Saturday, January 31, 2009

KCVL COLVILLE, WA 1240 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Eric Carpenter verified my AND3 and AND4 report to KCVL. Heard KCVL with a weak ID during AND3 and have just found a better one from AND4. Thank you Eric for a new WA station.

KFSG ROSEVILLE, CA 1690 VERIFICATION

Len Harris, Engineering Manager kindly verified my AND3 report to KFSG with a word doc. attached to a e-mail. Thank you Len for a new California station.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

CIOR PRINCETON, BC 1400 VERIFICATION

Mark Burley, Program Director verified my report to CIOR this evening. CIOR was heard with afair signal one afternoon during AND4.

KNBR SAN FRANSISCO, CA 680 VERIFICATION

680 is not an easy frequency in Northen Norway due to KBRW Barrow, AK witch is very dominate. But during AND2 in January/February 2007 KNBR was heard with a fair signal one morning. Today Chuck Bullett, Director of Engineering verified my report in a e-mail.

WICY MALONE, NY 1490 VERIFICATION

WICY was heard during good EC NA conditions during AND3. Program Director Scott Dalton kindly verified my report.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

LRA5 RADIO NACIONAL, ROSARIO, 1300 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail in Norwegian(!!) and spanish from Director Claudio Berón verified my AND1 report. LRA5 started on Marz 1st 1953 and is frequently heard in Scandinavia.

KSPT SANDPOINT, ID 1400 VERIFICATION

E-mail from Dyland Benefield verified my AND3 report. Thank you!

Monday, January 26, 2009

XECPN LA MEXICANA, PIEDRAS NEGRAS, CO 1320 VERIFICATION

XECPN was heard with a good signal on AND4. Received a e-mail verification this evening.

KZZN LITTLEFIELD, TX 1490 VERIFICATION

I heard KZZN back in 2004 in Kongsfjord. Finaly a received a verification from the station today. Thank you TJ Bråtveit for comming up with a v/s.

XEEST CAMBIO 1440, MEXICO CITY, 1440 VERIFICATION

Heard XEEST briefly on 1440 during AND3 with a call ID. Carlos de J Ayala Ortiz, Gerente de Operaciones kindly verified my report today. Thank you TBV for v/s information.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

KBIS FORKS, WA 1490 VERIFICATION

To hear new WA stations is not easy, but I heard a couple of new ones during AND4. One of them was KBIS Forks 1490. Country music on 1490 in the afternoon = KEYG but not this time. E-mail from Steven L. Rhyner verified my report.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

WCTS MAPLEWOOD, MN 1030 VERIFICATION

WCTS was heard several times during our AND3 expedition in October. I also noted them during AND4. Kimball Cummings Jr. kindly verified my report.

ZP9 RADIO 970 AM, ASUNCION 970 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail verified my report to Radio 970 AM. Thank you Tore B. Vik for v/s information.

KSTP ST. PAUL, MN 1500 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail from Steve Konrad verified my report to KSTP.

WEZS LACONIA, NH 1350 VERIFICATION

WEZS was heard with a good signal just before they switch to night time power during AND2. I have tried several times to send them a report but my mails was comming back. So, I tried my hotmail account and finaly afther just some hours Gary Hammond verified my report.

KEYG GRAND COULEE, WA 1490 VERIFICATION

KEYG was heard with a very good ToH ID at AND3 and was one of the dominates on 1490 on AND4. Nice e-mail Renie at KEYG verified my report and comment the good signal on the MP3.

KJDY JOHN DAY, OR 1400 VERIFICATION

KJDY was heard one morning on AND4 with a weatherforcast. John Day is a smal city with only 1875 people. Cattle Ranching and Logging are the largest industries.

WHWH PRINCETON, NJ 1350 VERIFICATION

Neal Newman, CE was the verie signer. He writes that when I heard WHWH he was repairing its 6 towers array. So, they wher transmitting with a non directional antenna (one tower) with 1250 watts power.

KQAQ AUSTIN, MN 970 VERIFICATION

KQAQ was a station on my wanted list when I travelled to AND4. And I heard them the first night with a good signal. Very nice verification was received from Marv Olson, Engineer.

KWLM WILMAR, MN 1340 VERIFICATION

Another AND4 verification came from Pete Hoagland. A very nice e-mail with a lot of information.

WATW ASHLAND, WI 1400 VERIFICATION

First AND4 QSL came from WATW. Brief e-mail from Skip Hunter, Program Director verified my report.

KMAJ TOPEKA, KS 1440 VERIFICATION



A suprise from 1440 on AND3 was KMAJ Topeka. A couple of ID's in a sports programe. Steve Forman kindly verified my report.

