KITI CHEHALIS, WA 1420 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Andy West, Chief Operator at KITI verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) report this morning. KITI was heard well with it’s oldies format. Andy say they have received several reports from Norway and Finland.

KKEE ASTORIA, OR 1230 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Tom Freel, Operations Manager at NNB Radio Astoria verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) this afternoon. “Sports radio 12-30 ESPN” is the dominant station on 1230 in Kongsfjord. I have tried several times to get a verification and finally Tom made my day!

KCLK ASOTIN, WA 1430 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Jay Mlazgar verified my October 11 2006(KONG14) report this evening. Can often hear ESPN programme on 1430 and finaly got a nice TOH identification from KCLK. They mention Asotin, Clarkston, Lewiston in their ID.

KLIZ BRAINARD, MN 1380 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Mike Boen, General Manager at KLIZ 1380 today verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report.

KKBJ BEMIDJI, MN 1360 VERIFICATION

Long nice e-mail from Rocky Coffin at KKBJ verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) this evening. I heard KKBJ with a good signal in a Coast to Coast AM brake. One of the stations on my “most wanted list” so this verie was very welcomed

KTCR KENNEWICK, WA 1340 VERIFICATION

Informative e-mail from John McDaniel transmitter engineer at New Northwest Broadcasters Group’s 12 stations (4 AM, 8 FM) in Yakima, Kennewick, and Walla Walla this evening. Heard KTCR mixed with KLKI Anacortes, WA during KONG14. Thank's to Bjarne Mjelde for John's e-mail adresse!

KMA SHENANDOAH, IA 960 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Mark F. Eno, General Manager at KMA 960 verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. KMA was heard with a good signal promoting their new web site.

KBRB AINSWORTH, NE 1400 VERIFICATION

Long nice e-mail from Radiy Brudigan verified my October 12. 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. KRBR popped up from the jumble with station ID and weather forecast. Ainsworth is a community with about 2000 located in the north central part of Nebraska. There’s many large cattle farms in the area up to 20 000 to 30 000 acres! KBRB broadcast a lot of local sports and the music on the AM station is mostly country and western.

KQWB FARGO, ND 1660 VERIFICATION

Anne at Operations, KQWB made my day verifying my October 8th 2005 (KONG12) report this evening. I have tried to got a verifications from this station several times and finally it was in my inbox

CKPC BRANTFORD, ON 1380 VERIFICATION

Nice letter from Stewart Bayley, Chief Engineer at CKPC Brantford verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report today. Brantford is known as “The Telephone City”. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Brantford in 1874. Brantford is also the hometown of the greatest NHL hockey player Wayne Gretzky. CKPC broadcast with 10 kilowatt 24 hours a day . CKPC have been on the air since 1923, broadcasting from Preston, ON and they moved to Brantford in 1933

KWIK POCATELLO, ID 1240 VERIFICATION

Very friendly e-mail from Bill Hatch, News/Program Director at KWIK 1240 this evening. He answered after just a few minutes to my follow-up e-mail. He could not see that my snail mail letter had been received at the station. KWIK broadcast with only 960 watts but that’s enough to reach Kongsfjord during good conditions.

KHVH HONOLULU, HAWAII 830 VERIFICATION

Paul Wilson verified my report to KHVH this evening. So now I have all Clear Channel AM stations in Honolulu verified. KHVH was heard with a good signal during KONG14.

KNDC HETTINGER, ND 1490 VERIFICATION

Short but very welcome e-mail from Nolan Dix at KNDC 1490 verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. My USA AM station nr. 200!

CP.. RADIO TACANA, TUMUPASA 4781.6 VERIFICATION

Very surprised when I open up my inbox and found a email from Sr. Roberto Carlos Chavez Ch. Director Radio Tacana this evening. In an attached word doc. he verifies my reception of Radio Tacana. I have heard Radio Tacana several times and the signal was very strong on the 24th January 2006. I send them a snail mail letter in the beginning of February and nothing happened until now. A big thanks to Roberto for one of my best QSL’s this year.

KFYR BISMARCK, ND 550 VERIFICATION

Todd Mitchell, Operation Manager verified my October 13. (KONG14) report this evening. An e-mail follow-up this evening was verified in just a few minutes! We had good conditions towards North Dakota during KONG14 and I got many new ones.

