Loggings from Fredriksfors by JE January 22/23rd

Recent loggings by JE (Jan Edh) made at our DX shack:
NA
550 24.1 0700 WSAU, Wausau, WI. Coast to Coast. JE
570 22.1 2319 CKGL, Kitchener, ON. Tydligen samsändning med Toronto (CFTR) eftersom det var Toronto-reklamer. JE
570 24.1 0620 CKSW, Swift Currant, SK med sin ””SW”-annonsering. JE
570 24.1 0656 CKLG Kitchener, ON reklan och både ESPN och CKGL-annonsering. JE
600 24.1 0605 CJWW Saskatoon, SK med country. JE
670 24.1 0700 WSCR Chicago, IL ”WSCR The Score”. JE
680 23.1 0800 KBRW Barrow, AK gick kanon. Hälsade till alla sin lyssnare ”runt om i världen” som man visste fanns. Ville gärna att de skulle höra av sig. Ville de sedan skicka med en slant så skulle man säkert kunna använda den, eftersom stationen huvudsakligen lever på donationer... JE
870 23.1 0035 WWL New Orleans, LA med trafikrapport. JE
870 23.1 0100 WHCU Ithaka, NY med CBS nyheter, lokalt väder och temperaturer. JE
890 23.1 0103 WGAN Dedham, MA brakade in. ”ESPN 8-90”. JE
890 23.1 0714 CJDC Dawson Creek, B. Bokstavs-id mellan varje countrylåt verkar det som. JE
920 23.1 0700 KXLY Spokane, WA id och ABC-nres. JE
920 23.1 0102 oid med ABC news kom fram från CKNX. JE
920 24.1 0633 KXLY Spokane, WA med ”Newsradio 9-20”. JE
930 23,1 0630 CJCA Edmonton, AB. ”The Light”. JE
950 23.1 0100 WROC Rochester, NY ”Espn Radio 9-50”. JE
950 23.1 0700 KJR Seattle, WA ”KJR goes scoreboard with Fox”. JE
960 23.1 0702 CFAC Calgary, AB ”Calgary´s Sport Station”. JE
970 23.1 0700 KFBX Fairbanks, AK med kanonfin signal. Studebaker-reklam från lokal handlare. .JE
980 23.1 0712 CKNW New Westminster, BC CKNW-call och väder. JE
1020 23.1 0646 CKVH, High Praire, AB ”All Hit Country”. JE
1060 22.1 2305 WBIX Natick, MA med ”Business”. JE
1090 23.1 0000 WBAL Baltimore, MD med id och nyheter. JE
1090 24.1 0620 KPTK Seattle, WA ”Seattlle´s progressive talk”. JE
1100 22.1 2332 WTAM Cleveland, OH ”Cleveland´s News Station”. JE
1130 23.1 0630 CKWX Vancouver, BC ”News Station 11.30” med trafikinfo. JE
1150 22.1 2325 WHBY Kimberly, WI starkt. JE
1160 23.1 0925 KSL Salt Lake City, UT har jag nog aldrig hört bättre. ”KSL News Radio 11-60”. JE
1170 23.1 0900 KJNP North Pole, AK enastående fint. Häftig kristen musik och massor av varningar för busvädret som man inte borde ge sig ut i. JE
1190 23.1 0930 KEX Portland, OR ”News Radio KEX”. JE
1220 24.1 0800 CJRB, Bossevain, MB gick // 1250, ofta bättre. JE
1220 24.1 0800 WHCW Cleveland, OH. Stark och fin. JE
1260 23.1 0615 CFRN, Edmonton AB ”The Team”. JE
1280 23.1 0617 CJSL Estevan, SK väderrapport och ”Todays best country...”. JE
1280 24.1 0905 CJSL Estevan, SK långt och bra id. JE
1290 24.1 0900 KKAR Omaha, NE sade sig ha ”Americas best talkshow on AM 12-90 Omaha” JE
1290 24.1 0900 WJNO West Palm Beach, FL med lokalt väder. JE
1300 23.1 0442 WXRL Lancaster, NY annonserade och spelade country. JE
1300 23.1 0800 KKOL Seattle, WA ”This is Bloomberg, a satellite radio; KOL och sedan fullständigt stations-id. JE
1300 24.1 0708 KGLO Mason City, IA ”From the KGLO newsroom, the weather” - inte ett spår av WOOD!. JE
1310 23.1 0620 Tent KEIN Grand Falls, MT med ”Music of your life”, verkar svårt hitta id. JE
1370 23.1 0600 KWTC Grand Forks ND EWTN-religiöst. JE
1310 23.1 0600 Tent KZXR Prossner, WA med Radio America-annonsering bara. JE
1310 24.1 0842 WCCO Traverse City, MI ”ESPN 13-10” - helt perfekt och ren nu, sedan jag kämpat länge tidigare och just fått QSL... JE
1330 24.1 0900 WLOL Minneapolis, MN äntligen med ett ”anständigt” call. Stationen har en makalös förmåga att gå bra utom precis på heltimmen som väl är enda tid för ”riktigt” id. JE
1350 24.1 0857 KRNT Des Moines, IA med ”Americas best music”. JE
1360 24.1 0900 KSCJ Sioux City, IA ”A new radio source” påstod man. JE
1370 23.1 0740 KXTL Butte, MT med oldies och id. JE
1380 23.1 0500 KOTA Rapid City, SD med nå´t halvreligiöst dravel med den förskräckliga ”Dr Laura”. JE
1390 23.1 0500 WLCM, Carlotte, MI - blivit lite lättare nu med ny sändare och högre natteffekt mot oss. JE
1390 23.1 0500 WPLM Plymouth, MA med nyheter. JE
1390 23.1 0557 KJOX Yakima, WA med ESPN. JE
1410 23.1 0455 CFUN, Vancouver, BC med ”Talk 14-10” och Dr Laura även här. JE
1430 23.1 0912 KCLK Asotin, WA med ”Sporta Fan 14.30”, ESPN och lokala reklamer. JE
1450 23.1 0904 KONP Port Angeles, WA med nyheter och väder, lokala sponsorer och lite hjälp av GN. JE
1520 23.1 0837 KGOD Oregon City, OR ”La Grand D”. JE
1530 23.1 0905 KFBK San Fransisco, CA stark. En annan NA som störde var förmodligen OH trots allt. JE
1550 23.1 0915 KPRI Ferndale, WA // 1600. JE
1550 23.1 0840 KKAD, Vancouver, WA soul och ”Sunny 15-50 KKAD” JE
1560 23.1 0900 KVAN Burbank, WA med sin jazz. JE
1600 23.1 0831 KGST Fresno, CA. ESPN Deportes. Promo för Fútbol de primera och kommande landskamp i Californien den 28/1 mellan Mexico och Sverige som HK hjälpte mig till att tyda fram. JE
1600 23.1 0900 KVRI Blaine, WA med indiska. Anrop dock på engelska. JE
1660 24.1 0816 KQWB West Fargo, ND ”16-60 ESPN”. JE

