My Realaudio DX
Some of my best DX in Realaudio Files and mp3 files
My
Realaudio DX
Some
of my best DX
in Realaudio Files and mp3 files
A mixture of Realaudio and mp3
files for your entertainment
My DX clips for 2007 are .mp3 files, not Realaudio files. I've decided not to convert them to RA files. I've also decided not to convert all of these RA files to .mp3 because of the work involved. I know many people are not too fond of Realplayer (myself included), so I'm suggesting a program called Real Alternative, which is not a part of Realnetworks, is smaller and works better, IMO. Try it. Download it here.
Updated for 2007!
IF YOU'VE SEEN MY TROPO & ES MAPS...YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THE AUDIO HERE.
You are about to hear some of my best FM DX, captured on reel-to-reel or cassette tapes since I have been FM Dxing from this location...over 25 years. Audio quality varies on various clips. Most clips, not all, have been edited down to conserve on disk space.
These files are .rm (Realmedia) files. Use Realplayer or Real Alternative to open them.
And....awaaaay we go!
Aurora DX
The date is April 6, 2000. This is some of the strongest aurora I've heard in years. As with aurora dx, signal levels can be very strong, but audio quality can be rotton...distorted, muffled, bassey...a real challenge to hear, let alone be able to ID a station. I have three samples to listen to. These were the best of the evening.
1. WRSF -105.7 Columbia, NC, also known as "Dixie 105.7" 462 miles.
2. WRSF -105.7 Columbia, NC, clip #2, slightly different
3. WYFI -99.7 Norfolk, VA, religious programming but no ID on this clip. 400 miles. This clip is
more representative of how poor aurora signals sound.If you've never heard aurora DX before, these three clips will give you an idea what it sounds like. Awful.
The date was August 21, 1978. A stagnant high pressure area covered much of eastern USA. Here is
audio of my two most distant FM tropo loggings, both heard around 8pm. Some of my clips may
require you to listen to them with headphones. I'd advise it with these two clips.1. KLAZ-98.5 Little Rock, AR, known at that time as Z-98. 1176 miles.
2. KKYK -103.7 Little Rock, AR, also known as "kick" 1176 miles.The audio quality of these clips is less than great because these were transfered from reel-to-reel to cassette tapes and then dubbed again. Also remember the unusual reception conditions and the distances involved.
Other Tropo and E Skip from 1976-1987
1. R. Rebelde -90.5 CUBA, this freq now occupied by WPKT a local powerhouse. 1420 miles approx (Es)
2. R. Progresso -92.1 CUBA. This channel is still a good DX channel. 1420 mi approx (Es)
3. CKLW -93.9 Windsor, ON (Detroit Metro), channel now occupied by WPVR locally. 534 miles
4. WNCI -97.9 Columbus, OH, once a great DX channel, now occupied by WPKX Enfield, CT 560 miles
5. WNIC -100.3 Dearborn, MI (Detroit Metro), still a good DX channel, but this station not heard in years. 542
6. WSGS -101.1 Hazard, KY, fluke reception...within minutes covered by WCBS-FM 652 miles
Tropo from 1987-1990
1. WDBN -94.9 Akron OH 465 miles
2. WCRF -103.3 Cleveland OH, religious 469 miles
3. CJMX -105.3 Sudbury, ON , before a local translator and a Hartford area Pirate took the freq. 521 miles
4. WSFM -107.5 Southport, NC 630 miles
5. WMFD -97.3 Wilmington, NC, before local WZBG signed on and took over the freq. 609 miles
6. CIMX -88.7 Windsor, ON, heard before WNHU signed on the air 534 miles
7. WDJX -99.7 Louisville, KY 740 miles
8. WMGG -99.7 Colombus, OH heard same evening as WDJX, but just after DJX faded. 560 miles
9. WNWS -98.5 Coldwater, MI heard around 7 one morning. 637 miles
Double Hop Es - 1991
1. XHPL -99.7 Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. 1815 miles. May 25, 1991. IDed with help of Fernando Garcia
