[NJARC] DX Notes

[Al Klase]

Hi Marty,

That, too, would be a hell of a catch at 1KW.  This is why you need a 
positive ID of some sort.

Al

Martin Friedman wrote:
> When we did a DX night at Info age last year, Walt and Aaron Heskes and
> myself heard A Spanish station on 750. From the few words I heard (and since
> forgot) I suspected it was  station KAMA in El Paso TX.
> Marty
>
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> Gang,
>
> I spent last night at InfoAge , and did a log using my broadcast-band 
> ARC-5 receiver, a one-hand carry.  We tried a long wire that ran from 
> the antenna test tower to the Hotel attic.  Results were inconclusive.  
> Later I settled into the museum using simple tuned loops and the 
> 100-foot T that feed the museum antenna distribution system.
>
> As I suspected, signals are not as strong as previous years, but there's 
> still some good DX to be had.
>
> Radio Vision Cristiana, 530 KHz, Turks and Caicos:  This used to be a 
> give-away.  I even logged them on a crystal set years ago.  However, the 
> "Radio Vision Cristiana" jingles and the ID in English, just after the 
> hour, explaining their connection to Patterson, NJ, seem to be gone.  We 
> thought we were hearing them but couldn't be sure, as there's now 
> low-power CIAO with a multicultural format out of Brampton, Ontario on 
> the same frequency.  It took me until nearly 2AM to figure out what to 
> do.  The RVC website indicated that the same programming is carried by 
> WWRV. 1330 KHz, north of Hackensack.  In DX parlence, RVC and WWRC are 
> parallel (//).  Sure enough I could hear WWRV, and they were carrying 
> the same program in Spanish as the suspected RVC on 530.  That's 
> sufficient for a log entry as long as you know your on the appropriate 
> frequencies.
>
> ZIZ, 555KHz, St. Kitts & Nevis:  These guys hardly ever ID, but they go 
> to BBC News after midnight EST.  (At least on Sunday, 1AM their local 
> time (GMT -4).  Check their website.  If you hear BBC on 555, go for 
> it.  Again make sure you're on frequency.  You can work down from loud 
> WMCA on 570, down through WFIL on 560, and above who ever it is on 550.
>
> WWL, New Orleans, 870:  Awful close to WCBS 880, and again not as loud 
> as previous years.  I caught an ID at about 00:25.
>
> Other farther-than-Chicago DX:  KMOX, 1120, St. Louis, WHO, 1040, Des 
> Moines, and KXEL, 1540, Cedar Rapids.  H. Klance also reports hearing WHO.
>
> Another disappointment:  I've been hearing Spanish regularly on 750 when 
> I null out WSB.  Could be YVKS Caracas, but havn't heard the "Erre Cee 
> Erre" (RCR- Radio Caracas Radio) ID's that used to make this easy.  
> Perhaps if you're fluent you can figure it out.
>
> Regards,
> Al
>
>
>   

-- 
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/