[IRCA] Radio Heritage Newsletter #30
Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.com August 14 2011 Radio Heritage Newsletter August 2011 - #30 In this issue.. * More Aussie Radio Stars * WVUV Samoa Pioneer Visits * Salute our Sponsors - Apex Car Rentals * Helping Others * European Crisis Resolved * Top 5 Radio Books for August * WIN 170 Episodes of The Pacific Story * New Zealand LPFM Radio Profiles * One Eyed FM Rebuilds * $4600 Debt Crisis Looms MORE AUSSIE RADIO STARS Look out for 3HA Hamilton, 3SH Swan Hill and 3TR Sale [Gippsland] shortly as we approach the end of our first major Aussie Radio heritage series, to be followed by 2DU Dubbo and 2GN Goulburn as well. A few more then will round off this popular series of Long Lost Australian Radio Stars. We're now looking for people willing to help sponsor our second series featuring hundreds of Australian Radio Pioneersand promising to be just as popular. Email i...@radioheritage.net if you can help out WVUV SAMOA PIONEER VISITS The last of the AFRS radio WWII callsigns lives on in American Samoa as WVUV-FM..and Homer Willess, who set up the station way back in the 1940s will be making a visit back to the island shortly with his family. We're grateful to Larry Fuss [WVUV-FM owner] and his local team for making Homer welcome. It's not often you get to the meet the station founder! Check out Homer's romantic Samoan story today at www.radioheritage.com'WVUV Radio Romance' SALUTE OUR SPONSORS *Apex Car Rentals* Apex Rental Cars [www.apexrentals.co.nz] have supported us for several years, helping our Kiwi Radio Campaign and are recognized as the only high level Patron status sponsor on our Roll of Honor. Starting out as a small operation in Christchurch, they now have the largest modern fleet of rental cars in New Zealand, a new branch in Brisbane [Australia], and tick all the boxes with innovative use of technology to make renting real easy. Phil and his team have battled through the recent Christchurch earthquakes...they lost their city office.so support a good local company. Good prices, all inclusive simple to understand deals, and from personal experience, friendly, efficient and very nice folks to know. For your next rental car hire in New Zealand [or Brisbane], we highly recommend Apex Car Rentals [www.apexrentals.co.nz] and tell them 'Dave Jo at the Radio Heritage Foundation sent us' when booking! HELPING OTHERS We get many calls for advice..and we try and help where we can, although we could do much more with our collections digitized. Recent examples include genealogy research looking for a ventriloquist who performed on 5AD [Adelaide, Australia] in the 1940's, recommendations for the future of public radio in the Mariana Islands, details of KGER [Long Beach CA] broadcasts in the 1930s and looking for an old piano teacher who sang on Australia's ABC radio in the 1950's. Want some personal research done? A donation of US$25 covers an hour [annual supporters get a 25% discount on our rates]just write with your question today to i...@radioheritage.net and we'll do our best to get you sorted. EUROPEAN CRISIS RESOLVED! Thanks to Herman Boel in Flanders [Belgium], we recently added many hundreds of items from his European AM Longwave history project - features, old station lists, a lot of audio of rare broadcasts, station IDs and lots of images - because he no longer had time to maintain this immense collection. It now has a new home at www.radioheritage.com. We'll be adding to this material TOP 5 RADIO BOOKS FOR AUGUST #1 Making Radio #2 Wireless Empire #3 ARRL's Antenna Classics #4 Pop Culture China! #5 An Air War with Cuba These great summer [or winter] reads at good prices from our bookstores at www.radioheritage.com.. over 200 hand picked radio books. WIN over 80 HOURS of THE PACIFIC STORY Fabulous American Old Time Radio Series Our good friends at OTRCAT have joined with us to bring you THREE chances to win this fabulous collection of 170 episodes of the incredible PACIFIC STORY radio series...back to the days of fast ocean liners, PanAm clippers, exotic seaports, and tales that take you around the beautiful islands and lands encircling the Pacific. You'll find full details of this fantastic new competition online at www.radioheritage.com within the next few days...in the meantime, check out the OTRCAT link at www.radioheritage.com to find how to get thousands of hours of vintage radio shows today at the very best possible priceslook for the OTRCAT link just above our Social Networks header on the righthand side of every page NEW ZEALAND LPFM RADIO NEWS With over 1,600 entries, the NZLPFM Radio Guide at www.radioheritage.com is THE guide to the wonderful world of local radio.. updated daily.and lots of new station profiles now online: * Tongan Radio in Auckland * Radio Ngakuta Bay * Swiss Mixx 106.9 Wanganui * Mamaku School 88.4 * BOLT 88.3
[IRCA] Fwd: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw)
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone Original message Subject: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw) From: John J. Rieger johnjrie...@webtv.net To: discuss...@mailman.qth.net,o...@mailman.qth.net, a...@mailman.qth.net,f...@mailman.qth.net, and TV DX amfmt...@mailman.qth.net CC: Latest info as of 8:46am EDT: 1590 WGBW Denmark,WI powers up! Mark Heller writes on SUN 8-14: thanks. we made power...the full 10kw today. I'm overwhelmed, delighted, and blessed! we'll be operating out of Two Rivers on Monday, until the STL link is establishedthen...look out! mh John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com - updated daily! 24/7 Non-stop dx! __ AMFMTVDX mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amfmtvdx Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:amfmt...@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ___ 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] Fwd: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw)
