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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - May 4 2000
Vol 6 No 5
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IRCA's web site... check it out!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, May 11 2000 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil-bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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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** Eric Bueneman - Hazelton MO - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
KDNZ-1650 is now KCNZ... the KDNZ calls moved to KCNZ's former 1250
position.
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Don - Portland OR - ulformat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Its 0515 utc on Friday night (4/28). KDGO is blasting on 2x1240 = 2480.
Oldies format. KDGO id at 5 minutes past the hour. This is Durango,
Colorado. Hope you are up to catch this spur
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
For the past several days KPAM-860 has been running non-stop news
bulletins from the WWII era. The booming of Pearl Harbor, the end of the
war, etc. Maybe they are getting ready for their format change to Talk
as they announced last Fall.
KPAM-860 is now News-Talk, ex Rel AC as of 5/1/00. They call
themselves "Radio Free Oregon" for a slogan.
I've got my northern antenna back in place and I notice no CFCP-BC.
Apparently they have gone to FM along with Red Deer-700 and CKTA-1570.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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** kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a Chrysler model 4469088 with a 20' dipole antenna, GE SRIII 7-
2887A made in China:
670 KLTT CO, Commerce City 4/29/00 2130 lighting up the pilot light
and at first I thought the signal was falsing on KBOI's stereo
signal but they were preaching to the world in stereo.
680 KNBR CA, San Francisco 4/30/00 2315 lighting up the stereo pilot
light and at least in wide mode with sports scores.
760 KFMB CA, San Diego 4/29/00 2311 with Super Trivia. Lighting the
pilot light and in stereo.
820 WBAP TX, Ft. Worth 4/29/00 2135 with a political talk show about
Elian Gonzales, what else is on all the political talk shows?
Fighting it out with XEFTA and when WBAP came through it lit the
stereo pilot light and was in stereo.
1010 KXEG AZ, Phoenix 4/29/00 2139 with REL music on guitar. Most of
the programs are preaching so it is mono in two channels then,
but when they have a music program it is in stereo. They had the
pilot light on and in stereo in this instance.
1070 KNX CA, Los Angeles 4/30/00 2328 lighting up the pilot light off
and on under KDUS splatter with ID at 2330 and KNX Drama Hour.
1150 KCKY AZ, Coolidge 4/29/00 2142 with SS REL program. This station
has always been terribly overmodulated to the point of pain in
the ears. They had a tremendous problem with bad modulated
sidebands but appear to have corrected the problem this week.
Pilot light on, mono in both channels and distorted as hell.
1170 KVOO OK, Tulsa 4/30/00 0034 with a road construction report from
ODOT, state highway department during trucking show. In stereo,
lighting the pilot and had ID in stereo.
1450 KTYM CA, Inglewood 5/2/00 0800 with TOH ID and then into
preaching. Faded shortly after. [ new ]
1530 KCMN CO, Colorado Springs 5/2/00 0755 IDing as "Legends 1530,
KCMN" then into weather with a temp of 42F.
Had a falsing for a considerable amount of time on 1560 with KNZR during
Dodgers broadcast. Who else is on 1560 with a stereo signal?
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1570 WGSR FL, Fernandina Beach, hrd again with weather forecast and
"WGSR" ID at 0506 EDT 5/1/00 Lots of QRM (PM-OR)
1570 WFRL IL, Freeport, hrd with NOS format, promo for their website
at 0529 EDT 5/1/00. U/O WGSR and UNID Spt talk stn (PM-OR)
1570 KVTK SD, Vermillion, fair on top with ID ".......KVTK,
Vermillion... Cool 1570" Into New nx (ABC?) at 0559.50 EDT 5/1.
Listed as 71 watts at night. (PM-OR)
1570 W??? UNID station with Oldies mixing with WGSR at 0508 EDT
5/1/00. Hrd call as "W???", but couldn't ID it. 1570 is an
excellent channel! (PM-OR)
1570 UNID With Sports talk ID as "Sports 15-70" at 0523 EDT 5/1
(PM-OR)
1570 WRGO? (sounded like) at 0517 EDT 5/1 (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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HELP WITH
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Does anyone know which Victoria MW stations are leaving MW for FM? I
have heard CJVI & CKXM are. Anyone know and when are they leaving MW?
