[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 2/1/01
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[HCDX] AM DX NewsFlash - 2/1/01
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WELCOME TO THE AM-DX NEWSFLASH - February 1 2001
Vol 6 No 42
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Deadline for next issue - Thursday, February 8 2001 @ 1400 UTC
Send all contributions to me @ phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
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CPC DX tests
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CPC Chairperson (IRCA) - Lynn Hollerman - lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxxxx
* 2/ 3/01 Sat - 0000-0200 - WGSR - 1570 - Fernandina Beach FL (RG)
2/ 4/01 Sun - 0000-0200 - WILM - 1450 - Wilmington DE (NRC)
2/17/01 Sat - 0000-0200 - WFBS - 1280 - Berwick PA (NRC)
Saturday, February 3, 2001 - WGSR-1570, Fernandina Beach, FL will
conduct a DX test from "Friday Night into Saturday am EST for 2 + hours
starting at midnight". The test will consist of a 70's pop show w/ some
60's music. (904) 277-0630 will be the hitline. Please, no collect
calls.
Reception reports may be sent to:
Ron Gitschier, QSL Mgr.
WGSR 1570
707 Dade St.
Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034
E-mail: wyhi_1570am@xxxxxxxxxxx
(Arranged by Ron Gitschier.)
Sunday, February 4, 2001 - WILM-1450, Wilmington, DE will conduct a DX
test from 12:00-2:00 am EDT. WILM will play "unusual programming",
sirens, and Morse code IDs. Allan Loudell, Program Manager of WILM, is
preparing a special 25th anniversary yellow QSL card. Calls to the
station may be placed at (302) 656-9800 - NO COLLECT CALLS, PLEASE!!!
Reception reports may be sent to:
Allan Loudell
Program Director
WILM News Radio
1215 French St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Arranged by Blaine Thompson for the NRC CPC)
WFBS-1280 in Berwick, Pennsylvania will conduct a DX test on Saturday
February 17, 2001 from 0000-0200 (EST). The test will include tones,
music, code and voice ID's on 1000 watts daytime power non directional.
Phone calls (not collect) accepted 570-752-8012. Reports with return
postage:
Kevin Fennessey, WFBS
114 Market Street
Berwick, PA 18603
(Arranged by Dave Schmidt {who will do the test!} for the NRC!)
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...
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you don't hear a test, be sure and drop a card,
letter, or e-mail to the station personnel, thanking them for going to
the trouble to run a test!
WAGL-1560, Lancaster, SC - tested Saturday, January 20, 2001 from
1:00-2:00 am EST:
Nick Hall-Patch in Victoria, BC, Patrick Martin in Seaside, OR, Frank
Aden in Boise, ID, Tom Jasinski in Shorewood, IL, Gordon Bell near Troy,
NY, Larry Russell in Flushing, MI, and Chris Knight in Fort Lupton, CO
(near Denver) all report hearing the test, but John Wilkins on the other
side of Denver in Wheat Ridge, CO, Pete Taylor in Tacoma, WA, and Eric
Bueneman in Hazelwood, MO tried for the test but were unable to hear it.
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HOT ITEMS
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BROADCAST INFO 12
PREPARED ON 1/28/01 0900
FORMAT CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS
A FEW ABBREV.
JRN - JONES RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE)
ABC - ABC RADIO NETWORK (SATELLITE SERVICE
// - SIMULCAST
CRN - CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK
EWTN - CATHOLIC TALK NETWORK
SRN - SALEM RADIO NETWORK IS THE NEW NAME FOR "REACH" S. GSPL NET
NORTENO - FOLKLORIC ACCORDIAN MUSIC FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF MEXICO
FREQ. CALL SIGN OLD INFO NEW INFO
620 KDBZ PORTLAND, OR KEWS - TLK TLK & SPTS
740 WWNZ ORLANDO, FL NEWS-TALK SPORTS // WQTM
770 WCGW NICHOLASVILLE, KY SGSPL & REL. ADDS SALEM SGSPL
840 CJXX GRANDE PRAIRE, AB WILL GO DARK 1/31 PER STN ANNCMT 2
950 WWJK MONKS CORNER, SC WMCJ - BLK GSPL SPORTS - 1 ON 1
970 KUPL PORTLAND, OR C&W OLDIES
1020 KTNQ LOS ANGELES, CA SPAN TALK SPAN STNDS // KRCD
1050 WJOK KAUKAUNA, WI SPORTS RELIGION- EWTN
1050 KBLE SEATTLE, WA SILENT RELIGION - EWTN
1130 KWKH SHREVEPORT, LA CLASSIC C&W SPORTS - FOX
1280 KBBA ABILENE, TX REG MEX KLSI -STNDS-JONES 1
1370 WBTN BENNINGTON, VT NWS & CLASSICAL VARIETY
1410 KTCS FORT SMITH, AR C&W // KTCS-FM S. GSPL - SALEM
1440 WMAX BAY CITY, MI SPORTS REPORTED SILENT
1450 WQNT CHARLESTON, SC SPORTS CNN HEADLINE NEWS
1500 WQCR ALABASTER, AL WGTT- S.GSPL RELIGION
1680 KAVT FRESNO, CA NEW RADIO DISNEY
ACTIVITY
1430 KLO OGDEN, UT INCREASES TO 10000 WATTS DAYS. DA-2
1520 KMPG HOLLISTER, CA INCREASES TO 3500 WATTS DAYS, DA-D
1- M STREET HAS THIS LISTED AS "KLSI" WHILE THE FCC CALL SIGN CHANGES
LISTS THIS AS "KSLI"
2- INFO FROM MIKE STONBRIDGE
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***Richard Jary - rjary@xxxxxxxxxx
A recent trip to Canberra has allowed me to check and confirm that
1008 Canberra and 1215 Bowral are not on the air as reported recently.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
I tuned in this morning 1/28 at 1415 EST I found KZTU-660-Junction
City OR // with 860-KPAM Portland with News Talk. It looks like the REL
AC format has been dropped and Pamphlin is going ahead with his News
Talk Network.
