2021 June 25 FM logs

MHz        UTC        ITU        Program + Location        Details        Remarks        km

 88.10        1821        ALG        Radio Batna, Biskra/Djebel Metlili (5)                 PI logged: 2405 PS logged: BATNA_FM        1869km

 88.80        1942        ALG        Radio Annaba, Souk Ahras/Djebel M’cid (41)                        1764km

 90.70        1806        ALG        Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal/Djebel Ouash (25)                 PI logged: 2201 PS logged: CHAINE_1        1749km

 93.90        1800        ALG        Radio Constantine, Kef El Akhal/Djebel Ouash (25)                 PI logged: 2425 PS logged: R_CONST_        1749km

 94.40        1802        ALG        Chaîne 1, Biskra/Djebel Metlili (5)                 PI logged: 2201 PS logged: CHAINE_1        1869km

 95.30        1843        ALG        Chaîne 1, Djebel Zerga (28)                        1889km

 97.20        1811        ALG        Chaîne 2, Kef El Akhal/Djebel Ouash (25)                 PI logged: 2202 PS logged: CHAINE_2        1749km

104.30        1813        ALG        Radio Algérie Internationale, Kef El Akhal/Djebel Ouash (25)                 PI logged: 2205 PS logged: RAI_/CT_        1749km

2020 April 26 DAB logs

Some really nice UK dx the past few days. Today was different. A few new stations 11A and 12A Crystal Palace, 11D Thanet/Westwood.

Also I had the first logging of 10C Almere. A new Dutch station that came to air this week. Fortunately for now it does not appear to trouble me with UK dx.

8D 1918 F Dunkerque local, Dunkerque/Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (59)   175km

10B 1522 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK)   211km (51,02)
10B 1545 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK)   220km (51,23)
10B 1945 G Sussex, Truleigh Hill (Shoreham) (EN-WSU)   342km (10,04)

10C 1546 G Suffolk, Felixstowe/Walton Avenue (EN-SFK)   204km (49,02)
10C 1546 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Warren Heath (EN-SFK)   213km (49,03)
10C 1546 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK)   220km (49,14)

11A 1620 G SDL National, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL)   310km (First 11,01)
11A 1744 G SDL National, Wrotham (EN-KNT)   289km (01,07)
11A 1801 G SDL National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT)   244km (01,13)

11B 1554 G London 3, Wrotham (EN-KNT)   289km (08,15)

11D 1524 G D1 National, Chartham (EN-KNT)   243km (01,11)
11D 1609 G D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK)   211km (51,02)
11D 1623 G D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT)   244km (01,13)
11D 1803 G D1 National, Thanet/Westwood (EN-KNT)   215km (First 01,10)

12A 1614 G London 2, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL)   310km (First 11,01)
12A 2023 G London 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT)   289km (08,15)

12B 1555 G BBC National DAB, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK)   211km (51,02)
12B 1804 G BBC National DAB, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT)   244km (01,13)
12B 1914 G BBC National DAB, Chartham (EN-KNT)   243km (01,11)

12B BBC National DAB, Chartham (EN-KNT) 

11D D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT)

SDL National, Wrotham (EN-KNT)  

London 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT)

Sussex, Truleigh Hill (Shoreham) (EN-WSU)   342km

New Dutch station 10C Almere

2020 April 19 DAB logs and news

Well its been quite a 48 hours on the dx front. Firstly we learnt that here locally 8B became obsolete for dx.

8B Randstad Zuid Holland – Zoetermeer

This was my best channel for Denmark and several Germans. But anyhow its probably the start of many more blocked channels. And to be honest when you look at what 8B carries, its not filled with stations that many people would listen to.

Okay onto a bit of dx

April 19 2020

10C    1739    G    North Yorkshire, Bilsdale West Moor (EN-NYK) 446km (46,08)

10D    0226    G    Humberside, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)

11A    1733    G    SDL National, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)

11B    1724    G    London 3, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)

11D    0236    G    D1 National, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)
11D    1725    G    D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)

12A    0238    G    Lincolnshire, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)
12A    1732    G    London 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)

2020 April 18 2020 DAB Logs

Some above average conditions overnight. Conditions I thought were dead at midnight when I went to bed and I decided to throw my antenna northward. Looking at the logs from the night I saw that the UK had indeed returned stronger. I received several stations off the back of the log periodic.

4 new stations for me. 8C was one of the new Dutch stations RegioNoordkop from the delightfully named Hippolytushoef. 6B Markelo has eluded me even though its only 147km away. 5C DR Deutschland Osnabruck & 11D D1 National, Gainsborough in Northamptonshire were the others

Furthest is in red 459km Stoke-on-Trent.

18 April 2020

5C 0302 D DR Deutschland, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 258km (19,12)
5C 0401 D DR Deutschland, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) 256km. First Time (19,03)
5C 0406 D DR Deutschland, Aurich (nds) 267km (19,07)

6B 0249 HOL 6B Oost-Noord NL, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) 147km. First Time (06,06)

8C 0007 HOL 8C RegioNoordkop, Hippolytushoef/Rozenlaantje (nho) 105km. First Time

9D 0803 HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Wieringerwerf/Robbenoordbos (nho) 109km (09,02)

10A 0255 D NDR NDS, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) 214km (32,02)
10A 0315 D NDR NDS, Damme (nds) 271km. First Time (32,03)

10B 0903 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)
10B 0903 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)
10B 1055 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

10C 0836 G North Yorkshire, Bilsdale West Moor (EN-NYK) 446km (46,08)
10C 0904 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

10D 0852 G Humberside, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)

11D 0339 D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 194km (01,01)
11D 0737 G D1 National, Gainsborough (EN-NHS) 374km. First Time (50,01)
11D 0752 G D1 National, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
11D 0841 G D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 1202 G D1 National, Stoke-on-Trent/Alsagers Bank (EN-SFS) 459km (53,02)

12A 0752 G Lincolnshire, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
12A 0918 G Lincolnshire, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)

12B 0710 G BBC National DAB, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
12B 1054 G BBC National DAB, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km  (51,02)

17 April 2020

9D 1109  HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 153km (09,01)

10B 1639 G Norfolk, Dereham/Daffy Green (EN-NFK) 243km (51,16)
10B 1639 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)
10B 1645 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

11D 1702 G  D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 1714 G  D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)

2019 April 16 – DAB Logs

The past few days have seen some nice DAB DX from the U.K. It has been fairly localised as you can see by this map. Mostly around the Norfolk Coast but it did drift down to the center of London during the night. The previous night it was good to see Trial Norwich on 9A

16 April 2020

3 first timers although not too far away. Usually I get Ipswich/Mendlesham but last night Ipswich/Warren Heath made it for the first time.  Signals during the night made it from the Norfolk coast into the centre of London. Also Wrotham.

10B 0001 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)

10B 0234 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)

10C 0319 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

10C 0319 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Warren Heath (EN-SFK) 213km (49,03) First time

10D 0253 G Herts Beds Bucks, Hemel Hempstead/Pimlico (EN-HTS) 327km (22,18)

10D 0238 G Herts Beds Bucks, Chepping Wycombe (EN-BKS) 350km (TII is 22,22 but in FMlist it is 22,01) Thanks Jeff Kitching for clearing this up.