Tropo 1992
1. WSHW -99.7 Frankfort-Kokomo, IN 734 miles
2. WZNS -92.9 Dillon, SC 638 miles
3. WUGN -99.7 Midland, MI 601 miles
4. WOMC -104.3 Detroit, MI 536 miles
5. WHNN- 96.1 Bay City, MI 583 miles
6. WIOG -102.5 Bay City - Saginaw, MI 583 miles
7. WHTK -99.7 Port RoyalSC- Savannah, GA 798 miles
8. WRFX -99.7 Kannapolis, NC 622 miles
Tropo 1997
1. WKZQ -101.7 Myrtle Beach, SC 666 miles
2. WWXM -97.7 Myrtle Beach, SC "Mix 97.7" 666 miles DX is still possible on crowded channels.
E Skip 1998
1. Radio Taino -98.1 Varadero, CUBA A resort near Havana, IDed with help of Fernando Garcia. 1420 miles
2,000 mile E Skip YR2000
1. XHSP -99.7 Monterrey, NL Mexico, a 2 minute clip with phone/fax nrs, parts of the city mentioned 1945mi.
2,400 mile F2 Skip November 5, 2000
Check out this audio file of the California Highway Patrol 42mhz frequencies heard here in CT.
This was taped at 2pm local time. Two IDs can be heard...Golden Gate (San Francisco) and Fresno.
This was a fair opening. I've heard much stronger F2.
Tropo 2001
Midwestern tropo returns to New England!
1. WYMY -96.9 Goldsboro, NC 540 miles Aug 26, 2001
2. WWWZ -99.3 Summerville/Charleston, SC 745 miles Aug 26, 2001
3. WLXT -96.3 Traverse City, MI 682 miles Sept 5, 2001
4. WRVM -102.7 Suring, WI 818 miles " "
5. WIXX -101.1 Green Bay, WI 796 miles, " "
6. WLVQ -96.3 Columbus, OH 560 milrd " "
7. WVCX -98.9 Tomah, WI 916 miles " "
8. WAPL -105.7 Appleton, WI 813 miles " "
9. WEEC -100.7 Springfield, OH 602 miles " "Meteor Bursts - Leonids meteor shower Nov 18, 2001
Here is a short clip (850kb) recorded on 102.5 at around 1:00pm local time, a few hours
after the shower peak. One is "...Birmingham's Nascar station... (WOWC Jasper, AL) and
"...Tampa Bay's real Classic Rock..." (WHPT Sarasota, FL) plus other misc unidentified bursts.
Tropo 2002
More Great Lakes Tropo!
1. WOOD -105.7 Grand Rapids, MI 670 mi Sept 5 2002
2. WBYT -100.7 Elkhart, IN 688 miles " "
3. WZFS -106.7 Des Plains, IL (Chicago) 786 mi " "
E Skip 2003 A Florida pirate?
This was recorded on May 31st, 2003 at about 6:20pm during a weak skip opening to Miami.
The frequency is 89.1, a Miami pirate frequency and if you listen hard you'll hear a phone number
of 394-8125.
This one is no pirate. It's ZFB 94.9 in Hamilton, Bermuda heard by E skip on 7/19. I would have missed this if I hadn't been alerted to it. I was lucky.
Aurora 2003
Here's audio from WOMC 104.3 Detroit heard by aurora on May 29th. I've heard them by aurora before, but never this clear. Compare it to the tropo reception heard below.
Tropo 2003
Midwest tropo lives! Here are some of the best catches from August 20/21 and early September.
1. WKOA- 105.3 Lafayette, IN 750mi
2. WMJI- 105.7 Cleveland, OH 469 mi
3. WMMQ- 94.9 E. Lansing, MI 609 mi
4. WOMC- 104.3 Detroit, MI 535 mi
5. WLAV- 96.9 Grand Rapids. MI 670 mi
6. WJZK- 104.3 Richwood-Columbus, OH 566mi
7. WHOT- 101.1 Youngstown, OH 421 mi
8. WVIC- 94.1 Jackson, MI 605 mi
Double
Hop Es - 2006 (This is an .mp3
file)
June
10 was the date and it was
about 3:30 in the afternoon during a very intense E skip opening to
Arkansas
and Texas when I tuned to a usually empty 97.1 and heard
Spanish.
