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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - August 27 1998
Vol 4 No 20-21
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totalling my car last Thursday. Thanks to all of you that inquired
about my health. On with the show!!!
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
NRC '98: San Antonio TX on September 4-7, 1998. Hotel: Best Western
Oak Hills - single $52, double $94 (breakfast included). Registration
- $40 (includes banquet). Contact: Mr. Dale Hamm, 11313 January
Drive, Austin, TX 78753-2915.
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RADIO FEST 1998
"Communications Into Our Future"
Special Guests will include Larry Magne, John Figliozzi, Kim Andrew
Elliott and Bruce Elving
Banquet speaker: Larry Magne
Sunday Breakfast speaker: Dr. Bruce Elving
RADIO FEST 98
The Ontario DX Association invites radio enthusiasts of all
interests and all levels to join us for the event of the year, Radio
Fest 98. This 1998 convention of the ODXA promises to be one of the
best events in recent years for radio hobbyists.
Regular releases will be distributed and we invite you to pass them
on to anyone whom you believe would be interested. Here are the details
to this time:
Dates: Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4
Location: Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
Theme: "Communications Into Our Future"
Topics to be Covered (more will be added as we line up speakers and
presenters) : Guest panel discussion on our theme "Communications Into
Our Future"; Antenna Basics; Mediumwave Loop Building Workshop; History
of Canadian Radio; Introduction to Shortwave Radio; Game Show (a fun
event for everyone); Radio Astronomy; Shortwave Programming.
Special Guests coming will include Larry Magne, Editor-in-Chief of
Passport to World Band Radio; Bruce Elving, editor of the FM Atlas;
John Figliozzi, authority and author on shortwave programming; and Kim
Andrew Elliott, host of the Voice of America's Communications World
program. We also hope to have Rachel Baughn, editor of Monitoring
Times, with us.
Friday Night Reception.
Saturday Night Banquet with a keynote speaker Larry Magne.
Sunday Morning Breakfast with Dr. Bruce Elving speaking.
Prizes : Many exciting prizes will be available in our traditional
raffle - equipment, accessories, books, gifts.
Registration Fees : $15 for the entire convention, $5 for one-day
attendance
Accomodations : Here's the hotel that we suggest:
Days Inn - Hamilton
1187 Upper James St.
Hamilton, Ontario
(905)575-9666
(905)575-1098 fax
www.daysinn.com/daysinn.html
Radio Fest 98 Communications frequency : 442.800+ MHz ODXA Repeater
System
Contact for further information:
World Wide Web : http://www.durhamradio.ca/odxa/
E-mail : 70400.2660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Snail Mail : Ontario DX Association, P.O. Box 161, Station A,
Willowdale, Ontario M2N 5S8, Canada
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5th Annual Madison WI DX GTG 8/22/98
Saturday, August 22, 1998, 1:00 p.m. until the last person leaves. Come
when you can and leave when you must.
Where: Bill Dvorak's house, 501 Algoma Street, Madison WI 53704-4812.
Activities: Good fellowship and lots of DX talk in an informal
atmosphere. Please feel free to bring any equipment, QSLs, station
souvenirs, log books, or anything else that you would like to show to
or share with the group. We encourage everyone to participate in a
group photo, so bring along your camera. We will be going out for
dinner in the early evening hours, and can either return to Bill's
house or plan some other activity afterwards. If you do plan to come in
the early evening, please call ahead so we can tell you where we will
be eating.
Refreshments: Snacks and soft drinks will be provded. If you prefer
another beverage, please feel free to bring your own.
Directions: Bill lives on Madison's East Side at the corner of
Algoma and Hoard Streets, one block from the intersection of East
Washington Avenue and East Johnson Street. The easiest way to get there
from East Washington is via Oak Street, one block east of the
Washington/Johnson intersection. Turn at the corner of Oak with the
Taco Bell on one side and the KFC on the other. Go north on Oak for one
block and turn left on Hoard for one block. His house is the brown
ranch on the near right corner.
Out-of-towners: East Washington Avenue is Highway 151, and can be
accessed from I90-94 at exit 135A, or from Hwy 30 just blocks from the
GTG. Bill will be glad to furnish a map upon request.
A word of caution about the Interstate: the junction of I90, I94
and Hwy 30 is undergoing extended upgrading. Lanes are closed on some
stretches of I90 from Hwys 12-18 north, and the intersection itself has
much construction activity. You can get through okay, but expect poorly
marked exits and traffic delays.
Accommodations: If anyone is thinking of staying over on Saturday
night, there are several good motels in the immediate area. Write or
call for information. Bill will gladly host you on a Madison tour on
Sunday, if you like.
Also, if you are either coming on Friday night or early on
Saturday, let us know, and we can arrange some early Saturday
activities.
Please RSVP. We would like to know for planning purposes how many
will attend. Contact Bill anytime up to the GTG day by any method
below:
Write to the above address. Telephone (608)244-5497 (if not at
home, leave a message on the answering machine). E-mail: DXERak@xxxxxxx
We hope you can make it. The Madison group of DXers looks forward
to seeing you here!
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairman (NRC)
Bill Hale - 6124 Roaring Springs Dr, N Richland Hills TX 76180-5552
phantom2@xxxxxxxx
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, October 5, 1998 - WIBW-580, Topeka, KS will include code IDs
within their normal on-the-hour regular IDs from 0100 to 0600 ELT.
Their normal night pattern will be used (directed toward the
southwest). Their regular format at this time is talk. Reception
reports should be sent to:
Mr. Ed O'Donnell
Operations Manager
WIBW-AM
P.O. Box 1818
Topeka, KS 66601-1818
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Monday, October 19, 1998 - WSGI-1100, Springfield, TN will conduct
tests between 0100 and 0600 ELT. The test will be comprised of C&W
music along with Morse Code IDs. This daytime-only station will be
operating with 1000 watts non-directional. Reception reports may be
sent to:
Mr. Bill Gray
General Manager
WSGI-AM
P.O. Box 909
Springfield, TN 37172-0909
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Monday, October 19, 1998 - KEYZ-660, Williston, ND will conduct tests
at various intervals from 0105 to 0130 and prior to the news at :00
from 0200 and 0600 ELT. The test will consist of 1000 Hz tones of about
30 seconds duration along with Morse Code IDs during the 0105 to 0130
period, commencing after ABC Network News and local news, and the code
ID at the top of the hour preceding ABC News from 0200 to 0600 ELT.
Their format is C&W music. KEYZ will be on their nighttime directional
pattern sending 26,895 watts ERP toward 018 degrees True. Reception
reports may be sent to:
Mr. Earl R. Gross, WD0APE
Chief Engineer
KEYZ-AM
410 6th Street East
Williston, ND 58801-5552
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Also, if you hear a test, PLEASE the newsgroup! And, if you send a
reception report to a station, please remember to include return
postage with your report...
Lynn.
(ircamember@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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HOT STUFF
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Doug Smith W9WI - w9wi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A bunch of little cards showed up at work yesterday inviting people to
listen to "new" gospel music station WNSG-1240. This is a call and
format change for WKDA, which had been running CNN Headline News and
some local talk.
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Eric Bueneman - N0UIHEric@xxxxxxx
Just a note to let you know that WIHM-1410 Taylorville, IL is now on
the air with EWTN Catholic-oriented programming for the Springfield
market. The station is owned by the same group (Covenant Network) that
owns WRYT-1080 Edwardsville, IL. The last three letters of the call
sign stand for "Immaculate Heart of Mary".
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(St. Louis, MO) -- Missouri Sports Radio, LLC, the owners of KFNS-590,
is planning to purchase KZMM-100.7 Troy, MO. This purchase is contigent
on the owner of KZMM, James McGee, purchasing another station in the
area (the two likely targets are KFAV-99.9 Warrenton, MO, owned by
Kaspar Broadcasting of Missouri, and KIRL-1460 St. Charles, MO, owned
by Bronco Broadcasting Company).
