Radio Vanuatu can now at Friday, December 19, 2025 be heard after 1830 UT on 5040 kHz in the former “tropical band” with Christmas music. The transmission location is Empten Lagoon, 15,970 km away.
AziLoop Antenne, 45°, WinRadio G33 SDR.
Checking the AziLoop antenna. Everything looks very good, one boom has twisted slightly, but the 10° difference will not be heard by the good SWL. Let’s hope for better radio weather!
Signals from Japan have been heard repeatedly in recent weeks, albeit mostly at low signal strength here in Central Europe. A good opportunity to hear NHK-2 stations is when broadcasting begins at around 20:55 UTC. At this time, all NHK-2 stations play the bright chimes of the ‘Musicbox’. Unfortunately, NHK no longer confirms reports. Here is my log from 20 October 2025. AziLoop, 40°.
774 2054 J JOUB NHK Radio 2, Akita (toh-aki) 8931 km
828 2054 J JOBB NHK Radio 2, Osaka/Habikino (kns-osk) 9214 km
873 2051 J JOGB NHK Radio 2, Kumamoto (kyu-kum) 9107 km
1017 2053 J JOLB NHK Radio 2, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) 9029 km
1125 2051 J JOAD NHK Radio 2, Naha/Tomigusuku (kyu-oki) 9519 km
1134 1635 J JOQR NCB Bunka Hoso, Tokyo/Kawaguchi (kan-tok) 9308 km
1242 2055 J JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso, Tokyo/Kisarazu (kan-tok) 9359 km
1350 2059 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) 9072 km
This afternoon, October 17, 2025, Guangxi GD Jingji Guangbo from China could be heard on the mediumwave band. The station, broadcasting on 1224 kHz from Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the south of the People’s Republic of China, could be heard at around 16.00 UT in Salzburg on my AziLoop antenna (60°).
On 6 October 2025, beautiful signals from Asia were already being heard early on.
603 0025 IND Akashvani, Ajmer (RJ) 5779 km
765 0024 IND Akashvani, Dharwad A (KA) 6667 km
918 2202 CBG National Radio of Kampuchea, Phnom Penh (pph) 9200 km
918 0025 IND Akashvani, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518 km
972 1600 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) 8514 km
990 1558 IND Akashvani, Jammu A (JK) 5344 km
1071 1545 IND Akashvani, Rajkot (GJ) 5771 km
1107 1530 AFG Radio Afghanistan, Kabul/Pol-e Charkhi (kab) 4820 km
1134 1556 J JOQR NCB Bunka Hoso, Tokyo/Kawaguchi (kan-tok) 9308 km
1143 1700 IND Akashvani, Ratnagiri (MH) 6416 km
1143 1545 TWN Taiwan Ch¸ Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Penghu/Jiangmei (PG) 9224 km
1206 1535 CHN Yeonbyeon Joseonmal Bangsong, Yanji/Longjing (JL) 8165 km
1242 1540 VTN VOV5, Cần Thơ/Thới Long (cnt) 9360 km
1260 1600 PAK Radio Pakistan, Peshawar (kpk) 5024 km
1530 2025 PHL DZME Kinse Trenta, Obando/Panghulo (bul) 10077 km
1557 1530 TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese Channel, Kouhu (YL) 9270 km
1593 2030 CHN CNR1 Zhongguo zhi Sheng, Changzhou/NRTA623 (JS) 8576 km
AziLoop, 30 – 90°.
My AziLoop antenna system brings me great joy every day. Especially now in October, when the summer storms are over, the first Asian signals in the mediumwave band from China and India can already be received at around 15:30 UT, i.e. one hour (!) before sunset at my location. At this time of day, there are no interfering signals from Europe, so it is particularly worthwhile searching for stations from Asia.
Viewing angle 150°, Africa.
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.
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