KRRZ Minot ND 1390
WROX Clarksdale MS 1450
KWYN Wynne AR 1400
WFAS White Plains NY 1230, fastest response to date, less than 1 minute
WPLA Dry Branch GA 1670
KLWN Lawrence KS 1320
KXGN Glendive MT 1400 (thanks OF)
WOR New York City NY 710 (thanks TJB)
Several: Thanks OJS
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 01, 2013
October 2013 Verifications (Oct 31 Update)
WTDR Gadsden AL 1350
KRDZ Gray CO 1440
KFIV Modesto CA 1360
CBKD High Level AB 1560
KVKK Verndale MN 1070
CKDY Digby NS 1420
KROS Clinton IA 1340
KREL Colorado Springs CO 1580
WZNG Shelbyville TN 1400
KWHN Fort Smith AR 1320
WKWY Frankfort KY 1490
WMNY McKeesport PA 1360
KKTL Casper WY 1400
KWBE Beatrice NE 1450
KHTK Sacramento CA 1140
KQAM Wichita KS 1480
KJYE Delta CO 1400
WFBL Syracuse NY 1390
WEEX Easton PA 1230
WAOC St. Augustine FL 1420
WHKT Portsmouth VA 1650
KWAD Wadena MN 920
WWNA Aguada PR 1340
WCSL Cherryville NC 1590
KEZJ Twin Falls ID 1450
KCJB Minot ND 910
KRDZ Gray CO 1440
KFIV Modesto CA 1360
CBKD High Level AB 1560
KVKK Verndale MN 1070
CKDY Digby NS 1420
KROS Clinton IA 1340
KREL Colorado Springs CO 1580
WZNG Shelbyville TN 1400
KWHN Fort Smith AR 1320
WKWY Frankfort KY 1490
WMNY McKeesport PA 1360
KKTL Casper WY 1400
KWBE Beatrice NE 1450
KHTK Sacramento CA 1140
KQAM Wichita KS 1480
KJYE Delta CO 1400
WFBL Syracuse NY 1390
WEEX Easton PA 1230
WAOC St. Augustine FL 1420
WHKT Portsmouth VA 1650
KWAD Wadena MN 920
WWNA Aguada PR 1340
WCSL Cherryville NC 1590
KEZJ Twin Falls ID 1450
KCJB Minot ND 910
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Kongsfjord Revisited - One Week Later
If anyone was waiting for a final KONG23 post, I apologise. A severe weather forecast was in effect for departure day (Saturday Oct 19), but luckily the storm held its breath until I had sent TJ, OJ and Arnstein to the airport. The mountain crossing on my return to Vadsø was a little challenging, but I was safe at home when the storm hit. It lasted until Sunday evening. Since then weather's been nice, and my trip to Kongsfjord on Friday afternoon was uneventful, save a few snow drifts.
Conditions have been under the influence of an active sun, but reasonably good most of the time. Friday saw two X-level flares, and I expected a dead band on the night. Not so. Contrary to the common mid-west and western stations usually dominating here, I had a rush of east coast, Caribbean and Colombian stations, many not heard here before. Some of the more interesting ones were WAOC St. Augustine FL 1420, WCSL Cherryville NC 1590, WQSC Charleston SC 1340 and WGHB Farmville NC 1250, the first three new for me. WMDD Fajardo PR was booming in on 1480, and WMKI Boston MA, WSKO Syracuse NY and CKHJ Frederickton NB were fighting for dominance on 1260 in the absence of usual dominant CFRN Edmonton AB.
Conditions have been under the influence of an active sun, but reasonably good most of the time. Friday saw two X-level flares, and I expected a dead band on the night. Not so. Contrary to the common mid-west and western stations usually dominating here, I had a rush of east coast, Caribbean and Colombian stations, many not heard here before. Some of the more interesting ones were WAOC St. Augustine FL 1420, WCSL Cherryville NC 1590, WQSC Charleston SC 1340 and WGHB Farmville NC 1250, the first three new for me. WMDD Fajardo PR was booming in on 1480, and WMKI Boston MA, WSKO Syracuse NY and CKHJ Frederickton NB were fighting for dominance on 1260 in the absence of usual dominant CFRN Edmonton AB.
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| 310 beverage overnight Jaguar waterfall, October 26 |
Contrary to previous days when conditions lated until 13:00 UTC or longer, signal levels were rather weak at 07:00 and more or less completely gone by 08:00. I had hoped for an east coast sunrise opening, but it was not to come.
Saturday afternoon brought nothing of interest from Asia and the Pacific, and Sunday was uneventful. Heavy interference from Europe, and only the usual La Plata stations audible. Conditions turned a bit north later in the morning with a few eastern NA stations at very low signal levels, and also HJJW Bogotá 1460. However, we DX by the slogan "Expect the Unexpected", and WWNA Radio Una 1340 in Aguada PR fits perfectly into that category. Thanks Arnstein for checking my recording.
In contrast to Saturday, when the 340 beverage heard almost the same as the 310 beverage, today was totally different and the 340 was basically empty.
