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[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 12/21/00
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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - December 21 2000
Vol 6 No 37
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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, December 28 2000 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
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MWDX list.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
1/ 7/01 Sun - 0200-0300 - KNUS - 710 - Denver CO (PG)
1/ 7/01 Sun - 0200-0300 - KRKS - 990 - Denver CO (PG)
1/ 7/01 Sun - 0200-0300 - KBJD - 1650 - Denver CO (PG)
2/ 4/01 Sun - 0000-0200 - WILM - 1450 - Wilmington DE (NRC)
Sunday, January 7, 2001 - KNUS-710/KRKS-990/KBJD-1650, Denver, CO will
conduct a DX test from 2:00-3:00 am EST. Programming will include Morse
code, unusual music, and other readily identifiable programming. The
programming will be simulcast on all 3 stations. The stations will
probably run day power / non-DA the first half hour and standard night
power / patterns the second half hour. The stations would also like
live
feedback from listeners by telephone during this event. The telephone
numbers will be 303-631-2328 and 303-696-1971.
Reception reports may be sent to:
ATTN: Gregg Cassidy.
KNUS-AM/KRKS-AM/KBJD-AM DX test
3131 S. Vaughn Way, Suite 601
Aurora, CO 80014-3510
E-mail: DJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Arranged by Patrick Griffith.)
Sunday, February 4, 2001 - WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE will conduct a DX
test from 12:00-2:00 am EDT. WILM will play "unusual programming",
sirens, and Morse code IDs. Allan Loudell, Program Manager of WILM, is
preparing a special 25th anniversary yellow QSL card. Calls to the
station may be placed at (302) 656-9800 - NO COLLECT CALLS, PLEASE!!!
Reception reports may be sent to:
Allan Loudell
Program Director
WILM News Radio
1215 French St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Arranged by Blaine Thompson for the NRC CPC)
If you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via either e-mail
or in rec.radio.shortwave! And if you send a reception report to a
station, please remember to include return postage with your
report...
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a
card, letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for
going to the trouble to run a test!
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HOT ITEMS
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***Karel Honzik - karel.honzik@xxxxxx
Yesterday (DEC 13 around 1750 UTC) I heard Quran on 1405.41 kHz. Not
Strong. I think it could be Lybia (Holy Quran Program, Tripolis, 20 kW),
drifted from 1404 kHz. No talk, just singing. It is in fact the only
possibility to hear this program as it is not relayed on any other MW
frequency.
***Roberto - bclsiciliaclub@xxxxxxxxx]
Also I've listened to this. I confirm you that is Lybia drifted from
1404. ID at 1830 UTC.
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***Ruud Vos - shack@xxxxxx
Station 1584AM-Radio Paradise is back on the air again, after some
weeks being off the air. Signal strength is very good, better then
before, it soundsmuch more fresh. I like to know how the reception is at
your location. If you wish a QSL, you can send your reports to:
Ruud Vos
QSL Manager 1584AM
J.Overdijkstraat 59
Utrecht 3551 VG
HOLLAND.
Please enclose a IRC or dollar for return postage. Good luck and fine
reception!
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**Tom Dimeo - radio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWKL 1460 here in Harrisburg Pennsylvania which is owned by Clear
Channel is also running an "All Christmas-All the Time" format.
Previously WWKL FM 99.3 oldies was on 1460 with occasional break aways
for NASCAR and Phillies baseball.
Wonder if other Clear Channel stations are doing this?
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
>From phillyradio.com:
"Beasley Broadcasting has brought the WWDB calls back to life in
Philadelphia. Religious WTEL 860 / Philadelphia is now WWDB -- again
(for the second time since last February) -- this time with a brokered
business news/talk format as "Money Talk 860AM." WWDB is mainly
simulcasting sister station WSBR-AM/Boca Raton, FL."
"After being bumped from WFPG Talk Radio 1450, Bruce Williams has
returned to the area on WONZ 1580/Hammonton. His show will be carried
live on WONZ from 7-10PM while sister station WOND 1400/Pleasantville
will carry the weekend portions of his show in the same timeslot. WONZ
was simulcasting sister station `ESPN Radio 1490` WGYM/Pleasantville
prior to adding Bruce Williams." ( This isn't specific as to whether or
not WONZ is dropping the ESPN simulcast at other times.... - RjE)
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**Robert Foxworth - rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WSUN-910 Plant City FL maybe silent
Thought I had a new discovery Saturday with R. Metropolitana, Cd. de
la Habana, on 910 with s-7 signal in clear at 0945 local time 16 Dec.
Turns out that Terry Krueger beat me to it (see HCDX). Apparently my
semilocal WSUN 910 in Plant City, FL has been silent at least Sat
through today (Monday) which allowed the Cuban to be easily hrd daytimes
here (Tampa FL). Will keep checking to see if this is intentional long-
term. There is nothing audible here behind Metropolitana which, BTW has
a refreshing variety of locally produced programming.
On a similar topic my local WFLA-970 apparently is on regular sked
with 25 kW as I hrd local announcers refer to it, had some off-and-on
with the carrier during the day a couple weeks ago. But no big on-air
promition I've heard. 73 Bob F
**davidcoons@xxxxxxxxx
Wsun has been dark now for at least three weeks.a valiant effort at a
50s format but...orlando sentinals radio collumn has informed us that
whoo 990khz has been sold to abc and will be dropping "the music of your
life"radio dizzy will be taking its place.
**Paul Smith, W4KNX - sunray2@xxxxxxx
>From the Tampa Bay Radio News site:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/tampabayradio/
910 WSUN Goes Dark [12/05/00]
On Friday Dec. 1st, Cox flipped the switch and turned off 910 WSUN.
Details remain sketchy. What we've heard was that Cox, having recently
sold WSUN-AM to Salem was running the station in a ''trust'' of sorts,
as SALEM paved the way to deal the newly aquired 50's oldies outlet to
GENESIS. When December 1st arrived, Cox was told by Salem to basically.
"Turn It Off". We assume the deal to pass off 910 to Genesis is dead,
and we know a great number of 50's oldies fans have been left wondering
just where their station has gone, and if their format of choice will
ever return to the dial in Tampa Bay.
To inject my own opinion here: The 50's format would work well here
in Florida, here in God's waiting room, and the home of the hanging
chad. However, this was one of the worst programmed juke boxes that I've
ever heard. Playlist was only about 100 songs. RIP.
Soon it will reemerge as a brokered religious outlet, or brokered
infomercials... Too Bad.
The big question here is where will that famous call sign re-emerge?
*Robert Foxworth - rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently posted the info about Metropolitana-910 being audible in
Tampa due to WSUN being off. David Coons writes to say that WSUN has
been silent for 3 weeks now. And in HCDX, Pentti Lintujarvi of Helsinki
advises that one can find Metropolitana's website at
http://www.metropolitana.islagrande.cu which includes a soundbite of
their ID and some news items. 73 Bob F
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**Tom Dimeo - Harrisburg PA - radio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard the new Canadian station on 740 testing from about 8:50 PM to
present time, 9:20 eastern. They are playing Christmas music, nostalgia
music and oldies with a several second pause between songs. Shortly
after 9:00 there was a voice announcement about a test transmission, and
something like Prime Time AM 740.
**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
After several weeks testing with only open carrier, heard today 1900-
1930 EST testing w/music and voice announcements. Played a motley
variety of nostalgia and Big Band tunes, a few Christmas songs, as well
as some 50s oldies such as Fats Domino's Walking to New Orleans. Lots of
dead air (30-45 seconds) between songs. Announcement at 1930: "AM 740
is now test broadcasting in order to bring you the best music ever made,
from Glenn Miller and Perry Como, to Anne Murray, Dionne Warwick and
Céline Dion. Premiering Monday, January 8th, this is Prime Time Radio,
AM 740".
