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            WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH   -  March 27 1997
                                Vol 2  No 52
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)

IRCA '97:  Costa Mesa CA on July 25-27, 1997.  Hotel - Holiday Inn Bristol
Plaza - $60/night/room (1 queen/sofa OR 2 queen) - reservations
(714) 557-3000 (mention IRCA convention to get rate) (FAX:  (714) 957-8185.
Registration $35 (includes banquet), $15 (without banquet).  Contact:  Mike
Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA  90707.

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15th AIR DX MEETING 1997- FRIULI' 97
 A.I.R. - The Italian Radiolisterners Association
 Colloredo di Monte Albano (Udine)-Pordenone. April 25-27th, 1997

* April 25th - At Colloredo di Monte Albano (near Udine, N/E Italy, 130 km.
                 from Venice!)
  3 p.m. - Meeting official opening
  4 p.m. - Antique Radios Show Room (Fantoni and Gratton collections)
         - Meeting with local HAMs and CBs
         - Radio Collectors' Exchange
 10 p.m. - DX Night. "Noche Larga" (MW section).

* April 26th - In Pordenone (International Radioamateurs' Fair, the most
                 important italian HAM fair!) (Pordenone is at 50 km. W from
                 Udine and 80 km. N/E from Venice)
  9 a.m. - Start of free guided visit to the stands for registered
            participants to AIR Meeting
 10 a.m. - Public debate: "The Future of DXing in Italy"
  1 p.m. - International Meeting "Radio towards the year 2000"
         - At Colloredo di Monte Albano (Udine)
 10 a.m. - Daytime farm visit in the Friuli countryside for "not-DXers"
            (ladies for example).  Take this unique opportunity to convince
            your families to join the party!
8.30 p.m.- The Official Banquet at Green Hotel (****) in Magnano in Riviera
            -UD, near Colloredo di Monte Albano.
 11 p.m. - DX Night. "Noche Tropical" (Tropical Bands section)

* April 27th  - At Colloredo di Monte Albano (Udine)
 10 a.m. - A.I.R. Members General Meeting
 11 a.m. - Presentation of Publishing Plan of Radiorama 1997 and Public
            debate
 12 a.m. - Greetings from the Local Authorities

Special Guest: Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi Esq., grand-son of Great
Inventor!

For any additional information please contact:
Francesco Clemente, P.O. Box 128, I-33100 Udine, Italy  or
  E-mail address:  fclemente@xxxxxxx
  (tel.: +39-432-520524 for italian/spanish speakers)
Dr. Pierluigi Calligaro, Udine. (tel.: +39-432-547118 for
  english/french/german speakers).

Hotel accomodation near Colloredo di Monte Albano:
Green Hotel, at Magnano in Riviera (Udine) (****)  Tel. +39 432  792308
Fax  +39 432 792312

Reserving before April 15th is highly recommended!

See You Again at Colloredo di Monte Albano and Pordenone!

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    We are proud to announce for third time that the annual DX summer
meeting of Finnish DX Association will be held in Oulu, in Northern Finland.
The meeting will be arranged by Oulun DX-Klubi (DX-Club of Oulu), a local
branch of FDXA.
    The Summer Meeting takes place on 1-3 of August 1997, beginning on
Friday afternoon, until Sunday afternoon.
    Exact place is Virpiniemi Recreational Institute at Haukipudas, a small
village about 20 km's to the north from Oulu. And Oulu lies on the western
coast of North Finland.
    Traffic links to Oulu are good: you can travel to Oulu from Helsinki by
air, train and bus. Oulu lies pretty close to border of Sweden, so you can
arrive via Sweden, too (i.e. border towns Haparanda and Tornio, about 125
km's from Oulu).
    Almost 100 Finnish DX listeners are expected to participate in the
Summer Meeting. All foreign DXers as well as representatives of radio
stations are warmly welcomed to attend the meeting!

For more information, write to:
  Oulun DX-Klubi ry.
  c/o Ari Kilponen
  Annantie 7 G
  FIN-90560  OULU
  FINLAND

  Phone: +358 8 5541 700   (home, 16-20 UTC)
    +358 8 3110 600    (work, 7-14 UTC)
  Fax:   +358 8 3110 610
  E-mail:  ark@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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 CPC DX tests summary

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Lynn Hollerman - gmholler@xxxxxxxxxx

PLEASE NOTE:  Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to the
trouble to run a test!

Here's a reminder of upcoming DX tests; if anyone has any additions or
corrections, please contact me.  Times are EST.  For UTC add 5.  * - new!

