Presently in Puerto Plata on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Thought I would do a reverse DX, looking for US signals?with the heralded ultralight. During a one hour period, 11-12 local time, 10-11 EST I went thru the dial, finding most of the likely suspects. 620-WDAE Tampa 660-New York 680-Raleigh, NC 750-WSB ( w/ Santiago, DR underneath) 770-New York 810-WGY ( in the mix) 880-New York (quite listenable) 950- mystery station, playing class country off Jones sat service, can't figure out who it was, anybody have an idea, calls sounded like WJKB or V, AM 950.? Pretty fair signal. 1010-New York fighting with co channel in Santo Domingo 1020- KDKA in the mix 1030-WBZ pretty respectable 1060- Titusville, Fl fighting with but way on top of KYW 1090-WBAL 1100-Cleveland 1110-Charlotte 1200-San Antonio 1380- Disney out of Tampa 1500-Washington (poor) Most surprising catch was 1060. Jerry Kiefer Roswell, NM
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:57 am Subject: IRCA Digest, Vol 45, Issue 182 Send IRCA mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of IRCA digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: "The New AM 860"...........Who is This???????? (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) 2. Re: Center-fed BOG? (Gil Stacy) 3. Re: More Crazy DX on the Sony SRF-T615.......... (Gil Stacy) 4. Re: On Radio: FCC takes aim at local radio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5. Re: Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... (Scott Fybush) 6. Re: Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... (Gil Stacy) 7. Re: CW on 880 (k4ape) 8. Re: CW on 880 (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) 9. Re: Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... (Robert Ross) 10. Re: "The New AM 860"...........Who is This???????? (Robert Ross) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:19:15 -0500 From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] "The New AM 860"...........Who is This???????? To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Could this be WSBS Great Barrington, Massachusetts with 2.5KW Day, 270Watts Critical and 4 Watts Night.. all Non Directional? Paul 2008/1/25 Robert Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Guys: > > Heard on the SonySRF-T615 @ 2237-2305 EST............... > > Battling it out on 860 Khz.......... > > CJBC in French....Winning the Battle. > > RELOJ in SS with "RR" in CW on the Minute > > And Rising above the mess every now and then is a Station playing > MOR/POP/SOFT ROCK type Music and one ID by Male DJ at 2240 as..... > > "The New AM 860" > > There may have been somer\thing after that "860.....Maybe Calls..Maybe a > Slogan......but it was not clear enough to catch..DRATS!! > Anyone have a Local that may be ID'ing as "The New AM 860"....with this > Format??? > > Any help on this one is appreciated. > > Thanks.....ROB. > > Robert S. Ross VA3SW > Box 1003, Stn. B. > London, Ontario > CANADA N6A5K1 > > Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast > Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC > > Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) > ????????????????????????????? > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.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] > > -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:26:12 -0500 From: "Gil Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG? To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Kevin, A center fed bog, assuming fed with coax or zip cord, would be a dipole on the ground and would be a DOG, probably in all senses of the word. I assume this is a temporary night time only antenna because of yard restrictions. If you can get 300' of wire out, you probably get a feedline to one end. You would have directivity with that much as a bog and signal strength strongest up band. Plus, it would fire off both ends if not terminated at the end opposite feed, although probably not as well as off the feed end which is grounded. I could be wrong but I believe John Bryant has written an article on short beverages and their tendencies, but I don't recall if they were bogs or not. I think the articles are at dxing.info I have had success on a small lot with ewes of 18x40x18', bogs in the alley behind house of 275 and 500 feet, run parallel and phased, and phased 15' wire verticals separated by 60' and phased. I got the idea from Dallas Langford's pages. 73 Gil ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:30:21 -0500 From: "Gil Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] More Crazy DX on the Sony SRF-T615.......... To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bob, DOH! I now see the EST. I obviously misquoted myself. ;) This time last year Paul in Troon Scotland was regularly hearing KVNS and it had just gone to SS format. I've since seen where they went back to oldies. Musical chairs format. Gil ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:05:33 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IRCA] On Radio: FCC takes aim at local radio To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" more nonsense from a compromised agency. big radio is finished. z **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:24:09 -0500 From: Scott Fybush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Barry McLarnon