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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - July 20 2000
Vol 6 No 16
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***Wayne Heinen - Aurora CO - Nrclog@xxxxxxx
Just a reminder the August 1, 2000 deadline approaches! Anyone still
interested in helping with the 21st edition should contact me as soon as
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**Mike Stonebridge - Isidore AB - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Looks like another Canadian AM is about to become history. 840-CJXX-
Grande Prairie, AB is advertising their new FM station as 'coming soon
on 93.1 FM, the new CJXX' Checked 93.1 many times, but no sign of anyone
testing. Will keep you informed.
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***Mike Pietruk - pietruk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As of this morning, the switch-over time will be 12 noon CDT on Aug. 1.
As for what will happen on 1160 following the simulcast for a week or so
with 670, unless a quick sale or LMA is in place, odds favor 1160
carrying the signal of WXRT (fm 93.1) which operates from the same
building the Score uses at 4949 W Belmot on Chicago's Northwest Side.
These are the only 2 of the Infinity properties which do not have their
studios downtown and dates back to the Diamond Broadcasting days.
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Mark Connelly - MA - MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
On the early evening of 12 JUL 2000, I decided to revisit a local
DXpedition site in a national wildlife reservation that has not been
used for awhile because of instances of park rangers chasing people out
after the posted sunset closing time. The site - the parking area at
the eastern end of Stackyard Road near Nelson Island in Rowley, MA - is
in the middle of a huge coastal salt-marsh behind Plum Island, a narrow
barrier beach.
This location (GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N) has been used for some
legendary receptions over the years by members of the Boston Area DXers.
Loggings include India-1566 and numerous rare Middle East stations,
Greeks, etc. For a map of the site, go to
"http://www.geocities.com/wa1ion_mark/rowley.gif";.
Though the site has room for near-Beverage length antennas, I stuck to
the active whip / broadband loop cardioid array clamped to the car's
roof-racks, as I figured I might have to leave the site in a hurry if
law officers or a car load of beer-blasted carousing teenagers suddenly
appeared. I arrived on site at 7.35 p.m. local (2345 UTC) with a plan of
staying no more than 2 hours. Sunset time was about 8.20 p.m. (0020
UTC).
Not too many others showed up at the site: basically bird watchers in
a few cars and on one motorcycle. Luckily, neither law enforcers nor
hell-raisers were encountered right up to 9.30 p.m. EDT / 0130 UTC when
I left for home. The biggest problem I encountered during the outing:
insects. "Greenheads" (large biting flies common in salt-marshes) and
"no-see-'ems" (irritating little gnats) dive-bombed me any time I was
out of the car for more than a few seconds. After all, it's mid-July.
Now on to the interesting stuff: the DX. Right at the start, 45
minutes pre-sunset, Trans-Atlantic heterodynes were noted across the
medium-wave dial. Ceuta on 1583.6 got the award for first readable
audio, easily beating up the synchro SER Spaniards on 1584. I was
surprised to find that low-banders like Algeria-549 were punching in big
signals well before sunset. Often, especially in summer, the band tends
to open from the top of the dial downward. It didn't take long for
things to really get rocking. By 0020 sunset, the "doors flew open" and
Trans-Atlantic signals were boiling in. Spain ruled supreme and just
about every low-band frequency from that country was pushing big audio
across. The "surpriser" was SER on 810 beating back WGY; there was
almost nothing from co-channel CJVA and Latin Americans. Northern
Europe didn't offer much: indeed 567 had Spain solidly atop with not
much evidence of Ireland at all. Morocco on 612 was local-like and if
Ireland was under them on that channel, it would be hard to prove it.
693 was all Spain // 684: no UK there. Aside from Spain and Morocco, I
heard Madeira-531, Azores-836, Egypt-819 (over Morocco), Italy-846
(fair: back on at what power level ??), and several from Canary Islands,
Portugal, and Algeria among others. More northerly European reception
was pretty much limited to a relatively weak Swiss signal on 765 and
sporadic appearances of Croatia-1134 and Slovakia-1098 popping through
generally bigger Spaniards. I didn't note anything from southern Africa
(1197 had Spain, not Lesotho). Conditions across the band slowly
deteriorated after 0100 UTC with the higher band Trans-Atlantics
weakening before the low band signals did.
Latin American DX, though not especially abundant, did yield a nice
signal from Brazil on 700 (all by itself for awhile before Venezuela
mixed in). On 720 I had a pipeline to Radio Oriente in Venezuela: it
totally crushed normal dominant CHTN. I checked for Bruce Conti's
possible Suriname on 600, but the channel was just a "stew pot"
containing (apparently) CKCL, WICC, YVQB, ZYK278, and CBNA.
Another thing I checked was the Haitian-French Creole station on 1620.
It wasn't there at 2335 UTC (so no groundwave), but by 2350 UTC it was
booming in. Coincidentally, on 1650, the Logan Airport (Boston) TIS was
dominant at 2335 via groundwave, but a few minutes later it got buried
by skip from the coastal VA station. This would seem to indicate the
likelihood of the 1620 station being in the northeastern USA somewhere
farther away than Boston (unless, if in Boston, it's using a horizontal
antenna giving poor groundwave but good short skip).
The Rowley outing was a good midsummer DX success. The location has
less southern / southwestern exposure than Cape Cod QTH's and static was
almost non-existent. Also, not ONE signal from Cuba was audible ...
hurrah! Another advantage over the Cape is the greater ease with which
New York City stations can be nulled with the cardioid phased array.
Even pesky WQEW-1560 can be nulled more than 20 dB with co-located
loop/whip and maybe more than that with two broadband loops spaced 50 m
on a NE/SW axis. Such null depth on 1560 would be unheard-of on Cape Cod
on an average night. It would be great if the Rowley site can be used
for DX activities on a regular basis once again.
Last week, I and the rest of my family were down at West Yarmouth, MA.
Plenty of Cuban signals there ... too many I'd say. I did some
encouraging experiments there with a Pennant antenna, recently written
up in QST magazine by Earl Cunningham (K6SE). My version uses a
remotely- controllable (Vactrol) termination resistor. I'll have more
about this later after a battery of further tests.
For anyone in the Caribbean and Latin America, here's a brief list of
unidentified off-channel signals heard from Cape Cod: 540.3, 859.57,
939, 1050.3, 1060.3, and 1139.6. Also off-channel are Colombia on 759.92
(only slightly off) and Radio Carabobo in Venezuela on 1039.6 with a big
messy het against the 1040 group.
Loggings from late June / early July will be assembled into a "Summer
2000 Roadtrip Report #1". In a week or so this will be sent as text to
a number of DXers and newsgroups and posted as HTML to a Web site (with
links to DXpedition-site maps).
*** Summer 2000 Roadtrip DX Report #1 ***
[Connelly*E-MA] = Eastham, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.950 W / 41.857 N)
(Nauset Light Beach)
[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA (GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N)
(end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Nat. Wildlife R.: salt-marsh)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.223 W / 41.682 N)
(mother's house)
Receivers: Drake R8A, Palstar R30
Antenna systems: APW-1 active whip, two BBL-1 broadband loops, pennant
antenna, Superphaser-1 phasing unit
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
153 ALGERIA ENRS, Bechar, JUL 7 0238 - initially a blank carrier
with Germany under, then Arabic talk and strings at a low audio
level on a good carrier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
153 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Donebach, JUL 7 0238 - classical
music; under Algeria. [Connelly*Y-MA]
162 FRANCE Allouis, JUL 7 0235 - French business talk with a price
in dollars; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
171 MOROCCO R. Mediterranee Inter., Nador, JUL 7 0237 - pop male
Arabic vocal, flutes; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
183 GERMANY Europe No. 1, Saarlouis, JUL 7 0240 - French talk about
"Grand Bretagne" and "tourisme"; excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA]
198 UNITED KINGDOM BBC WS synchros, JUL 7 0241 - English teletalk;
mixed with second station and "DIW" beacon. [Connelly*Y-MA]
207 MOROCCO RTM, Azilal, JUL 7 0242 - man in Arabic; poor with "QI"
beacon interference. [Connelly*Y-MA]
216 FRANCE TWR Monaco, Roumoules, JUL 7 0243 - French talk and
music; fair with "CLB" beacon. [Connelly*Y-MA]
234 LUXEMBOURG RTL, Junglinster, JUL 7 0244 - rock music; poor to
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
531 MADEIRA RDP, Porto Santo, JUL 13 0052 - bits of Portuguese talk
by man; slightly over Spain, Algeria, and het from RVC-530.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, JUL 13 0051 - Arabic talk by man with
guitar and violin interludes; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]
549 GERMANY JUN 25 0151 - // 1422 with classical music; slightly
over Algeria. [Connelly*E-MA]
558 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 13 0050 - // 774 with folk music, then
woman in Spanish; poor over a second station believed to be
Portugal; through tough WGAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, JUN 25 0155 - good with English talk,
then weird electronic psychedelic music like something from a
college or pirate station ... not the usual mellow pops, Irish
folk, or old C&W that RTE usually plays. [Connelly*E-MA]
567 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 13 0049 - // 774 with Spanish female
folk vocal and guitar; only fair, but well over Ireland.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 13 0048 - woman in
Spanish // 774; poor, in slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, JUN 25 0054 - piano and saxophone jazz //
stronger 738. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0047 - Spanish teletalk; fair through WEZE/VOCM slop.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
594 PORTUGAL R. Renascenca, Muge, JUL 13 0053 - man in Portuguese,
into teletalk show; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
603 SPAIN RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JUL 13 0045 - fast talk in
Spanish by a woman; mixed with a second station (likely Madeira)
with apparent Portuguese talk. [Connelly*rw-MA]
612 IRELAND Athlone, JUN 25 0058 - pop music; mixing with Morocco.
[Connelly*E-MA]
612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 25 0058 - Arabic talk; over/under
Ireland. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0044 - Arabic public speech in an echoey room; excellent,
way over Spain and Ireland. [Connelly*rw-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 13 0043 - Spanish
discussion // 855; fair through WZON splash. [Connelly*rw-MA]
639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, JUL 13 0043 - // 855 with woman in
Spanish; good, getting by CBN/YVQO-640. [Connelly*rw-MA]
648 SPAIN RNE1, Badajoz et al., JUL 13 0055 - // 774 with
entertainment-related Spanish talk; fair, over others.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
657 SPAIN RNE5, Madrid, JUL 13 0042 - song "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne
Vega, then R. Nacional de Espana ID; huge, equal in strength to
WFAN-660. [Connelly*rw-MA]
666 PORTUGAL (t) RDP, Lisboa, JUN 25 0131 - bouncy music, possible
Portuguese talk. [Connelly*E-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS R. 10, Lopik, JUN 25 0130 - soul oldie "Solid as a
Rock"; good to excellent. [Connelly*E-MA]
684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, JUN 25 0046 - tropical style music (piano
and flute jazz); good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*E-MA]
693 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 13 0039 - // 855 with fast Spanish talk
by woman; good / dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., JUN 25 0129 - interview
with US-accented man about health and the environment.
[Connelly*E-MA]
711.04 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, JUN 25 0042 - Arabic moaning vocal;
in slop. [Connelly*E-MA]
729 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 13 0034 - // 738 with bits of Spanish
talk by woman; badly hacked by WJTO/CKAC. [Connelly*rw-MA]
738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, JUN 25 0041 - US oldies, then Spanish
talk by man; through CHCM slop. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0032 - end of '50s type song, then two women chatting in
Spanish; loud, easily getting by CHCM/WJIB. [Connelly*rw-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, JUL 13 0117 - French version of Elton
John's "Candle in the Wind"; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 13 0026 - man & woman laughing and
joking; excellent, apparent Arabic music station under.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
783 SPAIN COPE, Barcelona, JUL 13 0108 - // 837 with teletalk; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
801 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 13 0107 - // 774 with acoustic guitar,
then soft-spoken man in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
810 SPAIN SER R. Madrid, Madrid, JUL 13 0110 - // 873 with Spanish
talk, light music; over WGY, no sign of CJVA or Latin Americans.
Surprisingly loud ! [Connelly*rw-MA]
819 EGYPT Egyptian R., Batra, JUL 13 0105 - shrill Arabic male
Koranic vocal; loud, way over Morocco. [Connelly*rw-MA]
819 MOROCCO RTM, Rabat, JUN 25 0103 - man in Arabic; over
Spain/Egypt. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0105 - // 612 with male Arabic vocal; under Egypt Koran.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barrosa, JUN 25 0104 - Portuguese news; at
weak audio level on fair carrier. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0023 - progressive rock instrumental with classical
influences; light audio but fat signal stronger than 837.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, JUL 13 0019 - Spanish
teletalk by man & woman, // stronger 882. [Connelly*rw-MA]
846 ITALY Rome, JUL 13 0104 - news by man in Italian; fair signal
through WEEI splash. What power is this running now ?
[Connelly*rw-MA]
855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., JUN 25 0106 - Spanish news by man &
woman; jumpy fades. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0021 - sports-related Spanish talk by man & woman; HUGE !
[Connelly*rw-MA]
864 EGYPT Santah, JUL 13 0106 - Koranic vocal sounded parallel (or
at least very similar) to that on Egypt-819. In jumble with
Spain/other. [Connelly*rw-MA]
873 SPAIN SER synchros, JUL 13 0020 - // 1044 with woman in Spanish;
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, JUL 13 0019 - // 837 with
Spanish teletalk; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]
891 ALGERIA Algiers, JUN 25 0108 - female Arabic vocal, strings;
through WBPS slop. Het noted as early as 2330 UTC.
[Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 13 0017 - Arabic vocal and flute at light audio on monster
carrier. There were hints of second audio (Portugal ?) under.
