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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - April 2 1998
Vol 4 No 1
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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!
**Monday, April 6, 1998 - CHSJ-700, St. John, NB will transmit code IDs
and an aural "DX test" announcement at precisely 2:15 and 3:16 am EDT.
(PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION OF TIME) Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Ian Cameron
Program Director and Technical Manager
CHSJ-AM
P.O. Box 2000
St. John, NB E2L 3T4
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
"As to the times, I had quoted 0515 and 0615, both reference Greenwich,
to Bill Hale of NRC before I realized that Daylight Saving Time began
the day before, and he put out the word that it would be 0115 and 0216
local, so to set the record straight, we will do THREE TESTS (my
caps-wf) for the benefit of anyone who may be confused about the time
or the shift to DST.
Note that these times are approximate, the time of voice breaks depends
upon the lengths of the preceding songs, so the tolerance could be plus
or minus 5 minutes. And those approximate times will
be 0415, 0515 and 0615 Universal/Greeenwich; 0115, 0215 and 0315
Atlantic Daylight Time. The ID will consist of voice identification
with commentary followed by a morse call-letter ID.
As for your question of power/pattern; the only way to diplomatically
and discreetly answer this is to say that we will make a maximum
effort to ensure our equipment is performing optimally to be heard
during the test period.
Regards,
Ian Cameron, Program Director
& Technical Manager, CHSJ 700/94.1?
**Monday, April 6, 1998 - KKSA-1260, San Angelo, TX 1:00-6:00 am EDT.
(NRC) (Re-schedule of its 3/16 test)
**Monday, April 20, 1998 - KSUB-590, Cedar City, UT 2:00-7:00 am EDT.
(NRC)
KSUB-590 Cedar City, Utah will conduct CPC testing on the morning of
Monday, April 20 between 0200 and 0700 ELT ( a minimum of two
announcements per hour, times unknown, so listen closely). This may be
a great opportunity to hear your "Utah Number 2".
They will be using their nighttime facilities of 1000 watts and
directional (butterfly) pattern.
Reports should be sent to Mr. Don Blanchard, Engineer, KSUB, PO Box
819, Cedar City, UT 84721-0819
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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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
At 0800 UTC (0300 EST) KKSN & KFXX made the switch. KFXX-910 and
KKSN-1520.
The switch happened at 0800 UTC 3/30. However the only switch so far is
the formats. The call letters are still KKSN on 910 (Now Sports though)
and KFXX-1520 (Now Adult Standards). Uncertain when the call change
switch will happen, but should be soon. 73s, Patrick
I phoned the CE at Entercom this morning, after the two stations
switched formats, but not call letters. I was told, they weren't sure
when they would switch calls as they hadn't gotten the OK by from the
FCC as yet. So as it stands at the moment, 910 is still KKSN (Sports
Talk now) and 1520 is still KFXX (Now Adult Standards0. I'll keep you
posted.
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Wayne Heinen - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
The NRC's AM Radio Log is in need of some help with some conflicting
reports on format, networks and other information that is needed to
help keep it current Listed by State. If you can help, thanks! If you
can pass the question on to someone who can thanks also! Please DO NOT
quote other peoples info from DX News or DX Monitor. That's where most
of the conflicts came from! This posting I the unanswered questions as
of March 30, 1998
AR
KWAK-1240 Current Format & Net Affiliation
CA
STN-1420 Current Format & Net Affiliation
GA
WCGA-1100 last we had them as TLK, music format now?
WERD-1160 Bill Hale. I mailed a CPC request to WERD in Georgia (to Log
address) and got it back a few days later marked as "wrong address"
or some such.
WRCG-1420 P.O. Box 1537 address no good
FL
WLVT-640 Current Format & Net Affiliation
WJNO-1040 All News/Talk? Nets?
WJNA-1230 When not //WJNO Format is?
Don Trelford reports letters to WJNX-1330 at returned as moved not
1500 N. Flagler Dr., W. Palm Beach
This address is also in my db for WJNO.
IN
WGLL-1570 Current Format & Net Affiliation (Still //WGL-1250? or //FM
102.3?)
KY
WHLN-1410 Current Format & Net Affiliation
WLGC Greenup KY we've got reports of GOS and 1 ON 1 Sports for
formats.
ME
WALZ-1400 is this on air or off air? License was deleted but petition
to reconsider as files
MO
KHAD-1190 SPT w/1ON1 or C&W still?
MT
KOFI-1180 AC/OLD/TLK or now all Talk?
NJ
WJDM-1530 is this still on the air?
