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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - February 5 1998
Vol 3 No 45
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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!
Sat, February 21, 1998 - WAMS-1380, Wilmington, DE 12:00-2:00 am EST.
Sat, February 21, 1998 - WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE 1:00-3:00 am EST.
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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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I just got an E-Mail from Bill Harms informing me about the 5th X-Band
station on. WPHG-Atmore AL. As I am typing this it is coming in fair
with Gospel mx and so far one poor ID. The voice ID was weak, the music
fairly good. The time as I type this is about 0815 EST.
2/1 Station is still coming in (better now) at 0845 EST as I type this.
Station is 10 Day and 1 KW nights . Runs Gospel music Signed on a 6 AM
Saturday morning (EST). Has had calls from Chicago, New York, Seaside
Oregon, etc. Reports should be sent to:
WPHG
805 North Main Street
Atmore AL 36502.
Yes, the 5th X-Band station is now on the air. It is WPHG-1620-Atmore,
Alabama. If you hear them, therir phone number is 1-800-495-9495. They
want reports. They are very friendly. Their address is:
Apparently they turned off their WGYJ-1590 station 4 weeks ago . They
are only operarting WPHG for the moment. Soon they will have a new 100
KW FM at 90.9 Mhz. Their format is Southern Gospel with Rel.pgms too.
1620-WPHG-AL, Mobile. Still hrd here as late as 0830 EST 2/1.
Apparently the info the night time DJ gave me was wrong. They really
signed on at 0600 EST 2/1, not 1/31. According to Bill Harms, they had
been testing for the last few days.
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Robert S. Ross - London ON - radiorob@xxxxxxxxx
Just got finished logging the new X-Bander on 1620 Khz. Just came on
the air today I believe(Feb. 01). Religious Programming....details
below....
Receiver...Collins 651S-1
Antenna.... 80 Meter Dipole
Location...London, Ontario CANADA...120 miles N/E of Detroit, Mich.
1620 WPHG Atmore, Alabama Feb/01 1752-1830 EST EE FR-VG with QSB.
Gospel Music by YL @ 1752-56. More Gospel Mx by Male @ 1756-59.
OM DJ spoke @ 1759. Gave ID as...."Right Here on WPHG". Into USA
Radio News with Shelly Lane @ 1800 EST. Insurance Ads during
Newsbreaks. Into "Bible's Greatest Heros Series" Pgm @ 1804-29.
Show ended at 1830. Mx Interlude. Bad QSB after 1830 Hours EST.
Signal Peaked to real nice level at times. At other times it was
mixing with an UNID TIS Station. Thanks for tip on this from ED
Rausch/Numero Uno # 1461. Go gettem guys/gals..while the gettin'
is good!! Apparently they have a web Page.....
http://www.WPHG.com
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Brett Saylor - State College PA - :bds2@xxxxxxx
1620 WPHG AL Atmore 1930 EST 2/1/98 "Celebration USA" program of
gospel top-20's, with PSA's and religious-oriented ads; partial
ID at 1958 ("WTH..." then dead air), but full ID at 2205: "This
is WTHG Atmore Alabama". Next morning at ~ 0735 EST heard ID "AM
Stereo, WPHG". Very strong but mixing with VA-area TIS which
makes it a mess at times; wonder if they are at full (10kw)
power? The FCC X-band listing has the call as "WGYC" but that's
definitely not what they gave over the air. (Saylor-PA)
Deep South receptions:
1560 WRHC FL Coral Gables 2222 EST 1/29/98 very good signal, over
WQEW-NY, TLK format in SP with discussions of Cuba and
Nicaragua. ID by M in SP sounded like "URAC" but believe this to
be them; format listed as ETH programming to Haitians
(Saylor-PA)
1560 WAGL SC Lancaster 0732 EST 1/30/98 over/under WQEW-NY with
ID and C&W music (Saylor-PA)
1570 WTLK NC Taylorsville 2321 EST 1/30/98 ID, C&W music, fair to
poor (Saylor-PA)
1590 WVNA AL Tuscumbia 2307 EST 1/30/98 ID into TLK format, fair
(Saylor-PA)
1600 WEUP AL Huntsville 2258 EST 1/30/98 ID up briefly from slop,
mnt Alabama (Saylor-PA)
Canadian Goings-on:
990 CJAD PQ Montreal 2230 EST 2/1/98 ID as "Voice of the
Montreal Canadians, Newstalk Radio CJAD" at end of hockey game.
