tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68222305696330207942023-11-15T08:22:51.781-05:00Greg's Radio LogbookAdventures in Radio ListeningGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-35293125068746665002014-06-06T13:26:00.001-04:002014-06-06T13:28:53.850-04:001330 kHz Overnight Recording for KCKM DX Test<a href="http://www.kckm1330.com/">KCKM 1330 kHz</a>, Monahans, Texas, held a DX test on March 22, 2014. I recorded that frequency overnight in hopes of catching the DX test. I've now uploaded <a href="https://archive.org/details/1330KHz201403220407UTC">the recording</a> of that session to archive.org.<br />
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Apart from some possible fragmentary Morse code IDs heard very faintly
around the 01:16 mark, nothing of KCKM is audible in this recording.
However what is audible are several different stations producing a
jumble of noise, with various stations occasionally being heard well
enough to identify. It's a good example of what a crowded AM band
channel sounds like at night when no one station is strong enough to
dominate.<br />
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The stations audible at various times during this recording are:<br />
WFNN, Erie PA, Fox Sports Radio, with sports talk.<br />
WRCA, Watertown MA, with programming in Portuguese.<br />
WWRV, New York NY, with religious programming in Spanish.<br />
WSPQ, Springville NY, with oldies music.<br />
WEBO, Oswego NY with news and talk.<br />
WHBL, Sheboygan WI, Fox News Radio 1330.<br />
WTRE, Greensburg IN, with country music.<br />
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For me, most of these stations are relogs. WSPQ is the closest one to me. WWRV, whose ID I heard at 0700 UTC, is a relog but its callsign has changed since the last time I heard it. WTRE is new, heard at 1100 UTC with ID (that sounded like WTRA) and country music. WHBL in Sheboygan, WI is a relog but I think this is the first time I've caught it in Toronto. And KCKM itself I am going to add to my log as a tentative, possible logging. I never got a clear ID but around 0524 UTC I did hear some very faint fragmentary Morse code IDs, the pieces of which sounded like KCKM. Not quite enough to be certain, but enough to consider it likely.<br />
<br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-53912513250663665832014-06-06T13:14:00.003-04:002014-06-06T13:16:09.181-04:00CHU 3330 kHzI have uploaded a <a href="https://archive.org/details/CHU3.330MHz17May20140358UTC">half-hour recording</a> of <a href="http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/short_wave.html">CHU</a> to <a href="http://www.archive.org/">archive.org</a>. CHU is Canada's standard time and frequency station. It transmits on 3330, 7850, and 14,670 kHz. This is a recording made of the 3330 kHz signal on May 17, 2014 from 0358 UTC onwards.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-6736652599198379082014-05-26T08:56:00.001-04:002014-05-26T08:56:18.426-04:00More Radio RecordingsI have added more of my off-air radio recordings to <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Wireless+Static%22">my archive</a> at archive.org.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/HCJB45thAnniversaryProgram6.095MHz25Dec19760230UTC">HCJB 45th Anniversary Program</a>: A special anniversary and Christmas program broadcast December 25, 1976, 0230 UTC on 6095 kHz. Recorded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.<br /><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/EcuadorianMusicLate1970s">Ecuadorian Music, Late 1970s</a>: Music of Ecuador and South America. Recorded from shortwave radio
stations (primarily HCJB, Quito, Ecuador) around 1976-1978 in Kingston,
Ontario, Canada.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/VA3GMT28.200MHz13Dec20131820UTC">Amateur Radio Beacon VA3GMT</a>: Recording of amateur radio beacon VA3GMT/B in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Received on 28200 kHz in the 10 metre amateur band on Dec. 13, 2013 at
