Pat,
I heard Midway-920 on several Monday mornings in Sep Oct 1968. Received a
nice letter QSL as well. As I recall the only QRM was from KARK in Little Rock
and then later KBZB in Odessa TX
when they signed on around 3 a.m. PST.
I've never heard KOLD Thule from California altho I had a
Don,
I did leave at least two off the list, Tonga on 1020 (ZCO) and 1017
(A3Z). I knew doing it from memory I would forget at least a couple. hi.
I had a complete set of Hawaiians a while back, but I now need a few
freq call changes.
I have 226 Australians (all states), 111 from New
Wow, Patrick,
I hang my head... that is a fabulous list. And I guess that I'm
happy to have one QSL, Kosrae, that you do not... it took a prepared
card and letter, but I guess that I got lucky. Speaking of
persistence, I've been running in the 90 percent bracket for eventual
reply rate, but
V6AH in Pohnpei, V6AJ Kosrae, V6AK Chuuk and V6AI Yap all supposedly stream
nline, follow the liks at http://www.fm
However, V6AH is the only one I've seen to stream on a reliable, consistent
basis.
V6AH (1449Khz?) signs on at 6am.. if you tune into their webstream before
that, it will connect
I checked my slightly-out-of-date database last night and didn't find any
matches. It's a good point, though - there have been several US stations
running a format with this name. These stations often seem to be night power
challenged and not ID often.
On the other hand, judging by the DX
Barry and Ross,
Having personally experienced absolutely crazy DX on the SRF-59, I
would certainly be inclined to believe Rob Ross.
One such crazy contact I had was the reception of HLCA-972, a bizarre
propagation meltdown that I still have trouble believing (even with a
At 09:06 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Here is WCDL 1440/WNAK 730's website:
http://www.wnakam.com/
OKso it ain't them...as they ID as Caliente 730 and 1440and I
believe they are DAYS Only
To further Fuel the Firethe T615 Loop Stick was Bearing to the
SouthWest..not
RR:
Until proven otherwise, you heard the Guadalajara station, what ever the calls
might be.
Don Kaskey
San Francisco CA
Robert Ross wrote:
At 01:52 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
1440XECCC Fiesta Mexicana Guadalajara,
MEXICOJan/24/082002-2130 EST SS FR-GD
Hi, Kevin. Must have passed by your area on the way from Port Angeles to
Seattle via the Bainbridge/Seattle ferry.
Lovely area for sure! In my experience, even relatively short BOGs do
surprisingly well, and are quite quiet at the same time.
For MW dxing, it seems to me that a 150' wire on the
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Russ Edmunds wrote:
--- kevin redding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No it isn't. It will put the small local guys out of
business.
I am interested in this statement.
How will it put stations out of business if they go SP from to
0500 local?
Seems like this is a little dire to me. I
Here is WCDL 1440/WNAK 730's website:
http://www.wnakam.com/
On Jan 25, 2008 8:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Barry and Ross,
Having personally experienced absolutely crazy DX on the SRF-59, I
would certainly be inclined to believe Rob Ross.
One such crazy contact I had was
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Could this be WSBS Great Barrington, Massachusetts with 2.5KW Day, 270Watts
Critical and 4 Watts Night.. all Non Directional?
Paul
2008/1/25 Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Guys:
Heard on the SonySRF-T615 @ 2237-2305 EST...
Battling it out on 860 Khz..
CJBC in
Kevin,
A center fed bog, assuming fed with coax or zip cord, would be a dipole on
the ground and would be a DOG, probably in all senses of the word. I assume
this is a temporary night time only antenna because of yard restrictions.
If you can get 300' of wire out, you probably get a feedline to
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
For the last hour or so I've been hearing frequent burts of morse code through
WCBS 880. Anyone hearing this? No it's not Reloj.
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At 10:36 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Bob,
KVNS is in another time zone. Great snag, but day power in TX at 2319. Or
as Homer would say: Doh! Sri.
