5.3.2014

Jan-Feb 2014 QSLs: Some Asia and CLM-VEN

Last September-October after nice Far-East conditions I sent about a dozen reports to Japan and still some QSLs are coming slowly but steadily:

JOJB NHK2 Kanazawa daini hoso 1386
Nice full data QSL and promo material for snail-mail report. New WRTH has messed up the addresses of NHK2 stations, but you can find local addresses from NHK regional web sites. Correct address for this one is: 14-1 Ohtemachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 920-8644, Japan.
JOUR NBC Radio, Nagasaki 1233
After 4 months stylish japanese QSL-card and short letter addressed "To whom it may concern".
JOWF STV Radio, Sapporo 1440 and
JOWL STV Radio, Asahikawa 1197
Very friendly letter and full data QSL from STV Radio Technical Section signed by Yoshiaki Amano. He verified my both reports to JOWF and JOWL. I was especially happy to hear 3kW JOWL 1197 in Tampere on the 20th of October 2013.

Verifications from Chinese stations are pretty hard to get. In January I sent 15 reception reports to China with letters in Chinese and CD and I am still waiting for my first verification. Meanwhile I have been lucky to receive two e-mail verfications.

Anhui Jingji Guangbo, Hefei 864
Nice e-mail in Chinese verified my report of Anhui Economic Broadcasting Channel. V/s remembered my last year report to Anhui Agricultural Radio. Anhui RGD seems to be one of the very few chinese stations to have listener service and a person appointed to handle reception reports.
Zhengzhou Jingji Guangbo, Zhengzhou 1458
I wrote short report to guestbook found from the station website and was lucky to receive two emails. They even made an article about my reception report on their webpage. This 1458 channel is not listed on WRTH 2014 and other Zhengzhou fq 792 is also missing.

My DX-highlight of the winter was a short but intense opening to CLM-VEN-PNR on the 21st of January. Especially the stations from Medellín were coming with full force. Peculiarly no stations from Bogota were audible.

YVOF Radio Trujillo, Trujillo 1280
Surprise station from 21.1 superb opening. Nice email letter with photo of station's pick-up in front of antenna mast, but no v/s name mentioned.
HJAZ Frecuencia Bolivariana, Monteria 1160
This one received many reports from Finland after the 21st of January. Coordinador Mario Sanchez Arteaga was still nice enough to verify my report with email. Thanks to HK for helping with this one.
HJNL La Cariñosa, Manizales 1450
Very nice signal and local announcements on 21st of January. Director Jaime Sanchez quickly verified my report. Thanks to TIK for v/s-info.
HJNT Radio Huellas, Cali 1470
Nice e-mail letter from Pedro Arturo Suarez. This same station HJNT (with different name Radio Total) was my very first MW-station from South America heard way back in the end of 1980's.
YVNE Radio Uno, Caracas 1340
E-mail verification letter from three directors of the station.
HJDU Emisora Cultural Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín 1410
Great looking formal PDF-letter with University's official letterhead signed by Directora.

This winter I have heard only one new North American station for me:
WXRL Lancaster NY 1300 verified my audio clip with nice letter and congratulated Finnish Olympic Hockey Team after sending USA team back home without medals.

Also one WPAS verification:
St. Joseph Church, Miltown Malbay Parish, Miltown Malbay, Diocese of Killaloe, Co Clare 27731 kHz. E-mail from Parish Secretary. This small 2200 people parish on the West Coast of Ireland has 2 churches.

Jouni (JKZ at sdxl.org)

1.2.2014

January loggings from new Sahalahti QTH

Here are the first loggings from my new QTH in Sahalahti, Kangasala, Finland  (some 180 km  north from Helsinki, 40 km east from Tampere). My receiver is an Icom IC-R8500 and the antenna is an 810 meter Beverage directed towards 307 degrees, that is from Sahalahti towards Chicago. Another Perseus SDR is waiting for better conditions... Full loggings and some information about my QTH is available at: http://www.kaapeli.fi/~jmantyla/SahaDX.htm