Pacific
940 23.1 0702 KXNE Honolulu, HI, Jag tyckte CJOX lät konstig, så jag kollade, Massor av hawaiimusik och fint anrop... JE
1500 23.1 0858 KUMU Ohau, HI med lokal reklam och fint anrop. ”The Team”. En jätteöverraskning, inte minst för tiden! JE

The best MW opening ever?

The best ever?
Last weekend, January 23-25, was probably one of best ever for dx-ing in Sweden. And January 18th let lots of (for me) new Canadians through
Well, it´s impossible to compare what would have happened in the ´50-ies and ´60-ies. If you´ve had todays receivers and antennas and those nights with almost no electronic disturbances and a mediumwave band almost empty of European broadcasters after midnight.
But this weekend was impressing compared to anything!
I was in the schack in Fredriksfors Thursday night and Friday morning. I heard a lot of new stations. But what would have happened if I´ve had the possibility to be out there also in the afternoons and the evenings. Some friends heard for instance some 20 Alaskan stations in the afternoon on Sunday, when also KUMU 1500 (HI) was heard for a couple of hours. And seldom (or possibly never) heard daytimers came in at about 21 UTC.
The only thing to be sure of is that there´s a lot of stations I have never heard. Of course thouse are the best ones.
And one more thing; If I´ve been there on Sunday afternoon I probabaly would have got stuck there because of lots of heavy (wet) snow,
But still, what´s left is quite astonishing as far as we also have some problems with local disturbances due to "villages" as Delsbo and Fredriksfors with housing and some small industries.
On Friday morning I heard two stations from Hawaii!. KUMU 1500 has been widely heard this winter, but AM 9-40 was a real surprise. Both coming in with quite a good signal and 9-40 with just the right music to get that feeling of something exotic.
But there were also a quite a few other stations I hadn´t expected to hear here in the central part of Sweden. With the use of the (not longer so new) SDR-technology and propagation of exceptional standards many stations earlier only "possible" to dx-expeditions in the far north of the Nordic countries has been possible to catch also some 1 000 kilometers to the south. At about the same hours stations came though from Alaska, Washington, California, Texas and New York.
We are talking of really "broad" propagation.

But it wasn´t only a weekend of great catches of new stations.
I also had a most interesting email from Greg Maiuro of AM 1400 WOND in Pleasantville, NJ. The station came in earlier this winter when CBC Gander took a short breath in just the right place.
Greg, who has worked in sports media for almost 30 years has his own talkshow on Friday nights on WOND. And he got his eyes on my report of reception.
Now he has asked me to be on his show this Friday night when he´s warming up for the Superbowl a couple of days later. He´ll phone me at about 11.45 PM UTC, that is 6.45 EST there in Pleasantville, and we´ll talk a little about my listening hobby and what I think of the Superbowl.
Jan Edh - JE

Loggings from Fredriksfors after Xmas.

A few words about the antenna park at our listening shack. They are:

300 degrees beverage, approx. 1 200 metres
317 degrees beverage, approx. 1 000 metres
90 degrees beverage, approx. 800 metres

A few beverages are of a two-wire design which means they can be used in two different directions:

345 and 165 degrees beverage, approx. 700 metres
285 and 165 degrees beverage, approx. 800 metres
255 and 75 degrees beverage, approx. 900 metres
240 and 60 degrees beverage, approx. 800 metres

This gives us 11 different directions but that doesn't help much when conditions are poor. Also, we are often having severe local electrical interference, especially on the 317-beverage. Sofar the source of these disturbances has not been located.
There is also one delta loop designed for 60 metres SW plus one G5RV dipole antenna.

As I live quite far from the shack (some 350 km's) I am not able go there very often. Here are some loggings from just before the end of 2008.

