Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: Big-time Mexican puzzle on 780

2012-03-05 Thread Tim Hall
They seemed to be promoting the anticipated release of a movie. Nothing resembling an ID. Sure a loud signal though. I should try for them here... 73 Tim On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com wrote: ** That's a good question, Tim. Of the 8 Mexicans on the

Re: [IRCA] CJWW 600 New Station here.

2008-11-15 Thread Tim Hall
Dennis, Maybe you'll get another new log out of this: The Dave Ramsey station wasn't KOGO; that show airs locally on KFMB-760. 73, Tim Hall near San Diego On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, A new staton this evening, CJWW 600 Saskatoon over/under KOGO

Re: [IRCA] KMZQ 670

2008-10-12 Thread Tim Hall
Not a trace of them here in southern San Diego yet. Not surprising, as I'm something like 140 miles SE of Simi Valley. 73 Tim On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Pete Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure why there is any confusion on this. Everyone should take a look at

Re: [IRCA] Logging and question

2008-07-19 Thread Tim Hall
Re the 1150 UNID, the closest match I can find for this format is WJRD in Alabama. 73, Tim On 7/13/08, David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Group: I finally logged WPYT-660, Wilkinsburg, PA, 7/13/08, 1900 EDT w/semi-local WXIC off early (ah-glory-ah to-ah Jesus-ah). WPYT had talk show,

Re: [IRCA] Westlist back

2008-07-03 Thread Tim Hall
Also be advised that the FCC data for Mexico is pitiful. Some of it is pure fiction, or 30 years out of date... 73, Tim On 7/3/08, Deane McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3-Jul-08, at 3:40 PM, Craig Healy wrote: The WestList of AM broadcast stations in the western hemisphere is back

Re: [IRCA] Banff Trip

2008-06-23 Thread Tim Hall
I have a bandscan from Waterton too (1999) so I'll try to dig that one up. It was an interesting place to visit, with all the very large, healthy bighorn sheep roaming the streets of town. Couldn't enjoy the scenery too much due to overcast and fog. The AM TIS stations in Waterton and Banff are

Re: [IRCA] BANFF Band

2008-06-23 Thread Tim Hall
Ah, that's right - take the gondolas up to the top of the mountain at Banff and Jasper. I remember at Banff in 2005, the midday reception was a lot better up there. Sunset would be interesting! 73, Tim On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:42 AM, C B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a great idea. An

Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] WTWK 1070 Plattsburgh, NY

2008-04-08 Thread Tim Hall
They were also reported staying on after sunset in 2005, so methinks they have been at it for a while... 73, Tim On 4/8/08, Bruce Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And according to Radio Locator, they are daytime-only, no night power or anything else that I can see that would allow them to be

Re: [IRCA] XE?? 1390

2008-03-23 Thread Tim Hall
Here's what I found in my database (not guaranteed to be up to date of course...): My local XEKT Tecate and KLOC Turlock were both reported with Radio Formula slogans last September. XERW and XEOR have also used the slogan. 73, Tim On 3/23/08, John Callarman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

2008-03-21 Thread Tim Hall
Seems doubtful. You'll have to contend with Indianapolis, Chattanooga, Greenville, Sarnia, Charlottesville. Maybe if you were closer to the coast... 73, Tim On 3/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be heading to North Carolina this weekend to visit family, and wonder

Re: [IRCA] Format Change?

2008-03-06 Thread Tim Hall
They're running what seems to be WW1 NOS now and using new slogan Legends 16-80 as well as the usual WW1 NOS slogans like America's best music. Signal is a lot weaker down this way now... 73, Tim On 3/6/08, Donald K. Kaskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Pat, did your KAVT-1680 Fresno drop

Re: [IRCA] Sad News Regarding an IRCA Member

2008-02-15 Thread Tim Hall
Same here. He must have been fairly young, no? I don't think I ever met him in person but I was thinking he was about the same age as the rest of us SoCal DXers who were in the club in the 80s... Mittman, Sanburn, Kaz, myself, etc. I'm 46 and I think most of the other guys in SoCal were a few

Re: [IRCA] CFFX heard -

2008-01-14 Thread Tim Hall
No luck here in SoCal despite pretty good conditions - just KKNT-AZ and KOVO-UT La favorita announcing //KXOL-1660. 73, Tim On 1/14/08, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Picked up bits of morse code between :05 and :06. Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?

