Logs

On this page you will only find logs from my “mini-peditions” to Cape Skagen and other QRM-free locations in the Vardø area. Logs containing stations received at “home” (i.e. where I live when in Vardø) is not published here.

SKAG2 – 28.-29.10.2011

Receiver: Sony ICF-2010 (modified)
Antennas: BOG’s 200m in 330 deg., 200m in 0 deg., 200m in 50 deg.

EUROPE:
531   28.10  1455  Utvárp Førøya, Faroe Islands.
1251  28.10  2035  NPS Hulsberg, Netherlands.

AFRICA:
1251  28.10  2100  Libya.

ASIA:
612   28.10  1650  Fujian PBS.
729   28.10  1657  Jiangxi PBS.
747   28.10  1710  Akashvani, Lucknow.
819   28.10  1515  Akashvani, Delhi.
918   28.10  2355  Syrian Radio & Television, Damasq.
1143  28.10  1555  BEL3 Taiwan Area Fisheries Broadcasting Station, Penghu. ID in English: “You are listening to Fishery Radio Station” (Tnx to Mauno Ritola for helping out with ID).
1143  28.10  1618  Henan PBS (tent.).
1251  28.10  2108  Shijiuzhuang PBS Rural Sce.
1287  28.10  2236  Sor. Or. Tor. Meteorological Station, Samut Prakan (Bangkok). Many thanks to Henrik Klemetz for helping me out with the audio recordings.
1377  28.10  2131  CNR 1.
1386  28.10  1630  Tianjin PBS Life Sce.
1422  28.10  1635  CNR 1.
1476  28.10  1635  CNR 2.

NORTH AMERICA:
680   29.10  0722  CJOB Winnipeg, MB. “The Superstation, CJOB”.
740   29.10  0726  CBX Edmonton, AB. With CBC Radio 1.
770   29.10  0754  CHQR Edmonton, AB. Talkshow/Phone-in about “Law vs. Power” jingle: “CHQR” on the hour.
790   29.10  0531  CFCW Camrose, AB. “7-90 CFCW”.
860   29.10  0526  Unid in French language. Probably CKBF-2 Saskatoon, SK.
880   29.10  0805  CHQT Edmonton, AB. “i-News-880″.
910   29.10  0818  KCJB Minot, ND. “91-Country KCJB”.
910   29.10  0933  CKDQ Drumheller, AB. “This is Q-Country”.
920   29.10  0826  CFRY Portage la Prairie, MB. “Real Country Radio, CFRY”
930   29.10  0523  CJCA Edmonton, AB. “AM 9-30 The Light”.
940   29.10  0509  CJGX Yorkton, SK. announced a short “GX-94″ between two country songs.
950   29.10  0504  CFAM Altona, MB. “CFAM Radio 9-50″.
1000  29.10  0604  KOMO Seattle, WA.”KOMO newstime 11 oh 4″ and “KOMO Tripple-A Traffic and weather, every ten minutes on the four”.
1010  29.10  0549  CBR Calgary, AB. CBC Radio 1.
1060  29.10  0238  CKMX Calgary, AB. “Classic Country AM 10-60″.
1120  29.10  0901  KMOX St. Louis, MO. “Kay-emm-oh-eks”.
1140  29.10  0314  CHRB High River, AB. “Peoples Gospel Hour” and “AM 11-40″.
1260  29.10  0450  CFRN Edmonton, AB. “Team 12-60″.
1290  29.10  0230  CFRW Winnipeg, MB. “TSN 12-90″.
1300  29.10  0302  KKOL Seattle, WA .”Bloomberg Radio, 1300 KKOL”.
1310  29.10  0618  CHLW St. Paul-Bonnyville, AB. “…More Music 13-10 CHLW”.
1320  29.10  0713  Unid in Chinese language. Probably CHMB Vancouver, BC.
1380  29.10  0220  KRKO Everett, WA. “Fox Sports 13-80″.
1460  29.10  0631  KLTC Dickinson, ND. “14-60 KLTC”.
1530  29.10  0849  KFBK Sacramento, CA. With “Coast to Coast AM”. “KFBK Sacramento”.
1540  29.10  0701  KXEL Waterloo, IA. “15-40 KXEL”.
1550  29.10  0915  KRPI Ferndale, WA. Indian music and “www.krpiradio.com” promo.
1560  29.10  0648  KKAA Aberdeen, SD. Gospel and “Family Radio”-ID. Also a “Radio Disney”-station present on frequency.
1580  29.10  0638  CKDO Oshawa, ON. “CKDO Classic”.

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SKAG1 – 22.-23.10.2011

Receiver: Sony ICF-2010 (modified)
Antennas: BOG’s 200m in 330 deg., 200m in 50 deg.

