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[HCDX]: IRCA's AM DX NewsFlash - 12/23/99
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WELCOME TO IRCA's AM-DX NEWSFLASH - December 23 1999
Vol 5 No 36-38
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Deadline for next issue = WEDNESDAY, December 29 1999 @ 1400 UTC
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
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The 2000 IRCA convention will be held August 25,26,and 27 in Billings,
MT. The convention will be hosted by John and Nancy Johnson.
IRCA's 2000 Convention has a web site for complete information.
http://pages.prodigy.net/john_johnson/irca2000.htm
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - gmhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1/ 1/00 Sat - 0300-???? - 1420 - KSTN - Stockton CA (IRCA)
1/ 9/00 Sun - 0030-0045 - 1500 - WFIF - Milford CT (IRCA)
* 1/17/00 Mon - 0400-0500 - 760 - WVNE - Worcester MA (IRCA)
* 1/23/00 Sun - 0000-0100 - 1090 - KTNS - Oakhurst CA (IRCA)
* 1/30/00 Sun - 0100-0300 - 1450 - WILM - Wilmington DE (NRC)
* - 0100-0130 - 630 - WMAL - Washington DC (IRCA)
SCHEDULED TEST THAT DID NOT AIR... pb
Saturday, December 18, 2000 - WAAT-750, Olyphant, PA will conduct a DX
test from 12:00 am - 2:00 am EST. The test will include tones, code IDs,
and POLKA MUSIC. Phone calls (prepaid only) may be made to 570-342-7575.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Kevin Fennessey
WAAT-AM
WAAT Bank Towers Building
321 Spruce St. 3rd Floor
Scranton, PA 18502
(Arranged by Dave Schmidt for the NRC CPC.)
"...Due to antenna damage, the WAAT test scheduled for 12/18 has to be
rescheduled for a later date. We had an ice storm go through the area on
the 14th which damaged the antenna. Repairs should be made in the next
few days but the TEST will have to be rescheduled for January." Dave
ADDRESS UPDATE. Concerning the WJIB-740 DX test on 12/20/99, I have
received mail from the station owner alerting me to the fact that the
address given for QSLs was out of date (2 years old), and mail sent
there WILL NOT be forwarded. The CORRECT ADDRESS FOR QSLS IS:
Mr. Bob Bittner
Owner/Manager
WJIB-AM
443 Concord Av
Cambridge, MA 02138
And please remember to include a SASE with your reception report!
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
Monday, January 17, 2000 - WVNE-760, Worchester, MA will conduct a DX
test from 4:00 am - 5:00 am EST. The test will include tones, voice IDs,
and Morse code IDs. Power will be 25 kW directional daytime pattern.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Lincoln W. Hubbard (N1ATU)
Chief Engineer
WVNE-AM
52 Park View
Warwick, RI 02888
(Please note: Use this address for QSLs!)
E-mail: wvne@xxxxxxx
(Arranged by Lynn Hollerman for the IRCA CPC.)
Sunday, January 23, 2000 - KTNS-1090, Oakhurst, CA will conduct a DX
test from 9:00pm-10:00pm PST (12:00 am-1:00 am EST). The test will
consist of "Music of your life". The test will be run at KTNS's full
daytime power of 1000 watts and a non-directional antenna pattern will
be used.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Larry W. Gamble
General Manager
KTNS-AM
40356 Oak Park Way
Oakhurst, CA 93612
Email: mtkaat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Arranged by Lynn Hollerman for the IRCA CPC.)
Sunday, January 30, 2000 - WMAL-630, Washington, DC will conduct a DX
test from 1:00 am - 1:30 am EST. The test will consist of Morse code Ids
inserted into regular programming at the top of the hour. According to
CE John Butler, the station will be running "When Radio Was" at this
time, an anthology of classic radio shows.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. John Butler
WMAL-AM
4400 Jenifer St. NW
Washington, DC 20015
Email: John.C.Butler@xxxxxxx
(Arranged by Lynn Hollerman for the IRCA CPC.)
Monday, January 30, 2000 - WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE will conduct a DX
test from 1:00 am - 3:00 am EST. The test will include a combination of
tones, sirens, and unique music, all correlated to specific times, and
will run during the test time except for a brief period after the top of
each hour. A special millenium QSL, which may be seen in the January
2000 PopCom, will be issued. Prepaid phone calls at 302-656-8134 will
be accepted, and reception reports with a SASE are preferred.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Mr. Allen Loudell
Program Director
WILM-AM
1215 French St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Arranged by Allen Loudell for the NRC CPC.)
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...
CPC RESULTS & INFO
I may have another DX test for us - WVNE-760 in Leichester, MA (mailing
address is in Warwick, RI, tho). The CE, Linclon Hubbard, tells me that
his station's 25kW is mainly directed out to sea, and that the signal to
the SW is blocked by WJR. I have tried to contact WJR and see if they'd
go off for an hour while WVNE tested, like WGN-720 did for KUAI-720 back
in 1992, but I haven't heard from WJR. Can anyone on this list help me
with this? Anyone know anyone at WJR?
Thanks... Lynn.
Here's the results of the most recent DX test that have been received
here:
WMIB-1660, Marco Island, FL tested Sunday, November 28, 1999 from 12:00-
4:00 am EST:
Gordon Bell (WA2YQY), near Troy, NY (upstate NY) heard the test pretty
well on a Kenwood R-5000 w/random wire. David Cox in Birmingham, AL
heard this test from 0321-0337 EST with a poor to fair signal, about the
same as the signal from WQSN in MI. Tom Jasinski in Shorewood, IL
reports he heard this test well. Bob Smolarek says the WMIB test made it
to his QTH in High Bridge, NJ. Brian (SuperCFL@xxxxxxx) in Greensboro,
NC says he heard the test pretty well with WWRU-NJ dominant at times and
WQSN underneath. Peter Scherwat in Sweden reports he heard WMIB at his
location, so well that he was able to call the station on his cell phone
after hearing the phone number announced! Jeffdeck@xxxxxxx in Columbus,
OH reports he was able to receive the WMIB test under WQSN-MI. Also,
Jerry Bond in Rochester, NY reports he heard the test from 0120-0230 EST
and up until about 0200, WMIB was mostly under WQSN and WRRU, but then
WMIB's signal was often dominant.
HOWEVER...