2008-01-08 Thread Tim Hall
amazon.com was down to 3 left in stock, so I grabbed one... $13.87 + $7.49 shipping... I'll gamble $21 based on all these incredible reviews that keep pouring in. It could make a nice compact travel radio... Tim On Jan 8, 2008 1:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Vroom of Vancouver,

Re: [IRCA] WHIE-1320

2007-12-26 Thread Tim Hall
And he must be a monorail because he has a one-track mind... (rimshot) 73, Tim (sleep-deprived from work, not from DX unfortunately...) On Dec 26, 2007 5:04 PM, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1320WHIE GAGRIFFIN 1950 26/12/07 ID - 1320, WHIE back into country music,

Re: [IRCA] KQMS test

2007-12-16 Thread Tim Hall
I had been planning to listen for this test while I was performing some system tests for my office at midnight. My work schedule changed and I forgot all about the test. Have been after this station for years... Argh. Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA On 12/16/07, Bob Coomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [IRCA] 1330 KCKM Monahans, TX

2007-12-14 Thread Tim Hall
Thanks for the update. These guys have always got out well. I heard them running HS FB earlier this fall. Here in San Diego they are the #3 or #4 station on the channel, the others being KWKW, KGAK, and the Tucson station. 73 Tim Hall On 12/14/07, Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [IRCA] OC on KWSX

2007-12-02 Thread Tim Hall
This thread reminds me of the DJs at a Louisville(?) radio station some years ago who lampooned the town of Boonville, Indiana to the tune of One Night in Bangkok: One night in Boonville feels like half a month there, Not much to do and even less to see... Speaking of inland CA stations, it has

Re: [IRCA] The newbie logs

2007-12-01 Thread Tim Hall
WSVG is on 790. Maybe WSVS-800? They play bluegrass. 73, Tim On 12/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My total of North American stations continues the slow trek to 1000; these are the new stations from the last few days. WSKO Providence, RI 790KHz 112907 2058-2106UTC

Re: [IRCA] 1130 SS then into ABC news

2007-11-29 Thread Tim Hall
I've heard bilingual religious talk programs on KSDO-1130 but I've never noticed them running ABC news in English. Maybe 2 stations mixing? 73, Tim On 11/29/07, Donald K. Kaskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walt, Sorry to check in so late on this but I'd side with Mike Hawkins Pat Martin that

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Hall
Hey that's not so far-fetched. XEPE does it every day ;) 73, Tim On 11/21/07, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep seeing an ad for the latest Will Smith movie I Am Legend which comes out next month. This is like the third remake of this movie and it is one of

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Hall
Funny how all of these last-man-on-earth stations do a better job of IDing than most ESPN and Disney stations :) On 11/22/07, Konnie Rychalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...is one of those typical 'last man on Earth' movies. The amusing part is the sound bite where Smith announces that he is

Re: [IRCA] XEKTT 1700 Good at 1:48 PM PST

2007-11-21 Thread Tim Hall
Nice catch! But if anyone believes these guys are 10kW, I have a nice bridge to sell you :) 73, Tim On 11/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: San Diego's 1700 XEKTT in with Dennis Miller Show at 1:48 PM PST. Never heard daytime DX this good before. Wow, that's over 932

Re: [IRCA] XEKTT 1700 Good at 1:48 PM PST

2007-11-21 Thread Tim Hall
call do they announce now? Not that that would be conclusive either with that group`s track record. Perhaps Tim Hall can enlighten us. 73, Glenn Hauser Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you

Re: [IRCA] Cruise DX

2007-11-15 Thread Tim Hall
Jim, Nice job on the site - and your nature photography is excellent too. I could sure go for some cruise ship DX right about now. It really gets fun when you bring a nice antenna! 73, Tim On 11/12/07, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick note to say that I have finished publishing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] New HAR testing in NY State

2007-11-15 Thread Tim Hall
Interesting... the second letter is probably P. We drove the Thruway from Herkimer to Niagara Falls in May and heard several Thruway stations. None of those stations had the robotic voice or shaky audio. 73, Tim On 11/15/07, Barry McLarnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 15 November

