Oklahoma TP DX 4/8/16.
bbwrwy
Because of the increased geomagnetic activity last evening, I didn't expect to hear any signals from Asia this morning. However, there was a good carrier signal on 702 kHz (approximately 245°) at 1151 GMT, fading away by 1209 (LSR 1205). I suspect it was from 2BL, Sydney NSW.
Receiver: Tecsun PL-606 with 8-inch FSL. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 TP-DX for 4-7
This morning's Asian propagation wasn't bad overall, although what sounded
like a promising band around 1300 failed to get much of a sunrise enhancement
boost. Energetic audio was once again limited to the NHK big guns, 972-HLCA and
1566-HLAZ.
An initial band check at 1300 showed a serious carrier from 1206-Yanbian,
which soon fizzled before the FSL-enhanced PL-380's could be set up in the back
yard. At my 1305 start time it was once again 594, 693, 747, 774, 972 and 1566
as the only TP's with fair to good audio, although the CRI stations on 1017,
1044 and 1206 were at threshold levels in and out for much of the session. Like
yesterday the 1053-Jammer was on a roll, reaching one of its best signals ever on
these hot-rodded PL-380's at 1317. And also like yesterday a presumed 738-BEL2
was in and out with weak Chinese speech and music, to be joined at 1320 with
603-HLSA, having similar weak signals. Weak audio from 657-Pyongyang around 1310
fizzled quickly, and increasing daylight didn't help bring up anything new,
although the Japanese big guns on 594, 693 and 774 sounded a little more
vibrant. Overall it was a fairly typical April session, which might have been
pretty exciting on the ocean coast but pretty routine here.
1053 Korean Jammer One of its best jams of the season at 1317 (very
good)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight
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Re: Oklahoma TP DX 4/7/15
Paul Juarez
Hi Richard,
On Apr 7, 2016 7:39 AM, "Richard N Allen richarda@... [ultralightdx]" <ultralightdx@...> wrote:
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Oklahoma TP DX 4/7/15
bbwrwy
TP signals only audible briefly here this morning. Barely audible JJ talk heard on JOUB 774 at 1144-1145. The jamming signal on 1053 faded in and out at 1205.
Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Oklahoma TP DX 4/6/16
bbwrwy
Indicative of TP DX for this time of year there is little to report for this morning, only a couple of signals were observed here on the Skywave and 8-inch FSL.
1153 JOUB 774 with barely audible talk fading out at 1156. 1205 ROK Jammer with barely audible to poor signal (LSR @ 1208). Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Grayland, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-4
Walt certainly picked the right date to return to Victoria. Yesterday's DU propagation was long gone, and the anemic Asians that did manage to show up didn't stick around for long. There was a lackluster sunrise enhancement which brought up some second-tier Asians from 1315-1400 but none of these sounded especially healthy. What was energetic was the wind and rain-- which pounded the makeshift ocean beach DXing site to make up for the calm weather of the previous three days.
A predawn check of TP carriers at 1030 revealed the distinct possibility of an infamous Grayland shutout session, with neither Asians nor DU's managing any carriers. By 1230 the NHK big guns on 594, 693 and 774 did show up weakly, though, so the Ultralight DXing gear was set up as usual on the ocean beach at 1300. It was probably a mistake. Stiff wind kicked up in addition to the steady rain, while nothing on the band except for 1566-HLAZ was especially strong. In search of DU propagation one of the hot-rodded PL-380's was set up on 531 kHz around 1315, and a signal on the frequency around 1320 provided some hope-- until some distinct Japanese speech was made out from JOQG. About this time the stiff wind was shaking the entire DXing setup so viciously that I wondered whether the 15" FSL (about $1 K in construction cost) would survive the session. Two of the "Science Fiction PL-380's" threatened to go airborne, and fly away to Mars. Although 531-JOQG, 558-HLQH and 603-HLSA were managing fair to good peaks they were doing much better than the soaked and shaken DXer, who couldn't see the wisdom in finishing out this dead-end session. In Chinese the number 4 has the same sound as "death," and I reminded myself that today's date was 4-4 (meaning that the Chinese would consider this date especially prone to disasters). That was enough motivation for me to pack up all the DXing gear at 1355, and make a quick retreat back to Puyallup. Overall the 4-day Grayland DXpedition wasn't bad at all, though. The first day (4-1) had exceptional Asian propagation, and after listening to my 1377-UnID TP recording made at the end of the session a couple of Japanese DXers say that it sounds like RRI Toli Toli (not bad for a 3" x 4" antenna). The DU propagation yesterday was very good (congratulations to Walt for his 1152-6PNN reception), and it was a thrill to receive 531-4KZ not only on a "Science Fiction PL-380" model but even on a stand-alone 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight. Antenna A/B test recordings for all of these different antennas were made, so DXers can actually hear the difference between receiving 531-4KZ on a 15" FSL, a 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 and a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave. Antenna testing was the main objective of the trip, and from that standpoint it was highly successful! 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Logs // Month of March 2016
