{"id":59116,"date":"2024-02-27T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T22:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59116"},"modified":"2024-02-29T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:42:25","slug":"my-favorite-shortwave-station-and-a-story-of-radio-waves-connecting-people-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/my-favorite-shortwave-station-and-a-story-of-radio-waves-connecting-people-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Shortwave Station and a Story Of Radio Waves Connecting People Across The Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Radio Nacional Brazil staff & reception of the Amazonias shortwave service in Alaska!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by Paul Walker, Program Director Of KSKO 89.5 McGrath, Alaska\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I moved up to McGrath for 2 reasons, the job and DX’ing! Some people move here because they’re outdoorsy types.. hunting, fishing or etc but not me. I knew from previous experience in Galena, Alaska that DXing here would be amazing so after a 3 year absence<\/p>\n

I have done AM DX, but am mainly doing SW DX now and while I’ve used a few radios over the years, this is my current radio, the long silver rectangular TEF6686. It’s coupled with a 15 foot Wellbrook loop, DXEngineering Preamp and an EmTech ZM2<\/p>\n

I quickly discovered Radio Nacional de Amazonias service broadcasting from near Brasilia to the Amazon region of Brazil. They use 100,000 Watts on 6180khz and 11780khz. 6180 is listed on Short-wave.info as beaming at 344 degrees and 11780 is listed as 0 degrees, which could be interpreted as 360\/1 deg, straight up or Non Directional.. neither of which appears to be true according to a map I’ve seen in a few places<\/p>\n

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(from Timm Breyel’s blog, https:\/\/shortwavedxer.blogspot.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It would appear the 6180khz service is beamed at about 355 degrees and the 11780khz service is beamed at about 345 degrees.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I quickly came to like this station because, even though it’s all in Portuguese, a language I neither speak nor really understand.. it’s quite lively and entertaining. Wether it’s a futbol match, with the announcer holding the “GOOOOAAAAALLLLL” scream for 10-20 seconds, a radio play\/drama (Yes, really!) or an interactive show with listener comments and music, it’s a FUN listen and you get the sense that the audience likes the station!<\/p>\n

Here’s a short 3 clip montage of some excited futbol announcers on Radio Nacional de Amazonias 11780khz recorded from my Alaska QTH as they excitedly proclaim “GOAAAAALLLL”<\/p>\n