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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - October 10 1995
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CPC DX tests summary
For anyone interested, here's a reminder of upcoming DX tests from IRCA and
NRC. If anyone has any additions or corrections, please contact me.
Please note: Also, the QSL addresses for these stations are posted in
rec.radio.shortwave.
Saturday, October 14, 1995 - KID-590, Idaho Falls, ID 2:00-3:00 am EDT. (IRCA)
Monday, October 23, 1995 - WDJL-1000, Huntsville, AL 2:00-2:30 am EDT. (IRCA)
Monday, October 23, 1995 - WAMR-1320, Venice, FL 3:00-4:00 am EDT. (IRCA)
Monday, October 30, 1995 - KFAY-1030, Fayetteville, AR 3:00-4:00 am EST. (IRCA)
Saturday, October 28, 1995 - KREW-1210, Sunnyside, WA 3:30-4:00 am EDT. (NRC)
Monday, November 6, 1995 - WSEZ-1560, Paoli, IN 1:00-1:30 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, November 13, 1995 - WVAM-1430, Altoona, PA 1:30-2:00 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, November 13, 1995 - KNXN-1470, Sierra Vista, AZ 2:00-2:30 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, November 20, 1995 - WOON-1240, Woonsocket, RI 1:00-2:00 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, November 20, 1995 - KLCL-1470, Westlake, LA 3:30-4:00 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, November 27, 1995 - WJYM-730, Perrysburg, OH 12:00-12:30 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, December 11, 1995 - WPWA-1590, Aston, PA 12:00-12:30 am EST. (IRCA)
Monday, December 18, 1995 - WCGW-770, Versailles, KY 1:00-1:30 am EST. (IRCA)
Please remember, what's listed as being on, say, Monday *may* be what you
consider Sunday night!
If you try for (or hear) any of these tests, PLEASE post a message letting me
know! Also, for brevity's sake, I didn't post the QSL addresses; if you need
these, let me know!
Lynn Hollerman - Huntsville AL - Ircacpc@xxxxxxx
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Following local stations are off the air, due to Hurricane Opal.
1340 WFSH Niceville
1400 WFAV Ft Walton Beach
1460 WZEP Defuniak Springs.
That last had scheduled to test tonight. I believe it'll be a no show. Some
areas here are a real mess. This is list is not all inclusive, as I think a
couple of other area stations are off, but haven't done a full survey yet.
Gerry Bishop - Niceville, FL - GerryB4991@xxxxxxx
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KFIR 720, Sweet Home, OR is on. First noted yesterday, 09/28/95. There goes my
mid-winter daytime loggings of KDWN!
Guy Kudlemyer - Springfield OR - gwkuddles@xxxxxxx
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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One DX catch for the next NewsFlash, and some DX Test info...
Sunday, Oct. 1, roughly 1730 CDT, while driving around Ashland City, Tenn.,
someone's soul oldies were trying to override local WLAC-1510. After a few
seconds, they succeeded -- and began signing off. WWHN-1510 Joliet, Illinois,
with a partial-data signoff and an excellent signal. Probably possible only
because WLAC goes to night pattern (which favors the south) early in the
beginning of the month..
Doug Smith - 72777.3143@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This from HCJB's Frequency Manager, Richard McVicar ----
Greetings from up in the Andes:
As mentioned on DX Partyline last weekend, we are excited to announce that
we'll be airing MONTHLY DX tests on 690 kHz for the next year. Each test will
be 15 minutes in length and will include plenty of Morse code and other unique
items. All tests have to be aired sometime between 0504 UTC and 0820 UTC,
when there is no regular programming going out on 690 kHz.
I've tried to time the tests so that each one corresponds with a sunrise or
sunset either in Europe, the South Pacific, Japan or eastern Canada. In most
cases, I just let the terminator take its natural seasonal course and left the
time alone. Except for this weekend's test, the other ones will all take
place UTC Sunday in order to give DXers a chance to set up a longwire on
Saturday.
Correct reports for these tests are verified with a special 690 kHz QSL card.
In order that your QSL will be truly valuable, I'm being really fussy and
unreasonable about details. If you hear code, you need to report exactly when
you heard it and what characters you heard. Tape recordings are welcome but
tapes can not be returned.
Please send reports (with one IRC or first class postage in U.S. or Canadian
stamps) to:
690 DX Test
c/o English Language Service
HCJB
Casilla 17-17-691
Quito
Ecuador
Here is the schedule. We'll do our best to stick to it but there may be a
change now and then. Any changes will be announced on DX Partyline and The
Latest Catch.
All times and dates are in UTC.
