WIZZ Greenfield MA -1520 kHz

In the evening  12th of December 2010 the MW band opened up early enough  for Daytimer hunting.  On 1520 kHz there was a  NOS station instead of the usual  Buffalo powerhouse,WWKB. After a few minutes the c/d  procedure started with some nice ID´s and promo for upcoming programs. 
Greenfield is located in  Pioneer Valley at  the northeastern part of the state between  Connecticut river and the Berkshire foothills. Has about 18000 residents and is known for its picturesque  and vibrant downtown. The town is living up to its "green" name  by construction of a giant 2.0MW solar farm  this summer. It will supply half of the city-owned facilities with electricity.
V/s Daniel J.Ferriera Jr., Chief Engineer   

WCMC Wildwood NJ-1230

The station has been heard a few times this season already, first the 25th of august when I caught a Top of the hour ID as "WCMC Wildwood"  and two days later with " ..Jesrey shore...broadcasting from .....the capital of America  and now from Cape May  town on AM 12-30 - Oldies 12-30 WMID"  The reason is that they simulcast with the sisterstation WMID -1340.
Wildwood/ Cape May is located on the southernmost tip of New Jersey with the Delaware bay to the west  and the Atlantic Ocean  to the east. The area is famous for their seaside resorts  and should also be a terrific place for DXing the european MW band
V/s  Gary Fisher, GM

WMTR Morristown NJ -1250

The reception of this station is a typical Grayzone-DX enhancement. It was heard August 27th during the last minutes before the station changed to its  night time antenna pattern,  when they have  almost no signal towards Scandinavia. The daytime antenna pattern has a better coverage towards northeast but with 2 kW lower power.
The signal was very weak but with a distinct ID as " 12-50 WMTR Morristown"  I sent the recording to Program Director Chris Edwards who verified my reception today.A nice opening of the new season!

CBG Gander NL-1400

this station is like a lighthouse in the AM band, always there when its open towards the northwesten hemisphere. I noted the station some days ago with a new type of  local ID, "CBC Radio One 1400 AM in Gander".  I sent Maureen Anonsen a reception report which was verified swiftly.
Gander is located on the northeastern part of the Island of Newfoundland and has a population of aprox. 10000 habitants. Gander was actually first an military airport that was built during the second world war where a town  started to  develop around.  The airport  later became Gander International Airport. It was used as a refuelling stop for atlantic flights in many years  until the newer long-range aircrafts hit the market.

 

Forest FM,Verwood - 92.3 MHz

The 8th of July  there was some Italians in the lower part of the band but only the usual big networks. During the evening I wasn´t able to DX live, therefore I tuned my SB920 to a free QRG and pressed the recording button.

Later in the night when I arrive home there was a pleasant surprise in my recording. A few minutes after 7 o´clock  BBC R 3 came in and a little bit later I heard a commercial with ph nr indicating Dorset. The station went away but only to reappear  2 minutes later with a nice ID as "Forest FM"  by the announcer Laura Jerome. 

The station is a small non-profit community Radio Station in Verwood, Dorset staffed primarily by volunteers. With the low power of only 25Watts,  this is my best FM catch  from England.

Station Mgr Steve Saville answered my reception report and he´s a former FMDXer!! Heres what he wrote:

Hello Bernt

Thank you for your email.

I must admit I have been a DX'er in the past and I have often heard Swedish stations on FM here in the UK during Sporadic E sessions. Also Spanish and Eastern European stations. We also get French radio and TV regularly via tropospheric lifts.

We are in Verwood in the South of England.

I can confirm your reception report for 08-07-2011 - thank you for the recording, it was very interesting to hear. Typical Sporadic E I think !

I mentioned it on the breakfast programme this morning and I have attached the recording. I hope you enjoy it.

We will send a sticker and flyer in the post.

Kind regards

Steve Saville - station manager

Many thanks Steve for the QSL and here´s the recording from the Morning show:


http://www.box.net/shared/mbkf8qxp6fosi26h4zza

Radijo Stotis Lietus "In The Rain" , Klapeida -103.7MHz

In the morning  10th of July there was a slight  tropo opening towards the southeast of Sala. On 103.7 the Klapedian station R Stotis Lietus came in a few minutes with some comercials and a jingle ID.  Lithuania is the most difficult to catch  country of the Baltics here in Sala. A reception report yesterday was directly answered by  the staff in Lithuanian. Thanks god for the google translation service !

Lor´FM, Landres - 97,2 MHz

During my first real eskip for the season of 2010 I stumbled across this French station in the evening 1st of June. Its located in the  northeastern part of  France, near the borders of Belgium and Luxembourg. With the distance of 1430km a little shorter eskip than usual.
V/s  Alain Reige confirmed my reception with a short email.