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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - October 29 1998
Vol 4 No 30
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OOPS! Raytheon sent me to NC in a hurry last week (wed - fri) so I
didn't get a chance to do this or even tell anyone.... sorry. this
week will have to do it on Wednesday again!!!
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairman (NRC)
Bill Hale - phantom2@xxxxxxxx
Monday, November 9, 1998 - KHTK-1140, Sacramento, CA 3:00-8:00 am ELT.
(NRC)
WWW: http://www.sports1140.com / E-mail: Can be posted on the Website
Monday, November 9, 1998 - KLCK-1400, Goldendale, WA 3:00-4:00 am ELT.
(NRC)
Monday, November 16, 1998 - WODI-1230, Brookneal, VA 2:00-???? am ELT.
(NRC)
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6081 / E-mail: Can be posted
on the Website
Monday, November 16, 1998 - KLOE-730, Goodland, KS 5:00-7:00 am ELT.
(NRC)
WWW: http://www.kloe.com / E-mail: kloe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monday, November 23, 1998 - KQTY-1490, Borger, TX 1:59:46-5:59:46 am
ELT. (NRC)
Monday, November 30, 1998 - KQTY-1490, Borger, TX 1:59:46-5:59:46 am
ELT. (NRC)
Monday, November 30, 1998 - KEYZ-660, Williston, ND in intervals from
1:05-6:00 am ELT. (NRC)
WWW: http://www.keyzcountry.com/
Monday, November 30, 1998 - KNZZ-1100, Grand Junction, CO 2:00-4:00 am
ELT. (NRC)
(ELT = Eastern Listening Time, i.e. the local time in the Eastern time
zone). Please remember, what's listed as being on, say, Monday *may*
be what you think of as Sunday night!
DETAILS:
KHTK-1140 Sacramento, CA will ID with voice and code IDs on the hour,
every hour from 0300 to 0800 Eastern Time on Monday, November 9, 1998.
Reports can be sent to:
Mr. Matt Greer, Asst. Chief Eng.
KHTK-AM
5244 Madison Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95841-3004
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
KLCK-1400 Goldendale, Washington will test with Morse Code IDs, test
announcements and "Polka Monster" music from 0300-0400 Eastern Time on
November 9, 1998. The code IDs will be broadcast at 15 minute
increments at 0300, and at :15, :30 and :45 after the hour. KLCK will
be utilizing their regular 1000 watt non-directional signal.
Reports can be sent to:
Mr. Cole Malcolm, Owner/CE
KLCK-AM
PO Box 305
Goldendale, WA 98620-0305
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Monday, November 16, 1998 - WODI-1230, Brookneal, Virginia will test at
0200 Eastern Time for an unspecified period with 1000 Hz tones, Morse
code IDs, and . . . Cajun fiddle music.
Reports may be sent to:
Mr. Dave Marthouse, President/GM
WODI
1230 Radio Road
Brookneal, VA 24528-3141
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
KLOE-730 Goodland, Kansas will test with Morse Code IDs, march music
and polkas from 0500-0700 Eastern Time on November 16, 1998. They will
utilize their daytime authorization of 1000 watts, non-directional.
Reports may be sent to:
Mr. Curtis D. Duncan, Program Director
KLOE-AM
PO Box 569
Goodland, KS 67735-0569
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
KQTY - 1490, Borger, Texas will test on Monday, November 23, 1998 AND
Monday, November 30, 1998. Code IDs will accompany their normal
top-of-the-hour station ID at their allocated network ID breaks at
59:46 past the hour from 0159:46 to 0559:46 Eastern Time on both dates.
KQTY is an SMN/Real Country affiliate. They will be using their normal
1000 watt non-directional signal.
Reception reports should be sent to:
KQTY DX Reception
Mr. George Grover, Station Manager
PO Box 165
Borger, TX 79008-0165
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
KNZZ-1100 Grand Junction, Colorado will ID with voice and code IDs from
0200 to 0400 Eastern Time on Monday, November 30, 1998. They will
using 50 kw non-directional (correct).
Reports can be sent to:
Mr. Dwight Morgan. Chief Engineer
KNZZ-AM
1360 E. Sherwood Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81501-7546
(Arranged by Bill Hale for the NRC CPC.)
Monday, November 30, 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, PLEASE let me know, via e-mail or the
the newsgroup! And, if you send a reception report to a station, please
remember to include return postage with your report...
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HOT STUFF
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fybush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, October 20 was supposed to have been the last day for CBL 740,
but it's still up and running. (And to think I'd taken the day off
from work just so I could be standing next to the tower in Hornby
during its last moments...)
