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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - January 29 1998
Vol 3 No 44
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CPC DX tests summary
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Bill Hale - 6124 Roaring Springs Dr, N Richland Hills TX 76180-5552
phantom2@xxxxxxxx
Bill has volunteered to be the CPC chairman for the NRC. Right now
Bill is looking for target station lists and stamps or money to help
get the lists worked on.
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!
Saturday, January 31, 1998 - WVNS-670, Claremont, VA will conduct a
DX test at 20,000 watts daytime power between 12:00 & 2:00 AM EST. The
test will include tones, code, and voice IDs. Reception reports may be
sent to:
Mr. Pat Murphy
WVNS-AM
410 Briar Hill Road
Norfolk, VA 23502
(Note: Prepaid (not collect) phone calls will be taken at
(757)461-6767.) (Arranged by Pat Murphy & Dave Schmidt)
Sat, February 21, 1998 - WAMS-1380, Wilmington, DE 12:00-2:00 am EST.
Sat, February 21, 1998 - WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE 1:00-3:00 am EST.
Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or 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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HOT STUFF
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I phoned KPAM-860 today (1/23) and was told they are operating with
their 5KW and are directional over Portland to the SW. They apparently
do have a null in my directional. They have 4 towers.
KAST-1370 per phone call to the secretary said, their plans to operate
on 1700 will be put off for "a while" as they need the money. So it
looks like they wont be signing on too soon.
I also received a QSL from DZEC-1062 khz Quezon City for Phil. #17.
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Jack Searle of Haumoana, reports that the new NZer on 999kHz is "Access
Radio" from Palmerston North.
More details will follow as they come available.
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail Lfreshwate@xxxxxxx
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.
A COMPLETE LISTING OF CALL LETTER UPDATES IS AVAILABLE AT:
http:// members.aol.com/bcblogbook/main.htm
PREPARED ON 1/28/98
Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL CALL
KKWK St. Louis, MO 1380 WKBQ
** 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
WNMT Nashwauk, MN 650 WKKQ
WDOT Plattsburgh, NY 1070 WZBZ
WTBC Tuscaloosa, AL 1230 WTNW
WMML Glens Falls, NY 1230 WBZA
KKSC Brawley, CA 1300 KROP
KMKY Oakland, CA 1310 KDIA
WJTD Wellston, OH 1330 WYPC
KTLS Holdenville, OK 1370 KKNG
KZSF San Jose, CA 1370 KKSJ
KWBK Beaumont, TX 1380 KJUS
WBZA Glens Falls, NY 1410 WSTL
WWKL Harrisburg, PA 1460 WCMB
WGNR Anderson, IN 1470 WHUT
WUBR Whitehall, MI 1490 WEFG
KMRI West Valley City, UT 1550 KRGO
Nothing new on the expanded band this week, some new stations have been
granted, but no calls as yet.
ONE CORRECTION...... Last time we listed calls for 1630 - Augusta, Ga
as WANX... That is INCORRECT.. The calls should be WAWX.....My
mistake, and thanks to Larry Godwin for spotting the error....
* 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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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.20 W / 41.65 N)
(Windmill Beach: River St. at Willow St.)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems - MFJ-1024 whip, RL-1 remotely-tuned loop, 30 m wire,
SCC-1 single-channel controller, Superphaser-1
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
907.8 GAMBIA, R. Syd, Banjul, JAN 18 2332 - bits of audio in tough
slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1197 LESOTHO, BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, JAN 18 2205 - BBC EE world news
mentioning the Middle East. There was an on- the-scene
correspondent who said "Authorities are patrolling the border."
To fair peak during semi-auroral conditions. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JAN 18 2210 - AA talk;
strong carrier / weak audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, JAN 18 2215 - US EE preacher; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 TURKS & CAICOS, R. Vision Cristiana, JAN 18 2356 - mellow SS folk
religious vocal; local-like. Interestingly, most nights, this
overwhelms the Weston, MA (Massachusetts Turnpike) TIS station
at locations where the "Tune to 530" signs appear along Route
128. [Connelly*Y-MA]
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, JAN 18 2356 - ministry program with a
Chicago address; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, JAN 18 2344 - SS newstalk mentioning
Puerto Rico, Washington, and liberals. Very strong, well over
the WPRO/CFCY/CHLT mix. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JAN 19 0002 - big-band
Cuban jazz & SS vocal, // 660, over several others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JAN 18 2328 - Antena Dos
ID over other Latin American. [Connelly*Y-MA]
660 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, JAN 19 0002 - // 640 with
big-band Cuban jazz with vocal; in WFAN null. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JAN 18 2338 - SS female
folk vocal with acoustic guitar (style of Joan Baez); loud /
dominant, // 600 & others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 COLOMBIA, HJCZ, Bogota, JAN 18 2337 - old-fashioned romantic SS
vocal with accordions & electric organ, then R. Recuerdos ID;
good with CBF phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, JAN 19 0003 - carnival-type music //
600 & 670; loud, over WOR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
730 BRAZIL, JAN 18 2234 - PP religious program briefly over Latin
American jumble; CKAC phased. This was likely Emissora Rural
(ZYI780) in Petrolina (as noted with similar programming by the
NFDX '97 crew). [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 GUYANA, R. Roraima, 8RG, Georgetown, JAN 18 2232 - most likely
this with a Black / Caribbean - accented preacher; over YV/HJ/ZY
mix with WJR phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, JAN 19 0008 - US
soul & Caribbean hits; mixed with CFDR C&W. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 BRAZIL, ZYJ459, Rio de Janeiro, JAN 18 2329 - PP talk mentioning
Mato Grosso, Porto Alegre, and the Catholic church. Then there
was a good "CBN" network ID. The signal was surprisingly loud;
CJBC nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1030 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJER, Cali, JAN 18 2340 - SS fast talk
by man, // 650; mixed with second LA (Argentina ?); WBZ phased.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1060 CUBA, CMDX, Baracoa, JAN 18 2330 - loud with "Billie Jean" by
Michael Jackson, then woman in SS - usual boxy, overdriven
audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1090 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, Cucuta/Sogamoso, JAN 18 2251 - SS news
mentioning Cartagena, // 1100; in mix with WBAL & YVSZ.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJAT, Barranquilla, JAN 18 2248 - CARACOL
mention in jumble with apparent Brazil and others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1160 BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, JAN 18 2300 - BBC World Service
announcements of upcoming programs including one on human
cloning, then announcement "This is London." followed by the
Lilybolero interval music and news with a lead item about Iraq.
Strong, way over WSKW & others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1180 CUBA, R. Rebelde, JAN 18 2301 - // 600 with SS female rock vocal;
loud / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1280 BERMUDA, VSB2, Hamilton, JAN 18 2305 - US-accented news ended,
then there was a Bible reading called "the VSB Good News word
for today", a hymn followed. Good, well over a PP station
believed to be Tupi-Brazil; WADO (SS) in phase null.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1505 ANGUILLA, R. Anguilla, The Valley, JAN 18 2308 - Caribbean-EE
sports reports mentioning the World Cup; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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Jay Novello (with help and support from Marie) - Wake Forest, NC
- rec.radio.cruise
We spent a week at the beginning of 1998 cruising the Western
Caribbean on Royal Caribbean's "Enchantment of the Seas". The cruise
left from the Port of Miami, took us to Cozumel on the eastern coast of
Mexico, then to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and to Georgetown, Grand Cayman,
then returned to Miami.
Since this trip offered the appealing idea of a mobile location
from which to monitor local radio, I took along a collection of
receiving and recording equipment and attempted a survey of the local
and regional radio audible in that part of the world. There were more
than enough signals present on both AM and FM to keep me busy during
the time I wasn't otherwise occupied; in fact, I doubt I would have had
a chance to ID all the Mexican and (especially) Cuban stations if I had
twice as much free time.
One problem became evident immediately upon boarding the ship: the
thing is one giant QRM factory. Almost every light bulb on board is a
small flourescent device, which throws a racket on the MW band when in
proximity; even worse, however, is the fact that these lights feed
noise back into the AC line. As a result, MW is almost completely
obliterated by noise when attempting to power the receiver with an AC
adapter, and I wound up using batteries the entire time.
In fact, the noise radiating from the AC lines is at such a level
that listening inside the passenger cabins is mostly fruitless; careful
positioning of the radio in the center of the room's window will bring
in locals and stronger stations at night. Monitoring from the outside
decks on floors 4, 5 and 10 were quickly ruled out since they only
offered a view toward one side or the other, and the overhead ceiling
not only contained power lines but blocked signals as well.
After considerable searching, we found the best monitoring location
to be on the 11th floor observation deck, at the highest and nearly
most forward public space on board. The sky was open overhead and on
both sides, and there were no walls containing power lines in the
vicinity. There was one annoying problem even with this deck; it was
in the field of a couple of rotating direction-finding devices at the
highest point on the ship, which would cause a brief QRM sweep every 2
1/2 seconds. I learned to live with this noise, though, and on the two
occasions when the ship was actually docked at a port of call, these
devices were turned off.
I had originally intended to concentrate on taping music from the
local and regional Cuban MW stations, to prepare a sequel to the Cuban
Music page I put together a few years ago
(http://itre.ncsu.edu/music/cuban-music.html). I took some reference
material along since I planned on doing a bandscan, too. Well, it
struck me a little too late into the trip that it might be fun to try
to tape as many ID's from those same Cuban stations and use them to
"illustrate" the bandscan. The bandscan appears with the samples I've
done to date at http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/cruise/. I regret not
approaching this with a little more discipline, since I found out on
the last day at sea that I could hear just about any of the small Cuban
stations in the vicinity with some careful targeting, tuning and
nulling. That's OK with me, though; it's an excuse to go back.
The equipment used included an aging and travel-battered Sony
ICF-2010, a GE SuperRadio III, and an Aiwa recording cassette personal
stereo, fed with an attenuating patch cord; and a Sony ICF-1000T
cassette/receiver, given a boost by a Kiwa Pocket Loop. I have mixed
feelings about the 1000T; it's well-built and sounds fine with
headphones. It is quite selective and the synchronous detector does a
good job dealing with adjacent channel QRM. However, it would benefit
greatly from a wider bandwidth on AM, and the frequency response of its
built-in cassette recorder could be better on the high end. In
addition, its sensitivity leaves a little to be desired; it seems to
have good dynamic range, though, and can handle strong signal input
without overloading. The Kiwa Pocket Loop is an excellent match,
especially when patched directly into the AM antenna input. In
addition, this combination provided considerable rejection of the
broad-banded direction-finding QRM. Between the two recording devices,
I filled 32 C-90's with music and ID's.
The loggings below each carry a designation with the date and
general location of reception. Here are some details of those
locations:
MIA 1/3 - Inside a hotel in downtown Miami.
at sea 1/4 - Cruising along the upper Florida Keys in the evening.
The ship left Miami at 1700 local.
at sea 1/5 - Cruising westward along the coast of northwestern Cuba;
provinces of La Habana, Ciudad de la Habana,
and Pinar del Rio nearby.
Cozumel 1/6 - In port at Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Local stations were the ones in Cozumel, Cancun
and Chetumal.
at sea 1/7 - Cruising eastward roughly along the 19th parallel
between Cozumel and Jamaica, skirting the Cayman
Islands, with a clear shot to the Cuban provinces of
La Habana, Matanzas, and Cienfuegos.
JA 1/8 - In port at Ocho Rios, Jamaica, mostly taping local FM,
but also near Cuba's provinces of Granma and Santiago
de Cuba.
Caymans 1/9 - Anchored off Georgetown, Grand Cayman. Best chance
at Cuban provinces of Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus,
Ciego de Avila, and Camaguey.
At sea 1/10 - Cruising back around the westernmost part of Cuba.
MIA 1/11 - Back in port in Miami, and monitoring from the
airport in Fort Lauderdale.
