Re: [HCDX] WCRA 1090 Effingham, IL On Late

2018-12-14 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Disregard, it's KVOP Plainview, TX which is listed by topazdesigns.com and radio-locator.com list as silent. It appears to be running gobs and gobs of dead air On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 5:01 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tentative, but pretty sure.

[HCDX] WCRA 1090 Effingham, IL On Late

2018-12-14 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Tentative, but pretty sureStrict sunrise to sunset 1KW Daytimer WCRA 1090 Effingham, IL with The Jim Bohannon Show show at 955pm mountain into dead air at 958pm mountain. 918 miles away from my QTH in Laramie, Wyoming. No actual ID heard but this is the only station on 1090 I can find running

[HCDX] UNID 1450khz/.. good ears & detective work needed!

2018-12-12 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Hi All, I need some help, but I warn this will be a tough one. I am in Laramie, WY and have an UNID station on 1450khz that played "Paperback WRiter" by The Beatles at 632am mountain/1332UTC on Wednesday December 12. THe signal; is actually fairly clear for about 20 seconds of the song that

[HCDX] KNTX-AM 1410 Bowie, TX Reception & Confirmation

2018-12-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
KNTX 1410 Bowie, TX has confirmed my reception of their station at 732pm mountain time on Monday December 3rd when I heard "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes. 150 Watts non directional at 700 miles. Here's the clip, it's rough but you can hear it:

[HCDX] KCKM 1330 Monahans, TX

2018-12-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I've heard them up here in Laramie, WY at some level, sometimes very good several times in the last week. If you need them, go get them.. I have it on some reliable authority they are operating at less then full power by day and higher then licensed power at night and not going directional.at

[HCDX] (slightly OT) Smartphones & DXing

2018-12-02 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I’ve been DXing Canada AMs for a week from here in Laramie WY and my iPhone auto correct is already learning. You know you have an obses... problem when your phone auto corrects to and spells properly the town of “Gravelbourg” Paul _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com

[HCDX] KSWV 810 Santa Fe Format Change?

2018-11-30 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
The station is listed as Spanish/Regional Mexican in several places, including wikipedia, TopazDesigns AM Broadcast data base and radio locator. However, DXing from Laramie WY this morning and I hear them playing pretty traditional english language Christmas tunes with a legal id, that also

[HCDX] AM stations in mexico

2018-11-28 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Where can I find a list thats at least fairly accurate of AM stations form Mexico? _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN

Re: [HCDX] 820khz Spanish

2018-11-28 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
f it`s > really classical/cultural there is/was XEUDO Los Mochis if it still exist.. > Glenn Hauser, OK > > > On Wed, 11/28/18, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Subject: Re: [HCDX] 820khz Spanish > To: "Hard-Core-DX"

Re: [HCDX] 820khz Spanish

2018-11-28 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
It sounds like it's back to back music with no liners, id's or announcements and some of the transitions between songs are very abrupt and sudden On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:35 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Who on 820khz would be running spanish langu

[HCDX] 820khz Spanish

2018-11-28 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Who on 820khz would be running spanish language music? One song I'm hearing now almost sounds like it's classical, but not sure. Nothing I can find in the US matches and I know less than nothing about Mexican radio. I'm hearing a second song that sounds a bit more adult contemporary in nature. I

Re: [HCDX] CBU 690 Vancouver now at 25,000 Watts fulltime

2018-11-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
2 of the 4 CBU towers have been removed and in speaking with the engineer responsible for the site, he told me they suspect the pattern has changed, but are waiting on some technical studies to be completed to say for sure just how much it has changed. With 2 less towers and 25kw instead of 50kw,

[HCDX] My wellbrook super loop

2018-11-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
My ala100ln parts from wellbrook should be here this week. II have all the other parts needed , support, wire, cables, batteries, etc... I should have it connected to my icom ic746 pro radio and my sony XDRF1HD by the weekend. I plan for my loop to be the same size as before, a 25 foot long by 10

[HCDX] CBU 690 Vancouver now at 25,000 Watts fulltime

2018-11-23 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
>From Canadian Radio News on Facebook: Northwest Broadcasters is reporting that CBC Radio One in Vancouver CBU 690 has now decreased power from 50,000 to 25,000 watts fulltime. The reduction in power was necessitated after a fire destroyed part of the stations transmitting facilities last year

