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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - November 11 1999
Vol 5 No 31-32
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IRCA's web site... check it out!!
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Deadline for next issue = THURSDAY, November 18 1999 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* 12/20/99 Mon - 0000-0020 - 740 - WJIB - Cambridge MA (NRC)
1/ 1/00 Sat - 0300-???? - 1420 - KSTN - Stockton CA (IRCA)
* 1/ 9/00 Sun - 0030-0045 - 1500 - WFIF - Milford CT (IRCA)
Monday, December 20, 1999 - WJIB-740, Cambridge, MA will conduct a DX
test from 12:01-12:20 am EST. Owner Bob Bittner says they'll be playing
"a specific type of music during those 20 minutes, which will be a
mystery for all DXers to identify (an easy identification), and unique
to whatever else is on the dial."
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Bob Bittner
Owner/Manager
WJIB-AM
P.O. Box 848
Needham Heights Br
Boston, MA 02194
(Arranged by Blaine Thompson for the NRC CPC.)
Saturday, January 1, 2000 - KSTN-1420, Stockton, CA will conduct a DX
test from 12:00 am - ? am PST (3:00 am - ? EST). Request line -
(209)948-1420 - will be open to go on the air with New Year's greetings.
The format will be '70s disco music. There will be a prize drawing from
all reports received for a souvenir piece of the transmitter.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Paul Shinn
Chief Engineer
KSTN-AM
2171 Ralph Avenue
Stockton, CA 95206
E-mail: KSTN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Arranged by Lynn Hollerman for the IRCA CPC.)
Sunday, January 9, 2000 - WFIF-1500, Milford, CT will conduct a DX test
from 12:30 am - 12:45 am EST. The test will include tones, voice IDs,
and Morse code IDs. Also note, International DX reports will ONLY be
replied to via E-MAIL. For Domestic US reports only, they *MUST* include
a SASE. Again, INTERNATIONAL reports will *ONLY* be responded to via E-
MAIL.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. William Barnett
Engineer
WFIF Radio
90 Kay Ave.
Milford, CT 06460
E-mail: WFIF@xxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.lifechangingradio.com
If you hear a test, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know, via either e-mail or in
rec.radio.shortwave! 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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THE "X" BAND
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
11/5. Tonight while listening to 1620, I heard the ID at 0059.50 EST
(11/6), as Omaha's 1620" and that was followed by a cery quick "KEZW".
Apparently these are the new calls, not KOIL. They were KAZP a week ago.
Anyone else hear this?
**Craig - DXer@xxxxxxx
That is interesting, last I knew KEZW was 1430 in Denver. The way
calls change around here that could have changed since I dont listen to
them at all. But I am pretty sure that KEZW is still 1430 in Denver
**Paul Swearingen - Topeka KS - PlsBCBDXER@xxxxxxx
A week ago Ernie Wesolowski (who lives in Omaha) reported that they were
ID'ing as "KGBW" (he wrote it down, so I'm sure of these letters.
That's pretty close, phonetically, to what Pat has reported. Perhaps I
should turn on the radio here in Topeka and see what my ears report to
me
Just now - at 1:00 pm CST, 11-6, the ID given at the top of the hour was
"1620 ESPN, KGBW". No city of license, so not a legal ID.
Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
In a phone call to ESPN-1620-NE, I was told they are still KAZP, but
they will be changing soon. I have no idea why they will not admit what
call letters they are using. I have both KOIL & KGBW on tape now. I
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Greg D Myers - Richmond VA - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
After a tip in last weeks Newsflash, caught the Camp Lejeune,NC TIS on
1610 on 01/11/99 from 0535-0605 EST with NOAA wx, ID (of the NOAA
station) to ggod peaks with little interferrence from the Richmond
Airport TIS. A big TNX for the tip/info!
