fredag 19 oktober 2012

WWFE Miami FL -670


Have tried many times to get them verified by the  many emailaddresses on the station website, but no luck.  A few days ago I found them on facebook  and got a positive answer almost directly,

Dear Bernt, Yes, that is indeed us! It seems...
La Poderosa-WWFE
Dear Bernt,

Yes, that is indeed us! It seems DXing is a popular hobby in Scandinavia because all these requests come from there. Very interesting. Good luck with your future endeavors. 



The station is not easy to hear as the Cubans on the same QRG is sooo much stronger and the pattern that "La Poderosa" use has no signal at all in our direction up here in Scandinavia. Seems that there was some pretty strange conditions the 1st October  2010 when I heard them.




torsdag 18 oktober 2012

WNIK R Única, Arecibo PR -1230


Heard them the 21st of January 2012 , alone on the QRG at my local midnight. It was the first time in many years I´ve heard them, and now with a beautiful ID as "Transmite WNIK 1230 AM Puerto Rico"
V/s Jose G Garcia  Gonzalez  verified my reception at the same time as WMSW today. Muchas Gracias Jose!

WMSW Radio Once, Hatillo PR -1120


The 27th of September last season there was a little better than normal propagation towards Puerto Rico  at sunrise and I watched 1120kHz for almost an hour. At last I heard a nice jingle for "Radio Once" . Sent them a reception report but got no reaction from the station.  A few days ago I got a tip from my friend Gert Nilsson  -GN  about a Technican on WMSW/WNIK , Jose Gerardo Garcia , who swiftly verified my reception report.
Hatillo is located on the northwestern coast  between Camuy and Arecibo.

onsdag 17 oktober 2012

WPLN Madison TN -1430


One of the more surprising catches of the 2010 season was  WPLN on 1430. The station probably had some problems with the switch to nightpower/ antenna pattern and kept the daytime 15kW nondirectional running all night. It was the 22nd of October that I heard   "This is Nashville´s Public Radio 14-30 WPLN AM...wpln.org"  and a few other DX-fellows too,  here in Sweden.
Today I got a nice verification at last from Carl Pedersen:

Mr. Holmberg, 
I am responding to your note to Donna regard reception of WPLN 1430AM on Oct 22nd 2010.   I listened to the mp3 and heard the station ID clearly. 
Please consider this note as official verification of your reception of WPLN-AM in Nashville, TN.
Regards,
Carl Pedersen
Technology Director
Nashville Public Radio
WPLN FM
WPLN AM
The station located in Madison,  a northeastern neighborhood in Nashville,  serving Nashville with Public Radio. As seen on the coverage map the signals reached a little bit further that night than normal...
  

WENJ Atlantic City NJ -1450



The most regular one together with Bermuda on the QRG here in Möklinta. A few days ago I  wrote a f/up after hearing them the 5th of January -11, and received   a short message from Kristen Lucca :

Hello,

So fun and cool!  Yep that's our station!

Best,
Kristen


heard them with a "97.3 FM ESPN FM" which is their FM output from ESPN South Jersey.
Atlantic City, nicknamed as "World´s Favorite Playground" a internationally reowned resort city for gambling,conventions and leisure. The city also served as the inspiration  for the original verison of the board game Monopoly. The city is located on the Atlantic coast with about 40.000 habitants.


WNRP Gulf Breeze FL -1620

This station have  been on my most wanted list since they started back in 2005. The ridiculous many Cubans on the frequency, plus the carribbeansWHDP ST Croix  (the reasons of the cuban invasion of the QRG,they relay Radio Martí at nights...) have done the searching of US stations here very difficult. Only a few times i´ve had selective conditions when I could slice out some of the northern stations instead. The 12th of December 2010 was such a date when I first caught " News, Talk, Traffic and Weather - This is Newsradio 16-20 WNRP Gulf Breeze"  and also later KOZN NE .
It was tricky to get them verified until I got contact with the owner  Dave Hoxeng who verified my reception today and also promise to mail a good old QSL Card!


Located on the northwestern tip of Florida , targeting Pensacola just over the bridge, makes the station a difficult catch as the conditions seldom reach this area.
They started back in 2005 as "Classic Country AM 1620" , but changed format in 2007 and was renamed as Newstalk 1620 - Pensacola´s Live , Local NewsTalk Station".  Both WNRP and the sister station CatCountry 98.7 are locally owned by Dave and Mary Hoxeng.

Gulf Breeze...a wonderful name, isn´t it ?  

HJJW Em Nuevo Continente, Bogotá -1460



The 11th of September I had some pretty strong signals from Bogota. On 1460kHz  I caught "esta es la señal de Nuevo Continente en Bogotá HJJW Amplitud Modulada 1460 kHz....Nuevo Continente - La Alternativa Diferente"  totally dominated the frequency. 
Luis Enrique Ramos swiftly confirmed my reception.