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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - April 15 1999
Vol 5 No 2
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
IRCA '99/DecalcoMania '99: The 1999 IRCA/DecalcoMania Convention will
be held at the Holiday Inn-Boardwalk Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June
25-27 1999. Reservations 1-800-635-4581 (mention code I-R-C).
Convention registration - $35. SW Airlines is offering a 10% discount
1-800-433-5368 (mention code LO199). Host is Mike Sanburn, PO Box
1256, Bellflower CA 90707-1256, 310-614-1444.
WTFDA '99: The 1999 WTFDA convention will be hosted in NW Jersey.
Recommended hotel Days Inn/Ledgewood, 1691 Rt 46 W, Ledgewood, NJ 07852,
(973) 448-1100. The dates are July 16-18, 1999. Host is Rick Shaftan.
NRC '99: The 1999 NRC convention will be held at the Holiday Inn,
Bridgeport WV on Sept 3-6, 1999. Reservations 1-304-842-5411, $70.95
for two double bed room, no limit on how many in a room. Convention
Registratio - $35. Host is William Swiger, One Casey Ln, Bridgeport WV
26330, 304-842-4635.
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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
4/26/99 Mon - 0500-0600 - 1020 - KJJK - Fergus Falls MN (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:
KJJK-Fergus Falls, Minnesota will test with Morse code IDs on Monday
morning, April 26th, 1999 from 0500 to 0600 Eastern Time. KJJK will NOT
be operating with on their 2000 watts non-directional, as their initial
confirmation indicated. I have spoken to Mr. Swedberg of KJJK, and he
said they would be operating with their 370 watt night power,
directional only. The night pattern has two major lobes: 020 degrees
and 222 degrees (both at 881 watts ERP). For anyone who wishes to
receive a graphic of KJJK's night pattern, e-mail a request to me. Be
sure to indicate the format you require (BMP, PCX, WMF, etc).
Kris Wilkie, PD.
rogram Director
KJJK-AM
728 Western Avenue N
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
(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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Jerry Coatsworth - Merlin ON - jcfarmdx@xxxxxxxx
Logged the KTBK test. 1700khz, March 27, 9.14 pm est, heard code and
voice id. 14 minutes after the test was to end. sent report.
JRC 525, 40 ft wire on roof
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HOT STUFF
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Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA - ALehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuning across the dial this afternoon, I found that KUBA 1600 Yuba City,
CA has switched formats from C&W to Nostalgia.
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THE "X" BAND
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Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ICF-2010, KIWA Loop
1690 WMDM MD, Lexington Park 4/7 0611 Surprisingly good signal
through KDDZ (or whatever their calls are this week!) with local
talk, promo for community bulletin board feature, weather, ad for
local Chevy/Olds dealer. Got very strong during promo that
mentioned "Helping to shape tomorrow's leaders, only on Bay Talk
16-90, WMDM." Bay Talk 16-90 mentioned often. New, MD #3,
suspect they went to day power too early, perhaps due to daylight
savings time? Tried for the VA station on 1650 at sunrise, only
noted some very faint talk. (TRH-CA)
Closing in on the X-band stations. Still need the 1620s in AL and IN
(not likely with local pests and KSMH), the 1640 in WI, the 1650 in VA,
and the 1680 in NJ.
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*Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard a TIS from Idaho State University on 1610 khz this weekend around
local sunrise at 0650 MST, with a woman giving directions and parking
info. Call sign given by a woman as KNNV605. First time heard, and
strangely, it was all alone on the frequency. Had been trying for some
Aussie signals, but only hets from there.
Nigel Pimblett
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a Realistic DX-440 barefoot:
600 KIIX CO, Wellington 4/9 0119 with Rockies Baseball, suprisingly
clear. Ads for Ford, Dennys, Invesco and Pentax between innings.
610 KVNU UT, Logan 0745 4/8 with wx and ID [new]
610 KSKE CO, Vail 0748 4/8 with story about killing anti-gun laws
that prohibit concealed carry and suing gun manufacturers when a
criminal uses a gun with a vote in the CO House. [new]
690 CBU BC, Vancouver 0800 4/8 ID and "CBC Radio, we hope you
enjoyed this mornings selection of classical music. Now stand by
for the news, weather and sports." [new]
960 CFAC AB, Calgary 0810 4/8 with sports. Stories about Calgary
Flames loss to Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Cubs, and back to hockey.
