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.
Here are my logs from the last few days. South America is not so bad to hear this summer, it was much worse the last two years. Even if the signals are not loud and regular, some Peru is not unlikely this summer, even though I am currently only using a small whip antenna.
2023-07-03
920 0245 PRG Radio Nacional del Paraguay AM, Asuncion 10742 km
940 0259 B Super Radio Brasil, Rio de Janeiro 9631 km
970 0258 PRG Universo 970, Asuncion 10747 km
1200 0255 B Super Radio Clube, Fortaleza 7625 km
1230 0258 ARG Radio 2, Rosario 11595 km
1270 0245 ARG Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires 11591 km
1290 0250 B Radio Timbira, So Luis 7876 km
1350 0215 B Super Radio Boa Vontade, Salvador 8472 km
1360 0230 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 10768 km
1380 0245 PRU Radio Campesina, Cajamarca 10713 km
1430 0250 PRU RPP Noticias, Cusco 10754 km
1440 0230 PRU Radio Solar, Espinar/Yauri 10818 km
1550 0300 BOL Radio Caranavi, Caranavi 10623 km
1570 0302 PRU Radio Carraviz, Juliaca 10802 km
2023-07-05
1270 0300 ARG Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata 11591 km
1350 0300 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Malvinas Argentinas 11612 km
2023-07-06
1140 0240 PRU RPP Noticias, Pilcomayo 10883 km
1070 0245 ARG El Destape Mundo, Wilde 11592 km
1160 0258 PRU Radio La Voz del Campesino, Huarmaca 10665 km
2023-07-08
1210 0230 PRU Radio Dios es Amor, Huanuco 10767 km
1360 0230 PRU Radio Sicuani, Sicuani 10768 km
1377 2210 TZA Radio Free Africa, Mwanza 5937 km
1540 0250 PRU Radio Lorena, Cusco 10754 km
Still weak signals, this time mainly from Colombia and a few US stations.
A special log is BBN Radio, Envigado.
1010 0300 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) 6597 km
1130 0310 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) 6592 km
1220 0302 CLM Radio Maria Colombia, Bogotá (bdc) 9405 km
1230 0300 CLM Radio Calidad, Cali (val) 9689 km
1280 0310 CAN CFMB, Montreal/Saint-Mathieu (QC) 6254 km
1390 0308 USA WEGP, Presque Isle (ME) 5821 km
1470 0300 PRU Radio MegaMix, Lima/Pantanos de Villa (lim) 11015 km
1500 0300 PRU Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) 11010 km
1510 0305 CLM La Voz de La Union, La Union (ant) 9330 km
1590 0301 CLM BBN Radio, Envigado (ant) 9396 km
1620 0300 CUB Radio Rebelde, Guanabacoa/CTOM2 (ch) 8504 km
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