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New FM/TV DX
(stations heard and logged here for the first time)

All FM stations are logged using two Denon TU-1500RD tuners with RDS.  The FM antenna system is an APS-13 FM Yagi at 50 feet.  A second APS-13 antenna at 35 feet is used with Andy Bolin's Phaser to null out undesired stations.  Analog TV receptions are made with a Dell W1700 TV.  DTV logs are made with a Hauppauge WinTV-D card and/or Radio Shack Accurian DTV tuner.  TV antennas are the Delhi VIP307SR (VHF) and Channel Master 4228 (UHF).  All screen captures are from the Hauppauge WinTV-D card.

NEW LOGS

Today...

Yesterday...

07/02/09 - KDLO-DT (RF Channel 3), Florence, SD - This is my third DTV reception via sporadic E propagation, and my first on a channel other than 2.  This relay for CBS affiliate KELO is 831 miles away, and is new DTV log #187.

Recently....  

06/30/09 - WCTE-DT (RF Channel 22), Cookeville, TN - This is my first reception of this PBS station's digital service, either pre- or post-transition.  I was never able to see their pre-transition DTV on channel 52, probably because of nearby WKON's big analog signal.  WCTE-DT @ 134 miles is new DTV log #186.

06/28/09 - WLOS-DT (RF Channel 13), Asheville, NC - Our local channel 13 WKYT-DT signs off during the night on weekends, giving me an opportunity to grab some new logs.  This morning it was WLOS-DT @ an even 200 miles.  This is new DTV log #182

06/28/09 - WJHL-DT (RF Channel 11), Johnson City, TN - WJHL-DT moved from channel 58 to channel 11 on transition day.  This was their former analog channel.  WJHL-DT is 167 miles away, and is new DTV log #183.

06/28/09 - WDBJ-DT (RF Channel 18), Roanoke, VA - At 242 miles, this was my longest DTV catch of the morning.  It's new DTV log #184.

06/28/09 - WKYU-DT (RF Channel 18), Bowling Green, KY - This was my first opportunity to log this one since my local channel 18 analog vacated the airwaves on transition day.  WKYU-DT is 125 miles away, and is new DTV log #185.

06/27/09 - WPTA-DT (RF Channel 24), Fort Wayne, IN - This ABC station is 219 miles away, and is new DTV Log #179.

06/27/09 - WIPB-DT (RF Channel 23), Muncie, IN - At 154 miles, this PBS station is new DTV Log #180.

06/27/09 - WBKA-CA (Ch 22), Bucyrus, OH - Fellow DXer Jeff Sharrett tipped me off to this one, and reminded me not to forget analog TV as the big guns continue to vacate their channels.  That opens things up to these lower power analogs like this one.  WBKA-CA runs just 23 KW, and is a respectable 213 miles away.  It's analog TV log #464.

06/27/09 - WJTS-LP (Ch 21), Jasper, IN - This America One affiliate is 137 miles away, and is analog TV log #465.  Programming parallels their digital on channel 18, which is also booming in here this morning.

06/27/09 - W29CI (Ch 29), Salem, IL - Three Angeles Broadcasting Network (3 ABN).  With only 12.6 KW, this is a respectable reception at 249 miles.  This one is new analog TV Log #466.

06/27/09 - K33GU (Ch 33), Saint Louis, MO - Trinity Broadcast Network - Holy cow, this one is putting in a fair picture with only 10 KW from 320 miles.  It's new analog TV Log #467.

06/27/09 - W34DL (ch 34), Champaign, IL - Trinity Broadcast Network - 90 KW @ 246 miles, new analog TV Log #468. 

06/25/09 - WBDT-DT (RF Channel 26), Springfield, OH.  There was some nice post-thunderstorm tropo in the region last night.  It brought me this CW affiliate at 121 miles for new DTV log #178.

06/23/09 - WVUT-DT (RF Channel 22), Vincennes, IN - This PBS station moved from digital channel 52 to their former analog channel 22.  WVUT-DT is 169 miles away, and is new DTV log #177

06/22/09 - WPTD-DT (RF Channel 16), Dayton, OH - This PBS station transitioned their digital from channel 16, their former analog channel.  They are new DTV log @176, and are 121 miles away.

06/21/09 - WNIN-DT (RF Channel 9), Evansville, IN - This is my first reception of this PBS  station since it transitioned from channel 12 to channel 9, where its analog had been.  WNIN-DT is 153 miles away, and is new DTV log # 174

06/21/09 - WJTS-LD (RF Channel 18), Jasper, IN - This one flash cut their analog LP on transition day, and my local WLEX analog channel 18 also vacated the channel, making reception of this 15 KW digital possible.  They are an America One network affiliate.  At 134 miles, this is new DTV log #175.

06/18/09 - WJYL-DC (RF Channel 16), Jeffersonville, IN - This one is a new "Digital Class A" station, I think my first.  It runs only 15 KW ERP, so it's a nice catch @ 79 miles.  This TBN affiliate serves the Louisville, KY market, and is DTV log #173.

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DX Report from Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY

Not a bad last day of June.  First some surprise DX in the car on the way to work.  I was just a mile from home, when I heard ZFB-94.9 from Bermuda dong very nicely.  This at 7:45am, unusually early in the day for skip here.  I kept them on, dominating with some fading for the next 10 minutes.  New country.  That makes four countries plus Canada and the US.  And 94.9 is becoming quite the international channel for me... with Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas, and now Bermuda.  823mi.

Evening skip was very good, but I had antenna issues, and only got 2 new FM's. 

7:59pm - WUPZ-94.9 "The Bee", Chocolay Township, MI Top 40 with full station ID.  Came in very well and stayed in for quite a while,  with some previous-heard KQDS-MN mixing in.  759mi.

8:48pm - WRJO-94.5 "WRJ-Oldies" Eagle River, WI going into local spot break.  826mi.