18:20 UTC. Received in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<br />
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There is also now a link to the archive in the About Me section. Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-74241492942460910562014-04-20T23:13:00.000-04:002014-04-30T23:15:27.635-04:00Radio Nacional de BrasiliaI also caught <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1dio_Nacional">Radio Nacional</a> de Brasilia tonight, from Brasilia in Brazil. This was on 6180 kHz from 0305-0431 UTC. The signal was fairly strong but there was interference from another station on an adjacent frequency. The station was playing music, mostly Brazilian, with talk in Portuguese and frequent IDs. Received on the Kaito KA-1103 using its built-in telescopic antenna.<br />
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I <a href="https://archive.org/details/RadioNacionalBrasilia6.180MHz20Apr20140305UTC">recorded this</a> and have posted the recording to archive.org.<br />
<br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com1Harrowsmith, ON K0H, Canada44.404083 -76.66552718.8820485 -117.974121 69.9261175 -35.356933tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-71923336561807698562014-04-20T23:02:00.000-04:002014-04-30T23:05:08.239-04:00Wolverine RadioI was tuning around 7 MHz tonight and ran across a strong single-sideband signal with music playing. It was the shortwave pirate station <a href="http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Wolverine_Radio">Wolverine Radio</a>. This one is heard fairly regularly and seems to have good coverage over eastern North America. But obviously no one knows where the station is located. Details of the reception:<br />
<ul>
<li>Wolverine Radio, 6945 kHz in SSB from 0125 to 0245 UTC. This was the last 25 minutes of their broadcast. Good signal, playing music that all seemed to be related to marijuana. No talking except for occasional "Wolverine Radio" IDs in a computer-generated voice. Then there was the sound of an SSTV (slow-scan television) image being transmitted, after which the station went off the air.</li>
</ul>
I recorded this and have posted <a href="https://archive.org/details/WolverineRadio6.945MHz20Apr20140220UTC">the recording</a> to <a href="http://archive.org/">archive.org</a>. Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0Harrowsmith, ON K0H, Canada44.404083 -76.66552718.8820485 -117.974121 69.9261175 -35.356933tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-37275596187019372782014-04-19T09:00:00.000-04:002014-04-30T23:06:50.228-04:00Voice of America on 60 MetresI am up in Eastern Ontario for the weekend and as usual I have a portable shortwave receiver with me, a Kaito KA-1103. While tuning around the 60 metre band I caught the Voice of America in English on two frequencies:<br />
<ul>
<li>Voice of America, 4930 kHz, from VOA's relay site at Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana at 0350-0417 UTC. Weak signal with talk in English. Pretty hard to follow, as the reception was poor. 100 kW.</li>
<li>Voice of America, 4960 kHz, from VOA's relay site at Pinheira, Sao Tome e Principe, off the west coast of Africa. 0417-0420 UTC. Talk in English. Weak signal. 100 kW. </li>
</ul>
Reception of African stations on 60 metres used to be a fairly common experience, before most of them disappeared. I remember listening to Radio RSA from South Africa on the 90 and 60 metre bands frequently back in the late 1970s. Today it's a rare occurance to catch a station from that part of the world on these bands, since so few are left.<br />
