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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - January 23 1998
Vol 3 No 43
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CPC DX tests summary
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Bill Hale - 6124 Roaring Springs Dr, N Richland Hills TX 76180-5552
phantom2@xxxxxxxx
Bill has volunteered to be the CPC chairman for the NRC. Right now
Bill is looking for target station lists and stamps or money to help
get the lists worked on.
Lynn Hollerman - gmholler@xxxxxxxxxx
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to
the trouble to run a test!
Saturday, January 24, 1998 - WHNZ-570, St. Petersburg, FL 8:00pm-??
EST.
Saturday, January 31, 1998 - WVNS-670, Claremont, VA will conduct a
DX test at 20,000 watts daytime power between 12:00 & 2:00 AM EST. The
test will include tones, code, and voice IDs. Reception reports may be
sent to:
Mr. Pat Murphy
WVNS-AM
410 Briar Hill Road
Norfolk, VA 23502
(Note: Prepaid (not collect) phone calls will be taken at
(757)461-6767.) (Arranged by Pat Murphy & Dave Schmidt)
Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or the
newsgroup! And, if you send a reception report to a station, please
remember to include return postage with your report...
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HOT STUFF
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Kent Winrich - kwin@xxxxxxxxxx
Confirmation from WTDY that they WILL start testing on February 1, and
be full time by Feb 15.
The new transmitter is being installed as we speak.
Glenn Gardner the Operations manager left me a voice mail with the
above information and said that they would be most interested in
receiving reception reports. You can address your reports to him at:
WTDY
PO Box 2058
Madison, WI 53701
Just talked to the Operations Manager at WTDY (1480) Madison, WI. He
says they are still on track for an after midnight testing the 1670
facility starting Feb 1 and that he WILL let me know the exact schedule
as we get closer.
Please look on my web site http://www.execpc.com/~kwin/radio.html for
any updates of schedules.
He also mentioned that the 1670 will have the calls WTDY, and 1480 will
have the call WTDI.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Apparently KPAM-860 is now on nights as on 1/22. The signal here on the
Northern Oregon coast is fair, buried mostly in the jumble. If this is
their signal, it wont be any problem here. They are supposed to be
directional to the SW with 5KW.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Mark Connelly - wa1ion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1997
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.021 W / 41.713 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.20 W / 41.65 N)
(Windmill Beach: River St. at Willow St.)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems - MFJ-1024 whip, RL-1 remotely-tuned loop, SCC-1
single-channel controller, Superphaser-1
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
153 ALGERIA, Bechar, JAN 3 0352 - Koranic male vocal; loud &
dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
162 FRANCE, Allouis, JAN 3 0353 - FF talk by woman, then folk- style
guitar & vocal; loud. [Connelly*H-MA]
177 GERMANY, Oranienburg, JAN 3 0354 - good with man & woman in GG.
[Connelly*H-MA]
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, JAN 3 0355 - FF C&W-style male vocal;
local-like. [Connelly*H-MA]
189 ICELAND, RUV, Gufuskalar, JAN 3 0355 - Elvis Presley's version of
"Silent Night"; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., JAN 3 0356 - EE discussion
mentioning extremely hot weather in Australia. Comments were
made about the history of droughts and monsoons. [Connelly*H-MA]
207 MOROCCO, Azilal, JAN 3 0357 - AA male vocal; dominant over "QI"
beacon. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2140 - AA Koranic male a cappella vocal (// 594); fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
216 FRANCE, R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules, JAN 3 0357 - FF male talked
about world news events, weather in several European cities.
[Connelly*H-MA]
234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, JAN 3 0359 - song "Walk Away Renee" (not
the original Left Banke version), then man in FF; loud.
[Connelly*H-MA]
252 IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Kilmessan, JAN 3 0400 - soul / dance music
followed by a John Lennon vocal (no talk between songs).
