TOCOBAGA DX #77 23 Ocotber, 2005 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For the only definitve listing of unlicensed and low power FM, pirates and TIS stations within Florida and occasionally beyond, visit my "Florida Low Power Radio Stations" at: http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html © 2005, Terry L Krueger. Retransmit or quote all or any portion only with full credit given to TOCOBAGA DX and all attributed sources. All frequencies are in kHz and times/dates in GMT/UTC unless otherwise stated. 530 FLORIDA AIRSPACE Radio Martí (via PANG EC-130 aircraft); yet another non-log of this at 2200+, 22 October, 2005 check. No surprise, with Hurricane Wilma approaching. But, will "Air Martí" return when the weather quiets down? It's been many weeks (with a few decent weather condition weekends between) without the broadcast flights. 590 CUBA Radio Musical Nacional, Santa Clara, Villa Clara; off the air at 1943 check, 23 October, 2005. This transmitter is spastic, but wonder if Hurricane Wilma may have resulted in pulling it offline. 590 FLORIDA WDIZ, Panamá City; 1949-2010, 23 October, 2005. The Beatles "I'll Follow the Sun" followed by net-bought spots, more oldies, male canned quasi-illegal ID "The Breeze, WDIZ 590-AM, Panamá City, Florida" at 2000, into Roger Whittaker song. Very good, with the Cuba transmitter off. 1180 CUBA Radio Rebelde (two sites); 2356-0005, 21-22 October, 2005. Big signals, both at equal level, but one transmitter running about one second behind the other, a true audio nightmare, with Hurricane Wilma studio coverage by man. Radio Martí (Marathon, Florida) at fair level underneath these two just to add to the brew. 5025 CUBA Radio Rebelde; like 590 kHz Musical Nacional, also off the air on 1944, 23 October, 2005, but back on at 2004 recheck, with Instituto de Meteorología live Hurricane Wilma update. 6184.96 MEXICO XEEP Radio Educación, México DF; 0006-0115, 22 October, 2005. Local level with traditional Mexican vocals, 0014 man with "Radio Educación onda corta" ID followed by a few words in broken English, back to music until end of program at 0058. Man again with Spanish/English sentences, time check, schedule, and UTC time and frequency announced in English followed by a mailing address and requesting reception reports to said, into "El Nuestro Mundo" or someshuch internally-produced news program, mostly Hurricane Wilma atop Cozumel tonight. No audio from MW 1060 making it in here, though even if it was, the shortwave programming is often a defacto dedicated 'external service' of sorts and not parallel 1060. 15069.51 NETHERLANDS (PIRATE) Alfa Lima International; 1803-1935*, 23 October, 2005. Peaking at times to a great level with decent US and Euro-pop/dance, US country vocals and techno instrumentals, the usual heavily-accented (but quite professional) male DJ (slight-reverb) with two clear ID's at 1821 andf 1822 on a nice, strong peak. DJ back at 1830, referencing a listener in California. Signal kept improving. Amusingly, he inserted a Radio Reloj (Cuba) audio slice at 1832, with Spanish ID and time sounder! Shout out to a Canadian listener at 1836. Techno song, and seemingly off at 1935. I always like hearing ALI, a really fun Old School "piraat" format pirate. 15205 SA'UDI ARABIA BSKSA, Riyadh; 1706-1714, 23 October, 2005. Strong but with 60-cycle hum, Qu'ran recital, Arabic male announcer between. 18727 INTERNATIONAL WATERS (CLANDESTINE) Radio Maluumaati - Coalition Forces Information Radio; 1715-1801 23 October. Clear and fair on peaks with Mid-east vocals and occasional man and woman in unID Mid-east language (seemingly not Pashto/Dari, which seems to be mostly the language(s) during my 6125U 2350+ GMT logs here). AM, or at least DSB-injected mode, as audible both USB/LSB and AM mode. --------------------------- Via the Tampa Tribune: Oct 23, 2005 Youths In Tune With Studio CLEARWATER - -- Diego Salazar and Robert Washington live and breathe music. Known by their peers for their talent and drive, they now want the world to hear their rhymes and original beats. Considering Salazar, 15, and Washington, 17, are still in high school, their chances of affording studio time to record a career-launching demo were slim. That's where the North Greenwood Recreation Complex's Audio Recording Studio came in. Opened by the city in 2003, but just recently gaining momentum, the studio provides anybody with recording equipment for $25 an hour. Other recording studios in the area can cost $50, $65 and more an hour. "It's not like we're trying to make a profit," said Barbara Miller, recreation specialist at the North Greenwood complex. "This will hopefully influence them to start right here and go bigger. It's a learning experience for them." Aside from the studio, the complex at 900 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. also features a two-court gymnasium, fitness room and pool. Washington, stage name "R.J.," learned about the studio when he won five free hours of recording time in a local talent show. Although he had previously been in a recording studio, North Greenwood was the first place Robert could work on his R&B beats and record original music. Since he began working in the studio, he has recorded two solo songs and one with Salazar, who uses the stage name "D-LUX." "It's a good thing for me to be into music," Washington said. "It's a positive way for me to express how I feel." Salazar agreed. For him, the North Greenwood studio was his first time inside a recording booth. That was a huge step for someone who aspires to not only be a performer, but also launch the careers of some of his peers. The studio isn't only a place for Salazar to record his music. The contracted sound engineer, Benjamin Luck, is teaching him how to work the equipment and produce his and others' songs. For fellow sound engineer Robert Goodman, also known as "Hipnotik," the studio not only gives young people in the area the opportunity to express themselves creatively and learn about the recording business, it also provides a distraction from less-productive activities. "It's getting them off the streets," Goodman said. Salazar and Washington said their families also have begun to encourage their ambition and drive. Luck and Goodman want to provide this opportunity for more in the area, but they fear that even with the $25-an-hour fee, many children in the neighborhood can't afford it. "Maybe that was our mistake," said Melanie Cornwell, public information officer for the city's parks and recreation department. After adding up CD, equipment and engineering costs, "It isn't cost-effective for that neighborhood, maybe that's the problem. Maybe if we did it cheaper, we'd have more kids," she said. This story can be found at: http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBYNVSS3FE.html ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
