Smell of Success !

The odour detected here earlier has had nothing to do with success, but now... 4VEH has been on our lists for decades and earlier we have heard it only tentatively (mostly at 1VEH level or max. 2VEH), but last night we finally succeeded in nailing it. We still have a few ever-hiders on the Caribbean (including the Island of Bob Marley, Captain Morgan and Usain Bolt). No sign of Jamaica last night even though the nearby Haiti had strong signal levels. Sigh.

Day 2 offered a decent NA scene but almost nothing from Africa, Asia, Oceania and Iberia. NA signals continuously from 21 to 12 UTC, again a wide scale from Coast to Coast: CBT, WCAT, KUGN, KOY, KPQ, KHJ and some other goodies also from the Caribbean (Radio Cristal, Santo Domingo 570 etc.). Many prospects on disks.

The KBS Story

In September JHU got a message from KBS Korea (after one of his numerous KBS reception reports) that they would like to come and make a TV documentary about our DXpedition !! WOW, that's something new and different for us. Someone there was really fascinated on this extreme hobby and wanted to make an exceptional story telling about guys spending their free time in the middle of nowhere and just listening to radio 24x7. We agreed and after preparations everything was 98% ready. However, just before their trip they had to cancel the plan so our career in the film scene ended before it started. It would have been interesting to be on the spotlights even though our team doesn't have much media appeal. It's a pity because we even had already planned the movie poster.

Live and running...

... with no surprises on the dial. Stations from Peru to West Coast, but Standard & Poor's would probably rate our first day as "Standard and Poor". Radio Lider 1240 & Radio Libertad 1310 .... XEK Nuevo Laredo 960, XEP Ciudad Juarez 1300 .... KGOW, KQAQ, WLCM, KBND ... and lots of common graveyard stations with strong signals. Many prospects on disks.

Warmin' Up in Dixie

We arrived a few hours ago, it was a little bit chilly so we made a fire and we are still setting up our hardware. Soon we'll be freakin' out as usual when the AM dial opens up for us. We are going to monitor the dial "24 days a week" or "Kuunnellaan niin, että tukka lähtee" as we say at LURX. In a few moments we'll power on our mighty receiver orchestra --- which may cause unpredictable large-scale results. The worst case scenario can be seen here (hopefully nothing like that, we would really like to include also some Californian stations into our log).

WARNING: This blog will contain highly radioactive material in the near future - viewer discretion is advised. Hold your hoses !

We Gonna Rock the World

The Lurks are screwloose again: LEM286 is about to begin. As the starter why not spend some time with the clip telling about our previous gig (LEM264) back in October 2008 (link on the left).

Our travel up North to Dixieland will start this evening. Captain Morgan and his cabin crew welcome you to this blog channel. Stay tuned.