KFNS plans to simulcast it's all-sports format (for the most part)
on 100.7, and change calls to KFNS-FM. The only times the two would
split would be when a St. Louis Rams game is aired (KSD-93.7 has the FM
rights) and when high school football is aired (KFNS plans to air St.
Louis area games on 590, and St. Charles area games on 100.7).
The purchase of 100.7 is meant to fill a gap in KFNS' coverage (the
590 signal is directional away from St. Charles, to protect WOW-590
Omaha, NE, at night).
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1) WEMP-1250 Milwaukee, WI, after many years as an Oldies station (the
past several years getting the programming from Westwood One), has
become a Contemporary Christian station. The IDs are now promoting
"same call, brand new meaning".
2) WREN-1250 has officially moved from Topeka, KS to Kansas City, KS.
Their legal IDs clearly mention Kansas City, KS at the top of the hour.
They have fine-tuned their format to Urban Gospel, directly competing
with KPRT-1590 Kansas City, MO.
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Robert Wien - rjwmail@xxxxxxxxx
According to M Street, and also the FCC database, KQPT-1470 Sacramento,
CA. has indeed changed their call letters to KOME. I tried checking
the station for top of hour ID at 6 AM on Tuesday 8/18 but only said
"Cruisin' 1470" as usual, will try and call them today to confirm this,
they had been KQPT on last check 8 days ago.
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Theodore G. Hammond - thammond@xxxxxxxxxxx
As of August 19, 1998, WWCK(AM) 1570 is back on the air.
Here is an update on the WKNX, WJZZ, WCHB frequency shuffle and
upgrades. As you probably heard, WKNX, formerly 1210 kHz, now Bay
City, (Oldies) took over the vacated frequency of WXOX (1250) last
year, reworking the WKNX 3 tower dogleg array for 1250 kHz. WJZZ moved
to Kingsley, MI and is operating on 1210 kHz, skywave signal strength,
as well as a weak groundwave heard here would suggest they are
operating with 50 kW now. While it is supposed to be 2.5 kW during
critical hours, it is often hard to believe they reduce power when they
should. It has a "Smooth Jazz" type format. WCHB 1200 Taylor (Urban
Talk) has gone silent to reconstuct their directional antenna system.
When completed, it will be 50 kW daytime with 4 towers, and 15 kW
nighttime with 10 towers.
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Larry Russell - Flushing MI - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1570 WWCK Flint MI is back on air in parallel with the FM as usual.
They were off for several weeks; 2nd time this year. (Russell)
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Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sometimes it seems that certain call letters are reluctant to leave a
particular area, especially after a long run. And so it is with KTMS.
It didn't sit idle on the shelf for long. Jacor has picked them up for
990 in Santa Barbara, replacing KQSB. They were using them today; the
first time I noticed. I don't know when the change took place. It can't
have been too long ago; radiostation.com doesn't have it yet. Their
data comes directly from the Friendly Candy Company.
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THE "X" BAND
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Richard Phelps - LA - RICHRESCH@xxxxxxx
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Advisory Radio at 1640 or 1650 Khz, at
03:00 UTC, on 24 August 1998.
Female announcer reading departure/arrival times at DFW gates for
various cities, numbering up to 100.
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Jef Jaisun - eljefe@xxxxxxxxxxx
KBGG-1700... Heard here, too! MM 8/10 0137-0210 PDT on my ICF-7600.
Weak but steady signal, audio too muffled to get an official ID, but
heard 1-800 number given, callers, bumper/theme music. Certainly not
Miami! Odd cx at the time, and no sign of 'em since.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1640 KHZ, WHSH???, WI, SUSSEX, possibly the one way u/KDIA with OC at
0658 EDT. Then Female talking at 0700 EDT, followed by soft mx at 0706,
talking, but too much KDIA, and station too weak. On 8/26. This is the
first "real" signal I have heard from possible WHSH. Should beable to
log them when KDIA is off or EC CX get better. This is the only X Band
station I haven't heard to date. I have the other 13, and so far 11
QSL'd. Will keep trying. Tryed to phase with ANC4 using 1500' Eastern
Bev and Vertical and other antennas, but still bo luck. (PM-OR)
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Larry Russell, Flushing MI, various mass-market radios, spiral loop.
ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1330 KFH Wichita KS 1006 8/7 2 IDs, mention of 1330 & 1480, talk about
Kenya explosion. Heard through dead air on my local. (Russell)
1330 WFIN Findlay OH 1020-1045 8/8 community calendar with mentions of
Findlay and Hancock county, IDs, "news sports and weather
authority". Heard through dead air on my local. New catch!
(Russell)
1630 unid 0725 8/10 rock mx mixing with Mich. Dept. of Trans. (poor
Russell)
1700 KBGG Des Moines IA 0824-0830+ 8/8 "The big 1700 KBGG", political
talk show, "Des Moines' business news network". (Russell)
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
BOSTON-AREA SUMMER 1998 DX OUTINGS COMPENDIUM
There were two multi-operator medium-wave DXpeditions held in the area
this season ...
Granite Pier - Rockport, MA
Date: Wed. - 22 JUL 1998
Attendees: Aart Rouw <ARouw@xxxxxxxxxxx> (from Germany),
and Mark Connelly
Aart, a chemical engineer, was on a business trip to the New
England states and decided to join in a mini-DXpedition, US-style. He
and I parked out on the pier just before sundown. The site was
initially fairly crowded as a boat race was just ending. The weather
was uncommonly hot and humid and, until the wind picked up, there were
more insects about than are normally encountered at the seaside. Aart
figured he'd do better joining me at the Drake R8A in my car, rather
than trying to DX with a portable. When the roof-top antennas were all
set up, we were getting some decent signals from Europe that made Aart
think that he may have been listening from somewhere near his "home
turf". The UK Talk Radio stations on 1089 and 1053 popped up with good
audio, as did Virgin-1215. Germany on 1422 came through well, and a
weaker parallel signal was in there on 756. Aart recognized Dutch talk
from the Netherlands talk station on 1395. Stations from Spain were in
there with their typically strong signals on many frequencies. VOA
Kuwait on 1548 peaked at 0108 UTC / 9.08 p.m. local. Latin Americans
were pretty much a no-show; even the Caribbean splits and YVKS-750 were
unimpressive. Domestic-DX-wise, there were Newfoundlanders coming in
all over the dial, including some less-common ones like 1010 with
country music behind WINS.
When Aart got back to Germany, he wrote -
Dear Mark,
In the mean time I made it safely back to Germany. Thanks again for
your impressive demonstration of TA-DX from your sea side listening
post. I hope your mosquito bites have also healed already. These
creatures were certainly having a field day of their own with the two
of us in the car!
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Onward to the "DX Clams" Boston Area DXers (BADX) outing to the Parker
River National Wildlife Refuge salt-marsh area in Rowley, MA (after a
DX group seafood dinner at the Clam Box restaurant in Ipswich, MA)
Date: Wed. - 5 AUG 1998
Attendees: Bruce Conti, Mark Connelly, and Gary Thorburn.