[HCDX] TWR Bonaire & XEROK heard in Laramie, WY

2018-11-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I was hearing spanish religion Thursday night on 800khz so I set my recorder up and let it roll while i watched TV. In reviewing my recording, I heard not only religion from TWR Bonaire, but also XEROK Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Here's a clip from TWR Bonaire where there's a few mentions of "Cooba"

Re: [HCDX] For Sale: Lowe HF225

2018-10-31 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This item is still available. I’m willing to listen to reasonable offers. Paul On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:53 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > It hasnt been used in months, been sitting in a corner as I have no way to > power it when outside DXin

Re: [HCDX] For Sale: Lowe HF225

2018-10-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
, 2018 at 4:53 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > It hasnt been used in months, been sitting in a corner as I have no way to > power it when outside DXing. No remote or power cord/wallwart. > > Make an offer, paypal only. > > Thanks, > Paul >

Re: [HCDX] LOG: CKLQ 880

2018-10-24 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
0 here besides WCBS has been a consistent mix of a > Progreso Cuban and WZAB in the Miami, FL metro .. which goes to show that I > hear a lot better south than west from here. > > Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA > > -Original Message- > From: 'Paul B. Walker,

[HCDX] For Sale: Lowe HF225

2018-10-24 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
It hasnt been used in months, been sitting in a corner as I have no way to power it when outside DXing. No remote or power cord/wallwart. Make an offer, paypal only. Thanks, Paul _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

Re: [HCDX] LOG: CKLQ 880

2018-10-24 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
3LH I hit the road Sunday for my new location. I am not mentioning where I'm moving yet, not that many care.. but will probably be away from my "DX Shack" gear for a month or two until I get settled into a new place and can get things set up. Paul On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 8:20 P

Re: [HCDX] LOG: CKLQ 880

2018-10-22 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
F57/view?usp=sharing Here's a clip from 723am eastern with a "Q Country 91.5" liner into "Tennessee River" By Alabama: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKRaOWevxv38WEtNZuErQ10U0x4YwZRQ/view?usp=sharing On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 10:20 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gma

Re: [HCDX] LOG: CKLQ 880

2018-10-21 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
t 10:20 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Heard about 715am eastern/1115utc Sunday Oct 21 with QCountry mentions, > local DJ, local weather given. I heard the FM this summer as well > > 1175 miles > > Paul Walker > Ridgway PA > Tec

[HCDX] LOG: CKLQ 880

2018-10-21 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Heard about 715am eastern/1115utc Sunday Oct 21 with QCountry mentions, local DJ, local weather given. I heard the FM this summer as well 1175 miles Paul Walker Ridgway PA Tecsun PL880, 300 foot long wire and signal preamp _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [HCDX] Babcock “Test Transmission” on now!

2018-10-15 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
And...Poof, off it went. Gone. Transmitter went off at 1540UTC On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:37 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops. I totally forgot the frequency sorry...11810khz! > > Easy to forget or miss things while DXing outside on my p

Re: [HCDX] Babcock “Test Transmission” on now!

2018-10-15 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Oops. I totally forgot the frequency sorry...11810khz! Easy to forget or miss things while DXing outside on my phone On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:37 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1535UTC Mon Oct 15, this is a test transmission from Babcock via

[HCDX] Babcock “Test Transmission” on now!

2018-10-15 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
1535UTC Mon Oct 15, this is a test transmission from Babcock via Wooferton in the UK. This has been done before and it’s used to identify faults in their transmission system “transmissiont...@gmail.com” is the email address given out for reception reports, as usual. Paul Walker Ridgway PA 300

Re: [HCDX] Mystery 11580khz?

2018-10-12 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Turns out it’s WRMI. From WRMI owner Jeff White: That's us with Radio Nigeria Kaduna in the Hausa language, on daily now at 0500-0900, 1100-1500 and 2000-2300 UTC on 11580, till further notice. It's beamed to West Africa. On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 9:36 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadc

[HCDX] Mystery 11580khz?

