[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 1/11/01
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[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 1/11/01
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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - January 11 2001
Vol 6 No 40
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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, January 18 2001 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA
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The 2001 WTFDA Convention will be held at the Super 8 in Boise July 27-
29. Inquiries can be sent to: N7SOK@xxxxxxx
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You are invited to attended the gathering of the clan for the 14th
Annual Winter SWL Festival in Kulpsville, PA, just north of
Philadelphia, on March 9 and 10. Travellers usually arrive Thursday and
depart Sunday. All the details, and registration forms, are available at
http://www.trsc.com/winterfest.html.
If you've attended before you know how much fun the event is. If not,
we invite you to review the picture sets from past years and listen to
HCJB's Allan Graham interview with EDXC's Risto Vahakainu of the Y2K
event.
So what's new on the Winter SWL Festival Web site?
1. Partly multi-lingual: Spanish, French, German, Italian and
Portuguese.
2. Now weather-smart with lots of current weather links to forecast
and radar.
3. Links to transporation, maps, tourism, media, and area webcams.
4. Scanner and amateur radio repeater links to area directories.
5. Now with a new swap meet page - check it out before loading your
car!
And last but not least, there is an updated help page. PLEASE check it
out. John Figliozzi has issued a casting call, rooms are wanted by out-
of-town visitors on a budget, and volunteers are needed to help with
some fest functions.
Oh yes, we have a "Link To Us" page with a new button, designed by
Ralph Brandi, and the HTML code. If you have a Web site, please pick the
button and code of your choosing and link to the 'fest page. Thanks!
The 'fest is sponsored by the North American Shortwave Association
("NASWA"), North America's oldest shortwave broadcast-only radio club.
The club has been active in the business of sharing information about
shortwave radio since 1963. The club's motto is "Unity and Friendship".
Further information on NASWA is available at the website
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/.
CONTACTS:
Richard Cuff, Telefax 707-313-2458, E-mail rdcuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or
John Figliozzi, E-mail jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Postal Mail: Winter SWL Festival, P. O. Box 4153, Clifton Park, NY
12065
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
1/20/01 Sat - 0100-0300 - WAGL - 1560 - Lancaster SC (IRCA)
2/ 4/01 Sun - 0000-0200 - WILM - 1450 - Wilmington DE (NRC)
Saturday, January 20, 2001 - WAGL-1560, Lancaster, SC will conduct a DX
test from 1:00-2:00 am EST. The test will be conducted as follows: At
1:00 am EST, WAGL will turn their carrier on - static will be heard. At
1:05am EST, WAGL will begin carrier modulation with voice IDs,
greetings, and music. The test will continue until 2:00am EST with
music, voice statements, and possible Morse code IDs. WAGL will conduct
the test using their full 50 kW into their 4 tower array directional
antenna system.
Reception reports may be sent to:
B.L.(Len) Phillips
General Manager
WAGL-AM
P.O. Box 28
Lancaster, SC 29721
E-mail: waglradio@xxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.waglradio.com
(Arranged by Lynn Hollerman for the IRCA CPC.)
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!
Denver Triad DX Test Results:
Patrick Griffith, Westminster, CO (NRC): Thanks to everyone who
participated in the DX test this morning. There were so many telephone
calls and e-mails into the station that I couldn't keep up. It was good
to talk to so many of you 'live' for a change.
There were a few last minute changes in the plans. About an hour before
the test began they realized that they were going to have a problem
switching the automation to and from simulcast before and after the test.
So it was decided to program each stations automation separately.
Separate Morse IDs were made and loaded into the hard drive at the last
minute. Because of this Gregg was way behind on programming the
individual stations. So when the test began the automation only had about
20 minutes of programming in it for each station. The remainder of the
programming was done on the fly while the test was in progress! All 3
stations carried Morse IDs, long solid tones, and march music but not in
simulcast. So what was on and when varied between the stations.
They have been having trouble with the 1650 transmitter for a few days
and have been running the daytime power at about 2,000 watts. However, it
went right up to 10,000 watts tonight and stayed with no problems. 1650
ran 10,000 watts the first half hour and back to 1,000 watts the second
half with the usual U-1 non-directional tower. 990 ran 4,500 watts non-
directional the first half hour and 390 watts U-2 the second half. The
directional pattern puts almost all of the signal to the south in a wide
half circle.710 ran its usual 5,000 watts U-3 for the entire test. The
pattern is mostly NNE and SSW with almost nothing to the NW and a very
slight lobe to the SE.
We received e-mail and telephone calls during the broadcast as follows:
710 - AZ, UT
990 - AZ, OR, UT
1650 - AZ, CA(3), IL, MD, OR, UT, WA, WI and Ontario Canada
The station staff had such a good time that they are already talking
about doing it again, maybe in March. Thanks again everyone. Special QSLs
will follow all written reports.
Mike Brooker, Toronto ON (NRC): Thus far on 1650, only a test tone (no
Code IDs that I could determine) heard at 0215 EST under the usual pests
KCNZ and WHKT. Nothing at all on 990, except CBW and "Legends 990"
Rochester, NY. Wouldn't even try 710 because of CJRN and WOR.
kevin redding, Mesa AZ: Heard DX test of all three stations and sent
detailed report to dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
710 had to overcome KGNC.
990 had to over come XECL
1650 blew KFOX out of the water when the power was increased.
Al (NRC): KBJD Denver, CO is 20 over in Apple Valley, CA, I am getting
some heterodyne, and am not sure what stations out here might be on 1650,
or if it might be coming from elsewhere, anyway sent them an email. I
did not hear anything on 710 or 990.
Ronald Gitschier, FL (NRC): 1650khz is home to three stations tonight.
1650 - WKHT Portsmouth, VA was dominant for the first 20 minutes of the
test with Satellite standards (Stardust?). It seems they don't pick up
their local tags and liners, but did ID at 2AM Eastern. This station
picked up stregnth about 2:35. This is the same satellite service heard
on 1660, WMIB Marco Is. FL. 1650 - Non ID. Talk Show. Woman in-studio
Man on the phone line. Interview about school system issues, schools
employing Union Labor... under WKHT and about 2:20 when WKHT faded down
it was dominant.
1650 - Non ID. Test tone. Don't know what to make of it because the
tone didn't seem to be like in Kevin's report, alternated every couple of
minutes with different features. No morse, marching music, etc.
Definately a tone though. Just after 2:30AM eastern, only peculiar or
noteworthy noise in all this were SFX of a screaming eagle.
710 - WOR, NYC very good signal, I don't note this station very often
here. Local talk, hearing "WOR" mention and many metro NY locales/
merchants in Ads. At times during the 2AM hour dominant over presumed
Cuban and Miami mix of SS programming. At times, the SS stations
disappeared.
Forgot to check 990khz.
Above in/with a Mitsubishi Expo 1995 AM/FM cass in dash stereo. Stock
antenna and a R/S DX 398. In pajamas.
Larry A. Hall, Downers Grove IL (NRC): Good reception first half hour on
1650. Nothing on 710 or 990. Thought I might get lucky as I got WOR
tonight (not ofter, usually whopped by WGN). Signal fade after first
half hour, but continued receiving, though weakly, until end of test.
Code/carrier stopped almost exactly at 2:00am. Iowa was coming in very
strong - unusually so. WERE THEY "PROTECTING THEIR TURF"? Their signal
jumped down in the ditch when the test stopped. Curious.
Pat Martin, Seaside OR: I listened to all three frequencies from 0200-
0300 EST 1/7 and found 990 & 1650 coming in well. 710 was not there
except maybe at one point.