Story about Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos and at 615
agribusiness update. [new]
This was the best morning I had in a long time. Actually I was hunting
for Alaskans, which I have never heard and ran across these guys. I'll
take them anyway I can get them.
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BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE
1600 KCKK CO Lakewood - 04/09 0250 - Good signals with country music
and new callsign. NEW!! (SA-MB)
1700 KTBK TX Denison - 04/02 0437 - fair signals with sports talk
programming under KBGG. NEW!! (SA-MB)
Well not bad for this time of the year. The KTBK means i have heard all
of the new X-Band stations. Not easy but living here in the middle gives
us a crack at them.
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*O-MA] = Orleans, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.936 W / 41.787 N)
(Nauset Beach)
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA (GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: Orleans - 30 m northeast wire on beach phased against
APW-1 active whip; Rockport - BBL-1 loop in "K9AY" cardioid mode phased
against APW-1 whip; both sites - DXP-1 phasing unit
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549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, APR 3 2340 - AA vocal & strings; to fair
peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, APR 3 2340 - nostalgic piano music; poor
to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, APR 3 2337 - operatic
vocal (// 639); poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, APR 3 2337 - // 621 with operatic male
vocal; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, APR 3 2344 - // 774 with folk male vocal;
through WRKO slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0044 - SS discussion; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara, APR 9 0052 - // 836 with male PP
vocal; under UK. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., APR 9 0052 - BBC mostly
dominant with EE talk. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 SENEGAL Dakar, APR 3 2332 - AA-style vocal; over/under
Switzerland. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0040 - male AA speech or sermon; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, APR 3 2332 - religious choral music
(celebrating Easter); mixed with Senegal. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0041 - light pop music; under Senegal. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 EGYPT Abis, APR 9 0040 - AA talk; over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, APR 3 2344 - // 684 with SS folk vocal; to
fair peak over second station (Egypt or Morocco). [Connelly*O-MA]
819 EGYPT Egyptian R., Batra, APR 9 0038 - serious-sounding AA sermon
was likely this. [Connelly*R-MA]
819 MOROCCO RTM, Rabat, APR 3 2327 - pop-style AA male vocal &
violins, then AA talk followed by chimes at 2330; good, over
probable Egypt. [Connelly*O-MA]
836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barossa APR 3 2325 - ex-837; music hetting
Spain-Canaries-837. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0052 - male vocal // 693. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, APR 3 2325 - SS talk
slightly over a big pile of other signals. [Connelly*O-MA]
846 ITALY Rome, APR 3 2324 - classical music; strong. [Connelly*O-MA]
855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., APR 3 2323 - folk guitar and male
group vocal, then SS talk; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
864 EGYPT Santah, APR 3 2318 - Koranic male vocal; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0037 - a cappella Koranic vocal; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]
873 SPAIN SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, APR 3 2321 - // 1575 with fast
SS news by man & woman; fair through WLAM-870 splash.
[Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0036 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, APR 8 2336 - SS newstalk;
under BBC. [Connelly*R-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., APR 8 2336 - woman
in EE; slightly over Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
891 ALGERIA Algiers, APR 3 2320 - AA male vocal and orchestra; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., APR 9 0035 - EE talk
mentioned Moslems; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, APR 9 0055 - man & woman in SS with talk
about local events; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
981 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, APR 3 2250 - group AA
vocal, strings; over growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 8 2233 - restricted telephone-quality audio on AA talk by
man; stronger than WCAP-980. [Connelly*R-MA]
981 GREECE Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara, APR 8 2350 - Greek female
folk vocal // 1512; through slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1035 PORTUGAL R. Nacional, Lisboa, APR 3 2354 - light pop style male
vocal; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, APR 3 2252 - SS newstalk & interview;
dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 SPAIN / UNITED KINGDOM APR 3 2253 - fast SS talk over/under EE
political discussion. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al., APR 9
0057 - man in EE mentioned Tanzania; to fair peak.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1089 ALBANIA RTV Shqiptar, Durrks, APR 8 2331 - eastern European talk;
atop UK, low rumble present. [Connelly*R-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, APR 3 2352 - mentions of high
level governmental meetings. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 8 2230 - sports-related teletalk; good. Local daytimer
WILD-1090 was actually on air at the time, but it could be
substantially eliminated by phasing the K9AY loop against the
active whip for a cardioid null to the southwest. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, APR 8 2333 - Bee Gees "How
Deep is Your Love"; over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, APR 9 0101 - fast SS news by woman; over
apparent US EE talker (AFN Germany ?) and AA vocal (Egypt ?).
