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Velkommen til NA-spalta kjære artsfrender. Spalten er satt sammen under mer kummerlige forhold enn normalt grunnet redaktørens manglende oppmerksomhet rundt hjelpemidler som kalender mm. Derfor ble redaktøren overrasket av en email på et hotellrom i Stockholm i sene nattetimer tidligere denne uken. "Blir det noen spalte?" spør Bernt … "Jada" svarer jeg … så her er vi, først med:

EXPANDED BAND – STATUS

kHz Stasjon kW Format, info [A: Adresse]
1620 KSMH Auburn CA 10/1 Tester. REL . [A: Catholic Radio KSMH Immaculate Heart Radio, Tahoma, CA 96142]. Kontakt: Dave Leatherby.
1620 KYIZ Renton WA 10/1 v/s Frank P. Barrow [A: 2600 S. Jackson, Seattle, WA 98144-2499]
1620 WHLY South Bend IN 10/1 NB: Nytt call, nå separat fra WJVA-1580. NOS. ID: "Radio Hollywood". [A: 2010 South Michigan Street, South Bend, IN 46613]
1620 WPHG Atmore AL 10/1 REL. Chief Engineer email: tiger@frontier.gulf.net
[A: 805 North Main Street, Atmore, AL 36502 ]
1630 KKWY Fox Farm WY 10/1 NOS/CNN news. [A: :110 E.17th Street #205, Cheyenne, WY 82001]
1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA 10/1 ID: "The New 1630 KCJJ", hørt med Don and Mike show. [A: 4404 Napoleon Road SE, Iowa City, IA 52240-8143]
1640 KDIA Vallejo CA 10/1 [A: 3267 Sonoma Blvd., Vallejo, CA 94590]
1640 KKJY Lake Oswego OR 10/1 //1290-KKSL. [A: 4700 SW Macadam #102, Portland, OR 97201]
1640 WKSH Sussex WI 10/1 REL. [A: W223 N3251 Shady Lane, Penwaukee, WI 53072] v/s Frank F. LeTourneau, General Manager
1640 WPLR660 Dallas/FW TX   Flight information (NB: endret call)
1650 KBJD Denver CO 10/1 REL.
1650 KKTR Costa Mesa CA 10/1 TLK, "K-Traffic", "All Traffic Radio"
[A: Box 250028, Los Angeles, CA 90025] v/s Elaine Hawkes, Engineer
1650 KDNZ Cedar Falls IA 10/1 NWS/TLK/SPO, //KCNZ-1250.
[A: 721 Shirley Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50613]
1650 WHKT Portsmouth VA 10/1 Tester med 1 kW. Skal åpne 1. februar 1999.
1660 KXOL Brigham City UT 10/1 OLD //800-KSOS [A: 4456 South 5000 West, Hooper, UT 84315]
1660 WBAH Elizabeth NJ 10/1 Foreløpig ETH (SS/PP) "Radio Unica", blir REL, katolsk.
[A: c/o WJDM-AM, 724 1st Street N, Minneapolis, MN 55401]
1660 WQSN Kalamazoo MI 10/1 SPT, One on One Sports. //1470. [A: 4200 West Main Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007]
1670 WNML Warner Robins GA 10/1 SPT, "The Sports Animal". v/s Richard W. Hamilton, Transmitter Engineer. [A: 750 W Sandtown Road, S.W., Marietta, GA 30054]
1670 WTDY Madison WI 10/1 TLK, http://www.wtdy.com "Newstalk 16-70".
[A: PO Box 2058, Madison, WI 53701]
1680 WHWH Princeton NJ 10/1 Tester her. "Newstalk 1350, WHWH, Princeton, NJ"
1680 WJNZ Ada-Grand Rapids MI 10/1 Urban rap "16-80 Jams". [A: 4417 Broadmoor, S.E., Kentwood, MI 49512]
1680 WPLR660 Dallas/FW TX   Flight information (NB: endret call)
1690 KDDZ Arvada CO 10/1 NB: Nytt call igjen! KID, Radio Disney [A: 730 West Hampton #300, Englewood, CO 80110-2121] v/s Julie Newton, Trfc Manager
1690 WMDM Lexington Park MD 10/1 OLD/TLK (Art Bell) "Bay FM 97.7" & "Bay talk" [A: Box 600, Lexington Park, MD 20653 eller Bay Media Network, Box 439, Leonardtown, MD 20650] v/s Stacy Reynolds, Program Director (siste adr.)
1700 KSDX Sherman -Denison TX 10/1 Tester.
1700 KBGG Des Moines IA 10/1 TLK/BUS, "The Big 1700" [A: 5161 Maple Drive, Pleasant Hill, IA 50317] v/s Eldon L. Schenkler
1700 WCMQ Miami Springs FL 10/1 "Radio Unica". v/s Ralph Chambers, Director of Engineering. [A: 8400 N.W. 52nd Street Suite 101, Miami, FL 33176]

Nytt fra NA:

Email fra Nashville:

Denne stasjonen høres jo rett ofte i Norge, og har du problemer med å få svar, kan dette være en gyllen anledning.

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:21:20 GMT
From: Michael Dinger mdinger@nospam.home.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting
Subject: WLAC Nashville Operating Non D at Night for Upgrade
Followup-To: rec.radio.broadcasting

I am one of the engineers at WLAC and as of last Friday, we began operating at 12.5kW non-directional at night while we upgrade our facility with a new phaser, ATU's, feedlines, and a new DX50. I would much appreciate hearing from others around the country on our signal as compared to the 50kW directional that we normally run. Where are we getting to that we had not before? Where are we not getting to? Our directional signal covers the southeastern quarter of the country quite well but puts nulls toward Boston and Spokane. Anyone in those directions hearing us now?

Michael Dinger

Staff Engineer WLAC AM/WNRQ FM/WJZC FM/WSIX FM/WRVW FM/Interstate Radio Network/Road Gang Radio Network (Boy that list is getting long!)

Email fra Jacksonville:

Denne er ikke riktig så vanlig, men som du ser er den allerede hørt i Norge. Kanskje noe for deg en tidlig ferbuarmorgen? Eivind Motland postet denne meldingen på DX-News email-liste.

WYHI 1570 Fernandina Beach - Jacksonville, FL is testing 5kw NDA right now. I'll entertain correct reception reports at this email address <gitchzoo@bellsouth.net>. Someone mistakenly flipped from day power to night and flipped right back to day power. Nights are 30 watts, NDA.

Format: Standards with soft hits of the 70s as well. Monniker is The New Star 1570 AM. We've made it to Norway so far. Be the first on your block or county to get a letterhead QSL.

Ron Gitschier

Former 70s Pop Hits Host
and Technical Dept. Staff


Da gjenstår det bare å takke for seg. God DX alle sammen, og husk at selv om solaktiviteten er uforsvarlig høy for tiden, kan det forsatt dukke opp godbiter.

73 de OJS