A radio blog covering the radio listening hobby including searching, finding, and logging AM MW DX & shortwave stations, Part 15 radio, providing station & frequency reports, exploring listening resources & trying new radios. Located in Green Tree, PA (Pittsburgh). And now from high atop Greentree Hill...
Radio used: Sangean ATS-909X2 w/ Terk AM antenna
I confirmed two seperate stations this morning on 900 AM.
4:00 AM - 900 - WCPA - Clearfield, PA - Playing "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol
This station was confirmed online. The song was bleeding through over a talk station.
WCPA is 500 watts at night and the signal from 94 miles away was poor.
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With some work I confirmed the talk station below.
4:20 AM - 900 - CHML - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - Heard host say "getting married" both on the Sangean ATS-909X2 and confirmed on the internet stream.
The 50,000 watt CHML from 201 miles away straight north was also very poor.
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| Used list of AM radio stations printed from radio-locator.com as a guide with the Sangean ATS-909X2. |
I caught the end of the English broadcast (20:57 UTC/ 4:57pm) on 11965 khz using an RTL-SDR V3 with an XH Data AN-80 wire attached to the base antenna. The wire antenna was wrapped around the inside of a canopy outside.
The broadcast was from the Mahajanga transmitter in Madagascar approximately 8,824 miles away.
According to WRTH, the station is owned by World Christian Broadcasting and retransmits programs produced in the United States.
I tried to record the end of the broadcast but I'll have to see if it worked. Nothing else to add here but this was a very cool pick-up especially for the first time using the RTL-SDR.
Update: I picked up the Chinese broadcast from Mahajanga at (21:40 UTC/5:40pm) on 11610 khz.
The announcer said that they were "messing around with the frequency" being on 9940 khz.
They had been playing country music. The announcer came on and made his remarks. They played one last song and abruptly went of the air at 3:52 UTC/ 11:52 pm.
The last song they played was: From A Jack To A King - Ned Miller
WWCR is out of Nashville, TN and the 9940 frequency is not listed for them. There was no scheduled broadcast for this frequency that I could find.
The announcer said, "You are listening to the voice of Greece."
The transmitter is located in Avlida-Avlis, Greece which is approximately 5,170 miles from high atop Green Tree Hill and the Green Tree Water Tower.
I've been listening to the music for about a half hour. I can report a very good signal on the Sangean ATS-909X2.
UTC 3:27/ 11:27pm - Tha Paro Volta Ta Vouna - George Konitopoulos
Very enjoyable broadcast.
The Mighty KBC is out of Nauen, Germany broadcasting on 9925 khz and playing oldies.
The Nauen transmitter is 4,189 miles away from high atop Green Tree Hill and the Green Tree Water Tower. I pulled in the Mighy KBC on the Sangean ATS-909X2 in the basement with the telescopic antenna.
1:22 UTC/ 9:22pm - Loud and clear.
Partial playlist:
1:23 UTC/ 9:23pm - Driver's Seat - Sniff 'N' The Tears
1:27 UTC/ 9:27pm - You Lied To Me - The Uniques
1:34 UTC/ 9:35pm- My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Sonny Burgess
1:50 UTC/ 9:50pm- Love Machine - The Politician
There was a song the DJ said was from 1960 which sounded familiar. I couldn't make out what the DJ said the song was but it reminded me of maybe an old Porky Chedwick tune. The Shazam app didn't recognize it.
Missed some songs but the broadcast ended at 2:00 UTC/ 10:00pm.
5.17.2021 - Quick SWL run.
Using both the Tecsun PL-660 and the Sangean ATS-909X2.
8:08pm - 4840 khz - WWCR Nashville - Nashville, TN
8:10pm - 5935 khz - WWCR University Network - Nashville, TN
8:11pm - 5980 khz - TV Marti - Greenville, SC
8:15pm - 6115 khz - Not listed as on air.
8:17pm - 7335 khz - Radio Marti - Greenville, SC
8:18pm - 7365 khz - Radio Marti - Greenville, SC
8:23 pm - 7420 khz - Radio Romania International - "noi simtim la fel" - song by Adrian Sina - Galbeni-Bacau, Romania
8:27 pm - 7520 khz - WWCR Nashville - "Seek Me" - song by Evie & Pelle Karlsson - Nashville, TN
8:30 pm - 7570 khz - WRMI - The Overcomer Ministry - Okeechobee, FL - Same broadcast as above.
