Shortwave Dxing from 0200-0255UTC 1/11/2009

0200-0259 UTC, Leesville SC, Grundig G6 using whip antenna
only English unless noted

2500 WWV (Fair) - Time Signal
3145 WWRB (good) - Brother Stair
3185 WWRB (very good)
3215 WWCR #1 (very good)
5000 WWV (fair) - time signal
5025 CUBA - Cuban Music station
5050 WWRB (good) - playing Treasure of Truth
5070 WWCR #3 (good but got worse)
5110 WBCQ (bad) - barely heard it and only for a minute
5890 WWCR #4 (good) - Scriptures for America
5935 WWCR #2 (very good) - The Scott's preaching
5950 Taiwan (good) - relayed from WYFR in Florida
6000 Cuba (very good)
6010 Sweden (fair) - 0230utc, lots of noise and interference
6040 VATICAN (very good)
6090 WLD (good) - more Scott's preaching
6120 IRAN (poor) - barely heard, signed off at 230UTC
6140 CUBA (very good)
6175 VIETNAM (fair to good) - relayed from Canada, on at 0230 UTC
6190 SERBIA (fair to poor) - heard ID and not much else
6200 CZECH (fair) - Radio Prague
6240 RUSSIA (fair) - usually comes in better
7305 VATICAN (good) - ident to 6040
7345 CZECH (fair) - identical to 6200
7440 UKRAINE?? (very good) - probably in Ukrainian, they've been off the air lately
7505 WRNO (good) - playing mostly music, soliciting for people to broadcast, hope it works for them
7535 EGYPT (poor) - barely heard, got ID, much interference
7850 CHU (fair) - Canada time signal

Edit: I keep putting in 2008 as the year......

Grundig Globe Travler G3

This looks like a small unit that can do it all. Let's hope Radio Shack picks up on this radio and will resell it. About the size of the discontinued G5.

http://www.etoncorp.com/upload/contents/307/G3.pdf

I'm buying it when it comes out.

All AM stations listened to from 11/2008 to 1/2009

This list includes everything from every location listened to the AM band from Nov 2008 to Jan 9, 2009

27 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Florida, Georgia,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Lousiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan
Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Also listened to Canada and probably Mexico (unconfirmed)

24 states that I have not copied a signal (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Delaware.

530 WWRB Okeechobee, FL
550 WDUN Gainesville, GA
560 WVOC Columbia, SC
570 WWNC Asheville, NC
580 WGAC Augusta, GA
600 WREC Memphis, TN
610 WOID Miami, FL
620 WGCV Cayce, SC
620 WRJZ Knoxville, TN
620 WDAE St. Petersburg, FL
630 WMAL Washington, DC
640 WGST Atlanta, GA
650 WSM Nashville, TN
660 WFAN New York, NY
660 WLFJ Greenville, SC
670 WSCR Chicago, IL
680 WPTF Raleigh, NC
690 WIST New Orleans, LA
700 WLW Cincinnati, OH
710 WOR New York, NY
720 WGN Chicago, IL
740 CFZM Canada - Edit: thanks for the correction
740 KRMG Tulsa, OK
750 WSB Atlanta, GA
760 WJR Detroit, MI
770 WABC New York, NY
780 WBBM Chicago, IL
790 WNIS Norfolk, VA
810 WGY Schenectady, NY
820 WBAP Dallas, TX
830 WTRU Greensboro, NC
840 WHAS Louisville, KY
840 WCEO Columbia, SC
850 WKVL Knoxville, TN
850 KOA Denver, CO
860 CJBC Toronto, ON
860 WEVA Emporia, VA
870 WWL New Orleans, LA
880 WCBS New York, NY
890 WLS Chicago, IL
890 WBAJ Columbia, SC
910 WJCW Johnson City, TN
920 WGKA Atlanta, GA
940 WMAC Macon, GA
950 WORD Spartanburg, SC
960 WFIR Roanoke, VA
970 WGTK Louisville, KY
990 WNML Knoxville, TN
1000 WMVP Chicago, IL
1010 WINS New York, NY
1020 KDKA Pittsburgh, PA
1030 WBZ Boston, MA
1040 WHO Des Moines, IA
1040 WYSL Rochester, NY
1050 WFAM Augusta, GA
1060 KYW Philadelphia, PA
1070 WFNI Indianapolis, IN
1080 WHOO Orlando, FL
1080 KRLD Dallas, TX
1080 WKJK Louisville, KY
1080 WTIC Hartford, CT
1090 WBAL Baltimore, MD
1090 KAAY Little Rock, AR
1090 WCZZ Greenwood, SC
1100 WTAM Cleveland, OH
1110 WBT Charlotte, NC
1120 KMOX St. Louis, MO
1130 WBBR New York, NY
1140 WRVA Richmond, VA
1150 WCRK Morrsitown, TN
1160 WCFO Atlanta, GA
1170 WWVA Wheeling WV
1170 WQVA Lexington, SC
1180 WHAM Rochester, NY
1190 WOWO Fort Wayne, IN
1200 WOAI San Antonio, TX
1200 WJES Saluda, SC
1210 WPHT Philadelphia, PA
1220 WHKW Cleveland, OH
1230 WOIC Columbia, SC
1240 WKDK Newberry, SC
1260 WCHV Charlottesville, VA
1280 WANS Anderson, SC
1290 WTKS Savannah, GA
1320 WISW Columbia, SC
1360 WCHL Chapel Hill, NC
1370 WVIE Baltimore, MD
1370 WSPD Toledo, OH
1380 WKJV Asheville, NC
1380 WYNF Augusta, GA
1400 WCOS Columbia, SC
1410 WIQR Prattville, AL
1420 WHK Cleveland, OH
1430 WBLR Batesburg-Leesville, SC
1460 WEWO Laurinburg, NC
1470 WQXL Columbia, SC
1470 WRGA Rome, GA
1500 WFED Washington, DC
1510 WLAC Nashville, TN
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City, OK
1530 WCKY Cincinnati, OH
1560 WQEW New York, NY
1560 WAGL Lancaster, SC
1590 WKTP Kingsport, TN
1620 WNRP Pensacola, FL
1630 WRDW Augusta, GA
1640 WTNI Biloxi, MS
1650 WHKT Portsmouth, VA
1660 WFNA Charlotte, NC
1690 WMLB Atlanta, GA

