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

Heard in Fredriksfors April 8 - 11 - The new normal?

April 8^th. same hopelessly boring conditions. Some Colombians and someone from Puerto Rico. But oh so weak.

9^th. and if there are degrees of "lousy", so this was better. More signals, but very few strong enough to id. Station with pop music on 1570, apparently without advertisements, came on just before 00 and went for a couple of hours anyway, A pirate who appeared?

April 10^th. still about the same sad situation with few and weak signals. Some Peruvians gave hope that it would loosen at 03.30 but it never did.

11^th. a little better and a small opening with Peru and Bolivia between 00 and 01 UTC although not much well enough. But then back to "the new normal", i.e. a bit of mumbling from, above all, Colombians.

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Oid

1570 9.4 0000 Oid med poppig musik . Inga annonseringar, lät inte som en LA-station. Starkare än andra stationer på bandet. Pirat i för mina 285 grader opassande riktning? (1569,993) JE

Sydamerika

920 9.3 2257 ZP1 R Nacional de Paraguay Asunción bättre än någon annan station gått på flera dagar under några minuter. JE

930 9.4 0345 LR3 CNN R Argentina Buenos Aires kom fram igen strax före soluppgången. JE

1160 10.4 0330 OAX4C Onda Cero Lima trängde för en stund bort Caribbean Lighthouse. JE

1430 11.4 0300 HJKU Uniminuto R Bogotá svag men ändå tydlig vid id JE

1480 11.4 0101 OAZ7F R Espinar Yauari Espinar Brukar ha ”renare” signal. JE

1510 9.4 0001 OCX4J R Tarma Tarma med id och sedan musik.Nära rätt frekvens nu... (1510,002) JE

1540 11.4 0030 Bendita Trinidad El Alto också tidigt ute men inte alls så bra som Caranavi JE

1550 11.4 0030 R Caranavi Caranavi tidigt med hyfsad styrka och ensam här. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 3 - 7 - still too few and too weak

April 3^rd. there were some common east coast NA, Puerto Rico and Colombia at 02, but weak signals. Slightly better at sunrise just before 04 with Colombians, but not enough.

On 4^th. significantly more LA stations but still too weak, among other there were Peruvians on 930, 1010 and 1110 at 02. Better strength on regular Bienestar 1360, Oxigeno Classico 1470 and Santa Maria 1500.

Due to the interference getting stronger, I switched to the 255 degree antenna on 5^h., but it didn't help. Only a few stations were heard and almost none good enough for an ID.

April 6^th.I was back on the 285 degree antenna but it didn't help much. Several common Colombians and some from Puerto Ricoand at 01 a little "feeling" towards Peru and Colombia which, however, never opened up.

On 7^th. there were even a few more stations, but far too poor signal strengths. The surprising thing was a couple of Brazilian stations already at 23 UTC. Then a bit mixed with gains for Puerto Rico/Colombia and before sunrise a couple from Venezuela, but nothing "interesting"

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Västindien

1370 3.4 0159 WIVV Viequez Island PR var vanligare i höstas JE

Sydamerika

760 5.4 0200 LU6 R Atlantica Mar del Plata en av väldigt få stationer denna störda natt

1100 2.4 0400 HJCN BBN R Bogotá i kamp med en annan spansktalande som kan ha varit intrressant, då det av splitten att döma inte bör ha varit Caracol. JE

1130 3.4 0200 YVRL R Ideal Maiquetia fadade upp läsbart. JE

1160 2.4 0400 HJOC Sú Prescencia R Bogotá – inte lika vanlig som den var på 1520, men här hade den övertag på Caribbean Lighthouse. JE

1360 6.4 0157 OBM2A R Capulí Julcán överraskade med ett id. Svag men trängde igenom som en av få stationer. JE

1400 6.4 2300 ZYH200 R Difusora Acreana Rio Branco AC kanske lite stabilare än den brukar vara. (1399,943) JE

1450 7.4 0330 YVKL R Maria Caracas ensam på frekvensen JE

1470 6.4 2300 ZYJ616 R Rural de Parelhas Parelhas RN kom upp bra några minuter vid id. Lite murrigt ljud. (1470,010) JE

1490 7.4 0334 YVXD R Dinámica Caracas religiös sång, men inte ensam här. (1490,009) JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Mar 29 - Apr 2 - just a few heard

March 29^th.. The only station that went with a really good signal and nice id including frequency was Caranavi 1550 until closing just after 03.12! At 03, Luz del Mundo 1560 also but a little shaky. Hour before weak signal from Bendita Trinidad 1540 and probably Sicuani 1360. At 04 WEGA relatively decent.

Otherwise nothing! The carrier wasn't enough for sound even for Harbor LightL Nor did Rebelde or any of the eastern Canadians go..

30^th., the band was almost completely empty all night. 1450 La Cariñosa was the only one that had enough signal at all to get an ID from.

31^st. significantly more stations but se weak it was pointless to try to id. At 04 UTC, however, there were slightly better signals, especially on the high part of the band, including signals from Ecuador.

April 1^st. even more stations and a little further north where Puerto Rico and also some NA went, but mostly both weak and seemingly uninteresting, so nothing was added to the log this night.

2^nd. was very similar to the night before in terms of the "selection" of stations, possibly slightly worse signal strengths.

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Sydamerika

1330 31.3 0400 HJLS Caracol R Popayán väldigt ”grötigt” och brusigt – jag tyckte mig höra ett RCN-id, men FD rättade till det. JE

1450 30.3 0357 HJNL La Cariñosa Manizales med lokalt anrop på en nästa fri frekvens. (1449,993) JE

1460 31.3 0404 HJZU La Cariñosa Pasto överraskade – brukar ”alltid” vara Nuevo Continente här. (1459,997) JE

1470 31.3 0401 OAU4B Oxigeno Classico Lima id-ade. JE

1490 31.3 0404 HCO171 R Santa Maria Azogues jättefint med id ”Desde Azogues, provincia de Cañar, transmitte Radio Santa Maria... ” JE

1520 31.3 0402 HCRI5 La Voz de Guamote Guamote kom upp bra i samband med id och nationalsång igen. JE

1550 29.3 0303 R Caranavi Caranavi faktiskt alldeles utmärkt med id inklusive frekvens och ett långt reklamblock efter en ”sångpredikan”. Stängde strax efter 03.12 (1550,006) JE

1560 29.3 0300 R Luz del Mundo La Paz svag men ensam här om att ha signal nog att komma fram. JE