<br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0Harrowsmith, ON K0H, Canada44.404083 -76.66552718.8820485 -117.974121 69.9261175 -35.356933tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-29820473621561429882014-04-18T23:24:00.000-04:002014-04-30T23:08:31.437-04:00Radio Sawtu LinjiliaI caught a station on shortwave this afternoon that I'd never heard of. Radio Sawtu Linjilia (the Voice of Gospel), a religious station broadcasting to Africa. Frequency: 15315 kHz, at 1830-1850 UTC with a fair to good signal, broadcasting from Issoudon, France. It was in an African language. Short-wave.info gives the languages as Hausa and Fulfude, neither of which I would recognize. Received at Port Hope, Ontario, when I took a break from driving.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0Port Hope, ON, Canada43.949164 -78.293461643.903443 -78.3741426 43.994885000000004 -78.2127806tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-55229841314522188952014-04-17T16:12:00.000-04:002014-04-21T18:23:37.772-04:00Recording: Shortwave Radio Inteval SignalsI posted to archive.org a <a href="https://archive.org/details/IntervalSignals197677">compilation of shortwave radio station interval signals</a> from 1976 - 1977. This recording also includes some clips on the history behind the identifying tunes used at Radio Nederland. Contents:<br />
<ul>
<li>Deutsche Welle</li>
<li>R. Nederland</li>
<li>Unidentified interval signal 1</li>
<li>Voice of Spain</li>
<li>History of R. Nederland's interval signal</li>
<li>R. Nederland Arabic service</li>
<li>Unidentified interval signal 2</li>
<li>R. Canada International</li>
<li>R. Nacional de Brasilia</li>
<li>Interval signal history from R. Nederland</li>
<li>R. RSA</li>
<li>Voice of Iran</li>
<li>R. Habana Cuba</li>
<li>BBC Spanish Service</li>
<li>Voice of Turkey</li>
</ul>
Update: Now also on the <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/fkfqcz9gamn3z3bc81fyibnyvj5uk3">Shortwave Archive</a> podcast. <br />
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-79042774381861192672014-04-10T22:58:00.000-04:002014-04-17T16:14:50.821-04:00Recording: DX Partyline on HCJB from 1976I've uploaded yet another of my recordings of shortwave radio from the late 1970s. This one is a recording of the <a href="https://archive.org/details/HCJBDXPartyline6.095MHz07Dec19760230UTC">DX Partyline show on HCJB</a> from Quito, Ecuador. This program was broadcast on December 7, 1976 at 0230 UTC on 6095 kHz in the 49 metre band. The main feature of this episode is a discussion with an HCJB engineer of the design and construction of their steerable broadcasting antenna.<br />
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Update: This recording has now been included in the Shortwave Archive <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/lsn2565kv5vg2l7s5qanx1mbnwvce5">podcast</a>. Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-13458174817952416832014-04-10T00:21:00.002-04:002014-04-10T22:52:26.904-04:00Another Ancient Shortwave RecordingI've posted another <a href="https://archive.org/details/VoiceOfIran9.022MHz05Dec19760230UTC">ancient shortwave recording</a> to archive.org. This is a recording of a half-hour program of the Voice of Iran, from December 5, 1976 at 2000 UTC on 9022 kHz in English. This is interesting from the historical viewpoint because it is from a few years before the revolution in Iran that overthrew the Shah and established the present Islamic Republic.<br />
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Update: This recording has now been included in the Shortwave Archive <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/xy9ho73iuswcts8z17lxjfetq6b3xs">podcast</a>. Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-67547036752381529972014-04-05T23:30:00.000-04:002014-04-10T00:14:41.000-04:00Today's Receptions on ShortwaveDid a bit of listening today on shortwave and here's what I caught. The receiver was the JRC NRD-525 attached to the 20 metre amateur band mobile whip. Not an ideal match but it worked well enough:<br />
<ul>
<li>WRMI, 15770 kHz, Okeechobee FL USA, at 1945-1952 UTC with fair to good signal. Overcomer Ministry religious program hosted by Brother Stair.</li>