Mike Stonebridge in St. Isidore, AB, Canada, tried for the test, but
only heard KXOL, as was the case for Chuck Boehnke in Keaau, HI, Frank
Aden (N7SOK) in Boise, ID, and Ragnar Danneskjold in Mesa, AZ, tho
Ragnar reports he also picked up KRZX. Patrick Martin in Seaside, OR,
also heard mainly KXOL, as well as some stations he was unable to
identify. Pat Griffith in Westminster, CO says he heard mainly a
dominant KXOL, as well as an UNID with sports talk (perhaps MI?), and a
loud het that lasted a few minutes at 0000 and mixed with the other
signals on his Kenwood R-600 w/Palomar loop.
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HOT STUFF
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Sheldon Harvey - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx
12/4. Thanks to a tip from Bill Westenhaver of Montreal earlier this
morning, Info 690, 690 kHz. has once again changed the tape loop running
on the frequency. New call letters are now being given for the station:
CINF presumably in reference to Inforadio. Nothing confirmed yet with
Industry Canada and/or CRTC here in Canada to determine if these are
legal call letters.
12/8. I learned this morning, direct from Jim Connell of 940 News
that the station has received authorized call letters of CINW, and that
the CINF call letters being used for the past few days on Info 690 are
also now legal.
According to Gazette Radio & TV columnist Mike Boone in his column
today, the all-news format for 940 News and Info 690 will begin on
Tuesday, December 14, at 11 AM Eastern time (1600 UTC).
12/15. I took a look at the webpages of 940 News and Info 690, our
two new all-news radio stations in Montreal. The "Under Construction"
panels are gone and some information, albeit limited, is now available
on the pages.
First the two URLs
940 News - http://www.940news.com
Info 690 - http://www.info690.com
The information on both sites is very basic. Each page has a link to
the other station. One interesting piece of information appearing on
both pages is the notation that they are broadcasting on the two most
powerful AM frequencies in Canada.
I think a few other stations across the country might have something
to say about that!
On the 940 News site, there are links to CNN Radio and to Bloomberg
News.
On the Info 690 site, there is just one link. That is to AFP- Agence
France Presse, which further down on the page is noted as being the
station's source of international news.
Of particular interest on the Info 690 site is the mention that LCN
will be available on the station from 10 PM to 5 AM Eastern, Monday to
Friday, and from 10 PM to 6 AM on Saturday and Sunday.
LCN is the all-news French language cable TV service of the TVA
television network in Montreal. This confirms rumours which were
circulating that the LCN network audio feed might replace Info 690
programming during the overnight period.
The launch of the two all-news stations went on as planned on Tuesday
morning, December 14, at 11 AM Eastern, with really little fanfare. 940
News was a little bit more ambitious than Info 690 with their
introductory kick-off. Both stations now seemed to have settled down
into the half-hour news wheel format.
A lot of self promotion was done on the first day of broadcasting,
with the story of the start up of the stations appearing in most of the
hourly newscasts.
Again, the official call letters of the two stations are CINW 940
News, and CINF Info 690. The simulcasts are appearing on 600 and 850
kHz., the former CIQC and CKVL stations.
Metromedia CMR, owners of the stations, have received authorization
from the CRTC to simulcast for a period of up to six months. Whether
they will do so remains to be seen.
On a final note, I received a few phone calls from some people who
thought they were hearing other stations coming in behind the signals of
the two services. Actually what is happening is that the stations have
decided to employ sound effects behind several of the featured items on
the station. At times there are what sound to be newswire teletype
sounds in the background. At other times, there are sounds of people
talking, plus other background sounds and effects, I assume to create
the image of a "busy" place. Interesting, but somewhat annoying after
some time.
Any other observations, comments, etc. from any of you would be
appreciated.
Bill Westenhaver and myself will be reviewing and commenting on the
start up of these services on the International Radio Report, Sunday
morning at 10:30 AM Eastern, on CKUT-FM 90.3 MHz. Radio McGill, or live
on the Web via RealAudio at <http://www.ckut.ca>
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**Eric Bueneman - Hazelton MO - N0UIHEric@xxxxxxx
(ST. LOUIS, MO) -- 1380 is back on the air after a short period of
silence. It had been a local-oriented jazz format as KZJZ. The new calls
are KSLG, and the new format is Southern Gospel, via satellite from
Reach. News on the hour comes from USA. No new address yet.
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Robert Wien - San Jose Ca - rjwmail@xxxxxxxxx
1090 Seattle is now KMPS, ex-KRPM...
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THE "X" BAND
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Chris Martin - Ormeau QLD - MartinCG@xxxxxxxxxxx
Australia's newest X Bander has commenced on 1620 kHz from the
Whitsunday region of Qld with 400 watts. The Licencee is Coral Coast
Christian Broadcasting Assoc who are calling themselves ' Reef Rhema'.
Manager of the station is John Robert-Shaw with address as P.O.Box 202
Bowen 4805 Qld. Phone 0747863300.Their transmitter is located beside the
Proserpine - Airlie Beach Rd at Cannonvale Queensland.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
There is a new TIS operated by the City of Menlo Park, CA testing on
1670 khz. Hrd weaking on the OR Coast this morning.
1670 TIS CA, MENLO PARK, new TIS Testing here, operated by the City
of Menlo Park, repeated message at 1000 EST 12/9/99. New. (PM-OR)
Bob Pietsch - marbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard this new TIS today, it's about 15 miles down the road from me.
Comes in pretty strong here. Part of the test message was a request for
people who hear them to call in and let them know where they live,
quality of the signal and time of day heard. The number is (650) 858-
3306 - I'm sure it'll blow their mind to know they're being heard in
Oregon. This phone number is for Commander Dominic Peloso of the Menlo
Park Police Department, so should probably be the source for veries.
Their call letters are WPNR210.
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Charles C Boehnke - Keauu HI - kale@xxxxxxxx
A new TIS type station is testing at this very moment (1225 UTC Sunday
12/12/99)) on 1610 kHz from an unknown location in Hawaii. It is
relaying Weather Station KBA99 with the flood warnings due to the bad
weather we have been having, heavy rains etc. Every 30 seconds a make
voice interrupts the broadcast with "Testing, one, two, three, four,
five"! First time heard here. Signal is good but with fades so I doubt
it is local or very close to me. Possibly it is a special transmission
because of the weather conditions, or it might be a new service. If it
is new, it would be Hawaii's second TIS type as there is one on 530 kHz
at Hawaii Volcano National Park here on the Big Island which I hear
regulary.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Is anyone hearing a new TIS testing on 1680 khz in the Northwest? The
name is "North Star Information Radio". It is strongest off my NNW
Beverage, which it is either coming from Western Washington or further
North. I would guess. The signal was fairly decent for a while just
before LSR. Any help would be appreciated.
Per my earlier posting. My UNID TIS station is the North Star Ski Resort
at Lake Tahoe, CA. They are running test messages with 10 watts.