2018-10-12 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I've got a mystery station on 11580khz at 1310UTC here in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, USA. It sounds like arabic/quran chanting and speech. I don't think this is WRMI because they aren't listed on this frequency anymore plus check two east coast SDR's and one in western Europe, WRMI should've been

[HCDX] HF Bands today (Tue Oct 9)

2018-10-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
They seem to be rebounding a bit already as of 1614UTC here in the. Notth Western Pennsylvania. I’m hearing some regular stuff that I normally hear which I didn’t hear late Sunday or at all Monday after the sun puked up on us WWV 15mhz is way way better then yesterday. Saudi is audible on

Re: [HCDX] Russian on 11955khz

2018-10-06 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Thanks guys.. it was a bit confusing to me. Paul On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 1:57 AM Roger wrote: > Am 05.10.2018 um 22:55 schrieb Paul B. Walker, Jr.: > > Then whats this from a month ago, it's RFI on 11955 in Russian and not > RTI? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcgaH

Re: [HCDX] Russian on 11955khz

2018-10-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
adcast in Russian on SW any more. > > 9800 is the traditional winter frequency for this broadcast. > > 73, > Eike > > > Am 05.10.2018 um 20:21 schrieb Paul B. Walker, Jr.: > > One site lists Radio Taiwan international and Radio France International > in > > Russian, > &g

[HCDX] Russian on 11955khz

2018-10-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
One site lists Radio Taiwan international and Radio France International in Russian, Both on 11955, both at 1700UTC and both from Issoudun. One site only lists RFI on this channel at 1700, other lists RTI on at this time on 9800khz. RTI’s own site lists 11955 and not 9800. Who is right and who’s

[HCDX] Oman/Cuba 15140khz

2018-09-30 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
As of my last check at 1510UTC Sun Sept 30, it would appear Cuba didn’t sign on at 1500UTC... so if you want or need Oman for your log, go for it. _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/

[HCDX] HF Antennna Tuner Needed

2018-09-16 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Anyone have a dentron 80-10 antenna tuner or something similar? I have one but something inside is starting to fail and I may not be able to find someone to fix it. There's one on ebay for like $35 but it's the wire tuner and I need one with a So239 connection on it. I use this for tuning when

Re: [HCDX] Nigeria

2018-09-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This is what 9690 sounded like yesterday on my radio when Nigeria was still on and RFI Came on it was horrible. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sf7bzinR-Y4pCnt8vB_cIpshXV-zdbUm/view?usp=sharing On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:42 PM Stephen C Wood wrote: > 9689.91 - V.of Nigeria 1935 03 Sep

Re: [HCDX] Nigeria

2018-09-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Just a heads up, some sites list Voice of Nigeria on 9690 at 2000 but one or two i found list it at 1930... which is correct. RFI from Issoudun comems in in Hausa at 2000 also on 9690 and VoN is still on... and it sounds liek an absolute mess. Paul On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:42 PM Stephen C Wood

[HCDX] Toronto FM question

2018-08-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Can anyone in the Toronto area hear and confirm without a doubt if CJKX FM 2 95.9 Toronto booster shows the calls CJKX or would show CJKW? I have a Sony XDRF1HD and the part of the display where it's just call letters in BIG letters briefly showed CJKW and I am wondering if that was corrupted PAD

Re: [HCDX] Voice of Vietnam 9730 & 7280

2018-08-04 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
VOV's programs are all about 27 1/2 minutes long and many times.. the frequency will roll on for an hour or two with different languages.. on the WHR Transmitter that does english spanish english spanish at utc on 7315, theres a bit of dead air at the end of the show, WHR fills with some

[HCDX] ZBM 89.1 Hamilton Bermuda & CKLQ 91.5 Brandon, MB heard in NW PA

2018-07-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I wanted to share my 2 favorite FM DX Catches of the last few weeks, I'm a little behind in posting some stuff.. but I like to save the posting of logs to the interesting stuff CKLQ-FM 91.5 Brandon, Manitoba. 100,000 Watts/1000 feet, 1192.49 miles away and ZBM-FM 89..1 Hamilton, Bermuda. I am in

[HCDX] Denver heard in NW PA.. and I almost logged myself!

