Post Your Meteor Scatter ID's Here!

[chris]

I thought the other thread was getting awfully long with 139 posts and 14 pages, so I closed that thread for posting.

Lets see how fast you guys can fill up this one!

:D

[KW4RZ]

With all the Es and tropo going on down here lately I haven't been looking for meteors much. But here's a few recent catches.

93.9 WDRR Martinez/Augusta, GA 13kw 337 miles "The new 93-9 The Drive"
could be airplane scatter being this short and in the late morning.


And a few unid'ed signals on 93.9 that might be your station up there, Chris. Do you hear "Lite FM"?

[Russ-PA]

The 1124 clip contains a concert promo for 4/3, but not being familiar with much of current music, I can't quite pick it out. It sounds like they're sharing billing with 'Green Day' but I couldn't find their future tour dates.

The third clip talks about "The Turning Point" and "Focus on the Family" and inspirational music but neither program site lets you search frequency alone. None of the few religious stations on 93.9 show either program on 100000watts.

[Dave-OR]

Ms activity at extremely low levels last night.

Presumed 93.7 KYTI Sheridan WY caught with an ad for something on the Fort Douglas Highway in Gillette (WY) at 0552 - and that's it (clip attached).

Also since the site is taking clips again, attaching an Es clip from the Tucson opening last week. 92.1 KFMA Green Valley AZ.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[Dave-OR]

This one came in at 5:50 this morning.

There's an ad for a jeweler, then "93.7 K**Y" or "K**I". To me it sounds most like KKRY, which it can't be. Anyone else? And can anyone else pull out the name of the jeweler, or the town?

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[Dave-OR]

When I DXed from NJ in the late 70's, KWYR was my farthest and most exotic Es DX. I finally received them from here via Ms this morning with an ad for a livestock auction featuring a number of NE and SD cattle companies.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[KW4RZ]

Dave, I looked over all the possibilities of your unID and it looks like there is no other than 93.7 KKRL Carroll, IA a 100,000 watter. Sounds like it to me.

Nice Ms catches, KKRL looks like about 1300 miles?

[Dave-OR]

Dave, I looked over all the possibilities of your unID and it looks like there is no other than 93.7 KKRL Carroll, IA a 100,000 watter. Sounds like it to me.

Nice Ms catches, KKRL looks like about 1300 miles?

Thought about that one. Yes, KKRL is far, but I have had them via Es. That last letter sounds so much like an I or Y on my system. But it really does sound like "KKR..."

I'll see if I can match up the jeweler to someone in or around Carroll.

Thanks Randy!

Dave

[Jim Thomas]

Clearly sounds like KKRL on my computer speakers also.

Eckerman Jewelry
511 N Adams St
(712) 792-3807

http://www.carrolliowa.com/members.asp?category=RETAIL

[Russ-PA]

I agree with Jim. Definitely "Eckerman Jewelers" and definitely "KKRL".

[Dave-OR]

I agree with Jim. Definitely "Eckerman Jewelers" and definitely "KKRL".

Thanks Randy, Jim, and Russ. At 1325 miles, KKRL is my fifth-longest Ms catch. And the really odd thing here is that this reception was off the side of the antenna - I was pointed almost straight south.

(KBEZ Tulsa is my longest Ms, at 1423 miles).

New totals: Ms 181, Total 805

[KW4RZ]

outstanding Dave! That was an excellent catch. No doubt whatsoever that it is KKRL.
My furthest Ms so far is 101.3 WKCG Augusta, ME at 1324 miles and there's only 2 others from above 1100 miles. Meteor distances past 1000 seems to be rare here. 90% of mine are 500-1000 miles.

Pings were way above normal today. Hundreds and hundreds caught on recording from 6:30am-5pm. Most only 1-4 seconds long. Only one good ID though which was the longest caught at 32 seconds., many close calls with only one of those worth posting.

The ID is 93.9 KCRN San Angelo, TX 100kw 813 miles
unid sounds like a pharmacy ad and I hear "Wyoming" and someplace in Nebraska.

[Dave-OR]

Certainly these were two separate stations on the clip.

My guess is that the Wyoming mention is KTAK Riverton, with the Nebraska being KSWN McCook with an ad mentioning Lexington, which is not all that far away. Having the two together would make sense from a bearing standpoint.

Just an educated guess, though! Less sure about KTAK and more positive about KSWN (which I -know- you've had by Es, right? Many times?)

