[IRCA] Minot ND Flooding
I'm not sure if area stations will be on late with Emergency Info or not but I received an MSNBC Breaking News alert with the following subject: Corps of Engineers to raise water release from dam, sending huge flow toward Minot, ND, mayor says. 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Hodge-podg
Todd, That guy's place sounds like a boat anchor lover's dream i.e., I might have an SX-88 but I'll have to look. :) As a high schooler, I dreamed of an SX-42 and then an SX-62. I still have dad's old S-40A (actually an S-40AU, as the transformer is universal, ie you can dial the voltage). The last time that he plugged it in, smoke rolled from it. I'd love to have it fixed for myself. Not much DX of note, either. I was out of Indiana for a week, to Gulf Shores, AL. The trop died in AL just before I arrived but brought Hoosier DX'ers boatloads of high mileage trop. No Es since last year. :( 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:12:19 -0400 (EDT) From: todftscytj7...@aol.com To: ama...@mymts.net, a...@lists.wtfda.info, Irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Hodge-podg Message-ID: 8cdfdc7669c31fe-e50-4e...@webmail-m017.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Hello all! Its been awhile since I have written in. I have been traveling a little, to Houston and later to Phoenix, working a new job and alot of radio stuff. Last weeks I went to this gentleman's home in search of a hallicrafter. I was so excited when he took me to his first room! 40's and 50's Zenith's, philco's and smaller Hallicrafter's stacked upon each other! I was like a kid at the candy store! There was so many antique radios there! I still kept my sights though and told him that I'm still looking for a larger Hallicrafter. I wasn't very versed on mode numbers. George Sherman gave me a crash course on the best model numbers on the way to this gentleman's house. Then he led me to another room that had bigger and better quality radios! In there he had 2 Hallicrafter S 40 A 's for me to sample. I did buy the better working one but it needs new capacitors if anyone knows of someone able to fix this that would be great! I did express to him that I was really looking for a SX 88. He said he might have one but he has to look for it. Seems like he had yet another stash not to be seen by me. He did though showed me a National (not sure of model) from the 40's that had so many knobs. He said that he would sell it for 300. Any advice one this as well would be welcome. DX wise: 1190 from Wabasha, MN isnt back on the air //1250 Red Wing and owned by KCUE. One E-skip opening to Florida, Georgia, and the Carolina's which was minor for me. TV has not been to exciting exciting except seeing SD on trops. AM has been nominal except in April where I heard 1010 WGUN Atlanta-second time heard since the 80's. Also 740 WNOP Newport, KY which is my latest new AM station #1288 heard in the Twin Cities to date. I have rambled enough. Todd aka FTS in Woodbury, MN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Brief MW-FM findings from Orange Beach., AL
The family and I spent a week in Orange Beach, AL (same barrier island as Gulf Shores) and I spent a little (very little) time DX'ing but I thought that I would share my findings. My radios were an Eton E-100 ULR and my Ford car radio. MW: In the condo there was only ONE reliable MW signal. Was it the 1310 from Foley? How about WMOB 1360? The Pensacola stations? Or the 10 Kw Bay Minette station on 1110? Nope it was good ol' WWL from NOLA @ 157 miles. The only reliable one INSIDE the unit. Going out on the balcony, the others popped in but none as good as WWL. I have always been mesmerized by the effect of Salt water paths on MW signals. 30 years ago, I visited a cousin in Panama City, FL and could not believe how well WWL got out at midday and that was another 100 miles east of Orange Beach! At night, here were the key standouts 1700 Brownsville TX. LC. Never heard from Indianapolis - good 'ol salt water. 1620//1550 - SS music. Cuba? 1180 - Rebelde 1120 - KMOX - one of the strongest stations @ night 950 - Reloj VERY loud 870 and 570 not so much (870 fighting with NOLA) 900//890//880 - SS Mexico? 750 Tropicale music - who is this one??? 710 - Cuba very weak. From Ocean Isle Beach, NC (2009) this was the strongest Cuban - and there were two signals there (echo) but only one faint one in Alabama with no echo. 530 Cuba - MONSTER signal NO MW IBOC noise noted! I need to move to LA (Lower Alabama). :) FM: I only spent an hour or so on AM and considerably less on FM. Bryce Foster sent an article to the WTFDA list on how Gulf Tropo plays havoc on stations' coverage and although enhancement was very weak during my stay, every channel had something, at night. I used Radio-Locator.com's vacant frequency finder (1) to check out truly open channels and most of them were actually occupied. William Hepburn's tropo forecast map (2) showed a down week for Gulf Tropo. Even then @ night, WWNO (NOLA) 89.9 still popped in @ 149 miles. When it was not in, it was WJTF @ 113 miles. 89.9 is, according to the vacant website, one of the most open channels in the area. I guess that a directional antenna is a requirement for the Gulf coast FM DX'er. Early June normally features a lull in Sporadic E and as such I did not notice any while I was out of town and none so far this year. My timing stinks, too. The week before my trip, there was monster gulf tropo which might have brought me Texas and South Florida and the week that I was gone, Indiana had monster FM tropo to central Alabama. Go figure! All in all, we had a good restful vacation. We noticed lots of damage still visible in the Northern half of AL from the 4/27 tornadoes. The most telling was a fenced lot in Cullman, where every car had the windows blown out and twisted roofs. A stark reminder of nature's fury. 73, Dave in Indy (1): http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/vacant (2): http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IRCA Conventionisms
Mountaintop bandscans are very cool - especially above 30 MHz! In 1989, I stopped about 3/4 way up Pikes Peak and pulled out an old AC/DC TV set and found TV on almost every channel and FM was the same way, WY, CO, NE and KS and maybe OK panhandle in too. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 19:04:49 -0700 From: Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Conventionisms Message-ID: col102-w295358464d9391f78e6f40b2...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Take along an ultralight radio and see what you can hear from up there. ms From: billwbl...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:05:20 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Conventionisms For anyone that will be in Colorado Springs on Sunday I am going up to Pikes Peak on the Cog Train and it looks like it will be a fun trip. So if anyone wants to go let me know. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Updated list of AM stations and FM stations by frequency
Hi Curtis, Although not a book, you can download and then print the information from FM/TV DX'er Girard Westerberg's awesome dxfm.com website. If you don't have Excel, there are free readers or you can use Open Office to open them. The nice thing about being in spreadsheet form, you can hide columns, sort by calls, frequency, state/province and so on. They can also help you track your closest unheard and highlight distance accomplishments. FM / TV / DTV / AM SPREADSHEETS NOW AVAILABLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD... I offer a variety of Excel spreadsheets, created using data extracted from the FCC's Consolidated Data Base System (CDBS) and the Canadian Broadcast Data Base System (BDBS). Plug in your latitude and longitude, and these spreadsheets will calculate the azimuth and distance to every listed facility. The U.S. and Canadian spreadsheets are typically updated each week. Mexican FM TV spreadsheets are updated only when new data is discovered. These are very useful tools for the serious FM, TV and AM DXer. These spreadsheets may be freely used and distributed. http://dxfm.com/ US AM: http://dxfm.com/Database/AM%20USA.zip Canadian AM: http://dxfm.com/Database/AM%20CAN.zip 73, Dave in Indy PS: Thanks to Girard for hosting these! -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 20:50:50 GMT From: funkiecur...@juno.com funkiecur...@juno.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Updated list of AM stations and FM stations by frequency Message-ID: 20110526.135050.179...@webmail09.vgs.untd.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi this is Curtis Mcmenamin I am an IRCA member I am looking for a book just like the inside radio book M street the book is being discontinued only online line now. But I am looking for a book with a list of stations in Canada and USA by AM FM frequencies list of format address to station and slogans and the power of watts station is running day or night. 2011-2012 edition. any one can give me and idea where I can find a reference book it would be greatly appreciated. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MO tornadoes
My heart bleeds for Joplin. I am originally from MO but most of my family was 100 or so miles NE or E of there. My late aunt referred to Joplin as being smack dab in Tornado Alley. EF4 or EF5 for most of us would be one in the same. I would not survive an F4 in any room in my stick built house - no interior rooms and no basement. :( Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:44:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Powell E. Way III w4...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] MO tornadoes Message-ID: 620745.63449...@web112012.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Some of the damage looked EF4 or even EF5 in places. ? ? Powell ? POP email is powell at backroads DOT net --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: I tink it's been said this was a very very strong F3, thats what I THOUGT Id heard this morning, but I could be wrong. Paul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MO tornadoes
Presently listed as a strong EF4 with 198 MPH winds. Just two down from an EF5. Whatever the strength, its path into a densely populated area makes it all the more tragic. Godspeed! Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:30:49 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] MO tornadoes Message-ID: banlktim_dgcw81k6yj0hkfi3x--i7zs...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 And I should've added, but I've been known to be quite wrong efore. thought I heard something like that mentioned on our morning shw today.. but only half heard what they said. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com wrote: Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: I tink it's been said this was a very very strong F3, thats what I THOUGT Id heard this morning, but I could be wrong. Aaron Barnhart at the Kansas City Star says they can't make a determination of the size of the tornado yet, since damage-assessment teams haven't completed their work. s ___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] [WTFDA] Re: Montreal 690/940 to return?
I read that proposal and it mentions Montreal Region. Region grabbed my attention. 50 Kw makes sense to cover areas outside of Montreal proper. I wished that Homeland Security (US) would have mandated that one analog Low band VHF TV station be kept on each market for weather, alerts and so on. Good DX target and provides an important function, since DTV is not always reliable. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 5 Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 13:44:16 -0400 From: Wm R Hepburn (Grimsby ON CAN) c...@cogeco.ca To: Doug Smith w...@earthlink.net Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] Montreal 690/940 to return? Message-ID: 4dd556f0.6040...@cogeco.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed It's not that bizarre. Niagara Falls has a 5,000 watt TIS.CJRN 710. (the TIS' history can be traced back to an 8 watt TIS on 91.9). Even Environment Canada, at one point, did research on the potential use of high power AM for its weather broadcasts in remote parts of the country. wrh On 2011-05-19 1:31 PM, Doug Smith wrote: Mike B. wrote: On 5/17/2011 10:24 AM, Doug Smith wrote: A post on radio-info.com links to a Montreal Gazette article indicating that two new all-traffic stations (one English, one French) will launch on AM in that city later this year. Why does Montreal need an all-traffic station, especially a 50kw station? Doesn't *anyone*, AM or FM, do traffic in Montreal? And what's wrong with having some weaker traffic stations somewhere in the 1600-1700khz section of the AM band like we have here (Tune in to 1670AM for the latest traffic reports...etc...) Looks to me like somebody has money to burn... Consider that Canadian TISs are not necessarily non-commercial... and they have a (provincial) government contract. Actually, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's cheaper for Transport Quebec to pay Multimedia CMR to run a pair of 50kw TISs than it would be to install a dozen or two 10-watters spread around the Montreal area and the necessary infrastructure to feed them all programming. While it's not cheap to provide electricity and maintenance on two 50kw transmitters, it's also not cheap to send techs all over the city maintaining a dozen or two remote sites. In any case they couldn't do it in the X-band, as that's full in Montreal. I do note there are thirteen proposals for low-powered (14-watt) stations on 910 in the Montreal area. I wonder if these are what Transport Quebec originally proposed? -- William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22) Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 58.7 -79 33 34.1 TUNERS AM : Microtelecom Perseus SDR HD : Sony XDR-F1HD ANTENNAS NE-SW: Wellbrook ALA 1530+ NW-SE: Wellbrook ALA 1530 PHASER Quantum Phaser -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 11:08:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Baskind ag...@yahoo.com To: a...@lists.wtfda.info a...@lists.wtfda.info,Doug Smith w...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [Amdx] Montreal 690/940 to return? Message-ID: 286285.63373...@web160820.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I think your point that one transmitter site being cheaper to run and maintain is valid. But, I have to wonder why 50 kW would be necessary for this purpose. If the intent is to run a traffic/TIS station, the coverage area provided by big power, low on the dial is a waste. Unless you're in metro-Montreal, the signal is not useful. A kW or two would be more than adequate to cover the City. Why spend the cash on the power bill? Peter, N4LI Peter Baskind, J.D., LL.M. Germantown, TN 901-624-5295 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New Station
I have also heard KNBR 2 or 3 times from just NE of Indianapolis in the 80's, on a barefoot Superadio. The last time that I heard any CA stations was 1993 and it was KFI. I bet that I could get KNX at least once a week, in season, if local WFNI was off. :) 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 19:27:08 -0500 From: Todd todftscytj7...@aol.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] New Station Message-ID: 0dlbxx5sballupanva13n38y.1305592028...@email.android.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have you tried for KNBR? They are the easiest SF and the only station heard in recent years for me in the Twin Cities. I know KFEQ is a major pest but if you hear Giants BB... its worth a shot. I have heard KNBR in Cedar Falls, IA back in the 80's. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone n...@mchsi.com wrote: Rick, I lived in Berkeley about 4 blocks from the campus back then. You could buy Tshirts with The Play completely diagrammed on them within days. I've not been able to hear KGO here in Iowa or any of the Bay Area stations and I have tried. As close as I have come has been the 1140 station in Sacramento KHTK. Steve Steve Hawkins NG0G 73 49 111 01001001 - Original Message - From: Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:55:34 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [IRCA] New Station I would LOVE to get KGO out here in the Midwest.? It's a station that's been on my Most Wanted list literally for decades.? Joe Starkey worked for KGO Radio and used to be (and maybe still is) the voice of Cal Golden Bear football.? And ever since The Play in 1982, KGO is a station I've wanted to get just for that very reason. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 30 years of DXing
These biographies are incredible. I hope that someone can take the time and capture them. It transcends the IRCA by itself into the larger DX hobby. Hopefully someone can collect them all and place them on the web for all to see. Awesome! 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:07:33 -0700 From: Randy Seaver randy.sea...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of DXing Message-ID: 4da77025.2080...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi old friends and new, I've been reading the IRCA-online messages for several months now, and have been enjoying the posts about TP and LA DX especially. Bob Coomler's post brought back some memories, and I want to correct one name in it - it was Tom Colthurst, not Tom Seaver (I wish!). Add Randy Lee to the list too, he was my best friend for awhile in the early 60s. I started with station survey collecting in 1959, meeting Randy Lee at the Little League field where our brothers were playing baseball. I succumbed to the allure of Medium Wave DXing in 1962 and was able to hear many TPs, DUs and LAs from San Diego. I added TAs in 1964 in the fantastic sunspot minimum that year and was really hooked on foreign DXing. I joined NRC in 1962 and then IRCA soon after it started, and stayed a member of both until around 1990. Editing the DX Worldwide column for several years in the 1960s (maybe 1866-1968?) was fun, and learning about and then writing about medium wave propagation was an intellectual challenge. The listening ended when the R-390 and HQ-180 crapped out in the 1980s, when the girls were young, and I got hooked on genealogy research (and still am). I do scan the dial in the car occasionally while I'm waiting for someone to show up. My email address is rjsea...@cox.net if anyone wants to contact me and share memories. Linda and I are still in Chula Vista (south of San Diego), our two daughters are married with two children each, and life is pretty good. I retired after 35 years at Rohr in 2002, and do teaching, speaking and writing about genealogy topics to fill my time. Cheers -- Randy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
Wow! Very interesting reading. I'm now 48. I got my start as many of you did from my father. He was a DX'er but doubt that he knew of DX clubs. He had several old Hallicrafters before his brother-in-law (my Uncle, of course) got him a new Hallicrafters S-120A at the Army PX. My uncle was a manager and dented one up for him so he could get it for $10 off. :) Dad wrote stations and received QSL cards or written veries. One of dad's relatives was driving around his house and clipped his longwire antenna with his truck and it pulled his 38-D off of the table and busted it. D'oh! I liked DX'ing all bands, AM, FM, TV, SW (both broadcast, utility and amateur) and Public Service. Caught my first TV sporadic E signal in the mid 1970's (KBTX 3 from Bryan TX and then Tampa, FL). My old GE tabletop radio heard all kinds of MW skywave, nightly including Orilla, ON and X-Rock 80 (XEROK). I received something from the ANARC from a radio station that I QSL'ed. I joined NASWA, the NRC, Miami Valley DX Club and the WTFDA. I corresponded with Ed Shaw (Lexington, KY), Glenn Hauser (Knoxville, TN at that time) a TV DX'er from Florida (Wayne Thompson?), Rick Dau and quite a few others. I had a Hallicrafters S-53A, an S-38E ($3.50 Flea Market find in 1976), RS DX-160 and later a RS version of the Uniden CR-2021, the DX-400. I also had GE and Grundig long range portables for the MW band. I wish that I had the DX-160 back. My primary focus while in college was AM, FM and TV. These days just AM and FM. I jumped on the ULR bandwagon. Actually the radios' barefoot are not quite as good as my GE Superadio or Grundig S-350 but thanks to a Curtis Sadowski supplied SRF-59 (at his cost) and a gift from Gary deBock, my MW DX'ing hobby has been reenergized. Now I am dreaming of air core loops, ferrite transplants and Superloops. I got my ham ticket in 2006. I feel bad as dad always wanted to get his ham ticket but had code-phobia. Now he is almost 80 and could most likely pass the written tests up to General with ease but on a fixed income doubt he could get on the air. 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
Funny thing, John. FIFTY years later, I get WXNT (ex WIRE) 1430 on 520 KHz TODAY on a MODERN receiver (Eton E-100). Oddly interesting! 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:18:06 -0500 From: John Sampson jnsamp...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing Message-ID: f28aa2a8-7e58-4fca-8dfe-b8af0c6db...@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Fascinating thread and I have to add my 2? worth. My DXing started while at summer camp in Minoqua, Wisconsin, in 1951. We lived in Des Moines at that time, I was quite a baseball fan and our local minor league club was a farm team of the Chicago Cubs. I had a Silvertone portable at camp and one of my cabin mates was from Chicago and also a Cubs fan. He suggested we try to get the Cubs broadcasts over WIND. We were quite successful at night. There wasn't much to hear there during the day, all I remember is WLIN, Merrill, WLBL, Auberndale and WOBT, Rhinelander. When I returned to Des Moines, I decided to see what I could hear and found that I could hear stations from all over the midwest and south. The Silvertone radio had an interesting IF (for instance, one of my early loggings was WIRE, 1430, Indianapolis, which I heard on 520 kcs., also, local KSO dominated 550 kcs on that receiver) so I was finally able to graduate to a Stewart-Warner table model, which was an excellent DX radio. In 1953, just before moving to Omaha, I was given a Hallicrafters S-53A for Christmas. I can still remember hearing KULA from Honolulu on it one morning about 7 AM before going to school. I heard some 1200 stations from Des Moines and also started verifying about the time we moved (have a grand total of eight from Des Moines). After moving to Omaha in early 1954 the DXing continued. One of my first veries there was from KCNI, Broken Bow; the signer was one of officers in the NNRC and he suggested I join them, which I did. Around 1955, Marv Robbins moved to Omaha, contacted me and I now had a good DXing buddy. Marv also introduced me to the NRC, which, after seeing his bulletins, I immediately joined and been in the club ever since. (When the IRCA formed in the mid-1960s, I also joined it. I've also been a member since that time except, perhaps, for a brief hiatus when I forgot to renew membership). The Omaha DXing was, of course, curtailed in the winters by College but I still managed to verify over 900 stations while living there. After graduation from College in 1960 we moved around the country for the next twenty years, so I was able to DX from both coasts, the southeast and, finally, again, the mid-west. One of my favorite memories was taking the early morning feeding time for our children when they were babies in the '60s and then staying up for a while after they went back to sleep to enjoy DXing. I did make it to Ernie Cooper's for one of his Thanksgiving get-togethers, I think it was while I was in school in Cambridge, Mass, in the late 50s. I also hosted a couple of get-togethers while living in Freehold in the early '60s and had a great time entertaining a number of well known DXers. The primary DX spot is now Grand Rapids in Northern Minnesota, we're generally there from May thru November. The rest of the year, we're in the Phoenix metro area, unfortunately, during the prime DX season, as this is probably the worst DX location I've had . I still verify occasionally and have some 3600 to date. Enough for now. - John S. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