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
( heard under WFME New York on signal peaks and quiet periods)
576 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Algerienne Chaine 1 , Kenadsa/ Bechar 3:20 UTC 3/7/16 w/ two men in discussion in Arabic about current world affairs and mention of some Middle East countries // Streema online audio feed 1600 khz - WMQM - Lakeland , Tennessee 9:50 UTC 3/7/16 w/ "The Power Hour" with host speaker Joyce, religious talk , various ads, "Liberty News Radio" ( heard on peaks under and mixing with WUNR Brookline, Mass at times 1420 khz - WBEC - Pittsfield, Massachusetts 7:50 UTC 3/12/16 w/ Fox Sports Radio programming , Station ID mentioned on break (Signal mixing with and peaking over CKDY Digby, Nova Scotia at times )
talk about "relieving your stress, delegate tasks to others and don't do things all yourself, let people help you" , ID before show , mention of 1390 AM and 106.7 FM as well // tunin(dot)com audio online feed 1410 khz - KQV - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 8:00 UTC 3/21/16 w/ ID "KQV Pittsburgh" then into ABC News, promo for World News Tonight , Health Hotline promo , then into Red Eye Radio program // online audio feed Signal mixing with and peaking over WPOP Hartford, Connecticut at times 1230 khz - WNEZ - Manchester, Connecticut 1:10 UTC 3/25/16 w/ Spanish talk, easy listening song vocals in Spanish , Latina Romantica ID's by man // tunein(dot)com online audio feed
1330 khz - WYRD - Greenville, South Carolina 1:10 UTC 3/29/16 w/ "ESPN Upstate" ID's , ads on breaks for Jersey Mike's, Stamps dot com, ESPN program promos , talk about Basketball (heard through WRCA Massachusetts and mixing with at times ) 1320 khz - WDMJ - Marquette, Michigan 9:30 UTC 3/29/16 w/ Coast to Coast AM program, " Newstalk 13-20 WDMJ / WIAN 12-40" ID's , ShelterPet(dot)org promo, ads, return to Coast to Coast AM Signal very strong all alone on the frequency for a while.
1467 khz - MONACO - Radio Maria via Col de la Madone relay, 5:25 UTC 3/31/16 w/ religious talk in French by woman, ID, short musical interludes between talk // Streema online audio feed Receivers: Sony SRF-37W and Sony SRF-39FP barefoot mode
Stations Heard @ 1367
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Re: Grayland, WA Ultralight DU's for 4-3
theod438@...
See my response on the IRCA board...
TD ---In ultralightdx@..., <D1028Gary@...> wrote : Auroral propagation provided another thrilling session on the cold ocean
beach at Grayland this morning, with powerful Australian signals booming in
during a sharp sunrise enhancement from 1300-1400. 531 kHz especially was a real
circus, with 4KZ hitting S9 peaks after temporarily dispatching PI around 1305,
only to have the Samoan Kiwi station come back with yet another co-channel to
make the frequency a total zoo by 1345. In comparison to a typical Rockwork
4 Kiwi-slanted opening this Grayland session was heavily dominated by Australia,
and the lack of any solid rock cliff to provide domestic signal attenuation was
noticeable in the increased splatter. An initial carrier check in my motel room at 1030 confirmed that Asian
propagation was on the skids, but DU signals hadn't yet hit their stride,
either. My ocean beach session started at 1255, by which time Australian signals
were already potent in the clear and cold conditions. 531 kHz already featured a
wild snarl between 4KZ and New Zealand's PI, a competition which continued for a
full hour. 4KZ went on a monster run with its Cassowary Coast weather report and
pop music around 1310, hitting an awesome S9 level before falling back down into
a 3-station DU mix. One of the 855 LR network stations had a huge peak at 1317
before falling back into the splatter, while the RN network big gun parallels on
576 and 792 boomed in with jazz music at 1327. 585 had a strong rock music
station not // 576 (probably 2WEB) around 1333, while 603-Waatea was one of the
few Kiwis to dominate temporarily over an Aussie with its Maori music at 1337. A
return check to 531 kHz at 1345 revealed 3 DU stations in a graveyard mix--
obviously with 4KZ and PI, but the third one was a mystery (Theo, are you
there?).