KAVT-1680, 1/31. I just got an e mail from Paul Shinn, CE for KAVT-
1680 and the station is now up to full power. I have not heard it up
here in Oregon today because of poor conditions.
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****Bernd Trutenau - btrutenau@xxxxxxxx
RUSSIA
Acc. to the Russian DX-website "Victorcity", the unidentified Mayak
transmitter which has been observed drifting around 1206 kHz during
recent months is located in Nazran, the capital of Ingushetiya
(bordering to Chechnya). (Bernd Trutenau-LTU in MWDX, 29 Jan)
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*Eric Bueneman - n0uiheric@xxxxxxx
Some news of local interest: WCBW and WINU, both licensed to Highland,
IL, are swapping frequencies.
WINU moves from 880 back to it's original frequency of 1510, and
becomes the St. Louis area's third all-sports radio station (after KFNS-
590 Wood River, IL and KFNS-FM 100.7 Troy, MO). Programming will come
from The Sporting News Radio Network (formerly One-On-One Sports), whose
parent company is based in Olivette, MO. WINU signed on it's orignal
1510 spot in 1961. It is 1 kW, DA-D.
WCBW moves from 1510 to 880, taking it's Christian Variety format with
it. It is not known if some conservative talk shows will remain. WINU
moved to 880 from 1510 in 1991. It is 1.75 kW day, 160 watts night, DA-
2.
Both stations are owned by New Life Evangelistic Center, Inc. of St.
Louis, MO; they own several non-commercial FMs, as well as the New Life
Radio Network and two full-power TV stations: KNLC Channel 24 St. Louis,
MO and KNLJ Channel 25 Jefferson City, MO.
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**Eric_Floden@xxxxxxxxx
CKLG-730. I did not listen to the changeover, but it happened eff. end
of the day (PST) 31/1. I wondered if LG would do any kind of a tribute
to its glory days as a great Top 40 outlet, but no. It was music, some
ads, some PSAs, and no live announcer the 4 or 5 times I checked in last
night.
By 0400 PST, they were "NW-2", "powered by CKNW" and "AM 7-30". No
sign of CJNW calls. There was one good snafu - the newsreader finished
her bit then signed over to another (bizniz?) reader. She then took a
phone call to a pal, but obviously did not know she was still on. We
got to hear 5 minutes of how-I-thought-the-signon-went, but with nothing
TOO embarassing...
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*Mike Stonebridge - stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CJXX-840-Grande Prairie, AB is no more. Their AM transmittter was shut
down somewhere between 00.03 and 00.55 this morning, exactly 3 months to
the day since their FM went on the air.
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INDIVIDUAL LOGGINGS
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Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1220 CHSC CANADA, St. Catherines, ONT. heard briefly with ID out of
song at 0435 EST 1/29 as " 12-20 CHSC" I haven't heard this since
the early 70s. They used to be QRM when KOFO-Ottawa, KS used to
test with 250w back in those days. CJOC was off by Midnight I
think, leaving the channel open. It is nice CJOC has moved to FM.
+good tonight with OLD and POPs, wx and news at 0600 EST 1/30, u/o
mess. (PM-OR)
1220 UNID CANADA, Quebec, presume one of the FF Quebec stations u/o
CHSC at 0604 EST 1/30. (PM-OR)
1220 UNID Station play BSBs "Quit Playing Games With my Heart" at 0515
EST 1/27, soon lost in noise, off Eastern Beverage. (PM-OR)
1220 UNID Station running "Coast to Coast", with ancr giving Listener
Line nymber at 0535 EST 1/27. Only station I can find listed is
in MO, off Eastern Beverage. (PM-OR)
Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage
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*Ralph Sanserino - Perris CA - sanser@xxxxxxx
530 HAR KNCN 250 Barstow. Sounds like they moved this HAR from San
Bernardino. They had some bad accidents on I-15 from the ice and
snow probably the reason for the move. Male now doing the
message, it was a female before. This gets out real good.
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**Blake Lawrence - Washington DC - blake@xxxxxxxxxx
Caught my first Nova Scotia station from DC last night:
1000 CKBW putting up a good fight against WMVP with country music,
mention of 93.1 frequency, and clear "CKBW" ID at 2140 ET 1/27.
Suspect they were running day pattern, as 1000 has always been
strictly Chicago here before. Anyone else notice this?
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***Jari Perkiömäki - jpe@xxxxxxxx
Selected loggings from PET2 -- a one-night DX session on 26-27 January
2001 in Petolahti, 40 kilometres south of Vaasa, Finland.
Participants: Patrik Willför and Jari Perkiömäki, Vaasa. Antennas: 235
degrees 400 m, 255 degrees 850 m, 285 degrees 800 m, 310 degrees 700 m.
Receivers: 2 x AOR AR7030 Plus.
