The evening of October 25 was exciting here, with great conditions to the west (if you could ignore the distraction of TAs!). Along with some more common western stations (CKLQ-880, CJGX-940, CHRB-1140), I heard CKWX-1130 and CKST-1040, both new here, CKMX-1060 (previously only a tentative logging), and relogged stations such as KTNN-660, CFFR-660 and CHQR-770. I also had a station on 1090 that seemed to be // to the XEPRS online stream, but it wasn't good enough to be sure.
The big prize, however, was on 860. Coming up to 2130 EDT, I had a station under CJBC with a talk show and a female host. They disappeared abruptly just past 2129. KPAM's October power/pattern change time is 2130 EDT (while actual sunset time at the tx site is around 2105, leaving a good window of opportunity), and they carry the Victoria Taft talk show at that time. I had a listen to some clips of her show online later, and I'm almost certain that she is the one I was hearing. If there are audio archives of her show available somewhere, that would really help nail it, but I haven't found any indication of that. A clip of my reception (about 1 min, recorded at 2128-2129) is available at http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/audio/unid-860-2129-25oct06.wav Maybe someone who's familiar with Ms Taft's show could take a listen and tell me what you think (btw, it's a low bit rate WAV file because I've found that MP3 encoding doesn't do a great job on files with this low a bit rate). If I decide to count it (and I'm leaning that way, at least as a tentative logging), KPAM would be state #48 here! Unfortunately, conditions here have been on a slow downhill slide since the 25th, and I suspect that I won't get another good shot at them this month. TIA, Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
