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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - September 9 1999
Vol 5 No 22-23
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
MEDIA RELEASE #2 - 31 May, 1999
RADIO FEST 1999 - Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Fun
The Ontario DX Association invites radio enthusiasts of all interests
and all levels to join us for Radio Fest 99. Following on the success of
our first Radio Fest event in 1998, this will be one of the major radio
listeners event of the year. Radio Fest 99 will also celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the Ontario DX Association, Canada's largest radio
listeners' club.
Dates: Friday, September 24 to Sunday, September 26
Location: Ramada Inn & Convention Centre, Oakville, Ontario (located
at Queen Elizabeth Way and Trafalgar Road)
Theme: "Celebrating 25 Years of Radio Fun".
Radio Fest 99 will reminisce about the origins of the Ontario DX
Association, the DX hobby 25 years ago, and we'll also look to the
future of DXing and broadcasting.
Program:
Friday: Wine & Cheese Reception at 7:00 pm. Join us for this
opportunity to meet other attendees in a very relaxed atmosphere.
Saturday: Registration will begin at 8:00 am and the program will begin
at 8:45 am concluding at approximately 5:00 pm.
The day begins with an audio-visual presentation, "The Origins of the
ODXA, the Gestetner Years", by Harold Sellers. Tom Williamson, a
shortwave listener for several decades will reflect upon his experiences
listening from three continents.
A panel of special guests will address the subject: "On the Dawn of
the Millenium, Where Do We Find Ourselves?"
The afternoon will conclude with the always fun Game Show and raffle
draws, plus a slice of 25th birthday cake for everyone!
Everything will wrap up will a wonderful banquet on Saturday evening.
Sunday: Before saying goodbye, join your fellow conventioneers for
breakfast (your choice and you pay) in the hotel restaurant. We expect
to offer a tour of a nearby radio site. More details later.
Exhibits: Equipment suppliers; clubs; technology from yesterday, today
and tomorrow; plus tables of used equipment for sale.
Accomodations : You may contact the Ramada Inn by telephone
(905)849-5950, toll free 1-800-357-0880, Web www.ramada-oakville.com. A
special rate of Cdn$82 per night for Radio Fest 99 is available.
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Right now Lynn is looking for target station lists and stamps or money
to help get the lists worked on. Thank you Lynn... pb
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HOT STUFF
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Lee J Freshwater 414 SE 3rd St, Ocala, FL 34474
FAX 352-732-7223 E-mail Lfreshwate@xxxxxxx
The F.C.C. has started putting CALL LETTER changes in their computer
data base...We will include them here as time and space permits.
PREPARED ON 9/5/99
Call Signs reserved for Pending Sales Applicants **
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL CALL
KMAP FRAZIER PARK, CA 1050 KTRJ
WPCG CARTERSVILLE, GA 1450 WBHF
** Commission grant and consummation does not automatically grant call
sign application. The new licensee must provide written notice to the
call sign desk upon consummation of the transaction and await authority
from the Commission to use the new call sign.
CALL SIGN CHANGES
NEW CITY AND STATE FREQUENCY FORMER
CALL * CALL
WANE STATESVILLE, NC 550 WIST
WKHB GREENSBURG, PA 620 WKPZ
KIRN SIMI VALLEY, CA 670 KVCA
KIHM RENO, NV 920 KQLO
KGUY MILWEAUKIE, OR 1010 KXYQ
WWNL PITTSBURGH, PA 1080 WPGM
WQIS CAMDEN, SC 1130 WAME
WPHX SANDFORD, ME 1220 WSME
KKGM KANSAS CITY, KS 1250 WREN
KBBA ABILENE, TX 1280 KGMM
WGTJ MURRAYVILLE, GA 1330 WKZD
KCTK GLENDALE, AZ 1360 KFDJ
KEAN ABILENE, TX 1470 KBBA
KIKA ONTARIO, CA 1510 KMSL
WPGR MONROEVILLE, PA 1510 WXVX
KQLO SUN VALLEY, NV 1590 KIHM
* The F.C.C. does NOT list the frequency in their database. I have
tried to suppliment this with information from my own database, so look
it over "carefully" before you change anything in yours.