1680 TIS CA, San Mateo County? Probably the new one running SF NOAA
Wx radio at 0200 EST 12/17 mixing with Northstar-Lake Tahoe.
1680 TIS CA, LAKE TAHOE, E Mail QSL rec. in 3 hours from: Bob
Hamilton- Sales Dept. 10 watts. operated by the North Star Ski
Resort. Address: bhamilton.ns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (PM-OR)
Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA - alehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I heard the same 1680 kHz TIS here in the Bay Area with a weak signal
just after Midnight PST 12/14/99 and again with daytime skywave at 1530
PST. I get a loop bearing of about 45 degrees. Maybe it's the
Northstar Ski Resort at Lake Tahoe.
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Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Interesting reception on 530 khz around 0200 UTC December 18th:
Three separate stations in Lincoln County, MT heard with short tape
loops for "a test of the Lincoln County Emergency Preparedness Radio
System". Locations were given as Libby, Troy, and Eureka. The tape
loops, though similar, had differences in wording. The Libby one used a
female announcer, and the other two employed males. The Libby one was
the strongest, though the others would dominate at times.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
580 CKUA AB, EDMONTON, good w/ID for CKUA AM & FM at 1100 EST 12/3,
Jazz promos, etc. (PM-OR)
890 KBBI AK, HOMER. fair w/Alaska News w/Homer weather at 1107 EST
12/6. (PM-OR)
990 KTMS CA, Santa Barbara, good on top w/spots, and ID at 0050.45
EST. "......and the news is next on KTMS Santa Barbara" 12/14.
(PM-OR)
1150 KAGO OR, KLAMATH FALLS, now relaying KGO-810, at least part of
the time. Hrd // with KGO except for a 2 sec delay at 2345 EST
12/5. Prob picking it off phone lines at audio quaity was
terrible. Promos for local talk shows. First I thought Santa Rosa
was running it, but then heard KAGO IDs. (PM-OR)
1230 KZZR OR, BURNS, good on top w/C&W mx with KVAS totally phased out
w/ANC-4 "All your Country favorites on KZZR" into C&W mx at 0310
EST 12/13. (PM-OR)
1240 KWIK ID, POCATELLO, fair in jumble with "AM 1240 KWK" IS at 0256
EST 12/15. (PM-OR)
1240 KSUE CA, SUSANVILLE fair on top at 0559.45 EST 12/15 w/ID "News
Talk 1240, KSUE Susanville" (PM-OR)
1240 KQEN OR, ROSEBURG fair in jumble w/ ID mixing w/KSUE, as "KQEN
Roseburg" at 0559.50 EST 12/15 (PM-OR)
1300 KLER ID, OROFINO, good w/local Sports news "on KLER" at 1102 EST
12/6 (PM-OR)
1320 KGDC WA, WALLA WALLA excellent w/local nx and spots, woman ment
KGDC at 1052 EST 12/6. (PM-OR
1330 KWLO IOWA, WATERLOO fair on top off and on with NOS format, ID
as "KWLO" and "Stars 13-30" a lot of Christmas tunes at 0145 EST
12/12 (PM-OR)
1330 KFH KANSAS, WICHITA good on top w/ "1330 KFH" ID, and also what
sounded like "Hot Talk 13-30", running Hilly Rose, sitting in for
Art Bell at 0215 EST 12/12, QRM (PM-OR)
1330 WMNN MINNESOTA, MPLS good on top but trading places with others,
IDs as "News Radio 1330, MNN, Weather at 0215, mixing w/KFH 12/12
(PM-OR)
1330 OHIO??? station popping up with news story on "Toledo
couple" at 0202 EST 12/12. Sounded local or regional news, but
soon lost in jumble. (PM-OR)
1330 UNID CNN NX at 0220 EST 12/12, topping channel briefly (PM-OR)
1330 UNID second NOS station mixing with KWLO at 0223 EST 12/12,
playing Frank Sinatra Christmas song. (PM-OR)
1340 KWVR OR, ENTERPRISE, good w/cluster of local spots at 1132 EST
12/3, mention of "KWVR" into C&W mx. (PM-OR)
1340 CIBQ AB, BROOKS, good on top at 1115 EST 12/3 w/buy and sell
program, trivia questions, mention on mall in Brooks. Best heard
in a long time. (PM-OR)
1340 KATA CA, ARCATA, good w/ID at 2259.45 EST 12/5 "KATA Arcata"
Usual pest. (PM-OR)
1400 KRPL ID, MOSCOW, on top briefly mentioning "right here on KRPL
radio, then lost u/mess at 1129 EST 12/3 (PM-OR)
1400 KSPT ID, SANDPOINT, w/ID ".....with talk, news, KSPT radio...."
at 1120 EST 12/3. (PM-OR)
1400 KJDY OR, JOHN DAY good on top w/Trivia contest at 1047 EST 12/6
(PM-OR)
1400 KNND CA, Cottage Grove fair on top w "Your home town station KNND
Cottage Grove" at 0259.45 EST 12/14. (PM-OR)
1450 KVEN CA, VENTURA hrd on top briefly with what sounded like ESPN
Sports talk followed by a promo for www.kven.com at 0058 EST
12/5. New. Reported. (PM-OR)
1450 KCLX WA, Colfax good w/KCLX wx at 1138 EST 12/3 from the local
weather bureau //840 and FM (PM-OR)
1450 KGRZ MT, MISSOULA, w/ID at 2306 EST 12/5 "Right here on KGRZ..."
Haven't heard this in a while. (PM-OR)
1450 KEST/KOBO CA, SAN FRANCISCO / YUBA CITY, with dual ID at 2159 EST
12/5, apparently // with each other. (PM-OR)
1460 KLTC NORTH DAKOTA, Dickinson, totally topping KMWX with C&W mx,
ID at 0259.45 EST 12/12 "This is Real Country's KLTC-Dickinson" .
