Today my Bonito delivery arrived by post in Salzburg. RG316D/DS coax extensions, 2.9mm thin, Teflon, double shielded with copper. Very, very clean work, thank you Bonito – Dennis Walter, your cables can really be recommended.

First preview: Yesterday the extension to my IP antenna switch arrived. In future, antennas, antenna directions, preamplifiers, bandpass filters, attenuators and other additional devices will be switched much more conveniently via the network. Many thanks to Jan, remoteQTH.com and Mike, remoteswitch.de for the joint development and perfect implementation over the past months.

A not everyday station from Argentina: Radio Nacional Tucumán from the city of San Miguel del Tucumán could be heard here in Salzburg this morning around 03.30 UTC on mediumwave 1190 kHz.

Here are my logs from Salzburg the last few days:

2021-04-19
1510 0350 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito (pic) 10134 km
1620 0340 VIR WDHP, Frederiksted (stc) 7665 km

2021-04-18
1242 1700 IND AIR North, Varanasi A (UP) 6483 km

2021-04-17
750 0425 B Rádio América AM 750, Belo Horizonte/Contagem (MG) 9444 km
760 0255 ARG LU6 Radio Atlántica, Mar del Plata (ba) 11831 km
870 0402 ARG Radio Nacional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires/General Pacheco (df) 11591 km
1030 0257 ARG Radio Del Plata, Buenos Aires/San Martín (df) 11600 km
1440 0400 USA WWCL, Lehigh Acres (FL) 8172 km

2021-04-16
585 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Farhang, Gheslagh (qzv) 3318 km
666 1759 IRN IRIB Radio Fars, Shiraz/Dehnow (frs) 3942 km
729 1730 GRC ERA Proto Programma, Athínai/Agios Stefanos (att-est) 1394 km
747 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Yazd, Yazd/Fahraj (yzd) 3909 km
819 1730 IRN IRIB Radio Mazandaran, Chalus (mzd) 3354 km
828 1730 RUS Pravoslavnoye Radio, Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino (SP) 1736 km
837 1700 IRN IRIB Radio Esfahan, Esfahan/Habibabad (esf) 3633 km
846 1730 IND AIR West, Ahmedabad A (GJ) 5898 km
891 1730 THA Sor. Wor. Thor. (Radio Thailand), Saraburi (srb) 8673 km
918 1730 IND AIR North, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518 km
927 1730 IND AIR South, Visakhapatnam A (AP) 7086 km

2021-04-15
891 1745 THA Sor. Wor. Thor. (Radio Thailand), Saraburi (srb) 8673 km
1380 0411 PRU Radio Campesina, Cajamarca (caj) 10713 km
1380 0400 CLM NSE Radio, Medellín (ant) 9384 km
1500 0430 PRU Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) 11010 km

2021-04-14
846 1738 IND AIR West, Ahmedabad A (GJ) 5898 km
891 1740 THA Sor. Wor. Thor. (Radio Thailand), Saraburi (srb) 8673 km
918 1735 IND AIR North, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518 km
927 2027 DNK World Music Radio, Hvidovre (hvs) 862 km
927 1730 IND AIR South, Visakhapatnam A (AP) 7086 km
990 1737 IND AIR North, Jammu A (JK) 5344 km
1233 1800 CHN Shinjan Qazaq Radiosu/CNR 17, Bortala=Bole/XJTS762 (XJ) 5125 km

WinRadio G33 Excalibur PRO, 150 mt Beverage Asia/South America.

After almost two months, another wonderful confirmation today: KFBX, Fairbanks, Alaska. Heard in January around 18.00 UTC on mediumwave 970 kHz, the confirmation is filed in my QSL folder under “extremely rare in Central Europe”. So now I have received and confirmed 4 medium wave stations from Alaska in Salzburg, the effort of an own beverage antenna towards Alaska was more than worth it.

After the beautiful reception of Shinjan Qazaq Radiosu from Bortala on 1233 kHz, I was now able to find another transmitter of this service from Xinjiang. The station is located in Kaba, a county of the Altay administrative district of the Kazakh Autonomous District of Ili in Xinjiang, and could be heard here in Salzburg on 4 March around 16.00 UTC on 1269 kHz.

Also today, after the shutdown of Radio Dechovka on 1233 kHz after 16.00 UT, the station Thor Or 01 from Bangkok could be heard. In addition, until 18.00 UT, also the Kazakh service from Xinjiang, Shinjan Qazaq Radiosu from Bole, far in the west of Xinjiang on the border with Kazakhstan. Both stations are heard with WinRadio G33 Excalibur, 150 metres Beverage towards Asia.

In mid-January, after setting up my own beverage antenna in the direction of Alaska, I was able to hear and also confirm two very rare stations. KNOM from Nome on 780 kHz and KNSA from Unalakleet on 930 kHz, both located on the Norton Sound near the Bering Strait, could be heard for a few minutes here in Salzburg. KNSA confirmed the reception by email, KNOM also sent a printed QSL card to my mailbox. Both stations are presumably the first time they have been received in Central Europe, so I am very happy about that.

On January 2, 2021, the Courtesy Program Committee of the two American clubs, NRC and IRCA, hosted a DX test over WCPH, Etowah from Tennessee. The station used 1,000 watts of transmit power instead of the otherwise virtually inaudible 100 watts, and transmitted somewhat easier to hear details such as CW signals and test tones. Today I received this rare QSL card for reception in Salzburg. Thanks to Les Rayburn, Paul Walker and Joe Miller for this rare reception opportunity and acknowledgement.