Radio vet signs off as CFRB cuts back
Parnaby leaves with 50 years under his belt, along with five others;
Syrett's show cancelled
Jan 27, 2009 04:30 AM
GREG QUILL
ENTERTAINMENT COlumnIST
Award-winning reporter and commentator Tayler Parnaby, a 50-year news radio
veteran whose pre-noon
I have an MFJ-1026 for sale. It's one I bought some time back. It has the
modifications to work on the AM band. I never use it any more, so...
This is a phaser used to combine two signals and phase them to create a null
of an undesired signal. It does work, but not as well as some of the
How much are all costs associated with IBOC, including procurement and
ongoing use?
In particular, if this can be separated, how much does it cost to keep it
running, say every month or year?
Saul
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Don't the costs include a software license fee? I recall reading somewhere
that a bunch of licenses will be coming up for renewal this year. Is that
correct?
If so, I'd be interested in what the fee is and/or how it's calculated.
(Maybe it's the same for all stations.) I'd also be interested in
Chernos Saul wrote:
How much are all costs associated with IBOC, including procurement and
ongoing use?
In particular, if this can be separated, how much does it cost to keep
it running, say every month or year?
Are we talking AM specifically?
The answer is a big it depends. If an AM
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Good Morning:
Listened from 1405-1535 utc. Lower channels much better than
the uppers channels. As the snow started to fall, China 639 was
in late to end of morning.
279 RUSSIA, 1410 woman with Radio Rossii ID. Followed by man
with Radio Rossii ID. Best signal in a long
After many years, finally logged this one:
1350KCHKMNNew Prague. 0948 CST.
Fair with talk about New Prague HS basketball.
Local ads. Polka music. NEW
With the logging of this one it leaves two stations for
me to complete MN. It took 40 years since their
1530ish to 1540ish...
Audio struggling with splash: 747, 828, 963, 972
Lots of carriers and such about -
I was probably at the dial for less than 5 minutes actually -
AND I powered up the E100s and the E1 - both delivering some
audio on a variety of channels.
Prepared to make a declaration:
Thanks for the answers received.
I was thinking of AM. I couldn't help thinking, as I passed by WBZ on the
dial last night and noted it and adjacent channels getting hammered by
noise, that IBOC has cost these stations up-front costs, ongoing energy
costs, and of course any impact from loss
AM
1220 unID 26 Jan 1608 Bluegrass, down home with me ... three home dog
radio (???). PA/NY area strong. Taped. (SC-BR)
1540 unID 26 Jan 1614 Black gospel, Mondays Power Hour in possible
promo or mention of current program. Syracuse and Richmond would make sense
but schedules
1100 WISS Berlin WI was operating last night (middle of the night) and
really hammering Cleveland. Country music, local ads, call letters. I do
find the calls of this station ironic given the name of the town of licence.
Surely they haven't run out of possible call configurations?
1100 WISS Berlin WI was operating last night (middle of the night) and
really hammering Cleveland. Country music, local ads, call letters. I do
find the calls of this station ironic given the name of the town of licence.
Surely they haven't run out of possible call configurations?
Not sure what happened but Digest Vol 57, #96 was received this morning
at 12:35 AM EST and had FIVE HUNDRED-FIFTY SEVEN (yes 557) messages in
it. I guess that last week I didn't realize they hadn't been coming to
me. :) Normally each Digest has 10 or so msgs, in them.
Dave
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Thanks Barry;
Yes WLW's legalized jamming machine is back on, only off for 24 hours or
so. Might Lee be referring to WGN's IBOC being off 4 good? Lately the
TVI at my home is competing with IBOC.
Dave in Indy
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:50:38
Thanks for the insights. Regarding FM, do you know what the percentage is?
I'm interested in how multicast feeds are doing in terms of attracting
advertisers. For example, do they typically drive enough ad revenue that the
parent station/group can justify keeping them? Or are some considering
Saul;
Advertising revenue? The pro-IBOC movement will contend that stations
should not cater to listeners out of their signal coverage area. The
pro-noise movement even mentions the shutdown of WJR and WABC as being
because of complaints from Western PA, supposedly out of either's
coverage
Same here but it seems to be back to normal now. It will take me a week to
go through all those posts!
