Great DXing on the Qodosen SR-286: ORTM Radio Mali, KNLS Alaska, WMV Wiluna, EWTN

I had a very fruitful DXing session on my Qodosen SR-286 last night, 24 February 2024. Some entirely new catches and some nice and improved catches of stations that I have caught before.

A strange catch here is WMV Wiluna, the Australian maritime weather service from Western Australia, on 6230 kHz. It is transmitted in USB mode, but received clearly and fully understandably here. I also heard the teletype signal from the US Airforce Base in Maryland on 12015 kHz.

I heard some talking on the Radio New Zealand frequency, 11725 kHz, very weak, but the first time ever that I have heard anything on this frequency. Also a nice and relatively clear catch of ORTM Radio Mali on 9635 kHz, an extremely rare catch for me. It comes from a 50 kW transmitter in Bamako. Another rare catch for me is EWTN Catholic Radio on 12050 kHz from Alabama in the United States.

The three Voice of Vietnam transmissions on 11885 kHz are all targeted at Europe, but received nicely in South Africa. You can also hear HCJB Radio Akhbar Mufriha on 7300 kHz, a station that transmits for only 15 minutes at a time, to Morocco and the Sahara.

This video shows some highlights of the DXing session, mostly I don't show the very strong and usual signals, this is more about unusual and rarer catches for me, here at my location in Johannesburg, South Africa. I do show NHK on 11910 kHz, usually nice and strong at my location, so that you can also hear what stronger signals sound like on the Qodosen.

All received with a 10 metre (27 feet) wire, attached to the whip antenna and stretched outside.

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00:00 Fruitful DXing session
01:56 KNLS from Anchor Point, Alaska (infrequent catch)
04:20 ORTM Radio Mali, from Bamako (very rare catch)
06:41 Weak Radio New Zealand International (new catch)
06:55 Possibly World Music Radio, extremely weak (new catch)
07:15 Radio Free North Korea from Uzbekistan (new frequency catch)
08:52 Voice of Vietnam in French
10:18 HCJB Akhbar Mufriha, from Woofferton (rare catch)
11:55 Voice of Vietnam in Spanish
13:21 NHK from Yamata, Japan
14:07 Radio Marti from Greenville, NC
14:57 US Navy from AFB, Maryland
15:09 EWTN from Alabama (rare catch)
16:16 WWCR from Nashville, Tenessee (new frequency catch)
16:27 VOV English sing-on and jingles
17:22 VMW Wiluna from Australia, 6230 kHz (weird catch)
19:50 Bangkok Volmet 6676 kHz