The new solid Spiderbeam mast has arrived in Salzburg. I am now using the extremely robust bottom 5 elements of the 18-metre Spiderbeam HD mast. The clamps for the upper points of the loops have also arrived. All that’s missing now is the top cover and the right weather for installation.
Over the last few days, as far as the cold weather has allowed, I have set up a temporary solution for my AziLoop antenna. It is far from being correctly installed, but you can hear something with it. Perhaps I will be able to erect the new Spiderbeam mast in February.
On the evening of 21 December 2025, very good signals could be heard from the Philippines. With my AziLoop antenna pointing towards 60°, I was able to receive the following stations in Salzburg:
1017 2149 PHL DYRP Life Radio, Iloilo City/Alalasad (ilo) 10530 km
1062 2135 PHL DXKI FEBC Your Friendly Voice, Koronadal=Marbel (sco) 11051 km
1206 2150 PHL DWAN Radyo Ng Bagong Pilipinas, Valenzuela/Wawang (ncr) 10063 km
1233 2147 PHL DYVS FEBC Sweet Voice of Salvation, Bacolod/Taloc (noc) 10564 km
1323 2148 PHL DYSI Super Radyo, Iloilo City/Navais (ilo) 10529 km
1350 2149 PHL DZXQ Radyo La Verdad, Malabon/Muzon (ncr) 10079 km
1494 2155 PHL DWAR Abante Radyo, Valenzuela/Caloong (ncr) 10075 km
1530 2200 PHL DZME Kinse Trenta, Obando/Panghulo (bul) 10077 km
For now, my AziLoop dream is over. Despite the Spiderbeam “Heavy Duty” mast and good guy wires. But I’m not giving up, the antenna worked too well for that!
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°.
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