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Hello and welcome to my blog.

My wife and I relocated to Mangawhai, Northland, New Zealand - just over 100 km north of Auckland in July of 2018. Whilst not as active as I would like to be, this is a record of what I have been hearing.

Friday 20 September 2019

A verie

KDLG 670 kHz in Dillingham, Alaska has come back with an email verie. The verie signer is Sam and the email address is info@kdlg.org

I am very pleased with this one.

Wednesday 18 September 2019

Lots of loggings

Last evening (Sept 18th) I decided instead of going to bed rdiiculously early, I would have a listen on the League's SDR. What a bonanza for the MW DXer.

I logged KDLG 670 kHz in Dillingham, Alaska - 11,000 km from the League's antenna. Its signal was good and clear.

Here is a list of what I heard:

590     0853   HAWAII, KSSK excellent with ads for Pearl Harbor activities. 
630     0855   UNKNOWN, quite audible under NZ stations.
650     0810   HAWAII, KPRP fair with Tagalog speaking, ads and mixed, but dominant, with
another - possibly Alaskan?? 
660     0815   USA, KAPS fair with c & w singing. Bad splash from 657. 0857 went back to it –
more c & w mx then down. Back up, but not great at 0906. Song being played //with website. 
670     0819   ALASKA, KDLG fair with mx prgm. Steady signal. // with website. Annoying 
thing was they were listing the songs being played, but they didn’t relate to what was actually being played!
780     0810   ALASKA, KNOM good with talk. 
850     0804   ALASKA, KICY fair with signing in RR. // with website. 
880     0753   USA, KRVN Fair/ good with talk. Good id at 0759 
890     0801   ALASKA, KBBI poor and mixed. Mx being played was // with website. 

 I only listened for a short while and probably missed other, just as juicy signals. It is amazing what the 12m delta antenna can pick up. 

For only $10 a year, members can access this SDR. Amazing value. 

Saturday 14 September 2019

At last a verie and a logging

It has been a long time since I listened to the radio - this obviously means no reports have gone out. However, I have received a verie - Radio Romania International on 11990.

I have also logged KLO 1430 AM in Ogden, Utah. I have heard them occasionally, but KVVN and KMRB normally dominate the frequency. I have sent an email report off with a short sound clip, so hopefully, I might strike it lucky.