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Re: [IRCA] 1550



As will the bearing I had the 2010 aligned for - aimed SW/NE.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Sat, 10/1/11, DXERak@xxxxxxx <DXERak@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: DXERak@xxxxxxx <DXERak@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1550
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 10:17 AM
> Russ, my experience is that they do
> frequent "Avenue 1550" and/or "Timeless 
>  Cool" ID's, plus frequent PSA's for Lake Geneva
> organizations. They  don't 
> do well here at night, even at the short distance of 
> 59 miles, because of 
> their directional pattern (probably developed at least
> in  part to protect 
> the older WHIT). Their pattern is directed 
> northeast/southwest, probably 
> accounting for how well Rick Dau hears them in  South
> Omaha. It may handicap 
> your ability to hear them in Philadelphia.
>  
> 1550 is a real jungle here at night, and I don't think that
> is going to  
> change with the demise of CBE-- maybe it will even
> intensify.
> 73     Bill Dvorak 
>    Madison  WI  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 10/1/2011 8:43:48 A.M. Central Daylight
> Time,  
> wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> writes:
> 
> Thanks -  Sounds as if "Whiter Shade of Pale" wouldn't
> have been them. Joni 
> Mitchell  maybe. Some said the latter was CBE. The two
> SS stations and CT 
> were all  stronger than the rest, so I don't expect to
> get much aside from 
> matching up  music.
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
> Grid  FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/  APS9B @15';
> Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's  barefoot
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/1/11, DXERak@xxxxxxx
> <DXERak@xxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> > From: DXERak@xxxxxxx
> <DXERak@xxxxxxx>
> >  Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1550
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date:  Saturday, October 1, 2011, 9:20 AM
> > When you review your tapes, Russ,  I
> > would suggest you concentrate  on WZRK.
> >  
> >  I have seen a handful of DXers on this and the
> NRC list
> > suggest that  they  
> > might have heard WHIT 1550 last night. This station
> is  a
> > daytimer with an 
> > oldies  format, licensed to Madison  WI. As
> one who
> > lives in Madison and spent 
> > much  of the  night parked on 1550, I can
> state with
> > 100% certainty that they  
> > were  not on the air last night.
> >  
> > WZRK  Lake Geneva WI has a night authorization of
> one watt.
> > I know for   a 
> > fact that previous owners signed off at sunset because
> they
> >  deemed the tiny  
> > power too little to bother with. The present 
> ownership not
> > only stays on all  
> > night, but apparently  does so at the full
> daytime power of
> > 1000 watts (or 
> > at   least a good fraction thereof). As
> a result, they
> > are frequently   
> > reported over a wide area.
> >  
> > BTW, WZRK's format  is not oldies. The station
> describes the
> > format thusly:   
> >  
> > “Radio station Avenue 1550 (WZRK) serves Lake
> Geneva  with
> > Timeless Cool  
> > Music. It’s easy to listen to, but  not easy
> listening.
> > With music from Ray  
> > Charles, Ella  Fitzgerald, Steely Dan, Billie
> Holiday and
> > Van Morrison, it's 
> >  the  mix you have been looking for on your
> radio."
> > 73   Bill  Dvorak 
> >    Madison  WI
> > 
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 10/1/2011  7:13:59 A.M.
> Central Daylight
> > Time,  
> >  wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> > writes:
> > 
> > I ran  recordings last  night aimed more or
> less
> > southwest. I had 2 SS 
> > stations,  but  well after others reported
> KXEL going
> > to Brother Stair. One  was 
> > WDLR as I did  hear the regional Mexican and
> "Que
> >  Buena".
> > 
> > One of the SS stations had a  choral anthem
> f  some
> > sort @ 0000. Later one 
> > had repeated whistles  sounding  like the
> call to the
> > hounds in fox hunting. 
> >  This used to be typical to some  sort of LA
> station
> > years  back.
> > 
> > I also had a fairly strong WSDK-CT with 
> religion  and
> > SRN news.
> > 
> > Only bits and pieces of CBE heard based  on the 
> > reports of others. I had 
> > both the Joni Mitchell  song and the "Whiter
> Shade of 
> > Pale" but couldn't tell 
> >  who that was, and reading the posts suggests
> there
> > was  confusion  from 
> > others bewteen CBE and someone else.
> > 
> > Both WZRK  and WHIT  are needed here, so
> I'll go back
> > and try to match up my  
> > recordings with what's  been reported to see if I
> can
> >  pull anything out.
> > 
> > Any help on the SS  mentioned above  would
> be
> > appreciated, and I can supply 
> > a recording of  the  anthem and the whistles
> if needed.
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Russ Edmunds
> > 15 mi NNW of  Philadelphia  
> >  Grid FN20id
> > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > FM: Yamaha  T-80  & Onkyo T-450RDS w/
> APS9B @15';
> > Grundig G8
> > AM:   Modified Sony  ICF
> 2010's  barefoot
> > 
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