YES!!! KOA Denver received on my Grundig S350DL

850 KOA Denver, CO

It was faint, it was maybe 2 minutes max, but I heard the call letters twice with a traffic report. 1340 miles as a the crow flies, a new record!! WOO HOO

Grundig to introduce a G8 shortwave radio

http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=916173

Not much known about the size of the unit, looks like no number pads for direct entry.

Looks like the Grundig G5 has been discontinued

Just some shortwave stuff 0330-0400 UTC

0330-0400UTC, Leesville SC, Grundig G6 with 60 foot random wire antenna. English only unless noted

2500 - WWV - tick tock at the tone......
3145 - WWRB Brother Stair
3185 - WWRB
3215 - WWCR 1
3350 - SPAIN - R. Exterior de Espana - in Spanish
5000 - WWV tick tock tick tock
5070 - WWCR 3
5875 - WHRI - World Harvest Radio
6000 - CUBA
6005 - BBC - weak
6010 - SWEDEN - fair to good signal
6090 - WLD - Melissa Scott
6110 - ALBANIA - sounded strong but weak modulation
6140 - CUBA
6175 - VIETNAM - poor signal but listenable
7255 - BBC - pretty good here

1090 - KAAY Little Rock, AR - more Brother stair

SW loggings 0400-0430utc 1/5/2008

0400-0430utc 1/8/2008 English only
Using Grundig 350DL receiver

3145 - USA, WWRB, Brother Stair
3185 - USA, WWRB
3215 - USA, WWCR #1
5000 - USA, WWV, time signal
5070 - USA, WWCR #3
5890 - USA, WWCR #4 Scriptures for America
5935 - USA, WLD Unversity Network
5950 - USA, WYFR Family Radio
6000 - Cuba, Radio Habana
6020 - Turkey, Voice of Turkey
6080 - Czech Republic, Radio Prague
6090 - USA, WLD University Network
6115 - Romania
6140 - Cuba, Radio Habana
6240 - Russia, Voice of Russia
6915 - USA, WYFR Family Radio
7160 - Zambia, CVC International
7315 - France, Radio France International
7335 - Russia, Voice of Russia
7505 - USA, WRNO
9505 - USA, WYFR Family Radio
9680 - USA, WYFR Family Radio
9955 - USA, WRMI Radio Miami International