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         WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH  -  March 23 2000
                          Vol 5  No 51
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)

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2000 IRCA Billings, Montana Convention Information (updated):

  The International Radio Club Of America Convention will be held August 
25, 26, and 27, 2000 in Billings, Montana. Your convention hosts will be 
John and Nancy Johnson. A registration form will appear in IRCA's "DX 
Monitor" soon. Non-IRCA members may register by mail providing your name 
and names of those attending, mailing address, days you plan on being in 
Billings, and confirmation that you have made reservations at the 
Quality Inn. The advance registration fee will be $35.00 which includes 
the Saturday night buffet. Please make out your registration fee check 
to "John C. Johnson" and send it to John and Nancy's home address, 265 
Waterton Way, Billings, MT 59102-7755 by July 31, 2000. 
  The convention will be held at the Homestead Quality Inn located at 
2036 Overland Avenue in Billings. This is just off I-90 on Billings' 
west end. Take Exit 446 and follow King Avenue West to Overland Avenue. 
A map is available on the internet, or write to John or Nancy. This is 
the same location as the 1993 IRCA convention. Their phone number is 
406-652- 1320. You may call their national 800 number at 800-228-5151 
for reservations, but please make sure you mention the Billings 
Homestead Quality Inn and the "International Radio Club" code words for 
the special rates. Our special rates are $55.00 for singles, $72.00 for 
doubles, or $59.00 for their twin suites. Cut off date for special rates 
is July 15, 2000. Homestead Quality Inn provides free shuttle service 
from Logan International Airport and the Greyhound Bus station.
  Airlines serving Billings include Delta, United, Big Sky, Northwest, 
and Horizon. If Alaska Air serves your area, please check their 
connections on Horizon. Greyhound Bus service is available to Billings.
  The banquet will be at the Old Country Buffet. This will be an all-
you-can-eat buffet featuring their regular Saturday night menu of 
(subject to change) Carved Ham, Carved Roast Beef, Fried Chicken, Baked 
Chicken, BBQ Ribs, Spaghetti, Penne, Fried Fish, Baked Fish, Corn on the 
Cob, Chicken and Dumplings, Macaroni and Cheese, French Fries, a 
complete salad bar, and a complete dessert bar.
  Tours will be scheduled with as many Billings radio stations as 
possible. The tour of KTVQ will include watching the production of their 
Friday night 10:00 newscast. More details will be provided as tours are 
confirmed.
  Do you like to eat and shop? The convention is being held in the heart 
of the largest shopping area in Montana. Restaurants within easy walking 
distance of the convention site include Fuddruckers, Dennys, Outback 
Steakhouse, Jade Palace, Burger King, Taco Johns, Perkins, Red Lobster, 
Olive Garden, and Gussicks. Within two miles you will find Pizza Hut, 
Subway, Dairy Queen, Wendys, Arbys, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Applebees, Dos 
Machos, Fuddruckers Express, Golden Corral, Old Country Buffet, and 
Cactus Creek Steak Outfitters. The largest mall in Montana, Rimrock Mall 
is just 2 miles from the convention. Many national big box stores are 
within 2 miles including, but not limited to, Costco, Wal-Mart Super 
Store, ShopKo, Target, Big K-Mart, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Old Navy, and 
OfficeMax.
  Billings is located within a days drive of many vacation tourist 
attractions including, but not limited to Yellowstone National Park, 
Little Big Horn Battlefield, Glacier National Park and Mount Rushmore.
  Start making your plans now to attend this years convention! If you 
were at the 1993 Billings convention you will want to return for more of 
the same fun. If you missed the 1993 Billings convention now is your 
chance to attend. If you have access to the internet, check out the 
convention web site at:  http://pages.prodigy.net/john_johnson/irca2000 
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 CPC DX tests

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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

      3/26/00 Sun - 0000-0030 - 1150 - WELC - Welch WV (NRC)
    *         Sun - 0030-0100 - 1600 - KOGT - Orange TX (?)
      4/ 1/00 Sat - 0515-0600 - 1110 - WTBQ - Warwick NY (McLean)

Sunday, March 26, 2000 - WELC-1150, Welch, WV will conduct a DX test 
from 12:00 - 12:30 am EST. WELC will be using 5 kW, ND.  All that is 
known about programming is that there will be Morse code IDs.
  Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. John Sidote
WELC AM/FM
P.O. Box 949
Welch, WV 24801
 (Arranged by Blaine Thompson for the NRC CPC.)

