[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - large issue
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - large issue
***********************************************************
THE START OF OUR SEVENTH YEAR!!!!
WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - April 3 2001
Vol 7 No 1
***********************************************************
Deadline for next issue - Thursday, April 12 2001 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
X XX XX XX X XXXXXXX
X X X X X X X X X X
XXXXX X XX X X X X XXXX
X X X X X X X X
X X X X X XX X
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
An IRCA/DECALcoMANIA Convention Web site is now up and running. Go to
the following link: http://www.geocities.com/n0uih/irca2001.html
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
HOT ITEMS
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
PREPARED ON 4/01/01 0900
FREQ. CALL SIGN OLD INFO NEW INFO
570 KLAC LOS ANGELES, CA ADLT STNDS TO BE TALK
880 KJOJ CONROE, TX NWS/TLK // KPRC RH. OLD // KTJM
950 WVTS CHARLESTON, WV WQBE - C&W // FM TALK
960 WTGM SALISBURY. MD C&W // WWFG BLK GSPL ABC
970 WXQK SPRING CITY, TN C&W // WDNT STNDS // WDNT
1150 KBIS HIGHLAND PARK, TX FIN NWS/TLK ADDS IMUS
1230 WAKI MCMINNVILLE, TN TALK OLDIES & RUSH L.
KQUE HOUSTON, TX CL. ROCK // KKRW RH. OLD // KTJM
1240 WBES DUNBAR, WV SOFT AC // WBES SPORTS - FOX
1280 WDNT DAYTON, TN C&W // FM STNDS - JONES
WWTC MINNEAPOLIS, MN RELIGION TALK
1340 WCMI ASHLAND, KY SILENT SPORTS - ESPN
1510 KMXB ONTARIO, CA MODERN ROCK STNDS/TALK
1660 KWSJ KANSAS CITY, MO NEW REPORTED TESTING
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Tony Simon - WLMCBuzzed@xxxxxxx
WRHB/1020 in Kendall, Florida, the Miami area's newest AM, is now on
the air and testing. Ran into it today while scanning around the dial
for nothing in particular...Programming thus far consists of a short
loop with an instrumental music bed, and a "This is WRHB 1020 Kendall,
Miami Fort Lauderdale, testing" announcement in both English and
Haitian/Creole... Power at this stage seems much less than authorized,
as it doesn't come in that strong where I'm at in Hialeah, not much more
than 20-30 minutes from the TX site...I believe they are authorized in
the area of 9kw daytime, not sure what they have for night power.
Once it's on the air, this will be Miami's (and possibly the
country's) first nonbrokered all Haitian-Creole formatted station...
WLQY/1320 here in Miami already has a full schedule of Haitian programs,
but it runs on a time brokerage setup, where each host pays for his
airtime individually...
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
*Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's a big surprise. Maybe somebody at Clear Channel actually sat
down, thought about what they were going to blow up, looked at what they
were going to replace it with, and had second thoughts! If so, they're
smart.
don barrett [dbradio@xxxxxxxxxxx]
KLAC Launch Aborted
In a stunning development, Clear Channel has aborted the launch of
KLAC as "the BUZZ," an edgy talk/sports station. With less than 100
hours prior to the widely anticipated conversion of KLAC from a Pop
Standards station to Talk, the plug was pulled. "All the pieces were not
in place," said KLAC ops manager Mark Austin Thomas by phone this
afternoon. "We are going to delay the launch for a couple of months."
Speculation quickly centered on "why." Was it the just-released
ArbiTRENDS? Did the Clear Channel execs see something that gave them
cold feet? Is it the cooling economy? KLAC with its Pop Standards format
is a very economical station to run and the additional cost of a new
talk team might have frightened management. Baseball starts Monday, but
that could hardly be the reason for the delay. They've known about the
start of baseball all along. That has been constant. Was there a glitch
with the KFI/Premiere contract in moving Phil Hendrie from afternoons at
KFI to tape delayed mornings at KLAC? More shall be revealed.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Olle Alm - o.alm@xxxxxxxxx
CRTC news (CJIB on 940):
Rogers Broadcasting Limited, Vernon, British Columbia: Conversion of
AM radio station CJIB to FM. The Commission approves the application for
a new English-language FM radio station at Vernon to replace AM station
CJIB.
The new station will offer a gold-based adult contemporary music
format. The applicant stated that it will continue to offer the same
high quality programming as CJIB's. Further, it noted that the market is
currently served by CICF, a rock-formatted AM station owned and operated
by Telemedia Radio (West) Inc. and that there are currently no FM
undertakings licensed to serve Vernon.
The applicant has requested authority to broadcast simultaneously on
the AM and FM bands for a period of six months. Consistent with the
Commission's practice, the applicant is authorized to simulcast for a
period of three months only.The station will broadcast on the FM band,
on the frequency 107.5 MHz, channel 298C, with an effective radiated
power of 46,000 watts. (via Olle Alm, Sweden)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Paul Swearingen - PlsBCBDXER@xxxxxxx
1660, Kansas City, is on testing (6:28 pm CST), // to KXTR-1250, with
CLA (satellite feed), probably full 10 kW just before the sun goes down
here.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Tim Hall - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Noted as we drove to Borrego yesterday:
790 XESU-BCN Couldn't decipher the slogan, but they were //FM 105.9.
850 XEZF-BCN "8-50 super banda"
990 XECL-BCN "La Rockola 9-90"
1120 XEMX-BCN "Max"
1150 XERM-BCN "R. Formula"
1430 KAMP-CA C&W, "Imperial Valley's K-West country, the best country
around." (Call change imminent?)
1520 KVTA-CA Networks: Add BTR (Business Talk Radio)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Jim - XTIAN0@xxxxxxx
Short heads up from Indiana, (where our ND Women Just Won it ALL)!
1580 WJVA which had been broadcasting a Classic Country Satellite format
has started simulcasting a Music of your life format with it's sister
station WHLY 1620 radio hollywood. Sad that we have two stations that
can't even keep separate sat. formats.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**ng1u@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
WICE-550 in Pawtucket, RI has been bought by Radio Disney. They
changed format this morning. No more talk.
Noted in the Providence Journal and verified by listening. Also,
Radio Disney 1450 station in West Warwick, RI still has that format.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Chris Rigas - crigas@xxxxxxxxxx
WFXW AM 1480, Geneva, Illinois went silent as of March 30, 2001. Check
out following links for details.
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intID=3698192
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intID=3698490
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Mike Brooker - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
As the 2001 baseball season begins, once again the Montreal Expos do
not have an EE flagship. This season the games are not even available
via Real Audio on the Expos or Major League Baseball's web site. The
only Expos play-by-play is in FF on CKAC-730.
CHUM's all sports format (The Team) hasn't been launched yet. They're
still playing oldies. I had assumed that the format change was to begin
on Sunday, with the Jays season opener.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****batmax@xxxxxxxxxxxx
This message is to inform that Radio Studio X is the first private
radio station in Italy (and one of the fewest in Europe) broadcasting in
AM STEREO with the MOTOROLA C-QUAM system ! You can tune into our
frequency (1.584 KhZ 24 hrs. a day) and listen to our mix of news and
the best music from the latest 30 years. We have recently started a new
group through which you can get all the news about our station and its
website (www.radiostudiox.it). The address is :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radiostudiox Why don't you join our new
mailing list. You could share the AM experience with other friends, send
us your suggestions, comments and even, your reception reports.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
On our trip from Rancho Mirage CA to Seaside OR I found these changes:
960 KKJX OR, Klamath Falls, now SS, ex ESPN.
970 KNWZ CA, Coachella, these are the correct calls here, // with
1140.
1140 KNWQ CA, Palm Springs, these are the correct calls here // 970.
1300 KROP CA, Brawley, is indeed back to their C&W Format, IDing as
"Imperial Valley's Real Country", noted at 1559.50 EDT 4/1
1320 KSDT CA, Hemet is off the air. I never heard the station once in
the several days I was in Rancho Mirage 30 miles away, nor did I
hear it driving on I-10, 15 miles from Hemet.
1320 KAWC CA, Yuma was the station hrd all day in Rancho Mirage with
NPR programming.
1380 KWJL CA, Lancaster "K-Jewell" IDs, WW1 NOS.
1490 KMET CA, Banning, now C&W, noted at 1605 EDT 4/1. Didn't hear any
SPTs talk.
1490 KBLF CA, Red Bluff, heard with "Platinum 14-90" IDs, WW1 NOS.
1560 KIQS CA, Willows, hrd with WW1 and "Platinum 15-60" IDs. May be
co-owned with KBLF.
1680 KAVT CA, Fresno, really gets out well in Central CA. Noted South
of Bakersfield to North of Sacramento quite good with R. Disney.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Doug Smith W9WI - w9wi@xxxxxxxx
540 WDXN TN Clarksville - "Groovin' Oldies" didn't last long. Format
change to talk, heard Dr. Joy Browne and other syndicated
programming.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Antonio Sanchez - asanchez@xxxxxx
SER Radio Zamora has changed the frequency: now it is on 1485 kHz (ex
1584). Heard this morning (Apr 5) at 0720 CET with the local news
program.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Randy Stewart - Springfield MO - jrs555t@xxxxxxxx
Definitely auroral conditions this evening... just logged two Mexicans
I'd never bagged before.
810 XEFW Tampico at 2024 ET with spots for Information Technology
(with Intel audio logo), cervezas Corona, etc.; full ID "En
Tampico, Tamaulipas, la senal de mas informativa, se escuchada
otra ves de X-E-F-W A-M, ocho ciento diez (810), Radio
Estrella..." Good atop frequency... never logged before for some
reason.
750 XETI Tempoal at 2033 ET, again with full ID mentioning calls
several times and "Radio Fiesta" slogan, "...desde Tempoal,
Veracruz..." mentioning 5 kW. Weak but atop frequency. Once
again a new log. Is XEOH still on this frequency? It used to be
the dominant XE here.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Aurel Chiochiu - chiochiu@xxxxxxxxx
Poor conditions to Latin America, this week. In the beginning of the
week, the only LAms to be heard were Radio Vísíon Cristiana
Internacíonal (RVC) and RCN Barranquilla (HJAJ) on 530 and 760 with
rather poor signals. No other stations heard. Now, at the end of the
week, not only these are absnet, but most low-band domestics are hard-
to-hear. Is it truth that using my simple AM/FM radio with tape recorder
and CD player with only the internal ferrite bar antenna (even if it`s a
bit longer than the internal antennas of my other radios wich make
sometimes Latin Americans with strong and clear signals) it`s not as
great as an Icom, Drake, Keenwood or AOR receiver wich can pick up weak
signals, even now at spring and summer. So, I think that I have to
retire from AM DX-ing until September, at the equinoctial season
propagation season when the conditions will hoppelly improve to Latin
America and maybe to Europe, to receive the stronger trans-atlantics
from my rather inland QTH, with my simple equipment. Until now, the only
trans-atlantic that I got was a het on 1215 with bits of audio.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Guido Schotmans - Antwerp BELGIUM - gs@xxxxxx
I have quite good reception of R Mi Amigo, the new British RSL station
on 1503 kHz (S=7). They are broadcasting during 28 days from the LV 18,
also known as the Mebo 3. They announced that they are broadcasting
from Harwich anchored on the railway (?) pier. They are asking for
long-distance reception reports but mentioned no address.