Another non-ID as "800 Radio in Montreal" then "You may be tuned
to 990 now, but you are listening to 800 Radio in Montreal", so
obviously still here due to ice storms earlier in the month
(Saylor-PA)
Brett Saylor, N3EVB
State College, Penna.
R-70, R-390A w/ 150' lw
GE SRIII w/ loop
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Karl Zuk - zuk@xxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everybody. I can pick up WPHG too, but 1620 around the NYC area is
like a graveyard pileup. FYI, WWRL, 1600 NYC is now AM Stereo with talk
mixed with a classic Motown/Soul format. Cuaght the last hour or two of
WJDM Elizabeth, NJ's Radio Aaahs format on 1660 last Friday night. They
pulled the plug about three minutes after 1am, just around midnight
Minneapolis time where the programs originated. They went to digital
noise and stayed that way until morning. Now they are broadcasting very
random pop albums and such just to kill time. The outfit that was set
to buy the Radio Aaahs O&Os pulled out of the deal, so now they are
just treading water. Happy ground hog day....Karl Zuk
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Kent Winrich - kwin@xxxxxxxxxx
WTDY 1670 update
Just got a call from the stations PR firm. They have pushed back the
testing of 1670 until at least March.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
According to the CE (Contract Eng at KPAM they are using only 3 towers,
not the 4 that was reported. They protect most directions at night and
send their signal over Portland to the SW. The TX is located in
Orchards, WA (NE of Vancouver), co-located with KVAN-1550. There is a
mismatch as the one tower that KPAM added (Their omni single tower used
during the day w/50 KW), doesn't match the KVAN towers (two that are
used), as they are shorter. Again KPAM-860 has a very very poor signal
here on the Northern Coast at night, sometimes buried u/SLC. Other new
QSLs this week from KTZN-710-LA and CIBQ-1340-Brooks, Alberta.
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Lee Freshwater - Ocala FL - LFreshwate@xxxxxxx
Last night at 2000 EST, I heard WLMA-Greenwood, SC (1350
khz)...with very distorted and mudy audio on 1640 khz....Running Bruce
Williams and NBC talknet, got a couple of goo TOH IDs at both 2000 &
2100 hrs.
Distorted audio, sounded like a "spur" to me...Since its a weekend,
their engineers may not know about it yet, so you might want to check
it out this evening.
Signal here in FL was good, except hard to understand, due to the
distortion. Every now & then it would clear up and be readible.,
To all who were able to log WLMA ON 1/31 2/1
I spoke with WLMA engineer Ron Moore this morning. Problem was
caused by a capacitor in a tower tuning unit. It was replaced Sunday
afternoon. Looks like this was a "one shot" deal for DXers. Ron said
the frequency was 1644 khz.
Ron was very interested in getting reports and tapes if you have
them......
Address is WLMA 811 MONTAGUE AVE, SUITE A GREENWOOD, SC. Zip
is 29647
Please drop Ron a note if you were able to hear this "rare" signal.
I am sure a QSL will come your way !!!
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
During DXing from Cape Cod on Saturday 31 JAN, I noted a couple of
off-channel stations. Both were Latin Americans. One was on 870.38
kHz and the other was on 941 kHz. Audio extracted from the 870.38
station seemed to have advertising in Spanish (so probably not a
non-commercial Cuban).
Northern Africans and Spaniards were strong, little was noted from
northern Europe (UK, Norway, Germany, etc.)
Burkina Faso-747 was quite good just after local sunset, Senegal-765
was like a local, numerous Moroccans and Algerians were very good,
Mauritania-1349 was huge, bits of Angola-1088 made it in (stronger than
anything on 1089), and I had likely Gambia on 648. There was also
something Arabic-sounding (Libya or Saudi ?) blending in on 648.
High-band stations (France-1467, Italy-1332, Saudi Arabia-1521,
Algeria-1544) blasted in early (before 2300 UTC) but then became less
numerous.
