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Hey All, Last week sometime I snagged KUMA 1290 from Pendalton Or. around
3:30pm. (local time) Reasonable sig. here in southwest Wyo. Haven`t been on the
band in a while now. But that was cool. Don`t hear Or. that much from here.
Also got KTLC 1460 out of Dickson, ND as
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Hey All, Last week sometime I snagged KUMA 1290 from Pendalton Or. around
3:30pm. (local time) Reasonable sig. here in southwest Wyo. Haven`t been on the
band in a while now. But that was cool. Don`t hear Or. that much from here.
Also got KTLC 1460 out of Dickson, ND as
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Hey All, The other day around 7:30 am (my time) I snagged 1110 KBND. out of
Bend Or. Good sig. with local news and weather. Don`t hear Or. that often up
here in the Rockies, so it was a nice change for once. Also got another new one
yesterday morning-620 KJOL out of Grand
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Hey All, Got 1140 from Manitoba here in south Wyo. the other morning. (around
5AM local) Playing cw tunes, then went to a sports feed from NYC. Good signal
into my QTH! 73 and vry good dx to all. (I`m busy studying for the ham extra
lic.) Robbie in Wyoming
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Hey All, Was wondering how many of the stations that were on a recent old
stations link have you heard. I`ve got several of these in my log now. Don`t
have it in front of me right now, but I do remember logging several of them.
Was also wondering, how many of the 3 letter calls(and mis-placed 4
Hey all, was reading the march Mont. times mag and learned of a writer that was
doing some HD AM DXing. He got 3 stations and wrote to them. Only got one
reply. Wonder if anyone else has had this happen with HD DX?(WBZ was the
replyer) Good dx to all, Robbie in south Wyoming
I hear the tones here on my local TIS as well. Just not with the beat that
yours has. Wonder if its just that the tones were recorded in the loop as well
and are being replayed with the audio.(but are a little hotter audio wise?)
Just a thought, Robbie in Wyoming
hey All, I think the coolest one I ever got was from the voice of the
foothills station out in cal.(kahu?) They were at 5kw night power and I was
the first dxer to give them a report. No card, but nice e-mail. First card was
for whr. Didn`t even remember sending in the report.(was in eng.
Hey All ,Was just looking at my QSL collection and wondering, What where your
best years for QSLing? That is, did you get more in any one year then in some
other? My best year to date(so far) was `09 with just under a dozen. Just a
thought. Good dx to all, Robbie in Wyoming (about 200 miles
Hey All, Got a station on 670 from Id.(I think Kvoi from Boise) here the other
night as well as a Can. station.(didn`t get that call) Was wondering why Id.
is so hard for a lot of people to hear? I don`t hear much from that part of the
world either and I live right next door!(just a thought)
hey All, Heard cfac 960 out of Alberta on 08/15/11 and around 4:oo am
local(about 09:59 utc) with a good sig. down here into south Wyoming! I`ve
already logged this one.(some time ago) But nice to hear them anyway! Good dx
to all, Robbie in Wyoming
I`ve heard wsm here in Rock Springs only a couple of times ever, but they area
welcome visitor! 73 and good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
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Hey All, Bill ask me to mont. 1130 around dinnertime for a few nights. I tuned
in, but only heard qrm.(as I live about 150 feet from a 115 kv line going down
to ut) Now that the sun starts to set around that time of day, I heard
something last night but it was a mix of 2 stations(couldn`t get a
Hey All, Just wanted to say a word about Russ`s comments about the am band. I`m
just under 40(38) and can really relate to this. I was at a friends home some
years ago one night and was tuning the bands with his sterio.(a stock portable)
His then live-in honey(she`s now gone else-ware) was
Hey Nigel, Glad to hear that the station send ya some goodies! I had a hf
station(radio tiwan international) send me a real nice key chain several years
ago. I blinks their logo.(is solar powered and blinks faster with more light)
Not Gotten anything(but emails) from mw stations though as I
Hey All, just wanted to say that I got ckom 650 last night! Heard their ID
while doing some casual dxing and looked it up today. Nice to hear Canada here
in south wyo.(I used get them sometimes, but with a lot of can. stations going
fm its getting to be a rare catch here) Good dx to all, Robbie
Hey All, Just had in interesting idea! I wonder what is everyones nomal dx?
That is, what stations do we hear on a regular basis?(that would be
considered dx) For me it would be: WBAP, KNX, KOA, KFI, WCCO, WGN, and a few
others. I also use WLW and KGO as references to check band conds.
