Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Walter Salmaniw]

I can confirm that I attempted to hear AFN Korean frequencies when I was in
Kyoto about 15 years ago.  Despite very quiet electrical conditions, I
might have just barely heard a single frequency in the middle of the night,
but only tentatively.  I recall being very surprised by this lack of
reception.  73, Walt

On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, Patrick Martin  wrote:

> DX friends in Korea tell me that none of the Korean  AFN stations are
> running a full 5 KW, (As some are listed),as they just do not have that
> good a signal. The towers are short and they just do not have much
> coverage. I tried for years to nab one, but no luck here as yet. One Dxer
> said some years back, that he never heard any when he was in Japan. Their
> ground system probably leaves a lot to be desired. I have heard AFN-810,
> 648, and 1575 (Japan), as well as  AFTRS 1550 (Now 810) and several AFRTS
> outlets from Taiwan in the 60s (1560-1570).
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA > on behalf of
> Paul B. Walker, Jr. >
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:40 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
>
> So yore going to take the word of a hobbyist volunteer publication over an
> official government document?
>
> Neither is totally accurate
>
> I very much appreciate Bruce's work though, but when it comes to stuff like
> this, I'll go with the official document
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:39 PM Chuck Hutton  > wrote:
>
> > The PAL and AsiaWaves are far more accurate and cover that entire corner
> > orf the world, so why use individual lists?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: IRCA > on behalf of
> Paul B. Walker,
> > Jr. >
> >
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:17 PM
> >
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> >
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
> >
> >
> >
> > Some not totally correct things but more accurate then wiki!
> >
> >
> >
> > If AFN misawa isn't directional there'd be no ERP
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:16 PM Walter Salmaniw  > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
> >
> > >
> >
> > > transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line
> with
> >
> > >
> >
> > > what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
> >
> > >
> >
> > > from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote
> rx
> >
> > >
> >
> > > in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.
> > 647
> >
> > >
> >
> > > is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> >
> > >
> >
> > > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are
> > still
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN
> > Okinawa
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in
> > the
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > US
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Just thought this might help
> >
> > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > Paul
> >
> > >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Patrick Martin]

DX friends in Korea tell me that none of the Korean  AFN stations are running a 
full 5 KW, (As some are listed),as they just do not have that good a signal. 
The towers are short and they just do not have much coverage. I tried for years 
to nab one, but no luck here as yet. One Dxer said some years back, that he 
never heard any when he was in Japan. Their ground system probably leaves a lot 
to be desired. I have heard AFN-810, 648, and 1575 (Japan), as well as  AFTRS 
1550 (Now 810) and several AFRTS outlets from Taiwan in the 60s (1560-1570).


Patrick


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



From: IRCA  on behalf of Paul B. Walker, Jr. 

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:40 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

So yore going to take the word of a hobbyist volunteer publication over an
official government document?

Neither is totally accurate

I very much appreciate Bruce's work though, but when it comes to stuff like
this, I'll go with the official document

Paul


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:39 PM Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> The PAL and AsiaWaves are far more accurate and cover that entire corner
> orf the world, so why use individual lists?
>
>
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Paul B. Walker,
> Jr. 
>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:17 PM
>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
>
>
>
> Some not totally correct things but more accurate then wiki!
>
>
>
> If AFN misawa isn't directional there'd be no ERP
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:16 PM Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
>
>
>
> > Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
>
> >
>
> > transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line with
>
> >
>
> > what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
>
> >
>
> > from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
>
> >
>
> > unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote rx
>
> >
>
> > in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.
> 647
>
> >
>
> > is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>
> >
>
> > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > > Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are
> still
>
> >
>
> > > about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN
> Okinawa
>
> >
>
> > > on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in
> the
>
> >
>
> > > US
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
>
> >
>
> > > 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
>
> >
>
> > > mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Just thought this might help
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Paul
>
> >
>
> > > ___
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Saul Chernos]

For NL: 740 sometimes audible u/CBL here... Also CBC on 540, 640, 990 though no
CBCs in many years.