wrote: > This just in: the Spanish language programming seemed to end abruptly > just before 2200, and I heard a WFNY ID right after it ended. Their > format is listed as "variety", so they could be a possibility. Maybe > Scott F knows more... Who, me? :-) While WFNY's format may show as "variety" in some sources (including 100000watts.com), every time I've heard it it's been running automated oldies. But I've never paid any attention to it at night, and there is a small but growing Mexican-American population in and around Gloversville and Johnstown, so it's certainly not out of the question. I know someone who knows the owner of WFNY, so I can certainly make that inquiry, probably on Monday. Stay tuned... s ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:40:35 -0500 From: "Gil Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bob, WLAA, 1680, in Winter Park FL is pretty much the band bully on x band on my xtl set this past week. It is a Mexican format music station and every other word by the DJ's concerns Mexico. The local commercials give it away, however. There's a station in Smyrna Ga, I believe its 1550 that specialized in Mexican Music. Don't know if that holds true today, however. With a tendency not to give toh id's, it is hard to tell these days country of origin with the proliferation of SS on US based stations. Did you get a null heading on it? Gil ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:51 -0500 From: "k4ape" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] CW on 880 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original > Jim Renfrew, Holley NY > > For the last hour or so I've been hearing frequent burts of morse code > through WCBS 880. Anyone hearing this? No it's not Reloj. Hi Jim, just a few ideas, thoughts and things to think about..... No, I am not hearing any CW on top of, or under or connected to WCBS. What type of CW was it? 1. Is the International Morse? 2. Perhaps it is was the old continental morse? 3. Or maybe it was something the sounded like CW but didn't match any know letters or numbers? I have heard all three types in the past 4 months. Mostly on 1020, 1060; 1080 kc. Most is not any know letters or numbers (No it isn't a LID operator!) All frequencies have known strong Cubans and Mexican stations on them. Those are only the main frequencies I hear CW on, it shows up at the craziest times all up and down the band. Ruling out any images in your radio, it might be some type of code used by drug dealers or other such persons. Do you remember Radio Swan that broadcast on 1160 as well as other frequencies? They would do the same thing. Send what sounded like slow CW, but you needed a code book to know what they were sending. Back in WWII, the BBC would do similar things. I hear all kinds of Cubans and Mexicans here, no telling what the boys in Florida are hearing. They are a lot closer to Latin America than I. 73's Willis Old Fort, TN ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:50:25 -0500 From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] CW on 880 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Drug dealers using AM radio to send morse code to get messages across? If that isn't the biggest load of conspiracy theory crap I've ever heard. Plus, they aren't that smart to think of something like that Paul On Jan 25, 2008 11:41 PM, k4ape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > Ruling out any images in your radio, it might be some type of code used by > drug dealers or other such persons. Do you remember Radio Swan that > broadcast on 1160 as well as other frequencies? They would do the same > thing. Send what sounded like slow CW, but you needed a code book to know > what they were sending. Back in WWII, the BBC would do similar things. > <snip> > . > > 73's > > Willis > Old Fort, TN > ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:50:56 -0500 From: Robert Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Imaginery Mexican 0n 1440 Khz last night...... To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed At 11:40 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote: >Bob, >WLAA, 1680, in Winter Park FL is pretty much the band bully on x band on my >xtl set this past week. It is a Mexican format music station and every >other word by the DJ's concerns Mexico. The local commercials give it away, >however. There's a station in Smyrna Ga, I believe its 1550 that specialized >in Mexican Music. Don't know if that holds true today, however. With a >tendency not to give toh id's, it is hard to tell these days country of >origin with the proliferation of SS on US based stations. Did you get a >null heading on it? >Gil Yup......It appeared to be coming from the South West........ 73....ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:57:15 -0500 From: Robert Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] "The New AM 860"...........Who is This???????? To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed At 11:19 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote: >Could this be WSBS Great Barrington, Massachusetts with 2.5KW Day, >270Watts Critical and 4 Watts Night.. all Non Directional? Paul Nope...I just checked their live Stream.......and it's not them..... 73.ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! 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