Not sure if this ever went out as it was not in my most recent Digest. SO, you may get two. :) Dave -Original Message- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:37 AM To: 'irca@hard-core-dx.com' Subject: RE: 30 years of skywave DXing Wow! Very interesting reading. I'm now 48. I got my start as many of you did from my father. He was a DX'er but doubt that he knew of DX clubs. He had several old Hallicrafters before his brother-in-law (my Uncle, of course) got him a new Hallicrafters S-120A at the Army PX. My uncle was a manager and dented one up for him so he could get it for $10 off. :) Dad wrote stations and received QSL cards or written veries. One of dad's relatives was driving around his house and clipped his longwire antenna with his truck and it pulled his 38-D off of the table and busted it. D'oh! I liked DX'ing all bands, AM, FM, TV, SW (both broadcast, utility and amateur) and Public Service. Caught my first TV sporadic E signal in the mid 1970's (KBTX 3 from Bryan TX and then Tampa, FL). My old GE tabletop radio heard all kinds of MW skywave, nightly including Orilla, ON and X-Rock 80 (XEROK). I received something from the ANARC from a radio station that I QSL'ed. I joined NASWA, the NRC, Miami Valley DX Club and the WTFDA. I corresponded with Ed Shaw (Lexington, KY), Glenn Hauser (Knoxville, TN at that time) a TV DX'er from Florida (Wayne Thompson?), Rick Dau and quite a few others. I had a Hallicrafters S-53A, an S-38E ($3.50 Flea Market find in 1976), RS DX-160 and later a RS version of the Uniden CR-2021, the DX-400. I also had GE and Grundig long range portables for the MW band. I wish that I had the DX-160 back. My primary focus while in college was AM, FM and TV. These days just AM and FM. I jumped on the ULR bandwagon. Actually the radios' barefoot are not quite as good as my GE Superadio or Grundig S-350 but thanks to a Curtis Sadowski supplied SRF-59 (at his cost) and a gift from Gary deBock, my MW DX'ing hobby has been reenergized. Now I am dreaming of air core loops, ferrite transplants and Superloops. I got my ham ticket in 2006. I feel bad as dad always wanted to get his ham ticket but had code-phobia. Now he is almost 80 and could most likely pass the written tests up to General with ease but on a fixed income doubt he could get on the air. 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Two killed during a tower job in Indiana
Heard from two different media outlets that two workers were killed while working on a 500' tower near the town of Buck Creek, Indiana, which is just NE of Lafayette. Apparently something collapsed that they were on. One source said that it was the tower for WKHY-FM and another said that it was for WXXB. WXXB seems to be correct as WKHY's tower is SW of Lafayette as far as I know. http://www.wthr.com/story/14438320/two-dead-in-tippecanoe-co-radio-tower -accident 73, Dave Hascall Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT chuckle
Hi Paul, Hope that I have not started a firestorm. Youth maybe or maybe not and the same goes for equipment - I have seen shunning for no apparent reason. Again not by many - I have productive conversations with about 98% of DX'ers but it is odd when you don't get a reply over several time periods. And of those 98%, I have developed some good friends and acquaintances. One DX'er (Gary) gifted me a ULR and another sold me a radio at his cost. Then there is the other hand. One DX'er I helped with 3 different unID's over a year and I never got as much as a thank you or it could not have been Kxxx because they don't play hip-music at 0445, leave me alone and so on. Nothing. I finally remembered that my emails sometime get corrupted. So I emailed that DX'er and simply asked can you check to see if you got an email from me last Tuesday? Sometimes they go into la la land. I got a reply the next day. Yeah I have been getting your emails where you helped me ID some stations. I guess that I should have thanked you. :O He guesses that he should have thanked me? Maybe it's just me but I fall all over myself, thanking folks when they offer assistance. Now as far as DX reporting. You will normally get responses when 1. You have an unID that someone can actually help you with (if you are a domestic DX'er you probably would not expect a reply 2. You report a station on late or 3. Someone is testing or wildly off frequency (but some of Tom Jasinski's recent ones have been ignored). But for normal domestic loggings, I do not expect a reply. Your reports are worthwhile, Paul as it may help someone with an unID of their own or to find a station to target for their own logbook. If you want better and more DX, a $15 Sony SRF-59 would be nicer than nothing and there are some low cost ULR's with digital readout too. Also, I'm sure that your logs would be welcomed at DX Mid America's website, by John J. Reiger. Sorry for the OT diatribe! 73, Dave in Indy PS: Saul - Thanks for your earlier reply - we all miss emails. It wasn't you hi. -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:03:19 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle Message-ID: BANLkTi=zs0r3qxmzkzc0ckskbcf9qeu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dave: I am probably one of the youngest DXer's on the list. Not the youngest, but probably pretty close. I've posted page long DX logs on an infrequent basis and gotten not a single response and get no response, but certain others who post page long diatribes get a response. Who knows why.. I dont have the most sophisticated equipment or the experience/history some folks do... and maybe people don't find what I've got to say interesting. Paul On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: I think one raeson it can happen is the sheer volume of e-mail...I know I've let a few slip By I shoulda responded to - Original Message - From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: davidecrawf...@gmail.com Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com; sau...@sympatico.ca Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle David, That first sentence is oddly funny but quite true. I had to look up oligarchy in the dictionary. :) It meant what I thought it would. However I'm not sure that the oligarchical tradition is just reserved for the NRC. And maybe not even radio related hobbies, either. I am on lots of forums and lists, both DX or non-DX related and I have been ignored in several instances. It is funny, even though it shouldn't be. Maybe it's because I'm younger than lots of the old guard, don't own tens of thousands of dollars of equipment, etc. In the past, I have tried to help some DX'ers with unID's, ask for advice, and so on while 90% reply there are some of the elite group that just ignore me and my peonic self. Don't try to look up peonic it's not in the dictionary. 73 and thanks for the inadvertent chuckle. 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT chuckle
Again, sorry for the firestorm! Speaking of age (and I know that I have not went through all of the digests yet)BUT how do we perpetuate the hobby? Terrestrial radio is not dead (yet). DX'ing is still a enjoyable hobby and I'm sure that there are some who dabble in it at a young age who do not know about organized clubs and DX'ers. Hey, we all started somewhere. TV and FM catch new DX'ers by surprise, especially sporadic E or strong tropospheric openings. There are at least two WTFDSA'ers in their twenties. Ham radio the same way. A fellow DX'er promised me (and others on the list that we were on) a rig if we got our ticket. I got my ticket but am a little too proud to beg, so I passed but that DX'er and fellow ham has the right mindset! Perpetuate the hobby! Then there are hams with super stations with tons of back up, backup gear that will most likely never be on the air again, under his callsign. Then the spouse or kids has to find new homes for the stuff. When I do get a station, I will instruct my heirs to pass it down to a school radio or local club, after I pass. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:00:21 -0700 From: Colin Newell c...@islandnet.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle Message-ID: 1a35Y2FmZQ==.1302022...@helpdesk.islandnet.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:03:19 -0500 Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: Dave: I am probably one of the youngest DXer's on the list. Not the youngest, but probably pretty close. Youngest? You are 50? :-) Along with still-living Civil War heroes. Dxers and Hams are amongst the oldest surviving examples of hobbyists. Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada | Twitter.com/coffeecrew ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....Another NEW COUNTRY Station Heard on 1520 WKVI Knox, INDIANA Daytimer Only??????
D'oh! I 1. Need WKVI and 2. I was awake @ 0300! Double D'oh! Maybe they will be on late, again tonight! Thanks Rob! 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:16:06 -0400 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXAnother NEW COUNTRY Station Heard on 1520 KHZ...WKVI Knox, INDIANA Daytimer Only?? Message-ID: 4d9c2146.9010...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Guys: Woke up at 0300 am with no where to go! So I did some more listening on 1520 Khz. WWKB is virtually NON EXISTENT on the frequency this morning. I heard a station playing COUNTRY Music and assumed I was hearing WMLM from St. Louis, MICHIGAN as per my earlier Logging last evening. I was pleasantly surprised when I heard an ID for AM 1520 WKVI Country Favourites WKVI is a DAYTIME ONLY STATION with 1.8 KW and 350 Watts for Critical Hours..so I don't know why they are on the air at 0330 am in the morning I tried to get the live feed for AM 1520 WKVI..but it wouldn't work. I heard 2 Distinct IDs..One at 0327 and another at 0400 AM EDT...so it is them!!! Anyone close to KNOX INDIANA who can comment on this station and their practice of being on overnight??? Don't see anything in the FCC Database showing them as Night Time Operation either??? RADIO USED...SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot ^ ULR LOG TOTALS are now929 Stations Heard ^ 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ** 1520 WKVI Knox, INDIANA Sept/06/11 0324-0400 EDT EE FAIR All Alone on the FrequencyNO Sign of WWKB Buffalo!! Classic CW at Tune In 0324-27. Nice ID by Male DJ @ 0327 EDT as AM 1520 WKVI...Country Favourites. Continuous Classic and Older CW Music til 0400 EDT. Another Clear ID by Male DJ as AM 1520 WKVI @ 0400 EDT. Should be Daytime Only??? NEW STATION ULR # 929 1.8 KW/350 watts Critical Hours??? ROSS, ONT. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT chuckle
My thought process trailed off a bit: When I said: when 1. You have an unID that someone can actually help you with (if you are a domestic DX'er you probably would not expect a reply I meant to say: when 1. You have an unID that someone can actually help you with (if you are a domestic DX'er you probably would not expect a reply FROM A TP, TA OR FOREIGN DX'er). Sorry 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:59:13 -0400 From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT chuckle Message-ID: 6aca8350315331429dd2e433a39d2fb40a2e1...@cin-evs-w-2.ds.dfas.mil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Paul, Hope that I have not started a firestorm. Youth maybe or maybe not and the same goes for equipment - I have seen shunning for no apparent reason. Again not by many - I have productive conversations with about 98% of DX'ers but it is odd when you don't get a reply over several time periods. And of those 98%, I have developed some good friends and acquaintances. One DX'er (Gary) gifted me a ULR and another sold me a radio at his cost. Then there is the other hand. One DX'er I helped with 3 different unID's over a year and I never got as much as a thank you or it could not have been Kxxx because they don't play hip-music at 0445, leave me alone and so on. Nothing. I finally remembered that my emails sometime get corrupted. So I emailed that DX'er and simply asked can you check to see if you got an email from me last Tuesday? Sometimes they go into la la land. I got a reply the next day. Yeah I have been getting your emails where you helped me ID some stations. I guess that I should have thanked you. :O He guesses that he should have thanked me? Maybe it's just me but I fall all over myself, thanking folks when they offer assistance. Now as far as DX reporting. You will normally get responses when 1. You have an unID that someone can actually help you with (if you are a domestic DX'er you probably would not expect a reply 2. You report a station on late or 3. Someone is testing or wildly off frequency (but some of Tom Jasinski's recent ones have been ignored). But for normal domestic loggings, I do not expect a reply. Your reports are worthwhile, Paul as it may help someone with an unID of their own or to find a station to target for their own logbook. If you want better and more DX, a $15 Sony SRF-59 would be nicer than nothing and there are some low cost ULR's with digital readout too. Also, I'm sure that your logs would be welcomed at DX Mid America's website, by John J. Reiger. Sorry for the OT diatribe! 73, Dave in Indy PS: Saul - Thanks for your earlier reply - we all miss emails. It wasn't you hi. -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:03:19 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle Message-ID: BANLkTi=zs0r3qxmzkzc0ckskbcf9qeu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dave: I am probably one of the youngest DXer's on the list. Not the youngest, but probably pretty close. I've posted page long DX logs on an infrequent basis and gotten not a single response and get no response, but certain others who post page long diatribes get a response. Who knows why.. I dont have the most sophisticated equipment or the experience/history some folks do... and maybe people don't find what I've got to say interesting. Paul On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: I think one raeson it can happen is the sheer volume of e-mail...I know I've let a few slip By I shoulda responded to - Original Message - From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: davidecrawf...@gmail.com Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com; sau...@sympatico.ca Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle David, That first sentence is oddly funny but quite true. I had to look up oligarchy in the dictionary. :) It meant what I thought it would. However I'm not sure that the oligarchical tradition is just reserved for the NRC. And maybe not even radio related hobbies, either. I am on lots of forums and lists, both DX or non-DX related and I have been ignored in several instances. It is funny, even though it shouldn't be. Maybe it's because I'm younger than lots of the old guard, don't own tens of thousands of dollars of equipment, etc. In the past, I have tried to help some DX'ers with unID's, ask for advice, and so on while 90% reply there are some of the elite group that just ignore me and my peonic self. Don't try to look up peonic it's
[IRCA] OT RE: ULR DX....Another NEW COUNTRY Station Heard on 1520 WKVI Knox, INDIANA Daytimer Only??????
Thanks for the update, Rob. Going off topic, who is the list moderator? I have tried to add a second email address so I could get updates like Rob's on my smartphone in addition to the work Blackberry type equipment. Thanks and 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:40:06 -0400 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] ULR DXAnother NEW COUNTRY Station Heard on 1520 WKVI Knox, INDIANA Daytimer Only?? Message-ID: 4d9c7b46.6000...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 06/04/2011 9:34 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote: D'oh! I 1. Need WKVI and 2. I was awake @ 0300! Double D'oh! Maybe they will be on late, again tonight! Thanks Rob! 73, Dave in Indy Hi DaveSorry that you missed hearing WKVI...I posted the logging shortly after hearing it, hoping that some others may be able to log it too!! I am a real night owl.and hear lots of neat stuff in the wee hours of the morning. I always post what I hearbut usually there is nobody else awake to see the postingstil the next morning. Maybe a few West Coast Dxers around...but of course they won't hear the same stuff I do!! I only sleep 3-5 hours a night due to sleep apnea..and I've always been able to function on very little sleep even when I was young...without that condition. There's always something to hear early in the morningwhether it be AM/FM/LW or SHORTWAVE!! Sometimes just being at the right place at the right time nets some Great DX!! I have as much fun seeing someone else log something I have found, as I do hearing it myself!!That's why I always report what I hear. It may be routine to somebut it's DX and a New Station for others!! I have no idea what these guys were doing on all night I continued to hear them IN/OUT til about 5 AM this morning. I logged 2 New Stations on 1520 Last NightWMLM and WKVI...both Country Stations, all due to WWKB being on REDUCED POWER, as they have been for some time now. If you're up late tonightgive a try for WKVI ...and WMLM for that matter. Maybe WKVI will be on late again Nobody else replied to my Posting...so I assume I am the ONLY ONE who logged it!! 73ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA -- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com End of IRCA Digest, Vol 84, Issue 27 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 - OT Chuckle
David, That first sentence is oddly funny but quite true. I had to look up oligarchy in the dictionary. :) It meant what I thought it would. However I'm not sure that the oligarchical tradition is just reserved for the NRC. And maybe not even radio related hobbies, either. I am on lots of forums and lists, both DX or non-DX related and I have been ignored in several instances. It is funny, even though it shouldn't be. Maybe it's because I'm younger than lots of the old guard, don't own tens of thousands of dollars of equipment, etc. In the past, I have tried to help some DX'ers with unID's, ask for advice, and so on while 90% reply there are some of the elite group that just ignore me and my peonic self. Don't try to look up peonic it's not in the dictionary. 73 and thanks for the inadvertent chuckle. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:31:47 -0400 From: David Crawford davidecrawf...@gmail.com To: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca Cc: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Getting to the bottom of 1710 Message-ID: 4d991173.9040...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Working down your list, sir... Have never confirmed that Top Inter is actually on the air; I asked Connelly since he's local, but was ignored, in keeping with NRC oligarchical tradition. It seems unlikely that it is actually on, given Soleil on the same channel, and I've never seen an actual log of it that confirmed it was Top Inter and not Soleil. Will check my peninsular comrades with respect to Dade City. Note that there are two list entries for the same location. Lubavitscher (thus nicknamed by virtue of being run by Chabad Lubavitsch sect) used to be easily heard down here but not for a few years, far stronger than anything heard there now. Fenique/Summum was publicized but never confirmed on the air at any of their alleged tx sites. When Lakay showed up, we first thought it was this but it was determined otherwise. All details about this one were derived solely from their website. Lakay is off, was audible here daytimes even but didn't last more than a few weeks, last log being 15 April 2008. I DF'd that one to Winter Haven myself. Soleil is confirmed active, 1709.983, tends to be the second strongest station on channel here, but generally buried by Celestial. Will inquire regionally re. KONK also. I thought that was on 1630 (see entry on link below). Celestial is the dominant 1710 station here, 1710.026 typically. Big Q has been known to make it into our area during its sporadic appearances, though I have yet to hear it myself since I'm rarely DXing at 0300 local. Most of these stations are somewhat off-freq but generally stable. Characterization of their freqs down to the Hz would be useful for IDing when signal strength doesn't support aural identification. This site has some Floridian 1710 references: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-station s Terry isn't good about closure on the station entries however, i.e. recording then they disappear, so they don't necessarily still exist simply because an entry doesn't say they pulled the plug. Note the one entry about the WOCL/WKTK relay there; that's our biggest regional mystery, but it shows up very rarely. Undercover Radio (SW pirate) has used 1710 on occasion, audible here. If you plan to do so, it would be great to have a 1710 list online that is actually up-to-date and relies on something besides others' old web postings as information sources. You'd have my enthusiastic support with my own observations. 73, dc On 04/01/2011 07:02 AM, Saul DX wrote: I haven't seen these posted yet - web links with live audio to some of the 1710 stations we're talking about. I'm in downtown Toronto where DXing is near-impossible, so that gives me time to think outside my radiobox. When I'm at my Burnt River DX site I'm so focused on the radio (when I'm not working) that I neglect these things. You can bet I'll be trying to sync what I'm hearing on 1710 with these live links whenever I'm on 1710. They give every impression of being live. Radio Celestiale: www.smjrc.com http://www.smjrc.com Radio Soleil Internationale: www.radiosoleilinternational.com http://www.radiosoleilinternational.com Radio Top Inter: Nothing I can find I think these two live audio sites - if they're truly live, and it sounds like it - are a no-brainer for anyone of us DXing 1710. Use these to ID the stations and/or rule them out and have other suspects. I'd like to further have us all tear through Shawn Axelrod's excellent list on amandx and sort out what's on the air full-time, occasionally, or not at all. Some of the following are in a community near YOU! So please help the cause! So, from www.angelfire.com/mb/exband/miscunid.html http://www.angelfire.com/mb/exband/miscunid.html : 1710
Re: [IRCA] Call letter meanings - 75 years ago
Although probably widely known: WLS - World's Largest Store (Sears Roebuck) WSB - Welcome South, Brother 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 17:25:48 + From: gsant...@hotmail.com To: Steve Francis amdxm...@aol.com, amdx-boun...@lists.wtfda.info, AMDX a...@lists.wtfda.info, Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, NRC DX a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] Call letter meanings - 75 years ago Message-ID: 986639376-1301678743-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-199550942 7...@bda083.bisx.prod.on.blackberry Content-Type: text/plain And don't forget WSM we serve millions since it was owned by insurance company and WREC Wootens radio electric company. G Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Steve Francis amdxm...@aol.com Sender: amdx-boun...@lists.wtfda.info Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:28:42 To: a...@lists.wtfda.info; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [Amdx] Call letter meanings - 75 years ago There have been many lists of call letters and what they stood for, but this is from a 1935 DX News and might be more authentic than later sources. WRC Washington Radio Corporation WOS Watch Our State WJJD James J. Davis WCCO Washburn Crosby Company WMMN Mansfield M. Neely WAAW Where Agriculture Accumulates Wealth WEBRWe Extend Buffalo's Regards WFAA Working For All Alike WHBF Where Historic Blackhawk Fought WLBL Wisconsin, Land of Beautiful Lakes WOCL We're On Chatauqua Lake WDODWonderful Dynamo of Dixie WDBOWay Down By Orlando KWKC Keep Watching Kansas City KWWGKum to the World's Winter Garden KVOO Voice of Oklahoma KPRC Kotton, Port, Rail Center Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee ___ This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. Amdx mailing list Send your msg to: a...@wtfda.info Your Info Page: http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/amdx-wtfda.info Visit the WTFDA Forum at http://www.wtfda.info to view or upload your audio files! Register first. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Re: 1360 WMOB made it to UK did BOS get a verie?