[Connelly*H-MA]
270 CZECH REPUBLIC, Uherske-Hradiste, JAN 3 0401 - news by man in a
Slavic language; atop a second station which had piano music.
[Connelly*H-MA]
531 ALGERIA, Ain-El-Beida, JAN 3 0407 - // 549 with woman in AA; over
two others. [Connelly*H-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, JAN 3 0408 - AA news by woman; local-like.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2323 - male AA vocal, full orchestra; huge signal.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JAN 3 0408 - // 585 with man in SS; good,
over second station suspected to be Portugal.
+ JAN 3 0526 - man in SS; loud ! [Connelly*H-MA]
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, JAN 3 0410 - EE talk, C&W / folk
male vocal with piano accompaniment; over Spain.
+ JAN 3 0544 - female version of the nostalgic song "Beautiful
Dreamer"; excellent at S9+35: blasting in. [Connelly*H-MA]
576 ALGERIA, Bechar, JAN 3 0525 - // 549 with AA vocal and a
mandolin-like instrument; mixed with Spain and another.
[Connelly*H-MA]
576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, JAN 3 0411 - // 585 with operatic female
vocal; fair, over other. [Connelly*H-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, JAN 3 0411 - // 576 & others with SS
operatic vocal; HUGE ! [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2146 - SS teletalk; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
594 MOROCCO, Oujda, JAN 3 2140 - // 207 with Koranic a cappella
vocal; good with WEZE-590 nulled. Slight het noted from
Dominica - 595. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JAN 3 0519 - SS telephone
interview // 621; good to excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 IRELAND, Athlone, JAN 3 0415 - EE vocal, evenly mixing with
Morocco at the time. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, JAN 3 0418 - AA talk now atop; super-loud,
pushing Ireland well into the background.
+ JAN 3 0517 - man with AA talk; almost pinning the Drake R8A
S-meter ! [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2145 - fast AA talk by woman; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JAN 3 0418 - // to 585
with showtune-style vocal; just slightly over other station.
[Connelly*H-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., JAN 3 0420 - // 585 with male SS
showtune-style vocal; getting through slop from very strong
CBN-640 (classical music). [Connelly*H-MA]
648 SPAIN, RNE1, Badajoz et al., JAN 3 0421 - // 774 with a
Cuban-influenced jazz SS vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, JAN 3 0422 - // 774 with SS talk by man;
poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
675 unID, JAN 3 0425 - AA male vocal here instead of expected
Holland. On exactly 675.0, not 674 as noted previously from
Libya. There are several possibilities, but I couldn't find any
definite parallels. Ramadan in progress, so perhaps something
on an extended operating schedule. [Connelly*H-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, JAN 3 0428 - Moorish SS (AA- influenced)
folk group vocal; excellent.
+ JAN 3 0703 - still LOUD (at 2.03 a.m. local) with SS news.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2155 - SS talkshow; excellent with WRKO phased.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, JAN 3 2156 - PP "futebol" game or
game excerpts. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JAN 3 0515 - bits of man in SS // 684; in
messy mix with UK & Azores. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., JAN 3 0429 - EE talk
including an interview with a US-accented man; just over two
others (Azores, Spain ?). [Connelly*H-MA]
711.05 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, JAN 3 0512 - // Morocco-612 with AA
speech by man, AA violins, more talk; HUGE, completely killing
WOR. [Connelly*H-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., JAN 3 0448 - // 585 & others with man
in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, JAN 3 0448 - // 585 with man in SS; good.
Some CHCM slop (bearing to this is about the same).
[Connelly*H-MA]
747 BURKINA FASO, Ouagadougou, JAN 3 2203 - // 4815 with FF news; in
jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, JAN 3 2202 - SS news by woman; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, JAN 3 2201 - LOUD with compressed-audio music,
then woman said "Ici Senegal". News by man in FF followed.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, JAN 3 0346 - modern-era symphonic
music; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JAN 3 0347 - SS talk, then
electronically-synthesized version of the introduction to
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; excellent. SAH from Egypt under.
