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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - August 7 1997
Vol 3 No 17-19
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MADISON WI AREA DX GTG
The 4th Annual Madison Area Get-Together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts
will take place on Saturday, August 16, 1997 from 1 PM until the last person
leaves. This year's host will be Tim Noonan, 6761 Schroeder Road, Apt. 5,
Madison WI 53711-6123, phone 608-271-0458. For details including directions,
please e-mail Bill Dvorak <<DXERak@xxxxxxx>>
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....>>
Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Convention '98 Updater.
Interest in next year's Convention has brought intentions of attendance
from>Scotland, England, Finland, Hawaii as well as Australia and New
Zealand.
Just to remind everyone, here is a tentative schedule of what is planned
so far:
The Convention is being held at Camp Iona, which is located near the
township of Herbert, about 20km South of Oamaru on SH 1. It is being held
over Waitangi Weekend so Friday the 6th is a public holiday. Camp Iona
consists of a large hall where we will have our meals and auction,
workshops, discussions etc. A large "Lodge" fully self-contained and
reserved for our older members, several accomodation blocks, similar to
motor-camp cabin standards and several ablutions areas as well as ample
ground for aerials and an obstacle course.
Thursday 5th February:
3:00pm Convention officially begins. Welcome, afternoon tea and a
general chat and get to know each other session.
Friday 6th February
To be advised
Saturday 7th February
7:00am - 12:00 pm to be advised
12:00pm Meet at Boulders Park Restaurant for 50th Anniversary
Commemorative meal & speeches, then back to Camp Iona for afternoon
tea and reminiscences
Rest of day to be advised
Sunday 8th February
7:00am onwards
9:00am Official Convention close
12:00pm Premises vacated
We have a few items lined up to "fill in the blanks" including an
auction, a night-time visit to Oamaru's Little Blue penguin colony, scenic
trips to Shag Point, Moeraki, Trotter's Gorge, Puketapu, a quiz night, game
of cricket, trip to top of Mt Stalker for FM enthusiasts, Church Service
etc. We are also organising guest speakers on topics like "DXing and the
Internet", a visit from the guys at Mainland Radio, etc.
The Convention registration fee has yet to be set, it will be around
NZ$75 per person and will cover all meals at Camp Iona and the Commemorative
Lunch as well as accomodation. You will need to bring your own sleeping bag,
pillows, blankets etc. NB: You will need to bring your headphones - you MUST
use these when listening to avoid disturbing others!
Please let us know if:
- you only want to attend on certain days or for certain events, e.g. the
Commemorative Dinner, your fee will be charged accordingly.
- you would like arrangements to be collected of dropped off in Oamaru on
arrival/departure via bus, train etc
- you would rather opt for a little more comfort and stay at a nearby motel
(we can send you details of these).
A full registration form will be published shortly. If you have any
further enquiries, please write to Convention '98...
c/o Paul Ormandy, 33 Greta Street, Oamaru 8901, New Zealand
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HOT STUFF
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail LfreshwateAaol.com
The F.C.C. has started putting CALL LETTER changes in their computer data
base...We will include them here as time and space permits.
PREPARED ON AUGUST 6. 1997
Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL CALL
WDBI ARLNGTON, VA 1390 WZHF
** Commission grant and consummation does not automatically grant call sign
application. The new licensee must provide written notice to the call sign
desk upon consummation of the transaction and await authority from the
Commission to use the new call sign.
CALL SIGN CHANGES
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL * CALL
KFSH SEWARD, AK ? new
WNIS NORFOLK, VA 790 WTAR
WTAR NORFOLK, VA 850 WNIS
(NOTE: WTAR/WNIS SWAP CALLS & FORMAT)
WTLI STATESVILLE, NC 550 WIST
WDWD ATLANTA, GA 590 WKHX
KPAM TROUTDALE, OR 860 KZTW
WGMY SOUTH HAVEN, MI 940 WCSY
WDCZ ROCHESTER, NY 990 WCME
KTCT SAN MATEO, CA 1050 KOFY
KWUN MURRAY, UT 1230 KMGR
WOOX BEDFORD, PA 1310 WAYC
KETO RUPERT, ID 1340 new
WELP EASLEY, NC 1360 WRAH
WVMC MOUNT CARMEL, IL 1360 WYER
WDLW LORAIN, OH 1380 WELL
KTNO DENTON, TX 1440 KINF
WAVG JEFFERSONVILLE, IN 1450 WXVW
WTLT CHARLOTTE. NC 1480 WNMX
KYCY SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1550 KPIX
* The F.C.C. does NOT list the frequency in their database. I have tried to
suppliment this with information from my own database,, so look it over
"carefully" before you change anything in yours.
We have put this information in order of frequency rather than location.
Send any suggestions, changes AND corrections to the above E-Mail address.
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1997 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY
NEW DATE!!! (again)
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. NOW DUE OUT IN THE FALL, perhaps!!!
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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Kevin Redding - Phoenix AZ - ckredding@xxxxxxxx
FREQ CALL LOCATION DATE TIME PROGRAM RADIO
550 KOY Phoenix, AZ 7/9/97 1035 MYL Sony
580 KSAZ Marana, AZ 7/5/97 0800 MYL SR III
600 KOGO San Diego, CA 7/5/97 2000 News SR III
640 KFI Los Angeles, CA 7/5/97 2005 Talk SR III
660 KTNN Window Rock, AZ 6/30/97 2045 Navajo SR III
710 KNUS Denver, CO 7/5/97 1955 News SR III
710 KNUS Denver, CO 7/17/97 2144 Talk SRIII
720 KDWN Las Vegas, NV 6/30/97 2031 Talk SR III
780 KAZM Sedona, AZ 7/4/97 0800 News SR III
790 KNST Tucson, AZ 7/4/97 0700 News SR III
810 KGO San Francisco, CA 7/17/97 2200 News SR III
820 WBAP Ft. Worth, TX 6/30/97 2035 Talk SR III
830 KFLT Tucson, AZ 7/15/97 0730 Religious Delco
850 KOA Denver, CO 7/9/97 2133 Sports SR III
910 KFYI Phoenix, AZ 6/29/97 2100 Art Bell Bose
910 KFYI Phoenix, AZ 7/3/97 1210 Limbaugh Delco
940 KCEE Tucson, AZ 7/11/97 0730 MYL Delco
990 KTKT Tucson, AZ 7/8/97 1130 News Bose
1020 KCKN Roswell, NM 6/29/97 2130 News Bose
1030 KTWO Casper, WY 7/9/97 2128 Country SR III
1070 KNX Los Angeles, CA 6/29/97 2132 Dramas Bose
1080 KRLD Dallas, TX 6/29/97 2135 Rangers Bose
1100 KCCF Phoenix, AZ 7/8/97 1115 Pop Music Bose
1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT 7/4/97 2300 Dramas SR III
1170 KVOO Tulsa, OK 7/9/97 2030 News SR III
1190 KMYL Phoenix, AZ 7/8/97 1100 MYL Bose
1200 WOAI San Antonio, TX 7/9/97 2045 Sports SR III
1310 KXAM Scottsdale, AZ 7/3/97 1000 Liddy Delco
1360 KGME Glendale, AZ 7/8/97 1030 Sports SR III
1510 KFNN Phoenix, AZ 7/3/97 0700 Financial SR III
1530 KFBK Sacramento, CA 7/6/97 2345 Talk SR III
1550 KUAZ Tucson, AZ 7/10/97 0730 NPR Delco
1580 KCWW Phoenix, AZ 7/6/97 2340 Country SR III
1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA 7/6/97 2330 Soul SR III
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David Moisan - dmoisan@xxxxxxxxx
This is a survey of AM DX in my area, Salem, MA, 20 miles NE of Boston. All
loggings made with a stock GE Superadio II with just the internal antenna.
July 16th-27th, 1997
530 CIAO?
570 WMCA, NYC
660 WFAN, NYC
690 CBF, Montreal PQ
700 WLW, Cincinatti, OH
CHSJ, St. John NB
710 WOR, NYC
730 CKAC?
740 CBL, Toronto ON
750 WSB, Atlanta GA
760 WJR, Detroit MI
770 WABC, NYC
780 CFDR, Dartmouth/Halifax, NS
810 WGY, Albany NY
820 WNYC, New York City
840 WHAS, Louisville KY
880 WCBS, NYC
1000 WMVP, Chicago IL
CKBW, Bridgewater NS
1010 WINS, NYC
1020 KDKA, Pittsburgh PA
1050 WEVD, NYC
1060 KYW, Philadelphia PA
1070 CBA, Moncton NB
1080 WTIC, Hartford, CT
1090 WBAL, Baltimore
1100 WTAM, Cleveland OH
1110 WBT, Charlotte NC
1130 WBBR, NYC
1170 WWVA, Wheeling, WV
1180 WHAM, Rochester, NY
1190 WOWO, Fort Wayne, IN
1210 WPHT, Philadelphia PA
1500 WTOP, Washington DC
1520 WWKB, Buffalo NY
1540 WDCD, Albany NY
1550 CBE, Windsor ON
1560 WQEW, NYC
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SHAWN AXELROD - saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 204-253-8644
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG
RECEIVER: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
ANTENNA: 4 FOOT BOX UNAMPLIFIED LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT LONG WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE
SPECIAL
1480 KLMS NE Lincoln 07/27 2252 Fair to good signals with One-on One
Sports. Several ID's as "Sports Radio 14-80" and " Lincoln's
Most Sports KLMS". New Format back to old calls (SA-MB)
1600-2400 HOURS
600 KSJB ND Jamestown 07/27 2210 Good signals with Country music.
Using a new slogan as "Roughrider Country" (SA-MB)
COMMENTS
At long last something to report. I have been enjoying the heat as you don't
have to:
1- Shovel it off the drive way
2- Pump it out of the basement
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Eric Baloun - ebaloun@xxxxxxx
I traveled all over the place to hear these stations some are old and some
are new,here is my list as of 7-28-97.
