[IRCA] AM stations with "Limited Time" day-power designations

[Rick Dau]

I had promised a few people in the hobby some time back that I would get around 
to this, and now I finally am.  What follows is a list of AM stations that, to 
the best of my knowledge, are still desginated as "limited time" (my own two 
cents, first: "limited time" is perhaps the ultimate misnomer, as NONE of these 
stations are having their day-power hours limited to anything less than a 
sunrise-to-sunset schedule.  If anything, the designation should be what it 
really is -- "extended time" for each station).  In the case of many of these, 
the information listed is what they were using back in the 1990s, so if 
anything has changed in the years since with any station, PLEASE feel free to 
make a correction and/or update.

 710 - WEKC Williamsburg, KY and WTPR Paris, TN - both stations sign on at 
monthly sunrise time of WOR in
 New York City
 750 - KMMJ Grand Island, NE - goes to day power at monthly sunrise time of WSB 
in Atlanta
 770 - WEW St. Louis, MO - signs on at monthly sunrise time of WABC in New York 
City
 780 - WJAG Norfolk, NE - signs on at monthly sunrise time of WBBM in Chicago
 810 - WSYW Indianapolis, IN - signs on at monthly sunrise time of WGY in 
Schenectady
 840 - KTIC West Point, NE - I'm listing this one simply because they sign on 
with full day power every
 morning at 6:00 local time, even if it's before the monthly sunrise 
time of WHAS in Louisville
 850 - KFUO Clayton, MO - signs off at monthly sunset time of KOA in Denver
 870 - WHCU Ithaca, NY - goes to night power at monthly sunset time of WWL in 
New Orleans
1020 - WPEO Peoria, IL - signs on at monthly sunrise time of KDKA in Pittsburgh
1030 - KCTA Corpus Christi, TX - goes to day power (no sign-on announcement!) 
at monthly sunrise time of
 WBZ in Boston
1060 - WHFB Benton Harbor, MI - goes to 2500 watt critical hours power at 
monthly sunrise time of KYW in
 Philadelphia
1110 - KFAB Omaha, NE - is, of course, 50 KW all 24 hrs, but goes to its 
non-directional day pattern at
 monthly sunrise time of WBT in Charlotte
1140 - WVEL Pekin, IL - goes to 3200 watt critical hours power (no sign-on 
announcement) at monthly
 sunrise time of WRVA in Richmond
1160 - WYLL Chicago, IL - goes to its night pattern at monthly sunset time of 
KSL in Salt Lake City
1530 - WCKY Cincinnati, OH - goes to its directional night pattern at monthly 
sunset time of KFBK in
     Sacramento

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af






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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

[Rick Dau]

*sigh*  Colin, I'm going to try your site instead.  Over the past few minutes, 
I've been timed out and reconnected so many times on chanops.org, it's made my 
head spin.  So THAT option was a no-go, as well.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af


From: IRCA  on behalf of R. Colin Newell 

Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

I'm testing a PHP/MySQL Chat system over at https://dxer.ca/blab/

The downside of Facebook is that you have to be a member of Facebook
and that means giving up almost every last gribble of personal information
you have --
and it isn't truly live nor is it a chat channel...

The system I have installed can any number of channels on it all dedicated
to any aspect of the
hobby and any geographical location.

If it catches on, great - if it doesn't, no big - it only took 15 minutes
to set it up.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:12 PM Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA <
irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:

>
>
> Nick -  The NRC Facebook Group is available and open to all DXers and
> broadcasters.  NRC membership is not required.
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/210104603155267/ Marc DeLorenzoSouth
> Dennis, Mass.  -Original Message-
>
>
>
--
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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

[Rick Dau]

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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

[Rick Dau]

Nick, I can answer that.  During MW DX seasons about 5 or 6 years ago, I was a 
regular -- almost nightly -- visitor to the #mwdx room on Starchat.net.  About 
2 years ago, I attempted to get back onto it, and was unsuccessful, as was 
Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg (I think it was due to Starchat being powered by 
Java, which was having some sort of security issue at the time).  Just for 
grins and giggles, I tried again this evening, and could not even get past 
Starchat.net's homepage.  When I typed "mwdx" in the search page, it wasn't 
recognized as a room.  So Starchat.net isn't an option anymore, at least not 
for me.

A couple years ago, I found librairc.net/chat, and was able to get #mwdx going 
as a room there.  I did let a few folks know about it, and some, like Shawn and 
longtime IRCA member Tom Laskowski in South Bend, Indiana, were able to find 
their way onto it.  Others could not, so I gave up pursuing it.

Tonight, however, I have found something that I think will pass muster.  One 
simply goes to librairc.net's sister page, http://www.chanops.org.  Once there, 
you'll see a homepage with a pair of fields -- one for a nickname and one for a 
channel to go to -- under "Think of a nickname..."  Type in a nickname that you 
want to use, and you do NOT have to click the box underneath that says "I have 
a password".  Then go down to the Channel field, type in #mwdx, and click on 
the Start button.  THAT should get you in.
And the best part isno registration required!

Crossing his fingers and hoping this will work,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af



From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

First rule is to see what's already available.

bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago.

Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx?

Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can
help  http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm
Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is
lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs
anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your
local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that
switching on the radio would not be amiss.

best wishes,

Nick







At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote:
>Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld?
>(Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html)
>
>Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick
>page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe
>there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld...
>
>Mark Pettifor
>Goshen, IN
>
>
>On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote:
>>Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
>>live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
>>and/or MW DXing ?"
>>You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
>>you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
>>or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...
>>Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?
>>I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could
>>be fun...
>>Anyway... hands!?
>>--
>>Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com
>><http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and
>>DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -
>>Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada
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Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID

[Rick Dau]

They stopped doing that sometime in the early 1990s, I think.  I have a logging 
of WTIC from Iowa City on 11/25/1990, and it's a late-afternoon one from just 
before Dallas sunset time.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha EN21af

From: IRCA  on behalf of Todd S 

Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 5:47:37 AM
To: IRCA Mailing list for the Inte
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID

I forget, when did WTIC stop switching to night pattern at Dallas sunset?

Todd Skaine
ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
2 Modified 2010s barefoot
Toyota car radio

On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 12:13 AM Mark Connelly via IRCA 
wrote:

>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Mark Connelly 
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 06:12:54 + (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID
> Most likely the "pile of noise" on the high side of 1090 is IBOC from WTIC
> 1080.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
> <<
> Yes, sounded like "SB Nation", so that's gotta be it.  A relog.  Thanks,
> gents.  I was trying to parallel Seattle and Tijuana to no avail.  A huge
> pile of noise on 1090, such that 1090 was better in LSB than USB, though
> that left an ear piercing het from 1089.  Talk Sport 1089 was better than
> the signal on 1090.  WBAL returned before 0300 EST.  Jim Renfrew
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 10:30 Neil Kazaross  wrote:
>
> > Yes I'd expect WCAR which comes in here in IL sometimes.  73 KAZ
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:18 AM Forrester S 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Doing a Google search reveals WCAR with SBN ex Yahoo sports. I be
> willing
> > > to bet this is it.
> > >
> > > Todd Skaine
> > > ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
> > > 2 Modified 2010s barefoot
> > > Toyota car radio
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 12:10 AM James Renfrew 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 0105 EST
> > > > 1090
> > > >
> > > > Something that sounds like a sports station, ID sounds something like
> > > "???
> > > > Nation Radio", and around 0055 "Gold Standard Radio".  Any ideas?
> > There
> > > > are not many domestics at night on 1090.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> >>
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] East Coast online SDR's (most get an "F")

[Rick Dau]

I checked out a few Southern KiwiSDRs last night, namely, from Texas, Alabama, 
Tennessee, and Kentucky.  For me, the litmus test is how well they sound on 
longwave, i.e., if the amount of buzz is impeding non-directional beacons from 
being heard or not.  I figure that if they are relatively clean on longwave, 
then mediumwave, of course, will be worth trying.

IMHO, only the SDRs from Lubbock, Texas and Fort Rucker, Alabama, passed muster 
in that regard.  By the way, I noticed, while looking at the map on sdr.hu, 
that Bob Hawkins has turned off the SDR in Edinburgh, Indiana.  Hope this isn't 
permanent, as I always found it to be one of the better-sounding SDRs out there.

73,
Rick Dau (nightly visitor to the KiwiSDR in Overland Park, Kansas - metro 
Kansas City)
South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: a...@yahoogroups.com  on behalf of Mark Connelly 
markwa1...@aol.com [ABDX] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:57 AM
To: cap...@yahoogroups.com; b...@yahoogroups.com; nrc...@googlegroups.com; 
irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ABDX] East Coast online SDR's (most get an "F")



Periodically I check out the KiwiSDR directory page since new receivers come on 
from time to time (and old ones are occasionally dropped).

For the uninitiated, the links homepage is:

https://sdr.hu/

Two TA stations are very consistent here mid-evenings and are therefore good 
candidates for evaluating the receivers. These are RNE Spain on 855 and 
Absolute Radio UK on 1215. Since those are midway between domestic channels, 
the AM Narrow setting on a KiwiSDR should be adequate to separate those 
stations from domestic interference. Those receivers are far from a Perseus, 
Elad, or Excalibur (or, for that matter, Collins R-390A) in the selectivity 
game but those two big stations even can be heard on ultralight portables, at 
least near the ocean.

Last weekend I simultaneously had audio from my own receiver running as I tried 
about 15 online receivers in the Eastern time zone of the US and Canada.

The 855 and 1215 signals were both doing great here around midnight EST / 0500 
UTC.

Only TWO (!) of the available online receivers had audio from these stations.

Bill Whitacre's Lubec, Maine receiver was doing the best job and had results 
about the same as I was getting on my Elad here.

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

The mid-coast Maine receiver run by WA2ZKD/1 came in second with somewhat 
weaker TA's than on either Bill's receiver or mine. Domestic splash was worse, 
indicating a less directive antenna.

http://rx2.wa2zkd.net:8073

Interestingly there was very little internet delay (live versus online) audio. 
The old (2005 era?) DXTuners used to run about 8 sec. of latency.

So what about the dozen plus other receivers including ON, QC, New England, NY, 
NJ, MD, and all the way down to FL? ZIP .. ZILCH .. NADA! Just huge adjacent 
channel slop onto 855 and 1215 or, if not that, the sounds of silence .. or 
electrical buzz.

The Dominican Republic SDR also had zippo on 855 and 1215.
http://dr.twrmon.net:8073

So if you're looking for interesting MW DX on an eastern US or Canada SDR, 
don't waste your time, just go to one of the two receivers above.

I believe that the deficiency in most cases is the antenna. If Kaz in IL and 
Tim Tromp in MI, not to mention DXers all the way out to BC/WA/OR, frequently 
hear 855 Spain and 1215 UK, then there is no excuse for a  receiver in NH, MA, 
NJ, MD, VA, etc. not to have those stations "inbooming".

The only other US East Coast KiwiSDR's I see having much use are two in 
Florida, mostly to keep an ear on Cubans and other close-up Latins:

http://keywest.twrmon.net:8073
http://qth.ddns.net:8073

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Re: [IRCA] WION test

[Rick Dau]

I tried for it on the KiwiSDR out of Muscatine, Iowa, but didn't hear a thing, 
even though I wasn't getting any splatter on 1430 from semi-local WOC-1420.  In 
fact, I heard nothing but noise on 1430, no sign of even St. Louis or 
Indianapolis, making me suspect that operator Allen Kiddoo had some 
interference issues going on at the time.  Bummer.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
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[IRCA] KRRD-1250 / KFFK 1390 / K291CK 106.1 in northwest Arkansas

[Rick Dau]

1250  KRRD  Fayetteville AR 2/24 0322 UTC - Good signal with "...northwest 
Arkansas, Red Dirt Country 106.1" at the end of liner spoken by a male that 
sounded like Sam Elliot (the actor), then into modern C music.  On a hunch, I 
checked 1390 to see if it was simulcasting KFFK in Rogers (and K291CK in 
Fayetteville), and sure enough, it is.  This is a very recent format change, no 
longer news/talk, and the 1390 is no longer Spanish, either.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska listening in on the KiwiSDR from Overland Park, Kansas
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Re: [IRCA] WBBM 780 off the air

[Rick Dau]

In the wee hours of both May 2, 1988 and October 15, 1989, while DXing from 
Iowa City, I caught WBBM completely off the air and, both times, heard what 
sounded like opera music, albeit faintly.  But neither time did it ever rise up 
strong enough for me to get an ID.  To this day, I've always wondered if it was 
Radio Coro that I had snagged.

BTW, Rick, thank you for the tip on WELD-690.  Heard them on the Muscatine, 
Iowa KiwiSDR last night.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
Kenwood R-5000 + Quantum QX Pro v2.0
Sony ICF-2010 + Grundig AN-200
ICOM IC R-7000 + CCrane FM Reflect antenna
Sangean ATS-909X
Midland WR-300 weather radio


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Radio Coro with ID @ 0250 and Radio Viva @ 0255.  Thanks for the tip.  Two new 
ones here.

Rick S., Rodanthe NC OBX FM25go

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Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

[Rick Dau]

And while we're on the subject of DXers we haven't heard from in a while, I see 
that someone in Pennsylvania named David Reitz recently joined the NRC.  I 
wonder if this is the same David Reitz who was an IRCA member from Fern Creek 
(metro Louisville), Kentucky in the 1980s and 1990s?  David travelled with 
myself, Frank Merrill, and Jeff Kadet to the IRCA convention in Knoxville, 
Tennessee (hosted by Karl Zuk) in October 1990, but I lost touch with him 
sometime in the mid-1990s.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


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Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

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Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

[Rick Dau]

I last saw Alan at the 2002 NRC Convention in Lima, Ohio.  Wonder what in the 
world took him from Chincoteague Island all the way to South Dakota?

