Last night conditions were excellent for long distance medium wave
signal propagation. I should have been DXing on my G313e or R75
communication receivers, but was listening on a E100 instead.

I heard the following new stations:
1520 KSIB Creston IA 2231 UTC under KOKC with country music.
1130 CKWX Vancouver BC CAN 0439 UTC with news and spots for Vancouver
Job Shop. 400th station logged and first from BC. (Thanks to
Kirk Allen for saying he'd heard CKWX the night before.)
774 RNE Spain 0522 UTC with woman speaking in Spanish. TA #2 &
country #9.
1030 KWTO Casper WY 0631 UTC country music with ads for businesses in
Wyoming.

Also had a strong het on NE/SW bearing on 1521 kHz at 0144-0152. It
was first noted at 2253 UTC, and was gone by 0310 UTC. I'm sure it's
BSKSA, Duba, and some night I'll hear audio in a KOKC fade.

Heard Hrvatska (Croatia) Radio on 1134 kHZ with a good signal breaking
through the IBOC (HD) noise. It was 100% readable at 2020 UTC.

Did not hear JOUB or JOIB like earlier in the week, although I had a
het on 774 kHz at 1233-1242. There was a het on 972 kHz from 1252
until it faded away at 1303.

All heard on a barefoot, factory aligned Etón E100.

I hope everyone had a good night of DX. Best wishes for a great
weekend.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"
(near Perry OK)

It is Hrvatska Radio, located at Zadar, Croatia. Hrvatska means
Croatia; one of the independent states of the former Yugoslavia. The
transmitter is located near 44°06'N, 15°15'E.

Here in north central Oklahoma the signal seems to be best between
0130 and 0300 UTC. Last night it was penetrating through KMOX's HD
(IBOC) signal with a good strength as heard on an E100. Not bad for a
distance of approximately 8791 km. / 5462 miles.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)

Ok.....

I did see it somewhere...

Thanks Gary!

Pete

KB2DY

 

Pete Giacopelli
"Carpe Diem"
"Seize the day"
"It's OK to think about what you want(ed) to do but it's time to do what you were meant to do."
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards" - Søren Kierkegaard
"Nature does nothing uselessly" Aristotle
"Improvise, Adapt, Overcome" movie " Heartbreak Ridge"
"Remember, Progress not perfection!"

 

In a message dated 11/13/2008 10:52:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gkinsman@... writes:

Hi Pete,

There is an ad showing the Grundig G3 Voyager in the 2009 Passport
to World Band Radio. This has been discussed in the Yahoo! EtonE5
group recently. There is a photo of it in the Files section of that
group. Apparently it's about the size of an E5, and it has a sync
detector, but it's not available yet.

Regards,
Gary

--- In ultralightdx@yahoogroups.com, dypete@... wrote:
>
> Hello all....
>
> I may be mistaken and I apologize if I am wrong.
>
> I recollect reading something about a new addition to the Grundig
> line, the "G3"
>
> I do not have the e-mail or site where I read it.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Pete
> KB2DY
>
> Pete Giacopelli

Hi Carl,

The Eton E5/Grundig G5 can tune SSB, but it has no USB/LSB switch.
They usually go for about $150, which I believe is the list price.

You might also want to read this message about the Sony 7600GR,
which does have a USB/LSB switch:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/message/609

Regards,
Gary

--- In ultralightdx@..., "Carl DeWhitt"
<carl_elissa@...>
wrote:

Does the Grundig G5 have true SSB? If so, would it make a good
spotter radio for finding TA possibilities for an ultralight? I
saw one in a Radio Shack store today. But i think i might be able

to

find a better price on it if someone can recommend it as a spotter
radio.
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn.

Hi Pete,

There is an ad showing the Grundig G3 Voyager in the 2009 Passport
to World Band Radio. This has been discussed in the Yahoo! EtonE5
group recently. There is a photo of it in the Files section of that
group. Apparently it's about the size of an E5, and it has a sync
detector, but it's not available yet.

Regards,
Gary

It's 0225 UTC and if any of you in the central USA see this, tune to
1134 kHZ, Coatia is rolling in with a good signal. It punching
through the IBOC noise in north central Oklahoma.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)

Does the Grundig G5 have true SSB ?If so, would it make a good spotter
radio for finding TA possibilities for an ultralight ? .I saw one in a
Radio Shack store today .But i think i might be able to find a better
price on it if someone can recommend it as a spotter radio.
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn.

Allen:

I hope you are feeling much better now. Congratulations on reaching
the 400 overall / 200 transatlantic stations heard mark. I often
think about what it would be like to sit on the Newfoundland shore
listening to signals from far off stations.

Take care.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)

Part of the reason I like the Terk is because you can put dinky (oops,
I meant ultralight) radios inside.

