Reflections about a remote shortwave listeners station

The 1mm green coated garden wire is connected to a classic beverage antenna matching set with 50 Ohms from / lowbandsystems.com /. It is a directional antenna which should be good on NA stations. First tests shows it's good working - also in the opposit direction East Africa - and some dB improvement compared to the K9AY switched into a NW-direction.

My remote site is located in a gardening area near the city of Giessen. In a summer night everything is available, what one needs for DXing, even if the conditions are not so good. There is always a lot to do during daytime. In a warm summer night you can hear the crickets chirping. This is the background for this picture.

An exception was on Aug 14, 2016, when R Bata from Guinea Equatorial was on the air on 5005.040 kc and audible for around an hour up to 2115 UT. It was a music program broadcast and only a few announcements were heard. The recording comes with the station identification.