[HCDX]: IRCA AM DX NewsFlash 3-5-98
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[HCDX]: IRCA AM DX NewsFlash 3-5-98
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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - March 5 1998
Vol 3 No 49
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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!
Sunday, March 15, 1998 - WGAI-560, Elizabeth City, NC 1:00-1:30 am EST.
(NRC)
Monday, March 16, 1998 - KKSA-1260, San Angelo, TX 1:00-6:00 am EST.
(NRC)
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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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Basil Jamieson has heard a station on 1020 with sports format and a
call-sign something like KSTA and slogan "Your sports-talk
authority...", can anyone tell me if this is the Roswell NM station
ex-KCKN??
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JD Stephens - Madison AL - jdstephens@xxxxxxxx
After several nights not being on, the UNID 1680 station is back.
RIght now, it's Sunday evening, 9:00 PM CST (0300 UTC), and they're
playing a mix of classic rock and pop from the 60's and 70's. As
usual, never any IDs or announcements of any kind - just music.
This seems to be coming from a roughly Southeast direction from my QTH,
and it would be great if some other DXers in the SE U.S. could check to
see if this station is stronger at their QTH than mine (currently
fade-free solid S8 signal).
Again, this is not a harmonic - X-band testing or pirate.
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Werner Funkenhauser - werner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Listening on 1680 from 0423 to 0445 yielded only the Dallas/Ft. Worth
TIS (// 1640). There were a couple of times when I thought I heard
instrumental music on 1680, but nothing that I could have claimed was
another station underneath. (It might have been overload on my MFJ 1025
for all that!)
Both Californians 1640 (black music) and 1650 (presumed with talk &
D/FW QRM) were in with poor-fair signals and there is with TIS activity
on 1610 and 1630. Also, there's someone (weak) off-frequency on 1690.
WPGH, WJJD and WCMQ are in with fairly good signals. The band is noisy,
but definitely productive.
Just for fun, I went down to the lower part of the band also. The
Colombian CARACOL is there on 810 // 700 // 5076.8.
I'd say you've got a loal of some sort, low power at that. Now if only
you can ID that sucker.
Equipment used: Icom R71A equipped with ESKAB PLAM, MFJ 1025 used to
phase dual 50 foot wires strung oppositely NE/SW. I also used a Kiwa
loop at times.
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Ragnar - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Hear a dead carrier on 1680 in Maricopa County, AZ.
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Tim Hall - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Updated info e-mailed to me by the operations manager at WTDY-1480
Madison, WI, which is moving to 1670 soon:
"Had an engineering meeting and it now appears testing will begin
around March 17!!!! Stay tuned. Still plan to go full blast on April
13."
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Tim Noonan - Madison WI - DXing@xxxxxxxxx
I phoned WKSH 1370 Sussex WI on 3 March to inquire as to their plans
for moving to the expanded band. The gentleman with whom I spoke told
me that they plan to move to 1640 in about two months, or about May
1998. At that time they will cease broadcasting on 1370, i.e., they
will not simulcast but rather simply move to 1640, using one of the
existing towers. The station airs a religious format.
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail Lfreshwate@xxxxxxx
complete litings available at :
http://members.aol.com/bablogbook/main.htm
The F.C.C. has started putting CALL LETTER changes in their computer
data base...We will include them here as time and space permits.
PREPARED ON 3/4/98
Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL CALL
WDZY Colonial Heights, VA 1290 WZOD
** Commission grant and consummation does not automatically grant call
sign application. The new licensee must provide written notice to the
call sign desk upon consummation of the transaction and await authority
from the Commission to use the new call sign.
CALL SIGN CHANGES
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL * CALL
KNRS Salt Lake City, UT 570 KISN 1
WJWL Georgetown, DE 900 WSSR
KNWZ Thousand Palms, CA 1010 KPSL
KXPS Thousand Palms. CA 1270 KNWZ
WPTT McKeesport, PA 1360 WIXZ
KKWK St. Louis, MO 1380 WKBQ
KDXX Dallas, TX 1480 KMRT
KMEN Hastings, NE 1550 KICS 1
KSMH Auburn, CA 1620 new
WHKT Portsmouth, VA 1650 WAWT
WMIB Marco Island, FL 1660 new
KQJD West Fargo, ND 1660 new
1- information noted in M Street Journal, but not seen in the
FCC information..
*- The F.C.C. does NOT list the frequency in their database.
I have tried to suppliment this with information from my
own database,, so look it over "carefully" before you
change anything in yours.
