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Here are some findings while operating on 160m.

2002

Beacons:

Fishing beacons can be very strong in the Baltic basin, especially during the solstice period.

Here´s one video taken during Stew Perry contest describing the harmful QRM especially in the
Japan DX window:  http://youtu.be/VwM1QrnxTw4

2014

Bad signal?
Here is an example from Step Perry 2014.
Two "fellow Scandinavians" blocked most of the band during the last hour of the contest.
+/- 20kHz splatters on both. Listen the video: http://youtu.be/H9AecJoFcCs