Wednesday, December 31, 2008

WOTE CLINTONVILLE, WI 1380 VERIFICATION



WOTE came trough with a good signal on AND3. This evening Don Grassman verified my report. This was my NA QSL number 200 in 2008. My best QSL year since I started DX-ing back in 1970. I guess I can say thank you to the SDR IQ receivers for this good result:-) And, to the very successful AND3 DX-expedition.

KLTC DICKINSON, ND 1460 VERIFICATION

Another station with good signals from time to time is this country station - KLTC. Haven't sent them any report before today and Steve Stroud verified my report.

KRND FOX FARM, WY 1630 VERIFICATION

KRND is a station witch have very good signals into Northen Norway. In their top of the hour ID they mention they cover WY, NE, CO, KS and SD with the power of 10KW. Brief e-mail from La Familia Broadcasting today verified my report.

WGNS MURFREESBORO, TN 1450 VERIFICATION


WGNS was a station we heard on 1450 during AND3. A lot of work by Jan Alvestad and others to solve this one. (Have to mention Jari Savolainen who came up with WGNS as a possible solution). The ID was: "Your local news authority since 1947, we are 14-50 AM..." Scott Walker verified that they use this ID and he also mention the name of the announcer. Thanks to all!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

KXPN KEARNEY, NE 1460 VERIFICATION


KXPN was heard with local comercials and High School football dominating over KXNO Des Moines. Very good conditions towards Nebraska at the same time. Craig J. Eckert, General Manager verified my report to day.

WSYY MILLINOCKET, ME 1240 VERIFICATION

WSYY had a very clear ID for GY-station at AND3. Mail from Dave Keys verified my report today. WSYY is a ESPN station.

Monday, December 29, 2008

WIOU KOKOMO, IN 1350 VERIFICATION


WIOU poped up with a clear identification one evening on AND3. This evening Rob Rupe, Producer kindly verified my report with a mail. He also attached a logo. Thank you for the verification Rob and also thanks to Arnstein Bue for v/s information.

WVMT BURLINGTON, VT 620 VERIFICATION

Yet another nice loging on AND3 was WVMT heard them with a promo and a top of the hour identification one morning when we had very good conditions towards the north east corner of USA. E-mail from Charlie Papillo, Program Director verified my report today.

WHUC HUDSON, NY 1230 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Bill Williams verified my AND3 report to WHUC this evening. He also attached several photos of their transmiter and antenna.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

I like to wish the readers of this all the best for Christmas!

CMW RADIO REBELDE, LA JULIA 710 VERIFICATION

E-mail verified my 2007 report to Radio Rebelde. They also promised to send a "verification card".

Monday, December 22, 2008

KXNO DES MOINES, IA 1460 VERIFICATION

KXNO is a station I have heard several times without sending any report. A very good recording from the AND3 expedition was sent today and Geoff Conn, Asst. Program Director verified with a e-mail.

KTHE THERMOPOLIS, WY 1240 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Brandi Voss, On-Air Talent verified my AND3 report to KTHE this evening. Only 4 people working on this station. An other nice station from this very good expedition.

KRNT DES MOINES, IA 1350 VERIFICATION


Nice e-mail from Jim Brown verified my AND3 report. KRNT was heard with a good signal and Jim writes "That’s one of the clearest signals I’ve heard from Norway, ever." Thank you Jim!

KTEL WALLA WALLA, WA 1490 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail today verified my AND3 report. "Yes I hear the KTEL ID in your clip".

Saturday, December 20, 2008

KGRG ENUMCLAW, WA 1330 VERIFICATION

KGRG came trough KKPZ one morning at AND3 with a perfect ID. Finaly today Andrew Zyskowski kindly verified my report with a nice e-mail.

CKSB WINNEPEG, MB 1050 VERIFICATION

I'm trying to catch so many Canadians as possible before they leave AM. CKSB was heard with a good signal with local ID during AND3. E.mail from Martine Bordeleau verified my report.

Friday, December 19, 2008

WRSA ST. ALBANS, VT 1420 VERIFICATION


An other great logging on Andoya during AND3 is WRSA. This ESPN Radio station had a very clear ID on top of the hour one morning. Mike Raymond, Chief Engineer (N1IRN) verified my report today with a informative e-mail. WRSA was running 107 watts when we heard them, into a 51.8 meters series feed vertical, omnidirectional pattern. Thank you for a great QSL Mike!