Log summary - Mark Connelly <WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
5 AUG 1998 / 2324-2359 UTC: Senegal-765, Algeria-1550, Canaries //
Spain-1179, WLFW-1680 (ethnic pirate ?), Spain-1296, Algeria-981
6 AUG 1998 / 0000-0059 UTC: Spain-1602, Germany-1422, Spain-1305,
Bermuda-1160, Spain-1107, Spain-1044, Spain-954, Croatia-1134,
Spain-1134, Spain-1143, Spain-1152, UK-1089, Spain-1071, UK-1053,
Spain-756, Venezuela-670 mix w/ Newfie C&W, Ireland-567
6 AUG 1998 / 0100-0159 UTC: WLFW-1680 (seemed to mention Boston),
Morocco-1188, Algeria-891, Azores-837 huge !, Azores-693, Spain-792,
St. Vincent-705, Spain-684, Venezuela(Mundial)-880, Morocco-819 & 207
(//), Spain-729, Spain-738, Spain-774, Spain-648, Spain-639, Canaries
// Spain-621, Spain-603, Portugal-594, Spain-585, Algeria-549 & 153
(//), St. Kitts-555
6 AUG 1998 / 0200-0225 UTC: Portugal-666, UK-909, Portugal-963,
Spain-999, Spain-1116, Germany-756, Spain-1224
Receiver: Drake R8A. Antenna system for most logs: active whip and
broadband loop on car roof; phased with Superphaser-1 to get cardioid
pattern, usually nulling west. I also used a 100 m wire aimed
southeast, just in case it got auroral (it didn't). This wire was run
out over the marsh grass to the edge of the low- tide water. It's a
good thing that my insect repellent was working, because it got nasty
out there.
Heard some TA's that I'd logged in Plymouth last Friday (Virgin Radio,
etc.); also I noted Venezuela-1500 under WTOP, Colombia-1170 killing
WWVA, Venezuela-750 in the clear before getting covered by CBGY,
Venezuela-1080 under WTIC, Nevis-895, Anguilla-1505 in WNRB slop,
something in Arabic on 1566 (could be Iran, or one of the anti-Iraq
clandestines), and a few others I didn't write in the logbook. Notably
absent were Mauritania-1349 and Morocco-612 ... are these former
"blowtorches" now off the air ?
Full-data logs will be issued later in the month.
Everyone used Drake receivers. Bruce and Gary each had Beverage-length
wires running east. Gary also used a homebrew air loop. We all had a
good time.
Gary's report -gthorburn@xxxxxxxxxx
Last Wednesday night, I joined Bruce Conti and Mark Connelly on a
"DX Clams" outing, in search of Seafood and Trans-Atlantic MW DX.
You've probably read Mark Connelly's report. Now it's time to hear
from the junior member of the expedition.
We have all marvelled at the extensive and descriptive logs that
Mark turns in. If you are like me, you have fired up your receiver on
a good night at home and tried to hear some of this stuff. Perhaps
like me, you've been disappointed.
So over the past couple years, I eagerly joined some mini-
DXpeditions, to learn this obscure trade.
Three years ago Bruce, Mark, myself, Paul McDonough, Eric Cottrell
and maybe a couple others met at Hospital Hill in Rockport MA. With a
marginally adequate receiver, but a clearly inadequate antenna, I came
home with nothing more than about two Euro LW broadcasters in my log
below 1700 kHz.
They say admitting you need help is the first step. So a year ago,
armed with a new Drake R8A, I joined Mark & Bruce at the Rowley marsh
site, looking for some help. We strung out two long wires at right
angles across the marsh, and Mark tapped my R8A into a splitter which
followed his phasing and regen equipment. Think of it! Cable radio,
engineered by Mark Connelly. When Mark heard something interesting,
he'd shout the frequency and I'd scramble to tune it on my radio too,
before he detuned the regen and went looking for something else.
That trip taught me two things. First, that all those MW TA's are
really there, if you have a good site and good antennas. At home, 25
miles inland, I had heard hets on the more reliable TA frequencies.
But at the shore there are hets everywhere, and audio behind many of
them. Second, I learned that tuning a R8A to hear those signals, often
separated by only a kHz or two from a local station, requires listening
in sideband, with skillful use of narrow filters and the passband
control. Techniques that I used on shortwave to improve the
listenability of weak or QRM-ridden signals are essential on MW just to
hear them at all.
So a month ago I decided to get ready for another Rowley marsh
trip. I had built an amplified, tuned 2.5-foot box loop, fitted it to
the top of a tripod, and at Mark's suggestion, recently added a simple
varactor circuit so I could tune it remotely. I also had picked up a
big spool of wire at the last Deerchester flea. Away from the
electrical noise of my home I made a pre-expedition to my back yard.
No space for a really long wire, but the loop worked fine separating
out domestic stations. Still, the TA split frequencies offered only a
few quiet hets.
Which bring us to last Wednesday. Fortified with fried fish and
clams, in three vehicles we trekked out the lonely dirt track off Route
1A which ends at a parking lot on the edge of the Parker River National
Wildlife Sanctuary. It is a popular site with birders who binocularize
from the parking area out into the marsh, or walk further into it along
a due-east dirt road which ends at Nelson Island, the last clump of
trees before the marsh becomes the Parker River. This minor river
drains a few hills that the last glacier deprived of an outlet to the
nearby Merrimac. But it expands into a broad estuary between us and
Plum Island, probably the most northerly true barrier beach on the east
coast. The Parker River Sanctuary comprises much of the estuary and
Plum Island. Beyond Plum Island, the open Atlantic.
I parked facing east, and as the dusk settled I walked further
eastward down the dirt road into the humid gloom with a spool of 1000
feet of hamfest-grade wire. A technophobe heron took wing, and a few
kildeer relayed panic signals among themselves. I strung my wire along
the edge of the road, trying to keep it atop the marsh grass for a few
inches of height. The spool ran out about a third of the way to Nelson
Island, and I returned to the parking lot and set up my other antenna,
the amplified remotely tuned loop.
By this time, a few birders were returning from the dusky marsh to
their cars, and enquired about our activity. We explained as best we
could. Actually, there are many similarities between the two hobbies,
both birders and DXers share the urge to log rare catches, and
sometimes travel to remote spots with exotic equipment to do it.
Eager newbies in any activity are easily spotted, as they are
invariably grossly overequipped but underexperienced. I fit this
description to a tee. Having removed the center seat from the family
minivan, I set up a card table, a homey brass lamp retrofitted to
12-volt operation, prepared my travel coffee pot with ground French
Roast, and plugged it into the cigarette lighter. In the aura of a
cozy lamp and fresh coffee, I tidied my reference library on the rear
seat next to me, and placed the Drake at the center of the table. As
the cigarette lighter was busy with the java, I wired the Drake to a
second car battery, and fished two antenna wires and a remote tuning
control through a window. Now for a tape recorder, a few extra
C-cells, and a patch cable to R8A. Earlier I did some clandestine
grocery shopping, and cleverly hid the loot from my health-conscious
wife. From a bag marked "The Twinkie Outlet" I now produced some
unspeakably embarrassing treats. Bruce and Mark, of course, were
already deep into the DX, but did I ever have a set up!
Soon the hets came alive with audio, and I was hearing Trans-
Atlantic DX. I was thrilled to hear what Mark and Bruce find to be
ordinary logs. I nabbed one pretty clear signal and shouted to Mark,
"549, is that Algeria?". He responded yes, and I felt great for about
5 seconds. Then my bubble burst. I hear Mark saying to Bruce, "I
think there's something interesting on 549, but its getting totally
clobbered by that killer Algerian!"
Using an unterminated wire and a bi-directional loop, I wrestled
with more QRM off the back side of my antennas than did Mark with his
new phased broadband loop / whip combo which provides a cardioid
pattern. The signal level, and reduced QRM that he could produce just
blew away the best signal quality I could muster, using an identical
Drake receiver. And it all mounts on the top of a compact car, to boot.
I think there is a lot of future in this antenna, and I am looking
forward to when Mark can publish a complete description of the antennas
and associated electronics.
Still, I was quite pleased that my loop did as well as it did. I
compared it constantly with the 1000 ft wire, and in the range that it
tunes (about 400-1800 kHz) it was usually almost as good as the wire.
In particular, my simple amp, comprised of a MC1490 chip and about 3
non-critical discrete parts seems a quiet and effective way to match a
loop to a 50-ohm receiver, and I may make further use of it in another
antenna.
I made extensive use of the Drake notch filter to knock out
adjacent channel hets. Even if a het is only a secondary source of
QRM, the Drake notch is so effective, I find it well worthwhile to
employ it. How important this is probably varies from person to
person, depending on what kind of noise your ears can process.