****Paul Bowery - p.bowery@xxxxxxxxxxxx
There's an email address and phone number on the Radio Authority web
site: Radio Mi Amigo, 1503 - Harwich, Promotion of restoration of
historic lightvessel, On air from 31 Mar 2001 to 27 Apr 2001, Contact:
Tony O`Neill, Telephone: 0797 1766 808/, Email : LV18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
****Guido Schotmans - gs@xxxxxx
In the mean time they announced an email address as
radiomiamigo1503@xxxxxxxxxxx
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Mauno Ritola - FINLAND - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
EU
765 0455 UKR: Odeska ODTRK, px "Shans". 15.3.
774 1510 RUS: Voronezhkaya GTRK & R Rossii, UNID QTH. 15.3.
855 1515 RUS: Penzenskaya GTRK & R Rossii, UNID QTH. 15.3.
882 1530 RUS: Stavropolskaya GTRK + R Rossii, UNID QTH. 16.3.
981 0630 F: Ciel AM, Paris. 19.2.
1035 1900 RUS: R Rossii, UNID QTH. 28.3.
1062 1520 RUS: GTRK Mordoviya, Saransk. 15.3.
1116 0545 HNG: Miskolc R. 12.3.
1116 0610- KAL: GTRK Yantar, Kaliningrad. 12.3.
1134 0555 E: COPE Jerez de la Frontera. 15.3.
1251 0550 HNG: Györ R, Szombathely. 12.3.
1440 0200 RUS: R Rossii, UNID QTH. 15.3.
1476 0600 UKR: R Voskresenniya, Lviv with Vatican R relay starting at
0607. 15.3.
1488,5 0620 UKR: UR1 // 1530. 15.3.
1512 0528- GRC: ERT Chania with ID: "Edho Chania" and Vasilis Gustis
reading the news. 15.3.
1584 1800 UKR: R Lyuks FM, Verkhovyna? 10.2.
AS
639 0100 RUS: Omskaya GTRK. 11.3.
828 1500 J: JOBB Osaka + RSMayak, Kyzyl. 16.3.
909 1430 RUS: R Studiya Gorod, Yekaterinburg. 11.3
1134 1240 J: JOQR Tokyo. 16.3.
1314 1400 J: JOUF Osaka over Norway. 17.3.
1460 1800 AZE: AZR2, probably Pirsaqat from 1476, because was stronger
than // 1476. 5.3.
1476 1502 THA: R Thailand, Lamphun with Chiang Mai local ID! 17.3.
1494 1305 J: JOYR Okayama. 16.3.
1530 1405 CHN: Zhejiang RGD, Hangzhou. "Zhejiang diantai ...". 15.3.
1593 1320 J: JOQB Niigata. 16.3.
1620 0200 KWT: The Future // 1575. 15.3.
NA
1390 0400 USA: WGCI Chicago IL. "Gospel Radio 13-90". 15.3. MR
1650 0628 USA: KFOX Torrence CA together with KDNZ. 15.3.
SA
750 0330 VEN: RCR Caracas. "RCR con Radio Exterior de España". 15.3.
1670 0230 ARG: BBC Buenos Aires. 15.3.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Bruce Conti - Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
Not much in the way of Latin American DX noted here as a result of the
solar activity. Perhaps reception will improve as the atmosphere
undergoes a slow recovery.
Pan American DX
550 CUBA R.Rebelde APR 1 0925 - Fair; salsa music parallel 620 and
5025. [Conti-NH]
780 VENEZUELA R.Coro, Coro APR 1 0940 - Fair; "Radio Coro, 780... de
sintonia" ID and Latino pop music. [Conti-NH]
900 MEXICO XEW Mexico MAR 31 1010 - Excellent; "Musica, a travez de
la cadena W, azul y plata," and Mexican pop music. [Conti-NH]
940 MEXICO XEQ Mexico MAR 31 1020 - Excellent; "En la cadena Q, verde
y oro, la radio viva," frequent UTC-6 time checks. [Conti-NH]
1000 MEXICO XEOY R.Mil, Mexico MAR 31 1025 - Fair; woman singing "Es
Radio Mil" and Spanish versions of US oldies. [Conti-NH]
1060 MEXICO XEEP R.Educacion, Mexico MAR 31 1015 - Good; nostalgic
vocal parallel 6185 kHz, no sign of KYW. [Conti-NH]
Only a couple of unusual domestic logs as a result of the aurora...
650 WJLT MA Ashland - 03/30 1905 - Good; USA news, WSRO 1470 and
WJLT 650 ID, and Bruce Williams; no longer "J-Light" religion?
720 WRZN FL Hernando - 04/01 0455 - Fair; call letter IDs and
nostalgia in heavy thunderstorm noise during auroral conditions.
(A change from NRC AM Log listing of 0600-2400 hours of
operation.) (BC-NH)
730 WSCC SC Charleston - 04/01 0505 - Fair; ABC news, promo for
traffic and weather on the tens, "...Charleston's morning news,
on Newsradio 730, WSC." (BC-NH)
730 unID - 03/31 0555 - "...more country oldies" and "The Country
Oldies Show" mostly under nulled CKAC. (BC-NH)
R8B, MWDX-5, 30-m wire, 30-m east sloping wire, noise-reduced via 4:1
matching xfmrs and buried coax.
Saul Chernos - schernos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Bruce Conti had 730 with "The Country Oldies Show". Likely WDOS
Oneonta NY with the Syndicated show by the same name...
See the show's web site at: http://www.countryoldies.com/
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
** Randy Stewart - Springfield MO - jrs555t@xxxxxxxx
During the severe geo-storm last night, Mexicans dominated the dial--I
think I now know what it sounds like to DX from Arizona or Texas! But it
was odd how signals from the southeast of my QTH in Missouri were pretty
much nonexistent -- Cubans were virtually absent on all their usual
frequencies... although somebody on the listserv mentioned a storm
squall line stalled out over central Florida last night. Certainly all
I heard from that direction was noise. Due south and southwest, on the
other hand, was a different story. I really didn't note all the usual
Mexican suspects, but there were three unusual ones--one a new log, the
other two rare here.
960 XEK Nuevo Laredo 2030 CST (9:30pm Eastern) 3/31 with sport for an
"America Pawn Shop" on the Texas side of the border, then singing
ID "cinco mil watts, X-E-K!" Fair to good, pretty much alone on
frequency. Unneeded.
1010 XEFM Veracruz excellent, way on top around 2040 Central time or so
with spot mentioning the "gobierno del estado de Veracruz," and a
singing ID of chirpy female voices with their slogan "La Maquina
Tropical". Again unneeded, but not heard all that often here--
certainly not as strong as this.
On 1350 there were two Spanish stations fighting it out--only managed
to get an ID on one of them, and it was a new log for me. The one with
beisbol coverage was dominant, and the game ended at 8:20pm Central with
closing billboard "BEISBOL de la Liga Mexicana!", list of sponsors
including Coca-Cola, and mention of XETB (Correon, Coah.)--had to listen
to tape a couple of times to catch calls for sure, spoken very clipped &
rapidly, like "EH-kees etteh-BEH..." Fair signal. Never could ID the
other SS station with music.
Had to run back to KSMU to do some last-minute automation for
Sun.morning that got lost by the wayside of first day of pledge drive
yesterday--this was around 10pm Central, and as I'd been at work since 7
that morning, I didn't do much DXing after I got back home about 10:45.
Oddly, by around 11pm CST I did notice the TORONTO stations (CRFB-1010
and CBC-French CBJC-860) both very strong, while CBW-990 was absent.
Everything else to my north or northeast (Minneapolis, Chicago,
Cincinnati, etc.) was still weakened.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu - chiochiu@xxxxxxxxx
David Hochfeld says that at his home in New Bruntswick, NJ that
conditions have been heavy auroral and a lot of nice Latins such as
cuban Radio Reloj-850, RJR-720 and 780 unID (I think he has heard YVMN
Radio Coro, but he have to wait until a positive ID, so he don`t gree
with me), Antigua-1100 and several others were heard, some of them with
verry good signals.
However, here in the Quebec province conditions, despite the weakness
of the domestic DX, have been poor to Latin America as well. Even my 3
regulars were strangely muted. Not only nothing of new was heard, but
not even nothing of decent !
Here is what I have heard:
Equipment: AM/FM radio with tape recorder and CD layer and a relativly
long internal ferrite bar wich makes AM verry well received QTH:
Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
530 Radio Vísíon Cristiana (heard only some days this week with a
verry poor signal)
610 HJKL Radio Difusora Nacíonal de Colombia (Urbia, Colombia) het
with no audio, presumed them as they carried a growl wich is not
specific at all to WIP !!!
610 WIP, simply a non-logging, not heard at ALL !!!!
630 WPRO (Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America) heard
only once with a fair signal. During tghe past weeks, it boomed
with an almost LOCAL-like signal.
660 WFAN (New York City, New York, United States of America) strong
signal all the week, this and WCBS-880 were the only low-band NYC
stations heard, however !
750 WSB (Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America) poor signal in
the beginning of the week. The rest of the week not heard at all.
750 YVKS RCR Palabra (Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela) presumed
the low growl that sometimes was heard either alone or
interfering with WSB, no audio detected !!!!!
760 HJAJ RCN (Barranquilla, Colombia) rather strong signal in the
beginning of the week with news in spanish and a mention of
"Colombia". The only Latin American with a consistent signal
strenght !!!
770 WABC (New York City, New York, United States of America), non-
logging, not heard at all this week !!!!
880 WCBS (New York City, New York, United States of America), verry
strong with news px, the strongest NYC station this week. This
and WFAN-660 were the only low-band NYC stations heard. On
highband, WQEW was the only player from New York City !
