[HCDX] the last version of my MW logbook, wich includes all the MW catches made in 2002-2003

My MW Logbook

(part 1)

QTHs: Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada,

on the car in the neighbors of Pierrefonds/Montreal

(i.e.: St.-Laurent, Île-Perrot). Some older logs of local and short skip clears was made in the Bordeaux-Cartierville parts

Also DX-ing from St.-Alphonse de Rodriguez

Equipment: Sanyo MCD-S830 portable with ferrite bar antenna

Also occasionally using:

The Hyonda’s Protégé car radio of my father, amplified whip antenna

Realistic-DX150A with 75 meters (random) wire

Phillips LW/MW transistor radio with ferrite bar antenna

Realistic DX 351 multi-band receiver with short ferrite rod antenna

Sangean ATS-606A

526 ZLS - CW beacon (Stella Maris, Bahamas)

530 Radio Visíon Cristiana (South Caicos, Turks and Caicos)

530 CIAO (Toronto, ON)

540 CBEF La première chaîne de SRC (Windsor, ON)

540 XEWA Doble U Grande (San Louis Potosi, NL) //900

540 WLIE (Islip, NY)

550 CHLN Radio Média (Trois-Rivières, QC)

550 WEVD (Waterbury, VT)

550 unID ESPN Radio

550 unID Radio Disney outlet, //1560, in CHLN null

550 Radio Rebelde outlet (Cuba), //600

555 ZIZ (Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis)

570 WMCA (NYC, NY)

570 WSYR (Syracruse, NY)

570 CMDC Radio Reloj (Pilon, CUB)

570 YVLX Radio Rumbos (Villa-Cura, Aragua, VEN)

580 CFRA (Ottawa, ON)

580 WKAQ Radio Reloj (San Juan, PR)

580 WTAG (Princettown, NJ)

580 RJR (Galina, JMC)

580 (tent.) HIAF Radio Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, Dom. Rep.)

meringue music, fair-strong in mess

580 (tent.) CKY (Winnipeg. MB) English talk mixing with CFRA, in WTAG null

590 CKRS Radio Média (Jonquière, QC)

590 WEZE (Boston, MA)

590 unIDs presumably southern domestics mixing during aurora

590 unID french creole domestic

600 CIQC (Montreal, QC) #

600 CMKV Radio Rebelde (Urbano Norris, Cuba)

600 (tent.) HJHJ Radio Libertad (Barranquilla, CLM) w/ Feliz Navidad

600 WICC (Bridgeport, CT)

600 CKAT (North Bay, ON)

600 Estacíon (Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.)

600 YNLD La Nueva Ya (Managua, Nicaragua) // Internet (live365.com stream)

610 WIP (Philadelphia, PA)

610 HJKL Radiodifusora Nacíonal de Colombia (Urbia, CLM)

610 CMMA Radio Rebelde (Guantanamo, Cuba) // CMKV-600

610 CHNC Radio Média (Gaspé, QC) // local 730

620 WVMT (Burlington, VT)

620 CMGN Radio Rebelde (Colon, CUB)

620 unID ESPN Radio station, in WVMT null

630 CHLT Radio Média (Sherbrooke, QC)

630 WPRO (Providence, RI)

630 CFCO (Chattam, ON)

630 WSKN La Super Cadena (San Juan, PR)

630 CMOA Radio Progreso (Isla de la Juventud, CUB) 2 //s noted

630 WUNO NotiUno (San Juan, PR)

640 CMBC Radio Progreso (Guanabacoa, CUB) // CMDZ-890

640 YVQO Union Radio (Puerto La Cruz, Anzoàtegui, VEN)

640 WNNZ The Zone (Westfield, MA)

640 Radio Guadeloupe / France Info (Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe)

640 CFYR Mojo Radio (Toronto, ON)

650 CKAC (Montreal, QC) local spur

650 WSM (Nashville, TN)

650 HJKH Antena Dos (Bogota, CLM)

650 (tent.) HIAJ Radio Universal (Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.) meringue mx in mess