Dave

[KW4RZ]

Yeah Dave. 93.9 KSWN is the most commonly heard station on E skip from here at 1041 miles. I didn't hear them Feb 13 though which was odd. NW Kansas was in. I did hear them on both openings to the northwest in December and many times over last summer.. I've had them on Ms too. Quite by coincedence McCook, NE is my father's hometown.

[Dave-OR]

This one lasts a looooong time. It's all music (ID'd via RDS, PS "KWMT", PI 4B63, PTy None, and NO RT), so I can understand anyone who doesn't find the clip intrinsically interesting to listen to. But it is well over a minute long, with "local" quality sound through the middle of it. I chopped off the end - it fades back a few times as well over the following 30 seconds.

As I said on the mail group this AM - this -could- be Es.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[David - ZL1BT]

Thought about that one. Yes, KKRL is far, but I have had them via Es. That last letter sounds so much like an I or Y on my system. But it really does sound like "KKR..."

I'll see if I can match up the jeweler to someone in or around Carroll.

Thanks Randy!

Dave

I'd agree, after listening a few times it sounds like KKRI, but it shows as 88.1 if you do a search.... there is a partial phone number in there... 449007 .. not sure if this will help...
cheers from New Zealand

[KW4RZ]

This one lasts a looooong time. It's all music (ID'd via RDS, PS "KWMT", PI 4B63, PTy None, and NO RT), so I can understand anyone who doesn't find the clip intrinsically interesting to listen to. But it is well over a minute long, with "local" quality sound through the middle of it. I chopped off the end - it fades back a few times as well over the following 30 seconds.

As I said on the mail group this AM - this -could- be Es.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR


That's an amazingly long meteor signal Dave! I've seen Es in the wee hours before but this is undoubtedly Ms.

[KW4RZ]

This is hardly exciting but is the only Ms ID I've had in 4 days.

106.9 KLUB Bloomington/Victoria, TX 25kw 624 miles

An occasional visitor on tropo... this is the first Ms catch.

Just a fragment of their slogan "106-9 The Rock"

[Dave-OR]

Today I left it on 93.7 while out running errands.

Lots of really really short pings. Thought the day was lost until one of those happened to be just long enough for an ID at Noon. "KSKS" is all I get out of the clip, but hey, I'll take calls any day. I believe this is Ms #193, California Ms #23 or 24. KSKS Fresno, CA 68KW 521 Miles.

I have one other meteor scatter logging like this - 100.1 KBFZ Kimball NE - though I've had them via Es as well. Hopefully I'll have Es or a better Ms reception of KSKS sometime soon.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[KW4RZ]

Meteor activity seemed to have been up today.
I caught a nice 15 second burn on 93.9 KZRD Dodge City, KS
new on Ms, logged before several times on Es. 100kw 935 miles.

Also an unidentified 93.9. Sounds like possible location or slogan?

[Dave-OR]

Hey Randy - A "Spring Break Special" at "Springtown" something or other is all I get... May be enough to google it, but a really cursory search doesn't provide much hope.

Dave

[Dave-OR]

An Es relog, but first time via Ms.

KXXI Gallup with an ad for a coffee place next to the "KFC East" in Gallup. Assume this is "Route 66 Donuts and Coffee" based on Google searching.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[NickNJ]

My first log of 2006 (IBOC couldn't hold me down that long, well, till March 5th anyway :( ), an MS ping from KTGL 92.9/Beatrice, NE, @ 1157 mi. Was able to match the liner I recorded, "The Best Rock of the 80's and more", to website and what Michael had from them via ES in December.

[KW4RZ]

As if I can't get Corpus Christi on tropo often enough... Here's 93.9 KMXR on a 40 second meteor burn. 100kw 689 miles. Ad for Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend and phone number Googled up nice. The only significant signal from midnight to 9 AM.

And from yesterday morning. 93.9 KSWN McCook, NE 50kw 1041 miles "US 93-9"
93.9 CIDR Windsor, ON 68kw 834 miles "Today's Best Music, 93.9 FM" generic, but unique slogan, I've heard them enough to recognize the voice guy :)

All these are common catches on 93.9

[Dave-OR]

Here's a nice TOH ID from 0100 PT last night. KLJZ has also hit my RDS about 5 times in the past 36 hours.

KLJZ is 834 miles from here, 100KW.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[Dave-OR]

Here's one from relog KGFX Pierre SD, 50KW on 92.7. Last time I had them, they were only 3KW and this is a much longer and better clip than that one.

1031 miles from here.

I'll be losing 92.7 to a new class C only 14 miles from me. The CP has been applied for but not yet granted. Hoping for at least one more Es season on 92.7 (and 92.5/92.9).

