Long distance reception report, KROS 1340 AM, Clinton, IA, USA – ‘read more for details and to listen to the audio heard in Sweden
From:
Mr Jan Oscarsson
Hinkgrand 26
S-90629 Umea
Sweden
Greetings from northern Sweden,
I am writing to report my long distance reception of your radio station, KROS on 1340 AM here in Sweden. If my report is correct, I would be very grateful if you could send me an email confirming that it was in fact your station that I heard and recorded.
I was listening October 15 (2017) at 9:42-9:43 pm CDT (0242-0243 GMT/UTC) at 1340 kHz AM. The location was Parkalompolo, a small village in the far north of Sweden (north of the Arctic circle). My receiver is a Microtelecom Perseus software defined receiver and the antenna was an approximately 1000 metre wire beamed towards central North America.
As evidence of reception I have attached an audio sample (MP3). It seems what I heard was a weather update from WQAD.
Maybe you can recognize it, and the voice of the announcers?
“…logon to wqad.com. Right now in the town(?) of Clinton our temperature reading is 43 degrees. The time is now 9.42. A look at the WQAD…TV local weather forecast that is brought to you by Clinton National Bank…”
I hope the audio quality is OK. I really enjoyed this listening to your station from large distance – AM is amazing!
Possibly you can send me an email in return, confirming that I in fact received reception of KROS? It is definitely among the best “catches” I have done as I assume this was a rare occasion. Any info about your station is of interest too.
Thank you very much in advance, and the best wishes to you from Sweden
Jan Oscarsson
PS. I am in the 40’s and live in Umeå in northern Sweden. This is a university town with a population of about 120.000. I have a wife and two girls. I work as a researcher in Molecular Biology at Umeå University, and I have been enjoying DX-ing since I started listening to Shortwave on my parents’ Arena grammophone/radio receiver back in the 80’s.
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