The most "productive" day of DX'ing this week was probably Thursday, with several new stations logged. I did have some good logs from other parts of the week, including some new stations. This is NOT everything I've logged by any means but ere are my favorite/best logs of the last week or so
Ridgway, Pennsylvania. (NW corner of the state) 2000 feet in elevation modified Sony XDRF1HD radio Kathrein Scala YA7 5 element yagi antenna Audio form the RCA outputs of the radio is fed directly to the line in of the Zoom H1 digital recorder. NEW! CJDV-FM 107.5 Cambridge, Ont (Kitchener) 6KW Max ERP at 226 feet, 155 miles. This station is directional and actually puts only 2.591KW in my direction. Heard Thursday May 17th at 653am with local spots, a liner, music, DJ chatter and local news. Pretty darn good signal at times. Audio recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucmEz2eDuJH_tM8YahJtUxpr1nUZDqwQ/view?usp=sharing NEW! CHIN-FM 100.7 Toronto, Ont. 8.5KW at 1379 feet, about 165 miles. I knew something was up when I heard foreign language music and speech on the channel. Matched it to the CHIN webstream on Thursday May 17th at 723am. WEak and splattered by WJNG 100.5 1 1/2 miles away at 6kw, but understandable for a bit Audio: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lVhPFsdDFaCfGhZW-LtHwyupwD2eDnAQ NEW! WMJK-FM 100.9 Clyde, OH 3kw/299 feet, 218.30 miles. Really clean, clear signal with country music and "100.9 Coast Country" liners on Thursday May 17th at 953am. Audio: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-zdVxeA2gQdEyqUoOsMGdsJVvFX639QP NEW! WOH-FM 92.1 Bellevue, OH 5800 Watts/338 feet, 214.53 miles on Thursday May 17th at 1020am with local spots, mentions of BAS Broadcasting and music. Pretty decent signal. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LlMSOxVYD5Ez32jvoMCJ3xlPGTsiLAo1 NEW! WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit, MI 48KW/554 feet, 235 miles. Pretty good signal, wiping out strong semi local WHUG only 50 miles away. WDET heard with music, and DJ Chatter on Wednesday May 16th at 1214pm. Audio: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kDtMjtDo8eMrT5Kslv8dZK7NY9iMKeHU NEW! WOMC-FM 104.3 Detroit, MI 190KW/361 feet, 235 miles with music and DJ Chatter on Wednesday May 16th at 1208pm. Briefly over riding strong local 6kw local WKNB Clarendon, PA. WOMC Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eUC8TNCeJKdnSf2Zf2U0iTke1Eg7pffQ/view?usp=sharing WKQI-FM 95.5 Detroit, MI 100KW/427 feet at 235 miles. I've had their HD Carrier flash on my display, but never got audio from them. This is the first time I got audio from them. On Wednesday May 16th at 1041am, you can actually hear the HD Carrier locking and unlocking several times. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1yx3vjz9k3azX2h5f9LVjhwpcbcqX-C/view?usp=sharing WNFR-FM 90.7 Sandusky, MI 42KW/492 feet, 233.38 miles. Heard on WEdnesday May 16th at 1058am with Station ID, weather forecast and DJ chatter. Poor signal, getting splattered to pieces by 250 watt WRVI 91.1 only 2380 feet away from me. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lXmLVWy9DSZ3x5CexAVljuSGudT0qEoK/view?usp=sharing WKHR-FM 91.5 Bainbridge, OH 750 Watts/463 feet, 135 miles. Pretty darn good signal for the power and distance, in with their usual old timey/standards music on Tuesday May 15th at 329am. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nls7l8JpzuHY4v-lIqfqyLJrt1zGDrTd/view?usp=sharing WKTL-FM 90.7 Struthers, OH 13.5KW/24 feet, about 110 miles. STrongest I've ever heard WKTL, with 3 out of 3 bars on my modified Sony XDRF1HD Radio and Kathrein Scala YA7 antenna. THe RDS for WKTL even lit up and stayed lit on Tuesday May 15th at 308am. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qr2FH2wdexSk-FbRME2JXRMu-_TkaWF2/view?usp=sharing NEW HD LOCK! WDCX 99.5 HD2 Buffalo, NY. 110KW/640 feet, 110 miles. I've had WDCX 99.5 in analog plenty, but never had their HD Carrier til Tuesday May 15th at 110am. The lock held pretty darn good for nearly 20 minutes before it starting unlocking and becoming unuseable. The HD2 is commercial free christian music. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mNFo9Gklq2fzx4pWIxThTs1oQEmDM98Y/view?usp=sharing NEW! WVKF-FM 95.7 Shadyside, OH(Wheeling, WV) 6800 Watts/627 feet, 141.72 miles. Totally overriding local blowtorch WPIG Olean, NY. Heard on Monday May 14th at 1127pm with music and DJ chatter, matched to webstream. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1Bm82BQXKz2jnI9LpHC8Emw4BLhrgax/view?usp=sharing NEW! WWSW-FM 94.5 Pittsburgh, PA 50KW/810 feet, 95 miles. I am 1 1/2 miles from analog W233BS 94.5 WWSW started HD locking and unlocking over and over and then for about 5-6-7 minutes, it held pretty steady. In this recording from Monday May 14th at 1050am, you can hear the smooth transition between 3WS 94.5 and "Classy" (WKBI 1400//94.5 W233BS). Audio recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fo0tIhFsMlMQl6uGvlvWDBuoEsuZKHmv/view?usp=sharing NEW! WWSW-FM 94.5 Pittsburgh, PA 50KW/810 feet, 95 miles. I am 1 1/2 miles form analog W233BS 94.5 WWSW started HD locking and unlocking over and over and then for about 5-6-7 minutes, it held pretty steady. In this recording from Monday May 14th at 1050am, you can hear the smooth transition between 3WS 94.5 and "Classy" (WKBI 1400//94.5 W233BS). Audio recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fo0tIhFsMlMQl6uGvlvWDBuoEsuZKHmv/view?usp=sharing WKKW-FM 97.9 Fairmont, WV 29kw/640 feet at about 155 miles SW of me. Pretty strong signal, wiping out distant semi local WXBB Erie. Heard with music, liners, local event mentions and DJ Chatter on Monday May 14th at 1011pm. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13eohXCaxGhltSw5WBeqzgYOKxdsZY8JD/view?usp=sharing NEW! WVAQ-FM 101.9 Morgantown, WV/ 50kw/499 feet, 115 miles SW of me. Heard on Monday May 14th at 937am with music, liners, DJ Chatter and eventual station ID at about 10pm. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCNSntdjZeUFgYO0xpcu1yB3fXUT-5i_/view?usp=sharing CIKZ-FM 106.7 Kitchener, Ont. 5KW/657 feet, about 150 miles. The station is directional and sends 2.943kw in my direction. Fairly good signal most of the time on Monday May 14th at 721am with DJ chatter about having a kid, traffic reports and more. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14032j2Gy8BzOssKIf7INNsMCGZNOPctc/view?usp=sharing CFDC-FM 104.9 Shelburne, Ont, 32KW at 315 feet, 211 miles with DJ chatter, mentions of local stuff and commercials on Monday May 14th at 752am. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qAp6ws9DbR4NOlSGEziA4xqY-dvxjg4X/view?usp=sharing WCLV-FM 104.9 Lorain, OH 6kw/328 feet, 170 miles. This showed up on Monday May 14th at 136pm with a beautiful signal. Audio here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LH1PeST1y_0MbJUkRgLdTXyEaNnM4vWq/view?usp=sharing WYLR-FM 101.9 Hubbard, OH. 3kw/322 feet, 110 miles. Fri May 11 at 749. 3 out of 3 bars and with RDS. Super strong, wiping out strong semi local WHUG 50 miles away. Legal ID at about 8am. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ch_tk6czsw-MNkTGrsy_U9EbqW4w7DUj/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
