Re: [IRCA] KBOI 670 OFF
Did anyone get anything with them off? Or are stations like WSCR commonplace enough? I'd love to see a KBOI test (with sweeps). I recall that I tried for but did not hear its last test a couple years ago. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 03:07:51 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] KBOI 670 OFF Excellent point. Maybe KBOI would be a good candidate for a DX test next season! They aren't a powerhouse into SoCal anymore since the advent of KIRN Simi ValleySide note: They are the first station in my logbook. ms To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; m...@googlegroups.com From: amdxm...@aol.com Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 00:22:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [IRCA] KBOI 670 OFF Oh for some sweep tones ... -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com; NRC a...@nrcdxas.org; dx...@nrcdxas.org dx...@nrcdxas.org; mwdx m...@googlegroups.com; mwdx m...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 12:18 am Subject: [IRCA] KBOI 670 OFF From Facebook: KBOI will be off starting after midnight (00:01 hrs April 2 2014) for maintenance of the main building power feed and transfer switch. Off time is unknown. (I would assume 00:01 Mountain time?) ___ 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 ___ 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] 1450 WKVR unID solved as WJER
It's definitely WJER ... Sometimes it takes a good objective distance from a situation to recognize it. Well, this one gets solved by Torolf Johnsson in Sweden! He suggsted the calls as WJER (Dover Ohio). I listened repeatedly since receiving his e-mail and also caught in downtown Dover at 0:03 of Clip A. I went online, listened to WJER's webstream, and the announcer's voice is pretty close. It was roughly this time of the morning on a weekday that I heard it. WJER also runs similar announcements to those on Clip A, mentioning various place names in a single sentence. So the calls and downtown Dover clinch this one. I have no idea what I'm hearing when I hear Downtown Newtonville - or for that matter Paris Street in Venice, or Millbrook. They're weak enough that they could be other names entirely. Anyhow, thanks, Torolf. It's a new log from Burnt River ON - and I've now had all three Ohio stations on 1450. Saul Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:34:30 + Subject: [NRC-AM] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR Curious if anyone can set me straight on calls which surface twice - once in each clip - and a few local references. 1450 – Clip A has a mention of a town right of the bat, and at 0:15 what sounds like “downtown Newtonville”, and then a set of calls at 0:30. Clip B has an ID sounding like WKVR at 0:39. Online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8759 Thank you to anyone with good ears out there... Saul Chernos Burnt River, Ontario ___ 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] DX alerts - 900 1710
In Toronto, unable to DX, but couple things reported to BCB DX logger I have not seen reported on these lists: 1710 = Apr01 07:42 Visiting a friend in Toledo, Ohio - Gary Siegel - we are hearing a Radio Marti on 1710. Where is this, and why is nobody reporting it? Did Marathon-1180 move here, perhaps?--Frank Merrill/IL 900 = Apr01 09:58 900 WVWA Pound Ridge, NY Fair, back after 30+ years SIL, noted format chg to Regional Mexican. La Nueve. Slogan, La que mueve es La Nueve (The 9 is what moves). Screaming La NUEVE constantly. N8NU (Michigan DXer, I think - Saul) Saul Chernos Toronto ON ___ 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] 2014 Oregon Cliffhanger DU-DXpeditions
Not for the DXer with vertigo. I could see pitching a tent a very short, safe distance from the edge, for a degree of indoor comfort. I sometimes DX FM (and TV, pre-digital era) from atop a cliff directly overlooking Lake Ontario (save for a think strip of land below). I have a spot that's slightly beyond a small low wooden post and chain set up to keep idiots from the very edge. I've scoped it out during the day, and it is lit enough, so I know exactly where I am in relation to taking a sudden DXpedition to places unknown. It makes a huge difference compared with the spot where I park my car just a hundred or so feet away. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com From: d1028g...@aol.com Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:40:03 -0400 Subject: [IRCA] 2014 Oregon Cliffhanger DU-DXpeditions Hello All, For those on the west coast who feel a little bored with their AM-DXing hobby, why not try out a radical new form of DXpedition fueled by transoceanic propagation boosts at sheer ocean side cliffs? The theory of cliff-enhanced transoceanic propagation is similar to the effect that most of us have experienced when listening to distant AM stations on a car radio while driving up a steep hill going directly away from the stations--- the signals rise dramatically. But in the case of ocean cliff DXing, the steepness of the hills is almost 90 degrees, and the cliffs are chosen to face the South Pacific... resulting in concentrated signals from transoceanic DX stations in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. DXing conditions at these ocean cliff sites are very rough... there is no AC power, running water, street lights or weather protection. They are located on Highway 101 turnoff sites, each of which has its own unique challenges. Rockwork 4 is located about 10 miles south of Cannon Beach, OR, and has a 400' sheer drop off to the Pacific Ocean directly below the DXing site. It doesn't offer anything in the way of comfort, and extremely small-footprint antennas are a must. Until the recent development of compact FSL antennas, nobody had ever attempted serious transoceanic DXing at these extremely narrow ocean cliff sites. Mental and physical toughness is a must, along with a strong taste for adventure (and a strong sense of humor, since Murphy's Law loves these places). An Ultralight Cliffhanger DXpedition is planned for the Rockwork 4 site from April 9-11 (apparently, just after a Perseus-SDR DXpedition to the same site by Chuck and Guy) and another DU-DXpedition is pla! nn! ed for same site from July 13-19. A view of the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site taken from a helicopter (showing the sheer cliff drop off to the Pacific below) is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/2jtmctq7as7448o/Rockwork-Sites-003.jpg For those up to the challenges, these ocean cliff sites provided exceptional examples of cliff-boosted DU propagation on a PL-380 Ultralight with 8 and 12 FSL antennas the past couple of years, as demonstrated in the MP3's linked below (all of them PL-380 S/N readout-pegging receptions). This year's DXpeditions will be conducted with the new 15 FSL antenna, which should provide additional DU-DXing excitement. Interested DXers (who are not intimidated by the challenges) are welcome to participate. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 531-PI (Auckland, New Zealand, 5 kW, Rockwork, 7-22-13) http://www.mediafire.com/view/vnx12sra6srbnea/531-PI-1231z072213PL380.MP3 567-RNZ National (Wellington, New Zealand, 50 kW, Cape Perpetua, 7-20-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9z8vnphq6thc9p2/567-2YA-1246Z072012PL380.MP3 576-2RN (Sydney, Australia, 50 kW, Cape Perpetua, 8-19-13) http://www.mediafire.com/view/qz6x4g6wiit264e/576-2RN-1335z081913PL380.MP3 594-NZ Rhema (Timaru/Wanagnui, New Zealand, 5 kW/ 2 kW, Rockwork, 8-20-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/yk99u85h54jeaos/594-NZ.Rhema-1311Z082012PL380.mp3 603-Radio Waatea (Auckland, New Zealand, 5 kW, Rockwork, 8-21-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/so9c7cy42nxpj60/603-R.Waatea-1334Z082112PL380.mp3 657-Southern Star (Wellington, New Zealand, 10 kW, Cape Perpetua, 7-20-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ijcacg8uqmvian9/657-SouthernStar-1247Z072012PL380.MP3 684-NZ Rhema (Gisborne, New Zealand, 5 kW, Cape Perpetua, 7-21-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bge7anmbo8j79a8/684-NZ.Rhema-1245Z072112PL380.MP3 738-Radio Polynesie (Mahina, Tahiti, 20 kW, Cape Perpetua, 7-19-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/a4shuubhn36b6aa/738-RFO.Tahiti-1218Z071912PL380.MP3 765-Radio Kahungunu (Napier-Hastings, New Zealand, 2.5 kW, Cape Perpetua, 7-20-12) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/my4o957wpjtve0m/765-R.Kahungunu-1220Z072012PL380.MP3 774-3LO (Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW, Rockwork, 7-27-13) http://www.mediafire.com/view/022kazej9zljzzx/774-3LO-1227z072713PL380.MP3
[IRCA] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR
Curious if anyone can set me straight on calls which surface twice - once in each clip - and a few local references. 1450 – Clip A has a mention of a town right of the bat, and at 0:15 what sounds like “downtown Newtonville”, and then a set of calls at 0:30. Clip B has an ID sounding like WKVR at 0:39. Online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8759 Thank you to anyone with good ears out there... Saul Chernos Burnt River, Ontario ___ 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] [mwdx] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR
Thanks, Scott. WKAL is my second-most common station next to CHOU in Montreal, so I listened for Utica and WKAL but there's a definite 'Ville' after the 'downtown' ... and the calls don't sound like WKAL. To me, at least. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:40:34 -0400 Subject: Re: [mwdx] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR From: sc...@fybush.com To: sau...@sympatico.ca CC: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com Downtown Utica and WKAL Rome, newly back on the air with talk? On Mar 31, 2014 11:34 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: Curious if anyone can set me straight on calls which surface twice - once in each clip - and a few local references. 1450 – Clip A has a mention of a town right of the bat, and at 0:15 what sounds like “downtown Newtonville”, and then a set of calls at 0:30. Clip B has an ID sounding like WKVR at 0:39. Online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8759 Thank you to anyone with good ears out there... Saul Chernos Burnt River, Ontario -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ 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] The AMFMTVDX list
Has something happened to the AMFMTVDX list? Nothing I've posted is getting there, and the two addresses subbed to it are getting nothing from it. For weeks, now... Saul ___ 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] WWXL DX Test……Now in @ 2312-2320 EDT!!!
