HAPPY NEW YEAR

I like to wish all the readers of this blog a HAPPY NEW YEAR! And to all the DX-ers: I hope you hear a lot of new stations and receive many new QSL's in 2008!

CFFX KINGSTONE, ON 960 VERIFICATION

Ray Bergstrom kindly verified my October 24th 2007 AND1 report this evening. CFFX was heard with a nice signal promoting they move from AM to FM. Thanks to OJS for submiting a correct e-mail adresse to Ray. And thanks to Ray for giving me the last QSL in 2007!

WFAN NEW YORK, NY 660 VERIFICATION

WFAN is a station I have heard several times during the years. Afther AND1 i send them a report with a good audio clip. Erik Spitz kindly verified my report with an email this evening.

SEASON GREETINGS

I like to wish those who visiting my blog a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Take care.

WKNR CLEVELAND, OH 850 VERIFICATION

Sam Pines, Station Manager at WKNR "ESPN Cleveland" verified my October 24th 2007 (AND1) report to night. WKNR was dominating the frequency som minutes with nice ID's and good strengh!

WBEN BUFFALO, NY 930 VERIFICATION

I have tried several times to obtine a verification from WBEN with no luck. Today Kevin Carr, Assistant Program Director verified my follow-up report within a few minutes. WBEN was heard with a good signal October 6th 2006 (KONG14). Another NY to the collection.

WHAM ROCHESTER, NY 1180 VERIFICATION

WHAM had a very good signal on October 24th 2007 (AND1). News Director Randy Gorbman verified my report with a nice e-mail today. He has a technician HAM lisence N2YCB. Thanks for a new one Randy.

KMTX HELENA, MT 950 VERIFICATION

KMTX came up with a fair signal October 25th (AND1) for a couple of minutes with one "95 KMTX" identification. This evening Kevin Skaalure verified my report with a e-mail.

KAST ASTORIA, OR 1370 VERIFICATION

KAST was heard with a fair signal 2 times on October 25th 2007 (AND1). Operations Manager Tom Freel verified my report this evening with a perfect verification text in a e-mail.

CFOS OWEN SOUND, ON 560 VERIFICATION

Another very nice logging on AND1 was CFOS 560. They had a good signal on October 24th! Donna Henry, Air Personality verified my report with a e-mail. 24th October was very good to Ontario and most of (if not all!) the remaining ON stations on AM was heard.

WSM NASHVILLE, TN 650 VERIFICATION

Misty Cohran verified my report with a brief e-mail last night. WSM was heard on AND1 on the 24th October 2007. Misty promissed to send me a QSL card via snail mail also.

CX40 RADIO FENIX, MONTIVIDEO 1330 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Secretaria Natalia Hernandez verified my October 21st 2007 AND1 report today. Radio Fenix was heard with a fair signal during some very good propagations towards La Plata.

WCMC WILDWOOD, NJ 1230 VERIFICATION

WCMC was heard with a brief signal at top of the houer on October 24th 2007 (AND1). Today President Gary Fisher verified my report with an e-mail. NJ is not so easy to hear so glad to receive a new one!

WMYF PORTSMOUTH, NH 1380 VERIFICATION

Jeff Pierce, Operations Manager verified my WMYF report with an e-mail this evening. WMYF faded trough a strong CKLC with a nice "..here is AM 13-80 WMYF" ID on October 24th AND1.

WFFG MARATHON, FL 1300 VERIFICATION

WFFG was briefly heard in a jumble of stations on the 24th October 2007 (AND1). Joe Nascone kindly verified my report today. He also promoting their internet streaming on: WWW.FloridaKeysRadio.com.

WSUA MIAMI, FL 1260 VERIFICATION

WSUA was heard with a fair signal on top of the houer with a "WSUA 12-60 AM in Miami" and a promo for "Hoy por hoy en Radio CARACOL Miami 12-60 AM". Vice President/General Manager Tomas Martinez verified my report this afternoon with an e-mail and a 16 pages presentation about WSUA. Thank you for a nice verification Tomas.

KHNC JOHNSTOWN, CO 1360 VERIFICATION

I heard KHNC with a very good signal during KONG14 in October 2006. I have sent a couple of reports without any luck. But, thanks to Arnstein Bue who came up with a v/s I finaly received a verification today. Danette "Dani" Golden, Promotion Director verified the report with a nice e-mail.

CM.. RADIO CARIBE, NUEVA GERONA 1220 VERIFICATION

Another nice Cuban was heard on AND1 on the 24th October 2007. Radio Caribe on the "Isla de la Juventud" fade up with a fair top of the hour identification. "Secretaria" verified my report with a nice e-mail this afternoon.

KRHW SIKESTONE, MO 1520 VERIFICATION

Smokey King, Chief Enginer verified my October 24th (AND1) report this evening. KRHW was heard with 2 nice "15-20 KRHW" identifications in a WWKB fade. Thanks to Jan Alvestad for v/s information.

CKHJ FREDRICTON, NB 1260 VERIFICATION

CKHJ poped up with a "KHJ Today's country" identification on October 24th 2007 (AND1). Tom Blizzard, Program Director verified my report this afternoon with a QSL-letter and logo attached to an e-mail. Thank you for a nice QSL Tom.

