[NJARC] DX Contest

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Perhaps the station is actually located in China! Now that would be some DXing.

On Jan 13, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Pete O wrote:

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> A solution that I've found very effective is net search for, in this case, "radio 1570 chinese".  Nothing shows up on this search but in DXing it comes in very handy.
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> Pete O AI2V
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> On Monday, January 13, 2014 11:15 AM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
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> Further:  Then, armed with the station call sign, go to the FCC database 
> (http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/am-query-broadcast-station-search) for 
> the gory details, transmitter power, antenna patterns, etc.
> 
> Al
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> On 1/13/2014 10:56 AM, Al Klase wrote:
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>> Hello Henry,
>> 
>> Good question. There are literally thousands of AM broadcast stations. 
>> The lists I published on the Contest Page 
>> (http://www.njarc.ar88.net/contest.html) only hit the high spots.
>> 
>> Check Radio-Locator: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder (Link 
>> is on the Contest Page) It turns up 76 stations in the US, Canada, and 
>> Mexico on 1570. Alas, while it shows station formats, there's no 
>> mention of Chinese.
>> 
>> Constraining the search to NJ turns up zero, but there are four 
>> station in NY, but who knows.
>> 
>> My gut feeling is it's unlikely to be significant DX.
>> 
>> Keep Listening!
>> Al
>> 
>> On 1/12/2014 9:26 PM, Henry Sonntag wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>> Does anyone know which station is on 1570 kHz transmitting in Chinese? I
>>> heard this station Sunday  night but I see it's not on the DX list 
>>> obtained
>>> from our website.
>>> 
>>> Henry W2HES
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