My Radio Hobby Report Statistics – December 2015

I’m working hard to keep better logs (and then to work with the data to come up with better reports), so here is what I have to report on my radio hobby activities in December 2015.

Amateur (Ham) Radio

• 9 US contacts (with my handheld Baofeng UV-5Ra radio), with a mix of FM simplex and repeater operation, including several mobile contacts during the EARS (Edmond Amateur Radio Society) 2 Meter sprint contest.
• 2 logins to the EARS Monday Information Net, along with 2 failed attempts to login to the Route 66 10-10 HF net.
• A contact with W6KM in California (via the RCFORB remote amateur radio hosted by the Methow Valley Amateur Radio Club in Washington state)
• A contact with Haiti (HH90IARU) via the Monticello, NY station of RemoteHamRadio.com

Shortwave (and other) Radio Listening

• Using my own equipment
  • USA – WTWW, US government time station WWV, WWCR, W0ERE, Radio Marti, WXK85
  • Cuba – Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Rebelde, HM01 (likely Cuban Spy Numbers), 
  • Mexico – XEPPM
  • Canada – Canadian government time station CHU 
  • Sao Tome e Principe – Voice of America
• Using internet-based remote equipment (SDR, RCForb, Globaltuners, etc.)
  • USA – WQHE227, WWV, WWVH, WHRI, WRMI, WBCQ
  • UK – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio 4
  • France – France Inter, Radio Monte Carlo, Radio France Info, Radio France Bleu —- I was able to log several of these stations during their final days of broadcasting on medium wave (AM) radio.
  • Romania – Radio Romania International, Antena Satelor
  • Germany – Europe One (a French station that is broadcast in Longwave from “Longwave Transmitter Europe One” across the border in Germany)
  • Austria – Radio Osterreich International
  • Poland – Polskie Radio 1
  • Canary Islands – EA8MT
  • New Zealand – Radio New Zealand International
  • Unknown location (possible Europe) – “Radio Alice”
  • Anguilla – Caribbean Beacon
  • Albania – China Radio International
  • Iceland – RAS 2 via longwave
  • Morroco – Radio Medi One/Radio Mediterranean International
  • Australia – Radio Australia
  • Saudi Arabia – Radio Saudi International
  • Canada – Canadian government time station CHU 
  • Iran – Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran