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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - June 22 2000
Vol 6 No 12
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail ENGWTRS@xxxxxxx
PREPARED ON 6/17/00 1300
A FEW ABBREV.
JRN - JONES RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE)
ABC - ABC RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE
// - SIMULCAST
CRN - CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK
EWTN - CATHOLIC TALK NETWORK
FREQ. CALL SIGN OLD INFO NEW INFO
540 KKGO-COSTA MESA, CA CLASS. //XEBAC JAZZ //KJAZ
WZER-JACKSON, WI CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
580 WMGA-RIVERSIDE, GA TALK R&B OLDIES -ABC
610 WSLC-ROANOKE, VA C&W C&W // WPVR
620 KWAL-WALLACE, ID C&W ADDS NASHVILLE NIGHTS
630 WNEG-TOCCOA,GA GSPL/AC/SPTS ADLT STNDS - WW1
640 WGOC-BLOUNTSVILLE,TN CLASS. C&W C&W - ABC REAL C&W
648 WVUV-LEONE, AS SILENT HOT AC //KKHJ
740 WMBL-MOREHEAD CITY, NC ADLT STNDS SILENT
WBUB-BARNWELL, SC S. GSPL REPORTED SILENT
770 WWCN-N.FT. MYERS,FL TALK/SPORTS SPORTS //WQAM
800 WDUX-WAUPACA, WI CLASS. C&W ADDS JRN - CLASS. C&W
820 WYPA-CHICAGO, IL CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
830 KPLS-ORANGE, CA CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
910 WGTO-CASSOPOLIS, MI OLDIES-STNDS OLDIES - ABC
930 WAUR-SANDWICH, IL CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
970 WESO-SOUTHBRIDHE, MA OLDIES C&W
1030 WWGQ-MEMPHIS, TN TALK WGSF - SPANISH
1040 WSGH-LEWISVILLE, NC REL/SPAN/GSPL SPAN & S. GSPL
1050 KBBV-BIG BEAR LAKE,CA SILENT TALK
WEVD-NEW YORK, NY TALK ADDS SPORTS - ESPN
1150 WGBN-NEW KENSINGTON,PA BLK GOSPEL ADDS ABC - BLK GSPL
1160 WMVI-MECHANICVILLE,NY BLK GOSPLE REPORTED SILENT
1170 WWLE-CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, NY - C&W //WRWD-FM CNN HEADLINE
1180 KYET-WILLIAMS, AZ NEWS/TALK CLASS. C&W - JRN
1210 WGSF-BARTLETT, TN SPANISH WWGQ - TALK
1230 WUBE-CINCINNATI, OH SPORTS DROPS IMUS
WMOU-BERLIN, NH STNDS - WW1 SOFT AC - WW1
WABN-ABINGDON, VA HOT AC REPORTED SILENT
1270 KTFI-TWIN FALLS, ID OLDIES TALK/SPORTS
KWEB-ROCHESTER, MN SPORTS ADDS NEWS//KNFX5-10A
1280 WWTC-MINNEAPOLIS, MN CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
1310 WSLW-SULPHUR SPRINGS,WV AC - WW1 ADLT STNDS - WW1
1330 WPRN-BUTER, AL SILENT C&W - ABC REAL //FM
1340 KKYD-DENVER, CO CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
KFEZ-KANSAS CITY, KS ADLT STNDS KCKN - C. CHRIST
1350 WRNY-ROME, NY STNDS SPORTS 1 ON 1
1370 KAWW-HEBER SPRINGS, AR KAWW-TALK//KWCK STNDS - JRN //KDRE
KCRV-CARUTHERSVILLE,MO C&W/TALK CLASS. C&W - JRN
1380 KCNW-FAIRWAY, KS CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
1400 WFTG-LONDON, KY CLASS C&W TALK & SPORTS
KWLA-MANY, LA OLDIES SOFT AC - JRN
WBTB-BEAUFORT,NC SILENT OLDIES & BEACH //WNBR
1420 WUKQ-PONCE, PR WEUC- SS VAR. SS NWS/TLK //WKAQ
1440 WNYG-BABYLON, NY TROPICAL OLDIES
1450 WHSC-HARTSVILLE, SC C&W OLDIES //WWFN
1470 KEZZ-ESTES PARK, CO OLDIES-SOFT AC SOFT AC ONLY
1480 WKEA-BRIDGEPORT, AL COUNTRY // FM TALK
WADR-REMSEN, NY STNDS //WRNY SPORTS 1ON1 //WRNY
WEEO-SHIPPENSBURG, TN WSHP-TLK/S. AC OLDIES - WW1