Heard lots of unID's, much higher up the dial.  Had Royals - Cubs(?) baseball on 100.9 but they didn't break before fade-out. 

DX died here around 9pm, but I think this was due to e-cloud moving too close.   TV skip continued a while.  At one point, I had nightlight on ch 3 WJMN  from Michigan. , Lots of jumble on channel 2, mostly regular programming, not nightlights.  One mentioned Calgary on CBC. 

Let's keep the DX coming in July!!

SONY XDR-F1HD Tuner

DX Report from J. Lopshire - Coldwater, MI

I reported weak Es on both Saturday, June 27th and Tuesday, June 30th. They didn't materialize into blockbuster Es openings, but I still got three new stations between the two openings.
 
6/27 Es
92.3- CFRK- Fredericton, NB- Variety- Fred FM- Confirmed via webstream- 950 mi. #1217
89.3- CIJK- Kentville, NS- Rock- Heard ID with call letters- 1055 mi. #1218
 
UnID's
96.1- Called themselves Q-96. No website! Possibly WQHR-Presque Isle, ME
93.5- Playing ABBA's 'Waterloo' in French! No ideas here.
95.3- Poked through for a couple of seconds with what sounded like CBC programming.
 
Relogs
88.9- CHNI- St. John, NB- Heard with sports talk.
89.9- CHNS- Halifax, NS- This one was in during much of the opening with Classic Rock and 'Hal-FM' mentions.
93.1- CKBW2- Shelburne, NS- Hot AC'ish/CHR'ish with local mentions.
 
6/30 Es
90.9- WGES- Cutler Bay, FL- Spanish- Genesis- I'm not too good at Spanish, but I was rolling on Cool Edit Pro when the ID came through for this one. I clearly heard them say '90.9' and 'Genesis' in Spanish, but that's enough for me! 1179 mi. #1219
 
Not even 30 minutes after my first message, I turned on the radio and noticed STRONG Es to the Northeast. The same area as my weak Es on Saturday. Two hours later, I had confirmed 26 new stations via Es including one new province!
 
Here's a quick list of all of the stations heard. The distance on the Canadian stations is from your Canadian FM database.
 
90.9- WMEH- Bangor, ME- MPBN- NEW #1220
88.5- WHCF- Bangor, ME- w/ TOH- NEW #1221
93.1- CHLQ- Charlottetown, PE- Magic 93- webstream- 1,110 miles- PE #1, NEW #1222
95.1- CFCY- Charlottetown, PE- w/ ID- NEW #1223
100.3- WKIT- Brewer, ME- call letters, over local WLKI- NEW #1224- 1st Es on 100.3
101.3- CJCH- Halifax, NS- The Bounce- NEW #1225
101.9- CHFX- Halifax, NS- FX 101.9- 1,085 miles- NEW #1226
105.5- WBYA- Islesboro, ME- Frank FM- NEW #1227- 1st Es on 105.5
95.7- CJNI- Halifax, NS- w/ Toronto Blue Jays baseball- 1,085 miles- NEW #1228
100.1- CIOO- Halifax, NS- C-100 FM- 1,085 miles- NEW #1229
103.5- CKHZ- Halifax, NS- Beat of Halifax- 1,085 miles- NEW #1230 1st Es on 103.5
104.3- CFRQ- Dartmouth, NS- Q104 w/ station info- 1,085 miles- NEW #1231
89.7- WMED- Calais, ME- MPBN- NEW #1232
101.5- CIGO- Port Hawkesbury, NS- The Hawk- 1,195 miles- NEW #1233
93.9- WARX- Lewiston, ME- Air 1- NEW #1234
96.3- WJJB- Gray, ME- w/ Boston Red Sox- NEW #1235
96.3- CJLS-2- Barrington, NS- 990 miles- NEW #1236
95.5- CJLS- Yarmouth, NS- same as 96.3- 969 miles- NEW #1237
97.9- WJBQ- Portland, ME- Q97.9- webstream match- NEW #1238
97.3- CHWV- Saint John, NB- The Wave- 965 miles- NEW #1239
99.3- CFAN- Miramichi City, NB- The River- 1,012 miles- NEW #1240
94.9- CKWM- Kentville, NS- Magic 94.9- 1,043 miles- NEW #1241
94.5- CKBW-1- Liverpool, NS- 1,032 miles- NEW #1242
98.1- CKBW- Bridgewater, NS- same as 94.5- 1,034 miles- NEW #1243
91.5- CBAX- Halifax, NS- Espace Musique- 1,085 miles- NEW #1244
89.7- WGBH- Boston, MA- call letters and program names- NEW #1245
 
So in total, I heard 26 stations in this opening. Two away from my all-time best Es opening of 28 stations a couple years ago. Tonight's opening brought my total amount of stations for June 2009 to a record high of 80! 60 via Es and 20 via Tr. I don't think I can top that in July, but it would be nice to try!
 
It's been a GREAT year for Es here, but so far all of the openings seem to be from the same areas and they haven't exceeded 1,200 miles for me. For July, I would really like a longball Es opening where I could break my two-year old distance record of 1,373 miles. I have a couple of states i'd like to hear too. Hopefully that can happen this summer.
 
J. Lopshire
Coldwater, MI
 
Equip:
Realistic STA-530 receiver
Insignia HD receiver
Radio Shack FM-6 antenna @ 32 feet.

DX Report from Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY

A bit of FM DX Sunday evening, 6/27.  First noted "regular" WKSJ-94.9 AL blasting in.

8:05pm WBBA-97.5 Pittsfield, IL with country music coming well with RDS display too.  NEW.  898mi.

8:12pm KMOD-97.5 Tulsa, OK hard rock with web site promo. 

8:16pm  unID 97.5.  Sounds like "Power Mix 97.5".  Who is this?  [without a doubt, "Power Hits 97.5", KJCK, Junction City, KS (Manhattan, KS market) - G.W.]

