The station KJR from Seattle has just confirmed reception of its signal on 950 kHz, heard here in Salzburg in October. The west coast is rare in the medium wave band in Central Europe, so I am particularly pleased with the reception with my new Beverage antenna and the response from Washington state.
Worked on the station again yesterday. The 50 Euro original PA0RDT MiniWhip antenna is mounted on a 2 meter iron rod and grounded at the base. To the right is the starting point of my beverage antenna and the underground cabling to the station. The MiniWhip works excellently, the relatively low rod was deliberately chosen because of the strong storms at my station. However, the signals are perfect due to the free environment.
Rádio Moçambique Emissor Provincial de Cabo Delgado from Pemba confirmed my report about the reception on medium wave 1224 kHz from the beginning of October. This is my second medium-wave confirmation from Mozambique.
Beautiful signals from Asia were heard today in the medium wave band, even Japan was a guest here once again.
2023-10-17
594 1630 J JOAK NHK Radio 1, Shobu/Kuki 9279 km
612 1700 JOR Jordan Radio Main programme, Shobak 2722 km
612 1630 KGZ TWR Europe and CAMENA, Krasnaya Rechka 4738 km
657 1600 IRN IRIB Radio Gilan, Kiashahr 3202 km
666 1630 IRN IRIB Radio Fars, Shiraz/Dehnow 3942 km
702 1630 IRN IRIB World Service, Kiashahr 3203 km
747 1630 IRN IRIB Radio Yazd, Yazd/Fahraj 3909 km
801 1700 IRN IRIB Radio Khorasan-e Shomali,Bojnurd 3711 km
837 1625 CHN CNR 5 Taihai zhi Sheng, Quanzhou/NRTA641 9066 km
846 1640 IND Akashvani West, Ahmedabad 5898 km
882 1630 IRN IRIB Radio Mahabad, Mahabad 2924 km
972 1545 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin 8514 km
1098 1615 CHN CNR11 Tibetan Radio, Golmud/NRTA916 6553 km
1107 1600 AFG Radio Afghanistan, Kabul/Pol-e Charkhi 4820 km
1134 1720 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong 8502 km
1134 1600 KWT Radio Kuwait Main Arabic prgr., Kabd/Sulaibiyah 3624 km
1143 1700 TWN Taiwan Ch¸ Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts’un 9224 km
1206 1600 IND Akashvani East, Bhawanipatna 6905 km
1233 1700 CHN Sinjanniin Mongoliin Ardiin Radio XJTS904 (XJ) 5566 km
1242 1558 J JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso, Tokyo/Kisarazu 9359 km
1368 1630 IRN IRIB Radio Golestan, Gonbad-e Qabus 3588 km
1575 1725 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom 8657 km
G33 Excalibur, K9AY++ 30 mt. Loop.
Now all 2.2 meter metal poles are in place, the insulators are mounted and the provisional 100 meter Beverage is now mounted on 1.9 metre metal poles and a larger distance instead of 1.4 metres on plastic poles. The SWR between the two variants differs only slightly. The metal poles bring absolutely no deterioration, on the contrary, the SNR is slightly better, but only tested during the day with 1476, the local “Museumsradio” transmitter. At the weekend, the 200-meter beverage will be installed – after that, the issue should be over, at least for the next few years.
Here are my MW logs from the last few days. The transatlantic signals are moving towards North America, the active sun is also having a negative effect. Nevertheless, my provisional 100-metre Beverage, set up for the first time in late summer, delivers nice signals at sunrise.
2023-09-03
1010 0400 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst 6597 km
1130 0400 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt 6592 km
1200 0400 USA WXKS, Newton 6304 km
1330 0400 USA WRCA, Watertown 6304 km
1470 0400 PRU Radio MegaMix, Lima 11015 km
1490 0405 EQA Radio Santa MarÌa, Azogues 10376 km
1510 0402 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito 10134 km
2023-09-02
750 0330 CAN CBGY, Bonavista Bay 4780 km
880 0330 USA WCBS, New York/High Island 6572 km
1010 0330 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst 6597 km
1030 0330 USA WBZ, Boston/Nantasket Beach 6284 km
1130 0330 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt 6592 km
1200 0330 USA WXKS, Newton 6304 km
1210 0155 USA WPHT, Philadelphia 6712 km
1250 0215 CAN CJYE, Oakville 6769 km
1270 0335 CAN CJCB, Sydney 5336 km
1330 0330 USA WRCA, Watertown 6304 km
1350 0030 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Malvinas Argentinas 11612 km
1430 0130 CAN CHKT, Toronto Island 6735 km
1520 0330 USA WWKB, Buffalo 6762 km
2023-09-01
840 1805 ERI Dimtsi Hafash 2, Asmara 4339 km
950 1810 ERI Dimtsi Hafash 1, Asmara 4339 km
1431 1800 DJI Voice of America, Djibouti/Doraleh 4911 km
1521 1940 CHN China Radio International Russian Service, Hutubi 5492 km
1550 1955 ALG National Radio of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, 2910 km
1566 1945 KOR FEBC Korea/RFA/VOA/Radio Teos,Jeju 8802 km
WinRadio G33/CSO, Two Wire Beverage USA/Afrika, 100 mt.
TWR confirmed to me the reception of the broadcast over the mediumwave transmitter in Fllake, Albania from 2016. The station was always very good to hear, but I had never written a report. This now finally made up for with a nice audio file, which Kalman Dobos was very happy about – and now Albania as a mediumwave country is also “in the box” here.
My 120th country confirmed on mediumwave.
Radio Free Africa from Mwanza in Tanzania can be heard weakly around 21 UT on the otherwise free medium wave frequency 1377 kHz with African pop music and short announcements in Salzburg.
Radio Algérie Internationale, Ouled Fayet on 891 kHz and RTT Chaîne Internationale, Tunis on 963 kHz can be heard in the evenings. A well-made German-language programme comes from Tunis from 19-20 UT.
I now use the new big K9AY++ box including OLI IP12 controller from hamparts.shop, see
https://hamparts.shop/k9ay-rx-antenna-remote.html
This new K9AYY++ solution has the advantage that the antenna can be operated locally via the controller AND can also be controlled remotely via the internet in almost all functions. So you can tune the antenna perfectly and use it afterwards over the net without any problems.
The circumference of the loop is still 25 metres, important is a very deep construction of the lower limb to increase the directivity (actually the attenuation of the unwanted direction), the developer Jan makes extensive details and sketches in the mentioned link.
Due to the cows in the pasture, I cannot position the antenna optimally, but I am nevertheless very satisfied with the first results. Now the coaxial and control cables have to be laid underground, and then autumn can come with its Asian signals on medium wave.
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