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Sunday, 18 September 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-09-18 (MW Transatlantic & Middle East)

 680 0500 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Six Eighty News Toronto IDs Fair  5712 km
1000 0458 USA KOMO Newsradio, Seattle/Dilworth (WA) Presumed. OM news type talk, overriding
              WMVP briefly. Faded for the hour. What else?  W/Fair  7591 km **
1000 0500 USA WMVP ESPN Chicago 1000 AM, Chicago (IL) ESPN Radio ID at 05:00:24.
              Mixing US talker.  Weak  6322 km

1071 1800 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) Big signal. OM in Indian language
              Good  6716 km

1269 1800 UAE Radio Asia, Ras al-Khaimah (rak) Radio Asia jingle and YL ID **
              Weak  5475 km

1440 1914 NIG Adamawa BC, Yola (adw) Tentative. Shouting preacher under Saudi Arabia.
              Thanks to Simon Beavan for the tip.  V weak  5010 km


** Personal First

- Added 1000 KOMO, 27-09-16.

Conditions not so good to Asia this evening, but overnight was interesting and I think I had west coast USA.

Overall, I didn't hear a lot of North American signals. The few which were present were mostly very weak, but the following were worthy of note:

1510 had three stations around 0500: A sports station on a low offset; WMEX Boston MA around the centre of the frequency; Then an oldies station slightly higher than WMEX. I only caught WMEX's ID.

1520 also had three stations around 0500: WWKB. A talk station, plus a country music station. The latter may have been KKXA Snohomish WA.

Finally to 1000, also around 0500: Two US talk stations were fighting it out. WMVP was winning with ESPN IDs. But who was the other station? It has to be KOMO Seattle WA. But could I get an ID? No! It just faded nicely at the top of the hour, allowing WMVP to dominate.

So, I think I can safely say that west coast USA made it through this morning, even though I didn't catch an ID from presumed KOMO. Actually, I thought I heard a mention of "Komo News" at one point, but it was too weak to be certain. Let's hope things continue to improve.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
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