Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 1 - 5 - very limited listening

January 1^st. New Year's Eve sounded very different to how it has been lately. Whether it is due to the conditions, or whether it is because some snow has fallen over the "usable" 285-degree antenna, which is largely down to the ground, is anyone's guess. In any case, the level of interference was suddenly perceived to be significantly lower. There was also significantly more NA (at 02 – 03 and then again at 07), even though there were yhe “usual” stations but from a bit inland, and mostly weak signals. Quite chaotic though, since Colombia and/or PR were also on at the same time on most frequencies.

2^nd. it took a long time before there were any signals at all. Between 02 – 04 there was however a bit of “action” with mainly the NA east coast. Some with quite ok strength, but only regular stations. Some Colombians too. Few and weak signals towards the morning.

3^rd. the noise level was again far too high. Harbour Light 1400 and WEGA 1350 were the only ones that really got through., a handful more that I recognized (1130, 1140, 1200, 1320, 1580) and that I probably could have identified if I had tried a little harder...

4^th. Not until 02 did some signals start to come through on the band, only the most common ones from Colombia, Venezuela and Puerto Rico as well as HIAK 1440. A few NAs also later but generally far too weak and far too bad.

5^th. nothing recorded due to power outage. Unfortunately we will probably have to accept that our antennas in Fredriksfors are now in far too poor condition for it to be really meaningful to listen after all the storms. The restoration will take a long time.

 

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Nordamerika

1120 1.1 0300 KMOX St Louis MO envisas med att ligga snett (1119,990) JE

1170 1.1 0700 WWWA Wheeling WY - den här tiden kom en del NA tillbaka som t ex denna. JE

Västindien

1060 1.1 0100 WMIA Arecibo PR med Wapa-id”. Störd av vad som troligen var Santa Fé JE

1210 1.1 0400 WHOY Salinas PR på övertid räknade ner för 2026 JE

1440 4.1 0200 HIAK R Impactante. Santo Domingo tog sig genom bruset. JE

1480 1.1 0400 WMDD Fajardo PR räknade in det nya året JE

Sydamerika

1000 2.1 0258 HJAQ La FM, Cartagena nu här. JE

1060 1.1 0103 HJMV R Furatena, Chiquinquirá svag (1060,212) JE

1100 1.1 0300 HJCN BBN, Bogotá tog sig upp i läslig styrka JE

1100 2.1 0300 HJAT Caracol R, Barranquilla har ”spårat ur”. Kändes igen på Caracols juljingel (1100,284) JE

1130 2.1 0656 HJCS La Voz de Bogotá, Bogotá id-ade JE

1320 4.1 0302 YVWP R Apolo, Turmero hade ”lite att prata om” så här kvällen efter Trumps tillslag. JE

1500 1.1 0400 YVRZ R Dos Mil, Cumaná på övertid för nyåret med nationalsång och andra glada sånger – föga visste de vad som snart skulle ske... JE