My log book for the night shows a subset of about 70% of what Mark
already reported, so I won't replicate the MW logs here. But I also
did some LW listening on the long wire, and I will report that at the
end of this tale.
In conclusion, I would encourage each of you to look for an
opportunity to give a MW expedition a try. For me radio is ultimately
an aesthetic experience. If I were able to expound on that eloquently,
I think many of you would probably agree, especially if you were
fascinated by radio as a child. Remember those late nights, when your
parents thought you were sleeping? But alert and awake, by the warm
glow of tubes and a dial lamp, you were connected to distant fading
cities, enjoying favorite songs and perhaps a brownie smuggled earlier
from the kitchen.
Radio is still alive. My Wednesday evening ended late, behind a
glowing ersatz dial, enjoying half familiar British rock from Virgin
Radio on 1215, and the remains of an illicit sweet snack in the dark
night. Still a thrill for me. I thought about the other end of my
wire, invisible in a swamp, 1000 feet but transporting me thousands of
miles. It was time to go home. I shut down the radio and my ears
readjusted to the quiet marsh in front of me. I stepped out into the
dank air and followed the wire to the far end of my antenna.
================
LW logs. 0000-0300z 06Aug98. Rowley, MA. 1000-ft unterminated wire on
marsh grass. Drake R8A.
153 Arab music ( Algeria? )
162 Music, Allouis, France
198 BBC, Droitwich, UK
177 Music, ( Germany? )
207 Two stations, one voice, one music ( Iceland? Germany? )
234 FF male announcer, American oldies. ( Luxembourg? )
252 Algeria, over "Atlantic 252", Ireland
From: Bruce Conti - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
In what has become a new tradition to greet the DX season, a few hardy
members of the Boston Area DXers (BADX) got together for dinner at the
Clam Box restaurant in Ipswich, MA, followed by a mini-DXpedition at
the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Rowley, MA. This year,
three of us braved the bugs at the salt marsh site; Mark Connelly, Gary
Thorburn, and myself. For the most part, it was a typical summer DX
session for that site, with Spain and northern Africa dominant on many
frequencies. But it was nice to hear the abundance of Trans-Atlantic
signals, even if they were just the usual. There was also an unusual
signal on 1680, perhaps a Boston area pirate with Spanish and English
religion and Indian-influenced music, very poor audio quality, and
using call letters that sounded like WLFW. Mark demonstrated some of
the new loop vs. whip cardioid technology. While veteran car DXers
Mark and I were satisfied with the minimal comforts of compact
vehicles, Gary took car DXing to the next level with a card table and
desk lamp setup in the back of his minivan, using a loop on a tripod in
the parking lot and a Beverage-length wire. We all had Drake R8/A
receivers. Assuming Mark will submit his typically thorough bandscan,
I've submitted some of the more interesting catches from DX Clams '98.
Trans-Atlantic DX
792 SPAIN, SER Sevilla AUG 6 0217 - Fair; American nostalgic vocal
parallel a huge signal on 1044. [Conti-MA]
837 AZORES, RDP Barrosa AUG 6 0125 - Excellent! Rod Stewart, other
English/American pops, parallel an almost as good signal on 693.
[Conti-MA]
846 ITALY, RAI Roma AUG 6 0215 - Fair; woman with "Notturno Italiano"
ID into operatic vocal, SW parallels weren't coming in at the
time. [Conti-MA]
936 SPAIN, RNE synchros AUG 6 0025 - Good; telephone talk and jazz
music // 1305. [Conti-MA]
1224 SPAIN, COPE synchros AUG 6 0225 - Good; Telephone talk, host
brings caller on the air by asking "Que tal?" Unusually strong
signal, not heard often on this frequency. [Conti-MA]
1521 SPAIN, SER Castellon AUG 6 0110 - Fair; telephone talk // 1575.
[Conti-MA]
1548 unID AUG 6 0100 - Likely England with classical music, heard
while listening for VOA-Kuwait. [Conti-MA]
1566 IRAN, IRIB Bandar Abbas AUG 6 0040 - Tentative; talk in Arabic,
Iran would be the most likely candidate here, although
propagation to the Middle East was poor tonight. [Conti-MA]
Bruce Conti, Parker River NWR, Rowley, MA; R8A, MWDX-5, wires
180-m east, 120-m west.
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*** Summer 1998 Road Trip Report #2 ***
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998
[Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA (GC= 70.68 W / 41.98 N)
(Robbins Road - Holmes Reservation, N of Nelson Street Beach)
[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA (GC= 70.825 W / 42.75 N)
(end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Nat. Wildlife R.: salt-marsh)
(mini-DXpedition with Bruce Conti & Gary Thorburn)
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop & APW-1 active
whip; 100 m wire at 135 deg.; Superphaser-1 phasing unit
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
153 ALGERIA, Bechar, AUG 6 0154 - // 549 with AA female vocal &
strings; fair carrier, but relatively low audio.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
153 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach, AUG 1 0143 - classical music;
dominant. [Connelly*P-MA]
162 FRANCE, Allouis, AUG 1 0142 - man with teletalk show in FF;
excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
177 GERMANY, Oranienburg, AUG 1 0144 - string music; poor.
[Connelly*P-MA]
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, AUG 1 0145 - presumed this with pre-sign-on
test tones. [Connelly*P-MA]
189 ICELAND, RUV, Gufuskalar, AUG 1 0142 - '80s era Elvis Costello
song; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., AUG 1 0146 - BBC World
Service documentary in EE // 5975; good, over DIW beacon.
[Connelly*P-MA]
207 GERMANY, Aholming, AUG 1 0150 - classical music starting to mix
with Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA]
207 MOROCCO, Azilal, AUG 1 0140 - AA talk by man; good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
216 unID, AUG 1 0147 - maybe France (R. Monte Carlo) here with audio
fragments, but too much CLB (NC) / BID (RI) beacon interference
to tell for sure. [Connelly*P-MA]
234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, AUG 1 0139 - light pop FF vocal; poor to
fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
252 IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Kilmessan-Clarkestown, AUG 1 0138 - rock
music; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0119 - // 774 with SS group
discussion; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, AUG 1 0116 - AA male vocal, with drums and
strings; LOCAL-LIKE ! [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0154 - AA female vocal & strings, // 153; strong, over
suspected Germany. [Connelly*rw-MA]
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, AUG 6 0055 - old-fashioned vocal
blending jazz & blues elements, followed by man in EE; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, AUG 6 0152 - SS talk, guitar music; good.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
594 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Muge, AUG 6 0151 - PP male vocal; poor,
in VOCM slop with WEZE phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, AUG 6 0149 - // 774 with
old-style romantic vocal, then SS talk; good, over others.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
612 IRELAND, Athlone, AUG 1 0151 - "Under Pressure" by David Bowie;
good. No sign of Morocco here ... is it still on the air ?
[Connelly*P-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 6 0146 - bluegrass
banjo & fiddle, SS talk; good.[Connelly*rw-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., AUG 6 0146 - SS talk interspersed
with Irish and bluegrass instrumental music; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
648 SPAIN, RNE1, Badajoz et al., AUG 6 0145 - // 639 & others with SS
talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, AUG 6 0200 - // 837 with pips, then man in
PP reading the news; poor, slightly over jumble. This used to
have a very strong signal, but now its dominance of the channel
is marginal most nights. [Connelly*rw-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 6 0134 - C&W-style SS vocal; good.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, AUG 6 0126 - // 837 with "Ooh La La"
by Rod Stewart; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., AUG 1 0154 - EE news and
telephone interview; to good peak with CBF phased.
