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Two-wire Beverage, 200 metres long, 1.4 metres high, listening direction 340° and 170°.

My single wire is of course also equipped with boxes and preamplifier from RemoteQTH.com. Good quality at a reasonable price.

Today I set up an extra single-wire beverage for possible fault elimination, the new cheap H07V-K -1.50mm² wire can be recommended, good quality for little money. The faults come from a new photovoltaic system, I see little possibility of doing anything about it.

Since I am always asked about my remote switch: Mike Michael Müller from Nuremberg, Germany has taken on the matter extremely cleanly and plays the big piano here. With his technology you filter power and USB, switch antennas and amplifiers, have a time control and and and. The whole thing also in cooperation with RemoteQTH. A visit is worthwhile for every who is considering a solution for remote switching at his station: http://remoteswitch.de

This week I was able to listen to a very rare station from the US state of New Mexico here in Salzburg on mediumwave. KDKA from Pittsburgh transmits on 1020 kHz and is actually the only station there that can be heard regularly. On 23 October I heard slow Spanish music instead of KDKA and suspected WURN from Florida, but did not follow the weak signal any further. On 27 October the music programme was heard again and Julius Hermans in Holland also listened to the station with his Lowe HF225 receiver and a 1 metre frame. He managed to find a WebSDR receiver in Crowley, Texas – relatively close to New Mexico – playing exactly the same programme on 1020 kHz – and with the help of Paul Crankshaw in Scotland the station was identified as KCKN, Roswell, New Mexico. An impressive achievement by Julius! It was only through his log and recording that I was able to identify the New Mexico station here beyond doubt. Probably one of the first medium-wave receptions from New Mexico in the German-speaking world. Now it’s time to find a contact to the station to verify the reception of the 41st US state on mediumwave here from Salzburg.

October 26, 2021 very nice afternoon signals from the Far East around Japan and Korea in the mediumwave band. Here are my logs from Salzburg:

612 1545 J JOLK NHK Radio 1, Fukuoka 9029 km
747 1540 J JOIB NHK Radio 2, Sapporo/Ebetsu 8712 km
774 1540 J JOUB NHK Radio 2, Akita 8931 km
828 1540 J JOBB NHK Radio 2, Osaka/Habikino 9214 km
1134 1530 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong 8502 km
1143 1610 KOR Radio Free Korea, Deogyang-gu/Hyeoncheon-dong 8473 km
1206 1530 CHN Yeonbyeon Joseonmal Bangsong, Yanji/Longjing 8165 km
1224 1600 J JOJK NHK Radio 1, Kanazawa 9086 km
1242 1545 J JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso, Tokyo/Kisarazu 9359 km
1278 1550 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka 9015 km

Received with G33 Excalibur PRO/CSO, 20 meter loop with Bonito ML052 amplifier.

My new LTE router/antenna from MikroTik is installed, runs perfectly, nothing to add to the product description! The Internet connection now achieves PINGs of 20 milliseconds instead of 110 milliseconds and a multiple speed. MikroTik: Do you want high-speed Internet in the middle of nowhere? Then you want our newest LHGG LTE6 kit! It is a device for “last mile” Internet access in very remote locations. Mount it outdoors, on a pole, mast, or any tall structure, and connect even where cell phones fail. Due to its large high-gain 17 dBi antenna, the LHGG LTE6 kit can connect to cell towers in extreme rural locations, giving you the ability to provide last mile internet access where nothing else is available.

The signal strengths are still low in places around 17.00 UT, but autumn is coming in leaps and bounds. RX: SDR G33 Excalibur PRO, ANT: Single K9AY, 40 mt.

2021-09-18
810 1638 IND AIR West, Rajkot A (GJ)5794 km
846 1650 IND AIR West, Ahmedabad A (GJ)5898 km
918 1655 IND AIR North, Suratgarh (RJ)5518 km
990 1659 IND AIR North, Jammu A (JK)5344 km
1008 1700 PAK Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad (shd)5384 km
1026 1750 IRN IRIB Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr (eaz)2867 km
1143 1745 TWN Radio Taiwan Int., Baisha/Chiangmei Ts’un (PG)9224 km
1206 1710 IND AIR East, Bhawanipatna (OR)6905 km
1242 1712 IND AIR North, Varanasi A (UP)6483 km
1260 1740 PAK Radio Pakistan, Peshawar (kpk)5024 km
1269 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Ardabil, Khalkhal (ard)3079 km
1278 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Kermanshah, Kermanshah=Bakhtaran (ksh)3172 km
1305 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Bushehr, Bushehr (bus)3861 km

2021-09-17
747 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Yazd, Yazd/Fahraj (yzd)3909 km
765 1830 IRN IRIB World Service, Chah Bahar (sib)4812 km
819 1730 EGY ERTU Al-Barnameg al-Aam, Batrah (dqh)2428 km
819 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Mazandaran, Chalus (mzd)3354 km
837 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Esfahan, Esfahan/Habibabad (esf)3633 km
846 1730 IND AIR West, Ahmedabad A (GJ)5898 km
891 1830 IRN IRIB Radio Dena, Deh Dasht (kba)3693 km
918 1730 IND AIR North, Suratgarh (RJ)5518 km
936 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Azarbayjan Gharbi, Fesanduz (waz)2915 km
972 1730 IND AIR East, Cuttack A (OR)7084 km
972 1730 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg)8514 km
1008 1830 GRC ERA Net/ERA 2/ERA Sport, Kerkyra (ion-ker)1074 km
1008 1800 CHN CNR 1, Kunming/Anning NRTA501 (YN)7943 km
1026 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr (eaz)2867 km
1107 1730 AFG Radio Afghanistan, Kabul/Pol-e Charkhi (kab)4820 km

2021-09-16
585 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Farhang, Gheslagh (qzv)3318 km
594 1900 ARS SBA Idha’at ul-Nedaa al-Islam, Makkah (mkh)3789 km
612 1800 JOR Jordan Radio Main programme, Shobak (man)2722 km
648 1800 UKR Radio Krym Realii, Chonhar (KH)1640 km
657 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Gilan, Kiashahr (gln)3202 km
666 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Fars, Shiraz/Dehnow (frs)3942 km
684 1730 ARS SBA Radio Jeddah, Jeddah/Bahrah (mkh)3773 km
729 1730 GRC ERA Proto Programma, Athínai/Agios Stefanos (att-est)1394 km
747 1800 IRN IRIB Radio Yazd, Yazd/Fahraj (yzd)3909 km
765 1830 IRN IRIB World Service, Chah Bahar (sib)4812 km
810 1730 IND AIR West, Rajkot A (GJ)5794 km