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Weather / Stormy Monday.......

« on: October 12, 2021, 0007 UTC »

Per the New York Post:

Get ready, Earthlings, the sun is expected to wreak some havoc on our planet Monday — with an enormous solar flare that could disrupt power grids, affect spacecraft and make the northern lights visible in New York.

https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/northern-lights-could-be-visible-in-nyc-due-to-solar-flare/?utm_campaign=nypevening&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20211011&utm_term=NYP%20-%20Evening%20Update

767

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC ---> Central Africa

« on: October 11, 2021, 2058 UTC »

11810 KHZ @ 2050 in English with YM delivering news feature on  Islamic State and a later interview with a fellow Brit re: Economics as it relates to the global situation.

SINPO: 2-2-2-3-2

TX: WOOFERTON

768

Shortwave Broadcast / MWV ====> Central Africa

« on: October 11, 2021, 2043 UTC »

11964 (off x 1 khz) @ 2034 UTC in English out of Mahajanga, Madagascar..   Hymns interspersed with brief sermoninzing.

3-4-2-4-3 with steady QRM throughout.

769

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France Intnl ===> W. Africa

« on: October 11, 2021, 2032 UTC »

11995 khz @ 2027 UTC in French on the 7700 with YM's  hosting.  Various French songs with female vocalists.  Nice signal today

4-4-4-5-4 with no fade and minimal QRN.

770

General Radio Discussion / Re: First Woman to Play on Beatle Recording Passes

« on: October 06, 2021, 1959 UTC »

" .....Daddy, our baby's gone ...."

771

MW Loggings / WHAS 840 AM Louisville KY

« on: September 24, 2021, 0044 UTC »

00:35 ID then quick ad  before resuming call-in Conservative talk show. Pretty solid signal on the 990X with the internal antenna.   Some QSB episodes throughout, normally short-lived.

TX <> RX:  551 Miles

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI ----> North Africa

« on: September 18, 2021, 1622 UTC »

17880 khz in Arabic via Bamako, Mali with YL hosting talk interspersed with African music @ 16:15 utc
Classical guitar music  with female vocals at 16:21.

SINPO: 4 3 2 4 3

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Cruisin Radio 6270 AM 2055 UTC 04 Sep 2021

« on: September 04, 2021, 2154 UTC »

6270 khz "Crusiin Radio.   2 i's please in Crusiin"   with songs from Christopher Cross and Phil Collins. 
Great signal via Landersdorf Austria

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nacional de Amazonia11780 khz

« on: September 01, 2021, 2328 UTC »

SINPO 33333 @ 23:16 UTC  on the usual 11780 with the Tecsun Pl-990X with only the whip.
2 OM announcers in  gregarious Portuguese conversation with a YF.   Some mention of Sao Paulo and the dog she owns.
Nice signal for 18:23 local .  Minor QRN.

775

MW Loggings / Re: WMVP (Chicago) 1000 am 0040 utc 13 Aug 2021 - "Field of Dreams" Game Live

« on: August 21, 2021, 1507 UTC »

Don - When the Yanks meet the Chisox in the playoffs, you're not gonna want to hear what happens.......

Your guys won't even make it past the Rays, CT. 

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MW Loggings / Re: WMVP (Chicago) 1000 am 0040 utc 13 Aug 2021 - "Field of Dreams" Game Live

« on: August 20, 2021, 2153 UTC »

Well I'm glad someone can get a good signal out of WMVP. Being a long time White Sox fan I was disappointed when they switched their flagship station to WMVP 1000 AM as I'm only about 80 miles NNW of their transmit site and I can NEVER get a decent signal on their 50 KW output.  I'm aware that their broadcast pattern is heavily favored to the South but c'mon! 80 miles ?!?!  Go figure

777

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: This DX'er Was A BBC WS "NewsDay" Guest

« on: August 02, 2021, 2119 UTC »

Wonderful story - Thanks for sharing.

778

MW Loggings / Re: CFFR 660 am 1614 utc 01 Aug 2021 - Calgery , Alberta

« on: August 02, 2021, 2115 UTC »

Nice catch - that 880 is gonna be exhausted by the time you're back East!

779

MW Loggings / Re: WSCR 620 am Chicago 1836 utc 02 Aug 2021

« on: August 02, 2021, 2111 UTC »

CY, WSCR in Chicago is AM 670.    WTMJ is  AM 620 in Milwaukee, 90 miles north.   Get 'em both like locals in East Troy.

780

MW Loggings / Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021

« on: July 21, 2021, 0214 UTC »

Thats a loooooooooooong train ride !