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KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

WOBBLE ON 930:

I was looking through a hard drive for something, and found one of my overnight files. Remember those days?? It is about 5 or 6 hours of 930. So I had a quick listen, and there as plain as day is the Cuban warbler. Exactly as we have heard in recent months. I don't even have the date listed in the log book of the day. I wonder if the file has gone unlistened to?? The date was 2nd April 2005.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2009:

WEB STREAMS ADDED TO AUDIO PAGE:

That is another 18 clips of web streams added tonight to the audio page, Remember they are clearly marked with a red (WEB STREAM CLIP). Tnx to David Hamilton for 13 of the clips. The 14th has to be redone...

 

 

BLAST FROM THE PAST:

Remember the ILR stations used to go off for the night, and they jammed the band with tones?? Remember the tests the IBA used to make, prior to handing over to the programmers? I have some in the archives, but here are just three I have found tonight.

 

810906_2341bst_96.2fm_ilr_ayr_test.mp3

811011_0929_bst_1035_ilr_ayr.mp3

810714_1748_1035_ilr_aberdeen_test_(long clip, 1.2 meg).mp3

 

 

MW TRANSATLANTIC DX - IS THAT IT THEN??

It is these words, I hear echoing around the shack this past week, as we enter the doldrums again. Is that the show over? Luckily we can not reliably predict MW propagation any better than NASA can predict the solar cycle. So we do not really know what is in front of us for December.

Last winter, there was a long slump through most of December to late January that could be called very average at best. Never a day went past though, that there was nothing from across the Atlantic to be heard. Not one day. I don't mean a weak WBBR and WWKB, I mean signals were usually strong, but only the common so called "East Coasters" were being heard daily. AK was well heard however in early December, so surely the band has not simply died off already?? We are mere days away though from December.

A few years ago we had a prolonged period of weeks when there was virtually no dx at all being heard. Was it 2004, 2005 or 2006, or more than once, I can't recall. I think in late 2007, just after I received the Perseus rx, the band took such a tumble, that it was many days before I could get a chance to use the receiver in anger. It may have stretched into weeks. And even then, I recall that the best of the season was by that time, well and truly over.

I still have a number of the first recordings made with Perseus from that time. It seems strange now to hear RTE, ORF, BIG L, 560 CHVO, 920 CJCH, 780 KIX, and any others that have left the AM band or changed calls and names. These wideband recordings will become more and more interesting as the years tick past.

But look on the bright side. If the present doledrums continue, I can get many hours of listening pleasure trawling through the files recorded on the very favourable days of the last few weeks. And think of the drive space I will save by quickly deleting all the overnight files I make when the band is poor.

I seem to recall in years gone by, that mid winter was a traditionally exciting time, especially between Christmas and New Year for DX. I also remember missing the AK day heard by my DX neighbour Paul C in Troon around 1996, due to being away from the receivers. AK hrd on a standard box loop in mid winter here in SW Scotland, incredible. But the last few years have been barely worth listening to at the holiday season.

Or maybe I am wearing those famous "rose tinted glasses", and really the facts are somewhat different. Was the good dx heard simply because some spare time was usually available for DXing during the holiday season, and the band was no different to that of today? There was no wideband recording technique then, and dxing was all "LIVE". Was the band lively with stations such as WJR and WMVP or WBBM and WYLL but we saw these as rarer dx stations back then and not the "common every day" stuff as I would describe them today?? Maybe aye, maybe no. But let's hope we can get some really hot dx conditions in the mid winter this year. It would be nice.

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - WEDNESDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

AUDIO CLIPS PAGE:

My old audio clips page has been taken off the main menu. It can still be found under the complete site index, but it will not be modified. Clips worthy of keeping on the site are transferred to the new page.

Davie up the road and myself are both pushing on with the web stream recording project. As expected, offers of assistance have been almost zero. I have had an offer of help from another fellow Scot, and that's it. Maybe it's to do with that infamous game at Wembley?? lol.

Anyway, the biggest difficulty is getting web streams that work. I almost feel like I am running out of stations to record already. If the web streams are not down, then they are not available here in the UK. It is an uphill battle. But the project is coming on.

If anyone is wondering why the appeal for help the other day desired .wav files of CD quality, it is so that the MP3 files can all be made with the same high but variable bitrate and using the same software. Have a look around the web and see the shockingly poor bit rate many dxers use for clips. I know many streams sound like bad real audio anyway, but I simply want to preserve the best audio possible.

 

DX ON THE BANDS:

I deleted many of the files from this week very quickly. Although the band has provided DX every day, it has been very poor and noisy compared to the opening of last week. There has been little to inspire, bar on Sunday night, when a few unusual stations popped up.

Daytimer WCPC Houston, MS showed up again this season at 2300 on 940. Also there at 2300 was 1660 KXTR, and unid ee 1570 which I have yet to look into. There was another on 1470 with a twin ID. It sounded like WPEN / WSAN. There is a WSAN on 1470 in PA, but guess what. I can't get the stream to work to check their ID's!! Typical.

 

WDEA 1370:

Common WDEA 1370 had been on the news. Their web site gives a link to a web stream of the news report of their anniversary. Well worth a look.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2009:

 

FIRST CLIPS UPLOADED:

I have uploaded a few sample web stream clips, to the "TADX audio 2009 page". (Audio Downloads in the pop up menu). Check 630, 980, 1070, 1480, 1260 800, 930, 970, 1410 for the time being. Web streams are obvious, with the bright red (WEB STREAM CLIP)

 

APPEAL FOR HELP!!!

This is an appeal for assistance with a rather large project. I intend to add an on line resource for MW dxers who hear a top of the hour ID and need an decent audio clip of the station to compare. I already have many of my best quality audio clips on line, although my old clip page incorporates many poor signals that need updating.

This new resource I speak of will consist of audio clips from the web, or recorded locally in for example Seattle, with the help of Guy etc. Any clips will be identified as web or Guy etc, so as not to be confused with my own dx clips.

There is often much confusion under dx conditions caused by the strange calls of both sister stations and FM HD calls. See my article called ACCURACY IN MW DXING. With this project, an instant top of the hour ID need only be a click away. This saves much effort waiting for the top of the hour to come around.

The station streams can be difficult to access sometimes. Some are impossible. Many of the US streams claim to not be available outside the US, except to the military etc. It is possible to receive them through a proxy server though I believe, although I have not got around to trying this yet.

Quality of the various web streams vary wildly. Some streams sound very nice. Some have absolutely no compression on the streams at all and the sound like a bad 1970's pirate. I wonder why they don' t feed the audio from their optimod? Of course, I think the answer may lie in the fact that the optimods are usually at the transmitter site, so the studio feed may well be uncompressed right up till it gets to the transmitter. This is often many miles away, out of town, and it will be more convenient to stream from the studio. But on the other hand a cheap compressor that would do for the www is hardly expensive. Free software versions are even available.

Many of the station's web sites themselves are nothing more than a cluttered mess, with flashing lights everywhere. Many of the listen live pages are not much better, and can be huge cluttery pages with flashing lights and ads. Radio Newfoundland have a graphic which is bigger than a 600 by 800 page, and only shows part of the screen on that size of PC monitor setting. Some stations DO have a nice little small player of a similar size to WINAMP, but very few. At the time of writing, the KBRW 680 link has to be pasted into a player like VLC Player. They have some kind of a problem with the stream.