According to the nice folks at CBC Audience Relations in Toronto
(416-205-3311), the shutdown of 740 has been delayed for at least a few
months because they're still not reaching everyone they're supposed to
be on FM. Apparently, the signal from CBLA 99.1 Toronto isn't quite as
potent as expected, and only one of the two satellite stations
originally planned, CBLA-FM-2 89.1 Paris ON, has been built. The
other, CBLA-FM-1 90.5 Crystal Beach ON (along Lake Erie just west of
Buffalo), was heard testing briefly in August but has not been heard
since.
Personal research in September found many spots along highways 6 and 8
northwest of Hamilton where neither 89.1 nor 99.1 was acceptably
strong.
Once the change finally happens, we'll lose CBC Radio One in Rochester
completely. Not only is 99.1 unusable here because of local WBBF 98.9,
but the Peterborough CBCP transmitter will soon move from 93.5 (where
it can be heard in the slop around semi-local WQRV 93.3 Avon) to 98.7,
where it will be impossible. CBE 1550 is OK at night, usually, but
daytime will be a lot emptier.
As for Montreal, I'm not hearing CBF 690 here in Rochester (at 1845 ELT
10/22), and 940 is impossible here in the shadows of WEZO 950. One
rumor has CIQC 600 moving to 940 with English local talk, with 600
becoming an all-news station in both English and French operated by
sister stations CIQC and French- language CKVL 850. The 88.5
replacement for 940 is indeed terrible; many areas along the south
shore, east of Montreal, and the West Island (where many Anglophones
are concentrated) can barely hear the thing.
Finally...yes, I did still go up to Canada on Tuesday and ended up
seeing the Peterborough-area transmitters instead of mourning CBL.
Around 0030 on 10/20, the auroral activity kicked up big time, with the
usual Canadians on 540, 730, 900, and 940 replaced by XEWA, XEX, XEW,
and XEQ -- and this in a hotel room with nothing more than a barefoot
Sony 2003! I wish I'd brought the Drake.
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Bill Harms - wharms@xxxxxxxxx
Recent reports of this CBF's (690) demise are premature. They were
their normal loud self 10/25 all evening long and were audible at 0610
10/26.
CBM 940 is still on the air and as loud as ever at the same time as the
above loggings.
I heard CBM last night and I think a trace of them this morning. But
conditions are quite auroral. 0600 EST 10/27
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
I've been hearing a new Radio Sport outlet on 1071 with very good
signals so e-mailed Radio Sport and found out that my guess of the
location being in South Canterbury was spot on... Timaru is about 70km
North of me. Note that Rhema's "Southern Star" outlet is now using the
same site as Radio Sport... that explains why the music I heard on 981
didn't fit with it's regular National Radio outlet in Northland!
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THE "X" BAND
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John Wright - Sydney Australia - dxer@xxxxxxxxx
1629 R Italia in Brisbane on air now with 400 watts//with
801,1539,1575, 1593 and 1620. 23/10.
1674 The station testing at Emu Plains Prison Farm with opera music
has now finished testing but unknown start date withj normal
programming.
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Robert Ross - London, Ontario CANADA - radiorob@xxxxxxxxx
Finally managed to do a Little X-Band DX'ing to hear some of the
new stations that have surfaced here in the last few months. Managed to
hear 5 New ones in the past couple of nights. Details are below......
Rec'rs...........Collins 651S-1, Hammarlund SP-600
Antenna..........80 Meter Dipole.
1630 KCJJ Iowa City, IOWA Oct/25 2215 EST GOOD EE Soft Rock MX. ID
as..."1630 KCJJ" by OM DJ. Ads, Little Caesars, National Carpet.
Local Business Spot. Into Soft Rock MX.
1640 WKSH Sussex, WISC. Oct/28 2055 EST VG EE Religious Story told by
Male Announcer. Part 10 of Pilgrim's Progress. ID @ 2109 as
"This is WKSH..Sussex, Wisconsin...B/casting on 1640". Into
Local wx for Chicago, Wisc, Milwaukee, etc. Currently 42 Degrees
at the WKSH Studios. Read Scriptures. Into Talk Show Phone...
414-691-1036.
1660 WQSN Kalamazoo, MICH. Oct/28 2040 EST VG EE Local Tire Store AD.
ID as..."You're Listening to WQSN" By OM DJ. Sports Report. "One
on One Sports". Ads. Into Sports Talk Show....with 1-800 Phone
#. Mix with WBAH.