(PM-OR)
1490 KCID ID, CALDWELL at 1040 EST 12/6, good w/wxcast (PM-OR)
1490 KEYG WA, GRAND COULEE good on top with "1490, KEYG, Grand Coulee"
at 0259.50 EST 12/15. (PM-OR)
1610 WPXA508 CA, REDDING hrd on top with Cal Trans info on Hy 299 at
2330 EST 12/10. (PM-OR)
1670 TIS CA, MENLO PARK, good w/area info and phone number to call at
0225 EST 12/15 (PM-OR)
1680 TIS CA, LAKE TAHOE very good w/ID as "North Star" (Ski Resort)
Test message at 1000 EST 12/14. Was in as late at 1400 EST. This
one really gets out. (PM-OR)
FOREIGN STUFF
945 SOLOMON ISLANDS, Gizo fair in 940-950 splah with man in EE/Native
talk Children group singing, mentions of "Solomon Islands
Broadcasting from Gizo. Haven't hrd this one in years. at 1020
UTC 12/13. (PM-OR)
1701t AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 2NTC probably the one with non-stop C&W mx at
1155 to 1235 UTC 12/19. There were jingles, in between the music,
but very hard to understand. At 1220, the ID sounded like letters
"N...C", several songs heard, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, etc.,
QRM from Brisbane. (PM-OR)
Drake R8 - 1500' Eastern Beverage Term, Term EWE antenna, 200 foot EWE
antenna, 900' NNW Beverage, ANC4, w/1500" Eastern Beverage & 40 foot
vertical
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Larry Russell - ak473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dec99 dxpedition selected logs Excellent MW dxpedition, 8 new catches.
dxing in Brighton MI., 6800W, 300' longwire, spiral loop.
740 WRPQ Baraboo WI 0933-0936 12/4 mx by madonna, other ezyl pop,
"this is WRPQ Baraboo." "WRPQ ...AM stereo". Baraboo sounded like
'fairiboo'. (Russell-dxp)
740 WIRJ Humboldt TN 1000 12/4 ID, "Another hour of - oldies - WIRJ
Humboldt". Humboldt sounded like trumbolt. (Russell-dxp)
740 unid 0940 12/4 "Real Jazz 740" slogan, jazz mx. (possibly Newport
KY -only one listed as jazz format.) (Russell-dxp)
830 WEEU Reading PA 2252 12/4 "WEEU in Reading" heard under WCCO
thanks to Frodge tip. Used to be on 850. (Russell-dxp)
860 WNOV Milwaukee WI 1630 12/4 local community pgm with religious
bent, and info on where to get low-cost dental care from
students. ID at 1702 "We are the power, WNOV, the Source". No
mention of city in ID. My longwire was in just right direction,
as Frodge could not hear this with his 500 foot wires and Icom.
fair signal. (Russell-dxp)
910 WSUI Iowa City IA 0950 12/5 BBC World Service, ID WSUI Iowa City/
Cedar Rapids. WSUI sounded like WFUY. (Russell-dxp)
920 TIS Detroit Metro Airport 1620 12/4 Wayne County TIS for Detroit
Metro Airport. Talk about planned new terminal, parking lot
logistics: green yellow red lines; which airlines fly to which
terminal. Thanks to a previous DXP log by Frodge. (Russell-dxp)
1090 WCARt Livonia MI promo for 1090 and 1600 "unforgettable songs and
unforgettable memories". Heard both in parallel. (Russell-dxp)
1120 WPRX Bristol CT 2326-0037+ Spanish pgm with fast talk. Mentions
of Puerto Rica to confuse things. Mentions of Hartford and
Connectico. Finally got ID on tape. This was the catch of the
dxpedition, as no one else could get a trace of it, and I had it
booming in over KMOX on my 300' longwire. Much of the time, there
was no trace of KMOX, while others heard only KMOX. Apparently a
few degrees in antenna direction can sometimes make a huge
difference, as there were 2 other antennas in the same general
direction. Absolutely Stunning! 12/4 (Russell-dxp)
1230 WSOO Sault Saint Marie MI 1400 12/5 ID (Russell-dxp)
1230 unid 0936 12/5 "Radio Disney". (Russell-dxp)
1440 WJJL Niagara Falls NY 2233 12/4 Polka mx show, promo for "Polish
American Journal", JJL and WJJL ids. (Russell-dxp)
1550 unid 2205 12/4 Spanish over CBE, gone by 2215. One of these years
I will ID this dx bait. (Russell-dxp)
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
Homepage = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
NF DXpedition Page = http://members.xoom.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm
RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: 30-m wire (running east), MFJ-1024 active whip,
Superphaser-1 phasing unit
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
558 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, DEC 12 2326 - SS talk; in WGAN slop.
[Connelly*O-MA]
567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, DEC 12 2326 - "Stand By Me" by Ben E.
King from 1961; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE5 synchros, DEC 12 2325 - SS talk;
over other. [Connelly*O-MA]
585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, DEC 12 2324 - fast SS talk by man; just
slightly stronger than Tunisia-585.25. [Connelly*O-MA]
585.25 TUNISIA ERTT, Gafsa, DEC 12 2323 - AA vocal, 250 Hz het
against Spain-585.0. [Connelly*O-MA]
612 IRELAND Athlone, DEC 12 2321 - man & woman in EE; under Morocco.
[Connelly*O-MA]
612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 12 2321 - emotional male AA vocal &
drumming; atop Ireland. [Connelly*O-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, DEC 12 2319 - SS talk; in
Cuba/WZON slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, DEC 12 2317 - a bit of SS talk; getting
dumped on by Cuba/CBN-640 mix. [Connelly*O-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS R. Ten Gold, Lopik, DEC 13 0011 - Dutch talk, into
Buddy Holly song "It Doesn't Matter Any More"; fair to good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, DEC 12 2310 - SS news mentioning the
military; huge signal. [Connelly*O-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., DEC 12 2308 - news item
about a car that went into a river, then an item about the
International Olympic Committee corruption investigation; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
693.7 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara DEC 12 2309 - bits of music, het
against stronger UK-693. [Connelly*O-MA]
711.04 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, DEC 13 0015 - bits of AA vocal music,
through tough Cuba slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
729 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, DEC 12 2306 - // 774 with SS news; fair to
good. [Connelly*O-MA]
738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, DEC 13 0018 - SS talk by woman; in CHCM
slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, DEC 12 2305 - Radio Suisse Romande
mentioned by woman in FF, then light instrumental music with
classical influences; very good. [Connelly*O-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, DEC 12 2303 - SS news; good, over one or
more AA station. [Connelly*O-MA]
792 SPAIN SER, Sevilla, DEC 12 2300 - // 1044 with news with segment
of SS speech / public address; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barrosa, DEC 12 2259 - man in PP; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, DEC 12 2258 - SS teletalk
// 1296; slightly over a pile-up of others and het from Azores-
836. [Connelly*O-MA]
846 ITALY Rome, DEC 12 2257 - soft piano music; slopped.
[Connelly*O-MA]
855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., DEC 12 2253 - // 864 with woman in SS;
fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
864 EGYPT Santah, DEC 13 0019 - Koranic male vocal; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
864 SPAIN RNE1, Socuellamos, DEC 12 2253 - // 855 with SS talk by
woman; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
873 SPAIN SER synchros, DEC 12 2254 - // 1044 with brief segment of
music, then high-speed talk by man in SS; fair to good.