Mr. Tucker is blind - and is in his eighties. He may find it annoying because so many DX'ers hear his station because he does not power down every night. Maybe he thinks that he is entitled to run day powers at night, due to interference. Here is an article that 'splains the interference issue but doesn't speak to the powering down issues. :) http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/christian_radio_station_on_cau.html 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:41:21 + (GMT) From: BARRY DAVIES barry.davie...@btopenworld.com To: a.MWC Mailing List mwcir...@yahoogroups.com,ABDX American Broadcast DXers ABDX submissions a...@yahoogroups.com, IRCA SUBMISSIONS irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Fw: Re: 1360 WMOB made it to UK did BOS get a verie? Message-ID: 751562.31586...@web87105.mail.ird.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I recently heard WMOB and was surprised they not reply to my email. Following it up with our Scandinavian friends at Distance I now know why! Best wishes Barry :-) --- On Tue, 22/3/11, Distance dista...@savar.se wrote: From: Distance dista...@savar.se Subject: Re: 1360 WMOB made it to UK did BOS get a verie? To: BARRY DAVIES barry.davie...@btopenworld.com Date: Tuesday, 22 March, 2011, 22:35 Hello Barry, unfortunately WMOB has made it quite clear, in e-mail to Jan Edh, that they doesn't want any reception reports. This is what the owner Buddy Tucker wrote to Jan a couple of months ago; YOUR RECEPTION OF MY STATION IS OF NO INTEREST TO ME!THESE E-MAILS ARE BECOMING ANNOYING? I GET AT LEAST 10 A DAY! PLEASE QUIT.? :-( ? Best wishes, Lars ? ? -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:52:35 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: a.MWC Mailing List mwcir...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fw: Re: 1360 WMOB made it to UK did BOS get a verie? Message-ID: AANLkTimqd4-0R=ef22n9rqps_ishxvmi+tqok4ctr...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 WMOB never drops power and doens't think they have to. Im not sure their sister station WYND 1310 Deland, FL ever drops power. I think WMOB's owner Buddy Tucker is blind and may be very frustrated by tons of emails when he has to listen to them via a screen reader. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WYTH-1250 DX test - SLEPT THROUGH!
I decided not to try for this one (long week). Most likely would have been a no-show, as 5 mile local WNDE-1260 insists on running their HD radio / IBOC noise generator. 1270 is actually worse than 1250 but nothing makes it through. I do appreciate Craig running this and the 1540 test, which I heard and verified. Craig - Hope that you will consider running future tests and would appreciate if you could talk up DX/Equipment tests with other stations / owner's groups. Thanks again! 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MoYL on 1350
Saul, Could be Peoria. BUT could be Celina Ohio. I googled MoYL and 1350 and found this Facebook post from musicofyourlife.com: --- Every so often one of you goes to break playing this beautiful song, and I still haven't heard the title. It's an instrumental and is so beautiful. Al, you played it this AM when you went to break at 11 AM. I listen to you on 1350 AM from Celina, OH. Thank you SO much. You're my favorite DJ!! Do they still call you people that?? Mary Ann Bell --- Celina does not show up under Barry's Oldies list or Standards list. It is truly a full service (talk, sports, music) station. Barry's list shows them as ABC We do it for you net. Who knows? Chilicothe, OH is oldies and not probably MoYL. Here is Barry's Standards list. What about IA or MN? 1350 WDCF DADE CITY FL 1000 500 DA-N TALK/ADLT STNDS CNN TAN TALK NETWORK //WTAN-1340, WZHR-1400 1350 WOAM PEORIA IL 1000 1000 DA-2 ADLT STNDS CNN AMERICAS BEST MX EX-WXCL/WOAM/WTAZ 1350 KRNT DES MOINES IA 5000 5000 DA-N ADLT STNDS/SPORTS CBS WHERE LEGENDS LIVE 1350 WCMP PINE CITY MN 1000 52 NDA ADLT STNDS ABC AMERICAS BEST MX 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:20:46 -0400 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com,a...@nrcdxas.org, a...@wtfda.info, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [IRCA] MoYL on 1350 Message-ID: blu0-smtp86db8fb03a48cbf6117a92a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I'm thinking either IL or OH. Music of Your life, AM 1350... veryt very faint, caught on tape but signmal a notch above audible. Anyone know where there's a list of MoYL stations? Saul Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] [DX-tip] Mobile 1360 day power + Good Southern CX
Get used to Mobile on 1360, Saul. I first heard them last fall (an hour too early for their day power) and have heard them on day power at night, at least SIX times since then! I could have used Miami in the ULR book too but didn't try. I have been in a real DX slump since December. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:25:21 -0400 From: Saul Chernos scher...@sympatico.ca Subject: To: dx...@nrcdxas.org Message-ID: blu0-smtp61ef3627b66a14da2c8e1fac...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mobile's Christian Voice, followed by legal ID. Spanish underneath. Band has lots to south tonight at Burnt River ON. 560 Miami a bit earlier. Both new. Saul Chernos ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1540 DX test ULR challenge
470 miles Eatonton Indianapolis. Not a record but quite awesome as it was new! -- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:51:44 -0500 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@wtfda.info, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [IRCA] 1540 DX test ULR challenge Message-ID: blu0-smtp51a27c60124dfaa2afac87a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response Who will hear the 1540 test on a ULR from the farthest possible location? You are hereby challenged to try... ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WKVQ 1540-GA DX Test heard well in Indianapolis
Tuned in for the WKVQ 1540 DX test at 0101 (EST) and heard unID instrumental music then a CW ID and a more recognizable instrumental tune, Frosty the Snowman followed by voice ID. Strong in KXEL and CHIN nulls. NEW! Thanks to Jim Pogue and Craig @ the station! 1540 WKVQ GA Eatonton 3-12 0103 Strong w/CW and voice ID. KXEL, CHIN and maybe the Bahamas were there too. Thanks to all who arranged this! NEW! DH-IN 73, Dave DH = Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN. Eton e-100 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Mobile 1360 day power + Good Southern CX
As long as WMOB is on day power @ night. :) I use the strength of Cuba 570 as an Au indicator although they are (of course) a low bander Some go with South America on 750, 760 and 780 as their Au indicators. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:14:43 -0400 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@lists.wtfda.info,irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [Amdx] [DX-tip] Mobile 1360 day power + Good Southern CX Message-ID: blu0-smtp484c90d30757538fa934aa6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original If they serve as a bellweather of good auroral cx, I can handle that. WMOB won't come in under any ordinary cx; it's well outside my normal range for 1360. Last night was wacky all over the place. I'll report soon as I go through my logs - not even typed yet. - Original Message - From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: dx...@nrcdxas.org Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info; dxrepo...@webtv.net; scher...@sympatico.ca; irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:09 PM Subject: [Amdx] [DX-tip] Mobile 1360 day power + Good Southern CX Get used to Mobile on 1360, Saul. I first heard them last fall (an hour too early for their day power) and have heard them on day power at night, at least SIX times since then! I could have used Miami in the ULR book too but didn't try. I have been in a real DX slump since December. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:25:21 -0400 From: Saul Chernos scher...@sympatico.ca Subject: To: dx...@nrcdxas.org Message-ID: blu0-smtp61ef3627b66a14da2c8e1fac...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mobile's Christian Voice, followed by legal ID. Spanish underneath. Band has lots to south tonight at Burnt River ON. 560 Miami a bit earlier. Both new. Saul Chernos ___ This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. Amdx mailing list Send your msg to: a...@wtfda.info Your Info Page: http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/amdx-wtfda.info Visit the WTFDA Forum at http://www.wtfda.info to view or upload your audio files! Register first. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Hets on high side of 1520 and low side of 1540
I think that WCKY has had some audio + signal issues over the past few months. At about 100 air miles (at night) their signal often sounds muddy or even like properly tuned SSB (slightly artificial / garbled). I have also noticed that their signal is very fat, producing way to much splatter. I have noticed this on several different receivers. Sounds like they need to do what WSCR 670-IL has done and take it down for a night or two to see what's up. AND that is okay with me as they are my only log on 1530. :) 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:42:07 -0500 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Hets on high side of 1520 and low side of 1540 Message-ID: blu0-smtp60c3c53cd1b07bcc5eb1c3a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original No question in my mind this is WCKY. I had this on both 1520 and 1540, and indeed looped away from Saudi Areabia - at Burnt River ON. The signal on 1530 was huge. Saul - Original Message - From: amd...@core.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; dx...@nrcdxas.org Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:41 AM Subject: [IRCA] Hets on high side of 1520 and low side of 1540 There are hets on high side of 1520, started at 1khz, now at 2.5khz high. There is also a het on low side of 1540, was 1khz low, now 2.5khz low. In the middle of this is 1530. My suspicion is WCKY is putting out spikes on either side of it's carrier. Anyone else picking these up? Doubt this is the Saudi, loop bearing is slightly SE - in direction of Cincinnatti. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Geomagnetic Storm?
From Spaceweather.com GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of March 1st. The impact sparked a polar geomagnetic storm that was, at first, minor, but the storm has been intensifying throughout the day. If the trend continues, high-latitude sky watchers will likely witness bright auroras after nightfall on March 1-2. Northern-tier US states such as Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Washington could be favored with photographic and/or visual displays. Check http://spaceweather.com for updates. 73 Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Sangean ATS 404
I visited our local Fry's Electronics, Friday night and wound up in the row with portable radios. They had about 20 on display but I did not recall see any in the locked case, below. I noticed an orange / salmon colored clearance tag for the normally $89.95 Sangean ATS-404 - it was $2.90! :O Of course it was a misprint, right? I said to a salesman, I want to buy this and he said okay followed by you know that this is a display model and it's been here for a while? I said that I understood. He grabbed it and the AC adaptor and bubble wrapped it and I went on to do the rest of my shopping! That is a deal of a lifetime! A 97% discount! Too bad the $280 Grundig 750 wasn't $10! :) I will check back as they may be reducing their inventory. For you ULR DX'ers - is this radio is too big to be considered an Ultralight? It does not seem to have as good as selectivity or sensitivity as my Eton e-100 but it's still nice! Any online manual resources? Thanks and 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Winter Weather
With the impending Blizzard and Ice Storm already effecting (or to be effecting) huge chunks of the Plains and Midwest, some stations may be on late with EBS info or may be forced to go off, due to the weather. Indianapolis is forecast to get 0.10 of ice tonight and then maybe another half inch tomorrow. If it holds true, it will be the worst ice storm in 20 years. Be careful, everyone. 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] One UNID @ Sign-Off though.........
Hey Rob; Congrats on the retirement! Enjoy. Re: Your 930 station that signed off @ 1715. IIRC, just because a station has nighttime authorization does not mean that they can't sign off. Some nighttime powers are worthless (on paper only). Wonder if it could be WSEV-TN? They could stay on 5 Kw day power until 1745 but with it being off peak tourist time in the Smokey Mountains, wonder if they went off early? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:54:15 -0500 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXNothing New @ SUNSET Today...One UNID @ Sign-Off though. Message-ID: 4d38cb27.3020...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Guys: Not much doing tonight at SUNSET..and what was coming in seemed to be from the SOUTH, nothing East/West today!! Heard a couple nice Relogs from the South, and a UNID @ Sign-Off, which was also from the South. RADIO Used is.SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot ULR LOG TOTALS are now..886 Stations Heard ^ 73...ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA * 1190 WIXE Monroe, NC Jan/20/11 1730 EST EE GOOD Traffic Report for Silverado Wrecker @ 1730 EST. Phone Number to call in Traffic Problems was 704-283-1190, which is one of the Station's Phone Numbers. Male Read Community Events @ 1731-33 EST. RELOG ULR RELOG5 KW/70 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. ** 690 WJOX Birmingham, ALABAMA Jan/20/11 1747 EST EE GOOD Local Birmingham Ads @ 1747 EST. WJOX ID and JOX Promos. Sports. RELOG ULR RELOG 50 KW/500 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. *** 930 UNID (South/SE Orientation UNID LOCATION Jan/20/11 1715 EST EEFAIR Male DJ with a Heavy Southern Drawl and a Gospel Feel with Sign-Off Announcement @ 1715 EST. Said to tune in tomorrow morning at 7 AM. Off Air at 1715 EST with No Star Spangled Banner. I'm guessing this is from NC/SC/TENN area??? If this is a Daytime ONLY Station.I can't see any Daytime Only Stations Listed on 930 Khz Maybe it was just reducing Power and disappeared after cutting power??? Looks like a Mystery for now!!?? UNID ROSS, ONT. * ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Lots of old radio ads at this site
From the Jan 14 edition of the Internet Scout Report: 15. Ad*Access http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/ The Duke University Libraries has an extensive physical and online collection of advertisements that appeared in magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Canada from 1911-1955. The Ad*Access collection focuses on advertisements in five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. Visitors should read the About Us section to learn about why the collection was created and its importance for research. Visitors can browse the collection by the aforementioned categories, product, year, and company. For example, War Bonds are listed under Product, and visitors will find that the messages in war bond advertisements are quite frank, and insistent, that people should help the war effort. Visitors should check out the following ads found when browsing war bonds: I'm Saving to go to Ag College...And Buying Bullets for Pete!, Avenge Pearl Harbor! Buy Bonds! Give Bonds!, and Your Bond Purchase Makes These Nazis Shiver. [KMG] 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1520 results
The format on WSVX is sort of reminiscent of the last format on WENS 97.1, before they went to the Hank format. The format was sort of girly pop. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:11:19 -0500 From: Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com To: Robert Timmerman purdue.footb...@yahoo.com Cc: a...@wtfda.info a...@wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] 1520 results Message-ID: 4d385097.3020...@fybush.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Robert Timmerman wrote: Top 40, which is weird for an AM station in my opinion. Plenty of FM stations in the area already supply that format. They *are* an FM station, at least to most of their listeners at this point. Like so many very small AM stations, 1520 has become essentially a studio-transmitter link for an AM-on-FM translator. This actually has the promise of making DXing a little more interesting, since it's bringing some music formats back to AM. In Birmingham, WERC 960 just flipped from news-talk (now on a full-power FM down there) to active rock as The Vulcan 103.1, originating programming for an FM translator. It's something that's more than ESPN or Disney or C-to-C-AM, anyway... S -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:21:34 -0500 From: Rick Shaftan shaf...@earthlink.net To: 'Jim Renfrew' jrenf...@rochester.rr.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@wtfda.info Subject: Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] 1520 results Message-ID: !!AAAYAPr0Pg5YgspHjfTZ0P0eVTzCgAAAEEh1G1uc2BJHpbuW RwaXwkEBAA==@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii What's WSVX's format? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Opinions requested on documenting station swaps
Same principle here as in Kevin's first paragraph but unless it moves more than ~25-30 miles, I do not count local location / facilities changes on the same frequency. If a 250 watter in Iowa went to 10 Kw (or vice versa) on the same channel, I do not count it as new. I do count frequency changes, even on the same stick / site as each frequency would be a unique challenge. I do not note format / call changes in my logs or notes. Sometimes that bites me with rarely heard stations. -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:17:49 -0800 From: sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Opinions requested on documenting station swaps Message-ID: e1d45546640e480f870db5f1e4af1577.sa...@sounddsl.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 My approach is, I guess, to log the actual stick in the ground (the tower/antenna) on a given frequency. If the same antenna switches frequency, then for me it would be a new station. However, I treat call sign changes about the same way I would treat format changes, and note them as sorta cosmetic changes on the same station. The one thing I am on the fence about is where the station gets approval for a pattern and/or power change. For example, KRKO-1380 up here recently went to a jillion watts compared to what they were putting out before, and have a new tower, transmitter and IBOC exciter (sigh...). Logging them now is a lot easier than it was. For someone in Montana, they went from being a tough catch to perhaps a pest. It's as if there is a completely different station there from a DXing point of view, yet they have the same physical location and frequency. What to do? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software
Are you sure about the market demand? One of the messages stated (if I read it correctly) that over 10,000 kits were sold. If I read that right - there will always be more sales for completed / tested / turnkey units, or we would all be driving kit cars, right? :) Yes a niche hobby like ours does dictate pricing but if more bands / features could be added to appeal to hams, consumers (record games and talk shows like a radio Tivo) or maybe broadcast professionals, it may be doable at some point. 73, Dave -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:35:22 -0800 (PST) From: Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software Message-ID: 574631.37159...@web39303.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Not enough market demand to support anything at that price point. Let's not forget that's a main reason why there are so few quality multiband conventional radios available, and most of them are priced well above that level. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Thu, 1/13/11, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 12:03 PM The Softrock receivers sound ultra cool.? Too bad that someone with some capital could not get a manufacturer to prototype and ultimately build it for the masses and put say a $225 price tag (built and tested) on it. MW DX'ers like myself, would love the Ensemble II option.? Heck even LW DX'ers and those who chase beacons might use it. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:43:14 -0800 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ??? irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software Message-ID: 1294702994.4d2b999294...@legacywebmail.telus.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC from http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/:? Ensemble All-Band RX II The SoftRock RX Ensemble Receiver Kit is essentially the Ensemble RX, but has an extra option allowing the user to build the HF or the LF version of the receiver. In the first option, the Ensemble RX kit provides coverage of ham bands from 160-10m, in four different optional super bands (each with underlap and overlap within the parameters of the associated bandpass filter): ???1. 160m - Continuous coverage from 1.8 to 2.0 MHz ???2. 80m and 40m - Continuous coverage from 3.5 to 7.3 MHz ???3. 30m, 20m, and 17m - Continuous coverage from 10.1 to 18.168 MHz ???4. 15m, 12m, and 10m - Continuous coverage from 21.0 to 29.7 MHz In the second option, the Ensemble RX II provides coverage of LF frequencies from approximately 160-10m, in four different optional super bands (each with underlap and overlap within the parameters of the associated bandpass filter): ???1. Band 0: 1000m - Continuous coverage from 180 kHz to 480 kHz ???2. Band 1: 500m - Continuous coverage from 400 kHz to 800 kHz ???3. Band 2: 250m - Continuous coverage from 800 kHz to 1.6 MHz ???4. Band 3: 160m - Continuous coverage from 1.6 MHz to 3.0 MHz .. Quoting Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com: Looks like the Softrock 160m version tunes only 1.8 to 2.0 mHz. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia? Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 3:00 PM If you're willing to do a fair bit of work (and learning and experimenting) yourself, then I suspect you can SDR for peanuts: http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/ http://homepages.wightcable.net/~g4zfq/Si570.htm This is the Softrock kit, versions of which can cover MW apparently.? I have no experience of these, but the very capable Sdr-radio software can run them (no cost)prices under $100 for the hardware kits...when available. best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC ? Quoting HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil: Agree - For me $850 may as well be $1000 or $2000.? I have never owned an expensive rig for any bands that I DX on.? Look at the Sony HD Tuner
Re: [IRCA] WLAC-1510 pattern changes
Not sure if WFNI 1070 (ex-WIBC) still does this but they have in the past. Dead air for 2-4 seconds. I will have to watch for any time that their pattern / power change happens at the TOH. Thanks. You never know about BOH, many stations ID during program swaps @ that time, too. Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:09:17 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Francis amdxm...@aol.com To: a...@lists.wtfda.info, a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [Amdx] WLAC-1510 pattern changes Message-ID: 8cd7f5c73052691-1b04-7...@webmail-d037.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Top-of-the-hour unattended timer recordings this weekend turned up a potentially helpful discovery. Nashville sunrise and sunset times this month are both at ToH - sunrise at 8:00 EST and sunset at 6:00 EST. WLAC (the past two days, anyway) has made its pattern changes right at ToH, at about 59:56. This I could barely believe: in each case, there is about four seconds of WLAC being totally OFF the air, carrier and all. Right before 8am EST yesterday, I was treated to the usual local-like WLAC signal, then a quiet but perfectly readable You're listening to WWBC, Cocoa-Merritt Island ... , followed by WLAC again. Ten hours later, at 5:59:56 pm EST, it was a shouted ESPN Deportes Radio!, i.e. WRRD Waukesha WI. Both WWBC and WRRD are relogs, but I never expected to hear them in the clear, if only for four seconds. It felt like a 1974 Monday morning. This is encouraging news if WLAC's dedication to exact times continues. Months where Nashville sunrise and/or sunset times are on the quarter-hour or half-hour will be of little use, but this month both are at ToH. Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software
The Softrock receivers sound ultra cool. Too bad that someone with some capital could not get a manufacturer to prototype and ultimately build it for the masses and put say a $225 price tag (built and tested) on it. MW DX'ers like myself, would love the Ensemble II option. Heck even LW DX'ers and those who chase beacons might use it. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:43:14 -0800 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software Message-ID: 1294702994.4d2b999294...@legacywebmail.telus.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC from http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/: Ensemble All-Band RX II The SoftRock RX Ensemble Receiver Kit is essentially the Ensemble RX, but has an extra option allowing the user to build the HF or the LF version of the receiver. In the first option, the Ensemble RX kit provides coverage of ham bands from 160-10m, in four different optional super bands (each with underlap and overlap within the parameters of the associated bandpass filter): 1. 160m - Continuous coverage from 1.8 to 2.0 MHz 2. 80m and 40m - Continuous coverage from 3.5 to 7.3 MHz 3. 30m, 20m, and 17m - Continuous coverage from 10.1 to 18.168 MHz 4. 15m, 12m, and 10m - Continuous coverage from 21.0 to 29.7 MHz In the second option, the Ensemble RX II provides coverage of LF frequencies from approximately 160-10m, in four different optional super bands (each with underlap and overlap within the parameters of the associated bandpass filter): 1. Band 0: 1000m - Continuous coverage from 180 kHz to 480 kHz 2. Band 1: 500m - Continuous coverage from 400 kHz to 800 kHz 3. Band 2: 250m - Continuous coverage from 800 kHz to 1.6 MHz 4. Band 3: 160m - Continuous coverage from 1.6 MHz to 3.0 MHz .. Quoting Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com: Looks like the Softrock 160m version tunes only 1.8 to 2.0 mHz. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 3:00 PM If you're willing to do a fair bit of work (and learning and experimenting) yourself, then I suspect you can SDR for peanuts: http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/ http://homepages.wightcable.net/~g4zfq/Si570.htm This is the Softrock kit, versions of which can cover MW apparently.? I have no experience of these, but the very capable Sdr-radio software can run them (no cost)prices under $100 for the hardware kits...when available. best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Quoting HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil: Agree - For me $850 may as well be $1000 or $2000.? I have never owned an expensive rig for any bands that I DX on.? Look at the Sony HD Tuner for FM DX'ing.? It competes against tuners costing five times as much. I can justify a $70 purchase but not a $400 one, just to DX the FM band. Plus, I now have a decent tuner for general listening.? ? I am hoping that some less expensive SDR units eventually come to the marketplace.? And when I mean less expensive, I'm talking below $250. Obviously since these are not consumerist offerings, there is no mass market discounts.? Unless somebody can try to mass market these as something like Tivo for radio or some other way of generating mass interest beyond DX'ers, the prices will probably stay above $500. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:44:54 -0800 (PST) From: Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ??? irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software Message-ID: 950067.37414...@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Chuck and Nick, although in the one case, we're quibbling over $2 g. Even so, I have trouble justifying $850 though. I don't think I've spent that much cumulatively over my years in the hobby, considering two HQ-150's and two ICF 2010's. For the record, I bought my first HQ-150 used in 1969. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia? Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Sat, 1/8/11, Nick Hall-Patch n