Europe
828 26.1 1830 Arrow Classic Rock played Guns n Roses "November
Rain". PET2
1035 26.1. 1847 R Nationaal. PET2
1332 27.1. 0425 R Nationaal. PET2
1602 27.1 0723 R Egerszeg, with its lovely modulation :) Actually
audio was pretty clear this time. PET2
Pirates
1636 27.1 0725 Havanna wanted reports. PET2
1645 27.1 0729 Johan gave a report to Havanna. PET2
British Isles
1035 26.1. 2055 NorthSound Two, advertising www.broadcasteurope.com.
1152 27.1. 0720 Magic 1152. PET2
1161 26.1. 1832 Magic 1161. PET2
1368 26.1. 1830 BBC R Lincolnshire. PET2
1368 27.1. 0839 Manx R with ads. PET2
1413 26.1. 1533 Premier R. Religious px. PET2
1413 27.1 0713 BBC R Gloucestershire. PET2
1485 26.1. 1800 BBC R Humberside. PET2
1503 26.1. 1500 BBC R Stoke. PET2
1521 26.1. 1503 stn IDing as Classic Gold?? PET2
1530 27.1 0721 Big AM 15-30 id + ads. PET2
1548 26.1. 1518 Capital Gold. PET2
1548 26.1. 1518 Forth AM. PET2
1557 27.1 0847 Classic Gold 15-57 Northamptonshire with ads. PET2
1557 26.1. 1805 BBC R Lancashire. PET2
1566 26.1 1644 County Sound 15-66MW with about 5 minutes of
advertising. PET2
1584 26.1. 1447 R Tay. PET2
Africa
1530 26.1. 2100 presum. VOA Sao Tome. PET2
Asia
1566 26.1 1930 AIR Nagpur, News in English booming in with S9+30dB!
North America
1130 27.1. 0629 WBBR, NY. News, wx, traffic. PET2
1410 27.1 0630 CIGO with id, faded away pretty quickly. PET2
1500 27.1. 0639 WTOP, news and sports. PET2
1560 27.1. 0700 presum. WQEW, kids programming. PET2
1590 27.1 0659 WARV, Warwick, RI with id. PET2
1660 27.1. 0616 Spanish stn talking abt NJ (WJDM?). Other X-banders
on 1650, 1680 and 1690. PET2
Central America & The Caribbean
1610 27.1 0644 Caribbean Beacon with Blues music //6090. PET2
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**Kent Plourde - Bristol CT - kplourde@xxxxxxxx
810 CJVA Caraquet, NB seems to have become a regular visitor to
Connecticut. They totally swamp WGY at times with adult
contemporary music with French announcements. Have others in the
Northeast been hearing CJVA? Although I receive WGY easily
during the day, they always seem to have a poor night signal
southeast to Connecticut.
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**Barry McLarnon VE3JF - Ottawa ON - bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
950 CFAM MB Altona - 1/28 0700-0707 - Likely them with classical music
earlier, then "this is CFAM news" at TOH, news, weather update,
sports scores, ID "Radio Southern Manitoba, CFAM 950", into hymn
program, fair, mostly on top. New. (BM-ON)
950 WAKM TN Franklin - 1/28 0704 - Surfaced briefly with ID from a
genial-sounding announcer. Possibly the one with C&W music
before 0700. New. (BM-ON)
1360 WKMI MI Kalamazoo - 1/23 0838 - Promo for "In Focus" show, "every
Saturday morning at 10:05, on talk radio 1360, WKMI", good over
jumble of stations, heard in car during my morning commute. New.
1450 WMOH OH Hamilton - 1/23 1900 - TOH ID "Your home of the Miami
Redhawks... 1450 WMOH, Hamilton-Fairfield-Middletown-Cincinnati",
into ABC news, weak but clear. New. (BM-ON)
1580 WPKY KY Princeton - 1/26 0003 - Two musical "WPKY" IDs, into
oldies ("Game of Love" by Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders), in
and out of GY-like jumble. New. (BM-ON)
1580 WVZN PA Columbia - 1/29 1658-1700 - Ad for wireless phone service,
ID "you're listening to WVZN", disappearing abruptly during the
"N" - powering down on schedule. (BM-ON)
1580 WWSJ MI St. Johns - 1/29 1902 - Gospel music, ID "Joy 1580 WWSJ...
where the world's greatest...", poor but nearly alone. (BM-ON)
1580 WTTN WI Watertown - 1/29 2000-2006 - Guy with deep, hard-to-
understand voice talking, but then lady with promo at 1902:
"every Saturday at noon, right here on W-T-T-N", the call letters
spoken very slowly and clearly. Alone on channel. (BM-ON)
1590 WARV RI Warwick - 1/26 0820-0830 - "Focus on the Family" show,
weather update, frequent IDs, good, nearly alone. (BM-ON)
1650 KWHN AR Fort Smith - 1/28 0048 - Usually buried under WHKT and
KDNZ, but fair this time with promo for show called "Your First
Pet", two "News/talk KWHN" IDs. At TOH, just heard the "Fort
Smith" on heels of KDNZ ID. (BM-ON)
NRD-525, homebrew loop, inverted-vee, MFJ-1026
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Heard on a DX-440 and RS 15-1833 loop:
1450 KIOV [t] ID, Payette 1/28 0700 Tony Bennett singing "I Want to be
Around" then the ToH ID which was very hard to hear due to
Murphy's law of IDing, then CBS news and into Neil Sedaka singing
"Laughter in the Rain". Faded into the mess about 0707.
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****Mauno Ritola - FINLAND - ritola@xxxxxxxxxx
EU
639 1200 RUS: R Yunost, UNID QTH. 3.1.
