AND3: 16-26.10. (GF, JA, OF and TBV)

AND3 has begun. Conditions are promising with many AK and HI at good levels at 14 UTC. Participants: GF, JA, OF and TBV

AND3 report 16-17.10: Brief opening to Brazil after 20:40 UTC, 1240 Radio Sao Francisco was the first new one in the log. From 01 UTC strong opening to the Rockies and Mexico with west coast stations becoming dominant by late morning.

AND3 report 17-18.10: Every MW DXer can easily imagine a dream DX night. Last night easily belongs to that category. For starters we were served very nice signals from Brazil after 20:30 UTC. From 22:45 our attention was on North America, starting from the Great Lakes and moving slowly westwards. During that process we were treated to numerous daytime signals from the Central and Mountain time zones, later Oregon stations almost convinced us we were actually there. Brief conclusion: A superb night and morning

AND3 report 18-19.10: Again a good night and morning, although somewhat less focused and interesting than the previous day. 1400 KIHH logged Oct,18.

AND3 report 19-20.10: Great start to the night with DT signals from the northeastern US and the Great Lakes. Improving signals from South America during the night, 550 CW1 and 760 LU6 were excellent at LSR. Good morning to the US EC, poor to the WC.

AND3 report 20-21.10: WEGP was heard at 20:40utc increasing our hopes for a good night. Despite some usual MI stations around 23:00 the night was disappointing. Early morning conds were very good to Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Excellent signals from eastern NA 07-09:30utc and then WC after 09:45

AND3 report 21-22.10: Good conds to Brazil and La Plata 21-00UTC. At midnight a few DT signals from CO and UT, then slowly improving conds until 04 UTC. From then and until just before noon strong signals from the Great Lakes and westwards.

AND3 report 22-23.10: Excellent to Brazil from 21UTC and until early morning. Sporadic spot conditions to NA 22-01:30UTC offered daytimers from all mainland US time zones. Later on relatively poor conds with stations mainly from the WC.

AND3 report 23-24.10: Possibly the best NA conditions this century. If it gets any better than this the last 2 nights we will not need to go DX-peditions again. Ever

AND3 report 24-25.10: Strong widespread NA signals from 22utc, at times mixing with Cubans and Mexicans. Boring during the morning. Towards noon improving with strong signals from WA, OR and CA.

AND3 report 25-26.10: Very interesting NA conds. At first many DT signals from the northeastern USA. Then a brief break before we got lots of of interesting stations from the Mountain time zone. Early morning had an extremely intense opening to WA, OR and BC. Then things changed very quickly with a strong opening to the eastern part of the USA. An excellent final day.

ENOX loggings update 13.10

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960 +WABG Greenwood, MS (21.2.2008 ENOX8)
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970 KNFX Austin, MN (tnx PAX71/A) - ENOX2
1050 +WDVM Eau Claire, WI (16.10.2007 ENOX2)
1350 +KCAR Clarksville, TX (12.10.2007 ENOX2) (tnx PAX71/A)
1350 XETB Torreón - ENOX2

King´s Village DXing August-September 2008

Testing the Perseus (software 1.1.b vs 1.1.c)

Indeed the latest version runs quite OK even on my laptop (T40, with 512 MB memory, 1.3 GHz processor) and on my old table-top (Fujitsu) of 3.0 GHz/1.5 Gb mem. only slightly better actually. All these recording 1600 kHz RF-file. And the new file being 16-bit file, it saves HD and now you can record (without modifying the windows parameters) 5 minutes files (of about 2.2 Gb each). The latest version has also the “zoom” when you can zoom the frequency reading to be able to read rather precise frequencies down to below 1 Hz. However on my setups, it is still rather slow and there are problems when trying to do that when playing back the recorded file. Still I find easier to use SpectruVue for exact frequency read-out. Otherwise the Perseus software is fine with many bells and whistles like the DSP-noise reduction etc. Well done, Nico.