[Connelly*O-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, DEC 13 0023 - EE interview;
poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
891 ALGERIA Algiers, DEC 12 2251 - AA vocal at low audio level on
good carrier. [Connelly*O-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., DEC 12 2249 - EE
discussion; to fair peak, over WABI/CHRL slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, DEC 12 2248 - SS teletalk over SAH and
bits of audio from a Mideast-sounding station (Turkey or Qatar ?)
[Connelly*O-MA]
963 PORTUGAL R. Renascenca, Seixal, DEC 12 2247 - PP talk; mixed with
others (likely Spain/Tunisia). [Connelly*O-MA]
981 ALGERIA Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, DEC 12 1928 - powerhouse
het against WCAP on the car radio at pre-sunset fade-up.
+ DEC 12 2245 - man in AA at light audio level on monster carrier.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1035 PORTUGAL R. Nacional, Lisboa, DEC 13 0028 - romantic PP vocal;
poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 12 2243 - rustic violins and Berber-
style screaming vocal; strong, over SER-Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, DEC 12 2254 - // 873 with fast SS talk; under
Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 MOROCCO Tanger, DEC 12 2242 - AA strings, drums, vocal; over Talk
Radio UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, DEC 12 2242 - man & woman in
EE; under Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]
1071 SPAIN EI, Bilbao, DEC 12 2240 - emotional SS ballad; just getting
by strong CBA. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, DEC 13 0030 - // 684 with man in SS; to fair
peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, DEC 13 0030 - SS talk; over low growl from
something slightly off channel. [Connelly*O-MA]
1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, DEC 12 2233 - mellow vocal and instrumental; a
little bit over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, DEC 13 0031 - SS talk in
jumble; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
1224 SPAIN COPE synchros, DEC 12 2224 - SS talk; slightly over rough
growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1251 LIBYA Tripoli, DEC 12 2223 - group AA chant; to good peak, way
over unID talker. [Connelly*O-MA]
1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, DEC 12 2222 - fast SS talk; fair, over unID
station with AA-sounding music. [Connelly*O-MA]
1305 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, DEC 12 2221 - SS talk with some synchro-
echo. [Connelly*O-MA]
1385.92 GUINEA Labe, DEC 12 2220 - African-accented FF talk by man;
poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1467 FRANCE TWR, Roumoules, DEC 12 2207 - Christmas choral music; to
fair peak through slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, DEC 12 1925 - pre-sunset het fade-up.
+ DEC 12 2200 - man in AA, then interlude of AA string music; fair
to good over SER-Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1548 KUWAIT VOA, Kuwait City, DEC 13 0038 - VOA "special" (slow) EE
talk mentioning Hong Kong; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]
1575 KUWAIT CLANDESTINE, Al Mustaqbal, DEC 12 2355 - AA vocal,
strings, drums; over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1583.65 CEUTA RadiOle, DEC 12 2353 - bits of SS music, mostly just a
het. [Connelly*O-MA]
1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, DEC 12 2354 - SS talk (non-SER); poor.
[Connelly*O-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, DEC 13 0004 - very good with US
preacher talking about family arguments. [Connelly*O-MA]
550 VENEZUELA Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, DEC 13 0003 - Mundial ID;
slightly over other Latin Americans. [Connelly*O-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, DEC 12 2327 - "Oh Holy Night"
sung by a male vocalist in a black gospel style; excellent.
[Connelly*O-MA]
570 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Cristal, HIMS, Santo Domingo, DEC 13 0006 -
R. Cristal mention; under Reloj-Cuba. [Connelly*O-MA]
580 COLOMBIA DEC 12 2359 - "R. Monteria" mentions and an HJ call, not
sure if the actual ID of this station or a different network
affiliate (with this one probably the listed HJHP Cali).
[Connelly*O-MA]
600 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, DEC 12 2322 - SS talk (//
710) about "Guantanamo ... provincia oriental"; huge.
[Connelly*O-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, DEC 12 2319 - phone-in SS talkshow
with local mentions, then announcer used EE expression "Y2K" and
laughed; way over CFCY & WPRO. [Connelly*O-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, DEC 13 0008 - SS talk
about Colombian 'loteria', then RCN Antena Dos ID; loud.
[Connelly*O-MA]
660 CUBA R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, DEC 12 2316 - almost
operatic SS male vocal // 890; over WFAN.
+ DEC 13 0010 - // 890 with Strauss waltz; huge, totally dominant.
[Connelly*O-MA]
670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, DEC 12 2331 - dominant with
SS talk about events in Cuba. [Connelly*O-MA]
680 PUERTO RICO WAPA, San Juan, DEC 12 2311 - SS baseball coverage
with mentions of Puerto Rican cities including Caguas; atop WRKO.
[Connelly*O-MA]
690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, DEC 12 2332 - EE preaching
(// 6090) about the need to spread the word of God; loud.
Montreal not noted (though audible a couple of hours later on the
car radio on Route 6). [Connelly*O-MA]
700 COLOMBIA R. Net, HJCX, Cali, DEC 13 0013 - // 810 with SS sports;
dominant over Jamaica. [Connelly*O-MA]
710 CUBA R. Rebelde synchros, DEC 13 0014 - SS // other Rebelde
outlets; annihilating WOR. [Connelly*O-MA]
750 VENEZUELA RCR, YVKS, Caracas, DEC 12 2335 - Venezuelan SS
sportstalk; slightly over CBGY classical music. [Connelly*O-MA]
770 COLOMBIA RCN, HJJX, Bogota, DEC 12 2336 - // 760 with SS sports
play-by-play; huge, nearly alone on channel with barely a trace
of WABC. [Connelly*O-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, DEC 12 2337
- SS religious talk by woman, then violin, piano, and celeste
mood music. [Connelly*O-MA]
810 COLOMBIA R. Net, HJCY, Bogota, DEC 12 2338 - frenetic SS sports
coverage; under Puerto Rico, no domestics noted.