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Mika Makelainen - Vantaa, Finland - mtm@xxxxxxxxx
During a recent DXpedition I logged quite a few interesting Mexicans,
but unfortunately some remained unidentified. I would highly appreciate
any help concerning the following mysteries:
780 AM - Nov. 29th 1997 at 1217-1227 UTC I heard a station with local
Christian programming. A male host praising the Lord and playing
Christian Mexican music. Several time checks placing it on the
Central time zone, but no ID. This would be very interesting, as
no Mexicans have ever been heard in Europe on this frequency.
1270 AM - Nov. 25th 1997 at 0803 UTC. I only got part of the slogan
"... musica, onda musica ...", which doesn't fit to any station.
Gave a Mexican PSA, so must be from Mexico anyway.
1470 AM - Nov. 29th at 1300 UTC. A brief time announcement "Las 6 en
punto" followed by the National Anthem. I guess XEACE Mazatlan SN
is the only possibility because I wasn't able to find other
stations located in the Mountain time zone? Provided that XECU
had already moved to 1450 by late November? Southeastern part of
Mexico is anyhow excluded, because it was in daylight.
1590 AM - Nov. 25th at 0914-0924 UTC. A station identifying as "Clube
1590 La Ranchera", with the emphasis on "Ranchera" strangely on
the last a. This could also be a Mexican-format station from the
U.S., but still remains unresolved.
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Bill Harms - Elkridge MD - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
670 BTW I did not hear the test of WVNS on 670. Just a strong WMAQ
and Spanish underneath. At one point I thought I heard a test
tone, but nothing else. This was 0000-0015 2/1. Maybe the test
was on later. (Harms - MD)
1620 WPHG? Another X-bander on the air! A male asking for phone calls
caught the number 1-800-49?-9495 and gospel music. Did not get a
good copy of the call letters yet, but did clearly hear "Atmore,
Alabama." 2/1 0650. Announcer noted that he had callers from
California, Florida, Chicago, Sherwood Park, New York, Indiana,
and Pennsylvania. Mentioned that today is the "first day of
operation." Guess previous reports were just test transmissions.
Another good channel for long distance TIS reception bites the
dust. Also ruins chances for Argentina. Get 'em while you can.
(Harms - MD)
+Just called the station. The man on the phone said he would send
a letter commemorating the reception of the station. (Harms-MD)
1640-1650 WLMA SC, Greenwood. Yes, the frequency is correct. At first
I thought this was WPHG putting out a spur, but I heard an ID at
0800 2/1 for WLMA. Earlier I heard a series of local ads
including one that gave an 864 area code number. The spur this
station is putting out ruined the reception of stations on
1640-1650. Nominal frequency is 1350 (Harms-MD)
NRD-525/150 foot long random wire and a 3 foot high "wedge" air core
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BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 204-253-8644
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM
RECEIVER: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
ANTENNA: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE
OR
SPECIAL
1620 WPHG AL Atmore 02/01 2330 Fair signals with Gospel and religious
music. Man doing ID with southern accent. Mention of a future FM
station. New. (SA-MB)
DX AND EQUIPMENT TESTS
670 WVNS VA Claremont 01/31 0000 and 02/01 0000 not heard either
date only WMAQ, KBOI and unid Spanish stn. (SA-MB)
DX
650 WKKQ MN Nashwauk 02/03 1850 Good signals with country music and
several WKKQ ID's. Has not changed calls yet. (SA-MB)
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Ed Stokes - Randolph Center, VT - edstokes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Equipment: TS-870 rcvr,
Antenna: Homebrew ant 25' vertical + 200' long wire.
Feb. 4, 1998 (z time)
Good sigs from Europe tonight here in central Vermont.
We had strong hets on 693, 774, 855, 909, 1044, 1152, 1251, 1341 at
0120-0130z.
162 R. France, Allouis, LOUD with female FF pop vocal, very nice
signal for LW here at 0315z. Male FF ancr at 0322. News/PSA by
ancr -- story about AIDS?. Music back at 0324. Male ancr 0327.
Faded at 0329.