August/September: Dario goes King´s Village´s DX (sdr & car-dx)

Famous DXer (“PlayDX”) Dario Monferini from Milan visited my DX-QTH at King´s Villages for a few days at the end of August. Dario enjoyed some good openings on mw as well as on FM (St Peterburg stations). Dario tested also SDR-DX using Perseus and SDR-IQ receivers. He managed to get quite a few Trans-Atlantic signals. I had to work all days – so my job was more to obtain cooking and make food for us. We enjoyed Salmon “Lemon” with some Italian style vegetables (with Italian Mozzarella) among others (like pasta etc!). Dario “DXing” can be seen on the picture. Some catches of Asians were made also using my car´s RX – these includes good reception of Korea 1566 and JOIF 1413 (at 2000 UTC)

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More pictures of Darios adventures at the Play-DX-site.

DX-meeting at Haapavesi with Aurora Borealis and the EDXC

After Dario’s DX-days I drove to Haapavesi-QTH with Viktor Rytkovsky (picked up at the trailway station Kouvola). We went via Joensuu and took MR (Mauno Ritola) with us. As always during the last years we soon noticed geomagnetic disturbance starting when driving up North! And indeed at the night 4^th Sept we could even see the Aurora Borealis. Thanks to Jari Ylioja – an active photographer of Space & Aurora (more Jari´s pictures at SpaceWeather Auroa Gallery) the Aurora was photographed at the same time only 1,5 kilometres to the South of our QTH! So dxing was no so active, the only “result” was a carrier of the Nigerian station on 917 kHz (s/off around 23ut).

Aurora during the DX-meeting at Haapavesi. (photo thanks to Jari Yioja – more Jari´s photos at SpaceWeather.com)

After the meeting we went to Vaasa to the EDXC 2008 meeting. It was nice to see many DXers at Vaasa, although my staying lasted only a few hours.

Some DX in August– September

So far I am still waiting to be able to use my Far East BOG. So most DX is made using my longwire of 130 meters (NNW). Some nice openings to Latin America has been noted with some new stations for me. I decided also to announce “The King´s Village Station of the Month” each month. These are new for me or otherwise interesting to be announced.

I will put my presentation of the latest trends of SDRs in Finland later on the web later on.

KING'S VILLAGE STATION OF THE MONTH - AUGUST: Rádio Itapirema 1390

This station was particularly interesting as it took some days to discover what is doing a strong het on 1390.0 kHz. Soon I noted the signal is coming from Brazil above the nominal on 1390.215 kHz and after some work it was discovered to be Radio Itapirema of Ji-Parana, Brazil. Thanks JEÖ & MR for listening to the clip!

I am not sure if this split still exists, later on I have noted Rádio Jornal here (which is more usual at my QTH).

KING´S VILLAGE STATION OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER: Radio Libertad, Arequipa 1310

This station was first noted on Sept. 29th with nice Andean music. First it was a bit difficult to say what station is saying “Libertad” here although the music was “very Andean” music with nice melodies. The station even had time signals which were rather exact (not so familiar on Latins). Soon I noted the loggings of last year (credits to JMS, JEÖ and TSM in Finland) and indeed the station was the same as then – Radio Libertad de Arequipa, which seems to be a new station started last year. Actually the station seems to be on split as well, on 1309.98 kHz. I also found a RF-recording on my last winter´s HD of 4^th December 2007:

Radio Libertad with same kind of programming and announcements – and on the same split! The station has been dominating the channel also after September – many times in October – sometimes with good signal and only some QRM from at least two others (one being Venezuela with Nat. Anthem at 0430 – this one a bit above on 1310.01, the other one with programs sounding like Radio Maria – could be Radio Maria, Panama (carrier frequency rather near the nominal). Radio Libertad has also web-pages and program feed on web - very nice! On October 7^th some other stations from Perú were noted with good signal.

Recent Verifications

Hello fellow DXers and greetings from Vaasa!

