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A big surprise happened on March 21, 2024, almost on time for the spring equinox: for the first time in my time as a DXer, I was able to receive a station from Indonesia on medium wave. And the reception was anything but difficult. RRI Pro 4 played from 21:59:45 to 2213z getting weaker with S7 and initially with almost 49 dBm SNR on the K9AY to the northeast. Radio Renascenca can still be heard quietly in the recording. At the beginning of the broadcast, the pause signal followed by a detailed ID was played. A little later a Koran program started.

My Indonesia No. 1 reception on medium wave is one of the beautiful Indonesia logs in the tropical band from the 1970s.

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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.

Here are the logs:

Continue reading "From Asia to Africa: neither fish nor meat available"

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A review of the wave propagation can be read in the logbook. How does it come about?

The value ✴/ corresponds to the impression of the listening experience that arises when I listen to and evaluate the recording for the first time. The purpose of the exercise is to better understand medium wave propagation and later to have a comprehensible assessment of the recording stored in the archive.

Should your personal assessment deviate from this: no problem. Already 300 km away from my location it could have looked completely different.

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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.

Here are the logs:

Continue reading "African evening"

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