24.11.2009 - NA East

Promising NA up to 7 UTC then quite remarkable slowing down.

New ones from the log:

590 CJCL Toronto ON 24.11 7 "Sports radio 5-90"
950 WWJ Detroit MI 24.11 7
1310 KEIN Great Falls MT 24.11 7.06 "13-10 Kein"
1350 WIOU Kokomo IN 24.11 7

20.11.2009 - Good general conditions to NA

Something new. Signals weak but steady.

Log:

890 WLS Chicago IL 20.11 9.59
970 WDAY Fargo ND 20.11 10.59
1050 WEPN NY 20.11 9.15
1310 WCCW Traverse City MI 20.11 9 "ESPN Radio WCCW Traverse City"

18.11.2009 - West and Alaska

Good and clear signals at 8 then sudden drop and at 9 quite poor.

Some new from the log:

920 KSRM Soldotna AK 18.11 "KSRM wide 24 hours news radio"
1180 KOFI Kalispell, MT 14.11 8 "Newstalk KOFI Kalispell"
1290 KUMA Pendleton OR 18.11 8.04 "Kuma news. KUMA 12-90 and 1290Kuma.com"
1460 KUTI Yakima WA 18.11 8 "14-60 KUTI"
1560 KNZR Bakersfield CA 18.11 8 "15-60 KZNR"

More Alaska

The best antenna, less noisiest seems to be 1000m antenna directed to South (170). This is picking North West of US & Alaska quite well from it's backward lobe.

Conditions continue. Stay tuned.

750 KFQD Anchorage AK 14.11 11.05
780 KNOM Nome AK 13.11 13
790 KJRB Spokane WA 14.11 11 "7-90 KJRB Spokane"
820 KCBF Fairbanks AK 14.11 8
820 KGNW Burien WA 14.11 9.28 "8-20 AM KGNW"
970 KBUL Billings MT 13.11 10 & 11 "News radio 9-70 KBUL AM"
970 KQAQ Austin MN 13.11 10.05 "KQAQ 9-70 AM radio"
1110 KAGV Big Lake AK 7.11 10.20 "KAGV Alaska"
1200 WCHB Taylor MI 7.11 6.11 "Mildred in the morning and inspiration"
1200 WKOX Newton MA 13.11 23 "Rumba"
1350 WOYK York PA 8.11 8 "Sports radio 13-50 WOYK"
1370 KXTL Butte MT 13.11 11 "Newstalk 13-70 KXTL"
1390 WGRB Chicago IL 8.11 8 "Inspiration 13-90 WGRB Chicago"
1570 KVTK Vermillion SD 8.11 8
1600 KGYM Cedar Rapids IA 8.11 7 "16 hundred ESPN Radio covering sports to Eastern Iowa"
1620 WTAW College Station TX 8.11 7.03
1660 KXOL Brigham City UT 13.11 2.38 "La Favorita"

Alaska

Superb conditions to America! Georgia, Nebraska, Maryland and Kansas new states from US and Nunavut from Canada!

720 KOTZ Kotzbue AK 5.11 6
920 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB 6.11 8.22 "Country radio 9-20 and 93.10 FM CFRY"
960 CFAC Calgary AB 11.6 8 "9-60 Calgary"
970 KFBX Fairbanks AK 8.11 11 "Newsradio 9-70" "News radio KFBX Fairbanks"
980 WCUB Two rivers WI 6.11 8 "Powerfull radio station WCUB"
980 CJME Regina SK 7.11 9 "Newstalk 9-80 CJME a local radio station"
1100 KFAX San Fransisco CA 8.11 11 "11 hundred KFAX"
1110 KFAB Omaha NE 8.11 10 "Omahas news, weather, traffic station 11-10"
1170 KJNP North Pole AK 7.11 9 8.11 11 "KJNP North Pole Alaska"
1200 CJRJ Vancouver BC 8.11 10 "Ladies and gentlemen; CJRJ"
1230 CFFB Iqaluit NU 2.11 7.04 Cbc 1
1250 WSSP Milwaukee WI 6.11 8 "Sport radio WSS"
1260 CFRN Edmonton AB 6.11 8 BBC waited also for this ID, thanks.
1270 KNWC Sioux Falls SD 7.11 8 "Faith KNWC"
1320 CJMR Mississauga ON 6.11 23 "You are listening to CJMR 13-20 The Voice of City"
1320 WILS Lansing MI 6.11 23.02 "Talent Talk Radio 13-20 WILS Live and Lansing"
1360 KKMO Tacoma WA 8.11 10.01 "KKMO Tacoma" with fine echoing sound.
1550 KRPI Ferndale WA 2.11 6 "1550 KRPI in Ferndale"
1560 KGOW Bellaire TX 6.11 1 "15-60 The Game"
1560 KKAA Aberdeen SD 7.11 8.30 "Coast to coast Family Radio" "15-60 KKAA Aberdeen"
1590 KVGB Great Bend KS 2.11 6 "15-90 KVGB"
1630 KRND Fox Farm WY 7.11 8 "La Grande"
1670 WFSM Dry Branch GA 1670 8.11 6 "Fox sport 16-70"
1690 WPTX Lexington Park MD 8.11 7 "Newstalk WPTX AM Lexington Park"