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[Dave-OR]

Hi,

Here's an example of grabbing Ms right through Tr.

The attached clip IDs semi-local KMSW The Dalles OR (90 miles from here), then fades into KKUU Indio CA with a promo for their "U92.7 Summer Love Jam". It fades back into KMSW at the end of the clip.

My antenna was pointed ESE. KKUU is 754 miles directly S, while KMSW is straight N.

KKUU is California Ms #26 (top state via Ms), and logging #811.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[KW4RZ]

I haven't put any Ms recordings up lately as nothing new or exciting has been caught. But here's a few recent decent burns that I've ID'ed.


93.9 KZRD Dodge City, KS 100kw 935 miles
93.9 KSPQ West Plains, MO 100kw 544 miles "Q-94"
101.7 KHST Lamar/Joplin, MO 22kw 650 miles "101-7 The Rocket"
99.1 WVOD Manteo, NC 50kw 736 miles

[Dave-OR]

While I was in Las Vegas I left the tuner on 92.9. Came home and rdsdec was filled with relogs of KWMT Tucson and KBLQ Logan UT. A brief peek at the recordings showed that my setup logged KMOR Scottsbluff NE, "The Rock of the Bluffs"; a clip is attached.

Last night I was running a sked with JimT, trying to snag his semi-local on 92.7. No sign of Colorado, but I did hear new-via Ms KNGY Alameda CA. They're only 440 miles from here, but I did have them last year via short skip.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[KW4RZ]

Let's bring this one back to life.
Here's some of the better meteor scatter ID's I've caught recently.

93.9 WKTG Madisonville, KY 35kw 490 miles. This spectacular burn came in with the antenna to the south and lasted almost a full minute. "Power Rock 93-9 KTG"

93.9 KDGS Andover/Wichita, KS 25kw 786 miles "Power 93.9"

93.9 KOYN Paris, TX 50kw 566 miles "Coin 93.9"

104.7 KXBZ Manhattan, KS 20kw 824 miles "Country B-104.7" a new catch

101.7 XHVIR Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico 100kw 897 miles "La Cotorra"

104.5 KSRZ Omaha, NE 100kw 914 miles "Star 104.5"

[dlp85x]

Here are some recent Ms pings I've heard here in Northern VA/Wash DC. I decided to throw a few in from the Perseids shower since I'm a fairly new member and they weren't posted before. The 8/06 recordings were from a Pioneer DEH-P6700MP car radio, the others are from the Denon TU-1500RD.

94.1 WWKR Pentwater, WI 590mi. 10/21/06 Antenna pointed south. Faint "...Rock 94.1" heard.

96.5 KRBZ Kansas City, KS 936mi. 8/12/06 Mention of "Mylist (Myspace) Weekend" confirmed on their website, plus station name. The station came in for about 8 seconds after the mp3 cuts off.

96.5 WHTQ Orlando, FL 731mi. 8/12/06 Station name heard.

98.5 CHMP Mongueil, QC 508mi. 10/6/06 I'm pretty sure its CHMP given its french, and that its the only 98.5 I could find in the French-speaking part of Canada.

100.1 CIOO Halifax, NS 812mi. 9/20/06 "C100" name heard

100.1 KBBM Jefferson City, MO 817mi. 9/20/06 Quick mention of area KRCG-TV 13

[dlp85x]

This isn't much, but attached is a clip of WTNT 94.9 Tallahassee, FL (relog) at 685 miles. The clip has a brief mention of 'South East Eye Specialists.' A google search on the business mentioned two, one in Chattanooga, TN (with no 94.9s in the area), and the other in Tallahassee who has WTNT on the frequency. There hasn't been many Ms pings here lately due to some tropo pests on my best Ms frequencies (93.5, 94.9, 98.5, 101.7), but the weather currently being in the mid-30s is helping keep those frequencies clear for any Ms.

[dlp85x]

Attached is a Ms clip from earlier today from WKBQ 93.5 Covington, TN (713mi away.) As the signal fades in, I faintly hear "Jamieson Fisher Inc." Then, as the signal becomes stronger, "W. Liberty Ave." is heard. It checks out in Google, which places the street, business and frequency (93.5) to Covington, TN.

[KW4RZ]

Hopefully you hard core DXers are aware as it's supposed to peak in the AM of Nov 17.

Here's 2 ID's caught the morning of the 16th. There were hundreds of burns recorded from midnight - 2PM or so when it really dropped off.