Re: [IRCA] An on the road logging

2007-11-14 Thread Tim Hall
Yes, and maybe later than that... I recall WHLN being a regular catch from Atlanta during my Home Depot days. I also remember logging more KY stations than I expected to. It seems to me I had a handful in the 1500s whom I suspected of being ch... er, I mean helpless victims of automation

Re: [IRCA] Radio Victoria 810 khz

2007-11-09 Thread Tim Hall
KLVZ in Colorado. 73, Tim On 11/9/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is Radio Victoria on 810, in SS? Thanks. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Help with unID Fox sports on 1220

2007-11-04 Thread Tim Hall
I'm away from my notes right now, but doesn't WDYT-Kings Mountain NC (hope I got those calls right) run Fox sports on the weekend? 73, Tim On 11/3/07, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2245EDT 3 November 2007 Any one know who the Fox sports station on 1220 is? They have been booming in since

Re: [IRCA] WIGG Test On???

2007-11-04 Thread Tim Hall
// their online stream. This is my second newie in about 2 weeks, the other being KWNA-1400. If you don't count talking houses, new stations coming on the air, and DX tests, it is a very rare event for me to log 2 new catches in a month. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 11/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [IRCA] AM Station Lists?

2007-11-04 Thread Tim Hall
One word of caution: don't trust the FCC site for data about Mexican stations. Their Mexican information is frequently inaccurate and they won't accept corrections from anyone but the Mexican government. For a Mexican list, go to mexicoradiotv.com 73, Tim On 11/4/07, Bill Harms [EMAIL

Re: [IRCA] New MN station heard

2007-10-31 Thread Tim Hall
Nice catch! I show them with 350 watts at night but my info may not be up to date. 73, Tim On 10/31/07, Jim Renfrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 0100 edtNOV 1 2007 960KLTFMN Little Falls - sports talk, then ID, before ABC News. Station is 5000 watts day,

Re: [IRCA] WCXH DX Test not heard

2007-10-29 Thread Tim Hall
No trace here either - just suffering through the usual idiot parade on C2C on KKOH-780 waiting for something to happen... On 10/29/07, Stephen S. Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WCXH-780 not heard as I tried for the DX Test between 0357-0418 EDT using my Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop. WBBM

Re: [IRCA] WLPO 1220.

2007-10-27 Thread Tim Hall
Congrats Patrick. Notihng noted here in SoCal despite pretty good conditions (not much slop from KPRZ-1210 last night). 73, Tim On 10/27/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just caught some weak morse code at 1:06 AM (PDT) 3:06 AM (CDT) Drake R8 1500' Eastern Beverage

Re: [IRCA] Need Help w/ UNID Floridian on 1070

2007-10-26 Thread Tim Hall
I'm away from my records, but isn't there a WNVY on 1070 in (Cantonment?), Florida, near Pensacola? 73, Tim On 10/26/07, J.D. Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Earlier this week near sunrise, I heard a religious station on 1070 with a dual city ID mentioning Pensacola, and what I am sure

Re: [IRCA] WFAW 940 kHz Fort Atkinson, WI DX Test

2007-10-23 Thread Tim Hall
Another nice one. Don't be discouraged by the low power. This station gets out well. Well done Jim! On 10/23/07, Jim Pogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WFAW 940 kHz Fort Atkinson, WI DX Test Date: Monday morning (late Sunday night), Nov. 12, 2007. Time: Midnight - 3 a.m. Central Time, 0600

Re: [IRCA] 1690 kHz question

2007-10-20 Thread Tim Hall
Sounds like CHTO Toronto, which began testing around July. 73, Tim On 10/20/07, Joe Miller, KJ8O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, It sounds like I'm pulling 3 stations on 1690 tonight. #1 is identified as WPTX Lexington Park Maryland carrying Maryland football and a station ID heard

Re: [IRCA] B 103?