1490 WNDA-DE LAND, FL TALK TALK //WNDB
KEUN-EUNICE. LA C&W -ABC REAL CAJUN/ZYDECO/SWAMP
KOKC-GUTHRIE, OK TALK //KREF URBAN
KOKC-GUTHRIE,OK URBAN SMOOTH JAZZ
1520 WWKB-BUFFALO,NY CHR/REL/TRUCK BUSINESS - BRN
KYND-CYPRESS ,TX ETHNIC SPAN. CHRIST MX
1550 WUTQ-UTICA, NY STNDS //WRNY SPORTS 1 ON 1 //WRNY
1560 KCJK-IOWA CITY, IA SILENT HOT AC/TALK //KCJJ
WKIK-LA PLATA, MD CLASS HITS //WSMD C&W //WKIK-FM
1570 WNST-TOWSON, MD CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
WFOG-RIVERHEAD,NY SILENT CLASSIC HITS //WRCN
1580 WAMW-WASHINGTON, IN SOFT AC //WYER CLASS. C&W - JRN
1590 WAUB-AUBURN, CA ADLT STNDS SOFT AC
WPWA-CHESTER, PA CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
WDBL-SPRINGFIELD, TN OLDIES 50'S OLDIES
1600 WKXF-EMINANCE, KY CLASS. C&W //WTHQ DROPS // WTHQ
WPNT-E. LONGMEADOW, MA CLASS ROCK //WAQY TRAVEL INFO
(WPNT WILL AIR NOTHING BUT COMMERCIALS FOR SIX FLAGS)
1640 KDIA-VALLEJO, CA CRN - CATHOLIC EWTN - CATHOLIC
1650 KGXL-TORRANCE, CA JAZZ //KGIL KOREAN //KFOX
1660 KAXW-MERCED, CA NEW SPAN. AC JRN //KTFN
1690 WPTX-LEXINGTON PARK,MD TALK & SPORTS ADDS ADLT STNDS
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED
620 WTGH-CAYCE, SC CHANGE XMTR LOCATION TO 33-57-34 81-02-28
ACTIVITY
1490 WIGM-MEDFORD, WI CHANGES XMTR LOCATION TO 45-09-28-51
90-20-28
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**Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For those of you who reported KMON-560 during their DX in November
1998, or at other times since then, please be advised that CE Lete
Connolly E-mailed me yesterday that they "are off the design table,"
should be back from the printers Wednesday and in the mail by the
weekend.
And yes, as others have reported, KGHO-920 Olympia is off the air
(again). I have no idea what's going on over there but during the past
two years they have been off more than they have been on. I can't
imagine what the next format will be...
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Larry Russell - Flushing MI - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
740 KBOE Oskaloosa IA 0642-0655 6/11 several call letter ids,
mentions of 104.9 FM, "Hot Country Hits", and "Your Country
Connection, KBOE". Call sounded like KVOE at first. Faded down by
0655. Listed as 10 watts night power! (Russell)
DX-400, 70' wire
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Mark Connelly - MA - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA (GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.223 W / 41.682 N)
(mother's house)
Homepage = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
NF DXpedition Page = http://members.xoom.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm
RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html
Receivers: Drake R8A, Palstar R30
Antenna systems: APW-1 active whip, two BBL-1 broadband loops,
Superphaser-1 phasing unit
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549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, JUN 10 0057 - Arabic talk by man; to fair
peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ JUN 15 0154 - Arabic vocal and oud music; over Germany.