I have NO #$%^!&* IDEA WHAT THE CALLS WILL BE!! But it's a pretty
good bet that call letters will exist only on paper in a CRTC office in
Ottawa. They will likely use only "Prime Time Radio", joining Fan 590,
680 News, Talk 640, and all the other Canadian non-IDers.
**Tom Dimeo - radio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
12/18. Heard the new Canadian station on 740 testing from about 8:50 PM
to 9:50 PM eastern. They are playing Christmas music, nostalgia music
and oldies with a several second pause between songs. There were
occasional voice announcements about a test transmission, and something
like Prime Time Radio, AM 740, premiering January 8th.
Kenwood R-1000 with Kiwa loop.
Also heard them on a Sangean ATS-818-CS and an old RCA transistor radio
from 1969.
Shawn Axelrod - saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
CFPT heard here December 18 2000 at 2230 local time.
They are on testing with NOS/BBD music and announcements.
Signals Veryy good to poor as I suspect they are changing power as
they test.
**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
There were rumors that the new Oakville, ON-740 would have the calls
CFPT (or CJPT), PT standing for "Prime Time".
According to the North East Radio Watch
http://radio.lcs.mit.edu/radio/nerw/nerw-001218.html, CHWO had requested
CFPT as the new 740 calls. But the CRTC rejected that request, so CHWO
will instead move its existing calls to 740 from 1250. That, in turn,
means 1250 will become CJYE, "Joy 1250," when it goes all-religion in
January.
Here is a site that lists all the Canadian AM stations that have gone
defunct since 1980 (and some, like CBM-940 that went off and came back
in a new incarnation): http://www.araohio.com/~ks/canam.htm
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**Neil Griffin - Bainbridge GA - ngriffin@xxxxxxx]
WTAL 1450 in Tallahassee, FL is silent. According to the station's
website )http://www.wtaltalkradio.com/), they lost their lease on their
East Park Stree transmitter site. They are trying to secure approval to
test the EH antenna at another location in Tallahassee. I believe this
is the antenna used by one of the high powered medium wave stations in
Egypt.
WTAL aired talk programming including Rush Limbaugh, Bruce Williams,
Dr. Laura, and some local conservative talk shows.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I just received an e mail from Paul Shinn at KSTN. There wont be a
test this year. He is way to busy trying to get KAVT-1680 on the air. I
thought I would pass this on.
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I found this on the Inside Radio web site. Did anybody take advantage
of the opportunity and hear something new?
Hispanic's WAQI-AM, Miami loses transmitter, goes off-air
Hispanic's "Radio Mambi" broadcasts a Spanish variety format at 710.
When the transmitter went down on Saturday "Radio Rebelde" - Castro's
rebel radio - could be heard in its place, according to the Miami
Herald. "Radio Rebelde" broadcasts from Havana on the same frequency as
WAQI-AM. WAQI-AM is a 50-kilowatt station. "Radio Rebelde" broadcasts at
100 kilowatts. Normally the local WAQI-AM overrides Castro's station.
The station was reportedly off the air for ten hours.
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*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1670 KAZT CA Redding noted with Lakers-Heat basketball 12/19 2100.
Local ad noted but no calls so far. Promo for KLAC heard so it's
obviously on the (regional) Lakers network. Good level at peaks but
very deep fades and a whole lot of KXOL slop. I can't tell if this
means they're on RS yet - they've jumped the gun before. //600, which
wasn't faring too well against CKBD. Needless to say, I'm pleased that
I got WRNC just last week...
*Phil Bytheway - phil-bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
12/19. Yes, I noted it also with the end of the game... but at 2200 it
went DEAD! Right after a quickie ID during some sort of sports talk.
Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
KAZT-1670 was about S9 here last night, which was much waker than the
first test I heard several weeks ago. They must have been on with 10KW
as their signal was unbelieveable for a distant station. It was stronger
than KGO and they were S9+40/50 DB that night and total "local
quieting". It was something els. I am glad their 1 KW is much weaker!
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*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1690 KSXX CA Roseville. On with Latino pops 12/20 1843. KLIB ID 1900
in EE and SS. KSXX ID in EE 1902. Some deep fades along the way.
All three of the new CA x-banders have been heard here (1670-80-90).
None of them have had the stability of KXOL.
Regarding KAZT-1670, on with the Lakers-Heat game last night, 12/19,
an ID was heard at 2256. However, according to Phil Bytheway, they went
off abruptly at 0100 (12/20) after an override-ID. They are not on
today.
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just heard them here in Santa Barbara. They were a little stronger than
KSMH or KDIA. Audio cut off abruptly at 1926, with carrier still on.
*Richard Toebe - Davis CA - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
I confirm this; driving home from Sacramento, I had 1690 KSXX blasting
in at 2057 ELT, parallel to 1110 KLIB with Asian language show; at 2100,
long involved 1110 KLIB ID in SS with chimes; at 2102, EE ID "1690 KSXX
Roseville-Sacramento", then EE PSA from LDS (Mormons) on adoption; back
to Asian language. Hope this is just a test, hi! Wipes out 1680 and
1700; at least I just IDed WJNZ a couple of nights ago, hi. No sign of
Redding on 1670 today, just the TIS in Sacramento.
Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1690 KSXX Roseville: I called the station 12/20 at 1947 to tell them how
well the station was coming in here in Tacoma. I also mentioned that
there was a strong hum on the signal and that they should have cut power
at 1945. There was some sort of activity at 1945, a clicking of sorts,
but the level didn't drop. I took another phone call about 1953 and when
I got off, it seemed that the power drop had taken place. The person I
spoke with said KSXX would stay // with KLIB until the time was sold to
someone else. Time on the stations is brokered so you pay the station
for the air time, program it and sell it. SS programming was good until
2000. The standard format seems to be heavily produced KLIB ID on the
hour, ads, KSXX standalone ID about :02, and a PSA in EE thereafter. If
the programming source changes, there's a disclaimer. At 2300 the signal
was certainly dominant but I could loop most of it out for Arvada/Disney.
1640 KDIA Vallejo: Pat Martin mentioned they were off last night
(12/20). I noticed their OC at 2305 with KPBC under (KDIA is always
stronger than KPBC). With KPBC going off at 0100, and with KDIA's OC as
a cushion, it would have been an ideal situation to log WKSH - if I had
thought of it, of course! Maybe tonight...
We have had it relatively easy out here on the X-band in the West. The
Easterner and mid-US outlets have come on the air first. However, with
all the new CA outlets, it's starting to close in. I am very fortunate
to have gotten WRNC and WPTX during the last three weeks!
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**Barry Mishkind - barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I thought I'd invite DX'ers to try to tune in our new expanded band
station in Ft. Smith, AR. KWHN (former 1320 KHz call sign) is now
operating on 1650 KHz from a new site just over the Oklahoma border. It
is simulcasting 1320 KWYN.
We're using a Harris DX-10 and Kintronics quarter-wave folded unipole
antenna.
So far we've heard from Clarksville, TN (north of Nashville).
Please feel free to drop me, or the station a line.
George Nicholas
Regional Engineering Services Manager
Central Region
Clear Channel Communications
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1650 KWHN AR, Fort Smith, fair to poor with talk (sounded like
Sports), with several local spots and weather for Eastern
Oklahoma/Western Arkansas and IDs "News Talk 1320 KWHN" at 0005 EST
12/21. It would peak rather nicely then fade under KDNZ, some KBJD QRM
too. Now I have all the X Banders heard again. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500 ' Eastern Beverage
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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*Mike Stonebridge - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
153 First heard a carrier here about 1/2 hour before local sunset. By
23.51 I had a S-5 signal on the R7. Ended up by sitting on it for
almost 2 hours. The program was mostly music in various formats,
Big Band, C/W, EZL, Nat King Cole, Lite Rock, etc., and mostly in
English. Many announcements in what my wife thought was one of
the Scandinavian languages, but was unfamiliar to me. At 01.00
there was what could have been a jingle type ID with a female
voice. Then what could have been the news followed by more music.
By 02.00 all audio had gone and just a faint carrier remained. Is
this the new outlet at Ingoy, Norway? Does anyone know? No other
TA's audible, just carriers on 162, 189, 198 and 1314.
1480 KRXR ID Gooding. 12/19 23.00 Heard here with Spanish
programming. Full Id at TOH in English. KRXR-1480-Gooding Idaho.
New for me.
Mike in St. Isidore AB with R7 and Kiwa loop.
*Nigel Pimblett - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm pretty certain what you heard was Ingoy. I heard it at Lamont in
October, and just got a QSL this past week. Last night I heard a very
weak signal there, but Iceland on 189 was much better.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1314 UNID (Presume Norway), weak carrier tonight at 0130 UTC. Only
carrier so far noted. Only off Northern wire.
560 CKNL BC, Fort St. John, Good on top on Northern antenna with "N-L
Country" At 0152 EST 12/17. (PM-OR)
1070 CBUU BC, Clinton, presumed the CBC mixing with CFAX with the
"World at 6", //1260 & 690, with news on Eastern Canada storm at
1204 EST 12/18. This is the only repeater listed here in BC and
they now run 200w per the CBC Vancouver. (PM-OR)
1070 KATQ MT, Plentywood, good and clear briefly at 1815 EST 12/15,
with C&W Christmas mx and promo for "Jute Box Friday night" on
KATQ, local spots, Quite good, then gone. (PM-OR)
1390 KKSO IA, Des Moines, mixing with KRRZ, KLGN at 0645 EST 12/16,
with Business News, ID as 1390 and 1700 checked 1700 was // to
1390. (PM-OR)
1390 KRRZ ND, Minot, on top of KKSO briefly with Aretha Franklin song
and ID as "Your radio station is KRRZ" at 0647 EST 12/16, (PM-OR)
1610 KOP796 MT. Deer Lodge, while listening to KALT fade up and down,
info on Grant-Kohrs Ranch info and things to do in Deer Lodge at
0030 EST 12/14. New for me. (PM-OR)
1610 KALT TX, Atlanta, fairly good tonight 12/16 with "Coast to Coast"
program and USA News. Noted from 0445 to 0510 EST (0945 - 1010
UTC), ID is KBLI splash at 0459.50 "Atlanta's AM 16-10 K-A-L-T"
Into USA News 0500 12/16. You never seem to know what this
station is going to run. At least this morning I am hearing IDs.
1600 KCKK CO, Lakewood, good on top with "KCKK-Lakewood-Denver" ID at
0159.30 EST 12/17. (PM-OR)
1600 KCRG IA, Cedar Rapids, trading places with KATZ and KCKK with
ESPN Spt and "KCRG-Cedar Rapids" ID at 0159.50 EST 12/17 (PM-OR)
1600 KATZ MO, St. Louis, hrd with Gospel mx and "Gospel 1600" ID at
0155 EST 12/17 u/o others (PM-OR)
1600 WMNE?? FL, Riviera Beach, may have been the one with a "Radio
Disney" ID by a kid at 0205 12/17, but soon lost in jumble. The
only Radio Disney I can find listed for 1600. CX are pretty good
to the east tonight. The best in weeks. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 400' NNW antenna, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a Radio Shack DX-375 and RS 15-1833 loop:
780 WBBM IL, Chicago 12/14 0041 with ad for Jewelry Exchange in
Elmhurst and then time check and ID.
830 WCCO MN, Minneapolis 12/14 0048 with "Traffic on the eights on
CCO." There was some sort of a problem on I-94.
1130 KWKH LA, Shreveport 12/15 0730 with news. Apparently they share
news resources with 710 KEEL. They were talking about closings
die to a big ice storm there. Then playing C&W Christmas music
and using the slogan, "Holiday 1130".
1150 KSAL KS, Salina [?] 12/15 0750 with a farm report then ID. KCKY
was off there was no SS Rel from them and there was an UNID XE on
also. KSAL was heard under the XE.
1280 UNID 12/15 0805 with Imus in the morning. Does KDYL have Imus? It
doesn't seem like the LDS capital of the world, Salt Lake City
would have Imus on.
870 XETAR MEXICO, Chihuahua, Guachochi 12/18 1313 with power up and
choral version of the Mexican national anthem. Legal Mexican ID
given by a female with very old and rustic Mexican fiddle music
in the background. Then Noticias de Guachochi. Booming signal.
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**David Hochfelder - New Brunswick NJ - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
740 KRMG Oklahoma City, OK. 2355-0005 ET. Local news. ID'd as
"News Talk 740." Dominant with some other stuff underneath which
I didn't identify. This is the westernmost station I've logged.
Sony ICF-2010
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***Terry Krueger - tocobagadx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
TOCOBAGA DX #55 - 16 December, 2000
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA
"Florida Low Power Radio Stations" is at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html
Terry L Krueger, Copyright 2000. Retransmit or quote only with full
credit given to TOCOBAGA DX and all attributed sources. All times/dates
are GMT, frequencies are kiloHertz unless otherwise stated.
Some logs included below are from a beach trip at Ft. DeSoto (southern
Pinellas county), which are indicated as: [FTDS]. There's something
special about listening to the radio on a fine beach where it's 82-
degrees, while grumpy old people in landlocked, rectangular states are
digging out of snow.
530 TURKS & CAICOS IS. R Vision Cristiana, 1555 Dec. 15, good w/ SP
preacher, ID. No trace of the Sanibel Island wildlife refuge
TIS, which has usually been threshold as far north as Ft. DeSoto.
550 ALABAMA WASG, Atmore, 1558-1610 Dec. 15, xlnt signal, promo by
pastor for a church. ID at ToH as "WASG Atmore and WGCX
Navarre-Pensacola-Ft. Walton Beach" then into "SRN News"
satellite feed. At 1605, more promos for churches, into
satellite-fed Bob Dornan (Robert K. Dornan, ex-CA congressman)
talk show. WGCX is the FM affiliate on 95.7 ("Praise 95").
800 USA unID, 1610 Dec. 15, fair w/ EG preacher. [FTDS]
870 LOUISIANA WWL, New Orleans, 1611 Dec. 15xlnt w/ talk show, ID.
900 USA two unID's: 1612 Dec. 15, NE signal strong with sports radio;
gospel vocals North/South. [FTDS]
910 CUBA R Metropolitana, Guanabacoa, Ciudad de la Habana, 1618-1622
Dec. 15, several "R Metropolitana" ID's, babble and vocals, very
good, w/ Reloj (Bolondron, Matanzas) very poor underneath.
920 UNIDS 2258 Dec. 15, big messy hets. [FTDS]
950 FLORIDA WTLN, Orlando, 1622 Dec. 15, xlnt when Reloj nulled w/
Christian book hawking, "AM 950 WTLN" ID. [FTDS]
1090 CUBA R Cadena Habana, La Salud, La Habana, 1120 Dec. 15, fair w/
very bad 60 cycle hum, parallel strong (and humless) 1080, as
well as very good 1100 and 1120. Novella. [FTDS]
1210 CUBA R Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, 2146 Dec. 15, t/in to M,
"Emisora Provincial, R Sancti Spiritus" and nice oldie Cuban
vocals. [FTDS]
1210 PENNSYLVANIA WPHT, Philadelphia, 2155-2201 Dec. 15, xlnt w/
conclusion of Tom Gerano (sp?) talk show, "Talk Radio 1210, The
Big Talker, WPHT, Philadelphia" and into nx. [FTDS]
1519.90 UNID 0238+ Dec. 13, emphatic, 'crying' SP preacher. 0300
probable ID in tlk by M, but not copied in the mess, then back to
preaching. Also noted at 1111 w/ SP gospel vocals, 1115 reverb
SP M promo for Christian program, into SP M preacher at 1138 w/
two refs to "Guatemala." Local morning reception would indicate
this is a Honduran or Guatemalan.
1519.98 COLOMBIA Ecos del Palmar, 0240-0510 Dec. 13, one of at least
three Latins hovering around 1520. Local accordian/folk songs
and SP pop mx, commercials, M anncr, frequent W canned "la
fiesta de deciembre" station promos. Finally a clear Id at 0357
by M, "Esta es Ecos del Palmar... HJLI... en Distrito..." followed by
Colombian national anthem, but did not s/off. Continued in and
out of the station mix through t/out.
1520.06 UNID "15-20," 0240-0510 Dec. 13, another SP evangelical
mystery from Latin America. Preacher, reading of names at 0325,
also a W anncr. After 0400, into modern SP Christian vocals,
frequent "Quince-veinte" reverb slogans between songs.
Occasional "Radio (two syllable) 15-20" also, and one "Emisora
Cristiana en..." Any idea who this and 1519.9 is, Finns, Danes
and Swedes?
1600 FLORIDA WKWF, Key West, 2114 Dec. 15, in passing w/ "Sports Radio
1600, WKWF" M canned ID, good but through tight null. [FTDS]
1610 TEXAS KALT, Atlanta, 1123-1140 Dec. 15, the newest X-bander, I
guess. Good w/ satellite "Coast To Coast" talk show,
commercials for the "Afterdark Newsletter" and various quack
products, back to "Coast To Coast" at 1135, with Beach Boys
"Kokomo" bumper mx. Also noted around 2250 from Ft. DeSoto w/
"Dr. Laura" trash talk. The final nail in the coffin for TIS
DX.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
12/16. I checked out the dial this evening here on the North coast and
found several carriers and audio some audio on two. Carriers on
567,891,909, 1134, and audio on 1269 and 1314 khz. I could just tell
there was music of some kind on both channels at 0100-0130 UTC. Will
keep checking. The 400' Northern wire seems a bit better than the 1500'
Eastern Beverage, but getting them on both.
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
Receivers: Panasonics RF-2200; RFB-45
730 UnID Dec. 16 1645 upbeat SS pops nudging out WPIT and CKAC,
"Radio Capital" slogan, then gone. Could be XEX, Mexico City,
but I've never heard them before local sunset and conditions
didn't seem too auroral today. (MKB-ON)
740 (CHWO Oakville, ON) Dec. 16 1730 presumed source of open carrier,
no tones or IDs. Carrier disappeared by 1800. (MKB-ON)
740 WIRJ Humboldt, TN Dec. 13 0719 surfaced out of mud w/ID as
"groovin' oldies on WIRJ", into Black is Black by Los Bravos.
750 WNDZ Portage, IN Dec. 16 0800 on top of nulled WSB w/long string
of Ad Council PSAs (drunk driving, diabetes, non-violence, etc.),
somewhat late top of hour ID at 0804 "WNDZ, Portage, Indiana -
Chicago", into "Personal Achievement Radio" program. (MKB-ON)
920 WIRD Lake Placid, NY Dec. 15 1900 tail-end of ESPN sports talk,
then top of hour ID "you're listening to WIRD 920 AM, in the
Adirondacks your ESPN Radio Network station", then disappeared
under CKNX, presumably due to pattern change. (MKB-ON)
1510 WWSM Annville-Cleona, PA Dec. 15 0748 winning fight o/CKOT w/ID as
"12 minutes before 8 on WWSM", into list of local community
events. QSLed as WAHT in 1986. (MKB-ON)
1600 WHJB Bedford, PA Dec. 14 0744 fair o/WAAM w/run-down of local
events, ending with reminder to send information about your event
to Box 1, Bedford, PA 15522 (the same address on my 1978 QSL as
WAYC), "WHJB" jingle into MOR-ish version of Silent Night.
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**Ginnie Lupi - Ithica NY - ginnie@xxxxxxxxxxx
Radio Shack DX-398 and Select-A-Tenna
1320 CKEC NS New Glasgow 12/16/00 2312 Male voice saying "...at
10:15 Saturday mornings on CKEC". Signal faded immediately into
WJAS slop.
1620 WTAW TX College Station 12/16/00 2259 Male voice saying
"...WTAW 16-20 College Station - Bryan"; CBS News; various ads;
news continues. Faded into WHLY's big band music.
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PATRICE PRIVAT - Paris FRANCE - patrice.privat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Strong signal tonight from Latvijas Radio,Kuldiga Latvia on 1350 khz
in Latvian 1800 UTC QRM from Serbian station with music. heard with the
Panasonic RFB45
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***F. S. Ribeiro - f.s.ribeiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
First of all, congratulations for the excelent results achieved during
the Newfoundland DXpedition.
I want to make some corrections and to add some more info, though,
related to some Portuguese MW stations.
> 630 PORTUGAL RDP, Santa Isabel, 29 Oct, 2059 - // 666 [JR].
Although Santa Isabel (near Coimbra) is the most powerful transmitter
of RDP Antena 1 in this frequency, there are two other transmitters in
synchro: Chaves and Miranda do Douro.
> 666 PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1, Lisboa & Vila Real, 27 Oct, 0347 - Man
in Portuguese, then piano music [MC].
Besides Lisbon and Vila Real, the following transmitters use this
frequency: Valença, Bragança, Viseu and Covilhã.
> 720 PORTUGAL RDP1, São Salvador, 24 Oct, 0010 - Portuguese talk,
> best on the European wire so likely not Brazil; fair [JF].
On 720 kHz, RDP Antena 1 has the following transmitters: Miramar (near
Oporto), Mirandela, Castelo Branco and Elvas.
> 783 PORTUGAL R. Comercial, Miramar, 26 Oct, 2332 - Man in
> Portuguese; over others [MC].
> + 27 Oct, 0404 - // 1035 with soul-influenced mellow Portuguese
> vocal [MC].
Several changes are to be reported on this frequency. Rádio Comercial
doesn't broadcast on MW anymore, only on FM. Another radio, belonging to
the same media group, uses this frequency, as well as 1035 kHz. It is
called Rádio Nacional, but it is a commercial radio, not state-owned. It
has this name because it only broadcasts music that is sung in
Portuguese.
The Miramar transmitter now belongs to RDP and is on 720 kHz. The
transmitter belonging to Rádio Nacional, on 783 kHz, is located at a
place called Afurada, close to Oporto. The website of Rádio Nacional
doesn't specify the transmitter location, though; it only says it is in
the North of Portugal..
> 1035 PORTUGAL R. Comercial, Lisboa, 27 Oct, 0404 - // 783 with
soul-influenced mellow Portuguese vocal [MC].
As I said before, Rádio Nacional is now on this frequency, instead of
Rádio Comercial. The transmitter is at Porto Alto, near Lisbon.
> 1251 PORTUGAL R. Renascença synchros, 29 Oct, 2039 - Football play-
> by-play, // 891 [JR].
The transmitters on this frequency are: Chaves, Valongo (near Oporto)
and Castelo Branco.
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*Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
As promised, here is the LW DX we snagged on our DX get together at
Don Moman's place in Lamont. Participating were Don Moman, Mickey
Delmage, Joe Talbot, and myself. As Nick mentioned earlier, we were
DXing without most of the European beverage (little did we know!) as
apparently a moose had made off with it. That likely explains our total
lack of European MW DX. Unfortunately temperatures in the -20's and
windchills nearing -50 rather discouraged any significant checking of
the antennas beforehand! Of course the beverages are much less
directional at longwave frequencies, hence we heard good signals off the
eastern wire.
153 NORWAY, Ingoy 0531 17 Dec Good signal, with music of the folk
type, followed by two men discussing the music. This one was
also noted at 1317 with pop vocals and Norwegian version of "Let
It Snow".
162 FRANCE, Allouis 0546 17 Dec Man interviewing another man in the
studio. Very consistent signal, in for several hours on both the
17th and 18th.
177 GERMANY, Oranienburg 0035 18 Dec Talks by both man and woman in
German. For some reason this one was good at times on the 18th,
but had been only barely audible on the 17th.
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis 0507 18 Dec In French, with discussion of
European security. Not noted on the 17th.