KFKA GREELEY, CO 1310 VERIFICATION

KFKA was heard with a weak but clear identification on the 21st October 2007 (AND1). Justin Sasso, Owner/General Manager kindly verified my report this morning.

WJOY BURLINGTON, VT 1230 VERIFICATION

WJOY was briefly heard on the 24th October (AND1) and Dennis Snyder, Dir. of Engineering verified my report with a e-mail this afternoon.

WEAV PLATTSBURGH, NY 960 VERIFICATION

Another NY-station witch was heard with a fair signal during the very good conditions on the 24th October (AND1) send a verification today. Lana Wilder send me an e-mail this afternoon. Thank you for my NY-station nr. 20 Lana.

WNYY ITHACA, NY 1470 VERIFICATION

WNYY "Progressive Talk" 1470 was heard with a good signal in the morning of October 24th (AND1). Susan Johnston, General Manager for Cayuga Radio Group (witch also own WHCU 870) verified my report yesterday evening. This have been a very good week for New York QSL's!

WHCU ITHACA, NY 870 VERIFICATION

WHCU was briefly heard under a very strong WWL on the 24th October 2007 (AND1). David Vieser, Morning Newswatch Host verified my report this evening. He said WHCU was using their main transmitter at very low power (less than 1000 watts) the morning we heard them due to a bad wind storm. They were transmitting a non-directional signal. Thanks for my second NY today David!

WIBX UTICA, NY 950 VERIFICATION

WIBX was briefly heard with a Top of the Hour identification on the 24th October (AND1). Operations Manager Bill McAdams verified my report with a e-mail this afternoon.

WDZK BLOOMFIELD, CT 1550 VERIFICATION

WDZK was heard under CBE Windsor, ON for more than 1 hour on October 24th (AND1). Radio Disney 15-50 AM belongs to the Walt Disney Company and Station Manager Paul O. Robertson kindly verified my report this evening. Thank you for the verification Paul, one of the better stations heard on AND1.

WAUB AUBURN, NY 1590 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Alan Bishop, Managing Partner verified my October 24th (AND1) report this afternoon. "Finger Lake News Radio" was heard with a good signal during the good NY conditions we had that morning.

WOLF SYRACUSE, NY 1490 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Sammy at WOLF Radio Disney 14-90 verified my October 24th (AND1) report this evening, Thank's to Jan Alvestad for submiting a correct e-mail adresse!

CHUC COBOURG, ON 1450 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Dale Walsh verified my AND1 report to CHUC this evening. Heard this station several times during this expedition and that's for the last time! CHUC left AM on November 14th at 5 pm after 51 years on the AM band. They are now The Breeze 107.9.

CJNB NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK 1050 VERIFICATION

CJNB was heard with a good signal on the 26th October 2007 (AND1). We had good signals from the Canadian Prarie that night and many stations was heard for houers. Doug Harrison verified my report with an e-mail this evening. Thank You.

CMAP RADIO GUAMÁ, BAHIA HONDA 1020 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Periodista Lázara Ávila verified my October 24 (AND1) report today. We heard Radio Guamá with a fair signal despite the interference from KDKA as late as 0930 UTC.

CMBA RADIO REBELDE, ARROYO-ARENAS 670 VERIFICATION

Heard this station with a very good signal on the 24th October 2007 (AND1). Mabel Peña Styo, Programador Sito Web verified my report with an e-mail this afternoon. Several other Cuban stations with good signals at the same time.

CKNX WINGHAM, ON 920 VERIFICATION

3rd Ontario in a row! Scott Pettigrew, Program Director at CKNX verified my October 24th (AND1) report today. CKNX had a good signal.

CKAT NORTH BAY, ON 600 VERIFICATION

CKAT was heard with a good signal on the very good Ontario conditions on the 24th October (AND1). Nice e-mail from Kevin Oschefski verified my report this evening. Nice to hear this canadians before all of them is gone to FM!

CFPL LONDON, ON 980 VERIFICATION

Nathan Smith verified my October 24th (AND1) report this evening. My fastet QSL ever. He respond 2 minutes afther I send my report. CFPL faded trough the stronger ON station CKRU promoting their web stream before news.

Thank you for my NA-station nr. 400 Nathan.

WAUK WAUKESHA, WI 1510 VERIFICATION

Brief, but most welcomed e-mail from Eric Davidson verified my October 24th (AND1) report. My 3rd NA station today:-) WAUK was heard around 2300 UTC with nice ID: "Milwaukees ESPN Radio 15-10 days 12-90 nights This is your Milwaukees Sport's Center on Milwaukee's ESPN Radio".

KCID CALDWELL, ID 1490 VERIFICATION

Friendly e-mail from Bob Rosenthal verified my October 25th (AND1) report this evening. Have heard this station several times the last years and finaly I received a verification. Thank you Bob for a new one!