[Connelly*H-MA]
783 SPAIN, COPE, Barcelona, JAN 3 0452 - // 837 with man & woman in
SS; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
792 SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, JAN 3 0500 - // 1044 with SS news; poor, in
mix with other. [Connelly*H-MA]
801 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JAN 3 0503 - // 774 with SS news by woman;
poor to fair over other, in some CHRC (FF) slop with CJAD/CKLW
in cardioid phase null. [Connelly*H-MA]
837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, JAN 3 2355 - man & woman in PP;
over Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JAN 3 0452 - man & woman
in SS // 783; fair, over others. [Connelly*H-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., JAN 3 2350 - good with man in SS.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, JAN 3 2346 - fast SS talk by man &
woman; slopped by WCBS & YVYM. [Connelly*H-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, JAN 3 0700 - AA folk-style vocal with guitar,
then AA talk by man; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, JAN 3 2232 - tropical-style SS female
vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, JAN 3 2230 - woman in PP; poor
to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, JAN 4 0042 - AA group vocal & instrumentation,
possibly on extended schedule for Ramadan. [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, JAN 4 0010 - SS newstalk by man; through
CKBW slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1008 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, JAN 4 0011
- calm SS talk by man; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, JAN 3 2222 - woman in SS; in WBZ slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, JAN 3 2222 - AA/Berber music; coming up
over Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, JAN 3 0500 - pips, Cadena SER ID, SS news;
over other. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JAN 3 2218 - SER SS talk by man & woman - operatic music
excerpts followed by discussions of the performances -
excellent, over Morocco. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1053 MOROCCO, Tanger, JAN 3 2217 - // 612 with man & woman in AA; in
mess, slightly over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JAN 3 2212 - EE teletalk;
fair, jumpy fades. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, JAN 3 2207 - dominant with
man & woman in SS. There was something Greek or Middle Eastern
sounding in the background. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, JAN 3 0435 - SS teletalk; atop Virgin R.,
UK. [Connelly*H-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, JAN 3 1910 - het and bits of audio on
the car radio more than 2 hours before sunset. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, JAN 3 2325 - light pop / soul vocal;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JAN 3 2148 - high- energy
soca dance music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
570 CUBA, R. Reloj, JAN 3 2322 - Reloj program (SS news by man &
woman, on-the-minute timechecks) overtaking WMCA.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
595 DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, JAN 3 2321 - mellow vocal; poor,
slopped. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, JAN 3 2357 - // 710 with SS
Cuban political talk; audio was distorted. [Connelly*Y-MA]
620 CUBA, R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, JAN 4 0017 - // 600 with man in
SS; loud, well atop the channel. The only serious QRM was
Canaries-621. [Connelly*Y-MA]
624 unID, JAN 3 2317 - drifty carrier with a lot of AC buzz on it.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JAN 3 2315 - fast SS
talk (// 690) with the acoustics of an outdoor event (sports or
a political rally). [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JAN 3 2328 - SS sports
report, mentions of RCN and several Colombian cities; dominant
over WSM / others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 CUBA, R. Progreso, Jovellanos, JAN 3 2315 - // 640 with SS talk,
outdoor audience noises; dominant with CBF nulled.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
690 VENEZUELA, YVMR, Barquisimeto, JAN 4 0030 - Venezuelan sporting
event; mixed with two other SS stations. CBF phased and also
somewhat aurorally-weakened. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 VENEZUELA, R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, JAN 3 2311 - SS rock, R.
