AziLoop.

After the first month with my AziLoop, I can draw a good conclusion: The antenna has excellent reception, the signals (in the 335°/145° direction) are almost identical to my 200 meter Beverage antenna. In rain and storms, the AziLoop is – due to its smaller surface ? – is less susceptible to discharge and the signals are quieter. The first signals from India can be heard in the early evening, the band is here in Salzburg still almost empty around 1715 UT, but the still quiet signals from India can be heard. In the early morning, stations from Argentina can still be heard almost every day. After switching to North America, the stations can be received identically to the 200 meter Beverage, and the switching between the two antennas in the same direction is not visible in the spectrum. I use the AziLoop preamplifier permanently and could not detect any interference from the amplification. The “app” with its extensive switching options (direction, time, Preamp, Load,) works without any problems. A time-controlled switch-on and switch-off option for the entire electronics would be desirable, so that the switched-off and earthed antenna switches itself on at 16 UT, for example, then “works through” the set directions, as it already works perfectly now, and then switches itself off again completely in the morning. After that, only the small server would be running, which requires very little power. But all in all: a really good combination of hardware and software.

India!

On 25 August 2025, signals from the Indian subcontinent were heard in Salzburg for the first time in the early evening. At around 1730 UT, I was able to receive the late news on Akashvani with the AziLoop antenna pointing at 90°.

846 1740 IND Akashvani, Ahmedabad A (GJ) 5898 km
918 1730 IND Akashvani, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518 km
990 1735 IND Akashvani, Jammu A (JK) 5344 km
1143 1735 IND Akashvani, Ratnagiri (MH) 6416 km
1206 1730 IND Akashvani, Bhawanipatna (OD) 6905 km

South America.

The logs from August 23, 2025 were all received with the AziLoop pointing towards 240°. Perseus/Jaguar v11.

870 0000 ARG Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires/General Pacheco (df) 11591 km
920 0115 PRG Radio Nacional del Paraguay AM, Nueva Asunción (phy) 10742 km
940 0130 B Super R·dio Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 9631 km
950 0010 ARG CNN Radio Argentina, William C. Morris (ba) 11606 km
970 0205 PRG Universo 970, Asunción (asu) 10747 km
1020 0105 PRG Radio Nanduti, San Lorenzo (cet) 10745 km
1070 0030 ARG El Destape Mundo, Wilde (ba) 11592 km
1230 0010 ARG Radio Dos, Rosario (sf) 11595 km
1270 0025 ARG Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (ba) 11591 km
1350 0058 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires/Malvinas Argentinas (ba) 11612 km
1510 0015 ARG Radio Belgrano, Suardi (sf) 11469 km
1550 0050 ARG Radio San Genaro, San Genaro Norte (sf) 11586 km
1560 0158 BOL Radio Luz del Mundo, La Paz (lpz) 10723 km

QSL: Radio Las Palmas, Peru.

Radio Las Palmas, ‘La Voz del Campesino’ from the district of Querocotillo, province of Cutervo in the Cajamarca region of Peru, confirmed my report from yesterday on 1360 kHz and sent greetings from ‘Tus Amigos, Segundo Víctor e Ismael Perez Tarrillo y Tito Castillo Castro’. My 27th QSL from Peru on mediumwave.

DZME, Philippines.

Since yesterday, many stations from Romania are no longer broadcasting at night, which opens up some great possibilities. Especially if you have an antenna that can be rotated 360°. AziLoop rotated to 65 degrees. Here is a picture of the start of DZME‘s broadcast in the Philippines on mediumwave 1530 kHz at 2055 UT. The station starts its morning broadcast on Saturday and Sunday at 2100 UT. What a delight!

AziLoop construction.

I have now finished setting up the AziLoop antenna. The coaxial cable was laid in a hose and additionally equipped with a series of 31 ferrite cores. The guy ropes were fitted with carabiners at the ground anchors. I checked all the screws again, but even the first strong storm last week did not cause any mechanical changes. Now the fun with the antenna can begin. Thanks to Aziloop creator Dave Evans, GW4GTE, for the surprising concept, the good hardware, and the successful and practical implementation and further development of the software.