93.9 WRSN Burlington, NC 100kw 572 miles

93.9 WRRR St Marys, WV 17kw 689 miles

A nicely timed lucky catch the other day of 104.7 KTXC Lamesa, TX 100kw 912 miles.. Spanish ID "La Ley 104.7"

104.5 WJJK Noblesville / Indianapolis, IN 50kw 649 miles with just enough of the top of the hour ID to confirm this Cumulus station for a new one in this tough to reach state.

Let's hear some more Ms ID's

[dlp85x]

Last night was great with Ms. While checking my files in Wavepad, I noticed that more than 25 Ms pings came in from 11PM-10AM, although most were too short to ID anything. Attached is a great clip from KZPK 98.9 Paynesville, MN "Wild Country 99" at a distance of 1001 mi. The clip has a clear mention of the station's name, morning show and time. The station came in for 42 seconds (in and out, not continuous), and I almost mistaken it (and skipped over it) as tropo from nearby pests WWLB Midlothian/Richmond, VA or WUSL Philadelphia. After the identification in the clip, I took a part of the audio from later in the 42-sec burn where it is clear. I would've thought RDS would've kicked in, but unfortunately it didn't. Also interesting to note, KZPK is NW of me, while my antenna was facing SW.

The second clip is a mystery to me, maybe one of you could help. The calls sound like WA _ _ , but the song starting is a match to the yes.com WBAM 98.9 Montgomery, AL's song at the time. I don't think its WBAM, since a quick listen to their webcast shows they don't have sung jingles, instead they have a voiceguy reading their liners. It could possibly be WANT 98.9 from TN. Any help would be appreciated.

I also picked up relog KQRC 98.9 Leavenworth, KS @ 936mi, but a clip isn't attached since I matched the song currently playing (at the time) to yes.com.

[KW4RZ]

Great recordings on both of those David. KZPK really does sound like E skip. I've had long Ms signals on a single station before but I cannot recall any sounding that clear.
And your unid 98.9 is indeed WBAM. I can hear them all the time from here and they do have a jingle for their ID occasionally and that is it. Nice catch!

[dlp85x]

Great recordings on both of those David. KZPK really does sound like E skip. I've had long Ms signals on a single station before but I cannot recall any sounding that clear.
And your unid 98.9 is indeed WBAM. I can hear them all the time from here and they do have a jingle for their ID occasionally and that is it. Nice catch!

Thanks for your help Randy! You are right, KZPK was indeed received by Es. Upon further listening to the wave file, KZPK could be heard faintly coming in and out four minutes after the initial recording attached above. I didn't notice it lasted so long since I was going by the waveform picture in Wavepad which shows the peak lasting 44 seconds. Pretty neat to have Es on a mid-band frequency like 98.9 in late November, I wish I was home to see if anything else was coming in. But, it doesn't surprise me given that I had Es on TV 2 & 3 (weak, all unID) later in the same day.

[KW4RZ]

Cold, dry, windy and the tail end of Leonids? Meteor signals were more frequent and longer lasting than normal this morning. These two choice ID's showed up in my recordings today. Not new catches though.

99.1 WFMK East Lansing, MI 28kw 852 miles
99.1 WRKW Ebensburg, PA 50kw 817 miles

And 99.1 WQIK Jacksonville, FL 100kw 295 miles
This station can almost always be heard under normal tropo conditions and was in a few times on tropo scatter in the afternoon today but this sure sounds like an meteor burn with others mixing. Maybe airplane scatter.

[Michael-NJ]

WRKW: (Call letters) "..ensburg-Johnstown-Somerset The Laurel Highlands Rock station, Rocky 99". Great log there, a second or two earlier and it would have been a perfect TOH. Lucky catch!

[KW4RZ]

It's been dead down here. Recording from midnight - 5pm every day there hasn't been any Ms ID's in 6 days. The actual number of meteor burns overal is way down the last week. Today was no different, other than only recording from 7am-4:30pm. There might have been a total of 20 burns over 3 seconds long. What happened today was rather unlikely. Three different ID's out of the 20 or so total burns spread out over the day on 93.9 CIDR Windsor, ON. What are the chances? Historically the usual ratio of ID's on 3+ second burns is about 1 out of 50 or more. The first ID at 7:36 was the only burn all day that was more than 10 seconds long.

[KW4RZ]

The December meteors have always been the best shower from my location.
With cold dry winter air many frequencies that are usually occupied by stations 100-250+ miles stay clear much of the day.
Here's some recent ID's. None are new logs but KFUO and ZNS are new via meteors.

