MEDI DX NEWS 20 (Parte B) MISCELANEA-MISCELANEA DXpedition "LEM104" to Lemmenjoki. Finland, from January 4th to 11th 1997 Logs of Mika Makelainen, Vantaa, Finland Participants and location: This is a partial log of DXpedition number 104 to Lemmenjoki in Northern Finland. Altogether three DXers took part; Hannu Niileksela from Dec. 28th 1996 to Jan. 11th 1997, Timo Reiniluoto from Dec. 28th to Jan. 4th and Mika Makelainen from Jan. 4th to Jan. 11th. LEM104 was just one of a series of DXpeditions, which were held non-stop from September to late January in Lemmenjoki. Equipment: An array of 14 beverage antennas and 2 longwires, each 700-1000 meters in length, was used. Most of the antennas were directed to different parts of North America, with the exception of two antennas to the Southern part of South America, two antennas to the Caribbean, two straight north and two to Far-East Asia. Most of the time two receivers per person was used, the most popular model being JRC NRD-535. Conditions: Nearly all DX-activity was concentrated on MW DXing, the favorite target being North American AM stations. Conditions to this area remained relatively good and steady most of the time, but were very general in nature, so that the usual dominants tended to be heard over and over again. There were only very few more narrow openings to specific areas, which was what we needed to identify stations that were new to us. Friday Jan. 10th offered a good opening to California. Conditions toward South America were poorer than average, and to Asia much poorer than average. This was probably my first ever DXpedition to Lapland which didn't offer any new Japanese AM stations to me. All in all, the results for me were slightly below average, and I did expect better results taking into consideration that we should be experiencing solar minimum and exceptionally good AM reception. The weather conditions were normal to this area at this time of the year, with temperatures ranging from -5 degrees Celsius to around -35. As Lemmenjoki is located above the Arctic circle, in early January the sun never comes above the horizon, but there is still daylight for a few hours per day. Notes on the log: The entire log of the three participants will be published in the upcoming issue of "DXclusive" magazine. As I (Mika Makelainen) am the only one online, only my loggings will appear also here - they represent perhaps one third of the total loggings. Also my log is strictly limited to stations that were either new to me, or otherwise relatively rarely heard up here, or were of special interest for some other reason. For instance, around 150-200 most commonly heard North American stations are not listed at all. More or less this applies to all continents. Needless to say, I was looking only for a few specific stations from Europe. Most of my tapes are yet to be reviewed so many stations will be found in the coming weeks. These additional logs will likely be published only in "DXclusive", as they are of interest mainly to other Scandinavian DXers. It is also worth noting that in Finland there is strong emphasis on picking up local station identifications. Stations are not identified by merely checking whether they simulcast some other more well-known station. In case the station in question has local programming at some time of the day, a local station identification is generally needed for positive station identification. This of course makes listening to Japanese NHK stations, Russian and Spanish stations, among others, much more difficult, but is also much more rewarding. A few unidentified stations are also mentioned in case someone could help in identifying them. The log is divided by continents, under which stations are listed in frequency order. The details are in the following format: frequency (kHz), date (day.month), time (UTC), station name and location. Address all comments to: mtm@clinet.fi Europe: 621 7.1. 1520 R Machatskala 630 8.1. -1500 R Saratov 657 9.1. 0620 RAI Veneto, Venezia 729 9.1. 0655 RNE-1 Castilla y Lesn, Valladolid, and of course Asturias on top 729 9.1. 1504 BBC Essex 801 9.1. 0655 RNE-1 Castilla y Lesn, Zamora/Burgos 801 9.1. 0657 RNE-1 Galicia, Lugo 837 9.1. 2256 COPE Sevilla 846 5.1. 