MWDX Loggings 2013-03-28

Logged a new Canadian x-bander.  Content was ethnic music punjabi/indian.

MWDX Loggings 2013-03-19

I logged a bunch of new Cubans including a Rebelde on 530 fighting with Enciclopedia.  I also logged a low power WHVW from the Poughkeepsie NY area.

MWDX Loggings 2013-03-08

Since CBEF bid farewell to 540 khz, I was curious as to what I would be able to log in its absence.  I was pleasantly surprised by three new loggings on that frequency!   I also picked up another Cuban Rebelde on 550 and a new northern Onatrio on 560!

MWDX Loggings 2013-02-21

Oh look…more Cuba…just what we needed.  🙂

First, under my local 590 I could hear classical music.  I had never heard this before and I couldn’t null out local WEZE completely.  I was able to deduce and confirm via webfeed that it was a Cuban – Radio Musical Nacional, a new one for me.  I also logged Rebelde on 620 and 670 for the first time(s).  In addition to Cuba, I picked up CFCO 630 for a Canadian first.

The remarkable highlight of the night?  WELD 690 from Fisher WV came in with an ID jingle followed by Christopher Cross’ “Fly Like The Wind”.   I needed to confirm this but neither the audio feed on their website  nor the feed link in the TuneIn app on the iPhone was working for me.  The station has their own iPhone app so I downloaded it and tuned in to confirm my reception.  This little station from the area of the state by the Virginia and Maryland borders has a night power rating of 14 watts!

MWDX Loggings 2013-02-16

Two new Cuban loggings this evening.  WHAS from Louisville KY was getting clobbered by Radio Revolucion.

MWDX Loggings 2013-02-05

I had very good signals from the midwest this night.  Its always good to catch new loggings.  CHIN from Toronto and CKDO from further up the 401 in Oshawa were both new.  Montreal was forgiving and let CHHA through as well.  I also got another Cuban ‘rebelde’ on 1620….as if there weren’t already enough of them :-)~~

There were also some signals that I had logged before with different calls.  I got CBEF on its new frequency of 1550 – formerly logged as CBE.  Also Miami came in on 1700 with WJCC – formerly logged as WAFN.  I had already received two out of Iowa so I expected KBGG from Des Moines to make an appearance however Miami dominated 1700.

MWDX Loggings 2013-01-27

I logged a few good new ones.  I finally logged Cuba on 530.  I know for 99% of DX’ers that’s a no-brainer.  However with CIAO, TIS and RVCI (before hurricane transmitter damage), IDing on that frequency is a bit more complicated.  I also logged a Cuban on 600 kHz which was a decent feat for me as the splatter from local 590 is generally intense.  The other major accomplishment was XENQ from about 70 miles NE of Mexico City!  This is my second mexican logging ever!  WFIL was new for me as well. Typically WGAN dominates that frequency only to rarely allow WHYN in.

MWDX Loggings 2013-01-26

Canadian domination was last night’s theme.  There were some first time loggings too!  CFMB, CJWI and CJLO were all new!  I spent a brief time around 19:15 local time on 800 khz and then much more time later that night.

MWDX Loggings 2013-01-24

This marathon length mediumwave session netted me five new loggings!  WURA 920 from Quantico VA was pretty clear for such small night signal.  Format was SS/Latin with a TOH ID in english as well.  WELI and WPRX are smaller signals as well but the distances arn’t that impressive.  Getting Radio Rebelde way up on 1180 was new to me because typically WHAM is impenetrable.  I closed the session with a new logging out of Cape Breton – CJCB!

MWDX Loggings 2013-01-23

This was interesting night.  In addition to the usual suspects, I had some great virgin loggings!  The conditions were very favorable for signals in the Carribean and Mexico to make their way northward.

I lost my mexican virginity!  I logged Mexico for the first time with TDN’s Estadio programming on XEX 730 from Mexico City.  Once CKAC was directionally nulled, XEX’s quality was very good with long periods of no fading.  This was a first for me with a portable radio this far north.

I also logged a new Cuban.  Radio Rebelde on 710kHz was crushing WOR which I’ve never experienced before. Not sure which signal I was receiving (Marti? Chambas?).  Their TOH ID uses a bad 1980’s sounding keyboard trumpet sound.

It should also be noted that there were a couple other interesting UNID spanish signals.  On 730kHz, there was another signal battling both CKAC and XEX.  There was also another interesting spanish broadcast on 730kHz.  I classify both of these signals as emanating from countries other than the United States.  Since my spanish skills are non-existent, this deduction is based on format and presention – no commercials, ID’s, tone etc.   This is no surprise based on how well stations toward the equator were coming in all night.