Wembley...! Come on Newport!

Yes, indeed...Wembley again! I have to pinch myself, that I am off the Wembley for the 2nd time, as my football team Newport County have made it the Conference play off finals after beating Grimsby Town today. And just to add to the excitement, it will be a all Wales final, as Newport County take on Wrexham for that final promotion spot. Of course I can't wait, but I will admit, I'm going to be really nervous on the day.

So now I have got that off my chest, you may have noticed a few changes to the Music And Wires Site. As you can see, I'm starting to get to grips on how to get things working. So I have added DX Robot and HF propagation gadgets for all the DXer's.

As some of you may be aware, I've been a pretty active member of the British DX Club for a number of years, and occasionally I have written the odd article or equipment review. You can now view all my articles via a PDF download.

The Medium Wave DX conditions haven't been up to much (Last Months Logs Below), so it's given me more time to do household tasks, painting and mowing the lawn. I have also decided to back track on using Mixcloud for Retro Nouveau. It's seems that most people like to use this service these days, so why not ? Speaking of which Retro Nouveau 3 is now available for download (Click on links Below) or have a listen on Mixcloud. Feel free to post some comments.

Retro Nouveau 3                                       Retro Nouveau 3 Track Listing

Now that we are into FM season, I am really missing the fact I don't have my FM Beam up anyone. Although I am planning on erecting a simple dipole, so I can capture some Sporadic E's, and get to play with the new SDR dongle a bit more.
 We will just have to wait and see how time pans out, as I want to do as much as possible (Don't we all) I am really behind on doing some planned articles for the BDXC, so I need also sort that out. I want to try and make a new MW antenna design that was posted on SkywavesMW via Mark Davies of Anglesea (Where have Gone Mark?). Try and make a small wooden cabinet for my Blunkpunt Car Radio.....I doubt all of this will be done, but I will give it a  go.

With a bit of luck, I will be reporting back on my visit to Wembley next week. So as promised here are last months MW TA Logs, also a special thanks to Chrissy Brand for the mention of my logs in her superb section in "Radio User".

73's
Damien

930      06.02   CFBC,St Johns,NB, ID “93 CFBC”                                                               211   23/04 DER

1130    06.00   WBBR,New York,  “Bloomberg News”                                                          222   21/04 DER

1370    06.06   WDEA,Ellsworth,ME  ID at end of news                                                       212   23/04 DER

1390    06.04   WEGP,Presque Island,ME, ID after adverts                                                  111   23/04 DER

1400    06.02   CBC,Gander,NL “CBC News”                                                                       111   23/04 DER

1430    06.03   WENE,Endicott,NY. Sports chat                                                                   111   23/04 DER

1510    06.36   WUFC,Boston, NBC Sports Radio                                                               323   28/03 DER

1520    06.44   WVOZ,San Juan,PR, Religious Preecing in SS ID “RadioVoz”                    232   28/03 DER

1520    07.01   WWKB,Buffalo,NY. NBC News on the Hour                                                 221   21/04 DER

1560    06.38   WQEW,New York, Radio Disney, Great Signal Back To Back Mx               333   28/03 DER

1570    06.35   CJLV,Laval,QC Back To Back MX, ID in FF                                                  212   28/03 DER

1600    06.32   WUNR,Brookline,MA ID in SS, LSB                                                              211   28/03 DER

1620    06.30   WNRP,Gulf Breeze,FL. AM 1620 your “Coast to Coast Staion”                   211   21/04 DER

1620    06.30   Radio Rebelde Cuba, Big Organ Theme and  ID                212   23/04 DER

1650    06.41   CINA,Mississagna, Radio Seena. Asian pop mx                                           323   20/04 DER

1660    06.05   WCNZ,Marco Island, FL ID during back to back MX                                     323   28/03 DER

1670    05.41   CJEU,Gatineau,QC. Usual mix of FF music                                                 211   21/04 DER

1700    06.02   KVNS,Brownsville,TX  “Fox Sport Radio” Very weak!                                   101   21/04 DER

A Split Past

It's does make me worry sometimes...What type of world do we really live in ?
I will admit, I have found the remarks about Margaret Thatcher recent passing pretty awful, how bad can human behavior get? Parties to celebrate her death...Honestly..Is it me ? As you can gather, I think this lack of respect is terrible, and it dosen't stop, only yesterday I recieved a email from a t shirt company, advertising "I Hate Margaret Thatcher" t shirts!, I of course deleted it.Really what is wrong with the world.

Now, you may think I am into politics, and Margaret Thatcher Fan. Well, I'm not really into politics, like many people, I have stopped voting.  Margaret Thatcher is did amazing things that people take for granted, she also got a lot of things wrong, I loved her spirit, and "Anne Robinson" really reminds me of her, without a doubt she put Britain first, unlike the past and current governments.

RIP Margaret Thatcher....You where a great leader.

So whats next.....O..North Korea........What a crazy world....Enough Said!

It's been a while since my last blog and we all seem to be over of winter colds at last, the TA MW radio has been really quiet, and now that we are in mid spring (Thats a joke hear in the UK) conditions will not be so good. I'm pretty please with my 1st serious season of TA MW loggings, and as promised on my last blog, I will include last months logs at the end.

I have managed to get my £11.99p USB radio dongle working via SDR software, it's not a simply task, and I found the solution on how to install the drivers in this month "Radio User". It looks like the dongle can tune from 52Mhz up to 1Ghz, with a gap somewhere. And now, the MW season is over, I will be playing with a bit more, so I hope to report back my findings soon.