WSNO BARRE, VT 1450 VERIFICATION


WSNO had a good signal for GY station and Jim Severance, Program Director verified my report with a nice e-mail. He was very suprised that we could hear his station as they during the night only have 15 miles of coverage:-)

WLIS OLD SAYBROOK, CT 1420 VERIFICATION


WLIS had a good signal one morning on AND3 with it's dual ID for WLIS and WMRD 1150. Nice e-mail from Don DeCesare verified my report. Don was Vice President at CBS in 1994 and had full road pass during the Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer in 1994!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

CKJS WINNEPEG, MB 810 VERIFICATION


Working them alphabetical now:-) CKJS was heard with a good signal during AND3. Gido Gigliotti kindly verified my report today.

CKJR WETASKIWIN, AB 1440 VERIFICATION

"W-14-40" is a common station on Andoya. I haven't sent them any report before yeasterday. Jackie-Rae Greening Program Director verified my report today.

KXTR KANSAS CITY, KS 1660 VERIFICATION

My second Kansas station today! Perfect verification in a e-mail from Patrick Neas verified my AND3 report today. KXTR was heard with a good signal with it's classic music format.

KVSV BELOIT, KS 1190 VERIFICATION



One of the very big highlights on AND3 was to hear KVSV Beloit. Kansas on 1190. A perfect ID with call, AM and FM frequency and name of their evening announcer David Fisher. Last night David kindly verified my report with a e-mail. Thank you David for one of my best QSL ever!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

CHLT SHERBROOKE, PQ 630 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Tobie Forget verified my report to CHLT. They had a fair signal, dominating over NRK Vigra on morning on AND3. Thank you Arnstein Bue for v/s info. They replied in just a couple of minutes!

CFPR PRINCE RUPERT, BC 860 VERIFICATION

Friedly e-mail from Chris Walker verified my report to CFPR. We heard CFPR on AND2 and AND3 expedition. Normaly CHAK Inuvik dominate 860.

WHLX MARINE CITY, MI 1590 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail verified my AND3 report to WHLX this evening. WHLX had a good signal during this very succesful expedition.

Monday, December 15, 2008

KALL SALT LAKE CITY, UT 700 VERIFICATION



KALL is heard now and then during the AND expeditions. I have had some problems to receive a verification from this one. But, this evening a brief e-mail from John Kimball verified my report. Thank you John!

WLCM CHARLOTTE, MI 1390 VERIFICATION


"Victory 13-90" or WLCM was heard by many Scandinavians during October 2008. A brief e-mail from Jeff Frank, Station Managr (N8HEE) verified my report.

Friday, December 12, 2008

KTKN KETCHIKAN, AK 930 VERIFICATION


Not so often to see KTKN in the logs so I was suprised to find a clear "AM 9-30 KTKN Ketchikan" identification in a CJCA fade one afternoon at AND3. E-mail from Richard Burns verified my report to night.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

KGOE EUREKA, CA 1480 VERIFICATION

What a QSL day! Brief but most welcome e-mail from Laurie Tate confirmed my AND3 report to KGOE. KGOE had a good signal several times during this expeditions and even on other AND's.

KFLD PASCO, WA 870 VERIFICATION


KFLD was also a surprise to hear. A nice "News Talk 8-70 K-F-L-D" ID was heard one morning. Nice e-mail from John McKay, Program Director verified the report this evening.

CJSN SHAUNAVON, SK 1490 VERIFICATION



"Norway and Poland have both been picking up our station for a few years now" writes Trent Redekop in a mail this evening. Heard CJSN with a good signal in October (AND3). Thank you Arnstein Bue for the v/s information.

KIYU GALENA, AK 910 VERIFICATION

The problem with KIYU is to get a local ID. Finaly during AND3 we picked up a nice "K-I-Y-U Galena" on top of the houer. Brief e-mail from Rex Charger kindly verified my report.

KOGA OGALLALA, NE 930 VERIFICATION

Another big surprise was to hear KOGA during AND3. This statikon was heard during a intence opening to NE. Corey Andersen sent me a e-mail verifying my report this evening,

KTNQ LOS ANGELES, CA 1020 VERIFICATION

KTNQ was heard several times during AND3. Tom Koza kindly verified my report with a e-mail.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

KRLD DALLAS, TX 1080 VERIFICATION

We heard KRLD early night during AND3. Erik J. Disen kindly verified my report today with a nice QSL letter.