For NS - Barry MCLarnon's site lists five. 1140 may be your best bet (I have not
aimed east in two years, LOL!). I have yet to hear 1350, 1420, 1450. Have only
heard 1270 once, though it was loud and alone at the time (strange).
1140 CBI SYDNEY NS 1 1 DA-2 VARIETY CBC RADIO ONE //CBIS-FM 92.1
1270 CJCB SIDNEY NS 1 1 DA-N C 1270 CJCB 
1350 CKAD MIDDLETON NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK 
1420 CKDY DIGBY NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK 
1450 CFAB WINDSOR NS 1000 1000 NDA C AVR NETWORK APP MOVE TO FM

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



> -- Original Message --
> From: Tim Tromp 
> Date: December 28, 2016 at 9:05 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks Saul,
>  
> This may require me to setup a temporary BOG or loop outside aimed directly at
> DE to cross this state off my list since neither antenna favor this bearing at
> all. Rhode Island? Only one in the logbook and it's 630 WPRO. Canadian
> provinces still needed: all the hard ones! Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, NT, etc.
> I did snag New Brunswick via 540 just before CBGA1 went silent.
>  
> 73,
> -Tim
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Saul Chernos  wrote:
> 
> 1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you
> don't
>  have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in
>  semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm
> about
>  500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from the
> ease
>  you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I can
>  well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What
> about
>  the Cdn provinces?
>  
>  Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot!
>  
>  Saul Chernos
>  Burnt River ON
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Neil Kazaross]

Congrats Tim! Glad to see you've hit 2000! Glad to read of your great
successes using the antenna systems I suggest. I don't keep and exact count
here and also don't count call changes but a several years ago and pre
Perseus use an informal count had me slightly above 2000. I had the
benefits of two decades here and some great TA cx aided by Phased BOGs and
some channels with a couple of TA's logged on them. Perseus has been a
great help and I have been amazed at what I'd left on the table for logs
and the ID's one can pull out under the dominant under the dominant. I
think if I had to guess I've got about 2500 logged here in Barrington IL
over 22 years. You hitting 2000 since 2009 is remarkable.

As for DE  two here in IL. 900 pre-sunset about 2:50 pm in Dec years ago
with Phased BOGs before other stuff faded in. 1290 dug out with a portable
when reported on day power for a 76ers game again years ago.

In WI I managed to log your 47 states in fewer that 20 sessions at the
superb QTH. Lake MI to my east makes the eastern stuff lots easier than
here in IL (except for DE). Putting some distance from Chicago makes the
more difficult (for Chicagoans) states like ID and NV reasonably easier
with Phased BOGs during good sunset skip times. But no DE even with many
tries since then and sometimes Phased BOGs aimed right at them. Checking
patterns for DE they have no stations that put much power this way. But
eventually you'll get them if you aim at them. I'd use Phased BOGs to
concentrate the beam and to minimize back end QRM.

As for AK, someday when cx are much better northerly (give it a couple more
years in the sunspot cycle) you'll have a chance with that D-KAZ north. If
sunrise, expect at least some carriers from Japan/Korea. The morning I had
Japan here I was stoked for AK and CK-750 didn't have any audio much of the
time or was off. But the program I copied I pinned down as Utah with WSB
phased out even though using Phased BOGs aimed 320 deg.

I still look for HI in DU cx. Many channels have Mexican QRM in the same
cx. 1500 seems a good shot but it seems low powered domestics are in there
near SR even if I can get rid of KSTP and aim the D-KAZ array beam WSW.
I've listened to many of Mark D's recordings from central MN at SR and I've
been able to confirm the SF Bay area Viet stn for him on 1500 but no trace
of HI. So this doesn't seem easy.

73 KAZ







On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Nigel Pimblett  wrote:

> Congratulations on the accomplishment Tim. I hit the #2000 mark last
> year, but it took me a lot longer. The Perseus has certainly helped me
> push up the total too.
> I hate to be negative, but I don't like your chances on AK at the moment.
> Even here in Alberta I have yet to hear Alaska this season -  a far cry
> from the 2008-2010 period, where I was even beginning to consider some AKs
> as regulars.   Hoping those days will return in a couple of years as we
> head for solar minimum. And if you're missing DE, I really don't like my
> chances out here!
>
> 73,
>
> Nigel Pimblett
> Dunmore, AB
> Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
>
>
>
> On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:
>
>> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
>> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I
>> don't
>> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my
>> same
>> suburban west Michigan location.
>>
>> I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
>> few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
>> worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
>> stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
>> several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
>> more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
>> bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
>> straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
>> mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered
>> how
>> Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
>> purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.
>>
>> It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
>> pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
>> opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop
>> was
>> also added to the mix a few years ago.
>>
>> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
>> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
>> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
>> miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
>> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7
>>
>> Happy New Year & Good DX,
>> Tim Tromp
>> 

Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

So yore going to take the word of a hobbyist volunteer publication over an
official government document?