2007-10-19 Thread Tim Hall
Yes, I'd say so. Check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKOV-FM 73, Tim On 10/18/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am hearing a CW station mixing with CHED 630 with CW calling itself B 103. Is this CKOV now? Ideas? 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] Cheater term and the FCC

2007-09-24 Thread Tim Hall
What an intriguing thought! Now, if you wanted to achieve the same effect without breaking any rules, you could all switch formats to overmodulated Sinaloan tuba music for one night and create almost the same amount of adjacent-channel havoc that your pushy IBOC neighbors are inflicting on you!

Re: [IRCA] Cheater term and the FCC

2007-09-22 Thread Tim Hall
Good discussion. I think the glitches that happen and only last a night or two are kind of fun - mini-DX tests really. As long as the station figures it out (or reads it here) and corrects the problem, no foul. I'm not perfect either (no matter what everyone says, LOL). These short-term

Re: [IRCA] KFYI HD testing

2007-09-21 Thread Tim Hall
KUZZ-550 is much stronger than usual tonight. Not a trace of KFYI or their hash so far... 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 9/21/07, kevin redding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CE at KFYI says that from tonight at sunset on KFYI will be on full time with HD. He would appreciate logs and non

Re: [IRCA] Canadian 1270 ID help

2007-09-21 Thread Tim Hall
Hmm, does anyone know if CBRU Squamish is still on the air? They were scheduled to go off a long time ago, but I seem to recall they stayed on the air after the date they were supposed to move? 73, Tim On 9/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: thanks to Tim Hall

Re: [IRCA] Radio Viva Vundontay(?) on 940 khz

2007-09-20 Thread Tim Hall
KWRU Fresno - Radio Vida Abundante - 73, Tim Hall On 9/20/07, Satya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all - my Spanish is, well, nonexistent, and I have a snippet of audio from a few weeks ago that sounds like Radio Viva Vundontay on 940 khz - anybody know who it might be? KWBY near Portland

Re: [IRCA] A bad night for hash in upstate NY

2007-09-19 Thread Tim Hall
From my many business trips to Atlanta, where the locals just don't get out well at night, I could easily imagine what Powell is experiencing. I could easily see how this could leave a listener in an area like that with no good signals at all to listen to at night... 73, Tim On 9/19/07, Powell

Re: [IRCA] KQMS 1400 kHz Redding, CA DX Test

2007-09-18 Thread Tim Hall
Nice! I've been trying for them for the last several winters. Thanks Jim! 73, Tim On 9/18/07, Jim Pogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KQMS 1400 kHz Redding, CA DX Test Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night), Dec. 16, 2007. Time: Midnight - 1 a.m. Pacific Time, 0800 - 0900 UTC. 1,000

Re: [IRCA] First impressions of 24h IBOC

2007-09-14 Thread Tim Hall
Here in San Diego I only noted severe hiss from KFBK completely covering 1520 and 1540 in the pre-sunrise hours. Other than that, conditions were better than normal last night. Our only local i-BLOCker, KOGO-600, is not running IBOC at night yet. I suppose from now on we should call these

Re: [IRCA] Patrick's DX Heaven

2007-09-11 Thread Tim Hall
An article (not an ad) in the Pulitzer Prize Winning San Diego fishwrap last weekend was touting incredibly low home prices in Newfoundland. The article stated that one could buy a nice cottage for $20K. Sounded way too good to be true... but what a nice place to set up a DX timeshare! 73, Tim

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WIGG 1420 kHz Wiggins, MS DX Test

2007-09-10 Thread Tim Hall
Yes, nice going Jim! I have a 2kW local on 1420 but I have heard other things through them so it is worth trying for this one. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 9/10/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fantastic Jim!! Another great one.I am sure glad I got my Eastern beverage all

Re: [IRCA] New Broadband loop and CBC 1350 log

2007-09-09 Thread Tim Hall
I'm away from my database right now, but doesn't the Keremeos station run more than 40 watts? They get out reasonably well as I recall. 73, Tim On 9/9/07, Walter Salmaniw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a successful proof of concept of the corner fed broadband loop, I decided to enlarge the

Re: [IRCA] Station under KNRO 1670

2007-08-31 Thread Tim Hall
Probably KHPY Moreno Valley, CA. They're currently running a program of vocal music with a woman speaking on top of it. They are a Spanish language Catholic station running 9000 watts at night. 73, Tim On 8/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening, This evening at

