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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - March 17 1999
Vol 4 No 50
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
IRCA/DecalcoMania '99. Convention will be held at the Holiday
Inn-Boardwalk Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The dates are June 25, 26, 27
1999. Get in touch with Mike Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA
90707-1256 310-614-1444 for details
WTFDA '99: Rock City in NW NJ 7/16-18/99
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CPC Chairman (NRC) - Bill Hale - phantom2@xxxxxxxx
3/??/99 ALL - Top of Hour - 1660 - WQSN - Kalamazoo MI (IRCA)
3/22/99 Mon - 0100-0300 - 550 - KTSA - San Antonio TX (NRC)
(ELT = Eastern Listening Time, i.e. the local time in the Eastern time
zone). Please remember, what's listed as being on, say, Monday *may* be
what you think of as Sunday night! * = new since last time.
DETAILS:
All the month of March: WQSN-1660, Kalamazoo, MI will insert Morse code
IDs into their legal ID at the top of each hour. (IRCA)
Email: wqsnam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
KTSA-550 San Antonio, Texas will test on Monday morning, March 22, 1999
between 0100 and 0300 Eastern Time. Morse code IDs and tones will be
used. KTSA will operating with 5000 watts, non-directional during this
period.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Leroy Dietrich, Chief Engineer
KTSA
4050 Eisenhauer Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78218-3400
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or the
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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CPC DX test Results
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Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's the results of the most recent DX tests that have been received
here:
CHUC-1450, Cobourg, ON tested Saturday, March 6, 1999 from 12:00-6:00 am
ET:
J.D. Stephens in Madison, AL says he was happily amazed to pick up this
test between 12:30 and 1:30 ET on a Drake R8 with a Kiwa loop. He said
the signal strength at his QTH was fair at best. Steve Francis, in
Alcoa, TN, reports he heard the test weakly at about 12:39, with about a
half-minute of code. Gordon Bell in Melrose, NY heard the test on a
Kenwood R-5000 with a E/W random wire at about 2:21 with a clear CW ID.
KIML-1270, Gillette, WY tested Monday, March 8, 1999 from 2:00-5:00 am
ET:
Bill Hale, NRC CPC chairman, reported that the CE of this station told
him that it wasn't likely that this test would run, due to the bad
weather in WY. Tim Hall of Chula Vista, CA says that he tried for the
test, but heard only KDJI, KTFI, and an UNID station playing C&W through
local XEAZ null.
KSDR-1480, Watertown, SD tested Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at :59:50
after each hour:
No reports of this test received.
WQSN-1660, Kalamazoo, MI tested daily thru March, 1999 with CW IDs at
the top of each hour:
No reports of this test received.
That's all for now...
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Nick Hall-Patch - Nick_Hall-Patch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The KNEU-1250 test was heard in Victoria, B.C. 0250 EST Mar 15 with code
ID's fading in and out of another station (unIDed).
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1250 KNEU UT, ROOSEVELT, fair sig with C&W mx, a KNEU ID at 0500 EST
3/15, several code IDs heard. (PM-OR)
1390 WHMA AL, ANNISTON, heard poorly way u/KBBO.etc. with series of
Morse Code IDs at 0142 EST 3/15. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage, term.
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HOT STUFF
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**Craig Rathbone - Denver CO - DXer@xxxxxxx - FYI
3/10/99. For anyone who has KOA 850 as a pest, they are OC right now at
2300 EST and have been for the past 45 minutes. Dont know what is wrong
or how long it will last.
3/10/99. At 2320 EST Denver's KTLK 760 is off the air. KFMB is booming
in here, that is about it, with WJR underneath. KOA is still Open
Carrier.
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**Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sounds like power problems in Denver tonight. You'd think a couple of 50
KW stations would have backup power. KFMB really does kick butt with
that 50 KW nights. They're only 5 KW days, however. Their night pattern
has a huge null towards Denver; I'm surprised they're doing that well
there. Of course, patterns don't always work like they should.
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**Craig Rathbone - Denver CO - DXer@xxxxxxx - FYI
I can't really be sure but it does sound to me like KDAZ 1550 in
Denver is running much higher power than their listed 166 watts all
night recently. So if you need that one you might try for them. They
are // KDDZ 1690 Denver R. Disney. Their listed day power is 10 kw.
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Charles Taylor - Charles_Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WNCT-1070 Greenville, NC has been noted carrying Dr. Laura Schlesinger
up til 1200 EST. Could be they are trying to acquire an audience?
If experience is any guide, by the time they DO get a few
listeners, they'll realize their error and go to a new format; such
as "WNCT hits of the 20s, 30s, and 40s!" (CAT/WD9INP/NC)
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THE "X" BAND
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Michael N1XTV - (N1XTV@xxxxxxxx)
WBAH-NJ, ELIZABETH-SS (UNICA)
I heard a female announcer @1800UTC today give their ID as Radio Unica,
WRUU, Elizabeth, New Jersey. QTH Beverly, MA; my equipment was my car
radio; SINPO all 5's!