KSEN SHELBY, MT 1150 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Anne James, Program Director at KSEN 1150 verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. They have received several reports from Norway and Sweden and mine was the second from Kongsfjord this year!

WJAS PITTSBURGH, PA 1320 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Mike McGann, Program Director at WJAS AM confirmed my October 11th 2006 report. WJAS was heard with a good signal during the identification. Also heard WIMS, WDMJ and CJMR on 1320 that night!

RADIO NUEVO TIEMPO, LIMA 1380 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Mirtha Cabrera, Secretaria verified my 20th February 2006 report to Radio Nuevo Tiempo this evening. Radio Nuevo Tiempo was heard with a very good signal. My snail mail report didn’t get any respond so an e-mail report was sent last week.

JORB KOCHI 1152 VERIFICATION

Very nice letter from Mr. Ryo Sasaoka at Engineering Department JORB Kochi verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report today. He also enclosed 3 QSL cards and a print out of many pictures from the transmitter site and the city of Kochi. I heard JORB with a good signal during the local identification at 13.19.55 UTC

KOWB LARAMIE, WY 1290 VERIFICATION

Nice letter from KOWB verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) report. Heard KOWB with a good signal ending college football with several identifications. They also enclosed a sticker for my collection.

WBCK BATTLE CREEK, MI 930 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Dave Eddy at WBCK 930 this evening verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report. I heard WBCK mixed with WAUR, CJCA and the Mexican XEU. Dave is also a HAM-colleague (WA8UYW) and friendly to DX-ers. He promised to send me a verification in the mail also.

KJOK YUMA, AZ 1400 VERIFICATION

NEW STATE! One of my best catches during KONG14 was first found by Jan Alvestad and lucky enough I was on 1400 at the same time. The “AM 1400 KJOK” identification was quit clear for a local channel station. KJOK was heard on the 10th October. News Director Jennifer Blackwell sent a short but very welcome e-mail this evening confirming my snail mail report.

KDBM DILLON, MT 1490 VERIFICATION

Very nice letter from Jo Ann Juliano, President and owner of KDBM, Dillon, MT verified my 12th October 2006 (KONG14) report today. She said in the letter that she would have verified my report before but they have been extremely busy due to the election in USA. KDBM’s programme consist of a lot of local sport. They are updating their web-page (www.kdbm-kbev.com).

KSSK HONOLULU, HAWAII 590 VERIFICATION

A new e-mail from Paul Wilson verified my October 10th 2006 report to KSSK this evening. I heard KSSK with a good signal with no QRM from KHAR Anchorage. KHAR is the dominate station on 590 in Kongsfjord.

RADIO FIJI 2, LABASA 810 VERIFICATION

NEW COUNTRY!! A short but much welcome e-mail from Solomani Lewanavanua verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) report. Radio Fiji 2 was heard on several frequencies 810, 1206 and 1476 with good signals. My 183 country verified. Radio Fiji 2 broadcast in Hindustani.

KHBZ HONOLULU, HAWAII 990 VERIFICATION

Paul Wilson, Program Director at KHBZ 990 verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) report with a letter attached to a e-mail. He comment the good quality of the recording I sent. We had a couple of days with very good conditions to Hawaii during KONG14 and many of the stations had huge signals.

WSDR STERLING, IL 1240 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail received from Brian Zschiesche verified my October 8th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. He was amazed hearing his voice on the recording I sent them. He also attached logos and coverage maps.

WSAU WAUSAU, WI 550 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Chris Conley, Director of News andProgramming confirmed my October 12th 2006 (KONG14). WSAU have been heard with a good signal this autum and Chris explain why: WSAU have upgrade the transmitter to 15.000 watts day and 20.000 watts night. They have received several reports from Finland and Norway this year.

KRRZ MINOT, ND 1390 VERIFICATION

Rick Stensby verified my October 2005 (KONG12) report with an e-mail this afternoon. Oldies 13-90 was heard with a fair signal. Also heard KKRZ during KONG14 when we had some very good propagation towards the mid-west states.

ECHO MOSKVA, MOSCOW 91.2 VERIFICATION

Nice letter received from Mr. S. Trofinov, Buisness Development Director at Echo Moskva 91.2 today. Echo Moskva was heard during the exelent opening to Russia on th 18th July 2006. The station started up on the 22nd August 1990. They use a 5kw transmitter on 91.2 in Moscow. The formate is new and talk. Echo Moskva can also be heard in several other city's in Russia.