What stations do we desire a web stream clip of?? My suggested starting place is the UK all time list. I have been told that it will be available in the public domain at long last very shortly. Obviously I can only listen to one stream per top of the hour, so it is a long term project, unless outside help is offered. I have no real requirement to add clips from WWKB or WCBS for example. Their top of the hours are so clear from the AM recordings, to not have any benefit from a stream clip.

Probably a good time to start the streams is around 45m past the hour. It can take 15m to find a working one!! They are notoriously slow to kick in here. Once they do however, they are usually reliable streams. If you don't get a decent top of the hour due to for example a sports match, try again at another hour. I am trying to archive the usual top of the hour ids from as many as possible of the stations that are heard here in the UK / Europe.

I know that the top of the hour announcements change regularly, but at least this project will be of some benefit to AM dxers. I know that this type of resource has never been attempted I don't think, and never by any DX clubs. (DX clubs in general tend to have poor on line representation, and seem only interested in hard sell for a fast buck, and not creating on line resources, that you might imagine a dx club would do)

 

TIME REQUIRED:

Record about 30 seconds to a minute around the top of the hour. Please also include the start of the news, which has the additional benefit of being a resource for identifying which news services are carried where.

 

FILE TYPES:

The type of file I require is a 44kHz 16 bit .wav file. I have various reasons for wishing the files to be sent in the first place as .wav. Because these are .wav files, the file sizes are likely to be too big to e-mail me. So I would appreciate the old CD through the post routine.

 

FILE NAMES:

I would appreciate file names to be like the following.

091120_1800_web_knx_1070.wav

 

Remember that many web streams lag real time by quite a bit.

Please e mail me if you want to assist, or discuss software etc. I already have David Hamilton here in SW Scotland, as well as Paul C offering assistance.

This could be extended to become a resource for top of the hour Euro IDs as well.

I was tempted to create a new page for the clips, but then I began to consider using my existing audio clips page. I think it would be easier to have one single page with links to all audio clips in a frequency list. It is quite easy to change this in the future if things seem to become cluttered, but I feel it will be easy enough to use. By the time I have finished, the audio clip page will incorporate just about all the audio clips available on this site, in freq order.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

SUM UP OF THE BAND TODAY:

SUPERB. Not as superb as last week, but still very very good. I had a very nice fade in from KNX 1070, probably the best ever from them, and to go hand in hand with my recording of KJR Seattle from the 7th was it, I had a great top of the hour at 1100 today. The odd thing was, KJR was coming in at the strength they were, see audio clip below, yet there was only a much weaker AM 1060 Calgary, and 1130 Vancouver heard at the same time. Almost all the rest of the stations had gone, or were barely at audio level, while KJR was there like some kind of a loud beacon!! Completely unexpected.

 

A FEW AUDIO CLIPS:

Here are a few audio clips from today and also a nice one of KOMO from a great peak on 7th which I found. I have included a web clip of KNX top of the hours below the off air one. This is an ongoing project here, to add ausio clips of many of the stations heard here in Europe. Anyone who wishes to assist this project, get in touch.

 

091120_1100_950_kjr_vg_inc_silly_sounding_commentator.mp3

091120_0858_1070_knx_vg.mp3

091120_1800_web_knx_1070.mp3 < NB WEB CLIP OF TOTH ON KNX >

091107_0948_1000_komo_vg_long_clip (1,037k).mp3

 

 

BIG AIN'T ALWAYS BEST (SO THEY TELL ME):

I have used beverages since discovering that I could run long feeders into the woods, and they would still work. That was in the 90's. Before that I had random wires, not always great for TADX. In the 80's there was very little thought put into the aerials. It was more a case of "stick it up, and hope for the best". These days, many dxers who lack space for beverages, do well with the flag / ewe family of aerials. I find the signal level low compared to beverages, but when Alaska was being heard the other day on 680 by my fellow SW Scotland dxers, I was struggling with splatter from the extreme wide bandwidth of Holland during their strange music programmes. This was on 675, when I was trying to hear Barrow on 680. The beverage gives a better signal when the Dutchie is quiet, but that is rare.

So today I ripped down a useless flag which was meant for Latins, and recreated a flag facing slightly East of due North. (That's where the clothes poles are situated). This flag is much smaller than the useless Latin one, and initial tests have been encouraging. I have a dominant NRK on 675 now, NL is gone, and at night 1008 and 747 are much reduced. So if I can get the North of Norway good like that on the flag, with the flick of a switch in the shack, maybe this antenna will be just what I was after for AK. I have no room/ direction here for a Northern beverage antenna sadly. I would have to go straight across the bowling green, and the bowlers would hit my sticks with their bowls, and have to work around the wires. Even if a neighbour takes to do with the club, I can't see them being enthusiastic..!!! lol.

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

Well, the band has been a bit average this last few mornings, not helped by the high K index in the mornings. I have been a bit short on stories and memoirs recently because of the great band conditions. I am again in danger of becoming a recluse again because of the Perseus recordings!!!! We have had a great winter so far.

 

SO CALLED NOVEMBER ANOMALY:

One thing I have been hearing nothing of this year is the so called November Anomaly. This man made expression has been used in MW DX circles for a few years, ever since there was a marked depressed time for mw for a few years in the month of November. Last winter did not have this problem, and neither has this season so far. If anything, this season has excelled so far over last year's excellent band conditions.

I wonder if the phrase was conjured up after a couple of poor seasons? Is the MW propagation really so unpredictable? Seems it can be. I have in the past had good dx in deep mid winter, in mid December, but this last couple of years it has been very average. Let's hope for a long run of quiet A and K's this year during the holiday time.

One thing is certain. You just never know what to expect, and no two nights are the same. If you hear a rare station at a given time on one day with a fair signal, the chances of it being there the following day at the same time is pretty remote. (Common powerhouses such as WWKB 1520 don't come into that category)

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - WEDNESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

EI0CF BEACON ON 501kHz:

My old pal Finbar has his beacon working again on 501kHz. Location is in Co Donegal, Eire. The text which is currently sending is as follows, and an audio clip is given below.

< ei0cf qsl to ei0cf500 at gmail.com>

 

091118_1926_501_ei0cf_beacon.mp3

 

 

LOGS FROM THE LAST DAYS:

Am I glad that's the logs typed up to date again. I really can't get into typing labourious logs of WBBR every day, so the common stations are not included very often unless they give a super signal or something. There are some UNID stations which are really for my own benefit, so I can look here with ease and go back for another look.

