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DXpedition log from Finland
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- From: Mika Makelainen <mtm@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:52:14 +0200 (EET)
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Here comes, as attachement in DOS-ASCII format, my DXpedition log from
Lemmenjoki, Finland, on Jan. 4-11th 1997.
73 from Mika Makelainen, Vantaa, Finland
DXpedition "LEM104" to Lemmenjoki. Finland, from January 4th to 11th 1997
Logs of Mika Makelainen, Vantaa, Finland
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Participants and location:
This is a partial log of DXpedition number 104 to Lemmenjoki in Northern Finland. Altogether three
DXers took part; Hannu Niileksela from Dec. 28th 1996 to Jan. 11th 1997, Timo Reiniluoto from Dec.
28th to Jan. 4th and Mika Makelainen from Jan. 4th to Jan. 11th. LEM104 was just one of a series of
DXpeditions, which were held non-stop from September to late January in Lemmenjoki.
Equipment:
An array of 14 beverage antennas and 2 longwires, each 700-1000 meters in length, was used. Most
of the antennas were directed to different parts of North America, with the exception of two antennas
to the Southern part of South America, two antennas to the Caribbean, two straight north and two to
Far-East Asia. Most of the time two receivers per person was used, the most popular model being
JRC NRD-535.
Conditions:
Nearly all DX-activity was concentrated on MW DXing, the favorite target being North American AM
stations. Conditions to this area remained relatively good and steady most of the time, but were very
general in nature, so that the usual dominants tended to be heard over and over again. There were
only very few more narrow openings to specific areas, which was what we needed to identify stations
that were new to us. Friday Jan. 10th offered a good opening to California. Conditions toward South
America were poorer than average, and to Asia much poorer than average. This was probably my first
ever DXpedition to Lapland which didn't offer any new Japanese AM stations to me. All in all, the
results for me were slightly below average, and I did expect better results taking into consideration
that we should be experiencing solar minimum and exceptionally good AM reception.
The weather conditions were normal to this area at this time of the year, with temperatures ranging
from -5 degrees Celsius to around -35. As Lemmenjoki is located above the Arctic circle, in early
January the sun never comes above the horizon, but there is still daylight for a few hours per day.
Notes on the log:
The entire log of the three participants will be published in the upcoming issue of "DXclusive"
magazine. As I (Mika Makelainen) am the only one online, only my loggings will appear also here -
they represent perhaps one third of the total loggings. Also my log is strictly limited to stations that
were either new to me, or otherwise relatively rarely heard up here, or were of special interest for
some other reason. For instance, around 150-200 most commonly heard North American stations are
not listed at all. More or less this applies to all continents. Needless to say, I was looking only for a
few specific stations from Europe.
Most of my tapes are yet to be reviewed so many stations will be found in the coming weeks. These
additional logs will likely be published only in "DXclusive", as they are of interest mainly to other
Scandinavian DXers.
It is also worth noting that in Finland there is strong emphasis on picking up local station
identifications. Stations are not identified by merely checking whether they simulcast some other more
well-known station. In case the station in question has local programming at some time of the day, a
local station identification is generally needed for positive station identification. This of course makes
listening to Japanese NHK stations, Russian and Spanish stations, among others, much more
difficult, but is also much more rewarding.
A few unidentified stations are also mentioned in case someone could help in identifying them. The
log is divided by continents, under which stations are listed in frequency order. The details are in the
following format: frequency (kHz), date (day.month), time (UTC), station name and location. Address
all comments to: mtm@xxxxxxxxx
Europe:
621 7.1. 1520 R Machatskala
630 8.1. -1500 R Saratov
657 9.1. 0620 RAI Veneto, Venezia
729 9.1. 0655 RNE-1 Castilla y Le¢n, Valladolid, and of course Asturias on top
729 9.1. 1504 BBC Essex
801 9.1. 0655 RNE-1 Castilla y Le¢n, Zamora/Burgos
801 9.1. 0657 RNE-1 Galicia, Lugo
837 9.1. 2256 COPE Sevilla
846 5.1. 1400 R Mediana, Perm
855 8.1. -0810 R Penza
900 9.1. 0704 COPE Vigo
1080 7.1. 2327 Onda Cero R, Toledo, surprisingly with a local ID at this time
1575 6.1. 0620 RAI Umbria, Perugia
Africa:
837 8,9.1. 2232,2129 COPE Las Palmas
1179 10.1. 2338 R Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz
1440 5.1. 0031 tent. GBC Yola. Only an announcement for "R One" was heard
Asia:
189 9.1. 2245 Amurskaya R, Belogorsk
234 9.1. 2319- R Irkutsk
279 9.1. 0010- R Yekaterinburg
729 10.1. 1546 AIR Guwahati
747 5.1. 1315 R Karaganda
760 9.1. 1725 Yemen RTV, Mukalla
801 5,9.1. 1300- R ?skemen/Ust-Kamenogorsk (Vostozhno-Kazahstanskaja
oblastnaya Radio), bilingual local program as usual for Kazakhs
801 8.1. 1330 Az?rbaycan RTV Sirk?ti, Baki/Pirsagat
891 4.1. 1500 HLKB Pusan
936 11.1. 0016 BSKSA Riyadh
1322,91 11.1. 1100 China R Int
1323 11.1. 1100 Ningbo PBS
1360,57 3.1. 2117 DZYR San Fernando
1449 8.1. 1550 IRIB Bandar-e-Torkamen, FS-program to Turkmenistan
1602 5.1. 1147 Russkaya R, (Tyumen?). Does anyone have an address for this?
