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Hello around the world,
This is my first report to hc-dx and first of
all I would like to introduce myself. My
name is Silken Medert, 33 years old, radioamateur since 1981 (DH3PAB) and
shortwave listener since about 1980.
In the last months, after I bought the
Wellbrook ALA1530 Magnetic Loop antenna, I was engaged in listening to
several LA-Stations in the tropical bands. Since one and a half year
my loggings are published in the ADDX Radio-Kurier. Several loggings were posted
in A-DX during the last months, too. On this occasion, I'd like to say
hello to Enzio Gehrig and Michael Schnitzer!
The following logs were done with a JRC NRD-525,
the above mentioned 1m-Loop ALA1530, and the Dierking notch/peak filter GD
86 NF.
My location is south east of Cologne, Germany about
50° 50' N 07°E in Koeln-Porz-Eil.
Times in UTC. SINPO: a common used rating (1 - 5)
of reception quality by german shortwave listeners. For those of you, who
never having heard about this code, here's a quick explaination:
S = Signal strength; 1 = just hearable, but no
chance of understanding, to 5 = very good, like the reception of a
nearby local station.
I = Interference (man made noise, qrm), 1=
unable to understand anything due to heavy qrm, to 5 = no qrm at
all.
N = Natural Noise (statics, qrn), 1 = no
reading possible due to statics, to 5 = no statics and other qrn at
all.
P = Propagation disturbance (fading), 1
= continuous reception not possible due to deep fading, 5 = no
fading.
O = Overall (Summarized rating):
1 = just hearable, but without understanding
anything. Language identification is usually impossible. It
is possible to differ music from speech.
2 = reading parts of the signal is possible. Most
of the local LA-stations on tropical bands are rated with a 2 in Germany.
3 = fading, qrm, or statics have a negative effect
on the reception, but it is possible to read the signal quite well. In Germany
most of the african stations in the tropical bands are rated somewhere
between 3 and 4.
4 = good reception, low effects of fading, qrm and
statics.
5 = very good signal with high strength and without
disturbance. In shortwave not very often, hi!
Here the loggings from last
weekend:
4824.41 00:05 Aug4 PRU La
Voz de la Selva, male spanish speaker, latinamerican music, SINPO
22332
6054.41 22:20 Aug4
BOL R. Juan 23, male and female spanish speaker, Latinamerican music
and some Pop from USA, ID at 22:35, SINPO 22332
6045.51 22:45 Aug4
PRU R. Santa Rosa (tent), several male spanish speaker, most probably
sportreports, SINPO 22322
6040.00 23:01 Aug4
B R. Clube Paranaense,
male portuguese speaker, Jingles, SINPO 33332
6034.89 23:05 Aug4
CLM La Voz Guaviare, male span. sp., ID, announcements, commmentary,
LA-music, qrm Jamming 6030, noticed at 23:42, SINPO 23332
6024.92 23:25 Aug4
BOL R. Illimani, female span. sp., LA-music, commercials,
program-announcements, ID as "La Voz de Bolivia", big Signal here in
Germany: SINPO 3-43333
6020.05 23:35 Aug4
B R. Gaucha, male portuguese sp., Interview, SINPO
22322
5005.03 23:50
Aug4 NPL R. Nepal, Hindi,
religious-folkloristic singing without instrumental accompaniment, SINPO
24332
Of course, this is not a LA-station. But R. Nepal wasn't heard often in the
last time, so I put it in here too.
4960.26 23:55 Aug4
HND R. Villa, Spanish, LA-music, SINPO 24332
4949.99 00:05 Aug5
PRU R. Madre de Dios, male span.sp., commentary, SINPO
33333
5039.21 01:40 Aug6
PRU R. Libertad, soft north american music, ID at 0148, SINPO
33322
4995.58 01:50 Aug6
PRU R. Andina, female span. speaker having a speech, heavy qrm TS,
SINPO 22322
4824.42 02:05 Aug6
PRU La Voz de la Selva, 2 men talking together in spanish (Interview),
LA-music, c/d after playing the national anthem: 0308UT, SINPO
33333
vy 73,
Silken Medert
Receiver: JRC NRD 525
Antenna: ALA 1530 1m-Magnetic Loop on a rotor
Auxiliary devices: AF-Filter Dierking GD 86 NF
Location: Cologne-Porz-Eil, Germany |