Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 5 - too disturbed, too distorted

I don´t know if the heavy disturbances that occured (K5/K6 for a couple of days) hit harder on Fredrikfors than it did at some dx-friends listening som 200 km more to the south. I hope that was the case, for this was really bad. Only very few stations occured, and they were distorted as had the signal passed a broken bucket in it´s way to my ears.

And of course, it didn't get any better as I stopped my recording at least an hour too early.

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Sydamerika

930 5.9 0301 CX20 R Monte Carlo Montevideo knappt över vad som gick att tyda. JE

1470 5.9 0300 CX147 R Crirstal Las Piedras en av väldigt få stationer som kom upp ”anständigt” denna natt. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 4 - too early break

This night I had to "pay" for my wrong thinking when I broke the recording already at 03.35 UTC. It was then that it began to be possible to hear slightly more interesting stations. Like, for example, the Chilean on 1570 which an hour later was well received with the dx friends about 200 km to the south. But after all, it was the only night in my season opener that provided something to listen to.

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Sydamerika

590 3.9 2300 LS4 R Continental Buenos Aires började gå ”läsligt”. Starkare senare.,men bara korta stunder JE

700 2.9 2300 LV3 R Córdoba Córdoba kom fram, men en del splatter. JE

760 3.9 0301 LU6 R Atlantica Mar del Plata med annonsering och nationalhymen i sångversion. JE

920 3.9 0203 ZP1 R Nacional del Paraguay Asunción med en hel radda id. JE

970 3.9 0200 ZP9 Universo 970 Asunción med musikprogram. (970,008) JE

1230 3.8 0300 LT2 R Dos Rosario hade nationalsången - helt annat tempo än såväl Atlantica som Nacional. JE

1270 3.9 2200 LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires La Plata var först ut med läsbar signal. JE

1380 3.9 2202 ZYI773 R Continental Recife PE med IPDA-annonsering. JE

1420 3.9 0330 LRI220 AM 1420 Somos Radio Villa Martelli med musikprogram. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Sep 3 - starting with a fiasco

The start of the season in Fredriksfors after four months of "summer holiday" was a magnificent fiasco.

 Ring rust was apparantly reminded. The recording that I set the radio to was very  short and was already 

over at 23.41 UTC - just when some stations started to arrive and with (as always) good signals 

from WEGA 1350 and Harbor Light 1400.

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Västindien

1070 2.9 2300 WMIA Borinquen Radio Arecibo PR var första stationen som lät sig id-as när jag startade säsongen i Fredriksfors. Nytt namn och nytt call sedan jag hörde dem senast... (870, 1190, 1370. 1480 kunde anas, men inget id) (1069,990). JE

Heard in Fredriksfors May 1 - time for "summer holiday"

This night was still a bit better. Significantly more stations ”to work with”, but,sorry to say, the resultat was quite meagre anyway. The signals lacked a little in strength or they just came up at the wrong occasion. However, there were quite a few interesting splits – mainly on the upper part of the band, that indiciated it might be something exciting. Signals almost exclusively from Brazil and La Plata.

But now I think it´s time to give up listening for the season. With sunrise before 02.30 UTC and ”daylight” at least an hour earlier, it is time for ”summer holiday”.

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Sydamerika

580 1.5 0201 ZYI776 R Rede Brasil Recife PE - en av de vanligare brassarna. JE

820 1.5 0200 LRA8 R Nacional de Argentina Formosa eget program skilt från Buenos Aires 870. JE

1070 .5 0201 ZYI673 R Difusora Cajazeiras Cajazeiras PB kom med ett id. JE

1120 1.5 0101 Emisora B Santiago y Copia Ciudad Evita gick ganska hyfsat i topparna, men var störd av flera men mest vad som troligen var R Salto. (1120,003) JE

1130 1.5 0232 CX30 R Nacional Montevideo med en hel del modern pop blandat med oldies och en annonsering. Gick bättre än vanligare Radio Nacional från Rio de Janeiro.. JE