73

--- In ultralightdx@..., Richard Berler <lrdheat@...> wrote:

Even though not an ultralight, I am impressed at the tiny G6 with a

TERK Advantage loop. Not only does the G6 - TERK combo result in
noticeably better (not night and day, but useful) sensitivity than a
SANGEAN PR-D5 or SONY ICF-S5W barefoot, but the selectivity is
outstanding! I can get very good results 10 KHz away from locals that
the PR-D5 has difficulty with. I was expecting that the TERK would
make weak stations 10 KHz away from a local more difficult to hear,
but my experience is quite the opposite!  Although the SONY ICF-S5W is
good selectivitywise in an urban setting, the G6 - TERK combo is even
better.

 
Although daytime listening benefits to a degree that is exceptional

vs barefoot, the nighttime improvement is also useful.

 
The G6 seems to work well with the TERK inside the loop, or next to

the outside of the loop with the radio perpendicular to the plane of
the loop.

 
Heatwave

Last night i had a station on 860 i.d.ing as Oldies 860.It was followed
by a call sign which sounded like WDGS .But i could not come up with
anything matching that in the FCC database.I heard it here in east
Tennessee after 10 P.M. and before 11 P.M. Eastern time with poor
signal.I know the call started with a W but not sure about the other
letters except that it was a four letter call.Any ideas ?

--- What country is on 1134 that you logged in this logging ?I do not
have my WRTH handy.It might be in storage while we are waiting to get
into our new home.If you heard it there,i should be able to hear it
here in Tennessee on my E-100.
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn.

In ultralightdx@..., "bbwrwy" <richarda@...> wrote:

Mark:

First I want to thank you all the help you've provided.

Until last evening I would never have thought I could anything

though

the KMOX HD noise. But I tuned to 1134 at 0202 UTC and there was a
man speaking in an eastern European language. You can't image my
surprise. I immediately switched on the recorder. The signal was
heard fading in and out of the IBOC hiss until I finally quit
listening at 0312. It was all heard on a barefoot, factory aligned
Etón E100. It seems to handle the sideband trash better than the

more

sensitive SRF-T615.

Around sunset until about 0130 UTC, I continue to hear a het on

1521.

You can't imagine how much I've learned about University of

Oklahoma

sports from KOKC 1520 hoping to hear some audio.

I did tune to 1575 last evening but old time pest XERF was too

strong.

I had a possibility on 774 kHZ but my eyelids crashed.

Because the E100 was tuned to 774 I heard JOUB right after I awoke
this morning with possibly the best signal ever. It was 100% copy

at

1151 until 1152:30 UTC when it faded away. There was no QRM from

WBBM

and local KSPI was off. At 1157 I heard a woman talking in

Japanese

on 747 kHz briefly. Then it seemed like someone pulled the curtain
shut around 1200 for nothing was heard afterward. The het on 972

kHz

I've been monitoring the last few mornings wasn't audible.

Although

conditions appeared to have deteriorated, I could still hear CBW

990

and CJGX 940 without any trouble.

Again thanks Mark and John. John I'm planning for a new house, so
maybe I'll need the "wallpaper"! Guys if I can hear them, you can.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)

--- In ultralightdx@..., "MarkWA1ION" <MarkWA1ION@>
wrote:

Congratulations Richard on the TA from Oklahoma. I think you

will

bag

some more especially Canaries-621, Spain-585/684/774, France-
1206/1377/1557, Algeria-891, Saudi-1521, and maybe some others.

UAE on 1575 has been getting heard all over the place including

the

West Coast. Might be worth a try.

Mark Connelly WA1ION

Hi Guys:

Slim pickens tonight at Sunset. Lots of decent stuff heard.....but only
1 NEW STATION...which is also NEW for the OVERALL LOG.

Radio used tonight was.............SONY SRF-T615 BAREFOOT
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ULTRALIGHT LOG TOTALS are now.................537 Stations Heard.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


**********************************************************************************************
1320 WGOC Kingsport (Gray) , TENN. Nov/13/08 1633 EST EE FAIR
Mixing with CJMR Mississauga.......Male DJ heard in the Mix with ID as
"AM 1320 WGOC". Male DJ Spoke for a minute then into Country Music.

NEW STATION NEW ULR # 537 5 KW/500 Watts Nights
ROSS, ONT.
***********************************************************************************************

73...ROB.

Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!

Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
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Hi Guys,   I was battling the flu bug yesterday but managed to log 3 new ones last night as conditions seemed very good.  Finally hit the 400 stations mark overall as well as the 200 transatlantic station total with these as follows:   1071 khz - Radio Voice Of The People  Tartus, Syria   1:48 UTC  11/13/08  w/ arabic chants by man , commentary   1026 khz - Rashet Dalet, Tel Aviv Israel   2:02 UTC 11/13/08  w/ Hebrew language .man in Hebrew chants   1320 khz - WJAS Pittsburgh, Penn  2:50 UTC 11/13/08 w/ song "Here Comes The Sun" follwed by Legal ID  by woman   Best Of DX   Allen Willie St. John's, Newfoundland SRF-M37V barefoot

---

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Hello all....