Some late-breaking news: I have information about a DX test that MAY 
take place on 3/25/00 from 11:30 pm CST to 12:00 am CST. KOGT-1600 in 
Orange, TX MAY conduct a DX test then. I may be misunderstanding the 
person from the station that I've been corresponding with, but I thought 
I'd better get word of the possibility out before it was too late to do 
that! The latest information I have is that the station isn't sure if 
they'll have code or tones or both, but they will most likely test from 
12:30-1am ELT (11:30-12:00 CLT).
  Their address is:
Mr. Gary Stelly
KOGT Radio
P.O. Box 1667
Orange, TX 77631

Saturday, April 1, 2000 - WTBQ-1110, Warwick, NY will conduct a DX test 
from 5:15 - 6:00 am EST. The test will feature novelty music and code 
IDs.
  Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Rob McLean
WTBQ-AM
62 N. Main St.
Florida, NY 10921

E-mail: am1110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.wtbq.com
 (Arranged by Rob McLean of WTBQ.)

Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via either e-mail 
or in rec.radio.shortwave! And if you send a reception report to a 
station, please remember to include return postage with your report...

CPC RESULTS & INFO

WMIB-1660, Marco Island, FL - tested Sunday, March 12, 2000 from 
12:00-?? am EST:

Patrick Martin in Rancho Mirage, CA reports he logged them while phasing 
KXOL, and WMIB's signal was best between 0100 and 0200 on his Hammerlund 
SP-00JX with a 80 foot EWE/ 3 foot Sanserino loop for phasing. Jim 
Renfrew in Rochester, NY heard WMIB with oldies and test announcements 
from 0635-0700 + UTC - he said he was able to easily null WQSN's signal. 
Vincente Aguilar, Jr. (KD5FQF) in Houston, TX says he was listening to 
WMIB at 0629 UTC and heard them with a good signal. Ron Gitschier 
reports that WMIB is coming in like gangbusters in Acapulco, Mexico, 
despite lightning crashes in the area. Bob Foxworth, in Tampa, FL, says 
he heard the WMIB test well above WQSN at 0100 local time. Skip in 
Phoenix, AZ reports that the test came in well on a Drake SW8 and 
Quantum Loop. Steve Francis in Alcoa, TN heard WMIB CE Phil Beckman take 
a call from someone in Faversham, Kent, England. However, Frank Aden 
(N7SOK) in Boise, ID was unable to hear the test under KXOL.
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Completely revised by IRCA's own Rich Toebe to 2/00 and includes X-Band 
stations as well.  This 24 page "DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00 
through the IRCA Bookstore.  Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00. 
Overseas... add $0.50.

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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 ENGWTRS@xxxxxxx

CALL SIGN  CHANGES

NEW       CITY AND STATE           FREQUENCY      FORMER
CALL                                   *          CALL

WDAE    ST. PETERSBURG, FL            620         WHNZ  **
WLFJ    GREENVILLE, SC                660         WESC
KESP    MODESTO, CA                   970         KANM
WBZT    BOYNTON BEACH, FL            1040         WJNO  **
WHNZ    TAMPA, FL                    1250         WDAE  **
WFBS    BERWICK, PA                  1280         WSQV
WPCF    PANAMA CITY, FL              1290         WDLP
WJNO    WEST PALM BEACH, FL          1290         WBZT  **
WSJX    TERRE HAUTE, IN              1300         WJSH
KCNB    HOLDENVILLE, OK              1370         KTLS
KREF    NORMAN, OK                   1400         KNOW
KMZT    SAN RAFAEL, CA               1510         KJQI
WKWH    SHELBYVILLE, IN              1520         WOOO
KZNE    COLEGE STATION, TX           1620         KAZW