      3/29/97 Sat - 0300-0330 - 1390 - WEGP - Presque Isle ME (IRCA)
      4/ 1/97 Tue - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/ 2/97 Wed - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/ 3/97 Thu - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/ 7/97 Mon - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
                  - 0030-0100 - 1600 - WKWF - Key West FL (IRCA)
                  - 0300-0330 - 1420 - WHK  - Cleveland OH (IRCA)
                                        E-MAIL: DaveyJohn@xxxxxxx
      4/ 8/97 Tue - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/ 9/97 Wed - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/10/97 Thu - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/14/97 Mon - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/15/97 Tue - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/16/97 Wed - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/17/97 Thu - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/21/97 Mon - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/22/97 Tue - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/23/97 Wed - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/24/97 Thu - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/28/97 Mon - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/29/97 Tue - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)
      4/30/97 Wed - 0030-0100 -  770 - WWCN - Estero FL (IRCA)

PLEASE NOTE:  Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to the
trouble to run a test!  Believe me, they really, REALLY appreciate it!!

DETAILS (for some)

Saturday, March 29, 1997 - WEGP-1390, Presque Isle, ME will conduct a DX
test from 3:00 to 3:30 am EST with 5,000 watts nondirectional pattern. The
test will include march music and morse code IDs. Reception reports may be
sent to:

Mr. Allan H. Weiner
WEGP-AM
3 State Street Place
Presque Isle, ME 04769

(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)

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Tuesday, April 1, 1997 - Wednesday, April 30, 1997 - WWCN-770, Estero, FL
will conduct a DX test from 12:30 to 1:00 am ET with 1,000 watts directional
pattern every Monday through Thursday during the month of April. The test
will include morse code IDs inserted during their regular programming of
old-time radio serials and vintage comedy. Reception reports may be sent to:

Mr. "Joey C."
Program Director
WWCN-AM
P.O. Box 9600
Estero, FL 33928
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)

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Monday, April 7, 1997 - WHK-1420, Cleveland, OH will conduct a DX test from
3:00 to 3:30 am EDT with 5,000 watts nondirectional pattern. The test will
include morse code IDs, test tones, and "special music". THE STATION ASKS
THAT THERE BE NO PHONE CALLS DURING THIS TEST. Cassette tape reception
reports are welcome. Reception reports may be sent to:

Mr. Dave Johnson
Chief Engineer
c/o WHLO-AM
27 80 South Arlington Road
Akron, OH 44312-4742

E-MAIL: DaveyJohn@xxxxxxx
(Arranged by J.D. Stephens for the IRCA CPC.)

Information on more tests such as these can be found in "DX Monitor", the
official publication of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA). IRCA
is a club devoted to the hobby of hearing distant stations on the standard
AM broadcast band.  "DX Monitor" is published 30 times a year and contains
members' loggings, articles on radio stations, receiver reviews, technical
articles, DX tips, and other material of interest to the Broadcast Band
DXer.  For more information, and a sample copy of DX Monitor, send 0.32 US
or 2 IRCs to:  IRCA, PO Box 1831, Perris CA  92572-1831, USA.

Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or in the
newsgroup!  And, if you send a reception report to a station, please
remember to include return postage with your report...

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Both major MW clubs (IRCA/NRC) sponsor Courtesy Programs Committees.  CPC
members arrange DX tests from various AM stations throughout the DX season.
Donations of money, stamps and target station lists are one way everyone can
get involved with this effort.  Send your donations to the committee
chairman, whose address follow:

   IRCA:  JD Stephens
          PO Box 11522
          Huntsville AL  35814

At this time, both the IRCA and the NRC are looking for CPC chairmen, JD is
still gathering contributions.

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 HOT STUFF

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Carl W. Dabelstein - CWD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

For what interest it may be, the Cave Creek CP here on 1100 has been heard
regularly testing during the daytime, however it appears that their
previously planned start date has been moved back now to sometime in April.

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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx

Just had it confirmed from V of Russia that the station I heard at 1830z in
EE on 1467kHz was from the Maiac (Moldova) transmitter site. I wonder if
anyone can discover if the 1548 1000kW sender is back in business?