WTSN DOVER, NH 1270 VERIFICATION

Very nice letter from Chief Engineer Mark A. Ward verified my October 24th reception (AND1) reception of WTSN. Heard WTSN with a fair signal with commercial and ToH identification. WTSN transmits 5400 watts 24 hours a day, into a 4-tower parallelogram array. Mark is a ham-operator with the call WA1OPL. Thank you for a informative verification Mark!

WCCW TRAVERSE CITY, MI 1310 VERIFICATION

Brian R. Hale, Operation Manager sent me a verification letter attached to an e-mail. Heard WCCW on the 20th October with a "This is Real American Radio" and "...13-10 WCCW" identification. Thanks for a nice verification Brian.

WNBH NEW BEDFORD, MA 1340 VERIFICATION

A nice top of the hour identification from WNBH on the 24th October was verified by Craig Healy by a nice e-mail. Craig is a DX-er him self and run the site AM-DX. He is also a ham operator with the call NG1U. Thank you Craig for a nice verification.

WERC BIRMINGHAM, AL 960 VERIFICATION

What a suprise! Hearing a "..on News Radio 9-60 WERC" identification on 960 and find out that it was a station with that call in Birmingham, AL on 960! E-mail from Bob Newberry, Market Engineer verified my report. This is the "best" logging so far from the AND1 expedition.

WBBM MELBOURNE, FL 1240 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Ken Holiday verified my October 24th (AND1) report. Good signal from this station. The 24th was very good to North America. "That is definitely us and that is definitely me you hear doing the intro into the fox news. Thanks" writes Ken in the verie.

KYKN KEIZER, OR 1430 VERIFICATION

Mike Firth sent me an e-mail with an attached verification letter. KYKN was heard with a very good signal one morning during the AND1 expedition.

AND1 DX-EXPEDITION TO ANDOYA

AND1 19. – 28.10 2007. (69N02 15E31)
PARTICIPANTS: JA-Jan Alvestad, GF-Geir Fredheim, TBV-Tore B. Vik, OF-Ole Forr
EQUIPMENTS: SDR-IQ’s, ICOM R-75’s, AOR-7030’s and ETON E1’s. EXTRA HARD DISK’S, MP3 AND MD PLAYERS.
ANTENNAS: WEST: 300 METER, NORTH WEST: 250 METER, NORTH: 400 METER.

This year we were testing out a new QTH up in the north of Norway. During the spring/summer 2007 Jan was doing a great job to find a suitable QTH. And we ended up with Marmelkroken on Andoya island. I start from home 1.00 a.m on the 19th and after traveling with bus, plane and car we arrived at the new QTH just after 12.15 p.m. (UTC) Most the equipments was all ready at the location so we started to set up the antennas immediately. The terrain is mostly farm fields, but it’s very wet at the islands so we had to cross some dikes and a small river. All antennas ended up close to the Norwegian Sea. When we turn on the radios we notice many strong stations from Alaska and Northern Canada.

What did we expect to hear? The prime goal for the expedition was “The America’s”. The QTH have mountains to the East. So, Asia is almost absent. (That means no interference to North American stations during daytime!) It’s possible to put up an antenna to the north east witch hopefully can give better signals from Hawaii and maybe also other Pacific stations. The solar weather was not at our side during the expedition. But we did have some very good propagation to Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay most evenings. On the 22nd we had a very good opening to Northern LA during SR. On the 24th we had a great opening for hours to Ontario and New England states of USA. We also had a couple of good West Coast openings.

We all have hours and hours of recordings to go trough and it will take months to finish the complete logs. Here’s a couple of examples of what we heard from NA: CKAT, ON 600, CKNX, ON 920, WERC, AL 960, KUSW , WA 1250, KAPL, OR 1300, WNBH, MA 1340 WNER, NY 1410.

Many thanks to JA, GF and TBV for 10 very nice days. A special thanks to our Chef Geir for some delicious dinners! You impressed us!

HJNO LA CARIÑOSA, GIRARDOT 1320 VERIFICATION

National Manager, Blanca Luz Holguín Diaz at RCN verified my October 15th report to this station. I heard HJNO with a local identification due to a beauty contest in Girardot.

KWSU PULLMAN, WA 1250 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Dennis Haarsager verified my October 21st 2007 (AND1) report yesterday evening. I heard KWSU with a fair signal as early as 0159UTC. Dennis is of Norwegian heritage and has been the General Manager for KWSU 29 years and finally received a report from Norway last week. First report from OJ Sagdahl (witch Dennis is in family with!). OJ heard KWSU in Kongsfjord the same day as I did at Andoya. Dennis have been a BC-DX-er and have a ham licence (N7DH). Thank you for a very nice verification Dennis!

TWR PUTTALAM 882 SRI LANKA, VERIFICATION

Long nice e-mail from Vels, Station Engineer at TWR Puttalam verified my November 2003 (KONG9) received on the 23rd October when I was on a dx-expedition to Andoya. I will post more about the expedition later.

I heard TWR Puttalam with a very good signal as one of the few stations during KONG9 witch was hit by a mega solar flare in 2003!

KGY OLYMPIA, WA 1240 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Dennis Brown at KGY verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. Heard KGY briefly on October 12th with a TOH identification. Dennis promissed to send me som bumper stickers by snail mail.

