[A-DX] #259 Reception in São Bernardo & Ibiuna SP, BRAZIL - September 28, 2020

[Rudolf Grimm]

#259 RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO & IBIUNA SP, BRAZIL – September 28, 2020
(+) São Bernardo: Rx - KiwiSDR (São Bernardo SP) + PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna.
(++) Ibiuna: Rx - Kenwood R-1000 + AOR LA-400 Antenna (indoor). 
(RG) - Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL
@ Brazilian stations: all in Portuguese. All times in UTC. 
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ANTARCTICA – ATA, 
15476 kHz USB: Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Spanish, 26/09 1627. Talk by 2 ladies, Argentinian songs. 35553 / 45554 (RG). The best signal from Base Esperanza in recent years. Fantastic! (++) 

BRAZIL – B, 
890 kHz: Radio Santa Cruz, Jequitinhonha MG, 22/09 2116. Advs Sorveteria Zero Grau ‘em Jequitinhonha’, id ‘Radio Santa Cruz’. 34543 (RG). (+)

FRANCE – F, 
15195 kHz: Deutsche Welle, via Issoudun, Hausa, 26/09 1400. Talk by male voice ‘Africa...’, interview. 35543 (RG). Tx w/165° Az to Africa. (++)

MADAGASCAR – MDG, 
15530 kHz: Adventist World Radio, via Talata-Volondry, Sinhala, 26/09 1405. Christian message by male voice, instrumental music. 35543 (RG). Tx w/65° Az to Asia. (++)

PHILIIPINES – PHL, 
15620 kHz: FEBC, Bocaue, Javanese, 26/09 1419. Talk by male voice, interview, Christian song. 35443 (RG). Tx w/64° Az to Asia. (++) 

THAILAND – THA, 
17880 kHz: Radio Azadi (R. Free Afghanistan), via Udon Thani, Dari, 26/09 1425. Typical instrumental music, News and talk by male & female voices. 35543 (RG). (++) 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – USA, 
21525 kHz: Radio Africa, via WRMI, Okeechobee, 26/09 1418. Male communication, mention to Africa. 25542 (RG). Tx w/100° Az to Africa. (++) 

UZBEKISTAN – UZB, 
12160 kHz: TWR India, via Dushanbe, Vasavi (?), 26/09 1345. Male voice communication, Christian song, message. 25522 (RG). Tx w/131° Az to India. (++) 
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I am setting up a radio shack at the house in my rural area cottage in ​​Ibiuna, 125 km from my home in São Bernardo. For now, they are experiments with internal antennas and some receivers. A place with dense forest, mountains, with an altitude above 900 m. The local is 8 km from Piedade, a small and cozy city, interior of the state of São Paulo. 
The quality of the reception is surprising. Step by step I am forming my technical opinion on which combinations of equipment (rx, ant int / ext, acc) should be definitively applied there. I have good options. The place is quite appropriate. With the advantage of being a rural region, the inhabitants sleep early to wake up very early the next day. They are predominantly farm workers. After the chickens climb on their perches to sleep, most residents are next to rest. That is to say, chances of better reception conditions. 73, rg