Despite a very busy schedule aboard ship, I’ve still managed to spend a few minutes DXing from our balcony, using my simple Qodosen SR-286 portable, fed via an old spool antenna from Grundig.
Last weekend was actually very good later in the evening while burthed at Warnemunde, Germany.
Here’s what was heard on and MW 10 May 2024 from 19:20 UTC
756: SRR Romania at good level
855: RNE with soccer play by play at good level. Many // noted including 909, 1107, 1152, 1179, and possibly 945.
927: WMR as described above (5930 World Music Radio, Denmark with Spanish vocals at good/very good level. // to 927 at excellent level with WMR ID at 19:20 UTC (and only 0.3 kW).
999: Moldova Radio Rossii at very good level in Russian
1170: presumed Radio Capodistria, Slovenia with EZL music at good/very good level
1278: UR1 Kurisove at very good level
1323: Presumed SRR with English oldies at good level, and // I think, to 1332 and 1404 and 1530
1440: very good level with English pop music. Probably Radio 208, Denmark with only 600 watts.
1548 Moldova TWR programming at very good level.
13 May (tonight) Leaving Helsinki, enroute to Stockholm:
1053 Radio Maria, St Petersburg at very good level at 16:03 with monotonous rambling by a single YL
684 Radio Radonezh, St Petersburg with similar programming to above, but not in //. Also very strong.
1035 Radio Eli, Estonia Russian religious programming. Very good level.
Otherwise, a blank on the MW dial at this time (7:00 PM local)
73, from the high seas…. Walt Salmaniw to WOR iog (2024-05-13)