Saturday afternoon brought nothing of interest from Asia and the Pacific, and Sunday was uneventful. Heavy interference from Europe, and only the usual La Plata stations audible. Conditions turned a bit north later in the morning with a few eastern NA stations at very low signal levels, and also HJJW Bogotá 1460. However, we DX by the slogan "Expect the Unexpected", and WWNA Radio Una 1340 in Aguada PR fits perfectly into that category. Thanks Arnstein for checking my recording.
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| 310 beverage overnight Jaguar waterfall, October 27 |
In contrast to Saturday, when the 340 beverage heard almost the same as the 310 beverage, today was totally different and the 340 was basically empty.
Weather has been quite ok for October, from +1 to -2 Celsius, mostly cloudy and occasional flurries, mostly calm. Quite a contrast to the previous weekend.
Friday, October 18, 2013
KONG23 - Day Nine (Morning)
Today is the last full day of KONG23, and improvement is coming! We have seen great improvement in solar weather, and from just before 03:00 signals improved considerably, as we can see on the Yaslog waterfall below.
We'll see what happens as we have a lot of catching up to do. Departure for Berlevag airport at 05:00 tomorrow...
Weather is pretty much like yesterday but a little windier.
We'll see what happens as we have a lot of catching up to do. Departure for Berlevag airport at 05:00 tomorrow...
Weather is pretty much like yesterday but a little windier.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
KONG23 - Day Seven (Evening)
Not much to report DX-wise, however we've been having fun checking recordings from the last week of September, and we've found lots of new and interesting stations.
As is the procedure every year, the chefs take a day off and we eat at Kongsfjord Guest House. This year, we opted for cod loins with custard and garlic, carrot paste and potatoes. A delicious Chianti was served with the fish. For dessert we had pannacotta with fresh cloudberries. Of course we didn't know quite when to stop, so we couldn't resist a couple of Gammel Opland aquavit.
Solar activity is still on the active side, but we hope that tonight will be a bit better than last night. In fact, any night will be better than last night...
Since I don't have any photos to accompany this post, why don't you check the link to one of the stations we heard in September, and QSL-ed this evening.
As is the procedure every year, the chefs take a day off and we eat at Kongsfjord Guest House. This year, we opted for cod loins with custard and garlic, carrot paste and potatoes. A delicious Chianti was served with the fish. For dessert we had pannacotta with fresh cloudberries. Of course we didn't know quite when to stop, so we couldn't resist a couple of Gammel Opland aquavit.
Solar activity is still on the active side, but we hope that tonight will be a bit better than last night. In fact, any night will be better than last night...
Since I don't have any photos to accompany this post, why don't you check the link to one of the stations we heard in September, and QSL-ed this evening.
KONG23 - Day Seven (Morning)
What have we done to deserve this... basically nothing at all during the night:
Luckily we still have lots of recordings from the good September openings to check, and find new stations.
Yesterday it was time for another KONG signature meal, the reindeer tenderloin, together with mashed potatoes & carrots and a veg wok. We started off with fresh dates wrapped in bacon or parma ham, fried on the pan. We finished with what gradually became a four-dish dessert; baked pineapples followed by cloudberries in whipped cream. As if that wasn't enough the rest of the cheese were downed with port wine before finishing it all with chocolate pudding leftovers and Amaretto. And the absolutely totally awesome Felton Road Pinot Noir.
Weather cooled off overnight, -4 Celsius but sunny and moderate breeze. One or more foxes visited the premises during darkness, and was not disappointed to find a nice selection of leftovers from past dinners.
Luckily we still have lots of recordings from the good September openings to check, and find new stations.
Yesterday it was time for another KONG signature meal, the reindeer tenderloin, together with mashed potatoes & carrots and a veg wok. We started off with fresh dates wrapped in bacon or parma ham, fried on the pan. We finished with what gradually became a four-dish dessert; baked pineapples followed by cloudberries in whipped cream. As if that wasn't enough the rest of the cheese were downed with port wine before finishing it all with chocolate pudding leftovers and Amaretto. And the absolutely totally awesome Felton Road Pinot Noir.
Weather cooled off overnight, -4 Celsius but sunny and moderate breeze. One or more foxes visited the premises during darkness, and was not disappointed to find a nice selection of leftovers from past dinners.
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| View to the southwest |
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| What Did The Fox Say? "Thanks guys!" |
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
KONG23 - Day Six (Morning)
We hope it doesn't get any worse than this. The night and morning was totally uneventful, a small peak at 04:00 but nothing exciting. We can only hope for improvement. Yesterday evening brought a nice opening towards Japan and the Philippines. Recordings from previous days and weeks keep us busy.
Our activities rarely create headlines with the stations we hear. KROS Clinton IA 1340 however decided to share this with their internet readers, and made this page where reports from me and Ole Forr are cited. I received my KROS verie yesterday.
The weather has turned colder with moderate breeze, light snow and hail showers and around 0 Celsius.
Today's photo is from October 13 after the storm.
