CFAV Laval QC 1570 verification

After many attempts, Claire Bellefeuille, Directrice at CFAV Radio Boomer, confirmed my reception of the station today. CFAV, or Radio Boomer as the station usually identifies as, broadcasts from Laval just outside Montréal. CFAV is an “easy” target for Transatlantic DX and is the dominant station on 1570 kHz here. This was for a MP3 [...]

WLMC Georgetown SC 1470 verification

WLMC in Georgetown, South Carolina, was another nice catch at Lista in last October. The station was heard with gospel music and announcing various religious and community events in and around Georgetown. WLMC broadcasts with a daytime power of  1 kilowatts while their nighttime power is  just 184 watts. As we heard them around 7.15 [...]

OAX4O Radio Victoria 6020 verification

QSLs from shortwave stations are rare these days as there are simple not a lot of stations left on the shortwave dial.  Radio Victoria in Lima is one of very few stations in the bigger cities of Peru which are still transmitting on shortwave. The station has been heard quite regularly on both 6020 kHz [...]

HJKM Emisora Mariana 1400 verification

Emisora Mariana in Bogotá, Colombia has been heard quite regularly on 1400 kHz this winter at my QTH, even with a 70 metre longwire antenna only.  As with most Colombians, reception is always best around sunrise now in winter.
It took a couple of tries to get a reply, but I finally got I nice e-mail [...]

WBTX Broadway-Timberville VA 1470 verification

Hearing the unexpected is to me the main thrill about DX-ing. We heard several unexpected stations during the October 2008 DX-pedition to Lista. One of the highlights was hearing WBTX licenced to Broadway-Timberville in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley on 1470 kHz, a daytimer with a power of 5 kilowatts. WBTX was a station we never had [...]

WOND Pleasantville NJ 1400 verification

WOND in Pleasantville, New Jersey, is a station I have heard many times. WOND is the second most commonly heard station on 1400 kilohertz at my place, and would have had a very good signal had they been on a clearer frequency. 1400 kilohertz is normally occupied by CBG in Gander, Newfoundland, here.
The challenge for [...]

WATR Waterbury CT 1320 verification

WATR in Waterbury, Connecticut, was another nice catch at our last venture to Lista in October 2008. WATR came up with a clear station identification around local sunset in Connecticut at 22.00 UTC. I guess the station switched from their listed day time power of 5 kilowatts to the night time power of 1 kilowatt [...]

KBRW Barrow AK 680 verification

Hearing Alaska on mediumwave has been something I have tried for years in the winter afternoons and evenings. The station I have hunted for has primarily been KBRW on 680 kHz, which is supposed to be the easiest Alaskan station to hear on mediumwave in Scandinavia. KBRW is located in Barrow, 515 kilometres north of [...]

Radio Libertad 1310 verification

Radio Libertad was a surprise catch one morning in Occtober when DX-ing with my very modest equipment at my home QTH. This station has been heard a couple of times in Scandinavia, but as far as I know it is not a very common catch on its frequency of 1310 kHz. Radio Libertad broadcasts from [...]