Skegness Log: 2016-01-28 (MW)

 680 0117 ALS KBRW, Barrow AK. Clear, YL chat, as web stream. Thanks to Jurgen for the
              tip. "All Things Considered" and "NPR" heard. Weak 6061 km
 570 0122 GRL KNR, Nuuk=Godthåb/Telegrafoen (sms-nuk) Greenlandic OM, as web V weak  3155 km
 850 0122 ALS KICY Nome AK. Tenative. YL talk, as web stream. Too weak to be certain but
              conditions fit. No ECNA in at the time.  V weak  6876 km
 650 0123 GRL KNR, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Greenlandic OM, as 570 Fair  3237 km
 850 0700 USA WEEI Boston MA. ID - AM 8-50 WEEI and mention of ESPN Radio Fair  5257 km
1450 0700 USA WPGG Atlantic City NJ. ID - 14-50 WPGG and mention of FM station on 104.9
              Weak  5670 km
1640 0700 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ESPN Radio spoken, WTNI Biloxi and WXPD Biloxi
              heard in mess Weak  7294 km
1400 0800 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. ID - Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND. Dominant over
              CBG V weak  5673 km
 972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time pips, jingle and ID Weak
              8740 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time pips Fair  9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle. Clear and above
              Euros Fair  9410 km

This is the first time I have heard KBRW in the early hours of the morning. Signal levels were weak and clarity was less than good, probably only 20/30% of speech was understood, but I heard references to "NPR" and "All Things Considered", the name of the programme aired.

KICY is not definite but it fits with the conditions. I have heard KICY before when KBRW has been received during the late afternoons in 2010. ECNA signals were not taking a hold at this time and the YL speech heard did seem match their web stream. It was very weak.

Noise has become an issue again over the last few days. Lots of spurious carriers and whining noises are present again, mostly across the top half of the band. At 1600 this afternoon I was given a brief reminder of the strong hash which has obliterated medium wave for several weeks this season. It returned for a few seconds right across the top of the hour as if to remind me "I'm still here sucker! Mwahahahahaha".

Good DX!

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

Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.