EUROPE:
1143  22.10  2310  AFN Power Network
1440  23.10  1440  Radio Zvezda, St. Petersburg
1485  22.10  1827  Radio Merkurs, Riga

ASIA:
558  22.10  2050  IRIB Radio Farhang. Strong (1000 KW)
585  22.10  2055  IRIB Radio Qu´ran. BSKSA also present on freq.
693  22.10  1432  Bangladesh Betar
891  22.10  2203  Unid Chinese with commercials. Will check recording
891  22.10  2230  Sor. Wor. Thor. (Radio Thailand) with announcement, ID and fanfares.
918  22.10  2235  National Radio of Kampuchea, Cambodia. Khmer Buddhist monks in endless chanting…
954  22.10  1455   Akashvani/AIR, Najibabad
1242  22.10  1526  Dái Tiéng Nói Viét Nam (Radio The Voice of Vietnam)
1287  22.10  1930  CNR1, China
1350  22.10  1714  DZXQ, Pasig City, Metro Manila (tent.). Overnight relay of UNTV, Quezon City. “UNTV – Your Public Service Channel”.
1368  22.10  1604  IRIB Reg. Gorgan – Relaying Radio Iran
1368  22.10  1615  Unid Chinese. Tent. Xinjiang PBS. Will check recording.
1584  22.10  1545  Radio Iran, Maku

PACIFIC:
1500  22.10  1257  KHKA Honolulu, HI. Mentioning “Hawaii sports” in announcement. “ESPN 1500″.

NORTH AMERICA:
630  22.10  0908  CHED Edmonton, AB. Appeared fast and disapperaded just as fast.
670  22.10  0901  KBOI Boise, ID. “The News and Talk of Idaho. 6-70 KBOI”
680  22.10  0912  KBRW Barrow, AK. Overnight nonstop music.
680  22.10  0929  KNBR San Francisco, CA. Showed up with sports news when KBRW was a bit “down”…
710  22.10  0945  KIRO Seattle, WA. “7-10 ESPN Seattle”.
730  22.10  0949  CHMJ Vancouver, BC. “AM 7-30. All the Traffic, All the Time”
810  22.10  1000  KGO San Francisco, CA. “KGO, San Francisco, San José, Oakland – it’s 3 AM”
850  22.10  1002  KOA Denver, CO. “Newsradio 8-50 KOA”
850  22.10  1004  KICY Nome, AK. Showed up with gospel when KOA took a sudden dive…
1060  22.10  1233  CKMX Calgary, AB. “Classic Country AM 10-60″
1090  22.10  1210 Unid, tent. KPTK Seattle, CA. Talks about “H.A. Joint Formula” which is said to slow down aging…
1140  22.10  1148  CHRB High River, AB. “[...] country Community Radio Station, AM 11-40″
1160  22.10  1159  KSL Salt Lake City, UT. PSA for American Lung Association. Plain “KSL”-id.
1200  22.10  1201  KFNW West Fargo, ND. “Faith 1200″.
1250  22.10  1145  CHSM Steinbach, MB. “AM 12-50 Radio”
1260  22.10  1140  CFRN Edmonton, AB. “Team 12-60″
1300  22.10  1135  KKOL Seattle, WA. Bloomberg Business News.
1330  22.10  1133  CJYM Rosetown, SK. “Classic Hits 13-30 CJYM”
1380  22.10  1114  KRKO Everett, WA. PSA for “Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett”. “Fox Sports 13-80″
1410  22.10  1110  CFTE Vancouver, BC. “ESPNradio.com” “Team 14-10″
1500  22.10  1015  KSTP St. Paul, MN. With “Pro Football Weekly”
1510  22.10  1052  KCKK Littleton, CO. “Yahoo Sports Radio”, “Your station for intelligent sports talk. 15-10 and 93.7″
1570  22.10  1102  CKMW Winkler, MB. “15-70 CKMW”
1590  22.10  1010  KVGB Great Bend, KS. Announcement for the “Women over 40 Programme”. “15-90 KVGB”

SOUTH AMERICA:
1100  23.10  0527  ZYK694 Radio Globo, Sao Paolo. Very strong.
1190  23.10  0310  LR9 Radio América, Capital Federal. Informa.
1220  23.10  0458  ZYJ458 Radio Globo, Rio de Janeiro. Big signal.
1230  23.10  0436  Unid Brazil. Will check recording.
1280  23.10  0535  ZYJ455 Radio Tupi, Rio de Janeiro. Came thru the noise and disappeared just as fast…
1330  23.10  0512  Unid Brazil. Will check recording.

SHORTWAVE / TROPICAL BANDS:
2310  22.10  2010  VL8A Alice Springs. Fair to good signal.
2325  22.10  2010  VL8T Tennant Creek. Poor to fair signal.
2485  22.10  2011  VL8K Katherine. Fair to good signal.
3275  22.10  1318  Radio Southern Highlands, PNG. “The Tribe Show”. C/d 1405 with hymn. Good signal!
3325  22.10  1405  RRI Palangkaraya, Indonesia. Huge signal! Local/regional news mentioning Palangkaraya and Kalimantan.
3365  22.10  1334  Radio Milne Bay, PNG. Pidgin-reaggae music. ID as “The Voice of Kula”. Fair to good signal.
3925  22.10  1315  Nikkei, Tokyo. Very strong with talks.
5010  22.10  2025  RTV Malagasy. Non-stop ballads. C/d 2200 UTC during saturdays and sundays.