| FM and Ultralight DXing From Delmarva John Cereghin’s (KB3LYP/WDX3IAO) DX Page From Smyrna, Delaware Updated September 2, 2010 |
I’ve been a DXer since 1976. That got started
when I was 11 years old and was living on
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. There was an
air show on the base one day and my friend
and I were listening to the festivities on the
local AM station, KFLI on 1240 khz with his
father’s Radio Shack multi-band portable.
During the day, we started fooling around
with that radio and we tuned to one of the
bands marked “SW1”. We came across the
weirdest station- it broadcasted nothing but
time! Of course, it was WWV on 10 mhz.
when I was 11 years old and was living on
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. There was an
air show on the base one day and my friend
and I were listening to the festivities on the
local AM station, KFLI on 1240 khz with his
father’s Radio Shack multi-band portable.
During the day, we started fooling around
with that radio and we tuned to one of the
bands marked “SW1”. We came across the
weirdest station- it broadcasted nothing but
time! Of course, it was WWV on 10 mhz.
That summer, when we moved back to the
east coast, my uncle gave me an old
Heathkit AR-2. That thing was a beast. I
liked his old Gonset G-33 better! But the
AR-2 was the first step until I received a
Radio Shack DX-160 for Christmas, 1977. I
also joined the old SPEEDX club in 1976 and
even edited their Western Hemisphere
column in the mid-1980s. I also was active
in CIDX in the 1980s.
east coast, my uncle gave me an old
Heathkit AR-2. That thing was a beast. I
liked his old Gonset G-33 better! But the
AR-2 was the first step until I received a
Radio Shack DX-160 for Christmas, 1977. I
also joined the old SPEEDX club in 1976 and
even edited their Western Hemisphere
column in the mid-1980s. I also was active
in CIDX in the 1980s.
BTW- if anyone has some of the old SPEEDX bulletins from the 1970s or 1980s they want to get rid of, shoot me an
email at jcereghin AT gmail.com. I'd be willing to pay for photocopies of the SPEEDX bulletins, from 1978-1983.
email at jcereghin AT gmail.com. I'd be willing to pay for photocopies of the SPEEDX bulletins, from 1978-1983.
College (1983-1988) found me changing my interests from shortwave to scanning. I subscribed to the North East
Scanning News, and edited their Maryland-Delaware column for a few years. My “mid-life” crises saw me return to
DXing after about a 15-year layoff. Since I sold a few of my old radios (my DX-302 and that old DX-160, what a fool I
was! I literally wore out my Radio Shack DX-400.), I needed to rebuild my shack. I had always wanted a FRG-7, way
back in it’s hey-day in the late 1970s but could never hope to afford one on a teenager’s bank account. But a search
on eBay found a nice one and it proudly sits in my shack. I also have obtained a Grundig YB-400, a Kaito 1103 and a
Radio Shack DX-150B and DX-440. My stable of Ultralight Radios includes 3 Sony SRF-59s, Sangean DT-200VX and
DT-400W, a Tecsun R-9012, a PL-300WT and PL-310, and an Eton E-100.
For the curious, I pastor Grace Baptist Church, here in Smyrna, Delaware, since 1998.
Scanning News, and edited their Maryland-Delaware column for a few years. My “mid-life” crises saw me return to
DXing after about a 15-year layoff. Since I sold a few of my old radios (my DX-302 and that old DX-160, what a fool I
was! I literally wore out my Radio Shack DX-400.), I needed to rebuild my shack. I had always wanted a FRG-7, way
back in it’s hey-day in the late 1970s but could never hope to afford one on a teenager’s bank account. But a search
on eBay found a nice one and it proudly sits in my shack. I also have obtained a Grundig YB-400, a Kaito 1103 and a
Radio Shack DX-150B and DX-440. My stable of Ultralight Radios includes 3 Sony SRF-59s, Sangean DT-200VX and
DT-400W, a Tecsun R-9012, a PL-300WT and PL-310, and an Eton E-100.
For the curious, I pastor Grace Baptist Church, here in Smyrna, Delaware, since 1998.
I have actually worked in radio, at WOEL-89.9 FM in Elkton, Maryland, from 1986 to 1998 and at WDEL-1150 AM in
Wilmington, Delaware for a while in 1998, as a traffic reporter.
Wilmington, Delaware for a while in 1998, as a traffic reporter.
GENERAL RADIO LINKS
AMANDX. DXing from Manitoba.
DCRTV. Broadcast info from the Baltimore-Washington area. Part of it is behind a pay wall.
ABDX. A very active mailing list, concentrating on all modes of broadcasting.
AC6V’s Megalist of Links. The motherlode of DX links!
DXer.ca, Canada's original Worldband radio website & the Ultra-Light-Radio resource center.
RadioIntel. Great reviews and other info.
MW DX LINKS
AM Logbook. Great listings of US and Canadian MW stations the best on the web.
International Radio Club of America. A good MW club.
BAM Log. Website of Bruce Condi- lots of good MW stuff.