1230 unID ???? man in english, slightly over the huge "graveyard" mess.
Suspect WSKI in Montpellier, VT. wich I`ve heard twice, once at
sunrise and once at sunset on that channel and wich is among my
best catches of american stations since it was among the
difficult local "graveyard" catches. No ID heard this time,
however.
1560 WQEW (New York City, New York, United States of America) verry
strong with Radio Disney px (pops and kids talks)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Morris Sorensen - Winnipeg MB - SMosor@xxxxxxx
Here are my recent loggings. Times are EST.
1430 KNSP MN Staples 03/29 2059 fair with country music. ID, "You're
listening to KWAD, Wadena, KNSP Staples" and into ABC News. Band
almost dead with auroral condition., Even WCCO was very weak,
yet this one was making it in with a listed night power of 199
watts. {MS-MB}
1450 KFIZ WI Fond du Lac 3/31 2153 good with ad mentioning"324 Main St.
in Fond du Lac" and ad for Western Mutual Insurance mentioning
affiliates in Fond du Lac and other WI locations. Not new but
never heard this clearly before. {MS-MB}
1570 KUTK SD Vermillion 3/25 2357 fair in CKMW null with ESPN promos,
talk about college basketball Final Four, ID as ESPN-1570 and all
sports radio KUTK. {MS-MB}
Drake R8 with Quantum QX pro loop, Grundig YB-400 with built-in antenna
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Frederick R Vobbe - Lima OH - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
940 WLJM OH Lima 4/2/01 6:40 - On night power of 6 watts. VERY wide,
from 890 to 970. Sounded like they had a transmitter problem.
1520 KOMA OK Oklahoma City 4/2/01 6:30 - Very loud with oldies,
backsell by announcer, and various spots. Must have forgot to
reprogram the remote control?
1580 ???? ?? ?????? - 4/3/01 06:35. Unknown light rock station over
WPGC. Music from Ann Murray, Simon & Garfunkle. Some brokered
spots, and a local for State Farm but didn't hear a
name/phone/town. Only ID was "The New 15-80".
1590 WAKR OH Akron - 4/3/01 06:30. News block. Mentions of Akron,
Cleveland.
**Blaine Thompson - phredd@xxxxxxxx
Well since WJVA (1580am, South Bend) just started simulcasting
Standards/WJVA (1620am, South Bend), perhaps you heard them.
I can't say for sure that WJVA is calling themselves "The New 15-80"
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Nick Hall-Patch - Victoria BC - nhp@xxxxxxxx
DXing at Grayland, WA using homebrew rcvr, Dymek DR333 and various
Beverages. Walt Salmaniw, Don Nelson and Guy Atkins also driving
various receivers.
558t S.KOREA,Taegu, HLQH. 1604 18 Mar. KK talk by man at fair
strength, but no chance of ID. (NHP-WA)
567 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIK. 1606 18 Mar. Light piano mx, fair to poor
//594. (NHP-WA)
576 RUSSIA synchros The old familiar chimes heard at 1100 17 March,
fair strength, followed by RR talk (NHP-WA)
603 UnID. 1607 18 Mar. Big signal w/sentimental western vocal mx.
Presumed S. KOREA, but not parallels found, and no ID heard.
657 N. KOREA, Kangnam. 1521 19 Mar. Slow vocal by woman //6400, good
strength. (NHP-WA)
666 JAPAN, Osaka, JOBK. 1532 18 Mar. Fair in splatter w/JJ talk by
man //594 (NHP-WA)
693 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB. 1239 18 Mar. Excellent signal, woman in JJ
//774 (NHP-WA)
702 JAPAN, Hiroshima/Kitami, JOFB/JOKD. 1240 18 Mar. Poor to fair
//774 w/ man talking. Other station on frequency seemed to be
EE, likely 2BL, but not much other evidence of Australia.
729 JAPAN, Nagoya, JOCK. 1557 17 Mar. Piano mx, then woman talking,
fair to poor //594 (NHP-WA)
774 JAPAN, Akita, JOUB. 1033 17 Mar. The low band Japanese
powerhouses baded in over half an hour later than their less
powerful high band cousins. The usual EE lessons at fair to good
strength. (NHP-WA)
819 N. KOREA, Pyongyang. 1245 18 Mar. Flowing vocal mx, poor
strength, //2850. (NHP-WA)
830 HAWAII, Honolulu, KHVH. 0704 Mar17. ABC news heard with 1/2
second echo here, followed by "Hawaii's talk radio" ID and into
Art Bell. (NHP-WA)
855 N. KOREA, Sangwon. 1051 17 Mar. Woman talking quickly in KK
//3320 (NHP-WA)
873 JAPAN, Kumamoto, JOGB. 1127 17 Mar. Fair strength w/JJ talk by
man //747 (NHP-WA)
891 JAPAN, Sendai, JOHK. 1325 17 Mar. JJ talk, fr //594. (NHP-WA)
900 HAWAII, Kahului, KNUI. 0800 Mar 17. "AM 900 KNUI...Kahului" ID,
fair signal trading places with CKMO. (NHP-WA)
945 CHINA, CNR1. Although this is listed as CNR2, the CC talk heard
here was //5880 with a slight offset in time. Poor to fair 1534
18 Mar, and fighting with KBS1. (NHP-WA)
945 S. KOREA, Poun, HLQW. 1535 18 Mar. Choral mx //3930,
occasionally getting to poor to fair strength o/u China. (NHP-WA)
972 S. KOREA, Tangjin, HLCA. 1008 17 Mar. Korean talk by two men
//601; strong signal throughout the morning. (NHP-WA)
981 CHINA, CNR1 synchros. 1354 17 March. CC talk by man and woman,
good to excellent signal //5320 but lagging it by about 1/2
second. (NHP-WA)
999 CHINA, unID. 1332 17 Mar. Man and woman talking quickly back and
forth in CC. Fair but faded rapidly. (NHP-WA)
1026 CHINA, unID. 1404 18 Mar. CC talk here by man, poor strength,
but who? (NHP-WA)
1053 S.KOREA, jammer. 1001 Mar 17. Hardly worth noting with its usual
whooping sounds, but was pretty strong near its local sunset.
1566 and 972 were also strong at this time. (NHP-WA)
1062 S. KOREA, Ch'ongiu, HLKQ. 1445 18 Mar. Woman talking //3930,
followed by mx interlude. Poor strength, and soon overtaken by a
hum from an off channel station. (NHP-WA)
1134t S.KOREA, Hwasong. 1519 17 Mar. This was strong w/man in KK
//3930, fighting it out with presumed JOQR.(NHP-WA)
1143 TAIWAN, Penghu, BEL3. 1421 17 Mar. Woman talking and brief
musical interlude //738. This was fair, 738 poor, strength
1287 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOHR. 0930 Mar 17. "HBC" ID by woman noted in
passing; this station was one of the strongest in the early
morning hours, with lots of JJ talk. (NHP-WA)
1305 S.KOREA, Uljin, HLSV. 1148 17 Mar. Fair signal w/man and woman in
KK //3930 (NHP-WA)
1323 CHINA, Russian foreign service. 1306 18 Mar. This RR broadcast
was puzzling until Walt found the parallel on 5145. Often at
very good strength. (NHP-WA)
1368 JAPAN, NHK1 synchros. 1249 Mar 17. Oriental singing //594, poor
o/u unID talk (NHP-WA)
1377t CHINA, Fujian. 1500 18 Mar. This one often had a strong signal,
and this hour had the usual CC pips with man and woman in CC,
both mentioning "renmin guangbo dientai", but darned if I can dig
out what they're saying just before...(NHP-WA)
1377 JAPAN, NHK2 synchros. 1011 17 Mar. Also with EE lessons //1593,
but something else was mixing with it, likely the CC which
dominated the rest of the morning (NHP-WA)
1386 JAPAN, NHK2 synchros. 1009 17 Mar. EE lessons fair strength but
fady. //1593 which was quite a bit stronger. (NHP-WA)
1467 JAPAN, low power synchros. 1217 17 Mar. Poor strength in splatter,
couple of men taking in JJ //774 (NHP-WA)
1467 S. KOREA, Mokpo, HLKN. 1627 17 Mar. Nil to poor signal w/light
vocal mx //3930 (NHP-WA)
1503 JAPAN, Akita, JOUK. 1120 17 Mar. Fading up to fair strength,
man talking in JJ while others chuckled //594 (NHP-WA)
1557 TAIWAN, Kou-Hu, Family Radio. 1558 17 Mar. Big signal (with
another station underneath) with woman spelling out
"familyradio.com", then some brief CC chat, which included the
phrase "familyradio.com", followed by anthemish sounding mx, then
religion in EE. (NHP-WA)
1566 S. KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ. 1230 18 Mar. After 20 seconds of the
transmitter being off, this returned with a thunderous signal at
the pattern change (their directional pattern to Japan points to
Grayland too). "HLAZ" mention, though the "Z" sounded odd. How
is it pronounced in JJ? Also "FEBC" mention, followed by organ
mx. (NHP-WA)
1575 THAILAND, Bangkok. 1430 17 Mar. Brief mention of "VOA" by man
followed by talk in unID oriental language, presumably listed
Khmer. This was incredibly loud at times, particularly after
local sunrise. (NHP-WA)
1593 JAPAN, Matsue/Niigata, JOTB/JOQB. 0948 17 Mar. EE lessons //
weaker 1602 (NHP-WA)
1593t RUSSIA, unID. 1632 17 Mar. Woman here in RR, fair signal.(NHP-WA)
1614 t N.KOREA, the young soldiers station. 1420 briefly fair w/ man
talking, then martial singing, followed by woman, then man
holding forth in KK. Not //2625 (NHP-WA)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
1640 WTLT248 NY New York - 3/28 0700 - HAR giving info on construction
projects at the Bruckner and Cross Bronx expressways. Brief
message about the metro-NYC Joint Traffic Operations Center (J-
TOC) and its network of cameras and sensors. Also made reference
to a station on 550, but I haven't heard that one. This was
logged from car along the coast on I-95 near Stamford, CT. I
haven't heard it inland at home in Wilton. (RWK-CT)
Sony 2010, Quantum QX Loop, SM-2 Loop, car radio
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**David Hochfelder - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard on a Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa Pocket Loop from New Brunswick, NJ
(all 3/31).
