Kongsfjord - 70°43'N 29°21'E
KONG13 - October 13 to 25, 2005
Participants:
Arnstein
Bue, Bjarne Mjelde,
Odd-Jørgen Sagdahl, Tore Johnny Bråtveit
Weblog
15-AUG-2005
The dates for KONG12 and KONG13 are now set. KONG13 end date is a bit
preliminary and not all participants will stay all the time. Details to follow.
11-OCT-2005
Due to heavy workload OJ must cancel KONG13.
13-OCT-2005
21:00 UTC
KONG13 is now on. It started very well with excellent
conditions towards Hawaii all afternoon.
14-OCT-2005
05:30 UTC
Quite spread conditions this night and morning, but still a number of
fine stations. Dominant stations seems to be from the northern USA. Sample
loggings are KBUL-970, KOWB-1290 and KLIZ-1380.
11:30
UTC
After a fairly quiet period this morning Alaska and Hawaii came with
excellent signals. Now at 11:30 UTC we got another few visits from the south
Pacific - Tonga on 1017 and Marshalls on 1098. In addition to this there is a
lot of west coast stations in the band. Bring them on ...
12:30
UTC
For example KTSN-1340, KEDO-1400, KBRC-1430
...
13:30
UTC
Very nice signals from Japan now. Even Bjarne caught a new one - JORB-1152.
14:05
UTC
Enter KUAM-612! Rather than reducing the power from 10 kW to 1 kW at 14:00
UTC it sounds like they have increased it! Cool!
16:30
UTC
... and we can add KGUM-567, KTWG-801 and KCNM-1080. That should be all.
15-OCT-2005
15:00 UTC
Very busy night and morning. Mentioning CHTN-720, WNDE-1260,
WYOS-1360, KIYZ. But then - suddenly quiet. However, weak signals from Tonga
1017 and Marshalls 1098 today too
21:00
UTC
Very nice opening towards Japan this afternoon - sample: AFN 810.
Now at 21:00 UTC there is already a lot of North American stations in the band.
Hoping to get some daytimers.
16-OCT-2005
21:00 UTC
A good night and day up to 14:00 UTC when things started to fade out.
Some samples from the log: WNAX-570, WBEN-930, CKSM-1220, KWYZ-1230, KNWC-1270
very strong, KSLM-1390, KCLK and KRBC-1430.
Not much interesting heard in the afternoon.
Time for food: Arnstein and Tore Johnny enjoying KING-crab (below)
17-OCT-2005
08:30 UTC
The geomagnetic disturbance has reduced the conditions quite a bit,
but we had an excellent west coast peak between 04:00 and 05:00 UTC. Worth to
mention are KPOJ-620, KKSL-1290 and KROP-1300.
10:00
UTC
After a slow period the conditions are improving again. Noting KPOW-1260,
KPAY-1290, KEIN-1310 and KWKW-1330.
13:00
UTC
After a good morning with nice signals from Hawaii - for example KUAI-720,
we got news from Lemmenjoki that Fiji was coming up. An hour later we had Fiji
with excellent signals (QSA 4 that is!) on 639, 684, 1152 and 1467 kHz. Quite an
event!
18-OCT-2005
14:00 UTC
Fiji, Marshalls and Tonga heard today too. Interesting west coast
conditions in the afternoon. Just now a logging of KRVM-1280. Also heard:
KXNT-840, KBND-1110, XEUVA-1170, KKPZ-1330 + 4QD-1548 and Radio Two 1611
(1610,95 to be precise).
19-OCT-2005
15:45 UTC
Slow morning. Best logging was KBAR-1230. Some Pacific during the
day, and then - in the afternoon a trace of something down under on 1476. It
turned out to be 1XD Radio Pacific in Auckland that came up with a nice signal
during the afternoon. Another great event!!!
We did of course have a New Zealand flag ready for this occasion:
20-OCT-2005
10:00 UTC
Tore Johnny is departing today. Slow morning, but the conditions
improved with KUAU-1570 and just now KPOF-910 in the log. Arnstein and Bjarne
will stay till over the weekend. Some incredibly strong graveyard stations from
the southwest today - KXEQ-1340 almost blew us off the chairs.
14:00
UTC
New Zealand number two - 2ZB Wellington on 1035! In addition signals from
Fiji on 639 and 1152, Guam on 801 and 1080. Lots of very interesting North
American stations.
21-OCT-2005
08:30 UTC
Excellent conditions ... it started already 19:30 UTC last night with
a fine signal on 1230. Since then it has been very little sleep. The crew is to
busy to provide details, but we can mention KVNU-610 and KFXD-630.
21-OCT-2005
18.30 UTC
Some of the day's highlights: XET-990, KUBR-1210, KSXT-1570.
22-OCT-2005
11:30 UTC
Excellent quality signals from Samoa 540, Kiribati 846, Tonga 1017,
Marshalls 1098 and 1224 ... What's next?
16:00
UTC
Next is 1ZD-1008 and 1XOR-1386!
23-OCT-2005
12:00 UTC
Excellent conditions again this night and day - although very spread,
and very strong dominants. Sample loggings: WSM-650, WAMB-1160, WILS-1320,
KRJO-1680. Samoa and Tonga came very nice during the morning.
25-OCT-2005
05:00 UTC
KONG13 is now almost over. Not much exciting during the night,
but it seems to pick up a bit this morning.