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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - May 22 1997
Vol 3 No 7
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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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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
Subject: NRC convention
Location: RAMADA INN, Route 13 and I-295, New Castle, DE
Phone: 302-658-8511
Registration: $40 (cost of banquet, beverages, equipment rentals, etc.)
members
$25 if not attending banquet or ONLY ATTENDING BANQUET (Sat.)
$10 additional persons (wife attending banquet, etc.)
Sign up starts on Friday afternoon August 29th, continues Saturday August
30th with John & Linda Bowker and myself.......
Rooms: $62 + 8% sales tax PER ROOM........each room contains two beds......
All reservations must be made directly with the Ramada Inn,
mention the National Radio Club as this is a discounted rate.
The banquet and meeting is scheduled for Saturday at 7:30PM with a
buffet style dinner (cash bar available), with speacial guest ALLEN LUDELL,
who recently got national recognition for being involved the the first major
market station to dump Rush Limbaugh! ALLEN is operations manager of
WILM-Wilmington and an active DXer.
Auction will follow. Sunday will be the DX QUIZ day, and John Bowker
will do his DX AUDIO SERVICE thingies. We're also hoping to line up TONY
FITZHERBERT to do his slide show presentation during the convention. There
is lots of open/free time for all to enjoy the area, visit stations,
sightsee, even gamble (Delaware now has slot machines), there is lots to see
within an hour drive of the convention site.
Questions can be answered via P O BOX 11502, WILMINGTON, DE 19850. DO
NOT SEND ME ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS, the Ramada Inn will
handle them direct. If you are coming via train, Amtrak has excellent
service to Wilmington, we can pick you up if you'll let us know when you'll
be arriving. If you are flying into Philadelphia, its about a half hour
away, we would advise making arrangements for transportation to Wilmington
(Airport Shuttle service is available from the airport to Wilmington).
Keep your eye on DX NEWS or your favorite radio publication for more
news as the date draws near....>>
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HOT STUFF
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Alan Merriman - merriman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: WVNS-670 Update
Look for possible testing to begin this coming weekend. It is possible they
will be on regular schedule by June 1. At this time it does not look like
there are any planned DX Tests.
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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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NONE
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MISC ITEMS
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Leonard Hyde - 1805 Whipple Drive #27 - Blacksburg VA 24060 - USA - bigl@xxxxxxx
In past years, the traditional DX club, with periodic printed bulletins,
was all there was. It was fine for the times.
In the 1990s, the perfect forum exists to make the traditional DX
bulletin obsolete - the Internet mailing list. Why hasn't anyone thought of
setting one up yet?
The mailing list can serve all the needs that the old printed bulletin
does, with an important advantage - instant availability of tips.
Say I am hearing a rare DX station. I can instantly post this to the
list. Other members would have the tip within minutes.
The best thing we have now are phone nets and private e-mail.
I know there are many DXers wo do not have Internet access. That list is
shrinking. A mailing list could be a valuable adjunct.
An existing DX club could set up a closed list for their members only.
Or, some enterprising individual could set one up for the DXing community at
large.
I'd do it myself if I had the unlimited access and the software.
Leonard Hyde Check out my home page at:
bigL@xxxxxxx http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816
Blacksburg, Virginia
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Bernt Erfjord - dxn@xxxxx
We are happy to invite fellow DX-ers to this years NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIPS,
NORDX-97. I hope you will a) find this information package useful for your
own interest, og b) use the material below, for presentation in your
magazine/programme, and promote the contest. A logo has been produced, and
can be requested through an e-mail to: nordx@xxxxxxxx asking for one. It
will then be returned to you promptly as an attached Word-document.
We hope you will publish the details in your DX-magazine/DX-programme as
soon as possible, and encourage people to take part! Magazines who like to
receive a ready-to-print free "advert", feel free to mail us.
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PRESS RELEASE May 13th 1997:
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NORDX'97
DX-Listeners' Club of Norway are happy to invite all DXers to this year's
Nordic DX Championships, Nordx '97. The contest will be staged during the
weekend from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19.
As usual, individual DXers from non-Nordic countries may also compete and be
eligible for prizes, although the official Nordic Championship is of course
restricted to competitors from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. DXers
from other countries are requested to mail a written VISA authorisation to
DXLC at the address below, autorizing us to draw NOK 75,- from your account.
Please remember to include full name, account number, expiry date and
signature.
Alternatively, non-Nordic participants may pay NOK 100,- into postal giro
account no. 0804 5520960, at Nordx '97, DXLC, PO Box 7080 Vestheiene, N-4602
Kristiansand, Norway. (The surcharge is to cover giro charges.) You may
also send NOK 100,- or USD 15,- in cash, or 16 IRCs.
(For your information, the current exchange rate is 1 USD = NOK 7,08 / 1
GBP = NOK 11,44 / 1 DEM = NOK 4,171)
The deadline for registrations is September 30. (Registrations are also
accepted after this date, but at the entrant's own risk: No refunds will be
availiable should the schedule not reach you in time for the contest!)
DXLC will endeavour to compile a challenging, varied and interesting shedule
for Nordx '97, if possible including one or two special treats. To avoid
missing out on those special QSLs, make sure you register in time! There
will be a wide range of radio related prizes, with one of the major prizes
being drawn from among all contestants submitting logs, regardless of final
championship rankings.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Nordx '97,
DXLC, PO Box 7080 Vestheiene,
N-4602 Kristiansand, Norway,
or the following e-mail address:
nordx@xxxxxxxxx
We also have a web page up and running, which will carry updated information
about the contest:
http://www.dxlc.com/nordx/
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Bernt Erfjord - dxn@xxxxx
DX-Listeners' Club would like to present our publication "AMazing AM".
This excellent book is the result of years of intensive work by the authors
Svenn Martinsen and Kjell Arne Olsen. This A4 sized illustrated softback
contains 240+ pages, and include all known loggings of mediumwave stations
worldwide made by norwegian DX-ers from 1945 to 1995.
The book is devided in sections;
- Europe (excl. The British Isles, Iberian peninsula and International Waters)
- Iberian peninsula (Spain, Portugal, Andorra)
- United Kingdom, Ireland and International Waters
- Africa
- Asia
- Pacific
- North America
- Central America
- South America
In each section you'll get a table sorted in frequency order, including
station name, location, if the fq is past or present, callsigns (if any),
country, logged in Norway which year(s), and in many cases information of
who was the first to log the station. there are numerous footnotes giving
additional information on name changes, frequency changes etc.
Much work has been but into making this not only a list of loggings, but
also an excellent piece of documentation of medium wawe broadcasting
history.
In addition to the printed book, we also offer a PC diskette version of the
listing. This is available in Excel, d-Base and Word for Windows (2.0 and
6.0) formats. (When ordering state which!)
Orders for AMazing AM should be sent to: DX-listeners' Club, P.O.Box 7080
Vestheiene, N-4602 KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY.
The price for the printed version OR the electronic version is the same: NOK
150,- Or you can order both for NOK 200,- These prices do not include
export postage. We'll charge no extra postage for the diskettes, but for
the book there are the following extras:
Airmail Nordic: Add NOK 20,-
Surface Nordic: no extras.
Airmail Europe: Add NOK 40,-
Surface Europe: Add NOK 10,-
Airmail Worldwide: Add NOK 90,-
Surface Worldwide: Add NOK 30,-
(The current exchange rate is 1 USD = NOK 7,08 / 1 GBP = NOK 11,44 / 1 DEM
= NOK 4,171)
We prefer to receive payment in form of a VISA authorisation to draw the
amount from your account. Remember to include your name, account number,
expiry date and the authorized sum in NOK, plus your signature.
We can also accept cash (NOK or equivalent in your own currency) included
with your letter, but cannot take the responsibility for lost mail!
We also accept transfers to our postal giro account 0804 5520960, BUT will
have to charge you additional NOK 25,- to cover receiving expences.
I have prepared a Word-document with some examples from the book, in case
you want to see what it looks like. Please feel free to request this
AMazing AM test-document, by mailing to me at: dxn@xxxxxxxx
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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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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - bytheway@xxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary May 16 1997 through May 22 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
5/16 72 13 3 very low quiet-active -
17 73 7 1 very low quiet -
18 74 5 1 very low quiet -
19 74 2 2 very low quiet -
20 79 6 1 low quiet-unsettled -
21 85 3 2 moderate quiet -
5/22 81 3 1 very low quiet -
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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 May 22 1997 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash" - bytheway@xxxxxxx