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The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association OCTOBER 2012 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers ARTWORK BY PAUL MITSCHLER PAUL MITSCHLER In This Issue CHEAP SDR FITS IN YOUR USB PORT WTFDA MEMBERSHIP ROSTER 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________ OCTOBER 2012 OCTOBER If things work out right this month we may have a membership list included for your entertainment. We haven’t done that in quite a while, so it’s time. It’s sorted by member expiration date, so if you’re wondering when your membership is up, you can find out now. EMAIL? Our contract with Dreamhost will be up at What October means to a DXer living in the the end of December. We’ve already moved north: cold mornings, frost on the windshield, both of our websites away from Dreamhost and turning up the car heater, stopping on the way all that remains there are the email lists. to work for a hot coffee and watching the sun Although I really like using Mailman go down earlier and earlier in the afternoon. It software, our new host doesn’t recommend it means cool fronts and cold fronts and, in some because they throttle the sending of messages places, it might mean a few flakes of snow. so if you want them delivered quickly, that will Now keep in mind that in the paragraph not happen. Mailman is still an option at above, DX was not mentioned at all in the list another host but the more I think about it, of what October means, and that’s probably Yahoo or Google might be a better alternative. because up north there’s just not much of it in So many people are already using the way of tropo and even less in the way of YahooGroups or Googlegroups, that they are Es. MW radio DX is another story. already familiar how the systems work. As far I know you southerners will find some tropo. as quick email delivery, I think both are You may even see some TV Es to Mexico or comparable or a bit quicker than what we’ve Central America. You Midwesterners will also had with Dreamhost. And If we set up our probably find some tropo. And maybe one tvfmdx list and amdx lists there, the learning particular TV DXer on Cape Cod might see a curves would be negligible. But we have plenty coastal opening or two. But for the rest of us of time to decide at the moment and nothing it’s either sleeping late or heading out in the has been ruled out, so all options are still cold morning for work and not even thinking of available. TV or FM DX. I would think that many WTFDAers don’t This month we have renewals from Scott really care what we do with the email lists. Fybush, Bob Timmerman, Glen Hauser, Curtis Posts are down and the amount of users on Sadowski, Howard Fountain, Rick Cabral, those lists are down as people choose William Hein, Roosevelt Crawford, Robert Facebook and Twitter and other forums to post Seaman, Victor Schmidt and Lewis Kruger. and discuss their loggings. Or so it seems. Thank you all for your support of the WTFDA. But we’ll keep them going. 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 October 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 Tuscaloosa 23 WVUA-CD DG from 7, 15kw regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power analog stations in regular italics) Alaska Anchorage 45 K45HQ DR 600w, 61-09-42/ 149-51-09 BP Alaska Camp 8 K08IZ CX Healy 7 K07ND XR 63-53-07/ CANADA 148-49-38 Ontario Homer 8 K08PN NW 176w, 59-27-17/ Hamilton 35 CHCJ-DT PG 26kw/ 151-40-18 108m North Bay 15 CFGC-DT-2 DC 16.8kw/ Arizona 93m Cottonwood 35 K51HV DR from 51, 900w Ottawa 25 CBOT-DT PR>365.6kw/ Phoenix 17 KPHO-TV AF 650kw/ 426m 507m (aux) Sault Ste. Marie 15 CIII-DT-12 NS 6kw/132m Prescott 30 K30JD DG from K09KV, 1.2kw, 34-29-25/ Quebec 112-32-00 Montreal 47 NEW AF 5.5kw/ Tucson 57 K57BD CX 196m, ethnic Montreal 49 CJNT-TV FC from ethnic to Arkansas CityTV Fort Smith 48 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Little Rock 22 KATV NW 364kw/ 411m (aux) Little