Transatlantic DX: US “daytimers”
As we move towards Autumn in Europe I have noticed the first signs of US daytimer stations:
1530    WVBF Talking Information Network  2255utc 1/9/26
1590    WHGT (probably) Christian programming cut power mid programme  0015 1/9/26
Both on the BDMR but I think these were either on the Asian or S American Beverages (I don’t think the N Am Beverage was active).
This a good sign because the 2^nd half of September is usually the better time for catching stations before they power down.

73 Steve Whitt to MWCircle iog (2026-09-02)

Summer solstice bandscan 2026.
Woke up this morning, thinking “Filesystemcheck! Forgot the bandscan last night!” and then remembered the solstice was today.
Got outside at about 2340Z to dry and cool-ish weather, a change from rainy last week. Hoping for a warm July.
The LW band… Do I even need to mention that anymore, with the Usual Suspects still being a trio?
The MW band… Barely audible from 531 kHz until R. Wales on 882 kHz. Wales and TalkSport (1053/1089 kHz) were the only stations listenable on the Panny tranny.And that was the lot of it.

Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2026-06-22)

Spring Bandscan
I got outside with the Panny tranny about 23Z. The weather was clear, windy and c-c-c-cold… I barely made it through one pass on the MW band.

The three remaining ‘usual suspects’ were audible on the LW band, as was Algiers. I think the MW band must have dropped in strength in the minute or two it took me to walk down the stairs and out onto the parking lot. Apart from the suddenly-weak Brits, I caught a Spanish station (I can’t remember the frequency) and what was most likely the Moldovan on 1413 kHz.

Reynir Stefansson (2026-03-21)

I was in Santander North of Spain 
BBC RADIO 4 on 198khz was very poor night time 
BBC RADIO Scotland on 810 was good  night time 
RADIO XL from Birmingham 0n 1296khz was very good  night time 
Lyca RADIO from London on 1458khz  was ok night time 
All 4 RADIO stations above are not available in daylight hours.
All RADIO stations was checked on 16th March 2026 at 22:20pm at McDonald’s car park.

Tariq Hanif (2026-03-18)

In the last two weeks, I was on the Dutch isle of Curaçao, just north of Venezuela.
I did a few quick bandscans in the local evening (around 20-21 PM local time). The MW band was extremely full, with one or more stations on almost every frequency. This is what I could identify:

570 RN de Colombia (100 kW, Bógota)
590 Radio Santa Maria, (10 kW, La Vega, Colombia)
600 WYEL (pres.) in Puerto Rico
660 An unknown American station
760 Unknown, identifying as The Good News
770 La FM (pres.) from Bógota, Colombia
780 presumed Colombian station (R Viva?)
800 TWR Bonaire
820 Caracol Colombia
1350 Very strong signal identifying as Candelita 7
1480 religious station
1660 unknown station
1680 unknown station
My receiver was an XH-Data 880.

Perhaps this is useful to someone.

Herman Boel to MWCircle iog (2026-01-11)

Winter solstice bandscan
I didn’t make it outside until 0330Z. I fell asleep.
For December, the weather was good. Dry, cloudy, slight breeze.
First LW: The Gang of Three came in with a good signal. Nothing else unusual that I could hear.
As for MW, signals were weak. I could hear the Brits, poorly, and that was it.

Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2025-12-22)

Autumn Equinox Bandscan
I didn’t remember to skip outside with the radio until one after midnight. The weather was dry and chilly, plus some aurorae to the north.
The LW band had France, UK and Poland, and a weak signal on 252kHz, presumably Algiers.
The MW band had the big British stations and an assortment of Spanish stations. The Brits were not at their strongest. Auroral influence?
Well, that’s it for now.

Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2025-09-23)

A very pleasant surprise to hear Algeria on 252 coming in loud and clear playing lots of Jazz currently. It is 1 hour after sunset local. Report from 01:30 to 02:00 UTC.  If it were not for summer static it would be well worth recording.
Also an even nicer surprise was to hear BBC-R4 on 198 still coming in very nicely !!!!!!!  TDF on 162 was strong as horse-radish (as always). 171 has a nice strong carrier and very nice modulation. No signs of Poland on 225 or Algeria on 153.  73 

Gedas, W8BYA to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2025-08-07)

Summer solstice bandscan 2025

I went outside shortly after midnight in good, calm weather, if foggy.

On LW I heard Allouis and Radio 4, the latter probably for the last time. There was also a signal from Algiers on 252 kHz, varying in strength.MW was also quite variable, though only Talk Sport (1053 and 1089 kHz) was of decent strength. The other Brits were weaker, and R. Scotland (and 810 kHz) plain inaudible. A few stations from further abroad (Spain and C. Europe) would appear and disappear as I made round after round along the band.

Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2025-06-21)