660 28.12 01.43 WFAN New York NY very strong over the Holidays. 'Sports Radio 66'. Q3-4. RFK
660 30.12 06.10 CFFR Calgary AB '660 News'. Q2-3. RFK
680 29.12 03.03 CFTR Toronto ON '6-80 News'. Q3. RFK
710 28.12 07.04 KIRO Seattle WA ID as "Kiro FM". Q2-3. RFK
760 29.12 01.45 WJR Detroit MI 'Newsradio 7-60 WJR'. Q2. RFK
770 28.12 06.40 CHQR Calgary AB with old radio plays. Q3-4. RFK
840 28.12 06.07 WHAS Louisville KY '...24 hours a day, depend on 8-40 WHAS'. Q2-3. RFK
850 29.12 07.00 WEEI Boston MA 'Blueberry Comics'-spot. Q2-3. RFK
880 28.12 01.15 WCBS New York NY 'WCBS Newsradio'. Q3. RFK
930 28.12 01.05 CFBC Saint John NB w. 'Daydream believer' by the Monkes & other oldies. Q3. RFK
950 29.12 02.35 a station carrying 'Westwood One' but no ID. Q3. RFK
950 29.12 02.45 CFAM Altona MB w. religious progr. Q2. RFK
960 28.12 01.00 WEAV Plattsburgh NY with 'Fox Sports News'. Q2-3. RFK
960 29.12 02.34 CFAC Calgary AB 'The Fan 9-60'. Q2. RFK
970 29.12 00.23 WZAN Portland ME w. sports. Q2. RFK
1010 29.12 01.41 CFRB Toronto ON w. traffic report, competing with WINS. Q3. RFK
1020 29.12 00.26 KDKA Pittsburgh PA "Newsradio 10-20 KDKA". Q2-3. RFK
1040 29.12 02.33 CKST Vancouver BC 'Team 10-40'. Q3. RFK
1080 28.12 01.53 WTIC Hartford CT very common, Q3. RFK
1120 28.12 06.30 KMOX St Louis MI w. 'Green onions' by Booker T & MGs + ID. Q3. RFK
1140 29.12 02.29 CHRB High River AB w. religious half-hour programmes. Q3. RFK
1210 29.12 02.20 WPHT Philadelphia PA 'The Big Taöker'. Q2-3. RFK
1270 29.12 01.18 CJCB Sydney NS 'Country 12-70'. Q2. RFK
1300 29.12 01.11 WJMO Cleveland OH w. religiousprogr. 'Cleveland's Inspiration Station'. Q2-3. RFK
1320 29.12 02.15 a station carrying BBC news heard on the 345-degree beverage. RFK
1440 29.12 02.10 WHKZ Warren OH w. religious progr. Q2-3. RFK
1470 25.12 07.03 WLAM Lewiston ME is probably the station announcing ESPN radio 1470 here. RFK
1480 25.12 07.00 WSAR Fall River MA w. 'Jingle bells' & ID. Q3. RFK
1500 29.12 00.57 WLQV Detroit MI w. spot for 'Christian Job Line'. Q3. RFK
1580 29.12 00.47 CKDO Oshawa ON w. 'CKDO Better Coffee Break' promo and great oldies format. Q3. RFK
1680 29.12 00.40 WOKB Winter Garden FL w. EE ID, then into French. Q3. RFK

