torsdag 26 januari 2012

WHSR Pompano Beach FL -980


This station is very difficult to hear and even more difficult to get an ID from. Heard french or is it haitian(?) a few times in September and October 2011, but the 24th October I finally nailed them with a  call ID and "Radio Haiti Amerique International". Several other unusual Florida stations came thru this morning as WAOC-1420, WAMT-1190 and WMYR -1410.
They Serves the Haitian and Pakistan/Indian/Bangladesh commuinties in the neighborhood but also have some Italian programs.
v/s Karen Ruggiere, Buisness Mgr, confirmed  that it was their station I had heard , but also recommend me to try the "listen live" button on their website...


XECTL Radio Chetumal -860


After trying many times I succeeded at last to hear this station the 24th of October 2011. The station was suddenly  loud and clear  with " escuche te XECTL Radio Chetumal con 10 000 watts de potencia efectiva transmitiendo de la capital del estado del frontera caribe de..." a few minutes and then suddenly faded away.
I´ve only heard them once more a few weeks later so its a exotic catch  for me.
The station is situated just north of the Belize border, in the the Mexican Quintana Roo  state. It was founded in 1985 and serving regions in both countries
v/s José Leonardo Cámara Ramírez kindly confirmed my reception a few days ago.

Radio Fórmula Mexico -970, -1470, -1500



The 13th of November 2010 I had some fantastic signals from a few mexicans and one of them that I heard for the first time this morning was XERFR Radio Fórmula -970 with its TOH ID as "escuche Radio Fórmula, Groupo fórmula presente..." . This is their Primera Cadena of three channels. A few days later, 17th of Nov. I also got nice call ID of XEAI R Fórmula Tercera Cadena -1470 and XEDF R Fórmula Segunda Cadena -1500. These station are the core of a big network of stations in Mexico. A fourth "cadena" is also established by stations in US.
I got a mail today from José Pablo Cabello, VP Fórmula Digital y Comercial verifying all three stations.

onsdag 18 januari 2012

HOLY Radio Hogar, Penonomé -1250


The station was heard in the morning 23rd of December -11 a few minutes around 7 o´clock UTC. Catched their slogan "La Presencia viva del Señor" at top of the hour.
The station replied with a nice QSL letter today.
   

WGHB Farmville NC -1250


Have heard them a few times this season but  the 12th of January the signal was good enough for a reception report.  "This is Pirate Radio Farmville WGHB 12-50 , Pirate Radio 9-3 WDLX Washington-Grenville-Bern(?)"was the ID I heard .  Troy Dreyfus, Owner writes:  "
Bernt-Ivan-
Hello form the USA!
Wow... you have a great ear.  I can confirm what you heard was correct, and originated from our stations here in Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
I have owned and operated the stations for about 9 years, and it is amazing to me how many times we get "picked up" in Europe.
Thank you for letting me know, and congratulations on such an awesome find!
All the best!
Troy Dreyfus
Owner- WGHB/WDLX (Pirate Radio 1250 & 930)"


There is also in Grenville that Voice of America once had three awesome transmitter sites, now only "Site B" is active. Check it out in Google Earth.
Farmville is 20km west of Grenville with a population of about 4500. The station is named after  ECU-East Carolina University´s team "Pirates"

WARR Warrenton NC -1520


In december 2010 I experienced several nights when daytimer stations were heard just before closing time. WARR was one of those that I caught with closing procedure  in the evening 9th of Dec. With address, ph nr and nice ID´s  I tried several times to get them verified with no luck. A few days ago I discovered that they had a new website and contact address. Tried again and Dr. Lilipiana D. Darensburg , Pres. swiftly replied with a nice verie letter .They have 5kW daytime non-directional signal.
Warrenton is a small town with a population of nearly 1000 situated along the major routes of Interstate 85 and the historic U.S. Highway 1.

CKNB Campbellton NB -950


The station often produce strong signals towards Scandinavia . I heard them one evening with enjoyable  music in the beginning of January and decide to write them a letter, not the first time I must admit...Surprised to receive a short QSL letter from G.M. David Montgomery the same night.
Campbellton is situated on the bank of Restigouche river opposite of Point-á-la-Croix , Quebec with a population of 7400. Forestry and tourism  are the major industries here.