<li>Voice of America, 15580 kHz, from Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana relay transmitter site at 1955-2000 UTC. In English. ID at top of hour and then into program "Music Time in Africa". Fair signal.</li>
<li>WEWN, Vandiver AL USA, at 2000-2005 UTC on 15610 kHz. Good signal. In English. EWTN Catholic radio.</li>
<li>Voice of America, 15730 kHz, from Greenville NC USA, in French with good signal.</li>
<li>WWCR, 15825 kHz, Nashville TN USA, at 2010 UTC with good signal. English. Christian preaching.</li>
</ul>
<br />Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-79647922343424059562014-04-04T23:00:00.000-04:002014-04-10T00:15:56.241-04:00Radio KuwaitOne logging on shortwave today: Radio Kuwait at 2038 to 2050 UTC on 15540 kHz in English with a fair signal. Public service announcement followed by ID and frequencies. Then into some European-sounding techno music and a song by John Lennon.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-13766811355379672902014-03-30T21:28:00.001-04:002014-03-30T21:28:40.003-04:00DX Tape 02I've uploaded a <a href="https://archive.org/details/ShortwaveCompilationOneEarly1977">second vintage shortwave radio recording</a> to <a href="http://archive.org/">archive.org</a>. This is a compilation of clips recorded in early 1977. Included on this recording are:<br />
<ul>
<li>Transworld Radio - Interval signal and ID.</li>
<li>Radio Veritas ID, as heard on Radio Nederland.</li>
<li>Radio Nederland - The story of Radio Nederland's French language service interval signal (in English).</li>
<li>Radio Nederland - Clip about interference in Scandinavia from Soviet over-the-horizon radar on shortwave.</li>
<li>Radio Santa Fe ID. Probably from Radio Santa Fe, HJAF, Bogota, Colombia, which used to operate on 4965 kHz. I don't know if this was my recording of this ID, or one I heard on a DX program.</li>
<li>Radio Nederland - French language service interval signal and ID.</li>
<li>Unidentified utility interval signal.</li>
<li>Radio Alvorada da Londrina, Brazil ID - heard on Radio Nederland.</li>
<li>BBC World Service - Interval signal and ID in Portuguese.</li>
<li>Radio Nederland - Story of Radio Nederland's official tune.</li>
<li>Disturbing trends in DXing - From HCJB's DX Partyline show.</li>
</ul>
This one has also been accepted for inclusion at the <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/9l90legl67xrx2wwxgvi6padmwrdir">Shortwave Archive podcast</a>. I assembled these clips into this compilation sometime in the late 1970s and unfortunately I have no records of dates, times, or frequencies for these clips. Enjoy.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-83633476932191677202014-03-27T23:21:00.001-04:002014-03-27T23:22:21.404-04:00Shortwave LoggingsLast weekend I spent a bit of time listening to shortwave. Here's what I logged. Date was Sunday March 23, 2014 from 0520 to 0645 UTC. JRC NRD-525
connected to Sony AN-12 outdoor active antenna.<br />
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Loggings from 40 metres:<br />
<ul>
<li> 0520-0530 <a href="http://www.radioalgerie.dz/fr/">Radio Algierienne</a> Chaine 1, via Issoudoun, France, 7295 kHz in Arabic. Arabic music, talk on half hour. 500 kw.<span class="text_exposed_show"></span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0530-0542 <a href="http://www.romania-actualitati.ro/">Radio Romania Actualitati</a>, from Galbani, Romania, 7220 kHz in Romanian. Talk, ID, music. 300 kW.</span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0548-0551 <a href="https://www.radiodabanga.org/">Radio Dabanga</a>, via Vatican City, 7315 kHz. This was in
Arabic, I think. Frequent IDs, talk, bits of music. 250 kW. </span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0552-0600 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio">BBC World Service</a>, via Ascension Island, 7325 kHz in English.