Martin
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:50:14 -0500
From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil
Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 57, Issue 96 -WHAT HAPPENED? :)
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Hi Martin,
Whenever there is a glitch with the list/digest, I always contact Lynn.
I know little about the inside working on the lists Many more others
knows a lot more than I do.
I now have 5 CDs run off (2 for R France) and those along with reports
will go out this week. (Iceland, France,
Hi Colin,
Thanks for your comments, regarding the Slider E100 verdict.
I'm hoping that you will allow me to run a full maintenance check on
your unit, after its severe battle damage in Hawaii, which possibly could
have affected its performance. The two antenna Litz wires are
I don't find anything ironic about it exactly, they probably picked them on
purpose.
Now, there is a station on 1520 called WIZZ... go ahead, make your jokes ;)
Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:
1100 WISS Berlin WI was
Paul,
What are the last two you need to complete Minnesota?
Paul
www.onairdj.com
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Paul LaFreniere plaf...@netscape.comwrote:
After many years, finally logged this one:
1350KCHKMNNew Prague. 0948 CST.
Fair with talk about New Prague
Scott - While I understand that many stations will Leave it on until it
breaks, why do some stations take their IBOC down temporarily and then
put it back on? I understand having to go to a non-IBOC backup like WBZ
did but WLW had their IBOC off for like a day and a half and then put it
back on.
Craig,
Still available?
Thanks,
Pete Dernbach
St.Louis Mo.
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From: Craig Healy bu...@dukes-of-hazzard.com
Sent: Jan 27, 2009 10:00 AM
To: AM-DX List a...@am-dx.com, b...@groups.mac.com, Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jan 27 2106 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 January follow.
Solar flux 70 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 4.
The
Hi Martin:
I actually went through that digest in about fifteen minutes during
lunch. I don't DX TA (or TP for that matter) and many of the posts were
about the monster TA cx, last week. So I skimmed the Index and such as
I went.
Congrats to all that added to their logbooks with those TA's. I
If WIZZ is in Flushing, NY, I'm outta here!
I also didn't think too much about WISS until I REALLY thought about it
(took a minute). First off I was trying to see how to connect the
International Space Station (ISS) to Berlin, WI. :)
Dave
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1590KDJS. Sorry. My mistake. I only need this one.
Need one more to complete Manitoba. CHFC 1230. 250 watter in Churchill.
North Dakota is completed. I'm not very close on any others.
Paul LaFreniere
Grand Marais, MN
- Original Message -
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
1100 WISS Berlin WI was operating last night (middle of the night) and
really hammering Cleveland. Country music, local ads, call letters. I do
find the calls of this station ironic given the name of the town of
licence. Surely they haven't run out of possible call configurations?
/
Am I
Just a bit of humor ... lets not DISS WISS
Powell
POP email is powell at backroads DOT net
--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW am-d...@webtv.net
wrote:
From: Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW am-d...@webtv.net
Am I missing the point? I find WISS to
Yes, you're reading correctly. WCKL Catskill NY is easy pickin's on 560.86
USB, clear as a bell there, safely away from anything else on 560. Putting a
huge het on 560. IDing as 98.5 Lite FM and playing a mix of pop music. If
they keep at it they'll soon be on 98.5.
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
2043560.86 Dice dot com, weather, 98.5 Lite FM, now showing CD
wobble with Beegees (I think) tune. Relog.
Thanks to the ever-vigilant Saul Chernos.
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Hi everyone,
It still is a bit amazing on how well the Eastern beverage did on LW
TA's, when I could not get a peep using the beverage on MW. In the
process, I was trying to fiqure out if I move the beverage more to the
North, but I don't see any way. In the process, I took the compus out
and I
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jan 28 0001 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 January follow.
Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 4.
The
I don't find anything ironic about it exactly, they probably picked them on
purpose.
I think Saul was referring to SS appearing in the calls of a station
licensed to Berlin. Presumably the station's owners are not holocaust
survivors or WWII historians.
