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Sunday, 15 September 2013

Skegness Log: 14/15-09-13 (MW)

14-09-13:
 927  1930  TJK  NHK Radio Japan/Voice of Russia, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb) Voice of Russia IDs  5329 km

15-09-13:
1020  0259  USA  KDKA  Pittsburgh/Allison Park (KDKA Drive) (PA)  Rapidfire Newsradio
                       Ten Twenty KDKA ID heard  5929 km
 970  0300  USA  WZAN  Portland/Sunset Park (ME)  WZAN Portland heard in harsh 972 splatter
                       5104 km
1010  0300  CAN  CFRB  Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON)  This is Newstalk Ten Ten Toronto
                       5692 km
1030  0300  USA  WBZ   Boston/Nantasket Beach (MA)  WBZ ID heard in mess  5232 km
1200  0300  CAN  CFGO  The Team 1200, Ottawa (ON)  Sportsradio The Team Twelve Hundred ID
                       5334 km
1290  0300  VEN  YVLF  Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb)  OM lively ID  7637 km
1360  0300  USA  WDRC  Hartford (N) (CT)  Lots of calls in the toh ID, including WDRC. Not alone
                       on channel  5381 km
1560  0300  USA  WQEW  Radio Disney, New York/Queens (NY)  Radio Disney ID  5537 km
 650  0354  USA  WSM   Nashville/Blaw-Knox Mast (TN)  This is the golden ... of ... on 6-50 AM
                       WSM  6710 km
 590  0358  CAN  VOCM  Saint John s (NL)  VOCM's Openline, Backtalk and Nightline. Join The
                       conversation. Be heard, on the VOCM/CFCB Radio Network  3730 km
 680  0400  CAN  CFTR  680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON)  Weather for Ottawa and Niagara Falls.
                       6-80 News  5711 km
 710  0400  USA  WOR   New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY)  Mentions of WOR in 711 splatter  5542 km
 930  0400  CAN  CFBC  Saint John (NB)  You can sing along with every song, 93 CFBC  4728 km
1130  0400  USA  WBBR  Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY)  Financial news on Bloomberg
                       Eleven Three Oh  5538 km
1200  0400  USA  WXKS  Talk 1200, Newton (MA)  This is WXKS News. Another call mentioned too. 
                       5251 km
 540  0500  CAN  CBT   CBC Radio 1, Grand Falls (NL)  CBC Radio 1 news jingle  3837 km
 580  0500  CAN  CFRA  Ottawa (ON)  Ottawa's only news ... CFRA ID  5332 km
 600  0500  CAN  CBNA  CBC Radio 1, Saint Anthony (NL)  CBC Radio 1 news jingle  3714 km
 650  0500  CAN  CKGA  Gander (NL)  Red hot from the VOCM Newsteam, at 5-90 VOCM  3775 km
 660  0500  USA  WFAN  New York/High Island (NY)  The Bear. Sports Radio 66 and 1019 FM. WFAN and
                       WFAN FM, New York. ID  5518 km
 700  0500  USA  WLW   Cincinnati/Tower Drive (D) (OH)  Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW ID  6292 km
 730  0500  CAN  CKAC  Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC)  Radio Circulation ID
                       5203 km
 750  0500  CAN  CBGY  CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL)  CBC Radio 1 news jingle
                       3733 km
 770  0500  USA  WABC  New York/Lodi [NJ] (NY)  Ads. Presumed with ABC news. Bad 774 splatter
                       5535 km
 830  0500  USA  WCRN  Worcester (MA)  WCRN letters heard in 828 splash  5301 km
 850  0500  USA  WEEI  Boston/Starr Ridge (MA)  Personal First! WEEI heard in 855 splatter
                       5257 km
 880  0500  USA  WCBS  New York/High Island (NY)  WCBS Newstime ID and CBS News jingle  5518 km
 930  0500  USA  WBEN  Newsradio 930, Buffalo/Grand Island (NY)  WBEN, it's one o' clock. CBS
                       News  5689 km
1010  0500  USA  WINS  New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY)  This is Ten Ten News. New York's one and
                       only all news station  5543 km
1080  0500  USA  WTIC  Hartford (CT)  ID - The news never stops. This is the only place to hear
                       local news twice an hour every hour. WTIC Newstalk 10-80 and wtic.com.
                       WTIC. WTIC HD Hartford  5390 km
1100  0500  USA  WTAM  Cleveland (OH)  WTAM Newsradio ID heard  5978 km
1120  0500  USA  KMOX  Saint Louis (MO)  Presumed. Sports news. Late CBS News jingle. Possible ID
                       buried in local 1107 splatter.   6690 km
1140  0500  CAN  CBI   CBC Radio 1, Sydney (NS)  CBC Radio 1 News jingle  4297 km
1180  0500  USA  WHAM  Rochester/Brook Road (NY)  News, weather ... Wham Eleven Eighty  5605 km
1190  0500  USA  WLIB  New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY)  This is 11-90 WLIB and WBLS (822?) New York
                       5543 km
1290  0500  CAN  CJBK  NewsTalk 1290, London (ON)  We are 12-90 CJBK. Canadian Press news 
                       5836 km
1310  0500  CAN  CIWW  1310 News, Ottawa (ON)  Long list of presenter's names. Ottawa's only all
                       news radio station. This is Thirteen Ten News.   5332 km
1320  0500  CAN  CJMR  Oakville (ON)  You're listening to .... finest radio stations. CJYE  AM
                       12-50 and CJMR am 13-20  5703 km
1370  0500  USA  WDEA  Ellsworth (ME)  This is AM 13-70 WDEA Ellsworth heard with other network
                       calls. Rare as right next to local BBC Lincolnshire 1368  4929 km
1390  0500  USA  WEGP  Presque Isle (ME)  WEGP AM 13-90 Presque Isle  4760 km
1400  0500  CAN  CBG   CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL)  CBC Radio 1 news jingle  3774 km
1430  0500  USA  WENE  The Team, Endicott (NY)  PERSONAL FIRST! 14-30 The Team heard in pile-up
                       5572 km
1510  0500  USA  WUFC  NBC Sports Radio Boston, Boston (Waverley) (MA)  WUFC NBC Sports Radio
                       5245 km
1520  0500  USA  WWKB  ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY)  Buffalo's home for the number 1 brand in
                       worldwide sports. ESPN 15-20 AM WWKB  5697 km
1540  0500  USA  KXEL  Waterloo (D) (IA)  Newstalk 1540 KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls  6546 km
1570  0500  CAN  CJLV  Radio Laval 1570, Laval (QC)  French ID ... soixante-Dix, Laval  5194 km
1610  0500  AIA        Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy)  Presumed with Caribbean accented
                       presenter and Gospel music  6629 km
 950  0501  CAN  CKNB  Campbellton (NB)  Your community, classic ..... 95 CKNB  4583 km
1690  0501  CAN  CHTO  Toronto/Scarborough (ON)  CHTO and Toronto heard very weakly  5657 km
 890  0503  USA  WLS   Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL)  Presumed with ABC news, over Latin station
                       6334 km


