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           WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH  -  October 12 2000
                            Vol 6  No 28
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                   IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
                http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, October 19 2000 @ 1400 UTC

Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx

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http://www.egroups.com.  International Radio Club of America

"**" denotes that the following items were originally posted on the 
AM@xxxxxxxxxxx list (used by permission).  National Radio Club.

"***" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the Hard 
Core DX list.

"****" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the 
MWDX list.
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 CPC and DX tests

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     10/13/00 Fri - 0655-1200 - 1584 - Goteborg SWEDEN
     10/14/00 Sat - 0600-0800 - 1584 - Goteborg SWEDEN

In connection with the 75th anniversary of radio in Sweden, there will 
be special broadcasts from a 150 Watt transmitter in Göteborg on 1584 
kHz on 13 & 14 October. There will be relays of Sveriges Radio P4 and 
special announcements acc. to this schedule: 13 October: 0655-1200 UTC, 
14 October: 0600-0800 UTC. There will be first test transmissions on 8 
October between ca 1500 and 1800 UTC.

For those who can read Swedish, please find a full description of the
activities in the posting below from the SWEDX mailing list, 5 October: 
(Bernd Trutenau/MWDX)

****In addition to the previous info about the transmissions on 1584 kHz 
from the Radio Museum in Gothenburg, reception reports can be sent to:
 radiomuseet@xxxxxxxxxx  or direct to sm6kri@xxxxxxxxx
  The station is well heard in Finland and northern Sweden. (Krister 
Eriksson SM6KRI - sm6kri@xxxxxxxxx)

Here's the results of the most recent DX test that have been received 
here:

WJNT-1180, Jackson, MS - tested Saturday, September 30, 2000 from 1:00-
2:00 am EDT:

Tom Jasinski of Shorewood, IL, David Hochfelder in New Brunswick, NJ, 
Nigel Pimblett in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Frank Aden in Boise, 
ID, Tim Hall in Chula Vista, CA, Barry McLarnon in Ottawa, Ontario, 
Canada, Bob Foxworth in Tampa, FL, Steve Francis in Alcoa, TN and 
Patrick Martin in Seaside, OR all reported hearing the test. Bill Flynn 
in Cave Junction, OR said he figured that due to the equipment he had 
and where he lived he wouldn't be able to hear the test over the air, so 
he went to the WJNT website(www.wjnt.com) and listened to it there. 
However, Bob Karchevski in Mountain View, CA (north of San Jose) and 
Blaine Thompson in Ft. Wayne, IN both tried for the test but were unable 
to hear it. Also, Phil Bytheway of Seattle, WA reported that he tried 
for the test an possibly heard some code at about 0200.

****The special transmission from NRK Ingoy (Norway) on 153 kHz has been 
audible pretty well since the "local" program began at 1900 UTC (today 
Friday). My QTH is in Southern Finland, roughly 1300 kilometers south of 
the transmitter. Romania on the same frequency is much more powerful, 
and another, unidentified music station is also strong, but with my 
K9AY, NRK comes OK. More on the transmission at 
http://www.dxlc.com/longwave/ingoy.html (Mika Makelainen - 
mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
****The signals from the new Ingoy transmitter is now coming in here (at 
2120 UTC) with quite good streght. At 1900 I could not hear them at all. 
The transmission is in both english and norwegian and gives at lot of 
information about the village of Ingoy and the future for longwave 
transmissions by NRK. They are planning to start digital transmissions 
in a couple of years. (Stefan Björn - stefan.bjorn@xxxxxxxxx, Reciever: 
Icom R-75, Antenna: K9AY)
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 HOT ITEMS

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BROADCAST INFO - PREPARED ON 10/08/00  1000

FORMAT CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS

  A FEW ABBREV.
JRN - JONES RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE)
ABC - ABC RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE
//  - SIMULCAST
CRN - CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK
EWTN - CATHOLIC TALK NETWORK
SRN  - SALEM RADIO NETWORK IS THE NEW NAME FOR "REACH" S. GSPL NET
NORTENO - FOLKLORIC ACCORDIAN MUSIC FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF MEXICO

FREQ.    CALL SIGN           OLD INFO        NEW INFO

 630  WMFD WILMINGTON, NC    SILENT        ROCK  //WRQR          10/4
      KXLT OPPORTINITY, WA   NWS/TLK       SPORTS - ESPN         10/4
 730  WBZS ALEXANDRIA, VA    TROPICAL      WKDL - REG. MEXICAN   10/4
 790  KJRB SPOKANE, WA       SPTS/TLK      ADDS FOX SPORTS       10/4
 820  WXTR FREDERICK, MD     C&W           TO BE NEWS // WTOP    DEC.
 850  KJON ANADARKO, OK      C&W // KRPT   CL. C&W               9/27
      KHHO TACOMA, WA        SPORTS // KJR SPORTS                9/27
 910  KVVQ HESPERIA, CA      ADLT STNDS    OLDIES - ABC          9/20
 980  WLUS GAINESVILLE, FL   SILENT        STNDS WW1 // WKZY     10/4
      WAZS SUMMERVILLE, SC   C&W/BLK GSPL  BLK GSPL              10/4
 990  KXXL WICHITA FALLS, TX SILENT        SPORTS 1 ON 1         9/27
1050  WKDL SILVER SPTING, MD REG. MEX      WPLC - ROMANTICA// FM 10/4
1060  KOFY GILMER, TX        NEWS          SS VARIETY            9/20
1110  KTTP PINEVILLE, LA     KTLD - TALK   KTTP - RELIGION       10/4
      WJML PETOSKEY, MI      TLK/OLDIES    TALK                  9/27
      WSFW SENECA FALLS,NY   SOFT AC       TLK/SPTS-ESPN // WGVA 9/20
1140  WLOD LOUDON, TN        STNDS // WKFN OLDIES                9/27
1190  KLUV DALLAS, TX        OLDIES        KJOI - TO BE BLK GSPL 9/27
           THEY ARE USEING THE NEW CALLS KJOI BUT ARE STILL PLAYING
           OLDIES. EXSPECT CHANGE TO OCCUR SOON TO BLK GSPL
1220  KLVZ DENVER, CO        C. CHRIST     CLASSICAL             10/4
1240  WGVA GENEVA, NY        TALK          TLK/SPTS - ESPN       9/20
1280  KVOD DENVER, CO        CLASSICAL     TO BE SPANISH         10/4
      WANS ANDERSON, SC      TLK / STNDS   BEACH MX/SPTS 6-8PM   9/20
1290  WATO OAK RIDGE, TN     AD. STNDS     SPORTS ESPN           9/27
1340  WCMI ASHLAND, KY       S. GSPL       REPORTED SILENT       10/4
1350  KCOR SAN ANTONIO, TX   REG MEX/SPTS  SS TLK/SPTS           9/20
1360  WOEN OLEAN, NY         TLK/SPTS      TO BE SOFT AC         DEC.
      WWOW CONNEAUT, OH      C&W           OLDIES - JRN          9/27
1380  WNNY NEW YORK, NY      STUNTING      SS NEWS               9/27
1450  KGFF SHAWNEE, OK       CL. HITS      ADLT STNDS - WW1      10/4
1460  WXOK BATON ROUGE, LA   B. GSPL/R&B   BLK GSPL - ABC        9/20
1510  WJKN JACKSON, MI       TLK/SPTS      REPORTED SILENT       10/4
1540  KGBC GALVESTON, TX     OLDIES        ADDS SPORTS - ESPN    9/27
1550  WCGR CANANDAIGUA, NY   SOFT AC       TLK/SPTS-ESPN // WGVA 9/20
      KQJD WEST FARGO, ND    KQWB -AD STND SILENT                9/20
1580  WARB OXFORD, AL        WOXR- C&W     WARB - URBAN AC       9/20
1590  WHLX MARINE CITY, MI   WHYT - C&W    WHLX - OLDIES // WHLS 9/27
      WAUB AUBURN, NY        SOFT AC       TLK/SPTS-ESPN // WGVA 9/20
      WZUM CARNEGIE, PA      CL. HITS      JAZZ/ R&B OLDIES      9/20
1600  WPNT E. LONGMEADOW,MA  TRAVEL INFO   CL. ROCK // WAQY      9/27
1660  KQWB WEST FARGO, ND    KQID - NEW    KQWB - AD STNDS WW1   9/20

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED

1460 WRKB KANNAPOLIS, NC   INCREASE DAY POWER TO 2000 NDA
1520 WTRI BRUNSWICK, MD    INCREASE DAY POWER TO 17000 DA-D

ACTIVITY

 540 WDAK COLUMBUS, GA     CHANGES XMTR SITE TO; 32-25-49  85-03-58
 670 KIRN SIMI VALLEY      CHANGES TO DA-1
 910 WPRP PONCE, PR        DECREASES TO 4400 DAY & NIGHT NDA CHANGES
                           XMTR SITE TO:  17-59-27  66-37-48
 960 WFIR ROANOKE, VA      CHANGES XMTR SITE TO: 37-15-19  79-57-34
     WTCH SHAWNO, WI       CHANGES XMTR SITE TO: 44-46-50  88-37-52
1220 KOMC BRANSON, MO      DECREASES TO 470 DAYS/ 44 NIGHTS NDA
                           CHANGES XMTR SITE TO: 36-43-08  93-14-20
1400 WANI OPELIKA, AL      CHANGES XMTR SITE TO: 32-39-26  85-25-27
     KAOK LAKE CHARLES, LA CHANGES XMTR SITE TO: 30-14-10  93-10-02
1560 KKHT GALLATIN, TX     INCREASES TO 3000 NIGHTS
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**Russ Edmunds - Blue Bell PA - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx

  From DCRTV comes the following: Richmond's nostalgic 1380 AM, WTVR, is 
now WVBB (for "Virginia's Big Band," perhaps?). WTVR remains the calls 
of Richmond's CBS Channel 6 and 98.1 FM, an adult contemporary outlet. 
No changes are expected in 1380's programming. The station was recently 
purchased by Cox from Clear Channel.
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

KGME/KFYI swap. Although these stations have made the switch, the 
station at 550 which will be KFYI eventually, is still IDing as KGME at 
ToH. The station that will eventually be KGME on 990, is still IDing as 
KFYI at the ToH.
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***Dave Kenny - 100437.173@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The new 17th edition of RADIO STATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (ISBN 
09514723-9-9) is now available from the British DX Club. 

RADIO STATIONS IN THE UK is a comprehensive 56 page directory of 
mediumwave and FM radio stations in the UK. It covers all BBC, 
independent and long-term restricted service licence services and is a 
must for anyone interested in UK domestic radio - either as a casual 
radio listener or specialized DXer. This edition again includes a free 
supplementary guide to radio stations in the Republic of Ireland.
  Features include:
- Many new stations on the air since the last edition was published
- Improved layout in frequency lists with separate column for 
   location/transmitter site
- All stations listed by frequency as well as in alphabetical A-Z order
- Frequencies cross-referenced to show parallel channels
- Transmitter sites and powers, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone 
   and fax numbers.
- Comprehensive listing of Low Power AM and FM stations at hospitals, 
   colleges, sports grounds
- The Irish supplement also includes details of many new FM relays

RADIO STATIONS IN THE UK is available from BDXC's London HQ:

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 INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS

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**Patrick Griffith - Wesminster CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx

1370  KGNO  KS Dodge City - 10/8 0000 - ID "Serving SW Kansas for 30 
       years, all oldies, all the time, KGNO, Dodge City" then into rock 
       oldies. (PG-CO)
1380  KOTA  SD Rapid City - 10/7 2353 - Promo for KOTA haunted house and 
       canned food drive then into Sports By Line prog. (PG-CO)
1430  KQLL  OK Tulsa - 10/7 2314 - ID as "Sports Radio 14-30" then into 
       NSU football play by play. In solid for 30 minutes despite local 
       KEZW on this frequency which was separated out with synchronous 
       tuning. (PG-CO)
1440  KPUR  TX Amarillo - 10/7 2302 - ESPN coverage of Oakland A's 
       baseball. Fighting it out with KMAJ on the channel. (PG-CO)
1440  KMAJ  KS Topeka - 10/7 2259 - ID as "AM 14-40, KMAJ" then into ABC 
       news. Fghting it out with KPUR on the channel. (PG-CO)
1590  KVGB  KS Great Bend - 10/7 2228 - ID "Over 6 decades as the talk 
       of the town, 15-90, KVGB, Great Bend" then into David Essel talk 
       program. (PG-CO)
1630  KKWY  WY Cheyenne - 10/6 0136 - In here this morning with the best 
       signal I've heard since they went on the air. Frequent "16-30 
       KWY" IDs and country music. (PG-CO)
1640  WKSH  WI Sussex - 10/7 0355 - Solid signal with no fading. SRN 
       news in progress. Interrupted by full 2 minute long ID including 
       "WKSH, Sussex/Milwaukee" at 0358. Invited listeners to help 
       spread the word about WKSH with one of their bumper stickers 
       available by calling the station. (PG-CO)
1700  KQXX  TX, Brownsville - 10/6 0330 - Dominant on frequency over 
       usual KBGG w/SS music. (PG-CO) (Their signal was a little better 
       than usual last night but is tremendously better tonight. Per my 
       visit to the transmitter earlier this week the new tuning shed 
       (photos on my web site) was in place at the KJJL tower. I suspect 
       that KKWY may now be diplexed into the KJJL 150 foot tower as 
       originally specified on their license.)

Drake R-8 & Palomar loop 

**The 1430 logging was interesting. KEZW is about 15 miles from me and 
their night pattern is aimed right at me. KQLL should be aimed away from 
me to protect KEZW. Couldn't hear KQLL at all when I unselected the 
synchronous tuning.
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***Erich Bergmann - e.bergmann@xxxxxxxxxx

Belgrade MW still on the air. 10/6 Heard it yesterday on 684 kHz but 
this morning about 0430 UTC I heard only Spain and an Arabic station 
(Saudi Arabia?) Those days I heard also an serbian station on 1566 but 
to weak to recognize what programme was broadcasted.

10/7 But now in the evening heard again on 684 kHz with stronger signal 
than the preceding day(s). They identify as "prvi program Radio Beograd" 
(prvi=first) and announce only two FM frequencies. Once I heard also an 
ID: "Novo Radio Beograd" (novo=new).
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**Bruce Conti - Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx

1100  WGPA  PA  Bethlehem - 10/2 1850 - Good; promo for college football 
       "...exclusively on Sunny 1100 WGPA," and adult contemporary 
       music. (BC-NH)
1110  WNAP  PA  Norristown - 10/2 1900 - Fair; gospel music, "WNAP... 
       home of Gospel Highway 11, Norristown, Philadelphia," then off, 
       leaving WBT in clear. (BC-NH)
1450  WKTQ  ME  South Paris - 10/3 1855 - Fair; PSA about after-school 
       bowling with registration forms at the Norway town office.(BC-NH)
1510  WPUT  NY  Brewster - 10/3 1820 - Excellent; "You're listening to 
       the absolute best music on the radio, the Music of Your Life on 
       940 WINE and 1510 WPUT" and nostalgia, way over WNRB. (BC-NH)
1550  WITK  PA  Pittston - 10/3 1840 - Fair; WICK jingle, oldies by 
       Olivia Newton John and KC & the Sunshine Band. (BC-NH)

Pan American DX

 610  COLOMBIA  R.Dif.Nacional de Colombia, Uribia OCT 9 0430 - Good; 
       "...frequencia de la Radio Difusora Nacional de Colombia," folk 
       music. [Conti-ME]
 610  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  ICN Port of Spain OCT 9 0425 - Fair; BBC World 
       Service // 5975. [Conti-ME]
 670  VENEZUELA  R.Rumbos, Caracas OCT 9 0232 - Excellent; "En Radio 
       Rumbos, la emisora de Venezuela, diez, treinte dos minutos," 
       salsa and merengue music. [Conti-ME]
 700  BRAZIL  R.Nova Eldorado, Sao Paulo OCT 8 2240 - Good; woman in 
       Portuguese with Eldorado mention, urban contemporary music. 
 700  VENEZUELA  R.Sur, Puerto Ordaz OCT 9 0237 - Good; "la senal 
       gigante" ID, merengue and urban contemporary music. [Conti-ME]
 720  VENEZUELA  R.Oriente, Porlamar OCT 8 2300 - Excellent; "Desde 
       Porlamar, isla de Margarita... transmite Radio Oriente, 720 AM," 
       promo for Realidades program on "Radio Oriente, la senal de 
       Venezuela." [Conti-ME]
 750  BRAZIL  unID OCT 8 2315 - Guitar instrumental waltzes under RCR 
       Venezuela. [Conti-ME]
 800  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES  PJB R.Transmundial, Bonaire OCT 9 0259 - 
       Excellent; "En 800 del dial, el mensaje diferente a travez de 
       Radio Transmundial, desde la isla de Bonaire, Antillas 
       Holandesas" and inspirational music. [Conti-ME]
 850  PUERTO RICO  WABA La Grande, Aguadilla OCT 8 0300 - Fair; "850 
       AM... Waba, la grande" and Latin American nostalgic vocals, 
       over/under WEEI. [Conti-ME]
 860  BRAZIL  R.CBN Rio de Janeiro OCT 8 2330 - Fair; assumed this with 
       news in Portuguese. [Conti-ME]
 860  VENEZUELA  Enlace 860, Valle de la Pascua OCT 9 0030 - Good; 
       "Musicales 860" nostalgia program, "Valle de la Pascua... Enlace 
       860" ID and "musical" jingle. [Conti-ME]
 870  VENEZUELA  Puerto la Cruz OCT 9 0025 - Fair; "En Barcelona, Puerto 
       la Cruz,... 870 AM," Latino pop/salsa, frequent time checks. 
 890  VENEZUELA  R.America, Valencia OCT 9 0040 - Poor; shouting Radio 
       America IDs heard through R.Progreso-Cuba. [Conti-ME]
 900  BARBADOS  CBC Bridgetown OCT 9 0050 - Good; announcers in 
       Caribbean-accented English with Guatemala vs. Barbados football 
       play-by-play. [Conti-ME]
 900  VENEZUELA  Mara Ritmo 900, Maracaibo OCT 9 0108 - Fair; "Muy 
       pronto, Mara Ritmo 900" and Zulia mentions, "hora de Venezuela" 
       time checks, accordion/cumbia music, over/under Barbados. 
 920  COLOMBIA  Cartegena OCT 8 0218 - Poor in SAH; sign-off "...desde 
       Cartegena, Colombia" with anthem, then off-frequency SAH gone 
       leaving Venezuela in clear. [Conti-ME]
 920  VENEZUELA  YVQX Porlamar OCT 8 0230 - Good; continuous bachata 
       music, many equis IDs. [Conti-ME]
 930  URUGUAY CX20 R.Monte Carlo, Montevideo OCT 8 0250 - Fair; "CX20 
       Radio Monte Carlo" IDs, full ID "...transmite CX20 Radio Monte 
       Carlo, Montevideo, republica... Uruguay" over/under domestics. 
 940  PUERTO RICO  WIPR San Juan OCT 9 0115 - Good; political talk, 
       "emisora... Puerto Rico" and "en Puerto Rico" mentions, over 
       Venezuela. [Conti-ME]
 950  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  R.Popular, Sto Domingo OCT 9 0138 - Good; 
       lottery numbers, "El Noticiero Popular... Radio Popular" promo, 
       salsa and merengue. [Conti-ME]
1000  BRAZIL  R.Record, Sao Paulo OCT 9 0150 - Good; assumed this with a 
       preacher in Portuguese. [Conti-ME]
1000  VENEZUELA  Mundial Mil, Moron OCT 9 0200 - Fair; "sintonia de... 
       Radio Mil AM" and salsa fading in over Brazil. [Conti-ME]
1020  VENEZUELA  Mundial Margarita, La Asuncion OCT 9 0210 - Excellent; 
       "Margarita primera en sintonia... a Mundial," Latino pop music. 
1050  unID  OCT 7 2150 - Fair in SAH; French Creole with mentions of FM 
       and AM, "Info... Popular," and promos or ads with French 
       Caribbean music. [Conti-ME]
1060  COLOMBIA  R.Delfin, Riohacha OCT 7 2200 - Fair; jingle and ID, 
       "Transmite Radio Delfin, HJLY, en la bande AM" with fanfare into 
       program of exitos. [Conti-ME]
1070  COLOMBIA  Emisora Atlantico, Barranquilla OCT 7 2214 - Good; 
       jingle and time check, romantic vocals. [Conti-ME]
1080  VENEZUELA  R.Barcelona, Barcelona OCT 7 2216 - Excellent; "En 
       Radio Barcelona, siete diesiseis," merengue music. [Conti-ME]
1090  VENEZUELA  Union Radio, Caracas OCT 7 2217 - Excellent; "Union 
       Radio Noticias con mas informacion" and news. [Conti-ME]
1110  VENEZUELA  R.Carupano, Carupano OCT 7 2225 - Good; "La emisora de 
       la buena suerte" slogan, ads, announcements, IDs, over unIDs. 
1130  VENEZUELA  R.Ideal, Maiquetia OCT 7 2259 - Good; ad for 
       supermercado in Maiquetia, "1130 AM... Ideal romantica" into 
       light adult contemporary music. [Conti-ME]
1140  VENEZUELA  La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar OCT 7 2305 - Fair; "desde 
       Margarita... la Voz del Caribe" over an unID merengue music 
       station. [Conti-ME]
1160  BERMUDA  VSB3 Hamilton OCT 7 2310 - Good; BBC World Service news 
       // 6175, over an unID religious station (Caribbean Lighthouse-
       Antigua?). [Conti-ME]
1170  COLOMBIA  CARACOL Cartagena OCT 7 2315 - Fair; Caracol ID in 
       futbol play-by-play. [Conti-ME]
1190  VENEZUELA  1190 AM Estereo, Barinas OCT 7 2326 - Fair; many "hora 
       de Venezuela" time checks, "estereo" mentions, accordion/cumbia 
       music, over/under WLIB. [Conti-ME]
1200  VENEZUELA  R.Tiempo, Caracas OCT 8 0000 - Excellent; "Emisora 
       Radio Tiempo... exactamente las nueve de la noche," mentions of 
       distrito federal and Falcon, talk about television entertainment. 
1220  BRAZIL  R.Globo, Rio de Janeiro OCT 8 0028 - Fair; Globo jingles, 
       whistling, man in Portuguese, and Billy Idol song over an unID 
       Latin American station. [Conti-ME]
1280  BERMUDA  VSB2 Hamilton OCT 8 0037 - Fair; assumed this with 
       religion over unID Latin American and domestic stations. 
1290  VENEZUELA  R.Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello OCT 8 0040 - Good; 
       classic salsa by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, then "Atencion! 
       Atencion!... de Radio Puerto Cabello donde esta la noticia" with 
       fanfare into news. [Conti-ME]
1300  PUERTO RICO  WTIL R.Util, Mayaguez OCT 8 0106 - Fair; "Desde 
       Mayaguez, esta es WTIL Radio Util, 1300 kilohertz" and romantic 
       music, over an unID Latin American easy listening music station. 
1480  PUERTO RICO  WMDD Fajardo OCT 8 0140 - Fair; "Salsa con Clase" 
       promo, local ads, pop/merengue music, over/under WSAR. [Conti-ME]
1500  VENEZUELA  R.Dos Mil, Cumana OCT 0157 - Fair; Radio Dos Mil ID and 
       romantic music over WTOP. [Conti-ME]
1520  unIDs OCT 9 0340-0400 - Dueling Latin American stations, one with 
       light inspirational music, the other with Spanish rock music and 
       many 344-1520 telephone number announcements but no IDs. 
1580  VENEZUELA  YVRQ relay, unknown site OCT 8 0210 - Fair; merengue 
       and salsa // 910 YVRQ. [Conti-ME]
1630  ARGENTINA  Red 92, Buenos Aires OCT 9 0410 - Good; mix of Spanish 
       and US pop music, including Spanish remake of Mouth & Mac Neal 
       "How Do You Do?" [Conti-ME]

Bruce Conti, Camden ME; R8B, MWDX-5, 60-m wires sloping east and south.
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**Barry McLarnon VE3JF - Ottawa ON - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

1230  WSBB  FL  New Smyrna Beach - 10/7 0500 EDT - TOH ID "AM 1230 WSBB, 
       New Smyrna Beach - Daytona Beach... the memories station", weak 
       but clear, on the heels of ID from WECK in NY. (BM-ON)

1162 miles!  Gotta love that auroral enhancement... maybe I'll get WGSR 
yet!

I need help with this UNID: heard the ID "WMBA Ambridge", which is WMBA-
1460 in Ambridge PA... unfortunately, I heard the ID on 1230.  Who could 
this be? WBVP-1230 is in the same county, but I couldn't find any 
evidence of a linkage on either station's website.  Help!

NRD-525, MFJ-1026, 1 m square homebrew loop.

ps: in researching another UNID, I came across the website of WODI-1230 
in Brookneal VA (http://www.lynchburg.net/wodi/).  The staff of this 
station is loaded with hams, and if the website is any indication, 
they're very DXer-friendly.  Looks like a good candidate for a DX 
test...
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**EM1 GITCHIER - RGITSCHIER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>From Ft. Lauderdale, FL...October 8 Sunday Morning 0019 eastern. XEQOO 
1050khz Mexico, Cancun. With a Military R390A and Kiwa loop. Playing 
mainstream US 70s Hit Disco/long versions Id'ing as "XEQOO Radio Pirata, 
Disco Nights" at 00:19. Heard a half hour later in stock Toyota Altima 
CD/Car radio. Signal 20db over 0 at times and fade ins/outs. It "Brought 
me back" listening to this one.... WRTH lists this as 2.5kw nights and 
35kw days.
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**Doug Smith W9WI - w9wi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  10/1 Apparently auroral conditions noted tonight. Times unfortunately 
not carefully logged due to 60mph travel and bad weather!
  Anyway, noted on the car radio while driving through Milwaukee about 
7pm CDT Saturday:

 940  WMAC  GA  Macon, good w/Georgia football & local ads
1550  WLOR  AL  Huntsville, near-local signal w/Southern U.-Ala. A&M 
       football & call ID
1630  various    Channel completely empty.
1670  WRNC  GA  Warner Robins, very good w/country & call ID.  No sign 
       of WTDY.