January 2014 loggings

EU

549 6.1. 0530 Spirit R. JM
1233 7.1. 2300 R Dechovka. JM

AF

171 18.1. 2100 Medi I, Nador. JM

NA


560 18.1. 0600 WQAM Miami FL. JM
570 16.1. 0645 CFCB Corner Brook NL. JM
580 4.1. 2230 CFRA Ottawa ON. JM
590 25.1. 0535 CJCL Toronto ON. JM
610 16.1. 0604 WIOD Miami FL. JM
640 5.1. 2315 CFMJ Toronto ON. JM
660 19.1. 0458 WFAN New York NY. JM
680 16.1. 0640 CFTR Toronto ON. JM
680 18.1. 0430 WRKO Boston MA. JM
700 19.1. 0545 WLW Cincinnati OH. JM
730 16.1. 0445 CKAC Montreal PQ. JM
750 6.1. 2245 CBGY Bonavista Bay NL. JM
760 19.1. 0540 WJR Detroit MI. JM
770 17.1. 0545 WABC New York NY. JM
780 19.1. 0500 WBBM Chicago IL. JM
790 25.1. 0534 KFGO Fargo ND. JM
800 17.1. 2030 VOWR St. John’s NL. JM
840 19.1. 0606 WHAS Louisville KY. JM
850 14.1. 2300 WEEI Boston MA. JM
860 19.1. 0430 CJBC Toronto ON. JM
870 18.1. 0705 t. WHCU Ithaca NY. JM.
880 6.1. 0546 WCBS New York NY. JM
890 17.1. 0900 WLS Chicago IL. JM
940 17.1. 0359 WINZ Miami FL. JM
970 17.1. 0605 WZAN Portland ME. JM
980 19.1. 0640 WCUB Two Rivers WI. JM
1000 17.1. 0909 WMVP Chicago IL. JM
1010 16.1. 0501 WINS New York NY. JM
1010 23.1. 0605 CFRB Toronto ON. JM
1020 16.1. 0500 KDKA Pittsburgh PA. JM
1040 17.1. 1025 WHO Des Moines IA. JM
1060 17.1. 2050 WQOM Natick MA. JM
1120 17.1. 0945 KMOX St.Louis MO. JM
1130 17.1. 0907 WISN Milwaukee WI. JM
1140 15.1. 0700 WQBA Miami FL. JM
1150 17.1. 0930 WHBY Kimberly WI. JM
1160 17.1. 0900 WYLL Chicago IL. JM
1190 16.1. 2205 WLIB New York NY. JM
1190 17.1. 0905 WOWO Ft. Wayne IN. JM
1200 6.1. 0600 CFGO Ottawa ON. JM
1200 17.1. 2155 WXKS Newton MA. JM
1240 6.1. 2210 CKIM Baie Verte NL. JM
1280 16.1. 0630 CFMB Montreal PQ. JM
1280 17.1. 0860 WNAM Neenah WI. JM
1290 18.1. 0800 CJBK London ON. JM
1300 17.1. 0732 WOOD Grand Rapids MI. JM
1320 20.1. 0605 WILS Lansing MI. JM
1360 18.1. 0400 WDRC Hartford CT. JM
1380 18.1. 0500 WABH Bath NY. JM
1480 17.1. 0830 WGVU Kentwood MI. JM
1540 16.1. 0900 CHIN Toronto ON. JM
1540 16.1. 2207 WDCD Albany NY. JM
1540 6.1. 0658 KXEL Waterloo IA. JM
1550 17.1. 0745 CBEF Windsor ON. JM
1640 19.1. 0400 WTNI Biloxi MS. JM
1680 6.1. 0605 WOKB Winter Garden FL. JM
1700 6.1. 0600 KVNS Brownsville TX. JM

CA

800 6.1. 0430 R Transmundial, Bonaire. JM
870 6.1. 2240 CMBD R Reloj. JM

SA

790 25.1. 0501 YVXM R Minuto, Barquisimeto. JM
1070 6.1. 0655 HJCG R Santa Fe, Bogota. JM
1130 7.1. 2215 YVRR R Ideal, Maiquetia. JM
1190 21.1. 0530 YVZD R Cultural de Tachira, San Cristobal. JM
1200,20v 21.1. 0615 HJIJ La Voz de la Raza, Medellin. JM
1340 21.1. 0556 YVNE R Uno, Caracas. JM
1410 21.1. 0557 HJDU Emisora Cultural Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin. JM
1580 7.1. 0620 HJQZ R Maria, Barranquilla. JM

JM, Jorma Mäntylä