216 RMC, France, weak audio, lots of static, FF m ancr, 0237z
567 RTE, Ireland, good carrier, weak audio, EE m/f ancr sloppy, 0233z
693 BBC, England, Radio Five, swamped by CBF 690, 0248z
1215 Virgin Radio, England, pop music, 0224z
1314 NRK, Norway, LOUD with male vocal in Norwegian, 0129z
1332 RAI, Rome, news in Italian with good ID "RAI", 0412z, followed by
chime, m ancr at 0413z
1375 RFO, St. Pierre & Michelon, FF ancr, music, orchestral. 0135z
still strong at 0240z
1395 Holland, strong with tele-talk in Dutch at 0419
1422 Germany, male ancr at 0422
1575 Italy?, good carrier, can't make out audio, 0426
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Dave Kenny - dave_kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here are the loggings from the DXpedition at Sheigra (just south of
Cape Wrath, NW Scotland) from 10-23 January 1998. This is a much
reduced version to save space; the full report, which includes
background information and more detailed logs, can be found on the
British DX Club web site at: www.co.umist.ac.uk/BDXC
73's Dave ......... E-mail: bdxc@xxxxxxxxxxx
RECEIVERS:
Alan Pennington: AOR 7030 Plus and Palstar AA30 active aerial tuner
Dave Kenny: Lowe HF225 Europa and tuneable pre-amp
Duncan Stanworth: Racal RA1792
AERIALS: (All long-wire beverages supported on 4 to 5 ft bamboo canes)
275 degrees 450m terminated Caribbean and eastern North America
305 degrees 500m terminated General North America
330 degrees 650m terminated Alaska, Greenland, western Canada
055 degrees 500m terminated Far East, central and south Asia
LOGS:
NORTH AMERICA:
560 2145 11/1 CHVO Carbonear NF // 590
580 2057 11/1 CJFX Antigonish NF
590 1504 19/1 VOCM St Johns NF Strong even at this time!
600 2229 21/1 CBNA St Anthony NF
610 2350 11/1 WIOD Miami FL
620 2100 22/1 CKCM Grand Falls NF
640 2210 14/1 CBN St Johns NF
650 0945 11/1 CKGA Gander NF
650 1310 16/1 KNR Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland
660 2314 12/1 WFAN New York NY
680 2320 11/1 CKXG Grand Falls NF
680 0919 12/1 CJOB Winnipeg MB
680 0940 19/1 CFTR Toronto ON
680 1530 21/1 KBRW Barrow AK (KBRW was audible most days around
1400-1600)
700 0020 12/1 CHSJ St John NB - IDing as "Country 94"
700 0203 14/1 WLW Cincinnati OH
710 2113 10/1 CKVO Clarenville NF // VOCM 590
710 0020 17/1 WOR New York NY
720 1035 22/1 CHTN Charlottetown PEI
740 2105 12/1 CHCM Marystown NF VOCM News //590=20
750 2110 11/1 CBGY Bonavista Bay NF
760 0125 14/1 WJR Detroit MI
770 2240 15/1 WABC New York NY
780 1040 13/1 CFDR Dartmouth NS
780 0128 14/1 WBBM Chicago IL
790 2345 13/1 CFNW Port au Choix NF relay of CFCB
800 2230 17/1 VOWR St Johns NF
820 0902 12/1 WBAP Fort Worth TX
850 2201 12/1 WEEI Boston MA
870 0315 15/1 WWL New Orleans, LA
880 2207 12/1 WCBS New York NY
890 0934 19/1 CJDC Dawson Creek BC
900 1308 16/1 KNR Uummannaq, Greenland
920 2304 15/1 CJCH Halifax NS