Re: [IRCA] WCRN-830 after sunset
Same here, David, only with Tennessee. I have logged 67 home state Hoosier stations but 70 from Tennessee! No WCRN either ... ever. 73, Dave in Indy From: David Faulkner drdsfaulk...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WCRN-830 after sunset To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Saturday, 8 January, 2011, 16:38 Nothing here at LSS but WTRU all alone and blasting in as usual.? WCRN has never been heard here.? But I'll get anything from NC before I hear even a peep out of New England.? I've logged more NC stations than I have Ohio stations.? In fact, I've logged more NC stations than there are Ohio stations. 73 David --- On Fri, 1/7/11, Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com wrote: From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WCRN-830 after sunset To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 11:51 PM On 06/01/2011 11:41 PM, Fred Schroyer wrote: Around 5:30 this evening, driving home in the darkness, I noticed 2 stations tussling on 830, WCCO? another, and the more dominant turned out to be WCRN, which I listened to for 15 minutes. This really surprised me, as they are directional eastward over Boston, so I would not expect a lot of signal in my direction (Pittsburgh area). I'm curious . . . those of you who spend a lot of time at the dials, is WCRN a common visitor in the PA-OH-WV-IN etc.? Thanks- Fred Schroyer Freelance Science Writer / Editorial Consultant Waynesburg, PA 15370 (40 air miles S of Pittsburgh, 20 N of Morgantown, WV) ibfredi...@gmail.com Fred...WCRN was blasting into London, Ontario tonight as well!! I do hear them quite often the past few monthsoften just as strong as WCCOMaybe they changed something there??? 73...ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software
Agree - For me $850 may as well be $1000 or $2000. I have never owned an expensive rig for any bands that I DX on. Look at the Sony HD Tuner for FM DX'ing. It competes against tuners costing five times as much. I can justify a $70 purchase but not a $400 one, just to DX the FM band. Plus, I now have a decent tuner for general listening. I am hoping that some less expensive SDR units eventually come to the marketplace. And when I mean less expensive, I'm talking below $250. Obviously since these are not consumerist offerings, there is no mass market discounts. Unless somebody can try to mass market these as something like Tivo for radio or some other way of generating mass interest beyond DX'ers, the prices will probably stay above $500. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:44:54 -0800 (PST) From: Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software Message-ID: 950067.37414...@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Chuck and Nick, although in the one case, we're quibbling over $2 g. Even so, I have trouble justifying $850 though. I don't think I've spent that much cumulatively over my years in the hobby, considering two HQ-150's and two ICF 2010's. For the record, I bought my first HQ-150 used in 1969. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Sat, 1/8/11, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 1:50 PM Excalibur is $850 at Grove, Russhttp://www.grove-ent.com/excalibur.html???Detailed review appeared in DX Monitor just recently...and of course, none of the analog receivers covered the full BCB either!? Mine cover one channel at a time, and they need a separate audio recorder for that channel... A bit more later.???This is an interesting topic, and I'm surprised how few comments there have been on Mike's post so far. best wishes, Nick At 15:00 08-01-11, you wrote: I was ( although I didn't say so ) excluding the SDR-IQ completely on account of that very big limitation. If you want to cover the full BCB, it isn't happening today for under a grand so far as I know. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Off topic - Digital Audio Recorders
Along those same lines as Tim's, I have used a microphone plugged into my PC's microphone input and recorded using the built in Windows Sound recorder software, from the radio's speaker. I then found a freeware converter to convert the .wav file into a .mp3. I used this for two DX tests. Not high tech but highly functional. My wife has an Olympus recorder that she picked up at Goodwill for about 35 cents on the dollar - brand new. She does not use it as much as she had hoped, so I may see how it works for DX. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:16:09 -0600 From: Tim Kridel t...@timkridel.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Off topic - Digital Audio Recorders Message-ID: c94cc299.1d444%...@timkridel.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII For about five years, I've been using the recording feature built into my Windows Mobile smartphones. I've never tried jacking into a radio or something else. Instead I just place the phone near the speaker. It works surprisingly well. More recently, I've been trying several iPad/iPhone recording apps. All of these worth exploring if, say, you want the ability to record DX while on vacation but don't want to pack a separate recorder. It's easy to transfer audio files from these devices to a PC or Mac by using USB or Bluetooth. You also could e-mail them straight from the device if you keep the file sizes down by using the right bit rate when recording. For example, my Windows Mobile phone is set at 44.1 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 86 kb/s, and an 18 minute recording comes out to 1.8 MB. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New one to close out 2010
I closed out 2010 with a new one to the overall and ULR only logbook! I do not do target lists, which I should do but I have always been after WAPI 1070-AL. Got them on New Years Eve with Auburn basketball. It was // to WIXI 1360 (first heard back in October and now hear them often at SR and SS). I heard them through local 50Kw/10Kw DA-N WFNI. I was able to null the local enough for armchair copy. I still have many frequencies in the ULR book that have but one or two but I added 43 to the ULR book and 20 to the overall book. That overall book is only US and Canadian stations. ULR totals are at 248 and overall book at 816. 1070 WAPI AL Birmingham 12-31 1731 G in local WFNI null w/Auburn Basketball and ID during break. // to WIXI 1360. New! DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN Eton E-100 barefoot / Eastern Time ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....Another Good Catch @ SUNRISE Today 1360 WIXI Jasper, ALABAMA!!
Rob - We must be in lock-step with one another. First, I heard Stanton, KY a few weeks back and then you heard them, this month and now the same for WIXI! Unreal. Maybe you should go to DX MidAmerica and see what else that we can hear, a month or two apart. :) 1360 WIXI AL Jasper 10-22 1825 Classic Country. G //web stream and LID NEW! DH-IN http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxmidamerica/ 73, Dave in Indy PS: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL -- Message: 7 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:40:27 -0500 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXAnother Good Catch @ SUNRISE Today1360 WIXI Jasper, ALABAMA!! Message-ID: 4d11f1bb.5010...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed HI Guys: Woke up early again today and started tuning around on the SONY SRF-T615 ULR. I checked 1470 for WBFC again...but it wasn't there. Tuned down the band and had someone playing OLD Country Christmas music so I stuck with it. Ends up being another NEW STATION for both the ULR and OVERALL LOGS!! Conditions to the SOUTH have been great the last few mornings @ SUNRISE!! RADIO USEDSONY SRF-T615 ULR BAREFOOT ^^^ ULR LOG TOTALS are now.857 Stations Heard ^ 73...ROB VA3 SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA 1360 WIXI Jasper, ALABAMA Dec/22/10 0706-0715 EST EE FAIR-GOOD Classic Country Christmas Music @ 0706 Tune In, Male DJ with And now here's your Weather from 1360 WIXI @ 0706 EST. High of 55 Degrees for today!! (Wish we had that!!). Into CW Version of Away in a Manger 0707-0710 EST. Female with ID as WIXI. More Classic Country Christmas Songs @ 0710-0712 and 0712-0715 EST. IDs @ 0715 as CLASSIC COUNTRY WIXI. NEW STATION ULR # 85712 KW/42 WATTS NIGHTS ROSS, ONT. ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....NEW STATION @ Sunrise this morning 1470 WBFC Stanton, KENTUCKY!!!
Hey Rob; Congrats on the retirement and Stanton, KY! I logged them as a new station (overall) back in November. Maybe they improved their station? IIRC, they do not appear to ID as much as you would think for a local / mom and pop station. 1470 WBFC KY Stanton 11-13 1920 P rising to F on peaks w/PSA for KY 811 digging hotline. Into GOS mx. // to webstream. NEW! DH-IN (1920 CST - 2020 EST) 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:27:15 -0500 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXNEW STATION @ Sunrise this morning.1470 WBFC Stanton, KENTUCKY!!! Message-ID: 4d10ff93.7090...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed HI Guys: WellEven though I'm on Holidays this weekand getting ready to Retire in 12 more working days.My Body Clock still wakes me up every morning at 5 AM!!! So.if I'm gonna be up that time of day...I may as well do something semi-intelligent...so I've been DXing the Sunrise Skip!! This morning I was camped out on 1470 Khz when something faded up that I knew was gonna be good!! It was the Southern Drawl that caught my attention!! Turns out to be a NEW STATION for both the Overall and ULR LOGS!! Radio Used is...SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot ^^^ ULR LOG TOTALS are now.856 Stations Heard ^ 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA * 1470 WBFC Stanton, KENTUCKY Dec/21/10 0700 ESTEE FAIR Faded up over the Pile at 0702 EST. Male DJ with Deep Southern Drawl with Community Date Book. Listed several Community Events with several mentions of Kentucky. Also gave several phone numbers with 859 Area Code (859 is adjacent to 606 which is Stanton's area code). I checked their webpage and they have Community Date Book listed at 0700 am!!). Nulls were East/West...so this seemed to be pretty much Due SOUTH of me..which is where Stanton is!! No Callsign ID on this.but I'm quite confident this is them!! No Other Kentucky Stations on this Frequency. I listened to their Live Feed Laterand heard the Same Male DJ with Promos and the Weather Forecast. This is a Small FAMILY owned station. NEW STATION ULR # 856 2.5 KW/25 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1400 Graveyard listening for the newbie
I am almost totally opposite as Steve - I DX domestics (US/Canada) almost exclusively. However I have never had the patience or touch to DX the Graveyarders (1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490) with much success. Now I have heard some distant ones, VA, MN and FL for instance but only a handful on each GY channel, including locals and semi-locals! I used to DX using a radio's speaker only but after switching to headphones and earbuds (thanks to the ULR craze), I still find it hard to pick out ID's and such. I may have mentioned a few weeks back hearing WOHI E. Liverpool Ohio on 1490. It was like listening to a non-GY channel - I could understand every song and the ID @ almost 300 miles! That, for me, is the exception to the rule. What was even better was that WOHI was heard on a Grundig S-350 using the speaker. Wish they could all be like that! Normally I catch an ID popping through the jumble. At any rate, Steve, the GY channels can be a fun challenge. Good Luck and 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:23:14 -0800 From: Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1400 Graveyard listening for the newbie Message-ID: b54b2e1036224f18b7e728762793a...@dg1r70f1 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original As almost everyone probably knows, I am anything but a domestic AM DXer. Several days ago Paul Walker made a request for anyone hearing several stations. Since one was 100 miles away I figured it would be an easy listen, just tune there and have at it. How wrong I was! Not being previously remotely knowledgable about signals on 1400, I have become much better acquainted the past 3 days and I admit it's been interesting and even enjoyable. And I have only heard 1400 KJDY once so far, a brief fadeup with mentions of John Day (Oregon). The farthest has been KEYL, MN Real Country which faded up briefly this morning. Others have been KQMS, CA; KRPL, ID; KSPT/KBFI, ID; KBCK, MT; KQDJ, ND; KBCH, OR; KLCK, WA/OR; KEDO, WA; KODI, WY. A SS station has been heard several times but no chance for an ID. It's interesting that the best time is early morning for several hours. So far I haven't pulled any audio out of the continuous jumble of stations mixing together at night. 73, Steve NE Oregon AR7030, R75, longwires ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WCXN 1170
Hi Jim; They have been doing this for at least the last month, if not longer. I logged them years ago but since I also keep a separate ULR log, I added them to that book on November 10th. WMOB 1360 (Mobile AL) has been on day power a lot as has WGIV 1370-NC. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:30:22 -0500 From: jim balle jim01...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] WCXN 1170 Message-ID: aanlktik_baegvdybofl5=wluf+-reng1sa6qzj4xt...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have noticed in the past couple of days that WCXN is way over WWVA at sunset and sunrise. I have not logged them previously, but now it is really easy. At first I thought it was Carribean or South America, but numerous mentions of businesses in Heekory (sic) and Lincolnton narrowed it down. Jim in wmass. -- www.fhu.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-606 Arrived Today....................
Let us know when too much is too much - if your Orphanage ever gets too big and you need to farm out radios to other Foster Parents I'm sure that we can assist. ;) BTW - I think that I have that matching antenna tuner (Panasonic) in my Garage. I used it with my DX-160 and RS DX-400 but never got good at using it / saw any benefit. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:06:10 -0500 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-606 Arrived Today Message-ID: 4d067cb2.50...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Guys: Even with the Bitter Cold and Snowy Conditions, the Mailman managed to deliver the Latest Addition to my ULR Radio Stable...the Tecsun PL-606. It took 14 Days from the day my Order was placed to arrival at my door. Pretty fast for the Christmas Mail Rush...Ms. Joyce at Anon-co in HONG KONG is still providing GOOD Customer Service to us Crazy Dx'ers over here half a world away!! Everything arrived in good order and I hope to give it a workout later today at Sunset. This is ULR #25Maybe it's time to Surrender?? HAHHAHHAHA. As if adding this New Radio wasn't bad enough.this past Saturday a friend of mine arrived at my Door with a Bunch of Radio Gear he no longer wanted...and knew that Rob's Home for Wayward Radios would act as an Orphanageand give them a Good Home!! He dropped off a 1970's Classic PANASONIC RF-2200 Portable, with the Matching ANTENNA TUNER!! Also in the stash was a 1970's MARANTZ RF-2220B FM Amp/Tuner and a MARANTZ 6100 Turntable from the same era!! All Manuals, Cables, and Accessories included!! Sorta like Christmas 2 Weeks Early!!! If I ever get done Shoveling Snow here..I hope to find some time to devote to all the Radio Stuff that has showed up here lately!!! I had things thinned out pretty good here for a whilebut things are starting to get out of hand again. I should have got the hint when I dragged home a 45 Pound 5 KW Radio Tube used in a Commercial Radio StationIt's a GE GL-892R ...and it's so heavy it has Metal Handles on the sides so you can carry it!!! That and the Flashing Red Lights from the Top of the old Transmitting Tower of 1570 CHLO St. Thomas, Ontario .that followed me home not long before that!! Bottom line is ...I guess I'm having Fun!!???... Stay warm everybody...even Kirk Allen down in Oklahoma says he's freezing to death!!! One thing to remember Kirk...Ya don't have to shovel COLD! 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Kchibo KK-D6110
Thanks Kevin (and Gary). I was afraid of that. I might be getting a $50 eBay Gift Card, so I was hopeful that it would fit the ULR bill and not the turkey bill, LOL. That translation stuff still has me in stitches. I sometimes get joke emails of Engrish / Chingrish photos and one has a giant 50' wide sign with 4' high Mandarin characters with English below that says Translation Server Error. :) The seller of the KK-D6110 also offers a full size SSB set that looks the part but it is probably junk too. Wonder why the CDM manufacturers don't do a knock off of a TransOceanic? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:27:19 -0800 From: sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Kchibo KK-D6110 Message-ID: de8ebd41ca5c4747bca624efee978004.sa...@sounddsl.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Dave Hascall/all: Below is what Gary DeBock learned about the Kchibo KK-D6110 earlier this summer (message 9964 on the UltralightDX Yahoo board). Based on this, I would stick with the PL-310, 380 or 606? Kevin S - - - - - - - - Those DXers (including me) who had thought that the new KK-D6110 model was a serious attempt by Kchibo to upgrade the D96L model now have serious evidence to the contrary. After multiple reports of lackluster performance on both the AM and FM bands, a detailed investigation and disassembly of the KK-D6110 model has revealed that the new radio is not an Si4734 DSP chip radio after all, but apparently uses the same DSP chip powering the Kchibo KK-D680, KK-210B, KK-D202 and KK-D220 models. This certainly explains the drop off in AM performance relative to the D96L model, a true Si4734 DSP chip receiver. The KK-D6110's lower AM sensitivity specification and much lower eBay selling price (relative to the D96L) created doubts about this from the beginning, but the sole eBay seller's KK-D6110 listing (obviously translated by Google from the original Chinese on the Kchibo web site) certainly doesn't make the DSP chip identity very clear. The KK-D6110 has a DSP filter selection switch which mimics the Si4734 models quite well (although the filtering selections are backward, like in the D92L), and other functions also are apparently designed to resemble the D96L, such as the green display light and memory operations. But AM-DXing performance falls well short of the D96L, and full disassembly of the KK-D6110 brought the truth to light. The stock loopstick has a single coil with an inductance measured at 630 uh, which would certainly be an unusual value for an Si4734-chip radio with no LW-band responsibility. Subtracting coil turns on the stock loopstick did not significantly improve X-band performance on the KK-D6110, as it would with a true Si4734-chip radio having a 630 uh loopstick coil. The digital board copper shield was simply tack-soldered at a few places, resulting in a slight digital whining noise bleeding through to the loopstick (which also affected all upgrade loopsticks, both internal and external). Removal of the copper shield (photo at http://www.mediafire.com/?xy2u3wnjvyn) revealed various IC's, but certainly no Si4734 DSP chip. After the earlier indications, it wasn't a big surprise. The Kchibo model numbering system apparently gives an indication whether the Radio is a true Si4734 DSP chip model, or not. Those models with a DxxL numbering system (D92L, D95L, D96L, etc.) are the true Si4734 chip radios, while those with the KK-Dxxx numbering system (KK-D6110, KK-D680, KK-D220, etc.) are not. Kchibo advertises both types as DSP radios, and the Chinese documentation (with rough English translations) is confusing at best. Sorry for any inconvenience because of this, but those DXers who had planned to order the new KK-D6110 model as a upgraded replacement for the D96L should not proceed. The KK-D6110 is a decent radio for the money, but should not be confused with true Si4734 DSP receivers like the D96L, PL-310, PL-380, PL-360 etc. The detailed disassembly photos will be uploaded to the KK-D6110 photo album on the Ultralightdx site. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SANGEAN DT-400W
http://www.dxer.ca/the-forum?func=viewcatid=29id=2372 My take away from the dxer.ca review is that it is sensitive but not too selective. Still, if it is from your lady, I would keep it (as Curtis S. mentioned). 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:39:39 -0500 From: Ira Elbert New III i...@hotmail.com To: radiobroadcast...@yahoogroups.com, a...@yahoogroups.com, dxl...@mwcircle.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com, amf...@qwest.net, ircamem...@ircaonline.org, a...@am-dx.com, dx...@yahoogroups.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: [Amdx] SANGEAN DT-400W Message-ID: col104-w633376a497686674783a3d9e...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 So-o-o-o... it's my Birthday today and (Oh...don't worry about passing along any Birthday greetings) I open up the present from my Wife, and it turns out to be a SANGEAN DT-400W that she got from the folks over at AMAZON.COM. She said it was in her cart, but she didn't put it there. Neither did I. I don't know a lot about this radio, but she said she could easily send it back if I don't want it. I haven't opened it up yet and I wanted some input before I do. Is it worth keeping? I know that's open for debate, but I thought I would just throw the question out there just like that. Should I have her send it back for something similar? I already have a G8. Do I need something from TECSUN or the like? I have no idea what she paid for it, so if there are any suggestions to be had, please keep it in a similar price range. Thanks for all of your help. I will now go back to enjoying what's left of my 46th Birthday. Perhaps I'll take in Top Chef a little later on BRAVO... Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC
Tom - I am 99.99% sure that I have been hearing WLRB Macomb, IL on late for the past 3 weeks. It has been widely noted that their talk format ends at 7 PM and they revert to their previous format, whether sunset is before or after that. They keep the old format going to keep the automation functioning, 24/7. AND if the station does not properly sign off at sundown, the old format would of course be sent over the air without ads, newscast and such. I am reasonably sure that I heard a female singing the calls (WLRB) at :27 and :57 and a male announcing them at other times (AM 15-10 WLRB). As far as the standards format goes - many standards format outlets have taken ten (twenty?) years off their playlists. Instead of playing music from the 40's and 50's, they are playing light pop / oldies from the 1960's and 70's. When I first started hearing what I presume to be WLRB, I originally thought that it was rock too but the more I paid attention, the more I noted that the music is more old, light pop, which fits today's standards format. Paul have you heard anything from WLRB's PD? Once again the key question is if WLRB's automation for the music format inserts singing calls at appx 27 and 57 past the hour. Rick Dau (NE) heard WLRB behaving this way in September. Ben Root from KMSD assured me that it is not them. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 05:08:59 -0600 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC Message-ID: aanlkti=_toyoryn_ztiwq2cv9o80coretdxzltvfn...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wow, I wonder what 1510 you heard? I *think* . .but don't know for sure that WLRB 1510 Macomb, IL tends to be standards/nostalgia.. not rock n roll. Could this be WJOT Wabash, IN on late? Could your 1480 be WDJO Cincinatti, OH or WLMV Madison, WI? Either of those would fit your loop bearing. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com www.facebook.com/onairdj On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Tom Jasinski amd...@core.com wrote: At 02:04 CST somebody on 1480 Khz is running a continuous loop with a 20 second steady tone. This is repeated about every 43 seconds. Loop bearing approx SE/NW from here. Anyone have any ideas on who this may be. Signal is weak and fady so it is not close. on 1510khz a station playing RR music selections was in poo/fair for a few minutes from 01:55 to 02:05am CST in WLAC null. This unid went through TOH without any ID or spots. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC
My goodness, when it rains it pours! The songs that I heard on 11/23 from 11-11:20 PM CST are: Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by the Casino's and (later) Bridge Over Troubled Water later by Simon and Garfunkel. Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:18 PM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com; amd...@core.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@lists.wtfda.info; John Rieger; Rick Dau Subject: Re: 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC You can reasonably suspect this is WLRB unless I say otherwise. The Engineer agrees the songs played would match WLRB. Do not, however, count this as definate, until I confirm otherwise. They are having some more pressing issues today over there, so my buddy whos the Chief Engineer hasn't had time to attend to my questions.. they're having a computer problem with one of their FMs and one of their on air staffers had a stroke today. (The on air staffer that had a stroke was the one my buddy was going to ask about WLRB, as the station is his responsibility as well as his other duties.) Paul On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:36 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: Tom - I am 99.99% sure that I have been hearing WLRB Macomb, IL on late for the past 3 weeks. It has been widely noted that their talk format ends at 7 PM and they revert to their previous format, whether sunset is before or after that. They keep the old format going to keep the automation functioning, 24/7. AND if the station does not properly sign off at sundown, the old format would of course be sent over the air without ads, newscast and such. I am reasonably sure that I heard a female singing the calls (WLRB) at :27 and :57 and a male announcing them at other times (AM 15-10 WLRB). As far as the standards format goes - many standards format outlets have taken ten (twenty?) years off their playlists. Instead of playing music from the 40's and 50's, they are playing light pop / oldies from the 1960's and 70's. When I first started hearing what I presume to be WLRB, I originally thought that it was rock too but the more I paid attention, the more I noted that the music is more old, light pop, which fits today's standards format. Paul have you heard anything from WLRB's PD? Once again the key question is if WLRB's automation for the music format inserts singing calls at appx 27 and 57 past the hour. Rick Dau (NE) heard WLRB behaving this way in September. Ben Root from KMSD assured me that it is not them. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 05:08:59 -0600 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC Message-ID: aanlkti=_toyoryn_ztiwq2cv9o80coretdxzltvfn...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wow, I wonder what 1510 you heard? I *think* . .but don't know for sure that WLRB 1510 Macomb, IL tends to be standards/nostalgia.. not rock n roll. Could this be WJOT Wabash, IN on late? Could your 1480 be WDJO Cincinatti, OH or WLMV Madison, WI? Either of those would fit your loop bearing. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com http://www.onairdj.com/ www.facebook.com/onairdj On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Tom Jasinski amd...@core.com wrote: At 02:04 CST somebody on 1480 Khz is running a continuous loop with a 20 second steady tone. This is repeated about every 43 seconds. Loop bearing approx SE/NW from here. Anyone have any ideas on who this may be. Signal is weak and fady so it is not close. on 1510khz a station playing RR music selections was in poo/fair for a few minutes from 01:55 to 02:05am CST in WLAC null. This unid went through TOH without any ID or spots. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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
[IRCA] Anyone try a Kchibo KK-68 shirtpocket radio?