SA
1230 HJLK Radio Calidad, Cali 5.11 7 "Esta es Cali, Radio Calidad .. 1230 OM"

Rock it in, leave it on, WHO!

Rock it in, leave it on, WHO! This very same applies to Perseus SDR. It's radio qualities are outstanding. Equally disturbing are some software quirks with recording, most notably hang ups.

Wonderful conditions up to 20th day to NA, then later SA. Some new ones from log:

580 CFRH Ottawa ON *
750 CBGY Bonavista Bay NL * CBC1
800 VOWR St.John's NL 19.10 2
820 WBAP Forth Worth TX 15.10 5
920 KDHL Faribault MN 11.10 4.30 "Radio America" Probably also with "Secure Freedom Radio" programming.
1010 CBR Calgary AB 15.10 4 CBC1 Local promo
1040 CKST Vancouver BC 15.10 4 "Team 10-40"
1040 WHO Des Moines IA 15.10 4.30
1210 VOAR Mount Pearl NL *
1390 WRIG Schofield WI 15.10 5

MW Equipment Update

SDR IQs and Icom went to new happy owners.

Perseus

I have now new SDR receiver Perseus with the possibility to record the whole mw-band, which should simplify the recording process. In the first Perseus listening tests the receiver seems to be more selective than the SDR IQ. Euro splatter could be rejected more easily. Also the controlling software has a few more advanced features than the Spectravue used with IQ, especially notch function is a must!
This March 2009 version of the controlling software seems to have a tendency to crash. I have solved this problem with killing the control sowftware just before actual recording takes place and then relaunching it. Also booting the Windows machine couple of times daily seems to have a positive effect.

Antennas
Antennas naturally received major blows during summer. Heavy wind has caused some heavy casualties in the forests. Also forest harvesting snapped a few hundred meters away from the east antenna. I have now DXE-RPA-1 coaxial preamplifier, which itself is a must, because of the long coax feed. At the moment antenna configuration is as follows:
- 700 m 135 degrees / 320 degrees backward beverage to the North America
- 400 m 105 degrees to the China / 290 degrees backward beverage to the East coast of NA.
- 250 m 40 degrees to the Korea, Japan and China / backward section seems to pick very well Spain and the British Isles.
- 1000 m 170 degrees to the South / 350 degrees backward section to the Alaska.
- 1000 m 225 degrees to the West Africa.

Log:

Some early new catch from NA, to me, in this Autumn:
660 WFAN NY 11.10 4.05
790 KFGO Fargo-Moorhead, ND 19.10 4.03
850 KOA Denver CO 11.10 4.31
930 WBEN Buffalo NY 14.10 4.02 "Radio Ben" "News talk"
940 CJGX YOrkton SK 14.10 7 "GX94"
970 WZAN Portland ME 10.10 5
1010 WINS NY 13.10 2355 "10 10 Wins news"
1160 KSL Salt Lake City UT 14.10 4
1200 KFNW West Fargo ND 14.10 6.59 *
1330 WRCA Waltham MA 10.10 5
1380 KOTA Rapid City SD 11.10 4 "Information superstation" "News and talk with right will"
1600 WUNR Boston, MA 15.10 4.04 "R Internacional"
1650 CINA Mississauga ON 15.10 4.30 "on the latest hits Cina"
1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls IA, 15.10 4.30 "16-50 Sam, KCNZ". Fox.

1650 KFOX Torrance CA 15.10 6.03
1670 WTDY Madison WI 15.10 4.34
1700 KVNS Brownsville TX 15.10 4.32