Willis DXERS'CORNER // REMOTELY from the garden

Madeira reception in good quality is a rarity on medium wave. On 28 May 2025, Radio Romania Actualitati 1530 kHz was barely audible from 0245 UT for about 15 minutes and instead PEF Canal 1 from Poiso-Chao dos Balcoes came into the foreground clearly audible.

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propagation: ✴✴✴/average to fine, greyline not up to date

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The far east is still conspicuous in its absence, while the ionosphere favors the broader near east through to mid-Africa. Already at 1540 UT AIR North could be heard from Varanasi, followed immediately by Radio Sultanate of Oman on the same frequency. Radio Free Africa was also able to keep up with the early start at 1800 UT. Later in the evening, the station could be recorded almost continuously in quiet quality.

Later in the evening, many Spanish channels could be received somewhat more subdued and with an echo effect. This could have been beneficial if the condx had only been slightly better.

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The path of propagation from central and southern Africa towards Europe lies in the deepest darkness, the first station was Radio Gothel heard from Jabure, Nigeria at 1731 UT on 917 kHz. Radio Nigeria from Kaduna stepped in at 1847 UT on 594 kHz. Radio Benue from Markurdi was the last station from Nigeria to be logged on 918 kHz with the national anthem at the end of transmission at 2305 UT. For a few minutes at 2208 UT, Magic 828 emerged from Klipheuwel, South Africa. Smooth Radio from Bournemouth with 0.27 kW could be completely faded out. The antenna used was the K9AY pointing south-east. The path towards Asia was closed.

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