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The first weeks of February were very interesting propagation-wise. I am still listening to the 6th Feb files, so lots of files to listen.

North America

560 4.2. 0400- USA: WQAM Miami FL. Also WIOD 610 loud.
590 5.2. 2359- USA: WEZE Boston MA. New one for me. Here below VOCM but later dominant with a programme sponsored by Amazing Grace Ministry.
650 5.2. 0702- USA: WSM Nashville TN. Trinity River Band in studio.
700 5.2. 0400- USA: WLW Cincinnati OH. “Newsradio 700 W-L-W, Cincinnati”. Later in the frequency also tentative Radio Sucre.
750 5.2. 0332- USA: WSB Atlanta GA.
790 5.2. 0200- USA: WAXY South Miami FL.
850 4.2. 0500- USA: WFTL West Palm Beach FL.
890 5.2. 0700- USA: WLS Chicago IL.
920 4.2. 0559- USA: WDMC Melbourne FL. Alone.
920 5.2. 0258- USA: WMMN Fairmont WV. FSR. I was checking a new Panana station which PK logged here. Suprisingly I heard this rare WV-stn with a weak ID “Fox Sports Radio, 920 AM WMMN Fairmont”. The local ad to Fairmont before this confirmed the identification. Replied to my reception report quickly.
940 3.2. 0500- USA: WINZ MIami FL. “The Sports Animal”.
1060 4.2. 0600- USA: WQOM Natick MA.
1240 4.2. 0600- USA: WMMB Melbourne FL. “…12-40 and 13-50 WMMV”.
1270 4.2. 0500- CAN: CJCB Sydney NS.
1290 4.2. 0500- USA: WJNO West Palm Beach FL.
1310 5.2. 0700- USA: WLOB Portland ME.
1520 3.2. 0459- USA: KOLM Rochester MN.

Central America

840 5.2. 0502- CUB: CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara.
920 5.2. 0301- PNR: HOS56 R Mía, Los Santos. Tnx to PK for finding this. Played a song of “Mi Banda El Mexicano”. After it an ID when USA was down here.
1070 4.2. 0500- CUB: CMAM R Guamá, Guane.

South America

570 5.2. 0630- CLM: HJND Señal Radio Colombia, Bogotá.

I work CQ WPX RTTY contest from the station of Jukka, OH6LI with a club call OH4A.

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: OH4A
Operator(s): OH1NOA
Station: OH4A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 275
40: 416
20: 770
15: 595
10: 196
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Total: 2252 Prefixes = 788 Total Score = 5,332,396

Club:

Comments:

Thanks to Jukka, OH6LI for the opportunity to operate this contest from his fine
station. The station worked very well. Propagation was below normal and bands
went up and down quite rapidly. Low bands provided very little DX.

Despite of tricky condx, this score is above the current Finnish SOAB record.

73, Timo OH1NOA

A bit slowish time between the 26th of Jan and the 2nd of Feb, but I haven’t logged all the stations I’ve heard before during the season.

North America

680 29.1. 0458- USA: WRKO Boston MA.
890 30.1. 0459- USA: WAMG Dedham MA. “La Mega”
920 31.1. 0400- CAN: CKNX Wingham ON.
930 29.1. 0429- CAN: CFBC St. John NB. CJYQ’s tower has been collapsed so CFBC dominates now. Below is another NA, maybe WBEN?
930 31.1. 0400- USA: WDLX Washington NC. 2nd time for “Pirate Radio”.
1160 31.1. 0400- USA: WYLL Chicago IL.
1180 31.1. 0400- USA: WHAM Rochester NY.
1450 30.1. 0700- USA: WPGG Atlantic City NJ.
1460 31.1. 0700- USA: WDDY Albany NY. New one.
1670 1.2. 0500- USA: WPLA Dry Branch GA.
1700 27.1. 0503- USA: WJCC Miami Springs FL. TIK

Central America

1060 30.1. 0400- CUB: CMDL R 26, Matanzas. This has been very common lately, when ever there is propagation to Cuba.
1320 26.1. 0301- PTR: WSKN R Isla, San Juan PR.
1390 26.1. 0301- PTR: WISA Isabela PR. TIK

Slow QSL start for this year.

609. R Rossii/Karelii, Petroskoi 765 kHz
Back in the days I remember that I’ve sent them a reception report from their Finnish programme but got no replay. Now “Юлия Громова” replied in 11 days via email.

610. WLQY Hollywood FL 1320 kHz
I have found this FL-stn few times, but it’s not the most common Florida-station. I got confirmation from Rick Hunt, who is the Vice President and Director of Radio Engineering Entravision Communications.