8:50pm KUTT-99.5 Fairbury, NE playing Glen Campbell, NEW.  1206mi.

Two new logs, bring total to 1214 since May 2003 here in Poughkeepsie.

I noted some TV activity Monday evening 6/28, especially ch 4, which referenced Atlantic Canada., but nothing came through on FM.

SONY XDR-F1HD  Tuner.

DX Report from Michael Procop - Bedford, Ohio (Cleveland)

Unsolved from 6-26:

96.9 unID 1307 running "Real Radio 94.3" WZZR program, who is this?  SC and
FL in at the time

4 unID QC 1627 FF TQS Simpsons likely 100kw CFRS-TV Jonquiere, or 7.5kw
CFTF-TV-4 Forestville, if TQS appears on 4 again I am going to see if TVA
shows up on 6.

2 WGBH-TV MA Boston 1635 tentative log, This Old House DTV information
program, dug into the internet and found info from a DXer in AR that logged
WGBH running this program, also mentioned WUND ran the NAB program, anyone
know of any other night light station on 2 running the This Old House DTV
information program?

My other unIDs listed below are impossible to solve without more evidence.

FM DX (EDT)

6-25:
88.3 WHWN OH Painesville 1303 SS mx, ID's, new station, 700w 27mi #1748

6-26 Es:
89.1 ZBM BERMUDA Hamilton 1202 local nx 1120mi
94.3 WSCC SC Goose Creek 1305 "94-3 WSC dot com" 599mi
96.9 unID 1307 "Real Radio 94.3" //WZZR
96.9 W245AY FL Palm Springs 1309 "Radio Fiesta 1380 y 96.9" //WWRF, 45w!
1022mi #1749 (lowest ERP Es catch)
107.1 WAOA FL Melbourne 1314 "107-1 A1A"
103.1 WPBZ FL Indiantown 1318 alt. rock "103.1 the Buzz" 994mi #1750
97.9 WRMF FL Palm Beach 1327 local ad, ID
90.1 WGCU FL Fort Myers 1330 "Southwest Florida Public Radio"
90.1 probably CFJU NB Kedgwick EE AC mx, FF announcers
88.5 WHCF ME Bangor 1700 ID
94.5 WKSQ ME Ellsworth 1700 ID "Kiss 94.5" CHR, 692mi #1751
99.1 WNNH NH Henniker 1710 classic hits "99 & 104-9 Frank FM" 520mi #1752
state #39
97.3 CHWV NB Saint John 1712 local ad, "97.3 the Wave" CHR 819mi #1753
99.1 CKIX NF St. John's 1719 "99.1 Hits FM", website 1478mi #1754 (2nd
farthest FM catch)
97.9 WRMF FL Palm Beach 1730 RDS
99.9 WKIS FL Boca Raton 1737 "Kiss Country"
101.3 WVQM ME Augusta 1744 MONO talk, local ads //103.9, 628mi #1755
107.5 KGLK TX Lake Jackson 1815 "107.5 the Eagle", Houston ment.
101.7 KTFX OK Warner 1825 "Okie Country 101.7" ID, wx, local ad 841mi #1756
92.7 KIVY TX Crockett 1844 local announcements
93.7 WMJY MS Biloxi 1848 "Magic 93.7" AC
99.1 KXKC LA New Iberia 1852 country, ID
96.9 KXYL TX Brownwood 1854 talk, local ads
97.9 KBXX TX Houston 1902 "97-9 the Box"
103.7 KCDD TX Hamlin 1917 "Power 103" CHR
102.5 KBRQ TX Hillsboro 1919 local ad, wx 1087mi #1757
88.3 KYFW KS Wichita 1959 religious, ID 880mi #1758

6-27 Es:
89.9 CHNS NS Halifax 1242 classic rock "89.9 Hal FM"
90.5 CBHA NS Halifax 1259 CBC I mono, mentioned "97.3 Sheet Harbor", CBC
News for the Maritimes 931mi #1759

Yamaha T-80 tuner (modified IF filters)
Onkyo T-4310R tuner w/ RDS
6 Element FM Antenna
Phase Box (home brew), non directional FM antenna for phase


TV DX (EDT)

6-25 local:
47 WRLM-DT OH Canton changed from "67-1" "WOAC-DT" infomercials to "47-1"
"WRLM-DT" TCT religious

6-26 local:
3 WKYC-TV OH Cleveland OFF AIR at 1000:00

6-26 Es:
2 WPBT FL Miami 0947 NAB program, ID 1067mi
2 KPRC-TV TX Houston 1137 NAB, crawl 1130mi
2 XHRIO-TV MEXICO Matamoros 1139 local commercials EE & SS 1406mi
5 WUFT FL Gainesville 1254 local announcement, NAB program 807mi
3 unID 1305 SS int'l nx, probably Cuba
6 WKMG FL Orlando 1317 NAB program, crawl 882mi
2 unID 1544 FF SRC/R. Canada, CBGAT-14 QC Carleton?
4 unID 1553 CBC audio, different video, CBAT-TV-4 NB Campbellton?
3 CHAU-TV-1 QC Ste-Marguerite-Marie 1601 FF TVA, soap opera, commercial
854mi #198 (first DX log on 3)
5 unID QC 1615 FF TVA likely Carleton, also could be Sept-Iles
3 unID 1627 CBC likely NS Halifax, also could be NF Baie Verte or QC
Sept-Iles (only 3.5kw)
4 unID QC 1627 FF TQS Simpsons likely 100kw CFRS-TV Jonquiere, or 7.5kw
CFTF-TV-4 Forestville
2 WGBH-TV MA Boston 1635 tentative log, This Old House DTV information
program 535mi #199 (state #25 if correct)
4 CFCM-TV QC Quebec 1650 FF TVA
2 CFAP-TV QC Quebec 1650 FF TQS Simpsons 635mi #200
3 unID 1725 CTV NB Florenceville, NF Argentia, NS Port Hawkesbury
4 KDFW TX Dallas 1824 NAB w/ ID 1044mi
5 KOCO-TV OK Oklahoma City 1832 NAB w/ ID 951mi #201
6 WDSU LA New Orleans 1839 NAB w/ ID

