Field Report #5

Time: 0000/0400z - 0100/0500z
Date: 05/21/10
Weather: Clear - 16°C/61°F

Identified Shortwave catches (MHz):

4.840 - WWCR - Nashville, TN, USA. [Transmitter #3]
6.060 - RHC - Havana, Cuba. [Targeting North America]
5.970 - RHC - Havana, Cuba. [Targeting North America]
5.985 - WYFR - Okeechobee, FL, USA.
5.935 - WWCR - Nashville, TN, USA. [Transmitter #2]
5.890 - WWCR - Nashville, TN, USA. [Transmitter #4]

Unidentified:

5.755 - Religious folk music?
5.925 - Religious pop music?
6.020/6.080 - Same broadcast in English.
6.090 - Religious

Tonight we also picked up 5,000 (WWB) exceptionally well, as well as 10,000 (WWB)! We also were able to faintly hear WWVH broadcasting from Hawaii!

Verified medium wave (AM) stations:

1130 AM - WBBR - New York, NY.
1180 AM - WHAM - Rochester, NY.
1210 AM - WPHT - Philadelphia, PA.
1260 AM - WMKI - Boston, MA.
1360 AM - WDRC - Hartford, CT.
1520 AM - WWKB - Buffalo, NY.
1560 AM - WQEW - New York, NY.
1580 AM - CKDO - Oshawa, ON.

Field Report #4

Time: 0100/0500z - 0200/0600z
Date: 05/20/10
Weather: Partly cloudy - 14°C/57°F

Identified Shortwave catches (MHz):

3.215 - WWCR - Nashville, TN, USA. [Transmitter #1]
3.185 - WWRB - Morrison, TN, USA. [Transmitter Global-III]
6.010 - RHC - Havana, Cuba. [Targeting San Francisco, CA]
6.060 - RHC - Havana, Cuba. [Targeting North America]
6.110 - NHK - Yamata, Japan. [Western Canada relay]
6.190 - CRI - Beijing, China.
6.890 - WWRB - Morrison, TN, USA. [Transmitter Global-IV]

Unidentified:

7.240 - Spanish
7.275 - Music
7.310
7.520 - Spanish
7.555 - Spanish
7.730 - Music (religion?)

Field Report #3

Time: 1200/0400z - 0200/0600z
Date: 05/18/10
Weather: Partly cloudy - 12°C/54°F

Verified medium wave (AM) stations:

590 AM - WARM - Scranton, PA.
610 AM - WIP - Philadelphia, PA.
660 AM - WFAN - New York, NY.
670 AM - WSCR - Chicago, IL.
680 AM - CFTR - Toronto, ON.
680 AM - WRKO - Boston, MA.
720 AM -WGN - Chicago, IL.
750 AM - WSB - Atlanta, GA.
760 AM - WJR - Detroit, MI.
770 AM - WABC - New York, NY.
780 AM - WBBM - Chicago, IL.
820 AM - CHAM - Hamilton, ON.
830 AM - WCRN - Worcester, MA.
840 AM - WHAS - Louisville, KY.
850 AM - WEEI - Boston, MA.
860 AM - CJBC - Toronto, ON.
880 AM - WCBS - New York, NY.
890 AM - WLS - Chicago, IL.
900 AM - CHML - Hamilton, ON.
930 AM - WBEN - Buffalo, NY.
960 AM - WEAV - Plattsburgh, NY.
1000 AM - WMVP - Chicago, IL.
1010 AM - CFRB - Toronto, ON.
1030 AM - WBZ - Boston, MA.
1050 AM - CHUM - Toronto, ON.
1060 AM - KYW - Philadelphia, PA.
1070 AM - CHOK - Sarnia, ON.
1080 AM - WTIC - Hartford, CT.
1090 AM - WBAL - Baltimore, MD.
1100 AM - WTAM - Cleveland, OH.

Unverified:

560 AM - 95% certain this was WFIL out of Philly, though their lower power output of 5,000 watts makes me want to hold off slightly in order to absolutely confirm this station.
920 AM - Pretty sure it's WHJJ out of Providence. Same situation as 560, almost certain, but a lower power output prohibits me from confirming the station without the call letters heard.

Overall this was our best night of DXing on the medium wave AM band. An amazing find tonight was Atlanta's WSB on 750 kHz. Our furthest catch yet, with a direct transmitter to receiver distance of 1578km/980mi! It come in surprisingly well with only a little bit of fadeout. WSB is a clear channel station allowing its signal to cover most of the east coast and Midwest of the US.

More to come, as we iron out a few stations we have not confirmed, and continue to log our finds on the AM and shortwave bands!

Field Report #2

Time: 1130/3030z

Date: 05/16/10
Weather: Clear - 12°C/54°F

Verified medium wave (AM) stations:

620 AM - WVMT - Burlington, VT.
710 AM - WOR - New York, NY.
760 AM - WJR - Detroit, MI.
770 AM - WABC - New York, NY.
830 AM - WCRN - Worcester, MA.
860 AM - CJBC - Toronto, ON.
960 AM - WEAV - Plattsburgh, NY.
1030 AM - WBZ - Boston, MA.
1060 AM - KYW - Philadelphia, PA.
1080 AM - WTIC - Hartford, CT.

1130 AM - WBBR - New York, NY.
1190 AM - WLIB - New York, NY.

1210 AM - WPHT- Philadelphia, PA.

Shortwave:

On shortwave we picked up some HAM radio, and then just mostly music/spanish music as we briefly scanned through a little bit upwards of 5MHz. On 3.870MHz we heard KB2IXT and KG4ULT quite clearly on single side band, and some other people on and near 3.9MHz, though we didn't catch their call signs.

More to come soon!