AM DXing log from 11/27 through 11/30/2008

Using a simple AM/FM Radio Shack radio #12-467. This has reception far better than any of my other radios except for my car radio. This is a list of stations I have picked up during this time.

Daytime reception
560 WVOC Columbia, SC (news, talk, local blowhard)
580 WGAC Augusta, GA (news, talk, Augusta's blowhard)
620 WGCV Cayce, SC (talk)
890 WBAJ Blythewood, SC (religious)
1200 WJES Saluda, SC (simulcast with WCRS Greenwood, SC)
1230 WOIC Columbia SC (Air America)
1320 WISW Columbia SC
1400 WCOS Columbia SC (sports talk)
1430 WBLR Batesburg-Leesville SC (spanish)
1560 WAGL Lancaster, SC (news, talk)

Nighttime reception

529 LYQ beacon (morse code) WWRB
530 SPanish stations, unable to get call
550 WDUN Gainesville GA (weak) - talk radio
560 WVOC Columbia SC (local blowhard)
580 WGAC Augusta GA (medium weak)
600 WREC Memphis TN (news radio)
650 WSM Nashville TN (Grand Old Opry)
660 WFAN New York NY (sports)
680 WPTF Raleigh, NC (sports, talk)
700 WLW Cincinnati, OH (news talk)
710 WOR New York, NY (talk)
720 WGN Chicago, IL (talk)
740 CHWO?? Toronto, Canada (classic music, never heard call letters)
750 WSB Atlanta, GA (talk, blow torch)
770 WABC New York, NY (news)
780 WBBM Chicago, IL (news)
810 WGY Schenectady, NY (talk, coast to coast AM)
830 WTRU Greensboro, NC (religious)
870 WWL New Orleans, NO (weak)
880 WCBS New York, NY (always strong)
960 WFIR Roanoke, VA (fade in and out)
1010 WINS New York, NY (news and info) weak
1030 WBZ Boston, MA (Talk)
1110 WBT Charlotte, NC (talk and news)
1120 KMOX St Louis, MO (talk and news)
1170 WWVA Wheeling, WV (weak)
1210 WPHT Philadelphia, PA (talk, and oldiies)
1510 WLAC Nashville, TN (news radio)
1530 WCKY Cincinnati, OH (sports Talk)
1560 WQEW New York, NY (Radio Disney)







WFIR

Dx log - shortwave reception using Radio Shack pro-95 scanner

While I await to purchase a new shortwave radio next week, I used a hack to program my Radio Shack P-95 radio scanner to pick up shortwave broadcast. Sad to say, the PRO-95 hack will only pick up signals above 17mhz. The rubber duck antenna barely works in this frequency range so I hooked up 60 foot of copper wire along my fence and hooked it up to the antenna plug. Here is a log of what I listened to.

1740 UTC - 1240pm EST

17435 - Spanish number station (very strong)
17535 - Spanish broadcasting station
17555 - WYFR - Family Radio (relgious)
17575 - Foreign language (unknown language)
17595 - Spanish broadcasting station
17690 - Foreign language (unknown language)
17760 - German broadcasting (90% sure it was German) weak
18930 - Spanish broadcasting station
18980 - WYFR - Family Radio
21685 - RFI - France International Radio (French)

1800UTC - 100pm EST
17535 - WYFR Family Radio
17555 - WYFR Family Radio (they love 15 meters)
17760 - Foreign language (possibly French)
17850 - Foreign language (possibly Spanish)
18930 - Spanish broadcasting stations (playing music when I listened)
18980 - WYFR Family Radio (played music)
21685 - RFI - France International Radio (French)

1930UTC - 230pm EST
17790 - Foreign language
17850 - Spanish broadcast station
17895 - Voice of America (English)
21685 - RFI - France International Radio (French)

2000UTC - 300pm EST
17705 - Spanish Broadcast station
17810 - Radio Netherlands (English, west africa)
17830 - BBC (English, west Africa)
17850 - Spanish broadcast station

not bad with a police scanner eh?