40 Mile Point

I posted my SS Calcite pictures on my website. Please see SS Calcite.


40 Mile Point is a neat place to visit.


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40 Mile Point

Logs 25 August 2007

ALGERIA: RASD 6300 at 2302 in Arabic w/talk. Strong signal, which is unusual.

1650: The talking house has been gone for at least a week or two.

Logs 24 August 2007

ENGLAND: R Algeria relay 11810 at 1943 in Arabic w.chants. Good signal. //9765 inaudible.

950: Nasty thunderstorms and tornadoes hit SE Michigan tonight. Constant weather warnings on WWJ. The twisters were to the north in Fenton but water was everywhere. The clouds were a beautiful aqua. Of course, I left my camera at home.

Calcite Pictures

This is the pilothouse of the SS Calcite at 40 Mile Point, north of Alpena, MI.




This is the ship's radiophone. The papers behind it belong to the ship's log. It was owned by Bradley Transportation, which also owned the Carl D. Bradley. That ship sunk in Lake Michigan in the 1950s.








For the sake of continuity, I am re-posting the pictures of the beacon maps.

Logs 23 August 2007

990: WNTP at 0230+ w/music documentary. WDEO off. Philly. No sign of CBW tonight.

Logs 22 August 2007

ECUADOR: HCJB 9745 at 2210+ in Quechua. Fair.
---Low German 12040 at 2230 w/s-on. Good.
---No trace of Kulina broadcast at 2250. This would be tricky at 126 deg.

Logs 21 August 2007

GREECE: My favorite-Radio Makedonias 7450 at 2210+ in Greek w/mx.

Logs 20 August 2007

BELARUS: Tentative R Belarus 7110.01 at 0330-0400 in Belorussian. Nearly inaudible by 0400.

CUBA: Cut #s on 15290 at 1915. R Nac de Venezuela on at 1943

Logs 19 August 2007

GREECE: V of Greece 7475 at 0321 w/traditional singing. Listed
as "Know Sea Songs" in the sked translated by John Babbis on
DXLD on 18 March. Then suddenly Orthodox chants and talk at
0325 but not liturgy, which begins at 0500. 9420 unusually
weak tonight. 19 August.

USA:
---[non] Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa (VOA) via Morocco 7145 at 0130 in
Urdu w/animated talk. Many mentions of Pakistan and Supreme
Court. Very strong signal. 19 August.

---[non] R Liberty 7105 at 0345-0359 in Circassian as per sked.
(p). Abrupt sign off at 0359. 19 August.

---[non] Haven't heard Reverend Melissa via Costa Rica for the
past two days, 18-19 August.

ZIMBABWE[non] SW Radio Africa 12035 via Norway at 1853. Fair,
which is surprising because this is usually inaudible. 19 August.

Logs 18 August 2007

USA: WBOH 5919.98 at 0139 w/preaching. Light hum in
background. //WTJC 9369.92 but no hum. The latter
was not heard at 2312. This stn is often inaudible
due to reception but after dark.

---KVOH 17775.03 at 1800+ in Spanish w/contemporary
Christian mx. Checked on and off throughout the
afternoon and heard no preaching. No talk. Sounded
like they were on auto-pilot.

SS Calcite Pictures

This map is in the pilothouse of the SS Calcite, which is at 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, north of Alpena. I went there on 5 August 2007.Some of these beacons are no longer on air.

Vacation Notes

I spent a week in the lovely Upper Peninsula, on South Manistique Lake. It's a bit closer to Lake Michigan than Lake Superior, so I didn't hear anything interesting from the Superior shoreline in Ontario.

WNBY plays lite rock on 93.9 and country on 1450.

The tape loop at 40 Mile Point Light, north of Alpena, is now functioning. The frequency is 107.3. Volunteers and the Coast Guard have done a wonderful job of renovating the property. The loop can only be heard on the property.

My website is updated.

The mysterious marine relay of WIDG is gone on 161.730, as is the mystery tape loop on 89.9 in Mackinaw.