 

570 5-70 News 1000 18/11
570 WSYR News Radio 5-70 2301 15/11, 0200 18/11
580 CKWW Windsor, Ont in CFRA breakdown. (carrier only) jin id 0911 17/11
590 WEZE Boston 0600 17/11
610 Unid c/c 0906 17/11 610 soon off, so dx will come through hopefully
640 Cuban Tent. No ID, Much tk SS of Cuba. 093018/11
680 KBRW Pres in and out late pm with mx, nx usual low audio. No ids yet so far.16/11, 1230 17/11
710 VOCM Local CKVO ID 2031 13/11
730 AM 730 Vancouver 0958 16/11
740 AM 740 Toronto VG id 0934 14/11
760 WJR Nice different toth 2300 15/11
790 Unid in the mess. need check in detail 0700 17/11
830 WCRN VG id 2300 16/11
920 Unid ABC News stn 0300 Not managed to winkle an id yet 14/11
920 CKNX VG 0900 17/11
940 WINZ FL 0700 16/11
950 KJR 0705 14/11, 0958 16/11,
950 WWJ Dominant 1000 18/11
970 Unid country. mx stops & straight into news. no ID. Gd pk too!! KQAQ poss 0600 14/11
980 WCUB 0758 VG id .NE Wisconsin's Most Powerful Radio Stn 17/11
1000 KOMO 0700 14/11
1050 CP24 Toronto 0701 16/11, 0300 18/11
1060 WBIX VG id 2100 16/11
1070 WFLI Lookout Mountain, TN 2200 14/11
1070 CHOK 2300 14/11, vg 2200 15/11
1070 EVE 10-70 2101 ABC nx wx id 15/11
1080 WMEU Coral Gables FL 0000 18/11 Mix WTIC
1090 WBAL Baltomore. CBS NX. 0700 14/11 Fairly good considering
1150 WHBY Kimberly. 0700 14/11
1160 KSL 0700 17/11
1190 CFSL SK 0948 7/11 Good AM 11-90 id. Country. Old file.
1220 WHKZ 2200 15/11
1230 CBC / CFFB Iqaluit, NU Local ID ann 106.1 2059 15/11
1230 WBLQ / WXNI RI Advertising relaunch of WBLQ 1230 and 96.7 2200 15/11
1240 VOCM Gd pks 2059 nx 2159 15/11, loud 2100 16/11
1250 Joy 1250 Nx and live px 2100 16/11
1250 WEAE Pittsburgh 0300 18/11
1280 BBN Bermuda 2200 15/11
1280 CFMB 2100 16/11, also 2100 15/11
1290 WMCS The talk of the town, Greenfield/ Milwalkee 0301 18/11
1310 WIBA Madison Wi 0300 18/11
1330 WFNN The Fan 0300 17/11
1350 WOYK VG ID 0903 17/11
1360 WTAQ 0700 17/11
1380 CKPC 1007 17/11, gd 1000 18/11
1390 WPLM Plymouth. Ann // 1120 and ?? 0000 18/11
1400 CBC Local ID as 990 and 600 2159 14/11
1420 KTOE 0000 18/11 poor id
1470 WBKV West Bend 0700 14/11
1480 WGVU Real oldies 1480 and 850 2359 17/11
1500 KTSP St Paul's, MN 0700 14/11 Clear id in a brief silence toth
1500 WLQV Detroit 2200 14/11, 0500 15/11, 2100 dom 15/11
1510 WWZN Great ID 1520 WWKB!!!!! 0900 14/11
1530 WCKY Cincinati 0700 14/11
1540 WDCD 2200 14/11
1590 Usual WAKR / WARV mix 0900 14/11
1590 KVGB 0900 17/11
1590 WPUL Plattteville, WI Ann // am 1280 Lancaster ESPN. Poss FKR-UK
1630 KCJJ 0700 14/11, weird ann of call 2305 15/11
1640 WTNI Power down mid ID 2300 15/11
1660 WWRU 0500 15/11
1660 The Avenue FL 0100 18/11
1680 KRJO Poor id 2300 15/11
1690 WPTX 0500 15/11
1690 CHTO Toronto 2100 16/11
1700 KKLF Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket 13/11 2300, vvg id 2300 15/11, 0900 17/11

 

ASIAN AND EURO

501 EI0CF EIRE CW Beacon mode 1920 18/11
508 SM6BHZ 2010 Gothenberg, Sweden CW + LSB 1W!! 17/11
549 old Mayak int sig 1400 16/11
570 unid rtty 1500 16/11, 1505 17/11
1170 VOA Philipines 1700 18/11
1395 All India Radio 1530 16/11 poor. ee id
1395 WNKR QRP London Pirate 0200 15/11
1521 Peking 1700 VVG 15/11, vvg 1400 16/11
1557 WYFR 1700 15/11
1575 VOA Thailand 1700 18/11
1593 Unid CC or JJ. Sound same to me 1600 15/11, 1600 17/11, 1500 18/11
1593 Unid EE ann 1500 15/11 Weak ann "this is" and not much else detectable. Who??

 

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - TUESDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

I still have to type up logs from the last few days, and although there are a few goodies, I thought the band has been down on last weeks superb west coast reception. I will type up the most recent logs shortly. At the end of the month, the pdf of this month's logs and gossip will be available as ever, with a separate section for the logs, in freq order. I have at last taken only slightly more time to type up the logs to include dates, rather than simply have them listed every day. It is easy enough to follow on a daily basis, but a simple bit of copy/ paste routine will make them all available in one go, like a traditional dx publication. The only difference is that the list of contributors is only 1..!!! Me!!

 

WPUL PLATTEVILLE, WI 1590 - PERSONAL FIRST:

At 2300 tonight, the above station was heard, ann as am 1280 WGLR Lancaster, and WPUL Platteville.

091117_2300_1590_wpul_platteville_wi_espn_ann_1280.mp3

 

CKWW 580 - PERSONAL FIRST:

I took advantage of a duff audio feed today, or whatever the reason was. 580 CFRA had a rather powerful carrier at 0900, and at 0911, the lower powered CKWW came through, see audio clips. Also carrier only was CKAC 730 at the same time, but only weaker unid SS. Maybe Lider is it on that freq?? Who knows.

 

QRP MW BEACON FROM SWEDEN - SM6BHZ 508kHz:

The Swedish test beacon has been logged here in Scotland, an audio clip it included. They even have an SSB ann. The stn ann 1w or poss as much as 10w!!! Not a bad dx catch. I was not aware that phone mode was ok on 500kHz.

 

091117_2020_508_sm6bhz_beacon.mp3

 

The auto QSL didn't work!!!

 

AK 780 HEARD IN SW SCOTLAND:

Dx neighbour Paul C logged 780 KNOM, Nome, AK Monday 16th Nov. I had no sign, although I did have KBRW 680 Barrow in and out the splatter. David H also logged KBRW with an indoor flag antenna. Well done to all concerned. My biggest problem with KBRW in the late afternoons, is the strength and excessive wide bandwidth of NL on 675. Last winter, they came in at noon and 1300, but there is time yet. The time of the logs last winter was December.

 

 

UNID 1593: I had a strange station on 1593 Sunday at 1500. There was a partial EE id with "This is" and something unintelligible. Maybe it was something to do with either China or Japan?? They have been known to use EE from time to time.

 

091115_1500_1593_unid_e_call_maybe.mp3

091117_1600_1593_unid_chinese_or_eastern.mp3

 

 

LOCAL ID ON CBC 1230:

Last night at 2059, I had a local id on 1230, for the CBC station in the North. They ann as 106.1, and something else.

 

091115_2059_1230_cbc_local_id.mp3

 

ALL AUDIO CLIPS FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS:

Below are a few clips from the last days. There is a lot more dx to come in the logs. Bear with me. I have been wondering the purpose of the RTTY on 570?? Anyone else hear this?? Heard a couple of days. There is also a beacon appears on about 1069, and can be quite strong. Anyone know the location of these?

The logs of 1593 are interesting. Can anyone with better understanding of far eastern languages, help with the 1593 full id, and suggest anything for the English "This Is" id??

Normally that channel has been jammed by the Germans for a number of years, but we are in reprieve for now!!

