Hi Walt,

I can confirm your antipode DX experience(s).

I use my qth in Eastern Thailand a couple of months per year. The calculated antipode location of my qth is close to Lima, Peru.

I discovered:
1. daily window to 60 mB Peruvians around 1100/2300 UT year round, best in Feb./March.
2. The maximum lasts up to 30 minutes with extraordinary signal level.
3. Still unclear: The diameter of this antipode spot, I expect not more than 300-500 km.
4. Seems to work excellent on 60m, tried mediumwave without success so far.

As Wolfgang mentioned the couple New Zealand <--> Central/Western Europe has been observed often.

The antipode location of most of "us" is in the middle of nowhere, where is no AM tx.

Example Radio Quillabamba 5025 kHz, rec. in THL, Perseus SDR + EWE:
https://www.uvolk.de/recent/20220212_1055_5025.mp3

73, Uwe.

Deine Nachricht von Freitag, 11. November 2022 23:51 Uhr Weltzeit (UT) lautete:

> Here's an example of what I've experienced. First, back in the early
> 1980s, during the height of the Cold War, my wife and I spent 6 weeks in
> New Zealand. All I brought along was a tiny analogue Sony SW portable.
> With only the whip, Radio Liberty came booming in, at local level. That
> was a head-scratcher, as back in Canada, it was a real DX target, and
> always battling Soviet jamming. There wasn't a hint of the latter in New
> Zealand. Poking around a globe, I realized that all signals from Spain
> (the former site of most of the RL transmitters to the FSU were located)
> were heading towards me at the antipode in New Zealand. Another example
> was in Maui. In the late afternoon, Radio Botswana on 60 meters would be
> very well heard with a simple length of wire. Again, the Hawaiian Islands
> are approximately antipodal to that region of southern Africa. 73, Walt

> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:28 AM Wolfgang Bueschel <dg1sbn@t-online.de>
> wrote:

>> FYI
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes_Islands
>>
>> https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/new-zealand
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Stuart Heathcock <satnipper@pinner.myzen.co.uk>
>> *To:* bdxc-news@groups.io
>> *Sent:* Friday, November 11, 2022 12:39 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [bdxc-news] RNZ Pacific schedule change today
>>
>> NZ is antipodal from UK isn’t it?
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11 Nov 2022, at 10:28, Peter Jones <jonesypeter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've always wondered why is RNZ such an easy catch in the UK? My simple
>> mind would expect it to be impossible. Is it the raw power, or some strange
>> mega treble bounce? Thanks
>>

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Unfortunately the antipodes of most of N America is in the southern Indian Ocean lacking SW - or any - transmitters. Closest landmass is Madagascar. Will have to wait another few aeons for continental drift in our favour?

For anyone not clear about this, signals going out in any/all direxions are going to converge at the exact opposite point on the globe.

Glenn

On Saturday, November 12, 2022, 01:23:34 AM GMT+1, Volodya S <canswl@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's an example of what I've experienced. First, back in the early 1980s, during the height of the Cold War, my wife and I spent 6 weeks in New Zealand. All I brought along was a tiny analogue Sony SW portable. With only the whip, Radio Liberty came booming in, at local level. That was a head-scratcher, as back in Canada, it was a real DX target, and always battling Soviet jamming. There wasn't a hint of the latter in New Zealand. Poking around a globe, I realized that all signals from Spain (the former site of most of the RL transmitters to the FSU were located) were heading towards me at the antipode in New Zealand. Another example was in Maui. In the late afternoon, Radio Botswana on 60 meters would be very well heard with a simple length of wire. Again, the Hawaiian Islands are approximately antipodal to that region of southern Africa. 73, Walt

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:28 AM Wolfgang Bueschel <dg1sbn@t-online.de> wrote:

FYI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes_Islands

https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/new-zealand

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Heathcock
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] RNZ Pacific schedule change today

NZ is antipodal from UK isn’t it?

Stuart

> On 11 Nov 2022, at 10:28, Peter Jones <jonesypeter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've always wondered why is RNZ such an easy catch in the UK? My simple mind would expect it to be impossible. Is it the raw power, or some strange mega treble bounce? Thanks

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Lugo, Spain
Log in Lugo
Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters
NIGERIA, 7254.9, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja Lugbe, *0556-0610, 12-11, open 
with song, interval signal, at 0601 Vernacular, comments. 25422.

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I think that the same happens with the Muslim preacher of 6300u . Right now 0738 12/11 i herd him with -100dbm in canary Island and -106dbm in ...Maui as usual
is somenoen has any other explanation please let me know

On Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 02:52:48 AM GMT+2, Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:

Unfortunately the antipodes of most of N America is in the southern Indian Ocean lacking SW - or any - transmitters. Closest landmass is Madagascar. Will have to wait another few aeons for continental drift in our favour?

For anyone not clear about this, signals going out in any/all direxions are going to converge at the exact opposite point on the globe.

Glenn

On Saturday, November 12, 2022, 01:23:34 AM GMT+1, Volodya S <canswl@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's an example of what I've experienced. First, back in the early 1980s, during the height of the Cold War, my wife and I spent 6 weeks in New Zealand. All I brought along was a tiny analogue Sony SW portable. With only the whip, Radio Liberty came booming in, at local level. That was a head-scratcher, as back in Canada, it was a real DX target, and always battling Soviet jamming. There wasn't a hint of the latter in New Zealand. Poking around a globe, I realized that all signals from Spain (the former site of most of the RL transmitters to the FSU were located) were heading towards me at the antipode in New Zealand. Another example was in Maui. In the late afternoon, Radio Botswana on 60 meters would be very well heard with a simple length of wire. Again, the Hawaiian Islands are approximately antipodal to that region of southern Africa. 73, Walt

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:28 AM Wolfgang Bueschel <dg1sbn@t-online.de> wrote:

FYI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes_Islands

https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/new-zealand

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Heathcock
To: bdxc-news@groups.io
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] RNZ Pacific schedule change today

NZ is antipodal from UK isn’t it?

Stuart

> On 11 Nov 2022, at 10:28, Peter Jones <jonesypeter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've always wondered why is RNZ such an easy catch in the UK? My simple mind would expect it to be impossible. Is it the raw power, or some strange mega treble bounce? Thanks

 
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NEW ZEALAND  13755 kHz new actual fq selection of R NZ Pacific,
heard 07.07 UT US pop singer Bob Dylan (Literature Nobel Price winner)
performed song, excellent free fq channel;
see Perseus net SDR signals
S=9+5dB in Tokyo - S=8 in Hiroshima JAP, S=8 signal in Alberta-CAN.
S=7 fluttery in Finland, S=9+5dB in Switzerland, S=7 in Poland,
S=8-9 in Nuremberg Amberg Bavaria DARC unit, S=7 in Netherlands.
13760 kHz, empty channel,
13750 kHz S=8-9 CRI Kunming CHN Mandarin 6-8 UT. no problem QRM.
73 wb  df5sx
wwdxc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: R.F.Butterfield

Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] RNZ Pacific & exceptional propagation today/tonight (UTC
Nov. 12, 2022)
Coming in here as well in Columbia, MD, through the noise at S6/7 level.with
fades (Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR; antenna 28m longwire with 9:1 Unun)
Thanks for the tip Ricky!
Bob Butterfield
Columbia, MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ricky Leong

Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] RNZ Pacific & exceptional propagation today/tonight (UTC
Nov. 12, 2022)
(Before anyone asks WTFK: RNZ Pacific was on 15720 kHz.)
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