Re: [IRCA] unID on 1130

2007-08-15 Thread Tim Hall
I'm away from my radio database today, but doesn't the Spanish station in Georgia use the La Favorita slogan? It sure sounds familiar from my old business trips to Atlanta when I worked for Home Despot... oops, I mean Home Depot. I think I recall reading that XEHN's transmitter site was badly

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Last night

2007-08-05 Thread Tim Hall
Could be - I heard them almost every night of my east coast trip in May, as far south as North Carolina. 73 Tim On 8/5/07, Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone think that CKNX may be using day rig at night ? Aren't they a major nuisance on 920 back east ? 73 KAZ - Original

Re: [IRCA] SOS in Morse code on the radio today

2007-07-31 Thread Tim Hall
Interesting - It's kind of surprising that their advertising department got the Morse code right. That's pretty good attention to detail for marketing folks :) This reminds me of something that happened a few years ago. There was a DX test on the east coast or maybe the midwest, on a fairly

Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] The perfect reception?

2007-07-30 Thread Tim Hall
travel, losing 1610 over an entire region was a bummer. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 7/30/07, Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Renfrew wrote: Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Having heard that a new station is operating on 1690 from Toronto, I just turned on the radio, punched

Re: [IRCA] My loss

2007-07-24 Thread Tim Hall
Art, We're so sorry to hear of your loss. We pray the Lord will grant you His peace. God bless you, Tim Karen Hall On 7/24/07, Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My lovely dear wife, Gwendolyn Jean Blair passed away this afternoon. At this time the cause is unknown. I am so sorry.

Re: [IRCA] Tillamook forest TIS

2007-07-19 Thread Tim Hall
The one on Hwy 6 really gets out. I know I've heard it from pretty good distances at night... southern OR, maybe WA or even BC. I remember it as having a fairly long loop of interesting info. 73, Tim On 7/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Last week we took a drive to

Re: [IRCA] KTBA-760

2007-07-08 Thread Tim Hall
Same here. It sure doesn't seem like a smart move from a coverage standpoint. They got out well during the day on 1050. Neither frequency is a good choice for low-power night operation; they'll get clobbered by XEs either way. Maybe they are just low on $$$ and trying to cut the electric bill?

[IRCA] San Diego/Tijuana update

2007-07-08 Thread Tim Hall
English oldies, with Spanish commercials. On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:53:52 -0700, Tim Hall wrote: That's a good idea. After listening to mindless talk radio, I need a wake-up team! A few local notes of my own (San Diego): 1620 WNSB415 San Diego (San Ysidro) is back on the air with the usual

Re: [IRCA] KCKX Stayton, OR Format Change

2007-07-08 Thread Tim Hall
That's what I have in my database... Spanish 6am-3pm, then back to country... 73, Tim On 7/7/07, The Kaskey Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan, Think I heard a while back that KCKX changed to SS daytimes Cowboy Country nights. Have heard them not too long ago with the latter. Don K.

Re: [IRCA] Coast 2 Coast 0n 1070

2007-07-07 Thread Tim Hall
crushed by corporate radio, even amateurish local programming is better than none. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 7/7/07, bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C-FAX 1070 is carrying Coast but cutting in at 00 hours PDT until end and repeating first part until 5?am when the morning wake up team

Re: [IRCA] 1640 TIS

2007-07-01 Thread Tim Hall
Part 15 station Auburn Community radio was reported on 1640 a while back, ex-1500. Same station? 73, Tim On 7/1/07, Pete Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1640 WA Auburn (no ID). New TIS apparently coming from the City of Auburn. Civic and safety-oriented announcements in a bed of EZ and

Re: [IRCA] StLDX

2007-06-25 Thread Tim Hall
Greatest hits of yesterday and today? :) On 6/25/07, Tim Kridel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your 1660 is KXTR in Mission, KS (suburban Kansas City). They're classical but also carry T-Bones baseball. Weird combo. ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Please accept my resignation.