Neither is totally accurate

I very much appreciate Bruce's work though, but when it comes to stuff like
this, I'll go with the official document

Paul


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:39 PM Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> The PAL and AsiaWaves are far more accurate and cover that entire corner
> orf the world, so why use individual lists?
>
>
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Paul B. Walker,
> Jr. 
>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:17 PM
>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies
>
>
>
> Some not totally correct things but more accurate then wiki!
>
>
>
> If AFN misawa isn't directional there'd be no ERP
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:16 PM Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
>
>
>
> > Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
>
> >
>
> > transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line with
>
> >
>
> > what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
>
> >
>
> > from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
>
> >
>
> > unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote rx
>
> >
>
> > in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.
> 647
>
> >
>
> > is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>
> >
>
> > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > > Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are
> still
>
> >
>
> > > about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN
> Okinawa
>
> >
>
> > > on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in
> the
>
> >
>
> > > US
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
>
> >
>
> > > 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
>
> >
>
> > > mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Just thought this might help
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Paul
>
> >
>
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[Chuck Hutton]

The PAL and AsiaWaves are far more accurate and cover that entire corner orf 
the world, so why use individual lists?


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Paul B. Walker, Jr. 

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:17 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

Some not totally correct things but more accurate then wiki!

If AFN misawa isn't directional there'd be no ERP


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:16 PM Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

> Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
>
> transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line with
>
> what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
>
> from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
>
> unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote rx
>
> in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.  647
>
> is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>
> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are still
>
> > about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN Okinawa
>
> > on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in the
>
> > US
>
> >
>
> > I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
>
> >
>
> > http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
>
> > 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
>
> >
>
> > Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
>
> > mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
>
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>
> > Just thought this might help
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Nigel Pimblett]

Congratulations on the accomplishment Tim. I hit the #2000 mark last 
year, but it took me a lot longer. The Perseus has certainly helped 
me push up the total too.
I hate to be negative, but I don't like your chances on AK at the 
moment.  Even here in Alberta I have yet to hear Alaska this season -  a 
far cry from the 2008-2010 period, where I was even beginning to 
consider some AKs as regulars.   Hoping those days will return in a 
couple of years as we head for solar minimum. And if you're missing DE, 
I really don't like my chances out here!


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array



On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

Happy New Year & Good DX,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Some not totally correct things but more accurate then wiki!

If AFN misawa isn't directional there'd be no ERP


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:16 PM Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

> Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
>
> transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line with
>
> what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
>
> from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
>
> unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote rx
>
> in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.  647
>
> is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>
> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are still
>
> > about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN Okinawa
>
> > on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in the
>
> > US
>
> >
>
> > I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
>
> >
>
> > http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
>
> > 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
>
> >
>
> > Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
>
> > mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
>
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Re: [IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Walter Salmaniw]

Paul, notice the powers listed for the 3 low power Japanese AFN
transmitters on 1575.  300w, 1000w, and 1000w, which is more in line with
what is listed and accepted.  Remember you had posted far higher values
from an "inside" tech.  I suspect he was referring to ERP?   Also,
unfortunately, Diego Garcia on AM appears to be gone.  Victor's remote rx
in Sri Lanka used to receive them. Looks like a typo for AFN Okinawa.  647
is listed, and should be 648, of course.   73,...Walt

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are still
> about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN Okinawa
> on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in the
> US
>
> I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.
>
> http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%
> 20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx
>
> Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
> mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.
>
> Just thought this might help
>
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Dec 29 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 December follow.
Solar flux 73 and estimated planetary A-index 6.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 29 December was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 27   27   27   27   27   28   28   28   28   28   28   28   28   29
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   73   73
A-in 22   22   22   22   10   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   66
K-in 22212323111212
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Thanks Saul,

This may require me to setup a temporary BOG or loop outside aimed directly
at DE to cross this state off my list since neither antenna favor this
bearing at all.  Rhode Island?  Only one in the logbook and it's 630 WPRO.
Canadian provinces still needed: all the hard ones!  Newfoundland, Nova
Scotia, NT, etc.  I did snag New Brunswick via 540 just before CBGA1 went
silent.

73,
-Tim

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Saul Chernos  wrote:

> 1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you
> don't
> have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in
> semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm
> about
> 500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from
> the ease
> you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I
> can
> well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What
> about
> the Cdn provinces?
>
> Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot!
>
> Saul Chernos
> Burnt River ON
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Marc, thanks for the tip.  I think 1150 and 1410 are probably my best bets..

73,
-Tim

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA <
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> -- Forwarded message --
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> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 18:04:28 -0500
> Subject: #2000 logged from Michigan
> Congrats, Tim.  For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals,
> is WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard.
>
>
> Marc DeLorenzo
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>  http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Hey Steve, thanks!

73,
-Tim

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Hawkins  wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Good going.  Congratulations.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 12/28/16 9:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:
>
>> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
>> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I
>> don't
>> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my
>> same
>> suburban west Michigan location.
>>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Radio Reloj on 1190?

