Heard in Fredriksfors Jan 17 - 20 - strong solar storm

January 17th.I was up and running again and considering the current antenna conditions it was a little better, although it is mostly weak signals and a lot of interference. Mostly Colombia but actually some Peruvians too. At 07 slightly better strengths on many stations, including some NA, but only regular.

18^th.. Most interesting was a Peruvian on 1360 (which FD ID'd a couple of days earlier) which was heard, but too weak and too noisy, with ID and then cd at 01.03. Otherwise Ideal 1130 very strong at 03 and also other Venezuela (1320, 1450, 1490) at 03 – 04, and some regular from Colombia and PR. Not a good morning.

19^th. it looked for a long time that Harbour Light and Ideal (1130, especially at 03) were the only ones that would come through with acceptable strength. But at 06 – 07 there were suddenly strong signals on high frequencies, some NA, some Colombia, Carraviz on 1570 and Maranatha 1440. However, they all not only had strength in common. They were also so distorted that they were “incomprehensible”.

20^th. – strongest solar disturbance in 24 years wrote Jan Alvestad. A check of the band does not contradict in any way – not a transatlantic all night. Carrier on 920 which may have been Paraguay at 02 and 04, towards dawn carriers on 1350 and 1400 (WEGA and Harbour Light?) but far from “audio”.

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Nordamerika

1500 19.1 0600 WLQV Detroit MI. När det plötsligen kom några NA med bra styrka men hopplöst distade signaler var det WLQV och inte WFED som gick här. JE

Västindien/Centralamerika

580 17.1 0500 WKAQ, San Juan PR ovanligt stark Enda PR i övrigt var 1280 och 1280.JE

1210 18.1 0102 WHOY, Salinas PT med ”Radio Hoy”-id – gick riktigt bra JE

1440 19.1 0600 YVRM R Maranatha, Managua. Väldigt distad signal men bra styrka. JE

1490 18.1 0100 WDEP, Ponce PR var framme med sitt ”Radio Isla” kedje-id igen JE

Sydamerika

610 16.1 2359 ZYL268 R Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG bra styrka men distad signal JE

780 17.1 0600 OAX4X R Visión, Lima mycket sprak men kom igenom tydbart några minuter. (780,095) JE

1100 17.1 0100 HJCN BBN, Bogotá har blivit dominant här sedan Caracol-stationen hamnade snett. JE

1220 17.1 0405 OAX6X R Melodia, Arequipa orkade nätt och jämt igenom (1220,022) JE

1360 18.4 0400 HJUO, AWR Esperanza R, Cartagena (1359,994) JE

1560 17.1 0103 HJHE Voces Rovirenses, Málaga med ett par id:n. Ganska mycket fading. JE