Very slight possible morse code downtown Toronto on a Tecsun ULR , but not enough to know it isn't localized QRM. I'm on some pretty potent painkillers from dental surgery and if I went mobile I'd be driving and DXing stoned, so staying put. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: va...@rogers.com Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:23:10 -0400 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] WWXL DX Test……Now in @ 2312-2320 EDT!!! Hi Guys: Have Morse Code at Moderate Speed 10 wpm??? from 2312 -2320 EDT. Copied bits and Pieces in Fading. Copied Manchester, WWXL and 1490. More to the message than that, but not copyable here. About the same strength as last time test was on. I would Rate it POOR to FAIR here. Thanks for the Test once again!! 73….ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario 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 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] 1410 unID
News-talk at the very start, for sure. And it's a W-call. My hunch from Alberta you'd hear WIZM LaCrosse WI, but this doesn't sound at all like that. WCMT in Martin TN. Not quite, either IMO. It sounds like WCVE to me, but nothing even remotely close to that, that I can find. WDOV DE seems outrageously far... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:03:19 -0600 From: nige2...@telus.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1410 unID Conditions were decent, though not spectacular, to the east overnight. Didn't hear anything new, but did note several infrequent visitors. I did run across one mystery on 1410. Had what sounded like an ID, but the call letters I was hearing didn't match up to anything. I'd welcome any fresh ears having a listen at: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2lfa5y5vpx0c6y2/unID_1410_20140327_0900.mp3 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ 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] 1410 unID
Listened again and it is indeed NewsTalk 1410 WIZ(Zee)M. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:20:55 + Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1410 unID News-talk at the very start, for sure. And it's a W-call. My hunch from Alberta you'd hear WIZM LaCrosse WI, but this doesn't sound at all like that. WCMT in Martin TN. Not quite, either IMO. It sounds like WCVE to me, but nothing even remotely close to that, that I can find. WDOV DE seems outrageously far... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:03:19 -0600 From: nige2...@telus.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1410 unID Conditions were decent, though not spectacular, to the east overnight. Didn't hear anything new, but did note several infrequent visitors. I did run across one mystery on 1410. Had what sounded like an ID, but the call letters I was hearing didn't match up to anything. I'd welcome any fresh ears having a listen at: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2lfa5y5vpx0c6y2/unID_1410_20140327_0900.mp3 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ 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 ___ 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] More February auroral unIDs
Any thoughts on the following, from nice auroral conditions in late February from Burnt River ON. Times EST: 540 – 2303 – Weather, then “Thank you for listening to the new 540 AM...” and into Beatles. My hunch is WGOP... 620 – 2200 – ESPN, then ad before TOH for something “...in the southeast.” ID at TOH says “Your home for ??? baseball...” There is a slight chance this is 600. I'm hoping I can tell if it's determined whose baseball is referenced. 1240 – 1935 – Oldies, ID sounds like WENK (Union City TN) but not sure. Not often I get that far on a GY. 1340 – 0822 – Calls sounding like WBCN and 8:22 time-check (so eastern time zone). 1490 – 1930 – “60s and 70s at ? Radio 1490.” Audio clips online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8749 With thanks! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] KCKM Burnt River ON
The test started a couple minutes late, but when there was morse code, sweeps and alarm sounds, those all did well - the sweeps the best by far. I taped the first 20-somethiongt minutes. I had the web stream running for a short while and checked the two in tandem for the fun of it. Web reception was even better ;-) I looked Monahans up on a map thinking it would be in the DFW area, and I was suprised to see it's well past Odessa, near NM. I know it's higher powered than most regionals, but to hear it here at 1588 miles makes my day. A big thank you to Paul Walker, who arranged the test and put together the test material, and to Bob Souza at the station, for running it. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] DX Test Material
I concur with Les' observations about what works best as content in a DX test. I wowuld add that I still think there should be music and other of the usual content - or unusual content. It's more interesting when tests vary in content, and also there's some element of challenge. I look forward to going through my recording to see if I've caught any of the music or any voice announcements, because catching this more difficult content would be neat in and of itself. I think it's awesome the test made it to Europe. This is a perfect example of a test done perfectly. Lots of lead notice time. It came off exactly as planned. And the content was meticulously and thoughtfully put together. Paul Walker and Bob Souza get an A++ IMO. The only thing that sent a very slight jitter down my spine was that it seemed to start a couple of minutes late. That's when I went online to the webstream, and when I heard music my heart sank for a second. But within a moment or two the sweeps were happening. In retrospect, I really like this - I don't think a test should completely come off as expected or predicted by DXers. Each should have its own unique fingerprint, because it's more fun and challenging that way and because it makes it more QSLable and verifiable. So the late start by a couple minutes was IMP a strong positive. Yeah, I know any one of us can tune in on the web and hear it, if there's a live stream. But it's harder for the tiny few in our midst who report what they haven't legitimately heard to falsify an actual distant recording (though of course I can think of multiple ways it can be done by someone so determined). I'm still reeling from how far this one got out... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:46:49 -0500 From: l...@highnoonfilm.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NRC-AM] DX Test Material Last night's very successful KCKM test only reinforces the importance of using the proper test material programming. In the early 2000's, we need a double blind experiment to determine what material worked the best in cutting through the noise of a cluttered channel at various signal levels. Hands down, the clear winner were the sweep tones used in last night's KCKM test. These were followed by the Off-Hook telephone sound, slide whistle, and finally Morse Code at around 900-1000 Hz. This was true at all signal levels, but especially at the weakest levels. Some material that did not test well: 1.) Christmas Music 2.) Voice announcements with either male or female voice. 3.) Marching Band Music 4.) Classical Music 5.) Sound effects like roosters, bells, etc. One musical source that scored higher than any other were TV show theme songs. I think this is due to the fact that they stand out from other clutter, and are recognizable patterns to our brains. Some stations just are not willing to run only Sweeps Codes for extended times, and TV theme songs make a good alternative. But to the extent possible, a scientific test and lots of on-air experience proves that nothing beats sweep tones if a station wants to be heard. While I've retired from CPC duties for now, I'm happy to provide the material for DX Tests. In fact you can download them yourself at: http://www.highnoonfilmclient.com/AMCPC/ The sweep tones and other sound effects are in a ZIP file, and the WinMorse software (Freeware) is also mirrored here. It makes it easy to convert text files into Morse Code .WAV files. Follow Paul Walker's example, and ask your local station about doing a test today. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Perseus SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, LF Engineering Active Whips, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ 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] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw
Good point, Neil. I had KHSE several times last winter-spring just before sunrise, and it was running Spanish talk and music then, too. With a Misericordia slogan if I recall correctly. Some DXers have also noted it this season as far away as Michigan. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:05:20 -0500 From: neil...@earthlink.net To: neil...@earthlink.net; irca@hard-core-dx.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com CC: a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw I just want to caution everyone that Mexican mx on 700 isn't automatically XEDKR. Last night's midnight recording has Mexican mx o/u WLW and at times slopping XEN 690!. It turned out to be from KHSE which I've noted in Spanish recently. 73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and Double KAZ antenna due west. -Original Message- From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net Sent: Mar 20, 2014 5:11 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net amfmt...@mailman.qth.net, m...@googlegroups.com m...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw These guys are listed as 10 kW days at Cantu's site. On the few mornings that I've managed to drag up DU audio here in WI/IL during the past couple of seasons they've been more of a QRM problem to Sydney 702 than has WLW which is reduced by daylight and antenna. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca Sent: Mar 20, 2014 4:24 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net amfmt...@mailman.qth.net, m...@googlegroups.com m...@googlegroups.com Subject: [IRCA] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw Within an hour of logging 580 XEMU MEXICO Piedras Negras and 800 XEROK Ciudad Juarez in the wee hours of Feb 27, I have a third new Mexican IDed. 700 XEDKR Guadalajara. Nuevo Amanecer program reference matches Radio Red’s schedule. I see from reports found online that it's been heard in Europe and Tim Tromp reported it booming in to West Michigan earlier that morning. So hard to believe it’s only 1000 watts as I've seen listed. A few more clips to go 620 and 1090. This pipeline to Mexico lasted a few hours, soon it gave way to stuff more to the south, like Cuba. I'll post a full log from this session as soon as I sort a few more things out. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] WWXL-1450 test
FYI, the *original* rescheduled test data was as follows: WWXL 1450 kHz, Manchester, KY* Saturday, March 22, 2014. 11:00 PM ET until Midnight ET (same as 0300-0400 UTC). That would be tonight, and note it is before midnight eastern time. The update late yesterday was unclear, made it look like 12-1PM (though UTC indicated an early morning hour). I think the only alternative for those who want to hear the test, if no further information is available, is to try tonight from 11pm to 1 am eastern. I also gave it a shot in the last half-hour ... I had just arrived at Burnt River and used my Tecsun ultralight as it's too hard to set up a flag in three feet of snow at night. There's also a test of 1330 in Monohans TX Saturday night / Sunday morning... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: va...@rogers.com Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:45:46 -0400 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] no sign of WWXL-1450 test in Bowie, MD Hi Guys: I checked for the Test last night and DID NOT hear anything. I did hear a Female singing the Star Spangled Banner at 2300 EDT though!! Not sure what that was…Maybe the start of a Basketball Game or other sporting event. I wondered if WWXL might play the SSB….but probably not??? Will check again tonight to see what pans out…….. 73…ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA On 2014-03-21, at 8:20 AM, Russ Edmunds wrote: I didn't see the change until this morning, however since it doesn't seem to have been heard, I plan to look for it tomorrow night ( as per earlier announcements ) anyway in case something got confused along the way. ___ 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] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night
Sorry for my earlier confusion re KCKM-1330, which as Steve, Paul and others correctly note is TONIGHT: KCKM-1330 Monahans TX Saturday March 22 (Friday night into Saturday morning) 0101 to 0130 *Eastern* Daylight Time / 0501 to 0530 UTC So that is certain. I checked with Paul Walker who arranged it and he confirms it. It's the 1450 WKXL test where I think we may have conflicting information - a few of us seem to have tried last night, without success, after a posting on at least one list, as follows - and I quote: If you heard the DX Test from WWXL-1450 intially scheduled for last Saturday, March 15th, you DID NOT hear it. However, good news . Regrets for the late notice, but the schedule of station personnel is very fluid at the moment, so we take what we can get (and are EXTREMELY grateful for the re-schedule of this test). For TONIGHT/early tomorrow morning: March 21, 2014. 12:00-1:00 PM EDT (0500-0600 UTC). WWXL-1450, Manchester, Kentucky will conduct a DX test at a power of 1,000 watts non-directional. End of quote from last night's post... But this update has 5 fours between UTC and EDT, when there should be four, and there's PM that should probably be AM. Now, the original time and date the 1450 WKXL test was rescheduled (after the engineer couldn't make it to the site due to car problems) was as follows: WWXL-1450 Manchester KY Saturday March 22 (Saturday night almost into Sunday morning) 11:00 to 11:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 0300 to 0345 UTC But, pending further information or a clarification, it would seem to make sense to look for the test and/or record from 0300-0600 UTC (2300-0200 EDT) BOTH tonight and tomorrow night. Just to be safe. My best guess and hunch is the WWXL test will be tonight, given that no one who checked heard it last night. Anyhow, that's what I'll be doing. I'm not taking any chances after spending an hour in the deep snow and ice untangling and setting up my directional flag (aimed wsw). Despite the confusion, I'm really grateful to all those who have conducted, arranged and communicated about the tests. I apologize again for mixing up the dates re KCKM. Again, it's TONIGHT... If more information or a clarification comes forward, great. If not, so be it. And, please, if there's anything incorrect in here, let us know. I've gone thru it multiple times ... Now go get yer radios on! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night
12:01AM to 12:31AM Central time is the same as 0101 to 0130 Eastern Time (0501 to 0530 UTC) - I simply put it as eastern time because I'm, well, in that time zone. Perhaps the best way to do these announcements is the station's local time coupled with UTC time. Saul Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:37:06 + From: barry.davie...@btopenworld.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night Shouldn't it be CENTRAL time? Best wishes and 73's Barry :-) Carlisle UK. Lat. 54.9795N Lon. 02.8745W PERSEUS, 3.7m x 10m Flag + FLG100 amp From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com m...@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 21 March 2014, 19:49 Subject: [IRCA] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night Sorry for my earlier confusion re KCKM-1330, which as Steve, Paul and others correctly note is TONIGHT: KCKM-1330 Monahans TX Saturday March 22 (Friday night into Saturday morning) 0101 to 0130 *Eastern* Daylight Time / 0501 to 0530 UTC So that is certain. I checked with Paul Walker who arranged it and he confirms it. It's the 1450 WKXL test where I think we may have conflicting information - a few of us seem to have tried last night, without success, after a posting on at least one list, as follows - and I quote: If you heard the DX Test from WWXL-1450 intially scheduled for last Saturday, March 15th, you DID NOT hear it. However, good news . Regrets for the late notice, but the schedule of station personnel is very fluid at the moment, so we take what we can get (and are EXTREMELY grateful for the re-schedule of this test). For TONIGHT/early tomorrow morning: March 21, 2014. 12:00-1:00 PM EDT (0500-0600 UTC). WWXL-1450, Manchester, Kentucky will conduct a DX test at a power of 1,000 watts non-directional. End of quote from last night's post... But this update has 5 fours between UTC and EDT, when there should be four, and there's PM that should probably be AM. Now, the original time and date the 1450 WKXL test was rescheduled (after the engineer couldn't make it to the site due to car problems) was as follows: WWXL-1450 Manchester KY Saturday March 22 (Saturday night almost into Sunday morning) 11:00 to 11:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 0300 to 0345 UTC But, pending further information or a clarification, it would seem to make sense to look for the test and/or record from 0300-0600 UTC (2300-0200 EDT) BOTH tonight and tomorrow night. Just to be safe. My best guess and hunch is the WWXL test will be tonight, given that no one who checked heard it last night. Anyhow, that's what I'll be doing. I'm not taking any chances after spending an hour in the deep snow and ice untangling and setting up my directional flag (aimed wsw). Despite the confusion, I'm really grateful to all those who have conducted, arranged and communicated about the tests. I apologize again for mixing up the dates re KCKM. Again, it's TONIGHT... If more information or a clarification comes forward, great. If not, so be it. And, please, if there's anything incorrect in here, let us know. I've gone thru it multiple times ... Now go get yer radios on! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 ___ 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] 660 WAMO on late
660 WAMO with urban format, local ads. 2321 EDT No sign of 1450 DX test thus far. Saul Chernos Burnt River ___ 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] Richardson TX 1700 huge with Mexican music
Dominant at Burnt River ON. Usually it's Des Moines IA... Couple Spanish stations on 89o u/WLS. No sign of the 1450 DX test, will keep ear on 1450 as I await 1330 TX. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] KCKM-1330 DX test
