Although I have yet to hear from anyone about my tenative catch of WBAJ
890 SC, I did get an email reply @ home, yesterday. It was indeed them.
Below is the reply. I have sent him a thankful reply to let him know
that some stations ignore DX'ers and that I was grateful that he took
the time. I mentioned that a DX'er in OR (Patrick) has verified over
3000 stations and that a DX'er in London Ontario (Rob Ross) logged WBAJ
just minutes before I did. I did smile at his weather comment.
JJR: Please delete the "t" from my 890 logging. It's New! :)
Merry Christams!
73,
Dave in Indy
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----- Original Message -----
From: FAMILY FIRST <mailto:wbaj_890am@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Dave Hascall <mailto:>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Reception?
Hello,
Thanks for your email!
You did indeed hear our station, WBAJ ("We Broadcast About Jesus"), 890
am (same frequency as WLS).
We are a daytime-only station, 50,000 watts, in Columbia, SC. We air
only religious talk shows, no music, and you heard part of the Joe Crews
show, where he gives his phone number (877-JOE-CREWS).
It's unusual that we can be heard in Indiana, given the close proximity
of WLS, but then we've heard from listeners all over the country and
around the world, too. We recently heard from a listener in Italy! It
all depends on weather conditions, as you know.
Thanks for listening!
Bob
WBAJ, 890 am
Columbia SC
-----Original Message-----
From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:05 AM
To: 'irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Cc: 'Robert Ross'
Subject: WBAJ 890 SC WAS RE: ULTRALIGHT DX....Sunset Skip...3 NEW ONES!!
I think that I also heard WBAJ 890 SC, late Saturday afternoon. I was
parking the car about 1710 EST and was hearing two stations. One was
WLS (obviously) but a strong preacher-type was even over them at times.
I kept hearing "call 877-Joe Cruz (Cruise, Crews or similar)." I'm not
sure if this was a promo or the start of one show and into another or
what. The program *may* have been "Amazing Facts" which fits their
schedule but I don't see anything about Joe whoever. Not much to go on.
However, I sent an email to some yahoo address Saturday night but no
reply, as of today.
So, unlike Willis, if someone wants to send me the CE or owners email or
forward this on for me, I'll take it. :) I' can't count it until I
know, for sure. If I'd been able to wait 5 or so more minutes, I might
have gotten the S/off. Sigh.
73,
Dave in Indy
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:56:42 -0500
From: Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DX....Sunset Skip...3 NEW ONES!!
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:
<4.3.2.7.2.20081213185616.00e23e58@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed
Hi Guys:
Well the propagation Gods have been good to me today....and have
showered me with 5 New Stations on ULR today....2 at Sunrise and 3
Tonight
at Sunset. Nice to finally end the Drought of the past week or so...and
get
back in the game again!!
3 New Ones for the ULR Log tonight...and 2 of these are NEW to the
OVERALL
LOG as well!! Also the first Logging was my 40th GRAVEYARDER Heard on
ULR
this year!! So...it looks like I'm going to qualify for the 40
GRAVEYARDERS
HEARD Award once it gets introduced by John Bryant shortly!!
Yippppeeee!!!!! (I've seen a Sneak Preview of this new award...and I
think
everyone in the ULR DX Community is gonna LIKE IT!!!)
Radio Used tonight was...SONY SRF-T615 with 2 1/2 Foot Homebrew Tuneable
Box Loop.
ULR LOG TOTALS are now...................575 Stations Heard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hope to spend lots of time tonight at the dials as I inch closer and
closer
to # 600 on ULR!!
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1340 WEKY Richmond, KY Dec/13/08 1527 EST EE FAIR
ID given by Male DJ with Multi City ID as..... 1550 WIRV, 1340 WEKY and
1500 WKXO" Also ID as "We're Goodtime Oldies" Into Oldies Music @ 1528.
Brief mention of the Kentucky Wildcats Football/Basketball??@ 1533 EST.
(This station is part of the Tri-Cities AM Network).
NEW STATION NEW ULR # 573 ULR GY STN # 40 1KW
ROSS, ONT.
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1480 WZRC New York, NY Dec/13/08 1615 EST CHINESE FAIR
Nale with Long Talk in CHINESE 1615-1620. Listed as Cantonese. Beaming
Southeast
No WHBC Heard...which is strange here!!
RELOG....NEW CALLS NEW ULR # 574 5 KW
ROSS, ONT.
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890 WBAJ Blythewood, SC Dec/13/08 1655 EST EE GOOD
In WLS NULL. Spot for a Church in Lexington, SC at Route 378 and
Interstate 20.
ID as "This is WBAJ Blythewood-Columbia". @ 1655 EST. Into Religious
talk by
Male preacher. Nice Signal in WLS Null.......
NEW STATION NEW ULR # 575 50 KW Days
ROSS, ONT.
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73.....ROB.
Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1
Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!
Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
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