** (via Pat Martin)
MaryJo Molzan - mmolzan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
We have an application in to the CRTC and hoping for approval by July/
Aug for launch in the Fall. Please keep enjoying the 'oldies' for now...
and I'm sure we'll come up with something you like if we 'flip' to FM
Mary Jo. Molzan-Gibbons, Promotions Manager, AM900 (CJVI)
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QSLs
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** Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
950 KNFT NM, Silver City, rec nice vl with cm in 25d after f/u along
with nice T-Shirt. V/S: Deniene Brown (no title) Address: 5 Race
Track Road / Box 1320 / Silver City NM 88062 (PM-OR)
1570 WGSR FL, Fernandina Beach, rec. nice QSL letter in 9d for taped
report, with photos of studeo & old 5 KW transmitter. Apparently
when I heard them they just boosted from 30w (night) to their PSA
of 500w. Currently they run 5 KW days with a CP for 10 KW. V/S:
Dick Boekeloo-CE. Station address: 707 Dade Street - Fernandina
Beach FL 32034. My 18th Florida MW QSL. (PM-OR)
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Greg D Myers - Richmond VA - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
Mississippi, WBSL, 1990, Bay St. Louis, f/d ltr. confirming a report
from Sep.'98 while they were on for a hurricane, also confirmaing a
later report as well. Included stickers and a button. V/s Bennietta
Hatchett, Public Relations. Quite pleased to see this one "drift" in.
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MISC ITEMS
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** Eric Bueneman - Hazelton MO - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
Most of the St. Louis area transmitters are located in IL, a few are in
MO.
KTRS- 550: East St. Louis, IL
KFNS- 590: Cottage Hills, IL (near Wood River)
KJSL- 630: East St. Louis, IL
KSTL- 690: East St. Louis, IL (they announce East St. Louis, IL as their
city of license instead of their listed CofL, St. Louis, MO)
KWRE- 730: State Road 47 north of Warrenton, MO
WEW - 770: I-64 and I-255 west of Fairview Heights, IL
KFUO- 850: On the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Clayton, MO
WINU- 880: U.S. 40 east of Highland, IL
WGNU- 920: I-270 and I-255/State Road 255 near Mitchell, IL
KXEN-1010: Old U.S. 66 (Chain of Rocks Road), east of SR 111 Mitchell IL
WRYT-1080: I-55 and SR 143, east of Edwardsville, IL
KMOX-1120: Granite City, IL near I-270 and SR 3
WSDZ-1260: SR 159 in Swansea, IL
KSIV-1320: Brentwood, MO (near Brentwood Blvd. and Manchester Rd.
[SR 100])
KSLG-1380 (Day): Chouteau Island, IL, across from the northern tip of
St. Louis
KSLG-1380 (Night): Near Dupo, IL (and has trouble covering most of metro
STL)
WRTH-1430: East Carondelet, IL
KIRL-1460: (Day): At studio site, SR 94 in Boschertown, MO (N of St.
Charles)
KIRL-1460: (Night): Aubuchon Road in Hazelwood, MO (1 mile N of SR 370)
WESL-1490: Within East St. Louis, IL city limits
WCBW-1510: U.S. 40 east of Highland, IL
WBGZ-1570: Levis Road between Alton and Godfrey, IL
KATZ-1600: Between East St. Louis and Granite City, IL
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** Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Many thanks to all who responded to my question (about transmitters
being located in different states than the city of license - ed). About
a nanosecond after I clicked on "send" I remembered I'd heard somewhere
that WFAN and WCBS' xmtrs were in New Jersey.
For any of you West Coast types who might be interested, KXXT-1340
here in Santa Barbara is now KIST again.
That brings up another question. Does anyone know of any station that
has more than 2 other stations using its tower(s) as an antenna? Here in
Santa Barbara, both KIST and KZBN diplex (or would you call it triplex?)
off KBKO's tower; all 3 are ND. It's weird to see 3 STL antennas on the
same tower.
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary April 25 2000 through May 3 2000
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - fokker_d8@xxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
4/25 203 5 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
26 190 4 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 3
27 184 12 2 low quiet-unsettled - 8
28 183 14 3 low quiet-unsettled - 8
29 175 10 3 low quiet-unsettled - 7
4/30 170 10 2 low quiet-unsettled - 8
5/ 1 158 15 4 low quiet-active - 10
2 153 15 2 low-mod unsettled-quiet - 7
5/ 3 137 17 4 low quiet-active - 9
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