sweeps good here, maybe some code Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: drummer196...@hotmail.com To: a...@yahoogroups.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:07:23 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] KCKM-1330 DX test Loud and clear here in the heart of America with code IDs, sweep tones, and phone-off-the-hook tones starting at 0003 Central. No voice IDs as of yet, but the code is good enough to confirm it.73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska ___ 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] 1070 solved as KNX
Thanks, Stephen and Mike, I would not have recognized that address enough to have made that out. Been to LA once. Guess I should get out more... ;-) Saul C From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:53:38 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Yes, 605 at Peck road is in the Whittier area. KNX gets out well!! ms From: wb6...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:08:20 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Right off the bat at 0:01 605 northbound Peck Road is in the Los Angeles area. Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 02:48:26 + From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Wow the announcer speaks fast... I can catch most of that, but not the calls. The slogan would nail it. I usually hear this one once or twice a season, so now I guess thgis season won't be amn exception. Thanks Rick and Paul. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: drummer196...@hotmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:11:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others Yep, at about the :22 mark of the 1070 clip, I'm hearing traffic and weather together on theSouthern California's...1070 KNX... 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:03:18 -0400 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others i swear I heard a mention of Southern California in your 1070 clip. Paul Sent from my iPad ___ 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 ___ 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] 1070 solved as KNX
Oops ... rather ... Thanks, *Dennis* and Mike, I would not have recognized that address enough to have made that out. Been to LA once. Guess I should get out more... ;-) Saul C From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:53:38 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Yes, 605 at Peck road is in the Whittier area. KNX gets out well!! ms From: wb6...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:08:20 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Right off the bat at 0:01 605 northbound Peck Road is in the Los Angeles area. Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 02:48:26 + From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX Wow the announcer speaks fast... I can catch most of that, but not the calls. The slogan would nail it. I usually hear this one once or twice a season, so now I guess thgis season won't be amn exception. Thanks Rick and Paul. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: drummer196...@hotmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:11:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others Yep, at about the :22 mark of the 1070 clip, I'm hearing traffic and weather together on theSouthern California's...1070 KNX... 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:03:18 -0400 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others i swear I heard a mention of Southern California in your 1070 clip. Paul Sent from my iPad ___ 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 ___ 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
[IRCA] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw
Within an hour of logging 580 XEMU MEXICO Piedras Negras and 800 XEROK Ciudad Juarez in the wee hours of Feb 27, I have a third new Mexican IDed. 700 XEDKR Guadalajara. Nuevo Amanecer program reference matches Radio Red’s schedule. I see from reports found online that it's been heard in Europe and Tim Tromp reported it booming in to West Michigan earlier that morning. So hard to believe it’s only 1000 watts as I've seen listed. A few more clips to go 620 and 1090. This pipeline to Mexico lasted a few hours, soon it gave way to stuff more to the south, like Cuba. I'll post a full log from this session as soon as I sort a few more things out. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others
A few unIDs from late February continue to elude me. So I'm putting them out for better ears and local knowledge. Times EST, from Burnt River ON: 1070 – 0645 – Traffic at the start of the clip, then weather, Barracuda and Geico ads, Bill Bennett Morning in America. Assuming but not certain these are the same station. It's the traffic - I'm hoping someone recognizes roadways mentioned. 1090 – 0720 – ID about 9 seconds in sounding like “on 100.3 Bob FM.” Nothing checks in that regard that I can find. Underneath WBAL. 1180 – 0703 – “This is the Eric Anderson (sounds like that) Show on 'Something's' Talk Radio” and web address as “'Something' TalkRadio.com. I don't think this is the talk stations in PA IL or MS per their schedules. I'm at a loss. Underneath WHAM. 1360 unID – 0811 – “16 degrees at ? studios in downtown ? Park in the Ohio Valley. I think bluegrass music that follows is the same station. I am suspecting needed WMOV Ravenswood WV (which I've heard in Toronto but not from Burnt River). Clips posted online: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8744 Any thoughts are appreciated, with thanks. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1070 solved as KNX
Wow the announcer speaks fast... I can catch most of that, but not the calls. The slogan would nail it. I usually hear this one once or twice a season, so now I guess thgis season won't be amn exception. Thanks Rick and Paul. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: drummer196...@hotmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:11:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others Yep, at about the :22 mark of the 1070 clip, I'm hearing traffic and weather together on theSouthern California's...1070 KNX... 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:03:18 -0400 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others i swear I heard a mention of Southern California in your 1070 clip. Paul On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: A few unIDs from late February continue to elude me. So I'm putting them out for better ears and local knowledge. Times EST, from Burnt River ON: 1070 – 0645 – Traffic at the start of the clip, then weather, Barracuda and Geico ads, Bill Bennett Morning in America. Assuming but not certain these are the same station. It's the traffic - I'm hoping someone recognizes roadways mentioned. 1090 – 0720 – ID about 9 seconds in sounding like “on 100.3 Bob FM.” Nothing checks in that regard that I can find. Underneath WBAL. 1180 – 0703 – “This is the Eric Anderson (sounds like that) Show on 'Something's' Talk Radio” and web address as “'Something' TalkRadio.com. I don't think this is the talk stations in PA IL or MS per their schedules. I'm at a loss. Underneath WHAM. 1360 unID – 0811 – “16 degrees at ? studios in downtown ? Park in the Ohio Valley. I think bluegrass music that follows is the same station. I am suspecting needed WMOV Ravenswood WV (which I've heard in Toronto but not from Burnt River). Clips posted online: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8744 Any thoughts are appreciated, with thanks. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] 1360 unID
Thanks, Paul. Useful to know as I try and sort out this unID. Saul Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:03:18 -0400 Subject: [mwdx] Re: [IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com WMOV's last known format was Oldies via Dial Global's Classic Hits, JJ McKay, etc. Paul On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: A few unIDs from late February continue to elude me. So I'm putting them out for better ears and local knowledge. Times EST, from Burnt River ON: 1070 – 0645 – Traffic at the start of the clip, then weather, Barracuda and Geico ads, Bill Bennett Morning in America. Assuming but not certain these are the same station. It's the traffic - I'm hoping someone recognizes roadways mentioned. 1090 – 0720 – ID about 9 seconds in sounding like “on 100.3 Bob FM.” Nothing checks in that regard that I can find. Underneath WBAL. 1180 – 0703 – “This is the Eric Anderson (sounds like that) Show on 'Something's' Talk Radio” and web address as “'Something' TalkRadio.com. I don't think this is the talk stations in PA IL or MS per their schedules. I'm at a loss. Underneath WHAM. 1360 unID – 0811 – “16 degrees at ? studios in downtown ? Park in the Ohio Valley. I think bluegrass music that follows is the same station. I am suspecting needed WMOV Ravenswood WV (which I've heard in Toronto but not from Burnt River). Clips posted online: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8744 Any thoughts are appreciated, with thanks. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ 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] XEMU 580 Mexico IDed ON
580 XEMU MEXICO Piedras Negras logged at Burnt River ON Feb 28 at 2305 EST. Clip attached. Definite Mexican content - clear mentions of Mexicana. My thanks to DXer Jon Hamilton who pulled the ID outa this one - La Rancherita del Aire. It's west of San Antonio Texas, right on the Tex-Mex border. 5000 watts day, 2500 watts night. Logged 800 XEROK Ciudad Juarez less than an hour later, paralleling it to its webstream. Both are new. Heavy auroral conditions that night; still going through my unIDs. XEMU clip is online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8743 Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Another WWXL 1450 DX test
That's why it's good to record. Maybe you did? I do this at Burnt River. Almost everything gets recorded when I'm paying attention (and sometimes unattended). I'm in Toronto and took the car out last night to escape downtown noise and the near-immediate proximity of three AM towers, including one on 1430. I thought for a moment once or twice I heard exceedingly faint sweeps. But I had no means of recording (I guess I could have set up an MP3 on the car seat or something but I didn't bother), and the noises were faint enough that I probably would have needed a direct line-in to have captured what i think I might possibly have heard. So, as they say, too bad... Saul Burnt River ON Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:33:24 -0500 From: todftscytj7...@aol.com To: mwhun...@verizon.net; walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; m...@googlegroups.com; m...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Another WWXL 1450 DX test According to JD Stephens the test was cancelled. I coulda swore I heard sweep tones at 2002. Todd Skaine Original message From: mwhunter mwhun...@verizon.net Date:03/15/2014 10:22 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com,'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' irca@hard-core-dx.com,'NRC' a...@nrcdxas.org,m...@googlegroups.com,'mwdx' m...@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [mwdx] Another WWXL 1450 DX test Some sweep tones heard here at 2317. Otherwise just a pileup of stations and noise. Even local WCTC is nowhere to be heard. Mike Hunter W2MHZ Neshanic Station, NJ From: m...@googlegroups.com [mailto:m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 11:17 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; NRC; m...@googlegroups.com; mwdx Subject: [mwdx] Another WWXL 1450 DX test From the Chief Enigneer XL am 1450 will run a dx test on saturday marh 15 th at 11 pm eastern time. Test will be of morse code and other sound fx and voice. all reports shound be send by email to jodypritc...@gmail.com and consist of mp3 audio.snail mail to wwxl att Jody Ritchie ce po box 449 Manchester Ky 40962 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ 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] [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re: More on mergers
Bob, Did you communicate with CPRV re a couple of your most precious ones, specifically, like Tarawa and Swan, so they know exactly what they're not getting? There's a radio museum in Bloomfield NY, another one supposedly near Guelph ON (I've never seen it and only heard vaguely about it - Scott Fybush would know about Bloomfield and possibly about Guelph). I culled my QSL collection long ago - most of them really didn't mean much to me personally - but kept about 20-25 that did. None would match Radio Swan, and I'd imagine none would even come anywhere close. Saul Chernos Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:07:25 + From: rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re: [IRCA] More on mergers I'd like to start a thread about verification archival, if I may, which I suppose is somewhat distantly related to the merger thread. I was around in the 1960's and actually still have some of the material that circulated by mail back then. But that's not why I write now. Any of us who were around in the 60's realize the age issues that we face. I had registered my QSL collection with the CPRV archival service in 1989, but still have my QSL's today. They fairly comfortably fit into two standard briefcases. The good ones along with the mundane. On August 15 of last year I got a letter from CPRV saying in effect that was no more interest in acquiring new collections because of so much overlap with existing material. I can understand this, it's a hard argument to refute. In my own case I'd estimate that I have maybe 20 to 30 verifications that have significant archival interest. The rest of them (hundreds) are just like the 1 kw daytimers 500 miles away I used to hear at 6 AM sign-on with regularity. The consequence of this is there is no longer any means for me to seek archival of the maybe 20 verifications I really care about as they are regarded the same as the 1 kw daytimer sign-on from 500 miles away verie that already has been submitted and 'registered' by others. As I see it, I no longer have any means to archive _any_ of the QSL's I have. This includes such as the 2-page letter I got from VSZ-1 Tarawa in 1971 which I really think has archival value. Or correspondence from Radio Swan on 1160 in 1960. No one I know would have any interest in spending all the time it would take to parse them out onto eBay. As it stands, on my passing (I am 71) all this material would be thrown out, unless I can find a recipient during my lifetime. Is anyone thinking about this? - Bob Foxworth ___ 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] QSL Archival
Wayne describes a sensible approach for QSL collections - digitizing them. That will preserve some sense of them in their entirety. A few thoughts: Keep in mind the sentimental value of QSLs, to us, versus their subjective historic value. Largely, they're somewhere between travel photographs and a stamp collection. There's a little more value, financially and collector-wise than the photos, but they're nowhere near the collectibility, mass interest-wise, of stamps. Probably because their financial value is almost nothing. Digitizing makes it possible to store an enormous volume of them, taking little space. They can always be updated to meet successive digital formats as time moves along so long as someone overseeing their keep does that. That way they're preserved digitally for as long as someone cares to do this. I think a very select few will have some true lasting value from a museum standpoint. An interesting museum display or show could be pieced together around various relics from radio, and a small piece would be a few key QSLs. Keep in mind a lot of what museums hold isn't on permanent display. Most holdings are archived and in storage. So it's a matter of determining what in a particular collection might have some kind of historic value and what might interest a particular museum. Think along the lines of famous early pirates such as Caroline, or clandestines such as Argentine Annie, or the earliest years of radio pioneers such as CFCF and KDKA etc. And consider the different kinds of museums out there - county museums, national museums, radio or communications museums, radio hobby museums like the one in Bloomfield NY, university collections, and so on. There might be a home for DX artefacts in all of these, to some degree. Keep in mind, too, that over-the-air radio will soon be a wholly historic phenomenon, once some form of online takes over. So there could be some growing historic merit there. Why wait until the medium is gone, and stuff is harder to come by, to put in place permanent memorials and collections. Ultimately our various QSLs would likely end up scattered among multiple museums and such. That may be better than centralizing them in one place because it stands to reason more people would get to see them. Think of a museum display or show as telling a story. And consider that QSLs don't tell the full story of our hobby, just as DXing doesn't tell the whole story of radio, or radio of broadcasting, or broadcasting of mass communications or media. At this point, perhaps we should keep whatever QSLs we have, and at the very least will them to some interested DXer colleague if family members are unlikely to want them. Don't saddle your spouse, children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews with stuff they may or may not want. I wouldn't want everything my grandparents owned. In fact, I'm quite happy with memories, and perhaps an object or two - but it means more to me when that object reflects some aspect of the relationship that was cherished. If your spouse was a DX widow many evenings, your QSLs may very well end up in the fireplace. have that discussion up front with them - let them know how you feel and what you want done. Put it in writing or even in your living will or will (wills sometimes get read after some housecleaning has been done). I'm going to speak with a radio exec I know who is passionate about the medium, to see what he thinks. Saul Chernos amradio...@nrcdxas.org To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:48:59 -0600 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] QSL Archival Hi all The National Radio Club has begun scanning verifications and, after they have been scanned, placing them for public view at nrcdxas.org. We are currently organizing the collection of Kermit Geary. Other collections have arrived. After they are scanned they then go on to the people at the Committee and hence to UofM. These have mostly come to me and I have been able to get a few helpers with the project. My main scanning task now is to get the remainder of DX News scanned and up at e-DXN.com. Those interested in this either to have them archived or to assist in scanning to pdf are encouraged to contact me off the list... Remember if you reply to this is goes on the list, so please make sure the email is directed to amradio...@nrcdxas.org 73 Wayne -Original Message- From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Ben Dangerfield Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 14:57 To: AM DX Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL Archival Bob Foxworth has raised the subject of sending our QS L cards and lletters somewhere for preservation. I would rather keep them in our family archives. I have 2 sons, 2 great-grandsons, a daughter, and especially a wife who enjoys preserving and writing about our family history and family treasures. Someday someone might be interested' They have been in the past. And Bob,
