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The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association FEBRUARY 2013 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________ JANUARY 2013 It’s been too cold up here in the frozen north For years he made it a point to attend the to even think about DXing. We’ve been mostly annual WTFDA conventions, and he was pre-occupied with keeping warm. With this probably as well known and respected as kind of weather you could assume that the FM almost any member of the club. band is dead. And tropo? Fahgettaboutit. We’ll More recently we lost another veteran DXer, leave TV/FM DXing to those down south living John Ebeling. I got to know John fairly well, in warmer places. We will join you when spring and enjoyed spending time with him. His wife gets here. was delightful, too. He was almost the exact For those of you with computers, please opposite of Joe, insofar as he tended to be on see the convention section of forums.wtfda.org the quiet side and was a snappy dresser. John for all the latest news about the upcoming convention. was a marvelous broadcast historian, and was The folks over at NRC would like an always eager to engage in discussions of days informal headcount of WTFDAers who think gone by. His contributions to documenting they might attend the convention. I have a list Minnesota broadcast history and the of around eight people taken from our email list preservation of antique radio equipment are a and Facebook group. If you are not online and part of his legacy. Both will be missed.” plan on going, send me a quick note so I can let them know. FACEBOOK MEMBERS AND MORE Last month we announced the formation of a WTFDA group on Facebook. Since that time During the period from 12/28 through 1/16 about 65 members have joined the group. If we received renewals from James Niven, Craig you are interested just open up a Facebook Healy, Melvyn Larson, Russ Edmunds, account with the bare minimum of information, Chester Jaffee, Garth Jensen, Charles then search for WTFDA (in upper case) and Gauthier, Alan Radella, Tim Noonan, Roger then click “join group.” That’s all it takes. You Sabella and Paul Mitschler. Thank you all for don’t even need to make a Facebook page for staying with us! yourself. Former BOD member Tom Bryant writes Any posts will come to you in your email. “We’ve recently seen two significant losses in You then login to reply. It’s a very interesting the DXer community. First, the passing of Joe world over there. Gragg (Palestine, TX). and more recently, John Ebeling (Minneapolis, MN). CAT 6 Joe was quite the character. Not the classiest dresser (I think he wore the same T- According to a thread on tvfmdx, if you’re shirt to every convention)...and then there was having noise problems with your receivers and the ‘plumber’s crack’! But what a great guy. you think the cause could be computer related, Joe was a non-stop conversationalist, and had try changing your cat 5 router coax to shielded probably forgotten more than most people ever cat 6 networking cable. Your problems could knew about broadcast engineering. He’d been vanish. See you next month! everywhere, and done just about everything. 2 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 News w9wi@w9wi.com http://www.w9wi.com February 2013 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 analog stations in bold face; LPTV and Montreal 49 CJNT-DT FC to CityTV translators in regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power analog stations in regular MEXICO italics) CANADA Chiapas Marques de 10 XHCMC-TV NS 269w (state govt.) British Columbia Comillas Kelowna 27 CHBC-DT NW 32.6kw/ 510m, 49- Palenque 22 XHTOE-TDT AF dismissed (booster) 58-02/ 119-31-50 San Cristobal de 51 XHOPSC- NS 4.29kw (OPMA) Penticton 32 CHBC-DT-1 NW 