** Personal Skegness 'First'


I re-built my flag yesterday, with one or two minor modifications, paying particular attention to keeping the two vertical wires as straight and vertical as possible. It seems to have paid off too with some very deep nulls. The direction is currently 350 degrees.

I was surprised to hear how clean the band was too, despite the antenna pointing to the south-west corner of the bungalow. The last three seasons here saw S9+10dB of noise across the whole MW. This time it's barely detectable with a noise floor of -120dB. I still found that sticking a couple of chokes inline made a small improvement, removing a little bit of that background 'growl' and eliminating the need for additional noise filtering for the first time.

Conditions were better than I had expected and the whole band was alive with TA signals, extending as far west as Wisconsin with a tentative WNAM on 1280 with ABC News.

I downloaded the latest version of HDSDR and found I could hear more IDs with its cleaner audio than with Perseus. I wish it were possible to loop the playback on HDSDR though - the one really useful thing that's missing.

Notes:

Chicago was in on 780, 890 and 1000 though they weren't logged as I didn't catch any IDs. The respective formats would have been correct though.

There was a second English station on 1130 shortly before 0500. Maybe KWKH judging by the conditions.

Perhaps that's KDHL I am hearing on 920 at 0500 - it's very weak.

1040 had a newstalk station at 0430, presumably WHO. Not bad going considering the conditions!

Even 1230 is producing audio!

There was so much more too. It's all nice and early in the season and I don't think conditions were generally regarded as being anything great either, going by other DXer's reports.

As last year, I will log all TA stations I hear in order to build a complete logbook, though I will only log the common east coasters once.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna:  3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor    

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