Heard in Fredrikfors Jan 25 - 29 - too much interference

On January 25th. nothing from the other side of the Atlantic made it through the interference fog, not even WEGA or Harbour Light. Judging by the carriers it probably didn't matter – there wouldn't have been anything audible on a interference-free band either...

On 26th. the feeling was that there wasn't as much noise and crackling, especially towards morning, but that didn't help much. Another night without a single transatlantic signal to be added to the record.

On 27th. I started to wonder if it was really "just" the conditions that were completely under the ice because nothing was heard at all other than terrible interference for the fourth night. At 00 in any case Harbour Light 1400 and Caribbean Lighthouse 1160 came, an hour later also WEGA 1350. Not good, but at least signals. At 02 also Ideal 1130. 04 WEDP R Isla 1490 and 06 actually several stations from 1400 and upwards albeit quite distorted. The disturbances are probably not just what the Delsbo community is causing anymore. The antenna is also damaged, even though it seems to be full length and intact, the 105 degree reverse direction does not work and it is still on the ground under a couple of trees and there under half a meter of snow.

On 28th. there were a few stations that according to the carriers were strong enough that they should have come through reasonably well, but there is far too much interference that drowns out the noise. At the same time, the status of the antenna has probably meant that the signals have also become significantly weaker.

On 29th. about ten NAs went through, of which six of them were "readable" at 02, but they disappeared about as quickly as they appeared. Then it was just noise and crackling until around 07 when WEDP went strong on 1490. Carraviz 1570 and Uniminuto 1580 went quite well too. Signal on many other "high" frequencies, but the interference took over.

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650 28.1 0200 Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, Qeqertarsuaq/Godhavn var tillsammans med Harbour Light den enda stationen som var tillräckligt stark för att ”kunna lyssnas på”. JE

1230 29.1 0159 CFFB Iqaluit, NU id-ade med helt ok signal, NA ”läsbart” också på 1250 (WDSP), 1330 (WRCA), 1420 (WOC). 1500 (WFED) 1540 (KXEL) JE

1540 28.1 0700 KXEL Waterloo IA stark men fading och distad. JE

Sydamerika

1400 27.1 0659 ZYH200 R Difusora Acreana, Rio Branco AC fadade upp jämte Harbour Light. Troligen också Z Uno som tittade fram. (1399,942) JE

1410 27.1 0701 HJDU Emisora Cultural Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín – ingen ovanlig station och inte bra, men ändå en stor överraskning på fjärde natten med ”total bedrövelse” (1409,998) JE

1560 27.1 0700 HJXZ R Santa Maria de la Paz, Medellin brukar kunna vara mycket starkare (1559,992) JE