Sur ID, fast merengue-style vocal with brass and percussion;
good, over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, JAN 3 2358 - // 600 with woman in SS.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
720 VENEZUELA, YVQE, Porlamar, JAN 3 2338 - ID "R. Oriente, la senal
de Venezuela", then uptempo dance-type SS vocal; good, atop
CHTN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
732.25 unID, JAN 3 2345 - SS talk by man; weak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JAN 3 2348 - Venezuelan sports report;
over/under WSB. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JAN 3 2303 - SS news, RCN ID;
well over a jumble of other Latin Americans. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, JAN 3 2349 - "la radio de Colombia"
slogan; under WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
789.8 BARBADOS, V.O. Barbados, Bridgetown, JAN 3 2351 - soul vocal
splittable at times from the domestics on 790. Note that WSKO-RI
is on 790.0 now, leaving only Barbados on the low side of the
channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, JAN 3 2300
- pip, R. Transmundial ID, then PP religious program; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, JAN 4 0038 - // 7510 with
promo. for the "Reclaiming America for Christ" conference; HUGE,
atop YVLT/others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 CUBA, CMHW, Santa Clara, JAN 4 0000 - folk vocal, then woman said
"en Habana"; barely over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
880 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, JAN 3 2344 - SS female
disco vocal, reverberated R. Mundial ID; excellent with WCBS in
phase-null. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, JAN 3 2338 - light
instrumental music; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 VENEZUELA, R. Punto Fijo, YVNN, Punto Fijo, JAN 4 0005 - two good
"R. Punto Fijo" ID's; over phased CBM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
961.3 unID, JAN 4 0008 - man & woman in SS; badly slopped, wedged
between CHNS-960 and Portugal-963. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 VENEZUELA, Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, JAN 3 2227 -
salsa music, then man in SS talked about "beisbol", advert for
something "en Porlamar"; over others.
+ JAN 4 0012 - disco, R. Margarita ID; strong, very dominant.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I had another good morning for TPs. Lots of 5KW commercial JJs in on
864 Khz, 765 Khz, 936 Khz. Taiwan-738 and 1143 were almost "local-like"
at times.
I heard an odd SE Asian type language again on 918 Khz, but still not
strong enough to ID. DZXL-558 was mixing with JOCR/ KOREA. The strong
cx seemed to just affect the bottom of the band, as by 1000 khz, the
signals dropped off alot.
CX seem to still be good even though it is Mid January. Really
different this year!
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BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
WAYNE MCRAE
30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 204-253-8644
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM VALHALLA BEACH MB
RECEIVER: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNITS (2)
ANTENNA: 11 LONG WIRES OR BEVERAGES NE, S, SW, W, E, SE
SPECIAL
1550 KMRI UT West Valley City 01/17 1835 Fair to good signals with
older country music by Johnny Cash. New call sign. NEW!
(VAL-DX)
UNIDs and UNID HELP
990 UNID 01/18 0853 Poor signals with NOS music and ID as Stereo
9-90. (VAL-DX)
1510 UNID 01/18 0905 Poor signals with polka music and woman
announcer. (VAL-DX)
1570 UNID 01/17 1935 Poor signal under CKMW with 1 on 1 Sports.
(VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2124 Poor signals fading in and out with computerized
voice giving info on the IL Department of
Transportation.(VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2127 Poor signals with a series 3 I think of
telephone tone/pulses and talk. (VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2129 Poor signals with information on the weather.
Mentions of temperatures in the 70's and fog.(VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2124 Poor signals fading in and out with computerized
voice giving info on the IL Department of
Transportation.(VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2127 Poor signals with a series 3 I think of
telephone tone/pulses and talk. (VAL-DX)
1610 UNID 01/17 2129 Poor signals with information on the weather.
Mentions of temperatures in the 70's and fog.(VAL-DX)
1740 IS1HT 01/18 0037 Good signals with Morse code ID repeated.
(VAL-DX)
TIS & OTHER STUFF
1610 KOP726 MT Deer Lodge 01/18 0820 Poor signals with info on the
restaurant, campgrounds in and near Deer Lodge mentions of
the National park Service. NEW! (VAL-DX)
1620 TIS IL Chicago 01/17 0040 Parking and directional info on how
to get to Kaminsky Park. ID'd as "Chicago White Sox Travel
Information Network (KDP?-414) not sure on call has anyone
got it?? NEW! (VAL-DX)
1620 WNWZ910 IL Bensonville 01/18 0015 Fair signals with a man giving
out all sorts of phone numbers for local services.