[Todd S]

Hi Rick, Justin heard some Morse Code there. it could just be an overload
from a nearby ham.

On Dec 28, 2016 7:11 PM, "Rick Dau"  wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
> 
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> Is there an RR here on 1190?
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Les, thanks!  Good point and well stated..

73,
-Tim


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Congratulations on reaching this milestone in such a short period of time!
> I’ve been MW DXing for over a decade, and haven’t come close to your
> success. It proves the old adage that nothing beats “time between the
> headphones.”
>
> Like many, I put too much emphasis on the technology. Always searching for
> a better receiver, better antenna, better phaser. Far better to just use
> the tools you have and get busy!
>
> Thanks for being an inspiration.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
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> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Hey Mark, thanks, and I'm always happy to pass on the knowledge I've
learned here from the real pros of the hobby..

73,
-Tim

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Mark Pettifor  wrote:

>
> A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting
> started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone!
>
> I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably
> get a pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the ELAD
> recordings I have scattered about on hard drives!
>
> Mark Pettifor
> Goshen, IN
> KC9DOC
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Thanks Richard!

73,
-Tim


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Richard N Allen 
wrote:

> Congratulations.  Good work in a short time.
>
> Richard Allen.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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Re: [IRCA] Radio Reloj on 1190?

[Rick Dau]

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  on behalf of Todd S 

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Is there an RR here on 1190?

Todd Skaine
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[IRCA] Radio Reloj on 1190?

[Todd S]

Is there an RR here on 1190?

Todd Skaine
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 152, Issue 95

[martinfoltz]

Congratulations Tim.

Michigan is a very good place for DXing. I was born there and listened from 
1972-1983. I heard DE on a DX test on 900 kHz. Unfortunately DX Tests are gone 
now.

Hope to read about #2500 in the future.

Martin
 
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> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:32:56 -0500
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> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
> suburban west Michigan location.



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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Saul Chernos]

1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you don't
have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in
semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm about
500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from the ease
you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I can
well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What about
the Cdn provinces?

Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot!

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON

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> Date: December 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM
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> From: Marc DeLorenzo 
> Date: December 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM
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> Congrats, Tim. For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals,
> is WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard.
> 
> 
> Marc DeLorenzo
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> -Original Message-
> From: Tim Tromp 
> To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
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> Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:33 am
> Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
> 
> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't
> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my
> same
> suburban west Michigan location.
> 
> I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
> few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which
> worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
> stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
> several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting
> more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
> bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
> straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
> mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
> Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
> purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.
> 
> It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm
> pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
> opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was
> also added to the mix a few years ago.
> 
> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch:
> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
> miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some
> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7
> 
> Happy New Year & Good DX,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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[IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Congrats, Tim.  For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals, is 
WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard.


Marc DeLorenzo 
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 http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
 



-Original Message-
From: Tim Tromp 
To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
; abdx 
Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:33 am
Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

Happy New Year & Good DX,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Mike Sanburn]

Major congratulations Tim on this accomplishment!ms



From: IRCA  on behalf of Tim Tromp 

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 7:32 AM
To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; abdx
Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

[https://yt3.ggpht.com/-pwr-naoGnqc/AAI/AAA/7iDXpO7Gd60/s100-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xff/photo.jpg]

KILOKAT7 - YouTube
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DXing the LW, MW & SW bands from Michigan, USA




Happy New Year & Good DX,
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West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Hawkins]

Tim,

Good going.  Congratulations.

Steve

On 12/28/16 9:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

Happy New Year & Good DX,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Dec 28 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 December follow.
Solar flux 73 and estimated planetary A-index 6.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 28 December was 1.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 27   27   27   27   27   27   28   28   28   28   28   28   28   28
UTC  0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100
SFlx 74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   74   73
A-in 22   22   22   22   22   10   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   6
K-in 32221232311121
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Les Rayburn]

Congratulations on reaching this milestone in such a short period of time! I’ve 
been MW DXing for over a decade, and haven’t come close to your success. It 
proves the old adage that nothing beats “time between the headphones.” 

Like many, I put too much emphasis on the technology. Always searching for a 
better receiver, better antenna, better phaser. Far better to just use the 
tools you have and get busy! 

Thanks for being an inspiration. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Dec 28, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Mark Pettifor  wrote:
> 
> 
> A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting 
> started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone!
> 
> I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably get a 
> pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the ELAD 
> recordings I have scattered about on hard drives!
> 
> Mark Pettifor
> Goshen, IN
> KC9DOC
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Mark Pettifor]

A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting 
started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone!