2018-06-19 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I had the analog of KIMN 100.3 Denver show up and the HD flash here around 819pm eastern.. and had all this skip activity gone 100 miles north, I would had a chance of hearing myself doing afternoons on KLMI 106.1 Rock River/Laramie, WY (2 hours behind Eastern time and i'M ON 3 TO 7PM THERE) Paul

[HCDX] Fort Worth, Austin & New Orleans in NW PA

2018-06-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This is from Saturday June 2nd and sunday June 3rd in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. 2000 feet in elevation, modified sony XDRF1HD and Kathrein Scala YA7 yagi antenna WQUE 93.3 New Orleans, LA 100,000 Watts at 985 feet. Distance: 1015 miles Ad for House Of Blues, 2018 IHeart Music Festival, Attorney

[HCDX] FM DX Logs from NW PA

2018-05-22 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
The most "productive" day of DX'ing this week was probably Thursday, with several new stations logged. I did have some good logs from other parts of the week, including some new stations. This is NOT everything I've logged by any means but ere are my favorite/best logs of the last week or so

[HCDX] For Sale: Icom IC746 Pro

2018-04-29 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Icom IC746 Pro for sale, in good condition. Asking what I paid, $600 plus actual cost of shipping. (Actual shipping will be about $35 I think. Also, No power supply included, the power supply would cost more to ship then its worth but they are easy to find elsewhere) I did SW DXing on it at my

[HCDX] New FM DX Logs

2018-04-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WOKN-WJBR-WTKW! What are 3 NEW Logs on 99.5 FM Monday April 17th? Ridgway, PA with sony XDRF1HD and 5 element Kathrein Scala yagi antenna Here is WJBR Wilmington, DE 99.5 WJBR (50KW/499 feet, 199.23 miles) at 754pm with Delilah, no station specific mentionn given but checking The Delilah

[HCDX] FM DX logs With Audio form NW Pennsylvania

2018-04-08 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here's a few audio recordings of some recent catches in the last week or so Ridgway, PA (NW corner of the state) 2000 feet in elevation Sony XDRF1HD radio with 5 element Kathrein Scala YA7 Yagi NEW LOG! Thursday April 5th, I had my radio on 103.5 and got a very quick fade up at about 7:30pm,

Re: [HCDX] CBCK 107.5 & CFLY 98.3 Kingston, Ontario

2018-04-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
There are some clever software progs written by radio amateurs that > exploit this mode by looking at some of the virtual radar servers > online. I'm sure the FM DXing community must be using them too. > > Nick B. > > On 02/04/2018 15:29, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > CFLY 9

[HCDX] CBCK 107.5 & CFLY 98.3 Kingston, Ontario

2018-04-02 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston, Ontario are both about 100KW at 500 feet, 220 miles away from me. It seems like I have "constant" tropo scatter from them the last few months. Ridgway PA 2000 feet elevation Sony XDRF1HD Radio and Kathrein Scala YA7 5 element yagi antenna The fade ups will

Re: [HCDX] KSL 1160 email?

2018-03-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
radion...@ksl.com was read by a producer/News person and forwarded onto the engineer when I emailed them and I did get a QSL card On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:09 AM Andree Bollin wrote: > hi > I seek a working "QSL" email address of KSL 1160. tnx > 73ABo > _ > Hard-Core-DX

[HCDX] A response from Radio Kuwait! Well, sort of.....

2018-03-15 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I got a small packages from Kuwait today. A couple of observations: A.) It had clearly been opened and inspected, no attempt whatsoever to hide it, tidy that up. B.) No QSL card from Radio Kuwait, just a calendar. Hey, I'm happy.. it's SOMETHING... I'd been trying to get a response out of

Re: [HCDX] FM DX Logs from Northwest PA

2018-03-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
OOPS, no picture. sorry folks. Put this on facebook originally and forgot to remove that line mentioning the CJDL tower! On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a few FM DX logs from Northwest Pennsylvania in the last littl

[HCDX] FM DX Logs from Northwest PA

2018-03-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here's a few FM DX logs from Northwest Pennsylvania in the last little while. This isn't everything I've logged but what I find interesting for one reason or another and is presented in no particular order. Details: Ridgway PA (NW corner of the state halfway between Olean NY and State College,

Re: [HCDX] FM DX Logs from Northwest PA

2018-03-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
:22 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > OOPS, no picture. sorry folks. Put this on facebook originally and forgot > to remove that line mentioning the CJDL tower! > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walke