8:34 pm - 9330 khz - WBCQ World's Last Chance - Portuguese - Monticello, ME
8:37 pm - 9385 khz - WEWN 1 - Vandiver, AL
8:39 pm - 9395 khz - WRMI - Sounds like "Jazz from the Left" - Okeechobee, FL
8:42 pm - 9535 khz - Radio Havana Cuba - Bejucal, Cuba
Good Morning Friends.
I added a few links to the right side-bar including a HamUniverse.com article regarding Shortwave listening (SWL) and best times to pull in frequencies and stations.
hamuniverse.com/shortwavebands.html
Also added a link to dxing.com with an article about listening to Longwave (LW).
Some good stuff here.
This morning I tested the Sangean ATS-909X2 with the TERK AM antenna. I used my all-time AM MW list and sought out frequencies I haven't logged yet. I logged five new stations and almost six. Not sure why I didn't have KMOX already logged.
5:04 am - 1030 - WBZ - Boston, MA
5:09 am - 1050 - WEPN - New York, NY - ESPN Radio
5:15 am - 1070 - CHOK - Sarnia Lambton, Ontario, Canada - County Music
5:25 am - 1120 - KMOX - St. Louis, MO - Indeed Commercial
5:43 am - 1160 - ???? - Talk, couldn't pull it in all the way.
6:03 am - 1200 - WKST - New Castle, PA - Very weak signal this morning.
The performance of the Sangean with the Terk was impressive. A great combo!
We lost a fading signal yesterday morning. This morning at 3:55am I tuned in again. The lost station was...
810 - WGY - Schenectady, NY - Coast to Coast with George Noory
On this episode of Coast to Coast, George and his guests were discussing haunted prisons.👻 Listened for the hour and the signal faded again at 5:15am.
Picked up the 50,000 watt station from 354 miles away on the Tecsun PL-360.
AM/MW DX Log from May 12, 2021 - Tecsun PL-360 + Terk Antenna - Green Tree, PA
4:45 am - 780 - WBBM - Chicago, IL - News, Call Letters*
4:56 am - 670 - WSCR - Chicago, IL - "The Score" - Commercials, Call Letters*
5:06 am - 700 - WLW - Cincinnati, OH - Call Letters
5:10 am - 760 - WJR - Detroit, MI - Talk
5:15 am - 810 - Lost signal before identification.
5:20 am - 840 - WHAS - Louisville, KY - Talk, Call Letters
5:25 am - 880 - WCBS - New York, NY - Call Letters
5:26am - 950 - WWJ - Detroit, MI - Call Letters*
5:35am - 980 - WTEM - Washington, DC - Sports talk. Another station in the background.
5:40am - 1020 - KDKA - Pittsburgh, PA - Kevin Battle talking Kentucky Derby controversy.
That's all for today. Three new stations logged.
* = New station logged.
9395 khz - WRMI - Okeechobee, FL - Oldies with Bob Bierman
Receiver: Tecsun PL-360
A random search of the band showed me an oldies program so I tuned in. Here's what I heard...
Playlist:
9:48pm - Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation
9:50pm - Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
9:53pm - Station Identification
9:54pm - Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones
9:56pm - My Love - Paul McCartney
9:59pm - Station Identification
10:00pm - Crazy On You - Heart
10:06pm - It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr.
10:08pm - Station Identification
10:08pm - One - Three Dog Night
10:11pm - Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
10:13pm - Station Identification
10:13pm - No Time - Guess Who
10:15pm - Sheila - Tommy Roe
10:18pm - Station Identification
10:20pm - Through the Eyes of Love - Melissa Manchester
10:22pm - I've Been Lonely Too Long - The Young Rascals
10:24pm - Station ID & Commercial
10:26pm - We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
10:30pm - Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
All songs were identified using the Shazam app.
I filled out and submitted a reception report on their website. Good mix of tunes!
Radio Slovakia comes out of Okeechobee, FL on 5850 khz at 8:00pm in Slovak and 8:30pm in English.
A quick check delivered a clear signal outside on the Tecsun PL-360. Posting the schedule for future reference. No time to listen tonight.
7.490 - WWCR - Nashville, TN
Very clear signal listening at 9:30am this morning on the Retekess V-115.
12.160 - WWCR - Nashville, TN
Followed the transmitter schedule on their website as they moved frequencies at 10am. This time used the SuperSonic SC-1080BT as the batteries died in the V-115. Clear signal again from Pittsburgh, PA and high atop Green Tree Hill. (560 miles away)
13.845 - WWCR - Nashville, TN
A scan on the Tecsun PL-360 picked up WWCR again around 1:20pm.