1680 WBHD/WJNZ?? Ada, MICH. Oct/25 2154 EST VG EE TESTING....Not on
Air Officially Yet. Rap Song "We Don't Stop" Played over and
Over. ID's by OM DJ as.." 1680 JAMS"?? "We're Out to be your New
#1 Station". "1680 JAMS ID and Jingles", Another ID as "Get a
Little More Bass on this Bad Boy...1680 JAMS".
1700 KBGG Des Moines, IOWA Oct/28 2048 EST GOOD EE Phone-IN Talk
Show. Ad for Mitsubishi Cars. National Ads. 1-800 #'s given. ID
by OM DJ as "Des Moines 1700 KBGG". Back to Talk Show.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1700 Khz- H.A.R. Station with repeated message "This is a test. This is
Highway Advisory Radio 1700" no location given, but was stronger
off my Southern wire, at 0800 EST 10/29. Maybe this is the new
LA Cal Trans station. Tentative taped report sent. (PM-OR)
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Wien, Robert - robert.wien@xxxxxxxx
1620-Auburn. I called KIHM-1590 (KSMH's sister station in Reno, per
the website), the lady told me they will "definitely" be on the 'the
first week of November, perhaps even Monday (11/2)'. So I finally got
a straight answer. They will apparently be simulcasting 1590
(Immaculate Heart Ministry, which is what KIHM's call letters mean).
KSMH's call letters mean "Sacramento's Most Holy"...
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.20 W / 41.65 N)
(Windmill Beach: River St. at Willow St.)
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop & APW-1 active
whip; Superphaser-1 phasing unit
*** COMMENTS ***
The sunset listening session from Windmill Beach in South Yarmouth, MA
on Saturday, 24 OCT, brought in a bumper crop of Latin American DX and
a few Africans to boot. Europe north of Spain was generally absent, so
conditions had to be at least somewhat auroral.
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, OCT 24 2244 - AA male vocal & strings;
good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, OCT 24 2244 - // 621 with Bob Dylan songs;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, OCT 24 2124 - SS news and
commentary; increasing in strength, local-like a few minutes
later. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, OCT 24 2243 - // 621 with "Mr. Tambourine
Man" by Bob Dylan. [Connelly*Y-MA]
648 GAMBIA Bonto, OCT 24 2242 - bits in African-accented EE talk;
through slop from Latin Americans on 650. + OCT 24 2250 -
segment of African vocal, then talk that sounded like a public
address; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, OCT 24 2252 - // 621 with Bob Dylan songs
including a live version of "Like a Rolling Stone"; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
693 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara, OCT 24 2241 - PP talk by woman, then
high-energy dance music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
711.05 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, OCT 24 2350 - AA talk; through
Cuba/WOR slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou, OCT 24 2253 - // 4815 with
Jamaican-influenced dance club / rap music with electronic
effects; briefly over Canary Islands. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN OCT 24 2255 - "Hotel California" by the
Eagles; fading up to cover Burkina Faso. [Connelly*Y-MA]
765 SENEGAL Dakar, OCT 24 2129 - kalimba, drums, and shrill vocal;
huge signal, much stronger than adjacent WABC-770.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
907.8 GAMBIA R. Syd, Banjul, OCT 24 2131 - drumming & vocal; poor.
Clearest copy was in LSB, 2.3 kHz bandwidth. [Connelly*Y-MA]
945 unID OCT 24 2316 - bits of talk; maybe Sao Tome or Angola here
(loop bearing and band conditions were consistent with a
mid-African station). [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, OCT 24 2316 - SS teletalk; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
981 ALGERIA Algiers, OCT 24 2226 - man in AA; to fair peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1008 CANARY ISLANDS Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, OCT 24 2318
- man in SS (not // SER-1044); poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1035 PORTUGAL R. Nacional, Lisboa, OCT 24 2319 - '50s- influenced PP
group vocal; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 24 2318 - AA vocal; over / under
SER-Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, OCT 24 2318 - SS talk by woman; mixed with
Morocco. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, OCT 24 2133 - SS talk by
man; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1197 LESOTHO (t) BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, OCT 24 2209 - potent blank
carrier here on a bearing consistent with southern Africa.
Signal was pushing S9, but there were only hints of audio,
possibly from Spain or something else way under. Vashek Korinek
in South Africa sent Jean Burnell an E-mail about technical
problems with this station's audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1251 LIBYA Tripoli, OCT 25 0048 - emotional AA speech; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1286 SENEGAL Kaolack, OCT 24 2207 - probably this with muffled
FF-sounding talk; poor with a faint 1287 het (Spain ?).
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1385.92 GUINEA Labe, OCT 24 2139 - African-accented FF talk by man,
then phone-in; fair to good.
