Worst night EVER on SW band!!!!!

[crainbebo]

This is the worst night EVER on Shortwave!!!! These are the only stations I got on the WHOLE Shortwave!!

120-60 meters: fuggitaboutit. Those bands were RIDDLED with noise everywhere, even on WWV (5 mHz), which I could not pick up at ALL.
49 meters
5950: Taiwan, however it is VERY faint
5975: Radio Netherlands, extrememly faint
6060: Radio Habana Cuba, only strong signal on the WHOLE SW, only a fair signal
6090: Carribbean Beacon, fuggitaboutit
6165: Netherlands, very weak

41-13 meters: fuggitaboutthewholething!

-crainbebo

 

[bgrn198]

I tried shortwave the other night and couldn't get anything either

 

[gr8oldies]

Solar activity and aurora will take a toll on shortwave as well. I remember many years ago trying to work a Cuban on CW on the 40 meter ham band, I could hear the Cuban just fine, no one else was coming back to him but he obviously couldn't hear me.

 

[crainbebo]

I went outside to my backyard and here's what I got with no noise.

90 meters
3145: WWRB, very, very faint
3185: WWRB, faint
3215: WWCR, poor
3330: CHU time signal, very poor
3350: Radio Exterior De Espana, very poor

60 meters
5000: WWV, very poor
5025: Radio Rebelde, poor
5050: WWRB, very poor
5070: WWCR, poor-fair

49 meters
5745: WWRB, poor
5810: WEWN (Spanish), poor-fair
5875: WHRI (World Harvest), fair-good
5890: WWCR, fair
5935: WWCR Gene Scott, fair
5940: something very faint but couldn't decipher well
5950: Taiwan (Chinese), fair
5960: very poor
5965: Radio Habana Cuba, poor-fair
5975: Radio Netherlands, fair-good
6000: Radio Habana Cuba, poor-fair
6030: Radio Marti, poor
6060: Radio Habana Cuba, good
6090: Carribbean Beacon, fair
6110: Radio Habana Cuba, good-very good
6120: Radio Habana Cuba, fair-good
6130: very poor
6165: Radio Netherlands, fair-good
6185: Radio Educacion, very poor

41 meters
7335: Voice of Russia (Spanish), fair

Nothing else was recieved on the whole SW.

-crainbebo

 

[dxho]

So of course I had to try... Antenna is a ~150' wire strung in the trees, long side facing 135°, no balun, coax into the garage, listening on a Drake R8. Very quiet on most bands- sometimes the noise floor is right at S1.

Basically, this was some of the better listening conditions I've had recently, while we're enjoying the mid-Atlantic "snow storm of the decade". I normally don't get stuff above 31 meters at night, especially when most stations leave the air late, but there were quite a few out tonight.

90 meters, same as you.

60 meters, quite a few. Didn't bother with 41 meters
4885 Radio Club de Para, a whole 1kw, weak
4915 Radio Difusora weak but solid
4985 Radio Brazil Central weak
4990 Radio Manantial, I think, very weak
5025 Radio Rebelde, strong but wavering
5045 Radio Guaruja, I think, fair
5070 WWCR +15 over S9

49 meters
5745 WYFR +3
5865 Radio Algerriene S8
5875 WHRI
5890 WWCR +20
5915 Deutsche Welle S8 but noisy
5925 Radio France
5935 WWCR
5950 Radio Taiwan via WYFR
5955 Radio Nederland
5965 Radio Exterior Espana
etc

31 meters
9410 BBC
etc

25 meters
11530 WYFR
11580 WYFR
11605 Radio France S4 but clear (100 kw from SAfrica, not 500kw from France)
11725 Radio New Zealand
11760 Radio Habana +15
11790 Radio Romania
11830 Radio France
etc

8 stations above 25m

22 meters
13630 Radio Australia
13690 Radio Australia

19 meters
15160 Radio Australia S8
15240 Radio Australia S4
15255 Channel Africa
15290 Radio Australia S3

16 meters
17710 China Radio Intl S7
17880 Radio Free Asia, I think, S2

 

[bgrn198]

I just use the antenna on my Realistic DX-440

 

[FreddyE1977]

Martians?
North Korean Jamming??
Project HAARP???