[Connelly*R-MA]
576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 15 0152 - Spanish talk
// 774; poor to fair, over Algeria. [Connelly*R-MA]
585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, JUN 15 0152 - // 774 with Spanish group
discussion; poor, over low growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
594 PORTUGAL (t) R. Renascenca, Muge, JUN 15 0156 - light music; in
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 15 0152 - female Arabic vocal at light
audio level on a massive carrier way over Ireland.[Connelly*R-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUN 15 0150 - two men in
Spanish // 774; HUGE signal, S9+25 or better (as strong as ever
heard in autumn or winter). [Connelly*R-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, JUN 15 0149 - // 657, 774 et al. with
Spanish discussion; fair with CBN het notched. [Connelly*R-MA]
657 SPAIN RNE5, Madrid, JUN 15 0149 - // 774 with slow Spanish talk;
fair to good over WFAN splash. [Connelly*R-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS R. 10, Lopik, JUN 15 0158 - '70s era country-
influenced pop female vocal; poor in WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., JUN 15 0200 - BBC news;
mixed with other station (Spain?). [Connelly*R-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS Flevoland, JUN 15 0146 - Dutch talk; mixed with
Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN JUN 15 0146 - Spanish talk; over/under
Netherlands. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, JUN 15 0145 - 1986 hit "Human" by Human
League; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUN 15 0142 - Spanish discussion; to fair
peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barrosa, JUN 15 0140 - woman in Portuguese;
poor, at similar level to Canaries-837. [Connelly*R-MA]
1017 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 15 0109 - Spanish talk mixed with
suspected German; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 15 0105 - // 1521: Spanish teletalk with
several announcers, musical fanfare; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
1071 SPAIN EI, Bilbao, JUN 15 0019 - man in Spanish; fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Sport synchros, JUN 15 0136 - promo for "Talk
Sport 1089 and 1053 AM"; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, JUN 15 0117 - Slavic folk
vocal; now over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 15 0110 - Spanish news; over Croatia.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 15 0111 - // 1098 with news in Spanish;
some synchro-echo and growl noted. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, JUN 15 0112 - Slavic music; evenly mixed with
Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 15 0112 - Spanish talk; over/under
Croatia. [Connelly*R-MA]
1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 15 0117 - // 1107 with Spanish talk; in
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 15 0059 - man & woman
in Spanish news; over bits of second audio and growl.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1215 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 15 0025 - man and woman with Spanish
teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, JUN 15 0122 - '90s hit "Love
Fool" by the Cardigans; good, now over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, JUN 15 0028 - // 1215 with teletalk; poor
to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1359 SPAIN Arganda, JUN 15 0031 - bits of orchestral music, then
Spanish talk by man; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, JUN 15 0132 - avant garde
electronic organ music, German talk by man, then violin music;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 SPAIN SER, Castellon, JUN 15 0105 - // 1044 with teletalk; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1530 VATICAN Vatican R., JUN 10 0247 - Slavic-sounding talk, a few
seconds of violin music, then a Vatican mention; over/under WSAI.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1548 KUWAIT VOA, Kuwait City, JUN 10 0154 - VOA news items from field
correspondents; to fair peak through WPTR-1540 slop with CBE-1550
phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 15 0042 - Spanish teletalk show with
female presenter; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1583.65 CEUTA RadiOle, JUN 10 0159 - woman in Spanish; over het from
SER-1584. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 15 0043 - // 1575 with Spanish talk
(woman in studio and man on phone); through Ceuta het and WARV-
1590 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, JUN 14 2345 - Spanish pop music; starting pre-
sunset fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA]
