12 March 2025

FM logged in the past 12 hours: 89.3 KYQX Mineral Wells, TX – 12:24 AM @ 596 miles NWR: KXI46 Shelbyville/Tower Hill, IL 162.500 heard at 8:14 AM

9 December 2024

Some Texas-based e-skip or meteor scatter the last few days, captured by RDS auto-logger. 12/5 10:29 PM CST: 92.1 KCAF-FM Kenedy, TX (814 miles) 12/7 6:21 PM CST: 98.9 KDIP-LP Marfa, TX (970 miles) 12/9 3:07 PM CST: 101.5 KXEP-LP San Antonio, TX (794 miles) And a NWR...

19 November 2024

NWR DX logged this morning, November 19. Nothing too exciting, but a minor opening to the north: 162.475 WXK82 Hannibal 162.500 WXJ92 Macomb 162.525 WXM90 Jacksonville 162.525 WWF75 Bourbon This is in addition to local signals on 162.425, 162.450 and 162.550. I have...

Shannon County, MO Recap

Radio dial and NWR dial recap from a few days ago in northeastern Shannon County, MO using a portable yellow La Crosse AM/FM/NWR radio with a short telescoping antenna. 88.5 KMST Rolla 88.7 KDMC Van Buren 89.5 gospel 91.1 KBGM Park Hills 91.7 KCVX Salem 92.5...

23 August 2023

The DX opening to the northwest continued into another day, as on a scan this morning I heard Omaha stations such as KIWR 89.7, KQKQ 98.5 and KSRZ 104.5 (as well as NOAA KIH61) for another consecutive day. Interestingly enough, KIH61 was the only non-local weather...

22 August 2023

The DX opening to eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and southeast South Dakota continues into another day… FM logs (all heard/confirmed) between 8:30 and 9:15 AM CDT (13:30-14:15 UTC): WBNH 88.5 Pekin, IL KLFG 89.5 Fort Dodge, IA KIWR 89.7 Council Bluffs, IA WOI...