And I was just alerted to the fact I put KFun 99.5 CKKW in Hamilton, when it's really in Kitchener. OOPS. Sometimes when typing up logs, My mind gets things confused or crossed together and I dont catch it even when checking logs before hitting send.
Sorry again Paul On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:22 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > OOPS, no picture. sorry folks. Put this on facebook originally and forgot > to remove that line mentioning the CJDL tower! > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here's a few FM DX logs from Northwest Pennsylvania in the last little >> while. This isn't everything I've logged but what I find interesting for >> one reason or another and is presented in no particular order. >> >> Details: Ridgway PA (NW corner of the state halfway between Olean NY and >> State College, PA). 2000 feet elevation free of nearby terrain >> obstructions, one of the highest residential points in this part of the >> state. >> >> Equipment: Sony XDRF1HD radio, Kathrein Scala YA7 Yagi antenna and Zoom >> H1 handheld digital recorder. >> >> Now for the actual logs: >> >> NEW!! NEW!! CJDL 107.3 Tillsonburg, Ontario 7.8KW at 738 feet, 155 miles >> NW of me. This was possible since 50KW local blowtorch WCOH Du Bois was off >> the air due to a power outage on Friday March 2nd. Reception happened in >> the 8 and 9am hours and the fade ups didn't last long when they occured., >> The signal on fade ups was FAIR, I'd say. Here some audio: >> >> "Anywhere With You" by The Dungarees: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jvMUSa-5ABjGgveopauCjpMqWWr >> VNCZ7/view?usp=sharing >> >> "Are You Sure Hank Done It This way" by Waylon Jennings followed by >> Country 107.3 liner and then followed by another song: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xYseKFnp3DMxqelMOAkYLbhL2Dt >> Bs7aB/view?usp=sharing >> >> Here's a Country 107.3 weather forecast with temperatures and Country >> 107.3 jingle >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVROqj7Ah31qSHgqYARfX1BFI8K >> _vXFy/view?usp=sharing >> >> (The picture in this post is the tower holding the CJDL antennas on Plank >> Line at the Union Road intersection in Ingersoll, Ontario.) >> >> NEW!! "Country 89" CKYY 89.1 Welland, Ontario 4.5KW/428 feet at about 120 >> miles. YES! I've been trying for this one for MONTHS well, JUST because. I >> have to get past WKSV Thompson, OH, WCOV Friendship/Olean, NY and CBLA-FM-2 >> Kitchener, Ont to hear CKYY... all of them with alot more power and height >> and more potent signals. Heck, WKSV lights up RDS here regularly and has >> even locked on HD. >> >> Well, on Monday March 5pm I *FINALLY" heard a country song on 89.1, Chris >> Young's "Aw Naw" followed by a "Country 89" liner then "When you call my >> name" by Paul Brandt. The station was gone after about a minute, but it >> COUNTS as a logging in my book! Here's the audio: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sof-cx77ZjLtXEo-__4g46-PhIJ >> KwlLW/view?usp=sharing >> >> "105.1 The River" CJED Niagara Falls, Ontario. 15KW/420 feet , 120 miles. >> A recent format flip from Top 40/pop music to Adult Hits type stuff. I've >> heard it as 2DAY FM before but this was the first time with the new format. >> It produced a pretty good signal on and off for several hours on Monday >> March 5th. Here's two audio clips: https://drive.google.com/file/ >> d/1nw4v6OncSSJKpzBjdq7ATF2fTSkWntP2/view?usp=sharing anf this one: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JqQvXJgM3-p78mmvEAg7j3cUaCA >> nyz6N/view?usp=sharing >> >> "KFun 99.5" CKKW Hamilton, Ontario. 4.3KW at 364 feet, about 160 miles. >> Heard with music and KFun 99.5 liners. This station is not new but rare, as >> WGAR Cleveland and WDCX Buffalo are more often heard here, usually WDCX. I >> have heard CKKW before but usually fairly weak and not lasting long. This >> day, KFun 99.5 produced a really good signal for about 5 minutes. Here's >> the audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sof-cx77ZjLtXEo-__4g46-PhIJ >> KwlLW/view?usp=sharing >> >> "Country 105" CFDC 104.9 Shelburne, Ontario. 38.5KW at 316 feet at 211 >> miles. This isn't new, but rare here because of WRKT North East, PA and >> another nearby translator. It produced a fairly decent signal at times on >> Saturday March 3 in the 9pm. The brusts of signal weren't super log but >> overall ok. Here's some audio: >> >> A song then dj Casey Clark talking https://drive.google.com/file/ >> d/1901ogB4bGP3a1skq8eOK0SDiRNNL1KKN/view?usp=sharing >> >> Weather forecast >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17MjbU-ikwu4wMdIglML-5ljAUsE >> ABpnw/view?usp=sharing >> >> More music, Eric Church's "Creepin" >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z09RZvL-xaOKeObNWEH9Euky8vV >> DO4Qw/view?usp=sharing >> >> "KX94.7" CHKX Hamilton, Ontario 100kw Max ERP/40KW minimum ERP, 458 feet >> at 135 miles NW of me (I don't think i'm in the main lobe of CHKX, but im >> not in a huge null, either) >> >> I am 1 1/2 miles from W233BS 94.5 with 250 watts so hearing stuff on 94.3 >> and 94.7 isnt too hard but CHKX while not new and not rare, isnt heard >> terribly often. Ir produced a good signal on Monday March 5th for about 5 >> minutes at 1025. Here's the audio: https://drive.google.com/file/ >> d/13ZDbR9Ef90rvsFjnQSQRHAfCR11l-5oa/view?usp=sharing >> >> CKNC-FM 99.7 Simcoe, Ontario. 18kw at 85 feet, about 120 miles. This one >> is usually fairly weak if it's heard. Not rare but not too regular. I got a >> good signal out of it for a few minutes Monday March 5pm in the 10pm hour. >> Here's some audio: https://drive.google.com/file/ >> d/11YwyOU98ls94ED9y6S8V2HDm7PW6qHNY/view?usp=sharing >> >> "Country 106.7" CIKZ Kitchener, Ontario. 5KW at 650 feet, 170 miles NW of >> me. This one is somewhat kinda regular, but often not too strong. Monday >> March 5th produced a pretty good signal with some music and spots. Here's >> audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HNIlhs7ClP3qA_52FYG1To_bmq >> 6wX0a/view?usp=sharing >> >> "97.7 Hitz FM" CHTZ SAint Catharines, Ontario 50KW/392 feet at about 120 >> miles. This one is surprisingly rare, due in large part to WLER 97.7 >> Butler, PA which is a 6KW Equivalent about 60 miles away thats heard fairly >> well. CHTZ showed up Monday March 5th about 730 pm with a pretty good >> signal for about 10 minutes. Here's the audio: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HNIlhs7ClP3qA_52FYG1To_bmq >> 6wX0a/view?usp=sharing >> >> >> > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
