2RL Radio National, Sydney NSW 576 Verification

Email this morning confirmed my reception of 2RL 576. Heard during the extremely good AUS conditions we had on October 18. Richard Garcia at ABC said the engineers were highly amused at the rather unexpected growth in listenership, but also mentioned that the excellent conditions provided problems for the local AM stations "being drowned out at night by distant AM transmissions".

Bjarne's Loggings From KONG14

The KONG14 DX-ped (6-13 Oct 2006) produced some interesting catches. Below are my most interesting loggings. Regular stations omitted. A full KONG14 log will appear when all participants have compiled their logs. Date format dd.mm; time is UTC.

Freq	Date	Time	Stn	Comments
AS
639	9.10.	13:06	JOWN STV Hakodate
792	11.10.	13:00	DXBN Butuan City	DZRB-ID, sign-off 1330 local id.
810	8.10.	14:55	FEN Tokyo	AFN Radio
1080	8.10.	15:05	AFN Korea, Daegu	Thunder AM
1089	9.10.	13:20	JOHB NHK2 Sendai
OC
570	10.10.	12:00	KQNG Lihue HI
684	8.10.	14:56	Radio Fiji 1, Labasa
810	7.10.	14:47	Radio Fiji 2, Labasa
855	8.10.	15:00	4QB ABC Pialba	Possibly both, echo heard
1035	9.10.	12:36	Newstalk ZB, Wellington
1080	10.10.	11:46	KWAI Honolulu HI
1098	8.10.	10:02	V7AB Majuro	VOA News until 1005
1110	12.10.	10:33	KAOI Kihei
1151	7.10.	11:19	Radio Fiji 1, Rakiraki
1180	7.10.	11:41	KORL Honolulu HI
1332	11.10.	11:48	Radio Sport, Auckland	Good signal, local ads
NA
560	9.10.	04:04	WIND Chicago IL
570	9.10.	04:29	WNAX Yankton SD	Voice of the mid-west
570	9.10.	04:06	WKBN Youngstown OH	Newsradio 570 WKBN
580	13.10.	06:25	KTMT Ashford OR	SS: Radio Lazer 580 AM
580	13.10.	06:30	WTCM Traverse City MI	C2C AM
790	10.10.	04:05	KJRB Spokane WA	790 The Fan
910	9.10.	03:00	WSUI Iowa City IA
970	9.10.	04:48	KBUL Billings MT
980	9.10.	04:39	CFPL London ON
1150	8.10.	00:03	KWKY Des Moines IA
1170	10.10.	10:55	KPUG Bellingham WA
1230	7.10.	06:20	KHDN Hardin MT
1230	11.10.	07:39	KDIX Dickinson ND	Surfacing briefly
1230	6.10.	06:43	KORT Grangeville ID	KORT FM – AM
1230	7.10.	00:10	WSDR Sterling IL
1240	10.10.	07:42	KCCR Pierre SD
1240	9.10.	05:00	KWIK Pocatello ID
1250	12.10.	09:19	KKDZ Seattle WA	Radio Disney
1260	10.10.	23:33	WRIE Erie PA
1260	10.10.	23:45	WNDE Indianapolis IN	Sportsradio 1260 WNDE
1260	10.10.	10:50	KLYC McMinnville OR
1260	10.10.	10:00	KPOW Powell WY	ID for Powell – Cody
1280	10.10.	10:59	KIT Yakima WA	Newstalk 1280 KIT
1280	6.10.	04:49	VSB2 Hamilton
1310	8.10.	03:03	KZXR Prosser WA
1330	12.10.	05:02	WHBL Sheboygan WI
1340	7.10.	06:16	KLKI Anacortes WA	MYL
1340	12.10.	10:34	KTCR Kennewick WA
1350	8.10.	01:00	KRLC Clarkston WA
1350	6.10.	06:21	KSRO Santa Rosa CA
1350	12.10.	06:00	KTIK Nampa ID	ESPN
1350	11.10.	07:19	KDIO Ortonville MN	Real Country, KDIO 1350
1350	9.10.	01:48	WARF Akron OH	Radio Free Ohio + Radio Nation
1390	10.10.	23:03	WFBL Syracuse NY
1420	7.10.	06:53	WCED Du Bois PA	Newstalk 1420
1470	8.10.	03:47	KBSN Moses Lake WA	Cougar Sports Radio Network
1470	10.10.	22:47	WNYY Ithaca NY
1480	12.10.	08:40	KBMS Vancouver WA
1490	12.10.	07:04	KNDC Hettinger ND
1490	12.10.	07:38	KOVC Valley City ND	Dakota Country Radio
1490	9.10.	02:28	KEYG Grand Coulee WA	You got it – Key Country 1490 AM
1490	12.10.	09:00	KWOK Hoquiam WA	Excellent signal
CA/SA
930	9.10	0119	XEU Veracruz	Pelota
980	12.11.	05:27	XETU Radio Tampico	"980 kHz" + jingle "Radio Tampico"
1230	12.11.	07:32	XEEX Radio Formula, Culiacan	ID for 970

KZXR Prosser WA 1310 Verification

Email from Randy Pugsley of Churchill Media today confirmed my reception of KZXR. First time heard in 2005, they were heard a couple of times in 2006 as well.