6-27 Es:
3 unID 1244 FF "La Matapedienne" ad, possibly CHAU-TV-1 again

old Magnavox TV
Sony VCR
Zenith DTT901 digital TV tuner converter box
Channel Master CM 3023 UHF TV antenna
M-400 Starduster CB antenna (low VHF logs)
rabbit ears (high VHF logs)

Michael Procop
Bedford, Ohio (Cleveland)
 

DX Report from John J. Rieger -  L'Ance, MI

Times: EDT

Receiver: Radio Shack DX-398, stock

Short, seemingly as front moved thru and out within 20 minutes. Not all freqs, just a few had any action.

6/28 Es:
2034 94.9 WAEZ TN Greenville Sat thru 3 Top40 songs until "Katy Perry on Electric 94.9" in so strong it was on 95.1! NEW!

2037 WQBT GA Savannah "94-1 the Beat" R&B NEW!

2049 WSRV GA Gainesville end of ad cluster "97-1 the River, Atlanta's Classic Hits Station."
NEW!

There was something on 92.3 (Rhy/R&B) but that came and went.

73's-best to you!
John

John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee, WI

http://DX-midAMerica.com

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DX Report from Janice and Steve Karlock - Montreal, Quebec

Be careful what you wish for...

After nearly 3 years of little to no Es activity, it seemed to all come at once. The Friday eve opening began in the Carolinas and worked its way down through Georgia, Florida, Alabama and back up into Tennessee and Kentucky. Even logged one station in Indiana, which is a new state. Had a lone log off the back of the antenna from Nova Scotia.

The strength of the signals were so intense at times that locals suffered adjacent channel splatter! However, as far as radios go, the Radio Shack Accurian HD is just awesome for analog! We can hear the locals in our fillings here but the Accurian allows us to DX even weak tropo signals adjacent to the powerhouses.

Here is round 1:

26TH JUNE, 2009 ,4:30 TO 6PM EDT FROM MONTREAL, QUEBEC

107.7-WIVK-KNOXVILLE,TN (HD DATA)
107.5- WNKT- ST.GEORGE,SC - THE GAME
107.1-WYFA- WAYNESBORO,GA
106.9- WMIT- ASHEVILLE,NC- THE LIGHT
106.5-WSKZ-CHATTANOOGA,TN-KZ106.5
106.1-WFXH-SAVANNAH,GA
106.1-WUTL-TALAHASSEE,FL
105.3- WNOW-BESSEMER CITY, NC-SPANSIH
104.5 WLKT-LEXINGTON, KY-THE CAT  [one of my stations ☺G.W.]
104.3-WZYP-ATHENS,ALABAMA
103.3-WMXS-MONTGOMERY,ALABAMA
102.9-WBUZ-NASHVILLE,TN
102.9-WLYT-HICKORY,NC-LITE 102.9
102.5- WYNR-WAYCROSS,GA
102.5-WPRT-NASHVILLE,TN- THE PARTY
102.5-WXLY-NORTH CHARLESTOWN,SC-Y102.5
102.1-WDRM-DECATEUR,AL
102.1 -WZAT-SAVANNAH,GA-MIX 102.1
101.1- WLVH-HARDEESVILLE,SC
101.1- WTGA- THOMASTON,GA
101.1-WROQ-ANDERSON,SC
100.9-WPGA-PERRY,GA
100.3-WORG-ELLORY,SC
100.3-WNOX-KNOXVILLE,TN
99.7-WWWQ-ATLANTA,GA
99.1-WDEN-MACON,GA
98.9-WSPA-SPARTONBURG,SC-MAGIC 98.9
98.3-WGCO-MIDWAY,GA
98.1-WMGP-HOGANSVILLE,GA
98.1 WHZT-SENECA,SC-HOT 98.1
98.1-WNUE-ORLANDO,FL
94.5-WBYZ-BAXLEY,GA
94.5-WJOX-BIRMINGHAM,AL-JOX
94.1-CKEC-NEW GLASCOW,NOVA SCOTIA-EAST COAST FM
93.9-WDRR-MARTINEZ,GA-THE DRIVE
93.9-WLCL-SELLERSBURG,IN
93.9-WMTM-MOULTRIE,GA-CRUISIN 94
93.9-WLCL-LOUISVILLE,KY
92.3-WWKA-ORLANDO,FL-K92FM
92.3-WKRR-ASHEBORO,NC-ROCK 92.3
92.3-WDEF-CHATTANOOGA,TN-SUNNY 92.3
89.1-WUFT-GAINSVILLE,FL
88.9-WQCS-FORT PIERCE, FL
88.3 WAFJ-NORTH AUGUSTA,SC
88.1-WJSP-WARM SPRINGS,GA (HD-DATA +2 SEC AUDIO)

I hadn't even sorted out the logs from the Friday night opening when a station playing country music popped up on 97.1 (adjacent to 310,000 watt pest CKOI 96.9). I figured it was tropo from VT or NH. More Es.

Round 2:

27TH JUNE 2009, 10- 11 AM EDT FROM MONTREAL, QUEBEC

99.1-KLLZ-WALKER,MN
98.3-KXGT-CARRINGTON,ND-SUNNY 98.3
97.1-KYCK-CROOKSTON,MN-KICK
94.5-KQDY-BISMARK,ND
93.9-WTBX- HIBBING, MN
93.7-WDAY-FARGO,ND-Y94
93.3-KBLB-NISSWA,MN
93.1-CFRY-PORTAGE/LAPRAIRE, MANITOBA
92.7-CKDR-DRYDEN, ONTARIO
92.7 KFNW-FARGO,ND-LEGACY 92.7

RECEIVED BY JANICE AND STEVE KARLOCK ON AN ACCURIAN DIGITAL RADIO w/ RS 6 Element FM
Plus, CHRYSLER STOCK CAR RADIO.