While browsing eBay. $8.99 **shipped!** from Hong Kong. eBay item number 370372443926. 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [AMDX] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC
I will not be able to listen to the MP3 until later but Curtis Sadowski sent a link to archive.org with some recordings of WLRB that he made from Paxton, IL. I will compare to see if the ID style matched what I recall hearing. Here is what his reply says: --- Dave, It's WLRB. Here's what I just posted at the Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/DxRadioRecording1510Khz.December9th2010r eCache=1 Curtis Sadowski --- 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:25:54 -0500 From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info, a...@nrcdxas.org, amd...@core.com, Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Subject: Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC Message-ID: 6aca8350315331429dd2e433a39d2fb409728...@cin-evs-w-2.ds.dfas.mil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii My goodness, when it rains it pours! The songs that I heard on 11/23 from 11-11:20 PM CST are: Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by the Casino's and (later) Bridge Over Troubled Water later by Simon and Garfunkel. Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:18 PM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com; amd...@core.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@lists.wtfda.info; John Rieger; Rick Dau Subject: Re: 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC You can reasonably suspect this is WLRB unless I say otherwise. The Engineer agrees the songs played would match WLRB. Do not, however, count this as definate, until I confirm otherwise. They are having some more pressing issues today over there, so my buddy whos the Chief Engineer hasn't had time to attend to my questions.. they're having a computer problem with one of their FMs and one of their on air staffers had a stroke today. (The on air staffer that had a stroke was the one my buddy was going to ask about WLRB, as the station is his responsibility as well as his other duties.) Paul On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:36 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: Tom - I am 99.99% sure that I have been hearing WLRB Macomb, IL on late for the past 3 weeks. It has been widely noted that their talk format ends at 7 PM and they revert to their previous format, whether sunset is before or after that. They keep the old format going to keep the automation functioning, 24/7. AND if the station does not properly sign off at sundown, the old format would of course be sent over the air without ads, newscast and such. I am reasonably sure that I heard a female singing the calls (WLRB) at :27 and :57 and a male announcing them at other times (AM 15-10 WLRB). As far as the standards format goes - many standards format outlets have taken ten (twenty?) years off their playlists. Instead of playing music from the 40's and 50's, they are playing light pop / oldies from the 1960's and 70's. When I first started hearing what I presume to be WLRB, I originally thought that it was rock too but the more I paid attention, the more I noted that the music is more old, light pop, which fits today's standards format. Paul have you heard anything from WLRB's PD? Once again the key question is if WLRB's automation for the music format inserts singing calls at appx 27 and 57 past the hour. Rick Dau (NE) heard WLRB behaving this way in September. Ben Root from KMSD assured me that it is not them. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 05:08:59 -0600 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 20 second tone on 1480 and RR music under 1510 WLAC Message-ID: aanlkti=_toyoryn_ztiwq2cv9o80coretdxzltvfn...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wow, I wonder what 1510 you heard? I *think* . .but don't know for sure that WLRB 1510 Macomb, IL tends to be standards/nostalgia.. not rock n roll. Could this be WJOT Wabash, IN on late? Could your 1480 be WDJO Cincinatti, OH or WLMV Madison, WI? Either of those would fit your loop bearing. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com http://www.onairdj.com/ www.facebook.com/onairdj
[IRCA] WLRB 1510 CONFIRMED!
Thanks to Paul Walker, KAZ, Curtis Sadowski, Rick Dau and John Rieger (and Tom Jasinski's message today about an unID on 1510), I have been finally able to confirm that I have been hearing WLRB, Macomb, IL many nights, under WLAC. Paul put me in contact with Gary at WLRB and he emailed me a verification in less than 30 minutes! Gary noted that power failures at the station have thrown the remote control's date / time memory out of whack and the station did not properly sign off. Gary is monitoring the station twice a day until a new backup arrives, next week. I know that Gary has his hands full but Paul said that he will put you in contact with Gary if you want an e-QSL. Hats of to Gary and Paul! 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN 1510 WLRB IL Macomb 11-23 (and others) 0010 Oldies music w/singing ID's by female at :27. P-F in WLAC's null. Thanks to Paul Walker for putting me in touch with Gary @ the staion. Confirmed 12-09. NEW! DH-IN Time EST Eton e-100 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1510 still unresolved but 1380 Country Music SOLVED!
The Jury is still out on if I had actually heard WLRB-IL on 1510 but you might recall that I had unID country on 1380 that only went by AM 13-80. Just like WLRB, I was 99.99% sure that it was CKPC Brantford, ON. Bill Dvorak in WI noted that they sometime give there website, with the .ca domain but at 11 PM EST, last night, I got a full LID with calls and COL! Their night pattern / rig must be hosed. Most power should be directed N and E of Brantford. I also heard a talk show over / under CKPC. I was half asleep and tried to remember the name of the talk show but I recall the host saying that his show was the most unique talk show that you ever heard. I wish that I had written the name down. Something like The R D- (not someones name, either). I just can't remember the rest, hi. My brain is gone. -- 1380 CKPC ON Brantford 12-6 2300 F w/CW music including some Country Chritsmas tunes and lots of generic AM 13-80 non-ID's. Was rewarded with a complete TOH LID, including calls. Been trying to confirm this for weeks. New! DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis Eton E-100 Time EST ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unID 1510
Hi Paul; Have you heard anything? The wife has been sick, so not much DX time but ***I have not noticed them recently.*** The key question is if WLRB's intended to be oldies to keep the automation alive has a female singing the ID at :27 and :57. I also do not think that it is NJ or SC. Since long time DX acquaintance Rick Dau in NE heard them with Oldies a few months back, after hours, it sounds like a slam dunk. 73, Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:12 AM To: Carolyn and Dave Hascall Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; dxrepo...@webtv.net Subject: Re: unID 1510 Dave, I will let you know what I find out about WLRB as soon as I hear from my friend. Paul On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Carolyn and Dave Hascall cdhasc...@att.net wrote: Paul; Your hunch is my hunch, too. One of my first sounded like for the calls was WRRB or WLRC which clearly could've been WLRB. Please let me know what you find out. 73, Dave in Indy Rick, One of my best friends is the Chief Engineer at Prestige Radio, the cluster of 6 stations in Macomb. WLRB is very clearly talk radio: http://www.prestigeradio.com/wlrb.html http://www.prestigeradio.com/wlrb.html What I think is happening is that WLRB has been stuck on past sunset because of an equipment failure and that the automation reverts back to the previous format, Nostalgia/standards. Instead of going on to more talk programming, it's set to go back to music overnight just to keep the automation running till sign on the next day. The Engineer is going to call the Program Director there tomorrow for me and find out exactly what happens after hannity is over 5 pm (per the program schedule) and before sign off. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com www.facebook.com/onairdj On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Rick Dau drummer1965...@x wrote: Paul, Dave, and others -- This is just a hunch, but it could very well be WLRB in Macomb, Illinois. I logged them here back on Sept. 19th at 2112 CLT (a bit past their local sunset time!) under WLAC with oldies off of a satellite service (not sure which one, though) and an ID of This is AM 1510 WLRB. Wikipedia lists their format as talk, but that's clearly incorrect. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska Sony ICF-2010 + Quantum Loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] unID 1510 Oldies in again tonight - HELP!
Thanks Rick. Good to hear from you again! I also think that I had WLRB. Many of these on late guys do not run any ID's and I'm sure that I heard the calls as WLRB, though at first I thought they said WRRB and then WLRC. 73, Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Rick Dau [mailto:drummer1965...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:07 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org; HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info; irca@hard-core-dx.com; John Rieger; a...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NRC-AM] unID 1510 Oldies in again tonight - HELP! Paul, Dave, and others -- This is just a hunch, but it could very well be WLRB in Macomb, Illinois. I logged them here back on Sept. 19th at 2112 CLT (a bit past their local sunset time!) under WLAC with oldies off of a satellite service (not sure which one, though) and an ID of This is AM 1510 WLRB. Wikipedia lists their format as talk, but that's clearly incorrect. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska Sony ICF-2010 + Quantum Loop From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil; NRC a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info; irca@hard-core-dx.com; John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 3:49:23 PM Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] unID 1510 Oldies in again tonight - HELP! I can verify for sure it is NOT WQUL Woodruff, SC. I spoke to their Chief Engineer today, thinking it might be them, and he assured me WQUL signs on and off at the proper times. I am at a loss too, and confused as to what station this might be. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com http://www.onairdj.com/ www.facebook.com/onairdj On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:16 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: Paul, I'm reasonably sure that it was a w call. It did not seem to match NJ's stream, so could be Wabash, IN, or Ohio on late, or maybe a recent format change. I really cannot believe that others are not hearing this. I solved an unID on 830 in 2009 by Googling it and found that a station in Cortland, Ohio had been on late for months but I did not see where others were hearing it. Maybe you, Kaz and John Rieger are the only folks that read my posts, LOL. Here are the W oldies / rockers from Barry's list. 1510WJOTWABASH IN 250- NDA OLDIES //FM OLDIES 106 EX-WAYT 1510WRNJHACKETTSTOWNNJ 2000230DA-N OLDIES OLDIES 1510 EX-1000 CH: 1100 W 1510WLGNLOGAN OH 1000 - NDA OLDIES TIMELESS FAVORITES 1510WQULWOODRUFFSC 1000 - NDA OLDIES WOODRUFF RADIO EX-WSJW/WJKI/WDRF 73, Dave -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 11:36 AM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Subject: Re: unID 1510 in again tonight Davedone and done! Now Im puzzled, if this isnt KMSD.. who is it? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unID 1510
Paul; Unless I hear something otherwise, they have to be who I heard. As I told you offline about two weeks ago, the calls that I thought that I heard were WRRB and WLRC. Switch out the first R in the first and the C in the second and you have W-L-R-B. It would be new, or else I would not pursue it. Thanks. Dave -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:12 AM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info; John Rieger; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: unID 1510 David: I haven't heard anything on 1510... all I've got at home is a cloock radio and I only sit in the car for a few minutes right before/after Sunset on Friday. I haven't heard back form my buddy at WLRB, but I will check again thgis week. I am betting it probably *IS* WLRB, but don't want to confirm or accuse anything or anyone til lwe know for sure. Paul Walker On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 8:03 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: Hi Paul; Have you heard anything? The wife has been sick, so not much DX time but ***I have not noticed them recently.*** The key question is if WLRB's intended to be oldies to keep the automation alive has a female singing the ID at :27 and :57. I also do not think that it is NJ or SC. Since long time DX acquaintance Rick Dau in NE heard them with Oldies a few months back, after hours, it sounds like a slam dunk. 73, Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:12 AM To: Carolyn and Dave Hascall Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; dxrepo...@webtv.net Subject: Re: unID 1510 Dave, I will let you know what I find out about WLRB as soon as I hear from my friend. Paul On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Carolyn and Dave Hascall cdhasc...@att.net wrote: Paul; Your hunch is my hunch, too. One of my first sounded like for the calls was WRRB or WLRC which clearly could've been WLRB. Please let me know what you find out. 73, Dave in Indy Rick, One of my best friends is the Chief Engineer at Prestige Radio, the cluster of 6 stations in Macomb. WLRB is very clearly talk radio: http://www.prestigeradio.com/wlrb.html http://www.prestigeradio.com/wlrb.html What I think is happening is that WLRB has been stuck on past sunset because of an equipment failure and that the automation reverts back to the previous format, Nostalgia/standards. Instead of going on to more talk programming, it's set to go back to music overnight just to keep the automation running till sign on the next day. The Engineer is going to call the Program Director there tomorrow for me and find out exactly what happens after hannity is over 5 pm (per the program schedule) and before sign off. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com http://www.onairdj.com/ www.facebook.com/onairdj On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Rick Dau drummer1965...@x wrote: Paul, Dave, and others -- This is just a hunch, but it could very well be WLRB in Macomb, Illinois. I logged them here back on Sept. 19th at 2112 CLT (a bit past their local sunset time!) under WLAC with oldies off of a satellite service (not sure which one, though) and an ID of This is AM 1510 WLRB. Wikipedia lists their format as talk, but that's clearly incorrect. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska Sony ICF-2010 + Quantum Loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unID 1510
Hey Powell; I'm about 99.99% sure that what I heard was WLRB-IL. They *apparently* (still waiting to be confirmed) use satellite oldies in the studio, during supposed quiet time to keep the automation running. And *apparently (again)* the station did not sign off at sundown and oldies were transmitted on air, in error. Some were confident that it was South Dakota but the calls that I thought that I heard were WRRB and WLRC. Mix and match the letters and you get WLRB. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:06:01 -0800 (PST) From: Powell E. Way III w4...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] unID 1510 Message-ID: 168989.56751...@web112003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Well I can tell you for a FACT it is not the Woodruff, SC 1510 as I go by Woodruff on Interstate 26 on the way back from Black Mountain, NC and they weren't on Saturday night as I passed by around 8 PM. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unID 1510 in again tonight
Still chasing this one but not with the pre-Thanksgiving voracity, as my wife has been in the hospital. ***I doubt that it is South Dakota - see email at the bottom of this message*** When I can DX, after getting home from seeing her, I still hear the oldies under WLAC but Neil is right, conditions here have not been great and WLAC is one of the hardest for me to null. If this mystery station is still on at night and you want to compare to what I have heard, it should be easy. At :27 and :57, I seem to hear a female singing the calls (seemingly every hour) and at about :15, I hear a male saying something like AM 15-10 . I never hear what I would call a LID with city / state. Thanks, you all! 73, Dave in Indy PS: Can someone crosspost to the NRC and see if anyone there has been hearing it? I fired up the Globaltuner receiver SE Wisconsin and could hear it there, too, under WLAC. dh -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:59:10 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Message-ID: 1571756.1290697151509.javamail.r...@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dave, I still think that you may be hearing KMSD. They are definately more oldies than classic rock. I should be DXing this weekend (sick now so haven't gone out to DX this week and noting no one is exited about cx) and can usually hear them if you want to compare notes. 73 KAZ Barrington IL -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 24, 2010 8:20 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: unID 1510 in again tonight From Dave Hascall in Indy FYI: WLRB is News/Talk now, not standards/nostalgia. My good buddy is WLRB's Chief Engineer. -- Forwarded message -- From: Carolyn and Dave Hascall cdhasc...@att.net Date: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:18 PM Subject: unID 1510 in again tonight To: dxrepo...@webtv.net Cc: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com More Oldies than classic rock. I wonder if it is WLRB, Macomb, IL on late. Heard a W call and what sounded like a B or C. Anyone else hearing this? Paul - can you send to IRCA? 73, Dave in Indy Dave Hascall I'm sorry to say that it must have been a different station. I checked our logs, and I don't have any of those songs listed as being played last night. Thanks for the email, though and have a great Thanksgiving. Ben Root Program Director KMSD - Original Message - From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: k...@bigstoneradio.com Cc: holly_k...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:29 AM Subject: Did I hear your station, last night (KMSD 1510)? Hello; I am a DX'er from Indianapolis, Indiana. A DX'er is one who tries to hear and log distant radio stations. Last night I *think* that I may have heard your station. It was just after midnight EST (just after 11 PM CST - your time) and I heard Oldies music. The station was very hard to hear as the station from Nashville was much stronger. Can you check to see if your station played Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers, followed by Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by the Casino's. I believe those songs were played around 11:10 PM CST. I also heard Bridge Over Troubled Water later by Simon and Garfunkel, at about 11:20 CST. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving. Very Respectfully, Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unID 1510 Oldies in again tonight - HELP!