WJWR-620 needs a new address
NC
WKRE-1060 New Address
OH
WJTB-1040 Current Format & Net Affiliation
OR
KLLU-1030 Current Format & Net Affiliation
VA
WVLR-880 Current Format & Net Affiliation
WJWS-1370 Current Format & Net Affiliation
WINC-1400 Current Format & Net Affiliation
WA
KJOX-980 Current Format & Net Affiliation
PR
WVOZ-1520
74 Mayaquez St address is no good.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Another DXcellent Cape Cod Weekend (27-29 MAR 1998) Mark Connelly ...
WA1ION
I did a bit of DX late on Friday night from the Harwich house and the
band was in average (but not spectacular) shape. The lower end of the
MW dial was better than the upper end in terms of Trans-Atlantic
signals. As is typically the case, the strongest stations were from
Spain, Algeria, and Morocco. Latin Americans were unimpressive.
Before doing shopping and other errands on Saturday morning, I "scoped
out" some prospective DX sites in the town of Orleans, MA. There are a
number of "town landing" areas for boaters that offer adequate free
waterfront parking. Orleans is endowed with a surprisingly good number
of locations suited, at least, to DXing with car-mounted phased
antennas (loop, whip).
Besides the site I recently used (off Route 28, just north of Tar Kiln
Road), I found five other sites that could be considered usable for
serious medium-wave Europe / Africa DX.
These are:
1. east end of Portanimicut Road
2. Nauset Beach: east end of Beach Road (parking not free in summer)
3. north end of Priscilla Road
4. near north end of Snow Shore Road
5. Weeset Road / northeast end of Tonset Road
Another site (south end of Quanset Road, near Ewing Drive) has been
identified as having good exposure to the south - hence it would be
useful during an aurora for South America, the Caribbean, and (maybe)
deep Africa.
On Saturday (28 MAR), spring warmth had finally arrived, even on Cape
Cod. That afternoon, I set up to DX at the Orleans site at the
northeast end of Tonset Road. Back in the '70s, I'd heard Turkey-1016
there on a Ford Pinto car radio at sunset, so I figured that the
location was worth trying out with some "real" DX gear.
At 4.50 p.m. local (2150 UTC) ... better than an hour before sunset ...
Saudi Arabia-1521 was already blowing away WGAM-1520 on the car radio.
Once I was set up with the BBL-1 broadband loop, MFJ-1024 whip, DXP-1
phasing unit, and Drake R8A, it made sense to cruise the upper part of
the MW dial first. This sunset strategy works well because the top end
tends to succumb to domestic slop before lower end stations do. You
can DX the low-banders several hours after sunset from a shore site
without too much domestic QRM grief. Between 2200 and 2259 UTC, the
following were logged: Saudi Arabia-1521, Italy-1332, Russia-1386,
France-1404, France-1242, Spain-1413, Algeria/Germany-1422,
France-1467, Austria-1476, Spain/unID classical music/unID AA - 1485,
Saudi Arabia-1512, Vatican-1530, Spain/Germany-1539, UK pop music
station mixed with VOA Kuwait - 1548, Algeria-1550 (LOUD), unID AA -
1557, unID AA talk - 1566 (maybe Iran though maybe this should be
Farsi), Italy over/under Spain-1575, Spain-1584.
The band was REALLY ROCKING at this point. Most stations were LOUD
with some (like 1467 and 1521) hitting S9+40 ! From 2300 to 2359, I
had R. Vitoria (Spain) - 1602 (good ID) with SER under, Belgium-1512,
Mauritania-1349, Spain-1314, Spain-1305, Spain-1296, Spain-1287 (with
Cameroon-1286 het), Libya-1251, UK over Spain - 1215, Spain-1071 & 1197
(//), Morocco over Spain-1044, Spain-1080, Spain-1053 over UK &
Morocco, Italy-846, Portugal-1035, Spain-1026, Spain-1017 over possible
Turkey, Algeria-981 open carrier with Greece under, Spain-873,
Spain/Canaries-837 // 783, Egypt-774, Morocco-612, Canaries-621,
Spain-657, Netherlands-675, Spain over Serbia-684, Spain-774,
Switzerland/Senegal-765, Spain over Germany - 756.
>From 0000 to 0059 (UTC: 29 MAR), to wrap up the session, the following
were logged: Spain-738, Spain-729 over possible Ireland, Spain-693 over
UK & Azores, Portugal-666, unID flute music (not Spain) on 648,
Spain-639, Spain-855, Spain-585, Ireland-567, Spain-576, Algeria-549,
UK-693, Slovakia (tentative) & AA-sounding station mixed on 702,
Slovakia/Spain-1098, Netherlands-747, Ireland-612, Azores-693 // 836
(not 837), Egypt-864, Spain-936, Spain-954, Germany-972, Spain-999,
UK-1089, UK-1053, Spain-1116, Croatia over Spain-1134, Spain over
Croatia-1125, Canaries/Spain-1179, Netherlands-1395, and Algeria-1422
(dominant).
