I use radio-locator because it shows me what towns the station covers and the distance it gets, the FCC stuff doesnt really give me that.
City-Data is not terribly accurate on strongest stations heard. It once told me an AM Daytimer in Pittsburgh, PA put a good signal into Pembina, ND along the North Dakota/Canada border. Paul On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:51 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS < [email protected]> wrote: > I also use the heck out of Barry's website. The "fuzzy" call lookup is > simply amazing. It normally "deciphers" about 90 percent of my "sound > like" calls. I wish that there was a site as good as that for FM, with > Slogan search and so on. > > Paul, the FCC db is nice to for power/pattern info. > > I also use CityData for "strongest" stations heard. If you hear an ad > for a town that the station isn't located in, you can usually see if the > suspect station is audible in that town. > > 73, > Dave in Indy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:42:39 -0500 > From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] NRC Radio Log > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I use a combination of Radio-locator for power and coverage area/pattern > details along with BARRY's site.... I know alot here dont like > Radio-Dislocator, lol... but I find it useful for some very basic things > and > it works fine for me > > Paul > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Bob wrote- > > > >> .........I still occasionally refer to a 3rd edition Vane Jones log! > >>> > >> > > Yes I do as well. I have all of the Vane Jones logs that were issued > during > > the 60's and into the 70's. > > > > BUT, better than the NRC log is the Berries log at... > > http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc/ > > Unlike the NRC log that is out of date 10 days after you get it, > Berries > > log is always more up to date, plus it is free. I don't need all the > other > > things like address' and phone numbers of radio stations that change > faster > > than Texas weather! Look it up on the internet. > > > > If you want to pay for such information, GREAT go ahead but I chose > not to. > > > > Willis > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.onairdj.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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.onairdj.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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]
