From: SHAWN AXELROD To: amfmtvdx@grove.net Subject: DXpedition Logs Reply-To: SHAWN AXELROD BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM SHAWN M. AXELROD AND WAYNE MCRAE 30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA TELEPHONE NUMBER: 204-253-8644 E-MAIL: saxelrod@mb.sympatico.ca DX'ING FROM VALHALLA BEACH RECEIVER: 2- ICOM ICR-70 2- MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT ANTENNA: 12 LONG WIRES OR BEVERAGES RUNNING EAST WEST AND SOUTH SPECIAL 1620 KRIZ WA Renton 02/14 2307 Poor signals u/WPHG with R&B music and ID. Heard again 02/15 0820 with Good signals and Gospel music and ID again as KRIZ/KZIZ. Music at times same format as WPHG so have to be careful. NEW!! (VAL-DX) UNIDs and UNID HELP 540 UNID 02/14 1945 Poor signals with Spanish talk and a possible ID as O-A.(VAL-DX) 1050 UNID 02/14 2030 Poor signals with hockey game between the Wolverines and Wildcats. Seemed to be a Wolverine broadcast. (VAL-DX) 1610 UNID 02/14 1915 Poor signals with just two different tones alternating back and forth. (VAL-DX) TIS & OTHER STUFF 1630 TIS MI Detroit 02/14 1900 Fair signals with the Time Lady with time about 50 minutes out of sync. NEW!! (VAL-DX) 1630 WPJR342 MI Roseville 02/14 1910 Fair signals with two ladies giving info. First lady gave the call sign and the fact that it was a HAR run by the Michigan Dept. Of Transport. Then another lady with info saying this site was West of I-94 and I-696. NEW!! (VAL-DX) 1640 WPLR660 TX Dallas/Fort Worth 02/14 1905 Poor signals with airport information. Note new calls now official calls. Old WQO767 were temporary calls. This info as per H Helms TIS site. (VAL-DX) 1680 WPLR660 TX Dallas/Fort Worth 02/07 1905 Poor signals with airport information. Note new calls now official calls. Old WQO767 were temporary calls. This info as per H Helms TIS site. (VAL-DX) DX AND EQUIPMENT TESTS 0000-0800 HOURS 570 CKGL ON Kitchener 02/15 0632 Fair signals with local news and weather. (VAL-DX) 740 WRPQ WI Baraboo 02/15 0741 Poor signals with ID as AM Stereo WRPQ. (VAL-DX) 1030 WBZ MA Boston 02/15 0613 Good signals with a traffic report news time check and ID. (VAL-DX) 1570 CKTA AB Taber 02/15 0640 Good signals well over CKMW with oldies and ID as Classic Hits CKTA. (VAL-DX) 0800-1600 HOURS 530 CKHL AB High Level 02/15 0807 Fair to good signals with Country music not AC/Oldies as per LOG. (VAL-DX) 1490 KEYG WA Grand Coulee 02/15 0840 Good signals on top with local ads and announcements and clear KEYG ID (VAL-DX) 1600-2400 HOURS 530 CIAO ON Brampton 02/14 1836 Good signals with local talk program in ?? Language with several mentions of Toronto. (VAL-DX) 540 WQTM FL Pine Hills 02/14 1937 Poor signals in CBK null with sports programming and ID as Sports radio WQTM. NEW!!(VAL-DX) 580 WKTY WI La Crosse 02/14 2143 Fair signals in partial CKY null with weather report and ID. (VAL-DX) 680 KNBR CA San Francisco 02/14 2333 fair signals in CJOB null with ESPN programming and local ads. (VAL-DX) 810 WHB MO Kansas City 02/14 2122 Fair to Good signals in CKJS null with Spanish Language programming. (VAL-DX) 950 WIDB IL Chicago 02/14 1840 Poor to fair signals in CFAM null with 1 on 1 Sports and clear WIDB ID. NEW!! (VAL-DX) 1050 CHUM ON Toronto 02/14 2110 Fair signals in total CKSB null with oldies and Chum ID's . (VAL-DX) 1050 KLOH MN Pipestone 02/14 2040 Poor signals with country music weather. (VAL-DX) 1250 KIKC MT Forsyth 02/14 1730 Good signals in CHSM null with country music and several ID's This becomes dominant once CHSM is nulled. (VAL-DX) 1290 WMCS WI Greenfield 02/14 1830 Poor signals in a mess in CIFX null with clear ID. (VAL-DX) 1290 WKLJ WI Sparta 02/14 1835 Poor signals in mess in CIFX null with news and clear ID. (VAL-DX) 1590 WPVL WI Platteville 02/14 2141 Fair signals with local basketball game and clear ID. NEW!! (VAL-DX) 1600 KMJM MO St Louis 02/14 1755 Good signals with Gospel music and ID's as Gospel sixteen hundred. (VAL-DX) 1640 KDIA CA Vallejo 02/14 1930 Good signals with Golden Bears Basketball and ID (VAL-DX) TRANS-ATLANTIC DX 189 Iceland Rikisutvarpid Gufuskalar Feb 15 0032 Fair signals with Icelandic talk and mix of music some in English. Only Longwave station to produce audio. (VAL-DX) 1314 Norway NRK Kvitsoy Feb 15 0503 Poor to fair signals with Norwegian talk and oldies music. Only TA on the band. (VAL-DX) TRANS-PACIFIC DX 738 Polynesia RFO Mahina Feb 15 1210 Poor signals but clear with French talk. Only TP to produce audio.(VAL-DX) PAN-AMERICAN DX 540 UNID Feb 15 0145 Poor signals with Spanish talk and a possible ID as O-A.(VAL-DX) 540 Mexico XEWA Monterrey Feb 15 0150 Good signals over CBK with music. (VAL-DX) 730 Mexico XEX Mexico DF Feb 15 1230 Good signals with Mexican ballad music. (VAL-DX) 990 Mexico XET Monterrey Feb 15 0200 Poor signals in partial CBW null with music program and ID. (VAL-DX) COMMENTS Well another successful DX'pedition is completed. The weather did not quite co-operate and the chance of snow turned into a steady snow with a strong wind. The walk out to the magic DX bus where we DX from was once again a challenge. Lots of snow on the ground and more falling. Took two to handle a toboggan again. The good news was once at the bus and we unloaded and got a fire going, we could go back out in the snow and wind to walk back to get fire wood. Ahhh yes a double trip this go around. But as you can see it was worth every step and drop of sweat. Managed to get TA's and TP's this time. Conditions were not great and the snow caused more static than we needed. TP Hets were very few and all between 700 and 800 kHz. No TA Hets but 1314 was there in plain view. Hey I log them I don't make up the rules. The crazy time lady station was logged at long last. 1610 was very dead. Our pest from MN was no where to be heard so we thought we were in for a treat. Unfortunately nothing else came in to replace it. Back next month if all goes well for more DX. BEST OF DX SHAWN -- saxelrod@mb.sympatico.ca REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER ===== This is the AM/FM/TV DX mailing list. To post to the list, send an e-mail to : amfmtvdx@grove.net To unsubscribe the list, send a mail to: majordomo@grove.net with only "unsubscribe amfmtvdx" in the BODY of the e-mail. =====