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530 TURKS & CAICOS R. Vision Cristiana, JUN 10 0055 - Spanish talk
with New York City temperature readings in both Fahrenheit and
Celsius; huge S9+50 signal. [Connelly*Y-MA]
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, JUN 10 0225 - female vocal; poor,
hammered by RVC-530. [Connelly*Y-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, JUN 10 0222 - Caribbean
English teletalk, into musical interlude; fair through WGAN slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
600 VENEZUELA R. Sucre, YVQB, Cumana, JUN 10 0221 - talk "Sucre, la
mejor ... de Venezuela"; slightly over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JUN 10 0218 - Colombian
futbol; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Kingstown, JUN 15 0148 - man in
Caribbean English; fair through WOR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, JUN 10 0118
- Transmundial mention, Spanish religious talk; mixed with WCCM
groundwave. [Connelly*Y-MA]
830 VENEZUELA R. Sensacion, YVLT, Caracas, JUN 10 0120 - Spanish talk
with a lot of local Caracas mentions; in mix with WCRN and a
third station presumed to be St. Kitts. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1110 VENEZUELA R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, JUN 10 0035 - salsa-type
group vocal, Spanish talk with several Carupano ID's, then
romantic ballad; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1139.58 unID JUN 15 0114 - weak het against WRVA et al [Connelly*R-MA]
1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, JUN 15 0118 - // 5975 with talk about the
history of Wembley Stadium; eventually losing to WVNJ/WSKW/WOBM
jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1375.02 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON RFO, JUN 14 2358 - female opera vocal;
good to excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
1620 unID JUN 15 0046 - Haitian French Creole talk by man; fair
signal. Possibly a domestic pirate. [Connelly*R-MA]
1670 unID JUN 15 0047 - man with excited Spanish religious talk that
mentioned several South American countries; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Crazy Summer conditions tonight. Logging some Canadians better than I do
in the Winter.
550 CKPG BC, Prince George. Very good with local spots at 0258 EDT
6/20 and CKPG IDs. (PM-OR)
560 CKNL BC, Fort St. John, good on top with "CKNL" IDs and "NL Crime
Stoppers" promo at 0259.30 EDT 6/20. (PM-OR)
580 CKY Canada, Winnipeg, MB heard on top of mess with Oldies music
and ID "Your one oldies station KY-58" at 0231 EDT 6/19. Haven't
heard this in years. CX poor but odd tonight. No sign of KFXD for
a while with a jumble on 580 to the East. (PM-OR)
610 CKYL AB, Peace River, good with C&W mx and "YL" IDs at 0245 EDT
6/20 (PM-OR)
620 CJCI BC, Prince George, mixing with KEWS with "CI" IDs and C&W mx
at 0250 EDT 6/20 (PM-OR)
730 CKDM MB, Dauphin, fair to good on top of Boise with C&W mx and
CKDM ID at 0315 EDT 6/20 (PM-OR)
770 CHQR AB, Calgary, good way on top of others with local news at
0302 EDT 6/20, many mentions of "QR News". I never hear this in
the Summer. Common in the Winter during good cx. (PM-OR)
1690 WPTX MD, Lexington Park, fair on top of Radio Disney-CO with
Sports talk and ID "Southern Marylands Information Station...
WPTX..." Into ABC News on the hour at 0450-0505 EDT 6/22. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, Term. 1500' Eastern Beverage, 400' Northern Beverage
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**Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yesterday (6/19), I was testing some antenna connections in our local
afternoon, around 3 pm MDT, when I was surprised to find CFUN coming in
quite well on 1410. Further checks revealed other Vancouver outlets on
1040, 1130, and 1470, and Seattle on 710 and 1000, as well as a few
other weaker signals from the Pacific Northwest. Although this is not
unusual in mid winter, it is very unusual for mid-June. Has anyone else
been noting anything like this?
**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
With the high sunspot count, cx here on the Oregon coast have been add
too. I have been getting a "whoosing" type sound off my Northern
Beverage, sounded a bit like the noise I get during extreme AU cx. Also
tonight, even though cx are still poor I have noticed quite a few
Canadian stations, CFFR-660 is totally local-like tonight without any
QRM. CKNL-560 was on top of KPQ tonight, better than I hear them in the
Winter often. CKDM-730 was good. After logging CKY-580, I was quite
surprised as I haven't logged them in many years. There was no KFXD most
of the night. I also heard CHQR-770 tonight. I rarely hear them in the
Summer. Yet CJDC-890 is weak. Fiqure that. Really sound odd cx.