KWSU-1250, KCLK-1430, KUJ-1420, KPQ-560, KBSN-1470, KRLC-1350, KOZE-950,
KVNI-1080, CKWX-1130, KNZR-1560, KLER-1300, KNX-1070, KFBK-1530, KHTK-1140,
KRKO-1380, KDYL-1280, KSPT-1400, KOFE-1240, KMJY-700, KSBN-1230, KONA-610,
KOHU-1360, KALE-960, KUMA-1290, KWNC-1370, KNWX-770, KTRW-970, KOA-850,
KXNT-840, KOMO-1000, KLIX-1310, KJR-950, KOAL-750, KRPL-1400, KFLD-870,
KERR-750, KULE-7 30, KBOI-670, KUTI-980, KIRO-710, KSPO-810, KREW-1210,
KXLY-920, CJOV-680, KEYG- 1490, KWIQ-1020, & the last one is KANN-1120.
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Jean Burnell - jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AM-DX: DXpedition in Grayland
Here is a list of the stations logged during a DXpedition to Grayland, on
the Pacific coast of Washington State, USA. Full details will appear in DX
News, or I can send you the same as an attachment (Microsoft Word
5.1...Macintosh) if you E-mail me at jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jean Burnell, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
MW logs - DXpedition to Grayland, Washington State, USA
18 - 23 June, 1997
DXers: David Clark (Toronto, ON) Drake R8
John Fisher (Calgary, AB) Icom IC-R71A
John Bryant (Stillwater, OK) Japan Radio NRD-525
Nick Hall-Patch (Victoria, BC) homebrew receiver and Dymek DR333
Jean Burnell (St. John's, NF) Drake R8A
Antennas: Terminated long wires ca. 310 m directed towards New Zealand,
Australia, and Japan
180 RUSSIA R. Rossii?, Petropavlovsk
530 TURKS & CAICOS IS. R. Visisn Cristiana, South Caicos
531 AUSTRALIA 2MC, West Kempsey
531 JAPAN JOQG, NHK1, Morioka
531 NEW ZEALAND 1XPI, Pacific Islands R., Auckland
549 AUSTRALIA 2CR, ABC Regional R., Orange.
558 FIJI R. Fiji 1, Suva
576 AUSTRALIA 2RN, ABC R. National, Sydney
585 AUSTRALIA 7RN, ABC R. National, Hobart
594 AUSTRALIA 3WV, ABC Regional R., Horsham
594 NEW ZEALAND 3XL, R. Rhema, Timaru
612 AUSTRALIA 4QR, ABC Met. Svc., Brisbane
621 AUSTRALIA 3RN, ABC R. National, Melbourne
621 TUVALU T2U2, R. Tuvalu
639 FIJI R. Fiji 1, Lautoka
639 NEW ZEALAND 4YW, National R., Alexandra - presumed
648 NEW ZEALAND 2XC, R. Rhema, Napier
666 AUSTRALIA 2CN, ABC Met. Svc., Canberra - presumed
670 HAWAII KPUA, Hilo
675 AUSTRALIA 2CO, Corowa
675 NEW ZEALAND 3YA, National R., Christchurch
684 FIJI R. Fiji 1, Labasa
690 MEXICO XETRA, Tijuana
693 JAPAN JOAB, NHK2, Tokyo
702 AUSTRALIA 2BL, ABC Met. Svc., Sydney
702 JAPAN JOKD/JOFB, NHK2, Kitami/Hiroshima
720 AUSTRALIA 6WF, ABC Met. Svc., Perth
738 AUSTRALIA 2NR, ABC Regional R., Grafton (Lawrence)
738 FRENCH POLYNESIA RFO Tahiti, Mahina
747 JAPAN JOIB, NHK2, Sapporo
747.02 WESTERN SAMOA 2AP, Samoan BS, Apia
756 NEW ZEALAND 1YA, National R., Auckland
774 AUSTRALIA 3LO, ABC Met. Svc., Melbourne
774 AUSTRALIA 4TO, Townsville
774 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Suva
774 JAPAN JOUB, NHK2, Akita
783 NEW ZEALAND 2YB, Samoan Capital R., Wellington
792 AUSTRALIA 4RN, ABC R. National, Brisbane
800 ALASKA KINY, Juneau
810 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Labasa
819 NEW ZEALAND 1YZ, National R., Rotorua - presumed
828 AUSTRALIA unID stn: 3RN Sale??
828 JAPAN JOBB, NHK2, Osaka
830 HAWAII KHVH, Honolulu
837 AUSTRALIA 4RK, ABC Regional R., Rockhampton
846 AUSTRALIA 2RN, ABC R. National, Canberra
846 KIRIBATI R. Kiribati, Tarawa
855 AUSTRALIA 3CR, Melbourne - likely
855 AUSTRALIA 4QB/4QO, ABC Regional R., Maryborough/Eidsvold
855 NEW ZEALAND 1XH, R. Rhema, Hamilton
860 MEXICO XEMO, La Poderosa, Tijuana
864 AUSTRALIA 4GR, Toowoomba
864 AUSTRALIA 7RPH, Hobart
864 NEW ZEALAND 4ZA, Newstalk ZB, Invercargill
873 AUSTRALIA 6DB, ABC Regional R., Derby
882 JAPAN JOPK, NHK1, Shizuoka
891 AUSTRALIA 4TAB, Townsville
891 AUSTRALIA 5AN, ABC Met. Svc., Adelaide
891 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Lautoka
891 JAPAN JOHK, NHK1, Sendai
900 MEXICO XEW, Mexico City - presumed
936 AUSTRALIA 4PB, ABC Parliamentary & News Net., Brisbane
936 AUSTRALIA 7ZR, ABC Met. Svc., Hobart
954 AUSTRALIA 2UE, Sydney - presumed
972 NEW ZEALAND 2XG, R. Rhema, Wellington - tentative
1008 AUSTRALIA 4TAB, Brisbane
1008 NEW ZEALAND 1ZD, Newstalk ZB, Tauranga
1008 RUSSIA R. S. Yunost, Petropavlovsk or Khabarovsk
1017 TONGA A3Z, Tonga BC, Nuku'alofa
1026 AUSTRALIA 4MK, Mackay - likely
1026 NEW ZEALAND 1ZN, Whangarei
1035 JAPAN JOIC/JOHD, NHK2, Toyama/Takamatsu
1035 NEW ZEALAND 2ZB, Newstalk ZB, Wellington
1044 NEW ZEALAND 4ZB, Newstalk ZB, Dunedin
1053 Jammer
1062 AUSTRALIA 4TI, ABC Regional R., Thursday Island
1062 AUSTRALIA 5RN, ABC R. National, Renmark - presumed
1089 JAPAN JOHB, NHK2, Sendai
1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AD, R. Majuro
1098 NEW ZEALAND 3ZB, Newstalk ZB, Christchurch
1107 AUSTRALIA 2EA, Sydney
1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC, Brisbane
1116 NEW ZEALAND 2YX, National R., Nelson
1125 AUSTRALIA 1RPH, Canberra
1125 JAPAN NHK2 synchros, Okinawa et al.
1125 VANUATU R. Vanuatu, Port Vila
1134 AUSTRALIA 2AD, Armidale
1134 NEW ZEALAND 4YQ, National R., Queenston
1143 AUSTRALIA 2HD, Newcastle
1143 NEW ZEALAND 1YW, National R., Hamilton
1152 FIJI R. Fiji 1, Rakiraki - Paul Ormandy (NZ)
identified the site of this
transmitter, ex-1323
1179 JAPAN JOOR, Mainichi Hoso, Osaka
1179 VANUATU R. Vanuatu, Port Vila
1206 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Sigatoka
1215 NEW ZEALAND 1ZE, Kaikohe - presumed
1224 AUSTRALIA 3EA, Melbourne
1233 AUSTRALIA 2NC, ABC Met. Svc., Newcastle
1260 CANADA Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
1287 JAPAN JOHR, Hokkaido Hoso
1332 JAPAN JOSF, Tokai R. Hoso, Nagoya
1332 NEW ZEALAND 1XI, Radio I, Auckland - presumed
1368 AUSTRALIA 2GN, Goulburn - presumed
1386 JAPAN NHK2 synchros
1386 NEW ZEALAND R. Tarana, Auckland - likely
1413 AUSTRALIA 2EA, Newcastle - presumed
1422 JAPAN JORF, R. Nippon, Yokohama
1467 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Rakiraki
1475 MALAYSIA/SABAH RTM, Kota Kinabalu
1476.23 NEW ZEALAND 1XD, The Point, Auckland Airport
1503 JAPAN JOUK, NHK1, Akita
1503 Jammer
1512 AUSTRALIA 2RN, ABC R. National, Newcastle
1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD, ABC Regional R., Emerald
1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ, Far East BC, Cheju
1593 AUSTRALIA 3RG, Melbourne
1593 JAPAN JOQB/JOTB, NHK2, Niigata/Matsue
1602 JAPAN NHK2 synchros
1602 NEW ZEALAND 2XA, R. Reading Service, Levin
1620 AUSTRALIA 2AM, R. Edge, Caringbah
1620 AUSTRALIA 4ADR, Australian Dance Music R., Nerang
1620 AUSTRALIA R. Lebanon, Newcastle or Melbourne
1628.94 AUSTRALIA HRN, (Hospital R. Network), Newcastle
1638 AUSTRALIA 2ME, R. Lebanon, Castle Hill
1665 AUSTRALIA 2MM, Greek R., Kingsgrove
1680 U.S.A. WQO767, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
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MISC ITEMS
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Werner Funkenhauser - funk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
I have begun posting an index of changes made by the FCC to its AM database
by month. This file and future ones will be useful to DXers who don't wish
to download the full WHAMLOG files each month.
WHAM0697.ZIP is the first of these files which includes changes made to the
FCC datatbase from June 1 to July 3. The next of these files will be named
WHAM0797.ZIP, and so on.
WHAMLOG links: http://www.inforamp.net/~funk
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Jean Burnell - jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: West Coast TIS'
I wonder if you can help me with info (Call letters, location, power) for
two West Coast TIS stations that were quite well heard during the day at
Grayland WA:
1260 "Pacific Rim national Park Reserve" and
1610 Actually 2 TIS's here - one may have had call ending in "891", other
stronger one had "Forest Talk" from the Oregon State U.
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Mark Connelly - wa1ion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Initial Review of MFJ-1026 Phasing Unit
Mark Connelly, WA1ION - 20 JUL 1997
I've just received a new MFJ "Deluxe Noise Cancelling Signal Enhancer",
model number MFJ-1026. It offers the ability to null interference, whether
from electrical noise sources or actual transmitters. This is accomplished
by creating a 180 degree phase shift between two antennas that are
presenting equal-amplitude "pest" signals that cover desired DX. This is,
of course, the same principle used in the many "homebrew" / "d-i-y" units
out there (and also other commercial boxes such as JPS ANC-4 and SEM QRM
Eliminator).
In many cases, the unit could produce good nulls on steady groundwave
broadcast signals and electrical noises. The first thing I noticed, though,
was very high insertion loss on the lower half of the medium wave band.
Loss measured 5 dB or less above 1600 kHz, about 10 dB at 1300 kHz, 20 dB at
1000 kHz, 25 dB at 800 kHz, and a whopping (and totally unacceptable !) 30
dB at 600 kHz. The MFJ advertisement states "Works on all modes, VLF to
VHF". Strong local beacons "LQ" on 382 kHz (Lynn, MA) and "LW" - 402
(Andover, MA) are over S9 straight off the antenna, but were barely audible
with the MFJ-1026 in line. We're talking about a loss in the 50 dB range on
LF/VLF.
A quick examination of the circuit revealed the problem: Components
L4/C8/L3/R26 on the main antenna input and L5/C16/L6/R27 on the auxiliary
antenna input create a substantial amount of attenuation on frequencies much
below 2 MHz. Throwing warranty coverage to the wind, I attacked the circuit
board with the diagonal cutters and removed L5, L6, R27, L4, L3, and R26.
What a difference! Now there's plenty of signal across the entire spectrum
from 150 kHz to 30 MHz.
Two other obstacles were encountered: The phase adjustment range has
SLIGHTLY LESS than 180 degree coverage. Swapping the two antennas makes
this a non-issue because enough "lag" can be produced in cases where enough
"lead" can't be (and vice versa). I put a DPDT "swap switch" in to allow
the auxiliary antenna to go to the main path and the main antenna to go
through the auxiliary chain. Either the "as built" or reversed-inputs
configuration can now be selected and nulls can be obtained in almost every
circumstance. Besides the phase adjustment range problem, there's the not
surprising problem of active-broadband-circuit overload caused by 3-mile / 5
km distant WRKO-680 (50 kW). The simply remedies here are to use tuned
inputs such as loops or L-C tuned whips/wires - or, in cases of untuned wire
inputs, to just use less gain (as selected by the two 250-ohm input level
pots). Passive L-C and passive delay-line phasing units typically do not
have overload / intermodulation product problems, even with fire-breathing
WRKO down the street.
Over all, I would say that the MFJ-1026... WITH THE ABOVE MODIFICATIONS...
is a very capable phasing unit. I feel that it is clearly superior to the
ANC-4.
MFJ-1026 Field Testing comments - Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Here's a quick "heads up" on field testing of the modified MFJ-1026 phasing
unit done on Saturday, 26 JUL (local) from the Robbins Road - Holmes Field
beach-DXpedition site located off Route 3A in Plymouth, MA (approx. GC =
70.68 W / 41.98 N). I used the Drake R8A receiver. Both the R8A and the
MFJ-1026 were powered from the car battery. Two 90 ft. / 27 m wires lying
on the ground were used. The "main" antenna for the MFJ-1026 ran on a
slight downslope along the side of Robbins Road straight towards the sea at
a bearing of about 70 degrees. The "auxiliary" wire ran out at a right
angle into an open field of grass at an approximate 160 degree bearing. I
was on site at about 7 p.m. local / 2300 UTC. This is about an hour before
sunset. The two wires were laid out, narrowly missing a patch of poison ivy
and some "dog dirt": just a couple of "the hazards of DXpeditioning". I
felt that one of the big challenges would be to null WPLM-1390, located less
than 2 miles / 3 km from the site. Luckily, its very large signal did less
overloading damage than WRKO-680 does back at home near the Shawsheen River
marsh. Nulling WPLM a good 50 dB was easy ! It wasn't too long before
evidence of co-channel skip stations from ME, NY, and VT started bubbling in
behind the nulled WPLM audio. Better yet was rather good audio from
Netherlands on 1395 heard somewhat later ! The stations that the MFJ-1026
had the most trouble nulling were those with high-angle skip, especially if
some groundwave was blended in. The stations on the top end of the dial,
such as WNRB-1510, were particularly troublesome in this regard. Null
control settings required constant adjustment, especially in the period from
an hour before sunset to an hour after. The best sustained null depth I
could manage on stations such as WNRB, WDCD, and WQEW was about 15 dB
(although momentarily-deeper nulls popped in and out). Shortwave DXers will
probably experience similarly "jumpy" results above 2 MHz. Pure
"groundwavers" like WPLM and longer-skip / lower-frequency stations such as
WLW-700 nulled more deeply and for greater time intervals between required
control re-adjustments. These results are consistent with those found for
any previous-used phasing scheme, whether delay-line, tuned L-C, or other.
Physically-large antennas often help to reduce some of the problems with
jumpiness and shallow null depth on short-skip and higher-frequency
propagation. There's only so much you can get out of physically-small
antennas, regardless of the phasing method employed. Theoretically, a
computer-controlled system could accurately "chase" the optimum null in real
time, but no one has made this idea a reality yet.
As the evening progressed, the MFJ-1026 / phased wires set-up proved its
value as numerous Trans-Atlantic stations were logged. Some of these came
in fine on the 70-degree "Euro-wire" without the need for phasing, but, in a
number of instances, phasing the two wires made the difference between a
slop-plagued DX signal and crystal clarity. The two Croatia stations (1125
and 1134) come to mind. WBBR-1130 New York has a VERY strong signal at
night here in eastern Massachusetts. Indeed, outside the immediate
groundwave zones of locals, it's one of the five strongest stations night
after night. WQEW-1560 and WDCD-1540 would also be on the "King Kongs of
medium-wave skip" list. When I was tuned to 1134, Croatia was running a good
S9+20, but it was still trashed by WBBR slop at times - even on the
"Euro-wire". With a few quick twists of the controls on the MFJ-1026, WBBR
was reduced by better than 20 dB and Croatia-1134 roared in with absolutely
beautiful audio. On peaks, it was stronger than what was left of WBBR. Not
only did the phasing accomplish a nice clean-up on 1134, but also the
much-weaker Croatian on 1125 was brought into the clear with just a bit of
co-channel flak from Spain. Prior to phasing, it didn't have a ghost of a
chance against the barrage of WBBR slop.
At the end of this report, I've included a concise loggings list from the
MFJ-1026 DX test session in Plymouth.
Earlier on 26 JUL, I had done a few daytime DX tests of the MFJ-1026 from
Harwich, MA on Cape Cod. The first battery of tests involved feeding a
Quantum Loop into the MFJ-1026 "main" input and using the 1026's built-in
broadband active whip as the "auxiliary". With the loop at normal (i.e.
high) Q, audio null depths only reached about 20 dB (versus better than 40
dB for carrier). This is consistent with previous nulling scenarios where a
high-Q tuned source is phased against a broadband one. You get what sounds
like a double-sideband suppressed carrier signal. If the desired DX is more
than 20 dB below the dominant, you probably won't hear it even during stable
midday conditions. Q-spoiling the Quantum Loop (15K resistor shunting the
L-C tank) increases nullability of "pests" maybe to 30 dB, but the loop's
usable sensitivity is compromised. At night, this is probably a non-issue
(except in aurora), but during the day you need every bit of signal you can
squeeze out of the small loop. The MFJ-1026's active whip, by the way, had
good sensitivity and low amplifier noise: above 800 kHz its usable signal
capture was comparable to that of the Quantum Loop at normal Q. Even at 530
kHz, it provided threshold daytime audibility of Turks & Caicos on 530 kHz
from Harwich: that's just about as good as the loop. On an outdoor sloper
to the top of a 20 m / 66 ft. pitch pine tree, Turks & Caicos groundwave
runs about S5 to S6 on the R8A.
A second battery of tests at Harwich used two wires at a right angle
(similar to the set-up employed at Plymouth). Daytime nulls were smooth
("like butter" some would say). WGAN-560 was easily dumped to reveal WHYN,
near-equal WPRO and CFCY on 630 could each be brought up alone, much the
same on 740 with WJIB and WGSM, WJTO on 730 was nulled a good 30 dB to pull
out WACE over CKAC, strong WCLZ-900 was phased under the co-channel
CKDH/WMVU mix, WWNH-930 easily surrendered to CFBC, and so forth. Nulling
with two wires was decidedly better than any loop-versus-whip or loop-
versus-wire scheme.
Nulling with the MFJ-1026 was easier than with a JPS ANC-4 and most of the
homebrew units I've used over the last 30 years. It must be stated that
some rather simple, but totally necessary, modifications had to be made to
the stock MFJ-1026 to get it to up to "world class" medium-wave performance.
The first modification is to correct for excessive signal loss at
frequencies below 2 MHz. The unit is advertised as covering down to VLF,
but its stock version has insertion losses ranging from 5 dB at the top of
the medium-wave band (1700 kHz) to more than 30 dB of loss down at 530 kHz.
By the time you get down to the European longwave broadcast frequencies,
there is so much loss that you might as well be receiving on a dummy load.
Removing six high- pass filtering components - L5, L6, R27, L3, L4, R26 -
totally corrected this problem. Apparently the engineering people decided
that this was going to be a shortwave-only unit when the advertising
department thought that writing it up as having coverage down to VLF sounded
nice ... clearly, somewhere along the line, there was a failure to
communicate.
The second modification corrects for an inability, in some cases, to obtain
enough phase shift to produce nulls. If the phase adjustment covered 0 to
180 degrees, then setting the reverse switch gives us 180 to 360 degrees
(also expressable as -180 to 0 degrees). But what if the phase adjustment
range at some frequencies is only 0 to 120 degrees ? The inverted setting
will be 180 to 300 degrees. If we have the need for a shift of 150 degrees
to obtain a given null, this condition will not be producible. Judging by
some of the medium-wave nulling tests, lack of sufficient phase-shift range
does appear to be a problem. Luckily, there is a relatively simple
solution: reversing the antenna inputs so that what had been the "main"
antenna during a non-working null scenario becomes the "auxiliary" and what
had been the "auxiliary" becomes the "main". In the example above, we'd
change the +150 required shift to -150 degrees, which is equal to +210
degrees (-150+360). This is now within the window of possible adjustments.
As long as the adjustment range is better than 90 degrees, it will be
possible to cover all required nulls if the channels are made "swappable".
Tests performed still show a few cases where a null occurs at either the
extreme right or left setting of the phase shift control, but at least a
null can be produced with the antennas connected one way or the other. A
double-pole / double-throw (DPDT) "swap switch" was added to facilitate full
null coverage. I mounted it on the rear of the unit because of limited
space on the front panel. Two lines were cut to allow swap switch use. The
first of these was the lead from the SW4B arm to the R20 pot (auxiliary
level). The second cut was in the line from C8 to the R9 pot (main level).
With the DPDT switch set to "normal", the switch completes the
previously-wired paths: SW4B arm to R20; C8 to R9. In its "swapped"
position, the SW4B arm gets connected to R9 and C8 gets connected to R20. A
couple of minutes spent studying the schematic and board layout should make
it obvious how to install this modification. Conceivably increasing the
value of the phase shift circuit component C12 could also increase the
phase-shifting range. I'm thinking of putting a varactor circuit in the box
in place of SW2A, C12, and C13. The potentiometer installed (in lieu of the
SW2 high / low frequency range switch) to adjust the varactor capacitance
could act as a "vernier" for nailing down deeper nulls.
Once the MFJ-1026 is modified, it makes a very competent phasing unit that
will undoubtedly bring the technology into the hands of many DXers who have
not previously experienced its value in bringing new stations out of "the
mud".
APPENDIX: MFJ-1026 Field Test Logs (Drake R8A, MFJ-1026, two wires)
CHRONOLOGICAL LOG (Robbins Road: Plymouth, MA) -=- Mark Connelly
26 JUL 1997
(* 2348-2359 UTC *) Algeria-891, Morocco-1044, Libya-1251, Mauritania-1349,
Algeria-1544
27 JUL 1997
(* 0000-0059 UTC *) Germany-1422 (o/ Algeria), Netherlands-1395,
Spain-Canaries-1179, Croatia-1134, UK-1215 (o/ Spain), Spain & unID's -
1296, N. Ireland-1341, unID (MidEast ?)-1531.3, Sao Tome(t)-1530,
Kuwait-1548, Spain/Italy-1575, Norway-1314, Slovakia(/Czech?) o/Spain-1287,
probable France/Ireland-1278, Germany-1269, UK-1197, Spain-1143,
Croatia/Spain-1125, Spain-1107, Slovakia-1098
27 JUL 1997
(* 0100-0115 UTC *) UK-1089, intermittent 1088 het: probably Angola,
UK-1053, Spain-1044, Spain-1026, Germany-1017, UK-882 o/ Spain/Canaries,
Egypt-864, unID weak het-863.8a, Spain-855 o/presumed Romania music,
Italy-846, Egypt-819, Spain/Egypt-774, Switzerland-765, Germany-756,
Netherlands-747
Some Europeans below 747 were also in, but they were not that strong
compared to the mid-band DX. Anyway (by 0120 UTC), I had to leave the site
to go back home to the rest of the family.
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Alan Merriman - merriman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Radio London - The Original
After reading a number of postings about the rebirth of Radio London I was
moved to do something I haven't done for years. Got out one of my QSL
Albums to look at my cards from the original. Have two different cards, one
is a black on white card with a large "rl" on the right and the reception
info on the left. This was for reception on 14 September 1965 from 0508 to
0531 GMT on 1133 kcs with a power of 25000 watts. Also have a second card
which shows a photo of the ship.
Once started I couldn't stop with just Radio London. Also have QSLs from
Britain Radio-845, photo of the ship which was also the home of Radio
England-1322 which I can't remember ever hearing; Radio 270-1115 large photo
QSL showing the ship and a red/white "Fight For Free Radio" sticker; Radio
Caroline North-1520, photo of the ship; Radio Caroline South letter on a
Radio Caroline letterhead; Radio Veronica-1562 photo QSL of the ship and
Radio Nordsee International-1367, full color photo of the ship. This one
was on 1610 kHz when it first came on the air - the first station on the
X-band!
Others I can remember hearing but do not have QSLs from are Radio 773 which
was often heard but I never got around to sending a report; Radio City-1034
and Radio Scotland-1259 both tentative receptions one time only and never
reported and Radio Dolfijn-1322 which was easily heard and reported several
times but they never replied.
One interesting story concerning Radio Caroline North-1520. On December 7,
1964 KGMN (Now KFXX) in Oregon City, Oregon ran a DX Program which was on
from 0900-1000 GMT. Reception of this in the Eastern U.S. was almost
impossible due to Radio Caroline North just booming in the entire hour the
program was on. I was able to get bits and pieces from KGMN using a loop to
null Caroline; on the wire antennas Caroline was completely dominant.
Aah! Those were the days.
PS: The receptions mentioned above were made from a QTH in Northern Virginia
about 7 miles SW of Washington, D.C.
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Frank Aden, Jr. (WVLL23A@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Joe Berry in Bend is wondering who is running asian/vietnanmese on 1060?
We are planning a beverage expedition in the 1st or 2nd weekend of Oct.
south of Boise. Will issue more details later.
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Aussie Updates - Paul Ormandy, paulorm@xxxxx,nz
I have recently compiled a list of changes to Australian MW broadcasters
gleaned from info contained in the New Zealand Radio DX League's "DX Times"
and DXers Calling magazine of the same name. In addition, the expanded-band
operations are mentioned in more detail. I would appreciate any corrections
or additions to the following: (FPl: - Future Plans)
783 FPl: 4VL Charleville to move here ex-918, with 10kW
918 FPl: 4VL Charleville to go to 783 with 10kW
918 FPl: 4VL Cunnamulla, here ex-1584, with 2kW
1008 FPl: 6TAB Geraldton WA
1017 FPl: 6?? Bunbury WA
1062 5?? ABC Radio National, Renmark (transmitter located at Berri). Pwr: 2,
2.5 or 5kW according to various sources.
1323 FPl: 6TAB Northam WA
1359 FPl: 3TAB Mildura
1377 FPl: 6?? Manjimup WA
1404 FPl: 6?? Busselton WA
1422 FPl: 6TAB Wagin WA
1431 FPl: 6TAB Kalgoorlie
1449 FPl: 6TAB Mandurah WA
1557 FPl: 5TAB Renmark/Loxton SA
1584 FPl: 4VL Cunnamulla, to go to 918 with 2kW
1620 2AM "The Edge", Caringbah. V/s John Wright. QTH: 31 Chamberlain Ave,
Caringbah, NSW 2228. Pwr: 400w. Ethnic/Tourist programming.
1620 FPl: 2?? Newcastle operation of 2ME 1638. Not // 1638, same v/s & QTH
etc. Pwr planned to be 400w.
1620 4ADR Nerang. V/s Steve Harvey. QTH: Box 609, Nerang, QLD 4211. Pwr:
400w.
1620 FPl: 3ME? Melbourne operation of 2ME 1638. Pwr planned as 400w
1629 3MM? "Greek Radio" Melbourne, see 1665 2MM for details. Pwr: 100w, FPl:
400w.
1629 3?? "Footscray Community Broadcasters", Footscray. V/s Mr. Santana.
QTH: 90 Maribyrnong St., Footscray, Vic 3011. Pwr: 50w FPl: 150w. Prog
in SS & Vietnamese.
1629 3?? "Hospital Radio Network", Newcastle. V/s Peter Blacklock. QTH: 70
Dawson St., Cooks Hill, NSW 2300. Pwr: 100w, FPl: 400w
1638 2ME Castle Hill. V/s Syd Merhi. QTH: 5 Phoenix St., Castle Hill, NSW
2112. Lebanese programming. Pwr: 392w.
1665 2MM "Greek Radio", Kingsgrove. V/s Demis Psomas. QTH: Mars Media &
Broadcasting Group, Locked Bag 888, St Peters, NSW 2044. Pwr: 400w.
1683 2?? "Club AM', Kingsgrove. V/s Con Nicholas. QTH: P O Box 150,
Earlwood, NSW 2206. Pwr: 25w, FPl: 400w. Reported off air at end of
July. Greek programming.
1692 4?? "Hott FM", Nerang. V/s Peter Tate. QTH: Box 781, Nerang QLD 4211.
Pwr: 10w. Announcer training school. Reported off air.
1701 3?? "Al Shark Radio", Richmond. V/s Lee Hubber. QTH: 124A Johnson St,
Fitzroy, NSW 3065. Pwr: unknown, presume 50-100w.
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Tim Hall - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(TRH-CA) Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA ICF2010, KIWA Loop
Regarding reports of a station called XEVNA2 on 980 kHz in Tijuana:
I live a few miles from Tijuana and the only thing I notice on 980 is that
KFWB is stronger than ever. Maybe they got the 30kW CP or whatever it was
on the air?
The recently-publicized list of Mexican expanded band allocations is bad
news for me if accurate. Most of the allocations are in border cities, and
as Mexican stations tend to come on the air much faster than US stations,
they could have the whole band clogged up before I can take advantage of any
new US stations. Strange though, as Mexican stations have been fleeing the
high end of the dial for 6 or 7 years now, in favor of the formerly-clear
channels at the low end of the dial. Maybe they're just reserving the
rights now in case they want to use them later?
Pirate station on 1620 has been gone for a few weeks now.
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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - Philip_Bytheway@xxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary July 18 1997 through August 6 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
7/18 70 6 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
19 71 8 2 very low quiet-unsettled -
20 71 5 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
21 71 5 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
22 72 2 1 very low quiet -
23 76 4 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
24 79 10 2 low quiet-unsettled -
25 80 4 1 low quiet -
26 77 3 1 very low quiet -
27 75 5 0 very low quiet -
28 74 3 2 very low quiet -
29 73 2 2 very low quiet -
30 z 4 5 very low quiet-mis -
7/31 70 20 3 very low quiet-mis -
8/ 1 71 7 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
2 71 3 1 very low quiet -
3 72 9 3 very low quiet-unsettled -
4 z z z z z -
5 75 2 0 very low quiet -
8/ 6 77 0 1 very low quiet -
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END of August 7 1997 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash" - Philip_Bytheway@xxxxxxx