Christmas loggings from the Fredriksfors Radio Shack

Xmas greetings from our Radio Shack!
This time me and Ona (my faithful dog & best friend) will spend the Christmas without Donald Duck as we have no TV here in the shack. DD on Xmas Eve is one of the most consistent Swedish Christmas traditions there is but honestly I am just as happy with my radio. At the moment, there are very few transatlantic signals as the solar conditions are not very favourable and solar winds are too speedy. Still, let's hop for better conds soon. Over to the log from the Fredriksfors shack sofar. All times are UTC.
I wish you all a very Merrry Christmas and GOOD DX!
NORTH AMERICA
560 23.12 07.58 WQAM Miami FL with several IDs. Q2-3. RFK
580 21.12 23.33 CFRA Ottawa ON with promo for a local Xmas market. Q3. RFK
590 19.12 22.00 VOCM St Johns NL very strong as many of the parallel fq's. 620 is often the strongest, followed by 710. RFK
600 19.12 22.05 CBNA St Anthony NL with CBC 1. Q2. RFK
610 21.12 23.20 CHNC New Carlisle QC with a very enjoyable rock- and countrymix, primarily songs in French. Q2-3. RFK
610 22.12 00.50 WIOD Miami FL spot for ”Torneau Watches”. Q2-3. RFK
640 19.12 22.10 CBN St Johns NL had CBC News. Q3. RFK
680 19.12 22.15 KBRW Barrow AK is generally heard at most times of the day here when the path is open. Was playing blues. Q3. RFK
770 22.12 08.30 CHQR Calgary AB with ”Coast to Coast AM” about the film ”Jesus in India”. Q3. RFK
780 19.12 22.13 CFDR Halifax NS ”Kicks Country” very common. Q3. RFK
790 22.12 08.17 CFCW Camrose AB had country + OID NA. RFK
800 21.12 21.40 VOWR St Johns NL carrying a programme of string music. Q3. RFK
830 19.12 22.28 WRCN Worcester MA recommended us to “buy a Chevrolet in beautiful Worcester….” Q2-3. RFK
910 22.12 08.15 CKDQ Drumheiler AB”Q-91” country. RFK
930 21.12 05.20 CJCA Edmonton AB “9-30 The Light” with gospel music. Q3. RFK
950 20.12 00.20 CKNB Campbellton NB ”95 CKNB Satellite Weather” then oldies. Q3. RFK
980 21.12 05.00 CJME Regina SK ”Newstalk 9-80 CJME”. Q2-3. RFK
1020 21.12 23.05 KDKA Pittsburgh PA had ”Let it snow” in the talk show (Cto Coast AM?) and it was indeed snowing a lot outside here. RFK
1040 22.12 08.05 CKST Vancouver BC with ESPN. Q2. RFK
1050 21.12 05.40 CHUM Toronto ON playing ”I’m gonna knock on your door” by Eddie Hodges. This was the first no 1 entry of the Swedish chart "Tio i Topp" (Top Ten) when it started back in 1961.. RFK
1060 21.12 05.28 CKMX Calgary AB ”Classic country 10-60” with “Honky tonk angels” also heard //SW 6030 kHz. RFK
1060 22.12 22.00 WBIX Natick ME ”The Business Station”. Q2. RFK
1090 22.12 07.58 KPTK Seattle WA with ”Web-Ex” spot. Q3-4. RFK
1130 19.12 22.35 WBBR New York NY very strong with news plus unid NA in the background. RFK
1160 20.12 00.05 WYLL Chicago IL with phone-in show on faith issues. Q3. RFK
1160 22.12 07.54 KSL Salt Lake City UT dominant, at least two more NA on the channel. RFK
1180 21.12 23.00 WHAM Rochester NY identifying as ”Wham”. Q2-3. RFK
1190 19.12 22.36 WLIB New York NY advertising “Wal-Green” plus a promo for “Metropolitan Baptist Church”. Q3-4. RFK
1260 21.12 22.20 WMKI Boston MA "Radio Disney" sam+ unid NA talk station. RFK
1310 21.12 11.25 CHLW St Paul-Bonnyville AB in the middle od the day. Commercial for ”Lifelock.com”. Q2. RFK
1320 22.12 05.01 CHMB Vancouver BC ID ”This is AM 13-20 CHMB” then into Chinese. Q3. RFK
1400 21.12 20.05 CBG Gander NL with local weather report from the studio in St Johns. Q3-4. RFK
1510 21.12 22.50 KGA Spokane WA coming through very well on both our East Coast and Prairie beverage (300 and 317 degrees). Often the most common one in Fredriksfors. RFK
1570 22.12 04.48 CKBW Winkler MB ”….the heart of country music, 15-70 CKMW”. RFK
1580 19.12 23.40 CKDO Oshawa ON has a nice oldies format, not to mention that they also verify with real QSL cards. There is still hope! RFK
1630 20.12 05.10 KRND Fox Farm WY one of the few X-banders heard. ”La Grande 16-30”. RFK

