William R. Hepburn's DX Blog
VEM3ONT-22 Radio-TV DX Monitoring Station - Posts on things related to distant radio and television reception from my site in the Niagara Region. DC to daylight.
Wednesday 20 December 2023
Saturday 9 December 2023
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Monday 21 August 2023
Great tropo opening continues - switches to the northwest.
Tropo summary part 2 - for Aug 20-21 opening towards South Dakota.
Sunday 20 August 2023
Big Tropo Opening TN > ON on August 19-20, 2023
A quick summary of my 500+ mile catches during the Aug 19-20 Tr opening. This was my 1st-ever Nashville TV opening :
miles
776 - WPGF 87.75 Memphis TN
719 - WWH30 162.500 Dyersburg TN
650 - KXI42 162.450 Chester IL
638 - WDDJ 96.9 Paducah KY
631 - WXM49 162.425 Marion IL
628 - WCVQ-HD 107.9 Fort Campbell KY
626 - WKRN 27 Nashville TN
613 - WUXP 21 Nashville TN
605 - WNKJ 89.3 Hopkinsville KY
591 - WXN74 162.500 Hickman TN
589 - WXJ91 162.525 Madisonville KY
556 - WKDQ 99.5 Henderson KY
542 - WNG732 162.450 Lafollette TN
510 - WDCL 89.7 Somerset KY
508 - WULF 94.3 Hardinsburg KY
QTH = West Niagara, ON.
Friday 17 September 2021
NAVTEX Frequency Pollution from Canada
Friday 23 July 2021
Nicaragua TV double-hop
YNFA-302 Channel 2 Managua
YNFA-304 Channel 4 Managua
Channel 3 Matagalpa
Seen here is a recording of Channel 4 Managua. This video uses frame-stacking, which although causes motion blur, increases the sharpness of still objects. The audio change partway through is a result of changing from NFM to WFM.
Thursday 15 July 2021
Colombia TV double-hop
5JA-5166 Channel 4 Santa Marta +
5JA-8295 Channel 3 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta +
5J... Channel 3 Monteria
Seen here are recordings of Channel 4 Santa Marta and Channel 3 Monteria.
Puerto Rico FM into Canada !
WRTU-FM 89.7 San Juan at 1,891 miles on July 13, 2021
Friday 9 July 2021
Trans-Atlantic FM DX into Ontario !
87.7 Azores confirmed - 2,816 mile double-hop
According to the schedule, the program 'Indiegente' was on at the time. (The podcast was found here : https://www.rtp.pt/play/p257/e556841/indiegente ). Recorded here are the few snippets of reception followed by clips from a podcast of the program.
My QTH is Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. Receiver : Icom R-8600 w/SDR Console. Antenna : CM-3671. no preamp.