Subject:[HCDX]: Blokhus DX-Report Date:Wed, 7 Jan 1998 20:29:36 +0100 From:"Martin Elbe" To:"Hard-core-DX" Hello! Now this year's DX-pedition to Blokhus in northern Jutland (Denmark) is history. We arrived on 26.12 in the afternoon and left on 6.1.98 around noon. We, that were czech DXer Karel Honzik and Joachim Stiller and Martin Elbe from Germany. Alas, this time Finn Krone could not participate due to private reasons, but we had phone-contact with him every day. Blokhus is a famous danish seaside-resort where we had hired a summer-cottage right behind the dunes, about 250 meters from the North Sea. The area was extremely quiet, all surrounding cottages were uninhabitat. It was the third DX-pedition in a row over the new year, the first one 95/96 was to Hune, about 3 km from Blokhus, the second one 96/97 was in Blokhus in the same cottage we used now. Antennas used were mainly longwires of about 150 to 250 meters in length, main direction was from 290 to 330 degrees (4 antennas), one to 240 degrees. And to complete the sortiment there was an active antenna (DX-One professional) and an endfired inverted V of 8m height, receivers used were three AOR AR7030. Conditions? On the 27.12 it was very good, with lots of stations from the Prairie coming in (of course, this was meant as a mediumwave-DXpedition!) 28.12. was even better and 29.12 was absolutely breathtaking. In almost 30 years of DXing I hadn't experienced such conditions! We heard Northamerica around the clock, on every 10 kHz channel! Wow! A pity that we could monitor 3 frequencies only at a time, leaving out more than 100 unmonitored :-( We thought it would never end, but alas, alas, it all came to a sudden end on the 30.12. On that day we had a very distinct opening towards Florida when at 0540 UTC something hit us from the sun. All US stations were wiped out within a minute, after 10 minutes they slowly recovered. But not back to the old beauty, in the morning the listening period ended soon with very early fade-outs. Nothing more from the Prairie then till the end of our DXpedition! What followed was the period of the long faces, slowly, slowly conditions recovered, we heard this and that from the Eastcoast, but the spectacular ones were gone. On the 31. an 1.1. good openings in the night towards Puerto Rico and Central America in general. On the 4.1. the big guns from the Westcoast, like CJVB, CFUN, KGA and KOMO returned, and on the 6.1. it was good towards Eastcoast. Some interesting remarks: During the first DXpedition we couldn't log VOWR on 800 at all. Last year it appeared twotimes. This year VOWR was audible every evening, always the first to fade-in was CBG Gander on 1400 around 1900 UTC, 10 minutes later VOWR showed up. And every morning VOWR was audible too. And KBRW Barrow, Alaska! Not heard at all on the first DXpedition, last year we were really excited to log it twice. And this year? A daily one, audible in the morning, during daytime, afternoon, evening and night. Almost regarded as a pest! Sic transit gloria mundi! Same is valid for KXBT. Oh, how I was fighting with them last year on 1630! This year they came in roaring on their new 1640 kHz frequency. On the other hand we didn't hear CHIN Toronto, 1540, at all. That was a pest during the previous two years. Off the air? Some interesting results from the antenna-tests: The end-fired inverted "V" I used performed very well in comparison with the longwires. During nighttime reception it was my favourite antenna, giving better results than the longwires. Only during