73,
Rick (Birthday Boy) Dau
hunkered down in icy and snowy South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Bruce Portzer 

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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

Mark

Alan's ham call  K4GLU is still active according to the FCC database
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=245508

It's licensed to William A Merrman in Madison, S Dakota

Bruce
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Re: [IRCA] article

[Rick Dau]

Nick, a fascinating read, and Chris goes into further detail to answer the 
questions that I had asked of him when a group of about a dozen of us DXers 
toured Entercomm Milwaukee  (WSSP-1250, and others) in August 2017.  I had 
asked him if universities and broadcasting schools (Brown, and others) were 
doing anything to educate young people about the technical side of radio and 
about the duties of maintaining multi-tower sites.  "Virtually nothing", he 
replied.  "I'm 48, and I'm one of the youngest people I know of still doing 
this.  There's nobody coming up behind us to take over."

That portends an eerie future for radio, and for those of us who are hobbyists 
in it.  Before that visit, I had been a stauch defender of AM's future, but 
now, I'm more like, "Well, I'm just going to milk this cow for however long 
there's milk left in her."

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 9:39 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] article

This link was posted on the ultralight group, and may be of interest:

https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 36th AM Log Giveaway

[Rick Dau]

And since we're on the subject of buying/selling/trading/giving away, there are 
still a few more items that I'm on the hunt for:

8th Edition, NRC AM Log (dated 1986, NO markings in it, please!)

13th Edition, FM Atlas (dated 1990)

4th Edition, IRCA Almanac (I first mentioned this at the convention in Billings 
4 years ago, but haven't had anyone come forward yet with one.  This came out 
sometime before I initially joined IRCA in December 1988, and HQ sent me a copy 
as a welcoming present.  I would dearly love to get one in my hands again!)

   AND to those out there who trade bumperstickers, please get in touch with me 
with your wishlist and I will gladly reciprocate.  E-mails offlist to the 
address you see above.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af



From: IRCA  on behalf of Brandon Jordan 

Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:58 PM
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America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 36th AM Log Giveaway

I just upgraded to the latest NRC AM Log and AM Antenna Pattern editions.
In the spirit of Bob's give-away, I have the NRC AM Log 34'th ed. and AM
Antenna Patternn 7'th ed. to give away to anyone can use them. I will pay
postage.

Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ
Fayette County, Tennessee, USA
http://www.swldx.us

Icom IC-7200, IC-7300, Perseus, WinRadio G33DDC, G313e, RFSpace NetSDR,
SDR-IQ, Elad FDM-S2, SDRplay RSP2pro
Array Solutions SAL-20 (SAL-35 planned) Shared Apex Loop, 140' DKAZ w/
Wellbrook FLG100LN + Vactrol (155/335°), DXE ARAV3 Active Vertical + DXE
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Re: [IRCA] KIAQ on AM?

[Rick Dau]

And, that, Mark is exactly what you heard.  You had WMT, which was carrying 
University of Iowa football at the time.  Announcer Gary Dolphin was giving a 
"shout-out" to some of the stations on Learfield's Hawkeye Network, one of 
which was KIAQ (others that he mentioned were WDBQ 107.5 in Dubuque, IA/Galena, 
IL and KCSI 95.3/KOAK 1080 in southwest Iowa).   I happened to be listening in 
on the broadcast on local affiliate KOTK-1420 in Omaha at that moment.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Mark Pettifor 

Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIAQ on AM?


Ugh...of course, that's probably it. Thanks Kaz! Forest for the
trees Beginner's mistake Which excuse should I use?  :^)

Mark

On 2018-11-18 8:41 am, Neil Kazaross wrote:
> Why wouldn't this be an incidental mention (assuming you've heard the
> calls
> correctly) on WMT?  73 KAZ
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 6:08 AM Mark Pettifor 
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Does anyone know if KIAQ is broadcasting on 600 AM?
>>
>> I was going through a recording from yesterday (17-Nov), because
>> afternoon conditions were good to the south and west, and at the 2000
>> (3
>> pm local time) TOH recording, I had several IDs. The first, just
>> before
>> TOH, was WBOB Jacksonville, FL (decent catch for this early - 2 hours
>> and 20 minutes before sunset, both here and in Jacksonville). Just at
>> TOH, a station "jumped in" with what sounded like "...Radio, KIAQ..."
>> At
>> first I thought it said KIHU, but that's not possible, since they are
>> on
>> 1010 AM, and in Utah (unless they have a // on 600?) But after
>> listening
>> a few more times, I'm pretty sure it says KIAQ, which would make sense
>> reception-wise, because I was getting quite a few stations to the west
>> from that area (Iowa).
>>
>> The thing is, KIAQ is only on FM (96.9), according to the FCC. I
>> looked
>> through some recent volumes of DXN and DXM, and didn't see anything.
>> Getting ready to contact the station via email to see if they can tell
>> me anything.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Mark Pettifor
>> Goshen, IN en71ao
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[IRCA] November 1-14 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook

[Rick Dau]

early.  (RD-IA)

1460  WBNS  OH Columbus - 11/7 2012 - Briefly in w/clear "...on the Ohio State 
IMG Sports Network" heard going into commercial break (OSU was leading 
Cincinnati 64-56 at that point).  2 affiliates shown on 1460 on this year's 
Buckeyes network list, but mwlist.org says WBNS is more likely the one I heard 
rather than WABQ.  (RD-IA)

1490t WMRN  OH Marion - 11/1 2122 - Briefly atop w/Cleveland Cavaliers BKB 
about 7 seconds ahead of WTAM-1100.  Both WMRN and WMOA are listed on this 
year's Cavs network as the 1490 affiliates.  Because Marion's about 110 miles 
closer to Davenport than Marietta is, I'm going with WMRN as the more likely 
station, but regardless of who it was, it's new and OH #20 in the Davenport 
logbook.  (RD-IA)

1510  KCTE  MO Independence - 11/13 1758 - Good u/WLAC w/outro before ad break: 
"You're listening to Almost Entirely Sports with Joshua Brisco on ESPN Kansas 
City".  (RD-IA)

1590  KYNG  AR Springdale - 11/12 1832 - Briefly in w/phone # heard w/327 
prefix (which I found out is in nearby Bella Vista), then IDs in liner as "The 
Buzz Radio Network" and "103.7 The Buzz".  (RD-IA)

1590  WLBN  KY Lebanon - 11/12 1815 - Fair w/CLs heard 3 times over the space 
of about 2 minutes, then into Howard Jones' "No One Is To Blame".  Running day 
power late.  KY #9.  (RD-IA)

1600  WUCT  TN Algood - 11/3 2241 - Fair to good on presumed day power w/Univ. 
of Alabama FB, play-by-play by Eli Gold (who's also done radio broadcasts of 
NASCAR races for many years).  WUCT is the only 1600 I can find carrying 
Alabama FB this season.  (RD-IA)

1600  WRPN  WI Ripon - 11/7 0745 - In well at pattern switch time w/ad for 
Wautoma Job Center at 205 East Main Street in Wautoma.  Announcer read 
Wisconsin lottery numbers at 0750.  (RD-IA)




RD-IA Rick Dau DXing on the Muscatine, Iowa KiwiSDR adding to the 
Davenport, Iowa logbook (480 domestics, 495 loggings overall)








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Re: [IRCA] 1700 "The Praise"

[Rick Dau]

Just streamed WEUP's audio for about 10 minutes.  Black gospel music and local 
ads.  Liner at the end that contained the phrase "At WEUPfull of musical 
praise", and then back into more black gospel music.

It has to be WEUP.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Kraig 
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2018 6:45 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1700 "The Praise"

As of November 3, 2018 WEUP's slogan was "Talk and Gospel 94.5".
Perhaps, their slogan changed?

Sure this isn't 1550 kHz WVAB Virginia Beach, VA. Their slogan is "The
Praise".

Or, 1650 kHz WHKT Portsmouth, VA as they also use "Praise" in their slogan.

Or, 1190 kHz WLIB, NYC, NY as their slogan contains "Praise".

73,

Kraig

On 11/11/2018 12:25 AM, Neil Kazaross wrote:
> If you haven't IDed this yet, I'd try to compare to WEUP stream.  73 KAZ
>
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:04 PM  wrote:
>
>> Hearing it very well right now in Shinnston WV on a 10 foot vertical and
>> an
>> SDR IQ.  Can anyone give me station info?  Can';t seem to find any
>> listings
>> online to match it.
>>
>> Larry K8YYY
>> Shinnston, WV
>>
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Re: [IRCA] 530 CIAO TORONTO

[Rick Dau]

Speaking of 530, does anyone remember what the power output was for CJFT 530 in 
Fort Erie?  And does CIAO use the old CJFT transmitter site, or are they 
different facilities completely?  I do know there's a 68-mile (as the crow 
flies) distance from Fort Erie to Brampton.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nigel Pimblett 

Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 12:12 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 530 CIAO TORONTO

Let me add my congratulations.   CIAO is rare even in Alberta in recent
years, with Cuba dominating the frequency.

73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB



On 04/11/2018 11:09 AM, Neil Kazaross wrote:
> I don't think CAIO is very common on the west coast! Nice catch!  73 KAZ
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 8:48 AM Mike Keval Brooker 
> wrote:
>
>> Your awesome DX catch. My local pest 
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Mike Brooker
>> Toronto, ON
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 1:25 AM R. Colin Newell 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 0624 UTC // on the live stream with Punjabi S. Asian folk music.
>>>
>>> Drake R8 - N Flag.
>>>
>>>
>>> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
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Re: [IRCA] October 18-31 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook

[Rick Dau]

Neil --

   Here's the email I received on October 11 from Allen Kiddoo, KT0TT, operator 
of the Muscatine SDR:

   "I started out with an untuned 26' dipole, which was fair on 20 and 40 
meters but poor on 80 meters or lower.  About 2 weeks ago, I changed to a home 
made active loop.  It is a hula hoop spiral wrapped with 1/2" wide copper tape. 
 Total length of tape would be about 20'.  Loop is connected to a 30db amp with 
balance-wound balun.  Loop is about 5' above ground in side yard.  55' of RG6u 
runs back to the Kiwi.  Cost to build the loop was less than $20."

   I asked Allen if he had plans to upgrade to an antenna that would better 
receive AM and longwave, since I've noticed that there's a lot of noise on the 
lower end of the AM band (from about 800 Khz) on down and quite a bit on LW.  
He said he's constantly experimenting and hopes to come up with something 
that'll eliminate much, if not all, of the buzz.  I'm hopeful, since I've spent 
a LOT of time on it in the past month.

   Incidentally, its URL is http://www.kt0tt.dynu.net:8073

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Neil Kazaross 

Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:39 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] October 18-31 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook

Hi Rick, what's the antenna on this SDR?  73 KAZ

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:10 PM Mike Sanburn 
wrote:

> Congrats on the KRAI logging ( and the rest ) I remember how glad I was to
> log KRAI here in CA many years back. ms
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 8:08 PM, "Rick Dau"  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > All times ELT.
> >
> >
> >
> DX LOGGINGS
> >
> >  550  KRAI  CO Craig - 10/18 2210 - Topping the channel with Denver
> Broncos FB //KOA-850.  CO #7.  (RD-IA)
> >
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Re: [IRCA] AM BCB DX......... 2 NEW Stations Heard

[Rick Dau]

If that DJ for KBOB said "Central" Iowa, he's a) geographically-challenged, or 
b) in need of a Rand McNally Atlas, and soon.  Davenport is nearly as far EAST 
as one can get in Iowa!

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska (and deviously plotting a return to eastern Iowa in 2019 
or 2020)


1170   KBOB   Davenport, IA.   Oct/23/18   2000 EDT EE   FAIR
ID by Male DJ as “Central Iowa’s Real Country - KBOB”. Into Classic Country
Music.

RELOG1 kW
ROSS, ON.


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[IRCA] October 18-31 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook

[Rick Dau]

uncie - 10/21 2218 - Briefly atop and in the clear with "...at 
wxfn.com" heard during promo.  IN #19.  (RD-IA)

1360  WMOB  AL Mobile - 10/28 1930 - Cranking out the full 9 KW after sundown 
with Bible-teaching pgm.  Confirmed by webstream.  This station has literally 
been cheating for over 27 years now, at least, and has almost become as 
reliable an Alabama logging as WVNN-770 or WAPI-1070.  (RD-IA)

1380  KOTA  SD Rapid City - 10/28 1959 - In briefly with just "...KOTA, Rapid 
City" noted during legal ID.  SD #6.  (RD-IA)

1390  KJPW  MO Waynesville - 10/26 0832 - Fair under WGRB with mentions of 
"Missouri" in campaign ad for congresswoman Vicky Hartzler.  (RD-IA)

1390  WRIG  WI Schofield - 10/30 0832 - Fair to good with sports headlines 
mentioning the Packers and the Bucks, then ad for Drach Elder Law Center in 
Wausau, with phone # of 715-842-0606 heard.  WI #44.  (RD-IA)

1400  WSAM  MI Saginaw - 10/27 0739 - Briefly atop with liner between Snap's 
"The Power" and Chicago's "Hard To Say I'm Sorry":  "Thanks for taking us 
along...1400 AM and 104 FM...".  Because I could never get a matching webstream 
to come up, I was hesitant to count this at first, but the format fits sister 
station "The Bay 104 FM" WSAG, which was also consistently the first thing that 
surfaced when doing repeated Google searches of "1400 AM 104 FM".  That's close 
enough for me.  1st Michigan graveyarder here.  (RD-IA)

1430  CHKT  ON Toronto - 10/23 2202 - Fair with mention of "Brampton" in 
Chinese talk by male.  ON #20.  (RD-IA)

1470  WVOL  TN Berry Hill - 10/21 1939 - Weak to fair under WMBD with black GOS 
music; webstream running about 30 seconds behind.  TN #16.  (RD-IA)

1480  KCZZ  KS Mission - 10/23 0759 - Good with mentions of "ESPN Deportes" and 
"Kansas City" in legal ID.  New format?  KS #11.  (RD-IA)

1480  WHBC  OH Canton - 10/23 0740 - Good with ad for United Way of greater 
Stark County, then mention of a food drive to help the Stark County Hunger Task 
Force.  Confirmed via webstream.  OH #16.  (RD-IA)

1490  KDMO  MO Carthage - 10/24 2021 - Rising up briefly with "...Fabulous 1490 
KDMO" ID, then into Starbuck's 1976 hit "Moonlight Feels Right".  (RD-IA)

1510  KFNN  AZ Mesa - 10/26 2059 - Mixing with WLAC and KCKK with promo by Bob 
Roth for his Friday afternoon talk pgm "Health Futures", then legal ID.  
Confirmed via webstream, and heard during an attempt to bag still-needed KGA.  
AZ #2.  (RD-IA)

1510  WPGR  PA Monroeville - 10/23 2339 - Fair with singing by women's chorale, 
confirmed by the Pennsylvania KiwiSDRs from Uniontown and State College.  Heard 
earlier with Catholic programming, was tipped off to this by South Bend, IN 
DXer Tom Laskowski.  PA #6.  (RD-IA)

1550  KYAL  OK Sapulpa - 10/18 2059 - Fair on day power with ad for American 
Heritage Bank in Sapulpa, then back into Shawnee vs. Sapulpa HS FB.  (RD-IA)



RD-IA Rick Dau DXing on the Muscatine, Iowa KiwiSDR adding to the 
Davenport, Iowa logbook (452 domestics, 467 loggings overall)






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Re: [IRCA] Living the core values of DXING

[Rick Dau]

At the risk of inciting groans, I really should ask...



When one comes to Nick in desperation, seeking assistance with an unID that 
ONLY Nick can solve, is one motivated to exclaim...




"HELP ME, OBI-WAN!!  YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!!"




*braces himself for the imminent barrage of rotten fruit and tomatoes*



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska moonlighting on a KiwiSDR farr, farr 
awa...

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Re: [IRCA] To the AM station listings makers

[Rick Dau]

David,



 Along with sending this to this list, you may also want to directly e-mail 
Barry McLarnon at b...@bdmcomm.ca.  He's the webmaster at 
http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc, and as long as he checks his e-mail inbox on 
a regular basis, he can get those changes made on his site in short order.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA  on behalf of David Faulkner via IRCA 

Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 4:51 PM
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Cc: David Faulkner
Subject: [IRCA] To the AM station listings makers

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[IRCA] October 4-15 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook

[Rick Dau]

 Jackets 
HKY.  Confirmed via webstream.  Only 1450 shown on the 2018-19 Blue Jackets 
affiliate list.  352 miles, 1st Ohio graveyarder, and easily my best entry in 
the Davenport logbook so far in this young MW DX season.  (RD-IA)

1470  KYYW  TX Abilene - 10/4 0105 - Atop with ad for McGavock Nissan of 
Abilene, then "KYYW" ID and into Coast-To-Coast AM.  (RD-IA)

1480  WJBM  IL Jerseyville - 10/9 2038 - Briefly atop with ID: "...Real 
Country, 104.7 FM and 1480 AM, WJBM", then into Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck 
Woman".  (RD-IA)

1480  WRSW  IN Warsaw - 10/9 2047 - Weak to fair with ad for Paragon Medical in 
Pierceton.  Heard during an attempt to nab WHBC, which remains unlogged here.  
(RD-IA)

1490  KTOP  KS Topeka - 10/12 2219 - Fair with ad for Genesis Health Clubs in 
Topeka, then ment of "Kansas" in the following ad.  KS #10 and 1st Kansas 
graveyarder in the Davenport logbook.  (RD-IA)

1550  WIGN  TN Bristol - 10/15 2059 - Over/under KESJ for about 5 minutes with 
southern bluegrass GOS music, finally rising at legal ID time (great timing!) 
with "AM 1550...WIGN, Bristol..." ID.  TN #15.  (RD-IA)

1570  WSCO  WI Appleton - 10/6 2030 - Fair with only "...99-1, The Score" heard 
at the end of promo.  Took a lot of sleuthing online, including 
www.topazdesigns.com/ambc<http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc>, but finally 
narrowed it down to this.  (RD-IA)

1630  KKGM  TX Fort Worth - 10/12 2059 - Weak under KCJJ with clear "AM 1630 
KKGM" ID.  KCJJ was airing a HS FB game between Iowa City West High and 
Muscatine at the time.  (RD-IA)

1630  KRND  WY Fox Farm - 10/8 2145 - Weak but readable under KCJJ with clear 
"La Jota Mexicana!" slogan heard in liner between SS songs.  KCJJ was breaking 
into normal AdCon/Top 40 music programming at the time with severe storm 
warnings in eastern Iowa, which helped.  WY #1 in the Davenport logbook.  
(RD-IA)


   UnID

   680  UNID- 10/14 2232 - Someone here with the Kansas City Chiefs vs. 
New England Patriots NFL game, but it was the feed from Westwood One (with 
Omaha native Kevin Kugler on the play-by-play), and NOT the feed from the 
Chiefs network, so that rules out KFEQ.  A check of KNBR's webstream revealed 
that they were carrying the ALCS baseball game between Boston's Red Sox and 
Houston's Astros, so that scratches KNBR as a possibility, too.  Several ESPN 
stations are listed on 680, but I can't imagine any of them carrying a game 
from Westwood One, which has been managed in the past by CBS Radio.  (RD-IA)


RD-IA Rick Dau DXing on the Muscatine, Iowa KiwiSDR adding to the 
Davenport, Iowa logbook (410 domestics, 424 loggings overall)




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Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Rick Dau]

Wow, did I ever open up a can of worms with this one...

This is practically entertaining to see everyone get their blood pressure up 
over this issue.  Amusing, really.  :)

*sits back with a bowl of popcorn and watches the fur fly*

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

From: IRCA  on behalf of Volodya S 

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:51:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

Says he, when the moment there's a huge solar storm, or, God help us, a
larger global event between powers, you can bet your bottom dollar that
satellites will be knocked off like flies on my swatter!Walt

On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 6:49 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I dont agree with it being wizzed away on that either.  But there's alot
> more reliable technology then HF for this kinda stuff
>
> Says a guy who lived in Alaska where HF was weak at best some days but
> satelitte stuff worked FINE
>
> Face it, the only folks I've seen complaining about WWV WWVH possibly going
> away is a bunch of DX'ers and ham radio guys. THe general public doesn't
> give a rats ass and doesn't need or use the service for the most part.
>  Why spent millions every year for a few thousand commercials users.. when
> again, satelitte stuff is much better?
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 2:47 PM Volodya S  wrote:
>
> > Just think of what all of Trumps weekend golf trips to Key Largo costs
> you,
> > as an American taxpayer.  Yep, continue to piss away your hard earned tax
> > dollars ;-) Walt (and glad to be a Canadian)
> > PS:  sorry to be off topic.   Won't happen again :-)
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 6:43 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > So just because its a drop in the bucket of the US budget we should
> just
> > > piss away a couple million bucks?
> > >
> > > paul
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 2:41 PM DXer  wrote:
> > >
> > > >  >Chuck Hutton Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:54:45 -0700
> > > >
> > > >  >The military and aeronautical sectors believe GOS is reliable. It
> is
> > > >  >the primary basis of navigation systems for both.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You beat me to it, however, it must be said that it can, and
> sometimes
> > > > is, blocked/interfered with.
> > > >
> > > > It was around 2012, I was flying into Seoul, Souht Korea, and the
> North
> > > > was jamming the GPS signal. Localized, fair enough, but it can
> happen.
> > > >
> > > > We tend to always favor new technology, but old ones sometimes make a
> > > > come back, either for simplicity, or because nobody else is using it
> > > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > I'm well aware that overtime you can fill a piggie bank with pennies,
> > > > but what's the percentage of this expense in the grand scheme of
> > things,
> > > > i.e., the US budget?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Vince
> > > > Ottawa, ON
> > > >
> > > > P.S.1. Ending Radio Canada International's shortwave service saved
> > > > money, but I'm still wondering if the savings were worth it.
> > > >
> > > > P.S.2. I'm of the opinion that 'straight' savings are applicable to
> > > > private endevours only. At a government level, other factors usually
> > > > come into play.
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[IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Rick Dau]

Good news for us as DXers who rely so much on WWV.  Sounds like it and WWVH 
have gotten a stay of execution.  But we'll eventually have to adjust to life 
without them.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: ndbl...@groups.io  on behalf of Bill Riches 

Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 3:47 PM
To: ndb
Subject: [ndblist] NIST Funding


Funding for the US Department of Commerce, which includes NIST and WWV / WWVH / 
WWVB, was authorized through December 7th, 2018 as part of the Continuing 
Resolution component of the Defense / Education / HHS / Labor FY2019 funding 
bill that was approved by the House on September 26 and signed by President 
Trump yesterday, September 28th.



This averted an end-of-Fiscal-year shutdown that had been mildly threatened in 
the past few months.



This approach kicks the can down the road until December 7th -- it funds all 
agencies at the same levels they received in FY 2018 for all continuing 
activities -- which would include the time stations because there was no 
Congressional or Agency action to shut them down in FY18.



This date could mean that no actions will be taken until after mid-term 
elections, though that's not known for a fact.



Details on the bill as passed and signed:  
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6157/text



73,



Bill, WA2DVU

Cape May

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Re: [IRCA] CJEU 1670 Gatineau off

[Rick Dau]

Interesting.  And I'm wondering if there was any damage at the tower sites of 
CFRA-580, CFGO-1200, or CIWW 1310, or if they made it through relatively 
unscathed.



Hydroquebec is reporting that about 95% of their customers now have powered 
restored, this per Twitter from about 35 minutes ago.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden 

Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:56 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; 
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Subject: [IRCA] CJEU 1670 Gatineau off

Noted through today perhaps related to recent tornado weather event.
EricF
Ottawa
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Re: [IRCA] Barry McLarnon's AM Site

[Rick Dau]

To all on this board: The Ottawa/Gatineau area was hit by tornadoes Friday 
evening, and DXer Mike Cherry is reporting that the area could be without hydro 
power for at least a couple of weeks.  Barry's site appears to be affected.  
For now, I'm turning to the backups that I usually rely on when 
www.topazdesigns.com/ambc<http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc> goes down:



1) www.mwlist.org<http://www.mwlist.org>  (requires registering with an e-mail 
addess, but is extremely helpful in most search areas, save for the

monthly sunrise and sunset times for each station that Barry's site shows)



2) www.radio-locator.com<http://www.radio-locator.com> (which I'm sure about 
99% of the people here already know about.  Free access, but it limits the

 amount of times per day that you can use it to look up info.  The info on 
Canadian stations is also VERY out-of-date, as

 Mike points out)



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska

Kenwood R-5000 + Quantum Loop

Sony ICF-2010 + Grundig AN-200 antenna



From: IRCA  on behalf of Brett Saylor 

Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:39 PM
To: IRCA List
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Barry McLarnon's AM Site

I sent an email to Barry this morning. He's always prompt with correcting
these types of outages once he has access to the server.

Brett Saylor


On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 2:21 AM Forrester S  wrote:

> It happens every once in awhile. In sure its either technical difficulties
> or updates.
>
> Todd Skaine
> ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
> 2 Modified 2010s barefoot
> Toyota car radio
>
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 11:35 PM David Hochfelder 
> wrote:
>
> > ...appears to be down. Anyone else seeing this?
> > http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> > Albany, NY
> >
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Re: [IRCA] KNX Los Angeles from N. Indiana - slight clarification

[Rick Dau]

My initial loggings of KFI and KNX from Iowa City, Iowa back in the day:



KNX -  11/4/1990  0330 CST

KFI -  2/22/1991  0100 CST



   That seems to back up what Martin was saying.



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Re: [IRCA] Early morning logs 9-3-2018

[Rick Dau]

>From recent posts in here, I can tell you that Carl's in Maryville, Tennessee. 
> He simply neglected to stick his QTH in at the end this time.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

(wanting BADLY to get out of Omaha and move to the Quad Cities next summer)


From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden 

Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 5:33 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Early morning logs 9-3-2018

I wondered too

And betcha " Doing "  =  " DXing "

EricF
Palookaville Ont

On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 at 18:11, Pete Taylor  wrote:

> Where are you Doing from?
>
> Pete Taylor
> Tacoma, WA
> 12225w 4719n
> HQ180 & ICF2010
> Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
> DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
> Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380
>
>
>
> > On Sep 3, 2018, at 7:56 AM, Carl DeWhitt  wrote:
> >
> > WMGC-810-Murfreesboro,TN 0402-0429 EDT.9-3-18.Mexican music including
> > possibly ranchera.Slogan" El Jefe,Con To do..Poder."Web search confirms
> > this as WMGC.Seems too strong for listed 6 watts night power.Poor-fair
> with
> > good peaks.Tecsun PL-380.Select-A-Tenna.WTPK-850-Raleigh,N.C.
> 0449-0500
> > 9-3-18.Oldies music including "Dream Lover".I.D. as " Just Right Radio,am
> > 850 and fm 104.7",then legal I.D.s on the hour and into CBS
> news.fair-good
> > Tecsun PL-380 barefoot.
> > 
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[IRCA] WRIX 1020 in South Carolina

[Rick Dau]

If you need South Carolina on AM, WRIX 1020 is on the rampage again this 
evening.  Clobbering KDKA on the Edinburgh, Indiana SDR with bluegrass gospel 
music, occasional  "Electric City Bluegrass" IDs, and mentions of the CLs along 
with 104.7 FM and 1020 AM.