(VAL-DX)
1630 WPGE863 IL Various 01/17 2157 Poor signals with parking and rate
info for the Rock Island Station for Chicago Transit. NEW!
(VAL-DX)
1630 WPJR342 MI ??? 01/18 0000 Poor signals in a mess with woman
mentioning this was the Michigan Department of
Transportation Highway Advisory Station WPJR 342. Does
anyone know the location of this?? NEW! (VAL-DX)
1630 KNAA585 NY Jamaica 01/17 2044 Poor signals with info on parking at
Kennedy airport. Back again at 2155 with good signals.
NEW! (VAL-DX)
0000-0800 HOURS
680 CHFA AB Edmonton 01/18 0655 Poor to fair signals under CJOB with
classical music and Radio Canada ID. // 1050. (VAL-DX)
680 KNBR CA San Francisco 01/18 0657 fair signals under CJOB mixing
with CHFA with ESPN program. (VAL-DX)
810 WAPB TN Murfreesboro 01/18 0748 Poor under CKJS with full ID.
NEW! (VAL-DX)
810 WMJH MI Rockford 01/18 0740 Poor signals u/CKJS with NOS music
and ID as "Magic 8-10" NEW! (VAL-DX)
990 CKGM QU Montreal 01/18 0602 Fair signals in nulled CBW with news
weather and talk. NEW! (VAL-DX)
1600-2400 HOURS
630 KKPL WA Opportunity 01/17 1945 Fair signals with NOS music and
full ID by woman. NEW! (VAL-DX)
1280 CFMB QU Montreal 01/17 1640 Fair to Good signals with Spanish
language programming. NEW!(VAL-DX)
1290 KKAR NE Omaha 01/17 1945 Fair signals under/over CIFX with talk
and KKAR ID (VAL-DX)
1410 CKSL ON London 01/17 2227 Good signals NOS music weather report
and ID as "AM 14-10 The River". (VAL-DX)
1510 WJKN MI Jackson 01/17 1726 Fair to good signals AC music
selections and WJKN ID. NEW! (VAL-DX)
TRANS-ATLANTIC DX
189 Iceland RUV Jan 17 2355 fair signals with polka or dance type
music and full ID in Icelandic on the hour. NEW station New
country! (VAL-DX)
189 Iceland RUV Jan 18 0250 Good signals with American pop oldies
including Bob Dylan. Stayed in all night until we went to sleep
at 0530. (VAL-DX)
PAN-AMERICAN DX
1375 St Pierre & Miquelon RFO Jan 18 0245 Poor signals in a mess of
splat with FF music. New station new country! (VAL-DX)
COMMENTS
What a great evening and morning. As you can see there were TIS's
coming out of the woodwork. The big surprise and a pleasant one at that
was the lack of the Anchor Lake MN TIS on 1610 that has become a huge
pest here. Two new countries and lots of new ones was very nice.
The walk to the DX bus about 1500 was a rough one. Due to fresh light
new snow the toboggans sank. This meant splitting loads and it took two
to move the sleds to the bus. Anyone who thinks this hobby is for wimps
should come out with us some time. After an hour of very tough going
all the equipment was unloaded set up and away we went DX'ing. About
two hours in my battery that powers the radio packed it in. Finally
died. Thankfully Wayne had a spare we use for the cell phone so we
could still keep both the ICOM and the Drake going.
As for the MFJ 1026 all I can say is BUY IT NOW!!! As you see above
the locals about 50-60 miles away and all beamed at us (almost all
Winnipeg stations beam North at night and Valhalla Beach is North of
Winnipeg) were nulled except CKY on 580. The MFJ is worth every cent
and once again a HUGE thanks to Mark Connelly for his modification
notes. This was easy to do and lets the signals flow in. It was amazing
to hear DX under even or over our locals while they were still on air.