73 Gil
GilAre you saying that KVNS 1700 in TEXAS would be on DAY Power at 2319
EST..almost Midnight EST??? Maybe you thought I meant
Hi Jim and the group,
Thanks for yours heads-up. I heard this morse code on
880 (using both my Sony ICF-2010 and SRF-59, hi) and
you are right in that it is not Reloj, whatever it is.
As we all know, R. Reloj has the RR at the top of
the minute, whereas this morse code, to my ears
anyway, sounds
At 11:40 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Bob,
WLAA, 1680, in Winter Park FL is pretty much the band bully on x band on my
xtl set this past week. It is a Mexican format music station and every
other word by the DJ's concerns Mexico. The local commercials give it away,
however. There's a station
Drug dealers using AM radio to send morse code to get messages across? If
that isn't the biggest load of conspiracy theory crap I've ever heard.
Plus, they aren't that smart to think of something like that
Paul
On Jan 25, 2008 11:41 PM, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Ruling out any
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
For the last hour or so I've been hearing frequent burts of morse code
through WCBS 880. Anyone hearing this? No it's not Reloj.
Hi Jim, just a few ideas, thoughts and things to think about.
No, I am not hearing any CW on top of, or under or connected to WCBS.
Bob,
WLAA, 1680, in Winter Park FL is pretty much the band bully on x band on my
xtl set this past week. It is a Mexican format music station and every
other word by the DJ's concerns Mexico. The local commercials give it away,
however. There's a station in Smyrna Ga, I believe its 1550 that
Bob,
DOH! I now see the EST.I obviously misquoted myself. ;)
This time last year Paul in Troon Scotland was regularly hearing KVNS and it
had just gone to SS format. I've since seen where they went back to
oldies. Musical chairs format.
Gil
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listening to Gospel 1470, WLMC. Heard while monitoring the frequency,
they rose up out of thr noise and them QSBed. Nice signal, while it lasted,
for only 147 watts.
At 11:19 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Could this be WSBS Great Barrington, Massachusetts with 2.5KW Day,
270Watts Critical and 4 Watts Night.. all Non Directional? Paul
Nope...I just checked their live Stream...and it's not them.
73.ROB.
Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
An automated reply is better than none at all.
I don't really see how you figure that. To me they are equally useless.
I was speaking about EAS alerts. Right now I have most of my clients
configured to automatically relay any serious EAS alerts such as tornado
warnings and Amber Alerts. If
On Friday 25 January 2008 20:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having personally experienced absolutely crazy DX on the
SRF-59, I would certainly be inclined to believe Rob Ross.
It's not a matter of who to believe. I'm not out to spoil anybody's
fun, but I thought it was worth pointing that
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a friend who is going to Japan soon. A day or two ago someone
posted a note about the best of these little digtal display critters
that was only available for sale there in Japan. Can someone help
with:
1. The model/nomenclature of this for sale in
At 01:52 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
1440XECCC Fiesta Mexicana Guadalajara,
MEXICOJan/24/082002-2130 EST SS FR-GD
Male DJ Spoke Spanish @2002. ID given as Fiesta Mexicana. Lively
Trumpet Music and SS Vocals. Mentioned the Super Bowl @ 2007.
Spanish Ballads. AD for
Hi all:
I live in a townhouse development, where putting out 300 or more feet of
wire just isn't possible. However, I could put out 150 feet in two
opposite directions, essentially a 300 foot center-fed longwire/BOG. One
of the directions is West, towards TP-ville.
Does anyone have any
Barry McLarnon wrote:
This just in: the Spanish language programming seemed to end abruptly
just before 2200, and I heard a WFNY ID right after it ended. Their
format is listed as variety, so they could be a possibility. Maybe
Scott F knows more...
Who, me? :-)
While WFNY's format may
Bob,
KVNS is in another time zone. Great snag, but day power in TX at 2319. Or
as Homer would say: Doh! Sri.
73 Gil
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Hi Guys:
Keep scratching yer heads guys.the Goofiness continues on the
SRF-T615...I'm afraid to hook this up to an external antenna!!