189 ICELAND, Gufuskalar 0158 17 Dec Celine Dion song, news by a man
at 0200. This one is usually the best (and often the only)
European LW station heard here, and was at very good levels at
times on both the 17th and 18th.
207 ICELAND, Eidar 0604 17 Dec 70's song by Dr.Hook. Was parallel to
189 khz. Not heard on the 18th.
216 FRANCE, Roumoules 0558 17 Dec Man speaking in French, possible
hurried ID at 0600, then went into football (soccer for us North
American types) scores. Not heard on the 18th.
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Stephen Schneider - n6zcp@xxxxxxx
Hrd WWL on 870khz. Very strong here this evening havn't hrd this
station in years. I have a QSL from them dated 11/7/1963( I was 17).
I guess that gives away my age.
Heres the report: WWL 870khz @0220Z with sports news and talk about
the Saints several complete ID's. Very good cpy on 12/20/2000.
Receiver here is a Steward Warner R-390A.
The Antenna is a 150 foot grounded vertical loop. (can't think of better
name for it :-)
Hope to have more reports in the future. This reception caught me off
guard.... totally by surprise. I'm use to stations within 1000 mile
circle these days.
Have 30 States verified ( the last one was in 1976 I believe). Have 17
countrys heard. Heard all continents on The AM broadcast band.
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Edward Kusalik - ekusalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
QSL's
1630 MEXICO Radio Universidad, Universiad Autonoma de Baja California
full data verie ltr & 81/2 x 11 'Certicicado de Sintonia' sheet,
with decals and nice wall poster in 60 days.Address: U.A.B.C.-
Radio Universidad 283 Paulin Avenue P.O. Box MSC 5163 Calexico,
California 92231-2646 USA v/s Marhta Adriana Marquez
(Kusalik-ALB)
1620 KAZP Omaha Nebraska date/Frequency verie ltr with station
information for two reports. Reply in one year/two months, 14
days after another f/up.Used my SASE. Address KAZP AM-1620
5011 Capital Avenue Omaha Nebraska Phone: 1-403-342-2000 v/s
Neil Neikin Operations Manager (Kusalik-ALB)
LOGGING's
1630 XEUT Baja California 0023-0103 Dec.10 'Programa de Rock'n'Roll'
aired with mx from Association/Three Dog Night/Beatles. ID on the
hr. 'Radio Universidad de la universidad automnoma de Baja,
California, que transmitiendo con 10 mil watts de potencia..Radio
Universidad en el 1630 kilociclos..' Then into discussion
dialogue about California bands & music. Fair to good on loop
(Kusalik-ALB)
1620 KBLI Blackfoot Idaho 2253-2317 Nov.9 ESPN Sports Radio ID on the
hr. as 'A Marathon Media Station, serving South-east Idaho from
Blackfoot KBLI 1620 ESPN Sports.it's 4:oo o'clock' Per phone
conversation, Engineer Carl Watkins welcomes rpts and verifies
with a new card. Address: Carl Watkins Engineer-KBLI P.O. Box 699
Blackfoot, Idaho 83221-0699 USA Dominates over KSMH & KYIZ now.
(Kusalik-ALB)
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Morris Sorensen - Winnipeg MB - SMosor@xxxxxxx
Times CST
Special
740 CHWO ON Toronto 12/20 2102-2133 very good testing with nostalgia
including big bands and also some Christmas music. Mentioned
Prime Time Radio and airdate of Jan, 8th. Per stn president
Michel Caine via ODXA this will be the call when they begin
regular schedule, CHWO-1250 will then become CJYE. Apparently,
Industry Canada rejected their request for CFPT for some reason.
I'm not sure if the city of licence will remain as Oakville or
change to Toronto. (MS-MB)
1610 KALT TX Atlanta 12/17 0055 poor with end of some kind of
discussion program. Finally heard KALT call letters and 16-10
mention at 0100 after several nights of trying. (MS-MB)
Regular Loggings
690 QU CINF Monreal 12/19 2258 poor in CJOB splatter with French
news/talk, many mentions of Montreal and Quebec's Premier
Bouchard. Fairly certain I heard CINF call given in French
although my understanding is that they do not generally give a
full ID. DXers in the west and central regions should take care
to distinguish this one from CBKF-1 Gravelbourg SK which is
CBC/SRC and does not have any ads. (MS-MB)
850 WRMR OH Cleveland 12/16 1658 good with music "Walking in a Winter
Wonderland (Etta James Version), mentioned Music of Your Life and
gave ID "You are listening to WRMR." (MS-MB)
930 CJCA AB Edmonton 12/15 2355 fair with end of People's Gospel Hour
from Halifax, NS. IDed as CJCA, Edmonton -The Light" into Focus
on the Family" (MS-MB)
940 KVSH NE Valentine 12/15 1857 fair with weather for NE and SD "and
now a look into your Nebraska news" into state news, time check ,
mention of Valentine into CBS news. (MS-MB)
980 CKRM SK Regina 2000 poor through heavy interference with local
Regina hockey and CKRM ID at 2015 during break in action, (MS-MB)
1070 KHMO MO Hannibal 12/20 1715 fair with promo for radio
advertising. "Call your KHMO sales professional" Station #300
logged on Medium wave since moving here in Dec.99 and restarting
my log. (MS-MB)
1140 WKWM MI Kenwood 1655 good with r&b music, IDat 1656 as "1140 KWM-
Staying in the groove" and at 1700 as "One nation under the
groove...WKWM Kenwood " (MS-MB)
1200 WCHB MI Taylor 12/16 1800 fair with ID by man as "The new WCHB
1200-Detroit's people station" (MS-MB)
1340 KWLM MN Wilmar 12/15 2055 poor mixed with KXPO and others with
clustered local ads including one for nearby Litchfield.
Basketball heard later may also have been them. (MS-MB)
1510 WAUK WI Waukesha 12/20 1702 fair with several ads including one
for a local Chevrolet dealer, ID as "Sports Radio WAUK" gave
phone # as 262-554-1510 for sports call-in show (MS-MB)
1600 KLGA !A Algona 12/18 1813 with list of snow cancellations, Algona
mentions, then female said "one degree here at KLGA. Insurance
company ad followed, (MS-MB)
Drake R-8, McKay-Dymek DA-9 loop
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*Tim Noonan - Madison WI - DXing@xxxxxxxxx
I am hearing a strong signal tonight (Thursday) on 1210 playing
continuous music, with no announcements heard from 8:58 p.m. central
(0258 UTC Friday) until I type this at 9:40. The music seems to be a
mix of 80s and urban oldies. Is anyone else hearing this, and does
anyone know who it is?
The station I referred to in my earlier message signed off abruptly at
9:42 p.m. central, or 0342 UTC. I assume this is the same station I
heard earlier tonight that signed off abruptly soon after 6 p.m. (0000
UTC), also with no announcements. Who might it have been?
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***bjorn fransson - Gotland SWEDEN - bjornfransson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Dec 13th and 14th (but not today, 15th!) I heard a weather report and
temperatures at 05.45 (and only for one minute on) on 1650 kHz USB. The
language was either Finnish or Estonian, but as they mentioned Ösel,
which is Gotland's neighbour and friendship island in Estonia, I presume
that it was Estonian. Does anybody out there have any idea about this
transmission? Address to write to?
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**Rick Shaftan - Sparta NJ - shaftan@xxxxxxx
12/15. Had some funky stuff on 1640 in Wisconsin's null around 0130
EST with Latin mx and Spanish accr. then seemed to fade after 0200 to
FF pgm and what I thought were mentions of Canada. It was definitely FF
after 0200 and may have been before but I don't think so. The French
was all talk. Any ideas?
**Bruce Contin - Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
There are "Part 15" stations on 1620 and 1640 in the Boston area.
1640 is usually in French, but has also been heard with Spanish
programs. 1620 is also in French, located in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Both have been heard with strong night time skywave signals in Maine.
