Here are a few logs from today, Sunday 21 April, 2024. It’s still difficult for me to assess the performance of the 335° Beverage in the direction of LA; the signals today were mostly weak. 1550 kHz with at least three stations would still be exciting. One of them is probably Radio Carnavi from Bolivia on 1550.006, which closed shortly after 03 UT, but was too weak overall.
1360 0255 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km 1380 0325 PRU Radio Andina Juliaca, Juliaca (pun) 10802 km 1380 0340 PRU Radio Nuevo Tiempo, Lima (lim) 10959 km 1390 0344 PTR WISA, Isabela (PR) 7764 km 1400 0340 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards,Carriacou(cpm) 7827 km 1430 0344 PRU Radio Visión/La Voz de Salvación, Jaen (caj) 10604 km 1470 0339 EQA Radio Ecos de Naranjito, Naranjito (gua) 10383 km 1490 0346 EQA Radio Santa MarÌa, Azogues (can) 10376 km 1490 0255 PRU Radio Dios es Amor/Cadena Sur, Cusco (cus) 10754 km 1510 0345 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito (pic) 10134 km
As expected, no audible radio signals were received in the medium wave band in Central Europe. In Scotland, WMEX, Quincy, Boston, was received audibly on 1510 kHz. Here in Salzburg I was able to detect the signal at least for one minute at 19.53 UT on 1509.999 kHz in the spectrum at my Beverage antenna. The maximum obscuration in Boston with 92.59% took place at 19.28 UT.
Tansatlantic signals have usually not been very strong over the last few days, with the exception of March 31, 2024. That was a memorable day here. I have been able to hear exactly 34 stations from Colombia so far on 31 March. The signals were as if they had been cut out with scissors. It was also remarkable that not a single station from North America could be heard from 1,000 – 1390 kHz at 0420 UT. For example, there was no signal from New York on 1130, only Magica Radio Reloj, Pasto. The daily recording here in Salzburg is worthwhile for moments like this. I’m looking forward to the coming weeks, as my antenna only points towards the west coast, but apparently its short length means that it also picks up northern South America well. Let’s look forward to the upcoming South American signals.
1010 0430 CLM Caracol Radio, Neiva (hui) (1009.996) 9647 km 1020 0415 CLM Emisora Claridad, MedellÌn (ant) (1020.000) 9387 km 1040 0410 CLM Colmundo Radio, Pasto (nar) (1040.024) 9932 km 1060 0415 CLM RCN Radio, Manizales (cal) (1060.004) 9482 km 1070 0414 CLM Radio Santa Fe, Bogota (bdc) (1070.003) 9415 km 1100 0415 CLM BBN Radio, Bogota (bdc) (1100.001) 9413 km 1110 0418 CLM Radio Reloj Cali, Cali (val) (1109.997) 9687 km 1110 0412 CLM RCN Radio, Villavicencio (met) (1109.993) 9426 km 1120 0416 CLM Caracol Radio, Tunja (boy) (1119.997) 9282 km 1130 0422 CLM Magica Radio Reloj, Pasto (nar) (1130.012) 9932 km 1140 0418 CLM Radio Paisa, MedellÌn (ant) (1140.000) 9392 km 1150 0421 CLM RCN Radio, Neiva (hui) (1150.000) 9645 km 1160 0420 CLM Su Presencia Radio, Bogota (bdc) (1160.001) 9407 km 1180 0413 CLM Caracol Radio, Manizales (cal) (1180.009) 9486 km 1200 0412 CLM Radio Red, Cali (val) (1199.991) 9693 km 1220 0415 CLM Radio MarÌa Colombia, Bogota (bdc) (1219.999) 9405 km 1230 0428 CLM Emisora Minuto de Dios, MedellÌn (ant) (1229.999) 9388 km 1240 0415 CLM RCN Radio, Armenia (qui) (1239.980) 9528 km 1250 0416 CLM Capital Radio, Bogota/Mosquera (cun) (1249.994) 9420 km 1280 0430 CLM Caracol Radio, Pasto (nar) (1279.999) 9939 km 1280 0416 CLM Aviva2, Bogota (bdc) (1280.001) 9419 km 1290 0425 CLM Radio Viva, Cali (val) (1289.999) 9676 km 1300 0421 CLM Radio Reloj La 1300, Pereira (ris) (1299.996) 9518 km 1320 0418 CLM Radio MarÌa Colombia, MedellÌn (ant) (1319.975) 9392 km 1330 0428 CLM Caracol Radio, Popayan (cau) (1330.000) 9706 km 1340 0412 CLM RCN Radio, Sincelejo (suc) (1340.002) 9124 km 1350 0419 CLM BÈsame, IbaguÈ (tol) (1350.001) 9521 km 1370 0414 CLM RCN Radio, Rionegro (ant) (1370.003) 9380 km 1380 0418 CLM NSE Radio, MedellÌn (ant) (1380.000) 9384 km 1450 0427 CLM La Carinosa, Manizales (cal) (1449.993) 9483 km 1470 0431 CLM Esperanza Colombia Radio, MedellÌn (ant) (1469.998) 9388 km 1500 0423 CLM Radio MarÌa Colombia, Manizales (cal) (1499.990) 9482 km 1560 0425 CLM Santa MarÌa de la Paz, MedellÌn (ant) (1559.992) 9387 km 1590 0428 CLM BBN Radio, Envigado (ant) (1589.996) 9396 km
Yesterday evening I was once again able to listen to Radio Republik Indonesia Bada Aceh in Salzburg. The frequency 1251 kHz is usually occupied by the Qinghai Tibetan Service from Xining, China, (a nice reception in itself!) which only started transmitting yesterday after Banda Aceh had started broadcasting. This gave me the rare opportunity to listen to the Indonesian medium wave station from Sumatra almost undisturbed at the start of transmission at 22 UT.