765 0630 G: BBC Essex. Petrozavodsk off. 25.1.
927 0730 SVK: R Regina Bratislava, Nitra. 4.1.
1116 *0900- RUS: Hristianskiy Tserkovno-Obshchestvenniy Kanal. C/d
1300. 20.1.
1296 2130 E: COPE Valencia. 26.1.
1395 0800 HOL: Business Nieuws R, Montfoort. 20.1.
AS
666 2005 RUS: BBC Yekaterinburg. 26.1.
756 2300 UNID Arab, non-stop music, no ID even at TOH. 27.1.
927 2330 ISR: IBA Haifa with Reshet Bet. 27.1.
1535,6 1000 RUS: R Rossii, UNID QTH. 4.1.
1674 *2150- PHL: DZBF R Marikina. 25.1.
QSLs
1593 Antena Sibiului, Sibiu 1593 toinen QSL v/s Annamaria Bistriceanu
<bistri8@xxxxxxxxxxx> R Sud-Est,
1599 Slobozia 1599 em v/s Sorin Dragomir, Executive Dir via Mihaela
Visoiu visoiu@xxxxxxxxx Ivano-Frankivske
1584 ODTRK 1584 ki v/s Mariya Shokalo, redaktor po reklame GTRK "Don-
TR", Rostov-na-Donu on 945 kHz has new reg prgr times since 1 Jan
2001: MF 0410-0500, 0710-0800, 1010-1030, 1310-1400, 1510-1600,
1610-1700; Sat 0510-0600, 1410-1500, 1510-1600, Sun 0510-0600 &
1410-1500. Email address: <dontr@xxxxxxx>. Programme director: N.
Skrebov. BBC Essex 765 em v/s chris.woodward@xxxxxxxxx, Broadcast
Assistant BBC Yekaterinburg 666 em v/s Artyom Liss, Online
Producer russian.service@xxxxxxxxx
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Daniele Canonica - SWITZERLAND - Swiss.DX@xxxxxxxxxxx
RX JRC 535 with 30 meter of LW antenna+MLB & ALA 1530
Good conditions to North America in the MW band today (01.02.2001):
1660 WWRU (Radio Unica), Elisabeth, 0645-0701, spanish px, ID as "Radio
Unica", low but without interference, 24222
1680 WTIR Winter Garden, 0610-0620, english talk, sport news "New York
Rangers", many ID "WTIR Radio", 23333
1650 WHKT Portsmouth (presumed), 0621-0650, continuous mx px (jazz,
pop), no ID, 34343
1690 UNID english male voice, very low (WPTX, Lexington Park?), 13111
1700 WAFN Miami Springs, 0658, spanish and english px, ID, 24122
HELP! Please I need the address of WWRU and WTIR can anybody help me?
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**Ronald Gitschier - Jacksonville FL - 1570wyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
740 KRMG Tulsa OK heard in FL today 2-1-01 ~8:16 AM eastern, in
Mayport/Jacksonville, FL Pioneer Supertuner III in dash stereo
cassette reciever.
8:17 "Fazio's Breadsticks Deal" spot, Dr. Laura promos
8:19 Traffic sponsored by Albertsons, followed by Weather from "OK's
News Channel 8" "Your News Weather xxx Authority News Talk Seven-
forty KRMG"
8:21 Rick Corry - Sports
7:22 Political News, Promo "Your News, Weather, Traffic Authority, N/T
740 KRMG, Depend on it"
??:?? "Perfect Touch (Gift?) Store on 91st & Yale Valentines sale.
Promo: "... OK's News Channel 8....w/OK's most dependable Weather
forecasts", Alka Seltzer spot..., Utica Square Color Gallery....
8:29 "Airborne Traffic"...
Heard while driving so details aren't so textbook. Signal fair, no
fading noted, slight 'splash' but no 750/760 locals here. No 750 WSB
heard. Slight QRM from Toronto in very beginning, but it dropped out.
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HELP WITH...
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*Sheldon Harvey - Greenfield Park PQ - ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx]
It's Saturday, Jan. 27 at 6 PM Eastern. I am hearing a station playing
a tape loop with background music, with a male announcer saying "Stand
by for WOR Network programming at O-6-40"
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*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
I have an unid at 1300 kHz that programs ESPN The Magazine at 0500
MST. It appears to be to the NW of Phoenix.
*Pat Martin - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
When we were in Rancho Mirage last year, KKRC-Brawley CA was very good
day & night ( 1000 day/500 nights ND) with ESPN.
*kevin redding - Mesa AZ - amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxx
Thats probably it. KKSC
I heard a station that sounded like KIOV from Payette, ID on 1450.
They were on at 0700 ET and played Tony Bennett's "I Want to be Around"
then gave the ToH ID but it was in the crap and hard to hear then went
into CBS news and then Neil Sedaka "Laughter in the Rain". GY stations
don't do that and it was only there for about 8 minutes. If I log it it
will definitely have to be a tentative.
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Daniele Canonica - SWITZERLAND - Swiss.DX@xxxxxxxxxxx
RX JRC 535 with 30 meter of LW antenna+MLB & ALA 1530
This morning (1/28 0640 GMT) I have heard one new catch for me in the
MW band, but unfortunately without ID. The frequency are 1670 khz with
pop mx and english px, the signal are very low to copy the ID, do you
have one idea?
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**willis monk - Collegedale TN - wb5khd@xxxxxxxx
1/28. From 1715 to 1735 EST, I am hearing a station in French or
Creole, on 1190 kc. The station is weak, only an S5, as most sunset
stations are at this time.