[Connelly*R-MA]
1125 CROATIA HR, Deanovec, APR 8 2326 - Slavic news; weaker than //
1134, but still in at a respectable S9+15 meter reading. Well
over Spain, Madeira, UK, etc. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, APR 8 2228 - Slavic female folk vocal in a
style influenced by Italian opera; very good, stronger than
WBBR-1130.
+ APR 8 2325 - man & woman with Slavic-language news; huge S9+30
signal, way over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, APR 3 2254 - SS teletalk show with man &
woman; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1143 SPAIN COPE synchros, APR 9 0002 - SS news & teletalk with man &
woman; in mess. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, APR 3 2355 - SER SS
newstalk; poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 8 2324 - fast SS newstalk by man & woman, slight echo noted;
loud. Classical music station (Romania ?) way under.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1179 GREECE Thessaloniki, APR 9 0028 - male Greek vocal; dominant over
SER Spain-Canaries. [Connelly*R-MA]
1197 GERMANY (t) VOA Relay, Munich, APR 8 2321 - Slavic talk briefly
popped out of the stew; possibly this station (although perhaps
Belarus instead).
+ APR 9 0033 - teletalk show in eastern European sounding language.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1197 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, APR 3 2256 - man in SS briefly over others.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1197 MOROCCO RTM, Agadir, APR 3 2258 - likely this with AA vocal,
overtaking Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1206 ISRAEL Kol Israel Reshet Bet, Haifa, APR 8 2320 - surprisingly
dominant at a pretty good level with Semitic talk (presumed
Hebrew) on a phone-in talkshow. There was a "Tel Aviv" mention.
France was either off or in a deep fade. Numerous eastern
Mediterranean signals were booming in during an apparent
ionospheric enhancement of that area. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, APR 9 0104 - back-to-back rock
hits; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1251 LIBYA Tripoli, APR 9 0105 - AA news by man; slopped by CBGA (FF)
-1250. [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, APR 9 0107 - SS news, teletalk; over R. XL
(UK) Hindi music. [Connelly*R-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, APR 9 0000 - BBC
news in EE; over apparent AA station. [Connelly*R-MA]
1341 unID APR 8 2359 - AA / African sounding music; mixed with BBC
Northearn Ireland, covered by it at 0000 UTC. [Connelly*R-MA]
1359 SPAIN Arganda, APR 8 2357 - SS talk; in CKBC slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, APR 3 2313 - man in GG;
over probable Algeria. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 9 0115 - classical music at low audio level on monster
carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]
1458 ALBANIA RTV Shqiptar, Fllake, APR 3 2311 - EE speech about Kosovo
by an American official, translated by the newsman into a
Slavic-sounding language; to strong peak over a slight background
growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, APR 8 2219 - EE talk by a US preacher
promoted a booklet "This is Your Day", available to UK listeners
who phoned the toll-free number 0800-092-6174. Huge local-like
signal; about S9+40 (this was 20 dB better than adjacent
WZOU-1470). [Connelly*R-MA]
1485 SPAIN SER synchros, APR 3 2307 - // 1575 with fast SS news by man
& woman; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1502.63 unID APR 8 2243 - perhaps Togo drifted from 1502.4 or maybe
something else: het, but not much audio. [Connelly*R-MA]
1503 IRAN IRIB, Bushehr, APR 8 2353 - likely this with Middle East
female vocal; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1503 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, APR 8 2242 - // 1575 with bits of SS talk;
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1512 GREECE Elleniki Radiophonia, Chania, APR 8 2350 - female Greek
folk vocal and lute (or similar instrument), // 981; over WNRB
slop at times. [Connelly*R-MA]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Jeddah, APR 9 0109 - shrill male Koranic
vocal; very loud, punching right past WNRB. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, APR 3 2301 - pop-style AA group vocal
with marching-band type accompaniment; HUGE. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 8 2215 - woman in AA; good.
