New Toronto stataion heard while crossing the border
en route to western NY DX GTG. It's testing and on
tonight, too, upon return to Toronto. Greek music.
Announcements...
saul
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Mike
That could very well be the case. NOAA is a federal agency, so its
stations would fall outside FCC jurisdiction. I know I've heard IDs
from the one in Seattle, but I don't recall if I've heard any recently.
Bruce
Michael Hawkins wrote:
Bruce,
Are NOAA stations exempt from
NOAA radio stations do ID. The one in Astoria is KEC91. Many of the HAR
stations along the Oregon coast seem to run non-stop NOAA broadcasts.
They do ID, but you hear the NOAA station ID more often. Is the FCC
saying that the NOAA broadcasts are illegal, being run on TIS stations?
If so, there are
I was curious because the owner of ABDX (another DX list for those who don't
know already) asked me what WX stations I could hear from this location. The
San Francisco area one on 162.4 was strong but did not ID (including TOH) and
the Monterey one on 162.55 also did not ID. The 162.475
Thanks Martin. Great. I look forward to the rest of your dial. You did
not show IBOC on 820/840 from 830 Orange. Are they not using IBOC any
longer? When I was in Rancho Mirage in 04, their IBOC hash wiped out 820
Mexicali during the day and they come in the Coachella Valley very well.
73,
Dennis,
As I have been getting older through the years, I have moved from music
to talk also. I used to listen to talk on KGO, but I would always move
back to a good Top 40 station with a lot of RB. KSWB Seaside plays a
good mix of oldies now, as well as KITI Chehalis WA. I find myself
listening
I know the one in New York City on 162.55 ids as I was listening to it
recently.
As far as TIS stations go, I wonder if they run these loops just to keep the
frequency for the state or if they just put them on the air and really in
the end don't care unless they get a visit or a violation notice
1010 WSPC NC Albemarle (Stanly Co.): Logged @ 2000 7/28.
Local WELS, Kinston off the air for the third
consecutive day, leaving channel open for
daytime skywave. WSPC on top of channel.
One of the BEST run TIS's Ive ever heard is WPII600, at 1570Khz in
Glastonbury, Connecticut.
The audio is not fed down or recorded on a phone line, it comes from a
computer hard drive in a computer thats inside a small mini studio with a
professional mixer and microphone
They are only 10 Watts,
All federal government stations are assigned call signs or ID's -- that are
required to be used. Even the local FBI uses it's call signs. The FCC
offices -- have call signs -- but use a Station ID in place of a call sign.
Almost every NOAA station that I have heard --- at some time
This news from our friends at the IRCA.
Barry
saulamdx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New Toronto stataion heard while crossing the border
en route to western NY DX GTG. It's testing and on
tonight, too, upon return to Toronto. Greek music.
Announcements...
saul
Mike,
The Astoria TIS on 1650 is located up on a telephone pole with the whip
going up from the tx box. It is off the ground far enough and right on
the highway going into Astoria that stealing it would be very hard to
do. Their ground system goes right into Youngs Bay so they get out very
well.
No audio heard this morning from the TP region. Listened from 1105-1245 ut.
Weak carriers, the strongest here was level 5 (HLAZ 1566). Long-wave was dead.
Dennis,
Vancouver, WA
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Bill,
Last year I heard my first TP of the season on 7-20. It was HLAZ 1566.
I guess that you will be getting TP audio soon. Going to try and QSL some of
the TP's this season. Have the recorders on the computers to send off clips
without having to use the old cassette player.
Dennis,
The local TIS on 530 in Ridgefield. WA is running an open carrier. Have not
heard audio in days. Noticed while driving to Seattle last week that Castle
Rock has a TIS transmitter/antenna on the Northbound on ramp to I-5. It was
not operating. The same setup that Ridgefield uses on the
Dennis
So far I have heard no TP audio or carriers this year. At this time of the
year I have a lot of noise from t-storms. I have been working on my ground for
my EWE by adding water in the berm that is around the ground rods. We also had
close to 4 inches of rain in the last 10 days
Keep in mind that most TIS stations are designed for short distance
operation. Most TIS stations have a very minimal ground system that is
mostly for static/lightning dissipation rather than for counterpoise
purposes. I have inspected well over 100 TIS installations up close and
only a couple had
Interesting, PatrickUsed to hear DFW pretty regularly in Floridaon
1640 and 1680, as I remember. Thanks, Chris S.C.
- Original Message -
From: Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: [IRCA] TIS
The DFW TIS used 60 watts if I recall and were easy here in IL as there
wasn't much of anything on those channels then to QRM then.
73 KAZ
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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2007 Jul 29 1803 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 July follow.
Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 5.
The mid-latitude K-index
KAZ,
Yes,. the DFW TIS were easy from here too. Nice QSLs. The 60 watts got
out well.
