Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe I should put together a short tip list/guide with audio for AFN. I'm
not an expert but I've learned a bit and audio always helps another Dxer.

Paul


On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:19 AM Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Agree, Paul, that AFN has a very distinctive style.  1575 has virtually
>
> identical style to 810, the 2 frequencies I've often heard.  PSAs are very
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> common.  In country advice.  Network feeds galour for commercial networks,
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> which is what most often I hear (over night programming).   73,...Walt
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>
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> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
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> walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > AFN's Eagle stations are easy to identify. Coming out of a public service
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> > announcement break (they dont run commercials!) They will have a liner
> by a
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> > rock n roll sounding guy that says "AFN The Eagle, Serving America's
> Best".
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> > They play current hit/pop music and there's a liner between every 3 songs
>
> > usually, sometimes too, mentioning AFN or The Eagle. No specific station
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> > name, frequency or slogan is mentioned in the liners when the station is
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> > running automated programming with no live dj.
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> >
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> > Paul
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> >
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> > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> >
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> > > Chris,
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Thanks for the update on 1440. Maybe a possibility here, but too bad it
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> > is
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> > > co channel with JOWF. As I mentioned, I have tried for any AFN Korean
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> > > station for decades without any luck. It is also possible than one
> could
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> > > have been in the jumble, without knowing it with good openings to the
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> > FE. I
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> > > have heard a jumble on many splits through the years with several
> Chinese
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> > > stations on a single frequency, so anything is possible. But nothing to
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> > ID
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> > > anything that even sounded like an AFN station.
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Patrick
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > ________________________________
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> > > From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Chris Kadlec <
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> > > beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 7:15 AM
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> > > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
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> > >
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> > > Patrick,
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> > >
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> > > I think they're correct about Korea anyway. Japan could be another
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> > story. I
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> > > wholly believe that AFN on 1440 Daegu is running a full 5kw. They
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> > upgraded
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> > > their equipment back in May when they moved from the very-occupied 1080
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> > > frequency (Seoul was on there jamming as well as MBC Yeosu and 1500kw
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> > Haeju
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> > > just outside of metro Seoul and the list goes on) and when they came on
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> > > 1440, they had a very good signal, far, far better than the 10 and 20kw
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> > > stations half the distance from Seoul that are inaudible, many having
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> > gone
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> > > to much lower power due to lack of listeners, as is the Korean norm
> these
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> > > days for non-government (KBS) stations.
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> > >
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> > > 1575 is a regular in Seoul and comes in like a 1kw station once VOA
> turns
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> > > off. It wouldn't compare to the other Japanese 5kw stations that have
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> > clear
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> > > signals from down there. I've never heard 810 before because of locals
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> > and
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> > > Hangzhou is 150kw. 648 is certainly 10kw. I could hear that regularly
> in
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> > > Seoul from nearly 800 miles out.
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> > >
>
> > > And the document mentions authorized power of course, not actual. 3kw
> on
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> > > the
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> > > USAG Humphreys' FM signal ain't happening. I lived 7 miles from that
>
> > tower
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> > > which bleeds like mad into the adjacent 88.5 Osan 8 miles from the
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> > > Humphreys' tower on 88.3. 88.3 isn't running 3kw but the standard 50w
> or
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> > > so,
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> > > and they both get out a good 40 miles at that. But you take the info
> you
>
> > > can
>
> > > get!!
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> > >
>
> > > -Chris Kadlec
>
> > >  Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 06:15:37 +0000
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> > > > From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
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> > > >
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> > > > DX friends in Korea tell me that none of the Korean  AFN stations are
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> > > > running a full 5 KW, (As some are listed),as they just do not have
> that
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> > > > good a signal. The towers are short and they just do not have much
>
> > > > coverage. I tried for years to nab one, but no luck here as yet. One
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> > Dxer
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> > > > said some years back, that he never heard any when he was in Japan.
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> > Their
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> > > > ground system probably leaves a lot to be desired. I have heard
>
> > AFN-810,
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> > > > 648, and 1575 (Japan), as well as  AFTRS 1550 (Now 810) and several
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> > AFRTS
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> > > > outlets from Taiwan in the 60s (1560-1570).
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > > Patrick
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > > Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
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> > >
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