** FINALLY BEING REPORTED BY THE FCC, THESE CHANGES ARE AT LEAST 30 
DAYS OLD!
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Mike Terry - michael.terry1@xxxxxxxxxx

  This is it - confirmation from SES Luxembourg that a new radio service 
called Radio Luxembourg 208 is due to start on ASTRA channel 13 
7.38Mhz.+7.56Mhz. (soon?). This is therefore an official confirmation 
and is quite exciting.
  I will ask if 1440 khz is included in these plans.
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**Dennis Gibson - dcgibson55@xxxxxxxxx

  KXXT-1340 is now oldies (again); their several year experiment with an 
all sports format is over. They were one of the stations Clear Channel 
was using to fill in the holes in KXTA-1150's coverage. They are the 
third one to drop out; 1350 in San Bernardino and 1220 in Canyon Country 
preceded it. KAVL-610 and KBET-850 remain //KXTA. KXXT's slogan is "Cool 
Oldies 1340". They are carrying the oldies that were on KIST (KXXT's old 
call for over 50 years) 107.7, which flipped to CHR at noon today. Knock 
me over with a feather.
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 INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS

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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  Greetings to all.  I had a great DX session on Wednesday night (15 
MAR) at Granite Pier in Rockport, MA.  This time, unlike some other 
sessions, I got quite a bit of it on tape (highlights may be played at 
Friday's BADX meeting).
  It was a mostly clear, chilly, and very windy night over at the pier.  
I had to retract the 1.8 m whips (making up the two sides of the 
broadband loop) some as the setup was becoming physically unstable in 
the high gusts.  I recently acquired two of Wellbrook's fine broadband 
loop amplifiers from Andy Ikin.  One of these amplifiers was used for 
this session: it performed admirably.
  Saudi Arabia was running all-night with speeches and Koran on a number 
of channels.  Not only was 1521 its usual booming self, but I had a huge 
parallel signal on 594.  The Saudi-1440 outlet overtook the domestics 
for awhile around 0212 UTC (16 MAR).
  There was a good signal from Greece-981 at 0133 UTC.  Middle Eastern 
music was heard behind Croatia-1134 (so maybe Kuwait). Iran-1503 peaked 
at 0032 UTC with a good signal.  702, a generally-unproductive channel 
on many outings, offered Morocco early and Slovakia later.  Usual big-
guns from the UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, 
Croatia, Norway, Italy, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, etc. were all 
thundering in.  Several UK stations (including "Talk Sports" ex "Talk 
Radio" - 1053/1089) had news stories about BMW acquiring the Rover car 
company.  Ceuta-1584 was spot-on 1584.0 rather than 1583.6.
  Caribbean / South American signals were there, but they weren't of 
high enough quality to steer me away from the exciting Trans-Atlantic 
action.

  I experienced another great DX session from 2200 UTC on 18 MAR to 0030 
UTC, 19 MAR.  This time I listened from the Powder Point Bridge site in 
Duxbury, MA: one of the best DXing locations south of Boston and north 
of Cape Cod.  Many common European MW stations were in at good levels.  
A number of Middle Eastern signals were also noted.  The better catches 
included the RASD station from Algeria (or is it W.Sahara/Morocco ?) on 
1540 (slicing through nulled powerhouse WPTR !), Syria-783, Jordan-801, 
Israel-1206, and then at 0013 UTC - the best catch of them all - 
Armenia-864 blasting its musical-box style Trans-World Radio interval 
signal right over the usual Egyptian Koran juggernaut.  Between this 
outing and my trip out to Rockport, MA a few days earlier, I must say 
that I've heard more good DX in the last week than in the entire three-
month winter season preceding it.  I see that Ben Dangerfield in PA also 
had good results.  I hope that all of you who like MW DX took advantage 
of these spectacular openings.
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SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
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DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT  UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
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SPECIAL