Here's a few my most recent verifications:

KTNN Window Rock AZ 660 email
KRRZ Minot ND 1390 email
WTCH Shawano WI 960 email
KGHF Pueblo CO 1350 email
KHEY El Paso TX 1380 email
KRPI Ferndale WA 1550 email
WPLM Plymouth MA 1390 email
KLO Ogden UT 1430 email
KNWC Sioux Falls SD 1270 email
KDHL Faribault MN 920 email

Still quite a lot of LEM260 files from Asia and South/Central America to be checked. Hope to get them ready before the next LEM-expedition (with MKA) starting on the 1st of November.

73's -jsn-

ENOX9: 11-14.9 (JVA, TUA)

We went for a short antenna checking and DX-listening trip to ENOX for a weekend. Conditions were not so good, especially the last night was a disappointment.

Usually evening started with Brazil stations at 22-23utc. La Plata -stations were dominating in the nighttime and finally NA-stations were audible from 00-01utc until 04- 0445utc.

We had the best conditions on Saturday morning when several new stations faded in for us. The most interesting stations were from Florida and Ohio. Some loggings here – full log later.

540 CBEF Windsor, On
540 CBT Grand Falls, NL
560 WQAM Miami, FL
570 CKGL Kitchener, ON
610 WIOD Miami, FL
630 CHLT Sherbrooke, QC
670 WWFE Miami, FL
820 WOSU Columbus, OH
920 WMNI Colombus, OH
990 CBY Corner Brook, NL
1060 WLNO New Orleans, LA
1200 KFNW West Fargo, ND - daytime power?
1230 WSBB New Smyrna Beach, FL
1320 WOBL Oberlin, OH
1350 WGPL Portsmouth, VA
1560 KGOW Bellaire, TX with daytime power whole night
1570 WECU Centerville, NC
1600 WKKX Wheeling, WV
1630 WRDW Augusta, GA
1690 CJLO Montreal, QC
1690 CHTO Toronto, ON

540 R Auténtica, Bogota
620 ZYH590 R Globo, Fortaleza
620 R Rebelde
700 NBC Kingstown, St Vincent
870 CHML R Reloj, Sancti Spiritus
1310 LRA42 Radio Nacional de Gualeguachu, Gualeguaychu
1320 RCN
1430 HJKU Emisora Kennedy, Santa Fé de Bogota
1550 R Rebelde
1570 TGVE VEA Voz Evangelica de América, Guatemala

ENOX Updates 8.9

920 CBQI Tulita, NT - ENOX5
950 KOZE Lewiston, ID - "950 AM KOZE Lewiston" - ENOX3
970 KTTO Spokane, WA - "You're listening to Sacred Heart Radio" - ENOX3
1060 WBIX Natick, MA - ENOX8
1060 KGFX Pierre, SD - ENOX8
1080 KRLD Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX - ENOX8
1140 WRVA Richmond, VA - ENOX8
1200 WCHB Taylor, MI - ENOX3
1230 KWSN Sioux City, SD - mm. ESPN -ohj. ja ID ennen tasaa - ENOX3
1250 KWSU Pullman, WA - ENOX3
1280 WFAU Gardiner, ME - ENOX8
1380 WMYF Portsmouth, NH - ENOX8
1380 WPHM Port Huron, MI - ENOX8
1400 WRDB Reedsburg, WI - ENOX8
1420 WBEC Pittsfield, MA - ENOX8
1420 CKPT Peterborough, ON - "Energy 99.3" - ENOX8
1440 WVEI Worcester, MA - ENOX8
1460 KARR Kirkland, WA - ENOX3
1470 KBSN Moses Lake, WA - ENOX3
1480 KPHX Phoenix, AZ - ENOX2
1480 WSAR Fall River, MA - ENOX3
1490 KEYG Grand Coulee, WA - ENOX3
1540 KXPA Bellevue, WA - ENOX3
1570 WECU Centerville, NC - ENOX8

Updated AND loggings season 2007-2008

AND1 and AND2 logs, both drafts. As for the AND1 log changes are in blue color.