daytime, after 1000 hrs UTC when everything in gain was needed the longwires outrivalled the Vertical. On the 29. we tried to log Hawaii, but with no success. I thought it could be possible on that day, I was chasing a station on 1500 kHz for more than an hour (expecting KUMU), but it turned out to be "only" CKAY Duncan, BC. So, until now no log from Hawaii in Central Europe. The challenge continues! (At least for us in Central Europe. In northern Finnland that's a job for housewives with a kitchen radio :-) The best log? Difficult to say, most likely the Dallas Airport Station on 1680 is the best. But a lot of stations logged there could be first from Central Europe. Enough said, fasten seat belts, and tadaa! tadaaa! here is our station list. Some more will be added when we are through with the tapes, but these are identified until now. NORTH AMERICA 550 CHNL, Trois Rivičres, PQ 560 CHVO, Carbonear, NF CKCN, Sept Iles, PQ 570 Nuuk, Greenland 580 CJFX, Antigonish, NF CFRA, Ottawa, ON CKY, Winnipeg, MB 590 VOCM, St. John's, NF 600 CIQC, Montreal, PQ 610 CHNC, New Carlisle, PQ WIOD, Miami, FL 620 CKCK, Regina, SK 650 Nuuk, Greenland CKGA, Gander, NF WSM, Nashville, TN 660 WFAN, New York, NY CFFR, Calgary, AB 670 CKXB, Musgravetown, NF WMAQ, Chicago, IL 680 KBRW, Barrow, AK WRKO, Boston, MA CJOB, Winnipeg, MB CFTR, Toronto, ON 690 CBF, Montreal, PQ (so they are not switched off yet!) 700 CHSJ, St. John, NB WLW, Cincinnati, OH 710 KIRO, Seattle, WA WOR, New York, NY CKVO, Clarenville, NF 730 CKAC, Montreal, PQ CKDM, Dauphin, MB CKLG, Vancouver, BC 740 CHCM, Marystown, NF 750 WSB, Atlanta, GA CBGY, Bonavista Bay, NF CJVR, Melfort, SK CKGB, Timmins, ON 760 WJR, Detroit, MI 770 WABC, New York, NY CHQR, Calgary, AB 780 WBBM, Chicago, IL CFDR, Dartmouth, NS 790 CIGM, Sudbury, ON CFCW, Camrose, AB WAXY, Miami, FL WMCA, Providence, RI 800 CKLW, Windsor, ON CHRC, Quebec, PQ VOWR, St. John's, NF 820 WBAP, Fort Worth, TX CHAM, Hamilton, ON 830 WCCO, Minneapolis, MN 840 WHAS, Louisville, KY 850 KOA, Denver, CO WEEI, Boston, MA CKVL, Verdun, PQ 860 CJBC, Toronto, ON 870 WWL, New Orleans, LA 880 WCBS, New York, NY CHQT, Edmonton, AB 890 WLS, Chicago, IL 920 CJCH, Halifax, NS CFRY, Portage La Prairie, MB 930 CJYQ, St. John's, NF CFBC, St. John, NB CJCA, Edmonton, AB 940 CBM, Montreal, PQ CJGX, Yorktown, SK 950 CKNB, Campbellton, NF CFAM, Altona, MB (// 1250 CHSM) 960 CHNS, Halifax, NS CFAC, Calgary, AB 970 WZAN, Portland, CT UNID, Testtones and anns "CBS Radio Network, Channel 43". Need Help! 980 CBV, Quebec, PQ 1000 KOMO, Seattle, WA WMVP, Chicago, IL CFLP, Rimouski, PQ CKBW, Bridgewater, NS 1010 WINS, New York, NY CFRB, Toronto, ON 1020 KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA 1030 WBZ, Boston, MA 1040 WHO, Des Moines, IA CKST, Langley, BC 1050 CHUM, Toronto, ON WEVD, New York, NY 1060 CKMX, Calgary, AB 1070 CBA, Moncton, NB CHOK, Sarnia, ON 1080 WTIC, Hartford, CT 1090 KRPM, Seattle, WA WBAL, Baltimore, MD 1100 WTAM, Cleveland, OH 1110 WBT, Charlotte, NC KFAB, Omaha, NE (presumed) CKTY, Sarnia, ON 1120 KMOX, St. Louis, MO 1130 WBBR, New York, NY KFAN, Minneapolis, MN CKWX, Vancouver, BC 1140 CBI, Sydney, NS CHRB, High River, AB 1150 CKOC, Hamilton, ON CJRC, Gatineau, PQ 1160 KSL, Salt Lake City, UT 1170 CKGY, Red Deear, AB WWVA, Wheeling, WV 1180 WHAM, Rochester, NY 1190 WLIB, New York, NY WOWO, Fort Wayne, IN CFSL, Weyburn, SK 1200 WOAI, San Antonio, TX CKXM, Victoria, BC CJBZ, Ottawa, ON 1250 CHSM, Steinbach, MB 1260 WEZE, Boston, MA (IDing as Radio Disney) 1270 CHAT, Medicine Hat, AB 