1080  WNWI  IL Oak Lawn  - 3/18 0018 - Good signals with Polka music and 
       WNWI ID's.  Heard earlier in the evening with Polish language 
       programming and lots of mentions of Chicago. The 900 W nightime 
       CP must be on.  NEW!!  (SA-MB)
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Niel Wolfish - Toronto ON - niel@xxxxxxxx

DXing near Coe Hill, Ontario (Lake Township, Hastings County)
  ICOM R71A attached to a 1000 foot antenna pointed east.

     Longwave Logs
 162  France  France Inter, Allouis March 17 2246 French rap music and 
       one I recognized by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. ("The Other 
       Side").  Fair signal. (NjW)
 171  Morocco  Radio Medi Un March 18 0552 Parallel to 9575 with French 
       pop music. Poor. (NjW)
 183  Germany  Europe Un March 17 2353 Noted with woman singing in 
       French.  Fair signal. (NjW)
 198  England  BBC Droitwich March 18 0519 BBC World Service "The World 
       Today" program.  Parallel to 5975 and 6175.  Fair signal. (NjW)
 252  Ireland  Atlantic 252, March 18 0555 Liner-ID by woman: "The New 
       Atlantic 252", into dance/pop music. Fair signal. (NjW)

     Changes
1110  WSFW  NY Seneca Falls March 17 1348, Now running Music of Your 
       Life parallel to 1590-WAUB.  Was C&W before....  WAUB audible on 
       1590, but not as strong as WSFW. (NjW)

     Unidentified
 540 ? ? ? March 18 0653, Polka music heard under CBEF. (NjW)
 640 ? ? ? March 18 0712, Woman announcer playing C&W songs.  Under 
       CFYI. (NjW)
 740 ? ? ? March 19  0558, Liner-ID into C&W music.  ID sounded like it 
       might have been KBOE, but I am not 100% sure.  Unfortunately I 
       didn't have the tape recorder going...Lost to WJIB when they 
       powered up. (NjW)
 750 ? ? ? March 18 1823, Music of Your Life ID and oldie. (NjW)
1400 ? ? ? March 18 1650, Somebody on top of frequency briefly with 
       Latin American music. (NjW)