Good DX!!!

DX Report from Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY

Driving home from work Friday around 6:30, I noticed a lot of FM activity on the car radio, with several French speaking stations, and also WTBX-93.9 from MN overriding New York's WNYC.  When I got home, I heard very little, with my antenna stuck at Southwest... I was probably nulling most of the DX!!!    Any I kept listening, and skip peaked around 7pm and again between 9 and 9:30, and I got 7 new logs, including 3 from Texas.  I noticed semi-locals on 88.9, 90.1 and 96.7 were off the air (probably all weather related), so I concentrated on those 3 frequencies.

6:55pm KETR-88.9 Commerce, TX with promo for Parent's Journal program.  1339mi.

7:00pm KERA-90.1 Dallas, TX, NPR with station ID.  1414mi.

7:00pm WPFT-90.1 Houston, TX.  with membership promo and legal ID.  1458mi.

I had three stations fighting it out on 88.9 at 9pm, and IDed 2 of them for new logs.

9:00pm  WMSB-88.9 Byhalia, MS with America Family Radio.  984mi.

9:02pm  KAKV-88.9 El Dorado, AR with K-Love.  The music was great at times, but faded at ID time.  I caught the "El Dorado - Camden" part of the ID.  1186mi.

9:14pm WUSJ-96.3 "US - 96.3 - Country" Madison, MS.   1124mi.

9:25pm WALX - 100.9 "Alex", "Best Hits of All Time", Orrville, AL loud and clear with ID - jingle with extra reverb.  965mi. 

Further listening on 100.9 brought a K-Love (could be WJXN-MS),  KHLL-LA "The Hill" followed immediately by extended groundwave WVLY-PA "The Valley", all already logged.    Nothing else new heard.

However at 9:46pm I had an unID on 95.3.  I can't quite make out the name of the station.  I hope Girard can post the brief clip of 95.3 in case anyone might recognize it.

Click HERE to hear the 93.5 unID

Meanwhile, TV channel 2-5 were going crazy all evening.  I do not have a VHF-Lo antenna, just rabbit ears, VHF-Hi, and UHF antennas.  But on ch 5 at 6:30pm, I had "Jeopardy".  At a little after 8pm I had CBC-5-News and a little later I had a CTV-4 with a "Ahoy Halifax" getaway promo.   Channel 6 is blocked by DTV in Albany-Schenectady.

Saturday morning was spent replacing the antenna rotator, so now I'm all set for another DX session!

SONY XDR-F1HD  tuner.  Channel Master antenna at 25 feet.

DX Report from Harry Hayes - Wilkes-Barre, PA

There was an intense e skip opening to Newfoundland for at least 3  hours on 6/26. Strangely when I noticed the opening I also noted that   Florida was in also. Also of note, the opening was after a very  intense lightning storm here which knocked off locals on 88.1, 90.7,  94.9 and 95.3.

6/26 Es
1720 WUWF-88.1 Pensacola, FL
1724 CBN1-90.7 Grand Falls NF, CBC Radio 2. New
1739 CKSJ-101.1 St. Johns NF, "Coast 101.1". This thru WGGY's HD side  band while aimed right at them. New
1757 CKOZ-92.3 Corner Brook NF, Radio OZ
1803 CBN FM2-91.1 Corner Brook NF, parallel to 90.7. New
1808 CHOZ-94.7 St. Johns NF, Radio OZ
1830 CKSS-96.9 Red Rocks NF, Radio OZ, weaker than the other OZ  stations in. New
1839 CKIX-99.1 St. Johns NF, "KIX FM" Country music
1958 CBNC-88.7 Stephenville NF
2050 KLSA-90.7 Alexandria LA, RDS ID as the opening switched to the south again.

Also present through the entire opening was a station on 92.7 that  was French language and played Bluegrass music. Don't know what this was.

To TV
6/25 Tr
2345 WKTV-DT-29 Utica NY, about 7 seconds of decode. New, and my first distant DTV logging at 150 miles.

Equipment FM-Sony XDRF1 HD tuner, FM-6 in  attic w/no amplification. 
TV-Zenith 1991 Sentry TV, Zenith DT-901 digital converter, 6 ft. hand 
turned, fully window screened dish in attic w/Winegard 7800 UHF amp. 
Now that's a mouthful!

DX Report from Robert Baker - Louisville, KY

06/27/2009 All are new logs

WDTN DT RF50 Dayton OH
WSFJ DT RF24 Columbus OH
WCMH DT RF14 Columbus OH
WCET DT RF34 Cincinnati OH
WRGT DT RF30 Dayton OH
WFFT DT RF36 Fort Wayne IN
WFWA DT RF40 Fort Wayne IN
WANE DT RF31 Fort Wayne IN
WTTE DT RF36 Columbus OH
WFYI DT RF21 Indianapolis IN

Equip used Channel Master CM7000 DTV converter, SBGH UHF antenna w/preamp

73's
Robert Baker
Louisville KY

DX Report from Bill Conners -Boone County KY-Near Cincinnati Ohio

June 27, 2009 - This has to one of the oddest E-Skip openings, I received Missouri on E-Skip (Yes that is the next state over!) . I highly doubt this was tropo was conditions were generally dead at the time...  I think it might be back scatter from the ES cloud. I am betting that our FM DXer friends up in the Maritimes were getting Missouri on this opening.  [Tropo was actually very active in the morning hours here in Lexington.  I was receiving even the weaker Saint Louis FMs up until around noon. - G.W.]