Fredriksfors DX 14 december

Besviken kom jag tillbaka från Fredriksfors.Förhoppningarna var goda med Dan Andersson, Rolf Larsson och Hans Olovsson som ville testa sin nya mottagare/SDR också på plats i stugan.Men antingen hade antennerna tagit rejält stryk av blötsnö och kyla eller också var det så dåligt som det kändes... Dessbättre var det nog det senare som gällde. Det lät hyggligt när jag slog på vid 23.30-tiden men blev snabbt östligare och svagare. Ett par nattkollar undermåligt. Morgonen började det se hoppfullt ut med västkustantennen med signaler på KOMO, de vanliga AB/BC-stationerna etc. Men det gick över...Hela förmiddagen gick sedan östligare dominanter mer eller mindre, oftast mindre, bra. WOOD, WEGP och några till väldigt bra fortfarande efter 11. Däremot kom inte något igenom på 317- och 345-gradarna. Om det inte tog sig igenom det massiva (lokala) störningsbruset eller om det verkligen inte fanns något får jag kanske veta av vad andra hört på sitt håll.Jag har nästan inget inspelat och har hört ännu mindre.När det var dags åka hem hade det kommit underkylt regn under natten (- 16 när jag kom, ännu -7 när jag åkte mot .0,5 här i stan) så att det låg 3-4 mm tjock is över hela bilen. Fanns ingen möjlighet att skrapa utan bara att låta den stå på tomgång en stund för avisning.
Logg NA
680 14.12 0700 KBRW Barrow, AK framme en liten stund när det verkade som det tänkte öppna västerut. Religiöst på eskimåspråk. JE
1250 14.12 0730 WSSP, Milwauke, WI mws "Milwaukee´s Sports leader". JE
1300 14.12 0800 KGLO Mason City, IA någon sekund innan dominerande WOOD, Lokalt väder. JE
1440 14.12 0000 WHKZ Warrren, OH med religiöst. JE
1540 13.12 2358 KXEL Waterloo, IA ställde till det innan jag fattade att det var den som sände sport. JE
1600 14.12 0830 WUNR Brookline, MA med franska. JE

Late november loggings, mainly NA stations

Some loggings made in late-November at the DX schack:
North America
660 22.11 23.52 WFAN New York NY “Sports Radio 66 The Fan” Q4.
680 22.11 00.08 CFTR Toronto ON weather report. Q3. RFK
690 22.11 23.48 CINF Montreal QC French. Q3. RFK
720 22.11 23.44 WGN Chicago IL news. Q3. RFK
730 21.11 05.32 CKAC Montreal QC in French. Q2-3. RFK
740 22.11 05.20 CFZM Toronto ON “AM 7-40” playing The Platters’ “The great pretender”. Q2-3. RFK
760 22.11 23.38 WJR Detroit MI “Newstalk 760” Q2-3. RFK
770 21.11 05.40 CHQR Calgary AB news. Q3-4. RFK
780 22.11 23.32 WBBM Chicago IL “WBBM News Update” Q3. RFK
800 22.11 08.32 CHRC Quebec QC in French. Q2-3. RFK
840 22.11 05.30 WHAS Louisville KY “84 WHAS” Fox News. Q2-3. RFK
880 21.11 04.52 CHQT Edmonton AB with news, quite common. Q3. RFK
880 22.11 00.13 WCBS New York NY “WCBS Newstime” Q4. RFK
