Re: [IRCA] New Station: 1510 KMYN Isleta - Albuquerque

2011-05-18 Thread neilkaz
Checking the FCC site KYMN 1510 is listed as ND. Hopefully 4.2 kW CH power can make it here via sunset skip, although there's plenty of QRM on 1510. On 1500, even though there's not all that much QRM to the west from here (KSTP isn't terribly strong on night pattern) I've had no luck getting

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-05-18 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 May 18 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 May follow. Solar flux 92 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )

2011-05-18 Thread bill kral
 XE calls and freqs -- XEWW 690 ,XTRA 1360, --What is XEWW doing for format now if XTRA is (still) doing sports? Wasn't XTRA (XETRA) on 690 a while ago (with Sports)? And are they  operated by a US company for listeners in So Cal?  Was it 690 in Tijuana where Wolfman Jack got his start in

Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )

2011-05-18 Thread Scott Fybush
bill kral wrote: XE calls and freqs -- XEWW 690 ,XTRA 1360, --What is XEWW doing for format now if XTRA is (still) doing sports? Wasn't XTRA (XETRA) on 690 a while ago (with Sports)? And are they operated by a US company for listeners in So Cal? Was it 690 in Tijuana where Wolfman Jack got his

Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )

2011-05-18 Thread Rick Lewis
Wolfman Jack didn't appear on XETRA (or its predecessor XEAK) in the early days. I've seen that claim many times, but I think it'sjust someone's misunderstanding that's been propagated on the Internet over the years. Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) started airing on XERB in early '66 (possibly late

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-05-18 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 May 19 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 May follow. Solar flux 91 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )

2011-05-18 Thread Patrick Martin
I believe Wolfman Jack was at XERB in March 27th of 64 and before as I remember listening to him on XERB The Big X Over Los Angeles the night of the Alaska Earthquake. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )

2011-05-18 Thread vroomski
I remember listening to Wolfman Jack on my pocket transistor radio on XERB (Big-X)1090 kHz back in 1967 from the San Francisco Bay Area. XERB signal was strong enough to get by local KFAX 50 kw on 1100 kHz. I liked when his listeners would call in and talk to the Wolfman. Another favorite