250 kW. Off air abruptly at 0600, followed almost immediately by....</span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0600-0602 BBC World Service, Wooferton, UK, also on 7325 kHz in French. Noticeably weaker than the Ascension signal. 250 kW.</span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0602-0613 <a href="http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/pages/home/">Radio Romania International</a>, Galbani, Romania, 7360 kHz in French. Talk and music.</span></li>
<li><span class="text_exposed_show">0615-0617 <a href="http://www.martinoticias.com/">Radio Marti</a>, Greenville, NC, USA, 7405 kHz, in Spanish to
Cuba. Music and talk. Jamming from Cuba audible, but from my location
Cuba's jamming never interferes much with Radio Marti. </span></li>
</ul>
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And one logging from the 60 metre band:<br />
<ul>
<li>0625-0645 <a href="http://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/">Radio Clube do Para</a>, Belem, Brazil, 4885 kHz. Very weak and
heard only one partial ID. But it was in Portuguese and I compared it
to their webcast, which was the same. Talk between two men, and some
music. </li>
</ul>
The Sony AN-12 active antenna works very well, if you
have limited space for an outdoor antenna. Too bad it was never sold in
North America - I had to order mine on eBay from Japan.</div>
Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-55868048942599052412014-03-27T00:31:00.000-04:002014-03-27T00:39:04.450-04:00DX Tape 01Back in the 1970s, when I was still brand new to radio, I would sometimes record things from the radio onto tape. I assembled these clips onto a series of DX tapes. In the early 2000s, I digitized these tapes, and archived the files. Several months ago I discovered the <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/">Shortwave Radio Archive</a> podcast and have been listening to it regularly since. When I discovered that the archive accepts contributions, I decided to contribute the recordings from my DX tapes. They're now over 35 years old and represent a world of international broadcasting that has now almost entirely disappeared.<br />
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The primary repository for my radio recordings will be <a href="http://archive.org/">archive.org</a>. So far I've only uploaded the first one, <a href="https://archive.org/details/RadioNederLandHappyStation6.165MHz27Dec19760200UTC">DX Tape 1</a>. The main feature on this recording is the Christmas edition of Radio Nederland's Happy Station Show from December, 1976. The folks at the Shortwave Radio Archive have also made it <a href="http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/2ank4i35gjpurnv8j7j8slldsn3x6a">available</a> through their podcast and website. If you were a listener to Radio Nederland in the 1970s I think you'll enjoy listening to Tom Meijer once again.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-61835941262569481692013-08-12T22:55:00.000-04:002014-03-29T22:56:09.724-04:00Mediumwave DXing from SaskatchewanFrom August 3 to 11, 2013 I travelled around Saskatchewan. In the evenings I spent some time DXing the AM and FM bands. One of my goals was to try to hear as many of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan's AM stations</a> as I could. I came very close to receiving all of them. In fact, I only missed one, CJBW on 1330 kHz in Jans Bay. I was listening from Regina, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, and Lake Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park. There is another station on 1330 that's sort of in the middle of all that, CJYM in Rosetown, which dominated the frequency.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-21069717064331726372012-09-03T13:35:00.004-04:002012-09-03T13:35:40.281-04:00Your Comments RequestedI have a request. If you're a reader of this blog, even if only occasionally, I'd like to hear your comments on it. I'm interested in hearing what you like and don't like about it. If you find it interesting or boring. If you have suggestions for improvements I'd like to hear those too. Post your replies in the comments section of this post.<br />
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One of the things motivating me as a radio hobbyist is curiosity about all the different ways in which wireless communications are used today. The radio spectrum is full of interesting signals created to serve hundreds of different purposes. My interest is in exploring this. I began keeping this blog to communicate this interest to others. That's why my posts focus on reports of what I've heard in my journeys across the radio bands. <br />
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However, keeping this blog requires a lot of time, so I want to find out if people actually find value in it. I get so few comments, I don't have any sense of how many people are actually finding this interesting. I'm also wondering if I should change the focus of the blog, or perhaps discontinue keeping it. Let me know what you think in the comments.<br />