2007-06-22 Thread Tim Hall
The same from me as well, Les. You helped me add quite a few stations to my otherwise-stagnant SoCal totals. You'll be missed. 73, Tim Hall On 6/22/07, Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is with much regreat that I must tender my resignation as Broadcast Test Coordinator, effective

Re: [IRCA] UNID OLdies 1160

2007-06-15 Thread Tim Hall
I think they've often been accused of being... what is the PC term... night power challenged? :) 73, Tim On 6/14/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search of The True Oldies Channel and came up with KHPP IA, so maybe them. Listed as 26w at night/. Patrick Patrick

Re: [IRCA] UNID OLdies 1160

2007-06-15 Thread Tim Hall
Yes, definitely a fine catch either way - 73, Tim On 6/14/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim, As poor as CX are tonight to the East, I would believe 880w over 26, but either way, if it is them, I'll take it. 1160 is one tough channel with KSL. I have several promos and I will

Re: [IRCA] German?

2007-06-15 Thread Tim Hall
It's also a last name. There is a great tenor sax player by that name who has lived in the San Diego and San Francisco areas the past 30 years. I first met him when we were in high school so I'm pretty sure it's not a stage name :) 73, Tim (who will probably never hear anythig on 1476 kHz - I

Re: [IRCA] Radio History

2007-06-14 Thread Tim Hall
In this crazy world, either one would fetch a good price on eBay (toenails or tonsils!). 73, Tim (back from vacation 3 weeks ago, still buried in genealogical correspondence and don't know when I'm going to get around to publishing my TIS and other loggings from the east coast trip...) On

Re: [IRCA] big carrier on 1610

2007-05-21 Thread Tim Hall
I just returned from the east coast (SC/NC/VA/MD/PA/NY/ON/QC/VT/NH/MA) and did not hear any huge OC on 1610 while I was there (May 4-20). Of course the new Toronto and Montreal stations on 1610 are huge pests, so the TIS DX was not as good as I had hoped... 73, Tim back in San Diego On

Re: [IRCA] Bob Pietsch

2007-05-06 Thread Tim Hall
We just read the news. Our prayers go out to his family, especially strength for his wife Maria. Fighting cancer is exhausting for the whole family. Thank the Lord he had a faithful wife by his side to help him. Tim, Karen, and Tim Sr. Hall on the road in Charlotte, NC On 5/5/07, Ira Elbert

Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash trashes KSL

2007-04-09 Thread Tim Hall
Well said... For what it's worth, here in San Diego, we have two stations very close together: KOGO-600 running IBOC, and XESS-620, the fraudulent Tijuana station which pretends to be in Ensenada, not running IBOC. KOGO's daytime IBOC hash is enough to put a nasty squeal on top of XESS' signal

Re: [IRCA] 2007 IRCA E-Mail Directory

2007-04-01 Thread Tim Hall
Hall, Tim Chula Vista, CATimHall1 gmail com plus my recently-neglected-but-still-somewhat-useful website http://members.cox.net/tim_hall_dx/index.htm 73, Tim On 4/1/07, Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who are concerned about SPAMbots, I propose to list

Re: [IRCA] IRCA E-Mail Directory

2007-03-31 Thread Tim Hall
I remember the list and think it's a good idea. One suggestion would be to list our e-mail addresses in some slightly-altered format, for example: TimHall1*at*gmail*com You never know when someone is going to post the list on some unsecured web page, and it would be nice if all those web

[IRCA] KURS-1040 running oldies tonight

2007-03-20 Thread Tim Hall
KURS-1040 noted with oldies tonight. DJ's name was C.J. Stone, I think. Probably a syndicated program. I suppose this means the LMA with a local Baptist church has expired. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

[IRCA] WWL-870 makes a rare visit to SoCal

2007-03-20 Thread Tim Hall
Noted with a nice big signal as I was driving across the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge Sunday night 9:30pm PDT - The big 8-70, WWL, New Orleans. Just like the good old days! WBAP-820 was stronger than usual too. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] KURS-1040 running oldies tonight

2007-03-20 Thread Tim Hall
, Jr. Operations Manager/Program Director WABV-AM 1590 Abbeville, SC www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.wabv1590.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 3/20/07, Tim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KURS-1040 noted with oldies tonight. DJ's name was C.J. Stone, I think

