Sunday, 29 March 2026

Testing the Tecsun S2200X on single sideband shortwave signals: CHU Canada on 7850 and 3330 KHz

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NmJ26UQG8


So it appears that the frequency accuracy of the Tecsun S2200X is actually very good. So close, that it is impossible to check on AM. However, on sideband it reads 120 Hz up. Pretty good IMO. Recorded on 18/03/26 at 02:11 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors) via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter. Thanks for watching and 73.

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Medium wave signals from across the Atlantic Ocean: CFMB 1280 kHz, Montreal, Canada

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnuNL-YucG4


Hi there, only the 4th time I've copied CFMB...the last being in October 2025. Great to hear them again having spent only a few nights DXing on the MW band. Note the clear ID near the beginning of the video. Recorded in Oxford UK on 10/01/26 at 01:00 hrs UTC using an Icom IC-8600 and Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna via a Bonito?NTi AntennaJet RF splitter and GI1000 galvanic isolator. Thanks for watching and 73.

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

BBC Radio Wales 882 kHz and BBC Radio scotland 810 kHz both strong signals during the day in Oxford

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En5ZVE3LD3g

Hi there, long live Wales and Scotland on medium wave AM radio in the UK. I think they will last because there are very remote regions across those parts of the country. Recorded on 19/03/26 at 16:15 hrs UTC using a superb Yaesu FRG-7 and a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors). via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter. Thanks for watching and 73.

Monday, 23 March 2026

Antena Satelor from Brasov, Romania 153 kHz copied from Oxford UK in the afternoon at 16:45 hrs UTC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPtBGQwra0s

Hi there, great to hear Antena Satelor with multiple IDs in the afternoon from the UK. You can't hear them in the evenings any more - I miss the great folk music they used to play all night. Recorded on 05/01/26 using a Yaesu FRG-8800 and a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna, via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter and a GI1000 galvanic isolator. Thanks for watching and 73.


Sunday, 22 March 2026

Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz Bellbird interval signal & ID copied on the OG Yaesu FRG-7700

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDiSukoIkU8

Hi there, great to copy my favourite station on shortwave with one of the greats from the 1970s...the iconic FRG-7700. With an excellent reputation for MW DXing, this rig also performs on HF, but it makes me happy just looking at it lol. Recorded in Oxford UK on 18/12/25 at 10:59 hrs UTC using a Bonito/NTi MegaLoop FX antenna. Thanks for watching and 73.

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz Carriacou, Grenada on the vintage JRC NRD525

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWh4oI9rAI

Hi there, nice to copy this station in Grenada again - and they were kind enough to contact me via this channel, recently. Check out the recovered audio in the wide and narrower AM AF filter.


Recorded in Oxford UK on 05/12/25 at 01:15 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors) via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF spitter and GI1000 galvanic isolator.


Thanks for watching and 73.



Tuesday, 17 March 2026

What's left on medium wave? SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania 595 kHz Morocco

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51Fsl-hzZM

Good to hear Morocco represented so well on AM radio in both the longwave and medium wave bands. Their reported TX power is 50 kW and coming into Oxford quite nicely via the wonderful FRG-8800. Recorded on 19/11/25 at 01:28 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors) via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter and GI1000 galvanic isolator. Thanks for watching and 73.