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1997 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY

The IRCA Bookstore is proud to announce that the 'M Street Corporation' has
agreed to offer a discount on their 1997 'M Street Radio Directory' to
NewsFlash members ordering through the IRCA Bookstore.  The Directory
contains a complete listing of over 15,000 radio stations (AM/FM, US/Canada)
including the following information:  facilities, ownership, formats, LMAs,
station personnel, phone numbers (and FAX), addresses, ratings, as well as
information on almost 400 radio markets in the US and Canada.  Stations are
listed by location (complete info), frequency (frequency, call, location,
power and pattern) and call (call, frequency, location) and market
(frequency, call, location, rating, format).  It also includes a former call
reference (old call, location and current call).  Major network information
(addresses/phone numbers/etc) and several interesting radio articles are
included as well.

The price to US and Canadian NewsFlash members ordering through the IRCA
Bookstore is $44.95 post paid (UPS address required).  The book is expected
to be out by the end of May (usual disclaimer on date 'cause we can't be
sure!).  Retail will be 55.95.

Europe - add $5.00 for surface, $19.20 for airmail delivery.
Australia/New Zealand - add $5.00 for surface, $27.25 for airmail delivery.

IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA  98117-2334
   Please make checks payable to:  Phil Bytheway.

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 INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS

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(TRH-CA)  Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA  (Halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
          ICF-2010, KIWA Loop

DX TESTS:
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 630  KJSL  MO, St. Louis  3/24 0302 Poor w/morse code IDs under KIDO.
            New.  (TRH-CA)

0000 to 0800 ELT:
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1640  WQO767  TX, Dallas  3/24 0324 Poor, but faded up at times with female
              voice giving American Airlines info, mentioning station on
              1680 kHz.  Mixing with UNID music station.  New.  (TRH-CA)

1680  WQO767  TX, Dallas  3/24 0332 Poor under huge XEXX/XEBG mixing product,
              but clear between songs on XEXX (XEBG runs OC at this time).
              Female voice giving American Airlines info, mentioning 1640
              station.  New (finally!  This one was tough).  (TRH-CA)

STATION NEWS:
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MEXICO:  "K-Bach" is now "X-Bach".  Owners heard that a station in the
Monterey area was using "K-Bach" slogan so they changed their slogan.
Tijuana transmitter will evidently be 25kW.  XETIN currently operating about
6am-6pm most days with Beatles format.  Target date for classical music
format is the last week of March on cable radio only, then the first week of
April on "real" radio.  Still no sign of anything on 1650.  (TRH-CA)

Our local on 1620 remains a mystery.  Nonstop Black oldies 24h NSP.  No DJs,
no IDs.  Seems strongest near I-8/I-805 junction or maybe I-805/CA-163
junction. Our lame convention center TIS on 1620 WPJ551 announces address as
111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego.

Good to finally hear the 1640/1680 stations from home.  Now all I need is a
station on 1690 and I'll have heard something on every expanded band
channel!  Is anyone else closing in on this trivial feat?

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Zacharias Liangas - zliangas@xxxxxxxxxxxx

QSL news
Newer QSL receoved today 26 from RFA, exactly the same with the previous
received last week, therefore i can think it was refered to the tibetan
xtions in 7550

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Pirate log

23-3-97 in Methoni  analog radio therefore +/- 15 kHz

1254 R 139 folkies@ 1034            good
1450 '149' Chalkidona - rock songs           poor
1530 Mak Ihos 1035 -40  folkies           good
1550 Giganta 1027 , old songs dedications ,       good
1570 Mous Kanali 1 ID 1300            good
1610 Avgerinos 1257 ID               poor
~1610 rel FM 104   @1040            good

25-3-97    Thessaloniki
1290 Atakto Pedi  at 1255 with ID ,and oldies  Good ( stn owns  to Agios )
1620 Thavmastikos (???-) from Yanina at 1730 olds too . Fair

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 MISC ITEMS

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IRCA Mexican Log, 4th Edition

The IRCA MEXICAN LOG log lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule in
UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes.  In addition, stations that have
changed frequency since 1990 are cross-referenced on the old frequency.  The
call letter index gives call, frequency, city and state.  The city index
(listed by state, then city) includes frequency, call and day/night power.
The log has been completely updated from the 1994 edition and carefully
cross-checked by IRCA members in Mexico and the US.  This is an
indispensable reference for anyone who hears Mexican radio stations.  Size
is 8 1/2" x 11" and three hole punched for easy binding (optional).

Prices:  IRCA/NRC members - $6.50 (US/Canada/Mexico/seamail), $7.50 (rest of
the Americas airmail), $8.00 (Europe/Asia airmail), $8.50 (Australia/New
Zealand airmail).  Non-members:  add $2.00 to the above prices.  Make checks
out to:  Phil Bytheway.