Hey Glen and all, Around the time of Glen`s dx I snagged several new stations
here from mont. AND from both of the decotas! Don`t hear them here very often.
Shuttle dx? How cool!! Some more interesting band conds, to put in the log.(as
well as new stations for me) If there`s some strange band
Hey Pat(and all), I have gotten only a few of mw qsls over the years. They were
all in the form of emails from the stations. Either ce.s
or managment types. I think I have gotten 3 or 4 total. Most have been nice.
One was from the ce of a station in id. that couldn`t beleave I heard them as
Hey All, My `39 sentinel has the top of the mw band marked as the police
band. I`ve seen others so marked as well. There was an art. in pop. comm.(I
think) about this very thing last year I think. Good dx to all, Robbie
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Pat, you RULE my friend! 73 and VERY good dx from kd7cjo in wyoming
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Hey All, I`ve heard 1080 from price here in rock springs a couple of
times.(although not in some time now) I noticed as well their id was
interesting! Good dx to all adn 73, Robbie in wyoming
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Hey All, got 620 ckrm for I thinkn the 2nd time the other night here in rs. Its
nice hearing from our friends up north! 73 and good dx, Robbie in wyoming
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Thanks for setting me streight! Glad that kgo isn`t going anywhere! Robbie
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Yes, its too bad that most stations now don`t have their own programming and
that they don`t care about dxers. I remember radio from the `70s and `80s(when
my dad and some of his friends started a station in south Jersey) the world has
really changed since then for sure! I was also a listoner
Hey All, I have gotten kgo here in rs a few times over the years. Its too bad
they are going away.(as I understand it) Art would sometimes have ham/dx topics
on the show and he would talk up the hobby as well a lot of the time. The show
now though is just as has been sead here-doom and gloom.
Hey All, has anyone heard 950 the voice of the foothills out of anahym I
think? I got them several years ago and they sead that I was the first dxer to
hear them!(got a real nice email from the CE) They were only running 5 kw when
I heard them!(not a bad hop for that low power) Robbie in south
I`ve heard 36 out of 50 staes so far as well as several can. and mex.
provences.(in about 10 years of serious dxing) I`ve not yet tried for a
complete state though.(good luck) Good dx to all, Robie in wyoming
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Hey All, I`m not under an hoa as such, but I still can`t have an outdoor ant.
anymore.(used to have 6 up at one time when I lived downtown) I put one up
here and had to take it down a few days later when some one walked under it and
complaned.(what the hell is this?) I guess that they had
Hey All, Was using my dx-398 the other night during a snow storm and snagged
ckvi on 900 khz. Also got 1590 kvgb from great bend ks. as well. I think this
just may be a good dx season.(me opes) good dx to all, Robbie(now in the land
of white ground)
Hey All, I tryed to use the stuff for ant. wire meny years ago. It dosen`t hold
up well in ANY SPEED of wind or if anything hits it for any reason.(or
runs,walks,crowls,slithers into it) Better to use small hook up wire.(22 gage
or similer) Thats what I use here at my place. When I had outdoor
Hey All, A few nights ago I got to hear something that I had not heard in a
long time! 830 kuyo signing off(around 8:15 pm mst) and then a couple of mins.
later, wcco coming up on freq.! Kuyo is a pay for pray in casper.(about 250
miles from my qth) I`ve not heard a sign off in a very long time
Hey All, I snagged a station in bosie a few days ago around 5:00 am local time!
Don`t have the log book right in front of my now. Good dx to all, Robbie in
Wyoming
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Hey All, krkk 1360 here in rock springs has just changed from oldies to a news
talk format. Not heard how the new format is being liked as yet. Good dx to
all, Robbie in wyoming
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Hey All, Heard from the CE of kido the other day. Their night time pat. is
pointed away from me! So I was hearing what was coming off the back of their
ant. system! He sead that it was a merical that I heard them! The bands may
just be picking up.(guess, we`ll soon see) Good dx to all, Robbie
Hey all, Just got an email from the station in id. that I heard the other
night! Got to get him some more info about the time I logged them. I`m not in
their skip zone(they go directional at night)yet heard anyway at night! Will
post more later about this. Good dx to all, Robbie in Wyoming
Hey All, No, I didn`t write down what they were talking about /playing on 840
the other night. Sorry! I`ll be better with the logs next time. good dx to all,
Robbie in wyoming
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Hey All, Just got a new one last night! 580 from nampa id. also got an
840.(kf?t) This was just with the loop!(6x6) Got a few others as well, but ones
that have visited here before. Good dx to all, Robbie in dn51
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Hey All, Last night(sunday night) on 770 I heard chub(I think) and about a min.
later I got kkob out of new mexico! The band changed just that fast last night!