1400 1.5 0230 CX140 R Zorilla de San Martín Tacuarembó växlade med Harbour Light om herraväldet. (1399,987) JE

1570 1.5 0102 ZYH621 R Sertão Central AM Senador Pompeu CE visade det sig vara som kom med ett väldigt ”sprakigt” id som TN lyckades tyda. Spelade ”It must have been love” med Roxette före id. (1570,005). JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 30 - better for half an hour

More stations on the band this night, though most of them were too weak to get an id of. It was for half an hour (02 – 02.30 UTC) when there were signals all over the band. Only stations from the very south, when neither Harbour Light nor WEGA was around.

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Sydamerika

710 30.4 0230 LRI202 R Diez Buenos Aires gick ganska bra bortsett från en irriterande ton. JE

790 30.4 0233 LR6 R Mitre Buenos Aires med jingle och id. JE

850 30.4 0230 CX16 R Carve har blivit ganska svår att få fram på en allt ”skramligare” frekvens. Tycks omöjlig få svar från också. JE

890 30.4 0230 CX18 Sport 890 Montevideo har blivit vanlig. JE

920 30.4 0154 CX20 R Monte Carlo Montevideo id-ade. Musik och ”informayivo Mente Carlo”. JE

1010 30.4 0103 ZYH448 R Bahia Salvador BA ”Rede Aleluya”. En till på frekvensen var förmodligen CBN. JE

1030 30.4 0100 LS10 R Del Plata Buenos Aires illa splattrat men ganska stark. JE

1120 30.4 0230 CW31 R Salto Salto med musik och en programannonsering inklusive id. (1119,989) JE

1470 30.4 0200 CX147 R Cristal Las Piedras - ”poppig” så här på fredagskvällen. JE

1510 30.4 0203 LRI253 R Belgrano Suardi med sport. Kraftig ”långfading” men riktigt bra i topparna. JE (1509,984) JE

1540 30.4 0200 R Bendita Trinidad El Alto svag, mn inget som störde. JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr 28 - even worse

This night was even worse than the last one- Until 02 UTC only two signals from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean; 1350 WEGA and 1270 LS11 Provincia... A little better at dawn, but still quite bad.

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Sydamerika

1230 28.4 0200 LT2 R Dos Rosario – inte direkt ovanlig men ändå en stor överraskning med rådande konditioner. JE

1350 28.4 0229 LS6 R Buenos Aires Buenos Aires hade tagit över från WEGA. JE

1420 28.4 0200 LTI220 AM 1420 Somos R Villa Martelli svag men ”hörbar”. JE

1500 28.4 0200 OBX4I E Santa Rosa Lima – den enda transatlant som kan anses ha gått ”hyfsat” den här natten. (1499,744) JE

1600 28.4 0201 ZYK770 R Nove de Julho Sao Paolo SP id-ade. Har klippt banden till Aperecida? JE

Heard in Fredriksfors Apr. 27 - surprisingly bad night

Used to bad conditions this spring and pincipally out of season for mediumwave on a bearing like Fredriksfors; this was still surprisingly bad when I against the odds made another try to hear something. A few weak signals from the most common stations from the southern South America. It was really bad.

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Sydamerika

590 27.4 0100 LS4 R Contiental Buenos Aires gick inte bra men var i alla fall hörbar. JE

760 27.4 0200 LU6 R Atlantica Mar del Playa kom upp med läsbar signal. JE

870 26.4 2330 LRA1 R Nacional Buenos Aires gick med oväntad bra styrka när nästan inget annat ens kunde anas.J E

950 26.4 2359 LR3 CNN R Argentina Buenos Aires fortsätter vara en av de absolut vanligaste. JE

1010 27.4 0101 ZYH625 CBN R Fortaleza CE fadade upp – kom riktigt fint några minuter senare. JE