We have put this information in order of frequency rather than
location. Send any suggestions, changes AND corrections to the above E-
Mail address.
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**Tom Bryant - Nashville, TN - TJBdx@xxxxxxxx
I just got back to Nashville after 3 weeks in MN and ND, and was
interested to note KXMR with an excellent signal in Fergus Falls, MN on
August 13 (mid-afternoon). While I didn't do any nighttime driving
outside the Bismarck area, the signal was solid everywhere in town with
no trace of QRM.
About halfway through my 10 day stay in Bismarck, KXMR disappeared and
never returned. I no longer have connections with the station, and
didn't try to get answers from anyone else.
Very strange.
My guess is that their pattern still isn't correct. According to their
projected contour map they should NOT be as strong in E. Central
Minnesota as they were.
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**Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tom, I was in Brainerd (Nisswa) MN 8/6 & 7 and there was no sign of KXMR
- all WDSM during the day (I didn't get a chance to check it at night).
I was specifically looking fot it and was surprised to find not even a
trace under WDSM.
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**Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The verie letter from CE Dennis Wilson at KXMR for a reception on
July 11th stated that their daytime power of 50kW was directed mainly to
the NW. (Which would agree with Tom Bryant's remarks about them being
unexpectedly strong in MN) They then reduced power to 13 kW for two
hours prior to sunset (and also 2 hours after sunrise), before switching
to their night time site with 4 kW for the overnight hours. Daytime
site is 10 miles east of Bismarck on I-94 and Night time site is 18
miles south of Mandan on Highway 1806.
He also stated that the programming I heard (country, // 94.5 FM) was
only a temporatry fill in for the test period, and they'd have a new
format at the official sign-on.
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Chris Martin - MartinCG@xxxxxxxxxxx
G'Day from across the pond.
Phil Beckman CE of WMIB is doing another test of the 10Kw rig from
midnight EDT on Sept 12th. WMIB freq ios 1660kHz X Band. I asked him for
more lead time as last time there was only 20 hours notice. Reports
should go to: mrradioguy@xxxxxxxxxx
His message is as follows :
"Greetings to you of the down under l-o-n-g wire! I will be crankin'
WMIB up to 10kw in the wee hours of September 12, probably starting
right at midnight EDT. Sorry for the short notice last time
(procrastination).
Hope this is a better lead time!
Phil
Oh... I did get responses from the last test, but all Stateside. Texas,
Mississippi and Virginia. We have also received reports from Sweden and
Italy over the last few weeks. Love that expanded band!"
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**TIM KRIDEL - TIM.KRIDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx
The owners of KCTE will buy WHB for $8 million, pending FCC approval.
KCTE's sports format will move to WHB by Oct. 1. No word on where WHB's
successful country/agriculture format will go.
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Russell - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
per Flint Journal article, 1160 Fenton MI WWON is "defunct". It got FCC
permission to close in March due to money problems. It has been sold to
a Southfield MI group which places ethnic shows on WNZK. Station will
likely be moved closer to Detroit, and air ethnic programs. This
confirms my monitoring of their absence.
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THE "X" BAND
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Bill Hale - Fort Worth TX - phantom2@xxxxxxxx
KAXY-1660 Waco, Texas is on the air. They are doing a high School
football game. Not wanting to give away too much "DX Information", I
won't give the teams. They are booming in here (at only 106 miles).
There is a good chance they'll keep the 10 kW transmitter on all night
for a couple of nights, at least.
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**Craig Rathbone - Denver CO - DXer@xxxxxxx
I tried about 0200 EDT to hear Waco here in Denver but couldnt hear
them at all. KXOL sounds like they are 50,000 watts here. But even in
the little null I can get on KXOL I still didnt hear the Waco station.
KKWY 1630 in Cheyenne was very strong here this morning at 0730 EDT
9/4 The strongest I have ever heard them playing C&W and a "KWY"
slogans.
2010 and KIWA loop ( the big one)
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**Mike Pietruk - pietruk@xxxxxxxxxx
No sign of Waco last evening here in west suburban Chicago.