526 BAHAMAS ZLS, MAR 31 0440 - CW beacon repeating "ZLS" incessantly.
About as entertaining as Clear Channel programming (couldn't
resist; with apologies to the NRC reflector...). [Hochfelder-NJ]
650p COLOMBIA HJKH Bogota, MAR 31 0509 - WSM very weak and unusually
nullable. Spanish, presumed Colombia from my logging last week
in similar auroral conditions. [Hochfelder-NJ]
720p JAMAICA RJR Kingston, MAR 31 0502-0506 - WGN not present.
Caribbean accented English and presumed on basis of logging last
week. [Hochfelder-NJ]
750p VENEZUELA R. Caracas Radio, MAR 31 0512 - Strong Spanish under a
subdued WSB. Presumed from logging in December (on a Superadio
III). [Hochfelder-NJ]
850 CUBA CMDB Baracoa, 0515 - Frequent "RR" in Morse code so R. Reloj
outlet. [Hochfelder, NJ]
1000p COLOMBIA RCN Cartagena, MAR 31 0608-0613 - Better on 999.8 because
of WINS splash. Frequent mentions of Colombia and "Colombianos,"
but not sure which outlet. I'm guessing RCN Cartagena on the
basis of WRTH 2000. [Hochfelder-NJ]
1100 ANTIGUA ZDK St. John's, MAR 31 0540-0604 - Light reggae type music
with English accented female announcer. At 0604 ID'd as "Radio
ZDK St. Johns" with jingle. Possibly Spanish underneath but not
sure. WTAM Cleveland was gone, so I stuck on this channel for
awhile hoping to get this one, based on Rick Kenneally's recent
logging. Checking back at 0658-0700 showed that Cleveland was
back in with a strong signal and TOH ID. [Hochfelder, NJ]
1540p BAHAMAS ZNS1 Nassau, MAR 31 0630-0649 - KXEL Waterloo and WPTR
Albany both gone. Soft reggae music with steel drums. At 0649
it faded out and at 0655 replaced with WPTR Albany.
UNIDs and HELP WITH:
780 UNID, MAR 31 0455-0500 - Actually better on 780.2 with sync. det.
because of splash from WABC. Strong Spanish signal, fair audio.
On basis of NRC Logbook, this is apparently not a domestic US
station. Checked to see if it paralleled Venezuela's Ecos del
Torbes SW outlet on 4980, but nothing there. WWV on 5000 was
weak as well. Also heard Mar. 24. R. Coro, Coro, Venezuela has
been suggested by a few folks. Suggestions? [Hochfelder-NJ]
810 UNID, MAR 31 0506 - Possibly 2 Spanish stations here. Bad copy on
one, other occasionally topped a subdued WGY, but poor audio.
Male announcer. Flute music. [Hochfelder-NJ]
900 UNID, MAR31 0530-0540 - Two Spanish stations, one with female
announcer. One might be WEMG Philadelpia with very low night
power (42 W per NRC logbook). On April 2 at 0600, one of the
stations signed off with what sounded like a national anthem. My
leading favorite for this is XEW Mexico City because of its high
power and my tentative logging in November. Suggestions?
1500 UNID, MAR 31 0623-0630 - Spanish with steel drum music. Strong
with great audio. WRTH 2000 has a bunch of 1-10KW stations in
South and Central America, so this is a mystery. WTOP
Washington, DC gone. R. Dos Mil in Cumana, Venezuela has been
suggested. [Hochfelder, NJ]
1520 UNID MAR 31 0621 - Spanish under a much subdued WWKB Buffalo.
Conditions were pretty good to Latin America here last night. The way
conditions seemed to have worked over the past few days is to block
east-west propagation, but propagation from the north doesn't seem to be
much different than usual. For instance, the Chicago clear channel
stations are much subdued, Cleveland clears on 1100 and 1220 less
subdued than Chicago but weaker than usual, and Pittsburgh about the
same as usual. St. Louis (1120), Cincinnati (700), and Louisville (840)
are also weaker. On the other hand, Boston, Toronto, Hamilton and
Montreal don't seem to be affected much. Is this typical for an aurora?
By the way (yes? - pb), in my posting over the weekend, in which I
noted the absence of WBT Charleston, SC: I noted it absent because I
was on the wrong channel. I had it down as 1100, not 1110: a stupid
logging typo.
I managed to get a positive ID on my UNID on 780: it is Radio Coro,
Coro, Venezuela. At 2332 ET, ID'd as "Radio Coro." Thanks to the folks
who alerted me to this possibility: because of my poor Spanish, I might
have missed the ID had I not known what my possibilities were. WBBM
Chicago was not on channel at this time. Another faint Spanish station
underneath R. Coro.
The Colombian on 1000 boomed in last night and dominated the channel.
WMVP Chicago was way underneath it. I stayed here for about an hour
until WMVP began to reassert itself around 0100 ET. Programming seemed
to be news and some sort of political speech. There were also time
tones, four short followed by a fifth longer tone, at the top of the
hour. I didn't clear up which Colombian it is, but given the official-
sounding programming, it's likely RCN Cartagena.
The other highlight for the evening was strong Spanish on 1120 with
KMOX absent. I had high hopes for the Dominican Republic, or at least
another Colombian or Venezuelan, but had to settle for WPRX, Bristol,
CT. Shoulda known when they played Ricky Martin. Usually KMOX buries
it, so auroral conditions helped me to log this one.
We'll see what tonight brings. I'll try for some of the stuff Ben
Dangerfield noted, especially Dominican Republic on 860 and Bermuda on
1280. I'll also try for a positive ID on Bahamas 1540, although WPTR
will probably be in the way.
Latin American loggings, April 4, 2001, 0000-0100 ET; add four hours
for UTC. Heard on a Sony ICF-2010 with Kiwa Pocket Loop antenna from
New Brunswick, NJ.
Regarding my Colombian on 1000 I tentatively ID'd as RCN Cartagena:
Jim Renfrew suggested that I check to see it's parallel to 1170. So I
checked, and it's not. But, his suggestion enabled me to log another
Colombian. WWVA on 1170 usually covers up anything else on the channel,
but last night the Colombian dominated the channel at times. ID'd as
"Caracol Colombia," and per WRTH 2000 that would make it Cartagena as
well. Seems like there's a pipeline between central Jersey and
Cartagena these days... Format was soft music with news at top and bottom
of the hour.
On 1180, heard strong Spanish under WHAM with frequent mentions of
Cuba. Rewarded with "R. Rebelde" ID at 0100. I expected R. Marti, but
I'm more than happy to take the Cuban. WHAM usually blocks everything
on this channel.
Other stuff: Spanish under CJBC Montreal on 860, but tough copy.
Couldn't get useful information about the station.
CHTN Charlottetown, PEI, is again audible on 720: at 0027 played "The
Long Run" Eagles. This will probably make it again difficult to get
Caribbean stations here.
Noted in passing that the Venezuelan time station on 5000 was beating
up on WWV big time: it was actually dominant.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Blake Lawrence - Washington DC - blake@xxxxxxxxxx
Lots of dead spots on the dial here in D.C. last night, but where
there was audio, there was some fun stuff:
760 Barranquilla, Colombia - strong and steady with lots of "RCN"
mentions and jingles, and full ID around 2155. WJR nowhere.
WRTH says 30kw for this one...can that be right? First Colombian
from this DX location.
740 WQTM alone on freq with Arizona/Duke basketball game, pausing for
full legal ID at 2025 EDT: WQTM Orlando, 740 the Team. CHWO a
no-show.
710 WOR missing in action, instead the Cuban battling WAQI (new here)
2201 ID: (English) "WAQI Miami Ft. Lauderdale" then "Aqui, Radio
Mambi," mention of "cincuenta mil watts."
Sony 2010
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Ron Gitschier - RGITSCHIER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At the close of lunch, I noted the following on a Chrysler Infinity
1990 vintage car radio (from my car).
530 SS rlg.
580 Rush Limbaugh WDBO
670 SS (Miami?)
710 SS (Miami?)
730 "WSC" Charleston, SC... ok sw path...
740 Sports pgr. (Orlando?)
750 Atlanta Braves hype galore lots of other Atlanta mentions "WSB"
770 Espanol...
820 Espanol (Tampa?)
850 WRUF Gainesville, FL
950 Rlg Talk (Orlando?) and an oldies station mixing
990 Radio Disney (Orlando?)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
***David E. Crawford - dec1@xxxxxxxxxx
The following were received during a business trip to Houston over the
weekend. Logs without times are mostly local Houston non-EG stations
audible all day using a Sony ICF-SW100 microportable, noted mostly for
the purpose of distinguishing them from Mexican etc stations. Galveston
daytime logs were from a car radio right on the beach. Most of the SP
stations seldom give their callsigns except once at top of the hour.
530 TEXAS WPIW517, Texas City municipal TIS, EG W ID as "WPIW radio
530 AM, your city by the bay, a great place to work, live and
play", then usual auto EG W time/date tag, DTMF tones, then poor
audio PSA about grass clippings. One of many TISs in the area, a
subject for another trip. (Crawford, enroute I-45 south of
Houston, 1-Apr-2001)
660 MEXICO XEAR, 2008-, Tampico, Tamaulipas, presumed, adstring,
weak. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
720 TEXAS KFAA, 1956-, "Norten~o 720", Universal City, SP, mx, ad for
dances featuring Los Huracanes del Norte and El Chacal in Austin.
Fair level, about same from Houston also. (Crawford, Galveston
Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
780 MEXICO XESFT, 2000-, San Fernando, Tamaulipas, presumed,
norten~as, ads ment Tamaulipas but no actual ID. Fair sig but
heavy splatter from adjacent. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas,
1-Apr-2001)
810 MEXICO XEFW, 1950-, Tampico, Tamaulipas, ID, "escuche noticias"
promo into techno mx, good. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas,
1-Apr-2001)
850 TEXAS KEYH, "La Ranchera", Houston, SP XE format (Crawford,
Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
900 TEXAS KREH, Houston, Vietnamese talk and mx fulltime seemingly.
(Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
920 TEXAS KYST, Radio Noticias 9-20", Houston/Texas City, SP news and
sports talk format, incl "LBC, tu cadena deportiva en espan~ol
(Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
940 UNID UNID, 1933-, Christian norten~a music, weak, no ideas about
this one. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
970 MEXICO XEO, 1927-, Matamoros, tuned in just in time to hear "XEO
XEO" yelled by SP M, into W baladas. Strong. (Crawford,
Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
980 TEXAS KMTX, "980 AM", Houston, Spanish Broadcasting Corp, SP,
Houston Rockets basquebol, Cadena de la Vida evangelical program
at 0450Z. Also ments KLDN 1260 but unheard. (Crawford, Clearlake,
Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1010 TEXAS KLAT, "La Tremenda 10-10", Houston, SP talk (Crawford,
Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1050 MEXICO XEG, 1915-, Monterrey, ID and ad for "Casablanca", weak,
co-ch UNID QRM. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1090 TEXAS KKYN, "Radio Luz", Bryan, multiple call/freq ID, SP
evangelical. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1110 TEXAS KTEK, Houston, Hindi programming Sundays, film mx.
(Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1130 TEXAS KTMR, 1934-, Edna, good level w/ EG/SP bilingual church
service. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1140 TEXAS KYOK, Houston, black EG gospel during week, Arabic noted on
Sunday. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1150 TEXAS KCCT, 1913-, Corpus Christi, presumed, SP Christian
norten~a mx, 1943 scripture reading, no ID noted, audible in
Houston also. Weak, co-ch another norten~a station underneath,
maybe Mexican. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1170 MEXICO XERP, 1913-, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, "La Gigante", SP talk
pgm from Radio Formula Cadena Radio Uno (not // 1420), gave power
as 50 kW, good level. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-
2001)
1180 TEXAS KGOL, Houston, block programming, CH daytime, Urdu night,
some Vietnamese also. Muslim AR programming on Sunday.
(Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1190 MEXICO XETOT, 1912-, Tampico, Tamaulipas, SP "1190 AM" ID into
"Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer, also Spandau Ballet, more
pops, 1924 ID w/ callsign. Weak. (Crawford, Galveston Island,
Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1270 TEXAS KFCC, 1911-, "Radio Vida", Missouri City/Houston, presumed,
SP W preaching, Christian ranchera mx. Another ranchera station
audible underneath. (Crawford, Galveston Island, Texas, 1-Apr-
2001)
1270 TEXAS KESS, 0300-, "La Fabulosa", Ft. Worth, SP NBA basketball,
seemingly Mavericks vs. Lakers. Co-ch Radio Reloj, Cuba. Fair
peaks. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 2-Apr-2001)
1290 TEXAS KRGE, 1902-, Weslaco, presumed, SP evangelical pgm "La Voz
del Cambio" from Edinburgh, TX. Weak. (Crawford, Galveston
Island, Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1290 MEXICO UNID, 1124-, "Radio Trece 12-90 en Cadena Nacional",
mostly SP talk. Two other SP co-ch. XE NA at 1200 probably from
this one. Fair peaks thru crap. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 2-
Apr-2001)
1320 TEXAS KXYZ, "Radio Unica 13-20", Houston, SP network program, no
local callsign heard. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1400 TEXAS KHCB, "Radio Amistad" or "1400", Houston, SP evangelical
programming weekdays, CH noted Sundays. (Crawford, Clearlake,
Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1420 MEXICO UNID, 1800-1900, relay of Radio Formula Cadena Nacional,
Mexico City, incl IDs as XERFR 970 KHz. Talk show w/ Jorge (?)
Palacios, live from Manzanillo, Coahuila, today. No local IDs
noted. Fair en route to Galveston. (Crawford, Galveston Island,
Texas, 1-Apr-2001)
1460 TEXAS KBRZ, "Radio Aleluia", Freeport, SP evangelical. (Crawford,
Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1480 TEXAS KMTL, "Radio Bendicion", Houston, SP evangelical, announces
"15-20", CNN Radio Noticias. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-
2001)
1520 TEXAS KYND, Houston, Polish Saturday AM, Arabic Saturday PM,
Sunday AM Indian Sikh pgm in EG. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-
Mar-2001)
1540 TEXAS KGBC, Galveston, EG/SP format Sundays, tejano mx,
Christian. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
1560 TEXAS KILE, "Radio Luz", Bellaire, SP evangelical weekdays,
Arabic and Russian noted Saturday, EG Indian talk Sunday
mornings. (Crawford, Clearlake, Texas, 31-Mar-2001)
A couple of leftover stale items:
830 MEXICO XELA "Buena Musica en Mexico", Mexico City, is the
classical/lite music station here; plays easily-heard baritone
clock chimes between numbers. Noted from Houston and also
Florida nights through Radio Reloj.
1540 TEXAS KZMP, "Radio Tricolor, La Mexicanisima", Dallas, noted
evenings here in Florida sporadically, sports prgms w/ Los Tigres
at times, also ments 101.7. Tends to dominate here when audible,
otherwise completely inaudible. Listed 50 kw days, 1 kw nights;
I assume they often "forget" to turn down power.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
HELP WITH...
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
1520 UnID 0650-0700 3/29, again with rural country-Gospel music, heavy
on acoustic guitar and banjo and close vocal harmonies somewhat
muddy but atop channel thru 0700, but without ID then lost to
WWKB. At this point, I'm guessing either WDSL-NC or WGMA-NC
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
John Wright - AUSTRALIA - dxer@xxxxxxxxx
John Wright here in Sydney Australia.
1611 3?? low power around 100 watts Bayswater Victoria, ID's as Hillside
Radio....looks like being ex 3GB txm and 3GB may return to use
this station in the next 2 to 3 months. Ian Stanley and Dave
Onley (ARDXC).
Also the ARDXC Australian Radio DX club inc, has the second edition of
the Medium Wave guide for Australian and New Zealand, for $10-00 US
dollars wherever you live, by airmail delivery. Includes a free
admendmnet by airmail in about 6 months.
To order send a email to dxer@xxxxxxxxx
Please supply postal address. You can either slip US 10-00 note in a
envelope (we ARDXC take the risk), or you can send your VISA or
Mastercard credit card details..Need Number on card, Expiry date and
full name on card. Suggest you split the email into two parts if sending
credit card details for security.
Address if snail mail
ARDXC
C/- John Wright,
Unit 4,
33 Kerrie Cresent,
Peakhurst 2210,
NSW,
Australia.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Lars Bygdén - lars.bygden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As a guest on the list living in Scandinavia, could I make these
questions to fellow NRC'ers? On March 16 a number of AM-stations from
western US were logged here in Scandinavia (Sweden). On 1390 I heard
KLGN Logan UT and also 2 UNID's with Spanish - one with a lot of mexican
styled music and frequent slogans "La Jota 13-90", could it be KJME in
Denver? No call-ID heard. The other one seems to have a religious
programme, gave address & phonenumber in "California". No call-ID
either, but also mentioned "trece-noventa" and something before.
Other identified stations this date: KGVO-MT 1290, KKOL-WA 1300, KXTL-
MT 1370, KWYO-WY 1410 and some regular ones like KOTA-SD 1380, KOA-CO
850, KEZW-CO 1430, KCKK-CO 1600.
Rx: NRD 515mod Ant: beverage 3300 ft towards northwest
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Guido Schotmans - gs@xxxxxx
I just heard a clear ID of Kol Israel on 927 kHz at 2200 UTC and still
going on . Almost no trace of other stations on this channel. Has
Anybody an idea where this is coming from. Herman Boel's list is not
mentioning Israeli stations on this frequency. My WRTH 2000 lists
however a 50 kW station in Haifa but that one has to close at 2200 UTC
and a 1 kW tx in Eilat.
Furthermore, I'm hearing a station on 1385.9 kHz, which is probably
IRIB. No LBH from Kaliningrad anymore.
****Mauno Ritola - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
It is Kol Israel with B Network. It cant be Eilat 1 kW only; Haifa 50
kW must be carrying also B Network now and not Immigrant Absorption
Network, because the signal is so good. I mentioned my logging of this
here on mwdx already last summer.
****Karel Honzik - karel.honzik@xxxxxx
I heard this one on March 15 after 0200 UTC in Hebrew. I could not
find any // frequency due to QRM on possible channels.
LBH is off for good. But during last two nights there was a carrier on
this frequency - IRIB only weak in background.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
***Karel Honzik - karel.honzik@xxxxxx
This morning (APR 3) I heard an interesting station on 1359.14 kHz.
Most probably comming from Russia, this station is not listed in the
European MW Guide (EMWG), but WRTH lists Perm, located westerly of Ural
mountain range.
I heard what seemed to be a relay of Radio Rossii at 0220 UTC, giving
phone numbers to Alma-Ata, Baku and Yerevan. Time signal came at 0230,
then silence... At 0231 a woman in UNID language, sounding to me like
Finnish. Talking for 10 seconds only, then into pop songs... At this
time the station was already fading out as the Sunrise was slowly
comming to the area.
I think it could be Perm with a local (regional) program from 0230 UTC
in Komi language. Komi is one of Ugro-Finnish languages, that is why is
sounded Finnish to me. (I have a tape recording).
Unfortunately the signal did not come back. Luckily the transmitter is
off the channel now (being badly attacked by Spain on 1359 kHz), so it
gives a chance for further monitoring. Maybe our Scandinavian friends
know more about this (unlisted) station. They usually hear much more
that we here in central Europe. It is strange that nobody yet reported
the station for the EMWG...
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Guy Kudlemyer - Thurston OR - Gwkuddles@xxxxxxx
I'm looking for a website that will allow me to key in the call
letters of a North American AM station, and have it return to me the
location (city, state), and (more importantly) the LSS of the station on
the 15th of each month.
**Russ Edmunds - wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxxxx
IF you don't mind a hit ratio reduction due to slow updates, the FCC's
AM Query will do that. I'm not sure what their current update process is
for it, but the URL is: www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/amq.html
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
You'll find legal s/on s/off times based on sunset at:
http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/amq.html#sprung1
Use one of the queries off this page, select a particular station,
then scroll down to the Sunrise/Sunset button.