[Connelly*P-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., AUG 6 0143 - // 738 & 774 with
Irish-style fiddling, then man in SS; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 6 0143 - // 729 & 774: Celtic fiddles
followed by SS talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
756 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, AUG 6 0214 -
// 1422 with classical music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, AUG 6 0048 - woman in SS; over
Germany. [Connelly*rw-MA]
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, AUG 5 2324 - Afro-French talk by man; fair at
fade-in, huge a few minutes later. [Connelly*rw-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, AUG 1 0122 - LOUD with pop music
including "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind, & Fire. [Connelly*P-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 1 0120 - group of 2 or 3 people talking
in the studio; fair to good. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0143 - // 729 & 738 with Irish-style fiddling, then man in
SS; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
792 SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, AUG 6 0130 - SS talk by man & woman; poor,
mixed with unID other. [Connelly*rw-MA]
819 EGYPT, Batra, AUG 1 0255 - AA speech / preaching, not parallel to
Morocco-207 so Egypt instead. 864 was big at the time.
[Connelly*P-MA]
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, AUG 6 0141 - // 207 with slow pop-style male AA
vocal. [Connelly*rw-MA]
837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, AUG 1 0111 - PP vocal; good, atop
Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0126 - HUGE signal, with "Ooh La La" by Rod Stewart, //
693. [Connelly*rw-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 1 0111 - noted //
1296 with SS talk; under Azores. [Connelly*P-MA]
846 ITALY, Rome, AUG 1 0202 - Italian talk; in WEEI slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., AUG 17 0008 - // 1107 with jazz, then
SS talk; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, AUG 1 0110 - a cappella male Koranic vocal; good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, AUG 1 0203 - SS news by man &
woman; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 1 0204 - SS news; evenly mixed with
BBC UK. [Connelly*P-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, AUG 1 0204 - EE news;
over/under Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 1 0206 - male AA vocal at light audio level
on strong carrier. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0122 - male AA vocal, drums, flutes; LOUD !
[Connelly*rw-MA]
909 SPAIN - BALEARIC ISLANDS (t), AUG 1 0253 - sounded like fast SS
talk (rather than PP from Azores) under BBC-UK. [Connelly*P-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Moorside Edge et al., AUG 1 0253 - BBC EE
group discussion show; over apparent SS station. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0205 - EE news through WABI slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0251 - SS teletalk; to good peak.
[Connelly*P-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 1 0210 - fast SS talk, getting
through CHNS-960 slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0026 - woman in SS; over slop from local WROL-950.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, AUG 6 0206 - // 594 with male
vocal, then PP talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 5 2355 - AA male vocal & violins; good with
WCAP phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, AUG 6 0208 - fast SS talk by woman, bits of
jazz were interspersed; fair through CKBW splash.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1017 GERMANY, Rheinsender, AUG 17 0119 - light pops including
"Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers, the GG-sounding
talk; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
1017 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0250 - SS talk; over others.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 1 0250 - good: fast SS talk by man &
woman, then the instrumental beginning of "The Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy of Company B" was played. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0025 - teletalk, then a bit of Spanish classical guitar
music; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1053 SPAIN, COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, AUG 1 0105 - woman in SS;
over/under Talk Radio UK. [Connelly*P-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al., AUG 1
0105 - EE advertisements; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0036 - EE talk about music. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1071 SPAIN, EI, Bilbao, AUG 1 0244 - // 1197 with US rap hit with
words "I'm the lyrical gangster." Fair signal with some CBA
splash. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0035 - folk music, then SS vocal. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 1 0213 - teletalk about
relationships and dating; advert for oldies CD's; then Talk
Radio ID. Good, stronger than WBAL ! [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0032 - phone caller from southern Wales. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ AUG 16 0020 - ad: get the "Inspirations" CD by ringing
0800-700-600, then a Talk Radio ID followed; monster signal -
annihilating WBAL. [Connelly*P-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, AUG 16 2359 - light pop music, Slavic talk, then
into pips and news at 0000. Good signal; very dominant at the
time. [Connelly*P-MA]
1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0214 - SS teletalk; over growl.
+ AUG 1 0248 - // 1107 with part of female vocal, then teletalk.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0054 - fast SS talk by woman, then
light jazz; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0022 - LOUD with SS teletalk mentioning "Estados Unidos".
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 6 0209 - // 1044 with soul-style
instrumental music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1125 CROATIA, HR, Deanovec, AUG 1 0053 - // (huge) 1134 with C&W-style
Slavic vocal; fair.
+ AUG 17 0022 - // to local-like 1134 with Slav group vocal and
old-fashioned Italian-style mandolins; fair over Spain.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, AUG 1 0047 - Slavic male vocal; LOUD, well
over Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0027 - typical music; about even with Spain.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
+ AUG 17 0022 - Slavic music with Italian influences; dominant and
superloud: challenging WBBR-1130. [Connelly*P-MA]
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 6 0027 - SS talk; over/under Croatia.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1143 SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 6 0028 - SS teletalk; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1152 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0247 - // 1107 with SS talk; poor.
[Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0028 - teletalk // 1107; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1161 SPAIN, EI, San Sebastian, AUG 1 0049 - SS talk; in slop.
+ AUG 1 0216 - rock-style SS vocal; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, AUG 1 0100 - pips, then
clear "Cadena SER" ID by woman; good, over others.
[Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 5 2334 - SS teletalk by man & woman; fair at pre-sunset
fade-in time. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1188 MOROCCO, Casablanca (t), AUG 6 0115 - AA talk by man & woman;
poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1188 unID, AUG 1 0057 - probably Hungary here with bits of an operatic
vocal; poor.
+ AUG 1 0220 - folk-style vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
1197 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, AUG 1 0244 - // 1071 with US rap hit that
used melody from "Land of 1000 Dances" oldie; fair to good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, AUG 1 0222 - hit by Matchbox
20; good, way over others. [Connelly*P-MA]
1224 SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 6 0225 - man & woman with SS teletalk;
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1242 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Marseille, AUG 16 2355 - FF talk, then C&W
oldie "Luckenbach, Texas"; to good peak. Slight off channel het
noted at times. 1278 possibly had the same song, but tough QRM
there. [Connelly*P-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, AUG 16 2353 - AA talk by man & woman at a rather
low audio level on a big carrier. Splash from WARE et al.
phased.
+ AUG 17 0027 - male AA vocal & violins; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, AUG 1 0112 - // 837 with SS talk; fair.
+ AUG 1 0223 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 5 2344 - teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 6 0012 - SS talk with synchro-echo;
atop growl. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, AUG 16 0032 - man in Norwegian, then
light-pop '50s male EE vocal ("Beautiful Drop-out" or something
like that); good. [Connelly*P-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC, Lisnagarvey, AUG 1 0242 - EE talk; poor,
in slop.
+ AUG 17 0112 - BBC EE news by woman mentioning events in
Colombia; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, AUG 1 0225 - man & woman in SS; fair through CKBC
slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, AUG 17 0110 - Dutch teletalk show with male
"talkmaster"; fair to good. Hearing this station only 2 miles /
3 km away from superlocal WPLM-1390 certainly shows what phasing
can accomplish. [Connelly*P-MA]
1413 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 17 0108 - SS talk; fair in CIGO slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1422 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 17 0037 - thanks to some very quiet
passages in the classical music on the much-stronger German, I
was able to discern the AA vocal from this one in the
background. [Connelly*P-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, AUG 1 0127 - romantic
vocal with syrupy violins (like something from a 1940's movie),
then woman in GG; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0011 - classical music; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 17 0046 - // 1044 with fast SS talk;
fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
1503 IRAN, IRIB, Bushehr (t), AUG 17 0106 - this one probable with
flutes and Middle Eastern music; poor, in mix with others. There
were some very potent high-band signals coming in from the
Middle East at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Jeddah, AUG 1 0233 - AA vocal well atop an
apparent second station; tough WNRB slop at times.