Order TODAY from:  IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA  98117-2334

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The National Radio Club NRC AM Radio Log for the 1996-1997 DX Season.
This is the Seventeenth edition and has been updated through September 1996.

This annual edition contains 312 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole punched,
loose leaf format with over 5,500 A.M. Radio station listings from the
United States and Canada.  Each station listing consists of its location,
frequency, call, format, network affiliation, station address, station
slogan, day and night transmitter powers.  There are cross references by
city and by call letter.

The nonmember prices of the AM Radio Log are as follows:
  NRC & IRCA Members see your magazines for the member prices!

U.S. & Canada  US $22.95
Latin America  US $23.50
Europe         US $24.00
All Others     US $28.00

Orders may be placed now.  The 1997 Seventeenth edition of the NRC AM RADIO
LOG ready and being shipped at this time.

Please mail all orders to:    National Radio Club
                              Publications Center
                              P.O. Box 164
                              Mannsville, NY 13661-0164

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Jef Jaisun - eljefe@xxxxxxxxxxx

New FCC list 1610-1700 AM

URL: <http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/pnmm7038.txt>

                             OLD  NEW    North     West
         Call City           St   kHz  kHz  Latitude  Longitude


                         - - 1610 kHz - -
         KALT Atlanta        TX    900 1610 33 04 53   94 10 56


                         - - 1620 kHz - -
         WGYJ Atmore         AL   1590 1620 31 02 12   87 29 42
         KAHI Auburn         CA    950 1620 38 51 28  121 01 39
         KECN Blackfoot      ID    690 1620 43 10 07  112 22 10
         WAMJ South Bend     IN   1580 1620 41 41 09   86 09 53
         KHRT Minot          ND   1320 1620 48 11 48  101 14 00
         KKAR Bellevue       NE   1180 1620 41 16 12   95 47 10
         WJRZ Toms River     NJ   1550 1620 39 59 27   74 15 33
         KENN Farmington     NM   1390 1620 36 42 27  108 08 50
         WKZQ Myrtle Beach   SC   1520 1620 33 42 20   78 53 23
         WTAW College Station TX  1150 1620 30 38 05   96 21 20
         WRRA Frederiksted   VI   1290 1620 17 43 28   64 53 03
         KRIZ Renton         WA   1420 1620 47 26 25  122 12 09

                         - - 1630 kHz - -
         KWFM Tucson         AZ    940 1630 32 12 04  111 01 02
         KOQO Clovis         CA    790 1630 36 50 39  119 41 13
         WRDW Augusta        GA   1480 1630 33 31 02   82 00 30
         KCJJ Iowa City      IA   1560 1630 41 36 03   91 30 02
         KHVN Fort Worth     TX    970 1630 32 47 56   97 17 43
         KSHY Fox Farm       WY   1530 1630 41 07 17  104 50 22

                         - - 1640 kHz - -
         KBLU Yuma           AZ    560 1640 32 43 25  114 38 39
         KNBA Vallejo        CA   1190 1640 38 07 04  122 15 24
         WVMI Biloxi         MS    570 1640 30 28 29   88 51 22
         WSYD Mount Airy     NC   1300 1640 36 30 12   80 35 35
         KLXX Bismarck-Mandan ND  1270 1640 46 48 37  100 50 10
         WTRY Troy           NY    980 1640 42 46 56   73 50 07
         KCRC Enid           OK   1390 1640 36 25 11   97 52 28
         KPHP Lake Oswego    OR   1290 1640 45 24 44  122 34 37
         KURV Edinburg       TX    710 1640 26 19 43   98 09 35
         KTKK Sandy          UT    630 1640 40 41 30  111 55 30
         WKSH Sussex         WI   1370 1640 43 04 40   88 11 32

                         - - 1650 kHz - -
         KWHN Fort Smith     AR   1320 1650 35 24 36   94 21 30
         KOJY Costa Mesa     CA    540 1650 34 31 13  116 56 24
         KRKS Denver         CO    990 1650 39 41 06  105 04 05
         WAOK Atlanta        GA   1380 1650 33 45 36   84 28 45
         KCFI Cedar Falls    IA   1250 1650 42 32 39   92 29 17
         KTMT Phoenix        OR    880 1650 42 18 36  122 48 41
         KSVE El Paso        TX   1150 1650 31 45 13  106 24 58
         WPMH Portsmouth     VA   1010 1650 36 49 20   76 26 38