If you BCB DX and have locals (all of ours are NSP) you need one of
these MFJ 1026 units.
The only disappointment was a lack of TP's and TA's save for the
Iceland station on 189. Oh well lots of good domestic DX made the walk
all worth while.
Great way to start 1998
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Tim Hall - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(TRH-CA) Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA
1600-2400 ELT (ICF-2010 with KIWA Pocket Loop):
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1350 KBID CA, Bakersfield 1/17 2130 Fair-good with Bakersfield Fog
minor league hockey play-by-play. "This is Bakersfield
Fog hockey on 13-50 KBID". New. (TRH-CA)
PAN-AMERICAN DX (ICF-2010, 1250ft. mini-beverage aimed SE):
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1450 MEXICO, Magdalena SON XEDJ 1/19 0026-0200 Fair with "R. Clave"
slogans, local ads, and music. ID at 0100: "R. Clave, XEDJ, mil
watts de potencia, transmitiendo desde el corazon de Sonora,
Magdalena." Mixing with KNOT and several UNIDs. New. (TRH-CA)
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Larry Russell - Flushing MI - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My local 1570 WWCK Flint MI went off the air Monday morning 1/19. They
must have discovered they had weak mushy audio. Who knows if they
discovered their spur on 1680, which was heard in GA. This produced the
feeding frenzy below:
1570 WRJQ Appleton WI 1803 1/19 ID, "eastern Wisconsin", community
calendar, Polka mx. 1216 1/21 WRJQ, Fox Valley, Big Band
Radio, Appleton.
1570 WFLR Dundee NY 1900 1/19 heard C&W mx, and ID "-FLR".
1570 WFRL Freeport IL 2209 1/20 several clear WFRL ID's, mention of
Freeport, Rock city, and high school sports.
1570 WFUR Grand Rapids MI 2000 1/19 religious mx, ID, wx. 2159- ID,
traffic.
1570 WIFF? Auburn IN 2300 1/19 dual ID " ...., WGLL Auburn-Ft. Wayne"
WGLL is on 102.3 per FM Atlas.
1570 WKBH Holmen WI 0502 1/20 "Sports Authority WKBH" 0900 "WKBH
Holmen-LaCrosse"
1570 WMQA Minocqua WI 2200 1/20 "- area's Green Bay Packer station,
WMQA am & fm". Mention of FM 96, and Wisconsin. ID sounded
like WNQA.
1570 WILO Frankfort IN 0201 1/21 "WILO", possible game between
Trojans and Bulldogs.
1570 ?WQTW (t) Latrobe PA 0100-0200 1/20 "Sports Radio" " -, -burg"
(Pittsburgh?) ID sounded like WGTW or WATW.
Wow, I thought I'd get a couple of new catches, but 8 is outstanding!
Sony 2010, Select-A-Tenna Larry Russell Flushing MI
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Gary J. Wilt Jr. - stormwarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Gary J. Wilt
QTH: Wood Ridge, NJ
RX: Kenwood R-5000 with Kiwa amplified loop
The following logs are a compilation from 1/8-1/13. There are some
Trans-Atlantic catches and some new ones for me as well. As I've said
in a previous edition, my location is not ideally suited for MW DXing
due to my close proximity to a number of local powerhouse stations
located in the Meadowlands just to my south. But I'm still learning and
am able to catch a few good ones every now and then.
Logs: from 1/8/98 to 1/13/98
1/08 0508 UTC: 549 Khz: Algeria just above the noise with
WGR on 550 blasting in, male in AA, poor, ECSS mode.
1/09 0621 UTC: 1290 Khz: CJBK London, ON- ID followed by ads.