+ AUG 17 0057 - a really HUGE signal here with Oud and other AA
strings, then a male vocal. This was blasting in so well that
anybody on the South Shore or the Cape trying to hear WNRB's
sportstalk was going to have a tough time of it. [Connelly*P-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, AUG 1 0300 - AA talk by man at
sign-on; excellent signal, annihilating WWKB. [Connelly*P-MA]
1530 VATICAN, R. Vaticana, AUG 1 0227 - Vatican interval signal music
repeated several times; huge signal, about 20 dB stronger than
WSAI or whatever else was under. At 0230, some Slavic-sounding
talk was heard. [Connelly*P-MA]
1548 KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, AUG 16 2345 - US EE talk about the US
Senate; strong, way over an unID music station. This and
Algeria-1550 were taking turns QRM'ing each other: TA's slopping
TA's at a North American receiving site !
+ AUG 17 0104 - VOA news about the deadly bombing in Omagh,
Northern Ireland. Signal was huge & local-like: I don't hear
that many Middle East SHORTWAVE stations this loud !
[Connelly*P-MA]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 1 0235 - at least two British stations were
battling it out here. One, presumably Bristol- Mangotsfield,
had BBC talk // 5975 and another station had music. I think
there may have been a teletalker in the jumble also.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1550 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, AUG 5 2330 - AA talk; to very
good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ AUG 16 2344 - AA talk; excellent, at least S9+20 dB.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1559 unID (Middle East CLANDESTINE ?), AUG 17 0101 - a whopper of a 1
kHz heterodyne on WQEW and some thin AA-sounding audio. There
was also something coming in on 1557 (weak: sounded like opera).
On 1559 I'd heard what I think was the same AA station last
October at 0004 UTC. Does anyone have a location for this ?
[Connelly*P-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 16 2340 - SS talk & teletalk with slight
echo; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
1584 CEUTA, RadiOle, AUG 17 0053 - SS pop-rock briefly broke over the
SER Spain station and some other jumbled stuff. [Connelly*P-MA]
1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 16 2346 - // 1575 with SS teletalk; to
fair peak through CBJ slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
1593 EGYPT, Matruh (t), AUG 17 0059 - probably this one with thin
AA-sounding vocal in and out of the slop. Iran is also listed
here, so this frequency needs some more work on a good Middle
East night. [Connelly*P-MA]
1602 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, AUG 1 0237 - non-SER program with woman in SS
interspersed with music segments; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 6 0006 - woman in SS, then pop music; fair through residual
slop from phased WUNR. [Connelly*rw-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
(Unfortunately I missed the aurora that happened a night or two after
the Rowley, MA "DX Clams" mini-DXpedition, so not much to report coming
up from the south.)
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, AUG 6 0156 - soft- voiced
woman in EE; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, AUG 6 0052 - slogan ID
"Radio Rumbos, la emisora de Venezuela"; over/under CKXB-NF C&W
music. [Connelly*rw-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, AUG 6 0132 - Caribbean
EE talk by man; poor to fair with WOR phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
880 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, AUG 6 0137 - "Mundial !"
ID blasted in; way over WCBS. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1160 BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, AUG 6 0020 - BBC news about Brazil's
involvement with organ transplants. [Connelly*rw-MA]
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Mark Mohrmann - mohrmannm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NRD-535D w/ 440 ft. wire
620 CUBA R. Rebelde, 0453 AUG 27, Man and woman talk // 5025 but way
down in the mud. (Mohrmann VT)
770 COLOMBIA HJJX RCN, Bogota, 0543 AUG 27, Woman with SP news, //
1000, "RCN" ID, mostly under WABC. (Mohrmann VT)
780 VENEZUELA YVMN R. Coro, Coro, 0433 AUG 27, Dominant for more
than an hour during the solar storm. LA pop music, program promo
for "En Comunidad", "Radio Coro" ID's and jingles. (Mohrmann VT)
810 COLOMBIA HJCY Caracol, Bogota, 0540 AUG 27, Man with SP talk,
// 1100. (Mohrmann VT)
980 COLOMBIA HJES RCN, Cali, 0424 AUG 27, Ad for "Cristal Oro",
"RCN" ID. (Mohrmann VT)
1000 COLOMBIA HJAQ RCN, Cartagena, 0426 AUG 27, Ads and promos,
"RCN" ID, // 980. (Mohrmann VT)
1040 UNID 0528 AUG 27, SP talk under low growl, ad for "beisbol
Dominicana". (Mohrmann VT)
1070 COLOMBIA HJAH Emisora Atlantico, Barranquilla, 0506 AUG 27, LA
pop music, "Emisora Atlantico" ID and jingle. Fair signal mixing
with others and a low growl. (Mohrmann VT)
1100 COLOMBIA HJAT Caracol, Barranquilla, 0423 AUG 27, // 1170.
(Mohrmann VT)
1160 BERMUDA (presumed) VSB3, Hamilton, 0520 AUG 27, BBC World Service
news. Briefly very strong. (Mohrmann VT)
1170 COLOMBIA HJNW Caracol, Cartagena, 0413 AUG 27, Ads promos and
news. ID "Caracol, primero en informacion". Dominant (Mohrmann
VT)
1200 VENEZUELA YVOZ R. Tiempo, Caracas, 0417 AUG 27, LA ballads and
instrumentals, "Radio Tiempo..." ID. Dominant with unid SP talk
under. (Mohrmann VT)
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MISC ITEMS
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Par Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
According to Paul Ormandy, New Zealand; Parliment broadcasts are on 909
khz with 5KW from Napier.
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QSLs
1260 KHZ - KGIL - CA, San Fermando, vf in 4d after f/up from Elaine
Hawkes- Assit. Eng. Address: P.O. Box 250028 - Los Angeles CA
90025. (PM-OR)
1584 KHZ-4CC (translator)-500 Watts- Rockhampton Q, AUSTRALIA. Letter
in 20d for taped report. V/S: Anthony Wright-PD. Address: 4CC
Souse-George Street-P.O. Box 1399-Rockhampton Q 4700, Australia.
Aussie #208 QSL'd. (PM-OR)