I must say that the three hours spent DXing at the Orleans, MA
waterfront were productive above and beyond my late-March expectations.
I hope that some of the rest of you took advantage of the great
conditions. Full-detail loggings will be issued later - it's going to
take a few days to type up all this stuff !
[Connelly*D-MA] = Duxbury Beach, MA (GC= 70.647 W / 42.056 N)
(Gurnet Road, 1 km S of Marginal Road)
[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*O-MA] = Orleans, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.953 W / 41.81 N)
(beach area near northeast end of Tonset Road & Weeset Road)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems - Duxbury Beach: two 27 m wires (NE, SE); E. Harwich:
two BBL-1 broadband loops spaced 43 m apart on E-W line, or co-located
and placed at a right angle; Orleans: BBL-1 loop and MFJ-1024 whip (as
cardioid array); all sites: DXP-1 phasing unit
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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 28 0530 - // 855 with SS talk /
teletalk; over apparent Algeria. [Connelly*H-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, MAR 14 0454 - female AA vocal, strings;
fair.
+ MAR 14 0528 - emotional fast-tempo AA vocal; excellent.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0015 - high-intensity AA vocal & flutes; BLASTING in.
[Connelly*O-MA]
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, MAR 28 0529 - man in EE; poor to
fair, likely Spain under. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0013 - song "Arthur's Theme (The Best that You Can Do)",
then EE talk by female DJ; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
576 ALGERIA, Bechar, MAR 28 0529 - // 549 with fast AA vocal; to good
peak, dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, MAR 29 0014 - // 855 with man & woman in
SS; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, MAR 28 0535 - // 738 with SS teletalk; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0010 - nostalgic music including "Singing in the Rain",
then man & woman in SS; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, MAR 15 0020 - // 774 with man &
woman in SS; fair, over others. [Connelly*D-MA]
612 IRELAND, Athlone, MAR 29 0026 - EE rock music, talk; under
Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 15 0008 - almost-operatic female AA
vocal; excellent. [Connelly*D-MA] + MAR 28 0554 - AA vocal at
low audio level on massive carrier. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2350 - strings, shrill female vocal; huge.
+ MAR 29 0018 - segment of classical music, then AA talk by man.
[Connelly*O-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 14 0500 - SS news by
woman; fair.
+ MAR 28 0514 - SS discussion program; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2350 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., MAR 28 0513 - // 684 & 621 with SS
group discussion; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0009 - // 855 with SS newstalk; fair in heavy CBN splash.
[Connelly*O-MA]
648 unID, MAR 29 0008 - flute music (not Spain); in mess.
[Connelly*O-MA]
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, MAR 28 2351 - SS teletalk; fair with WFAN
phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, MAR 29 0007 - bits of PP news; poor, in
jumble. [Connelly*O-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, MAR 28 2353 - Dutch talk by man,
then James Bond movie theme "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena
Easton; very good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, MAR 14 0620 - SS talk still fair at this
late time.
+ MAR 28 0513 - // 621, 639 with SS group discussion; excellent.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2354 - fast SS talk & teletalk; over Serbia.
[Connelly*O-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, MAR 28 0614 - mellow pop vocal, PP
talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 29 0004 - // 855 with SS telephone
interview; over UK & Azores. [Connelly*O-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., MAR 15 0019 - EE talk by
woman; just barely over a 3 or 4 station pile-up.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 29 0020 - talk about gambling, lotteries; briefly good, over
others. [Connelly*O-MA]
702 MOROCCO, RTM, Sebaa-Aioun (t), MAR 29 0006 - bits of apparent AA
music. [Connelly*O-MA]
702 SLOVAKIA, Slovensko 1, Banska Bystrica / Presov, MAR 29 0023 - //
1098 with Slavic talk; poor / mushy, in mix with probable
Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]
711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, MAR 14 0017 - AA news and commentary by
woman; excellent, about equal to WOR. [Connelly*D-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., MAR 28 0319 - // 774 with man in SS;
poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0003 - // 738 with SS political speech; over other
station (Ireland ?). [Connelly*O-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, MAR 28 0327 - SS pop vocal with '60s
(Beatles) influences; fair.
+ MAR 28 0535 - SS teletalk; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0002 - SS political news, election speech; excellent.
[Connelly*O-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, MAR 29 0024 - cool jazz; dominant.
[Connelly*O-MA]
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, MAR 28 2358 - SS talk, then
instrumental of "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; atop Germany.
[Connelly*O-MA]
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, MAR 15 0015 - AA / African vocal; slightly over
Switzerland. It was a real 'dogfight' with a low-pitched growl
present. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2359 - African drumming & vocal; rising over Switzerland.
[Connelly*O-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, MAR 28 0321 - classical music; poor to
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2356 - cover version of John Lennon's "Imagine";
initially dominant, then it faded under Senegal.
+ MAR 29 0024 - pop FF female vocal; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
774 EGYPT, Abis, MAR 15 0014 - AA talk; briefly over Spain.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2349 - woman in AA; over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 14 0437 - slow deliberate SS talk by
man (maybe a narration of a story), then high-pitched operatic
SS female vocal; excellent.
+ MAR 28 0320 - SS talk, interspersed music; to good peak.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2355 - SS discussion, teletalk; huge / dominant, at least
10 dB stronger than WABC-770. [Connelly*O-MA]
783 SPAIN, COPE, Barcelona, MAR 28 2348 - // 837 with SS sports,
Barcelona mentions; fair, over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, MAR 15 0012 - // 612 with slow, dirge- like
music; Egypt audible under. [Connelly*D-MA]
836 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, MAR 29 0029 - ex-837: oldies
including "Reflections of My Life" by Marmalade, then PP talk;
poor in heavy Canaries-837 splash. // 693 was occasionally
discernable behind UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, MAR 28 2348 - // 783 with
SS talk, sport results mentioning Barcelona; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
846 ITALY, Rome, MAR 28 2336 - man & woman in II, interlude of
classical music; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., MAR 14 0416 - female SS vocal, then
SS talk by man; to good peak. Still good as late as 0620 UTC.
+ MAR 28 0344 - // 1107 with SS male folk vocal; fair to good.
+ MAR 28 0538 - man in SS; loud. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0009 - SS newstalk; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, MAR 15 0009 - Koranic male vocal; good, over
Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 29 0033 - Koranic chant at 'monster' level; way over Spain.
[Connelly*O-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, MAR 28 2347 - // 1044 with SER
SS news; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 14 0514 - moaning-type AA male vocal; good.
+ MAR 28 0603 - news by man in AA; strong. [Connelly*H-MA]
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, MAR 15 0004 - bits of SS
teletalk; in WHJJ/CJCH slop. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 0541 - SS talk; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 14 0537 - // 774 with SS teletalk;
poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0036 - // 855 with Barbra Streisand vocal; over others.
[Connelly*O-MA]
945 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Toulouse, MAR 28 0604 - FF talk by 2 men; fair
to good. [Connelly*H-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 15 0004 - SS newstalk; some WROL
slop. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 0540 - Celtic- influenced instrumental, then man & woman
in SS; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0036 - good with jazz. [Connelly*O-MA]
972 GERMANY, NDR, Hamburg, MAR 29 0041 - jazz instrumental, soul
vocal, then man in GG; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 14 2329 - AA vocal, drums, flutes; over
other. [Connelly*D-MA] +MAR 14 0540 - AA music at low audio
level on big carrier; through some CBV slop with WTRY phased.
Still audible after 0622 UTC.
+ MAR 28 0605 - AA talk by woman; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
981 GREECE, Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara (t), MAR 28 2342 - Greek
music mixed with a couple of other audios; under big Algeria
carrier that was either unmodulated or severely undermodulated.
[Connelly*O-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, MAR 14 0410 - woman with SS talk & teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 15 0003 - SS news, telephone interview; excellent.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 29 0044 - flamenco guitar; good despite CKBW slop.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1017 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 28 2341 - SS talk; over station with
AA-style music. [Connelly*O-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 28 2339 - // 1044 with SS news; poor to
fair in WBZ slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1035 PORTUGAL, RDP R. Comercial, Lisboa, MAR 28 2337 - PP vocal, PP
talk by man, jingles; good with WBZ phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 14 2240 - accented FF talk by man;
excellent at S9+30.
+ MAR 15 0002 - martial-sounding group vocal (anthem ?); monster
signal, atop SER Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2333 - flute music that was almost Celtic-sounding,
local-like, way over SER Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 14 0411 - fast SS talk by man; fair.
+ MAR 28 0339 - SS teletalk to good peak; jumpy fades.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1053 MOROCCO, Tanger, MAR 14 2325 - AA vocal, strings; totally
dominant. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 0607 - bits of AA female vocal; over mess.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1053 SPAIN, COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, MAR 28 2335 - fast SS talk by
man; way over Morocco & UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al., MAR 28
2335 & MAR 29 0049 - EE talk // 1089; beneath Spain, Morocco.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1071 SPAIN, EI, Bilbao, MAR 14 2244 - SS rock music; tough CBA slop.
+ MAR 15 0001 - SS news by man; LOUD. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2331 - // 1197 with cover version of Beatles song "Help";
good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1080 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 28 2333 - // 1044, 1584 with SS talk;
good with WTIC phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, MAR 29 0048 - man in studio
spoke to a woman on the telephone about relationships and
arguing; fair, some WBAL slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, MAR 29 0023 - Slav talk; over/under Spain.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 29 0023 - SS talk; mixed with Slovakia,
growl present. [Connelly*O-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 14 0416 - // 855 with emotional SS
female vocal, then SS talk; fair.
+ MAR 28 0344 - // 855 with SS folk vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 15 0000 - end of SS ballad, pips, R. Nacional de Espana ID
by woman, then SS news by man & woman; HUGE signal.
[Connelly*D-MA]
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 14 0418 - // 1044 with fast SS newstalk;
poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 29 0051 - // 1044 with SS teletalk; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1125 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 29 0052 - SS talk; over Croatia.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, MAR 14 2359 - romantic female vocal; Spain SS
talk was way under. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 29 0052 - pop Slavic vocal; over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros, MAR 29 0052 - SS talk; under Croatia.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, MAR 14 0428 - // 1044 with
man & woman in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 14 2315 - SS male talk, compressed telephone-quality audio.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 29 0054 - SS teletalk; fair, some Cuba slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1197 LESOTHO, BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, MAR 14 2243 - BBC EE talk by
man; slightly over Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]
1197 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, MAR 28 2331 - // 1071 with a cover version of
the Beatles song "Help"; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, MAR 28 2325 - SS talk; under Virgin R., UK.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, MAR 28 2325 - EE talk, then
"China Girl" by David Bowie; good, over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1242 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Marseille, MAR 28 2240 - // 1404 with FF vocal;
good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, MAR 14 0430 - AA violins; to fair peak.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 14 2314 - man in AA; fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2320 - fast AA talk by man, compressed / restricted
audio; good strength. [Connelly*O-MA]
1287 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 28 2318 - // 1584 with fast SS talk;
poor, over 1 kHz het from Cameroon-1286. [Connelly*O-MA]
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, MAR 14 0433 - man & woman with SS teletalk
show; over unID music station. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2317 - SS sports report; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 14 0437 - // 774 with SS talk & music;
poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2316 - SS talk by man; over bad growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1314 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 28 2315 - // 1305 with bits of SS talk;
poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
1332 ITALY, Rome et al., MAR 28 2235 - II talk by man, then piano
music; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, MAR 14 2248 - man in AA
with religious-sounding talk; excellent signal, way over S9.
Het was audible on the car radio before 2200 UTC.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2314 - AA talk by man; some CKAD slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, MAR 14 0440 - SS talk occasionally sliding by
strong CKBC-NB. [Connelly*H-MA]
1386 RUSSIA-KALININGRAD, Bolshakovo, MAR 28 2239 - apparent
contemporary Christian vocal with jazz flute; briefly to good
peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, MAR 29 0056 - Dutch teletalk; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1404 FRANCE, R. Bleue synchros, MAR 28 2240 - // 1242 with FF vocal;
good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1413 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 14 0443 - // 774 with SS vocal; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2241 - man with SS talk; HUGE, over others.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1422 ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 28 2242 - AA music over/under Germany; both
signals peaked S9+25.
+ MAR 29 0057 - AA female vocal; dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, MAR 28 2242 - man in GG;
over/under Algeria. [Connelly*O-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, MAR 14 2257 - medieval-style flute music;
fair / jumpy. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2243 - man & woman with AA dramatic presentation;
LOCAL-LIKE at S9+40 !
+ MAR 28 2311 - UK-accented EE preaching; still at local strength.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1476 AUSTRIA, Wien-Bisamberg, MAR 28 2244 - likely this with GG talk
by woman; poor to fair.
+ MAR 28 2303-2305 - GG news poor to fair, then a bit of classical
music fading into the slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros / unID's, MAR 28 2245 - Spain with SS talk
mixed with two unID stations (one of these had AA program, the
other had classical music) - a real jumble ! [Connelly*O-MA]
1512 BELGIUM, Wolvertem, MAR 28 2304 - now dominant with news in EE
including an interview with a woman about military conflicts.
Good signal with only a little WNRB splash. [Connelly*O-MA]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Jeddah, MAR 28 2246 - AA Koranic chant;
excellent / dominant, strength within 10 dB of semi- local
WNRB-1510's signal at times. [Connelly*O-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, MAR 14 2259 - Koranic male AA vocal;
huge, much stronger than 1520. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 0318 - male a cappella AA vocal; fair with rapid fades.
