Re: [IRCA] CBC radio one on 540Kc
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Re: [IRCA] CBC radio one on 540Kc



Willis,
You think CBC is tough to deal with IDing - the suggestion of getting local content is a good one. Here at the Nfld DXpedition, we hear tons of stations from Spanish network, sometimes two ir three deep, echoing like mad, and when you have multiple of, say COPE, or SER, or RN1 stations all on one channel, and like me you don't understand Spanish beyond a few words, you are truly challenged. I have not heard CBC NF from Ontario in many years, and I hear CBK a lot. I think for you it would take either incredible conditions to the Canadian maritimes, or a well-laid-out, directional and terminated longwire. I'll put it another way - we do not have a wire pointed at TN and I have not heard 650 WSM. (Mind you, I did last year using a loop, but then again up here on The Rock you could hear everythging if you had the time. I had 1200 WOAI TX the other night on an ultralight. One of our gang had India 1566 on a Sangean ULR.
Saul

From: Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] CBC radio one on 540Kc
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:41:53 -0800

At 09:30 PM 11/16/2008, you wrote:
>At 0010 on 17 November 2008, I am monitoring 540Kc. I hear nice music of a jazz (sort of) piano.
>
>There is a break in the music, and the announcement, "This is CBC radio one." >As we all know, Canada will not give there call letters but once in a blus moon, or never.
>
>How does a person determine which station it is?
>540 CBT GRAND FALLS NL 10000 10000 NDA VARIETY CBC RADIO ONE
>540 CBK REGINA SK 50000 50000 NDA VARIETY CBC RADIO ONE
>
>These are the only stations that I can find listed that are CBC radio one
>
>
>Willis
>Old Fort, TN
>_______________________________________________


Willis, what you need to do is listen just before or just after the news. They'll announce local weather, for instance, or FM frequencies frequently for neighbouring towns. The national feed of the news will the same everywhere. You heard, without a doubt, CBK which gets out really well. I doubt with 99.9% certainty that it was CBT......Walt. PS: We also have a few 40 watters on this frequency as well, often heard in Victoria (and Patrick on the Oregon coast)...that is CBXQ Ucluelet, BC on the west side of Vancouver Island.


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