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Alaska AM DX

SomeRadioGuy

SomeRadioGuy

News Talk ZB's 2KW 1395kHz relay in Oamaru, NZ. It was recorded Wed. Sept 15th at 1402UTC. It's a rough listen but you can hear it in this audio clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vS3W5d5CJ8b5amPLuo2Zn-BeeCprdlpg/view?usp=sharing

A3Z 1017kHz Nukualofa, Tonga at 1421UTC on Fri. Sept 10th with a nice signal and some good, clear island music. Audio https://bit.ly/3EciKEV

4TAB 1008kHz Brisbane, QLD at 1437UTC on Mon Sept 13th with fair signal and clear racing commentary. Audio: https://bit.ly/2VHKOyx

MagicTalk 1107kHz Tauranga, NZ at 1356UTC on Mon Sept 13, 2021 with "This Diamond Ring" By Gary Lewis and the playboys. Fair to good signal. Audio: https://bit.ly/3EhVQfq

4BC 1116kHz Brisbane, QLD at 1350UTC on Mon. Sept 13 with local commercials. Good signal. Audio: https://bit.ly/2Xq1V8P

Gold AM NZ 1503khz (which transmitter is unknown, as they have 2 on 1503khz) Sun Sept 12, 2021 between 1450UTC and 1514UTC with several classic hits songs. Audio #1: https://bit.ly/397TjWA and Audio #2: https://bit.ly/3k6YUCW
 
Those are some long haul Australians and New Zealanders for sure! I've only picked up RNZ on 13.840 Mhz thus far. I wonder what the solar field index was on the 13th when you caught these?
 
ZantennaG1 said:
Those are some long haul Australians and New Zealanders for sure! I've only picked up RNZ on 13.840 Mhz thus far. I wonder what the solar field index was on the 13th when you caught these?
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No idea.. Aus/NZ isnt uncommon up here
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
News Talk ZB's 2KW 1395kHz relay in Oamaru, NZ. It was recorded Wed. Sept 15th at 1402UTC. It's a rough listen but you can hear it in this audio clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vS3W5d5CJ8b5amPLuo2Zn-BeeCprdlpg/view?usp=sharing

A3Z 1017kHz Nukualofa, Tonga at 1421UTC on Fri. Sept 10th with a nice signal and some good, clear island music. Audio https://bit.ly/3EciKEV

4TAB 1008kHz Brisbane, QLD at 1437UTC on Mon Sept 13th with fair signal and clear racing commentary. Audio: https://bit.ly/2VHKOyx

MagicTalk 1107kHz Tauranga, NZ at 1356UTC on Mon Sept 13, 2021 with "This Diamond Ring" By Gary Lewis and the playboys. Fair to good signal. Audio: https://bit.ly/3EhVQfq

4BC 1116kHz Brisbane, QLD at 1350UTC on Mon. Sept 13 with local commercials. Good signal. Audio: https://bit.ly/2Xq1V8P

Gold AM NZ 1503khz (which transmitter is unknown, as they have 2 on 1503khz) Sun Sept 12, 2021 between 1450UTC and 1514UTC with several classic hits songs. Audio #1: https://bit.ly/397TjWA and Audio #2: https://bit.ly/3k6YUCW
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Excellent catches!
 
I'll use htis thread exclusively to post some audio during the season. I'm focusing on non asian TP signals this season (transpolar/transpacific). Stuff like NZ/Aus and Europe. Asians are so plentyful here and so strong I dont consider them too too special.
 
I've tried for Tonga or Australia for years, but DU just doesn't happen here. The closest I've had was a strong carrier and no audio on 846 which was likely Kiribati...no ID, no log.
 
crainbebo said:
I've tried for Tonga or Australia for years, but DU just doesn't happen here. The closest I've had was a strong carrier and no audio on 846 which was likely Kiribati...no ID, no log.
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I've never even heard a carrier on 846.. KICY has a loud and wide signal. EVEN when i narrow audio to 1khz if tuned to 846
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
I've never even heard a carrier on 846.. KICY has a loud and wide signal. EVEN when i narrow audio to 1khz if tuned to 846
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KICY does make attempts to broadcast deep into Russia every now and then. Out of natural curiosity, do they reach the east side of Alaska?
 
New logs on Friday Sept 16th.

Hit record on my recorder at 4:59am AK Time KGMZ 1550 and KVRI 1550 were equally trading places, one fading up, the other disappearing and 1 minute later, I caught a fairly clear KUAZ Tucson sign on message

12 minutes later, I had a loud fade up from KLOG 1490 Kelso, WA with local commercials and a sports report.
 
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ZantennaG1 said:
KICY does make attempts to broadcast deep into Russia every now and then. Out of natural curiosity, do they reach the east side of Alaska?
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The "Attempt" is pretty good, thats why they go directional at 11pm and go back non directional at 4am.

And yes, i can hear them fine.
 
Nice catch on KLOG! And the Tucson on 1550 (which I have needed for years). Paul, listen to 1490 a little more and point towards us. If you hear Native American powwow music, you know right then and there it's KYNR in Toppenish, my former semi-local.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
The "Attempt" is pretty good, thats why they go directional at 11pm and go back non directional at 4am.

And yes, i can hear them fine.
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That reminds me, have you received an HD signal from 720 KOTZ?
 
ZantennaG1 said:
That reminds me, have you received an HD signal from 720 KOTZ?
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No, KOTTZ nor KDLG 670 are actually running HD... they just have HD capable transmitters.

KINU 89.9 in Kotezbue, owned by KOTZ is in HD and has sub channels
 
KUAZ-1550 Tucson, ARizona heard Friday September 15th at 5am AK Time with a sign on message.

Here's the audio of KUAZ.. the music is KGMZ San Francisco, Channel Q.... the flutter in KGMZ;s signal is the carrier of KLUAZ coming up, I think... and when you hear a brief interruption in the KGMZ song, that's KUAZ causing that. The KUAZ announcement is a bit hit hard by KGMZ's music but you can hear it fairly well and the NPR programming becomes a bit clearer, even.

Audio:
 
Between 1410UTC and 1530UTC today (Mon Sept 20th) , I had several good fade ups of Star on 657 from NZ, making a new log for me
 
1062kHz Radio Kerman Iran (50KW) Mon Sept 20, 1507UTC with talk and some speech poor to fair signal at times.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
1062kHz Radio Kerman Iran (50KW) Mon Sept 20, 1507UTC with talk and some speech poor to fair signal at times.
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Here's audio of Radio Kerman: https://drive.google.com/file/d/158yTk8T4W487AFgBxv7BQSdLOXnpwC86/view?usp=sharing
SomeRadioGuy said:
Between 1410UTC and 1530UTC today (Mon Sept 20th) , I had several good fade ups of Star on 657 from NZ, making a new log for me
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Here's audio of Star 657kHz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12UoOEA6m0g4C4e9eICHr1xu9n4KCTyPt/view?usp=sharing
 
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