Re: [IRCA] KBOI 670 OFF

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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. 
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
> > ; NRC ; dx...@nrcdxas.org 
> > ; mwdx ; mwdx 
> > 
> > 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?)
> > 
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[IRCA] DX alerts - 900 & 1710

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] 1450 WKVR unID solved as WJER

[Chernos Saul]

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
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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


  
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[IRCA] The AMFMTVDX list

[Chernos Saul]

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 

  
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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR

[Chernos Saul]

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"  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 

  





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[IRCA] 1450 unID sounds like WKVR

[Chernos Saul]

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 

  
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Re: [IRCA] 2014 Oregon "Cliffhanger" DU-DXpeditions

[Chernos Saul]

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, R

Re: [IRCA] WWXL DX Test……Now in @ 2312-2320 EDT!!!

[Chernos Saul]

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
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Re: [IRCA] 1410 unID

[Chernos Saul]

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
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Re: [IRCA] 1410 unID

[Chernos Saul]

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
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[IRCA] More February auroral unIDs

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw

[Chernos Saul]

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 
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> >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 
> >>Sent: Mar 20, 2014 4:24 PM
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> >>, "amfmt...@mailman.qth.net" , 
> >>"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
> >>
> >>
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX Test Material

[Chernos Saul]

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,
> 
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[IRCA] KCKM > Burnt River ON

[Chernos Saul]

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


  
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Re: [IRCA] KCKM-1330 DX test

[Chernos Saul]

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
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[IRCA] Richardson TX 1700 huge with Mexican music

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] 660 WAMO on late

[Chernos Saul]

660 WAMO with urban format, local ads. 2321 EDT
No sign of 1450 DX test thus far.

Saul Chernos
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Re: [IRCA] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night

[Chernos Saul]

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  :-)   
>  
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> 
> From: Chernos Saul 
> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" ; "a...@nrcdxas.org" 
> ; "amfmt...@mailman.qth.net" ; 
> "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
> 
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[IRCA] KCKM Test tonight, WWXL tonight or tomorrow night

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] WWXL-1450 test

[Chernos Saul]

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.

  
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[IRCA] 700 XEDKR Guadalajara gets out well for 1kw

[Chernos Saul]

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



  
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Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX

[Chernos Saul]

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 
> > > To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , "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
> > > 
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Re: [IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX

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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 
> > To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , "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
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> > Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others
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> > i swear I heard a mention of Southern California in your 1070 clip.
> > 
> > Paul
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[IRCA] 1360 unID

[Chernos Saul]

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
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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  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





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[IRCA] 1070 solved as KNX

[Chernos Saul]

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


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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
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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  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





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[IRCA] unIDs - 1090 mentions 100.3, and others

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] XEMU 580 Mexico IDed > ON

[Chernos Saul]

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

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Re: [IRCA] Another WWXL 1450 DX test

[Chernos Saul]

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; 
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> 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  
> Date:03/15/2014  10:22 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
> To: "'Paul B. Walker, Jr.'" ,'Mailing list for 
> the International Radio Club of America' ,'NRC' 
> ,m...@googlegroups.com,'mwdx'  
> 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
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> 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"
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Re: [IRCA] CANCELLED: DX Test From WWXL-1450

[Chernos Saul]

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,
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[IRCA] DX Test WWXL-1450 - no luck

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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)
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Re: [IRCA] QSL Archival

[Chernos Saul]

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

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> 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'
> 

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re: More on mergers

[Chernos Saul]

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?
> 
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Re: [IRCA] More on mergers

[Chernos Saul]

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 gener

[IRCA] Re CQ Communications & The idea of merging NRC/IRCA

[Chernos Saul]

Not that I don't feel for those who experienced and/or felt slighted way back 
in 1964. Having been through a few serious fights in my 52 years, I know the 
feeling of never wanting to do business with people I think have behaved badly, 
or who have otherwise ticked me off.