Here's the stuff heard before hitting the hay last night
73...ROB.
--- Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig,
Forgive my skeptical nature, but I wonder if one followed the money
where
this would lead to.
In other words, what large politically influential corporate group
would get
the benefit from this move?
That's fairly simple. If the requirement
It's not WCDL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCDL
Paul
2008/1/25 Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 01:52 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
1440XECCC Fiesta Mexicana Guadalajara,
MEXICOJan/24/082002-2130 EST SS FR-GD
Male DJ Spoke Spanish @2002. ID given as Fiesta
--- Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An automated
reply is better than none at all.
I don't really see how you figure that. To me they are equally useless.
It's interesting to see radio destroying itself from so many
directions.
Ridiculous FCC requirements, cookie-cutter
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some members of the Washington State Association
of Broadcasters told the president of the Association
that they would concern signing off late at night if
the FCC enforces the 24 hour staffing.
Bottom line, one has to wonder how many of these stations
more nonsense from a compromised agency. big radio is finished.
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Intentional interference from iBLOC. Isn't it sad that it's come down to
that?
Yet, TeamBLOC sez 'Sounds like a great 90s biz plan!' as they gave FCC a
make-over into their mindless kneeling courtesan.
Latest TeamBLOC quack, FCC's 'job is to promote digital communications'.
Sound like
Aaah, but such fun at the time.~!
Don
Patrick Martin wrote:
John,
Thanks.
It has taken a lot work and time too as you know. QSLs from the Pacific
have never been an easy feat, for at least some countries. I did leave
off the two Tonga channels though on 1020 1017 off the
Thanks very much for the speedy reply Gary. I hope my friend can get one for me
before leaving for the States. 73s, Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim and Tim,
The post was from me. The radio is the Sony SRF-T615, (the made in
Japan, top of
The store probably was Audio Cubes 2.
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:38 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
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I have a friend who is going to Japan soon.
Powell,
I guess I have a different look on it. My feeling is we have way too
many stations on the air in the US anyway. We do not need thousands of
stations that few listen to. There always will be a station or two in
every market. Just not 10 stations which we do not need. If some go bye
bye,
Dennis
I listened from 1345-1440 UT and heard very weak carriers on 693, 747, 774 and
828. At 1426 UT I heard JOBB-828 with a few words in Japanese.
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
Drake R8
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Forgive my skeptical nature, but I wonder if one followed the money where
this would lead to.
In other words, what large politically influential corporate group would
get
the benefit from this move?
I'm not sure *any* group would benefit. My local Clear Channel stations
would not really gain
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Good Morning:
Listened from 1206-1405.
153 Russia, Radio Rossii fair at 1356 with music.
A lot of noise on long-wave this morning.
558 Japan, JOCR 1206 with Japanese talk and music...
648 Russia, 1221 fair with woman talking very fast
in Asian langauge
hallelujah and pass the ammunition, er radio...
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To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:26 AM
Subject: [IRCA] On Radio: FCC takes aim at local radio
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Good Morning:
Read this article in the Seattle Post
Paul-
I knew I would get a rise out of you when I wrote that post. It worked,
didn't it!
1. Refer to Electronics Illustrated 1966 and 1967 articles by Wayne Green,
about Radio Swan. Swan transmitted the same type of code, (It isn't CW, it
was a code.) These things people are hearing today is
This bit from today's Inside Radio
-=-=-=-=-
Localism proceeding could impact operations.
The biggest proposed change is to the remote station operation rule
that would require licensees maintain a physical presence 24 hours a
day. The FCC says that can only increase the ability of a station to
Don,
You are sure right. It was a lot of great fun at the time. Lots of great
memories too. Each station logged has a story to tell too.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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Hi Guys:
Heard on the SonySRF-T615 @ 2237-2305 EST...
Battling it out on 860 Khz..
CJBC in FrenchWinning the Battle.
RELOJ in SS with RR in CW on the Minute
And Rising above the mess every now and then is a Station playing
MOR/POP/SOFT ROCK type Music and one ID by
--- kevin redding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No it isn't. It will put the small local guys out of
business.