New Jersey might be just the right distance for single skip reception of
both stations. I don't know what the story is regarding these two
stations, but they are apparently running illegal power. I can't
imagine 100 mW carrying 200 to 300 miles at night on a busy frequency.
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**ALAN GIBLER - Ashtabula OH - agibler@xxxxxxxxxxxx
I am hearing a ss on 1580 this morning at 736 am est. Heard mention of
"La Musica" with sirens in the background and much lively accordion
music with a male announcer.Naturaly they faded when it seemed like an
id.They were back again at 754 am with a ss song with a lot of horns.
Thought i heard a mention of Cuba. I heard a ss station here last night
at 438 pm est with a lot of accordions in background with much deep
fading. Right now at 810 am they are on top of 1580 with a yl talking in
ss mentioning Cuba again. Anyone with an idea who? Thank you in advance.
NRD-535D ,sloper, Kiwa loop, Mfj 1026,Dsp-599zx
**Sheldon Harvey - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx
My only SS on 1580 heard from the Montreal region are occasional Spanish
on WONZ Hammonton, New Jersey, or WDAB in Travelers Rest, SC.
**Neil Kazaros - neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I believe there is a Cuban there, perhaps some in Fla can supply more
info. I do suggest taping it as some here speak SS pretty well.
**Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
What about XEDM, Hermosillo, Mexico? Are they still around? I haven't
heard XEDM in years, but used to get them semi-regularly here in
Toronto, back in the late (and VERY unlamented :) 70s. They used to
call themselves "La Grande del Sonora".
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***Henrik Klemetz - dhv599n@xxxxxxxxx
1520.06 UNID "15-20," 0240-0510 Dec. 13, another SP evangelical
mystery from Latin America. Preacher, reading of names at 0325, also a
W anncr. After 0400, into modern SP Christian vocals, frequent
"Quince-veinte" reverb slogans between songs. Occasional "Radio (two
syllable) 15-20" also, and one "Emisora Cristiana en..." Any idea who
this and 1519.9 is, Finns, Danes and Swedes?
1520.06 is R Minuto. See 1520.2 listing at
http://swl.net/patepluma/genbroad/logs/hcmwlog.htm. As for the 1519.9 I
don´t know. But there are plenty of evangelicals around this channel.
Even Ecos del Palmar 1519.98 may carry evangelical programmings in the
early morning.
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**Blaine Thompson - Fort Wayne IN - phredd@xxxxxxxx
Aiwa CSD-ED26 Boombox with RS AM Loop Antenna
1070 UnID ? ? - 12/16 2103-2104 Fox Sports Network news in front of
WIBC.
1620 UnID ? ? - 12/16 2115-2118 Mitch Albom Show.
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****Dave Kenny - dave_kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The full report and logs from the 11-24 November DXepediton to Sheigra
in NW Scotland are now up on the British DX Club web site -
http://www.bdxc.org.uk
Follow the link to the Articles Index Page where copies of the last 5
Sheigra reports are available.
Any suggestions on these unidentified stations would be welcome:
1110 0045 20/11 UNID Brazilian ID sounds like "Radio Charismo", lively
mx
1120 0046 18/11 UNID SS LA station SS - several IDs "Radio Once"
1390 0850 23/11 UNID LA station SS relaying R Catolica Mundial network
1440 0240 14/11 UNID (Argentina?) SS ID: "La Radio Mas Potenta"
1650 0145 18/11 UNID US brief strong blip of ID? "..BJD" over WHKT
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***José Mª Madrid Martínez - jmadrid@xxxxxxxxxx
Tuned a Radio Euskadi in 1503 kHz 18.12.00 at 22.53 with the program
"outside of Game", with interferency of RNE R5 Todo Noticias, it's a
frequency change, or it is more probably the second harmonic of Radio
Euskadi Bilbao in 756 kHz from 505 miles of Cádiz?
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***tbucknall@xxxxxxxxxxx
Can anyone help id a mystery harmonic on 12960 which i think is
10x1296 the audio is very distorted heard 19/12/00 at 1744utc gone by
1800 do any of the stations on 1296 have a reputation for radiating
harmonics?
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****Rocco Cotroneo - rcotro@xxxxxxxxxx
Heard here in Rio de Janeiro, last night, at 03,50 on 1485 khz. Arab
mx, no stop. On 1575 a similar one, possibly the Kuwaiti clandestine.
About 1485 the Boll list says Syria. Any suggestion?
****Mauno Ritola - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
During Ramadan it could be any of the Middle East stations listed, but
here in Finland the "usual" ones are Jordan and Iran. But in your QTH it
could well be Morocco. Too many possibilities, was 1575 similar or //?
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***Terry Krueger - Clearwater FL - tocobagadx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tonight on 910 kHz, at 2315 GMT (6:15 pm local), I had several "RCN"
ID's and the usual nonstop newscast by announcers, a report on the FRCN,
Colombian store ads, etc. Six (I think) time sounders 2330, phone
ringing sound effects, etc. This is listed as RCN from San Andres
Island, the Colombian dependency in the Caribbean, off the coast of
Nicaragua. Signal was good on peaks, trading fades with Metropolitana.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1314 2ZW AUSTRALIA, Wollongong, rec one of my best QSL packages ever!
Besides a QSL letter, I received a 2KY logo T Shirt, two key
chains, 2KY pen, 2 stickers, and even a 2KY Racing Radio logo
cap. I sent ms return postage, but it cost them $17.60 Australian
to mail this. All this received in 30d for a taped report. V/S:
Samantha Randell, Public Assistant to Max Carter CE. Address:
2KY, PO Box 1303, Parramatta NSW 2124 AUSTRALIA. NSW QSL #88,
Australian MW QSL #221. I am really pleased with this! (PM-OR)
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**Patrick Griffith - Wesminster CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1220 CJOC(ex?) AB Lethbridge - Letter, CFRV-FM postcard and sticker,
V/S business card in 30 days for EE report and US$1. Letter
states they have simulcast CJRX-FM/106.7 (Rock 106) since 01/00.
V/S Darren Pepin, Engineering Manager. Address: 1015 3rd Ave. S.,
Lethbridge, AB T1J 0J3 (PG-CO) **The letter seems to indicate
that they are now authorized to use the call sign CJRX-FM on
1220. It states that 1220 was "formerly CJOC-AM". In fact, CJRX-
FM is the only call sign I heard during this reception.
1430 KQLL OK Tulsa; Partial data letter and AM1300 / AM1430
"SportsRadio" bumper sticker in 68 days for EE report and $1.
Letter refers to the station as both KQLL and KAKC. KAKC is the
sister station on 1300 and I presume this is a typo. This was a
very unusual reception since I was hearing them over local KEZW
on the same frequency. V/s said he was unable to determine if
they were doing anything 'unusual' that night such as transmitter
or antenna maintenance. V/s: Clark H. Dixon, CE. Address: 5801
East 41st St., Suit 900, Tulsa, OK 74135. (PG-CO)
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MISC ITEMS
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***Tarmo Kontro - Tarmo.Kontro@xxxxxxxx
Would like to obtain a manual (or a copy of) of the (discontinued?)
ICOM ICR9000 receiver. Or any comments etc about this rx are highly
appreciated.
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**Patrick Griffith - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
I just saw an article in the current e-newsletter for the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association about KRKO/1380 in Everett, WA. Says they
are seeking permission to build 8 towers ranging in height from 446 to
487 feet two miles south of runway 32 at Harvey Field in Snohomish, WA.
The FCC database shows KRKO currently using 2 towers.
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
From the Sunday, Dec 10 Everett Herald about 5000-watt KRKO plans to
upgrade to 50 kW.
SNOHOMISH -- The Renton office of the Federal Aviation Administration
is continuing to assess the safety factors involved in a proposal to
locate radio towers on Lord's Hill, near Harvey Airport.
"The aeronautical study is still in progress," said Duane Van Hoosen,
an FAA airspace management specialist. "We are waiting for all the
needed information from officials at Harvey Field."