11B 0109 G London 3, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15}

11B 0238 G London 3, London/BT Tower (EN-GTL) 311km (08,23)

11D 0031 G D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)

11D 0433 G D1 National, Ipswich/Warren Heath (EN-SFK) 213km (49,03) First Time

11D 0735 G D1 National, Folkestone/Creteway Down (EN-KNT) 240km (01,05) First Time


15 April 2020

5C 0649 D DR Deutschland, Aurich (nds) 267km (19,07)
5C 0650 D DR Deutschland, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) 192km (20,02)

9A  1951 G  Trial Norwich, Norwich/Markham Tower 217km (0,0)  

10A 0631 D NDR NDS, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) 214km (32,02)

10B 1517 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
10B 1556 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)
10B 2012 G Norfolk, Dereham/Daffy Green (EN-NFK) 243km (51,16)

10C 1901 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

11D 1517 G D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

12B 2015 G BBC National DAB, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

11D Stoke Holy Cross (Norfolk

2018 October – November, Parkalompolo, Sweden

October 30 2018 I officially became a PAX man. PAX 128 is the official number given to our official DXpedition to the Arctic Circle.

We flew out from Amsterdam in the wee hours of Tuesday morning with a few stops along the way. Copenhagen, Stockholm and finally to Kiruna in the far north of Sweden.

From Kiruna we stocked up at Kangos and drove onto Parkalompolo. It was -7C when we arrived and the going was pretty slow on the icy road, every so often slowing down for grazing Reindeer.

Day 1
2018-10-30

594 2034 PHL DZBB-AM Super Radyo, Obando/Panghulo (bul) Super Radyo ID 8835 km

680 2300 CAN CJOB, Winnipeg (MB) Global news Radio CJOB. 6045 km

738 2050 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts’un (PG). 7865 km

920 2259 CAN CFRY, Portage La Prairie (MB) CFRY ID and jingle on hour. 6047 km

1143 2049 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts’un (PG) 7866 km

1150 2241 USA WHBY, Kimberly (DN) (aux) (WI) WHBY ID with Fox. 6314 km

1200 2235 CAN CFGO, Ottawa (ON) Ottawa ID and music jingle. 5771 km

1278 2025 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Great at times with FA in Japanese. 7261 km

1350 2027 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Excellent with FA. 7274 km

1440 2118 J JOWF STV Sapporo TV Hoso, Sapporo (hok) Good on fades. FA. 6672 km

1460 2346 USA KXNO, Des Moines (IA) Promos for 1460 KXNO. 6750 km

1480 2354 USA WGVU, Kentwood (MI) Real Oldies 1480. 6362 km

1480 2145 PTR WMDD, Fajardo (PR) Good on fades. Mentions of P.Rico in ads. 8058 km

1510 2300 USA WRRD, Waukesha (WI) You are listening to Real Resistance Radio WRRD Waukesha. 6434 km

1530 2100 STP Voice of America, Pinheira/Ponta Praião (sao) Big with EE nx. 7600 km

1670 2301 USA WOZN, Madison (WI) Sport talk on WOZN Madison. 6473 km

1690 2307 USA WVON, Berwyn (IL) Weather on Chicago’s WVON. 6546 km

 

 

2017 October – 2018 January, Dxpedition,Veurne – Knollehof, Belgium

In October 2017 and again in January 2018 I was able to dx at Knollehof / Veurne in Belgium not far from the Belgian – French border. Dunkirk is 20 minutes away. We stay at a vacation house just out of Eggewaartskappelle.

As you can see in the photographs, all of the dx is done these days for Mediumwave DX on the excellent Jaguar software. We also use the amazing Perseus SDR receiver which even after 10 years is still the best SDR dx machine around. There are a lot of new SDR’s around but the old girl still out-performs them all.

The antennas we use are 400m beverages. To Japan, Far East, South America, North America and for the first time in January 2018 to Alaska.

Jaguar software for Mediumwave

Dave Onley’s setup. MSI GP72 VR 7RFX Leopard Pro laptop with Perseus and Jaguar software

Dave Onley with a Kiwi mate

The boys having DX food

Here are some of the recordings made on both trips

November 2017

540 CBT CBC Radio 1, Grand Falls NL 4069km 20/10/2017 at 2159 UTC

570 WMCA New York  5779km 21/10/2017 0500 UTC

580 CFRA Ottawa 5579km 23/10/2017 at 0459 UTC

580 WKAQ San Juan PTR 6596km (10kw) 21/10/2017 at 0602 UTC

610 HJKL La Cariñosa, Bogotá D. C.  8690km 22/10/2017 at 0417 UTC

640 Radio Progreso Guanabacoa CUB 7693km 21/10/2017 at 0629 UTC

680 HJZO Radio Nacional de Colombia, Sabanagrande 8204km 22/10/2017 at 0428 UTC

710 WOR New York 21/10/2017 at  0459 UTC

711 Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng CHN 9639km 22/10/2017 at 2159 UTC

750 WSB Atlanta GA 21/10/2017 at 0459 UTC

830 WCRN Worcester MA 22/10/2017 0638

891 5AN Adelaide, South Australia 16807km 22/10/2017 at 1835

970 WZAN Portland ME 21/10/2017 at 0459 UTC

1010 CFRB Newstalk, Toronto 21/10/2017 at 0501 UTC

1010 WINS New York  5775 km 22/10/2017 at 0629 UTC

1080 WTIC Hartford. CT 22/10/2017 at 0630 UTC

1278 JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka Japan. 9296km 21/10/2017 at 1958 UTC

1600 WUNR Brookline 21/10/2017 at 0500 UTC

400m Beverage to Sth America

January 2018

670 WSCR Chicago IL

680 CFTR Toronto 14/1/2018 at  2327 UTC

750 CBGY Bonavista Bay NL 12/1/2018 2259 UTC

760 WJR Detroit MI 14/1/2018 at 0059 UTC

880 WCBS New York 15/1/2018 at 0724 UTC

890 WLS, Chicago 141/1/2018 at 0100 UTC (Chicago Bulls Station)

920 CKNX Wingham ON 14/1/2018 at 0058 UTC

1280 CFMB Montreal 15/1/2018 at 0636 UTC

1400 CBG Gander 14/1/2018 at  2058 UTC (Radio One and gives 540 Grand Falls ID)

1470 WLAM Lewiston ME 15/1/2018 at 0636 UTC (The Memories station)

Setup of Dave Onley, Marc Vissers and Guido Schotmans – All Jaguar software running with Perseus

Knollehof house in Veurne, Belgium

2011 November 25-27 Kasterlee DXpedition, Belgium

Our Kasterlee DX HQ 25-27 November 2011

Once a year the fine young men of DX Antwerp in Belgium get together at Kasterlee for a radio DXpedition. Late November is an ideal time of the year in Europe to hear long distance dx. The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. This was my first visit to Kasterlee. I had heard many stories about this location. It is in a forest and somewhat inland from the Belgian coast. I have never been too fond of inland dx sites but on this occasion I was in for a big surprise.

After a bit of a stuff up we finally moved into our chalet type accommodation later than what we had hoped for. A group of young whipper snappers had been there for several days and were reluctant to leave. But we had a belly full of chips and krokets from the local snack shop. Paul Baes opened up a nice bottle of hard liqueur and basically that was the start of a bloody good weekend of dxing.

