Two New Ones

Monday evening, I finally identified the Spanish language station on 920 kc: WURA transmitting 7 kW from Quantico, Virginia, 310 miles to my southwest. The station was very weak, but solid until sunset when it switches to 750 watts and lets WHJJ and CKNX vie for 920.

At 1056 UTC Saturday, I caught the station id of WKMB transmitting 250 watts from Stirling, New Hersey, 100 miles to my southwest. This was a nice catch because it was on the often difficult 1070 kc... difficult due to the IBOC QRM from the 50-kW WTIC on 1080 kc, 15 miles to my northeast.

Both new ones were captured using the Elecraft KX3 with the Terk Advantage antenna.

CKNX... not new

920 kc has been my hang-out for the past few nights. WHJJ in Providence dominates 920, but when I null it out with the Terk Advantage antenna I hear a Spanish station just after sunset, which gives way to a country & western station that competes unsuccessfully with WHJJ the rest of the night.

I have been unable to identify the Spanish station mainly because my Spanish is weak.

The country & western station has been too weak to identify until last night at 0220 UTC when it dominated 920 for about ten minutes. Turned out to be CKNX, about 450 miles to my north-northwest in Wingham, Ontario.

I thought CKNX was a new one, but I had already logged it back in June 2013.

Now, if I can only identify the Spanish station! I am sure it would be a new one.

By the way, I was using the Elecraft KX3 with the Terk antenna.

I love the sound of Canada in the morning

My morning commute is around local sunrise (6:50 AM today), so listening to the stock radio in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport has been interesting. I logged one new station (WQOM), which I mentioned in my previous post and I would not be surprised if I logged more new stations.

This morning, I heard the following stations loud and clear during my 35-minute commute; they were already in my log, but it was interesting to hear them nonetheless:

• CKLW – 800 kc, Windsor, Ontario
• WGY – 810 kc, Schenectady, New York
• CHML – 900 kc, Hamilton, Ontario
• CKNX – 920 kc, Wingham, Ontario

Very cool!