Sony ICF-2010 w/Kiwa pocket loop and PRM
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BROADCAST BAND LOGGINGS FROM SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DX'ING FROM WINNIPEG MB
RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR-70 & DRAKE R8
ANTENNAE: 4 FOOT UNAMPLIFIED BOX LOOP / QUANTUM LOOP, 145 FOOT
OUTDOOR WIRE / 100 FOOT INDOOR WIRE, MFJ 1026 PHASING UNIT
SPECIAL
800 WVAL MN Sauk Rapids -11/04 1925- Fair signals in CKJS slop with
country music and local ads for Sauk Rapids merchants. ID's as
"Original Country WVAL" and "The Original AM 800 WVAL". This CP
is on the air. NEW (SA-MB)
DX
1050 CKSB MB Winnipeg -11/05 0316- Off air no signal at all for at
least an hour.(SA-MB)
1050 CJNB SK North Battleford -11/05 0325- Country music mixing with
XEG with fair signals and 10-50 CJNB ID.(SA-MB)
1580 WSRF FL Fort Lauderdale - 10/23 0358- Poor signals but clear ID
on the hour pooped up on top of mess. NEW (SA-MB)
1580 WZZJ MS Pascagoula -10/28 0320- ID on top NEW (SA-MB)
COMMENTS One new one this go around. Not sure how long CKSB stayed off
air but nothing new heard. Conditions are fair with some good spots
after sunset here. WVAL was my closest not heard.
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Vince Stevens - vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, I've finally got the bandscan to a point where I think it will be
of some use to those interested in the MW scene in Africa. (a list like
this can never really be finished, because of the fact that things
change on a daily basis in the broadcasting world)
Apologies for the many UNIDENTIFIED stations but unfortunately it would
have taken months for me to get a positive ID on all these.(especially
those in foreign languages like Arabic, for example)
FQY STATION/COUNTRY SIGNAL INFO/COMMENTS (Times in UTC)
"V=Very, P=Poor, F=Fair," "AA=Arabic, PP=Portuguese, SS=Spanish,
EE=English, FF=French, GG=German, //=in parallel, mx=music",G=Good,
E=Excellent.
531 R.Botswana G "//621, 1071, 1215, 972, 873. EE nx @ 18h00"
540 "R.Bop, Ga-Rankuwa, RSA" VG "RnB/Hip-hop & Afro-American pop, in
EE"
549 <splatter from 567>
558 <splatter from 567>
*567 "Cape Talk, Cape Town RSA" E "20KW, 10 km away from my QTH"
576 "R.Metro, Meyerton, RSA" not audible in CT due to 567 QRM
594 Namibia NBC (Irregular?) G "//3290 in EE. Not audible on 19/10
@ 18h00, 3290 dead as well."
603 Tanzania F //5050 w local mx
612 "2 UNID's one AA, ENE bearing ????" P-F @ 20h20
621 R.Botswana F-G w QRM "//972,1215,1071,531,873. On 19/10 had poor
modulation & heterodyne QRM"
630 AA UNID P
639 AA UNID
648 UNID mess of stations P-F w 657 QRM
657 "R.Pulpit,Meyerton, RSA" VG Relig px & ID
666 RFO Reunion P-F-G w QRM sig varies - used to be more regular
675 UNID w open carrier - NE bearing & 2 others G 2 stn's
underneath carrier when nulled (one in African lingo?)
684 "Spain, RNE" P SS @ 21h00. Football on 19/10 @ 20h10 //1359
693 UNID P-F "on 4/11 @ 20h15 w RnB mx, not heard before
(N bearing)"
702 "Radio 702, Ga-Rankuwa, RSA" VG Talk radio progs
711 <splatter from 729>
720 <splatter from 729>
*729 "Punt Gesels Radio, Cape Town RSA" E "Afrikaans Talk Radio, same
QTH as 567."
738 R.Mozambique F w QRM from 729 //3210 audible when 729 nulled (90
degrees apart)
747 "KBC, Kenya" VP w 729 QRM "//1386, 1305, 954 etc... Namibia not
noted here anymore."
760 Yemen P //1188 in AA
765 "E.P.do Nampula, Mozambique" P-F-G ID in PP. Sig varies: on
19/10 had het QRM (poor-fair sig)
+UNID AA P AA stn w pop mx @ 23h45
774 AA UNID P on 4/11 (Egypt ?)
783 Syria P-F //666
792 AA UNID mixing w poss E.European stn P-F/G @ 20h15 both
stations trying to dominate. (AA might be Yemen ?)
801 AA UNID (Jordan ?)
810 "Malawi, MBC R1" P EE @ 21h40
819 Egypt (Tent) G (P-F @ 19h10) in AA - mentions of Husni Mubarak
837 Spain COPE (presumed) P-F in SS @ 23h20
846 "R.Xhosa, Umhlobo Wenene, Komga, RSA" VG in Xhosa (occasionally
audible during daylight)
864 AA UNID G Prayers (?)
873 Spain P SER? mentions of Zaragoza @ 22h03
+R.Botswana G "//531, 621 etc"
882 AA UNID (Saudi Arabia?) P " @ 19h15 w prayers, possibly //1512"
891 LNBC Lesotho G
909 VoA Botswana VG EE
918 PP UNID (Mozambique?) P-F (see comments -> ) "PP, on correct
bearing for Mozambique, undermodulated slightly on 4/11 w pop
mx."
