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https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2018/06/will-we-see-rfspace-cloudsdr-this-year.html Arctic DX: Will We See The RFSpace CloudSDR This Year? The excellent 0-56 MHz Cloud-IQ has been out for quite some time, and will likely have HDSDR support in not too long, along with the NetSDR ... arctic dxseerfspaceyear https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/04/qsl-jokp-nhk-1-kitami-1188.html Arctic DX: QSL: JOKP NHK-1 Kitami 1188 Commonly heard especially at the 10:00 UTC local slot. Postcard with stamped verie text in Japanese received today. arctic dxqslnhkkitami https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-great-start-of-season.html Arctic DX: What A Great Start Of The Season! Last year's start of the season wasn't dismal. It was awful. Yes, we were near or at solar maximum, but it sounded to us like the ionosphere... arctic dxgreat startof theseason https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/10/kong35-day-seven.html Arctic DX: KONG35 - Day Seven We had hoped that the K-index would sink to a 0-2 level. Alas, it was not to happen. Signal strengths were ok for most of the night, but it ... arctic dxdayseven https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2020/01/qsl-voice-of-maldives-dhivehiraajjeyge.html?showComment=1581941563520 Arctic DX: QSL: Voice of Maldives / Dhivehiraajjeyge adu, Thilafushi 1449 This station was not quite uncommon in the beginning of the century. I heard it a few times at their sign-on which I believe was at 00:25Z. ... arctic dxqslvoicemaldivesadu https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/09/qsl-6rn-abc-radio-national-wagin-wa-1296.html Arctic DX: QSL: 6RN ABC Radio National, Wagin WA, 1296 We erected our new, 80-degrees beverage last weekend aiming to hear more from central and western Australia. And we did! On September 9, dur... arctic dxabc radioqslnationalwagin https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2026/04/kong-hq-march-logs-network-changes-and.html Arctic DX: KONG-HQ March Logs, Network Changes, And a Theft... March turned out to be quite an interesting month, with eight personal first logs on my part. March also marked the most significant change ... arctic dxnetwork changeskonghqmarch https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/10/qsl-wibw-topeka-ks-580.html Arctic DX: QSL: WIBW Topeka KS 580 WIBW was alone on 580 when it was heard off the Mount Loran beverage, rather weak but after the news they faded up nicely during a lengthy w... arctic dxtopeka ksqsl https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/kong-hq-january-logs.html Arctic DX: KONG-HQ January Logs If December was "less than spectacular" , January was a misery. Not only were conditions in general "meh" - but the solar storm we encounte... arctic dxkonghqjanuarylogs https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2023/10/kong47-day-three.html Arctic DX: KONG47 - Day Three Now, what is it with DX-peditions and propagation? Another disappointing night and day towards North America. Asia/Pacific came early, at ar... arctic dxdaythree https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-perseus-impressions.html?showComment=1199874660000 Arctic DX: My Perseus Impressions My impressions on the Perseus SDR is published on kongsfjord.no . It's a bit of a work in progress since I plan to update it should there b... arctic dxperseusimpressions https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2010/10/wgbw-two-rivers-wi-1590-dx-test.html?showComment=1287254974943 Arctic DX: WGBW Two Rivers WI 1590 DX Test From OJ Sagdahl, member of the KONG crew: I heard WGBW Two Rivers WI 1590 in Kongsfjord one night in September 2009 while they were transm... arctic dxtwo riverswitest https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/11/qsl-kpyv-oroville-ca-1340.html Arctic DX: QSL: KPYV Oroville CA 1340 This Spanish Catholic station serving northern California with KCVV 1240 was heard in October with their full-hour ID. Email response this m... arctic dxqslorovilleca https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2024/10/kong49-day-four.html Arctic DX: KONG49 - Day Four Another beautiful day in the Arctic! Sunny and clear skies, a light breeze early in the day, then calm. Maximum temperature above 10 degree... arctic dxdayfour https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/05/qsl-joce-crk-radio-kansai-tajima-1395.html Arctic DX: QSL: JOCE CRK Radio Kansai, Tajima 1395 1395 is a 1 kW relay of JOCR Kobe 558, and was heard on September 19. They sent their QSL card and time table (as most Japanese stations do)... arctic dxqslcrkradiokansai https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2020/08/dragonfly-rx-666-new-player.html Arctic DX: Dragonfly RX-666 - A New Player? (Updated AUG-9 2020) I have been playing with the new, China-manufactured RX-666 for quite a few hours the past couple of days. There has be... arctic dxdragonflyrxnewplayer https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2014/08/another-season-coming-up-preparations.html Arctic DX: Another Season Coming Up - Preparations The midnight sun had its last display on July 27, so evenings are getting darker even if the time span from sunset to sunrise is only 7 hour... arctic dxcoming upanotherseasonpreparations https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2007/11/wdcd-new-york-ny-1540-verification.html Arctic DX: WDCD New York NY 1540 Verification By no means an uncommon station, although CHIN and KXEL are much more dominant here, but I sort of never got round to make efforts to verify... new york