October 7, 1995 0600-0615
November 5, 1995 0600-0615
December 3, 1995 0600-0615
January 7, 1996 0800-0815
February 4, 1996 0600-0615
March 3, 1996 0600-0615
April 7, 1996 0515-0530
May 5, 1996 0545-0600
June 2, 1996 0600-0615
July 7, 1996 0800-0815
August 4, 1996 0600-0615
September 1, 1996 0515-0530
Have fun! We'll be looking forward to your report.
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Regret to say I've been a little busy this week to DX, something about a storm
coming through. You may have heard of it. Here's the current status of local
radio, as best I can tell, as of 9:15 a.m., CDT, October 8, 1995.
WFSH 1340 Niceville, was off from sometime Wed, Oct 4, until midday, Oct 7.
Now on and operating with normal programming.
WFAV 1400 Ft Walton Beach went off Wed, Oct 4, and has not yet returned. This
may be power related or there may be damage. I have not been to FWB yet, and
am loathe to bother anybody still trying to recover with questions about how
it's going. (I know firsthand the aggravation of well-meaning friends calling
in the middle of cleanup, interrupting the ongoing work yet again.)
WFTW 1260 Ft Walton Beach was still on as we cleared the signal area Wed
(10/4), and we found them on upon return Friday. If they ever went off, I
have no evidence. This station is part of the emergency broadcast system
locally, and has generators. It is possible they rode it out without problem.
WZEP 1460 Defuniak Springs was off 10/6 and the morning of 10/7. I don't
think the scheduled test took place, but frankly didn't try.
All other Okaloosa and Walton county stations were off only briefly, if at
all. None of the silents (e.g. WCNU 1010, WBZR 1120) remained silent.
DX tests:
WOBL 1320 Oberlin OH. Did not try. Was still looking for a motel room at
that point. (Finally got a room in Ocala, a long way away from here.)
KLZ 560 Denver. Nothing heard. Gave it maximum effort, but this one got
away.
Lost the outdoor antenna in the hurricane, but overall damage here was
minimal. I see the bright side, in that I have at least a cord of oak for the
fireplace on hand that was in the tree until Wednesday afternoon, and just a
few shingles will need replacing. The lights are back on, the water is
running, and most important, all our friends and neighbors here are safe and
their homes are habitable. I'll have a new antenna up late this afternoon,
and be back on the dials tonight. Time to get the gloves on and go to work
around the neighborhood, there are still a lot of trees to clear and trash to
collect.
73s
Gerry Bishop - Niceville, FL - GerryB4991@xxxxxxx
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[Ponder-TX] Stephen H. Ponder, Houston, TX; Realistic 12-655 TRF,
Toshiba RP-F11, Magnavox D-1875, Shotgun Loop
email: n5wbishp@xxxxxxxxxx
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TRANS-PACIFIC DX
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PAN-AMERICAN DX
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580 MEXICO XEMU Piedras Negras, OCT 01 0218-0301 - Extremely strong
signals with numerous "La Rancherita del Aire" ID's (both live and
taped), also spots for Coca-Cola "Siempre Coca-Cola" and "Casablanca
en Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico"; heard a complete ID in both
Spanish and English at 0258, "Esta es XEMU, la Rancherita del Aire, el
nuevo impulso ... communicacion santania ... 580 kilohertz 5000 watts
de potencia en Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico" and "You are listening
to Radio Station XEMU, Country Girl of the Air, Post Office Box 196,
Eagle Pass, Texas, 78852"
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB3 Bonaire, SEP 30 0145 with "Trans-World
Radio" ID and religious programming. Good signals, even with splash
from local KKBQ-790
890 CUBA CMHB Camaguey, SEP 30 0219 with "En Radio Progreso, la onda
alegria" ID by male announcer, time check, and into talk show with
female announcer
970 MEXICO XEO Matamoros, OCT 1 2232-2306 with numerous "Radio Gallito"
and "XEO" ID's, good ID at 2257 "Escuchando Radio Gallito en estereo,
canal 970, Matamoros." No sign of usual co-channel KIXL, but some
splash from KMPQ-980 in Rosenberg; male announcer gave Matamoros area
weather at 2305, then into "Concierto para la Amorado" at 2306
1500 MEXICO XEAI Mexico City, OCT 8 0321-0404 with numerous numerous "Radio
A-I" station ID's, clear ID at 0333 "Desde la Ciudad de Mexico
transmite con 50 mil watts de potencia XEAI Radio A-I 1500 kilohertz
amplitud modulada una emisora de la Organizacion Radio Formula con los
estudios en Privada del Horacio numero 10 en la Colonia Polanco ...
