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The Magazine for TV and FM DXers March 2015 Description/Courtesy .SNOW-POCALYPSE! NEW ENGLAND DXERS BUNDLE UP AND WATCH THEIR LOCALS Picture courtesy of Keith McGinnis (Hingham, Massachusetts) The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association METEOR SHOWERS INSIDE THIS VUD CLICK TO NAVIGATE Normids 02 Page Two 22 Bulletin Board FEB 25 – MAR 28 03 TV News 24 Membership List 09 FM News 28 Television Antennas Lyrids 20 Coast to Coast TV DX Making A Comeback APRIL 16 - 25 p 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: Ryan Grabow Treasurer: Keith McGinnis wtfda.org Webmaster: Tim McVey Forum Site Administrator: Chris Cervantez Editorial Staff: Jeff Kruszka, Keith McGinnis, Fred Nordquist, Nick Langan, Doug Smith, Bill Hale, John Zondlo and Mike Bugaj Website: www.wtfda.org; Forums: http://forums.wtfda.org PAGE TWO The Page You Turn To for News of the WTFDA and the TV/FM DX World Mike Bugaj – [email protected] March 2015 FORGET IT! MEXICO! Many of us would rather forget about the month If you are reading Raymie Humbert’s blog at the of February. We’d like to erase the thoughts of ice dams, WTFDA Forums, you’ll find that dozens of new DTV snowstorm after snowstorm, blizzards, ice storms and channels are now on the air down there. All of them are daytime high temperatures of +10F or less with low on UHF with the exception of three, two of which are on temperatures way below zero F, nine foot high piles of channel 11 in the state of Colima. There are no lowband snow at the ends of our driveways, three feet of snow on DTV Vs on the air. By the way, Raymie is not a WTFDA our roofs, solid ice in gutters, roof rakes, polar vortexes, member. He’s not even a DXer, but we do appreciate water leaks and dead car batteries. Excluding some of that he posts up to date transition news for all of us. our members in warmer climates such as Florida for example, this is the story of February 2015 in a nutshell OTA for most of us. Why is it that the closer we seem to be heading toward spring, the colder it gets? Let’s hope that trend Dave Pomeroy was quoted extensively in an article reverses itself in March so we can start to think about on OTA television antennas in the Topeka Capital- th DX again. Journal that ran on the 14 . We’ll try to print it here in the VUD for everyone to read. Thank you John Johnson for MEMBERS AND MORE posting the link on the WTFDA Facebook group! LAST BUT NOT LEAST Renewals were received during the period of Jan 7 through Feb 3 from Rich Rose (MI), Roger That’s it for February. Gone. Most of us will not Saberlla (IL), Aaron Mitterling (IN), Rick Shaftan (NJ), shed a tear. It’s been a rough month and with spring Matt Sittel (NE), Charles Gauthier (QC), Cal Glover starting on the 20th and daylight savings time starting (NC), Craig Healy (MA), Scott Hood (MA) and Juan even earlier, things should be looking up. See you next Gualda (FL). Also on Feb 11 I picked up two renewals month. from David Legler and Chester Jaffee. Because of the extreme weather there haven’t been many trips to the post office to check the box. I’m glad so many people are using Paypal! MARCH 2015 ··· 2 ··· PAGE TWO Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TNq 37146-8098 News [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com March 2015 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 Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DCC 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 analog stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power analog stations in regular italics) Puerto Rico Mayaguez 5 W05CY NW 3kw, 18-09-03/ 66- 59-21 (Telecinco) CANADA USA British Columbia Revelstoke 7 CHKL-DT-3 DR 80w/1166m, 50-53- 07/ 118-15-04 Alabama Auburn 38 WHBD-LD PR<132w, 32-34-47/ 85-29-29 Montgomery 19 WDSF-LD XG 32-25-17/ 86-25-47 Quebec Somerville 29 WMJN-LP DC 7.75kw Rimouski 11 CFER-DT DR 3.3kw/430m MARCH 2015 ··· 3 ··· TV NEWS Alaska Arkansas Aleknagik 8 K08HU DG Hot Springs 14 KQPS-LD PG>10kw, 34-47-57/ Barrow 11 K11NN DG 92-29-30 Cold Bay 13 K13UO DG Delta Junction 11 K11WZ NS 2.24kw; DCC for K07NJ (KTVF-11) Ketchikan 13 KUBD PR<410w/-144m, 55- 21-00/ 131-40-22 California Kodiak 15 K15AT DG Bakersfield 12 KJOU-LP CC from KJOI-LP Port Alsworth 13 K13TU DG Calexico 42 K42KZ NW 15kw, 32-40-30/ Port Graham 13 K13SC DG 115-22-38 (Broadcast Port Heiden 13 K13SA DG Group) Port Lions 9 K09SR DG Ceres 6 K06QL NS 300w, 37-29-27/ Shageluk 10 K10KH DG 120-52-27 (One Shungnak 9 K09NH DG Ministries) Sitka 7 KTNL-TV PR>-208m, 57-03-08 / Crescent City 9 K09VQ CX 135-19-52 Fortuna 14 K14MN CX Slana 13 K13SM DG Hanford 23 KHMM-CA CX Sleetmute 12 K12MD DG Healdsburg 6 K06QM NS 300w, 38-48-34/ Stebbins 4 K04LE DG 123-02-56 (One Stevens Village 9 K09SV DG Ministries) Stony River 13 K13SE DG Palm Springs 21 K21DO DC 15kw, 33-52-01/ Takotna 4 K04LN DG 116-26-03 Tanana 7 K07RB DG Redding 16 K16IW PG>5kw Tatitlek 9 K09NE DG San Diego 29 KSDX-LP CX Teller 9 K09RO DG San Francisco 3 K03HY PR>3kw, 37-47-36/ Tenakee Springs 10 K10KG DG 122-24-47 Tetlin 7 K07SP DG San Jose 2 K02QX PR<7w Togiak 9 K09QU DG San Jose 36 KICU-TV NW 470.5kw/ 639m Toksook Bay 11 K11QG DG (aux) Tuluksak 8 K08ID DG Santa Maria 32 KWSM-LP DC from 40, 15kw Tanunak 9 K09SW DG Yreka 30 K30JS PC>3kw Unalakleet 9 K09RC DG Unalaska 4 K04KV DG Venetie 9 K09TW DG Wainwright 4 K04IR DG Wales 4 K04MN DG Whales Pass 7 K07SI DG Colorado White Mountain 13 K13TD DG Carbondale 38 K38FO DC 140w Eads 15, NEW- AF 327w, 38-22-57/ 16, lpdtv 102-58-48 17, (Kiowa Co.) 18 Glenwood 42 K42EV DC 575w Springs Arizona Grand Junction 20 KJCT-LP DC 15kw; CC from Camp Verde 18 K18DD DC