WHBY KIMBERLY, WI 1150 VERIFICATION

Dave Edwards, PD at WHBY sent a e-mail verifying my October 6th (KONG14) report. WHBY is a very easy catch in Kongsfjord and the most common station on 1150. Dave promissed to send me a card soon.

KDLR DEVILS LAKE, ND 1240 VERIFICATION

First QSL from the KONG14 reports in my inbox this evening. Very nice e-mail from Curt Teigen at KDLR Devils Lake, ND 1240. Curt informe me that KDLR has been on the air since January 1925! When they start up they didn't have any equipment to play music directly on the air so a women would play piano, accordeon and other music live on the air. They couldn't afford to buy a microfone the first years so they made one out of an old telephone! Curt have, as many from the mid-west states of the USA, many relatives in Norway.

BACK FROM KONG14

KONG14 ended on Friday 13th. We had 8 great days in Kongsfjord. Conditions was sometimes exelent, weather was OK and the food super. (Thanks to our chef Bjarne). We also had a very tasty dinner at the local guest house one evening. (http://www.kongsfjord-gjestehus.no/) Many hundred hours of recording to listen to the weeks to come and many, many reports to write. Many thanks to Bjarne Mjelde (The host), Jan Alvestad and Tore B. Vik for very nice company! Time to start waiting the first QSL's in the innbox.

KONG 14

The baggs are packed for the KONG14 DX-expedition. I leave tomorrow at noon and we will be in Kongsfjord late tomorrow evening. The solar weather looks promissing and we hope conditions will be good. Hope to hear some new Pacific stations and ofcause som good North American's. Next update on this blog will be when I come home. News about the expedition can be found at www.kongsfjord.no.

KJOX YAKIMA, WA 1390 VERIFICATION

Greg Dourian, General Manager New Northwest Broadcasters, (KJOX Yakima) verified my October 17 2004 (KONG10) today after a follow-up sent to him yesterday. KJOX was heard with a local identification at 1300 UTC in a ESPN satelitte feed programme.

HCRV2 RADIO FILADELFIA, GUAYAQUIL 1170 VERIFICATION

I received one of my best QSL's ever today. A letter, photo, post-card and a Ecuador flag was received from Dr. Juan Villamar, Dir. Ejecutivo today. I found this station on a MD from 2004 earlier this autum. This was a very bigg suprise for me. My Ecuador station number 30.

ZYJ681 RÁDIO RONDÔNIA, PIMENTA BUENO, RO 1480 VERIFICATION

"Clebinho", Productor Comercial at Rádio Rondônia sent me an e-mail this afternoon verifying my 24th August 2006 report. Verifications from Rondônia are very welcome. Stations from this area are seldom heard. The best time at my location is early autum.

RADIO SENDA, SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS 1680 HEARD

7th September I heard Radio Senda on 1680. I have been monitoring the frequency since I saw this station was heard in Scandinavia. 4 houers of monitoring last nighet finaly gave results. Nice to see that also Central American stations start to use the x-band.

KGNU DENVER, CO 1390 VERIFICATION

Finaly some action in the "inbox" again. John Schaefer, Music Director at KGNU 1390 sent me an e-mail verifying my October 2005 (KONG12) report. KGNU is an independent, non comercial station licenced for Denver/Boulder area. When I heard the station they run a programme to rais money for the station. KGNU can be heard at 88.5 FM and 1390 AM. One of my better loggings at my KONG-expeditions.

AUGUST UPDATE

Haven't been to mutch to post here in August. Haven't listen to mutch and no QSL's. One good station heard: ZYJ681 Rádio Rondonia, Pimenta Bueno, RO 1480. I have been going trough some MD's and found a very nice station from 1st Marz 2004 at 0600 UTC: Radio Filadelfia, Guayaquil with a crystal clear identification! We are looking foward to this season as we we now going into solar-minimum.