WBPS-890 was phase-nulled to nearly nothing. [Connelly*rw-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., JUN 25 0111 - bits of
English talk; in bad WABI slop. Over several others (one Arabic,
another either Spanish or Portuguese). [Connelly*E-MA]
918 SPAIN R. Intercontinental, Madrid, JUL 13 0016 - bits of Spanish
teletalk; in CJCH slop with WHJJ phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, JUL 13 0015 - Spanish talk, then
romantic female vocal; excellent right after local WROL-950
sunset power cut. [Connelly*rw-MA]
999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid, JUL 13 0007 - fast emotional Spanish talk by
man & woman; through CKBW slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1044 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 25 0119 - woman in Spanish; to fair
peak. [Connelly*E-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Sport synchros, JUN 25 0121 - English
advertising with phone numbers; over presumed Spain.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Sport synchros, JUN 25 0133 - telephone
interview; fair to good through YVSZ slop. [Connelly*E-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, JUN 25 0133 - Slavic talk;
excellent. [Connelly*E-MA]
1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, JUN 25 0135 - Balkan folk music mixing with
Spain. There was more slop from the Venezuelan on 1140 than from
easily nulled (!) WBBR-1130. [Connelly*E-MA]
1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 25 0135 - Spanish talk; over/under
Croatia. [Connelly*E-MA]
1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, JUL 13 0009 - woman with
Spanish teletalk show; very good, much stronger than the feeble
cluster of stations on 1180. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1215 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUL 13 0004 - man with Spanish news; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, JUN 25 0137 - '80s hit "Alive
& Kicking" by Simple Minds; very good, over Spain.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, JUL 13 0120 - // 837 with somewhat echoey
Spanish talk by man; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, JUN 25 0138 -
English talk, possibly a drama; poor with CJLS/WNBH/WMID-1340
slop. [Connelly*E-MA]
1413 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 24 2348 - operatic Spanish vocal; poor,
just starting to fade up. [Connelly*E-MA]
1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, JUN 25 0140 - classical
music; fair, some slop from C&W music on CKDY-1420.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1521 unID JUN 24 2315 - het here long before sunset, either from
Saudi Arabia or Spain. [Connelly*E-MA]
1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, JUN 25 0001 - female Arabic
vocal with drums and flutes; just over the remnants of the phase-
nulled CT/NY/PA domestic jumble. [Connelly*E-MA]
1575 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 24 2340 - teletalk starting to fade up.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1583.6 CEUTA RadiOle, JUN 24 2341 - group vocal; over het from SER-
1584 synchros. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 12 2343 - early fade-in. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros, JUL 12 2352 - Spanish talk; poor, hetted by
stronger Ceuta-1583.6. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1602 SPAIN JUN 24 2345 - EI Vitoria evenly mixed with SER stations.
More interesting was an unID third station (... is Ascension
Island still here ?). A low growl was present. [Connelly*E-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
526 BAHAMAS ZLS, Stella Maris, JUL 4 0116 - "ZLS" code beacon;
copyable in 1.8 kHz filter position, lower sideband through tough
RVC-530 slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
530 TURKS & CAICOS R. Vision Cristiana, JUL 2 0344 - Radio Vision
Cristiana ID // NY-1330; very good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, JUN 25 0150 - calypso style music
with lots of percussion; to fair peak. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 2 0215 - R&B group vocal with a blend of Motown and Caribbean
influences; very good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
540.3 unID JUL 7 0444 - low het against the 540 mess (WQTM/WLUX/2
Latins). [Connelly*Y-MA]
550 VENEZUELA Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, JUN 25 0147 - Spanish
political speech about the future of Venezuela; strong, over
RI/VT domestics. Parallel 880 had the speech delayed about a half
second from 550. [Connelly*E-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, JUN 25 0056 - tinny electric
organ, high-energy drumming, and Caribbean English vocal; good.
[Connelly*E-MA]
570 CUBA R. Reloj, JUN 25 0248 - Reloj news and time program; huge,
crushing WMCA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ, San Juan, JUL 7 0442 - Puerto Rico news with
local events discussion; through phased WTAG. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, JUN 25 0918 - dominant with
mellow Spanish vocal // 620, 710. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 VENEZUELA R. Sucre, YVQB, Cumana, JUN 24 0053 - fast Spanish
talk with local Venezuelan mentions; eventually losing out to C&W
music from CKCL-NS. [Connelly*E-MA]
620 CUBA R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, JUN 25 0918 - under WZON
groundwave: light vocal // 600, 710. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 CUBA R. Progreso, JUL 4 0110 - // 640 with mellow Spanish vocal;
under WPRO, over WSKN/CFCY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, JUN 25 0051 - baseball coverage in
Spanish, mention "segunda base", ads with prices in dollars;
loud, annihilating WPRO/CFCY. [Connelly*E-MA]
640 CUBA R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUN 25 0246 - slogan
"La Onda de la Alegria", then song "Rhythm Divine" by Enrique
Iglesias; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 VENEZUELA Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, JUN 25 0050 - Union
Radio ID; over CBN and others with a fat het from Spain-639 also
present. [Connelly*E-MA]
650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JUL 6 0718 - ID "Antena
Dos, Colombia", then a folk-style vocal with accordion; good /
dominant, best South American signal at the time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R, Universal, HIAT, Santo Domingo, JUN 25
0050 - R. Universal ID; well over Venezuela and Colombia.
[Connelly*E-MA]
670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUN 25 0243 - folk music //
710; mixed with YVLL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 VENEZUELA R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUN 25 0059 - Rumbos ID,
doorbells; good / dominant. [Connelly*E-MA]
680 VENEZUELA (t) R. Continente, YVQR, Cumana, JUN 25 0048 - more
likely this than WAPA: many Venezuela mentions in Spanish talk;
under phased WRKO. [Connelly*E-MA]
690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUL 7 0431 - discussion
of various Bible translations, particularly the King James; good
with Montreal phased. Program was // 6090. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 BRAZIL R. Dragao do Mar, ZYH587, Fortaleza, JUN 25 0044 -
Portuguese talk, seemingly religious, over English-language
station (either Anguilla or WOKV-FL). [Connelly*E-MA]
700 BRAZIL ZYK686, Sao Paulo, JUL 13 0037 - most likely this with
Portuguese talk; fair, alone on channel before YV fade-up.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
700 COLOMBIA R. Net, HJCX, Cali, JUL 7 0433 - several Bogota news
items; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 VENEZUELA R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, JUL 7 0123 - Venezuela and
Radio Sur mentions; poor, barely over presumed Jamaica/Brazil/
YVMH/HJCX/WLW melange. [Connelly*Y-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Kingstown, JUL 13 0115 - sounded
like old standards format (Sinatra, etc.); poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
710 CUBA R. Rebelde synchros, JUN 25 0243 - uptempo folk music //
670 & others. Signal was over/under WOR.
+ JUL 2 0113 - // 600 with phone call about "americanos"; under
WOR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, JUL 7 0109 - folk music
with steel drums and Spanish vocal, then talk with Oriente and
Venezuela mentions; to fair peak, mixed with CHTN.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
+ JUL 13 0035 - live political rally with shouts of "Vamos por
Venezuela" and "Viva Venezuela Libre !", then patriotic songs
including the Venezuelan National Anthem were sung, and Radio
Oriente ID followed. HUGE signal, like a local, totally blowing
away CHTN. [Connelly*rw-MA]
750 VENEZUELA RCR, YVKS, Caracas, JUN 25 0100 - coverage of a
Venezuelan sports team; slightly over CBGY and a Brazilian.
