WHLI Hemstead NY, 1100 - The nostalgia songs from Long Island

According to the verification I received Wednesday from WHLI my report was the seventh one coming from Scandinavia in the past couple of months. WHLI surfaced nicely with NOS -songs on ENOX19 early in the evening. The signal wasn not very loud but it was clear. This time WHLI aired the Lucky Buck Alert -contest promos and played the Harry Connick Jr's version of the famous Billy Joel song "Just The Way You Are". It sounded fine!

KUHL Santa Maria CA 1440

ENOX17 back in October 2009 offered a couple of nice new catches for me. One of them was KUHL Santa Maria in California on 1440 kHz. This one has been heard in couple of times in Scandinavia but it is definitely not the most usual catch on 1440 kHz.

KUHL faded in and out on one October morning in Enontekiö. Once again SDR-14 and SpectraVue offered a nice signal and after a couple of emails the station's management kindly verified my report and MP3 audio.

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WPNW Zeeland MI 1260 - "The Pledge"

It's always interesting to check SV -files and dig TOHs and the breaks of the syndicated programs.The other night I went thru some interesting stuff on ENOX19 recordings and came across a very clear and loud "The Pledge" slogans on 1260 kHz after a few minutes reasarching. This was the first time I heard WPNW and I was surprised since the reception was so clear and loud. I sent a report and an mp3 audio to the station and next evening I received a kind verificaton from WPNW's music director.

KHOB Hobbs NM 1390 verified - finally!

KHOB in Hobbs, New Mexico on 1390 surfaced nicely on the top of the hour on ENOX19. KHOB is an ESPN station for South Eastern New Mexico.
V/s told that KHOB was running 1 kw drectional at that time. He also told that there have been some ice- and snow showers lately in the Hobbs area.
It is always a real thrill to pick up a New Mexico station on AM. I heard KHOB for the first time on a studio recording about 30 years ago. It sounded a very nice station back then and now when I picked it up live it still sounded exciting.
This is the first KHOB QSL in Finland.

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.