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Longwave Loggings / 212 SJ St. John NB and 224 QM Moncton NB

« on: December 04, 2022, 1911 UTC »

Caught both of these yesterday morning 2 hours before sunrise both with big sigs in here
which surprised me given the otherwise poor band conditions.

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MW Loggings / Re: unid AM 890

« on: November 16, 2022, 1046 UTC »

OK, pretty sure the mystery is solved...
Had been hearing this in the car with no way to peak or null the signal
to aid in identifying it.  However, this morning had some time to play with
the CCrane 2E and was able to peak the Spanish speaking station in the null of WLS.
This led me to assume the station was Cuban as the sigs peaked in that direction.
The OTA program matched the online Radio Progreso
(they were playing some music this morning so that helped with the ID), so most likely it is AM 890
Chambas Cuba at 200kw power output.

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MW Loggings / unid AM 890

« on: November 10, 2022, 2056 UTC »

Been hearing a Spanish speaking station on this frequency lately in the pre-dawn hours
mixing with WLS.  An OM and YL chatting back and forth, never any music.
Mexican?, Cuban?, any ideas...

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MW Loggings / Re: KMOX (St. Louis) 1120 am 2330 utc 9 Nov 2022

« on: November 10, 2022, 2050 UTC »

AFAIK, 50kw KMOX has one tower with an omnidirectional pattern day and night.
Its signal really booms in here most evenings, have even logged it on the xtal set.
Perhaps this is due to the excellent soil conductivity at the TX site (btw, which is
actually across the river in Illinois).

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MW Loggings / Re: KJJR 880/KSEN 1150 DX Test Weekend Of Nov 5th

« on: November 03, 2022, 0022 UTC »

No written reports without a recording... 
So you think I'm going to lie about it just to get a QSL card from a station I didn't hear?
Wow... just wow.   

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Longwave Loggings / NDB log 8-30-22 1900-2000Z

« on: September 17, 2022, 1930 UTC »

257   MB  Saginaw  MI
263   GR  Grand Rapids  MI
278   ADG  Adrian  MI
353   QG  Windsor  ON
419   RYS  Grosse Ile  MI
423   PCW  Port Clinton  OH ? vy weak

Finally got around to posting this...
That is a grand total of 6 beacons logged with a PL-600 coupled to a 50' external antenna.
Just a year ago that number would have been 15 to 25 beacons depending on the daytime
conditions using the same set up. 

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MW Loggings / Re: WJR 760 AM 2337 utc 2 Sep 2022

« on: September 03, 2022, 2348 UTC »

Ernie Harwell began his Detroit Tiger broadcast years at then flagship station WKMH AM 1310 in 1960.
In 1963, WKMH changed format and became legendary rocker WKNR "Keener 13".  In 1964, 50kw WJR became the
Tigers flagship station and remained so until 2001 with Harwell doing the play by play. 

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MW Loggings / Re: Classic Hits on 1410AM at night? Who's that??? WHLN!!!

« on: September 03, 2022, 1411 UTC »

Got a partial ID in job transit. I clearly heard WHL?. Just could not pull-in that last letter. So, that KY station´s gotta´ be it. 41W at night? Huh... Kind of a short-skip to me, but it dominates 1410AM at night here. So, pinto vortando, looks like ya go it. https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=whln&nav=home

 

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MW Loggings / Re: Classic Hits on 1410AM at night? Who's that???

« on: September 01, 2022, 0048 UTC »

My guess would be WHLN AM 1410 Harlan KY.  Their format matches what you mention.
They only run 41 watts at night but have logged them in the past here in Michigan with
a good signal.

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MW Loggings / Re: CKOM 650 am Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

« on: August 28, 2022, 2304 UTC »

Good catch, Don...  they send most of their power to the North and WSM dominates 650 all night
so good work pulling the Canadian out of the ether. 

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Longwave Loggings / Re: LW Longwave beacon Kelowna and others

« on: July 26, 2022, 2156 UTC »

Nice going on just the internal antenna.
Don't hear beacons from BC too often here in Michigan and it is becoming even less often
as many of these beacons are being decommissioned... so enjoy logging them while you can.
The Morse identifier is sent slowly enough so that you really don't have to know how to copy
Morse in your head.  Just write down the dots and dashes and decode it latter.  Of course,
learning Morse (or CW, as the hams call it) makes it more enjoyable.
The long tone you hear after the ID is the signature of a Canadian beacon (US beacons do not
send this tone).  It is known as a long Dash After ID or DAID.
Enjoy your beacon hunting... an external antenna would be a big help.

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MW Loggings / Re: CJYM 1330 AM 0500 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 1557 UTC »

10kw day and night which makes it a powerhouse on 1330 but most of the signal goes north
(maybe to protect all the US regionals on the channel) so good catch from BC on the loopstick.
For another SK, give CBK AM 540 in Regina a try, and then go for MB with CBW AM 990 Winnipeg...
both 50kw.

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MW Loggings / Re: 1110 AM 2300 utc hour 4 Apr 2022

« on: July 19, 2022, 2347 UTC »

1110 is a mixed bag here, no station seems to dominate.

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MW Loggings / Re: WWVA Wheeling, West Virginia

« on: July 03, 2022, 0844 UTC »

Soil conductivity is very poor in that region.

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MW Loggings / Re: WWVA Wheeling, West Virginia

« on: July 02, 2022, 1851 UTC »

Their adr is Main St. which is on the east side of the river.  However, as mentioned, TX is in OH.
The sig is not that great in here at night for a 50kw station because the                                                                                           
nighttime pattern has most of the signal going east, probably so as not to interfere with the Tulsa station also on 1170.