AM DX Log: WCHE and WTHE

Timing is everything!

Late yesterday afternoon, I was listening to WWKB (nee WKBW) from Buffalo on 1520 kHz. I could hear a weaker station under WWKB. Turning the external antenna about 90 degrees nulled out WWKB and I caught WCHE in West Chester, PA just as it was signing off. When the Star Spangled Banner ended, I heard an even weaker station: WTHE in Mineola, NY.

Here are all the particulars:

• 2013-01-05 2159Z on 1520 kHz, WCHE in West Chester, PA, running 1 kW, 182 miles away, S-2

• 2013-01-05 2201Z on 1520 kHz, WTHE in Mineola, NY running 1 kW, 71 miles away, S-1

My receiving equipment: C.Crane CCRadio-SW and CC twin coil ferrite antenna.

AM DX Log: WGR and CFOS

Caught two new very weak AM stations this evening:

• At 2350Z on 550 kHz, WGR in Buffalo running 5 kW 312 miles away, S-3

• At 0015Z on 560 kHz, CFOS in Owen Sound, Ontario, running 1 kW 449 miles away, S-2

My receiving equipment: C.Crane CCRadio-SW and CC twin coil ferrite antenna.

Surfin’: History That’s Worth Repeating

This week, Surfin’ gets historical about ham radio.

AM DX Log: WPRR

I caught a nice one this evening at 0010Z: WPRR in Ada, Michigan, 646 miles away on 1680 kHz. WPRR transmits with a mere 680 watts.

My receiving equipment: C.Crane CCRadio-SW and CC twin coil ferrite antenna.

Get Organized

My radio shack is a little disorganized. It is not messy, just crowded because there is too much stuff crammed into it.

For example, there are four laptop computers taking up space on my radio desk. About twice a week, I use one computer for non-radio purposes. A second computer will be the user interface to my Hermes SDR. A third computer is an old Linux box that gets very little use and the fourth computer is dead, but I am saving it for parts.

I intended to organize the shack during my holidays vacation, but Santa Claus interfered with my plans when he delivered the C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite® AM Antenna. Instead of getting organized, I chase AM DX with the new antenna.

To paraphrase a famous Southern belle, I will worry about getting organized tomorrow.
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