Do you know if they're running directional at night? Should be an easy catch from here at night if non directional or aimed at my QTH. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/14/2011 11:44, Todd wrote: Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone Original message Subject: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw) From: John J. Riegerjohnjrie...@webtv.net To: discuss...@mailman.qth.net,o...@mailman.qth.net, a...@mailman.qth.net,f...@mailman.qth.net, and TV DXamfmt...@mailman.qth.net CC: Latest info as of 8:46am EDT: 1590 WGBW Denmark,WI powers up! Mark Heller writes on SUN 8-14: thanks. we made power...the full 10kw today. I'm overwhelmed, delighted, and blessed! we'll be operating out of Two Rivers on Monday, until the STL link is establishedthen...look out! mh John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com - updated daily! 24/7 Non-stop dx! ___ 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] Fwd: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw)
A quick check of radiolocator shows they are directional with 50W at night from 3 towers and an APP for 500W Night... The reason they can do 50W at night even though the minimum the FCC will license anymore is that they were a Class D with less then 250W and a Class D can stay a Class D. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net wrote: Do you know if they're running directional at night? Should be an easy catch from here at night if non directional or aimed at my QTH. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD On 8/14/2011 11:44, Todd wrote: Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone Original message Subject: Re: [AMFMTVDX] 1590 WGBW WI to power up (10kw) From: John J. Riegerjohnjrie...@webtv.net To: discuss...@mailman.qth.net,of@**mailman.qth.net o...@mailman.qth.net, a...@mailman.qth.net,FM@mailman.**qth.net f...@mailman.qth.net, and TV DXamfmt...@mailman.qth.net CC: Latest info as of 8:46am EDT: 1590 WGBW Denmark,WI powers up! Mark Heller writes on SUN 8-14: thanks. we made power...the full 10kw today. I'm overwhelmed, delighted, and blessed! we'll be operating out of Two Rivers on Monday, until the STL link is establishedthen...look out! mh John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com - updated daily! 24/7 Non-stop dx! __**_ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/**mailman/listinfo/ircahttp://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
[IRCA] TP's for August 14, 2011
Heard my first TP's this morning from this location. Heard 5 Russians long-waves stations during the 1100 utc hour. The 1200 utc hour produced two MW TP power house station JOUB HLAZ. Set up another long wire antenna, this one is about 20' in height and about 150' long. Direction NNW. 153 Russia, 1145 with very good signal with man in Russian. Heard at 1233 with arm chair signal and steady S-9 signal. 08/ /11 180 Russia, 1144 fair with man in Russian. 1232 signal was weak. 08/14/11 189 Russia, 1143 fair, also fair signal at 1231. 08/14/11 234 Russia, 1138 fair signal, same strength signal at 1231. This station seldom heard at former Salmon Creek location. 250 Alaska, man reading weather report at 1135. Signal weak. 279 Russia, 1135 good signal with woman in Russian. Techno music, S-9 signal at 1230. 774 Japan, JOUB weak at 1240 with Japanese and much domestic splatter. 1566 Republic of Korea, HLAZ 1245 fair at times with woman in Japanese? Plan on setting up a SW antenna for DU's soon. Dennis Vroom Kalama, WA Palstar R-30 CC 150' long-wire antenna NNW 20' height 160' long wire antenna NW 8' height ___ 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: 2011 Aug 14 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 August follow. Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 14 August was 2 (17 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 A-in 55555545555555 K-in 12201123232212 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ 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] Tecsub PL-606 for sale
I have a Tecsun PL-606 for sale. I left it outside overnight and the digital screen isn't working. The FM whip antenna has broken off. Other than those things, it works fine. I'll include the software and FM wire. It's a great receiver, the sensitiviyt is really good. First $30 takes it. Neil Bartlett Mount Horeb, Wisconsin geewa...@mhtc.net ___ 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] TP's for August 14, 2011
Good report Dennis. Looks like your new QTH is working well. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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: 2011 Aug 15 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 August follow. Solar flux 88 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 15 August was 3 (36 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 88 88 A-in 55554555555588 K-in 20112323221223 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ 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) Jingles from radio stations...
