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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.

Wednesday 30 September 2020

And yet more loggings

Night three at Hina Hina saw conditions improve a little. Yanks were now audible at much better levels than they were on the previous two nights. However, they still aren't strong enough to combat splash from the locals. Most stations suffered from deep fades.

Things are on the up and hopefully night 4 will be even better. 

6800750USA, KNBR (presumed) fair/ poor in splash. 30/9 SMF
8800740USA, KRVN fair/ poor with talk. 30/9 SMF
11900816USA, KEX fair with Coast to Coast. 30/9 SMF
12000818USA, WOAI good with Coast to Coast but deep fades. 30/9 SMF
14600815USA, KION fair with talk. 30/9 SMF
14800801USA, KNVR with piano music. Up and down - fair at best. //webstream. 30/9 SG
16400708USA, KDIA fair to good with religious message. Condx a bit noisy. 30/9 SMF
16500726USA, KCNZ fair with sports talk. 30/9 SMF
16600715USA, KBRE fair/ poor and mixed with another. // webstream. 30/9 SMF
16700756USA, KHPY fair with religious talk. 30/9 SMF

Tuesday 29 September 2020

Further Loggings

 Conditions were not great last night and a lot of what was heard the previous night was heard again. One or two interesting things popped their heads up. We will check them out again tonight.

14100800USA (Unknown) died on the hour but had financial ads at 0805.
Possibly KERI or KBNP. 29/9 SG
14200758HAWAII, KKEA good but deep fades. Ads for ESPN Honolulu. 29/9 SMF
14800758USA (Tent) Unknown - good oldies/ nostalgia/ country mx. Faded when axmnts came.
Faded at top of hour - very frustrating. Listened on and off for an hour. 29/9 SMF

A Verie

 Success ..... WBBM 780 in Chicago, Illinois heard two nights ago have verified my report. I heard a very good id and that was all. However, a short audio recording was enough to confirm my report. The verie signer was Ron Gleason, Brand Manager/ News Director (wbbmnewsradioweb@entercom.com)


Monday 28 September 2020

DXing Again ..... Finally

 With the October school holidays ariving, I have taken the opportunity of heading south to Hina Hina, on the South Otago coast, 25 minutes south of Balclutha and 1600 km by road from Auckland. 

Steven Greenyer and I are here for a couple of days and will then be joined by Arthur DeMaine. We woke up this morning to snow on the ground!


Conditions last night were not great, but we did manage to log a few things.

5800737USA, KMJ (presumed) poking through the noise with talk. 28/9 SG
7100717CUBA, R Rebelde (Tentative) fair with what sounded like jazz mx with female vocalist SS talk evident. Fading. 28/9 SMF
7800740USA, WBBM ad heard for 780 and 105.9 FM News Radio WBBM. 28/9 SMF
8300755USA/ HAWAII (presumed) KLAA mixed with KHVH - sports talk vs news. KLAA dominant. Fair. 28/9 SMF
9400732USA, KFIG vg with sports nx - talk about basketball. Mixed with XEQ with modern popular music, announcing la Q (possibly la Q grande). 28/9 SG