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VHF-UHF DIGEST The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association APRIL 2009 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers IN SEARCH OF DX PHOTO BY MIKE GLASS CONVENTION 2009 LABOR DAY WEEKEND NRC & WTFDA TOGETHER AT ALLENTOWN, PA 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, BRUCE HALL, 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 APRIL 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Page Two 2 Mailbox 3 Finally! For those of you online with an email TV News…Doug Smith 4 address, we now offer a quick, convenient and FM News…Bill Hale 13 secure way to join or renew your membership Analog Shutdowns before 6/12 24 in the WTFDA from our page at: Western TV DX…Nick Langan 27 http://www.wtfda.org/join.html Eastern TV DX…Nick Langan 31 You can now renew either paper VUD States Stats…Fred Nordquist 34 membership or your online eVUD membership Hawaii to California Tropo…Bob Cooper 35 at one convenient stop. Use the link above to Once in a Lifetime TV DX…Bob Cooper 36 either join the WTFDA or renew your Sign up/Renewal Form 39 membership in North America’s only TV and DX organization. Hopefully Southern FM and Northern FM will return when Keith and John get some reports. FIND US FAST! WTFDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Bugaj, use the WTFDA Mailing address listed below [email protected] Doug Smith, 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 [email protected] Greg Coniglio, 11825 Genesee St., Alden, NY 14004 [email protected] D.Bruce Hall, 5 Stirton Ave., Brantford, ON N3T1E2 Canada [email protected] Keith McGinnis, 18 Newbridge St., Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] ******************************************************************************************************* THE MAILBOX and all general club correspondence: Mike Bugaj at WTFDA, PO Box 501, Somersville, CT 06072 [email protected] TV NEWS Doug Smith, 1389 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 [email protected] FM NEWS Bill Hale, 6124 Roaring Springs Drive, N. Richland Hills, TX 76180 [email protected] PHOTO NEWS Jeff Kruszka, 1909 Lost Lake Pl., Pearland, TX 77581 [email protected] EASTERN AND WESTERN TV DX Nick Langan, 1040 Riverview Dr., Florence, NJ 08516 [email protected] SOUTHERN FM John Zondlo, 4009 Driftwood Cir., Yukon, OK 73099 [email protected] NORTHERN FM Keith McGinnis, 18 Newbridge St., Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] TV and FM STATISTICS Fred Nordquist, 147 Travis Hill Road, Moncks Corner, SC [email protected] 6 METER/2 METER Peter Baskind, 3225 Forest Hill-Irene Rd, Germantown, TN 38138 [email protected] WEBSITE Tim McVey Webmaster http://www.wtfda.org [email protected] 2 P.O. Box 501, Somersville, CT USA 06072 MIKE BUGAJ [email protected] IT COULD HAVE BEEN INTERSTING PAYPAL Well, yes, March could have been For those of you who use Paypal to renew interesting. It could have been a month void of your memberships, please note that we’ve high power analog television signals, but made a little change. We’ve set up a business thanks to the new administration, it wasn’t. account for the WTFDA and, in order to use it, Looking back at March we found that there you MUST renew your memberships from the wasn’t very much DX-worthy to talk about. WTFDA website at http://www.wtfda.org. I am However, tropo actually was noted in the not accepting dues to my own personal Paypal Midwest around the 17th and 18th. And some account any longer, so don’t send money to it. days earlier, tropo was observed in LA, MS And the club cannot accept payments to an and AR. Some of these receptions were in the email address as we did in the past. Use the 400+ mile range. And Roy Barstow on Cape website instead. It’s quick. It’s easy. And it puts Cod saw TV tropo from as far south as South your dues into the club’s checking account and Carolina on the 18th. That’s it for DX activity in saves us all time. March. WTFDA TV STATION GUIDE MEMBERS AND MORE John Ebeling wrote that he has TWO Our newest member this month is Jon copies of the old TV Station Guide laying Petricoin from Akron PA. Jon found our around