Winter is coming(finaly) so I hope that the bands will be better now, but this
good?(or bad) Good dx to all, Robbie in Wyoming
Hey All, Just snagged on 10/17/08 news talk 650 ckom? at 04:16 utc. they were
running a talk show with the host named Jhon. Gave a weather report as well.
Fair sig. here into south wyoming. Niceto hear from our friends to the north!
Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
Hey All, I have heard kgyn here in Rock Springs several times.(of course) Never
during the day though. Wonder whats going on in that contry. Good dx to all,
Robbie in Wyoming
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Hey All, While going through a box this week end, I found a ink pad that I
picked up while at the crow creek site. Its still useable! It reads(on the
cover) american tel. and telagraph AND ass. companies with the bell logo in the
center. Also has stamp pad f and size no.1. Also found the crow
Hey Pat, Do you know anything about the microwave system that WU had for meny
years? I was at one of their old sites years ago and untill then, I didn`t know
that they had any sort of radio system. Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
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Thanks Pat for that info. I remember cleaning out the crow creek site several
years ago. Most of the mic. equit. was gone but there were a couple of racks
still left that were being used.(don`t remember what for now) It still even had
the old GM genset in the back room!(and switchgear, what a
Hey All, that site at crow creek was 3 big rooms plus a bathroom and genset
room. Even had a door in the roof for acess in very deep snows. Big block
building just of the interstate. Its hidden by trees.(Probubly a good thing
these days) Neat place to see and go inside of! Robbie in Wyoming
Hey All, Ya know what I do about logging? I use my ham logbook. The front is
filled with enteries but I don`t log my contacts anymore.(I only run 2 meters)
So I use the rest of the book for mf/hf contact logging. There are books just
made for this kind of use though. I think that I`ll get one
Hey Pat, Is that old site the one that shot up to crow creek in wyo.? The crow
creek site is up on evans pass between laramie and chyanne.(right off I-80
east) I cleaned out what was left of that site several years ago. Most of the
stuff went off to the dump, but I did save a few things. Neat
Hey All, As most know by now, ksl am is simalcast on fm.(A lot of stations are
doing this now) Kugr 1490 of green river wyoming is now also on 104.9 fm as of
this morning.(thrusday) Sounds good so far. I just hope that this isn`t some
stopgap mesure by these stations untill they go fm
Hey all, Got chqr 770 a few nights ago with a fiar sig. here in suth wyo. Also
got chu on hf.(their time station, like our wwv) Nice to hear from our friends
up north. Good dx to all, Robbie in dn51
Hey All, The term hand cap. refers to the hand being one plate of a cap and the
ant. being the other plate with air being the insulater between the two plates.
Its an old term and is the same effect that one gets when trying to tune an old
tv(or radio)and having the sig. change while you stand
Hey All, I only qsl an mw or sw station sometimes. I just liston to fill the
log and see how my radio/ant. is doing.(as well as for info. from around the
world) I don`t bother to qsl as most stations today won`t/ don`t/can`t qsl. I
have contacted several over the years and have had a mixed
Hey All, Heard 10 kgo here in wonderful wyoming last night with a VERY good
signal! The bands were pretty much dead last night, but I did snag this
one.(don`t here them much here, but I do use them for checking the broadcast
band conds.) Good dx to all, Robbie in south wyoming
Good artical about our hobbie! Glad to see that we are getting some paper
time in something other then some dumb movie or show that shows us as some
kind of nutcase. Way to go guys! Robbie in wyoming
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Hey All, while doing some sunset dxing, I cought 810 kdhd in rapid city south
decoda! Don`t think I `ve heard them here before. Winter dx is coming soon.(at
least for my qth) Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
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Thats a very interesting setup! I`ve never heard of an auto. system that even
can change power levels. I`ve seen them do some interesting things, but not
that! I guess that I`ve been out of broadcasting for too long. I worked for a
uhf tv station in utah for a few years working on their
Hey All, If you go to the am radio digest group on yahoo, then you can hear a
very funny song about wwv and clear channel co. . Its real funny just heard it
the other day. Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
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It sounds to me like that county has got some VERY corrupt officials in office
that want to play extortion games with this station owner. Thats really too
bad. Hope it all works out for him for the better though. These creeps need to
be tossed out of office real fast! I got kfi here a day or
Hey All, With all of the talk of everyone getting some
of these real low power stations from far away, I just
wanted to say that maybe my best dx so far in that
area was wcam in sc some time ago. They were running
just 27watts night time at that point. Got an email
from a friend of the owner who
Way to go Pat! Glad you got AK in the log. Ive heard
some ak hams down here in wyo. but no comm. stations
as yet. Good dx to all, Robbie in southwest wyoming
Pinpoint customers who are looking for what
Hey All, Got 1010 ksir on 09/11/07 at 02:09 utc. The
fcc website shows they are only running 280 watts at
night! Not a bad haul from brush co. to rock springs
wy. esp. since we`re still in summer time. Good dx to
all, Robbie in dn51
Hey All, I`m glad that your loop and rig went throught
ok but did anyone hear the report about a young woman
eng. student from MIT that was nailed at an arport a
few weeks back? I uess that she was waiting for a
friend and was enroute to a job fair when she was
cought by airport security for
Hey All, just a few of my mw logs from 09/08/07.
