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THE '°SEASON" STARTS SLOW. BUT ...
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IN JUL Y AS "HEA T
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BEGINS ....
WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION
SERVING THE VHF-UHF DX ENTHUSIAST
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ASSOCIATION, DEDICATED TO THE OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THE
PROPAGATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEVISION AND FM BROADCAST SIGNALS AT
VHF AND UHF. W.T.F .D .A . IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS: TOM BRYANT,
GREG CONIGLIO, BRUCE HALL, DAVE JANOWIAK, AND BILL THOMPSON .
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FRANK, BILL HEPBURN, GEORGE W. JENSEN, JEFF KRUSZKA, TIM MCVEY, FRED
NORDQUIST, MATT SITTEL, DOUG SMITH, STEPHEN WEST, THOMAS J. YINGLING, JR,
LAYOUT : BILL THOMPSON . COVER DESIGN BY: HARRY HAYES.
FROM
THE
STAFF :
DEATH OF A CLUB MEMBER: It is with regret that we notify WTFDA
members of the death of Michael Goetsch of Cleveland, Ohio. Michael enjoyed
many facets of our hobby and in addition to his WTFDA affiliation, he had
recently joined both the IRCA and NRC . He had been ill for several years and
was hospitalized on numerous occasions . Failing health prevented him from
actively pursuing his role as host of the 1992 WTFDA Convention in Pittsburgh.
We wish to add our condolences to those of other friends and fellow dxers .
BEM~~& Be sure to answer the questions and return the membership survey
which will be included in n,rxt month's VUD. Your opinions are important, but
unless you express yourself, there's no way to know what's on your mind.
WANTED-~ Contributions for the newly re-activated "TV PHOTO NEWS" and
'MAILBOX" (which returns in this issue ) columns . Submit material to Jeff
Kruszka and Matt Sittel, respectively.
NEXT MONTH.' A report on the 1995 WTFDA Convention at the Whiteface
Chalet near Lake Placid, NY- Pre-convention registration indicated the potential
for a good turnout, and host Peter George was set to serve up a super weekend
including a mini dx-pedition to the summit of Whiteface Mountain .
nrns FOIL
THE I99B N'T~71ti COON
~~0~ B .nvs Acs .n~r~ .
All submissions should be malted to convention coordinator Tom Bryant at 849 Todd Preis
',Dr., Nashvllie, TN, 37221 . Detxiifne is September 30 . Please include as much information as
!possible (even though tt may be tentatNe) about the proposed location, facilities, field trip
possibilities, your past convention attendance history, and any other pertinent Information.
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IFor more Information phone 61b-646-2000 (no collect calls, please),
WTFDA Mailbox
August 199
Matthew C. Sittel
Bear Creek Lane, Apt. A-4
Asheville, NC 28806
76255.2171 ~Compuserve.oom
- TH , forum for ltih cnmmPntar_y 9p(1 pew mamharcr
After a long hiatus from Ute pages of the VUD, WTFDA Mailbox is back! Some of you may remember this column from awhile
back. This version is a combination of the old Mailbox and Feedback columns. It's YOUR place to express your opinion . to provide
suggestions, or to introduce (or re-introduce!) yourself to the membership . There are a few simple ground rules for submitting items
to this column. which are outlined below .
' h'o personal attacks ojany land wit! be published
" The etb7or may find it necessary to ed7 lrour letter. Such reasons map be jor clarity, language, or brevitv~
" When submitting a letter, please type or write neatly. Submissions canno( be returned fov may send your letters via electronic
mail or regular mail. The deadline jor each column will be the Lrt ojthe month, but items received alter that date moy gel info the
column ijtime and space permit. The column will appear as often as member input dictates. Hope to hear from you ~ ~
"A'o purchase necessary. 1 old where prohibited
***MEMBERSHIP SURVEY***
In th $EPI'EMBER '95 VUD (hopefully) you will find the WTFDA Memhenhin Server . Please take a few moments to fill it
out Return the survey to me at the address at the upper-right hand corner of this page ~ later Woe OMnher t, 1995 . Results will
be published in an upcoming VUD . This is another way you can let us know if the club suits your needs. WE NEED }'OUR
INPUT!!!
Michael Hawk. 10212 P St., Omaha NE 68127-2130
To start things off. fd like to say how Beat it is to see this new era in the WTFDA histon~. It's trice to see the forums. such
as the Mailbag column and the "From The Staff' column back again . It seemed that basically from the time I joined until just
recently, most actions within the club were very secretive . No one really knew who was making the decisions. It is nice to know
that someone listened to our requests .
With that out of the way, fll give a brief re-introduction . fm a college student. majoring in electricat engineering at the
University of Nebraska-Linwin . entering my sophomore year . Ibe been FM DX'ing for about 4 years. and a DX'er for about 13
years (mainly of AM in those days) . fve been kaowT to dabble with TV occasionally . Over these years . fve picked up 47 states
(still looking for VT . AK and HI), 6 prmint:es and 4 Mexign states. Best catches include DePew NY on tropo (890 miles) . Lake
}ackson TX on tropo, and maybe the strangest catch was an IL station on sporadic-E (only about 400 miles distance) . I use a
Kenwood KT-815 analog tuner with an IF mod, and a 10 element antenna on our roof
DX'ing this year has really been minimal for me . Few openings combined with a tune consuming CADD job have yielded
minimal DX results .
It is very unfortunate to see the dues increasing once again . In the few years fve been a member. then have increased from
S 17 to 524 . Let's hope that this is the last increase for a while . S24 is rotting it a little too close for my budget . 73
Matthew C . Stoat (76255 .2171 CCompuserve .com), Bear Croak Lane, Apt . A-4, Asheville NC 28806
Since there is space this monW, I71 take a moment to re-irttrodttce thyself to the club as well. fm 25, and cvrrenUy am
employed as a vteteorologist for a contractor to the National Climatic Data Center. I moved here just after Christmas 1994 from
Tallahassee . FL, where I got mY master's degrce at Florida State University in August 1994, Wen was employed as a research
assistant there for 4 months while I waited for the government rod tape to be cut! While DX has yet to prove as plentiful as it was in
Florida, Were IS something to be said for cooler weather and being just 80 miles from my family in Kittgspon TN, mf hometown
Iwe been in We club nearly 9 years, artd I enjoy DXing TV . FM and NWS bands, along wiW AM, especially during We off-season.
In cop spare time (what tittle there seems to be!) I enjoy golf, bowling, and travelling . Like some other club metnbets I have a desire
to visit even county in We United States ; fm almost halfway Were, paring visited 46 states I also collect license plates (amtody
have a license plate Wey'd be willing to give away or trade for something? Ihop me a line!) . telephone books, maps, and We usual
DX fare, TV Guides, coverage maps, and bumper stickers .
fm happy to be editing my thud column, maybe this one won't die of malnutrition like NWS News and CCI did I took
forward to editing this column, as I think we really need a voice for We membership: it's been gone for some time now! fd like tp
congratulate We new members of the WTFDA Board of Directors . They're all dedicated to afi~ancing We hobtn and We WTFDA ; I
know Way will do a fine job!
I hope youII contribute to Mailbox
Until next time
..... . . . . . .
73 s Matt
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editor- GREG CONIGLIO
5100 GLENWOOD DRIVE
WILLIMASVILLE, NEW YORK 14221
August 1995
e-mail : coniglio~geog .buffalo .ed u
e-mail : v131kkdn~ubvms .bitnet
ManY of the items listed in this column are taken from the ublication :
M Street .journal - 304 Park AveSo7th
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Floor N~kNY
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PHONE (212) 473-4668, FAX (212) 473-4626
GA : granted arrwhdmsMto table of FM
PC<: a power change (decrease)
KEY:
allocations
PG> :
d: satellite progr~rtminp
Ai" . new fieq . atbcaiwt atxepted for filing
for a new FM license
CC: call changelnew calls asspned
CL : ally of license change granted
C0: new xmtr txFOrdinates
CX : a CP has tukpired, and is cancelled
C1,C2, etc : change in class status
DA: directional ardsnna
DE : calls deleted, license returned to FCC
FC: station format change
GE: station was granted etdsnsion of a CP
GX : prardsd replacement of expired CP
LC : tiled tar license to cover (for new stn .)
MC : muttipleeity legal ID
NC : no dtangs yet, on a reported
pending prartt/change .
N0 : station is not on the air
NS: a note station granted a license
NW: near station signs on the air
OSA : One-step application
PA : proposed amendment to change
table of allocations
PC>: a potter change (increase)
poorer change greened (increase)
PG< : pmwr change granted (decrease)
DC : frequency change for this station
OG : frequency change granted
RA: station trotums to the air
RE: station nqussts eldsnslon of a CP
RX: station rsgwsts re-instatement of
an expired CP
SG : sbgan change or update
SI : staton s silertt
XA : dismitted amendment
XC : station granted a transmitter (xmfr)
site change
Arkansas :
Stamps :
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104.3 GA for dass A (from 95.5 - A)
'
94.3 PA for dass C3
UNITED STATES Viola :
WhheHall : KWDA104.5 NO-GE(2nd),PG>6kW,164'
CO : 34-14-47/92-00-57
cauFORNIA :
ALABAMA:
Amokf :
KBYN 95 .9 NO-GE
Dora :
"'
92.5 GA for dass A
Amokf :
KCFA 106 .1 PG>3790w, dass Bt
Rorence : WXFL 96.1 FC to country
BakersfieId :KERN 94 .1 PG>6300w,1332'
Meridianville :WDJU94 .1 NW,hotAC//WWXO
C0 :35-26-17/118-44-22
Montgomery :WLWi92.3 addsAtterMidnight
Big Bear Lake : KXSB 101 .7 SI, may return whh Spanish
Northport : WLXY 100.7 PG~ 11 .6 kW, 485 ft, dass C1
CC (ex KTOT)
XC :3-129/874Wario
-10
Bishop :
K204CH88 .7 NS-120w :KAWZ88 .91D
:
WLBI 98 .7 PG~ 6.2 kW, 656tt . dass C3
EI Rio :
KHUL 103 .7 478w, 807 tt ., CC (NS)
XC : 3353-34 /86-5 -09
Healdsburg :"'
96 .7 PA to add dass A
klyllwiki :
KATY 101 .3 NC to 1150w, 736 tt, GE
Andtorage : KNBA 90 .3 NO-GE
Lukffow :
KDIJ0105 .7 NO-GE(41h)
Cordova:
'NS 100 .9 AF
Mendodno : KAKX 89 .3 CC (NS)
Dilingham : KRUP 99.1 NW (August), to be country
Morto Bay : KW W V 99 .7 PG< 265w, 1532 h,
CC (ex KPVV)
C0 :35-21-40/120-39-21
Fairbanks : "'
96.9 GA for dass C3
Orovige :
KEWE 97 .7 NC to 1 .5 kW, 1276 tt,GE
Haines :
K235AJ 94.9 NS-115w : KRSA 580 Petersburg
Paso Rubles : KDD892.5 PG<4 .8kw(h), 4 .3 kW(V)
Juneau :
KAKI 100 .7 6kW, -1058 tt., CC (NS)
1486 tt, CO : 35-21-40 / 120-39-21
ARQONA:
Petaluma : fQST2100 .1 NS-1100w : KZST Santa Rosa
Bedding :
'NS
91 .1 AF (Christian Arts & Education)
ApadteJd : KWA 107 .1 NO-GE (3rd) for 25 kW, 312 h .
Bagdad :
"'
103 .1 GA for dass C3
San Diego : KSON 97.3 addsAtterMidnight
Ragslaff:
KNAO 91 .7 tx (ex KAKH)
San Francsico : KYCY93.3 adds Attar Midnight
L .Havasu City : KBBC101 .1 adds talk on mornings to CHR
San Luis Obispo : KKJG98.1 PG< 4.5 kW, 1519 ft,
Phoenix :
CO : 35-21-40 / 120-39-21
KHTC 96 .9 inc .to1565ri .
Yuma :
'NS
91 .9 AF
San Luis Obispo : KZOZ 93 .3 PG< 23 kW, 1548 ri,
C0 :35-21-40/120-39-21
ARISANSAS :
Santa Ana : KYMS 106.3 FC to ethnic (Asian ) (Orange Co . )
Bald Knob : KKSY 107.1 PG> 19 kW, 305 tt, dass C3
KLUE 108.3 FCtocountry'YOueK~ckin'"
Camden :
KCXY 95 .3 GA : to dass Ct, CL East Camden SkNedad:
KNYR 91 .3 PG< 400 w, 2366 ri .
Yreka :
Crossett :
KAGH 104 .9 PG~ 6 kW, 269 tt .
COLORADO :
DeQueen : 1mON 92 .7 PA : to 93 .3 dass A
DeWrtt:
KDI=W 96 .7 FC to country (&) (BMN)
Basalt :
IWf-0106.1 NW, news,talk,sports(ASpen)
Hatfield :
"`
104.1 PA for dass C2
Denver :
KIMN 100.3 CC (ex KMJI),'1Gm 100"
Humnoke : KARN 101 .7 to be newsrtalk (Little Rock)
Durango:
KWXA 99.7 NW, Real Country (3)
R .Collms : KPAW107 .9 CC (ex KIMN), FC to gob-based
Huntsville : KREB 99.5 OSA for dass C3, 13.5 kW
Jacksonville : KDDK100 .3 FC<851NV, 10531!,
AC, °Bear"
C0 :34-75/92L
-33
Norwood : K2108P89.9 NS-10w(v) : KVNF 90 .9 Paconia
.akeview : "'
PA
for
Ouray:
KURA 105 .7 RA with country // KZKS
93.5
dass C3
KNKN 107 .1 increases to 312 tt .
Mena :
KOUA 96.3 FC to dassic htts (Branson Music I'treblo :
Network)
CONNECTICUT :
Mountain Home : KTL098 .3 OG for 97 .9, C2, 50kW, 492 ri .
Pawcatuck : WKCD107.7 NO-RE
/Pine Bluff : 'NS
91 .1 AF(Amer .FamilyAssoc)
FM N s'y`/v
DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA :
Washington : WKYS93 .9 FC to urban (from urban AC)
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LOUISIANA :
Baste :
KSIG 102.1 PG~ 50 kW, 492 ft, dass C2
XC : 30-19-59 / 92-21-29
Gibsland : "'
95 .5 GA for dass A
:WAKU94.1 NO-RE
Cra
Homer :
KZXB 106.7 NO-RE(3rd)
HainesCity : WLVF 90 .3 CX for 3 kW, 300 tt.
Lafayette : KRRO 95 .5 PG> 50 kW, 442 tt, dass C2
Horttestead : WXDJ 95 .7 PA : CL to N.Miami Beachd . C2
CO : 30-21-06 / 92-10-51, NO-G E (5th )
Irnokalee : W00092 .1 PGS4 .1kW,397ri .
Leesville :
KVVP 105 .7 PG> 13.6 kW, 447 tt .,
Indi~ttown : WPBZ 103.1 FC to new rock
XC : 31-00-19 / 93-16-42
'NS 105.5 3 kW, 266 tt., OSA to dass C3
Jupiter :
Minders :
KASO 95 .3 GA to dass A on 95.7
PG> 10 kW, 476 ri, CO : 26-53-21 / 80-08-51
Moreauvilie : KLIL
92 .1 ~ 6 kW
Lakeimtd : WSJT 94 .1 lx (ex WEZY), FC to jazz
Thibodaux : KILN 90 .5 NW,news,dass,jazz//WWNO
"Smooth Jazz"expelled by July (Tampa)
Tioga :
KLAA 103 .5 removes DA
Melboume :W227AF93 .3 NS-55w(v):WSCF91 .9
Vivian :
KNCB105 .3 NO-GE(2nd)
Micanopy : WRRX 97 .7 NC to 3 .2 kW, 495', RX (7th)
MA! E ;
Monticelb : WJPH 101 .9 PA to 105.7, dass C3
Augusta :
WKCG101 .3 adds Jones country(&)
Onnond-by-the-sea :WNDB 95 .7 3 kW, 328 ri., CC (NS),
Bar Harbor : WMDI107 .7 NW,70'sddies
OSA for dass C3, 18.5 kW, 380 ri
:WOEZ104 .7
Kennebunkpat
PC~6kW
,XC : 29-14-10 /81-04-23
MASSACHUSETTS :
Panacea : "'
100.5 XA for a dass A
Parry : WNFK
105.5 GA to 92.1, dass A
Boston :
WBCS 96 .9 NC to 21 .5 kW, 771 tt, RE
Falmarth : WFPB 91 .9 CC(NS)
Plantation Key: WPBZ 103 .1 PGy 25 kW, 246 ri, dass C3
Quincy :
WTPS100.7 GAforC3,CL=Midway, FL
Framingham : WKL8105 .7CC (ex WCLB) beakxrse of
WXSR101 .5 PA : to dass C2, CL of Woodville
ratings diary contusion with WCRB 102 .5 Wahham
Quirtcy:
St.Augustine Bd, : WJOR 105.5 CC (NS)
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+ oyuyth~:~ ~W
,r ~PLM 99 .1 FCtojazz,"SmoolhFM"(Boston)
WRWX 911.5 GA to dass A,CL :San Genus Park ~OL1 .1OiOtla
Sanibei :
Vero Beach : WPAW99 .7 CC (ex WWDO)
Alleg~t :
WNTX 92 .3 FC to new rode, °Radio X"
W .PafmBeach :W262AE100.3 NS-250w(v) :WWFR91 .7
E.Lansing : WVIC 94 .9 FC to new rock
GEORGIA :
Frankenmuth : "' 93 .7 PA for d~s A
Chatsworth : WOMT 96 .9 PC< 1 .3 kW, 703 ft .
Houghton: WOLV 97 .7 CX CP for 96 .3 - 100 kW
CO : 34-44-29 / 84-43-09
Ironwood : W208AL89.5 NS-21w : KDNW 90 .5 MN
WYYU104 .5 CC (ex WAKP)
Ishpeming : WM0T107.7 00 :46-28-45/87-37-30
Dallon :
Demurest : 'NS
88 .3 AF
L'Anse :
WAAE106 .1 CC(NS)
Fayetteville : WOUL97.5 RA, soon with urban "Hot 97.5"
Norwood : WZNL 94 .3 PC< 2 .4 kW, 650 tt, dass C3
Fbgansville : WZLG98.1 OC from 97 .5,
XC : 45-49-15 /88-02-25
Stephenson : WFON106.3N0-GE
now 14 .5 kW,426',C3
St .Simons Is : WMOG92 .7 NC to 6 kW, GE (3rd)
MINNESOTA :
Springfield : WSGF103 .9 PCv 6 kW, 328 tt,
Coleraine : KGPZ 96.1 NW, SMN Real Country (&)
XC : 32-16-48 /81-11-41
Ely :
KELP 92 .1 SI, rumor-this station may be solo
Thomasvilie : WSNI107.1 NC to 100kW, 981 ri, RE
to Charles Kuratt
Grand
Marais
: 'NS 95 .3 AF
rwwan:
More :
KBEK 95 .5 NW, soft AC and oldies
Hib :
KPVS 95 .9 NW,aduhcontemporary
Payrtesville : KZPK 98 .9 NO-GE, PG> 47 .3 kW, 499 tt .
ICekaha :
KAUI 103 .3 NO-GE(4th)
XC : 45-34-03 / 94-30-43
~all :
Sleepy Eye :KNW 107.3 NW, adultcontemp .(8)
Hayden :
KHTO 94 .5 CC (ex KKCH)
MISSISSIPPI :
Aberdeen : Vr'\NZ0105.3 PGS 27 .5 kW, dass C2
Mt .Sterfing : WBRJ 106 .7 CC (NS)
DeKa~ :
"'
105.7 PA to add dass C2
Drew : WONT
95.3 PCv 6 kW, 328 h,
Knightstown :WKPW90.7 PCv400w(h),4kW(v),167ft.
CO : 33-44-17 / 90-39-29
uberty:
routs st .s cc (ex KwJC)
:
woxBlao
.1 Nc to 21 .6 kw, 741 n. GE
cyertada
Santa Claus : WAZU103.3 CC (ex WAIX)
Hatbesburg : W287AG 105 .3NS-19w : WOST 92 .5 Forest
awA :
HogySps : WHLE 94.9 NO-GE(41h)
WMPN 91 .3 00 :32-14-26/90-24-15(1099')
Forest City : `NS
91 .9 t00w(v), 95tt, WaldortCohege
JakttCSOn :
Luntberton : WLUN 95.3 NC to 100 kW, 981 h, GE
Mc(-airs :
WXAB 96.9 NO-RE(3rd)
103 .9 PA for dass Ci
Copeland : "'
Moss Point : WYOK104 .9 Ix (ex W2]3A), FC to urban
Haviland :
K220FA91 .9 NS-171w(v) :KJIL99 .1Copeland
:
Vicsburg WJKK 98.7 CC (ex WIIN) FC to country
105.9 GA for dass A
Ingahs :
"'
SG "Capital" (Jackson)
Scott City : K220F891 .9 NS-221hrr(v) :KJIL99 .1Copeland
MISSOURI :
KBFL 99 .9 FC to carntry (&arson Music
Butfab :
Bowling Green : W201AY 88 .1 NS-13w : WAYM 88 .7 TN
Network)
Caitomia : KATI 94 .3 CC (ex KZMO)
Columbia : K280EJ103.9 NS-97w : KLTE 93 .9 MO
102 .1 FM/14b0 AM
Gairtesville : KMAC 99 .7 FCto country (BMN)
Fbuston :
KUNG 99 .3 NC to 33 .4 kW, 604', GE (3rd)
Liberty :
KWJC 91 .9 adds MGS coot . Christian (8)
:
Marshall
KMVC 91 .7 PG< 100w(v), 63 h
tA :39-06-31 /93-11-29
KCTG 92 .9 ,C (ex KTTG)
Ozark :
KSIG
5
FIN\ 1~1s~`/S
Missouri :
PoplarBluft : KZMA103 .5 NO-RE(5th)
Slayton :
KJOE 103.1 CC (ex KLOH)
Springfield : KWND 88.3 RA withconiemp.Christian
live in drive times, // W LFJ 89 .3 SC rest of the time
Unbn :
KLPW101 .7 adds CD Country (8)
MONTANA :
Bowman : KATH 93.7 CO'. 45-41-34 / 110-58-57
ColumbiaFIs :KCWX95.9 NO-GE
Dilbn :
K219CS91 .7 NS-250w :KUFM89 .1Missoula
Glendive : KDZN 96.5 FC to country
NEBRASKA :
Cicadron : KALG 94.7 CC (NS)
'NS 103.9 100kW,908ft .
GeWgv
Urxzdn .
KFBN 88.5 NO-RE(3rd)
NEVADA :
Boulder City : KQOL105 .5 CC (ex KRRI), "Koa"
Falbn :
KRNG101 .3 CC(NS)
Las Vegas : KOMP 92.3 NC to 23 kW, 3844', GE (6th)
Las Vegas : KEYV 93.1 PC< 24 .1 kW, 3742tt .
NEWHAMPSHIRE :
Conway : WMLY104.5 NO-GE (6th), Pfx 2 kW, 394 tt,
XC : 43-56-48 / 71-08-24
NEWJERSEY :
Bridgeton : WNJB 89.3 NO-RE(4th)
Ocean City : WKOE106.3 C0 :39-13-45/74-40-54
NEW MEXICO :
Espanola : KPZA 92.9 CC (ex KOYT)
Hobbs :
KIXN 102.9 CC {ex KOKN)
Las Vegas : KLVF 100.7 adds Jones AC (&)
Lordsburg : "'
104.9 PA for doss C3
Roy :
K285EN104.9 NS-250w(h), KENW 89 .5 NM
Rudioso : KWES 93.5 addsWWtcountry(8)
Santa Fe : KRZY 105.9 CC (ex KOLT), FC to
Gassiccountry
NEW YORK :
Buffalo :
WEDG103.3 CC (ex WUFX), FC to modern
rock, "103 .3 The Edge"
Clyde :
WECO 93.7 NO-GE
IGngston : W272AV102 .3 NS-1pw :WBPM90.9 NY
Liberty :
WVOS 95.9 adds After Midnight
Newburgh : W299AG 107 .7 NS-10w : WAMC 90 .3AIbany
Plattsburgh : WKOL105.1 CC (ex WEXP), RA, FC to
oldies, "KOOI"
Southport : WOKN 99 .5 PC> 2650w, 489 tt .
W arrensburg : WKB E 100.3 OC from 100.5, PG~ 1450 w, B t
~QRTHCAROLINA :
Farmville : WROR 94.3 FC to dassic hits
Harker'slsl : WAED100 .3 NO-GE
Hartisburg : WCCJ 92.7 FCfosmoothjazz(Charfotte)
Rose Hill : WBSY104.7 PA to doss C2, CL of Trenton
NORTHDAKOTA :
Watford City: K213BW 90 .5 NS-28w : WAFR 88.3 Tupeb
9.
Columbus : WJZA 107.5 NO-GE
Coshodon : WABP 91 .1 CC (NS)
Delaware : WSLN 98 .7 OCfrom 91 .1, PC> 19w(h)
42 tt, XC : 40-17-47 / 83-03-59
Reading : WMKV 89 .3 PG>410w,XC
S . Webster : WZIO 94 .9 FC to SMN Hot AC (8)
Scanton : WJUC107.3 CC(NS)
m~
AUGUST 1995
OKLAHOMA :
Durant :
K207BS89.3 NS-250w :WAFR88.3Tupelo,MS
Nom~an : 'NS 89 .3 AF(Amer . FamilyAssoc .)
Nowata : KOSY101 .5 GAtodassC3,CL :Collinsville
Raand :
KVUC 92 .3 PG< 740w, 932 ft, DA, XC :
35-31-22/94-24-32
Seminole : KIRC 105 .9 NC to 105 .5, 414 kW, 383 h,
XC : 35-18-28 / 96-45-18
Weatherford : KWEY97.3 adds After Midnight
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Ashland : KSRG 88 .3 NW, inio,dass . // KSOR
Beaverton : KKCW103 .3 C0 :45-31-22/122-45-07
Beavenon : K251AD98 .1 NS-100w(v) :KUPL98 .5Portland
Cannon Bch : KAMF96.5 CC (NS)
Jacksonville : K281 AG 104 .1 NS-250w(h) : KOPE 103 .5
LaGrande : KWRL100.1 NC to 99.1, 91 .4 kW, RE
Milton-Freewater : KLKY 97 .9 OSA to loss C1, PG> 20 kW
1289', CO : 45-47-47 / 118-06-48
WoIfCreek :K259AE99 .7 NS-196w :KLDR98 .3
~NNSYLVANIA :
Bethlehem : WLVR 91 .3 PG< 13 w, 558 tt
XC : 40-36-04 / 75-21-34
cl~endon : wovulos .s Nw, In sept. wrtn country
Coudersport :WFRM96 .7 adds Jones country(&)
Mansfield : WNTE 89 .5 PG>3450w,-157tt,C0 :41-48-21
/77-04-15
North East : WRKT100 .9 NC to 4 .2 kW, 797 ft,DA, RE (2nd)
Oliver :
WASP 94 .9 PG< 1650w, 1233 ft, DA, Bass Bt
Smethport : WORM106 .3 FC to adult standards (8)
Sunbury : W201AZ88.1 NS-11w :WVIA89 .9 Scranton
RHODE ISLAND :
Block Is : WVBI 95 .9 expected on soon with dassical
Wakefield : WDGE 99 .7 NW, modem rock'The Edge"
CC (ex W UA E) (Providence)
SOUTHCAROLINA :
Bluftton :
WLOW 106.9 mod . CP for Bass C1, 799' XC
Blythewood : "'
94 .3 XA for Bass A
Camden : WPUB 94 .3 GA : to 102 .7 doss A
Johnsonville :WPDT105 .1 NW,talkandsports
McCIeIlanville :WWBZ98.9FC to beach 8 blues'The Breeze"
!/WHBZ Port Royal
Mullins :
WWSK107.1 PC> 50 kW, 492 ft, doss C2
XC : 33-56-14 /78-57-53
Orangeburg : WKS0103.9reportedSl
Pt.Royal : WHBZ 99 .7 CC (ex WNCK), FC to beack
and blues, 'The Breeze"
Sumter :
WICI 94 .7 NW, urban AC
SOUTHDAKOTA :
Madison : KJAM 103 .1 PCv 33 kW, 308 ft, doss C2
Pierre :
KLXS 95 .3 NC to 49 kW, 502 ft, GE (3rd)
TENNESSEE :
Baxter:
WBXE 93 .7 NO-RE(2nd)
Benton :
WBIN 93 .1 NO-GE(3rd)
Bristol :
WXBO 96 .9 PG> 75 kW
Ginton :
WDVX 89 .9 NO-RX(2nd)
Dickson : WOZ0102 .5 PG> 100 kW, 813 ft, doss C1
XC : 36-17-36 / 87-i B-21
Elizabethton :WAF299.3 PG~3850w,794ft,
XC : 36-24-07 / 82-12-12
Herxlerson : WHHM107 .7 adds Jones CD Country(&)
Lafayette : WLCT102 .1 LC
Lexington WIGH 88 .7 CC(NS)
Monterey', WANF104 .7 CC(NS)
Soddy-Daisy: WFXS102.3 PG~6kW
FAA hl t'~A/S
Alice :
KNDA 102.9 CC (ex KBIC)
Blossom : "'
92 .7 PA to add doss C2
Crane :
KXXL 101 .3 NW, regional Mexican (Odessa)
Cuero :
KORO 97 .7 OSA for Bass C3, PG> 25 kW,
302 ft, XC : 29-04-25 / 97-14-20
Dallas :
KIPS 92.5 adds John Boy & Billy
KHCK 99.1 CC (ex KDZR), "iGck"
Demon :
Eagie Pass : KEPI 88.7 NW, Spanish net . /1 KEPX
Friona :
KGRW 94.7 RA withTejano,l/KOFX(Cbvis)
Giddings : KAOX 101 .5 NW, modem rock
Heame :
KHRN 94.3 OG to 103.1, 6 kW, 308 ft.
FGngsviYe : KNGV 92.7 OSA for doss C2, 12 .5 kW,869'
Littlefield : KAIO 95.5 PA to Bass C3, CL : Wolforth
Midland : KNFM 92.3 addsAtterMidnight
New Boston : KEWL95.t NW, oldies (&)
Plaetview : K204CG88.7 NS-250w(v): KEAR 106 .9 CA
RaymaxiviNSherman e : KBIC106.9 NW, to be religion, CC (ex KARU)
: KWSM104 .1 GAfordassC3,CL :Sherman,TX
Tahoka:
"'
103 .5 PA to add a doss A, and delete
the .3 - A proposed for this CL
KWA
102 .3 reportedSl
: 95Uvalde
Warn :
'NS
94 .5 3 kW, 327 tt.
i
Brigham
: KSOS106.9 FC to Adult Rock (~)
CityCem rvil e : KUMT 105 .7 NC to 25 .5 kW, RE (2nd)
Hanksville: K220FC91 .9 NS-10w(v) : KUSU 91 .5 Logan
Junction : K274AH102 .7 NS-tOw(v) : KSOP 104 .3 UT
Ridfiekl : KKWZ 93 .7 NC to 33,720w, 3029 tt, GE (6th)
Teasdale : K233AF94.5NS-tOw(v) :KUSU91 .5logan
Alexandria : W249BE97.7 NS-10w(v) : WJYJ 90 .5 VA
Blacksburg : WVMJ104.9 CC (ex WWV), "Magic"
Chesapeake : W279AD 103 .7 NS-10w(v) : WJYJ 90 .5 VA
Gtesler : WDYL 92 .1 NC to 93.1, 1350w, GE, modify
CP to instead move to 105 .7 - A, 6 kW, 325 tt, DA
XC : 37-22-58 / 77-25-41
Crozet :
WMRYtf)3 .5 NW, info, jazz // WMRA
Front Royaf : W201 BA 88 .1 NS-10w(v) : WJYJ 90.5 VA
Lawrenceville : W236AD95 .1
NS-10w(v) : WJYJ 90 .5 VA
Norfolk :
W280CX703 .9NS-tOw(v) :WJYJ90.5VA
Portsrrlouth :W250AE97 .9 NS-tOw(v) : WJYJ 90 .5 VA
AUGUST 1995
WASHINGTON :
Aberdeen : KJET 95.3 CC (ex KGHO), FC to tidies
Garkston : 'NS 90.5 250w, 1063 ft.