Interestingly, I was two or three years old when the NRC and IRCA split up. So 
in 1963/1964, while club members were having their bit, my parents were worried 
sick about my passion for turning TV sets and the like on and off, on and off, 
incessantly. Had they known the risk of my being eventually being drawn into 
the hobby of DXing they might have tried to save my soul and turned my 
attention to other pursuits, or locked me up, or whatever...

But thankfully they didn't, and here I am. And that great brouhaha, though 
likely somewhat diminished, is still with us in a legacy kind of way.

I've long wanted to see the NRC and IRCA merge, and I've mentioned that a
 few times, mostly in private, to various people who I hoped might yield some 
influence. Maybe they did - I have no way of knowing, and I realize a wish-list 
item like this will take considerable effort on the part of the wider DX 
community, not just board members of the two clubs who are probably busy enough 
keeping their respective ships afloat. I won't go into the reasons. They're 
mostly the same reasons that have already been expressed today.

It would be interesting to poll members of both clubs, and see the results (in 
terms of numbers, not names) to see what the majority opinion is and how 
majority it is. Might this be done with something like Survey Monkey?

I belonged to one of the clubs in the past, have cooperated with both at times, 
and am currently club-less. I am overwhelmed as it is by the plethora of DX 
resources that are online. And I support both clubs insofar as I buy various DX 
logs and such. This is intentional. I decided about a year ago that I will 
rejoin and be an active member when the NRC and IRCA are one.

I am happy to help moderate any discussion or negotiation in a neutral capacity 
between the two clubs and/or various entities. Having been three years old back 
in 1964, I have no stake in any of the disputes that occurred. Please consider 
my help in this regard on offer.

Saul Chernos

  
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Re: [IRCA] More 810 Fun

[Chernos Saul]

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  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 
> > To: am ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> > America 
> > 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)
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Re: [IRCA] not as auroral so far tonight

[Chernos Saul]

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



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> 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.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] 870 KPRM

[Chernos Saul]

it was huge last night...

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:53:14 -0600
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> Subject: [IRCA] 870 KPRM
> 
> Noted with day power. Might break through with its 40kw for someone
> 
> Todd Skaine
> Woodbury, MN
> 2010 or car radio
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[IRCA] bahamas huge on 810

[Chernos Saul]

any stronger it'll hurt, island music and references

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[IRCA] Three new on 800 in 1 hour!

[Chernos Saul]

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.

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] auroral activity

[Chernos Saul]

>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



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> 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.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] K6

[Chernos Saul]

mega pipeline to IL MO IA MN WI all relogs so far but huge signals

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:25:20 +
Subject: [NRC-AM] K6




Rev up yer engines, folks. K = 6...

Saul Chernos
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[IRCA] K6

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Rev up yer engines, folks. K = 6...

Saul Chernos
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] February MW loggings

[Chernos Saul]

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"  wrote:

  
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[IRCA] Is WDLR 1550 OH back to True Oldies?

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] Gospel on 810khz likely ZNS3 Bahamas

[Chernos Saul]

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



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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








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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 






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Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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
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[IRCA] 1510 WPGR PA on day power

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] 810 preacher

[Chernos Saul]

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


  
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[IRCA] 1320 Washington County girls basketball.

[Chernos Saul]

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


  
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[IRCA] 1060 super-muffled live game

[Chernos Saul]

worst thing i have ever heard on radio...
1855 to my sw

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON

  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late

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i have something u/WLAC and it's a bit off-frequency...at 0011 est

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



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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 










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[IRCA] New antenna, new station

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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

  
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[IRCA] Macedonian on 1440 WDRJ Inkster MI

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] Cx gaining at Burnt River ON

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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.

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Burnt River ON
  
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[IRCA] Thursday morning at Burnt River ON

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new

[Chernos Saul]

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
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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
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> 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

  

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Re: [IRCA] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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"  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
> >
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Re: [IRCA] 1340 stunting w/ Beatles

[Chernos Saul]

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
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That's WMBO Auburn,  NY
Paul
On Feb 19, 2014 9:21 PM, "Chernos Saul"  wrote:




1340 stunting for past month with all Beatles..??? anyone know anything about 
this?

