Re: [IRCA] KXEL Petition

There is no reason whatsoever that KXEL needs to have their signal blasting into the east coast at night. When I was working at WPTR in Albany, NY in the 1970s (also on 1540) KXEL's came in so strongly at night that I could see our towers from 3 miles to the south in Guilderland and hear KXEL w

Re: [IRCA] Stations on 1710 KHz

Les, I'm not sure if they are still on the air or have gone silent, but for a long time there was an Hasidic Jewish pirate on 1710 in Brooklyn that was on quite regularly. Although I'm assuming the power quite low - under 100 watts - for a long time he could be heard via skip around the northe

[IRCA] WLFP

Caught WLFP, 1550, Braddock, PA, 1KW, at 1800 EST mixing under WIGN with ID in the clear during WIGN dead air. First time I've ever caught them in SE PA. 73, Rene Tetro, W2FIL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalamp

Re: [IRCA] Washington High Band station question

KRPI has a CP to run 50KW DA with 3 towers at night with a new pattern. My guess is that they are either running on that, or are running temporarily on NonD while the antenna system is bring modified. The new pattern is quite a bit more loose than the old 10KW Night pattern. 73, Rene'

[IRCA] Attn Hams: London Olympics Special Events Station

For you hams out there, I thought you might be interested in the Special Events Station that is operating from the London Olympics. Looks like they have a pretty elaborate setup. Here is a link to their webpage: http://www.2o12l.com/index.php?page=operating 73, Rene' Rene&#

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] WFIL and WNTP Off air tonight

The work for tonight on WFIL and WNTP has been postponed so we won't be signing off as planned. I'll let you know when we reschedule the shut downs. 73, Rene' From: dxtip-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:dxtip-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Rene Tetro Sent: Friday, June 29,

[IRCA] WFIL and WNTP Off air tonight

ill return to the air no later than 05:00 ET, and WFIL no later than 04:00 ET. These planned outages may provide some DX opportunities on 560 and 990 in the northeast tonight. 73, Rene' Rene' Tetro Director of Engineering & IT

Re: [IRCA] WPWT-870 Colonial Heights TN

at the time and had some real horror stories of their site. 73, Rene' Rene' Tetro WFIL-WNTP Philadelphia -Original Message- From: irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:25 PM To: Ma

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1550 WIGN Bristol TENNESSEE being heard in ONTARIOTonight..........

WIGN has a bad habit of not dropping their power at night. Since I once worked in the market and have some connections down there, I've spoken to them twice about it. It's kind of hard to make believe your on 6 watts, when 35kw can be heard around the country. What I've found is that this is not

[IRCA] WFIL-560 DX test Results

Hi all, I have received many Reception Reports from the test we did on WFIL Saturday night/Sunday morning. I thank all of you so much for listening and sending your reports in. I will have QSLs sent out by the end of the week to all who filed a formal report at our dxt...@wfil.com email address,

[IRCA] WFIL DX Test with Details

The WFIL DX Test will be conducted Sunday Morning from 12:00AM - 12:55AM Eastern (0500-0555 UTC). WFIL is licensed to Philadelphia, PA and will be operating on our Daytime Directional Array at 5KW. The end time has been adjusted to 12:55AM, instead of 01:00AM. This will afford listeners in our r

[IRCA] WFIL DX Test with Details

The WFIL DX Test will be conducted Sunday Morning from 12:00AM - 12:55AM Eastern (0500-0555 UTC). WFIL is licensed to Philadelphia, PA and will be operating on our Daytime Directional Array at 5KW. The end time has been adjusted to 12:55AM, instead of 01:00AM. This will afford listeners in our r

[IRCA] WXCT 990 Southington, CT

eral calls about it. Thanks. 73, Rene' Rene' Tetro, W2FIL Lansdale, PA Director of Engineering & IT, WNTP-WFIL Philadelphia ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irc

Re: [IRCA] WHAT-1340

Russ, Their carrier has been on since Monday. I noticed it Monday afternoon when doing a bandscan on my way home from work. Last night I sat in my driveway in West Point and under WHAT's carrier you could still easily listen to WMID. Another Spanish station is in our region's future (like w

Re: [IRCA] Tight AM Patterns

. I don't know how the KFAN site is since I haven't worked for 1130 in several years. Rene' Rene' Tetro Lansdale, PA -Original Message- From: irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Todd Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:38 P

Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF pollution, however. So they probably made the situation worse by moving to them. I have never allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that very reason. Unfortunately, the world is moving away from incandescent to fluorescent because of the

[IRCA] CKNX

upposed to be 1kw at night. Wonder if they were on their 10kw day antenna. The signal was strong enough to stop the bandscan on my radio. At first I thought it was WCHR in Trenton, just 20 or so miles away with a change in format. 73, Rene'

Re: [IRCA] WHP 580 IBOC

I am not intimately acquainted with the operation at WHP, so I will just briefly comment on what I do know. Our general manager at WFIL-WNTP was GM at WHP several years ago, and he explained that WHP is fairly tightly blocked in at night by several stations, both co-channel and adjacent. Among th

Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30

You're right, Russ. Even at my age (59), as one who cut his DX teeth and listening habits in the 60s, I have to admit that unless I am specifically listening for DX, I very rarely listen to terrestrial radio anymore, especially AM. I just get way too frustrated with the noise (IBOC hash, static,

Re: [IRCA] WFNY DX test

I tried. That's about all I can say. Our local WNPV on 1440 in Lansdale made this difficult. I drove several miles into one of their nulls in an attempt to receive the test, but it was a no go. 73, Rene' Rene' Tetro W2FIL Lansdale, PA _

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 990 in the Northeast

Thanks to all who wrote back about 990 CKGM. You're input was invaluable. I am hoping that we have the situation resolved now following a couple of conversations with the station. 73, Rene' _ From: a...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:a...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rene

[IRCA] MORE BAD NEWS FOR FM DXERS

>From All Access Website a few moments ago.. FCC APPROVES HD POWER INCREASE FOR FM The FCC Media Bureau has adopted rules to allow FM stations to increase their digital IBOC signals' power up to 10% of their

[IRCA] Here's an interesting sidebar to the Haiti Disaster

>From Tom Taylor's column on today's Radio-Info newsletter Haiti's newest radio station is broadcasting from the skies. Thanks to a specially-equipped U.S. Air Force C-130 that's flying very slowly above the Caribbean country, broadcasting an AM signal in Creole. The programming is mostly

[IRCA] 9-9-09

Happy NINE NINE o NINE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHYp4k7fFw 73, Rene Tetro ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those

[IRCA] 9-9-09

Happy NINE NINE o NINE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHYp4k7fFw 73, Rene Tetro ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those

Re: [IRCA] Sad News about "Passport to World Band Radio"

That's upsetting. PWBR, along with WRTH and few other reference works, are standard purchases for me each year. I use it regularly and have, I believe, almost all of the PWBR volumes except two or three. Rene' -Original Message- From: irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:irca-boun...@h

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KRKO TOWERS FALL

Oh, I can believe it, Patrick. Look temper tantrums shown on both sides of the health care debate at town hall meetings. Sadly, today knee-jerk and emotion rule reason. 73, Rene' -Original Message- From: irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of P

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KRKO TOWERS FALL

Oh, I can believe it, Patrick. Look temper tantrums shown on both sides of the health care debate at town hall meetings. Sadly, today knee-jerk and emotion rule reason. 73, Rene' -Original Message- From: irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of P

Re: [IRCA] HDTV hash solved! (whew...)

A couple of months back our radio station's production director received a knock on his door about 8PM one night. It was an FCC inspector. Now, of all the people at the station, I always assumed it would be me who got the knock -- after all, I'm the one with all the gadgetry. He was going from h

Re: [IRCA] Vertical antenna position

It's definitely worth a shot 73, Rene' >However, there is a downspout not that far away. I'll see what >happens when I move it away from that. I may move it to the attic >where there isn't any significant metal or wiring nearby. >Craig Healy >Providence, RI _

Re: [IRCA] Vertical antenna position

Craig, I wonder if your home has aluminum studs rather than wood? That could have a major effect on directionality, as could nearby water pipes and electrical wiring. Rene' Rene' F. Tetro Chief Engineer Salem Communications - Philadelphia WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM 117 Ridge Pike Lafayette Hill, PA

Re: [IRCA] LW-MW Interference

Thanks all, for your suggestions concerning my LW-MW Interference problem. I was able to talk briefly to my neighbor (with whom I have a good relationship and want to keep it that way). She turned it off and the noise went away, so that gives me double confirmation, along with my field strength r

Re: [IRCA] LW-MW Interference

Humorous reply: Good idea. Perhaps I should watch for the dog to be outside and then fire up my 1.5kw linear on 160 meters, modulate it to 100% on LSB, and then watch what happens :-) > >However, if the dog wears the collar all the time, maybe you could >set up a higher powered transmitter to zap

[IRCA] LW-MW Interference

Hi all, I’ve been going crazy the past few weeks trying to figure out where a loud buzzing sound is coming from whenever I try to listen to certain LW and MW frequencies. Well, this morning I went out with my field strength meter and found the culprit. It turns out that the offending device

[IRCA] Apex 303-WA2

Has anyone had any experience with the Apex 303-WA2 passive receive whip. I purchased two of these to use with my Quantum Phaser as an experiment. (Normally I use two Dressler ARA-60's with the phaser and that configuration works well.) I just took them out of the box and they look like the

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Antenna for LW

Another suggestion would be a "PK Loop" antenna. I've been using one of these for about six months inside my house with great results. They are manufactured in Australia and do a fantastic job. URL is http://users.bigpond.net.au/CygnusX3/Longwave_Antennas.htm . Rene' Rene' F. Tetro W2FI

[IRCA] Test

test Rene' F. Tetro W2FIL, WPXG816, WPXU288, PG0216913 Lansdale, PA, USA Coordinates: N40-12-30.9 W75-18-20.6 Grid: FN20if Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Websites: www.veronicafm.org, www.maggie-radio.org; www.exalt1700.org, www.classiccountry1630.org, www.westpointcommunityradio.org ___