Heard on a Sony ICF-2010 (barefoot) in Waukesha Co., Wisconsin:

 550  WDUN? GA?, Gainesville? 2140 w/gospel hymns under WCKY.
 630  CFCO  ON, Chatham 2138 w/call ID & local weather, well over WTMJ 
       splash.
 790  CIGM  ON, Sudbury 2137 VERY good with country, "CIGM News".
 950  WWJ   MI, Detroit 2230 poor-fair fighting with WIDB; local ad.
 980  WONE  OH, Dayton 2229 very good with "WONE Presents...".
1160  WAMB  TN, Donelson 2228 poor-fair fighting with WXRT; "Here's the 
       weather for Nashville", call ID.
1560  WPAD  KY, Paducah 2219 fair "24 hours a day, WPAD".
1570  CKMW  MB, Winkler 2220 fair w/PSA for St. John Ambulance Brigade & 
       something in downtown Winkler.
1630  KCJJ  IA, Iowa City 2217 very much dominant here too, only hints 
       of WAWX-GA way underneath.

TIS department...

Signs were seen for a TIS on 1210 at the Experimental Aircraft 
Association's facility near Oshkosh, and for one on 590 in Appleton. 
Neither station was heard. (1210 was blank; 590 a mix of WJMS and WKZO) 
The 530 TIS which has a sign in Green Bay, however, *was* heard. Now if 
only I can figure out how I was hearing the BBC on 104.3 FM last 
night... (I suspect a cable leak of WRN)
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****Christoph Mayer - cm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

10/8 This afternoon, Family Radio Taiwan on 1557, AIR on 1566 and Vo 
Vietnam 1242 were booming in on the web radio in Umea. Now, HLAZ is on 
1566 with a huge signal.
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Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx

"One of the Best Latin American DX Openings Ever"

On the evening of Saturday, 7 OCT 2000, I DXed from the Tonset Road 
DXpedition site in Orleans, Cape Cod, MA. What I experienced was one of 
those auroral propagation "feeding frenzies" for medium-wave DX from 
South America and the Caribbean. Early on (pre-sunset), Brazil-760 was 
coming over daytimer WVNE. Other Brazilians on 810 and 1010 showed 
later. An interesting aspect of this opening was that, right after 
sunset, many good signals came in from seldom-logged stations on the 
"regional" channels above 1210 kHz.

Here are a few examples:
1280 Bermuda ... loud !
1290 R. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
1320 WUNO, Puerto Rico
1380 Ondas del Mar, Venezuela
1390 Fe y Alegria, Venezuela
1550 R. El Sol, Colombia

  I also had many unID's and tentatives in the above-1210 segment as 
well as multiple Latin Americans on most of the lower band channels. 
Most stations were identified but there were a few intractable waist-
deep pileups too. Once again I tried to get an ID out a momentarily huge 
1050.3 (any help Florida DXers ?); not only was 1050.3 annihilating 
WEVD-NY but a 1050.0 Latin American wiped out WEVD as well. I heard LA's 
on channels where I've never noted them before: something on 1560 with 
WQEW, a 1510 Spanish talker challenging WNRB, etc. There were some hets 
never previously noted such as 1269.8 and 1510.51. Trans-Atlantics were 
principally from northwest Africa. Mauritania-783 (parallel 4845) had an 
outstanding signal, Guinea-1385.92 got loud, and Nigeria-1062 was coming 
through at times.
  Typing up all of the logs will take several days. I'm also planning to 
go out to Rowley or Rockport some night after work this week for a bit 
more DX fun. All this DX is getting me "psyched up" for the upcoming 
Newfoundland DXpedition. If I'm getting all this stuff with antennas on 
top of the car, just think of what a 1 km Beverage is going to bring in.
  I'll have some tapes to play at the next Boston Area DXers meeting. 
Bruce Conti will get a copy of the highlights for his National Radio 
Club DX Audio Service. Speaking of Bruce, he's supposed to be camping on 
the Maine coast this weekend. I hope that he could keep warm in the 
near-freezing temperatures and that he had the opportunity to "milk out" 
the superb band conditions to southerly DX targets.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx

10/8 A very good morning for DUs, especially Australia. One of the best 
Australian mornings for a long time.

