By TJ on December 31, 2007
One of the more unexpected catches during KONG17 was KWBY in Woodburn OR on 940 kHz. It surfaced with a good signal for a couple of minutes on October 17, 2007, before the Hawaiian station went back and drowned everything else on the frequency. :-)
When returning back from my Christmas vacation, one of the first things I had to do was to check my e-mail. And what did I find? Quite a lot, in fact, but the most interesting e-mail came from Ronald J. Dot’o Sr., Corporate Engineer for KWBY. In his long and friendly e-mail he confirmed my reception of the station, and also gave some information about the station and the sister stations. According to him, KWBY’s night-time power is only 200 watts! Well, 200 watts and some good reception conditions was enough for the signal to hit our antennas in Kongsfjord, anyway. :-) Thank you very much, Ronald!
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By TJ on December 7, 2007
After a follow-up, a brief e-mail arrived this evening from Promotions Director/Host Danette Golden at KHNC Johnstown CO 1360. She kindly verified my October 17, 2007 reception of the station. KHNC was heard several times during the KONG17 DXpedition, often with a strong and clear signal. Thank you for your verification, Danette!
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By TJ on December 4, 2007
Verifications from Japanese stations – both NHK and the commercial ones – seem to be quite rare these days. Even more appreciated are the few that we get, then. This morning I found my first e-mail QSL from Japan, when I opened an e-mail from Mr. Makoto Mukai, who is working for the engineering department at the NHK station in Kitami. He kindly verified my October 17, 2007 reception of JOKP NHK-1 Kitami on 1188 kHz, which was heard with local ID at 09:59 UTC that day. Mr. Mukai even told me that a “snail-mail” QSL was on the way to me, so I will keep a finger or two to my mailbox the coming days. Thank you for your kind response, Mr. Mukai!
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By TJ on November 26, 2007
While sitting here listening to my first KONG17 logging – Voice of the Maldives, which was a most wanted catch for me – I just found an interesting e-mail in my inbox. The first verification this week was a rather brief one, but nice indeed, and came from Mike Frith at KYKN Keizer OR. The station was heard a few times during KONG17, such as on October 22 when they were heard with local commercials and a promo for some football programming they would air on Friday evenings.
Read more on KYKN Keizer OR 1430 verification…
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By TJ on November 21, 2007
Relatively quiet in my inbox most recently, if “quiet” is a relevant term to describe the current state in an inbox. :) Now, well, the silence and boredom was broken for a while yesterday evening, when I received an e-mail from Dan Voss, Chief Engineer at KKBJ Bemidji MN. He kindly confirmed my October 15 (October 14 according to CDT) 2007 reception of the station. KKBJ was heard with a fair to good signal several times during KONG17.
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By TJ on November 12, 2007
Nice e-mail received late yesterday from Dusty Rhodes at WDJO Florence KY. He confirms my October 21 2006 reception of the station (October 20 according to EDT). He writes: “We are running 5,000 watts days, but just 990 watts nights – and have been impacted by WYLL in Chicago going from 5,000 watts to 50,000 watts nights. They are supposed to be directional north from southwest of Chicago, but there is a lobe coming down here which is killing our nighttime signal in the northern parts of our market. Surprising that we bounced into your part of the world.” Surprising? Yes! DX-ing is a hobby full of surprises. That is why the hobby is so exciting.
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By TJ on November 7, 2007
Second verification today! Nice e-mail from Brandon Shafer just confirmed my October 16, 2007 reception of K-WOR. The station was briefly heard with at jingle in the late morning hours of October 16, during our KONG17 DXpedition. Good morning for NA DX, with a lot of stations new at least for me. :)
Also thank you to Brandon for confirming my report.
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By TJ on November 7, 2007
First verification today, and fourth QSL since Monday!
I just received a nice e-mail response to my reception report to KACH Radio in Preston, Idaho. The response came from Alan White, General Manager at the station, and he kindly confirmed my October 16, 2007 reception. Then it is time to celebrate again, as this is the first station from Idaho that I get verified. Attached was also the station’s logo. Thank you, Alan!
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By TJ on November 7, 2007
A long, friendly e-mail met me when I opened my e-mail client this morning. The message came from Erik J Disen, Director of Engineering at KRLD, Dallas TX. He confirmed my October 16, 2007 (October 15, acording to US timezones) reception of the station. Thank you, Erik.
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By TJ on November 7, 2007
A brief e-mail received late yesterday confirmed my October 16, 2007 reception of this station, “Sports Radio 10-80 The Fan”. New station for me. Heard a few times during KONG17.
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By TJ on November 5, 2007
Yes, the first verification from a station I heard during KONG17 is here. I just received a nice e-mail from Kevin D. Skaalure at KMTX, confirming my October 17, 2007 reception of the station. Thank you, Kevin!
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By TJ on October 24, 2007
Then KONG17 has become history. Those who have read the weblog at kongsfjord.no or Bjarne Mjelde’s blog knows that the conditions were rather poor the last couple of days, but with all the interesting signals we have picked up during KONG17 we have enough to do listening to recordings and writing reception reports for the next months – or years.
Read more on KONG17 and KENT Parowan UT 1400 verification…
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By TJ on October 19, 2007
I intended to update my blog more or less regularly during the ongoing KONG17 DXpedition. Well, currently there is very little -almost nothing to hear in the bands, so it is time to write a few words. The DXpedition so far has been a outstanding success, with numerous loggings of stations espeially from New Zealand. Also good conditions for North America, and even a few loggings of stations from further south – possibly as far south as southern Argentina. We have some thousand hours of recordings from our SDR-IQs, and we expect a lot of gold to hide there.
Read more on KONG17 and KXNO Des Moines IA 1460 verification…
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By TJ on October 10, 2007
Third day in a row bringing a verification. This time an e-mail from Paul H. Sakrison, Chief Engineer at KNX, confirming my October 2006 reception. Thank you, Paul. All the three latest QSL are responses to a bunch of reminders I sent this Monday. I still have some more out, so who knows?
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By TJ on October 10, 2007
I have to admit that I am one of those people who normally turn off the radio or find another station to listen to as soon as they begin to broadcast sports programs. There are some exceptions, though. As a result of the DX activities, I cannot avoid listening to stations carrying sports programming now and then. Even though the program format could be even worse – they could have sent Radio Disney, for instance – I do not make my listening to such stations longer than necessary. A good ID on my minidisc or hard drive – and I find something less annoying to listen to.
Read more on KKEA Honolulu HI 1420 verification…
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