Loggings for the first half of April

 

Freq	Time UTC	Details
590	0803	ARGENTINA, Unknown fair but mixed when KSSK in fade. Possibly R Nacional from what was heard elsewhere this evening. 16/4 SMF
820	0808	USA, WBAP Ft Worth TX fair with talk but mixed with a mx stn - can't work out which. 7/4 SMF
840	0903	ARGENTINA, R Bahia Blanca LU2 fair and clear with talk in SS // website. 8/4 SMF
850	0925	URUGUAY, R Carve (tentative) Fair in SS. Ads at 0927 then talk. //website. 8/4 SMF
870	0848	ARGENTINA, LRA1, R Nacional briefly in clear with id and talk in SS. Not strong, but clear. 7/4 SMF
880	0754	USA, KWIP Dallas OR (tentative) fair/ poor suffering very bad splash 882 with talk in SS. It does not sound like R Union. 5/4 SMF
880	0908	ARGENTINA, LU14 R Provincia de Santa Cruz mixed with another - a religious prgm but not R Union according to web feed. Fair at best but with deep fades. Sta Cruz had mx // website. 9/4 SMF
970	0634	USA, KHTY, Bakersfield, CA possibly with sports talk. Poor and bad splash - brief peaks. 8/4 SMF
1050	0853	URUGUAY, R Uruguay fair at best with jazz prog. Deep fades and much noise. // web Thanks to BCM for the tip 12/4 SMF
1110	0852	USA, KFAB fair with C to C 6/4 SMF
1110	0837	USA, Unknown - possibly KRDC with song 'Hooked On A Feeling' fair at best. 1/21
1230	0958	ARGENTINA, LT2 R Dos, Rosario (tentative) with SS talk. Don't think it was a US station, other Argentinian stations heard this evening. Fair on peaks, but they were few and far between. 13/4 SMF
1360	0839	USA, KKMO Tacoma, WA poor with mx and axmnts in SS //web. Mixed with another SS - I don't think it is Bienestar. 6/4
1420	0824	USA, KSTN Stockton CA fair at best with mx. Mixed with KKEA, but on top on occasion. Clear id at 0825 SMF 30/3
1480	1038	PERU, R Espinar likely with SS axmnts and Andean mx 15/4 SMF #
1500	0711	HAWAII, KHKA fair/ poor with sports talk. Interference from 1503. 2/4 SMF
1530	0823	USA, KFBK Sacramento CA - fair with talk but mixed with The Wireless SMF 2/4

A further new verie

 KZOO 1210 in Honolulu has come back for an April 2020 logging. I sent the report via Messenger and reveid a reply almost a year later. Another welcome verie.

A new verie

 KSTN 1420 in Stockton, CA has come back with a verie for a logging on March 30. They were heard with a music program with no sign of the Hawaiian KKEA. I sent the report via their Facebook page and back came the reply just over a week later. I have only just seen it.

Thanks to the people at The Bull 105.9!

A new logging

 Conditions have been a bit up and down of late. I recently installed a new EWE pointing more or less south east. as a result I have been hearing some South Americans, particularly in Argentina and Uruguay.

I will post a list of my loggings for April shortly. 

In the meantime I was very pleased to hear Radio Uuruguay last evning broadcasting on 1050 kHz. They were playing a programme of jazz music and at times were heard at quite good levels. There was no sign of the station I normally hear on that frequency, KTCT in California.

I have sent a report off as well as a short recording, so hopefully something may come of it.

A new verie

 A verie has come in from CDNK on 7580. This comes out of Uzbekistan, broadcasts in Korean and is destined for North Korea. The verie was signed by J from the Republic of Korea and the email address was thfskan54@gmail.com

I recorded the programme at 1359 for the opening and it registered S9 here in NZ.

Loggings for mid-late March

Freq	Time UTC	Details
570	0749	USA, KVI Seattle WA in the mix // website - fair/ poor with red neck, sorry red eye radio //website. SMF 24/3
690	0937	USA, KHNR mixed with another - at fair strength.Mixed but dominant SMF 24/3
710	0734	USA, Unknown - either KSPN or KIRO with ESPN sports talk and ids. Nothing definitive. Fair/ poor SMF 24/3
760	0747	HAWAII, KGU Honolulu presumed with business talk. Fair/poor Bad splash 756. SMF 17/3
830	0745	HAWAII, KHVH Honolulu fair/ good with news and talk. SMF 17/3
850	0906	HAWAII, KHLO fair with relig song but mixed possibly with KOA. 16/3
860	0810	MEXICO, XEMO, Tijuana poor but clear in SS with religous message. // web SMF 11/3
870	0743	USA, WWL possibly with sports talk. Fair at best. SMF 17/3
910	0738	USA, KKSF San Fran fair/ poor in mix // website. It may be mixed with KOXR with SS mx. SMF 17/3
910	0705	USA, KECR El Cajon CA fair/poor with mx over talk // website SMF
960	0745	USA, KNEW Oakland fair/ poor with business talk // website. 16/3 SMF
960	0702	USA, KALE, Richmond WA up occasionally with mx cofirmed as // to web. SS station in the mix possibly XEHK in Gaudalajara?? KNEW and CFAC nowhere to be seen. SMF 11/3
1170	0757	USA, KLOK San Jose fair/ good with Indian vocals but fading and mixed with KFAQ. SMF 17/3
1270	0740	HAWAII, KNDI fair/ poor with talk in an island language. Mixed with KVMI with song identified from website SMF 25/3
1460	0908	USA, KION, Salinas fair with C to C. SMF 25/3
1490	0959	COLOMBIA, HJBS Emisora Punto Cinco, Bogotá - poor with id. SMF 27/3
1580	0818	USA, KBLA Sta Monica with a good/ fair signal. Relig message and mentions of California. One of the easiest Yanks to hear. SMF 17/3

 I am particularly pleased with the logging on 1490 HJBS Emisora Punto Cinco. It was about the only thing showing up on the evening. 

Conditions have been quite noisy.

A Shortwave Verie

 There has been a hobby broadcaster on the air in Australia recently - Bay Islands Radio 5045 kHz - licensed, I might add. They are based near the Gold Coast in Queensland.

Shannon is the contact I have and he said he didn't know if they would ever be on air permanently. In the meantime, they are pumping out the sound in the evenings and it is coming in pretty well to Mangawhai. 

I sent a report last evening and back came the verie this morning.  The email address to use is: islandradio88@gmail.com

Thanks to bryan Clark for the info.