Around Corinth KY on Ford Pickup truck radio

1226 pm KWWR 95.7 Mexico MO ID and local ads

In Owen County KY on Ford Pickup truck radio

1251 pm CJLS 95.5 Yarmouth NS Legal ID (did not use The Wave slogan)
101   pm CKUL 96.5 Halifax  NS Cool FM and local mentions

Did anyone else get in on this opening?

June 26, 2009 Tropo

5:30 am WBNS 10 Columbus Ohio -Digital -New

June 26 2009 E-Skip

6:49 pm KODM 97.9 Midland TX  - ID call letters
6:59 pm KXYL   96.9 Brownwood TX - ID call letters
7:03 pm KESN 103.3 Dallas Ft Worth TX "ESPN RADIO" Ad for TX lottery.
7:07 pm KSCS 96.3 Dallas Ft Worth TX "Big 963.com"
7:27 pm KQIZ   93.1 Amarillo TX  "931 The Beat"
7:41 pm UNID   95.5 The Coyote *

 *95.5 The Coyote was not Phoenix, the station I heard was a country station, Phoenix is supposed to be a jazz station. Lot of UNIDs with fast fades, many of the signals were not very strong.

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Modified with a 150 khz filter GE Super radio for FM DX,
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DX Report from Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu - from Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island), PQ

Warm greetings to all of you !

Some of you may wonder how a DXer who is DXing the long, medium and to a lesser extent the shortwave bands all year round could be so excited with FM DXing... The answer is because it is rare and it's so unpredictable... If you get Es from an area that is also getting Es from another one, then you're likely to get double-hop Es and double-hop Es on FM *can* mean foreign DX which is a kind of stuff I usually hunt on either longwave or mediumwave ! Even though Es was heard from as far south as AL, nothing in Spanish from the Caribbean or Mexico could be squeeze out of a rather choppy FM band ! Equipment used was the Sangean ACS 818-CST with its own telescopic antenna which still works well on FM even though on SW it's automatically disconnected and therefore rather deaf !

Right now at 2002 EDT (0002 UTC), the FM band seems to be open again with very weak signals on 93.1 and stronger ones between 89.7 and 91.7 ! I just fired on the Sangean rig as I wrote this and was surprised, too bad the Es opening is on the verge of its end !

Into the logs now:

89.7 unID 6/26 2007 - someone playing R&B mixing with a very weak Christian semi-local in Plattsburg, NY ! (BC-PQ)

90.7 unID around 1815 EDT 6/26 playing "In The Hands of God" lite rock gospel track and useless network ID as "K-Love" which is the same network as the Plattsburg, NY station on 89.7 ! Often excellent local-like signal ! (BC-PQ)

90.9 unID playing R&B gospel tracks... "Afternoon expressions on your smooth jazz... From Alabama's university..." No idea who it might be, except that it comes from Alabama just as 100,000 watter WMXS and it would be my third Alabaman on FM if someone is willing to help me, as I googled it to no avail ! This would be AL#5, if someone helps me with an ID... (BC-PQ)

91.1 unID NPR broadcaster, better on 91.05 to avoid splatter from local CIRA (Radio Ville Marie) on 91.3. (BC-PQ)

91.7 unID station with a beautiful sad-sounding chorale singing. (BC-PQ)

92.9 unID playing alternative rock music in a very difficult null of semi-local WEZF in Burlington, VT around 1720 EDT shortly after getting the 101.1 unID. (BC-PQ)

92.9 KGRC Hannibal, MO - innitially an unID 6/26 2020 EDT (2420 / 0020 UTC) playing soothing, yet fairly rhythmic R&B and IDing as "Real 92.9"... Definitively not previously logged WTUG... I found a spot in my bedroom where I can point the telescopic antenna of my Sangean ACS 818-CST away from huge semi-local pest WEZF in Burlington, VT ! Wikipedia points out to this station ! By the year 2000, the station had become "92.9 The River". KGRC currently plays a Hot AC format, and is known as "Real 92.9". Since it plays a mix of hit music such as a Hot Adult Contemporary, but adds hip-hop and Rhythmic Contemporary product to its rotation at night like a Top 40 (CHR), thus it could be considered an Adult Top 40. It also explains why I heard a nice smooth R&B track released a few years ago ! (BC-PQ)

92.9 unID 6/26 2040 EDT in an almost perfect WEZF null heard one with classic country and nonIDing as "Bass Country 92.9" with local ads. Good peaks, but deep fadings and unstable, as if the E-skip opening is slowing down. (BC-PQ)

93.1 IDing as B93.1 with mention of Savannah and playing ONLY R&B... Maybe I was misleading in the fairly few notes I took... I just wish I turned on my rig earlier and find an agenda for taking notes instead of just taping randomly. At 1745 EDT (2145 UTC) heard here an ugly pop-punk song by Simpla Plan. Later, slightly past 6PM EDT, heard a gospel music station here with a huge signal strength and minor fadings though it eventually faded out as the opening ended ! (BC-PQ)

93.7 WFBC Greenville, SC 6/26 1704 - playing up-beat R&B and commercial alt-punk music and IDing with the slogan "B93.7" with mentions of South Carolina. Best on 93.75 MHz to reduce splatter from local CBC Radio Two on 93.5 MHz. "On The Air with Ryan Sicrest on B93.7" with a special tribute to MJ. Is WFBC carrying Ryan Sicrest or have I mislogged this one ? I'm so excited, as I never heard South Carolina before on ANY broadcast band, not even on mediumwave ! Sometimes excellent on 93.75 ! Probably the same station noted at 1807 EDT playing "Pray" by MC Hammer, if WFBC ! (BC-PQ)

93.9 WSEK Burnside, KY 6/26 1740 EDT and beyond - unID country station heard very strongly during this 6/26 E-skip opening. NonIDing as K93 country and giving the website of www.k93country.com for voting for the Top 20 of the station which points out to WSEK which is obviously a new one for me ! This is KY#2 on FM for me and #3 including nighttime mediumwave pest WHAS-840 ! Fairly short Es... Girard, have you received some Montreal area stations if I'm receiving at least one station out of Kentucky ? CKMF 94.3 énergie quatrevingt-quatorze trois should make to your area ! (BC-PQ)