AND1: 19-27.10 (JA, OF, TBV, GF) - loggings (pdf) - 2.nd draft
AND2: 24.1-3.2 ((JA, OF, TBV, GF) - loggings (pdf) - 1.st draft

ENOX Updates 2.8.2008

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540 CBGA1 New Carlisle, QC – ENOX5
540 CBEF Windsor, ON – ENOX5
550 WSAU Wausau, WI – ENOX5
560 CHVO Spaniards Bay, NL – ENOX5
560 WEBC Duluth, MN – ENOX5
570 WNAX Yankton, SD – ENOX5
580 WKTY La Crosse, WI – ENOX5
610 CHTM Thopmson, MB – ENOX3
610 CKYL Peace River, AB – ENOX5
650 WSM Nashville, TN – ENOX5
660 WFAN New York, NY – ENOX5
670 WSCR Chicago, IL – ENOX2
680 KNBR San Francisco, CA – ENOX5
680 WNZK Dearborn Heights, MI – ENOX5
770 WABC New York, NY – ENOX5
790 KFGO Fargo, ND – ENOX5
800 CKOR Penticton, BC – ENOX2
800 CHAB Moose Jaw, SK – ENOX5
810 WGY Schenectady, NY – ENOX8
820 WBAP Fort Woth, TX –ENOX5
840 KSWB Seaside, OR – ENOX2
900 CHML Hamilton, ON – ENOX5
920 KXLY Spokane, WA – ENOX5
920 WOKY Milwaukee, WI – ENOX8
930 KSDN Aberdeen, SD – ENOX5
1070 CFAX Victoria, BC – ENOX5
1110 +XEWR Cd. Juárez – ENOX8 (23.02.08)
1120 KANN Roy – ENOX2
1130 WISN Milwaukee, WI – ENOX8
1150 CJRC Gatineau, QC – ENOX2
1160 WCCS Homer City, PA – ENOX2
1180 XEDCH Cd. Delicias – ENOX5
1180 KLAY Lakewood, WA – ENOX2
1190 WLIB New York, NY – ENOX5
1200 KFNW West Fargo, ND – ENOX5
1210 KOKK Huron, SD – ENOX5
1210 KGYN Guymon, WY – ENOX5
1230 KWYZ Everett, WA – ENOX3
1230 KORT Grangeville, ID – ENOX3
1230 KMRS Morris, MN – ENOX5
1230 WCLO Janesville, WI – ENOX8
1240 KBLL Helena, MT – ENOX5
1240 KDEC Decorah, IA – ENOX8
1240 KMZK Billings, MT – ENOX8
1240 KCCR Pierre, SD – ENOX8
1250 CJYE Oakville, ON – ENOX2
1250 KBRF Grand Fergus Falls, MN – ENOX5
1260 KWYR Winner, SD – ENOX5
1260 +KROX Crookston, MN – ENOX5 (03.12.07)
1260 WNDE Indianapolis, IN – ENOX8
1280 WGBF Evansville, IN – ENOX2
1280 WWTC Minneapolis, MN – ENOX8
1290 KOWB Laramie, WY – ENOX5, ENOX8
1310 KNOX Grand Forks, ND – ENOX5
1330 WHBL Sheboygan, WI – ENOX3
1330 KOVE Lander, WY – ENOX5
1330 WWRV New York, NY – ENOX5
1340 KGFW Kearney, NE – ENOX2
1340 WBBL Grand Rapids, MI – ENOX2
1340 KTSN Elko, NV – ENOX2
1340 KLOO Corvallis, OR – ENOX2
1390 WNIO Youngstown, OH – ENOX2
1390 KJOX Yakima, WA – ENOX3
1400 KBJM Lemmon, SD – ENOX2
1400 KRPL Moscow, ID – ENOX2
1400 KLCK Goldendale, WA – ENOX2
1400 KVRP Stamford, TX – ENOX3
1560 KGOW Bellaire, TX – ENOX6
1590 KQLO Sun Valley, NV – ENOX2
1690 WMLB Avondale Estates, GA – ENOX2

1240 R Maria, Santo Domingo. ”En los 12-40 AM sintoniza Radio Maria de ALGATRACIA, una voz Católica .."
1110 R Reloj, Cali – ENOX6

Log files are updated.