from 19, 2.5kw KKHD-LP Yuma 33 K33MD NW 15kw, 32-40-25/ Grand Junction 36 K36LM PR<40w, 39-05-47/ 114-20-13 (BGM 108-35-18 reinstated; License) PG; NW (KGBY Partnership) New Castle 36 K36AF DC 200w Parachute 45 K45AF DC 780w MARCH 2015 ··· 4 ··· TV NEWS Delaware Illinois Dagsboro 14 W14DK PR<2.34kw, 38-40- Dixon 6 WDXN-LD CC for NS 00/75-35-00 Rockford 47 WYCH-LD XG 41-52-48/ 88-55-30 Florida Gainesville 25 WFEO-LD NW 3kw, 29-25-05/ 82- Indiana 32-57 (King Forward) Fort Wayne 29 W29DX PG<2.5kw Key West 4 WMDF-LD XR 25-46-19/ 80-11- Jeffersonville 16 WJYL-CD PR<9.55kw 30; XG Lafayette 35 W35CY NW 6kw, 40-45-56/ 87- Key West 49 WKIZ-LD DG 250w, 24-33-18/81- 03-05 (DTV America II) 48-05 Marion 15 W15CZ NW 6kw, 40-43-36/ 85- Live Oak 20 W20EA PG>11kw, 30-11- 25-37 (DTV America II) 17/82-32-21 Naples 26, WHDN- Both CX Terre Haute 28 W28DZ NW 6kw, 39-13-55/ 87- 32 CD & CA 23-41 (DTV America II) Ocala 8 WOFT-LD PC<2kw, 28-55-10/ 81- Wolcott 30, W30DI, PG>11kw, 40-14- 19-07 33, W33DE, 36/86-41-20 Ocala 18 W18EF QG from 51 39 W39DM Ocala 35 W35CZ PR<6kw dismissed, then PG Ocala 44 W44DS PR>11kw, 29-03-12/ 82-21-31 Orlando 8 WOFT-LD PR>3kw, 28-35-12/ 81- 04-58; CL from Ocala Kansas Panama City 33 W33DA PG>15kw Topeka 25 KCKS-LD XG 38-53-23/ 95-17-17 Port Charlotte 27 WBKH-LD PG>10kw, 27-20- (site is Just south of 09/82-28-19 Lawrence) Wabasso 33 W33DB XC 27-33-19/ 80-22-06 Georgia Louisiana Athens 22 W22DS XG 34-22-18/ 82-45- Lafayette 43 K43MS PG<3kw 07; XC; PR>11kw, 34- Shreveport 14 KBXS-CA AF 3kw, 32-28-25/ 93- 42-10/82-27-45 48-16; DCC for analog Atlanta 9 WEQT-LD XG 33-44-41/ 84-21- 50; but dismissed 36; CL from Gainesville Augusta 43 W43CX PG>15kw Gainesville 31 W31ED QG from 48 Savannah 26 WDID-LD PG<6kw Savannah 50 WGSA-CA CX Massachusetts Springfield 43 WHTX-LD NS 15kw, 42-05-01/ 72-42-16; DCC for analog 10 Idaho Fish Creek 49 K13CO AF 800w, 42-48-25/ 112- 29-15; DCC for analog 13 MARCH 2015 ··· 5 ··· TV NEWS Nevada Michigan Elko 10 KENV-DT PG<562m, 40-42-00/ Lansing 25 WLAJ-TV GA from 51, 483.3kw/ 115-54-00 300m; QR Overton 38 K38PC NW 1.8kw, 36-41-08/ 114-31-10 (Moapa Valley TV Maintenance Dist) Minnesota Rochester 15 K15JM PG>15kw New Mexico Antonito 46 K46MV NS 1kw; DCC for K51DM (KCHF-11) Tucumcari 35 K35FP DR 190w, 35-08-02/ 103-41-56; DG Mississippi Clarksdale 18, W18EK, PR<6kw; PG 45 W45ED Lumberton 33 W33DT PR>11kw New York Manhattan 49 WEBR-CD QC from 17, 1kw New York 6 WNYZ-LP DG 180w CX; DG 3kw instead Rochester 22 W26BZ AF 4.5kw, 43-09-23/77- Missouri 36-31; DCC for analog Farmington 18 KDKZ-LD XG 37-47-54/ 90-33-42 26 at Victor, NY Kansas City 20 KUKC-LD NW 15kw, 39-04-24/ Rome 12 WWDG-CA PR>3kw 94-29-08 (Media Vista Kansas City) North Carolina Sylva 2 W02AF DG 50w Wilmington 24 W24DP XG 34-05-52/ 77-58-18 Montana Great Falls 14, K14QI, NS 15kw, 47-32-23/ 15, K15KA, 111-17-06 (William L.