93.9 around 6/26 1808 EDT with "Tennessee 93.9" slogan, not sure if WSEK broadcasting country music to nearby Tennessee or something else, as in spite of occasionally huge signal, it had lots of fades around this time. (BC-PQ)

94.1 someone playing Usher's Yeah smash Hip-hop crossover hit splattering into 93.9, but couldn't get a clear copy on it due to CKMF on 94.3 MHz. The best copy was on 94.00 but still very mushy and distorted with splatter from local-like country & western music station on 93.9. I wish I had fewer AM-FM locals, believe me ! Dear Phil Laruse, you're not the only one complaining ! (BC-PQ)

95.5 WIXV Savannah, GA - around 1730 EDT with nonID as I95 and mentions of Savannah after a great R&B number the jock introduced an awful Papa Roach track ! A Google research makes it the sixth station logged during this multidirectionnal opening !(BC-PQ)

98.1 WHZT Seneca, SC - ID around 1740 as "THE NEW HOT 98-1"... Google research points to WHZT in Seneca, SC not too far from WIXV Savannah, GA and around the same time... SC#2 making it the 7th station logged during this opening... (BC-PQ)

101.1 someone playing Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" around 1745 EDT on 6/24, of course, shortly after logging WHZT on 98.1. In fact, I logged WHZT by carefully reviewing the tape ! (BC-PQ)

102.1 WDRM Huntsville, AL 6/26 around 1745 - mention of a movie and mention of the www.wdrm.com website between one light country number and a rhythmic country one ! Huge, excellent and local-like at times ! AL# 4 considering WEUP-1700 (back in December, 2005), WTUG-92.9 (back in June 16, 2001) and, of course, WMXZ TODAY June 26 ! (BC-PQ)

103.3 WMXS Montgomery, AL 6/26 1800 - IDing as "Mongtomery's Weekend Music Station" and playing oldies. Excellent local-like signal wipping out weak semi-local CHAA 103.3 in Longueuil, PQ. New, AL#2 on FM ! AL#3 ever considerign WEUP-1700 and WTUG-92.9 (with semi-local WEZF nulled out, of course) ! This is the highest frequency where I have been able to ID an FM broadcaster via sporadic E layer skip ! (BC-PQ)

Additional comments

While I have been constantly active on LW, MW and SW, I was surprised to see that Gerard Westerberg in KY had a strong signal on his A2 video camera and since I have CBFT-TV on A2 here in Montreal, I decided to try to see if there is some skip on FM from the same area ! I was not disappointed ! 93.9 WSEK K93Country had such a blockbuster signal, it knocked off my socks ! Thogh at times it was splattered by someone on 94.1 playing Usher with "Yeah" that was even more badly splatter by local CKMF on 94.3, and on 94.00 when 94.1 faded down and 93.9 faded up, well this Kentuckian killed the 94.1 signal, so I had to choose between CKMF-94.3 QRM and WSEK-93.9 QRM which was not easy, so I gave up... Phil Laruse, you are not alone complaining about the crowded status of the FM band... There are only a handful more or less free channels here... On AM, rumors that one of the co-owned CKAC-730 and CINF-690 clear channels will collapse allowing for some interesting Pan-American DX, who knows...

During most of the sporadic-E openings I experienced over the years, I ended up logging an average of 4 stations per opening, so this 7 NEW STATIONS in a single opening, although not much, is record-breaking for me... I must admit that the fadey status of this otherwise huge opening has forced myself of going constantly after new stations...

Its also the first opening where I IDed something above 100 MHz... Although both 102.1 and 103.3 are from Alabama, this state is very difficult to hear on mediumwave here, so FM DXing helps fullfilling the void of AM DXing...

I was surprised of not hearing anything from the Caribbean, maybe the Bahamas if not Cuba... But I'm still very excited with the domestic FM DX nevertheless, its better than the punk-rock French Canadian junk all over the Montreal area FM band !

I have on tape a station in Columbus, OH but I don't recognize its frequency...

I hope to purchase soon a stereo cable... Most of the recordings are in stereo ! I can try using the mono cable, but it won't be as good...

Otherwise, I hope for a repeat as LW and MW DXing became rather dull with the same stations appearing over and over such as Morocco-171 or Germany's French language Europe Un on 183 kHz... I think Cuba would be difficult, though I won't be too astonished though very excited if I could log Radio Angúlo on 93.9 as this frequency is very clean here... Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, the Bermudes and maybe Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon would be my most likely sources of foreign FM DX ! I heard nothing definitive out of Florida, though I have an Orlando mention on tape but I don't know on which frequency I heard it, so it isn't very helpful...

I think the reason for this opening might have been a huge amount of warm weather being pushed out by severe T-storm, the first heat wave of the summer which took end today as severe T-storm approached Vermont, midway between Montreal and Columbus, OH which is the closest skip station I got...

Dear Phil Laruse, you may try and maybe you will be rewarded with some TA FM skip. Northern Morocco, Spain, Portugal, western France, the UK and western Norway are all within 2Es from your location... They use even frequencies as well such as 92.4 or 92.6 which should be rewarding during prime conditions ! After all UK DXers are occasionally hearing something from accross the pond on FM !

If anyone knows the identity of the AL station on 90.9, please let me know !