Dishman : KWOL106.5 NO-RE(3rd)
Eatonville : KJUN 104.9 NO-GE
WESTVIRGINIA :
&uefield : WPIB 90.9 NO-GE, PG< 720 w, DA
Rainelle : WRLB 95.3 FC to coot. Christian (&)
CC (ex WRRL)
Webster Sps : WAFD100 .3 NO-GE
WISCONSIN :
DePere : WJLW 95.9 NC to 25 kW, 272 ft, GE (3rd)
Eau Claire : W206AH89.1 NS-50w(v) : KEAR 106 .9 CA
Fond du Lac: W278AE 103 .5 NS-19w : WPFF 90 .5 WI
Green Bay : W204AW88 .7 NS-20w(v) : KEAR 106.9 CA
Tomah :
WBOG 96.1 PCv 28 .5 kW, 659 ft,
aria c2, xC :44-o1-32 /so-a8-56
Venom :
WMMM105.5 PC< 2 kW, 573 tt
XC : 42-57-32 / 89-29-25
Wyeville : "'
101 .3 PA fa doss A
WYOMING :
Laramie : K}(NG104.5 NO-GE(3nd)
Lyman :
K203BX88 .5 NS-95w(v) : KIIA 90 .5 NV
Pinedale: K257DP 99.3 NS-140w : KSCP 90 .3 WY
Powell :
KLZY 92 .5 adds Jones AC (3)
U .S.TERRITORIES :
AMERK:ANSAMOA:
Pogo Pago : "'
87 .9 GA to add doss C1
PUERTORK:O :
Culabra : 'NS 106 .5 6 kW, 663 ft.
Ltxlilb :
WZOL 92 .1 NC to 4.6 kW, 915 ft, RX
Yes, there has been some problems with the font I
use to type the "news" section of this column. I
apologize for the words running together, and
amworking on fixing the problem . Thanks for all
your contributions, I still do have some things to
run,hopefullynextmonth . Thingshavebeenvery
busy here . See you in Lake Placid!
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Doug Smith
1385 Old Clarksville
Pleasant View, TN
37146-8098
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Abbreviations used in this column :
ERP= Effective Radiated Power in
kW
HAAT=Height Above Avg . Terrain
nc= no change
TL= Tower Location
CP= Construction Permit
Pr= Province (of Canada)
*=
Non-commercial
CRTC=Canadian Radio-Television
Commission
DBS= Direct Broadcast Sat .
SS := Spanish language
LPRT=Low Power Relay Transmitter
(Canada)
TBD= To Be Determined
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW
St Ch ERP
HC ? ?
HAAT City
?
Vancouver
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
GRANTED TO NEW STATIONS
St Ch ERP HART City
FL 18z398 3650 Hig Pine Key
FL 50+398 3650 Big Pine Key
FL 64+398 3650 Big Pine Key
(TL : 29°9G'00"N,81 ° 30'00"W)
APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
_3t _Ch E_RP _HART _Call City
MA 28 nc
229 WFDG New Bedford
(TL 41 ° 46'39"N, 70 ° 55'91"W)
(north of Acushnet, Mass .)
(was 247m)
TX 40 5000 576 RA.ZO R . Grande C
(TL 26 ° 22'32"N, , 98"23'55"W)
(west of Edinburg, Tex .)
APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE
EXISTING STATIONS
3t Ch ERP HART Call City
IA 28 2510 209 KOCR Cedar Rpds .
(was 195CkW/205m)
(Applications to change existing
stations, contd .)
IL 22 nc
149 WMEC Macomb
(was 158m . TL also changed but I
don't have new site .)
NV 39 2800 367 RBLR Paradise
(was 1320kW)
CHANGES GRANTED TO EXISTING STATIONS
_3t _Ch _ERP _HART Call City
NC 20 2530 nc WEJC Lexington
(was 4570kW)
CALL LETTER CHANGES
Was
new
new
KMST-96
new
KAJH-59
KOUS-4
WACN-50
new
KBVO-92
WXGZ-32
Now
KSBN-57
KAJH-54
KCCN-46
KJWA-4
WUPL-54
KHMT-9
WRAZ-50
KCSD-23
KEYE-92
WACE-32
City, state
Springdale, AR
Calipatria, CA
Monterey, CA
Gd . Junction, CO
Slidell, LA
Hardin, MT
Raleigh, NC
Sioux Falls, SD
Austin, TX
Appleton, WI
NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR
Omaha, NE : RXVO-15z :
I don't have technical facilities on
this one but believe it's 50^uOkW at
roughly 950m .
It's or. the KPTM-42
tower at 91 ° G9'15"N, 9E ° 13'30"W near
Gretna, Nebraska .
WB
affiliate ;
seen
by
Ernie
Wesolowski (more strongly than he'd
like!) in early July .
Bobcayqeon, ON : CFTOn-54z :
223kW ; HAAT and site unknown .
This is about 30km north of Peterborough, Ontario .
CTV affiliate
(and 100 " relay of CFTO-9 Toronto ; ;
seen by Saul Cherros in June .
Florence, SC : WWMB-21z :
2375 kW/301m, 33 55'19"/79 ° 32'08"
near Poston, SC, east of Lake City
UPN affiliate .
Granted operating
license in early July .
Sioux Falls, 3D : KCSD-23z :
13 .29kW/59m, 43 32'07"/96 49'34"
in Sioux Falls proper .
PBS affiliate, satellite cf KUSD-2 .
Applied for operating license in
early July .
Houston, TX : R2JL-61z :
9683kW/493m, 29 34'G6"/95 ° 29'57"
KPRC-2 tower south of Houston .
Seen by Danny Oglethorpe with home
shopping, and applied for an operating license in early July .
CHANGES ON THE AIR
FORUM
KYES-5 Anchorage, AK ;
KHAW-11 Hilo, HI ; VUD 11/99
KHVO-13 Hilo, HI ; VUD 11/99
WCPB-2E Salisbury, MD ;
Ernest Wesolowski, Omaha NE :
DEAD?
The following construction permits
were cancelled since mid-June :
KKFT-20 Ft . Scott, KS
WBNB-10 Charlotte Amalie, VI
WTHX-16 Manitowoc, WI
OTHER STAFF
The channel for the new Vancouver station isn't yet known .
Channels 15, 32, 42, 52, 58, 63, and
The
68 are all available there .
applicant is owned by Moses Znaimer,
who also runs CITY-57 Toronto .
T
Florida
. he
Big Pine Key,
As an
grants are all for TV Marti .
age ..^.cy of the U .S . government, these
stations won't receive call letters
and aren't subject to multipleAs with the chanownership rules .
nel 13 station, the UHF operations
from
a
tethered
balloon; the
are
coordinates given are those of where
it's anchored .
The HAAT may vary
(presumably with weather?), 3650m
is the highest it's expected to go .
This is roughly 12,000 feet .
Pappas (KMPH-26 etc .) has purchased KFCB-92 Concord (San FranPaxson (Infomall) has
cisco), CA .
bought dark WYVN-60 Martir.sburg,
WV .
WNHT-21 Concord, NH has been
granted renewal .
Usually this implies a station is or. the air . WNHT
had been dark several years, after
operating briefly as a CBS affiliate . It was recently sold to Boston
University .
(WABU-68)
WTHX-16 requested reinstatement of their expired CP, but was
Sometimes these
denied by the FCC .
decisions are overturned on appeal
though, so WTHX may not be 100 dead
yet .
Ir. apparent preparation for
network changes in the Evansville,
Indiana market, WEHT-25 has dumped
some of the CBS mid-morning programming .
I've been seeing the station
with old movies .
Ernest notes the appearance of
Omaha's
newest
station,KXVO-i5 .
Unfortunately, it's not a happy
event ; quoting, "KXVO-15 has killed
all UHF-DX" .
When beaming southwest, at the tower shared by KXVG
and KPTM-92, the two signals "bleed
through like a super" .
Interestingly, when his third full-power UHF
local, KYNE-26, is off the air, the
interference disappears!
The first part of Ernie's
problem is rather common .
His antenna system includes a 28dB Wine
gard preamp, and his home is only
eight miles from the KXVO/KPTN.
tower .
When
I
first
moved
to
Nashville, I tried a similar installation .
It didn't work .
WZTV-17
came in on every UHF channel except
30, where I got a mix of WZTV and
WXMT-30 .
WSMV-9 and WZTV-17 mixed
on most VHF channels, though WKRN-2
came in clearly .
It didn't take
long to unhook the preamp 6 toss it
in storage!
I suggested Ernest remove his
preamp, or install some 6-12dB atDe any cf our
tenuators before it .
more technically-i .^.d rood members
have any better suggestions? Traps,
etc .?
This kind of problem. has
befallen quite a few cf our members;
if someone has an ironclad soiutio .^.,
I'm, sure ar. article would be appreciated!
On a completely different subject, Ernie forwarded a news clipping from the July 1 Omaha World
Herald, involving KCAN-8 . This statior. has been licensed tc A1bio .^.,
Nebraska and operated as a satellite
of KCAU-9 Sioux City, lows .
However, KCAN has received FCC
approval to move their transmitter
to Utica, some 4G miles to the
southeast of its current location .
The city of license will be changed
to Lincoln, making KCAN Lincoln's
second
cossnercial
TV
station .
(first being KOLN-10)
Groundbreaking for the r.ew
transmitter facilities were held or.
Friday, June 30 .
The station is
still looking for a building ir.
Lincoln to house the studies . Executive vice-president Ray Cole told
the paper he hopes the new facilities can be cn the air by Jan . 1,
1996 .
9
(Forum, contd .)
Jer ry Stuart, Lawton OK :
First off, Jerry noticed something several other DXers also mentioned, in Broadcasting and Cable
for May 29 .
It says, "NBC's six TV
stations will stop using call letters for most on-air identification
this fall and will begin identifying
themselves by "NBC", their channel
n~wnber and the peacock logo ." Jerry
asks, "Legal or not?"
I've never seen a NBC-owned
station here, but if they're doing
what I think they are, it _is legal .
As long as the station airs its
legal, FCC-assigned, call letters
and city of license as close to the
hour as practical .
The ID may be
I
either in the picture or sound .
would imagine NBC is still using the
hour,
though
legal calls on the
probably in small print .
Of course, those of you who
frequently DX FM or AM are all too
aware of radio stations that bend
(on occasion, blatantly break!) the
ID regulations .
The most common
bend is to regard the commercial
break around 52 mins . after the hour
as "as close to the hour as practical" for an ID . While I'd certainly
a
violation
consider
this
iespecially if the station finds
tic::e for a "fake" ID right on the
hc.-nr), obviously the FCC isn't too
concerned .
NBC wants its affiliates to
follow suit, identifying the same
I wouldn't be too worried .
way.
With the massive recent network
changes, I thinY, few affiliates are
willing to tie their identities to
a network that may affiliate someone
else tomorrow!
Frank Aden, Boise ID :
Frank sent a quick note on two
subjects .
First, KHDT-9 told Frank
will
not pursue the WB networY, ;
they
KHDT is
they'll stick with UPN .
still HSC from llpm to 6pm .
Also, Sterling Associates is
locally reported to have applied for
(it's unclear whether
channel 14 .
this is for a LPTV or full-power
station .
19 _is allocated for fullThey've also
power use in Boise .)
asked the Commission to substitute
channel 17 for 14, believing a channel 14 station will have too much
overload trouble with 950mHz twoway radios in the area .
I haven't
seen anything clear the FCC yet on
this .
10
Dennis Smith, Santa Barbara CA :
Dennis forwarded a wealth of
LPTV information from California
(again!) which will appear in LPTV
Watch when space permits . .
On the full-power side . .
"And
there is definitely nc sign of KADE33 SLO, if there was any doubt ." In
the Fresno area, Telemundo affiliate KMSG-59 is airing Englishlanguage "Shop At Home" overnight .
There's been some confusion as to
the programming on KLXV-65 San Jose ;
Dennis saw commercials and infomercials rather than religion .
Finally, KGMC-93 Clovis/Fresno is now
a mix of WB and Home Shopping Spree .
"I looked at the Santa Maria
paper for TV schedules but found it
even worse than the Santa Barbara
paper .
At least, the S .B . paper
shows call letters along with cablechannel numbers but the S .M . paper
indicates only cable-channel numbers and no call letters .
What is
a non-cable viewer supposed to de?
How can LPTV operators let the public know they exist? Hardly anyone
here in S .6 .that I've talked tc
knows about the local LPTVS, not
even ir. electronics stores . . . .
Are
LPTVS doomed to struggle along with
just a few viewers for awhile and
then disappear?
Should newspapers
be required to list or at least
mention them? . . ."
Scanty program listings aren't
just a problem for low-power stations .
At least the Nashville Ban
ner lists local stations by their
air channels, providing a ce .^,versien chart for cable subscribers .
But not only are none of the
Nashville area's six LPTVS listedneither are full-power stations
WHTN-39 and WPGD-50 .
I think the inability of LPTVS
to get must-carry protection in the
Cable Act has doomed them in most
The entire Act is in jeopcities .
ardy, and if it's repealed I' d expect to see some full-power stations
disappear too; I think many of the
recent new UHFs stand no chance of
financial success without cable
carriage .
Mary DXers' immediate reaction
would be positive ; fewer locals to
get in the way.
But remember, your
DX is someone else's local!
And,
fewer
choices
available to offthe
air viewers, the fewer off-air viewers there' 11 be- and the fewer potential TV DXers .
(Forum, contd .)
Tim Noonan, Madison WI :
BATON BROADCAST SYSTEM (BSS) FLAGSHIP TV STATIONS IN ONTARIO
The community tower project in
Madison has already claimed a victim . . .
WMSN-97 is one of the sta
tions moving to the new tower .
(the
other two are WISC-3 and WHA-21) WMSN
had moved its transmitting antenna to
the new tower the previous week, and
was using a temporary antenna on the
old tower to broadcast until. transmission lines could be rerouted .
(the old and new WMSN towers are
immediately adjacent)
Toronto
Ottawa
Pembroke
London
Wingham
Wheatley
Sudbury
Sudbury
S .S .Marie
S .S .Marie
North Bay
North Bay
Timmins
Timmins
Apparently the temporary antenna couldn't handle the power .
An
arc resulted in an "electrical melt
down" of part of the antenna, which
also damaged the top 100 feet of the
transmission line .
The station was forced off the
air 6 :30am on July 3, returning on
cable only (and only on TCI systems)
about 3 :30pm over a microwave link
borrowed from WKOW-27 .
Later, a
fiber-optic link borrowed from WISC-3
was used .
Later reports said it took five
days for another temporary antenna to
arrive, returning WMSN to over-the
air broadcasting at a lower height
and power .
Their new antenna on the
new tower was expected to be ready in
mid-July .
By the way, I believe WISC will
be on the new tower by the time you
read this . Unfortunately the techni
cal changes involved
here
were
granted by the FCC in a "dead period"
during which my sources weren't very
reliable .
Z believe the new HART is
roughly 490m and the ERP roughly
20kW .
Saul Chernos,
Toronto ON :
In answer to an unID question
posted by Matt Sittel on the Internet, Saul provided definitive infor
mation on the Canadian BBS "network"
It
so widely reported this year .
also explains the "MCTV" IDs many of
you have seen .
"BBS stands for Baton Broadcast
System, and MCTV is Mid Canada Television . BBS bought MCTV in 1991 . . . .
BBS/MCTV owns two stations in each of
Bault Ste . Marie, Timmins, North Gay
and Sudbury; plus others, elsewhere .
This list of flagships should help ."
CFTO
CJOH
CHRO
CFPL
CKNX
CHWI
CICI
CKNC
CHBX
CJIC
CKNY
CHNB
CITO
CFCL
9
13
5
10
8
16
5
5
2
5
10
9
3
6
CTV
CTV
CTV
indep .
indep .
indep .
CTV/MCTV
C6C/MCT'J
CTV/MCTV
CBC/MCTV
CTV/MCTV
CBC/MCTV
CTV/MCTV
CBC/MCTV
Many of these stations have
relay stations, some of which are
of relatively high power .
(the
whole question was raised by Matt's
Es logging of either CFCL-3 Kapuskasing, 9 .6kW, or CFCL-2 Kearns,
70kW, both on channel 2)
Also from Saul, information
about native-language programs ir,
Ontario . Wawatay Television broad
casts on Sundays from 7-Bpm Eastern
on the Ontario Parliamentary Channel in Sioux. Lookout and Moose
Factory .
(the Parliamentary Channel is operated by TVOntario)
The station broadcasts ir.
Cree, Ojibwe, and English .
Programs include music videos featur
ing natives, and community news .
While the Parliamentary Channel
does have some over-the-air outlets, I haven't beer. able to locate
ar.y in these two communitiessuspect these are actually cable
stations .
(unfortunate ; I find the
native programming heard by skip cr.
KZLI and KTDB quite interesting'.
John . JOhnson,
Billings MT :
John is responsible for the
information on the call-letter
change for the former KOUS-9 .
KHMT-9 will return to the air on
August 16 as a Fox affiliate .
Ail
technical facilities (except studio, I presume) will be the same as
when it was KOUS .
DX ETC .
You've pushed me
again-congrats!
off
the
page
Doug Smith (W9WI/4)
1385 Old Clarksville Pike
Pleasant View, TN 37196-8098
Internet 72777 .3193@compuserve .com
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Photo News
August 1995
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August 1995
This month's contributor is Bill Eckberg from Dixon, IL:
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Equipment :
VHF - 1966 Zenith 14N22 23" B/W TV with C .M . 1110 @41'.
UHF - 1990 Zenith AC-DC Model G09303 9" color TV w/C .M.
screened T dish C52'. RDX Labs UA-900 preamp .
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1159 mi Ms seen 1/19/94
@0433 CST
KTEJ-19 Jonesboro, AR
409 mi Tr seen 12/14/94
@0230 CST
WFIQ-36 Florence, AL
483 mi Tr seen 1/16/95
@1700 CST
WVEU-69 Atlanta, GA
610 mi Tr seen 1/16/95
@2130 CST
"snow free 1 hr"
WFT .I-35 Cleveland, TN
512 mi Tr seen 1/17/95
@0100 CST
WLCN-19 Madisonville, KY
317 mi Tr seen early 94
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W63BT-63 Evansville, IN
270 mi Tr seen 5/17/94
@0605 CDT
KVW-57 Baytown, TX
889 mi Tr seen 11/12/94
@2100 CST
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DX
Stephen west
1077 Sandy Narrows Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
(804) 428-8057
Skip and trops are well on various days, depending on reporters
locations .
Russ Miller and Doug Smith had tropo from 600+ miles :
Remember to use the address above to send reports, I had a few
sent to the PA address, which delays the publishing of the report .
Harry Hayes, 9 Henry Street, wilkes-Barre, PA
18702
Equipment :
1971 RCA TV, Quad loop for VHF, 6 foot dish in the attic
for UHF with a PA-4975 Winegard amp and 2 Channel Master attenuators .
May 1995
20 Es 1310
1400
2200
21 Es 1830
2230
WLBT-3
KETS-2
KJRH-2
KTVI-2
WPBT-2
MS
AR
OK
MO
FL
June 1995
5 Es 2300 KPRC-2 TX
6 Es 1750 WUFT-5 FL
1805 WESH-2 FL .
WTVJ-9 FL
WJXT-4 FL
June 1995
6 Es 1805
1817
1920
1930
1944
10 Es 1930
13 Es 1930
WJXT-4 FL
WPTV-5 FL
WTVY-4 AL
WCPX-6 FL
WRBL-3 GA
KPRC-2 TX
WDIQ-2 AL
WESH-2 FL
17 Es 0930 WESH-2 FL
WWL-4 LA
20 Es 1845 UNID-2 SS
28 tr 2359 UNID-20 shopping
Comments :
The evening of 6/28 into 6/29 was interesting .
Conditions were very good to the northwest with Elmira in
almost snowfree along with a weak channel 25 in Toronto and
an UNID on ch . 26 .
The ch . 20 w/shopping had strong audio,
with a weak picture .
It came in just as good pointing the
dish to the east or west which may mean it was coming from
the south .
I am extremely "mountain blocked" to the south
causes signals to arrive from other directions . Connecticut
was not open so I doubt it was WTXX-20 .
The "Penobscot Giants" of locals 16,22,28 & 44 are just
four miles away and are in plain view out my bedroom window .
The two attnuators really clean up the RF slop .
Leslie Wood, 1963 Tadmor Street, N . Merrick L.I ., NY 11566
Equipment : RCA 19" Colortrak TV, Channel Master antenna on CM rotor .
June 1995
13 Es 2020
19 Es 1950
1900
17 Es 0955
1000
18 Es 1200
27 Es 2300
28 tr 2140
14
WLBT-3
KARK-4
WREG-3
WEDU-3
WTVJ-4
CJON-6
KTVO-3
WBOC-16
MS
AK
TN
FL
FL
NF
MO
MD
June 1995
28 tr 2150
29 tr 0800
0815
1200
30 tr 2000
2300
WYOU-22
WBOC-16
WLNE-6
WGAL-B
WLNE-6
WWLP-22
Doug SmitL, 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098
Equipment : Sears 19" color stereo TV ; Archer W-160 for VHF ; RS
corner-reflector for UHF, with CM-7475 preamp .
Deadline : 5th
August 1995
August 1995
Eastern TV-DX
PA
MD
RI
PA
RI
MA
July 1995
1 tr 0200 WPRI-12 RI
Comments : The month of May, and the early part of June brought
very weak E-skip here .
Around mid-June things really began to
kick, skip reached Ch . 6 on the 13th, 14th,17th & the 18th . I
logged a Canadian station on the 18th with CJON-6 NF, my first
Canadian .
June 1995 DX
6
Tr
2327 WCPO-9
OH
(235)
calls
WCLJ-42
IN
(214)
TBN
7
0001 WICS-20
IL
(268)
Tr
WRSP-55
IL
(268)
(956)
calls
7
Es
1000 KENW-3
NM
1016 RPRC-2
TX
(677)
local ads
0147 KIII-3
TX
(861)
7
Tr
2248 RRIV-26
TX
(677)
local ads
8
Tr
0102 WFAA-B
TX
(621)
local ads 6 rerun of news
TX
(620)
calls
0105 RDAF-33
TX
(620)
HSC
0106 KHSX-49
(631)
news in S :
RFWD-52
TX
(620)
THN
0113 KDTX-58
TX
(319)
ID bars
0117 RASN-38
AR
0124 RTXA-21
TX
(620)
calls, local ads
unID-25 under WENT ; KXXV?
TX
(620)
"The Talk of Texas"
0131 KDFI-27
WREG-3
TN
(175)
Memphis snow/free!
0139
(323)
Donahue, map ID
0149 KTHV-11
AR
still in
0209 RRIV-26
TX
(677)
8
Es
1045 KMID-2
TX
( - 920)
0747 WBMG-42
AL
(201)
13
Tr
WJSU-40
AL
(200)
AL
(223)
WCFT-33
(677)
13
Es
1106 KPRC-2
TX
(778)
1130 RSWK-3
KS
1153 KIII-3
TX
(861)
1227 XEFB-2
NL
(1075)
"2 Noticias"
15
Es
1114 WFSB-3
CT
(848)
Tr
1000 WXIN-59
IN
(250)
19
WCLJ-42
IN
(214)
(956)
MUF 107 .3 to Mexico
Es
1200 KENW-3
NM
(1075)
25
Es
1115 XEFB-2
NL
MUF 91 .5 to Laredo, TX
KIII-3
TX
(861)
July 1995 DX
1
Es
0955
1227
1300
1336
1501
1529
1630
1700
1754
1840
WFSB-3
WEDU-3
WPBT-2
ROCT-6
KIDY-6
XHPN-3
RENW-3
ROCT-6
KENS-5
KOB-4
RACE-3
KFDX-3
CT
FL
FL
NM
TX
CI
NM
NM
TX
NM
TX
TX
(848)
(654)
(826)
(1003)
(836)
(943)
(956)
(1003)
(813)
(1086)
(831)
(670)
calls
ID
ROAT-7 news promo & ID
calls in Fox promo
calls in promo
calls in promo
still in, BOAT-7 promos
calls in bug in news
calls in local news
ID w/RRBC-9
calls
The July 1 opening was the best I've ever seen .
Channels 5
and 6 are my toughest channels, and it was real nice to see them so
productive . FM was even better-- I logged ~ new FMS, bringing my
totals to 599 .
Richard Contone,
162-07 87th Street, Jamaica, NY 11414
Comments :
On June 8th I had WTIC-8 CT . On June 29th WMGM-40
at 90 miles was in with WVIT-30 CT around 0100 . June 30th
WNAC-64 RI (Providence) at 140 miles .
Eastern TV-DX
Russell
Miller,
August
1995
P .O . Box 1736, Houlton ME 04730-5736
Equipment :
1983 Goldstar H6W 13", R .S . Optimus 57 VCR, modified R .S .
VHF antenna, 18db gain UHF amp, modified R .S . corner reflector/yagi,
RG-6 cable, 760' ASL, 60' AGL at Amity, ME .
Russell
Miller
6th
Ea
Es
0800
1833
1900
Unid
27th
Es
1102
1115
1129
1131
1216
1217
1226
1409
1906
1908
1913
1929
1953
28th
Tr
oooD-0830
WTXF
NHSti
WLIC
NXTV
W}ISI
WHAI
wNYC
w}isP
wNLP
NNJU
wLIN
wTNS
2
NJXT
4
FL
NE
~ F~
7oNmistake i
18th
Ea
1230
1300
IffNO
WUfN
2
2
IN
OH
19th
Ee
1401
KGAN
2
TA
wBTV
NC
3
Moze Maritime Trop . !tax distance 320 miss 1415
WCCO
4
MN
1530
Unld
(Marc Middleton - Sports?)
1600
NEWS
OH
5
NGBH
2
MA
3~
1612
NJHK
2
MI
4
MA
WHZ
300
1&5
2
SC
wCHD
(Ghosting loc ls)
4
1722
WSMV
TN
1803
NHAY
2
NI
8th
Tr
0200
NJAR
SO RI
340
WTOM
4
MI
1930
2200
Unid
2
Es
2018
WSAV
3
CA
4
NSMV
TN
12th Es
195+
20th
Ee
1450
wCHD
2
SC
WSJK
2
TN
2000
1500
x'rvo
3
Mo
WKRN
2
TN
2030
WSIL
IL
1532
3
4
1558
KHOY
Mo
WSB
2
GA
13th
ks 1925
1602
xxrv
Mo
SC .
3
NyfF 4
1970
1605
NHHF
4
IL
NXRN
2
TN
1943
1610
xI'vI
z
Mo
Nc
1957
WHrv
3
1701
WFMY
2
NC
2000
WDIQ
2
AL
1713
Kcrv
5
Mo
3
2
ON . . .ii`s the music that matters . : 1717
Narv
Nc
14th Es
2020
WVIN
1730
KQTV
2
MO
2031
KD}U
2
PA
it
1738
WJXT
FL
4
AL
2100
NTVY
NAVE
1?51
3
KY
2101
irLWO
2
IN
1800
NNAY
NC
3
1809
WTVY
4
AL
2
1100
KCAN
IA
15th Es
1823
NBJK
2
TN
1200
WfTtY
2
NC
1825
wm'N
2
ox
2
FL
1230
WESII
KDKA
2
PA
1332
21st
Es
1850
CKPR
2
ON
NKRN
2
TN
1500
4
1900
NDAF
MO
CHFD
4
1930
ON
0800-1000
16th Tr
2036
KDIN
3
HN.
W18AY 18 191
2130
cHWCr 5
oN
wvra
2o yr
22 VT
wYNY
22nd
Es
1101
KATY
2
MO
N1fEA
26 F1E
1119
KCAN
2
TA
WMFP
62 MA
38 MA
23rd
Tr
0730
CHHFT4
10
NS
340
WZHll
SB ru
0730
cHAFrS
fEI 235
wt,vl
31
56 MA
0000The
folloxing
1e
a
list
o£ Lox
WPXT
S1 ME
0830
wNAC
64 AI
Poxer _acraabled Cable Netxork
ME
N39BQ
39
Channels received during e narrow
NUNI
MA
27
Tropo path through tha Mar Stlnes,
!1E
w41AY
41
ts. 19 . 20 . 21 . 23 . 2 5" 28 .
NSBETV 36
Al
48, 49 .
WxsH
66
MA
5
549 . 60, 62'. ~, 65,
WFXT
MA
25
very unusual .
.
This
xae
68
NAHU
68
MA
WNDS
5o
NH
2
MO
KT VI
wEDN
CT
24th
fie
2050
53
Y45AL 45 ME
Tr
23~
(This UHF opening sae
(NSC)
cldantly Axed xlth s VHF antenna .
z4
Ns
Nhat could !save ben,~
cHHr1o
z3oa
(1px POHer)
17th.
Ea
WJXT
4
FL
1332
z
1355
WcHD
sc
WCHD
2
SC
1628
25th
Ea
GA
1845
WESH
2
FL
2002
NSAV
3
1928
WBAY
z
WI
2030
WWAY
NC
3
2100
WUNC
4
NC
Narv
Nc
2107
3
7th
16
Tr
la
fr
0800
2000
2100
2230
Commentst
Jeff
wolf,
1995
Icont .)
June
1995
wTNFI
NMUR
wPRI
W33AY
w32ttY
xTlc
wcar
wVTr
wMCM
wHD}(
wJAA
8
9
12
33
32
61
6o
30
40
7
10
June 1995
June 4 E .S .T . .
Tr - Local Trop . Snto Atlantic Provinces (15 nei' ID's)
June 5
August
Eastern TV-DX
wCHD
NNAY
WUND
wJXT
wAAL
NYFF
warv
NIIIN
NKRN
WTYY
WSMV
wsav
wUNC
2
3
2
4
5
4
3
2
2
4
4
3
4
SC
NC
NC
FL
Nc
SC
Nc
OH
TN
AL
TN
GA
NC
r'HOy
WTNR
wexT
NUNI
LANDS
NPXT
wEDN
wNAC
wMFY
wHS}I
wZDU
w45pL
N1B1Y
cr
till
AI
Ma
MA
cr
Nx
CT
NJ
MA
RI
414
280
340
3Do
300
388
286
394
614
300
340
7
~,
l0 A,T, '.i 40
25
Ma
3Do
27
MA
320
a~s
N}i
5o
200
51
P1E
CT 985
53
d;
RI 1 YO
62
MA ~ 66
66
Ma ~'~
~
MA 3 yb
5
ME
200 (HSC)
200
i8 ME
PA
561
NJ
495
NY
435
NJ
477
NY
453
GT
435
NY
480
NJ
591
MA
358
NJ
505
NY
477
LT
308
Since building my nex shack site, It has been common to receive
weak signals to Boston, RI, and Vermont . No moze reloga under
300 miles unless part of something further .
2217
29
68
55
41
67
43
31
65
22
47
21
26
Drurry
Road,
June 1995
skip noted on the
3rd, 4th, 5th & 10th
19 Es
1900 KARK-4
AR
1927 KJRH-2
OK
1954 KOET-3
OK note ~1
1957 wEDU-3
FL
2033 KDFW-4
TX (T)
see note i2
2059 KSNw-3
KS note 13
17 tr 0320 WVIR-29 VA
WYED-17 NC (T)
WPHL-17 PA (T)
0912 WBTW-13 SC (T)
Es 0956 WEDU-3
FL
KJRH-2
(T)
skip noted 6/18 s 6/21 PM
Stephen west,
Silver
Spring,
MD 20906
June 1995
25 Es 2011
2029
27 Es 2002
2016
2021
2092
2100
2300
Note
All
1077 Sandy Narrows Court,
KSNB-4
KNOP-2
KTCA-2
KIMT-3
KTIV-4
KLNE-3
KDLH-3
KUSD-2
NE
NE
MN
IA
IA
NE
MN
SD
(T)
(T)
note
note
A4
AS
note
note
A6
A7
A1 - local news for OK
A2 - Fox
A3 - Newscentez 3 promo
A4 - map of MN
15 - Iowa representation in DC
16 - Garden program
R7 - Northline News, Fox
Es loggings are new :
Virginia Heach,
VA 23454-5516
Comments :
I have been very busy moving to VA, so a lot of DX was
not written in the logs .
There were several openings to Columbia,
SC and Charlotte, NC .
Boston has been seen a couple dozen times .
Jacksonville, FL was seen twice (Two other times received audio
on the ICOM) and was in strong May , 25th with chs . 7
17, 30 . 47
and 59 . PR and the Maritimes were In on skip severa~ times .
I am using an 8-bay UHF and PA-4975 amp, with a ch . 8 antenna
and a $35 . RS mast mounted amp foz VHF, at 30 feet .
17
IPES'l'~ItN TV~ R
August1995
Calibration Curves for the ICOM R7100
The second plot shows the apparent signal
level in dBm (using the 61 .25 MHz calibration)
with a -50 dBm input signal. (M receiver's
gain is maximum near 2(xl MHz
The receiver may also be used (in USB or LSB mode)
to determine the frequency of the video Carrier of TV
signals bein& received. Ordinarily (for North American TV
stations), this is 1 .24, 1 .25, or 1 .26 MHz above the bottom
edge oteach channel. The receiver is Capable of receiving
signals on all three offsets even when one is tens of dB
stronger than the others, when a TV picture would not
even show co-channel interference. This month I am
presenting some measurements made of the AGC out ut
of the receiver in LSB mode, which I use to monitor
video Carriers and radio amateur beacons .
During the Coming months, I plan to write
more about measuring signals received from
local and distant TV stations .
Propagation During June/July 1995
Summer finally arrived in the San Francisco Bay area . With the first "heat wave"
came the tropospheric duct associated with the
trade-wind inversion between California and
Hawaii . Between June 21 and July 2, radio
amateur stations on the west Coast Communicated with Hawaii on 144 & 432 MHz The
opening even extended into Oregon and
Washington at times.
T used a digital VTVM to measure the AGC voltage,
and a synthesized signal generator at 61 .25 MHz to obtain
the following AGC Calibration curve .
On July 2, between 0530 and 0845, we had
a strong multi-hop S~oradic-E opening between northwestern P.fTICfICa and Japan/Asia .
Many 50 MHz contacu were made between
Japan and British Columbia, Washington, and
Oregon . Mike Cherry even recounts that one
Japanew station he Contacted reported viewing
CBUT, ch 2 in Vancouver, B.C.
R7100 AGC Characteristics
x.25
~.oo
9.75
3 .50
9.zs
3.00
2.25
U 2.00
cs
1.75
~a~~~~~~~~~~~
1.50
Loo
0.75
o.so
0.25
-720-I10-100 -60 -a0
-70 -a0 -50 -40 -90 -20 -]0
dBm input
0
10
A ril 1995
0 Es 1100 YCVB
-55
18
IA
:
i
10r
Frequency - MHz
Enough generalities, on to the reports!
Marvin Shults, RR#1, Toulon, IL 61483
R7100 Sensitivity
-45
-eo
A heat wave in the nation's midsection
July 10-11 resulted in what Eric Bueneman
describes as "the second biggest trop event of
the last year, only topped by the big opening of
December 26-27, 1994 ."
Other great moments of this summer's Es
season include Frank Merrill's and Jetf Kadet's
observations on June 7 of high-band Es, with
CIPA-9 identified, a toss-up on channel 11, and
CCI up to channel 12 .
1 .25
-~o
e-mail frank@sneery .sri .com
(415)851-7031
This receiver, like most, is not flat. (Its
gain varies with frequency) . Thus the calibralion c u rve must be Corrected for frequen~'
The ICOM R7100 is a rather neat Communications
revel'ver, wish conUn uous covera ge from ZS -2000 MHz and
filters for USB, LSB, AM, NBFM, and WBFM. Some of
our readers have used an additional wide-band output fed
into an optional TV adapter. Another feature of the
R7100 is that it may be remotely Controlled by a Computer.
u 2.75
m
z.so
Victor Frank
12450 Skyline Blvd .
Woodside, CA 94062-4541
n
0
IW
Ney 1995
10 Es 0959
tr 1100
12 Es 1800
13 Es 2130
15 Es 1530
16 Es 1100
1959
1959
1959
2030
17 Es 2048
20 ES 0930
2230
5 MA
CDT
Boston
KRTV
3 NT
WHAS 11 KY
KYGN
2 CO
( 1918
%EPN
2 CH
XEPN
2 CN
KNAZ
2 A2
11930
KRGV
5 rx
XHR10 2 iA or XR10
KCBT
4 TX
~ 2027
KIII
3 TX
(French)
C
2
weT
2 FL
11730
CKSA
2 AB
CDT
KENII
3 NN
KWGN
2 CO
XAPN
3 C1
WESx
2 FL
Western N DX Marvin Shutts'report continues
21 Es 7640
2030
2120
21St
2218
22 Es 0750
23 Es 1800
24 Es 0926
7003
28 Es 7125
1132
29 Es 1432
1434
7513
1518
7600
30 tr 0600
WFNYt 2
KPRC
2
KNAZ
2
XHPN
3
KCBT
4
XEFB
2
xEPN
2
XEFB
2
w8T
2
XEFE
2
%HCx
2
KENS
5
KPRC
2
XRIO
2
XEFE
2
KOTN
2
WS4AP 54
NC
June 1995
3 Es 1500
1s08
1817
1828
5 Es 7557
1559
1925
6 Es 1200
1852
1900
1915
1934
2017
2145
7 Es 1037
1658
7733
1758
1800
1845
7855
1930
8 Es 1100
1730
1800
9 Es 1000
1002
1008
12 Es 1058
2139
2235
13 Es 7058
14 Es 1458
1858
1859
15 Es 1058
1973
WEDU
WESH
KRCV
KPRC
YESN
wiv
w8T
KPRC
XEFB
KUGN
KDBC
KRGV
KEN1r
KNAZ
XR10
XEFE
KIDK
KBCI
KUTV
KFBB
CKCKt
KTVO
KPRC
KTtlO
KWGN
xEfB
XHPN
XRIO
w8T
XEFE
WPBT
XEPN
KPRC
WEDU
(IJXT
unlD
KNAZ
FL
FL
3
2
5
2
2
5
2
2
2
2
4
5
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
2
2025
2100
2725
2215
2230
7920
KACV
WEDU
XNCH
KPRC
CBFTt
2
3
2
2
2
2
NL
0953
FL
1047
TA
1128
CH i ^Canal 5"
TX
1433
TX
1500
TA
1515
TA
1527
MESH
NJXT
XEFB
2 FL
4 FL
2 NL
XHCH
KNID
KACB
KIII
2
2
3
3
TX
A2
CI
TX
NL
Cx
TX
1A1G
TX
FL
LH
TX
AL
Po
CH
TX
TX
TX
IL ENTN i 0600 1f33AX 33 NI ieN
TX
TX
fL
fL
fl
Tz
NL
CO
TX
TX
NM
AZ
TA
TA
ID
ID
UT
NT
SK
MT
TX
UY
CO
NL
LI
TA
FL
TA
FL
LH
TX
FL
FL
A2
PBS
1504
tszs
1818
1828
7558
7600
WfTt
w8T
XR10
KIII
IIEDU
uCSD
5
z
2
3
3
2
Fl
fL
TA
TX
FL
SC
7829
1858
7909
1928
7956
2030
2200
1056
1730
1755
1759
1830
7850
7900
2200
1200
1732
lA1ND
XHPN
KIII
xEfB
XNFE
KASA
XEPN
XEFB
KSL
KTVxt
KGVL
CKBI
CKSA
CFOC
LIPBT
x
KIDK
2
3
3
2
5
2
2
2
5
6
5
5
2
3
2
2
3
NC
CI
TX
NL
CN7
NN
CH
NL
UT
NT
VY
SK
AB
SK
FL
ID
17000 KPRC
1003 KCBT
2 T%
4 TX
17628 %
2230 KNAZ
3
2 A2
1200
1844
1859
1910
7758
KPRC
NCBD
NESH
LA1ND
KNID
2
2
2
2
2
TX
SC
fL
NC
TX
Dave Pomeroy, 2321 SE Libra Court, Topeka,
Kansas66605-3505
I was beginning to wonder what happened to
the spring DX season when I received the VUD on
June 3 and immediate)y started receiving skip that
evening. At any rate, things have picked up and I
finally have something to report again .
Nav 1995
CDT
27 tr 0600 K110J 11 Sedalia, MO KRCG-13 color bar
June 7995
3 Es 1800 WSAV
7JSB
7 Es 1900 KxVO
t6 tr 0630 KTAG
KETK
KWE
KLRU
KDAF
0700 KF1A
KDTX
KXTX
KXAN
3
2
15
32
56
24
18
33
52
58
39
36
GA,
W,
NE,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
TX,
Savemah
Atlanta
Omaha testing
Abilene
Jacksonville
Austin
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Deltas
Dallas
Austin
0730 KSBI
11800 unl0
KJTL
Kp(x
KOCB
18 Es 7030 NEDU
w8T
7100 XHY
InID
unlD
52 OK, Oklahoma City
54
KNVA7
18 iX, Nichita Falls
8,23,41,47 Tulsa, OK
25 OK, Oklahoma City
34 OK, Oklahoma City
3 FL, 7empa
2 FL, Miami
2 YU, Nerida, Yucatan, Mexico
3 TU //xXY w/Yucatan adv .
4
Spanish floating ulxrer LK1AF-4
KXVO-15 has been in at times that 1 have
checked since June 7 (2 weeks) . Signal quality varies
somewhat with some fading most of the time . 000asionally very strong signals and usually not quite as
good as KPTM-42 . KTMJ-43 (LPTV) in Topeka is
UPN, but does not air the Kansas City Royafs games
as listed in the June VUD . They ID as KTMJ-6 as
they broadcast out of Junction City where they
operate on Channel 6 (K(X>KZ) . Their channel 15 in
Manhattan airs parallel programming while channel
43 is different attar midnight . The CP Cor channel 32
in Kansas City is about to be sold and should appear
in the next year as a Warner affiliate. The nearest
WB station is KXVO-15 .
Randy Milder KK6TQ/7, 1185 Linda Avenue,
Ashland, OR 97520
wpment :
Goldstar Color TV, 12" Zenith black &
white TV, Antennacraft ch. 2-6 Yagi, HD-73
rotor, RG-6 Coax .
Well, I'm not sure if I moved to a'no E-skip
zone' or what . Sporadic-E is starting out very slow
here. Most openings have been very short-in for
just a few minutes and then gone. Later in June,
openings were a little more frequent and a little
longer. Of course, winter was here until June 17thliterally! It rained most every day in June until the
17th. Summer started June 21st, and it's been 90°F
or hotter every since-more like Fs weather. Hopefully the season will improve as time goes on.
June 7995
6 Es 2350
7 Es 0900
1901
1937
7950
8 Es 1728
11 Es 0805
13 Es 1322
75 Es 2029
2031
2053
76 Es 1935
2217
17 Es 7759
27 Es 1244
24 Es 1129
25 Es 7200
1330
1402
1407
1415
1500
26 Es 2030
27 Es 1023
1100
untD
KSWK
XHBC
KENN
KTVxt
KTVK
InID
KTVS
KSVK
KOAAt
KTVK
unlD
unlD
KENN
KTVK
KRCV
KSIM
KLNE
KOTA
unlD
KDUH
unlD
unlD
KTVS
KREG
2,3
3 KS
3 BC
3 NN
3 AZ
3 AZ
2,3
3 CO
3 KS
S CO
3 AZ
3
3
3 NN
3 AZ
2 TX
3 KS
3 NE
3 SD
4
4 NE
2
3
3 CO
3 LO
PDT
1179 "Smokey Hills TV"
739
1187 Pledge
835
w/logo, time 8 temp in lrhc
1074 showed KGNN-5 10 .
937 "Eyewitness News"
Spanish
1223
11318 KTVS
3 CO
1190
7332 KTLA
2 VY 834
989 Rxklea baseball
ABC
975 Rockies baseball
CBS
CBS 12040 un1D
2
7025 KOTA
3 SD
Interesting working hams on 6 meters and 6
meter beacons during Es openings. There is a new
beacon on 50 .060 drom DN41 (Utah) running 2
watts, Call KE7NS.
19
Jeff Kruszka, 7706-M N. Jefferson PI. Cir., Baton
Rouge, LA 70809
Jurx 1995
3 Es 1643
1706
4 Es 2024
S Es 1642
b tr 0659
Es 1928
7 it 2320
9 Es 7811
11 Es 1042
14 Es 7750
21 Es 5813
ul
1995
Es 7052
1550
1558
1704
7801
2 Es 0930
inlDS 3-6
VTKR
3 VA 960 ~ 2014 VCCO
unlD
5 CBS brie ly
unlD
3 briefly
K2JL 61 T% 225 #1
KLNE
3 NE 860 ~ 2020 unlD
KPON 24 AR 400 2
tnlD
3 Note #3
un[D
3
~nID
4 SS
~nID
4 NI
un10s 3-6 strong!
Cube 3,5 TPs
KOAA
5 CO 940 ( 7559 KLNE
VNBF
4 IL 760
1729 VCCO
KSTP
S NN 1005
VPBT
2 FL 7~ #4
3 Es 7540 WBT
in1D
CDT
4 NN
995
7 Es
4 S$
Lr
Es
8 tr
3 NE
4 NN
860
995
Notes:
1. New station, "Shop at Home" programming.
2. Thanks to Ron LeBlane for tiP on this one.
3. "Cops." Local ad said "Super Saturday at Upton's ."
Anyone have any ideas?
4. Another Ron L. tip-I(xat WBRZ oCf?! A dream
come true,especially since E-skip was in!
Unfortunately, at only lasted until 1025 .
June was disappointing, as usual. Signals were
pretty strong on July 1st, though . It's going to take a
slgniGcant recovery to impress me, however.
Jeff Kadet (W3CRH), Box 20, Macomb, IL 61455
(309)833-1$09
Equipment:
ICOM R7100 w]video adaptar. Misc . Zenith
TV sets circa 1979-1982 . Screened CM T dish
w/RDX Labs UA-90 pre-amp, .500 hardline
up 85'. CM 1110 w/Winegard PA-1975 reamp. .500 hardline, up 80' . Winegard Spel .
lowband ant (vertically polarized), Winegard
CP-3800 pre-amp, RG-11 up 10'.
April 7995
16 gw
V21BE
V67CV
x
June 7995
1 tr 0300 VS1CD 57 11 Rockford7 ; //VCFC-38
2 Es 1200 XEfB
2 NL 1760
Es
9 Es
14 Es
17 Es
18 Es
tr
Es
19 Es
20 Es
21 Es
22 Es
23 Es
24 Es
27 Es
CDT
21 IL Champaign; 3ABN 120
67 IL Peoria ; religion 60 #7
Nav 1995
9 tr 0900 unlD 62
Ch Am to S
KbSEK bs AR Pine Bluff
K67E0 67zAR Bentonville; KfSN-5 338
618
VSBBO 58zN5 Natchez; TBN
MiAO 23 M$ 489 ~ VFBf 50 N$ 367
15 Es 7400 KVGN
2 Cp 770
KVOA
4 A2 1240
16 Ea 1556 KTVK
3 A2 7276 ~
120
20 W 0120 V52BR 52 IL Champaign ; CB TP w/ID
21 gw 1258 V46CH 46 IL Champaign ; The Bpx
120
Es 2245 X
3 7 lorg C8C Yideo ad
2300
4z 7 #~
VJ%T
4 FL 870
4ESH
2 FL
b
VEDU
3 FL 7054
22 Es 0855 XEFB
2 NL 1160
WL
4 LA 729
tA)SU
b LA 729
KDBC
4 TX 1055
KATC
3 LA ?'26
0950 %
6 7 "[anal de esirellas"
7000 KHSH
b A2 7320 11054 KVBC
3 NV 7345
1103 KURT
6 AZ 7250
7158 KNAZ
2 AZ 1196
KPNO
5 AZ 7255
KVOA
4 AZ 1240
1230 KuGN
2 Co 770
28 Es 1050 %EfE
2 TAN CB iP V/ID
XHR10 2 TAM 1085 1125 %EFB
2 NL 1160
20
5 tr
Es
28 Es
2 FL 1768 ~
VEDU
3 Fl 1054
3
Philips TP then 1557 s/on;
Probably Cuba
2000 YBRZ
2 LA 702 ~ 2250 KPRC
2 7% 775
0617 V36AN 36 iN 367 Nesphis; The BoX
1555 VPBT
2 FL 7168
VPTV
5 FL 1125
VESH
2 FL 956
VJXT
< FL 870
7621 VSAV
3 GA 785
1820 C
4
'
CKCK
2 SK 970
7829 CFDC2 6 SK
1845 CIPA 9 SK 7130 #3
C
10C
11+
C
12+
11958 CFOC7 3
1160
CKiV2 6 SK 953
2033 KOTV
6 OK 410 #4
4 T% 1065
2726 KGBT
0230 K2JLt 67 TX
KHSH 6T T% 800
KHTV 39 TX 800
KETK 56 T% 650
XHFTXt57zTAM
1755 KTVO
2 NT 975
1600 XHPN
3 COAH
KNiD
2 T% 866
1615 %EFE
2 TAN
1625 XEFB
2 NL 1160
7900 VCBD
2 SC 790
VSAY
3 W 785
4 SC 790
WCIV
1800 KNID
2 T% 866
0300 C
2
Phillips TP
0315 Kim? 19
VNV Lifetise !IS
K3377 33
VNV Nickelodeon; STV
VNV Showtime ; STV
K4777 47
WV Headline News ; STV
K5977 59
K537t 53
VNY SportsNet ; $TV
K3577 35
VNV TBS
K4977 49
VNV CNT
K5577 55
WV TCN
K4517 45
VNV TLC
KXVO 15 NE ID slide
0435 K577? 57
VNV Cornerstone #6
1658 CBC
2 i
b FL 980
1500 KDBC
4 TX 7055
1625 VCP%
VJ%T
4 FL 867
VESH
2 FL 950
YEAR
3 FL 725
1656 VEDU
3 FL 980
4 FL 1190
2036 KASA
2 NN 890
VTVJ
2200 XEFB
2 NL 7160
1630 VESN
2 FL 956
VEDU
3 FL 980
7730 VESH
2 fL 956
FfC
2
1741 fFC
4
CBC
b
CNRO
5 ON 775
VEDU
3 fl 980
1809 CPX
b FL 980
7829 CITO
3 ON 727
4 ON 685
1850 VTVJ
4 fL 1190
1854 CHNB
NB
CKND
2
818
2
Cg TP rq ID
2015 unlD
1200 XEFE
2 TA 1026 CB TP w/ID
2300 KASA
2 NN 890
2100 KNAZ
2 A2 1196
VPBT
2 FL 1168
VESN
2 FL 956
1858
1600 CKCK
2 SK
CBC
2
1721 LITL
4 AB
1800 CFRN
3 AB
1730 CfOC
3 SK
CKSA
AB
2200
VCBS
2 NY
2
FFL
2
KPRC
T%
#7
11310
XEFB
2 NL
1229
2
XNRIO 2
KGBT
4 T%
KNID
TX
2100
2
I
I
I
I
Correction : delete K19CV Redwoo(1 Falls, MN
togged as a new station on 8/L5t93. First logged on
822/92 (noticed this while making uP a list of
stations still needed to be photographed) .
Notes:
1. One of the better channels here bites the dust to
the E/NE although this station does not get out very
well in other directions. K67E0 is LPTV/xltr #16
logged on channel 67.
2. Campecho mentioned a lot; lots of hum on audio.
3 . Probably a once in a lifetime opening
First definitely IDed high-band Es here. Lots of CCI
on locals KHQA-7 and WQAD-8 also. CIPA-9 was
in and out for at least 1(L hour and I got a good
photo and audio ID on tape at 1900 (CIPA audio ID
and CFQC visual ID). The ch . 11 was coming in
snowfree at times with a CBC hockey game .
Western N DX IefJ Kadet's comments continue
4. At Grst 1 thought this was Fs, but it had to be tr, as
it was in solidly for over an hour with no fading .
What is odd is that I was getting it on the ski
antenna, but not the 1110 where KWQC/KMOS
were too strong .
5. Not sure where these are from . Awhile back the
VUD listed 16 new channels for Columbus, NE, but
none of these are on the same ones except Cor 33 and
59.
6. About the same direction as the others, but was in
solidly as the others were fading out.
7 Es 1900
1917
1958
2725
8 Es 7656
7759
9 ES 1530
1859
12 Es 7030
2230
2300
13 Es 0000
14 ES
7. Using anew logo so it can be easily distinguished
from WESH again . Usinga "2 with a star in at .
Frank Merrill, P.O . Box 669, Macomb, IL 61455
Equipment:
ICOM R-7000 with video adaptor, fed into
Zenith TV . Also,"stand-alone" Zenith
L13]0, 13-inch color TV Cor late 70s, DX
alternates between the two due to not-as-good
ICOM video. Antennas: Old Winegard
(8100? not 8200) all-band horizontal at 40
teat, and Channel Master Quantum 1110 at 10
feet mounted vertically . Usually, 8100 for tr
and 1t 10 for Es.
Nav 1995
20 Es 7400 VPBT
VSBt
1900 VPBT
tr 2346 V528R
2350
2358
2359
21 Es 1130
2158
2202
2208
2219
2221
22 Es 0800
1700
7200
29 Es 1130
1221
1300
June 7995
3 Es 7100
NS 7328
Es 1657
1730
1820
1829
1858
7946
5 Es 7530
7540
1602
2303
b Es 1t30
1959
V67CV
u21
W46CH
KNOL
VEDU
VESH
Both
KPRC
KMOL
KCBT
KENV
XEPM
KURT
KDHO
KVOA
VPBT
C
KIII
VCBD
KPRC
Both
VEDU
VKRG
LA)10
KPRC
KJAC
VTVJ
Cuba
VPTV
uPai
XHtTt
%HPN
2020 KENV
7 Es 0945 KDBC
1843 unlD
unlD
1844 unlD
1849 unlD
1900 CIPA
2
2
2
52
67
21
46
4
3
2
4
2
4
4
3
2
b
5
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
S
Z
2
<
4
S
S
2
4
3
3
4
7
17
9
12
11
9
CDT
FL
~ 7733 VESH
2 iL
GA (22,ABC)
FL
IL
130 Champaign,
3/4 rotor bars, iD
IL
70 Peoria, religion
IL
130 Champaign? TAB
IL
730 Champaign, The Box
T%
FL "mixing with Spanish"
FL "mixing with Spanish"
FL
~ 2217 VPTV
5 FL
TX "new logo, Similar to %EFB"
TX
T%
11030 KDBC
4 TX
NN
XEJ
5 CI
CI (assumed)
AZ
AZ "na+ CBS"
AZ
1216 KVW
5 NV
FL
1200 Cuba
2
AB Calgary, forget new calls
TX
15 Es
17 Es
18 ES
Lr
Es
19 gw
Es
f
SC
Tx
FL
FL
AL
AL
TX
TX
FL
FL
FL
CI
CU
800
~
VCIV
(prior Es)
4 SC
spent east effort on FM"
VTVY
4 AL
1848 Klfi
3 TX
1400 KATC
3 LA
Phil
~
VPBT
ips TP
~ 1620 MESH
2 FL
20 tr
Es
21 Lr
Es
2 FL
"XHDF-13"
"Everybody still shows this
as XEPN . It isn't ."
NN auction
7X
~ 1724 KGVI
5 VY
defim to 7-Es CCI
Es CCI noted
Es CCI ("bars" on KIIN-IA)1!
Hockey #i
SK 1134 Prince Albert #2
22 tr
Es
unlD 810 CCI as well
CKO$
5 $K
~
CiCN
4 AB
CKCN2
6 SK (relog, 1 think?)
KGBT
4 T%
KNID
~ 1754 KTYD
2 T%
2 NT
KXLF
4 NT
%NITt
4 Cl "%HDF "13"
VPBT
2 FL
VTVJ
4 FL
VPBT
2 FL
11110 4TVJ
4 FL
KACV
2 T%
KENV
3 NN
KASA
2 NN
KNAZ
2 A2
0016 KVOA
4 A2
KTVK
3 A2
0033 KPHO
5 AZ
1006 KPRC
2 TX
1022 WL
4 LA
1031 KNID
2 T%
1037 WAY
3 NC
7417 KASA
2 NM
2070 KNAZ
2 AZ
1500 VPBT
2 FL
VEDU
3 FL
Cube
5
Phil(ps TP
1830 WNC
4 NC
WAY
3 NC
1846 VCIV
f SC
7859 VCBD
2 SC
WND
2 NC
7930 L!CSC
5 SC
2320 KPRC
2 TX
0931 VPBT
2 FL
10943 VTVJ
4 FL
7059 WTV
S FL
YESX
2 FL
VEDU
3 FL
7117 Cuba
Phillips TP
2
1126 VEAR
3 FL
~ 7200 KNID
2 TX
2026 KNAZ
2 AZ
2050 KRE2t
b CO
2708 77
5
Trens ator CCI
2125 KVBC
3 NV
1930 KNID
2 TX
0030 VL82
2 NE on Winegard 8100 only
0212-0250 UHF CCI #3
0255-0355 various UHF unlDS #4
K19
lifetime, clear
K33 Nickelodeon, STV
K35 TBS, siV77
K45 TLC, deer
K47 $howtime, STV
K49 CNT, STV
K53
Sports (not ESPN),STV
K55 Turner Classic Movies, clear
K57 Cornerstone (VPCB-40) clear
K59 CNN Headline News, STY
0315 KXVO 15 NE 290 Omaha, new,test card
0930 VEDU
3 FL
WBT
2 FL
1653 CFRS
4 PO
7756 KASA
2 NN
0340(VAND
17 IL) noted off; regular Nondays7
0603 V51
51 IL
(7 VCfC-38)
0609 unlDLPTVS from yesterday 45/47/49/53/59
1158 KACB
3 T%
~
Kill
3 TX
1200 XEfE
2 CU color bars ID
7270 KTVK
3 A2
1217 xNCNt
2 CI "ID went by too quickly"
1214 KEN$
5 TX
1222 XXITt
G Cf "Canal tres" XHDF
1227 %EFB
2 NL
7259 KNAZ
2 AZ
7316 KDBC
4 TX
7328 KENV
3 NN
KRE2t
b LO
1407 KVBC
3 NY
1410 %HPN
3 CU
7630 VPTV
5 FL
VEDU
3 FL
VESH
2 FL
VPBT
2 FL
1645 1A10
2 AL
1650 VJXT
4 FL
1659 WAY
3 NC
1830 KENV
3 NN
%EPN
2 CI (#5)
KDBC
4 TX
%EJ
5 CI
2130 KASA
2 NN
0440 KARD
14 LA "nothing else unusual"
1718 CKCK
2 SK
11728 CKBI-b 2 $K
1954 LITL
4 AB
CFOC-1 3 SK
0600 K62
62 NO 135 St . Louis EVTN
wthemel 62 UNf 5t . Louis MO" ID
0609 V26A5 26 IN (Clarkesville TBN)
0900 VEDU
3 FL
1700 VCAX
3 VT
VL82
2 NE
1726 CBFT
2 PD
VESN
2 FL
1900 VTVY
4 AL
1956 CKND-2 2 NB
1958 WBT
2 FL
2000 KGfE
2ND
KBNE
3 ND
CBVFT
3 NB
0400
IL/IN snowfree incl . most LPTVS
to about U.S . 31
0410 V27_ 27 (V27A2 Indianapolis? National
Enpowerment TV, no lrmger VTNR-137
0428 V15
is (Faith 8 Values Charnel)
(towards Bloomington IN or Terra Xaute)
0447 V69
69 #b
1013 KANR
4 T%
I
21
Western TV DX Frar7k Merrill's report continues
VCBD
2 SC
XEFE
2 CU 3/4 color bars, ID
KDTV
2 UT
~ 1920 KNAZ
2 A2
KOB
4 NM
Certainly translator-type CC[
it
3
2159 KASA
2 NM
7858 WBT
2 FL
~
VESN
2 fL
VTVJ
4 FL
Occasional
hockey
later
evening
1900+Canada 2
~ 7030 KOB
4 NN
1027 KASA
2 NM
XEFE
2
NL
0903
0904 XE/XH-3
"CVC Shopping"
2 FL
1200 WND
2 NC
~ 2256 VPBT
4 AB
1730 C1TL
1758 CFRN
3 AB 1387 "strongest ever seen"
CKSA
2 AB
7800 CBXT
5 AB 1387 rare
even rarer
1830 CKRD
6 AB
1843 CJFB
5 SK
NA
"mostly
busy on fM"
2000 VLNE
6
4 LO 1
VNYV
5 NY
!
2100 KCNC
2
NY
VNBC
4 NY
2200 VCBS
2 iL
7131 VESH
2 FL
1127 VPBT
2 TX
1332 Klll
3 TX
1220 KPRC
3 NM
KMID
2 TX
2 100 KE Nv
2222 KNAZ
2 AZ
23 Es 1200
1220
1806
2153
24 Es
25 Es
26 Es
27 Es
28 Es
Notes:
1. (June 7/1849)-CBC NHL playoffgame, audio
l lz Cannot ever be resolved, because satellite check
showed the game being broadcast simultaneous)y in
all CBC time zones, and CBKSTSaskatoon/CBRT-5
Rosemary AB are both l lz, both have "decent" ERP,
and both are in the Fs area at this time . We'll have
to be content with "having seen a Canadian on Es on
Channel 11" which we pnnot count.
2. (June 7/1900-Beautiful fadeup of this one with
"QC News" (C QC) promo, then their own CIPA
ID. We assume this is also the 9+ intermittent)y
noted from 1843 with JEOPARDY . First high-band
Es ever IDed 33 years of TVDX, and first opening
I've ever seen Es CCI above channel 8.
3. Strange CCI noted from east on UHF. It was not
from the E, but: ??
4. (June 18/0255 -All signals were coming Crom
roughly toward ~ NE/W. IA . A recent WTFDA
listed a lot of newColumbus, NE channels, but only
several of these agreed with the list, and indeed 19
would be too close to KXNE. Also, some Columbus
channels that should have been seen, like 69, were
not seen . Any information on these LPTVs is
sought! All faded in and out in unison (imp)ying one
common site), except 57 which wasweaker than the
rest.
5. (June 19/2130)-This one used to be easy to ID, as
they often put them XEPM call letters in the upper
left with a character generator. In fact, this was often
seen on many Mexicans in the late 1980s here . It is at
least three years since I have seen ANY Mexican
doing this . I am glad I started DXing here when 1
did, as there are numerous Mexicans (such as this
and XHIT-4) which, now, I would neverbe able to
log.
6. ( June 22/17447)-See n with test card which mere)y
said "CH 69 & C}{ 12 ARE NOT PROGRAMMfNG AT THIS TIME", suspect W69BT South
Bend. There 1S W12BK LP
listed there. Has
any"body else seen this? Fort Wayne was easternmost
DX at this time .
Western N DX
Pat Dyer, 5315 Silvertip Drive, San Antonio, TX
78228-2744
Equipment:
Emerson 1987 model 872 VCR used as the
tuner ahead of a 9" B&W Keepsafer CCTV
monitor. Archer V-100 and 8-bay bow-tie
UHFarray at 20' AGLwith rotor
June 1995
02 Es 0825
03 Es 7555
1629
2045
04 Es 7050
OS Es 1056
Ob Es 0959
1106
1859
07 Es 0929
1010
1158
1622
08 Es 0859
09 Es 0816
0945
1741
11 Es 0831
92 Es 0758
13 Es 1057
1159
14 Es 1027
1228
1538
15 Es 0819
0929
1059
1122
16 Es 0921
1339
1436
18 Es 0916
1011
1836
79 Es 1031
1116
1130
1259
24 tr 0715
Es 0758
26 Es 0853
0958
VBAY
VJBK
VTVO
WAVE
VBTV
XHBC
VitA)
KGAN
KDLO
KBME
XHBC
KVBC
KDLO
VEDU
lA)TN
XHBC
KEYT
XHBC
VSJK
KVGN
VgaY
VSJK
uFMY
NAVE
VESH
VPBT
KNAZ
KVBC
XxAP
KTVK
KVBC
WAY
VaF1T
KDLO
VJMN
VIT1
KGAN
KtVO
KFDN
VESN
KMTV
VFMY
VSJK
7057 VSA2
1230 KTVS
1313 KVBC
1958 KEPT
28 Es 1059 VEDU
1553 1A1tN
1630 WAY
loza
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
Z
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
b
2
3
6
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
1183
1238
927
974
7090
1022
927
960
7071
1787
1022
1052
7071
994
1076
1022
7295
1022
1070
802
1183
1010
1173
974
1040
1147
843
1052
870
836
1052
1237
1761
1071
1310
1110
960
838
280
1040
829
7173
1010
1123
807
1052
1295
994
1076
1237
CS7
7002 XNVIZ
1615 VSA2
1629 YSIL
3
3
3
1123
792
1956
7026
7159
2144
0929
7028
1159
1750
KNAZ
LICIA
VSJK
KIDK
KDTV
VEDU
KNAZ
KOTA
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
843
931
7010
1240
743
994
843
1039
10940 KTVK
1627 KVBC
3
3
836
1052
11826 KCBS
2026 WAY
1131 VAVE
2
3
3
1186
7237
974
1218 VBTV
11526 KDKA
3
2
1090
1292
0859
0958
1105
1154
1328
1359
VEDU
KDTY
XHBC
KDTV
XHBC
KNAZ
3
2
3
2
3
2
994
743
~ 1022
1083
1022
843
0925
1759
1858
7100
1129
1230
VJBK
VBTV
KBME
KIMT
KDLO
2
3
3
3
3
3
1238
7090
1187
1011
1062
1077
0958
1003
1oz9
1102
1239
1829
LIBTV
VAVE
VS1L
VKRN
KuGN
KTVK
3
3
3
2
2
3
1090
974
792
879
802
836
1538 VS1L
1604 WAVE
1714 VSAV
3
3
3
792
974
1040
Vtsc
June 15 Es odd in that many signals exhibited
VERY slow fading rates with the MUFs only slowly
rising. (On the FM having OK City tropo at high
noon also made for a strange day!)