[Connelly*H-MA]
+ MAR 28 2150 - AA music and talk, burying WGAM-1520 on the car
radio more than an hour before local sunset. A bit later, at
2215 UTC, a fast AA vocal & instrumentation was blasting in at
S9+40 on the Drake R8A. [Connelly*O-MA]
1521 SPAIN, SER, Castellon, MAR 14 0449 - // 1044 with bits of SS
teletalk; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
1530 VATICAN, R. Vaticana, MAR 14 2300 - R. Vaticana mention; in mix
with WVBF & WDJZ daytimers. [Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2248 - woman in II; good with WDJZ phased.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1539 GERMANY, ERF, Mainflingen, MAR 28 2249 - religious music; mixed
with SER Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1539 SPAIN, SER, Manresa/Elche, MAR 28 2249 - SER SS news; mixed with
Germany, both strong. [Connelly*O-MA]
1548 KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, MAR 28 2251 - US EE talk by female news
correspondent; mixed with UK music station. [Connelly*O-MA]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM, MAR 28 2251 - UK station here with old pop hits
including "When Will I See You Again ?" by the Three Degrees
(from the '70s) and a Bing Crosby vocal (from the '40s). Some
talk, but no ID, was noted; signal was slightly over VOA Kuwait.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1550 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, MAR 28 2254 - AA talk, then chant
& plucked strings; HUGE and totally dominant - almost no
evidence of co-channel domestics. [Connelly*O-MA]
1557 unID, MAR 28 2255 - AA talk, drumming; atop low rumble. Ideas ?
[Connelly*O-MA]
1566 IRAN, IRIB, Bandar Abbas (t), MAR 28 2256 - probably this with AA
talk to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
1575 ITALY, Genova, MAR 28 2257 - // 1332 with II talk and piano
music; over/under Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 28 2257 - // 1584 with SER network fast
SS talk; over/under Italy. [Connelly*O-MA]
1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 14 2305 - SS sports report.
[Connelly*D-MA]
+ MAR 28 2257 - // 1575 with fast SS talk; local-like, over
presumed Ceuta. [Connelly*O-MA]
1602 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, MAR 28 2258-2300 - folkish accordion music in
the nostalgic French style, then an Irish-style piece was
played. At 2300, a nice "R. Vitoria" ID boomed in. This was
well atop SER Spain and it was stronger than adjacent
WUNR/WWRL-1600. [Connelly*O-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, MAR 14 0456 - Afro-Caribbean
male group vocal (almost a cappella - just an occasional drum);
good. [Connelly*H-MA]
610 COLOMBIA, Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, Uribia, MAR 14 0358
- folk music, then ID "La Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, la
Voz del Amazonas"; good / dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
610 VENEZUELA, R. Centro 610, YVXY, Cantaura (t), MAR 14 0400 - SS
adverts mentioning Venezuelan businesses; mixed with Colombia.
[Connelly*H-MA]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, MAR 14 0522 - // 660 &
690 with slow SS vocal; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
660 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, MAR 14 0522 - // 640 & 690
with slow SS male vocal; over / under WFAN. [Connelly*H-MA]
680 PUERTO RICO, WAPA, San Juan, MAR 28 2353 - Puerto Rico news in
SS; good, over CKXG-NF (C&W) with WRKO phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
690 CUBA, R. Progreso, Jovellanos, MAR 14 0522 - // 640, 660 with SS
vocal; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
700 COLOMBIA, HJCX, Cali, MAR 14 0508 - SS news with several Bogota
items; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, Barranquilla, MAR 14 0530 - "beisbol colombiano"
promo; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, MAR 14 0531 - // 760 with SS news
mentioning Washington; atop (!) WABC. [Connelly*H-MA]
890 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, MAR 14 2332 - man &
woman in SS with news about public events in Havana; WBPS (also
SS at the time) phased; strong Algeria-891 het / QRM.
[Connelly*D-MA]
1170 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, MAR 14 2317 - CARACOL ID, SS
talk mentioning a Web site (that had "www" and "CARACOL" in it);
dominant. [Connelly*D-MA]
1375 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON, RFO, MAR 14 0442 - FF telephone
interview; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
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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
660 WBHR MN Sauk Rapids 02-28 1858 Fair signals over under KEYZ with
new Radio Disney programming. Ex-WVAL NEW! (SA-MB)
TRANS-ATLANTIC DX
189 Iceland Rikisutvarpid Gufuskalar Mar 26 0338 Poor signals with
American rock music and Icelandic talk. This is only the third
LW station logged from Winnipeg after France on 162 and Germany
on 180 (SA-MB)
Not much to hear. Conditions are noisy and DX is sparse.