 

091117_2020_508_sm6bhz_beacon.mp3

091117_1505_570_unid_rtty.mp3

091117_0911_580_ckww_singing_jin_cfra_carrier_only.mp3

091111_1000_710_kiro_espn_gd.mp3

091111_1018_730_am_730_vancouver.mp3

091117_0758_980_wcub_most_powerful_ann.mp3

091107_0600_980_cjme_regina_sk.mp3

091115_2059_1230_cbc_local_id.mp3

091115_2159_1230_wblq_ri.mp3

091113_2101_1280_cfmb.mp3

091112_0900_1410_cfun_team_14_10.mp3

091117_1600_1593_unid_chinese_or_eastern.mp3

091115_1500_1593_unid_e_call_maybe.mp3

091115_2300_1700_kklf.mp3

 

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - SUNDAY 15th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

NEW WAN..!!

I had a new personal first today, from my recordings of last Saturday. 980 CJME 0600 7/11. It sounded very like KJME at first, but after listening to a clip from Alfie in Norway, I could hear the proper ID.

 

WNKR - 1395:

I have a nice ID this morning at 0200 from WNKR on 1395. This station runs at weekends only. This is the one that has proper shows. There is another station on the frequency from Dublin, but they only come on the air each weekend and play back to back music. Why they don't do any programmes is a mystery, and seems such a waste of a good AM signal. Both stations may find life much more difficult if the dreaded BIG L does return to 1395. The other clear channel of 1476 has been taken over by Spanish, as has 1386. The old Energy channel of 1593, while currently usable, is not exactly clear any longer. It once was free of all Euros at night.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

COMMENTS (AS ALWAYS!!) :

The band has been very good to us, although tailed off a little since Wednesday's extravaganza!! I still have files to listen to from last weekend and through the week.

Davie "up the road" Hamilton passed comment today about hearing west coast stations 7 days on the trot!!! Roll them on!!! If this continues, I will have to take on an extra pair of ears!!

I must apologise for the articles and projects here that have taken a back seat for the dxing!!! I am not sure, but I suspect the band is actually better this year than it was last winter, or certainly as exciting. I have never ever had KJR as loud and clear, and a few weeks ago I was happy because it scraped in!!

Good to see Mark Bothwick of St Boswells on the Scottish borders with us on the Skype chat. Another dxer who has been enjoying the West Coast dx of late.

 

THE PATRIOT 1280:

I had a log of 1280 The Patriot this morning at 0900. This is WWTC, Minneapolis, MN. The name rang bells, because I noted this a couple of times last season, I'm sure. But I don't see it on my all time list. Have to rectify this!! Just shows how the stations get through the net easily .......

 

ADS FOR PORTLAND ON 1190!!!

I sat up and took note when I heard ads for Portland the other day on 1190. I thought I had finally caught KEX. But I nearly fell off the chair after the announcer said WOWO!! Better luck next time. There must be another Portland somewhere, or I picked up wrong.

 

 

LOGS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS:

 

540 CBC NFLD Exc long local ID 0928 12/11
600 CJWW 1005 11/11
610 Unid Country music. Poor in fading band 1021 11/11
630 CHED 1000 11/11 Ided at last after missing it last season.
650 Greenland pres 1022 11/11
660 660 News Calgary. Great signals and ID 1021 + 0959. Traffic reports 11/11
670 KBOI, BOISE, ID 1000 11/11 ID + ABC News
710 KIRO ESPN Seattle 710 1021 + other times 11/11, 1100 12/11
730 AM 730 Vancouver. 1019 with traffic for Vancouver. 11/11. 0931 12/11
750 WSB below CBC. 0800 11/11
770 UNID SS Mx and Ann 0748 11/11
780 WBBM HD light on HD set. Not locked though. 0750 11/11
900 Country mx no ids so far 1018 11/11
900 CHML 0942 12/11. Hoping for something more exotic
920 KXLY WA 1100 11/11
950 KJR Seattle 0800 + Exc 1005 see recording below 11/11, `12/11 0904 +
950 KJR 11/11 Last man standing!! Only stn identifiable at high noon!! poor 13/11 1000
970 WDAY vy poor in the mush 0858 12/11.
980 CJME Regina, SK 0600 7/11 Personal first
1000 KOMO News Radio gd levels 0950 + 1005, 1050 11/11, 1000 13/11
1010 CBR CALGARY, CBC Dominant over CFRB/ WINS1031 11/11
1060 AM 1060 Calgary, AB. Exc AM 10-60 ID 1039 11/11
1060 Radio Education Mex WBIX in b/g 0300 12/11
1060 Unid Prob WLNO. Religious. VG carrier, low audio no id today 2230 12/11
1120 KMOX 0757 11/11. similar jingle tune to CHQR 0904 12/11
1130 11-30 News, Vancouver vg 1041 11/11 + 1000 inc call sign
1160 KSL 1000 + 1005 11/11 Good KSL ID
1190 Country mx , no id so far 1027 11/11
1190 ADVERTS FOR PORTLAND..... ON...WOWO. 1008 12/11 Hoping for elusive KEX!!!
1200 WKOX Loud Rumbos jingle 2232 12/11
1250 Unid 2300 11/11 ?? Radio. Prob something to do with JOY 12-50
1260 Team 12-60 Edmonton, AB. Amazing signal, on top of Euros. IDs ads in Edmonton. 1026 11/11
1280 WWTC, The Patriot, Minneapolis, MN 0900 13/11
1290 CFRW Good id 0958 11/11
1300 KKOL Seattle Bloomberg 1106 + 1100 11/11
1310 CIWW Address for complaints 2356 12/11
1330 SS on WRCA 2234 12/11
1410 CFUN is now ESPN Vancouver vg 0900 12/11
1470 CJVB Vancouver 0400 11/11
1480 WHBC Canton 0900 12/11
1510 KGA 1104 11/11 ann 101.1 FM 1st log I think this season. 0900 12/11
1510 WWZN with a good WWKB id at1540 KXEL Pretty gd pk 0700 13/11
1620 The Zone Omaha 2300 11/11
1630 KCJJ 0000 11/11
1650 CINA 0100 13/11
1660 KXTR KS Classical. hrd before 2240 till 2300 ID. KQWB Fargo ID too 2300 12/11
1680 KRJO 2300 12/11 Great call ID and Old School catch phrase.
1700 KVNS Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. (Def KVNS, not KKLF). 13/11 0100

ASIAN DX

1593 UNID Chinese / Far Eastern language thing?? 1600 11/11

 

ILR AYR SILENT BEFORE THE OFFICIAL 2m SILENCE:

ILR AYR was silent for a technical break on 11/11 at 1016 for a good minute +, noticed by the keen ears of David Hamilton. There was a strong unid sports station noted on the difficult normally freq of 1040, and surprisingly nothing on 1030. No sign of WBZ. It is a shame they don't break down at the top of the hour!!

Later that day at 1100 local time, the official 2m silence to honour the war veterans sounded more like DRM. ILR Ayr had some kind of a feed which was taken from some kind of a service. The background noise was seriously brought up by the compression. Sunday past was rememberance Sunday, and there was probably 2m silence as well. I failed to remember to record at 11am, as the band condx had by that time taken a nose dive from a dxers point of view. I'm sure it may have been more rewarding up north.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - WEDNESAY 11th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

LOGS AND MORE LOGS:

The prolonged excellent band conditions have given me 13 personal firsts this last few days, and counting. I still have many hours of recordings to go though, and the band being the way it was, there could easily be more.