[Connelly*E-MA]
760 BRAZIL R. Record, ZYH888, Fortaleza, JUN 25 0040 - Portuguese
religious sermon; loud ! [Connelly*E-MA]
760 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUN 25 0241 - man in Spanish
about a musical performance in Bogota; atop Cuban Reloj and WJR.
+ JUL 2 0209 - (measured frequency 759.92) ID "RCN, La Radio de
Colombia"; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 CUBA R. Reloj, Las Mercedes & Guanabacoa, JUN 25 0913 - Reloj
news, ticks, code "RR"; dominant.
+ JUL 2 0336 - Reloj program over HJAJ/WJR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA RCN, HJJX, Bogota, JUN 25 0031 - RCN ID; over other
with WABC phased. [Connelly*E-MA]
780 VENEZUELA R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, JUN 25 0101 - reverberated
Spanish talk, Radio Coro ID; huge, way over ZBVI/CFDR.
[Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 7 0105 - R. Coro ID, mentions of Falcon province; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, JUN 25
0103 - Spanish Christian music; burying WCCM and Canadians.
[Connelly*E-MA]
820 VENEZUELA R. Guayana, YVSH, Upata, JUN 25 0038 - Upata mentions;
slightly over a mix of 2 or 3 others (certainly WNYC and R.
Guadalupana, maybe Apintie in there too). [Connelly*E-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS TBN, Basseterre, JUN 25 0024 - talk about the
forgiveness of sins; good, over phased WCRN. [Connelly*E-MA]
840 BRAZIL R. Bandeirantes, ZYK687, Sao Paulo, JUL 13 0112 -
Portuguese talk; in pile-up with Spanish-language stations.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
840 CUBA CMHW, Santa Clara, JUL 4 0128 - 1977 hit "When I Need You"
by Leo Sayer, then a woman in Spanish read poetry to a folk
guitar accompaniment, then a man mentioned Cuba, Santa Clara, and
sounds in the night; loud, alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]
859.57 unID JUL 7 0409 - het, bits of vocal noted after HILR sign-
off. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R. Clarin, HILR, Santo Domingo, JUL 7 0405 -
"Radio Clarin" ID, "La Voz en el Camino" and "la mas potente"
slogans, then anthem going to sign-off; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 VENEZUELA R. Enlace 860, YVYE, Valle de la Pascua, JUN 25 0033 -
Spanish ad for appliance store with color TV's, two "Valle de la
Pascua" mentions; excellent / dominant. [Connelly*E-MA]
880 VENEZUELA Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, JUN 25 0147 - political
speech (// 550) about Venezuela's future; dominant with WCBS in
deep cardioid phase null. [Connelly*E-MA]
890 CUBA R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, JUN 25 0300 - // 640
with classically-trained style male Spanish vocal; mixed with
WBPS's Spanish show.
+ JUL 4 0108 - // 640, 690 with Progreso mention, mellow vocal;
atop WBPS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON, Bath Village, JUN 25 0109 - drumming and
Caribbean-Afropop style vocal with a bit of doo-wop '50s
influence; huge signal. [Connelly*E-MA]
900 CUBA R. Progreso, JUL 4 0129 - // 640, 890 with light pop vocal;
over CKTS ("CJAD"), others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
939 unID JUN 25 0112 - het. [Connelly*E-MA]
940 CUBA R. Reloj, JUL 7 0412 - Reloj program over other Latin
American; Montreal nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 PUERTO RICO WIPR, San Juan, JUL 2 0209 - Estados Unidos and
local Puerto Rican mentions; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 VENEZUELA Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, JUN 25 0115 -
big band, bongos, and male group vocal; huge, equal strength to
adjacent WBZ-1030 Boston ! [Connelly*E-MA]
1020 VENEZUELA R. Calendario, YVMX, Maracaibo, JUL 7 0418 -
reverberated Radio Calendario ID, merengue music; fair over KDKA.
Usual YVRS was off at the time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1039.6 VENEZUELA La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, JUN 25 0118 -
sports mentioning Carabobo, Caracas; excellent, creaming the 1040
jumble. [Connelly*E-MA]
1050.3 unID JUL 7 0420 - bits of Spanish vocal, het on WEVD.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1060 CUBA CMDX, Baracoa, JUL 4 0104 - Cuban folk music with guitar,
over KYW and het from something on 1060.3. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1060.3 unID JUL 6 0104 - seemed to be Spanish talk; poor with slop
from Cuba-1060. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1080 VENEZUELA R. Barcelona, YVQJ, Barcelona, JUN 24 2354 - Latin
American music, Barcelona ID; over/under WTIC. [Connelly*E-MA]
1090 VENEZUELA Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, JUN 25 0132 - Spanish
political talk // 640; loud. [Connelly*E-MA]
1100 ANTIGUA R. ZDK, St. John's, JUN 25 0019 - Caribbean English talk
with reverb; over nulled WHLI-NY daytimer. [Connelly*E-MA]
1110 VENEZUELA R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, JUN 25 0017 - Venezuela
and Carupano mentions; good with WPMZ-RI Spanish daytimer phased.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1139.6 unID JUN 25 0013 - bits of high-energy Latin American music;
losing to Porlamar on 1140.0. [Connelly*E-MA]
1140 VENEZUELA La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, JUN 25 0015 - fast
Spanish talk, coverage of outdoor event with crowd noises,
Venezuelan anthem sung in echoey stadium, announcer said music
was "himno nacional de la Republica Venezuela", then Porlamar was
mentioned; loud, way over CBI and growl from unID on 1139.6.
[Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 2 0200 - "Porlamar, La Voz de la Caribe" jingle in a folk
style; excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 COLOMBIA CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, JUL 2 0342 - Colombia
mentions, '40s style Spanish vocal with big-band accompaniment;
good / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1200 VENEZUELA YVOZ, Caracas, JUN 25 0010 - Spanish talk and Caracas
mentions / adverts; mixed with WKOX (also in Spanish).
[Connelly*E-MA]
1375.02 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON RFO, JUN 24 2310 - Judy Garland or
similar old-time female vocal, then French talk by man; up to
about S7 more than an hour before sunset. Daytime groundwave
strength at this outer Cape Cod site is about S5 with minor slop
from WDEA-ME-1370 and WMYF-NH-1380. [Connelly*E-MA]
+ JUL 2 0345 - French disco; local-like. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1500 VENEZUELA YVRZ, Cumana, JUN 25 0006 - old-fashioned C&W style
Spanish vocal (like Mexican ranchera), then Radio Dos Mil ID;
good, surprisingly loud over WFIF/WTOP on pre-sunset reception.
[Connelly*E-MA]
1620 unID JUL 12 2350 - Haitian French Creole talk; fading up from
weak to almost local quality. [Connelly*rw-MA]
Long-haul DX receptions on low and medium frequencies are possible even
in the heart of the summer season. Read one DXer's accounts of stations
heard on road trips along the coast of Massachusetts in late June and
early/mid July. Go to http://members.aol.com/DrakeR8A/roadtrip2000a.htm
for all the details.
The following is a daytime "X band" scan in Cambridge/Boston, MA made on
Wed. afternoon (19 JUL 2000) on the car radio after I went to a jury-
duty assignment down that way.
It backs up Marc DeLorenzo's finding of nothing local on 1620.