1290 CHRM, Matane, PQ 1300 CJME, Regina, SK 1320 CKEC, New Glasgow, NS CHMB, Vancouver, BC 1330 CJYM, Rosetown, SK WRCA, Waltham, MA 1360 CKBC, Bathurst, NB CJVL, Ste. Marie de Beauce, PQ 1370 CFOK, Westlock, AB 1390 WEGP, Presque Isle, ME WDCW, Syracuse, NY WEED, Rocky Mount, NC (tentative only! Non-stop Gospel music with rare IDs as "Gospel 13-90". Never a callsign was given! Or new format of WXTC? Strange we never heard them! WXTC was unavoidable last year) CJCY, Medicine Hat, AB 1400 CBG, Gander, NF WOND, Pleasantville, NJ 1410 WPOP, Hartford, CT CFUN, Vancouver, BC CIGO, Port Hawkesbury, NS 1420 CKDY, Digby, NS KUJ, Walla Walla, WA 1430 KLO, Oden, UT WNJR, Newark, NJ WMYS, Indianapolis, IN WENE, Endicott, NY WXKS, Everett, MA CHKT, Toronto, ON 1440 WJAE, Westbrook, ME 1460 WGNA, Albany, NY CJOY, Guelph, ON 1470 KBSN, Moses Lake, WA KWSL, Sioux City, IA WLOL, Brooklyn Park, MN (IDing as KLBB, their sister-station) WWNN, Pompano Beach, FL CJBV, Vancouver, BC 1480 WGVU, Kentwood, MI WHBC, Canton, OH 1500 KSTP, St. Paul, MN WFIF, Milford, CT WTOP, Washington, DC 1510 KGA, Spokane, WA WLAC, Nashville, TN WNBR, Boston, MA 1520 WWKB, Buffalo, NY KFXX, Oregon City, OR 1530 KFBK, Sacramento, CA 1540 KXEL, Waterloo, IA WDCD, Albany, NY 1550 CBE, Windsor, ON KYCY, San Francisco, CA 1560 WRHC, Coral Gables, FL (partly with own IDs, but heard also relaying WWFE 670) WQEW, New York, NY 1570 WFLR, Dundee, NY WBUG, Amsterdam, NY WTLK, Taylorsville, NC 1580 CBJ, Chicoutimi, PQ 1590 WAKR, Akron, OH WARV, Warwick, RI WSMN, Nashua, NH 1600 KCRG, Cedar Rapids, IA KYGO, Lakewood, CO WUNR, Brookline, MA WWRL, New York, NY WAAM, Ann Arbir, MI 1640 KXBT, Vallejo, CA 1650 KGXL, Costa Mesa, CA 1660 WJDM, Elizabeth, NJ 1680 WAQ767, Dallas Airport Information, TX 1700 WCMQ, Miami, FL CENTRAL AMERICA 620 CMGN, R. Rebelde, Cuba 640 CMBC, R. Progreso, Cuba 670 CMQ, R. Rebelde, Cuba 710 CMW, R. Rebelde, Cuba (plus others on same frequency) 830 R. Paradise, Nevis 840 R. Carribbean, St. Lucia 890 CMDZ, R. Progreso, Cuba 930 CMJS, R. Reloj, Cuba (plus others on same frequency) 950 CMHI, R. Reloj, Cuba 960 CMDJ, R. Reloj, Cuba 1010 CMAP, R. Reloj, Cuba 1020 Carribbean Christian Radio, Grand Turk 1060 XEEP, R. Educación, Mexico 1130 HIRL, Cadena Noticias, Santiago, Dom. Rep. 1190 WBMJ, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1350 WEGA, R. Las Vegas, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 1400 Harbour Light, Grenada 1480 WMDD, Fajardo, Puerto Rico 1500 PCJ9, R. Hoyer 2, Curacao 1540 ZNS1, Nassau, Bahamas 1570 HIAJ, R. Amanecer, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. TGVEA R. Voz Evangelica de America, Guatemala XERF, La Poderosa 15-70, Ciudad Acuna, Mexico 1600 WLUZ, R. Luz, Santurce, Puerto Rico SOUTH AMERICA 570 HJND, R. Nac. de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia 650 HJKH, RCN 2, Bogotá, Colombia 760 HJAJ, RCN Barranquilla, Colombia 770 HJJX, RCN, Bogota, Colombia 970 HJCH, RCN, Colombia 1000 HJAQ, RCN Cartagena, Colombia 1010 HJJR, Caracol Neiva, Colombia 1140 YV??, La Margaritena, Porlamar, Venezuela 1240 YVNV, R. Nacional de Venezuela 1410 YVSP, R. Simpatia, Valera, Venezuela 1420 YVNZ, R. Marabina, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1500 YVRZ, R. Dos Mil, Cumana, Venezuela 1510 YV??, R. Informativa, Venezuela 1620 Esmeralda, Buenos Aires, Argentina. They never IDed as Radio Esmeralda, only as "Esmeralda"! Using the slogan Radio Salvador too. Uff. Almost got a tennis-elbow from typing... OK, that's it so far. Hope you enjoyed it. 7030's Martin