1/10 0400 UTC: 1320 Khz: CKEC New Glasgow, NS with news
on top of the hour, very strong.
1/10 0418 UTC: 1370 Khz: WFEA Manchester, NH assorted songs,
very good then fade out.
1/12 0003 UTC: 1251 Khz: Libya, first noticed very strong het
with 1250 WMTR Morristown, NJ, went up to 1251 and heard
male in AA, ECSS mode.
1/12 0009 UTC: 1314 Khz: NRK Norway booming in with S+9 signal
American songs- Eric Claption's "You look wonderful tonight"
then male announcer.
1/13 0144 UTC 1215 Khz: "Virgin 1215", U.K. with "Are you
really going out with him...somethin' going on around
here". Followed by female announcer at 0155. Good at times.
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MISC ITEMS
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I spoke to the CE at WCMQ-1700-FL today. He is flooded with reports
from all over the World, at least 50 plus. We will be answering the
reports within a month or so, as soon as he gets some QSLs printed up.
I hope this helps DXers that have reports out.
I just received a great QSL in todays mail. A beautiful certificate and
letter from Metra in Chicago, IL QSLing my taped report of their
Deerfield site. Call lerters are: WPGE863 oerating with only 9 watts!
With Staunton, VA and Channelview, TX I have now three TISs from a
great distance with 10 watts or less. I hope it is a while until the
band gets crowded with all the new EX stations! I also got a new
country QSL'd to day, Sweden-1179 with a FD QSL cqard.
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I GOOFED... last time I gave credit to Kent Winrich instead of
Paul Richards for the following tip. Paul posted the tip and Kent
forwarded it to me... and I read it all wrong and gave credit to the
wrong person... sorry.
The two extra towers WLIB-1190 NY needs for nighttime broadcasting are
up..that isn't to say they are ready to go, but you might hear them
testing after midnight
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Robert S. Ross - radiorob@xxxxxxxxx
Received a nice AM-BCB QSL in the mail today......Details below....
CROATIA, Zadar 1134 HRT Hrvatska Radio Full data HRT Station Card,
and Personal letter from Zelimir Klasan in 3 weeks for an Email
report to the following address......
Zelimir.Klasan@xxxxxx
I also sent a written report by mail......with return postage....but it
just went out a week ago...so this QSL was received for the Email
report!! Very happy to receive this one for a NEW Country Verified on
AM BCB!!! This heard during the great T/A openings over
Christmas.......
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JD Stephens - jdstephens@xxxxxxxx
Back in the Fall, I posted several inquiries regarding a mystery
station on 1090 kHz. with country music programming, slogans such as
"Boot Scootin' Party Weekend", "A Totally New Kind of Country", and
carrying Blair Garner's show "After Midnight".
2 "definite" identifications for this station were passed on to me as
WKTE, King, NC and KKYN, Plainview, TX.
I know that others have been trying to identify this mystery station,
and am happy to report that today I received a full data QSL letter
from KKYN stating that it was them that I heard. This in response to a
tentative report.
Incidentally, WKTE says it wasn't them, and that they are a Spanish
language station.