1610 bad slop from WUNR-1600 over weak presumed Falmouth, MA TIS
1620 no actual signal; mix spur of WEZE-590 plus WBZ-1030 in a couple
of spots
1630 nothing other than an occasional WRKO-680 plus WROL-950 spur in a
few open locations near water and away from buildings
1640 Haitian Creole low-power local (Radio Nouveaute or whatever they
want to call themselves this week). Fair signal. Subdued
talkshows were on when I was listening.
1650 Logan Airport TIS very good throughout the area. With good
equipment I've logged the groundwave of this all the way from
Cape Cod to the MA/NH border at Salisbury Beach.
1660 trace of NJ, in noise threshold
1670 nothing
1680 something weak, not sure if NJ or a local mixing spur
1690 nothing
1700 nothing except faint second harmonic of WEEI-850 (probably
produced by the car radio front-end)
1710 spur of WRKO-680 plus WBZ-1030 (car radio produced)
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**Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
Drake R8, 400' NNW Beverage, term EWE antenna, ANC-4 phasing unit, 35
foot vertical, 400' Northern mini Beverage
Drake R8
400' NNW Term. mini Beverage
1500' Eastern Term. Beverage
ANC-4 phasing unit
550 CFJC B.C., Kamloops fair on top of CKPG with C&W mx "JC-55" IDs
at 0350 EDT 7/20. CKPG is a regular almost nightly, but CFJC
isn't heard all that often even in the Winter. (PM-OR)
550 CKPG B.C., Prince George, fair to weak in KOAC null, after
phasing the signal with ID and pop mx at 1335 EDT- 7/15 (PM-OR)
560 CHTK - B.C., Prince Rupert, good with Backstreet Boys song at 0410
and "T-K" IDs 7/20. (PM-OR)
560 CKNL - B.C., Fort St. John, good on top of mess with C&W mx at
0415 7/19,. Since I changed my Northern Beverage, this station is
much more common. "CKNL" IDs. (PM-OR)
610 CKYL AB, Peace River, very good with "YL Country" IDs and S.
Twain C&W mx at 1352 EDT 7/15 (PM-OR)
620 CJCI B.C., Prince George, weak in KEWS phased with "CI News" at
1400 EDT 7/15. (PM-OR)
740 CBX AB, Edmonton, fair with CBC wx at 1405 EDT 7/15, ID as "CBC
Radio for Northern Alberta". (PM-OR)
890 CJDC B.C. Dawson Creek, very good with C&W mx at 1350 EDT 7/15,
Time check, weather promo. (PM-OR)
910 CANADA, Alberta, Drumheller, after phasing out powerhouse KKFX-
Portland using the ANC-4 along with the 400 feet Northern Mini
Beverage and the 35 foot vertical for phasing, I heard an UNID
C&W station weakly on the channel. They were running a Country
countdown program, mentioning Canada's top 10, IDs at Q-91 at
1330 EDT 7/15. After shortening my Northern Beverage to the 400
feet, I am really amazed how well the antenna does even in the
middle of Summer! (PM-OR)
930 CJCA - AB, Edmonton, good on top with Christian pop mx "The Light"
at 1355 7/15 (PM-OR)
940 CJIB B.C., Vernon, good after phasing out KWBY with CJIB Weather
at 1405 EDT 7/15 (PM-OR)
960 CFAC - AB, Calgary- Good with C& W mx, totally dominant at 1412
EDT 7/15 (PM-OR)
980 CKRM SK, Regina -good on top with nx at 0003 EDT 7/19. ID as
"CKRM News" Best heard in a while. (PM-OR)
1010 CBR AB, Calgary, good with CBC Nx at 1403 EDT 7/15, on top of
KGUY. (PM-OR)
1060 CFCN AB, Calgary, very good with NOS format at 1409 7/15 (PM-OR)
1140 CHRB AB, High River, good with "CHRB Weather" at 1410 EDT 7/15.
Totally dominant! (PM-OR)
1170 CKGY? AB, Red Deer, probably the station u/KPUG and mixing at 1414
EDT 7/15 (PM-OR)
1260 CBRU BC, Squamish, interesting ID tonight at 2355 EDT 7/13, as
"1260 in Squamish and 90.5 in Victoria". I have never herd a
local ID on an LPRT before. (PM-OR)
531 1XP1 NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, good signals next to local TIS-530
(Astoria) with man in Samoan at 1240 UTC 7/17 (PM-OR)
540 1XC/2XV NEW ZEALAND, good a "local-like" Radio Rhema with soft
Christian Inst. mx, Radio Rhema ID at 1300 UTC 7/17. Best heard
in a long time (PM-OR)
549 2XC NEW ZEALAND, Radio Rhema // 540 kHz at 1301 UTC 7/17 (PM-OR)
567 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington 2YA, good with man ancr at 1230 UTC 7/17
576 NEW ZEALAND, Hamilton 1XLR good on top of 2RN with soft Christian
mx at 1252 UTC 7/17. Ancr spoke briefly "Southern Star" into more
mx. This has been a tough one to QSL as they have few anmts, at
least when I hear them. (PM-OR)
603 UNID NEW ZEALAND?? Soft mx, no anmts heard at 1255 UTC 7/17. Is
1XO back on the air? (PM-OR)
738 Tahiti is coming in pretty good tonight next to KCBS-740 with nice
island mx and FF ancr at 0515 UTC 7/15. The best hrd in quite a
while. (PM-OR)
+ very good with man & woman in FF at 1256 UTC 7/17. (PM-OR)
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Tim Hall - Chula Vista CA - halls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
TRH-TX Tim Hall, DXing on a business trip to Houston
(ICF-2010, KIWA Pocket Loop, Ford car radio)
UNIDs:
1340 7/13 0659 Star Spangled Banner, slogan "Your first choice for
news". Seemed to loop NNW, but hard to be sure as I was using the
Pocket loop. (TRH-TX)
1340 7/14 0006 C&W station noted often. Weather by man (high 100!),
"now back to the best country music on 13-40... KNBQ?". Also
noted C&W (or classic C&W) with "9?.5, today's kind of country",
and at 0800 "All country KTMQ? 13-40" into ABC news. (TRH-TX)
1340 7/14 0756 ID sounded like KTMA. Ad for auto racing. Soon faded,
as did just about everything else this time! (TRH-TX)
1400 7/13 0451 Spanish station using "La tremenda" slogan noted often
while I was in town. (TRH-TX)
1400 7/13 0728 Spanish religious program with Houston address, ID
sounded like "KYLR 1400 AM" which is the old call letters for
Huntsville. Mixing with other spanish station. Did not seem to
be KHCB Galveston, which was noted later with frequent use of
"Radio Amistad" slogan. (TRH-TX)
1400 7/14 0736 Community calendar with man talking about the St.
