Welcome


Hello and welcome to my blog. I was inspired to do this by Timm Breyel's excellent SOUTH EAST ASIA DXING site (http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.my) and mine will be a little similar.

Sharing information as a DXer is important and I have found a lot of Timm's QSL information very useful. I am hoping I may be able to help others with some of my QSL info.
What about me then?
Go here to see my story.

My main area of DXing interest is in Longwave/ Mediumwave, but I have been collecting countries on Shortwave as well. I now have 627 verifications from 115 countries on Shortwave and 780 verifications from 73 countries on Long and Mediumwave. I have DXed in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Jordan, Dubai, Vietnam and Malaysia.

I own an AOR 7030+, which I bought in the late 90s. I had it upgraded to the Plus. My primary receiver now is a WinRadio WR-G33DDC SDR (software defined radio). My antenna is a 4 metre EWE, shaped like a metal staple - 2 x 4m verticals and a 12m horizontal - all one piece of wire.

I have belonged to the NZ Radio DX League as a member since June 1974. I had a brief spell of about 5 years out in the mid 90s when I lived in the UK and belonged to the British DX Club. However, I rejoined and am now the Chief Editor of the NZ DX Times, the club's monthly publication. For information on the DX League, go here.

I would finally pay tribute to my wife, Maureen. DXing is a very selfish hobby in many ways and my wife Maureen is very encouraging of my participation in it. She puts up with a lot when I witter on about hearing this or that, or get excited by receiving a random postcard in the mail.

Tuesday 12 December 2017

A new verification

KBBI 890 kHz in Homer, Alaska has replied. I tried emailing but with no success, so I sent a message on Facebook and received a lengthy reply from Kathleen Gustaffson, Director of Content. It said:

Thank you for letting us know you found us!
The music you heard was from a program called Sunday Baroque. We play a lot of different styles of music. On Sundays we play classical in the morning, a bit of chat and folk in the afternoon, and jazz in the evening. It's always a treat to hear from distant listeners. In the digital age, we can communicate instantly. I still remember getting postcards from all over the world in "the old days".
I'm so happy to hear that you found the This American Life episode useful. It has been a difficult year here with regard to Homer's attitudes and practices toward immigrants. We are still having that conversation in the city council and ion the community.
KBBI is a public radio station. We have a staff of eight and 25 volunteer DJs. I'll pass on your message to everyone.
So pleased to meet you,

Kathleen Gustafson
Director of Content, KBBI

I am very happy about this one.
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