660 WFAN (NYC, NY)

660 CMHG Radio Progreso (Santa Clara, CUB) //640 and 890

670 WSCR (Chicago, IL)

670 YVLL Radio Rumbos (Caracas, DF, VEN)

670 WWFE La Poderosa 6-70 (Miami, FL)

670 CMQ Radio Rebelde (Arroyo Arrenas, CUB)

680 WRKO (Boston, MA)

690 CBF La première chaîne de SRC (Montreal, QC) #

690 CINF Infos 690 (Montreal, QC)

700 WLW (Cincinnati, OH) nice reception in null of CINF splatter

710 WOR (NYC, NY,)

710 CKVM (Ville-Marie, QC)

710 Radio Rebelde (synchrous, Cuba)

710 (poss.) YVKY Radio Capital ??, second SS slightly atop Cuba,

QRM from WOR and het-like interference from CINF-690

720 WGN (Chicago, IL)

720 (tent.) CHTN (Charlottetown, PEI) oldies with some CKAC splatter on the car-radio

730 CKAC Radio Média (Montréal, QC)

740 CHWO Prime Time Radio (Toronto, ON)

750 YVKS RCR Palabra (Caracas, DF, VEN)

750 (tent.) HJDK (Medellin, CLM)

750 CBGY CBC Radio 1 (Bonavista Bay, NF)

750 WSB (Atlanta, GA)

759.8 (approx) (pres.) CMDE Radio Reloj (Las Mercedes, Cuba) het against RCN-Colombia

760 WCHP (Champlain, NY)

760 HJAJ RCN (Barranquilla, CLM)

760 unID (YVQQ ?) ‘La Buena Nueva 7-60’ (prob. Puerto-La Cruz, Anzoàtegui, VEN)

760 WJR (Detroit City, MI)

760 (tent.) OBZ4X Radio Mar (Lima, Peru)

770 WABC (NYC, NY)

770 HJJX RCN (Bogota, CLM) //760

770 (tent.) YVKK Radio Nacíonal (Valencia, Carabobo, VEN)

780 WBBM (Chicago, IL)

780 YVNM Radio Coro (Coro, Falcon, VEN)

790 CIGM (Sudbury, ON)

800 CJAD (Montreal, QC)

800 CHRC (Quebec City, QC) w/ hockey way under semi-nulled pest

800 CKLW (tent.) (Windsor, ON)

800 VOWR (tent.) (St. John’s, NF)

810 CJVA (Caraquette, NB) in CJAD-800 null, France and Quebec MOR

810 WGY (Stenectady, NY)

810 HJCY Caracol (Bogota, CLM) *

820 WBAP (Forth Worth, TX)

820 CHAM (Hamilton, ON)

830 (pres.) YVLT Radio Sensacíion (San Antonio de Los Altos, DF, VEN) pres. with old-fashioned YV music mixing w/ unID NOS domestic

830 (pres.) WNYC (New York City, NY) presumed with nostalgia

840 WHAS (Louisville, KY)

850 CKVL (Verdun, QC) #

850 WEEI (Boston, MA)

850 unIDs 2 stations in SS mixing during aurora slightly over subdued WEEI

860 CJBC La première chaîne de SRC (Toronto, ON)

860 unID salsa, poss. candidates (YVYE, YVOL)

870 WWL (New Orleans, LA) mixing with another domestic talker, possibly WLAM

870 (tent.) WLAM (Portland, ME)

880 WCBS (NYC, NY)

890 CMDZ Radio Progreso (Chambas, CUB) // CMBC-640

900 CHML (Hamilton, ON)

900 XEW (Mexico, DF)

900 CKMP Radio Progreso (Cacocum, Cuba)

910 (pres.) YVRQ (Caracas, DF, Venezuela)