Mary's School Board. This school board is located in
Centerville, LA, which is not too far from Houston, but none of
the LA stations on 1400 are particularly near Centerville. May
be an FM simulcast, as I thought I caught a mention of "107" when
the announcer was referring to the station. (TRH-TX)
1490 7/14 0737 Ad for Harry Lee (?) Ford-Mercury dealer. (TRH-TX)
TIS and Other:
530 WNVI202 TX Deer Park 7/12 1835 City of Deer Park / Public Works
department noted while driving along I-610 East @ I-45 (NE side
of Houston) with city info. Mixing with airport TIS and at least
one other station. (TRH-TX)
530 TIS TX Houston Heights 7/12 1920 New TIS located at the John
H. Reagan Senior High School War Memorial and Library in Houston
Heights. Female announcer, message included "quote of the day"
feature, and automated date/time announcements that were 6
minutes slow. (TRH-TX)
530 WNLZ915 TX Humble 7/12 1813 George Bush Intercontinental Airport
TIS not getting out very well for a 530 kHz station. Male
announcer in English followed by female announcer in Spanish.
670 WPCG387 TX Pearland 7/12 1933 NOAA weather relay (//KGG68
(League?) City). "Translators of this station in the Houston
area... Houston Office of Emergency Management." (TRH-CA)
1610 KON247? TX Houston 7/12 1845 Hobby Airport TIS noted with airport
information in English and Spanish. Call letter ID given, but I
only was able to copy the "247". At night from my hotel near the
Astrodome, I seemed to be getting a strong OC, possibly from this
station? (TRH-TX)
1650 TIS TX Houston (area) 7/12 1840 Noted a (new?) NOAA weather
relay station here (//KGG68 162.400) while driving along I-610
West @ TX-288 (South side of town). (TRH-TX)
Regular Loggings:
1240 KSOX TX Raymondville 7/13 0559 One-on-one sports talk, ID "AM
12-40, KSOX Raymondville, 24 hour sports radio." Was the
dominant station on 1240 both nights I was in town. GYDXA
record? (TRH-TX)
1450 KSIG LA Crowley 7/14 0106 Jingle ID into NOS. (TRH-TX)
1450 WNAT MS Natchez 7/12 2255 Long string of ads including 3
restaurants in the Vidalia, LA area, and a local insurance agent.
"News, sports, and talk radio for the _______, WNAT Natchez" into
ABC news on the hour (TRH-TX)
1490 KEUN LA Eunice 7/14 0741 Fair with ABC real country feed //
KJJB-105.5. (TRH-TX)
Not too much to report this time. The 2010's audio was pretty mushy,
and the KIWA Pocket Loop is only marginally useful in urban areas with
lots of noise and slop. I may have one or two more trips to Houston
this summer so maybe I can chase down some of the UNIDs.
TRH-CA Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA (ICF 2010, KIWA Loop)
670 KLTT CO Commerce City 7/8 0624 "More on Life" program, ad for
Taylor Hearing Centers, and promo for the KLT info line.
"Welcome to the nation's most powerful Christian voice, 6-70
KLT." New. (TRH-CA)
840 KMAX WA Colfax 7/5 0715 Pretty good signals u/KXNT with USA
radio sports, network and local ads. New. (TRH-CA)
Just received a Superadio II that I won on an E-Bay auction before going
out of town on business. It's sure nice getting armchair copy of many
clear channel and higher-powered regional stations again!
TRH-CA Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA (ICF2010, Kiwa loop)
TRH-TX Tim Hall, DXing on a business trip to Houston
(ICF2010, Kiwa pocket loop)
750 MEXICO, Temporal Ver XETI 7/13 0424 Loud with Spanish hits, "7-50
AM, Radio Fiesta". (TRH-TX)
830 MEXICO, Mexico DF XELA 7/14 0502 Good with classical music,
Mexican national anthem, ID "XELA, Buena musica desde la Ciudad
de Mexico". (TRH-TX)
1340 MEXICO, UNID 7/13 1100, 7/14 1100 Noted a Mexican national
anthem here both mornings, but the station soon started fading in
& out. Strongly suspect XEMT Matamoros. (TRH-TX)
1450 MEXICO, UNID 7/3 0656 UNID station giving ID for XECU La
Rancherita, Los Mochis, SIN. Mentioned 10 kW. I can't imagine
XECU has moved to 1450 with 10kW, so I'm assuming the station was
merely mentioned on a network feed. (TRH-CA)
1490 MEXICO, Matamoros 7/14 0430 Good with "La musica Mexicana, Radio
Mexicana." (TRH-TX)
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***kevin redding - Mesa AZ - lwdxer@xxxxxxxx
Heard on an Optimus 12-174, barefoot:
1420 KTAN AZ, Sierra Vista 07/19 0645 with USA Radio Sports. Then
"Daybreak USA" until ToH ID, "Your talk of the town, KTAN, Sierra
Vista."
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***Bruce Conti - Nashua NH - BACONTI@xxxxxxx
BC-NH Bruce Conti Nashua NH - Lowe HF-225 Europa, MWDX-5, 100-ft wire,
100-ft east sloping wire
600 CKAT ON North Bay - 7/19 0150 - Good; "The radio station that's
always first with hot new country, AM 600 CKAT." (BC-NH)
670 WWFE FL Miami - 7/19 0105 - Fair; weather with "la temperatura
en Miami" and ID as "la Poderosa 670." (BC-NH)
690 WOKV FL Jacksonville - 7/9 2230 - Poor; CNN News, local weather,
"News/Talk 690 WOKV" IDs, in CINF null. (BC-NH)
740 WMBG VA Williamsburg - 7/19 0050 - Fair; "740 WMBG" IDs and
"America's best music," NOS/EZL over WJIB. (BC-NH)
900 CHML ON Hamilton - 7/19 0130 - Good; "Information you need,
music you love, people who care, we are Hometown Radio, 900 CHML"
and Coast-to-Coast AM, over CKTS relay of CJAD. (BC-NH)
980 WCAP MA Lowell - 7/19 0002 - Good; "Radio Emisora, la emisora
del amor" religion in Spanish, then sign-off leaving WILK and
WTRY in clear. (BC-NH)
980 WILK PA Wilkes Barre - 7/19 0004 - Good; Weather Channel
forecast "...on northeast PA's news/talk leader, the WILK
Network" over WTRY. (BC-NH)
1260 CKHT NB Fredericton - 7/19 0159 - Fair; "You're listening to
KHT, with 30 minutes of continuous country every hour after 9 am"
and KHT IDs, ex-CIHI, in WMKI null. (BC-NH)
1320 WATR CT Waterbury - 7/18 2350 - Good; "You've been listening to
WATR 1320 live on the web at WATR.com powered by Broadcast
America.com, and listen right now to the music of your life" over
WJAS and WTKZ. (BC-NH)
1350 WNLK CT Norwalk - 7/16 2330 - Fair; "Fairfield County's official
5-day weather forecast, local news every 15 minutes, traffic and
weather every six minutes, WSTC WNLK's Morning News, weekday
mornings 5:30 to 9. Depend on it!" briefly over WOYK. (BC-NH)
1380 WFNW CT Naugatuck - 7/18 2325 - Ad string in Spanish with
Waterbury mentions under WMYF and WSYB. (BC-NH)
1390 WKDR VT Burlington - 7/9 2200 - Fair; "This is the flagship
station for New York Yankees baseball in the Champlain Valley,
The Talk Station, 1390 WKDR Burlington" over unIDs and het from
off-frequency WLAN. (BC-NH)
