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FOR OCTOBER 2007 A site mainly dedicated to Mediumwave Dxing |
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Wednesday 31st October 2007 Last day of logs on this page, and nothing very exciting to report from this end. Today is the last chance to hear the daytimers on their October sched. The band has been poorish in general here, and not much to report out of the ordinary this last few days. The usual Newfoundland and East Coast stations come in at their local sundown, and sometimes the likes of 590 VOCM is like a local for a time. But this morning for example, at 0700, WTIC was mixing with the Euros, and not on top. A lot of Cubans, and a couple of unid stations were also heard. Thought I was gonna get my first id from 1210, on the old WCAU freq. Ad about Philadelphia, but Virgin began music at the wrong time. WDRC hrd on 1360, and unid carrying Fox Sports Radio on 1280. Interestingly, I have heard through the grapevine that Martin in Northern Scotland has heard New Zealand on 1080 here in the UK. Amazingly there is no mention of this excellent log elsewhere on the web that I can see. It seems to be getting kept within the closed doors of the dx clubs. Well I can say that it is of 1080kHz "Newstalk 1ZB Aukland" 10kw, heard just after 1000 UTC. Well done on this superb piece of DXing. Martin has also heard 1500 KUMU from Hawaii. Saturday 27th October 2007 Band seemed quite lively when I got up, but have a couple of extra shifts this weekend, and had to be out by 0630. Did note there was audio on 1230, which may have been usable. Incidentally, I have updated the frequency table for this season as well over the last few days. Click here to view. Friday 26th October 2007 Friday morning and evening not much better and nothing to keep me by the Radio. Thursday 25th October 2007 Well as I typed up the extensive log for Thursday morning, the band was just about to take a turn for the worse. On Thursday evening 590 VOCM was coming in at 2021 despite the K4. By 2100 and onwards there was nothing at all audible on the band. By 2342, CKEC and VOCM were audible, but not much else. Band abandoned. Thursday 25th October 2007 (including Wednesday Night 24rd Oct) I still have a lot of back logs to catch up on. These band conditions are gonna turn me into a sleepless zombie. Began listening 2054 when there is a window for 1390 and 1400 before BIG L signs back on air. 1400 CBC very strong, but I discovered I should have been on 1280, which was in Italian. Checked this on and off, and tried the WADO web stream, but nothing like it. WADO in SS. Turned out to be CFMB, with a loud signal, but went on to it's night time antenna pattern at 2133 ish, and it was like someone switching it off. Gone... There was a trace of SS on the channel which would fit in with WADO, but can't be sure. A lot of DX coming in early tonight. 2130 1060 WBIX Good ID as I tuned in Quick note? I have asked this question in the past. What is the Indian sounding music, or certainly eastern, on 1629 european evenings. QTH?? Dutch pirate??? Balklands?? 2139 - 1310 Oldies 13-10 wx. Good CIWW call id 2200 2143 - 1240 VOCM Network, inc lotto 649 ads. Remember this?? 2216 - 820 CHAM Hamilton Ont id as Hamilton's Legend or similar 2248 - 1150 The other Frenchy that's not // 610 dominant. 2239 - 1250 Religion, unid 2343 - 1580 CKDO ..Spotted by "Davie", with sport. But this oldies station had sport!! 0330 - 1480 WHBC id on overnight rec 0500 - 900 Unid CW at TOTH. Poss _.. / _ _ / .. The first letter is tent. D M I ??? 0615 - 1410 ESPN 14-10 ids, pres WPOP 0632 - 970 WZAN 0632 - 1460 CJOY id 0654 - 960 CFFX Kingston, Ont. Thought CHNS had switched back on, briefly 30/9, and in the clear. When jingle came on though, had well faded. This station is leaving AM, so log it while you can. Now ids as Lite 104.3, Kingston's Lite Rock etc. 0658 - 960 too much coffee, and had to leave the radio with 2m to the toth!! Checked 960 recording, and a pleasant surprise. 0700 - 960 WEAV The Zone. ID as 96.7, 1320, and 960. Good call ID 0711 - 1220 Sounded like religion, and later ads but Virgin always messed it up at the wrong time. 0738 - 580 Wasted a good band, thinking I heard a station audio cut as I tuned in. Some kind of a play, like a BBC relay below the carrier. On reflection, prob a pice of music then into the play with a little lower audio than the music. Turned out to be CFRA anyway. Another station occasionally popped in mixing. 