1400 R Mediana, Perm 855 8.1. -0810 R Penza 900 9.1. 0704 COPE Vigo 1080 7.1. 2327 Onda Cero R, Toledo, surprisingly with a local ID at this time 1575 6.1. 0620 RAI Umbria, Perugia Africa: 837 8,9.1.2232,2129 COPE Las Palmas 1179 10.1. 2338 R Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz 1440 5.1. 0031 tent. GBC Yola. Only an announcement for "R One" was heard Asia: 189 9.1. 2245 Amurskaya R, Belogorsk 234 9.1. 2319- R Irkutsk 279 9.1. 0010- R Yekaterinburg 729 10.1. 1546 AIR Guwahati 747 5.1. 1315 R Karaganda 760 9.1. 1725 Yemen RTV, Mukalla 801 5,9.1. 1300- R $skemen/Ust-Kamenogorsk (Vostozhno-Kazahstanskaja oblastnaya Radio), bilingual local program as usual for Kazakhs 801 8.1. 1330 Az$rbaycan RTV Sirk$ti, Baki/Pirsagat 891 4.1. 1500 HLKB Pusan 936 11.1. 0016 BSKSA Riyadh 1322,91 11.1. 1100 China R Int 1323 11.1. 1100 Ningbo PBS 1360,57 3.1. 2117 DZYR San Fernando 1449 8.1. 1550 IRIB Bandar-e-Torkamen, FS-program to Turkmenistan 1602 5.1. 1147 Russkaya R, (Tyumen?). Does anyone have an address for this? North America: 530 5.1. 0915 CIAO Brampton ON 570 4.1. 0859 KVI Seattle WA 580 4.1. 0346 CFRA Ottawa ON 590 10.1. 1039 CFNL Ft. Nelson BC 630 10.1. 1513 KIAM Nenana AK 710 4.1. 0925 WDSM Superior WI 850 4.1. 0503 CKVL Verdun PQ 850 11.1. 0632 WRMR Cleveland OH 900 5.1. 0959 CJBR Rimouski PQ 980 5.1. 0840 KFWB Los Angeles CA 990 7.1. 0925 CBY Corner Brook NF 1010 4.1. 0034 WINS New York NY 1160 4.1. 2246 WJJD Chicago IL 1160 4.1. 2301 WSKW Skowhegan ME 1160 4.1. 2303 WCCS Homer City PA 1340 4,9.1.1059,1130 KLKI Anacortes WA 1340 7.1. 0946 CJLS Yarmouth NS 1390 11.1. 0904 KJME Denver CO 1390 11.1. 1038 KRRZ Minot ND 1400 10.1. 1159 KVTO Berkeley CA 1420 3.1. 2350 KTOE Mankato MN 1420 6,7.1. 2352,0031 CKPT Petersborough ON 1420 9.1. 0805 CKDY Digby NS 1450 6.1. 2249 CHUC Cobourg ON 1450 10.1. 0959 KEST & KOBO CA 1450 10.1. 1028 KLBM La Grande OR 1480 4.1. 2201 WSAR Fall River MA 1480 7,10.1. 1028 KYOS Merced CA 1490 6.1. 0432 KNDC Hettinger ND 1490 6,7.1. 1403,0930 KBSR Laurel MT "Big Sky R" 1490 8.1. 1243 KCID Caldwell ID 1490 10.1. 0957 KOWL South Lake Tahoe CA 1490 10.1. 1012 KWAC Bakersfield CA 1490 10.1. 1032 KBKR Baker OR 1490 10.1. 1036 UNID "Radio Consentida" in Spanish, in the Pacific time zone 1490 10.1. 1159 KTOB Petaluma CA. Shortly before the KTOB-ID an ID was heard for the FM-station KFOX 93.5, perhaps also this over KTOB 1490 often often KEYG Grand Coulee WA 1570 6.1. 0935 WXLN New Albany IN 1580 4,5,6.1. 0329,1030 WSRF Ft. Lauderdale FL, relaying WINZ 940 1580 6.1. 1230 KDOM Windom MN 1580 7.1. 1221 KGAL Lebanon OR 1600 4.1. 0603,1247 KWOM Watertown MN, more precisely on 1599.97 kHz. 1630 6.1. 1309 KXBT Vallejo CA Central America: 530 4.1. 0224 R Visi"n Cristiana, South Caicos 660 6.1. 0103 R St. Lucia, Babonneau 840 5.1. 2337 R Caribbean Int, Castries, St. Lucia 890 4.1. 0455 R Progreso, UNID QTH 990 10.1. 0641 XECL Mexicali BC 1120 5.1. 2322 WMSW Hatillo PR 1160 5.1. 2237 WBQN Barceloneta PR 1350 4.1. 0159 WEGA Vega Baja PR 1560 11.1. 1001 XEJPV Cd. Ju rez CH "Digital AM Estereo" 3300 7.1. 1100 R Cultural, Guatemala 5890 USB 6.1. 1210 UNID sending religious PX in Spanish, perhaps the new Honduran South America: 590 7.1. 0627 R Continental, Buenos Aires 720 6.1. 0058 R Oriente, Porlamar 740 7.1. 0320 R Caron!, Puerto Ordaz 830 6.1. 0147 R Sensaci"n, Caracas 880 10.1. 0158 Mundial 880, Puerto Ordaz 890 8.1. 0406 R Libertad Sport, Montevideo 1080 6.1. 0210 R Barcelona 1110 5.1. 2258 R Carzpano 1120 5.1. 2359 tent. Caracol, Tunja (no local ID, only Caracol) 1230 6.1. 0027 R Calidad, Cali 1230 6.1. 0029 R Reloj, Tunja 1240 5.1. 2359 R Nacional de Venezuela, Punta Tumatey 1300 8.1. 0228 Super R Tupi, Porto Alegre 1380 4.1. 0028 UNID "... estudios del circuito radial Continente." 1380 7.1. 2351 Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello 1390 5.1. 0243 R F y Alegr!a, Caracas 1420 5.1. 2355 R Marabina, Maracaibo 1430 5.1. 2356 R Bahia, Puerto La Cruz 1500 11.1. 0130 R Floresta, Tucuru! 1510 8.1. 0334 R 1510, Gige 4777,71 8.1. 0935 R Andes, Uyuni 4939,45 9.1. 0915 R Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho 4949,84 8.1. 0923 R Baha'i, Otavalo Note: The LEM 104 file was sent to me via Grupo Mediterraneo DX #21