The bandscan -- All times local (EST)
530 TURKS AND CAICOS R Vision Cristiana, North End; usual stuff (at
sea 1/3)
550 CUBA: R Rebelde, Pinar del Rio, PR and others; //96.7, audio
sounded like STL mistuned (at sea 1/5)
JAMAICA: RJR Montego Bay, with "Family Counselors" callin show
0930 (at sea 1/7)
560 USA: WQAM Miami, pro football game (MIA 1/3)
CUBA: R Rebelde, unknown site (JA 1/8)
570 CUBA: R Reloj, Pilon, GR (?); very strong at sea 1/7, also (at
sea 1/4)
USA: WHNZ, Pinellas Park FL, "570 WINS" nx format (at sea 1/5)
580 JAMAICA: RJR Galina, //550 (at sea 1/7)
590 USA: WAFC Clewiston FL, "Radio Fiesta" Mexican ranchera stuff
(MIA 1/3)
CUBA: R Rebelde, Santa Clara VC; this channel noted playing
classical mx 1030 not // to 550, 710, 96.7, etc; does not carry
"Noticiero Nacional de Radio" at 1300. Heard a nice program of
Isaac Albeniz piano compositions. (at sea 1/5)
600 CUBA: R Rebelde, Urbano Noris HO; playing Bee Gees "Words",
strong signal (at sea 1/7)
610 USA: WIOD Miami, "NewsRadio 610" (MIA 1/3)
620 USA: WSUN St Petersburg, 1000 relaying TV nxcast (at sea 1/5)
CUBA: R Rebelde, Colon, MA (JA 1/8)
640 CUBA: R Progreso, Guanabacoa, HA; beautiful daytime signal (MIA
1/3)
USA: WLVJ, Royal Palm Beach-Ft Lauderdale-Miami, "Family Value
Radio" blowing away R Progreso in the evenings with PT Christian
preaching (MIA 1/3)
650 CUBA: R Sandino, Pinar del Rio, PR; already on at 1700, so not
"2300-0300" as in WRTH 98; nice signal in Rebelde null. Likes
to semi-ID as "Super Onda". (at sea 1/5) Election stuff, ID 1600
(at sea 1/10)
CUBA: R Rebelde, much stronger signal than either 1 kW xmtr in
WRTH would suggest, but heard when in Ocho Rios so I suppose
this could plausibly be the Santiago de Cuba or Media Luna, GR
site. (JA 1/8)
670 USA: WWFE Hialeah, "La Fe", but Greek music heard Saturday at
1815 with lots of "Kyprios" mentions, numerous ads for White's
Chapel Lane (?) (MIA 1/3)
CUBA: R Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, CH (at sea 1/5)
680 CUBA: R Progreso, Ciego de Avila, CA (at sea 1/7)
690 CUBA: R Progreso, Jovellanos, MA (at sea 1/4 nighttime)
700 CUBA: R Enciclopedia, Guantanamo, GU (? - only 1 kW in WRTH); no
ID heard 1700, but format fits: all instrumental mx, announced
by woman (JA 1/8)
710 USA: WAQI Miami, Cuban exile programming (MIA 1/3)
CUBA: R Rebelde, La Julia HA and probably others; strong (at sea
1/7)
720 JAMAICA: RJR (JA 1/8)
730 CUBA: R Progreso, La Fe, IJ (at sea 1/5 and 1/7)
740 MEXICO: XEPET Peto, Yucatan, possibly the one with program about
"la botana" (?), ads for Coke, Wal-Mart and Cerveza Iron Cross,
prices in pesos, semi-ID'ing as "Radio Formula Cadena Nacional".
(at sea 1/5)
750 USA: WSB Atlanta (at sea 1/4 nighttime)
CUBA: R Rebelde, WRTH 98 lists only 1 kW from Trinidad, SS here;
strong daytime (at sea 1/7)
760 CUBA: R Reloj, Guanabacoa HA (at sea 1/7)
770 USA: unID FL talk station with "Florida Forum" (at sea 1/5)
JAMAICA: RJR, Spur Tree JA (at sea 1/7)
COLOMBIA: RCN Bogota (at sea 1/7 nighttime)
790 CUBA: R Reloj, Pinar del Rio PR (at sea 1/5)
800 CUBA: R Progreso, Manzanillo GR listed in WRTH as as 1 kW, strong
(at sea 1/5)
810 MEXICO: XERB, Sol Stereo, Cozumel QR, Ace Hardware and building
supply ads, // 89.9, gives calls and 810 AM in occasional canned
IDs. (Cozumel 1/6)
820 CUBA: R Ciudad de la Habana, Santa Catalina, CH; announcing 94.?
FM and 820 AM. Airs "Noticiero Nacional de Radio" 1300, // to
just about every other Cuban station except R Reloj, R
Enciclopedia and the 590 Rebelde outlet. (at sea 1/4) Symphonic
mx 1400, no ID (at sea 1/10)
USA: WZTM, Largo FL, "Sports Radio 820 The Bay" (at sea 1/5)
830 unID with Palabra de Dios stuff (at sea 1/4 nighttime)
840 CUBA: Dobleve, Santa Clara, VC (MIA 1/4 and at sea 1/5) ID 1600
(at sea 1/10)
USA: WHAS, Louisville KY (at sea 1/4 nighttime)
850 USA: presumed WEAT, West Palm Beach FL, "850 News Radio". No
real ID heard (MIA 1/4)
CUBA: R Reloj, unknown site (at sea 1/5)
CUBA: R Progreso, Baracoa, GU (at sea 1/7)
859.9 MEXICO: XECTL, R Chetumal, Chetumal QR, surprised to hear this
with baladas instead of Cancun local, mentioning "Cadena Radio
Tucuman" (?) (Cozumel 1/6)
860 MEXICO: XECCM, R Caribe, Cancun QR, lots of "Turquesa" mentions,
ID 1108 with mentions of 5 kW, "La Mexicana", and "Instituto
Quintanarooense de Comunicaciones Social". (at sea 1/10)
870 CUBA: R Reloj, unknown site (at sea 1/7)
880 CUBA: R Progreso, Pinar del Rio PR (at sea 1/7)
USA: WCBS, New York (at sea 1/4 nighttime)
890 CUBA: R Progreso, Santiago de Cuba, SC with Top 20 countdown in
progress 1015 Saturday; DJ would play the record at each
position from the national chart, then the international chart.
Location as listed in multiple recent AMDXNF loggings, but seems
a bit far afield for daytime reception in Miami. (MIA 1/4)
900 USA: unID domestic, white Christian preacher, weak downtown (MIA
1/4)
910 CUBA: R Metropolitana, Arroyo Arenas CH; DJ tele-talk, IDs 1520
and 1530, strong (at sea 1/10)
930 CUBA: R Reloj, Las Tunas LT (at sea 1/4 nighttime and 1/7)
940 USA: WINZ, local yak, Tylenol ads, traffic, weather, "Super Talk"
(MIA 1/4)
CUBA: R Progreso, Holguin HO? No Reloj heard here (at sea 1/7)
950 CUBA: R Reloj, Sancti Spiritus SS? strong, can't believe 1 kW as
in WRTH (at sea 1/5)
960 CUBA: R Reloj, Guantanamo GU (at sea 1/7)
unID Mexican
970 USA: WFLA Tampa, tele-talk (at sea 1/10)
980 USA: WHSR Pompano Beach, ID assumed, brokered ethnic programming.
Heard program called "Jewish Talk Radio" ending 1000, followed
by dead air, no ID, standard disclaimer, and into Italian
program. Fair in WFBA splash. (MIA 1/4)
CUBA: COCO/CMCK "El Periodico del Aire", Sapo, CH; promo giving
station address; formal ID 1500, announced // 91.7 (at sea 1/10)
990 USA: WFBA Miami, R Aeropuerto Musical, mostly instrumental,
lounge versions of Cuban standards, and fifties Orquestra stuff;
multiple versions of "Perfidia", "Piel Canela", etc; heard a
couple of vocal cuts in Portuguese by Brazilian singer Simone;
occasional female group singing ID, terse male canned ID at the
top of each hour simply "WFBA, 990 kHz, Miami". No ads heard in
almost four hours of listening. (MIA 1/3 and 1/11)
CUBA: R Guama, unknown site; strong daytime (at sea 1/5 and 1/10)
1000 CUBA: R Guama, Los Palacios PR; strong daytime (at sea 1/5 and
1/10)
1010 CUBA: R Reloj, no Guama heard here (Caymans 1/9)
1020 CUBA: R Guama, Bahia Honda PR; strong daytime (at sea 1/5 and
1/10)
1030 CUBA: R Guama, La Palma PR; weak daytime, both this and 1020
listed as 1 kW in WRTH (at sea 1/5)
1050 MEXICO: XEQOO, R Pirata, Cancun QR, pop mx - strong all over
Western Caribbean. // much weaker 90.7, only heard at Cozumel.
