Re: [HCDX]: Canada 6160

[salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxxx>]

Richard Jary wrote:

> Logged on 22/8 from home - a CBC station on 6160. Jazz program from
> 0726-0759, then news. ID as CBC as well as Radio 1. Can't work out if
> Vancouver or St. Johns. Haven't heard either from Australia before, though
> geographically I would think Vancouver.
>
> Phone number at one stage given with area code 780 which may or may not
> help.
>
> Anybody know anything about these stations that could help with the above
> info? I have QSLed Vancouver when on a trip to Canada (logged from Banff)
> 2 years ago but I would like to do so from this side of the Pacific. St.
> Johns would be better!
>
> Richard, I suggest this is CBC Vancouver.  The 780 area code is for
> Edmonton, Alberta, which is just the phone for the program.  At that time,
> had it been the Newfoundland transmitter, it should have been carrying the
> overnight service via WRN, not a local Canadian program.  Hope this helps!

.............Walt Salmaniw, temporarilly located on the beautiful Queen
Charlotte Islands in northern B.C.
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