The 5000 Watt Auckland transmitter for Rhema Radio on 1251khz made the 7100 mile/11410km journey to McGrath, Alaska on Sunday March 14th between 1545 and 1605UTC. I had some music that sounded like english language music.. just starting to bubble up slightly above the noise. Pulling up the Rhema stream, it sounded like a cadence match but I couldn’t be for absolute sure, but the only other english language 1251 was in Australia and running all talk at the moment, I certainly had music here.
About 1703UTC give or take I had a fade up of accented english reading a weather.. I grabbed my phone and hit play on the Rhema stream and had a MATCH with weather playing on the stream about 45 seconds later as I stood outside at -5F below. (amazing considering I was using wifi on my phone thats connected to satellite internet.. amazing that the delay was only 45 seconds!)
Here’s my audio of Rhema Raido 1251 Auckland. Not great but it’s there:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z33fwTi8h8bf6tBHyw-luZyreOLN-oJz/view?usp=drivesdk
Paul Walker Jr, McGrath, Alaska (CC Skywave & DeBock 5″ FSL Antenna) to ICDX-AM@groups.io (2021-03-15)
Month: March 2021
United States
DX TEST—WENR 1090 kHz Englewood, TN.
WENR DX test loud and clear under dominant KAAY with sweeps, morse code, and other familiar DX test content. First heard about 4 minutes prior to the top of the hour (05:00 UTC) from West Michigan.
Tim Tromp to MWDX – The National Radio Club fb group (2021-03-14)
United States
What Mediumwave DX sounded like in 1933: this video posted by the Antique Wireless Association features clips recorded by a UK DXer that year of mediumwave stations from the U.S. as received at his location. He was recording to aluminum disc, a process that involved “embossing” rather than cutting, as with lacquer discs. The audio (and reception) quality is pretty amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8YrRs5nWeQ.
Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA to WOR groups.io (2021-03-13)
More about this with same link:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/march/dxing-in-england-1933.htm
James Niven, Austin TX, nrc-am gg via WOR groups.io (2021-03-13)
United States
[nrc-am] DAYTIMER DX TEST—WENR 1090 kHz Englewood, TN— TONIGHT
Starting in twelve hours! [05:00 UTC Sunday]
Conditions are slightly Au tonight, with possible G1 level geomagnetic storming—so it will be interesting. Get those nulls on WBAL, KAAY, etc…and don’t miss your chance to log WENR. Thanks again to George Hudson, CE who is staying up late for us!
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the IRCA and NRC are pleased to announce a DX Test for WENR 1090 kHz in Englewood, TN. The test will run on Sunday, March 14, 2021 starting at Midnight EST (05:00 UTC) until 3:00 AM EDT.
*This is a two-hour duration test. The change to daylight savings time occurs just as the test is ending.
The station will run only legal voice identification, Morse Code identifications, sweep tones, and sound effects. No music, announcements or other material. This should maximize the chances of DX’ers hearing this rare daytime station.
QSL INFORMATION
Reception reports, and verifications will be handled by the Courtesy Program Committee of the NRC/IRCA. You can send them via e-mail only to:
les@highnoonfilm.com
We are modifying our rules for verifications to reflect the reality of limited time and resources. Please read carefully:
Reports via e-mail only: les@highnoonfilm.com
Reports must include a recording of the best two minutes or less of your reception in .MP3 or .WAV formats.
Short video clips of your reception on an SDR screen, your equipment and/or antennas are also welcome. E-mail for details on sending very large files if need be.
Must include your location, receiver and antenna used. Other details welcome.
Written details of the test welcome, but verifications will not be provided unless a recording is included. No exceptions.
All reception reports must be received by April 12th, 2021.
No reports accepted via US Mail.
Please be patient. Replies and verifications could take 6-8 weeks. Our priority is in scheduling additional tests, not providing QSLs.
A LONG LIST OF THANK YOUS
This test would not be possible with the generosity of many. First, the station owner Michael Beverly who agreed to this test after a recent upgrade of the station’s automation equipment. Chief Engineer George Hudson encouraged the station to use the testing of new remote and automation controls as the bias for this special event.
Phil Bytheway of the International Radio Club of America started all this rolling by reaching out to George Hudson months ago as part of his specialized sub-interest of collection radio station promotional materials. Paul Walker, Joe Miller, KC80, and our newest members, Loyd Van Horn, W4LVH, and George Santulli . These folks do all the real work of the CPC and never get enough credit.