930 2055 11/1 CJYQ St Johns NF
930 2105 14/1 CFBC St John NB
950 2154 11/1 CHER Sydney NS
950 0940 13/1 CKNB Campbelltown NB
960 2148 13/1 CHNS Halifax NS
970 2130 14/1 CBZ Fredericton NB
980 2159 19/1 CBV QuebecCity PQ
1000 2120 11/1 CKBW Bridgewater NS
1000 2350 14/1 CFLP Rimouski PQ (pres)
1000 0148 16/1 WMVP Chicago IL (pres) ID "Bulls Radio, AM-1000"
1010 0101 12/1 WINS New York NY
1010 0125 22/1 CKXD Gander NF (pres) "Kix Country"
1020 0207 14/1 KDKA Pittsburgh PA
1030 2210 12/1 WBZ Boston MA
1040 2330 15/1 WHO Des Moines IA
1050 0057 12/1 WEVD New York, NY
1050 2340 15/1 CHUM Toronto ON
1070 2115 12/1 CBA Monkton NB
1080 2326 12/1 WTIC Hartford CT
1090 0039 16/1 WBAL Baltimore MD
1100 0805 23/1 WTAM Cleveland OH
1110 0903 12/1 WBT Charlotte NC
1120 0016 14/1 KMOX St Louis MO
1130 1011 12/1 CKWX Vancouver BC
1130 1039 13/1 WBBR New York NY
1130 0959 19/1 KFAN Minneapolis MN
1140 0923 11/1 CBI Sydney NS
1140 1045 20/1 CHRB High River, AB
1160 2350 16/1 VSB3 Hamilton Bermuda - relay of BBCWS
1170 0045 15/1 WWVA Wheeling WV
1180 0055 15/1 WHAM Rochester NY
1190 2228 14/1 WLIB New York, NY
1190 0015 14/1 WOWO Fort Wayne IN
1200 0037 14/1 CFGO Ottawa ON
1210 2112 13/1 WPHT Philadelphia PA
1210 2115 14/1 VOAR Mt Pearl NF
1240 2116 12/1 CKIM Baie Verte NF
1250 0052 14/1 CHWO Oakville ON
1260 2230 11/1 WEZE Boston MA
1270 2156 13/1 CJCB Sydney NS
1280 0100 14/1 WNAM Neenah WI
1290 2340 14/1 CHRM Matane PQ
1300 2215 14/1 WERE Cleveland OH
1300 2245 14/1 WXRL Lancaster NY
1300 0940 15/1 WXXU Cocoa Beach, FL
1300 1007 15/1 WJFK Baltimore MD
1310 2245 14/1 CIWW Ottawa ON
1320 2022 11/1 CKEC New Glasgow NS
1330 0951 13/1 WRCA Waltham MA
1350 0103 12/1 WGPL Portsmouth VA
1350 2240 13/1 CKAD Middleton NS "AVR"
1350 0000 14/1 WOYK York PA
1360 2340 12/1 CKBC Bathurst NB
1370 2300 13/1 WDEA Ellsworth ME CBS
1375 2225 22/1 RFO St Pierre et Miquelon // France Inter 162
1380 2136 12/1 WNRI Woonsocket, RI
1380 2200 12/1 WTMN Portsmouth NH "
1380 2300 12/1 WSYB Rutland VT
1380 2311 12/1 CKLC Kingston ON
1390 0927 13/1 UNID Charleston SC
1390 0107 14/1 WEGP Presque Isle ME
1390 0959 23/1 WPLM Plymouth MA
1400 1900 15/1 CBG Gander NF
1410 1045 12/1 CIGO Pt Hawkesbury NS
1410 1405 19/1 CFUN Vancouver, BC
1420 2127 12/1 WBSM New Bedford MA
1420 2218 12/1 CKDY Digby NS "AVR"
1430 0059 16/1 WXKS Everett, MA
1430 0900 23/1 WNJR Newark, NJ
1440 2258 18/1 WJAE Westbrook ME "The big Jab"
1450 2340 16/1 VSB1 Hamilton, Bermuda
1470 0955 12/1 WZOU Lewiston ME "The Jewel"
1470 0000 16/1 CHOW Welland ON
1470 1332 19/1 CJVB Vancouver BC
1470 1049 23/1 WLMC Georgetown SC
1480 2133 12/1 WSAR Fall River MA
1490 0956 13/1 CKEN Kentville NS AVR
1490 0130 20/1 WPOR Portland ME
1500 1030 12/1 WTOP Washington DC
1500 2130 21/1 WFIF Milford CT
1510 0000 18/1 WNRB Boston MA
1510 1100 19/1 KGA Spokane WA
1520 1018 11/1 WWKB Buffalo, NY
1540 2340 17/1 WDCD Albany NY