1690 KHZ-WMDM-MD, LEXINGTON PARK- FD letter in 28d for taped report.
V/S: Stacy Reynolds-PD Address: WMDM-Bay Media Network-Post Office
Box 439-Leonardtown MD 20650. (PM-OR)
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New Zealand RADIO list from Paul Ormandy
NumberCall FreqkW NeStation Location Address
166) 1XPI 531 5P 531 PI Auckland Box 11-320,
Ellerslie, Auckland
60) 4XA 531 2P Radio Central Alexandra Box 143,
Alexandra
42) 1XC 540 5G Radio Rhema Tauranga Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 2XV 540 2G Radio Rhema New Plymouth Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 549 2G Radio Rhema Kaitaia Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 2XC 549 5G Radio Rhema Gisborne Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
8) 549 1S Radio Sport Nelson Box 3526,
Auckland
3) 4ZG 558 5Z Classic Hits Invercargill Box 802,
Invercargill
2) 2YA 567 50N National Radio Wellington Box 123,
Wellington
42) 576 2F Southern Star Hamilton Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 585 G Radio Rhema Blenheim (FPl)Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
46) 2XR 585 2P Radio Ngati Porou Ruatoria Box 55,
Ruatoria
42) 594 2G Radio Rhema Wanganui Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 3XL 594 5G Radio Rhema Timaru Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 3XG 612 2G Radio Rhema Christchurch Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 4XG 621 2G Radio Rhema Dunedin Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
42) 621 2G Radio Rhema Whangarei Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
2) 2YZ 630 10N National Radio Napier Box 123,
Wellington
2) 4YW 639 2N National Radio Alexandra Box 123,
Wellington
2) 2YC 657 50B Parliamentary BroadcasWellington Box 123,
Wellington
166) 657 50P 531 PI Wellington Box 11-320,
Ellerslie, Auckland
2) 3YA 675 10N National Radio Christchurch Box 123,
Wellington
8) 693 5S Radio Sport Dunedin Box 3526,
Auckland
56) 1XP 702 5T Radio Pacific Auckland Private Bag,
Ponsonby
79) 2XP 711 5T Radio Pacific Wellington Box 11-850,
Wellington
2) 4YZ 720 10N National Radio Invercargill Box 123,
Wellington
2) 1YP 729 2N National Radio Tokoroa Box 123,
Wellington
8) 729 2.5S Radio Sport Whangarei Box 3526,
Auckland
126) 4XX 729 0.9P Ranfurly Radio Ranfurly 3 Charlemont
St, Ranfurly
2) 1YA 756 10N National Radio Auckland Box 123,
Wellington
124) 2XT 765 2.5P Radio Kahungunu Napier Box 7010,
Taradale
8) 774 5S Radio Sport New Plymouth Box 3526,
Auckland
139) 2YB 783 10A Access Radio Wellington Box 2396,
Wellington
175) 2YB 783 10P Samoan Capital Radio Wellington Bowen House, 32
Bowen St, Wellington
8) 792 5S Radio Sport Hamilton Box 3526,
Auckland
42) 2XL 801 1G Radio Rhema Nelson Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
2) 4YA 810 10N National Radio Dunedin Box 123,
Wellington
110) 1XU 810 5A Access Radio Auckland Box 5609,
Auckland
2) 1YZ 819 10N National Radio Rotorua Box 123,
Wellington
43) 2XS 828 2P Magic 828 AM Palmerston NorBox 446,
Palmerston North
2) 1YX 837 2N National Radio Whangarei Box 123,
Wellington
2) 1YK 837 2N National Radio Kaitaia Box 123,
Wellington
12) 2ZD 846 2H Radio Wairarapa Masterton Box 220,
Masterton
42) 1XH 855 2G Radio Rhema Hamilton Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
3) 4ZA 864 10D News-Talk ZB Invercargill Box 802,
Invercargill
13) 3ZE 873 1H Classic Hits Ashburton Box 465,
Ashburton
2) 1YC 882 10B Parliamentary BroadcasAuckland Box 123,
Wellington
166) 882 10P 531 PI Auckland Box 11-320,
Ellerslie, Auckland
44) 2XW 891 5P The Breeze Wellington Box 11-441,
Wellington
2) 4YC 900 10B Parliamentary BroadcasDunedin Box 123,
Wellington
166) 900 10P 531 PI Dunedin Box 11-320,
Ellerslie, Auckland
166) 909 5P 531 PI Napier Box 11-320,
Ellerslie, Auckland
2) 909 5B Parliamentary BroadcasNapier Box 123,
Wellington
2) 3YT 918 2N National Radio Timaru Box 123,
Wellington
14) 2ZA 927 2D News-Talk ZB Palmerston NorBox 1045,
Palmerston North
143) 1XCM 936 1 Counties Manukau RadioManukau Box 737,
Papakura
15) 2ZG 945 2H Gisborne's 2ZG Gisborne Box 1040,
Gisborne
56) 1XW 954 2T Radio Pacific Hamilton Private Bag,
Ponsonby
2) 3YC 963 10B Parliamentary BroadcasChristchurch Box 123,
Wellington
42) 2XG 972 5G Radio Rhema Wellington Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
2) 1YE 981 2N National Radio Kaikohe Box 123,
Wellington
91) 990 1P Fifeshire Classic Nelson Box 907, Nelson
105) 990 1P BBC Chinese languages Auckland Box 800,
Shortland St, Auckland
38) 999 1.5A Sounz AM Palmerston NorBox 1206,
Palmerston North
16) 1ZD 1008 10D News-Talk ZB Tauranga Box 642,
Tauranga
8) 4XSR 1026 1S Radio Sport Invercargill Box 3526,
Auckland
11) 1ZN 1026 2Z Classic Hits Whangarei Box 845,
Whangarei
11) 1ZK 1026 2Z Classic Hits Kaitaia Box 845,
Whangarei
27) 2ZB 1035 20D News-Talk ZB Wellington Box 2396,
Wellington
5) 4ZB 1044 10D News-Talk ZB Dunedin Box 888,
Dunedin
17) 2YP 1053 2D News-Talk ZB New Plymouth Box 141, New
Plymouth
8) 1062 1S Radio Sport Wanganui Box 3526,
Auckland
2) 2YE 1071 2N National Radio Masterton Box 123,
Wellington
28) 1ZB 1080 10D News-Talk ZB Auckland Box 2209,
Auckland
8) 1089 2.5S Radio Sport Palmerston NorBox 3526,
Auckland
6) 3ZB 1098 10D News-Talk ZB Christchurch Box 1484,
Christchurch
1) 1107 0.1P Waihi Community Radio Waihi c/o 6 Victoria
St, Waihi
2) 2YX 1116 2N National Radio Nelson Box 123,
Wellington
5) 1125 0.2Z Classic Hits Dunedin Box 888,
Dunedin
8) 1125 1S Radio Sport Napier Box 3526,
Auckland
2) 4YQ 1134 2N National Radio Queenstown Box 123,
Wellington
2) 1YW 1143 2N National Radio Hamilton Box 123,
Wellington
20) 3ZC 1152 2H Radio Caroline Timaru Box 275, Timaru
70) 2XM 1161 5P Te Upoko o Te Ika Wellington 128 Featherston
St, Wellington
30) 1ZW 1170 0.4H Radio Waitomo Te Kuiti Box 276, Te
Kuiti
120) 1170 A Access Radio Invercargill (Box 1,
Invercargill
40) 4XE 1179 0.1P Resort Radio Wanaka Private Bag,
Dunedin
42) 1179 F Southern Star Dunedin Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
137) 1179 1P Ruia Mai Auckland Box 68-886,
Newton, Auckland
2) 1YR 1188 0.4N National Radio Rotorua Box 123,
Wellington
21) 2ZW 1197 2D News-Talk ZB Wanganui Box 632,
Wanganui
40) 4XO 1206 2P 4XO Gold Dunedin Private Bag,
Dunedin
130) 1XHC 1206 0.5A Access Radio Hamilton Box 15-213,
Hamilton
11) 1ZE 1215 2Z Classic Hits Kaikohe Box 845,
Whangarei
47) 4XF 1224 2P Radio Foveaux Invercargill Box 1740,
Invercargill
42) 2XWB 1233 2F Southern Star Wellington Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
48) 1XX 1242 2P Triple X FM Whakatane Box 383,
Whakatane
48) 1XX/t1242 0.1P Triple X FM Galatea Box 383,
Whakatane
29) 1XG 1251 5G Radio Rhema Auckland Box 33-701,
Auckland
64) 3XA 1260 2P C 93 FM Christchurch Box 3930,
Christchurch
18) 2ZT 1269 0.4Z Classic Hits Takaka Box 43, Nelson
4) 2ZC 1278 2D News-Talk ZB Napier Box 241, Napier
7) 3ZW 1287 2H Scenicland FM Westport Box 378,
Greymouth
19) 1ZH 1296 2.5D News-Talk ZB Hamilton Box 489,
Hamilton
50) 4XD 1305 2P Radio Dunedin Dunedin Box 404,
Dunedin
2) 2YW 1314 2N National Radio Gisborne Box 123,
Wellington
8) 1332 10S Radio Sport Auckland Box 3526,
Auckland
18) 2ZN 1341 2D News-Talk ZB Nelson Box 43, Nelson
8) 1350 1S Radio Sport Rotorua Box 3526,
Auckland
81) 4XC 1359 1P Resort Radio Queenstown Box 224,
Queenstown
52) 1XT 1368 1P Village Radio Tauranga Box 597,
Tauranga
53) 2XX 1377 2P Radio Horowhenua Levin Box 603, Levin
162) 1386 5 P Radio Tarana Auckland Box 68-100,
Newton, Auckland
23) 4ZW 1395 2H Radio Waitaki Oamaru Box 426, Oamaru
42) 4XL 1404 2.5G Radio Rhema Invercargill Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
24) 1ZO 1413 2H Radio Forestland Tokoroa Box 272,
Tokoroa
108) 3XP 1413 0.9P Radio Ferrymead Christchurch 269 Bridal
Path, Christchurch
111) 4XK 1422 0.1P Voice Of The MountainsKingston c/o NZ Post,
Kingston
115) 2XCK 1431 2A Radio Kidnappers Hastings Box 680,
Hastings