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**Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1680 WTIR FL Winter Garden. Nice fade up over WJNZ 9/4 0232 with ad
for Dino's restaurant and "You're listening to AM-1680, WTIR,
Orlando's traveler information radio." Go get 'em, gang! (PT-WA)
Sony ICF2010 and Kiwa air core loop
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
New X-bander... first heard 0530z tonight and getting stronger, peaking
around 0650z and still popping up around 0730z...
1680 WTIR "Travel Information Radio" Orlando... presume this is the
Winter Garden CP... address anyone?
Great night for reception... Bahamas 1540 earlier, heaps of X-banders
including WMIB asking for people to fax them at 941 642 1480 to let them
know where they're being heard...
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1680 WTIR FL, WINTER GARDEN, heard very strong!!! way way over WJNZ
with non-stop trouist & traffic info at 0345 EDT 9/4, lots of IDs
as "TIR", Traveller Information Radio, etc. They must be on with
10 KW. Thx to Pete Taylor for te tip. Now to log Waco-1660, but
KXOL is too strong tonight. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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Ralph Sanserino - Perris CA - sanser@xxxxxxx
1680 WTIR In big this AM 3:45-4:00 EDT. Female: Hi your listening to
AM 1680 Orlando's WTIR Travel information radio. Male: We are
still testing, testing will be over soon then we will start our
regular programming. Are they running 10kw ?? Sounds larger than
10kw.
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BROADCAST BAND LOGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
30 BECONTREE BAY WINNIPEG MB R2N 2X9 CANADA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP
145 FOOT OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE
1680 WTIR FL Winter Garden - 09/08 0430 - Poor to fair signals with
woman ID'ing as AM 1680 WTIR --Tourist Information radio--
Florida.. Heard under WJNZ and their rap music. Also heard was a
loud Open carrier that may or may not be WTIR. NEW!!!
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1680 A fair open carrier here. Presume it to be Seattle at 2245 EDT--
Sept 5/1999. No audio as yet!
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Elena Kazakova - webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (via Robert Wien)
Thank you for checking out Inspiration Radio Group web site. KKMO AM
1680 is our newest station, Tacoma's Teaching and Talk. I am pretty much
sure that your friend has heard our station. KKMO is currently on the
air, and is also available on the internet at
http://www.inspirationradio.com check it out for yourself, and let us
know what you think,
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**Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As a follow up to Pat Martin's posting on this, I talked with Jim Dahl,
CE of KGNW/KLFE/KKOL/1680 and he says there is not even a transmitter
yet for 1680 because of problems with real estate negotions. The same
problem applies to KKOL's CP for its power increase. If they get their
way, they will triplex 1300 1590 & 1680.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
FOREIGN
531 2MC- AUSTRALIA, West Kempsey, good on top on 1XPI with Australia
nx and at 1205 "2MC" ID on 9/2. (PM-OR)
+fair w/ man giving commercial, tagging "on 2-M-C", back into talk
at 1335 9/3 (PM-OR)
+good with talk with man ancr "Right here on 531-2MC" at 1316 9/6
(PM-OR)
531 NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND - 1XPI, good on top of 2MC w/Samoan
programming at 1315 9/6. PM-OR)