 

I may be mistaken and I apologize if I am wrong.

 

I recollect reading something about a new addition to the Grundig line, the "G3"

 

I do not have the e-mail or site where I read it.

 

Is this correct?

 

Thank you!

 

Pete

KB2DY

 

Pete Giacopelli
"Carpe Diem"
"Seize the day"
"It's OK to think about what you want(ed) to do but it's time to do what you were meant to do."
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards" - Søren Kierkegaard
"Nature does nothing uselessly" Aristotle
"Improvise, Adapt, Overcome" movie " Heartbreak Ridge"
"Remember, Progress not perfection!"

 

In a message dated 11/13/2008 8:37:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wb6tnb@... writes:

Part of the reason I like the Terk is because you can put dinky (oops,
I meant ultralight) radios inside.

73

--- In ultralightdx@yahoogroups.com, Richard Berler > wrote:
>
> Even though not an ultralight, I am impressed at the tiny G6 with a
TERK Advantage loop. Not only does the G6 - TERK combo result in
noticeably better (not night and day, but useful) sensitivity than a
SANGEAN PR-D5 or SONY ICF-S5W barefoot, but the selectivity is
outstanding! I can get very good results 10 KHz away from locals that
the PR-D5 has difficulty with. I was expecting that the TERK would
make weak stations 10 KHz away from a local more difficult to hear,
but my experience is quite the opposite!  Although the SONY ICF-S5W is
good selectivitywise in an urban setting, the G6 - TERK combo is even
better.
>  
> Although daytime listening benefits to a degree that is exceptional
vs barefoot, the nighttime improvement is also useful.
>  
> The G6 seems to work well with the TERK inside the loop, or next to
the outside of the loop with the radio perpendicular to the plane of
the loop.
>  
> Heatwave

Mark:

First I want to thank you all the help you've provided.

Until last evening I would never have thought I could anything though
the KMOX HD noise. But I tuned to 1134 at 0202 UTC and there was a
man speaking in an eastern European language. You can't image my
surprise. I immediately switched on the recorder. The signal was
heard fading in and out of the IBOC hiss until I finally quit
listening at 0312. It was all heard on a barefoot, factory aligned
Etón E100. It seems to handle the sideband trash better than the more
sensitive SRF-T615.

Around sunset until about 0130 UTC, I continue to hear a het on 1521.
You can't imagine how much I've learned about University of Oklahoma
sports from KOKC 1520 hoping to hear some audio.

I did tune to 1575 last evening but old time pest XERF was too strong.
I had a possibility on 774 kHZ but my eyelids crashed.

Because the E100 was tuned to 774 I heard JOUB right after I awoke
this morning with possibly the best signal ever. It was 100% copy at
1151 until 1152:30 UTC when it faded away. There was no QRM from WBBM
and local KSPI was off. At 1157 I heard a woman talking in Japanese
on 747 kHz briefly. Then it seemed like someone pulled the curtain
shut around 1200 for nothing was heard afterward. The het on 972 kHz
I've been monitoring the last few mornings wasn't audible. Although
conditions appeared to have deteriorated, I could still hear CBW 990
and CJGX 940 without any trouble.

Again thanks Mark and John. John I'm planning for a new house, so
maybe I'll need the "wallpaper"! Guys if I can hear them, you can.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)

--- In ultralightdx@..., "MarkWA1ION" <MarkWA1ION@...>
wrote:

Congratulations Richard on the TA from Oklahoma. I think you will

bag

some more especially Canaries-621, Spain-585/684/774, France-
1206/1377/1557, Algeria-891, Saudi-1521, and maybe some others.

UAE on 1575 has been getting heard all over the place including the
West Coast. Might be worth a try.

Mark Connelly WA1ION

Hi Guys:

Good conditions to the southeast again last night at SUNSET. Lots of
Good stuff from VA/W.VA/MARYLAND area. 2 NEW ONES for the ULR Log and 1
UNID Playing CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!! Anyone know who the Station is playing
CHRISTMAS MUSIC on 1480 Khz??

Radio Used is..................SONY SRF-T615 with 2 1/2 Foot Home Brew
Tuneable Box Loop.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ULR LOG TOTALS are now.....................536 Stations Heard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

73...ROB.

*************************************************************************************
1480 UNID Nov/12/08 1548-1551 EST EE FAIR
Playing Christmas Music!! "Up on the Rooftop". No Talk heard before
Fade Out.
BEAMING E/W...Maybe Michigan/New York????