73,
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South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] 1100 ESPN

[Rick Dau]

Not a chance, Stan.  WKNR 850 has been the ESPN outlet in Cleveland for many 
years now.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska

From: IRCA  on behalf of Stan Horzepa 

Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 2:48:08 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1100 ESPN

WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio

73,

Stan, WA1LOU


On 8/9/18 9:48 AM, Forrester S wrote:
> Aside from Las Vegas, who is now ESPN on 1100? Heard mixing with WISS this
> morning around 0630 Central.
>
> Todd Skaine
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[IRCA] WLCC 760 on day power late?

[Rick Dau]

Anyone else in the Southeastern U.S. getting an unusually loud signal from 
WLCC-760 in Brandon/Tampa, Florida?  I'm currently hearing Spanish Christian 
programming on 760 over/under WJR on KiwiSDRs from both Edinburgh, Indiana and 
Wetumpka, Alabama.  Hoping for a top-of-the-hour ID, if it stays up long enough 
for one.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
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[IRCA] FOR SALE: Denon FM tuner

[Rick Dau]

I have a Denon TU-1500RD tuner, formerly owned by renowned TV/FM DXer Jeff 
Kadet, that I'm putting up for sale.  Asking $90.  It's only been turned on 3 
times since I acquired it from Jeff in early 2014, a few months before he 
passed.  If interested, please contact me offlist.  Thanks.



73,

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South Omaha, Nebraska
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[IRCA] Test message

[Rick Dau]

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[IRCA] 2 new AM loggings from Texas

[Rick Dau]

550 KCRS Midland TX - 11/14 1732 - Fair with news item about construction on 
I-20 near Midland and on FM1788 in Andrews County, then weather forecast from 
CBS7 in Odessa.  Ad at 1736 for Shrimp Boat restaurant inside the MCM Elegante 
Hotel in Odessa.  First time heard here, and first time I've logged KCRS from 
anywhere since Oct. 2002.  (RD-NE)

790 KBME Houston TX - 11/14 2024 - Fair with Houston Rockets Radio Network 
broadcast vs. the Toronto Raptors.  Texas logging #78 here, and overall logging 
#1008 at this QTH.  (RD-NE)

Both times CLT

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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[IRCA] Format change at KZOI 1250

[Rick Dau]

1250 KZOI Dakota City, NE - 11/7 1314-1402 ELT - Regional Mexican music 
//K246CJ 97.1.  Legal ID at 1401 made it sound like KZOI is still the callsign 
for 1250, but Spanish liners during the hour only mentioned 97.1 FM.  KZOY 1520 
in Sioux Falls, which both 1250 and 97.1 had been simulcasting, remains 
unchanged, format there is still 1980s pop music with slogan of "Sunny Radio, 
where it's always in the Eighties".  Sioux City, population of roughly 83,000, 
now has two Spanish language stations among its 4 local AMs.

73,
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South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] 690 KFXN

[Rick Dau]

I think your real question is are they using their licensed 4 watt night power 
at night, and the answer should be pretty obvious.  As far back as May 2014, I 
was hearing KFXN down here at all hours of night, and they probably haven't 
changed one iota since.  500 watts vs. 4 -- can you blame them?  4 watts is 
laughable.  To sufficiently cover the Twin Cities at night, they'd surely need 
10 times that, especially with a tower site on the NW side of Minneapolis near 
Maple Grove and Plymouth.

FWIW, I can get KFXN's directional day signal easily in Spirit Lake, Iowa, 140 
miles to the southwest.  And as others have pointed out, there's absolutely no 
need for KFXN to be "pulling in" its daytime signal to the southwest, since the 
station it once upon a time had to protect -- KUSD in Vermillion, South Dakota 
-- went silent for good in 1994 as a result of vandalism at its transmitter 
site.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Forrester S 
<amradio1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:02:32 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] 690 KFXN

Anyone happen to know if KFXN who happens to be using night power over thr
past week or two is using this legitimately or not?

Todd Skaine
Bloomington MN
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[IRCA] Recent AM loggings

[Rick Dau]

All times ELT



820  unID  ??  ??  - 10/31 1841 - Someone here with "Catholic Answers Live" via 
EWTN running about 1/2 second behind my local KVSS 102.7.  Got excited at first 
when I thought it was long-sought-after WVSG in Columbus, Ohio, but now I 
notice that WBKK in Minnesota also carries the progam.  Station faded under 
WBAP before ID time, so this one will have to wait for another day...  (RD-NE)



1270  WMKT  MI  Charlevoix - 10/31 1832 - Topping the channel with syndicated 
Joe Pags talk pgm, "WMKT" heard in brief

weather check during commercial break.  A relog, was going after needed WXYT at 
the time.  (RD-NE)


1270  WQKR  TN  Portland - 10/30 2251 - Suddenly in with brief "WQKR" ID during 
liner, then back under WKBF.  Now have both TNs on 1270 logged at this QTH.  
Overall logging #1006 here.  (RD-NE)



1470  KSMM  IN  Liberal - 11/1 2019 - Good with Supertramp's "Breakfast in 
America", then DJ chatter that included a mention of "Southwest Kansas' Super 
Hits, 95.5".  A Google search revealed that KSMM is indeed simulcasting KAHE 
95.5.  (RD-NE)



73,

Rick Dau (alive and well despite someone with a warped sense of Halloween humor 
on another message board implying

   otherwise)

South Omaha, Nebraska

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Re: [IRCA] Arizona DX tonight

[Rick Dau]

CJOB is directional all the time, different patterns for day and night.  They'd 
only be non-directional if something's screwed up at the transmitter site.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Forrester S 
<amradio1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 8:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Arizona DX tonight

No doubt running ND.

Todd

On Oct 30, 2017 7:53 PM, "Bill Block" <billbl...@cableone.net> wrote:

>
> Just heard CJOB-680 under KNBR at 2045 EST with "CJOB The Sports Leader"
> new station for me.
>
> Bill Block
> Prescott Valley, AZ
> Drake R8
> Wellbrook ALA1530LNP
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[IRCA] Format change on 1260 in Belleville/St. Louis

[Rick Dau]

1260 Belleville, IL noted here this morning with GOS music, a "Praise 95.1" ID, 
and a traffic check for the St. Louis area.  No idea if the CLs have changed or 
not, but a Google search sez the format switch took place on or around October 
17th.



73,

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[IRCA] WBCN 1660

[Rick Dau]

WBCN 1660 Charlotte, NC in well at this QTH for about the past hour and a half 
with a variety of rock music, Southern (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Molly Hatchet, 
Lynyrd Skynyrd) and otherwise, plus occasional "94-7 Smoke" IDs, notably in 
plugs for their smartphone app.  North Carolina has never been so easy, at 
least here.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

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Re: [IRCA] Testing

[Rick Dau]

Working fine here, Richard.  And great big OSU "Pistols Firing!" 73s  to you 
from up here in Huskerland.



Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Richard N Allen 
<richa...@perryisp.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 7:22 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Testing

Testing email connection.  My messages of the past few days have disappeared.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.
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Re: [IRCA] 530 KHz LA Mystery

[Rick Dau]

The only qualm that I have with Bruce's list is that it doesn't show the powers 
of each station.  I'm on www.mwlist.org<http://www.mwlist.org>, which does.


And Spanish on 530 reminds me that it's been ages since I've heard Costa Rica 
(which is still on the air) there.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Kraig <kr...@kg4lac.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 1:49 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; R. Colin Newell
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 530 KHz LA Mystery

Colin,
  R. Enciclopedia or R. Rebelde?

  I find the following site very helpful.

www.bamlog.com/cubalist.htm<http://www.bamlog.com/cubalist.htm>


73,

Kraig, KG4LAC

On 10/28/2017 2:45 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:
> What would I have been hearing at 0500 last night over and under the Cuban 
> (that was parallel to 5025 KHz...) ?
>
> Jazzy bouncy non-Latin music with SS female announcements on the 1/2 hour..
>
> Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA --
>
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Re: [IRCA] Good to the east

[Rick Dau]

DXer Mike Cherry on Salt Spring Island, BC just bagged Radio Progreso in Cuba 
on 640 a little bit ago, and in the meantime, I just got a new Mexican logging 
in the form of XEJUA-640 in Ciudad Juarez, heard while chasing after KFI, which 
I haven't heard here in a couple of years.  I'd say conditions are a-hoppin' 
this evening!



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha , Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Nigel Pimblett 
<nige2...@telus.net>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:26 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] Good to the east


 Nothing on LW here, but the posts inspired me to check the radio,
and found perhaps the best conditions to the east of the season.WFME
New York (Family Radio) on 1560 was actually on top of it's fellow
Family Radio KKAA at hour.  Also noted WINS on 1010, and more
surprisingly,  CFMB from Montreal on 1280.  Hadn't heard that one in
several years.

73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta
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Re: [IRCA] Old school logging

[Rick Dau]

The timing of this thread is interesting, in light of what happened to me over 
the weekend.  File this one under the "miracle of miracles" category...



So I'm out at my parents' farmhouse yesterday for a family cookout.  At one 
point during the afternoon, I'm in a storage room upstairs looking through a 
box of some stuff that I owned many, many years ago before moving out in early 
1991.  I stumble across one of those old glossy Mead folders.  Y'know, like the 
kind that high school and college students had back in the day as organizers.  
I open it up and what do I find in it?  5 sheets of notebook paper on which are 
written my FM logsheet from Spirit Lake, Iowa dated 1995, plus both my AM and 
FM logsheets dated 1996 from Lafayette, Indiana.  Talk about finding a treasure 
trove!  Obviously, not ALL of my logbooks were thrown away when I left the 
hobby for 5 years starting in May 2005.   I wondered, though, how in the world 
these made it out to the farm, and then I remembered -- I brought them with me 
when I came home from Lafayette at Christmastime in 1996, a starter solenoid in 
my Chevy Cavalier went out on me while I was the
 re, and I was so stressed out about the car that I left the folder behind in 
my room when I went back to Indiana.  So I figured I'd just grab it the next 
time I was back home, and then I forgot it again, and never did remember that 
it was there until yesterday.  The sheets are somewhat faded, as you might 
imagine they would be after this many years, so I'm in the process of 
transcribing my loggings onto new sheets of paper, and then the originals will 
get tossed.  Even though the loggings don't contain info about WHAT I heard, 
they still have dates and times on them, which says that I at least heard 
SOMETHING confirming that it was that station I heard at the time I heard it.  
Finding the FM logsheets for Spirit Lake was especially ironic, timing-wise, as 
I'm going to be up there with Ernie Wesolowski this coming weekend.  All of the 
logsheets were in order by date, but I eventually will get them sorted by 
frequency onto new sheets were they can then be printed out from my e
 -mail.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska

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Re: [IRCA] Great catch from the Border Inn - XETLA-930 Tlaxiaco OAX!

[Rick Dau]

Annual DXpedition?  Gosh, Tim, I thought you went there several times a year.  
I know what a great DXing environment that's been for you.



A week from tomorrow, Ernie Wesolowski and I are headed up to Spirit Lake (my 
old stomping grounds, from May 1995 - July 1996) in northwest Iowa's Okoboji 
region for a 3-day DXing vacation.  Among other things, I hope to do a more 
thorough daytime bandscan (one that I did from nearby Arnolds Park in April 
1989 on the radio in my 1977 Ford LTD turned up 82 stations, and I KNOW more 
than that are audible from the Iowa Great Lakes on any given day).  Also hope 
to do lots of FM DXing -- the Okoboji area is situated on nearly the highest 
point in Iowa, elevation-wise, and the landscape is almost entirely 
pancake-flat for miles around, so FM signals travel a great distance.  As I 
recall, many Sioux Falls FMs, 80-some miles distant, are like locals.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: a...@yahoogroups.com <a...@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Tim Hall 
timha...@gmail.com [ABDX] <a...@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 6:35 AM
To: ABDX; Friends - Neil Kazaross; Friends - Ron Schiller; Mark Durenberger; 
Don Perkins
Subject: [ABDX] Great catch from the Border Inn - XETLA-930 Tlaxiaco OAX! [1 
Attachment]



I'm reviewing my recordings from my annual Border Inn DXpedition (US 6/50 at 
the Nevada-Utah border).  On my last morning there (10/2) the conditions to 
Mexico finally improved.

At 1101:40 UT on 930 kHz, mixing with KIUP, KAFF, and an unidentified Spanish 
station (most likely KAPR), I heard a very unusual version of the Mexican 
national anthem, sung by little children accompanied by a school band.  I 
eventually realized they were singing in a native language.

This turns out to be the indigenous station XETLA-930 in Santa Maria Asuncion 
Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, a 5kW daytimer.  I got up at 4am this morning to listen to 
XETLA's webstream, and sure enough, there was the anthem I heard.

This might be the first time I have heard Oaxaca from anywhere.

I think others may be able to hear this station, so I'm attaching a long audio 
clip from their webstream.  Note this morning they turned the transmitter on 
around 1058 (based on OC sound suddenly appearing on webstream) but didn't get 
around to signing on until just after 1104 UT.  This is not unusual for Mexican 
stations.

This presumably would have been even easier if KIUP-CO hadn't recently returned 
to the air.  BTW I'm fairly confident that XETLA is the only Mexican station 
left on 930 that hasn't migrated to FM.

