TOCOBAGA DX #74 22 November, 2004 CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For otherwise unlisted low power FM, pirates and TIS stations within Florida, visit my "Florida Low Power Radio Stations" at: http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html © 2004, Terry L Krueger. Retransmit or quote all or any portion only with full credit given to TOCOBAGA DX and all attributed sources. All frequencies are in KHz unless otherwise stated. Times/dates in GMT/UTC unless otherwise stated. Logs tagged with "LKSP" were made between hiking treks on the car receiver at Lake Kissimmee State Park in east-central Florida. 530 FLORIDA AIRSPACE Radio Martí (193rd PANG); a definite no-show Saturday, Nov. 20th. Monitored from 2100-2215, nothing. Mechanical issues this day? Certainly not the weather. (Krueger) 810 BAHAMAS ZNS3, Freeport, Grand Bahama; 1530+ 21 Nov., surprised how strong this one was, alone and very good with Bahamian-accented preacher, lots of refs to Bahamian church services. Does anyone know the status of the listed construction permit for a WEUS, Orlovista? Is this active yet and if so, what format? (Krueger-LKSP) 1510 FLORIDA (TIS) City of Lakeland WPZW713; 1315+ 21 Nov., fair signal on State Road 60 in the Mulberry area, with long M&W loop on Lakeland Linder airport activity and the annual Sun-n-Fun Fly-In event, website, etc. (Krueger) 1610 FLORIDA (TIS) City of Deltona; the UNID TIS noted here recently during daylight under Melbourne Beach has been confirmed by Jack Nesmith to be City of Deltona (Volusia Co.). Programming is a relay of NOAA weather radio Orlando (parallel 162.475 MHz) interrupted by periodic M&W local announcements. It's unreadable during the day, undetectable at night here. (David Crawford, Titusville, FL) 1620 FLORIDA (LPR) "WKQ Riverside Community Radio," Tampa; per the proprietor, November, 2004: "First station solar power. Spanish music and news. WKQ [is] Part 15 LPAM on 1620 kHz service to Spanish community, radio residents and the general public. Weather as broadcasted by governments radio station NOAA. WKQ professional broadcast automation system. The transmitter equipment authorization by Federal Communication Commission Part 15 Low Power AM communication device transmitter. WKQ operates by Ochoa Communications." Note: I first heard this one in May, 2004. The proprietor states he has no affiliation with any other non-compliant Part 15 stations in Tampa, such as the similar format station that operated on 1640 and is now silent. (Krueger) 1640 FLORIDA (TIS) Florida's Turnpike DoT, Canoe Creek [at MP 229]; 1532+ 21 Nov., fair copy with M&W referencing "law enforcement," phone numbers and "This is the Turnpike Highway Advisory radio..." Presumed the location heard, roughly 15 miles southeast of logging location. (Krueger-LKSP) 6920 USA (PIRATE) Undrground Radio; 2204-2220 20 Nov. Very good and AM mode with the usual mind-bending blend of psych-scripts, Hindi raga tune, ID by "Dr. Benway" and email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Krueger) 88.7 MHz FLORIDA (PIRATE) unidentified, Ft. Lauderdale; 21 Nov., non-stereo FM, DJ'd mostly nights w/mixed bag of rap/R&B/reggae. Automated CD changer...[DF'ed to a location just off of Powerline Road]. Antenna, a base loaded whip with short radials, was barely 20' in the air. No sign of operators. (Russ Scotka, Margate, FL) NB: Russ uses an Icom R7000 with mag, mount, 6 meter whip and Kay Elemetrics 100 dB pad. I left out the exact address of this and the 98.5 MHz pirate as is my standard practice, until official action is documented by the FCC. (Krueger) 91.5 MHz FLORIDA WMIE-FM, Cocoa; 1700+ 21 Nov., contemporary Christian vocals, "You're listening to WMIE 91 point 5 FM." Good, heading a little east outside of the park, WJYO "The Joy FM" New Port Richey with similar format dominated. No trace of the Polk City vicinity Kreyol pirate, however I doubt I was anywhere near enough to have a shot. (Krueger-LKSP) 92.7 MHz FLORIDA (PIRATE) unidentified, Tampa; 1230+ 21 Nov., the usual Kreyol operation with nonstop music, excellent in metro Tampa but slop from licened 92.5 MHz.WYUU-FM, Safety Harbor. Surprised Infinity haven't bitched to the FCC after all these months. (Krueger) 98.5 MHz FLORIDA (PIRATE) unidentified, Pompano Beach (Collier City area); 21 Nov., non-stereo FM with local flavor rap/thug DJ mixes, lots of mentions of Broward and Pompano in sessions. Automated [when DF'ed, station located in a warehouse area on NW 31st. Ave.]. Antennas a set of VHF dipoles on small poles in roof mounts. Couldn't snag a parking space for fear of blocking the car business so couldn't look for operators. (Russ Scotka, Margate, FL) 103.9 MHz FLORIDA (PIRATE) unidentified, Hillsborough County; a new one, 1245+ 21 Nov. Heard poorly on Adamo Drive (SR-60) just east of downtown Tampa, peaking nearer to Brandon but lost near the SR-60/I-75 exchange. Nonstop Kreyol vocals, some seemingly religious (on a Sunday morning), at one point the CD, MP3 or whatever "skipped" for a minute or more. Stereo, but taking a huge beating from WXKB-FM, Cape Coral. Possibly here only as an open carrier on the late afternoon return. (Krueger)
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