1650 KBJD CO, Denver heard anytime I checked with More Code, Tone, &
March music from 0200-0300 EST 1/7. (PM-OR)
990 KRKS CO, Denver, heard mixing with CBW most of the time with many
checks from 0200-0300 EST 1/7, Test Tones, Morse Code, and March Music
710 KNUS? CO, Denver, was for the most part non-existant from 0200-
0300 1/7. I saw on 710 most of the time, as I need this call change. At
0245 EST 1/7, March music was hrd, but uncertain if it was KNUS.
A taped report for all frequencies will be sent.
I phoned a bit after 0200 and spoke to Patrick Griffith, who also said
710 was directional (U3). They have a strong null in the Seattle
direction too. Thanks Patrick for arranging the tests.
Phil Bytheway, Seattle WA: 1650 heard with code, tones, march music and
voice IDs. Very nice. Had it on my 2010 as I searched 990 and 710 for
the other tests with the R8.
990 was just CBC... with a bunch of KOMO-1000 slop
710 was KIRO... and I couldn't get a null with the KIWA.
Phoned at 0230 to verify they went to day power. Stayed on 990 through
0250 and then went to bed... 1650 still rolling in quite well.
R8, KIWA loop, Sony 2010, Sanserino plug in loop
Pete Taylor, Tacoma WA: 1650 - excellent throughout. I think conditions
were good to the East as KBJD was good both half hours. However, they
were pretty fluttery at about 0250 so I assumed they were on 1kw at that
time. There was little level change when they went from tone to regular
programming at 0300. (Phil, I think they dropped to 1kw at 0230 rather
than going from 1 to 10kw). KFOX was not a factor but their ID was heard
at 0300.
990 - marginal with vicious KOMO slop, CBW and an unidentified XE.
Another EE station popped in for awhile, too. CW ID, tone and march
music rose a couple of times before 0230 and were copyable; nothing after
0230 though
710 - no way with 50kw KIRO six miles away
Thank you Pat Griffith for not only arranging it but being there as an
active participant!
Barry McLarnon VE3JF, Ottawa ON (NRC): I was too tired to stay up that
late, so I decided to pick one of the three frequencies and do some timed
recording. 990 had a double whammy of CKGM to the east and CBW to the
west, and I've heard the 1650 before, so I settled on 710. Alas, I
didn't realize that the 710 would be DA for the whole period, and its
null to protect WOR means virtually no RF comes in this direction. Oh
well. I heard the usual WOR, CKVM, and unidentified SS. One surprise
logging was daytimer WUFF in Eastman GA ("97.5, The Big Woof"), who
apparently ran all night. If anybody heard some C&W in the mix last
night, it was likely them. They don't make "clear" channels like they
used to...
Nigel Pimblett, Medicine Hat AB: All three signals heard here, with
varying qualities. 1650 is usually good here, and it was solid
throughout the test period. 710 was generally under KIRO, and also had
QRM from a Cuban at the beginning, but it would come on top every so
often. 990 was the hardest, as CBW was its usual powerful self, and a
Mexican station was audible too, but the code came through quite well at
times.
Frank Aden, Boise ID: 710, KNUS, CO, Denver, 1/7, 0200-0300, DX Test
heard under KIRO with tones, code IDs & marching music. (FA)
990, KRKS, CO, Dnever, 1/7, 0200-0300, DX test heard about even with
CBW with vocal IDS, code IDs and marching music. (FA)
1650, KBJD, CO, Denver, 1/7, 0200-3000, DX Test heard with almost local
signal, vocal IDS, code IDs & marching music.
FRG7 with 4 foot Box loop & Radio Shack modified TRF
Chris Rigas, Wood Dale IL (NRC): 1650 and 990 heard here in Wood Dale,
Illinois, with 1650 blasting in. 990 kHz had some splash from WMVP (AM
1000) and CBW interference. No chance on 710 as I am only 5 miles from
the WGN (720) transmitter, and hearing anything on 710 and 730 is nearly
impossible for me.
Marc Delorenzo, Newton MA (NRC): 710 - No way; WOR very loud as usual.
990 - No go; A jumble of East Coast stations dominated by Rochester,
NY.
1650- Tones heard 0205-0215 well under WHKT and about even with KDNZ,
both of which were weaker than usual. No ID's heard so not counted here.
Maybe the next time.
Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO (NRC): Folks, I have posted information
and photos from this morning's DX test on my web site. You can go
directly to it at: http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/DENVERDXTEST
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HOT ITEMS
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*Eric Bueneman - Hazlewood MO - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
WHKT-1650. Noted Adult Standards on 1650 around 0155 ELT; the feed was
most likely Jones Radio Network. Heard a legal ID for WHKT around 0200.
Apparently, WHKT has dropped Christian Talk for Adult Standards. KCNZ
topped the frequency, KBJD a distant third.
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*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
KJR is definitely at the new site (with KHHO). 900-1000 is now gone
daytimes so I suspect they are indeed running it at 50kw. I haven't
even started to identify the new mixing products... At night, I am now
getting their harmonic on 1900.
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's a link to their new pattern (they are DA-1; same pattern day and
night) from the KHHO site: http://www.radiostation.com/cgi-
radio/recno.pl?band=AM&pos=954116
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**JohnCallarman - JohnCallarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
KGHT-880, must be running it's 50 kw D or 31 kw CH non-DA tonight,
noted powerfully dominant at 8:40 p.m. EST in Krum, Texas, with gospel
music. Competing with KAAY???
Somebody caught 'em. By 10 p.m. EST recheck (to try to get a call
letter ID) they were gone, and it was KRVN ending Billy Graham's "Hour
of Decision." At least I taped their slogan earlier... "Your Arkansas
Son-Dial, AM-880."
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*Richard Toebe - Davis CA - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
I noted KKXX with ESPN Saturday afternoon at 1700 EST, with no ID at
the hour, just the familiar dead spot I got used to from 1620. This is
another programming decision that has to make one wonder. KNRO-600
comes in all day here, and now the 1670 parallel is running daily; why
on earth would 930 go to ESPN as well? Paradise, Chico, Redding are
more or less the same market; they share TV stations. Isn't KKXX
selling enough brokered time? Why not try R Disney instead? By the
way, KRAK 1470 is still relaying 105.1 KNCI, no change in format to
rumored Disney yet.
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**Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
CHWO began regular programs on 740 today, as scheduled. Official s/on
was at 0740 EST, with a speech by CHWO's president/CEO Michael Caine:
"the switch I have just thrown marks and end and a beginning...today we
launch a radio station like no other on the AM or FM dial..."
They're running //1250 for today and probably for a few more months.
The REL format CJYE on 1250 isn't happening just yet.
Where's the promo campaign? Here in Toronto I have not yet seen a
single outdoor ad, bus shelter, subway or transit vehicle ad, or print
media ad for "Prime Time 740". Unless you're a DXer or a regular CHWO-
1250 listener, you wouldn't even know that there is a new station in
this market.
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**Patrick Griffith - CO - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1690 KDDZ CO Arvada - 1/9 1739 - Came back on at 1739 after being dark
for 4 days due to transmitter problems. Standard Radio Disney network ID
and no local announcement noted at sign on. Sounded like very low power
initially then a few clicks and better signal at 1826. (PG-CO)
Drake R-8, Palomar loop
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****Bernd Trutenau - btrutenau@xxxxxxxx
Krzysztof Rybus reports that the first outlet of the MW community
radio project, Twoje Radio Lipsko, is going to start on 1 February on
963 kHz with 100 Watts. There will be test transmissions during the next
few weeks. Polskie Fale Srednie, the organizers of this project, can be
reached at <biuro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
(Source: Krzysztof Rybus-POL via Wolfgang Büschel-D, plus additional
info)
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***Jan Edh - jan.edh@xxxxx
CFLP, Rimouski, PQ is no more on AM 1000, but turned FM (102,9). Jean
Fournier, Chief Engineer, tells in a letter that he switched the MW-
transmitter off on December 31st., 2000. Jean Fournier also gives a
meagre future to us MW-fans: In five years from now 95 percent of the
MW-stations in North America (especially Canada) have left the AM-band
and turned to FM only.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on a DX-440 and RS 15-1853 loop:
840 WHAS KY, Louisville 1/1/01 0536 Time and ID then into the years
movies in review.
870 WWL LA, New Orleans 1/1/01 0545 playing a bluegrass song then ID
and into truckers program.
950 R. Reloj, CUBA 1/1/01 1108 heard underneath 950 from Lubbock KXTQ
with .-. .-. "RR" in morse code several times.
1160 KENS TX, San Antonio 1/1/01 0850 and the Dave Ramsey Show.
1260 XEMW MEXICO, San Luis Colorado 1/1/01 1200 with ToH ID and "La
Zeta" slogan. Playing Mexican disco music.
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***Terry Krueger - Clearwater FL - tocobagadx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Florida Low Power Radio Stations" is at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html
590 CUBA R Musical Nacional, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, just for the
record, they continue to shut down this national network at
midnight local. Tonight, 0457-0507* January 4, closing ID's by
M&W at 0457 followed by instrumental anthem, abruptly switching
to the R Rebelde national network (at 0459, tonight). The 590
transmitter has always remained on overnight with Rebelde, though
tonight it abruptly pulled the plug at 0507. Not sure if a fluke
or midnight new closing of this energy-burning powerhouse.
910 CUBA R Cadena Agramonte, unknown city, provincia Camaguey, noted
on December 31 local evening from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Possible
new frequency for this one. (David Crawford) And the local
(Tampa) station on 910 remains silent, opening the channel for
opportunities. (Krueger)
1020 FLORIDA per Tony Simon in South Florida: "Just read in the local
"New Times" magazine that a new, from-scratch AM will debut in
the Miami area in January, 2001. WRBF/1020, licensed to Kendall,
will run a Haitian/Creole format. Unlike previous Kreyol
operations in this area, it will NOT be a block-programmed
situation, where different programmers buy different hours. This
will be an LMA with option to purchase, meaning that the entire
programming schedule will be leased out to just one entity, and
that entity will have the option of purchasing the station in a
few years. They say they will be ready with limited power for
January 1, 2001, we'll see if that's the case. Studios will be
at the former WKAT facilities at the "Sailboat Cay" condominium
in North Miami (where yours truly began his radio career, but
that's another story)."
1240 CUBA R Veintiseis, Bolondron, Matanzas, 0354-0401 January 4, mid-
tempo SP vocals. Interesting log only because they aired a 3 + 1
time sounder at 0400, followed by an ID. (Krueger)
1500 FLORIDA WKIZ, Key West, 0228-0234 December 27, fair atop WTOP with
Cuban oldie vocals, M SP "WKIZ" ID at 0231, back to vocals.
1500 FLORIDA WPSO, New Port Richey & 1520 WXYB, Indian Rocks Beach,
while trying to ID various Central/South American stations on and
near 1520, have noted this local station sporadically on local
nights through pre-sunrise, such as 0625+ December 24, and most
nights since. Per the FCC dB, this is still listed as a 1 kW
Class D (daytime) station, as is their affiliate on 1500, WPSO,
New Port Richey, Florida (250 watts, Class D daytime).
Programming is mostly Greek, for the Tarpon Springs Greek
community. So, on the evening of December 29, I called the WXYB
phone number, listed on the web site www.wpso.com. Both stations
are often running parallel audio when in Greek. Surprisingly,
Angelos Angelatos, the owner, answered. He stated that 1520 has
been active "low power" at night, as is WPSO ("five watts"). And
finally on GMT January 4, 0340-0350, I was able to parallel a
threshold signal on 1500 (WPSO), with Greek renditions of
traditional Christmas songs. A decent catch for five watts, I
guess. I also noted that the FCC dB lists both stations as
"Domestic status: A petition to move to the expanded band with
stereo preference." Angelos said "yes", he has applied for X-
band status for both stations, but could not specify the
frequency or frequencies. He stated that the channel(s) have not
been determined by the FCC in the early phase of the application
(I am uncertain of the application steps versus frequency
allocation procedures). I also asked about his WPSO web page
listing of "WHBA 107.7" FM, a station unknown to me.
Unfortunately, this is only via cable in the Tarpon area, per
Angelos. His Low Power TV on channel 48 remains active as well.
Several months ago, WXYB/WPSO audio with Greek programming was
noted one early evening only, on 96.1 MHz, an unknown though
presumed unauthorized/non-licensed transmitter relaying their
audio. (Krueger)
1590 CUBA R Enciclopedia, unknown site, noted local post-midnight
December 31. Possible via the R Granma, Manzanillo, Granma
transmitter (overnight relay), though unconfirmed. Logged from
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (David Crawford)
1650 USA unidentified, 0425-0450 January 4, nonstop presumed satellite-
fed coctail vocals (Sinatra, Dean Martin and some slightly more
current) oldies, parallel audio to 1660 WMIB, Marco Island,
Florida and their weaker affiliate on 1480, WODX. Unable to
stick around through top of hour to see which of the many X-
bander possibilities is was. Fair. (Krueger)
1700 FLORIDA WAFN, Miami Springs, 0138-0201 January 4, SP modern
Christian vocals, heard thanks Tony Simon. Per Tony: "WAFN has
dropped their English All Sports "The Fan" format and reverted to
Spanish, as an affiliate of the "Voz Cristiana" religious
network. Only local element was a "Radio Luz, WAFN, Miami
Springs" ID thrown in whenever at the top of the hour."
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*Albert Lehr - Livermore CA - ALehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
930 KKXX CA, Paradise is now dividing their time between religion
and ESPN. Heard 1/4 1601 PST with ID as "The North
Valley's ESPN Radio 930." No call letters or city given.
Checked them 1/5 1256 and they were concluding a religion
program. IDed at 1300: "ESPN Radio AM 930 KKXX, Paradise,"
then into ESPN sports, with promos for ESPN programs between
1300 and 1900 PST. They may continue beyond 1900, though.
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***Michael Schnitzer - Hassfurt GERMANY - mschnitzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
1566 AIR Nagpur, January 5, 2000-2040, Hindi, English; Indian songs and
music; time signal, usual AIR-ID and news in English at 2030;
phantastic signal partly with S=9+10. Antenna used: EWE to Asia.
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Mark Connelly - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.021 W / 41.713 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: Quantum Loop, broadband loop, active whip, modified
Quantum Phaser
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
549 ALGERIA Chaine 1, Les Trembles, DEC 30 0233 - female Arabic
vocal; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
567 IRELAND RTE R.1, Tullamore, DEC 17 2319 - mellow pop vocal and
piano; fair.
+ DEC 29 2352 - soft English talk, then jazz; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
585 SPAIN RNE R.1, Madrid, DEC 29 2349 - calm discussion by man in
Spanish; good, over het from presumed Tunisia on 584.49.
603 FRANCE France Bleu, Lyon, DEC 29 2347 - fair with folk-style
French male vocal // strong 945. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 IRELAND RTE 2FM, Athlone, DEC 29 2356 - techno dance club music;
slightly over Morocco. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 17 2315 - man in Arabic; over Ireland.
639 SPAIN RNE R.1, La Coruna, DEC 29 2356 - Spanish talk by man; in
bad CBN slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE R.1, Sevilla, DEC 29 2214 - Spanish talkshow // 855 et
al.; initially poor.
+ DEC 29 2343 - discussion and teletalk; now excellent with WRKO
phased. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., DEC 17 2324 - English
newstalk, strong het from Azores-693.7.
+ DEC 29 2358 - English discussion; poor with Azores het / QRM.
693.7 AZORES Centro Regional da RDP, Terceira, DEC 17 2324 - bits of
music, fat het.
+ DEC 29 2337 - Portuguese talk at low audio level on fair strength
carrier. [Connelly*H-MA]
729 SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros, DEC 29 2323 - // 855 with man in Spanish;
in slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
738 SPAIN RNE R.1, Barcelona, DEC 29 2333 - // 855 with fast Spanish
newstalk; fair through CHCM slop with CHWO phased.
765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, DEC 17 2329 - folk-style vocal; poor to
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros, DEC 29 2324 - // 855 with man & woman in
Spanish; fair, over apparent Arabic music station.
783 MAURITANIA ORTM, Nouakchott, DEC 30 0003 - // 4845 with Arabic
woman in studio and a man on the telephone; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
855 SPAIN RNE R.1, Murcia et al., DEC 29 2214 - Spanish talkshow //
684; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
864 FRANCE France Bleu, Paris, DEC 17 2336 - old-fashioned female
vocal // 945; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
891 ALGERIA Chaine 1, Alger, DEC 17 2252 - droning vocal; in
Cuba/WBPS slop.
+ DEC 29 2212 - solo, then group Arabic vocal; poor to fair.
945 FRANCE France Bleu, Toulouse, DEC 17 2335 - sentimental French
female vocal and piano; good to excellent.
+ DEC 29 2205 - French male vocal and piano (style of Elton John);
to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, DEC 29 2205 - man in Spanish; poor.
981.1 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, DEC 17 2145 - Arabic
string music at low audio level, about 100 Hz high of nominal.
999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid, DEC 29 2202 - Spanish news by man & woman,
into telephone interview; fair strength signal, compressed punchy
audio. [Connelly*H-MA]
1017 GERMANY SWR-1, Wolfsheim, DEC 17 2340 - man in German; poor.
1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 17 2126 - Arabic music, talk; through
static crashes. [Connelly*H-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, DEC 17 2341 - Spanish teletalk; to good peak.
1062 DENMARK Danmarks R., Kalundborg, DEC 17 2204 - man & woman with
news in Danish. [Connelly*H-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Sport synchros, DEC 23 0438 - Talk Sport
mention, then responses to e-mails from listeners; fair.
1179 SWEDEN (t) R. Sweden, Solvesborg, DEC 17 2234 - apparent English
talk; over usual SER Canaries/Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]
1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux, DEC 17 2100 - woman in French, then
romantic vocal; fair.
+ DEC 17 2336 - good, // 864 & 945.
+ DEC 29 2159 - torch song type female vocal (style of Julie
London), then woman in French; fair with WPHT phased.
1214.9 ALBANIA (t) DEC 17 2230 - presumed this, per information from
European reporters, with low-side growl against Spain/UK-1215.
1251 LIBYA Tripoli, DEC 17 2055 - energetic emotional male group
Arabic vocal. [Connelly*H-MA]
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, DEC 17 2211 - Arabic talk by man; fair to
good, slight WZOU slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, DEC 17 2020 - Arabic talk by man, Saudi
Arabia mentions; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
526 BAHAMAS ZLS, Stella Maris, DEC 30 0139 - "ZLS" code beacon; good.
530 TURKS & CAICOS R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos,
DEC 30 0139 - Spanish preacher talked about children - he went
from whispering to shouting; excellent, over 531 het.
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, DEC 30 0138 - jazz piano, then female
soul vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS R. ZIZ, Basseterre, DEC 30 0137 - Caribbean
English talk, some kind of meeting or awards ceremony, room
reverberation evident; fair through WGAN slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
570 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIMS, Santo Domingo, DEC 30 0135 - Spanish
mentions of Santo Domingo, New Year's celebrations. Merengue
music followed. Over WMCA and Cuba. [Connelly*H-MA]
580 PUERTO RICO R. Reloj, WKAQ, San Juan, DEC 30 0132 - Puerto Rican
talkshow; loud, way over WTAG/HIAF/CJFX. [Connelly*H-MA]
610 COLOMBIA Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, Uribia, DEC 30 0147
- Colombian folk songs, brief announcement mentioning Uribia;
over others. [Connelly*H-MA]
620 ANTIGUA ABS, St. John's, DEC 30 0151 - synthesizer-heavy dance
music, then male soca vocal; huge ! [Connelly*H-MA]
640 VENEZUELA Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, DEC 30 0152 - Caracas
news; over CBN and Cuba. [Connelly*H-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, DEC 30 0115 - Colombia
local mentions, then talk about a big band orchestra leader and
the "Rhumba de Cali"; huge. [Connelly*H-MA]
660 ST. LUCIA (t) St. Lucia BC, Babonneau, DEC 30 0154 - apparent
English talk, then "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
(from 1985); mixed with WFAN and a Spanish talker.
670 VENEZUELA R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, DEC 30 0156 - time check "...
minutos hora Rumbos", then into romantic vocal. Someone under
with a sporting event in Spanish. [Connelly*H-MA]
690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, DEC 30 0200 - jazz, then a
mention of the Gene Scott show; over/under CINF. Usually-
parallel 6090 had a foreign language program at the time.
700 JAMAICA RJR, Montego Bay, DEC 30 0204 - Jamaican jive-talking DJ;
slightly over South American jumble. [Connelly*H-MA]
700 VENEZUELA R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, DEC 30 0938 - Radio Sur
Siete Cientos ID, then folk-style Spanish vocal. [Connelly*H-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES NBC 705 Radio, Kingstown, DEC 29 2335 -
"The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole; good with WOR phased.
720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, DEC 29 2334 - Spanish
sports-related talk with mentions of Porlamar and Venezuela;
over/under CHTN.
+ DEC 30 0954 - Christmas hymn, then ID "R. Oriente ... la senal de
Venezuela"; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
750 VENEZUELA RCR, YVKS, Caracas, DEC 30 0000 - Caracas news;
slightly over CBGY. [Connelly*H-MA]
760 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, DEC 29 2325 - RCN ID; huge.
760 CUBA R. Reloj, Las Mercedes & Guanabacoa, DEC 30 0206 - Reloj
news and time show; mixed with Colombia. [Connelly*H-MA]
780 VENEZUELA Ecos del Torbes, YVOD, San Cristobal, DEC 30 0930 -
old-fashioned Latin American music (almost ranchera style), then
Ecos del Torbes ID. [Connelly*H-MA]
780 VENEZUELA R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, DEC 30 0210 - sedate talk program,
R. Coro ID; over other Latin American (probably YVOD), other
stations not noted. [Connelly*H-MA]
809.66 unID DEC 30 0213 - het against WGY: probably the Cuban noted
on 808.5 earlier in the month. [Connelly*H-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS Trinity Broadcast Network, Charlestown, DEC 30
0217 - // 7510 with excited preacher who advised "Don't be hard-
headed and stubborn." Dominant over WCRN. [Connelly*H-MA]
969.77 unID DEC 17 2337 - weak het against WZAN. [Connelly*H-MA]
1375.02 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON RFO, St. Pierre, DEC 17 2023 - salsa
music with Spanish and English vocals; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1340t CKCR BC, Revelstoke, prob the station with "Your More Music
Network, Easy Rock" ID at 2348 EST 1/5. Gallery open in Salmon
Arm, C&W and Old Rock, Terry Jacks, etc. Mostly buried in the
jumble. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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***Jari Perkiömäki - jpe@xxxxxxxx
Selected loggings from PET1 -- a one-night DX session on 22-23
December 2000 in Petolahti, 40 kilometres south of Vaasa, Finland.
Participants: Patrik Willför and Jari Perkiömäki .Antennas: 235
degrees 400 m, 255 degrees 850 m, 285 degrees 800 m, 310 degrees 700 m.
Receivers: AOR AR7030plus and YAESU FRG-7700.
kHz UTC Date Station
252 1845 22.12.00 Atlantic 252 (Ireland), incredibly strong. PET1
648 1558 22.12.00 Muravideki Magyar Radio, sounded the
ID like - from Slovenia... PET1
774 0720 23.12.00 BBC R Kent, Tabloid Competition plus news and wx
PET1
999 0830 23.12.00 Magic 999, ads for Southport and Blackpool. PET1
1010 0045 23.12.00 CFRB Toronto, the only trans-atlantic tonight.
"CFRB 10-10". PET1
1035 1631 22.12.00 NorthSound Two with traffic report. PET1
1080 0727 23.12.00 SER Radio Coruna, local px at this time on Sat
morning. 0730 probably joining the chain. PET1
1116 0918 23.12.00 BBC R Derby, heard best on the fq. PET1
1143 1750 22.12.00 VOA Poro (Philippines) came in extremely well,
first thought this is AFN local... PET1
1161 1621 22.12.00 R Tay dominates this fq. PET1
1170 0600 23.12.00 Magic 1170 with ID plus Independent Radio
News. PET1
1296 0800 23.12.00 Radio XL, Indian px from the Midlands, UK. PET1
1368 1616 22.12.00 Manx Radio, summarizing their pxs on Xmas
holidays. PET1
1413 1925 22.12.00 RNE5 Vigo with local news. PET1
1431 0650 23.12.00 Breeze AM, playing Carly Simon. Also ads
plus ID. PET1
1485 1730 22.12.00 BBC R Humberside. PET1
1503 1640 22.12.00 BBC R Stoke, audible 24 hours more or less. PET1
1530 0900 23.12.00 Big AM, West Yorkshire. Ads and the news. PET1
1548 1700 22.12.00 Forth AM, fading in for ID on the hour. PET1
1548 1710 22.12.00 Capital Gold, playing Madonna. PET1
1557 0706 23.12.00 BBC R Lancashire, Saturday Breakfast Show. PET1
1557 0709 23.12.00 Classic Gold 1557, Northamptonshire. Playing
Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Rush. PET1
1584 0411 23.12.00 Radio Paradijs (Holland), heard many times this
morning. The fq drifting -+0.02kHz from the
nominal. PET1
1602 0459 23.12.00 Radio Egerszeg (Hungary), s/on at this time PET1
1611.2 0813 23.12.00 Zonnenster playing polkas. PET1
1635 0647 23.12.00 Meteoor also with merry Xmas polkas. PET1
1636 0713 23.12.00 Wegpiraat, reporting to Meteoor and Concordia.
PET1
1636.6 0716 23.12.00 Commando with reports. PET1
1637.4 0706 23.12.00 Concordia. QSO with Meteoor for some time. PET1
6458.50U 0623 23.12.00 AFRTS Isabela, PR with AFN ID and Sports Fan
Radio Network px. PET1
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BROADCAST BAND LOGGINGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
WAYNE MCRAE
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM VALHALLA BEACH DX SITE MB
RECEIVERS: 2-ICOM ICR-70
ANTENNAE: 6 BEVERAGE GOING S E AND W, MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
SPECIAL
1460 KXNO IA Des Moines -01/06 1725- Poor signals in a mess with Iowa
sports talk and XNO ID's. NEW! (VALDX-MB)
UNID'S AND UNID HELP
1190 UNID -01/06 1800- Weak partial ID as 95.5FM into ABC news.
(VALDX-MB)
1190 UNID -01/06 1806- Poor signals with CNN Headline news. (VALDX-MB)
1290 UNID -01/06 2315- BBD/NOS music in CFST null on East wire.
(VALDX-MB)
1480 KRXR ID Gooding -01/07 0950- Spanish talk Mexican music. This is
my old UNID finally got ID on the hour. (VALDX-MB)
1610 UNID -01/07 0645- Talk about Chippawa Park. (VALDX-MB)
1610 UNID -01/07 0700- Talk about waterfalls and trails in Minnesota.
(VALDX-MB)
1610 UNID -01/07 0810- Talk about welcome to Wisconsin by lady.
(VALDX-MB)
1610 UNID -1/06 1900- Hockey game being called don't think it was KALT.
(VALDX-MB)
REGULAR LOGGINGS
1200 WCHB MI Taylor -01/07 0745- Fair signals with local bank ads
Gospel music and WCHB ID. New!! (VALDX-MB)
1690 KSXX CA Roseville -01/06 1950- Heard with woman in Russian then
changed to Spanish on the hour. No sign of usual Disney pest all
night. NEW!! (VALDX-MB)
TRANS ATLANTIC DX
153 Norway NRK Nordkapp Jan 6 2340 Good signals alone on frequency
with instrumental versions of American po music. Only this and
189 Iceland heard. NEW! (VALDX-MB)
COMMENTS
Well we made it there and back but just barely. Wayne and I took
advantage of warmer (only -10) weather to go to the DX site. We were
greeted by and unplowed road that I must admit the Ford Taurus handled
well for the quarter mile it had to go through. The bottom of the car is
clean now!
After unloading the equipment and loading up one toboggan we started
off all together to confident. That stopped when we got to the open
field. The snow was in many place knee deep and even the toboggan sank
in the soft spots. With 100 lbs of stuff on it we took over half an hour
to make the 1200 foot distance. We both pu shed or pulled the load
across the field and 50 paces was it before a rest was needed. We rested
at the DX bus for 15 minutes before going back for more. After walking
back to get more things like 2 50 lb batteries to power the radios I got
a great idea. Went to the next farm where the young guys were playing on
their snow machines. They were more than pleased to come play in our
field for 5 minutes to cut a path to the DX bus. Well talk about better.
The next trip was in 10 minutes and we did not sweat off 5 lbs each.
Getting too old for this. Trust my in Canada DX'ing is not for the
unfit.
The good thing was we had put out antennas in late November so all we
had to do was set up the radios and listen once we finished the treks.
Another trip with the toboggans with the 300 lbs of wood for this
season's Dx'ing made sure we were staying for the night. After all that
we were going to DX or pass out.
As you see the DX was good with a new one from Norway on Longwave and
some new domestic DX. Conditions were poorer than usual with no Mexicans
heard. Also no TA or TP hets on MW.
Oh well we have fun and by the way slept really well that night.
Hey it just a hobby but what a hobby!!!!!
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**Wayne Heinen - Aurora CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
KALT-1610 was armchair copy here 8:40 PM - 9:00 PM ELT last night with
Fox sports to SRN news on the hour "KALT Atlantic - Texarkana Positive
Talk - Believe It"
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Morris Sorensen - Winnipeg MB - SMosor@xxxxxxx
840 CJXX AB Grande Prairie 1/7 0903 fair with Canadian national news,
ad for Rodgers AT&T Wireless, sports, weather for Peace River
country and Grande Prairie, country music (MS-MB)
1130 WISN WI Milwaukee 1/7 0833 fair with ad for local internet
provider giving 414 area code, into syndicated talk show (MS-MB)
1190 CFSL SK Weyburn 1/6 0058 fair in WOWO null with country music,
news from Broadcast News, sports then-"Yesterday and today's hits
on AM 1190 country." Heard several times before, but for some
reason they weren't in my log! (MS-MB)
1470 KLBP MN Brooklyn Park 1/7 0937 fair with nostalgic music (mostly
1950's stuff), ID, mention of Twin Cities, announcement of
upcoming broadcast of service from Mt. Olivet Lutheran Chiurch.
1530 WLSP MI Lapeer 1/6 1700 s/off fair mentioning Lapeer and "all
sports AM-1530 WLSP". (MS-MB)
1530 KSMM MN Shakopee 1/7 0955 fair ending service from St. John's
Lutheran Church in Chaska(?) MN (MS-MB)
1600 WRPN WI Ripon 1/8 1658 fair with talk show, ID "The place to go
when you need to know, WRPN Ripon..."ilnto local weather and
news. (MS-MB)
Drake R8* with McKay-Dymek loop, Grundig YB-400 with internal antenna
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
Panasonics RF-2200, RFB-45
DX tests not heard:
990 KRKS Denver, CO Jan. 7 0200-0300 Not heard. Frequency dominated
by CBW. "Legends 990" (WLGZ, Rochester, NY) in CBW null.(MKB-ON)
1650 KBJD Denver, CO Jan. 7 Very tentative, heard test tone at 0215,
but no code IDs under usual pests KCNZ and WHKT. (MKB-ON)
Other stuff that WAS heard:
740 CHWO Oakville, ON began regular broadcasts Jan. 8. Official sign-
on was at 0740. //1250 for now. (MKB-ON)
910 WSUI Iowa City, IA Jan. 3 0705 alone on frequency w/end of NPR
news, ID by woman: "it's 5 minutes after 6 o'clock at WSUI" into
state news. (MKB-ON)
910 WABI Bangor, ME Jan. 5 1815 surfaced over nasty internal (2 x 455
kHz) mixing spur w/Percy Faith's Theme from a Summer Place, ID
slogan "75 years of service to eastern Maine and still growing,
this is WABI". (MKB-ON)
1130 KFAN Minneapolis, MN Jan. 1 1653 fair o/WBBR w/Minnesota
Timberwolves vs. Houston Rockets basketball game, slogan "you're
listening to Wolves basketball on The Fan". QSLed as WDGY in
1979. (MKB-ON)
1250 CHWO Oakville, ON Jan. 8 the new REL format CJYE hasn't appeared
yet. The usual nostalgia format, // 740, w/"Prime Time 740" IDs.
But for how long will the 740/1250 simulcast continue? (MKB-ON)
1500 KSTP St. Paul, MN Jan.6 0853 ID as "The Talk Station, AM 1500
KSTP" into PSAs from the Ad Council, Little Brothers, and the
National Fatherhood Initiative. No sign of WTOP. (MKB-ON)
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****Martin Elbe - elbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Quite good conditions towards North America today in the X-Band. 1640
kHz, WKSH Sussex WI fair with religious soft songs after 0605 UTC.
First-time log for me. A talk station poor on 1670, WTDY WI? On 1690
WPTX rather good, 1660 hadn't WMIB as all the weeks before but WWRU with
their spanish programming. Decided to record 1640 kHz before I left for
the office.
1/10. This morning a HUGE signal from WTAW 1620 kHz, 0535-0600 UTC in
the clear. Afterwards strong RTTY-QRM, but whenever the RTTY-station had
a few seconds of silence they popped up again. Can't believe that they
are on assigned nightpower of 1 kW. Must have been 10 kW. Strongest X-
Bander at that time.
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*Chuck Boehnke - Keaau HI - kale@xxxxxxxx
1206 1045 UTC, CRI Younann China (presumed) heard well with assorted CC
programs, mx and dramas, comedy and etc. Huge signal but with
very poor audio quality. 1/7/01.
Drake R8B, 300 foot "Kahuna" dipole. (Also heard fairly well at the same
time on a Sony ICF-S5W barefoot portable inside the house.)
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**David Hochfelder - New Brunswick NJ - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sony ICF2010 using its internal antenna. All times in Eastern Time.
630 WPRO RI Providence-1/5 1745-1800-talk format
830 WCCO MN Minneapolis-1/5 2215-under/over WEEU Reading, PA;
carrying Montreal/Pittsburgh NHL game (good to see Lemieux back!)
850 WEEI MA Boston-1/5 2245-2300-"sports flash"
850 KOA CO Denver-1/5 2245-2300-news format
910 WJCW NC Johnson City-1/6 1700-1720-carrying "Bucaneer" basketball
game
1150 WDEL DE Wilmington-1/6 1830-1845-financial talk; good reception
until CKOC Hamilton fade-in around 1845
1370 WXXI NY Rochester-1/5 2130-2210-NPR simulcast from Boston
affiliate WBUI(?)
1370 WFEA NH Manchester-1/5 2130-2210-carrying University of New
Hampshire hockey game
1370 WSPD OH Toledo-1/5 2130-2210-"News Radio 1370;" "Northwest Ohio
weather."
1370 WLTC NC Gastonia-1/5 2130-2210-religious/gospel format; "Rejoice
Radio;" frequent mentions of a Gastonia church
UNID and Help With...
560 UNID 1/7 2245-2330-seems to be three stations underneath/in null
of local WFIL Philadelphia. One is ESPN carrying Sports Talk,
another talk with show on meteor extinction of the dinasaurs, and
third is gospel (not WFIL, which was carrying a spoken program of
some sort). All three ID'd at the top of the hour, but their
ID's all interfered, so I missed them all. Interesting channel:
I'll be revisiting it till I've sorted this out.
1150 UNID 1/6 1830-1845-underneath WDEL Wilmington; reggae show called
"Island Sounds." Lost it when CKOC Hamilton faded in.
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**Larry A. Hall
On two occasions, today and yesterday, I was picking up WJJG, 1530 --
on 630. JJG is a local and not much of a powerhouse. (760 watts, L3) per
the NRC log. It is about 12 miles north, northeast from my location.
I tried listeninging to 1490 on 590 (another nearby local) as a quick
check and there was no hint of the same 900 kilohertz difference.
Is it my receiver or the transmitter?
**Delorenzo, Marc - Marc.Delorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you hear this on two different receivers, it's the transmitter. If
you hear it on one receiver but not on another, it's the receiver.
**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
It could be a spurious signal which is generated by overload of your
receiver ( their directional pattern may point right at you ). The
receiver's IF should be nominally 455 kHz. Twice that would be 910 kHz.
rather than 900 kHz., but it might be that your receiver's actual IF is
450. Or, it could be an externally-produced mixing spur ( particularly
if you have a local on 900 ) with only the one station's audio
dominating.
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tbucknall - tbucknall@xxxxxxxxxxx
Does anybody know a station on 1152 that signs off at 2130utc? any
help appreciated
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***Andree Bollin - bollin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
1/7. this morning I pick up an unid on 1600 at 7.10utc playing
M.Anthony, Mc Cartney and other soft pops, No ID heard. Any ideas?
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*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1490 "KLVN River Falls." This popped in about 3 seconds after a "KDBM
Dillon" ID 1/6 0400. I do not think they are related. The
channel is so mushy that I could not discern the programming and
could not tell if it was the same announcer on both IDs. KDBM
says it is not knowingly relayed anywhere and knows nothing about
a community named River Falls (KDBM is 24h ABC country). The
KLVN calls are assigned to a K-Love station on 88.3 in
Livingston, CA which is fed from Merced. They don't know
anything about a "River Falls" either. There are "River Falls"
in two states - Alabama and Wisconsin, not exactly prime
candidates for graveyarders with K calls (the one in Wisconsin
has two FM stations). And so far, I have not found any listing
for a station in any "Falls" on 1490. Any thoughts?
1490 "KOHI," 1/6 2200. It's true that KOHI is on 1600 in St. Helens,
OR so my first thought was that KLOG-1490 Kelso, WA and KOHI
might be in to a regional programming situation and be giving
dual IDs. Not the case, according to KLOG. And while 1-mile-
away KKMO-1360 does create problems, this is not a case whereby
it has caused a 1600 station to bounce down to 1490 (KOHI has
never been heard here at night).
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1570 UNID ID at 0359.55 EST 1/9 above jumble briefly with TOH ID,
".......Jacksonville" The only Jacksonville I can find with a
station on 1570, is WGSR, as I heard last Spring. Does this
station also include Jacksonville in their ID? (PM-OR)
1600 UNID ID at 0415 EST 1/9, apparent Spts Talk radio with ID that
sounded like "WPEN" WPEN is listened as a NOS station on 950. Any
ideas on this one? (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
**Paul Smith, W4KNX - sunray2@xxxxxxx
1570. This is probably what you heard. They have been on high power
lateley at night. I listened to them last nite like they were a local,
and I'm over 220 miles from them.
