Just in time for the HAM RADIO fair, MW-List has fulfilled a wish of mine: From now on you can download your own MW-List logbook, save and edit it yourself. The data is transferred as .txt file, just change the file extension to .csv after the download and open it with a spreadsheet software (Excel or Apple Numbers as example) and adjust it to your own wishes. Thanks to the whole team of MW-List around Günter Lorenz for their work!
An idea finally implemented: All my 88 here in Salzburg received and confirmed American mediumwave stations, marked with pins on a detailed National Geographic USA map (mounted on Kappa). A lot of work, but also a lot of fun at the Shack!
If the American doesn’t want to cross the Atlantic, there are plenty of other specialties on the medium wave, such as small Dutch stations. A perfect piece of information about QRGs and QTH can be found here: https://radio-tv-nederland.nl/am/am.html
May 1, 2020.
675 0400 HOL Radio Calypso, Oostwold (gro) 723 km
747 0415 HOL Radio Vrij Zwolle, Zwolle (ove) 710 km
846 0331 HOL Album AM, Uden (nbr) 676 km
1008 0442 HOL Radio Babylona, Musselkanaal (gro) 702 km
1224 0431 HOL Amplivier Radio, Damwâld (fri) 777 km
1287 0402 HOL Kilrock Radio, ‘s-Gravendeel (zho) 741 km
1395 0400 HOL Loostad Radio, Apeldoorn (gel) 696 km
1566 0400 HOL Vahon Hindustani Radio, Den Haag/Leidschenveen (zho) 770 km
WinRadio G33 Excalibur PRO/CSO, Beverage 100 mt > NL
My QSL of the month: After numerous reports in the last years, Steve Diallo, Technical & Operations Manager confirmed today that I received Radio Free Africa from Tanzania. The station from Mwanza, the capital of the Mwanza region, directly at Lake Victoria, can be heard in the evening on mediumwave 1377 kHz, the reception is much easier than finding a way to contact the station. Many thanks to Jan-Mikael Nurmela for his support!
April 5, 2020.
1610 0430 CAN CHHA, Toronto (ON) 6731 km
1620 0430 CUB Radio Rebelde, Guanabacoa/CTOM2 (ch) 8504 km
1630 0429 USA KKGM, Fort Worth (TX) 8673 km
1640 0432 USA WTNI, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) 8350 km
1650 0423 CAN CKZW, Montréal (QC) 6250 km
1650 0425 USA WHKT, Portsmouth (VA) 7028 km
1660 0431 USA WWRU, Jersey City/Carlstadt (D) (NJ) 6593 km
1660 0430 PTR WGIT, Canóvanas (PR) 7690 km
1670 0435 USA WMGE, Dry Branch (GA) 7819 km
1690 0433 USA WPTX, Lexington Park (MD) 6938 km
1700 0436 USA WRCR, Ramapo (NY) 6570 km
1700 0425 USA WJCC, Miami Springs (FL) 8144 km
WinRadio G33 Excalibur PRO/CSO, Beverage 200 mt > USA.
African medium wave: SRTC Al-Barnameg al-Aam, the state broadcaster from Sudan can also be heard in Salzburg via the Khartoum/Soba station at about 18.15 UT on 765 kHz. Caution, Saudi Arabia also broadcasts in Arabic here.
A visible note for outdoor antenna users: Use CMCCs! These Common-mode current choke are absolutely worth their money, especially with longer coax feed lines in receive mode. As an example here is a screen of the Solomon Islands on 5020 kHz at my Asia Beverage, to see and hear the signal from the Pacific Ocean only with S3/S5, but the noise floor below (!) – 140 dBm makes listening possible. I use CMCCs from remoteqth.com and Bonito.
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