+ OCT 24 2202 - news by man in accented FF; loud ! [Connelly*Y-MA]
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, OCT 24 2159-2200 - interval signal, then
man in EE mentioned "1-4-6-7 kilohertz" and "another broadcast";
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1502.49 TOGO Radiodif. Togolaise, Kara, OCT 24 2149 - FF talk, into
start of vocal; to fair peak, but with a deep fade into the
noise. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, OCT 24 2147 - man & woman in AA; very
fluttery fades. Given the auroral conditions, this was probably
the highest bearing path delivering usable signals. Another
signal was present, probably SER-Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, OCT 24 2145 - emotional
female AA vocal; mixing with, and then overriding, the Irish
music show on daytimer WNTN Newton, MA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, OCT 24 2245 - US soul male vocal;
excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, OCT 25 0027 - Carib-EE talk
show; in WGAN splash. [Connelly*Y-MA]
570 CUBA R. Reloj, OCT 25 0017 - R. Reloj blasting in at S9+30; no
sign of WMCA or any other domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ, San Juan, OCT 25 0019 - SS talk with Puerto
Rico street addresses; under YVMJ. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 VENEZUELA YVMJ, Maracaibo, OCT 25 0019 - upbeat SS dance music,
then clear "La Voz de la Fe" ID; loud, atop WKAQ.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
590 COLOMBIA HJCR, Medellin, OCT 25 0025 - SS speech with several
Colombia mentions; briefly surfacing through the "mix master" of
stations on the channel (Cuba, WEZE, VOCM, YV ?, etc.).
[Connelly*Y-MA]
590 unID (VENEZUELA ?) OCT 25 0015 - classical music; way over
WEZE/VOCM/Cuba/Colombia. It submerged into the muck at 0020.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
600 COLOMBIA R. Libertad, HJHJ, Barranquilla, OCT 25 0009 - R.
Libertad ID, SS talk about something "en Barranquilla"; in stew
with Cuba & Venezuela. One of these stations was on approx.
600.06 and the others closer to the correct frequency.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
607.8 CUBA R. Rebelde outlet, unknown city, OCT 25 0005 - the Cuban
drifter (logged previously on 605.6 & 604.5) now here on 607.8.
Program was Rebelde SS talk // 710. [Connelly*Y-MA]
620 CUBA R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, OCT 25 0020 - R. Rebelde ID; big
signal, over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, OCT 24 2245 - SS teletalk show with
numerous Puerto Rico mentions; excellent, annihilating
WPRO/CFCY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 CUBA R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, OCT 24 2314 -
classical music & choral vocals (// 890); through jumble.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
640 GUADELOUPE RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, OCT 24 2248 - man & woman with
FF-sounding talk, soon overtaken by Venezuela & domestics. This
must be running less power than it did years ago.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
640 VENEZUELA Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, OCT 24 2325 - SS
newstalk // 1090; in bad jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, OCT 25 0000 - Antena Dos
jingle, SS talk; over/under probable Dominican Republic.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
650 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (t) Santo Domingo, OCT 25 0002 - non-stop
merengue selections most likely this; in mix with Antena
Dos-Colombia. There were deep Latin American pile-ups on many
of the 10 kHz channels. [Connelly*Y-MA]
660 CUBA R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, OCT 24 2355 - // 640 with
fast Cuban piano and xylophone music; trashing WFAN.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, OCT 24 2354 - SS talk about
the economy of Cuban cities including Santiago de Cuba; over
Venezuela. [Connelly*Y-MA]
680 PUERTO RICO WAPA, San Juan, OCT 24 2353 - local-events SS talk
and advertising; over/under WRKO Boston. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 COLOMBIA HJCZ, Bogota, OCT 24 2352 - old-fashioned SS pop music,
R. Recuerdos ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 CUBA R. Progreso, Jovellanos, OCT 25 0031 - // 640 with Progreso
ID, excerpt of music from "Evita"; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 JAMAICA JBC R.1, Montego Bay, OCT 24 2345 - Carib-EE discussion
program; over many others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Kingstown, OCT 24 2350 -
Caribbean-EE teletalk; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, OCT 24 2240 - SS political
speeches with Esparta mentions; huge. [Connelly*Y-MA]
734.8 CUBA (t) OCT 25 0032 - R. Liberacion ? Festive Latin American
music booming in. No talk or ID noted. Is anybody else hearing
this ? It's LOUD here in MA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 VENEZUELA RCR, YVKS, Caracas, OCT 24 2256 - Venezuelan
sportstalk; atop CBGY & Brazil. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, OCT 24 2257 - RCN with Bogota
mentions; over jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA RCN, HJJX, Bogota, OCT 24 2346 - // HJAJ-760 with SS
outdoor political speech; killing WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 VENEZUELA R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, OCT 24 2302 - R. Coro ID; barely
over CFDR/ZBVI/YVOD mix. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, OCT 25
0034 - pegging the S-meter with SS religion program, talk about
the kinds of sins that get you "fuego eterno". [Connelly*Y-MA]
820.21 VENEZUELA R. Guadalupana, YVXG, Coro, OCT 24 2304 - loud with
"Guadalupana" ID, spoken over a high-energy dance mix. A
Colombian-style vocal with accordion followed. [Connelly*Y-MA]
830 CUBA R. Reloj, OCT 24 2348 - Reloj program with usual SS news,
time ticks, and once-a-minute "RR" beeps; through presumed St.