Paul, I'm reasonably sure that it was a w call. It did not seem to match NJ's stream, so could be Wabash, IN, or Ohio on late, or maybe a recent format change. I really cannot believe that others are not hearing this. I solved an unID on 830 in 2009 by Googling it and found that a station in Cortland, Ohio had been on late for months but I did not see where others were hearing it. Maybe you, Kaz and John Rieger are the only folks that read my posts, LOL. Here are the W oldies / rockers from Barry's list. 1510WJOTWABASH IN 250- NDA OLDIES //FM OLDIES 106 EX-WAYT 1510WRNJHACKETTSTOWNNJ 2000230DA-NOLDIES OLDIES 1510 EX-1000 CH: 1100 W 1510WLGNLOGAN OH 1000 - NDA OLDIES TIMELESS FAVORITES 1510WQULWOODRUFFSC 1000 - NDA OLDIES WOODRUFF RADIO EX-WSJW/WJKI/WDRF 73, Dave -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 11:36 AM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Subject: Re: unID 1510 in again tonight Davedone and done! Now Im puzzled, if this isnt KMSD.. who is it? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: Still chasing this one but not with the pre-Thanksgiving voracity, as my wife has been in the hospital. ***I doubt that it is South Dakota - see email at the bottom of this message*** When I can DX, after getting home from seeing her, I still hear the oldies under WLAC but Neil is right, conditions here have not been great and WLAC is one of the hardest for me to null. If this mystery station is still on at night and you want to compare to what I have heard, it should be easy. At :27 and :57, I seem to hear a female singing the calls (seemingly every hour) and at about :15, I hear a male saying something like AM 15-10 . I never hear what I would call a LID with city / state. Thanks, you all! 73, Dave in Indy PS: Can someone crosspost to the NRC and see if anyone there has been hearing it? I fired up the Globaltuner receiver SE Wisconsin and could hear it there, too, under WLAC. dh -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:59:10 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Message-ID: 1571756.1290697151509.javamail.r...@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dave, I still think that you may be hearing KMSD. They are definately more oldies than classic rock. I should be DXing this weekend (sick now so haven't gone out to DX this week and noting no one is exited about cx) and can usually hear them if you want to compare notes. 73 KAZ Barrington IL -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 24, 2010 8:20 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: unID 1510 in again tonight From Dave Hascall in Indy FYI: WLRB is News/Talk now, not standards/nostalgia. My good buddy is WLRB's Chief Engineer. -- Forwarded message -- From: Carolyn and Dave Hascall cdhasc...@att.net Date: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:18 PM Subject: unID 1510 in again tonight To: dxrepo...@webtv.net Cc: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com More Oldies than classic rock. I wonder if it is WLRB, Macomb, IL on late. Heard a W call and what sounded like a B or C. Anyone else hearing this? Paul - can you send to IRCA? 73, Dave in Indy Dave Hascall I'm sorry to say that it must have been a different station. I checked our logs, and I don't have any of those songs listed as being played last night. Thanks for the email, though and have a great Thanksgiving. Ben Root Program Director KMSD - Original Message - From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: k...@bigstoneradio.com Cc: holly_k...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:29 AM Subject: Did I hear your station, last night (KMSD 1510
Re: [IRCA] Reply to Bill in BC and the Group (Allen Willie)
Thanks for the reply to Bill and the Group, Allen. The 1070 Indy station, WFNI (ex-WIBC), does not throw much, if any, signal Allen's way when on the 10 Kw night setup. When I lived about 15 miles NE of my present QTH, I could almost make them disappear. They send a BIG signal to the South and East, however. My father who lives in North Carolina, used to listen to WIBC each night to hear happenings in his old stomping grounds. Allen - you may be able to land Indy if you can catch them right before local Indy sunset and their switch from the 50 Kw ND - day rig. The only time that I have heard KNX is one morning when WIBC was off due to a power outage, about 1983 or so. I bet, however, if I go 30 miles West of Indy, KNX would be there instead of WFNI. I wonder if Allen is in perfect two hop range for KNX and that is why the (seemingly) easier reception? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:22:01 -0800 (PST) From: Allen Willie vo1_001_...@yahoo.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Reply to Bill in BC and the Group Message-ID: 299360.98120...@web33802.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 RE: For Allen Willie; Hi, it's amazing that you scooped a signal all the way from Los Angeles on 1070.Was it a steady or slow fade in and out or did you notice anybody else mixing in? I'm wondering if CBA in Moncton NB is still active or did they shut that one down and was replaced by an FM? And nothing from Indy? You're probably closer to France than California.If you used an ultra light receiver for this scan,how much more could you get with a good sensitive portable? I wish I was there now since west coast Dxing has kind of run its course for me. Bill in BC Hi Bill and the Group I've heard KNX in here quite a number of times over the past while, usually when it's in it has?a suprisingly?decent signal even on the ultralight machine, and stays in a good bit before fading away. I've never logged the Indy station yet, the CBA in Moncton is gone and usually the only other station heard here most nights is CHOK in Sarnia Ontario and it seems to struggle as it's signal is weak and at times sounds muffled. In the past the Euskadi Irratia station from Spain on 1071 used to take over and cover up anything on 1070. It recently moved to 1386 Regards Allen in St. John's ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] unID Classic Rock on 1510. Millbank SD?
Under Nashville, I heard oldies last night. Let Your Love Flow, Then You Can Tell Me Goodnight at about 0010 EST and then Bridge Over Troubled Water at about 0020. Millbank, SD? I sent them an email. Did anyone else note OLD or Classic Rock on 1510, last night? Nashville had some guy yammering about the JFK assasination and he talked so much and so fast, I could not hear much in between. I sent an email to KMSD. 1510 unID 11/24 0010 OLD / Classic Rock with Let Your Love Flow and others. Very brief (3 second?) chatter beween songs and a National ad at about 0014. P-F. Millbank SD? DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis Eton E-100 EST ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Status of KOTC 830 MO
I've been asking since last Fall. Are they still doing the MyTalk (Talk) stuff through the week and My830 (music) on the weekends? From what I remember the music played was AWESOME for an AM station. Peter Baskind? Any clues / news? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:21:38 -0500 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [IRCA] Status of KOTC 830 MO Message-ID: blu0-smtp7378db118cd2015e6fcd3a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Anyone know what's up with the planned move of 830 KOTC from Kennett MO to Memphis TN? Saul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [AMDX] 1180 ESPN
I logged Knoxville TN 1180 first on Nov 23, 1990 from Fortville (same geographic area as my present QTH). Guess what? It was a Friday night and a HSFB or some local sport was on, I'm sure. I am also sure that they ID'ed during my logging back then, ensuring they were on late, on purpose. Having dead air at the TOH indicates an automation problem and laziness, incompetence or a we could care less attitude or some combination of those excuses. Webb City, MO 1100 did this for weeks at a time and I'm not sure if it's fixed, yet. Congrats Bob on the new one! 73, Dave in Indy PS - Can you tell that I love Friday nights in the Fall? :) -- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:22:15 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Francis amdxm...@aol.com To: a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] 1180 ESPN Message-ID: 8cd582da050bb24-f54-f...@webmail-d008.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yep, it's my local WVLZ in Knoxville. Licensed to operate sunrise to sunset only, but they're 24/7 like so many other daytimers nowadays. They run dead air at legal ID time, but rest assured it's they. 1180 here, needless to say, is gone. 35 years ago, when I was a regular listener to WHAM's all-night jazz show The Best of All Possible Worlds, if a soothsayer had told me that things would someday come to this, and *nobody* - not the station, not WHAM, not the FCC - would have the least bit of concern, I'd have thought him daft. Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: Robert Timmerman purdue.footb...@yahoo.com To: AM WTFDA a...@lists.wtfda.info Sent: Sun, Nov 21, 2010 9:07 pm Subject: [Amdx] 1180 ESPN Just heard ESPN programming on 1180 under WHAM. Assume Knoxville, will continue o listen. Bob ndy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DX last night - one new some unID's and oddballs
Hey Bill; I'm almost ready to call this 1380 CW stn CKPC. The 13-80 slogan seems to be what they use and that matches what I've heard. Curtis Sadowski SSE of you in East Central Illinois says that they boom into his area almost every night. I do have an email in to their news room (only station email that I found) but will keep trying if they do not reply. Not sure why I haven't heard them before. They were 10 Kw 24/7 up until the early 90's and you'd think that 25 Kw would make it, even if not aimed right at me. John Rieger says that the MN stn uses a K-Gee slogan and that doesn't fit, either. As always, thanks and 73, Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: dxe...@aol.com [mailto:dxe...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:37 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX last night - one new some unID's and oddballs Hi, Dave! Tonight 11/18 at around 1820 EST I was hearing CKPC 1380 Brantford ON playing CW (not classic but not the more rock-like contemporary either) and using the slogan AM 13-80. The signal was surprisingly strong on a very crowded frequency. At one point they gave a web address of am1380.ca. Hope this helps. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI In a message dated 11/18/2010 1:59:36 P.M. Central Standard Time, david.hasc...@dfas.mil writes: I spent about 90 minutes last night, primarilly DX'ing in the 1300's. Although I only caught one new one (overall to boot) I had some fun with some of the unID's. 1370: It appeared that Pineville, NC 1370 had their 16Kw day rig on late, as it was 9 PM ET, or almost 4 hours after Pineville LSS. I also had Fort Cambell KY with rock music and what sounded like a High School football game but it was Bowling Green U Vs. Toledo, thus WSPD. 1380: I had Classic Country again on 1380 with a simple AM 13-80 slogan. Faded down during weather and ads. Did not appear to match Brantford ON's stream as they seem to play newer CW. Maybe Arab, AL? Winona MN (doubtful)? I am sending an email to the Arab, AL station. The CW station went way below South Beloit, IL's Stateline Sports station and then a SS station was heard. The only imaging that I caught was a La Musica ment at 2054 EST. WKDM-NY would be Mandarin per their schedule. WTOB-NC? WHEW-TN on late? ??? 1310: Local WTLC-AM (The Light) *may* be stuck on day power as their signal and associated slop (especially on 1320) are greater than normal, at night. Normally I can hear traces of Madison, WI in the nulls and underneath. They have at least had their IBOC off for the past few weeks! 1320: WTAS-PA is the only thing making it through - trivial relog. 1330: The new one! Was chasing a Classic Country station where I could only barely tell what song was being played. I heard an AM 1330 W-R-A-? liner, so I pulled up Barry's site and saw two possibilities WRAM in IL and WRAA in VA. Found WRAM's website and the stream matched as did the liner, hearing a definite repeat of the WRAM ID at 2110 ET. No doubt that this station was on their proper 50 watt night power due to P or VP signal. The little barefoot Eton really pulled this one out. 1360: Southern Gospel. Who knows? Maybe WMOB-AL again? --- 1330 WRAM IL Monmouth 11/17 2110 Vp w/Classic Country and ID // to webstream. Barely there. NEW! DH-IN 1380 unID 11/17 2020 F w/Classic Country or country variety. Generic AM 13-80 ments by M DJ. Heard last Friday night, too. Arab, AL? Brantford ON? DH-IN 1380 unID 11/17 2054 F-G w/Reg. Mexican but other light SS pop too. Generic La Musica ID's. DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis EST / Eton E-100 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard
Re: [IRCA] DX last night - one new some unID's and oddballs
Thanks KAZ. I emailed WRAB. I got a permanent delivery error from my mail server BUT I also got a thanks for your email automated reply from them, that they will be getting back with me. :) Odd, it permanently failed but still went out?! WRAB's website did not have a listen live link, so I'll wait for a response. BTW - their website looks like something that I developed for Anderson Speedway back in 1995 - kind of mom and pop-ish. :) I do not know about WMOB as I only recently added them to my logbook about ten days ago. They were not on their day rig at night per se, but they were not 100% legal. They fired up their full power PSRA at 5 AM CST, an hour too soon. Last night they may have been on the day rig late - and I still believe that many station's automation have choked on this year's DST switch and that is why so many right now are cheating for lack of a better term. Speaking of 1360, my situation sounds like your situation with 1380 and St. Louis. For decades, Cincinnati has dominated my reception of 1360 during the day, sunset and sunrise periods and at night - though at night they were not as dominant. I do not know if their facilities have changed or it's the better nulling of my ULR's but Cincy is not the bother that it has been in the past. Maybe you should pull some ground wire's out of the St. Louis stations setup - or buy a $40 ULR. :) 73 and Thanks! Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:51:22 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX last night - one new some unID's and oddballs Message-ID: 13025819.1290113483329.javamail.r...@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.ne t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Checking 10watts.com and some websites, I think your 1380 Classic CW is more likely WRAB rather than ON. As for Mexican, likely WTOB or maybe WHEW (isnt WHEW supposed to be on at night?) I need to spend more time on 1380 looking south, but St Louis is always a bother. Re WMOB, they'd been behaving for a year or two, but are they running day rig at night again? 73 KAZ 35 miles NW of Chicago -Original Message- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil Sent: Nov 18, 2010 1:29 PM To: a...@lists.wtfda.info, irca@hard-core-dx.com, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Cc: dhasc...@ureach.com Subject: [IRCA] DX last night - one new some unID's and oddballs I spent about 90 minutes last night, primarilly DX'ing in the 1300's. Although I only caught one new one (overall to boot) I had some fun with some of the unID's. 1370: It appeared that Pineville, NC 1370 had their 16Kw day rig on late, as it was 9 PM ET, or almost 4 hours after Pineville LSS. I also had Fort Cambell KY with rock music and what sounded like a High School football game but it was Bowling Green U Vs. Toledo, thus WSPD. 1380: I had Classic Country again on 1380 with a simple AM 13-80 slogan. Faded down during weather and ads. Did not appear to match Brantford ON's stream as they seem to play newer CW. Maybe Arab, AL? Winona MN (doubtful)? I am sending an email to the Arab, AL station. The CW station went way below South Beloit, IL's Stateline Sports station and then a SS station was heard. The only imaging that I caught was a La Musica ment at 2054 EST. WKDM-NY would be Mandarin per their schedule. WTOB-NC? WHEW-TN on late? ??? 1310: Local WTLC-AM (The Light) *may* be stuck on day power as their signal and associated slop (especially on 1320) are greater than normal, at night. Normally I can hear traces of Madison, WI in the nulls and underneath. They have at least had their IBOC off for the past few weeks! 1320: WTAS-PA is the only thing making it through - trivial relog. 1330: The new one! Was chasing a Classic Country station where I could only barely tell what song was being played. I heard an AM 1330 W-R-A-? liner, so I pulled up Barry's site and saw two possibilities WRAM in IL and WRAA in VA. Found WRAM's website and the stream matched as did the liner, hearing a definite repeat of the WRAM ID at 2110 ET. No doubt that this station was on their proper 50 watt night power due to P or VP signal. The little barefoot Eton really pulled this one out. 1360: Southern Gospel. Who knows? Maybe WMOB-AL again? --- 1330 WRAM IL Monmouth 11/17 2110 Vp w/Classic Country and ID // to webstream. Barely there. NEW! DH-IN 1380 unID 11/17 2020 F w/Classic Country or country variety. Generic AM 13-80 ments by M DJ. Heard last Friday night, too. Arab, AL? Brantford ON? DH-IN 1380 unID 11/17 2054 F-G w/Reg. Mexican but other light SS pop too. Generic La Musica ID's. DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis EST / Eton E-100 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed
[IRCA] WSYW 810 Sign On oddity - again
Just like last year, local WSYW 810 Indianapolis (250 w Mexican pop station) has signed on well before 6 AM. Not sure if it is ever day, or not. They had an issue the same time last year with the DST changeover. About a month ago, they were late signing off as well. I will monitor again to see if they are still signing on at 5 AM EST. I contacted the station last November and it was fixed by the next day. 73, Dave Hascall Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Recent logs recap - 3 NEW ones!
Recent logs: 1170 WCXN NC Claremont 11-10 0200 Loud at times w/Reg. Mexican mx and La Que Buena imaging. DH-IN 1360 WMOB AL Mobile 11-6 0500 Went from a jumble to a loud carrier and then AM 1360 WMOB ID. NEW! DH-IN 1380 WTJK IL South Beloit 11-13 2248 ESPN Radio and State Line Sports Leader mentions. Relog but new to ULR book. DH-IN 1390 WMER MS Meridian 11-5 2205 G w/ weather cast including Freeze warnings. ID and 93.1 ments, which must be W226BI. NEW! DH-IN 1390 WTJS TN Jackson 11-6 0505 West Tennesse Skytrack forecast and FOX TJ network ments. DH-IN 1470 WBFC KY Stanton 11-13 1920 P rising to F on peaks w/PSA for KY 811 digging hotline. Into GOS mx. // to webstream. NEW! DH-IN NOTE: I have added others to the ULR logbook but they were more mundane ones, i.e. ones that I just had not jotted down before, such as 1050 WEPN-NY. :) US/Cdn (Domestic) overall logbook totals at 810 and ULR (Domestic + foreign Cuba/MEX and so on) @ 240. 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN Eton e-100 barefoot Times EST ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [AMDX] La Que Buena 1170
I also heard this one (WCXN - NC) last night which is new to the ULR only logbook. First noticed behind WWVA but with Wheeling nulled, WCXN was actually stronger. I heard all of the La Que Buena and Que Buena mentions but I never got an EE ID. Must have been a minute or two late for that. Wonder if their being on late is a DST issue? Over the weekend, I caught WMOB 1360-AL and WMER 1390-MS for the first time and WTJS Jackson MS for the first time for the ULR book. 1170 WCXN NC Claremont 11-10 0300 (EST) Loud at times w/Reg Mexican mx and La Que Buena imaging. DH-IN 1360 WMOB AL Mobile 11-6 0600 (EDT) Went from a jumble to a loud carrier and then AM 1360 WMOB ID. NEW! 1390 WMER MS Meridian 11-5 2205 G w/ weather cast including Freeze warnings. ID and 93.1 ments, which must be W226BI. NEW! DH-IN 1390 WTJS TN Jackson 11-6 0605 (EDT) West Tennessee Skytrack forecast and FOX TJ network ments. DH-IN Dave Hascall EDT Eton E-100 Indianapolis IN EDT/EST -- Message: 7 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:33:40 + (GMT) From: Curtis Sadowski curtis_sadow...@yahoo.co.uk To: Roy Barstow roybars...@hotmail.com Cc: AMDX a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] La Que Buena 1170 Message-ID: 334369.57546...@web28310.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Heard what sounded like W-C-S-M given slowly and distinctly in accented English at 1800 CST in the midst of a rather frenetic La Buena and Que Buena promo. Curtis Sadowski Monitoring the airwaves at Champaign, Illinois - Original Message From: Roy Barstow roybars...@hotmail.com To: Bill Nollman billc...@comcast.net; mbug...@gmail.com; AM WTFDA a...@wtfda.info Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 6:19:22 PM Subject: Re: [Amdx] La Que Buena 1170 Also caught this ID. Thanks for all the help guys. It's new here. From: billc...@comcast.net To: roybars...@hotmail.com; mbug...@gmail.com; a...@wtfda.info Subject: RE: [Amdx] La Que Buena 1170 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:02:53 -0500 Yep, Legal ID at 00:00:26 UTC - shouted in English WCXN ! Wish WWVA wasn't in the way. Bill -Original Message- From: amdx-boun...@lists.wtfda.info [mailto:amdx-boun...@lists.wtfda.info] On Behalf Of Roy Barstow Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 7:00 PM To: mbug...@gmail.com; AM WTFDA Subject: Re: [Amdx] La Que Buena 1170 Leaning toward WCXN also as Mexican typical music. Seems to be running late for a daytime station. I will put 3 short clips in my RealDX files and ask for help. Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:48:20 -0500 From: mbug...@gmail.com To: a...@wtfda.info Subject: [Amdx] La Que Buena 1170 Shows up in a Google search as Hickory NC, so WCXN Claremont NC. Mike B Enfield CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method!
