New QSLs and MW open to Americas
Friday produced some new QSLs:
BBC Radio Leeds 774 kHz
F/up report and quickly I got an email from the morning DJ Johnny I’Anson, who wrote: “…confirm that was me who you heard all the way across in Finland – how exciting, some people can’t even pick us up here in West Yorkshire, so the fact you can is technological magic!”
WBMJ San Juan PR 1190 kHz
This English Puerto Rican is not the most common one. I believe that I heard it only once during the last season. Dalan Decker, Programming Director replied to my f/up report in 2 days.
HJNL La Cariñosa, Manizales 1450 kHz
1450 is not the easiest of SA channels, but La Cariñosa is audible sometimes. Jaime Sánchez Restrepo, Director Artístico Manizales replied to my f/up report.
Last night I was at my listening QTH and did even some “live” DXing. A and K indexes are quite low and so mediumwaves opened to Americas. Propagation was quite funny. Just after midnight UTC I heard the most common Canadians like VOCM 590, CJYQ 930 and CBG 1400 with some easy CAs (1660, 1280). Then just before 0200 the band opened to Venezuela and Colombia. And then in the sunrise few strong Brasilians were heard (I don’t have La Plata/Bra antenna) with Radio Rubí, Rafael Castillo, Matanza BA, Argentina on 1670. Unfortunately VEN/CLM stations were not new for me. There were some interesting possible new catches but all unindentified.
Log:
British Isles
1566 11.8. 0200- G: BBC R Bristol. Own programme and local id: programme was “the best of community station Ujima Radio 98FM”.
North America
590 11.8. 0020- CAN: VOCM St. John’s NL.
1400 11.8. 0010- CAN: CBG Gander NL.
Central America
1280 11.8. 0202- PTR: WCMN Arecibo PR. Very strong.
South America
1070 11.8. 0158- VEN: YVMA R Mundial Zulia, Maracaibo.
1190 11.8. 0200- CLM: HJCV R Cordillera, Bogotá. Good Todelar IDs
1300 11.8. 0155- VEN: YVNS Radio Reloj, Maracaibo. “Exitos, solo exitos en Radio Reloj 1300” [1299.983]. TIK
1340 11.8. 0158- CLM: HJFB Amor Estereo, Bogota.
1430 11.8. 0200- CLM: HJKU 1430 AM, Bogotá. “14-30 AM Radio”. At 0228 Brasilian was heard (probably RB2).
1500 11.8. 0225- PRU: OBX4I Radio Santa Rosa, Lima. [1499.828]. 1570 possibly Carraviz with poor audio. New split [1469.761] played More Than Words by Extreme.
1520 11.8. 0155- CLM: HJLI Libertad, Bogotá. Fading with WVOZ.
1670 11.8. 0229- ARG: Radio Rubí, Rafael Castillo, Matanza BA. Weak signal with 290 degrees antenna but ID heard.