Kitts open carrier, and over YVLT. [Connelly*Y-MA]
830 VENEZUELA R. Sensacion, YVLT, Caracas, OCT 25 0035 - Sensacion
ID and Venezuela mentions; good, over a deep pile-up.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
840 CUBA CMHW, Santa Clara, OCT 25 0037 - "W" mention and a long
boring SS talk; over many other Latin Americans. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 HAITI R. 4VEH, 4VEF, Cap-Haitien, OCT 24 2310-2312 - initially
an intractable blob of stuff here with Brazil, St. Lucia, Cuba,
and this; FF Creole preaching then roared atop the pack with a
commanding signal. [Connelly*Y-MA]
850 CUBA R. Reloj, Baracoa, OCT 25 0038 - this one (with Reloj
program), and a "gaggle" of others (Puerto Rico, YV, HJ, CX ?)
were battling it out here. WEEI Boston was getting totally
steamrolled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Clarin, HILR (or HIUA per WRTH), Santo
Domingo, OCT 25 0039 - several Republica Dominicana mentions
popped up out of a multi-station mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
890 CUBA R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, OCT 24 2314 - // 640
with a feature on classical music (Johannes Brahms); loud.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON, Bath Village, OCT 24 2235 - reggae music;
fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
900 BARBADOS CBC, Bridgetown, OCT 24 2235 - Caribbean-EE talk about
local government; over/under probable YVMD. [Connelly*Y-MA]
900 CUBA R. Progreso, OCT 25 0040 - // (huge) 890 with SS version of
the '60s "bubble gum" hit "Simon Says"; in mess with another SS
station. [Connelly*Y-MA]
900 VENEZUELA (t) R. Mara Ritmo 900, YVMD, Maracaibo, OCT 24 2235 -
likely this with SS talk in mix with Barbados. [Connelly*Y-MA]
910 VENEZUELA RQ-910, YVRQ, Caracas, OCT 24 2333 - SS talk and
apparent Caracas reference; briefly dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
920.1 COLOMBIA (t) OCT 25 0042 - possibly HJAA, Cartagena here with
fast Colombian-style accordions & SS vocal. The growl from this
is often noted against 920, but audio isn't always clear.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
930 CUBA R. Reloj, OCT 25 0044 - Reloj news & time show; over WZNN &
Canadians. [Connelly*Y-MA]
950 CUBA R. Reloj, OCT 25 0044 - Reloj program; dominant over
domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA]
960 CUBA R. Reloj, OCT 24 2317 - R. Reloj program; over others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
960 COLOMBIA CARACOL, HJOP, Magangue, OCT 25 0045 - // 1170 with SS
pop vocal. [Connelly*Y-MA]
970 VENEZUELA OCT 24 2227 - probably Mundial (Barcelona): Venezuelan
sporting event; good with WYNZ phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 VENEZUELA R. Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, OCT 24 2225 -
political speech by woman, crowd noises, words "candidatos" and
"el cambio en Nueva Esparta"; huge. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1060 CUBA CMDX, Baracoa, OCT 24 2320 - man & woman in SS, then
Eurythmics dance hit. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1090 VENEZUELA Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, OCT 24 2325 - // 640 with SS
news, Union mention; good, over Colombia & WBAL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 BRAZIL ZYK694, Sao Paulo, OCT 24 2223 - dominant (briefly loud)
with reverberated PP talk. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 COLOMBIA CARACOL, HJAT, Barranquilla, OCT 24 2322 - // 1170 with
SS talk about relations between Venezuela & Colombia; loud, over
Brazil & unID SS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1110 VENEZUELA YVQT, Carupano, OCT 24 2222 - SS coverage of a local
sporting event; over low growl. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1140 VENEZUELA La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, OCT 24 2213 - Porlamar
ads.