In retrospect, I'm surprised I didn't come across R Victoria
here or in the vicinity. (at sea 1/5 and subsequent days)
1070 CUBA: R Guama, Pinar del Rio, PR election promo then novela 1130
(at sea 1/7) 1635 Pablo Milanes "Sandra", Grupo Irakere "Rucu
Rucu a Santa Clara" (Caymans 1/9)
1080 CUBA: R Cadena Habana "La Frecuencia Popular", Guines, HA; talk,
strong (at sea 1/7)
USA: WVCG Coral Gables FL, 1430-1530 Greek mx program annced in
Greek and English (MIA 1/11)
1090 CUBA: R Guama, Santa Lucia PR; nice Isaac Delgado son, short nx
1037 followed by ID 1040, very strong (at sea 1/10)
1100 CUBA: R Cadena Habana, unknown site; weak (at sea 1/7)
MEXICO: XECAM, R Mundo Maya Turquesa, Cancun QR (not listed in
WRTH 98), musica romantica, ID 0929 (at sea 1/10)
1110 CUBA: R Angulo, Holguin HO; excellent big band rumba music, ID
1200 (at sea 1/7)
USA: unID domestic, white Christian preacher (at sea 1/10)
1120 CUBA: R Cadena Habana, Artemisa, HA; informal ID 1400 (at sea
1/10)
1140 CUBA: R Bayamo, Media Luna GR; baladas, 1150 better (at sea 1/7)
USA: WQBA, Miami (at sea 1/10)
1150 CUBA: R Bayamo, Entronque Bueycito GR; // weaker 1140; nice ID
1200 (at sea 1/7)
1170 COLOMBIA: Caracol Colombia, Cartagena (at sea 1/5 night)
USA: WAVS Davie-Ft Lauderdale-Miami with Hindi film mx 0915, 1531
with Soca and Reggae Mx news, Caribbean restaurant and grocery
store ad string, "South Florida's Only Full-time Caribbean Radio
Station" (MIA 1/11)
1180 USA: R Marti, Marathon FL (at sea 1/5)
1190 CUBA: R Sancti Spritus, Yaguajay SS; live sports event 1220; ID
1230 and into local mx (at sea 1/7)
1200 CUBA: R Revolucion, Palma Soriano SC; heard ID but missed taping
it, nuts. Election promo, ending with "La Radio Cubana en
servicio de nuestra pueblo". (JA 1/8)
CUBA: R Ariguanabo, San Antonio de los Banos, HA; hour-long
sports show starting 1600 with IDs in passing and occasional
music. FM'ing audio getting progressively worse during hour;
field reports from various sports events, finally a formal ID
1700 (at sea 1/10)
1205 CAYMAN ISLANDS: R Cayman, nice singing ID 1215 but then "Midday
Meditation" (at sea 1/7)
1210 CUBA: R Sancti Spritus, Sancti Spiritus ss; live sports event
1220 (at sea 1/7)
1220 CUBA: R 26, Central Espana MA; presumed, no ID heard (at sea 1/7)
1230 CUBA: R 26, Union de Reyes MA; presumed, no ID heard; "Noticiero
Nacional de Radio" 1300, but off 1330 recheck. Apparantly didn't
check 1220 at this time. (at sea 1/7)
1260 CUBA: R Enciclopedia, unknown site, //1410 (at sea 1/10)
USA?: weak Caracol (at sea 1/5 nighttime but also 1/7 daytime)
probably WSUA Miami, as heard with "Caracol Miami" non-ids 1000
(MIA 1/11)
1270 CUBA: R Caribe, Nueva Gerona IJ; strong with lots of talk about
Camaguey, live event. Also noted with music program and lots of
"desde Caribe" dropins, which is how this one likes to ID even
formally. (at sea 1/7) Program of Mexican music 0856, election
promo, informal ID "En la Isla de la Juventud" 0900 (Caymans
1/9)
1290 CUBA: R Taino, Villa Maria CH (at sea 1/5)
1300 CUBA: R Enciclopedia, Las Tunas LT; instrumental mx anncd by
woman, heavy on low end, ID 1400 (at sea 1/7)
1310 CUBA: R Enciclopedia, unknown site (at sea 1/10)
1320 CUBA: R Artemisa, Artemisa HA; ID 1402, into symphonic mx (at sea
