KGHL Billings MT 790

Nick Tyler confirmed my KONG17 reception of The Mighty 790 KGHL in an email today. This nice radio station was heard once during 2 hours and 12 minutes on 790 on 22 October.

3YW Radio New Zealand National, Westport 1458

A QSL card was also enclosed for 3YW 1458 in Westport, which is situated south west of Nelson on New Zealand's South Island.

This became my QSL no. 100, and QSL no. 70 on mediumwave, from The Pacific.

2YX Radio New Zealand National, Nelson 1116

Just 7 days after I sent my reception report via email for this great KONG17 logging, I received an air mail letter from Wellington today. Adrian Sainsbury sent me a perfect QSL card for 2YW 1116, a frequency schedule for Radio New Zealand International and a frequency guide for Radio New Zealand Concert. Nelson is up in the north on New Zealand's South Island.

KSMA Santa Maria CA 1240

KSMA Santa Maria CA 1240 was heard on 21 October 2007 - a quite "bad" day on KONG17. So they suprised a lot! Tonight Nick "Danger" LeDuff kindly confirmed my reception. Thanks, Nick!

KGRV Winston OR 700

A very nice catch during KONG17 was KGRV Winston OR 700, and tonight I received an email from the station confirming my reception. V/s was Mark, KGRV Production. Thank you, Mark!

2BL ABC Sydney NSW 702

James O'Brien, Program Director of 702 ABC Sydney, kindly confirms my 18 October 2007 reception. He will also send me further information about the station in the mail. Thank you, James, this is really nice of you!

KUGN Eugene OR 590

Liz Halley, General Sales Manager of Cumulus Broadcasting, sent me a very nice and charming email tonight: "What an amazing reception story! I am forwarding your email to my program director on KUGN, Jerry Allen and my market manager, Michael O'Shea as well as our director of sales, BJ O'Brien. They will be very impressed!
Actually.... I'm sending this to our engineer as well!"

CJRJ Vancouver BC 1200

Dianna Lee kindly confirms my reception of CJ1200 tonight. She also has a good understanding of what this is all about: "It sounds like a wonderful hobby that must keep you attuned to many cultures all over the world!" Thank you, Dianna!

CKOR Penticton BC 800

Lee Sterry - VP/GM/GSM, Penticton Group - confirms my KONG17 reception of CKOR Penticton BC 800 tonight. I found this station with a weak signal on a recording from 800 kHz, after I had heard KPDQ with a solid signal. 22 October was a great day for west coast DX!

KGFX Pierre SD 1060

I managed to pick out this station from the much stronger Canadian for a few minutes on 15 October 2007 during KONG17. After just a couple of hours tonight I received a very nice email from Program Director Paul Rollie, who confirmed my reception. This is a station very friendly to us DX'ers - se their nice web page at http://www.dakotaradiogroup.com/ Thank you, Paul!

2XM Te Reo Irirangi Maori o Te Upoko o Te Ika, Wellington 1161

A short but OK email from Wena Tait, Station Manager, confirms my reception of 2XM Te Reo Irirangi Maori o Te Upoko o Te Ika, Wellington 1161.

Radio Sport, Levin 1377

Another nice email from Brian Barclay confirms my reception Radio Sport, Levin 1377, also heard during KONG17.

Radio Sport, Auckland 1332

Very nice email from Brian Barclay, confirming my reception of Radio Sport, Auckland 1332.

WKTY La Crosse WI 580

This afternoon I received an email from WKTY Program Director Scott Robert Shaw, who confirmed my 16 October 2007 (KONG17) reception of WKTY La Crosse WI 580. It's the same guy who confirmed my reception of WIZM La Crosse WI 1410 a year and a half ago. Thank you!

KVOK Kodiak AK 560

Right after midnight I received several emails from Ellen Simeonoff, General Manager, confirming my reception of KVOK Valdez AK 560 - one of the three new AK stations I heard during KONG17. There ain't very many left to catch now!