KVOK Kodiak AK 560 - verification

It was amazing to pick up finally KVOK Kodiak AK on 560 kHz just two weeks ago during ENOX2! Like KVAK and KRSA also KVOK has been on my list of most wanted stations for years. KVOK used the slogans "Your Homeport Radio Station" and Kodiak's Pure Country, AM 5-60 KVOK".
Tonight KVOK's morning DJ verified my report with a kind e-mail. My AK #40.

LEM249: 27.10-3.11 (ANA, TRE)

Wednesday 31.10

LEM249 TRE & ANA (October 27 - November 3): the conditions appear to be improving after our rather modest start. This morning very mixed conditions providing us with strong signals from La Plata to the Caribbean. Our best catches so far: XEO 970, KJUG 1270, CBC Barbados 900 and Trinidad BC 730.

AND1: 19-27.10 (JA, OF, TBV, GF)

Saturday 27.10

AND1 report Oct.27: Good conditions to Brasil from 23 to Θ2 UTC, then to La Plata and Brasil Θ5 to Θ6:3Θ. Radio Nihuil 68Θ kHz had a strong signal. Poor NA conditions with only some stations from AB and CA reachìng fair to good levels.

Friday 26.10

AND1 report Oct.26: The first Brazilians were heard at 2Θ:1Θ UTC. Then things changed quickly. 156Θ Radio Disney was noted at 2Θ:2Θ and at 21:Θ5 we were listening to 129Θ CFRW. Occasionally very good signals were heard from SK, MB and AB for the remainder of the evening and the night.

Thursday 25.10

AND1 report Oct.25: Interesting NA conditions early in the night. The most noteworthy stations were 141Θ WNER, 147Θ WNYY and 157Θ WFLR. Fairly poor and widespread conditions at LSR.

Wednesday 24.10

AND1 report for Oct.24: The first stations from Brasil were audible at 2Θ:2Θ UTC. Signals slowly became stronger and by Θ2 UTC we were thinking we had mistakenly stated good conditions to South America over the last several days.
Surprisingly condìtions improved further. From Θ4 to after 1Θ UTC we had a huge opening to North America with fabulous signals from QC in the north to FL in the south and MI in the west.
Can things get better before the next coronal hole stream strikes?

Tuesday 23.10

AND1 report Oct.23: Unstable conditions all night and morning. Many nice signals from Brazil starting as early as 2Θ:4Θ UTC. Within 1 hour stations from ME, MA, NY, QC and ON began to dominate TA fqs. Later on it was back to Brasil. From Θ4:3Θ UTC we had 2 hours of strong signals on almost all TA fqs from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia and Brasil. Examples: 74Θ WIAC, 76Θ WORA.

Monday 22.10

AND1 report for Oct.22: Nice opening to ID and OR just after midnight. 13ΘΘ KAPL strong peaks before their LSS. Good conditions to OR, WA, BC and AB continued throughout the night and the morning. 55Θ KOAC was heard for hours.

Sunday 21.10

AND1 report Oct.21: Superb La Plata conditions from 22:5Θ UTC until Θ5. Brazilians on nearly all TA fqs during the last hour before LSR. Some excellent signals from the Caribbean: 54Θ Grenada and 64Θ Guadeloupe. A fairly good opening to the Great Lakes and further west lasted about 1 hour from ΘΘ:3Θ UTC

Saturday 20.10

2Θ.1Θ. report from AND1 (69NΘ2 15E31): Poor night with some ON stns noted around Θ1 UT, then MB and SK. After Θ5 UT some nice signals from south Brasil, Uruguay and Argentina below 1ΘΘΘ kHz. 55Θ Colonia, 59Θ Continental, 6ΘΘ Gaucha and 62Θ Jovem Pan had the best signals. JA, OF, TBV and GF
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AND1 location: 69N02 15E31. This is on the island Andoya in the north of Norway

KKFX Portland OR 1080 -verification

I captured "1080 The Fan" during ENOX2. At the time of the reception the KKFX's signal was very strong indeed although KUDO tried to take over the frequency at the same time. Program Director verified my report just an hour ago with a short but friendly e-mail.
ENOX2 offered many new OR -stations for me with exceptionally clear and strong signals.

KWAD Wadena MN 920 -verification

I heard KWAD Wadena, MN 920 for the first time during ENOX2 some days ago. The station had a clear TOH -ID :"“Minnesota’s best! 92 KWAD Wadena and 14-30 KNSP Staples” but faded away soon after that. PD verified my report and mentioned :
"Our area has a very large population of Finnish descendants. As a matter of fact the area from Sebeka, MN to Menahga, MN to New York Mills, MN is known locally as the finnish triangle, wonderful people with "sisu." We also boradcast a weekly religious program in the finnish language. Again, very nice to hear from you."
KWAD seems to be very DX-friendly station so don't hesitate to write to them in case you hear KWAD!

KIXZ Amarillo TX 940 - verification

KIXZ was a very pleasant surprise on 940 kHz during ENOX2. It used a slogan "Newsradio 9-40" and had a fine "KIXZ Amarillo - Fox Newsradio 9-40" identification on the top of the hour. PD confirmed the reception by an e-mail message with a fine station logo.

Great to hear a new Texas station on a regional channel!

CHNL Kamloops BC 610 - verification

CHNL is my second new verified station from British Columbia, Canada during ENOX2. It bounced to Enontekiö very strongly on October 16, 2007. 610 kHz was crowded with NA -stations at the time but the "NL" radio managed to dominate this frequency just when it had a nice ID and many spots in a row.

CHNL program director kindly verified my report and mentioned: "We don't get too may QSL requests anymore but it still amazes us that you are able to get us when we have local people 50km away who are having a hard time getting a clear signal at night."

This was my BC -station #37.

WKTY La Crosse WI 580 -verification

WKTY 580 kHz was heard quite often during ENOX2. It run Sporting News Radio programming and had a pretty loud and clear signal at times. After CKY signed off permanently on 580 kHz this freqyency has become a very good spot on AM -band with many different stations depending on the conditions.
WKTY program director verified my report this evening with a kind e-mail.

CKOV Kelowna BC 630 - verification

This one was a real gem since it is not been herad in Finland before. October 16th was a very good day for the BC- and US west coast stations and CKOV faded in pretty strongly on 630 kHz with CHED and a bunch of other stations.
CKOV program director verified my report and wrote:
"We have just flipped from AM to FM and we will soon be losing our AM dial position of 630. The new FM position on the dial is 103.1. "
So be carefull and pick up CKOV before it's too late!

KVAK Valdez AK 1230 -verification

KVAK became my first verificatin from ENOX2 -pedition. It had a huge signal when I captured it on October 16, 2006 at 13:30 UTC. Moreover KVAK was badly off it's nominal frequency as the real frequency was 1229.918 kHz.
It was nice to get a long hunted station right in the beginning of the season. KVAK verified in 12 hours with e-mail QSL.