Stephen - Welcome to my world. Almost everything is identical, right down to trying to recall if I have to work or not!Like Todd, I keep a small LED flashlight on the nightstand, and a small pad and pen. I DX much the same way. If I can't sleep, I DX. I do note that *man made* noise is lower at odd hours (4 AM) and that to me makes the band much quieter and easier to DX. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:37:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Ponder stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net To: Mail Group UltralightDX ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method! Message-ID: 793371.32514...@web80604.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I must have really been stressed out this week! I woke up this morning (Saturday, Nov 6th, 2010) at 4:00 AM, thinking it was a work day with a 6:00 AM teleconference!! I was halfway down the hallway, headed toward the shower, when I had that Homer Simpson Doh! moment and realized that it was Saturday. Wow! Anyway, when I got back to bed, I was having trouble getting back to sleep, so I picked up my DT-400W and earbuds off of the nightstand by my side of the bed and started tuning around. I was amazed at the difference in the sound of the band at 4:30 AM CDT (0930 GMT) as compared to when I usually DX, which is around 11:30 PM CDT (0430 GMT)! Mexican stations which are just barely audible under the jumble at the later time were booming in, some sounding like they were locals! Of course, with my wife asleep next to me, I really couldn't turn on a light and jot down station details, so I thought I'd be cool and just remember stations, frequencies, and times so that when I got up later on, I could write them all down in my logbook. NOT COOL! I must have been sleepier than I thought I was. All of those exotic XE and Cuban stations that I heard and tried to remember have now faded into a conglomeration of La Buenas, Noticias, Equis Eh Something, and what-not. I seem to remember listening to Cuba's Radio Rebelde on 720 kHz, dominating over Chicago's WGN around the 6:00 AM CDT (1100 GMT) TOH timeframe. I also remember hearing Cuba's Radio Enciclopedia on 530 kHz with a very good signal around 5:30 AM CDT (1030 GMT). I've got to find a better method for nighttime (i.e., bedside) DX'ing!! A very sleepy 73, Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI Many great deeds are performed in the small struggles of life. - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn E-Mail: stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WCHI 1350-OH added to the log
This morning WCHI 1350 Chillicothe, Ohio made it to the Grundig S-350 for a new log. 1 Kw. 1350 WCHI OH Chillicothe 10-28 0750 F w/weather, ID and 92.7 mentions (who // them on an FM translator) before going back to OLD. NEW! DH-IN EDT/S-350 DH = Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [AM DX] WFPB 1170
At least they ID'd at the TOH during their WPSSA (Way Past Sunset Authority). KKLL 1100 in Webb City MO has been noted by me the last two Friday nights running REL programming off of the bird with just some automation beeps where the TOH ID would be inserted. The computer did insert one local ad but no ID. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:49:27 -0400 From: Jeff Lehmann jefflehm...@gmail.com To: 'Marc DeLorenzo' midcapem...@aol.com, mbug...@gmail.com Cc: a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] WFPB 1170 Message-ID: 001801cb76c8$77df22c0$679d68...@com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hmmm, vey n-teresting! Especially since they are one of my two locals and the ONLY AM station in the USA that is due East of me. They ARE a daytimer, but with Post Sunset Authority, they usually stay on an hour or two after local sunset. But obviously 2320 EDT is WAY past local sunset! About 5-1/2 hours past! They do in fact simulcast WUMB-91.9. In fact that is ALL they do - no local Cape Cod programming whatsoever. I don't think I've ever heard an ID for WFPB. It's All WUMB All The Time. They do ID it at the top of the hour, http://www.tophour.com/audio/Boston%20MA/fm0919_2004-12_wumb-fm_jlehmann .mp3 Has 1170 ever had programming that wasn't a simulcast of something else? I know that before getting donated to WUMB, it was just a simulcast of 104.7 WKPE. Jeff Lehmann - N1ZZN Hanson, MA FN42NB Sangean HDT-1X, Yamaha T-85 APS-13 *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New Logs + KKLL 1100 in again - I'm counting it.
Got about two and half hours Friday for some DX'ing. I added three new to the overall logbook and am starting the process of filling the missing gaps in my ULR logbook. Having the web at hand, sure is nice. I was able to // several stations, including WIXI. Conditions were mildly Au. I am counting KKLL-MO based upon a local ad sealed it. This was my unID from last week on 1100. Obviously a daytimer on late as the automation is not inserting a TOH LID but it sounds like it inserted a local ad at 2259 ET for a gospel music show in Branson. The program that I heard last Friday night that I thought was the Lost Show was the Roth Show with Dr. Laurie Roth. I went outside and actually got a much better null on WTAM (odd, maybe the house and wiring made nulling more difficult???). I heard the same tones Friday as last week, where the automation should have triggered an ID. Thanks to David Faulkner of Ohio for suggesting them. 1360 WIXI AL Jasper 10-22 1925 Classic Country. G //web stream and LID NEW! DH-IN 960 KMA IA Shenandoah 10-22 1940 HS Football kick off show. F. // to webstream. Rare but new for the ULR logbook DH-IN 1150 WJRD AL Tuscaloosa 10-22 2005 F w/ ID NEW! DH-IN 1320 WJAS PA Pittsburgh 10-22 2025 G w/HS football news show. New to the ULR book. DH-IN 1100 KKLL MO Webb City 10-22 2259 G at times, better than WTAM when they were nulled. The Roth Show REL program. No LID but a local ad for Branson. DH-IN DH-IN = Dave Hascall Indianapolis Eton e-100. Times EDT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MW DX from Enid OK, October 25, 2010
Glenn; Could your REL on 880 be WRFD-OH? That would be about 45-60 minutes (guesstimate) after their local sunrise but if the skywave was still hanging on, why not?. I did not realize that they were now 23 Kw (6.1 CH). My old (1991) NRC log has them 9 Kw with 5 Kw CH and a 500 watt PSRA. 73, Dave Hascall Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:18:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com To: a...@wtfda.info, a...@nrcdxas.org, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net,MWC yg mwcir...@yahoogroups.com, mwdx m...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] MW DX from Enid OK, October 25, 2010 Message-ID: 207273.56241...@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 All times and dates strictly UT. MW log editors are welcome to excerpt items, reformat and change to favorite timezone if necessary. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; some caradio as specified; above 2 MHz on FRG-7 with 110-foot east-west longwire. ** MEXICO. Circa sunrise MW DX Oct 25 on DX-398, internal antenna: 540, Oct 25 at 1158, Ej?rcito y Fuerza A?rea PSA from government, W Radio promos, 1200 into local San Lu?s Potos? news by YL; from XEWA. 620, Oct 25 at 1205 after long orchestral NA, sign-on by XEBU, Chihuahua mentioning 10 mil watts. 700, Oct 25 at 1243, several mentions of phone 52-3-13-13, ``aqu? en Ciudad Parral``, and hours it may be called, street address, mentions astrology. Same station I heard Oct 17, XEGD, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, with ``Consejos para un mejor vivir``. 1100, Oct 25 at 1217, some ranchera music audible only with KFAB IBOC nulled. XENAS, Navojoa, Sonora looks best bet (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3160, WPJK x 2, SC, again late signing on, Oct 25: Nothing there at 1127-1133. Retune at 1139 and now they are in sign-on message, 1140 train whistling and gospel music. Poor reception today with storm noise level probably from Alabama/Georgia area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 720, KDWN Las Vegas NV, Oct 25 at *1244:40 UT again cuts onto day pattern an hour too early, amid Heidi Harris telling how to vote on state questions, 1246 to traffic report; 1253 had faded down but soon back up. 790, Oct 25 at 1248 UT, KNST Tucson AZ again dominating over KFYO Lubbock TX and anything else, with ID, news, 1251 Wall Street Journal This Morning. 860, KOAM lives! Oct 25 after CBS News ended with kicker about Bullwinkle, at 1210 UT I was surprised to hear a ``KOAM News Update``, mentioning ``the four states``, stories from Joplin, Neosho, Pittsburg, KOAM mentioned a couple more times, but at 1212 transformed into ``Classic Country AM 860, KKOW``, music. KOAM [Kansas/Oklahoma/Arkansas/Missouri] was the original call on 860, Pittsburg KS. Still applies to TV station on 13, with a CP to move back to original 7 and increase power. Not to any FM station, let alone AM 860. So apparently the TV station supplies the local news bits to KKOW, whether or not they are still commonly owned. 880, Oct 25 at 1247 UT, preacher in English from east/west, certainly not KRVN. Could be KLRG Sheridan AR 50 kW, but NRC AM Log has that as talk. Could also be KHAC Tse Bonito NM = Window Rock AZ, which is religious plus Navajo. After all, I am also getting KDWN 720 Las Vegas NV, but it`s also before sunrise in TB/WR, so should be on 430 watt night power instead of 10 kW day, nondirexional at all times. 920, Oct 25 at 1234 UT, lo-key single announcer with local Utah news dominating frequency, traffic accident, Uinta and adjacent Duchesne county unemployment rates; 1236 ``AM 920 KVEL News-Talk``, ad. KVEL is in Vernal, NE corner of state, dinosaur country. NRC AM Log says 5/1 kW, mentions no PSRA, but this is well before sunrise there. NRC Pattern Book shows night has major lobe to the NE, very minor one sort of toward us, while daytime is non-direxional. I bet it was really the latter. 1430, Oct 25 at 1354 UT, ``Studio 1430`` acknowledges a listener in Germany (presumably webcast), from NW/SE, then ``The Man in My Girl`s Life`` song involving speaking more than singing; SAH of about 10 Hz but dominating channel despite two OK 1430s, more than an hour after LSR here. It`s also after sunrise there which in October is 1315 UT; November 1345. Night pattern goes slightly east of north; daytime nondirexional. 1359 mentioning non-smokers dying in Nebraska; 1400 CNN News; 1403, 8:03 timecheck in the ``Breakfast Club``, local headlines mentioning Denver. So this is KEZW, COL suburb Aurora, with format, news network and slogan all corresponding to info in NRC AM Log also headquartered there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. TP MW carrier search Oct 25: around 1155 UT looked for 747 and 774 from Japan, but not. A bit better in fuller scan 1221 downward in LSB mode: 1098, 774, 747, 738; 1223 upward in USB mode: 747 774, 828, 1098, 1116 (Glenn
Re: [IRCA] KLVI Night Pattern
Thanks Steve; I saw that and they are sure aimed away from me. Tom Jasinski mentioned WIND-IL. I hear them lots at night now but not every night. Wonder if KLVI changed to allow WIND to change their pattern? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:27:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Ponder stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [IRCA] KLVI Night Pattern Message-ID: 508009.82743...@web80602.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dave, Here is the nighttime antenna pattern from the FCC ... http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/628547-78269. pdf Looks like most of their power is directed toward Houston at night now. 73, Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI Your attitude is a choice you make every day. - Chuck Swindoll Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn E-Mail: stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Dxing from Signal Hill, Newfoundland
Awesome logs, Allen! Anytime that you can get four new ULR ones is what I would call fantastic. You have really been scoring big with that Sony M37V. I had a digitally tuned Sony Cassette Walkman that seemed to work similar to that one. Unfortunately it would overload on a local 500 watt (nights) station on 1590 and I would hear them all the way up to 1670. It was the WM-FX421) I have another Sony cassette walkman model (WM-FS493 Sports model) that is superb and DX's circles around my ULR's or bigger Grundig S-350 but of course it is not ULR legal. It does fit in my pocket - and is lots of fun, however. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 9 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Allen Willie vo1_001_...@yahoo.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Dxing from Signal Hill, Newfoundland Message-ID: 98216.74665...@web33803.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello To All, Once again this morning before sunrise I made the trek on foot up to Signal Hill to try my hand at Dxing with the SRF-M37V barefoot overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Great conditions experienced there as many signals were heard underneath or mixing with others.Very little noise or interference was a bonus also during the session. Listened from 9:10-9:55 UTC 10/21/10 and gained 4 new ones for the ULR logbook 560-WZAN-Portland,Maine News, political talk 660-WFAN-New York, NY Sportstalk, ID 670-WSCR-Chicago, Illinois, Baseball talk 670-CUBA-Radio Rebelde, Spanish talk 680-Unidentified, Spanish (presumed Cuba) 700-WLW-Cincinnati, Ohio, talk,ID 710-WOR-New York,NY, talk 720-WGN-Chicago, Illinois, talk Legal ID 730-CKAC-Montreal, Quebec, French talk 740-CFZM-Toronto, Ont , pop songs nostalgic, AM-740 mixing with local 750-Unidentified , under semi local CBGY, English talk 760-WJR-Detroit, Michigan , talk show,ID, local ads 770-WABC-New York, NY , talk 780-WBBM-Chicago, Illinois,talk, mention of Chicago 830-WCRN-Worcester, Mass, political talk 850-Unidentified under WEEI Boston, talk in English 860-CJBC-Toronto, Ontario, French talk 870-WWL-New Orleans, LA , ID , ads NOrleans related, (Big Signal of the morning 880-WCBS-New York, NY ,weather and news 910-YVRQ-Caracas, Venezuela , Spanish talk , mention RQ , romantic pop **NEW 910-CKDQ-Drumheller, Alberta, ad for Calgary business, Q-91 ID **NEW 950-CKNB-Fredericton, New Brunswick, pop songs ,ID 970-WZAN-Portland ,Maine, talk show (Strong signal) 980-Unidentified , political talk (Presumed WCAP Mass) 980-CJME-Regina, Saskatchewan, talk about Saskatoon, city buses, ID **NEW 990-CKGM-Montreal, Quebec under CBY Cornerbrook, sports talk 1000-WMVP-Chicago,Illinois, sports talk 1030-WBZ-Boston,Mass, talk show,ID 1040-WHO-Des Moines, Iowa, ads,talk 1050-WEPN-New York, NY, sports talk 1060-WQOM -Natick,Mass religious program,songs EX-WBIX ** NEW 1080-WTIC-Hartford,Conn, talk,ads 1090-WBAL-Baltimore,Maryland, talk 1100-WTAM-Cleveland,Ohio 1110-WBT-Charlotte,NC,talk,ads for Charlotte 1130-WBBR-New York,NY, business talk 1160-Unidentified Inspirational music ,talk (possibly WYLL-Chicago) 1180-Unidentified,Spanish talk(Cuba?) 1190-WLIB-New York,NY,gospel talk,music 1250-WEAE-Pittsburgh,PA,sports talk 1270-CFCB-Sydney,Nova Scotia,country music,ID,ads 1290-WRNI-Providence Rhode island,public radio talk 1350-CKAD-Middleton,Nova Scotia,country music,concert promo 1370-WDEA-Ellsworth,Maine,music,ads,ID 1390-WEGP-Presque Isle,Maine,talk show 1440-WRED-Portland,Maine,sports talk 1490-WBAE-Portland,Maine,1400 1490 The Bay ID,local ads 1510-WWZN-Boston,Mass,talk 1530-WCKY-Cincinnati,Ohio sports talk 1560-WQEW-New York,NY,Disney Radio,music 1570-CFAV-Laval,Quebec pop hits,French talk 1590-WARV-Warwick Rhode Island, talk 1600-WNRB-Boston,Mass, Spanish talk 1610-CJWI-Montreal,Quebec French talk Good DX Allen Willie St. John's,Newfoundland * ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] KLVI Night Pattern
I may have asked this before but as a high-schooler and college student (late 70's and most of the 80's), I would hear KLVI 560-TX *almost every night.* I don't think that I have heard them in probably 20 years. They were probably my most distant, regular on any of the old 5 Kw Regional channels. Did their nighttime pattern change at some point, which may have stopped a lobe from heading toward Indiana? 73, Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WBGW-1590 DX test
Hi Patrick; My local WNTS (Beech Grove, IN) used a Radio Mas phrase at the 0002 (CT) during the TOH package but I wasn't listening at 0037. You do have WNTS in your book, already, don't you? As for the test - nothing but WNTS and WAKR. I did not hear any of the tunes and such that I have read through reports so it was a bust. Sweep tones and maybe mc ID's may have made it but I heard nothing. I am very thankful for Mark running the test and John for letting us know. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:47:07 -0700 From: mwd...@webtv.net (Patrick Martin) To: a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WBGW-1590 DX test Message-ID: 4045-4cbbc33b-2...@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII I re-listened to the cassette, timing it and here is what I could hear, but it was rough. Time CST 2359.50KVGB-Great Bend ID News (KVGB), and FSR, presume KCNN (IDed later) .10 Bits and pieces in jumble of SSB .35 More bits of SSB, a bit clearer 0002Unid Piano music 0006 Inst version of Isn't Life Strange 0007 AM 15-90 ID 0008RB Oldie song 0016Slogan The Big Talker or The Big Talk, briefly above the jumble 0019 Song Operator by Jim Croce 0020.30-0020.56 1000 cycle tone 0028 Unid 50's DooWop music 0029 Unid Frankie Valli song 0036Unid SSer pops up out of the jumble 0037SSer ID's as Radio Mas ? Romantica Tropical music ID popped up Fox Sports, Radio 15-90 KCNN Drake R8, 1500' Eastern Beverage 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Help! unID 1100 Rel / OTR station Friday night u/WTAM
Heard this intriguing unID on 1100, almost all of Friday evening. Under WTAM, and briefly equal at times, was what sounded like an Old Time Radio program or REL drama. At the end of the program (2158 ET) was a PO Box (237?) address in Portland , Oregon and what sounded like a husband and wife's name and lots of old time radio mentions. No ID but some tones at the TOH. Maybe a daytimer stuck on with generic automation? Any way at the 2300 TOH a program that just ended sounded like The Lost Show (?) with Doctor Lauren Jones (?). More beeping tones at that TOH and at 2400 but still either could not catch an ID or it faded down - AND WTAM was strong 90% of the time. Anyone else hear this? 1100 unID 10-15 2200 (ET) OTR or REL drama program. Ended at 2200 but no ID could be heard or none was given. 2300 end of REL show The Lost Show (?) with Doctor Lauren Jones (?). u/WTAM rising to readable on peaks. DH-IN 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Help! unID 1100 Rel / OTR station Friday night u/WTAM
Could be KKLL, David. I checked the web for info on KKLL and they are part of the hereshelpnet.org network. I could not find a program schedule online - what I might do is try to the listen to that group's web stream on Friday night and see if they play the same shows as what I heard last Friday night. I would count KKLL if that turns out to be the case. Barry's website mentions King of Kings network for KKLL. I found this website http://www.kingofkingsradio.com/ but it is for just 3 stations (KY/TN) and the program schedule doesn't match. Of course if it is KKLL, they were obviously on late. I don't think that I'll call and ask if they were on late on Friday. LOL. I also looked at KDRY TX's schedule and nothing matched. Will check again, Friday. Thanks! 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:53:07 -0700 (PDT) From: David Faulkner drdsfaulk...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Help! unID 1100 Rel / OTR station Friday night u/WTAM Message-ID: 427004.30125...@web46016.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 David: If I had to guess I'd say KKLL (if it was rel.) as they are basically a repeater w/a satelite feed.? They often do multi-station IDs on the hour and that could explain the tones. 73 David --- On Tue, 10/19/10, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote: From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil Subject: [IRCA] Help! unID 1100 Rel / OTR station Friday night u/WTAM To: a...@lists.wtfda.info, irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 3:02 PM Heard this intriguing unID on 1100, almost all of Friday evening. Under WTAM, and briefly equal at times, was what sounded like an Old Time Radio program or REL drama.? At the end of the program (2158 ET) was a PO Box (237?) address in Portland , Oregon and what sounded like a husband and wife's name and lots of old time radio mentions.? No ID but some tones at the TOH.? Maybe a daytimer stuck on with generic automation?? Any way at the 2300 TOH a program that just ended sounded like The Lost Show (?) with Doctor Lauren Jones (?).? More beeping tones at that TOH and at 2400 but still either could not catch an ID or it faded down - AND WTAM was strong 90% of the time. Anyone else hear this? 1100 unID 10-15 2200 (ET) OTR or REL drama program.? Ended at 2200 but no ID could be heard or none was given.? 2300 end of REL show The Lost Show (?) with Doctor Lauren Jones (?).? u/WTAM rising to readable on peaks.? DH-IN??? 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis? * ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [WTDFA] RE: Who is on 1039.95?