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The following was forwarded by JD Stephens
wa2cnv@xxxxxxxx
I was an active BB DX'er from 1965 to 1968. I then became a Ham,
andhave been so since then. (My call is WA2CNV). I had joined the IRCA
back in 1966 when Percy Kestevan was involved. I even have my old
WPE2PYZ Popular Electronics call!I was recently put in touch with your
e-mail newsletter by one of my Hambuddies, Mark/N2MH. It's really great
to see the IRCA still goingstrong!The reason I am writing you is that I
have my old records, and I want toconvert them to a computer log. I've
been endlessly searching for aWindows (or even DOS) BB logging software
program, to no avail. Two thatI came across was one by Dxtreme, which
looks great BUT doesn't allowyou to log below 160M (i.e. - BB. The
other program "Signal Surfer RadioLogger", isn't as detailed in entry
options (power, separate callsignfield, etc.) as I would like.I'd
greatly appreciate where their are any demos, shareware orcommercial
programs that I could review, make my slection and purchase.My regular
e-mail addres is : WA2CNV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx for any help you can
provide!Yours truly, Larry Lutzak
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Bill Harms - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
I just spoke with Mr. Joe Blair of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
International Airport. His office is responsible for operating the two
TIS's on 1640 and 1680 at the airport. He is very DXing aware. He said
that he has a stack of reception reports "two-feet high" and he answers
them on his own time. But he is busy and it may take a while to get to
them all. Without my asking, he mentioned receiving my own reception
report. By the way he spoke about this, I would suggest that DXers hold
off sending reports for a while. He also told me something interesting
about their operation. The station is operated by DFW and all airlines
could use its services. However, only American Airlines have chosen to
do so. The system is 100 percent automatic. A computer gets the flight
and gate information from a "federal" (I assume FAA) computer and
translates the information into voice. As a result, if there is a gate
or flight change, the information is automatically updated without
human intervention. He also noted that the stations are operating with
a waiver to operate with 60 watts because it would require upwards of
30 transmitters to cover the same area properly using 10 watt
transmitters. Finally, the current set of call letters WQO767 are for a
temporary permit, and the FCC WTB listed call letters of WPLR660 will
be used when they receive official authorization and his office updates
the appropriate .WAV file.
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Wayne Heinen - CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
The National Radio Club is proud to announce the release of the Station
Location Map Book 4th edition. This handy BCB DXing reference shows the
location of all US and Canadian Stations (except TIS and Canadian
LPRTs) on indexed maps. The 4th edition edited by Bill Hale also
includes the Latitude and Longitude coordinates of the stations
transmitter location and a section of instructions authored by Dave
Sundius enabling users to calculate distance and bearing to any
station. This edition is 230 pages 8 = X 11 in a three hole punch
format shipped shrink wrapped. Prices to the USA and Canada are:
$12.00 Postpaid to NRC/IRCA Members
$17.95 Postpaid to non-members
For Over seas Airmail Rates: To the Caribbean/Latin America Add 20% To
Europe Add 30%. All other areas Add 40%. (NY Residents Please add
applicable Sales Tax)
Order by specifying SLM to:
National Radio Club
Publications Center
P.O. Box 164
Mannsville, NY 13661-0164
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The National Radio Club now has the 18th edition of their NRC AM Radio
Log for the 1997-1998 DX Season edition.
This annual edition contains 310 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" size, 3-hole
punched, loose leaf format with over 5,400 A.M. Radio station listings
from the United States and Canada. Each station listing consists of
its location, frequency, call, format, network affiliation, station
address, station slogan, day and night transmitter powers. There are
cross references by city and by call letter.
The AM Radio Log is available to NRC/IRCA members for $16.95 post paid.
(Canadian members funds must be US funds)
The Nonmember and Overseas prices of the AM Radio Log are as follows:
U.S. & Canada US$22.95
Latin America US$23.50
Europe US$24.00
All Others US$28.00
All Overseas prices are shipped via AIR and payment must be in US
funds.
Please mail all orders to:
National Radio Club
Publications Center
P.O. Box 164
Mannsville, NY 13661-0164
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phil bytheway - Seattle WA - philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
Geomagnetic Summary January 16 1998 through January 22 1998
GEO - Geomagnetic activity pca - polar cap absorption
maf - major flare SA - Solar Activity
mas - major storm spe - satellite proton event
mis - minor storm ss - severe storm
Date FLUX A K SA GEO OTHER
1/16 98 5 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
17 z z z z z -
18 95 8 1 very low quiet-active -
19 90 3 1 very low quiet -
20 91 10 2 low quiet-active -
21 91 6 1 very low quiet-active -
1/22 93 2 1 very low quiet -
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send
them to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx
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END of 1/23/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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