Voice of Zimbabwe 4828 kHz received in Germany on Sony ICF-2001D

[pesnyaozemle]

Great catch ! Recently Zimbabwe on 4828 is also audible in Japan but signal is even worse than yours.

[senderjaeger]

@pesnyaozemle Thanks! Although Zimbabwe is heard quite often here, it has become a rather hard catch since they use 10 kW only. Usually, the signal is too weak to understand anything. I remember the times when ZBC was booming in on 3306 and 4828 kHz around 1995 with their new 100 kW transmitters...

[MARKGM20877]

Great catch with the 2001D it really is impressive the low noise floor you get with the 30m longwire I remember reading somewhere about how east the 2001D can get its sensitivity damaged when connected to a big antenna it would be best to make sure there is no storms but having said that I take that precaution with all my equipment keep the videos coming cheers Mark

[senderjaeger]

@MARKGM20877 Thanks Mark... This DXpedition was the first time that I tested the 2001D with a longwire antenna. I had to switch on the attenuator because without it, the Sony overloaded heavily, even with 10 m of wire. With the wire extended to 30 m, the signals were just about right with the attenuator switched on. I think in the future I'll use the 2001D only with the telescopic antenna. The Sangean 909X copes much better with longwires. Cheers Matthias