Conditions to Nth America were certainly better on the Saturday night into the Sunday early hours. Early on up to 0000 hours conditions were quite nice with many Canadian’s being particularly well received. From around 0100 things started to get noisy and there was just so much splash around. However signals were still there and I managed to find some interesting things. They maybe fodder to some but for The Aussie there were so many new things.

I was pleased with the reception of 1130 KWKH in Shreveport LA. Its interesting that this is yet another station I have heard from Australia. But I have the feeling it is far more difficult here with the dominant WBBR in New York here. Others I have enjoyed so far are 640 CFMJ Richmond Hill (Toronto) as this battles it out with CBN St Johns. There is another music station underneath which is almost impossible to know what it is. The Cuban Radio Progresso made a brief visit. Quite nice at times. I find 640 khz to be one of those really interesting frequencies. So much candy in the lolly shop..

Propagation conditions from 0000 during the night were certainly interesting. There had been some radiation storming and paths were certainly affected. Signals were fading up and down more than usual and it gave a nice mix of things. Like KWKH popping up for a few moments.

• 570 CMBD Radio Reloj – Santa Clara Cuba. Terrible splash on this channel and then it popped out of the blue at 0030 UTC with an ID and mentions of Havana Cuba
• 580 CFRA Ottawa ON. Very noisy channel with splash. Got an ID just after 0200 with weather.
• 590 VOCM St Johns NB. Not exactly dx as this the marker station here in Europe.
• 610 WIOD Miami Florida  “WIOD is now on the FM dial 100.3” Not bad at all.
• 640 CMBC Radio Progresso Cuba.Now this was another one of those stations that just popped out of the splash. Not a great signal but a clear ID heard. I think this is often heard better than this.
• 640 Unid Sports This is an unidentified sports station which is underneath CBN St Johns at around 2358 on Saturday 26 November 2011 at Kasterlee. You will hear the the two stations merge after about 15 seconds, CBN disappears and then towards the end of the recording Radio Progresso fades up with music.
• 650 UNID 0200 – This is probably WSM with its country and western. Gander is heard as well on this channel // 590 but with regional ads. This clip you hear some sort of music show ID after 20 seconds. WSM is 50kw so its probably a good presumption given the format.
• 680 CFTR Toronto ON. Now this clip sums up what we are up against dxing in Europe. Next door on 675 is Radio Maria from Holland. Have a listen how ID’s can get destroyed. I was lucky to get this as News 680 with a mention of Toronto.
• 700-WLW-Cincinatti OhioNice ID with time check and weather
• 730 CKAC Montreal.A bit messy on the hour but ID in French.
• 740 CFZM Toronto ON. Very tough channel with splash because of nearby 747 in Holland. It took a bit to find an audible ID. This is messy but if you listen hard you will hear the ID. Easy mentions of Toronto. 740 Heart and Soul as well. This mixes with CHCM Marystown which is // 590 VOCM.
• 760 WJR Detroit MI. Short and sweet. The only thing you can hear. The ID.
• 770 WABC New York. Here giving phone numbers for talk show.
• 780 WBBM Chicago IL. Another digging in the mud ID. This is in two parts with the first mentioning Chicago and WBBM. The second part WBBM news time 7.23
• 950-CKNB-CampbelltonNBGreat ID. Music station and one of the strongest over the weekend.
• 970-WZAN-MaineI found a better ID. Heard here at 0200 UTC.
• 1010 CFRB Toronto– Great ID. Strong and you can’t get much better than this.
• 1020 KDKA Pittsburgh PAA bit week but clear ID and CBS news.
• 1050 CHUM Torontowhich now ID’s as TSN. The station it is mixing with is WEPN New York whjch also has sport talk.
• 1100 WTAM Cleverland OhioAnother scratchy tough one. But its here.
• 1120 KMOX St Louis MOTough ID but its here. Past the female you will hear a male announcer. “KMOX news top and bottom of the hour”. Might find a better ID as I go through the Perseus recordings.
• 1130 WBBR New York.Dominant here with Bloomberg. Lots of sports.
• 1130 KWKH Shreveport LA– Nice ID on fade up over WBBR
• 1200 CFGO Ottawa.Sports station that loves its football.
• 1250 CYJE Oakville Ontario.If you stay on a channel long enough sometimes you get lucky and it was in this case. Heard playing gospel songs and then finally an ID. Calls itself 1250 JOY
• 1390 WEGP Presque Ialand MACoast to Coast radio. Talk of the county.
• 1580 CKDO Oshawa ON.A bit noisy but between songs clear CKDO ID.

Main listening area

Antenna Splitters

2011 August, Navtex and MW QSL’s

A few new QSL’s that I have scanned over the weekend. A few Navtex on 518 Khz and also some Mediumwave.

During the winter here in Holland it is often possible to hear these US Coastguard stations on 518 khz. You have to be lucky with propagation and time slots but you would expect to hear them several times during the season.

This particular broadcast was from Boston. The QSL states the call NMA and time as 0428 UTC. Its not a rare catch but it certainly can be hard to hear at times. You would expect to hear this during the winter.

This particular broadcast was from New Orleans. The QSL states the call NMG and time as 0306 UTC. Its not a rare catch but it certainly can be hard to hear at times. You would expect to hear this during the winter.

518 khz EJK Valentia Coastguard - Ireland

EJK Valentia Coastguard station in Ireland. Quite regular here in Holland and can be heard via groundwave. Still its always nice to get all of the Navtex stations back.

518 - VCG Riviere-au-Renard - Canada

One of my nicer catches on 518 khz. Its not rare but conditions have to be nice to have a chance of this. It is heard several times a year during the winter months.

1368 khz MANX Radio - Isle of Man

 

Information om 168 khz MANX Radio on The Isle of Man

A nice catch this just given its location. It looks a great place to visit. Heard on 1368 at 1906 UTC. Heard from home here in Den Haag with the Perseus and ALA 1530 loop.

891 - Radio 538 in Hulsberg - The Netherlands

This is a local Dutch station here in Holland. But over the past few years there have been takeovers etc and stations popping up on various frequencies. So it is wise to even get your locals.

2011 June 25, Walsoorden. Loggings

A few logs from Marc van Leemputten

4005,0021.0024-06-11CVAR Vaticana (StaTeresa di Gallura) ann & giornale(cw int)I22332
4015,0021.1024-06-11GLazer Hot Hits (P) pop mx & annE24333
4800,0021.2024-06-11CHN  CNR1 (Geermu) chinese speechCH23333
4820,0021.3024-06-11CHN  CNR (Lhasa) chinese traditional mxCH24333
4828,0021.4024-06-11ZWE  Voice of Zimbabwe (Gweru) afro mxX23232
4835,0021.5024-06-11AUS  ABC (Alice springs) pop mx & strain speechE
4845,0022.3024-06-11B  R Cult Ondas Tropicals (Manaus) ann, agitated speech & accordeon mx Pr
4885,0022.0024-06-11B  R Clube do Para (Belem) portugese speech  & annPR13131
4905,0022.1024-06-11CHN  PBS (Lhasa)  chinese speech, local mx & annCH24333
4915,0022.2024-06-11B  R Difusorade  Macapa  (Macapa) port speech & ann (int PBS 4920)PR11232

Marc V, Paul,  Guido and Marc L having lunch on Dx Saturday

Dave Onley’s setup

Marc Visser’s setup

Paul Baes setup

Marc van Leemputten’s setup

Guido Schotmans setup

Walsoorden setup

A great time to chat and solve world crisis’s

Dave Onley having a break

2011 June, Weekend of fiddling in the shack. The Hague

When the dx is not around.. what better than to experiment and fix things up in the shack. After Friday nights dx it has dried right up. The terrible thing for me and Friday night is that I discovered today that my Digitek FM5 Yagi is an absolute shocker. I bought this in Geelong (Australia) a few years back and it has never compared against Dave Headlands log Periodic.