The band was again wide open to the west coast at 1000 and KOMO and KJR were both hammering in just before the hour. Sadly the signals were not there at ID time, but they were still there. At high noon, the only thing audable, and identifiable was KJR 950!!! Stay tuned for more logs from the band today.

 

AUDIO CLIPS - WORTH A LISTEN!!

I have a small taster of the dx that has been coming through here in SW Scotland this last few days. I was chatting to DX friend, Paul C about todays KJR at 1000 GMT. Paul told me that his 1000 was good, while 1005 was mixing with CFAM. I was the exact opposite. Below are my clips from today. There are also a few others which are worth a listen from some of the less usual stations. My two KJR clips first. No particular order today.

 

091111_1000_950_kjr_cfam.mp3

091111_1005_950_kjr_superb.mp3

091111_1005_1000_komo.mp3

091111_1000_660_cffr_calgary.mp3

091107_0900_960_the_fan_calgary_vvg.mp3

091107_0900_770_chqr_superb.mp3

091111_1026_1260_team_1260_edmunton_vg.mp3

091110_0900_920_cfry_vg.mp3

091110_1009_730_ckdm_gd.mp3

091110_1000_970_kbul.mp3

091111_1000_670_kboi.mp3

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - TUESAY 10th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

I am completely overwhealmed by logs. Here goes, in an effort to catch up...... Remember bold suggests either a personal first or a rarer station. I apologise if I am behind in keeping the all time list up to date. There are about 11 personal firsts to add to the table above, and a few of them are possible FRK-UK's.

NB: A lot of unsure and unids are logged in this list for my own ease of finding them again. I have so many pages of logs from the last days. Many are simply reminders to go back and listen again, and not real worthy logs that would be sent to publications etc. Eg unid country on 600, may be logged so I can follow up and have a re listen. It is better than sifting through pages and pages of scribbles in a log book.

 

540 WFLA FL 0800 8/11
570 Unid call like WHBO. Have to relisten. Dreadful copy. 0700 6/11
570 Unid like KMX partial call in the mud?? USB 0700 6/11
570 CKGL 0900 6/11
570 CKSW SK country mx and wx 0902 7/11
570 Reloj Loud 0938 8/11
570 Big Carrier, pres Greenlands duff txer which broke a couple of weks ago
580 CFRA Loud 0200 7/11
590 VOCM Good sig 0900 6/11
600 Unid C/W mx 1010 6/11
600 WSNL Victory 600 AM 0900 7/11
600 WMT 0800 8/11 (May have been wrong date. 7/11)
640 AM 640 Toronto CFMJ call ID 0600 6/11
650 WSM NAshville 0800 + 0958 7/11, 0937 8/11
660 WFAN Good signal during wx 0004 6/11
660 660 News Calgary best ever here 0900 7/11, 0849 8/11
670 The Score, Chicago 0800 7/11, 1004 8/11
680 WRKO 2137 5/11
680 CJOB 0900 7/11. Their audio needs an optimod!! 1000 + 1018 10/11
680 KBRW AK pres NPR news 1425 10/11 In and out at various times. Biggest problem NL splatter. No ID's yet
700 WLW vg 0900 6/11
710 KIRO ID only as ESPN 710 Seattle now, 1000 7/11
730 CHMJ - AM 7-30 Vancouver 0958 7/11
730 CKDM MB 1009 10/11 Good ID before Pink Floyd also 1001 poorer. community stuff 1019
740 AM 7-40 Toronto Exc 0901 6/11, call id 0759 7/11
740 CBC Edmonton, AB (CBX) CBC nx . Only CBC stn here 0700 _0858 7/11
760 Unid SS snds like an ABC in SS?? 0158 10/11
770 WABC - The Wild West of Talk Radio!! 0700 5/11,
770 CHQR vg 0900 6/11, 0700 6/11,0600 6/11, exc 0900 7/11,
790 WAXY 0700 6/11870 WWL New Orleans vg 0900 6/11
800 CKLW Disclaimer 1000 7/11, 0900 CKLW call snding more like CJAD in mess !! 10/11
820 KGNW Seattle 0900 7/11
830 unid Radio Nacional in SS in gap 0900 7/11
830 UNID SS 0705 10/11
830 WCRN 2300 9/11 CBS Nx rather than the usual IRNUSA Radio News. odd
840 WHAS Gd id 0934 8/11
870 WWL VG 0900 10/11
880 Unid Country mx, mix WCBS 0948 7/11
890 WLS End of Midnight Truckers 0900 6/11
890 Mix on the freq 0700 7/11
890 KVOZ, Laredo, TX 0800 8/11 Multi Stn id mixing WLS. Pers 1st, tnx Paul C tip
900 CKBI Prince Albert, SK 0901 6/11
900 Unid . "This is the United States" then mx. oddity. Poss from RAI?? 0600 6/11
920 CFRY 0947 7/11, 0858 7/11,0900 10/11
930 AM 930, The Light AB 0900 7/11 poor but there
940 CKGX 1000 6/11
950 CFAM MB Classical mx. Reg, but huge 1007 10/11
950 KJR Seattle 1100 6/11 Fox sports Radio, 1000 6/11, 1000 7/11 gd, poor 0800 7/11, 0200 7/11
950 CKNB Amazing how locals can still hear this low audio - id 0936 8/11, 0200 10/11
960 The Fan Calgary ESPN Gd 1000 6/11, 0927 7/11, exc 0900 7/11, poor 0800 7/11, 1000 7/11
970 Unid Country 0953 8/11 Might have KQAQ ID around 1000
970 KBUL Nx R 9-70 its 3 o'clock 1000 10/11
980 WCUB 0957 7/11, + Unid ... most powerful radio stn. Think this slogan is WCUB. 0900 6/11
980 WOFX Troy poor 0600 6/11
980 WTEM Washington Best ever hrd, great peak. 0900 8/11
1000 KOMO 0600 6/11, gd 1000 7/11,
1010 CBC (CBR Calgary, AB) CBC nx 0900 7/11 with WINS & CFRB
1010 CFRB Gd ID 1000 8/11 No call used now
1070 CHOK Fairly gd 2300 5/11
1070 Unid All News All the time into CBS nx KNX? Hrd a few times lack ids 0800 6/11, 0900 10/11
1110 WBT Booming in 0800 6/11
1120 KMOX 0900 6/11
1130 KFAN 0900 7/11
1130 News 1130 Vancouver 1032 6/11, 1100 7/11, 1005 10/11,
1140 CBC Sydney, NS Good local ID 2159 6/11, VG Local id 2159 9/11, 2159 10/11
1140 AM 1140 AB. Religious stuff, ID after ad in Quebec. 0931 7/11, 1046 7/11, 0946 7/11 Saga of a goat with one horn!!, 1003 7/11 vg id massive sig 1000,0903 7/11, 1046 7/11, gd 0819 8/11
1150 WHBY 0700 + 0900 7/11
1160 KSL Salt Lake City 0800 6/11 WYLL mix, in the clear 0600 6/11, 0700 + 0900 +1000 7/11,
1160 WSKW Legacy 1160 id. Very poor 0000 10/11
1170 WWVA Wheeling, WV 0900 7/11
1180 UNID. Relevant Radio in dirt with WHAM. Prob only one possibility, but No ID. 1000 7/11
1190 AM 1190 SK - Unid country mx 1027 7/11, ID 1101 7/11
1190 WLIB ID 2132 8/11 (DH heard power down 2140 10/11)
1190 unids mix of odd languages, poss SS, mush killed it. recheck. 0700 10/11
1200 WOAI 0700 7/11, 1000 10/11
1230 CBC Eskimo type language. quite good peaks. Is this CFFB. Only possiblility?? 2100 6/11, 1950 10/11 // web stream
1230 CBC EE Loud at 0941 1000, 1002 CBC ID, still there 1020 7/11. 2100 7/11, 0000 9/11, bbc ws 1020 10/11, More than one possibility??
1230 WCMC Wildwood, NJ weak 0700 10/11
1240 VOCM 2031 7/11
1250 JOY 12-50 Local px inc traffic 2204 5/11
1250 AM 1250 Classical Music mix with sports 0944 7/11, Lumber Ad + id 1043 7/11
1250 WSSP Milwalkee Gd ID 1000 7/11
1250 UNID Something like Sports Radio 12-50 WSL Need to relisten. LSB 0700 7/11
1260 Disney Boston 0456 7/11 Sport by 0500. gd 0657 7/11,
1260 CFRN Edmonton AB Team 1260 1000 7/11 poor. Best LSB
1270 Unid poss ID with ads. needs recheck 1021 7/11
1270 CJCB Sydney NS 0929 8/11
1280 Unid Long tk, inc lots of RADIO mentioned.. need to listen again 1017 10/11
1280 WNAM 0705 good 6/11, 0900 6/11
1280 CFMB pres. Daytimer. Usual Italian tk. No id this time. 2105 6/11
1280 WFAU Multi Call ids 2200 9/11
1280 CJ 1280 SK 1024 10/11
1290 CFRW Mx loud at 1012 7/11, 1024 10/11,
1290 WRNI Fair 2200 10/11
1300 WOOD gd Fox Nx 0800 6/11, exc 0900 8/11
1300 Unid with a Reality Radio px 0300 7/11
1300 KGLO 0959 7/11
1300 Unid Sports Radio , ads then sports again 1014 10/11
1300 KKOL Seattle 1000 10/11 First for me here
1310 CHLW St Paul, AB 1100 7/11
1310 CIWW ESPN sports 0000 5/11, 2200 5/11 mix WLOB, 1033 6/11
1310 WCCW TRaverse City 1000 10/11
1320 CHMB, Vancouver. Chinese languages No ID 1030 7/11, IDs 1100 7/11, 1000 10/11
1340 WMDR Augusta ME 0200 7/11 Encouraging Talk Radio
1360 Unid like KUMA or KONA or maybe nothing 0800 6/11
1360 WKMI Kalamazoo 0700 8/11
1360 Unid SS ann best in lsb with notch 1000 10/11
1390 WRIG 0600 6/11Strange pronounciation of WRIG, GD 0700 7/11
1390 WLCM 0300 7/11
1390 WPLM 2200 9/11 Multi Call, 0000 10/11 money matters radio network
1390 WFBL 2300 9/11 ABC Nx . Sounded like new call for Charleston, WSPO!!!
1400 WOND / mix CBC 2200 10/11
1410 Team 1410 Vancouver ESPN (CFUN) 0800 6/11
1430 CHKT / WENE mix 1000 6/11
1430 Team WENE VG 2300 9/11
1430 KLO Ogden, UT Fair 1100 7/11, 1000 7/11
1440 WHKZ Warren 0700 5/11
1440 WJAB Multi Call 0300 7/11
1460 WHIC 0900 6/11
1460 CJOY 1000 6/11
1470 CJVB Vancouver 0600 6/11pips in the mush. VG 1000 7/11, gd 1100 7/11
1470 WLAM inc the TV Nx channel WCSH. 2200 5/11
1500 KTSP St Paul's 0900 6/11
1500 WLQV Detroit 2200 10/11
1510 KCKK 0800 6/11, 0900 7/11, 1100 7/11Seems this is reg these days
1510 KGA 1000 7/11 1st log this season
1520 WWKB Extreme signals 0900 6/11
1550 SS UNID mix CBC. Like Principales, C??? 0800 8/11
1560 KGOW TX 0800 6/11
1570 Unid. Mess. Need to relisten 0900 7/11
1590 WARV Gd id 0300 7/11
1600 WUNR Rare EE 2300 8/11
1620 WDND ESPN etc South Bend. Best ID yet from this one 0300 7/11
1630 La Grande 0600 6/11
1640 Super Radio - Utah 0600 6/11
1640 Disney Milwalkee call ids 0100 7/11
1650 CINA 0600 6/11
1660 The Avenue, FL 0000 6/11, 2302 8/11
1660 WQLR Kalamazoo 0800 6/11, 0800 8/11
1660 KQWB Fargo 0300 7/11
1670 WTDY Madison 0600 6/11
1680 Unid SS. Best USB. Prob 3 to chose from 0600 6/11
1690 CHTO 0600 6/11, 0900 7/11
1690 WPTX Lexington Pk Gd. CNN Radio 2200 8/11
1700 San Diego 1700 0600 6/11