[IRCA] Test

Test Rene' Rene' F. Tetro Chief Engineer Salem Communications - Philadelphia WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM 117 Ridge Pike Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 Voice: 610-828-6965 Ext. 41 Fax: 610-828-6725 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@

[IRCA] FW: EWE Up and running in Carlisle UK! (off topic)

Barry, Are you getting the "sush" across the band? Sounds you're your describing atmospherics or (dare I say it) cross-Atlantic IBOC hash. Rene' Rene' F. Tetro Chief Engineer Salem Communications - Philadelphia WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM 117 Ridge Pike Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 Voice: 610-828-6965

[IRCA] WFIL & WNTP Downtime

citor. The tower in question (WFIL Tower 3) is diplexed with WNTP, which is why we are taking both stations down. 73 to all, Rene' Rene' Tetro Chief Engineer WFIL-WNTP Philadelphia, PA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-c

Re: [IRCA] WNTP DX Test 2

The new day pattern is still generally southeast, as it was in the past, but with about 1/3 more signal to the northeast and to the west. Signal to the NW is about the same as in the past. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen S. Howe Se

[IRCA] More on the SRF-59

After all of the discussion and generally positive comments on the various DX groups about the SRF-59, I ordered one. I figured for about $16 from Amazon you can't go wrong. Well, I got mine yesterday, and last night put it through some "unscientific" listening tests. Like many of you, I have t

Re: [IRCA] The beginning of the end - of IBOC

On another note. KYW here in Philly never turned on their IBOC at night, even though it's the same pattern day and night, and the other CBS O&W, WPHT, is running there's at night. I wonder why? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Fyb

[IRCA] WNTP Sign Off

FYI. WNTP, 990, Philadelphia, will shutdown tonight at Eastern for the better part of the night. This will probably be the last time we shutdown during the current antenna project. Rene' Rene' F. Tetro Chief Engineer Salem Communications - Philadelphia WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM 117 Ridge Pike L

[IRCA] WNTP Downtime

Hi all, Once again WNTP, 990, Philadelphia will be signing off at Eastern tonight to continue the daytime antenna modifications. I'm not sure how long we will be down, but you can figure a good portion of the night. S, if you're normally within ear shot of our night signal, fire up tho

Re: [IRCA] WPHT off air at 0300

As long as we're on the subject of being off.. WNTP, 990, Philadelphia, is currently off the air to continue making changes to its daytime directional array. We are making final adjustments to the phasing and tuning networks and should be back up around 4am. This will, hopefully, be the last n

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1020 kHz tone continues

Jim, Yes, this look fine. As you suspected, I subtracted instead of added. It was a late night Friday night due to problems at the radio station. When I got up at 12:30PM to check on the tone, I was still have asleep. Hence, my math faux pas. Thanks for thinking ahead and catching it. As

Re: [IRCA] Antenna repairs

I hear ya, Patrick. We had a major rain and wind storm blow through here tonight which damaged our utility power feed coming. So we've been running on the new generator (installed just four weeks ago) since 9:45PM EST. The storm broke a cut-out on a power pole coming into the radio station.

Re: [IRCA] 1610 the tone in so CA also!

I was thinking. Some companies build facilities for the military that are mobile and can operate anywhere in the broadcast band. Perhaps the government is testing a new unit. For a look see, check out the following link: http://www.kintronic.com/site/systems/milant.asp I've known the guys at Ki

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 590 khz and 1020 khz mystery signals

I was thinking. Some companies build facilities for the military that are mobile and can operate anywhere in the broadcast band. Perhaps the government is testing a new unit. For a look see, check out the following link: http://www.kintronic.com/site/systems/milant.asp I've known the guys at Ki

Re: [IRCA] 1610 map as of 11 PM Thursday

am not hearing the 1610 mystery station this morning in SE PA. Tried at home and in the car. Last night before I went to bed I was pulling it in on my R75 with a Terk AM Advantage Loop at about an S5. The direction of the loop was the same as my earlier tests with the field strength meter -- 19

Re: [IRCA] [dxhub] 1610

The 1610 tone station is on the air again today with a fairly good signal here in SE PA. Must be somebody testing. I took my field strength meter from work and did a quick measurement, and it appears to be coming from a south to southwestern direction. According to the FCC database there are

[IRCA] The Increase of AM Noise

Fellow Hams and DXers, The following is the text of a message that I sent to our company's engineering email list concerning the increase of electrical noise on the AM band. I thought you might find it interesting. We hams and dxers are not the only ones who are concerned about the trend of i

[IRCA] Stations Heard Last Night

526 ZLS Beacon, Bahamas. Very Strong, Steady. Morse ID. 1845. 740 WNYH, Huntington, NY. Good signal with Music into Legal ID with CHWO nulled. 1900. (Cheating? They should have been on 43 watts at that time). Equipment: Icom R-75 (with Kiwa Mods) and Terk AM Advantage Loop. Location: