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Sunday, 20 September 2015

Skegness Log: 20-09-15 (MW)

1200 0324 USA WXKS Bloomberg 1200, Newton (MA) Bloomberg Radio ID Fair  5251 km

 750 0330 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) Mention of Trasnocho Hípico, 
              etc. Thanks Andrew Brade for help.  V weak  7574 km **

1470 0339 USA WLAM r:WLVP 8-70 News, Lewiston (ME) Good Time Oldies 14-70 WLAM ID 
              Weak  5069 km

1430 0400 USA WKOX Mia 1430, Everett (MA) Muffled 14-30 WKOX ID. Listed only 1kW 
              at night. https://app.box.com/s/3iuk0xxcmapdg455z5ohgjdf7lijeicn V weak  
              5236 km

1190 0424 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D.C. (bdc) OM shouting ID between Latin 
                   songs Weak  8566 km **

** Personal First in Skegness

Not a bad night at all with many frequencies yielding a second North American station. Of note were 1010 1130 1500 and 1520.

I didn't start recording until well after 0300 so I don't know what conditions were like before this. Two solar shocks were received overnight, the second one around 0420, roughly the time conditions strarted to take a dive. North America had started to disappear by this time and there was brief influx of South American signals with some fair levels from a Latin music station in the Spanish language on 890, usually a difficult channel. 1060 had a lively Latin station, as did 1070 - almost certainly Radio Santa Fe with IDs mentioning Bogota.

By 0430, ALL reception, including European, took a dive, maybe because of the solar shock. It was like a partial short-wave fade-out. Nothing was left on transatlantic routes by 0500. I didn't bother to check the Asiatic path later in the afternoon because of the now badly deteriorated conditions.

Good DX!

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

Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna:  10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees

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