93.9 KSSZ Fayette, MO 25kw 680 miles "The Eagle 93.9" news/talk, not the usual tropo pest WQSI "Eagle" country 141 miles north.

93.9 KCRN San Angelo, TX 100kw 813 miles, a healthy 23 sec burn with weak call letters and religious music. Likely also the burn that produced the RDS readout "KCRN-FM"


104.5 WLKT Lexington, KY 50kw 543 miles "104.5 The Cat" with CHR

104.5 ZNS-FM Nassau, Bahamas 10kw 677 miles .. antenna was north. First Bahamas station via meteors

99.1 WQIK Jacksonville, FL 100kw 295 miles. A usual tropo pest but this is obviously a meteor or airplane reflection.


99.1 KFUO Clayton/St. Louis, MO 100kw 599 miles no audio but the RDS readout on the Denon greeted with "KFUO FM". Previously logged via tropo. There were several strong burns of classical music that would have been this station.

[KW4RZ]

Morning Ms DXing on 104.5 again produced this ID which must be WUBA Philadelphia, PA 11kw 921 miles "Rumba 104.5" although it cuts off and sounds like "Rumba ciento dos" Michael in NJ and I were just talking about this station the other night. Most of the Spanish signals from the north are probably this station but this is the first time the slogan was heard so it's log #1529

[dlp85x]

The 2 IDs below are from the past few weeks. KGMO 100.7 Cape Girardeau, MO was heard on 12/15 from the Geminids, and was my only good ID out of the shower. It's new log @ 673mi. The station you hear after the ping in the soundclip is relog WZXL 100.7 from Wildwood, NJ @ 138mi. Pretty neat to have a ping come right through tropo!

The second clip is from WXMX 98.1 Millington/Memphis, TN from 12/2/06, new log @ 734mi. I'd say I was lucky with this one like the KGMO clip above.

[KW4RZ]

93.9 KMXR Corpus Christi, TX 100kw 689 miles "Oldies 93.9"

99.1 KSKB Brooklyn, IA 43kw 839 miles

99.1 KTLI El Dorado, KS 100kw 781 miles "K-Love"

99.1 WSLQ Roanoke, VA 200kw 596 miles

[dlp85x]

Here's an Ms clip I got last night from WUFF 97.5 Eastman, GA @ 557mi, 2kw. Its name (97.5 The Wolf) is faintly heard through the static in the clip. I also had a ping from relog WABB 97.5 Mobile, AL @ 814mi 100kw, but it was from a song that matched their yes.com page, so I didn't keep its recording. I had some more pings on 97.5 and 96.7, although they were all unIDs.

[KW4RZ]

Is it quiet everywhere else or has everyone else given up?

Here's a few Ms catches since Christmas.


89.3 XHMIA Kanasin, Yucatan, Mexico 9.5kw 682 miles "N-ergy 89-3"
93.9 KMXR Corpus Christi, TX 100kw 689 miles "Oldies 93.9"
93.9 KSPQ West Plains, MO 100kw 544 miles "Q-94"
99.1 KFUO St. Louis, MO 100kw 599 miles "Classic 99"
99.1 WHSX Edmonton, KY 6kw 458 miles - "The Hoss" - new catch
99.1 WSLQ Roanoke, VA 200kw 596 miles "Q-99"
99.1 WXTT Danville, IL 50kw 678 miles - "Extra 99.1" - new catch
101.7 KBKB Ft Madison, IA 50kw 755 miles "101.7 The Bull"
101.7 CKNX Wingham, ON 66kw 988 miles "101-7 The One"

[Dave-OR]

Is it quiet everywhere else or has everyone else given up?

Randy, as you know I hit Ms hard in 2005-2006. It became a case of diminishing returns, with many frequencies having 3-5 "dominant" stations. Example: on 102.5, I tried for about a month to grab KQHC Casper, WY, but each night seemingly brought KZSD-SD, KTRR-CO, and KNIX-AZ. KQHC is the -only- station within Ms range I don't have from here on 102.5, and the same is true on many of my other Ms frequencies.

This, plus the fact that more stations in my area = less frequencies plus + more RFI, and it's just not so fun any more.

Just wait til skip season, though. I still have perhaps 60 frequencies open enough for Es :-).

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR

[dlp85x]

Is it quiet everywhere else or has everyone else given up?

Hey Randy ... it's been quiet here. I've been recording most days for Ms, and in the past few months I've been getting a few pings here and there, none that resulted in a positive ID. Hopefully soon some more Ms will come my way, or the Es season will start a little bit early.

[John Wilke K9RZZ]

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