The Es the 2nd half of June has gotten more
like late Aug with many almost-dead days and few
very good ones. Ironically, the best Es days often end
up looking "small" here in the TV togsince most of
the effort Is being spent with the FM .
P.S. : July 1 had over 8 hrs of FM FS here, but just
some bursts on 144-MHz (likely Ohio). I've never
seen so much 108-109 VOR/ILS QRM without
better stuff on 2-m!
John M Jefferson, 4104 Spyglass Ct., Antioch, CA
94509-6051
N~ 1995
22 Es 0000 KNOPt
2 NE
26 Es 0859
27 Es
9
1325
7453
29 Es 7306
2
2
2
2
2
KSNC
V
KASA
XEPMt
XHf
June 995
6 Es 2301 KSNC
8 Es 7525 KENVt
15 Es
1528
1125
2304
1700
0759
2720
24 Es
27 Es
SL
Julv 7 995
7 Es 0900
7359
7 tr 4717
8 Es 1759
17 Es 1646
1700
KN71F
KDgt
KMID
KNOP
KSNC
K17
KMID
KASA
K54
KUSD
KMID
KVAB
KS
TX
NM
Cx
SN
North Platte,
illegible calls
7255 Great geed, calls
1110 AmarilloID
,
890 Santa Fe, ID
XEV-2 ID, Cd Juarez
1040 Sp, local ads
PDT
2 KS Great Bend, ID
3 NM Portales, Near continuous
audio o/KCRA's, but no pie at all .
2 1X 1175 Midland, Big 2, lcl
4 TX 980 El Paso, ID
2 TX
Midland, ID
2 NE 7110 North Platte, ID
2 KS
Great Bend, 10
17 CA KfTL-64 zlator Chi of
2
2
54
2
2
4
TX
NM
CA
SD
TX
TX
Midland, Big 2 logo
Santa Fe, ID
180 Redding, color bars
1345 Vermillion, SD Pub TY
Midland, ID
1276 Big Sprirg KVES(9)ID
he skip season really looked good in May, with
openi8th, ngs into the FM band on both the 7th & the
Th&en openings into the FM band aga n on the
t2 nd, 24th, & 26th (please note, 1 worked home the
23rd 25th!!!. Toward the end of June,though,I
began calling' S the "Son of 1984"-not a
l iment, as the club oldtimers know . July does
compseem o be getting back on track, however.
I called KFTL about the ch-17 translator. They
don't know anything about it, but the engincer
ned to mention ch 54 in Redding. It's running
happeeontinpipe uous color bars until they Cigure out how to
heir signal in. A couple days later, there it was
g a strong Crops opemng into Redding! Skiptdunwise, f you notice a lack of certain channels, ch S is
inow locked by some sort of interference pattern &
A-3 & KVIE-6 Sacramento are line-of-sight at
bKCRsome 25 miles.
Hope the season is bearing fruit for everybody!
Keith K. Smith, P.O . Box 45008, St. Louis, MO
63145 (314)355-5038
Equipment:
Funal FC-1300713" TVCR combination with
(cc)decoderandunipolarantenna. Backup :
12adio Shack Portavision 4.5" B+W TV with
AM/FM radio, cassette deck, and two speakers. Radio Shack Color Eagle ("rabbit ears"
for VHF-but one ear is accidentally missing;
dish-type antenna for UHF).
I moved from St . Ann MO to Spanish Lake,
MO; 7 miles SSW of Alton, IL on June 16.
Jtme 1 95
14 tr 2255 KMOS
HAND
17 tr 2300 VRSP
VICS
z3z9 ufxL
25 tr 0924 KHDA
VAA16
b
17
55
20
z3
7
17
MO 158
2319 VUSI
IL
VICS
IL
uTtT
IL
(
VAND
IL
MO
NGEM
IL
VICS
I
CDT
16 IL 122
20 IL
27 ti
17 tC
70 MO
20 IL
VTJR
0954 tnlD
KNLJ
Y1LL
76 IL
13
25 MO
72 IL
X2
0946 VRSP
2247 4TCT
HAND
55 IL
27 IL
77 IL
Mt
Notes:
1. This one is too frequent-it's been hitting my
QTH everyday since 1've moved here (6/16), so 1'll
have to drop it from my loggings .
2. So strong the captions were showing! (Yes, my
new toy has (ce) decoding!~ Am 1 the first DXer to
buy a set made after 1993?
And so ends my saga in St. Ann. There is
serious talk of expanding the airport here (St. Louis
International Airport); one of their plans would wipe
out Edmunson, MO and take chunks of St . Ann,
Woodson Terrace, and Bridgeton (all of which
border the airport), and mayhe arts of other cities
here. How does that affect DX . Well, more airport
space means more lane traffic, and more interference to DX (esj7ectally to ch. 71) Meanwhile, i've
moved to Spanlsh Lake, which Is not only quieter,
but on much hi her ground! That will certainly
help-I had to ~eave my antenna in St . Ann-it
wrouldn't fit with my other stuffin the car. Oh
well-my total in St. Ann stands at 139 stations.
Hope I can do better here! Now, if only I can find an
antenna to put on the roof-and a rotor.
NOTE: WB is actually running two night (soon
to be three with this Fall's Sunday Ilneup) worth of
rogramming per week- ou know their Wednesday
Pneup, but the other two ours come from the WB's
alter ego, PTEN (Babylon 5/Kung Fu : The Legend
Continues)! However, PTEN is not carried by all
WB affiliates, but airs on many other WB af(-iliates,
independents, and even some UPN stations! That
said, PTEN doesn't have a specific night of the
week-those stations choose the times) for PTEN's
linen~ So there's WB ; and then PTEN, which is also
WB . lYill the real WB Network please stand up?
William Eckberg,1032 Sterling Rd ., Dixon, IL 61021
Mev 1995
7 Es 1400
12 Es 1500
16 Es 1830
2000
20 Es 2030
21 Es 1215
2200
22 tr 0345
Es 1100
1201
1305
1530
29 Es 1125
1430
t53o
June 1995
3 Es 1130
1700
1705
1800
2050
5 Es 2755
7 Es 1100
9 Es 1600
12 Es 2125
13 Es 1100
VPBT
2 FL 1229
VPBT
2 FL 1229
KNAZ
2 AZ 1258 ~ 2000 KRGV
XHRfO 2 TA 1201
WTV
5 FL 1168 12045 VESx
KPRC
2 TX 893
2100 tAlO
VEDU
3 FL 1031
CFMi 69 ON 419
KENN
3 NM 912 11200 KNAZ
KBTX
3 iX 856
1300 KUTV
KREG
3 CO 933
1400 KTVO
KTVD
2 MT 968
1CRT
2 CUBA
1130 VPBT
KBTX
3 TX 956
1500 KMID
KII1
3 Tx 1o9z
160o KACV
VESH
VPBT
VPTY
KIII
KPRC
VPBT
%EfB
KMID
KMID
KPRC
KENV
1130 1r8R2
14 Es 1600 VPBT
2200 VCBD
2
2
5
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
Fl
FL
FL
TX
TX
FL
NL
TX
TX
T%
NM
LA
FL
SC
983
1229
1168
1092
893
1229
1282
967
967
893
912
784
7229 ~
797
CDT
5 TX 1189
2 FL
2 AL
983
727
2 AZ 1258
2 UT 1139
2 VY 849
2 FL 1229
Z TX 967
z rx so3
1625 VEDU
VTVJ
VFOR
KRGV
3
b
4
5
FL
FL
FL
TX
1031
7229
1229
1189
2220
2155
7630
2145
VESx
VPBT
XEFE
KNAZ
KMID
1130 KATC
2
2
2
2
2
3
FL 983
FL 1229
TA 7149
AZ 1258
TX 967
LA 809
1775 VESH
2 FL
983
Western TV DX W. Eckberg's report continues
15 Es 7000 WBi
18 Es 1130
1210
19 tr 0370
Es 1300
20 Es 0105
0130
7400
21 Es 1900
Z3 Es 1000
27 Es 1850
2000
28 Es 2200
WTV
XEFE
K111
CFNT
KACB
CJBRT
YL82
YGBx
IAIO
YCBD
LKKX
WAY
KNID
2
5
2
3
69
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
fL 1229
FL 1168
TA 1149
TX 1092
ON 419
TX 933
PO 1085
NE 1030
NA 918
AL 737
SC 797
AB 1293 ~
NC 800
TX 967
1030
1100
1145
1445
YEDU
LDIO
KPRC
KASA
3 FL
2 AL
2 Tx
2 NM
1031
737
983
972
2205 KUTV
0125 CKLY
1315 CHSJ
2 UT 1739
Z NB 1227
4 NB 7161
1900 CfCN
4 AB 1293
On Monday May 29, I saw" Cuba 2 signing on at
1130. Phillips TP, national anthem, and the news .
On a weekend, 1 saw the Phillips at 1315 .
Indianapolis 23 is an nights late with new ID .
WNDY appears to be TNDY with clever graphics.
On June 20, I saw CBC Fredricton in sync bar
on ch. 4. Must be CHSJ-4 St. John, Do they still use
that call?
On June 22, 1 saw theslide "Lh 69 and ch 12 are
not broadcasting ai this time" due east on ch. 69 . I
think it is a channel 26 translator in South Bend.
ERTC BUENEMAN (NOUIH), 631 Coachway Lane,
Hazelwood, MO 63042-1347 ~14)
839-9751 (tnternel : EBSDJD @aol .com)
EQUIPMENT: Alaron 12-inch (30 cm) black
and white TV, Archer VU-110 with Archerotor at 33' AGL All times CDT, all distances in
miles and kilometers . (An asterisk denotes
new log.)
July 1995
7 Es 1816 KCNC'
7825 KACB
7828 KYGN"
2200 YEDU
2201 MESH'
CDT
4 CO Denver (under KMOV) 790/1264
3 TX San Angelo (//KRBC-9)
755/1208
2 CO Denver (under KTVI) 790/1264
3 FL Tampa 880/1408
2 FL Daytona each/Orlando
850/7360
Strong skip into Texas and Colorado on July 1! 1
received a phone message from 3ohn Tudcnham
concerning the skip, and he also reported picking up
an ex-local of mine on FM (WZG 92 .9). I turne(1
on the TV for the news on KTVI-2, only to find ii
nearly obliterated by sync lines! I thought the
Channel 3 with Star Trek-Deep Space Nine was
KTVK, as they had just gone independent . But, when
1 heard mention of Channel 9 in the ~romo, 1 knew it
was KACB,verified last year. I also did a by-channel
log, and channels 3 and 6 are my most productive
channels, followed by 2, 7 and 77 . Totals in to Fred
already.
With the log of WESH-2, that ties Channel2
with 3 and 6 for my most productive channels (10
each!). Channci 4 stilt had weak sync bars at 10 :00
p.m., and shat turned out to be the MUF.
OS Es 2207 CBFT
2208 YSTN
2 PC Montreal (at times even
with KTVI!) 975/1560
Syracuse (local strength at
times!) 800/1280
3 NY
2215 YLBS
2 NY New York (mixing w/CBFT,
u/KTVI) 880/1408
More E-skip to the NE this evening . Noticed
CBFT-2 with sQorts, the scoreboard characters were
in French! Att7mes,the Canadian wasthreatenin~to
take out KTVI! Ski}? regtiler WSTM-3 also made It In
with Channel 3 Action News . Later, WCBS was
mixing with CBFT under KTVI . I've also begun
taking photos of my DX, however, I've tested my
photography skills with locals, using400 ASA (ilm .
06 Es 7215 YEDU
3 FL
TaeQe 880/1408
Watt Breville woke me up around 1200 CDT
and told me that WTMI-93.1 was into his QTH like
a local, so I checked the N channels, and sure
enough, WEDU~ was in, at times like a local (the
same thing was true for WSTM-3 the previous
night!). WESH, unlike CBF7, didn't try to overtake
my local KTVI on channel 2.
10 tr 2730
2731
2732
2134
2142
2145
2145
2146
KSHB° 41 NO Kansas City 225/360
KYFC* 50 MO Kansas City 225/360
KCPT' 19 NO Kansas City 225/360
KNCI " 38 KS Lawrence 255/408
KTKA' 49 KS Topeka 285/456
KSNF " 16 MO Joplin 250/400
K780' 14 OK Oklahoma City 445/712
Springfield, MO 3, 10, 21 (over K2100>,
27 (in jumble),
33 (in like a local) 190/304
2147 KOAM 7 KS Pittsburg 260/416
2747 KODE' 12 MO Joplin 250/400
2148 KSGI' S2 OK Oklahoma City 445/772
2153 KOCB " 34 OK Oklahoma City 445/712
2156 KNBC " 9 MO Kansas City (with KETC)
225/360
2200 Columbia, NO 8, 77 in like locals 705/168
2200 Jefferson City, NO 13, 25 in like locals
100/760
2211 KT LL' 43 OK Oklahoma City 445!712
2217 KHBS' 40 AR Fort Smith (//KxOG-29)
325/520
2224 KTUL* 8 OK Tulsa (audio only,
video from KONU) 350/560
2232 KR SC' 35 OK Lleremore/Tulsa 335/536
2235 KYxB" 47 OK Tulsa (next to YHSL-46)
350/560
2300 KOKI' 23 OK Tulsa 350/560
2305 KSNT' 27 KS Topeka 285/456
11 tr 0011 KTW' 11 KS Topeka (with KPLR) 285/456
0012 YIBY" 13 KS Topeka (with KRCG) 285/456
0051 KOTV' 6 OK Tulsa (audio only) 350/560
0107 YLKY 32 KY Louisville 250/400
0115 KASN' 38 AR little Rock/Pine Bluff
(test pattern? 300/480
0132 Springfield, Il 20, 55 in like locals,
49 also in 80/128
0733 Decatur, IL 17 in like a local,
23 also in 110/176
When I left work around 2100 CDT, 1 policed a
lot of activity on the FM bands, so 1 went home
DXing! When I got to the TV set, all the Kansas City
UHFs (except KSMO-62, whose signal couldn't
overcome K62EG) were in like semi-locals. later on,
all the Oklahoma City UHFs were in (except 25 and
62). Tulsa made it in later on (even bagged two
VHFs from there), and also Arkansas made it in .
WLKY-32 and the Central Illinois stations made it in
on the back side . The FM dial was covered with
Kansas and western Missouri signals, even two of my
FM locals had Kansas City stations underneath
them! I also made contacts mto Springfield, MO
(146 .895 MHz, negative offset) and Pocahontas, AR
(147 .315 MHz, poslt7ve offset) on the 2-meter Ham
bands. As I write this (0201 CbT 7/I I), Kansas City
is still in on 41 and 50 .
Western N DX Eric Buenen7an's report continues
17 tr 0208 KHOG' 29 AR Feyetteville (//KHBS-40),
separating cleanly from KONI-30 280/448
0209 YxBg 13 TN Nesghis (mixing with KRCG)
250/400
0222 KTFO" 41 OK Tulsa (mixing with KSHB)
350/560
0230 KYOU' 15 IA Ottumwe
785/296
2100 YZTV 77 TN Nashville
270/432
2101 Evensviile, IN 7, 14, 25, 44
165/264
2120 WGD' S0 TN xerxkrsonville/Nashville
265/424
2123 YHTN' 39 TN Nurfreesboro/Nashville
30D/480
2125 YBNA 21 KY Louisville (with K2100)
250/400
More trop where that came from .. .KTFO-41
completed the Tulsa UHFs for me, while I managed
to bag KYOU-15 to the north drat, no KPOB!) . The
direction switched by 2100 CD , by that time, Nashville, western Tennessee and Kentucky and southwestern Indiana were in,with WTCI'-27 in Tike a
local! This is the second biggest trop event of the last
r, only topped by the big opening of December 2619941.
12 tr 2230
2231
2235
2237
2241
2247
2247
Lepe Girerdeeu, MO 12, 23
115/784
YTLT 27 IL Marion (snow-free) 100/160
KSNF 16 NO Joplin
250/400
YKPD' 29 KY Paducah 155/248
YKNA 35 KY Nadisonville 190/304
YZTV 17 iN Nashville 270/432
YKNU' 21 KY Nurray (mixing with K210D)
190/304
Another trop opening, which followed a 100degree day in St . Louis! Kansas City was in on FM, as
well as Nashville and Paducah, so 1 checked the TV,
and sure enough, WZTV-17 was back in! Two new
KET stations also made ii in (WKPD and WKMU),
and some signs of video from the other Nashville
UHFs and WKGB-53. The last three nights have
been very productive, rivaling the big openings in
December 1994 and January 1995 .
Mike Cherry VE7SKA, Box 631, Ganges PO, Salt
Spring Island BC, VSK 2W2 CANADA
June 1995
27 Es 1956 KUTV
2 Ui
795
UTC
Jvly 7995
1 Es 1630 xxBL 3 BCN1197
1649 KEYT 3 CA 1006
1700 KRON 4 CA 769
KLRA 3 CA T39
02 Es 0159 CICT
2 AB 438
0532 49 .757 .3 carrier only - has been seen
before beam: 315 (NY)
0534 49 .749 .6 59+ strong video briefly, then
faded b: 310
0618 49 .749 .9 weak, carrier only, no video
beam :370
0628 65 .750 .7 ch R2 Accordirg to the YRTV
handbook - P.R . of China uses this but
trot Russia . Same as our ch . A3 Saw video
here for about 70 min. beam:295
0638 49 .746 .1 carrier only - too weak for
video b: 305
0644 JA stn on 6 meters mentions he is viewing
CBUT ch2 Vanoower, BL . I confirm his
"CBC British Columbia" ID for him!
0704 49 .750 .0 first time I've ever found a ch
R1 stn actually on center-slot . Carrier
only beam :300
0722 49 .750 .3 week carrier beam : 300
0756 49 .750 .3 video briefly beam :310
0826 48 .250 .2 JA opening had ended. Malaysia
uses 48 .25 +/- tregs beam : 280. No 6m
bcns or stns heard/worked
0838 48 .249 .5 weak video carrier for about 5
min, beam : 275
10 Es 0016 KRON 4SCA 769 10028 KLRA 3SLA T39
0100 KVBC 3SNV 986
0357 KTVK 3tiA2 1223
0400 KVOA 4 AZ 1314
13 Es 0159 KVBC 3SNV 986
(1217 KLRA 3 CA 739
14 Es 0000 KTVX 4SUT 794
0012 KUTV 2 UT 795
0028 KSGI 4 UT 940
I
Danny Oglethorpe, P.O. Box 6688, Shreveport, LA
71136-6688
uipment:
Penney (RCA) 19" TV ; Archer 15-1113B
preamp for UHF; Radio Shack 15-1718A V/U
at 25' AGL, RG-6, Channel Master 9510A
rotor; Antennacraft YS-2 5 el . ch . 2 Yagi at 14'
AGL, RG-6.
June 1995
LOT
6 Es 0705 tA(AR 2ND 1060 0135 YJBK 2 N[ 890
0140e1CKL02 2 ON 1130 0945 WBT 2 FL 940
1715 YFOR 4 Fl. 940 11815 CKPR 2 ON 7140
1925 CKND2 2 M8 1310 2000 ~nlDS 2 Nex.
2240 KNAZ 2 AZ 1060
tr 2245 KZTV 10 TX 390 ~
KRBC 9 TX 350
2325 K2JL 61 TX 210 Shop et Nome ; o/1M18L
2340 XERV 9 TA 520
XNAB 7 TA 510
2345 XxFOx 17 TA 520
KVEO 23 Tx 510
KIUJ 44 Tx 510 TBN
7 tr 0020 KGBT 4 TX 510
KRCV 5 TA 510
0035 New Orleans 38,49 0145 KJTL 18 TX 290
0200 KTEN 10 OK 230 0210aKSY0 7 OK ~5
0230 KANC 28 TX 470 ABC
0340 YKNO 10 TN 290
Es 0958 WBT 2 FL 940 1015 unlDS 2 Nex.
1040 uniDs 4 OCVC
1105 unlD 2 %EY
tr 1305 KAfT 73 AR 250 1315 KAIT 8 AR 300
Es 1430 KNAZ 2 AZ 1060
tr 1805 YKNO 70 TN 290
Es 1845 KNAZ 2 AZ 1060
tr 2130 KTUL 8 OK 290 12214 KYTV 9 OK 320
2245 KJRH 2 OK 290 2302 KOKI 23 OK 290
K02K 21 MO 330
2315 K4xB 47 OK 290 UHF#700
2320 KTfO 41 aK 290 United Paramount 41
KDEB 27 NO 330 2340 KHOOt 29 AR ABC
8 tr 0605 YBNG 42 AL 410 10612 1MAV 18 NS 270
0625 YNC
5 TN 290
ES 0830 2,3,4,5,6 Note#1f 1135 KNAZ
2 A2 7060
7203 XHYIZ 3 7 Floating
1628 KXNA 2ND 1225
1650 XHxHN 2 7
9 Es 0040 YBAY 2 YI 900 1100 unlD 2 XEY
7600 unlD 2 Nex .
1600 KNAZ 2 AZ 1060
1710 KYGN 2 LO 830 11715 KUTY 2 U7 7175
7970 unlD 2 XEO-9
12 Es 0050 YCBDt 2 SC ABL 0930 WND 2 NC 7040
0950 YFMY 2 NC 840 1135 YLBD 2 SC 790
1325 YFNY 2 NC 840
7800 WND 2 NC 7040
1845 !MAR 2ND 1060 1930 WND 2 NC 1040
2015 YLBD 2 SC 790 2215 KXNA 2ND 7225
2220 ~nlDs 2
CKND2 2 NB 1310
2310 KTVO 2 NT 1230
73 Es 0010 KYGN 2 CO 830 ~ 0030 KUTV 2 UT 1175
I
As 1 work out of my home, on some days I can
check the TV from time to time. On this day, Mexico
was in every time I turned the TV on . Sometimes
with a MUF of channel 6 (Hooting and, at times, over
KTAL).
The amount of Es from Mexico has been
impressive . However, the small number of IDs is
aggravating. Hopefully, my average will improve.
(The precedinp
p}. is my final report in CDT. The
following wt1l be in UTC.
25
Western TV DX D. Oglerhorpe's report continues
June 1995
UTC
13 Es 1405 unlDs 2 US 8 Canada
1802 KNA2
2 A2 1060
2010 unlDs 2 d 4 Mex .
14 Es 0045 unlDs 2
1720 VCBD
2 SC 790
Nex.
2005 WND
1950 unlD
2
2 NC 7040
2 NC B40
2040 KDKA
2 PA 7000
2005 VFMY
2110 VGR2
2 NY 1110
2120 1ATN
2 OH 730
2140aHTAE
4 PA 1000
2200 unlDs 2 d 4 Nex .
2235 unlDs 2,4,5
KJRH
15 tr 0525 KVTV
9 OK 320
2 OK 290
0532 KTUL
8 OK 290
KTEN 70 OK 230
0542 KSVO
7 OK 305
0605 KJTL 78 TX 290
0625 KFOR
4 OK 320
0775 KOCO
5 OK 329
0825 KAUZt 6 TX
CBS 0835 KCEN
6 TX 235
Es 1525 KNA2
2 A2 7060
VGRZ
2 NY 1170
V1VB
4 NY 1110
1630 unlDS 2 8 4 Nex.
1750 unlD
3 DCYC ; f oaring
17 Es 0350 unlDS 2,4,5 Nex. 0425 KPHO
s AZ 1075
0458 KVOA
4 AZ 102D 10555 KNAZ
2 A2 1060
tr 0640 KBTX
3 TX 200
Es 1550 CHBX[ 2 ON BBS E NCTV
1710 M1AR
210 1060 12320 VFMY
2 NC 840
WND
2 NC 1040
18 Es 0030 unlDS 2
0655 VGR2
2 NY 7710
1450 KDKA
2 PA 1000
1540 VBAY
2 VI 900
7545 VESH
2 FL 780
7612 VPBT
2 FL 940
VFMY
2 NC 840
1740 unlDs 2,4,5 Mex.
2310 KXMA
2ND 7225
19 Es 0030 KTVO
2 NT 7230 10040 KTVO
2 VY 1070
1455 KDKA
2 PA 1000
7500 VGRZt 2 NY
1530 unlD
2 ON Prong for "100 Huntly St ."
1550 VBAY
2 VI 900
1605 un10
2
PBS
1650 KNAZ
2 AZ 1060
1658 KNOP
2 NE 725
1728 KCVC
4 VY 1200
1750 KGFE
2ND 1120
KTVO
2 NT 1230
1758 KTCA
2 MN 870
1905 KDKA
2 PA 1000
unlD
2 ON
NCTV 8 BBS
1920 UTTG
5 DC 1020
7925 VRC
4 DC 9020
1940 VMAR
2 MD 1060 12035 VGRZ
2 NY 1110
2715 V7AE
4 PA 7000
2120 VDTY
s VY B60
2128 unlDs 5 b 6
2201 CBL7t 5 ON "CBC Ev . Nx"
2295 (1NEN
s MI 940
unlD
4 Canada ; "Shirley"
2229 67BAY
2 VI
900 12259 KGFE
2ND 1720
2305 KXMA
2ND 1225
2325 CKND2 2 MB 1370
2329 KNAZ
2 AZ 1060
20 Es 0050 VGRZ
2 NY 7710
0058 KDKA
2 PA 1000
1958 CKC02 2 ON 1130
2025 VGR2
2 NY 1170
unlDs 5
2105 VCMH
4 OH 790
2110 ND TN
2 OH 730
2135 VJBK
2 M1 890
2140 VTAE
4 PA 1000
2740 KDKA
Z PA 7000 8 back in 21(0040)
21 Es 1320 WNCt 4 NC
unlDS 3,5
7330 WNDC 2 NC
1345 MAAR
2ND 1060
VOAY
4 W 780
2128 KGFE
2ND 1120
2158 KDKA
2 PA 1000
VGR2
2 NY 1110
2220 VMAR
2 MD 1060
unlDS 4 8 S
2250 CKC02 2 ON 1130
2304 [mtD
4 Note #7
24 Es 0045 KTVD
2 MT 1230
0157 KGFE
2ND 1120
tr 0325 KDTX 58 TX 780
0325 KHSX 49 iX
180
Es 1545 KTVO
2 MT 1230
1550 VJBK
2 Nf 890
1650 1MARt 2 MD
2120 WBT
2 FL 940
26 Es 1635 VGRZ
2 NY 1170
1955 KNAZ
2 AZ 1060 8 In again 2358
2005 KVOAt 4 AZ NBC//KNAZ
2005 KTVKt 3 AZ floating
2015
2145
2228
27 Es 0075
0715
2355
28 Es 0220
tr 1505
Es 1635
1715
7920
2045
2125
2128
2210
KPHOt 5 A2
~ 2040 unlDs 2
KTVO
2 AZ 1060
unlDS 2,4 US 8 Nex .
%ENO
2 JA 7050 Guadalajara ads
XHG
4 JA 1050
UNids 2,4,5 US 6 Canada
CBFT
2 PD 1390 ~ OZ25 VGRZt 2 NY NBC
~nlDS 2 Canada
KIDT 55 T% 1B0 PSN Jewelry
mID
2 Note#2
~ 1645 unlD
2 XEV
mID
2 test pattern
VGR2
2 NY 1110 ~ 1940 ~nl0s 2
CI112 2 ON 1225 Global
VJBK
2 MI 890
VDIV
4 NI 890
VCBD
2 SC 790
WNDt 2 NC
VESH
2 FL 780
I
Note 1 : This station was running "Hard Copy" with a
to o continuously sugared. The logo consisted of a
"~" with a "check mark" on the right side .
2 . The Spanish-speaking newscaster here didn't wear
a suit and tie.
July 1995
1 Es 0001
1645
1645
1928
zoos
2045
2700
2140
2 Es 0315
0330
0350
OG40
1420
1450
1515
1530
1550
7635
1735
2015
30 tr 0320
UTC
unlD
2 Spanish
VJBK
2 NI 890 Note #3
LID IV
4 NI 890 11645 VNEMt 5 NI
WND
2 NC 1040
1930 VCBD
2 SC 790
uFNTt z Nc
WNC
4 NC 880 //WND
WBT
2 FL 940 I
WTY
5 FL 910
KOAA
S CO 730
2230 VESH
2 Fl 780
VDIV
4 NI 890
0325 VRAL
5 NC 880
unlD
2
LTV
0345 VGR2
2 NY 1110
VTTGt s OC FOX
VNEN
5 MI 940
VJBK
2 MI 890
0400 VTOM
4 MI 1070
tMAR
2ND 1060
0600 VGR2
2 NY 1110
Cuba 2,4 // ;cartoons w/o ads
~ 1505 4PBT
Cuba
s //2,4
2 FL 940
VTVJ
4 FL 940 Note #4
VLIX
6 FL 940 o/KTAL
uPTV
5 FL 910
VEDUt 3 FL floating
CBFT
2 PO 1390 French ; Montreal ads
unlD
2 Note A!5I 1750 mID
2 Spanish
unlD
2 TV7
2105 unlDS 4,5 Spanish
NSDDN 430 MHz Note #b
Notes :
3. Imense opening, but I couldn't stay with it for any
length of time.
4. WTVJ (NBC) is still here, while WCIX (CBS)
remains on 6. My reported reception of WFOR
(WCIX) here on 616 was based on seeing Miami ads,
rat an ID.
5. An NBC basketball game was on here, dubbed
into Spapish . All NBC graphics, etc ., were intact .
6. NSDDN broadcasts continuous WX radar, with
ID card every five minutes. The tower is su posedly
near Blanchard at the KCS Railroad yard . don't
know how long it has been operating . Operation is
sporadic, being off more than on.
YOUR 'HINTS & KINKS' ON SUCCESSFUL DX'ING
TECHNIQUE ARE OF INTEREST TO W.T.F.D.A.
MEMBERS EVERYWHERE! WE'D LIKE TO HEAR
FROM YOU TODAY.
:soUTx~A~~~~~x:
Danny Buntin
1312 N . Skyline
Stillwater, OI( 74075
AU(USP 1995
DEADLIII`lE 14th
SOUff1ERN FM DX is for reporters from : AL, AR, AZ, CA, OD, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY,
MD, Nq, MS, NC, NM, NV, OK1 SC, TN, TX, [Tf .6 WV"
1,A,
JULY 1 SitSP SBH'S TO HI(C~,Tt;~' A S[JOW Sly SEA.9ts1
I~.Y Jfl~ TR!>P APPROT+C39ESS 1000 miles
Jeff Kruszka, 7706-M N . Jefferson PL . Cir ., Haton Rouge, LA
Equipt . :
JVC R-K200 sdtereo receiver and dipole antenna @30
7/1 Es
7/1 ES
1117 W7UR 96 .9 NY Utica, "the rock of
1333 WQOtCt 97 .5
southern NY"
1238 1344 WKOC
92 .7
1130 WPEL 96 .5 PA Montrose, 7D
1292 1349 We7C 96 .9
1131 W1:AN 96 .9 PA Lancaster, 1D
1066 1403 _WSCZ 96 .7
1140 WS1W 93 .7 DE Wilmington, light r 1089 1420 WSSX 95 .1
1159 WBZZ 93 .7 PA Pittsburgh, B-94
934 1434 KLK
nZ 95 .1
1202 WCMF 96 .5 OF7 Hamilton, Y-96, k
723 1506 WHKZ 96 .7
1316 KBRK 93 .7 SD Brookings, B93 .7
1003 1522 KKYA 93 .1
1322 KQSK 97 .5 ND Chartc3ron, rodeo rpt .,
1533 HICOT 92 .5
double Q colmtry
1076 1535 KRRK 93 .3
1329 td7f
96 .5 IA Cedar Rapids,96~ FM 794
70809
ft .
VA
VA
SC
SC
SC
NE
SC
~
NE
NE
826
S . Boston,Greerlsboro ad
Virginia Heach, m
978
Charleston,loc . meet .
