Friday, 17 April 2026

Radio New Zealand Pacific 13690 kHz coming into Oxford UK strongly this morning on the Yaesu FRG-100

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xpwnUps8w

Hi there, great to hear RNZP at S9+ this morning before work! It literally never gets old hearing signals so well from the other side of the planet! Recorded on 17/04/26 at 06:45 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna. Thanks for watching and 73.







Thursday, 16 April 2026

Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz Carriacou, Grenada on the Tecsun S2200X...proper MW DX!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyQOoxKm8W4


Hi there, this is turning out to be a great radio. Portable, of course, but large enough to use as a table-top receiver, with excellent audio, good audio bandwidth filtering and excellent sensitivity on an external antenna. I wonder how good it is on shortwave?! Recorded in Oxford UK on 15/01/25 at 00:54 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna, plugged into the external LW/MW antenna socket. Thanks for watching and 73.




Wednesday, 15 April 2026

What's left of medium wave? Radio Keralam 1476 kHz, United Arab Emirates copied with the S2200X

 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQb40qxXb8

Hi there, this is a decent example of DX, demonstrating that the Tecsun S2200X is a very capable receiver on medium wave, if you use a decent antenna! Recorded on 14/01/26 at 01:25 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors). Thanks for watching and 73.

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

What's left on medium wave? ERT News Radio 729 kHz, Athína/Agios Stefanos, Greece copied on S2200X

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCVGjRymQTo

Hi there, this is a first copy for me - great to hear this station on a new radio, even though it was a difficult signal to receive. Recorded in Oxford UK on 13/01/26 at 02:05 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors). Thanks for watching and 73.




Monday, 13 April 2026

Antena 1 Portugal various TX locations copied on 630, 666 and 720 kHz using the Tecsun S2200X

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_02LNNsuA

Hi there, Portugal don't have a huge presence on medium wave these days, but there's still some stuff to listen to from that great country! Nicely handled by the S2200X. Recorded in Oxford UK on 13/01/26 at 01:59 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors). Thanks for watching and 73.




Sunday, 12 April 2026

The woods I used to use DX from in West Oxfordshire have changed a lot

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFFJNF0LH0


Hi there, I went for a mooch with my Sony ICF-SW100 yesterday. The woods are so different these days. A lot of trees were blown over in the various storms over the years and so there's been a lot of planting - which is good. I keep saying I'll take the time to do more DXing there, but I never get around to it. This year!!!! Thanks for watching and 73.





Saturday, 11 April 2026

Testing the Tecsun S2200X on single sideband shortwave: Trenton military VOLMET 6754 kHz USB, Canda

 This is the first time I've copied Trenton VOLMET on this frequency since my trip to the USA in the summer of 2024. Copied them well in Pittsburgh and Houston...back on the other side of the 'pond' it's a bit more of the challenge. The S2200X held up well.

Recorded on 18/03/26 at 02:25 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors) via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter. Thanks for watching and 73.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fozt2Fx3Lh4