Medium wave signals from across the Atlantic Ocean: VOCM 590 kHz, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada @OxfordShortwaveLog

Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Hi there, VOCM is often the strongest transatlantic signal on medium wave - some of my copies over the years have been really superb. Here their signal is pretty good, peaking S9+.

Recorded in Oxford UK on 26/10/25 at 02:21 hrs UTC using an Icom IC-8600 and Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna via a Bonito?NTi AntennaJet RF splitter and GI1000 galvanic isolator.

Thanks for watching and 73.

Medium wave signals from across the Atlantic Ocean: VOCM 590 kHz, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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