611. WGIT Faro de Santidad, Canovanas 1660 kHz
WGIT used to be the most common CA-station on Mediumwaves. Lately its signal has been weaker. They also changed their format from news station to religious station with name “Faro de Santidad”. I got my replay from Facebook.

612. HJZI G12 Radio, Bogotá 1550 kHz
G12 has had very good signal lately during the Bogota openings. Fabi Locutora confirmed my reception.

613. Radio Turbo Mix AM, Cajamarca 1540 kHz
This Peru station is fairly easy catch on its split, 1540,5 kHz. Quick replay via email.

614. OCX4R Radio La Inolvidable, Lima 660 kHz
After several attempts I found a v/s information which worked. Manuel Soto F. kindly confirmed my reception via email. Perhaps this is the second QSL from this station to Finland?

615. R Beograd 202 1503 kHz
Thanks to JUS, I got a quick replay from Svetomir Cuckovic, who is 80 years old and has a ham radio call YU7SC. It is also my first QSL from Serbia.

The peak of the propagation was on the 21st Jan when there was one hour extremely good peak to Medellin, Colombia area. The band was full of unheard stations when usual Bogota dominants were absent. Also some NA/CA-condx but not many new ones for me. Reception report -wise I am much behind – sending out reports for stations heard in late December. And already heard almost 100 new stations this year!

British Isles

630 19.1. 0700- G: BBC R Cornwall, Lanner. TIK

North America

560 17.1. 0603- USA: WQAM Miami FL. TIK
570 17.1. 0600- USA: CFCB Corner Brook NL. TIK
840 18.1. 0658- USA: WHAS Louisville KY. “WHAS iHeart Radio”. TIK
850 18.1. 0600- USA: WFTL West Palm Beach FL. Fourth time in 12 months. TIK
900 19.1. 0559- CAN: CHML Hamilton ON. New one! TIK
920 19.1. 0600- CAN: CKNX Wingham ON. “This is CKNX AM 9-20”, very loud. TIK
920 18.1. 0658- USA: WURA Quantico VA. “Radio Unida 9-20 AM”. TIK
940 17.1. 0447- USA: WINZ MIami FL. NBC Sports Radio with outstanding signal strength. Time to time also TLK-stn in the QRG. Listened at train via remote! TIK
940 18.1. 0559- USA: WMAC Macon GA. “News Talk 9-40 WMAC Macon”. Heard also 16.1.14 0559Z. TIK
960 21.1. 0500- USA: WEAV Plattsburgh NY. Condx down before HJ-peak but this one came nicely. TIK
1020 19.1. 0600- USA: KDKA Pittsburgh PA. TIK
1090 19.1. 0559- USA: WBAL Baltimore MD. TIK
1100 19.1. 0359- USA: WTAM Cleveland OH. TIK
1180 19.1. 0500- USA: WHAM Rochester NY. “Wham 11-80”. TIK
1250 19.1. 0500- CAN: CJYE Oakville ON. CJYE/CJMR-double ID. TIK
1290 19.1. 0500- CAN: CJBK London ON. “Newstalk 12-90, CJBK”. TIK
1290 18.1. 0630- USA: WHIO Dayton OH. TIK
1430 19.1. 0500- USA: CHKT Toronto ON. TIK
1460 19.1. 0502- CAN: CJOY Guelph ON. New one! TIK
1510 18.1. 0730- USA: WLAC Nashville TN. TIK
1530 18.1. 0602- USA: WCKY Cincinnati OH. ESPN Radio. TIK
1590 19.1. 0459- USA: WAKR Akron OH. TIK

Central America

640 17.1. 0703- CUB: CMBC R Progreso, Guanabacoa/Las Tunas. Played George Micheal. TIK
650 17.1. 0231- CUB: CMBC R Progreso, Ciego de Avila. New Progreso-QRG for me. Certain Peru audio in the signal. Also Progreso on 660. TIK
840 17.1. 0359- CUB: CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara. TIK
940 18.1. 0728- MEX: XEQ Ciudad de México DF. Radio Apasionada [.879]. TIK
1060 18.1. 0700- MEX: XEEP R Educación, Mexico DF. With another SS. TIK
1060 19.1. 0603- MEX: XEEP R Educación, Mexico DF. IDs after himno. TIK
1470 21.1. 0602- PNR: HO.. La Primerisíma, Panamá. Busy QRG but this was the strongest. Male ID. TIK
1530 21.1. 0658- PNR: R Avivamiento, Panamá. TIK
1560 18.1. 0529- PNR: HO.. R Adventista de Panamá, Panamá. Loud: “Somos la señal de Esperanza, 15-60 AM y 105.3 FM..” – new FM frequency? Another REL Santa Maria de la Paz R also same time. TIK