We have put this information in order of frequency rather
than location. Send any suggestions, changes AND
corrections to the above E-Mail address.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Jef Jaisun - eljefe@xxxxxxxxxxx - Seattle (DXing from Lahaina and Hilo,
HI)
The DXing difference between Lahaina, Maui and Hilo on the Big Island
is massive. Lahaina faces west, with the mountains directly behind it.
Hilo faces east, towards the US mainland. A casual AM bandscan from
Hilo on 2/21 circa midnight local time revealed great cx to the west.
KFI-640 was in like a local, as was the SS station on 1020 (in L.A. I
believe). KRVN-880 was very strong. Also heard were KGO-810, KIRO-710
and a possible KOMO-1000. Conversely, only KIRO and the SS station were
heard from Lahaina, and very weakly. Best catch from Lahaina was
KFQD-750, Anchorage, AK. Conspicuously missing from Hilo was
Papeete-738, a regular in Lahaina. Also, curiously, no Mexican or
Central American stations were heard.
There is a TIS on 530 at the entry of the Kilauea Volcano National
Park, with cautions and info about the area. No ID given on the tape
loop, and the park ranger at the entry didn't know the calls. Does
anybody have a listing for this station?
KPUA-670, Hilo, was not audible in Lahaina, and most Honolulu stations
were extremely weak in Hilo. In my last report, I mentioned a Hawaiian
with JJ on 970. That was a mistake. The station is actually on 940, and
was blown off in Hilo by KFRE-Fresno. My JJ on 972 was legit. KAHU-1060
does not get into Lahaina. As far as I can tell, I nailed every
Hawaiian station on this trip, although I didn't hang around for every
ID. As soon as I can borrow a current log book with the HI stations
listed, I'll send in my complete list with slogans, et al. Meanwhile,
if you're on 1110 and you hear someone slur "K-A-Y," it's really
KAOI-Wailuku...studios about three blocks from Saeng's, a really great
Thai restaurant, hi!
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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 WINNIPEG MB
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
1380 KKWK MO St Louis 02/26 1850 Poor to fair signals with local news
and weather.Several KKW non ID's heard until on the hour legal
ID. NEW!! (SA-MB)
1440 KKXL ND Grand Forks 02/28 1510 Good signals. They are baaaack.
First heard today after being off since April 1997 floods.
Their new format is NOS/Adult Standards music off a satellite
feed. Their music is // 1550 KQWB West Fargo who are only 70
miles to the south. Many non-ID's as "Star 14-40" or "The
station that brought great memories and great music back to the
Forks Star 14-40" and "Star 14-40 the Red River Valley's memory
station" Only time they use calls is on the hour. (SA-MB)
COMMENTS
Sure right after I send in a logging saying they are still off KKXL
comes back on. Not sure when first day was but they are baaaack!!! New
format same calls. St louis has new calls again.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I had one of the best mornings for Hawaiians than I have had for a long
time. It was unbelieveable!
550 KMVI-HI, Wailuku, good with "Cruzin' 55 IDs and wx, mentioned NO
Rain at 0835 EST (1335 UTC) 3/1, way over KOAC. (PM-OR)
560 CHTK-BC, PRINCE RUPERT, fair on top of jumble with wxcast,
mentioning "TK Radio" Temps in Ktimat, Terrace, Prince Rupert at
0815 EST 3/3. (PM-OR)
570 KQNG-HI, Lihue, very strong over everything else with rock music,
ID's as "KONG", YMCA spots at 0810 EST (1310 UTC) 3/1. (PM-OR)
590 KKSK-HI, Honolulu, very good over all with Rel. pgm at 0915 EST
(1415 UTC), nice KSSK ID 3/1 (PM-OR)
620 KIPA-HI, Hilo good o/u KEWS with AS and spots at 0957 EST (1457
UTC) KIPA IDs 3/1. (PM-OR)
650 KHNR-HI, Honolulu, good with News promos and "KHNR" IDs at 0930
EST (1430 UTC). Sacramento way way underneath 3/1 (PM-OR)
690 KQMQ-HI, Honolulu fair with Michael Jackson and other pop mx and
Marah Carey giving canned ID at 0922 EST (1422 UTC) 3/1 (PM-OR)
760 KGU-HI, Honolulu, very good with "One on One Sports" at 0940 3/1,
many Honolulu area spots. (PM-OR)
900 KNUI-HI, Kahalui, good with filipino pgm and ancr with accent
mentioning KNUI, way over others. At 0950 3/1. (PM-OR)