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Thanks, Greg.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-30712875844089604362012-08-18T18:00:00.000-04:002012-09-03T13:22:45.407-04:00Final Post from NewfoundlandToday was my last day in Newfoundland before returning home. Two last loggings, made from Deer Lake:<br />
<ul>
<li>WRCA, 1330 kHz, Waltham MA, at 0656-0700 UTC. English, fair signal. Danny Styles Nostalgia Show, then ID with location on the hour. 17 kW. Relog.</li>
<li>XLM616, 162.4 MHz, Gander NL at 1104-1130 UTC. Fair signal. English and French. Environment Canada weather radio with conditions for southwestern Newfoundland. ID with callsign and location at 1128.</li>
</ul>
I logged a lot of new stations while I was in Newfoundland and made a few good DX catches. On the whole, however, it was not as productive for DXing as I had hoped. The main problem was the amount of electrical interference present at most of the places I stayed. A secondary problem was that it was getting dark late so good DX conditions each night on AM didn't really get started until well after 10 pm local time, and I usually needed to get to bed by midnight in order to be up for the next day's activities. Most of the places I stayed also did not have the option of setting up outside to listen.<br />
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From this I've drawn a few conclusions. If you want to go on a listening DXpedition, you need to scout out a suitable listening location beforehand to ensure it is free of electrical noise and has the physical facilities to enable you to set up your equipment and to put up antennas. You will also need to plan to stay in that location for several days. If you need to check out in the morning, that pretty much prevents you from staying up late DXing the night before. This is an important consideration when DXing the mediumwave or longwave bands in the summer at northern latitudes because it doesn't get dark until quite late. A place without maid service is also preferable, for the same reason. Finally you'll need to focus on the DXing. If you're spending your days doing other activities, you'll need to get up early, which prevents you from staying up late.<br />
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-72764694611426171222012-08-17T22:00:00.000-04:002012-09-03T12:05:19.083-04:00CFGN 1230 kHzHere's a logging I was excited about until I checked my records later. I was in Barachois Pond Provincial Park (about 20 km east of Stephenville) for a hike (in the rain). After returning to my car I spent about half an hour listening to a faint almost unintelligible station on 1230 kHz waiting for an ID. Finally I heard the VOCM ID I was expecting, which meant this was CFGN in Port aux Basques NL (which is part of the VOCM network). It was exciting because CFGN was one of the few mediumwave stations in the province that I hadn't yet logged. At least that's what I thought. Checking my logbook later I discovered I'd actually logged this station back in 2007, and from a much farther distance (Twillingate NL). To top it off, I forgot to note the time of today's reception, so all I can say is that it was in the early afternoon local time.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-31510875394159109672012-08-17T21:00:00.000-04:002012-09-03T11:56:47.493-04:00Loggings from StephenvilleIn Stephenville, NL. Several new stations for the log here but all are routine local or semi-local stations:<br />
<ul>
<li>XLW201, 162.4 MHz, Codroy Pond NL, at 0115 UTC with fair signal in English and French. Environment Canada weather radio for Southwestern Newfoundland. No ID or location, but Codroy Pond is only about 50 km south of here so there's little doubt of the identity.</li>
<li>CBNC-FM, 88.7 MHz, Stephenville NL at 0119-0125 UTC. Excellect signal. English. CBC Radio One. 3.5 kW.</li>
<li>CBAF-FM-16, 94.3 MHz, Port au Port NL. 0125-0128 UTC. Excellent signal. French, SRC Premiere Chaine network. Talk. 1.03 kW.</li>
<li>CBN-FM-4, 95.1 MHz, Stephenville NL, at 0128-0132 UTC. Excellent signal. English. CBC Radio Two with show "The Signal". 8.9 kW.</li>
<li>CKXX-FM-1, 95.9 MHz, Stephenville NL at 0133-0137 UTC. Excellent signal. English. K-Rock classic rock. Parallel to CKXX 103.9 Corner Brook (also audible here). 230 W.</li>
<li>CIOS-FM, 98.5 MHz, Stephenville NL at 0145-0147 UTC. Excellent signal, English. OZ FM. 4.3 kW.</li>
</ul>
Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-72113664576243977322012-08-16T22:00:00.000-04:002012-09-02T21:45:44.117-04:00FM from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward IslandThis afternoon I was touring the Port au Port peninsula (on the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast west of Stephenville, NL) and caught two stations from across the water on FM. These were heard on the Mazda 3 car radio:<br />