Kitchener, ON used to be called
At 05:54 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
Hi everyone,
It still is a bit amazing on how well the Eastern beverage did on LW
TA's, when I could not get a peep using the beverage on MW. In the
process, I was trying to fiqure out if I move the beverage more to the
North, but I don't see any way. In the
I've been chasing NDB beacons the past couple evenings (Churchill Falls
Labrador 233 UM the best of the lot tonight) and logged 272 PFH in
Hudson-Philmont NY. It is listed as 272, but I have a strong semi-local pest
YQA in nearby Muskoka on 272. I first heard PFH on 270 using CW mode, then
had
I have an MFJ-1026 for sale...
And it's been spoken for. I had a reply quite soon after the post, but he
decided to let another buy it. So, the second response has it.
Thanks!
Craig Healy
Providence, RI
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Hi Saul,
All current information says PFH is still on 272 and YQA on 272. Remember
YQA is a Canadian beacon with +400 Hz modulation; PFH is a standard
USA-style with +/-1020 Hz modulation. You should have PFH in the clear on
271. If you're using a Drake R8 series, it's not always clear what
Walt,
I knew the Magnetic North was different than True North, but I had no
idea, it was That much different. I fiqred maybe 5 degrees. Then if I
am sitting at the beverage running 60-70 deggres, does that knock it off
by 15 deggres farther to the East? In other words, if the Magnetic North
via
I like using Google Earth. Draw a line from your QTH over the pole, then go
back to your QTH, zoom in, and see where your antenna is pointed with
respect to the line you drew. 73,
Chris Knight
Fort Lupton, CO
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HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:
Scott - While I understand that many stations will Leave it on until it
breaks, why do some stations take their IBOC down temporarily and then
put it back on? I understand having to go to a non-IBOC backup like WBZ
did but WLW had their IBOC off for like a day and
Chris,
Yes, I went to the computer and even though the Beverage is running at
60-65 degrees, I guess using True North it is closer to 80 degrees. No
wonder the Beverage doesn't do well on TA MW DX. The EWE's are forgiving
enough with a fatter lobe that the 15 degrees doesn't really matter. I
Patrick,
I'm interested in the ALA 100 also, especially if the figure 8 pattern is
narrow. It uses +12VDC. So there's some sort of active circuit inside the
little blackbox. Do you (or anyone else) know what the circuit does for the
antenna?
73,
Chris
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From:
Chris,
I will let others answer that question as I have never used an ALA 100.
I will know more about one in a week or two.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager
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At 04:58 1/28/2009, you wrote:
First radio check of the evening, rather late, 0450 utc. A little TA LWBC,
153, 162, 171, 180. One MW, 783 with very poor audio, only a couple other very
weak hets.
Only near-imaginary hets here, Steve, and mostly in the lower band.
No LW (as is normal here)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:58:06 -0800
Hi Steve,
I know you have some lengthy Beverage antennas running due West, but what do
you use for your TA receptions, particularly longwave?
73,
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA
www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com
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Good Evening,
Dxing with these Russian long-waves is like playing Russian
roulette. You never really know which one will be the strongest.
Usually here it's 279. But other times 153,189,180 or long shot
234. Tonight it was 180 with the best audio at 0647 utc. Note
that 279 is now the
At 06:21 1/28/2009, you wrote:
Patrick,
I'm interested in the ALA 100 also, especially if the figure 8 pattern is
narrow. It uses +12VDC. So there's some sort of active circuit inside the
little blackbox. Do you (or anyone else) know what the circuit does for the
antenna?
The loop's figure 8
Hi Guy,
No Beverage antennas here, just unterminated longwires, but decent
length--1600' for E/W; only 400' for N/S. The E/W runs east so it's 'over
the shoulder' for the west; N/S runs south. I use the E/W for all TA LWBC
reception; I switch to a 35 x 75 terminated Conti loop for TA MW
Hi Chris,
Nick has pretty well answered your question. But a couple of additional
comments. Of course the loop is used vertically; it would work horizontally
but would be an omnidirectional pattern. Lots of folks on ndblist use
various size loops with ALA100 preamps for LF reception. They have
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