The last day were quite nice signals to hear, even if everything is concentrated with few exceptions on the East Coast.
1130 0100 USA WBBR, New York (NY) 6592 km 1140 0100 CAN CBI, Sydney (NS) 5344 km 1200 0100 USA WXKS, Newton (MA) 6304 km 1270 0100 CAN CJCB, Sydney (NS) 5336 km 1290 0100 USA WKBK, Keene (NH) 6333 km 1320 0100 CAN CJMR, Oakville (ON) 6769 km 1400 0100 CAN CBG, Gander (NL) 4824 km 1430 0100 CAN CHKT, Toronto Island (ON) 6735 km 1500 0100 USA WFED, Washington (DC) 6915 km 1510 0100 USA WLAC, Nashville (TN) 7750 km 1520 0100 USA WWKB, Buffalo (NY) 6762 km 1580 0100 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) 6679 km 1600 0100 USA WUNR, Brookline (MA) 6304 km 1610 0102 CAN CHHA, Toronto (ON) 6731 km 1620 0100 CUB Radio Rebelde, Guanabacoa (ch) 8504 km 1650 0100 USA WJFV, Portsmouth (VA) 7028 km 1650 0100 CAN CINA, Mississauga (ON) 6750 km 1660 0100 USA WWRU, Jersey City (D) (NJ) 6593 km 1670 0100 USA WMGE, Dry Branch (GA) 7819 km 1690 0100 USA WPTX, Lexington Park (MD) 6938 km
WinRadio G33DDC-ExcaliburPro/CSO, Beverage 200 mt. USA 335°, Africa 165°.
I control the antennas of my receiving station via the Internet. This is possible with a web browser, but also much more elegantly with the small Stream Deck from Elgato. Mike Müller from Remoteswitch.de has programmed the appropriate extension for this, in the current version also with a status display. So I can now operate my RemoteQTH antenna switch simply by pressing a button and within a second I also get the feedback – and the corresponding button lights up. A wonderful solution, with a lot of invisible work in the background.
The picture shows the monitoring bus with my 200 Meter USA/Africa Beverage.
Today I was at my station with two officials from the Salzburg telecommunications office to find my interference in the medium wave and 160 meter amateur radio bands. They examined in detail what I was receiving and how and then the measuring bus, equipped with the very best Rohde&Schwarz equipment, drove around the area for a long time.
After some time, I got the call – they actually found the interference far away in a westerly direction, a defective (but high-quality) surveillance camera that had been in use for 10 years and – presumably the power supply – was now causing this interference under load. I was at my station when the fault suddenly disappeared. Score. The owner will hopefully replace everything as soon as possible.
It was great how competently and quickly I was helped by the Austrian Radio Monitoring. Many thanks for that!
Since some days, my 200 metre USA/Africa Beverage has been installed. This time with a new, simple 75 Ohm Sat coax cable, as I have 195 metres to the antenna, double 50 Ohm coax is not sensible. Everything works wonderfully, the new boxes (Coax Match 75/50 Ohm, limiter and the antenna box) of course from https://RemoteQTH.com Really good quality and a reasonable price.
Joe Miller confirmed to me today the reception of the January DX test from KJJR from Whitefish, Montana on 880 kHz. A special thanks to the NRC, IRCA, Paul Walker, Les Reyburn, Joe Miller and all the helpers on the American Courtesy Program Committee for the DX test.
The last days are still mostly stations from South America are heard, Peru is the last days the preferred direction of the received stations. Like the last weeks the signals are overall very weak. Due to the summer QRN listening is so often not the great joy. The most beautiful reception of the last days was Radio Candarave from Tacna near the border with Bolivia and Chile.