Anyone who knows me knows that I love radio jingles and occasionally find some that I like so much I want to share them with others. I airchecked a stations webstream for 2 hours and edited it down to about 90 seconds worth of jingles, station imaging and ID's. here they are, from The Best of Sutton Summersville, The Boss 97 FM WDBS 97.1 Sutton, WV.. a BIG Class B Signal that can be heard just about from state border to state border. http://www.onairdj.com/TheBoss97FMWDBS971SuttonWV.mp3http://www.onairdj.com/TheBoss97FMWDBS971SuttonWV.mp Paul Walker Host, The Afternoon Get Together 3 to 7pm 97.5 The Hound WDDH St Marys/Ridgway, PA www.houndcountry.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
[IRCA] KKXA 1520
08 --14 --11, 19: 30 to 20:00 PDT , Nanaimo BC : As of 19:00 PDT a few distant signals started to show up on the high end of AM. The first trace of signal came in on 1520 from Portland Or, followed a few minutes later by 1530 in Sacramento. Watching for any sign of 1520 in Northwest Wa, there was nothing to interfere with the Or station so I'm wondering if KKXA is on the air this weekend or not since I haven't heard them since Thursday afternoon (on Friday 1520 was vacant) when they had a signal pushing my receiver's tuning scale to the max and were only slightly weaker than the new max output of sister station KRKO. If anyone in Western Wa can hear KXXA now then they must be on reduced power as there is no trace here in Nanaimo. Thanks. Bill in BC ___ 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] KKXA, ctd.
From the KXA blog site: KXA (KKXA-1520) Our goal this week is to completely destroy a system component, somewhere, somehow - seriously. There is something in the system that keeps dropping the transmitter. We are at a loss to find it, so we'll try to make it happen over-and-over until something fails. Wish us luck! Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 ICF2010 Kiwa aircore Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ 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] Oregon Beach Ultralight DU's for 8-14
Hello All, One of the highest ocean beach cliffs in northwest Oregon became a spur-of-the-moment DXing venue this early morning, as a PL-380 Ultralight radio and an 8 Ferrite Sleeve Loop antenna were set up in about 2 square feet of space. The location was the Rockworks ocean view point on Highway 101, just south of the border between Clatsop and Tillamook counties on the Oregon coast. The ocean view from this 400' high cliff is awesome, but it turns out that the Trans-Pacific DXing advantage was even more fascinating. A mystery from last month was a station on 639 kHz that apparently was the 2 kw New Zealand National Radio relay station in Alexandra (4YW), which both Walt and I believed that we had heard last month during our trips to Masset and Lincoln City. The parallel programming with 675-3YA was checked and confirmed this morning, as the FSL brought the National Radio programming on 639 kHz in very nicely (with almost no trace of Fiji again, as last month). Other Kiwi and Pacific Island stations were also very vibrant, with 603-Waatea, 657-Southern Star, 675-3YA, 738-Tahiti and 891-5AN all at the strongest levels ever heard during 10 Pacific beach trips (several of these stations were maxing out the S/N display reading on the PL-380). A mystery station on 531 kHz was also heard with good signals and foreign-sounding speech, presumably 531-PI because of the Kiwi-slanted propagation. 603-Waatea's Maori-language choral music was sounding local-like at times, and compensating somewhat for the almost total absence of the Radio Fiji One stations heard in Lincoln City last August (558, 639 and 684 kHz). With the notable exception of 891-5AN the Australian big gun stations seemed to be missing in action again, and an apparent 666-Noumea was managing only a trace this time, unlike in July when its French International programming was strong enough to match with the 738-Tahiti parallel. This cliffhanger DXing venue on the Oregon coast offers a huge amount of transoceanic gain for anyone willing to set up a listening post there, but of course there isn't any AC power, rain cover, or space for beverage runs. The Ultralight radio + FSL combo can set up practically anywhere on the Pacific Coast, though, and I'm sure that even higher ocean beach cliffs will soon be drafted into service for this fascinating activity. Have fun, guys! 73, Gary DeBock (currently in Cannon Beach, Oregon) ___ 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] Oregon Beach Ultralight DU's for 8-14
Gary, Good going on 4YW 639. It used to be more regular back in the 80s here. Nice to see it reported again. Looking forward in seeing you. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] NW EWE
With the advent of Fall DX conditions right around the corner, I disconnected the vertical and reconnected the NW EWE and peaked the pot. The directivity of it seems okey, but there isn't much during the day in August to the NW of the OR Coast, but the nulls seem pretty good. AK should start showing up anytime now. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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