UNID...ANY HELP???
ROSS, ONT.
**************************************************************************************
1600 WZZW Milton, W.VA. 1520 EST EE GD
Traffic Report @ 1520 EST. Mentions of US 52. ID as "News Talk Sports
WVHU 800". AD with Local Mentions. Another WVHU 800 ID.
In Parallel to WVHU 800 Khz.

RELOG NEW CALLS.......But NEW to ULR # 535 5 KW/26 Watts N
ROSS, ONT.
***************************************************************************************
1110 WYRM Norfolk, VA. 1615 EST EE GD
Religious Talk Show Over @ 1615 EST. PGM was "Eagle Life Ministries"
Phone # was 702-845-2047. Dr. Sam Walston?? in Henderson, Nevada.
ID as "1110 WYRM Presents Eagle Life Ministries".
Another "WYRM" ID and into Religious Station promo.

RELOG NEW CALLS.......But NEW to ULR # 536 50 KW Days
ROSS, ONT.
*****************************************************************************************

73....ROB.

Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!

Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«

Congratulations Richard on the TA from Oklahoma. I think you will bag
some more especially Canaries-621, Spain-585/684/774, France-
1206/1377/1557, Algeria-891, Saudi-1521, and maybe some others.

UAE on 1575 has been getting heard all over the place including the
West Coast. Might be worth a try.

Mark Connelly WA1ION

--- In ultralightdx@..., "bbwrwy" <richarda@...> wrote:

Thank for the tip John. I logged Croatia 1134 kHz a few minutes ago
at 0202 UTC on a barefoot, stock E100. The signal is good strength

at

times. Sadly, here there is severe IBOC QRM I assume from KMOX 1120.

Had a strong heterodyne on 1521 kHz at 0017-0055 UTC.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"
(near Perry OK)

For me sunset at the receiver works much better than sunrise at the
transmitter.

The less domestic station area to the west of you that's in dark, the
less interference you get. This is particularly important
for "barefoot" ultralight use when you don't have the advantage of a
null in the opposite direction of desired DX (as you would have on a
cardioid-pattern terminated Flag, Kaz, Beverage, or phased array of
verticals or loops).

When I went to Texas in the '80s on business trips, I was able to get
Saudi Arabia 1521 best of all TA's. This was with a Sony ICF-2010 in
my room at the Residence Inn on Montana Ave. next to the El Paso
Airport. KOMA (as 1520 was then) was rough but could be nulled some
to reveal the Saudi. The fact that the '2010 had been upgraded with
a better narrow filter helped. I also noted Morocco on 1044, Algeria
on 891, Portugal on 1035, and a couple from Spain. Northern Europe
didn't figure in much: even the big blasters of those days (now
defunct Norway - 1314 and Germany - 1593, as well as still-active UK -
1215) did not make a showing. Conditions were definitely slanted to
the Mediterranean area.

I don't think Croatia was running as much power back then.

More recent trips to Florida and South Carolina still show Saudi 1521
as the big blaster overall, with Canaries - 621 and Spain - 585 & 684
good on the low end.

Of course few locations in the US can compare with the coastline from
Cape Hatteras northward to Cape Cod and then up into Maine for
overall quantity and quality of TA DX. Just like Grayland for the
TP's.

I recently posted a log report for two recent after-work mini-
DXpeditions to Granite Pier in Rockport, MA. The first outing (UTC:
8-9 OCT) included use of the Eton E100, both barefoot and external-
loop-assisted. Most DX was with the SDR-IQ with "post-game analysis"
(listening to the stored RF chunks after the fact).

Full details are
at "http://home.comcast.net/~markwa1ion/granite_pier_2008.htm". The
page has a link to some audio clips as well.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA, USA

<<
FABULOUS, KIRK.... Bravo... Excellent and Yahoo!!!

Now you guys gotta get a TA from Okie Land.... 1134 Zadar has been my
easiest on other equipment... It tends to peak at ground sunrise at
the transmitter, tho' sometimes earlier.

Great going, Buddy!

John B.

<<
John:

I listened to 1134 kHz this morning after midnight and all I could
hear was IBOC hiss, probably from KMOX. It seems to be the same story
on 1116, 1206 and 1215 kHz. I've tried to hear something on all of
them overnight.

In the good old days I often heard RNE on 774 and BBC on 1215.
Another was Dakar on 764, but I don't think they're still around.

I often hear a healthy het on 1521 in the early evening, but KOKC 1520
is just too powerful. However last night I was hearing a high school
game under the playback of Bob Stopes' weekly news conference. I just
couldn't piece together enough to figure out the station.

I feel there's a good chance of hearing the Canary Island on 621, with
KMKI and CKRM nulled.

My biggest problem in the evening is drooping eyelids.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK)