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Heard CBK 540 at near local levels (here in the Seattle area). It's about the fifth or sixth time that's happened during my somewhat infrequent DXing lately. For a few years CBK was mostly MIA. In the 1990s and early 2000s I sometimes tuned it in mornings at work -- that's how dependable it was back thn.

But it appears that DX seasons are improving. Behind CBK is what sounds like female chatter, with male talk interspersed, fluttery and unreadable. The bearing varies a bit, from NNE-SSW to more of a California bearing (which also varies here, due to local magnetic anomalies). I'm guessing it's XESURF.

Last couple nights I fired up my trusty Panasonic RF-B45, probably my best overall MW receiver, for portability, performance, and sound. If the PR-D5 had the sound that the Panasonic has it would probably ace it. My Superadios are great.... but sometimes when DXing I prefer the digital tuning. If I am taking my time analog is fine, though... you just count the channels....
 
With the unusually low solar activity, the skywave may be better at higher latitudes than the new skywave model would predict. I have also rarely heard CBK in recent years. Perhaps it has been on STA at lower power? Maybe that's why I had that opening a couple of years ago for WGTO/WFLF.
 
Overland Park, Kansas.
Wasn't that the offices of a well-known broadcasting publication?
 
New sunrise GY catch for me this morning about 7:15 am CST/1315 UTC. 1450 KNSI, St. Cloud, MN on top of the mess for about 10 minutes with news ready by female announcer and positive ID. Distance: 374 miles. Radio: C Crane Skywave.

Also....I was hearing country music earlier this morning on 1190 at around 3:30am CST/0930 UTC. No ID or other content aside from "AM 1190" between songs. I'm GUESSING CFSL from Weyburn, SK. According to R-L, the other country stations on 1190 ID with their FM translator frequencies. The CFSL website features only an "AM 1190" logo at the top of the page. I'm also guessin that if this was CFSL, they were on 10kw non-directional day power, The 5kw night deirectional pattern has a very deep null in my direction. Anyway, the signal was ranging from fair to good and on top for about twenty minutes. Once again the radio was the C Crane Skywave. Distance: 900 miles.
 
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Nice catch cyberdad. I should be spending more time on the graveyard channels.
 
Yes, Nice Catch

When I go Walmart here in Carmichael, CA when it's cold, I take my Sony ICF-P20 or 26 to DX AM

On Friday around 11am I heard a Very Weak KNX
 
CBK Watrous, SK on 540 has been coming in very well the last few nights here in the Chicago area. Right now it's dominating the frequency with CBC news.
 
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cyberdad said:
New sunrise GY catch for me this morning about 7:15 am CST/1315 UTC. 1450 KNSI, St. Cloud, MN on top of the mess for about 10 minutes with news ready by female announcer and positive ID. Distance: 374 miles. Radio: C Crane Skywave.

Also....I was hearing country music earlier this morning on 1190 at around 3:30am CST/0930 UTC. No ID or other content aside from "AM 1190" between songs. I'm GUESSING CFSL from Weyburn, SK. According to R-L, the other country stations on 1190 ID with their FM translator frequencies. The CFSL website features only an "AM 1190" logo at the top of the page. I'm also guessin that if this was CFSL, they were on 10kw non-directional day power, The 5kw night deirectional pattern has a very deep null in my direction. Anyway, the signal was ranging from fair to good and on top for about twenty minutes. Once again the radio was the C Crane Skywave. Distance: 900 miles.
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Great catch!
 
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CBK Watrous, NF on 540 has been coming in very well the last few nights here in the Chicago area. Right now it's dominating the frequency with CBC news.
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CBK is in Saskatchewan, not NF.
 
You are correct sir. Thanks. I fixed it.

Of course CBT Grand Fall, Newfoundland is much tougher to hear on 540, but not impossible.
 
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DX ALERT!

670 - KMZQ NV, Las Vegas; with Jim Bohannon destroying KBOI at 2015 PT 1/23. Not needed of course, but this has to be on 25KW day power and could have a chance out in the Midwest for those not near WSCR.
 
crainbebo said:
DX ALERT!

670 - KMZQ NV, Las Vegas; with Jim Bohannon destroying KBOI at 2015 PT 1/23. Not needed of course, but this has to be on 25KW day power and could have a chance out in the Midwest for those not near WSCR.
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I looked on both websites, both KBOI & KMZQ are running the same program, Did you get a ID?
 
Last night for two hours I had an unidentified musical station under KMOX on 1120 kHz. As hard as I tried matching it with a stream and trying to ID it using various SDR's I was not able to do it until I got some help from fellow DXer on an AM related Facebook page who was able to match the station on the Atlanta SDR as WXJO Douglasville, GA, a daytimer that forgot to sign off. Turned out to be a new one for the log book.

Last night was also good for Cuban reception, resulting in new log of Radio Reloj on 950 kHz under local WNTD. Also new was Radio Artemisa on 1020 kHz mixing with KDKA.
 
CADXER said:
Last night for two hours I had an unidentified musical station under KMOX on 1120 kHz. As hard as I tried matching it with a stream and trying to ID it using various SDR's I was not able to do it until I got some help from fellow DXer on an AM related Facebook page who was able to match the station on the Atlanta SDR as WXJO Douglasville, GA, a daytimer that forgot to sign off. Turned out to be a new one for the log book.

Last night was also good for Cuban reception, resulting in new log of Radio Reloj on 950 kHz under local WNTD. Also new was Radio Artemisa on 1020 kHz mixing with KDKA.
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Nice catches. Really nice. I've heard Reloj on 950 once or twice at my location but it's been at least 20 years....even though I keep trying. As for 1020, the R. Artemisa signal from Cuba isn't all that impressive in Florida, so it would figure to be tough around here.
 
CADXER said:
Last night for two hours I had an unidentified musical station under KMOX on 1120 kHz. As hard as I tried matching it with a stream and trying to ID it using various SDR's I was not able to do it until I got some help from fellow DXer on an AM related Facebook page who was able to match the station on the Atlanta SDR as WXJO Douglasville, GA, a daytimer that forgot to sign off. Turned out to be a new one for the log book.

Last night was also good for Cuban reception, resulting in new log of Radio Reloj on 950 kHz under local WNTD. Also new was Radio Artemisa on 1020 kHz mixing with KDKA.
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Nice catch and good "detective" work.
 
This one is from 18137UTC/917AM AK Time Jan 17th and it's rough but you can hear music and I was able to stream match it. It's 10KW Radio Dechovka 1233khz from the Czech Republic:


This is 400KW 118khz MR4 Nemzetiségi from Hungary on the same morning as Radio DEchovka. The 1188khz audio is so good and signal so strong, I was excitedly pretending to conduct my own orchestra while standing in my driveway.

Talk Sport 1089khz from the same morning, held in and even got stronger over a period of 15 minutes! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0qOCPxIr4srPPoF1DvwFtT6Iyrid3mk/view?usp=sharing

This is 50kw Radio Qazvin 1125khz from Iran: https://drive.google.com/file/d/128FLqb9WryQqUFOQUXHYm8CiTeTx2dTu/view?usp=sharing
Ive heard several other Iranian and Saudi signals as well
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
This one is from 18137UTC/917AM AK Time Jan 17th and it's rough but you can hear music and I was able to stream match it. It's 10KW Radio Dechovka 1233khz from the Czech Republic:


This is 400KW 118khz MR4 Nemzetiségi from Hungary on the same morning as Radio DEchovka. The 1188khz audio is so good and signal so strong, I was excitedly pretending to conduct my own orchestra while standing in my driveway.

Talk Sport 1089khz from the same morning, held in and even got stronger over a period of 15 minutes! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0qOCPxIr4srPPoF1DvwFtT6Iyrid3mk/view?usp=sharing

This is 50kw Radio Qazvin 1125khz from Iran: https://drive.google.com/file/d/128FLqb9WryQqUFOQUXHYm8CiTeTx2dTu/view?usp=sharing
Ive heard several other Iranian and Saudi signals as well
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Great stuff!
 
Excellent conditions so far this evening on the AM band here in Chicago. Many Cubans and Mexicans with good signals noted. Also had Spain on 684 kHz fading in and out at 8 pm CST.
 


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