     DX
 540  WLUX  NY Islip March 17 2331, Over/under CBEF with spot for Long 
       Island Eye Surgical Care, ID and jingle. (NjW)
 590  WROW  NY Albany March 17 1731, Local traffic and ID heard under 
       CJCL. (NjW)
 680  WINR  NY Binghamton March 18 0706, Under CFTR with local news, ID 
       by announcer Bill Jones and oldie by Joe Stafford. (NjW)
 730  WACE  MA Chicopee March 18 1742, Irish Hit Parade program on 
       "950-WROL".  Gave WROL address several times.  On top of CKAC.
 730  WDOS  NY Oneonta March 18 0724, "Big Band Bash" program.  ID and 
       News at 0730 read by news director Dolly Heescox.  Good on top of 
       CKAC. (NjW)
 740  WJIB  MA Cambridge March 19 0600, Suddenly appeared (did they 
       power-up at this time?) with "WJIB Cambridge-Boston" ID 
       followed by male announcer playing instrumental music by Lawrence 
       Welk and 1970s oldies by Jim Croce and Marilyn McCoo/Billy Davis 
       Jr.  Lost to WGSM at 0618. (NjW)
 740  WVCH  PA Chester March 17 1355, Fighting WGSM with a commercial 
       for a cleaning service, ID and promo for "Hope For The Heart" 
       program. (NjW)
 750  CKGB  ON Timmins March 18 0738, Liner/ID:  "locally brewed and 
       delivered fresh daily - hot new country 750 CKGB".  Good signal.
 830  WCRN  MA Worcester March 18 1750, Fighting CFJR and WEEU with 
       Irish Hit Parade program on "950-WROL".  Gave WROL address 
       several times. Parallel to 730-WACE. (NjW)
 830  WEEU  PA Reading March 18 1803, Out of ABC news with ID/promo 
       "the voice of Berks County WEEU". (NjW)
 840  WVPO  PA Stroudsburg March 18 0741, ID and lottery numbers under 
       WHAS. (NjW)
 860  WSBS  MA Great Barrington March 17 1730, Heard under CJBC with ID 
       into AP news. (NjW)
 910  WNEZ  CT New Britain March 17 1706-1724, On top of WABI with 
       "Jams-910" IDs, urban/dance music and various Hartford area 
       commercials, including one for a Sadie Hawkins dance/fashion show 
       and one for Connecticut Pride CBA Basketball.  Also a PSA from 
       the CT Dept. of Motor Vehicles.. (NjW)
1070  WGLY  NY Plattsburgh March 17 1552, "Adventures in Odyssey" from 
       Focus On The Family.  Weather and ID at top-of-the-hour.  Fair 
       with WKOK. (NjW)
1100  WHLI  NY Hempstead March 18 0754, Under WTAM with nostalgia music 
       and "AM 1100/740 WHLI" IDs. (NjW)
1150  WRUN  NY Utica March 17 2022, ID and local spots for places in 
       Oriskanny, Utica and Frankfort during break in Mohawk Valley 
       Prowlers-Port Huron Border Cats UHL hockey game from McMorran 
       Arena in Pt. Huron.  On top of CKOC and CJRC. (NjW)
1160  WVNJ  NJ Oakland March 17 2027, In mess with ID and nostalgia 
       music. (NjW)
1170  KJOC  IA Davenport March 17 2340, Under WWVA with "K-Jock" ID 
       and NCAA basketball scores.  Could also hear a second station 
       underneath playing what sounded like ranchero music. (NjW)
1260  WPZE  MA Boston March 17 2357, "We're Radio Disney AM-1260 
       Boston" ID and usual Radio Disney stuff. (NjW)
1290  WRNI  RI Providence March 17 1635, Faded up with temps and ID, 
       mixing with WKNE. (NjW)
1330  WWRV  NY New York March 18 0004, Station ID/promo as "Radio 
       Vision Cristiana".  Parallel to 530.   (NjW)
1340  WKGJ  NY Auburn  March 17 1407, Presumed the one here with Radio 
       Disney programming, parallel to 1490-WOLF. (NjW)
1350  WOYK  PA York March 18 0006, Out of Miami-Arkansas NCAA basketball 
       game with ID/jingle for "1600-WPDC". (NjW)
1400  WABY  NY Albany March 18 1655, Presumed the one with Celine Dion 
       and Bee Gees tunes, CNN news and a liner at 1705 mentioning 94.5 
       FM and the Capital Area.   (NjW)
1500  WFIF  CT Milford March 17 1458, "Life Changing Radio WFIF", with 
       local weather, ID and SRN News. (NjW)
1510  WRNJ  NJ Hackettstown March 17 2014, "Oldies 1510 WNRJ" into 
       Seals & Crofts song.  Fair with WNRB. (NjW)
1530  WDJZ  CT Bridgeport March 18 1708, On top of WSAI with Portuguese 
       play-by-play.  Later at 1845 noted local commercials mentioning 
       Bridgeport and Waterbury.  Heard up until 1858 when they pulled 
       the plug.   (NjW)
1690  KDDZ  CO Arvada March 18 0615, Presumed the one with Radio Disney 
       stuff parallel to 1560 under WMDM. (NjW)
1620  TIS   March 17  2240, Weather forecast and tides for Long Island 
       Sound and New England.  Sounded like it was a computer 
       synthesized voice.  Heard most of the evening under/over WHLY. 
1640  TIS   NY Rockland County March 17 2306, Over/under WKSH all night 
       with Rockland County info on transit and fire safety.  ID sounded 
       like "You're listening to Rockland County Resident's Information 
       Radio". (NjW)
1700 KNAA585 NY Jamaica March 17 2326, Audible under KBGG with "you're 
       listening to John F. Kennedy International Airport Highway 
       Advisory Radio Station". (NjW)
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 HELP WITH