Rock 34 K34FH/ CX K33DE Puerto Rico California Mayaguez 2 W02CU PG>3kw Barstow 44 KILM CC from KHIZ Mayaguez 45 WTPM-LD PG>1.77kw Eureka 35 K52FK DR from 52, 9.08kw, 40-43-36/ 123-58-27 Indio 11 KVER-CA DR from 4, 250w, 33- 51-56/ USA 116-25-58 dismissed Alabama Indio 40 KVER-CA DR from 4, 15kw, 33- Alexander C 32 WAXC-LD QR from 31 51-56/ Cullman 43 WCQT-LP DC from 27, 15kw 116-25-58 dismissed Mount Cheaha 7 WCIQ PC>47kw/593 Long Beach 18 KSCI CX (aux) Tuscaloosa 23 WVUA-CA XR 33-09-36/ Los Angeles 2 K02RB PR>1.5kw, 34-13-55/ 87-30-54 118-04-18 Los Angeles 43 KCBS-TV NS 50kw/ 3 424m, 34-11-48/ South Bend 49 WMYS- CC from WBND- 118-15-30 (aux) Petaluma 2 KQRM-LP QC from 40, 3kw, 37- Iowa 55-45/ Davenport 20 K20KF DC from K16EL, 15kw 122-35-09; CL from Davenport 34 KQIN PG>199.5kw Santa Rosa Mason City 35 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed San Bernardino 12 K12QV PG>990w, 34-09-32/ Ottumwa 22 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed 117-18-52 San Francisco 30 KQED PG>1000kw Kansas San Francisco 39 KCNS NS 500kw/ Caney 30 KOTV - NW 1kw, 36-58-19/ 357m (aux) 1025AIX 95-53-47; DRT for ch. Santa Barbara 38 K38ME PG>14kw 45 Tulsa, Okla. South Lake 48 K48LA PG<175w, 39-19-23/ Lawrence 39 KGKC-LD PR>15kw, 39-01-20/ Tahoe 119-56-34 94-30-50; PG Truckee 49 K49MD PG<175w Victorville 22, NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Kentucky 33, Bowling Green 25 WKUT-LD PR<13.5kw 35, Hopkinsville 43 WKAG-LP CX 50 Louisiana Colorado Baton Rouge 41 KBTR-CA PR<14.5kw, 30-25-56/ Denver 47 KSBS-LP PG<3kw, 39-36-40/ 91-11-07; PG; PC 104-53-41 Columbia 11 KAQY PR>25kw Ted's Place 33 KTDS-LD PR<1kw Leesville 51 K51FO DC 15kw Monroe 45 K45IM DC 15kw District of Columbia Shreveport 31 K31HO DC 15kw Washington 33 WHUT-TV PG>1000kw Washington 35 WDCA NW 163kw/ Maryland 175m (aux) Towson 19 WMJF-LP DR from 16, 15kw, 39- Washington 36 WTTG NW 164kw/ 17-15/ 175m (aux) 76-45-38 Florida Michigan Daytona Beach 14 WDYB-LD DG from 28, 10kw, 28- Grand Rapids 13 WZZM AF 12.3kw/ 58-08/ 226m (aux) 81-16-31 Saginaw 24 W46CR DC from 46, 2.33kw, Key West 41 WMDF-LD PG<3.91kw, 24-39-58/ 43-37-45/ 81-21-32 84-10-10 Key West 42 WKWT-LP DR 3kw, 24-39-40/ 81-25-10 Minnesota Matecumbe 43 W43AD PG<2kw, 25-28-08/ Minneapolis 9 KMSP-TV AF 32kw/251m (aux) 80-29-07; PC (amendment from Matecumbe 43 W43CB PC>15kw 34.3kw) Miramar Beach 35 WDES-CA DR from 48, 5kw Rochester 25 K25NK DC from K58GC, Panama City 18 WECP-LD Should be on by the 15kw, 44-02-28/ time you see this, with 92-20-24 CBS. Vesta 43 K43MH DC from K51GL, 5.5kw Sebastian 24 WDOX-LD PG<3kw, 27-26-54/ 80-29-28 Mississippi Booneville 34 W34DV DR 6.2kw; DG Georgia Albany 34 W34CZ/W61CX Missouri DF Saint Joseph 30 K30ND PR<3.8kw; PG Idaho Montana Boise 4 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Big Arm 8 K08PQ QC from K07VU Boise 9 KBOI-TV QC from 28, Big Timber 17 K17JP DC from K69CM, 132w 25kw/862m Four Buttes 31 K31MJ DC from K60BN, Boise 28 KYUU-LD NW 8.8kw, 43-45-21/ 1.052kw 116-05-54 Hot Springs 14 K14NJ NW 600w, 47-37-57/ Twin Falls 38 KCJY-LP QC from 55 114-39-48 Kalispell 35 KEXI-LP DC 1kw Illinois Rosebud 8, K08PP, NW 29w, 46-18-28/ Chicago 4 WOCK-CD PR>1kw 10 K10QZ 106-30-30 Chicago 19 WGN-TV AF 175kw/ 437m, 41-53-56/ Nebraska 87-37-23 (aux); NS Omaha 22 WOWT CC from WOWT-TV Chillicothe 15, NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed 20, Nevada 22, Austin 10 K10KB DR 35w; DG 24 Austin 26 K26EH DR 50w La Salle 27 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Reno 10 K10QX PG>3kw Salem 29 W29CI DC 15kw Reno 27 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed Indiana New Hampshire Indianapolis 7 NEW-lpdtv AF 3kw, 39-53-40/ Keene 49 WEKW- PC>112kw/331 86-12-21; DCC for ?? Littleton 48 WLED- PC>108kw/391 South Bend 34 WBND-LP CC from WMYS- Westmoreland 15, NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed 4 20, Texas 38, Amarillo 25 K25GI/ CX 44 K20DM Beaumont 6 K06PM PR>500w; PG New Jersey Beaumont 50 K50LH PR<56w Atlantic City 45 W45CP