 531  2MC  AUSTRALIA, West Kempsey, very good w/soft adult and IDs "New 
       South Wales easy sound" IDs at 1330 10/8 (PM-OR)
 531  1XP1  NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, fair with Samoan mx, u/2MC at 1330 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 540  4QL  AUSTRALIA, Longreach, good with discussion on Olympics at 
       1335 10/8 (PM-OR)
 540  1XC/2KV  NEW ZEALAND, Radio Rhema with ID at 1358 10/8, mentioning 
       programming u/o 4QL (PM-OR)
 540  2AP  WESTERN SAMOA, Apia, very good tonight at 0600 UTC 10/11 with 
       great island music and man in Samoan. ID at 0601 mentioning 2AP 
       and Samoa. This one has been in about every night of late. Their 
       10 KW really gets out well. (PM-OR)
 549  2CR  AUSTRALIA, Orange  good with ABC News at 1302 10/8 (PM-OR)
 549  2XC  NEW ZEALAND, Radio Rhema buried u/2CR //540 at 1359 10/8
 558  4AM  AUSTRALIA, Atherton, good with pops on top on ABC with Air 
       Supply song at 1350 10/8, ID as "5-58 4AM". (PM-OR)
 558  6WA  AUSTRALIA, Wagin. This must have been the ABC station u/4AM 
       with discussions, ment of ABC at 1352 10/8. (PM-OR)
 558  .....  FIJI, Suva good with man in Fijian at 1340 UTC 10/10. Also 
       noted tonight at 0630 UTC 10/11 weakly PM-OR)
 567  4JK  AUSTRALIA, Julia Creek, good with Olympic discussions at 1346 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 567  2YA  NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, presume the inct. mx u/4JK 1346 10/8 
       (PM-OR)
 576  1XLR  NEW ZEALAND, Hamilton, good o/2RN with EZL Christian mx.
 585  2WEB  AUSTRALIA, Bourke, good on top with "2WEB" ID at 1356 in 
       passing 10/8. (PM-OR)
 594  3WV  AUSTRALIA, Horsham, good with ABC News at 1401 10/8. Over 
       Radio Rhema (presumed). (PM-OR)
 603  2RN/4CH  AUSTRALIA, one of both of the ABC stations with ABC News 
       at 1403 10/8 (PM-OR)
 612  4QR  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, "local-like" in signal with Olympic 
       discussion at 1450 10/8. (PM-OR)
 621  3RN  AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, presume the music in passing at 1342 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 621  T2U2  TUVALU, Funafuti, poor in KIPA splash with weak island mx at 
       0615 UTC 10/11 (PM-OR)
 630  4QN  AUSTRALIA, Townsville, ABC News at 1303 10/8 (PM-OR)
 639  2CS  AUSTRALIA, Coffs Harbour, discusion about NSW and the South 
       coast at 1410 10/8 (PM-OR)
 639  ...... FIJI, Lautoka // 558 w/man in Fijian at 1342 UTC 10/11, 
       weak. (PM-OR)
 648  2NU  AUSTRALIA, Tamworth good with ABC News at 1304 10/8 (PM-OR)
 657  NEW ZEALAND, Wellington Southern Star //576 at 1335 10/8 (PM-OR)
 666  2CN  AUSTRALIA, Canberra, good with talk at 1338 10/8 (PM-OR)
 666  NEW CALEDONIA, Noumea, fair signal o/2CN at 1332 10/8, man in FF
      +good with man in FF at 1324 10/10
 675  AUSTRALIA, Albury  //648 1304 10/8 (PM-OR)
 684  AUSTRALIA, Kempsey  2KP  //675 at 1304 10/8 (PM-OR)
 693  AUSTRALIA, UNID, but prob. 4KQ with weak pop mx. Was looking for 
       the NOS station 3EE-Melbourne at 1415 10/8 (PM-OR)
 702  AUSTRALIA, Sydney  2BL, very good with talkback program at 1340 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 711  AUSTRALIA, sounded // to 702 at 1340 10/8 (PM-OR)
 729  5RN  AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, presume the mx in passing at 1349 10/8
 738  2RN/TAHITI  mix here mostly Tahiti with yl in FF from 1245 until 
       after 1430  10/8 (PM-OR)
 738  .....  TAHITI, good with man in FF at 0635 UTC 10/11. Some KCBS 
       splash (PM-OR)
 747  4QS  AUSTRALIA, Toowoomba, // to 711 at 1340 10/8 (PM-OR)
 756  UNIDs, several stations mixing here in a jumble. Was surprised not 
       to hear 1YA on top at 1446 10/8 (PM-OR)
 765  5CC  AUSTRALIA, Port Lincoln, a great signal on top of 2EC 
       (presumed) with "5 Double C" ID by man at 1415 10/8 (PM-OR)
 774  3L0  AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, ABC News at 1304 10/8  (PM-OR)
 792  4RN  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, presume the source of the ethnic prog of 
       mx at 1337 10/8 (PM-OR)
 855  3CR?  AUSTRAIA, Melbourne, maybe this jazz/drum music above ABC at 
       1355 10/8. (PM-OR)
 864  4GR  AUSTRALIA, Toowoomba, good with pop mx "4GR" ID by man 1407 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 873  2GB  AUSTRALIA, Sydney, fair in splash at 1435 10/8 with ID "You 
       will here is on 2GB". (PM-OR)
 882  4BH  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, heard well with anmt at 1431, mentioning 
       4BH 10/8 (PM-OR)
 891  5AN  AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, very good with ment of of ABC's coverage 
       of Olympics at 1426 10/8 (PM-OR)
 900  UNID  AUSTRALIA, possibly an Aussie here buried mostly by KNUI, 
       who was very strong, accented talk at 1416 10/8 (PM-OR)
 909  SOUTHERN STAR  NEW ZEALAND, Napier presume the soft rel mx at 1344 
       10/8 in splash. (PM-OR)
 918  UNID  AUSTRALIA, heard Elton John song buried in noise, very weak 
       at 1440 10/8, soon lost. (PM-OR)
 927  4CD  AUSTRALIA, Gladstone, good with pops at 1432 and "927-4CD" ID 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
 936  4PB  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, good with discussions at 1437 10/8
 945  H4B  SOLOMON ISLANDS, Gizo, good at 0740 10/8, with man in Is 
       lang. and mx. (PM-OR)
 954  2UE  AUSTRALIA, Sydney, presume the talk in passing at 1407 10/8
 963  SOUTHERN STAR  NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, great signal w/EZL 
       Christian mx //981 1341 10/8 (PM-OR)
 972  UNID  AUSTRALIA? Station playing pop mx at 1421 10/8. (PM-OR)
 981  SOUTHERN STAR  NEW ZEALAND, Timaru // 963 at 1341 10/8 (PM-OR)
 999  UNID  Het on 1000, wak audio in LSB in splash at 1428 10/8
1008  4TAB?  AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, Sports talk at 1437 10/8. (PM-OR)
1017  2KY  AUSTRALIA, Sydney  (presumed) in passing with talk at 1433 
       10/8 (PM-OR)
1026  4MK  AUSTRALIA, MacKay, good in growl (someone off freq) with pops 
       and 4MK IDs at 1333 10/8 (PM-OR)
1062  4TI  AUSTRALIA, Thursday Island on top with ABC News at 1302 10/8. 
       5MU presumed underneath. (PM-OR)
1071  3CV  AUSTRALIA, Maryborough, good with ID as "3CV, Victoria's Best 
       Sound....." at 1410 10/8. Haven't heard this in a long time. 
1098  V7AD  MARSHALL ISLANDS, Majuro, very good with some 1090-Seattle 
       splash, man in Marshallese with news, Mentions of islands, 
       people's names, etc. At 0704 UTC 10/10. Best heard in a long 
       time. They sounded stronger. Maybe they finaly got their TX 
       fixed. In my QSL letter from years ago the manager was looking 
       for transmitter tubes. (PM-OR)
1116  UNID  AUSTRALIA, station with talk at 1419 10/8. 4BC? Or has 3AK 
       moved yet?  (PM-OR)
1152  ......  FIJI very good with Island mx and Fijian ancr at 1343 
       10/8. The only  Fijians heard this morning were 558, 1152, and 
       1467. (PM-OR)
1179  3RPH?  AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, discussion on Yugoslavia and the new 
       gov. there at 1442 10/8. (PM-OR)
1206  2GF  AUSTRALIA, Grafton, good with pops and a "2GF" ID after the 
       "overnight" net ID at 1425 10/8. (PM-OR)
1278  3AW?  AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, weak talk in 1280 splash. Never got 
       strong enough for any understanding of the audio off and on 1320-
       1430 10/8 (PM-OR)
1296  UNID  Strong OC all morning with a wek signal behind it. Maybe 
       4RPH off? 1330-1430  10/8 (PM-OR)
1413  2EA  AUSTRALIA, Newcastle, presume the Eastern European sounding 
       lang. in passing 1346 10/8 (PM-OR)
1476  UNID  EZL mx at several times  this morning. Too weak to D 10/8 
       (PM-OR)
1503  UNID  A strong carrier all morning with a tone. 3AK leaving the 
       channel? No IDs. 1300-1445  10/8 (PM-OR)
1512  2RN  AUSTRALIA, Newcastle presume the talk at 1352 10/8 (PM-OR) 
1548  4QD  AUSTRALIA, Emerald, good with discussions on Olympics at 1446 
       10/8 (PM-OR)

Drake R8, K9AY antenna
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****Alf Aardal - alfardal@xxxxxxxxx

Voice of Vietnam on 1242 khz coming in with good strength here at the 
west coast of Norway.
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx

 750  YVKS  Caracas, VEN Oct. 9, 0601 EDT/1001 UTC, fair-good over 
       nulled WSB w/string of "RCR" promos, into news magazine show 
       w/alternating man and woman reading news items.  Lead story was 
       about the Venezuelan president's "guerra a muerte contra la 
       corrupción". RCR stands for "Radio Caracas Radio". How's that 
       for "la redundancia"!
 (DXing with '78 Panasonic RF-2200)
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx

 530 KFJX869? MD  Near Elk Haven, with traffic announcements for 
       construction on the section of US 40 between MD 272 and MD 217, 
       heard moderately well from near Havre de Grace, stopped on I-95 
       1340 10/9. Call probably not correct.
 530  WVU4 - MD  Edgewood, hrd along I-95 10/9 0820 in Edgewood vicinity 
       with usual announcements about chemical weapons cleanup, 
       including phone # and website. This one is indeed the one I heard 
       from west of West Chester PA 8/16, as the phone number matched.
1610 WNEP742 MD Cockeysville vicinity - heard strong along I-83 at Hunt 
       Valley 10/9 0940 w/ generic traffic annct.
1610 WPEP712 MD  Havre de Grace vicinity - heard strong along I-95 
       w/traffic problems ahead 10/9 1330 - and were there ever!
1610 WQO719 - PA  Kennett Square - TIS for Longwood Gardens (on Rt. 1) 
       heard reasonably well on I-95 crossing the DE/PA border 10/9 
       1410.
1610 WPEI435 - NJ  Carney's Point w/ traffic advisory for heavy delays 
       on Delaware Memorial Bridge from I-95 DE/PA border mixing w/ 
       WQO719 10/9 1410.
1630 WPCD802 - PA  Philadelphia - Airport TIS surprisingly very readable 
       from I-95 and Rt 7 near Christiana, DE 10/9 1355.

All of above with car radio & whip while on a day trip to Hunt Valley, 
MD and back.

  10/10 On my trip down to the Baltimore area on Monday, I was surprised 
to note that I had no readable signal at any time while on I-95 or I-695 
from WPTX-1690. I had passable audio from WWRU-1660 and fair-to-good 
audio from WTTM-1680 at the DE/MD line, though, and in the morning, a 
bit of WHKT-1650 (more of it than of WPTX). Listen times roughly 0830 
and 1345 10/10. But at least that explains why I never hear WPTX by day.
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****joe talbot - n52w113@xxxxxxxxxxx

Northeastern Alberta DXped Loggings

 153  Norway, NRK?, Oct 8, 0404 GMT, SINPO: 3,4,3,3,3.
 189  Iceland, NRS?, Oct 8, 0415 GMT, SINPO: 3,3,3,3,3.
1098  Slovakia, Nitra, Oct 9, 0343 GMT, SINPO:  3,4,3,3,3.
1197  Germany, VOA Munich, Oct 9, 0323 GMT, SINPO:  3,3,3,3,3.
1188  Hungary, RFE, Oct 9, 0316 GMT, SINPO: 3,3,3,3,3.
1206  France, Radio Bleue Bordeaux, Oct 9, 0405 GMT,SINPO:  3,3,2,3,3-.
1215  United Kingdom, Virgin Radio, Oct 9, 0424 GMT, SINPO:  3,3,3,2,3-.
1323  Germany, Voice of Russia, Oct 9, 0445 GMT, SINPO: 3,4,3,3,3.
1395  Netherlands, News Radio, Oct 9, 0358 GMT, SINPO:  3,3,3,3,3.

