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To the NA users thank you for the logs and feedback on the forum.

As I am located at 55N latitude, you all have probably noticed that this receiver is very susceptable to Auroral conditions. This equates to Northern Canada !!! MW conditions can change at the drop of a hat, from being really good to being absolute shit...

The hardest DX has been:
Japan: 1278 JOHR, 1332 JOSF
S. Korea: 972 HLCA, 1170 KBS
Alaska: 680 KBRW, 970 KFBX
These station are all located on a bearing that goes through the Auroral zone, so are only possible during very quite solar periods i.e. sunspot minimum.

Never heard Aus or NZ, so that would be really good..

Anyway it's nice to see what you guys are hearing so I know if the node is performing or not. There are some DXers in Europe that never leave any feedback :-\

Good listening..
Alan (oldtimer)
 
For Japan, I've logged 594 JOAK, 693 JOAB, 747 JOIB, 774 JOUB. For Korea, I've logged 972 HLCA.
For AK-it's only two stations. KTKN 930 and KTZN 550.

-crainbebo
 
Tonight's logs at 0600 GMT, Atlantic DX. Poor conditions again.

570 Radio Reloj Cuba very poor
590 VOCM poor-fair with EU splatter
600 CBNA poor lots of EU splatter
650 threshold
660 WFAN threshold
670 Cuba very poor
710 Radio Rebelde Cuba poor to fair, listenable in USB mode
740 CHCM Marystown, Nfld very poor with C&W
750 CBGY-NF poor
770 threshold
780 threshold
800 either VOWR-NF or PJB Netherlands Antillies, poor with lots of splatter
860 CJBC Toronto threshold
930 CFBC fair
950 CKNB poor-fair
1010 threshold
1030 threshold
1130 WBBR fair
1140 CBI poor-fair
1180 Radio Marti Cuba fair, very listenable. This tied with WBBR as best signal of the night
1190 threshold of an SS station
1200 CFGO poor-fair, possible CCI WXKS under?
1280 SS talk (is WADO-NY back on?), poor
1390 possibly WEGP-ME but couldn't tell, very very poor
1500 WFED poor-fair
1510 WUFC very poor
1520 WWKB fair

That's all she wrote...
-crainbebo
 
Had 2 chances to listen to Atlantic DX tonight, first chance around 0430UTC. Conditions poor, even WBBR was weak.
Came back about 0640Z and again poor conditions. The only stations I heard above the noise level were WBBR & WINS.
WFAN & WBZ at noise level along with Radio Reloj 570. Heard something on 640, but could not identify. Heard a UK station on 750. Don't know where that was. No WWKB tonight when I listened & that's usually pretty dependable. Another sign of poor conditions. No WCBS or WABC.
The good news about listening at this time was the low noise levels due to most of the rest of Europe being in daylight.
 
radioman148

Dunno what the station on 750 was, that's not a UK or European frequency. I do know there is a harmonic on 650 from 846 the Irish Pirate "Radio North" which is less then ten miles from me. Have a listen on 846 from your side, its a 1Kw so would be a great
catch !!

Cheers and hoping for better conditions.
Alan (oldtimer)
 
old_timer said:
Cheers and hoping for better conditions.
Alan (oldtimer)
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Hey Alan, a big thumbs up, to you and the other Global Tuners node operators. We really appreciate you, for letting us 'borrow' your equipment, at no expense for our-selves. A selfless act of kindness, to your fellow DXers. 8)

Cheers!

~BG
 
radioman148 said:
Had 2 chances to listen to Atlantic DX tonight, first chance around 0430UTC. Conditions poor, even WBBR was weak.
Came back about 0640Z and again poor conditions. The only stations I heard above the noise level were WBBR & WINS.
WFAN & WBZ at noise level along with Radio Reloj 570. Heard something on 640, but could not identify. Heard a UK station on 750. Don't know where that was. No WWKB tonight when I listened & that's usually pretty dependable. Another sign of poor conditions. No WCBS or WABC.
The good news about listening at this time was the low noise levels due to most of the rest of Europe being in daylight.
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Your UK station on 750 was likely CBGY in Newfoundland. Must have been rebroadcasting BBC World Service at the time.
What is your username? Is it the same as here or different? Maybe sometime we could unexpectedly meet up on the Atlantic node at the same time.

-crainbebo
 
Heads up guys.

To let you all know, the East coasters are coming trough at quite good levels already, so it might be a good night on TA MW-DX.

Alan (oldtimer)
 
crainbebo said:
radioman148 said:
Had 2 chances to listen to Atlantic DX tonight, first chance around 0430UTC. Conditions poor, even WBBR was weak.
Came back about 0640Z and again poor conditions. The only stations I heard above the noise level were WBBR & WINS.
WFAN & WBZ at noise level along with Radio Reloj 570. Heard something on 640, but could not identify. Heard a UK station on 750. Don't know where that was. No WWKB tonight when I listened & that's usually pretty dependable. Another sign of poor conditions. No WCBS or WABC.
The good news about listening at this time was the low noise levels due to most of the rest of Europe being in daylight.
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Your UK station on 750 was likely CBGY in Newfoundland. Must have been rebroadcasting BBC World Service at the time.
What is your username? Is it the same as here or different? Maybe sometime we could unexpectedly meet up on the Atlantic node at the same time.

-crainbebo
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Crainbebo, My user name on GT is "Hogmann". Feel free to contact me if you see me on there.
 
Tonight's DX 0445 Zulu, conditions mostly toward Cuba but heard possibly TWO more of cd637299's states stations...