CKFR KELOWNA, BC 1150 VERIFICATION

Mark Burley, Group Program Director confirmed my October 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. I heard "Oldies 1150" with a very good signal one morning. CKFR have now change it's format from Oldies music to a news/talk/sport format. Thank you Mark for a new British Colombia station.

VSB AM GOLD, HAMILTON, BERMUDA 1450 VERIFICATION

My 3rd verification yeasterday evening came from Ken Harris, Special Projects Manager at Defontes Broadcasting Ltd. He sent me an e-mail verifying my September 2007 report. He also mention the companys 2 other AM stations. 1160 (BBC, no local identifications) and 1280 (BBN, no local ID). Thank you OJS for the QSL information.

HJNL LA CARIÑOSA, MANIZALES 1450 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from

Jaime Sanchez R., Director Artistico RCN Manizales verified med March 2007 report last evening. Thank you Arnstein Bue for the v/s info. La Cariñosa is heard now and then on 1450 at my location.

WXYT DETROIT, MI 1270 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Ralph J. Hunt, CE verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report last evening. "Sportsradio 12-70" is often very strong in Kongsfjord.

KAXX EAGLE RIVER, AK 1020 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Mike W. Robbins verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. KAXX was heard with a good signal playing classical music.

WDAY FARGO, ND 970 VERIFICATION

Tom Thompson verified my September 2007 report this evening with a e-mail. WDAY was heard with a good signal during my "Mountain DX" and my 2nd North Dakota QSL from this event! WDAY start up in 1922 and is one of a few stations west of the Mississippi River with a W call. Tom have Norwegian relatives as many in North Dakota. Thank you for a nice verification Tom.

ZNS1 RADIO BAHAMAS 1540 VERIFICATION

NEW COUNTRY! Finaly afther several reports to ZNS1 1540 I just received a brief e-mail from Carlton Smith, Sr. Deputy General Manager verifying my 2004 report. Many thank's to Roger Granholm in Finland for coming up with a workabel e-mail adresse. Radio Bahamas is quit common on 1540 at my location.

KVOX FARGO-MOORHEAD, MN 1280 VERIFICATION

Brad Wilson, Engineer at Radio Fargo-Moorhead verified my September 17th report with a e-mail. Informations gives call as KVRX to this station but Brad saied in the mail that the call is KVOX! They have a relegious formate and the sports programme is moved to their new station KKAG 740. Very nice to hear KVOX in the southern part of Norway!/Brad Wilson inform in a e-mail that 1280 now is KVXR and 740 is KVOX.

MOUNTAIN DX

During the weekend 14th to 17th September I was at our summer cottage at 980 meter asl. I put up a 450 meter long bog antenna to the north west. Conditions was very good towards the west coast and US mid west states. This is not very common so far south in Norway. My new SDR-IQ impressed me a lot! Some of the most interesting loggings so far:

970 WDAY Fargo, ND
1000 KOMO Seattle, WA
1280 KVOX Fargo, ND (Is now relegious ex sport. "Radio Fargo-Moorhead")
1300 KKOL Seattle, WA, heard 2 nights
1310 KNOX Grand Forks, ND
1310 KEIN Great Falls, MT
1320 CHMB Vancouver, BC
1360 KHNC Johnstown, CO
1410 CFUN Vancouver, BC

Hope to publish a complet log later.

YVSM RADIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA, BARCELONA 1310 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Freddy R. Santos, Asistente de Produccion verified my February 2007 report this evening. Thanks to Arild Skalmeraas for submitting Freddy's e-mail adresse. RNV is dominating 1310 from South America. Thanks to Freddy for taking the time to verify reception reports.

WSDS SALEM TOWNSHIP, MI 1480 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Sima Birach verified my October 2004 (KONG10) report last night. I sent a follow up to the station when I saw my friend Arnstein Bue received a verification from the station a couple of days ago.

CMFL RADIO CIUDAD DE MAR, CIENFUEGOS 1350 VERIFICATION

Radio Ciudad de Mar has been heard a couple of times during the last part of August 2007. I wonder if they still use the listed 1 kilowatt power? Lic. Jorge Domínguez Morado, Editor Jefe verified my report this morning with a nice e-mail. They have a site on the net: www.rcm.cu

WIND CHICAGO, IL 560 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Paul Easter verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. WIND was heard with a good signal in Kongsfjord. Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde for giving Pauls e-mail address. Thank you Paul for the verification.

YVWP RADIO APOLO, TURMERO 1320 VERIFICATION

Finaly afther several tries Dalila Fuentes verified my January 2007 report this evening. She attached 3 nice photos of Gerente General Pedro Sanchez Martinez, Director Oscar Sanchez and her self. My Venezuela station number 30. Thank you for a nice verification Dalila!

CKRM REGINA, SK 620 VERIFICATION

Willy Cole, Program Manager verified my October 6th (KONG14) report this evening. My Canadian AM station nr. 130. Willy say CKRM don't have any QSL-card anymore buth hope an e-mail will suffice.