[HCDX] Some FM DX Logs

2018-01-11 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here are some of my logs from the last week or so of FM DXing. This isn't everything, but rather some of my favorites. Location: Ridgway, Pennsylvania (NW corner of the state). 2000 feet in elevation. Equipment: Sangean HDT1, 5 element log periodic FM Antenna (soon to be upgraded to 9 element log

[HCDX] 3 New Logs on 99.7 and 1 on 97.9

2018-01-06 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I logged 3 NEW stations on 99.7 FM on Friday. NY, NH and VA. WNTK New London, NH. 1400 Watts/676 feet at 330 miles NE of me. All I got was about 5 seconds worth of a commercial for "Newport Chevrolet". WNTK General Manager Matt Cross confirmed that it was in fact WNTK who ran that very ad at

[HCDX] Montana FM Heard in Pennsylvania

2017-12-31 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
KMCJ 99.5 Miles City, Montana. 100KW at 801 feet. 1413 miles to my Northwest. Heard at 6:36pm Eastern/4:36pm Mountain Sun Dec 31st with "20 The Countdown with Jon Rivers". Audio clip with another station mixing in at times, but you'll clearly here the Jon Rivers show:

[HCDX] FM DX from NW PA

2017-12-22 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here are my favorite FM DX Catches over the last week or so. It's not everything I've logged, but these are my favorites. Location: Ridgway, PA at 2000 feet in elevation with Sangean HDT1 and 5 element log periodic FM Antenna. Largely free of terrain obstructions and at almost the highest point in

[HCDX] FM DX NW PA Thu Dec 7th

2017-12-08 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Only 4 things of note in my FM DX'ing from Thursday December 7th. And they weren't even that "special". Sangean HDT1, 5 element log periodic antenna at 2000 feet in elevation. I had 93.7 The Fan KDKA Pittsburgh, PA making it through the B94, WKBI 93.9 slop (the tower is 1 mile away from me).

[HCDX] TV tuner for PC?

2017-12-06 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I’ve never done tv DXing before but with my height advantage here, I want to try it. I have no idea what’s good and what’s not, but I know there’s crap out there and you get what you pay for. I have a Win XP laptop I’m not using I can Dedicate to this. I’d like to stick to something I can buy

[HCDX] FM DX NW PA Dec 5th and 6th

2017-12-06 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here's a little summary with audio clips from FM DXing on Tue Dec 5th and Wed Dec 6th in Ridgway, PA NW Corner of the state, halfway between State College PA and Olean, NY. 2000 feet in elevation with a Sangean HDT1 and 5 element yagi 15 feet off the ground, hanging off my porch. I wouldn't call

Re: [HCDX] [ABDX] FM DX from Ridgway, PA Mon Nov 27

2017-11-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
t; > You all need to come out here next season. That's midwinter DX on the > island. > > Rick S., Rodanthe NC OBX FM25go > > Rick Shaftan > Atlantic Media and Research > 252-987-0210 <(252)%20987-0210> > On Nov 27, 2017 23:54, "'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' walkerbroa

[HCDX] FM DX from Ridgway, PA Mon Nov 27

2017-11-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here are some highlights from my FM DXing from Monday November 27, 2017. Sangean HDT1 with 5 element yagi antenna at 2000 feet elevation located in Ridgway, PA WKSV-89.1 HD2 & HD3 Thompson, OH 130 miles to my Northwest at about 830AM (50KW at 475 feet) HD2 Audio:

[HCDX] FM DX from NW PA

2017-11-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sangean HDT1, 5 element Yagi at 2000 feet in elevation Ridgway, Pennsylvania Had a strong enough signal Sunday night to get RDS lock on CBCL 93.5 London, Ontario from 150 miles north of me. Here's some audio: https://app.box.com/s/b8mb6l59pm1j9zkunekyztm99fw48hwz WGPR, Hot 107.5 Detroit seems to

[HCDX] My favorite TP signals

2017-11-20 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
When living in Alaska from December 2015 to April 2017, I had some amazing DX despite frigidly cold temperatures. One of my favorite regular catches was Eagle 810, part of AFN Tokyo from Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 50,000 Watts non directional signal was a regular visitor. some days it was good,