**Barry McLarnon VE3JF - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Try http://hydra.carleton.ca/ambc/aminfo.html. Enter the callsign in
the Lookup section on the lefthand side of the page, click on Search,
and then when the data appears, click on Send Query to fetch the
sunrise/sunset info from the FCC website. It will work for callsigns
that the AM Query fails on, since it looks up the station info elsewhere
and just uses the lat/long data to query the FCC site.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
QSLs
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
Texas, KRLD, 1080, Dallas, verification letter and refrigerator magnet
in 12 days for mint stamp and report on coordinated silent period with
WTIC. V/s Erik Disen, Director of Engineering. Address: 1080 Ballpark
Way, Arlington TX 76011. (Conti-NH)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Greg Myers - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
1660 PR, WGIT, Camuy, p/d 2-page ltr. in Sp., post card and business
cd. in 12d for Sp. rpt. and tape. V/s Aureo A. Matos & Olga
Rosario, Presidentes. Addr. PO Box 7, Moca, PR 00676.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Mauno Ritola - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
Ciel AM 981 em e-tdf2@xxxxxx GTRK Yantar, Kaliningrad 1116 em v/s
Tatyana Yermakova, vice chairman tv-rv@xxxxxxxxxx GTRK Lotos, Astrakhan
792 cassette via Vasily Gulyaev, tnx! R Lyuks FM, Verkhovyna? 1584 em,
COPE Valencia 1296, R Cidade 1377 em v/s Mr. Andrade via
dario.bettencourt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Ceased transmissions in October 2000,
now there is Universal Church of the Kingdom of God from Brazil on 1377
DYBB Super R, Roxas City 1503, R Kostanai 684, R Pavlodar 945, R Astana
972 from local px, reports stamped f/up Studiya Gorod/Radio
Yekaterinburg 909 em v/s Oleg Antonov, dir reklama@xxxxxxxxxxxx, WGCI
Chicago IL 1390 em v/s John Boehm, CE JBoehm@xxxxxxxx, REE via RCR
Caracas 750 em v/s José Fernando Cuevas <audiencia_ree.rne@xxxxxxx>
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Patrick Griffith - AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1080 KRLD TX, Arlington - 03/18 - Received very nice confirmation
letter with explanation of the repairs performed during the down
time and a microphone shaped refrigerator magnet for s/off
transmission at 0100 EST during KRLD/WTIC special test. Received
in 12 days for written report and return postage. V/S: Erik
Disen, Director of Engineering. Address: 1080 Ballpark Way,
Arlington, TX 76011. (PG-CO)
1080 KOTK OR, Portland - 03/18 - Received full data verification
letter confirming reception during the KRLD off period of the
KRLD/WTIC special test at 0111 EST. Received in 10 days for
written report with tape recording and return postage. V/S:
Michael Everhart, CE. Address: 2000 SW First Ave., Suite 300,
Portland, OR 97201. (PG-CO)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
***Mickey Delmage - cidxqsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received a verie letter from Harley Drew, Op Manager for Augusta GA's
1630 kHz station that I reported last December as WAWX. He says that
the new call for the station is WTEL.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Terry Palmersheim - Helena MT - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
600 KGEZ Kalispell, MT f/d ppc in 1 month. v/s: Brenda Lynch, PD
650 KMTI Manti, UT f/d ppc in 3 weeks. v/s: Douglas Barton, Pres.
710 KXMR Bismarck, ND f/d ppc in 24 days. v/s: Matt Murphy, PD
1130 KBMR Bismarck, ND f/d ppc in 24 days. v/s: Charlie Williams, PD
1130 KRDU Dinuba, CA f/d ppc in 3 weeks. v/s: Jim Tudle, PD
1270 KIML Gillette, WY f/d ppc in 24 days. v/s: Gary Mapel, GM
1280 KDYL Salt Lake City, UT f/d ppc in 23 days. v/s: G. Morris, PD
1340 KCAP Helena, MT f/d ppc in 2 days. v/s: Stan Evan, PD
1360 KRKK Rock Springs, WY f/d ppc in 25 days. v/s: (illegible), Ops.
Mgr.
1400 KDRG Deer Lodge, MT f/d ppc in 25 days. v/s: Michelle Worley,
Chief Op.
1450 KQDI Great Falls, MT f/d ppc in 19 days. v/s: Dave France,
PD/Ops. Mgr
1490 KDBM Dillon, MT f/d ppc in 6 days. v/s: John B. Schuler, VP
1590 KVGB Great Bend, KS f/d ppc in 23 days. v/s: Stacie Dillon, PD
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Greg Myers - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
1160 NC, WYRU, Red Springs, f/d prepared "sheet" in 2 wks after 2nd
f/u. Used enclosed SASE. V/s (?) Locklear.
1270 FL, WNOG, Naples, f/d ltr. in 10d. V/s Keith Stuhlmann, DOE.
1660 PR, WGIT, Canovanas, p/d 2-page ltr. in Sp., post card and
business cd. in 12d for Sp. rpt. and tape. V/s Aureo A. Matos &
Olga Rosario, Presidentes. Addr. PO Box 7, Moca, PR 00676.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
MISC ITEMS
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Barry McLarnon VE3JF
I've just finished some updating of my Canada/US AM Station Info
Search Page at http://hydra.carleton.ca/ambc/aminfo.html. This is
basically a search engine that uses the data from Lee Freshwater's BCB
DX Logbook (http://geocities.com/amlogbook/main1.htm). It now displays
more of the data from Lee's database (thanks Lee!). As before, you can
look up the info for a given AM station simply by entering the callsign.
If you enter your lat/long, you'll also get distance and bearing to the
station, as well as an estimate of the elevation angle of the incoming
skywave. I've also added a new feature: included in the data output is a
link you can click on to fetch the sunrise/sunset times for that station
from the FCC website, which is displayed in a separate browser window.
The other function of the page is the UNID station search - you can
enter a tentative or partial callsign, and it will show you the data for
stations on the selected frequency with callsigns that sound similar.
You can enter wildcard characters in the search - for example, if you
hear a call that seems to begin with "WAB...", enter "WAB?" and see what
comes up. Or, you can select a particular programming format and see
all of the stations on the frequency that are supposed to have that
format.
The bottom of the page has a link you can click on to get more info on
using the search engine.
Since I use Netscape and Linux, I haven't tested the latest version of
the page with other browsers or OS's. Let me know if you encounter
problems, and all comments are welcome. Enjoy!
********************************************************************
THE AURORA
********************************************************************
On 3/30, there was a MAJOR aurora seen throughout the US. Following are
reports from DXers. (** via NRC reflector)
**Harry Helms - Ridgecrest CA: What a geomagnetic storm we must be
having---a bright red aurora with some green is about 40 degrees above
the northern horizon here in southern California at 2230 PST!
**Russ Edmunds - Blue Bell PA: According to all of the geomagnetic info
sites, we are. Of course here in the east, we've been socked in with
clouds and rain and will be into Tuesday....
**kevin redding - Mesa AZ: It was awfully strange to look out at the sky
here in Mesa, Arizona and see the sky light up in the north as red. I
have seen it in Rhode Island on rare occcasion but to see it in Mesa is
testament of how huge this storm must be.
**Randy Stewart - Springfield MO: Whatever effect it had on the night
sky in certain parts of the continent, conditions were just slightly
disturbed when I checked around 8 or 9pm local time last night... just
enough to make for overall ho-hum, lousy reception no matter what your
target might be. I'll be interested to see what it's like tonight.
**John Callarman - Krum TX: My results about the same as Randy's here in
north Texas. Did get a sufficient null on WGN to find KSAH alone, with
its top-of-the-hour ID in English at 2316 EST. Nothing unusual on the
Mexican suspect frequencies. "Radio Habana Cuba" slogan noted in passing
on 670.
Richard Toebe - Davis CA: Hope everyone had a chance to see the aurora
last night; we had a red sky to the north. I went out to look right
after I turned on Art Bell at 10pm PLT and he talked about the visuals
he was getting near Las Vegas, his exact words were, "get your butt
outside and take a look at this, this may be a once in a lifetime
event!"
KGA-1510, KOMO-1000, CKNW-730, etc were completely missing from the
dial. Too bad I was too tired to stay up to DX, c'est la vie!
**David Hochfelder - : Wow, what a fun ride! Came home Friday night,
wanted to see what the band looked like. Turned out there was a
phenomenal opening to the south. The opening appeared to start around
2330. Checked on WGN 720 and heard it fine, then moved up to 780; WBBM
wasnt there at 2355 and Spanish was instead. In the course of the next
two hours, it became apparent that all the 50KW regulars, as far south
as Charleston, SC, were simply gone. Then, around 0155, all the domestic
50KWs came back in.
Here's what I heard down the dial. Confirmed new logging and
highlight of night was Antigua. Also a Colombian and Cuban but unsure
of outlets, and great possibilities to try for later. Hopefully
tonight.
650 Colombia, Bogota. 0009. WSM very weak and unusually nullable.
Spanish, presumed Colombia from logging last week in similar
conditions.
720 Jamaica, RJR, Kingston. 0002-0006. Also heard last week, so
presumed it. WGN now not present.
750 Venezuela, R. Caracas Radio. 0012. Strong Spanish under a
subdued WSB Atlanta. Presumed from logging in Dec. 2000 (on a
Superadio 3)
780 UNID.2355-0000. Actually better on 780.2 with sync. Detection
because of splash from WABC 770. Strong Spanish signal, fair
audio. Checked to see if it paralleled Ecos del Torbes SW
outlet on 4980, but nothing there. WWV on 5000 was weak as
well. Id appreciate some help on this one. I also heard this
one last week but couldnt ID it.
810 UNID.0006. Possibly two Spanish stations here. Bad copy on
one, other occasionly topped a subdued WGY Schenectady, but
had poor audio. Male announcer, flute music.
850 Cuba. 0015. "RR" in Morse code. Possibly something else in
Spanish, but I didnt stick around.
870 LA, New Orleans, WWL. 0020. Great reception.
900 UNID. 0030-0040. Two Spanish stations, one with female
announcer. Moved on.
940 Canada, Montreal, CINW. 0106. A non-logging. Just simply not
there. Nothing intelligible on channel.
1000 Colombia, UNID. 0108-0113. Better on 999.8 to avoid WINS
splash. Frequent mentions of Colombia and Colombianos, but
not sure which outlet. Im guessing RCN Cartagena on the basis
of WRTH 2000.
1100 Antigua, ZDK, St.Johns. 0040-0104. Light reggae type music
with English accented female announcer. At 0104 IDd as
"Radio ZDK St. Johns" with jingle. Possibly Spanish
underneath but not sure. WTAM Cleveland and WBT Charleston
both gone, so I stuck on this channel for awhile hoping to
get this one, based on Rick Kenneallys recent logging.
Checking back at 0158-0200 showed that Cleveland was back in
with a strong signal and "Coast to Coast" and TOH ID. Thats
when I decided that the ride was over and it was time to
write up the log. And go to bed.
1500 UNID. 0123-0130. Spanish with steel drum music. Strong with
great audio. WRTH has a bunch of 1-10KW stations in Central
and South America, so this one is a mystery. WTOP
Washington, DC not present. Suggestions?
1520 UNID. 0121. Spanish under a much subdued WWKB Buffalo.
1530 OH, Cincinnati, WSAI. 0122. Another non-logging; just simply
not there. Nothing intelligible on channel.
1540 Bahamas, Nassau, ZNS1. 0130-0149. Strongly presumed. KXEL
Waterloo and WPTR Albany both gone. Soft reggae music with
steel drums. At 0149 it faded out and at 0155 WPTR replaced
it.