73 Tim

Webstream URL:  http://www.cdi.gob.mx/ecosgobmx/xetla.php
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[IRCA] Transmitter coordinates for CBJ-1580

[Rick Dau]

Can anyone find for me the Lat-Long coordinates of the old CBJ-1580 in 
Chicoutimi, Quebec?  I've used a Google search to try to locate them, but am 
coming up empty so far.  I'm interested in knowing how far (as the crow flies) 
CBJ's tower was from where CKDO's tower outside Oshawa, Ontario is now.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska



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[IRCA] Looking to acquire DX-related items

[Rick Dau]

Here is my wish list:

1) Convention programs -- Pittsburgh 1990 (NRC), Knoxville (IRCA), Omaha 1992 
(NRC), Aurora 1995 (NRC), San Antonio 1998 (NRC), Lima 2002 (NRC), Omaha 2011 
(NRC) Billings 2014 (IRCA), and Kansas City 2015 (joint)

2) Cassette tapes of the NRC's DX Audio Service, Jan 1992 - Dec 1994

3) Bumper stickers, especially of Midwestern stations, but will accept all

4) NRC AM Logbook, 8th Edition (print date of 1986)

5) IRCA Almanac, 4th Edition (came out in the late 1980s, I think)

And please know that I am looking to acquire these through snailmail, not sent 
to me as attachments.  Feel free to email me (OFFLIST, please) if you are able 
to help.  Thanks!

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska
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Re: [IRCA] NEW ONE: KZQZ-AM 1420

[Rick Dau]

In Warren, Pennsylvania, population 9,710???   I seriously doubt there's much 
of a problem with muggings where he's at.  And Paul has the right idea -- DX 
outdoors and away from buzz problems and power lines (most city parks with 
wooden tables are great places, I've found) until the cold starts to become too 
unbearable.  For me, that's usually sometime in mid-November.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Saul Chernos 
<sau...@sympatico.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 7:25 AM
To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] NEW ONE: KZQZ-AM 1420

Aren't there muggers wandering the streets, looking for easy prey? You've got
your  headphones on and wouldn't hear them coming at you from behind. You were
probably safer up in Alaska with just a few hungry polar bears...


> -- Original Message --
> From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com>
> Date: September 27, 2017 at 6:06 AM
>
> Yup. I don’t have a super great way to set up inside that won’t leave me
> with lots of noise/Rf/rfi
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:36 AM Saul Chernos < sau...@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:sau...@sympatico.ca> > wrote:
>
> > >
> > Paul, are you still DXing outside? Really - you're not in Alaska
> > anymore!
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Re: [IRCA] KLTI 1560 Macon, Missouri

[Rick Dau]

1560  KLTI  Macon MO - 9/25 2134 - Fair-to-good signal in KKAA null with clear 
"KLTI True Country" ID just before local weather forecast and C song "Wagon 
Wheel" by Darius Rucker.   Perhaps on its 1 kw day power, as its 41 watt night 
power shouldn't get out much beyond Macon County.  A relog here, but for those 
of you who need it, here's your chance.


73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska

Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna

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Re: [IRCA] Paul S.

[Rick Dau]

Mark, it was probably one of the 80s conventions where you met him.  I believe 
he told me on several occasions that the Lincoln, NE convention (1977) was the 
first one he attended, and I think he told me that he first joined the NRC 
about 2 years prior to that.  Unless someone else recalls differently, he was 
at every NRC convention after 1977, and I first met him at the one that he 
co-hosted with Todd Brandenburg  and Skip & Buddy Dabelstein in Topeka in 1989 
(first convention I attended).  Paul, as is well-known, had a large collection 
of coffee cups/mugs with radio station logos on them that he acquired through 
convention auctions.  I hope those are headed to a good home now, because I 
sure would hate to see those get thrown away.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: Am <am-boun...@nrcdxas.org> on behalf of Mark Connelly 
<markwa1...@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:21 PM
To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Paul S.

Paul was a great DXer and certainly a hard worker in all the behind-the-scenes 
activity that kept DX bulletins going out on time with high quality material in 
loggings, technical, broadcast information, and member "musings" that added the 
valuable personal touches.  Some in the hobby also knew of his teaching 
profession and his love of writing young-adult literature.  He tried to 
maintain good grammatical standards in a world where English usage seems to get 
sloppier each year.

I joined NRC in 1972, about 12 years after I had started DXing.  I joined IRCA 
shortly after that.  Paul's name was already well known in the hobby at that 
point if I recall correctly.

In about 2010, when I started connecting with DXers on Facebook, the ability of 
communications to spread out to a whole range of other topics came about.  
Prior to that, my mail and email with hobbyists was mostly about the hobby.  
This was especially true when dealing with list forums and club publications 
where straying off radio and onto chat about trains, cars, architecture, 
gardening, woodworking, etc. would meet disapproval.

As the Facebook age came about, Paul was one with whom I could correspond on 
many subjects outside of, or maybe just peripherally-related to, DX.  We 
chatted photography, travel, and especially music.  He and I discussed '60s 
entertainers that were pretty well known "back in the day" but are nearly 
forgotten now.  Helen Shapiro in pop music and Richard & Mimi Farina in folk 
come to mind.  We both agreed that spring / summer '67 was a peak era, perhaps 
THE peak era, of rock, folk, and soul music with pop, country, and jazz looking 
very good too.  Paul knew of, and appreciated, the British and Celtic folk-rock 
groups that made a splash in the early to mid '70s, notably Fairport Convention 
and Steeleye Span: groups that were all but ruling my turntable (and radio, 
thanks to Cambridge's WCAS) at a time when most people were talking about disco.

I did meet Paul at one of the NRC conventions.  Not sure if it was early '70s 
Cambridge, MA, one of the '80s ones (NJ, CT), or Nashua, NH in '94.  He seemed 
easy going and not one to goad people into annoying rancorous arguments about 
politics or religion.  When I hooked up with him on Facebook, this mellow + 
intelligent aspect of his personality continued to shine.

He will be missed.  Maybe he's having a cup of java (or glass of beer?) in 
front of a celestial R-390A in the company of so many other great DXers who 
went before.

R.I.P. Paul.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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Re: [IRCA] Paul Swearingen (1945-2017)

[Rick Dau]

*sigh*  A day that I knew was coming eventually, but still tough to take the 
news.  Paul and Bill Hale were the first two editors of DX News to welcome me 
into the NRC when I initially joined the club in July 1988, just a month after 
Paul took over editorship of the bulletin.  He was my roommate at the San 
Antonio NRC convention in Sept. 1998 and was a dear friend in the hobby.  I 
hope Paul is now enjoying QRM-free reception in that big DX Shack In The Sky.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska



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[IRCA] Total Eclipse of the DXer's Heart

[Rick Dau]

Eclipse DXing on AM and longwave was a total bust here.  Storms came through at 
about 0700 CLT, but the lightning static stayed around for hours and 
essentially turned both bands into pans of frying bacon.  Around 1230 CLT, I 
gave up and went over to FM, where I had much better results.  Boosted my 
logbook here from 117 to 140 in a matter of a few hours.  Trop-like conditions, 
very nice.



73,

Rick Dau

on the road in Iowa City, Iowa (EN41fp)

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Re: [IRCA] Motel QRM

[Rick Dau]

I hear ya about the hotel QRM, Steve.  On recent roadtrips, I've found that the 
effective way to DX the AM band in the room is if the radio is sitting on the 
windowsill.   Less buzz there than elsewhere in a room.  Finding a hotel that's 
relatively noise-free these days is a rarity, but the host hotel for the 2014 
IRCA convention in Billings (a Lexington Inn & Suites) was a real find.  NO 
buzz whatsoever on not just the AM band, but also on longwave, as well, where I 
was able to DX beacons to my heart's content.  Wish all hotels would install 
the same type of noise-cancelling devices that one did, if that's what the 
magic formula was.


73,
Rick Dau (staying on the top floor of a Hampton Inn in Iowa City for a few days 
early next week)
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Stephen Hawkins 
<n...@wccta.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 2:06 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Motel QRM

Gang,

It seems that about 3/4 of the time I travel I end up in a hotel or a
motel that has QRM on every AMBCB frequency strong enough to blank out
all but the strong locals (if there is one).  Some of the nicer motels
seem to be the worst.  On a recent trip to my wife's family reunion in
eastern NY we stayed in a Best Western in Ohio.   Tuning the entire BCB
I with my Sony ICF-SW35 I could hear 1 station clearly, and one faintly.

I am open to suggestion.

After 2 back surgeries and now scoliosis my back wakes me up a LOT in
the middle of the night.  I suspect my spinal column was a factory
reject acquired off ebay or craigslist.  I sleep with the radio and a
single earbud, (stereo cut with one bud cut off).  I like the SW-35 for
several reasons, among them are:

It has 50 memories

It will shut itself off after a reset-able time

It has a button I can push to temporarily light up the dial so I can see
the time

And while not the best performer I have ever owned, it has worked well
for a long time.  It is aging and if anyone has suggestion for a better
replacement please pass them on.

Thanks,

Steve NG0G

--
Stephen Hawkins NG0G
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[IRCA] Lincoln, Nebraska FM rock station to provide its own eclipse soundtrack

[Rick Dau]

92.9 KTGL "The Eagle" of Beatrice/Lincoln is planning something rather special 
for Monday's celestial event.  Beginning at 12:21 p.m. Central Time, the 
station will play "Dark Side Of The Moon" in its entirety, concluding with the 
album's famous final lyric "...when everything under the sun is in tune, but 
the sun is eclipsed by the moon" at 1:04 at precisely the moment that totality 
begins in the skies over Lincoln.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska (which will miss out on the whole show)
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Re: [IRCA] Midwestern US Format Change/Frequency Move Alert

[Rick Dau]

A simple flip...everything that was on 1140 -- CLs, format, and programming 
schedule -- moved south, this according to...



http://ksoo.com/where-did-ksoo-the-talk-of-sioux-falls-go




73,

Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
<walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 7:23 AM
To: Hard-Core-DX; NRC; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Midwestern US Format Change/Frequency Move Alert

Classic Country KXRB Sioux Falls, SD has moved.

Now on 1140 AM, it'll have 5000 watts at night compared to 100 Watts on
1000.

Townsquare Media has also dumped the "Easy 100.1" AC Format of Class A
2.15KW/558 ft KDEZ and that will simulcast the AM, presumably as KXRB-FM

Not sure what will be on 1000khz. This was posted on the sttaions Facbeook
page and website this morning, having taken place at 6am local time Monday.


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Re: [IRCA] NRC List serv - dropped from the list

[Rick Dau]

Tom, I mentioned on the NRC listserver back on the evening of July 21st that 11 
messages sent to me that afternoon all arrived in my Junk Mail folder.  Wayne 
suggested that I needed to "whitelist" to make sure that no more messages were 
sent to that folder, otherwise if a...@nrcdxas.org was called out as spam, "the 
big boys will block our email", in his words.  So that is what I did by going 
into my Hotmail settings, locating "Safe Senders", and including 
a...@nrcdxas.org on that list.  Since then, not one email from the NRC 
listserver has shown up in my inbox, despite the fact that, to the best of my 
knowledge, I am still on the list.   This isn't the first time that the NRC 
listserver has had issues with trying to circumvent spam problems.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of amd...@core.com 
<amd...@core.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:22 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] NRC List serv - dropped from the list

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail notice that I was
dropped from the NRC list.  Have been working with Wayne
Heinen and my ISP Tech Support but nothing positive so
far.

Yes, I realize this is the IRCA list, but just checking
with others who are  NRC members if they have similar
problems.

Or am I the only one.

Tom Jasinski

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Re: [IRCA] 570 WNAX off?

[Rick Dau]

WNAX strong here, as usual, with a talk program.  Must just be conditions where 
you are, Todd.  I'm betting WMAM is running the 250 watt day stick, but I can't 
get 'em here.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska



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Subject: [IRCA] 570 WNAX off?

Either off or on low power. Irregardless, This is the first time hearing
WMAM Marinette on a clear, long time basis,15 min plus, from 8:25 central
to 8:40 and counting. Also this would put them at 100 watts at this time of
the night if indeed they are compliant.

Todd.Skaine
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Re: [IRCA] List of past IRCA Conventions by year

[Rick Dau]

Does anyone out there have pictures from the Billings convention of 3 years 
ago?  That was the club's 50th Anniversary, and it'd be a shame if there 
weren't any photos from that weekend that could be put up on the website.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


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Hi Tom,

http://www.ircaonline.org/ircahistory.htm   has a list, some with
links to pictures, down at the end of the page.

best wishes,

Nick




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Re: [IRCA] ECLIPSE DX-ING

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I'm going to be in eastern Iowa on the 21st, stopping off on my way back from 
the Madison-Milwaukee DX Get-Together for a few days of DXing in either 
Davenport or Burlington.  Even though I won't be in the path of totality, I'm 
still looking forward to hearing what the AM AND LW bands are going to sound 
like for about a 1/2 hour before and a 1/2 hour after the peak at 1814 UTC.


73,
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South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


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We will be heading from Rochester to Indiana on the 20th, then assessing
conditions early the morning of the 21st and driving to somewhere along the
path between Marion IL and mid-Kentucky.

I'm thinking of getting an inexpensive SDR between now and then.

On May 28, 2017 2:29 PM, "Ira Elbert New III" <i...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'll be teaching 6th graders social studies on that Monday. I hope it's a
> clear day because I'd love to take them outside to see the eclipse. We're
> just south of the path of totality too.
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Re: [IRCA] Upcoming solar eclipse

[Rick Dau]

Gary, those folks living in Lincoln City and McMinnville have to consider 
themselves fortunate.  They were in the path of totality for the last total 
solar eclipse visible from the U.S., too, on Feb. 26, 1979.  And the people in 
Albany and Corvallis, who missed out on the whole show in '79, will get it this 
time around.  IIRC, Portland was in the path of totality in '79, but cloudy 
skies ruined the spectacle there.