540 4QL - AUSTRALIA, LONGREACH, good with ABC News at 1301 UTC 9/6
(PM-OR)
540 RAFIO RHEMA NEW ZEALAND, mix of 4QL with miniter talking at 1302
9/6 (PM-OR)
+good and loud with minister talking and bits of ABC News (4QL)
underneath at 1204 9/2 (PM-OR)
549 2CR - AUSTRALIA, ORANGE NSW // 540 w/ABC News 1303 9/6 (PM-OR)
558 7BU? - AUSTRALIA, Burnie, Tasmania hrd "Back Street Boys's " I
Want It That Way, it sounded like the tag out of the song "More
music 7LA". I wonder if 7BU takes a feed from 7LA now, lots of
QRM and QRN, and UNID ABC station on freq. at 1335 9/7. (PM-OR)
558 6WA? - AUSTRALIA, Wagin, ABC station here // 4QR-612 with News
discussion pgm on top at 1335 9/7. (PM-OR)
558 UNID- POP MX in splat, also other stations in the mix at 1345 9/6
(PM-OR)
567 2YA - NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON, good on top of the Aussie w/
Broadway Show tunes mx at 1340 9/6 (PM-OR)
576 AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY - 2RN with Spanish music // 792 KHZ at 1335 9/6
(PM-OR)
t576 SOUTHERN STAR, NEW ZEALAND, presumed the source of the EZL Rel. mx
at 1345 9/2. Man with NZ Accent, ment of New Zealand, then back
into mx. (PM-OR)
+presumed the source of EZL Rel mx at 1340 9/3 (PM-OR)
585 UNIDS - Two weak stations mixing here 1335 9/6 (PM-OR)
594 3WV - AUSTRALIA, HORSHAM, VIC. Good w/ABC News 1302 9/6 (PM-OR)
603 AUSTRALIA, ABC News here 1303 9/6 (PM-OR)
612 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane-4QR Good with ABC News 1303 9/6 (PM-OR)
+good with discussion prog at 1345 9/3 (PM-OR)
+very strong with talk program at 1330 9/2 (PM-OR)
639 RADIO FIJI, Lautoka, Radio Fiji 1 with Island mx and man in
Fijian at 1337 9/3 (PM-OR)
+with Island music, very nice stuff topping the channel o/2CS at
1351 9/6 (PM-OR)
666 RADIO NOUMEA, NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA, fair with man in FF at 1355
9/3 (PM-OR)
+fair with M&F in FF at 1325 9/2 (PM-OR)
+fair w/man in FF at 1330 9/6 (PM-OR)
t693 3EE, AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, prob the one with the Tony Bennett mx,
u/JOAB and Radio Sport at 1320 9/2. No ID possible, but format
fits. (PM-OR)
693 JOAB - JAPAN, Tokyo, good with Lang less. over Sports Talk (NZ) at
1333 9/3 (PM-OR)
702 2BL - AUSTRALIA, Sydney good with disc. on Australia at 1347 9/3
(PM-OR)
+good with ABC talk show at 1320 9/6 (PM-OR)
t738 NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, Radio Pacific, possibily the one mostly
u/2NR with weather and sports scores at 1332 9/5, during a fade
for Radio Tahiti. (PM-OR)
738 RADIO TAHITI, very good with great Island mx and man in FF at 1347
9/6. This has really been strong this season since they replaced
the TX last year. (PM-OR)
+loud as usual with Pop mx, man in FF at 1346 9/3 (PM-OR)
774 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne - 3LO, good with disc. pgm at 1352 9/3(PM-OR)
783 PHILIPPINES, UNID Filipino here at 1240 9/1 w, female talk, tele
talk, too weak for ID. Nice to see the first filipino of the
season. Not noted 9/2 (PM-OR)
792 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane- 4RN, fair w/Clas mx at 1353 9/3 (PM-OR)
811 UNID, station off freq, possibily a filipino, but too much KGO
slop to tell, audio very low at 1310 9/1. Mot noted 9/2. (PM-OR)
891 FIJI, Lautoka, Radio Fiji II with Hindi, topping 5AN at 1356 9/3
(PM-OR)
t909 NEW ZEALAND, Southern Star, prob., seemed // 576 at 1251 9/2, too
much 910 slop to tell. This has been fairly reg. It would be nice
to get an ID> (PM-OR)
936 4PB - AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, fair w/News at 1402 9/3 (PM-OR)
1062 DZEC, PHILIPPINES, MM, good with man w/tel talk, "DZEC" mention in