After stuffing around with Horizontal, Vertical etc I’ve decided to go with the Log at 45 degrees Its given me great dx in the past this way so I’m going back to what I know

This home made log periodic has served me very well

The Dx Shack today. I’ve spent a bit of time moving stuff around

For FM The Marantz, Kenwood KT 6040, Icom R75, Perseus and the Pro 2004 I also dug out my General Electric TV that my mum gave me as a teenager.

The FM Gear

And the most important piece of dx equipment in any mans shack The Bar for thirsty Dxers

Dxers Love to do it in the dark. Just ask my wife!
Email me at ozclog@gmail.com

2011 January 21-23 Walsoorden Dxpedition

Guido in action

January 21 – 23 saw quite a remarkable Dxpedition to Walsoorden. Conditions were above average and quite a lot of interesting signals were heard on mediumwave from North and Central America’s. In particular signals from around the Caribbean region were quite good. Asian signals were pretty average. The big powerhouse signals from AIR Nagpur, HLKZ on 1566 and WYFR Taiwan on 1557 were nice. However these are often heard from home and you would expect good reception. Apart from these Asians were pretty ordinary.

I am currently going through many Perseus files and it is my intention to put my loggings here in coming days, adding to it as I go. Its quite a job dredging through the 10 khz channels.

Marc Vissers

One other point I failed to mention was that the LPAM stations from England stayed with us for a good part of the day. Signals were heard on 1350, 1278, 1134 etc right up until noon local time.

The success story however was the South American beverage antenna. It appears to have worked very well.

Here are a few loggings so far

580 0430 CFRA Ottawa
590 0431 Unid Latin station underneath VOCM
590 0201 VOCM St John’s NL
660 0430 WFAN New York
710 0430 WOR New York
730 0451 CKAC Montreal Quebec
740 2350 CHCM Marytown Newfoundland
770 0451 WABC New York
840 0203 WHAS Louisville KY – Talk
930 2349 CFBC St John New Brunswick
1070 2350 WMIA Radio Arecibo PR
1134 1158 L&D Hospital Radio (LPAM) Luton
1278 1145 BFBS Gurkha Radio, Stafford
1280 0000 VBS2 Hamilton, Bermuda. (tent) Presume this with religous program.
1280 0000 WCMN Arecibo PR (tent) Mixing with VBS2 in Spanish
1287 1158 Basildon Hospital Radio, Basildon, Essex
1290 0020 YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello
1350 1100 Radio Yare, Greater Yarmouth, Norfolk
1370 0033 WDEA Ellsworth ME. WDEA ID then into The Last Farewell – Roger Whittiker
1390 2223 WEGP Presque Isle NE.
1450 0036 VSB1 Hamilton, Bermuda (Tent) Nostalgic music
1470 0001 YVSY Radio Vibracion, Carupano
1500 0020 YVRZ Radio Dos Mil, Cumana
1500 0045 WFED Washington DC
1503 1245 Beter Bangla, East London
1510 2217 WWZN Boston MA
1540 2227 CHIN Toronto, Ontario
1540 2230 KXEL Waterloo IA
1540 0119 ZNS1 Radio Bahama’s – Nassau. Promo for Dead after dark program.
1557 1830 WYFR Kohu Taiwan
1566 1858 AIR Nagpur
1566 1915 HKLZ Jeju, South Korea
1610 0115 Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla – Religous program
1690 2314 CHTO Toronto, Ontario (Greek)
1690 2321 WPTX Lexington Park MD

2325 1832 ABC Territory Radio (VL8T) Tennant Creek
2485 1828 ABC Territory Radio (VL8K) Katherine

The Traditional Walsoorden DX Feast

Guido’s setup with John Plimmer looking on

Antenna splitters for the various beverages

2010 October 17, DX Mafia, Walsoorden

A few photos of the 2010 Walsoorden Dx trip. Attending this Dxpedition were Marc Vissers, Guido Schotmans, Marc van Leemputten and Dave Onley. This Dxpedition has been fairly average but we all still managed to come away with something new.

Guido Schotmans, Dave Onley holding sign, Marc van Leemputten and Marc Vissers

Dave Onley and Marc van Leemputten

Marc Vissers, Dave Onley, Marc van Leemputten, Guido Schotmans

2010 October 17. The sun always rises in the morning at Walsoorden – Just like a hot air balloon

DX Hot air balloon rides at dawn over Walsoorden

It has been a very busy 24 hours and out of the ashes of the evening (High winds and noise) we actually heard some reasonable signals. Saturday evening the Asian signals were again very strong however nothing really new was observed. Stations like HLAZ on 1566 (Check it out here) and WYFR on 1557 were like Europeans at times. These stations stayed with us for quite a few hours. Remarkable reception indeed.

981 Voice of Guanghua was observed at nice levels at around 1900 UTC. Other stations from Asia heard were 1098 Voice of Asia mixing with CRI, 1413 JOIF Fukuoka at 2000. IRIB Iran on 1503 // 1512 and 531 khz at 2109. 1296 VOA Kabul at 1729. AIR Nagpur was one of the poorer Asians heard on 1566 at 1710

* You can see the Google Earth file of our antennas at:  www.schotmans.net/walsoorden/Walsoorden_2010-10-15.kmz

North America

Very strange reception of 590 VOCM on all antennas. This has been the first station in on most nights. Other stations heard were 1470 WLAM, 1540 CHIN and the other commonly heard stations such as 1130 WBBR etc.

We jumped out of bed full of energy needing a huge hit of caffeine to discover that the band was rather average. However. conditions picked up around sunrise and some interesting stations were heard. Levels were not great, but you could pick bits and pieces out.

Some of the stations heard were: 590 VOCM, 660 WFAN, 770 WABC, 790 WAXY, 850 WEEI with ESPN sports, 870 WWL, 930 CFBC, 970 Tent: WZAN, 1030 WBZ, 1130 WBBR, 1140 WQBA with SS, 1620 Rebelde, 580 CFRA.

Just after sunrise (about 0540) after observing a hot air balloon rising from a neighboring farm conditions changed towards Latin America.

Some of the interesting signals Guido and I observed were 1070 which we presume was Radio Mundial Venezuela, TWR Bonaire was again heard on 800 at 0610, Rebelde on 710 and 1180. But we have so many recordings to go through with the Perseus on many frequency’s such as 1060, 740, 1450, 1100.

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2010 October 16 Walsoorden, DX – Downtime

We all managed a bit of sleep. A few hours here and a few hours there. DXpeditions are never really a holiday in the sun. It’s like being at work and having to be methodical in what you do. Saturday afternoon we have extreme wind conditions and I presume the static from the antennas is causing so much noise on all the bands. So, it’s a bit of dx downtown. we are hoping that it does not continue. We are still working through our morning recordings. More to come later.