KTMT Ashland OR 580 Verification

I heard KTMT on October 12 with a "Radio Lazer, 580 AM" Spanish announcement, that is - it took a bit investigation to find out it was them. A very rare station, although it was heard by POS last autumn too. Email from PD Devin Harpole today confirmed my reception. Thanks Henrik Klemetz for transcribing the announcement for me.

KONG15 DX-ped: Bjarne's Digest Oct 14-18

I've finished going through recordings and logs from the first days of KONG15, until 0600 UTC on Oct 18. Below is a list of the more interesting stations heard (commonly heard stations are omitted to make the list a more interesting read). Sorted by frequency only, not by continent as is usually done.

Freq	Date	Time	Station	Comments
567	17.10.	13:37	KGUM Agana Guam
570	14.10.	03:00	CFWH Whitehorse YT
630	17.10.	14:00	4QN Local R. Queensland
830	18.10.	04:31	XELN Linares NL	Super Llagedora 95.3, tnx HK.
920	17.10.	09:00	CBQI Tulita NT	CBC Radio One
970	18.10.	04:54	XERFR Radio Formula, Mexico DF
980	18.10.	04:18	XETU Radio Tampico	Jingle-id
1240	18.10.	03:47	WSDR Sterling IL
1240	18.10.	04:48	WHFA Poynette WI	Relevant Radio
1240	18.10.	04:00	KWIK Pocatello ID
1240	17.10.	05:32	KELK Elko NV	C&W, also 09:45
1240	17.10.	05:37	KDLR Devils Lake ND
1310	17.10.	04:00	WDTW Dearborn-Detroit MI	Dual-city ID
1330	18.10.	04:31	WHBL Sheboygan WI
1330	18.10.	05:04	WTRX Flint MI	Sports Extra
1350	18.10.	04:00	WOAM Peoria IL
1390	17.10.	09:30	KLTX Long Beach CA	Radio La Vida
1390	17.10.	09:33	KLGN Logan UT	Memories 1390 KLGN
1395	16.10.	16:40	5AA Adelaide SA
1400	14.10.	02:59	KWNA Winnemucca NV
1467	17.10.	13:20	JOID NHK 2 Oita	1 kW – very strong
1480	17.10.	07:24	WCNS Latrobe PA	Oldies 1480
1548	15.10.	15:12	4QD ABC Emerald

First Verie In 2007: KELK Elko NV 1240

When I returned home from a 13-hour drive today I found an email from Marilyn at KELK, confirming my October 17 reception. Rather brief appearance at the time but a nice ID.

Latest Logs of 2006 - And A Happy New Year!

What a devastating December...DX-wise that is. Finally at the end of the months conditions did improve, and I spent a couple of nights/mornings in Kongsfjord trying to hear some NA. As is usual after a disturbance, EU signal levels were high during the night. The loggings below are those that I heard; since I used five receivers there will be some (hopefully nice ones) that will be found when going through the recordings. Loggings sorted by frequency only; not continent.

610	WTVN Columbus OH, CKYL Peace River AB
690	CBU Vancouver BC
830	YVLT Radio Sensación
1280	KZNS Salt Lake City UT, KBNO Denver CO
1310	WDTW Dearborn MI, CIWW Ottawa ON, CHLW St. Paul AB
1320	YVWP Radio Apolo, CKEC New Glasgow NS
1370	WXXI Rochester NY, WDEA Ellsworth ME
1380	KOTA Rapid City SD, CKLC Kingston ON
1460	WDDY Albany NY
1690	WVON Berwyn IL
1700	KKLF Richardson TX, XEPE Tecate BC + pres. KVNS

And of course all the usual dominants from North America, too many to list.
With only a few hours remaining this will be my last blog entry for 2006. Best wishes for the new year!

Recent Verifications

WCNS Latrobe PA 1480 email today confirming my October 17 reception. Very rare by all accounts, this Oldies station faded up just long enough to give a "Oldies 1480 WCNS" identification before being lost in WLMV and WHBC. A most welcome catch and verification.

WTRX Flint MI 1330 isn't easy to hear but was audible some days in October with their "Sports Extra" moniker. Friendly email from Scott Meier (tnx ABU for email address).

Recent Verifications

WTCM Traverse City MI 580 very friendly email yesterday from Steve Cook at WTCM Production. Heard on October 13. Steve says he's received three reports from our area the past month, so they have been getting out well.

KPOW Powell WY 1260 email from April Rodriguez today. KPOW had a good signal level during the KONG14 DX-pedition, but a bit difficult to ID because they ran a lot of non-stop C&W music. Did get a superb top of the hour ID though. Thanks TJB for the email address.

WHLY South Bend IN 1580 email from Greg DeRue for a 2003 report. WHLY has since been sold, and has recently flipped to Catholic EWTN programming. Thanks OJS for the email address.

KDIX Dickinson ND 1230 Verification

Email from owner and GM Lee Leiss today confirmed my reception of KDIX on Oct 11. KDIX is mainly an Oldies station with some of the newer hits and some C&W crossover. Lee says he is semi-retired; he started off as a DJ on KDIX and returned to buy and run the station later on. Nowadays he spends a lot of time driving around the USA on his Honda Goldwing motorcycle. Sounds like the perfect retirement!