SW LOG OF THE WEEK! Radio Brasil Central 4985kHz 10KW Non Directional from Goiania, Brazil at 0113UTC Jan 21st in McGrath, Alaska. Heard with a BEATLES! Song. I got lucky, because this song really stuck out of the noise, I recognized it immediately and was able to match it to the 7.5KW 11815kHz beamed at 359 deg az.
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for hearing that! Here in Texas I have much better luck with 11815; 4985 is a tough catch these days.BTW a recent report from a SW DXer in Brazil says there are only 13 active shortwave stations left in that country.
i hear 11815 up here quite often, sometimes fairly well.
BTW a recent report from a SW DXer in Brazil says there are only 13 active shortwave stations left in that country.
11780 just slams in up here
4985 isn't that easy here either. 4885 Radio Clube do Para is a semi-regular but also not very strong. 13 active stations - not a surprise given that SW is just about dead and the audience has moved to FM and internet streaming. Far cry from the Passport to World Band Radio I have from 1994 that is just loaded with listings for Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, etc. domestics on 60 meters.
Great catch. I used to get one of the Brazilians on the 60 meter band most nights in the early 2010's, but that disappeared when the sunspots dived. I'll have to tune that band a bit more now. I get a weak R. Brasil Central on 25 meters periodically, and surprisingly Voz Missionaria often makes it to my area on 9665. So ya never know.
Voz Missionaria is a directional 10kw.. i hear that one up here pretty well in the summer, same with 11815.
last summer 9665 drifted several KHZ off channel
Voz missionaria drifted as far as 9673 before it was fixed
Yeah, they drifted a bit, but the prop was generally miserable enough (at least to North America) that you could only get the carrier with a BFO, so the precise kHz changed.
I'm glad they fixed it, though. Comes in better, and nice that they're not in between 5 kHz channels. Many digitally tuned radios, like the ones probably used by their target audiences in the poorer parts of NE Brazil, probably have simple, digitally tuned, 5 kHz channel tuning SW radios, like Tecsuns or Grundigs. Some may still have the older analog boomboxes.
I'm glad they fixed it, though. Comes in better, and nice that they're not in between 5 kHz channels. Many digitally tuned radios, like the ones probably used by their target audiences in the poorer parts of NE Brazil, probably have simple, digitally tuned, 5 kHz channel tuning SW radios, like Tecsuns or Grundigs. Some may still have the older analog boomboxes.
I don't have much of a problem picking up the 7.5kw directional outlet on 11815 in the spring and summer here in Alaska but I've never heard the 10kw non directional outlet on 4985 until 3 weeks ago.
The signal was kinda weak, noisy and fadey (what do you expect? LOL) but I recognized the song immediately and was able to match it to 11815 which had a better but not great signal at this time.
Here's the audio:
The signal was kinda weak, noisy and fadey (what do you expect? LOL) but I recognized the song immediately and was able to match it to 11815 which had a better but not great signal at this time.
Here's the audio:
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