22:19 820 wbap tx. fair sig. with talk show about
eating well
22:21 550 krai co. good sig. with contry music
programing
22:25 940 kmer wy. good sig. with old rock
22:35 1030 ktwo wy. poor sig. with sports
Just took some time to dx mw during
Hey All, I know that it sometimes hard to get qsls
from mw stations now. I sent an email to the gm of one
station a few weeks ago and didn`t hear anything back.
However, I did get a real nice letter from the ce of a
small station(5kw night time) about a year ago. It now
sits on my shack wall. I`ve
Hey All, back on 08/03/07 I was able to snag these:
all times in utc. All in english.
at: 01:38 radio china on 9.785 good sig. woman with a
cultural program.
01:30 7.415 wbcq some noise, but good sig. religin
programing
01:41 6.011 radio sweden good sig. woman with news,
then man with local
Good job with wcam! I think that I heard them a few
years ago.(i`ll have to look) I think that I may have
even posted something about it.(not here though I
think) Not a bad hual for wyoming.(for me as I think
they were running 27 watts at the time) Good dx to
all, Robbie in wyoming dn51
Hey All, The ONLY substitute for cubic inches is MORE
cubic inches, or a blower, as I used to run! (a good
gear set and a few other mods, of course don`t hurt
either) Good dx to all, Robbie
Expecting? Get
Hey All, I just wanted to add my thoughts to this and
relate a story from my own days in broadcasting. Most
of the time now the people that matter to a station
are the ones that spend money with advertisers. Often
its not the CE or the gal at the front desk that
responds to a dx reqwest(as it was
Hey All, was just thinking about the recent talks
about long songs. Dose anyone remember Iron Butterflys
hit Ina Gotta Davidda? The long verson was about
19:30! that is a LONG song! Next best song in the
world in my view, next to Amazing Grace of course.
Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
Hey All, Thanks for the views Les and Steve, they are
very interesting but I hope wrong. I don`t see a lot
of the talk shows going to fm as that will limit their
reach too much. The growth of sat. radio as we all
know has been somewhat less then expected. I think
that people are right now tired of
Hey All, It is a contstant source of humor to me when
people move in next to a airport/racetrack, railroad
tracks/yard, or a transmitter site and then THEY
complane of noise/interference of some kind. Don`t
they know about this before they buy? The intellect(or
lack of it) is something that can
Hey All, I haven`t been able to hear the tone/test
here in south wyo. I was able to hear a station last
night with some news program.(I think) But so far no
test tones. Good dx to all, Robbie in wyoming
Want
Hey All, I didn`t think that anyone had the rights
to any one freq. I thought that it was a privlege, not
a right to be on the PUBLIC airspace. Anyway, 500
million doors being jammed? Maybe a small city and
outlying areas, but not 500 million or whatever the
number was.(normal for a lot of
Thanks to all that wrote back. At 12:55 am I tuned in
680 and heard under KNBR one cw i.d. and a couple of
sweep tones. I then tuned to the other stations in the
test and heard nothing. I then retuned KKGR and heard
more sweep tones and maybe(not sure) another cw
i.d.(KNBR was very strong here
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