Sounds like a call in talk show, outside of that I can't make out what
they are talking about. WOWO is no where to be heard, it's a little
early for station from the north.
The new WRTH does not list a Canadian station for Quebec on this
frequency.
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*Pete Taylor - Tacoma WA - taytac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anybody out West got a nice nearby local, or at least occasionally
audible "Newstalk 1340" ?
Heard 1/14 at 2259 and 2359, going in to ABC news. All I could get
out of the calls were QAS, UAS or UAF - can't even hear a "K."
Heard promo for Rush Limbaugh at 9:30 (probably 9 - it's pretty
garbled), and the statements "#1 in your home and in car radios" and "We
give you comprehensive news..." These promos run just before the top of
the hour. The reverb is slightly better than what we used to experience
as kids talking through a garden hose.
KWVR Enterprise, OR is an ABC affiliate, but do they take ratings in a
one-station market?
*Bruce Portzer - Seattle WA - bportzer@xxxxxxxx
My first guess is KTCR in Kennewick, which is listed as an affiliate
on Rush's web site (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com for those who can bear
the thought of going there). KTCR's web site wasn't too helpful, it
consists of a message dated June 30, 1999 saying the site is being
remodeled and will be back soon.
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**John Sampson - jsampson@xxxxxxxxx
Last night (1/27), about midnight EST, I heard R&R Oldies on 1700 kHz,
often even with and sometimes over KTBK. Of course, during infrequent
announcements, they faded. Anyone have an idea of who this might be?
KTBK puts a powerful signal into the Phoenix area and it's unusual for
anyone to override them.
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
1220. I heard a station running ESPN this morning at 0400 EST 2/1. At
the TOH I heard an ID ".....Radio Station, Sports Radio 12-20......." I
found three Sports stations on 1220, all are ESPN, There are: WKRS-
Waukegan IL, KGIR-Cape Girardeau MO, and WKNR-Cleveland, OH.. I was
using the Eastern Beverage. Any ideas? I have found just because
someone is running low power, that doesn't mean the beverage wont pick
it up. Thanks!
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QSLs
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
What a nice packet of QSLs, stickers, and a coverage map from Patrick
Griffith today! Really nice QSL cards for the special tests too.
Wonderful. Thanks to Patrick for putting together the tests!
710 KNUS CO, Denver, rec. full detail QSL cd, sticker, and coverage
map in 19d for report. Really nice Red and White QSL card. V/S:
Patrick Griffith, QSL Coordinator. Address: 3131 S. Vaughn Wy,
Ste 601, Aurora CO 80014-3510. (PM-OR)
990 KRKS CO, Denver, rec full detail QSL cd and sticker in 19d for
report. Came in same packet with KNUS and KBJD.
1570 WGSR FL, Fernandina Beach, full detailed multi-color QSL form,
along with coverage maps, copies of old QSL letters from the 50s,
etc. in 21d. V/S: Ronald C. Gitschier-Eng. Assit. Address: 707
Dade Street, Fernandina Beach FL 32034. Really nice. Thanks
Ron. (PM-OR)
1650 KBJD CO, Denver, rec. full detail QSL cd and sticker in 19d for
report on special DX Test along with KNUS & KRKS. Came in same
packet as KNUS and KRKS.
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***joe talbot - n52w113@xxxxxxxxxxx
Iceland, 189 kHz, INBS, full data "Island" card, in 1 month, for taped
report and IRC, no v/s.
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**AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx
1690 KSXX CA, Roseville - Letter size full data QSL with nice
handwritten letter at bottom in 23 days for taped report and $1
(returned). Says antenna is a 150 foot series fed tower located
at Elverta, CA and they presently relay programs from both
KLIB/1110 and KOBO/1450. V/S: Len Harris, Chief Engineer.
Address: 3463 Ramona Avene, Suite 15, Sacramento, CA 95826.
(PG-CO)
**I'm very glad to get this since it's for the rare reception that
occurred when my local 1690 (KDDZ) was off with transmitter problems.
**1690 QSL #4, X-band QSL #28.
**V/S also mentioned that there is a 'rumor' that KSXX will be going to
a 24/7 LMA.
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****Mike Brooker - Toronto ON - aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx
1620 KAZP Omaha, NE Letter and "ESPN Radio 1620" window sticker in 13
days for mint stamp (not used). V/s Neil Nelkin, Operations
Manager. Address: 5011 Capitol Ave., Omaha, NE 68132.
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****Mickey Delmage - Sherwood Park AB - cidxqsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1680 WTIR Winter Garden FL. F/D "Certificate of Reception" in 100
days for taped report and ms. V/S illegible (C.E.) P.O. Box
149161, Orlando, FL 32814.
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FOR SALE
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*Pat Martin - Seaside OR - mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx
As many of you know, I used a Hammarlund SP-600-JX17 for many years.
But since I bought the Drake R8 several years ago, I rarely use the SP-
600. I have decided to sell the receiver. The receiver is still in good
condition. I would like to sell it for $200. If anyone is interested,
drop me a line.
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MISC ITEMS
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***Terry Palmersheim - kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx
I've found a cool site I use quite often to find out what the postal
costs are from another country to the U.S.; or anywhere else. I can't
remember how I found it. Anyway it's:
http://postinfo.net/links/Postal_Authorities/
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Mike Terry - michael.terry1@xxxxxxxxxx
>From : http://www.manxradio.com/News/welcome.html
Long Wave Transmitter plans rejected
The proposed long wave radio transmitter for Bride has been rejected
by the independent inspector, and the Council of Ministers has endorsed
the decision.