0801 - 1340 had audio, no ids, or even close, ads on 1220, and sports on 1330, all unids, 980 also opening now. 0830 - 1300 WOOD 0922 - Band still alive inc 1120 KMOX, ESPN 1530, 3WT 1500, Unid preacher below 3WT, and a quick check revealed band open at 0957UTC, almost 11 local. Next week the later openings will be easier to enjoy as the clocks change. Wednesday 24th October (including Tuesday Night 23rd Oct) I had an early fade in again tonight from Canada, and again trying without success for some daytimers. Caught out thinking I was hearing Guinea on 1295, but turned out to be an off channel Spanish station on 1295.5 I think it was. Transatlantic, nothing exciting yet, although just had many all too rare ids at 2330 from ZIZ radio 555. Difficult in the mornings because it has only an overnight BBC world service relay. Tonight on the AOR, reception is very pleasant. At just before 0000, had great id from WTNI 1640, and WHKT Portsmouth 1650, WSAR Fall River 1480. All three were solid signal ids. More tomorrow. Have just got this main PC working again, after some motherboard problems. Electrolitics just dont last nowadays. Anyway, will be typing up these pages during dxing in the morning hopefully, if I am fresh enough. During the night, had the following ids so far: 0017 - 1290 WRNI 0040 - 1310 Ads in Portland, but no WLOB id 0300 - 1670 WVVM Dry Branch. Viva ids in SS 0623 - 1630 KCJJ 0627 - 1520 English stn mixing with Buffalo 0658 - 940 Stn mixing 940 Montreal. CINW id 0700 0701 - 1360 WDRC Hartford ID in mix 0737 - 1180 WHAM and another mixing. no ids 0800 - 860 CJBC Radio Canada ID in FF 0852 - 1280 Sounding like a graveyard channel 0852 - 580 CFRA id in the passing 0855 - 900 CHML Hamilton, Ont ids 0859 - 1160 WCCS Homer City 99% sure of id. need a sound clip here to assist 0901 - 960 The id on this one caught me out but turns out to be Kingston's Lite Rock 104.3, which is the FM service of former oldies 96 which is closing it's MW transmitter. Of course very clear and strong during Dancing in the Dark, but faded on the jingle id voice over thing. 0904 - 1290 CJBK reg this week 1800 - 1557 WYFR Taiwan. Familiar Int sig at change over of the hour. OM in EE at 1758 preaching jesus piffle. Tuesday 23rd October (including Monday
night 22nd October 2007)
As the A and K come tumbling down, the night started off looking rather interesting. The band seemed alive and stations coming through on many frequencies that are not available every night, certainly at this qth. I keep trying for WGH Newport News on 1310, and there was a few stations on the freq at 2150. WGH not heard though. BIG L again off air during the evening hours, and resulted in WEGP and the rabble in the background being in the clear, as was 1400. But ided only WEGP tonight. Stations ided between last night and this am.. time order may not be the best but will have to do just now.. 2156 - 1390 WEGP Big L off again. 2200 - 1400 CBC Radio Big L off 2235 - 570 CFCB pres with the VOCM network programmes. // 590 2240 - 1190 WLIB 2315 - 1290 CJBK 2325 - 1290 WHIO 2354 - 1650 Radio Disney, sounding like they have tweaked the optimod and power!! 2355 - 1610 Radio Voz Latinas, Toronto. Not sure of call, seen different ones noted. Good strength 0000 - 1690 CHTO id quickly in the passing 0004 - 1170 WWVA pres, later ided in the morning. well over the Euros at this time with heavy religion 0028 - 1540 CHIN pres, Chinese no id though 0030 - 1660 Relevant Radio FL 0100 - 1620 WTAW College Station tx 0105 - 620 Sports Network, Fox Sports below VOCM. FL?? Don't know what happened after this. Must have fell asleep on the moose, I had a 920 CKNX id at one stage amongst CJCH, but the most of the night seems to have been on 770. Not a freq of choice, especially when BIG L off air. 0604 - 1020 KDKA 0614 - 740 Toronto's AM 740 dominant over VOCM Nwk. Oldies and Nostalgia 0629 - 1550 CBC Overnight ids 0636 - 560 Was VOCM carrier only (CHVO), or was I getting local QRM. Poss SS behind it. 0644 - 680 680 News Toronto 0650 - 1120 KMOX 0650 - 880 WCBS 0701 - 700 WLW 0715 - 860 Frenchy Strong 0731 - 555 ZIZ (BBC WS ids only) 0732 - 640 Toronto AM 640 0733 - 800 CKLW Windsor, Ont. Community News, and later ad for THE RIVER, 93.9 Rock station. 