Re: [IRCA] OT Hal Fishman long time news anchor at KTLA 5 Los Angeles dies.
Sad news. A good fellow and also quite popular in the aviation world. I watched him while growing up, primarily on KTLA. Of the seven channels available from LA in the 60's and 70's, channel five was one of my favorites. 73- Doug On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:59 PM, Patrick Martin wrote: > I was saddened to hear today that long time KTLA 5 Los Angeles News > anchor, Hal Fishman, passed away this morning of colon cancer. He was > 75. He was doing the news until last Tuiesday. He was admitted to the > hospital and the cancer was discovered on Friday and he passed today. > > I have been watching the KTLA 5 News at Ten since 1985 when I > bought my > big satellite dish. I first watched the 10-11 PM news on a CNN News > feed. Later in 1986 when KTLA was added as a Super Station, I got it > 24/7. Today I watch it on Dish. KTLA is celebrating their 60 years on > the air, coming on in 1947. Stan Chambers, reporter started with the > station, and still is there. > >Hal Fishman started at KTLA in 1965, after working at KCOP from > 60-65. Even though I never met Hal face to face, I have talked > with him > on the phone regarding news a couple of times. > To me, he was a real friend. The best in the busness. > > A couple years ago, Larry McCormick, newsman at KTLA, also passed who > was in many movies as an LA news person. > > Hal will be dearly missed. > > Patrick ___ 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] OT Hal Fishman long time news anchor at KTLA 5 Los Angeles dies.
I was saddened to hear today that long time KTLA 5 Los Angeles News anchor, Hal Fishman, passed away this morning of colon cancer. He was 75. He was doing the news until last Tuiesday. He was admitted to the hospital and the cancer was discovered on Friday and he passed today. I have been watching the KTLA 5 News at Ten since 1985 when I bought my big satellite dish. I first watched the 10-11 PM news on a CNN News feed. Later in 1986 when KTLA was added as a Super Station, I got it 24/7. Today I watch it on Dish. KTLA is celebrating their 60 years on the air, coming on in 1947. Stan Chambers, reporter started with the station, and still is there. Hal Fishman started at KTLA in 1965, after working at KCOP from 60-65. Even though I never met Hal face to face, I have talked with him on the phone regarding news a couple of times. To me, he was a real friend. The best in the busness. A couple years ago, Larry McCormick, newsman at KTLA, also passed who was in many movies as an LA news person. Hal will be dearly missed. Patrick ___ 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] 738 Tahiti
738 has a pretty big carrier right now in Victoria, with just hints of island music making itself heard in the splatter. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ 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] WTCR-1420
1420WTCR WV KENOVA 2130 07/08/07 ".WTCR, AM 1420, KENOVA" THEN QSBed. HEARD COUNTRY MUSIC SONG BUT NOT SURE IF IT WAS FROM WTCR. [WM-TN] This is a new station for me. I was just montioring 1420 and they rose up out of the mud. DXer: Willis QTH: Old Fort, TN ANTENNA: 149' long wire RCVR: Drake R-4C ___ 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Aug 08 0012 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 August follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 26. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 08 August was 3 (25 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 08 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 69 69 A-in 222212 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 26 26 K-in 22234563433433 ___ 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] OT Early Airborne TV experiments
Scott, I was wondering if anyone would remember and mention MPATI. I was going to mention it, and the airborne TV transmissions conducted by the U.S. Navy over Viet Nam, in my original message. But I cut it out at the last minute for brevity. I recall that MPATI was somehow connected to Purdue University. I remember trying repeatedly to DX their signals from my QTH in northern IL in the 60s. As I recall they were operating on 2 of the upper UHF channels, possibly 72 and 76, and were broadcasting educational content. I never did receive even a glimpse of signal from them. All of our hometown TV stations were north of us so our outdoor TV antenna did not need a rotor. Each time I tried to DX MPATI I had to physically rotate our antenna to the southeast which my parents didn't seem to appreciate. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Broadcast Technician NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ ___ 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] [NRC-AM] OT Early Airborne TV experiments