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Mark Mohrmann - Coventry, VT - mohrmannm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NRD 535D with MFJ-1026
2 - 440ft wires at 140 and 220 degrees
For a novice BCB DXer stuck in the hills of northern Vermont,
conditions on these 2 nights was fantastic. Wish I'd had more time to
spend at the receiver.
570 CUBA Radio Reloj 0335 Mar 29 Male/Female anncrs under WMCA with
clock and "Radio Reloj" ID. (mm VT)
585 SPAIN (presumed) RNE 1 0310 Mar 29 Male anncr in Spanish. (MM VT)
620 CUBA Radio Rebelde 0337 Mar 29 Beisbol game // 5025. (MM VT)
640 CUBA Radio Progreso 0312 Mar 29 LA pop music // 890 (MM VT)
670 VENEZUELA YVLL Radio Rumbos, Caracas 0313 Mar 29 LA pop music,
Male anncr SP with "Radio Rumbos" ID 0316. (MM VT)
690 CUBA Radio Progreso 0342 Mar 29 with CBF nulled, "Radio Progreso"
ID // 890. (MM VT)
710 CUBA Radio Rebelde 0344 Mar 29 Beisbol // 5025 with WOR partially
nulled. (MM VT)
730 MEXICO XEX, Mexico City 0346 Mar 29 apparent Boxing match from
the Dominican Republic. Ads for Cervesa Corona at end of
program. 0356 full ID "XEX, La 'X' de Mexico". Excellent signal
in CKAC null. (MM VT)
750 VENEZUELA YVKS Radio Caracas, Caracas 2339 Mar 29 Male and Female
talk in WSB null. 0147 "RCR" ID. (MM VT)
760 COLOMBIA (tentative) HJAC, Barranquilla 2343 Sports scores from
Medellin and Bogota. // 1000. In WJR null. (MM VT)
890 CUBA Radio Progreso 0331 Mar 29 LA Male crooner // 640. (MM VT)
890.95 ALGERIA (presumed) ENRS, Alger 2356 Mar 29 Male Arabic
singing, 0001 time pips. (MM VT)
1000 COLOMBIA (tentative) HJAQ, Cartagena 0003 Mar 30 Male and Female
with news, mentions of "Colombia" // 760. (MM VT)
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Drake R8, term 1500' Beverage, Ground system.
t 1260-CBRU-BC, Squamish, apparently the one with CBC World Report at
1410 UTC (0910 EST) 3/31 // CBU-690. U/O others on channel.
Barely on top at times. New. Logged Pacific Rim Park here
several years ago w/ 50 watts and QSL'd them. Wonder what the
power is on this? (PM-OR)
I spoke to Dave Newbury- Engineering at CBC-Vancouver today. I
gave him the program details of what I heard on 1260, played
part of the tape over the phone. He told me that the station I
am hearing is CBC-Squamish. He is also mailing me a QSL card.
Now that is what I call "an easy QSL". They run 200-250 watts
at Squamish, but get out very poorly locally.
I spoke with an engineer at CBC - Vsancouver today and I found
out all MW LPRTs are not now running the 20-40 watts. As the
CBC replaces the old tube models with solidstate, they can run
up to 400 watts. Most are still running 40 watts,but about a
half a dozen run more power, as CBRU-1260 is running 200-250
watts. CBKY-1350- Keremeos BC is running near 400 watts.
CBUU-1070-Clinton is running in to 200-300 watt range, as CBRJ-
Grand Forks also is. There is no plans to move CBU, CFPR, CBX,
CBK, CBR, or CBW to FM, as they cover so mant remote areas that
FM couldn't handle. In time most of the stations will be going
to the digital band though. I was told that CBL Toronto went to
FM because with the Toronto TX site, the coverage wasn't that
good. FM can do better, as it has done in the East.
More info for the CBC in Vancouver. CBXQ-540 -Ucluelet is
going to stay on 540 Khz. They have scraped the idea to go to
FM. 860-Tofino did go to FM, and the CBC-Vancouver was hoping
that the FM at Tofino would cover Ucluelet, but it doesn't.
CBXQ is still one of the older 40 watt tube units.
t 1520-WWKB-NY, Buffalo. Poss. logging with KFXX off and OC at 0459.55
EST 3/30. KOMA faded down with an ID in the jumble then
"Country......WKB.......". Taped and tent. report sent. If it
was them, I am quite pleased. The last time I hrd them was when
they were WKBW in the 60s from Alaska. I'm keeping my fingers
crossed. (PM-OR)
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Larry B. Godwin - lbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1110 MEXICO, Ciudad Juarez, Chih noted with a strong signal on 1110 at
0400 GMT on 3/30/98. Format was U.S. oldies with Spanish
announcements, and the ID I heard was "La X, XEW ... classic
11-10." It's listed in the IRCA Mexican Log, Fifth Edition, as
XEWR (although I didn't hear the "R") and as only 500 watts, so
it must have boosted power. The 1998 WRTH shows XEWR as 1,000
watts, daytime only, but I heard the announcer say it broadcasts
24 hours. He also gave separate time checks for CST (Ciudad
Juarez) and MST (El Paso).