Our activities rarely create headlines with the stations we hear. KROS Clinton IA 1340 however decided to share this with their internet readers, and made this page where reports from me and Ole Forr are cited. I received my KROS verie yesterday.
The weather has turned colder with moderate breeze, light snow and hail showers and around 0 Celsius.
Today's photo is from October 13 after the storm.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
KONG23 - Day Five
Ooops...it's been a while.
The sun's not been nice to us. It's teasing us with letting signals through now and then, but it shuts the door too often. Nothing interesting from Asia yesterday, and nothing interesting from Asia today. On Monday however (TJ discovered when playing back his Winradio recordings), there was a nice opening at 20:00 towards Asia, when the NHK-1 stations had their local ID procedure.
Last night was mostly quiet, but a few short but interesting openings brought stations like KOLY Mobridge SD 1300, KWYN Wynne AR 1400, KYLS Fredericktown MO 1450 and WROX Clarksdale MS 1450. Recordings are still being examined.
Yesterday was beef day, with a Uruguayan tenderloin carefully and respectfully prepared by Arnstein after a salmon sashimi starter. Today was OJ's turn and he impressed us as usual with cauliflower soup for starter, followed by rack of lamb with vegetables. We have to wait a bit for the cheese, since there's a limit to how much we can eat. For details (especially about the wines): See the Kongsfjord page.
Winter's been waiting a couple of days to unleash its white power on us, and today we got an early warning of what's to come.
The sun's not been nice to us. It's teasing us with letting signals through now and then, but it shuts the door too often. Nothing interesting from Asia yesterday, and nothing interesting from Asia today. On Monday however (TJ discovered when playing back his Winradio recordings), there was a nice opening at 20:00 towards Asia, when the NHK-1 stations had their local ID procedure.
Last night was mostly quiet, but a few short but interesting openings brought stations like KOLY Mobridge SD 1300, KWYN Wynne AR 1400, KYLS Fredericktown MO 1450 and WROX Clarksdale MS 1450. Recordings are still being examined.
Yesterday was beef day, with a Uruguayan tenderloin carefully and respectfully prepared by Arnstein after a salmon sashimi starter. Today was OJ's turn and he impressed us as usual with cauliflower soup for starter, followed by rack of lamb with vegetables. We have to wait a bit for the cheese, since there's a limit to how much we can eat. For details (especially about the wines): See the Kongsfjord page.
Winter's been waiting a couple of days to unleash its white power on us, and today we got an early warning of what's to come.
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| Our neighbours - barely visible |
Sadly, winter seems to have joined forces with the sun, so there are near-storm levels everywhere.
Monday, October 14, 2013
KONG23 Day Four (Morning)
The planned KONG23 Day Three (Evening) post never made it. Too much dinner-related fatigue.
Conditions towards Asia and Pacific yesterday was uninspiring to say the least. We did do an antenna check yesterday though, and the previous night's storm hadn't done any damage. The wind had calmed to fresh breeze at the time.
Even if conditions let us down, meals never do. Sunday's three-course dinner started with a duck liver paté on crispy sourdough bread. From that rather heavy intro we went on to woked salmon before ending up with assorted cheeses.
Solar activity has been very low the past 24 hours or so, but it doesn't reflect on conditions. Stations are heard, but overnight European interference was heavy, and the signal levels this morning are low.
Weather is gradually cooling off and we're just on the plus side of the scale now. Calm winds, occasional sleet. We may expect more gale force winds tomorrow with snow and temperatures below 0 Celsius.
Conditions towards Asia and Pacific yesterday was uninspiring to say the least. We did do an antenna check yesterday though, and the previous night's storm hadn't done any damage. The wind had calmed to fresh breeze at the time.
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| Ocean swells hammering on the "Hattholmen", Hat Island |
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| The white stick to the left is one of the 340 beverage supports |
Even if conditions let us down, meals never do. Sunday's three-course dinner started with a duck liver paté on crispy sourdough bread. From that rather heavy intro we went on to woked salmon before ending up with assorted cheeses.
Solar activity has been very low the past 24 hours or so, but it doesn't reflect on conditions. Stations are heard, but overnight European interference was heavy, and the signal levels this morning are low.
Weather is gradually cooling off and we're just on the plus side of the scale now. Calm winds, occasional sleet. We may expect more gale force winds tomorrow with snow and temperatures below 0 Celsius.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
KONG23 Day Three (Morning)
OK signal levels throughout the night, but not very focused so difficult to hear anything interesting. At 05:00 southern states became more audible as WTDR Gadsen AL 1350 and WZNG Shelbyville TN 1400 came up with nice IDs.
Weather this night was rough indeed with heavy winds, sleet and snow, and the noise made it difficult to sleep. At dawn I took this picture from the window.
Weather this night was rough indeed with heavy winds, sleet and snow, and the noise made it difficult to sleep. At dawn I took this picture from the window.
We will see what the rest of the morning brings. When the weather clears up a bit it might be a good idea to do an antenna inspection, however there is no indication that there is anything wrong with them.
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