KZNS SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1280 VERIFICATION

Trent Falcone at KZNS 1280 verified my October 2004 report (KONG10) this evening. Heard KZNS with a good signal in Kongsfjord. They could not see that they have received my "snail mail" report. The Zone - Sporting News Radio. They also mention 9-60 KOVO Provo in the identification

GREAT OPENING TO MOSCOW ON FM

This evening between 1630 and 1720 utc a great opening to Moscow on FM on the low end of the band. Signals was very strong. 87.9 City FM, 88.3 Retro FM, 88.7 Yumor FM, 89.1 Jazz FM, 89.5 Megapolis FM, 89.9 ??, 90.3 Avtoradio, 90.8 Relax FM, 91.2 Echo Moskva, 91.6 Radio Kultura and 92.0 Govorit Moskva came in the log. We want more of this!

FINALY SOME E-SKIP AGAIN

A lighet e-skip around 1700 UTC this evening. Notice stations from Ukraina, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. Mostly network programme and fast fading.

CITY FM, MOSCOW 87.9 VERIFICATION

Lidia Arkhangelskaya, PR Manager at City FM, Moscow sent me an e-mail verified my June 14th report today. City FM -All Moscow News was heard during the good e-skip opening to the Moscow area on the 14th June. Info about the station you can find at www.city-fm.ru.

YUMOR FM, MOSCOW 88.7 VERIFICATION

A short e-mail ("Great thanks! Confirm your report!") received from Yumor FM, Moscow 88.7 today. Yumor FM was heard with a good signal on the 14th June 2006 when we had a great E-skip to the Moscow area.

HCVP2 TELERADIO AM, GUAYQUIL 1350 VERIFICATION

Orlando Cano P., Coordinador General Teleradio 1350 AM verified my 3rd October 2004 report with an e-mail. Teleradio was often heard at my location before RTI start broadcasting on this frequency from Latvia. Teleradio now broadcast CNN in spanish 24 houers with national and international news. This verification was most welcome!

KTTH SEATTLE, WA 770 VERIFICATION

Sent som follow-ups this evening and Tom Clendening at KTTH Seattle answered fast , verifying my October 2004 (KONG10) report. My 22nd WA station verified.

RADIO MOGILEV, BELARUS 100.4 MHZ VERIFICATION

Received today a very nice QSL-card from Radio Mogilev, Mogilev 100.4 MHz one year afther I sent the report. The station was heard during a very good E-skip opening towards Belarus on the 27th July 2005. The card is "amateur radio style".

E-SKIP AGAIN THIS MORNING

Short but intensive e-skip around 7.30 UTC this morning. Lots of French and UK stations ending up in Czech Republik. Som loggings Hit West, Lorient 91.4, BBC Radio Berkshire 95.4 and Radio Haná, Pohorany 92.3.

E-SKIP AGAIN THIS EVENING

Some E-skip again this evening. Starting with some German stations (Bayern 2) followed by French stations ending up in UK. Mostly network stations but got ID from Plus FM, Blois 89.4 and Radio Uylenspiegel, Cassel 91.8.

FIRST SPORADIC-E SKIP ON FM AT MY LOCATION THIS YEAR

Finaly some action on FM this year. A very good opening this afternoon towards Russia, Ukraina, Lithuania and Belarus. From 1420 to 1730 UTC the band was filled up with stations from this area.

KGRE GREELEY, CO 1450 VERIFICATION

Elda Ma Gamez, DJ at KGRE "Tigre 14-50" send me a e-mail this afternoon verifying my October 2005 (KONG12) report. She also attached 2 MP3 files. One with a promo for "Tigre 14-50" and one for her programme. Sounds very nice! KGRE had a good signal during KONG12.

HRMI FULL GOSPEL RADIO, TEGUCIGALPA 3340 VERIFICATION

Received a very welcome QSL card from HRMI 3340 today verifying my 24th Marz 2004 report. Long time so was a bigg suprise! Verification came from P.O. Box 6321, San Bernardino, CA 92412, USA.

JOUB NHK2 AKITA 774 VERIFICATION

Hirokazu Toyota, manager at JOUB Akita sent me a letter, card and promotion matrial verifying my October 2005 (KONG12) report. Very friendly QSL. The 774 transmitter have 500 KW and was heard with a very good signal.

KTZN ANCHORAGE, AK 550 VERIFICATION

Mark Murphy verified my October 2005 report today. An e-mail was sent this evening and Mark replyed afther 1 minute! My fastest QSL reply ever. KTZN is often heard in Kongsfjord but difficult to hear with local breaks. My North American AM station nr. 300 verified.