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT: Great receptions! I tuned in much later
and just had hash everywhere. UnID SS on 1070 and 1090 while the clears
were gone, but that was it. Everything else after midnight was noise.
**Bruce Conti - Nashua NH: Not much in the way of Latin American
reception here last night. In fact, with the midwest signals subdued
many of the Canadian Maritime stations were stronger than usual. CBN on
640, CHCM on 740, CFDR on 780, CHRL on 910, and CKBW on 1000 were
exceptionally strong all night. (CKBW was playing pop/urban
contemporary music, a format change from C&W?) It was definitely
auroral though as transatlantic reception was shut down. Auroral
conditions became more evident by local sunrise as Mexico was local-like
on 900 and 940 kHz, along with good signals from Radio Mil 1000 and
Radio Educacion 1060 kHz.
I also had an unID station on 730 with the Country Oldies Show last
night, mostly under CKAC. Any ideas?
A snowstorm Thursday night, rain Friday night, and continued rain and
snow through the weekend here mean that I won't get a chance to view the
spectacular aurora. WBZ Newsradio 1030 reported today that police and
emergency services down south have been flooded with UFO reports from
people that saw the weird lights in the night sky.
**Mike Brooker - Toronto ON: Conditions were brutal last night. Even
the blowtorch Cuban on 890 was knocked out. All I could hear was noise
and local groundwave. The extent of my DX was WECK-1230 Cheektowaga
(Buffalo), NY after midnight EST on groundwave. I usually only hear
WECK during the daytime. After sunset they would be buried in the
hundreds of graveyard skywaves.
Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB: Interesting. Up here, of course, the
aurora isn't all that rare, but the red color was certainly something
out of the ordinary. DX-wise, the biggest effect here seemed to be the
complete lack of CA stations. Even KNX and KFI were inaudible. On 1070
KFDI in Kansas was dominating all evening. A couple of Cubans were
doing well, expecially the one on 890, but the Mexicans weren't as good
as I often get them under auroral conditions. The aurora did net me one
new one, Pagosa Springs CO on 1400.
**Bob Carter: I'm loving this.....finally some night-time coverage
without much interference locally! I've noted hearing Norfolk's WTAR AM
850 here at night...which most of the time it is just under the noise
floor. The AM band sounds like an early winter afternoon here
tonight....nothing to strong...and a lot of weak stuff. I had to make a
run to the station tonight ..not only for the time change,but a litte
early spring thunder storm knocked me off the air.In my 5 minute ride to
the station,the usual hussle from WFIL and the station in Columbia SC
that normally bounces in here when I'm down...well 560 sounded very
quiet with something way in the background. Can we arrange more of these
solar flares?....its nice not to have to deal with the religious bad
engineer sounding stuff from the north and red neck talk from the south!
**JohnCallarman - Krum TX:
Finally was able to get away from distractions ... Final Four, company,
genealogy, and the urge to sound off ... and tuned the dial for a couple
of hours. It hadn't been exciting Thursday or Friday nights when I tuned
in, but there were some unusual signals tonight ... unfortunately, most
went unidentified ... as some of the channels seemed to be Mexican
graveyard frequencies.
I was particularly interested in 1100, where there was no sign of
Cleveland, and the Arizona station wasn't much of a problem. At least
two Spanish speakers were heard, but I couldn't bring anyone up ... did
hear one mention something that sounded like "programa fin de la semana"
at 0500 UCT, but it went into the mud. There appeared also to be a het
that read 1099.5, but by 0601 had disappeared. Local announcer was
talking informally about several upcoming events or programs ... at 0603
"La Paranda de Fin de Semana" appeared to be ad for some kind of event
... then short announcement from which call letters XETGO could clearly
be picked out, then followed the Mexican National Anthem and station
left the air at 0605. Thus, the pipeline from Zacatecas to Krum
continues.
There were some weak signals on 1020, including one I was finally able
to bring up at 0548 with a female vocal, accompanied simply by guitar
and trumpet. Man at 0550:30 mentioned what sounded like "el programa
aquaviva" as announcer (or preacher) talked of mail received from
several places in Mexico, including Merida, Yucatna, Rio Grande and
somewhere in Zacatecas. It appeared the program originated in
Guadalajara, Jalisco, and was religious in nature. The announcer/
preacher said "Gloria, Gloria, Alleluia" at 0553:50, then vocal group
with ranchero style accompaniment sang "Gloria, Gloria, Alleluia,
Querido Salvador" to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The
same man continued to talk from 0555 to 0559:40, gave address of
Apartado uno something, Guadalajara, Jalisco, just before fading into
oblivion. Unidentified, drat.
There was a hashy noise on some of the fequencies, but I was able to
pick out a few slogans which led me to believe I had a couple of
stations I haven't taped before. At 0514:30, slow nortena style female
vocal ended on 1070, heard odd-voiced male announcer (at least, not the
typical Mexican station locutor) metnion "La Nortena de ..." two and a
half minutes of talk of some kind and definitely picked out "La Nortena
de Obregon" shortly before a femal began to talk. Must have been XEOBS.
Had fairly good signal on 1010, which usually is a jumble, and at
0529:40 there was a quick announcement between songs "Diez Diez AM, La
...." and machine gun sound; I'll have to check tape but I suspect it
was La Poderosa, ZEHL, Guadalajara.
Found poetic narrative in Spanish by man with group vocal in
background, then in foreground, on 930, well atop and alone, at 0533 ...
and I hoped for something different from what has become the only
Mexican I can hear on this frequency, the one in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.
At 0534, the romantic song ended, a female announcer said simply,
merely, clearly and only "XEQS" before the next song began, dashing my
hopes for something new on this channel.
Powell E. Way III (4/1): It seemed like the AM band was almost dead here
last night except for everything south coming in [including lots of
static from the severe thunderstorms caused by the front stalled across
central Florida..] WCOS 1400 normally is at the maximum night distance
at my house. Just less than 1/4 mile down US 1 toward Lexington and they
are gone. BUT last night I got them an ADDITIONAL 15 miles down I-20!!
WLAC was a whisper and 1500 and 1530 were just totally silent as were
most of the stations I hear well that are north of me. WBT was TOTALLY
groundwave reception!! I went out to Fairview (the I-20 / US 178 exit)
to see if I could see the aurora...nope. I piddlee with the radio and
came back and took a pain pill. I had double hernia surgery Monday so
I'm still sore and fade out ( is that a selective fade) quickly.
**Mark Connelly - MA (4/2): I noted rather average MW conditions when I
listened Sunday night (1 APR) around 11.30 p.m. EDT. Strong WJR Detroit
on 760 with no evidence of Latin Americans, CKLW-800 challenging local
WCCM, WLS tangling with local WBPS-890, WMVP/CKBW on 1000, etc. The
only domestic channels that seemed sub-par were from 1100 (where
Cleveland was weaker than usual) up to 1180 (where WHAM was a bit on the
weak side, allowing some Cuba to sneak by). I was unimpressed as I'd
thought (given all the talk about auroral activity) that even at my
mediocre home QTH, I'd have a few Latin Americans to DX. Maybe I'm just
spoiled by the DX sessions I used to have on Cape Cod where some Latin
American DX could be had any night whether it was auroral or not.
**Benjamin Dangerfield - Wallingoford PA: Aurora type reception is
better tonight and seems to cover the entire band. The 1000's and
1100's are full of SS stations and the 1500's sound like nulls. ZNS-
1540 is going great guns while Bermuda-1280 has been in and out with
WADO with religious programs. As usual, the dominant 780 is Radio Coro,
Venezuela. Lots of strong Cubans [including 1331] and several
Colombians very good. Dominican Rep. atop 860 at times. No TAs except
maybe a weak 684.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Michael - mshaw002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Two great resources for solar information:
Solar Images at SDAC: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/
Space Weather http://www.spaceweather.com/
Excellent software (Active Beacon Wizard ++): this one does it all:
http://216.92.156.38/abw/
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Also try: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA and MUNDO RADIAL SHORTWAVE-ONLY
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2001
It always pays to check all RFPI frequencies beyond their scheduled
hours. For latest updates see our Anomaly alert page:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Anomaly.html
The latest update of this version is at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormassw.html
Days and times here are strictly UT
Wed 2330 WOR WBCQ1 7415
Thu 2030 WOR WWCR 15685
Fri 0930 WOR WWCR 7435
Fri 1900 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Fri 2115 MR WWCR 15685
Sat 0100 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sat 0130 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sat 0230 WOR WWCR 3215
Sat 0700 COM RFPI 7450
Sat 0730 WOR RFPI 7450
Sat 1130 WOR WWCR 15685
Sat 1300 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sat 1330 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sat 1730 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Sat 2330 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sun 0000 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Sun 0206 WOR WBCQ2 9335-CUSB
Sun 0230 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 0530 COM RFPI 7450
Sun 0600 WOR RFPI 7450
Sun 0628 WOR WWCR 3210
Sun 1130 COM RFPI [suspended]
Sun 1200 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Sun 1900 WOR WWCR 12160
Mon 0000 WOR WWCR 3215
Mon 0500 WOR WWCR 3210
Tue 1100 WOR WWCR 15685
Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 21815-USB
Tue 2000 COM RFPI 21815-USB
Wed 0100 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049 7450
Wed 0200 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049 7450
Wed 0700 WOR RFPI 7450
Wed 0800 COM RFPI [suspended]
Wed 1300 WOR RFPI 21815-USB 15049
Wed 1400 COM RFPI 21815-USB 15049
For internet audio availability of these programs see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Audiomid.html
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Pete Kemp - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
Two Boston DJs suspended for making joke about hoof and mouth disease
Associated Press
Friday, March 30, 2001
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Two Boston disc jockeys were suspended from their
jobs today after an on-the-air joke about an outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in Vermont.
Andy Kingston, the general manager of the FNX Radio Network, said he
suspended the pair known as Jaxon and the Pharmacist as soon as he
learned of the prank, which he called an ill-conceived, early April
Fool's joke.
``I took them off the air immediately,'' Kingston said. The station
would not release the real names of the disc jockeys.
The two had already said on the air that they were joking. The station
continued to run disclaimers after the two were suspended.
Kingston said he did not know how long the two would be off the air.
Other disciplinary actions against the pair were possible.
``They are a relatively new morning show,'' Kingston said. ``They are
very talented but they went a little too far.''
Vermont agriculture is dependent on its pristine image and unfounded
rumors can be devastating, said Jason Aldous, a spokesman for the
Vermont Department of Agriculture.
