Re: [IRCA] Alaska AM DX December 10th
Mike, good to know, sort of. Sad to see the gradual/sometimes rapid demise of AM in Canada. I felt sad when CBC left Yellowknife and Whitehorse on AM. Both were nice catches for me in Masset. Well, at least I'll try for the other AM tx in Whitehorse, but I'm sure it's days are numbered, too. 73,Walt On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Mike Stonebridge <stonb...@abnorth.com> wrote: > Walt: CKYL gives out a complete ID around 10 - 5 minutes before TOH that > starts with their AM, followed by the FM and all their repeaters. However, > the AM won't be around much longer as they have an application into the > CRTC to shut it down and become a FM station. You said that they are > difficult to get by, at least you can get by them. I live a mile from their > transmitter and are impossible to get by. Can't happen soon enough for me. > > Mike 6 miles SSE of Peace River, AB > > -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:02 AM > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Alaska AM DX December 10th > > Paul, thanks for reminding us that there's still some AM in Canada's > north. I had forgotten about Whitehorse, since the CBC left their AM > channel (which I often heard in Masset) a few years ago. A station I'll > need to try for, although for me, it will be difficult to get past CHNL > Kamloops, and especially CKYL in Peace River (the usual occupant > on-channel). I note that they don't give their MW channel, just the FM > frequency. Not a good sign! 73, Walt > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Alaska AM DX December 10th
Walt: CKYL gives out a complete ID around 10 - 5 minutes before TOH that starts with their AM, followed by the FM and all their repeaters. However, the AM won't be around much longer as they have an application into the CRTC to shut it down and become a FM station. You said that they are difficult to get by, at least you can get by them. I live a mile from their transmitter and are impossible to get by. Can't happen soon enough for me. Mike 6 miles SSE of Peace River, AB -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:02 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Alaska AM DX December 10th Paul, thanks for reminding us that there's still some AM in Canada's north. I had forgotten about Whitehorse, since the CBC left their AM channel (which I often heard in Masset) a few years ago. A station I'll need to try for, although for me, it will be difficult to get past CHNL Kamloops, and especially CKYL in Peace River (the usual occupant on-channel). I note that they don't give their MW channel, just the FM frequency. Not a good sign! 73, Walt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Alaska AM DX December 10th
This was the first time I've gone out in 2 weeks, as temps have been consistently between -25 and -35 below without a windchill and my cut-off limit for safety and comfort is anything colder then -25 below keeps me inside! Conditions we're ...interesting. I didn't hear any of the big guns I would've expected to like Talk Sport 1053 or Absolute 1215 which can be darn near like local signals here at times. I logged CKRW-AM 610 Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada at 10:03PM AKST/11:03PM Pacific December 10th with the end of a newscast from the Canadian Press, local weather forecast, station liner and into asong. Here's a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHK9vJlesQ I also had 620 CKRM Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada at 10:50PM AKST December 10th/1:50AM Central December 11th. Here they are playing "I Ain't Living Long Like This" by Waylon Jennings. https://soundcloud.com/onairdjpaulwalker/620ckrm-december-10th-1050pmakst Here is a CKRM 620 The Source station liner 3 minutes later https://soundcloud.com/onairdjpaulwalker/620ckrm-december-10-1053pm-akst I had V7AB 1098 at very very listenable levels, all things considered (Hey, that's a show on the NPR station I work for!). (Recording was made at 10:10PM AKST/11:10PM Pacific/0710UTC December 11th) Anyways, I heard what sounded like island christian/religious music followed by an announcer talking and then more religious music Here's a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1z3gPdsAac Paul Walker Galena, Alaska Grundig Sattelit 750 225 foot long wire DXEngineering HF PreAmp ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
