Mediumwave Loggings

 A very happy New Year to all.

My wife and I have moved into our as yet unfinished home on the hills above and behind Mangawhai. We have spectacular views over the estuary, see and islands. One of the first things I did was to erect a 5m EWE antenna pointing north east towards North America.

My WinRadio Excalibur has broken down and I cannot afford to have it repaired $415 AUD just to have a look at it without mentioning courier charges.

Fortunately my AOR 7030+ has just been repaired and is now working as well as ever. While DXing with a conventional radio has its frustrations, it has proved that is was worth the money I originally paid for it back in 1996!

There is nothing terribly spectacular in this list, but there is quite a lot of it. Conditions have been up and down - noisy some nights and quiet others. The good thing is that there appears to be no electrical interference evident form our house, nor from the neighbour's new house. It has also been interesting that even on evenings where the band has been noisy, the bottom end of the band (530-700) has been pretty quiet.

As a result of my WinRadio going kaputt, I have purchased an AirSpy HF+ Discovery, the arrival of which I am awaiting with bated breath!

Freq	Time UTC	Details
550	0802	HAWAII, KNUI presumed with talk, mixed KUZZ // with website SMF 4/1
570	0746	USA, KLAC fair with sports news SMF 4/1
580	0745	USA, KMJ fair at best with talk and ads SMF 4/1
600	0806	CANADA, CKSP Sher e Punjab Radio dominant this evening. Woman speaking in Hindi/ Punjabi. some mx. // website. Mx stn underneath. SMF 5/1
650	0806	HAWAII, KPRP fair/ poor but clear with ads for Hawaii. SMF 5/1
660	0811	USA, KTNN fair when not swamped in splash from 657. // website. Mixed with unknown talk stn CFFR perhaps?? SMF 6/1
670	0749	HAWAII, KPUA suspected with talk - poor but no other noise. SMF 3/1
680	0839	USA, KNBR fair with sports nx on a poor night. SMF 31/12
690	0937	USA, KHNR mixed with another - at good strength. Good id on hr SMF 1/1
690	0937	CANADA, CBU presumed with BBC type prog. mixed KHNR SMF 31/12
690	0800	MEXICO XEWW with oldies type songs, Chinese language axmnts, SS nx on the hour and mentions of Mexico SMF 3/1
720	0815	USA, UNKNOWN - either KDWN or WGN likely - talk at fair levels. No sign of 4YZ and splash from 729, Northland. SMF 6/1
740	0817	USA, KCBS fair with talk. a bit noisy and hard to discern what was being said. SMF 6/1
750	0820	USA, Unknown. It is not WSB (checked web link). KXTG has sports nx online. It could be KOAL?? Unknown. SMF 6/1
770	0859	USA, KKOB probable stn. Ads before the hour mentioning Red Eye Radio. KKOB is an affiliate. SMF 16/1
780	0920	USA, KKOH ads at fair strength //website. SMF 9/1
820	0808	USA, WBAP presumed with Red Eye Radio - fair but a lot of atmospheric noise and some splash from 819. SMF 4/1
880	0948	USA, KRVN fair to good with talk. Splash from 882. Fair SMF 13/1
890	0912	USA, WLS possibly with Red Eye Radio - seems same prog as on 820. Poor/ fair with bad splash from 891. SMF 4/1
910	0915	USA, KOXR mx - 1st number sounded SS then what followed didn't. Fair at best with a lot of noise. SMF 4/1
960	0920	USA, unknown with ads and then died when prog recommenced. Ads for car dealership, Apple electronics. Signal dies on hour. SMF 4/1
1000	0825	USA, KOMO presumed with nx and talk. Fair. Bad splash 999 SMF 4/1
1030	0846	USA, KTWO suspected with news and talk. Fair at best. Bad splash 1026. SMF 13/1
1060	0801	CANADA, CKMX (tentative) fair with comedy sketches. Other stns in background. SMF 10/1
1070	0923	USA, KNX very good with nx about the effect of Covid on the advertising industry. SMF 4/1
1090	0939	USA, KFNQ suspected under splash from 1089 with sports.Fair and clear when splash subsided. Seemed to match web feed. Relaying KJR. SMF 13/1
1110	0837	USA, Unknown - possibly KRDC with song 'Hooked On A Feeling' fair at best. 1/21
1130	0753	USA, unknown with talk in EE could not identify. Fair/ poor with fades and mixed with mx. SMF 5/1
1140	0752	USA, KHTK fair with sports talk. SMF 5/1
1150	0758	USA, KEIB with ads and mention of Fox news. Fair levels SMF 10/1
1160	0750	USA, KSL fair with talk but mixed with another talk station, possibly C to C but not sure. 5/1
1170	0757	USA, KLOK fair with Indian vocals. SMF 10/1
1190	0758	USA, KEX Fair with ads. In clear. Good KEX id on hour followed by the news. SMF 14/1
1200	0744	CANADA, CJRJ fair under WOAI with singing // website SMF 5/1
1200	0745	USA, WOAI Fair to good with C to C. SMF 5/1
1260	0840	USA, KMZT dominant, mixed with others SMF 31/12
1270	0740	HAWAII, KNDI fair to good with island mx. SMF 5/1
1310	0750	USA, KMKY at fair levels at times with Asian (sounded Indian) pops. Mixed with what may have been a SS speaking stn and a talk stn. SMF 10/1
1460	0715	USA, KION fair and clear with C to C and talk about organic foods. Fades SMF 5/1
1540	0926	HAWAII, KREA - fair/ gd in KK with lots of talk. Mntions of Hawaii in ads SMF 9/1
1570	0713	HAWAII, KUAI fair/ poor but clear with religious talk. SMF 5/1
1580	0924	MEXICO, XERF at good strenth with mx. SMF 9/1
1670	0812	USA, KHPY fair/ gd in SS and EE with religious talk. SMF 5/1
1690	0811	USA, KSFG (presumed) with mx interspresed with axmnts. SMF 5/1