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**kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a GE Superadio 7-2880B:
1270 KDJI AZ, Holbrook 6/20 0806 with ESPN radio ad calling itself
KDJI, ESPN Radio for Northeastern Arizona. KDJI is now full time
ESPN. Then into an ad for thje Navajo Demolition Derby.
1380 KHJJ CA, Lancaster 6/20 0800 with TOH ID as KHJJ Lancaster -
Palmdale, then into news.
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HELP WITH
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**Stephen Hawkins - CA - hawk@xxxxxxxxxx
I woke up at about 0200 the other night and couldn't go back to sleep.
I was listening to the radio and I stumbled across Radio Netherlands on
1010. I thought that it might be being rebroadcast by CRB. But this
went on for over 45 minutes with no ID. It finaly faded out. Does
anybody know who it was.
**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Yes, it was the CBC / CBR. They run that nightly. Also the CBC does not
always have local IDs on the hour either. Many times in the middle of
the night CBU-690 will just give a CBC ID, no CBU mention.
**Frank Aden - ID - n7sok@xxxxxxx
CBC is running alot of programs from major shortwave broadcasters over
nite.
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QSLs
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1050 KORE OR, Springfield, replacing my QSL from 1968, a signature at
the bottom of my report. This time, 32 years later, almost to the
day, I got a nice letter from: Larry Knight-GM in 7d. Address:
2080 Laura Street - Springfield OR 97477.
1210 KZTS WA, Sunnyside, rec ppc in 6d. V/S Ed Ramriez-GM. Address:
638 Decatur / PO Box 149 - Sunnyside WA 98944. MW QSL: 2679.
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MISC ITEMS
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**Charles C Boehnke - HI - kale@xxxxxxxx
KAHU 1060 in Hilo is alive and well, and in Englsh... sort of. Usually
runs to at least 9:PM HST and often later wheh the mood strikes them.
They have been attempting to get a new 5 kw transmitter on the air but
so far it has been up to about 3 kw but most of the time they are still
1 kw. But, they get out faily well locally and are a nice little
Hawaiian Music Station. Sort of.
Keaau, Hawaii about 8 miles from the KAHU transmitter site.
**Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
They sure weren't putting much of a signal into Kihei or Maalea. They
were much weaker than any other Hawaiian station, even KKON, which is a
fair amount weaker then any of the Honolulu stations despite 5 KW non-
directional. I hardly noticed them when I was looking for KTCT, KNX or
DU's. Is it your experience that KKON gets out poorly? Which stations
from North America does you hear most consistently?
Is KNUI still all distorted? They were the entire two weeks I was
there, and was my closest local (along with KAOI) at around 2 miles. I
was at the south end of Kihei closer to Makena. I wasn't aware that KAOI
and the defunct KUAU diplex off KNUI until I got home. I photographed
both antennas (KNUI and KMVI); KNUI's is graced with an eight bay FM
(Jampro, I think) for KNUI-FM on 99.9. With about 22.22 KW out of the
transmitter and a gain of around 4.5 for the eight bays, KNUI-FM makes
100 KW ERP. They need it being at sea level.
Have you ever heard any of the Santa Barbara stations (my locals are
on 990, 1250, 1290, 1340, and 1490) over there? You'd probably have the
best shot at 1250, which gets out extremely well (their two towers are
in a salt marsh next to the beach and are graced on top with capacitive
hats, part of the reason they get out well) but has a pretty nasty null
in your direction. The towers are the originals from their sign-on in
1937. I'm surprised the salt environmental hasn't damaged them.
**Charles C Boehnke - HI - kale@xxxxxxxx
DX Conditions in Hawaii are very poor at this time. As an example at
5:AM this morning HST NOTHING other than locals were heard.
KKON 790 does not get out very well due to a poor ground system at
their transmiter site on a steep hillside in Kealakekua. KKON is part
of the "Big IsIand Radio" network and realys KIPA 620.