and wonders if anybody wants one (or website and the rest is history. He’s got a 7 both). Yes, they are out-of-date but someone foot parabolic and is restoring it. Welcome to might want one to remember the analog era. I the WTFDA Jon! can’t remember what we charged for these but Renewals received during the period 2/21 I think $5.00 might cover the postage on it (this to 3/14 came from Harry Hayes (PA), Larry is a pretty large stack of 8.5” x 11” paper). Kenney (CA), George Rogers (GA), Bruce Email me if you are interested. Hall (ON), Jeff Wolf (MD), Nate Ely (WI), James Ivill (WV), John Zeis (PA), Allan Dunn LENNY LIVES! (MA), Gerard Hart (MY), Dan Dankert (CA), Edward Ritchie (WI), Larry Back (OH), Peter WTFDA member Lenny Goldberg (OR) Taylor (WA), Bill Draeb (WI), Chris Dunne recently spent ten days at the University of (FL), Barry Shinall (IA), Tom Yingling (MD), Maryland Medical Center where successful Ivan Silva (Brazil), Luis Franceschi (PR), cancer surgery was performed on Feb 25th. Doug McAbee (MI), Tim Cronin (IL) and Paul Lenny has had more than his share of Crego (NY). obstacles in his life to overcome and his wife and his faith have helped him through them. WHAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY Lenny, I’m glad your still here! Of course like a true DXer he brought a radio with him during his stay. Unfortunately, reception in the hospital was terrible. VIP307 Our man in New Orleans, Richard Gray, emailed us that Wade gave him the name of a dealer that has VP307s along with the VP306s. That dealer is Willtronics, located in Tyler Texas. Their phone is 800-657-2404. Richard says to expect to see one on the top of his house in the near future! That is one monster of a VHF antenna! I’d expect that Southern DXers would have more use for one of those than those of us in the north. So, if you want one, now you know where (As of March 1, 2009) to get one. Take care and see you next month! –Mike 3 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN News 37146-8098 [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com April 2009 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 DC Converted to DTV PR Power change requested DCC Digital Companion Channel RA Returns to the air NS DCC Granted flash-cut to DTV QC Channel (frequency) change on the air DE License/permit deleted QG Channel change granted DR Requests flash-cut to DTV QR Channel change requested FC Programming (format) change RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FTP Failure to Prosecute ROA Request of Applicant GA Granted amendment (to table of channel SI Off the air (silent) allotments) LC License to Cover STA Special Temporary Authority MX Mutually Exclusive XC Transmitter site changed NDA Non-directional antenna XG Transmitter site change granted NS Permit granted for new station XR Transmitter site change requested News: (full-power digital stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in 852m regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power Mayaguez 7 WSTE-DT AF 25kw/ analog stations in regular italics) 336m, 18-16-29/ 66-06-49 (DTS) Mayaguez 10 W10BG-D DG 144w, 18-19-33/ 67-10-13 Mayaguez 35 WIPM-DT PG>784kw Ponce 7 WSTE-DT AF 100w/65m, 18-27- 21/ Canada: 66-45-16 (DTS) Quebec: San Juan 7 WSTE-DT AF 6kw/370m, 18-19- Laval 4 NEW AF 79w, French 25/ community station 67-10-27 (DTS) San Juan 10 W10CZ-D DR 300w, 18-21-32/ 66-11-25 dismissed; going for 150w at different site. San Juan 10 W10CZ-D DR 150w, 18-17-42/ Guam: 66-09-56 Agana 8 KUAM-DT NW 3.5kw/ San Juan 31 WSJU-DT NW 66kw/ 304m 267m Agana 12 KGTF-DT QC from ch. 5, 54.7kw/178m, 13-29- 17/ 144-49-37 Tamuning 14 KTGM-DT NW 12.5kw/ 168m, 13-29-17/ USA: 144-49-30 Alabama: Birmingham 10 WBIQ-DT QC from ch 53, 3kw/426m Dothan 21 WDHN-DT NW 1000kw/ 190m, 31-14-25/ 85-18-43 Puerto Rico: Florence 20 WYLE-DT PR 50kw/ Arecibo 7 WSTE-DT AF 25kw/88m, 18-02- 275m, dismissed 52/ (CX, DE) 66-39-16 (DTS) Florence 20, WYLE-DT, CX, DE, see text Bayamon 30 WDWL-DT PG>100kw 26 WYLE Carolina 51 WRFB-DT PR>256kw Huntsville 46 WHNT-DT QR from ch 59 Fajardo 16 WMTJ-DT NW 140kw/ 800kw/528m; QG 4 800kw/528m; QG 26/ Montgomery 12 WSFA-DT PG>31.6kw 119-25-52 for ch.