679
GYeerTwood, ZD
584
Charleston, 95-mix
679
Lincoln
777
Columbia, Kicks-96
6 9
Yankton, KK-93
9 2
Columbus, Coyote-93
8 0
Bennington, 93 K-rock 8 8
FYed Laun, K3Z0, 5801 Huntland Road, Tangle Hills, MD
F.duipt . : Devon TU-800 tuner, antenna :
Winegard @35'
6/29 tr
7/1 F.s
0900 WFGC 107 .5 MA Chatham, m
1238 KTTX 106 .1 TX Bryan, Navasota ads
0915 WI~RC 99 .9 MA Hyannis, ID
1240 KVII. 103 .7 TX Dallas, ID
0918
98 .3 NJ New Brunswick, ID,
1243 FCJKS 101 .3 TX CamPSOn,
"Central New Jersey's Magic 98 .3"
1252 KLTY 94 .1 TX Fort Worth, ID
0927 WXTK 99 .9 MA West Yarmouth, ID
1256 KHOR 103 .9 TX Cameson,ID,"103 .9 Exp .FM"
0937 WRCN 99 .3 NY SYnithtown, m
1259 KJQI 103 .3 TX Houston, ID
0941 WRCI-I 100 .5 CT Hartforcl,ID,"Lite 100 .5"
1304 KSFM 94 .9 TX Huntsville,ID,"Super
0955 WCIB 101 .9 MA FaLmuth, ID, overriding
Country 99 .9"
Baltimore's WLIF
1312 KWf2W 97 .7 TX Jacksonville, "Radio
1050 WLZR( 98 .1 RI Providence, ID, ads
Triunfo" + Jacksonville ads
1057 WEHM 96 .7 NY East Hampton,ID"96 .7 EHM" 1314 KUEZ 99 .3 TX Lufkin,"(~ood Time Oldies
1118 WPAT 93 .1 NY New York City, m
99 .3 + Lufkin ads
1131 WALK 97 .5 NY Patachogue, ZD
1316 WAS 99 .9 TX Waco,"Warn 100",Warn ads
1145 WEZN 99 .9 CT Bridgeport, m
1319 KSTR?103 .7 TX Nbntgallery County,
1150 WTYD 100 .9 LT New London, m
"K-SPAR 103 .7" + Montgomery County ads
7 321 IQ4"D( 104 .7 TX Lubbock,ads,"W .TX Update"
1153 WKCZ 101 .3 CT New Haven, ID,"KC-101"
7/1 Es
1352 ICTTX 106 .1 TX Bryan,"K-TD( 106-hot ctiy"
1120 WBLX 92 .9 AL M~1ile, ads
1356 KSMG 105 .3 TX San Antonio, ID,
1122 k72XK 96 .1 FL Fort Myers,"96 K-Rock"
"San Antonio's Magic 105 .3"
Tamiami Trail ads
1359 KZEP 104 .5 TX San Antonio, ]D
1136 KXKZ 107 .5 IA Monroe, ID,"Kix 107 .5 1359 KOUL 103 .7 TX Sinton, 7D
Today's Hot Country"
1905 KRIO 94 .1 TX San Antonio, 7D,
1145 KWWK 96 .7 ["N Rochester, Winona ads
"7tte New Kah-Rray-ee-0H"
1155 KZWA 105 .3 LA Lake Charles, ads
1911 KBHT 93 .5 TX Huntsville,ID,"93 .5 FM
1158 KOUN 102 .1 AR Sherwvod,"AR Radio Net ."
1422 KSRR 92 .9 TX San Antonio, Effay-E7rtny
1202 KTAL 98 .1 IA Shreveport, "98-Rocks"
Noventa y Tres - Musica Romantics para
1218 KBHT 93 .5 TX Palestine, ID
San Antonio"
(time out to work IA on ham r~io--144 .2
123 IQC2p 92 .9 TX Houston, Houston ads
mHz)
1424 KhK'fR 93 .7 TS
Lade-3adcson ads
1236 KKHU 106 .9 TX Conrne, ID, "Think Radio 1429 KIOX 96 .4 TS EI t~nfJO rYz'ecport/South
106 .9"
TX (hlf ads
1438 KAYD 97 .5 TX 13eaumont,Jefferson Cty ads
6/29, a high pressue area over the Atlantic just east of Long Island was funneling cool
sea air underneath the warmer air above land and creating quite a nice coastal duct .
Stations away from imllediate coastal areas were not heard, except for WRCH whose 100 .5 is
a very clear one in this area .
Doug 9nit17 (W9WP), 1385 Old Clarksville Pike
Equipt . : Technics St-G50, Archer W-160 at 15
I was going to label it a horrid season until July 1!
Smith's report starts on next page . . . . . .
~sai~ar
...~.m... r..
27
S0tT19iII2A1 FM DX
6 7 is
1045 KOLL 99 .9 AR
6/8 tr
0206 KQQK 106.5tTX
0208 KBNL 89 .9tTX
0948 WMAW 88 .1 MS
WMAW 90 .9 MS
6/8 Es
1129 KODA 99 .1 TX
prey, tr
1144 XEDF 104.1 DF
XHSON 100.9 DF
1153 XHQK 98 .5 SL
1156 }Da1N 96 .1 DF
1215 XH,7RZ 96 .5 ZA
1243 XEX 101 .7 DF
Smith, cont .
AUGUST' 1995
319
7/1 Es
Maumelle, "Cool 95", II)
1402 KORQ 100.7 TX Abilene, legal ID
790
1405 WBVM 90 .5 FL Tampa, calls
655
Galveston, S:$
663
1410 KOXE 101 .5 TX Br'ownwood, loc. ads
754
Laredo, S:g$
936
1413 KCVB 98 .3 TX Stephenville
699
Meridian, PRM//89.5 315
1414 IO:,+GL 97 .1 TX Fort Worth,"97-1 The Eagle"
GYeernvod,PRM//89 .5 286
1418 KhAS 89 .9 6Y Jamaica, calls by
Caribbean anncr. (Note 2)
1388
Houston local EBS test,
KISS 99 .5 TX San ANtonio," . .on Kiss",rp$
677
1432 KAJA 97 .3 TX San ANtonio, "KJ Country
Mexico, DF ads
1382
WeathP~r
817
Mexico, rp$
1934 KSNN 94 .9 TX Arlington, "Fasy Country,
San Luis Potosi,ads1286
Sunny 95"
620
Mexico, c$
1380 1438 KIIZ 92 .3 TX Killeen, "Z-92 .3" Your
Jerez, local ad
1342
Continuous Jams Station", rs$
707
Mexiro, r$
1389 1448 KYNG 105.3 TX Dallas, "DFW Mitsub . Deal"
1452 KXXL 101 .3 TX Crane, local ad, "XL-101"
98 .5 w/U.S . albwn rock
(Note
3)
849
1959 KGEE 99 .9 TX !"^^-~--- , "KG-100", k
938
90 .9 "Super Estereo"
738
89 .7 "Morena FM", m$
1455 K!lfZ 98 .9 TX ra~c c , "Z-Rock"
106.5 "Mix 106", U.S . adoon
1500 KtQQC 99 .1 TK Odessa . legal ID, g
932
op$
945
103.1 "103 Fstereo RecuPSdo"
1521 KmQ 102.1 ZX Moa~ahans,'TX 102",
6/13 Es
1525 WACO 99 .9 TX Waoo, Hillsboro/I-35 ad682
NM Pirn Hillsnews in
!1532
K215BH -909
.,
TX San AngeloKGNZ calls
1107 K'1S~H 897
.,
i
native language, k$
1199 ' prtinas (Note 9)
(Note 4)
844
6/19 Es
1200 KFLQ 91 .5 NM ~,nx,wx 1086
KPSM 99 .3 TX ~ownwood,"K99 .3" gr$ 754
6/25 Es
1545 R
IPIP 96 .9 TX Odessa, "97-Gold", o$ 916
1115 KBNL 89 .9 TX Laredo, SS rel .
936
1547 KIXY 94 .7 TX San Angelo, legal ID, 836
7/1 ES
"Kicks94 .7"
1200 WWFR 91 .7 FL Okeechobee, calls
750
1548 KBAT 93 .3 TX Midland, "K-Rock 93 .3 KBAT"
1254 WKRY 93 .5 FL Key West, "Key 93 .5"874
1608 KF3M1 99 .1 AZ Thatcher,"KFM,Safford ad
826
1622 KVRY 104.7 AZ Mesa, Phoenix ads
1427
1300 WFLC 97 .3 FL Miami, local ads
7302 Love 97 .5 C6 Nassau, °-`----, "Love
1623 KJJJ 102.1 AZ Clifton, local ads,
97", local ads, (Note 1)
974
"Topside of I-10"
1283
WRTO 98 .3 FL Goulds, S :$
844
1631 KCHT 96 .9 AZ Phoenix, "96.9 K-Hits",o$
1311 KVNA 97 .5 AZ Flagstaff,local ads1370
TCISv'C 103.5 AZ Glendale,"KTWC Twice 103 .5"
WRMA 106.7 FL Ft . Lauderdale, Miami
KSFX 100.5 NM Roswell,loc.PSAS, op$ 1012
825
1654 KSNM 98 .7 NM Truth or Consequences calls
Herald ad in SS
1336 KCYT 106.7 TX Granbury,ad for KTVT-11
1657 KL-HO 97 .7 NM Helen,"Radio Lobo",S : 1104
K(hD{ 106.7 TX Midland,"Power 106"1117
1700 KRXT 98 .5 TX Rockdale, local news 696
WCKT 107.1 FL Lehigh Acres, "Cat
1720 KKOB 93 .3 NM Albuquerque, "KOB-FM" 1086
762
1723 KYOC 92 .5 TX Yoakum, Cuero ads
761
County 8 local ads
KBNL 89 .9 TX Iaredo, Nuevo Iaredo PSA 1734 KTTMI 98 .5 NM Los Alamos,"98 .5 Santa
KSF
.L
95
.3
NM
Portales,
local
ad
926
Fe's
Mountain"
1086
1343
RYXS 95 .9 TX Mineral Wells ad
673
1736 KKSS 97 .3 NM Santa Fe, "Albuquerque's
Party
Station, Kiss FM"
1084
1399 KBNA 97 .5 TX E1 Paso,"Que Buena"1151
918
KQQ. 97 .5 TX San Angelo, ad
839
1754 K1
99 .9 NM Clovis,"99 .9 KTQM"
KRRG 98 .1 TX Laredo,"Energy 98
1845 KEPlP 90 .5 TX Odessa,"Sonshine Radio'° 936
Forecast"
950
1857 KZRR 94 .1 NM Albuquerque,"KZRR 94 Rock"
934
KULM 98 .3 TX Columbus, promo for
1900 KQAY 92 .7 NM Tucumcari, legal ID
'1921
RRSf 92 .3 NM Albuquerque, "Crest
KU119 Classics"
717
1086
KCLE 92 .1 TX Glen Rose,ID, mor» 709 ' Country Weather"
1937 KACV 89 .9 TX Amarillo,"371-KACV"PSAS 827
Note 1 : Locations in Nassau verified by Tom Bryant, who's visited Nassau several times in
the past .
Note 2: Where in Jamaica is this cee? I assumed Kingston 8 grabed the geographical
ooordinates(for distance calculation)fran an AM static there.
Note 3: Yes, it's stereo . Forniat is Tejano. (I+Wxican music, bilingual announcers who
switched languages in mid-sentence)coordinates(for distance )assumed fran KXOI-810 AM .
Note 4: KGNZ has two translators on 90 .9, this one and K215AM of Snyder . No way to know
which ore I had--I'm assuming San Angelo as the full-power stations there were VERY
strong at the time but could very well be wrong. I list both as 316 watts ERP.
Eric Bueneman (NOUlIi) 631 Coachwa Lane Hazelwood MO 63042-1397 Cdf
Equipt . : R~listic STA-90 AM FM FM stereo receiver with Radio Shack W-110 antenna and
Archerotor at 33 feet above ground level.
104 .5 80 Breville's qP!! in Wright City, M7, using a
4/16 tr
2000 Springfield, IL . 91 .9,98 .7,101 .9,103 .71 RS 6-el . yagi in a second story loft)
4/22 tz
2105 KTIR 99 .7 ~ St . James//KTTR
65
2 pom St . Louis DX Get-Together 1995 at Walt 2108 KBDZ 93 .1 MD Perryville,k,"B-93 .1" 70
O
oont .
SOUI7-lEE2N FM DX
Bueneman, oont .
AUGUST 1995
6/8 tr
4 22 tr
1055 KWIq 98 .7 MO Springfield-loc . ads, wx,
2115 RMXV 93 .3 Np Kansas CIty,r(CHR) 185
"Rock 99", rp(AOR),mixing/w WNNS
190
2130 KTXR 101 .3 M7 Springfield, b,
160
Giant"
1056 KTTR 99 .7 MJ St . James, loc. ads, ID
"Gentle
with KTTR-1490, into ABC nx,no KFAV
75
6/3 Es (back in Hazelwood)
1645 MUF charu~el 6
1102 KMXL 95 .1 hD Carthage, legal ID with
Joplin Mix 95 .1", intr r(Hot AC),N200 290
6/8 tr
1048 KId2Q 96 .1 ND Clifton,"Q96,loc .ads185 11109 KCLR 99 .3 ~ Boonville,"Clear 99"k 125
1105 KTXR 101 .3 ~ Springfield, NBC nx, local
1053 KQh4{ 97 .5 MD Rolla,"Magic 97 .5", r,
ads, CDT TC, wx, "The Gentle Giant",km 190
(Hot AC),temp .as 71 ° in Rolla, ex 94 .3 80
First E-skip opening of the season made it into FL aryl southeastern Mexico, but only
made it as high as channel 6 . However, trops made up for it on June 8, with three new
stations logged .
Was a bit surprised to receive KMXL 95 .1 at equal level with WDZQ,
TV stations fran SW M7 and SE KS were in at the same time, with Jefferson City TV stations
in like locals! 73 aru3 good DX from NOU11T .
Keith D. Pugh, 227 Martin St ., New Hope AL 35760
~rn'i pt . : McZntosh MR-78, Probe 9
6/14 Es
6/12 Es
1242 KZFM 95 .5 TX Corpus Qiristi,"FKri' Z95"1 1925 WCAV 97 .7 MA Brockton, k, SD
1929 WWSB 101 .5 RI Providence, o, B101
1243 KEdf 90 .3 TX Corpus Christi
1249 KLUX 89 .5 TX Robstown
1933 WCS2B 102.5 MA Waltham, c
1245 KFIN 88 .7 TX Corpus Christi,g,lcl .ref . 1935 WKCR 89 .9 NY New York, 1D
1936 Wa0
.S 92 .9 MA Brookline,ID
1246 KMXR 93 .9 TX ~rpus Christi
1937 CKBW 93 .1 NS Shelburne
1247 KQNN 92 .1 TX Alice
1938 WCPK 98 .1 MA New Bedford
1249 KSAB 99 .9 TX Robstown
1250 KEPG 100.9 TX Victoria
1940 WOQ4 103 .9 MA S.Yarmouth,"Ocean 104"
1991 WBRU 95 .5 RI Providence, DI
1251 KOYE 94 .9 TX Laredo
1259 KBNL 89 .9 TX Iaredo
1942 WXTK 94 .9 MA W . Yartmuth, t, 1D
1993 WPBX 88 .3 NY South Hampton, ID
6/13 Es
1048 KWBI 91 .1 00 Morrison, ID
1943 WGAO 88 .3 MA Franklin, "Power 8"
.1
"High
Plains
Pub.
Radio"
1948 WRZE 96 .3 MA Nantucket, "The Rose"
1131 unlD 91
1138 !02CY~ 95 .7 NE Gram Island
1949 WICC 90 .7 MA Springfield
1951 WEHM 96 .7 NY E.Hampton,"96-7 EHM"
1141 XEP
99 .1 NL Monterrey
1142 XHRK 95 .7 NL Monterrey
1958 W!R1XX 93 .5 MA Harwich Port,"UN93-5"
6/18 Es (brief)
1143 XHRP 94 .7 CL Saltillo
1120 unII) 89 .5 XHSAB NL tent .
1193 XHXL 91 .7 NL Monterrey
",L
1123 unlD 91 .9 SS, Veracruz ref .$
1145 XHIL 101 .3 NL "
6/19
Es (brief)
1145 XH.7D 98 .9 NL
,rs
1245 unlD 91 .9 p.$(west)
1146 XHSP 99 .7 NL
,o/WHVK
1705 KRCS 93 .1 SD Sturgis
1147 XHQQ 93 .3 NL
1198 XHQC 93 .5 CL Saltillo
6/20 Es
1823 FAME-FM 95 .7 Jamaica, ads, $, 1D
1149 XHSRO 92 .5 NL Mont .
1824 KLAS 89 .9 Jamaica,Hurr .rpt .,"FM89"$
1152 KHOY 88 .1 TX Laredo
1830 unlD 92 .9 SS,mono,"mas Caribbean"
1301 KRNE 91 .5 NE Merriman, ID
91 .1 Jamaica,"JBC FM $"
6/14 Es
1831 JBC
1833 FAME-FM 89 .5"
",//95 .7
1752 WEZF 92 .9 VT Burlington, r, ID
1842 RIR
94 .9
,nx, $
1753 WKLL 94 .9 NY Frankfort, "K-Rock"
1848 RJR 101 .3
1755 WUNYt 89 .5 NY Utica
92 .1
, "JBC FM"
1801 WWhff2 96 .3 ME Rtanford
1902 JBC
6/21 Es
1803 W1~ 93 .1 NY Syracuse, ads
1736 KQSD 91 .9 SD Inwry,"SD Pub. Radio"
1901 WifIK 93 .5 NY Hudson, k, II)
1801 CBQTt 88 .3 CN Thunder Hay
1901 WCYY 94 .3 ME Biddeford,"94 .3 & 93 .9"
1805 KTSD 91 .1 SD Reliance, rix,//91 .9
1826 WZRK 93 .5 MI Hancock, ID
1902 WYNZ 101 .9 ME Portland, k
1831 CHIQ 94 .3 MB Winnipeg
1903 WYNZ 100.9 ME Westhrook,o
1852 KQDS 94 .9 MN Duluth, ID
1904 WGIRt101 .1 NtT Manchester
.
1853 W1BX 93 .9 MN Hibbing
1905 Wl~ 93 .7 MA Lawrence, "Eagle 93-T
tr
1907 WSRS 96 .1 MA Worcester, ID
2327 WUIG 94 .7 TN Holivar, 4r ID
1910 WZID 95 .7 NH Manchester, ID
1911 WMBR 88 .1 MA Cartrbridge, m
6/22 trs
0942 WZIJ 98 .1 GA Hogansville, lcl ads .
1412 WCDQ 92 .1 ME Sanford, r, ]D
"Brits998 .1 "
1912 WLYT 92 .5 MA Haverhill, ID
1913 WBMX 98 .5 MA Boston, "Mix 98 .5"
0954 WRLD 95 .3 AL Valley,"World 95", o
6/23 Es
(brief)
1914 WXXW 98 .9 MA Webster,"Double X"
1916 WHEB 100.3 NH Portsmouth
1104 unlD 91 .1 MI nx
1123 unlD Canada, EE talk mono
1916 unlD 102.9 oldies, "Digby 103"?
1921 WCLB 105.7 MA Framingham, 7D
6/23 trs
MA
Hoston
1647 WIZB 94 .3 AL Abbeville,lcl .ads,"Z-94-3"
1922 WM7X 106.7
1759 WJJN 101 .3 AL Dothan, s, ID
1923 WWKX 106.3 RI Woonsocket,"K17{ 106"
arm~ents coast. . . . . .
1924 WSSH 99 .5 MA howell, "Wish 99 .5"
29
SOVPf!g2N FM DX
Pugh, oont .
AUGUST 1995
A srniewhat slag Fs season here . MUFS have been very unstable in these June openings .
The MUF could just get into FM for awhile then drop crn~letely aut and return several
times during these openings . Es on 6/27 and 28 will be in my next report (same spotty
MUFs)along with a super July 1st Es which was solid most all day. 73 .
Jlm Thomas, 4437 S. Stover, #3, Ft. Colllns CO 80525
Pioneer TX-9500 tuner IF modified, Archer 6~1 @ 25 ft . Archer 75-ohm coax
and adjustable Archer 25db attenuator(used only as needed).
Times MDT.
Q810T Es
1731
89 .1 ~,
PQ Quebec
08122 Tr
2215 93 .7 K215A,1 CO Ward(KGNU)
08/24 Tr
1924 93.9
1949 93.7
1959 92.3
2002 90.9
2008 92 .7
2024 93 .9
WY Riverton
CO Craig
CO Grand Juction
K,~
K215~E CO Ester Park(KUNC)
K2~4AQ Co Ester Park(KVOD)
KYSL CO Frlsco
tQAK
~~
08125 Tr
1108 98 .3 KATR
CO Wray
08128 Tr
2025 97 .5 KQSK
NE Chadron,
Double Q Country
2043 95.5 KSDZ
NE Gordon
2215 94 .9 KJLT
NE North Platte
2222 105.3 KKYT
NE McCook
08127
1835
1843
1845
1847
1857
1910
1922
1925
1951
1952
2000
2004
2112
2125
Ea
91 .3
88.9
89.5
92.9
90 .9
91 .3
90 .7
89 .9
94.1
94 .1
94 .1
94 .9
94.9
92.9
~~ WA Bellevue
~Z BC Vancouver"
ISdH.O WA Seattle, C-89
I~Zl1 WA Spokane
???? BC Vancouver*"
9??? BC VanCOWer"'
KZUU WA Pullman
??T? WA or BC, classical mx
KMPS WA Seattle
KG1K WA Clarkston, id
CBYK BC Kamloops
~j9 BC Trait
K191S WA Richland
14SX.$ WA Toppenlsh,
New Country Kicks 93
2130 94.5 KATS WA Yakiima, 94.5 Cats
Tr
2140 88.1 KCWC WY Riverton
"Someone please help me on these . Am I
dealing with translators, or what!?
Well, in the famous words of the rock band, the Cars, 'Hello Again'! After several years absence
from reporting dx in VUD, fve decided to give ii a try again, and, hopefully ff I don't get too busy
with the hectic work schedule, iII be able to give it a go for the next several months. So where's the
repeat E-skip season of 1994? So far my avg . MUF is running about 95 .1mhz. Not sure how my
friend downstream, Doug Allen is doing . During May, Cobrado had 3 weeks straight of rain, and
so far through June(its already July?), its been rollercoaster weather.
The interesting anomally this report is that the Ft. Collins cable television system is leaking. They
feed via satellite, FM radio stations onto selected FM frequenaes for your listening pleasure . For
example, WFMT 98 .7 Chicago is rebroadcast at 106 .1, however, R has arrived at 107 .1 on my
tuner. The BBC is rebroadcast at 92.1, but appears on my dial at 89 .1 very faintly. We have
cable on our tv downstairs, the tuner is stairs in my study . I have reported it to the cable
company chief technician . He has infomred me it is being investigated, it should not be happening. Does this happen in other locations? This is my first 'encounter of the cable kind .'
Hoping everyone gets some good dx in 1995 . 73! Jim
Hank Holbrook, 407 Arundel Road, Fair Haven Cliffs, Dunkirk, MD 20754
Equipt . : Fisher 101R(1959) with old Scott arty . Winegard CS-6065 10 el . & Channel Master
HD-9519 rotor
88 .9 tgBZC Pemberton, NJ trop tr 128 mi . 6/6 0731-9748 ESri' loc. annc, mx, wx sports .
Voice of Burlington County College, new station first time heard
89 .1 ZH9 Hamilton, Bermuda Fs 797 mi . 6/6 5:54-6:01PM pop music like thni the Grape Vine
ID at 600 pm, then nx, only 2nd time hrd . QShed ai 12 hr . trop opening 1966-hi,hi!!
90 .1 KCSC F.dmond, OK Es 1175 mi, 6/14 2007-2009 Announc. for upcaning opera on SAT, II),
againTJC9P NEEDED QSLed years back! Maybe Z'll get lucky and have sanething to write-HZ!
3 fd2BH New Orleans, LA Es 986 mi ., 6/19 1700 ID - not needed
cont .
Holbrook, cont .
AUGUST 1995
SO[TPFIEE2N FM DX
.7 KVTT Dallas, TX Es 1210 mi . 6/19 1707--1715 Religious mx and ID, NOT NEEDED 4sld
QSLd 6 15/65 when 785 watts!
88 .3 KQ"ZC Cedar Rapids, Iowa Es 829 mi . 6/27 2137 ID - KOOK JAZZ LINE etc . strong
not need QSLd!!
91 .5 KIOS Qraha, NE Es 1044 mi . 6/27 2158 Prams for programs etc . -ZD wx into classical
Evening program, NEW HERE!!'" '" REPORT SENT!
101 .9 WCIB Falmouth, MASS trop 366 mi ., 6/29 0630-0655 strong with light music, ads,wx,
localnews etc.,100 per cent with WLIF MD nulled, fantastic trop opening
107.9 WEBS We$tport, Conn . trop 235 mi ., 6/29 0705 wx, ads,TFC strong no sign of loc. WFSI
Danny Buntin 1312 N. Skyline, Stillwater, OK 79075
Equipt . : Onkyo T-9090, Probe 9 up 30 ft . with rotor
171 ~ 6/16 is
5/13 tr
1138 KBRX 102.9 NE O'Neill, calls
446
0200 KXGM 106.5 TX Muenster-Gaimsville,r
1139 KLLY 102.5 KS Clay Center, ads
226
6/16 is
193 1146 KZNA 103.9 KS Hiawatha, ad
271
1108 KH'IO 106.7 M7 Mount Vernon
KS
Ogden,
ID
208
1120 KKYA 93 .1 SD YanktAn,"KKY", wx
468 1153 KgZA 103.5
NE
Norfolk,
ad,
calls
409
115$
KHNE
89
.1
NE
Hastings-Grand
Zs
.ID
317
1135 KEXL 106 .7
"Pushing out of the darkness 106 .7 in Stillwater~r
as KLW puts it but placing 106.7
into ~*~,r,ant DX darkness, as I would put it, the new Stillwater translator,now at double
the power, foz primary KLW 88 .7 Ponca City, went to the air around 7-7. The new 100
watt amLi signal puts out a much better signal all over Stillwater when canpared to
The translators
the old directional translator ~ 103 .1, which remains ai the air .
operate fmn about a 60 ft . tower rising fran a rather high stretch of prairie located
of
town
.
To
pick
up
the
primary
fran
40
nS
.
away, installed
on the east-southeast edge
about half way down the tower is a small all channel TV antenna that looks like it came
fran Radio Shack. The primary signal already gets into Stillwater with a fade free fairly
nnderate signal but not strong enough for well quieted stereo . For score reason the
directional yagis for the 103.1 translator were reoriented away fran my locationn, so
row I can get the Enid station on 103 .1 now, if the Probe 9 faces Fhid . That Enid station
gives the 103.1 translator sane CCI trouble in the neighborhoods of southwest Stillwater
with less of it naw since reorienting the yagis toward the west(horz .)and southwest(vert .)
If out of curiosity, anyone wants a photo of the KLW Stillwater translator tvaer then
please send me a SASE for it .
I pretty much wrote off this season in mid June after seeing evenings of no skip
activity go by on TV-2 and started paying less regular attention to conditions . With
nobody getting Oklahana in the reports, don't think I missed much, at least for June .The
trop on 6/16 was nice after not catching any like that after a long time . 73 .
SNTELLITE NEWS . . .continued from page 49
45 W - PanAmSat 1 June 1988 (years?) C and Ku band
8 .5 and 16 watts
43 W - PanAmSat 3R - to be launched soon
41 W - TDRS 4 - C band use only (dates????) powers ???
is active
37 .5 W
Orion 1 Ku band only November 29, 1994 40 watts
34 .5 W
INTELSAT 603 - 1991 (14 years) C and Ku band
powers same as other Intelsat 600 series
31 .5 W - INTELSAT 504 - INCLINED ORHIT
30 W - HISPASAT lA S 1B - September 12, 1992 and 1993
110 watts
27 .5 W - INTELSAT 601 - 1990 C and Ku
C-5 .5,6,10 and 13 .5 watts/Ku-20 watts
29 .5 W - INTELSAT 605 - 1990 - same tech data as 601
21 .5 W - INTELSAT K - Ku band only - 1992 (10 years) 60 watts
fully encrypted satellite
also newly launched C band INTELSAT satellite
W
18 .5
INTELSAT 515 - C and Ku - 1989 (10 years)
tech data same as other INTELSAT 500 series .
13 W - EKSPRESS 1 - C and Ku band - 1995 - C-9 and 65 watts/
Ku -10 watts
(7 years)
9 .7 W - GORIZONT 26 (or STATSIONAR 11 - C and Ku band
1991 (7 years) C-15 to 40 watts
8 W - TELECOM 2A - C and Ku - 1991 (years?)
C-11 watts/KU-50 watts
That's all for this time around - hope to see you in 30
Continued good DX .
31
NORTNERNfM~DX
GREG CONIGLIO
5100 GLENWOOD DRIVE
WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK 14221
e-mail : conipiio~geog.buffalo .edu
coniplio~acsu .buffalo.edu
V131 KKDN~UBVMS .BITNET
For DXers in:MA,NH,VT,CI,MA,RI,NY,PA,NJ,OH,MI,IN,IL,WI,MN,IA,NE,SD,ND,MT,
,ID,WA,OR,AK,Canada
AUGUST 1995
~ DEADLINE The 5th ~ LOG CUTOf"f: ~ months from postmark
As you can see, thing shave picked up a bit. May and the first half of June was almost non-existent skip-wise for
many DXers. However, things have improved quite a bit, salvaging the season . June 19th seemed to start it for
many . The last week of June saw many minor openings, while the quality seemed to improve, starting around Jury
1st. Northeastern DXers have reported more Midwestern and Canadian Maritime reception than usual, and less
of the pests' in Florida, the Gulf Coast, and Texas. No majo r tropo openings to report, other than a nice one from
the NYC Metro area all the way into the Maritimes during the last week of June . Let's hear from you! .. .
WILL IAM WYLLIE - 95 PECK ST - FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS 02038-2217
Equipment: Realistic STA-390 with built in antenna
JUNE 1995 DX
JUNE 10 TR : PRUDENCE ISLAND . RI
0036 WEHM 96 .7 NS' E.Hampton "96.7 EHM"
6 FS : MUF 96.5
"East End's O fficial Station of Summer"
1721 WOCC 90 .1 AL Huntsville
0100 WPBX 88 .3 NY Southampton
1730 WXVS 90 .1 GA Waycross, Peach
State Public Radio
0100 unlD
90 .1 ?? NPR, memo of WPKT 90.5
1735 WLIFT 89 .1 FL Gainesville, clear ID noted
and WNPR 89 .1 for I know it is CT. Who?
(Possibly WECS Wilimantic? -gc)
1800 WFSU 88 .9 FL Tallahassee, local spot
17 ES: PRUDENCE ISLAND. RI
heard over local WERS
1450 WXEI- 90 .7 Fl. W.Palm Beach, picked this
1805 ~VMSL 88 .9 G.A ,Athens, local spot, NPR
up from a tip from my neighbor John Thresher
1819 WJXR 92 .1 F'L Maccleny, Bargain Channel
who said he was listening to CAR TALK on 90 .7
Program ID, "The Shark W1XR"
W.Palm Beach. Skip was weak-died down 30 or
1822 WTOC 92 .1 ?? uulD with these calls
1833 ~VKKZ 92 .7 GA Dublin, ID, local spots
40 minutes later
18 TR: PRUDENCE ISLAND . RI
1895 1VTN"I - 94 .9 FL Tallahassee, "TNT Cntry"
1355 WPKN 89 .5 CT Bridgeport, program
1847 ~VWRM 94 .9 FL Tampa, local spots
"Black Interspectives"
1852 \VAPE 95 .1 FL Jacksonville, The Big Ape
1917 WPBX 88 .3 N5' Southampton
1855 WXFX 95 .1 AL Prattville, "The Fox"
1520 WGAO 88 .3 MA Franklin, hard to pick
1942 WTJT 90 .1 Fh Crestview
up here at Prudence, "Power 88"
1435 ~NIIMB 91 .9 MA Boston, hard to hear here
1950 WliAE 99 .7 RI Wakefield, strong here
"99.7 The Edge"
19 TR
0546 WL1AE 99 .7 RI Wakefield/Peacedale
ID as the Edge, fuzzy but good
0523 WELH 88 .1 RI Providence, fuzzy, but good
over WMBR, with local WGAO off. Isn't
this a low power station?
0600 WXBB 105.3 ME Kittery/Portsmouth/Dover
Rochester, I got this one last year but it
was country then . Now it's oldies, ID
"Arrow 105.3"
The first opening 1 noticed this year was down on the scanner at 29 .66 Mhz. 1 noted a W9NOC
portable in St .Louis, MO talking to various people . O ne I also heard was P}'2EYE South of BR:IZII_ .
This has got to be one of my better catches . I never heard Brazil anywhere before this (nice catch!!gc) I heard nothing on E-skip until June 6. This was a great opening that came on just before 5pm,
and didn't let up until 7:45pm. I still haven't typed up all the reception reports yet. Radio was a
RF:AI.ISTIC DX-390 with the built in antenna. That's it for now.