+ APR 8 2250 - Koranic male AA vocal; S9 + 40 dB ! [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 SPAIN SER, Castellon, APR 8 2309 - // 1575 with SS newstalk;
mixing with unID EE station (after Saudi sign-off); slopped by
WGAM/WTHE/WWKB-1520. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 unID APR 8 2309 - bits of British EE talk by man; slightly behind
SER Spain (with Saudi off). Possibly a UK local or the central
European (Czech / Slovak) stations that have been relaying BBC.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1530 VATICAN R. Vaticana, APR 9 0018 - xylophone jazz; over WSAI.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1548 KUWAIT VOA, Kuwait City, APR 8 2257 - VOA EE commentary by woman
rose over the British stations. At 2303 UTC, this was blasting
in with VOA news; totally dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM unID station, APR 8 2255 - middle- of-the-road old
pop hits including "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg, then British DJ;
initially dominant, then covered up by VOA Kuwait.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, APR 8 2253 - excellent (S9 +
30 dB) with AA dialect talk by man. [Connelly*O-MA]
1575 SPAIN SER synchros, APR 3 2303 - // 1584 with woman doing news in
SS; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1583.6 CEUTA RadiOle, APR 3 2303 - mellow SS male vocal; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros, APR 3 2302 - // 1575 with SS news by woman.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, APR 8 2300 - slow SS news; over/under SER
synchros. [Connelly*R-MA]
1602 SPAIN SER synchros, APR 8 2300 - fast SS news // 1575; over/under
EI Vitoria. [Connelly*R-MA]
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700 VENEZUELA R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, APR 9 0049 - ID "R. Sur
Siete Ciento", segment of music, then SS talk about elections;
dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1375.02 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON RFO, APR 3 2314 - huge signal with FF
folk female vocal. [Connelly*O-MA]
+ APR 8 2220 - classical music; very good on pre-sunset reception.
[Connelly*R-MA]
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Drake R8, 1500' Terminated Beverage
1560 WQEW NY, NY, good way on top of KNZR with Radio Disney and ID at
0559.45 EST 4/14 as "WQEW-New York" ID by a child. Best hrd in
quite a while (PM-OR)
1600 KWOM MN, WATERTOWN, fair o/u KCKK with radar wx for Watertown,
spot for Law Office at 0705 EDT 4/14. New. Reported. (PM-OR)
1650 WHKT VA, PORTSMOUTH, fair on top on KCNZ with ending of Rel. pgm
and IS at 0559.30 4/15 as "AM 16-50, WHKT-Portsmouth" I didn't
hear a mention on 1010 khz, so maybe they were separate at the
time. (PM-OR)
1660 WQSN MI, KALAMAZOO, fair u/KXOL with a "WQSN" ID at 0545 during
Sports Talk 4/15. (PM-OR)
1670 WRNC GA, WARNER ROBINS, good on top of WTDY w/C&W mx and ID at
0459.50 4/15 as "AM 16-70, WRNC-Warner Robins". (PM-OR)
1690 WMDM MD, LEXINGTON PARK, fair u/KDDZ with ID at 0359.50 EDT 4/14
"WMDM-Lexington Park" (PM-OR)
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*ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Ok guys, I got an UNID and am ticked because it is the CBC I think and
they don't ID too well over night.
Heard on a Realistic DX440 barefoot:
860 UNID from 0133 to 0221 4/9 at fade out. Was playing nothing except
light rock music for the whole time with no ads and no ID. Could
this be CBKF2 from Saskatoon?
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*Mike Stonebridge - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You definitely did not have the CBC English service. They play Radio
Australia, the BBC, etc, all night. Light rock does not sound like the
CBC, but could be. I'll check after dark tonight and see if I can hear
CBKF2.
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*Craig - Denver CO - DXer@xxxxxxx
The lite rock doesnt sound like them. They are also a French speaking
station. I will listen there tonight also and see what I hear. KOA does
make it a mess at times. What were they playing, what is light rock now?
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Could it be rel rock (KPAM) or possible Radio Disney (KBEE-UT)?
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*ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
This one was NNE/SSW from me from the way the radio was located. Guess
was about 30/210 from Mesa/ Phoenix area.
That easy stuff like women listen to.
"Could it be rel rock (KPAM) or possible Radio Disney (KBEE-UT)?"
No way. It reminded me a bit of the CBC station that was FF in Eastern
Canada and played music all night, except that one played jazz and this
one played easy rock music. This was the kind of stuff women listen to.
It ran almost an hour with zero ads and zero IDs. Definitely was NOT
religious.
There is no way it was R. Disney because KMIK ex-KCWW is 3 miles from my
house and I know what they sound like.
Was on 860 kHz. I have never heard them before. Got them nulling a local
KMVP on 860.
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*Eric Bueneman - N0UIHEric@xxxxxxx
It could also be all-oldies KONO San Antonio, TX.