I am interested in this statement.
How will it put stations out of business if they go SP from to
0500 local?
Seems like this is a little dire to me. I will be the first
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Solar flux 71 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 4.
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Oh yeah. Whattabout that 'radio transmitter' affixed beneath the bumper?
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Started Dxing at 1200 ut and it's a good
morning. Japanese, Russia and Chinese
stations heard. Not really strong signals,
but many are fair.
Dennis,
Salmon Creek
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I have a friend who is going to Japan soon. A day or two ago someone posted a
note about the best of these little digtal display critters that was only
available for sale there in Japan. Can someone help with:
1. The model/nomenclature of this for sale in Japan only radio.
2. The store in
John,
Thanks.
It has taken a lot work and time too as you know. QSLs from the Pacific
have never been an easy feat, for at least some countries. I did leave
off the two Tonga channels though on 1020 1017 off the QSL list. I
knew I would forget a few. I have not been persistent enough with
The 1440 is an awesome catch, Rob! I've never seen in reported in these
parts!
Saul
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From: Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:06 PM
Subject: [IRCA] MEXICANS in on Sony SRF-T615730 and 1440 KHZ
Hi
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dennis,
Now that is great news if it happens.
No it isn't. It will put the small local guys out of
business.
I would love
to see regular SP on
stations once again. Lets hope this goes through.
No it won't be there. It will bankrupt many
--
Good Morning:
Read this article in the Seattle Post Inteligencer when
I stopped in a Subway sandwich store in Aberdeen ,
WA last week.
Some members of the Washington State Association
of Broadcasters told the president of the Association
that they would concern signing off late at night
Craig,
Forgive my skeptical nature, but I wonder if one followed the money where
this would lead to.
In other words, what large politically influential corporate group would get
the benefit from this move?
Gil
PS What does this after to do with ultralight radios? ;)
Was a pretty good morning here also, the second best of 2008 I'd say.
Good audio from Japan on 594,694,747,774,and 828 at varying times, fair
signal from the Korean on 1566, and someone on 738 with talk too weak to
ID language and then a nostalgia song in English. Lots of carriers
On Friday 25 January 2008 08:20, Saul Chernos wrote:
1440 XECCC Fiesta Mexicana Guadalajara,
MEXICO Jan/24/08 2002-2130 EST SS FR-GD
Male DJ Spoke Spanish @2002. ID given as Fiesta Mexicana. Lively
Trumpet Music and SS Vocals. Mentioned the Super Bowl @ 2007.
Spanish Ballads.
Dennis,
Now that is great news if it happens. I would love to see regular SP on
stations once again. Lets hope this goes through.
73,
Patrick
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KAVT Reception Manager
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When I logged the Filipino on 999 last Fall, I got bits and pieces of
Pacific Island music on there too probably V6AF Pohnpei, but no possible
ID, but I will check that out again. They run 10 KW. If it wasn't for
KOMO, it probably would have been logged on the coast.
With my bad dial up around
John,
I am glad I worked at is so hard back in the 70s 80s. I would not like
to start over today. My return rate with the Filipinos this last Fall
was dismal. I only got a couple back, so more f/ups out, but I need to
order more mint stamps. Sometimes the $1 or $2 does not work all that
well. If
No it isn't. It will put the small local guys out of
business.
I am interested in this statement.
How will it put stations out of business if they go SP from to
0500 local?
Seems like this is a little dire to me. I will be the first to say
that I am not in the radio business and
Jim and Tim,
The post was from me. The radio is the Sony SRF-T615, (the made in
Japan, top of the line digital flagship Ultralight model from Sony). It is
not available for sale in North America, and can only be ordered from Audio
Cubes 2 (_http://www.audiocubes2.com_
Fred Cantú, who is continually adding valuable information to his website, now
has prepared a list of links to live streams from Mexican stations:
http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/live.htmabout:blank
John Callarman, Krum TX
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