The report has been sent to the interested parties, and the
inspector's conclusions state "the development is contrary to policies
designed to minimise development within areas of high landscape value".
It might have been possible to overrule these policies if the
transmitter had been seen as having strategic importance" for the Isle
of Man, but this was not perceived to be the case.
The objectors to the scheme have expressed their delight at the
rejection, and spokesman Nick Cussons says the Inspector obviously
believed their evidence at the special enquiry last year:
The Isle of Man International Broadcasting Authority says the news
that the application has been rejected is a blow to their plans. However
the company is refusing to give up on a project it has been trying to
bring into being for 7 years at a cost of about a million pounds.
Chief Executive Officer, Paul Rusling, says he is heartened by the
Inspector at the special inquiry, dismissing suggestions of a health
risk, and placed the emphasis for the rejection on the visual impact the
antenna would have. Mr Rusling says there are other sites to be
considered. even though he concededs they may be less effective in
broadcasting terms.
And from today's (Saturday's) http://www.iomonline.co.im/
BRIDE TRANSMITTER PLANS REJECTED BY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for a long-wave radio transmitter at Bride
have been rejected by the Council of Ministers. They have accepted the
recommendation of planning inspector Roy Hawthorne that the application,
by Isle of Man International Broadcasting, for a mast at Cranstal be
turned down.
The firm was seeking permission so it could take up a 10-year licence,
awarded provisionally, to broadcast across Europe from the Island.
In his report, Mr Hawthorne said the proposed development was contrary
to policies designed to minimise development in areas of high landscape
value.
He said the 'national strategic need' to override such concerns was
not demonstrated.
However, possibly leaving the door open for an application for a
transmitter on another site, he said concerns about any possible health
risk from the development were not enough to justify refusing
permission.
Leading opponent Nick Cussons, of Bride, was delighted with the
decision.
He said: 'It's marvellous news and I totally agree with the
inspector's reasons. This was a purely commercial operation, not a
strategic need for the Isle of Man.'
The decision now has to go before Tynwald.
Published: 26.1.01 © Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd
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**Frederick R. Vobbe - fredv@xxxxxxxxxxx
DICK WHITTINGHILL, Los Angeles radio personality
LOS ANGELES- Veteran Los Angeles radio personality Dick Whittinghill,
who held sway at KMPC with the popular "Did You Whittinghill This
Morning?" show for nearly 30 years, died after complications from colon
surgery. He was 87.
Mr. Whittinghill died Wednesday, hours after undergoing the surgery at
St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, his friend Don Ross said
Thursday.
Although best known for his radio career, Mr. Whittinghill also acted
on television and sang with a number of bands. He co-founded the
popular vocal group the Pied Pipers in the 1930's, and it toured with
the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
He arrived at KMPC in 1950 after working for station KIEV and KGFJ,
and remained there until his retirement in 1979. During those years,
his show was constantently among the top-rated programs in Los Angeles.
The Montana native also appeared on television from time to time,
including the shows "Dragnet" and "Perry Mason", and had a role in the
movie "Jamboree". He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
1978.
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Tom Bryant - tjbdx@xxxxxxxx
TORONTO SUN COLUMN: FAREWELL MY OLD CHUM
By JIM SLOTEK -- Toronto Sun
"Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop with the radio on ... I got the AM
... RADIO ON!" -- Jonathan Richman, Roadrunner
So it's official. Some as-yet-unannounced date around the vernal
equinox will be known as the day the music died at 1050 CHUM -- a local
institution that spent the last 15 years of its life playing the same
songs it played in its first 15.
On that day a few months hence, songs will be replaced, as they have
at AM stations across the continent, by people blabbing. In this case,
it will be people blabbing about the ludicrous trades necessary to turn
the Leafs/Jays/Raptors into a contender.
You'd think one station in town doing that -- The FAN 590 -- would be
enough. But I guess you can never get too much of something nobody asked
for.
With crystal-clear FM a longtime reality and digital radio looming,
it's not hard to see why AM radio has come to be regarded as the
discount outlet of broadcast. The signal fades in and out in tunnels. If
you happen to be driving down Queen or King Sts., static from a
streetcar two miles away makes the station produce a sound that cracks
glass and makes your fillings fall out. And the AM signal is capable of
turning the most expensive car sound system into the two-inch transistor
radio of your childhood.
Which, from where I sit, is part of the charm.
At least it is for anyone who spent part of their youth fiddling with
the dial to pull in WLS Chicago (easily available in Winnipeg) or, as I
understand it, CKLW here. The big Top 40 station in The Peg, CFRW, put
out poster-size charts weekly with which I plastered my room.
I am a CHUM listener, or I am when I can wrest control of the car
radio. On the way to school, it's KISS 92, where I get my fill of Eminem
and NSYNC. My wife's pre-set is CJRT, especially now that it's all-jazz.
On my own, I hit CHUM for some Guess Who or Byrds or Five Man
Electrical Band, until they play that first Paul Anka record, at which
time I try 1150 Hamilton for more of the same, until Bobby Curtola sends
me screaming back to the FM band (where I might catch some R.E.M. on The
Mix or Tragically Hip on Y-95). I am, according to the ratings, one of
about a dozen people who hear Henny, Nancy and Doug crack each other up
in the morning.
Well, at least The Bear's got somewhere to continue making his dubious
NFL picks.
