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

More Shortwave Veries

 Radio Free Asia has answered my reports with three verifications for broadcasts in Burmese (2) on 15110 and 15700 and in Khmer on 12140.

A couple of Shortwave veries

 The Voice of Turkey was heard on 28 March broadcasting in Uighur at 0300 on 7240 kHz and then in English on 6125 kHz at 0400. Both were good signals from memory.

A verification was received on 6 October.

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. 

680	0750	USA, KNBR (presumed) fair/ poor in splash. 30/9 SMF
880	0740	USA, KRVN fair/ poor with talk. 30/9 SMF
1190	0816	USA, KEX fair with Coast to Coast. 30/9 SMF
1200	0818	USA, WOAI good with Coast to Coast but deep fades. 30/9 SMF
1460	0815	USA, KION fair with talk. 30/9 SMF
1480	0801	USA, KNVR with piano music. Up and down - fair at best. //webstream. 30/9 SG
1640	0708	USA, KDIA fair to good with religious message. Condx a bit noisy. 30/9 SMF
1650	0726	USA, KCNZ fair with sports talk. 30/9 SMF
1660	0715	USA, KBRE fair/ poor and mixed with another. // webstream. 30/9 SMF
1670	0756	USA, KHPY fair with religious talk. 30/9 SMF

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.

1410	0800	USA (Unknown) died on the hour but had financial ads at 0805. Possibly KERI or KBNP. 29/9 SG
1420	0758	HAWAII, KKEA good but deep fades. Ads for ESPN Honolulu. 29/9 SMF
1480	0758	USA (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)

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.

580	0737	USA, KMJ (presumed) poking through the noise with talk. 28/9 SG
710	0717	CUBA, R Rebelde (Tentative) fair with what sounded like jazz mx with female vocalist SS talk evident. Fading. 28/9 SMF
780	0740	USA, WBBM ad heard for 780 and 105.9 FM News Radio WBBM. 28/9 SMF
830	0755	USA/ HAWAII (presumed) KLAA mixed with KHVH - sports talk vs news. KLAA dominant. Fair. 28/9 SMF
940	0732	USA, 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