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[HCDX]: IRCA's AM DX NewsFlash - 4/27/00
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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - April 27 2000
Vol 6 No 4
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, May 4 2000 @ 1400 UTC
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
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DAYTON HAMVENTION
This year the Dayton Hamvention spans the weekend of May 19 - 21, 2000.
As usual ANARC is sharing a table with the All Ohio Scanner Club.
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2000 IRCA Billings, Montana Convention Information
The 2000 IRCA convention will be held August 25,26,and 27 in Billings,
MT. The convention will be hosted by John and Nancy Johnson.
IRCA's 2000 Convention has a web site for complete information.
http://pages.prodigy.net/john_johnson/irca2000.htm
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2000 National Radio Club Convention, Lima OH
This year's NRC convention will be held in Lima OH on Labor Day weekend
(9/1-9/4/00). Host is Fred Vobbe, 706 Mackenzie Dr, Lima OH 45805-
1835. Complete details are available at the following Web site:
//www.nrcdxas.org/convention
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5/ 7/00 Sun - 0000-0400 - 1660 - WMIB - Marco FL (IRCA)
"From Phil Beckman, WMIB CE (wmib@xxxxxxxxx):
Attention radio DX'ers/radio nuts! Mark your calendar for May 7, 2000
between 0000 & 0400 EDT for another in the ongoing series of 'test'
programs on WMIB 1660khz at our daytime power of 10kw. Lots of obscure
oldies, occasional jingles and some silliness thrown in! Hope you'll be
there! Phil"
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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
PREPARED ON 4/23/00 0800
CALL SIGN CHANGES
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL * CALL
KKGO COSTA MESA, CA 540 KNOB
WXJO GORDON, GA 1120 WBNM
KREB BENTONVILLE,AR 1190 KESE
KWKU POMONA, CA 1220 KWPA
KZAR ROGERS, AR 1390 KREB
KMPC LOS ANGELES, CA 1540 KCTD
KZQQ ABILENE, TX 1560 KMPC
KVTK VERMILLION, SD 1570 KOSZ
KWSI KANSAS CITY, MO 1660 KBJC
WPTX LEXINGTON PARK, MD 1690 WMDM
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Sheldon Harvey - Greenfield Park QU - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx
Just checked out 600 and 850 kHz. this morning (April 21 at 1359 UTC,
for the parallels of 940 News and Info 690 here in Montreal. Both 600
and 850 are now on continuous tape loops telling listeners to tune their
receivers to the 940 and 690 frequencies.
Looks like this might be the last weekend for 600 and 850 kHz.
Will keep everyone posted on further developments. I will try to
contact them today to find out when they are pulling the plug
officially. My guess right now is probably at the end of this long
weekend.
4/22
Thanks to an update from Bill Westenhaver earlier today noting that
the tape loops running on 600 kHz. and 850 kHz. have changed early
today.
Both the English tape on 600 and the French tape on 850 are now saying
that the frequencies will go silent on Sunday at Midnight (0400 UTC
Monday).
For those out of range of the Montreal region, a tape recording of
yesterday's and today's tape loop will be played on tomorrow morning's
(Sunday) International Radio Report on CKUT-FM Radio McGill at 10:30 AM
Eastern, 1430 UTC. This programme is available on RealAudio through the
CKUT website, live streaming only;
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** Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Another Alberta station is gone from MW. While doing some antenna
work yesterday I noticed KMJY on 700 instead of CKRD, so checked with
Joe Talbot up in Red Deer, and they're gone. Had been parallel with the
new FM on 105.5 for the past couple of months.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
960 KKJX OR, Klamath Falls hrd well o/KABL w/ ESPN Sports w/ID at
0459.50 EDT 4/19, ex KLAD. (PM-OR)
1110 KWBD WA, Oak Harbor, fair w/oldies mostly w/ "KWBD AM 1110"
Island Weather, etc. 1757 to 1820 EDR 4/20. They seem to have a
better signal than in the past. (PM-OR)
1330 WMNN MN, MINNNEAPOLIS, heard on top with "All News All the Time
13-30 WMNN" ID at 0312 EDT 4/24. (PM-OR)
1460 KTXX CA, Salinas fair at best w/ others phased at 0259.50 EDT
4/22, One on One Sports, "The dude" slogan. This one is sure a
lot tougher than then it was KDON with 5 KW. KLTC-ND is easier
than KTXX! (PM-OR)
1460 KLTC ND, Dickinson good on top w/C&W mx and "1460 KLTC" ID at
0333 EDT 4/21. (PM-OR)
1490 KWOK WA, Hoquiam, good as usual with One on One Sports and ID at
1459.50 EDT 4/16, ex KGHO. (PM-OR)
1570 WGSR FL, Fernandina Beach. heard on top of mess with "ID at
0559.55 as ".......News talk 15-70 WGSR, Fernandina Beach...
Jacksonville." Into ABC News 4/24. New for me. Glad CKTA has gone
to FM! (PM-OR)
1570 CKMW CANADA, MB, Winkler fair on top w/C&W mx and promo for news
with "CKMW-1570" ID at 0345 EDT 4/22. With CKTA gone, off
Eastern Beverage it is a jumble mess. Lots of interesting stuff
to log. New for me. (PM-OR)
1620 WTAW TX, College Station good on top with Art Bell pgm , ID at
0559.50, into news, later with Bloomberg News" o/KSMH & KYIZ.
WTAW is stronger in CA 4/17 (PM-OR)
1650 KBDJ CO, Denver good on top here with ID and slogan "The Beat" at
0501 EDT 4/18 (PM-OR)
Drake R8
1500' E. Beverage, 200' EWE antenna, 400' N, mini Beverage
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** kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Kenwood R-1000 and Vobbe Loop, Realistic DX-440 barefoot, GE [ original
version ] Superadio, barefoot.
590 KSUB UT, Cedar City 4/23/00 2330 talking about the old TV show
"The Prisoner".
980 KUPI ID, Ammon 4/23/00 2345 with sports talking about San Jose
and St. Louis hockey playoff. A man announcer was interviewing a
female reporter.
1000 KKIM NM, Albuquerque 4/25 0800 with ID "Your Christian connection
for New Mexico, KKIM, Albuquerque."
1090 KKYN TX, Plainview 4/23/00 2356 with Rangers baseball game in the
9th inning.
1140 CHRB AB, High River, 2359 with C&W fighting with KHTK.
1540 KCTD CA, Los Angeles 4/24 2335 with 1 on 1 sports and ID.
1570 KHPN CO, Loveland 4/24 2305 fighting it out with XERF with CNN
news and then local WX.
1570 XERF MEXICO, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila 4/25 0600 announcing "La
Poderosa" ID. Unusual here due to close proximity to KMIK 1580
xmitter. Was heavily QRMed by KHPN.
1600 KIVA NM, Albuquerque 0032 playing a Mills Brothers song. They put
in a real nice signal in the central AZ area.
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BROADCAST BAND LOGGINGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE, MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
1690 WPTX MD Lexington - 04/21 0440 - Poor signals under KDDZ with
talk programming. Now using these callsigns. NEW!! (SA-MB)
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HELP WITH
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** kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
I heard an UNID last night on 1560 in the KNZR null. Radio loopstick
was directional 045/225 from Phoenix and format was "Real Country".
Never heard this one before. Unfortunately after listening for a half
hour the station faded and since it was satellite fed, I never got an
ID. Any ideas?
** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Your UNID C&W was KKAA-South Dakota. They mix regularly here with KNZR
at night. Heard KKAA last night.
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** Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>From most recent DX Monitor:
CALL LETTER CHANGES:
CA Costa Mesa KNOB- 540 becomes KKGO (note: this station is
currently silent-ye ed.)
Can anybody shed some light on this? They have been dark for at least
two years. When they were last on, there was a huge overlap with XEBACH
in many parts of the Los Angeles area.
** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I am a bit surprised they applied for KKGO as the CE at XEBACH/KGIL/
KGXL told me that 540 was not going to return to the air because of the
over lap of the 2 signals. Apparently management changed their minds.
XEBACH gets out so well in So Cal. They must be 10 KW Day & Night ND by
their signal in Rancho Mirage. Here in Oregon I get them often mixing
with CBK at night too.
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QSLs
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
880 KHAC NM, Tse Bonito, rec. very friendly folding QSL card in 21d
for taped report. V/S: Jerry Wagnu(?). Address: P.O. Box 9090 -
Window Rock AZ 86515 Also enclosed bumper sticker. (PM)
930 KRKY CO, Granby. Rec. friendly letter in 26d from: M.R. Murray-
GM. New address: P.O. Box 999 - Dillion Co 80435 (PM)
1620 WTAW TX, College Station. rec. a beautiful full color QSL card in
25d. No V/S, but all other info included. Address: 2700 Earl
Rudder Freeway South, College Station TX 77845 (PM-OR)
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MISC ITEMS
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Pat Martin sends us the following on April 27 2000:
Here is the latest X Band list this time including QSLs received from
DXers.
Q-card, L-letter, P-prepared card, C-certificate, E- E Mail
1620
WPHG-AL, Atmore-Gorpel-24hr-Q/L/P
KSMH-CA, Auburn-Rel.-24hr-L
WHLY-IN, South Bend-NOS-24hr-L
KAZP-NE, Bellevue-SPT-24hr.-L
WTAW-TX, College Station-TLK-24hr-Q
KYIZ-WA, Renton-UC-24hr-L
1630
KCJJ-IA, Iowa City-AC-24hr-E/P
KKWY-WY, Fox Farm-C&W-Q/E
XEUT-BCN, Tijuana-JZ-Daytime
1640
KDIA-CA,Vallejo-REL TLK-24hr-Q/L/P
KPBC-OR, Lake Oswego-REL/GOS-L
WKSH-WI, Sussex-REL-24hr-L
1650
KGXL-CA, Torrance-JZ-24hr-Q/L/P
KBDJ-CO, Denver-REL AC-24hr
KDNZ-IA, Cedar Falls-NX/TLK-24hr-E/L/P
WHKT-VA, Portsmouth-REL-C/L
1660
WMIB-FL, Marco-NOS-24hr-Q/L/P/E
WQSN-MI, Kalamazoo-SPT-24hr-E/L/P
WWRU-NJ, Elizabeth-SS/ETH-24hr-L/P
KRZX-TX, Waco-NX/TLK-L
KXOL-UT, Brigham City-OLD-24hr-L/E/P
1670
WRNC-GA, Warner Robins-C&W-24hr-L
WTDY-WI, Madison-TLK/SPT-24hr-L/P/E
1680
WTIR-FL, Winter Garden-TIS-24hr-C
WJNZ-MI, Ada-UC-24hr-C/L
WTTM-NJ, Princeton-NX/BIZ.SPT-24hr-L
1690
KDDZ-CO, Arvada-KID-24hr-L
WPTX-MD, Lexington Pk-TLK/SPT-24hr-L
1700
WAFN-FL, Miami Springs-SPT-24hr-L
KBGG-IA, Des Moines-CNN-24hr-L/P
KQXX-TX, Brownsville-SS-24hr-P
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary April 11 2000 through April 24 2000
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - fokker_d8@xxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
4/11 182 11 2 low-mod unsettled-active - 8
12 173 7 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 6
13 164 3 0 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 4
14 165 4 2 low quiet-unsettled - 6
15 164 5 1 low-mod quiet-active - 6
16 159 21 2 low-mod unsettled-active - 7
17 158 12 2 low quiet-active - 6
18 160 5 2 low quiet-unsettled - 3
19 168 12 2 low quiet-active - 7
20 181 16 3 low-mod quiet-active - 7
21 187 9 2 low-mod quiet-active - 5
22 202 4 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 4
23 206 7 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 6
4/24 205 16 1 low-mod quiet-active - 5
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END of 4/27/00 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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