Not many people in the U.S. can say they've been lucky enough to be living in 
the path of TWO of them in their lifetimes.  Carbondale, Illinois, however, 
will be in the part of totality for both this upcoming one in August and the 
next one on April 8, 2024.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska (will be in eastern Iowa on Aug. 21, so will only get 
about 95% totality)

-


The August 21 eclipse will hit the Oregon coast first, and we were lucky enough 
to book a room in the Lincoln City (OR) Liberty Inn at the regular room rate of 
$169/night before the motel jacked up the rates to $1000 per night that weekend 
(Lincoln City is in the path of totality). The motel tried to raise the rates 
on everybody up to $1000 for that period, but KGW-8 TV in Portland and the 
Oregon State Attorney General's office got involved, and the motel was 
eventually forced to honor the rates that they agreed to when the rooms were 
booked.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)



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Subject: [IRCA] Upcoming solar eclipse

For those of you with SDR's, and located along its path ( 
http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm) the solar eclipse over 
North American which is to occur on August 21 will present a most interesting 
possibility.



I remember DX'ing during a solar eclipse back in the 1970's, and I experienced 
stations on the path 'ahead' of me coming in as if it were SS/SR propagation.


Now, with SDR's, it will be possible to record the entire band for the duration 
of the eclipse, or at least for that portion where effects will be noticeable 
in any particular area.


Alas, many of us in the Northeast, Southwest and North Central US won't be 
close enough to the path to experience the full effects.


Russ Edmunds

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Re: [IRCA] unID with Beatles music on 890

[Rick Dau]

Crud.  A relog.  Was really hoping for something 1) new, and 2) exotic.  AM Log 
remains stuck at exactly 1000, nothing new heard here since early March.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af



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Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] unID with Beatles music on 890

KJME 890 Fountain/Colorado Springs. It's an All Beatles format


On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 12:24 AM Rick Dau 
<drummer196...@hotmail.com<mailto:drummer196...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

Getting someone under WLS right now with "Baby, You're A Rich Man" and 
"Piggies" by the Beatles, with a liner in English between songs, including a 
definite mention of "...Eight Ninety...".   Anybody else getting this?



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

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[IRCA] unID with Beatles music on 890

[Rick Dau]

Getting someone under WLS right now with "Baby, You're A Rich Man" and 
"Piggies" by the Beatles, with a liner in English between songs, including a 
definite mention of "...Eight Ninety...".   Anybody else getting this?



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[IRCA] WDQN-1580 DuQuoin, Illinois' final sign-off 5/14/2017 9:30-11:00 p.m. CDT

[Rick Dau]

https://www.facebook.com/wdqnradio/videos/1477411092280376


Sad to see this one go.  Rural America loses another important small-town 
public-interest voice.

73,
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Re: [IRCA] 800 UNID

[Rick Dau]

Jim, I'd put the brakes on reporting this one as CJAD just yet.  Dr. Asa's 
program, "On-Call" IS carried on CKLW from 10:30 to Midnight, right at the time 
you would've heard it, and Coast-To-Coast AM follows.  This according to their 
website, and I DID get CKLW carrying Dr. Asa back on March 24th at 2327 Central 
Time.  I know there was a fire at the transmitter, but I'm wondering if this 
isn't indeed CKLW, but broadcasting with a vastly reduced wattage?



BTW, I noted CKLW's program schedule for both "On Call" and "Coast-To-Coast AM" 
and thinking that they have the wrong times listed, as "Coast-To-Coast AM" 
doesn't begin live until 1 a.m. Eastern.



Hopefully someone in the Windsor-Detroit area can show up on here to give us 
the scoop on if CKLW is still on the air with reduced power, or not.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


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I'm guessing that this is CJAD.  Seemed to be Canadian news items at 0100
news break, After 0100 is now Coast to Coast.  CJAD web site does not
mention Dr. Asa program, but Coast to Coast is listed.  Fades out a lot,
occasionally fades up over CJBQ.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:16 AM, James Renfrew <jim.renf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
>
> There was a report on Facebook that CKLW 800 is off tonight, with its
> program shifted to 580.
>
> Listening to 800 in CKLW's absence mostl;y results in CJBQ, right across
> the lake from me, but there's a Dr. Asa in the background, a health coach
> kind of show.  Faded down at the top of the hour, of course, but the
> announced 888-873-7272 <(888)%20873-7272> phone number helped me find the
> Dr. Asa web site.  Station finder there is not helpful - becomes an email
> form from which they will send me local station info for my area,  But in
> trying some other search words I did find the station list, but nothing on
> 800 is listed.
>
> So probably a station with a talk format, not seeing too many on the
> list.  CJAD 800 in Montreal appears to have the kind of programming that
> would host a show like this but the CJAD website shows no Dr. Asa.
>
> So - help!  Any ideas?  Thanks!
>
> 800 is probably the channel here with the least number of stations heard.
> CKLW and CJBQ pretty handily destroy everything else.  Of course, I have
> heard PJB, though.
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Re: [IRCA] WGLB in Wisconsin (was: WFME 1560 off the air)

[Rick Dau]

Jim, you're probably thinking of WGLB in Port Washington, and the FCC website 
for WGLB says they were granted a CP two years ago to go to 2500 days, 250 
nights, 700 during CH.  When I was in Davenport, Iowa (roughly 163 air miles 
from WGLB's transmitter site) last September, WGLB was blowing the doors off 
everything else on 1560 just before Midnight.  My surmise is that not only is 
their CP on, but I'd bet my next dozen farm-fresh eggs that they're running 
that 2500 watt day power all night long.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna



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There was a tip on Facebook at 2309, and of course I didn't note who posted
it, but WFME 1560 is off the air.  In it's place a strong signal with a
gospel music program mentioning Wisconsin and Wisconsin phone numbers.
Must be using day power, I figured.  But the NRC Log says WGYB is U4
185/250.  So one of those unusual ones that is authorized to raise power at
night.  Though 250 watts seems to be packing quite a punch tonight.  A new
one here.And thanks for the FB tip.

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Re: [IRCA] 910 new logging

[Rick Dau]

Your memory is good, Mike.  Back in the early 1990s, WGTO was the callsign of 
the 540 licensed to Cypress Gardens, Florida.  That station and WSTH in 
Columbus, Georgia, also on 540, would make frequent visits to the Midwest from 
about 1992 to 1994 in the wintertime when auroral conditions were prevalant.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska



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'Love those call letters being a muscle car fan. Those calls were in Florida 
many years. Seems more appropriate for an oldies station in MI. (Is Cassopolis 
a suburb of Detroit??)


ms



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Wikipedia and the station's website both have links to WGTO's web stream. It 
and Radio-locator.com are often good places to find it. If not they often have 
a link to the station's website, which may have a "Listen Live" or similar.

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>
> Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
>
> 0230 EDT
> 910   WGTO   MI   Cassopolis   Much fading.  70's and 80's rock, only heard
> a single ID as "WGTO" over about two hours.  Anyone else hearing this
> format here?  Would have been nice to find a web stream for this one.
> Strong interference from Red Eye Radio on WSBA.  NEW.
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Rick Dau]

Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating 
straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:



http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm



Wy better than www.indo.com/distance<http://www.indo.com/distance>.   
This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND the 
house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Eric Floden 
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

I missed it, how do you calculate distance?

Thanks

Eric
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Rick Dau]

Very nicely done, Tim!  My lifetime graveyard distance record belongs to a 
reception of KOTS-1230 Deming, New Mexico that I got from Millard (a section of 
west Omaha), Nebraska.  893 miles.  That was accomplished, by the way, in late 
August 2002, nowhere close to the typical "dead of winter" peak for graveyard 
receptions that normally happens in early February.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


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Subject: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

Interesting auroral conditions early yesterday evening stirred up WMMB on
1240 from Melbourne, Florida, busting my previous distance record of 962
miles when KANE (also on 1240) was heard here during similar conditions a
few years ago.  WMMB comes in at 1,088 miles and is now my furthest GY
catch.  Here's a Perseus recorded video of the excitement:

https://youtu.be/tnmF_2e3_VI

1400 WJQS out of Jackson, MS. also made it here last night and was another
new GY catch at 782 miles and now my furthest on 1400.

73,
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[IRCA] KURM-790 sign-off

[Rick Dau]

790  KURM  AR Rogers - 3/17 2359 ELT - Atop with clear sign-off announcement, 
including mention that they begin their broadcast day on the weekdays at 5:00 
and on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:00.  No SSB heard.  Not a new logging, but 
always nice to hear a sign-off on a regional channel in this day and age.  
(RD-NE)



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Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

[Rick Dau]

It has to be something else, Richard, because iron in the soil is detrimental 
to an AM station's ability to be heard at a great distance.  The soil in the 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan on over to the Arrowhead region of northwest 
Minnesota is absolutely loaded with iron, and the AMs in that area just don't 
get out well at all.  It's especially noticeable in the daytime.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Richard N Allen 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 7:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

I forgot to mention the reddish colour of the soil is caused by a high iron 
content.  Maybe that contributes to the good conductivity.

Richard Allen.

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Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

[Rick Dau]

Exactly, Billy.  30 is top of the line.  See that 30 area in northwest Iowa 
along the Minnesota border?  That's the "Okoboji" area of Iowa, a popular 
vacation destination from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  I used to live in that 
area.  The DX on both AM and FM up there was amazing, easily the best QTH for 
DXing in which I've ever resided.  Of course, it didn't hurt that among my 3 
closest AM stations, KILR-1070 (250 watts) and KKOJ-1190 (5000 watts) were both 
daytimers, and KICD-1240 (1000 watts, of course) was 20 miles to the south.  I 
recently hit 1000 AM stations logged here in South Omaha, taking nearly 6 1/2 
years to do so.  Had I stayed up in Okoboji instead of moving away in July 
1996, it probably would've taken me about 1/4 as long -- if that -- to reach 
1000.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of billy brooks 
<wwbro...@windstream.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:21 PM
To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America'
Subject: Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

Roger the map.  I presume the lower the value,  the worse the conductivity 
unless I missed something.
Tnx bb

-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Bill Block
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 5:00 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

Mike, here is a ground conductivity map.

Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ

 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Effective_Ground_Conductivity_Map.png


- Original Message -
From: "Mike Sanburn" <mikesanb...@hotmail.com>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
<irca@hard-core-dx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:21:46 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

I think it might be a combination of any or all of the factors that you 
mentioned. You seem to be using good quality equipment for sure. There are 
times when there have been solar storms and the band is just a loud buzz so 
even locals sound horrible. I recall seeing a map once that showed the best and 
worst places as far as ground conductivity in North America goes. I would bet 
that can be found using Google.


73  Mike



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of billy brooks 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 11:37 AM
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Subject: [IRCA] dx dead spots

Hi all…..   a topic that has always confounded me is the subject of
“dx deadspots”.  Literally geographic areas where nothing of a dx nature seems 
to penetrate.  I’ve alluded to this in previous threads and blamed it on

Antennas, sunspots, noise…… you know the usual suspects.  I’ve even postulated 
that poor soil conductivity is a contributor.  While much has been written on 
these topics (other than soils to my knowledge)  I wonder

If any of you have these same frustrations.  Naturally I leave “ass time in the 
chair”  as the last factor.  We all know what that means when it comes
to good dx.   I’ll even go as far to express that having top notch gear

Is useless if you don’t use it! nevertheless, the perception does exist
that  “location,location,blah,blah”  may be a significant although unexplored 
factor plagueing all of us.

Anyone else experience these blasé feelings?

Bill brooks ,  Waynesburg,pa

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Re: [IRCA] LWBC

[Rick Dau]

Scott, whereabouts in Michigan are you located?



73,

Rick in South Omaha, Nebraska



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To: irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; Steve Ratzlaff
Subject: [IRCA] LWBC

252 with a big signal in Ml tonight. 0315 Z

Scott
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Re: [IRCA] 1000th AM logging at this QTH

[Rick Dau]

My thanks to all for their well-wishes on my 1000th logging on the AM band from 
South Omaha.  For perspective, it took me 6 years, 5 months, and 20 days to 
reach that mark here.  When I got #1000 in Iowa City, I did so in 8 years and 2 
days (10/26/1985-10/28/1993), and that was in a location where there are 1/3 
the number of stations on the AM band than there are here.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

Sony ICF-2010 + Grundig AN-200 antenna

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[IRCA] 1000th AM logging at this QTH

[Rick Dau]

1510  KNNS  KS Larned - 3/5 1929 ELT - Briefly wiping out KCTE with ID: "You're 
listening to The Patriot, KNNS, Larned, and KRMR, Hays...", then into ad for a 
livestock auction in Russell.  My 1000th entry in the logbook that I started 
here on Sept. 13, 2010.  [RD-NE]



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Re: [IRCA] Using a portable heater while DXing

[Rick Dau]

I was hoping Shawn Axelrod would chime in on this topic, which he did in an 
off-list message to me.  I had always wondered what he, Niel Wolfish, Morris 
Sorenson, and Wayne McRae used to keep warm during all those DXpeditions at 
Valhalla Beach (65 miles - 104 km - almost due north of Winnipeg), where I'm 
sure the temps in January can get brutal.  If memory serves me right, they set 
up shop inside an abandoned school bus.  THAT must have been fun!  Very helpful 
that Shawn included pics so I know what to look for in the future.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: AMANDX <ama...@mymts.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 7:06 PM
To: Rick Dau
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Using a portable heater while DXing

Rick

When we were DX'ing from the Valhalla site we used small propane heaters. they 
used one pound Propane cylinders and that ran a small heater that attached 
straight to the cyylinder. Worked great for many years. Came witha satnd to 
keep things safe. Pics below of a similar model to what we used. Way safer that 
kerosene as these cylinders don't spill. Screw the heater on tight and light 
her up.