commercial. One of the strongest filipinos of last season seems
to be the same this year at 1251 9/2. (PM-OR)
1071 3CV, AUSTRALIA, Maryborough, fair on top of AS station with spot
for something, talking about 3CV and "Victoria........" at 1354
9/2. (PM-OR)
1161 UNID, very loud station in CC, man very excited (Commercial),
Probably Malaysia or Taiwan. No ID possible at 1255 9/2. (PM-OR)
1611 UNID - presume Australia, very weak "Ethnic" sounding at 1349 9/3,
growl on channel. (PM-OR)
1629 UNID - presume Australia, weak "Ethnic" sounding station, with
woman in language, 1620 slop at 1351 9/3 (PM-OR)
1638 AUSTRALIA, Radio Lebanon, in 1640 splash at 1354 9/3 (PM-OR)
1665 AUSTRALIA, GG programming at 1355 9/3 (PM-OR)
1683 AUSTRALIA, weak 1356 9/3 (PM-OR)
1688 UNID, weak signal here sounded almost CC at 1348 9/3, carrier much
stronger than audio, maybe a spur from a CC TX? (PM-OR)
1701 RADIO 1701, man in AA at 1403 9/3. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, Term. EWE (U) Antenna
DOMESTIC
670 WMAQ - IL, CHICAGO, fair u/ KBOI'd carrier with wx and Ids "WMAQ"
at 0715 EDT 9/5. KBOI only w/OC (PM-OR)
740 KVFC- CO, CORTEZ, fair mixed with KCBS.CBX after OL tune ID "740-
KVFC" at 0720 EDT 9/5 (PM-OR)
920 KVEC-CA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, fair u/ SSer with Weather report from
KVEC" at 0150 EDT 9/8 (PM-OR)
1010 KGUY - OR, MILWAUKEE, with all male talk radio at 1659 EDT 8/31,
as "K-GUY, KGUY, Milwaukee-Portland", ex KXYQ. (PM-OR
1300t KYNO-CA, FRESNO, fair /u KKOL with ESPN Sports, then at 0200 EDT
9/8 ID "You're listening to the fun oldies station w/news and
information, KYNO-Fresno" , QRM from KKOL was bad at ID time.
Does this sound like them? (PM-OR)
1330 KFH- KS, WICHITA, good on top with ID as "on 13-30, its KFH,
Wichita talks" at 0334 EDT 9/6. (PM-OR)
1330t KGAK?? - NM, GALLUP, maybe the one w/Navajo canting at 0722 9/5 on
top. (PM-OR)
1460 KLTC - ND, DICKINSON, good on top with C&W mx and ID as "1460
KLTC" 9/5. (PM-OR)
1510 KFNN - AZ, MESA, thanks to Ragnar, I logged this rare catch here
in the NW. Heard with Dr. Joy Brown promo. Chev Dealer spot,
several mentions of "News Talk 1510", and "KFNN-1510", ref to
Fin. News, time checks (MST), at 0120 EDT 9/2. I wasn't sure
earlier, until I played back my tape. Thanks Ragnar! New! (PM-OR)
1550 UNID - Station coming from the East w/Gospel mx at 0730 EDT 9/5.
Ideas?
1600 KATZ - MO, ST. LOUIS, fair barely on top with Black Gospel, IDs as
"Gospel 1600". At 0354 EDT 9/6. (PM-OR)
1605 KFLS - OR, K. FALLS, apparently a transmitter spur fairly strong
at 0334 EDT 9/8, with oldies rock. (PM-OR)
1660 WQSN - MI, KALAMAZOO, weak w/1on1 Sports talk, several WQSN IDs at
0330 EDT 9/7. Some ethnic mx QRN, presume NJ. (PM-OR)
1660 WMIB - FL, MARCO ISLAND, good at 0500 EDT 9/7, with "WODX and WMIB
Marco Island" Adult Standards format. (PM-OR)
1660 Either Kalamazoo or Waco with Sports talk at 0510 EDT 9/9, Too
much KXOL to tell a whole lot. Is Waco full time (24 hours)?
1680 WTIR - FL, Coral Gables, very good, armchair copy w/ Traveller
info, full IDs and promos for station from 0352 EDT 9/4. New! Thx
to Pete Taylar for the tip. Must be on w/10 KW. (PM-OR)
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**Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Heard on a Yacht Boy-400 w/internal antenna (Times EDT):
1660 UNID 0006-0015 9/5 40's mx "...with Capt. Glen Miller" - sounded
like old radio show. Good signal but lots of QRN. QRM from
another
stn 0013. Into "This is the army" by Eddie McCloud 0015. Fairly
strong - could this be KAXY-TX or WMIB-FL? KXOL never logged
here.