KMON GREAT FALLS, MT 560 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Gregory Muir, Chief Engineer at Cherry Creek Radio verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report tonight. They own 61 AM/FM stations in 8 western states. In the very informative mail he also mention: "I am currently in the process of generating a "QSL CD" which I hope to have completed by no later than this coming fall.". Gregory is a DX-er but due to a lot of work as an engineer he have not mutch time for the hobby at the moment. Thank you for a very nice verie Gregory!

WOAM PEORIA, IL, 1350 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Bob Kelly verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. WOAM was heard with a good signal.

KJR SEATTLE, WA 950 VERIFICATION

Very brief e-mail from Rich Moore verified my October 10th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. Heard KJR with a very good signal promoting "The Gas Man" show. WA station nr. 30 verified.

KLAM CORDOVA, AK 1450 VERIFICATION

E-mail from J. R. Lewis, President/General Manager verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this night. Heard KLAM with a fairly good signal ending news giving time check and identification.

KUDO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 1080 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Mike W. Robbins verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) report. Again thanks to OJS for the e-mail adresse. KUDO is one of the "power house" stations from Alaska but I have had problems to obtine QSL from them.

KGO SAN FRANSISCO, CA 810 VERIFICATION

Friendly e-mail from Chief Engineer Joe Talbot verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report this morning. He ends his mail with: "I would love to visit your reception site sometime as an avid DX'er myself." So Bjarne, you have to invite him for an upcomming KONG! You can find some very nice photos from KGO on http://www.dxhound.com/KGO%20visit%202005/jj_test_KGO.html

FM CONDITIONS 22. JUNE 2007

A couple of "loggings" from the FM opening on the 22nd June. The photos was taken with my mobile phone and is not of a super quality.

KYCY SAN FRANSISCO, CA 1550 VERIFICATION

My 3rd verification today arrived in my inbox now from Phil J. Lerza confirming my October 9th 2006 report (KONG14). Heard KYCY "Open Source Radio" with a very good signal at 1300 UTC. Again thank you Mr. Sagdahl for submiting a correct e-mail adresse!

CKKY WAINWRIGHT, AB 830 VERIFICATION

My second Canadian verification within 4 minutes came from Paul O'Neil, Program Director at "Key 83" Wainwrighet, Alberta. Heard CKKY with a good signal October 8th 2006 during KONG14. Thank's to OJ Sagdahl for submiting Paul's e-mail adresse!

CKRU PETERBOROUGH, ON 980 VERIFICATION

Brian Ellis, Program Director verified my January 28th report this afternoon. I heard "98 The Kruz" during a dx-pedition to Lista on the south-west coast of Norway. My 25th Ontario station verified.

CFAX VICTORIA, BC 1070 VERIFICATION

General Manager Terry Spence verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report with an e-mail this morning. Heard a "You're listening to Coast to Coast AM on C-Fax 10-70" identification on top of the hour with a good signal. Thank you for a new one Terry!

SWANSEA BAY RADIO 102.1 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Rob Pendry, "Breakfast Show" verified my June 22nd 2007 report today. Heard Swansea Bay Radio with a good signal taken over from Galaxy 102, 102.0 Manchester witch was heard one minute before!

FINALY E-SKIP ON FM

Have been a long silence on this blog. But been busy working on the farm and nothing interesting to report. Finaly this evening a short but interesting opening on FM. Some nice new stations heard: 96.3 Coast FM and 102.1 Swansea Bay Radio. Very strong network stations like BBC, RTE1, 2FM, Classic FM and some French networks.

HJLI VIDA AM MÚSICA, SANTA FÉ DE BOGOTA 1520 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Bibiana Amézqutia, Asistente Pastoral verified my 21st Marz 2007 report. HJLI have been very common at my QTH under diffrent names and ownership during the years. Finaly I was abel to receive a verification from this one. Thank's to Arnstein Bue for submitting the e-mail adresse and to Bibiana for taking the time to reply.

HO.. RADIO BBN, PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 1350 VERIFICATION

Long fiendly e-mail from Hugo Salinas, Director Operaciones verified my March 5th 2007 report this evening. Hugo is from Bolivia and have now been in Panama for 11 months working with Radio BBN. The station belongs to Red de Radiodifusion Biblica and broadcast relegious programmes 24 houers a day. Thank you Hugo for one of my better verifications.

KWOR WORLAND, WY 1340 VERIFICATION

Yesterday evening when I was celebrating my 50th birthday I received a nice e-mail from Mike Buckman, Production Manager verifying my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report. Many thanks to OJ Sagdahl for "working" with this one so I could receive this verie om my "big" day! Thank you Mike also for giving me a nice new one.

WBKV WEST BEND; WI 1470 VERIFICATION

Friendly e-mail from Vice President/General Manager Jim Hodges verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report to WBKV this evening. Heard WBKV with a nice identification in the jumble on 1470. WKBV play classic country music from the 70 and 80'ies.

WNAX YANKTON, SD 570 VERIFICATION

Jim Reimler, PD at WNAX sent me an brief e-mail this afternoon. He verified my report of October 13th 2006 (KONG14). Heard WNAX with a nice identification and promo for their listerners tour to sunny Hawaii!

