From earlier today before bed, this Brazil based signal with 00KW beamed at .. i think 353 deg azimuth, with 100kw. 0830UTC in Alaska.. just slamming in like a ton of led shit bricks with an S9+45/SINPO 66666 signal!
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Radio Nacional Amazonias 11780kHz
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They get out quite well. Usually S4-S5 signals here in W. WA. The evening show here is interesting. It's a night time, all country show where the announcer mentions a bunch of Brazilian states and cities where he's either getting emails or texts from, or he's getting calls. You don't need to know much Portuguese to recognize the names of the cities and states. They're fairly easy to pick out.
Here's the audio from the day in question when they were pumping out a SOLID, constant S9+45 signal. WOWZERS!!
Here's the audio:
Radio Nacional Amazonias 11780kHz Sat July 8, 2022 0829UTC
Here's the audio:
Radio Nacional Amazonias 11780kHz Sat July 8, 2022 0829UTC
Great audio. The DJ/Announcer seems fairly personable. It reminds me a bit of the nighttime / overnight talk shows here in the US back in the 1970s, just people calling in from all over, and songs being played for them. A cool insight into Brazilian culture. I don't know much Portuguese but some of the accents of the rural people who call (from Mato Grosso and other places) you can't decipher a word.
For me this station has been a favorite of mine since the mid 1980s. While I now have this service as an app on my phone, the rural Amazon probably has less reliable internet access. I'm sure this throwback station will disappear like so many others on SW, but I'll enjoy it while I can.
I think it will be around for a while. Rural states like Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Para, and similar areas probably only have cell service in the cities and towns and lots of people live in the Brazilian outback with little internet or dependable cell service, and the poverty level is also fairly high. FM can also only go so far in such regions. And EBC is a large national broadcaster.
When you listen to R. Amazonia's ID you'll hear the AM and FM frequencies for the network stations in Rio, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, and a few other large cities and regions of Brazil. A large company like EBC probably has the capital to keep the SW outlet on for a few more years. EBC is also apparently a government owned corporation, so it's more like the CBC than the way we Americans generally perceive a large national broadcaster.
Here is an article I found on the station.:
www.ondascurtas.com
When you listen to R. Amazonia's ID you'll hear the AM and FM frequencies for the network stations in Rio, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, and a few other large cities and regions of Brazil. A large company like EBC probably has the capital to keep the SW outlet on for a few more years. EBC is also apparently a government owned corporation, so it's more like the CBC than the way we Americans generally perceive a large national broadcaster.
Here is an article I found on the station.:
Visit to Rádio Nacional da Amazônia - Ondas Curtas
Facebook0TwitterPinterest0emailPrintRádio Nacional da Amazônia, the largest complex of medium transmitters and short wave transmitters in Latin America and the fifth most powerful transmitting station in the world. Brief Introduction to the History of “La Rádio Nacional da Amazônia” The Rádio...
www.ondascurtas.com
Here's that station ID, I happened to catch it last year and record it:
For those folks who might want to get back into SWLing what reasonable price receivers are recommended?From earlier today before bed, this Brazil based signal with 00KW beamed at .. i think 353 deg azimuth, with 100kw. 0830UTC in Alaska.. just slamming in like a ton of led crap bricks with an S9+45/SINPO 66666 signal!
For HF AM Mode, the ATS235 or the tecsun pl880, a loop antenna with a tuner and a pre amp.. i havent found any better combo over the years than these two radios and the extras to go with it.. an antenna with a tuner is a must, an amp helps... and these two radios are the most selective senitive ive found
Almost any Tecsun will work. Most modern SW digital portables that are CCrane, Tecsun, or even Sangean will work well off the whip, and/or a small (15-20 ft.) wire clipped to the whip, or plugged into the EXT antenna jack.
I hear the world with a Grundig G2, just off the whip. The DSP chip inside the radio is what makes the difference.
With DSP chips in all the new radios, hearing overseas stations on SW is a lot easier.
The main problem is RFI, and also the sunspot cycle is still a bit low, but there are nights and mornings that there is something to hear. SSB will get you into the ham bands, which sometimes have more activity.
I hear the world with a Grundig G2, just off the whip. The DSP chip inside the radio is what makes the difference.
With DSP chips in all the new radios, hearing overseas stations on SW is a lot easier.
The main problem is RFI, and also the sunspot cycle is still a bit low, but there are nights and mornings that there is something to hear. SSB will get you into the ham bands, which sometimes have more activity.
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