+ OCT 25 0047 - ID "Porlamar ... La Voz del Caribe !"; BLASTING
in. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, OCT 24 2218 - dominant with BBC news
about a NASA launch to test an ion-propulsion engine.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1160 COLOMBIA OCT 24 2330 - "colombiana" mentions, into festive
music. I'm not sure which of the several possible HJ's it was.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 COLOMBIA CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, OCT 24 2322 - // 1100 with SS
news about Colombia-Venezuela relations; over mess.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1200 VENEZUELA YVOZ, Caracas, OCT 24 2332 - "Attencion Venezuela !"
proclamation, then fast SS talk about a Caracas musical event;
rolling over domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1210 VENEZUELA R. Anzoategui, YVZT, Barcelona, OCT 24 2210 - SS talk
with Venezuelan sports coverage; well over WPHT/VOAR.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1349.37 unID OCT 24 2205 - het against CKAD, not sure if Pan-American
or Trans-Atlantic. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1375 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON RFO, OCT 24 2202 - fast FF news
mentioning a prime minister. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1420 VENEZUELA R. Marabina, YVNZ, Maracaibo, OCT 25 0049 - man in SS,
sporting event with a Maracaibo team, somewhat distorted audio;
rolling over WBSM, CKDY, et al. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1500 VENEZUELA YVRZ, Cumana, OCT 24 2340 - romantic vocal, then
booming R. Dos Mil ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1550 COLOMBIA R. El Sol, HJCB, Barranquilla, OCT 24 2341 -
reverberated ad for a Barranquilla business; atop a pile-up of
other Latin Americans. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1610 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, OCT 25 0050 - religious
music; over the Woods Hole, MA TIS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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Jim Renfrew - Rochester NY - jimrenfrew@xxxxxxxxxx
Drake R8, Radio West Loop, Alpha Delta Sloper, Dodge auto radio
Member of NRC, NASWA. ODXA, WTFDA
Editor of "International DX Digest" in NRC's "DX News"
620 WJWR NJ Newark, 10/23 2207 EDT - New York Islanders vs Rangers
Hockey. I was surprised that this NJ station carries the
Islanders Hockey Network (maybe this was an ESPN feed?)! Their
ID was "WJWR-New York". New with these calls. [JR-NY]
690 CBF (non), 10/24 2012 EDT - station not on this night, see
International logs below. [JR-NY]
910 WABI ME Bangor, 10/15 1944 EDT - NOS format, frequent Ids.
Frequency much more open now with departure of CKLY to FM, new.
Heard again 10/30 1657 with NOS format, local ads and
announcements. [JR-NY]
910 WSTK NC Jacksonville, 10/24 2000 EDT - Love Connection show, ID,
new calls. [JR-NY]
1020 WKZE CT Sharon, 10/26 2115 - noted with sign-off announcement,
mention of FM station. [JR-NY]
1440 WRBD OH Warren, 10/28 2306 - strong with new call letters and
"Power 1440" slogan. [JR-NY]
1440 WMAX MI Bay City, 10/27 0801 - heard under WJJL with ID and
mention of 1440/1330, new. [JR-NY]
1630 KCJJ IA Iowa City, 10/14 2220 EDT - testing with rock music,
repeats of Elvis Costello, new on this frequency. [JR-NY]
1680 WBHD MI Ada, 10/15 1900 EDT- testing with frequent "The Jab"
slogan, repeats of same hip-hop tune, mention of Grand Rapids.
Calls not heard, new. [JR-NY]
INTERNATIONAL
690 COLOMBIA R. Recuerdos, Bogota, 10/24 2359z - with CBF off, this
was one of three Latin American stations. Clear "Radio
Recuerdos" ID heard between music selections. Previously heard
with former slogan. [JR-NY]
690 VENEZUELA R. Barquisimeto, 10/25 0012z - with CBF off, weak with
music, ID and ads. In checking my records, I found that this is
a first time logging. [JR-NY]
1000 COLOMBIA RCN, 10/25 0020z - Powerful signal with talk, // weaker
760 and 770. [JR-NY]
1060 UNID, 10/25 0033z - strong, with an odd mix of US oldies (more
roots rock than pop), thought it was a US day-timer still on the
air, but then spanish announcements, faded soon after. I'm
guessing Mexico City, but it did not seem parallel to 6185 kHz.
[JR-NY]
1134 CROATIA HRT Zadar, 10/17 0340z - First TA of season with good
signal, Balkan pop vocals. [JR-NY]
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MISC ITEMS
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Eric - N0UIHEric@xxxxxxx
Does anyone have an address on WBHD-1680?