All this Es reminds me that back in the summer of 1988 a Swedish DXer caught French Es on frequencies as high as 105.9 from Aventure FM in Paris... This station was a kind of French BFPS, partly run by the French Army, partly by the private organisation Bayard Presse... I had a tape with Aventure FM made in Paris on October 6, 1988 but I deleted it after having got highly hyperactive from the DPT and MMR shots back in late 1998 or early 1999 (I had the shots on Tuesday, December 8, 1998 with the nurse called Lise Desjardins and deleted the tape a few weeks later)... I'm looking for a full C60 unscoped aircheck of Aventure FM... This is the ONLY thing that could surpass the excitment of any sporadic-E opening; hearing the sound of Aventure FM once again ! Even a double-hop FM opening toward Venezuela or Puerto Rico is nothing compared to an Aventure FM aircheck... It is why I have an obsession with French radio and know how the first private stations appeared in France... I try to DX to hear stations around the world that COULD be better than Aventure FM, but it is impossible to get beyond Aventure FM in terms of quality ! Eventually, Aventure FM became MaXXimum and while MaXXimum is off the air nowadays, it is well remembered and there are lots of airchecks from this Techno-House station, the first station in Europe playing such music ! However, before MaXXimum, Aventue FM was not only highly eclectic, throwing toward my ears the best mix of zouk, raï, kompas, French Variety, Californian pop-rock like Hughes Louis And The News, 80s dance music like Mel & Kim or Rick Astley or even Art of Noise, but they had psychopatic jocks that tried to change the world very agressively and hyperactively and a jingle package of a complexity, yet accessibility I never heard elsewhere... I posted messages on all the French radio-related messageboards trying to locate airchecks of Aventure FM to no avail... The only success I had was when a mysterious guy e-mailed http://www.schoop.fr two jingles, including one promo from a tape, but I don't know this guy and can't locate him... If I have one radio-related hobby that is beyond DXing is airchecks collectionning... Most of my best airchecks are DX recordings, but I have some stuff from Montreal area and Bucharest radio stations 11 years ago back in 1998, some of them doesn't exist anymore... I'm looking for Montreal area airchecks except CKOI 96.9 which is too commercial for me from the 70s or 80s, French radio from the mid-to-late 80s (from France) and maybe some Hot 97 NYC airchecks... The number one in my airchecks quest is Aventure FM of course... It used to broadcast on 105.9 MHz in Paris back in 1988, also from Lyon on 95.7 MHz, Grenobles on 105.8 MHz and Chambéry on 105.9 MHz just as in Paris. In 1989, CLT-UFA which were the owners of Radio Luxemburg 208 and of Atlantic 252 asked the French FCC (CSA) for new frequncies for their new network and they received them before transforming Aventure FM into MaXXimum. So during the final months of Aventure FM, back in 1989, it started to operate from Bordeaux on 88.4 and Reims on 90.5 MHz.

Before I leave, I will inform you that I chatted with three Venezuelan DXers in Spanish using SKYPE and they inform me that they have succeded getting good TEP FM reception making me wanting to take the Sangean with me during the next Latin American trip I may plan... I have a phobia with shots and there are no mandatory vaccines for Venezuela, so I should shot VICTORY ! TEP is like sporadic E except it happens during mid-evenings when it is compltetly dark outside and it involves tropical stations from the other side of the equator on VHF1, VHF2 and sometimes VHF3 as well...

Time to prepare for a good night of sleep with some casual LW-MW-SW DXing before that...

This report is brought to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island), PQ

May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
Btw. I: We will perhaps order a brand new PK LW loop and I will give the one that doesn't tune between 153 and 162 kHz to some friends from Morocco I have... They won't have trouble tuning in to Medi Un on 171 kHz, as the modulation is better on LW than on their webstream !
Btw. II: I would like to thank Sylvain Naud for having me inform that CHLT-630 has leaved mediumwave... They were marginal during the daytime and a real pest at night... Now the final step would be to see CFCO-630 moving to FM ! Does anyone knows when CFCO will be moving to FM ? Therefore, on the E/W there won't be any nuisance and in WPRO-630 I will log either TAs or WLAP in Lexington, KY as WHAS-840 in Lousville, KY is right now the only reliable station from this state, as a reponse to my excellent short-haul FM DX catche on 93.9 this afternoon !

DX Report from John J. Rieger - South Milwaukee, WI

Location: L'Ance, MI EDT
Radio Shack DX-398 stock

Only got the end of an opening, I guess. Went out for pizza, and
flipping around radio knew I had to zip home quick....

6-26 Es:
1949 93.7 WMKK MA Lawrence Legal ID after long ad string. "MikeFM" NEW!

1949 93.7 WUSX Addison,MA "Cruisin 93.7" OLD. NEW!

2000 93.9 WARX ME Lewiston Air1 programming,LID NEW!

2001 95.1 WXTK MA West Yarmouth. "WEEI Boston Red Sox", only match. NEW!

One UNID:

2009 88.9 UNID "88.9 MPB Thinkradio" no matches. MPB is "Mississippi
Public Broadcasting". All I heard was from NEast

Short list, but FOUR new logs. About time!

73!
John

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DX Report from Jim Laccetti - Norcross, GA

A very strange and another short, spotty skip here on my lunch hour today shortly after 1 pm ET on June 26th.
 
WLIU Southampton, Long Island, NY 88.3(already logged)
The Bridge WRDR Freehold, NJ 89.7(id w/area code 908)
SOU WSOU South Orange, NJ 89.5(tough to ID at all)
K-Love KVLW Waco, TX 88.1(already logged)
Marfa Public Radio KRTS Marfa, TX 93.5(already logged)

Shortly after work @ 5:30 or 6, I added some more Sporadic E stations to the ones earlier from the Northeast and Southwest, picking up from the upper Midwest and then Southeastern Canada:

Heaven-88.7 KFBN Fargo ND 88.7
KWVI Waverly IA 88.9
VCY America WVRN Wittenberg WI 88.9
The River KIWR Council Bluffs IA 89.7(already logged)
CBC Radio-1 CBCD Pembroke ON,Canada 92.5
CBC CBCL London ON,Canada 93.5
 
Thanks,
Jim Laccetti
Norcross, GA

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