Information about the longitude and latitude for the end of the runway
at Harvey Airport is pending from owner Kandace Harvey, Van Hoosen said.
Once that information and other data arrives, he plans to compile it and
determine whether the radio towers could safely be placed close to the
airport.
KRKO in Everett is asking Snohomish County to grant a conditional use
permit to allow the station to locate five, and possibly as many as
eight, radio towers from 425 to 466 feet tall at 11304 132nd St. SE.
The county's commercial permit division is processing the application.
Because the proposed location of the towers is close to the airport, the
FAA must gives its approval before the permit process can proceed.
Neighbors have expressed environmental concerns, questioned the
aesthetics of so many towers, and some have written letters to the
county asking that the project be stopped. Safety also concerns
neighbors, since the area is so close to the airport. Van Hoosen said
the FAA is accepting comments from citizens, as well as pilots,
balloonists and those who parachute in the area. The FAA is expected to
make a ruling by Dec. 18.KRKO officials said the new antennas would
allow the station to increase its power from 5,000 to 50,000 watts,
making it one of the five most powerful radio stations in the state.
(right near where I work!!! - phil b)
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
Has anyone come across any of these on the Internet? I would think it
wouldn't be too difficult for someone to create a site which, if given
latitude and longitude of a location could actually plot out a custom GC
map, if one has the programming expertise along with a little math.
**G.H. McLachlan - ghmcl@xxxxxxx
Have alook at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
**Phil Bytheway - phil-bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I didn't have a problem at all, once I found out where I was, hi. Got a
nice one from the 6m setting. Will have to take it home and check with
one I bought several years ago to be sure.
**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
*** That's indeed the setting to use, after several trials. I saved the
one I did for my old NJ QTH as a 'control' which I can compare with my
old USGS map which is down in the basement on the wall of my shack, but
the bearings look close. If you use the 2500 km setting ( the one you
used is 1000 ) , you actually get a circular border with the bearings on
it - sort of a rosette - but the bulk of the map is open ocean. : )
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***Terry Palmersheim - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx
I'm creating a web site about the WRTH and I'm looking for some jpg's
for WRTH covers from the years 1946-1948 and 1951. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
OK, here it is! Needless to say I NEED INPUT ON THIS SITE in order to
make it better, correct any mistakes, make it easier to read, etc. It is
optimized for 800x600 screen size. Your criticism IS expected!! It WILL
be updated as more info is received. I will also be adding more links
soon.
WRTH/ PWBR Website
www.nwlink.com/~kc7ldp
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****Rocco Cotroneo - rcotro@xxxxxxxxxx
Someone might find useful this list of MW stations linked to the "Jovem
Pan" network, in Brazil
http://jovempan.uol.com.br/jpam/sobre/afiliadasam.php3
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*Glenn Hauser - ghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
You are invited to listen to the December edition of Continent of
Media, which contains a number of items of interest to AM, FM, and TV
DX/listeners. Download or stream from http://www.DXing.com/conmedia.htm
and also broadcast into January on RFPI, Costa Rica, Tuesdays 2000 UT,
Fridays 1900 UT, Saturdays 1730 UT, repeated 6/12/18 hours later on some
of: 21815-USB, 15049 (to change to 15065), 7480. 73, Glenn
CONTINENT OF MEDIA 00-10, produced Dec 7, 2000 by Glenn Hauser
*RFPI has new frequency 7480, and soon 15065 ex-15049; and new repeat
times for COM, 6, 12, 18 hours after Fri 1900, Sat 1730, Tue 2000
*COM also available at DXing.com, thanks to support of Universal Radio
*WNOP, jazz station on 740 in Newport KY, Cincinnati market, being sold
to Catholics from Jan 1
*WCBS Newsradio 88 moved from Black Rock to another NYC building; Bob
Foxworth recollects his years there
*Historical aircheck: the Sept 21, 1939 broadcast day recorded from
WJSV, cassettes for sale. Info at
http://weeklystandard.com/magazine/mag_6_10_00/gelernter_bkart_6_10_00.a
sp
*KNX won`t stream live, but oldtime radio shows may be downloaded after
broadcast at http://www.mediabay.com/knx1070/drama.asp
*NRC AM Mapbook of US & Canadian MW stations, keyed by number with
coordinates and instructions on figuring distances. US$17.95 in US &
Canada (NY + sales tax), US$23.50 to Europe, from National Radio Club,
Publications Center, Box 164, Dept W, Mannsville, NY 13661- 0164 USA
*AFRTS intercepted with far-right talkshow
*WKY-TV tried to prevent any other TV station in Oklahoma
*Dallas: jingle capital of the world
*COM 00-10, wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA;
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/
*Strife at Rice University between students and administration who
locked them out from KTRU 91.7; relaying WRN in interim [later: dispute
was settled Dec. 8]
*WNIB, Chicago classical, sold for $169 million; comparing it to
competitor WFMT
*President signs bill authorizing local agencies to enforce laws
against interference from CB, lacking FCC; hams exempted
*Colombian broadcast station heard in Canada on 254.1 MHz, accidental
military satellite relay?
*Jay Novello`s eastern Cuban bandscan from Exuma, including audio
clips: http://havana.iwsp.com/radio/exuma/
*Guatemala`s FM band overcrowded; Mayas get no stations
*The revolutionary donut antenna
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An Employee of Harlan Communications
KUBA broadcasts from 5:00 a.m. until 12:00 Midnight. However, at dusk
each day we reduce power and send our signal in a more directional east-
to-west pattern, so it may be more difficult to get in the Sacramento
area. This is happening at 4:45 this month and then gradually extends
to 8:30 during the Summer.
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***Bob Padula - bobpadula@xxxxxxxxxxx
RADIOMAG - a new Australian publishing venture!
I am pleased to advise that the first edition of a new monthly
independent Australian commercial radio publication will shortly be on
sale at newsagents across the nation. It is titled "RADIOMAG", edited
and published by Chris Edmondson, former editor of "Radio and
Communications" magazine.
A marketing rollout commences this week,which includes very lucrative
discounts and reader competitions! Cover price will be a pleasant
surprise!
RADIOMAG will have a team of expert, experienced staff writers. It's
hoped to have RADIOMAG on sale in newsagents, as well as mail out
subscription copies, in a very short time from final editorial copy
date.
I have accepted a contract to write for RADIOMAG, and I am managing a
department titled "Broadcast Monitor", covering shortwave, medium-wave,
and FM. I will also be preparing other articles related to new
equipments, antennas, book reviews, DX-peditions, propagation, and
information of interest to new listeners.
Some of you may recall that I worked very closely with Chris when
"Amateur Radio Action" magazine was created many years ago, and I
prepared the shortwave listening department there for a long time. ARA
ultimately became "Radio and Communications", absorbing "CB Action"
magazine, but I was forced to withdrawn from the editorial role due to
pressure of work and family commitments.
You will find lots of interesting features and news in RADIOMAG, in
support of all forms of radio broadcasting and transmission, designed
for radio enthusiasts, general electronics hobbyists and experimenters!
My own department will concentrate on shortwave, with something for
all levels and fields of interest, including Station Profiles, items
about International broadcasting developments, really fresh and up-to-
date news and schedules, Shortwave by Continents, a special "World
Tropical Band DX Report", QSL information, a beginner's segment, and
lots more! As well as drawing on my relatively short experience in radio
monitoring (about 45 years I think!) I will also integrate news from the
large network of sources available to me, including my global contacts
as a professional communications engineer and monitoring hobbyist.
I will also feature share quality information sent to me from
monitoring friends and colleagues here in Australia and around the
world. My column will NOT be a repetition of questionable, and
irrelevant "cut and paste" mass E-mailed items snatched from overseas
newsgroups, but carefully compiled information based on reliable and
accurate sources.
I plan to include the six-monthly "English Shortwave Broadcasts to
Australia" listing: it has been many years since this was last published
in a commercial magazine, so here is the big opportunity!