+ DEC 13 0013 - sports // 700; mixed with others. [Connelly*O-MA]
810 PUERTO RICO WKVM, San Juan, DEC 12 2338 - SS Puerto Rico mentions
and talk about the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe; atop
Colombia. [Connelly*O-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS TBN, Basseterre, DEC 12 2340 - over domestics
with southern US preacher talked about relations and "blaming
things on everybody else". [Connelly*O-MA]
890 CUBA R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, DEC 13 0010 - Strauss
waltz // 640; local-like, 100% dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON, Bath Village, DEC 13 0009 - old-style soul
female vocal; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
900 CUBA R. Progreso, DEC 13 0024 - // 890 with mellow vocal and
acoustic guitar; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1040 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Cadena de Noticias, HION, Santo Domingo,
DEC 12 2244 - Radio Cadena Noticias & Radionoticias mentions;
over jumble, domestics not noted. [Connelly*O-MA]
1080 VENEZUELA R. Barcelona, YVQJ, Barcelona, DEC 12 2239 -
reverberated SS talk with Barcelona mention; over/under WTIC.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1100 ANTIGUA R. ZDK, St. John's, DEC 12 2238 - "Oh Come All Ye
Faithful" by a children's chorus, then Caribbean-EE preacher and
organ music; good, over WTAM/LA's. [Connelly*O-MA]
1170 unID DEC 12 2231 - excited talk, possibly a sporting event,
through phase-nulled WWVA. Language seemed to be an Africanized
version of either PP or FF, perhaps Haitian Creole. Eventually
this was lost to Colombia & a second SS station. [Connelly*O-MA]
1210 VENEZUELA R. Anzoategui, YVZT, Barcelona, DEC 13 0033 - several
Venezuela mentions; briefly dominant over WPHT, VOAR, and an
apparent Reloj Cuban. [Connelly*O-MA]
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Mark Mohrmann - Coventry VT - mohrmannm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NRD 535D, LW 140m @120deg, 140m @240deg, 800m @75deg
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ; Basseterre, Dec 4, 0246 presumed, EE Carib-
accent announcer, over continuous dance music, telephone calls.
Fair to poor signal. (Mohrmann-VT)
570 CUBA R. Reloj - CMDC; Pilon, Dec 4, 0248 CW ID way under WMCA,
WSYR. (Mohrmann-VT)
640 CUBA R. Progreso; , Dec 9, 0340 Nice ballads, poem by Uruguayan
poet, // 890 and +20dB over! (Mohrmann-VT)
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena 2 - HJKH; Bogota, Dec 10, 0022 Mixing with and
briefly over HIAT with ad and "RCN Antena 2" ID. Fair signal.
(Mohrmann-VT)
650 DOM. REP. R. Universal - HIAT; Santo Domingo, Dec 10, 0009
presumed, Mixing with RCN Antena 2 on top of WSM, mentions of
"Santo Domingo", ads for Castrol Lubricante, Autocleen, and
another unidentified ad which I recognized from Radio Villa on
4960 khz also from Santo Domingo. Into sports talk/commentary at
0020. (Mohrmann-VT)
660 CUBA R. Progreso - CMHG; Santa Clara, Dec 2, 0302 SP vocal in WFAN
null, // 890, weak, poor signal. (Mohrmann-VT)
670 CUBA R. Rebelde - CMQ; Arroyo Arenas, Dec 2, 0233 // 5025, weak
with deep fades in, out and under WMAQ. (Mohrmann-VT)
700 JAMAICA RJR; Montego Bay, Dec 4, 0252 presumed, EE announcer with
dance music. rap promo, telephone calls, in WLW null. Fair
signal. (Mohrmann-VT)
710 CUBA R. Rebelde; Dec 2, 0245 // 5025, weak fluttery beisbol in WOR
null. (Mohrmann-VT)
750 VENEZUELA R. Caracas - YVKS; Caracas, Dec 4, 0256 Beisbol in WSB
null, ads for Banco Union and Arroz Primor. Good peak "RCR"
promo/ID. (Mohrmann-VT)
759.77 CUBA R. Reloj; Dec 4, 0307 SP news and CW ID, weak under WJR.
(Mohrmann-VT)
760 COLOMBIA RCN - HJAJ; Barranquilla, Dec 9, 0347 "RCN" ID and news
in WJR null, fair signal. (Mohrmann-VT)
830 CUBA R. Reloj; Holguin, Dec 9, 0352 Fluttery, weak SP talk, time
pips and CW ID under domestic religious station. (Mohrmann-VT)
840 CUBA CMHW; Santa Clara, Dec 2, 0246 presumed, Beisbol in WHAS
null, NOT // Rebelde. Mentions of "Santa Clara". Nice peak at
0252. (Mohrmann-VT)
850 CUBA R. Reloj; Baracoa, Dec 10, 0212 Weak CW ID way under WEEI.
(Mohrmann-VT)
880 CUBA R. Progreso - CMAF; Pinar del Rio, Dec 4, 0318 // 890 and
weak under WCBS. (Mohrmann-VT)
890 CUBA R. Progreso - CMDZ; Santiago, Dec 2, 0258 SP vocal in WLS
null, good signal // 660. (Mohrmann-VT)
1000 COLOMBIA RCN - HJAQ; Cartagena, Dec 10, 0220 Futbol match between
Santa Fe and Caracas. //760, on top with good signal.
(Mohrmann-VT)
1110 VENEZUELA R. Carupano - YVQT; Carupano, Dec 10, 0229 LA pop
ballads with ID between each song, in WBT null. Weak poor signal.
(Mohrmann-VT)
1180 CUBA R. Rebelde; Villa Maria, Dec 10, 0235 Beisbol // 5025, fair
to poor in WHAM null. (Mohrmann-VT)
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Guy Kudlemyer - Thurston OR - Gwkuddles@xxxxxxx
1670 WXKT502 CA, Menlo Park - 12/15 17:30 - Y2K and other disaster-
preparedness and traffic-related info. "This is a message from
the city of Menlo Park..." "We have done everything possible to
assure we are ready..." Mentioned phone number "858-2206" for
more information. Near 100% readability on peaks, but long, deep
fades. Calls could be WFKC502 (?) (GK-OR)
1680 UNID ?? 12/15 17:45 - "This is a test of the remote (something)
information radio system located at 1680 on your AM dial. There
will be more information following as the system goes on-line,,
soon. Again, this is only atest." (GK-OR)
FRG-7, KIWA Loop, MFJ 752-C Audio Filter, 180 ft. longwire, G-3
Macintosh
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Gerry Thomas - Pensacola FL - radioplus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
R8/Quantum Loop/Quantum Phaser
Pan-American DX
530 UNID Still a semi-regular here. Noted with SS male singing 0259,
DEC 11 poor in RVC null. [Thomas-FL]
535 GRENADA, St. George's. Soft-spoken women in EE at poor/fair
level, 0127, DEC 11. [Thomas-FL]
540 NICARAGUA, Managua. YNOW noted in passing @ 2300, DEC 7 with ID
as "R. Nicaragua" (not Corporacion). Poor under WQTM & WDAK.