Shawn

[Image result for 1 pound propane cylinder]


[Image result for 1 pound propane cylinder heater]

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[IRCA] Using a portable heater while DXing

[Rick Dau]

I'd like to know how many of you use one on the REALLY cold winter nights while 
DXing, and if you mostly go with an electric heater or a kerosene heater.   I'm 
going to be a guest at my parents' farm east of Council Bluffs, Iowa all this 
week and have come up with the idea of bringing along a Stanley 1500-watt 
utility heater to keep my surroundings warm should I decide to stay up into the 
wee hours.   I've run into a bit of a quandary, though...it requires plugging 
into an outlet.  My obvious choice would be to go with a tractor shed on our 
place, but it's one that was constructed in the mid-1980s.  As is the case with 
most modern tractor sheds, it is of a steel construction and has fluorescent 
lighting overhead, so there will be a bit of a buzz issue, although not 
intolerable.  To get away from the buzz completely, my other way to go would be 
to DX from a  wooden shed on our place that was built during the 1920s in which 
we raised chickens when I was a kid.  Most sheds and o
 utbuildings on farms that were built back then are going to be all-wood, and 
would naturally be more appealing for DXing, but many that are THAT old don't 
have outlets, and that's the situation with this one.  In that case, I would 
think a kerosene heater would be a better choice.  Anyway, I welcome all 
feedback on this.  I'm just happy to get out of the city for a week and get 
back to a place where I won't have to deal with images, spurs, and mixing 
products on the AM band!



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

MW: Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna

LW: Sony ICF-2010, Quantum Q-Stick paired with Ratzlaff "cake dummy" loop

FM: Sangean ATS-909X with extended stock whip

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Re: [IRCA] WQXI-790 Atlanta probably on day power

[Rick Dau]

Kevin Redding on the ABDX listserver noted them rather strong at his QTH (245 
air miles from Atlanta) a few nights ago.  If they're stuck on 28 Kw at night, 
this would give a lot of DXers in the Midwest and points further west a good 
shot at adding a new logging from Georgia to their totals (along with perpetual 
cheater WAOS-1600 in Austell).



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Robert LaFore 
<rdlaf...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 7:23 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] WQXI-790 Atlanta probably on day power

They seem to be running the 28kW day facility at 2022 2/13/17. Korean
Format.

I have noted that they seem to be on something other than the night
antenna system (1kW) quite often in the last few weeks.


Robert LaFore
Acworth GA
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Re: [IRCA] HOUSECLEANING #2

[Rick Dau]

I've already expressed an interest in the FM Atlas that Pete has from 1988 
(11th edition), but I will repost here a wish list of DX-related items that I'm 
on the hunt for:



BROADCASTING YEARBOOK

1980



NRC DOMESTIC LOGS

8th Edition through 15th Edition, which equates to 1986/87 through 1995/96 
(would appreciate ones that do not have any writing in them!)



FM ATLAS
13th and 14th Editions, 1990 and 1992



IRCA ALMANAC

4th Edition (unsure of the year, but I believe the 5th Edition came out in 
either late 1991 or early 1992 -- I had the one before that)



NRC DX AUDIO SERVICE CASSETTE TAPES

All tapes from January 1992 through December 1994, with the EXCEPTION of 
January and February 1994, which I already have.  So that would be a total of 
34 cassette tapes.   If you can't break up any volumes, that's fine, I can go 
with that.



NRC PATTERN BOOK

1980



In addition to these, I also collect radio station bumperstickers, mostly AM, 
but I will do FM if I have an interest in the station or the sticker itself.  
If you can help me with any of these items, please, please, PLEASE contact me 
offlist so we can set something up in the way of a purchase.  And I will cover 
any shipping charges, too.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

999 MW loggings (and holding!) from this QTH



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Pete Taylor 
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 12:17 PM
To: NRC; IRCA
Subject: [IRCA] HOUSECLEANING #2

All,

Thanks to those of you who have expressed an interest in my DX library. Below 
is what’s left. PLEASE NOTE that I have added a few new publications.

WRTVH
1990, 1991, 1992, 1997
2002, 2003, 2006

COMMUNICATIONS WORLD - Fall/Winter 1973
(With White’s Radio Log)

VANE JONES N. AMER. Radio/TV GUIDE
1973, 1981 (14th edition)

NRC DOMESTIC LOG
1970/71, 1973/75, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1982, *2005/06, *2010/11, *2011/12, *2013/14

*NRC PATTERN BOOK, 1996

CONFIDENTIAL FREQUENCY LIST (Oliver Ferrell)
*1st Edition (1976); 4th Edition (4/79); 5th Edition (2/82)

IRCA DXER’s TECHNICAL GUIDE (3rd Edition)

PACIFIC LOG
1st Edition, 11/78. (Chris Martin, Editor)

*BBC RADIO & TV STATIONS, 1982

*FOREIGN BROACASTING INFO SERVICE (FBIS) #26, 6/74
Vol. 1 - by country
Vol. 2 - by frequency
Vol. 3 - FM

*FAR EAST BROADCAST CLUB (FEBC) LOG #3 (2/79-2/80)

*IRCA FOREIGN LOGS
2, 5, 7, 8, 9

*RADEX LOGS
#138, July/Aug. 1940
#148, Jan. 1942

If you are interested in an of these, please let me know by February 17. I am 
not charging for the documents but am asking you to cover postage/shipping 
costs.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
HQ180 & ICF2010
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380

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Re: [IRCA] AM BCB DX…..Station # 2,000 Logged

[Rick Dau]

Rob, congrats on getting 2000 on MW!  As you no doubt noticed in the latest 
loggings I posted to this listserver a few days ago, I'm pretty darn close to 
hitting a milestone myself from here in South Omaha.  KUTR-820 Taylorsville, 
Utah was logging #999 for me last Friday morning, and I'm hoping #1000 will be 
someone that I thought I might've had in the past but couldn't confirm, like 
KSJB-600 in North Dakota, or one of two Mexicans on 630 that begin with the 
letters "XEJ".  But I will take it however it comes.  For perspective, I logged 
1430 overall (1375 from the U.S. and Canada) from Iowa City, Iowa beginning in 
October 1985 before finally retiring that logbook for good with my last 
loggings in September 2013.  Topping that might be tough from here, but I'll 
certainly give it a try.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

MW: Sony ICF-2010, Gruding AN-200 loop

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Re: [IRCA] Hot 95

[Rick Dau]

Kraig, I'm starting to think that your unID must've said a word other than 
"Hot".  In checking the WTFDA database, I see only 4 stations with a "Hot 95" 
slogan, none of them are on 95.3, and to complicate matters, none of them are 
anywhere close to an 1130, ruling out the possibility of simulcasting sister 
stations.  The 1130s to the immediate south and west of you are in West 
Virginia and North Carolina, but those are all daytimers.  Solving this one 
looks like a lost cause.  Any way you can record your loggings while DXing and 
then post mp3s here?



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Kraig <kr...@kg4lac.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 5:41 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Hot 95

February 3, 2017 0641 ET male with "... Hot 95 95.3 FM" while listening
to 1130 AM.

Anyone know the station?

73,

Kraig, KG4LAC
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[IRCA] Recent AM loggings

[Rick Dau]

  All times ELT, and all are relogs with the exception of KUTR.

  770  KAAM  TX Garland - 2/3 1911 - Atop with "...on KAAM" heard, then into 
Bobby Vee's 1961 version of "More Than I Can Say" (having grown up in the late 
70s and early 80s, I'm more familiar with Leo Sayer's Top Ten remake from 1980) 
and The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun".  (RD-NE)
  820  KUTR  UT Taylorsville - 2/3 0933 - Briefly over WBAP with mentions of 
"AM 800 and FM 95.3" and "south Davis County", then an ad that included a phone 
number in the 801 area code.  Overall logging #999.  (RD-NE)
  880  KHAC  NM Tse Bonito - 2/2 2102 - Very good with starting lineups of 
men's basketball game between Idaho State Univ. and Northern Arizona Univ.  
KHAC is on the NAU network, having joined for the 2015-16 season.  (RD-NE)
  990  KRKS  CO Denver - 2/2 1843 - Good and alone on the channel (at least for 
a little bit) with ad for the Colorado Broadcasters Virtual Job Fair, then into 
REL program "Bible Answer Man" with host Hank Hanegraaff, including a mention of
website www.equip.org<http://www.equip.org>.   (RD-NE)
  990  KSVP  NM Artesia - 2/2 1846 - Very good, overtaking KRKS with promo for 
coverage of Artesia High School boys and girls basketball on KSVP.  Very 
auroral conditions at the time, as CBW would be a no-show for several hours.  
(RD-NE)

RD-NE Rick Dau South Omaha  Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna


73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska
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[IRCA] Inching ever closer.....

[Rick Dau]

Times in ELT.

Logging #997:

1360  WVRQ  WI Viroqua - 1/11 0808 - Fair with end of local newscast: "...with 
news from WVRQ, I'm...", then lost.  WI #53 here.  (RD-NE)

Logging #998:

1270  WQKR  TN Portland - 1/23 1847 - Briefly over WKBF & KNWC with ad for 
Sumner Regional Medical Center
   in Gallatin, then promo: "If you like the music that we play on 
WQKR..."  TN #37 at this QTH.  (RD-NE)


RD-NE Rick Dau South Omaha  Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna
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[IRCA] Jan 2017 AM loggings so far

[Rick Dau]

  All times ELT.

  920  KVEL  UT Vernal - 1/2 2138 - Good with Utah Jazz vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA 
action, mention of "the Jazz Radio Network" going into commercial break.  Heard 
while semi-local pest KYFR was off.  (RD-NE)

  920  CFRY  MB Portage La Prairie - 1/2 2157 - Fair in null of KVEL with 
Portage Terriers vs. Virden Oil Capitals (love that name!) minor league hockey. 
 Many mentions of "Virden" heard.  Both teams are members of the Manitoba 
Junior Hockey League.  (RD-NE)

  950  WWJ  MI Detroit - 1/6 1859 - Fair, mixing with KWOS, with ID: "The 
Newswatch never stops...Newsradio 950 WWJ...".  WTAM-1100 also noted better 
than usual at the time, albeit through lots of KFAB splatter.  (RD-NE)

1220  WSLM  IN Salem - 1/8 1822 - Fair under KJAN with Purdue Univ. basketball, 
ID just before commercial break as "This is Boilermaker basketball from 
Learfield."  (RD-NE)

RD-NE Rick Dau South Omaha  Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 antenna 
(no new loggings here since Nov. 14th, total heard remains stuck on 996)
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[IRCA] What the future MW and LW bands MIGHT sound like (was: RIP DX Tests)

[Rick Dau]

Les, I often catch myself wondering about what the MW band would sound like 
here IF -- and this is just a hypothetical situation , mind you -- all of the 
AM stations in Canada and the U.S. were to permanently go silent.  Will Mexican 
stations stay on?  If THOSE go off, will AM stations in Central and South 
America stay on?  Will AM stations across the Atlantic and Pacific stay on?  
The DX opportunities for us, should those scenarios occur, could be fascinating 
(it's been over 25 years since I've heard anything from Central America on MW, 
and I'd love to again).  Personally, I honestly, FIRMLY believe there will 
always be SOMETHING on the 530-1710 band to DX, whether domestic or foreign.  I 
just can't picture it drying up completely.



Longwave, on the other hand, presents a different scenario.  About 5 years ago, 
I began DXing non-directional beacons with much interest, and now those are 
slowly going away.  Pity, since those are obviously much easier to ID than AM 
stations!  For DXers on the North American coasts, a future without NDBs on 
longwave won't be as difficult to stomach, as they'll always have European 
broadcast stations to go after.  But for people like myself in the landlocked 
middle of the USA, a longwave band without the beacons will be much more of a 
challenge to DX.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af

MW: Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200  (over 990 AM stations heard here)

LW: Sony ICF-2010, Quantum Q-Stick paired with Ratzlaff "cake dummy" loop


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Les Rayburn 
<l...@highnoonfilm.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 11:05 AM
To: IRCA Radio List - irca@hard-core-dx_com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] RIP DX Tests (was: Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM 
Boosters)

Patrick,

True enough. I just turned 55, and I'm just hoping that enough analog signals 
will remain to last my lifetime. Can't imagine a world without radio to DX. The 
Chinese have a saying, "Make friends with change." I've lived long enough to 
see the wisdom in that.

I can say that radio has been a lifelong hobby of mine, licensed as a ham at 
age 9-and active in DXing even before that. I've tried a bit of everything. 
Ham, SWL, AM, FM, TV, Public Service Bands-and enjoyed it all. There is magic 
in the ether and I hope that the younger generation find something similar to 
excite them.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL
EM63nf
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[IRCA] RIP DX Tests (was: Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters)

[Rick Dau]

Sorry, DXers of the world, but it's high time that DX tests be done away 
with



Back in the day, some unscrupulous participants in the hobby made it a practice 
of waiting about 2-3 weeks after tests were conducted, looking through the 
pages of DX News, DX Monitor, and other print publications, jotting down the 
details of what OTHERS were hearing, then sending their own faux reports based 
from those details off to the testing stations.  Very often, engineers would 
happily mail back QSLs to the offenders, totally unaware of what was going on.  
Fortunately, a select few DID get wise to the shenanigans being perpetrated and 
then began conducting tests with the caveat that reports had to be mailed 
within a scant few days (say, within a week or so) after the test, or they 
would simply not reply to the report.  This was, in effect, to curtail the 
cheating.