                         - - 1660 kHz - -
         WKRG Mobile         AL    710 1660 30 43 13   88 03 34
         KLOQ Merced         CA   1580 1660 37 17 31  120 26 03
         WMIB Marco Island   FL   1480 1660 25 59 30   81 37 30
         WREN Topeka         KS   1250 1660 39 04 55   95 32 45
         WQSN Kalamazoo      MI   1470 1660 42 14 11   85 34 37
         WGIV Charlotte      NC   1600 1660 35 14 57   80 51 41
         KQWB West Fargo     ND   1550 1660 46 58 33   96 35 02
         WJDM Elizabeth      NJ   1530 1660 40 38 56   74 14 32
         KSLM Salem          OR   1390 1660 44 56 32  123 04 17
         WCHQ Camuy          PR   1360 1660 18 28 18   66 51 42
         KRZI Waco           TX   1580 1660 31 31 04   97 05 16
         KSOS Brigham City   UT    800 1660 41 30 42  112 01 55

                         - - 1670 kHz - -
         KHPY Moreno Valley  CA   1530 1670 34 00 42  117 11 03
         KHTE Redding        CA    600 1670 40 37 13  122 19 56
         KCOL Ft. Collins    CO   1410 1670 40 35 34  105 06 18
         WRCC Warner Robins  GA   1600 1670 32 38 19   83 38 33
         WLVW Salisbury      MD    960 1670 38 25 44   75 37 26
         KBTN Neosho         MO   1420 1670 36 50 52   94 19 12
         KKEL Hobbs          NM   1480 1670 32 42 57  103 07 28
         WTDY Madison        WI   1480 1670 43 01 30   89 23 48

                         - - 1680 kHz - -
         KXEX Fresno         CA   1550 1680 36 46 14  119 55 20
         KSTR Grand Junction CO    620 1680 39 07 35  108 38 13
         WXTO Winter Garden  FL   1600 1680 28 34 06   81 31 09
         KJCK Junction City  KS   1420 1680 39 01 33   96 48 36
         KMLB Monroe         LA   1440 1680 32 33 10   92 04 24
         WSFN Muskegon       MI   1600 1680 43 11 50   86 13 22
         KBRF Fergus Falls   MN   1250 1680 46 17 19   96 06 17
         WHWH Princeton      NJ   1350 1680 40 22 00   74 44 38
         WKTP Jonesborough   TN   1590 1680 36 19 54   82 28 27
         KBNA El Paso        TX    920 1680 31 44 09  106 22 24
         KZOK Seattle        WA   1590 1680 47 39 19  122 31 06

                         - - 1690 kHz - -
         KRCX Roseville      CA   1110 1690 38 44 22  121 12 48
         KQXI Arvada         CO   1550 1690 39 40 02  104 59 57
         WBIT Adel           GA   1470 1690 31 08 15   83 23 41
         KILR Estherville    IA   1070 1690 43 25 48   94 49 30
         WDDD Johnston City  IL    810 1690 37 45 15   88 56 05
         WPTX Lexington Park MD    920 1690 38 16 57   76 33 35
         KLAT Houston        TX   1010 1690 29 53 47   95 17 25
         WGOD Charlotte Amalie VI 1090 1690 18 18 57   64 53 02

                         - - 1700 kHz - -
         WEUP Huntsville     AL   1600 1700 34 45 32   86 38 35
         KNST Tucson         AZ    790 1700 32 14 54  111 00 30
         KQKE Soledad        CA    700 1700 36 27 51  121 17 52
         WCMQ Miami Springs  FL   1210 1700 25 54 00   80 21 49
         KKSO Des Moines     IA   1390 1700 41 35 18   93 31 38
         WZNN Rochester      NH    930 1700 43 17 13   70 56 55
         KAST Astoria        OR   1370 1700 46 10 30  123 50 50
         KKLS Rapid City     SD    920 1700 44 03 43  103 10 29
         KBOR Brownsville    TX   1600 1700 25 56 57   97 33 15
         KDSX Denison-Sherman TX   950 1700 33 41 08   96 32 28
         WSVA Harrisonburg   VA    550 1700 38 27 04   78 54 29

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Chuck Rippel - crippel@xxxxxxxx

There exists a SWL "Channel" on IRC Chat.  Usually, this "channel" has only
been in use during the ANARC SWL Net Sunday mornings at 1500.  One of the
more active participants, Jay Novello and I thought it might also be used to
organize group listening sessions.  A bit like a DX'pedition without leaving
the house.  This offers the advantages of having a group of people DX'ing
together at one time and communicating information in REAL TIME, such as
UNID's, stations to tune to, etc, between themselves using the Internet and
the SWL IRC channel.