+UNID E.European ?? G w 909 QRM @ 19h05 0n 21/10
936 AA UNID P-F local style mx @ 19h54
945 "Angola, R.Nacional" F-G EE @ 21h10
954 "KBC, Kenya" P-F "//1386,1044,1305,747 etc.."
963 R.Mozambique (EP do Tete ?) G w 972 QRM "ID in PP: sounded like
""E.P.do Tete"". Also have heard ""R.Mozambique"" ID"
972 R.Botswana G //1071 etc..
990 UNID:Nigeria? F African style mx
999 2 X UNID: AA & other possibly VP @ 19h50 w AA prayers. Also
folky type mx earlier (different stn??)
1008 R.Mozambique G "local lingo @ 19h00, PP @ 19h20"
1017 Turkey P "//1062 @ 23h00, not heard at earlier time of 19h00.
NOT regular"
+Germany SWF P-F " 80's pops, in GG"
1026 "EP do Manica, Mozambique" VG ID @ 20h50 in PP
1044 "KBC, Kenya" VP "almost inaudible on 21/10, faded in slightly
later."
1053 E.European UNID (Romania?) P-F "not // 1152, w talks & loc mx"
1062 Turkey VP //1017 see comments.
1071 R.Botswana G "//972, 1215 etc.."
1089 "Angola, R.Nacional" G //4950
1098 R.Bop RSA G "Used to be called R.Bop, don't know if this is
still their name. NOT //540, in Local lingo. // 1404 w phone-in
(Oct)"
1107 "R.Nigeria, Kaduna. " P many mentions of Kaduna
+AA UNID P-F " @ 20h50, No sign of Nigeria, unless this was
them????"
1125 Croatia H.R. P-F //1134
1134 AIR India P-F EE nx @ 23h00
+Croatia H.R. P-F @ 22h40 in Croat ?
1143 UNID E.European (Bulgaria?) P @ 20h45 w mention of Sofia and
poss commercial?
1152 "Roumania, Bucuresti" F-G pops (Rod Stewart) ID @ 20h00
1170 TWR Swaziland VG EE relig px
1179 "Mozambique E.P.do Zambezia??," F PP @ 19h00 (does not seem
regular on this fqy)
+Sweden P-F @ 20h45
1188 Yemen ?? F AA //760
1197 "Lesotho, Family R relay (ex BBC)" G "Used to relay BBC, now
seems to relay Family Radio."
1206 R.Mozambique VG ID in PP
1215 R.Botswana VG // 1350 etc.....
1224 "E.P.do Cabo Delgado, Mozambique" VG ID in PP
1233 AA UNID (R.Monte Carlo M.E.?) VG "in AA, have QSL-ed R.Monte
Carlo on this fqy."
1251 FF UNID P FF also heard EE nx @ 20h40
+Libya (Tentative) P-F " @ 18h10 w fair sig, //15415 but no
other Libya SW fqy's noted"
1260 VoA Greece F "in AA, have heard VoA often here, but not sure if
it was them this time as lingo was AA. definitely VoA @ 23h00"
1278 "R.Cabinda, Angola " P-F (G in morning) PP: ID as R.Cabinda (x2)
1287 "Ligwalagwala (Swazi), Welgedacht, RSA" F "Mixing with station
on N bearing. Commercials heard, not sure of exact name."
1296 UNID E.Europe/AA F-G Could even be BBC in other lingo...???
1305 "KBC, Kenya" F "//1386, 747"
1314 "Norway, NRK" G <a regular>
1323 "BBC WS, Cyprus" F w QRM "EE WS progs, ID "
1332 "Gesels Radio, Midrand, RSA" G Afrikaans Talk Radio
1341 UNID AA VP w 1350 QRM Poss Kuwait
1350 R.Botswana VG "//621, 531 etc...Modulation seemed quite low @
20h00 on 19/10"
1359 Spain RNE P-F // 684 w Football comm. QRM from 1350
1377 Swaziland Commercial R. A regular but I'm not sure if this
still their correct name
+UNID PP P-F-G w QRM "PP stn audible w Swaziland nulled, seemed
to be on correct bearing for Angola ????"