Loggings By: Mickey Delmage, Don Moman, Nigel Pimblett and Joe Talbot. 
At Lamont, Alberta, Canada. Using 1500' Wire (Europe), 1600' Wire 
(Europe), 1500' Wire (Pacific), 1200' Wire (South America), 3-30 mHz 
Rotatable Log Periodic Antenna At 90'. Various receivers: Icom, Kenwood, 
Rockwell Collins and Don's new Icom IC-756PRO HF Transceiver with a 5" 
LCD (Spectrum Analyzer, etc). Signals not amplified.
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Zacharias Liangas - zliangas@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sysytem : R75 and 1x1 sqm antenna 

 783  ISRAEL? SYRIA? At 1754 heard it with pop songs and unclear ID near 
       to "dunsh mian fel israel' with signal S9 or 44434 At 2004 I 
       heard a station transmitting arab songs, it is possibly Syria and 
       not //4845 for MAuritania Liangas 9- Oct Retziki GR 
 873  MOoldavia  seems again not to transmit At 1839 heard Romania with 
       news an S3 ,22222. At 2000 i heard two IDs: R Calico - Hungary 
       and Christo BOtev in BU Liangas 9- Oct Retziki GR 
1188  HUNGARY?  ON 8 -10  the signal was S9 to S9+10 .ON 9-10 after 
       *1600 wit relay of RFE wih 1 sec delay after //1197 (@S9) Liangas 
       9- Oct Retziki GR 
1386  RUSSIA: New program for LBH. Signal was suddenly started at 2204 
       with man IDing this way and telling to 400 this morning. Song ' 
       know you re waiting for me' and two others till fading out. 
       Signal was 12432 or S3 to 4 at start but after 2210 was S3 under 
       +10 db of preamplification . Strong QRM even at the best position 
       with IRIB. I think that the 500 kW transmitter from Russia does 
       not anymore use the full power, as VOR was more than S5 at 2010 
       HOw it was yessterday reeived ? 
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx

Heard on a Realistic DX 440 and RS 18-1533 loop:

 790  KFYO  TX, Lubbock 10/10 0840 with ID and Consumer Reports spot 
       about SUV alternatives. WX at 0843 with a high in the 60s temp in 
       the morning at 34F. [new]
 830  KNCO  CA, Grass Valley 10/10 0914 with ID and talk about rainy 
       weather and call in number of 477-KNCO. 
 950  KXTQ  TX, Lubbock 10/10 0855 with an ID coming out of the soup. 
       There was a LOUD about 250 kHz het on this freq today. I 
       generally hear 950 from Denver here. 
1110  KEOR  OK, Atoka [p] 0835 with ONN [Oklahoma News Network] stories.
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Greg Myers - Clearwater FL - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx

1070  WCSZ  Sans Souci, SC  10-8  1850-1920 EDT Fox Spts. Net., ID'ing 
       as " WCSZ 10-70 The Sports Zone", amny local spots. Very good.
1090  WNVY  Cantonment, FL  10-10  1910-1945+ EDT UC Gospel mx, ID as 
       "The Light of Pensacola 10-90 WNVY Cantonment-Pensacola", very 
       good and loud.
1090  WKCV  Kingsport, TN  10-10 1936-1954 EDT  good with WNVY nulled, 
       gospel brokered programs, ID.
1310  WDOD  Chattanooga, TN  10-5 1917-1937 EDT NOS mx, ID 
       "Unforgettable AM 13-10 WDOD". Good signal for the period.
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****Guido Schotmans - BELGIUM - gs@xxxxxx

10/6. Last night I filled a minidisk with what's on on 1350 kHz. Around 
0047 UTC there was an ID as 'You are listening to New Sound Radio on 
1350 AM' announced location sounded like mid-Sussex. I can't find an 
entry about this station in Herman Boel's list. Has anybody some info ?
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx

Has anyone reported a flipino on 1296 kHz? I heard one at 1400 UTC, 
IDing as "DZFM" or something close to those call letters. Any ideas? I 
presume it was from Southern Philippies as cx were very AU, with mostly 
NZ and Australian DX. No Northern Asians were heard, not even the 500 KW 
JJs. Thanks.

In doing some research I find the DXAB station in Davao City in Southern 
Mindanao on 1296. The last time I checked I think they were owned by 
ABS/CBN, but what I heard was a reply of DZFM-Metro Manila (738 kHz), 
owned my the Philippine Broadcasting Service. I wonder if DXAB was sold 
to them? This would work out with a station from Southern Philippines 
with the strong AU cx. Has anyone logged DXAB? If so, do they relay 
DZFM-Metro Manila?  Thanks.
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Terry Palmersheim - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx

Does anybody have a working address, e-mail, etc. for CKXR-580 in Salmon 
Arm, BC?
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***bjorn fransson - Gotland SWEDEN - bjornfransson@xxxxxxxxxxx

10/11. Yesterday evening the conditions towards Yugoslavia were very 
good. I listened on 1566 kHz 1800-1900 to station, which I could not 
identify. There was a musical programming with "strange" music (to my 
ears!) the first hour and at 1900 started a news bulletin (not // 684). 
They mentioned "Studio B" in the bulletin. Maybe it was just a mention, 
but also maybe Studio B has moved to a new frequency (the music reminded 
me about what I heard on 1350 kHz years ago). Do you know anything? I 
don't think it was the old mentioned Yugoslave on the frequency, which I 
have heard before. On 1485 I heard the seldom heard Radio Novi Sad L 
with a local identification: "RTV Serbie - Radio Novi Sad". On 1602 one 
of the Hungarians was really strong. I think it was the old Radio 
Egerszeg, but in that case they ID-ed like: "Egerszeg Radio". 
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**Klinger, Robert - New Cumberland PA - rklinger@xxxxxxxxxxx

10/11. Was wondering if anybody can help me ID a station I heard this 
morning on 1350 here in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. We have a somewhat 
local station on this frequency, but at night they must reduce power 
cause some times I can here a station from Virginia. But this morning I 
heard a news format station in. In fact they were IDing as "Financial 
News Radio". They were giving financial news, Dow Jones, and all that. I 
heard a website mentioned as (www.financialnews.net) but I checked that 
out and came up with nothing. This was around 6:50 to almost 7 o' clock 
this morning. They were fading in and out, and a little closer to 7 are 
local was starting to come in a little better! This was heard on a 
Sangean ATS505 with a Select-A-Tenna. I know this may not be much but 
any help would be grateful. I will check again tomorrow morning. 
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 QSLs

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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx

1180  WJNT  MS, PEARL, rec. form verie letter with IRCA logo on top in 
       7d from taped report. Address: P.O. Box1248, Jackson MS 39215-
       1248. V/S: Stan Carter-CE. I am pleased with this, as this is 
       only my second MS QSL. The other was WOKJ-1550-Jackson from the 
       60s. (PM-OR)
1520  KOMA  OK, OKLAHOMA CITY, rec. new QSL card in 10d, no V/S. 
       Address: P.O. Box 14818, Oklahoma City, OK  73113-0818. Also sent 
       several bumper stickers. I already had this QSL'd, but I heard 
       they had a new QSL card. (PM-OR)
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Greg D Myers - St Petersburg FL - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx

 780  WWOL  Forest City, NC p/d letter, postcard, promo card in 7 days
       after a f/u. V/s Greggory M. Whitmire, Public Service Dir.
 810  WNSI  Jacksonville, AL  confirmation on copy of report, pen in 10
       days. V/s Teresa Goodman.
1310  WGH   Newport News, VA  confirmation on report, business card in 6
       days after a 2nd f/u. V/s Tony Mercurio, PD.
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****Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Just received an attractive PC QSL from WTAW College Station, Bryan, 
Texas 1620kHz. In 45 days for EE rpt and 2 x 50c US m/s. According to 
the QSL, they use a Nautel XL12 at 10kW into a 350 ft 'stick'. Their 
first b'cast was April 5th of this year. There is no v/s
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 MISC ITEMS

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*Glenn Hauser - Enid OK - ghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx

Excerpts from DX Listening Digests 0-119 and 0-120:

** U S A. Crawford's KLVZ-AM 1220 to switch to classical Inside Radio 
reports the following:
  "Crawford Broadcasting's Christian contemporary KLV-AM, Denver changes 
format. Switching to classical. Effective Monday, October 9th. The 
station decided on the switch after the news of Latino Communications 
buying classical KVOD-AM, Denver from Clear Channel. When the sale is 
complete Latino Communications plans to change the format of KVOD-AM to 
Spanish-language. This frees up Crawford to switch ``KLV-AM`` to 
classical."
  This is both good and bad news. Good in that classical radio will 
continue in Denver. Bad in that the effective power of the 1220 
frequency is much lower than 1280.
  Perceptive Denver radio listeners will recall that Zee Ferrufino sold 
1220 AM to Crawford for around $1.5 million within the last year. The 
format changed from Spanish to Christian. 1220 will now switch to 
Classical. 1280 switches from Classical to Spanish. Any questions? 
(``Ruby Hill``, Sept 28, http://www.kvod.com listener forum via DXLD) 
This updates COM 00-08, and refers also to WOR 1053; DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)
  ** U S A. KLVZ-AM plans Oct. 9 switch to classical music By Dusty 
Saunders, News Broadcasting Critic
  Denver's classical music lovers will still have Bach, Brahms and 
Beethoven on the radio.
  Following Wednesday's announcement that the classical music format on 
KVOD-AM (1280) will be dropped by new owners in favor of Spanish 
programming, Crawford Broadcasting said Friday KLVZ-AM (1220) will 
switch to classical no later than Oct. 9.
  The station currently features Christian music and talk programming. 
KVOD has been purchased by Latino Communications of Denver.
  Don Crawford Jr., head of Crawford's local broadcasting outlets, said 
the switch "is a natural," in light of Latino Communications' decision.
  The station will concentrate on "traditional classic" rather than on 
more "obscure" modern music, according to Crawford.
  KLVZ (formerly KBNO) operates with 660 watts in daytime but drops to 
60 watts at sundown, making it difficult to pick up in many parts of the 
Denver area.
  Noting there's a possibility of increased power, Crawford added the 
KVOD call letters would be added if Latino Communications drops them. 
Crawford called the format a "great companion" to Crawford-owned KLZ-AM 
(560), which features nostalgic music. September 30, 2000 (© Denver 
Rocky Mountain News via InsideDenver.com via Artie Bigley, DXLD)

Colorado Public Radio Acquires Denver Station
>From Colorado Public Radio's website
  CPR Acquires Denver Station to broadcast classical music 24 hours a 
day
  Colorado Public Radio announced today (10/6/2000) that it has acquired 
a second Denver radio station to provide Colorado Front Range listeners 
with full-time classical music programming.
  The 1340AM station, acquired from Catholic Radio Network for $4.2 
million, will begin classical music broadcasting immediately upon 
Federal Communications Commission approval of the sale.
  ``This is a major step toward Colorado Public Radio's long-term goal 
of providing a two-channel radio network for listeners statewide,`` said 
Buzz Victor, Chair of the Colorado Public Radio Board of Directors. 
``Given the recent turmoil in Denver radio, we feel a strong obligation 
to ensure the survival of classical music radio as a vital community 
resource.``
  Colorado Public Radio's KCFR will continue its current schedule of in-
depth news and classical music programming at 90.1FM, while the addition 
of 1340AM will allow for the continuation of full-time classical radio 
in Denver. Special programs such as the weekly Colorado Symphony 
Orchestra concert broadcasts will now be heard on both 90.1FM and 
1340AM.
  Latino Communications LLC recently announced that it will switch the 
current KVOD classical music format at 1280 AM to Spanish-language 
programming. Latino Communications and Colorado Public Radio have agreed 
to transfer the KVOD call letters and music library to Colorado Public 
Radio.
  ``KVOD has been a mainstay of classical music programming in Denver 
for more than 30 years," explained Max Wycisk, Colorado Public Radio 
President. "In the changing media world it is natural that KVOD can 
become a non-commercial, public radio service. Colorado Public Radio has 
been working for several years to produce the highest quality classical 
music service possible. Now all of our classical programming will have a 
full-time home in Denver.``
  1340 AM reaches the entire Denver metro area and beyond, broadcasting 
with 1000 watts of power 24 hours each day. Programming details will be 
announced once the acquisition is completed. (via ``Ruby Hill``, 
KVOD.com listener forum via DXLD)
  It's finally happened. CPR got their second Denver station. 
Interestingly, they paid over $1 million more than Ferrufino paid for 
1280 AM. And for an inferior quality signal: 1280 broadcasts at 5000 
watts, 1340 at 1000 watts.
  It is Ruby's opinion that CPR had little choice other than to buy an 
AM station given the ever-escalating prices of Denver FM frequencies. 
Certainly it's not the solution that CPR sought nor will be happy with. 
Given the timetable for ramping up their 24-hour classical service, they 
had little choice.
  By being awarded the KVOD library, CPR has made it much more 
difficult, probably intentially so, for any other entity to start up a 
new classical radio operation. The combined CD libraries of KVOD, KCFR 
and additionally KCFR's partner in L.A., KUSC cover roughly the same 
time period of acquisition: 1982 to present. One would expect that there 
would be countless duplications not only of major works by different 
performers but of the very same performances.
  Ruby would be very surprised if any of the current KVOD staff were 
offered positions with the new KVOD.
  Ruby's best guess is that 1340's programming will be a simulcast of 
90.1 with the exception of the non-music programming. Eventually all of 
1340's programming will be sourced from the Classical Public Radio 
Network, a joint venture between KCFR and L.A.'s KUSC. The only 
exceptions would likely be the Colorado Symphony broadcasts and an 
occasional Opera Colorado performance.
  It may boil down to whose satellite broadcasts do you prefer: Crawford 
will be airing WCRB's SuperRadio programming from Boston, KCFR and the 
new KVOD will be airing CPRN with programming assembled in L.A. and 
Denver. You can certainly expect the latter to employ state of the art 
voice-tracking, etc., all at the expense of a true local presence. 
Crawford will be using local announcers at varying times to be 
determined. Which one, if either, will air Karl Haas?
  Believe it or not (and you should because it's true), NPR outlets make 
their money from the news/talk programming, NOT the music. 
Philadelphia's WHYY and WRTI do not differ dramatically in ratings but 
DO in dollars raised. WHYY, airing news/talk has much more money in 
their coffers than does WRTI which programs classical during the day, 
jazz at night. BTW, classical listeners dole out the bucks more so than 
the jazz audience.
  Given the listenable range of 1340 AM and the potential dollars lost 
in fundraising, it would make more sense to move ALL of the classical 
programming to 1340 and air nothing but news/talk on 90.1 FM. Ruby isn't 
advocating this but that's the harsh reality. Commercial radio outlets 
would die to have the ratings that Morning Edition and All Things 
Considered garner. The biggest problem with CPR's concept of NPR 
programming is that they simply choose to repeat rather than air 
additional programming. Do we need to hear two 2-hour blocks of ATC? 
Wouldn't listeners be served better by airing Prairie Home Companion and 
Car Talk once in order to air Saint Paul Sunday, Schickele Mix or any of 
countless other fine offerings? It will never happen. CPR's goal is to 
maximize revenue. They pay no additional monies to repeat programming, 
additional programs would require additional money to be spent. (``Ruby 
Hill``, KVOD.com listener forum via DXLD)
  This is ironic. 1340 is where KDEN-AM was parttime simulcasting 
classical music with KDEN-FM before KDEN-FM became KVOD (Norm Metcalf, 
ibid., Oct 6 via DXLD)
  Max Wycisk said he would never put news/talk on AM, because "nobody 
under 45 will listen to it."
  Since hardly anybody UNDER 45 listens to classical radio, I guess he 
figures the music belongs on AM!
  At 1280, KVOD demonstrated SOME surviving local content and support 
for local arts groups. But at 1340, presumably with 24-hour syndication 
from the Classical Public Radio Network, there will be little 
resemblance to the original. This, just in ...
  KLVZ (1220) reportedly will continue with its plan to switch to 
classical music on Monday. How "local" will it be? Reports are in 
conflict. Even though 1220's signal will be weaker than 1340's, a 
demonstration of localism could be an important point of differentiation 
between KLVZ and KVOD-1340.
  That may not be economically feasible, however. So Denver may have to 
be content with two syndicated classical formats. After all, isn't that 
better than ONE syndicated classical format?
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*Eric Bueneman - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx

The big St. Louis station sale has now been approved. One change has 
already been made, at WXTM-104.1 (which Emmis already owns). Here's the 
stations that are changing owners:

Sinclair to Emmis: KIHT-96.3, KXOK-97.1, KPNT-105.7
Sinclair to Bonneville: WRTH-1430, WIL-92.3, WVRV-101.1
Emmis to Bonneville: WKKX-106.5
Emmis retains: KSHE-94.7, WXTM-104.1

The change that has already been made:
  WMLL-104.1 Jerseyville, IL (ex-WXTM)-format change from Active Rock to 
'80s Oldies, slogan: "The Mall", Steve and D.C. moving here from WKKX-
106.5.
Changes coming at Emmis' new stations:
  KXOK-97.1 Florissant, MO-from Classic Rock "The Rock" to News/Talk, 
"Radio 97.1"
  KPNT-105.7 Ste. Genevieve, MO-Howard Stern rumored to be moving here 
from WMLL-104.1
  KSHE-94.7 Crestwood, MO remains AOR with Bob and Tom in the morning
  KIHT-96.3 St. Louis, MO remains Classic Hits
Changes coming at Bonneville's new stations:
  WKKX-106.5 Granite City, IL-Format change from Hot Country to Smooth 
Jazz, new calls coming
  WVRV-101.1 East St. Louis, IL will remain Modern AC
  WIL-92.3 St. Louis, MO will remain Country
  WRTH-1430 St. Louis, MO will remain Adult Standards with Johnny 
Rabbitt in the morning
  What will be interesting to note is whether or not KXOK-97.1 will pick 
up such syndicated talkers as Tom Leykis or Dr. Laura.
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****krzysztof rybus - krybus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

According to Radio Racja website, their broadcast schedule appears to be 
as follows:

04.00 - 07.00 UTC - 612 kHz - via Radio Baltic Waves
18.00 - 20.00 UTC - 6165 kHz
04.00 - 06.00 UTC - 6035 kHz
14.00 - 22.00 UTC - 105, 5 MHz FM (in the city of Bia³ystok, Eastern 
Poland)

  On my website www.rybus.net YOU CAN FIND REAL AUDIO FILE WITH RADIO 
RACJA ID recorded from the internet.
  The internet address of Radio Racja is: http://www.racja.pl/
  Under the address below you can get the information (in Belarusian) on 
audio on the web with Radio Racja broadcasts: 
http://www.racja.pl/efir/efir.htm
  Please note however, that for the time being there is only MP3 audio 
on demand available (real audio is planned for the future), and there is 
no real time streaming. No broadcast from the current day is available - 
only broadcasts from the day before and from the day before yesterday. 
To hear the audio you have to paste into your MP3 player (e.g. Winamp) 
the following two parts of the address: the unchanged one and the other 
part depending on the day and month of the specific broadcast you want 
to listen to:
1) First part of the address: www.racyja.pl/efir/
2) Below you can find the example of the second part of the address: 
efir0710.mp3
  (the above is appropriate when you want to listen to the broadcast 
from October 7, and so on).
  Important: to listen to the second hour of Radio Racja broadcast you 
have to add "2" before the period mark, at the end of the numbers 
indicating the month, e.g.: efir07102.mp3
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - Lima OH - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx

DXTIP SERVICE (offered by the NRCDXAS)

  The big thing in DXTIP is short messages, and no replies. The replies 
belong either in private email or in the AM@xxxxxxxxxxx list. DXTIP is 
designed to be just tip list. Chat goes in AM and FMTV.
  To Subscribe: Just send a message to DXTIP-Subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Don't put anything in the subject box or body, just send it with that
address. You *may* get a MLM response back checking to make sure you did 
send it, and all you have to do is reply to it and send it.   
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**Blaine Thompson - phredd@xxxxxxxx

WGTO (910am, Cassopolis, Michigan) is now broadcasting in AM Stereo, 
according to station officials.
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****Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Have found some new e-mail addresses for the following stations:

XEDTL 660, XEB 1220, XEMP 710, XHOF & IMER radio@xxxxxxxxxxx
XEQK 1350  XEQK@xxxxxxxxxxx
Radio Panamericana, Peru 960 radio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
KXNT Las Vegas 840 - form on web-site www.kxnt.com/contactus.asp
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****Joseph J Marigomen - marijj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello DXers, my first time to contribute to the list. Re the recent 
queries about the Philippine X-bander DZBF, I talked to the Station 
Manager, Ms. Julie Borje, on the phone. DZBF is a community radio 
station putting out 1 kilowatt from a newly built omnidirectional 
antenna tower near the studio, but it has been licensed by the 
Philippine National Telecommunications Commission since 1996. Based on 
my listening, the full station ID in Tagalog is as follows: "Ito ang 
Marikina [this is Marikina], Uno Seis Siete Cuatro sa inyong talapihitan 
[on your dial], himpilang naghahatid ng kaalaman [a station that 
delivers information] tungo sa mabuting pamayanan [towards a good 
community] DZBF, Radio Marikina." Sign-off these past few nights was at 
1130 UTC. Contact information:
Ms. Juli Borje
Station Manager
City Government of Marikina
Radio Station DZBF
Second Floor, City Hall
Marikina City, Metro Manila
Philippines

Phone: (632) 646-6451
Fax: (632) 646-1626 or 646-1621
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**Glenn Hauser - Enid OK - ghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx

Tom Welch informs me: Henry Kloss has just come out with a new table 
radio that is superior to the Model 88 for only $99, go to 
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/index.html for more info.
  Also http://www.tivoliaudio.com/info.html
  Claims superior sensitivity and selectivity, no frills analog, 
external antenna jack for FM (but not AM?) Anybody tried one of these?
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****Jan Edh - Hudiksvall SWEDEN - jan.edh@xxxxx

Just got a mail from Studio X. broadcasting from italy on 1584 kHz that 
they are now broadcasting in AM-Stereo! The news is coming from 
Massimiliano Marchi"<studio.x@xxxxxxxxx>.
  "Dear friends of RADIO STUDIO X Network, 8-10-2000 : A DATE TO 
REMEMBER.
  On Sunday 8 Octobre 2000 at 16,50 local time, Radio Studio X become 
one of the fewest radio stations around the world (the only one in 
Italy!) which broadcasts in AM Stereo ! Tune into our 1.584 KhZ and, 
even if you haven't got an AM stereo receiver, you'll notice the great 
difference in audio quality between RSX and the other stations !
  Coming soon you'll be able to know more about this new service through 
our web site  : www.angelfire.com/tx/studiox
  GOOD STEREOPHONIC LISTENING! (in FM and in AM !)
  RADIO STUDIO X
  P.S. Any comment at our e-mail address will be appreciated
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 GEOMAGNETIC INDICES

     Geomagnetic Summary October 3 2000 through October 9 2000 
      phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
      Tabulated from email status daily

 10/ 3   192    24    2    low-mod     quiet-active        - 6
     4   184    33    5    low-mod     unsettled-mis       - 9
     5   174    68    2    low         quiet-active        - 6
     6   158     3    2    low         quiet               - 4
     7   156     5    0    low         quiet               - 4
     8   148     1    1    low         quiet-unsettled     - 6
 10/ 9   141     3    0    low         quiet-active        - 7

12 October, 2000

On October 9th, 2000, a CME was directed toward Earth. The plasma and 
shockwave should hit sometime today through tomorrow (October 12 - 13, 
2000). Space weather is expected to reach moderate (category 2) levels 
early in the period. A geomagnetic field disturbance is expected during 
this time. Category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm conditions are 
expected to occur during this disturbance. Category G2 geomagnetic storms 
can result in the following system effects: high latitude power systems 
may experience voltage alarms; corrective actions may be required by 
ground control for satellite orientation problems and possible changes in 
drag affect orbit predictions; high-frequency propagation can fade at 
higher latitudes; and aurora is visible as low as 55 degrees latitude.  
There will be a chance for isolated category R1 (minor) radio blackouts 
sometime during the period with effects similar to those described in the 
summary.

I just bought a used Bearcat DX-1000. There appears to be a problem 
with it's front end (can't even hear locals with it's whip). Does 
anyone have a schematic or service manual I can borrow??  phil b

I am also looking for a Kenwood R-600, Drake R7 and Panasonic RF-4900.
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)

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*Eric Bueneman - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx

  The first of two fall midwest get togethers will be held at Ten Killer 
State Park SE of Muskogee OK and NW of Ft Smith AR. The dates are Oct 
13-15.
  1 bedroom cabins are available for $48.00 and 2 bedroom $73.00. To 
reserve a cabin call 918 489 5641.
  This is an informal gtg with a quiz, logging contest, and plenty of DX 
talk. A good DX location for AM FM and TV.
  For more information contact John Tudenham at 417 624 8058 or E mail 
w0jrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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