Shortwave is alive in Africa.
I did a bandscan at 1330 UTC which is 3.30 p.m. in the mid afternoon,
about
the worst possible time to look for shortwave.
These are the stations I logged clearly per band:
21 Mhz band - 9 received of which 1 were English
17 Mhz band - 11 received of which 3 were English
15 Mhz band - 18 received of which 4 were English
13 Mhz band - 11 received of which 1 were English
11/12 Mhz band - 30 received of which 5 were English
9 Mhz band - 28 received of which 4 were English
5/6/7 Mhz bands - 2 received of which 1 was English
Total all SW bands 103 stations of which 19 were English.
Some had nice music.

In the evening after dark when shortwave conditions are at there best,
the
number of stations possible here would be double the above numbers.

So shortwave is alive and well in Africa with plenty of interesting
stuff to
listen to.

Have fun and enjoy your shortwave radio

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whip
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

On Feb 11, 9:15*am, wrote:
Shortwave is alive in Africa.
I did a bandscan at 1330 UTC which is 3.30 p.m. in the mid afternoon,
about
the worst possible time to look for shortwave.
These are the stations I logged clearly per band:
21 Mhz band - 9 received of which 1 were English
17 Mhz band - 11 received of which 3 were English
15 Mhz band - 18 received of which 4 were English
13 Mhz band - 11 received of which 1 were English
11/12 Mhz band - 30 received of which 5 were English
9 Mhz band - 28 received of which 4 were English
5/6/7 Mhz bands - 2 received of which 1 was English
Total all SW bands 103 stations of which 19 were English.
Some had nice music.

In the evening after dark when shortwave conditions are at there best,
the
number of stations possible here would be double the above numbers.

So shortwave is alive and well in Africa with plenty of interesting
stuff to
listen to.

Have fun and enjoy your shortwave radio

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whiphttp://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

And dead everywhere else...

IBOCcrock wrote:

On Feb 11, 9:15 am, wrote:
Shortwave is alive in Africa.
I did a bandscan at 1330 UTC which is 3.30 p.m. in the mid afternoon,
about
the worst possible time to look for shortwave.
These are the stations I logged clearly per band:
21 Mhz band - 9 received of which 1 were English
17 Mhz band - 11 received of which 3 were English
15 Mhz band - 18 received of which 4 were English
13 Mhz band - 11 received of which 1 were English
11/12 Mhz band - 30 received of which 5 were English
9 Mhz band - 28 received of which 4 were English
5/6/7 Mhz bands - 2 received of which 1 was English
Total all SW bands 103 stations of which 19 were English.
Some had nice music.

In the evening after dark when shortwave conditions are at there best,
the
number of stations possible here would be double the above numbers.

So shortwave is alive and well in Africa with plenty of interesting
stuff to
listen to.

Have fun and enjoy your shortwave radio

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whiphttp://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

And dead everywhere else...

Oh come on... always something out there to hear.

dxAce wrote:

IBOCcrock wrote:

On Feb 11, 9:15 am, wrote:
Shortwave is alive in Africa.
I did a bandscan at 1330 UTC which is 3.30 p.m. in the mid afternoon,
about
the worst possible time to look for shortwave.
These are the stations I logged clearly per band:
21 Mhz band - 9 received of which 1 were English
17 Mhz band - 11 received of which 3 were English
15 Mhz band - 18 received of which 4 were English
13 Mhz band - 11 received of which 1 were English
11/12 Mhz band - 30 received of which 5 were English
9 Mhz band - 28 received of which 4 were English
5/6/7 Mhz bands - 2 received of which 1 was English
Total all SW bands 103 stations of which 19 were English.
Some had nice music.

In the evening after dark when shortwave conditions are at there best,
the
number of stations possible here would be double the above numbers.

So shortwave is alive and well in Africa with plenty of interesting
stuff to
listen to.

Have fun and enjoy your shortwave radio

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whiphttp://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx
And dead everywhere else...

Oh come on... always something out there to hear.

I think I've been picking up a station out of Morocco, at least. Which
is pretty good considering my tiny portable with a random length of
speaker wire draped over the frozen patio furniture, around the corner
and over the side of the balcony. And I did get the lightest whisper of
what I thought was something out of The Gabon. Just a snippet of French
around the time that my Passport said might be Radio Gabonaise.

Totally unconfirmed. Sorry I don't have frequencies. My logbook is not
handy.
--
clvrmnky

Direct replies to this address will be blacklisted. Replace "spamtrap"
with my name to contact me directly.