Re: [IRCA] WWL-870 makes a rare visit to SoCal

2007-03-20 Thread Tim Hall
Hi Willis, KRLD-1080 does make it into San Diego at times, though the slop from KNX-1070 and XEPRS-1090 is formidable. KSCO is a bit more common but KRLD is quite often there. We also have a station in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora that is noted occasionally. WWL, WBAP, and WOAI were all

Re: [IRCA] 800 with Spanish talk

2007-03-13 Thread Tim Hall
Tijuana has been English for a few years, so it's not them. I believe I have heard Spanish religion on XEROK... 73, Tim On 3/13/07, Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijuana and Juarez both make it in here regularly, as does Bakersfield CA (also SS). My bet would be on Juarez

Re: [IRCA] Format Announced for KTRB-860 San Francisco, California

2007-02-27 Thread Tim Hall
Talk with just about any adjective in front of it is pretty awful. Even sports talk, because there are too many networks and the talent has been diluted. The toughest part of DXing these days is sitting through 59 minutes of tripe to get an ID (if they remember to include one - good luck if it's

Re: [IRCA] Format Announced for KTRB-860 San Francisco, California

2007-02-27 Thread Tim Hall
I set mine to :58-:01 and :04-:07 since some stations ID or (at least back east) give local weather after the news. I sometimes have to sit through some pathetic promos (especially on Coast-to-Coast and ESPN stations) between :58 and :00, but these settings work pretty well and give me a little

[IRCA] XESS-620 / XESDD-920 / XESDD-1030

2007-02-24 Thread Tim Hall
at the beginning of the week. I don't know if the current programming is a full-time format change or just a weekend program. No changes noted for XEPE-1700 or XEBCE-105.7. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

Re: [IRCA] XESS-620 / XESDD-920 / XESDD-1030

2007-02-24 Thread Tim Hall
Usually, though none of the Ensenada stations get out very well... On 2/24/07, Marty Rimpau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Tim, do you get x e d x at 1010 from Chula vVista? On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:23:29 -0800, Tim Hall wrote: Update on the legitimate Ensenada/Tecate stations and their not-so

Re: [IRCA] Mexican List

2007-02-24 Thread Tim Hall
Once again John has delivered absolutely wonderful results. Congratulations and thank you! 73, Tim On 2/11/07, Nigel Pimblett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello John, I'd certainly like to receive a copy of your list too. I don't usually hear a lot of Mexicans, but auroral conditions can

Re: [IRCA] Unkown station on 1690 kHz.

2007-02-15 Thread Tim Hall
Maybe Roseville, CA? I forget the current call letters... 73, Tim On 2/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a station on 1690 kHz playing music (Adult+foreign) and a few PSAs, (2:02 P.M.) but no ID heard while listening for over an hour. Signal up to S-9+20 db. Any help

Re: [IRCA] 540 unid

2007-02-07 Thread Tim Hall
My local XESURF switched to country several months ago after LA lost their main country FM. Slogan is country 5-40 and 12-60 - 73, Tim Hall, Chula Vista, CA On 2/7/07, Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Anything in the west broadcasting CW music on 540? Earlier, I

Re: [IRCA] Anyone hearing 820 from Taylorsville Ut?

2007-02-02 Thread Tim Hall
I get them around 7pm... I think they still run Clark Howard around then but I'm not sure... 73, Tim On 2/2/07, doug martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone hearing 820 kHz from Utah? I've looked thru the last 20 SDXM's, and haven't seen it reported. I finally heard Meridian Id from

[IRCA] KRSN-1490 DX test received in Chula Vista (San Diego), CA

2007-01-28 Thread Tim Hall
TRH-CA Tim Hall, Chula Vista ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop DX TESTS: 1490 KRSN NM Los Alamos1/28 0303 Fair signals, quite solid at times over UNID ESPN station (probably Tucson) with sweep tones and fast code IDs VVV DE KRSN KRSN etc. Noted again around 0306 and 0309 but strongest at 0303

Re: [IRCA] What happened to x e q i n?

2007-01-24 Thread Tim Hall
Hmm, I can't tell - During the day I have to go way inland to hear them due to increased KCBQ-1170 slop in recent years (there's generally no trace of them at my home 12 miles inland). At night I get nothing but KSL and of course KCBQ slop. If they're truly missing from 1160, we should check

Re: [IRCA] Cruise dx'ing???