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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx

Two more unids from my weeks DX..

1080  Radio La Luz, Peru, unlisted in WRTH, running relig. and gave 
       details of a rally in Amauta.
1300  Radio ...cordia (sounded like Disconcordia... but that's unlikely) 
       again probably Peruvian, faded out 1054z so East of Lima which 
       disappeared at 1112z. Also running religious programming.
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**Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Anyone out there have a WTTM verie?  I have checked the veries signer 
olumns in both clubs' bulletins over the past six months and don't ecall 
reading about a WTTM response.

Thanks (hope we don't have another KQXX on our hands).

**Pat Martin - Rancho MirageCA - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx 

WTTM has been a good QSLer in the past. I have them verified from last
year.
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 QSLs

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**Pat Martin - Rancho MirageCA - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx 

 610  KAVL  CA  LANCASTER, rec. QSL letter in 5d from: David Sebastian - 
       Sports Director along with station flyers. Address: 348 East 
       Avenue #K4, Lancaster  CA  93535  (PM-CA)
1080  KGVY  AZ, Green Valley - rec. folding "Thank-You" card with QSL 
       message inside. V/S: Bonnie Leigh Crystall-GM in 26d. Address: 
       P.O. Box 767, 1510 West Camino Antigua, Green Valley  AZ  85622. 
       I am pleased with this as they are tough to hear, 1 KW. (PM-CA)
1250  KHIL  AZ, WLCOX, rec QSL letter in 14d after f/up from: Dan 
       Curtis-GM. Address: P.O. Box 1250, Wilcox  AZ  85644. (PM-CA)
1380  KTSM  TX, EL PASO rec. friendly letter from: Cat Simon-PD in 8d 
       after f/up. Address: 801 N. Oregon Street, El Paso  TX  79902. 
       (That is his name "Cat") (PM-CA)
1400  KKJL  CA, SAN LUIS OBISPO rec. QSL paragraph on bottom of my 
       letter (report) in 12d. v/s: Guy Hackman-Owner/GM, Address: P.O. 
       Box 1400, 1880 Santa Barbara Street, San Luis Obispo  CA  93401 
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Greg D Myers - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx

 600  WSOM - Ohio, Salem full data letter in 19d. V/s Wes Boyd, CE.
1440  WBLA  North Carolina, Elizabethtown full data letter, copy of 
       program log in 5d after a f/u. V/s Lee W. Hauser, P/GM
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 MISC ITEMS

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Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx

Note to editors: there has been a last-minute change to the schedule 
sent to you a few days ago: RFPI will air WOR Thursdays 2300 plus 
repeats instead of Wednesdays 2300. Here is the first part of the 
corrected schedule. Regards, Glenn

WORLD OF RADIO AND CONTINENT OF MEDIA
SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF MARCH 17, 2000

Days and times strictly UT. Note: all WWCR and WBCQ times shift one UT 
hour earlier from April 2 on same frequencies.