 

OTHER LOGS FROM ASIA AND EUROPE:

1170 VOA Phillipines 1600 5/11
1188 LV Romanyska ?? Need to relisten. I don't spend much time with Euros 1600 5/11
1170 VOA Phillipines 1600 5/11
1236 unid, snds like Iran or something 1600 5/11
1575 Radio Farda VG signals 1600 5/11

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - SUNDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

MAYHEM - CHAOS - HELP!!!

So many hours of full band recordings to go through from the last few days, it looks as though these will be files for the future. The band has been great, open to the West Coast, Alaska coming through, and strong signals on some of the Calgary stations. It has been great, but will have to play catch up now to get a list of logs produced. Bear with me. There has been some seriously good DX conditions this last few days.

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - FRIDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

1st LOOK AT TODAYS LOGS:

Trying to sort through my recordings from this morning. Had a brief look and had some super signals for this lattitude, from way out west. A lot of time lapse dxing to do tonight.

950 KJR, FAN 960 Calgary, 1160 KSL, UNID K stn 0800 1360, Team 1410 ESPN = CFUN 0800, CKBI Alberta 900, San Diego 1700 0600, 1640 Super Radio Utah 0600, KOMO 0600, KBRW 1655 680 AK. Mx only, Euro splatter in the way of a decent signal!! I wish those christians would close up shop on 675.

 

 

AUDIO CLIPS OF A FEW OF TODAYS LOGS:

091106_1000_950_kjr.mp3

091106_1000_960_the_fan_960_calgary.mp3

091106_2100_1230_unid_eskimo_language_poss.mp3

091106_0600_1650_cina.mp3

091106_0600_1700_sandiego_1700.mp3

 

 

ACCURACY IN MW DXING:

I have written a few lines about accuracy in the reporting with regards to MW dxing. This is accessable through the full site index, which I have recently completed. Below are links to some pages which have been added recently, or will be added soon.

 

ACCURATE MW DXING - BY KEN BAIRD - NOVEMBER 2009 New 11/09

PERSEUS SDR - TIPS AND TRICKS New 11/09

PERSEUS - A LIFE CHANGING RECEIVER - OCT 2009 New 10/09

INTERVAL SIGNALS New 11/09

MW DXING AUDIO CLIPS 2009 PAGE New 10/09

MP3 FILES AND THE MW DXER New 11/09

PERSEUS MW SCREENSHOTS OF CARRIERS - 530 / 800kHz New 10/09

SONY XDR F1HD TUNER New 11/09

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - THURSDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

WWZN WRONGLY REPORTED:

No one is above errors!! I correctly reported yesterday WWZN Boston 1510, playing WWKB 1520 jingles. But my audio clips were titled as WBBR!!! Correction made!!