TGVE RADIO VEA, GUATAMALA CITY, 1570 VERIFICATION

David de León sent me my 3rd LA QSL's in less than 24 houers when he verified my January 2007 report this afternoon. Radio VEA had a good signal when they closed down for the day! Thank you David for giving me a new country on mediumwave.

HJMC RADIO VIVA, CALI 1290 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Julio Cesar Quintero G., Gerente verified my October 2006 report this night. Radio Viva can from time to time be heard with good signals despite of the very dominate Radio Puerto Cabello.

HJCS LA VOZ DE BOGOTA, BOGOTA 930 VERIFICACION

E-mail from Mercado Todelar this evening verified my October 2005 report. I hear this station quit often but haven't received any reply before now. I heard a very nice top of the hour identification.

WTVN COLOMBUS, OH 610 VERIFICATION

Greg Savoldi, Regional Director of Engineering verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. He wrote: "WTVN pushes an effective 20KW of power directly north on our night pattern. It is not unusual to receive receptionreports from Norway and Sweden."

2ZB WELLINGTON 1035 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Bill Hays verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. Newstalk ZB was heard with a very good signal and is my first New Zealand on mediumwave.

WNTD CHICAGO, IL 950 VERIFICATION

An other 950 station verified today! Mike McCarthy sent a nice e-mail verifying my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report. He say they receive 1-2 report's a month during the winter months from folks in Northen Europe. WNTD was heard with a Spanish programme identifying as "La Nueva 9-50 AM".

KKFN DENVER, CO 950 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Gary Nakashima, Assistant Chief Engineer at Lincoln Financial Media Company of Colorado verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. Heard KKFN mixed with WWJ and WNTD, Sport's radio 9-50 The Fan was dominating on top of the hour.

WQSN KALAMAZOO, MI 1660 VERIFICATION

Very brief e-mail from Mike Levine verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) report to day. "Sport's Radio 16-60" was heard with local High Schools Games with a very good signal.

HO.. RADIO ADVENTISTA PANAMA, PANAMA 1560 VERIFICATION

An other nice station found it's way to my inbox today when Jeser Ordóñez C., Programmer verified my 8th November 2006 report. Heard Radio Adventista with an nice identification mixed with Santa Maria de la Paz Radio, Medellin.

V7AB RADIO MARSHALL, MAJURO 1098 VERIFICATION

YES! What a start of the week. When I open up the inbox this morning I found a nice e-mail from Director of Broadcasting Antari Elbon verified my October 11th 2006 report. V7AB was heard with a huge signal when they closed down that day. I have tried several times to receive a verification from this station and finaly Antari Elbon made my day. Thank you.

KTSN ELKO, NV 1340 VERIFICATION

An other brief e-mail arraived in my inbox today. This time from Jennifer Ford, General Manager at KTSN, Elko. I heard this station on KONG10 (October 2004) when they had an oldies formate. Now they are all talk. Thank you Bjarne Mjelde for submiting Jennifer's e-mail adresse.

WMT CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 600 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Randy Lee verified my October 2006 (KONG14) report.

YVOZ RADIO TIEMPO, CARACAS, DF 1200 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Maria Caballero verified my March 2006 report this evening, Radio Tiempo is heard from time to time on 1200 kHz. Thank you Maria for verifying my report.

YVZC RADIO FE Y ALEGRA, MARACAIBO 850 VERIFICATION

Javier Barrios verified my November 2005 report this evening. I have tried to send e-mail reports to stations in Venezuela belonging to cantv.net and they have always bounced. Yesterday evening I tried to send the e-mail with my hotmail account and that worked! Thank you Javier for the nice verification and to Arnstein Bue for submiting his e-mail adresse.

KFXY ENID, OK 1640 VERIFICATION

Hiram Champlin, President verified this evening my October 7th 2005 (KONG12) report. I have tried several times with snail mail and e-mail reports and finaly I got an reply from Hiram. Thank You!

WDRC HARTFORD, CT 1360 VERIFICATION

Very nice verification received yesterday evening from Scott Baron, Chief Engineer. A letter attached to an e-mail. WDRC is Connecticut’s first radio station. Serving Hartford and surrounding areas since 1922. I heard WDRC with a good signal on October 6th (KONG14).

VERY SURPRISING LOGGING

On the 5th March I heard a station on 1350 playing non-stop religious music up to the top of the hour at 6.00 a.m UTC. I could not recognize the identification so I send around my recording to some Norwegian DX-colleges. Jan Alvestad was able to identify the station as Radio BBN, Ciudad de Panama, Panama. (http://www.bbnradio.org/wcm4/spanish/BBNArticles/tabid/481/ArticleID/5987/Default.aspx). I had never heard about the station so very surprising indeed. Thank you Jan with the help. My best catch so far in 2007.

KWAI HONOLULU, HAWAII 1080 VERIFICATION

Today’s second letter came from Rene’e Rosehill, Operations Manager at KWAI Honolulu. K108AM was heard with an clear identification on the 10th October 2006 (KONG14). Not every day I receive 2 snail mail verifications these days.

