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Shortwave Broadcast / La Montana Columbia 4940 AM 0644 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0649 UTC »

Talk format with a male and a female. SINPO 25333. Some static crashing and fades, but a decent listenable copy.

Transmitter is located in northern Columbia and reportedly 1KW into a non-directional antenna.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Clube da Para 4885 AM 0636 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0641 UTC »

Talk format. Maybe with callers. SINPO 45444 via the 31' vertical. A few fades and background static crashes, but a rather easy copy.

Transmitter in Brazil is reportedly 5KW into a non-directional antenna.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio HCJB Deutschland 3995 AM 0622 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0626 UTC »

Music. Very weak copy under S1 via the 31' vertical, but the modulation is copyable. I suppose SINPO 15442. Some static crashing. Tuned via USB ECSS.

The broadcast originating from Germany is reportedly 1500 watts into a non-directional antenna.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France Int (digital) 3965 DRM 0608 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0614 UTC »

No decode as I am using the R-2000 and posting via an iPad right now. Around S2 via the 31' vertical, so nowhere near as powerful as the BBC on 3955 earlier, but plenty of signal for a should-be-easy decode assuming a low noise floor. Maybe some other night for me.

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC (digital) 3955 DRM 0559 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0605 UTC »

Skimming 75m to have the *loud* DRM signal slam my eardrums with like a S9-10+ signal. Off air at 0600z, revealing an ongoing under S1 amateur qso on frequency! Maybe the ops are on the west coast or local to each other.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: CHU 6660 kHz

« on: October 05, 2021, 0550 UTC »

I will try to remember to take a look at WRMIs signal via SDR.

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Equipment / Re: Best MWDX antenna?

« on: October 05, 2021, 0541 UTC »

Welcome. I find the estimated values to often be close enough for casual skimming. I might fair 1-2MHz above the estimate if referencing broadcast SWL stations running substantial power and/or directional arrays.

Thankfully I do not deal with much overload here. The stations I mentioned are a couple of my worst offenders in the HF spectrum, and especially with me being right in the path of Radio Marti beaming into Cuba. I would not be surprised if Radio Rebelde is more like transmitter splatter and harmonics, either. The audio is often so compressed to have practically no dynamics and headroom left. I can almost imagine the final stage tubes singing and echoing along now. o.0


Now there is an area in Canada with an estimated MUF of 1MHz. Outlier perhaps, as I am not seeing any related space weather reports. Hmmm.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio New Zealand Int 11725 AM 0516 UTC 3 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0518 UTC »

Yeah, direct reception from NZ to my QTH.

Thanks for the added info, MDK2.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand Int 11725 AM 0512 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0515 UTC »

News and talk format. SINPO 25333 trending 25322 via the 31' vertical. Noise and fades, but generally listenable. Not as good as my previous logging over the weekend, though:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87180.0.html

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of America 11995 AM 0506 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0509 UTC »

News and talk format. SINPO 25333 via the 31' vertical. Some noise and fades, but quite copyable and not too bad for a reportedly 100KW signal from Kuwait beaming slightly east of north.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Mashaal Radio 12130 AM 0457 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0503 UTC »

I would like to log it as even a weak copy, but right now is little more than a slight carrier here. Maybe random intermittent snippet of modulation…. or just enough band noise to trick my ears. No point in a SINPO report.

It is reportedly 250KW from Kuwait, but it is directed towards Pakistan.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Dimtsi Weyane Int 11570 AM 0451 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0454 UTC »

Sounds like a news talk format. Maybe an interview. SINPO 25322 via the 31' vertical. Some noise and deep fades. Listenable, but fatiguing to my ears.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Dabanga 11650 AM 0445 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0448 UTC »

News talk format. SINPO 45333 via the 31' vertical. Some deep fades, but still better than my previous logging over the weekend:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87178.0.html

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Hope Africa 11680 AM 0040 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0444 UTC »

Religious sermon/talk format. SINPO 55434 trending 45434 via the 31' vertical. Some moderate to deep fades.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France Int 11700 AM 0047 UTC 5 Oct 2021

« on: October 05, 2021, 0440 UTC »

News talk format. SINPO 25332 via the 31' vertical. Noise and fades, but it is listenable. Would be fatiguing after awhile IMO, though.