1530 WVBF MA Middleboro - 7/13 0305 - Fair; "You're listening to the
Massachusetts Reading Network, 1530 WVBF AM Middleboro, 91.5 WJUL
FM Lowell, 91.5 WNMH FM Northfield, 91.5 WBIM FM Bridgewater,
91.3 WDJM FM Framingham, and 91.3 WSHL FM Easton" and reading
from the book U571, // local WJUL 91.5 FM. Again noted 7/18
0300; now 24 hours? (BC-NH)
1570 WBUG NY Amsterdam - 7/18 2240 - "You're in Bug Country, WBUG
WLFH" and C&W music under WISP. (BC-NH)
1570 WISP PA Doylestown - 7/18 2230 - Fair; Doylestown-Philadelphia
ID, EWTN programs // WEWN 5825 shortwave, over WBUG and unID
Spanish. (BC-NH)
1620 TIS NY New York - 7/13 2100 - Fair; NOAA Weather Radio relay
with forecasts and observations for Central Park, Long Island,
New Jersey, and Connecticut over WHLY and an unID French
Caribbean format station. (BC-NH)
Transatlantic DX
1359 SPAIN RNE Arganda JUL 14 0425 - Weak audio but strong het against
"The bay's best music mix" CKBC 1360. [Conti-NH]
1584 SPAIN SER synchros JUL 14 0410 - Talk in Spanish, difficult with
interference from local WSMN 1590. [Conti-NH]
Pan-American DX
570 CUBA R.Reloj, Pilon JUL 19 0545 - Man with news, clock, code IDs,
etc. under WMCA. [Conti-NH]
760 CUBA R.Reloj, Las Mercedes JUL 18 0805 - News, clock, code IDs,
etc. under WJR. [Conti-NH]
780 VENEZUELA R.Coro, Coro JUL 18 0800 - Jingle ID and salsa music
under WBBM. [Conti-NH]
880 CUBA R.Progreso, Pinar del Rio JUL 18 0757 - Fair; nostalgia //
890, under WCBS. [Conti-NH]
890 CUBA R.Progreso, Santiago de Cuba JUL 18 0745 - Fair; "Radio
Progreso, onda de la alegria" ID and nostalgia // 640, over WLS
and WBPS. [Conti-NH]
900 CUBA R.Progreso, Cacocum JUL 18 0750 - Fair; nostalgia // 890.
930 CUBA R.Reloj JUL 18 0755 - News, syncopated clock, RR code IDs,
etc. under WBEN. [Conti-NH]
960 CUBA R.Reloj, Guantanamo JUL 18 0755 - Good; man and woman with
news and time checks // 930. [Conti-NH]
1620 unID R.Soleil Internationale JUL 10 0100 - "Ici Radio Soleil...
1620 AM" and French Caribbean music, weak in WHLY null. JUL 13
0100 - Talk in French under New York City NOAA weather radio
relay. JUL 17 0130 - "Ici Radio Soleil Internationale" ID,
romantic music, over NYC NOAA weather station with WHLY just
starting to fade in, all this over an unID Spanish station.
Internet research in an attempt to identify this station produced
the following info. According to e-mail from Radio Soleil
D'Haiti broadcasting on WSKQ New York 97.9 FM SCA, it's not them.
In an e-mail from WRRA US Virgin Islands, "DJ Wonder" says the
station is staying on 1290. WRRA will not be going to 1620.
Meanwhile Ron Gitschier on tour of duty in the Caribbean reports
no French Caribbean broadcasts heard on 1620. Perhaps this is
another French-language Part 15 station in Boston, or did 1640 in
Boston move to 1620? [Conti-NH]
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***Marc Delorenzo - Auburndale MA - Marc.Delorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The 1640 Creole/French speaker is alive and well. At home in
Auburndale (Newton) their signal is fair all day long about equal to
Logan Airport-1650. On 1620 I get nothing at all. So, I believe that
the 1620 station is NOT located in Metro Boston.
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**Nigel Pimblett - Medicine Hat AB - ntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kenwood R-5000, due south beverage antenna
Conditions have been poor for the most part of late, but a few
interesting logs this week:
1570 KCVR CA,Lodi 2258 18 July Alone on the channel with light SS
vocals, and ID as "La Bonita, KCVR, Lodi y Stockton". Good
signal, other than for T-storm noise. (NP-AB)
1610 HAR WY, Cheyenne 0004 14 July Wyoming Dept of Transportation
station with traffic information for an upcoming airshow on July
26th. (NP-AB)
1610 WPFK508 CA,Susanville 2345 14 July Caltrans station giving
road construction for Route 36 west of Susanville. Virtually
alone, and quite clear, no doubt thanks to auroral activity.
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HELP WITH...
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QSLs
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Terry Palmersheim - Gold Bar WA - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx
820 KGNW Burien, WA f/d ppc in 3 days. v/s: Dick Harris, Corp.
Proj. Eng
1110 KBND Bend, OR f/d ppc in 9 days. v/s: Frank Bonacquisti
1140 KGEM Boise, ID f/d ppc in 1 week after 3 f/u's. v/s: Rick
Kemp, CE
1450 KFLS Klamath Falls, OR f/d ppc in 12 days after 3 f/u's. v/s:
Dana Mosly
1450 KBKW Aberdeen, WA f/d ppc in 20 days. v/s: Wm. J.
Wolfensaiger, GM
1480 KBMS Vancouver, WA f/d ppc in 1 week. v/s: Angela Jenkins
1500 CKAY Duncan, BC f/d ppc in 2 mos. after f/u. No v/s.
1530 KFBK Sacramento, CA f/d ppc w/ 75th Ann. book in 12 days after
f/u. v/s: Ross F. du Clair. Asst. CE
1560 KNZR Bakersfield, CA f/d ppc in 9 days after 2 f/u's. v/s:
Chris Townshend
1590 KLFE Seattle, WA f/d ppc in 3 days. v/s: Dick Harris, Corp.
Proj. Eng
1650 KBJD Aurora, CO f/d form/pic letter w/sticker in 9 days after
f/u. v/s: Patrick M. Griffith, QSL Cood.
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MISC ITEMS
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***Frederick R. Vobbe - Lima OH - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Via Marc Marino....
Station to fall silent
BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Chicago's oldest set of call letters will vanish from radio Aug. 1
when WMAQ-AM (670) makes way for the Score.
CBS/Infinity Broadcasting Corp. announced Monday that WMAQ and its
news/talk/sports format would cease to exist after July 31. WSCR-AM
(1160) will move up to the 50,000-watt frequency of 670 along with the
Score's sports-talk format, talent lineup and call letters.
More than half of WMAQ's 60 full-time and part-time employees are
expected to lose their jobs.
Also on the move will be Bears football broadcasts, which switch from
WMAQ to all-news sister station WBBM-AM (780), in accordance with the
team's insistence that its games not be associated with the Score.
Blackhawks hockey broadcasts will stay on the 670 frequency. The Score's
move paves the way for the sale of the 1160 frequency, triggered by the
impending merger of CBS and Viacom. Although no sale agreement has been
made, the divestiture of one signal in Chicago is required by federal
regulations no later than Nov. 1.
Negotiations reportedly are continuing with two or three potential
buyers, including one identified as a Spanish-language broadcaster.