I always thought Maui's KUAU 1570 transmitter site was their tower in
Richard Miller's backyard in Haiku? At least it used to be. I was
unaware of any plans to co-site with KAOI 1110 and KNUI 900. KUAU may
be back on the air someday I'm told. Richard always touted KUAU as
having a good signal along the Hana Highway, which it did due to the
Haiku xmttr site. They did better in that direction than even KMVI-550
which is also sited on the north coast just inland from the Wailuku
shoreline whereas KUAU is a few miles eastward. Incidently, KUAU
orginally was called that for the town of Kuau where Richard orginally
wanted to put the transmitter. If by some miracle they ever get the
proposed 50 kw it would be from a site in the Kuau area.
Regarding KNUI 900, I have never noticed any distortion on their
signal recently, it is always clear evenings here in Keaau and I rather
enjoy their good format of modern and traditional Hawaiian music.
Unfortunately XEW can tear it up from time to time altnough not lately
due to the poor DX conditions.
Honolulu's new KBUG 1170 not yet on the air. Rumor has it that KHNL
will re-activate their 1600 cp.
Best mainland stations here at this time are KNX 1070, KTNQ 1020, and
KFAX 1100. Have heard Santa Barbara in the past, 1340 was best, but not
for several years. Best graveyarders here are San Diego's 1240 and
Berkeley's 1400.
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**Lee Freshwater - Ocala FL - LFreshwate@xxxxxxx
Folks, A friend of mine recently removed the last "roof top" AM tower in
Indiana. Has some neat pictures at: http://UltimateGTO.com/whbu1240.htm
**Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lee - great pictures; thanks for the link. We had a quarter wavelength
rooftop antenna here in Santa Barbara on 1340 until about ten years ago.
The ground system consisted of wires connected to a railing on the roof.
It actually got out quite well and was heard in New Zealand. They are
now diplexing (triplexing?) off a quarter wavelength on 1490 (along with
1290), and while it still covers the local area fine, it is no longer
commonly heard at night outside the local area.
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Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Although XEJAZZ-540 is //KJAZ-1260 most of the time, they are starting
to produce some local programming on 540 and will likely have more and
more as time goes by. I have noted the two stations running separate
programming midday, but they have generally still been // at sunset,
sunrise, and at night.
So far, the music selection is pretty obscure, and I'd say local jazz
musicians are generally unimpressed with the new station. I don't think
KSDS-88.3 is going to lose too many listeners. I wouldn't be surprised
if this format were to change again later this year.
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Mark Connelly - MA - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
I've put together a Web page with text of some recent e-mail
discussions of phased antenna arrays. Much of the discussion revolves
around medium wave (500-2000 kHz) but may be applicable to longwave and
tropical band shortwave as well. Links to other information sources are
included.
The URL for this page is:
"http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/phased_arrays.htm";
By the way, the July 2000 issue of QST magazine has a very good
article on Flag, Pennant, and Ewe antennas used on the 160-meter band.
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
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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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TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT THE '00-'01 SEASON CPC... read on
CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Right now Lynn is looking for target station lists and stamps or money
to help get the lists worked on. Thank you Lynn... pb
CPC Chairperson (NRC) - Blaine Thompson
Send both requests for stations to try and/or stamps and $ for postage
and envelopes/paper (respectively) to:
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary June 16 2000 through June 21 2000
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
6/16 198 5 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 3
17 193 5 2 low-mod quiet-active - 5
18 188 11 4 low-mod quiet-active - 8
19 178 8 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 3
20 184 9 2 low quiet-unsettled - 3
6/21 188 3 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 6
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PUBLICATIONS
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NRC LOG IS BEING UPDATED NOW!!
NRC Log editor Wayne Heinen (Nrclog@xxxxxxx) is looking for the updated
information in the following areas:
"The changes that are needed are Addresses, Phone Numbers. formats,
network affiliations and Hours of Operation. These are the keys to
logging and verifying they also are the most changed and hard to track.
I need all update to me NO LATER THAN August 1st because we are going
back to a Labor Day availability date."
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Get in line NOW for your copy of the latest IRCA "AM SLOGANS LIST".
Completely revised by IRCA's own Rich Toebe to 2/00 and includes X-Band
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Overseas... add $0.50.
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a
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(all checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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AM RADIO LOG 20th Edition (SOLD OUT, next one due in late August)
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