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - WEDNESDAY 4th NOVEMBER 2009:

 

VINTAGE DX RECORDINGS FROM 1960'S:

I was browsing the web just yesterday, and came across a Finnish guy's web page, with lots of old photographs and dx clips, pennents, as well as non radio related photos. This very interesting site is certainly worth a look. I tried the contact details, but the e mail was returned. It looks like it may be one of those sites that has been there for a number of years, and been abandoned. Download the clips when you can then.

http://www.filatelia.fi/dx/

 

 

WRTH DUE OUT SOON:

The WRTH, or World Radio And TV Handbook is due out in early December. Often referred to as the radio listeners bible, or so the old advert years back on World Music Radio used to say. (That was in the Radio Andorra years).

The cheapest I have seen the publication so far in the UK is WH SMITH'S. Amazon are also offering the WRTH now, preordered.

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails--9780955548123.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Radio-Handbook-2010-Broadcasting/dp/0955548128

My first WRTH was the now very well worn 1976 edition. This edition had both an article about the beverage antenna and MW dxing in the Western Hemisphere, both reproduced here, see site index. Both caught my attention all those years ago.

 

 

WHAT'S WITH 1510 - WWZN BOSTON?

Are WWZN 1510 tring to be WWKB??? They will never manage it. They don't have the signal!!

John Marsyla in NL pointed out on the Skype chat yesterday that WWZN had WWKB ids yesterday at 0730, or just after. On tuning in, sure enough, there was some kind of feed from WWKB!!! It didnt seem parallel to 1520. It was during the so called REVOLUTION BOSTON programme. I heard another similar BUFFALO id which only just missed out the WWKB call signs at 0700 today, but there was an ad for WWKB web site. At 0600 today a full blown ID of WWKB!! Surely not a legal ID. What is the reason for this?? Is the Revolution Boston programme somehow connected with WWKB??

This reminds me of when Radio Dublin used to nick the news from RTE and would often mess up the exact moment and have RTE announcements being broadcast. Radio Dublin were a rough and ready bunch of pirates though. Surely a feed can not be mixed up like this from big statios??

Mind you, look at WCRN. Does no one work at these stations with the dodgy automated systems, to monitor the output?? Mind you, could you sit and listen / monitor such dribble??

This must be the strangest hobby. How do you explain to someone down the pub that you willfully listen to American MW radio stations, whose programmes in general must be some of the worst in the English speaking world. (I may add that there are many exceptions). After all, how many listeners can Brother Stair really have, or the mouthy talk show hosts who want to ram politics down your neck, or the guy on Coast to Coast that has wee men running around the moon not unlike the Clangers, as well as in his own back yard.... Or even that dubious Spanish language station that has annoying time pips all the way through it's broadcasts!!! Who could believe it!!

I suppose it shows who listens when the dodgy output of a 50kW station is never noticed by their staff or listeners, as perhaps was the case of WCRN 830. They are guilty of running with two audio feeds for news, or even for some of the following programming.

Try telling the intrigued (or maybe bored) listener at the bar that into the bargain you went to a great deal of trouble to lay out a 500 metre beverage aerial in the woods, and buy expensive receivers, just especially to tune in to something which by their very programme output quality, is completely unlistenable, and he is sure to make a hastey exit. ....lol

 

Anyhow, I now have another couple of audio clips for my up and coming page with confusing ID's!!

 

091103_0733_1510_wwzn_inc_wwkb_ids.mp3

091104_0600_1510_wwzn_inc_wwkb_ids.mp3

091104_0700_1510_wwzn_inc_wwkb_ids.mp3

 

 

FRENCH QRM 1377 OFF AIR:

The splattery Frenchy that once was off air supposedly permanently some years ago, was off last night briefly from tune in 2200, till sometime after 2235. It was back on air by 2300. I was looking forward to a good nights dxing with 1380 as well..

 

OTHER RUMOURS AND CHANGES:

594: What is going off this year? I think I read that the 594 German powerhouse is going off air. Get the flags out. I guess it will help dxers on the continent more than here, because it is not such a pest as many other splattery signals. But it is always good from a dxers point of view to see a powerhouse Euro go off.

610 / 1150: I believe 610 and 1150 Frenchies are due to be off air by 1st December. I don't know about 1150, but 610 may produce some more interesting DX.

1395: I am glad to see that BIG L never managed back on air on their promised 1st Nov. I see that they still ann November on line though.

1593: And we still see the very difficult channel of 1590 is still with us for the time being, although the jamming may be back at any time.

I make all the above comments as a selfish DXer you understand...

 

UNID 1080:

I have an UNID from 30/10 just before 2300. It seems to be on top of WTIC, though I couldn't say for sure. There was some kind of religious advert for goisrael.com. Sadly it was a mess by ID time. I don't think this was on WTIC, but not sure.

 

LOGS FROM THE BAND SO FAR:

 

650 WSM 0100 4/11
760 WCHP 31/10 2156 Daytimer
790 WPRV Providence RI 2300 3/11 Pers 1st. Best USB with big notch and wider b/w
820 Hamilton's Talk 8-20 2300 3/11
850 WEEI 0700 3/11 Remember this is ESPN now, or partly
950 KJR Seattle 0900 3/11 Weak. (Sober in Seattle AD 0703 and id 0727 4/11)
1000 KOMO 0900 3/11 weak
1080 Unid Ad for goisrael.com, some kind of religious ad, don't think WTIC 2300 30/10
1170 WWVA 0706 3/11 Ann HD, and I had light on with the HD set
1270 WTSN Dover, NH am1270am.com 0800 3/11
1290 WKBK Keane 2200 3/11
1360 WKAT FL 0600 4/11
1390 WEGP Extreme signal. Not so strong in general this season I dont think. 2300 3/11
1430 CHKT Great Peak. Tip DH. 3/11 0300
1450 WENJ Good sig, well average. good for them. SS and EE 2300 3/11
1460 CJOY Poor 2300 3/11
1490 WBAE (am 1400 and 1490 " ID 2330 3/11
1510 WWZN with WWKB ids. 0732 3/11 0700 4/11
1560 KGOW Bellaire, TX 0700 3/11 also 0800 etc
1580 CKDO Traffic vg sig 2300 3/11
1670 WFSM Dry Branch 0100 4/11 foxsports1670.com
1680 KJRO LA. "Old School 16-80" id 2300 3/11

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009:

 

TODAYS BAND:

I haven't finished going through my recordings for today yet, but on first look I noticed that the Texan on 1560 was coming in very well for 100 watts!! (KGOW 50kW by Day..lol). I also had strong signals from WWVA on 1170, and had the HD light on with the Sony HD rx, but so far no stations have locked on to the HD. At 0900 again today, KJR 950 Seattle was heard, as was KOMO 1000. Both these were extermely poor. And thanks to a tip from DH, CHKT had a good ID at 0300. WTSN was heard on 1270 giving their web address (a typical radio station web site, a cluttered mess I hasten to add) as wtsnam1270.com.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - MONDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2009:

 

ANOTHER MONTH'S LOGS:

Another month, come and gone. The band has been good to us in general, though often many mornings were very much the same as the one before. But there has been quite a surprising number of personal firsts in October.