32
NOR'IIiERN FM DX
AUGUST 1995
JOHN EBELING - 9209 VINCENT AVE. SO. - BLOOMINGTON,
MINNESOTA 55431
or : 6483 COUNTY ROAD 47 - ALBORN MINNESOTA 55702
F~O_M BLOOMINGTON. MN ICSTI
MAY 31 . 1995 Tr
2300 KNUJ 107.3 MN Sleepy Eye, "Brat 107 3"
(for Braiwurst) (! - gc)
.slogan 78
.TUNE f445 DX
114
1832 KXDL
99.7 MN Browerville
1834 WWF_G 99 .9 MD Ocean City (MS)
1044
118
1943 KCZO 102.3 IA Cresco
21 ES
988
1639 WMMR 93.3 PA Philadelphia
1645 WWDB 96.5 PA Philadelphia
988
1648 WLTY 95.7 VA Nortolk, "Oldies 95 .7"
with lots of kJCal ads
1057
1036
1652 WTTH 96.1 NJ Margate City
1655 WKTU 98.3 NJ Ocean C., Cool 98.3 1034
1657 WFLN 95.7 PA Philadelphia
988
1707 WKSB 102.7 PA Williamsport, KissFM 861
1711 W PI
99.7 PA Mt .Carmel
901
1713 WTRG 100.7 NC Rocky Mount
"Oldies 100.7"
1022
1715 WKXW 101.5 NJ Trenton
998
1718 WFXK 104.3 NC Tarboro,
"Foxy107 8 104"
1035
1721 WRDU 106.1 NC Wilson
1027
1724 WSFL 106.5 NC New Bern
1092
1727 WBYN 107.5 PA Boyertown
952
999
1730 WSNJ 107.7 NJ Bridgeton
1835 WOOS 88 .1 NC Asheville
856
DX FORM CABIN Q PROSIT . MN (CSTI
"TUNE 1995 DX
~E
1659 KBEK
2306 KFIL
LTS
0030 KLSE
95 .5 MN Mora
103.1
MN Preston
91 .7 MN Rochester
New EodndS Seo"th Jw
1635 KKOR 94 .5 NM Gallup
1152
1636 KKOB 93 .3 NM Albuquerque
1102
1644 KRST 92 .3 NM Albuquerque
1102
1651 KZUA 92 .1 AZ Hobrook, "B92"
1240
1653 KAFF
92 .9 AZ Flagstaff
1283
1655 KXRK 96 .1 UT Provo,
1061
1658 K T
99 .5 UT Bountiful
1048
1720 KOUU 104.1
ID Amer . Fa11s,Kore104 1032
1731 KSIT 104.5 WY Rock Springs
902
1734 K LT 107 .3 SD Spearfish, SHORT ES 569
1740 KMVX 102.9 ID Jerome, Mix 103
1113
1746 KL E 97 .3 ID Blackfoot
997
1748 KTRZ
93 .1 WY Riverton
817
1758 KBLJ
92 .1 CO LaJunta
836
1800 KPRN 89 .5 CO Grand Junction
973
1800 KENW 89 .5 NM Portales
1049
1800 KJOL
90 .3 CO Grand Junction
973
1825 KM I 102.5 ID Pocatello
1011
1828 K VI 101 .5 ID Blackfoot,Target 101
997
1830 KBMC 102.1 MT Bowman
883
1830 KZMT 101 .1 MT Helena, 2101
918
1833 KMTX 105.3 MT Helena
918
1850 KID
96 .1 ID Idaho Falls
925
1857 KLZY
92 .5 WY Powell
772
1900 K PR 88 .9 MT Great Fails
876
1905 KOUY 95 .5 MT Butte
950
13 ES
1200 WOCK 92 .7 LA Ciinton,g, "092 .7"
1115
2Q ES
1440 WFLS 93 .3 VA Fredericksburg
976
84 1449 WDLX 93 .3 NC Washington
1131
1109
1500 WRQR 94 .3 NC Farmville
232 1505 WOBM 92 .7 NJ Toms River
1043
1506 WNHW 92 .5 NC Nags Head,
205
"Carolina 92"
1161
967
1507 WBJC 91 .5 MD Baltimore
1513 WERO 92 .3 MD Baltimore
967
1513 WLBW 92 .7 DE Fenwick L, The Wave 1070
1520 WDSD 94 .7 DE Dover (An AM station
1018
was heard on 67 khz SCS)
1521 WMUU 94 .5 SC Greenvilie
995
1015
1524 WRVO 94 .5 VA Richmond, "094"
967
1530 WAMU 88 .5 DC Washington
967
1559 WJHU 88 .1 MD Baltimore
1050
1601 WSCL 89 .5 MD Salisbury
That's about it for the Es - nothing great so far! Bruce Eiving told me the other day that a new American
Family Radio (KEAR) translator is now on the air in Duluth, MN on 88 .5 wN only . Probably be a long time
before I log them out here, as 88.5 usually has KCRB Bemidji, Minnesota. Regards, John
33
150 Ii~f-72T PI/1CE - SO . PLAINFIFID . N .J . - 07080
JO6F~'FI FF1A Equ i pmient - McIntosh MR-78 tuner/stacked Stereo Probe 9s + a single Stereo Probe 9,
on rotors, at 40 ft ., Bolin phase box .
Time : ELT
JLNE 6 (cont'd . )
M4Y 1995
Ion
1856 WXRG 96 .7 MS Gulfport, call, r
2
GW
909
1902 WKXN 95 .9 AL Creenville, ID
1700 {WJUX}99 .7 NY Monticello, wx, call,
1902 WXCV 95 .3 FL Hcmosassa Springs,
40s music, still IDs 103 .1 translator
"Citrus 95"
937
75
before the 99 .7, ex : WXTM
1915 WMFC 99 .3 CA Monroeville, ads, ID,
1709 {WRRV}92 .7 NY Middletown, call
Braves
baseball
954
60
"The Rock Revolution"
_lo Tr
1932 W209AR 89 .7 NJ Long Branch,
29
2017 W277AB 103 .3 NY Noyack, translator
translator of WWFM-89 .1 Trenton
of WSFU-91 .1 Fairfield, C7
EsEs
20
14 Es
1070
1808 WSOR 90 .9 FL Ft .Myers, wx, call, g
2022 IWIN 92 .9 TX Wichita Falls,
1810 WIrK1J 89 .7 FL Miami, call,
1402
1078
ads, call, r
Christian rock
921
2027 {WEZY}94 .1 FL Lakeland, "FM94 - WEZY",
1829
98 .9 FL Orlando, call, lite r
994
soft rock, Ex : WVFM
1839 WQJE 98 .1 FL Titusville, Daytona ads
885
18
Es
k, "98 Frog", WOCl . phased
1061
911
1200 C8t"M 90 .3 NF Marystown, CBC
1846 WlffQ 96 .5 FL Orlando, call, r
1132
1207 CBNQ 95 .3 NF Trepassey, CBC
1849 WJBX 99 .3 FL Ft . Myers Beach,
1062
1215 VO(Jd 97 .5 NF St . John's, ads . full ID
"99X Classic Rock"
.7,
Dees
llg2
1001
w/VO(Jd-I 100
Rick
1859 WFTI
91 .7 FL St . Petersburg, ID
1223 CI-IOZ
94 .7 NF St . John's . OZ hTl
JIAJE
Local WFt~ phased
1182
5
Tr
19
2101 {WRI~R}103 .1 ND Grasonville, call,
1051
1639 WI-IJT 93 .5 MS Clinton, call
"Rock 'N Roll Radio"
147
1640 {KZMZ}96 .9 LA Alexandria, ad, call,
Ex : WAQ~.wBEY/Wlnn/1vxYL
r, Ex : KSLI/KTIZ
1208
Es
6
, .~ 100",
99 .7 TN Marphis,
1721 WAMC
1711 IVWTN 99 .7 TN Manchester, "99 .7 WTN",
ma
of
70s,
80s,
90s
948
727
Marphis' best
talk, Nashville ad
1725 Kf®Q 92 .9 TX Pasadena, "93Q Country",
1721 {WJXA}92 .9 TN Nashville, "J-92 .9" +
Houston traffic, ads
1393
746
call, soft r .
1194
1729 KLSA 90 .7 LA Alexandria, ID
1724 KWYN 92 5 AR Wynne, Eastern AR mention,
"Country 92 .5"
965
2o
E5E5
938
924
1713 WAQE 97 .7 WI Rice Lake, ads, call
1726 41Mfr'S 92 .9 TN Bartlett, call, r
1721 KDJS 95 .3 MJ Wilmar, "K-95 .3", k
1733 WINL 98 .5 AL Linden, "WIN 98 .5", ad
SD
Brookings,
ads,
943
1741 FBRK 93 .7
for Dermpolis Piggly Wiggly
1168
"B-93 .7", r
979
1738 WZZR 92 .7 FL Stuart, 'ZZR"
"Alabama
100"
790
21
Es
1740 Wf9NA 100 .5 AL Anniston,
1859 KTSD 91 .1 SD Reliance, S .D . Public
1743 WEBZ 99 .3 FL Mexico Beach, call +
Radio, no local ID at either
960
"The Breeze"
1308
1900 or 2000
1753 WOCWt 92 .1 SC Parris Island, pram
1262
1902 KQ0.A 94 .9 Sa Aberdeen, local ads
about carrying WTOC (TV) news
PSA,
call
1120
1918 KKIX 99 .7 MJ Marshall,
99 .3 FL Cocoa,
1755 W
922
1924 {KQCL}95 .9 ~ Faribault, ads, wx,
ID + "Light Rock 99 .3"
991
"Power 96", Ex : KDHL
1819 WICTK 98 .5 FL Crystal River,
929
1927 IQ~'X 102 .5 MV Lake City, ads, wx,
"98 .5 KTK"
"Fox Country"
937
1820 WWMu1t 97 .7 SC Georgetown, "Mix 97 .7"
1936 FCWWIC 96 .5 MJ Rochester . wx, jingle ;
1822 WY
98 .1 SC Folly Beach, "Charleston's
959
630
Ex : 96 .5 ntiz
Concert Connection, Rock 98"
1951 KCYD 90 .3 MV Moorehead, heavy wx
1824 WSYN 106 .5 SC Georgetown, Myrtle Beach
warning . call
1188
558
ads, "Sunny 106 .5", 0
22 Tr
1827 WSk1Yt 100 .5 SC Charleston, "Sunny 100"
2058 {WPGI}100 .9 NY Horseheads, k,
1828 VP
- 97 .3 FL Chiefland, ad, call, k 902
166
"Piggy 100 .9" legal ID, Ex : WQIX
1836 WFE 101 .3 FL Williston, Ocala ad,
898
2057 CHTZ 97 .7 CN St . Catherines, noted
"Magic 101 .3", ex : 92 .1
306
actually giving call letters .
1843 WYNR 107 .7 CA Darien, call
73, Joe
+ "The Winner", k,
762
~~
Es
4
34
~
Equ~n5
a
~X~er TX-11 arld Sherwood rz, (both IF modified), Probe 9 at 30 teet with rotor. New are underlined .
'~~
0742 ~ 99 .7 RI Wakefield, new modern rock
'The Edge'
18~WAYG 89 .1 FL Sarasota g
1813 WAYJ 88 .7 FL FtMyers, g 1l WAYG
J~
0650 Fair Tropo to Norfok: WJ01 94 .9, WYFI 99 .7,WFOG . .
1824 WRKK 96 .1 fl Bonita Springs, K-Rock
0706 WCMS 100.5 VA Norfolk top Country, with
2106 KWKH 94 .5 LA Shreveport k Radio Ranch
WRCH phased out
1~ WNDI 95 .3 fN Sullivan
1847 KKOK 97 .1 MO Florissant, Mix 97.1
11~ WLVE 93.9 FL Miami Beach, Love 94
1125 W~! 95 .7 FL Homestead, EI Zol,
1859 KRNA 94 .1 IA Iowa City
2101 WMCU 89 .7 FL Miam4 g
Noventa y Cinca, Spanish
2114 WZZR 92.7 FL Stuatt, r
1130 WZTA 94 .9 FL Miami Beach
2225 ~_- 92 .9 CU Mono, inshumental music
1130 WCMQ 92 .3 FL Hialeah, SS
1145 WMCU 89 .7 FL Miam4 g
and good ID by a female announcer
.~1/1E 1995 DX
1202 WAYF 88.1 FL W.PaYn Beach, WayFM, g
1210 WARN_ 91.3 R Miami, NPR
'I~yone had doubts about the Bolin Phase Box, read onC 1216 WOVV 95.5 FL FtPierce, Star 95 .5
1218 WKGR 98.7 FL FtPierce
1733 WI{MA 100.5 AL Anniston, 'Alabma i00'
Heard with WRCH phased
1719 CKPE 94.9 NS Sydney, k, Cape Country K94
1741 WM,)~ 96 .5 AL Birmingham, WTIC phased
93 .7 AL Birmingham,g,caIIs,WZMXphased I think I mLssed most of this . Jf had NSINF Es
1744 WDJ
yesterday aralnd raon. Missed that too . We
1745 ~ 93 .7 FL Ocala, 'K-Country 93 .7 FM'
1800 WPAP 92 .5 FL Panama City, k WWYZ phased ',were t the beach.
1822 ELF 104 .1 FL Tallahassee, Gult 104, rock
K RRa19~ 97 .7 IA Gardy Center
with WN~iQ phased
1917 KGLI
95 .5 IA Sioux City, KG95
1828 ~ 102.1 GA Savannah, Z-102FM, Today's
1926 KITN
93 .5 MN Worthington, 'Ki11en'
Best rock, WAQY PHASED!
1930 K~MB 100.1 IA Errrrletsburg
1835 WIVY 102.9 FL Jacksornille, Coasl 102.9
1948 KILR
95.9 IA Estherville
with WDRC phased
1840 W IK 99 .1 FL Jacksornille, k, WPLR phased
2~ N~PXC 102.9 MA Hyannis, WDRC phased
1852 WXFX 95 .1 AL Prattville, fox
1855 W PW 95 .7 GA Ya~osta, FM96 Rode, with
2112 WKKE 95 .3 VT White River Jct., WRSI phased
WKSS phased
lass eard years ago
1900 WNLE 91 .7 FL Ferdirlanda Beach
W_K~Bh215 100 .3 NY Warrensburg, KB-100
1908 ~ 93 .7 FL Vero Beach, WZMX phased
1916 WKTF 95 .5 MS Jackson
2~~ 92 .5 MO Joplin, WWYZ phased
1923 WABB 97 .5 AL Mobile
2142 ~ 100.5 MO Aurora, 'My Country 100 .5'
1926 WKNN 99.9 AL Mobile, Coast 100
(I
ly love doug this to WRCH)
KKOK
real215
97 .1 MO Florissani
208 WMJJ 96.5 AL Birmingham, Magic
2030 WDJC 93 .7 AL Birmingham, g
2200 KBEZ 92.9 OK Tulsa, bve songs
2207 KIXO
93.9 MO Webb City, k
2035 WBAM 98 .9 AL Montgomery,lJew Country'
2040 WNNX 99 .7 GA Atlanta, 99-X
2045 WSB 98 .5 GA Atlanta, 898 .5 Love Songs
2049 W K
92.5 GA Zebulon, marry local towns ment.
2050 WVfJ 93.3 GA Manchester, g
2131 WJGA 92.1 GA Jackson
2147 WMTM 93.9 GA Mouttrie
Sir>ce this is my first summer using the phase box for Es, I have changed my habits a little . I am staying with my
locals a lot more, and hanging in with the Es on those charalels much longer than I normally would. This cuts down
on the quantity of loggings, but helps me to add more new stations on the frequencies I need . More next time .
35
BILL NIFNA.7DALY PO HOX 2999 CLIFTON NJ 07015-2999
KF20K
Equipnent : Fisher FM-660 modified with 110 khz filters and RS FM antenna & rotor .
MAY 20 1995 ES
1805
1807
1812
1817
1821
1825
1835
1836
1891
1845
1849
1850
1855
1901
1907
1929
2122
WC;YI. 93 .7
WRXK 96 .1
WIKS 92 .9
WH'!C2 96 .5
WC .'11? 92 .1
WRBC 104 .7
WPNT 102 .5
WC39E 98 .1
WOLZ 95 .3
WCMS 100 .5
WOOS 107 .3
WYNF 107 .9
WYW 92 .5
WFLZ 93 .3
WNffQ 92 .9
WFTIt 91 .7
KVTT 91 .7
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
F'L
VA
FL
F'L
FL
FL
FL
FL
TX
Vero Beach
983
Honita Springs
1096
Punta Gorda
1065
Orlando
947
Venice
1065
Tampa
1012
Sarasota
1053
Titusville
929
Ft . Myers
1082
Norfolk BACKSCATTII2!! 313
St . Pete
1027
Coal C;zove
1097
Safety Harbor
1016
Tampa
1012
Ocala
926
St . Pete
1027
Dallas
1373
~7°+ ::_ . 1995 FS
1715
1719
1729
1726
1729
1733
1735
1743
1744
1744
1750
1756
1759
1802
1805
1811
1815
1819
1822
1837
1843
1847
1851
1859
1910
1913
1916
1917
1921
1925
_WFRQ
WBIP
WAID
WMLO
WGST
WHMA
WYFA
WALX
WEBZ
WRSA
WMXQ
WIZB
WKAA
WDT'b
WSYN
_WYBB
WYNR
WPISf
WD7GF'
WJXR
WJCL
W!iTQ
4IVFJ
WMEZ
WBHY
WRCZ
Wh1FC
WZEW
WAID
WQUE
94 .9
99 .3
106 .5
104 .9
105 .7
100 .5
100 .9
100,9
99 .3
96 .9
94 .5
94 .3
97 .7
98 .9
106 .5
98 .1
107 .7
102 .5
107 .7
92 .1
96 .5
96 .5
93 .3
94 .1
88 .5
101 .7
99 .3
92 .1
93 .7
93 .3
TN
MS
MS
FL
GA
AL
GA
AL
FL
AL
AL
AL
GA
FL
SC
SC
GA
FL
FL
FL
GA
FL
GA
F'L
AL
MA
AL
AL
MS
LA
Waynesboro ID
834
Greenville
1067
Clarksdale
1012
Havana
913
Canton
730
Anniston
819
Waynesboro
692
Selm3
923
Mexico Beach
985
Decatur
825
Birmingham
864
Abbeville
893
Ocilla
818
Orlando
947
Georgetown
591
Folly Beach
650
Darien
774
Sarasota
1053
Mt Dora
937
Macclenny
B58
Savannah
721
Orlando
997
Manchester
802
Pensacola
1031
Mobile
1052
Pittsfield BACRSCAITFR!!I
hbnroeville
980
Mobile
1052
Biloxi
1100
New Orleans
1179
1901
1936
2011
2018
X1995 E,S
KUfZ 98 .9
K!3YI 95 .3
WFC'A 107 .9
KPLV 93 .3
TX
TX
h)5
TX
Lartipasses
Haae
Ackerman
Fort Lavoca
1509
1393
980
1533
JUNE 17 1 995 ES
1022
_ZNS 104 .5 BAF~ .S Nassau
ALSO "CXJDT70N~FLORIIaAS
1107
BILL NIENAJADLY PO BOX 2999 CLIFTON NJ 07015-2999
KF20K
Equipment : Fisher 889 Tuner . .maiified with 110 khz filters & Shack FM ant .
JUNE 18 1995 ES
1210
1212
1217
1234
C~DM 90 .3 NF Marystown
???? 95 .3 // to 90 .3 CBDA!
VOCM 97 .5 NF St Johns
CBAF-14 NS Syndny
(French and MDD10)
1252 _CHOS 95 .9 NF Rattling Brook
( OZ FM )
1083
JU!~ 27 1995 ES
1157
788
1944
1946
1953
2021
1954
2104
2110
2111
2116
2124
2126
2132
2143
2145
2151
2153
2001
1063
JS~E 19 1995 ES
1725 KITT
JUNE
1717
1718
1722
93 .7 LA Shreveport
20 1995 ES
_KSXX 96 .1 SD Watertown
KSDR 92,9 SD Watertaun
KD7S 95 .3 MN Wilmer
JUNE 21
1232
1196
1196
1097
1995 ES
1845
1852
1858
1914
1917
1922
1923
1925
1941
1944
1948
KBRK 93 .7 SD Braokings
KWWK 96 .5 MN Rochester
KNWC 96 .5 ~ Sioux Falls
KPIO 99 .5 SD Raliance
_KKCK 99 .7 MN ° --~-' 1 .
_KWNO 99 .3 DTI Rushford
KRCH 101 .7 MN Rochester
KXAC 100 .5 MN St James
1(SDR 92 .9 SD Watertwon
K0
.7S 95 .3 MN Wi 1^ur
KKOK 95 .7 DTI Morris
2004
2008
2010
2030
2031
WDGE
WBLQ
WXTR
WJFD
WCPK
1177
960
1171
1320
1127
923
960
1067
1196
1097
1144
23 199 5 TR
99
99
99
97
98
.7
.3
.9
.3
.1
RI
RI
MA
MA
MA
Wakefield
Block Zslanel
West Yarmuth
New Bedford
New Bedford
149
135
209
174
174
MA
MA
NY
NY
DIY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Worcester
Fitchburg
Ravena
Arlington //WDSP
New Palz
Stillwater
Albany
Whitehall
Hudson Falls
Wurtsboro
Hyde Park
Clifton Park
154
168
112
58
60
145
124
188
169
52
63
132
JUNE 24 1995 TR
0600
0845
0846
0915
0920
0927
0933
0936
0991
0943
0995
0959
WSRS
WXIA
WRAV
WKIP
WBWZ
WJKY
WKLI
WNYV
WENU
WZAD
WCZX
WWCP
96 .1
109 .5
94 .5
96 .9
93 .3
101 .3
100 .9
94,1
101 .7
97 .3
97,7
96 .7
JULY 1
1125
755
1218
1059
1011
1090
1171
1171
999
1090
1163
972
1090
1104
1093
1260
997
JUNE 28 1995 TROPO
0626 _WXXW 98 .9 MA Webster
142
0649 WYBB 94 .3 Cf New Haven
69
(Very Rare! Secord time in six
years ever heard them)
0703 _WBQQ 99 .3 _ME Kennebunk
252
MAID! FINALLY! YFS!
JUNE 29 1995 TROPO
2010 WRIU 90 .3 RI Kingston
142
2250 WFLC 107 .5 MA Chatham
223
2301 WWLI 105 .1 RI Providence
155
(HOI'H CNER 12 MILE NY IACAIS
WITH NO PHASING!)
JUNE 30 1995 SUPER TROPO
0620
2119
2137
2200
2010
2030
2055
2116
2120
2125
WMNB 100 .1 MA Adams
WFNX 101,7 MA Lynne
WHRB 95 .3 MA Cambridge
BHY
C92,1
NS Yarmouth
CI00 100 .1 NS Halifax
_WBUR 90 .9 MA Hosts
C8AE5 107 .3 NS Yarmouth
NXXW 98 .9 MA Webster
CIEC 96 .5 NS Halifax
WKZE 98 .1 CT Salisbury
131
197
187
457
594
188
457
192
594
85
0859
0903
1037
1045
1053
1054
1113
1119
1118
1129
1139
1137
1145
1150
1154
1200
1209
1222
1228
1232
1995 ES
WRLX
92 .1 F'L West Palm Heach
WEAR
88 .9 MD Baltimore
174
KHPQ
92 .1 AR Clinton
1060
WGYL
93 .7 FL Vero Heach
983
WSYE
93 .3 MS Houston
948
C1QDY90[4 FIAF2IItA's WFLZ 93 .3, WYW 92,5
WX47 95 .7, WPOW 96 .5 . . . .etc .
WFCA 107 .9 NLS Ackermari
980
WJDII
99 .7 MS Jackson
1071
WYDSX
99 .1 MS C,Yeenw~ood
1019
KXAR 101 .7 AR Hope~Texarkana
1181
WXFiR 104 .5 MS Hattiesburg
1073
KJEF
92 .9 LA Jennings
1275
WOGY
94 .1 TN Germantaan
943
FaTfX
95 .7 FL Tampa
1012
KXKC
99 .1 LA New Iberia
1247
KA7N 102 .9 LA Crowley
1262
KC>DA
99 .1 TX Galveston
1416
KQQK 106 .5 TX Galveston
1416
KMJQ 102 .1 TX Houston
1422
KKHQ
92 .9 TX Pasadena
1418
JULY 3 1995 ES
1059
1103
1116
1121
1125
1130
1147
1200
1205
1210
1217
1245
WMEZ
WBLX
hM7J
WJMG
WFXX
WEEZ
WZHQ
WBHL
FpGY
WMC
KHPQ
WZDM
94
92
96
92
95
99
94
91
94
99
92
92
.1
.9
.5
.1
.7
.3
.1
.3
.1
.7
.1
.1
FL Pensacola
DiS Biloxi
AL Birmingham
MS Hattiesburg
AL Tuscaloosa
DLS Heidelberg
AL Tuscaloosa
AL Florence
TN Gernantown
TN D>~tiis
AR Clinton
IN Vince~nnes
1031
1100
864
1073
910
1034
910
849
943
953
1060
728
JULY 5 1995 ES
0947 _KVSC
88 .1 DTI St Cloud
1059
ALSO MN & ~ RELIJGS . .KKCK 99 .7 KSDR 92 .9 . .
KBRK 93 .7 . ., . .etc .
JULY 7 1995 ES
1751 KIKN
100 .5 SD Sales
1204
JUNE 24 1995 ES
1025 47MCU
89 .7 FL Miami
1102
Notes . . . .
The mileages were calculated fran
Fred Nordquists DX printouts .
- -- and Nova Scotia are new political
units for me .
Carrtients : The E-Skip season has turned sa~ewhat for the better . Biggest thrills were
getting the Bahamas and hearing the rarely heard MN area . The June 23 & 24 Tropo fmn
the Hudson Valley produced rarely heard stations despite the short distance as you can
see . Lets hope for that blockbuster opening this year!
(;'JODXING! Brr .T .
36
KSYN 92 .5 DD Joplin
WSEI
92 .9 IL Olney
KRW 100 .1 lA Alexandria
KLRQ 96 .1 MO Clinton
ROWO 92 .1 DTI Waseca
KISI 93 .3 MD Kansas City
KELO 92 .5 SD Sioux Falls
KNWC 96 .5 S'D Sioux Falls
KCZR 99 .3 MJ Boonville
KLTH 99 .7 MO Kansas City
KANS 92 .9 KS Osage City
K7lX) 100 .1 MJ Jefferson Cty
RQAO 94 .9 D1~ Kansas City
KC1RC 98 .9 KS Tva venworth
KFI~' 94,1 KS Kansas City
KRRD 107 .3 KS Wichita
KIlJZ 92 .7 D10 Eldon
CQf~llentS . . .Th1.S seasw~s tur~d out better then I thought it would . That Nova
Scotia opening was the first mted here by this DX-er and I am shocked that
most of those stations were full scale, yep . .pinning the meter! Wow! Also
a thrill to finally get Maine after all these years . Another plus was
catching seni-local 99,1 WAWZ off the air during the July 1 E-Skip opening .
All in all a pretty good season ., ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000DXING BILL .
37
tiORtIiSRN Fld DX
AUGUST 1995
NK MERRILL - PO. BOX 669 - MACOMB, ILLINOIS 61455
Equipment: McINTOSH MR78 tuner (the work horse for sure!) sad either of 2 antennas, BOTH Channel Master
4408 ("Stereo Probe 9"), at 45 fcet for most Tr and some Es, and 8 feet for nearly all Es)
.TUNE 7 coat.
MAY 1995 DX
1750 IcCVI 101 .5 iD Blackfoot, local anct for
Blackfoot, "Target 101 FM" (70s180s)
1010 KLYT 88.3 NM Albugerque
1752 ISQ$K 923 MT Ronan, rain in the valley
1018 7{HUAt 106.1 CI
snow in the mtns, "Kalispell this hour . . . ."
1055 KB4Q 93 .7 AZ Tuscon, telephare talk
953 WY Jackson, "KZ95", request
1759 ~3
1218 KHWYt 98.9 CA Essex, NOTE I
going out to Jackson
1233 KLUC 98.5 NV Las Vegas
1806 ~HPM 95.9 AB Calgary, "CHFM 5 day
1244 KEDG 103.5 NV Las Vegas
forecast",jingle
1300 g$SD
92.5 UT Cedar City, "Continuous
95.9 ?? "This is KXFF (or KXEM)
hotcountry, KSSD Cedar City/St.George 102FM" 1808 unlD
who am I speaking to?" listened to tape over and over
KEYV 93.1 NV Las Vegas
Always sounded the same .
cw
z~
1813 KMMS 95.1 MT Bowman
1500 ~ 1~ 89 .5 IL Warsaw, legal w/WIUM
95 .7 ID Twin Falls
40 1815 KEZJ
heard on car radio in tows
963 MT Shelby, "KSEN-AM and
1818 KZIN
IUS~tE 1995 DX
K96 FM" in MONO
1820 ~BNI 983 AB Medicine Hat, MONO CBC
1620 much Florida to 94 .7
CHFA6 100 .5 A8 Medicice Hat, MONO-FF
1628 WGYL 93 .7 FL Vero Beach
(soon paralleled to others listed below)
1750 WBLX 92.9 AL Mobile
1822 CKUA 11 93 .7 AB Calgary
1754 WDJR 96.9 AL Fatetprise, "Hot Country
~Igg 973 AH Medicine Hat
96 .9" meat. Ozark, SE Ala's volume dealer
~J~, 993 AH Lethbridge
1800 WNCV 1003 FL Niceville, heard "Ft .
Parallel, re : North Country Fair ~' Lesser Slave Lake
Walton Beach - Destin" at tune in
1825 ~.Y 105.1 AB Calgary, "sponsored by K105
WKSM 99.5 FL Ft.Walton, partial legal
throughout the entire stampede",
ID, fading into WQCY-IL
1826 CHFA 11 1043 AB L.ethbtidge, // 100 .5
1~3 V~~J 106 .3 AL Brewton, "WKNU 106"
1829 ~,$~ 103.9 AB Calgary, 11 104 .3
heard after Braves BH stuff
1832 CFRV 107 .7 AB L,ethlxidge, "The River
1816 WILN 105 .9 FL Panama City, "Island 106"
107 FM, Sade . . ."
1819 Wjjj~ 93 .7 AL Geneva,The Rose 93 .7,ads
1835 CKUA6 101 .3 AB Red Deer, re: Alberta
1831 XHAAA 93 .1 TA Reynosa
brushfires, /l 99.3
1855 KSMB 94.5 LA Lafayette
1837 CBKS 105.5 SK Saskatoon, (may be relog)
6 TR/GW
Fad of classical piece, recognized the announcers
0058 WLGM 89.7 IL Springfield, legal ID,
fret hearing CBC on satellite (S)
"Springfield's new Christian music station" 80
1837 CSBC 91 .7 AB Lethbridge
0059 ~j,12 88.1 IL Decatw, legal ID with
~$
102.1 AB Calgary
95
WBGLWCRTIWNID, NOTE 2
1843 MUFonTV CHANNEL 11!
~ "Ster+_"" ~uced Regional Tr"
1846 MUF, CCI ONLY, on CHANNEL 12! (wow!-gc)
1359 j{~ 99 .7 MO SUames, legal tD with
t90 1:F~
SUames/Rolla, MONO talk.
2050 KNMI 88.9 NM Farmington
1404 j¢I, W 98.9 MO Si .Robert, "Classic
190 2052 MUF
96 .9 - fadod ti112058
Olaies 99, I~Lw"
20~ KGHR 91 .5 AZ Tuba City, legal ID
1647 WGRN 89.5 IL t3reenville, "you're
for KNAU 88 .7 Flagstaff
150
liseming to WGRN",FINALLY!
2110 KXAZt 93 .5 AZ
1713 KAMZ 93 .1 TX fl Paso
1716 104 .9 & 103 .5 Spanish
13l1~
0925 W~ 93 .5 FL Naptes, promo, AT LAST!
1720 KODJ 94.1 UT Salt Lake City
0937 WMMK 42.1 FL Destin
KZBQ 93 .7 ID Pocatello
0941 WHYI 100.7 FL 1=t.Lauderdale,&many others
1724 KTRZ 93 .1 WY Riverton
92
Cat
ID
Rupert,
"The
New
1727 )Q~~ 92 .5
1235 KKFR 92.3 AZ Glendale
Country" (new calls?), local meats
1238 KZGL 95.9 AZ Cottonwood
1729 KLZY 92 .5 WY Cody
1632 +yam' Z($ 107.7 GA Darien, calls
96.1 ID Idaho FaIIs,MUF 105.5
1732 KID
1637 WHJX 101 .5 GA Brunswick
99.1
ID
Idaho
Falls
1746 KUPI
1747 KATH 93 .7 MT Bowman
AUGUST 1995
~p~HgRN Fld DX
n1N1:. 1995 DX
1841
1842
1851
1958
2000
2003
Frank Merrill's Report - continued
27 Es coat .
20081 WUBI 95 .9 RI "rockin' buy the water with
CKUA6 101 .3 AB Red Deer,
The Fox" (Frank, I think this might be WEFX-CT
98.9 AH Red Deer, "Alberta's home
~
as I donY think WUBI is on yet. Hope you can
of tack and roll, Zed 99", local ads
track it down, and WEFX is a new log too!-gc)
WJHU 88.1 MD Baltimore, local call in show 2015 unID
88 .9 NJ
about Baltimore housing problems, etc .