910 WABI (Bangor, ME)

920 CKNX (Wingham, ON)

920 WHJJ (Providence, RI)

940 CBM CBC Radio 1 (Montreal, QC) #

940 CINW 940 News (Montreal, QC)

960 WEAV (Plattsburgh, NY) huge next-to-adjacent splat from CINW

during day-time conditions

960 (tent.) HJOP Caracol (Mangague, CLM) excited SS talk in QRM

970 WZAN (Portland, ME)

990 CKGM Oldies 9-90 (Montreal, QC) now The Team

1010 CFRB (Toronto, ON)

1010 WINS (NYC, NY)

1020 KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA)

1030 WBZ (Boston, MA)

1040 CJMS (Saint-Constant, QC)

1040 WHO (Des Moines, IA) presumed

1050 CHUM (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

1050 WEVD (NYC, NY)

1060 KYW (Pittsburgh, PA)

1070 WLFE (Plattsburg, NY)

1070 YVMA Mundial Zulia (Maracaibo, Zulia, VEN)

1070 HJCG Santa Fé (Bogota, CLM) “Santa Fé” mention under YVMA

1070 HJIJ Emisora Atlantico (Barranquilia, CLM)

1070 CBA CBC Radio 1 (Moncton, NB)

1080 WTIC (Hartford, CT)

1080 YVQJ Radio Barcelona (Barcelona, Anzoàtegui, VEN)

1080 unID another domestic talker way under WTIC (KRLD ?)

1090 WBAL (Blatimore, DE)

1100 WTAM (Cleveland, OH)

1100 (tent.) HJAT (Barranquilla, CLM) bits of SS talk received u/

Au condx; RCN-760 was at excellent level at that time

1100 Brazil (very tent.) bits of talk possibly PP really way underneath and barely detectable with WTAM QRM (had sleeped during their silent period !)

1110 WBT (Charlotte, NC)

1110 unID extremely weak SAH with WBT

1120 WPRX (Bristol, CT)

1120 KMOX (St. Louis, MO)

1130 WBBR (NYC, NY)

1130 (very tent.) YVRL (Maiquetia, DF, Venezuela) way under WBBR

1130 (very tent.) WAFN (Miami Springs, FL) very poor w/ talkshow

1140 WRVA (Richmond, VA)

1140 (tent.) YV La Voz del Caribe (Porlamaar, Nueve Esparta, VEN) SS

trop. mx. occasionnally audible on this channel

1150 CJRC Radio Média (Gâtineau, QC)

1150 CKOC (Hamilton, ON)

1150 WAMG La Mega (Boston,MA)

1170 WWVA (Wheeling, WV)

1180 WHAM (Rochester, NY)

1180 CMBA Radio Rebelde (Villa Maria, Cuba)

1190 WLIB (NYC, NY)

1200 CFGO The Team (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

1200 YVOZ Radio Tiempo (Caracas, DF, VEN)

1200 (tent.) WOAI (San Antonio, TX)

1200 unID PP, very loud

1200 unID nostalgia domestic

1210 WPHT (Philadelphia, PA)

1210 unID SS (YVZT or Cuba) – strong, but way under WPHT

1215

1220 CKSM Radio Média (Shawinigam, QC)

1230 unID Radio Média (QC)

1230 unID pop music domestic

1240 WSKI (Montpelier, VT)

1250 WEAE ESPN Radio (Pittsburg, PA)

1250 Radio Disney outlet, //1260

1260 WMKI Radio Disney (Boston, MA) // 1550 and 1560

1270 WHLD (Niagara Falls, NY) or WSPR (Springfield, MA) lots of local splatter from CFMB

1280 CFMB (Montreal, QC)

1280 WADO (NYC, NY) heard in Île-Perrôt only, where local CFMB it’s a SEMI-local and can be nulled out therefore

1300 unID “ESPN Radio”

1310 CIWW Oldies 1310 (Ottawa, ON)

1320 CKEC (New Glasgow, NS)

1320 CJMR (Missisauga, ON)

1320 WATR “Music Of Your Life” (Waterbury, CT)

1320 unID domestic talker

1330 WRCA Radio Cadena 13-30 (Cambridge, MA) in SS

1330 WWRV Radio Vísíon Cristiana (NYC, NY)

1340 WMSA (Massena, NY)

1340 WIRY (Plattsburg, NY)

1350 CKDO (Oshawa, ON)

1350 (tent.) CKAD (Middleton, NS)

1360 CKBC (Bathurst, NB)

1370 WFEA (Manchester, NH)

1375 RFO (St.-Pierre isl., St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon)

1380 CKLC (Kingston, ON)

1380 WKDM (NYC, NY)

1380 WSYB (Rutland, VT)

1390 oldies domestic

1400 (pres.) WLLH (Lowel, MA)

1400 ?? (assume NY/VT or NH) fair on groundwave, ocasionally atop the

multi-stns mess “graveyard” mess during the darkness. W?(C or Z?)?

