| 11725 | RNZ Pacific |  Rangitaiki |
English | Oceania | 17:59 | 19:58 | Everyday |
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No external antenna. I am experiencing the rhythmic swelling and fading of the New Zealand broadcast, which perfectly illustrates the atmospheric shifts my barebones analog Philips Sur Kiran (RL-205) is capturing tonight. Impressive for a 100 KW signal from 11,000 km away.
Where are you located? Apologies if it says somewhere. Not sure where I’d find it - tried to check your profile 
I’m located in Northeast India, my theory is that the late night darkness allows the Pacific broadcast to bounce thousands of kilometers to my location, where the silent electrical environment of my rural village lets me capture the faint signal perfectly.
Ah fine. Yes you have to follow the grey lines. Of course the stations know this, but you always hope to hear something outside the target area.
I live in a more built up area in the NW of England although they still call it a village - I’m not in a major town. I’m OK with noise levels most of the time but occasionally I get hit with bad interference. 
Good luck with your listening 
I do talk to a guy regularly on ham radio in New Zealand, but maybe I cheat a little with him as I use hybrid tech bridging via RF & the internet
Yes it’s quite interesting that signals completely outside of the target area of RNZ Pacific can be heard here in NE India, I checked using a WebSDR located in Southern India, couldn’t hear it.
I have just started this SWL thing recently, thinking about getting an XHDATA D808 but for now I’m using an old analog Philips radio.
Urban areas in India are usually RF dead zones, I don’t think I would be able to catch these distant signals without using any high end gear from a city at all.
Thanks for the wishes 