KVRI BLAINE, WA 1600 VERIFICATION

Michael also kindly attached a QSL-letter for my report to KVRI 1600. KVRI is one of the dominates on 1600 during conditions to the West Coast. Thak you Michael for 2 new Washington stations!

KARI BLAINE, WA 560 VERIFICATION

E-mail with a QSL letter attached to a e-mail from Michael H. Gilbert, Regional Broadcasting Engineer verified my AND3 report to KARI today.

CJCL TORONTO 590 VERIFICATION

CJCL is one of the stations that is easy to hear. No QSL received from this one until today. E-mail from Nelson Millman kindly verified my report today. Thank you Jan Alvestad for the correct e-mail adresse.

WGAN PORTLAND, ME 560 VERIFICATION

Thanks to OJ Sagdahl who gave me v/s e-mail adresse I received a verification from WGAN today. Thank you Jennifer Collins for anew one.

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

KUNX VENTURA, CA 1590 VERIFICATION

KUNX - Radio Formula was heard with a fair top of the hour identification including the 3 city licens "Oxnard-Ventura-Santa Barbara". Chuck Hastings kindly verified my report this evening.

KCLX COLFAX, WA 1450 VERIFICATION

1450 gave us many new stations during AND3. One of them was KCLX. Today I received a e-mail attached a very nice confirmation letter from Gary Cummings, General Manager of Inland Northwest Broadcasting. He also verified my report to KRPL 1400 and now we have to luck out for KMAX 840.

Monday, December 08, 2008

KQDI GREAT FALLS, MT 1450 VERIFICATION


Heard KQDI with a brief signal in a short break at KONP. "News Radio 14-50 KQDI". Keith Teske kindly verified my report this evening.

CKOR PENTICTON, BC 800 VERIFICATION

Easy Rock was dominating the frequency for som minutes during AND3. E-mail from Mark Burley, Program Director verifying my report today.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

KTOE MANKATO, MN 1420 VERIFICATION



I have heard KTOE 1420 several times but never received any verification until today. Chief Engineer Scott Schmeling verified my report with a friendly e-mail. KTOE was heard with a good signal during AND3. Now they are in the process of rebuilding the directional antenna system so we will next year hear if that do anything to the possibility to hear KTOE.

KENO LAS VEGAS, NV 1460 VERIFICATION

A few minutes after we heard KWWN 1100 also KENO Las Vegas could be heard. This "ESPN Deportes" station was heard with a local ID. Chief Engineer Bill Croghan (WB0KSW) kindly verified my report.

Friday, December 05, 2008

KWWN LAS VEGAS, NV 1100 VERIFICATION

Heard ESPN 1100 with a fair signal one morning during AND3. Today I received an e-mail verifying my report from Dave Cokin. KWWN is quit new on the AM band.

KVNI COUER D'ALENE, ID 1080 VERIFICATION AND LIVE ON THE AIR


KVNI was heard with a brief ID under a very strong KUDO. The last days I have received several e-mails from Norm McBride and today he and Bret Bowers called me and put me live on their morning show. We had a nice talk about dx-ing, farming and christmas celebrating in Norway vs USA. Thanks guys for a nice talk!

Thursday, December 04, 2008

KWTL GRAND FORKS, ND 1370 VERIFICATION

We heard KWTL with a good top of the hour ID one evening at AND3. Lisa Durkin, Office Manager kindly verified my report this evening. KWTL is a Catholic station serving the Grand Forks-Fargo area.

KLGN LOGAN, UT 1390 VERIFICATION


Brief e-mail from Jay Eubanks, General Manager verified my AND3 report to "Memories 13-90" today.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

WMCS GREENFIELD, WI 1290 VERIFICATION

E-mail with a attached QSL-letter from John Church, Dir. of Engineering verified my AND3 report. Mr. Willie Davis own WMCS togetther with 3 FM stations. Mr. Davis get into radio after playing American football for the Green Bay Packers!

WGR BUFFALO, NY 550 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Dan Hager kindly verified my AND3 report. We heard WGR with a good signal one morning.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

WRNI PROVIDENCE, RI 1290 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Robert Seay verified my AND1 report to WRNI (October 2007). Thanks to OJ Sagdalh for the v/s information.

Monday, December 01, 2008

KCNN EAST GRAND FORKS, MN 1590 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Jeff Hoberg verified my AND3 report to KCNN today.