**Ronald Gitschier - 1570wyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
We do use "Jacksonville [FL] in our ID. To be exact, "It's the Music
of Your Life, on The New Star 1570, WGSR, Fernandina Beach, St. Marys
[GA], Brunswick [GA], JACKSONVILLE."
A call to my boss is in order over the power. The Sine device needs to
be reset or reprogrammed. We also had a case where someone connected
with the station upping the power while the contract engineer and
Manager was in the tx room one night. We're on that case...
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**Claude Squire - c.squire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard 2 stations on 1530 . But I can't find where they came from .
One IDed as Voice of America , the other did not ID that I could hear,
but had a program " Postcard from Rome" on . They were both on at the
same time 1515 Eastern time last night Dec. 9.
Does anyone have any Idea where they came from?
I've only been MW DXing for a couple of months and have logged 114 (12
trans-atlantic) stations with a little Realistic DX-375 and a homemade
loop
**neil kazaross - neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
One would expect VOA Sao Tome and R.Vatican if you are DXing from the
Candian Maritimes..where exacty in Canada do you live ?
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
R.Vaticana is indeed listed at 1530 in the EMWG. Sao Tome is not
listed because they are not in Europe or the Mediterranean. The EMWG
only covers Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East.
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QSLs
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
580 KANA MT. Anaconda, rec. verie letter in 9d, No V/S, just verie
statement that I heard KANA on station letterheard. Address: 105
Main Street, PO Box 580, Anaconda MT 59711. (PM-OR)
790 KOOR CA, Clovis, rec. verie statement written at the bottom of my
letter, "Verified" and signed : Rych Withers-Eng. Rec. in 28d.
Address: 1071 W Shaw Ave, Fresno CA 93711 (PM-OR)
1450 CANADA, B.C. Summerland, rec. QSL letter in 16d from V/S : Allan
Gee-Morning Announcer. Address: P.O. Box 170, 1315 Rosedale Ave,
Summerland BC V0H 1Z0 . BC QSL #113. (PM-OR)
1650 KWHN AR, Fort Smith, rec verie letter in 36d. V/S: Garry Elmore.
Address: 423 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith AR 72901. (PM-OR)
1690 WPTX MD. Lexington Park, rec ppc back in 37d. V/S: Unreadable.
Address: P.O. Box 600, Lexington Park MD 20653. (PM-OR)
1690 WMDM MD, Lexington Park, rec QSL letter in 230d, sent to WPTX.
Apparently according to the verie signer, Tomas "TC" Cuellar-
Operations Manager, the station is still WMDM! He QSL'd by report
from 5/8/2000. A couple weeks ago when I logged them, they IDed
not as WPTX, but WMDM too. Address: PO Box 600, Lexington Park
MD 20653. (PM-OR) I just phoned the station and the DJ on the
air said that a couple months ago the call letters were indeed
switched. WMDM is now the FM call and the AM is WPTX! That would
explain my ppc I got back from my reception recently. In May 2000
they were still WMDM on 1690. They are now WPTX on 1690!
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Greg Myers - Clearwater FL - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
600 WREV TN Memphis, p/d ltr., business card, coverage map and
station info in 12 days. V/s Gary Condrey, CE.
Received an e-mail from Brian Smith, QSL Manager, for CHWO (via ODXA)
stating that my report was forwarded to him from CHWO and that QSL cards
are being printed and should be out by the end of the month. Said mine
was the furthest they have been heard ..... so far. I guess you can go
ahead and get those reports out!
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MISC ITEMS
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*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have read a number of complaints about the worsening accuracy of
WRTH's content, with WRTH 2001 seeming to have hit a new low. I e-mailed
them and forwarded some of these complaints (the authors were not
identified) to them. It probably won't do any good, as this problem
seems to have been getting worse for a number of years. It's a shame;
WRTH used to be an excellent source of information.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I totally agree. I bought the WRTH every year since the late 70s but
the last one I bought was for 1999, and it was bad. I don't see the
sense in wasting $25 a year now for something that is so out of date.
Even many who supported the WRTH for years, now are not interested. They
work and none of the changes show up in the book. Hopefuly they will
"wake up" before it is to late!
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**radioguy@xxxxxxxx
ART BELL BACK ON AIR FEB. 5, 2001
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2001 Art Bell, the radio personality famous for
his spontaneous and compelling conversations about all things
unexplained, has announced his return to radio. Bell resumes his reign
as host of the most listened to live overnight radio program, Coast to
Coast AM on Feb. 5 from 1am to 6am ET.
Bell states, "The negotiation was brutal and bloody! The result was
fewer commercials and back to five hours."
Bell resigned last April because of family and legal issues that
required his full attention. These have been resolved. His passion for
radio and his audience has propelled him back with a renewed commitment
to the unique show he created in 1993. Coast to Coast AM airs on more
than 430 stations nationwide.
"I am ecstatic to welcome Art Bell back to his program," said Kraig T.
Kitchin, president/COO of Premiere Radio Networks. "It was a bloody
negotiation - pulling someone out of retirement always is. I am wildly
enthusiastic to bring the news to affiliates and listeners nationwide
Imagine their reaction! I also want to add my thanks to Mike Siegel."
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel
Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates more than 60 radio programs to
more than 7,800 radio affiliations and reaches over 180 million
listeners weekly. Premiere is the number one radio network in the
country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Dr.
Laura Schlessinger, Jim Rome, Rick Dees, Casey Kasem, Dr. Dean Edell,
Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Phil Hendrie, Leeza Gibbons, Michael
Reagan, Dave Koz, Blair Garner, Lionel, and others. Premiere is based in
Sherman Oaks, Calif., with eleven offices nationwide.
Radio sensation Art Bell is planing to stage a dramatic return to the
nation's airwaves, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, reclaiming his
overnight slot with an expected 400+ station lineup.
With legal dramas behind him [Bell sued a broadcaster for libel in a
case that ended in settlement] and personal family concerns on the mend
[his son was sexually assaulted by a school teacher that was carrying
HIV], Bell inked a deal last week to return to the waves, according to
sources.
"He's rested. He's ready," says a source close to Bell, who will once
again broadcast to millions from his home in the Nevada desert.
Bell is expected to continue his trailblazing reporting -- 2001-style
-- on science, earth changes and assorted religious themes.
Bell has drawn strong criticism for airing predictions of imminent
massive earthquakes in South California and was at the forefront of the
Y2K computer madness
Bell continues his relationship with syndicator PREMIERE -- with
several key affiliate switches in play as this transmits.
Bell will jump stations in the nation's #2 market, Los Angeles
[darting from KABC to KFI, which is owned by PREMIERE's mothership CLEAR
CHANNEL]; and it was not clear if Bell will return to WABC in New York,
the nation's top talk outlet.
One top ABC source cautions Bell's return to WABC is up in the air.
"He's quit twice, and come back three times. In two years?" the
executive questioned late Thursday. "He could do a first hand
testimonial on time travel."
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*Richard Toebe - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
The front page of the Jan. 2, 2001 Sacramento Bee has an article about
KTNN in Window Rock, AZ.
You can read it on the web at:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/news/local02_20010102.html
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****herman_boel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
A new year, century and millennium has started, and also now the EMWG
will continue to be updated.
Starting 4 January 2001 a new edition is available for free on the
EMWG website (http://go.to/emwg).
Changes in this edition:
* no more yellow background (this should save the colour printer's ink
of some users)
* the UK RSL and LPAM stations have been fully updated
* various question marks (esp. with power) have been solved
* the PDF file is no longer zipped. Should you have a browser which
supports PDF (i.e. Internet Explorer 5), then clicking on the file link
will open the PDF file in the browser window. Should you want to save it
on your hard drive, click your right mouse button and choose "save
target as".
* the file size has been reduced to a mere 604 kB while the EMWG now
has 73 pages packed with information
* other corrections...
