Re: [IRCA] The expanded band turns 15

[Steve Francis <amdxmail@xxxxxxx>]

The most recent US X-banders all seem to have taken to the air in 2003.

KHPY-1670  Moreno Valley, CA  January
KTFH-1680  Seattle, WA   testing beginning in March, regular sked in June
WTNI-1640  Biloxi, MS  April

Then *five* in the last four months of the year, as if some kind of final deadline is trying to be beaten:

WSWK-1690  Adel, GA  September
WRLL-1690  Berwyn, IL  October
KMMZ-1640  Enid, OK   testing beginning in November, regular sked in December
WBHE-1660  Charlotte, NC  December
KBIV-1650  El Paso, TX  December

Major city changes since '03 involving getting closer to Pensacola on 1620 and Atlanta on 1690, but these are still the latest 100% new ones.  

Remember how the FCC said that the expanded band station would always carry the same city-of-license as the parent station?  Yet we have Gulf Breeze, West Sacramento, Fox Farm, Torrance, Jersey City, Canovanas, Dry Branch, Ada, Lindenwold, Avondale Estates, Berwyn and Richardson!

This of course is nothing compared to the "requirement" that one license or the other would have to be surrendered after the X-bander had been broadcasting for five years.  Some did (WVMI-570 Biloxi turned in a groundwave goldmine), some didn't.  It beats me.

Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee



-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Martin <martin-doug@xxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 5:43 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] The expanded band turns 15


    Here in my apartment with horrible electrical noise, dx has been almost 
onexistent this season.  How I have several questions regarding the x-band 
tations.What are the most recent u.s. stations to come on the air? 
hatever happened to the proposed stations in Farmington NM, and 
arrisonburg Va?  Also, whatever happened to the Tijuana station on 1630?
hanks,
oug Martin


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