``We are doing everything we can so we don't see hoof and mouth and
then see somebody do something like this is horrifying,'' Aldous said.
``We've seen what can happen with product scares in the past.''
Aldous said he felt the network's decisive handling of the hoax
prevented it from doing any damage.
``If people are quickly informed this is a hoax it shouldn't have any
impact at all,'' Aldous said.
The FNX Network broadcasts on stations in Boston, Providence, R.I.,
Manchester, N.H., and Portland, Maine.
Foot and mouth disease is spreading across Europe. The outbreak began
in the United Kingdom. It was traced to pig swill that may have
contained illegally imported meat.
Officials in North Carolina on Friday announced they were testing a
hog suspected of having the highly contagious disease. It poses no
health threat to humans.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Pete Kemp - kz1z@xxxxxxxx
MICHAEL BARR, STEVE FUTTERMAN and CCHERI PRESTON have joined ABC News
Radio effective immediately A news industry veteran of more than 21
years, Barr joins ABC News Radio in New York. Previously, Barr was a
news anchor and reporter for 14 years at WJR Radio, an ABC affiliate
station in Detroit, Michigan. Futterman, an award-winning radio news
reporter based in Los Angeles wherehe will be reporting for both ABC
News Radio and KABC Radio. Futterman is a seasoned veteran and has
worked at organizations such as Westwood One and CBS Radio and has
reported for the BBC, CBC, CNN and CNBC. Preston joins ABC News Radio
as an anchor/correspondent based in New York. Previously, Preston was
with WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the anchor of Wisconsin's Morning
News. (tnx to Shop Talk 3/27/01)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
***Greg Myers - tmyers01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there a definitive source on the web or otherwise providing info on
the various time signal stations? The 2000 WRTH is not very effective.
***Willi Passmann - dj6jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just do a search for Time signal at http://www.radio-portal.org
About 15 links related to that kind of stations.
***Lighthouse9564@xxxxxxx
I was asking myself the same question a few days ago so I went to
http://www.google.com and did a search for "JJY Tokyo" and many sites
turned up that listed many of the time stations. Here is one of them
that seemed to be useful because it tells you when each is supposed to
be on the air. http://www.iprimus.ca/~hepburnw/dx/time.htm
There were a few others that had extensive lists (such as ODXA and a
couple others) that did not inlude the times the stations were on the
air. (Not all time stations are on the air 24/7 like WWV, WWVH, CHU and
others.) Go to google.com and search for "JJY Tokyo" to see the other
listed sites.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Pete Kemp - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
'Dynamite Talk' Set to Blow Away Legendary WGAY
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 31, 2001; Page C03
Washington's ailing "Music of Your Life" finally dies on Monday,
clearing the way for "Dynamite Talk."
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications, which owns easy-listening
WGAY (1260 AM) and business WWRC (570 AM), will commence shuffling their
formats on Monday, as the company prepares to launch a new talk station.
According to Clear Channel, it will work like this:
* On Monday, 1260 AM will stop playing the unpopular, money-losing
music of your grandparents and begin simulcasting WWRC's business
programming for one week. This means the same business shows will be
heard on 570 and 1260.
* On April 9, 1260 AM will take on the call letters WWRC and its
business format.
* On the same day, 570 AM will begin life as a talk station -- WTNT,
calling itself "Dynamite Talk."
The WGAY call letters, a fixture on the Washington radio dial for
decades, will die along with the "Music of Your Life." Former WGAY
morning host Eddie Gallaher, who had helmed a Washington microphone
since 1947, retired in December, anticipating the station's demise.
WTNT's lineup of talk show hosts will be announced next week. They
will be a mix of syndicated and local hosts.
"It will be issue-oriented talk," says Bennett Zier, the Clear Channel
executive in charge of the company's eight Washington stations. "It will
be whatever's hot, whatever people are talking about that day -- it
could be politics, it could be lifestyle."
WTNT is a potential threat to news-talk WMAL (630 AM). Once the city's
powerhouse, the Disney-owned station has resided in the middle of the
ratings for years.
But John Butler, operations director at WMAL, says he'll wait to hear
WTNT before he starts worrying about losing listeners. His station, he
points out, tends to be more middle-of-the-road, aiming at 35- to 64-
year-old listeners.
If WTNT does edgier talk, sprinkled with sex and other risque topics,
it could be more of a threat to guy-talk WJFK (106.7 FM), which has
Howard Stern and the "Don & Mike Show."
WTNT will not enjoy the signal strength of other AMs, such as sports-
talk WTEM (980 AM) and all-news WTOP (1500 AM). And nighttime WTNT hosts
will face an additional struggle, as the 5,000-watt station powers down
to 1,000 watts from sundown to sunrise.
Clear Channel is also changing Jam'n Oldies (99.5 FM) next week to a
yet-to-be-announced music format.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
****Alf Årdal - alfardal@xxxxxxxxx
For those interested in daily updates from M Street,there is a 30 days
free access to M Street Daily! http://www.mstreet.net/pages/39476.asp
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
**Tony - WLMCBuzzed@xxxxxxx
Maybe I'm opening up one of those "strong parties on both sides"
debates, but I've been thinking about buying myself a Sony ICF
2010.....I've noticed alot of people on this list with one...I'm not too
sure on technical details, so I shall resort to this list for help.
Sorry if this email is a bit unsophisticated, I'm just 'getting started'
compared to most on this list.
As of right now, for DXing (which for me doesn't involve much more
than a radio and a Terk loop), I use any one of the following:
*GE SR3
*CCRadio
*Grundig Satellit 500
*Grundig Satellit 700
Would there be anything gained in my DXing adventures by buying a
2010, or am I pretty much covered with, say, the Satellit 700? Also, I
understand the "phones out" and "line out" of the 2010 are both Mono, is
this true? Aside from DX'ing, I usually use the 700 (with its Stereo
tape out) for airchecking FM while on the road....Also, the Satellit 700
is limited to a mere 4khz bandwidth when in "WIDE" mode...Does the 2010
have a wider "Wide" mode?
**Rick Kenneally - Wilton, CT - woodlandview@xxxxxxxxx
Outside of my grandmother's old console set, I've never used a Grundig
anything, so I can't offer any sort of comparison. I do, however, own 2
Sony 2010s and love them. Audio is not their strong point, and it is
not what I use them for. I believe you are right, that the audio
outputs are mono. Again, I don't use them for stereo listening.
What I do use them for is DX, and the synchronous detection/selectable
sideband feature is fantastic. It is tremendously effective at
improving reception in the midst of a crowded AM band.
The wide filter is indeed wide - too wide to be at all useful to a
DXer, and wide enough that a SWL will hear 5khz tones. But for
listening to AM locals, it's fine.
I installed the Kiwa wide filter modification, and it provided
slightly better selectivity than the stock narrow filter, with MUCH
better audio. I also installed the narrow filter, but screwed it up so
can't as yet comment on it.
There is some significant circuit noise in my older set, but the newer
one is quieter. Neither is as quiet or as selective as my old
Hammarlund HQ-180 when it was in top form, but the Sonys are
maintenance-free while the HQ-180 took constant care and feeding.
For sheer ability to copy stations under challenging circumstances, I
don't think you can beat the 2010 anywhere near its price range and
portability. Stop by your local Barnes & Noble and read the reviews in
either the World Radio and TV Handbook or, better yet, in Passport to
World Band Radio. Those are probablyyour best source of independent
review and comparison.
Also, there is an ICF2010 user group on Yahoo.
**David Hochfelder - hochfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I faced a similar decision in the fall about whether to buy the 2010.
I did so at the urging of several people on this list. Of course, I
didn't already have a Grundig Satellit. I think it works great, and the
synchronous detection and selectivity are both wonderful. I'm able to
pull in stuff adjacent to the New York City powerhouses 30 miles up the
road. I've also been very happy with the Kiwa Pocket Loop antenna,
although from what I've heard and read, Quantum makes a great AM DXing
antenna too. The downsides to the 2010: longwave doesn't do much,
although maybe that's more of an antenna and power line noise issue. I
also find that the knob tuning is not great; because it's digital it
doesn't have a continuous feel.
**Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
Get the Sony ICF-2010; even better, get it with the Kiwa filter
upgrade. The 2010 with Kiwa upgrade was my primary DX receiver for many
years. I cut my teeth on transatlantic DXing with the 2010. It was
even used at a Newfoundland DXpedition.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
The IRCA/DecalcoMania convention will be held on August 24-26 2001 at
the Best Western Airport Inn, 10232 Natural Bridge Rd, St Louis MO
63134. DecalcoMania member Mike Sanburn (PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA) is
your host (mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx). For reservations 1-800-872-0070 or
(314) 427-5955. Rates are $73/night (up to 4 people/room).
Registration is $35/person. Contact Mike for more information.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
The WTFDA Convention will be held on July 27-29 2001 at the Super 8
Lodge, 2773 Elder St, Boise ID 83705. Host is Frank Aden (4096 Marcia
Pl, Boise ID 82704 - N7SOK@xxxxxxx). For reservations (208) 344-8871
(mention Frank Aden). Rates are $62.10 (for a double). Registration is
$20.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA over Labor Day weekend.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary March 19 2001 through April 2 2001
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
3/19 147 19 5 low-mod unsettled-mis - 9
20 153 52 3 moderate quiet-mis - 7
21 159 7 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 1
22 183 13 3 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 8
23 180 20 2 low-mod quiet-active - 7
24 219 15 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 4
25 217 8 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 3
26 264 7 3 moderate quiet-unsettled - 1
27 273 17 2 moderate unsettled-mis - 5
28 274 25 5 moderate quiet-active - 7
29 262 22 2 high unsettled-mas - 5 flare
30 257 12 6 high active-ses - 10
3/31 246 131 5 high active-mas - 7
4/ 1 258 27 4 high unsettled-active - 7
4/ 2 228 20 2 high unsettled-mis - 7 flare
Back again - pb
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
"*" denotes that the tip/info/etc. came from the IRCA eGroup (used by
permission). Subscribe to the eGroup at http://www.egroups.com.
International Radio Club of America
"**" denotes that the following items were originally posted on the
AM@xxxxxxxxxxx list (used by permission). National Radio Club
"***" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the Hard
Core DX list.
"****" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the MWDX
list.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them
to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
END of 4/5/01 THE "AM DX NewsFlash"
_______________________________________________
Hard-Core-DX mailing list
Hard-Core-DX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
_______________________________________________
Copyright (c) Hard-Core-DX.com
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Text. A copy of the license is available in http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.txt.
All the other copyright notices are VOID.