[IRCA] DX Test WWXL-1450 - no luck
No sure-fire sign of anything in Toronto, where I am this weekend. Took a drive from my downtown QTH up the Don Valley POarkway to the north-central part of the city (York Mills) and back, and only a vague kind of hint of a sweep tone that could easily have been my imagination. I would expect to need some kind of directional antenna to get KY on graveyard from here. Saul Chernos Not in Burnt River ON Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:13:03 -0700 From: dx-t...@att.net To: a...@yahoogroups.com; hard-core...@hard-core-dx.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; wghau...@yahoo.com Subject: [IRCA] REMINDER - TONIGHT: DX Test From WWXL-1450 Just a reminder about the WWXL DX test TONIGHT (or tomorrow depending on your time zone). Details below. Good luck !! J.D. Stephens Saturday, March 15, 2014. 11:00-11:45 PM EDT (0300-0345 UTC on the 16th). WWXL-1450, Manchester, Kentucky will conduct a DX test at a power of 1,000 watts non-directional. The test will include Morse code, other sound effects and voice announcements. Reception reports may be sent by email to jodypritc...@gmail.com. Please include a mp3 audio clip with your e-mail submission. Snail mail reports may be sent to: WWXL-AM Radio, ATTN: Jody Ritchie - Chief Engineer, P.O. Box 449, Manchester, KY 40962-0449. Many thanks to Jody Ritchie for continuing this great series of DX tests! (Arranged by J.D. Stephens) ___ 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] CANCELLED: DX Test From WWXL-1450
Had I read this before posting my no-luck message... Saul Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:28:24 -0700 From: dx-t...@att.net Subject: [IRCA] CANCELLED: DX Test From WWXL-1450 Just got an e-mail from the Engineer at WWXL-1450 to inform that regrettably, tonight's DX test is cancelled. His vehicle broke down and he cannot get to the station. He indicates he would re-schedule at a later date. 73, J.D. Stephens ___ 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] More on mergers
Interesting points brought up in this discussion. Thanks to John and Ben and others for providing perhaps the clearest and most concise history I've ever read about what happened in and around 1963, and what has resulted since then. It's helpful to know... I also appreciated Jim Renfrew's comments about mergers, and his analogy to churches. I particularly like his strategic way of seeing things. It made me think hard about my pro-merger view. Ultimately, at the end of the day I still think merging IRCA and NRC might be the best thing for AM DXing in North America. That's given the rapidly changing nature of broadcasting and our reduced numbers in the clubs, if not the hobby itself (Scott Fybush mentioned thousands on a Facebook DX site, something that's previously unknown to me and absolutely fascinating). Still, in terms of a merger, it seems to me we may not be there right now, and we may never be there, for lots of reasons - good, bad or otherwise - that many have stated here. Jim's analogy to churches got me thinking about my own opposition to the amalgamation more than a decade ago of a number of boroughs in the Toronto area to form a new, much larger City of Toronto. I thought it a terrible move for many reasons - it killed a lot of 'local' that made each of those smaller boroughs unique, it allowed politicians from some outlying areas of the new city to pit their areas of the city against those more downtown; and vice-versa. Our current mayor, whom all of you likely know of, is a product of a lot of this. I could go on. At the time, as opposed as I was to amalgamating the boroughs, I thought it would have been sensible to amalgamate certain services, and/or to create cooperative service agreements or something of the sort. Firefighting, for instance. Police. Public transportation. Perhaps some aspects of municipal services such as water and sewage. But it was definitely unwise, for example, to have people 30 miles away from the waterfront deciding on development decisions there. Amalgamation hasn't proven so good for municipal planning and zoning, though I do think the different boroughs, as they were, would have benefitted from degrees of coordination. So as Jim alluded to with churches, I would agree there's lessons out there for DX clubs and the larger DX community / communities. Many of which we've touched on, like the different forms of governance. Perhaps the way forward is to take some stock of what's out there, and of who is out there. And take a project-oriented approach to preserving the hobby and its infrastructure. The kind of cooperation that saw a twinned IRCA-NRC convention last year, and twinned NRC-WTFDA conventions in years past, is proof that a sufficient number of people from the various clubs are eager and able to work together. IRCA-NRC has also had a joint DX Test committee. (I'm guilty of falling by the wayside on that one but there's several others who still collaborate in that regard). Some other suggestions here have make eminent sense, such as joint columns where the content or preparation is labour or data-intensive, for instance. I love the NRC paper log, and I also loved Lee Freshwater's web-based directory, which I at least thought of as an IRCA effort though I'm not entirely sure if that's correct. It's too bad the latter has ended - I would love to see the NRC log also available online, for a fee to non-members or free to members of either club or some variation of that. I am fully aware there were issues awhile back involving the paper log's proprietariness, but maybe there's a way to figure this one out so the integrity of the log and its publisher(s) can be maintained and respected. Would it not be amazing to have a joint online NRC-IRCA AM station log that's fully searchable and up to date? (Currently I'm using the NRC log and Barry McLarnon's amazingly good and highly searchable online list). No doubt there's the valid perspective that competition can push volunteer efforts up a notch or two, and to some degree I can understand that argument. There may be times that's true, though we're largely talking volunteers, not businesses. But Lee needed to step down and his perfectly good site - his years of excellent, dedicated work - went kaplooey. I'm at a loss as to why it could not have been merged with some other volunteer effort, even an online one. If our numbers are dropping, at least in the clubs, there may be actual tangible projects to do in tandem. Perhaps by taking a project-oriented approach we'd nurture the actual services and such that we depend on, and sooner or later we might have some larger sense of what's best for our future. I'm also intrigued by the apparent success of the Facebook group, though I'm somewhat wary of the transitory nature of things online. Today Facebook, tomorrow something else, the day after etc. But if that's where a substantial number of the younger
Re: [IRCA] More 810 Fun
If it was last night, ie., Friday evening, Jim, cx were transitioning back to 'normal', and NB could be a candidate. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 10:39:32 -0500 From: jim.renf...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] More 810 Fun Good point. It sounded like bluegrass, but nothing was familiar (and I know me some bluegrass). I didn't think to listen for any French language. But it was semi-auroral, and even WGY was poor, so I wonder how CJVA would have snuck in? Solution? Keep listening! Jim On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Marc DeLorenzo midcapem...@aol.com wrote: Jim- Country music on 810 is almost always CJVA. I imagine they play some bluegrass also. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: James Renfrew jim.renf...@gmail.com To: am a...@nrcdxas.org; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 8:53 pm Subject: [IRCA] More 810 Fun Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 2020 EDT 810 ZNS DJ talk and weather 2030 EDT 810 UNID Spanish (no idea if domestic or foreign) 2050 EDT 810 UNID Bluegrass/country -quite strong through WGY (except for any ID announcements which I haven't heard yet) ___ 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 ___ 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] [NRC-AM] auroral activity
From Burnt River ON as soon as the sun was close to setting I had a pipeline to the US midwest (IL IA MN WI) that included GYers such as East St. Louis IL on 1490. This soon veered south and every channel above 1230 had a local high school basketball game from KY and IN, with a few TN stations tossed in. Then it veered back up to include everything from KY and IN to WI and MN. Never much further beyond that, but for instance I was finally able to isolate the Radio Disney from Belvedere IL on 1260, which serves St. Louis. I lucked into a local break, which is rare on Disney. Normally I can't tell if it's Erie PA! I was primarily working my new directional flag aimed ssw, and there were a few Mexicans and Cubans here and there as well. Mostly usual suspects, like 1060 Mexico City, but with exceptional signals. Close top midnight, the band broke open to the south and sw into Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico, and who knows what else. I have a few unIDs. Some Spanish stations were US-based - like the 980 out of SC, which I had new just a few days ago I received again. This time I //ed it to the El Sol 980-1480 web stream. I managed also to //800 XEROK out of Mexico for a new catch. 800 was interesting - for over an hour no sign of CJBQ or CKLW, my two high-powered semilocal pests. Instead it was the triad of a 250-watter from Casey IL, XEROK and a sports station I think was from Iowa (one of many unID audio clips to review). I heard something non-English on 1100 and hauled Globo up on the web audio stream, but it was a completely different program. And 1100 sounded more Spanish than Portuguese (it was weak). What's also interesting is this aurora - K6 at its outset at sunset but by 3am down to K3 - did not wipe out channels to the point of zero, as it often does - although some DXers not far from me reported empty channels. I'd chalk that down perhaps to my northerly, noise-free location. And the new flag and other north-south one are performing as they should. Though at one point I had 680 CFTR (680 News) all over the section from 1600-1800 and other crap elsewhere...a loose connection, whatever, I checked the antenna outside, unplugged and replugged a few things inside, and at some point it simply corrected itself. No idea why. Seven new catches from sunset thru to 3am local time. Not including dozens of unIDs and clips to go through. I return home early Saturday and somehow I think it's reasonable that my time up here, this trip, is about up. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; b...@yahoogroups.com; cap...@yahoogroups.com From: markwa1...@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:11:31 -0500 Subject: [NRC-AM] auroral activity In a few minutes of listening before bed last night, I noted some good South American signals as well as the usual pile of Cubans. Fortaleza, Brazil good on 760 with Portuguese talk that seemed religious. Caracas, Venezuela booming on 750 with Venezuelan National Anthem. Spanish loud on 780 over WBBM: probably Coro, Venezuela. All this at about 11:25-11:30 p.m. EST / 27 FEB = 0425-0430 UTC / 28 FEB. I was using the Palstar R30C upstairs as it was rather chilly in the basement where I keep the other gear. Tonight I'll set up for a Perseus capture or two. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] Three new on 800 in 1 hour!
Three new on 800 in the space of an hour this morning: Casey IL at EST, XEROK Mexico at 0016, and now going through audio clips I've a weak but solid enough KXIC call for Iowa City at 0100. CJBQ Belleville ON, a major pest, was eliminated on my new sw-pointing flag antenna. And CKLW was absent for more than an hour even though Windsor-Detroits were strong enough on 580, 760 and to some extent 950. CJBQ-CKLW makes 800 pretty much a no-DX channel here. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] bahamas huge on 810
any stronger it'll hurt, island music and references Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 870 KPRM
it was huge last night... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:53:14 -0600 From: todftscytj7...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 870 KPRM Noted with day power. Might break through with its 40kw for someone Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010 or car radio ___ 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] not as auroral so far tonight
I agree nowhere near as auroral, but it's been a very decent evening that's winding down to the south, at least. I would characterize it as a recovery, and if the Feb 28 forecast aurora hits I would predict some wild stuff deep into the south. I will miss anything after SRS Saturday and likely not be back for a few weeks. Anyhow, the FL and Latins that were in are way down. I've moved to my sw wire and presumed WY is dominant almost on 1630 ... so who knows where this will go. I'd love to pick off a few from Mexico before I leave in the morning... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: b...@yahoogroups.com; cap...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org From: markwa1...@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:29:18 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] not as auroral so far tonight I set up the Perseus and ran captures Friday evening at 6, 7, and 8 p.m. EST (2300, , 0100 UTC). Though there were some hints of auroral activity, there were certainly enough Canadian and other northerly signals around to indicate that things would be less interesting than yesterday. Dominating their channels were CBC Newfoundland stations on 540, 600, 640; CBC Nova Scotia 1140; and the 1260 NB 1270 NS country stations. Hardly indicative of deep aurora. Same thing on 690 730 with Montreal dominating. Brazil tonight was just Globo 1220 with typical shouting and tone sweeps lurking behind WWSF-ME. There were numerous TA's with several big mid-band Spaniards as well as a fat 891 Algeria het against 890 WAMG. Maybe later this evening will get more interesting to the south. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA ___ 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] [NRC-AM] February MW loggings
I think it's reasonable for any of us to correct the errors of others. Moderators can't be expected to provide such assistance - I'd certainly want to know of any of my own errors. I realize this every time I spot an error in my own logbook... Now that said, I can't help but notice this typo in Paul's correction... WILY is in Illinois (Illinois) not Iowa (IA) ... OK, maybe that's getting too granular ... hee hee... Now back to DX. KGGF 690 just did an anthem at 0559 and 0600 EST sign-on ... amazingly strong ... for those who need it, check at this time tomorrow... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:14:44 -0600 From: todftscytj7...@aol.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] February MW loggings Rick, thank you very much for posting dx material. Everyone should be thanking and be encouraging to each other for taking the time to dx. Perhaps the moderator should do the corrections from here on out... Todd Skaine Original message From: Rick Dau Date:02/26/2014 10:56 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ,a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] February MW loggings Simple typo on my part... 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:41:44 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org CC: a...@yahoogroups.com; radio_enthusi...@hotmail.com; john_john...@prodigy.net; irca@hard-core-dx.com; dxrepo...@webtv.net Subject: Re: [IRCA] February MW loggings WILY is in Illinois (Illinois) not Iowa (IA) Easy mistake to make :) Paul On Feb 26, 2014 11:36 PM, Rick Dau drummer196...@hotmail.com wrote: ___ 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] K6
Rev up yer engines, folks. K = 6... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] K6
mega pipeline to IL MO IA MN WI all relogs so far but huge signals Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:25:20 + Subject: [NRC-AM] K6 Rev up yer engines, folks. K = 6... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] Gospel on 810khz likely ZNS3 Bahamas
A relog, but rarely heard inland here. Thanks to Jerry Keefer for the suggestion, and for word that WSJC is not currently on the air. Input from all of you appreciated... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: a...@nrcdxas.org From: jki5384...@aol.com Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:23:01 -0500 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Gospel on 810khz last night - could this have been ZNS3? You indeed had 810 in Grand Bahama, I was thru Magee Friday night, they are off the air. Presently they have an STA for 1 kw day. Jerry Kiefer -Original Message- From: amdxer amd...@core.com To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com; mwdx m...@googlegroups.com; am a...@nrcdxas.org Sent: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 10:50 pm Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Gospel on 810khz last night - could this have been ZNS3? Saul mentioned previously of hearing a Gospel program on 810khz last night. I heard what I suspect was the same programing in the evening. I brushed it off as 810 WSJC Magee, Miss. But I now suspect that WSJC is off the air. Can anyone confirm or deny that WSJC is back on. I recorded about 10 minutes, beginning at 00:03 UTC on 810 before moving on. I should have reviewed my recording sooner! The Gospel preachers, both male and female have very noticable Caribbean accents. There are mentions of people at the service from Long Island (there is a Long Island in the Bahamas) and some came from Grand Bahama island! Could this have been ZNS3? If so it was the best I have ever heard them! I should have stayed on 810 longer! There was no WCCO (only Norco, Louisiana), no WGY or WHO, WJR was weak. There were good southern CX at this time. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] Is WDLR 1550 OH back to True Oldies?