Some very nice signals can be heard from Asia. Especially around 16-17 UT, when the European stations are not yet interfering, my QRO.cz K9AY++ antenna brings quiet but undisturbed signals from the Far East.
837 17.3 1701 CHN Xinyang GD Zonghe Guangbo, Xinyang (HE) 8155km 918 17.3 1655 IND Akashvani, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518km 972 17.3 1730 IND Akashvani, Cuttack A (OD) 7084km 972 17.3 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) 8514km 990 17.3 1705 IND Akashvani, Jammu A (JK) 5344km 1098 17.3 1550 TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese Channel, Kouhu (YL) 9270km 1098 17.3 1700 CHN CNR11 Tibetan Radio, Golmud/NRTA916 (QH) 6553km 1107 17.3 1600 CHN Shinjan Qazaq Radiosu/CNR 17, Hutubi/XJTS631 (XJ) 5494km 1143 17.3 1608 IND Akashvani, Rohtak (HR) 5734km 1143 17.3 1605 TWN Taiwan Ch¸ Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha (PG) 9224km 1242 17.3 1630 IND Akashvani, Varanasi A (UP) 6483km 1242 17.3 1615 VTN VOV5, Can Tho; (cnt) 9360km
Thinking about summer today: Insect mesh and fan installed. The fine mesh keeps all the fine dust from the meadows away from my PC fans, and the large fan managed to cool the air in the container by 2 degrees in 20 minutes in today’s test. This will come in handy in a few weeks’ time. The fan blows the air out of the container and the opening on the container wall was covered after the photo was taken.
My new ADS – an antenna disconnect switch to protect sensitive radio equipment from atmospheric overvoltages is finished. Thanks to Günter, DL4ZAO for development and documentation and to Rainer Bernedo, DF6RB for a perfect job. https://dl4zao.de/_downloads/ADS.pdf
I have now separated picture and sound from my remote PC, continue to use AnyDesk to transmit the picture from the PC at my station, but have switched off the audio transmission and use a small solution from a German radio amateur: RemAud – Remote Audio Software from DF3CB. This free software (but you can already send him a few stones with PayPal) is tailored exactly to our SDR requirements, can be set in many audio codecs and delivers an extremely good audiosignal in 22 kHz PCM, 16 bit, for example, absolutely no comparison to the audio signals that come directly from the remote programmes like AnyDesk or Team Viewer. Of course, you can also use only 8 kHz with 8 bit, but this is often not necessary – but it is possible to save bandwidth, you can then transmit audio at less than 15 kB/s.
In October I could hear a weak signal from KDZR “La Patrona” 1640 from Oregon in Salzburg on 1640.0025. After almost four months, I now got a response from the West Coast. I have now heard and confirmed the 44th US state on medium wave in Salzburg.
Yes, that was excellent today towards Canada, here are my logs,
Perseus/Jaguar, 200 mt. Beverage 335°, 12.2.2024
1010 0530 CAN CFRB, Toronto/Clarkson (ON) 6758 km 1140 0530 CAN CBI, Sydney (NS) 5344 km 1200 0530 CAN CFGO, Ottawa (ON) 6400 km 1250 0300 CAN CJYE, Oakville (ON) 6769 km 1270 0359 CAN CJCB, Sydney (NS) 5336 km 1280 0500 CAN CFMB, Montreal (QC) 6254 km 1320 0500 CAN CJMR, Oakville (ON) 6769 km 1400 0459 CAN CBG, Gander (NL) 4824 km 1410 0545 CAN CJWI, Saint-Constant (QC) 6255 km 1430 0500 CAN CHKT, Toronto Island (ON) 6735 km 1540 0545 CAN CHIN, Toronto Island (ON) 6735 km 1550 0600 CAN CBEF, Windsor (ON) 7055 km 1570 0535 CAN CJLV, Laval (QC) 6258 km 1580 0600 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) 6679 km 1610 0559 CAN CHHA, Toronto (ON) 6731 km 1650 0500 CAN CKZW, Montreal (QC) 6250 km 1690 0559 CAN CHTO, Toronto (ON) 6724 km
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