112) 1XK 1440 0.2P Te Reo O Tauranga MoanTauranga Box 382,
Tauranga
125) 1440 0.1P Goldfields Radio Lawrence 7 Maryport St,
Lawrence
2) 2YM 1449 2N National Radio Palmerston NorBox 123,
Wellington
2) 3YW 1458 0.4N National Radio Westport Box 123,
Wellington
105) 1XD 1476 5P BBC World Service Auckland Box 800,
Shortland St, Auckland
2) 1YT 1494 2.5N National Radio Taupo Box 123,
Wellington
8) 1503 5S Radio Sport Wellington Box 3526,
Auckland
8) 1503 2.5S Radio Sport Christchurch Box 3526,
Auckland
9) 1512 0.3P Coast Access Radio Waikanae Aputa Place,
Waikanae
25) 1ZU 1512 1H King Country Radio Taumarunui Box 383
Taumarunui
87) 1XTR 1521 1P Classic Good Time OldiTauranga Box 134,
Tauranga
2) 2YP 1530 2N National Radio New Plymouth Box 123,
Wellington
153) 15301/0.P The Wireless Station Hastings Box 1162,
Hastings
26) 2ZE 1539 1H Radio Marlborough Blenheim Box 225,
Blenheim
89) 1XN 15480.99P Classic Gold Rotorua Box 1007,
Rotorua
31) 2ZH 1557 2D News-Talk ZB Hawera Box 341, Hawera
113) 4XS 1575 2.5A Hills AM Dunedin Box 2142, South
Dunedin, Dunedin
26) 2ZF 1584 0.4H Radio Marlborough Picton Box 225,
Blenheim
37) 1593 2P Radio Asia Pacific Auckland 11 Nikau St,
Eden Tce, Auckland
42) 1XCB 1593 2F Southern Star Auckland Private Bag
92-636, Auckland
57) 2XA 1602 1P Radio Reading Service Levin Box 360, Levin
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Wayne Heinen - Aurora CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
WLNG-1600
Can someone, anyone tell me for sure about this? A gentleman in the
circulation area of the NEWSDAY newspaper sent Ken Chatterton a copy of
the 1998 regulatory fee Public Notice showing where WLNG-AM was
assessed a $400 fee for 1998 and a copy of the entertainment schedule
from Newsday that shows a listing under AM Stations "WLNG-1600". He
insists it's an active station, however he has not stated that he's
heard it or given me any information regarding this. Back in March I
had e-mail with another gentleman with no name but an aol screen name
of Nonlisted1. Gave me the same "proof" that WLNG was on the air. The
proof is that it's listed in the Newsday news paper....
I checked my last FCC Data base dated 8/7/98 and there's no WLNG listed
there anymore. Anyway maybe you who have helped so much with the long
maybe someone can attest to the inaccuracy of the NEWSDAY listing.
Can Anyone lay this newspaper listing to rest????
Notice I've CC'd what I hope will get to the NEWSDAY editors
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Paul Mount - Morganville NJ - prmount@xxxxxxxxxxx
WLNG-1600 was bought out by WWRL and taken off the air as part of
WWRL's expansion to 25,000 watts daytime and relaxing of their pattern.
This was part of the set of transactions that also took WERA-1590
Plainfield NJ off the air and kept Waterbury off from 1590 as well. I
researched this rather extensively (with regard to changes
proposed/made at WWRL) and can provide further details or perhaps a
Muse would be in order?
As for still being listed in the paper, most newspapers seem to only
enter changes when told by the stations, rather than regularly checking
each listed station to verify its accuracy. The NY Daily News seems to
be the exception to this rule, they are very up to date on call
changes.
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Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA SCHEDULE--
as of Aug 24, 1998 from Glenn Hauser
CONTINENT OF MEDIA (COM) is an additional half-hour carried only by
RFPI, produced about once a month and repeated weekly until a new
edition arrive, on this schedule: Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1030, 1730, Sun
0130, 0830. RFPI currently uses 15049 before 0000, 6975 afterwards;
21460 to be reactivated soon until 0300. A new edition starts in
September. COM deals primarily with domestic media developments in
America.
WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, SHORT VERSION as of Aug 24: NOTE: this
is posted only when there have been changes since last time. UT; Times
may vary on all the SW stations.
On RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900,
2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, (1000 currently off) on 15049 until
0000, 6975 afterwards. 21460 to be reactivated soon, until 0300.
On WWCR Nashville, Thu 1600 [NEW] 15685, Thu 2030 15685, Sat 0600
5070, Sun 0630 5070, Sun 0930 5070, Tue 1230 15685.
On WGTG, Georgia, Sat 2330 on 5085-USB.
W.O.R. is a listener-supported, public-service program about
communications around the world, especially, but not limited to,
Shortwave Broadcasting. Look for separately distributed rundowns of
topics in each half-hour edition, or on our frequently-updated,
text-only website:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
also usually in RFPI Weekly Updates, previews by E-mail or newsgroups.
This site also gives complete details of all our broadcasts on
satellite, cable, AM and FM, Internet, in Spanish, and about our
publications, contact info, etc.
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A DXers TECHNICAL GUIDE
The IRCA is proud to announce the release of the 3rd Edition of its
Technical Guide. This 156 page book answers questions on receiver and
antenna theory (how to improve their performance), how audio filters
and loop antennas can improve DX (and hints on their construction), how
to build a beverage and phasing unit, and much more. All updated to
1998.
Only $10.00 for IRCA/NRC/MWC members, $12.00 for non-members
(overseas airmail add $2.50).
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IRCA Mexican Log, 5th Edition
The IRCA is proud to announce the release of the 5th edition of its
MEXICAN LOG. The IRCA MEXICAN LOG log lists all AM stations in Mexico
by frequency, including call letters, state, city, day/night power,
slogans, schedule in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. In
addition, stations that have changed frequency since 1996 are
cross-referenced on the old frequency. The call letter index gives
call, frequency, city and state. The city index (listed by state, then
city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The log has been
completely updated from the 1996 edition and carefully cross-checked by
IRCA members in Mexico and the US. This is an indispensable reference
for anyone who hears Mexican radio stations. Size is 8 1/2" x 11" and
three hole punched for easy binding (optional).
Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $7.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/seamail), $8.00
(rest of the Americas airmail), $8.50 (Europe/Asia airmail), $9.00
(Australia/New Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the above
prices. Make checks out to: Phil Bytheway.
Order TODAY from: IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334
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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 August 6 1998 through August 27 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
8/ 6 138 43 3 low quiet-sev mis 0900
7 z z z z z -
8 147 13 1 moderate quiet-active -
9 154 3 3 moderate quiet-unsettled -
10 149 12 2 low quiet-unsettled -
11 150 5 3 very low quiet-unsettled -
12 147 8 2 low quiet-unsettled -
13 137 7 1 low quiet-unsettled -
14 z z z z z -
15 z z z z z -
16 140 3 1 moderate quiet -
17 136 2 0 high quiet maf 2120
18 133 3 2 high quiet maf 2217
19 135 6 3 high quiet-unsettled maf 2145
20 139 12 2 low quiet-active -
21 132 2 2 high quiet -
22 133 18 3 low quiet-mis -
23 126 13 2 moderate quiet-unsettled -
24 z z z z z -
25 122 9 3 low quiet-active spe
26 127 31 7 very low unsettled-sev mis 2359/spe
8/27 135 80 4 low unsettled-sev mas 0059/spe
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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 8/27/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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