1550 0030 15/1 CBE Windsor ON
1560 2215 11/1 WQEW New York NY
1560 2329 21/1 WRHC Coral Gables FL
1570 2140 21/1 CKMW Morden-Winkler MB
1570 1000 22/1 WTLK Taylorsville NC
1570 0931 12/1 WANR Warren OH
1570 2148 14/1 WFLR Dundee NY
1570 2337 15/1 WRJQ Appleton WI
1580 1027 15/1 WSRF Ft Lauderdale FL
1590 2349 11/1 WSMN Nashua NH
1590 1004 12/1 WAKR Akron OH
1590 2159 13/1 WARV Warwick RI
1590 2305 19/1 WRXB St Petersburg FL
1590 0958 20/1 WCBG Chambersburg PA
1590 0935 23/1 WPSL Port St Lucie FL
1600 2130 11/1 WWRL New York NY
1600 0330 15/1 WUNR Brookline MA
1600 1028 19/1 KYGO Lakewood CO
1640 0904 16/1 WQA767 Dallas/Ft Worth Airport TX
1640 0805 22/1 KXBT Vallejo CA
1660 2123 10/1 WJDM Elizabeth NJ
1680 0907 16/1 WQ0767 Dallas/Ft Worth Airport TX
1700 2229 11/1 WCMQ Miami Springs FL
SOUTH AMERICA:
760 0030 12/1 HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, Colombia
770 0035 12/1 HJAX, RCN, Bogata, Colombia
960 0950 14/1 HJOP, Caracol, Magangue, Colombia
1100 2240 11/1 HJAT, Barranquilla, Colombia
1420 0957 23/1 YVNZ, R Marabina, Maracaibo, Ven
1430 0105 18/1 YVTP, R Bahia, Puerto La Cruz, Ven
1470 2250 16/1 YVSY, R Vibracion, Carupano, Ven
1500 0002 12/1 YVRZ ,R 2000 Cumana, Venezuela
1590 1000 20/1 YV.. R Deporte, Caracas, Venezuela s/on ID "YV(?UC)
Radio Deporte"
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN:
530 2330 11/1 R Vision Cristiana, South Caicos
670 0205 15/1 R Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, Cuba
780 0010 13/1 ZBVI, British Virgin Islands
830 0050 13/1 R Paradise, Nevis. "Trinity Broadcasting Network"
1130 0935 23/1 HIRL R Cadena de Noticias, Santiago, Dominican Rep
1160 2150 11/1 Caribbean R Lighthouse, Antigua (ex 1165) religious pxs
1180 0100 15/1 R Rebelde, Villa Maria, Cuba SS
1190 2140 11/1 WBMJ San Juan, Puerto Rico
1350 2240 16/1 WEGA Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1400 2200 17/1 Harbour Light of the Windwards, Grenada.
1500 2200 16/1 PJC9 R Hoyer 2, Curacao "Radio Hoyer Twee"
1570 2300 21/1 HIAJ R Amaneceer Int, Dom Rep
1600 2113 11/1 WLUZ Santurce, Puerto Rico
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA:
1143 1730 12/1 VOA via Poro, Philippines VOA
1242 1400 17/1 V of Vietnam (unknown site) EE px
1422 0049 18/1 IRIB, Kermanshah, Iran
1494.3 0050 17/1 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China
1503 0050 18/1 IRIB Bushehr, Iran
1521 1337 13/1 CRI Xinjiang, China
1548 2258 16/1 VOA Kuwait
1566 1540 12/1 AIR Nagpur, India
1566 2100 13/1 HLAZ/FEBC Cheju, S Korea
1566 0100 18/1 CLAND The Future (Al-Mustaqbal)
1575 1620 11/1 VOA via Thailand
1575 1507 13/1 V of Free Asia, Thailand
1575 2004 13/1 CLAND Iraqi Army R (Sawt al-quwwat al Musallah)
1575 2315 16/1 CLAND Iraqi Army R Nx in Kurdish ; switching to "The
Future" at 0100.(see 1566 - same tx)
1593 2350 17/1 UNID in Thai (R Thailand, Ranong ??)
