Skegness Log: 2016-09-23 (MW Transatlantic & East Asia)

 680 0300 USA WRKO WRKO, Boston (MA) On WRKO Boston heard in pile-up Weak  5239 km
1120 0306 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) KMOX call given several times at end of news bulletin 
              Weak  6690 km
 970 0400 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN Portnald, AM 9-70. ESPN ID Weak  5105 km
1320 0400 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) CJMR, the ... obscured by static Weak  5703 km
 640 0500 CAN CBN CBC Radio 1, Saint John s (NL) CBC News Weak  3731 km
 740 0500 CAN CHCM Marystown (NL) As 590 VOCM programming Fair  3915 km
1290 0500 USA WKBK Keene (NH) WKBK call heard in pile-up. CBS News Weak  5276 km
1400 0500 USA WOND News Talk 1400 WOND, Pleasantville (NJ) WOND call heard under CBG 
              Weak  5673 km
 660 0501 USA WFAN Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, The Fan, New York/High Island (NY) The Fan 
              Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, WFAN and wfan.com  Fair  5519 km
1310 0502 CAN CIWW 1310 News, Ottawa (ON) This is the Thirteen Ten News weather update 
              Fair  5332 km
1100 0600 USA WTAM Newsradio WTAM 1100, Cleveland (OH) WTAM ID. Faded a little for the hour 
              but fair before. Weak  5979 km
1590 0600 USA WARV WARV Providence, RI 1590 AM, Warwick (RI) Life Changing Radio WARV ID 
              Weak  5308 km
1134 1800 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal and YL KBC ID Weak  8723 km
1143 2000 KOR Radio Free Korea, unknown Top of the hour routine, including distinctive 
              "News" ID. Dominant over BEL3 Weak  9999 km
1278 2000  J  JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) YL RKB ID at exactly 20:00:27. 
              Dominant Weak  9226 km
1350 2000  J  JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Presumed. Time signal. Swamped 
              by Iam Radio, but Japanese YL regained domination. No ID heard. Weak  9251 km

The nights are getting longer now and it's nice to see 0600 opening up. Japan is also becoming a regular visitor this season with four stations providing almost regular evening listening. Signals this season are much better with clear audio and dominance over most European and UK stations. Frequencies are: 1188 JOKP; 1278 JOFR; 1350 JOER and 1413 JOIF.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
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Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
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