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Re: [HCDX] Bulletin: CFRX Toronto is back: QRM
But CFRX is also shooting itself in the foot, since the het it causes also makes it very unpleasant for its own would-be listeners in North America, where 100 kW from Chile easily trumps or at least matches 1 kW from Toronto, all-night. A little help: CVC in B-season shrinx to 00-12 UT. At least CFRX should be OK in daytime for areas close enough to overcome absorption.
Adjacently: Not much in Western Hemisphere on 6065, with WYFR no longer using it; DW is 24 hours via several rotating sites around Europe on 6075, and then there`s RCI with a big 250 kW on 6075 at 0205-0305 in Spanish, 268 degrees, but that`s for A-season only.
The need I advocated to change frequency and/or increase power with the comeback was pooh-poohed by CFRX`s QSL manager. BTW, altho I did not see his report until later, Steve Lare in MI was first to report CFRX back, earlier Sept 4 at 2050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> Just how long had CFRX been off? Altho it had been
> intermittent for a while before then, about two years, per
> this item from September, 2006 in DXLD 6-144: 73, Glenn
> Hauser
>
> ** CANADA. Not certain if anyone else has mentioned this or
> not but
> yesterday I had checked 6070 for CFRX and they were not
> there. Checked
> today as well and not there again. Normally they are S9+
> here through
> the day (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, Sept 24, 2006, DX
> LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> CFRB/CFRX QSL signer Steve Canney told me on September 20th
> that CFRX
> was off the air then. The chief engineer was looking for
> the problem,
> but hadn`t found it. So it appears that the repairs were
> either too
> extensive or he ran out of time and it must wait for
> another visit to
> the transmitter site.
>
> BTW, new QSL card has just been printed and is now in use
> for CFRX and
> CFRB reception reports (Harold Sellers, Ont., Sept 24,
> 2006, ODXA via DXLD)
** CANADA. Heard an unfamiliar het as I tuned across 49m, Sept 4 at 2315, on 6070. Something in English, yes IDing in passing as Newstalk 10-10, CFRB, so the long-delayed revival of CFRX has finally happened! But it`s off-frequency, about 6069.8. This could be a devious way of encouraging the competition, such as CVC, to evacuate, as a het from this low-power station is more annoying than being on exactly the correct frequency. CVC from Chile is currently scheduled 23-13 UT, which covers almost all the darkness hours in North America. And then there`s ELWA Liberia until 2300 or so. On second thought, that`s unlikely; but CFRX previously was not off-frequency like this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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