890 21.11 05.45 WLS Chicago IL Chicago’s Talk Station. Q2. RFK
920 21.11 05.25 CFRY Portage La Praire MB country, Q2-3. RFK
930 22.11 00.14 CFBC Saint John NB “I fought the law” by Bobby Fuller Four and other oldies. Q3. RFK
940 22.11 07.10 “Coast to Coast AM” was heard and rumour has it that this is CINW Montreal QC now carrying this show, no local ID, though. Q4. RFK
950 22.11 23.05 CKNB Campbellton NB with country. Q2-3. RFK
960 22.11 07.00 KMA Shenandoah IA with perfect ID. Q3-4. RFK
970 22.11 07.05 WDAY Fargo ND with several IDs. Q2. RFK
990 22.11 05.05 CBW Winnipeg MB was probably the station carrying “CBC One”, playing Dickie Doo & Don’t’s. Q3. RFK
1000 21.11 05.47 KOMO Seattle WA one of the most common West Coast AM stations here. Q2. RFK
1050 22.11 23.28 CHUM Toronto ON Simon & Garfunkel “Sounds of silence” plus other oldies. Q3. RFK
1060 23.11 04.22 CKMX Calgary AB “Country AM 10-60” Q2-3. RFK
1130 22.11 07.25 KFAN Minneapolis MN with ad for “Minnesota School Of Bartenders”. Q3. RFK
1150 21.11 05.15 WHBY Kimberly NY “Newstalk 11-50 WHBY” Q2-3. RFK
1160 21.11 05.10 WYLL Chicago IL Chicago’s Christian Talk. Q2-3. RFK
1170 22.11 07.40 WWVA Wheeling WV with “American Talking Network”. Q4. RFK
1250 22.11 06.05 WSSP Milwaukee WI “The Milwaukee Sports Leader”. Q2-3. RFK
1280 20.11 20.50 CFMB Montreal QC in Italian. Q3. RFK
1290 22.11 06.08 CFRW Winnipeg MB playing Stevie Wonder “A place in the sun”. Q2. RFK
1310 22.11 06.20 UNID station carrying “Coast to Coast AM”. Q2. RFK
1310 22.11 06.26 CIWW Ottawa ON with the Hollies “Stop stop stop”, “Oldies 13-10”. Q2. RFK
1360 22.11 08.21 WKAT Miami FL “Lifetime Radio” promo, ID, gospel. Q2. RFK
1360 22.11 09.19 WTAQ Green Bay WI with “Coast to Coast AM”, talk on Tesla. Q3. RFK
1380 22.11 08.34 KRKO Everett WA sports Q2. RFK
1390 20.11 20.05 WEGP Presque Isle ME often one of the first transatlantic signals here. RFK
1410 21.11 05.05 CFUN Vancouver BC with news. Q2. RFK
1430 22.11 08.30 KEZW Aurora CO played “Duke of earl” by Gene Chadler & other oldies. Q2. RFK
1430 22.11 22.35 CHKT Toronto ON “Fairchild Radio”. Q3. RFK
1500 20.11 21.28 WFIF Milford CT daytimer closing down with station ID. “Life Changing Radio” just like WLQV which was not heard at this time. Q2. RFK
1500 20.11 21.45 WLQV Detroit MI with good signal, Q3. RFK
1510 20.11 10.00 KGA Spokane WA with legal ID and sports. Q2. RFK
1510 22.11 08.38 KCKK Littleton CO Fox Sports, “Mile High Sports Radio” Q3. RFK
1540 21.11 02.25 CHIN Toronto ON in Chinese. Q3. RFK
1540 22.11 08.55 KXEL Waterloo IA PSA for “Medical Center, Waterloo”. Q3. RFK
West Indies
570 21.11 02.15 CMOC Radio Reloj, Santa Clara Q2. RFK
More to come soon....