I would also like to thank the people who have sent some financial
support. This will help a lot to keep the EMWG updated in the future.
As ususal, feedback and constructive criticism is most welcome.
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**radioguy@xxxxxxxx
John R. Gambling, who left the WOR morning show last fall after three
generations of his family had a 75-year run in that slot, will return to
the radio next weekend - on WABC (770 AM).
WABC program director Phil Boyce said yesterday Gambling will do a
live Saturday show, 6-10 a.m., starting Jan. 13, and spot features for
the Curtis Sliwa-Ron Kuby morning show.
"It's not often you get a chance to bring in someone of John's stature
and reputation," said Boyce. "He'll be doing the show everyone knows him
for - commenting on the news, interviews, heavy on personalities."
Gambling's WOR show was ranked in the city's top 10, but WOR told him
in September it was not renewing his contract, citing a desire to
attract younger listeners. (via N Y Daily News)
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***Richard Jary - rjary@xxxxxxxxxx
An update on what was posted a few days ago by Bob Padula...
Callsigns changes appear to be a problem. To take one example 1071 3CV
was reported to me a few months ago as having changed call to 3EL - this
stands for Easy Listening Australia, a rather depressing networked
program of oldies being heard on a large number of MW stations now.
I sent a report and received a subsequent QSL without a call being
indicated. Emails to the station engineer indicates he has been told by
the Station Manager that the official call is "Radio 10-71" and there
are no call letters, these now being used for the FM station. A request
to the Australian Broadcasting Authority has generated the reply that
stations have calls but are not obliged to use them, and there is no
list publicly available on what they might be. Investigations continue.
1215 TAB Nowra - this channel was originally allocated to a relay of
2ST Nowra 999 and based at Bowral, about 150km SW of Sydney. 2ST is
still broadcasting happily on 999, but the Bowral relay went to FM a
number of years ago. A check from Bowral last week when I was in the
area and also tonight from home shows this channel to be empty. It used
to use about 150 watts from memory and was semi-local from my location
about 200km north-east (audible every night). The channel would in
theory be available for use in the same area by an aspirant broadcaster.
I did also get a letter from 2KY recently which is now owned by the
NSW TAB (horse racing agency) and this indicated they were setting up a
number of "high power relays" around southern NSW. This could include MW
as well as FM, my reply to them has yet to be answered. So maybe they
will be setting up on 1215 and others? I doubt if they would run 1215 as
Nowra, this should receive adequate coverage from the existing racing
station on 1341 kHz at Wollongong.
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***Andy Sennitt - andys@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.egroups.com/message/shortwavelistening/
This new group was created out of frustration with
rec.radio.shortwave, a group I gave up on a long time ago. Although
created with the best of intentions, I can't help thinking that they are
re-inventing the wheel. Most of the top DXers in the world who have
access to Internet already subscribe to this one, and there's another
excellent group for shortwave programming which some of us also belong
to. Then there are the bulletins such as Cumbre DX, club-operated lists
etc, not to mention Websites such as the one run by GH. I'm not sure
that more is necessarily better. There's already a lot of cross-posting
between groups...I feel sure that those frustrated with
rec.radio.shortwave (and I can well understand why) would be better
served joining one of the existing groups instead of starting a new one.
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
John R. Gambling, who left the WOR (New York) morning show last fall
after three generations of his family had a 75- year run in that slot,
will return to the radio next weekend - on WABC (770 AM). WABC program
director Phil Boyce said yesterday Gambling will do a live Saturday
show, 6-10 a.m., starting Jan. 13, and spot features for the Curtis
Sliwa-Ron Kuby morning show. "It's not often you get a chance to bring
in someone of John's stature and reputation," said Boyce. "He'll be
doing the show everyone knows him for - commenting on the news,
interviews, heavy on personalities." Gambling's WOR show was ranked in
the city's top 10, but WOR told him in September it was not renewing his
contract, citing a desire to attract younger listeners.
(Via: Shoptalk, & David Hinckley - NY Daily News)
How to DX
Just a reminder that there are some good articles on the NRC's
Article's Page at http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles from various authors.
"Your 1st 50 Counties And More" is a good one, as are many others.
Long-time "Voice of the Mountaineers," Leo W. "Jack" Fleming Jr., of
Mount Lebanon, PA and Morgantown, WV, died Wednesday, January 3, 2001,
at home in Pittsburgh. He was 77 years old. Fleming, a Morgantown
native, was the ''Voice of the Mountaineers'' for 42 seasons, leaving in
1997.
In addition to calling West Virginia University football and
basketball games, he was the radio voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers for
28 years until 1993. He announced four Super Bowls, numerous college
bowl games, the 1960 Rome Olympics, NCAA Final Fours and even some of
Jerry West's high school state tournament games. Fleming's call of
Franco Harris' 1972 ''Immaculate Reception'' in a Steelers-Raiders
playoff game has been described by NFL Films as the most replayed in pro
football history. He also did play-by-play for the NBA's Chicago Bulls
in the early 1970s.
He was a 1941 graduate of Morgantown High School and in 1999 was named
the fourth recipient of the Chris Schenkel Award, which honors
distinguished careers in college football broadcasting. He received the
Order of Vandalia in 1995 for exceptional service to West Virginia
University, one of the highest honors given. He was also the seven-time
winner of the West Virginia sportscaster of the year award. He was with
WAJR radio for 55 years.
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Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
In a phone call I found out that KEWS-620-Portland is currently
operating from the new KEX, as reported, but they are ND 5/1 KW. They
are trying to boost to 50/20 KW, but so far the FCC has dismissed their
applications. That is the reason their signal is a lot weaker here at
night.
In a side note, talking to the CE at Entercom, KFXX-910 is about 4
months away from the boost to 10 KW. No word on 1550-KVAN power boost to
50 KW. KVAN is co-owned with KPAM now.
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****Thomas R. Sundstrom - trscons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sergei Sosedkin recently announced the untimely death of the well-
known Russian DXer Nikolai Pashkevich due to a car accident in Moscow on
January 5. The corrected obituary is now posted on our Web site at
http://www.trsc.com/musings.html and, thanks to Sergei, includes a
colour photo of Nikolai taken at one of the meetings of Moscow DXers
held on the premises of Krenkel Radio Club. We thank Sergei for his
prompt response to our request for the photograph and the preparation of
the material.
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Gene Ashcraft, 62, a retired broadcasting executive, died Sunday
evening, Jan. 7, 2001, at a local hospital. Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday in
the Chapel at Robertson Mueller Harper. Burial: Following committal
services, Gene will be laid to rest in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Larry Gene Ashcraft was born Jan. 21, 1938, the son of Lamond and
Kenneth Flowers Ashcraft. He attended Ranger Junior College and was a
physical education major at Texas Christian University. Prior to
becoming general manager of the Texas State Networks, Gene held a four-
year job at KXOL and had jobs at small radio stations in Cleburne and
Eastland.
While news director at KFJZ Radio, he helped to revive the historical
Texas State Networks, which offered news and sports programming to Texas
radio stations. He also served as war correspondent to KFJZ during the
Vietnam War. Gene and partners purchased and operated WNAD 640 AM (now
WWLS) in Oklahoma City in 1972, becoming CEO of the station.
Before retiring as president of Ashcraft Communications Inc., a
station brokerage, appraising and consulting firm, he held the position
of vice president and general manager of Texas State Networks, Dallas.
He organized Dallas Cowboys Radio Network, which grew to a network of
over 200 radio stations. Survivors: Wife of 29 years, Ann Brown Ashcraft
of Fort Worth.
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary January 2 2000 through January 8 2001
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
1/ 2 176 2 3 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
3 170 11 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
4 175 11 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
5 176 4 3 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 6
6 179 5 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
7 177 6 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 5
1/ 8 167 8 2 low quiet-unsettled - 5
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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"
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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 1/11/01 THE "AM DX NewsFlash"
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