If I were interested in stations that don't shut up, there'd be a lot
more keeping me on the band these days. There are, of course, two all-
talk outlets -- the august CFRB, where my old pal Ted Woloshyn has been
in Wally Crouter's chair long enough to finally mould it to his
contours, and the we'll-try-anything Talk 640, which gave us Dr. Laura
and which is bringing back the whacked-out Art Bell and his UFO
conspiracies in the wee hours.
There's all-news 680 and the aforementioned all-sports The Fan. Soon
there'll be Team CHUM, which sounds less intimidating to the opposing
teams if you consider that chum is a word for slimy, gooey fish guts.
And no, nauseated is not the same as intimidated.
Which is not to say all is atonal on the AM. I notice the former CBC
frequency 740 has been taken over by the music of your grandpa's life --
a weird mix of big band music, '50s sh-boom and the occasional '60s
hootenanny-era folkie stuff. Station brass will be rubbing their hands
thinking about all the living-will and funeral home ads that will be
looking for a home after CHUM switches formats.
I suppose the thing about AM radio is you always know you're listening
to the radio when you hear it -- whether it's the lo-fi or the endless
babble. There will be aspects of it, the texture of it that will
eventually be lost, even if AM saves itself by going digital.
The content, however, will adapt. Some years back, I eulogized the
death of Top 40 when AM 640 went all-talk (with the same quote above
from unheralded poet/songwriter Jonathan Richman).
That certainly was the "alternative" industry wisdom at the time --
pop, short for "popular," was unpopular. A few years later, KISS-92
proved us all wrong as pop hits became a hot format again, courtesy of
Britney, Christina and the Backstreeters.
Just not on AM.
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**Pete Kemp - radioguy@xxxxxxxx
FOR HIRE: PHONY TALK RADIO CALLS, Monday,January 29,2001
By JOHN MAINELLI - NY Post
A controversial new service is providing professional callers for
radio stations that feel ordinary phone-in listeners are not lively
enough.
Stations that use the professional callers rarely identify them as
ringers - which is apparently part of the appeal of "Callers On Demand,"
one of several programming services offered by Manhattan-based United
Stations, a syndication company partly owned by TV veteran Dick Clark.
"Our army of 'live' callers are standing by to jumpstart your morning
show," reads a pitch on the company's website (unitedstations.com).
"Let's face it, most mornings, if the callers suck, you're out of luck.
Why risk it?"
Callers On Demand, which is targeted mainly to music-station DJs who
take calls and do "phone bits" - but also available to all-talk stations
- provides improvisational comedians and impersonators who "talk about
hot topics, bring phone scams to life and generally act like real
people.
"They'll be the dream listeners you really deserve, but so rarely
get," the website promises stations.
The rise of services that provide ready-made callers is part of a
growing trend in the media to spice up "reality" programming with
seasoned pros.
One of the cast members of "Survivor" which debuted last night is a TV
chef. Another is a Hollywood actress, albeit a bit player.
United Stations programming VP Andy Denemark says a "couple of dozen"
stations have signed up for Callers On Demand - though none yet in New
York City.
"There's nothing malicious about this. It's true comedic entertainment
- not like a doctor recommending a treatment or something," Denemark
told The Post.
"I think it's pretty clear that it's satire," said Denemark. "Irene
Ryan wasn't really a grandma from the hills [on TV's 'The Beverly
Hillbillies']."
No money actually changes hands. Instead, stations trade unused
commercial time, which United Stations can later sell to its own list of
advertisers.
In exchange, Denemark says, stations take their pick from "our
performers on call - [like] a trailer park girl, a Chinese delivery guy,
a 7-11 guy, people who do accents.
"If you want to call the local 7-11 guy about the Super Bowl, you
can't just do it randomly," he says. "We have one person who does a
brilliant five-year-old girl who calls stations and . . . tells dirty
jokes she supposedly heard from her father."
"This is unbelievable," says Jack Swanson, programmer of San
Francisco's top-rated talkers KGO and KSFO. "If radio starts hiring fake
callers to spice up their shows, why not start making up news stories on
slow news days?"
"It's one thing to do some kind of [obviously put-on] comedy, like a
'Bill Clinton' call-in," said David Bernstein, program director of New
York's WOR/710 AM, "but we do legitimate calls from legitimate listeners
and wouldn't want listeners to wonder if a caller was real or not."
A half-dozen other radio programmers echoed similar sentiments, and
WABC/770 AM talk show host Lynn Samuels complained that staged phone
calls are "deceptive to the listeners . . . and an out for lazy and
untalented hosts."
Denemark expects more stations to sign up for Callers On Demand,
adding, "We're proud that we see a need and are able to staff up and
provide for it."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Bruce Portzer's annual DX Get-together. This year it will be on
Saturday, February 17, beginning at 2 p.m. Here's a chance to meet
other radio listeners and talk about hobby stuff - medium wave, SWBC,
utility, TV/FM, or whatever flavor of listening you like to do.
Feel free to bring stuff like receivers, QSL cards, antennas, and
other paraphernalia to show off or demonstrate. Please bring a potluck
snack or something to drink. At dinner time, we'll pass the hat around
and order some pizzas.
My address is 6546 19th Avenue NE, Seattle WA 98115. It's not hard
to find, since the streets are numbered and parallel around here. But
if you need directions, let me know.
If you have questions or want to RSVP, my phone number is 206-522-
2521. I hope to see you there.
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The North Otago Branch of the New Zealand Radio DX League is hosting
another convention.
