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The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association JULY 2012 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers Drawing by Emma Nollman SKIP SEASON BEGINS...THEN DIES Two Hop TV Ch2/4 to Nicaragua and FM Double Hop is reported NRC/WTFDA Convention 2012 Next Month Visit Us At www.wtfda.org THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION Serving the UHF-VHF Enthusiast THE VHF-UHF DIGEST IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THE PROPAGATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEVISION AND FM BROADCASTING SIGNALS AT VHF AND UHF. WTFDA IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS: DOUG SMITH, GREG CONIGLIO, KEITH McGINNIS AND MIKE BUGAJ. Editor and publisher: Mike Bugaj Treasurer: Keith McGinnis wtfda.org Webmaster: Tim McVey wtfda.info Site Administrator: Chris Cervantez Editorial Staff: Jeff Kruszka, Keith McGinnis, Fred Nordquist, Nick Langan, Doug Smith, Peter Baskind, Bill Hale and John Zondlo, Our website: www.wtfda.org; Our forums: www.wtfda.info _______________________________________________________________________________________ JULY 2012 Welcome to the Mailbox for July. This issue Renewals were received from the period of is being prepared at the very end of June. I 5/23 through 6/20 from Eric Bueneman, Mike have already received two emails and one Hunter, Jay Novello, Richard Allen, James phone call wondering what happened to the Montgomery, Jerry Bond, Sheryl VUD. Paskiewicz, Rod O’Connor, Dan The VUD is late, and will probably continue Oglethorpe, Nick Langan, William Lindsay, to be late every so often. I can tell you that the John Ebeling and Paul Swearingen. Thank August VUD may very well be late because we you all for supporting the club. (wife and I) will be out of the country in much of the last half of August on a vacation we deeply deserve after our ordeal of the past twelve months. I’ve asked before if someone could come along and volunteer to publish the VUD. It’s easier now because all but about 70 people receive it in .pdf form now. All you need is MS Word and one of many programs that will convert Word documents to .pdf files. As far as paper VUDs go, just take one of the .pdfs to your neighborhood printer and have him make you some 6x9 booklets. I will give you all of my graphics, software and all you need. But to date nobody has come forward. So, at this point, I’m afraid that you get what you get. I want our paper VUD readers to know that at some point the paper VUD will end. I hope THE SKIP SEASON THUS FAR you understand that. If someone comes forward as publisher, he will make that decision My one good TV logging so far this season unless I find that I need to stop sooner. is Managua, NIC on ch2 back on 6/12 at 4 in It has been a year since we began to phase the afternoon. I recorded the video and put it out the printed VUD. This is the situation as of on YouTube. You can find it on the WTFDA now. I’m sorry for any inconvenience but it is Forums in the analog TV DX section. what it is. Bill Hepburn has posted two or three pictures of Mexican/CA double hop on the MEMBERS AND MORE email list and we have three of them in this VUD. Here’s just a couple of quick stats. So far in Also back on 6/12 Chris Lucas in 2012 we’ve had two new members and one Poughkeepsie, NY logged KENW 89.5 in rejoin. Portales, NM via double hop. Audio is on the Forums. And that’s all I have space for. See you all next month. -Mike 2 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 News [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com July 2012 Abbreviations: AF Applied For (a new station) NW New station on the air Aux Auxiliary (backup) transmitter PA Proposed Amendment CC Callsign change PC Power (and/or tower height) change on the air CL City-of-license change PG Power change granted CX Canceled PR Power change requested DC Converted to DTV RA Returns to the air DCC Digital Companion Channel QC Channel (frequency) change on the air NS DCC Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DE License/permit deleted QR Channel change requested DR Requests flash-cut to DTV RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FC Programming (format) change ROA Request of Applicant FTP Failure to Prosecute SI Off the air (silent) GA Granted amendment (to table of channel STA Special Temporary Authority allotments) LC License to Cover XC Transmitter site changed MX Mutually