Les Rayburn, AL, NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman via WOR groups.io (2021-03-13)
Canada
Two interesting videos can be seen on Lighthouse FM’s web site:
https://lighthousefm.org/
One is of the falling of the AM 1210 AM site. The other is the building of the new FM tower. VOAR left AM January 2020.
Incidentally, if you want to buy the AM property, it is for sale. Information regarding this can be found on their web site.
Andy Reid to WOR groups.io (2021-03-13)
Uruguay
Two stations in Montevideo, Uruguay are currently off the air due to actions of alleged looting by vandals. The damage was reported in the respective transmitter sitesemission plants, with theft of cables and other material, which prevents them from going on the air. This has been the case of CX42 Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo; and a few hours ago, that of CX30 Radio Nacional. Both used SW in the past.
The two stations, as well as a bunch of other broadcasters have their transmission sites on the outskirts of the city, in semi-urban areas. And they must have their own guardmen, who even inhabit those places permanently, keeping watch.
It is rather unusual for two stations to be off the air for these reasons at the same time, nevertheless they are framed in a certain panorama of economic crisis in the field of medium wave broadcasting. So much so, that the first to suffer the damage, the Yizmeián brothers’ CX42, that happened three months ago, has not yet been able to recover from the disorder. And it is very likely that its current owners sell it, according to my reports.
In the case of CX30, 1130, it is financially supported, as stated, by contributions from unions or employee unions, where they take the opportunity to publicize their auditions. The two, as well manage the system of rented programs.
A few weeks ago, the status of the emblematic only-tango and folk music CX58 Radio Clarín, 580, was announced it had to close on March 1, is also for sale and currently in stages of transfer of ownership, with the intermediation of the Ministry of Culture as an exception. It has continued broadcasting, until they find new administration.
Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky to DXing.info fb group (2021-03-12)
Netherlands
“During the storm of yesterday, the antenna of Brrhrimx from Voorburg is damaged, so that there are temporarily no broadcasts via the LPAM 1395 kHz. The second and third program, Brrhrinx and Brrhri can be heard via the 1485 and 846 KHz. “
https://radio-tv-nederland.nl/
Also see this German article:
https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2018/family_radio.html
The say it seems that the antennas will be demolished soon.
Marco (2021-03-13)
United States
WLW-AM Begins 100th Year On Air.
It wasn’t Cincinnati’s first radio station, but WLW-AM [700 kHz] is still the biggest.
Cincinnati industrialist Powel Crosley, Jr. began broadcasting WLW-AM over a 20-watt station from his College Hill home on March 2, 1922 – which means that the station is entering its 100th year today.
https://www.wvxu.org/post/wlw-am-begins-100th-year-air?fbclid=IwAR3XY7x_5gCJUeBaMwjqL3P4UebXkP8WvR5HNE1XELPRBqmQsoU1xaxqiPQ#stream/0
IRCA fb group (2021-03-09)
Netherlands
Radio Tpot received a message from AT today that they have received the LPAM frequency 918 KHz in Grou. It is the same location as where Seabreeze AM has their transmitter. The two transmitters are going to be synchronized with each other that work with the C-QUAM system. “We hope to become the first in the world to apply this”, according to the broadcaster on their Facebook.
Seabreeze AM has received a license from AT for the LPAM frequency 1395 KHz with 50 Watt in Laren, according to the broadcaster on their Facebook.
https://www.radio-tv-nederland.nl/
Marco (2021-03-11)
Mexico
R Educacion gets to keep AM 1060 as well as FM.
Google translate:
Radio Educación obtained a new concession title to exploit the frequency of 1060 KHz of modulated amplitude with coverage in Mexico City, after accrediting the requirements and surpassing third-party operators of a public-social nature that were also interested in operating the station to have its own communication channel in the capital’s sound broadcasting.
XEEP-AM will spend another fifteen years in the power of the Ministry of Culture, the legal concessionaire of that spectrum signal, but in practice the operator is Radio Educación, nowadays a body attached to this federal agency. The new concession was delivered on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2021/03/08/radio-educacion-regulariza-su-situacion-en-el-dial/
Grupo Radioescucha Argentino (2021-03-08) via WOR groups.io (2021-03-10)