Stewart, Joseph R wrote: > Matter of fact, the article is up on their website for all to see, > including the photo of the plane: > > http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2007/august/oldies_and_oddities.php Let's see if they publish my letter to the editor pointing out that Stratovision didn't die after 1950, but was resurrected a decade later for the "MPATI" airborne educational TV experiments, which were conducted almost directly overhead from where I'm sitting at the moment in northeastern Indiana... s ___ 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Aug 07 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 August follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 14. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 07 August was 4 (45 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 69 69 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 A-in 22222212 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 K-in 11222345634334 ___ 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] [NRC-AM] OT Early Airborne TV experiments
Matter of fact, the article is up on their website for all to see, including the photo of the plane: http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2007/august/oldies_and_oddities.php Randy Stewart Springfield MO -Original Message- From: Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [NRC-AM] OT Early Airborne TV experiments The August issue of Air & Space magazine has an interesting 1 page story titled Broadcast Bomber. It is about the 2nd phase of the experimental Westinghouse Stratovision airborne television transmissions conducted from a B-29 over Pittsburgh in 1948. It was used to broadcast the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia to a 9 state area around Pittsburgh on channel 6. From 25,000 feet it had a coverage area of 525 miles using a 5 kw transmitter for video and 1 kw for audio. The antenna extended 28 feet from the belly of the aircraft and consisted of a 2 element turnstile for video and a 1 element circular dipole for audio. It was a direct (live) relay of signals received from WMAR-TV in Baltimore. The article includes a black and white airborne photo of the aircraft with the transmitting antenna extended. Westinghouse originally intended to develop this project into a nationwide network of airborne transmitters providing TV & FM coverage to 78% of the population using 14 aircraft. However, the FCC delayed approval of the system citing potential interference issues. By 1949 AT&T had setup a long distance coaxial network providing an audio/video connection from the East Coast to the Midwest. This effectively eliminated the need for Stratovision and in 1950 Westinghouse dropped the idea. ___ 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] [NRC-AM] CKKW 1090 Kitchener,Ont.
Chris, I have heard them here in the Baltimore area with WBAL phase nulled. WBAL is about 15 miles from here and packs huge signal in this direction at night, but they are nullable. In fact, I have identified six different stations on 1090 with WBAL on the air. Bill chris and anne wrote: > *I've been hearing an oldies station in and out of the noise every > nightnever could catch any ID but suspected that it was > CKKW.two nights ago , I heard them with the "Oldies 1090" ID > followed by a PSA mentioning that it would be helpful to keep your > dogs in the house, or tied up so that the postman can deliver the > mailI went to their website and emailed them and sent this info to > themand got a confirmation of this , signed by Pete Travers, P.D., > and Cathy Maciaczyk, who said "yes, we have that PSA on air right > now. " 1090 is one of the clearest frequencies here at > night.an occasional WBAL or KAAY , both quite weak. Does anyone > think they are staying on day patternthey are 10KW day and night > with a much more restrictive pattern at night, mostly > northbound. ??? Heard on the Sony Walkman . > 73, Chris Johnson K2FO Taylors, S.C.* - Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland Check out the Spokane Radio History Pages http://spokane.philcobill.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] [NRC-AM] CKKW 1090 Kitchener,Ont.
Chris, Nice catch! We have a local station on 1090, and occasionally I can null them and hear CKKW. 73 de Joe Miller, AB8YP, Troy, MI --- chris and anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been hearing an oldies station in and out of > the noise every nightnever could catch any ID > but suspected that it was CKKW.two nights ago , > I heard them with the "Oldies 1090" ID followed by > a PSA mentioning that it would be helpful to keep > your dogs in the house, or tied up so that the > postman can deliver the mailI went to their > website and emailed them and sent this info to > themand got a confirmation of this , signed by > Pete Travers, P.D., and Cathy Maciaczyk, who said > "yes, we have that PSA on air right now. " 1090 > is one of the clearest frequencies here at > night.an occasional WBAL or KAAY , both quite > weak. Does anyone think they are staying on day > patternthey are 10KW day and night with a much > more restrictive pattern at night, mostly > northbound. ??? Heard on the Sony Walkman . > 73, Chris Johnson K2FO > Taylors, S.C. Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ 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] CKKW 1090 Kitchener,Ont.
