Greetings from the Snow

It seems this winter will become a record winter not only for good DX but as far as amount of snow is concerned. The snow has been accumulating up to about 40 cm now and there is more to come. The DX QTH is in the middle of snowy trees. BOG is under about 40 cm snow and my longwire seems to have problems in the forest.
The conditions seems to be "back in normal" without any big surprises in the end of January, let´s hope some better times until the next CH due to arrive around Feb 10.

Meanwile I have updated the list of Japanese MW stations logged from December 1st 2009 up to January 20 2010. The number of stations is now 70, I had forgetten a common JO-station JOER 1350. A few new were also noted in the beginning of January, like NHK-stations on 945 (NHK1) and 1467 (JOID Oita). More at the King´s Village DX Blog.

KANA Anaconda MT 580 kHz - "Mighty 580"

KANA was heard once in a while during ENOX19. Mostly with a very poor and faint signal but for a couple of times KANA came in very clearly fading in and out with CKUA Edmonton, Alberta. KANA is a sister station for KBOW Butte on 550 kHz which I heard and verified back in 2007 during ENOX2. KANA used its legal ID "Mighty 580 - KANA, Anaconda, Montana" on the top of the hour. Again, SDR-14 and the newest version of SpectraVue did a great job!

Capturing KANA was a hard job. However, it seems that getting KANA verified is even more difficult. Fortunately I finally found out a working email address to the station's GM and in this way I got KANA verified in 2 days.

KANA became my MT #32.

WKIP Poughkeepsie NY 1450

WKIP was a pleasant surprise on 1450 kHz on ENOX19 with a TOH ID at midnight our local time. 1450 kHz is not very easy nowadays and it's usually only a couple of seconds on TOH when you can pick up something TA on it. I was lucky since somehow this time WKIP came in clearly even if only for a few seconds.

WKIP's engineer sent me a kind verification email along with two photos of the station and its towers.

KFNN Mesa AZ 1510 kHz was heard on its daytime power

KFNN has been on my hunting list for many years. However, I have never succeeded in picking up this one - not until now. During ENOX19 I had many fine late afternoon conditions offering couple of fine stations. KFNN switched on its daytime power at 13:58 UTC one afternoon and right after this the station faded in strongly with a loud and clear signal. KFNN became a dominant station covering the KGA's signal and this could be seen clearly on SpectraVue's display.

KFNN verified nicely in two days with an email message.

More interesting ones on 1350 kHz - KCOR San Antonio TX

KCOR has been heard several times recent years in Scandinavia. However, it made its first appearance in Enontekiö not until during ENOX19 back in December. It faded in on the top of the hour with is "La Primera AM" announcement and a call-letter-ID with quite a clear and loud signal. Later on KCOR played Mexican music. 1350 kHz has been a very interesting frequency this season and all my new ones on 1350 kHz have been verified so far.

KVOC 1230 - ESPN for Casper, Wyoming

KVOC surfaced very late in the afternoon on 1230 kHz simultaneously with KKEN Astoria on ENOX19. However, KVOC came in louder and clearer and it was quite easy to recognize its TOH ID "KVOC - ESPN". It was hard to find a working email address to the station but once I found the right address KVOC verified my report with a kind email in three hours. This ws the first time I picked up KVOC and it became my WY #19.

KASM Albany MN 1150 kHz

Also this one was heard very late in the afternoon like almost all other new Minnesota stations for me on ENOX19. KSEN and KSAL were also audible at the time on 1150 kHz - especially KSEN was heard loud and clear all afternoon with its fine oldies songs. KASM announced frequently "KASM Radio Network" and it run some local ads as well.
KASM verified nicely with a kind email.

KRFO Owatonna MN 1390

KRFO made its first, short apperance in Enontekiö on ENOX19 late in the afternoon. The station surfaced some minutes before the top of the hour but luckily it gave a nice ID just then. At the time there were many signals audible on 1390 and it will be interesting to see if it could be possible to identify more new ones on this frequency.
KRFO verified briefly mentioning "You are the fourth Finn to pick us up in the last five years or so."

KLGR Redwood Falls MN 1490 kHz - a nice add to my MN -collection

After receiving KLGR's confirmation just a few moments ago I have now verified all three MN -stations operating on 1490 kHz. I picked up KQDS way back in November 29, 1990, KXRA was heard now during ENOX19 on December 12, 2009 and finally KLGR bounced to Enontekiö on ENOX19 as well. KLGR faded in just on the top of the hour with ID followed by the ABC News. A short email note from the station confirmed my report and mp3 audio.

CJEU Gatineau QC 1670 - a new Canadian on the X-band.

CJEU "Radio Enfant" was heard on several occasions with huge signals on ENOx19 back in December. I sent a reception report and mp3 to the station right after I noticed the station for the first time on Decmber 12, 2009. It took a several days to get a kind email with the confirmation from CJEU.

As far as I know CJEU began its broadcasts on December 10, 2009.