1/7)
USA: WLQY Miami FL presumed with Haitian kompas mx (MIA 1/11)
1330 CUBA: R Jaruco, suspect in Artemisa HA; this channel seemed to be
off when R Artemisa was on 1320, and vice versa (at sea 1/5)
CUBA: R Portada de Libertad, Holguin HO; ID (not R Libertad) 1701
(at sea 1/7)
1340 CUBA: R Ciudad del Mar, Palmira CI; beisbol, election promos,
local IDs //weaker 1350 (at sea 1/7) nice full ID 1000 (Caymans
1/9)
USA: unID domestic station playing Hindi film mx 1140, announced
in English, wishing Muslim brothers and sisters "Ramadan
Mubarak" (at sea 1/10)
1350 CUBA: R Ciudad del Mar, Aguada de Pasajeros CI (at sea 1/7)
unID Spanish language Christian preacher (at sea 1/10)
1360 CUBA: R Cadena Agramonte, Rodolfo Ramirez Esquivel CM; beisbol //
1380; "Escuche Camaguey, Cadena Agramonte 1644 (at sea 1/7)
excerpt from Fidel speech 0903, sports news program 0930, good
ID 1000, program "Medidiano" (Caymans 1/9)
USA: domestic "R Sucesos" -- WKAT? (at sea 1/10)
USA: WKAT North Miami FL, with song "No Tengo Dinero" and "RCN
Miami" pseudo-IDs 0952 (MIA 1/11)
1380 CUBA: R Cadena Agramonte, Central Brasil CM; beisbol // 1360 (at
sea 1/7)
USA: domestic "1380 The Touch", domestic R&B (at sea 1/10)
1390 CUBA: R Jaruco, Jaruco HA (at sea 1/5)
1410 CUBA: R Cadena Agramonte, unknown site; // 1360 (Caymans 1/9)
CUBA: R Enciclopedia, Pinar del Rio PR; instrumental stuff, ID
1258 (at sea 1/10)
1420 CUBA: R Cadena Agramonte, unknown site; with beisbol // 1360,
1380 (at sea 1/7)
USA: unID domestic with "Solid Gospel" (at sea 1/10)
1440 CUBA: unID Cuban station playing "Peter and the Wolf" (Caymans
1/9)
USA: WWCL Lehigh Acres FL, ranchera mx (at sea 1/10)
1450 CUBA: CMBU, R Guines, Guines, HA; strong with baladas, ID 1445
(at sea 1/7) Program "Recital" with salsas by Hilberto
Santarossa 1530 (Caymans 1/9)
1480 CUBA: R Florida, Florida CM; election stuff, lots of talk by man
and woman, numerous ID's, as at 1500; some music. Suspect this
is more than listed 250 watts. (at sea 1/7)
1490 USA: WMBM Miami Beach FL, Attorney Vernita Williams answering
questions about tax exemptions for religious organizations on
"Legal Issues and Answers" (MIA 1/3)
1500 MEXICO: XESM Mexico City, "mil quimientos AM", Marta Sanchez
song, CST TCs, ID 0902 (at sea 1/10)
1520 USA: unID domestic with infomercial: "Stop the pain of arthritis
with all-natural products". It sure was nice to get away from
radio like this for a week. (MIA 1/3)
CUBA: Cuban I missed going back to ID, probably R Baragua, Palma
Soriano SC (JA 1/8)
1540 BAHAMAS: ZNS1, Nassau; Billy Joel's "Piano Man" and similar stuff
(JA 1/8)
1560 USA: WRHC Coral Gables FL, ranchera mx (MIA 1/3)
1580 USA: WCCF Punta Gorda FL, "Newsradio 1580" (at sea 1/10)
1590 CUBA: Rdif Granmense, Manzanillo GR; ID'ing as such and not as R
Granma, as in passing after 1600 news block, referring to
Manzanillo as "Ciudad del Golfo". strong (at sea 1/7)
1700 USA: WCMQ, Miami Springs FL (MIA 1/3)
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Walter Salmaniw - Victoria, BC - salmaniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Spent Christmas and New Year's in Maui, and was able to do a little MW
DXing. For stateside DX-ers, here are the local ID's for many of the
Hawaiian stations:
550 KMUI "Cruisin' 55"
620 KIPI "Rainbow Radio. The Big Island's superstation."
650 KHNR "Hawaii's news station"
690 KQMQ ID's as "93.1 KQMQ, Honolulu".
790 KKON "KAOE 92.7 and 790 KKOH, Big Island Radio."
830 KHVH "Real Radio 830"
850 KHLO "The new cruisin'850".
990 KIKI "Hawaii's country 990 AM."
1060 KAHU "Country Hawaiian Radio".
1080 KWAI parallels 1540.
1110 KAOI "AIB" network.
1380 KIFO "Hawaii Public Radio, KIFO".
1420 KCCN "Station Aloha".
1460 KULA "Crater 96". ie simulcasts 96.3 KRTR
1540 KISA "Fabulous K 108 Radio", and joint IDs for KWAI 1080 and
KISA 1540.
DXing 29 December, in Kihei, Maui, yielded the following interesting
stations, using my Sony SW-1000T, with just the internal ferrite-core
antenna, and occasionally a 350' mini-Beverage aimed east-west:
540 Western Samoa at 0750 with hymns, non-stop music, Samoan talk at
0759. Fair to good, with some local splash from 550.
738 RFO Papetee at 0737 with fair/good reception.
846 Kiribati with local programming at 0836, fair/good //9810.
1017 Tonga only poor/fair at same time.
1098 Marshal Is. The strongest and most reliable Pacific MW station
heard in Maui, with consistently good signals, especially during
local late evenings.
1179 Kiribati very weakly heard // 9810 at 0802.
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Brett Saylor - bds2@xxxxxxx
1610 HAR, North Carolina - 1953 EST 1/29/98, continuous talk by man,
w/mentions of "proceed north about 1.3 miles", "turn left at
Irwin Road", also Exit 170, Route 147, Greensboro and Raleigh.
Up briefly from the slop. Hrd on SRIII and R-70.
1640 KXBT (finally!), California - 2012 EST 1/29/98, pop music and
commercials with ID "1640 KXBT Solid Gold" up briefly, then
phone number "800- ___ MOTOWN" (maybe "GO-MOTOWN" or
"GOLD-MOTOWN"?), fighting with DFW TIS. Poor w/ occ. fade ups.
Brett Saylor N3EVB
State College, Penna.
R-70, R-390A w/ 150' longwire antenna
GE SRIII w/loop
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MISC ITEMS
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Wayne Heinen - CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
The National Radio Club is proud to announce the release of the Station
Location Map Book 4th edition. This handy BCB DXing reference shows the
location of all US and Canadian Stations (except TIS and Canadian
LPRTs) on indexed maps. The 4th edition edited by Bill Hale also
includes the Latitude and Longitude coordinates of the stations
transmitter location and a section of instructions authored by Dave
Sundius enabling users to calculate distance and bearing to any
station. This edition is 230 pages 8 = X 11 in a three hole punch
format shipped shrink wrapped. Prices to the USA and Canada are:
$12.00 Postpaid to NRC/IRCA Members
$17.95 Postpaid to non-members
For Over seas Airmail Rates: To the Caribbean/Latin America Add 20% To
Europe Add 30%. All other areas Add 40%. (NY Residents Please add
applicable Sales Tax)
Order by specifying SLM to:
National Radio Club
Publications Center
P.O. Box 164
Mannsville, NY 13661-0164
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The National Radio Club now has the 18th edition of their NRC AM Radio
Log for the 1997-1998 DX Season edition.
This annual edition contains 310 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole
punched, loose leaf format with over 5,400 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 AM Radio Log is available to NRC/IRCA members for $16.95 post paid.
(Canadian members funds must be US funds)
The Nonmember and Overseas prices of the AM Radio Log are as follows:
U.S. & Canada US$22.95
Latin America US$23.50
Europe US$24.00
All Others US$28.00
All Overseas prices are shipped via AIR and payment must be in US
funds.
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 - philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary January 23 1998 through January 29 1998
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
1/23 97 3 1 very low quiet -
24 98 3 4 very low quiet-active -
25 100 8 0 moderate quiet-unsettled -
26 100 1 2 low quiet -
27 z z z z z -
28 97 2 3 low quiet-unsettled -
1/29 94 7 2 very low quiet-unsettled -
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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@xxxxxxx
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END of 1/29/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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