Now a quick update, we went to see Eric Johnson in concert (Be was amazing at times, and at times I got bored, but overall a pretty good gig), Took the Kids to see the "The Croods" very good family entertainment, and we watched the Blu ray of  Moulin Rogue, yes we are still going with the musicals! On a sad note, Rubens, the light Indian Curry stall in Merry Hill Shopping has left! I'm gutted, and I will really miss, their Chille Noodle and Chille Chicken Curry.

On the Football front, my side Newport County have made it the to the Conference Play Off  Semi Finals, so I may be a few games off going to Wembley again...Up the County.

Before I sign off, hear are the links to Retro Nouveau 2. I hope you enjoyed the music, again you will find this months offering, a real mixed bag of goodies.Again,I suggest you listen first, then checkout the track listing after, it's simply more fun then! Please feel free to comment.

73's
Damien

Retro Nouveau 2                                                      Retro Nouveau 2 Track Listing
March 2013 MW logs

580      04.12   CFRA, Ottawa reference to Ottawa                                                             111  17/03         

590      06.00   VOCM, St Johns, ID top of the hour, Pop Mx                                                222   17/03

600      05.00   CBNA,St Antony,NL  ID on the Hour “CBC News”                                        222   17/03

620      04.03   CKCM,Grand Falls,NL. ID as VOCM                                                             111   17/03

640      04.00   CBN, St Johns,NL  “CBC News”                                                                   232   17/03

650      04.02   CKGA,Gander NL. Playing Dixie Chicks, carring VOCM                              222   17/03

660      04.03   WFAN,New York. Usual sports commentary                                                121   17/03          

680      04.05   CFTR,Toronto, News in Toronto                                                                   211   17/03

730      04.57   CKAC,Montreal, Traffic info FF. Hard to ID                                                   212   17/03

800      06.57   VOWR, St Johns, Laidback mx.                                                                    212   17/03

820      06.00   WBAP, Forth Worth,TX  “ID on hour,including 96.7 Freq”                             121   17/03

840      06.00   WHAS,Louisville,KY. ID on hour                                                                  222   17/03

930      00.57   CFBC,St Johns. ID “93 CFBC”                                                                     212   14/03

950      04.01   CKNB,Cambleton, ID “Your Station 95 CKNB”                                             323   17/03

1010    04.00   WINS, New York, Weather for New York                                                      212   17/03

1010    04.01   CFRB,Toronto, Canada News Report For  Toronto Mxing with WINS            212   17/03

1100    06.02   WTAM, Cleveland,OH  “Fox News ID” ref to Ohio                                        121   17/03

1130    06.00   WBBR, New York, Weak Signal normally a needle bender!                          212   13/03

1140    04.01   CHRB, High River,AB, Ref to CBC during news                                           112   17/03

1170    06.00   WWVA,Wheerling,VA ID just caught under a pile of UK TX’s                        111   12/03

1180    06.00   WHAM, Rochester, NY. ID on the hour,USB, ref to Rochester                       111   12/03

1200    06.00   WXKS, Newton, MA. Ref Central University,QRM From 1215khz                  111   12/03

1290    04.04   WRNI, Providence,RI, Weak LSB, ID help via Skywaves                              211   27/02

1310    05.13   WLOB.Portland ME,News then ID “1310 All News Radio”then sports             211   28/02

1420    06.00   WKCW,Warrenton,VA ID on the hour,LSB                                                   111   10/03          

1430    04.00   WENE, Endicott,NY, ID on hour                                                                    212   27/02

1430    01.13   CHKT, Toronto,ON. Indian Mx, ID “Sanjha Punjab Radio”                     212   14/03

1500    06.00   WFED,Washington DC.  ID on hour                                                             221   13/03

1510    05.00   WUFC, Boston, ID & plug for NBC                                                                222   14/03          

1540    06.00   CHIN, Toronto ON, ID and CBC News Jingle LSB                                        222   13/03

1560    06.00   WQEQ,Radio Disney Usual back to back pop mx                                       222   13/03

1600    04.00   WUNR,Brookline MA, ID on the hour LSB                                                     211   27/02

1630    06.00   KCJJ, Iowa City,IA  Very weak ID on hour                                                     111   12/03

1640    06.00   WTNI,Biloxi,MS Ref to 967 sports                                                                 222   17/03

1650    06.00   CINA, Missisagna,ON  ID “1650 CINA”                                                          211   12/03

1650    04.00   CJRS, Montreal,QC  ID as “Radio Shalom” strong signal                            333   27/02

1650    05.00   WHKT,Porstmouth,VA ID on Hour very weak                                               111   27/03

1660    05.05   WCNZ, Marco Island FL, ID after Van Morrison Song                                   333   28/02

1660    06.20   WGIT, Camby PR, Advert for PR                                                                  222   03/02

1660    04.00   WWRU,Jersey City,NJ ID on the hour                                                          222   06/03

1670    04.00   CJEU,Gatineau,QC Usual French chat with children                                   222   27/02           

1680    05.03   WTTM,Lindenwold,NJ  ID just after the hour                                                 212   28/02

1680    05.04   WOKB, Winter Garden,FL  ID “your Urban Empowerment station”             212   28/02

1690    04.01   CHTO, Toronto,ON, ID top of the hour                                                          222   27/02

1690    05.05   WMLB,Avondale Estate,GA. ID after news “The Voice Of Arts”                   111   28/02

1700    04.00   WJCC, Miami Springs FL,  Spanish songs, mention of Palm Springs         222   27/02

1700    06.00   KVNS, Brownsville,TX  “Fox Sports ID on Hour”                                           111   10/03