Loggings from the Radio Shack by Jan Edh - JE

Fredriksfors 11.2
My expectations were for something better this night. It looked so good when I checked the ”sights”. And even, it started quite good also...It was a beautiful but quite cold (some -20 C) night. Almost as daylight with a full moon (missing just for a day), shining over heavy new snow on the ground and trees. But as Dan Andersson (he and Hans Olofsson with his SDR 5000 joined later) had put on the heating it was some +10 C inside when I arrived at about 21.00 UTC, I could just put some firewood in the stove and begin listening...And it started well even then; The Philippines on1314, Japan on 1413 and some eastern NA-stations when I changed antenna. A wink of some daytimers even. Then very broad (west coast to the Caribbean and Colombia) but nothing ”interesting”.And it didn´t make it better when I made some misstake with my recording on the IQ and only have two short files from the morning. Of course missing all that great stuff that was audible just that time...
Logg
Asien
1314 10.2 2103 DWXI, Paranaque. Religiöst. JE
1413 10.2 2100 JOIF Fukuoka gick strålande. JE
NA
670 11.2 0706 WSCR Chicago, IL med en sjungen ”bokstavsjingle”. JE
1240 10.2 2130 CKIM Baie Vert, NL med VOCM bra styrka så tidigt. JE
1310 10.2 2307 WIBA Madison, WI med en promo för nattens C2C. JE
1330 11.2 0600 WRCA Waltham, MA med jazz. JE
1430 11.2 0600 CHKT Toronto, ON (egentligen bara tent för det kom aldrig något anrop) med religiös non stop-musik som ”overnightfyllnad”. JE
1450 11.2 0602 AM Gold ”14-50 AM Gold” efter att CNN-nyheterna var slut. JE
1460 11.2 0659 WHIC, Rochester, NY med EWTN. JE
1460 11.2 0659 WDDY Albany, NY. Disney. JE
1460 11.2 0659 CJOY Guelph, ON ”Greatest Hits”. Tredje inom mindre än en minut att id-a tydligt! JE
1470 11.2 0700 WKBV West Bend, WI ”BKV West Bend” och CNN-nyheter. Annars dominerade Vibracion totalt hela natten. På kvällen däremot WLAM med ”True Oldies” och toöpstyrka. JE
1470 11.2 0606 WMBD Peooria, IL kom fram med id efter Fox News men dök snabbt igen. JE
1480 11.2 0700 WSAR Fall River, NY stark. JE
1480 11.2 0600 WGVU Kentwood, MI med BBC World Service. JE
1500 10.2 2200 WFIF Milford. RI ”Life Changing Radio”. JE
1500 11.2 0700 WLQV Detroit, MI med Life Changing Radio över WFED. JE
1510 11.2 0700 WWZN Boston, MA ”Bostpn´s Sport Station The Zone” och inte religiöst som man brukat ha på morgnarna. JE
1520 10.2 21.59 WIZZ Greenfield, MA med ett halvdåligt id där mest ”IZZ” hörs. Hyggligt stark med nostalgimusik. Tyvärr var Voz för stark ett par minuter senare. JE
1540 11.2 0704 CHIN Toronto, ON spansk populärmusik utan annonseringar (även på timmen) men här kom en. Stark. JE
1570 10.2 2200 WNSH Beverly, MA ”Women´s TalkRadio”, men får egentligen bara räknas som TENT eftersom den gick riktigt läsbart bara när det var ”prat” (om jag inte mot förmodan lyckas klämma fram något senare). JE
Västindien
700 10.2 2330 NCB St Vincent - precis så härligt som man vill att en västindier ska låta... JE
1400 20.2 0000 Harbour Light, Grenada (finns den inte med i frekvenstabellen iWRTH?) har varit frånvarande under vinterns NA-konditioner, men nu puffades CBG åt sidan. JE
LA
1490 11.2 0700 HJBS Em. Punto Cinco, Bogota. ”Punto Cinco 14-90 AM”. JE
1550 11.2 0550 HJCB Radio El Sol, Baranquilla delade utrymmet med CBE. JE

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