{"id":20853,"date":"2016-08-27T07:14:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20853"},"modified":"2018-08-28T06:32:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:32:44","slug":"brazilian-dx-heard-in-oxford-uk-with-venerable-sony-icf-2001d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/brazilian-dx-heard-in-oxford-uk-with-venerable-sony-icf-2001d\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian DX heard in Oxford UK, with venerable Sony ICF-2001D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/img.wallpaperfolder.com\/f\/78EB3BB1EE5F\/stock-photos-map-south-america.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"519\" \/>Hi there, I thought I would share some Brazilian\u00a0shortwave catches with you, obtained using my Sony ICF-2001D receiver and 200 metre experimental longwire. The first is Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paolo\u00a0on\u00a09645.4 kHz. This is a station that I&#8217;ve only heard once or twice previously, but was received with excellent signal clarity and strength recently, using my deployable longwire antenna. I would rate this station as <em>moderately<\/em> difficult to receive with reasonable discernibility. The second is\u00a0Radio Novo Tempo from Campo Grande, on\u00a04894.9 kHz. This station I would rate as <em>difficult<\/em> to hear with discernible audio. The key is always signal-to-noise, thus moving yourself out of the ubiquitous blanket of QRM most modern environments endure will usually achieve this and of course coupled with sufficient space outdoors to erect a larger antenna will hopefully also improve signal strength. My final video on this post is\u00a0Radio Nacional Brazilia on 6180 kHz. I would regard this station as quite <em>easy<\/em> to hear well; their effective TX power towards Europe is around 2 MW, however, outdoors, this station can literally boom in, with what might be perceived as local-AM signal strength. I hope you enjoy watching the videos and seeing\/ hearing what&#8217;s possible with a modest set-up. As for the Sony ICF-2001D? Well the design is more than 30 years old, but in my opinion at least, still one of the very best portable shortwave receivers ever manufactured. Thanks and 73.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bJDlHIbqgI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1bJDlHIbqgI\">Direct link to Oxford Shortwave Log for reception video of Radio Bandeirantes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zq1PQJPuoR4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zq1PQJPuoR4\">Direct link to Oxford Shortwave Log for reception video of Radio Novo Tempo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UaM3Zlp8GUk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UaM3Zlp8GUk\">Direct link to Oxford Shortwave Log for reception video of Radio\u00a0Nacional\u00a0Brazilia <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Clint Gouveia\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. Clint actively publishes videos of his shortwave radio excursions on his YouTube channel:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChtXnzopFIr6wTIA6QwIeLw\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford Shortwave Log<\/a>. Clint is based in Oxfordshire, England.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, I thought I would share some Brazilian\u00a0shortwave catches with you, obtained using my Sony ICF-2001D receiver and 200 metre experimental longwire. The first is Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paolo\u00a0on\u00a09645.4 kHz. This is a station that I&#8217;ve only heard once or twice previously, but was received with excellent signal clarity and strength recently, using my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3607,399,960,196,26,746,43,158,1167],"tags":[1594,145,1031,2224,968,2774,5363,4082,737,25,5409,4087,495,4453,181,5410],"class_list":["post-20853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-dxpeditions","category-international-broadcasting","category-qrm","category-radios","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-brazil","tag-dx","tag-dxing","tag-dxpedition","tag-elad","tag-fdm-duo","tag-longwire","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings","tag-shortwave-radios","tag-shorwave-antenna","tag-software-defined-radio","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-2001d","tag-south-america","tag-south-american-dx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20669,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/200m-longwire-update-rarely-heard-radio-tawantinsuyo-6173-9-khz-peru-recorded-in-oxford-uk\/","url_meta":{"origin":20853,"position":0},"title":"200m longwire update: rarely heard Radio Tawantinsuyo 6173.9 kHz, Peru, recorded in Oxford, UK","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"August 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I thought I would share my first reception of Radio Tawantinsuyo, from Cusco, Peru, recorded during the inaugural test of my 200 metre longwire antenna. Of course this \u00a0particular reception could be coincidence, but a very welcome catch in any case. 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The first is Radio Chaski Red Integridad from Urubamba Cusco, Peru, heard using an Elad FDM DUO and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RCRI","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RCRI-300x158.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20955,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/myanmar-radio-yangon-heard-in-oxford-uk-on-49-and-41-metres\/","url_meta":{"origin":20853,"position":2},"title":"Myanmar Radio, Yangon, heard in Oxford UK on 49 and 41 metres","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I thought some of the readers of SWLing post might be interested in my\u00a0reception of Mayanmar Radio, Yangon, during a late-night DX'pedition in Oxfordshire, UK. I managed to catch them on 5985 and 7200 kHz; the latter was a personal first and perhaps further confirmation that my 200\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Myanmar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Myanmar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20733,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/200-metre-longwire-radio-verdad-4054-9-khz-guatemala-unprecedented-reception-in-oxford-uk\/","url_meta":{"origin":20853,"position":3},"title":"200 metre longwire: Radio Verdad 4054.9 kHz, Guatemala, unprecedented reception in Oxford, UK","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Verdad, Chiquimula,\u00a0Guatemala is quite a regular catch at home, however,\u00a0their modulation is nearly always weak as the carrier\u00a0struggles to lift above the ubiquitous blanket of local QRM. 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