[Thomas-FL]
550 JAMAICA, Montego Bay. Fair with nice reggae at 0033, DEC 8.
[Thomas-FL]
555 UNID. There's someone else here with ZIZ and causing a SAH.
Carrier detectable in ZIZ null and roughly looped Central America
/northern South America. Absolutely no hope for audio. This @
0145, DEC 10. [Thomas-FL]
567.9 UNID. Fair carrier with weak acoustic guitar. Garble from 570
masked anything useful 0133, DEC 12. [Thomas-FL]
580 JAMAICA, Galina. RJR atop @ 0010, DEC 8 with news about
firefighters. [Thomas-FL]
580.6 UNID. Someone hetting the crowd on 580 @ 0158, DEC 10.
[Thomas-FL]
627.5 UNID. This one finally produced some audio at 0212, DEC 12 but
not enough to even wager a guess. SS male singing and a well-
modulated SS male appeared for about 5 secs at this time.
Carrier is usually pretty good but readable audio is rare.
[Thomas-FL]
652.5 UNID. The only time I've heard this one. Male shouting in SS,
then a heartfelt ballad at 0223, DEC 10. Quickly gone; hasty DF
says deep Central America /northern South America. [Thomas-FL]
700 JAMAICA, Montego Bay. RJR battling WLW with local spots 0421, DEC
9. Conditions very good to the south tonight. [Thomas-FL]
720 JAMAICA, Kingston. One of the less frequent Jamaicans here. JMC
fair under Cuba with phone-in show @ 0239, DEC 10. [Thomas-FL]
730 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (t), Port of Spain. Popped on top for about 5
mins at 0335, DEC 9 with distinctive island music and accented EE
female. No ID heard but DF agrees. [Thomas-FL]
765 UNID. In every night with a poor/fair carrier and intermittent
audio. Usually just a muffled SS male but plaintive SS singing
heard once. Audible here 0200-0300 the week of DEC 5. DF ranges
from 172-176 degrees and suggests any of a half dozen possible
QTHs. [Thomas-FL]
770 COLOMBIA, Bogota. HJJX fair with R. Colombia ID (not RCN) at
0303, DEC 10. [Thomas-FL]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Bonaire. TWR good atop with EE announcer &
ID @ 0329, DEC 8. Switched to SS at 0330. [Thomas-FL]
810 COLOMBIA, Bogota. HJCY noted in passing at a super-loud level
with news and ID @ 0430, DEC 11. [Thomas-FL]
900 MEXICO, Mexico City. XEW good in Cuba null with female choral
singing at 0332, DEC 10. [Thomas-FL]
1050 MEXICO, Monterrey. XEG, La Gigante del Norte excellent in XEQOO
null 0345, DEC 10 with light Latin American music. [Thomas-FL]
1050.3 UNID. Mark Connelly's unid carrier also noted at weak level and
being obliterated by XEG and XEQOO at 0346, DEC 10. DF seemed to
be Honduras/Nicaragua but highly uncertain. [Thomas-FL]
1135 UNID. A fair to good carrier appears here (along with a het from
Spain-1134) some nights between 0100-0400. The only audio has
been an unintelligible, muffled SS male. Signal is tightly
looped on Guatemala so I'm guessing that this is LV de la Costa
Sur, a station that was a semi-regular here the last time I DXed
seriously a couple of years ago (WRTH says it's on 1130, though).
[Thomas-FL]
1466-1468 approx. UNIDS. Over the past weeks, carriers have been noted
around here suggesting at least 3 different stations. A station
heard on 1466.2 (DF 120 deg, Hispanola/PR) was almost good at
times with upbeat SS music including steel drum. Noted a carrier
on 1468.1 later and thought the 1466.2 stn had drifted but both
faded up at the same time (along with a weak het from France
1467). The 1468.1 produced audio (ment's of Valencia, Caracas,
Isla de Margarita, etc.), a DF of 123 deg., and a shouted, ID-
like "Latina Radio" which suggested this was R. Latina, Valencia,
Venezuela. More recently, a station has appeared on 1467.3 and
looped 142-deg. This one does not sound commercial but rather
like a provincial Cuban flea-powered stn and DF points right at
Cardenas, Cuba (R. Ciudad Bandera, CMGE). As of today, I haven't
heard the 1466.2 unid in weeks but the others make intermittent
appearances. Anyone in southern Florida hearing these ?
[Thomas-FL]
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BROADCAST BAND LOGGINGS FROM
SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA
E-MAIL: saxelrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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SPECIAL
690 CINF QU Montreal -12/15 2202 - Poor signals under CBKF1 With
French language announcements. NEW!! (SA-MB)
940 CINW QU Montreal -12/12 0404- Poor signals under CJGX with
announcements about coming on air soon. NEW!! (SA-MB)
1640 KPBC OR Lake Oswego -12/11 2255- Poor signals u/WKSH and KDIA with
Religous programming. NEW!! (SA-MB)
REGULAR LOGGINGS
1600 KSGO UT Centerville - 12/12 0820- Poor signals with Mexican music
and Spanish talk. New!! (SA-MB)
COMMENTS
Now that is a good week of DX four new stations... Snow arrived at long
last Dec 13 and today winter showed up at -18C with -25C for tonight...
knew it would not last.
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**Charles A. Taylor - Grifton NC - calltaylor@xxxxxxxxxxx
760 FL. Heard 1745-1800 EST 12/3 and 1800 12/4. UNIDed SS saying
"....y la costa de la Florida. Estan escuchando a la 7-60 AM...la
Mera Cera." Mix/variety with perhaps a preponderance of Carib
light vocals. Obviously Florida, but who? (CAT/NC)
**Lee Freshwater - Ocala FL - LFreshwate@xxxxxxx
Your UNID on 760 is WLCC-Brandon. They run what they call Spanish
Classic Hits. One of the better signals in Central Florida.
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Greg D Myers - Richmond VA - gregmyers1@xxxxxxxx
560 WMIK KY, Middlesboro, N/d e-mail reply in 19d for snail mail rpt.
V/s. Michael G. Jones, Station Manager.
810 WEDO PA, McKeesport- f/d letter, schedule in 7 days. V/s Ron
Zoscak, Operating Engineer
980 WYFN TN, Nashville- p/d letter, businees card, bumper sticker,
station promo material in 8 days. V/s Dave Mills, Mgr.
1230 WFAI NC, Fayetteville- Nice full data letter in 6 d. V/s Jeffrey
M. Andrulonis, Pres./CEO
1330 WFIN OH, Findlay, F/d form letter in 11d. V/s D.Rund, ENGR.
1370 WJWS VA, South Hill- p/d letter in 4 days. V/s Norm Talley,
Owner.