Exclusive XG Transmitter site change granted NDA Non-directional antenna XR Transmitter site change requested NS Permit granted for new station lpdtv Low Power Digital TV DG Granted conversion to DTV DRT Digital Replacement Translator News: (full-power digital stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in 66-06-25 regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power Humacao 20 W20DR NS 13.5kw, 18-06-47/ analog stations in regular italics) 66-03-06 Mayaguez 10 W10BG DR 1kw, 18-19-33/ 67-10-13 Naranjito 24 W44DM QR from 44, 15kw, 18- 17-34/ CANADA: 66-16-02; CL from Ontario: Cayey Hamilton 35 CHCJ-DT PR<26kw/108 43-13- Ponce 26 W26DU PG15kw 54/ Yauco 41 WIRS PR1000kw/ 79-51-33 (relays 840 CKVR) Hawkesbury 39 CHLF-TV-2 CX Lac-Ste-Therese 32 CHLF-TV-6 CX North Bay 15 CFGC-TV-2 DR from 2, 16.8kw/93m Pembroke 17 CHLF-TV-13 CX USA: Sault Ste. Marie 15 CIII-TV-12 DR from 12, Alabama: 6kw/132m Birmingham 47 W47EI DG from W49AY, 15kw Sudbury 25 CHLF-TV-1 CX, tower to be Decatur 35 NEW-lpdtv AF 4.5kw, 34-13-13/ dismantled by TVO 86-51-35; DCC for W33CM Quebec: Mobile 30 W30BX DG 15kw, 30-43-34/ Saguenay 13 CFRS- PG4.344kw 88-09-06 Scottsboro 31 NEW-lpdtv AF 900w, 34-43-21/ 86-29-29; DCC for W26CV Sylacauga 38 W63CK QC from 63; CL from Talladega PUERTO RICO: Aguada 7 WSTE-DT PR<362m for DTS3, no changes to other Alaska: four sites. Alyeska 4 K04GP DC 253w, 60-57-12/ Caguas 20 W20DS NS 10kw, 18-14-55/ 149-06-28 65-59-53 Anchorage 22 K22HN XR 61-07-34/ Caguas 50 W50EN NS 3.7kw, 18-12-45/ 140-42-50 66-03-42 Anchorage 26 K26LZ NS 5kw, 61-25-22/ Cayey 44 W44DM NS 4kw, 18-06-23/ 149-52-20 66-10-30 Anchorage 42, K42LF, NS 5kw, 61-20-11/ Guayama 31 W31DV NS 7.9kw, 17-59-35/ 43 K43OA 149-30-48 3 Bethel 15 KYUK-LD CC from K15AV 118-04-18 Girdwood 10 K10MB DR 300w, 60-57-12/ Los Angeles 45 KEDD-LD QR from 50, 15kw 149-06-28; DG Los Angeles 50 KNLA-CD DC 15kw, 34-13-55/ Girdwood Valley 12 K12MM DC 120w 118-04-18 Homer 11 K11VP DC 321w Newberry 6, K06IQ, DR 208w/ Homer 13 K13TR DR 342w; DG Springs 10 K10IX 247w Kasilof 29 K56AQ DC from 56, 237w Newberry 19 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed (DCC for Kenai 3 K03FW DR 88w; DG Springs K12JI) Kenai 8, K08LW, DC 82w/ Palm Desert 9 K09XW DC 300w 10 K10NC 94w Palm Springs 45 K45MI NS 1kw, 34-14-48/ Kenai River 4 K04DS DC 68w 116-53-40 Nimilchick 39 K39AA DR 1.56kw (city s/b Rancho Palos 51 KXLA PR951m "Ninilchik"); DG Verdes Ninilchik 15 K15AG DC 881w, 60-00-39/ Redding 10 KMCA-LD PC<12w, 40-33-51/ 151-42-38 122-25-54 Ninilchik 27 K27AI DC 110w, 60-00-39/ San Fran. 30 KQED PR1000kw 151-42-38 San Jose 48 KTVU - NW 3.5kw, 37-29-17/ Nome 16 K16KJ NS 1.46kw; DCC for 0630AHI 121-51-59; DRT for 44 K11TH Oakland San Mateo 43 KCSM-TV NW 250kw/ Arizona: 357m (aux) Bullhead City 47 K51IO DR from 51, 1kw, 35- Shelter Cove 2 K02OD DR 68w; DG 28-14/ South Eureka 50 K51EG DC from 51, 328w 114-55-10 Victorville 2 K39GY DC from 39, 34-21-05/ Camp Verde 18, K18DD, DR 2.5kw/ 117-40-24 19,2K19FD, 500w Yucca Valley 27 K27DS DR 780w 1, K21GE, 500w/ 23,4K23FZ, 1kw/ Colorado: 6, K46IL, 1.5kw/ Boulder 27 K27MA DG from K17CF, 200w, 47, K47IK, 170w/ 39-43-46/ 49 K49HP 170w; DG 105-14-08 Flagstaff 28 K28CW DR Breckenridge 26, K26GY, DC Gila River Indian 19 K19JT NS 15kw, 33-17-13/ 28 K28HI Co. 111-57-43 Broadmoor 28 K28MP DG from K41JO, 15kw Gila River Indian 19 K19JV NS 15kw, 33-22-37/ Crested Butte 35 K35LJ DC Co. 112-13-31 Denver 33 KMAS-LP DR 1.64kw, 39-39-55/ Gila River Indian 21, K21MD, NS 7kw/ 15kw, 33-01- 104-51-38; DG Co. 29 K29KO 49/ Denver 41 KSBS-LD QC from 52, 15kw, 39- 111-34-29 43-45/ Gila River Indian 29 K29KP NS 15kw, 33-09-39/ 105-14-14 Co. 111-48-04 Dove Creek 15, K15GU, DC 350w Klagetoh 43 K43GQ DC 205w 17, K17GE, Prescott 34 K34EE DC 1.6kw 19, K19GB, Quartzsite 21 KRPO-LD PR<1kw, 33-32-31/ 21, K21GT, 113-09-29 23, K23GF, Tucson 14 KUDF-LP DR 5kw 30, K30DC, Verde Valley 46 K46IL DG 1.5kw 32, K32EY, Window Rock 45 K45LU PG<2.52kw 34 K34IA Dove Creek 48 K48BK DR 1.14kw, 37-48-05/ Arkansas: 109-25-30; DG; DC Fayetteville 25 K25NM NS 1kw, 36-08-50/ Doyleville 3 K03EY DC 20w, 38-30-27/ 94-11-13 106-40-49 Fayetteville 28, NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Loveland 14 KZDE-LD PR<12kw, 40-34-55/ 30 105-00-33; CL from Fort Smith 48 K48FL DG 1.44kw; DC Fort Collins Sargents 6 K06NG DC 50w, 38-23-30/ California: 106-24-42 Chico 26 K26LY NS 10kw, 39-51-09/ Snowmass 14, K14OV, NW 45w, 39-13-08/ 121-57-05 Village 25, K25MR, 106-54-33 Crescent C.