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
QSLs
810 KBHB S.D., STURGIS, rec letter in 9d for taped report. v/s: Dana
Caldwell-GM - address: P.O. Box 99-Sturgis, SD 57785. (PM-OR)
855 3CR AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, 1 KW, rec. vl in 17d for taped report.
v/s: Gina Pilren-Volunteer Worker. address: 21 Smith Street,
Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia. (PM-OR)
1413 2EA AUSTRALIA, Newcastle, NSW. rec vl++ in 16d for taped report,
extra goodies. v/s: Yuan Chan-CE, address: SBS Corporation,
Locked Bag 028, Crows Nest, NSW 2065, Australia. Aussie QSL #
214. (PM-OR)
1630 HAR MICHIGAN, DETROIT Area, rec. vl in 12d for taped report, v/s:
Ross J. Bremer-Supervising Eng. address: State of Michigan,
Dept. of Transporatation, Transportation Bldg, 425 West Ottawa,
P.O. Box 30050, Lansing, MI 48909, 10 watts. (PM-OR)
1690 KAYK COLORADO, Englewood, rec. 2nd QSL letter, but this time from
Radio Disney, but used Kingdom Radio letterhead. v/s: Julia
Newton, Assit. to GM, address: 730 W. Hampden Ave, Ste. 300,
Englewood, Co. 80110-2121. (PM-OR)
1670.5 Hegura Beacon-50 watts- Verie signers name in JJ- Q in 28d for
taped report. Address: Hegura Beacon Office. Wajima city,
Ishikawa Pref. 928, Japan. (PM-OR)
1670.5 Shakotann Beacon-50 watts-v/s: Akiko Murai. Q & L along with
other goodies in 27d from taped report. Address: Shakotann
Beacon Office, Shakotann-chu, Shakotann-gunn, Hokkaido 046-03,
Japan. (PM-OR)
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Glenn Hauser - wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx
WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA SCHEDULE--
as of Oct 27, 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 (or 1100),
1730, Sun 0130, 0830 (or 0900). RFPI frequencies: 21460-USB between
1730 and 0200; 15049-AM 1730-1200 but seldom heard after 0300; 6975-AM
0000-0800 (weekends -1200). The Oct-Nov edition started Oct 23. COM
deals primarily with domestic media developments in America. The
current COM is now also available on the web thanks to Harry Helms, at
http://www.DXing.com/ContinentOfMedia.html
WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, SHORT VERSION as of Oct 27: 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 (or 1130), 1800, Sun
0200, 0900 (or 0930), 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300; the Wed 1000
may be inactive currently. RFPI frequencies: 21460-USB 1730-0200;
15049-AM 1730-1200 but seldom heard after 0300; 6975- AM 0000-0800
(weekends -1200).
On WWCR Nashville: Thu 2130 15685 [changing to 9475 in Dec, Jan,
Feb], Sat 2330 5070, Sun 0730 5070, Sun 1030 5070, Mon 0600 3210, Tue
1330 15685.
On WGTG, Georgia, UT Sun 0030 on 5085, maybe soon and/or 6890-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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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Review of MFJ-1026 Phaser
Following numerous favourable reviews of the above unit, I was very
keen to lay my hands on one and when fellow NZ DXer Steven Greenyer
purchased one, I rang him to see what his opinion was. Steven was very
pleased with the possibilities the unit offered and his recommendation
was enough for me? now all I had to do was to save a little (more than
a little actually!) and I figured it would be a late Xmas present to
myself. However, Steven rang to tell me there was one available from a
deceased ham's estate, and it took me no more than a couple of seconds
to make up my mind! Many thanks to Steven for thinking of me (and to
Arthur Williams for tracking it down in the first place!).
US DXer Mark Connelly, had used one extensively and suggested several
modifications so after some another 'phone call to Steven and some
initial fiddling with the componentry, I set it up at home and was
pleased with some of the results I could obtain using relatively short
wires, i.e. one 25 metre horizontal and a 6.5 metre vertical. I could
phase out semi-local 4XO 1206 just 100km away to reveal Fiji and make a
significant hole in local Radio Waitaki 1395 allowing clear reception
of NZers on 1386 and 1404 ? with the phaser off they were both splashed
into oblivion! I was very keen to get to my Beverage site at
Waianakarua and see how it performed with longer wires and the
opportunity came over our Labour Weekend holiday.