I've been hearing an oldies station in and out of the noise every nightnever could catch any ID but suspected that it was CKKW.two nights ago , I heard them with the "Oldies 1090" ID followed by a PSA mentioning that it would be helpful to keep your dogs in the house, or tied up so that the postman can deliver the mailI went to their website and emailed them and sent this info to themand got a confirmation of this , signed by Pete Travers, P.D., and Cathy Maciaczyk, who said "yes, we have that PSA on air right now. " 1090 is one of the clearest frequencies here at night.an occasional WBAL or KAAY , both quite weak. Does anyone think they are staying on day patternthey are 10KW day and night with a much more restrictive pattern at night, mostly northbound. ??? Heard on the Sony Walkman . 73, Chris Johnson K2FO Taylors, S.C. ___ 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] Tps for 08/07/07
Listened between 1210 and 1245UT here, and a very mixed bag. There were many carriers, but most of them were at "hardly there" level. With the somewhat disturbed geomagnetic conditions, I expected mostly down under stations, but there a number of Asiatics, at least by bearing, including the only audios. 828 had a man talking briefly, only on northerly Flag; 774 and 1503 also had hints of audio (the latter seemed to be a mix of DU and Asia), but nothing on 1566 in spite of a strong carrier at 1243UT. Carriers worth noting (all Asia unless otherwise noted) were 1602, 1593, 1476, 1332 (DU), 1278, 1242, 1179 (DU), 1134, 1116 (DU), 972, 747 and 738 (DU). Surprising that there was no sign of 612 during this time. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ 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] Tps for 08/07/07
Good Morning, Listened from 1140-1306 ut. Conditions very poor until about 1220 ut. The few carriers that were heard earlier jump up about 2 levels at this time. Threshold audio on 1593 kHz China? A surprise was a carrier on 1602 at level 5, no splatter from KOHI. hi Upper MW band much better than lower. Conditions faded fast right before sunrise. 1566 Republic of Korea, HLAZ very weak at 1232 with bits of audio from woman. Carriers & levels 61593 5189-279-774-1386-1422-1557-1566-1575-1593-1602 4747-846-1053-1287-1404-1503-1584 3189-549-675-702-738-1215-1314-1413-1467 2153-180-729- Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545 & R-8B Ewe NW & H-800 61.7 F 76% RH Sunrise 1301 ut Sunset 0331 ut ___ 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] 1500AM..mystery tone??
My friend in the Greenville, SC area said he heard something very strong on 1500Khz Monday night. He said it was a constant, very loud tone.. and when tuned to 1500 it lit up the "tune" light on his radio. It, however, didn't interfered with his reception of 1490 WPCI also in Greenville. Any ideas on what this was? I'm just relaying information as I wasn't there first hand... -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ 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] OT Early Airborne TV experiments
Thanks Pat for that interesting walk down memory lane. I remember reading of that event back when I was kid in the early 50's. Can you remember the first international, live TV telecast? Can you give the 1. program 2. network 3. year 4. host of program 5. What two countries were involved? (No it wasn't the with Soviet Union) I was watching the day this event took place. Willis > The August issue of Air & Space magazine has an interesting 1 page story > titled Broadcast Bomber. It is about the 2nd phase of the experimental > Westinghouse Stratovision airborne television transmissions conducted > from a B-29 over Pittsburgh in 1948. It was used to broadcast the > Republican National Convention in Philadelphia to a 9 state area around > Pittsburgh on channel 6. From 25,000 feet it had a coverage area of 525 > miles using a 5 kw transmitter for video and 1 kw for audio. The antenna > extended 28 feet from the belly of the aircraft and consisted of a 2 > element turnstile for video and a 1 element circular dipole for audio. > It was a direct (live) relay of signals received from WMAR-TV in > Baltimore. The article includes a black and white airborne photo of the > aircraft with the transmitting antenna extended. Westinghouse originally > intended to develop this project into a nationwide network of airborne > transmitters providing TV & FM coverage to 78% of the population using > 14 aircraft. However, the FCC delayed approval of the system citing > potential interference issues. By 1949 AT&T had setup a long distance > coaxial network providing an audio/video connection from the East Coast > to the Midwest. This effectively eliminated the need for Stratovision > and in 1950 Westinghouse dropped the idea. > > Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO > Broadcast Technician > NRC Broadcasting - Denver > http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ > http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ > > ___ > 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] 720 KFIR Sweet Home
On late tonight/this morning. ___ 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