WARV WARWICK, RI 1590 VERIFICATION

Finaly some action in my inbox again. "Bruce" at Production Department verified my 23rd December 2005 report of WARV Warvick 1590 as a reply to my e-mail follow-up. Also a NEW STATE. Now missing Arizona, Delawere, Louisiana and New Mexico. Delawere is very difficult! I have heard WWL 870 (Louisiana).

KXEQ RENO, NV 1340 VERIFICATION

Very nice verification received from Isabel Duran at KXEQ today. Togetther with the letter Isabel enclosed 2 very nice T-shirts and several bumper stickers from KXEQ. Many thanks to Arnstein Bue who open up the gate to this station. Nevada is also a new state verified.

BELORUSKAJE RADIO 100.5 VERIFICATION

Larisa Suarez sendt me an e-mail today verifying my July 26th 2005 report to Beloruskaje Radio 100.5 MHz. The 26th July 2006 we had very good propagation towards Belaruse on FM. I sent several reports without any response. So, some e-mail "follow-ups" a week ago finaly gave som response. This was my first verification from Belaruse also, so most welcome.

KNZZ GRAND JUNCTION, CO 1100 VERIFICATION

Nice letter, photo of station building and sticker received today from Jim TerLouw, General Manager at KNZZ verified my October 8th 2005 report today. Heard during KONG12 dx-pedition.

JOJB KANAZAWA 1386 VERIFICATION

Today received a nice full data QSL-card from JOJB Kanazawa. This NHK-2 outlet was heard with a good signal on the 11th October 2005 during KONG12.

WFAU GARDINER, ME 1280 VERIFICATION

Donald Shields Jr., Program Director at WFAU Gardiner, ME 1280 verified my February 2006 report to day. He also attached a WORD document with their logo. WFAU simulcast with 97.5 WIGY and 1450 WRKD. "Sportsradio".

WIBA MADISON, WI 1310 VERIFICATION

Kevin Christopher, News Director on WIBA Madison verified my October 2004 (KONG10) report this evening. WIBA was heard with a good signal and I have tried several times to get a verification from them. Finaly Kevin made my day!

CKGM MONTREAL, PQ 990 VERIFICATION

Denis Dion, Dir. of Engineering verified my October 2005 (KONG12) report to day. CKGM The Team 9-90 was heard with a very good signal.

HJKN RADIO UNICA, BOGOTA 1280 VERIFICATION

Luisa Fernanda Salamanca R., Mercadeo y Publicidad Todelar sent me a nice e-mail verifying my December 2005 report today. The verification was bouth in Spanish and English. Radio Unica 1280 is heard from time to time with it's Vallenato music style programme.

WEUP HUNTSVILLE, AL 1700 VERIFICATION

Received e-mail from Huddley Batts, Sales Coordinator at WEUP 1700 today verifying my 2nd February 2006 report. WEUP had a very strong signal that morning. Tried this station several times and finaly I got them! Alabama is not very common into Norway and WEUP 1700 is the best shot!

WYLL CHICAGO, IL 1160 VERIFICATION

Nice letter from Dave Dybs (N9AGL), Chief Engineer at WYLL "Chicagos Word" verified my October 2005 report. WYLL is now 50KW nighets and was very strong early in the nighets during the KONG12 expedition.

RADIO NUEVO TIEMPO, LIMA 1380 HEARD THIS MORNING

Radio Nuevo Tiempo, Lima 1380 was heard with a good signal this morning with lighet music and identifications. A bit strange because the common Lima station, CPN 1470, didn't have a good signal!

RADIO CONTINENTAL, BUENOS AIRES 590 VERIFICATION

Received a e-mail with a WORD-document attached from Maximo Gorkin verifying my October 2005 report this morning. Radio Continental was heard with a good signal during the KONG12 DX-expedition to Kongsfjord las autum.

RADIO MUNDIAL ZULIA, MARACAIBO 1070 VERIFICATION

Received a very nice e-mail from Lic. Luz Neira Parra, Directora de Radio Mundial Zulia, Maracaibo 1070 this evening verified my 15th November 2005 report. Every South American verifications are most welcome!

KTRF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN 1230 VERIFICATION

Mark Allen, Program Director at KTRF Thief River Falls, MN sent me a nice e-mail verified my October 2005 (KONG12) report this evening. KTRF suddenly poped up from the noice with weather forcast and several identifications one morning!

