Skegness Log: 2016-02-01 (MW)

1320 0331 VEN YVWP Radio Apolo, Turmero (arg) Short Radio Apolo sung jingle ID
              Fair  7627 km
1430 0332 PTR WNEL Radio Tiempo, Caguas (PR) Jingle ID with Radio Tiempo sung three times
              in succession Fair  6825 km **
1500 0335 VEN YVRZ Radio 2000 AM, Cumaná (suc) En Dos Mil, la ponche(?) y ocho minutos
              Fair  7396 km
1280 0400 PTR WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo (PR) Noti Uno ID heard in splatter Fair  6849 km
1440 0400 NCG YNRM Radio Maranatha, Managua (mng) A mention of Ríos de Agua Viva. This
              church and Radio Maranatha apparently have strong links - thank you to Mauricio
              Molano Sánchez for help with this.  Weak  8705 km **
1400 0404 CLM HJAS RCN Antena 2, Barranquilla (atl) Antena Dos IDs in promos. Thank you
              Mauricio Molano Sánchez for help with site. V weak  8049 km **

** Personal First (Skegness)

A good Latin American morning with stations only on the top half of the band.

Many stations heard - very few identified.

Some unusual frequencies were occupied and there were often two or three stations on some frequencies. Nice to hear clear DX on frequencies like 1340 and 1490. But luck did not go my way with the tops of each hour. Everything faded either at the wrong moment or during the gaps between songs. But luck was definitely going my way with Radio Maranatha on 1440 - my first reception of Nicaragua on medium wave and it's thanks to Mauricio Molano Sánchez in Salamanca for his help IDing the station.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.