I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably 
get a pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the 
ELAD recordings I have scattered about on hard drives!


Mark Pettifor
Goshen, IN
KC9DOC

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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Richard N Allen]

Congratulations.  Good work in a short time.

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Re: [IRCA] Korean Radio Shuffling Update

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Thanks for all your work on this Chris.  And here I thought the 
reason I wasn't hearing those North Koreans was because of stunningly 
lousy conditions, hi.


best wishes,

Nick


At 16:55 27-12-16, Chris Kadlec wrote:
Updated status on Korean radio (MW): I finally have a chance to tune 
in for myself to confirm the shuffling of frequencies. Little has 
changed on AM, just a handful in the rural areas of the north and 
the urban areas of the south. Keep in mind that the networks listed 
are just those running in the 1am hour on Wednesday. Rural stations 
in the north follow a time-share schedule, so just because they're 
running KCBS programming doesn't mean that is their official affiliation.



621 DPK Chongjin, KCBS
684 DPK Pyonggang, off-air (deleted)
684 KOR Hwaseong, off-air (deleted)
702 DPK Chongjin, (unknown) / too low-powered to hear at night
720 KOR Seoul now on air, moved from 1080 --> 720
720 DPK Kanggye, KCBS
729 DPK Pyonggang off-air (deleted)
729 KOR Hwaseong off-air (deleted)
801 DPK Kimchaek, Pyongyang Br. (on 799.25 in sorry shape)
810 DPK Kaesong, KCBS
810 KOR Hwaseong, Apocalypse
819 DPK Pyongyang, KCBS
819 KOR Seoul, Beehive
819 KOR Hwaseong, Apocalypse
873 DPK Sinuiju, KCBS
891 DPK Pyongyang, on-air
900 DPK Pyongyang, on-air
927 DPK Anak, KCBS (unknown) / hard to hear at night
999 DPK Hamhung, KCBS (unknown) / usually off the air
1053 DPK Haeju, Pyongyang Br.
1053 KOR Seoul, Beehive
1053 KOR Gimpo, Siren
1080 DPK Haeju, Echo of Unification, off-air (deleted)
1080 KOR Hwaseong, Apocalypse, off-air (deleted)
1080 KOR Seoul, moved to 720
1134 DPK Pyongyang, on-air
1143 DPK Pyongyang, on-air
1467 DPK Haeju, on-air
1566 DPK Haeju, on-air
1584 DPK Pyongyang, on-air

Chris Kadlec
Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
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[IRCA] AFN AM Frequencies

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Alot of AFN (the old AFRTS) stations have moved to FM but there are still
about a dozen on AM.. mainly low pwoered 250-1KW signals, but AFN Okinawa
on 648 with 10kw and AFN Tokyo with 50kw on 810 are still possible in the US

I found this list of FN frequencies, which also incldues TV and FM.

http://media.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/docs/afn/AFN%20Pacific%20Frequencies%20as%20of%2026%20July%202016.docx

Some of the lower powered ones may be off the air, Chris KAdlec has
mentioned he hasn't heard Red Cloud in years.

Just thought this might help

Paul
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Thanks Paul, 650 & 750 might be my best shot here during sunrise when these
channels open up towards the west.  Someday maybe...

73,
-Tim


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tim, up here in the frozen north, we have a 50kw full time on 650...10kw
> full time on 660...10kw full timer on 640 and 68050kw full time on 700,
> 50kw day21kw night on 1170... probably some of your better bets to hear
> Alaska.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
>
> > I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
> > accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I
> don't
> > count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my
> same
> > suburban west Michigan location.
> >
> > I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
> > few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
> > worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
> > stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
> > several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
> > more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
> > bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
> > straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole
> new
> > mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered
> how
> > Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
> > purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.
> >
> > It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
> > pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
> > opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop
> was
> > also added to the mix a few years ago.
> >
> > Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
> > heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
> > 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
> > miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of
> some
> > of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
> > https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7
> >
> > Happy New Year & Good DX,
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Tim, up here in the frozen north, we have a 50kw full time on 650...10kw
full time on 660...10kw full timer on 640 and 68050kw full time on 700,
50kw day21kw night on 1170... probably some of your better bets to hear
Alaska.



On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Tim Tromp  wrote:

> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
> suburban west Michigan location.
>
> I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
> few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
> worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
> stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
> several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
> more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
> bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
> straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
> mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
> Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
> purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.
>
> It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
> pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
> opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
> also added to the mix a few years ago.
>
> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
> miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7
>
> Happy New Year & Good DX,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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[IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

Happy New Year & Good DX,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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