1680 WTIR FL Winter Garden 2237-2240 9/4 Lots of ads, promos, ments of
FL attractions. "Keep it here...on TIR" and "TIR on the 4s"
slogans. Mentioned that they'll be completing testing in a few
days, gave # to call for reception reports as (407) 481-0551
2240.
Xlnt signal - local-like.
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Your UNID-1660 sounds like WMIB. KXOL is 55-65 Old Rock.
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Brief summary of logs from Robbins Road site in Plymouth, MA (GC = 70.68
W / 41.98 N) on (UTC) 5-6 SEP 1999. Receiver: Drake R8A. Antenna
system: phased broadband loop / whip cardioid array.
Despite recent reports of solar flares and auroral conditions,
propagation was solid to Europe. Latin America and deep Africa were
generally absent.
This report may be useful for comparison with loggings made at the 1999
NRC Convention. A detailed listing will be issued in about two weeks
when logs from a later outing are added.
DX heard:
5 SEP, 2317-2359 UTC: Western Sahara-711.04, Azores-836 (still 1 kHz
low), Canaries-Spain-837, Algeria-891, Spain-954, Portugal-963, Algeria-
981, Turkey-1017 good/dominant !, Spain-1044, Spain-1026, Spain-1053,
UK-1089, Egypt-864, Slovakia over Spain-1098, Spain-1107, Croatia over
Spain-1134, Canaries-Spain-1179, Morocco-1053, AFN Germany-1107 (US talk
under Spain), Spain-1116, Spain/Croatia-1125, Spain-1197, Spain-1071
6 SEP, 0000-0115 UTC: Spain-1575, France-1206 HUGE!, France-1242, Libya-
1251, Spain-1296, Spain/unID-1305, N. Ireland-1341, St. Pierre-1375.02,
France-1404, Spain-1413, Germany-1422, Kuwait-1548, Spain-1539, Vatican-
1530 loud, Ceuta-1583.6, Spain-1584, Spain (Vitoria & SER)-1602, France-
1557, Spain-1521, Greece(t)-1512, UK-1458, Albania-1458, Spain-1359,
Spain/others-1287, Spain over UK-1215, Greece-1179 briefly blasting over
Canaries !, UK-1053, Spain- 1017 (mix with German & Turk), Spain-999,
UK-909, Canaries slightly over UK-882, Spain-855, Spain-774, Germany-
756, Spain-738, Spain-693 over others (no het so Azores presumed back on
channel), Spain-684, mess-666 with AA station in mix (Algeria ?), Spain-
657, Spain-648, Spain-639, Canaries-621, Switzerland-765
As you can see from the above, conditions were definitely NOT auroral.
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Stephen Hawkins - hawk@xxxxxxxxxx
Here at the Secret Mountain Laboratory I was siting outside last evening
watching the sun go down and listening on 1700 as the gray line passed
over me. I heard snatches of a "Sports Radio" with some frequency after
those words. This morning I can't remember if it was 1310 or 1030. Has
anyone got any thoughts on this one.
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** Craig Rathbone - Denver CO - DXer@xxxxxxx
At times here in Denver I have heard 850 KOA very strong on 1700. And
sometimes they use the words "sports radio KOA" or "sports radio 850" in
one of their many slogans.
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Sports on 1700, That is Dallas, TX!
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**Charles A. Taylor - calltaylor@xxxxxxxxxxx
If that's a question, the answer is 2x850=1700. Two KOAs = 1700.
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**David Gleason - david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Miami 1700 station went English as The Fan on Monday with new calls.
Using Imus in the morning and a lot of syndicated stuff.
Or Miami, FL. Change on Monday to English from SS. All Sports.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1130 XETOL - MEXICO, Toluca. Rec. very nice letter from Oscar M.
Beltran- Sales Dept. at Network Hq in 35d from taped report. I
have been trying to QSL this since I heard the station in 1993!
Address: Corporacion Mexicana De Radiodifusion, S.A. DE C.V.,
Calle Tetitla No. 23, Col. Toriello Guerra, Delegacion Tlalpan,
C.P. 14050, Mexico D.F.. Returned my cassette tape and $1 U.S..
Very nice stamps on the emvelope too. I am pleased with this one.