Just heard a QT 1270 ID on 1550 followed by oldies. WQTT 1270 in OH is True Oldies, and awhile back co-owned WDLR switched form Spanish-Mexican to True Oldies //1270. Then reverted back to Mexican as La Jefa. But tonight I am wondering if WDLR has switched or if it does this at nights or otherwise just periodically. The true oldies site lists WQTT but not WDLR. The only 1550 listed is WTTC in Towanda PA (which I have never logged here). The same music selections are coming up on WTTC's web site. Weird... and which means one has to be careful with web parallels... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1060 super-muffled live game
worst thing i have ever heard on radio... 1855 to my sw Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1320 Washington County girls basketball.
1320 likely WBRT KY with Washington County girls basketball. Maxpreps points me to a game indeed underway in GA but calls twwice sounded like WBRG. It's taped so will check later. 1808 EST. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 810 preacher
Had a pretty engaged black-gospel baptist preacher on 810 last night - and black gospel close to sunrise today - and no IDable talk. Any ideas who? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1510 WPGR PA on day power
1510 WPGR PA Monroeville. Choral music on this Catholic stn, TOH ID 2200 EST mentions Diocese of Erie and legal ID and One body one mind slogan. Should be one watt at night...go get 'em... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 810 preacher
saw your post on bcb logger so knew you also had it. ZNS? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:00:02 -0500 From: kilok...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher Also heard on my 0100 UTC recording from last night, but no ID here either... 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan On 02/24/2014 09:30 PM, Chernos Saul wrote: Had a pretty engaged black-gospel baptist preacher on 810 last night - and black gospel close to sunrise today - and no IDable talk. Any ideas who? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late
i have something u/WLAC and it's a bit off-frequency...at 0011 est Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: a...@nrcdxas.org From: dxe...@aol.com Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:50:06 -0500 Subject: [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late I am hearing KCTE 1510 Independence MO, a 10 kw directional daytimer with a NNE/SSW pattern, on late below WLAC. The station, which has the slogan ESPN 1510, is ironically a carrying Yahoo sports talk at present. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] New antenna, new station
New directional FLG100LN-2 flag antenna aimed west-southwest installed this afternoon, moved my other unterminated flag to a different spot on the property and it's north-south. On the new wsw flag just heard Charlotte checkers hockey, sounds like game has ended. Ads for NC lottery and an ad for a chiropractor in AC 803 which is very close to Charlotte. WZVG is new. Montreal to my east is huge on the unterminated N-S loop, so with Montreal absent on this new terminated critter (WLIL mixing in with country), it's just done its job. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Macedonian on 1440 WDRJ Inkster MI
I was wondering why I was hearing Macedonian on 1440. //ed it to WDRJ's web site. Language sounded familiar - I am learning Serbian - but talk was re makedoniya and the languages have similarities... Anyhow, the music stands out, sounds a bit like Greek music, as might be expected... so if you need it, this time every week ... not sure when the program it starts or ends ... but heard around 2200 EST Normal format is Black Gospel, Rejoice... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Thursday morning at Burnt River ON
With the K up at 6, an interesting morning. 1140 XEMR Monterrey was huge at 0643 EST // web stream with talk, sounding religious, but mentioning Nueve Leon and Monterrey. A presumed KVSH ID on 940 but rather weak at 0651. Valentine NE. Not needed so moved on. Southern Gospel on 1140 at 0723 had me hoping for WRNA China Grove NC. IDed at 0731 as WBXR Hazel Green AL. Location given was actually Fayetteville-Huntsville. Relog. The Good Morning Wake Up Show / Solid Gospel.com on 1110 is presumed to be unneeded WCBR Richmond KY. At 0735. WCPC Houston MS was huge atop 940, one of the better signals I've had from it over the years. At 0745. A strange one on 990 at 0807 EST, well after sunrise and long after any trace of Mexicans here. Huge signal with La Noticias, Hora Nacional. Which is something I'd expect from Mexico. Had the CT Tropical station here a half hour earlier, during an upsurge from MA/CT/RI. But this came with good signals to the west and domestic southwest. At 0815, 1450 yielded KATE Albert Lea MN, a relog. KWNO 1230 Winona MN at 0825, Relevant Radio on 1330 is Minneapolis at 0829. Closed off the morning run with a new catch - nice ID on 1240 for KDEC. That's Decorah IA. Not often I hear IA on a GY. At 0850. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Cx gaining at Burnt River ON
Possibly the worst sunset skip ever. And I was ready to call it a night until about 2020 EST when Mexico City rose up and is almost equal to Philly on 1060. Chicago is in on 1240 at close to 500 miles. We'll see where / if this goes anywhere. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1340 stunting w/ Beatles
1340 stunting for past month with all Beatles..??? anyone know anything about this? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new
Took Niel Wolfish, DXing from Toronto, and me, Dxing from BR, awhile to figure out who is playing adult standards an hour or so past our local sunset, to the west, u/WRVA on 1140. We came to suspect KXCV MO and Niel noticed it // station web stream a few times. I noticed it tonight at 1850 EST and nabbed it with two songs and an announcer talking about the music, no ID but // web stream (off by about 15 seconds). Time range of 1840-1855 EST has been pretty consistent for those in our general area wanting to nab it before the station powers down for sunset. Station sometimes has talk - yesterday it was a too-weak-to-copy gardening program. New... Also went thru audio clips from yesterday morning. Have an ID for WPUV623 Pa on 1640, which is Clearfield and also DuBois. Pa DOT. New here for that one. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1340 stunting w/ Beatles
WMBO's wikipedia page confirms it's waiting to be Dinosaur and the slogan would certainly fit a station taking that long to shift to a new identity. Thanks, Paul. Easy relog... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:24:21 -0500 Subject: Re: 1340 stunting w/ Beatles From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: sau...@sympatico.ca CC: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com That's WMBO Auburn, NY Paul On Feb 19, 2014 9:21 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: 1340 stunting for past month with all Beatles..??? anyone know anything about this? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ 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] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new
Funny, when i was checking to see if KCXV was new I saw I had Piedmont logged, and for awhile I wondered if Liberty and Piedmont stations were one and the same. But they're not... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:18:33 -0600 From: todftscytj7...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new Nice catch guys. Its been rumored Piedmont stays on late too. Im hearing black gospel in their too. Did KYOK's CP go through? Radio Locator says its down to 800w daytime and 9w at night directional! Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010 or car radio On Feb 19, 2014 9:03 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: Took Niel Wolfish, DXing from Toronto, and me, Dxing from BR, awhile to figure out who is playing adult standards an hour or so past our local sunset, to the west, u/WRVA on 1140. We came to suspect KXCV MO and Niel noticed it // station web stream a few times. I noticed it tonight at 1850 EST and nabbed it with two songs and an announcer talking about the music, no ID but // web stream (off by about 15 seconds). Time range of 1840-1855 EST has been pretty consistent for those in our general area wanting to nab it before the station powers down for sunset. Station sometimes has talk - yesterday it was a too-weak-to-copy gardening program. New... Also went thru audio clips from yesterday morning. Have an ID for WPUV623 Pa on 1640, which is Clearfield and also DuBois. Pa DOT. New here for that one. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 ___ 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] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new
KCXL ... right ... typo ... and for whatever reason it kept me thinking of KXEL (1540 IA). Thanks. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: drummer196...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:28:57 -0600 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new One point of clarification...the CLs are KCXL. They are a frequent SRS and SSS visitor to this QTH. I notice on Wikipedia's page for KCXL that they've recently upgraded to 4000 watts during the daytime. 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska From: sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:02:28 + Subject: [IRCA] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new Took Niel Wolfish, DXing from Toronto, and me, Dxing from BR, awhile to figure out who is playing adult standards an hour or so past our local sunset, to the west, u/WRVA on 1140. We came to suspect KXCV MO and Niel noticed it // station web stream a few times. I noticed it tonight at 1850 EST and nabbed it with two songs and an announcer talking about the music, no ID but // web stream (off by about 15 seconds). Time range of 1840-1855 EST has been pretty consistent for those in our general area wanting to nab it before the station powers down for sunset. Station sometimes has talk - yesterday it was a too-weak-to-copy gardening program. New... Also went thru audio clips from yesterday morning. Have an ID for WPUV623 Pa on 1640, which is Clearfield and also DuBois. Pa DOT. New here for that one. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] DX this morning at Burnt River ON
1060 comedy at 0554 EST is presumed Calgary. Heard before with a previous format. 1020 KJJK MN at 0657 EST with Fox Sports Radio, think that's a fairly new format, relog. WUPE 1110 MA ran all night with oldies and Whoopie FM IDs. Licenced as a daytimer. Not much else but didn't spend long at the dials. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 830 UNID Solved!!
Indeed. 830 WFNO (Norco LA) has been a regular in Ontario ... I think this is a permanent state of things with the station. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:22:14 + From: barry.davie...@btopenworld.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!! Hello Stephen WFNO has put in a couple of appearances on this side of the pond so I suspect they have left their day power on hi! Best wishes and 73's Barry :-) Carlisle UK. Lat. 54.9795N Lon. 02.8745W PERSEUS, 3.7m x 10m Flag + FLG100 amp From: Stephen Ponder stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net To: ABDX a...@yahoogroups.com; Mail Group NRC a...@nrcdxas.org; IRCA Medium-Wave DX Mailing List irca@hard-core-dx.com; UltralightDX Yahoo Group ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 7:27 Subject: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!! Many of you may remember my post a few weeks back concerning an unid Hispanic station heard almost every night at my QTH under WCCO 830. If you replied to my post, thanks! I have your responses written down on my log page. Tonight (Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014, at 0003 UTC), I solved the mystery! Nulling out WCCO as best as I could, the resultant broadside direction was not the usual direction for México. According to Cantú, the station slogan - La Kaliente - is used by only one XE station on 830 ... XELN in Linares, Nuevo León (Sorry, Phil, my much-preferred IRCA Mexican Log is in a storage tub in our garage awaiting the completion of minor home renovations). Anyway, the broadside direction of my radio did not favor Linares. I don't know why I didn't do this earlier, but I Googled 830 AM Hispanic and saw WFNO in Norco, Lousiana. Further investigation revealed a live stream on TuneIn Radio. A quick comparison between off-the-air and streaming sealed the deal! So, that unid Hispanic on 830 under WCCO that I'm hearing is WFNO, Norco, LA. A quick check of both the Radio-Locator and FCC pattern plots tend to confirm my conclusion. Happy, Happy, Happy! 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX -- Sent from my iPhone ___ 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 ___ 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] Three unIDs
Three unIDs from January continue to elude me. Better ears are appreciated... Posted online at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8707 910 - Two IDs, the second in particular sounding like WIMC and part of a disclaimer for the paid programming that follows. 1390 - Oldies. First clip has Animals' House of the Rising Son, followed by “Playing the greatest hits of all time” (possibly preceded by an Oldies-something slogan or ID but not sure), then into La Bamba (I assume Richie Valens' version). Second 1390 clip has ID sounding like Greatest Hits 94.1 or 95.1 or something akin to that before Three Dog Night's One is the loneliest number. 1450 - Calls sound like WAGA mid-way though this brief clip. There's also a mention of something sounding like Schofield, but nothing like these calls in WI. With thanks! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Two of Three unIDs resolved
Barry McLarnon in ON suggests my 910 with two IDs, the second in particular sounding like WIMC and part of a disclaimer for the paid programming that follows, is WBZU Scranton PA. The call mentioned is co-owned WILK. He's spot on - I can hear that fairly distinctly. It's common here. Barry says my 1450 where calls sound like WAGA mid-way though this brief clip, sound like WJPA (Washington PA) to him, though he can't make any sense of something sounding like Schofield right after the calls. Neither can I, but the calls are clear enough and it's previously heard here. Re the 1390 oldies unID, with “Playing the greatest hits of all time” and something sounding like Greatest Hits 94.1 or 95.1 or something akin to that. Barry says he can't find any definite ID but guesses WEOK. Tom Tomljanovich in IL suggests KRRZ ND as a possibility, saying they have a good signal almost every night in northern Illinois, and it IDs as Oldies Radio. In fact, I had WCAT with Cruisin' 93.7 ID and oldies a little later. So all three, plus KRFO in MN, were under consideration. I was actually chasing KRFO, which is in my Heard by others close to me target list, at the time. I'm now considering the possibility that what sounds like POINT ONE is actually the word ONE in another context. And I'll keep an ear out for KRRZ and KRFO when I go back to Burnt River for another round of DX torture later this month. Thanks to Scott Fybush and Paul Walker, also, for observations. So it's case closed on 910 and 1450, and will keep the books open on 1390 for now. With thanks, Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Help Needed, UnID on 1040-- Radio Mayabeque?