North America:
530 5.1. 0915 CIAO Brampton ON
570 4.1. 0859 KVI Seattle WA
580 4.1. 0346 CFRA Ottawa ON
590 10.1. 1039 CFNL Ft. Nelson BC
630 10.1. 1513 KIAM Nenana AK
710 4.1. 0925 WDSM Superior WI
850 4.1. 0503 CKVL Verdun PQ
850 11.1. 0632 WRMR Cleveland OH
900 5.1. 0959 CJBR Rimouski PQ
980 5.1. 0840 KFWB Los Angeles CA
990 7.1. 0925 CBY Corner Brook NF
1010 4.1. 0034 WINS New York NY
1160 4.1. 2246 WJJD Chicago IL
1160 4.1. 2301 WSKW Skowhegan ME
1160 4.1. 2303 WCCS Homer City PA
1340 4,9.1. 1059,1130 KLKI Anacortes WA
1340 7.1. 0946 CJLS Yarmouth NS
1390 11.1. 0904 KJME Denver CO
1390 11.1. 1038 KRRZ Minot ND
1400 10.1. 1159 KVTO Berkeley CA
1420 3.1. 2350 KTOE Mankato MN
1420 6,7.1. 2352,0031 CKPT Petersborough ON
1420 9.1. 0805 CKDY Digby NS
1450 6.1. 2249 CHUC Cobourg ON
1450 10.1. 0959 KEST & KOBO CA
1450 10.1. 1028 KLBM La Grande OR
1480 4.1. 2201 WSAR Fall River MA
1480 7,10.1. 1028 KYOS Merced CA
1490 6.1. 0432 KNDC Hettinger ND
1490 6,7.1. 1403,0930 KBSR Laurel MT "Big Sky R"
1490 8.1. 1243 KCID Caldwell ID
1490 10.1. 0957 KOWL South Lake Tahoe CA
1490 10.1. 1012 KWAC Bakersfield CA
1490 10.1. 1032 KBKR Baker OR
1490 10.1. 1036 UNID "Radio Consentida" in Spanish, in the Pacific time zone
1490 10.1. 1159 KTOB Petaluma CA. Shortly before the KTOB-ID an ID was heard
for the FM-station KFOX 93.5, perhaps also this over KTOB
1490 often often KEYG Grand Coulee WA
1570 6.1. 0935 WXLN New Albany IN
1580 4,5,6.1. 0329,1030 WSRF Ft. Lauderdale FL, relaying WINZ 940
1580 6.1. 1230 KDOM Windom MN
1580 7.1. 1221 KGAL Lebanon OR
1600 4.1. 0603,1247 KWOM Watertown MN, more precisely on 1599.97 kHz.
1630 6.1. 1309 KXBT Vallejo CA
Central America:
530 4.1. 0224 R Visi¢n Cristiana, South Caicos
660 6.1. 0103 R St. Lucia, Babonneau
840 5.1. 2337 R Caribbean Int, Castries, St. Lucia
890 4.1. 0455 R Progreso, UNID QTH
990 10.1. 0641 XECL Mexicali BC
1120 5.1. 2322 WMSW Hatillo PR
1160 5.1. 2237 WBQN Barceloneta PR
1350 4.1. 0159 WEGA Vega Baja PR
1560 11.1. 1001 XEJPV Cd. Ju rez CH "Digital AM Estereo"
3300 7.1. 1100 R Cultural, Guatemala
5890 USB 6.1. 1210 UNID sending religious PX in Spanish, perhaps the new Honduran
South America:
590 7.1. 0627 R Continental, Buenos Aires
720 6.1. 0058 R Oriente, Porlamar
740 7.1. 0320 R Caron¡, Puerto Ordaz
830 6.1. 0147 R Sensaci¢n, Caracas
880 10.1. 0158 Mundial 880, Puerto Ordaz
890 8.1. 0406 R Libertad Sport, Montevideo
1080 6.1. 0210 R Barcelona
1110 5.1. 2258 R Car£pano
1120 5.1. 2359 tent. Caracol, Tunja (no local ID, only Caracol)
1230 6.1. 0027 R Calidad, Cali
1230 6.1. 0029 R Reloj, Tunja
1240 5.1. 2359 R Nacional de Venezuela, Punta Tumatey
1300 8.1. 0228 Super R Tupi, Porto Alegre
1380 4.1. 0028 UNID "... estudios del circuito radial Continente."
1380 7.1. 2351 Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello
1390 5.1. 0243 R F? y Alegr¡a, Caracas
1420 5.1. 2355 R Marabina, Maracaibo
1430 5.1. 2356 R Bahia, Puerto La Cruz
1500 11.1. 0130 R Floresta, Tucuru¡
1510 8.1. 0334 R 1510, G?ig?e
4777,71 8.1. 0935 R Andes, Uyuni
4939,45 9.1. 0915 R Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho
4949,84 8.1. 0923 R Baha'i, Otavalo
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