South America

940 21.1. 0600- CLM: HJA76 Frecuencia U, Medellin. IDs after instrumental Beatles. I heard this tentatively last Autumn but probably not heard in Europe before. TIK
1080 21.1. 0600- CLM: HJAX La Voz de la Nostagia, Medellín. During the ID lots of RUS-QRM. When played music, was loud. HK approved my ID. TIK
1130 21.1. 0600- VEN: Tentative: YVKQ R Popular, Barquisimeto. No ID but good signal on split [.897]. TIK
1140 21.1. 0558- CLM: HJDL R Paísa, Medellín. Very loud, played Vicente Fernande like LV de La Raza. TIK
1140 21.1. 0530- CLM: HJKO R Esperanza, Cartagena. TIK
1160 21.1. 0558- CLM: HJAZ Frecuencia Bolivariana, Montería. Classic, Roberto Faz and then several “UPB” and Montería-mentions. Loud and the 99th heard MW-CLM. [.998]. TIK
1170 21.1. 0601- CLM: HJNW Caracol, Cartagena/Tunja. TIK
1190 22.1. 0500- EQA: HCDE2 UCSG Radio y Televisión, Guayaquil. TIK
1190 21.1. 0633- VEN: YVZD La Cultural del Táchira, San Cristóbal. TIK
1200 21.1. 0558- CLM: HJIJ LV de La Raza, Medellín. Strong on split [.172]. They played Joe Arroyo’s “Por Ti No Morire” and Vicente Fernandez’s “Camino Al Cielo”. TIK
1210 21.1. 0628- CLM: La Cariñosa, Pereira/Cucuta. [.994] most likely Pereira. Played Fernando Valadés song “Dos Caminos Diferentes”. TIK
1230 21.1. 0600- CLM: HJIL Minuto de Dios, Medellín. Another loud new one. TIK
1260 21.1. 0559- CLM: HJDA R Auténtica, Medellín. CBM Antioquia. [.983]. TIK
1260 21.1. 0601- VEN: YVRM BBN Radio, Caracas. No EU but 3 SS-stations here [.999]. TIK
1280 21.1. 0558- VEN: YVOF Radio Trujillo, Trujillo. TIK
1310 21.1. 0631- CLM: HJDG Caracol R, Montería. TIK
1320 21.1. 0558- CLM: HJTA R Maria, Medellín. //1580. TIK
1340 21.1. 0600- VEN: YVNE R Uno, Caracas. TIK
1350 21.1. 0600- CLM: HJDS Ondas de la Montaña, Medellín. Played Enrique Rodriguez & Orchestra song “Yo Tambíén Tuve Un Cariño”. TIK
1350 18.1. 0558- CLM: HJHL Oxigeno, Ibagué. TIK
1350 21.1. 0600- EQA: HCVP2 Teleradio AM 13-50, Guayaquil. Below Ondas de la Montaña. Also 3rd SS heard, most likely from Cuba. TIK
1380 22.1. 0500- CLM: HJJD NSE Radio, Medellín. TIK
1390 22.1. 0500- PRU: R Fé, Chiclayo. Now I heard this the 3rd time. Phone number to station was given (tnx HK) and was finishing the daily programme. Around 0504Z carrier was gone. TIK
1410 22.1. 0500- CLM: HJDU Em. Universidad Cultural de Antioqia, Medellin. Jazz and classic. TIK
1430 17.1. 0530- VEN: Deportes Unión Radio Maracay. [.905]. TIK
1460 23.1. 0700- CLM: HJJW Emisora Nuevo Continente, Bogotá. TIK
1470 18.1. 0502- PRU: OAU4B R Capital, Lima. Strong this morning. TIK
1470 21.1. 0659- VEN: YVJW Union Radio Cultural, Valencia. TIK
1480 18.1. 0459- CLM: HJOD R Rodadero, Santa Maria. Nice new one. IDs and peaceful music. TIK
1490 21.1. 0657- VEN: YVXD La Dinámica, Caracas. Now a bit lower [.011] than on December. Call-sign and jingle. TIK
1550 18.1. 0500- CLM: HJCB R El Sol, Barranquilla. Himno and nice IDs. TIK
1570 21.1. 0600- CLM: HJZT R Auténtica, Manizales. Another new one. TIK