From the Radio Shack

Welcome to my – or I should rather say our – blog! As a member of Delsbo Radioklubb (DRAK), I will tell you about our various activities, including BC loggings and so on. One of my biggest interests is DX-ing and although it may seem like an oldfashioned pastime today, there are still a few of us around, enjoying our hobby like we always did. The DX section of Delsbo Radioklubb consists of five members, Dan Andersson (chairman of DRAK), Rolf Larsson, Jan Edh, Peter Stillberg and yours truly, Ronny Forslund (a k a RonnyBGoode). We are sharing a listening shack not far from Delsbo in the province of Hälsingland (some 350 km north of Stockholm) and here we have access to a number of beverage antennas in various directions plus one delta loop and a G5RW antenna.

A special favourite area of ours is mediumwawe (broadcast band) DX-ing and naturally, being in a sunspot minimum of the solar cycle, this season has given many great catches. Especially nice is being able to catch MW/AM signals from North America but we generally try to listen for anything of interest. We expect the holidays to give quite a few new catches and are looking forward to many enjoyable hours in front of our receivers.

As for me I use a JRC NRD-535D which I think is a great receiver and it has given me many good catches over the years. I am sure the other members of our DX-group will present their equipment soon. I am, of course, referring to their receivers....

Delsbo Radioklubb, DRAK, is a very active club and apart from DX-ing we have a lot of active hams in the club. Our club station has the signal SK3PH and this year the club is active with a special signal, 7S35PH, which is to commemorate our 35th anniversary. Yes, we have been around for that long and I am sure we will still be around in another 35 years. Once you have been bitten by the radio bug it stays with you forever.

I will get around to compile the loggings from my latest listening session in our shack and will be back soon. Take care and keep on listening!