December 2002
For DXers in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NV, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, Cuba and Mexico
Stations in orange
indicate
a new logging for the DXer
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Doug
Smith – Pleasant View, TN CDT
10/7 Tr
2310 KOLL 94.9 AR Maumelle 318
10/9 Tr
0044 WHKO 99.1 OH Dayton 277
0047 WMCI 101.3 IL Neoga 226
0049 WTYE 101.7 IL Robinson, Sports Byline
183
Gus Mancuso – Hyattsville, MD
I Dxed from Jeffersontown
KY 7/22-25. 120 stations were logged, with state totals being 65 from Kentucky,
42 from Indiana, 9 from Ohio, 2 from Tennessee and 2 from Illinois. Best
frequency was 97.9 with 3 stations. I stayed in a private home, so I was
not able to use “building screening” (moving from one side of a motel to
the other to attenuate locals). I returned in September, staying on the
southeast side of a Holiday Inn, and picked up 3 new Kentucky stations,
WSGS Hazard 101.1, WVLE Scottsville 99.3 and WAKY Springfield 102.7. I
should be returning here in the spring.
August 24-27
I was able to DX from the Holiday Inn in Meadville PA using a modified
Radio Shack DX-440. Logged 109 stations, including 59 from PA, 44 from
OH, 2 from WV, 1 from NY, and 3 from ON. BTW, 12 of the stations were logged
on a 1997 Saturn car radio only.
The Meadville
event was undoubtedly the most disappointing scan I have ever done! This
spot looks excellent on paper, with not too many locals clogging the dial
and with big cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit and Toronto
100-200 miles away. Summer “broke” a few days before arrival. There didn’t
seem to be any morning enhancement off Lake Erie. I was also bothered by
unexplained imaging of an Ohio stations 25 miles away.
I’m looking at
Hillsboro, in southeast Ohio, and South Boston VA for next summer. The
latter is 40 miles west of South Hill, where I did my personal best scan
of 211 in 1988.
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From the Editor
The Leonids meteor
shower was a big disappointment here, both from a DX and a viewing standpoint.
It appears it was that way for many others, except Girard Westerberg and
Saul Chernos, who really cashed in. Oh, well….lots of other showers to
DX!
Hope you have
a great Christmas and a DX-filled new Year!
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