I have been using the Perseus for a few months now and thoroughly enjoy it. The spectrum recording capability of the Perseus came into good use during an auroral opening last month. From my Michigan location, the medium wave band was not recognizable the night of the April 7th, 2010, thanks to this event. Signals from the South replaced those more familiar to my ears and it made for some interesting DX to say the least! Two Perseus recordings were made of the MW band on the night of the 7th at both 8pm & 9pm EST to capture and preserve this event so that I could DX the entire band at my leisure. Fast forward almost a month later, and I’m finally done going through the TOH recordings and can report on the signals received during that interesting night. A total of 47 new stations were logged with Cubans all over the dial. Two new states were logged including Florida and South Carolina, and Puerto Rico was logged for the first time. Stations from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama were also abundant, sometimes two to a frequency. What makes this interesting for me is that my fixed BOG antenna favors the E-W direction and I rarely receive any signals from the South with this antenna. I can only imagine how the DX would have been if I had the antenna beaming South (unfortunately not possible at this location). On to the logs already:
kHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details
600 0102 CUB CMKV Radio Rebelde, Urbano Noris (ho) Presumed, // to AM 1180
680 0207 USA WCBM, Baltimore (MD) Weak ID under CFTR & WCTT
680 0100 PTR WAPA Cadena WAPA Guapa, San Juan (PR) Slogan: Cadena WAPA Radio @ TOH
790 0101 USA WVCD, Bamberg-Denmark (SC) Weak ID under semi-local WSGW
820 0110 CUB Radio Reloj, Contramaestre (sc) Radio Reloj 819.525 offset
890 0104 CUB CMDZ Radio Progreso, Chambas (ca) // AM 900
900 0100 CUB CMKB Radio Progreso, Cacocun (ho) Clear Radio Progresso Punto ID @ TOH
930 0000 USA WAUR, Sandwich (IL) Slogan: Relevant Radio, ID faintly heard under semi local WBCK
950 0055 CUB Radio Reloj, La Habana (ch) Time pips & morse code RR heard under WNTD
960 0057 CUB CMDJ Radio Reloj, Guantánamo (gu) Time pips & morse code audible
980 0100 USA WPGA, Perry (GA) ABC News @ TOH
1020 0100 CUB Radio Reloj, Jorobo (lt) Faint morse code RR heard under another SS UNID
1050 0057 USA WIQB, Conway (SC) Slogan: ESPN Radio for the grandslam, 93.9, 93.7 & 1050 AM, The Team
1070 0101 USA WEKT, Elkton (KY) ID: WEKT AM 10-70 Elkton Kentucky
1080 0000 USA WNWI, Oak Lawn (IL) Ethnic prg
1100 0058 USA KDRY, Alamo Heights (TX) Religious prg
1130 0050 USA KWKH, Shreveport (LA) w/ LSU Baseball and local ads
1150 0101 USA WGGH, Marion (IL) Slogan: Southern Illinois trusted voice since 1949 w/ classic c/w mx
1170 0000 USA KFAQ, Tulsa (OK)
1180 0102 CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde, Villa Maria (ca) Presumed, // to AM 600
1200 0000 USA WRTO La Tremenda, Chicago (IL) Spanish language programming
1250 0100 USA WRAY, Princeton (IN) Slogan: Newstalk 12-50, w/ AP News @ TOH
1270 0059 USA WFUL, Fulton (KY) w/ various show promos & ID
1270 0100 USA KRVT, Claremore (OK) w/ Major League Baseball
1290 0000 USA WHKY, Hickory (NC) w/ Performance Racing Network programming
1300 0101 USA WNQM, Nashville (TN) w/ Spanish ID and Spanish mx
1310 0000 USA WDXI, Jackson (TN) LSU Tigers baseball coverage
1320 0102 USA KRLW, Walnut Ridge (AR) (TENT) faint partial callsign heard and slogan Oldies 13-20 w/ oldies mx
1330 0000 USA WEBY, Milton (FL) Slogan: Florida’s Talk Radio
1330 0000 USA WVHI, Evansville (IN) w/ Insight For Living religious program
1350 0100 USA WKCU, Corinth (MS) w/ urban or black gospel mx, TOH clear ID
1360 0058 USA WBLC, Lenoir City (TN) w/ local ad for Muffler, Brakes, and More then ID
1370 0057 USA WDXE, Lawrenceburg (TN) Slogan: Classic Country Music
1380 0055 USA WMJR, Winchester (KY) Slogan: Real Life Radio, Spot for Faith & Science Catholic religious prg
1390 0000 USA WTJS Newsradio 13-90, Jackson (TN) Mention of Kim Komando, TJ Metro?, and legal ID @ TOH
1420 0000 USA WVJS, Owensboro (KY)
1430 0056 USA KZQZ, St. Louis (MO) Slogan: All New KZQZ Cool Oldies 14-30 AM
1440 0000 USA WZYX, Cowan (TN) Oldies mx, Rod Stewart song
1440 0100 USA WHDM, Mckenzie (TN) Slogan: Your Home For The Classic Hits, faint TOH ID under WZYX
1460 0100 USA WXBR, Brockton (MA) (TENT) TOH ID
1470 0058 USA WBCR, Alcoa (TN) Presumed, with partial callsign heard and liner for gcnlive.com
1470 0100 USA WVOL, Berry Hill (TN) Ubran oldies mx Unusually good cx to the South
1540 0000 USA WSMI, Litchfield (IL) w/ sign-off announcement
1560 0000 USA WMRO, Gallatin (TN) Slogan: Today’s Best Hits, Magic 15-60
1590 0000 USA WVNA, Tuscumbia (AL) Slogan: Newstalk 15-90
1600 0100 USA KRVA, Cockrell Hill (TX) Ethnic Asian mx
1600 0101 USA WKZK, North Augusta (SC) w/ ID and mention of 103.7 FM