Within Australia, I am setting up a "BROADCAST MONITOR NETWORK", of
enthusiastic listeners in all States and Territories, who would work
with me in submitting news and information of interest to all readers. I
have also initiated dialogue with the Australian Radio DX Club, as the
only remaining national hobby monitoring group in this country, for
special editorial input.
----->> If you are located in Australia, and would like to be part of
the "BROADCAST MONITOR NETWORK", please contact me without delay! If you
have ideas or suggestions as to what should be included in Broadcast
Monitor, let me know! The column will emphasise reader contributions, in
developing a RADIOMAG community. (Anything special I will need to talk
first of all with the boss, Chris!)
If you are a broadcasting station, DX Club, writer, communications
media producer, broadcast consultant, or anyone, anywhere, with an
involvement or interest in radio broadcasting, please forward any
information to me which you would like considered for publication in
"BROADCAST MONITOR", and full credit will be given to you or your
organisation for any items published.
If you are already a recipient of the "Electronic DX Press", you do
not need to contact me again, as all EDXP material will be considered
for RADIOMAG! Obviously, the column will focus on reception in
Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands.
When you read your first copy, you will see that a special, unique, E-
mail address is given for direct contributions from readers to Broadcast
Monitor: this is monitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx It is working already, if you
would like to try it out, and messages are automatically diverted to my
normal E-mail account.
Don't forget to visit the RADIOMAG Home Page for the latest news on
this new venture!
http://wwww.radiomag.com
General requests for subscription information and advertising
arrangements may be directed to the Publisher (addresses below)
I look forward to your support for "Broadcast Monitor" in RADIOMAG!
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**Nancy McAleer - Curmudgeonnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A relatively interesting web site about the upcoming eclipse.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/extra/PSE2000Dec25.html
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Several weeks ago, the M Street Journal, and consequently DXM,
reported there would be a change in WLW's antenna site. The M Street
Journal report did not say that this site would be an auxiliary.
However, several online databases show the other site as an auxiliary
and that the new antenna would be only a quarter wavelength. That
surprised many people as their current antenna is the famed Blaw Knox
cantilever tower. Here is the answer to the question "are they actually
going to move to a new site with an inferior antenna?", which was raised
by several DX'ers. It comes straight from someone closely involved with
WLW.
Unless there is a major error in the posted license coordinates they
will discover it is about 1100 feet west of the existing location. It is
for the existing quarter-wave Auxiliary antenna. The license was issued
in error as a main and we had it relicensed to reflect its the Aux. It
took a while to get all the original paperwork shoveled through the
pipeline. But the reissued license went fast. I got it last week. The
Blaw Knox cantilever tower will still be around for a long time, I hope.
For the cost of a 750 foot vs a 350 vs. the revenue WLW brings in, if we
ever did move and we would put up another, it would be the tall one. No
brainer. That is very little money for the extra bang. When we run on
the little antenna I can tell a marked increase at night in sky-fade out
about 70 to 100 miles due to the decreased efficiency and even more so
the extra high angle radiation component. Still listenable but
noticeable.
They are not moving; M Street failed to report the other site as an
auxiliary.
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***Pentti Lintujarvi - pentti.lintujarvi@xxxxxxxx
The Bolivian Telecom Authority 'Superindentencia de Telecomunicaciones'
- SITTEL - has web site at: http://www.sittel.gov.bo/
There's information on licensees on the 'Operadores' -page. It
includes a downloadable Word -document of licensed radio stations dating
from 11.10.2000.
News can be found in 'Publicacíones'. For example - in October you can
read following:
"... Las dos radiodifusoras que se adjudicaron las frecuencias en onda
corta son Radio Patujú (Trinidad) que operará en 6.005 kHz. y ofertó
5025 Bs. Y Radio Mauro Nuñez (Villa Serrano) en 6.055 kHz con una oferta
de 4.200 bolivianos por la frecuencia. ..."
All the resolutions (new licences, new fqys, call changes etc.) of
the year 2000 can be found at http://www.sittel.gov.bo/rsl2000.htm in
downloadable Excel -file.
Frequency lists (in Excel -format) are on 'NOMENCLATOR DE
RADIODIFUSIÓN' -page at: http://www.sittel.gov.bo/pblnmn.htm
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**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
For those who are interested, I've received a preliminary response
from the folks at NOAA as to the recent question about Stratospheric
Warming. This response appears below. I've also requested a bit more
detail as to the types of possible propagation effects as well as a
rough range of frequencies to better define 'HF'. 'HF' is generally used
to describe the amateur bands between 2 and 30 mHz.
"Thank you for your contact. We are in the slow process of up-dating
our glossary (not an easy task). The definition of a STRATWARM will be
included with the up-date. A definition of a Startwarm:
Stratwarm is an alert provided by SEC that is a code word designating
a major disturbance of the winter, polar, middle atmosphere from the
tropopause to the ionosphere, lasting for several days at a time and
characterized by a warming of the stratospheric temperature by some 10's
of degrees. There is no evidence that stratwarms are caused by solar
events, or that they affect the lower atmosphere (in fact the
disturbance may be generated by tropospheric conditions). A stratwarm
can have affects on communications with HF radio frequencies causing HF
propagation."
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FOR SALE
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Gerry Thomas - radioplus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You can get a copy of the interim catalog with final prices (it's in
Word format; if you need it in text format, let me know). The catalog
is available via email to anyone who requests it and IRCA members get a
10% discount off listed prices.
(I also have a copy of the catalog if you contact me, I will send you
one - phil bytheway)
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Ralph Sanserino - sanser@xxxxxxx
For Sale toroids for the preamp shown on page 123 of IRCA's A DXer's
Technical Guide Third Edition. Toroid 70 bifilar turns on a FT-82-61
ferrite core. 4 toroids $15. Make checks payable to:
Ralph Sanserino
PO Box 1831
Perris CA 92572
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IRCA Mexican Log, 6th Edition
The IRCA MEXICAN LOG lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule
in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The call letter index gives
call, frequency, city and state. The city index (listed by state, then
city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The log has been
completely updated from the 1998 edition and carefully cross-checked by
several IRCA members. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who
hears Mexican radio stations. Size is 8 1/2" x 11" and three hole
punched
for easy binding.Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $8.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/sea
mail), $9.00 (rest of the Americas airmail), $9.50 (Europe/Asia
airmail),
$10.00 (Australia/New Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the
above prices.
IRCA TIS List
Completely revised by IRCA's Bill Harms to 9/00, the IRCA "TIS/HAR
LIST" includes AM/FM and TV lists from the US and Canada. This 28 page
"DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00. Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00.
Overseas... add $0.50.
IRCA Bookstore - 9705 Mary Ave NW - Seattle WA 98117-2334 (please make
checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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The AM DX NewsFlash is sent weekly from Teknologic in Snohomish WA
All contributions will be used
Comments regarding content are appreciated
With your submission, please include as a minimum:
Your name, location and email address
Tell your email friends about "AM DX NewsFlash"
To receive this email newsletter, send your email ID, name and
location to: phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Folks whose bulletins are returned twice in a row are dropped from the
list. If your email address changes, please let me know!
Information appearing the NewsFlash can be quoted provided the original
author and the "AM DX NewsFlash" are given proper credit.
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IRCA DUES STRUCTURE
DXM-printed DX MONITOR (21x/year), SDXM-"soft" DX MONITOR (35x/year)
WORLD - SDXM $10.00
USA - DXM $20.00, DXM/SDXM $25.00
Canada - DXM $22.00, DXM/SDXM $27.00
Overseas surface - DXM $23.50, DXM/SDXM $28.50
Airmail (Central America, Caribbean) - DXM $35.00, DXM/SDXM $40.00
Airmail (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) - $38.00,
DXM/SDXM - $43.00
Airmail (rest of the World) - $41.00, DXM/SDXM $46.00
To join the IRCA, send the appropriate dues to: IRCA HQ
PO Box 1831
Perris CA 92572-1831
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them
to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx
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END of 12/21/00 THE "AM DX NewsFlash"
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