1386 "KBC, Kenya" P-F-G w QRM "Sig varies, (not audible @ 19h27 on
21/10, heard @ 19h43) w QRM from AA/E.Euro stations"
+AA UNID P mixing w Kenya
1404 UNID local VG //1098 w phone ins (Oct) still in // on 4/11 w
local football comm.
1413 "BBC WS, Oman" P w QRN "ID, signal does vary."
1440 Saudi Arabia F-G //1521
1458 RFO Mayotte F "in FF, heard after 21h00 (local station off air?)
Used to be a regular."
+"New Panhellenic Voice, JHB, RSA" F-G w QRN Greek station.
1467 TWR Monte Carlo EE Relig
1485 "R.Today, RSA" G w QRM "EE, pop mx & ID."
1494 UNID E.European (?) P-F "could be Russia, w local (E.Euro)
sounding mx, F @ 20h00"
1503 Angola (exact station unknown) F-G (poor mod) Overmodulated
signal (speech clipping) in PP w announcements
1512 Saudi Arabia G not // 1521 & 1440
1521 Saudi Arabia G //1440
+"Vatican State, Vatican R." F Catholic mass in Latin/Italian
1530 VoA San Tome VG
1539 Germany DLF P-F " @ 19h45 w pop mx, in GG, w tentative DLF ID @
20h00 (heard here some years ago)"
1548 "R.Islam, Pretoria, RSA" G "Local Islamic stn in EE w adverts.
poor modulation, better on 4/11."
1557 UNID FF P sport on 03/09/99
1566 UNID AA G "20h10 w AA style music, could also be AIR Nagpur."
1575 UNID BBC WS txer (Thailand) P-F "BBC WS prog, VoA Thailand noted
here before. (Do BBC use thie same txer?)"
1584 UNID P
1593 UNID (NE bearing) P E.Euro/Mid East stn (not in AA)
* = audible during daylight hours (in Cape Town)
"Information in RED indicates a station that I cannot positively
identify, or details I'm not sure of. " Many thanks to John Plimmer for
his help in identifying some of the locals.
Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee the 100% accuracy of the info on this
list.I don't have any up-to-date reference source with which to cross-
reference.
"Please note than some stations were audible on certain nights only
(NBC on 594 for example). This list was compiled over 2 months, so
details will vary."
Listening window was from 18h00 to 00h00 UTC (8PM - 2AM local time).
"Other stations are audible at other times, Caribbean/N.America in
the morning, S.America (esp Brazil) all night, Aussie/Asia in the early
evening. Many of these are real DX catches."
This list is by no means complete. Please feel free to inform me of
any changes/corrections/additions required.
Equipment: Icom R-70 and Collins R-389/URR, 8 sided spiral loop.
"QTH: Brackenfell, 30Km east of Cape Town, South Africa"
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Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
TRH-CA Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA ICF-2010, KIWA Loop, Delco car
radio
1700 KQXX TX, Brownsville 11/3 2052 Very good, dominating channel
for over an hour on the car radio with "Spanglish" announcements,
commercials for local businesses and national products like Dawn
dishwashing liquid. Male DJ taking requests from female callers
who mostly requested contemporary Spanish-language love songs.
Was broadcasting from, or promoting, a bar called OK Corral.
Announcer did not pronounce the "n" in "Brownsville" during the
many ads and announcements. Slogans included "1600 AM Estereo"
(so must be still //1600), and "Lo Maximo en Radio". This
station finally seems to be getting out better. New, TX #75.
(TRH-CA)
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Larry Russell - Flushing MI - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1020 WPEO Peoria IL 1200 11/5 WPEO s-on ann, FRN news. (Russell)
1080 WWNL Pittsburgh PA 1201 11/4 ID, nulled local WOAP. (Russell)
1200 WAGE Leesburg VA 1145 11/5 female host bashing hunting, ID
sounded like "WHEE, Leesburg". Under regional WCHB. (Russell)
1540 KXEL Waterloo IA 2310 11/2 story of Cedar Rapids Iowa man accused
of stealing 400 beanie-babies from his ex-wife. "News-Talk 1540"
slogan. (Russell)
Panasonic R-1551, Sony SRF-A100 with built-in antennas.
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Robert Foxworth - rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well I did some car radio X-band DX Tue evening the 9th, only one catch
of real interest (tent. Colorado) but here goes...a real good evening
compared to some...local sunset around 1745...
1640 WKSH Certainly this one, Christian mx, soft spoken girl
discussing Christian themes, about 1810, quite good and clear for
about 5 minutes, first time ever heard anything from them here,
not heard later in evening.