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<li>CKPE, 94.9 MHz, Sydney NS, at 1602-1610 UTC, with fair to good signal. Pop music, callsign ID with location, and slogan "The Cape". 61 kW. New.</li>
<li>CFCY, 95.1 MHz, Charlottetown PE, at 1715 UTC. Poor signal and audible only briefly. ID and music heard. I was listing to the CBC radio station from Stephenville on this frequency and CFCY broke through briefly while I was on the coast near Mainland driving by a mountain that blocked the path to Stephenville. 73 kW. New.</li>
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-21391770736821649262012-08-16T21:30:00.000-04:002012-09-02T21:39:28.854-04:00Other Loggings from Steady BrookIn addition to UVB-76, I also heard the following while in Steady Brook, NL:<br />
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<li>VOAR-9-FM, 105.7 MHz, Corner Brook NL, at 0147-0149 UTC with excellent signal. Show "Night Sounds with Bill Pearce". Religious music. Some audio distortion, 250W. New.</li>
<li>Unidentified digital station on 4610 kHz at 0151 UTC with fair signal. Mode unknown. Strange digital sounds.</li>
<li>XLW200, 162.55 MHz, Corner Brook NL, at 0945-1000 UTC with good signal in English and French. Environment Canada weather with conditions for southwestern Newfoundland towns. New.</li>
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-36349435340025293222012-08-16T21:00:00.000-04:002012-09-02T21:32:45.601-04:00UVB-76The highlight of today's DXing is that I finally have heard the mysterious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76">UVB-76</a> (also known variously as UZB76, MDZhB, and The Buzzer). I've been trying for almost a year to catch it, after reading that <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/ff_uvb76/all/1">article</a> about it in Wired magazine. Frequency: 4625 kHz. Time: 0155-0200 UTC. Station location: believed to be located somewhere near Pskov in Russia. The signal was very weak but its distinctive buzzing came through clearly at times. I also compared it to a <a href="http://uvb-76.net/">webstream</a> of the station to verify that the station was actually transmitting at this time. My location: Steady Brook, NL, just a little bit north of Corner Brook.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-56713735822334254892012-08-15T22:00:00.000-04:002012-09-02T12:54:56.460-04:00Other Catches in York HarbourI also caught the following while in York Harbour, NL. All are relogs:<br />
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<li>JT, 390 kHz, Stephenville NL, at 0027 UTC with good signal. Non-directional aeronautical beacon with Morse code ID. This is one of the only longwave stations from Newfoundland that I've heard from Ontario.</li>
<li>BBC Radio 5 Live, 693 kHz, from the United Kingdom. 0241-0300 UTC. Fair to poor signal (weak but relatively little interference, some fading, but good enough to follow the programming). English with British accents. Talk about the early days of Apple Computer. ID on hour. BBC Radio 5 Live transmits from several locations on this frequency, including Droitwich (150 kW), Stagshaw and Start Point (both 50 kW) and Burghead (25 kW). I don't know which this is. Relog - I caught the BBC on 693 in 2007 from Twillingate, NL.</li>
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Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822230569633020794.post-36785942752866992552012-08-15T21:00:00.000-04:002012-09-02T12:45:54.372-04:00BSKSA 1521 kHzThis is an exciting catch: the most distant mediumwave station I've ever heard, and the first Asian one too. Station: BSKSA (Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) from Duba, Saudi Arabia on 1521 kHz at 0236 UTC. Signal was fair to poor: fairly strong but some fading and co-channel interference from WWKB 1520 (Bufallo, NY). Programming was talk in Arabic and some singing. <br />
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I'm classifying this one as tentative-but-probable. No ID was heard, but as far as I can tell there are no Arabic language stations on 1520 in North America, esp. at night; this was also definitely on 1521; and there are no other Arabic stations listed in Europe, Africa, or Asia, BSKSA on 1521 transmits at an incredible 2 MW of power (2000 kW) making it 40 times more powerful than the most powerful stations in North America, and it is a regular catch by DXers along the east coast of North America. <br />
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Today's listening location: a bed-and-breakfast in York Harbour, NL (on the Bay of Islands west of Corner Brook). The first place I've stayed in since Rocky Harbour where there was no electrical interference on AM (at least after everyone went to bed). Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06970270664430324366noreply@blogger.com0