Radio A-I la Capital de la musica tropical." Heard on two consecutive
nights, strong signals each night. Second good ID at 0403, same one as
0333
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DXPEDITION LOGGINGS Oct. 7-8 - gatkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Guy Atkins
Grayland Beach State Park, WA
Antennas: 175 ft. @ 270 degrees, 200 ft. at 250 degrees, and 500 ft. at 220
degrees
Receiver: Lowe HF-225E Europa
COMMENTS: What a difference a year can make in a wet climate! The brush and
undergrowth have increased phenomenally at this coastal location. Even my
stomach-crawling guerilla tactics were no match for the impenetrable wall of
antenna-defying greenery. The only direction that I could run a short
Beverage was south-southwest, aimed to the east of New Zealand. The much
shorter randomwires had little directionality at MW and tropical band
frequencies, but at least they were pointed in my favorite DX directions.
Trans-Pacific mediumwave conditions on 10/7 favored a trans-equatorial path,
but the following evening was almost totally Japan. From 1330-1430 UTC, the
band was utterly filled with Japanese talk and music on split-frequencies.
There was no way I could DX them all! The high point of tropical band DX was
Kenya and other East Africans on the AM longpath, more than one hour past
local sunrise.
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MEDIUMWAVE
AUSTRALIA: 540, 1325-1331, 4QL Longreach. Probably this one with interview
and weather rpt. Mentions of "ABC Radio". 10/8
612, 1445-1448, 4QR Brisbane. M tk. about sports. Poor-fair. 10/7
702, 1020-1022, 2BL Sydney likely here with M/F tk, instr. mx. Fair with
quick fade, but improved to good at 1205 recheck. 10/7-8
774, 1403-1412, 3BL Melbourne. ABC nx about Indonesian earthquake & other
items. Melbourne Wildcats sports team report. Good level, with unid.
co-channel station. 10/7
828(t), 1245-1250, tentatively 4GC Charters Towers. Folk mx and M announcer
with Aussie-accent EE. Fading slowly up and down. 10/7
HAWAII: 850, 0550-0555, KHLO Hilo. Powerhouse signal of high school football
game; ads for Hilo businesses. 10/7
JAPAN: 666, 1336-1337, JOBK Osaka. Fair with radio play or JJ drama. 10/8
675, 1339-1340, Unid. with JJ tk and classical JJ mx. Possibly JOUG or
JOVK. Weak! 10/8
693, 1341-1344, JOAB Tokyo. JJ talk with NHK2 program and fair-gd signal.
//747 10/8
720, 1350-1352, Unid. M & W with JJ tk. Fair-gd level; possibly JOIL in
Kitakyushu. 10/8
738, 1352-1355, likely JOLR Toyama with interview. Chinese lang. tk heard
in background as well as Aussie-accent EE (2NR Grafton). Fair-gd. 10/8
747, 1356-1403, JOIB Sapporo. Good, with JJ tk and mx. //693 NHK2 program.
NHK ID at 1358. 3+1 TPs at 1400 with EE "NHK Overseas Radio" ID. Into Radio
Japan nx in EE. 10/8
774, 1113-1115, JOUB Akita heard on 10/7 with M in JJ battling it out with
co-channel 3LO Melbourne, Australia. Fair-gd. Heard 10/8 at 1406 with nx in
EE, very strong near-local quality signal at S-7! Noted //693 & //747. Faint
unid. Asian station occ. heard in background.
828, 1417-1418, JOBB Osaka. Good level with apparent reading of list or
report in JJ. NHK2 program //774. 10/8
873, 1422-1424, JOGB Kumamoto. M tk in JJ, //774 NHK2. Fair on 10/8
918, 1435-1438, Unid. JJ station. 5 smaller outlets shown in WRTH.
Coca-Cola ads and lively announcers... sounded like a teeny-bopper station.
Fair level. 10/8
927, 1440-1442, Unid. station with tk in JJ. Fair; JOFG Fukui or JOKG Kofu
likely. 10/8
954, 1444-1446, JOKR Tokyo. Very strong signal with JJ rock and roll mx.
This station when audible is always good for interesting contemporary JJ mx.
10/8
1134, 1420-1426, JOQR Tokyo. JJ pop mx to 1425 ID jingle "JOQR" and again
at 1427 "JOQR, Music Countdown Radio". Exciteable W announcer. Very good
signal level. 10/8
KIRIBATI: 846, 0713-0717, T3K1. W in Kiribatese lang. Some fading, but
overall fair-good signal when in. 9825 SW frequency not heard either night. 10/7
TAHITI: 738, 0450-0500, RFO Tahiti. W in Polynesian lang; poor signal. Heard
much better 10/8 with island mx at 0430. 10/7-8
TONGA: 1017, 0646-0700, A3Z Nuku A'lofa. W in Tongan; fair. Good signal at
0735 with a capella native mx. 10/7
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END of October 10 1995 "AM DX NewsFlash" phil_bytheway@xxxxxxx
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