Re: [HCDX] Test transmission on 9650 now

2017-11-16 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
That's Babcock at Wooferton. On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Chris Smolinski < csmolin...@blackcatsystems.com> wrote: > Same noted here in Maryland, USA. Seems to be gone now. > > Chris Smolinski > Black Cat Systems > http://www.blackcatsystems.com > > > > > On Nov 16, 2017, at 6:52 AM, Manuel

Re: [HCDX] Radio Biafra 11530 AM 1926 UTC 12 Nov 2017

2017-11-13 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Thats WRMI Okeechobee, Florida beaming to W Africa On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Chris Smolinski < csmolin...@blackcatsystems.com> wrote: > I stumbled upon this while checking out the 25 meter band. Clear ID by a > man in EE, then into another language. Very strong signal, SIO 555. I > wonder

Re: [HCDX] Radio Nacional De Equatorial Guinea

2017-11-02 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
x.com%2Fs%2Fp7d030xhagzg8ypgv2iktpt8nni06s4m=ATPQuL3zfXWk8d9sfvLo1-EQX85W3KMfCtXlRfWbA0wzDw9cfdYPXICFkAzNEwj_0c8HVlO12E91X1SWNcAvf4i96Iegpt3if1-55MO5vAwWZ-IoeurfWoRGt6I4FhfA2MO6rCQO> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:25 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Back in late Ju

[HCDX] Radio Nacional De Equatorial Guinea

2017-11-02 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Back in late July, Radio Nacional De Equatorial Guinea appeared to have reactivated it's 6250khz. I heard it 3 days in a row fairly well here in NW Pennsylvania, USA. Unforuntately, I have not heard it since and I don't think anyone else has. Well, I mailed them a reception report in early August

Re: [HCDX] [ptsw] Oman 15140khz- Why I Listen & Post So much.

2017-11-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
gt; on posting. Nice video too. > > John > > > On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:38 AM, "'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com [primetimeshortwave]" <primetimeshortwave@ > yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > People complain that there's nothin

[HCDX] Oman 15140khz- Why I Listen & Post So much.

2017-11-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
People complain that there's nothing but talk, religion and politics left on Shortwave. I choose to listen to 90.4 Oman FM on shortwave because it is something different. We have to support the stations we have left on Shortwave or soon what little we have will begin disappearing. Let the

Re: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News, October 30-31

2017-11-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Shocking... Cairo running an unscheduled transmission. During A17, i caught french on 9885 followed by english after it.. and they arent even registered for 9885 at any time. I'also heard english on 9895 during A17 Paul On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Ivo Observer

[HCDX] Tip: Kuwait 15110khz DRM

2017-10-31 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Apparently, Kuwait has been spotted lighting up another DRM Broadcast. Hat tip for this goes to Mauno Ritola, the WRTH Facebook page and another user there. I have 15110khz here in Pennsylvania, and if this were analog it'd be a pretty good signal but DRM is not holding lock and only revealing

[HCDX] Lil' Bit O' Sunrise DX

2017-10-31 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
October 31st, 2017 6:20AM Eastern WITK AM 1550 Pittston, PA American center for law and justice promo, matched to webstream. Poor to fair 6:33AM Eastern WPTF-AM 680 Raleigh, NC A mention of NC News and then a mention of WPTF mention during a short advertisement interview, followed by a “this

[HCDX] HD “Damage” Report from Pennsylvania

2017-10-30 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
KMOX 1120 HD is creaming the buhjesus out of WBBR 1130 tonight and doing decent damage to WBT 1110 as well. WSCR 670 HD is beating up WFAN 660 pretty nicely and putting a dent in 680News Toronto. WPHT 1210 HD Is tearing into WHKW 1220 Cleveland and destroying whatever on 1200 My QTH: WARREN, PA

[HCDX] A Few Sunrise AM Logs Mon Oct 30

2017-10-30 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Some decent logs this morning including getting to hear one of my best radi ofriends on the air via skip (See WWJZ 640 log) 7:08AM Eastern 1520 WTHE Mineola, NY Mentions of local churches and pastors including a few in “Brentwood” and I thought this was them but then matched to their webstream

[HCDX] NEW ONE! 1340 WHAT

2017-10-27 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
716pm Eastern Friday October 27th with what sounded like spanish tropical music. Matched to the WHAT webstream. Distance from Warren, PA (my QTH) to Philadelphia, PA (stations transmitter) is 245 miles Here's 97 seconds worth of audio:

[HCDX] TWO NEW ONES!! 960khz

2017-10-25 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Although not at super great distances, I'll take a new log anywhere anyway I can get it! WATS 960 Sayre, PA and WHYL 960 Carlisle, PA at about 535pm eastern time Wednesday October 25. Heard 2 stations on 960khz swapping positions. Heard an ad for a financial investment office that traced back to

[HCDX] My Ever Evolving Radio Listening Post

2017-10-23 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
My Shortwave listening set up continues to evolve and I thought some people would like to see what I've been up to . Here's a collage look at pictures I took today. (Click the imgur.com link nelow) https://imgur.com/a/6A8Wz I have honestly had a few people ask what I do/use/how I do it, so I

[HCDX] Radio Kuwait DRM

2017-10-22 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I really wish Radio Kuwait could manage to keep their DRM transmissions on the air I have literally been watching the UTwente SDR waterfall and seen the signal disappear I have also logged onto the UTwente SDR when Kuwait 13650khz Arabic DRM and 15540 khz English DRM should've been on but weren't

[HCDX] My Appearance On Radio Romania International

2017-10-21 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
As part of 2017 Listeners day, Radio Romania International's English Service likes to ask it's listeners a question and get their opinion/feedback. This years listeners day show will take place on Sunday November 5th and asks listeners,“How much confidence do you have in the media?” and asks

Re: [HCDX] [WB RADIO] Re: [ptsw] Banging Barrel Of Brick S9+50 Signal From Oman 15140khz!

2017-10-20 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
t you put > into your posts. > > Rick Wald sounds like a jerk. > > Roger Kofler K7DDG. > > > > -Original Message- > From: 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com > > > And this post, remarking where I live and your somewhat hateful comments > s

Re: [HCDX] [ptsw] Banging Barrel Of Brick S9+50 Signal From Oman 15140khz!

2017-10-20 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
love this hobby, love sharing it with others and plan to continue participating and sharing in it. Paul On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > And this post, remarking where I live and your somewhat hateful comments > served

Re: [HCDX] Oman 15140khz = Groundhog Day

2017-10-20 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I do send it out every day anymore as you've noticed. People don't care, so I stopped. I only send something out when it's noteworthy. But I guess Glenn Hauser's logs sent out every day, despite being for multiple stations, arent "like gorundhog day" and are OK On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:04 AM,

[HCDX] Banging Barrel Of Brick S9+50 Signal From Oman 15140khz!

2017-10-19 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
A wonderful show from 90.4 Oman FM on the topic of “How can parents bond with their kids?” Banging barrel of bricks S9+50 signal into NW Pennsylvania today, Thursday October 18 2017 at 1511UTC. it’s as strong as my local 5KW AM, WNAE 1310 which is only 2 miles down the road! relayed via the 100KW

[HCDX] 90.4 Oman FM on 15140kHz

2017-10-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
What a wonderful signal and glorious audio from Radio Sultanate Of Oman 15140khz today, Wednesy October 18th at 1510UTC in NW Pennsylvania . Icom IC-746Pro set on 9khz audio with DXEngineering HF Preamp, EmTech Zm2 Antenna tuner and 25 foot long by 10 foot tall volleyball net shaped magnetic loop

[HCDX] Fwd: TIP: WWSM 1510 Annville-Cleona-Lebanon, PA

2017-10-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This 5 kw Daytimer appears to have not signed off. It’s almost 830pm Eastern Tuesday October 17th and they are overpowering WLAC. Format is Westwood One Radio Networks Classic Country with on air personality mentions of “real Country” The station is missing its liners between songs, after

Re: [HCDX] Mystery Asian 15140khz Carrier

2017-10-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
e native Tibetan people target. > 73 wb > > > ----- Original Message - > From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." > Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mystery Asian 15140khz Carrier > > > CNR1 In Chinese it is. Two people have translated what the female anchor > > said. > > >

Re: [HCDX] Mystery Asian 15140khz Carrier

2017-10-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
CNR1 In Chinese it is. Two people have translated what the female anchor said. On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:08 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been chasing this signal on the UTwente SDR for weeks, if not a month > or more. > > It will