But with the progress of technology comes a downside.  Through reflectors such 
as these, along with message boards, DX chatrooms (WHEN they work), and other 
means of instant communication, the cheaters are once again seeing the 
information that others are posting without making their OWN efforts to hear 
the stations.   DX tests were fun while they lasted, but, IMHO, they need to be 
put down.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: a...@yahoogroups.com <a...@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of 
wghau...@yahoo.com [ABDX] <a...@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 5:48 PM
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Subject: [ABDX] Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters



To answer Todd`s question about anyone hearing KKOB Santa Fe, recently
in my reports and DXLD:

Also, I have repeatedly called for a DX test to be arranged on Santa Fe only, 
turning off the main Albuquerque transmitter, however briefly (without of 
course, trying to set it up, myself; maybe I would if I still lived in ABQ) And 
now there is no CPC chairman. Glenn

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Re: [IRCA] WBBM 780 IBOC off

[Rick Dau]

I've noticed that, too, Tom, and one can only hope it's permanent.  Maybe CBS 
is finally getting smart and has decided this Edsel-of-an-idea just wasn't 
worth it anymore.



Now if only WCCO would drop theirs...



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af


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WBBM IBOC has been off for several days now.   Off for
repairs or??

Tom Jasinski
Joliet, IL



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[IRCA] WBEL 1380

[Rick Dau]

1380  WBEL  IL South Beloit - 12/29 1838 ELT - Fair with ad for Havill-Spoerl 
Ford-Lincoln in Fort Atkinson, then weather  forecast with "WBEL" ID (which, at 
first, sounded like "WGEN" or "WGEF", which threw me off) at the end, and into 
60s and 70s oldies from Sly & the Family Stone, The Guess Who, and Leo Sayer.  
First time heard since format switch and  simultaneous change back to its old 
CLs.  (RD-NE)

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Re: [IRCA] Radio Reloj on 1190?

[Rick Dau]

www.mwlist.org<http://www.mwlist.org> sez no, Todd.  Are you getting the pips 
on each second and the distinctive beep followed by "RR" in code at the top of 
each minute?



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Todd S 
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Subject: [IRCA] Radio Reloj on 1190?

Is there an RR here on 1190?

Todd Skaine
Bloomington MN
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Re: [IRCA] Father of radio

[Rick Dau]

I'm one of them.  Mark, I remember on our tour of the Pavek Museum in 2013, 
when our guide talked about Marconi, and I happened to turn over my shoulder 
and mention the name "Nathan Stubblefield" to whoever was behind me, it drew a 
quizzical look from said tour guide.  Reading what I've read about 
Stubblefield, I throw my support behind him as coming up with the important 
innovations in broadcasting wireless signals a good 5-6 years before Marconi 
did, although there ARE those Marconi supporters out there who will say that 
what Stubblefield simply invented was, in effect, the world's first wireless PA 
system, rather than radio.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af


From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Dennis Gibson 
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Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 8:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Father of radio

You just barely beat me to it. I heard about him in a college media class 40 
years ago.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 23, 2016, at 6:37 PM, Mark Durenberger <ma...@durenberger.com> wrote:
>
> There are them what think the REAL dad was Nathan Stubblefield:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Stubblefield

>
> http://www.rense.com/general34/rew.htm

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Durenberger
>
>
>
> -Original Message- From: Richard N Allen
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 7:04 PM
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> Subject: [IRCA] Father of radio
>
> http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/12/23/history-dec-23-1900-the-real-father-of-radio/
[http://img.src.ca/2016/12/23/240x135/161223_bw526_rci-m-fessenden-1906_4.jpg]<http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/12/23/history-dec-23-1900-the-real-father-of-radio/>

History: Dec.23, 1900, the real father of 
radio<http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/12/23/history-dec-23-1900-the-real-father-of-radio/>
www.rcinet.ca
Everybody seems to know the name Marconi. They often think of him as the 
inventor who started the idea of radio. While Marconi is often credited as 
being "the", or at least, "a" father of radio, he was in fact experimenting 
with wireless telegraphy, not radio. In fact, Marconi was never interested in 
transmitting voice...



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[IRCA] Recent AM loggings from South Omaha

[Rick Dau]

All times ELT.   All relogs except KMAQ-1320.





 DX LOGS


1170  KFAQ  OK Tulsa - 11/21 2057 - Fair to good with ad promoting Oklahoma 
State University,  then
  into starting lineups for OSU vs. UConn men's basketball.  (RD-IA)

1190  KQQZ  MO DeSoto - 11/21 2059 - Good with halftime of men's basketball 
game between Winthrop and   the Univ. of Illinois, heard mentions of 
"Fighting Illini basketball" during live read by play-by-play   
announcer Brian Barnhart.  (RD-IA)

1320  KMAQ  IA Maquoketa - 11/14 1814 - Atop with "You're listening to KMAQ..." 
heard during local news.
  Next news story after commercial break mentioned Maquoketa High 
School.  Logging #996 here and
  the 1st new one of the 2016-17 season.  (RD-NE)

1400  KAYS  KS Hays - 11/23 2037 - Fair with "1400 KAYS" heard during liner, 
then into 80s pop song
  "Heaven" by Warrant.  (RD-NE)


RD-IA Rick Dau Council Bluffs, Iowa Sony ICF-2010, Grunding AN-200 
antenna
RD-NE Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska  Sony ICF-2010, Grundig AN-200 
antenna




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Re: [IRCA] 1650 Mystery Beacon "SAC"

[Rick Dau]

Les, I'm on the NDB listserver, as well.  I saw your note that your had 
contacted Southern Avionics, but that they had said that it was not they with 
the mystery NDB on 1650.  With Craig in Oviedo, Florida stating that he was 
getting it strongest on a SW bearing from his QTH, I'm wondering if this is 
emanating from some offshore drilling platform in the Gulf?



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

Sony ICF-2010

+ Grundig AN-200 (for MW)

and Quantum Q-Stick and Ratzlaff loop (for NDBs on LW)



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Steve Ratzlaff 
<ratzlaffst...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 1:22 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1650 Mystery Beacon "SAC"

Yes, I passed the SAC reception info on to ndblist yesterday. One guy in
FL heard SAC; and one guy in France heard it and even included an audio
clip. It seems to have 400 Hz sidebands. No one on ndblist has any
additional info. It's a brand new signal at least for ndblist.

Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ


On 10/29/2016 10:28 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone on this list is also a member of the NDB E-Mail List 
> on Yahoo Groups? I used to subscribe, but had to cancel to cut down on the 
> amount of e-mail I'm receiving.
>
> Someone in that group might have more information on this mysterious signal.
>
> It was audible last night from just before sunset, until just before sunrise 
> this morning here in Central Alabama. Peak was right at sunset, where at 
> times, this signal was the loudest one on the channel.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf

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Re: [IRCA] WWVA 1170 on ND pattern past KFAQ

[Rick Dau]

Randy, two come to mindWCHS-580 and WBES-950, both in Charleston.  Problem 
you have at your location is that WIBW covers 580 fairly well at night, and 
KWOS in Jeff City is shooting a lobe almost right in your direction.  But those 
are probably going to be your best bets.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Stewart, Joseph R 
<randystew...@missouristate.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 5:42 PM
To: Glenn Hauser
Cc: NRC AM; IRCA
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WWVA 1170 on ND pattern past KFAQ

Glad you got a definite ID on my this, Glenn. I have had WWVA here in southwest 
Missouri in years past with Tulsa nulled, but at most a couple of times. 
Now--can anyone suggest any targets whose transmitters really ARE within WV 
that get out well to the west?
Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 5, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> At 0158 UT the understation is wrapping program with address P O Box 511, 
> Lynchburg OH 45142. KFAQ seems to be in a fade helping to audiblize the 
> other: and at 0201 UT, definite ID as ``NewsRadio 11-70, WWVA Wheeling``.
>
> So for the duration, here`s a chance for westerners to log WWVA, altho it`s 
> really from Ohio, not West Virginia. It must be on 50 kW ND if it can 
> penetrate KFAQ even west of Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] High school football on the radio

[Rick Dau]

A sure sign that the MW season will soon be upon us: lotsa high school football 
coverage, which will be making its season debut on stations across the USA this 
evening.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af  (995 AM stations logged here)

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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX……..3 NEW Stations for the ULR LOG…….

[Rick Dau]

Logged and QSL'ed from Iowa City for their DX TEST on December 16, 1991.  To 
date, it is still the only Delaware station I've logged from anywhere in the 
Midwest.  Still holding out hope for someday hearing Georgetown on 900 -- I've 
been trying for it for many years at sunrise every February and March.   
WDEL-11150, which I also have on my target list, will be a bit tougher.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Patrick Martin 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 1:50 PM
To: IRCA
Subject: Re: [IRCA] ULR DX……..3 NEW Stations for the ULR LOG…….

I logged and QSL'd WDOV 1410 from Seward AK in the 60s when the dial was more 
clear. Without checking, it may have been during the Eastern Blackout. I have 
never heard it here, even though I have tried for it.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
> From: neilka...@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:40:21 -0500
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA]   ULR DX……..3 NEW Stations for the ULR LOG…….
>
> Nice catch with WDOV. DE is the most difficult of the 48 states here from
> IL and I've barely managed to catch two from there over more than 20 years.
> Looking at WDOV's night pattern has me wondering if they're out of whack or
> failed to switch. I'll look for them from here.
>
> 73 KAZ
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Robert Ross <va...@rogers.com> wrote:
>

> > **
> > 1410  WDOV  Dover, DELAWARE  Aug/16/16  2332 EDTEE   FAIR
> > ID by Male DJ as "Newsradio 1410 WDOV" @ 2332 EDT.
> > Into Talk @ 2333 EDT. Also ZID as "NewsTalk Radio 1410 WDOV".
> >
> > NEW STN  ULR #    5 kW
> > ROSS, ON.
> > **

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[IRCA] Info about joint club convention in Kansas City

[Rick Dau]

Forwarded from Ernie W in Omaha.  To this, I would add that whatever 
radio-related auction items that you have that you want included, please bring 
them with if you are planning to attend.  I am tentatively slated to be one of 
this year's auctioneers.

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

From: Ernest j Wesolowski <neern...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:28:23 PM
To: Rick Dau
Subject: PLEASE ADVERTISE

Rick, please advertise in your clubs reflector or whatever they call it, the 
final day to get a
room at the Hyatt Place Hotel is this Thursday 8/18.   Prices go up to normal 
after this date.
Group Code is G-NRCC.Also send $55 registration fee to Ernie for free Pizza 
Party and
the banquet + tours.  ejw  Thanks
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[IRCA] Radio-related items

[Rick Dau]

Looking to see if anyone has any of these, and if they'd be willing to part 
with them...

CONVENTION FLIERS/PROGRAMS:

1990 NRC   Pittsburgh
1992 NRC   Omaha
1995 NRC   Aurora/Denver
1998 NRC   San Antonio
2002 NRC   Lima, Ohio
2004 WTFDA Omaha
2011 NRC   Omaha

ALMANACS:

IRCA Almanac, 4th edition, which I think was published sometime in the late 
1980s.

NRC STATION LOGBOOKS (unmarked, PLEASE!):

8th Edition, 1986
9th Edition, 1988 (with updaters)
10th Edition, 1990 (with updaters)

Please e-mail me OFFLIST if you can help.  Thanks!

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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Re: [IRCA] Kiwa Loop

[Rick Dau]

Which is the reason I'd have to pass on it.  I need something that'll fit 
inside a suitcase or a gym bag.  I have a Grundig AN-200 to cover MW with, but 
I'm now on the hunt for a portable loop or passive antenna to DX longwave with. 
 The Quantum QX Pro loop that I've owned for the past 5 or 6 years is now 
officially kaput, and the last e-mail I sent to the manufacturer about having 
the short in it fixed went unanswered, so it's going up on the auction block at 
the joint club convention in Kansas City.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Walter Salmaniw 
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Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 6:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Kiwa Loop

Too big, Colin!  Walt

On Sunday, 31 July 2016, coffee_canuck <coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric - is this something I could travel to Hawaii with?
>
> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
>
> > On Jul 31, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Eric Floden <eric.f99...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > FYI I hope to put mine up for sale in the next few weeks - I just need to
> > get it out of storage.  Until I looked at the link, I had forgotten how
> > neat they look (to me anyway)
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[IRCA] roommate needed for the joint club convention in Kansas City

[Rick Dau]

I have a room booked for Sept 8-11 at the Hyatt Place for the 
NRC/IRCA/WTFDA/Decalcomania convention, and am suddenly finding myself in need 
of someone to share a room with and split expenses, as my prospective roommate 
has run into some financial roadblocks and won't be able to stay with me.  
Please email me OFFLIST if you can help me out.  Thanks!

73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska
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Re: [IRCA] 850 Minnesota

[Rick Dau]

Steve, I'm not aware of any daytimers on 850 that were given sunset + 2 hours.  
KFUO in Clayton (St. Louis), Missouri (Neil, I think this is the station you 
were thinking of earlier) is allowed to stay on until sunset in Denver, but, 
AFAIK, every other daytimer on 850 -- WQRM included -- should be signing off at 
its local sunset.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska (headed to Davenport, Iowa Monday morning for roughly 48 
hours of AM, FM, NDB, and NOAA DXing)



From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Neil Kazaross 
<neilka...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:46 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 850 Minnesota

My close local WAIT 850 goes off when it is supposed to at the given sunset
time.  73 KAZ

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Steve Francis via IRCA <
irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:

>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Steve Francis <amdxm...@aol.com>
> To: a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Cc:
> Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 20:24:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 850 Minnesota
> Weren't the 850 daytimers given that sunset plus two hours deal back in
> the mid-80's?
>
> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mark Durenberger <ma...@durenberger.com>
> To: DX @NRC <a...@nrcdxas.org>; DX-IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 9, 2016 7:23 am
> Subject: [NRC-AM] 850 Minnesota
>
> Has WQRM 850 gained nighttime authority?  Recorded them last night at 10PM.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mark Durenberger mobile

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