I have started setting up my Aziloop DF-72 antenna system. It was important for me to be well prepared. There are good sources online for carrying out a project like this on your own, even without much knowledge of antenna construction. The most important elements are my 12 Meter Spiderbeam HD Fiberglass pole with clamp set and guy belt and the boom elements, also from Spiderbeam. These are high-quality products that don’t cost much more than ‘cheap’ components.
A special DX award for 200 confirmed EDXC countries. Thank you to the UADX and Victor Goonetilleke for this wonderful certificate.
The upper end of the Spiderbeam mast is ready to hold both loops for my AziLoop. Pipe clamps with rubber and M8 screws. The mast tip with a cover from a furniture store.
Since 2006, I have been putting together a short tour of the HAM RADIO exhibition in Friedrichshafen. This year is no exception; the pictures can be viewed on my website: https://ratzer.at/galerien/ham-radio-2025 – Enjoy the tour, 73 de OE2CRM
Preparing the rubberized clamps to secure the Spiderbeam mast segments for my AziLoop antenna.
On 22 June 2025, some signals from Peru could be heard again. Even though thunderstorms are now causing a lot of interference, it is always worth trying at sunrise. I was unable to identify some of the stations, especially 1440.012, which played beautiful music from Peru but unfortunately had much too low modulation. Perhaps it is Radio Solar from Espinar, but the offset must have changed recently, as the station was previously heard here on 1440.023.
1160 0235 PRU Radio Onda Cero, Lima (lim) 11021 km
1200 0135 B Super Rádio Clube, Fortaleza (CE) 7625 km
1220 0234 PRU Radio Melodía AM, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1300 0240 PRU Radio Dios es Amor, Lima/Comas (lim) 11021 km
1350 0245 B Super Rádio Cristal, Salvador/Ilha de Itaparica (BA) 8472 km
1360 0248 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km
1360 0237 PRU Bethel Radio, Lima (lim) 11006 km
1400 0205 B Rádio Difusora Acreana, Rio Branco (AC) 10162 km
1430 0159 PRU RPP Noticias, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1470 0250 PRU Radio MegaMix, Lima/Pantanos de Villa (lim) 11015 km
1500 0242 PRU Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) 11010 km
1540 0155 PRU Radio Lorena, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1550 0250 PRU Radio Checca, Checca (cus) 10790 km
1560 0159 PRU Radio María Perú, Wanchaq (cus) 10755 km
1570 0243 PRU Radio Carraviz, Juliaca (pun) 10802 km
Radio Sicuani, based in the capital of the Sicuani district in the Cusco region of southern Peru at an altitude of 3,550 metres, has often been heard here in Salzburg on 1360 kHz in amazing quality over the past few weeks. Received with Perseus/Jaguar on an 80-metre wire antenna.
To my surprise, on 16 June 2025, some very nice signals could be heard from South America. However, they were only audible on frequencies above 1350 kHz and were disrupted by heavy thunderstorms in Central Europe. But it shows that you should keep searching even on ‘weak’ days.
1230 0205 ARG Radio 2, Rosario (sf) 11595 km
1270 0040 ARG Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (ba) 11591 km
1350 0245 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Malvinas Argentinas (ba) 11612 km
1360 0240 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani (cus) 10768 km
1400 0250 B Radio Difusora Acreana, Rio Branco (AC) 10162 km
1430 0242 PRU RPP Noticias, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1470 0238 PRU Radio Victoria Arequipa, Arequipa (are) 10959 km
1490 0248 PRU Radio Dios es Amor/Cadena Sur, Cusco (cus) 10754 km
1510 0245 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito (pic) 10134 km
1550 0243 PRU Radio Checca, Checca (cus) 10790 km
1560 0251 PRU Radio María Perú, Wanchaq (cus) 10755 km
1570 0247 PRU Radio Carráviz, Juliaca (pun) 10802 km
1600 0302 B R·dio Nove de Julho, S„o Paulo (SP) 9920 km
Currently very mixed signals in the mediumwave band. Today, 14 June 2025, only three stations from Argentina could be heard in Salzburg.
A few days after placing the order in Germany, my Spiderbeam 12 meter fiberglass pole HD and the four 4 meter fiberglass tube for the arms arrived here in Salzburg for setting up the AziLoop antenna. I can highly recommend this brand; everything looks very well thought out and robust, at a very good price – and with excellent support before purchase!
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