1410 WEGO NC, Concord, F/d letter, sticker in 20d. V/s Bob Brown,
VP/GM
1610 TIS Camp Lejuene, NC Received an e-mail from the Radio&
Television Officer, Public Affairs stating they do not operate a
station on 1610/530 nor due they have facilities in place to do
so! I would appreciate any info anybody could supply as to a more
"informed" individual there.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
660 KEYZ ND, WILLISTON, P.O. Box 2048, Williston ND 58801-2048. rec
vq and letter in 300d for taped report of DX Test. V/S: Earl
Gross-CE (PM-OR)
1350 KBID CA, BAKERSFIELD rec nice vl in 15d for taped report. 1 KW,
addeess: 1400 Easton Drive Ste. 144, Bakersfield CA 93309.
V/S: Susan Pellerin-KBID Mgr. (PM-OR)
1503 DYBB RGMA Network Inc, 2nd Fl, Oscar R. Arcenas Bldg, Roxas
Avenue, Roxas City, PHILIPPINES. letter w/$10 filipino bill and
two post cards in 64d. V/S: Ma. Carlota E. Degracia. Philippine
#19 (PM-OR)
1570 CO, LOVELAND, rec ppc back in 14d signed by: Carl Lang(?)
Op, Manager. Address: 1576 W First - Loveland CO 80537. QSL
#2606. (PM-OR)
1640 KPBC OR, LAKE OSWEGO rec letter in 5d from Lon C. Mathis-Op.
Mgr, ex KKJY. Address: 4700 SW Macadam #102, Portland OR 97201.
MW QSL #2602
1670 WFKC502 CA, MENLO PARK, rec. nice letter from: Dominick Peloso -
Support Sercices Commander in 8d. Address: City of Menlo Park -
701 Laurel Street - Menlo Park CA 94025-3483. 10 watts. (PM-OR)
1700 WAFN FL, MIAMI, 8525 NW 53rd Terrace, Ste 109, Miami FL 33166. vl
in 10d for taped report. V/S: Cindy Roman (No title). (PM-OR)
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MISC ITEMS
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Richard Toebe - Davis CA - richtoebe@xxxxxxx
The brand new phone directory for Sacramento shows the address for KLIB,
"A Freedom Network Broadcasting Station", as:
3463 Ramona Ave., Suite 15
Sacramento CA 95826
916-456-3288
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Mark Connelly - WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
An updated medium-wave bandscan from Cape Cod, MA, USA plus a link to
earlier day and night scans may be accessed by going to "
http://members.xoom.com/MarkWA1ION/capecod.htm ".
The (almost) final 1999 Newfoundland DXpedition report is available at "
http://members.xoom.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm ". Click on the link
that says "Final Report in HTML Format (subject to updates)". Jean
Burnell says that he has a few more tapes to review, but the major part
of the report is now available.
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Kent Winrich - kwin@xxxxxxxxxx
I have my page set up from my visit to KFAN -1130 50kw Days - 6
towers, 25kW nights - 9 towers.
Included are pics of the tranmitters, phasor, and more.
Wisconsin Radio Page http://www.execpc.com/~kwin/radio.html
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Dennis Gibson - dcgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A couple of weeks ago, I asked for any experiences with the Baygen
Freeplay wind up radios. After getting no replies, I took a chance on
one (the wind up and solar model). A local store had one for $10 less
than everybody else and took off another 10% because they only had the
demo left. I have been pleasantly surprised at its performance. It's no
Superadio, but I didn't expect it would be. It's a good bet for anyone
worried about Y2K. That's not why I bought it; I liked the wind up and
solar power sources. Besides, there's no such thing as too many radios.
I think after I've had a little more time with it, I'll write up a short
review. If anyone is familiar with it but has been holding back because
of the price ($79.99 almost everywhere), Amateur Electronic Supply
http://www.aesham.com has them on sale for $59.99 (for either the wind
up only model or the wind up and solar model). The biggest problem I
have noticed after trying quite a few is a higher than desirable sample
to sample variation in both build quality and performance (like the
Superadio III). If you buy one, make sure you can return it.
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR -- mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
New address:
KZRK
301 South Polk Street #100
Amarillo TX 79101
(806) 353-3500
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Paul Ormandy - paulorm@xxxxxxxx
Here is the URL for a Latin religious broadcasting organisation ALER...
there are quite a number of e-mail addresses for various stations under
the Affiliates (Nuestras Afiliadas) listing by country.
http://www.aler.org.ec/Afiliadas.html
and there as another station list with e-mails at the CNR site:
http://www.cnr.org.pe/SOCIOS.htm
A brief history of recent Turks & Caicos b'casting from resident
James Mills..
The Atlantic Beacon was the original MW station on South Caicos (my
home island). This station changed hands three times and is currently
owned by a religious organisation based in Patterson, New Jersey, U.S.A.
The solid state Nautel Transmitter was upgraded to 100KW fed into a 425
feet tower beaming SSW towards South and Central America. The station is
housed in the old U.S. Coast Guard Loran Station transmitter building.
The U.S. Coast Guard left in 1980. The station is fully automated. All
programs are produced in Patterson and satellite fed to the transmitter
on South Caicos. During the third sale of this station, the name was
changed to R. Vision Chrsitiana. This station is manned by a sole
employee who maintains the transmitter, asnwers the phone and replies to
reception reports.
The Caribbean Christian Radio transmitter is owned by West Indies
Broadcasting Ltd. a locally registered Turks and Caicos company with
shares held by an American and a local islander. The old 20KW
Continental transmitter has been out of service for several months. The
Government leases their 5KW FM transmitter to relay Radio Turks and
Caicos, the local national station. R. Turks and Caicos used to operate
on 1460khz MW but ceased about five years ago due to severe roof damage
to the studio/transmitter building. They do not have any plans of
returning to MW.
There are approximately 6 low power FM stations in the islands. Three
religious stations relaying the Moody Network and VCY America from the
USA and three braodcasting a combination of local music programmes and
US pop music programmes received via satellite.
If you have any problems getting QSL's from any of the MW stations,
please let me know and I will check into it for you.
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Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Correction... 970 - KFTA - Rupert, ID
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The calls here are KFTA (not KTFA), as in "Fantastico 9-70." As I am
sure you vividly recall, I heard SS on 11/11 so presumed it was
Bakersfield. After hearing SS several other times, I presumed it was
the Rupert station. On the phone, the secretary kept calling it "KTFA,"
even after I spelled it out phonetically. After seeing M Street's
reference to it as KFTA, I called back and the apologetic secretary
confirmed it was KFTA. Address is 120 S. 300 W., Rupert ID 83350 and
the manager is Benjamin Reed.
Never assume anything. My apologies for this error.
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