KFAX SAN FRANSISCO, CA 1100 VERIFICATION

Received a very nice letter and sticker from Mike Russell, Engineer at KFAX today. He verified my October 10th 2006 (KONG14) report today. KFAX was heard with an excellent signal.

XEB MEXICO CITY 1220 VERIFICATION

Received an e-mail from Jesus Flores verifying my October 8th 2006 (KONG14) report today. XEB was heard with a very good signal during good conditions towards Mexico. XEB La B Grande de Mexico is an old station founded in 1923. Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde for submiting Jesus e-mail adresse.

WILS LANSING, MI 1320 VERIFICATION

Nice letter and CD received from Chris Holman verified my October 10th 2006 (KONG14) report. The CD had a MP3 recording of the "Chris Holman Show" wher he talked about "those crazy Scandinavians" listening for long distance AM stations! He mention Arnstein Bue and Hannu Tikkanen's reports and read from my letter. A very nice verification indeed!

WVON CHICAGO, IL 1690 VERIFICATION

Number 4 today came from Melody Spann Cooper, President of WVON Radio. Very brief e-mail verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) report. I also manage to hear WVON on my home QTH in January 2007.

KCNZ CEDAR FALLS, IA 1650 VERIFICATION

Long letter attached to an e-mail from Janelle Rench, Office Manager verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) report. My 3rd verification today. I like this!

KRTR HONOLULU, HAWAII 650 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Wayne Maria, Operations Manager verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. KRTR - "Hawaii's voie of Great Music" was heard many days with good signal during KONG14.

WFTL WEST PALM BEACH, FL 850 VERIFICATION

Steve Lapa, Vice President at WFTL verified my Marz 10th 2006 report. He write: "Your message should be directed at our Chief Engineer, Rick Rieke." But he end the mail: "From your correspondence, there is little doubt you did indeed hear WFTL-850-AM!". So I count this as a verification! Thank you Steve.

KPNW EUGENE, OR 1120 VERIFICATION

KPNW is one of the more common West Coast stations in Kongsfjord. Have heard them many times and finaly I sent them a report. Nancy Steel kindly verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14).

CHAB MOOSE JAW, SK, 800 VERIFICATION

Very nice verification received from Ken Fisher, Engineering Director in my inbox today. He attached a QSL-letter and 2 photos. One of the photos show their 10 kilowatt transmitter. CHAB was heard with a exelent signal on October 10th 2006. (KONG14).

KXMG PORTLAND, OR 1150 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Ricky Tatum, VP/GM at "Magia 1150" this evening verified my October 12th (KONG14) report. KXMG was heard several times during KONG14 easy to seperate from KKNW Seattle witch is the most common on 1150 from WC NA.

KDOW SEATTLE, WA 1680 VERIFICATION

Monte Passmore, Engineer for Salem Radio Seattle verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) report this evening. I heard KDOW during an early opening to Washington State with a very good signal. I now have all Salem's AM-stations in Washington verified.

CKDY DIGBY, NS 1420 VERIFICATION

I heard CKDY with a very good signal on the 24th December 2006. Sent an e-mail report this afternoon and a fast reply from General Manager Dianne Best verified my report. CKDY is one of the most common NA stations on 1420 at my location.

KDTH DUBUQUE, IA 1370 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Paul Hemmer, Vice President at Radio Dubuque verified my October 12th (KONG14) report today. “The sport voice of the Plains” was heard with a good signal one night. Thanks to Tore B. Vik for submitting the e-mail address to Paul. And thanks to Paul for taking the time to respond to my report.

KXNT LAS VEGAS, NV 840 VERIFICATION

Thank you Tracy Teagarden, Chief Engineer for verifying my October 10th 2006 to KXNT 840. A very nice letter attached to a e-mail. KXNT is my 350 verified North American station.

KSCJ SIOUX CITY, IA 1360 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Roger K. Bennett, Chief Engineer verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) report to KSCJ this night. Have tried a couple of times before to KSCJ without luck so many thanks to Roger for replying.

WAMG DEADHAM, MA 890 VERIFICATION

Long friendly e-mail from Len Weiner, Program Director verified my January 25th report to WAMG this evening. WAMG is simulcasting ESPN sports with WLLH Lowell-Lawrence 1400. I heard WAMG with a good signal on a DX-expedition to Lista (south west Norway) with Jan Alvestad, Arnstein Bue, Tore B. Vik and Tore Johnny Braatveit. Conditions was not very good but manage to hear a few new ones.

KRJO MONROE, LA 1680 VERIFICATION

NEW STATE! I heard KRJO 1680 on my home QTH on the 9th January 2007 with a good signal. Russel Kendrick (K5RUS) verified my report with a short e-mail today. This verification was very welcomed! 2 more states to go Delaware and New Mexico.

KBYR ANCHORAGE, AK 700 VERIFICATION

Letter, KBYR history and stickers received via snail mail from Justin McDonald, General Manager verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) today. KBYR is as most of the stations from Alaska very strong in Kongsfjord when conditions favour Alaska.