3kw/365m, 49-39- las Casas TDT 34/ 119-34-22 Tapachula 27 XHOPTP-TV NS 31.01kw (OPMA) Vernon 20 CHBC-DT-2 NW 3kw/185m, 50-16- Tuxtla Gutierrez 31 XHOPTC- NS 8.96kw (OPMA) 58/ 119-19-13 TDT Newfoundland & Labrador Chihuahua Red Rocks 11 CJRR-TV CX Cd. Cuauhtemoc 2 XHCTH-TV NS, cultural Stephenville 4 CJSV-TV CX Cd. Juarez 24 NEW-dtv AF dismissed, interference to XHJCI & KINT Ontario Leamington 34 CFTV-DT PR<621w/27m 42-04- 24/ 82-37-54 Coahuila Torreon 39 XHTON-TDT AF dismissed Quebec Montreal 47 NEW NS 5.5kw/ 196m, Colima ethnic in 17 Colima 41 XHOPCO- NS 5.25kw (OPMA) languages TDT 3 TDT Distrito Federal Mexico 20 XEUNAM- NS, experimental Tabasco TV Villahermosa 30 XHVIZ-TDT AF dismissed Villahermosa 38 XHOPVT- NS 13.92kw (OPMA) TDT Durango Durango 46 XHUAD-TV NS 15.41kw (University) Veracruz Coatzacoalcos 46 XHOPCA- NS 20.51kw, 18-08-04/ TDT 94-26-26 (OPMA) Xalapa 46 NEW-dtv AF 19-35-25/ 97-05-33 Veracruz 29 NEW-dtv AF 19-07-21/ 96-06-44 Jalisco Puerto Vallarta 13 XHGPV-TV NS 3.5kw (state govt.) Yucatan Merida 31 XHMEN- AF dismissed Merida 33 XHTP- AF dismissed Mexico Toluca 30 XHOPEM- NS 168.68kw (OPMA) TDT Zacatecas Zacatecas 27 NEW-dtv AF dismissed Nuevo Leon Zacatecas 47 XHOPZC- NS 48.99kw (OPMA) Monterrey 47 XHOPMT- NS 132.82kw (OPMA) TDT TV Puerto Rico Puebla San Lorenzo 29 W29EE XR 18-16-32/ 66-05-41 Puebla 21 NEW-dtv AF 19-03-17/ 98-13-32 USA Queretaro Queretaro 30 XHOPMG- NS 11.28kw (OPMA) TDT Queretaro 50 XHSECE- NS 5kw (cultural) TDT Alabama Alexander City 32 WAXC-LD QG from 31 Huntsville 34 WHVD-LP DC from 67, 15kw, 34- 44-12/ 86-31-59 Opelika 30 WLGA PR<486m; PG Sinaloa Scottsboro 31 W31DX NW 900w, 34-43-21/ Elota 30 XHQ-TDT NS 500w, 23-55-00/ 86-29-29 106-54-00; booster of Culiacan stn. Los Mochis 11 XHSIM-TV NS 110.46kw (Once TV) Mazatlan 41 XHOPMS- NS 28.65kw (OPMA) TDT Alaska Fairbanks 11 KTVF – PR>250w, 64-48-43/ 0921ACF 147-42-04; PG; NW Sonora Cd. Obregon 31 XHOPOS- NS 57.34kw (OPMA) 4 Washington 44 WIAV-LD NW 12kw, 38-56-24/ 77-04-54 Arizona Cottonwood 40 K40AD DC 12.6kw Flagstaff 50 K50HU DC 300w Florida Jacksonville 12 WJKF-CD DG from 9, 3kw Key West 41 WMDF-LD XR 24-46-02/ 80-56- 42; XG Miami 23 WLTV-DT NW 575kw/ 257m (aux) Arkansas Orlando 39 WFTV NW 295kw/ 411m, 28- Fort Smith 43 KXUN-LP DC 15kw 16-44/ 81-01-25 (aux) Fulton 26 KZTE-LP DC from 64, 100w, 33- Panama City 18 WJHG-TV QG from 7, 1000kw/ 25-13/ 94-04-42 450m Hot Springs 18 KTVV-LP DC from 49, 5.2kw, 34- Port Charlotte 27 NEW-lpdtv AF 15kw, 26-47-07/ 24-14/ 93-07-15 81-47-47; DCC for Pine Bluff 19 KIPB-LP DC from 18, 15kw W17CK Texarkana 35 KLFI-LP DR 8kw; DG St. Petersburg 36 W36CO DR 75w, 27-53-35/ 82- 42-29 Vero Beach 10 WWCI-CA DR 1.8kw, 27-36-13/ 80-23-04; DG California Bakersfield 8 K08PT DG from K24GS, 2.7kw, 35-27-14/ 118- Georgia 35-37 Columbus 25 W61DU DC from 61, 3kw Bakersfield 17 K17LX NS 100w, 35-12-06/ La Grange 33 WJCN-LP DR 10kw; DG 119-05-27 Tifton 20 W62DE QC from 62, 170w East Los Angeles 66 KLAU-LD CX Toccoa 24 WUGA-TV XR 34-36-35/ Eureka 29 KECA-LP DR 15kw, 40-43-39/ 83-22-15; XG; XC 123-58-17 Los Angeles 42 KWHY-TV PR>1000kw/ Hawaii 903m, 34-13-36/ 118- 03-59 Lucerne Valley 33 KVVB-LP DR 800w, 34-36-34/ 117-17-11 Waimanalo 15 KUPU DTS on the air – adds nd 2 transmitter 49.6kw/ 687m, 21-24- Mariposa 47 K47OM NS 15kw, 37-39-46/ 22/ 158-06-01 120-27-34; DCC for K27GZ Modesto 31 K31MN NS 15kw; DCC for K49EO Oakland 44 KTVU NW 427.9kw/ 371m (aux) Sacramento 6 KEFM-LD NS 3kw; DCC San Diego 25 KBNT-CA CC from KTCD- Idaho San Diego 46 KTCD-LP CC from KDTF-LP Terrace Lakes 11 K11WV QG from K10OA, 47w San Diego 51 KDTF-LD CC from KTCD- San Francisco 27 KTSF AF 348kw/ 409m, 37-41-15/ 122- 26-01 (aux) San Francisco 30 KQED PC>1000kw San Luis Obispo 31 K57BC DC from 57, 15kw Illinois Aurora 50 WXFT-DT NW 210kw/ 477m (aux) Chicago 6 WKQX-LP DR Plano 35 WSPY-LD NW 15kw, DCC for ch.