Harvey Wells, vice president and general manager of the Score and
WXRT-FM (93.1), noted that the switch to 670 will mark the third
frequency to have carried the Score since its debut in 1992 on 820 AM.
"Obviously, we're all very excited about getting such a great signal,"
Wells said. "It's a real tribute to all of the people who worked here
for such a long time to journey from 820 to 1160 to 670--and I think
we're finally safe at home."
Pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission, the Score
is expected to ease the transition by simulcasting for about a week on
both 1160 and 670.
Station officials declined to discuss the fate of specific
personalities, although such WMAQ news veterans as Bill Cameron, Pat
Cassidy and Larry Langford are likely to be offered jobs with WBBM.
Whether the Score picks up Chet Coppock's evening sports talk show is
far less certain. The Score's biggest and brightest star, midday host
Mike North, reiterated his colleagues' longstanding enmity for Coppock
on the air Monday.
Rod Zimmerman, vice president and general manager of WMAQ and WBBM,
said the timing of the announcement was dictated by the start of the
football season and the persistent speculation about the Score's future.
"With all the rumors swirling around the sale of 1160, it has affected
our business and operations," Zimmerman said. "So we felt it was proper
to end this in a dignified way with a definite time line on it."
Zimmerman saluted the "talented and dedicated team at WMAQ who have
represented the finest in news journalism for so many memorable years."
He will continue as general manager of WBBM.
The union representing 25 on-air employees at WMAQ is scheduled to
meet with management July 20 to negotiate a severance agreement. "We
expect the company to do the right thing," said Eileen Willenborg,
executive director of the Chicago local of the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists.
WMAQ will mark its final hours on the air July 31 by airing historic
audio from the station's past. A marathon broadcast of "When Radio Was"
will highlight many of the programs that originated from the station's
Merchandise Mart studios in the 1930s and '40s.
WMAQ began broadcasting on April 13, 1922, under the ownership of the
old Chicago Daily News. (The call letters stand for "We Must Ask
Questions.") It was acquired in 1931 by NBC, which operated the station
for 57 years. Under Group W ownership, it launched its all-news format
in 1988. In the latest Arbitron quarterly survey, WMAQ tied for 21st
place overall with a 1.7 percent share and a cumulative weekly audience
of 543,500. In 1999, the station reportedly billed $20.7 million.
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***Pete - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
I received the following from Dave Kirby and thought it may be of
interest to the group, as many DXers listen to other bands and
transmissions.
"Hi Folks,
Just a reminder to join me this Sunday July 23rd at 1500 UTC when I
will be talking to "World Famous Pirate and Clandestine Enthusiast"
George Zeller on CyberShortwave Live! George will be discussing how he
got his start in shortwave listening, the current state of Clandestine
and Pirate Radio, The Winter SWL fest, The ANARC SWL NET, receiver
reviews, and much, much more...
You are invited to join Internet Relay Chat Channel #SWL (via an efnet
server during the netcast) to tap George's extensive knowledge of radio
monitoring.
It promises to be the best Cybershortwave Live netcast ever!
For Live365 streaming mp3 links:
http://www.live365.com/cgi-
bin/play.pls?addr=216.32.166.89:9020/&file=filename.pls
Or point your web browser to
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=international¤t
and look for CyberShortwave live, or a shortcut would be set your Winamp
MP3 player "Open Location" (CTRL-L) to http://216.32.166.89:9020
CyberShortwave "live" is the world's first truly interactive radio
monitors show. Netcast "live" via the Internet in streaming mp3 format
(most) Sunday's at 1500 utc on www.live365.com. All you need to listen
is the proper software. We recommend "Winamp".
Extensive help files and FAQ sheets are available on www.live365.com
You are invited to join the interaction by connecting to Internet
Relay Chat Channel #SWL (via Efnet) during the program and/or E-mailing
your comments, loggings, or requests to n1dk@xxxxxxxx
Details on how to listen to CyberShortwave "live" also appear on my
web site www.n1dk.com
Join us as we travel around the world via Shortwave and the Internet.
73, Dave Kirby N1DK
www.n1dk.com"
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CONVENTION - MEETING INFO (corrections/additions welcome)
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2000 IRCA Billings, Montana Convention Information
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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2000 National Radio Club Convention, Lima OH
This year's NRC convention will be held in Lima OH on Labor Day weekend
(9/1-9/4/00). Host is Fred Vobbe, 706 Mackenzie Dr, Lima OH 45805-
1835. Complete details are available at the following Web site:
//www.nrcdxas.org/convention
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CPC DX tests
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THE '00-'01 CPC SEASON
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
CPC Chairperson (NRC) - Blaine Thompson
Send both requests for stations to try and/or stamps and $ for postage
and envelopes/paper (respectively) to:
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary July 13 2000 through July 19 2000
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
7/13 232 31 3 mod-high unsettled-mis - 8
14 204 29 3 mod-high unsettled-mas - 9
15 213 130 6 mod-high mis-severe storm - 10
16 219 33 2 mod-high unsettled-mis - 5
17 z z z z z -
18 249 8 2 mod-high quiet-active - 6
7/19 250 9 3 high quiet-mis - 7
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PUBLICATIONS
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NRC LOG IS BEING UPDATED NOW!!
NRC Log editor Wayne Heinen (Nrclog@xxxxxxx) is looking for the updated
information in the following areas:
"The changes that are needed are Addresses, Phone Numbers. formats,
network affiliations and Hours of Operation. These are the keys to
logging and verifying they also are the most changed and hard to track.
I need all update to me NO LATER THAN August 1st because we are going
back to a Labor Day availability date."
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Get in line NOW for your copy of the latest IRCA "AM SLOGANS LIST".
Completely revised by IRCA's own Rich Toebe to 2/00 and includes X-Band
stations as well. This 24 page "DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00
through the IRCA Bookstore. Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00.
Overseas... add $0.50.
IRCA Foreign Log #10 is NOW available from the IRCA Bookstore for
$10.00 US. Overseas, add $2.00 US for airmail delivery. This edition
contains ALL the SDXM DXWW-E and DXWW-W tips from 9/96 to 7/99... almost
three years of material! All collated and in frequency order by TA, PA
and TP for each DXWW column.
A DXers TECHNICAL GUIDE. Now in its 3rd edition (published early
1998), this 155 page book answers questions on receiver and antenna
theory (how to improve their performance), how audio filters and loop
antennas can improve DX (and hints on their construction), how to build
a Beverage and phasing unit, and much more. Only $10.00 for IRCA/NRC
members, $12.00 for non-members (overseas airmail add $2.50).
Soft copies of the latest IRCA BookStore and Reprint Updater are
available from: phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle WA 98117-2334
(all checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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IRCA DUES STRUCTURE
DXM-printed DX MONITOR (21x/year), SDXM-"soft" DX MONITOR (35x/year)
WORLD - SDXM $10.00
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To join the IRCA, send the appropriate dues to: IRCA HQ
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If you note any AM changes (call, format, slogan, etc), please send them
to the NRC Log coordinator (Wayne Heinen) @ nrclog@xxxxxxx
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END of 7/20/00 THE "AM DX NewsFlash"
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