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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 24 April 2020

The Month's Loggings

This is the month's loggings to date. Some have been seen before in postings below.

* means I listened on the DX League's north east EWE
# means I listened on the DX League's south east EWE


FreqAntennaTime UTCDetailsDate
560#0740ARGENTINA, (tentative) possibly RN Bahia Blanca - talk there in SS - given the way things are tonight it may well be the Argie.30/3
590#0729ARGENTINA, LS4 Radio Continental good with vocals // website. Up and down - QRM from 594.30/3
640*0835USA, KFI fair/ good with C to C. Mixed but dominant12/4
650*0909ALASKA, KENI fair/ poor with C to C.// website. Bad splash 65712/4
680#0915USA, KNBR, Poor with sports talk in EE, mixed with another. Fair 12/46/4
690#0834HAWAII. KHNR dominant station but mixed. Fair at best.3/4
750#0943USA, KXTG (tentative) poor wiht plenty of splash, but sports news - sounded like recording of commentary - up briefly.10/4
780*0924ALASKA, KNOM with mx and dominant. Mixed with KKOH and WBBM12/4
780#0858USA, KKOH up briefly with nx at 0900 // website.8/4
820#0843ARGENTINA, R Nacional Formosa fair with talk // website but bad splash from 8193/4
830*0900HAWAII, KHVH vg with ids on hour, covid 19 ads and then nx.17/4
840#0709ARGENTINA, LU2 R Bahia Blanca // website fair/ poor mixed with LV9 R Salta in peaks // its website30/3
850#0904URUGUAY, R Carve fair, but suffering from splash. Talk about the virus in SS. // to website with a delay. Great id 0644 30/328/3
860*0847MEXICO, XEMO with religious songs and SS message fair when up and mixed with KTRB (presumed)15/4
870#0731ARGENTINA, R Nacional Buenos Aires fair at best with mx // website.1/4
880#0820PERU - steady signal with religious chanting - lots of oh señor. It was in SS.2/4
920#0754PARAGUAY, R Nacional fair at best but deep fades. Mx - group vocals. // website1/4
930#0750URUGUAY, R Monte Carlo with vocals - fair // with website1/4
940#0755USA, KFIG fair but fading with talk - with the aerial pointing SE! No sign of any Latins.31/3
950*0850USA, KJR fair with sports nx. Mixed with mx stn under.14/4
1030#0833ARGENTINA, R Del Plata fair at best but bad splash from adjacent channels. Quite audible when they are quiet. // website1/4
1050*0858USA, KTCT vg with sports nx and adverts.17/4
1050#0850ARGENTINA, R San Francisco poor/ fair but mixed. Mx from website matched. Other stn## Also SS speaking.1/4
1090#0812USA, KFNQ fair/ poor with bad splash from 1089 - sports nx. // website.31/3
1100#0645USA, KFAX presumed with talk. Fair/ poor7/4
1170*0950STH KOREA, HLSR dominant on freq mixed 2CH and a Yank - unsure if it is KFAQ. Mx and at 1000 what sounds like a hymn or Nat Anthem then nx. Fair.12/4
1170#0858AUSTRALIA, 2CH fair/ good with classics on back end of SE aerial.9/4
1200#0818USA, WOAI good with C2C22/4
1206*0940UNKNOWN - mixed with Aussie. I initially thought Japan, but there is no JJ on freq. Possibly China - fair when on top.19/4
1210*0850HAWAII, KZOO dominant with JJ pops over presumed KPRZ with religious prgm. Fair but deep fades.12/4
1260*0940JAPAN, JOIR - steady under 3SR - JJ talk quite audible.12/4
1260*0825USA, KSUR fair/ poor mixed 3SR - as the night wore on 3SR got better. Playing Bohemian Rhapsody at 081818/4
1400#0745URUGUAY, CX14 R Zorrilla de San Martin // website fighting it out with LRG202 R Cumbre // website and a third stn. All 3 were poor, but peaked on occasion.30/3
1400#0548BRAZIL, R Rio de Janeiro fair wiht religious messgae in PP24/4
1422*1610JAPAN, JORF Yokohama in clear with lots of JJ talk. Faded and an Aussie took over - not sure which one16/4
1440*1615JAPAN, JOWF Sapporo over the top of Te Reo o Tauranga Moana then faded down.16/4
1460*0856USA, KION fair at best with C to C.15/4
1467*1620STH KOREA, HLKN Mokpo dominant on freq over 3ML with plenty of talk in KK.16/4
1470#0530PERU, R Felicidad with an amazing signal - mx. Id for FM freq.18/4
1490#0546ECUADOR, R Sta Maria in Azogues - 2 Latin stations mixed - one with talk and R Sta Maria with huayño music.23/4
1500*1626HAWAII, KHKA Fair with talk. Deep fades.16/4
1570*0845HAWAII, KUAU excellent with relgious message.21/4
1575*1640JAPAN, AFN Iwakuni (presumed). Otago access R was carrying BBC WS. However, underneath American voices were heard as well as pop mx. AFN picked up after 5am as the OAR signal deteriorated quite noticeably. .16/4
1620#0626ARGENTINA, La Radio Mar del Plata, thanks to Barry Hartley, fair at best. Played 'Volare" at 0626, tangos before that. Barry has chased this for a couple of days.19/4

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