570 Radio Reloj Cuba very poor
590 VOCM noise level up to fair signal
600 CBNA poor-very poor along with something else under at threshold level
610 threshold level
650 Tropical-salsa music in SS. Maybe Cuba?
660 WFAN poor but listenable
670 Cuba poor with splatter
680 threshold
700 threshold
710 Radio Rebelde Cuba times 3! Poor-fair signal of all 3 echos!
740 CHCM fair down to very poor, also two others, one talk the other SS (Cuba?), increasing up to poor-fair levels
750 CBGY Newfoundland very poor-poor + time pips below, Venezuela?
760 threshold
770 WABC NYC very very poor in splatter
780 Mexican (Cuba?)
820 threshold?
830 someone with EE TOH News, maybe WCRN-MA
870 maybe Mexican music, threshold-very poor
880 WCBS poor-fair decreasing to almost threshold level...
920 SSer very poor
930 maybe CFBC very poor
940 WINZ Miami, FL Fox Sports Radio poor signal but heard play by play and mention of FSR! cd637299 will be SO happy to hear about this!
950 CKNB-NB poor-fair ID and "Give Your Heart a Break" by Demi Lovato, clear.
970 threshold
1000 another SSer with music (Cuba?)
1010 WINS fair
1020 Radio Reloj Cuba poor-very poor
1030 SS? Very poor
1130 WBBR fair at 0445. Then an SS at 0520 mixing with WBBR!
1140 Spanish station, poor + CBI at same level
1180 Radio Marti HUGE levels, good to very good!! Definite best signal of the night...
1190 threshold
1200 WXKS Boston comedy, very poor
1280 SS so likely WADO New York, poor
1310 threshold
1330 Upbeat SS music, maybe WWRV? poor-very poor
1360-Who's got Classic Country or Adult Standards? Poor
1400-Unknown Christian Talk station-soon faded. Poor signal.
1480-Talk station (WSAR?) very very poor
1500-WFED fair
1510-WUFC fair
1520-WWKB fair
1660-WGIT Puerto Rico poor with likely another FL station, WCNZ, under.

-crainbebo
 
WINZ should be possible there! Glad to know it made it.

The 1180----make sure the distinction between R Marti & Radio Rebelde in Cuba. If SW 5025 matches, it's Rebelde. If 6030 matches, Marti.

cd
 
I noticed from last nights logs, the number of Cuban stations appearing. The antenna's bearing has been shifted a little further to the North. That should favour the Mid-West/West Coast. I am restricted as to how much I can move it, as I then begin to loose the ability to null out the stations from Spain and those Europeans off the back of the antenna.

If you can't be bothered keeping a log, just make a comment on the receiver chat text, just freq and comment, I will then see it on my node log, thanks.

Have fun, and keep the logs coming.

Alan (oldtimer)
 
old_timer said:
I noticed from last nights logs, the number of Cuban stations appearing. The antenna's bearing has been shifted a little further to the North. That should favour the Mid-West/West Coast. I am restricted as to how much I can move it, as I then begin to loose the ability to null out the stations from Spain and those Europeans off the back of the antenna.

If you can't be bothered keeping a log, just make a comment on the receiver chat text, just freq and comment, I will then see it on my node log, thanks.

Have fun, and keep the logs coming.

Alan (oldtimer)
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I also noticed the caribbean stations were dominating last night. Thanks for making the adjustment.
 
Atlantic DX report for tonight again indicated to me that the Caribbean stations were most dominant between 0430-0500Z
I heard a weaker than usual WBBR on 1130 and CFRB over WINS on 1010. Those were the only NA stations I heard during the time I listened.
Heard Spanish language on 570, 660, 770, 780 and 1100. A weaker than normal WWKB on 1520 was the only other NA I heard.
Conditions still favoring Caribbean, but even those were weak tonight when I listened.
 
I think you guys are listening on this node a bit too early in the morning, I never had much luck DXing at 02-06z my time.
Best DX to the West is just after sunrise for about an hour. Infact WINS was still a good level at 0950z this morning along
with the usual big East coasters.

Regards
Alan (oldtimer)
 
old_timer said:
I think you guys are listening on this node a bit too early in the morning, I never had much luck DXing at 02-06z my time.
Best DX to the West is just after sunrise for about an hour. Infact WINS was still a good level at 0950z this morning along
with the usual big East coasters.

Regards
Alan (oldtimer)
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I'll try to stay up later on the weekends :)
 
Basically it is just a matter of when it'll be dark in both Europe AND the Americas.

cd
 
Global Tuners is always full of little surprises. I'm on the node in Sekule, Slovakia (http://www.globaltuners.com/receiver/vk4fsgw.php?receiver=232), trying to use 1413 kHz BBC WS Oman as a possible match, for DXing from my location. Sure the Spaniards are there, but underneath, and sometimes on top, is the 500 watt Premier Christian Radio (snagging either the Gatwick or Kent signal). There's BBC locals mixing in there, each listed at 500 watts, as well.

~BG
 
old_timer said:
Heads up guys.

To let you all know, the East coasters are coming trough at quite good levels already, so it might be a good night on TA MW-DX.

Alan (oldtimer)
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Alan, I was able to get on your Atlantic MW DX receiver last year's winte DXing season and enjoyed some nice catches but when I tried recently, I can't see the receiver.

There's something at the bottom of my screen asking if I want to download a program but I don't know if that's specifically for your receiver or some unknown thing that may have somehow gotten into the site.

Has anyone else had this issue?
 
Sunday Morning DX 0730 UTC from Atlantic DX. One other person there who refused me to tune, so only one frequency tonight.

1600-WUNR Massachusetts with pretty good signal, salsa music. 20kw. No sign of anything else under, including no WWRL. New target!

-crainbebo
 
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