sabato 11 novembre 2017

VOA Sao Tome & other SW tips


Voa in Sao Tome, an image taken by Anker Petersen in 2003
The Control room of Voa in Sao Tome, an image taken by Anker Petersen in 2003

Dear DX-friends, the reception conditions on shortwave today are very poor! This morning these usually well heard stations had no signals here in  Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire: 
3995 HCJB Weenermoor, 4840 WWCR, 4885 R Clube do Pará, 5025 R Rebelde and 5040 R Habana Cuba!
Best 73, Anker Petersen

3255.00 1910-1915 10.11 AFS BBC, via Meyerton (p) English talk - extremely weak 15111 AP-DNK

3930.00 1915-1920 10.11 CLA Voice of the People, via Goyang, South Korea (p) Korean talk - extremely weak 15111 AP-DNK

3955.00 1920-1925 10.11 G R Taiwan Int., via Woofferton German interview, "Höhrerbriefkasten" - very strong 55555 AP-DNK (SW Sce. on 3985 and HCJB on 3995 were Off)

4765.00 1925-1930 10.11 TJK Tajik R 1, Yangiyul Tajik ann, folksong - weak 25222 AP-DNK

4930.00 1930-1935 10.11 BOT VOA, via Moepeng Hill English editorial mentioning World War II, music, ID - weak 35233 AP-DNK

4960.00 0445-0450 10.11 STP VOA, via Pinheira English reports, song - weak 35232 AP-DNK

5950.00 0450-0455 10.11 ETH Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa Tigrinya ann, Horn of Africa songs 25232 AP-DNK

7205.00 0505-0510 10.11 SDN R Omdurman, Al-Aitahab Arabic talk 25222 AP-DNK