Wed 1730 COM RFPI 25930-USB
Wed 2230 WOR WBCQ1 7415
Thu 0930 COM RFPI 6975
Thu 2130 WOR WWCR 15685 [ex-9475 Dec-Feb]
Thu 2300 WOR RFPI 25930-USB 15049 6975 [NEW March-May]
Fri 0700 WOR RFPI 6975 [NEW March-May]
Fri 1030 WOR WWCR 7435
Fri 1500 WOR RFPI 25930-USB [NEW March-May]
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 Publications

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   IRCA Foreign Log #10 is NOW available from the IRCA Bookstore for
$10.00 US.  Overseas, add $2.00 US for airmail delivery.  This edition
contains ALL the SDXM DXWW-E and DXWW-W tips from 9/96 to 7/99... almost
three years of material!  All collated and in frequency order by TA, PA
and TP for each DXWW column.

2000 M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY (9th Edition)

   The IRCA Bookstore is proud to announce that the 'M Street 
Corporation' has agreed to offer a discount on their 2000 'M Street 
Radio Directory' to DXers 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 DXers ordering through the IRCA 
Bookstore is $40.00 post paid (UPS address required).  The book is 
expected to be out by February 2000 (usual disclaimer on date 'cause we 
can't be sure!).  Retail will be $72.00.
   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
    (ALL checks payable to Phil Bytheway)

M Street web site is: http://www.mstreet.net

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AM RADIO LOG 20th Edition

   This annual edition contains 321 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole 
punched, loose-leaf format. Radio station listings from the United 
States and Canada including up to the last minute information on the new 
stations in the Expanded band (1605-1705). 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. 
   To order, contact the Publications Center.  If you are in the NRC or 
IRCA your price is $16.95 if not, the non-member prices of the AM Radio 
Log are as follows: 

U.S. & Canada    US$22.95
Latin America    US$24.00
Europe           US$25.00
All Others       US$28.00

Send all orders to:
National Radio Club
Publications Center
Box 164, Dept W
Mannsville NY  13661-0164 USA

NY residents add appropriate sales tax. Price listed is "postage paid" 
to your location. Checks should be made payable to NATIONAL RADIO CLUB, 
INC. The National Radio Club is a non-profit radio club devoted to the 
medium wave DX hobby. We are not a business. Sorry, no COD or Net 
Account orders accepted.

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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES

     Geomagnetic Summary March 14 2000 through March 20 2000 
      phil bytheway - Seattle WA - fokker_d8@xxxxxxxxx
      Tabulated from email status daily

  3/14   183     6    1    mod-high    quiet-unsettled     4
    15   179     2    0    mod-high    quiet-unsettled     5
    16   184     1    0    mod-high    quiet-unsettled     5
    17   192     6    1    low-mod     quiet-unsettled     5
    18   195     5    2    low-mod     quiet-unsettled     7
    19   208     9    2    moderate    quiet-unsettled     6
  3/20   210     5    1    moderate    quiet-unsettled     4
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The AM DX NewsFlash is sent weekly from Teknologic in Snohomish WA
    All contributions will be used
    Comments regarding content are appreciated
 With your submission, please include as a minimum:
    Your name, location and email address
 Tell your email friends about "AM DX NewsFlash"
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 Folks whose bulletins are returned twice in a row are dropped from the
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 Information appearing the NewsFlash can be quoted provided the original
    author and "IRCA's AM DX NewsFlash" are given proper credit.
 Soft copies of the latest IRCA BookStore and Reprint Updater are
    available from:  phil-bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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IRCA DUES STRUCTURE
   DXM-printed DX MONITOR (21x/year), SDXM-"soft" DX MONITOR (35x/year)
WORLD - SDXM $10.00
  USA - DXM $20.00,  DXM/SDXM $25.00
  Canada - DXM $22.00,  DXM/SDXM $27.00
  Overseas surface - DXM $23.50,  DXM/SDXM $28.50
  Airmail (Central America, Caribbean) - DXM $35.00,  DXM/SDXM $40.00
  Airmail (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) - $38.00,  
    DXM/SDXM - $43.00
  Airmail (rest of the World) - $41.00,  DXM/SDXM $46.00

To join the IRCA, send the appropriate dues to:  IRCA HQ
                                                 PO Box 1831
                                                 Perris CA  92572-1831
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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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