KCCR PIERRE, SD 1240 VERIFICATION

Steve White verified my October 2005 (KONG12) report to KCCR Pierre, SD 1240 this afthernoon. He have passed my letter to his Program Director so I should receive a response from him in the near future. KCCR was heard with a local identification in ESPN sport program.

WLIB NEW YORK, NY 1190 VERIFICATION

"Cynthia" at WLIB New York, NY 1190 verified my October 2005 (KONG12) with a short e-mail this evening. WLIB was heard with a good signal one evening in Kongsfjord.

WXDX DEARBORN, MI 1310 VERIFICATION

Rona Danziger verified my follow up e-mail report to WXDX Dearborne, MI 1310 to day. WXDX was heard with a good signal during the KONG10 expedition in October 2004. WXDX is now WDTW with Progressive Talk formate.

KVNS BROWNSVILLE, TX 1700 VERIFICATION

Informative letter from John Munoz, Engineering Assistant at KVNS Brownsville, TX verified my 15th November 2005 report to this station. KVNS operates 8.8Kw during day and 880 watts at night. The transmitter is located at Brownsville on the south-most border of Texas also known as "The Tip of Texas". This may be one of the reason why this station is heard so well in Europe. They new adresse is: KVNS, 901 E. Pike Blvd, WESLACO, TX 78596, USA.

WNAM NEENAH-MENASHA, WI 1280 VERIFICATION

Nice letter from Steve Griesbach, Chief Engineer at WNAM verified my October 12th (KONG12) report today. Station format is Adult Standards ("Music of your life").

WIOD MIAMI, FL 610 VERIFICATION

An e-mail from Peter Bolger, Director of News,talk, sports programming on WIOD Miami 610 verified my January 21st 2006 report this evening. WIOD was heard with a very good signal and have become a common station on this frequency this season.

WWAA AVONDALE ESTATES, GA 1590 VERIFICAION

"John" at AIR Atlanta 1690 sent me an e-mail this afternoon verifyed my December 2005 reception report. WWAA is very common on my location when conditions favour the southern states of USA. "Progressive talk" formate.

CONDITIONS IMPROVING

Good conditions again this morning. WXTC Charlestone, SC had a very good signal on 1390 dominated the frequency with "Heaven 13-90" slogans. Several other South State stations also heard. Finaly a good recording of WJNO West Palm Beach, FL 1290. Also an other US station on 1290 witch I belive was WKBK Keene, NH. I have a 2 houer recording from 1290 witch I hope will give me something.

KWIP DALLAS, OR 880 VERIFICATION

Diane Burns, President of KWIP "La Campeonata", Dallas, OR 880 sent me a letter and nice sticker today verifying my October 2005 report. KWIP is the biggest Hispanic Radio Station in Oregon. Heard with a good signal during KONG12.

KRRD CENTERVILLE, UT 1600 VERIFICATION

Edward C. Distel, General Manager of KRRD Centerville, UT 1600 verified my October 15th 2004 reception report with an e-mail today after a follow-up to him this morning. KRRD have change it's call sign to KXTA. They still have spanish and "Radio Recuerdo" slogans.

JOQB NIIGATA 1593 VERIFICATION

A letter and nice QSL-card verified my October 12th (KONG12) report to JOQB Niigata, NHK2 1593 to day. Station heard with exelent signal during the "local ID" break at 1319 UTC.

EXELENT BOLIVIA CONDITIONS LAST NIGHET

The K-index raise fast last evening and that gave me some very good conditions to Bolivia around midnighet UTC. The common stations Radio Eco 4410, Radio Estambul 4498.3, Radio Yura 4716.8 and Radio Virgen de Remedios 5745.24v was very strong. Niche catch was Radio Tacana 4781.50 and Radio Constelacion 4761.49. Tacana had a good clear signal.

RADIO RIO MAR, MANAUS 9695 VERIFICATION

Pe. Martin James Laumann sent a very nice letter verifying my 15th May 2005 report to Radio Rio Mar, Manaus. My 120 brazilian station verified.

RADIO MIRAFLORES, LIMA 1250 VERIFICATION

Walter Gutierrez sent me a short e-mail verified my 27th Marz 2004 report of Radio Miraflores, Lima this evening. Radio Miraflores is heard quite often at my location with it's relegious "La Voz de la Liberacion" programme. My 45th Peruan verified.