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Grayland, WA Ultralight DU's for 4-3
Auroral propagation provided another thrilling session on the cold ocean
beach at Grayland this morning, with powerful Australian signals booming in
during a sharp sunrise enhancement from 1300-1400. 531 kHz especially was a real
circus, with 4KZ hitting S9 peaks after temporarily dispatching PI around 1305,
only to have the Samoan Kiwi station come back with yet another co-channel to
make the frequency a total zoo by 1345. In comparison to a typical Rockwork
4 Kiwi-slanted opening this Grayland session was heavily dominated by Australia,
and the lack of any solid rock cliff to provide domestic signal attenuation was
noticeable in the increased splatter.
An initial carrier check in my motel room at 1030 confirmed that Asian
propagation was on the skids, but DU signals hadn't yet hit their stride,
either. My ocean beach session started at 1255, by which time Australian signals
were already potent in the clear and cold conditions. 531 kHz already featured a
wild snarl between 4KZ and New Zealand's PI, a competition which continued for a
full hour. 4KZ went on a monster run with its Cassowary Coast weather report and
pop music around 1310, hitting an awesome S9 level before falling back down into
a 3-station DU mix. One of the 855 LR network stations had a huge peak at 1317
before falling back into the splatter, while the RN network big gun parallels on
576 and 792 boomed in with jazz music at 1327. 585 had a strong rock music
station not // 576 (probably 2WEB) around 1333, while 603-Waatea was one of the
few Kiwis to dominate temporarily over an Aussie with its Maori music at 1337. A
return check to 531 kHz at 1345 revealed 3 DU stations in a graveyard mix--
obviously with 4KZ and PI, but the third one was a mystery (Theo, are you
there?). There were many modest Kiwi signals (567, 657, 675, etc.) and 558-Fiji
which were victims of domestic splatter-- a situation which would probably have
not occurred on Rockwork 4 (with its splatter-limiting solid rock cliff). During
the wild Aussie conditions the single monster FSL antenna (15" model) taken
along on this trip was used with a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model to record all
of the MP3's below. A single 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model generally could receive
the same DU's, but at somewhat weaker levels. A/B antenna testing proved that
the monster FSL did provide significantly better signal strength in this
long-range challenge (relative strength MP3's will be provided later).
531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia Clearly the star of the session with its
best signal ever (S9 peak during pop music)
531 Wild 3 DU snarl at 1345 (4KZ, PI, and a third mystery station)
576 2RN Sydney, Australia Strong jazz music // 792 at 1327
585 2WEB Bourke, Australia (Presumed) Pop music not // 576 at 1333;
format matches that of station
603 R. Waatea Auckland, New Zealand One of the very few Kiwis to
dominate over an Australian; Maori music at 1337
792 4RN Brisbane, Australia ABC news at a potent level // 576 at
1401
855 Australia One of the 10 kW LR network stations with a strong peak at
1317 https://app.box.com/s/qro77sfx73h6ebpq2o10mz3bnqj4cvdy
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Grayland, WA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave + 15" FSL antenna
Grayland ocean beach Ultralight DXpedition session photo posted at https://app.box.com/s/3rp3mvk90sw9lv1iel8prpzlrxoqd9pv
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Oklahoma Latino DX 3/3/16
bbwrwy
I took advantage of the high K-index last evening (3/3/16) to listen for Latin American DX hearing mostly Cuban stations.
0107 GMT 670 Radio Rebelde, good signal // 5025 kHz. Sounded like a baseball game. 0117 GMT 710 WAQI Miami FL, fair with moderate Radio Rebelde QRM. 0121 GMT 770 XEACH, Radio Formula, good with slight unID QRM. 0130 GMT 530 Radio Enciclopedia, fair with light music. 0136 GMT 540 XEWA, good. 0147 GMT 590 Radio Musical Nacional, fair with orchestral music. 0207 GMT 610 Radio Rebelde, poor. 0211 GMT 640 Radio Progresso, fair with ID and música Cubana. 0220 GMT 720 YNRC, Radio Catholic, poor to fair, fading under XEJCC @ 0229. 0231 GMT 730 KKDA, fair with popular music and Korean language announcements. No sign of usual XEX. 0257 GMT 760 unID signal from southeast with música romantica, poor to fair, fading under WJR at 0321. It wasn't Radio Progresso. 0353 GMT 760 Radio Progresso, //640 poor u/WJR. Heard on barefoot SRF-T615 and Skywave receivers. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Grayland 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 TP & DU-DX for 4-2
As predicted Asian signals dropped off considerably this morning, although
there were a couple of exceptions. Except for the big gun TP's nothing really
sounded energetic until a fairly decent sunrise enhancement kicked in at 1330,
which brought 603-HLSA up to its best level of the DXpedition so far (very
good). Except for the big guns most of the Asians bailed early around 1400,
although once again there was a one-frequency-only DU opening on 531, which
brought up 4KZ and PI in their usual snarl just prior to 1400. 4KZ's signal was
even improved over yesterday's, with its mix of call-in talkback and classic pop
music.