Marc Vissers explaining that you need this much Jack Daniels on the hour to get a good I.D.

Feestdagen – This is how real Belgian dxers go about Dxpeditions

Guido Schotmans is feeling depressed that Symban on 2368 is not propagating

Dxing amongst the corn fields – The 60 degrees beverage heading across the Atlantic

Our 60 degree beverage for our Asian dx

Because of high winds this big baby was down

The DX QTH in Noordstraat in Walsoorden

Farms all around here but its a busy time of the year having to dodge tractors

Entrance to the DX HQ

DX HQ Walsoorden

320 degree antenna

Beautiful sunrise in Walsoorden – Southern Netherlands

Beautiful dx one hour – Stormy dx and weather the next

2010 October 16, Walsoorden, Nocturnal Dxing

It’s into the wee hours here in Holland. Marc Vissers and Dave Onley are going the distance. Its 0022 UTC or 2:22am local time. Signals have really picked up from Nth America. In the past hour I have logged 1700 WJCC, 1650 CINA, 1650 CJRS, 1570 CJLV, 1580 CKDO, 1540 CHIN, 1520 WWKB, 1510 WWZN, 1500 WFED. 1320 a tentative logging of CJMR. So overall its worth sitting here. The beer is getting a nudge with Dave and Marc has his mate Jack D sitting beside him.

Guido doing a John Plimmer impersonation

Dave getting in the mood with some Polish beer

2010 October 16, Walsoorden, Evening conditions – Friday

A very interesting afternoon and evening listening coupled with a visit or two. Mediumwave provided extremely strong signals from 1566 HLAZ in Korea, signals were also reasonable from 1170 VOA Poro, 1557 WYFR Taiwan, Voice of Guangzhou on 981. 1521 CRI was nice at times along with Iran on 1512 // 1503. Navtex provided the highlight of the evening with Oman being heard by Guido at 1807 on 518 kHz. This was followed by the excellent reception of Pyonsang Korea at 1942.We are all trying to gear ourselves up for a late night, but the pillows are calling.

Guido looking intrigued at some Navtex signals

Marc fully focused on NDB’s

2010 October 15, Walsoorden – Morning logs

This morning I had the opportunity to use the K9AY antenna which has been erected here on a permanent basis. It does have some problems that it is designed for 160m and some filters in the switching result in poor performance at the lower end of the MW band. It also is not suitable for NDB or Navtex on longwave. However, it is a nice little performer with dx heard from Radio Puerto Cabello on 1290 khz at 0630. All the usual stations were around such as 1130 WBBR, 1510 WWZN, 850 WEEI, 1030 WBZ etc. Thursday evening, I had nice reception of HLAZ on 1566. In fact, the signals rose to insane levels at 1900. Later at 2000 Air Nagpur started to fade in but never dominated. Korea stayed in for a very long period. 1557 Taiwan was there with WYFR at 1915 UTC, but I have heard it better from here. No sign of VOA Poro on 1170 but by this time the Polish beer had started to kick in.

Guido at the dials 1454 UTC Friday afternoon waiting for Asians

The new K9AY antenna

Walsoorden Dxpedition – October 14 – 17 2010

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Walsoorden Dxpedition pages. The Dxpedition unofficially began on Thursday night when I made my way down to Walsoorden in Zeeland (Holland). The rest of the guys arrived bright and early at 8am on the Friday morning. We are here until Sunday and already conditions look promising. We will keep you updated with the more exotic catches that we hear.

Dave Onley already at it with the Perseus and K9AY

100 Day Project – Cape Otway (Victoria – Australia)

One of my all time favorite dx locations throughout the whole world would be Cape Otway situated on the very rugged coastline of South West Victoria. History tells us that many lives were lost along this coastline and in fact it has been named “Shipwreck Coast”. In a dx sense it was a place where we had so many strange events happen.. Dxers having cars breakdown.. people getting injured.. huge storms blowing in off the ocean and who would ever forget finding a decomposed body.. something I stepped in / on as I was putting a beverage antenna out.

The infamous Cape Otway (Shipwreck Coast)

Dx from here was very interesting as well. It was never the best spot in Victoria which I felt was Marlo, however it was more of an all round better location. We had reasonable Nth American signals, a few signals like Radio Star in Peru in on 1030 etc but it also yielded some nice European signals and stations such as Reunion on 666 and Mayotte on 1458 khz..

 Cape Otway is renowned for its rain forests

I have just been going through a few tapes of Cape Otway for 1996 and sadly one side in particular of a tape I had Reunion on 666. You can make the FF out quite well but the recording quality is poor.. muffled and difficult to understand. What a shame. I keep saying it.. If only we had the technology back in the 70’s and 80’s and early 90’s such as mini disk and Mp3 players.. let alone laptops to record signals directly to the HDD. Cassette technology was never good and I’m now discovering that a lot of good dx maybe gone through bad recording.. but lets see what I turn up.

 

A beverage antenna with a twist.. the last bit ended up on the rocks below 

It netted us 1030 Radio Star in Lima Peru – The station is now on another frequency

First up here are recordings from 9 / 10 / 11 June 1995 – This was Dxpedition to the cape with Dave Headland

The receiver was Dave’s Drake R7. A mighty fine receiver but very heavy on the juice. This trip we only put out a 200m longwire.

WARNING – Some recordings are unfortuately muffled. (Not all)

1)  1220 khz XEB – 0815 – La B Grande 1220 AM Mexico City, DF

No ID here but this was a regular in Oz and not that special from Marlo. Still it was reasonable dx

2) 1430 kHz – 0836. This was an UNID station. Possibly XEWD Cd. Miguel Aleman or one of the US SS stations. Just never got an ID out of this one.

3) 4505 khz – 0859 Radio Horizonte, Chiclayo, Peru. This is a favourite of mine when Tropical Band dx was still quite reasonable.

4)  783 khz – 6VA Albany This station is situated in the south of Western Australia. These were never easy from Eastern Australia. 6VA is a part of the Radio West Network Here it is heard at 6am local just as the Eastern stations were fading out.

5) 1544 khz Voice of Sahara – 2105 This clandestine was quite a regular into Eastern Australia. This was probably due to the offset frequency. Here it is heard in our local mornings around dawn at 2105 UTC

6) 666 khz Reunion – 2115 (Muffled) This was very difficult to ever get a local ID out of. It carried programs out of Paris and in all the years Dxing from Australia I never got a clear ID. 666 also carried Noumea so one had to be careful. Given that we had Mayotte on 1458 and other African stations at this time you would presume this was Reunion. Also the fact the the Pacific stations had already faded into daylight. Back in the early days of DXing before the ABC stations went 24 hours.. you could hear Reunion on 666 and 729 khz. Yes back in those glory days. When Dxing was made easier by local stations signing off .

7) 1233 khz at 2040. This is probably via Monaco but is heard here with Amazing Grace Interval signal

8) 1530 khz VOA Sao Tome – 1940 put in a lovely signal when local station 2VM Moree faded into daylight. This is heard here at a very nice level at 1940 UTC. A very nice VOA ID but not of Sao Tome.