1690 KDDZ (I think this is the call) presumed strongly this one, at
1840, a fair WMDM with discussion pgm faded down and this faded
up for about 60 seconds with definite Disney items, only fair
level but clear, then gone again, first ever gotten here,
KCJJ-1630 was excellent at same time. Seems early to hear this,
but a nice surprise.
1700 KQXX About even with WAFN at 1830, tejano mx, SS Ancts by girl,
Dallas much weaker then. Interesting this peaked up so much
later.
1700 Had "1310 the Ticket" from Dallas well atop WAFN from 1750 to
1800, sports talk, did not hear them ID, faded under at 1800
All heard on Sony radio in my truck while driving over to my archaeology
group meeting in St Petersburg, FL, checked somewhat last night (Wed)
but not the same good signals
Incidentally WTIR-1680 still doing "signal strength tests", running 40
minute tape loop, could it maybe be their pgmg is not ready yet? How
long does it take to do these "tests"? I am sure they are not running 10
kW nights any longer.
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John Fisher - 76635.615@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
810 UNID, 0127-0138 MDT, Oct 28. While listening to KGO, I heard a
station playing periodic tones on about a 3 minute cycle. There
was a long tone, pause, medium tone, pause, then a series of 7 or
8 tones in descending pitch, followed by another medium tone.
There would then be about 2 1/2 minutes of silence before the
cycle repeated again. A DX test or a station doing overnight
maintenance? (John Fisher - Calgary, Alberta)
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John Wisyanski - jessegp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Does anyone have a postal or email address for XEUT, the Tijuana X-
bander on 1630 kHz? I'm picking them up with a good signal here in
Northern California, both before and after sunset, with soft jazz music,
also Latin-flavored jazz. IDs by a female with a with time checks at the
bottom of the hour; almost sounded automated. Early sign-off some nights
after presumed Mexican national anthem, approx. 8pm PST. Any info you
could give would be helpful.
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QSLs
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1670.5 JAPAN, Todogasaki, rec full detailed QSL cd, full color with
picture of lighthourse on card in 26d for taped report. No V/S
(that I can read, unless it is printed in JJ). Address:
Todogasaki Beacon Office, Miyako-cho, Iwate-Pref. 027, Japan. My
7th JJ Lighthouse station QSL'd. All are 50 watts. (PM-OR)
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MISC ITEMS
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Paul Ormandy - NZ - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
In a QSL from 2AP's Chief Technical Officer, Mr. C Warren, for 747kHz I
am able to pass on the following information about the MW service.
540kHz is now the only full-time channel carrying the bi-lingual
(English and Samoan) service from 6 a.m. till 11 p.m. daily (1700 - 1000
UTC). The former second program channel of 747kHz is now only used for
carrying school broadcasts 8:30 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. (1930 - 2030 UTC)
and then switched off. This channel is also used for broadcasts of the
English version (translated) from Samoa's Parliament when it's in
session.
747kHz uses a DX 10 Harris transmitter fed into a 120 metre mast with
omnidrectional pattern.
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Superphaser-2 plans on the Web
Documentation for building a Superphaser-2 Antenna Phasing Unit may be
accessed via the following URL: "
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/sph2/sph2.htm ".
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Kent Winrich - kwin@xxxxxxxxxx
11/9. Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet the CE of KFAN (50kW day,
6 towers - 25kW nights 9 towers) at the transmitter site. I took a few
pics of the site, and got some info as well. By this weekend I should
have a page up with the pics and info.
The 9 tower site is really something! This array puts out about
375,000watts ERP during the day. During the "tour", he even fired up
the old backup tube Harris MW-50, and ran it into a dummy load. That
building sure heated up quick with that rig on!
I also have many other tower pics including KLUVs' 12 tower array, WBTs'
3 Blau Know array, amongst others. The web site can be found at
http://www.execpc.com/~kwin/radio.html
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Geomagnetic Summary October 29 1999 through November 10 1999
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - philip_bytheway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from WWV at ~0518 GMT nightly
10/29 180 12 1 low quiet-unsettled -
30 169 6 1 low quiet-unsettled -
10/31 160 10 2 low quiet-unsettled -
11/ 1 151 11 2 low quiet-active -
2 143 7 3 low quiet-unsettled -
3 143 5 2 low quiet -
4 148 5 2 low quiet -
5 161 5 2 moderate quiet-unsettled -
6 z z z z z -
7 174 ? 3 low quiet-mis -
8 192 26 4 low active-mis -
9 z z z z z -
11/10 249 13 5 moderate quiet-mis -
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