2020 W
93 .3 PA Philadelphia, promo and
WNHU 88.7 CT New Haven
ad for KWY Newsradio 1060
WWYZ 92.5 CT Waterbury
2021 WYSP 94.1 PA Philadelphia, calls, promo
~ 993 RI Block Island, °For Q993
2024 ,~ 101 .1 PA Philadelphia, "Watch out
WBLQ, I'nr Channel 6 meterologist.. . ."
Philadelphia", °B101 .1" slogan
2026 WADBt 95.9 NJ Pt.Pleasant, b format
2037 V_ ~~
fI 104.1 PA Harrisburg, "Congrats to
Jennifer Long of Stcelton, from Witrk 104"
2039 WARM 103 .3 PA York, local ads
2041 WCHRt 94.5 NJ Trenton,'Open Line"
2053 WAY V 95.1 NJ Atlantic City, content menu
of Egg Harbor Pier, and 95. I W AY V
2055 WMID 99.3 NJ Pleasantville, req . line of
370-4993, Guns 8c Roses mx, calls
So far, trot all that great of a season, with no 400 miles or more FM tropo (not an unusual status this time
of year), and not even 10 hours of FM Es to June 30 already past the season's midpoint of June 21 (summer
solstice). Strangest has been the conspicuous absence of any real Texas opening. Of course, the June 7 Es,
with resulted in a positive 1D of CIPA-9 Prince Albert, SA singlehandedly assures that this session is not
a washout, no matter how scarce the Es is from now onward . (I11 say-nice catch!-gc) Interestingly, Jeff
Kadet recently installed a "Stereo Probe 9" at about 9 feet, and be tells me there is maybe SdB attenuation
between it and his higher antenna (about 50 feet, I think) . I also recently talked to Artdy Bolin in Charleston,
IL (an ex-member from the 70's), and he was surprised that I would notice very much difference between
8 and 45 feet . So, why is it that I notice a tremendous difference between the two? Most Es comes in at
nearly the same signal strength on both antennas, at most 3 to 5 db weaker on the lower one . But semi-locals
(which I have MANY of) are, I estimate, 25 to 30 dB weaker on the low antenna, so using it gives Es at least
a 20 dB advantage over the tall one. For instance, on Jtme 27, WMMR 933 completely dominated the short
antenna, and the tall one had a problem getting rid of WMXP Peoria. I can't understand why I`m having
such stellar results contrary to other DXers, but I certainly will NOT complain! I do notice, on occasion,
that long-haul Es sometimes will do better with the tall antenna, such as CIZZ-98 .9 on Jttne 27, but the
similar distances on June 7 were clearly much better (versus ILIIA/M0 statiars) on the short one.
NOTE 1 (May 2211218) : Anytime 1 have Es from Las Vegas, which was received on TV at this time, this
is one of the frequencies I pounce on. I still need California, and this, with 7 .4 kW is one of my "best bets"
to finally bag state number 48.
NOTE 2 (]acre 610059) : Formerly logged as a translator of WBGL 91 .7. What is club policy on such a
change in legal status for a station? I have 2 or 3 such examples on TV as well, which brings up the same
question .
RICH ARD CONTONE - 162-07 87th ST - JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11414
Equipment : Winegard
TV-5010 with
RGbB coat, Archer Amp .
rLLIIYE 19 1985 TR
1600 WMRW 98 .5 NY Weathampton, aimulcasting with WDRE-FM
70
WD RE
TIE CUTTw6 EDGE OF RDCI
39
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wUGUST 1995
WELCOME NEW IVFMDX
NEIL KAZAROSS - 25820 SUNSET LANE - BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS 60010
708-381-9868 - neilkaz~interaccess.com, Equipment RX Onkyo 74087 w/McVey fitter board . An12 horiz arrayed
FM13's phased thN Bolin phase box with a reconstructed FM13 (I wanna call that FM13fi) all at 25 ft (` indicates
logging was rrpstly due to phase box)
times CDTI list onty first city for multi-licence sms.
~ Y l Es coot
.AlL Y i 1995 E-skin
1413 XHLTN 94 .1 TM Neuvo Laredo SS mz and mostIySS
1120 WJIS 88.1 FL Braderdon "The Joy FM 88.1 and
ads, but one EE ad for Laredo clearly hrd .
91.5', life g
1420 XET94 .1 NL Malterrey atop XHLTN
1130 WMCU 89 .7 FL Miami, call ID
w/'Aqui en Monterrey, Neuvo Leon' ad
1145 'WWKA 92.3 FL Orlando bcal ads
1440 KNDE 102 .9 TX Alice (new call) SS 'K-Onda'
w/WYCA phased
sogans and legal ID at 1503
1146 'WMCO 92 .3 FL Hialeah SS "Mega Noventa y Dos'
1453 KVPU 91.3 TX Prairie View ID, s
ID/WYCA phased
1500 KJOJ 103.3TX Freeport ID as 'The new KJ-FM103'
1154 WCTO 92 .1 FL Ven~e'092FM' local ads o/unid FL
and also as'KJ103AM88' and
stn w/ad for going io resort at New Smyma Beach .
'Texas Christian Country'
Nobody cbse listed.
1505 XHAHU 103 .3NL Anahuac(tent) SS mx and tak, ad
1205 WLMS 88 .3 FL Lecanto dual ID WLMS/W??? after for something in Monterrey 103.3 FM meni ~ SS,
wx,nx (ID was with WBVM Tampa-gc)
tern 33 deg . C ., Neuvo Leon mentioru. Frar* Merrill
1210 WMNF 88 .5 FL Tampa ID r
was also chasing them and believes he has ID
1215 WBtX 92 .9 AL Mobile "93 BLX'
ment'La Cuidad de Anahuac' on tape .
1217 WPGG 93 .3 AL Evergreen
1530 KRIO 94 .1 TX Ftoresville SS slogan 'La Caliente' EE
"You're listening to the power pig° k
sogan "the new K-rio" atop others
1220 WGYL 93 .7 FL Vero Beach ID, wx
1543 XHITS 103 .7 NL Monterrey call ID ~&out of
had to k;ave for an hour but noted KACC 89 .7, KBNL 89 .9,
WEZW ORM
XHLDO 89.9 from truck back home and TX,Mez blasting in 1551 KBFM 104.1 TX Edhburg "B104' ID and local ads
huge .
1603 XHMF 104.5 NL Monterrey briefty strong w/'Esterio
1320 KACC 89 .7 TX Alien ID after bcal ads
Vila' slogan, Skip weakened considerably raw and
1335 XHLDO 88.9 TM Nuevo !credo R .Tamalipas ID,
MUF dropped dramatically
local ads
1615 KSBG 89.3 TX Humb~ ID, g
1338 KBNL 89 .9 TX Laredo SS g, local address
Skip now all but gone on FM but still in on TV even ch. 6
1341 KMBH 889 TX Harlingen ID hrd fading o/XHLDO
most of tkrle
1349 'XHAAA 93 .1 TM Reynosa ID,marry local ads
1825 KPAC 88 .3 TX San Antonio ID, strong as NUF rose
w/WXRT phased
br~fly, c.
1404 KJEF 92 .9 LA Jemirgs' Cajun country'
1410 XHNOE 91.3 TM Neuvo Laredo(tent) SS here
w/peso and dollar ads, ad sogan ID as °Dgital
Novenfa Ura y tres° a<ld more trequenty
°Estereo Sol" also a power mentioned sd/k 5000
220 fouls YwNll Awnw
wulwmwon, rA mot
watts. I am contused by several mentions of Matemoros
and also one which sd/k Montemorebs as well as an ad
mentioning "todo Nalvo Leon' which is certainty close to
Neuvo Laredo.Can anyone confirm wta uses Ulese slogans .
Well thaYs it far my first FM skip since moving here and getting good equipment, was happy to see that FM ES calld
tear up my more distant semi-local and fringe area ARM
73
KAZ
40
nks for sharing your report with us, Neil! Looking forward to hearing from you again!-gc)
tNOR71'IIERN ~ Dx
wtwusl' 199s
PAUL MOUNT - P.O. BOX 126 - MONMOUTH, NJ 07738
(908) 591-2522 Ot3-00, e-mail : pmtouM~ attmail .co m
Equipment : Onkyo T909011 unmodified ; CM-4408 (SP-9) at30' RG-6, CM 9510A Rotor, Archer 15-1122A
FM Amp, variable cap across amp inptrt for phasing effects ; GE Superadio3
~tu~F 19~ DX
DUNE 30 Tr
0126 WMRW 98 .5 NY Westhampton,
~I[
p U .N ., finally!
1910 WDGE 99 .7 RI Wakefield p
0130 WBLQ 99 .3 RI Bbdc Island, rp, NOTE 1
`99-7 The Edge"
0249 ~dl. 89 .1 DE Christians,
Seamed just an ordinary S RI opening so rolled tape
oorttemp Christian mx
on WLNG and went m watch the NBA Draft.
0802 WRTO 91 .3 NJ Ocean City, ID
w/Atlantic City,/NVRTI
1850 W PRO 92 .3 RI Providence r "92-Pro-FM
2259 WJMN 94 .5 MA Boston, s, ID
1917 WOTB 100.3 RI Middletown, j °Cool FM"
2300 CBHY
92 .1 NS Yarmouth thanks JF Tip
1929 W217AF 91 .3NY Hurttirtgton Stn, WSHU ID
90.3 RI Kingston, concert calendar
2313 CIEC
96 .5 NS Halfax nn °96.5 Sunny FM"
1931 WRIU
2316 WBCN 104 .1 MA Boston, Howard Stem
1947 WHUS 91 .7 CT Stows ID
2323 CBH
102 .7 NS Halfax, f, CBC $ ID
1947 WBRU 95.5 RI Providence, dub report
2330 0100 100 .1 NS Halifax, nn,
2015 WPXC 102.9 MA Hyanris, rp 72db$
"Life Rode Hits C-100"
2019 ~X R_ 98 .7 CT East Lyme "98 .7 Z-Rods"
2347 ~~ 97 .7 MA Brockton, k
2027 WSNE 93.3 MA Taunton local ads
Nyour courrtry 97-7 wcatl'
2030 WWHB 107 .1 NY Hampton Bays //102.7
2359 CFRO t 104.3 NS Halifax, rp
2049 WFCC 107 .5 MA Chatham c,
overrides WBLS on SR3
"the aH ni~tt ptartlf
2056 WUNX 93 .5 MA Harwichport,
dYhr-1Ii
Underground Network
0000 WMJX 106 .7 MA Boston end of
David Alien Boucher show
2100 WSHU 91 .1 CT Fairfield ID oIWFMU
0045 WERS 88 .9 MA Boston, ID, rorj
0048 1~ (~( IY 98 .9 MA Webster, o "98 .9 double X"
CBC Radio
0058 WBUR 90 .9 MA Boston, ID, NOTE 2
0100 WFCR 88 .5 MA Amherst, ID
Maritimes
°Five college radb" NOTE 3
Note 1 : DJ/Engirteer Steve Conti at WBLQ described the nigh before as "I couldn't get Providence from
Narragansett, all I coukd get was NYC ." Note 2 : WBUR mentioned their being on WSDH Sandwich, WKKL West
Bamstable, WCCT Harwich (which are 91 .5, 90 .7, 90 .3 respectively all on the cape) Note 3 : Had noted parallel
classical on 88 .5, 90 .5, and 91 .1 ; don't know ff the Amherst "5 college radb" ID referred to this l/ . Sounds like a
bt of Eastern America had Skip on Saturday 7/1 twt no cans/messages about R received here . 73
RICK SHAFTAN - 217 GREEN RD. -SPARTA NEW JERSEY 07871
(201) 586-3563, Beeper for DX : (201) 661-5662. EQUIPMENT : Realistic STA-2280 with 7/I 10 khz fillets (see
McVey article, Nov. 1990), Channel Master 20 element TV 45' AGL, phased with FM 13's vetticially stacked and
winegard AP-3800 Amp (32 .9 dB gain, 3 .2 dB noise figure), 30' AGL and the Bdin Phase Box (V HF antenna used
for phasing) . (IN CAR: I{enwood KRC~130 with two 110 kdtz fillets) . All times approximate .
MAY 211 . 1995 E°skln
1815 92.5 UNID ?? Calypso Mx . Jamaica??
.BIKE 10 Tr
2250 104.7 WWMD, Hagerstown MD, good to
know 1 can still get this thru WRNJ relay 2A rni
away in same direction .
2320 102.1 WOWO , DuBois PA, C/W. Q-102 ID
2355 101 .7 WNNN, Canton NJ, Not significant
catch, but this religious station was running
heavy metal .
0020 95.9
WOSC, Bethany Beach DE, "95.9 The
Coast" new tton-ID
1630 95.9 WYII , Williamsport MD
C/W.
"91 Degrees in Williamsport" Looked near
Williamsport PA and saw no 95.9. Then heard
mentions or Hagerstown. It was 78 here .
lone 11 Tr
2333 102 .9 W~C~ , Cumberland MD
C/W thru Phla. ID
-TUNE 12 Tr
0008 963 WUNS, l,ewisburg PA, "The Solid
Gospel Voice of the Sesquehanna Valley."
0153 97.9 WZMT, Hazleton PA
Now IDing as "97.9, The Mountain"
TUNE 13 TrS
2000 90.7 WCLH , Wilkes Barre PA, Thought it
was Fs. Calls wRD for Wilkes Barre-Scranton.
H~rn,eay H."d,°rtnR C"wpvl-. Iw
$ ~.»e ~.
Nprrpvn. NeryNeC7 ")
41
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Rick Shaftan's report - continued
.TUNE 14 Es
1835 92.5 UNID Country . ID as "KDAP"' with
dual ID sounded like "KCAT'
1850 44.9 KSFM, Coushatta LA Country, calls
1855 95.5 WOXD, Oxford MS, Beatles,"Oxford's
95.5, WOXD" thru local WPLJ .
1920 93 .5 K ~~ , Shreveport LA, Lo 63, Hi
88, 90 Fri . Country Mx. Only 94.5 with
that forcast is Shreveport and it matches exactly .
1925 94 .9 KSNN, Arlington TX
EZ Country, Sunny 95
1932 94 .1 KLTY, Fort Worth TX Local ad
1934 95 .9 ~, Sulphur Springs TX Ad Cor
Suiphw Springs Welding Shop at 1313 West
Industrial Dave
1436 97.1 KFPT - Fort Worth TX
Eagle . Thru NY
1938 97 .7 KALK, Wield TX K-Lake
1940 98.7 ~, Dallas TX, Lovin Spoonful
and ragging on Houston. Thru NY
1942 99 .5 KPLX, Fon Worth TX Ad for Graff
Chevy-Geo, Fast Main and 14th Streets,
Grand Prairie .
1944 100.9 UNID Ad for i-800-New life.
Then a Country station and a station
that IDed as "KH. ."
1955 101 .7 KXA$, Hope AR Wlad for "local"
Sister Powers, 1101 Hwy 59, Adanta TX .
903-796-2173 .
2020 98 .1 jQ$Q, Lawton OK Calls
2030 92.5 KPRV , Heavener OK, Ad for CCI
Electronics, One Block North of WalMart .
CCI is in Poteau OK, near Heavener.
204f1 92 .5 UNID Braves BB. Very strong for a
minute . Almost sounded like Ms .
.826-3637 for
2042 92 .5 UNID Fax 1-800
Celebration Tours Holy Land Visit .
~TNE 17 TrS
2139 100.5 ~$, Conklin NY, "T'he Southern
Tier's newest radio station, Classic Hits,
The Met."
nnv_F I8 >ra
1238 95 .9 CHAF14 , Sydney NS French
1245 90.3 ~)~, Marystown ~, CHC .
lyets Province ae5
.TUNE 19 Es
1512 923 ~, LaPlace LA
"L .arisiana's Rock"
1530 95 .9 WBBN, Taylorsville MS
B-95 Hottest New Country
1532 99.1 KXIiC, New Iberia L.A, Calls, ad for
J.P. Thibadeaux Automotive Superstore.
1540 93 .7 ???? Q-Lite 94 Radar Weather
1620 9Z .3 $~, Lavingston TX, New Kids
Country . Ad for Splashtown .
1634 92 .9 KKHQ, Pasadena TX 93-Q Country
42
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June 19 ES coot.
1640 92.1 WJNS, Yazoo City MSMississippi
Gospel
1645 92.5 7777 Ad for First National Bank of Port
Naycha. Calls sounded like KN . .
1650 93 .3 KLTL, Port Arthur TX, Spanish
w/local ad . Could this be my Spanish of last week?
1653 95.9 CBAF-14, Sydney NS, French
1654 963 ~LQZ, Marystown NF "OZ FIv1"
1655 99.1 ~KjX, St. Johns NF, "Kix Country"
1702 105.9 ~BAF-19, St. Johns NF 1/95.9
1705 94.9 ~L, Sydney NS, Canadian Nx
1710 94.7 ~HOZ, St. Johns NF Metal . // OZ
1733 96.9 KIOX, El Campo TX, C1W X-97 FM
Local ad
1635 95.7 KOWC , Webster City IA
1640 94.9 KMXK, Cdd Spring MN
Oldies 94.9 wlad for St. Cloud
1645 96.1 ??77, Ad for Newmark Lawn Care and
Glencoe Landscagng (There is a KARP in
Glenoce, Minnesota, that I believe it still on
96.1, not 96.3-gc)
1655 98.1 KVET . Austin TX
Calls
1700 96.9 KDLO, Watertown SD, Ad for Doug's
Anchor Marine
1710 96.5 ISj~K, Fergus Falls MN
Oakland vs Twins
1720 97.7 WAGE, Rice Lake WI Ad for
Marketplace Foods, which checks
out in computer database to Rice Lake.
TUNE 22 Tr
2130 92 .9 WLTI, Pittsburgh PA
"Pillow Talk on WLTJ"
2200 96.7 ~Nh Halfway MD "96.7 QCM"
.IUIdE Z3 Tr
0633 102 .5 WKDY, Rome NY, Kiss 102
0644 100 .3 ~j~, Delhi NY
"Your favorites right here on WDHI"
0702 94.7 WIYN, Deposit NY Calls
2330 94.5 WJMN, Bost~ MA "Jamntin 94 .5"
2334 99.7 WUAE. Wakefield MA, `°fhe Edge"
2345 100 .1 ?7?? "Sea 100 FM" {Sounds like you
may have had CI00 Halifax, "C 100" on trop!-gc)
2355 1013 WJKE, Stiilwater NYNow "The Jockey"
TUNE 24 Tr
0000 100.5 WMTT, Conklin NY, IDing as
"Kirkwood and Conklin ~ 100.5, 44.7 in Waverly
and in Painted Post, we're on 95 .3"
0040 93 .9 WKXZ, Norwich NY Kiz 94
0050 98.9 WOKO, Burlington VT Calls
0055 99.5 WRVS, Schenededy NY
Capital City Wz from the River
0127 99.9 7777
Suve Winwood thru Easton
PA which I think was Plattsburgh .
0130 98.9 WXXW, Webster MA "Double X"
0202 96.9 WBCS, Boston MA Calls
0205 96.3 WR2J;, Nantucket MA The Rose
NpRIHgRN F1d DX
Rick Shaftan's report - continued
~1JCsUST 1995
.
. . .,_. 24 Troop
r-0212 102.7 ~p.,jH, Naragansett Bay RI
Hright 102.7 WPJB
0216 102.7 ??7? Grateful Dead thru WNEW which
could be VT.
0230 91 .9 WGTS, Takoata F'k MD, Note that this
one was running reigion at this time. W220AV,
1-awrenceville NJ also in.
2225 93.1 f1'NLQ , Syracuse NY Disco, 93-Q
2236 94.5 WYYY, Syracuse NY Y-94
2305 105.1 WVOA , DeRuyter NY Spanish
Religion "Radio Revducion" Calls at 0000 .
JUNE 1S Tr
0024 101 .1 WBUG , Fort Plain NY CIW .
Ad for something in Herltimer Co .
0108 433 WCAN , Canajahorie NY, /191 .7
2200 90.1 ~j}, Kane PA, Flood Warning for
Jefferson, Warren, Blair and other local counties .
2332 1013 W$1l~1, Rochester NY
Ad for
concert by Rochester Philharmonic Orch.
.TUNE 26 Tr
OOOB 105 .9 .}~Y,~, Rochester NY "105.9 WJZJ2
The North Coast" and AP nx .
0026 96.9 ~, Ridgebury PA
Christian
Coatemp . and ad for mncert in
Chemung Co. (NY)
That's the latest from what the radio madceting people call "Radio Froe Sparta," where the New York
stations blank out. (You can't make a cellular cart at my house). Hope someone can figure out my 92.5
Reggae from last report. Thanks to phasing, I was able to use the moderate trop conditions to pull a number
of stations within a few hundred miles thru the NY and F.aston locals. Total now 1112.
(416) 364-0725, e-mail : cherrtos~web .apc .orfl
Jtaw 6 Es [Toronto . It1UF 95.71
1930 WXDJ 95 .7 FL Homestead SS
Jrm 14 Es tTororrto. Irt1F 105.9)
1933 W 89 .9
AdverRttres in Good Music,
Wlnn Dixie promo Central time-check, male
announcer
Jazz, Qtut played Art
1934 W 90.7
Pepper, The Spirit is Here, woman anna
1936 KLRZ 100 .3 LA Larose
The Z-100 Pirate Posse
1939 WEDR 99 .1 FL Miami
rap
1959 WAIA 93 .3 FL Callahan
2014 WSSP 94.3 SC Goose Creek Charleston's
Golden Memories Station
.huts 18 Es! LNawood . east of Patartwrorwh)
1920 unlDs 91 .9 NPR-like program, 92.1 c, 92 .3 g
,ltab 78 Tr tBurttt River)
2030 ~"F_ 106 .7 NY Copenhagen Z-Rock
Jung 19 Tr iBumt Riveff
0433 ~'}S"j2 94 .9 MI Hillman ID w/ WKJC 104.7 k
0451 ~Z 98 .3 MI Sault Ste Marie j
/I,WCMU 91 .7
0902 WHST 107.3 MI East Tawas Bay 108
0920 b(G.C~LV 107.5 MI Traverse City Oldies 107-5
0923 CHAS 100 .5 ON Sault Ste Marie Mix 100
0928 WCLS 100 .7 MI Oscoda Superstation WCLS
0931 WLJN 89,9 MI Traverse City
0944 WUPS 98 .5 MI Houghton Lake
0956 ~ 93 .9 MI Mio
1010 CHEY 94.7 PO Trots Rivieres FF
1060 CKOI 96 .9 PO Verdun FF pr
.~ 19 Es lSumt Rhter9
1509 _WE82 99 .3 FL Mexico Beach The Breeze
1604 WWNO 89 9 FLASNew oriearts ID
wl KLNO Thilwdeau
1628 WUSF 89 .7 FL Tampa
1929 WHY- 89 .9 T . . . . . ?
Jtuta 19 Es aontlnwd
1933 ~j,tI 90 .1 FL Crestview
1641 WDJR 96.9 AL Enterprise
1641 WBAM 98.9 AL Montgomery
1643 KDGE 94.5 TX Gainesville
16451$
88.1 TX Denta~ j
1646 WPAP 92.5 FL Panama City k
1721 KDEA 93 .7 LA New Iberia
1619 KFXI 92.1 OK Marlow
1623 KSPO 93.9 MO West Plains 0-94, r
1625 ~.~ 92 .1 AR Fayetteville Kefl-92
1639 KNEN 94 .7 NE Norfolk
1640 WOCK 92 .7 LA Clinton
1900 KHCT 90.9 KS Great Bend
1918 KJCK 94.5 KS Jtmction City Power 94 .5
1919
94.7
682-SURF Cocacda line,
Brownshce, Sidraville
1926
99.3 99.3 The Bee oldies
1926 ~~ 98.5 KS Salina
1933
92 .1 North Star elem sdmd, Keamey,
Larson, near IA ?
1933 ~(dZ8 92 .1 KS Serteca
1935 K 92 .9 Russwood, Lincoln Dodge
KTCaL BeatricelLinc? ?
1954 KEZO 92 .3 NE Omaha
1923 KKOT 93 .5 ~ Cokxntxrs Cayote Country k
1929 1SBQL 95 .7 ~ Grand Island
1930 KNEN 94 .7 NE Norfolk r
1931 KKPR 98 .9 NE Kearney Power 99 ro
1941 KAYL 101 .5 IA Storm Lake
1947 KE?5~ 100 .3 SD Rapid City
Classic Rode 100 .3 The Fox
1951 KtSN1fS 93 .9 SD Rapid City
2000 ~~ 91 .7 NE North Platte
2000 ~ 90.7 NE Omaha
2003 t<EZH 101 .5 NE Hastings
43
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Saul Chernos' report - continued.
June 23 Tr fNE Toronto)
0308 WBTF 101 .7 The all new BT country k
0317 WGFM 105.1 MI Cheboygan r
0340 CKTF 104.1 PO Gatineau
0400 WBCM 93 .5 MI Boyne City TCM, k
(/IWTCM 103.5)
0402 CKLP 103.3 ON Parry Sound
0407 ~ 98 .9 MI Petoskey, KLT (IIWKLT)
0410 WHSB 107.7 MI Alpena
JuN 1 Es (Coldwater-Orillia)
1150 KDOK 92 .1 TX Tyler
1239 KUEZ 99 .3 TX Lufkin
1240 WYNK 101 .5 LA Baton Rouge
1241 WKNN 99 .1 MS Pascagoula
99 .1-K-99-FM k
1243 KXKC 99 .1 LA New Iberia Hot Country
1246 KROF 105 .1 LA Abbeville
1247 WCKW 92 .3 LA Laplace
1255 unlD 94 .7 Arrow 94 (Jackson?)
1255 W1YX 94 .7 MS Jackson
1256 WLMG 101 .9 LA New Orleans Magic
1302 KLTR 93 .7 TX Houston
1331 WRKF 89 .3 LA Baton Rouge
(very weak trace)
AUGUST 1995
July 1 Tr fOrtllia)
1318 CHIP 101 .7 P PO Fort Coulonge
EE Bluegrass music
1323 WPAC 92 .7 NY C'gdensburg Pack-93
Not a great season, but not the total wipe-out
it appeared 1995 was headed for earlier in the
Es season . Spring and early summer have not
produced any real Tr ducting beyond eastcentral MI . 73s, Saul
KR©F
FM 105 .1 "ULDIES" AM 960
TIM MCVEY -124 TIMBER LANE - HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 17331
front
Equipment: Trusty old Pioneer TX-7500 with
end-1F roods, Stereo Probe 9 on a rotor hanging
bat-like in the attic; Only new entries are listed; EDT
tune 27 Fa mnt .
~ lvne . ES
2135 92 .3 KEZO NE Omaha, pr, Z-92
780
'855 88 .5 WQOX TN Memphis, rm, X-88,ID
2137 104 .5 KESY NE Omaha, rob
20?IO 92.3 WCMQ FL Miami, SS pop, FM-92
2138 105 .9 KKCD NE Omaha, 70's oldies
and full ID
1010
2140 92 .9 KTGL NE Lincoln, r,
2055 95 .7 KKJN
AR Little Rock, k, calls
92 .9 The Eagle
1020
heard, local ads
920
2145 97.1 unID with BB game: KC Royals &
"~% :;ak opening: KETSZ and K?.RK~I in clear all
Cleveland Indians
evening, but FM struggled
2]55 93 .7 KADF KS Norton //same game
2J_inne . ES
as on 97 .1 ; ad for KS lottery
1250
1950 92.9 KYYY ND Bismarck, r, Y-93
2202 93 .7 KYEZ KS Sauna, k, KY-94 (1090)
1958 100 .5 KIKN SD Salem (Sioux Falls), wx 1050
strong signals characterized by high, steady, long
2u00101 .5 KSSS
ND Bismarck-Mandan,
g and ID
1250 plateaus and very short fades about every 2 min. indicates very little multipath
2002 %.5 KBYZ ND Bismarck, a, %.5 the
281tne. EGW Lsta ant jphAressure)
Fox unsure about ells
2120 95.1 WAYV NJ Atlantic City, mr
2003 97.1 KYYX ND Minot, k, 97-X-FM
135
the new Mix 95
and full ID heard
1300
2125 95.1 WZZO PA Bethlehem,
2006 %.5 KJJK
MN Fergus Falls,k,
95-ZZO classic rock
102
news, wx local ads
1060
above received over local WIKZ, had to do some
2018 93 .7 KWYR SD Winner, mr, Magic 93 .7
phasing to get them
2020 93 .3 KSJz.
ND
Jamestown, Jamestown
Eagles BB game
1160 2130 99.7 unID alternative the edge (Wow, l
think this is the new WDGE Wakefield, RI!-gc)
signal strengths strung, short fades, MUF
2157 99.3 WMID NJ Pleasantville-AC, a, Classic
plummeted after 2025
125
?¢ 1 +n , .S
Rock Plus
2003 90.7 WFUV NY New York Fordham U .,
0950 92.9 WIKX FL Punts Gorda, k,
pr, the V
165
960
Kicks and local ads
2015 95.9 WADB Nj Point Pleasant,
27 T~,nn~
.9,
b, calls heard also added 94 .7, % .3, 97
. ..watched KIMT-3 Mason City lA from 2030 waiting
98.7 from NYC to my logbook.
for MUF W rise
2120 93.3 KIOA IA Des Moines, o,
Oldies 93 KIOA
2132 94 .1 WOW NE Omaha, k,
~~ wow wx, ads
"~cs ~-a!f~ tisv . _.-
870
NORT :iE~.': FM
DX
JIILT 1225
RALPH STROBEL - 106 E . DAVIDSOiJ ST BEE'-" - MUi:CIn, INDIANA 4'7303
FM Tuner with two CM
tereo Probe 9 anter:nas and rotors
Equipment : McIntosh MR-7
at 38 and 36 feet above ground separated at 23 feet, with use of Bolin phase box .
" Denotes use of phase box "
Januar
tr
1
1 95
2000 wzwz
92 " 5 IN
ex-92 " 7
88 .1 GA
2130 WJSP
Previous MS
2141 WAPR
99 " 1 AL
17 tr
0000'WFGZ
94 .5 TN
"Froggy-94 .5"
(o/WMXL
94 .5 KY
0457 WMYX 103 .1 TN
0517 WBKJ 105 .1 MS
0630 VMAW 88 " 1 MS
0710~hIJDQ 101 .3 MS
(offWFMG 101 .3 IN
1059 _WLC
99 " 9 ~
Kokomo, x'$,
"z-93"
Warm SpringsColumbus, c$
Huntsville, r$
45
505
382
Lobelville329
Dickson, k$
Lezington)
151
Jackson, o$
367
Kosciusko, k$
550
Meridian, nx8
570
Meridian, r$, wx 570
Richmond)
35
Mannsville195
Campbellsville, k$
Cookeville, g$
278
Cincinnati)
88
London, g$
222
Bloomington-Indy)
New Washington,
115
Jamz," grS
1200" WWOG 90 .9 TN
(o VGUC
90 " 9 OH
1238'WYGE 92 " 3 KY
TS
92 .3 IN
(o
2000 WJYL
88 .3 IN
"The JoT FM
February _1995
22 MS
??unID 101 .1 ?? 7
??
WWDCt101 .1 DC Washington
Harch _1995
7 MS
OB00KEfR 88 .9 TX Commerce
13 &"_'
2000 WCRD
91 .3 IN N.uncie, p$
(see comments)
1995
1 _tr
0001 WYYS 106 .1 IL Streator, k$,
(/ wsTQ
"Y-106"
97 " 7)
4 MS
??KMPR
88 .9 ND N.inot
?? KMPR
88 .9 ND Minot
6 MS
?? KETR
88 .9 TX Commerce
21 Es
1752li@isJ
91 .9 ME Harpswell, gf ,
"Joy-91 .9"
PSA
1800 VMEH 90 .9 ME Bangor, ax$
22 Es
100+rKGNZ
88 .1 TX Abilene, g$
1019 KACD
89 .7 T7C Abilene, c$
1114 KENW
89 .5 RM Portales, b$
???