As usual, the PDF file from the month of October is available for download from the logs index page.

 

Or click here for a direct download.

 

WEB SITE INDEX, AND NEW ARTICLES BEING ADDED:

I have started a few new articles for these pages, although they are not quite finished. I have also added a site index, which is accessed by clicking the left hand "All DX Logs" pop up menu. This has links to all the index pages and articles on the whole site now. One or two of the pages were becoming lost or difficult to find within the logs and news sections.

 

920 - KARN LITTLE ROCK, AR:

I had a pleasant surprise at 0000, just before turning in for the night last night, when I was checking 920. The usual pest, CKNX ONT was particularly strong, and I thought about making a nice audio clip of the station, seeing it was so strong. But at the toth, in the background, there was a sports station, and on playing back the recording, it turned out to be KARN!!! This is a personal first, and a possible *FKR-UK. It doesn't seem long ago when I was complaining on these pages about 920 being a rather dull freq this winter, compared to the gems it produced last season.

091102_0000_920_cknx_karn_little_rock_ar_shortened_wx.mp3

 

620 - WDAE St Petersbourg, FL:

I had another new station at 0700 today. 620 WDAE FL. I have often heard sports, but never managed to hear a station ID until today. Not much gets through past VOCM.

I need to update my all time list with the October firsts as well as the two for today.

 

 

POWERHOUSE SIGNALS AT 0700 1st NOVEMBER:

Like David Hamilton reported yesterday on his blog, there were some really powerful signals around at 0700 from the common regulars. They were so good, that I have made a number of audio clips. Davie has also produced an impressive 8m clip of the stations as well.

CLICK HERE for Davie's blog

There were some strong signals around this morning too, but I think yesterday had the edge for sure. Here are a few of the stations heard.

 

091101_0700_1010_wins_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1060_wbix_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1080_wtic_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1110_wbt_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1130_wbbr_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1170_wwva_vg.mp3

091101_0700_1210_wpht.mp3

091101_0701_1590_wakr_vg.mp3

 

Regular stations at 0700 here were 1010 WINS, 1590 WAKR, 1170 WWVA, 580 CFRA, 850 WEEI, and Rebelde were heard on at least 560, 600, 610, 670, 770

 

 

LOGS FROM THE LAST WEEK:

I haven't really been typing up all the logs here quite as regularly as I would like to. A lot of time is being spent simply listening through the Perseus files. Sorry for any rough entries, but I am glad that typing is all over....

 

ASIAN DX

1170 VOA Phillipines Personal First 1700 29/10
1521 CHINA VG 1800 30/10
1557 WYFR Taiwan 27/10 1600, 1700 29/10
1575 VOA Thailand 27/10 1600
1575 Farda 1800 30/10

 

TRANSATLANTIC DX

 

540 WFLA FL 0700 2/11
560 WQAM FL 0700 28/10, 31/10 0700
580 WQAQ PR 31/10 0727
600 CBC local id 2259 27/10 id 990 and 600
610 WIOD fl 2300 27/10
620 WDAE FL Personal 1st sports. Hrd sports before, but never ID. 0700 2/11
770 Rebelde 0300 29/10
790 VOCM news on CFCB / VOCM network 2230 29/10
800 VOWR 2259 27/10
800 CKLW 0731 29/10 gd ids
920 WGKA Atlanta Daytimer. Hrd last season 29/10 2300
920 WDMC 0400 1/11
920 CKNX VG signal and ID, but weak below at silent toth KARN Little Rock AR 0000 2/11 (Poss FKR-UK)
940 Montreal. 29/10 0003 Good audio during a peak, but all too few peaks now since someone is off channel across the water
950 WWJ 0900 29/10, 0909 30/10
950 Warble 0002 29/10
950 KJR Seattle 0900 1/11 1st log this season
960 KMA 0800 29/10
1000 ESPN Chicago 0938 29/10 vg levels. ads. no local ID though
1010 WINS Lighting HD lamp 29/10 0834, 0700 1/11
1010 CFRB 0700 Non id type ID now. 2/11
1070 WFLI Lookout Mountain, TN. 2300 28/10 Daytimer, 30/10 2300 surprisingly gd
1070 EVE 1070 (= WTWK) 2101 1/11 Daytimer
1070 WKOK Sudbury, PA 2200 31/10 Daytimer
1070 CHOK 0600 29/10
1140 CBC local 1140 id 2159 27/10
1140 Rebelde. 0700 2/11 Jingle about 0659 ish .. tip DH. Pers First
1150 FF // 610 30/10 2300 Last days. Their dates are 1/12 for switch off I believe. 610 should be interesting.
1160 WCSO East Point, GA 27/10 2300 50kW Daytimer. Poss FKR-UK?? (Also 29/10 2300)
1160 UNID weird ID, Like Dever, and other 2 cities. Requires another listen. 30/10 2300.
1180 Rebelde jingle 29/10 2300
1200 WKOX Rare call ID 0703 31/10
1210 The Big Talker 0700 1/11
1220 WHK nwk 0700 1/11
1280 CFMB Montreal Pres. Italian lingo no id 2100 27/10
1290 WRNI 2300 28/10
1290 Unid call, poss WHIO. The Happy Valley's Nx Traffic and Wx stn. need another listen 0600 1/11
1300 WJNO Praise 1300 Cleveland 0000 28/10
1300 WJZ Baltimore 0700 31/10 ESPN station. Good fade of the usual ones for this pers first
1310 CIWW Ottowa 2300 27/10 Hrd reg this week with ESPN sports games. (VVG 0759 29/10)(ESPN TORONTO 570 ID 0300 29/10)
1320 unid Mention sports on WAPI?? or maybe WEEI?? Sports progs mention a lot of calls at different times though. 0000 31/10
1320 WBOB 0000 2/11
1320 CJMR 0600 1/11 Gd id, // 1250 yl id. Voice of the City id 0000 1/11
1330 WRCA SS language progs 2235 29/10
1340 UNID ESPN. BBC OFF, tnx DH tip. ESPN id only hrd. 18 possibilities!!!
1360 WDRC Hartford VG sig 0700 2/11
1370 WDEA 2300 27/10 gd sig
1390 WSPO Charleston Poor ID, New call for the Charleston stn
1400 CBC 2100 27/10 VG signal. (2159 28/10 ID AS 990 AND 600)
1400 WOND 2200 27/10 ABC nx
1460 WHIC The station of the cross. 0000 28/10,, 0659 2/11
1470 WLAM 2129 27/10 WCSH ID's = tv audio on WLAM, Gd id 0000 28/10, 2300 28/10
1470 WJDY 0200 28/10
1490 WBAE 2300 27/10
1510 WLAC Multi Call 2300 28/10, 2300 30/10
1540 KXEL 0700 29/10
1540 WDCD 2300 30/10
1580 CKDO VG 0601 29/10
1590 KVGB The Talk of the town. 0700 29/10
1590 WVNA GD 2359 29/10, 0559 2/11
1620 WDND South Bend Great ID in a fade of WTAW 1/11 0000
1630 WRDW Augusta 2300 2/11 (unusual, KCJJ more common )
1640 WTNI vg 2301 30/10
1660 KRZI TX 0700 29/10
1690 WPTX Lexington Park 2230 27/10, 30/10 2300, 2/11 2300
1700 WEUP 2357 29/10