ENOX updates 15.6

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590 KXSP Omaha, NE – ENOX2
600 WMT Cedar Rapids, IA – ENOX2
630 KHOW Denver, CO – ENOX2
640 KGVW Belgrade, MT – ENOX2
670 +KLTT Commerce City, CO – ENOX2 (11.10.07)
750 KERR Polson, MT – ENOX2
760 KKZN Thornton, CO – ENOX2
770 XEACH Monterrey – ENOX2
790 XEGAJ Guadalajara – ENOX2
810 WGY Schenectady, NY – ENOX2
870 +WINU Shelbyville, IL – ENOX2 (13.10.07)
920 XECQ Culiacan – ENOX2
1080 +KYMN Northfield, MN – ENOX2 (15.10.07)
1240 KLYQ Hamilton, MT – ENOX2
1340 WROD Daytona Beach, FL – ENOX2
1340 KVBR Brainerd, MN – ENOX2
1340 KROC Rochester, MN – ENOX2
1400 KODI Cody, WY – ENOX2
1410 CKSL London, ON – ENOX2

LEM262: 1-8.3 (ARK)

Sunday 2.3

Conditions are as poor as expected due to effects from past coronal hole. This morning 04-05.30 short opening towards midwest. 1200 KFNW only catch to mention. KBRW and KOMO occasionally with extremely weak signals and deep fading during morning and afternoon. Nothing from AK, HI or the Pacific.

Monday 3.3

Similar poor conditions as yesterday. However, some most common Japanese stations around 15 UT.

Tuesday 4.3

Another day with pretty weak conditions. They started towards midwest at 02 UT and lasted until 06 UT. Only common dominants. Nothing during midday and early afternoon. 13-14 UT some WA and AK. 15-16.30 UT lots of AK stations (830 KSDP, 930 KNSA) plus some Hawaiians. However, the best AK catches stayed away, blah.

Wednesday 5.3

Once again, conditions pattern continued almost similar. Lots of midwest and west coast stations from 02 UT, weakening at 0630 and fading out totally by 0730 UT. One-hour conditions to west coast at 0930. AK and HI twice during afternoon in half hour portions. 4QD Emerald at 16 UT.Previous night was freezing cold (-29°), first day with bright sunshine during this expedition.Little birds in trees announced the joy of increasing daylight after dark winter! Crows have returned and were "singing" too. When writing this report in the evening, worrying sights of distant northern lights around northern sky...

Thursday 6.3

West coast and midwest stations from 03 UTC plus east coast from 06-08 UT. 08- UT strong conditions to west coast and midwest, even all graveyard channels were well open (1240 KQEN, 1400 KWNA). However, only dominants and nothing from east coast. All faded out by 1130 UT.

Some most common Hawaiians in the afternoon, 1330- UT several Japanese with strong signals. Unidentified 1620-aussie at 16- UT.

Friday 7.3

02 UT once again midwest and west coast stations. 0430 UT also big lakes area. All faded out by 0730 UT. 14- most common Alaskan stations, 15 UT Japanese stations. -32° at night.

Saturday 8.3

Forecasts indicated high speed stream to arrive from the visible coronal hole and I was hoping it would cause special conditions. However, no such one. Its effects could be heard at 08 UT, when almost all stations disappeared accompanied with increased hum. 09 UT signals strengthened with common midwest, west coast and AK stations.

Anyway, during night conditions started at 00 UT with X band stations, even east coast stations for a while. 0330- UT common stations from the Lakes and west coast. As I was the last crew this main season, I had no hurry to pack things and leave. Turned off my radios at 10 UT when there still were several stations on the band. When driving home in the evening, there was impressive northern lights in the sky!