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QSLs
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
710 LRL202 Radio Diez, Buenos Aires. Friendly e-mail VL from Ruben
Gerez, Gerente Tecnico for SS rpt sent e-mail to
rgerez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - thanks to Arnaldo Slaen for this info.
Ruben also sent a .gif of their QSL card and said the real thing
was in the post. He comments that R Diez is the newest station in
B.A. having commenced operation in February 1998. The programs
are typically Argentine with local, folklore music and tangos.
They have an FM sister-station FM News 98.3.
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MISC ITEMS
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Karl Zuk - kjzuk@xxxxxxx
A great way to make secure and watertight splices that will last until
your next elk attack are little guys called Scotchlocks. It generally
has three spaces that you can put wires into. You press down a plastic
button that has a piece of metal attached to it and the wires get
spliced. The icing on the cake is that they also have a blob of RTV
silicone sealant in them to make a very long lasting splice. These were
developed for Telco use and are available through Radio Shack and a
bunch of other places. Once you try them, you'll never solder again
outdoors.
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Mike Maloney - ac5p@xxxxxxxxx
Have you considered electric fence wire for subject? Although bare, it
is available with copper clad to wit the feedline can be soldered to.
Some advantages are: can be tensioned fiddle string tight w/o worry of
breaking, comes in 1/4mi (or longer) spools, much cheaper than soft
copper and much stronger. Although an animal might pull it off the
supports or pull the supports out of the ground, I doubt one could break
it. It is extreeemly strong stuff tensile strength wise.
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*Charles Taylor - Charles_Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
About Beverage antennas and all such long stuff, a good class of strong
but cheap wire is the commo stuff that Fair Radio sells on spools. It's
twisted pair outside telephone cable. It consists of several strands of
about #30AWG wire ovelayed with several strands of about #30AWG tinned
copper wire, covered by a strong plastic jacket.
There are two problems: If you want to use a single conductor of the
pair as I do, you must untwist the pair. That's quite a job. If you
choose to use the pair as is, it's cheap enough that way to make it
attractive.
Other problem is splices. If the elements invade the jacket, the steel
wire rusts rapidly, corrodes away, and leaves the weak copper wire to
bear the load... pppsfxkk! Therefore, after making a GOOD splice, it's
absolutely necessary to seal the splice from the elements. The
aforementioned splice is probably sufficient; but to be safe, it would
be wise to seal the entire splice in silicone sealer such as RadioShack
sells.
This stuff is strong, on account of the steel wire. In fact, if an elk
rips your antenna down, just take a few feet of this commo wire and
hog-tie the elk and transport it to the county (parish, if you're in
Louisiana) animal shelter. End of problem.
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
a DXcellent session at Granite Pier
Greetings to all. I've started the after-work DX sessions that I do on
(about) a once a month basis during the milder weather. Thursday
evening's outing to Granite Pier in Rockport, MA was a success on
several levels.
A BBL-1 Broadband Loop was run in the "K9AY" mode. A fairly good amount
of cardioid pattern nulling was obtainable with the 6 ft. (1.8 m) per
side square loop with one end of it connected to chassis ground through
a Vactrol (voltage controlled resistor).
With a cardioid pattern already somewhat established by the "mini-K9AY"
antenna itself, phasing its output against the active whip gave an
extraordinary amount of nulling: most New York City stations - usually
obnoxious pests - were reduced below the strengths of adjacent
Europeans!
DX highlights included Israel-1206; Greece-981, 1179, & 1512; Egypt -
774, 819, & 864; tentative Iran-1503; plus the usual blasters from
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during a "power burst" of Levant / Middle East
reception (DX times: 8 APR 2215 UTC to 9 APR 0115 UTC). Some signals
came close to pinning the S-meter.
Many Europeans were strong (Croatia-1134 trashing WBBR, etc.).
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*Taras Sochan - taras.sochan@xxxxxx
Does anyone know how to "reset" or "re-boot" the software on a Philips
DC777 car SW radio? I'm experiencing a problem with the "AUDIO" control
such that I can't hear stations and can't see the frequency display. I
think it's software related.
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ragnar danneskjold - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
I ran across a DX-370 today. I got it because the price was right.
My first impression is that it is a rig that you can take with you
around the world and it will wake you up. I don't see it as a DX radio
and if you took it overseas and some government apparatchik stole it
from you, you wouldn't cry any alligator tears over it.
I would guess that this rig is about 4 years old.
Anyone else ever use one of these things?
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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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