I think Barry McLarnon in Ottawa ON heard this about a week or less ago... Saul Burnt River ON To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: dxe...@aol.com Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:01:12 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] Help Needed, UnID on 1040-- Radio Mayabeque? I need some help with an unID heard last Sunday night on 1040 kHz. The station is in SS and I have never heard an SS station on 1040 before. If you are willing to help, I have an mp3 file that I can send you off-list. I would appreciate very much your reaction to what you hear on this file. Thank you very much in advance. On Sunday night Barry McLarnon posted of hearing Radio Mayabeque Cuba on 1040 kHz, made possible by some auroral enhancement and by the absence of WBZ IBOC.Since I too suffer from WBZ IBOC, his tip inspired me to also try 1040. As Barry wrote, The WBZ IBOC outage may not last for much longer, so get 'em while you can And sure enough, two nights later he reported that WBZ IBOC was back. DX opportunity shut down for the unforeseeable future. So here I am with the Sunday unID. One result of the lack of WBZ IBOC was to strengthen WHO's signal, but also present was a weak SS signal mostly below WHO. A breakthrough came at the start of the Fox newscast on WHO, at 0500 UTC (Monday). Tuning down WHO with the passband filter I got a minute or so of relatively clear signal from the station, with WHO in and out. A man talked followed by a woman singing for about 20 seconds (an ID? a product jingle?) followed by the song It Never Rains in Southern California; then the signal went back below WHO. All of this is included on the mp3. If this is Radio Mayabeque, I have very little evidence to confirm it. At one point I think I hear the words la Revolucion almost immediately followed by a clear Mayabeque, Two problems, however, with Mayabeque: it is not proceded by the word Radio and it is pronounced with a pause between the second and third syllables of this four-syllable word, i.e. Maya-beque. So it remains an unID at present. Ideas? Any help on this one will be greatly appreciated! Thank you. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI ___ 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
[IRCA] Brazil AMs push for FM
My apologies for the previous unrelated header... Brazil Broadcasters Push AM Migration The U.S. radio industry is not the only one exploring ways to help AM broadcasters. Brazil radio observers expect their government to publish a decree in November detailing an optional migration process for AM radio to the FM band. In cities where the FM spectrum can’t accommodate new channels, it will be necessary to extend the spectrum using television Channels5 and 6... Continued at Radio World: www.radioworld.com/article/brazil-broadcasters-push-am-migration/222179 Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] [mwdx] Two of Three unIDs resolved
Brazil Broadcasters Push AM Migration The U.S. radio industry is not the only one exploring ways to help AM broadcasters. Brazil radio observers expect their government to publish a decree in November detailing an optional migration process for AM radio to the FM band. In cities where the FM spectrum can’t accommodate new channels, it will be necessary to extend the spectrum using television Channels5 and 6... Continued at Radio World: www.radioworld.com/article/brazil-broadcasters-push-am-migration/222179 Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] WBBM 780 IBOC back on
Would like to be a fly on the wall - has there ever been any discussion of IBOC-related lawsuits, for damages to signals? Saul Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:45:02 -0500 From: b...@topazdesigns.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org CC: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] WBBM 780 IBOC back on On 02/11/2014 04:12 PM, amd...@core.com wrote: I was just getting ready to setup for a sunset recording on 770 and am disappointed to find WBBM's IBOC back on. And, more bad news: WBZ's FCC-sanctioned jamming of 1020 and 1040 has resumed. :-( Barry -- Barry McLarnon Ottawa, ON ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] unID MN-WI-Upper MI TIS on 530
On MON JAN 13, 530 CIAO Brampton ON was briefly off-air. In its place was a TIS. I've posted three audio clips online and I'm hoping someone can make out identifying details. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8704 It's definitely in either northeast WI, northeast MN or western MI's Upper Peninsula. Clip 1 mentions “State Park” and “visit us in the Upper Peninsula and there's a possible mention of Wisconsin. Clip 2 might have an ID beginning with W and possibly with numbers at the end, like 162 or 562. Clip 3 has historical information, including a mention of 1954. Any leads are appreciated, with thanks! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] unID TIS 530 solved - thank you!
Thank you to those who listened and made various suggestions. We have a winner. I’ll get to that... First, I should have stated that I checked the FCC TIS site. The problem was that there are several possibilities. I didn’t want to feed any of my own preconceptions to the list. So, looking at the three states where a TIS would mention Michigan's Upper Peninsula, here’s what I thought, based on the FCC list. MI is the most obvious option, and while three of four 530 stations are well away from the UP (Lansing, Holland and Big Rapids), one is in Mackinaw City, right at the UP's base. So I considered this a strong candidate. It’s also closest to me, by far. MN borders MI’s UP, but there's only three MN stations on 530 and they're all in and around St. Paul-Minneapolis, well away from MI’s UP. So I considered MN out of the picture. It’d also be the farthest from me, for what that’s worth. WI has quite a few 530 TISes – Madison, Oshkosh, Keiler, Prairie du Chien, Hudson, Poynette, Mauston and Superior are all well away from the Michigan border, so I ruled them out. (Furthermore, Todd Skaine in MN replied on the IRCA list that Hudson has been dismantled, so that’s a double-whammy against Hudson – too far away from MI and not even on the air). That left TISes in Hurley and Marinette as possibilities. Both are close enough to MI (Hurley is right on the MI border) to warrant mentioning the UP in the kind of detail I heard. So, really, I’d narrowed it down to three stations, WPPD478 in Marinette WI, WNQD828 in Hurley WI, and WNHC787 in Mackinaw City MI. And the winner ... WNHC787 is on the Mackinac Bridge on I-75, on the south end of MI's UP, and DXer Scott Yost of MI nailed it! “It is the TIS at the Mackinac Bridge, 100 miles north of my QTH. Part of the loop is a recap of the pre-bridge history of the Straits area. Also, in recording 3 at the 20 second point they use the phrase “Mighty Mac, the bridge that couldn’t be built”. It's not that my hearing is that good, just that I’ve listened to the loop more than once back when we visited the area with our young sons some years ago. It was a favorite spot.” I know the recordings were weak. That’s 10 watts on 530 for you, and although CIAO Brampton ON was off I am not absolutely certain its carrier was off. The station actually cut in and out over an hour or two just around sunrise. I was thrilled to get a hint of anything on the channel. I listened, and can hear what Scott heard, particularly ‘Might Mac’. Indeed, it carries that moniker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge And there’s an entry for it at Michiguide: www.michiguide.com/dials/amtis/wnhc787.html Finally, Radio Reference tells me there’s a north transmitter and a south transmitter: www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WNHC787 I’ll just log it by the calls and Mackinac Bridge MI. I've also found a contact at the TIS, so I'll mail them a clip. Anyhow, this is a new one for my log, and on a channel I don’t exactly spend much time on (thanks to CIAO). Thanks, Scott, for recognizing the loop, and thank you also to Todd, Russ, Dennis and others for listening and chipping in. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:31:34 -0500 Subject: Fwd: UNID TIS 530 From: nm8rme...@gmail.com To: sau...@sympatico.ca -- Forwarded message -- From: Scott Yost nm8rme...@gmail.com Date: Feb 10, 2014 10:29 PM Subject: UNID TIS 530 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Saul, It is the TIS at the Mackinac Bridge, 100 miles north of my QTH. Part of the loop is a recap of the pre-bridge history of the Straits area. Also, in recording 3 at the 20 second point they use the phrase ''Mighty Mac, the bridge that couldn't be built''. It's not that my hearing is that good, just that I've listened to the loop more than once back when we visited the area with our young sons some years ago. It was a favorite spot. Scott Michigan ___ 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] WCCM 1110 NH and WAPA Puerto Rico
I've been getting repeated mentions of Puerto Rico on 1110 between 0600-0800 EST and have been trying to get to the bottom of it for awhile. Got some decent audio clips Jan 26 and - with thanks to Jon Hamilton - have IDed it as WCCM NH Salem. Their web site program schedule begins at 0800. Jon translated some of my clips as follows in the logging details below, but I'm posting the clips as well so you can hear what the program sounds like. I could see a distant, non-Spanish-speaking listener (like me) easily mistaking it for Puerto Rico itself, and there is a station there on 1110. What's intriguing is there are a few mentions of Wapa as well as Puerto Rico – perhaps the program is relaying WAPA 680 or paying tribute to it, or something of the sort. The logging: 1110 WCCM NH Salem – 0700 – “Los miembros de Así Canta Puerto Rico mandan un saludo muy especial para todos Ustedes que escuchan a través de la Internet por la 1110wccmam.com” at 0001. Moments later says “el programa más cultural de toda Nueva Inglaterra, Así Canta Puerto Rico.” The clips are posted at: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8700 Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Errant Canadian signals
CIWW 1310 Ottawa was reported in MN on the NRC DX Tips list last night. They've been doing this a lot when I've been at my Burnt River ON site, and have also been reported by others as far as MO and MN (NE?). They were huge here in Toronto last night. 1280 Montreal has also been reported as considerable distances, and I've also noticed it unusually dominant at Burnt River. But I'm not5 sure if these two are regulars at night, as I've been in Toronto for the past week and here for two more before returning for another round of DXing. But I am thinking of calling their engineering heads. First, though, I need to know: 1) How far out they are making it AT NIGHT, WELL EXCEEDING THEIR NIGHT PATTERNS, WITH GOOD SIGNALS. And HOW FREQUENTLY. 2) Are any OTHER Canadian stations doing the same? Thanks, Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Errant Canadian signals
Montreal 1280 logged in BC!? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: ve...@shaw.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:22:50 -0800 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Errant Canadian signals 1280 Montreal has also been reported as considerable distances, and I've also noticed it unusually dominant at Burnt River. This one logged here in BC, late Jaunuary. WEB - The VE7SL Radio Notebook: http://members.shaw.ca/ve7sl ___ 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] R. France
Inland on 855 where you are I'd say Spain almost guaranteed. Closer to the east coast other options begin to surface. In Ontario I've just had Spain. Sit on the channel for awhile, in good cx it is one of the likeliest TAs to surface. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 21:32:28 -0500 From: transis...@charter.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] R. France R. France on 162 Kc is coming in nicely (0218Z), with some Jimi Hendrix song I don't recognize. Carrier from Algeria on 153 is evident, but as usual, no recoverable audio. Nothing on 171 from Morroco, and save for a faint trace on 1089, there are no TA carriers in the MW BCB. I did record the Alpha on 14.88 Khz earlier. When I see a carrier on 855, what am I likely getting? Thanks, Scott Michigan I pre-apologize if this message comes through randomly peppered with ? marks. I have no idea why my email client seems to do that. ___ 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] Errant Canadian signals
Thank you for all the reports re 'errant' Cdn signals. I'm reviewing it and next week will try to get in touch with a few engineers. The 1280 in Montreal was heard in British Columbia, and that could be at 50 KW day power / pattern, so I'd recommend going after that one in particular. Pat Martin et al If anyone is really working at getting any of these, and wants me to hold off for a bit, please let me know. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Jingles driving me mad! unID clips posted online
Jingles that have me stumped...clips online at http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8699 Any help appreciated! 980 WAYL at 0:51 of clip, or so it sounds like, after religious music. There was a WAYL 980 in MN decades ago. It's now been KKMS for a long while - unless something has changed...??? 1450 WKBW 1420 - Seems to end in O Musical madness! IDs indicate date and time (EST). With thanks, Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] [mwdx] Fwd: Fw: [NRC-AM] FW: 1710 WF2XTR
The on-air looped message about it being a travelers info station does not jive with stated intent for Morgan City - testing of Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems. Unless you're traveling on the Titanic. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:56:25 -0500 From: c...@cogeco.ca To: mbu...@snet.net CC: m...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [mwdx] Fwd: Fw: [NRC-AM] FW: 1710 WF2XTR It's not just the channel 1710 kHz that WF2XTR is licensed for... it's the band 1710-4000 kHz for GMDSS. There are occasional DGPS experimental stations here ... such as the one at Pecan Island that transmitted data bursts at 1715.84, 1720.84, 1725.84, etc. However WF2XTR is licensed for voice as well as data, so who knows. I agree with Mike. I need more than this to put Morgan City in the log. · WF2XTR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, YOUNG MEMORIAL CAMPUS0175-EX-PL-2011 New experimental to operate in 1710-4000 kHz, 2000-27500 kHz and 156-158 MHz for testing of Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems. Fixed: Morgan City (La Salle), LA According to grant https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=122990x=. , the licence expires on February 9th. Bill Hepburn On 2014-01-30 7:14 PM, Mike B. wrote: On 1/30/2014 6:38 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: This should answer some 1710 questions of late. 1710 WF2XTR LA Morgan City - 1/30 1730 - Occasionally fading in over R.Celestial and WQFG689; repeating message, You're listening to a test broadcast on a travelers information radio station... broadcasting 24 hours a day on a special AM frequency licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. Listed in the FCC database as an experimental station with 150 watts. New log. (BC-NH) 150 watts from Louisiana to CT? Yes I've heard the same message but...I'd feel a bit better if somewhere in that message they put the call letters. Mike B Enfield, CT -- William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22) Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 58.7 -79 33 34.1 TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/vem3ont22 TUNERS AM : Microtelecom Perseus SDR HD : Sony XDR-F1HD ANTENNAS NE-SW: Wellbrook ALA 1530+ NW-SE: Wellbrook ALA 1530 PHASER Quantum Phaser -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ 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] [mwdx] RE: Indian language talk