9) 1458 RFO Mayotte – 2214 One of the better catches from the Cape. This was heard from this location on several occassions. In fact I cannot recall hearing it too many other times except for maybe the Coorong in South Australia. Its heard here in French taking programs from Paris.

10) 1560 XEFAJ – Radio Consentida Mexico City – 0710 UTC This was a regular station when conditions were reasonable in Australia. I think it disappeared in 2004 or so. This is quite a nice ID.

This was our camp in the early 90’s. 

This was the infamous trip where the Targo van had an LPG gas leak right next to the camp fire. Craig Edwards and I took the esky of beer and hid behind the sand dunes until all the gas had dissapated. What else could we do? Well maybe put the fire out hahaha.

Something I certainly don’t miss in Holland. Dave Headland seen here covered in bush flies

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The 100 Day project – Marlo

Well I’m saying this is the 100 day project.. In real terms this will probably never be finished however I’m determined to finish something that I have been planning for well over 10 years now. I have been hoarding my 150 or so DX tapes (most on C-90 cassette). A lot are probably now in poor state and to be honest these were probably recorded on poor quality recorders / receivers that compared to today were of poor audio. But there are bucket loads of exotic dx waiting here.. I am drooling at the thought of reliving a lot of great dx.. So sit back and enjoy the ride of an another era when I was active in Australia.

First up we visit Marlo in the far eastern part of Victoria.

MARLO (Point Ricardo) Eastern Victoria – Australia

For many years quite a few of us Melbourne Dxers would travel to Marlo over the Queens Birthday weekend in early June. It was a site that was discovered by members of Dx Australia, Dave Headland, Chris Rogers, Sam Dellit, Brian Dodgson etc. What made this site so special was that it was probably the only spot along the southern coastline of Australia where you could hear Latin American dx on a regular basis over the winter period. Not only was it good for Latins but it was a haven for New Zealanders and other Pacific Stations. There were the odd Nth Americans as well and a lot of the time the US stations were different to what you could here a hundred or so km away at Woodside.

My memories of this site was hearing Caribbean Beacon on 1610 at 3pm in our afternoons.. like a local and then at 0600 UTC or so getting that 45 minute opening to latin America on MW. Every year there was something different. One year Peruvians and the next year from Colombia.. It was never the same and it was this in itself that kept taking us back here year after year.

To the Pacific and beyond

David Headland at the Drake SPR4

Dave Onley setup with my Drake SPR4

The dx was always done in the car and here you can see a 9db preamp along with a basic tape recorder in the days before Mini disks, Laptops and MP3 recorders. The Drake SPR4 was sensational in that it used so little power and you could run it nearly all week without flattening your battery.

This was the view of where we sat in the cars Dxing. Our 300m antenna ran through here to the ocean (Bass Strait) It was very rugged going at times as you can see with the following picture. You can see Dave Headland checking out the antenna where ran through what we called Nottingham Forest. A very spooky place indeed. Part of the antenna was ultra thick earthing cable and was left down there for years. In fact it is probably still there and in good condition..

Dave Headland in Nottingham Forest inspecting the beverage antenna

This gives you an idea of where Marlo is. Its about 280km from Melbourne

DX Tapes

Okay you have a bit of background now. Here’s the start of the Marlo project which will go back to about 1993 and there are a few other trips in 1995 and 1996 as well.

Friday 11 June 1993

I have discovered a couple of little gems here that not a lot of dxers would have heard. Firstly this is my one and only ever recording of 1410 WRVV Mobile Alabama

1) 1410 WLVV Mobile Alabama One of my best ever catches

2) 1026 1ZN Radio Northlands Whangarei (New Zealand)

3) 1440 1XK Tauranga – Te Reo (Maori Radio) If I can recall this was a low powered test

Saturday August 8 1993 *SPECIAL

 This is a very special recording. Consider the distance from Australia across the Pacific ocean and then again right across the entire USA to the east coast. This was recorded at Marlo Victoria on 8th of August 1993 

1) 1560 WQEW New York – Before it became Radio Disney and just listen to the quality. I have never heard it this good in The Netherlands.

Saturday June 11 1994

 Back at Marlo a year later and this time with Craig Edwards who made his way over from Adelaide in South Australia. 

1) 1593 1XCB Auckland – Reo Atumotu “The Voice Of The Islands” was a Samoan language radio station that was established in 1993.  The station was operated by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) and broadcast on 1593 AM (call-sign 1XCB). In early 1997, Reo Atumotu ceased broadcasting due to financial difficulties, resulting from a lack of funding.  The 1593 AM frequency was later used to launch Rhema Broadcasting Group’s Southern Star network in Auckland.

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Life with the Perseus

A few months back I took delivery of the Perseus SDR receiver. It really has revolutionized the way I dx.. however if you think its going to make dxing any easier.. think again. Its even more time consuming than real time dx.

The Beast Perseus SDR

 A quick learning curve – No valves

The first thing that struck me was the storage factor. I have always been a dxer who likes to keep everything. But this is just not Practical with a Perseus.. You cannot leave it on all night.. for a whole month and expect to save the data. It records a wav file of 1600khz (The entire MW band) at about 4 gb per 5 minutes or so.. So an evening session from midnight to dawn you can very easily fill up a 250GB hard drive. So unless you have many many HDD’s.. its just not a practical thing to do. I’m looking forward to the days of cheap 500TB hard drives.

 

The computer Age – Marc Vissers at Walsoorden

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Tropical Bands QSL’s

During the late 70’s and early 80’s the Tropical bands on 90 and 60 metres produced some wonderful dx from Latin America, Indonesia, PNG and Africa. Here are a few QSL’s that I collected over the years.

4966 khz Radio San Miguel in Peru

4775 Radio Tarma – Peru

5567 khz Radio Nueva Vida Colombia

5981 khz – Union Radio Guatemala

5055 kHz TIBC The Lighthouse of the Caribbean – Costa Rica

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Mediumwave QSL’s

Here are a few MW QSL’s which I have just scanned. Click to view

1053 JOAR Nagoya Japan

1179 JOOR – Japan

710 WOR New York

 

1070 CBA Moncton  Canada – Now off air

 

NAVTEX QSL’s

Here are a few Navtex QSL’s that I have just got around to scanning.

518 kHz- IAR Roma Radio

 

 

 

518 khz Rogaland Radio – Norway

518 khz TAH Istanbul Turk Radio

518 khz Tallinn Radio – Estonia

518 khz OSU Oostende Radio Belgium

518 khz Niton U.K.

518 khz Stockholm Radio – Sweden

518 khz VCO Sydney – Canada

518 khz Pinneberg Germany

OLYMPIA RADIO – GREECE

518 khz SVA KERKYRA (Greece)

518 khz SVL Limnos (Greece)

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NDB Beacons

I started NDB dxing in about 2009. I had never done NDB back in Australia and it was only when I went on a DXpedition to Walsoorden with the Belgians from DX Antwerp that I got bitten by the bug.

I am a Mediumwave dxer first but I do dabble in NDB, DGPS, Navtex, DSC etc. However these days it is only done on DXpeditions due to noise at home. For sometime dx was good from my QTH in Den Haag however after a few years it became impossible. So many new electronic devices in peoples apartments started blanketing the bands. Utility dx. I now live in Rijswijk and noise levels are just as bad. So its nice to look back.

(The Hague November 2009)

NDB dx has snuck up on me a bit and all of a sudden I’ve become quite hooked. Just this evening I was quite shocked to see that in just 3 weeks I had logged over 70 NDB beacons when I thought it had been a bit hard at times.

Living in Den Haag I certainly do not hear a lot of the beacons others receive in Holland, yet when I analyse what I have done in 3 weeks its not so bad. I’m still learning and searching and time is a factor. Most of my dx is done on a Friday or Saturday evening.

For NDB I use my Icom R75 with a 250 hz filter kindly lent to me by Roloef Bakker. I also have his mini whip which is quite surprising. For such a little antenna unit it certainly pulls in a lot of signals not only on LW but MW as well. I also use the ALA 1530 antenna for the longwave beacons. I do have Quantum phaser but I don’t use it that often unless I have noise problems.

NDB LOGGINGS

Here are a few of my logs for the month of November 2009.

QTH Moerwijk – Den Haag (The Hague) The Netherlands

Icom R75 Receiver and ALA 1530 Mini Whip

290.00 TP Oulu FIN
290.00 ONL Liege / Bierset BEL
293.00 OB Brussels National BEL
309.00 MW Berlin / Schönefeld DEU
309.00 WW Antwerpen / Deurne BEL
311.00 LMA Lima / Brüggen DEU
314.00 OZ Brussels National BEL
317.00 VS Valenciennes / Denain FRA
319.00 VAR Stavanger / Sola / Varhaug NOR
320.00 TY Troyes / Barberey FRA
321.00 ABY Albert / Bray FRA
323.00 ONC Charleroi / Gosselies BEL
326.00 LLS Lelystad HOL
326.00 YW Tyra West Platform XOE
327.00 LNZ Linz / Horsching AUT
327.00 MVC Merville / Calonne FRA
332.00 LL Lille / Lesquin FRA
332.00 NV Amsterdam / Schiphol HOL
338.00 IAP Inde 23 A / Perenco UL Ltd Platform XOE
338.00 OA Jönköping SWE
342.00 LL Leirin / Fagernes NOR
346.00 WLU Luxembourg LUX
348.00 SCL Apt / St Christol FRA
348.50 LG Liège / Bierset BEL
350.50 ROT Rotterdam HOL
352.00 NT Newcastle ENG
352.50 DD Oostende BEL
352.00 LAA Niederrheim DEU
354.00 MTZ Metz / Nancy-Lorraine FRA
355.00 ONW Antwerpen / Deurne BEL
358.00 MB Camelot A – P6A (Mobil) XOE
359.00 LOR Lorient / Lann Bihoue FRA
359.00 LK Lidköping / Ekgârden SWE
360.50 MAK Mackel for Brussels Ntl BEL
361.00 LIE Turku / Lieto FIN
363.00 OEM Kristianstad / Everod SWE
364.00 NW Stockholm / Skavsta / Nyköping SWE
365.00 LJ Köln / Bonn DEU
366.00 UTH Orland / Uthaug NOR
368.00 BYC Bückeburg DEU
368.50 ELU Luxembourg-Berg LUX
369.00 PS Rotterdam Locator HOL
370.00 OHT Stockholm / Arlanda SWE
371.00 HAA Hamar / Stafsberg NOR
372.00 OZN Prins Christian Sund / Kitaa GRL
372.00 SR Saumur / St Florent FRA
372.00 ODR Kristiansand / Kjevik / Odderoy NOR
373.00 KEM Kemi-Tornio / Hirmula FIN
373.00 NW Maastricht / Beek HOL
374.50 ANC Ancona (AN) ITA
375.00 CHO Chociwel POL
375.00 FR Pori / Vanhakylä FIN
375.00 GLA Gland for Geneva / Cointrain SUI
375.00 OO Oostende BEL
375.00 VM Vestmannaeyar ISL
376.00 WP Amsterdam / Schipol / Weesp HOL
379.00 PIS Pisa (PI) ITA
379.00 REK Reksten NOR
380.00 FLR Trondheim / Vaernes / Flornes NOR
381.00 ESP Helsinki / Vantaa / Espoo FIN
382.00 SBG Salzburg / Oberndorf AUT
383.00 ALD Alderney GSY
383.00 SHD Scotstown Head SCT
383.50 GUL Gulpen HOL
385.00 NJ Leczyca POL
386.00 STD Stad Aan Het Haringvliet HOL
386.00 LK Tallinn / Ülemiste EST
387.00 CML Clonmel IRL
388.50 CH Amsterdam / Schiphol HOL
389.00 CP Lisboa / Caparica POR
393.00 TAT Molde / Aro / Tautra NOR
395.00 OA Amsterdam / Schiphol / Assendelft HOL
396.00 JC Rigolet CAN
397.00 EHN Eindhoven HOL
397.00 OL Szczecin / Golienow POL
399.00 NGY New Galloway for Prestwick SCT
399.50 ONO Oostende BEL
402.00 OP Brussels National BEL
404.00 LW Luxembourg LUX
404.00 MRV Merville / Calonne FRA
404.50 RR Rotterdam Locator HOL
406.50 BOT Bottrop DEU
408.00 BRK Wien / Schwechat / Bruck AUT
417.00 AH Angelholm / Barkakra SWE
417.00 LI Düsseldorf DEU
418.00 MK Calais / Dunkerque FRA
420.00 LGS Conoco Loggs Platform XOE
421.00 MF Halmstad SWE
422.00 UR Hradec Kralové / ‘Upir’ CZE
423.00 FE Odense / Beldringe DNK
424.00 PIS Zagreb / Pleso / Pisarovina HRV
425.00 DNC Mostar BIH
426.00 GBG Gleichenberg for Graz AUT
426.00 HWQ Hewett A Platform XOE
428.00 TGM Targu Mures / Vidrasau ROU
429.00 D Bratislava / M.R Stefanik SVK
|429.00 LOS Losinj HRV
430.00 BUG Bugac HNG
431.00 ONT Kleine Brogel BEL
431.00 SAY Stornoway SCT
433.00 CRE Cres HRV
433.50 HEN Henton ENG
434.00 MV Melun / Villaroche FRA
435.00 BR UNID XUU
436.00 SME Sármellék / Balaton HNG
440.00 PIA San Giorgio Piacentino (PC) ITA
444.00 NRD Inowroclaw (tentative) POL
450.00 PDV Plovdiv BUL
452.00 ANS Ansbach DEU
452.00 GP Grodno / Obukhovo BLR
468.00 FTZ Fritzlar DEU
470.00 UZ Uzice / Ponikve SRB
473.00 FHA Friedrichshafen / Löwental DEU
474.00 BIA Rzeszow / Jasionka POL
474.00 P UNID
480.00 VIB Viterbo (VT) ITA
492.00 TBV Moravska / Trebova CZE
514.50 LA Namest Nad Oslavou CZE

517.00 ARD Arad ROU

Walsoorden DXpedition October 2009

(Zeeland – The Netherlands)

 

The Walsoorden Crew in 2009

It’s always nice to get away on DXpeditions and the past two years I have been lucky enough to spend some time with the Belgian Dxers from DX Antwerp at Walsoorden in Zeeland, The Netherlands. It’s a bit of a tricky place to get to having to travel in and out of Holland and Belgium several times across water and through tunnels etc. The Dx though from this site has been excellent and the reputation continues to grow.