0800 - 1290 CJBK 0900 - 870 WWL ID 0930 - 1520 WWKB still hanging in. A few times recently I have had the chance to check late fade out, and WWKB is last to leave. Used to always be 1130. Monday 22nd October 2007 After a couple of weeks break in updating my diary of dx loggings, I am back on track. I have still been dxing, but became bogged down in some much needed DIY/ decorating. It was one of these situations, when doing a small painting job made the rest of the place look exceptionally shoddy, and as a result, it has taken me a couple of weeks to sort out!! A pain, but I am now able to sit down and relax, and update the logs. Looks like I am gonna upload these most recent logs first and then fill in the missing days as I complete my typing. I have updated to 12th Oct and still working on it. So maybe tomorrow's update will include the rest of the missing dates, taking in the very end of September too. If it does I shall make a note at the start of the contribution. Overnight, Sun into Mon I left 1060 and 1470 recording. 1470 was on the AOR 7030, while 1060 on the NRD 545. The NW bevergae was into the NRD, and a more due westerly beverage was in the AOR. Very very sluggish this morning to get properly awake, and missed some dx I guess. Up too late last night messing around!! Nothing worthy of note, but 1290 CJBK ided 0800, Exc WWL id on 870 at 0700, and ESPN 1450, no real id. 1370 pres WDEA, very strong and clear during music 0719, not ided though. Seemed to be a lot of stations on a lot of frequencies. O if only we could record the full mw band at the peak times.... WWKB still there on checking the band at 1010, ie 1110 local. Unfortunately nothing behind it. Sunday 21st oct 2007 Overnight Sat night, came in from a rock night, and tried making sure the rx was recording 1290 overnight for a DX test from WIRL at 07 - 09. Nothing heard on checking, except a very weak id from WKBK, and BBC World service, which = WRNI. At some point during the night, I have music and someone talking about a new band from Belgium, and also an area code 561, which is FL, but could be a national ad. No decent IDs. And no DX test audible. At 1700 I have 1521 Beijing, very strong, for once at the right time for the toth int sigs and ids. Fade in early as the As and Ks tumble. Spent some time comparing signals with a local dx friend who has just strung up a beverage. And it works. CKEC New Glasgow was like a local at one stage, with the Ethnic stuff fading in and out at times. Personal Comments: I guess the Ethnic will be easier to ID when CKEC goes off air. It will be sad in a way that a real independent station is going off MW, ie not one which broadcasts all the rotten network style talk shows. It will be interesting in another way though when these half dozen or so dominant stations here in Europe go off. Look at the channels it will free for further DX. 560, 1070, 780, 920, 1320, 1140. Each one with a dominant Canadian that is classed as a pest here. 960 is free here from the dominant CHNS, and the channel takes on similar properties to 1290 or 1300, with no one station particularly strong. Saturday 20th October 2007 No dxing done late on Fri night, and up at 07 Sat and left the rx on 800kHz, where VOWR was coming in well. Not checked rec. Friday 19th Oct 2007 Through the night Thursday into Friday, I ended up leaving 1470 and 1520 recording. Chaos here, so nothing checked yet. Thursday 18th Oct 2007 Thursday evening produced some good signals from across the water. At 2055, Greenland produced a 30 over 9 signal at one point. Usual splat from RTE here, but signal best hrd this season. Weird pips and tk etc at 2100, and yl mumbling away in their own tongue. (Maybe moaning about the cold..hi) Don't know if there was any sign of an id, but nothing jumped out at me. At 2116, I noted that both 1390 and 1400 were both coming in well, and realised that BIG L had not come back on, after the Tirana/ TWR broadcast. Have they gone off permanently I selfishly hope to myself. A quick check of both satellite and web stream confirm still on. Spent far too much time on both 1390 and 1400, and recorded some superb signals from WEGP, 25kw talk of the county. Nice CBC Radio 1 IDs on 1400khz as well, reminding us of the time when there was no Big L. Both frequencies were coming in well, with multiple stations, but only the 2 dominant stns ided at the right time. WEGP had a game, and ids were heard from WRKO which could be confusing. One ad could also cause confusion, especially on 1390. WPT is I believe World Poker Tourn. Interestingly 2 separate dx friends hear their first TADX tonight, with WEGP!! One of my early catches as well, prob 1979!! (If you say it quickly it doesn't sound so long ago!!) Other stations heard on Thurs evening. 