2007-01-23 Thread Tim Hall
, Europe at sunrise and sunset, and the occasional African. Enjoy! 73, Tim Hall On 1/23/07, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if any of you out there have any experience taking portable receivers on a cruise? In April, my wife and I are taking a cruise leaving Tampa, FL. The cruise

Re: [IRCA] 800 KHZ

2007-01-23 Thread Tim Hall
Slight correction - XESPN-800 is ESPN in English (though you might catch an XE anthem or an ID in Spanish); the ESPN Deportes affiliate in Tijuana is XESS-620. I've lost track of what the Bakersfield station is doing these days... 73, Tim On 1/23/07, The Kaskey Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[IRCA] Finally logged KDJQ-890

2007-01-07 Thread Tim Hall
, on top of normally-dominant KDXU and KLFF. My other frustrating sunset target is KRML-1410 Carmel, CA. I often hear jazz programming on 1410 around 4pm but can never get an ID out of them. 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA (near San Diego) ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] Spanish pop music on 1700

2007-01-07 Thread Tim Hall
KVNS changed to Spanish oldies a few weeks ago. They used to get out very well (they were on top of the channel when I was in Alaska in 2003). 73, Tim On 1/7/07, bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sat.Jan 6,07,!800-1900 pst. Spanish DJ playing Spanish version of old 60's pop

Re: [IRCA] Spanish pop music on 1700

2007-01-07 Thread Tim Hall
Thans Pat - I'm not too surprised, though I'd never be able to tell... I live so close to XEPE that I could probably hear them with the radio turned off, hi - 73, Tim On 1/7/07, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim, KVNS still gets out well. I get them regularly at night off the

Re: [IRCA] 1210 Unid

2007-01-03 Thread Tim Hall
Several family AM radio stations including my local KECR-910 run Spanish programming in the early morning hours. I think I've heard Asian languages on KEBR-1210 before, but I'm not 100% sure... 73, Tim On 1/3/07, Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your help and

Re: [IRCA] [dxtip] XEPE-1700

2007-01-02 Thread Tim Hall
The answer is kind of odd... These guys run two additional stations under what I would consider to be false pretenses: 1. They operate XESDD-1030 Tijuana as if it were an Ensenada station, but the real XESDD in Ensenada continues on 920 kHz with no relation to the new station. 2. They operate

Re: [IRCA] [dxtip] XEPE-1700

2007-01-02 Thread Tim Hall
: Interesting, and funny about 1030/40. Do any of these (other) stations operate with unlicenced power or directional patterns. I was wondering if any might be potential targets for me in Ontario. --- Tim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The answer is kind of odd... These guys run two additional

Re: [IRCA] 1700th station logged

2006-12-28 Thread Tim Hall
Congratulations Bill! 73, Tim Hall (stuck in the mud somewhere around 1325 or 1330) On 12/28/06, Bill Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 750 WNDZ IN, Portage. 12/28 1714 Full sign off by a female announcer. Over WPDX, Venezeula, and a talk station (not WSB). WSB completely nulled. My 1700th

[IRCA] Old radio ads - San Diego

2006-12-25 Thread Tim Hall
on your dial KYOR 1130 - Your community station KUSN AM 1510 - Music and sports, weather, 5000 watts, good listening 18 hours daily (Does anyone know what became of that last one?) 73, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes

2006-12-23 Thread Tim Hall
Too many beverages? Merry Christmas, Tim Hall Chula Vista, CA On 12/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes but some of the guests got looped!! Merry Xmas all! Keith McGinnis Hingham MA Gil Stacy wrote: , but the reception was excellent. It was the Beverages

Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes

2006-12-23 Thread Tim Hall
I don't know, but she sure was beaming... On 12/23/06, Chris Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did the bride get a subscription to Better Ohms and Gardens - Original Message - From: Chuck Hutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America'

Re: [IRCA] 1020 tone in NE Oregon

2006-12-01 Thread Tim Hall
Had it for a while here in SoCal. It's easier to hear from the north side of town, away from the Tijuana transmitters including XESDD-1030. On 12/1/06, Steve Ratzlaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm easily hearing the tone in any mode, here in NE Oregon. It's weak and not dominant, but easily

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