1400 unID “News Radio eleven-forty”

1440 WRRO (Warren, OH)

1440 WVEI (Worchester, MA)

1450 unID Greek programs

1460 unID w/ rancheras over/under unID R. Disney

1470 WZOU (Lewiston, ME)

1490 WICY Oldies 14-90 (Malone, NY)

1490 unID Over the huge ‘graveyard’ mess for 2 or maybe 3 minutes

with a song by a nostalgic female vocal, then the announcer say

some comments about the song and an “AM 14-90 Que.?..” ID

and then nostalgic vocal by a male, fair signal

1490 WIKE (Newport in southern VT)

1490 (tent.) XECJC-AM Radio Net (Ciudad Juárez, Chih.)

1500 WTOP (Washington, DC)

1500 YVRZ Dos Mil (Cumana, Sucre, VEN)

1500 WFIF Life Changing Radio (Milford, CT)

1500 unID oldies domestic

1510 WLAC/Sporting News Radio (Boston, MA)

1520 WKBW (Buffalo, NY) #

1520 WWKB (Buffalo, NY)

1521 (tent.) BSKSA (Duba, Saudi Arabia) het on the high-side of WWKB

1530 WDJZ (Bridgeport, CT)

1530 WSAI (Cincinnati, OH)

1540 WPTR (Albany, NY)

1540 CHIN (Toronto, ON) presumably the stn carrying ethnic pgms

1550 CBE CBC Radio 1 (Windsor, ON)

1550 unID SS: not HJCB; ranchera music, lots of local ads and IDs as “Ke Buena”. Niel Wolfish suggest it’s GA.

1550 WDZK Radio Disney (Bloomfield, CT)

1560 WQEW Radio Disney (NYC, NY)

1570 HIAJ Radio Amanecer Int. (Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.)

1570 unID SS domestic

1570 unID LA (XERF or TGVE)

1580 CBJ (Gaspé, QC) #

1590 WARV (Providence, RI)

1600 WWRL (NYC, NY)

1600 WUNR (Boston, MA)

1600 (tent.) WLUZ (Bayamo, PR) second SS stn occ. way u/ WUNR

1610 CJWI (Montreal, QC)

1610 unID TIS (prior to CJWI sign-on)

1620 WDHP (St. Croix, US Virgin Islands)

1630 KCJJ (Iowa City, IA)

1650 WHKT (Portsmouth, VA)

1660 WWRU Radio Unica (Elisabeth, NJ)

1680 WTTM (Princetown, NJ)

1680 (tent.) WJMZ (Ada, MI)

1690 WPTX (Lexington Park, MD)

Countries logged:

1. United States of America

2. Canada

3. Cuba

4. Colombia

5. Venezuela

6. Turks and Caicos

7. Puerto Rico

8. St. Kitts and Nevis

9. Bahamas

10. Mexico

11. St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon

12. Guadeloupe

13. Jamaica

14. Dominican Republic

15. Isla Juventud

16. Nicaragua

17. Peru (tent.)

18. Saudi Arabia (tent.)

19. Guatemala ? (the unID on 1570 ??)

USA states logged:

1. NY

2. VT

3. MA

4. IL

5. RI

6. GA

7. FL

8. TN

9. DC

10. CT

11. OH

12. VA

13. NC

14. NJ

15. PA

16. DE

17. IA

18. WV

19. MD

20. MO

21. ME

22. LA

23. TX

24. KY

Canadian provinces logged:

1. QC

2. ON

3. NB

4. NS

5. NF

6. PEI (tent.)

7. MB (tent.)

Venezuelan “estados” logged

1. Distrito Federal

2. Falcon

3. Anzoàtegui

4. Aragua

5. Sucre

6. Zulia

7. Carabobo (tent.)

Mexican “estados” heard:

1. DF

2. NL

3. CH (tent.)

This logbook will change weekly, since I will add new stations that I hear on it !!!!

Contributours that did helped me to identify unID stations:

Niel Wolfish (niel@xxxxxxxx)

Mika Makelainen (mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Mark Connelly (MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx)

David Hochfelder (hocheld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Henrik Klemetz (henrik.klemetz@xxxxxxxxxxxx)

Sheldon Harvey (ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx)

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* heard in St.-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez only

# now inactive local or clear-channel non-DX station heard in Montreal at my two first addresses, before involving seriously with DX-ing