1320 CKEC at 2220, 1290 WRNI id as 1290, 1230, and 102.7 FM at 2229 830 WCRA good id at 2343 1390 WRKO Red Sox Network id on WEGP 950 CKNB 0120 Fri. Was going to leave both 1390 and 1400 on overnight, but by the time I went to bed, BIG L was back on air!! Dash it.. Getting slow at keeping up to date with the diary and logs. Should have it updated by beginning of next week. Around midnight UTC, (Wed night / Thurs morn) one of the regular 1290 stations, WRNI was coming through. Had an id on 1620 WTAW on the way past. Left 1510 and 1290 overnight. Some signals on both channels need time to reinvestigate. I was not very sharp this morning, but did log Relevant Radio 1660, mixing with ESPN. Pres Ga stn on 1690, id and mention Atlanta. Gotta check. Country music noted at 0820 on 640, not coming from CBC. Ad for Nancy Wallis/ Wallace show. Not checked out yet. Wednesday 17th Oct 2007 Last night and this morning I seemed to be plagued by the old lack of IDs scenario, (compared to the the dx that seemed to be fading in and out). Had IDs for the following.. 1540 WDCD Albany, @ 2301. Left 1470 on AOR overnight, and fell asleep on 950 on the NRD overnight. Haven't played back to check for unusual stations yet. Not such a good top of the hour at 0500, wasted on a channel that faded. 0504 - 920 I had an odd sounding id, poss just CJCH, but there were at least 2 stations on the channel. 0532 - 570 Radio Reloj was mixing with English voice and ads. Sadly faded before any ids, but seemed to go into country music. 0541 - 1620 produced KOZN, id as Omaha's ESPN. 0553 - 1500 had a few stations on the channel. 0557 - 550 had english stations in mix, one with coast to coast, but no ids. 0601 - 570 Greenland pres with the usual mumbling, and a wee tune type jingle thing. 0605 - 760 WJR ids 0606 - 790 Sportstalk, poss WAXY 0617 - 1540 Pres KXEL with Midnight Truckers n/w 0632 - 1160 had a kind of religious thing. also at this time a couple of stations on 1080, WTIC dominant. 0643 - 1630 Good IDs from KCJJ Iowa Other stuff heard, Chicago ESPN good peaks on 1000, music on 790, news and sports on 990, but ids on none of them. Had some tent call ids on French stn on 550, requires recording playback. Tuesday 16th October 2007 Knackered tonight, and left recording overnight on 1350. Had WYOK York at 2354, (mon), as well as country on 1470. Decided to leave 1350 overnight, and as a result, heard virtually nothing so far on checking. In the morning, at 0530, tuned to 1290, and heard WHIO, Dayton, OH. New one on me. Good WAXY id at 0640 on 790, but kept falling asleep and missed a lot I think. The 1290 recording may be interesting when I get time to check. Monday 15th October 2007 At the radios by 0517, live in person this am, and not lying in bed. WWL heard on 870, Roy Masters on 830, ESPN is on 1620, WBBR 1130 had station in background, inc an ESPN id at around 0545. IDed KFAN 1130 at 0800. 0602 - 630 Unid SS stn shouting ad at 0612 - 790 Country music on 790, no id 0647 - 1170 WWVA id 0649 - 1010 CFRB id 0703 - 650 WSN 0719 - 960 Oldies 96 ID 0755 - 1160 WYLL ids 0805 - 1300 WOOD Good ids and clips 0818 - 1500 3WT still station in a mix with 3wt 1500. Sorry for the "scribbled" logs. Saturday 13th October 2007 At midnight Friday night into Sat morning, I had an id from a more unusual stn on 1360, WYOS. Good signals on the new 1650 CJRS in FF. Left 1290 on overnight, hearing at least CJBK at 0500. 0529 - 1620 Pile up of stations on here, inc BBC, which = Virgin Isles I suppose. 0555 - 1050 CHUM ID 0600 - 580 CFRA (Canadians strong this am) 0615 - 550 French tk, but no id 0616 - 570 Greenland pres, Cuba behind it 0620 - 760 Exc WJR id 0622 - 830 Ridiculous parrot like ads on WCRN 0625 - 850 WEEI 0625 - 900 CKDH ads and wx. ID (Personal First) 0649 - 790 Barrage of stns 0650 - 750 Ads not sounding like CBC, turns out to be WSB Atlanta. (Personal First) 0656 - 990 Unid relay BBC WS, and at 0657 The new 9 90..... Montreal?? 