At my 1140 start time the Grayland beach was cold and windy, and the band
was pretty dreary. Only the NHK big guns and 1566-HLAZ sounded healthy, with
yesterday's potent CRI stations practically missing in action. It didn't help
matters when even the Japanese big guns started to slide around 1200, leaving
1566-HLAZ's Chinese service as the only really vibrant TP signal on the band
until 1300. The NHK big guns and the other usual Japanese on 1134 and 1287
started somewhat of a comeback from 1300-1330, although they never did reach the
potent levels of yesterday, and the second-tier Japanese struggled to get out of
the noise all session long. On the other hand 603-HLSA seemed to get a sunrise
enhancement boost all by itself, reaching a very good level at 1321 that was
much stronger than it managed yesterday. During peak sunrise enhancement
603-China mixed weakly with HLSA, and both 657-Pyongyang and 1575-VOA came out
of the noise to reach fair levels (which Pyongyang never managed
yesterday). Despite this the Asians sounded pretty anemic in general, and most
of them checked out by 1400. The late DU drama on 531 started about 1355 with an
equal mix of PI and 4KZ, but the Aussie took over completely by 1358, and stayed
dominant until fade out around 1415. A search for other DU's at the time came up
empty-- once again proving that 531 can have DU propagation in a class by
itself.
531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia Call-in talk program at a fair to good
level at 1357; occasional mix with co-channel PI
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Classic pop music with very good peaks at
1321, "I Love How You Love Me"
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Grayland, WA)
Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna (used for above two
recordings, during A/B testing)
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Oklahoma TP DX 4/2/16
bbwrwy
Only two Japanese stations heard here on PL-606 with 8-inch FSL, 4/2/16.
JOIB 747 was barely audible briefly at 1140. JOUB 774 was barely audible to poor at 1145-1151. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Big Gun TP Signals at Grayland, WA
Some awesome S9 signals testing the "crunch resistance" of the stand-alone
3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model on the ocean beach at Grayland, WA this
morning.
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Female Japanese police report (just like she
is in downtown Tokyo) at 1324
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean pop music at thunderous level at
1340
1053 Korean Jammer Monster jam session at 1210
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Chinese Christian service female announcer at
blowtorch level around 1201
1575 VOA Ban Phachi, Thailand Female announcer with overwhelming
signal at 1259
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Grayland, WA, enjoying the best $95 bargain in radio
history)
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Salt Water-Enhanced 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 TP-DX for 4-1
In one of the wildest sessions imaginable an FSL-enhanced Tecsun PL-380
model proved once again that it is fairly competitive with the large,
inductively coupled FSL antennas that have performed so well at Oregon cliff
sites. During a 4-hour session at Grayland it tracked down all sorts of unusual
DX, including 531-PI (a New Zealand DU), almost all of the mid-band CRI stations
(at potent levels), and a mystery TP on 1377 mixing loudly with CNR1. The
performance of the stand-alone FSL PL-380 was so surprising that the single
monster FSL taken along on this trip (a 15" model) wasn't even required until
very late in the session, when it sorted out a 531 DU snarl to provide a
pretty nice logging of 531-4KZ.
My session started off (kind of) right in my room at the Walsh Motel, with
1566-HLAZ already at an S9+ level at the bizarre hour of 1030 UTC. After setting
up on the beach at the end of Grayland Beach Road at 1145 I discovered that
almost all of the mid-band CRI stations were pounding in at serious levels, and
managed to record all of them on the $95 hot-rodded portable within the next
hour. Right in the middle of this activity I noticed a serious carrier on 531
which wasn't coming from the Asian direction, and decided to record it as well.
After checking it out later on it had the distinct voice of the Samoan lady
announcer on 531-PI, a station which shows up frequently at Rockwork 4. After
recording various Japanese, Chinese and Korean signals over a two hour period a
mystery station showed up on 1377 mixing at a powerful level with CNR1, having
music which sounded unlike anything CNR1 would play. After a vibrant 1377
recording I went back to the 531 DU frequency, and found a snarl between PI and
an Australian talker station. It was finally time to use the 15" FSL and CC
Skywave combination, and they did manage to clear up the mystery with a nice
recording of an apparent 531-4KZ.
