

1010 3.12 0200 LV16 R Rio Quarto Rio Quarto väldigt svag, men bruset lugnt och brassen (troligen Alleluja) kom inte förrän efter ett par minuter. JE

1190 1.12 0001 LR9 R Perfil Buenos Aires inte så stark men fint hörbaar ändå JE

1230 1.12 0100 LT2 R Dos Rosario fortsätter vara vanlig, framför allt under tidig natt JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nox 23 - 30 - still very bad

On Thursday (Nov 23) Peter (PG) and Dan (DAD) repaired the 285 degreer antenna that had come off on a minor forestry job, and also put about 300 meters of new wire on the 317-degreeantenna. Thus, all the antennas in Fredriksfors will finally be working again.

However, it didn't help that we had the 285 to listen to again. Nov 24 was really lousy - I might have managed to identify a handful of stations if I hunted harder, but it was extremely poor. The night after, at least some from Puerto Rico and Colombia, but only the most common

On Nov 26 I had 255 degrees instead, but it didn't give anything - hardly any readable signals at all. And on the 27^th. the recording failed...

Nov 28 the recording worked ok and the 285 grader was connected. To no "use" - just mumbling from

mainly Colombia, Puerto Rico and some NA, and towards the morning a lot of noise. The 28^th. wasn't much better, still mostly just hum and noise, and almost no really readable signals. A bit better against especially Colombia towards the morning, but still not much to even try to identify.

29^th. it was really bad during the night, slightly better signals at 05 UTC with Colombia, Ecuador and maybe also a couple of Peruvians. But overall weak strengths.

Then I changed the antenna to 255 degrees again to Nov 30, but it went wrong again. Not much at all but at 03 there were some of the most common Colombians - but nothing from southern South America

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Västindien

1070 25.11 0101 WMIA Arecibo PR ”Borinquen Eadio” och kedje-id. Har justerat frekvensen och ligger inte längre snett. JE

1300 25.11 0101 WTIL Mayaguez PR med ”Borinquen Radio” och kedjeanropet. JE

1470 25.11 0101 WKUM Orocovis PR lurade mig. Brukar ha ”seriösa” pratprogram, men bjöd på fartigt musikprogram och annonserade ”Cu-cu-cu-cumbre!” JE

Sydamerika

1190 29.11 0500 HCDE2 UCSG R Guayaquil kom som en av väldigt få med läsbar signal. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Nov 19 - 22 - rather unsuccessful

A few rather unsuccessful days in Fredriksfors.

Nov 19 - 20 I used - it turned out - the 285 degrees antenna that came off at about half the length after forestry work. The most common east coast-NA and above all some Colombia but rather weak, noisy and largely uninteresting.

On 21^st I had changed to 255 degrees, but the conditions went further north and the end result was the same as the days before, i.e. Nothing...

Slightly better Nov 22 Early some Brazilians some of which would have been exciting with a little better strength. Then also some La Plata but overall far too weak. And after 04 hardly any signals at all.

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Sydamerika

930 22.11 0000 LV7 R Tucu,mán San Miguel del Tucumán eländigt svag, men kom igenom JE

1190 22.11 0100 LRA15 R Nacional Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán dominerade här, inte Perfil som varit vanligast på senare tid. JE

1400 22.11 0001 CX140 R Zorilla de San Martin Tacuarembó med id – Harbour Light ovanligt frånvarande och störde inte så mycket som vanligt.(1399, 987) JE