... as well you should. Being a DXer and all that. ;-) S. Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:32:59 -0500 Subject: Re: [mwdx] RE: [IRCA] Indian language talk From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: sau...@sympatico.ca CC: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; m...@googlegroups.com; m...@yahoogroups.com It was CJMS.. my radio was much further off then I thought Im getting a digital radio this week... cant deal with this frustration anymore ;) On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: 1380 CKPC has been known to run other languages... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:44:09 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; m...@googlegroups.com; m...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Indian language talk Just heard a 416 and 905 area code, so this s Canada.. but I know nothing about the Canadian radio dial. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: Just heard them ID the name of the program but all I caught was Radio. it faded out right when she got to the name!! On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: I am picking up some kinda of indian language talk.. dunno what to call it though. It's in the upper 1300's somewhere... 1360..1370...1380.. as Im chasing down WABH. I know I know, I should have a radio with a digital dial but I dont. The indian language talk has been going on by several minutes by a female... the signal is somewhat strong, very steady.. but fading alot. There's a religious station under it, constantly but totally buried. Turning Point with Dr David Jeremiah just ended, then a Tv station did the radio stations weather forecast. Any clue what Im hearing? Paul Walker Ridgway, PA (NW Corner) ___ 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ 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] CJYQ 930 off air
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:07:00 -0500 From: mbug...@gmail.com To: m...@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd: [skywavesmw] CJYQ 930 off air found this on the Skywaves AM list... - From Philip Hiscock on DXLD: North American MW dx-ers may be interested in knowing that today, and perhaps for some time to come, the St. John's (Newfoundland, Canada) radio station CJYQ on 930 kHz is off the air. A fire at its transmission tower this morning is the cause. http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2id=42914latest=1 ___ 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] Indian language talk
1380 CKPC has been known to run other languages... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:44:09 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; m...@googlegroups.com; m...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Indian language talk Just heard a 416 and 905 area code, so this s Canada.. but I know nothing about the Canadian radio dial. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: Just heard them ID the name of the program but all I caught was Radio. it faded out right when she got to the name!! On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: I am picking up some kinda of indian language talk.. dunno what to call it though. It's in the upper 1300's somewhere... 1360..1370...1380.. as Im chasing down WABH. I know I know, I should have a radio with a digital dial but I dont. The indian language talk has been going on by several minutes by a female... the signal is somewhat strong, very steady.. but fading alot. There's a religious station under it, constantly but totally buried. Turning Point with Dr David Jeremiah just ended, then a Tv station did the radio stations weather forecast. Any clue what Im hearing? Paul Walker Ridgway, PA (NW Corner) ___ 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] 1390 kHz - odd noise
I heard something like this not on 1390 but on 1370just after sunrise when I checked before leaving here...as I was aware of your e-mail. I am now on the road an can't listen until later tday or early tomorrow. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: va...@rogers.com Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:38:26 -0500 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1390 kHz - odd noise Paul…I have been hearing the Same Thing here in London, Ontario CANADA for about the past week!! I have no idea what it is either, but it's there every night it seems. Regards…ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ** On 2014-01-26, at 6:57 AM, Paul Crankshaw wrote: I've just tuned into some ECNA Perseus radio servers and I can hear the sound there too. Paul On 26/01/2014 11:55, Paul Crankshaw wrote: Tuning to 1390 kHz I hear an odd sound (like an Aboriginal didgeridoo) in LSB (and also 1371 LSB). I wondered initially if it was local to me here in Scotland but listening to a few Perseus radio servers in the north east of the USA I hear it on some of those receivers too. I didn't check further west or south. Do others hear it and has it been identified, located? Here's a recording I made at utc overnight. It's of 1390 kHz LSB although I switch to USB for the last few seconds just to illustrate the difference. http://share.cx.com/ZxgdLT Paul Troon, Scotland ___ 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 ___ 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] 1390 kHz - odd noise
I'm in downtown Toronto and hearing this on both 1370 and 1390. WABH and CKPC are regulars here on 1380. CKPC certainly the dominant one. Bath NY and Fort Wayne might tie for 2nd place, and to a lesser extent New York City. In terms of regulars. Saul Chernos Burnt River / Toronto ON Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:36:03 -0500 From: b...@topazdesigns.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1390 kHz - odd noise On 01/26/2014 06:55 AM, Paul Crankshaw wrote: Tuning to 1390 kHz I hear an odd sound (like an Aboriginal didgeridoo) in LSB (and also 1371 LSB). I wondered initially if it was local to me here in Scotland but listening to a few Perseus radio servers in the north east of the USA I hear it on some of those receivers too. I didn't check further west or south. Do others hear it and has it been identified, located? Here's a recording I made at utc overnight. It's of 1390 kHz LSB although I switch to USB for the last few seconds just to illustrate the difference. http://share.cx.com/ZxgdLT I'm hearing this signal again tonight - definitely the same as in Paul's recording. It sounds identical when tuned to 1370 USB or 1390 LSB. Since it's symmetrical around 1380, that indicates it's likely a spurious emission from a 1380 station. I haven't been able to correlate it with a particular station yet, but its strength indicates that it has to be somewhere in the Northeast. At the top of my list of candidates is WABH, dominating here tonight with a signal that sure sounds more like their 10 KW day power than 450 W night power, but there are other possibilities, such as CKPC. More observers needed... Barry -- Barry McLarnon Ottawa, ON ___ 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] W. Russell Withers, Jr.
It's always sad to see the older, more traditional owners disappear, on by one, into the ionosphere. I have always liked colleagues who play hard and take their work seriously and yet remain cordial, collegial and able to keep their egos in relative check. Nice eulogy, John - Withers would seem to fit the bill! The 940 gets out well on sunset skip here. I think I've had it twice in the last couple of weeks without actively looking for it, so perhaps it's a pest. OTOH it's one of a few markers I have for determining cx, and in all the years it's been coming in, it's always struck me as one of the community-minded local stations rather than the unattended syndication relay services that plague radio today. I have also had the 94.1 by two different propagation modes - E-skip and Tropospheric ducting. Given that it's about 600 miles from here, neither is an easy catch (Tropo is generally harder the farther out a station is, Es tends to be most common between 800-1300 miles, less so at each end). Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: johncallar...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 12:30:42 -0600 Subject: [IRCA] W. Russell Withers, Jr. I learned this morning from a Mt. Vernon, Illinois Facebook Group page that W. Russell Withers, Jr., owner of WMIX-940 and WMIX-FM 94.1 since 1973, had died last night at his home in Mt. Vernon. I posted this message on the group page's wall: If ever I thought anyone would outlive me, it was Russ Withers. I was one of two surviving staff members when Russ purchased WMIX after John R. Mitchell's death. WMIX was the cornerstone of his broadcasting dreams, as he was growing up in Cape Girardeau, Mo., with the goal of owning the AM and FM stations Mitchell put on the air in 1946. Russ had a wicked sense of humor, in the Don Rickles mode, as those who have attended gatherings he emceed over the years can attest, but I personally enjoyed his barbs, even when they were directed at me. I put in a lot of hours at WMIX ... doing both news and sports play-by-play ... sometimes as many as 70 hours in a week when there were ballgames and music to cover, but I can honestly say that Russ never questioined or criticised the way I covered the news or broadcast the ballgames. Later, when financial considerations (and an easing of my working hours) resulted in my move dto the Register-News, the mutual respect we held for each other continued. He was prominent in the broadcasting industry, one of a few station owners who kept local news and information programming alive during a tiime when most radio stations, after deregulation, were dropping news to do wall-to-wall music programming, mostly via satellite. His stations integrated satellite programming into the local mix. He was also a prime mover in national media politics, a member of the National Association of Broadcasters board and a pioneer in the move to allow AM radio stations to be relayed by FM boosters, a move that extended the lives of many AM broadcasters to whom the FM band would not normally have been open. Russ, as most who knew him know, had his flaws. Like most entrepreneurs, he enjoyed power and used it. In the late 1990s, when a local power play evolved over the Mt. Vernon EDC, he and I had different ideas over how the contoversy should have played out. Neither of us got what we wanted, and for a time, Russ was critical of how the R-N covered the stories that evolved. When I returned to the King City twice this century for MVTHS Sports Hall of Fame occasions, I was surprised at the friendly reception I received personally from Russ, with no reference to the conflct a decade earlier, and to the -- I have to say glowing -- words he used to describe my sportscasting work in an R-N article covering that year's HOF program, I am grateful. To Russ's daughter, Dana, my sincere and deepest sympathies. John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon) ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] 2 new ones
I've been after WFNT, one of my closest unheards, for years! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:31:28 -0600 From: todftscytj7...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 2 new ones 1470 WFNT Flint Mi 2304 Fox sports w/NFL news mixing w/unid ESPN. WMBD almost nonexistent! 1/21 1380 KDXE N Little Rock 1/23 0552 slogan ID La Que Buena usual Ft. Wayne and S Beloit and St.Louis almost nonexistent as well. Its like the lower midwest was again phased way down. Weird month. Earlier this month I had 810 Winnipeg on top of Kansas City. Never heard them that strong at night. Heard on car radio Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010 or car radio ___ 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] [mwdx] Re: Oldies on 1060 (US) tonight
Forgot about that one - yes, quite possible. Likely, in fact. Thanks. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:31:22 -0800 From: i...@well.com To: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com; sau...@sympatico.ca; a...@nrcdxas.org CC: irca@hard-core-dx.com; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com Subject: [mwdx] Re: Oldies on 1060 (US) tonight Why not the newly resurrected WHFB(AM) out of Benton Harbor, Michigan? I believe (but am NOT 100% sure) they play oldies music. - Blaine On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: KNLV NE or WQMV TN? y hunch is the latter as I've caught them on at night before. Had strong oldies at 2230 EST followed by a much faded ad brought to you by the United Way and the Ad Council. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MWDX group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mwdx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to m...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ 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] 1390 - Greatest hits of all time
Just heard this slogan, who on 1390 brands this way? Went from House of the Rising Sun to La Bamba. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Oldies on 1060 (US) tonight
KNLV NE or WQMV TN? y hunch is the latter as I've caught them on at night before. Had strong oldies at 2230 EST followed by a much faded ad brought to you by the United Way and the Ad Council. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Doesn't anybody sign off anymore?
Have a nice clip of 1090 in Excelsior Spgs MOI signing off the other day at 1815 or so... But with WWVA on open carrier a few mornings ago,m before 6 am eastern tiome, I had Jackson MO - now, with WWVA on OC would I be be to hear 4 or 5 watts, or the full monty of 250? I'm grateful, it was a new catch. Only IDed after careful listening to the audio clip, which mentioned 92.3 in addition to the calls. I'm all in favour of taking action and calling the station to let them know. Usually they care. WKFN 540 TN is a case in point. I established a friendly rapport with an engineering higher-up there who had no idea the signal was out of whack. The problem was identified - the errant signal was no obvious locally there - and corrected within a couple of days. Then there are the stations that don't care, that wilfully run at night. Some can't even be reached by phone. I'd say cut all stations some slack. Let other DXers have enough time to hear them. Then call the station. Persist for awhile. Then, if you're really driven, contact a station likely being interfered with. Remain polite, civil and helpful throughout the process, in every dealing with every person. Don't be a Texas Ranger. If you choose to ID yourself as a DXer, you might offer to help them. Only do this if they seem receptive. Remember, you have access to a bevy of savvy signal chasers across NA and abroad, who are willing and eager ears if they're told what to listen for and when. I would add, strongly, that we don't want to frighten stations away from conducting DX tests, or otherwise cooperating with DXers and DX clubs. Many engineers and owners worry that running day pattern or power during a test from midnight to 6 am will potentially land them in trouble. Keep this in mind and be polite, gentle and helpful. I don't know how much the FCC or Industry Canada really care, though I do read about fines often enough. If you are driven to complain to officialdom, make it an absolute LAST resort, and please keep the DX hobby absolutely out of it. I might conclude by saying that I'd likely not be DXing much overnight if there wasn't some errant station cracking the pot from time to time. Certainly I'd never have logged that 1170 in Jackson MO! And DXers like Jim Renfrew in Rochester would never likely have heard the 1520 in WA! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:21:43 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: drummer1965...@yahoo.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Doesn't anybody sign off anymore? WCZZ 1090 in Greenwood, SC signs off at sunset, last I knew in 2008.. they would just drop off in the middle of a song. KTIC 840 streams and I do believe the sign off announcement airs on the stream but the programming continues on the stream overnight. Paul P.S. KTIC and those group of stations are a very respectable, well run group of stations! On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com wrote: There ARE still stations that do, you just have to know where to look to find them. KTIC-840 in West Point, Nebraska still signs off at LSS, and so does KNAB-1140 in Burlington, CO. Other stations like KCTA-1030 in Corpus Christ, TX and WKAR-870 in East Lansing, Michigan simply cut power in the middle of a program at LSS time rather than air a proper sign-off announcement. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska From: David Faulkner drdsfaulk...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: [IRCA] Doesn't anybody sign off anymore? Hi All: Noted in the last half hour WUFO, 1080, Amhearst, NY w/urban contemp, WKTE, 1090, King, NC w/urban oldies (both on late for MLK Day?) and the Oil City on 1120 w/ESPN, all blasting in between 1800 and 1830. Only WUFO is new here. Why do I get the feeling the foxes have taken over the AM henhouse? 73 David ___ 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 ___
[IRCA] 1600 NYC // 810 WSYW IN?
Is NYC 1600 (a) running Spanish and (b) IDing as 810 WSYW Beech Grove-Indianapolis. Strange question, yes, but strange daytime reception. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1520 NY off
Awesome catch on 1520, Jim! K-Love was so dominant and I had no 1520 targets listed in my hit-list, so I opted for a good night's sleep. I wopke briefly at 3 am and by then OK and MN were on top of 1520, and cx otherwise didn't strike me as exceptional. I didn't think twice about returning to the land of nod. This morning WWKB is noted back on. I guess I now have a target listed for 1520. That really is a good one! Nice going also on 1640. Had that years ago when Niel Wolfish and I had an echo effect - two Disneys - during a half-hour feeding frenzy to the west coast. We also logged the 1620 EWTN in CA and other stuff from WA and CA and UT. Saul Burnt River ON Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:34:02 -0500 From: jim.renf...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1520 NY off I fired up Perseus/Mestor for TOH and BOH. after going to bed. So hopefully more interesting stuff. Jim Renfrew On Jan 17, 2014 8:06 AM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote: Woke up ‘late’ this morning so missed last night’s fun on 1520 but did manage to get a new station from KS on 690 at s/on, KGGF: http://realmonitor.com/stations/KGGF.wav WSVX on 1520 signs/on around 5:30 am EST apparently as I had a quick ID from KOKC at just before 5:30 and then after taking a listen to 1640 [dominated by usual WTNI, Biloxi] came back to find a ‘Giant 96’ ID on 1520. :-( Next time … Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA Perseus/4-element Wellbrook array ___ 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 ___ 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] 1520 NY off, more on 1710 TIS testing, good SRS/SSS
1520 WWKB Buffalo seems to be off. Solid K-Love ()Ohio) here. Aaron in Philly has posted an alert to this effect on the BCB logger, which triggered my check here. (Thanks). Separately, the TIS testing, which is almost certainly the Hudson County NJ TIS working on its new 100-watt system,seems to be running a loop without an actual ID. The actual current TIS (at lower power) seems to be running its own various announcements, and the two appear very much to be ***mixing***. I am inclined, if this can be confirmed, to count this as two separate stations. I can only wonder if they are running two transmitters from a single location or vicinity... Was a banner day for DX here. Pre-sunrise netted rare relogs: 570 WNAX SD, 580 WIBW KS, 610 KDAL MN, 630 St. Louis MO. Very good at the lower end, and higher than 800 you wouldn't have a clue anything was going on. This evening, post-local sunset, I nabbed much-wanted KBHB Sturgis SD on 810 with announcements about classic car and collectible auctions and such in and around SD. Notable relogs included 1090 Excelsior Springs MO, and it helps that 1080 WTIC has turned OFF it's IBOC. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] New 1710 TIS ON
You're listening to a test broadcast of a travelers information radio station. This radio station broadcasts messages 24 hours a day on a special AM frequency licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. No other data, or local identifier ... just this, in a loop. There's also some kind of weird sound or tone underneath, not sure if the same station. On my loop aimed east-west and a beverage on snow and ice aimed ne-sw. Maybe a tad stronger on the wire. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] More info re new 1710 TIS
Thanks, Paul. It's separate from the Hudson County station, which seems a bit weaker in the direction I'm aimed at. The following site only goes up to 1700: www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/travelers-information-stations-search I have absolutely no idea what this may be... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:29:30 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com The only 1710 TIS I could find is: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseLocSum.jsp?licKey=2826342 On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: You're listening to a test broadcast of a travelers information radio station. This radio station broadcasts messages 24 hours a day on a special AM frequency licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. No other data, or local identifier ... just this, in a loop. There's also some kind of weird sound or tone underneath, not sure if the same station. On my loop aimed east-west and a beverage on snow and ice aimed ne-sw. Maybe a tad stronger on the wire. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] 1430 KQQZ St. Louis in ON at 1551 EST!
Kinda early... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)
Willis Monk pointed to Bay Minette AL as running a lot at night lately. David Faulkner points to Hurricane WV. you, both! Whatever it is, it's in strong now on a Wellbrook loop aimed sw. WMUX WV is EWTN. I caught this once in Toronto and it IDed only as EWTN at the TOH or BOH, about a year ago. I have never heard WTOF AL. Seems a few of us are chasing this one - so maybe... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)
WTFDA's list sorts well ... http://db.wtfda.org ... ideal for this kind of search. Assuming the W258 portion was heard correctly, nothing //WMUX. It's a longish list, 35+ stations, so will take time to go through... I've had it on and nothing but music thus far. Mostly instrumental, some vocals but more choir in nature. It sounds vaguely hymn'ish but not classical, per se, in sounds. It doesn't strike me as overtly Catholic, but I'm no expert... I doubt WGNZ OH ... their web site actually has Solid Gospel playing right now. I'd considered that a suspect... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:19:06 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now) Finding the AM station on 1110 with the translator shouldn't be too hard Just have to find an 1110 associated with a 99.5 translator Paul On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, wrote: At 2100 EWT, I hear the call WMUX and catholic music that IDs EWTN station; I have no idea what to call that music but I know its a EWTN station. At 2057 I am sure I heard what sounded like WTOF mixed in the mix, along with WBT; but I am probably wrong about that. They also gave the call of translator W258???, so who knows. Anyhow I got a knew station for my log.:) thanks Willis - Original Message - From: amd...@core.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; m...@googlegroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now) WTOF 1110khz Bay Minette, Ala, was in with very good signal this afternoon with Gospel and they signed off at 17:58 CST. After sign off there was dead air for several minutes before I stopped the recording. Tuning back in at 19:45 the channel is @#%$ with IBOC from WTAM, so I can't verify if what is heard now is WTOF or not. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL Willis Monk pointed to Bay Minette AL as running a lot at night lately. David Faulkner points to Hurricane WV. you, both! Whatever it is, it's in strong now on a Wellbrook loop aimed sw. WMUX WV is EWTN. I caught this once in Toronto and it IDed only as EWTN at the TOH or BOH, about a year ago. I have never heard WTOF AL. Seems a few of us are chasing this one - so maybe... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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 ___ 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] More on 1110 WMUX Hurricane, WEST VIRGINIA……..
I've taped a lot of it, some unattended while I finished off some work. No IDs heard live. But I'll be logging it as WMUX. Prev heard in Toronto nearly a year ago under similar circumstances, though had a solid ID there of the sort Robert Ross described. WAMO 860 Pa, also Catholic, is running similar hymn-like music though not // or even necessarily the same pieces Thanks to those who listened, and nice to see it's new for one or more of you. Off to listen to it on my ultralight as I get some rest in anticipation of sunrise DX in a few hours. I also had it in on my sangean with an old Radio Shack loop. So should come in on my modified Tecsun... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON From: va...@rogers.com Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:46:27 -0500 To: a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [NRC-AM] More on 1110 WMUX Hurricane, WEST VIRGINIA…….. Hi Guys: 1110 WMUX Hurricane, WEST VA. is still coming in quite well here at 2340 EST. I just copied more of the ID previously heard…….. @ 2340 EST after some Religious Inspirational Instrumental Music…..the Male DJ said WMUX Hurricane, West Virginia is currently OFF the Feed for EWTN. He said another sentence after that….but couldn't copy what he said. So…..Even though they are ON the Air way past their Sign-Off time….they ARE NOT carrying any kind of a feed from EWTN at this time. They are just playing Inspirational and Choir Music and inserting the odd ID as I listed above. Whatever they are doing…it is a NEW STN for me and a good opportunity for other to log a 1 KW Daytimer from West Virginia!! 73……….ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] early TA's 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC
Have been getting stuff like Ripon WI 1600; also Caraquet NB 810 (no sign WGY). See WWRL NYC 1600 is now La Invasora. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@yahoogroups.com; b...@yahoogroups.com; cap...@yahoogroups.com From: markwa1...@aol.com Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:31:04 -0500 Subject: [NRC-AM] early TA's 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC The British have it with 693, 909, 1089, and 1215 all good about a half hour before sunset here. That's OK but a serious aurora to juice up DX from the south would actually be more interesting. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets
710 and 1000 have also made it here as has 1510 - from WA. I like the wee hours for nailing the west coast, up to before local sunrise, My fave time these days for DXing these days is 0630 local to well past sunrise There's a good spike just before sunrise, then fades to almost daytime cx, then just when you'd think it's time to quit, sometimes a nice greyline rebound to west (for me to MN WI MI OH IN - and less often SD ND MB MO as was the case today. I nailed two new on 1370 - Fairmont MN and Grand Forks ND. They were the two dominant on the channel at 10 am! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:13:34 -0800 From: earlthe...@yahoo.com To: l...@highnoonfilm.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets Sorry about that Les. Thanks for filling in what I neglected to! For Washington State, in my opinion your best bet is KGA-Spokane 1510, heard at least a couple times every year during the last week of October at their sunset pattern change. Incidentally that reminds me you can get sunrise and sunset info for every station at Barry MacLarnan's excellent database at the Topaz Designs website. Others have reported hearing KOMO-Seattle 1000 at sunset, but I haven't heard that one yet at least not at sunset. Used to be semi regular when Chicago station would go off on Monday mornings, sadly those days are gone. South Dakota is another one that used to be easy when Richmond Virginia would go off every Sunday morning on 1140 and KSOO-Sioux Falls (and sometimes CKXL Calgary) would boom in. Now your best bet for South Dakota is either KSOO-1140 at sunset or KOKK-1210 also at sunset or sunrise. Good luck, keep us posted! Glad to help. Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” Nelson Mandela On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:25 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: Earl Higgins made some good suggestions. But his reply pointed out how veteran DX'ers can sometimes assume that everyone is as familiar with the AM Band as they are. I didn't know exactly where each station was located, and felt the need to add a few notes to help me log them. If you're keeping score at home, or just compiling your own target list, you might want to add the following: 660 KTNN, Widow Rock, AZ (Navaho language) 50KW, nighttime pattern protects WFAN in NYC. Look for them before pattern change 720 KDWN Las Vegas, NV 50KW, nighttime directional. News/Talk format. K-DAWN. Look for them before pattern change 850 KOA Denver, CO 50KW, Clear Channel-Check for this powerhouse to appear earlier and louder than normal. 1030 KTWO Casper, WY 50 KW, nighttime pattern protects WBZ in Boston. Mix of country and news-talk format. Look for them before pattern change 1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT 50KW, News-Talk format-Listen for this one to appear earlier and louder than normal 1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ 50KW Radio Disney format- Check before pattern change, sometimes after. Of these, I've logged KTNN, KOA, and KSL only. But I haven't tried for them at sunset yet. What would be the best bet for a station in Washington state? Any other recommendations to fill out the Top Ten? Seems I recall a target station in South Dakota (?) that used to be pretty well heard at SSS...as I recall, they broadcast farm reports, commodities pricing, etc. Content really stood out from the usual fare. Thanks Earl! -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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,
[IRCA] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)
Someone running religious music, at this time instrumental, on 1110, putting a dent into WBT. Same last night when I awoke at 0430 EST. No IDs or talk heard. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ 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] Kiwa Loop
If I got that kind of minor matter response from a seller or potential seller I'd certainly make that as public as possible. It should be acknowledged upfront and built into the price. From: tba...@fusemail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:16:33 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] Kiwa Loop I agree, fabrication of an original base is not a minor matter. However, should the winning bidder be reading this, I'd suggest checking with Craig at Kiwa. He still had a few in inventory (along with other parts) when I got mine about a year a half ago. Cheers, ___ 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