When I arrived and set up the gear, I was almost in too much of a
hurry to connect up the phaser but quickly realised that I had all the
cables etc to hook it up ? that turned out to be a great idea! Now, I
bought this thing to phase out pests and even after Steven told me it
was great for enhancing signals by adding the signals from the two
aerials required (in this case two 310 metre Beverages, aimed at
Florida, one terminated and one unterminated), I didn't know how good I
it was for enhancing signals until I tuned in KCJJ 1630 and decided to
use the phaser to try and remove the CW from the Ohura aero beacon on
the same frequency. As soon as I switched the phaser on, and before I
thought about phasing out the beacon, I gained an immediate lift in
signal and the fact that both wires were directional towards the USA,
meant that I didn't need to phase the beacon as the resultant aerial
bearing was in the right direction for the desired station, and about
60 degrees off the pest.
So once KCJJ was firmly in the bag, it was time to experiment! Over and
over again I was amazed at how I could deal to a pest and clean up co
and side-band channels. I was initially sceptical at how well it would
work on skywave signals as past experience with the R-L-C type of
phasers had shown they worked well on groundwave but not too hot on the
former because of signal variation? to sum up just how well it worked
on skywave, not only was I able to get significant nulls on almost
every NZer tried, I was able to phase out KCCN 1420 in Hawaii and hear
a mainland US station running sports talk!
To sum up, If you're a serious MW DXer, have access to long wires or
Beverages and have contemplated buying something to give you an edge
(maybe even a new receiver), you have just got to have one of these!
Note: the modifications are necessary though anyone with some
experience with a soldering iron would find it relatively easy. Also,
there are two models, the MFJ-1025 and 1026, difference being that the
1026 comes with an active whip input which is probably not necessary,
my recommendation would be to save yourself a few dollars and get the
MFJ-1025. The latter is also easier to modify than the 1026 as it has
standard discrete components rather than the surface-mounted variety
used in it's "big brother".
Lastly, a big "thank you" to Mark Connelly for making the modifications
public and encouraging MW DXers to get into this unit. Anyone wanting
details of these mods could contact me or check out Mark's data at the
www.nordicdx.com web-site.
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Ragnar - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
MFJ-956 Antenna Tuner Review
I recently picked up a new MFJ-956 SWL antenna tuner. It is a nice
little unit. I have not as of yet completely learned to use it but I
have found it useful to this point. As to whether it is completely
worth the money, well, the verdict is not yet in but it is looking like
a good buy.
The MFJ-956 is 4 inches long, 2 1/2 inches wide, and 1 1/2 inches tall.
It has two control knobs on the front, one for bandwidth markings for
Ground, Bypass, .15 -5 kHz, 5 kHz to 1.7 mHz, 1.7 mhz to 7 mHz, and 7
mHz to 30 mHz. The coverage of the unit is from 150 kHz to 30 mHz. The
other knob is for fine tuning of the bandwidth selected. The tuner has
two SO239 connectors in the rear, one for the antenna input and one
output to the receiver.
I have found the MFJ-956 tuner to have much more effect on the lower
two bands than above 7 mHz. The biggest effect is in the LW and MW
bands. That is good for those of us who are MW DXers. The tuner does
seem to have a little signal attenuation but it is not a huge amount.
This tuner will pretty much kill images created by powerhouse stations
in your area. It might be able to be used as a sort of rejection trap,
but I have not had the tuner long enough to see if it can be done. I
did use it on the shortwave bands when KCWW was on its 50 kW
directional signal beamed directly at my house and was able to blank
the image they were on in my set and pull out a shortwave station
underneath.
The set runs by an inductance/capacitance network with a 2.5 mH, 330
uH, 22 uH, and 1uH inductor [rf choke], and a 365 pF variable capacitor
to make it work. At the lower bands the tuner has very high Q but as
you change bands and inductors to the higher frequencies the Q is
increasingly wider.
The method of using the 956 tuner seems to be to place the switch in
the bypass position and tune your station. Then position the switch for
the band and tune the fine tuning knob until the desired amount of
tuning is reached. If you tune the set out of phase you can actually
make the images worse! When you tune the antenna correctly the images
are usually gone. If the image is too powerful, then the tuner will
help but will not get rid of the image completely. I also found that
the settings on the bandswitch are not accurate and you may need to
switch to another position higher or lower to get the correct position
for the band.
Overall the MFJ-956 tuner is pretty good, but I have really not had it
long enough to make up my mind on whether it is exactly what I am
looking for. At $39.95 it is not too pricey and is worth a try. It is a
nice tool for someone who wants to kill images to listen to a station
they couldn't hear without a tuner.
You can find these at the Ham Radio Outlet stores and directly from
MFJ.
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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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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 10/29/98 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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