All DXers are invited to join us at Camp Iona, near Oamaru, from
Friday the 1st of February till Monday the 4th (three nights).
Participants in the past have joined us from Australia, Japan, Finland
and Denmark.
At the suggestion of participants during the 1998 Convention, and
depending on interest, we are also holding a three night DXpedition at
the camp on 29th, 30th and 31st of January before the convention proper.
This is to give the real DXers amongst us, the opportunity to experience
listening in a very quiet environment outside of the Convention's
organised activities.
If you're interested in any or both of the events, please let me know.
Please visit the following links to our previous conventions:
Convention 94 - http://radiodx.com/spdxr/Convention_94.htm
Convention 98 - http://radiodx.com/spdxr/Convention_98.htm
Updates will be posted at: Convention 20002 -
http://radiodx.com/spdxr/Convention_2002.htm
Attention Editors: we would greatly appreciate any publicity you can
provide in your publications.
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2001 NRC Convention will be in Pittsburgh PA
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The 2001 WTFDA Convention will be held at the Super 8 in Boise July 27-
29. Inquiries can be sent to: N7SOK@xxxxxxx
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Winter SWL Festival, Kulpsville PA, March 9-10. CONTACT: Richard Cuff,
Telefax 707-313-2458, E-mail rdcuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or John Figliozzi,
E-mail jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx Postal Mail: Winter SWL Festival, P. O.
Box 4153, Clifton Park, NY 12065
On the live365.com netcast 'CyberShortwave Live' Dave Kirby N1DK
interviews the co-chairmen of the 'fest. John Figliozzi is up first on
Sunday, February 4, discussing the in-depth preparations that make up
the gathering of the clan. The next netcast on Sunday, February 18,
features Richard Cuff with the latest updates to the fest plans,
speakers, and events. Be sure to listen. Both shows start at 1600 UTC.
Get the details on how to listen, the software required and the software
setup from Dave Kirby's Web site at http://www.ncweb.com/users/dkirby/
or http://www.n1dk.com/.
Check out the rest of the 'fest pages for updates. We've had additions
to the swap meet page, and a tentative program schedule is now
available.
The URL: http://www.trsc.com/winterfest.html
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Geomagnetic Summary January 23 2000 through January 29 2001
phil bytheway - Seattle WA - phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tabulated from email status daily
1/23 167 13 3 low-mod unsettled-active - 7
24 173 17 2 low-mod unsettled-active - 7
25 169 4 1 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 8
26 166 9 2 low-mod quiet-unsettled - 7
27 167 4 0 low quiet - 4
28 168 8 5 low active - 7
1/29 165 14 2 low-mod quiet-active - 5
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"*" denotes that the tip/info/etc. came from the IRCA eGroup (used by
permission). You must be a member of IRCA to subscribe to the eGroup at
http://www.egroups.com. International Radio Club of America
"**" denotes that the following items were originally posted on the
AM@xxxxxxxxxxx list (used by permission). National Radio Club.
"***" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the Hard
Core DX list.
"****" denotes that the following item was originally posted on the
MWDX list.
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IRCA's web site... take a peek!!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/
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IRCA Mexican Log, 6th Edition
The IRCA MEXICAN LOG lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency,
including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule
in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The call letter index gives
call, frequency, city and state. The city index (listed by state, then
city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The log has been
completely updated from the 1998 edition and carefully cross-checked by
several IRCA members. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who
hears Mexican radio stations. Size is 8 1/2" x 11" and three hole
punched
for easy binding.Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $8.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/sea
mail), $9.00 (rest of the Americas airmail), $9.50 (Europe/Asia
airmail),
$10.00 (Australia/New Zealand airmail). Non-members: add $2.00 to the
above prices.
IRCA TIS List
Completely revised by IRCA's Bill Harms to 9/00, the IRCA "TIS/HAR
LIST" includes AM/FM and TV lists from the US and Canada. This 28 page
"DX Aid" can be yours for only $5.00. Non-IRCA/NRC members... add $1.00.
Overseas... add $0.50.
IRCA Bookstore - 9705 Mary Ave NW - Seattle WA 98117-2334 (please make
checks payable to Phil Bytheway)
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The AM DX NewsFlash is sent weekly from Teknologic in Snohomish WA
All contributions will be used
Comments regarding content are appreciated
With your submission, please include as a minimum:
Your name, location and email address
Tell your email friends about "AM DX NewsFlash"
To receive this email newsletter, send your email ID, name and
location to: phil@xxxxxxxxxxx
Folks whose bulletins are returned twice in a row are dropped from the
list. If your email address changes, please let me know!
Information appearing the NewsFlash can be quoted provided the original
author and the "AM DX NewsFlash" are given proper credit.
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IRCA DUES STRUCTURE
DXM-printed DX MONITOR (21x/year), SDXM-"soft" DX MONITOR (35x/year)
WORLD - SDXM $10.00
USA - DXM $20.00, DXM/SDXM $25.00
Canada - DXM $22.00, DXM/SDXM $27.00
Overseas surface - DXM $23.50, DXM/SDXM $28.50
Airmail (Central America, Caribbean) - DXM $35.00, DXM/SDXM $40.00
Airmail (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) - $38.00,
DXM/SDXM - $43.00
Airmail (rest of the World) - $41.00, DXM/SDXM $46.00
To join the IRCA, send the appropriate dues to: IRCA HQ
PO Box 1831
Perris CA 92572-1831
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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 2/1/01 THE "AM DX NewsFlash"
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