The original master plan had been to check signal strength levels between a
single stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model and the 15" FSL + CC Skywave combo
on various TP signals-- but that plan went out the window immediately when the
"Science Fiction PL-380" was receiving almost every target station at near S9
levels. With only one of these hot-rodded PL-380's managing such
astonishing results on the first day, it's easy to understand how a "squadron"
of these $95 monsters could track down much more DX on different high-priority
frequencies, and dramatically boost the effectiveness of Ultralight ocean beach
DXpeditions.
531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia Presumed the Aussie talker station with
weather report and call-in talk show at 1413
531 PI Auckland, New Zealand Samoan female announcer a pretty big
surprise at 1225
1017 CRI Changchun, China CRI Korean service at very good level at
1255
1035 CNR1 Synchros (presumed) Strong female speech with echoes at
1146
1206 CRI Yanbian, China CRI Korean service at S9 level at 1206
1323 CRI HJ, China Russian service female announcer with serious
strength at 1253
1377 UnID-TP The mystery of the morning-- very strong exotic music and a
female announcer mixing with CNR1's male Chinese speech at 1345. The 6125 kHz
CNR1 // was checked, and this certainly wasn't it. Does this sound like RRI Toli
Toli?
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily at Grayland, WA)
Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight (all recordings except for
531-4KZ, which was made on the 15" FSL and CC Skywave)
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Re: Oklahoma TP DX 4/1/16
Daniel Clark
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Oklahoma TP DX 4/1/16
bbwrwy
Only JOUB 774 was heard today, fair at 1155 tune-in but the signal was gone by 1157. Heard on PL-606 with 8-inch FSL.
Good DX to all, and especially to those gathered this weekend at Grayland WA. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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3" FLTecsun PL-380 TP-DX for 3-31
While I was still in Puyallup it was a great morning for the NHK big guns
and 1566-HLAZ but certainly lacking the variety of Asians showing up yesterday.
Except for the usual regular 603-HLSA my results were almost identical to those
reported by Bruce. A very late rally by the CRI stations on 1044, 1206 and 1323
around 1345 provided a little variety but the band folded before they could come
close to yesterday's levels.
At my 1250 start time both 594 and 1566 had very good signals, and these
were joined by 693, 747 and 774 during the predawn darkness. First daylight
around 1320 didn't change propagation much, except for 603-HLSA and 972-HLCA
coming out of the noise to reach fair levels in and out. By the 1330 start of
the NHK2 Chinese lessons the signal from 747-JOIB was the strongest that it's
ever been on these hot-rodded portables, and 594 and 693 weren't far behind.
603-HLSA reached a slightly stronger level than yesterday (fair) around 1340,
and 1575-VOA was also slightly improved, keeping steady fair audio during
sunrise enhancement. The late mid-band CRI rally might have gone somewhere
except for the band's general collapse at 1350, another example of Puyallup's
lackluster propagation in comparison to ocean beach areas. That won't be a
problem for the next 4 days, as a collection of hot-rodded PL-380's, FSL
antennas and digital recorders is eager to hit the salt water beach next to the
Walsh Motel in Grayland ($180 for 4 days, as long as you don't set up large
external antennas or put ground stakes through water lines).
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Very good level Chinese lesson start at 1330;
strongest signal ever on these models
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Grayland, WA)
Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight
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Re: DX ing Catches - KSL & KFI Rec'd on 3" FSL
kevin asato <kc6pob@...>
Glad to be of assistance.
The firefighter driving the rig suffered a medical emergency and struck several vehicles while others in the truck eventually stopped the truck. He was the only injury and is expected to make a full recovery. 73, kevin kc6pob -------------------------------------------- Thanks to a great tip from Kevin Asato I searched for for station KSL / Salt Lake City, Utah / 1160 kHz and was able to capture it at 5:40 AM yesterday morning with a fantastic local station signal level of 63 / 25 on the Tecsun PL-380 with attached 3" FSL from here in Winnipeg - distance is 953 air miles. The announcer said conditions in Utah country were cloudy with a temperature of 37 degrees. KSL started fading out at 6:45 AM. At 6:30 AM Los Angeles Station KFI / 640 kHz / 1532 air miles distance was again picked up for the 2nd time in 3 days with a strong clear signal level of 47 / 25 - Coast To Coast show was on. The news broadcast mentioned something about a fire truck crash in North Hollywood or Van Nyes. Temperature in Burbank was 48 degrees and they were requesting listeners to sign a petition at: KFIAM640.com to prevent the FCC from cutting back their sunrise conditions Transmit power. KFI completely faded out at 7:05 AM CST Winnipeg time. Hope they are successful with the petition so that us DXers can still pickup KFI which is an amazing catch. Jerry
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