455
754
6
192
965
965
754
829
904
961
961
1072
24 HS (May
??KNTU
28 tr
0531_WKZc
June 1995
_Es
1549 WARD
ez-WCVU
1558 WMMO
1600 WDNA
1602 wJST
cont'd)
88 .1 Tx Denton
809
94 .9 MI Scottville, k$
264
94 " 5 FI . Naples-Fort Myers,993
o$, "Arrow-94 .5"
837
98 .9 FL Orlando, r$
88 " 9 FL Miami, ID$
1040
92 .7 FL Green Cove
734
Springs-.Tax, IDS
1604 VLVE 93 .9 FL Miami Beach, rj8 1040
1040
1605 WMCU 89 .7 FL Miami, gE
1614 wow 95 .5 FL Fort Pierce, ads
926
926
1619 WJFP 91 .1 FL Fort Pierce, ID
1624 VzTA
1040
94 .9 FL Miami, rp$
1627 VSCF
91 .9 FL Vero Beach, g8
913
1629 WINx
96 .9 FL Fort Myers, adsS
959
1633 VKLG 102 .1 FL Rock Harbor, k$
1136
"
Vest,
1645 VKRi
93 .5 FL Rey
j$,
1100
Previous MS
(o/VVWO
18
93 .5 IN Hartford City)
8j7
1700 WocF
89 .9 FL Orlando, blues S
731
1751 xzr,a 95 .9 LA Alexa^:dria, ads"
1804 xJEF
802
92 .9 LA Jennings, k$
1823 xSIG 102 .1 LA Basile, 08,
784
"Memories-102,"
S . LA wx
921
1829 KPW
91 .3 TX Prairie View, sS
1853 x~L
91 .7 NL Monterrey, "91-X"1325
1900 xz ;:s 90 " 9 Tx SAT, g$
loSC
1028
1901 KURT
90 .7 Tx Victoria, j$
978
1915 xLaJ
93 .7 TX Austin, rS
xxaw
93
TX
Houston,
op$
1916
.7
915
1917 KOYE 94 .9 TX Laredo, k3
1193
94 .1 TX Floresville,
1054
1926 KRIO
tejano$
88 .5 TX Mescuite, r5
80'7
1929 xEoM
1C50
1938 KAJA
97 .3 TX SAT, kS
978
1940 xuT
90 " 5 TX Austin, j5
1098
KBK
91 .7 TX Corpus
1947 nJ
ex-91 .9
Christi, g$
7 Es
1249
1~5oxuwz
90 .5 WY Rock Springs,
WF Public Radio, nzS
1309
1705 CHSN 102 .1 SK Saskatoon, oS,
"Sun 102-FM"
1714 CFMC
95 .1 sx Saskatoon, rS,
1309
"C-95"
1309
(1721 CF~C
92 .9 SK Saskatoon, k$,
"Hot 93-~"
Meteor Scatter Results :
2 22 unID
VWDC
KETR
KETR
$/ 4 KMPR
" . . .Thunder Country US " . ."
" . .DC news . . "
" . . .one and only, the mint,
Commerce, Texas . . ."
" . . .on KPRJ . . ."
KMPR " . . .39 . Dickinson is 36 and
mostly cloudy . . ."
RETR " . . .beginning of next month .
In Greenville, I'm Brad Kelly for K)iTR . ."
5/24 KNTU " . . .This is KNTII Dentoa . . ."
On March 13, WCRD at Ball U began broadcasting on 91 " 3 . I will not count this as
a new station, as they are sharing studios and transmitter with WWHI Southside
WWHI
High School here in Muncie . WCRD would s/on at 1500 and s/off about 0400 .
operates M-F from 0830-1500 .
WCRD's ID was "WCRD 91 .3 at WWHI Muncie ." Fortunately, neither station is on the air during these summer months . 73~ ~,4-(,pCi-
45
NOR'I1iERN Fbl DX
"UGUST1995
WELCOME NEW
NFMDX REPORTER!!
MIKE LAZARO - EO . BOX 672 -
JUNE 6. 1995 E-skiv
received on caa stereo from 1715-1915
Safety Harbor, FL
WYUU 92 .5
WZZR
92 .7
Stuart, FL
WMFQ 92 .9
Ocala
WFLZ
93 .3
Tampa
WOGK 93 .7
Ocala
WMTM 93 .9
Moultrie, GA
WSOS
94 .1
St .Augustine, FL
WNFB 94 .3
Lake City, FL
WTNT
94 .9 Tallahassee
WWRM 94 .9 Tampa
Prattville, AL
WXFX
95 .1
Jacksonville
WAPE
95 .1
Winter Haven
WPCV
97 .5
WRMF 97 .9
Palm Beach
Ft .Pierce
WKGR 98.7
WXXL 106.7 Leesburg, FL
WCOF
107.3 St.Petersburg
JUNE 8
WQIK
WKIS
WSUY
WJRR
WHPT
WQOL
WRUF
WTKS
WBBQ
WEAT
WFLM
WRBQ
WOMX
WOCL
Es. confanued
99 .1
Jacksonville
99 .9
Boca Raton
100.5 Charleston, SC
101.1 Cocoa Beach, FL
102.5 Sarasota
103.7 Vero Beach
103.7 Gainesville
104.1 Cocoa Beach
104 .3 Augusta
104.3 West Palm Beach
104.7 White City, FL
104.7 Tampa
105.1 Orlando
105.9 Deland, FL
(Thanks for reporting, Mike . We hope to hear
from you often?-gc)
GREG CONIGLIO - 5100 GLENWOOD DRIVE - WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK 14221
Equipment : Pioneer TX-9100 tuner modified with 150khz and 180 Id1z filters, CM Stereo Probe 9 FM antenna 20' A6L, CAC11 & RG6 coax . Phasing : Jerrold 10 element TV antenna at - 25' AGL, rotatable, into "two
capacitors in a phase box", and switchable rabbit ears both into a 0-t0-20 db Radio Shack amp .
JUNE 1995 DX
d1INE 25 TR: I-85 behvese BAN60R AND WATERVILLE.ME
96 .5 NS Halifax, Sun-FM, a/c
0900 CIEC
1850 WPGG
93 .3 AL Evergreen, Power Piq,k$ 915
CBHA
90 .5 NS Halifax, CBC English
836
1851 WLWI
92.3 AL Montgomery,cells, k$
CI00
100 .1 NS Halifax C-100, a/c
1913 WBBN
95.9 MS Taylorsville, 895, with
0915 CBAF1 102 .3 NB Frederickton, CBC FF
Pine Beh mentions, and weather
980
CBA
95 .5 NB Moncton
91 .7 MS Lorman
1023
92 .1 NS Yarmouth
1920 WPRL
CBHY
1224 0930 CBH
1937 KLUV
98.7 TX Dallas, o$
102 .7 NS Halifax, c$
1224 JUNE 25 iust N. of LEWISTON. MAINE area
1942 KLTY
94 .1 TX Ft.Worth, oICBL-FM
1949 KHHT
93.3 TX Killeen, 70s ol$,Hits 93-31296 1045 CKOI
96 .9 PO Verdun
92.1 TX Tyler, legal ID jingle
1169
CJMF
93 .3 PO Quebec City
2006 K K
1037
2013 WPCV
97.5 R Wirrter Haven, k$,ads
CBV
95 .3 PO Quebec City
2017 WKDS
94.7 FL Gifford, Kiss FM
1066
CKRL
89 .1 PO Quebec City
2018 W WZ 93 .3 SC Summersville, Z93
Sherbrooke, PO on 101 .1 and 102 .7
Jams w/ads for Charleston & Low Courrtry
693 _el1Y 1P~ lflAGK TO NDMf QTNI
2050 KICR
98.7 U Oakdale, k$, Kicker 98.7 1136
972
ZZ TR: DANVERS. MASSACHUSETTS tN.METRO BDS7DNl 1210 WJMI
99 .7 MS Jacson, remote
984
2000 WKGG 101 .3 ME Augusta, k$
1215 WXBM 102 .7 R Milton, k$, calls
2000 WOCB 106 .5 ME Brewer, oIWMJX slop
1219 KCKR
95 .5 TX Waco, k$, Kicker
1299
1220 KHMX
96 .5 TX Houston, Mix 96 .5, BOs 1311
24 TR: ORDND. MAINE
104 .9 77 Gospel? 'The Breeze'
0000 WKPE 104 .7 MA Orleans, oAocal WWFX!
1225 unlD
1317
0015 WRZE
96 .3 MA Nantucket, local signal!
1226 KTTX
106 .1 TX Brenham, K-Tex 106
24 TRS: MT. CADlLLAC lACADIA N. Pl. MAINE
1230 {KTBZ) 107 .5 TX Lake Jackson, modern
1315
1200-1230, most of Maine with local signals, and Boston in
rock$, 'The Buzz', ex: KZFX
nearly perfect. Farthest reception to the south was Providence, 1231 KROF
105 .1 U Abbeville, ads
1161
R.I . area on 94 .1 and 98 .1 . To the north, New Brunswidk on 1231 {KKIK) 104 .3 TX Temple,k$,ex : KPLE
1327
105 .3 and 102.3. Yarmouth, NS local on 92 .1, 104 .1, and 1232 unlD
98 .3 7? Smooth 98.3 slogan
1232
107 .3 . Halifax,NS heard driving down the mountain, with 1233 KAYD
97 .5 TX Beaumont, KD97, k$
~gger Maine stations blocked out .
~1pR'11iBRN Fld DX
Greg Coniglio's report - continued.
a
erI,Y ~. ~~ ~ ceeNaeeA
94.7 27 'Arrow 94', Jacson?
1237 unlD
93 .1 U Ak3xandria4'093FM'
1076
1244 KOID
1250 KRRV 100.3 U Alexaruiria, 'fiiver Country
1119
100' + calls, kxal promos
1253 IKPTYI 94 .7 TX Luling, 'Party 94 .T with
1383
DJ chatter, ex : KATG, KAPT, KFGI
93 .5 TX Crodkett, '93-5FM', call 1233
1256 KBHT
97 .5 TX Waco, legal ID, top 40 1297
1257 KWTX
99.3 TX Luftkin, legal ID, o$
1188
1256 KUEZ
101 .9 TX Franklin, Ztodc, legal
1258 Jg,jR_
ID with Bryan and College Station
1300
1305 KNOE 101 .9 U Monrce, 'Ri11102' top 40 1041
1320 KOXT
101 .9 TX San Arrtonic,K0102
1439
2040
2043
2045
2046
2050
2052
2055
2059
2100
2105
2124
2133
2136
93 .9 IA Sioux Center, soft AC,pll 883
C H
92 .1 IA Cherokee, Royals BB, kxal
854
ad for Johnson Machine shop
92 .3 IA Oelewin, calls in jingle,k$ 671
~
899
97 .9 IA Sioux Ciy, Z98, rp$
~
KWAV
99 .3 IA Wavery, kxxl ads
964
KNEN
94 .7 NE Naiolk rails, ads, r$
964
KKYA
93 .1 SD Yankton, KK93,k$,calls
945
KMNE
90 .3 NE BasseK, NE-PR oICJBC 1053
964
KPNQ
90 .9 NE Norfolk, gr$, bgal ID
KDOM
94 .3 MN Windom, Twins BB, ads 827
98 .7 SD Rapid City, Cat Country
~
98.7, many local ads
1232
K261 CF 100 .1 SD Pierre, strong at times w!
1087
CKFM slop, '93.7 KWYR' heard, nice!
IKFXS) 100.3 SD Rapid City, The Fox
1226
local promos, ex KGGG
LGlY
1800 WEDG 103 .3 NY Buffalo, 103 .3 The Edge,
modern rode, ex: WYSL, WPHD, WUFX . I have
3'Edge' locals! (94.9, 102 .1, 103 .3)
1139
1148
1150
1152
1725
1730
1741
1744
1745
10
"UGUST1993
183~Lfi 1~
98 .3 CO Wray, Cat Country 98.3
strong, FM Logging ~F2000.
1226
1837 KALC
105 .9 CO Denier, 'Alice at 106'
1387
1841 KOGA
1165
99 .7 NE Ogalalla, ads
1842 KRKS
94 .7 CO Boulder, relig. talk
1386
1843 KORS
92 .5 MN Minneapolis, o/CISS
with rp$, 'K092', what? s this 0.5 hop, hi.
740
1846 {~
92 .1 CO Castle: Rock, '92X',
hard rods, new calls I think
1375
1851 {gj?K
96 .5 CO Evergreen, modem rock
1370
'96 .5 The Peak', well wer WCQA
104 .3 CO LongmoM, KS-104
1372
1853 KOKS
1835 ~?!
106 .7 CO Denier, rp$, calls
1387
1857 ~
99 .5 CO Denier, d6 oIWOCX!
1376
1901 {KIMN) 100 .3 CO Denier, 70's oldies ($)
7Gm 100', ID w/Boukler, ex: KMJI
1380
1905 IKJLT}
94 .9 NE N .PIatte,gS,ex KSRZ
1135
1387
1904 KHIH
95 .7 CO Denver, IS, K-High
1911 Kf;EX 103 .5 CO Denier, 103 .5 The Fox 1380
1913 KNNG 104 .7 CO Shrlinq, bpi news
1259
1922 unlD
102.7 ?7 Greatest hits of the 70's
1923 ~P
103 .5 NE N .Platte, KX104, kS
1132
1930 KLRZ
100.3 U Larase, Pirate Radio 2100
another weak cloud must have been in there 1131
107 .5 U Houma, call, k$
1147
1931 KCIL
1931 ~M!
104.5 NE Cozad, k$ . 104 1/2 as
a skrgan, in strong over CHUM-FM
1104
1931 K VPN 107.9 NE W .Poirrt, NE NEB wx
919
107.7 NE Grand Island,a/c oJWNUC1032
1936 ~
1936 ~
106.7 NE Norfolk Great Hits 106 968
1332
1943 KMUS 101 .9 WY Bums, K-Moose, ads
1948 KTMX 104.9 NE York, Mix 105
979
1951 ~
100.7 CO Pueblo, q talk o/CHIN
1398
1952 {KZDG) 92.5 CO Greeley, traffic, k$
1383
Z 92 .5', over CISS, ex : KYOU, KDHT
1228
1953 KKMK
93 .9 SD Rapid City, Magic wx
1024
1956 KEZH
101 .5 NE Hastings, KZ Courrtry
1957 KURD
99 .1 CO Winsdor, Colo's K99
1348
2001 ~
92.9 CO Colorado Springs,
1390
a$, Oldies 92.9 + legal ID, oIWSJZI
1239
2039 KRCS
93 .1 SD Sturgia, ells
2040 KTCL
93 .3 CO Ft.Collins, The Adventure 1369
97.3 NE Aurora, Id ads ph/CJEZ 1004
893
K(~!NN 101 .9 NE Lincoln, kxxl ads
1062
C{ RNY 102.3 NE Kearney, ads,sat. k$,
KLNE
93.1 NE Lexington,a/cS,many ads 1083
KIBNt
90.7 KS Wichita, SS$
1040
K,~P~,
98.7 KS Clearwater, The Pig, k$ 1050
{KOLSI 95.5 KS Dodge City, a/c,ex:KDCK 1194 12 TR
1039 0830 Good FM trop to Central NY, Ottawa
KRBB
97 .9 KS Wichita, 898-FM, ale
K V
90 .7 KS Salina, g,'Chris4ian Voice
1029
of Salina' heard before on 104 .9
1752 KGLS
93 .1 KS Pratt ads, LS Radio
1085
1754
102 .7 KS Liberal, kxxl ads,
1246
local wx (temp of 107 degrees!!)
1808 KGLS
100 .3 KS Colby, strong, LS Radio 1174
Well, the season started out very poorly here, but the past few weeks have salvaged the season . Nice to hear some
traps in Maine, but would have been neat to hear a skip opening up in Northern Maine, where the dial was empty!
Skip has been fairly active since around the 1st of July, with some TV-only openings mixed in with the ones listed
above . Oddly, a great majority of the skip noted this year has been to the midwest : Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota,
including rarer states such as Iowa, and Colorado . July 11th has probably been the best opening, in terms of stability,
MUF, and strong signal strengths . There has not been very much tropo to speak of . Locally, WGRF 96.9 Buffalo,
'97 Rock' moved from the hills to the South of Buffalo to a site on the north side of the city, only about 10 miles
from here . The signal causes more trouble now . In addition, 4-mile distant WBFO 88 .7 Buffalo has finally made
good on their CPfor 50 kW, giving me more images, Tuning channel 6 even worse, and even ch 7 -10 (yes, including
local WKBW-7) when I point at their tower!
47
Georpe W. Jensen
4604 Anntana Avenue
Baltimore MD 21206-4220
EDITED FOR THE 'VHFNHF DIGEST' BY TOM BRYANT,
849 TODD PREIS DR ., NASHY~LE, TErHVESSEE, 87221
WTFDAar Mike Collina sent this interesting chronicle
about the somewhat chaotic startup of WTTG-tw (5) in
Washington, D . C .
The feature originally appeared in
the May 14 (1995) llashington Post .
WTTG MARKS 50 YEARS
By Patrlcta Brannan
ww,m¢w ra, swr wm .r
and CBS's local station debuted in 1949.
But in the late 1940s, few people in the
R'ashington area owned TV sets~nly
40, by a pin-count that a WffG general
manager kept on awall map.
WCfG wasto be one of several of
stations in the DuMont Network. But
AB. DuMont had sold shares of his
company to Paramount Pictures, whose
heavy-handed business practiceswere in
question by the FCC. In addition,
Paramountprotected its main product,
movies, by forcing cuts in DuMont's
programmingbudget and by holding
licenses forfuture stations in other cities,
which prevented DuMont from
expanding . DuMont was forced to sell its
only money-maker, the Pittsburgh station .
In 1958, DuMont became McVOpolitan
Broadcasting. In January 1959, John
Kluge bought Paramount's holdings in
McVOpolitan and in 1961 changed the
name to Metromedia Inc. Goldsmith
remained on ilte bowd of directors .
In 1986, Fox Television bought the
station as part of itsown network and in
July 1993 expanded to seven nights of
prime-tithe programming . Today, WTTG
has 193 full-time employees and occupies
a six-floor office building in Northwest,
uses robotic cameras and produces 24
hours of news each week, including three
hours weekdays on "Fox Morning
News"; a nationally" syndicated children's
program ("Not Just News") ; and a
national Fox program ("America's Most
Wanted") and several local sports shows.
Goldsmith and DuMont Iabs engineer
William Sayre, who set up Washington's
first station in 1945, married two young
women-both physics graduates from
Wilson College-who came to work for
W3XR'f. They still play golf together.
Theirstation's done all right too.
ilEW5
It has been a long time betxeen columns ror many reasons .
What may need to be presented this time is a sort of review
of the satellite arc from west to east as useable from this
location .
All of these birds have beams directed to at least
part of the United States .
139
137
135
133
131
125
125
123
123
Born
In a
Hotel
Room
tfty years ago this month, just before
the end of World WarII, Thomas
ToliverGoldsmithJr . and three coworkers drove from New Jersey to the
District and lugged two Vansmitters and
other equipment to aroom on the 12th
floor of the Harrington Hotel.
station on the air, he went across the
sVeetto geta license from the Federal
They connected the Vansmitters to
Communications Commission . Told he
heary, but unused, elevator wires, and
had
to write aletter explaining howsuch
found theAC circuits in the basement of
the hotel . foils! Under a temporary
a station would benefit the general
operating permit, station W3XWfwas on public, Goldsmith satdown and typedthe
letter on the spot.
the air-with a test pattern . You know it
today as WTTG, named forGoldsmith,
"Ilten he fthe official in charge) said,
who
got
the
station
up
and
'When do you think you'll be ready?' And
the engineer
I told him, Tomorrow.' "
running.
"We knew television was goingto
Goldsmith andhis colleagues got a 1Camount to quite a bit," remarked BSyear- day temporary permit . On May 19, 1945,
the ninth day of the permit station
old Goldsmith recently from his home
near Fort Izwis, Wash .
W3XWT was given an operating license
and was officially on the air . The picture
That was an understatement for
was still a test pattern and the audio
Goldsmith, then director of research for
Allen B. DuMont Laboratories in Passaic, porion invited viewers to call the
N.J . He was so sure about television's
station's number at the Harrington Hotel.
future and did so much research on 5ber But the fledgling station got no viewer
optics and high-definition television that
feedback until August, when warwas
his professional papers fill 10 fourdrawer over in Japan.
"I took one of those test pattern slides
file cabinets at thelibraryof Congress,
Goldsmith said.
and took the emulsion off the slides and
took my ink pen and wrote'War Is Over,'
DuMont himself started his network's
so we transmitted that," he said . "TTtat
fast station, WABD, in New York City in
1938 . It was assigned Channel 5, as
evening, people were in mobs celebrating
K"I"fG wouldbe . DuMont's company
the end of the war, andthe telephone
rang: It was the Naval Observatory . They
sold television sets to thepublic then, so
good they were known as the Cadillacs of had been monitoring various frequencies
the industry, but there were hardly any
for clandestine activities."
For the first tour years, the station
stations to provide programming. So
carried 20 hours of programming aweek,
DuMont targeted Washington for its
second station ; Pittsburgh was' to be thud . all live . It added advertising in November
"There was no station N Washington at 1946, when the FCC authorized a
commercial license and the call letters
that time," Goldsmith said, recalling that
trip south in 1945 . "-The wareffort was
WTTG.
That year, the station telecast the
very active . It was very difficult to find a
inauguration of Harry S. Ttvman ;
place to hang our hat. We went to the
Harrington Hotel, and the man there was became the first to televise before a
a ham radio operator, so he was very
studio audience; aired a live sports event
(Senators baseball) ; and carried the first
sympathetic and gave us a couple of
network soap opera ("Faraway Hill,"
rooms on the top floor ."
Once Goldsmith and his colleagues
produced by WABD for 12 weeks) .
realized they could get an experimental
NBC andABC affiliates started in 1947
5RTELLITE
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SATCOM 5 - AURORA - 1991 (10 years) 20 Piatts
SATCOM C1 - Fall 1990 (10 years) 8 .5 watts
SATCOM c4 - August 31, 1992 (12 years) 17 xatts
GALAXY 1R - February 1994 (12 years+) 16 xatts
SATCOM C3 - 1992 (10 years) 17 watts
GSTAR 2 (Ku Hand only) 1986 (10 years) 14/20/27 watts
GALAXY 5 - March 10, 1992 (10 years) 16 watts
TELSTAR 303 - June 19, 1985 (10 years) 5 .5 watts
SBS 5 (Ku Band Only) - September 1988 (9 years)
20/40 watts
116 .5 W - MORELOS 2 - November 28, 1985 (10 years)
C and Ru C-7/5 .5 xatts - Ku-20 watts
activated
Fall 1989
113 W - SOLIDARIDAD 2 - 1994 - C and Ku C-37/40 watts
Ku-47 watts
111 .1 W - ANIK E1 - 1991 C and Ku Band - C-11 watts, Ku-50 watts
109 .2 W - SOLZDARIDAD 1 - 1993 - (same as SOLIDARIDAD 2)
107 .3 W - ANIK E2 - September 1, 1991 C and Ku band
SAME AS E1
105 W - GSTAR 4 - 1990 Ku only (10 years) 27 watts
103 W - GSTAR 1 - May 8, 1985 (10 years) Ku only 20/27 watts
101 .2 W - DBS 1 - April 1994 Ku only
120 xatts digital only
100 .8 W - DBS 2 - April 1994 Ku only
120 watts digital only
101 W - SPACENET 4 - Spring 1991 C and Ku (10 years?)
C-8 .5 S 16 xatts/Ku - 16 ~ 30 xatts
99 W - GALAXY 4 - 1992 (10 years) C b. Ku
C-? Ku-? powers unknown
97 West - TELSTAR 401 C and Ku band December 14, 1993
C-12 and 23 watts/Ku-60 and 120 watts
95 W - SHS 6 - Ku only 1990 (10 years) 40 watts
93 .5 W - GALAXY 3 - September 21, 1984 (10 years INCLINED ORBIT
9 watts
93 W - GSTAR 3 - September 1988 (years?) Ku only INCLINED ORBIT
20/27 xatts
91 W - GALAXY 7 - October 1992 (10+ years) C and Ku
C-16 watts/Ku-50 watts
89 W - proposed TELSTAR 402 - December 1995 maybe
all slats basically the same as Telstar 401
87 W - SPACENET 3 - C and Ku band - 1988 (10 years)
C-B .5 xatts/Ku-16 watts
85 W - TELSTAR 302 - August 29, 1984 (10 years) INCLINED ORBIT
8 .5 watts
$3 W - K1 - Ku only ~ January 12, 1J86 47 xatts digital service
81 W - K2 - Ku only - November 28, 1985 47 watts (10 years both)
77 W - SBS 9 - inclined orbit
Ku only
74 W - SBS 3 - inclined orbit
K
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74 W - GALAXY 6 - 1991 (10 years) lO Uw°
a~tY
s
71 W - SBS
- Ku only
inclined orbit
69 W - SPACENET SN2 C and Ku band November 9, 1984 (10+ years)
C-8 .5 S 16 watts/KU-16 watts
65 W - Hrazilsat - not visible at this location - nexly launched
replacement
62 W - TDRS3 - Summer 1992 - inactive at the moment
53 W - Intelsat 513 soon to 706 new 1988 12 years
C and Ku - C-4 .5 watts/Ku-10 watts
50 W - INTELSAT 506 C and Ku - 1983 (13 years) inclined orbit
C-8 .5 watts/Ku-10 watts
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FM BANDSCANS AROUND THE WORLD -
ANTENNAnotes
San Jose, COSTA RICA
by Dr. Feedpomt
There is no such thing as "no-loss" lead-in, no matter what anyone tells you . When I was a kid,
Allied Kadio had a sign in their window touting some 300-ohm open wire line they were trying to
offload a ; having "no measurable signal losses ." Har-dee-har-har . On paper, the stuff did happen
to
have super-law signal toss. It was enough to make a budding DXer drool. And it was indeed "to good to
6,= true," since the actual loss tigure was really higher than just about any kind of lead in you could
install - simply because of the fact that in order to install it, you had to use some kind of supports, had
to pass it near metal or other solid objects along the way, and so forth; the "real world" installation of
this lead-in totally negated the fantastic low-loss performance as promised on paper .
Now, in the days B .C. (before color -- and waayyyy before cable-TV), our local TV man knew"
'1 the importance of "low-loss, with everyone having to use large outdoor arrays (o get that weak
station way up at channel 73 from 75 miles away . UHF? . . .well, that was some type of secret
- ~ " riment that educational TV stations were experimenting with . The thought of trying to get
higher than channel 13 with an antenna gave everyone nosebleeds just thinkin' about that
aff .
There are no doubt many of us who actually tried using mmmon ordinary AC lamp mrd, or even
cable, "bell wire," etc ., as lead-in when we first got interested in connecting antennas to
tuners to "see what we can get ." Well, okay, I admit that I did that, too, but that was before 1 went to
tech school and stuck my fingers into my first hot AC socket, so forgive me. . .
What 1 do recall from experimenting as a kid was that the AC lamp cord it did seem to work as
lead-in, to some degree, with various homebrewed antennas I tried making, as well an occasional
discarded model or two I was lucky enough to come anoss . Perhaps I wasn't aware that 1 was using line
with about 68 dB of loss on UHF, or didn't even know what the heck a "d B" was, but 1 did get some
results . Funny though--if you have ever taken a length of the "wrong" kind of lead-in and then
replaced it with what you're "supposed" to use, you get your eyes opened, real quick All of a sudden,
there are all the weak and marginal signals you were never able to pick up .
Those weak DX signals (ALL signals, for that matter) travel down the lead-in cable to your
tuner in a manner not unlike that of an electrical generator connected to a load . Now", its not necessam
for you to understand much about electrical theoq" to still be able to appreciate it this way : if the
antenna (the "generator") is not properly connected to the tuner (the "load"), proper and efficient
ransfer of fhe signal voltage (which is quite weak at DX levels, believe me) will not occur . If that
aT't happen, you won't hear or see DX signals, simple as that . If you hooked up a generator to a
!igr~ ; bulb using twine, you wouldrit expect the bulb to function, would you?~
Now, I could get into concepts like standing waves, step-function response, phase matching, and
a. ~_oncept ket" to the understanding of the importance of using the right lead-in : transmission line AC
response . 7-line AC response helps to explain why you lose signal as it propagates down the lead-in to
yaur tuner. Even more importantly though, there's a term you have probably already encountered as a
DX'ing enthusiast: Imyedance.
The purpose of your antenna is to collect as much signal energy as possible. Your antenna getting
that great DX signal "from the ail' is only part of the battle . That signal voltage has to make it down
to sour turret . How much of that signal gets to your DX equipment is a function of exactly how well the
antenna is starched to the lead-in (or "r-line," if you will) . A basic electrical rnncept applies here; it's
the theory" of maximum power transfer . In a nutshell, the antenna, T-line, end tuner constitute a system
for transferring "power" (those DX signals, if you will) to the "load" (your tuner or DX receiver. The
system will only work well for weak signals if the antenna hansfers its power efficiently into the 7line, and so on .
CONTINUED
NERT
MONTH! ! !
tuner
Fig . 1 : The antenna can be seen as a generator;
the transmission line in this case is represented
as coaxial cable. The resistor represents the
DXer's tuner, or the "load. "
88 5
88 .7
89 .1
89 5
89 .9
90 .3
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91 .1
91 .5
91 .9
92.3
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93 .5
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94 .7
95 I
96 3
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97 1
97 .5
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99 1
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99 9
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102 3
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103 1
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I OZ9
Cabos Estereo
--submitted by Tim McVey
pop and dance mixes; limited on-air schedule
religious programs in EE and SS, very weak signal
unlD
89
pop and rock
R La l idor
gospel radio plays. music, sermons
unlD
soft mor vocals
Rumbo FM
TICAL, Cartego-pop music "'/ 530 Alv4
R Universal
TIIZSU ; Guadalupe - pop music i; 610 ArX1
TI1k', San Jose - lively- vopical music from several regions ; pop music
R Colony
97 .5 Stereo
mor music
R 1'untarenas
TIAW, Puntarenas - mor and pop music
unlD
oldies (i .e . Latin vocals from 40's-60's)
Columbia Estereo
TI4V, San Jose - pop and mor music
(FM 91 .1, FM 92.7, AM 760, AM 800 all part of Groupo Columbia)
R Monumental
TITNT, San lose - current Latin hits ~% 670 AM
Sonfdo Latino
TIOC, Cartago - regional music
R Reloj
TIIIB. San Jose - current Latin hits
94-7
TISI, San Jose - smooth mix of SS & EE pop%modEwobeat
Monumental Stereo
current Lahn pop (one of Groupo Monumental stations . San Jose)
TIAC, San Jose - pop & mor hits "best of 60's. 70's, 80 - s. 90's'
R F.17 96
unlD
classical l% 101-9 FM
TIFC'
TIFC, San Jose - gospel (EE by day : SS by night i 1080 .~'~1
!r 5055 6175, 9645 SW
unlD
pop music
97.9 Titanic
TTOS. San Jose - mor R: pop music
'~Q
R. .9lajuela
T1HT, Alajuela - lively regional music %% 1280 Atv4
unlD
talk shows and salsa music
R. Sabrosa
San Jose - pop and salsa music (note : 1D at top of how affiliates Sabrosa
with Fh1 107 in Miami, perhaps \~"QBA-107 .5')
San Jose - EE pop music fiom USA: news in EE every 30
R. Dos
Stereo .4yl
San Jose - mix of new age . light pop jazz soft mor vocals
R. Crystal
soft, easy-listening music (but not Iv4uzal:!), instrumentals
R Alil
TIAILE- San Jose - soft vocals and slow mor music
RADI O
unlD
classical
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classical " ' 96 .7 FW
W
mor and rock about 75° o EE
Super Radio
sro w
sa.s rti
R L"no
EE rockaor Gom l'S .4
~/
tarlD
pop music
urilD
old style radio L big band music ; live programs, etc.
no slogan
TIILSE, San Jose - mor vocals
unlD
live sports. talk
.
R Omega Stereo
pop, salsa, and rock music .," 105 5 FM
pop, salsa, and rock music /. 105 .1 FM
R Omega Stereo
R Sonora
TUC, Guadalupe - talk, sports, call-in shows
TIFM, San Jose - new age, beautiful, jazzy, mor (EE and SS) music
Estereo 706
706.7 i5doria Stereo TIPJ, Heredia - pop and current L hits
unlD
talk and local interest programs (distant, weak signal)
local programming, pop & salsa music (very poor audio)
unlD
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MONUMEiiTAL
Comments
1 . All FAI stations in stereo except RR ." . 98 .', 105 .9 .
? . Almost all stations commercial .
? . Most stations use their slogans strictly. although several actually" gjve. callsigrr at ID time thhose are noted in bold .
4 . TV channels on au: canals 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 . I 1 tArts TV t, I3 . 19, 231 Si 7 Vy 29, 31 . 38 (heavily promoted on
billboards and in print, but couldn't bore in on my'I1'') . All 1uTSC standard- same channel plan a5 in USA .
5 . Costa Rica vc about the area of West liugvtia, and population is 3,232 .52ii. The countn" has '4 .AM station. 55
FM stations i140TE- 45 of them hAtr1! by me and listed above!), % VHF TV stations, 9 VHF'fV repeaters, I R
UHF'Iti' station, 8 UHF'I'V repeaYrs. f Sowce : 1994 Market Date for Costa Ricai
o . All stations monitored from 8th floor of hotel in San lose, using, an Aiwa w"alkrnan-style radio, no ext . antenna.
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