[HCDX] Mystery Asian 15140khz Carrier

2017-10-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I've been chasing this signal on the UTwente SDR for weeks, if not a month or more. It will pop up just after 1400UTC, with a dead carrier, audio will appear and just before 1402UTC, the signal disappears. I recorded UTwente SDR this morning, the news intro theme sounds like it's CRI possibly

Re: [HCDX] [badx] Troubleshooting a crackling noise on my HF/SWradio(s)

2017-10-16 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
If you can > find it, ask the local power company to fix it. > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Monday, October 16, 2017 2

Re: [HCDX] [badx] Troubleshooting a crackling noise on my HF/SW radio(s)

2017-10-16 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
t; Are you sure it is not power line related which the Wellbrook picks up? A > faulty lightning protector on the power line may cause this. Impacted by > the rain. > > On 10/16/2017 1:14 PM, 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com > [badx] wrote: > > > Uggh, I've

[HCDX] Troubleshooting a crackling noise on my HF/SW radio(s)

2017-10-16 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Uggh, I've been pulling my hair out over crackling I'm hearing on the HF/SW bands for the last month or so. It'd gotten to the pointed where most of HF was unlistenable. I'd put an AM Broadcast filter in line and that didn't seem to negate anything even in the slightest. I switched out a few

[HCDX] NEW AM Logs form NW Pennsylvania

2017-10-12 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Radio Rebelde 600khz at 931pm on Thursday October 12 into NW Pennsylvania. It appears to match 5025kHz with two guys talking, heard something about futbol en espana or some such. Here's some Radio Rebelde audio: https://goo.gl/uwi3UK WASG-AM 540 Daphne/Mobile, Alabama 9:23pm Eastern Thursday

[HCDX] Something that make a DX’s heart skip a beat...

2017-10-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Batteries in my Wellbrook ALA100LN amplifier controller go dead, ok that’s normal. I replace them. Plug in, and the light won’t light up. I double check. Still won’t light up. I thought the Wellbrook amp controller had broken somehow Check the batteries and I had one in backwards switch

[HCDX] RRI English DRM 9535kHz

2017-10-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Radio Romania International English DRM on 9535kHz via Galbeni, Romania to Western Europe at 2045UTC Tues Oct. 10 with a good, solid signal into Northwestern Pennsylvania on a Gospell GR216 DRM Radio, 25 foot long by 10 foot tall magnetic loop antenna connected to a Wellbrook ALA100LN amp

[HCDX] Radio Kuwait DRM

2017-10-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I think they must have be having some serious break downs, or something... Just after 1pm, I checked 13650khz Arabic and got a good signal signal to get the text to decode but audio wouldn't lock on.. it was teetering right on what was useable., so I went for a walk thinking it'd pick up and be a

[HCDX] Oman 15140khz Tues Oct 10

2017-10-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
It was half an hour late signing on, popping up at 1430UTC with several minutes of dead air before engaging in Arabic programming. No english programming today Paul _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

Re: [HCDX] Radyo Pilipinas

2017-10-08 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Mick was being very fair and being overly “complain-y”... not all DXers know about eibi and less know exactly how to read it. It takes a little getting used to On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 1:55 PM Eike Bierwirth wrote: > Mick, > > Can you please not complain about things

[HCDX] Radio Cairo Shortwave

2017-10-07 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I think Radio Cairo has 9800kHz On early, ahead of its 2215UTC English Sign On. This the french service that should be on 9895kHz but isn’t And the Audio is utter distorted trash. GARBAGE even by Radio Cairo’s standards and that says a lot. Radio Cairo could bung up a one car funeral without

Re: [HCDX] Radio Tanzania Zanzibar 11735 kHz

2017-10-07 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Signal is OK here, S8 ish or so... but a little noisy and low-ish modulation On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Arthur Delibert wrote: > Zanzibar, 11735 kHz, is back on the air. Noted at 1855 with good signal. > Man and woman in presumed Swahili. Just before TOH, woman with ID

Re: [HCDX] Radyo Pilipinas

2017-10-07 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
whats listed as english is tagalog/filipino and whats listed as filipino/tagalog is english, on some schedule websites... and why they use such high band frequencies whem their target at night is europe is beyond me On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Mickey Delmage wrote:

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