YVMX RADIO MINUTO, BARQUISIMETO 790 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Radio Minuto verified my AND3 report to Radio Minuto. Herad them with a nice top of the hour ID

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

AND4 DX-EXPEDITION

AND4 is 5 days old. Unfortunately the internet connection is not the best so I have problems to upload info every day. But, so far conditions are EXELENT. Stations fade in before 2100 UTC and stay as long as after 1700. (The main Alaska stations and CFFB 1230) are almost 24h. Cx is very wide and it's hard to hear new stations "on location". I guess all the TB with recordings will give us some goodies this time also. After a windy weekend the weather is good. Around -5 degrees C. The crew is in good shape!

KEYF DISHMAN, WA 1050 VERIFICATION


KEYF "The Key" was heard with a ID when a very strong KCTC had a short brake. Mike Skot was the v/s. Thanks to JA for v/s information on this one and WSPQ.

WSPQ SPRINGVILLE, NY 1330 VERIFICATION


Yet another very nice logging from AND3 was WSPQ. Nice identification heard in the jumble. John Lenox verified my report.

KKZN THORNTON, CO 760 VERIFICATION

Very nice e-mail from Jan Chadwell verified my AND3 report to KKZN. Heard them with a very nice ID. They run 50kw day and 1kw night.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

KHPY MORENO VALLEY, CA 1670 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Bill DeGeorge, General Manager verified my report today. KHPY broadcast programmes from El Sembrador Catholic Ministries. KHPY use 10kw day/9kw night on 1670.

KEZJ TWIN FALLS, ID 1450 VERIFICATION

1450 has turned out to be a golden frequency on AND3. This station broadcast Jazz music togetther with it's sister station KBSU 730. Tom Taylor verified my report in a brief e-mail. He think we have an interesting hobby!

KEZW AURORA, CO 1430 VERIFICATION

KEZW or "Studio 14-30" was very dominante during AND3. I haven't had any luck with QSL'ing this station until now, Thanks to Roger Granholm for giving me v/s information. Emily Kyle kindly send me a e-mail today.

WNED BUFFALO, NY 970 VERIFICATION

Heard WNED with a good signal at top of the houer on morning on AND3. Nice e-mail from John R. Horton, Manager of Radio Engineering. Thanks to OJ Sagdahl for comming up with the adresse to bouth CHRC and WNED.

CHRC QUEBEC, QC 800 VERIFICATION

CHRC is one of the easy one to hear. Finaly I send them a report and Tobi Forget kindly verified my report.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

WNWT ROSSFORD, OH 1520 VERIFICATION

Jerry Jones verified my AND3 report with a brief e-mail this morning. Thank you Arnstein Bue for v/s information.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

KLAD KLAMATH FALLS, OR 960 VERIFICATION

KLAD is a station witch have been heard several times in Scandinavia this season. They "Country Legends 960 AM" ID was heard several times during AND3. Brian Mobley, Operation Manager verified my report today.

CIBQ BROOKS, AB 1340 VERIFICATION


Good signal from CIBQ one morning at AND3. John Petrie send me a nice e-mail this evening. They are planing to leave AM.

So it's time to catch them!

CHNC NEW CARLISLE, QC 610 VERIFICATION

Francis Rémillard verified my report to CHNC this afternoon. I have tried a couple of times before and finaly I got this one also. Thank you Francis.

WMOU BERLIN, NH 1230 VERIFICATION

Phil Rivera is a good gay. Today he also verified my report to WMOU 1230. (See also WLTN 1400). WMOU belongs to the same company as WLTN and WMOU's FM station is located in Littelton, NH. Phil have send me a couple of sound samples from WMOU. A bit better strengh than we heard WMOU at AND3:-)

KXO EL CENTRO, CA 1230 VERIFICATION

We heard some very nice California stations during AND3. One of them was KXO 1230. In a mail Caroll Buckley kindly verified my report. KXO is one of the oldest comercial stations in USA. They started in 1927. "El Centro - Where the sun spends the winter"!

Monday, January 05, 2009

WECK CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 1230 VERIFICATION

Brief e-mail this evening verified my AND3 report to WECK.

WLTN LITTLETON, NH 1400 VERIFICATION

Nice e-mail from Phil Rivera verified the AND3 report. Phil was doing a lot of BC listening on his small BC radio in his younger days when he lived in northeast Vermont. So, he knows what this is all about;-)

WFAS WHITE PLAINS, NY 1230 VERIFICATION


HAPPY NEW YEAR to my readers! One morning we had very good propagation to the north east corner of USA. WFAS was a stations witch was heard a couple of times with nice ID's. Bob Barnum, Program Director kindly verified my report today. First QSL in 2009! Thank you.