Monthly Archives: May 2025

Peru.

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On 18 May 2025, very good signals from Peru could be heard again. Particularly noteworthy was the opening far to the south of the Andean country. Whereas in recent years I had rarely been able to hear stations from Arequipa, this area could now be heard with numerous loud signals.

1010 0250 PRU Radio Cielo, Lima (lim) 11013 km
1020 0245 PRU Radio Kinsachata, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1070 0250 PRU Radio Trinidad, Arequipa/Paucarpata (are) 10957 km
1110 0045 PRU Radio Feliz, Lima/Puente Piedra (lim) 10992 km
1160 0030 PRU Radio Onda Cero, Lima (lim) 11021 km
1220 0251 PRU Radio Melodía AM, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1230 0010 ARG Radio 2, Rosario (sf) 11595 km
1240 0259 PRU Radio Líder Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1270 0055 ARG Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (ba) 11591 km
1300 0255 PRU Radio Dios es Amor, Lima/Comas (lim) 11021 km
1360 0300 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 11006 km
1380 0258 PRU Radio Nuevo Tiempo, Lima (lim) 10959 km
1400 0300 B Radio Difusora Acreana, Rio Branco (AC) 10162 km
1430 0015 PRU RPP Noticias, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1440 0305 PRU Radio Santa Mónica Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10956 km
1470 0230 PRU Radio MegaMix, Lima/Pantanos de Villa (lim) 11015 km
1470 0005 PRU Radio Voz Cristiana, Huancayo (jun) 10882 km
1470 0257 PRU Radio Victoria Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1510 0000 PRU Radio Tarma, Tarma/Cerro Penitencia (jun) 10853 km
1520 0240 PRU Radio Avance, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1550 0300 PRU Radio Visión, Pisco (ica) 11076 km
1560 0300 PRU Radio María Peru, Wanchaq (cus) 10755 km
1570 0305 PRU Radio Carraviz, Juliaca (pun) 10802 km

Peru.

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In mid-May 2025, excellent signals were heard from Peru. Late in the evening of 16 May, I was able to track an initial opening using the 78-metre-long ‘Hari-Windom’ antenna, which had been unused for many years due to lightning protection and was only reinstalled last autumn, hanging at a height of over 20 metres. This antenna receives very strong signals across the entire mediumwave band, including, of course, many signals from Eastern Europe, which could be attenuated more effectively with a Beverage or K9AY antenna. But the good signal strength from South America made up for a lot.

Here are the logs from 17 May 2025 in Salzburg:

920 0234 PRU Radio Visión, Chota (caj) 10675 km
920 0245 PRG Radio Nacional del Paraguay AM,(phy) 10742 km
1010 0240 PRU Radio Cielo, Lima (lim) 11013 km
1020 0240 PRU Radio Kinsachata, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1070 0240 PRU Radio Trinidad, Arequipa/Paucarpata (are) 10957 km
1110 0240 PRU Radio Feliz, Lima/Puente Piedra (lim) 10992 km
1160 0245 PRU Radio Onda Cero, Lima (lim) 11021 km
1240 2355 PRU Radio Cumbre, Huancayo/Chilca (jun) 10872 km
1350 0240 PRU Radio Visión, Ferreñafe (lam) 10767 km
1360 0245 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km
1380 0255 PRU Radio Nuevo Tiempo, Lima (lim) 10959 km
1430 0250 PRU Radio Visión/La Voz de Salvación, Jaen (caj) 10604 km
1440 0255 PRU Radio Santa Monica Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10956 km
1440 2330 PRU Radio Solar, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1470 0304 PRU Radio Victoria Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1480 0245 PRU Radio Espinar, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1520 0158 BOL Radio La Voz del Atalaya, El Alto (lpz) 10727 km
1540 2350 BOL Radio Bendita Trinidad, El Alto (lpz) 10727 km
1550 0300 BOL Radio Caranavi, Caranavi (lpz) 10623 km
1560 0153 BOL Radio Luz del Mundo, La Paz (lpz) 10723 km
1570 0246 PRU Radio Carraviz, Juliaca (pun) 10802 km

Thunderstorm season.

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Yesterday, I found a very useful mobile phone app for the thunderstorm season. ‘BlitzortungLive’ is from the operators of the excellent website Blitzortung.org. The advantage over the website is that there are no adverts and you can select the approximate (antenna) location on the map and specify whether you want to receive a ‘push alarm’, i.e. a notification about thunderstorms. You can even select different radii around your location. The app then displays the lightning strikes and, even if you don’t check it every hour, you will immediately receive a notification on your phone when a thunderstorm is approaching within the desired radius around your location. This gives you enough time to react and unplug your antennas, if you don’t switch them off or unplug them anyway in summer when they are not in use.

AziLoop.

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For a few days now, I have been testing the small AziLoop electronics, still with short wires and without a pole, to learn how it works. The server in the small ‘Common Interface Unit (CIU)’ – i.e. the interface that sends the control signals to the antenna box and receives the antenna signal – is equipped with a small, independent and very economical server. This server connects to my shack 75 km away, runs extremely stable and is accessible within a second. I have already colour-coordinated the client interface to match my Jaguar software. So far, the test has been without any problems.

Peru – Bolivia.

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On 28 May 2025, several stations from southern Peru and Bolivia could be heard in Salzburg with weak signals.

1360 0045 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km
1430 0058 PRU RPP Noticias, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1440 0057 PRU Radio Solar, Espinar/Yauri (cus) 10818 km
1440 0025 PRU Radio Santa Monica Arequipa, Arequipa/Cayma (are) 10956 km
1470 0030 PRU Radio Victoria Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1540 0000 BOL Radio Bendita Trinidad, El Alto (lpz) 10727 km

AziLoop.

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AziLoop is running, the control unit can be controlled via the long coaxial cable, and everything is technically perfect. Now I can take my time learning the app for the server and client and get everything I need in the next few weeks, except for the Spiderbeam mast, which I will pick up at the HAM RADIO exhibition in Friedrichshafen.

AziLoop.

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Today, the AziLoop system arrived from the Kingdom in Salzburg. To test the system, it will be connected at the station over the next few days. The very long coaxial cable feed line in particular needs to be checked. All other functions via the Internet can also already be tested. The mast system will be set up after the HAM RADIO fair. https://www.quietradio.co.uk

Peru!

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On 17 and 18 May 2025, the best Peru signals in many, many months or even years could be heard here in Salzburg. I have not yet heard and verified many things, and there are also some stations for which I have not yet heard an ID – 1040, 1060, 1110, 1120 and 1320. If you listen carefully, you will be busy for a long time with the recordings from these two days. Moments like these make the effort of having your own remote DX station worthwhile.