If you want more information on how to use IRC Chat, Tom Sundstrom has
information on that posted on his WWW Site at:

http://www.trsc.com/irc_faq.htm

There is a mailing list by which folks who want to use the IRC  channel can
communicate with the group.  This is useful for  scheduling and organizing
real time listening "events" and getting a group together on the IRC
channel.

Here's the info:

SWLTALK

An unmoderated mailing list to alert subscribers of real-time DX events
and/or the presence of members in the EFNET IRC channel #irc for the purpose
of co-DX'ing.

To subscribe:

Send an email message to:  majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Leave the subject line
of the email blank In the body, type:  subscribe swltalk.  Do not include a
signature with the message

To send messages to the list members:

Send email to:  swltalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Include a succinct, descriptive subject on the subject line

To reply to list messages:

First consider if you want to reply to the entire list or to an individual.

To reply to the list, send email to: swltalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To reply to an
individual:  use the writer's personal email address

To unsubscribe from the list:

Send an email message to:  majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Leave the subject line
of the email blank In the body, type:  unsubscribe swltalk.  Do not include
a signature with the message

Please contact the list owner if you have any questions or suggestions:

        Jay Novello (jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx

I wonder if someone can tell me if the South American "El Gato" lottery has
a rival/partner called "La Gata" and if so, is it in Venezuela as well? I
hrd a station on 1450kHz with UTC-4 t/c and also an ad for Banco Delasco.
HELP!

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Tom Bryant - 102037.452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE VARIOUS FACETS OF CAYMAN ISLAND BROADCASTING...
FEEL FREE TO USE AS YOU WISH.
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A couple of months ago I had occasion to renew my acquaintence with Mr.
Loxley Banks, General Manager of Radio Cayman.

About the time I had to head back to the ship, I asked him if he would list
all on-air operations in the three-island group.  He hastily scribbled out a
list...and I realize that many details are lacking.  If they ever get
on-line down there, I'll try to fill in the blanks.  (Getting a snail-mail
letter out of him seems to be next to impossible! <g>.  BETTER YET...MAYBE I
NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER CRUISE!)

Here's the Cayman status as of January 15 this year.

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R A D I O :

AM 1205 Radio Cayman  (Note...this operation is NOT an endangered station
contrary to previous reports.  Demand to keep the facility on the air has
been great enough to justify needed equipment repairs and upgrades.)

FM  105.3    5 kw  Radio Cayman
FM   89.9    3 kw  Radio Cayman
FM   91.9  .25 kw  Radio Cayman
FM   93.9  .25 kw  Radio Cayman

(Notes:  the 91.9 and 93.9 facilities are on Little Cayman and Cayman
Brac... and are fulltime repeaters of the two main stations on Grand Cayman.
At times all four stations simulcast, but there is occasionally separate
programming on various combinations of the above.  Is that confusing
enough?)

FM   99.9    5 kw  Z-99  (private operation)
FM  101.1   .5 kw  I.C.C. 1  (private operation)

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T E L E V I S I O N :

Channel 24  CTS  (significance of call sign not known)
Channel 27  CITN  (significance of call sign not known)

(ADDITIONAL NOTES:  Tower heights for *ALL* TV and FM operations unknown;
however, having eyeballed the whole place on a motor-scooter, my guess is
that there's nothing over 150 or 200 feet...probably less.  Also, since
Radio Cayman is NOT involved in any of the television ventures, Mr. Banks
did not know how much power they were running and was not willing to venture
any guesses.  My personal guess is that the TV transmitters are in the same
ballpark as LPTV's in the US.)

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        phil bytheway - Seattle WA - bytheway@xxxxxxx

        Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly

        Geomagnetic Summary March 20 1997 through March 26 1997

           GEO - Geomagnetic activity     pca - polar cap absorption
           maf - major flare              SA  - Solar Activity
           mas - major storm              spe - satellite proton event
           mis - minor storm              ss  - severe storm

        Date    FLUX    A    K    SA          GEO                 OTHER

         3/13    72     3    0    very low    quiet               -
           14    71     4    3    very low    quiet-unsettled     -
           15    71     8    1    very low    quiet-unsettled     -
           16    71     4    1    very low    quiet-unsettled     -
           17    71     7    1    very low    quiet-unsettled     -
           18    71     9    3    very low    quiet-unsettled     -
         3/19    70    15    3    very low    quiet-active        -

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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them to
the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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END of March 27 1997 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash" - bytheway@xxxxxxx