I checked last night (and this morning) at 2200, 0315 and 0630 and I heard no het against a strong WHO. Hopefully it is fixed - whoever it was. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:06:22 -0400 From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: a...@lists.wtfda.info, Rick Shaftan shaf...@earthlink.net Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Subject: [IRCA] [WTDFA] RE: Who is on 1039.95? Message-ID: 6aca8350315331429dd2e433a39d2fb409124...@cin-evs-w-2.ds.dfas.mil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hey Rick; WJTB-OH 1040 as been guilty of this, in the past. The only Cleveland area DX'er that I know of is Michael Procop and he verified that they were the guilty party, the last time which was last year, IIRC. I will try to listen for it tonight. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:29:48 -0400 From: Rick Shaftan shaf...@earthlink.net To: AMFMTV DX E-mail List (E-mail) amfmt...@qth.net,WTFDA-AM a...@wtfda.info Subject: [Amdx] Who is on 1039.95? Message-ID: 4cb632dc.30...@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Low side rumble against 1040 ESPN. Rick S., NW NJ *** ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WGBW 1590 DX Test Tonight AFAIK
There is a DX Test tonight (actually early Saturday morning) on WGBW 1590 WI. 0100 ET w/the 1 Kw day power. Hope that I get to try for it. 73, Dave in Indy -- From John J. Rieger's DX midAmerica website: First this from Hark Heller @1590 WGBW in Two Rivers, WI: Hello. Mark Heller here at WGBW-AM 1590 in Two Rivers, WI. Just wanted you to know of a planned RF and audio test at Midnight local time (Central time) for your enthusiasts. October 16th at Midnight. Test will last for an hour. Musical selections will be varied, including Mickey Mouse March, National Anthem, Bugle Calls, Muppet Music, among others. We'll be running during the experimental period, and at a kilowatt, commercial-free, of course. Best regards, Mark Heller WGBW AM 1590 Two Rivers, WI w...@lsol.net QSLs via e-mail or WGBW Radio 1414 16th Street Two Rivers,WI 54241-3031 Attn:Mark Heller Also, Mark likes the letters so they can be shown to advertisers! Aside, to be clear, this is Friday night into Saturday morning. JJR ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] [WTDFA] RE: Who is on 1039.95?
Hey Rick; WJTB-OH 1040 as been guilty of this, in the past. The only Cleveland area DX'er that I know of is Michael Procop and he verified that they were the guilty party, the last time which was last year, IIRC. I will try to listen for it tonight. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:29:48 -0400 From: Rick Shaftan shaf...@earthlink.net To: AMFMTV DX E-mail List (E-mail) amfmt...@qth.net,WTFDA-AM a...@wtfda.info Subject: [Amdx] Who is on 1039.95? Message-ID: 4cb632dc.30...@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Low side rumble against 1040 ESPN. Rick S., NW NJ *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WSDX 1130 Brazil, Indiana Silent
I read in Blair Thompson's Indiana Radio Watch that Brazil, Indiana's 1130, WSDX will go silent. According to Wikipedia, it already is. It was a 500 watt (daytime) station with just 20 watts authorized at night. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDX http://www.indianaradio.net 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
Thanks John and Paul; Too bad that there are not more radio guys, in radio. Sad but true - there isn't a lot of folks like Mr. Heller. Please John, pass along my thanks. Hopefully the 10 Kw will run a test, too. Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 7:24 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [IRCA] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL Mark Heller is definately a radio guy... he is the owner of WGBW and he's also an engineer.. a very intelligent engineer. Paul Walker On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:34 AM, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net wrote: All, Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller... It's a Saturday morning. 12am to 1am I know there's ocnfusion because it's not a Sunday morning... but we didn't want to ruin our entire weekend! we're moving to Denmark, WI next year with 10kw days. there are no 1590's between us and the North Pole, so that will be an interesting experiment when the array goes up! Mark is a radio guy. He gets it and you can bet the test will run! 73! John Thanx to all who spread the word on this. John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com http://dx-midamerica.com/ 24/7 NSP! We never close! ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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 http://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference
To be perfectly honest, it could be a chance for a DX'er (who has the time (who has the time? Not me, LOL)) to explain DX'ing and propagation to CKWX. It could be an olive branch to the station from DX'ers, to set them straight and get a plug for MW DX'ing. Maybe a DX Test? :) Any volunteers? Still the weather related angle is too funny. I bet they go right back to it, later on this month with the SR times. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:26:53 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference Message-ID: 4cad3dfd.5050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed This is what's known as a snow job. Vancouver could have used some of that stuff during the Winter Olympics :) Let's see what they say after the high pressure ridge is gone. Bruce On 10/6/2010 10:21 AM, Eric Floden wrote: from CKWX site http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/111376--say-goodbye-to-notici as1130 Say goodbye to Noticias1130. Spanish radio should stop bleeding through airwaves soon Mike Lloyd Oct 06, 2010 07:36:25 AM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Many of our listeners from the Fraser Valley to the Tri-Cities have been hearing a Spanish language station broadcasting on News1130. The signal that has been bleeding through our airwaves is coming from Mt Angel, Oregon. After a meeting between our engineers and those from the American station, here's the real deal: It's not just simple signal skipping or a strong signal drowning out News1130. We're told it's a rare atmospheric anomaly, stronger than it's been in years. A few things have converged to create conditions not seen in decades, some of which are weather-related. News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate has been talking about an enormous high-pressure ridge for some time now. It's been influencing the coastal weather from Prince Rupert to L.A. and what's really happening is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere is becoming very stable, very stratified. [That's] creating a channel between the layers of the atmosphere through which radio waves can travel unobstructed. Lacate says in rare conditions like these, radio waves can travel across abnormally long distances. It is called a skywave and it seems to peak between 7am-9am and 6pm-8pm. The good news is it's expected to return to normal soon. So, adios la Mexicana, hola News1130! And muchas gracias to all our listeners for being patient. ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
Saul; Great news! If it happens, it will be wonderful. I have a local on 1590 (Beech Grove) but I can null them and the best open direction is NW/SE, so it could make it! I know times are tough for stations but with a possible test so early in the year, it sounds encouraging for tests for the '10-'11 season. 73, Dave in Indy PS - Check out John's DX MidAmerica site! http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxmidamerica/ -- Message: 9 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:28:47 -0400 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@wtfda.info Subject: [IRCA] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL Message-ID: blu0-smtp555a5482e9e075b0c0c721a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original I have an e-mail into the station contact, and am trying to clarify a few details. For instance, I presume they mean the midnight leading into Oct 16. But I've learned never to presume things. Some other details, too. Soon as I know, you'll all know. Sorry about the relatively late notice. But this came in unexpectedly, and we'll take what we can get. Saul Chernos NRC-IRCA DX Test coordinator - Original Message - From: Deane McIntyre dmcin...@ucalgary.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Fwd: WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers,WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL On 2010-10-06, at 12:01 PM, Wayne Heinen wrote: Hi all This test forwarded by the John Rieger of DX MidAmerica. First test of the season courtesy of the station! 73 Wayne Heinen - Forwarded message from dx-midamer...@webtv.net - Hello. Mark Heller here at WGBW-AM 1590 in Two Rivers, WI. Just wanted you to know of a planned RF and audio test at Midnight local time (Central time) for your enthusiasts. October 16th at Midnight. Test will last for an hour. Musical selections will be varied, including Mickey Mouse March, National Anthem, Bugle Calls, Muppet Music, among others. We'll be running during the experimental period, and at a kilowatt, commercial-free, of course. I wonder if this is midnight Oct15/16 or midnight Oct 16/17? Will try for it of course from here in Calgary AB - should have a good chance of adding this to the log if conditions are OK 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO Calgary AB ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Now Accepting Orders for the 31st Edition of the AM Radio Log and The 21st Edition of the FM Atlas! http://www.nrcdxas.org for the details -- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com End of IRCA Digest, Vol 78, Issue 19 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference
KAZ, I was LMAO, as well. Almost as funny as 25+ years ago when the PD (!) from a Dallas FM station sent us listeners (DX'ers and non-DX'ers alike, who stumbled across their station via sporadic E prop) a note that stated that we heard them because Dallas had 22 straight 100 degree (F) days. The hot air is not confined to BC. :) 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 8 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:11:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com,Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference Message-ID: 2504877.1286395864398.javamail.r...@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.n et Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ROFLMAO !!! -Original Message- From: Eric Floden eric.f99...@gmail.com Sent: Oct 6, 2010 12:21 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference from CKWX site http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/111376--say-goodbye-to-notic ias1130 Say goodbye to Noticias1130. Spanish radio should stop bleeding through airwaves soon Mike Lloyd Oct 06, 2010 07:36:25 AM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Many of our listeners from the Fraser Valley to the Tri-Cities have been hearing a Spanish language station broadcasting on News1130. The signal that has been bleeding through our airwaves is coming from Mt Angel, Oregon. After a meeting between our engineers and those from the American station, here's the real deal: It's not just simple signal skipping or a strong signal drowning out News1130. We're told it's a rare atmospheric anomaly, stronger than it's been in years. A few things have converged to create conditions not seen in decades, some of which are weather-related. News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate has been talking about an enormous high-pressure ridge for some time now. It's been influencing the coastal weather from Prince Rupert to L.A. and what's really happening is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere is becoming very stable, very stratified. [That's] creating a channel between the layers of the atmosphere through which radio waves can travel unobstructed. Lacate says in rare conditions like these, radio waves can travel across abnormally long distances. It is called a skywave and it seems to peak between 7am-9am and 6pm-8pm. The good news is it's expected to return to normal soon. So, adios la Mexicana, hola News1130! And muchas gracias to all our listeners for being patient. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New SRS ULR log from Saturday
I poked around a bit on Saturday morning with the barefoot Eton e-100. Only station of note was new to the main and ULR logs. It was on 1570 and mentioned Alton, North Alton, 618 area codes and lots of Riverbend mentions, so it was WBGZ Alton, IL! #4 on 1570 for the Illini state. Ironically I have only heard 2 of the 3 Hoosiers on 1570, missing the 500 watter from Auburn. 1570 WBGZ 10-2 0755 F-G w/local ads, 618 ac and Riverbend mentions. New! DH-IN Dave Hascall, Indianapolis, IN, Eton e-100. EDT times. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1130 - interference reported by CKWX
Thanks Deane (I removed the extra n that I put in your first name, sorry), I have created an excel template for my figuring these easily. I think that I may see an error in your 240 degree example - I think that it is 64.6 watts, not 646. Is that right? 79.86/1571.07 = 0.050832. 0.050832 squared is 0.00258. 0.00258 X 25000 =64.596. Thanks again and 73, Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Deane McIntyre [mailto:dmcin...@ucalgary.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:27 PM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: 1130 - interference reported by CKWX On 2010-09-29, at 3:49 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote: Thanks Deanne. Inquiring minds want to know (maybe just me, hi), how can you figure ERP from power (25 Kw) and the numbers from the plot info? That'd be good info to know (i.e. I know that my local WNDE 1260 is stronger at night and want to know what the ERP is versus the actual 5 Kw, transmitted). The values in the FCC tables and polar graphs are the electric field strength in millivolts per meter at one kilometer from the antenna array. The RMS value is what the field would be from a non directional antenna. Two sets of values are given, std (standard) and theo (theory); in some cases third value is given, aug (augmented) which does not concern us here. As the field strength is proportional to the square root of the transmitter power, if follows that the power is proportional to the square of the field strength. Thus to get an estimate of the effective radiated power alone one azimuth one takes the ratio of the field strength along that azimuth (from the chart or estimated from the polar plot) to the RMS value and squares that number, which in turn is multiplied by the transmitter power to the array. It does not really matter if one uses the std or theo values as we are looking for an estimate only. For example: KPWX-1130 operating at 25 kW the RMS std value is 1571.07 mV/m at 1 km At an azimuth of zero (straight north, towards CKWX) the std field is 2248.79 mV/m at 1 km (2248.79/1571.07) squared is 2.0488 x 25 kW = 51.2 kW ERP to QRM CKWX At a azimuth of 240 (middle of the null) std is 79.86 mV/m at 1 km (79.86/1571.07) squared = 0.00258 x 25 kW = 0.646 kW = 646 watts 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1130 - interference reported by CKWX
I do not know how to figure out effective radiated power but I could see where 25Kw., directly NE of the station, would sound like 50 Kw., or better. http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1355584-11043 2.pdf I also do see that the FCC database has the 50 Kw as an application. Might they have received a CP and the database has yet to be updated? AND if they do somehow have a CP, they could test, right? 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:21:39 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1130 - interference reported by CKWX Message-ID: aanlktikek2mnpqesy5b4jcmrvc8r4jfmu8c5nvfm5...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The are only licensed for 25,000 Watts... they DO have an APPLICATION for 50KW.. with no apparent pattern change for the proposed application On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Eric Floden eric.f99...@gmail.com wrote: hi apologies if already noted here (I am not keeping up with e-mail right now) this on CKWX-1130 BC website today: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/108167--spanish-music-bleedin g-into-news1130-s-radiowaves Spanish music bleeding into News1130's radiowaves Please call our newsroom if you're experiencing problems Dave White Sep 29, 2010 09:13:33 AM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - If you're in the Fraser Valley or eastern suburbs, you're likely hearing Spanish music bleeding through our station. That's because a Mexican station broadcasting near Portland, Oregon is using a 50,000 kilowatt signal and it's drowning us out. Please call our newsroom if you're experiencing the problem. It helps us put pressure on the folks who deal with regulations. The phone number is 604-873-6397. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1130 - interference reported by CKWX
Thanks Deanne. Inquiring minds want to know (maybe just me, hi), how can you figure ERP from power (25 Kw) and the numbers from the plot info? That'd be good info to know (i.e. I know that my local WNDE 1260 is stronger at night and want to know what the ERP is versus the actual 5 Kw, transmitted). 73, Dave -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:31:38 -0600 From: Deane McIntyre dmcin...@ucalgary.ca To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1130 - interference reported by CKWX Message-ID: c79faae8-5911-4f9d-8596-77a033b5c...@ucalgary.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 2010-09-29, at 1:20 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote: I do not know how to figure out effective radiated power but I could see where 25Kw., directly NE of the station, would sound like 50 Kw., or better. http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1355584-11043 2.pdf You are correct - effective radiated power works out to 81.6 kW at an azimuth of 45 degrees (and 51.2 kW straight north) 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 77, Issue 71
Thanks for the info on WHLN, Bill. They seem to be what I would call a regular on 1410 but it might be a coinky-dink. If I hear music instead of talk, I get excited but I forget that it could be WHLN. :) I don't tune around every night but at least for this past week, I have caught them 2 of the 3 nights. Hopefully I can poke around tomorrow night looking for HSFB daytimers. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:38:29 EDT From: dxe...@aol.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] New ULR log (WNFL) + WHLN 1410 KY on day power? Message-ID: 1944e0.58630f5e.39cbf...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Dave-- I heard WHLN on 9/6 doing Friday Night Football. It was the first time I had heard them in quite a while, and I haven't heard them since. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI In a message dated 9/22/2010 6:31:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, david.hasc...@dfas.mil writes: Grabbed a new ULR log last night (relog to the main). WNFL 1440 Green Bay. Great calls (of course) for a great football town. Also have been hearing WHLN Harlan, KY almost every night on 1410. Potent signal for 41 watts (okay, sarcasm off ;) ). Anyone else hearing this one, at night? 1440 WNFL WI Green Bay 0100 2-22 Fox Sports update and quick 1440 WNFL ID. Fair. Relog but new to the ULR book. DH-IN EDT 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New ULR log (WNFL) + WHLN 1410 KY on day power?
Grabbed a new ULR log last night (relog to the main). WNFL 1440 Green Bay. Great calls (of course) for a great football town. Also have been hearing WHLN Harlan, KY almost every night on 1410. Potent signal for 41 watts (okay, sarcasm off ;) ). Anyone else hearing this one, at night? 1440 WNFL WI Green Bay 0100 2-22 Fox Sports update and quick 1440 WNFL ID. Fair. Relog but new to the ULR book. DH-IN EDT 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 690 Gravelbourg SA
Ah, 690. If I could only bribe the WLW CE to shut down its IBOC (maybe with some Skyline chili or maybe a case of Hudepohl beer?) Frank Merrill Wisconsin. Cute! 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:06:48 -0400 From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca To: amfmt...@mailman.qth.net, a...@wtfda.info, a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 690 Gravelbourg SA Message-ID: blu0-smtp9906ea351e509613c908b0a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 is strong at 4 am at Burnt River ON ... for anyone who needs it. On the Tecsun 380, first time for that as last few times have been on the Sangean portable and Rat Shack loop. 730 in Frank Merrill Wl has also been strong, which I doubt it should be here. 690 had tantalizing mix of Spanish stations when I went to sleep at 0100. One likely Mexico City but not sure, the other uncertain. What I suspect was El Paso KTSM was also in the mix with a definite NewsRadio slogan. 940 is dominated by Mex City off-frequency. Strong. Saul *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Talking House Tx WAS 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC
One of the more upscale Goodwill's that I shop had two or three at one time, for five dollars each. All had a cassette player in them. Might have been neat to experiment with. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:28:08 + (UTC) From: vroom...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC Message-ID: 215365789.1066031.1284100088198.javamail.r...@sz0172a.emeryville.ca.mai l.comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Patrick, I paid $12.99 for the Talking House transmitter. The Goodwill store had 3 of them. When I plugged it into a ground-fault outlet, it tripped the breaker. It works when pugged into a regular AC outlet. 4 ft wire for a antenna in our den, I could hear it a house or two away on the Escape radio. On the bottom of the transmitter it says that it complies with Part 15 of FCC rules of regulations. Last time I visited the Goodwill store the other two were gone. One sold on e-bay last week for around $32.00. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 11:02:46 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC That is cool Dennis. How much was the talking house tx? Is it 100mw? How far does it get out? Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside Oregon Come visit us for the 2010 IRCA convention held Sept 24-26 at the Inn At Seaside. ** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WJJL 1440-NY on day power
WZYX is a frequent Friday Night Lights HSFB powerhouse. In fact, they verified one of my receptions back in the 80's with a we only use 66 watts at night, line. Okay. Guess that was a CYA kind of thing - but Cowan was a new station for me, at the time. :) Sorry no one else got in on WJJL. Sounds like a neat station, too bad they don't stream. Like the music and old jingles. Thanks to Paul for forwarding that, for me. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:06:38 EDT From: dxe...@aol.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WJJL 1440-NY on day power Message-ID: 168119.6132.39b3b...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 9/3/2010 10:27:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com writes: -- Forwarded message -- From: Carolyn and Dave Hascall Hey Paul; If you are still up, would you please let the IRCA list know that WJJL 1440 NY appears to be on day power? They are new to me, in Indy. Logged at 2250 ET on a Grundig s350 and Eton e-100. Thanks and 73, Dave Hascall Indy I didn't hear WJJL at my QTH last night. However, earlier in the evening I did hear WZYX Cowan TN on 1440, 66 watt night power authorization, carrying Franklin County HS football. :-) WJJL used to be a near-nightly regular back in the days when they routinely used day power 24/7. As Kaz points out they were fined for doing so, and I believe at some point they changed ownership. I haven't heard them for a few years. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sloopy log keeping on my end! was 790 Black gospel likrely Bamberg SC ON
Barry McLarnon and I must have had some telepathy, Friday night. We heard the same thing on 790! But that revealed a fatal flaw in my tenuous at best log keeping. I know that I have logged both Atlanta and Brunswick, GA on 790 but neither is in my logbooks, either main nor ULR. That is odd and disheartening. :) I frequently post logs to the DX MidAmerica website and email them to the IRCA and WTFDA AM lists, so I will have to see if I have any other missing entries. I keep pencil / checkmark logs in an old NRC log from 1991 and in Excel, so it normally is just a matter of copying them to the official record later. Well, at any rate, WQXI-GA is new again. 799 US-Canadian logs and 209 ULR logs. The ULR logs are barefoot as are a good % of the 799 overall logs. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:17:15 -0400 From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 790 Black gospel likrely Bamberg SC ON Message-ID: 201009042117.15221@bdmcomm.ca Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Friday 03 September 2010 22:18:01 Saul DX wrote: Thanks. think I actually need WSGW MI... I recorded 790 again last night, and had better luck this time. Just before EDT, I had the wrapup of the Georgia high school football scorecard show, then a nice WQXI ID - a new logging here. In behind them, I heard YVKC with a mention of Caracas (relog). Better yet, at 0500 I had a weak WTSK ID for another new catch. No idea whether they were the source of the gospel music heard at times, but it's possible. WTNY remains a pest here, but with CIGM out of the picture, 790 has become a lot more interesting! Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON *** ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