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
KKTR-1650 is now back to Adult Standards. I wonder if the call letters
will change.
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**Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard them ID yesterday as KGXL Costa Mesa-Los Angeles, the old call
letters and city of license (unless somebody messed up and played the
wrong ID). They're back to calling it the "new KGIL", which is what they
called it before when they were KGXL. I'll check the next TOH ID and see
what they say.
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John Wright - Sydney, Australia - dxer@xxxxxxxxx
2HH 1341 and 2ZW 1314, are now back under the control of 2KY, all
reports must go to 2KY for the above stations.
I only QSL for all the Radio Italia stations and 2AM on 1620. Reports to
John Wright, Unit 4, 33 Kerrie Cresent, Peakhurst 2210 NSW, Australia.
Rpostage necessary. As the WRTVH 99 did not update as I had sent in all
info please ensure you make corrections.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Phillip Sher - sherp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard KSL 1160 in Calgary Alberta Canada at 23:50 MST on Sony ICF-SW7600
with internal loop 10 March 1999. Truckers show on with weather report
and commercial for new shell oil.
Heard KXOL 1660 (from Brigham City UT) in Calgary Alberta Canada on Sony
ICF-SW7600 with internal loop antenna(00:00 - 00:30 MST). Heard organ
music followed by female announcer doing commercial for spaying and
neutering pets at 00:15 (MST).
ps: Do you have an address I can send A QSL to? E-mail or snail mail.
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**ragnar danneskjold - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
AM stereo, as heard in Crump, Tennessee
Crump, TN [110 miles east of Memphis, 110 miles SW from Nashville]
Heard on a Sony SRF-42, Panasonic RF 1200.
560 WHBQ TN, Memphis 3/16 1403 with ID "Sports 56 WHBQ". Ads fpr
Willinghams Barbecue and Memphis Redbirds Baseball.
600 WREC TN, Memphis 3/16 1402 with CNN Radio News.
640 WCRV TN, Collierville 3/16 1401 ad for Dr. John Simpson and
Michael Vaughn, CPA into Family News in Focus.
790 WMC TN, Memphis 3/16 1325 weather and ads for Shelby Dodge.
850 WLRC MS, Walnut 3/16 1326 Gospel and music by the McKays.
1010 WORM TN, Savannah 3/15 2335 playing oldies and simulcasting 101.1
FM.
1130 KWKH LA, Shreveport 3/16 1327 Sports about NCAA Basketball
Championships.
1230 WCMA MS, Corinth 3/16 1362 with legal ID into "Do You Want to
Know a Secret" by The Beatles.
1390 WTJS TN, Jackson 3/16 1347 Limbaugh with interview of Wolf
Blitzer and ad for Jackson Sun.
1530 WSAI KY, Covington 3/15 2330 "Radio Bible Hour" [stereo]
1590 WVNA AL, Tuscumbia 3/16 1330 Limbaugh into ARN news.
1620 WJVA IN, South Bend 3/15 2254 with The Great Gildersleeve
[stereo]
1630 KCJJ IA, Iowa City 3/15 2327 song "Closing Time" and number to
call in for a contest then playing REM. [stereo]
1660 WQSN MD, [?] 3/15 2321 With hockey scores. [stereo]
1670 WNML [or whatever it is now] GA, Warner-Robins 3/15 2319 Country
music and ads for Math Made Easy, Gold Bond Powder, GNC, and
simulcasting "96.4 Real Country Music". [stereo]
1680 WBHD [?] MI, Ada 3/15 2318 playing rap music [stereo]
1690 KDDZ CO, Arvada 3/15 2317 R. Disney and Goofy singing "Take me
out to the ballgame." [stereo]
1700 KBGG IA, Des Moines 3/15 2315 with business news about buying
computers with "free" internet access. [stereo]
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HELP WITH
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**Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA - ALehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
During the day I've been hearing a weak TIS on 1250 with the Madera
station nulled. It is mostly unreadable - too much splatter from
KOIT-1260. They have announcements by a woman in EE and by a man in SS.
Their frequency is low, ranging from 1249.949 to 1249.962 kHz. Bearing
seems to be northeast or southwest of my location. They give their call
letters, but all I can get is the "W" at the start. Any idea who this
is?
Allied A-2515 receiver
External sync detector and frequency measurement system, 2 foot
double-spiral loop, preamp
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**Richard Toebe - Concord CA - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
According to Bill Harms's TIS website, there's a WPMA702, operated by
the city of Lodi, on 1250 kHz. That would certainly be NE of you.