 

In October 2008 and again in February / October 2009 I had the opportunity to travel to Walsoorden in Zeeland to dx with the Belgian guys from Dx Antwerp. They are a great bunch of guys to dx with and remind me so much of the way the Aussie’s go about their DXing. Mind you the Belgians are probably a little more organised than what we were.

I came away from the February trip a re-born Dxer. Of course I am still a very passionate Mediumwave Dxer, however I was shown another very interesting side of the hobby by Marc Vissers, John Bernaerts, Jos De Jong, and Vince Wagner. Navtex Dxing is a really cool way of Dxing. You tune into either 518 or 490 khz in RTTY mode and via the receiver and sound card of your receiver you can start receiving the Navigation forecasts. Well its not so much the looking at the forecasts and messages that is interesting, but its where some of the stations on longwave are propagating from. Miami, Chesapeake Bay, Turkey, Israel etc. Its all quite fascinating waking up in the morning, checking the log and seeing what has propagated overnight.

 

The other two things I learnt on the trip were NDB Beacons on longwave and also HFDL / AirNav on the HF Band. NDB Beacon’s of course is a huge challenge and learning morse code again is something I never thought I would do. However with the aid of Argo it is getting to be a bit easier. The unfortunate thing for me around Den Haag is the noise levels on LW. Maybe I can convince the guy next door with his fish pond pump to put a filter on it. I’m convinced that’s where the majority of noise comes from. (Talk about the neighbours water path.. blaaah!)

 

Logs from Walsoorden (Zeeland The Netherlands)

October 9 – 11 2009

580 0355 10/10/2009 CAN CFRA Ottawa ON – Orig Newstalk Radio CFRA – Building to fall

590 2205 10/9/2009 CAN VOCM, St John’s NL – CW mx + ads

610 0159 10/10/2009 CAN CHNC, New Carlisle QC -FF news service

620 0322 10/10/2009 CAN CKCM, Grand Falls NL – CW mx //590

660 0158 10/10/2009 USA WFAN, New York NY – Ads and sports promo’s

670 0325 10/10/2009 CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde, Arroya Arenas – Latino tunes //5020

700 0359 10-10-2009 USA WLW Cincinatti OH – Sportstalk but faded on hour.

730 0155 10-10-2009 CAN CKAC Montreal QC. Sports in FF.

740 0151 10-10-2009 CAN CHCM Marystown NL – Country tunes // 590.

750 0143 10-10-2009 USA WSB Atlanta GA – Herman Cain show.

760 0127 10/10/2009 USA WJR Detroit MI – Talk / ads but suffering heavy splash.

770 0445 10/10/2009 USA WABC New York NY – Talk about banking

780 0425 10/11/2009 WBBM Chicago IL – Clear ID and talk. Lots of splash

790 0341 10/10/2009 USA WAXY South Miami FL. Sports and promo’s.

820 0126 10/10/2009 TBN Charlestown Nevis – Muffled relig program.

830 0120 10-10-2009 USA WCRN Worcester MA – ads + ID but suffering splash

840 0116 10/10/2009 USA WHAS Louisville KY – Jingles and ads.

850 0123 10/10/2009 USA WEEI Boston MA. Talkshow mentions of Foxsports.

870 0120 10/10/2009 USA WWL New Orleans. Talking about Cowboy’s defence.

880 0346 10/10/2009 USA WCBS New York – Talk program regarding Obama

890 0434 10/11/2009 USA WLS Chicago IL – ABC news

930 0352 10/10/2009 CAN CFBC St John NB – Oldies and nice ID.

1010 1418 10/10/2009 USA WINS New York NY – talk about Obama winning Nobel Peace prize.

1030 0438 10/11/2009 USA WBZ Boston MA – Talk – What does it all mean?

1130 0356 10/10/2009 USA WBBR New York NY – Talk / Sports program. Bloomberg promo.

1140 0621 10/11/2009 USA WQBA Miami FL – Tent this with Latina tunes mixing w/Surco

1140 0631 10/11/2009 CAN CBI Sydney NS – Talk show and mentions about Canda’s PM

1140 0650 10/11/2009 CUB CMJP R.Surco – Cuban tunes and hard to separate from Miami

1170 2207 10/10/2009 PHL VOA Poro – Special EE program. Nice on fade-ups.

1300 0510 10/11/2009 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI – Talkshow // web

1320 0534 10/11/2009 CAN CJMR Mississauga ON – CW and pops // web

1390 0107 10/10/2009 USA WEGP Presque Isle ME – Red Sox Network Ads/talk/sport.

1400 2242 10/10/2009 CAN CBG CBC Radio One Gander NL – Strong with talk – Several CBC mentions.

1400 1627 10/10/2009 GRE Harbour Lights of the Winwards. Relig pgm // Internet

1413 1631 10/10/2009 JPN JOIF Fukuoka – Bits and pieces of JJ but not in for long.

1470 0510 10/11/2009 CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. Nice on peaks with CC.

1500 0051 10/10/2009 USA WWWT Washington DC – Lots of talk – Ads / Promo’s 1800 numbers.

1510 2139 09-10-2009 USA WWZN Boston MA – G-man show and $2 pizzas.

1520 0039 10-10-2009 USA WWKB Buffalo NY – AM 1520 Id and talk about Afghanistan & Obama.

1521 1523 09-10-2009 CHN CRI Urumqi – Powerful over the whole weekend. Great CC folk mx

1540 0009 10-10-2009 USA WDCD Albany NY – Talking about mothers in U.S.

1540 0026 10-10-2009 CAN CHIN Toronto ON – Light music and talk

1557 1552 09-10-2009 TWN WYFR Kouhu – Caller telling preacher he’s wrong.

1560 0009 10-10-2009 USA WQEW New York NY – Disney prgram with kids pops.

1566 1956 09-10-2009 IND AIR Nagpur – FA up to the hour and then ID. Mixing Jeju

1566 1956 09-10-2009 KOR HLAZ FEBC – Jeju – Mixing heavily with India. Presume CC / KK lang.

1570 0001 10-10-2009 CAN CFAV Laval QC – FF with oldies mx.

1580 0013 11-10-2009 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON – Oldies & // web

1600 0451 11-10-2009 USA Brookline MA – Galerie Hatienne show.

1610 0401 10-10-2009 AIA Caribbean Beacon Anguila. Religion FA.

1640 0302 10-10-2009 USA WTNI Biloxi MS – Discussion on Obama and Nobel PP.

1650 2345 09-10-2009 CAN CJRS Montreal QC – Ethnic pgm with some FF.

1650 0253 10-10-2009 USA WHKT Portsmouth VA – Radio Disney – kids pops.

1680 0256 10-10-2009 USA WLAA Winter Gardens FL. SS with Quen Buena 1680. Unusual beep QRM

1690 0245 10-10-2009 USA KDDZ Arvado CO – Disney pops. Disney ID’s.

1690 2345 09-10-2009 USA WPTX Lexington Park MD – talks on Afghanistan.

1700 2340 09-10-2009 USA WJCC Miami Springs FL – Radio Voz Mundail SS

1700 0241 10-10-2009 USA KVNS Brownsville TX. Pops – Keep on rocking me baby.

1700 0237 10-10-2009 USA WEUP Huntsville AL – The peoples station.

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