940 KJPN-HI, Waipahu-very very strong with JJ pgming and "JPN" IDs in
JJ at 0947 3/1. Beautiful JJ Pop mx. Best ever heard. (PM-OR)
1230 CJNL-BC, MERRITT, with KVAS phased out with "CJNL" ID at 0830 3/3
briefly above jumble. (PM-OR)
1230 KPPT-OR, TELEDO, now with Oldies Rock with IDs as "The Point,
1230 AM, with Baby Don't Go-Sonny & Cher at 0907.30 EST 3/3. Ex
KZUS (C&W). (PM-OR)
1230 UNID, who is the station with IDs as Q-93 on here. Hrd at 0820
3/3. (PM-OR)
1420 KCCN-HI, Honolulu, presume the source of the Hawaiian mx u/KITI
with what sounded like "Honolulu" mention at one point at 0926
3/1. (PM-OR)
1620 WPHG-AL, ATMORE, in fair tonight o/u KYIZ with Black gospel, with
ID at 0230 EST (0730 UTC) as "You're with W-P-H-G Atmore Alabama
1620 on your dial." Then into more Gorpel pgming. 3/2. All other
X-Band stations including Metra-1630 and DFW-1680 in good
tonight. (PM-OR)
1630 TIS-IL, DEERFIELD (Other locations around Chicago), hrd again
inbetween the splash of 1620 (KYIZ) and 1640 (KDIA), with
"Welcome to Metra" Sounded like a 2nd station in the gable way
behind, may have been another Metra station or MI, hrd at 0140
EST 3/2. This 9 watter sure gets out! (PM-OR)
Drake R8 with terminated "U" antenna, 1500' Eastern beverage, Term.
900' NNW beverage, phasing unit (homebrew). Ground system in a nearby
swamp (salt and fresh water).
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Bill Harms - Elkridge MD - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
Heard the following last night
713.3 CUBA, Radio Rebelde wobbling around here at 0230 3/5 with rapid
fire male announcer. gone by 0300. (Harms-MD)
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Bonaire. Trans World Radio. 0155-0201.
British Accented male preacher and ID at 0200. Over all on
channel! (Harms - MD)
1640 WPKX724 (call listed) PA, (six possible sites). Heard references
by a male announcer to "Pennsylvania Turnpike," "Highway
Advisory Radio," and "test." They faded up a couple of times
over WPLR660 Dallas Fort Worth and possible KDIA. 3/5 0300.
(Harms - MD)
Heard TA hets on 684, 729, 738, 774, 891, 1134 (Some audio), and 1548.
Various times 3/5 0000-0300.
NRD 525 3 foot high air core loop.
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MISC ITEMS
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
HONDURAS
1460 R Conga, recently verified after a 'phone call and visit to the
station by Honduran DXer Elmer David Escoto Romero. They told
Elmer they did get my first report and passed it on to Radio
Internacional (4930 SW) because they thought the report must be
for them. Once Elmer told then that it was their MW outlet I
heard, they were rapt. The v/s is Ruth de Handal, Sub-Gerente,
who sent a friendly personal letter and two stickers. Hopefully
thanks to Elmer's work, they now know that R Conga can be heard
by DXers and future requests for QSLs for the MW outlet will be
answered promptly.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I received my 14th QSL in February all MW in the form of: 1700 KHZ-John
F> Kennedy International Airport-So. Service Rd-Bdg #14-Jamaica, NY
11430- V/S was Jerry Spampamato- Acting manager. Letter and other
goodies inc. Postcard of Airport, booklet on Queens. Mentioned that JFK
is 50 years old now. All this in 15d for taped report.
1610-WPKY973-AgFARMation Radio Station-5842 RD, 2 NW-Ephrata WA 98823-
V/S Tom Flint-Op. Engineer rec. vl in 90 days for taped report. Power
listed as 10 watts, from the top of a sign board (16 foot antenna),
sign as Ground Plane. Tom Flint welcomes reports. (PM-OR)
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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 February 27 1998 through March 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
2/27 90 4 3 very low quiet-unsettled swa ends
2/28 94 10 3 very low quiet-active -
3/ 1 98 7 3 low quiet-unsettled -
2 z z 1 low quiet-active -
3 97 4 2 low quiet -
4 102 6 1 low quiet -
3/ 5 97 9 3 low quiet-active -
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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 3/5/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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