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON

  





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[IRCA] 1140 KCXV MO Liberty + 1640 PA TIS - both new

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] 1340 stunting w/ Beatles

[Chernos Saul]

1340 stunting for past month with all Beatles..??? anyone know anything about 
this?

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON

  
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[IRCA] DX this morning at Burnt River ON

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Two of Three unIDs resolved

[Chernos Saul]

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
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[IRCA] Brazil AMs push for FM

[Chernos Saul]

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


  
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Re: [IRCA] Help Needed, UnID on 1040-- Radio Mayabeque?

[Chernos Saul]

I think Barry McLarnon in Ottawa ON heard this about a week or less ago...
Saul
Burnt River ON



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> 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 
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[IRCA] Two of Three unIDs resolved

[Chernos Saul]

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




  
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[IRCA] Three unIDs

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!!

[Chernos Saul]

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 
> To: ABDX ; Mail Group NRC ; IRCA 
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>  
> 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,
> 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WBBM 780 IBOC back on

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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
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[IRCA] unID TIS 530 solved - thank you!

[Chernos Saul]

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" 
Date: Feb 10, 2014 10:29 PM
Subject: UNID TIS 530

To:  
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
  
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[IRCA] unID MN-WI-Upper MI TIS on 530

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] WCCM 1110 NH and WAPA Puerto Rico

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] Jingles driving me mad! unID clips posted online

[Chernos Saul]

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 

  
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Re: [IRCA] Errant Canadian signals

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] R. France

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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.
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Re: [IRCA] Errant Canadian signals

[Chernos Saul]

Montreal 1280 logged in BC!?

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



> From: ve...@shaw.ca
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> 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.
> 
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[IRCA] Errant Canadian signals

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Fwd: Fw: [NRC-AM] FW: 1710 WF2XTR

[Chernos Saul]

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=122990&x=. , 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
  

  






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[IRCA] CJYQ 930 off air

[Chernos Saul]

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=2&id=42914&latest=1


  
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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] RE: Indian language talk

[Chernos Saul]

... 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  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)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >

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Re: [IRCA] Indian language talk

[Chernos Saul]

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)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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Re: [IRCA] 1390 kHz - odd noise

[Chernos Saul]

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
> 
> -- 
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Re: [IRCA] 1390 kHz - odd noise

[Chernos Saul]

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
> > 
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Re: [IRCA] W. Russell Withers, Jr.

[Chernos Saul]

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



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> 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)
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Re: [IRCA] 2 new ones

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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
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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Re: Oldies on 1060 (US) tonight

[Chernos Saul]

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
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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  wrote:



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[IRCA] Oldies on 1060 (US) tonight

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[IRCA] 1390 - Greatest hits of all time

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] Doesn't anybody sign off anymore?

[Chernos Saul]

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  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 
> > 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
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[IRCA] 1600 NYC // 810 WSYW IN?

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1520 NY off

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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"  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:
> >
> > 
> >
> > 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
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[IRCA] 1520 NY off, more on 1710 TIS testing, good SRS/SSS

[Chernos Saul]

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

  
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[IRCA] More info re new 1710 TIS

[Chernos Saul]

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  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.
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[IRCA] New 1710 TIS > ON

[Chernos Saul]

"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

  
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Re: [IRCA] More on 1110 WMUX Hurricane, WEST VIRGINIA……..

[Chernos Saul]

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
> 
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> London, Ontario CANADA
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Re: [IRCA] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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: 
> > To: 
> > Cc: ; ; <
> > 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
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Re: [IRCA] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)

[Chernos Saul]

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...

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[IRCA] 1430 KQQZ St. Louis in ON at 1551 EST!

[Chernos Saul]

Kinda early...

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[IRCA] ALERT: 1110 religious music (now)

[Chernos Saul]

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
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets

[Chernos Saul]

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

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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” 
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 On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:25 PM, Les Rayburn  
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! 

  

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] early TA's 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC

[Chernos Saul]

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
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> 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.
> 
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