Thanks to Paul Ormandy for the E Mail address. (PM-OR)
1539 5TAB - AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, S.A. Full detailed QSL card in 19d
for
taped report. V/S: E.G. Gesler. Address: Tab Building, Level 1,
Pulteney Court, Adelaide 5000, S.A. Australia. (PM-OR)
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
1090 Union Radio, Caracas, v/s Maria Alejandra Lopez, Gte de
Produccion,
friendly registered-mail VL in SS after three follow-ups. QTH:
Av.
Mohedano 42, Edif. Esplendor, La Castellana, Apto Postal 65598,
Caracas 1061. They also have a web-site www.unionradio.com.ve and
Real Audio available there.
1570 R Familia del Maule, Talca, Chile. Friendly SS VL via e-mail for a
s-mail report. V/s Manuel Yañez Gallegos, Gte Gral. Has been on
since April of this year (ex-R Campania) and runs 10kW. A
envelope
of goodies is on the way too. E-mail addr: myg36@xxxxxxxxx
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Terry Palmersheim - Kirkland WA - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1140 KSLD Kenai, AK f/d letter in 5 1/2 mos. after a f/u for a 97
rpt. Stickers received. V/s: Daniel Meeks, Ops. Mgr.
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David Gleason - david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Since there is some confusion here, let me clarify a few formats, since
I have programmed all of the main types:
Tejano is not A/C. It is like country to latter generation Mexican
Americans, and is not a Mexican music form. It's a mix of norteña and
country. Basically only played in Texas. A dying artform. Ratings of
tejano staitons are all off everywhere. Many tejano stations have
bilingual announcing or all English announcing, like KXTN-107.5 in San
Antonio and KHCK-99.1 in Dallas.
"Regional Mexican" is the US denomination for the folk/country music of
mexico: Banda, with the German Un-pah sound, norteña with the accordeon,
ranchera (called mariachi... however, a mariachi is a band that plays
ranchera) and cumbia (a colombian tropical beat adopted and modified by
Mexico). In Mexico, some stations specialize in only one of these
genres. In the US, they are almost always mixed. www.lanueva1019.com is
LAs #1 station with regional... MS Media audio.
Spanish A/C is a format that sounds in melody and arrangements just like
US AC. Balads, strings, crooners and groups. Ricky Martin became pop
after being basically A/C for some time. www.klve.com is LA's #2 station
and the biggist Spanish A/C. Audio on the site
Spanish pop: techno and dance and light rock. www.superestrella.com is
LAs KSSE. Audio sometimes works
Tropical: percussive dance music of the Caribbean, salsa and merengue.
www.salsoul.com or www.lamega.com. San Juan #1 station and NYC #4 with
audio.
Nostalgia: old ranchera and string trio songs... only real one in US is
KKHJ 930 in LA, which is mostly old ranchera. WFBA-990 in Miami was a
soft nostalgia, with instrumentals and trio songs, but it is now Disney.
1280 in Monterrey is the classic Mexican nostalgia, Radio Recuerdo.
Also, try Spanish news/talk, www.ktnq.com for LA's talk leader.
http://www.bdsonline.com/scripts/latin.asp?format=SP has a list of the
Spanish stations that Billboard MAgazine monitors to do its charts and
identifies the format of each. This may help ID some AMs and understand
the formats better. I have oversimplified, as there are many variants
and hybrids, especially in large markets in Mexico, Puerto Rico and
Latin America.
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**TIM KRIDEL - TIM.KRIDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx
Have any of you tried a Kenwood TS-570 for MW DXing? I'm going to go for
my ham license, and the TS-570DG seems to offer excellent value for the
money. The '99 WRTH says the receiver section is good for DXing but
doesn't specifically address MW.
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Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA - alehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was at my local Radio Shack on Friday and saw that they are now
selling an AM loop antenna. It is enclosed in a black plastic hoop
about 10"" in diameter with a tuning knob at one end of the base. It
could get a lot of people interested in AM DXing.
The part number is 15-1853 and the price is $29.99. In the 2000 catalog
(page 187), the tuning range is given as 530 to 1600 kHz, but the box at
the store says 535 to 1700. The loop has an output jack.
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END of 9/9/99 IRCA's "AM DX NewsFlash"
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