1593 2359 17/1 Uzbek R, Jar Kurgon, Uzbekistan s/on
1593 0000 18/1 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China. s/on
1593 0001 18/1 Heilongjiang PBS, Harbin, China s/on
1593 0025 18/1 All India R, Bhopal S/on
AFRICA:
1544 2310 18/1 Natl R of SADR, Western Sahara
EUROPE:
189 1830 19/1 Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar, Iceland. Very strong!
(207 Eidar, Iceland NOT HEARD - presume off air during installation of
new tx)
666.1 1515 17/1 Rikisutvarpid, Hofn, Iceland. Distorted audio on this
tx
675 1303 16/1 NRK Nordland, Bodo, Norway
846 1530 13/1 Radiokompania "Moskva", Moscow
846 1600 13/1 R Podmoskovia, Moscow
1373 1540 22/1 UNID Ukrainian (?) tx
1404 1421 17/1 R Rovers, UK (RSL)
1466.9 1733 12/1 R Pridnestrovye, Moldova
1466.9 1910 12/1 V of Russia (via Moldova)
1530 1246 13/1 NBS, Keflavik, Iceland
1575 1523 15/1 R Tyneside, Newcastle, UK (RSL)
1593 1559 22/1 R Cluj, Oradea/Sibu, Romania
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MISC ITEMS
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Robert S. Ross - London, Ontario - radiorob@xxxxxxxxx
Rec'd a nice QSL yesterday for a reception made over The Christmas
break during those great Trans Atlantic conditions!! Details
Below......
1467 Trans World Radio Romoules, France. Full Data Station Card, PFC,
Personal Letter and Station Schedule received from Mrs.
AnnaMarie Dobos...Communications Dept., Vienna, Austria Office
of TWR. Rec'd in 3 weeks for $1.00 USA Postage. New Country # 24
Verified on AM BCB.
Today I rec'd a QSL from Norway for a reception during the great
Christmas Transatlantic openings!! This is new Country # 26 Verified on
AM BCB for me. Been a good couple of weeks.... with Norway, Croatia,
and France all verified from those Christmas loggings!!! Details
Below.....
1314 NRK Kvitsoy, NORWAY Full Data NRK Station Card with photo of
Norwegian Contemporary Cermics, rec'd in 1 Month for $1.00 USA
Postage. Frequency shown on card as 1314 KHZ. Signed by E.
Fordex ?????
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Klaus W. Elsebusch - Marienthal/Germany - dl3eay@xxxxxxx
828 kHz HOL Arrow Classic Rock answered after 5 days, returned RR with
rubber stamp (no veri, not v/s.), with sticker, info and
frequency sheet in Dutch language.
Internet: WWW.ARROW.NL
addresse: Arrow Classic Rock Radio BV
Buitenhof 55, 2513 AH Den Haag
Postbus 116, 2501 Den Haag
1224 HOL Q Radio answered after 10 days with partly detailed letter
(in English), small folder and 'f-maqzine' (in Dutch language).
v/s.: Peter Jansen, director
eMail: q.radio@xxxxxx
addresse: Q Radio
Postbus 151, 7200 AD Zutphen
Telephone: 0575/515514
Fax: 0575/515707
Q-Radio started on January 14, 1998. Studios are located in 3 trains
wagons that come from the former German Democatric Republic and one of
them used to serve as the personal train of Mr Honecker, one of the
last East German dictators.
The transmitter is situated on a vessel named 'Communicator' situated
in the IJsselmeer the lake in the middle of the Nether- lands (not
Holland, these are only 2 provinces!).
Coordinates 5-E-14, 52-N-33
Transmitter: HARRIS 50 kW and the mast has a height of 59.8 m.
Music format: Blues, R & B, Soul, Reggae, African, Latin, Carribbean
and World Music.
All infos taken from Q-Radio verification letter.
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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 30 1998 through February 5 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
1/30 91 19 1 very low quiet-mis -
1/31 z z z z z -
2/ 1 91 9 1 very low quiet-unsettled -
2 89 2 0 very low quiet swa
3 89 1 3 very low quiet-unsettled swa
4 89 6 2 very low quiet swa
2/ 5 86 2 0 very low quiet swa
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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 2/5/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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