DXMid-America . Jam-packed MW info from the heartland.
National Radio Club. Another fine MW club that I belong to.
AM DX Lookup Page- great for researching that station you think you heard
ULTRALIGHT DXing- now with its own page!
Ultralight DX Page and Scoreboard. NEW! See how other UL DXers are doing!
SHORTWAVE LINKS
World of Radio. Glenn Hauser’s DX news site, must reading!
Prime Time Shortwave. English language Shortwave schedules.
FM DX LINKS
FM Stations Within 100 miles of Smyrna, Delaware. This is a list of my local FM stations in Excel xls format.
Girard Westerberg’s FM/TV DX Page. Don’t miss his lists of FM and MW stations.
FM DX Forecast. A necessary site from William Hepburn, for tropo forecasts.
Worldwide TV-FX DX Association. The premier VHF DX club for FM and TV DX.
David's FM DX site from Woodbridge VA
FM DX real-time logger
K3PHL's FM DX site from Pennsylvania
Paul Logan's FM DX from Ireland, with clips from some of the greatest FM DX catches ever!
KG6VSW's FM DXing from Tennessee
Pat Dyer's FM DXing from San Antonio
Doug Smith's W9WI FM/TV DX page
KG6VSW FM DXing from Nashville
AMANDX. DXing from Manitoba.
DCRTV. Broadcast info from the Baltimore-Washington area. Part of it is behind a pay wall.
ABDX. A very active mailing list, concentrating on all modes of broadcasting.
AC6V’s Megalist of Links. The motherlode of DX links!
DXer.ca, Canada's original Worldband radio website & the Ultra-Light-Radio resource center.
RadioIntel. Great reviews and other info.
MW DX LINKS
AM Logbook. Great listings of US and Canadian MW stations the best on the web.
International Radio Club of America. A good MW club.
BAM Log. Website of Bruce Condi- lots of good MW stuff.
DXMid-America . Jam-packed MW info from the heartland.
National Radio Club. Another fine MW club that I belong to.
AM DX Lookup Page- great for researching that station you think you heard
ULTRALIGHT DXing- now with its own page!
Ultralight DX Page and Scoreboard. NEW! See how other UL DXers are doing!
SHORTWAVE LINKS
World of Radio. Glenn Hauser’s DX news site, must reading!
Prime Time Shortwave. English language Shortwave schedules.
FM DX LINKS
FM Stations Within 100 miles of Smyrna, Delaware. This is a list of my local FM stations in Excel xls format.
Girard Westerberg’s FM/TV DX Page. Don’t miss his lists of FM and MW stations.
FM DX Forecast. A necessary site from William Hepburn, for tropo forecasts.
Worldwide TV-FX DX Association. The premier VHF DX club for FM and TV DX.
David's FM DX site from Woodbridge VA
FM DX real-time logger
K3PHL's FM DX site from Pennsylvania
Paul Logan's FM DX from Ireland, with clips from some of the greatest FM DX catches ever!
KG6VSW's FM DXing from Tennessee
Pat Dyer's FM DXing from San Antonio
Doug Smith's W9WI FM/TV DX page
KG6VSW FM DXing from Nashville
A classic- and rare- SPEEDX felt pennant, probably
from the late 1970s, hanging in my shack.
from the late 1970s, hanging in my shack.
AM/Ultralight LOGS:
My current MW log is here. This is in Excel format. Updated August 7.
My current Ultralight Log is here, updated August 7.
FM LOGS
My current 2010 FM DX Log, updated August 7.
My current master FM log in Excel format. Updated August 7.
My current MW log is here. This is in Excel format. Updated August 7.
My current Ultralight Log is here, updated August 7.
FM LOGS
My current 2010 FM DX Log, updated August 7.
My current master FM log in Excel format. Updated August 7.
Sunclock courtesy of James Elliot
(http://www.brunchboy.com/sunclock.shtml)
(http://www.brunchboy.com/sunclock.shtml)
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BEST FM ES LOGS:
99.1 KRYS Corpus Christi TX at 1492 miles on June 12, 2009
88.3 KLMP Rapid City SD at 1485 miles on June 1, 2009
88.1 HIGP Barahona, Dominican Republic at 1481 miles on
July 7, 2009
BEST FM TROPO LOGS:
105.9 WBCI Bath ME at 424 miles on October 2, 2007
92.3 WQSL Jacksonville NC at 363 miles on July 13, 2008
107.5 WFCC Chatham MA at 339 miles on September 3, 2009
99.1 KRYS Corpus Christi TX at 1492 miles on June 12, 2009
88.3 KLMP Rapid City SD at 1485 miles on June 1, 2009
88.1 HIGP Barahona, Dominican Republic at 1481 miles on
July 7, 2009
BEST FM TROPO LOGS:
105.9 WBCI Bath ME at 424 miles on October 2, 2007
92.3 WQSL Jacksonville NC at 363 miles on July 13, 2008
107.5 WFCC Chatham MA at 339 miles on September 3, 2009
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