0700 - 920 CJCH with news and the slight echo from the second station with the same news. Friday 12th October 2007 Not really wonderful DX, but a couple of amusing items on VOCM network. Firstly a local chap on a phone in on 620 (2339 Thursday night). The guy may have been have half pissed or something, and talking and moaning about the local fishing industry. Anyone else hear the NFLD local accent?? There is so much of an Irish twang to it. At 0026 (Fri morn), CHVO 560 reported a dead bear on a road, just 30km from the Trans Canadian Highway. There are regular "moose on the road" reports. (A little different from the "moose" fellow Scotsman, Rabbie Burns wrote about, or indeed the one I often fall asleep on, whilst remotely tuning the NRD) 0111 - 1700 KVNS with SS and La Preciosa IDs Left 1700 overnight. 0612 - 800 VOWR. Great signal, but the presenter was the "that was and here is" style, and no ids. 0622 - 970 WZAN good ids Thursday 11th October 2007 At 0011 Thursday, had WCTY Cincinati, Homer 15-30. Unusually clear at this time of night. Dominant over the Euros. Left on 1530 overnight, but band sort of crashed. Anthem type music noted on 940 at 0459 and SS tk. Punto Radio??? Need to play back. Radio Peking / Beijing heard on 1521 at 1900. Wednesday 10th October 2007 (Inc Tuesday Night 9th October 2007) Surprised by a strong station on 1660, non stop SS sounding music. Heard well only on the westerly beverage, but mixing with other stuff on the NW antenna. Ided 2226 as La Gigantie, and Radio Voz Television was mentioned. I guess this would be my unid from 30/9/04, mwn nov 04. WGIT Canovanas, PR Band quite alive, and stations heard around 2230 include WEEI 850, Radio Shalome 1650, WEUP 1700 at 0033. Woke by 0430, and heard the following: 0430 - 1080 WTIC 0450 - 1460 Radio Disney // 1560 therefore WDDY Albany 0500 - 1360 WDRC 0523 - 1380 CKLC poor id in the mush Others heard 1370 - WDEA, 1290 WKBK, 1290 WRNI, 920 CJCH, 555 ZIZ (BBC RELAY), 970 WZAN. 970 is a channel there often seems a pile up of stations, and WZAN is the one I always seem to catch the ID for. Tuesday 9th October 2007 (Inc Monday Night 8th October 2007) Band poor at night, but noted 950 CKNB, VOCM 590, 0635 - 570 Greenland 0640 - 770 2 stations fighting 0651 - 1420 CKDY pres. AVR country id Other common powerhouses but nothing special on the band today. Sunday 7th October 2007 CKEC at midnight, but band not great. 0400 - 1470 WLOA Farrell, PA, ann 940 and 1470 0405 - 1470 Sporting News Radio but from where?? UNID. Sat 6th October 2007 0631 - 580 SS with ids .. have to check recording 0650 - 1670 SS jingles on 1670 , not checked IDs yet Thursday 4th October 2007 (Inc Wed night 3rd October) 2246 Wed night, 560 CHVO Country vg signal. Record 560 overnight seeing as it is going off. 0536 - 550 SS on freq. Need to playback to see if anything there. 0546 - 1140 SS LV Miami WQBA. No call id 0548 - 960 Radio Reloj, Cuba. Time pips and all. ID too. //570 on 570 this am, Cuba dominant. WWL good 870, ZIZ good 555, 590 VOCM Vy strong, and country mx on 790, mixing with sports. no ids. Wednesday 3rd October 2007 (Inc Tues Night 2nd Oct) 2251 620 VOCM had exc exc signal, and at 2308 there were 2 moose on the trans Canadian highway. 0000 - 1320 After a couple of years hearing it, finally ided CJMR in EE at toth 0005 - 740 VOCM network with Moose on the road reports Good signals from the common Canadians. 780, 920, 560, 590, 620 Wake 0620, and get good WCRN id at 0622, and WCBS also gd at this time 880 Others heard in the morn, 970 WZAN, 1370 WDEA Tuesday 2nd October 2007 (Inc Mon Night 1st Oct) Overnight, left 820 on. at 0209 heard unid like Car. Beacon 1610. ?? 0400 wake and change to 1660. Had ids from WFNA and WCNZ 0630 - 1420 AVR id again, = CKDY 0645 - 580 SS and freq mentions of PR. No id. ZIZ carried BBC WS progs at 0700 Monday 1st October 2007 As I have already said, I was doing a lot of DIY at this time, and may not have had 100% concentration level on the radio and dxing. Left Sunday thru Monday on 1680. Up at 0500, where 1080 WTIC was hrd, 960 Cuban inc annoying time signals. There was a station on 910 in SS at one stage, but no id. Finally left 820 on recording for a time. Not checked recording. |