73,
Patrick
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Like the Fort Lewis WA TIS on 1500. According to reports from several
Puget Sound DXers, plus even the v/s of my QSL, they hardly even cover
Ft. Lewis. I find it amazing that I hear it as often as I do. I like
going after flea power TIS stations. They are fun to hear and most QSL
well too. I have
Concentrating on this stuff as opposed to any problems with any
substance is another absurd illustration of the political sacking of
the FCC's more traditional activities. These are essentially victimless
offenses, hurting nobody that they're wasting tax dollars on.
Better they should
--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike
That could very well be the case. NOAA is a federal agency, so its
stations would fall outside FCC jurisdiction. I know I've heard IDs
from the one in Seattle, but I don't recall if I've heard any
recently.
Sounds more like a
--- Mike McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I few stations have been
moved -- after not meeting a needed coverage area. Most TIS stations
have a very low priority as well as funding -- and once placed in
the field --- they remain there until the General Services Div -
radio service desides
Anyone remember WPAM217 from Channelview, Texas on 1620 kHz? They were
somehow connected with the oil/petroleum industry, and were pretty much
heard coast to coast in 1993 running a continuous tape loop. I tried for a
QSL but never heard back from them. Patrick, did you or anyone else verify
this
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2007 Jul 30 0003 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 July follow.
Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 15.
The mid-latitude
Re: My request for information
In an earlier posting I asked if anyone knew anything about a long-time
mystery off mine, R. Musica, a station noted 11/14/04, 2200 w/apparent
s/off, semi-classical type format, on 930. The signal was very strong but
garbled. The question was in the last paragraph
The VHF NOAA station here in Astoria IDs all of the time as NOAA Radio
KEC91 in Astoria Oregon So when an AM tis/HAR relays them, you get the
NOAA radio IDs much more often than the TIS ID. At least around here. If
you can hear the TIS long enough, like a local one, they do ID too. NOAA
just IDs
Scott,
I totally back up Scott. Please do not post with such negative terms,
and if you want to post on this list, please be civil and your real
name is required.
Patrick Martin
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KSLM indeed was a fine radio station, probably the best in the Willamette
Valley outside of Portland, in the '40s and '50s when I lived in Corvallis. The
fellow who broke me into radio, Ted Carlson, then at KCOV-1240 as a
salesman-sportscaster, moved to KSLM in that capacity in the mid-1950s
Jim,
Did you try a follow up? They replied, but I cannot remember I phoned
them first to get an address. Too many years back. I don't know if they
are still on the air, but if they are, you might try again. If you need
the v/s or address, let me know.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception
Well dern - I guess I should have tried a f/up. I sent them a report but
never heard anything back from them. Oh well ... Too late now I guess.
Records and copies of reports from back then were lost in a house fire about
10 years ago. Thank goodness my QSLs survived.
Interesting that your fridge
John,
Radio was really neat back in that era. I did not start listening until
the early 60s, but it still was local and a lot of neat sounding
stations on the air.
Clint Formby, I know the name, as Bob interviewed him for an article
for Radio World back in the late 90s. KPAN was a unique
Now Russ.
There are many government workers on this list and we DXers have to stop
saying bad things about them. If we don't, they won't help us and that will
be bad. We won't get QSL's from government TIS stations.
So please let's just say nice things about everybody and be friends.
Your
Like the old saying goes If you can't say something nice about someone,
don't say anything at all. :)
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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There are some large synchronised multi-transmitter TIS systems in TX
and other states. The County of Fort Bend TX has a system with 10 fixed
site transmitters all on 1670. They also have 2 non-synched portable
stations that can operate on 1680 or 1690. And Dow chemical in the
Village of Freeport
Patrick,
I went over and dug out the QSL for WPAM217 from October 1994. The
station was owned by the Lyondell Petrochemical Company and ARCO
Chemical Company in Channelview Texas, just East of Houston. It was a 10
watt station operating on 1620 and had a coverage of about 2.5 miles
according to
No IBOC from 830 Orange.
I'll try to finish the rest of the band another weekend day. I went back to
hear ID's on some of the stations to make sure I didn't guess wrong.
Martin
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:48:21 -0700
From: (Patrick Martin)
Subject: Re: [IRCA] So Cal partial bandscan
To:
At 17:53 29/07/2007, you wrote:
No audio heard this morning from the TP region. Listened from
1105-1245 ut. Weak carriers, the strongest here was level 5 (HLAZ
1566). Long-wave was dead.
The propagation monitor looked a little sad this morning, 29 July,
but there was some weak audio heard
I tried a bit earlier this morning Nick. Around 1130 UTC but nothing noted
except a weak het or two pointing toward Japan.
Don K.
Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
At 17:53 29/07/2007, you wrote:
No audio heard this morning from the TP region. Listened from
1105-1245 ut. Weak carriers, the
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