I ran a tape, posted it on the WTFDA Forums
where the clip was IDed as XHNLO in Nuevo Laredo, TAM, about 1850
miles. In the clip there's a DJ doing a remote
at a Ford Dealer in an auto mall in Laredo, Texas.
1.
XHNLO
97.1 Nuevo Laredo, TAM
1850mi
Tropo 2007
August
28th 6pm to 9pm. These are mp3 files.
1.
WREO 97.1
Ashtabula, OH
2.
WTSS 102.5 NY
Buffalo 327mi
3.
CKDK
103.9 London, ON
4.
CIMJ
106.1 Guelph, ON
5. CFCA 105.3
Kitchener, ON 413mi
Other tropo clips from the 70s and 80s
If a clip is also listed above, the content of the clip is not the same as the one above. Quality of this
clip may be better.1. CFRQ - 104.3 Halifax NS 489 miles
2. CHFI - 98.1 Toronto, ON 363 miles
3. CHUM- 104.5 Toronto, ON
4. CHYM- 96.7 Kitchener, ON 413 miles
5. CIOO- 100.1 Halifax, NS
6. CJYC- 98.9 St. John, NB 399 miles
7. CKFM- 98.1 Toronto, ON
8. CKO- 103.5 Halifax, NS (this station is now off the air)
9. WANJ- 107.5 Wheeling, WV 442 miles
10. WANV- 99.7 Staunton, VA 432 miles
11. WBEN- 102.5 Buffalo, NY 327 miles
12. WCLW-105.3 Mansfield, OH 521 miles (I have a translator on this freq)
13. WDCX- 99.5 Buffalo, NY
14. WDVE- 102.5 Pittsburgh, PA 399 miles
15. WFRB- 105.3 Frostburg, MD 368 miles
16. WGER-102.5 Bay City, MI 583 miles
17. WHAJ-104.5 Bluefield, WV 562 miles
18. WJLB- 97.9 Detroit, MI 536 miles (I have a local on this freq. now)
19. WLLZ- 98.7 Detroit, MI
20. WMNI- 99.7 Columbus, OH 560 miles
21. WMUZ-103.5 Detroit, MI (I have a local at a community college killing this freq now)
22. WNCI- 97.9 Columbus, OH
23. WRAL-101.5 Raleigh, NC 537 miles Hurricane Josephine induced.
24. WRFX- 99.7 Kannapolis-Charlotte, NC 622 miles
25. WRIF- 101.1 Detroit, MI
26. WRVQ- 94.5 Richmond, VA 403 miles
27. WSFM-107.5 Southport, NC 630 miles
28. WWST-104.5 Wooster, OH 491 miles
29. WYYD- 96.1 Raleigh, NC Hurricane Josephine induced.
30. WZZP- 106.5 Cleveland, OH 469 miles
These clips represent just a fraction of the places that I have managed to hear in Northern
Connecticut over the last 25 years or so. It is by no means a complete list. FM radio has changed quite
a bit over the last 25 years, and you can hear the changes in some of these clips. I hope this page
encourages some of you to give FM Dxing a try! The frequencies are more clogged, the weather seems
not to co-operate anymore (at least with midwest tropo), but the DX is still out there waiting.I hope you enjoy this page. Send me a note if you like these and would like to hear more.
CHECK THIS PAGE OFTEN! MORE CLIPS WILL BE ADDED AS TIME PERMITS!
Mike
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And more DX Audio Files from northern Minnesota!
And although this is FM, I have some nice old AM radio clips from the late 1960s that I recorded
myself on reel-to-reel tape here! It's a nice trip down memory lane when AM radio ruled.
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UPDATED Sept 2, 2007
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