The third week of the Shelter-in-Place order in Saint Louis County, MO was also the first week of a statewide Stay at Home (another term for Shelter-in-Place) order throughout the State of Missouri. There's talk of extending the Shelter-in-Place order in Saint Louis County through the middle of May 2020.
I did quite a bit of AM broadcast band DX during the week of April 6, but still had time to do some shortwave DX. I've been checking the FM broadcast band; mostly stations within a 100-mile radius of my Hazelwood, MO listening post were heard. On the local AM dial, KFTK 1490 kHz in East Saint Louis, IL is now off the air; KQQZ 1190 kHz Fairview Heights, IL and KZQZ 1430 Saint Louis, MO continued to transmit without their licenses. On the day after Easter, I noted both running open carrier only. Over Easter weekend, I was reading the pages of the April 2020 edition of The NASWA Journal; this quote by Rich D'Angelo caught my eye: "Our hobby is one that tends to be practiced indoors and social distancing becomes pretty easy." This is so true during these extraordinary times, as we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
SHORTWAVE RADIO LOGBOOK
Equipment used: Sangean ATS-803A LW/AM/FM/SW portable receiver, homebrew 30-foot (9.9 m) longwire antenna and 150-foot (45 m) dipole antenna. All times are UTC.
5995 kHz MALI ORTM Radio Mali - 4/11 0637 noted with hi-life and dance music, commentary in French. A fair to poor signal was heard.
6005 kHz ASCENSION ISLAND BBC World Service relay - 4/11 0538 noted with commentary in English. A fair to poor signal was heard with adjacent channel interference from Radio Havana Cuba on 6000 kHz.
9410 kHz SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE BBC World Service relay - 4/11 0600 noted with program previews into news in English. A fair to poor signal was heard.
AM BROADCAST BAND LOGBOOK
Equipment used: CountyComm GP-5/SSB Gen 3 AM/FM/SW pocket receiver, C. Crane CCPocket AM/FM pocket receiver, Grundig AN-200 tunable AM loop antenna, Yaesu FRG-7 communications receiver, Worcester Electronics Space Magnet II ferrite core loop antenna. All times CDT (for EDT, add one hour; for UTC, add five hours).
600 kHz WMT Cedar Rapids, IA - 4/11 0723 noted with local ads, "News Radio 600 WMT" ID into The Iowa Home and Garden Show. A good signal was heard with adjacent channel interference from KFNS 590 kHz.
780 kHz WIIN Ridgeland, MS - 4/9 0510 noted with Blues music, "Blues 93.1" ID and a local announcement. A fair signal was heard in a null of WBBM.
860 kHz WSON Henderson, KY - 4/9 0210 noted with a Classic Hits format, "860 AM, 96.5 FM WSON" ID. A fair signal was heard in a null of CJBC.
940 kHz WMAC Macon, GA - 4/11 0528 noted with local ads, "From the Jack Schmidt Ford studios, this is WMAC Macon, a Cumulus station" legal ID at 0530. A fair signal was heard over KPSZ.
1030 kHz WCTS Maplewood, MN - 4/11 0702 noted with "WCTS Maplewood, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, serving the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin, with translator K250BY at 97.9 FM" legal ID into a Scripture reading. A fair signal was noted over KCWJ.
1340 kHz KICK Springfield, MO - 4/11 0559 noted with local ad, "KICK Springfield and K222CT" legal ID at 0600 into ABC News. A fair to poor signal was heard, mixing with other stations.
1440 kHz WKPR Kalamazoo, MI - 4/11 0759 noted with mention of 105.1 FM, weather forecast, legal ID at 0800 into a Christian teaching program. A fair signal was heard, mixing with WGEM. AM station #50 from Michigan.
1480 kHz WHBC Canton, OH - 4/8 0429 noted with local ad, "News Radio 1480 WHBC" ID into local news and weather forecast at 0430. A fair signal was heard over WJBM.
1500 kHz KSTP Saint Paul, MN - 4/11 0742 noted with local ads, Minnesota Home Talk Legal Minute, Minnesota Home Talk mention and "Score North AM 1500" ID. A very good signal was heard over WBRI.
1680 kHz KRJO Monroe, LA - 4/7 0134 noted with a Classic Country format, "The Greatest Country Ever Made, 99.7 The Legend" ID. A good signal was heard over WPRR.
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