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**Patrick M. Griffith
Bill Harm's wonderful TIS Digest shows a WPMA702 on 1250 licensed to the
City of Lodi. For some reason it does not appear on the FCC TIS
database.
Lynn.
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**Bill Harms - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
I hope this might help. The FCC database show the following TIS on
this frequency. Does it sound like it?
Call - WPMA702
Licensee - City of Lodi
Attn - Dixon Flynn
Phone - (209) 333-6700
Address - 221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
Geo-coordinates - 380630N 1211726W
Transmitter Location - Beckman Park at 1430 West Century Blvd.,
Lodi, San Joaquin County
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Rklinger97@xxxxxxx
Can anyone tell me who is on 940am,with what sounds like a clock
ticking,then after about a minute a beep.Then something that sounds like
morse code.I heard this last night (3-12-99) in my car coming home from
work.I could hear it in a mix of other stations.Between 9:30-10:00pm
eastern time.I live near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Any help would be
appreciated.
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MISC ITEMS
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
QSL
1660 WQSN Kalamazoo MI, prompt e-mail QSL from William (Bill) Wertz,
CE. For Real Audio clip report. Bill says station has now been
heard in 35 States, 4 Canadian Provinces and 10 Countries (USA,
Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, England, Canary Is, Scotland, Sweden,
Finland, New Zealand). S-mail addr: AM 1660 WQSN, "The Sports
Station", 4200 West Main Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006. Bill's
personal e-mail wjw@xxxxxxxxx which he prefers for reception
reports to the wqsn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx one.
909 JOCB Nagoya, Japan. Usual R Japan FD QSL card, sked etc (station
was heard relaying R Japan's English news after a domestic
English language-lesson) for follow-up to '98 report. V/s M
Yoshioka who I presume also wrote the enclosed letter... and to
quote...
"Thank you for sending us a precise, accurate reception report. We
always appreciate hearing from our listeners, and enjoy sending
QSL cards very much. We regret to tell you, however, that you
heard one of our domestic broadcasts for which we do not usually
send verification cards. Your reception report shows that you
have tuned in to our domestic mediumwave broadcast, transmitted
from standby/emergency transmitters."
"We will verify your report of Apr. 29 1998 exceptionally, but we
would like to request you to send a report of our overseas
shortwave programs to receive our QSL card next time"
Anyone else received one of these when QSLing an NHK MW outlet?
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**ragnar danneskjold - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Any of you ever hear of or use a Panasonic RF 1200?
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**Richard Toebe - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
This may be of interest to you all: the FCC plans to restructure. The
story comes from CMP's website.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990312S0028
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
NEW QSLS
1590 KIHM NV, SUN VALLEY-verie letter in 21d from: Jerry J.
Usher-Dir.of Programmng. Address: Immaculate Heart Radio-P.O. Box
70685-Reno, NV 89570 (PM-OR)
1620 KSMH AUBURN, CA-also in same emvelope received verie letter for
their station KSMH-1620. Letter also signed by Jerry J.
Usher-Dir. of Programming in 42d. Orig. report was sent to
Tahoma,CA address. (PM-OR)
I also got my taped report returned to me from Nagpur. I also sent it
registered. Cost me $10.65. Where do I do from here? Maybe an E Mail to
AIR-Delhi? I guess I could phone Delhi.....Ideas anyone?
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**Bill Harms - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
Try sending your report directly to New Delhi.
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
The reason I sent my report to Nagpur was that Delhi has not been
replying to reports for quite sometime. My QSL from Shillong-864 came
from Delhi back in 1992.
It isn't that they didn't reply. That is not the problem. The registered
taped report was not claimed. I sent it out on 2/24 and I got it back
3/15. Really odd. I wonder if they have to pay duty on that. I don't get
it.
I have an E Mail letter out to AIR-Delhi. Maybe they will reply. 73s,
P.S. Delhi answered my Shillong-864 report with a QSL card in 92.
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**Tim Kridel - tim.kridel@xxxxxxxx
I'd like to hear from anyone who uses or has used a Yaesu FRG-7700. They
came out when I was kid, but I couldn't afford one. Now I have the
chance to pick up a clean used one with the optional memory unit. I'd
like to hear how it does for AM DXing as well as shortwave, ham,
utilities, etc. Over the years, I've heard mainly good things about it.
Thanks!
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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary March 10 1999 through March 16 1999
3/10 135 29 3 low quiet-mis -
11 137 12 1 low quiet-unsettled -
12 140 10 0 low quiet-active -
13 144 4 3 moderate quiet-unsettled -
14 150 13 4 moderate quiet-active -
15 150 13 0 low quiet-active -
3/16 156 3 1 high quiet maf 2141
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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 3/17/99 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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