Receiver: Hammarlund HQ-150. Antennas: Sanserino air-core box loop +
Kiwa loop.
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MISC ITEMS
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
KGXL-1650 will be answering reports. I phoned Tom White the CE and was
told he has been very busy. But would be getting to the reports as
soon as he has time.
New address and phone number for KIOV-Payette ID:
620 Center Avenue, Payette ID 83661
Phone number (1-208-642-4548).
840-KMAX-WA, Colfax - rec. vf in 5df from: Robert G. Hauser-GM.
Address: PO Box 710 / 840 Almota, Colfax WA 99111. QSL # 2474.
(PM-OR)
1300-KKOL-WA, SEATTLE, rec. FD vl in 10d after several f/ups to CE.
Finally sent my last report to Richard Harris-Corporate Engineer
along with other info on the Network (KLFE-1590, KGNW-820, &
KKOL-1300) address: 2815 Second Avenue, Seattle WA 98121.
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Frank Aden - Boise ID - WVLL23A@xxxxxxxxxxx
KFXD 580, Nampa (is keeping calls) is now "CLASSIC COUNTRY". Was //to
several FMs owned by new owners for several days. No net. noticed.
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Tim Noonan - Madison WI - DXing@xxxxxxxxx
Jill, Chris and I spent Friday the 27th in the region east of Lake
Wiinebago, covering radio in the Sheboygan and Manitowoc areas. Except
in Manitowoc near the lake (Michigan, that is), is was warm enough all
day to go without a jacket. Here is a summary of what we learned:
Plymouth WJUB 1420. NSP, using 62 watts at night.
Sheboygan WCNZ 950. Live standards; on the air 5:30 a.m. to 10:00
p.m., except 7:00 sign-on on Sundays. Now at 1102 Fond du Lac Ave,
Sheboygan Falls, with WXER 104.5 Plymouth.
WHBL 1330 is NSP.
Two Rivers WTRW 1590. NSP (24/7), running WW1 Oldies Channel days 6-6
and Talknet nights 6-6 . The station ran a DX test a few years ago and
does not plan to do another.
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carl dewhitt - ki5sf@xxxxxxx
to all possibly interested parties:wichita ,kansas is currently the
leading city for a proposed mid america communications conference.this
dx/ communications conference to be held in a centrally located
city(other possibilities are tulsa ,ok;kansas city,mo;lincoln,ne; and
omaha,ne.) needs to have some publicity to come about. all parties
that get this message are urged to spread the word.the more interest we
get in this,the more likely it is it will come about.i also need and
welcome help in organizing the conference,lining up speakers and
events,etc.thanks and 73, carl ,ki5sf@xxxxxxx p.s.please forward this
mesage to any party that is not on the address headings that you think
would be interested .the target date for the conference to be held is
late august or early september.thanks for any help.
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Tom Bryant - Nashville TN - 102037.452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
An apology...
If you were among the rather large number of DXers who had written WSM
for a verification anytime in the past year, you were the unfortunate
victim of a lack of attention on my part.
Although excuses are a dime a dozen, I would like to explain that the
addition of a third station increased my workload to the point where I
no longer found time to handle reception reports, verie requests, etc.
After over 30 years with WSM Radio, and about 10 years as verie signer,
I took early retirement at the end of February. One of the FIRST
things I did was to get caught up on the backlog of QSL work.
Meanwhile, since no one else on the staff was interested or cared to
expend the time and effort, I was asked if I?d continue to act as verie
signer for the station and agreed to do so.
Maximum lag time for response will now be 8 weeks. The station will
deliver all mail to me in batches once every two months (unless I go by
and pick it up earlier).
As a DXer, and member of this club, I know how important this aspect of
our hobby is to many members. For my negligence, I apologize. For the
future, I promise to keep things current.
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Wayne Heinen - Aurora CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
Home with the flu and a spring snow storm. Checked the AM dial and
KTMG-1370 Deertrail has returned //KHNC-1360 w/American Freedom
Network as before....
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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 March 27 1998 through April 2 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
3/27 108 12 3 moderate quiet-unsettled -
28 104 9 2 low quiet-active -
29 100 15 2 very low quiet-active -
30 108 9 2 low quiet-unsettled -
3/31 108 6 2 low quiet-unsettled -
4/ 1 106 3 0 low quiet -
4/ 2 103 2 1 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 4/2/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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