2022-07-16 1240 0250 PRU Radio Cumbre, Huancayo/Chilca (jun) 10872 km 1250 0245 PRU Radio Cora, Lima (lim) 11006 km 1290 0250 B Rádio Timbira do Maranhão, São Luís (MA) 7876 km 1300 0302 PRU Radio Candarave, Tacna (tac) 11017 km 1320 0300 PRU Radio Nacional FM, Lima (lim) 11008 km 1360 0300 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km 1360 0258 PRU Radio Bienestar, Lima (lim) 11006 km 1380 0306 PRU Radio Campesina, Cajamarca (caj) 10713 km 1470 0245 PRU Radio La Mega, Lima/Pantanos de Villa (lim) 11015 km 1500 0300 PRU Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) 11010 km 1570 0300 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 10996 km
2022-07-15 1140 0300 PRU RPP Noticias, Pilcomayo (jun) 10883 km 1240 0258 PRU Radio Cumbre, Huancayo/Chilca (jun) 10872 km
2022-07-13 1070 0255 CLM Radio Santa Fe, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) 9415 km 1140 0258 CLM Radio Paisa, Medellín (ant) 9392 km 1160 0250 PRU Radio Onda Cero, Lima (lim) 11021 km 1230 0250 CLM Radio Calidad, Cali (val) 9689 km 1240 0250 PRU Radio Cumbre, Huancayo/Chilca (jun) 10872 km 1300 0253 PRU Radio Candarave, Tacna (tac) 11017 km 1320 0300 PRU Radio Nacional FM, Lima (lim) 11008 km 1360 0300 PRU Radio Bienestar, Lima (lim) 11006 km 1360 0250 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km 1380 0259 PRU Radio Campesina, Cajamarca (caj) 10713 km 1380 0250 B Rádio Deus é Amor/Rádio Continental, Recife (PE) 7800 km 1470 0250 PRU Radio La Mega, Lima/Pantanos de Villa (lim) 11015 km 1490 0255 PRU Radio Dios es Amor Cusco (Cadena Sur del Perú), Cusco (cus) 10754 km 1500 0259 PRU Radio Dios es Amor, Huancayo (jun) 10878 km 1510 0259 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito (pic) 10134 km 1540 0255 BOL Radio Bendita Trinidad, El Alto (lpz) 10727 km 1570 0310 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 10996 km
2022-07-12 1360 0250 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km 1490 0255 PRU Radio Dios es Amor Cusco (Cadena Sur del Perú), Cusco (cus) 1500 0300 PRU Radio Dios es Amor, Huancayo (jun) 10878 km 1570 0300 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 10996 km
Here are my MW logs for the last few days. The transatlantic signals are very weak and can currently only be heard from South America. Some signals on 1440, 1480 and 1490 kHz are too weak to be identified, but maybe I will be able to identify them in the next few days. Radio Nacional FM, Lima on 1320 kHz is a first reception I was quite happy about.
2022-07-08 1320 0245 PRU Radio Nacional FM, Lima (lim) 11008 km 1360 0235 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km 1490 0245 PRU Radio Dios es Amor Cusco (cus) 10754 km 1570 0245 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 10996 km
2022-07-02 1110 0250 PRU Radio Cielo, Huánuco (huc) 10767 km 1140 0255 PRU RPP Noticias, Pilcomayo (jun) 10883 km 1200 0257 B Super Rádio Clube, Fortaleza (CE) 7625 km 1240 0300 PRU Radio Cumbre, Huancayo/Chilca (jun) 10872 km 1250 0252 PRU Radio Cora, Lima (lim) 11006 km 1270 0300 ARG Radio Provincia de B. Aires,LaPlata 11591 km 1350 0302 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Monte Grande 11612 km 1360 0300 PRU Radio Bienestar, Lima (lim) 11006 km 1380 0255 B Rádio Deus é Amor, Recife (PE) 7800 km 1470 0250 PRU Radio La Mega, Lima (lim) 11015 km 1500 0230 PRU Radio Santa Rosa, Lima (lim) 11010 km 1540 0245 BAH ZNS-1 Radio Bahamas, Nassau (npr) 8003 km 1570 0300 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 10996 km
Today the single K9AY antenna was installed in perfect weather, loop range now 40 metres, reception performance and switching of direction (Asia/South America) works excellently.
Yesterday the station Sor. Wor. Thor from the Nong Khae district near Bangkok could be heard at the end of transmission at 17.00 UT in Salzburg on mediumwave 891 kHz. Excitingly, sunset at my station is currently at 19.52 CEST, so reception is almost an hour before sunset. Received with the 150 metre Asia Beverage.