nyarctic dxwdcdverification https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2018/01/qsl-cby-corner-brook-nl-990.html Arctic DX: QSL: CBY Corner Brook NL 990 This CBC station is "always" heard, but I wanted to have a local broadcast to report (and indeed the CBC v/s requires it). I got a nice reco... corner brook nlarctic dxqslcby https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/04/qsl-2rn-radio-national-wollongong-nsw.html Arctic DX: QSL: 2RN Radio National, Wollongong NSW 1431 I was checking some recordings from the excellent autumn equinox conditions last year and mostly chasing Japanese stations, so I didn't expe... arctic dxradio nationalwollongong nswqsl https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2023/10/kong47-day-five.html Arctic DX: KONG47 - Day Five So, the quite good conditions continue, but rain and sleet showers last night brought some noise that limited reception quite a bit. But th... arctic dxdayfive https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2007/01/kvan-burbank-wa-1560-verification.html Arctic DX: KVAN Burbank WA 1560 Verification Email from Tom Hodgins (GM at KUJ Walla Walla) this morning confirmed my reception of KVAN last Sunday. Finding a route for directing a rec... arctic dxkvanburbankwaverification https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-20-update-evening.html Arctic DX: October 20 Update - Evening My previous post was a bit premature in deciding that conditions weren't good - we hadn't checked all the files... The full hours at 0000 an... arctic dxoctoberupdateevening https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2021/09/4kz-karumba-qld-1611-finally-heard.html Arctic DX: 4KZ Karumba QLD 1611 - Finally Heard 4KZ, with its main transmitter in Innisfail QLD on 531 kHz, has several translators in and outside the regular MW band. Some years ago, its ... arctic dxkarumbaqldfinallyheard https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2018/06/will-we-see-rfspace-cloudsdr-this-year.html Arctic DX: Will We See The RFSpace CloudSDR This Year? The excellent 0-56 MHz Cloud-IQ has been out for quite some time, and will likely have HDSDR support in not too long, along with the NetSDR ... arctic dxseerfspaceyear https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/04/qsl-jokp-nhk-1-kitami-1188.html Arctic DX: QSL: JOKP NHK-1 Kitami 1188 Commonly heard especially at the 10:00 UTC local slot. Postcard with stamped verie text in Japanese received today. arctic dxqslnhkkitami https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-great-start-of-season.html Arctic DX: What A Great Start Of The Season! Last year's start of the season wasn't dismal. It was awful. Yes, we were near or at solar maximum, but it sounded to us like the ionosphere... arctic dxgreat startof theseason https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/10/kong35-day-seven.html Arctic DX: KONG35 - Day Seven We had hoped that the K-index would sink to a 0-2 level. Alas, it was not to happen. Signal strengths were ok for most of the night, but it ... arctic dxdayseven https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2020/01/qsl-voice-of-maldives-dhivehiraajjeyge.html?showComment=1581941563520 Arctic DX: QSL: Voice of Maldives / Dhivehiraajjeyge adu, Thilafushi 1449 This station was not quite uncommon in the beginning of the century. I heard it a few times at their sign-on which I believe was at 00:25Z. ... arctic dxqslvoicemaldivesadu https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/09/qsl-6rn-abc-radio-national-wagin-wa-1296.html Arctic DX: QSL: 6RN ABC Radio National, Wagin WA, 1296 We erected our new, 80-degrees beverage last weekend aiming to hear more from central and western Australia. And we did! On September 9, dur... arctic dxabc radioqslnationalwagin https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2026/04/kong-hq-march-logs-network-changes-and.html Arctic DX: KONG-HQ March Logs, Network Changes, And a Theft... March turned out to be quite an interesting month, with eight personal first logs on my part. March also marked the most significant change ... arctic dxnetwork changeskonghqmarch https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2017/10/qsl-wibw-topeka-ks-580.html Arctic DX: QSL: WIBW Topeka KS 580 WIBW was alone on 580 when it was heard off the Mount Loran beverage, rather weak but after the news they faded up nicely during a lengthy w... arctic dxtopeka ksqsl https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2026/02/kong-hq-january-logs.html Arctic DX: KONG-HQ January Logs If December was "less than spectacular" , January was a misery. Not only were conditions in general "meh" - but the solar storm we encounte... arctic dxkonghqjanuarylogs https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2023/10/kong47-day-three.html Arctic DX: KONG47 - Day Three Now, what is it with DX-peditions and propagation? Another disappointing night and day towards North America. Asia/Pacific came early, at ar... arctic dxdaythree https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-perseus-impressions.html?showComment=1199874660000 Arctic DX: My Perseus Impressions My impressions on the Perseus SDR is published on kongsfjord.no . It's a bit of a work in progress since I plan to update it should there b... arctic dxperseusimpressions https://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2010/10/wgbw-two-rivers-wi-1590-dx-test.html?showComment=1287254974943 Arctic DX: WGBW Two Rivers WI 1590 DX Test From OJ Sagdahl, member of the KONG crew: I heard WGBW Two Rivers WI 1590 in Kongsfjord one night in September 2009 while they were transm... arctic dxtwo riverswitest