CKLW WINDSOR, ON 800 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Anne Marie Isshack, PSA Director on the 26th January. CKLW “AM 800” had a huge signal on the 9th October. I have tried this one from time to time over the years and finally I had luck.

WSUI IOWA CITY, IA 910 VERIFICATION

Joan Kjaer Kirkman verified my October 7th (KONG14) on the 24th January. WSUI heard with a good signal that night.

KLO OGDEN, UT 1430 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Dan Jessop, Operation Director verified my October 6th 2006 (KONG14) this evening: “Very exciting Ole....Thanks for DX'ing KLO. Yes, that is our broadcast from that date and time.” KLO is one of the dominants on the AM dial in Kongsfjord.

CHOK SARNIA, ON 1070 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Sue Storr, Program Director at CHOK verified my October 10th 2006 (KONG14) today. CHOK was heard with a good signal during very good conditions towards Ontario. Sue says CHOK have changed their music formate to Country since October 2006.

KVI SEATTLE, WA 570 VERIFICATION

Larry Roberts, Vice President and General Manager verified my October 8th (KONG14) report to KVI this evening. KVI was heard with a good signal at 0433 UTC.

WRDW AUGUSTA, GA 1630 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Mary Liz Nolan verified my January 14th 2007 report this night. I have heard WRDW several times over the years but haven't received any verification before now. Thank you Arnstein Bue for submiting the e-mail adresse.

SANTA MARIA DE LA PAZ RADIO, MEDELLIN 1560 VERIFICATION

Long informative e-mail from Daniel Martin, Productor at Santa Maria de la Paz Radio verified my October 31st report today. This station is often heard at my location. My 60 Colombian verified!

WFDF FLINT, MI 910 VERIFICATION

Nice letter, coverage map and promontion matrial from Rich Padgen, Station Manager verified my October 7th 2006 (KONG14) today. 2 snail mail verifications in one day is not often these days! WFDF was heard mixing with CKDQ and WSUI. Local identification in Radio Disney programme.

KNWC SIOUX FALLS, SD 1270 VERIFICATION

Nice letter from Chief Engineer Gary L. Ellingson at KNWC verified my October 12th 2006 (KONG14) today. Gary have been an avid SWL'er and ham operator (WA0WHE) since 1968. Even with a lifetime in broadcasting engineering he still not get tired of listening to far away stations.

KUAI ELEELE, HAWAII 720 VERIFICATION

Letter from Reggie DeRoss, PD verified my October 8th 2006 (KONG14) report today. He said that they don't have any budget for promontional matrial. They are part of a 15 radio stations group on the islands and it seems they are at the bottom of the list for goodies to give out! Anyway I'm glad for the verification!

CKGL KITCHENER, ON 570 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Don Kollins at CKGL verified my October 12th (KONG14) report. Heard the station with a commercial for Grand Valley Garden Village in Kitchener.

KORL HONOLULU 1180 VERIFICATION

E-mail this morning from George Hochman, Owner of KORL verified my October 8th 2006 (KONG14) report. KORL was heard with a good signal several days during this expedition. I heard the station with it’s Filipino programme. They also broadcast in Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish and English.

KNRS SALT LAKE CITY, UT 570 VERIFICATION

Barry McLellan, Director of Engineering send me an e-mail verifying my October 12th (KONG14) report today. He also attached a word document with verification. 570 brought me many new ones like KVI, WNAX, WKBN and CKGL.

WWJ DETROIT, MI 950 VERIFICATION

Short e-mail from Ralph J. Hunt verified my October 9th (KONG14) report to day. Ralph is the Chief Engineer for CBS Radio in Detroit (WWJ, WXYT and WKRK).

KQDS DULUTH, MN 1490 VERIFICATION

3. verification this evening came from Shawn Skramstad, Vice President/General Manager for Red Rock Radio Corporation. As for most of the GY stations the signal just popped up for some seconds an luckily they had a “AM 14-90 KQDS Duluth” identification. And yes, Shawn have norwegian ancestors!

KZXR PROSSER, WA 1310 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Randy Pugsley, Network Chief Engineer verified my October 10th 2006 report this evening. KZXR is running 5 KW daytime and 66 watts night time. Find it hard those 66 watts it’s enough to push such a good signal into Kongsfjord as they did this autumn? Although they have recently worked on improving the audio quality. Thank you Bjarne Mjelde for submiting the correct e-mail adress.

WJMC RICE LAKE, WI 1240 VERIFIATION

Brief but very much welcomed e-mail from John Roberts at Production verified my October 11th 2006 (KONG14) report. Heard WJMC with a nice ID in the jumble on 1240. Thanks to Arnstein Bue for submitting the e-mail address!

CKKW KITCHENER, ON 1090 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Pete Travers, Program Diretor at "Oldies 10-90" verified my October 9th 2006 (KONG14) report to day. My first verie this year. Heard CKKW with a good signal when we had good conditions towards Ontario.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everybody. Let's hope 2007 will bring better radio conditions then the last 2 mounths of 2006!