LAST DAYS CONDITIONS

More or less the same conditions the last week. Newfoundland very good long before midnight UTC, followed by common East Coast USA. Mornings have brought many stations from Cuba and some good openings to Florida. The 21st gave me WIOD 610 with a huge signal. Also very strong x-band signals some mornings. KVNS Brownsville, TX 1700 have been very common, but also WEUP Huntsville, AL 1700 had a good signal one morning. Not mutch from South America on my location the last week.

EXELENT CONDITIONS CONTINUES

The 2 last days have been exelent towards North America on mediumwave. Stations fades in before 22 UTC and the mornings have brought some very strong signals as far west as Ontario, Michigan and Illinoise. Also some Cuban stations have had strong signals. Today I heard WRXB 1590 S. Petersburgh Beach, FL with an identification in the jumbel of stations. Some other loggins: CHWO 740, CIGM 790, WCRN 830, WZAN 970 among a lot others.

MAGYAR KATOLIKUS RADIO 1341 VERIFICATION

Received a very nice QSL-letter from Magyar Katolikus Radio 1341 today. Michaly Gyömöre was the verie signer. Perfect verification text. This station is heard during disturbed conditions when BBC is not dominating the frequency.

GOOD CONDITIONS CONTINUES

Again good conditions this morning. WYLL Chicago 1160 had a very good signal 0824 UTC with a lot of stations identifications. Some interesting signals on 1420. This evening the bands are very open so perhaps we got some more of this.

GREAT CONDS THIS MORNING

Very good signals from North America the last 24 houers. Al ready at 2200 UTC the band was full of East Coast stations. Stations like WWKB 1520 and WQEW 1560 had very strong signals. Also CFAV Laval, PQ had a huge signal at that time. The morning brought many stations from Ohio, WTAM 1100, WERE 1300, WHK 1420 among others. The morning also gave me two new ones WHCU Ithaca, NY 870 and WEAE Pittsburgh, PA 1250. This was one of the best North American openings noted here for many years. Let's hope it continues.

XERTA RADIO TRANS-CONTINENTAL 4810 VERIFICATION

Nice QSL-card + letter received from XERTA Radio Trans-Continental 4810 today. Same via e-mail was received a couple of weeks ago.

CONDITIONS THIS MORNING

CPN Lima Peru 1470 had a very goog signal 0600UTC this morning followed by Peru also on 1590, 1500 and 1250. A station witch have been heard several times on 1390 with a very bad modulation was again heard this morning. I presume this station is from Peru also. Very difficult to hear what the announcer say. Not mutch during my local sun rise. Propagations are not so good as I was expected. The sun "conditions" look very promising.

JOQC MORIOKA 1386 VERIFICATION

JOQC Morioka, NHK2 1386 sent nice card and stickers for my 9th October 2005 (KONG12) report. I also heard JOJB and JOKB during this expedition on 1386. JOQC was heard with a very good signal with no interference from the other Japanes on the 9th.

CONDITIONS

Conditions the last 24h is slowly improving. The Newfoundland stations came early, already around 21h UTC, last evening followed by common east coast stations. But, the signals som how stoped up. This morning brought CPN Radio 1470 with a huge signal at 0800 UTC followed by som Venezuelan and Colombian stations.

KKNW SEATTLE, WA 1150 VERIFICATION

George Bisso at KKNW Seattle, WA 1150 verified my October 17th 2004 (KONG10) report with an e-mail this morning. WA station nr. 21 verified. KKNW had a good signal during the very good KONG10 expedition.

CONDITIONS

2006 have had a slow start regarding radio conditions. But last nighet the band start to open up towards North America again. WFNA Charlotte, NC 1660 had a good signal at 2345 UTC and several East Coast stations had good signals. Same this morning but nothing special was noted. Hope propagations improving the next days!

WTAX SPRINGFIELD, IL 1240 VERIFICATION

Michelle Eccles, PD on WTAX 1240 send me an e-mail verified my October 17th 2004 (KONG10) report today. She thought she send me an letter on my orginal report but seems it was lost in the mail!

First post

Hi, afther reading blogs for a time I finaly got my own. Fine start of 2006. I will post radio related things such as logging's qsl's etc. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!